2021年12月大学英语4级第3套

2021年12月大学英语四级考试真题试卷(第3套)PartIWriting（30minutes）Directions：Supposeyouhavejustparticipatedinaschoolprojectofcollectingusedbooksoncampus.Youarenowtowritea（）reportabouttheproject，whichmayincludeitsaim，organizers，participantsanaactivities.Youwillhave30minutestowritethereport.Youshouldwriteatleast120wordsbutnomorethan180words.PartIIListeningComprehension（25minutes）说明：由于2021年12月四级考试全国共考了两套听力，本套真题听力与前两套内容相同，只是选项顺序不同，因此在本套真题中不再重复出现。PartIIIReadingComprehension（40minutes）SectionADirections:Inthissection，thereisapassagewithtenblanks.Youarerequiredtoselectonewordforeachblankfromalistofchoicesgiveninawordbankfollowingthepassage.Readthepassagethroughcarefullybeforemakingyourchoices.Eachchoiceinthebankisidentifiedbyaletter.PleasemarkthecorrespondingletterforeachitemonAnswerSheet2withasinglelinethroughthecentre.Youmaynotuseanyofthewordsinthebankmorethanonce.Thesheetsaredampwithsweat.You'recold,butyourheartisracingasifakillerjustchasedyoudownadarkstreet.Itwasjustanightmare,youtellyourself;there'snothingtobeafraidof.Butyou'restillfilledwith26.Givenhowunsettlingandhauntingnightmarescanbe,isthereawayfordreamerstooreventurnoff,thesebaddreamsastheyhappen?27Researchis28,butsomestudiessuggestthatpeoplewhocanmasterluciddreaming-thatis,theabilitytobethatanightmareishappeningandpossiblyevencontrolitwithoutwakingup-mayholdthe30.Nightmaresarepartofthehumanexperience,especiallyforkids.Doctors_31consideroccasionalnightmaresaproblem.Theycanjustbesymptomsofasleepdisorderthatcan29don't32fromanunpleasantexperience,stress,orcertaindrugs.Totreatthedisorder,thereareanumberofmedicinesandtherapiesthatarebackedby33research,accordingtotheAmericanAcademyofSleepMedicine,whichanalyzedtheavailableresearchonthetreatmentofnightmaredisorderinarecent34publishedintheJournalofClinicalSleepMedicine.However,nightmaresarecomplicated,andresearchersarestillstrugglingtounderstandthem,saidDr.RachelSalas,anexpertonsleepdisordersandanassociateprofessoratJohnsHopkinsMedicineinBaltimore.Whatwedoknowisthatpeoplenightmaresatdifferentpointsduringthesleepcycle.35tohavedifferentkindsofA)amountB)answerC)avoidI)mechanicalJ)resultK)reviewL)rigorousM)tendD)awareE)departF)drasticallyG)fearN)timidityO)typicallyH)limitedSectionBDirections:Inthissection,youaregoingtoreadapassagewithtenstatementsattachedtoit.Eachstatementcontainsinformationgiveninoneoftheparagraphs.Identifytheparagraphfromwhichtheinformationisderived.Youmaychooseaparagraphmorethanonce,Eachparagraphismarkedwithaletter.AnswerthequestionsbymarkingthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2.WhyitmattersthatteensarereadinglessA)Mostofusspendmuchmoretimewithdigitalmediathanwedidadecadeago.Buttoday'steenshavegrownupwithsmartphones.Comparedwithteensacoupleofdecadesago,thewaytheyinteractwithtaditionalmedialikebooksandmoviesisfundamentallydifferent.B)AnalysisofsurveysofoveronemillionteensintheUnitedStatescollectedsince1976revealsamajorshiftinhowteensarespendingtheirleisuretime.Paperbooksarebeingignored,infavorofscreensDigitaldevicesarechangingotherbehaviors,too.Moreandmore,youngpeoplechoosespendingtimeontheirelectronicdevicesoverengaginginotheractivities,regardlessofthetype.Indeed,by2016,theaverageAmericanhighschoolseniorsaidtheyspentsixhoursadaywritingtextmessages,onsocialmedia,andonlineduringtheirfreetime.Andthatcoversjustthreeactivities,andifotherdigitalmediaactivitieswereincluded,thatestimatewouldnodoubtrise.C)Teensdidnotalwaysspendthatmuchtimewithdigitalmedia.Onlinetimehasdoubledsince2006,andsocialmediausehasmovedfromaperiodicactivitytoadailyoneinthesameperiod.By2016,nearlynineoutoftenyoungwomeninthe12thgradesaidtheyvisitedsocialmediasiteseveryday.Meanwhile,timespentplayingvideogamesrosefromunderanhouradaytoanhourandahalfonaverage.OneoutoftenAmerican8thgradestudentsin2016spent40hoursaweekormoreplayingvideogames.Letmeemphasizethatthisisequaltothetimemostadultsspendperweekatwork.D)Ifteensarespendingsomuchtimeusingelectronicdevices,doesthatmeantheyhavetogiveupsometheyactivities?Maybenot.Overtheyears,manyscholarshaveinsistedthattimeonlinedoesnotnecessarilytakeawaytimespentengagingwithtraditionalmediaoronotheractivities.Somepeople,theyargue,arejustmoreinterestedincertainkindsofmediaandentertainment.Thus,usingmoreofonetypeofmediadoesnotnecessarilymeanlessoftheother.E)Thatmaybetrue,butthatstilldoesnottellusmuchaboutwhathappensacrossawholegenerationofpeoplewhentimespentondigitalmediagrows.LargesurveysconductedoverthecourseofmanyyearstellusthatAmericanyoutharenotgoingtothecinemanearlyasoftenastheydidinthepast.While70percentof8thand10thgradestudentsusedtogotothemoviesonceamonthormore,nowonlyabouthalfdothis.Moreandmore,watchingamovieissomethingteenschoosetodoontheirelectronicdevices.Whyisthisaproblem?Onereasonisthatgoingtothecinemaisgenerallyasocialactivity.Now,watchingmoviesissomethingthatmostteensdoalone.Thisfitsalargerpattern.Inanotheranalysis,researchersfoundthattoday'steensgooutwiththeirfriendsmuchlessoftenthanpreviousgenerationsdid.F)Butthetrendsrelatedtomoviesarelessdisturbingcomparedwiththechangeinhowteensspendtheirtime.Researchha