2023年12月英语四级真题及答案版

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作文题一：印象最深的活动

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作文题三:印象最深的同学

Ａcｌasｓmaｔeoｆyourswhoｈaｓinｆluencedｙｏｕmosｔiｎcolｌege.PaｒtIIListeningSeｃtionＡ

Direcｔｉons：Inthｉｓsectioｎ,youｗillheaｒ8shorｔconvｅrsationsand2lｏnｇｃｏnveｒsations.Aｔthｅendｏfｅacｈconversａｔion,oｎeormoｒeqｕestioｎｓwillｂeａsｋｅdaboutwhaｔwassaid.Boththｅconｖｅｒsatｉoｎanｄthｅｑuestｉonswiｌｌbｅｓpoｋenｏnlｙoｎce.Aｆｔeｒeａchquｅｓtionｔhereｗｉllbeapause．Duｒｉnｇtｈepause,youmｕstreadｔｈｅfourchoiｃesmaｒｋｅdＡ)，B），C）ａndD)，anｄｄeｃidｅwhiｃhisthebｅｓtansweｒ.ThｅnmarkthecorｒeｓpondingletteronAnsｗeｒＳｈｅeｔＩwithａｓｉｎgleliｎethｒoughthecｅntre.ﻫＱuesｔｉon１ﻫＡ．Tｈｅｍanisnotｇoodatbalaｎcinｇhisｂudget.ﻫB.Sheｗｉllｇoｐurchasetｈｅgiftｈｅrself．

C.Thegiftshｏuldnotbeｔooeｘpensｉve．

D．TheｙarｅgｏnｇinｇｔoJａne'sｈouse-warmiｎgpartｙ．

Queｓtioｎ２ﻫＡ.Ｈeｉｓquitewiｌｌiｎgtogiｖｅｔhewoｍanaｈａnｄ．ﻫB.Itｔaｋespａｔiencetogｏtｈrｏughtｈｅstatiｓticｓ.ﻫＣ．Heｈaspreｐａredthesｔａｔｉsｔiｃsforthｅwoman.

D.Ｔｈｅwomansｈouldｔａkｅacoursｅiｎstaｔisｔics.

Ｑueｓtiｏn３ﻫA.Pagｅ5５ｉsmiｓsiｎgｆromthewomａn'sscripts.ﻫＢ.Theｙcａnnoｔbegｉnthｅirrｅcｏrdingｒigｈtａｗay.ﻫC.Thewｏmandoｅsnottaketherｅcordingｓerｉouslｙ.ﻫD.Themaｎwaｎtstomakesｏmｅｃｈａnｇesinthescｒiptｓ.ﻫQueｓｔiｏｎ4ﻫA.ＴhedａｔｅofＣarl'sｗeddinｇ.ﻫB.ＴhｅbirthdａyoｆCａrl＇ｓｂridｅ.ﻫC.AｓiｇnifｉcanｔｅventinJｕly.ﻫＤ.Prepaｒatｉonfoｒawｅdding.

Ｑｕestion5

A.Ｔhewomanforgｏttotelltｈｅmａnｉnadvａnce.

B.Thｅmaｎwasａbｓenｔfromtheｗeeklymeeting.ﻫC.Thewomａnｗasａｎnoyeｄaｔtheman'sexｃｕse.

D.Themanwａsiｎｃhargeofschｅｄulｉngmｅetinｇs.ﻫQuesｔion６ﻫA.Thｅwoｍanisamarvelｏusｃｏok.

Ｂ.Thewoｍａnｈaｓjustbouｇhtａnoven.

Ｃ.Tｈemａnhastoleａvｅinhalｆａnhoｕr.ﻫD.Ｔｈemａncaｎｎotwantforhiｓmeal.ﻫＱｕestｉｏｎ7

Ａ.Ｈowsｈｅcanbesthelｐthｅｍan.

B.Whereｔhemanｇottheｂａdｎｅws.ﻫC.Whatｉtｅｍsｓellweｌlinｔhesｔｏre.

Ｄ.Ｗheｔhｅrtheｍａｎcankeeｐhｉsjob.ﻫQｕesｔｉon８

A.Theｗomancansiｇnｕｐforaswimmｉｎgｃlａss.

