2014年6月英语四级真题及答案解析(共16页)

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1、精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上2014年6月英语四级真题Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the following topic. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.Suppose a foreign friend of yours is coming to visit your hometown, what is the mos

2、t interesting place you would like to take him/her to see and why?注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked abo

3、ut what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a s

4、ingle line through the center.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。1. A) See a doctor about her strained shoulder.B) Use a ladder to help her reach the tea.C) Replace the cupboard with a new one.D) Place the tea on a lower shelf next time.2. A) At Mary Johnsons. C) In an exhibition hall.B) At a painters studio. D) Out

5、side an art gallery.3. A) The teacher evaluated lacks teaching experience.B) She does not quite agree with what the man said.C) The man had better talk with the students himself.D) New students usually cannot offer a fair evaluation.4. A) He helped Doris build up the furniture.B) Doris helped him ar

6、range the furniture.C) Doris fixed up some of the bookshelves.D) He was good at assembling bookshelves.5. A) He doesnt get on with the others. C) He has been taken for a fool.B) He doesnt feel at ease in the firm. D) He has found a better position.6. A) They should finish the work as soon as possibl

7、e.B) He will continue to work in the garden himself.C) He is tired of doing gardening on weekends.D) They can hire a gardener to do the work.7. A) The man has to get rid of the used furniture.B) The mans apartment is ready for rent.C) The furniture is covered with lots of dust.D) The furniture the m

8、an bought is inexpensive.8. A) The man will give the mechanic a call.B) The woman is waiting for a call.C) The woman is doing some repairs.D) The man knows the mechanic very well.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9. A) She had a job interview to attend.B) She was bu

9、sy finishing her project.C) She had to attend an important meeting.D) She was in the middle of writing an essay.10. A) Accompany her roommate to the classroom.B) Hand in her roommates application form.C) Submit her roommates assignment.D) Help her roommate with her report.11. A) Where Dr. Elliss off

10、ice is located. C) Directions to the classroom building.B) When Dr. Ellis leaves his office. D) Dr. Elliss schedule for the afternoon.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12. A) He finds it rather stressful. C) He can handle it quite well.B) He is thinking of quitting

11、 it. D) He has to work extra hours.13. A) The 6:00 one. C) The 7:00 one.B) The 6:30 one. D) The 7:30 one.14. A) It is an awful waste of time.B) He finds it rather unbearable.C) The time on the train is enjoyable.D) It is something difficult to get used to.15. A) Reading newspapers. C) Listening to t

12、he daily news.B) Chatting with friends. D) Planning the days work.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose th

13、e best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the center.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。Passage OneQuestions 16 to 18 are based on the conversation you have just heard.16. A) Ignore small details while reading.B) Read

14、 at least several chapters at one sitting.C) Develop a habit of reading critically.D) Get key information by reading just once or twice.17. A) Choose ones own system of marking.B) Underline the key words and phrases.C) Make as few marks as possible.D) Highlight details in a red color.18. A) By readi

15、ng the textbooks carefully again.B) By reviewing only the marked parts.C) By focusing on the notes in the margins.D) By comparing notes with their classmates.Passage TwoQuestions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. A) The sleep a person needs varies from day to day.B) The

16、amount of sleep for each person is similar.C) One can get by with a couple of hours of sleep.D) Everybody needs some sleep for survival.20. A) It is a made-up story. C) It is a rare exception.B) It is beyond cure. D) It is due to an accident.21. A) His extraordinary physical condition.B) His mothers

17、 injury just before his birth.C) The unique surroundings of his living place.D) The rest he got from sitting in a rocking chair.Passage ThreeQuestions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.22. A) She invested in stocks and shares on Wall Street.B) She learned to write for financ

18、ial newspapers.C) She developed a strong interest in finance.D) She tenderly looked after her sick mother.23. A) She made a wise investment in real estate.B) She sold the restaurant with a substantial profit.C) She got 1.5 million dollars from her ex-husband.D) She inherited a big fortune from her f

19、ather.24. A) She was extremely mean with her money.B) She was dishonest in business dealings.C) She frequently ill-treated her employees.D) She abused animals including her pet dog.25. A) She made a big fortune from wise investment.B) She built a hospital with her mothers money.C) She made huge dona

20、tions to charities.D) She carried on her familys tradition.Section CDirection: In the section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in

21、 the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。Among the kinds of social gestures most significant for second-language teachers are those which are (26)_ in form but different in mea

22、ning in the two cultures. For example, a Colombian who wants someone to (27)_ him often signals with a hand movement in which all the fingers of one hand, cupped, point downward as they move rapidly (28)_. Speakers or English have a similar gesture through the hand may not be cupped and the fingers

