大学英语四级考试真题及参考答案第3套.docx

1、大学英语四级考试真题及参考答案第3套2019年6月大学英语四级考试真题及参考答案（第3套）Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to writea news report to your campus newspaperon a visit to a Hope elementary school organized by your Student Union. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180

2、 words.【参考范文】On the morning of June 1st, a group of volunteers from our universitys Student Union paid a visit to a Hope Primary School to help the children there have a happy Childrens Day.We arrived at this school at nine in the morning and the children welcomed us warmly. This volunteer activity

3、mainly include three parts. In the first place, we introduced ourselves briefly, which helped us to know each other better. Additionally, we organized some recreational activities. For example, our talented volunteers taught those children to dance and sing. In the end, we gave the stationery prepar

4、ed in advance to these lovely children.This volunteer activity was really impressive. It gave us an opportunity to experience a different life and we were really moved by the childrens enthusiasm.【参考译文】6月1日上午，我校学生会的部分志愿者参观了一所希望小学。此行的目的是帮助那里的孩子们过一个快乐的儿童节。我们早上九点钟到达该希望小学，孩子们热情地欢迎我们的到来。本次志愿者活动主要分为三部分。首先

5、，我们都做了简单的自我介绍，以便大家能更好地了解彼此。此外，我们组织了一些娱乐活动。例如，我们当中多才多艺的志愿者们教这些孩子唱歌、跳舞。最后，我们把事先准备好的文具送给了这些可爱的孩子们。这次志愿者活动真的让人印象深刻。它让我们有机会去体验不同的生活，孩子们的热情也深深地感动了我们。Part Listening Comprehension (25 minutes)说明：由于2019年6月四级考试全国共考了2套听力，本套真题听力与前2套内容完全一样，只是顺序不一样，因此在本套真题中不再重复出现。Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)Section

6、 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 identified by a letter. Pl

7、ease mark the corresponding letter for each item onAnswer Sheet 2with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than onceJust because they cant sing opera or ride a bicycle doesnt mean that animals dont have culture. Theres no better example of this than kil

8、ler whales. As one of the most _26_ predators（食肉动物），killer whales may not fit the _27_ of a cultured creature. However, these beasts of the sea do display a vast range of highly _28_ behaviors that appear to be driving their genetic development.The word “culture” comes from the Latin “colere,” which

9、 _29_ means “to cultivate.” In other words, it refers to anything that is _30_ or learnt, rather than instinctive or natural. Among human populations, culture not only affects the way we live, but also writes itself into our genes, affecting who we are. For instance, having spent many generations hu

10、nting the fat marine mammals of the Arctic, the Eskimos of Greenland have developed certain genetic _31_ that help them digest and utilize this fat-rich diet, thereby allowing them to _32_ in their cold climate.Like humans, killer whales have colonized a range of different _33_ across the globe, occ

11、upying every ocean basin on the planet, with an empire that _34_ from pole to pole. As such, different populations of killer whales have had to learn different hunting techniques in order to gain the upper hand over their local prey（猎物）. This, in turn, has a major effect on their diet, leading scien

12、tists to _35_ that the ability to learn population-specific hunting methods could be driving the animals genetic development.A) acquiredB) adaptationsC) brutalD) deliberatelyE) expressedF) extendsG) habitatsH) humbleI) imageJ) litereallyK) refinedL) revolvesM) speculateN) structureO) thrive26-30 CIK

13、JA31-35 BOGFMSection BDirections:In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragrap

14、h is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter onAnswer Sheet 2.Living with parents edges out other living arrangements for 18-to 34-year-oldsA) Broad demographic (人口的)shifts is marital status, educational attainment and employment have transformed the way young

15、adults in the U.S. are living, and a new Pew Research Center analysis highlights the implications of these changes for the most basic element of their liveswhere they call home. In 2014,for the first time in more than 130 years, adults ages 18 to 34 were slightly more likely to be living in their pa

16、rents home than they were to be living with a spouse or partner in their own household.B) This turn of events is fueled primarily by the dramatic drop in the share of young Americans who are choosing to settle down romantically before age 35. Dating back to 1880, the most common living arrangement a

