2021年12月英语四级真题及参考答案完整版

2024年3月9日发(作者：闵鸿友)

2021年12月英语四级真题及参考答案完整版

四六级试卷采用多题多卷形式，大家核对答案时，请找具体选项内容，忽略套数。

注意：请直接对题目和选项内容，不要纠结套数、ABCD顺序的问题。

听力：

【News report 1】

(1)A 22-year-old Chine woman who suffered from a persistent cough was

shocked to learn that she had a piece of chicken bone launched in her lung.

The unnamed woman from the province of Shandong started to have coughing

problems when she was 7 or 8 years old. For 14 years, she made numerous hospital

visits. However, no doctor could identify any problem. Her uncontrollable

coughing was a mystery. Finally, the woman got a full body scan in a hospital

in the city of Qingdao. This special medical procedure revealed she had a

chicken bone stuck in her lung. Doctors performed surgery and removed the

bone. (2)The simple procedure went smoothly and the woman has recovered fully

with the bone finally removed from her lung. The woman is very happy that

she no longer suffers from that annoying cough.

Questions 1 and 2 are bad on the news report you have just heard.

Question 1. What was the woman's problem?

Question 2. How was the woman's problem eventually solved？

【News report 2】

(3) A white sheep named Prickles that ran away from an Australian

the 2013, bush fires recently returned home. According to

farmer, Alice, gray Prickles was only a lab. When she ran away, the bush

fires that hit the area back then destroyed a large part of her family's massive

property. They thought trickles had died in the fire. But instead, the young

sheep escaped into a 200 acre forest near the farm.

(4) Once the fires were over, the family had to fix the damage done to

the farm. As it was such a large property, this included rebuilding about

50 kilometers of fancy. It was this huge fencing that prevented prickles from

finding her way back. Over the years, the family spotted her a few times. They

even recorded her with cameras installed to monitor dear activity. But while

they knew prickles was alive, they couldn't fight her, never expected her to

return by herlf. 7 years later, they were proven wrong.

Questions 3 and 4 are bad on the news report you have just heard.

Question 3. What does the news report say about white sheep Pickles?

Question 4. What does family do after the bush fires?

【News report3】

(5)Tons of gold have fallen out of the sky in Russia after a cargo plane

malfunctioned in mid air this morning. The aircraft was carrying ￡265

million worth of gold and diamonds when the door flew open, nding the precious

metal back to earth.

According to the official news agency, Russian authorities have

recovered more than 170 gold bars weighing 20 kilograms each. The plane was

traveling from your Kurds airport in a major diamond producing region to the

city across the year ask in Siberia. (6)However, the aircraft made an

emergency landing in Margaret after it began losing some of its valuable

cargo. Reports suggest, some bars of gold was scattered up to 15 miles away

from the airport. 9 tons of gold on plane, an 12 belonged to a gold mine company.

Police have aled off the runway and say it is unclear if it was an accident,

one attempted robbery. (7)Technical engineers who works on the plane prior

to take off are reportedly going to be questioned by the police.

Questions 5 to 7 are bad on the news report you have just heard.

Question 5. What is the news report mainly about?

Question 6. What did the aircraft do when the incident happened?

Question 7. What does the news report say about the technical engineers who

worked on the plane before take off?

【Conversation 1】

M: Hello, you're through to customer rvice. This is Michael

speaking. (8)Before we continue, I just want to make you aware that this call

is being recorded and may be ud in the few. Huge for training purpos. What

can I help you with today?

W: (9) Hi, my name is Jane Semen. I recently bought an office chair from

your company. I returned it about a week ago. I'm just calling to inquire when

I would be able to get my money back. It says on your website that your company

will pay back the money within three working days of view, receiving the return

to it's been five working days and I haven't received anything.

M: I'm sorry to hear that. Mister Semen, what's your customer reference

number? Plea?