B.Hewｏrksiｎthｅphｙｓiｃcaｔｉondepartｍｅnt.ﻫＣ.Tｈewｏmanhaｓthepoｔenｔiaｌtoswimliｋeａfiｓh．ﻫD．Hewoｕlｄliｋｅtotｅacｈｔｈｅwｏmanhowtoｓwｉm.

Ｑｕesｔｉｏns９to1１arebasｅdoｎthecoｎvｅrsatiｏｎｙｏuhaveｊustheard.

Qｕｅｓtion９

Ａ.Heｔeachesiｎalaｗschoｏl.

B．Heloｖｅｓｃlａssicａｌmuｓiｃ.ﻫＣ．Heisadｉplomat．ﻫD.Heｉｓaｗonｄeｒfullectｕrｅr.ﻫQuｅstｉoｎ１0ﻫA.Wｅｎtｔoseeaplａｙ.ﻫＢ.Ｗatchｅdasoｃcerｇame．

Ｃ.Toｏksomepｈotos.

Ｄ.Atｔendedadａnｃe.

Questiｏｎ11ﻫA.Shedecｉdedtｏgeｔmaｒｒiedintｈｒeeyeａｒs.ﻫＢ.HeｒmｏｔｈerｏbjeｃteｄｔｏEriｃ’sflyｉnｇｌeｓsｏnｓ.

C.SｈｅinsisｔｅdｔhａｔErｉｃpursｕegraduatesｔudiｅs.

D．ＨerfaｔｈersaidsheｃｏuldmarｒyEricrightaｗay.ﻫＱｕeｓtionｓ1２to１5ａｒeｂaｓeｄoｎtheｃoｎｖｅｒsａtｉonyouｈavejusｔheaｒd．

Quｅstioｎ12

A.Editor.ﻫB．Teacher.

C．JourｎａlistﻫＤ.Ｔｙｐisｔ.ﻫＱuestｉoｎ１3

A.TｈｅbeautiｆulＡmａzｏnrainforesｔｓ.ﻫB.Anewrａｉlwaｙundeｒcｏnｓtrucｔion.

C.ＢigchangeｓintheAｍazoｎｖalｌey．

D.Someｎewｌydｉｓcovereｄsｃｅｎicspｏt．

Ｑuｅstioｎ1４ﻫA.Innewsweekliｅs.

Ｂ.Iｎnｅwspapers＇Sundayｅditions.ﻫC.Inalocaｌevｅｎingpaper.

D．IｎｏvｅrseasediｔｉonsofU.S．maｇazines.

Ｑuestion１5

A.Ｔobeeｍployｅdbｙanewsｐaper.

Ｂ.Tobeｃｏmeaｐrofessionａlwｒiter.ﻫC．Tｏsellherarｔiclesｔｏanewssｅrｖｉce.

D.Togｅtherlifestｏrypubliｓhedsoon.ＳeｃｔionBﻫDireｃtions：Ｉnthissｅctiｏn,youwillｈear３shｏrtpassageｓ．Ａtｔheｅｎｄofｅacｈpassage,ｙouwiｌlheａｒｓomequestionｓ．Boththｅpassageａndｔheqｕestionswillｂｅｓpokenoｎlyoｎce.Afteryouｈearａquestion,ｙoumｕsｔchoｏsｅthebesｔanｓwerfrｏmthｅfourchoicｅsmaｒkｅdA),Ｂ)，C)aｎdD)．ThenｍarｋtｈｅcｏrｒesｐondｉｎglｅtｔeroｎAnsｗeｒSheｅtIwithａｓiｎglｅlinethroughthecｅntre.ﻫPassagｅOneﻫQueｓtｉons16ｔo18aｒebasedontheｐassａgeyoｕhavejustｈｅarｄ.ﻫＱuestion16

A．Noｄｄｉngone＇shead.

B.Waviｎｇｏｎe'shaｎｄ.ﻫC．Holｄinｇｕｐtｈefoｒeｆingｅr．

D.Ｔurningthｅrightthuｍbｄown.ﻫQueｓtiｏｎ1７ﻫA.Loｏkｉnｇawayfｒomthem．

B.Ｆoｒminｇａｃｉｒcｌeｗｉtｈfingeｒs．ﻫC.Bowinｇｏｎe＇sｈeadthem.ﻫD.Wavingorpｏｉｎtingtotｈem.ﻫQuestion1８ﻫA.Lｏokiｎgｏne'ｓsuperioｒｉnｔheeye．ﻫB.Keepingone'saｒmｓｆolｄedwhiletａlkinｇ.ﻫC．Showinｇthesolｅｏfoｎe'sfooｔtoａgueｓt.ﻫD．Usiｎｇaｌotoｆgｅsｔuresduringaｃonｖeｒｓａtioｎ．PａｓsageTｗo

Ｑｕeｓｔｉons19ｔｏ21arebaｓｅdonthｅpassaｇeyouｈavｅjustheaｒd.

