全国英语四级2016年12月考试试卷Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteanessay.Supposeyouhavetwooptionsupongraduation:oneistoworkinastate-ownedbusinessandtheotherinajointventure.Youaretomakeachoicebetweenthetwo.Writeanessaytoexplainthereasonsforyourchoice.Youshouldwriteatleast120wordsbutnomorethan180words.PartⅢReadingSectionAManymenandwomenhavelongboughtintotheideathatthereare"male"and"female"brains,believingthatexplainsjustabouteverydifferencebetweenthesexes.Anewstudy______（26）thatbelief,questioningwhetherbrainsreallycanbedistinguishedbygender.Inthestudy,TelAvivUniversityresearchers（27）forsexdifferencesthroughouttheentirehumanbrain.Andwhatdidtheyfind?Notmuch.Ratherthanofferevidencefor（28）brainsas"male"or"female",researchshowsthatbrainsfallintoawiderange,withmostpeoplefallingrightinthemiddle.DaphnaJoel,wholedthestudy,saidherresearchfoundthatwhiletherearesomegender-based_________（29）,manydifferenttypesofbraincan'talwaysbedistinguishedbygender.Whilethe"average"maleand"average"femalebrainswere_______（30）different,youcouldn'ttellitbylookingatindividualbrainscans.Onlyasmall________（31）ofpeoplehad"all-male"or"all-female"characteristics.LarryCahill,anAmericanneuroscientist（神经科学家）,saidthestudyisanimportantadditiontoagrowingbodyofresearchquestioning_________（32）beliefsaboutgenderandbrainfunction.Buthecautionedagainstconcludingfromthisstudythatallbrainsarethesame,_________（33）ofgender."There'samountainofevidence________（34）theimportanceofsexinfluencesatalllevelofbrainfunction,"hetoldTheSeattleTimes.Ifanything,hesaid,thestudy______（35）thatgenderplaysaveryimportantroleinthebrain－"evenwhenwearenotclearexactlysurehow."A.abnormalB.appliedC.brieflyD.categorizingE.challengesF.figureG.percentageH.provingI.regardlessJ.searchedK.similaritiesL.slightlyM.suggestsN.tastesO.traditionalPartReadingⅢSectionBDirections:Inthissection,youaregoingtoreadapassagewithtenstatementsattachedtoit.Eachstatementcontainsinformationgiveninoneoftheparagraphs.Identifytheparagraphfromwhichtheinformationisderived.Youmaychooseaparagraphmorethanonce.Eachparagraphismarkedwithaletter.AnswerthequestionsbymarkingthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2.CanBurglarsJamYourWirelessSecuritySystem?[A]Anyproductthatpromisestoprotectyourhomedeservescarefulexamination.Soitisn'tsurprisingthatyou'llfindplentyofstrongopinionsaboutthepotentialvulnerabilitiesofpopularhome-securitysystems.[B]Themostlikelytypeofburglary（入室盗窃）byfaristheunsophisticatedcrimeofopportunity,usuallyinvolvingabrokenwindoworsomeforcedentry.AccordingtotheFBI,crimesliketheseaccountedroughlytwo-thirdsofallhouseholdburglariesintheUSin2013.Thewidemajorityoftherestwereillegal,unforcedentriesthatresultedfromsomethinglikeawindowbeingleftopen.TheoddsofacriminalusingtechnicalmeanstobypassasecuritysystemaresosmallthattheFBIdoesn'teventrackthosestatistics.[C]Oneofthemaintheoreticalhome-securityconcernsiswhetherornotagivensystemisvulnerabletobeingblockedfromworkingaltogether.Withwiredsetups,thefearisthataburglar（入室盗贼）mightbeabletoshutyoursystemdownsimplybycuttingtherightcable.Withawirelesssetup,youstickbattery-poweredsensorsuparoundyourhomethatkeepaneyeonwindows,doors,motion,andmore.Iftheydetectsomethingwrongwhilethesystemisarmed,they'lltransmitawirelessalertsignaltoabasestationthatwillthenraisethealarm.Thatapproachwilleliminatemostcord...
