四级真题及解析卷二.docx

1、四级真题及解析卷二英语四级真题及答案（卷二）英语四级真题及答案（卷二） Part I Writing1、【题干】Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a news report to your campus newspaper on a visit to a local farm organized by your Student Union. You should write at least 120 words but no more than180 words.【答案】An Impressive Ac

2、tivities-VisitingIn order to help us students to enrich life and broaden horizon, the Student Union organized a meaningful activity on last weekend-visiting the local farm, by which we grasped much useful knowledge about agriculture.The farm we visited is located in the suburb of Beijing and far awa

3、y from our school, which covers an area of 1000 square feet. Along with native foods like rice and potatoes, the farmers on the farm grow many organic vegetables, including corn, cucumbers, tomatoes and so forth. Besides, the farm breeds a host of local species such as dairy cattle, geese, chicken b

4、y modern scientific technique. One of the most impressive things for us is that by means of green farming methods, the problem of environmental pollution has been effectively alleviated.This outdoors activity has a really deep impression for us. Not only did it get us closer to the nature and reliev

5、e pressure from us, it also enhance our professional knowledge about husbandry technology.Part Reading Section AThe center of American automobile innovation has in the past decade moved 2,000 miles away. It has _(27)from Detroit to Silicon Valley, where self-driving vehicles are coming into life.In

6、a _(28)to take production back to Detroit, Michigan lawmakers have introduced _(29)that could make their state the best place in the country, if not the world, to develop self-driving vehicles and put them on the road.Michigans _(30)in auto research and development is under attack from several state

7、s and countries which desire to _(31)our leadership in transportation. We cant let happen, says Senator Mike Kowall, the lead _(32) of four bills recently introduced.If all four bills pass as written, they would _(33)a substantial update of Michigans 2013 law that allowed the testing of self-driving

8、 vehicles in limited conditions. Manufacturer would have nearly total freedom to test their self-driving technology on public roads. They would be allowed to send groups of self-driving cars on cross-state road trips, and even set on-demand _(34)of self-driving cars, like the one General Motors and

9、Lyft are building.Lawmakers in Michigan clearly want to make the state ready for the commercial application of self-driving technology. In _(35), California, home of Silicon Valley, recently proposed far more _(36)rules that would require human drivers be ready to take the wheel, and commercial use

10、of self-driving technology.27、【题干】_.【选项】【答案】H28、【题干】_.【选项】【答案】A29、【题干】_.【选项】【答案】G30、【题干】_.【选项】【答案】D31、【题干】_.【选项】【答案】I32、【题干】_.【选项】【答案】N33、【题干】_.【选项】【答案】J34、【题干】_.【选项】【答案】E35、【题干】_.【选项】【答案】B36、【题干】_.【选项】【答案】KPart Reading Section BMake Stuff, Fail, And Learn While Youre At ItA Weve always been a hands

11、-on, do-it-yourself kind of nation. Ben Franklin, one of Americas founding fathers, didnt 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 wasnt really an exception when it comes to Americ

12、an 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 W

13、ozniak started making and inventing things they couldnt buy.D So its no surprise that the Maker Movement today is thriving in communities and some schools across America. Making is available to ordinary people who arent tied to big companies, big defense labs or research universities. The maker phil

14、osophy 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 Deweys

15、 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 doesnt look like a classroom. It can be in a library. It can be out in the co

16、mmunity. It has tools and materials. Its a place where you get to make things based on your interest and on what youre 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 t

17、he American Contcxt, Ralph Emerson, on the value of experience and self-reliance. Its 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. Its very individualized. If your goal is to have standardized

18、 approaches to learning, where everybody learns the same thing at the same time in the same way, then learning by doing doesnt really fit that mold anymore. Its not the world of textbooks. Its not the world of testing.G Learning by doing may not be efficient, but it is effective. Project-based learn

19、ing 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 its assigned by a teacher

20、. Well 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 im

21、prove it. Then, realize that idea somehow. That thing that you make is valuable to you and you can share it with others. Im 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(

22、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 cardboard tubes.J Making should be student-directed and student-led, otherwise its boring. It doesnt have the motivation of the stu

23、dent. Im 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. Its 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 th

24、is work. A very social environment, where they are learning from each other. When they have a problem, it isnt 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 Th

25、e teachers role is more of a coach or observer. Sometimes, to people, it sounds like this is a diminished rote for teachers. I think its a heightened role. Youre ereating this environment, like a maker space. You have 20 kids doing different things. You are watching them and really its the human beh

26、aviors youre looking at. Are they engaged A they developing and repeating their project Are they stumbling (受挫) Do they need something that they dont have Can you help them be aware of where they areM My belief is that the goal of making is not to get every kid to be hands-on, but it enable us to be

27、 good learners. Its not the knowledge that is valuable, Its 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 problemsproblems that require many peo

28、ple 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 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 together in any meaningful way. Rather than saying, This is science, over here is history, I see schools taking