2017年12月四级真题答案及解析(第二套)

厦门新东方学校 欧娟娟等

一、写作

How to best handle the relationship between parents and children

In recent years, the current society is confronted with an increasingly severe phenomenon that the relationship between parents and children is no longer as harmonious as that in the past. According to a survey conducted by China Daily, the number of cases about the conflicts between parents and children has increased 23.6%. From my perspective, proper methods should be adopted to deal with it and the following two are the main ones.

First and foremost, parents should spend more time with their children although they are indeed busy due to the current financial burden on their shoulders. What’s more, parents should avoid indulging their children too much for the fact that indulgence may not benefit them at all. Also, children are supposed to show respects for their parents and feel grateful for what their parents have done.

Only when both parents and children show more understanding for each other can they build a harmonious relationship and they can enjoy a better family life.

二、阅读

1. 选词填空

难度和第一套相持平，会有一些学生觉得较难的词汇，比如enroll, feasible，championships等。但文章总体内容不难，介绍了一个教育家创立的一个致力于培养孩子在理工科方面能力与知识的项目。这套题目的另一个难点在于动词ing形式的选项有3个，动词过去分词形式的选项有两个，占到了选项的三分之一。这类选项是较难把握的，会对考生造成一定的难度。

2. 长篇阅读

词汇难度相较第一套有所提升，包含不少有一定难度的词汇，比如accusation, serendipity deficit等，但都是设题点，总体和第一套难度持平。，文章主题是好奇心的缺失。题干中的定位词都非常明显，文章也没有进行非常隐晦的替换，找到关键词即可解题。

3. 仔细阅读

第一篇介绍了到底应不应该把衰老认为是一种疾病，文章语言难度适中，题目都是细节题，准确定位，选项替换较少。

第二篇介绍了性别不平等，女性在科学领域中收到不公正对待。文章语言难度比第一篇有所增加，出现了不少有一定难度的词汇比如postdoctoral, geoscience, recommendation, implicit 等，但题目的定位句比较容易找到，替换比第一篇略多。总体来说比第一篇难，但难度适中。

Section A

26.G exposure

27. L levels

28.F enrolls

29. O participated

30.C championships

31.E developing

32.M local

33.N operates

34. J graduating

35. B career

Section B

36. H

37. D

38. O

39. M

40. B

41. L

42. K

43. J

44. G

45. F

Section C

Passage 1

46. B they just can not do anything about it

47.A it might be prevented and treated

48.C. it will free pharmacists from conventional beliefs about aging

49.C they can contribute to people’s health only to a limited extent

50 A the human lifespans cannot be prolonged.

Passage 2

51 C more males than females are likely to get outstanding letters of recommendation.

52.C men are believed to be better able to excel in STEM disciplines

53. B they contain nothing that distinguishes the application

54. D they deleted all information about gender.

55. Start a public discussion on how to raise women’s status in a academic circles.

三、翻译

此次考三山，泰山因为世人皆知，所以可说的内容较多，故写出的中文，从翻译的角度上，要稍难于其它两山，但也只是稍微而矣。

词汇方面：海拔，方圆，雄伟壮观，朝拜，帝王，灵感，游览，古迹，这些词都需要仔细体会才能译得恰到好处。其中一部分是之前真题出现过的词。而像海拔、方圆这样的词，仔细体会就会发现写的是高度和面积，并不难。

语法方面：定语从句，并列句，时态，被动。像不但……而且这样的中文，英文可以考虑直接对应到not only…but also。时态方面，考的点也很细腻，“过去3000多年”仔细体会发现可用现在完成时，也可以用一般过去时。一个“曾”字也是时态转换的标志。

易错的地方：多个定语的前置后置及排序;多个短句中间的连接和逻辑，如