2023年3月四级真题试卷

2023年3月四级真题试卷

WritingPart1(30minutes)

(请于正式开考后半小时内完成该部分，之后将进行听力考试)

Directions:Supposeyouhavereadabookrecendyandintendtorecommendittoother

membersofyourbookclubviaanonlineforum.Brieflyintroducethebookandexplainwhyitis

worthredding.Youwillhave30minutesforthistaskandshouldwriteatleas:120wordsbutno

morethan180words.

PartIIListeningComprchicnsion(25minutes)

SectionA

Dircctions:Inthissection,youwillheartwolongconvesations.attheendofeach

Comversation,youwillhearfourquestions.Boththeconversationandthequestions

willbespokenonlyonceAfteryouhearaquestion,youmustchoosethebestanswer

fromthefourchoicesmarkedA),B).C)andD).Thenmarkthecorrespondingletteron

AnswerSheetIwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.

QuestionsIand2arebasedonthenewsreportyouhavejustheard.

A)AproposedpolicyallowingAfticanstotravelinAfricawithoutavisa.

B)Anagreementamong13Africancountriestosetupafree-tradezone.

C)AplantoinviteallAfricancountriestojointheAfricanUnion.

D)AnimportantinitiativetopermittouriststovisitAfricawithoutavisa.

2.

Itwillattractmoreinvestmentsfromallovertheworld.

ItwillhelpmanyAfricancountriesreducetradedcficits.

ItwillreducethecostoftradebetweenAfricancountries.

ItwillallowAfricanstoplayabiggerroleinworldtrade.

Questions3and4arebasedonthenewsreportyouhavejustheard.

3.

A)Coolingdownvolcanicrockwithseawater.

B)Storingcarbondioxideundergroundasagas.

C)Capturingcarbondioxideandburyingitunderthesea.

D)Pumpingcarbondioxideundergroundtoformstone.

4.

A)Lackofburyingground

B)Longtimeforprocessing.

C)Highconsumptionofwater.

D)Enormouscostofenergy.

Questions5and7arebasedonthenewsreportyouhavejustheard.

5.

A)ltvarieswiththeseasons.

B)Ithasbeenonthedecline.

C)lthascausednationwideconcern.

D)ltisninetygramsdailyonaverage.

6.

A)Theyemphasizefoodvariety.

B)TheypreferFrenchstickloaves.

C)Theydomorccookingthanmen..

D)Theyfavordietslowerincalories.

7.

A)Theybakemorebreadathome.

B)Theyspendlesstimeeatingbreakfast.

C)Theyeatmorefruitthantheyusedto.

D)Theyputjaminsteadofbutteronbread.

SectionB

Directions:Inthissecion,youwillheartwopassages.Attheendofeach

passage,you

willhearthreeorfourquestions.Boththepassageandthequestionswillbespoken

Oni)once.AIIeryouheuraguestion,youmustchoosethebestanswerfromthefour

choicesmarkedA).B),C)andD).ThenmarkthecorrespondingletteronAnswer

SheetIwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.

Questions8and11arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.

8.

Aftertherushhour.

B)Earlyinthemoming.

C)Assoonaspossible.

D)Aroundlunchtime.

9.

A)Twofirstclassseats.

B)TwoStatiogerie

C)Onewindowseat.

fromthefourchoicesmarkedA).B).C)andD),ThenmarkthecorrespondingIetieron

AnswerSheetIwithasinglelinethroughthecenre.

Questions16to18arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

16.

Shedoesn'tthinksmartphonescanreplacetable

Sheincorporatessmartphonesintoherteaching.

Shecannotstopchildrenusingsmartphones.

Sheregardssmartphonesasadistraction.

17.

Toenforceschooldiscipline.

Tomakestudentsconcentrate.

Tohelpchildrengrowuptobeprofessionals.

Tocultivatechildren'sgoodstudyhabits.

A)Usebooksandpensonly.Cutdowntheirscreentime.

B)Makefulluseofelectronicdevices.

D)Learntousetheinternetforresearch.

Questions19to21arebasedonthepassageyouhayejustheard.

19.

Bycleaningthekitchenfloor.

