1、2021年12月四级考试预测押题卷（三）（附答案解析）Part IWriting(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
2、 explain the reasons for your choice. You should write at least120 words but no more than 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 hear four questions. Both the news report an
3、d 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 2 are based on the news report you have just
4、 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) A restaurant where they often had dinner.Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you
5、have just heard.3. A) A piece of multi-use furniture for kids.B) A camera for watching children in another room.C) A young boys daily life with his twin brother.D) A young boy rescuing his brother trapped under the furniture.4. A) Playing with a new camera.B) Trying to move a dresser.C) Trying to cl
6、imb 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 hug
7、e 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 fil
8、ms.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 7 页four questions. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must
9、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) A single room.B) A double room. C)A family room.D)A suite.9. A)
10、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) A full continental buffet every evening.C) Use of the mini-bar in the room.D) Room service provided by the hotel.11. A) In the mo
11、rning.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) A lighting cameraman.B) A movie maker.C) A film and video editor.D) A film director.13. A) Wonderful.B) Challenging. C)Frustrating.D) Difficult.14. A)There are no offic
12、e 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 wil
13、l 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 best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C)and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1
14、 with 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 n
15、o 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
16、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.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.2
17、1. 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 c
18、ats.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 dogs reaction to dif
19、ferent cancers. B)Using dogs to discover early stage cancer. C)Examining dogs highly 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 wor
20、d 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 letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the ce
21、ntre. You may not use any of the words in the bank 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, Republicans in Congress are 26 in a frenzied effort to repeal and replace the Affor
22、dable Care Act(ACA)put in place by the Obama administration. At least 22 million Americans would lose medical insurance by 2026 under the latest 27 of this planwhich includes large cuts to Medicaidand lack of insurance means more sickness and death for thousands, data show. These cuts 28 to affect w
23、omen more than menwhether by removing basic health 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 long history of male-centric medicine, often driven not by politicians but by
24、scientists and physicians. Before the National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993, which 31 the inclusion of women and minorities in final-stage medication and therapy trials, women were actively 32 from such tests because scientists worried that female hormonal cycles would interfere w
25、ith the results. The 33 ,meant women did not know how drugs would affect them.Whether or not the repeal-and-replace legislation passes this year, these 34 are part of a larger war on womens health that is not likely to abate anytime soon. We must resist this assault. Never mind “America First”its 35
26、 to put women first.A)absolutely B)attacks C)common D)critical E)engaged F)excluded G)influenceH)insultI)omission J)required K)sharply L)shifted M)threaten N)valueO)versionSection BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contain
27、s 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.Motherhood Isnt Sacrifice; Its Sel
28、fishnessAI was taking a few weeks break 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 we would be doing on our vacation, I told her we would be togethergoing to the beach and the
29、 nearby amusement park, cooking, playing in the yard. In response, my mother said: “Oh, thats not much of a vacation for you. Ill bet you cant wait to get back to work. Motherhood, its the hardest job in the world. All sacrifice!” “Really?” was all I could say in response.BI was looking forward to u
30、ninterrupted time with my boys. We would spend days by the ocean and take trips to the boardwalk, where they would scream with delight whole riding the roller coasterthe same one Id ridden when I was their age, then ridden alongside them until Hurricane Sandy deposited it into the Atlantic. Wed ram
31、one another with bumper cars; wed ride the old-fashioned merry-go-round, waiting until my youngest sons favorite horse, bright-blue Freddy, became available. Some days were sure to end in tears of exhaustion, but the tears didnt outweigh the joy. Even on the bad days.C My mother was only trying to b
32、e sympathetic to my life as a working mother, but the self-satisfied way she proclaimed the sacrificial nature of motherhood grated( 使 人 烦 恼 ). I dont believe for one second that motherhood is the hardest job in the world nor that it is all sacrifice. Still, it wasnt fair to blame her; she was merel
33、y parroting a common refrain. Once my annoyance lifted, in its place spread a kind of clarity that helped me to understand how these linguistic tropes(比喻)reinforce the disempowerment of mothers and women.D The assertion of motherhood as sacrifice comes with a perceived glorification. A woman is expe
34、cted to sacrifice her time, ambition and sense of self to a higher purpose, one more worthy than her own individual identity. This leaves a vacuum in the place of her value, one that others rush to fill.E When a woman becomes pregnant, she seems to become public property. Perhaps because bearing chi
35、ldren ensures the continuation of the species, it is often prioritized as part of a larger social contract. Not only does this logic lead to an attempt to legislate womens bodies, but also in smaller, everyday gestures, boundaries get crossed. Many friends tell stories about being touched by strange
36、rs during pregnancy, as if a womans maternal(母亲的)status turns her into a vessel to handle.F Written 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: n
37、amely, 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 be saved by childbearing.” In this scenario, the act of the concept of motherho
38、od as sacrifice.G When we cling to the idea of motherhood as sacrifice, what we really sacrifice is our sense of self, as if itis the price we pay for having children.H Motherhood is not a sacrifice, but a privilegeone that many of us choose selfishly. At its most atavistic( 原 始 的 ) ， procreating en
39、sures that our genes survive into the next generation. You could call this selfishness 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 begets
40、the 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 aut
41、onomy than others. There are many mothers who would not have chosen motherhood, for financial or personal reasons. Still, by owning our roles as mothers and refusing the false accolades(赞扬)of martyrdom(殉难)，we do more to empower all women.J In my experience, when women talk among women, our ambivalen
42、ce or frustration is rarely about our roles as mothers. (That doesnt mean our kids dont drive us crazy sometimes.)Rather, conversations turn to questions 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 wh
43、ile many women derive their deepest fulfillment as mothers, it doesnt preclude(阻止)their ambition or fly in the face of leaning in or out or sideways.K Calling motherhood “the hardest job in the world” misses the point completely because having and raisingchildren is not a “job.” No one will deny tha
44、t there is exhaustion, fear and tedium(枯燥). Raising a family is hard work, but so is every other meaningful aspect of our lives.L The language surrounding child rearing as a job surely derived from caregivers and homemakers efforts to be acknowledged as fulfilling an important role. And clearly rais
45、ing children is one of the most important things we dofor both women and menbut that does not make it a job. In a job, an employer pays for services an employee agrees to perform. And there is a boss to whom the employee reports. In the case of parenting, who would that be?M That doesnt mean we dont
46、 want supportpaid parental leave, more flexible working hours, publicly funded day care. But the cultural shift has to happen for the policies to follow. Martyrs, after all, dont need or expect public services.N Fathers are rarely, if ever, spoken about in the same way that mothers are. Its cultural
47、ly acceptable for men to have children and professional identities without having to choose between the two. These unspoken biases run deep. It reminds me of a friend whose husband complained about having to “babysit” the children while she went to dinner with friends. Has a woman ever “babysat” her
48、 own children? Things are changing, but the insidious(潜在的)inferences persist.O Further, 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 serves to keep a woman in her place. The priorities of mothers who work outside the home are often questioned. Its as if women are forced to choose between ambition(or simply earning a living wage)and
