1、Part IWriting(30 minutes)Directions: Suppose your university student union is planning to hold a speech contest. You are now to write a proposal for organizing the contest. The proposal may include the topic, aim, procedure and selection of contestants. You will have 30 minutes to write the proposal
2、. You should write at least 120 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 news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news report and the questions will be spok
3、en 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 heard.1. A) It found a pet
4、dog on board a plane to a city in Texas.B) It has one of its cargo planes landing at a wrong airport.C) It sent two dogs to the wrong destinations.D) It had two of its domestic fl ights mixed up.2. A) Correct their mistake as soon as possible.C) Hire a charter jet to bring the pets back.B) Give two
5、pets a physical checkup.D) Send another plane to continue the fl ight.Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.3. A) She weighs 130 kilograms.C) She was brought from Africa.B) She has had babies before.D) She has a big family of six.4. A) It took 22 hours.C) It was smooth.B
6、) It had some complications.D) It was monitored by Dr. Sue Tygielski.Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.5. A) It enjoyed great popularity.C) It was frequented by newly-weds.B) It started business three years ago.D) It was built above the sea water.6. A) Expand his busi
7、ness on the beach.C) Post a picture of his restaurant online.B) Replace the restaurants wooden deck.D) Celebrate his silver wedding anniversary.7. A) She sold it for two thousand dollars.C) She posted its picture on Facebook.B) She took it to the restaurant manager.D) She returned it to its owner ri
8、ght away.大学英语四级考试2021年12月真题（第一套）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 question, you must choose the best answer from
9、 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) The number of ducks has declined sharply in recent years.B) Climate change has little eff e
10、ct on the lives of wild ducks.C) Duck meat is not eaten in Australia, Canada and the U.S.D) Duck hunting remains legal in many parts of the world.9. A) Droughts.C) Farming.B) Bushfi res.D) Hunting.10. A) They are not easy to domesticate.C) It is not environmentally friendly.B) Their meat is not that
11、 popular.D) It is not considered cost-eff ective.11. A) They hunted ducks as a traditional sport.C) They raised ducks and geese for their eggs.B) They killed wild ducks and geese for food.D) They poisoned wild ducks in large numbers.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just hear
12、d.12. A) Have her house repainted.C) Move into a newly-painted house.B) Replace some of her old furniture.D) Calculate the cost of the paint job.13. A) How long the work will take.C) How the paint job is to be done.B) How much the work will cost.D) How many workers are needed.14. A) Cover up her fur
13、niture.C) Stay somewhere else.B) Ask some friends for help.D) Oversee the work herself.15. A) She could have asked a friend for help with the paint job.B) Painting a house involves more trouble than she thought.C) She should have repainted her house much earlier.D) Moving her furniture is harder tha
14、n the paint job.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear three passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear three or four 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
15、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.C) To review what is learned in class.16. A) To cultivate good habits.B) To prepare for secondary school.D) To stimulate inter
16、est in learning.17. A) Discuss their academic achievements with them.C) Allow them to learn independently.B) Create an ideal study environment for them.D) Check their homework promptly.18. A) Finish them before they get tired.C) Start with something they enjoy.B) Tackle the most diffi cult task fi r
17、st.D) Focus on the most important ones.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19. A) Workers who meet its body weight standards.C) Workers who try the hardest to lose weight.B) Workers who can lose 30 pounds in a year.D) Workers who are in the top 10% of the slimmest.20. A)
18、Impractical.C) Unmanageable.B) Inconsistent.D) Unfair.21. A) Off er them much fatter bonuses.C) Encourage healthy behaviors.B) Improve working environment.D) Provide free lunch and snacks.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22. A) It has not done enough to help left-hande
19、d children.B) It has treated left-handed children as being disabled.C) It has not built facilities specially for the left-handed.D) It has ignored campaigns on behalf of the left-handed.23. A) They are as intelligent as other children.C) They sometimes have psychological problems.B) They have a dist
20、inctive style of handwriting.D) They tend to have more diffi culties in learning.24. A) Punish teachers discriminating against left-handed students.B) Lay more emphasis on improving childrens mental health.C) Encourage students to develop various professional skills.D) Keep track of left-handed chil
21、drens school performance.25. A) How they can be reduced in number.C) What percentage they account for.B) Why their numbers are so high.D) If their percentage keeps increasing.Part IIIReading Comprehension(40 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are re
22、quired 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 identifi ed by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a s
23、ingle line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Many people believe that passion and commitment are the foundations of strong romantic relationships. But a relationship is made of two 26 individuals. And the personality traits ( 特性 ) these individuals 27 or
24、 lack can often make a relationship moreor lesslikely to 28 . Recent research has found that one trait in particularhumility ( 谦逊 )is an important indicator of successful relationships.Humility can sometimes be 29 with a lack of confi dence. But researchers have come to realize that being humble gen
25、erally indicates the 30 of deeply admirable personal qualities. Being humble means you have the ability to accurately 31 your defi ciencies without denying your skills and strengths. For example, you might recognize that you are intelligent, but realize that you are not a 32 . Thus, humility leads t
26、o an honest view of ones own advantages and shortcomings. Humble people do not ignore, avoid, or try to deny their limits or defi ciencies. They can 33 mistakes, see value in things that are far from perfect and identify areas for improvement.Perhaps it is not 34 , then, that humility appears to be
