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四级真题写作点评
本次考试作文命题是关于学校学生会暑假招募志愿者的通知，属于应用文的类型，应该是近几年来最简单的一次命题，想必是最后一次老四级了，给大家留个好映像吧。本次题目是新航道的四级写作课堂重点关注的题型领域之一。我在新航道的课堂上反复强调重视有关校园生活的话题，今天看来是有依据的。这次的四级作文作为老四级的最后一次出题，由于四级作文是本次四级改革中几乎没有什么变化的一块内容，故而对它的进一步分析和评点依然具有十分现实的意义。
对任何一门考试而言，最有效的'高分方法就是直接针对该考试内容的评分标准要求，完成其所要考核的任务。四级作文更是如此。在新航道的四级作文课上，紧扣评分标准的标准化写作程序也充分的体现了这一点。分析大纲就不难发现，新老四级对写作部分最大的要求就是两个字：表达，意即是否能够在有限的时间和字数内把命题的内容说清楚，把逻辑整明白。
四级作文的文章表达逻辑主要有原因论证、叙述、描述、例证、阐述解决方法和影响等类型，不同的类型有不同的解题思路，具体到这道题而言，文章的思路已经提示得很明确了，就是首先在开头部分简要而又清晰的说明是什么事情。一定不能够图简便而丢失需要你表达的信息。
一、听力
本次大学英语四级听力部分分为两个部分：短对话和篇章听力。两部分总的难度走平和路线，较之去年，短对话部分难度没有提升，没有生僻单词的出现，它的难点基本在于语义的理解方面。
例如以下三题都是考察but这个转折词出现后，句子意思的理解问题：
1. m: i think the hostess really went out of her way to make the party a success.
w: yes. the food and drinks were great, but if only we had known a few of the other guests.
q: what did the two speakers say about the party?
这道题目的考点在于“but if only we had known a few of the other guests.” but 表示转折，暗示后面的内容与前面陈述内容相反，即，晚宴不太好的地方是对其他客人不熟悉。
3． m: how do you like the new physician who replaced doctor andrews？
w: he may not seem as agreeable or as thorough as doctor andrews, but at least he doesn’t keep patients waiting for hours
q: what can we infer from the woman’s answer?
“but at least he doesn’t keep patients waiting for hours，”又是一个语义转折的考点。从女士的回答可以看出，她认为doctor andrews比新来的医生要更适合这份工作，但是他常常让病人等很长时间。
5． w: do you have the seminar schedule with you? i’d like to find out the topic for friday.
m: i gave it to my friend, but there should be copies available in the library. i can pick one up for you.
q: what does the man promise to do?
“but there should be copies available in the library. i can pick one up for you.”虽然男生已经把他的给了朋友，但是图书馆里还有，他可以帮女生带一本。
第7题是考查对比理解。
7．w: here is this week’s schedule, tony. on monday there is the board meeting. your speech at the lion’s club is on tuesday afternoon. then on wednesday you have the appointment with your lawyer. and…
m: wait! you mean the business conference on tuesday is canceled?
q: what will the man do this tuesday?
女生说“your speech at the lion’s club is on tuesday afternoon”男生惊讶于“wait!you mean the business conference on tuesday is canceled?”即原来安排的是商务会谈，现在取消了。在听这道题目时，考生一定要注意wait 这个词，表示事实情况与原来的安排可能出现了差异，不能仅凭时间状语进行判断。
而篇章听力理解部分有一定的难度。三篇文章，第一篇主要介绍“kudzu”（野葛）这种植物，它来自哪里，对于人类有哪些利弊等等。
第二篇主要介绍“university”这个单词的来源，以及英国国内著名大学的发展历程。
第三篇主要介绍“heifer international”这个国际组织的由来，它给世界人民尤其是发展中国家人民的生活带来了哪些改变或者益处。
三篇文章的难点在于专业术语比较多，例如：“kudzu”，“universitas”，“heifer international”等等，但是文章对于这些术语都有详细的解释，在解释说明时，并没有什么疑难单词出现，语法也不是很复杂。所以，考生在进行听力测试时，遇到生僻的单词千万不要紧张，只要镇定自若地听完全文，在听的过程中，适当做一下笔记，回答后面的问题，并不困难。
二、阅读
第一篇为说明文。同学们在阅读开头部分，很有可能将文章定位为议论文，但读到第三段会发觉文章主要介绍如何更成功的在国外找到工作。第一、二段作者分别阐述了公司招聘国外员工及人才寻求国外工作机会的原因，而第21、22题正考了这两个原因。第23、24、25题都为事实细节题，可在第三段及作者所列三点写简历注意事项中找到
第二篇为议论文，文章的观点是对发展中国家来说，对女性教育比起其它投资形式可带来更大的回报。考题26、29、30都是考查考生对文章主旨的把握的，可见考生是否理解的此文的主旨是得分的关键。第27、28题分别考查考生对第二、第三段文字的理解。同学们一般比较擅长做细节题，直接在文中找答案，遇到推断总结性的题目就会暴露阅读理解上的薄弱，因此在此份考卷的阅读题中，此篇的五道题同学们比较容易失分。
第三篇为说明文，介绍了最新的汽车防窃技术。五道题中除了第32题，其它都是事实细节题，可在原文中找到确切答案，只要同学们的词汇掌握不太差，做题时不过于慌张，应该可以较顺利的拿下此四题。而第32题也不难，通过对第三、第四段的理解也可得出正确答案。
