【正文】 Without a base of people working in industry, these cities cannot pay for their growth。ll preent the doctors from overcharging them. 34. can39。mind. media would be quite different without Katharine. had exerted an important influence on the world. Passage Three Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. 33. 39。s athletic ability. Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have heard. 19. A） She has packed it in one of her bags. B） She has probably left it in a taxi. C） She id going to get it the airport. D） She is afraid that she has lost it. 20. A） It ends in winter. B） It will cost her a lot. C） It will last one week. D） It depends on the weather. 21. A） The plane is taking off soon. B） There might be a traffic jam. C） The taxi is waiting for them. D） There is a lot of stuff to pack. 22. A） At home. B） In the man39。t find the book useful any more. D） The woman fot lending the book to the man. 18. A） Most of the man39。t do well at high school. 12. A） At he airport. B） In a restaurant. C） In a booking office. D） At the hotel reception. 13. A） Teaching her son by herself. B） Having confidence in her son. C） Asking the teacher for extra help. D） Telling her son not to worry. 14. A） Have a short break. B） Take two weeks off. C） Continue her work outdoors. D） Go on vacation with the man. 15. A） He is taking care of this twin brother. B） He ha been feeling ill all week. C） He is worried about Rod39。s collaboration with Fudan University on geic research B． Yale39。s Yale lab is more productive, thanks to the lower costs of conducting research in China, and Chinese graduate students, postdoctors and faculty get onthejob training from a worldclass scientist and his . team. As a result of its strength in science, the United States has consistently led the world in the mercialization of major new technologies, from the mainframe puter and the integrated circuit of the 1960s to the Inter infrastructure （基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施） and applications software of the 1990s. the link between universitybased science and industrial application is often indirect but sometimes highly visible: Silicon Valley was intentionally created by Stanford University, and Route 128 outside Boston has long housed panies spun off from MIT and Harvard. Around the world, governments have encouraged copying of this model, perhaps most successfully in Cambridge, England, where Microsoft and scores of other leading software and biotechnology panies have set up shop around the university. For all its success, the United States remains deeply hesitant about sustaining the research university model. Most politicians recognize the link between investment in science and national economic strength, but support for research funding has been unsteady. The budget of the National Institutes of Health doubled between 1998 and 2022, but has risen more slowly than inflation since then. Support for the physical sciences and engineering barely kept pace with inflation during that same period. The attempt to make up lost ground is wele, but the nation would be better served by steady, predictable increases in science funding at the rate of longterm GDP growth, which is on the order of inflation plus 3 percent per year. American politicians have great difficult recognizing that admitting more foreign students can greatly promote the national interest by increasing international understanding. Adjusted for inflation, public funding for international exchanges and foreignlanguage study is well below the levels of 40 years ago, in the wake of September 11, changes in the visa process caused a dramatic decline in the number of foreign students seeking admission to . universities, and a corresponding surge in enrollments in Australia, Singapore and the . Objections from American university and the business leaders led to improvements in the process and reversal of the decline, but the United States is still seen by many as unweling to international students. Most Americans recognize that universities contribute to the nation39。2022 年 12 月大學(xué)英語四級(jí)考試真題 Part I Writing （ 30 minutes） Part II Reading Comprehension （ Skimming and Scanning） （ 15 minutes） Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 17, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A） , B） , C） and D） . For questions 810, plete the sentences with the information given in the passage. Universities Branch Out As never before in their long history, universities have bee instruments of national petition as well as instruments of peace. They are the place of the scientific discoveries that move economies forward, and the primary means of educating the talent required to obtain and maintain petitive advantage. But at the same time, the opening of national borders to the flow of goods, services, information and especially people has made universities a powerful force for global integration, mutual understanding and geopolitical stability. In response to the same forces that have driven the world economy, universities have bee more selfconsciously global: seeking students from around the world who represent the entire range of cultures and values, sending their