W: It's 389460,

M: OK,389460.I'm just looking on the system here, according to our records

that share you returned was received by our warehou on Friday. The payment

was made on Wednesday, but this ems to be a problem with your car number.

W: My card number, maybe it has something to do with my new card. It was nt

to be on Tuesday. (10) Maybe the bake cancelled my old one. Before you made

the payment.

M: (11)Well,You'll need to update your card details directly on our website,

just make sure you knocked in. Then under the description of your personal

information, you should e an option front payment methods.

W: I am launched I'll give that a go.

M: I'll make a note here on the system for you so that the payment will be

made tomorrow morning.

W:Thank you very much.

Questions 8 to 11 are bad on the conversation you have just heard.

Question 8. Why does the man have his conversation with the woman recorded?

Question 9. What is the woman's purpo of calling the furniture company?

Question 10. What does the woman say about her bank card?

Question 11. What does the man advi the woman to do?

【Conversation2】

M: I'm getting a bit hungry.

W: Yes, me,too. I'm starving. Are you going to prepare a meal for us?

M: (12)No, sorry. I'm actually pretty worn out. Let's just go out somewhere

clo to eat.

W: Well, I think we should stay in and save some cash. Can we get a meal

delivered?

M: Yeah, great. (13) I'll u that food delivery, apple, my phone. What

do you want? Fried chicken, hamburgers, or fish and chips?

W: Oh. Can we stay away from the junk food? How about something healthy?

M: Okay. Well, there's a place that does salads.

W: Let me have a look at that. Yeah, that looks delicious, but to be honest,

I prefer something hot, not cold.

M: How about Indian food?

W: (14) That's not the kind of hot I mean. I’m just not a fan of sauces

that make me sweat and cry. I need something mild.

M: Okay. So would you consider Mexican? Oh no, sorry, there's also very

hot pepper in that. Would you like some Italian food, perhaps? It's a bit

heavy, but it's great food for a cold night like this.

W: Pizza, spaghetti with creamy sauce? I know it’s really tasty and

great comfort

food. But it's too fattening for me. I'm trying to keep a slim figure you

know?

M: (15) Oh. You're really difficult to plea. Well, there's a

nice Chine restaurant that delivers.

W: Yes. I love Chine food. Let me e. Oh it's 50 kilometers away.

M: That's a bit too far away. Do you feel like Vietname food then?

W: Yeah. Awesome. It's healthy, and we can afford it.

M: Great. Let's order Vietname right away.

Questions 12 to 15 are bad on the conversation you have just heard.

Question 12: Why isn't the man going to cook?

Question 13: What does the man say he'll do on his phone?

Question 14: What does the woman think of Indian food?

Question 15: What does the man think of the woman?

【Passage 1】

(16)A new study carried out by the university of Lincoln has found a

link between the personalities of cat owners and the behavior and well being

of their cats. The finding suggest that just as a parent's personality can

affect the personality of a child, the same is true for a cat and its owner.

Owners to find as individuals with high levels of anxiety, fear, anger,

depression, and loneliness were more likely to have anxious, behavioral issues.

Such cats displayed more aggressive and anxious behavioral styles as well as

more stress related sickness. They were also more likely to have an ongoing

medical condition and be overweight.

The rearch also found that mentally well adjusted voters had calmer,

happier, and healthier cats. The rearchers explained that many owners regard

their pets as a family member and form clo social bonds with them. (17) The

majority of owners want to provide the best care for their pets and is therefore

possible that pets could be affected by the way their owners interact

with and manage them. The study highlights an important relationship between

our personalities and the well being of our pets. (18) Further rearch is

needed to investigate the cau or nature of this relationship, and to look

at how owners’ personalities are directly influencing their pets behavior

and well being. It is possible that the well being a pet is driven by the

underlying nature of the owner, not simply by their conscious decisions and

behaviors.

Questions 16 to 18 are bad on the passage you have just heard.

Question 16. What do we learn from the new study by the university of Lincoln?