第四篇介绍了老龄父母的情况，他们的年龄给培育子女所带来的优势和劣势。此篇题目的题型也以推断题为主，属于稍有难度的一篇。第36题可用排除法。第37题考查考生对原文句子的理解，且在文中有明显提示——“end up retiring much later”。第38、39和40题都是考察原文中的举例和引用语所说明的问题。考生们可借助例子前后作者的评述得出正确答案。
三、词汇
6月17日的四级考试，可以说是四级考试最后一次单独考查词汇（下一次考试基本不会再用旧的考试题型），与我们预期的类似，词汇部分的难度比往次考试有所增加。
1、 词组考查：
1). 难度中等――53题的pick up (the habit of smoking)、56题的hold on to (their comfortable home)
2). 难度较高――62题的laid off (下岗、解雇)。如果学生平时能够有所积累，对我们中国常用的“下岗”（lay-off）一词有所了解，解开这道题倒也不难。
2、 词汇考查：
1). 词汇的固定搭配出现较多，对学生的语感提出了挑战，例如：
a. 51题的(death) penalty
b. 52题的distinguish (from…)
c. 54题的(leave a good) impression (on…)
d. 57题的tackle (the problem)
e. 58题的state (of your mind)
f. 65题的(are …) burdened (with … debt)
g. 67题的apply (them to …)
2). 从上下文结构判断的题，对学生迅速判断考点、理解词义差别也提出了较高的要求，例如：
a. 55题从搭配来说，4个选项皆可，但从上文的opportunity for students and faculty，对应下文的research activities，中间只能用participate，与activities一起表示“参加……活动”。――较难
b. 59题考查的是一个表程度的形容词，从no ____ relationship between “a and b”的结构可以看出，这里只能用significant表示关系的重要性。――较难
c. 60题考查的是词汇的用法辨析及空格词与上文考点词spending（花费）的联系，“花费上升”在四个选项中只有soared可以表示此义。――难度中等
d. 61题与上文cancer（癌症）对应，只能用(doesn’t produce) symptoms（症状）。――难度中等
e. 63题只能从上文的physical differences between men and women与下文的our basic roles as hunters and child-bearers找语义联系，“男女间的身体差异”和“我们的角色”原本不需用trace一词来表示，一般我们用be reflected这类即可，但这里出现的basic, hunters and child-bearers表示的是“我们远古时代的角色”，因此be traced to…或be traced back to都是比较贴切的。――难度
f. 64题a much greater ______ of its brain，由上文的a much greater可以排除percent（可数名词），同时composition, compound都不可以用比较级来修饰，也可排除――较难
g. 66题的上文first meal of the day（早餐）对应的应该是(classroom) performance（表现）。――较易
h. 68题从下文的only to the very rich（只有非常富有的人）可以发现只有affordable（承受）比较贴切。――较易
i. 69题从上文的being out of work可以知道jane失去了经济来源，因此下文的(can no longer) treat (friends to dinners …)就顺理成章了。――较易
j. 70题从下文的young athletes的努力程度来看，只有inspired（受……的激励）符合。――较易
四、完型
本文主要讨论室内环保问题，包括从城市规划和建设到室内的装潢和布置。
本次考试的题目总体而言比往年稍显容易，主要是测试考生对词汇的搭配和固定用法以及上下文联系理解的能力。
71题为送分题，该空所在句子谓语动词的过去时态是线索，所以选ago。
72空that为关键词，其后的句子为同位语从句，且整句话表达了观点，所以选idea。
73空前的将来时为线索，所以选come，to come为常用搭配。
74空根据上下文知道文章讨论的是室内环保问题，所以选indoor。
75空的主语是sth，所以可以排除b), c)和d)，因为它们的主语一般都是sb。
76空后的molecules是线索，与material相比更为微小，所以选down。
77空由上下文可知，文章讨论的是环境污染对人类和地球的破坏，属安全性问题，所以选safe。
78空后的amount是线索，表数量，所以选reduced。
79空后的quality是关键词，说明前面这空需要能表达对空气、水和土壤质量的破坏，所以选destroy。
80空后的not simply提示前后为转折关系，所以选however。
81空由前文的less bad推知，后面的材料应该是完全有益健康的，所以选completely。
82空为送分题，因为前面有either，所以答案为or。
83空为固定短语，as a matter of fact表示in fact。
84空前has already一次说明后面的动作肯定已经结束，所以researched不对。sketched意思完全不符。constructed搭配不对，后面一般不解产品。所以答案为developed，表示“开发”。
85空为语境题，通过后文的current暗示，前面需要的词应表达之前发生的动作，所以选start，start out与start同意，表示“一开始”。
86空由句首的but和句末的whether we like it or not得知，此后果无法选择，所以答案为inevitably。
87空前的reduce the damage与后文的a positive approach形成对比关系，所以选instead。
88空由approach得知，所以选adopt，表示“采纳，采用”。
89空由前文的healthful可知，effect应该是积极的，所以选beneficial。
90空为词汇搭配题。full, total和complete都主要表量，所以选entire，表整个城市。
五、写作
这篇作文并不是很难。
首先，本篇文章的基本框架肯定是三段式：概诉、具体内容、附加内容和口号，所以大部分的学生在框架上肯定不会失分。
其次，本篇文章的可发挥性很强，所以大家尽可以拣自己最熟悉的活动去写。如果是为了得到高分，可以考虑是否写一些与众不同的活动，例如：去西部支教、参加奥运筹备活动、出国做自愿者等活动。
最后，从文章内容上来讲，希望尽量条理清晰，但大家尽量不要写成流水帐之类的东西，这是这种文章写作的最大陷阱！口号的写作尤其重要，因为这些东西会给教师留下较深刻的印象，但是切勿无病呻吟。
综合起来说，这篇文章选题中规中矩，不应该成为广大考生此次考试的拦路虎。
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英语四级考试真题及答案
