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英语四级考试阅读真题及
2021 年 12 月英语四级考试阅读真题及答案
2021 年 12 月英语四级考试阅读真题及答案
Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes) Section A
Directions ：In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
For decades, Americans have taken for granted the XXXX
development of new technologies. The innovations( 创新 )XXXX opment during World War II and afterwards were(36)_____ to the prosperity of the nation in the second half of the 20th century. Those innovations, upon which virtually all aspects of(37)_____ society now depend, were possible because the United States then(38)_____ the world in mathematics and science education. Today, however, despite increasing demand
for workers with strong skills in mathematics and science, the(39)_____ of degrees awarded in science, math, and
engineering are decreasing. The deeling in degree production in what are called the STEM disciplines(science, technology, engineering, and math.)seems to be(40)_____related to the
comparatively weak performance by . schoolchildren on international assessments of math and science. Many students entering college have weak skills in mathematics. According to the 2005 report of the Business Higher Education Forum, 22
percent of college freshmen must take remediat( 补习
)math(41)_____, and less than half of the students who plan to major in science or engineering(42)_____complete a major in those fields.
The result has been a decrease in the number of American college graduates who have the skills, (43)_____ in
mathematics, to po