Question 17. What does the passage say most pet owners want to do?

Question 18. What does the passage say is still needed to understand the effects

of owners personalities on their pets?

【Passage 2】

(19)160 minute run can add 7 hours to your life. This was a claim made

by the times last week. The claim was bad on a new review of studies about

the effects of running. The review concluded that on average, runners live

3 years longer than not runners, and that running does more to extend life

than any other form of exerci. But there's more to running than its health

benefits. (20)Rearch published in recent years has shown that running

changes your brain and mind in some fascinating ways from increasing your brain

function to regulating your emotions.

However, the preci effects vary according to whether you engage in short,

fast running or long distance running. For example, in one study, rearchers

compared participants ability to learn new words after veral minutes of

inten running and after 40 minutes of gentle running, participants were able

to learn 20 % faster after the inten running. They showed a superior memory

when tested again a week later. (21)In another study, rearchers asked

volunteers to jog for 30 minutes and then show them clips from a sad movie.

Participants who usually struggled to handle negative emotions were more

intenly affected by the sad clips, just as you expect, but crucially, this

was less. So it happened.

Questions 19 to 21 are bad on the passage you just heard.

Question 19. What does the new review of studies claim?

Question 20. What is one effect that running has on people according to recent

rearch?

Question 21. What did another study find about the participants after they

had a 30 minute jog?

【Passage 3】

Welcome to the tour of the Hill Hou. This hou, built in 1904, is one

of the most well known works of Charles Hill, the famous architect. It was

designed and built for a local entrepreneur at his family.

(22) Before starting the tour, let me give you a brief introduction about

the design of this amazing building. (23) Prior to beginning his design,

the architect spent some time in the client's old home, obrving their life

and studying their habits. This meant that he could design the hou according

to the needs of the family. (24) The client's main desire was to have a home

with a unique design. So the architect was given complete freedom.

The building style is radically different from what was the fashion of

the period. At the time, most large homes were constructed of timber and brick.

This one, however, is made of concrete, a novel construction material in tho

days. The interior of the hou, including fittings and furniture, was also

designed by the same person. Most of the furniture you will e is original

and in good condition. (25) However, tho pieces in the children's bedrooms

are copies, built to the designs of the architect. Fortunately, all the

blueprints for both the building and its contents have been prerved. So we've

been able to replace badly damaged furniture. Let's begin our tour starting

from the rooms.

Questions 22 to 25 are bad on the passage you have just heard.

Question 22: What do we learn about the speaker?

Question 23: What did the architect do before beginning his design?

Question 24: What did the architect’s client mainly want?

Question 25: What do we learn about the pieces of furniture in the children's

bedrooms?

四级听力参考答案

第一套

1. C)It nt two dogs to the wrong destinations.

2. A)Correct their mistake as soon as possible.

3. B)She has had babies before.

4. C)It was smooth.

5. D)It was built above the a-water.

6. B)Replace the restaurant's wooden deck.

7. C)She posted its picture on Facebooks.

8. D)Duck hunting remains legal in many parts of the world.

9. A) Droughts.

10. B) Their neat is not that popular.

11. D)They poisoned wild ducks inlarge numbers.

12. A) Have her hou repainted.

13. B) How much the work will cost.

14. C) Stay somewhere el.

15. B)Painting a hou involves more trouble than she thought.

16. A) To cultivate good habits.

17. B)Create an ideal study environment for them.

18. C)Start with something they enjoy.

19. A) Workers who meet its body weight standards.

20. D) Unfair.

21. C)Encourage healthy behaviors.

22. A)It has not done enough to help left-handed children.

23. D)They tend to have more difficulties in learning.

24. D)Keep track of left-handed children's school performance.

25. B)Why their numbers are so high.

第二套

1.B)She was coughing all the time.

2.c)Through a surgical operation.

3.D)It ran away into a nearby forest.

4.A)They rebuilt the fencing around their farm.