art I Writing (30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a letter to a foreign friend who wants to teach English in China. Please recommend a city to him. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.
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Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)
听力音频MP3文件，点击进入听力真题页面
Section A News Report
Directions： 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 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 heard.
1. A) Many facilities were destroyed by a wandering cow.
B) A wandering cow knocked down one of its fences.
C) Some tourists were injured by a wandering cow.
D) A wandering cow was captured by the police.
2. A) It was shot to death by a police officer.
B) It found its way back to the park's zoo.
C) It became a great attraction for tourists.
D) It was sent to the animal control department.
Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.
3. A) It is the largest of its kind.
B) It is going to be expanded.
C) It is displaying more fossil specimens.
D) It is staring an online exhibition.
4. A) A collection of bird fossils from Australia.
B) Photographs of certain rare fossil exhibits.
C) Some ancient wall paintings from Australia.
D) Pictures by winners of a wildlife photo contest.
Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.
5. A) Pick up trash.
B) Amuse visitors.
C) Deliver messages.
D) Play with children.
6. A) They are especially intelligent.
B) They are children's favorite.
C) They are quite easy to tame.
D) They are clean and pretty.
7. A) Children may be harmed by the rooks.
B) Children may be tempted to drop litter.
C) Children may contract bird diseases.
D) Children may overfeed the rooks.
Section B Conversation
Directions： In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversations you will hear four questions. Both the conversations and the question-s 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 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
8. A) It will be produced at Harvard University.
B) It will be hosted by famous professors.
C) It will cover different areas of science.
D) It will focus on recent scientific discoveries.
9. A)It will be more futuristic.
B) It will be more systematic.
C) It will be more entertaining.
D) It will be easier to understand.
10. A) People interested in science.
B) Youngsters eager to explore.
C) Children in their early teens.
D) Students majoring in science.
11. A) Offer professional advice.
B) Provide financial support.
C) Help promote it on the Internet.
D) Make episodes for its first season.
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
12. A) Unsure.
B) Helpless.
C) Concerned.
D) Dissatisfied.
13. A) He is too concerned with being perfect.
B) He loses heart when faced with setbacks.
C) He is too ambitious in achieving goals.
D) He takes on projects beyond his ability.
14. A) Embarrassed.
B) Unconcerned.
C) Miserable.
D) Resentful.
15. A) Try to be optimistic whatever happens.
B) Compare his present with his past only.
C) Always learn from others' achievements.
D) Treat others the way he would be treated.
