大學英語四級考試2024年12月真題(第三套)PartIDirections:Supposetheueditiononhowthestudentscancontrsubmission.Youwillhave30miDirections:Inthissection,thereisapassagewithtenblanks.Youarerequiredtosefromalistofchoicesgiveninawordbankfollowingthepassage.Readthepassagethroughcarefullybeforemakingyourchoices.Eachchoiceinthebankisidentifiedbyaletter:PleasemarkthecorrespeachitemonAnswerSheet2withasinglelinethroughthecentre.Youmaynotuseanyofthewordsinthebankhumanface—downtoeveryInastudybytheUniversitiesofYorkandKyoto,researchersaskedparticipantstolookatpairsofphotographsanddecidewhichshoweda26Surprisingly,participantsmadethewroThe20%errorrate27inthestudylikelyunderestimatestheextenttotellan28facefromtherealthingoutsidTheresearcherscollecteddatafromparticipantsfromboththeUKaccordingtorace.Whentrialparticipantswereaskedtochoosebetweenphotographsoffacesofadifferentracefromtheirs,responsetimeswereslowerandselectiTherearenowdozensofcriminalcasesinwhichoffendershadifferentage,raceorgender,sendingpoliceinvestiInonerecentcase,an33businessexecutivesoutofmillionsofpoundDrJetSanders,whoworkedonthedetectsyntheticfacesmayhaveimportantimplicationsmay34thekeycharacteristicsofaperson'sappearancetob·2024年12月四級真題(第三套)·A)accurateB)allowC)artificialD)cheatingE)desertedM)remindingF)establishN)rG)extremelyO)resolveDirections:Inthissection,youaregoingtoreadapassagewithtenstatementsattachedtoit.Eachstatemcontainsinformationgiveninoneoftheparagraphs.Identifytheparagraphfromwhichtheinformationisderived.Youmaychooseaparagraphmorethanonce.EachparagraphismarkedquestionsbymarkingthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2.A)Mostpeoplehaveadreveryonehasinterestsandvachievablegoalsthatyou'llwhardtoknowwheretoevenbegin,andthethingsyouhopetoachievemawellpreparedyoumaybeabletosetgoalsforyourlifethatarejustasfeatinghealthierandlassumethatthegapbetweenwhereyouarenowandwhereyouwanttoknowledge.Thisiswhywebuycoursesonhowtostaranewlanguageinthreemonths.Weassumethatifweknewaboutabetterstrategy,thenwewresults.Webelievethatanewresultrequiresnewknowledge.C)WhatI'mstartingtorealize,howlearningsomethingnewcanactuallybeawasteoftimeifyourgoalistomakeprogressaD)ItallcomesdowntothedifferencebetweenlearningandpracticiPracticingMind,explainsthekeydifferencebesomething,weareinvolvedinthedeliberatergoal.”Herethewords“deliberate"and"intention”activelypracticingsomethingandpassivelyhaveprofoundlydifferentresults.Herearesomeadditcanlearnaboutthebestwaytomakeasalespitch,bmakingsalescalls.Let'ssayyoubuttheonlywaytobecomeabetterwriteristopracticepublishingconsis·2024年12月四級真題(第三套)·20F)Passivelearningcreatesknowledge.Activepracticeprioritizeactivepracticewaytodothis!").Ofcourse,you'renotactuallypracticingtheactionthatwoulddeliveryourdesiredoutcome(speakingtheforeignlanguage).makethemistakeofbeinginmotionratherthantakingaction.LearningisvaluableuntilitbecomesaformofH)Anotherpointtoconsideristhatpracticeaformofpracticebecausealthoughyougainnewknowledge.Activepractice,meanwhile,isoneofthegreatestformsoflearningbecaumakewhilepracticingrevealimportantinD)Evenmoreimportantly,practiceisYoucanwatchanonlinedevelopingnation,butthatknowledgeisunproductiveunlessyouactuallylaunchyourbusinesthoseinneed.Learningbyitselfcanbevaluableforyou,butifyouwanttobevaluabletoothehavetoexpressyourknowledgeinsomesaid,"Progressisanaturalresultofstayingfocusrightnowisaresultofthehabitsandbeliefsthaandbegintodirectyourfocustowardpracticingthelogicaloutcome.Itisnratherthehabitsthatwepracticeeachday.FallinlovewithboredomandfoK)Whatdoesthisallmean?Ispassivelearninguseless?Ofcourselearningcanbeabeautifuinformeddecisionswhenyoudodecidetotakeaction.Thatsaid,themainpointofthisbyitselfdoesnotleadtoprogress.Weoftenhidebehindinformationanduseleathemoredifficultandmoreimportantchoiceofactuallydoingsomething.Spendlesstiandmoretimeactivelypracticing.Stopthinkingandstar36.Acquisitionofnewknowledgemaynotguaranteetheprogressthatyouaimtomake.37.Yourcurrentsituationinlifeisbuiltonthebeliefsandhabit38.Knowingthebestwaytolearnaforeignlanguagewillnote39.Peoplemayfinditdemanding40.Learningandpracticingseemtobeverymuc41.Absorbingnewinformationishelpfulinmakingbetterdecisionspriortoaction.·2024年12月四級真題(第三套)·42.Sometimeswemayfeellikewactuallywearestayi43.Weareinclinedtothinkthatalackofknowledgepreventsusfromadvancingto44.Learningcanbenefityoubyitself,butonlypracticecanturnwhatyoulearnintomeaningfu45.PracticeinvolvesrepeatingaprocessintentionallytoattainaparticularobjDirections:Thereare2passagesinthissection.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2withasingleQuestions46to50arebeingerror-proof.Recentevidencepointstodrivers'limitedunderstandingofwhatthesesystdoasacontributingfacresultingsystemmisusefromalegalvilegallydotoensurethatdriversunderstandhowOnesolutionsuggestedinthestudyinvolvesrnatureoftherequestsforagreementandtheirimplicationsstudyshows91percentofpeopleagreetothemwithoutreading.Amongyoungpeople,97percenta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