2016年12月大学英语四级（CET4）第三套真题 （含解析）.pdf

2016年12月英语四级真题（卷三）

PartIWriting(30minutes)

Directions:Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteanessay.Supposeyouhavetwooptionsupon

graduation:oneistofindajobsomewhereandtheothertostartabusinessofyourown.Youaretomakea

decision.Writeanessaytoexplainthereasonsforyourchoice.Youshouldwriteatleast120wordsbutnomore

than180words.

说明：由于2016年12月四级考试全国共考了2套听力，本套真题听力与前2套内容完全一样，只是顺

序不一样，因此在本套真题中不再重复出现。

PartIIReadingComprehension(40minutes)

SectionA

Directions:Inthissection,thereisapassagewithtenblanks.Youarerequiredtoselectonewordforeachblankfrom

alistofchoicesgiveninawordbankfollowingthepassage.Readthepassagethroughcarefullybeforemakingyour

choices.Eachchoiceinthebankisidentifiedbyaletter.Pleasemarkthecorrespondingletterforeachitemon

AnswerSheet2withasinglelinethroughthecentre.Youmaynotuseanyofthewordsinthebankmorethanonce.

Whensomeonecommitsacriminalact,wealwayshopethepunishmentwillmatchtheoffense.Butwhenit

comestooneofthecrudestcrimes—animalfighting—things_26_workoutthatway.Dog-fightingvictimsare

_27_andkilledforprofitand“sport,”yettheircriminalabusersoftenreceivea_28_sentenceforcausinga

lifetimeofpain.Roughlyhalfofallfederally-convictedanimalfightersonlygetprobation(缓刊）.

Someprogresshasbeenmadeintheprosecution(起诉）ofanimalfighters.Butfederaljudgesoftenrely

heavilyontheU.S.SentencingGuidelineswhenthey29_penalties,andinthecaseofanimalfighting,those

guidelinesareoutdatedandextremely_30

TheU.S.SentencingCommission,which_31_thesesentencingguidelines,isrevisitingthem,proposingto

raisetheminimumsentencefrom6-12to21-27months.Thisisastepintheright_32_,butwedliketoseethe

U.S.SentencingCommissionmakefurtherchangestotheguidel