Section C Passage
Directions： 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 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. A) They have a stronger sense of social responsibility.
B) They are more likely to succeed in the humanities.
C) They are more likely to become engineers.
D) They have greater potential to be leaders.
17. A) Praise girls who like to speak up frequently.
B) Encourage girls to solve problems on their own.
c) Insist that boys and girls work together more.
D) Respond more positively to boys' comments.
18. A) Offer personalized teaching materials.
B) Provide a variety of optional courses.
C) Place great emphasis on test scores.
D) Pay extra attention to top students.
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.
19. A) It often rains cats and dogs.
B) It seldom rains in summer time.
C) It does not rain as much as people think.
D) It is one of the most rainy cities in the US.
20. A) They drive most of the time.
B) The rain is usually very light.
C) They have got used to the rain.
D) The rain comes mostly at night.
21. A) It has a lot of places for entertainment.
B) It has never seen thunder and lighting.
C) It has fewer cloudy days than any other coastal city.
D) It has mild weather both in summer and in winter.
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
22. A) It occurs when people are doing a repetitive activity.
B) It results from exerting one's muscles continuously.
C) It happens when people engage in an uncommon activity.
D) It comes from staining one's muscles in an unusual way.
23. A) Blood flow and body heat increase in the affected area.
B) Body movements in the affected area become difficult.
C) They begin to make repairs immediately.
D) They gradually become fragmented.
24. A) About one week.
B) About two days.
C) About ten days.
D) About four weeks.
25. A) Apply muscle creams.
B) Drink plenty of water.
C) Have a hot shower.
D) Take pain-killers.
Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, 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 letter 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.
When travelling overseas, do you buy water in plastic bottles or take your chances with tap water? Imagine you are wandering about on a Thai island or __26__ the ruins of Angkor. It's hot so you grab a bottle of water from a local vendor. It's the safe thing to do, right? The bottle is __27__ , and the label says “pure water”. But maybe what's inside is not so __28__ . Would you still be drinking it if you knew that more than 90 percent of all bottled water sold around the world __29__ microplastics?
That's the conclusion of a recently __30__ study, which analysed 259 bottles from 11 brands sold in nine countries, __31__ an average of 325 plastic particles per litre of water. These microplastics included a __32__ commonly known as PET and widely used in the manufacture of clothing and food and __33__ containers. The study was conducted at the State University of New York on behalf of Orb Media, a journalism organisation. About a million bottles are bought every minute, not only by thirsty tourists but also by many of the 2.1 billion worldwide who live with unsafe drinking water.
Confronted with this __34__ , several bottled-water manufacturers including Nestle and Coca-Cola undertook their own studies using the same methodology. These studies showed that their water did contain microplastics, but far less than the Orb study suggested. Regardless, the World Health Organisation has launched a review into the __35__ health risks of drinking water from plastic bottles.
A) adequate
B) admiring
C) contains
D) defending
E) evidence
F) instant
G) liquid
H) modified
I) natural
J) potential
K) released
L) revealing
M) sealed
N) solves
O) substance
Section B
Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached 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.
Make Stuff, Fail, And Learn While You're At It
A) We've always been a hands-on, do it-yourself kind of nation. Ben Franklin, one of America's founding fathers, didn't just invent the lightning rod. His creations include glasses, innovative stoves and more.
B) Franklin, who was largely self-taught, may have been a genius, but he wasn't really an exception when it comes to American making and creativity.
C) The personal computing revolution and philosophy of disruptive innovation of Silicon Valley grew, in part, out of the creations of the Homebrew Computer Club, which was founded in a garage in Menlo Park, California, in the mid-1970s. Members-including guys named Jobs and Wozniak-started making and inventing things they couldn't buy.
D) So it's no surprise that the Maker Movement today is thriving in communities and some schools across America. Making is available to ordinary people who aren't tied to big companies, big defense labs or research universities. The maker philosophy echoes old ideas advocated by John Dewey, Montessori, and even ancient Greek philosophers, as we pointed out recently.
E) These maker spaces are often outside of classrooms, and are serving an important educational function. The Maker Movement is rediscovering learning by doing, which is Dewey's phrase from 100 years ago. We are rediscovering Dewey and Montessori and a lot of the practices that they pioneered that have been forgotten or at least put aside. A maker space is a place which can be in a school, but it doesn't look like a classroom. It can be in a library. It can be out in the community. It has tools and materials. It's a place where you get to make things based on your interest and on what you, re learning to do.
