四级预测押题卷（三）.pdf

Part IIListening Comprehension(25 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section,you will hear three news reports.At the end of each conversation,you will hear fourquestions.Both the news report and the questions will be spoken only once.After you hear a question,you mustchoose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C)and D).Then mark the corresponding letter onAnswer Sheet 1with a single line through the centre.Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.1.A)Wait for the hurricane to stop.B)Call 911 for help.C)Leave their homes immediately.D)Turn to social media websites for help.2.A)Their colleagues.B)Their neighbors.C)Local fire department.D)Arestaurant where they often had dinner.Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.3.A)Apiece of multi-use furniture for kids.B)Acamera for watching children in another room.C)Ayoung boys daily life with his twin brother.D)Ayoung boy rescuing his brother trapped under the furniture.4.A)Playing with a new camera.B)Trying to move a dresser.C)Trying to climb to the top of a dresser.D)Climbing the wall in their bedroom.Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.5.A)Icebergs float through these waters between May and July.B)Its fresh water comes from melting icebergs.C)People can see icebergs from the coast.D)There is a huge iceberg sitting on the coast.6.A)It has a population of 5,000people.B)Its pillar industry is tourism.C)Its residents are good at fishing.D)It has only one small inn.7.A)It will melt within 10 days.B)It will be pushed into the sea by ocean currents.C)It will be used as the background of films.D)It will be pushed into the sea by local residents.Section BDirections：In this section,you will hear two long conversations.At the end of each conversation,you will hear第 1 页2021年12月四级考试预测押题卷（三）2021年12月四级考试预测押题卷（三）Part I Writing(30minutes)Directions:For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay.Suppose you have two options on how to go on your tour:one is to go on a package tour and the other is to go on a self-guided tour.You are to make a choice.Write an essay to explain the reasons for your choice.You should write at least120 words but no more than 180 words.four questions.Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once.After you hear a question,youmust choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C),and D).Then mark the corresponding letteronAnswer Sheet 1with a single line through the centre.Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.8.A)Asingle room.B)Adouble room.C)Afamily room.D)Asuite.9.A)He is here on a research mission.B)He is here for meeting friends.C)He is here for sightseeing.D)He is here on a business travel.10.A)Free airport shuttle service.B)Afull continental buffet every evening.C)Use of the mini-bar in the room.D)Room service provided by the hotel.11.A)In the morning.B)In the afternoon.C)At noon.D)Before midnight.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12.A)Alighting cameraman.B)Amovie maker.C)Afilm and video editor.D)Afilm director.13.A)Wonderful.B)Challenging.C)Frustrating.D)Difficult.14.A)There are no office hour limits.B)Employees are reluctant to work overtime.C)Employees work more than 16 hours a day.D)Working overtime is very common.15.A)They are much more effective.B)They are socially great.C)They are sometimes annoying.D)They are not so common.Section CDirections:In this section,you will hear three passages.At the end of each passage,you will hear some questions.Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.After you hear a question,you must choose the bestanswer from the four choices marked A),B),C)and D).Then mark the corresponding letter onAnswer Sheet 1with a single line through the centre.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16.A)Cars and iron ore.B)Iron ore and people.C)Animals and iron ore.D)People and animals.17.A)It includes three infrastructure companies.B)It has 24 operators to run the services.C)It has no state-owned companies.D)It is a highly complex system.18.A)He thinks British trains are the most punctual in the world.B)He never complains to the Rail Passenger Council.C)He constantly encounters the poor train service.D)He often complains about the poor train service.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19.A)The trifles of daily life.B)The basics of relationships.C)The standards of relationships.D)The feelings of romantic gestures.第 2 页20.A)It needs something special.C)It is the source of happiness.B)It is highly demanding.D)It doesnt exist in real life.21.A)There are many ups and downs in life.C)People tend to think highly of themselves.B)It is hard to find a healthy relationship.D)People have easy access to meeting strangers.