2016年英语专四真题word版
(7)______ kids were more likely to graduate (7)_____
Grit-building
little is known about how to build grit in students
data show grit is unrelated to (8)_______ (8)____
growth mindset is the belief that the ability to learn is (9) _______ (9)____
kids with grit believe failure is(10) ______ (10)____ Conclusion
We need to be gritty about getting our kinds grittier.
TEM 4 SCRIPT
PARTⅠDICTATION
Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be done at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be done at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 1 minute to check through your work once more. Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE.
Now listen to the passage.
Are you confident or insecure in a difficult situation?
Do you react positively or negatively?
The answer may depend in part on whom you are around.
A study found that negative thinking can be contagious in some cases.
For example, the researchers studied 103 college roommates.
They measured each roommate’s tendency towards negative thinking.
It was found that thinking patterns can be contagious.
Students with a negative-thinking roommate became more depressed themselves. And students with more positive thinking roommates were more likely to become more positive as well.
The second and third readings. You should begin writing now.