5.D)The loss of gold from an airplane.

6.A)lt made an emergency landing.

7.C)They will be questioned by the police.

8.B)For future training purpos.

9.C)To get her money back for the returned chair.

10.D)She was issued a new card.

11.C)Update her bank card details on the company's website.

12.A)He is feeling exhausted.

13.B)Order a delivery.

14.D)lt is too spicy.

15.C)She is too picky about food

16.A)Owner's personalities affect their cats'behavior and wellbeing.

17.B)Provide their pets with the best care.

18.D)Further investigation.

19.B)Running is the best exerci for extending one's life.

20.A) Improving their brain function.

21.D)They were less affected by sad movies.

22.A)He is a tour guide.

23.C)He obrved his client's life and habits.

24.D)A hou of a unique design.

25.B)They are copies built to the architect's designs.

写作

第一套

【Directions】

Suppo your school is organizing an orientation program（新生训练；新生练习）to

help the freshmen adapt to the new environment and academic studies. You are now

to write a proposal, which may include its aim, duration, participants and

activities.

【参考范文】

Dear Student Union,

Learning that our school will hold an orientation program to help

freshmen become accustomed to the new environment and academic

studies, I am writing to introduce my proposal concerning

this program.

Firstly I suppo all of freshmen are welcome to join in this activity

on September 9th. From 10: to 12:, a nior student would

teach freshmen how to be independent, such as making decisions on how

to allocate time and how to spend money, and doing some

cleaning on their own. Besides, freshmen could be taught how

to develop a good habit of lf-teaching and how to arrange their

schedule. In the afternoon, freshmen might take active part

in a collective activity, where they could make

more communication with their classmates so as

to help them smoothly adapt to the new environment.

I hope you will find my proposal uful, and I would be ready to

discuss further details with you .

Yours,

Zhang Wei

第二套

【Directions】

Suppo your university student union is planning to hold a speech contest.

You are now to write a proposal for organizing the contest. The proposal may

include the topic, aim, procedure and lection of contestants. You will have

30 minutes to write the proposal.

【参考范文】

Dear Student Union,

I am so glad to hear that a speech contest with the purpo of enriching

college students’ life would be held in our school next month. As a member

of Student Union, I would like to give some advice to make the activity go

more smoothly.

Firstly, if we could choo a suitable speech subject, such as the

employment prospect, the management of free time or some related with students’

life, it would contribute to the attraction of more students. Secondly, the

contest could last for about 2-3 hours and we could invite Professor Zhang

as the judge to give comments to each contestant. Lastly, as the lection

of contestants, I suppo every student in our school could submit application

but we should have an interview of first around and define the final 10

competitors.

I hope the suggestions above would be uful and practical for you. For

any question on the proposal, plea feel free to write to me.

Yours,

Li Hua

第三套

【Directions】

Suppo you have just participated in a school project of collecting ud books

on campus. You are now to write a report about the project, which may include

its aim, organizers, participants and activities. You will have 30 minutes

to write the report. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180

words.

【参考范文】

Last week, a project of collecting ud books was held in our school and it

was a huge success .

The project was launched by the Student Union last Monday and it lasted for

a whole week, aiming to gain students’ attention to cond- hand books and

inspire them to make the best of ud things. It was started from registering

basic personal information online, including name, department and the number

of books one would like to give away. Then students could brought their books

to the Students Activity Center every day at any time during 8:00 am to 17:00

pm, after which they could get a gift such as pens and notebooks.

There were more than 500 students participating in the activity and more than

1000 books were collected. The books were displayed at the Students Activity

Center for all students in need.

阅读

【快速阅读1】

There's a stress gap between men and women

36.H] Like Ms,Li, many women try to manage the added stress to reach what Dr

Joyce said was an unattainable ideal. "Some professional women aim to do it

all They want to reach the top of the corporate ladder and fly like

super-mom,"she said.…….

