2013年6月四级真题(第2套)
Part I Writing(30minutes)
Directions:For this part,you are allowed30minutes to write a short essay.You should start your essay with a brief description of the picture and then express your views on.the importance of learning basic skills.You should write at least120words but no more than180words.
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Part II Listening Comprehension(30minutes)
Section A
Directions:In this section,you will hear8short conversations and2long conversations.At the end of each conversation,one or more questions will be asked about 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 Sheet1with a single line through the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。
1.A．Children should be taught to be more careful.
B．Children shouldn't drink so much orange juice.
C．There is no need for the man to make such a fuss.
D．Timmy should learn to do things in the right way.
2..A．Fitness training.
B．The new job offer.
C．Computer programming.
D．Directorship of the club.
3.A．He needs to buy a new sweater.
B．He has got to save on fuel bills.
C．The fuel price has skyrocketed.
D．The heating system doesn't work..
4.A．Committing theft.
B．Taking pictures.
C．Window shopping.
D．Posing for the camera.
5.A．She is taking some medicine.
B．She has not seen a doctor yet.
C．She does not trust the man's advice.
D．She has almost recovered from the cough.
6.A．Pamela's report is not finished as scheduled.
B．Pamela has a habit of doing things in a hurry.
C．Pamela is not good at writing research papers.
D．Pamela's mistakes could have been avoided.
7.A．In the left-luggage office.
B．At the hotel reception.
C．In a hotel room.
D．At an airport.
8.A．She was an excellent student at college.
B．She works in the entertainment business.
C．She is fond of telling stories in her speech.
D．She is good at conveying her message.
Questions9to11are based on the conversation you have just heard.
9.A．Arranging the woman's appointment with Mr.Romero.
B．Fixing the time for the designer's latest fashion show. C．Talking about an important gathering on Tuesday.
D．Preparing for the filming on Monday morning.
10.A．Her travel to Japan.
B．The awards ceremony.
C．The proper hairstyle for her new role.
D．When to start the makeup session.
11.A．He is Mr.Romero's agent.
B．He is an entertainment journalist.
C．He is the woman's assistant.
D．He is a famous movie star.
Questions12to15are based on the conversation you have just heard.
12.A．Make an appointment for an interview.
B．Send in an application letter.
C．Fill in an application form.
D．Make a brief self-introduction on the phone.
13.A．Someone having a college degree in advertising.
B．Someone experienced in business management.
C．Someone ready to take on more responsibilities.
D．Someone willing to work beyond regular hours.
14.A．Travel opportunities.
B．Handsome pay.
C．Prospects for promotion.
D．Flexible working hours.
15.A．It depends on the working hours.
B．It is about500pounds a week.
C．It will be set by the Human Resources.
D．It is to be negotiated.
Section B
Directions:In this section,you will hear3short 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 the best answer from the four choices marked A,B,C and D.Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet1with a single line through the centre.
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Passage One
Questions16to19are based on the passage you have just heard.
16.A．To give customers a wider range of choices.
B．To make shoppers see as many items as possible.
C．To supply as many varieties of goods as it can.
D．To save space for more profitable products.
17.A．On the top shelves.
B．On the bottom shelves.
C．On easily accessible shelves.
D．On clearly marked shelves.
18.A．Many of them buy things on impulse.
B．A few of them are fathers with babies.
C．A majority of them are young couples.
D．Over60%of them make shopping lists.
19.A．Sales assistants promoting high margin goods.
B．Sales assistants following customers around.
C．Customers competing for good bargains.
D．Customers losing all sense of time.
Passage Two
Questions20to22are based on the passage you have just heard.
20.A．Teaching mathematics at a school.
B．Doing research in an institute.
C．Studying for a college degree.
D．Working in a hi-tech company.
21.A．He studied the designs of various clocks.
B．He did experiments on different materials.
C．He bought an alarm clock with a pig face.
D．He asked different people for their opinions.
22.A．Its automatic mechanism.
B．Its manufacturing process.
C．Its way of waking people up.
D．Its funny-looking pig face.
Passage Three
Questions23to25are based on the passage you have just heard.
23.A．It is often caused by a change of circumstances.
B．It actually doesn't require any special treatment.
C．It usually appears all of a sudden.
D．It generally lasts for several years.
24.A．They cannot mix well with others.
B．They irrationally annoy their friends.
C．They depend heavily on family members.
D．They blame others for ignoring their needs.
25.A．They lack consistent support from peers.
B．They doubt their own popularity.
C．They were born psychologically weak.
D．They focus too much on themselves.
Section C
Directions:In this 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 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.
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There was a time when any personal information that was gathered about us was typed on a piece of paper and(26)________in a file cabinet.It could remain there for years and,often(27)________,never reach the outside world.
Things have done a complete about-face since then.(28)________the change has been the astonishingly swift development in recent years of the computer.Today, any data that is collected about us in one place or another--and for one reason or another--can be stored in a computer bank.It can then be easily passed to other computer banks.They are owned by(29)________and by private businesses and corporations,lending institutions,direct mailing and telemarketing firms,credit bureaus,credit card companies,and government agencies at the local,state,and
(30)________level.
A growing number of Americans are seeing the accumulation and(31)________of computerized data as a frightening invasion of their privacy.Surveys show that the number of the worrying Americans has been(32)________growing over the years as the computer becomes increasingly(33)________,easier to operate,and less costly to purchase and(34)________.
In1970,a national survey showed that37%of the people questioned felt their privacy
was being invaded.Seven years later,47percent expressed the same worry.A recent survey by a credit bureau reviewed that the number of alarmed citizens had(35) ________to76%.
Part III Reading Comprehension(40minutes)
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 Sheet2with a single line through the centre.You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Questions36to45are based on the following passage.
Walking,if you do it vigorously enough,is the overall best exercise for regular physical activity.It requires no equipment,everyone knows how to do it and it carries the___36_____risk of injury.The human body is designed to wall.You can walk in parks or along a river or in your neighborhood.To get___37_____benefit from walking,aim for45minutes a day,an average of five days a week.
Strength training is another important___38_____of.physical activity.Its purpose is to build and____39____bone and muscle mass,both of which shrink with age.In general,you will want to do strength training two or three days a week, ___40_____recovery days between sessions.
Finally,flexibility and balance training are___41_____important as the body ages. Aches and pains,are high on the list of complaints in old age.The result of constant muscle tension and stiffness of joints,many of them are___42_____,and simple flexibility training can____43____these by making muscles stronger and keeping joints lubricated(润滑).Some of this you do whenever you stretch.If you watch dogs and cats,you'll get an idea of how natural it is.The general___44_____is simple:whenever the body has been in one position for a while,it is good to ___45_____stretch it in an opposite position.
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A．allowing
B．avoidable
C．briefly
D．component
E．determined
F．helping
G．increasingly
H．lowest
I．maintain
J．maximum
K．prevent
L．principle
M．provoke
N．seriously
O．topic
Section B
Directions/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 paragraph is marked with a letter.Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet2.
Can Digital Textbooks Truly Replace the Print Kind?
A．The shortcomings of traditional print edition textbooks are obvious:For starters they're heavy,with the average physics textbook weighing3.6pounds.They're also expensive,especially when you factor in the average college student's limited budget,typically costing hundreds of dollars every semester.But the worst part is that print versions of textbooks are constantly undergoing revisions.Many professors require that their students use only the latest versions in the classroom, essentially rendering older texts unusable.For students,it means they're basically stuck with a four pound paperweight that they Can't sell back.