Bylookingafterherbabybrother.

Byhelpinghermotherdothedishes.

ByhelpingharJinLesAndown

20..

Sheorderedalargenumberofdolls.

Shecheckedifapurpledollwasordered.

Shemistakenlycanceledhermom'sorder.

Sheorderedamoreexpensivedollinstead.

21.

Theyaskedthechildren'shospitaltopickthem.

Theytookallofthemtothechildren'shospital.

Theyopenedallofthemonebyone.

Theydiscussedwheretokeepthem.

Questions22to25arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

Politicalleaders.

Financialanalysts.

Professionalathletes

High-schoolstudents.

25.

Lcadcrshipability.

Commitmenttowork.

Risk-taking.

Self-confidence.

PartIIIReadingComprehension(40minutes)

SectionA

Directions:lnthissection,thereisapassagewithtenblanks.Youarerequiredto

selectonewordforeachblankfromalistofchoicesgiveninawordbankfollowing

thepassage.Readthepassagethroughcarefia11ybeforemakingyourchoices.Each

choiceinthebankisidentifiedbyaletter.Pleasemarkthecorrespondingletterfor

eachitemoanAnswerSheet2withasinglelinethroughthecentre.Youmaynotuseany

ofthewordsinthebankmorethanonce.

It'safantasythatgoesbackcenturies:arnessageinabottle,carriedashorefrom

far-offlands.Authors,artistsandchildren(26)havedrcamedofsuchagiftfromthe

Thistime,though,it'snotabottlethatwashesashore.ltseggs-thousandsoflittletoy

eggs.

That'swhathappenedontheGermanislandofLanethisweek.

LyingjustofftheNorthSeacoastjtfounditself(27)byaninvasionofcoloredplastic

eggs-muchtothe(28)oflocalchildren,becausetheeggscontainedtoys.

Police(29)theeggscamefromafreighterthatlostpartofitscargoduringan

unusually(30)storm,theworsttohitGermany'snortheasterncoastsince2006.

Atanyrate,whatwaslosthasnowbeenfoundbymanyofthecommunity'slittlest

residents.

"Thesurpriseeggshavefoundtheirwaytofreedom/'saidMayorUweGarrels.

However,thejoyofthemoment(31)offsoon.

"AtfirstIthoughtthiswasawonder,becauseeverythingwasso(32),butthenwe

realizedthatthisisahuge(33)intheend,"saidthemayor.Healsonotedtheplastic

bagsandothermaterialsthathavewashedashoreontheislandcancauseserious

problemsfor(34).

Still,alltheselittleeggscontainedanextratreatwiththeirtoys.They35notesfrom

afar.

TherewasjustoneproblemfortheGernanchildrenwhoreceivedthem:Theywere

writteninRussian.

A)worel)intensc

B)wildlifeJ)humen.

C)suspectK)effeotive

DJstruckL)delight

E)similarM)coIerfuI

F)quantityN)bore

G)overthrownO)alike

H)mess

SectionB

Directions:Inthissection,youaregoingtrareadapassagewithtenstatements

attachedtoit.Eachsiatementcontainsinfornationgiveninoneoftheparagraphs.

Identifstheparagraphfromwhichtheinformationisderived.Youmaychoosea

paragraphmorethanonce.Eachparagraphismarkedwithaletter.Answerthe

questionsbymarkingthecorrespondingleiteronAnswerSheet2.

Hyphenatingyourlastnameaftermarriage?

[A]Congratulationsondecidingtogetrnarried!Whilebeingmarriedisgreat

andwonderful,theactofgettingmarriedcanbequitestressful.Thereistheplanning

oftheceremonyitself,themerging(合并)oftwohouscholdsandallofthedetails

involvedinthat.Youalsohavetotakethetimetoapplyforyourmarriagelicense

andthendecidewhetherornotyouaregoingtokeepyourlastnameorchangeit.

[B]ThisiswherealotofpeoplehavetroubIc.Onceuponafine,itwasjust

customaryforabridetotakehergroom'slastnameashenwnandabandonher

maidennamecompletely.Theactofkeepingherownlastnamewaseconsidered

taboo(梦忌)andpeople'seyebrowswouldraiserightofftheirfaceswhen

theyfoundoutthatthebridewasevenconsidcringsomethingsoradical.Over

time,though,moreandmorewomenaredecidingtokeeptheirlastnames.

