【星火英语版】2016年12月大学英语四级答案  第一套

Part Ⅰ Writing

Finding A Job First

    College students’options upon graduation vary from person to person. Some students choose to hunt for a job while others prefer to start their own businesses. As for me, I would rather find a job first.

    The reasons for my decision are as follows. For one thing, it is much easier for me to find a job compared with starting a business which demands fund, experience, and the market. As a green hand who has just graduated from college, it’s totally beyond my ability to handle such a complex situation. For another, working for others could develop my personalities such as perseverance and stress tolerance, which can help me become more prepared and qualified if I would like to start my own business. 

     To conclude, chances always favor those who are prepared. And I don’t think a person could really “build up from nothing”.  As a result, I will find a job first after graduation.

Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension

Section A

1 A) It was dangerous to live in.

2 B) A storm.

3 B) They were trapped in an underground elevator.

4 C) They sent supplies to keep the miners warm.

5 D) Close some of its post offices.

6 C) Stopping mail delivery on Saturdays.

7 A) Many post office staff will lose their jobs.

Section B

8 D) He will lose part of his pay.

9 B) He is a trustworthy guy.

10 D) She is better at handling such matters.

11 C) He is always trying to stir up trouble.

12 D) Reserved.

13 A) They stay quiet.

14 C) She was never invited to a colleague’s home.

15 B) Houses provide more privacy.

Section C

16 D) They will automatically be given hiring priority.

17 C) Visit the school careers service.

18 B) Supervising study spaces to ensure a quiet atmosphere.

19 C) It may be sold at a higher price.

20 A) It is healthier than green tea.

21 D) It does not have a stable market.

22 B) They prefer unique objects of high quality.

23 B) They could only try to create at night.

24 A) Make wise choices.

25 A) To boost the local economy.

Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension

Section A

26 K) rarely

27 O) tortured

28 J) minimal

29 D) determine

30 G) inadequate  

31 B) creates

32 E) direction

33 M) strengthen

34 L) shelters

35 C) critically

Section B

36 C) It might mean monitoring employee productivity on a digital leaderboard and offering prizes to the winners, or giving employees digital badges or stars for completing certain activities.

37 J) Gamification is “not a magic bullet,” Werbach warns.

38 G) Some people, Werbach says, are motivated by competition.

39 D) The concept of gamification is not entirely new, Werbach says.

40 K) Still, gamification only stands to become more popular, he says, “as more and more people come into the workforce who are familiar with the structures and expressions of digital games.”

41 E) But the word “gamification” and the widespread, conscious application of the concept only began in earnest about five years ago, Werbach says.

42 B) Increasingly, companies are tapping into these desires directly through what has come to be known as “gamification”: essentially, turning work into a game.

43 H) Gamification does not have to be digital. Monica Cornetti runs a company that gamifies employee trainings.

44 F) A number of companies have sprung up—GamEffective, Bunchball and Badgeville, to name a few—in recent years offering gamification platforms for businesses.

45 I) Some people do not take naturally to gamified work environments, Cornetti says.

Section C

46 C) They are over-burdened with administrative staff.

47 A) Good classroom teachers.

48 D) They are much bigger than is desirable.

49 A) It requires talent and practice.

50 B) Hiring more classroom teachers and allowing them to teach in their own way.

51 D) It may be a pleasant way for kids to reduce their food intake.

52 D) Most kids and adults would choose a smaller meal that came with a non-food item.

53 B) Adults chose the smaller portion on the mere promise of a future award.

54 A) The emotional component of the prizes is at work.

55 D) More studies are needed to find out the impact of emotion on behavior.

Part Ⅳ Translation

     The color of red in Chinese culture usually symbolizes good luck，longevity, and happiness. Red can be found everywhere during Chinese Spring Festival and other joyous occasions. Cashes are often put in red envelopes and sent to family members or close friends as gifts. The popularity of red in China can also be attributed to the fact that people associate it with the Chinese Revolution and the Communist Party. However, red does not signify good luck and joy all the time in that the name of the dead used to be written in red. Thus it is regarded as an offense to write the names of Chinese people in red ink.