B．Which is why digital textbooks,if they live up to their promise,could help ease many of these shortcomings.But till now,they've been something like a mirage (幻影)in the distance,more like a hazy(模糊的)dream than an actual reality. Imagine the promise:Carrying all your textbooks in a1.3pound iPad?It Sounds almost too good to be true.But there are a few pilot schools already making the transition(过渡)over to digital books.Universities like Cornell.and Brown have jumped onboard.And one medical program at the University of California,Irvine, gave their entire class iPads with which to download textbooks just last year. C．But not all were eager to jump aboard."People were tired of using the iPad textbook besides using it for reading,"says Kalpit Shah,who will be going into his second year at Irvine's medical program this fall."They weren't using it as a source of communication because they couldn't read or write in it.So a third of the-people in my program were using the iPad in class to take notes,the other third were using laptops and the last third were using paper and pencil."The reason it hasn't caught on yet,he tells me,is that the functionality of e-edition textbooks is incredibly limited,and some students just aren't motivated to learn new study behavior.
D．But a new application called Inlding might change all that.The company just released an updated version last week,and it'll be utilized in over50undergraduate and graduate classrooms this coming school year."Digital textbooks are not going to catch on,"says Inkling CEO Matt MacInnis as he's giving me a demo(演示)over coffee."What I mean by that is the current perspective of the digital textbook is it's an exact copy of the print book.There's Course Smart,etc.,these guys who take an image of the page and put it on a screen.If that's how we're defining digital
textbooks,there's no hope of that becoming a mainstream product."He calls Inkling a platform for publishers to build rich multimedia content from the ground up,with a heavy emphasis on real-world functionality.The traditional textbook merely serves.as a skeleton.
E．At first glance Inkling is an impressive experience.After swiping(触击)into the iPad app(应用软件),which you can get for free here,he opens up a few different types of textbooks.Up first is a chemistry book.The boot time is pretty fast,and he navigates through(浏览)a few chapters before swiping into afully rendered3D molecule that can be spun around to view its various building blocks."Publishers give us all of the source media,artwork,videos,"he says."We help them think through how to actually build something for this platform."Next he pulls up a music composition textbook,complete with playable demos.It's a learning experience that attacks you from multiple sensory directions.It's clear why this would be something a music major would love.
F．But the most exciting part about Inkling,to me,is its notation(批注)system. Here's how it works:When you purchase a used print book,it comes with its previous owner's highlights and notes in the margins.It uses the experience of someone who already went through the class to help improve your reading(how much you trust each notation is obviously up to you).But with Inkling,you can highlight a piece of content and make notes.Here's where things get interesting,though:If a particularly important passage is highlighted by multiple Inkling users,that information is stored on the cloud and is available for anyone reading the same textbook to come across.That means users have access to notes from not only their classmates and Facebook friends,but anyone who purchased the book across the country. The best comments are then Sorted democratically by a voting system,meaning that your social learning experience is shared with the best and brightest thinkers.As a bonus,professors can even chime in(插话)on discussions.They'll be able to answer"the questions of students who are in their class directly via the interactive b6ok.
G．Of course,Inkling addresses Several of the other shortcomings in traditional print,as well.Textbook versions are constantly updated,motivating publishers by minimizing production costs(the big ones like McGraw-Hill are already onboard). Furthermore,students will be able to purchase sections of the text instead of buying the whole thing,with individual chapters costing as little as$2.99.
H．There are,however,challenges."It takes efforts to build each book,"MacInnis tells me.And it's clear why.Each interactive textbook is a media-heavy experience built from the ground up,and you can tell that it takes a respectable amount of manpower to put together each one.For now the app is also iPad-exclusive,and though a few of these educational institutions are giving the hardware away for free,for other students who don't have such a luxury it's an added layer of cost--and an expensive one at that.
I．But this much is clear:The traditional textbook model is and has been broken for quite some time.Whether digitally interactive ones like Inkling actually take off or not remains to be seen,and we probably won't have a defmite answer for the
next few years.However,the solution to any problem begins with a step in a direction. And at.least for now,that hazy mirage in the distance?A little more tangible(可触摸的)，a little less of a dream.
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46.The updated version of Inkling works as a platform for building multimedia Content.
47.Some students in the medical program at the University of California,Irvine still use paper and pencil in class because they find it troublesome to take notes with an iPad.
48.One of the challenges to build an interactive digital.textbook from the ground up is that it rakes a great.deal of manpower.
49.Though whether digital textbooks will catch on still remain to be seen,the dream has become more tangible.
50.The most interesting part of Inkling's notation system is that one can share his learning experience with the best and brightest thinkers.
51.Students can only buy certain sections of the textbook rather than the whole one,which lessens students'financial burden.
52.The biggest problem with traditional print textbooks is that they are not reused once a new edition comes out.
53.One problem for students to replace traditional textbooks with interactive digital ones is the high cost of the hardware.
54.A few universities have already started to use digital textbooks in certain courses.
55.Inkling CEO explains that the problem with Course Smart's current digital textbooks is that they are no more than print versions put on a screen.
Section C
Directions:There are2passages in this section.Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished 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 Sheet2with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions56to60are based on the following passage.
Junk food is everywhere.We're eating way too much.of it.Most of us know what we're doing and.yet we do it anyway.So here's a suggestion offered by two researchers at the Rand Corporation:Why not take a lesson from alcohol control policies and apply them to where food is sold and how it's displayed?
"Many policy measures to control obesity(肥胖症)assume.that people consciously and rationally choose what and how much they eat and.therefore focus on providing information and more access to healthier foods,"note the two researchers."In contrast,"the researchers continue,"many regulations that don't assume people make rational choices have been successfully applied to control alcohol,a substance like food--of which immoderate consumption leads to serious health problems."
The research references studies of people's behavior with food and alcohol and results of alcohol restrictions,and then lists five regulations that the researchers think might be promising if applied to junk foods.Among them:Density restrictions:licenses to sell alcohol aren't handed out unplanned to all comers but are allotted(分配)based on the number of places in an area that already.sell alcohol.These make alcohol less easy to get and reduce the number of psychological cues to drink.
Similarly,the researchers say,being presented with junk food stimulates our desire to eat it.SO why not limit the density of food outlets,particularly ones that sell food rich in empty calories?And why not limit sale of food in places that aren't primarily food stores?
Display and sales restrictions:California has a rule prohibiting alcohol displays near the cash registers in gas stations,and in most places you can't buy alcohol at drive-through facilities.At supermarkets,food companies pay to have their wares in places where they're easily seen.One could remove junk food to the back of the store and ban them from the shelves at checkout lines.The other measures include restricting portion sizes,taxing and prohibiting special price deals for junk foods, and placing warning labels on the products.
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56.What does the author say about junk food?
A．People should be educated not to eat too much.
B．It is widely consumed despite its ill reputation.
C．Its temptation is too strong for people to resist.
D．It causes more harm than is generally realized..
57.What do the Rand researchers think of many of the policy measures to control obesity?
A．They should be implemented effectively.
B．They provide misleading information.
C．They are based on wrong assumptions.
D．They help people make rational choices.
58.Why do policymakers of alcohol control place density restrictions?