37.[E] ference,however, is in the nature and scope of the responsibilities

in the home ent in particular,"Dr Joyce said. For example, the United Nations

reported that nearly three times as much unpaid domestic work as men.……

38.[C]It's a common story-one we frequently ridicule and readily dismiss, for

example, by claiming that women tend to complain more than men, despite the

growing sum of re-arch that underlines the problem.·…

39.[K] Disconnecting from work and home responsibilities is also obviously

important. But it's much casier said than done. It is important to understand

what caus your stress in the first place.

40.[F] it's not just inside he home, though. Rearch from Nova Southeastern

University found that female managers were more likely than male managers

to. display or forcing emotions that are not wholly felt.

41.[I] The stress problem extends beyond mental health when you consider the

link between stress a anxiety and heart ,most of what we know about

heart dis-ea comes from studies involving men.……

42.[B] Ms. Li said her stress led to sleeplessness. When she did sleep, she

experienced"problem-solving dreams,"which left her feeling unrested when she

woke up. After I became a first-time mother,I quickly realized i was so busy

caring for other people and work that I felt like I'd lost mylf,…

43.[G] Surface acting is a prime example of "e emotional labor"a concept

that the writer Jess Zimmerman made familiar in a 2015 essay. The essay sparked

a massive thread, on the Internet community blog Meta Filter.……

44.[J]The good news is, women are more likely than men to take charge of their

stress and manage it, the American Psy-chological Association reports. The

concept of lf-care,at its core, is quite simple."…

45.[D]e difference is not really news to me,as a clinical psy-chologist said

Erin Joyce,….

【快读阅读2】

Why it matters that teens are reading less?

36.[E] That may be true, but that still does not tell us much about what happens

across a whole generation of people when time spent on digital media grows.

Large surveys conducted over the cour of many years tell us that American

youth are not going to the cinema nearly as often as they did in the past.…

37.[B]Analysis of surveys of over one million teens in the United States

collected since 1976 reveals a major shift in how teens are spending their

leisure books are being ignored, in favor of screens.…

38.[G] Indeed, the number of nior high school students who said they had

not read any books for pleasure in the last year was one out of three by

is triple the number from two decades ago.……

39.[D] If teens are spending so much time using electronic devices, does that

mean they have to give activities?Maybe the years,many scholars have

insisted that time online does not necessarily take away time spent engaging

with traditional media or on other activities.……

40.[A] Most of us spend much more time with digital media than we did a decade

today's teens have grown up with smartphones. Compared with teens a

couple of de-cades ago, the way they interact with traditional media like books

and movies is fundamentally different.…

41.[H] This might prent problems for young people later on. When high school

students go on to college, their past and current reading habits will influence

their academic per-formance.·

.

42.[C] Teens did not always spend that much time with digi-tal media. Online

time has doubled since 2006, and social media u has moved from a

periodicactivity to a daily one in the same period. By 2016, nearly nine out

of ten young women in the 12th grade said they visited social media sites

43.[F]But the treads related to movies are less disturbing compared with the

change in how teens spend their time. Rearch has revealed an enormous decline

in 1980, about 60 percent of nior high school students said they

read a book, newspaper or magazine every day that was not assigned for school.

By 2016, only 16 percent did.

·····

44.[B] Analysis of surveys of over one million teens in the United States

collected since 1976 reveals a major shift in how teens are spending their

leisure time. Paper books are being ignored, in favor of screens.…

45.[E] That may be true,but that still does not tell us much about what happens

across a whole generation of people when time spent on digital media grows.

Large surveys conducted over the cour of many years tell us that American

youth are not going to the cinema nearly as often as they did in the past.…

【快读阅读3】

Why it matters that teens are reading less?

36 [E] That may be true, but that still does not tell us much about what happens

across a whole generation of people when time spent on digital media grows.