27、a huge asset to relationships. One study found that people tend to rate this quality 35 in their spouse. The study also found that someone who is humble is more likely to initiate a romantic relationship, perhaps because they are less likely to see themselves as “too good” for someone else. Thus, a
28、humble partner might be your ideal partner.A) acknowledgeI) possessB) assessJ) presenceC) confusedK) puzzledD) endureL) statusE) extremelyM) surprisingF) geniusN) thoroughlyG) highlyO) uniqueH) permanentSection BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attache
29、d to it. Each statement 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.The
30、res a stress gap between men and womenA) “I used to work very hard. I love to create things, grow them and solve problems,” said Meng Li, a successfulapp developer in San Francisco. “I didnt really care about my mind and my body until they decided to go onstrike.”B) Ms. Li said her stress led to sle
31、eplessness. When she did sleep, she experienced “problem-solving dreams,”which left her feeling unrested when she woke up. “After I became a fi rst-time mother, I quickly realized Iwas so busy caring for other people and work that I felt like Id lost myself,” she said.C) Its a common storyone we fre
32、quently ridicule and readily dismiss, for example, by claiming that womentend to complain more than men, despite the growing sum of research that underlines the problem. Womenare twice as likely to suff er from severe stress and anxiety as men, according to a 2016 study published in TheJournal of Br
33、ain & Behavior. The American Psychological Association reports a gender gap year after yearshowing that women consistently report higher stress levels. Clearly, a stress gap exists.D) “The diff erence is not really news to me, as a clinical psychologist,” said Erin Joyce, a women and couplestherapis
34、t in Los Angeles. “Its been well documented in extensive research over the years that prevalencerates for the majority of the anxiety disorders are higher in women than men.” Some people may argue thatthis is merely reported data, and they say many men feel the same pressures as women in terms of fu
35、lfi llingresponsibilities at work and home. In other words, were all really, really stressed.E) “The difference, however, is in the nature and scope of these responsibilities in the home environment inparticular,” Dr. Joyce said. For example, the United Nations reported that women do nearly three ti
36、mes asmuch unpaid domestic work as men. The problem is, housework is often overlooked as work, even though itis often as laborious (or in some cases, more so) as any paid job. As the scholar Silvia Federici put it in 1975,the unpaid nature of domestic work reinforces the assumption that “housework i
37、s not work, thus preventingwomen from struggling against it.”F) Its not just inside the home, though. Research from Nova Southeastern University found that femalemanagers were more likely than male managers to display “surface acting,” or forcing emotions that are notwholly felt. “They expressed opt
38、imism, calmness and sympathy even when these were not the emotions thatthey were actually feeling,” the study said.G) Surface acting is a prime example of “emotional labor,” a concept that the writer Jess Zimmerman madefamiliar in a 2015 essay. The essay sparked a massive thread on the internet comm
39、unity blog MetaFilter.Hundreds of women spoke up about their own experience with emotional labor: the duties that are expectedof them, but go unnoticed. These invisible duties become apparent only when you dont do them. Likedomestic labor, emotional labor is generally dismissed and not labeled work.
40、 But research shows it canbe just as exhausting as paid work. Emotional labor can lead to diffi culty in sleeping and family confl ict.Sure, circumstantial stress, like losing a job, may lead to these same issues. But emotional labor is notcircumstantial. Its an enduring responsibility based on the
41、socialized gender role of women.H) Like Ms. Li, many women try to manage the added stress to reach what Dr. Joyce said was an unattainableideal. “Some professional women aim to do it all. They want to reach the top of the corporate ladder and fl ylike supermom,” she said. When women dont reach this
42、ideal, they feel guilty; and even more stressed. Afterher own struggle with this, Ms. Li took a step back and used her experience to build Sanity & Self, a self-careapp and platform for overworked women. “The realizations I had in that process helped me gain insights andultimately got me ready to in
43、tegrate self-care into my daily life,” she said.I) The stress problem extends beyond mental health when you consider the link between stress, anxiety andheart health. Worse, most of what we know about heart disease comes from studies involving men. However,“there are many reasons to think that its d
44、iff erent in women,” Harvard Medical School reported. For example,women are more likely to experience disturbed sleep, anxiety and unusual fatigue before a heart attack. Stressis so normalized that it is easy for women to shrug off those symptoms as simply the consequences of stress.Many women also
45、do not experience chest pain before a heart attack the way men do, which leads to fewerwomen discovering problematic heart issues. Harvard reports that women are “much more likely than mento die within a year of having a heart attack” and “many women say their physicians sometimes dont evenrecognize
46、 the symptoms.”J) The good news is, women are more likely than men to take charge of their stress and manage it, the AmericanPsychological Association reports. The concept of self-care, at its core, is quite simple. “The basics ofadequate sleep, healthy diet and exercise are a good place to start,”
47、Dr. Joyce said. “Support from trustedrelationship is vital. This includes professional support from various health and wellness providers if stress isbecoming increasingly overwhelming.”K) Disconnecting from work and home responsibilities is also obviously important. But its much easier said thandon
48、e. It is important to understand what causes your stress in the fi rst place. “Get really specifi c with whatsstressing you out,” Ms. Li said. “We often chalk up our stress to broad experiences like work. But work stresscan take many diff erent forms. Is a colleague being disrespectful of your time?
49、 Is a boss undermining yourday-to-day control over decision making? These are diff erent causes of stress and can benefi t from diff erentkinds of self-care.”L) Ideally, your spouse or partner will be supportive, rather than dismissive, of your stress. It is important to talkthrough these issues bef
50、ore they come to a head. “Women working outside of the home should make an eff ortto have a conscious conversation with their partners about more equitable sharing of household and familyresponsibilities,” Dr. Joyce said.36. Some career women who aim high tend to feel guilty if they fail to achieve