Questｉｏn1９

A.Ｔｈeyｈadｔobegforfootafｔerthｅhaｒvest．ﻫB.Tｈeyｇrewwheａtａndcoｒnonａsmaｌlｆarｍ.ﻫC.Tｈeyshareｄaｓmallｆｌaｔwithｔhｅirrelatiｖeｓ.

Ｄ．Thechｉldrenｗalｋedtoｓchooloｎｄirtroads.

Question20

A.TourEcuａdｏｒ＇sAndesMounｔaiｎs.ﻫB.Ｅarｎaｎａnｎuaｌiｎｃomｅｏf$28０0.ﻫC.Ｐuｒcｈａseapｌottobuilｄahoｍeon.ﻫＤ．Seｎｄtheircｈilｄrｅntoｓchｏｏl．

Qｕesｔioｎ21

A.ＴｈeａchieｖｅmentsoｆtheTricｋleUpProgrａm．ﻫB.Aneｗworldwideeconｏmicrevoluｔｉon.

Ｃ.Diｆferｅntformsｏfasｓisｔanceｔｏthenｅｅｄy.ﻫD.Tｈｅlifeoｆpoorpeoｐlｅindevｅｌopiｎgcountｒies．PａssageThreeﻫQuesｔｉonｓ22to2５areｂasedonthepassａgeyｏuhavｅｊuｓtheaｒd．

Queｓｔioｎ２2

A.Ｔｈeｙaｒehighlysenｓｉtivetｏcold．ﻫB.Theyarevｉｔaｌlyｉｍportａnttoouｒlｉｆe.ﻫC．Tｈｅyaｒeaｌivingpartoｆouｒboｄy．ﻫD.Thｅyａrｅacｈiefsouｒｃeoｆoｕｒpaｉn.

Ｑuestioｎ23ﻫＡ.Iｔhasｔoｂeremovedintimebyadentiｓt.ﻫB.Itisａrareoｒaldisｅaｓeaｍoｎgｏｌdpeｏple.ﻫC.Itconｔaｉnsmanynerｖesaｎdbloodvｅssｅls．

D．Iｔisstｉcｋｙａｎｄcoｌｏrlesｓfｉlmｏｎtheteｅth.

Quｅstiｏn24

A.Itｃａnchａngeinｔoacidscausinｇdamagｅtｏｔｈeiroutｅｒcoveｒｉng.

B.Itgrｅaｔlｙｒｅducｅsthｅirresiｓｔaｎｃetｏｔheａｔtacksｏｆbaｃteriａ.ﻫC.Itmａkｅｓtheirnｅrvesａndbｌoｏｄveｓselsmoresｅnｓｉtiｖｅtoacidfood.

Ｄ.Ｉtcｏmbinesｗｉｔhｆoｏdpａrtｉcｌeｓtoｆormafｉlmｏntｈeirsｕrｆace.ﻫQｕestion25ﻫA．Foodpartｉcｌes．ﻫＢ.Gｕmdiseａse.

C.Uｎhｅaｌｔhyｌiviｎghａbitｓ．ﻫD.Chemicａlｃrosion.ＳectｉonＣ

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J.ｆutureﻫK.leｄﻫＬ．ｍeｔﻫＭ．ｐrocedures

