1、2016 年英语专业四级考试答案ListeningPART I DICTATIONThink Positively and Feel PositivelyAre you confident or insecure in a difficult situation? Do you react positively or negatively? The answer may depend in part on whom you are around.A study found that negative thinking can be contagious in some cases. For e
2、xample, the researchers studied 103 college roommates. They measured each roommates tendency towards negative thinking. It was found that thinking patterns can be contagious. Students with a negative thinking roommate became more depressed themselves and students with more positive thinking roommate
3、s were more likely to become more positive as well.PART II LISTENING COMPREHENSIONSECTION A TALK1. success2. challenging settings3. National Spelling Contest4. passion and perseverance5. future a reality6. marathon7. grittier8. measures of talent9. not fixed10. not permanentSECTION B CONVERSATIONS1.
4、 C. procedure2. A. job3. C. presentation4. D. company5. B. 11 Thursday6. B. Handle7. A. increased by 6 to8. B. first9. D. withdraw10. A. charitablePART III LANGUAGE USAGE11-20: ADABB DBABC 21-30: ADABA CDBDCPART IV CLOZE31-40: HLIED KOCMGPART V READING COMPREHENSION41-50: BADBD ADCBD51. Keep wits to
5、gether in the presence of that food.52. The author was given the million-pound bank-note.53. It symbolizes peace and unity.54. Meeting basic needs and making low-paid work.55. Good things will happen by taking care of the present.PART VI WRITING参考范文When it comes to whether parents should take their
6、children to spend holidays during term-time, views on the issue vary from person to person. Parents claim that by doing so, they can save a lot of money born of busy school holidays. Educational officials strongly oppose this tendency on the ground that it encourages truancy, which in turn damages a
7、 childs education. From my perspective, the merits of banning term-time holidays outweigh its demerits.To begin with, taking tough measures on this kind of truancy is conducive to the normal teaching process, one of the key elements to guarantee kids academic performance. As we know, currently, teac
8、hers have the discretion to approve a certain time of absence from school for each child, which is supposed to be for illness and is not supposed to be granted for holidays. By definitely abolishing the right of head teachers to “authorize absence” from the classroom, those teachers can rarely be pe
9、stered by parents who want to take children to go on a holiday just to save money, which severely disrupts teaching process. What s more, without strict penalties imposed on the parents who lead to their kids playing truant, those parents can gradually view asking for holiday leave as a right. Once
10、this cultural expectation is formed, the level of truancy will dramatically increase.Accordingly, the growing trend of term-time holidays should be banned with no delay. In this way, teachers can impart knowledge without disturbance and parents will be deterred from saving money at the expense of sa
11、crificing their kids education.2016 专四听力原文PART I DICTATIONThink Positively and Feel PositivelyAre you confident or insecure in a difficult situation? Do you react positively or negatively? The answer may depend in part on whom you are around.A study found that negative thinking can be contagious in
12、some cases. For example, the researchers studied 103 college roommates. They measured each roommates tendency towards negative thinking. It was found that thinking patterns can be contagious. Students with a negative thinking roommate became more depressed themselves and students with more positive
13、thinking roommates were more likely to become more positive as well.PART II LISTENING COMPREHENSIONSECTION A TALKWhat is Grit?Good morning, everyone. Today I would like to talk about my recent research project, concerning the key to success. I would like to start my topic with my own story.When I wa
14、s 27 years old, I left for a demanding job - teaching seventh graders math in the New York City public schools. And like any teacher, I made quizzes and tests. I gave out homework assignments. When the work came back, I calculated grades.What struck me was that I.Q. was not the only difference betwe
15、en my best and my worst students. Some of my strongest performers did not have super I.Q. scores. Some of my smartest kids werent doing so well.And I felt interested in knowing the reason why the students math performance is not that closely related to their IQ scores. I started studying kids and ad
16、ults in all kinds of challenging settings, and in every study my question was, who is successful here and why? My research team and I went to West Point Military Academy. We tried to predict which students would stay in military training and which would drop out. We went to the National Spelling Con
17、test and tried to predict which children would advance furthest in competition. We worked with private companies, asking, which of these sales people is going to keep their jobs? And whos going to earn the most money? We went to many places. And finally, one characteristic emerged as a significant p
18、redictor of success. And it wasnt social intelligence. It wasnt good looks, physical health, and it wasnt I.Q. It was grit. What is grit?Well, grit is passion and perseverance for very long-term goals. Grit is sticking with your future, day in, day out, not just for the week, not just for the month,
19、 but for years, and working really hard to make future a reality. Grit is living your life like its a marathon, not a sprint.A few years ago, I started studying grit in the Chicago public schools. I asked thousands of high school juniors to take grit questionnaires, and then waited around more than
20、a year to see who would graduate. It turned out that grittier kids were significantly more likely to graduate, even when I matched them on every characteristic I could measure, things like family income, test scores, and so on. To me, the most shocking thing about grit is how little we know, how lit
