四级The word serendipity was coined by Horace Walpole in an 1854 letter, from a tale of three princes who 4twere always making discoveries, by accident, of things they were not in search of.

“意外发现”一词是霍勒斯·沃尔波尔在1854年的一封信中创造的，出自一个关于三位王子的故事，他们总是意外地发现他们不想寻找的东西。

2017年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

四级If you have a G-mail account, you can create, save and send tables in addition to written documents like your cover letter and resume.

如果你有一个G-mail帐户，除了求职信和简历等书面文件外，你还可以创建、保存和发送表格。

2018年6月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

六级Morgan notified the Haslam administration of his decision to opt out in a letter sent last week.

摩根在上周发出的一封信中通知哈斯拉姆政府他决定退出。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级A letter written by Charles Darwin in 1875 has been returned to the Smithsonian Institution (档案馆) by the FBI after being stolen twice.

查尔斯·达尔文1875年写的一封信已归还史密森学会(档案馆) 两次被偷后被FBI逮捕。

2018年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

高考Several years ago I received a letter from seventeen-year-old kerry, who described herself as a world-class fault-finder, almost always bothered by things.

几年前，我收到了一封来自17岁的克里的信，她自称是世界级的挑剔者，几乎总是被事情所困扰。

2015年高考英语福建卷 完形填空 原文

四级But instead of bringing families together, Aderhold's letter revealed a divide in the district, which has 9,700 students, and one that broke down roughly along racial lines.

但是，阿德霍尔德的信并没有将家庭聚集在一起，而是揭示了该地区有9700名学生的分歧，这一分歧大体上是按照种族划分的。

2018年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

高考You might represent each letter with a number, for example, let's number the letters of the alphabet, in order, from 1 to 26.

您可以用数字表示每个字母，例如，让我们按1到26的顺序对字母表中的字母进行编号。

2016年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 七选五 原文

考研Also missing is any discussion of eliminating Saturday letter delivery.

还缺少任何关于取消周六投递信件的讨论。

2018年考研阅读原文

六级For instance, the letter A was ant or apple or ax.

例如，字母A是蚂蚁、苹果或斧头。

2018年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section B

高考Later that morning, Dario suggested that they write a letter to their neighbors and apologize for their playing.

那天早上晚些时候，达里奥建议他们给邻居写封信，并为他们的演奏道歉。

2015年高考英语北京卷 完形填空 原文

六级That letter, which includes several concerns Morgan has with the plan, was originally obtained by The Commercial Appeal in Memphis.

这封信最初是由孟菲斯的商业上诉委员会获得的，其中包括摩根对该计划的几点担忧。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级If you have an appliance that doesn't work, send a letter to the store that sold it.

如果你有一个设备不工作，发一封信给销售它的商店。

2010年6月听力原文

四级Send in an application letter.

寄一封申请信。

2013年6月听力原文

四级Only apply for positions you're qualified for, and make each application count, personalizing each cover letter and updating and editing your resume.

只申请你有资格申请的职位，让每一份申请都有价值，个性化每一封求职信，更新和编辑你的简历。

2018年6月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

考研The White House argued that Arizona's laws conflicted with its enforcement priorities, even if state laws complied with federal statutes to the letter.

白宫辩称，亚利桑那州的法律与其执法重点相冲突，即使州法律完全符合联邦法规。

2013年考研阅读原文

四级Their art crime team recovered the letter but were unable to press charges because the time of limitations had ended.

他们的艺术犯罪小组找回了这封信，但由于限制期已经结束，无法提出指控。

2018年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

高考At last they had seen a half-written letter in the pile in which my husband had given his new telephone number to a friend.

最后，他们看到了一堆写了一半的信，信中我丈夫把他的新电话号码给了一个朋友。

2014年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

四级The FBI worked closely with the Archives to determine that the letter was both authentic and definitely Smithsonian's property.

联邦调查局与档案馆密切合作，确定这封信是真实的，而且肯定是史密森尼的财产。

2018年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

高考But then we got an official letter and we were blown away.

但后来我们收到了一封公函，我们被吓跑了。

2019年高考英语全国卷2 语法填空 原文

六级No, and he was away before I could get hold of the letter.

没有，我还没来得及拿到信他就走了。

2017年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section A

四级The letter was written by Darwin to thank an American geologist, Dr.Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, for sending him copies of his research into the geology of the region that would become Yellowstone National Park.

这封信是达尔文写的，感谢美国地质学家费迪南德·范德韦尔·海登博士给他寄来他对该地区地质研究的副本，该地区将成为黄石国家公园。

2018年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

四级"Say, you know, this is the best student I've ever had," says Kuheli Dutt, a social scientist and diversity officer at Columbia University's Lamont campus. "Compare those excellent letters with a merely good letter: 'The candidate was productive, or intel

哥伦比亚大学拉蒙特校区的社会科学家和多样性官员库赫利·杜特（Kuheli Dutt）说：“你知道，这是我遇到的最好的学生。”把那些优秀的信和一封仅仅是好的信比较一下：“候选人很有效率，或者说是英特尔。”

2017年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

高考On his 80th birthday, I sent him a letter, noting the things we all should be thankful for — good health, good friends and good outcomes.

