2017 年12月四级考试真题（第三套） Part I Writing (30 minutes) D1rect10ns: 凡rthis part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on how to best handle the relationship between doctors and patients. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. Part II Listening Comprehension 说明：201 7年 12月四级真题全国共考了两套听力。 本套的听力内容与第二套的完全 一 样，只是选项的顺序不 一 样而已。 Part ID Reading Comprehension (40 minutes) Section A Directions: In th is section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank f rom a list of cho即 esgiven 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 centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. We all know there exists a greatvoid (空臼）in the public educational system when it comes to 26 to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) courses. One educator named Dori Roberts decided to do something to change this system. Dori taught high school engineering for 11 years. She noticed there was a real void in quality STEM education at all 27 of the public educational system. She said, I started Engineering For Kids (EFK) after noticing a real lack of math, science and engineering programs to 28 my own kids in. She decided to start an afterschool program where children 29 in STEM-based competitions. The club grew quickly and when it reached控Q members and the kids in the program won several state 30 , she decided to devote all her time to cultivating and 31 it. The global business EFK was born. Dori began operating EFK out of her Virginia home, which she then expanded to 32 recreation centers. Today, the EFK program 33 over 144 branches in 32 states within the United States and in 21 countries. Sales have doubled from MYM5 million in 2014 to MYMlO million in 2015, with 25 new branches planned for 2016. The EFK website states, Our nation is not 34 enough engineers. Our philosophy is to inspire kids at a young age to understand that engineering is a great 35 . A)attractedB) careerC) championships D)degreesE) developingF) enroll G) exposureH) feasibleI)feeding J) graduatingK) interestL)levels M)localN) operates0) participated 1 - - Section B Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains 叫 ormation 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. Why arent you curious about what happened? A) You suspended Ray Rice after our video, a reporter from TMZ challenged National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell the other day. Why didnt you have the curiosity to go to the casino ( 赌场） yourself? The implication of the question is that a more curious commissioner would have found a way to get the tape. B) The accusation of incuriosity is one that we hear often , carrying the suggestion that there is something wrong with not wanting to search out the truth. I have been bothered for a long time about the curious lack of curiosity, said a Democratic member of the New Jersey legislature back in July, referring to an insufficiently inquiring attitude on the part of an assistant to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie who chose not to ask hard questions about the George Washington Bridge traffic scandal. Isnt the mainstream media the least bit curious about what happened? wrote conservative writer Jennifer Rubin earlier this year, referring to the attack on Americans in Benghazi , Libya. C) The implication, in each case, is that curiosity is a good thing, and a lack of curiosity is a problem. Are such accusations simply efforts to score political points for ones party? Or is there something of particular value about curiosity in and of itself? D) The journalist Ian Leslie, in his new and enjoyable book C