2011年12月英语4级真题和答案及解析文

作文题：

For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a shortessay entitled Nothing Succeeds Without a Strong Will by commentingon the humorous saying, "Quitting smoking is the easiest thing inthe world. I've done it hundreds of times." Y ou should write atleast 120 words but no more than 180 words。

Nothing Succeeds Without aStrong Will

No great work can be performedwithout will. We envy famous men and imagine that fame was due tosome trick of luck. But when we know their histories, we find thatit is long years of will and constant effort that have broughtabout their success. Just as we can‟t reach the top of a mountainwithout climbing, we can‟t achieve success without will。

The modern society providespeople with more opportunities than before, and there are storieswhich tell us the possibility of becoming successful overnight.Actually that is not the case. Before these people becomesuccessful, a lot of hard work has been done, unnoticed mostly.What we usually see is the result, but what we ignore is a longprocess of struggling forward and wrestling with internal orexternal obstacles. Take “quitting smoking” for example, which is ,to most people , a difficult task, so people always give up theidea for they don‟t have the strong will。

In a nutshell, strong will isan important condition or role of the success the individual shoulddesire to maintain forever. There is no instant success in thisworld. Strong will is the best policy to make your life distinctand your dreams come true。

听力长对话原文：

2011年12月17日大学英语四级考试听力之长对话第一篇原文：

M: When I say Ilive inSweden, people always want to know about the seasons。

W: The seasons?

M: Y eah, you know,how cold itis in winter, why its light in the day is so short?

W: So what is itlike?

M: Well, it‟scold, very coldin winter, sometimes as cold as 26 degrees below centigrade.And ofcourse, when you go out, you wrap up warm, but inside, in thehouses, it‟salways very warm, much warmer than at home. Swedishpeople always complain thatwhen they visit England, the houses arecold even when they‟re in winter.

W: And what aboutthedarkness?

M: Oh, yeah,around Christmastime, there‟s only one hour of daylight, so you really lookforwardto the spring. It‟s sometimes a bit depressing, but you‟ll see thesummersa re amazing. From May to July in the north of Sweden, thesun never sets. It‟sstill light at mid-night. Y ou can walk in themountains and read a newspaper。

W: Oh, yeah, theLand of theMid-night Sun。

M: That‟s right,but it‟swonderful. Y ou want to stay up all night and the Sweden‟s madethemost of it. Often they start work early in summer and then leaveat about 2 or3 in the afternoon so that they can really enjoy thelong summer evenings. Theylike to work hard, but play hard too. Ithink Londoners work longer hours, but I‟mnot sure this is a goodthing。

Question 19: Whatdo we learnabout the man from the conversation?

Question 20: Whatdo Swedishpeople complain about when they visit England in winter?

Question 21: How doesthe mandescribe the short hour of daylight around Christmas inSweden？

Question 22: Whatdoes the mansay about the Swedish people?

2011年12月17日大学英语四级考试听力之长对话第二篇原文：

W: What kind oftraining doesone need to go into this type of job?

M: That‟s a verygoodquestion. I don‟t think there is any, specifically。

W: For example, inyour case,what‟s your educational background?

M: Well, I get adegree inFrench in Nottingham, after that, Idid career‟s work in secondaryschools, like the career‟s guidance people herein the university.Then I we nt into local government, because I found I wasmoreinterested in the administrative side. Then progressed on touniversities.So there isn‟t any plan and specific training. Thereare plenty of trainingcourses in management techniques andcommittee work which you can attend now。

W: But in thefirst place, youdid a French degree。

M: In my time,there wasn‟t adegree you could do for administration. I think most oftheadministrators I‟ve come across have degrees in all sorts ofthings。

W: Well, I know inmy cas e Idid an English Literature degree and I didn‟t really expect to endupdoing what I‟m doing now。