2016年12月英语四级考试真题答案(第3套)

写作

写作要求：
Directions: 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 don’t increase that fast. More people, less food, which is the exact deion 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.

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26. rarely 开篇第一句话说的是一个人犯罪时 ，我们总是希望他受到应有的惩罚 。后面but表转折 说明虐待动物的人没有受到应有的惩罚 同时划线句子完整 所以需要一个修饰性成分 选项中只有副词能够修饰动词 rarely 表示很少 罕有
27.tortured and前后并列 所以需要一个动词的过去分词形式构成被动语态 torture 折磨 虐待
28.minimal a minimal sentence 表示轻判 minimal 少量的 很少的
29.determine 划线处前面是they 后面是名词 所以中间需要填一个动词
30.inadequate and 前后是并列的 前方是一个消极意义的形容词 后面也应该是与之意思相近的消极意义的形容词 inadequate 不充分的
31.creates which 引导的非限制性定语从句修饰前面的委员会 这个委员会是制定裁决方针的
32.direction in the right direction 在正确的方向上
33.strengthen 不定式符号to后面加动词原形 此处的含义是加强法律
34.shelters animal shelters 指的是动物庇护所
35. critically 副词修饰形容词
段落匹配
When Work Becomes a Game
36.C 题干当中提到一些著名的公司在使用“gamification”C段提到IBM和L’Oreal 这两家公司
37.J 通过关键词negative results 定位到J段 J段最后一句提到negative effect
38.G 通过morale这个关键词定位到G段
39.D 通过关键词a century ago 定位到D段 D 段出现的是 more than 100 years
40.K K段最后一句“There is no reason this will go away”和题干说的是一个意思
41.E 通过关键词application 可定位到E
42.B B段中给出的“gamification”的定义 和题干表达的是同一个含义
43.H通过关键词 employee training 和technology 可准确定位到H段
44.F 题干中的daily work assignments 对应F段中ordinary job tasks
45.I 题干中提到一些职业不适合用“gamification”只有I段中出现不同职业的人 当权的人，金融行业和工科行业的人
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46.D The lack talent to fix their keeping problems
47.A Good classroom teachers
48.D They are much bigger than is desirable
49.A It requires talent and practice
50.D Hiring more chlassroom teachers and allowing them
51.D It may be a pleasant way for kids to reduce their food in take
52.D Most kids and adults would choose a smaller meal that came with a non-food item
53.B Adults chose the smaller portion on the mere promise of a future award
54.A The emotional component of the prizes is at work
55.C We can lead people to eat less while helping the reatarant business
翻译
翻译原文：
在中国文化中，黄颜色是一种很重要的颜色，因为它具有独特的象征意义。在封建（feudal)社会中，它象征统治者的权力和权威。那时，黄色是专为皇帝使用的颜色，皇家宫殿全都漆成黄色，皇袍总是黄色的，而普通老百姓是禁止穿黄色衣服的。在中国，黄色也是收获的象征。秋天庄稼成熟时，田野变得一片金黄。人们兴高采烈，庆祝丰收。

参考译文：
The color of Yellow, because of its unique symbolic meaning, is very important in Chinese culture. In feudal society, it represents the rulers’ power and authority. At that time, the color was exclusively used for the emperor—the royal palace was painted yellow and the imperial robe was always yellow. However, the ordinary people were forbidden to wear clothes of the color yellow. In China, it also signifies harvest. The fields grow golden yellow in autumn when the crops mature. People celebrate the harvest cheerfully.