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Ｏ．ｓphｅtｅsＳectionBDirectiｏns：Iｎtｈisseｃtion,youaregｏｉnｇtoreaｄapａssaｇewｉthtｅｎｓｔａｔementsａｔtacｈｅｄtoit.Eacｈsｔａteｍentｃｏntaｉnｓinfｏrｍationgiveninｏneｏftheｐaragraｐhｓ.Ｉdentifｙthepａrａgｒaphfｒｏｍｗｈichｔheiｎｆormaｔiｏnisｄerｉveｄ.Youmaychooｓｅaparagraphｍorethanonｃe．Eachｐaragrａphisｍａrkedｗｉthａletteｒ.AｎswｅｒtｈequestionｓbyｍarkingtｈecorｒｅspｏndiｎglettｅroｎAｎｓwerShｅet2．Bansugarydｒinksthａｔwｉlladdｆuｅltotheobeｓitｙwar[A]OnatrainlａstTｈuｒｓdaｙ,Iｓatoppositeaｍａnwhowassofathｅfilledmoｒethａnｏneseat.Hewaspaｌeanｄdｉsfiguredaｎdｌookedsickｔoｄeath,whichheｐrobablywaｓ：obeｓity（肥胖的）leaｄsｔｏmaｎynaｓtywａysｏfdyiｎg．Ｌookｉngaroundthｅcａｒｒiaｇe,Isaｗqｕiｔeａfewpｅoplelikehim,iｎcludiｎgacoupleoffattyｃhildrenｗitｈswollencｈeｃｋspｒessiｎgagainsｔtｈeireｙｅs.Thesｅｐeｏpleａreparｔofwhatiswitｈouteｘaggerａtioｎaneｐidemic(流行病)ｏfobesity.［Ｂ]Butｉｔisｑuiｔeｕｎnecessaｒy:theｒｅiｓasimpleidea-farfromnｅｗ-thatｃouldsｐarｅmilｌionｓoｆｓuｃhｐｅopｌeaｌifｅtｉmeofｃhrｏnic（长期的)illhｅalth，ａnｄatthｅsａmetiｍeｓａveｔｈeNａｔｉｏnalHｅａlthＳeｒｖiｃｅ(NHS)ａｔｌeａｓｔ￡１4billionａyearinEnglanｄanｄWaleｓ.Tｈeｒｅwｏuｌd，ｙｏumｉgｈtthｉnk，becｏnsideraｂlｅpubliciｎterestiｎｉt.Thissiｍｐlｅideaｉsｔhatsuｇarisａｓgｏod-orａsbad-asｐoiｓonａndshouldbeａvoided．Itispure,ｗhiｔeaｎddｅadly,asPｒｏfessoｒJohnYuｄkindeｓcribｅdit4０yeaｒsａgoinarｅvoｌｕtionarybookｏfthatnaｍe.ThesubtｉtleｗasHｏwSugａrＩsKiｌlinｇUｓ．［C］Inｉtscoｕｎtlｅsshiddenfoｒｍs，inrｅadyｍealｓ,jｕnｋfoodａndsweｅtｄriｎｋs,sugarｌｅａdstoaddｉｃｔiｏn(瘾),toｈoｒmｏnaｌｕpsetｓｔotheappetｉte,tｏmetabｏliｃ(新陈代谢的)ｍａｌfuncｔiｏnsａnｄobesityaｎdfrｏｍｔhereｔoｔype２dｉabeｔes(糖尿病)anｄiｔｓmaｎｙhｏｒrｉbｌｅcomｐlｉcation.Iｆｐeoplereallygrasｐｅdtｈａt,thｅｙwoｕldtrytoｋｉckｔhｅhabit,ｐaｒtｉcuｌａrlyasBｒitainisthe“fatmanofEｕｒｏpe”.Ｔheｙｍighteｖenfeeｌｄriｖｅnｔｏsｕpｐoｒｔgovｅｒnmentmeasurｅstｏｐｒeｖentpeopleｆroｍcｏnsumingthｉsdｅadｌystuff.Yetsofarthisideａhasmｅtｌittleｂutrｅsiｓtancｅ.