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22.A)They are liable to attack.C)They are as smart as cats.B)They like to smell people.D)They are independent.23.A)Strong.B)Quiet.C)Neat.D)Loyal.24.A)They can be trained to deliver things.C)They can be used to work as police dogs.B)They can be put to use guide dogs.D)They can be trained to help the disabled.25.A)Evaluating dogsreaction to different cancers.B)Using dogs to discover early stage cancer.C)Examining dogshighly sophisticated sensor.D)Investigating the functions of dogs;noses.Part Reading Comprehension(40 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section,there is a passage with ten blanks.You are required to select one word for each blankfrom a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage.Read the passage through carefully beforemaking your choices.Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter.Please mark the corresponding letter foreach item onAnswer Sheet 2with a single line through the centre.You may not use any of the words in thebank more than once.Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.Theres something rotten in the state of womens health.As this article is being written in July,Republicansin Congress are_26_in a frenzied effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act(ACA)put in place by theObama administration.At least 22 million Americans would lose medical insurance by 2026 under thelatest_27_of this planwhich includes large cuts to Medicaidand lack of insurance means more sickness anddeath for thousands,data show.These cuts_28_to affect women more than menwhether by removing basichealth coverage,cutting maternity care or_29_limiting reproductive rights.Its time to take a stand against this war on womens health.Current events are just the latest_30_in a longhistory of male-centric medicine,often driven not by politicians but by scientists and physicians.Before theNational Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993,which_31_the inclusion of women and minorities infinal-stage medication and therapy trials,women were actively_32_from such tests because scientists worriedthat female hormonal cycles would interfere with the results.The_33_,meant women did not know how drugswould affect them.Whether or not the repeal-and-replace legislation passes this year,these_34_are part of a larger war onwomens health that is not likely to abate anytime soon.We must resist this assault.Never mind“America First”its _35_to put women first.第 3 页A)absolutelyI)omissionB)attacksJ)requiredC)commonK)sharplyD)criticalL)shiftedE)engagedM)threatenF)excludedN)valueG)influenceO)versionH)insultSection BDirections:In this section,you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it.Each statementcontains information given in one of the paragraphs.Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived.You may choose a paragraph more than once.Each paragraph is marked with a letter.Answer the questions bymarking the corresponding letter onAnswer Sheet 2.Motherhood Isnt Sacrifice;Its SelfishnessAI was taking a few weeksbreak from work over the summer.My family and Imy husband and my sons,then 9 and 7planned to spend the time at our house on the New Jersey shore.When my mother asked what wewould be doing on our vacation,I told her we would be togethergoing to the beach and the nearby amusementpark,cooking,playing in the yard.In response,my mother said:“Oh,thats not much of a vacation for you.Ill betyou cant wait to get back to work.Motherhood,its the hardest job in the world.All sacrifice!”“Really?”was allI could say in response.BI was looking forward to uninterrupted time with my boys.We would spend days by the ocean and taketrips to the boardwalk,where they would scream with delight whole riding the roller coasterthe same one Idridden when I was their age,then ridden alongside them until Hurricane Sandy deposited it into the Atlantic.Wedram one another with bumper cars;wed ride the old-fashioned merry-go-round,waiting until my youngest sonsfavorite horse,bright-blue Freddy,became available.Some days were sure to end in tears of exhaustion,but thetears didnt outweigh the joy.Even on the bad days.CMy mother was only trying to be sympathetic to my life as a working mother,but the self-satisfied wayshe proclaimed the sacrificial nature of motherhood grated(使 人 烦 恼).I dont believe for one second thatmotherhood is the hardest job in the world nor that it is all sacrifice.Still,it wasnt fair to blame her;she wasmerely parroting a common refrain.Once my annoyance lifted,in its place spread a kind of clarity that helped meto understand how these linguistic tropes(比喻)reinforce the disempowerment of mothers and women.DThe assertion of motherhood as sacrifice comes with a perceived glorification.A woman is expected tosacrifice her time,ambition and sense of self to a higher purpose,one more worthy than her own individualidentity.This leaves a vacuum in the place of her value,one that others rush to fill.EWhen a woman becomes pregnant,she seems to become public property.Perhaps because bearingchildren ensures the continuation of the species,it is often prioritized as part of a larger