[C]Therearealotofreasonstowanttokeepyourownlastname.Hopefully

youhaveasupportivegroomwhounderstandswhythisideaisthemostappealingto

you.Alotoftimes,though,theactofkeepingyournameisstillsomethingthatcauses

concern.Evenifyourgroomisfinewithit,hisfamily(oryourown)mightnotbeso

understanding.

[D]Thereareacoupleofwaystocompronniseontheissue.Youcouldchoose

anentirelynewlastnameforthetwoofyoutoshare.Thiswayneitherofyougets

"your"wayandyoubothhavetodealwiththelegalitiesofgoingthroughaname

change.Mostofthetime,though,themostpopularcompromiseistohyphenateyour

lastnameandthelastnameofyourgroom.Forexamplejfyourgroom'snameis

JohnSmithandyournameisKateJones,youwouldnameyourselfKate

Jones-SmithorKateSmith-Jones.Thisallowsyoutokeepgoingbyyourownlast

namewhilelegallyadoptingyourhusband'slastnameatthesametime.

[E]Thecompromiseisthebiggestreasonthatsomanywomenchooseto

hyphenatetheirlastnames.Itisawayofyoukeepingyourownidentitywhilealso

makingyourfuturehusbandhappy.Itallowsyoutostayconnectedto

accomplishmentsthatyouachievedbeforevougotmarried.Forexample,

Manywomenwhoclosetohyphenatedosopartiallybecausetheyhaveearned

highereducalionaldegreesandcertificationsundertheirmaidennames.Theymight

havealsohadthingspublishedorpublicizedandwanttostayconnectedtothat

identity.Hyphenatingyourlastnamecanhelpyoubridgethegapbetweenyour

personalandprofessionallives.Manywomenwhoopttosimplykeeptheirown

namesdosobecausetheydon'twanttogiveupallthattheyhaveaccomplished

professionally.Adoptingtheirhusband'slastnamemakesithardforthemtoclaim

ownershipoftheseaccomplishmentspersonallybecausetheyhappenedundertheir

"other"name.

[F]Whiletraditionisonething,thereisn'tanylogicalreasontocompletely

changeyourname.Keepingyournameandjoiningittoyourhusband'sthrough

hyphenationisaslegalassimplyadoptinghisnameorassimplykecpingyourown

andleavinghisoutofthepictureentirely.

[G]Probablythemostimportantreasontoconsiderhyphenationisyour

identity.You'vespentyourwholelifebuildingyouridentityunderacertain

name.Obviouslyyouwillstillbeyouevenifyou'vetakenonyourhusband'slast

nameandomittedyoursentirely.Atthesametime,yournameisassociatedwiththe

identityyou'vebuiltupandhyphenationallowsyoutorespectthatwhilealso

respectingtraditionandyourhusband*sfamily'sidentity.

[H]Ifyoucareaboutoutsideopinionsonyourname,youshouldknowthata

largeportionoftoday'ssocietyisannoyedbythehyphenatedname.Somepeople

findit“snobby”（势利的）andotherssimplyfindtirritatinghecalisctheyhaveahard

timerememberingwhichlastnametheyaresupposedtosayfirst.Somepeople

evenbelievethatnotsimplyadoptingyourhusband'slastnameisahugesignof

disrespectandalackofcommitment.

[]Itispossiblethatyourfuturehusbandwillfindthischoiceoffensive.Some

men,regardlessofhowyoumightfeelaboutsuehthings,aretraditionalistsandfeci

thatitissimply"right"forthewomantotaketheman^lastnameasher

own.Whetheryourfuturehusbandinsistingonyouradoptinghislastameisared

tlagtoyouornotjtisstillsomethingthatyoushouldtakeintoconsideration.