A．Few people are able to resist alcohol's temptations.
B．There are already too many stores selling alcohol.
C．Drinking strong alcohol can cause social problems.
D．Easy access leads to customers'over-consumption.
59.What is the purpose of California's rule about alcohol display in gas stations? A．To effectively limit the density of alcohol outlets.
B．To help drivers to give up the habit of drinking.
C．To prevent possible traffic jams in nearby areas.
D．To get alcohol out of drivers'immediate sight.
60.What is the general guideline the Rand researchers suggest about junk food control?
A．Guiding people to make rational choices about food.
B．Enhancing people's awareness of their own health.
C．Borrowing ideas from alcohol control measures.
D．Resorting to economic,legal and psychological means.
Passage Two
Questions61to65are based on the following passage.
Kodak's decision to file for bankruptcy(破产)protection is a sad,though not unexpected,turning point for a leading American corporation that pioneered consumer photography and dominated the film market for decades,but ultimately failed to adapt to the digital revolution.
Although many attribute Kodak's downfall to"complacency(自满),"that explanation doesn't acknowledge the lengths to which the company went to reinvent itself.Decades ago,Kodak anticipated that digital photography would overtake film--and in fact, Kodak invented the first digital camera1975--but in a fateful decision,the comply chose to shelf its new discovery to focus on its traditional film business.
It wasn't that Kodak was blind to the future,said Rebecca Henderson,a professor at Harvard Business School,but rather that it failed to execute on a strategy to confront it.By the time the company realized its mistake,it was too late.Kodak is an example of a firm that was very much aware that they had to adapt,and spent a lot of money trying to do so,but ultimately https://www.doczj.com/doc/7418092932.html,rge companies bava difficult time switching to new markets because there is a temptation to put existing assets into the new businesses.
Although Kodak anticipated the inevitable rise of digital photography,its corporate (企业的)culture was too rooted in the successes of the past for it to make the clean break necessary to fully embrace the future.They were a company stuck in time.Their history was so important to them.Now their history has become a liability. Kodak's downfall over the last several decades was dramatic.In1976,the company commanded90%of the market for photographic film and85%of the market for cameras. But the1980s brought new competition from Japanese film company Fuji Photo,which undermined Kodak by offering lower prices for film and photo supplies.Kodak's decision not to pursue the role of official film for the1984Los Angeles Olympics was a major miscalculation.The bid went instead to Fuji,which exploited its sponsorship to win a permanent foothold in the marketplace.
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61.What do we learn about Kodak?
A．It went bankrupt all of a sudden.
B．It is approaching its downfall.
C．It initiated the digital revolution in the film industry.
D．It is playing the dominant role in the film market.
62.Why does the author mention Kodak's invention of the first digital camera? A．To show its early attempt to reinvent itself.
B．To show its effort to overcome complacency.
C．To show its quick adaptation to the digital revolution.
D．To show its will to compete with Japan's Fuji Photo.
63.Why do large companies have difficulty switching to new markets?
A．They find it costly to give up their existing assets.
B．They tend to be slow in confronting new challenges.
C．They are unwilling to invest in new technology.
D．They are deeply stuck in their glorious past.
64.What does the author say Kodak's history has become?
A．A burden.
B．A mirror.
C．A joke.
D．A challenge.
65.What was Kodak's fatal mistake?
A．Its blind faith in traditional photography.
B．Its failure to see Fuji Photo's emergence.
C．Its refusal to sponsor the1984Olympics.
D．Its overconfidence in its corporate culture.
Part IV Translation(30minutes)
Directions:For this part,you are allowed30minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English.You should write your answer on Answer Sheet2.
公务员热(craze for civil servant jobs)是指越来越多的人参加政府机构招聘考试(recruitment examinations)的社会现象。据报道，近几年每年的报考人数都超过百万。平均每个岗位有50-60名竞争者，最热门的职位能达到5000：1。报考公务员的主要是大学毕业生。他们认为公务员工作轻松稳定，收入较高，社会地位也高。另外，就业难问题也是促使他们做出该选择的另一个原因。
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2013年6月四级真题答案详解(第2套)
Part I Writing
The Importance of Learning Basic Skills
写作指南
这是典型的四级看图作文。要求考生先简单描述图片内容，继而就“学习基本技能的重要性”这个话题发表自己
的见解。根据题目要求，可将文章内容安排如下：
第一段：简明扼要地描述图片内容，并引出主题。
第二段：从正反两面说明“学习基本技能的重要性”：为学习更高级的知识打基础；缺乏基
本技能可能导致职场
上的失败。
第三段：重申主题，总结全文。
范文与译文
范文泽文
The drawing above vividly shows that the need to learn
basic skills such as the multiplication table is questioned．In
reality．there is also concern．about whether basic skills
might become out-dated and of no help to college graduates．
As I see it．the basic skills college students learn will
not turn old．fashioned．Instead，they will remain as．important
as they will ever be．To begin with，though basic skills is
often classified as impractical subjects that cannot be applied
directly to one’s future career，it is these basic subjects
that lay a solid foundation for more advanced skills，preparing
US
for further studies．Furthermore，most basic skills，like
calculating and literacy，are always necessary．in a variety of
occupations．It is obvious that no employer is willing to hire
a graduate who can’t even fully understand a written con。
tract．For this reason a lack of these skills may result in
future career failure．
To sum up，insignificant and boring as learning basic
skills may seem，it is actually of great importance and
should not be neglected．
图片生动地展示了这样一个画面：
学生对学习乘法表这样的基本技能提
出了质疑。在现实中，人们也担忧，基本
技能是否会过时或无益于大学毕业生。
在我看来，大学生所学的基本技能
不会过时。相反，这些技能将一如既往
地发挥重要作用。首先，尽管基本技能
常被归类为不切实际的学科，不能直接
应用到将来的工作中，但正是这些基础
学科为学习更高级的技能打下坚实的
基础，为深造作准备。此外，大部分的基
本技能，如算术和读写能力；在各种职
业中都是必需的。很明显，没有哪个雇
主愿意聘用连书面合同都不能完全看
懂的毕业生。因此，缺乏这些技能可能
会造成将来职场上的失败。
总的来说，尽管学习基本技能看似
无关紧要并且枯燥，但它实则极其重
要，因而不应被忽视。
万能句型
1.描述图片信息
1.The drawing above vividly shows that...上图生动地展示了......。
2.From the cartoon,we can see that...从漫画中我们可了解到......。
3.According to the picture,it is obvious that...如图所示，很显然......。
2.表明观点并加以论述
1.As I see it,...To begin with,...Furthermore,...在我看来，......。首先，......；其次，......。
2.As far as I am conceded,...Firstly,...Secondly,...在我看来，......。首先，......；其次，......。
3.For my part,...First,...Second,...在我看来,......。首先，......；其次，......。
3.重申观点，总结全文
1.To sum up,...as...may seem,it is...and should...总的来说，虽然......看似......，但是它......，理应......。
2.With what was discussed above,I believe...So,...综上所述,我认为......。因此，......。
3.Taking all the above into account,we can draw the concision that...Therefore,...将上述内容考虑在内，我们可以得出这样的结论：......。因此，......。
写作摸板
The drawing above vividly shows that(简述图片主要内容).In reality,there is also concern about(引出全文要论述的主题：某事物的重要性)。
As I see it,(要论述的主题)will not turn old-fashioned.Instead,they will remain as important as they will ever be.To begin with,(论据1).Furthermore, (论据2).