23、may be held more loosely, but for them the gesture means goodbye or go away, quite the (29)_ of the Colombian gesture. Again, in Colombian, a speaker of English would have to know that when he (30)_ height he most choose between different gestures depending on whether he is (31)_ a human being or an

24、 animal. If he keeps the palm of the hand (32)_ the floor, as he would in his own culture when making known the height of a child, for example, he will very likely be greeted by laughter, in Colombia this gesture is (33)_ for the description of animals. In order to describe human beings he should ke

25、ep the palm of his hand (34)_ to the floor. Substitutions of one gesture for the other often create not only humorous but also (35)_ moment. In both of the examples above, speakers from two different cultures have the same gesture, physically, but its meaning differs sharply.Part III Reading Compreh

26、ension (40 minutes)Section ADirections: 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

27、 identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.Global warming is a trend toward warmer conditions around the world

28、. Part of the warming is natural; we have experienced a 20,000 -year -long warming as the last ice age ended and the ice 36 away. However, we have already reached temperatures that are in 37 with other minimum-ice periods, so continued warming is likely not natural. We are 38 to a predicted worldwid

29、e increase in temperatures 39 between 1 and 6 over the next 100 years. The warming will be more 40 in some areas, less in others, and some places may even cool off. Likewise, the 41 of this warming will be very different depending on where you arecoastal areas must worry about rising sea levels, whi

30、le Siberia and northern Canada may become more habitable (宜居的) and 42 for humans than these areas are now.The fact remains, however, that it will likely get warmer, on 43 , everywhere. Scientists are in general agreement that the warmer conditions we have been experiencing are at least in part the r

31、esult of a human-induced global warming trend. Some scientists 44 that the changes we are seeing fall within the range of random (无规律的) variationsome years are cold, others warm, and we have just had an unremarkable string of warm years 45 but that is becoming an increasingly rare interpretation in

32、the face of continued and increasing warm conditions.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。Section BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs Identify the paragraph from which the information is der

33、ived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.The End of the Book?A Amazon, by far the largest bookseller in the country, reported on May 19 that it is now selling more books in its

34、electronic Kindle format than in the old paper-and-ink format. That is remarkable, considering that the Kindle has only been around for four years. E-books now account for 14 percent of all book sales in the country and are increasing far faster than overall book sales. E-book sales are up 146 perce

35、nt over last year, while hardback sales increased 6 percent and paperbacks decreased 8 percent.B Does this spell the doom of the physical book? Certainly not immediately, and perhaps not at all. What it does mean is that the book business will go through a transformation in the next decade or so mor

36、e profound than any it has seen since Gutenberg introduced printing from moveable type in the 1450s.C Physical books will surely become much rarer in the marketplace. Mass market paperbacks, which have been declining for years anyway, will probably disappear, as will hardbacks for mysteries, thrille

37、rs, “romance fiction,” etc. Such books, which only rarely end up in permanent collections, either private or public, will probably only be available as e-books within a few years. Hardback and trade paperbacks for “serious” nonfiction and fiction will surely last longer. Perhaps it will become the m

38、ark of an author to reckon with that he or she is still published in hard copy.D As for childrens books, who knows? Childrens books are like dog food in that the purchasers are not the consumers, so the market (and the marketing) is inherently strange.E For clues to the books future, lets look at so

39、me examples of technological change and see what happened to the old technology.F One technology replaces another only because the new technology is better, cheaper, or both. The greater the difference, the sooner and more thoroughly the new technology replaces the old. Printing with moveable type o

40、n paper dramatically reduced the cost of producing a book compared with the old-fashioned ones handwritten on vellum, which comes from sheepskin. A Bibleto be sure, a long bookrequired vellum made from 300 sheepskins and countless man-hours of labor. Before printing arrived, a Bible cost more than a

41、 middle-class house. There were perhaps 50,000 books in all of Europe in 1450. By 1500 there were 10 million.G But while printing quickly caused the hand written book to die out, handwriting lingered on (继续存在) well into the 16th century. Very special books are still occasionally produced on vellum,

42、but they are one-of-a-kind show pieces.HSometimes a new technology doesnt drive the old one out, but only parts of it while forcing the rest to evolve. The movies were widely predicted to drive live theater out of the marketplace, but they didnt, because theater turned out to have qualities movies c

43、ould not reproduce. Equally, TV was supposed to replace movies but, again, did not.I Movies did, however, fatally impact some parts of live theater. And while TV didnt kill movies, it did kill second-rate pictures, shorts, and cartoons.J Nor did TV kill radio. Comedy and drama shows (“Jack Benny,” “

44、Amos and Andy,” “The Shadow”) all migrated to television. But because you cant drive a car and watch television at the same time, rush hour became radios prime, while music, talk, and news radio greatly enlarged their audiences. Radio is today a very different business than in the late 1940s and a m

45、uch larger one.K Sometimes old technology lingers for centuries because of its symbolic power. Mounted cavalry (骑兵) replaced the chariot (二轮战车) on the battlefield around 1000 BC. But chariots maintained their place in parades and triumphs right up until the end of the Roman Empire 1,500 years later.