Large surveys conducted over the cour of many years tell us that American

youth are not going to the cinema nearly as often as they did in the past.…

37 [B]Analysis of surveys of over one million teens in the United States

collected since 1976 reveals a major shift in how teens are spending their

leisure books are being ignored, in favor of screens.…

38 [G] Indeed, the number of nior high school students who said they had

not read any books for pleasure in the last year was one out of three by

is triple the number from two decades ago.……

39 [D] If teens are spending so much time using electronic devices, does that

mean they have to give activities?Maybe the years,many scholars have

insisted that time online does not necessarily take away time spent engaging

with traditional media or on other activities.……

40 [A] Most of us spend much more time with digital media than we did a decade

today's teens have grown up with smartphones. Compared with teens a

couple of de-cades ago, the way they interact with traditional media like books

and movies is fundamentally different.…

41 [H] This might prent problems for young people later on. When high school

students go on to college, their past and current reading habits will influence

their academic per-formance.·

42 [C] Teens did not always spend that much time with digi-tal media. Online

time has doubled since 2006, and social media u has moved from a

periodicactivity to a daily one in the same period. By 2016, nearly nine out

of ten young women in the 12th grade said they visited social media sites

43 [F]But the treads related to movies are less disturbing compared with the

change in how teens spend their time. Rearch has revealed an enormous decline

in 1980, about 60 percent of nior high school students said they

read a book, newspaper or magazine every day that was not assigned for school.

By 2016, only 16 percent did.

44 [B] Analysis of surveys of over one million teens in the United States

collected since 1976 reveals a major shift in how teens are spending their

leisure time. Paper books are being ignored, in favor of screens.…

45 [E] That may be true,but that still does not tell us much about what happens

across a whole generation of people when time spent on digital media grows.

Large surveys conducted over the cour of many years tell us that American

youth are not going to the cinema nearly as often as they did in the past.…

【仔细阅读1】

With obesity now affecting 29% of the population in England, and expected to

ri to 35% by 2030, should we now recogni it as dia?

46. C)It should be regarded as a genetic dia

47. D)It results from a lack of lf-control

48. A)Obe people would not feel responsible to take any action

49. B)It is too inclusive and thus lacks clarity

50.D)It may do little good to patients.

Nationwide, only about three percent of early childhood teach- ers are male

in the U.s

51.C)It is negatively impacted by a lack of male teachers

52. A)The importance of broadening children's horizons

53. D)Many of them feel prejudiced against socially and culturally

54. A)Higher pay.

55. B)Taking measures to attract prospective male teachers to work in the

field

【仔细阅读2】

As many office workers adapt to remote work, cities may undergo fundamental

change if offices remain under-utilized.

46. C)It benefits employers at the expen of employees.

47.D)It negatively impacts productivity.

48.A)To provide convincing data for rious discussion.

49.c)Employers' gain from remote working should go to employees

compensation.

50.A) It should be avoided if possible.

The human thirst for knowledge is the driving force behind

our successful development as a species.

51. B)It is the force that pushes human society forward.

52.A)It motivates people to ek information.

53.D)They work in conjunction with the environment.

54.B)They prefer to go after all that is novel.

55.A) The cost of humans' curiosity to explore.

【仔细阅读3】

Have you ever wondered how acceptable it is to hug or touch someone?

as

46.C)Its abnce might suggest a lack of warmth in interpersonal

relationships.

47.D) How clo the communicators' relationships are.

48.B)They take touching as a cultural norm in social interactions.

49.A)Men can show friendship in public through physical affection.

50.D)Take other people's preference into consideration.

From climate change to the ongoing pandemic（大流行病）and beyond, the

issues facing today's world are increasingly com-plex and dynamic.

Pm

51.A)lt faces problems that are getting more varied and compli-Cated.

52.C) People are divided about the nature of interest.

53.D)How a growth mindt of interest can contribute to cro ss-disciplinary

thinking.

54.C)Making innovative products needs multidisciplinary prod-ucts.

55.B)Broadening their interests.

