6月英語(yǔ)四級(jí)考試真題以及答案第3套

1、2013年6月四級(jí)真題(第3套)Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay. You should start youressay with a brief description of the picture and then express your views on theimportance of doing small things before undertaking something big. You should

2、write atleast 120 words but no more than 180 words.注意：此部分試題請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡1上作答。Part Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end ofeach conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. B

3、oth theconversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be apause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), anddecide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1with a single line through the

4、centre.注意：此部分試題請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡1上作答。1. A. The girls got on well with each other.B. Its understandable that girls dont get along.C. She was angry with the other young stars.D. The girls lacked the courage to fight.2. A. The woman does her own housework.B. The woman needs a housekeeper.C. The womans house is in

5、a mess.D. The woman works as a housekeeper.3. A. The Edwards are quite well-off.B. The Edwards should cut down on their living expenses.C. Itll be unwise for the Edwards to buy another house.D. Its too expensive for the Edwards to live in their present house.4. A. The woman didnt expect it to be so

6、warm at noon.B. The woman is sensitive to weather changes.C. The weather forecast was unreliable.D. The weather turned cold all of a sudden.5. A. At a clinic.B. In a supermarket.C. At a restaurant.D. In an ice cream shop.6. A. The woman did not feel any danger growing up in the Bronx.B. The man thin

7、ks it was quite safe living in the Bronx district.C. The woman started working at an early age to support her family.D. The man doesnt think it safe to send an 8-year-old to buy things.7. A. The man has never seen the woman before.B. The two speakers work for the same company.C. The two speakers wor

8、k on the same floor.D. The woman is interested in market research.8. A. The woman cant tolerate any noise.B. The man is looking for an apartment.C. The man has missed his appointment.D. The woman is going to take a train trip.Questions 9 to ll are based on the conversation you have just heard.9. A.

9、To make a business report to the woman.B. To be interviewed for a job in the womans company.C. To resign from his position in the womans company.D. To exchange stock market information with the woman.10. A. He is head of a small trading company.B. He works in an international insurance company.C. He

10、 leads a team of brokers in a big company.D. He is a public relations officer in a small company.11. A. The woman thinks Mr. Saunders is asking for more than they can offer.B. Mr. Saunders will share one third of the womans responsibilities.C. Mr. Saanders believes that he deserves more paid vacatio

11、ns.D. The woman seems to be satisfied with Mr. Saunders past experience.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12. A. Shes worried about the seminar.B. The man keeps interrupting her.C. She finds it too hard.D. She lacks interest in it.13. A. The lecturers are boring.B.

12、 The course is poorly designed.C. She prefers Philosophy to English.D. She enjoys literature more.14. A. Karens friend.B. Karens parents.C. Karens lecturers.D. Karen herself.15. A. Changing her major.B. Spending less of her parents money.C. Getting transferred to the English Department.D. Leaving th

13、e university.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hearsome questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After youhear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C)an

14、d D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line throughthe centre.注意：此部分試題請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡1上作答.Passage OneQuestions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. A. Rent a grave.B. Burn the body.C. Bury the dead near a church.D. Buy a piece of land for a grave.17. A. T

15、o solve the problem of lack of land.B. To see whether they have decayed.C. To follow the Greek religious practice.D. To move them to a multi-storey graveyard.18. A. They should be buried lying down.B. They should be buried standing up.C. They should be buried after being washed.D. They should be bur

16、ied when partially decayed.19. A. Burning dead bodies to ashes.B. Storing dead bodies in a remote place.C. Placing dead bodies in a bone room.D. Digging up dead bodies after three years.Passage TwoQuestions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.20. A. Many foreign tourists visit the

17、United States every year.B. Americans enjoy eating out with their friends.C. The United States is a country of immigrants.D. Americans prefer foreign foods to their own food.21. A. They can make friends with people from other countries.B. They can get to know people of other cultures and their lifes

18、tyles.C. They can practice spealdng foreign languages there.D. They can meet with businessmen from all over the world.22. A. The couple cook the dishes and the children help them.B. The husband does the cooking and the wife serves as the waitress.C. The mother does the cooking while the father and c

19、hildren wait on the guests.D. A hired cook prepares the dishes and the family members serve the guests.Passage ThreeQuestions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.23. A. He took them to watch a basketball game.B. He trained them to play European football.C. He let them compete in ge

20、tting balls out of a basket.D. He taught them to play an exciting new game.24. A. The players found the basket too high to reach.B. The players had trouble getting the ball out of the basket.C. The players had difficulty understanding the complex rules.D. The players soon found the game boring.25. A

21、. By removing the bottom of the basket.B. By lowering the position of the basket.C. By simplifying the complex rules.D. By altering the size of the basket.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the firsttime, you should listen carefull

22、y for its general idea. When the passage is read for thesecond time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have justheard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what youhave written.注意：此部分試題請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡1上作答。For Americans, time is money. They say, Y