To sum up,(某事物可能存在的缺点)as(论述的主题)may seem,it is actually of great importance and should not be neglected.
Part II Listening Comprehension
Section A
1.M:I don't know what to do with Timmy.This morning I found orange juice spilled all over the kitchen floor.
W:Don't be so hard on him.He's only four.
Q:What does the woman mean?
【C】【解析】男士说他拿Timmy没办法，今天早上他发现橙汁洒得厨房满地都是。女士回答说不要对Timmy那么严厉，他只有4岁。由此可见，女士Timmy还只是小孩，认为男士没必要这么大惊小怪。因此选C。
【点睛】①四个选项中有三个选项是用了should或shouldn’t的句式，有两项提到Children，由此可推断，对话跟小孩闯祸有关。②A“应该教导小孩学会更小心”和D项“Timmy应该学会正确做事．”都是指小孩应该被教育或自身应学会怎样，属于同义项，没有对话原文支持，均可排除；8利用0range juice进行干扰，对话没有提到“小孩不应该
喝那么多橙汁”，也可排除。
2.W:Excuse me,Sir.I would like to know about this fitness training program in your club.
M:I'll have you speak with the director in charge of new account.
Q:What is the woman interested in?
【A】【解析】女士说想了解一下这家俱乐部里的健身训练课程(fitness training program)。由此可见，女士对健身训练感兴趣，选A。
【点睛】B“新的工作机会”听力原文没有提及相关内容；C“电脑编程”和D“俱乐部的管理”只是分别利用原词program和director进行干扰．不是女士感兴趣的内容。
3.W:It's really cold in this apartment.Can we turn up the heat a little bit? M:Sorry,I've run out of money and can hardly pay the fuel bill.Maybe you'd better put on a sweater.
Q:What does the man mean?
【B】【解析】女士说屋里相当冷，问男士能否调高暖气。男士说抱歉，他已经花完了钱，没能力交燃气费，他叫女士最好穿上毛衣。由此可见，男士意思是得节省燃气费，选B。
【点睛】①预读选项可知，对话内容与天冷和暖气费用有关。②男士建议女士最好穿上毛衣，不是他自己必须买一件新的毛衣，故A排除；对话没有提到燃气费飙升，而是男士花完了钱才会用不起燃气，所以C也不对；男士不开暖气是因为没钱，与供暖系统是否故障无关，故排除D“供暖系统不工作”。
4.M:I'm sorry,miss,but you have to come with me to the security office.The video cameras in our shop have recorded everything you did.
W:No,no,I...I didn't do anything.I'll call the"police if you dare insult me. Q:What does the man think the woman was doing?
【A】【解析】男士叫女士跟他去一趟保卫处，说商店里的摄像机已记录下女士的所作所为。由此可推断男士认为女士在行窃，选A。
【点睛】①四个选项均是动作性的名词短语，表明问题与某人做某事有关。②对话提到的摄像头(video cameras)是商店里的摄像头，与“拍照”(B)和“摆姿势拍照”(D)没有关系，B、D只是利用camera的相关语义所设置的干扰项，可排除；对话提到shop，但只是为了说明那个商店里的摄像头。不表示女士是光看不买地闲逛，C也不对。
5.M:I think you ought to see a doctor right away about bad cough.
W:Well,I'll wait a few more days.I'm sure I'll get over it soon.
O:What do we learn about the woman?
【B】【解析】男士说女士咳嗽这么厉害应该马上去看医生，女士说想多等几天，她肯定能很快熬过去。由此可见，女士尚未去看医生．B推断正确。
【点睛】①预读选项可知，对话跟女士身体抱恙有关。②对话中，只是男士叫女士看医生，没提及女士吃药与否，故A不对；女士想自己熬过去，多等几天再说，但这并不意味着她不信任男士的建议，她只是暂时不采纳而已，C属于过度推断；女士希望不用看医生就能自己熬过去，可见她的咳嗽并没有好，D“她咳嗽几乎已经痊愈”与事实不符。
6.M:I've heard that Pamela made quite a few mistakes in her lab report
W:Well,she wouldn't have if she hadn't been in such a hurry to get it done. Q:What does the woman imply?
【D】【解析】男士听说Pamela的实验报告里有很多错误，女士说如果她不是那么匆忙，她不会犯那么多错误。由此可见Pamela的错误原本是可以避免的，选D。
【点睛】①四个选项都是讲Pamela的不足，由此可推断问题跟Pamela受到什么批评有关。
②对话说Pamela匆忙完成报告，不等于她没按时完成报告，A不正确；8“Pamela习惯匆忙了事”只是利用对话中的in a hurry来进行干扰．而对话只是说Pamela是匆忙完成这次报告的，没提到一贯的做事习惯，B排除；女士提到如果她没那么匆忙
还是可以避免错误的，由此可见C“Pamela不擅长写研究报告”推断过度，故排除。
7.M:We'd better check out before12o'clock,Mary.And now there're only30minutes left.
W:Let's hurry up.You go pay the bill and I'll call the reception to have our luggage taken downstairs.
O:Where did this conversation most probably take Place?
【C】【解析】男士说他们得l2点钟之前退房，而现在只剩下30分钟了。女士叫男士去付钱而她负责打电话给前台叫人来把行李带到楼下。由关键词check out reception及luggage 可见，他们对话地点是在酒店的客房中，C正确。
【点睛】①四个选项均是地点短语，故本题很可能提问对话发生的地点。②当听到check out(退)时可排除A“在行李寄存处”和D“在机场”；听到女士的安排可知他们还在客房内，还没把行李带到前台，B“在酒店的前台”不正确。
8.W:Have you ever heard the speaker before?
M:Yes.She is excellent.She gets her point across and it's entertaining at the same time.
Q:What does the man say about the speaker?
【D】【解析】女士问男士以前有没听说过讲话的那个人，男士回答听说过，说她很优秀，她的观点挺受理解同时也很有趣。由此可见讲话者擅长传达信息，应选D。
【点睛】①四个选项都是关于She的优点、工作或爱好，听音时要留意对She的推断。②男士只是说她优秀，而A中的student和at college均无对话信息支持；B“她在娱乐行业工作”是利用原词entertaining制造干扰。原词是“有趣的”之义，B却理解成“娱乐行业”(entertainment business)；对话没有提到讲话者喜欢做什么，C“她喜欢在讲话中讲故事”属于胡乱推断。
NOW you'll hear the two long.conversations.
Conversation One
M:[9]What should I do about Mr.Romero?Remember?He said it was important and couldn't wait.I think he may want you for that new movie he's directing.
W:That's absolutely correct.Now,we have to fit him in somewhere.Uh...what does Monday morning look like?
M:That doesn't look so good.You have a makeup session starting at six,then filming starts at eight,and that's going to take the whole morning.
W:Well,what's after that?
M:[10]You have lunch with your agent to discuss the award ceremony,and you're to meet him at one o'clock at the restaurant.
W:Oh,terrific!Listen,I cannot miss that.But I still have to make time for Mr. Romero.
M:Well,now,don't forget,you've got a three o'clock appointment with your fashion designer.
W:That's right.You know,he is showing the latest fashions from Japan.You know that loose-fitting look?Those clothes are so"in"this year!