F) Ideas about learning by doing have struggled to become mainstream educationally, despite being old concepts from Dewey and Montessori, Plato and Aristotle, and in the American context, Ralph Emerson, on the value of experience and self-reliance. It's not necessarily an efficient way to learn. We learn, in a sense, by trial and error. Learning from experience is something that takes time and patience. It's very individualized. If your goal is to have standardized approaches to learning, where everybody learns the same thing at the same time in the same way, then learning by doing doesn't really fit that mold anymore. It's not the world of textbooks. It's not the world of testing.
G) Learning by doing may not be efficient, but it is effective. Project-based learning has grown in popularity with teachers and administrators. However, project-based learning is not making. Although there is a connection, there is also a distinction. The difference lies in whether the project is in a sense defined and developed by the student or whether it's assigned by a teacher. We'll all get the kids to build a small boat. We are all going to learn about X, Y, and Z. That tends to be one form of project- based learning.
H) I really believe the core idea of making is to have an idea within your head—or you just borrow it from someone—and begin to develop it, repeat it and improve it. Then, realize that idea somehow. That thing that you make is valuable to you and you can share it with others. I'm interested in how these things are expressions of that person, their ideas, and their interactions with the world.
I) In some ways, a lot of forms of making in school trivialize （使变得无足轻重） making. The thing that you make has no value to you. Once you are done demonstrating whatever concept was in the; textbook, you throw away the pipe cleaners, the straws, the cardboard tubes.
J) Making should be student-directed and student-led, otherwise it's boring. It doesn't have the motivation of the student. I'm not saying that students should not learn concepts or not learn skills. They do. But to really harness their motivation is to build upon their interest. It's to let them be in control and to drive the car.
K) Teachers should aim to build a supportive, creative environment for students to do this work. A very social environment, where they are learning from each other. When they have a problem, it isn't the teacher necessarily coming in to solve it. They are responsible for working through that problem. It might be they have to talk to other students in the class to help get an answer.
L) The teacher's role is more of a coach or observer. Sometimes, to people, it sounds like this is a diminished role for teachers. I think it's a heightened role. You're creating this environment, like a maker space. You have 20 kids doing different things. You are watching them and really it's the human behaviors you're looking at. Are they engaged? Are they developing and repeating their project? Are they stumbling （受挫）？ Do they need something that they don't have? Can you help them be aware of where they are?
M) My belief is that the goal of making is not to get every kid to be hands-on, but it enables us to be good learners. It's not the knowledge that is valuable; it's the practice of learning new things and understanding how things work. These are processes that you are developing so that you are able, over time, to tackle more interesting problems, more challenging problems-problems that require many people instead of one person, and many skills instead of one.
N) If teachers keep it form-free and student-led, it can still be tied to a curriculum and an educational plan. I think a maker space is more like a library in that there are multiple subjects and multiple things that you can learn. What seems to be missing in school is how these subjects integrate, how they fit t together in any meaningful way. Rather than saying, “This is science, over here is history,” I see schools taking this idea of projects and looking at: How do they support children in higher level learning?
O) I feel like this is a shift away from a subject matter-based curriculum to a more experiential curriculum or learning. It's still in its early stages, but I think it's shifting around not what kids learn but how they learn.
36.A maker space is where people make things according to their personal interests.
37.The teachers, role is enhanced in a maker space as they have to monitor and facilitate during the process.
38.Coming up with an idea of one's own or improving one from others is key to the concept of making.
39.Contrary to structured learning, learning by doing is highly individualized.
40.America is a nation known for the idea of making things by oneself.
41.Making will be boring unless students are able to take charge.
42.Making can be related to a project, but it is created and carried out by students themselves.
43.The author suggests incorporating the idea of a maker space into a school curriculum.
44.The maker concept is a modern version of some ancient philosophical ideas.
45.Making is not taken seriously in school when students are asked to make something meaningless to them based on textbooks.
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time，you should listen carefully for its general idea.When the passage is read for the second time，you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally，when the passage is read for the third time，you should check what you have written.
Passage One
Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.
Professor Ashok Goel of Georgia Tech developed an artificially intelligent teaching assistant to help handle the enormous number of student questions in the online class, Knowledge-Based Artificial Intelligence. This online course is a core requirement of Georgia Tech's online Master of Science in Computer Science program. Professor Goel already had eight teaching assistants, but that wasn't enough to deal with the overwhelming number of daily questions from students.
Many students drop out of online courses because of the lack of teaching support. When students feel isolated or confused and reach out with questions that go unanswered, their motivation to continue begins to fade. Professor Goel decided to do something to remedy this situation and his solution was to create a virtual assistant named Jill Watson, which is based on the IBM Watson platform.