[Ｄ]Ｉtｉsｎotｄｉfｆicultｔｏｉmaｇiｎｅtｈevｅstedintｅreｓts(既得利益集团）linedupaｇaｉnsｔanｙsｕgａｒcｏntrol-ａｌｌthefoodaｎddｒinkmａnufactｕrers,ｐroｃesｓorｓ,promoterｓandreｔaiｌｅrswｈｏmakesuｃheａsypｉckinｇsｏｕｔoｆtｈemaｇicpｏwｅrsofsｕｇar.Thenｔｈｅｒeａretｈeliberａlｓ,withwｈｏmＩwouldnｏrmallyside,whopｒotestthaｔgoｖernmｅntreｇｕlaｔｉｏnwoｕｌdｂｅyetanoｔheriｎstanｃeofinｔｅｒfeｒencｅinourｌiｖeｓ.[E]Thaｔistrｕe,ｂutpeｏpleshouｌｄreａliｚetｈａtyoucannothaveawｅlfarestaｔewitｈoｕtａｎaｎnyｓtate(保姆国家),tｏsｏmeｄeｇree.Ifweaｒealｌtｏbereｓpoｎsｉblefｏroneaｎother’shealｔhinsuranｃe,thrｏugｈｓｏｃiａliｚeｄｍedｉcｉne,theｎweareaｌlcloselyinvolvｅｄｉnoneａnｏther’sheａｌｔh,iｎcludingeveryoｎｅ’seatingandｄrｉnkinｇ.Thatｈaｓaｌreadybeｅnaｄｍitｔed,finａllｙ,ｗiｔhsmoｋing.Bｕｔitｈasyettobeadmitteｄｗitｈovereａtiｎg,eventhｏuｇhoneinfourａｄｕltsinｔhiscounｔryｉｓobｅseandthaｔnumｂerｉspｒedictｅdtodoublebyｔｈｅｙear２０５0.Quiteapartfromanｙｔhingelse,ｏbesitywillｃrｉppletｈeＮHS.[F］Recently,ｔｈough，therehaveｂｅensｉgnsｔhａｔthemedｉｃalｅｓｔabｌishmentｉstryiｎｇtosoundthｅａlaｒm.ＬasｔmｏnｔhtｈｅＡcadeｍyofMedicａｌRｏyalCｏllegｅｓ(ＡMRC)publｉshedarｅｐortsayｉngthatobesｉｔyiｓtheｇreatｅstｐuｂlicheaｌtｈｉssｕeaffecｔiｎgtheＵKandernmenttodｏsoｍｅtｈinｇ.[G］Theｒｅporｔｏffｅrｓ10recommendaｔｉons，ofwhicｈtｈefｉrstiｓｉmｐosｉngaｔaxof2０pｅrcｅntonsugａrydｒｉnksｆｏratlｅastａyeａr,oｎtｏpoftheexisｔing20pｅｒceｎtvaluｅ-adｄeｄtａx．Tｈａtatleasｔｗouｌｄbｅaneｘceｌleｎtstaｒt．Theamoｕnｔsofsｕgａrinsｏｆtｄｒｉnkｓaｒehｏrrifying,andtｕrnstraighttofａt.AsPｒofessｏrTerｅnceSteｐheｎson,heａdoftheＡMＲＣ,hassａid，sugarysｏfｔdｒiｎksａre“tｈｅultｉmａｔｅbadfoｏd.Yoｕarejuｓtconsｕmiｎｇneａｔsugar．Yourbodydｉｄn’tevolｖetohａndｌethiskiｎdｏfｔhing.”[Ｈ]Prｅciseｌy.Thｅriｓksoｆeaｔｉngtoomｕchfatorsalt(whｉchareveｒydiｆfｅrent)paleinｔoｉnsignificanｔｃomparｅdwｉththeharmdoneｂysugar．Anditiｓeverｙwｈere.[I]Itisｄifficｕlttｏbuｙanyｔhｉnｇinasuｐermarｋeｔ,ｏtｈｅｒthanpｌain,unｐｒeｐaredmeat,fｉshoｒveｇeｔａbles,ｔhatdoｅｓn’thaveaｌarｇｅamountofsｕｇaｒinｉｔ.Tｈｉsｈaｓｃｏmeaｂｏuｔbｅcａusethｅprevailingscｉｅｎtｉｆｉcvｉｅwsofｔｈe1960sand１97０ｓignoredtheevidenceａboｕｔsｕgar,andinｓｔeaｄｓawｆaｔaｓtherealｌyseriouｓrｉsk,ｂoｔhtoｔheheａrtandｏthｅrｏrｇanｓ，ａsｗeｌlasthｅcaｕsｅofobesity.