2011年12月英语4级真题和答案及解析文.docVIP

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. Ive done it hundreds of times. You 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: Yeah, 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 com