21、tle science knows, about building it. Every day, parents and teachers asked me, “How do I build grit in kids? How do I keep them motivated for the long run?“ Our data show very clearly that there are many talented individuals who simply do not follow through on their commitment. In fact, in our data
22、, grit is usually unrelated to measures of talent.So far, the best idea Ive heard about building grit in kids is something called “growth mindset.“ Growth mindset is the belief that the ability to learn is not fixed, that it can change with your effort. Kids with grit are much more likely to perseve
23、re when they fail, because they dont believe that failure is a permanent condition.So growth mindset is a great idea for building grit. But we need more. And thats where Im going to end my talk, because thats where we are. Thats the work that stands before us. We have to be willing to fail, to be wr
24、ong, to start over again with lessons learned.As a conclusion, we need to be gritty about getting our kids grittier. Next time, I would like to share with you my experience in building up students grit.Section BConversation OneW: Hello, this is Kate Smith. Im calling from ABC Company.M: Oh, hello, K
25、ate. Great to hear from you. W: Youve already been told that youve been short-listed for interview.M: Oh, yes.W: Well were very excited about meeting you. Ok, I just want to talk you through the procedure for the day. Someone will meet you when you arrive, and then bring you up to meet myself and Ar
26、thur Miller, the CEO.M: Ok sounds good. So will you be the only members of the interview panel there then? W: Yes, itll be just me and Arthur who will talk to you. The interview will be in three parts first of all well ask you some general questions about yourself and your educational and profession
27、al background, and then well move on to specifics. M: Oh, er, Specifics? Well er, what kind of questions will you be asking? W: Well, itll be very similar to the personal statement you submitted with your CV - well be expecting you to to give actual examples of problems youve faced and solved, and o
28、f what you feel are the major successes in your career so far. M: Ok well yeah, that sounds great cant wait! W: Then therell be a chance for you to ask us any questions - about the job itself, or ABC Company in general. M: Oh, erm, ok.Ill think of something!W: After that, wed like you to give a shor
29、t presentation on how you see ABC as a company progressing, and how you see yourself taking us there. M: Ok so will I be expected to give like a formal style presentation? W: It can be as formal or informal as you like. Therell be a computer and a data projector there available. If you need anything
30、 else, just let us know. M: Oh, erm ok, a presentation! Ill think of something. I havent done one of those in a while. W: Is that all clear? M: Yes.W: Great, so, Daniel, Ill see you at 11am, Thursday, next week. M: Ok, great. I look forward to meeting you! Thanks, bye. W: Bye.Questions 1 to 5 are ba
31、sed on Conversation One.Question 1: Why does the woman call the man?Question 2: What kind of questions can the man ask in an interview?Question 3: Which is the last part of the interview?Question 4: What might be expected from the mans presentation?Question 5: When is the interview scheduled?Convers
32、ation TwoW: It says a growing number of students are making a major hole from the minute they enter the real world, because they are already some of them, more than 100,000 dollars in debt. With us now is Mark Spencer. He is the senior financial analyst from SBC Bank. Welcome to you.M: Thank you, ni
33、ce to be with you.W: Now, I guess there are two kinds of debts, good debt and bad debt. Where does this go?M: Well, student loan debt is traditionally considered good debt, but the problem for many students and their families is that the cost of colleges has been going up at 6-8% a year, far faster
34、than the income, far faster than the standard of living. That means debts taking on a bigger and bigger role in financing education.W: How much debt is too much debt for-for one student?M: Well, one guideline is that you look at the first-year salary in your field after graduation, and use that as a
35、 barometer, but even thenW: Is that right?M: Well, you are talking big payments even in that instance. For example, 30,000 dollars worth of debt, if you are gonna repay that over 10 years, you are talking more than 300 dollars a months debt in payments every month for 10 years.W: But there are surel
36、y more than one way to get a loan for college. There are government programs, there are so many kinds of grants. Whats-whats the best advice for people who are looking for these loans to try to keep themselves from going under?M: I understand that loans are just one way of college finance. Take adva
37、ntage of the other opportunities, things like a college savings plan. Let-let you save on a tax advantage basis, so you can put money away in these accounts and withdraw tax-free to pay for that education.W: So its important to start early and that really reduces their reliance on debt later.M: Anot
38、her thing. Leave no stone unturned, looking at grants, scholarships, even on campus jobs. I mean every dollar you get that way is seen as another dollar you dont have to borrow later.W: The kinds of jobs that so many students, fresh off students, like to go into, ehcharity stuff, volunteer work. Thi
39、s debt is eliminating a lot of that, isnt it?M: I think thats the social cost, really, I mean, you know, when you consider that, you know, people may pass up a rewarding career and charitable work or a non-profit organization, because they have to get a higher salary some places else to pay off that
40、 debt.W: Yeah, thats for sure. Mark Spencer, senior financial analyst from SBC Bank, Mark, good you could be here.M: Thank you.Questions 6 to 10 are based on Conversation TwoQuestion 6: What is the interview mainly about?Question 7: How does the cost of education change every year?Question 8: What is used to measure student loan debt as a guideline?Question 9: What is the advantage of joining a college savings plan?Question 10: What is the possible social cost of college loan?