M:At four-thirty you have an appointment with your hairdresser.Then at seven you have dinner with a journalist.Now,remember,be nice to that guy!
W:Do I have to?That won't be easy,and it's likely to run late.How does Tuesday look?
M:Well,you have to spend the whole morning at the photographer's.They're taking photos to publicize your new movie.
W:What about the afternoon?Am I free then?
M:Let me see..,yes.You're free after three-thirty.
W:[11]Then you can set up a meeting with Mr.Romero at four.
M:OK.I'll get on it right away.
9．What are the speakers doing?
【A】【解析】对话一开始，男士就表明要安排女士跟Romer0先生的会面，接着对话展开，内容都是关于女士的日程安排，对话结尾处男士终于确定女士跟Romer0先生见面的具体时间。由此可见，对话围绕着安排女士跟Romer0的见面时间展开。故选A。
【点睛】①四个选项均是动名词短语选项，可判断提问与对话主题有关。②与时装设计师见面旱已安排好的，不是他们谈话的重点，B“定时间去参加设计师最新的时装发布会”可排除；对话双方最终确定了周二跟Romer0先生见面：C“讨论周二一个重要的聚会”偷换概念，不正确；周一上午拍戏是女士行程的一部分，是为了确认女士跟Romer0先生见面的时间而提到的，D“为周一上午的电影拍摄做准备”不是他们在做的事．可排除。
10.What is the woman going to discuss with her agent over lunch on Monday?
[B]【解析】男士提到女士周一中午须跟经纪人吃午饭．讨论颁奖典礼，B正是讨论的内容，故为答案。
【点睛】①四个选项均是名词短语，推测问题跟会面的主题有关。②对话提到日本时是说“设计师发布源自．日本的最新时装秀”，A“她的日本之旅”利用原词Japan进行干扰，实际原文井无此语义；对话提到女士四点半与hairdresser有个见面，但跟电影角色没有关系，C也可排除；makeup session在录音原文有提到，是女士周一六点的安排。但D“何时开始化妆”
11.What do we learn from the conversation about the man?
【C】【解析】整个对话都是男士跟女士讨论女士的日程安排。通过他叮嘱女士don’t forget…At four-thirty you have an appointment…等等都可知他负责安排女士与他人会面的时间。由此可推断男士是女士的助理，应选C。
【点睛】①预读选项可推断是提问He的身份。②A和B分别利用agent(经纪人)和journalist(记者)进行干扰，两者都是女士日程里不同时间点要会面的对象；通过对话可知女士才是著名影星．而不是男士，D张冠李戴。
Conversation Two
M:I'm phoning up about this job you advertise in the paper.This err..,young sales manager?
W:Oh,yes.
M:I'd like to apply for it.Would you send me an application form?
W:No.[12.]You simply send in a written application--a letter.
M:Can you tell me a bit more about the job?
W:Well,[13]we're really looking for someone who isn't too concerned about working fairly long hours.
M:What do you mean by long hours?
W:This is a job which does,as the advertisement says,have travel possibilities and[13]very often one would be away at weekends for instance.
M:Oh,I thought you meant working-in the evenings and working overtime.
W:[13]Well it can also mean working in the evenings.But for a managerial post, I'm afraid we don't pay over time.Urn...that's for other grades.
M:Oh,[15]what kind of money are you paying then?
W:[15]Well,this is to be negotiated.Ah...it depends partly on your experience and education.Perhaps you can tell me briefly what that is?
M:I've just left school and got A level in geography.
W:Oh,I see.
M:[14lAnd it's the travel that appeals to me.That's why I'm inquiring about the job.
W:Yes,I see.What sort of salary were you thinking in terms of?.
M:Starting-off,I thought it would be something like500pounds a week.
W:Well,[15]send in a written application and then we'll consider your case along with all the other applicants.
M:All right.Many thanks.Goodbye.
W:Bye.
12.What does the woman say an applicant should do first to apply for the job?
[B]【解析】男士说在报纸上看到招聘广告，想求职。问女士是否能发给他～份求职申请表，女士说只需男士发一份书面求职信过来就好。由此可见，要想申请该职位，求职者首先要发一封求职信，B正确。
【点睛】①四道题的选项包含有interview，application letter,work，pay，promotion 等求职信号词，由此可推断此对话跟求职有关。②对话一开始男士只是打电话咨询．女士也没提到面试安排等内容．故A“安排面试”不正确；是男士自己索取求职申请表，不是女士说要“填一份求职申请表”，故C不对；对话结尾处女士有问道男士的经验和教育背景．但只是说及薪水时提到的，不是求职者一开始应做的事情，故D“在电话中做个简单自我介绍”可排除。
13.What kind of a person,is the company looking for?
【D】【解析】当男士要求女士多谈一下该职位的信息时，女士说他们想找的是“不那么在意长时间工作的人”．之后又提到这份工作可能需要周末外出工干和晚上加班，即在常规工作时间外工作，故D正确。
【点睛】①四个选项均是关于某人具备什么样的技能或素质。据此可推断本题与职位要求有关。②A利用advertise进行干扰．原文是说在报纸看到招聘广告，对话里并没提到求职者所学专业要是“广告学”，故A排除：对话后半部分提到managerial(管理的)一词．但这只是职位的特点，并没有要求求职者是“有商业管理经验的人”，B不对；C“做好准备承担更多责任的人”属于随意捏造．对话没有相关信息支持。
14.What does the man like most about the job?
[A]【解析】男士说这个职位吸引他的是出差(it’s the travel that…)．可见促使他求职的是该职位有出差的机会。A正确。
【点睛】①四个选项均是有关职位的相关福利，可推测本题与职位特点有关。(②B“满意的薪水”、C“升值前景”和D“弹性的工作时间”均与提问的关键词likemost无关，故排除。
15.What does the woman say about the salary if the man is accepted by the company?
[D]【解析】男士问女士薪水如何，女士回答说这个可以商量(to be negotiated)。对话结尾男士说开始做的时候．期望薪水是每周500英镑，然后女士的反应是叫男士发求职信来．他们再结合其他求职者的条件来考虑男士的情况。由此可推断工资不是固定死的．可以商量，选D。同时可以排除C“工资由人力资源设定”。
【点睛】①四个选项都是关于薪水待遇，可推断提问与之有关。②A“工资由工作时长决定”利用原词working hours设置干扰，并无实质依据：B“大概每周500英镑”是男士自己的期望薪水。不是女士给的薪水。
Section B
Passage One
A typical large supermarket offers around17,000to20,000items for sale and[16lit wants to make sure that its customers see as many of them as possible.That's why you'll normally find essential goods like bread,vegetables and meat https://www.doczj.com/doc/7418092932.html,pletely different parts of the store.[17]Products with a high profit margin are always placed on shelves within easy reach of the customer,while lower margin items,like sugar or flour,are on the top or bottom shelves.Many people make shopping lists before they visit supermarkets,[18]but even so around60%of all supermarket purchases are the result of decisions that are taken in the store.For this.reason, supermarkets try to attract their customers by placing certain kinds of products next to each other.In the UK,beer will often be found next to items for baby,because research shows that fathers with babies buy them on their way home from work and will buy beer at the same time.Research has also.shown that this kind of"impulse buy"happens more frequently when no sales assistants are nearby.[19]Supermarkets have made selling such a fine art that their customers often lose all sense of time. When interviewed,customers normally guess that they have only spent half an hour in the supermarket,even when they have been there for over45minutes.[19]But that shouldn't be too surprising.Any really profitable supermarket knows that it should keep its clocks well hidden.