［Ｊ]Ｔhefaｓｈｉonwaｓtoavoｉdfat.Butｆindingｔhａｔfoodｗithmuchofｉｔsfatrｅmovediｓｎoｔveryａppetiｚing,ｆducｅrsturnedtｏsuｇarasamagｉcalternativeｆlavorｅｎhancｅｒ,ofteｎintｈｅformsｏfｓyrｕps（糖浆)thathadｒeceｎtlyｂeeｎdeveloｐedfｒomｃｏrn,ａndputitｇｅｎerouslｙintomｏstprepａｒeｄfooｄsａｎｄsoftdrinｋs.[Ｋ]Ｔhiｓstufｆｉｓｎoｔjustｆattenｉng．Itisadｄictiｖｅ.Ｉtｉｎteｒfｅrｅswiththebｏdｙ’smｅtａbolisｍ，pｏsｓiｂlｙviatｈeactiｖityoｆａnａppetite-ｃonｔrｏｌｌinghormｏne.There’spleｎtｙofeｖｉdｅnｃeforｔhｉｓ，forthｏseｗｈowillacceｐｔtｈetrutｈ.［L]Theoreｔicａlly,ｐeｏpｌeｏughttomａke“healｔhyｃｈoices”aｎdaｖoidｏveｒeating.Butsugａradｄiｔｉvesａrenoteasyｔoidentifyaｎｄａｒｅhａrdtoavoｉd．Sotｈｅsnacking,ｏver－drｉnkingａndoveｒｅatingｔhatmａkespｅｏplefａtiｓnｏtｒeallｙtheirownfault:oｂｅsitｙｉsinlargｅpartsomethｉngthatisbｅｉngdoｎetothem．Itshoulｄbeｓtopped，ｏrｒatｈeｒthegoveｒnmｅnｔshoｕldstopit.[Ｍ]Goiｎgｒoｕｎdｍｙｌocａｌsuｐermarｋeｔ,Ｉaｍconｓｔanｔlyastonishedthatitｉｓｓtilｌｌegaｌｔosellalｌthｅpoｉｓonｓstackedｈighｏnｔheｓhelvｅｓ．Thepｒoｂlemiｓthatｔheyａrｅworsｅｔｈanuｓeleｓｓ.Theｙarepoisonous.Theyａrekｎowｎtｏbｅaｄｄicｔive.Theyareknowｎtomａｋｅpeopleｏbese．Aｎdgivinｇsmallchｉldrenｓｗeetｄｒiｎksｏrboｔtlesoffakejuiceallｄaｙlｏngisnｏtｈinｇｌｅｓｓtｈaｎchｉldaｂuse.[N］Ｃlearlｙ,ｔhesalｅofsucｈｓtufｆoughttｏbeｉllｅｇaｌ.Ihａtetoｔhinkofyetmorｅgoverｎｍentregulａtioｎ．Ｂutaｂｉｔofｔaxｏnｓwｅetsodaａnｄａlｉｔｔｌemoｒehｅaltｈeｄｕcaｔion，abitofcｏoｋiｎｇinｓｃhooｌsａndｂanningveｎｄingｍachiｎes（自动售货机)hｅreａndthere—aｓsugｇesｔedtｒythｅＡMRＣrｅpｏrt—isｎotgｏｉｎｇtｏacｈievｅvｅryｍuch．Lａｂeｌｌｉngisｑuｉteinadｅqｕaｔｅ.Wｈatisneeｄedｉslegiｓｌａtionbanninghighｌevelsｏfsugarysyrupsusediｎfoodsａｎddriｎks.［Ｏ]IｎJｕne2023,ｔhethenmｉnisｔerforpublicheaｌｔｈsａｉｄｔｈegovernmentwasnotsｃａredｏftheｆooｄｉｎdusｔryandｈadnotrｕledouｔleｇiｓlation,ｂeｃａｕseoftｈeｃosｔsoｆobeｓitytotｈｅNHS.Howｅver,ｎｏthinghashappｅnｅdyeｔ．WhｙnoｔhaveanoｔｈｅrJamｍiｅDodgｅrbiscuitandｆｏrｇｅtabｏutit.4６、Aｖoidｉnｇoｖｅr-consumpｔionｏｆｓugarcａnｉｍprovepｅoｐle’shealthasｗｅllassａvemediｃalｅxpenses.

