干物女简谱:2011年12月17日大学英语四级考试权威参考答案?北京新东方版（持续更新中）

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大学英语

英语四级

张一鑫

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Nothing Succeeds Without a Strong Will

No great work can be performed without will. We envy famous men and imagine that fame was due to some trick of luck. But when we know their histories, we find that it is long years of will and constant effort that have brought about their success. Just as we can’t reach the top of a mountain without climbing, we can’t achieve success without will.

The modern society provides people with more opportunities than before, and there are stories which tell us the possibility of becoming successful overnight. Actually that is not the case. Before these people become successful, a lot of hard work has been done, unnoticed mostly. What we usually see is the result, but what we ignore is a long process of struggling forward and wrestling with internal or external obstacles. Take “quitting smoking” for example, which is , to most people , a difficult task, so people always give up the idea for they don’t have the strong will.

In a nutshell, strong will is an important condition or role of the success the individual should desire to maintain forever. There is no instant success in this world. Strong will is the best policy to make your life distinct and your dreams come true.

听力短对话原文：

11.W：This crazy bus schedule has got me completely confused .I cannot figure out when my bus to Cleveland leaves?

　　M: Why don’t you just go to the ticket window and ask ?

　　Q: what does the man suggest the woman do ?

　　12.W：I really enjoy the TV Special about ??? last night ? did you get how many time to see it ?

　　M : oh yes ,but I wish I could have stayed awake long enough to the see the whole thing

　　Q: what does the man mean ?

　　W: Airport ,please .I’m learning a little late .so just take the fastest way,even if it’s not the most direct

　　M: sure ,but there’s a lot of traffic everywhere today because of the football game

　　Q: what do we learn about the women from the conversation?

　　14. W:May I make a recommendation ,sir ,our seafood with the special source is very good

　　M: thank you , but I don’t eat shellfish. I ‘m allergic to it

　　Q: where does the conversation most probably take place ?

　　15. W: Now one more question if you don’t mind. What position in the company appeals you most?

　　M: Well. I’d like the position of sales manager, if that position is still vacant。

　　Q: What do we learn about the man?

　　16. M: I don’t’ think I want to live in the dormitory next year. I need more privacy。

　　W: I know what you mean, but check out the cost of renting an apartment first. I won’t be surprised if you change your mind。

　　Q: What does the woman imply?

　　17. M: You’re on the right track. I just think you need to narrow the topic down。

　　W: Yeah. You’re right. I always start by choosing too broad a topic when I’m doing a research paper。

　　Q: What do we learn about the conversation?

　　18. W: This picnic sure beats the last one we went to, doesn’t it?

　　M: Oh yeah, we had to spend the whole time inside. Good thing the weather is cooperative this time。

　　Q: What do we learn about the speakers from the conversation?

听力长对话原文：

2011年12月17日大学英语四级考试听力之长对话第一篇原文：

　　M: When I say Ilive in Sweden, people always want to know about the seasons。

　　W: The seasons?

　　M: Yeah, you know,how cold it is in winter, why its light in the day is so short?

　　W: So what is it like?

　　M: Well, it’scold, very cold in winter, sometimes as cold as 26 degrees below centigrade.And of course, when you go out, you wrap up warm, but inside, in the houses, it’salways very warm, much warmer than at home. Swedish people always complain thatwhen they visit England, the houses are cold even when they’re in winter.  

　　W: And what aboutthe darkness?

　　M: Oh, yeah,around Christmas time, there’s only one hour of daylight, so you really lookforward to the spring. It’s sometimes a bit depressing, but you’ll see the summersare amazing. From May to July in the north of Sweden, the sun never sets. It’sstill light at mid-night. You can walk in the mountains and read a newspaper。

　　W: Oh, yeah, theLand of the Mid-night Sun。

　　M: That’s right,but it’s wonderful. You want to stay up all night and the Sweden’s made themost of it. Often they start work early in summer and then leave at about 2 or3 in the afternoon so that they can really enjoy the long summer evenings. Theylike to work hard, but play hard too. I think Londoners work longer hours, but I’mnot sure this is a good thing。

　　Question 19: Whatdo we learn about the man from the conversation?