16.Why are essential goods displayed in totally different parts of the supermarket?【B】【解析】录音首句就提到，典型的大超市想要让消费者看到尽可能多的产品。接着以that’s why表明这就是要将基本商品放在超市完全不同区域的原因。故B正确，其中shoppers对应原文的customers。
【点睛】①四个选项均为不定式短语，表目的。故推测本题问做某事的目的。②将生活必需品摆放在不同区域并不会因此而增加消费者的选择(A)或使超市能提供更多的商品(C)，故排除A、C两项；D中的profitable products在录音中有提到。但录音说的是把高利润的商品放在顾客手能触及的地方，这与必需品的摆放位置无关。
17.Where are goods with a high profit margin usually found?
【C】【解析】录音说到，高利润商品常常放在消费者容易触及的货架上(shelves within easy reach of the customer)，C与此表达一致，故为答案。
【点睛】①选项都是On引导的表示位置的状语，据此可提前推测应该是问某类产品的摆放位置。②A、B是利润收益低的商品所放置的位置。D“标识清楚的架子”未在录音中提及。
18.What does the speaker say about supermarket goers?
【A】【解析】录音提到60％的购买都是在商店里所做的临时决定(60196…are the result of decisions…taken in the store)。故可知，许多人都会冲动购物(buy things on impulse)，故A正确。
【点睛】B的father with babies在录音有提到，但并没有说他们数量的多少，故不对；C 的young couples未在录音中提及；D的60％在录音中对应的是冲动型消费者而非列购物清单的人。
19.What shouldn't be too surprising according to the speaker?
[D]【解析】录音末尾提到，超市有一项高超的技艺，即能让消费者失去时间概念。然后指出，很多人以为自己只花了半个小时在超市，实则是超过了45分钟。然后表示并不应对此感到惊讶(shouldn’t be too surprising)，故可知，不应感到惊讶的是顾客在超市中失去时间观念，D正确。
【点睛】①四个选项均与customers有关，推测本题与消费者在超市的消费行为有关。
②sales assistants在录音中只出现过一次，还是表明when no sales assistants are nearby的情况．故A“销售人员推销利润高的产品”和B“销售人员跟在顾客周围”可以排除：C“顾客竞相购买好的便宜货”在录音未提到。
Passage Two
[20]when Matty Sallin was working on a degree in art and technology at university, he got an interesting assignment in electronics class:Create something for the household.He decided to create an alarm clock."Everybody has to use an alarm clock of some kind every day,and it is extremely unpleasant!"he says.[21]He asked different people what they'd like to wake up to instead of a noisy alarm.A lot of them said,"The smell of bacon."[21]So Sallin invented a new kind of alarm clock: a wooden box with a pig face and a digital clock that uses the smell of cooking bacon rather than sound to wake someone up.He explains,"There's no danger of burning, because I built it carefully.It uses light bulbs instead of a flame for cooking and turns off automatically after ten minutes."Just a few easy steps are required to set the"alarm.""What you do is put in a couple of frozen strips the night before,"says Sallin.Bacon is preserved,so there is no danger of it spoiling overnight."If you set the alarm for8:00,it will turn on at7:50and slow cook for ten minutes under the
bulbs,"he says.Then the bulbs turn off and a fan blows the smell out through the nose of the pig.[22]"So instead of an alarm,you smell yourseff awake,"says Sallin. "Then you can open the door on the side and pull the bacon out and eat it."
20.What was Matty Sallin doing when he created an alarm clock?
【C】【解析】短文开头说Matty Sallin在大学攻读艺术与科技学位时，他在电子学课程上被派到一个有趣的任务：为家居设计一样东西，而他决定设计一个闹钟。由此可见，Matty Sallin创造闹钟时，他正在大学修学位，故选C。
【点睛】A“在学校里教数学”、B“在学院里做研究”和D“在一个高科技公司工作”均是命题者随意捏造的干扰项．没有听力原文支持。
21.What did Matty Sallin do before making the new type of alarm clock?
【D】【解析】短文提到Matty Sallin询问不同人的意见，问他们，不用一个又吵又闹的闹钟的话．他们想要用什么来把自己叫醒，很多被问的人都说“培根的味道”。所以，Sallin 设计了一种新型的闹钟。由此可见是Sallin问了很多人的意见后，才发明这款新型闹钟。
这两者是因果关系，故选D。
【点睛】①四个选项均是关于He做过什么，根据studied，experiments，asked different people等字眼可推断提问可能跟做某项试验之前的准备有关。②A“他研究不同时钟的设计”和B“他用不同的材料做试验”属于随意捏造的选项，听力短文无相关信息支持；短文有提到pig face，但这只是Sallin的新型闹钟的造型中的一个部分，故C不对。
22.What makes the newly invented alarm clock so unique?
【C】【解析】短文最后提到Sallin自己说不是通过闹铃声叫醒，而是通过闻到味道而醒来。由此可见他新发明的闹钟独特之处是叫醒人的方式与传统闹钟不周，是通过培根的气味而非声音，故应选C。
【点睛】A“它的自动机制”、B“它的生产过程”和D“它可爱的猪头造型”均不是短文提到的新型闹钟有别传统闹钟的特点，只是选项中的automatic和pig face字眼在短文中有出现而已，均可排除。
Passage Three
Most people feel lonely sometimes but it usually only lasts between a few minutes and a few hours,For some people,though,loneliness can last for years. Psychologists are studying this complex phenomenon and have identified three different types of loneliness.The first kind of loneliness is temporary.It usually disappears quickly and does not require any special attention.[23]The second kind, situational loneliness,is a natural result of a particular situation,for example, a divorce,or moving to a new place.Although this kind of loneliness can cause physical problems,it usually does not last for more than a year.Unlike the second type,the third kind of loneliness usually lasts more than two years and has no specific cause.[24]People who experience habitual loneliness have problems socializing and becoming close to others.Unfortunately,many of them think there is little or nothing they can do about it.Psychologists agree that one important factor in loneliness is a person's social contacts,for example,friends,family members,etc.We depend on various people for different reasons.For instance,our families give us emotional support and our friends share similar interest and activity.However,psychologists have found that the number of social contacts we have is not the only reason for loneliness.[25]It is more important how many social contacts we think or expect we should have.In other words,though lonely people may have many social contacts,they sometimes feel they should have more.They question their own popularity.
23.What does the speaker say about situational loneliness?
[A]【解析】录音介绍situational loneliness时说它是由某种特定情形所自然造成的结果(natural result of a particular situation)，如离婚和搬家，故推断situational loneliness是由环境的改变而引发的，A与此意表达类似，为正确选项。
【点睛】B“实际上并不需要特定的治疗”属于第一种孤独(temporary loneliness)的内容；C“经常突然出现”在录音中未提到；D“一般持续好几年”为第三种孤独(habitual loneliness)的特征。
24.What problem will people have if they experience habitual loneliness?