[J]Thereareallsortsofreasonstohyphenateyournameornottohyphenate

yourname.Thebasisforeachofthesethings,however;iswhetherornotyouare

willingtomakeacompromisewhenitcomestochangingyourname.The

hyphenationistheepitome(体现)ofacompromise.Onespousewantsacomplete

namechange.Theotherspousewantsnonamechange.Hyphenatingthetwonames

isawayforeachpersonto,atleastalittlebit/'win"theargument.

[K]Anddon'tforgetthelegalstuff!Makingthedecisionisjustpartofthe

process.Fromthereyouaregoingtohavetolegallychangeyournamealloverthe

place.You'llneedtochangeyournameatthebankzwithsocialsecurity,withyour

creditcards,onyourdriver'Slicense,atthegym...everywhere.It*seasytoget

overwhelmedjustthinkingaboutit.

[4]Whatmatters,ofcourse,isthatthetwofyouaregoingtobehappily

married-hopefullyfortheofyourlives.Attheend,oftheday,whetheryoueach

keepyournames,whetheryoucomeupwithanentirelynewnameforthetwoof

youtoshareorwhetheryouhyphenateyourcurrentlastnames,whatmattersis

thatyouloveeachotherandaregoingtobejoiningyourlivestogether.Tryto

rememberthatasyouarestaringattheapplicationforyourmarriagelicenseand

fithngouttheportionthatreads"nameafteryougetmarried"(orwhateverthe

legaleseforthatmightbe).

36.Manypeopletodaystillfindnamehyphenationuponmarriageunacceptable.

37.Asacompromise^bridewillinmostcasesadoptanamethatcombinesthe

couple'slastnames.

38.Thebrideshouldconsideradoptinghergroom'slastnamewhetherhefeels

stronglyaboutitornot.

39.Makingpreparationsformarriagecausesalotofstress.

40.Hyphenatingthelastnamescouldbeawin-winsolutionshouldarguments

ariseaboutwhatnametoadoptuponmarriage.

41.Itusedtobeconsideredsociallyunacceptableforabridetoretainher

maidenname.42.Thebridewhoadoptsahyphenatedlastnameaftermarriagecan

maintainconnectionswiththeirpastachievements.

43.Hyphenatingnamesallowsthebridetopreserveherownidentitywhile

respectingtradition.

44.Nomatterwhatnamethebrideadoptsjtismostimportantthatthenewly

wedstrulyloveeachother.

45.Legallyspeaking,thebrideisfreetochoosewhatevernamesheprefers.

SectionC

Directions:Thereane2passagesina

thistseaion.Eachpassageisfollowedbysome

questionsorunfinishedstatements.Foreachofthemthereare

fourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).Youshoulddecideonthebest

choiceandmarkthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2witha

singlelinethroughthecentre.

PassageOne

Questions46to50arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

PassageOne

Questions46to50arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

It'sgoodtobesmart.Afterall,intelligentpeopleearnmoremoney,accumulate

morewealth,andevenlivelonger,Butthere'sanothersidetothestory.The

brightestpeopleandstrongestleaderssometimesmakeerrorsothers

don't,especiallyinsituationsthatrequirecommonsense.

TravisBradberry.presidentatTalentSmart,explainedinhispostWhySmart.

PeopleActsoStupidthat"Rationalthinkingandintelligencedon'ttendtogohandin

hand.Intelligentpeoplearemorepronetosillymistakesbecauseofblindspotsin

howtheyuselogic.Theseblindspotsexistbecausesmartpeopletendtobe

verconfidentintheirreasoningabilities,"Theyaresousedtobeingrightandhaving

quickanswersthattheydon'tevenrealisewhentheyremakingamessbyanswering

withoutthinkingthingsthrough.

Alifetimeofpraiseleadssmartpeopletodeveloptoomuchfaithintheir

intelligenceandabilities.Theyoftenfailtorecognisewhentheyneedhelp,and

whentheydorecogniseitztheytendtobelievethatnooneelseiscapableof

providingit.

