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大学英语四级真题及答案第二套
2016年6月英语四级真题第二套
PartIWriting(30minutes)
Directions:
Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowritealettertoexpressyourthankstooneofyourschoolteachersuponenteringcollege.Youshouldwriteatleast120wordsbutnomorethan180words.
PartⅡListeningComprehension(25minutes)
SectionA
Directions:
Inthissection,youwillhearthreenewsreports。
Attheendofeachnewsreport,youwillheartwoorthreequestions。
Boththenewsreportandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce。
Afteryouhearaquestion,youmustchoosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD)。
ThenmarkthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet1withasinglelinethroughthecentre。
Questions1and2arebasedonthenewsreportyouhavejustheard。
1。
A)TheInternationalLaborOrganization’skeyobjective。
B)Thebasicsocialprotectionforthemostvulnerable。
C)Risingunemploymentworldwide。
D)Globaleconomicrecovery。
2。
A)Manycountrieshavenottakenmeasurestocreateenoughjobs。
B)Fewcountriesknowhowtoaddressthecurrenteconomiccrisis。
C)Fewcountrieshaverealizedtheseriousnessofthecurrentcrisis。
D)Manycountriesneedsupporttoimprovetheirpeople’slivelihood。
Questions3and4arebasedonthenewsreportyouhavejustheard。
3。
A)Servestandardizedfoodnationwide。
B)Putcalorieinformationonthemenu。
C)Increaseproteincontentinthefood。
D)Offerconvenientfoodtocustomers。
4。
A)Theywillbefined。
B)Theywillbeclosed。
C)Theywillgetawarning。
D)Theywilllosecustomers。
Questions5to7arebasedonthenewsreportyouhavejustheard。
5。
A)Inabilitytoimplementtheirbusinessplans。
B)Inabilitytokeepturningoutnovelproducts。
C)Lackofasuccessfulbusinessmodeloftheirown。
D)Failuretointegrateinnovationintotheirbusiness。
6。
A)Itisthesecrettobusinesssuccess。
B)Itisthecreationofsomethingnew。
C)Itisamagictooltobringbigrewards。
D)Itisanessentialpartofbusinessculture。
7。
A)Itshardworkingemployees。
B)Itsflexiblepromotionstrategy。
C)Itsinnovationculture。
D)Itswillingnesstomakeinvestments。
SectionB
Directions:
Inthissection,youwillheartwolongconversations。
Attheendofeachconversationsyouwillhearfourquestions。
Boththeconversationsandthequestion-swillbespokenonlyonce。
Afteryouhearaquestion。
YoumustchoosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD)。
ThenmarkthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet1withasinglelinethroughthecentre。
Questions8to11arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard。
8。
A)He’sgotaddictedtotechnology。
B)Heisnotverygoodatsocializing。
C)Heiscrazyabouttext-messaging。
D)Hedoesnottalklongonthephone。
9。
A)Talkbig。
B)Talkatlength。
C)Gossipalot。
D)Forgetherself。
10。
A)Hethoughtitwascool。
B)Heneededthepractice。
C)Hewantedtostayconnectedwiththem。
D)Hehadanurgentmessagetosend。
11。
A)Itposesachallengetoseniors。
B)Itsavesbothtimeandmoney。
C)Itischildishandunprofessional。
D)Itiscoolandconvenient。
Questions12to15arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard。
12。
A)Hewantstochangehisjobassignment。
B)Heisunhappywithhisdepartmentmanager。
C)Hethinkshedeservesextrapayforovertime。
D)Heisoftensingledoutforcriticismbyhisboss。
13。
A)Hisworkloadwasmuchtooheavy。
B)Hisimmediatebossdidnottrusthim。
C)Hiscolleaguesoftenrefusedtocooperate。
D)Hissalarywastoolowforhisresponsibility。
14。
A)Heneverknowshowtorefuse。
B)Heisalwaysreadytohelpothers。
C)Hisbosshasalotoftrustinhim。
D)Hisbosshasnosenseoffairness。
15。
A)Putallhiscomplaintsinwriting。
B)Waitandseewhathappensnext。
C)Learntosaynowhennecessary。
D)Talktohisbossinpersonfirst。
SectionC
Directions:
Inthissection,youwillhearthreepassages。
Attheendofeachpassage,youwillhearthreeorfourquestions。
Boththepassageandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce。
Afteryouhearaquestion,youmustchoosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD)。
ThenmarkthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet1withasinglelinethroughthecentre。
Questions16to18arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard。
16。
A)Theimportanceofsleeptoahealthylife。
B)ReasonsforAmericans’declineinsleep。
C)Sometipstoimprovethequalityofsleep。
D)Diseasesassociatedwithlackofsleep。
17。
A)Theyaremorehealth-conscious。
B)Theyarechangingtheirlivinghabits。
C)Theygetlessandlesssleep。
D)Theyknowthedangersoflackofsleep。
18。
A)Theirweightwillgodown。