47、Lawssｈｏuldbepaｓseｄｔomａｋeitilleｇaｌtｏprodｕcｅovｅrlyswｅetfｏodsｏrdrinks.ﻫ48、Ｇivingsｍallchildrｅｎsweetjuｉceｓtoｄｒinkallｔhetimeiseqｕaltoｃhildａbｕｓe.ﻫ59、Ｌooｋinｇａrouｎd,thｅａｕｔｈorfｏunｄobesityquitewideｓｐrｅad.

5０、Thｅnｕｍberｏfobesepeoｐｌeisｅxpecｔedtoｉncreasequicｋｌyinｔhenextfewdecades．

51、Iｆpeoｐlerｅaｌｌｙunｄｅrsｔooｄthehｏrｒiblｅconsequenｃeｓofsugaｒyfoodｓandｄｒinks,ｔheｙwｏuｌdｓｕｐｐortｇoverｎｍentｍｅａsuresａgainstsugａrconsumpｔｉｏｎ．ﻫ５2、Itwouｌdbeaverｙgoodbｅｇinningwoimpｒoveanaddｉtｉonalｔａxonsuｇaｒyｄrinｋs．ﻫ53、Theｇoｖerｎｍeｎthａsnｏtyｅtｔａkenａnyactioｎtoｒegｕｌatesugarconｓumptｉoｎaｌｔhoughiｔindicateditsｉntentｉonｔｏdosｏｓｏmｅｔimeａgo.ﻫ54、Ｓugａｒisfａrmorｅｈarmfultohｅａｌthtｈａnfatandsａlt.

55、Coｎsumersofsweetfoodsａrｅnotreallytoblamebecａusetheyｃａｎｎoｔｔellｗhａtfoｏdｉsｓｕgary.SeｃｔｉonC

Dｉrectiｏns:Ｔhereare２ｐaｓsａｇｅsinｔhissectioｎ．Eacｈpassageｉsfollowedbｙsｏmeｑｕeｓtionｓorunfiｎishｅdｓtatｅments.ForeaｃhofthｅmtｈeｒeareｆｏurcｈoiｃeｓmaｒkeｄA），B),C）andD).ＹｏｕshoｕlddeciｄeonｔhｅbestchｏiｃeａndmａｒkthecｏrreｓpondingｌｅtteroｎAnswerＳheeｔ2withasinglｅliｎethrougｈthecentrｅ.ThｅｒiseoｆtｈeIntｅrneｔｈasbeｅnoneofthemostｔranｓfｏｒmatｉvedeｖｅloｐｍeｎｔsinｈuｍanｈｉｓtｏry,comｐarａbｌeiｎimpａcttotheｉnventiｏnｏｆthepriｎtingpressandthetelｅgraph.Overtｗoｂillioｎｐｅopleworldwiｄeｎowhaveacｃesstovaｓｔｌymorｅinfｏrmａtｉｏｎtｈanevｅｒbeｆorｅ，ａｎｄｃaｎcoｍｍunｉｃateｗiｔheａｃhoｔｈeｒinｓｔantly,oftenusingWｅb-connectedmｏbｉｌedevicesｔheyｃａrrｙevｅrywhere．ButｔhｅIntｅrneｔ’sｔremendｏuｓｉｍｐactshaｓｏnlｙｊustｂｅgun.

“MａssadoptiｏnofthｅInｔernetisｄrivinｇoｎｅofｔhｅmoｓtｅxcitｉngｓoｃial,ｃｕlｔuｒａｌ,anｄpoliticａltｒａnsfｏrmaｔiｏnsinhistory,anｄunlｉkeeaｒlieｒpeｒiodsofchange，ｔhistimｅtheeｆfectsarefｕllygｌoｂal，”SchmidtaｎｄCohｅnwrｉteinｔｈeirnewｂook.TheNewDiｇiｔalＡｇe.

ＰｅrhapsｔhｅmosｔprｏfoundcｈａnｇeswｉｌlcomewｈenthefiveｂilliｏnｐeoｐlewｏrldｗiｄewｈｏcuｒreｎtlｙlaｃkInternetaccessｇetonliｎe．ＴheaｕthorｓdｏａnexceｌlｅntjobofｅｘａminingｔｈｅｉｍplｉｃaｔionsoftｈeInternetrevolutｉonｆoｒindiviｄｕａlｓ，ｇovｅrnmeｎtｓ,andiｎsｔitｕtiｏnsｌｉkｅｔhｅnewsｍｅdiａ．Buｔiftheboｏkhasｏneｍajorshorｔcomｉnｇ,it’sthatauｔｈoｒsdoｎ’tspｅndｅnoｕghtimｅapplyingacｒｉｔicaleｙetotheｒoleofInteｒnｅtbｕsinessｅsintheseｗeepingchａｎgeｓ.ﻫIntheｉrboｏk，tｈｅauｔｈorｓproｖiｄethemostauthoritaｔivevoluｍetodatethatdesｃriｂｅs—aｎdmoreimｐoｒtaｎtlｙpredictｓ—hｏwｔhｅＩｎternｅtwillshapｅｏurｌivesinｔｈｅcomingdecadｅs.Thｅｙｐａintapicｔｕｒｅoｆａｗorlｄinwhichｉｎdivｉdｕalｓ,cｏｍpanieｓ,iｎｓtiｔｕtｉons,andgovｅrnｍeｎtsmustｄeaｌｗithtwoｒeａliｔies,oｎｅphysicaｌ，aｎdｏnｅvirtual.ﻫAtthecoreoｆthebooｋiｓtｈeiｄｅａthat“tecｈnolｏgyiｓnｅutrａｌ,bｕtpeｏpleaｒen’t．”Byusingthisconceptasasｔarｔingｐoｉnt,theaｕthorｓaｉmｔｏmovebeyondtheｎｏwfamiliａrｏptｉmisｔｖs.pessｉmistdicｈotoｍy(对立观点)thathasｃｈaracterizedｍanyrｅcentdebateｓaboｕtwhｅthｅrｔheriｓeofｔｈeIｎternetwilｌultｉmatelｙｂｅgｏodorbaｄforｓociｅty.ＩnaｎinteｒviewwiｔhＴIＭEearlierthｉｓweeｋ,Cohensaｉdaｌtｈｏugｈheandhisco-auｔhoｒareoｐｔimistiｃaboutmａnｙaspeｃｔsoｆtheＩnｔｅrneｔ,they’realsoreａlｉｓtｉｃaboｕttheｒisksanddａnｇersthatｌieaheａｄwheｎtheneｘtfｉｖebｉllioｎpｅopｌecｏmeonliｎｅ,pａrtiｃuｌarlyｗitｈrｅsｐecttｏｐersｏｎalprivacyandsｔａtｅsuｒveilｌanｃe(监视).56、InwｈａtwayiｓthｅｒisｅoftheInｔernｅｔsｉmilaｒtotheinveｎtionoftheprintingpｒessaｎdthetelegraｐh?

A.Ｉttｒａnsforｍsｈumanhistorｙ.

Ｂ.Itｆａcｉlitａｔesdailyｃoｍmuｎicatｉｏｎ.ﻫC.Itｉｓadopｔeｄbyａｌｌhｕmａnｉty.

D．Itrevolutiｏnｉzespｅoplｅ'stｈinkinｇ.ﻫ5７、HoｗdoSchmidtanｄＣoｈeｎdｅscribｅｔheeｆｆｅctsoｆtｈeInｔeｒｎｅt?

Ａ.Tｈeyareimmeａsｕrable.ﻫB.Theyarewｏrｌdｗiｄe．ﻫＣ.Tｈeyaｒeunpｒedｉctable.

D．Ｔheyarｅｃontaminatｉnｇ.

58、InwhatrespeｃtisthebooｋＴheＮewＤiｇiｔalＡgｅｃｏnsidereｄinadequate?

A．ItｆaiｌsｔorecogｎizeｔhｅimpactｏftheIｎterneｔtecｈnoloｇy．

B.IｔfａilstolｏoｋintotheｓocialimplｉcatｉonsｏftheIntｅrnｅt.

C.ItlaｃｋsanobｊｅctivｅevａluaｔionoｆtherolｅofIｎternetbusineｓses.

D.ＩtｄoｅsnoｔaddrｅｓｓｔhetechｎicaｌaspectsｏfInｔernｅtｃommｕniｃatioｎ.ﻫ５9、Ｗｈatwｉllthefuturｅbelｉkewheneveｒｙboｄｙgｅtsｏnlｉne?

A.Pｅｏpｌewiｌｌbelivingintwoｄifｆeｒenｔreaｌitｉｅｓ.ﻫＢ.Peopｌewｉllhａveeqｕalaccessｔoinfｏｒmation．ﻫＣ.Ｐeopledoｎ’thａvｅtoｔraveｌtｏseethｅｗｏrｌｄ.ﻫD.Peｏｐledｏn’thaveｔoｃｏmmunicatefａcetoｆａｃｅ.ﻫ60、WhatdoesthｅｐasｓageｓayabouｔtheａuthｏrsofThｅNewＤｉｇitalAgｅ？

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