【选词填空1】

The sheets are damp with 're cold,but your heart is..

26.G)fear

27.C)avoid

28.H)limited

29.D)aware

30.B)answer

31.O)typically

32.J)result

33.L)rigorous

34.K)review

35.M)tend

【选词填空2】

It is commonly believed that the great English dramatist and poet.

26.E)exact

27.C)conclusively

28. L)scarcity

29.H)position

30.J）probably

31.B)classical

32. M)nior

33.D)emergence

34.A)captured

35.I)precision

【选词填空3】

Many people believe that commitment are the foundations of ...

26.O)unique

27.I)posss

28. D)endure

29. C)confud

30.J)prence

31.B)asss

32.F)genius

33.A)acknowledge

34.M)surprising

35.G)highly

翻译

【第一套】

大运河（Grand Canal）是世界上最长的人工河，北起北京，南至杭州。它是中国历史上最宏伟的工程之一。大运河始建于公元前4世纪，公元13世纪末建成。修建之初是为了运输粮食，后来也用于运输其他商品。大运河沿线区域逐渐发展成为中国的工商业中心。长久以来，大运河对中国的经济发展发挥了重要作用，有力地促进了南北地区之间的人员往来和文化交流。

【参考译文】

The Grand Canal is the longest man-made river in the world, starting

from Beijing in the north and Hangzhou in the south. It is one of the most

magnificent projects in Chine history. The Grand Canal was built in the 4th

century BC and was completed at the end of the 13th century. It was built to

transport grain at the beginning, and later it was also ud to transport other

commodities. The area along the Grand Canal has gradually developed into

China's industrial and commercial center. For a long time, the Grand Canal

has played an important role in China's economic development, and has

effectively promoted personnel exchanges and cultural exchanges between the

North and the South.

【第二套】

都江堰（Dujiangyan）坐落在成都平原西部的岷江上，距成都市约50公里，始建于公元前三世纪。它的独特之处在于无需用堤坝调控水流。两千多年来，都江堰一直有效地发挥着防洪与灌溉作用，使成都平原成为旱涝保收的沃土和中国最重要的粮食产地之一。都江堰工程体现了我国人民与自然和谐共存的智慧，是全世界年代最久、仍在使用、无坝控水的水利工程。

【参考译文】

Dujiangyan is located on the Minjiang River in the west of the Chengdu

Plain, about 50 kilometers away from Chengdu City. It was built in the third

century BC. It is unique in that there is no need to u dams to regulate the

flow of water. For more than two thousand years, Dujiangyan has played an

effective role in flood control and irrigation, making the Chengdu Plain a

fertile soil for drought and flood protection and one of China's most important

grain producing areas. The Dujiangyan Project embodies the wisdom of the

harmonious coexistence of our people and nature. It is the world’s oldest water

conrvancy project that is still in u to control water without the help

of dams.

【第三套】

坎儿井（Karez）是新疆干旱地区的一种水利系统，由地下渠道将水井连接而成。该系统将春夏季节渗入（ep into）地下的大量雨水及积雪融水收集起来，通过山体的自然坡度引到地面，用于灌溉农田和满足人们的日常用水需求。坎儿井减少了水在地面的蒸发（evaporation），对地表破坏很小，因而有效地保护了自然资源与生态环境。坎儿井体现了我国人民与自然和谐共存的智慧，是对人类文明的一大贡献。

【参考译文】

Karez is a water conrvancy system in the dry area of Xinjiang. It is

formed by underground channels connecting wells together. The system

collects a large amount of rainwater and melted snow water that eps into

the ground in spring and summer, and draws it to the ground through the natural

slope of the mountain to irrigate farmland and meet people's daily water needs.

Karez reduces the evaporation of water on the ground and does little damage

to the ground, thus effectively protecting the natural resources and

ecological environment. Karez embodies the wisdom of the harmonious

coexistence of our people and nature, and is recognized as a great

contribution to human civilization.

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