Part I Writing (30 minutes)

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a letter to a foreign friend whowants to study in Please recommend a university to You should write atleast 120 words but no more than 180

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Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)

说明：由于20XX年12月四级考试全国共考了两套听力, 本套真题听力与前两套内容相同, 只是选项顺序不同, 因此在本套真题中不再重复出现。

Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)

Section A

Directions: In this section, there is a passagewith ten You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choicesgiven in a word bank following the Read the passage through carefully beforemaking your Each choice in the bank is identified by a Please mark thecorresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the You maynot use any of the words in the bank more than

Millions of people travel by plane every single If you're planning on being one ofthem soon, you might not be looking forward to the __26__ feeling air travel often leavesyou Besides the airport crowds and stress, travelling at a high altitude has realefects on the Although the pressure of the cabin is __27__ to prevent altitudesickness, you could still __28__ sleepiness or a The lower oxygen pressurefound in an aircraft cabin is __29__ to that at 6,000-8,000 feet of A drop inoxygen pressure can cause headaches in certain __30__ To help prevent headaches, drink plenty of water, and avoid alcohol and

Aiplane food might not really be as tateless as you __31__ The air you breathein a plane dries out your mouth and nose, which can affect your sense of Perception of sweet and salty foods dropped by almost 30 percent in a simulation of However, you can make your taste buds active again by drinking A drymouth may __32__ taste sensitivity, but taste is restored by drinking

Although in-flight infections __33__ in dry environments like airplanes, your risk ofgetting sick from an airplane is actually low because of the air __34__ Unless you're stting next to someone who is coughing or sneezing, you shouldn't worry too muchabout getting However, bacteria have been shown to live on cabin surfaces, sowash your hands

A) adjusted

B) channels

C) equivalent

D) experience

E) filters

F) frequently

G) individuals

H) originally

I) particular

J) primarily

K) reduce

L) renovated

M) smooth

N) thrive

O) unpleasant

Section B

Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statementsattached to Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphsIdentify the paragraph from which the information is You may choose aparagraph more than Each paragraph is marked with a Answer the questionsby marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet

A south Korean city designed for the future takes on a life of its own

A) Getting around a city is one thing -- and then there's the matter of getting from onecity to One vision of the perfect city of the future: a place that offers easyaccess to air 20XX, a University of North Carolina business professor namedJohn Kasarda published a book called Aerotropolis: The Way We'll Live Kasardasays future cities should be built intentionally around or near The idea, as hehas put it, is to offer businesses "rapid, long-distance connectivity on a massive "

B) "The 18th century really was a waterborne century, the 19th century a rail century, the 20th century a highway, car, truck century -- and the 21st century will increasinglybe an aviation century, as the globe becomes increasingly connected by air," , a city built from scratch in South Korea, is one of Kasarda's It has existed for just a few "From the get-go, it was designed on thebasis of connectivity and competitiveness," says "The government built thebridge directly from the airport to the Songdo International Business And thesurface infrastructure was built in tandem with the new "

C) Songdo is a stone's throw from South Korea's Incheon Airport, its main But it takes a lot more than a nearby airport to be a city of the Just buildinga place as an "international business district" doesn't mean it will become ParkYeon Soo conceived this city of the future back in He considers Songdo his "I am a visionary," he years after he imagined the city, Park's baby is closeto 70 percent built, with 36,000 people living in the business district and 90,000 residents in greater It's about an hour outside Seoul, built on reclaimed tidalflats along the Yellow There's a Coast Guard building and a tall trade tower, as wellas a park, golf course and

D) Chances are you've actually seen this Songdo appears in the most famousmusic video ever to come out of South "Gangnam Style" refers to the fashionableGangnam district in But some of the video was filmed in "I don't know ifyou remember, there was a scene in a subway That was not That wasactually Songdo," says Jung Won Son, a professor of urban development at London'sBartlett School of "Part of the reason to shoot there is that it's new and "

E) The city was supposed to be a hub for global companies, with employees from allover the But that's not how it has turned 's reputation is as afuturistic ghost But the reality is more bridge with big, light-blueloops leads into the business In the center of the main road, there's a long lineof flags of the On the corner, there's a Starbucks and a 7-Eleven -- all of theinternational brands that you see all over the world

