1、2021年12月四级考试预测押题卷（五）（附答案解析）Part IWriting(30minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to writ an essay. There are two different views about health care: one is that health care should be free for everyone and the other is that people should pay medical costs for themselves. You ar
2、e to give your own opinion. Write an essay to explain the reasons for your opinion. You should write at least 120ords but no more that 180 words.Part IIListening Comprehension(25 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each conversation, you will
3、 hear four questions. Both the news report and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Questions 1 and
4、 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.1. A) The amount of it changes from season to season.B) The amount of it shrinks to the lowest level in July.C) The amount of it grows in winter and shrinks in summer.D) The amount of it is close to that of Arctic sea ice.2. A) It has something to
5、do with the weather.B) It is due to the greenhouse effect.C) It is hard to identify.D) It has aroused public concern.Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.3. A) It is warming at a slower pace that elsewhere.B) It is warming at a quicker pace that elsewhere.C) Its tempera
6、ture is soaring at a high speed everywhere.D) Its temperature is going towards the level of tropical areas.4. A) The trend of climate change can be reversed.B) The sea-level rise is a linear trend.C) The rising sea level is largely caused by floods.D) The sea-level rise is accelerating.Questions 5 t
7、o 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.5. A) The process of turning hydrogen into a metal.B) Hydrogen might be turned into a metal.C) Reflectivity is a key trait of metals.D) The decades-long search for superconductors.6. A) By compressing it to 4.9 million times atmospheric pressure.B
8、) By heating it up to extremely high temperatures.C) By cooling it down to extremely cold temperatures.D) By squeezing it strong enough at room temperature.7. A) Most of them work only at room temperature.B) Most of them work only at freezing temperature.第 7 页C) Most of them work only at extremely c
9、old temperatures.D) Most of them work only at extremely high temperatures.Section BDirections：In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear four questions. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a quest
10、ion, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C), and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.8. A) He is applying for a job.B) He is reading a job a
11、dvertisement.C) He is filing in a form for a school.D) He is writing his graduation thesis.9. A) Because he does not want his college education to be useless.B) Because he is quite skilled in his major.C) Because he has spent much time and money on college education.D) Because he is very interested
12、in his major.10. A) How to improve nutrition for children of the minority groups.B) How to distribute food and money to the poor.C) How to understand the needs of the poor.D) How to collect money for charitable causes.11. A) It is frustrating.B) It is natural.C) It is intolerable.D) It is motivating
13、.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12. A) Because people in that period believed in the power of God.B) Because people in that period believed in the power of mankind.C) Because people in that period believed in the power of religious faith.D) Because people in tha
14、t period believed in the power of nature.13. A) He was elected the first president of the USA.B) He was one of the drafters of the Declaration of Independence.C) He was a successful businessman as well as a famous writer.D) He was the embodiment of American Dream.14. A) He was the commander in chief
15、 of the Continental army.B) He was the second American president.C) He drafted the Declaration of Independence alone.D) He was a successful statesman and scientist.15. A) So far as you work hard, you can make your dream come true.B) Only when you have a higher education can you realize your dream.C)
16、 Despite your efforts, you cant make it if opportunity does not strike you.D) Despite your efforts, your family background counts more in your life.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 q
17、uestions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C)and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16.
18、A) A new exhibition to explore the significance of selfies as an art form.B) A new exhibition to explore the importance of self-portraits.C) A new exhibition of Vincent Van Goghs famous works.D) A new exhibition of recent celebrities selfies.17. A) A tool of becoming icons of the digital era.B) A to
19、ol of artistic expression to which we all have access.C) A shift in society using technology as a means of self-expression.D) A shift in society using technology as a means of becoming popular.18. A) Modern technology.C) The smartphone.B) Social media.D) The iPhone.Questions 19 to 21 are based on th
20、e passage you have just heard.19. A) A punishing figure.B) A righteous figure.C) A funny figure.D) An almighty figure.20. A) They try to entertain the devil with gifts. C) They try to ask their parents to beat the devil.B)They try to run away.D) They try to hide at a corner of their rooms.21. A) In
21、German folklore.C) In Australian folklore.B) In Austrian folklore.D) In Croatian folklore.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22. A) Misconceptions about learning English. C) The key to learning English speaking.B) The key to learning English vocabulary.D) The key to talk
22、ing to native speakers.23. A) More speaking practice.B) A wide vocabulary.C) Rich knowledge of grammar.D) More input.24. A) Because they tend to think in their native language.B) Because they are slower in the process of learning a language.C) Because they are ashamed of making mistakes.D) Because t
23、hey lack speaking practice.25. A) It can be trained only by speaking with native speakers.B) It is a skill and should be trained.C) It is a skill that develops automatically.D) It can be trained by reciting English essays.Part Reading Comprehension( 40 minutes )Section ADirections: In this section,
24、there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding le
25、tter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.Passwords are a pain in the ass. Theyre either easy to 26 or hare to remember, and when breaches ( 破 坏 ) 27 yo
26、u have to come up with a whole new one . So people are trying to do away with passwords altogether, and so far fingerprint scanners are doing the job nicely.Still, fingerprints alone are not 28 . Online security has become 29 important, forcing service providers to come up with better measures such