"It'shardforanyonetograciouslyacceptthefactthatthey'rewrong.It'seven

harderforsmartpeoplebecansetheygrowsoused-tobeingnightaltrhetimethatit

becomesapartoftheiridentity.""Bradberrywrote."Forsmartpeoplezbeingwrong

canfeellikeapersonalattack,andbeingright,anecessity.,

Smartpeoplealsohaveahardtimeacceptingfeedback.Theytendto

undervaluetheopinionsofothers,whichmeanstheyhavetroublebelievingthat

anyoneisqualifiedtogivethemusefulfeedback.Notonlydoesthistendencyhinder

theirgrowthandperformance,itcanleadtoharmfulrelationships,bothpersonally

andprofessionally.

Smartpeopledevelopoverachievingpersonalitiesbecausethingscomesoeasily

tothem.Theysimplydon'tunderstandhowhardsomepeoplehavetoworkto

ccomplishthesamethings,andbecauseofthat,theypushpeopletoohard.Theyset

thebartoohigh,andwhenpeopletaketoolongordon'tgetthingsquiteright,they

assumeit*sduetoalackofeffort.Sotheypushevenharder.

46.Whatdowelearnfromthepassageaboutthebrightestpeople?

A)Theycanmakesillymistakesinstraightforwardsituations.

B)Theyusuallyturnablindeyetotheirownweaknesses.

C)Theyareadmiredbypeoplearoundthem.

D)Theycandifferintheirpersonalities.

47.Whataccountsfortheexistenceofintelligentpeople'slogicalblindspots?

A)Theirirrationalwayofthinking.

B)Toomuchfaithintheirabilitytothink.

C)Theirignoranceofbehaviouralscience.

D)Toomuchconcernabouttheirwork.

48.Howdosmartpeoplereactwhentheyarefoundtobewrong?

A)Theyshittheblametoothers.

B)Theygraciouslyacceptthefacts.

C)Theymayfeelshocked.

D)Theymaygetoffended.

49.Whatmayhappentosmartpeoplewhofinditdifficulttoaccept

suggestions?

A)Theymaysufferintheirprofessionalandprivatelife.

B)Theymaylosefaithintheiradministrativebilaies

C)Theymaycommitmoreerrorsthaneverbefore.

D)Theymayexperiencealotofemotionalstress.'

5O.Whatissaidaboutthoseworkingwithorunderoverachievingpeople?

A)Theyputalotofeffortintotheirwork.

B)Theysethighergoalsforthemselves.

C)Theyareunderincreasingpressure.

D)Theytakelesstimetogetthingsdone.

PassageTwo

Questions51to55arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

Oftheendlesstroublesthatcomewithbeingdrivenfromone'shome

countyjosingeducationalcertificatesmayseemsmall.Butitisn't.Refugeeswho

settleinothercountriesoftenfindthemselvesunabletocontinueontheirprevious

careerpathduetoanewsetofemployerstandardsorskillsrequirements.Tosolve

thisproblem,theU.S.StateDepartmentisposingasolution:onlinelearning.

TheStateDepartmentwillannounceapartnershipwithanonlineeducation

platformcalledCoursera.Theplatformwillallowrefugeesworldwidetotake

thousandsofonlinecoursesforfree."CourseraforRefugees'willbeavailableforany

non-profitgroupthatsupportsrefugeesinanycountryzaswellasindividualrefugees.

TheycanapplyforfullyfundedaccesstoCoursera'scoursecatalog.whichmeans

theycantakealloftheplatform'sclassesandobtainprofessionalcertificatesforfree

Theplatformcurrentlyoffersprofessor-ledlecturesonabroadrangeoftopicsjrom

datasciencetofashiondesign.

Astheworldmigrantcrisisintensifies,employmentisbecomingaglobal

concern.Thenewprogramaimstoaidrefugeesbyoffering"importantskillsthatwill

helpthemintheglobaleconomy/'EvanRyan^,S.assistantsecretaryofstatefor

educationalandculturalaffairszsaidonapresscalllastweek."Whatwedon'twantto

doisnotact,"addedCourserachiefoperationsofficerLilaIbrahim.

Theideaisn'twithoutproblems.Forone.startinganewcareerpathisn'tas

simpleaswatchingafewvideosandobtaininganonlinecertificate;eventhose

lookingtocontinuepreviouscareerscan'tsimplyrelyonanonlinelecturetoget

themup-to-dateonstandards,policies,andpra