2016年12月英语四级真题及答案卷二英语四级考试采取“多题多卷”模式，试题顺序不统一，请依据试题进行核对！作文题目：For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay. Suppose you have two options upon graduation: one is to take a job in a company and the other to go to a graduate school. You are to make a choice between the two. Write an essay to explain the reasons for your choice. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.参考范文：Upon graduation, virtually all college students will confront the problem of the career choice，which is truly a tough choice. Students opinions differ greatly on this issue. Some hold that priority should be given to take a job, but others take the attitude that going to a graduate school is the most critical factor influencing their future career choices.As to myself, I prefer the latter view. A higher educational background exerts a tremendous fascination on a great number of people, with no exception to me. This phenomenon that the graduates have difficulties in finding job after their graduation can easily be found anywhere in our daily life, especially on campus. On the one hand, with the improved high education of Chinese college students which directly brought the result that there are more and more graduates every year. On the contrary, job vacancies dont increase that fast. More people, less food, which is the exact description of the hard condition. On the other hand, more and more people go on to pursue their master and doctor degree; more and more Chinese oversea students come back to China to hunt better working chances. It is sure that the competition is more and more fierce.Therefore, it is high time that we took effective measures to improve our own competitiveness. That is the secret of success in the future employment market after our graduation.Part Reading Section A(卷二)The ocean is heating up. Thats the conclusion of a new study that finds that Earths oceans now (27)heat at twice the rate they did 18 years ago. Around half of ocean heat intake since 1865 has taken place since 1997, researchers report online in Nature Climate Change.Warming waters are known to (28)to coral bleaching(珊瑚白化) and they take up more space than cooler waters, raising sea (29). While the top of the ocean is studied, its depths are more difficult to (30)The researchers gathered 150 years of ocean temperature data in order to get better (31)of heat absorption from surface to seabed. They gathered together temperature readings collected by everything from a 19th century (32)of British naval ships to modern automated ocean probes. The extensive data sources, (33)with computer simulations(计算机模拟), created a timeline of ocean temperature changes, including cooling from volcanic outbreaks and warming from fossil fuel (34).About 35 percent of the heat taken in by the oceans during the industrial era now residents at a (35)of more than 700 meters, the researchers found. They say theyre unsure(36)whether the deep-sea warming canceled outwarming at the seas surface.A absorbB combinedC contributeD depthE emissionF.exploreG exploreH.floorI.heightsJ.indifferentK levelL.mixedM pictureN unsureO voyage参考答案：(26)A absorb(27)C contribute(28)K level(29)G explore(30)M picture(31)O voyage(32)B combined(33)E emission(34)D depth(35)N unsure参考解析文章第一句讲到海洋正在升温，不难推断出第26题应该是选absorb，absorb为吸收的意思。be known to do sth, 由此可知第27题应该选动词原形，再根据后面的to, 故将答案锁定为contribute，contribute to意思为是的原因，有助于;为做贡献;为捐款;为撰稿。raising为结果状语从句，意为导致了海平面的上升，故此空的答案为levels。该句的前半句意思是海洋的表层(顶部)被研究得较为透彻，考生要谨记在做完形填空时，要做到上下文的对应，比对一下就可得知该空应该选择study的近义词，通观所有的选项， 故选explore。研究者搜集了150年的海洋温度数据， 目的是要清晰地比对现在与过去的变化趋势， 故不难推测出要做图来进行比对， 因此该空的答案为picture。31空后面有naval ships这样的字眼，故能联想到该空应该与ships有关，因此该空的答案为voyage。能与介词with搭配的形容词，通观所有的选项，只有combined，combined with意为结合， 该短语在句中做插入语。Fossil fuel为矿物燃料，燃烧矿物燃料排放出的废气会导致温室效应， 故该空应该选择emissions。More than 700 meters是一个长度，再看前文，亦有提示-its depths, 故该空的答案为depth，at a depth of意为在的深度。35空应填入一个形容词， 再结合后面的宾语从句的引导词whether， 故将答案锁定为unsure， 要注意sure和unsure的宾语从句的引导词是不同的， sure的宾语从句引导词为that， unsure的宾语从句的引导词为whether， 类似的词语还有doubt，考生要注意区分。Part Reading Section B(卷二)The Secret to Raising Smart Kids37.The authors experiment shows that students with a fixed mind-set believe having to work hard is an indication of low ability.【答案】F As predicted, the students with a growth mind-set felt that learning was more important goal than getting good grades. In addition, they held hard work in high regard, They understood that even geniuses have to work hard. Confronted by a setback such as a disappointing test grade, students with a growth mind-set said they would study harder or try a different strategy. The students who held a fixed mind-set, however, were concerned about looking smart with less