F) The city is not There are mothers pushing strollers, old women with walkers -- even in the middle of the day, when it's 90 degrees Byun Young-Jin chairs theSongdo real estate association and started selling property here when the first phaseof the city opened in He says demand has boomed in the past couple of his clients are In fact, the developer says, 99 percent of the homes here aresold to Young families move here because the schools are that's theproblem: Songdo has become a popular Korean city -- more popular as a residentialarea than a business It's not yet the futuristic international business hub thatplanners "It's a great place to And it's becoming a great place to work," says Scott Summers, the vice president of Gale International, the developer of the The floor-to-ceiling windows of his company's offices overlook Songdo Central Park, with a canal full of kayaks and paddle Shimmering glass towers line the canal’

G) "What's happened is, because we focused on creating that quality of life first, whichenabled the residents to live here, what has probably missed the mark is for companiesto locate here," he "There needs to be strong economic "The city is stillunfinished, and it feels a bit like a theme It doesn't feel all that There'sa high-tech underground trash disposal Buildings are environmentally Everybody's television set is connected to a system that streams personalized languageor exercise

H) But Star Trek this is And to some of the residents, Songdo feels "I'm, like, in prison for That's what we call it in the workplace," says a woman in She doesn't want to use her name for fear of being fired from her She goesback to Seoul every "I say I'm prison-breaking on Friday "But she has tomake the prison break in her own There's no high-speed train connecting Songdo toSeoul, just over 20 miles

I) The man who first imagined Songdo feels frustrated, Park says he built SouthKorea a luxury vehicle, "like Mercedes or It's a good car But we're waitingfor a good driver to "But there are lots of other good cars out there, Theworld is dotted with futuristic, high-tech cities trying to attract the biggest

J) Songdo's backers contend that it's still early, and business space is filling up -- about70 percent of finished offices are now Ryan, who teaches urban designat MIT, says Songdo proves a universal "There have been a lot of utopiancities in And the reason we don't know about a lot of them is that a lot of themhave vanished "In other words, when it comes to cities -- or anything else -- it ishard to predict the

Songdo's popularity lies more in its quality of life than its business

The man who conceived Songdo feels disappointed because it has fallen short ofhis

A scene in a popular South Korean music video was shot in

Songdo still lacks the financial stimulus for businesses to set up shop

Airplanes will increasingly become the chief means of transportation, according to

Songdo has ended up diferent from the city it was supposed to

Some of the people who work in Songdo complain about boredom in

A business professor says that a future city should have easy access to

According to an urban design professor, it is difficult for city designers to forescewhat will happen in the

Park Yeon Soo, who envisioned Songdo, feels a parental connction with the

Section C

Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three When the passage isread for the first time，you should listen carefully for its general the passageis read for the second time，you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact wordsyou have just Finally，when the passage is read for the third time，you shouldcheck what you have

Passage One

Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following

The fifth largest city in US passed a significant soda tax proposal that will levy (征税) cents per liquid ounce on

Philadelphil's new measure was approved by a 13 to 4 city council It sets a newbar for similar initiatives across the It is proof that taxes on sugary drinks canwin substantial support outside super-liberal Until now, the only city tosuccessfully pass and implement a soda tax was Berkeley, California, in

The tax will apply to regular and diet sodas, as well as other drinks with adder sugar, such as Gatorade and iced It's expected to raise $410 million over the next fiveyears, most of which will go toward funding a universal pre-kindergarten program forthe

While the city council vote was met with applause inside the council room, opponents tothe measure, including soda lobbyists, made sharp criticisms and a promise tochallenge the tax in

"The tax passed today unfairly singles out beverages — including low —and no-caloriechoices," said Lauren Kane, spokeswoman for the American Beverage "Butmost importantly, it is against the So we will side with the majority of the people ofPhiladelphia who oppose this tax and take legal action to stop "

An industry-backed anti-tax campaign has spent at least $4 million on The ads criticized the measure, characterizing it as a "grocery tax".

Public health groups applauded the approved tax as step toward fixing certain lastinghealth issues that plague "The move to recapture a small part of the profitsfrom an industry that pushed a product that contributes to diabetes, obesity and heartdisease in poorer communities in order to reinvest in those communities will sure beinspirational to many other places," said Jim Krieger, executive director of HealthyFood "indeed, we are already hearing from some of It's not 'justBerkeley' "

Similar measures in California's Albany, Oakland, San Francisco and Colorado's Boulderare becoming hot-button Health advocacy groups have hinted that even moremight be

What does the passage say about the newly-approved soda tax in Philadelphia?