【星火英语版】2016年12月大学英语四级答案  第二套

Part Ⅰ Writing

Going to a Graduate School Will Be Better for Me

   If given two options after graduation, that is, to take a job in a company and to go to a graduate school, I’d prefer the latter. 

    First and foremost, it is widely acknowledged that higher level of education means better payments and more opportunities in the future in China. Therefore, I think another two or three years’ investment in graduate education must be worthwhile in the long run. Secondly, I love my major and have a strong desire to further my study so as to deeply explore some academic issues in this field. Finally, the job market for undergraduate students is too competitive for average students like me to find a satisfying job. Thus, it would be a better choice if I could obtain a master’s degree. 

    Considering the three factors listed above, I would choose to go to a graduate school after graduation to earn a better future.

Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension

Section A

1 B) To replace two old stone bridges.

2 D) Millions of coins on the bottom.

3 C) It shut down two border crossings with Libya.

4 D) Devise a monitoring system on the Tunisian border with Libya.

5 C) A plant-powered mobile phone charger.

6 A) While sitting in their school’s courtyard.

7 D) It collects the energy released by plants.[

Section B

8 B) He called the woman and left her a message.

9 C) It has stopped working completely.

10 A) To seek her permission.

11 B) She is having her day off

12 A) He saved a baby boy’s life.

13 B) He is currently unemployed.

14 C) A strong wind.

15 A) She stood motionless in shock.

Section C

16 D) She wanted to have an ice-cream truck when she was a little girl.

17 A) To preserve a tradition.

18 C) To allow poor kids to have ice-cream too.

19 A) The reasons for imposing taxes.

20 C) Protecting people’s life and property.

21 B) By selling public lands.

22 D) It is surrounded by France on three sides.

23 B) Its ruler Prince Rainier married an American actress.

24 D) Clothing.

25 C) Small countries in Europe.

Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension

Section A

26 A)absorb

27 C)contribute

28 K)levels

29 G)explore

30 M)picture

31 O)voyage

32 B)combined

33 E)emissions

34 D)depth

35 N)unsure

Section B

36 F) As predicted, the students with a growth mind-set felt that learning was a more important goal than getting good grades.

37 C) In particular, attributing poor performance to a lack of ability depresses motivation more than does the belief that lack of effort is to blame.

38 I) How do we transmit a growth mind-set to our children?

39 A) I first began to investigate the basis of human motivation—and how people persevere after setbacks—as a psychology graduate student at Yale University in the 1960s.

40 G) Such different outlooks had a dramatic impact on performance.

41 E) We validated these expectations in a study in which two other psychologists and I    monitored 373 students for two years during the transition to junior high school, when the work gets more difficult and the grading more strict, to determine how their mind-sets might affect their math grades.

42 A) I first began to investigate the basis of human motivation—and how people persevere after setbacks—as a psychology graduate student at Yale University in the 1960s.

43 J) In addition, parents and teachers can help children by providing explicit instruction regarding the mind as a learning machine.

44 D) Later, I developed a broader theory of what separates the two general classes of learners—helpless versus mastery-oriented.

45 H) A fixed mind-set can also hinder communication and progress in the workplace and discourage or ignore constructive criticism and advice.