46、 The sword hasnt had a military function for a hundred years, but is still part of an officers full-dress uniform, precisely because a sword always symbolized “an officer and a gentleman.”L Sometimes new technology is a little cranky (不稳定的) at first. Television repairman was a common occupation in t

47、he 1950s, for instance. And so the old technology remains as a backup. Steamships captured the North Atlantic passenger business from sail in the 1840s because of its much greater speed. But steamships didnt lose their sails until the 1880s, because early marine engines had a nasty habit of breaking

48、 down. Until ships became large enough (and engines small enough) to mount two engines side by side, they needed to keep sails. (The high cost of steam and the lesser need for speed kept the majority of the worlds ocean freight moving by sail until the early years of the 20th century.)M Then there i

49、s the fireplace. Central heating was present in every upper-and middle-class home by the second half of the 19th century. But functioning fireplaces remain to this day a powerful selling point in a house or apartment. I suspect the reason is a deep-rooted love of the fire. Fire was one of the earlie

50、st major technological advances for humankind, providing heat, protection, and cooked food (which is much easier to cat and digest). Human control of fire goes back far enough (over a million years) that evolution could have produced a genetic leaning towards fire as a central aspect of human life.N

51、 Booksespecially books the average person could affordhavent been around long enough to produce evolutionary change in humans. But they have a powerful hold on many people nonetheless, a hold extending far beyond their literary content. At their best, they are works of art and there is a tactile(触觉的

52、)pleasure in books necessarily lost in e-book versions. The ability to quickly thumb through pages is also lost. And a room with books in it induces, at least in some, a feeling not dissimilar to that of a fire in the fireplace on a cold winters night.O For these reasons I think physical books will

53、have a longer existence as a commercial product than some currently predict. Like swords, books have symbolic power. Like fireplaces, they induce a sense of comfort and warmth. And, perhaps, similar to sails, they make a useful back-up for when the lights go out.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。46. Authors still p

54、ublished in printed versions will be considered important ones.47. Some people are still in favor of printed books because of the sense of touch they can provide.48. The radio business has changed greatly and now attracts more listeners.49. Contrary to many peoples prediction of its death, the film

55、industry survived.50. Remarkable changes have taken place in the book business.51. Old technology sometimes continues to exist because of its reliability.52. The increase of e-book sales will force the book business to make changes not seen for centuries.53. A new technology is unlikely to take the

56、place of an old one without a clear advantage.54. Paperbacks of popular literature are more likely to be replaced by e-books.55. A house with a fireplace has a stronger appeal to buyers.Section CDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinishe

57、d statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.Passage OneQuestions 56 to 60are based on the following passage.The question of whether our g

58、overnment should promote science and technology or the liberal arts in higher education isnt an either/or proposition(命题)，although the current emphasis on preparing young Americans for STEM(science, technology, engineering, maths)-related fields can make it seem that way.The latest congressional rep

59、ort acknowledges the critical importance of technical training, but also asserts that the study of the humanities (人文学科)and social sciences must remain central components of Americas educational system at all levels. Both are critical to producing citizens who can participate effectively in our demo

60、cratic society, become innovative(创新的)leaders, and benefit from the spiritual enrichment that the reflection on the great ideas of mankind over time provides.Parents and students who have invested heavily in higher education worry about graduates job prospects as technological advances and changes i

61、n domestic and global markets transform professions in ways that reduce wages and cut jobs. Under these circumstances, its natural to look for what may appear to be the most “practical” way out of the problem “Major in a subject designed to get you a job” seems the obvious answer to some, though thi

62、s ignores the fact that many disciplines in the humanities characterized as “soft” often, in fact, lead to employment and success in the long run. Indeed, according to surveys, employers have expressed a preference for students who have received a broadly-based education that has taught them to writ

63、e well, think critically, research creatively, and communicate easily.Moreover, students should be prepared not just for their first job, but for their 4th and 5th jobs, as theres little reason to doubt that people entering the workforce today will be called upon to play many different roles over th

64、e course of their careers. The ones who will do the best in this new environment will be those whose educations have prepared them to be flexible. The ability to draw upon every available tool and insightpicked up from science, arts, and technologyto solve the problems of the future, and take advantage of the opportunities that present themselves, will be helpful to them and the United States.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。56. What does the latest congressional report suggest?A) STEM-related subjects help students find jobs in the information society.B) The humanities and S