2011年12月大学英语四级(CET-4)考试真题

2011年12月大学英语四级(CET-4)考试真题

一、Writing （本大题1小题．每题14.0分，共14.0分。 For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition . You should write at least 100 words, and base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below: ）

第1题

For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Nothing Succeeds Without a Strong Will by commenting on the humorous saying, "Quitting smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I've done it hundreds of times." You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.

Nothing Succeeds Without a Strong

Will

【正确答案】：

[范文评注1]

Nothing Succeeds Without a Strong Will

It is known to us all that where there is a will, there is a way.1A person can probably accomplish nothing without a strong will.2We can't deny that sometimes people can reach a goal by playing tricks; however, that definitely won't last long.3

People with strong wills cannot be defeated by difficulties easily and they will never give up until they succeed. Take Nobel, the inventor of explosive, as an example, before inventing explosive he took thousands of explosion experiments.4 We can name quite a lot of famous people like Nobel, but we can also list some people like the "smoking quitters".5 To them, making a plan is so easy as they don't have to keep it. Therefore, they will never realize it.

To sum up, a strong will is an important character people should cultivate since it plays a key role in people's success.6 The resolute make resolutions once and for all; the irresolute keep making resolutions all for once.7 To be the winner, try to be the resolute.8

[范文评注2]

Nothing Succeeds Without a Strong Will The humorous saying "Quitting smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I've done it hundreds of times." tells us that without a strong will, nothing succeeds. People try to quit smoking for many times but end up with failure just because they lack a strong will. A strong will is essential if we want to achieve our goals. Initially, every success involves several stages of setbacks and risks, and we need to summon up our will to overcome them. Moreover, there are enormous temptations in our path of pursuing success. Only with a strong will can we resist the temptations, and persist in chasing our goals until we reach them. The long history of human being has also proved that only those with a strong will can achieve success at last. We are all familiar with Thomas Edison's story that he had tried one thousand kinds of materials before he finally made his great bulb light up. Without a strong will, Edison might have been a nobody. Without a strong will, no one can succeed.

[本题分数]： 14.0 分

【答案解析】

[解析] 1．以谚语开篇，从另一个角度为引出文章的主题作铺垫。

2．直陈文章主题，简洁明了，紧扣标题。

3．表面上提出不同观点，用however话锋一转，实则否定这种做法。

4．使用诺贝尔发明炸药的例子进一步论述坚强意志的重要性。

5．按照题目要求对一些人屡次戒烟不成功的现象进行评述。

6．用to sum up总结全文，再次重申坚强意志的重要性。

7．谚语作典，精辟入理。

8．感召性话语作结，铿锵有力。

二、Cloze（共20小题,共10.0分）There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D] on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

第1题

Employers fear they will be unable to recruit students with the skills they need as the economic recovery kicks in, a new survey (1) .

Nearly half of the organisations told researchers they were already struggling to find (2) with skills in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM), (3) even more companies expect to experience (4) of employees with STEM skills in the next three years.

The Confederation of British Industry (5) 694 businesses and organisations across the public and (6) sectors, which together employ