Goel and his team developed several versions of Jill Watson before releasing her to the online forums. At first, the virtual assistant wasn't too great. But Goel and his team sourced the online discussion forum to find all the 40,000 questions that had ever been asked since the class was launched. Then they began to feed Jill with the questions and answers. After some adjustments and sufficient time, Jill was able to answer the students' questions correctly 97% of the time. The virtual assistant became so advanced and realistic that the students didn't know she was a computer. The students, who were studying artificial intelligence, were interacting with the virtual assistant and couldn't tell it apart from a real human being. Goel didn't inform them about Jill's true identity until April 26. The students were actually very positive about the experience.
The goal of Professor Goel's virtual assistant next year is to take over answering 40% of all the questions posed by students on the online forum. The name Jill Watson will, of course, change to something else next semester. Professor Goel has a much rosier outlook on the future of artificial intelligence than, say, Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking, Bill Gates or Steve Wozniak.
46. What do we lear about Knowledge-Based Arificial Itelligence?
A) It is a robot that can answer students' questions.
B) It is a course designed for students to leamn online.
C) It is a high-tech device that revolutionizes teaching.
D) It is a computer program that aids student leaming.
47. What problem did Professor Goel meet with?
A) His students were unsatisfied with the assistants.
B) His course was too difficult for the students.
C) Students' questions were too many to handle.
D) Too many students dropped out of his course.
48. What do we lear about Jill Watson?
A) She turned out to be a great sucess.
B) She got along pretty well with students.
C) She was unwelcome to students at first.
D) She was released online as an experiment.
49. How did the students feel about Jill Watson?
A) They thought she was a bit too artificial.
B) They found her not as capable as expected.
C) They could not but admire her knowledge.
D) They could not tell her from a real person.
50. What does Professor Goel plan to do next with Jill Watson?
A) Launch different versions of her online.
B) Feed her with new questions and answers.
C) Assign her to answer more of students' questions.
D) Encourage students to interact with her more freely.
Passage Two
Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.
Thinking small, being engaging, and having a sense of humor don't hurt. Those are a few of the traits of successful science crowdfunding efforts that emerge from a recent study that examined nearly 400 campaigns. But having a large network and some promotional skills may be more crucial.
Crowdfunding, raising money for a project through online appeals, has taken off in recent years for everything from making movies to producing water-saving gadgets. Scientists have tried to tap Internet donors, too, with mixed success. Some raised more than twice their goals, but others have fallen short of reaching even modest targets.
To determine what separates science crowdfunding triumphs from failures, a team led by science communications scholar Mike Sch?fer of the University of Zurich examined the content of the webpages for 371 recent campaigns.
Four traits stood out for those that achieved their goals, the researchers report in Public Understanding of Science. For one, they use a crowdfunding platform that specializes in raising money for science, and not just any kind of project. Although sites like Kickstarter take all comers, platforms such as Experiment.com and Petridish.org only present scientific projects. For another, they present the project with a funny video because good visuals and a sense of humor improved success. Most of them engage with potential donors, since projects that answered questions from interested donors fared better. And they target a small amount of money. The projects included in the study raised $4,000 on average, with 30% receiving less than $1,000. The more money a project sought, the lower the chance it reached its goal, the researchers found.
Other factors may also significantly influence a project's success, most notably, the size of a scientist's personal and professional networks, and how much a researcher promotes a project on their own. Those two factors are by far more critical than the content on the page. Crowdfunding can be part of researchers' efforts to reach the public, and people give because “they feel a connection to the person” who is doing the fundraising—not necessarily to the science.
51. What do we learn about the scientists trying to raise money online for their projects?
A) They did not raise much due to modest targets.
B) They made use of mixed fundraising strategies.
C) Not all of them achieved their anticipated goals.
D) Most of them put movies online for the purpose.
52. What is the purpose of Mike Schafer' s research of recent crowdfunding campaigns?
A) To create atractive content for science websites.
B) To identify reasons for their different outcomes.
C) To help scientists to launch innovative projects.
D) To separate science projects from general ones.
53. What trait contributes to the success of a crowdfiunding campaign?
A) The potential benefit to future generations.
B) Its interaction with prospective donors.
C) Its originality in addressing financial issues.
D) The value of the proposed project.
54. What did the researchers think of the financial targets of crowdfunding projects?
A) They should be small to be sucessful.
B) They should be based on actual needs.
C) They should be assed with great care.
D) They should be ambitious to gain notice.
55. What motivates people to donate in a crowdfunding campaign?
A) The ease of access to the content of the webpage.
B) Their desire to contribute to the cause of science.
C) The significance and influence of the project itself.
D) Their feeling of connection to the scientists themselves.