Section C

46 C) They were subject to taxation almost everywhere.

47 B) They find it ever harder to cope with sugar-induced health problems.

48 A) It did not work out as well as was expected.

49 D) Adjusting the physical composition of their products.

50 A) There is no single easy quick solution to the problem.

51 D) It affects models’ health and safety.

52 B) Government legislation about models’ weight.

53 C) It has great influence on numerous girls and women.

54 B) It has now a new law to follow.

55 D) It will have models with a higher BMI.

Part Ⅳ Translation

    In Chinese culture, yellow is a color occupying a fairly prominent position, which is endowed with unique symbolic significance. During feudal times, yellow stands for the ruler’s power and authority. At that time, yellow was exclusively designed for the emperor, with the royal palace painted yellow and the imperial robe always being yellow, while ordinary people were never permitted to wear yellow clothes. In China, yellow is also the symbol of harvest. When crops are ripening in the fall, people celebrate the harvest in high spirits, with the fields taking on a vast expanse of golden appearance.

【星火英语版】2016年12月大学英语四级答案  第三套

Part ⅠWriting

Working in a state-owned business or in a joint venture

    Upon graduation, all college students will confront the problem of the career choice，which is truly a tough one. Some hold that there is no better way to get a decent job than working in a stated-owned business, which will guarantee their quality of life after retirement, [while others insist that working in a joint venture outweighs any other jobs as it may provide higher income. As for me, I prefer the latter. 

    For one thing, a joint venture usually offers a more cooperative and competitive working atmosphere which is suitable for the beginners to develop their abilities. For another, joint ventures usually provide high salaries,  which exerts a tremendous fascination on a great number of people, especially to the beginners who need to cover the expenses of transportation, the house-renting, and social activities. Besides the above two, I adore the diverse business culture in the joint ventures, immersed in which I can broaden my vision and expand my knowledge.

    Based on the above reasons, working in a joint venture will be my first and sole choice.

Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension

说明：由于2016年12月四级考试全国共考了2套听力，本套真题听力与前2套内容完全一样，只是顺序不一样，因此在本套真题中不再重复出现。

Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension 

Section A

26 E)challenges

27 J) searched

28 D)categorizing

29 K)similarities

30 L)slightly

31 G)percentage

32 O)traditional

33 I)regardless

34 H)proving

35 M)suggests

Section B 

36 I) Jamming attacks are absolutely possible.

37 D) Jamming concerns are nothing new, and they’re not unique to security systems.

38 J) Let’s imagine that you live in a small home with a wireless security setup that offers a functional anti-jamming system.

39 F) Wireless security providers will often take steps to help combat the threat of jamming attacks.

40 B) The most likely type of burglary by far is the unsophisticated crime of opportunity, usually involving a broken window or some forced entry.

41 H) ]We like the unique nature of that software.

42 C) One of the main theoretical home-security concerns is whether or not a given system is vulnerable to being blocked from working altogether.

43 K) At the end of the day, these kinds of systems are primarily designed to protect against the sort of opportunistic smash-and-grab attack that makes up the majority of burglaries.

44 G) SimpliSafe was singled out in one recent article on jamming, complete with a video showing the entire system being effectively bypassed with handheld jamming equipment.

45 E) Security devices are required to list the frequencies they broadcast on—that means that a potential thief can find what they need to know with minimal Googling.

Section C

46 B) He intends to get rid of the tipping practice. 

47 C) It forces the customer to compensate the waiter.

48 D) They can have some say in how much their servers earn.

49 A) Service quality has little effect on tip size.

50 D) Waiters should be paid by employers instead of customers.

51 C) The impact of chepa oil on global economic growth.

52 D) Consumers will spend their savings from cheap oil on other commodities.

53 C) They use their money reserves to back up consumption.

54 B) Its negative effects more than cancel out its positive effects.

55 A) People are not spending all the money they save on gas.

Part Ⅳ Translation

    With China’s reform and opening up, nowadays quite a number of youngsters would like to celebrate their weddings in western style. The bride wears a white wedding dress at the ceremony, as white is regarded as a symbol of purity. However, in traditional Chinese culture, white is a color that is often used in funerals. That's why it's necessary to keep in mind that white flowers must not be gifts for patients, especially not for the elders or critically ill patients. Similarly, the cash gift shouldn’t be packed in a white envelope, but in a red one instead.

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