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-- -- 2017年 12月大学英语四级考试真题（第二套） Part I Writing (30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short easy on how to best handle the relationship between doctors and patients. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. Part III  Reading Comprehension  (40 minutes) Section A Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage. Technological changes brought dramatic new options to Americans living in the 1990s. During this decade new forms of entertainment, commerce, research, and communication became commonplace in the U.S. The driving force behind much of this change was a(n) (26)_____ popularly known as the Internet. The Internet was developed during the 1970s by the Department of Defense. In the case of an attack, militaryadvisers suggested the (27)_____ of being able to operate one computer from another terminal. In the early days, the Internet was used mainly by scientists to communite with other scientists. The Internet (28)_____ under government control until 1984. One early problem faced by Internet users wasa speed. Phone lines could only transmit information at a (29)_____ rate. The development of fiber-optic (光纤 ) cables allowed for billions of bits of information to be received every minute. Companies like Intel developed faster microprocessors, so personal computers could process the (30)_____ signals at a more rapid speed. In the early 1990s, the World Wide Web was developed, in large part, for (31)_____ purposes. Corprations created home page