六级We break our promise not to fly after hearing about a neighbour's trip to India.

在听说一个邻居去印度旅行后，我们违背了不坐飞机的诺言。

2015年12月阅读原文

四级Whereas older generations are sometimes reluctant to adopt new technologies, driverless cars promise real value to these age groups in particular.

虽然老一辈人有时不愿意采用新技术，但无人驾驶汽车对这些年龄段的人来说尤其具有真正的价值。

2016年6月阅读原文

四级Even more interesting is that the promise of a future reward was enough to make adults choose the smaller portion.

更有趣的是，未来奖励的承诺足以让成年人选择更小的部分。

2016年12月阅读原文

四级Adults chose the smaller portion on the mere promise of a future award.

成年人选择较小的部分仅仅是因为他们承诺将来会获得奖励。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级I know I promise to drive you to the airport next Thursday, but I'm afraid something has come up.

我知道我答应下周四开车送你去机场，但恐怕出了什么事。

2012年12月听力原文

六级We break our promise not to fly after hearing about a neighbor's trip to India.

在听说邻居去印度旅行后，我们违背了不坐飞机的诺言。

2015年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

考研Facebook promised the European commission then that it would not link phone numbers to Facebook identities, but it broke the promise almost as soon as the deal went through.

Facebook当时向欧盟委员会承诺，它不会将电话号码与Facebook身份联系起来，但它几乎在交易完成后就违背了承诺。

2018年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级In 2018, farmers will plant the varieties with the most promise in the Ebro Delta and Europe's other two main rice-growing regions—along the Po in Italy, and France's Rhone.

2018年，农民将在埃布罗三角洲和欧洲其他两个主要水稻种植区种植最有希望的品种，这两个地区分别位于意大利的波河沿岸和法国的罗纳河沿岸。

2018年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

考研Getting a DNT signal does not oblige anyone to stop tracking, although some companies have promised to do so.

获得DNT信号并不会迫使任何人停止跟踪，尽管一些公司已经承诺这样做。

2013年考研阅读原文

四级As part of the Kids Live Well campaign-expected to be announced nationwide Wednesday—participating restaurants must promise to offer at least one children's meal that has fewer than 600 calories(卡路里), no soft drinks and at least two items from the following food groups: fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean proteins or low-fat dairy.

作为“儿童健康生活”活动的一部分，预计将于周三在全国范围内宣布，参与活动的餐厅必须承诺提供至少一份热量低于600卡路里的儿童餐(卡路里), 不含软饮料和至少两种来自以下食物组的食物：水果、蔬菜、全谷物、瘦肉蛋白或低脂乳制品。

2012年12月听力原文

高考Russia is another country with population problems that could break its economic promise.

俄罗斯是另一个人口问题可能会破坏其经济承诺的国家。

2017年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 原文

六级But it is another thing to have a supply of trained talent that could let you carry out this promise.

但拥有一批训练有素的人才是另一回事，他们可以让你实现这一承诺。

2015年12月阅读原文

四级If the investigation uncovers anything, it wouldn't be the first time a telecom provider got into 、trouble over the broadband speeds it promised and delivered customers.

如果调查发现了什么，这将不是电信运营商第一次因为承诺和向客户提供的宽带速度而陷入麻烦。

2017年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section A

六级In the early 20th century, few things were more appealing than the promise of scientific knowledge.

在20世纪初，没有什么比科学知识的承诺更吸引人了。

2010年12月阅读原文

四级While the city council vote was met with applause inside the council room, opponents to the measure, including soda lobbyists made sharp criticisms and a promise to challenge the tax in court.

尽管市议会的投票在议会大厅里赢得了掌声，但包括苏打水游说者在内的反对者提出了尖锐的批评，并承诺在法庭上挑战该税。

2019年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

考研Instead, the company has done precisely what it had long promised it would not challenge the constitutionality of Vermont’s rules in the federal court, as part of a desperate effort to keep its Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant running.

相反，该公司已经做了它长期以来承诺的事情，它不会在联邦法院质疑佛蒙特州规则的合宪性，这是保持其佛蒙特扬基核电站运行的绝望努力的一部分。

2012年考研阅读原文

高考Much to the family's surprise, Dennis stuck to his promise! He turned up at the hospital bearing gifts for the new mother lindsey and her baby boy.

令家人大吃一惊的是，丹尼斯信守诺言！他带着礼物来到医院，送给新妈妈林赛和她的男婴。

2018年高考英语全国卷3 完形填空 原文

四级As baby boomers(二战后婴儿潮时期出生的人) came of high-school age, big schools promised economic efficiency.

作为婴儿潮一代(二战后婴儿潮时期出生的人) 到了高中年龄，大学校承诺经济效益。

2012年6月阅读原文

六级Scientists and engineers have long believed in the promise of batteries to change the world.

科学家和工程师们长期以来都相信电池能改变世界。

2016年12月阅读原文

高考She chose to sell a few larger objects that were less often used when we promised to put the money into her school fund our kindergarten daughter is serious about becoming a doctor.

当我们答应把钱投入她的学校基金时，她选择出售一些更大的物品，这些物品很少使用。我们幼儿园的女儿很想成为一名医生。

2018年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

考研I can promise you this: As a result of working toward this goal, you and your children will benefit and emerge from stressful moments feeling better physically and emotionally.

我可以向你保证：通过朝着这个目标努力，你和你的孩子将从压力中受益，并从中恢复过来，在身体和情绪上都会感觉更好。

2020年考研真题（英语二）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

高考Disappointed by many a broken, vine-ripened (蔓上成熟的) promise, I've refused to buy winter tomatoes for years.

许多人失望了，葡萄树已经成熟(蔓上成熟的) 答应我，我已经多年不买冬番茄了。

2015年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

六级The champions of free market capitalism promised their way of life would bring us freedom, but it wasn't freedom at all.

自由市场资本主义的拥护者承诺他们的生活方式会给我们带来自由，但这根本不是自由。

2019年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

四级I can promise you one thing: whatever you choose to do for a career, if you work hard at it, eventually, special things will happen.

我可以向你保证一件事：无论你选择做什么职业，如果你努力工作，最终，特殊的事情会发生。

2019年6月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

四级No system is impenetrable, and none can promise to eliminate the worst case completely.

没有一个系统是牢不可破的，也没有一个系统能够保证彻底消除最坏的情况。

2016年12月阅读原文

考研Instead, the company has done precisely what it had long promised it would not: challenge the constitutionality of Vermont's rules in the federal court, as part of a desperate effort to keep its Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant running.

相反，该公司已经做了它长期以来承诺不会做的事情：在联邦法院质疑佛蒙特州规则的合宪性，作为保持其佛蒙特扬基核电站运行的绝望努力的一部分。

2012年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级In the classic marriage vow, couples promise to stay together in sickness and in health.

在经典的婚姻誓言中，夫妻双方承诺在生病和健康的情况下呆在一起。

2019年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

考研The demands follow comments made last week by the health secretary, Andrew Lansley, who insisted the government could not force people to make healthy choices and promised to free businesses from public health regulations.

卫生部长安德鲁·兰斯利（Andrew Lansley）上周发表评论，坚称政府不能强迫人们做出健康的选择，并承诺将企业从公共卫生法规中解放出来。

2011年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级When did we promise the delivery?

我们什么时候答应交货的？

2013年6月听力原文

四级Which is why digital textbooks, if they live up to their promise, could help ease many of these shortcomings.

这就是为什么数字教科书，如果他们履行承诺，可以帮助缓解许多这些缺点。

2013年6月阅读原文

四级Money is the foundation of many a happy marriage People are being lured (引诱)onto Facebook with the promise of a fun, free service without realizing they're paying for it by giving up toads of personal information

金钱是许多幸福婚姻的基础，人们被诱惑。引诱)带着一个有趣的免费服务的承诺，在没有意识到他们正在通过放弃大量个人信息来付费的情况下登录Facebook

2012年6月阅读原文

六级Since the drop-out problem doesn’t start in senior high school, special programs in junior high school focus on students who show promise but have a record of truancy—that is staying away from school without permission.

由于辍学问题并不是从高中开始的，初中的特殊项目重点关注那些表现出希望但有逃学记录的学生，即未经允许不得上学。

2008年6月英语六级真题

六级But the promise is so extravagant that it predestines many disappointments and sometimes inspires choices that have anti-social consequences, including family breakdown and obesity (肥胖症).

但这个承诺是如此奢侈，以至于它注定了许多失望，有时还会引发一些具有反社会后果的选择，包括家庭破裂和肥胖(肥胖症).

2007年6月英语六级真题

六级Not necessarily because of the promise of free or reduced price phone calls (which experts point out is misleading for the average business), but because of the sophisticated voice services that can be exploited by the remote worker—facilities such as voicemail and call forwarding, which provide a continuity of the company image for customers and business partners.