[A]【解析】在介绍habitual loneliness时，录音提到．有习惯性孤独感受的人在社交和与他人亲近方面有问题(have problems socializing and becoming close to others)。这
2013年12月大学英语四级听力真题 PartⅡListening Comprehension(30 minutes) Section A Directions: 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 about 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 single line through the centre. 1. A) The woman is now working in a kindergarten. B) The man will soon start a business of his own. C) The man would like to be a high school teacher. D) The woman is going to major in child education. 2. A) The furniture has to be rearranged. B) The sound equipment has to be set up. C) The conference room has to be cleaned. D) The video machine has to be checked. 3. A) She is exhausted. B) She is near-sighted. C) She cannot finish work in time. D) She cannot go straight home. 4. A) The woman is too particular about food. B) He would rather have a meal an hour later. C) The woman should order her food quickly. D) He usually prefers ice-cream to sandwiches. 5. A) He is not a good mechanic. B) He doesn't keep his promises. C) He spends his spare time doing repairs. D) He is always ready to offer help to others. 6. A) Sam has a big family to support. B) Sam is not interested in traveling. C) The pay offered by the travel agency is too low. D) The work hours in the travel agency arc too long 7. A) International trade.
2013年6月英语六级真题及答案（文都版） Part ⅣReading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes) Question 47 to 51 are based on the following passage often assumed musical Highly proficient musicianship is hard won. Although it’s evidence that this isn’t the case. While it seems ability us inherited, there’s abundant that at birth virtually everyone has perfect pitch, the reasons that one child is better than another are motivation and practice. Highly musical children were sung to more as infants and more encouraged to join in song games as kids than less musical ones, long before any musical ability could have been evident. Studies of classical musicians prove that the best ones practiced considerably more from childhood onwards than ordinary orchestral players, and this is because their parents were at them to put in the hours from a very young age. The same was true of children selected for entry to specialist music schools, compared with those who were rejected. The chosen children had parents who had very actively supervised music lessons and daily practice from young ages, giving up substantial periods of leisure time to take the children to lessons and concerts. The singer Michael Jackson’s story, although unusually brutal and extreme, is illumination when considering musical prodigy(天才). Accounts suggest that he was subjected to cruel beatings and emotional torture ,and that he was humiliated (羞辱) constantly by his father, What sets Jackson’s family apart is that his father used his reign of terror to train his children as musicians and dancers. On top of his extra ability Michael also had more drive. This may have been the result of being the closest of his brothers and sisters to his mother. “He seemed other said of him. She different to me from the other children —special,”Michael’s m may not have realized that treating her son as special may have been part of the reason be became like that. All in all, if you want to bring up a Mozart or Bach, the key factor is how hard you
写作 作文范文：Greed or Greet? The earth has nurtured generations of human beings, offering us with every resource to survive and prosper. Nowadays, with the explosion of population and boom of economy, human’s rel entless exploitation of natural resources has caused crisis of exhaustion of energy and resources. The remark “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed.” gives out a warning for us all. The ecosystem has remained balanced until man becomes obsessed with their ambition to conquer Nature and they are blinded by greed. On one hand, they are so economy-oriented that they ignore the protection of environment. Increasing pollution not only causes serious problems such as global warming but also could threaten to end human life on our planet. On the other hand, man exploits and abuses non-renewable energy and resources for the sake of developing economy. If man insists on extracting natural resources recklessly, it will be too dreadful to face the consequence. Let us remember that only when we shake off greed and heal the earth can we build a better home for ourselves and our future generations. 【快速阅读】 美国工业制造 1-7 DADAAAB 8 higher 9 the immigrants 10 doing more themselves 听力 11. Why she could not get through to him. 12. He has difficulty finding affordable housing. 13. A code number is necessary to run the copy machine.
2014年6月英语四级仔细阅读真题（第一套）及 答案 Passage One Questions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage. When young women were found to make only 82 percent of what their male peers do just one year out of college, many were at a loss to explain it. All the traditional reasons put forward to interpret the pay gap-that women fall behind when they leave the workforce to raise kids, for example, or that they don't seek as many management roles-failed to justify this one. These young women didn't have kids yet. And because they were just one year removed from their undergraduate degrees, few of these women yet had the chance to go after (much less decline) leadership roles. But there are other reasons why the pay gap remains so persistent. The first is that no matter how many women may be getting college degrees, the university experience is still an unequal one. The second is that our higher education system is not designed to focus on the economic consequences of our students' years on campus. Now that women are the majority of college students and surpass men in both the number of undergraduate and advanced degrees awarded, one might think the college campus is a pretty equal place. It is not. Studies show that while girls do better than boys in high school, they start to trail off during their college years. They enroll in different kinds of classes, tend to major in less rigorous (非常严格的) subjects, and generally head off with less ambitious plans. As a result, it's not surprising that even the best educated young women enter the workplace with a slight disadvantage. Their college experience leaves them somewhat confused, still stumbling (栽倒) over the dilemmas their grandmothers' generation sought to destroy. Are they supposed to be pretty or smart? Strong or sexy (性感的) All their lives, today's young women have been pushed to embrace both perfection and passion-to pursue science and sports, math and theater-and do it all as well as they possibly can. No wonder they are not negotiating for higher salaries as soon as they get out of school. They are too exhausted, and too scared of failing. 56. Traditionally, it is believed that women earn less than men because ______. A) they have failed to take as many rigorous courses B) they do not feel as fit for management roles C) they feel obliged to take care of their kids at home D) they do not exhibit the needed leadership qualities 57. What does the author say about America's higher education system? A) It does not offer specific career counseling to women. B) It does not consider its economic impact on graduates. C) It does not take care of women students' special needs. D) It does not encourage women to take rigorous subjects. 58. What does the author say about today's college experience? A) It is different for male and female students. B) It is not the same as that of earlier generations. C) It is more exhausting than most women expect. D) It is not so satisfying to many American students. 59. What does the author say about women students in college? A) They have no idea how to bring out their best. B) They drop a course when they find it too rigorous. C) They are not as practical as men in choosing courses. D) They don't perform as well as they did in high school. 60. How does the author explain the pay gap between men and women fresh from college?
2013年12月份全国大学英语四级考试
试卷一：中餐
【真题原文】许多人喜欢中餐，在中国，烹饪不仅被视为一种技能，而且也被视为一 种艺术。精心准备的中餐既可口又好看，烹饪技艺和配料在中国各地差别很大。但好的烹 饪都有一个共同点，总是要考虑到颜色、味道、口感和营养(nutrition)。由于食物对健康至 关重要，好的厨师总是努力在谷物、肉类和蔬菜之间取得平衡，所以中餐既味美又健康。 【翻译答案】Most people like Chinese food. In China, cooking is considered as not only a skill but also an art. The well-prepared Chinese food is both delicious and good-looking. Although cooking methods and food ingredient vary wildly in different places of China, it is common for good cuisine to take color, flavor, taste and nutrition into account. Since food is crucial to health, a good chef is insistently trying to seek balance between cereal, meat and vegetable, and accordingly Chinese food is delicious as well as healthy.
试卷二：信息技术
【真题原文】信息技术(Information Technology)，正在飞速发展，中国公民也越来越 重视信息技术，有些学校甚至将信息技术作为必修课程，对这一现象大家持不同观点。一 部分人认为这是没有必要的，学生就应该学习传统的课程。另一部分人认为这是应该的， 中国就应该与时俱进。不管怎样，信息技术引起广大人民的重视是一件好事。 【翻译答案】As China citizens attaching great importance to the rapidly development of Information Technology, some college even set it as a compulsory course. Regarding to this phenomenon, people holding different views. Some people think it is not necessary, for students should learn the traditional curriculum. Another part of people think it is a need, because China should keep pace with the times. Anyway, it is a good thing that Information Technology aroused public concern.