Part Ⅳ Translation (30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.
中国家庭十分重视孩子的教育。许多父母认为应该努力工作，确保孩子受到良好教育。他们不仅非常情愿为孩子的教育投资，而且花很多时间督促他们学习。多数家长希望孩子能上名牌大学。由于改革开放，越来越多的家长能送孩子到国外学习或参与国际交流项目，以拓宽其视野。通过这些努力，他们期望孩子健康成长，为国家的发展和繁荣作出贡献。
Part Ⅰ Writing
Hi Mark,
I'm so glad that you have made up your mind to teach English in China. Before you make a decision about your precise destination, let me introduce my hometown, Chongqing.
Located in southwest China, Chongqing may not enjoy worldwide fame as much as Beijing or Shanghai, but it is a thriving metropolis with lower cost of living. Working and living here, you can achieve your career goals without feeling too much stress. The locals are known for being warm and hospitable, and you can teach in a way that feels good for you. To be sure, teaching a foreign language in a city where residents speak a dialect all the time can be very challenging. It takes time indeed to correct pronunciation mistakes each student makes. But since you are always praised for your kindness and patience, it should hardly be an obstacle for you.
Anyway, I will support and help you as much as possible, whichever city you go to. I believe living and teaching in China will be a pleasant and memorable experience for you.
Best wishes,
Li Ming
Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension
1. D
2. D
3. B
4. C
5. A
6. A
7. B
8. C
9. C
10. A
11. B
12. D
13. A
14. C
15. B
16. C
17. D
18. A
19. C
20. B
21. D
22. D
23. A
24. B
25. C
Part III Reading Comprehension
26-35：BMICK LOGEJ
36-45：EICGK FBJDH
46-55：BCADC CBBAD
Part IV Translation
Chinese families attach great importance to their children's education. Many parents hold that they should work hard to ensure their children's access to good education. Not only are they perfectly willing to invest in their children's education, but they also spend much time urging them to study. Most parents expect their children to get admitted to elite universities. Owing to China s reform and opening-up, an increasing number of parents can send their children to study abroad or participate in international exchange programs to broaden their horizons. Through these efforts, they expect their children grow up strong and healthy and make a contribution to the nation's development and prosperity.
今年六月份的四级已经过去了，不管考了多少分，现在让我们看看它的作文是怎么写的吧!
写作
题目：
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a letter to express your thanks to one of your friends who helped you most when you were in difficulty. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.
今年四级时隔九年之后首次考了一道应用文写作，虽然出乎意料，但是大家可以根据题干中的关键词“letter”迅速判断今年要写的是书信。书信本身难度不大，但是需要特别注意英文书信的书写格式。
一、四级书信格式要求
1、抬头：收件人的姓名
2、正文：三段式
3、落款：祝福(yours sincerely)+写信人名
二、感谢信格式模板:
Dear ______,
I am writing to extend my sincere gratitude for __________________(感谢的原因). If it had not been for your assistance in __________________(对方给你的具体帮助), I fear that I would have been___________________(没有对方帮助时的后果).
No one would disagree that it was you who___________________________(给出细节).
Again, I would like to express my warm thanks to you! Please accept my gratitude. Best wishes.
Yours sincerely，
Li Ming
(注意：抬头的Dear+人名顶格靠左写，后面一定要加逗号!落款yours sincerely和写信人名顶格靠右写，yours sincerely后面也一定要加逗号!Yours sincerely为书信的惯用套话，这个必须得有!)
三、真题解析
再来看看今天第三套试卷的写作。写作要求让自己写一封感谢信来表达你对帮助自己克服困难的朋友的感谢。虽然书信大家可能在复习的时候准备的较少，但其实只要抓住了书信的基本格式，即多了抬头和落款，正文的写作应该较为简单，尤其是第二段，大家可以按照熟悉的原因分析段的方式来写。
1、写作思路：
第一段：表明对朋友的感谢并点题;
第二段：朋友用哪些方式帮我在哪些方面克服了困难
第三段：再次表示对朋友诚挚的感谢并祝愿朋友身体健康。
2、范文：
Dear Tom,
I am writing to extend my sincere gratitude for your great help when I failed that vital English interview. If it had not been for your assistance in giving me those brilliant suggestions and warm encouragement, I fear that I would have lost my way.
No one would disagree that it was you who stayed with me and pulled me through the hard time. First and foremost, you told me it is the priority for me to calm down. This is due to the fact that the ability to stay sober and positive made me come up with quite a few ideas to cope with the consequence that failure triggered. Furthermore, you made me learn to analyze my lack of interview skills and find solutions. Plenty of evidence has shown that this work played an indispensable role in my success the next year. Last but not the least, you helped to build my confidence.