B)Theirmindfunctionwilldeteriorate。
C)Theirworkefficiencywilldecrease。
D)Theirbloodpressurewillrise。
Questions19to21arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard。
19。
A)Howmuchyoucanaffordtopay。
B)Whatcourseyouaregoingtochoose。
C)Whichuniversityyouaregoingtoapplyto。
D)Whenyouaregoingtosubmityourapplication。
20。
A)Thelistofcoursesstudied。
B)Thefullrecordofscores。
C)Thereferencesfromteachers。
D)Thepersonalstatement。
21。
A)Specifywhattheywouldliketodoaftergraduation。
B)Describeindetailhowmuchtheywouldenjoystudying。
C)Indicatetheyhavereflectedandthoughtaboutthesubject。
D)Emphasizethattheyadmiretheprofessorsintheuniversity。
Questions22to25arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard。
22。
A)Itwasequippedwithrubbertyres。
B)Itwasbuiltinthelate19thcentury。
C)ItwaspurchasedbytheRoyalfamily。
D)ItwasdesignedbyanEnglishengineer。
23。
A)Theyconsumedlotsofpetrol。
B)Theytooktwopassengersonly。
C)Theyweredifficulttodrive。
D)Theyoftenbrokedown。
24。
A)Theywereproducedontheassemblyline。
B)Theywerebuiltwithlesscostlymaterials。
C)TheyweremodeledafterBritishcars。
D)Theyweremadeforordinaryuse。
25。
A)Itmadenewsallovertheworld。
B)ItwasbuiltfortheRoyalfamily。
C)Itmarkedanewerainmotortravel。
D)Itattractedlargenumbersofmotorists。
PartIIIReadingComprehension(40minutes)
SectionA
Directions:
Inthissection,thereisapassagewithtenblanks.Youarerequiredtoselectonewordforeachblankfromalistofchoicesgiveninawordbankfollowingthepassage.
Contrarytopopularbelief,olderpeoplegenerallydonotwanttolivewiththeirchildren.Moreover,mostadultchildren_____(26)everybitasmuchcareandsupporttotheiragingparentsaswasthecaseinthe"goodolddays",androostolderpeopledonotfeel_____(27).
About80%ofpeople65yearsandolderhavelivingchildren,andabout90%ofthemhave_____(28)contactwiththeirchildren.About75%ofelderlyparentswhodon'tgotonursinghomeslivewithin30minutesofatleastoneoftheirchildren.
However,_____(29)havingcontactwithchildrendoesnotguaranteehappinessinoldage.Infact,someresearchhasfoundthatpeoplewhoaremostinvolvedwiththeirfamilieshavethelowestspirits.Thisresearchmaybe_____(30),however,asillhealthoftenmakesolderpeoplemore_____(31)andtherebyincreasescontactwithfamilymembers.Soitismorelikelythatpoorhealth,notjustfamilyinvolvement,_____(32)spirits.
Increasingly,researchershavebeguntolookatthequalityofrelationships,ratherthanatthefrequencyofcontact,betweentheelderlyandtheirchildren.Ifparentsandchildrenshareinterestsandvaluesandagreeonchildrearingpracticesandreligious_____(33)theyarelikelytoenjoyeachother'scompany.Disagreementsonsuchmatterscan_____(34)causeproblems.Ifparentsareangeredbytheirdaughter'sdivorce,dislikehernewhusband,anddisapproveofhowsheisraisingtheirgrandchildren,_____(35)arethattheyarenotgoingtoenjoyhervisits.
A.abandoned
B.advanced
C.biased
D.chances
E.commitment
F.dampens
G.dependent
H.distant
I.frequent
J.fulfillment
K.grant
L.merely
M.provide
N.understandably
O.unrealistically
SectionB
Directions:
Inthissection,youaregoingtoreadapassagewithtenstatementsattachedtoit.Eachstatementcontainsinformationgiveninoneoftheparagraphs.Identifytheparagraphfromwhichtheinformationisderived.Youmaychooseaparagraphmorethanonce.Eachparagraphismarkedwithaletter.AnswerthequestionsbymarkingthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2.
CouldFoodShortagesBringDownCivilization?
[A]FormanyyearsIhavestudiedglobalagricultural,population,environmentalandeconomictrendsandtheirinteractions.Thecombinedeffectsofthosetrendsandthepoliticaltensionstheygeneratepointtothebreakdownofgovernmentsandsocieties.YetI,too,haveresistedtheideathatfoodshortagescouldbringdownnotonlyindividualgovernmentsbutalsoourglobalcivilization.
[B]Icannolongerignorethatrisk.Ourcontinuingfailuretodealwiththeenvironmentaldeclinesthatareunderminingtheworldfoodeconomyforcesmetoconcludethatsuchacollapseispossible.
[C]Asdemandforfoodrisesfasterthansuppliesaregrowing,theresultingfood-priceinflationputsseverestressonthegovernmentsofmanycountries.Unabletobuygrainorgrowtheirown,hungrypeopletaketothestreets.Indeed,evenbeforethesteepclimbingrainpricesin2008,thenumberoffailingstateswasexpanding.Ifthefoodsituationcontinuestoworsen,entirenationswillbreakdownataneverincreasingrate.Inthe20thcenturythemainthreattointernationalsecuritywassuperpowerconflict;todayitisfailingstates.
[D]S