A) It will change the lifestyle of many

B) It may encourage other US cities to fllow

C) It will cut soda consumption among low-income

D) It may influence the marketing strategies of the soda

What will the opponents probably do to respond to the soda tax proposal?

A) Bargain with the city

B) Refuse to pay additional

C) Take legal action against

D) Try to win public

What did the industry-backed anti-tax campaign do about the soda tax proposal?

A) It tried to arouse hostile felings among

B) It tried to win grocers' support against the

C) It kept sending ltters of protest to the

D) It criticized the measure through

What did public health groups think the soda tax would do?

A) Alert people to the risk of sugar-induced

B) Help people to fix certain long-time health

C) Add to the fund for their rescarch on

D) Benefit low-income people across the

What do we lear about similar measures concening the soda tax in some other citics?

A) They are becoming rather sensitive

B) They are spreading panic in the soda

C) They are reducing the incidence of sugar-induced

D) They are taking away a lot of proft from the soda

Passage Two

Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following

Popping food into the microwave for a couple of minutes may seem utterly harmless, and Europe's stock of these quick-cooking ovens emit as much carbon as nearly 7millioncars, a new study has found, and the problem is With costs falling and kitchenappliances becoming "status" users, owners are throwing many microwave after anaverage of eight This is pushing sales of new microwave which are expected toreach 135 million annually in the EU by the end of the

A study by the University of Manchester worked out the emissions of carbon dioxide -- the main greenhouse gas responsible for climate change -- at every stage ofmicrowaves, from manufacture to waste "It is electricity consumption bymicrowaves that has the biggest impact on the environment," say the authors, whoalso calculate that the emissions from using 19 microwaves over a year are the same asthose from a According to the same study, efforts to reduce consumption shouldfocus on improving consumer awareness and behaviour to use appliances For example, electricity consumption by microwaves can be reduced byadjusting the time of cooking to the type of "

However, David Reay, professor of carbon management argues that, althoughmicrowaves use a great deal of enery, their emissions are minor compared to those In the UK alone and these emit way more than all the emissions from microwavesin the Backing this up, recent data show that passenger cars in the UK emitted 69mtonnes of CO2 in This is 10 times the amount this new microwave oven studyestimates for annual emissions for all the microwave ovens in the whole of the " further, the energy used by microwaves is lower than any other form of Amongcommon kitchen appliances used for cooking, microwaves are the most energyefficient, followed by a stove and finally a standard Thus, rising microwave salescould be seen as a positive

What is the finding of the new study?

A) Quick-cooking microwave ovens have become more

B) The frequent use of microwaves may do harm to our

C) CO2 emissions constitute a major threat to the

D) The use of microwaves emits more CO2 than people

Why are the sales of microwaves expected to rise?

A) They are becoming more

B) They have a shorter life cycle than other

C) They are gtting much easier to

D) They take less tine to cook than other

What recommendation does the study by the University of Manchester make?

A) Cooking food of dfferent

B) Improving microwave users'

C) Eating less to cut energy

D) Using microwave ovens less

What does Professor David Reay try to argue?

A) There are far more emissions from cars than from

B) People should be persuaded into using passenger cars less

C) The UK produces less CO2 than many other countries in the

D) More data are needed to show whether microwaves are

What does Professor David Reay think of the use of microwaves?

A) It will become less popular in the coming

B) It makes everyday cooking much more

C) It plays a positive role in envronmental

D) It consumes more power than conventional

Part IV Translation (30 minutes)

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chineseinto You should write your answer onAnswer Sheet

中国汉族人的全名由姓和名组成。中文姓名的特点是，姓总是在前，名跟在其后。千百年来，父姓一直世代相传。然而，如今，孩子跟母亲姓并不罕见。一般来说，名有一个或两个汉字，通常承载父母对孩子的愿望。从孩子的名字可以推断出父母希望孩子成为什么样的人，或者期望他们过什么样的生活。父母非常重视给孩子取名，因为名字往往会伴随孩子一生。