试卷三：茶文化
【真题原文】"你要茶还是咖啡?"是用餐人常被问到的问题，许多西方人会选咖啡，而 中国人则会选茶， 相传， 中国的一位帝王于五千年前发现了茶， 并用来治病， 在明清(the qing dynasties)期间，茶馆遍布全国，饮茶在六世纪传到日本，但直到18世纪才传到欧美，如今， 茶是世界上最流行的饮料(beverage)之一，茶是中国的瑰宝。也是中国传统和文化的重要组 成部分。 【翻译答案】"Would you like tea or coffee?" That’s a question people often asked when having meal. Most westerners will choose coffee, while the Chinese would like to choose tea. According to legend, tea was discovered by a Chinese emperor five thousand years ago, and then was used to cure disease. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, tea houses were all over the country. Tea drinking spread to Japan in the 6th century, but it was not until the 18th century does it spread to Europe and America. Nowadays, tea is one of the most popular beverage in the world, and it is not only the treasure of China but also an important part of Chinese tradition and culture.
试卷四：中国结
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2013年6月英语六级真题及答案 Part ⅡListening Comprehension Section A 1. C M: The biological project is now in trouble. You know, my colleague and I have completely different ideas about how to proceed. W: Why don’t you compromise? Try to make it a win-win situation for you both. Q: What does the woman suggest the man do? 【听前预测】 1．四项均以动词原形开头。 2．两项提到同事(colleague)。 结论：对话应该是工作场景，可能提问接下来要怎么做或建议某人做什么。 2．B M: How does Nancy like the new dress she bought in Rome? W: She said she would never have bought an Italian style dress if she had known Mary had already got such a dress. Q: What do we learn from the conversation? 【听前预测】 1．四项提及两个人物——Mary和Nancy。 2．三项均与服饰、时尚有关(style，dress，fashion)，两项与购物有关(buying，shopping)。 结论：对话很可能与买衣服有关，注意区分两个人物的行为。 3．A M: You are not going to do all those dishes before we leave, are you?If we don’t pick up George and Martha in 25 minutes, we will never get to the theater on time. W: Oh, didn’t I tell you? Martha called to say her daughter was ill and they could not go tonight. Q: What is the woman probably going to do first? 【听前预测】 1．四项均以动词原形开头。
目录 2018年6月大学英语四级真题试卷一及答案(完整版) (1) 答案 (15) 2018年6月大学英语四级真题试卷二及答案(完整版) (16) 答案 (30) 2018年6月大学英语四级真题试卷三及答案(完整版) (31) 答案 (41) 2018年6月大学英语四级真题试卷一及答案(完整版) Part I Writing (30 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 a short easy on the importance of speaking ability and how to develop it.You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. Part II Listening Comprehension (25 minutes) Section A Directions: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 report 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 new report you have just heard. 1. A) The return of a bottled message to its owner's daughter. B)A New Hampshire man's joke with friends on his wife. C)A father's message for his daughter. D)The history of a century-old motel. 2. A) She wanted to show gratitude for his kindness.
2013年12月四级真题（筛选） 一、选词填空 Section A To get a sense of how women have progressed in science , take aquick tour of the physics department at the University of California, Berkeley.This is a storied place, the 36 of some of the most importantdiscoveries in modern science-starting with Ernest Lawrence's invention of thecyclotron(回旋加速器)in 1931. A generationago, female faces were 37 and, even today, visitors walkingthrough the first floor of LeConte Hall will see a full corridor of exhibits 38 themany distinguished physicists who made history here, 39 all ofthere white males. But climb up to the third floor and you'll see a 40 display.There, among the photos of current faculty members and students, are portraitsof the 41 head of the department, Marjorie Shapiro and four other womenwhose research 42 everything from the mechanics of the universe to thesmallest particles of matter. A sixth woman was hired just two weeks ago.Although they're still only about 10 percent of the physics faculty, women areclearly a presence here. And the real 43 may be in the smaller photos to the right:graduate and undergraduate students,about 20 percent of them female. Every years Berkeley sends its fresh femalephysics PhDs to the country's top universities. That makes Shapiro optimistic,but also 44. "I believethings are getting better "she says. "but they're not getting better as 45 as I would like.“注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答 A)circumstance B)confidence C)covers D)current E)deals F)different G)exposing H)fast I)honoring J)hope K)presently L)rare M)realistic N)site O)virtually This is a storied place, the 36 of some of the mostimportant discoveries in modern science-starting with Ernest Lawrence'sinvention of the cyclotron(回旋加速器)in 1931. 36. n: A. circumstance B. confidence E. deals J. hope N. site 答案：N A generation ago, female faces were 37 and,even today, visitors walking through the first
2013年6月英语六级考试真题试卷（第1套） Part I Writing (30 minutes) Directions: For this party you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the remark "Good habits result from resisting temptation." You can cite examples to illustrate your point. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 注意：此部分试题在答题卡1上 Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes) Directions:In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A) , B) , C) and D) . For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage. A Nation That's Losing Its Toolbox The scene inside the Home Depot on Weyman Avenue here would give the old-time American craftsman pause. In Aisle 34 is precut plastic flooring, the glue already in place. In Aisle 26 are prefabricated windows. Stacked near the checkout counters, and as colorful as a Fisher-Price toy, is a not-so-serious-looking power tool: a battery-operated saw-and-drill combination. And if you don't want to do it yourself, head to Aisle 23 or Aisle 35, where a help desk will arrange for an installer. It's all very handy stuff, I guess, a convenient way to be a do-it-yourselfer without being all that good with tools. But at a time when the American factory seems to be a shrinking presence, and when good manufacturing jobs have vanished, perhaps never to return, there is something deeply troubling about this dilution of American craftsmanship. This isn't a lament (伤感) - or not merely a lament - for bygone times. It's a social and cultural issue, as well as an economic one. The Home Depot approach to craftsmanship -
2019年6月大学英语六级考试真题（第1套） Part I Writing (30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on the importance of motivation and methods in learning. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. PartⅡListening Comprehension (30 minutes) Section A Directions: In this section, you 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 letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre. Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 1. A) why Roman Holiday was more famous than Breakfast at Tiffany’s. B)why Audrey Hepburn had more female fans than male ones. C)Why the woman wanted to be like Audrey Hepburn. D)why so many girls adored Audrey Hepburn. 2. A)Her unique personality. B)Her physical condition. C)Her shift of interest to performing arts. D)Her famil y’s suspension of financial aid. 3. A) She was not an outgoing person. B)She was modest and hardworking C)She was easy-going on the whole. D)She was usually not very optimistic. 4. A)She was influenced by the roles she played in the films. B)Her parents taught her to symbolize with the needy. C)She learned to volunteer when she was a child. D)Her family benifited from other people’s help. Questions 5 to 8 are based on the recording you have just heard. 5. A) Give a presentation. B)Rise some questions. C)Start a new company. D)Ateed a board meeting. 6. A) It will cut production costs. B)It will raise productivities. C)No staff willl be dismissed. D)No new staff will be hired. 7. A)The timeline of restructuring.