这不一定是因为免费或降价电话的承诺（专家指出，这对普通企业来说是误导性的），而是因为远程工作者可以利用复杂的语音服务——语音邮件和呼叫转接等设施，为客户和业务合作伙伴提供了公司形象的连续性。

2009年12月英语六级真题

六级With the development of our society and economy, parents become more concerned about the future competition of children , so more and more parents manage kinds of ways to enhance the ability of children in every aspects , like they sent their children to art class after school or at weekends in order to promise their kids a more competitive future.

随着社会和经济的发展，父母越来越关心孩子未来的竞争，因此越来越多的父母想方设法提高孩子的各个方面的能力，比如放学后或周末送孩子上艺术课，以保证孩子有一个更有竞争力的未来。

2009年12月英语六级真题

四级They are also influenced by the promise of a good job after college.

他们也受到大学毕业后有一份好工作的承诺的影响。

1993年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级In earlier grades, the use of so-called token economies, in which students handle challenging problems and receive performance-based points toward valued rewards, shows promise in raising effort and creativity, the Delaware psychologist claims.

这位特拉华州心理学家声称，在低年级时，使用所谓的象征经济，即学生处理具有挑战性的问题，并获得基于绩效的分数以获得有价值的奖励，这在提高努力和创造力方面显示出了希望。

1997年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Then there is the general, all covering apology, which avoids the necessity of identifying a specific act that was particularly hurtful or insulting, and which the person who is apologizing should promise never to do again.

然后是一般性的、包罗万象的道歉，它避免了识别特别伤害或侮辱性的特定行为的必要性，道歉的人应该承诺不再这样做。

2005年12月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Primarily , there’s the convenience promised by courses on the Net: you can do the work, as they say , in your pajamas(睡衣).

首先，网络课程承诺了便利性：正如他们所说，你可以穿着睡衣完成工作(睡衣).

2007年12月大学英语四级考试真题

四级Since then, Toebe said, she has kept her promise to herself to cut back on her Internet use.

Toebe说，从那以后，她一直信守对自己的承诺，减少上网次数。

2010年6月英语四级考试真题

四级People are being lured (引诱)onto Facebook with the promise of a fun, free service without realizing they’re paying for it by giving up toads of personal information.

人们被引诱(引诱)在Facebook上承诺提供一项有趣、免费的服务，却没有意识到他们是通过放弃大量个人信息来支付费用的。

2012年6月英语四级考试真题

四级Imagine the promise: Carrying all your textbooks in a 1.3 pound iPad ?

想象一下这个承诺：把你所有的课本都装在一台1.3磅重的iPad里？

2013年6月大学英语四级考试真题(第2套)

四级Imagine the promise: Carrying all your textbooks in a 1.3 pound iPad?

想象一下这个承诺：把你所有的课本都装在一台1.3磅重的iPad里？

2013年 6月大学英语四级考试真题

四级The promise of rewards, for others.

对他人的回报承诺。

2016年12月大学英语四级真题（第3套）

四级In the classic marriage vow（誓约）, couples promise to stay together in sickness and in health.

在经典的结婚誓言中(誓约）, 夫妻俩承诺无论疾病还是健康都会在一起。

2019年6月大学英语四级真题（第1套）

四级While the city council vote was met with applause inside the council room, opponents to the measure, including soda lobbyists, made sharp criticisms and a promise to challenge the tax in court.

当市议会的投票在议会室内受到掌声时，包括苏打水游说者在内的反对者提出了尖锐的批评，并承诺在法庭上挑战该税。

2019年12月大学英语四级真题（第3套）

考研In fact, far from being strange, most of the gifted were turning their early promise into practical reality.

事实上，一点也不奇怪，大多数有天赋的人都把他们早期的承诺变成了现实。

1990年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研Apart from the fact that twenty-seven Acts of Parliament govern the terms of advertising, no regular advertiser dare promote a product that fails to live up to the promise of his advertisements.

除了27项议会法案规定了广告条款之外，没有一个普通的广告商敢推广一种不符合广告承诺的产品。

1995年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研He has promised to sell off some of the property and restructure the company, but investors are waiting impatiently.

他已承诺出售部分房产并对公司进行重组，但投资者正在焦急地等待。

1997年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题

考研Hofstadter says our country’s educational system is in the grips of people who “joyfully and militantly proclaim their hostility to intellect and their eagerness to identify with children who show the least intellectual promise.

霍夫施塔特说，我们国家的教育系统正被那些“快乐而好斗地宣称他们对智力的敌意，以及他们渴望认同那些智力最没有希望的孩子”的人所控制。

2004年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题