17、mong young adults has been living with a romantic partner, whether a spouse or a significant other. This type of arrangement peaked around 1960, when 62% of the nations 18-to 34-year-olds were living with a spouse or partner in their own household, and only one-in-five were living with their parents

18、.C) By 2014, 31.6% of young adults were living with a spouse or partner in their own household, below the share living in the home of their parent(s) (32.1%). Some 14% of young adults lived alone, were a single parent or lived with one or more roommates. The remaining 22% lived in the home of anothe

19、r family member (such as a grandparent, in-law or sibling (兄弟姐妹), a non-relative, or in group quarters like college dormitories.D) Its worth noting that the overall share of young adults living with their parents was not at a record high in 2014. This arrangement peaked around 1940, when about 35% o

20、f the nations 18-to 34-year-olds lived with mom and/or dad (compared with 32% in 2014). What has changed, instead, is the relative share adopting different ways of living in early adulthood, with the decline of romantic coupling pushing living at home to the top of a much less uniform list of living

21、 arrangements.Among young adults, living arrangements differ significantly by gender. For men ages 18 to 34, living at home with mom and/or dad has been the dominant living arrangement since 2009, In 2014,28% of young men were living with a spouse of partner in their own home, while 35% were living

22、in the home of their parent(s). Young women, however,are still more likely to be living with a spouse of romantic partner(35%) than they are to be living with their parent(s)(29%).F) In 2014, more young women (16%) than young men (13%) were heading up a household without a spouse or parther.This is

23、mainly because women are more likely than men to be sigle parents living with their children. For their part, young men (25%) are more likely than young women (19%) to be living in the home of another family member, a non-relative or in some type of group quarters.G) A variety of factors contribute

24、to the long-run increase in the share of young. Adults living with the parents. The first in the postponement of, if not retreat from, marriage. The average age of first marriage has risen steadily for decades. In addition, a growing share of young adult may be avoiding marriage altogether. A previo

25、us Pew Research Center analysis projected that as many as one-in-four of todays young adult may never marry. While cohabitation（同居）has been on the rise, the overall share of young adults either married or living with an unmarried patner has substantially fallen since 1990.H) In addition, trends in b

26、oth employment status and wages have likely contributed to the growing share of young adults who are living in the home of their parent(s), and this is especially true of young men. Employed young men are much less likely to live at home than young men without a job, and employment among young men h

27、as fallen significantly in recent decades. The share of young men with jobs peaked around 1960 at 84%. In 2014, only 71% of 18-to-34-year-old men were employed. Similarly with earnings, young mens wages (after adjusting for inflation) have been on a downward trajectory (轨迹) since 1970 and fell signi

28、ficantly form 2000 to 2010. As wages have fallen ,the share of young men living in the home of their parent(s) has risen.I) Economic factors seem to explain less of why young adult women are increasingly likely to live at home. Generally, young women have had growing success in the paid labor market

29、 since 1960 and hence might increasingly be expected to be a be to afford to afford to live independently of their parents. For women, delayed marriagewhich is related, in part, to labor market outcomes for menmay explain more of the increase in their living in the family home.J) The Great Recession

30、 (and modest recovery) has also been associated with an increase in young adults living at home. Initially in the wake of the recession, college enrollments expanded, boosting the ranks of young adults living at home. And given the weak job opportunities facing young adults, living at home was part

31、of the private safety net help young adults to weather the economic storm.K) Beyond gender, young adults living arrangements differ considerable by educationwhich is tied to financial means. For young adults without a bachelors degree, as of 2008 living at home with their parents was more prevalent

32、than living with a romantic partner. By 2014, 36% of 18-to 34-year-olds who had not completed a bachelors degree were living with their parent(s) while 27% were living with a spouse or partner. Among college graduates, in 2014 46% were married or living with a partner, and only 19% were living with their parent(s). Young adults with a college degree have fared much better in the labor market than their less-educated counterparts, which has in turn made it easier to establish their own households.36.Unemployed young men are more likely to li