在他80岁生日那天，我给他写了一封信，信中提到了我们都应该感谢的事情——健康、好朋友和好结果。

2015年高考英语天津卷 阅读表达 原文

高考The letter ended with a personal request: "Boy, on my next birthday, just tell me to wake up and get going, because I will have one less year to do things and there are ten million things waiting to be done."

信的结尾是一个个人请求：“孩子，在我下一个生日，告诉我起床，开始行动吧，因为我还有一年的时间去做事情，还有一千万件事情等着我去做。”

2015年高考英语天津卷 阅读表达 原文

六级I think your boss would be very upset when he gets your letter of resignation

我想你的老板收到你的辞职信后会很不高兴的

2010年12月听力原文

四级Other choices, in descending order of personalization, are: a real-time phone call, a voice-mail message, a handwritten note, a typewritten letter and the most unfriendly is email.

其他的选择，按个性化的降序排列，是：一个实时电话，一封语音邮件，一张手写的便条，一封打字的信，最不友好的是电子邮件。

2018年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section A

六级In his resignation letter, Morgan called the reorganization unworkable.

在他的辞职信中，摩根称重组不可行。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级Compare those excellent letters with a merely good letter: The candidate was productive,or intelligent,or a solid scientist or something that's clearly solid praise, but nothing that singles out the candidate as exceptional or one of a kind.

将那些优秀的信与一封仅仅是好的信相比较：候选人是富有成效的，或者聪明的，或者是一位可靠的科学家，或者是一位明显可靠的赞誉，但没有任何东西能将候选人视为杰出的或独一无二的。

2017年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

高考Tanis wrote this letter in order to show how grateful she was to the center.

塔尼斯写这封信是为了表达她对中心的感激之情。

2016年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读A 题设

四级If your complaint doesn't require an immediate response, it often helps to complain by letter.

如果您的投诉不需要立即回复，那么写信投诉通常会有所帮助。

2010年6月听力原文

四级Complaining in person or by letter is generally more effective.

亲自或写信抱怨通常更有效。

2010年6月听力原文

四级What should you do if you make a complaint by letter

如果你写信投诉，你该怎么办

2010年6月听力原文

四级Despite the growing importance of computers, however, there will always be a place and need for the personal letter.

尽管计算机的重要性与日俱增，但是，私人信件总会有一席之地和需求。

2010年12月听力原文

高考If we substitute a number for each letter, the message "meet me" would read 13 5 5 20 13 5.

如果我们用一个数字代替每封信，信息“meet me”将改为13 5 5 20 13 5。

2016年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 七选五 原文

六级Strategies to motivate students in a high school include rewarding academic excellence by designating scholars of the month, or by issuing articles of clothing, such as school letter jackets formerly given only to athletes.

激励高中学生的策略包括通过指定当月最佳学者或发放服装来奖励学业优秀的学生，比如以前只发给运动员的学校信件夹克。

2008年6月英语六级真题

六级In the other, they had to think of a word that began with the last letter of the word they had just heard.

另一方面，他们必须想出一个以他们刚刚听到的单词的最后一个字母开头的单词。

2009年12月英语六级真题

四级In a letter the next day the refused the offer as follows: We know that you have a high opinion of the kind of learning taught in your colleges, and that the costs of living of our young men, while with you, would be very expensive to you.

在第二天的一封信中，他拒绝了报价，具体如下：

1989年1月英语四级真题

四级There are a few managers who are lucky enough to have the service of that rate kind of secretary who can take care of all sorts of letter writing with no more than a quick note to work from.

有一些经理足够幸运，能够得到这种级别的秘书的服务，他们只需要一张快速的便条就可以处理各种信件。

1993年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Consumers should complain in person whenever possible, but if they cannot get to the place of purchase, it is acceptable to phone or write the complaint in a letter.

消费者应尽可能亲自投诉，但如果他们无法到达购买地，可以打电话或写信投诉。

1993年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级In the first test, each subject (试验对象) sat before a computer screen and pressed a key as soon as he or she recognized a target letter among a grouping of 96.

在第一次测试中，每个受试者(试验对象) 坐在电脑屏幕前，只要他或她识别出96个字母中的目标字母，就按下一个键。

1998年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级“A man who can recite sports statistics from 30 years ago,” says Zelinski, “may not remember to drop a letter in the mailbox.

泽林斯基说：“一个能背诵30年前体育统计数据的人，可能不会记得把一封信投进邮箱。”。

2002年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级It seemed impossible, and with considerable-51-I sat down to write a letter begging off.

这似乎是不可能的，我深思熟虑地坐下来写了一封乞求的信。

2008年6月大学英语四级考试真题

四级“It is impossible to know which high schools are 'the best’ in the nation, ”their letter read.