social contract.Not onlydoes this logic lead to an attempt to legislate womens bodies,but also in smaller,everyday gestures,boundariesget crossed.Many friends tell stories about being touched by strangers during pregnancy,as if a womansmaternal(母亲的)status turns her into a vessel to handle.FWritten more than 30 years ago,Margaret Atwoods The Handmaids Tale offers a cautionary tale ofwomanhood as sacrifice.In this dystopic novel,women are grouped according to the uses men determine for them:namely,sterile wives married for appearance or fertile“handmaids,”who are raped routinely for procreation(生育).One male character declares that the woman must“learn in silence with all subjection”and that“she shall besaved by childbearing.”In this scenario,the act of the concept of motherhood as sacrifice.GWhen we cling to the idea of motherhood as sacrifice,what we really sacrifice is our sense of self,as if it第 4 页is the price we pay for having children.HMotherhood is not a sacrifice,but a privilegeone that many of us choose selfishly.At its mostatavistic(原始的)，procreating ensures that our genes survive into the next generation.You could call thisselfishness as biological imperative.On a personal level,when we bring into the world a being that is of us,someone we will protect and love and for whom we will do everything we can to help thrive and flourish,it begetsthe question,How is this selfless?Selflessness implies that we have no skin the game.In motherhood,were all in.I By reframing motherhood as a privilege,we redirect agency back to the mother,empowering her,celebrating her autonomy(自主权)instead of her sacrifice.Granted,some of us have more autonomy than others.There are many mothers who would not have chosen motherhood,for financial or personal reasons.Still,byowning our roles as mothers and refusing the false accolades(赞扬)of martyrdom(殉难)，we do more to empowerall women.JIn my experience,when women talk among women,our ambivalence or frustration is rarely about ourroles as mothers.(That doesnt mean our kids dont drive us crazy sometimes.)Rather,conversations turn toquestions of how to manage the best part of our lives(those very kids who are driving us crazy)with our partners,careers and other responsibilities.And while many women derive their deepest fulfillment as mothers,it doesntpreclude(阻止)their ambition or fly in the face of leaning in or out or sideways.KCalling motherhood“the hardest job in the world”misses the point completely because having and raisingchildren is not a“job.”No one will deny that there is exhaustion,fear and tedium(枯燥).Raising a family is hardwork,but so is every other meaningful aspect of our lives.LThe language surrounding child rearing as a job surely derived from caregivers and homemakers effortsto be acknowledged as fulfilling an important role.And clearly raising children is one of the most important thingswe dofor both women and menbut that does not make it a job.In a job,an employer pays for services anemployee agrees to perform.And there is a boss to whom the employee reports.In the case of parenting,whowould that be?MThat doesnt mean we dont want supportpaid parental leave,more flexible working hours,publiclyfunded day care.But the cultural shift has to happen for the policies to follow.Martyrs,after all,dont need orexpect public services.NFathers are rarely,if ever,spoken about in the same way that mothers are.Its culturally acceptable formen to have children and professional identities without having to choose between the two.These unspoken biasesrun deep.It reminds me of a friend whose husband complained about having to“babysit”the children while shewent to dinner with friends.Has a woman ever“babysat”her own children?Things are changing,but theinsidious(潜在的)inferences persist.OFurther,with“women”and“family”as go-to cultural corollaries(必然的结果),studies show,terrifyingly,that these biases are being adopted by artificial intelligence,too.Calling motherhood a womans“job”only servesto keep a woman in her place.The priorities of mothers who work outside the home are often questioned.Its as ifwomen are forced to choose between ambition(or simply earning a living wage)and family.PIf we start referring to motherhood as the beautiful,messy privilege that it is,and to tending to ourchildren as the most loving yet selfish thing we do,perhaps we can change the biased language my mother used.Only when we stop talking about motherhood as sacrifice can we start talking about mothers the way that wedeserve.36.In Margaret Atwoods novel,women are divided into two groups based on whether or not they can givebirth to a child.37.The way to alter the biased view held by people like the authors mother is to talk about being a mother asprivilege and selfishness.38.Rearing children couldnt become a job because parents,unlike employees,neither get paid to fulfill theirresponsibilities nor have a superior.第 5 页39.The author knows from her experience that conversations between women usually c