　　Question 20: Whatdo Swedish people complain about when they visit England in winter?

　　Question 21: How doesthe man describe the short hour of daylight around Christmas in Sweden？

　　Question 22: Whatdoes the man say about the Swedish people?

2011年12月17日大学英语四级考试听力之长对话第二篇原文：

　　W: What kind oftraining does one need to go into this type of job?

　　M: That’s a verygood question. I don’t think there is any, specifically。

　　W: For example, inyour case, what’s your educational background?

　　M: Well, I get adegree in French in Nottingham, after that, Idid career’s work in secondary schools, like the career’s guidance people herein the university. Then I went into local government, because I found I wasmore interested in the administrative side. Then progressed on to universities.So there isn’t any plan and specific training. There are plenty of trainingcourses in management techniques and committee work which you can attend now。

　　W: But in thefirst place, you did a French degree。

　　M: In my time,there wasn’t a degree you could do for administration. I think most of theadministrators I’ve come across have degrees in all sorts of things。

　　W: Well, I know inmy case I did an English Literature degree and I didn’t really expect to end updoing what I’m doing now。

　　M: Quite。

　　W: Were you localto Nottingham actually? Is there any reasonwhy you went to Nottingham University?

　　M: No, no. I comefrom the north of Englandfrom west Yorkshire, Nottingham is one theuniversities I put on my list and I like the look of it. The campus is justbeautiful。

　　W: Yes, indeed.Let’s see, were you from the industrial part of Yorkshire?

　　M: Yes, from the Woolendistrict。

　　Questions 23 to 25are based on the conversation you have just heard。

　　Question 23：What was the man’s major at university?

　　Question 24：What was the man’s job in secondary schools?

　　Question 25：What attracted the man to Nottingham University?

第三篇短文

Proverbs, sometimes called ‘sayings’ are examples of folk with them. Little listens which older people of the culture pass down to the younger people to teach them about life. Many proverbs remind people of the values that are important in the culture .Values teach people how to act, what is right and what is wrong,. Because the values of the each culture are different, understanding the values of another culture helps explain how people think and act. Understanding your own cultural values is important too. if you can accept that people from other cultures act according to their values ,not yours ,getting along with them will be much easier ,Many proverbs are very old ,so some of the values they teach may not be as important in the culture as they once were ,For example ,Americans today do not pay much attention to the proverb “haste makes waste ”，because patience is not important to them .but if you know about past values ,it helps you to understand the present .and many of the older values are still strong today .Benjamin Franklin ,a famous American diplomat ,writer and scientist, died at 1790 ,but his proverb “time is money ”is taken more seriously by Americans of today than ever before .A study of proverbs from around the world shows that some values are shared by many cultures .In many cases though ,the same idea is expressed differently 。

　　Question 33-35 are based on the passages you have heard

　　33, why are proverbs so important?

　　34,acoording to the speaker ,what happens to some proverbs with the passage of time ?

　　35,what do we learn from the study of proverbs from around the world ?

复合式听写原文：

        Our lives are woven together. As much as I enjoy my own company, I no longer imagine I can get through a single day much less or my life completely on my own. Even if I am on vacation in the mountains, I’m eating food someone else has grown, living in a house someone else has built, wearing clothes someone else has sewn from cloth woven by others, using electricity someone else is distributing to my house. Evidence of interdependence is everywhere. We are on this journey together. As I was growing up, I remember being carefully taught that independence not interdependence was everything. Make your own way, stand on your own two feet, or my mother’s favorite remark when I was face to face with consequences of some action, ‘now that you’ve made your bed, lie on it’. Total independence is a dominant theme in our culture. I imagine that what my parents were trying to teach me was to take responsibility for my actions and my choices. But the teaching was shaped by our cultural images. And instead I grew up believing that I was supposed to be totally independent, and consequently became very reluctant to ask for help. I would do almost anything not to be a burden and not require any help from anybody。