他们在信中写道：“不可能知道哪个高中是全国‘最好’的。”。

2012年6月英语四级考试真题

四级The software will assign a grade depending on the scoring system created by the teacher, whether it is a letter grade or numerical（数字的）rank.

该软件将根据老师创建的评分系统来分配分数，无论是字母分数还是数字分数(数字的）等级

2015年6月大学英语四级考试真题（第2套)

四级” The word “serendipity” was coined by Horace Walpole in an 1854 letter, from a tale of three princes who “were always making discoveries, by accident, of things they were not in search of,” Leslie worries that the rise of the Internet, among other social and technological changes, has reduced our appetite for aimless adventures.

“偶然发现”一词是霍勒斯·沃波尔在1854年的一封信中创造的，来自一个关于三位王子的故事，他们“总是意外地发现他们没有寻找到的东西”，莱斯利担心互联网的兴起，以及其他社会和技术的变化，降低了我们对无目标冒险的欲望。

2017年12月大学英语四级考试真题(第3套)

四级“Compare those excellent letters with a merely good letter: 'The candidate was productive, or intelligent, or a solid scientist or something that’s clearly solid praise,’ but nothing that singles out the candidate as exceptional or one of a kind.

“将这些优秀的信件与一封仅仅好的信件进行比较：‘候选人富有成效，或聪明，或是一位可靠的科学家，或是一些明显值得赞扬的东西’，但没有任何东西能将候选人视为杰出或独一无二的。

2017年12月大学英语四级考试真题(第3套)

四级” Which may lead to some recommendations for the letter writers themselves.

“这可能会给写信人自己带来一些建议。

2017年12月大学英语四级考试真题(第3套)

四级A letter written by Charles Darwin in 1875 has been returned to the Smithsonian Institution Archives (档案馆) by the FBI after being stolen twice.

查尔斯·达尔文1875年写的一封信已归还史密森学会档案馆(档案馆) 在两次被盗后被联邦调查局逮捕。

2018年6月大学英语四级真题（第1套)

四级Word got out that it was missing when someone asked to see the letter for research purposes," and the intern put the letter back.

当有人为了研究目的要求看这封信时，有消息说它不见了，”实习生把信放了回来。

2018年6月大学英语四级真题（第1套)

四级"The intern likely took the letter again once nobody was watching it. "

“一旦没人看，实习生很可能又拿走了这封信。”

2018年6月大学英语四级真题（第1套)

四级Finally, the FBI received a tip that the stolen document was located very close to Washington, D. C. Their art crime team recovered the letter but were unable to press charges because the time of limitations had ended.

最后，联邦调查局收到了一条线索，被盗文件位于华盛顿特区附近。他们的艺术犯罪小组找到了这封信，但由于诉讼时效已经结束，无法提出指控。

2018年6月大学英语四级真题（第1套)

四级The letter was written by Darwin to thank an American geologist, Dr. Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, for sending him copies of his research into the geology of the region that would become Yellowstone National Park.

这封信是达尔文写的，感谢美国地质学家费迪南德·范德韦尔·海登博士给他寄来了他对该地区地质研究的副本，该地区将成为黄石国家公园。

2018年6月大学英语四级真题（第1套)

四级The letter is in fairly good condition, in spite of being out of the care of trained museum staff for so long.

这封信虽然长期得不到受过训练的博物馆工作人员的照顾，但保存得相当完好。

2018年6月大学英语四级真题（第1套)

四级This fall, David Aderhold, the chief of a high-achieving school district near Princeton, New Jersey, sent parents an alarming 16-page letter.

今年秋天，新泽西州普林斯顿附近一所成绩优异的学区的校长大卫·阿德霍尔德给家长们发了一封长达16页的令人震惊的信。

2018年6月大学英语四级真题（第3套)

四级With his letter, Aderhold inserted West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District into a national discussion about the intense focus on achievement at elite schools, and whether it has gone too far.

阿德霍尔德在信中将西温莎普兰斯伯勒地区学区纳入了一场全国性的讨论，讨论精英学校对成绩的高度关注，以及这是否走得太远了。

2018年6月大学英语四级真题（第3套)

考研This, for those as yet unaware of such a disadvantage, refers to discrimination against those whose surnames begin with a letter in the lower half of the alphabet.

对于那些还没有意识到这种劣势的人来说，这指的是对那些姓氏以字母表下半部分字母开头的人的歧视。

2004年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题

考研The casino included a photo of Williams among those of banned gamblers, and wrote to him a “cease admissions” letter.

赌场里有一张威廉姆斯与被禁赛赌徒的合影，并给他写了一封“停止入场”信。

2006年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语试题

考研Noting the “medical/psychological” nature of problem gambling behavior, the letter said that before being readmitted to the casino he would have to present medical/psychological information demonstrating that patronizing the casino would pose no threat to his safety or well-being.

信中注意到问题赌博行为的“医疗/心理”性质，并表示在重新进入赌场之前，他必须提供医疗/心理信息，证明光顾赌场不会对他的安全或健康构成威胁。

2006年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语试题