27、as two-factor authentication ( 验 证 ) to 30 user information. Companies are turning to other parts of our bodies to find biometric (生物计量的) 31 that are up to the task, and our faces and eyes are at the top of the list. Although facial and eye-based recognition appear gimmicky for now, they may soon be
28、come as prevalent and popular as fingerprint scanners. That pairing could root out passwords and clunky text-message two-factor 32 altogether, making it a completely biometric process.The popularity , prevalence and convenience of fingerprint scanning means it is here to stay, and by no means are fa
29、ce and eye recognition meant to 33 it. Choudhury sees the newer method as a complement tofingerprints, providing a more convenient second-factor authentication as opposed to entering a text code sent to your phone. While the tech we have right now may not be fast or secure enough to be truly conveni
30、ent and helpful, were getting close. Using the adoption of fingerprint scanners as a 34 ,Choudhury estimated we are about five years away from iris ( 虹 膜 ) scanners and face detection becoming 35 .Until then ,well have to deal with changing our crappy passwords every so often and hope we dont forget
31、 them.A) complementsB) conceptionsC) crackD) defendE) enoughF) identifyG) inappropriateH) increasinglyI) interfereJ) modelK) occurL) replaceM) traditionallyN) verificationO) widespreadSection BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each state
32、ment contains 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 by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.Sent Home for Not Wear
33、ing Heels, She Ignited a British RebellionA LONDON-When Nicola Thorp reported to work awhile back as a temporary receptionist in the financial center here , she was shocked when her temp supervisor said her flat shoes were unacceptable. She would need to get herself shoes with heels at least two inc
34、hes high.B When she refused, she was sent home from the accounting firm PwC without pay. Bu that was not the end of it. Five months later, Ms. Thorp, an actress originally from the northern seaside city of Blackpool, started a petition calling for a law that would make sure no company could ever aga
35、in demand that a woman wear heels to work.C The petition collected more than 150,000 signatures, helped spur a popular opposition-dozens of professional women posted photographs of themselves on Twitter defiantly wearing flats-and prompted an inquiry overseen by two parliamentary committees.D On Wed
36、nesday, more than two years after Ms. Thorp, now 28, strode into that office in her chic but sensible black flats, the committees released a report concluding that Portico, the outsourcing firm that had insisted she wear high heels, had broken the law. It added that existing law needed to be toughen
37、ed to overcome outmoded and sexist workplace codes.E During the investigation, the committees received hundreds of complaints from women whose companies had demanded that they “ dye their hair blonde.” “wear revealing outfits” or “ constantly reapply makeup.” “Discriminatory dress codes remain wides
38、pread,” the report said.F Ms. Thorp praised the inquirys conclusion, saying it was all the more imperative in the Trump era, when men around the world had a role model in the White House who had boasted about behaving badly toward women.G “I refused to work for a company that expected women to wear
39、makeup, heels and a skirt. This is unacceptable in 2017,” she said . “ People say sexism is not an issue anymore. But when a man who has admitted publicly to sexually harassing women is the leader of the free world, it is more crucial than ever to have laws that protect women.”H Ms. Thorp said her r
40、esistance to heels, while a protest against sexism and discrimination, was also a matter of public health given the toll that high heels take on womens feet. “The company expected me to do anine-hour shift on my feet accompanying clients to meeting rooms, ”she said. “I told them that I just wouldnt
41、be able to do that in heels.”I Portico on Wednesday said it had rewritten its code almost immediately after the issue was raised by Ms. Thorp, dropping the heel requirement, among others . Its old code had warned employees against such thing as greasy or highly gelled hair or wearing flowers as acce
42、ssories. It had also called for heel height to be two to four inches and for makeup to be “worn at all times” and “ regularly reapplied,” with a minimum of lipstick, mascara (睫毛膏) and eye shadow.J PwC stressed that the dress code required by Portico in December 2015 was Porticos policy and had beene
43、nforced by a Portico supervisor. Nevertheless, it said it regretted that the inquiry was instigated by an incident at its offices, and it remained committed to equality at the workplace.K In some spheres, Britain, a multicultural society, has been particularly sensitive about gender discrimination.
44、Last summer the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, banned advertisements showing scantily clad ( 衣着暴露的) women from the citys public transportation system, saying they promoted unhealthy or unrealistic body images.L But legal experts and womens advocates say social and cultural conventions can be harder to
45、 change. When Prime Minister Theresa May was photographed recently wearing a $1,250 pair of “ desert khaki (卡其色) ” leather pants, she was criticized as being excessive and out of touch, even as her defenders argued that no one talked about Mr. Trump s far more expensive Brioni suits.M Nevertheless,
46、before she entered No.10 Downing Street, Mrs. May herself may have played a role in reinforcing gender stereotypes. When she was the minister for women and equality in 2011, she said that “ traditional gender-based workplace dress codes” had not held her back and argued that they encouraged “ a sens
47、e of professionalism ” in the workplace.N In a sign of the challenges ahead, the British television host Piers Morgan inspired a Twitter storm on Wednesday when he insisted during an interview with Ms. Thorp that it was not unreasonable to expect a receptionist to wear stiletto heels (细跟鞋) 。“Get Pie
48、rs in Heels,”roared The Suns headline.O Britains 2010 Equality Act prohibits discrimination in the workplace on the basis of gender, age or sexual orientation, But womens advocates and legal experts said the law was unevenly applied.P Emma Birkett, who works in retail, told the inquiry that her company encouraged her and her female colleagues to wear shorter skirts and unbutton more buttons on their blouses during Christmasti