Again, I would like to express my warm thanks to you! Please accept my gratitude. Best wishes.
Yours sincerely,
Li Ming
Directions: For this part，you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled It Pays to Be Honest. You should write at least 120 words following the outline liven below:
1.当前社会上存在许多不诚实的现象
2.诚实利人利己，做人应该诚实
It Pays to Be Honest
Nowadays，we often hear people's complaints about dishonesty. In fact，there are dishonest practices in all walks of life. Take food safety as an example，the past five years has witnessed an average number of 4，320 factories producing contaminated food every year，which seriously harmed people's lives and health.
It pays to be honest because being honest is beneficial to both other people and yourself. To begin with，being honest will make others relieved and devote full efforts to their work and life. In return，it will bring you true friendship and good mood，which promotes your happiness. What’s more, being honest can always bring you more business opportunities. We have heard lots of successful businessmen note that “doing business is actually testing one's moral quality.”
Being honest has become our traditional virtue and we should bear in mind to behave ourselves honestly.(143词)
“一句话”点评
第一段的数据将吸引阅卷老师的眼球让其首先关注，同时使用了witness, take... as an example.等好词与短语及producing分词做后置定语，将形成良好的第一印象。
快捷构思
第一段:描述现象，引入该段中，心“当前社会上存在许多不诚实的现象”。而后“一句话”数例，举出工厂生产污染食品的例子更加形象地说明社会上的不诚实。
第二段:开门见山提出该段主题句“诚实利人利己，做人应该诚实’，。紧接着列出了make others relieved and devote full efforts to their work and life和bring you more business opportunities支持该主题中心。
第三段:事实上，原题并没有第3个提纲，最后一段可以不写。但为了使得文章显得充实，在末段做一个简单的总结或号召是一种值得推荐的写法。
好词好句
(1)all walks of life各行各业
(2) promotes one's happiness增加幸福感
(3) devote full efforts to奉献全部精力
(4) traditional virtue传统美德
(5) bear in mind记住(优于大家通常会写的remember)
我们在长辈的环绕下成长，自以为了解他们，其实每一位长辈都是一部厚书，一旦重新打开，就会读到人生的事理，读到传统的积淀，读到时代的印记，还可以读出我们自己，读出我们成长时他们的成长与成熟，读出我们和他们之间认知上的共识或分歧……
十八岁的我们已经长大，今天的重读，是成年个体之间平等的心灵对话、灵魂触摸，是通往理性认知的幽径。请结合自己的生活阅历深入思考，围绕“重读长辈这部书”写一篇作文。
要求：①自选角度，自拟标题; ②文体不限(诗歌除外)，文体特征鲜明;③不少于800字; ④不得抄袭，不得套作。
2017年天津高考作文题要求考生围绕“重读长辈这部书”展开写作。该作文题从考生十八岁步入成人的年龄特点出发，关注传统文化的代际传承及人文素养的培育提升，引导考生展开联想与思考，写出个人的.独特感受与见解。
1。关注传统文化，饱含人文情怀。人伦关系蕴含着中国传统文化的核心价值，命题意在引导考生调动家庭与个人、长与幼的相关经验，重新理解长辈的深沉情感、丰富智慧及其对于青年成长的宝贵意义，引导考生关注优秀传统文化及其当代体现。题目需要考生从凝聚个人真切情感的生活阅历中选材，关注自我与他人、与社会、与时代的关系，既唤醒内心的真挚情感，又思考个人精神成长，富有人文情怀。
2。立意角度丰富。“长辈”既可以是父母，也可以是其他年长亲人或老师等。依据材料，考生可以通过长辈的人生经历重新思考过去的时代与历史，思考家族传统和民族传统方面的文化积淀，思考长辈的人生智慧和经验教训，也可以在长幼互动关系中，以长辈为镜鉴重新发现与认识自我，从“我”的视角观照长辈在家庭角色和社会角色上的进步与成熟……立意角度多元，可叙可议，便于各层次考生发挥个性特长。
3。富有思辨性。写长辈、写日常生活很容易入手，但以“十八岁成人”的眼光来重新思考，在思想碰撞中触摸灵魂，则需要考生处理好感性生活与理性思考的关系，需要处理好表象与本质的关系，需要思考延续传统与突破传统的关系，需要思考传统中核心价值的恒定与时代变化的关系……要写出深度与个性，就要具备处理这一系列辨证关系的理性思考能力。
★ 四级写作点评
★ 雅思写作真题
★ 雅思写作真题总汇
