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1、6 CET4 第二套 附参考答案2017年6月大学英语四级真题试题二Part I Writing (25 minutes)(请于正式开考后半小时内完成该部分，之后将进行听力考试)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an advertisement on your campus website to sell a bicycle you used at college. Your advertisement may include its brand, features,condition and pric

2、e, and your contact information. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news repo

3、rt and questions will be spoken only once. After you hear questions, you must choose the 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 centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。Questions 1 to 2 are based on the conversa

4、tion you have just heard.1. A) The majority of drivers prefer to drive and park themselves. B) Human drivers become easily distracted or tired while driving. C) Most drivers feel uncertain about the safety of self-driving cars. D) Most drivers have test driven cars with automatic braking features.2.

5、 A) Their drivers would feel safe after getting used to the automatic devices. B) They would be unpopular with drivers who only trust their own skills. C) Their increased comfort levels have boosted their sales. D) They are not actually as safe as automakers advertise.Questions 3 to 4 are based on t

6、he conversation you have just heard.3. A) Thefts of snowmobile dogs in Alaska. B) A series of injuries to snowmobile drivers. C) Attacks on some Iditarod Race competitors. D) A serious accident in the Alaska sports event.4. A) He stayed behind to look after his injured dogs. B) He has won the Alaska

7、 Iditarod Race four times. C) He received a minor injury in the Iditarod Race. D) He has quit the competition in Alaska for good.Questions 5 to 7 are based on the conversation you have just heard.5.A) It sank into the sea due to overloading. B) It ran into Nicaraguas Big Corn Island. C) It disappear

8、ed between two large islands. D) It turned over because of strong winds.6. A) 13. B) 25. C) 30. D)32.7.A) He has helped with the rescue effort. B) He is being investigated by the police. C) He was drowned with the passengers.D) He is among those people missing.Section BDirections: In this section, y

9、ou will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear four questions. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding

10、 letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.8. A) At a shopping centre. B) At a community college. C) At an accountancy firm. D) At an IT company.9. A) Helping out with data input. B) Arranging interviews. C) Sor

11、ting application forms. D) Making phone calls.10. A) He enjoys using computers. B) He needs the money badly. C) He wants to work in the city centre. D) He has relevant working experience.11. A) Purchase some business suits. B) Learn some computer language. C) Improve his programming skills. D) Revie

12、w some accountancy terms.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12. A) They are keen on high technology. B) They are poor at technology skills. C) They often listen to National Public Radio. D) They feel superior in science and technology.13. A) Japanese. B) Germans. C)

13、 Poles. D) Americans.14. A) Emailing. B) Texting. C) Science. D) Literacy.15. A) It is undergoing a drastic reform. B) It lays emphasis on creative thinking. C) It has much room for improvement. D) It prioritizes training of practical skills.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear three

14、passages of lectures or talks followed by three or four questions. The recordings will be played only once. After you hear a question,you must choose the 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 ce

15、ntre.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. A) They have small roots. B) They grow white flowers. C) They taste like apples. D) They come from Central Africa.17. A) They turned from white to purple in color. B) They became popular on the world market. C) They became an i

16、mportant food for humans.D) They began to look like modern-day carrots.18. A) They were found quite nutritious. B) There were serious food shortages.C) People discovered their medicinal value. D) Farm machines helped lower their prices.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.

17、19. A) She could update her family any time she liked. B) She could call up her family whenever she likedC) She could locate her friends wherever they were. D) She could download as many pictures as she liked.20. A) She liked to inform her friends about her success. B) She enjoyed reading her friend

18、s status updates. C) She felt quite popular among them.D) She felt she was a teenager again.21. A) She could barely respond to all her 500 Facebook friends. B) She spent more time updating her friends than her family. C) She could barely balance Facebook updates and her work. D) She didnt seem to be

19、 doing as well as her Facebook friends.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22. A) They have strong muscles. B) They live a longer life than horses. C) They eat much less in winter. D) They can work longer than donkeys.23. A) It was a pet of a Spanish king. B) It was bough

20、t by George Washington. C) It was brought over from Spain. D) It was donated by a U.S. Ambassador.24. A) They met and exchanged ideas on animal breeding. B) They participated in a mule-driving competition. C) They showed and traded animals in the market. D) They fed mules with the best food they cou

21、ld find.25. A) The wider use of horses. B) The arrival of tractors. C) A shrinking animal trade. D) A growing donkey population.Part 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

22、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 an

23、y of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.Americas Internet is faster than ever before, but people still complain about their Internet being too slow.New Yorks Attorney Generals office (26)_ an investigation in the fall into whether or not Verizo

24、n, Cablevision and Time Warner are delivering broadband thats as fast as the providers (27)_ it is. Earlier this month, the office asked for the publics help to measure their speed results, saying consumers (28)_ to get the speeds they were promised. “Too many of us may be paying for one thing, and

25、getting another，” the Attorney General said.If the investigation uncovers anything, it wouldnt be the first time a telecom provider got into (29)_ over the broadband speeds it promised and delivered customers. Back in June, the Federal Communications Commission fined AT& T $ 100 million over (30)_ t

26、hat the carrier secretly reduced wireless speeds after customers consumed a certain amount of (31)_ .Even when they stay on the right side of the law, Internet providers arouse customers anger over bandwidth speed and cost. Just this week, an investigation found that media and telecom giant Comcast

27、isthe most (32)_ provider. Over 10 months, Comcast received nearly 12,000 customer complaints, many (33)_ to its monthly data cap and overage (超过额度的）charges.Some Americans are getting so (34)_ with Internet providers theyre just giving up. A recentstudy found that the number of Americans with high-s

28、peed Internet at home today (35)_ fell during the last two years, and 15% of people now consider themselves to be “cord-cutters.”注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。A)accusations B) actually C) claim D) communicatingE) complain F) data G) deserved H) frustrated I) hated J) launched K) relating L) timesM) trouble N) u

29、sually O) worriedSection 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 derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each

30、 paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2. From Accountant to Yogi: Making a Radical Career ChangeA At some point, almost all of us will experience a period of radical professional change. Some of us will seek it out; for others it

31、 will feel like an unwelcome intrusion into otherwise stable careers. Either way, we have choices about how we respond to it when it comes.B We recently caught up with yoga entrepreneur Leah Zaccaria, who put herself through the fire of change to completely reinvent herself. In her search to live a life of purpose, Leah left her high-paying accounting job, her husband, and her home, in the process, she built a radically new life and career. Since then, she has founded two yoga studios, met a new life partner, and formed a new community of people. Even if your personal reinvent