23、ou only get so much time in this life; youd better use it wisely. The future will not be better than the past or present, as Americans are (26) _to see things, unless people use their time for constructive activities. Thus, Americans(27) _a well-organized person, one who has a written list of things

24、 to do and a(28) _for doing them. The ideal person is punctual and (29) _other peo-ples time. They do not waste peoples time with conversation or other activity that has no(30) _, beneficial outcome.The American attitude toward time is not (31) _ shared by others, especially non-Eu-ropeans. They are

25、 more likely to (32) _ something that is simply there around them, notsomething they can use. One of the more difficult things many students must adjust to in the States isthe (33) _ that time must be saved whenever possible and used wisely every day.In this context the fast food industry can (34) _

26、 a clear example of an American cul-tural product. McDonalds, KFC, and other fast food establishments are successful in a country wheremany people want to spend the least amount of time preparing and eating meals. As McDonalds restau-rants spread around the world, they have been viewed as (35) _of A

27、merican society andculture, bringing not just hamburgers but an emphasis on speed, efficiency, and shiny cleanliness.Part HI Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word foreach blank from a list of ch

28、oices given in a word bank following the passage. Read thepassage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identifiedby a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with asingle line through the centre. You may not use any of the word

29、s in the bank more thanonce.Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage,Just when you had figured out how. to manage fat in your diet, researchers are now warning against another common mealtime pitfall (陷阱)-salt.A study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF),

30、 Stanford University andColumbia University shows that even a 36 decrease in daily salt intake (攝入) can lead to dramatichealth benefits. The authors 37 an annual drop of as many as 120,000 cases of heart disease,66,000 38 of stroke and 99,000 heart attacks 39 by high blood pressure after a 3-g-per-d

31、ayreduction in salt.The advantages, not surprisingly, were greater for African Americans, who are more likely to 40 highblood pressure than other ethnic groups, and for the elderly, since blood vessels stiffen with age, whichcan lead to higher blood pressure.Everyone in the U.S. is consuming salt fa

32、r in 41 of what is good for them, says lead authorDr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo of UCSF. What we are suggesting is that a population-wide effort to reducesalt intake, even 42, will have health benefits.The team conducted a computer-based analysis to determine the 43 of a 3-g-per-day reduction insalt i

33、ntake on rates of heart disease and death. They also calculated the cost savings emerging from theamount of disease that wonid be 44 because of lower blood pressure. The conclusion: by cutting saltintake nationwide, the U.S. could save $10 billion to $24 billion 45 in health care costs.注意：此部分試題請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡

34、2上作答。A. accidentsB. annuallyC. avoidedD. causedE. considerableF. developG. documentedH. dramaticallyI. excessJ. impactK. instancesL. modestM. revisedN. slightlyO. undertakeSection BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Eachstatement contains

35、 information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph fromwhich the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each para-graph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter onAnswer Sheet 2.Surviving the RecessionA. Americas r

36、ecession began quietly at the end of 2007. Since then it has evolved into a global crisis.Reasonable people may disagree about whom to blame. Financiers who were not as clever as theythought they were? Regulators falling asleep at work? Consumers who borrowed too much? Politicianswho thoughtlessly p

37、romoted home-ownership for those who could not afford it? All are guilty; andwhat a mess they have created.B. Since 2007 America has shed 5 million jobs. More than 15% of the workforce are jobless or underem-ployed-roughiy 25 million workers. The only industries swelling their payrolls are health ca

38、re, utilitiesand the federal government. The value of listed shares in American firms collapsed by 57% from itspeak in October 2007 to a low in March this year, though it has since bounced back somewhat. In-dustrial production fell by 12.8% in the year to March, the worst slide since the Second Worl

39、d War.Mark Zandi, an economist at Moodys E, predicts that the recession will shrink Americaseconomy by 3.5% in total. For most executives, this is the worst business environment theyve everseen.C. Times are so tough that even bosses are taking pay cuts. Median (中為數(shù)的) pay for chief executivesof S&P 5

40、00 companies fell 6.8% in 2008. The overthrown business giants of Wall Street took thebiggest knock, with average pay cuts of 38% and median bonuses of zero. But there was some painfor everyone: median pay for chief executives of non-fmancial firms in the S&P 500 fell by 2.7%.Nearly every business h

41、as a sad tale to tell. For example, Arne Sorenson, the president of Marriotthotels, likens the crisis to the downturn that hit his business after September llth,2001. When thetwin towers fell, Americans stopped travelling. Marriott had its worst quarter ever, with revenues perroom falling by 25%. Th

42、is year, without a terrorist attack, the hotel industry is putting the samenumbers on the board, says Mr Soreuson.D. The hotel bust (不景氣), like most busts, was preceded by a breathtaldng boom. Although many otherbig firm.s resisted the temptation to over-borrow, developers borrowed heavily and built

43、 bigger andfancier hotels as if the whole world were planning a holiday in Las Vegas. When the bubble burst,demand collapsed. Hotel owners found themselves with a huge number of empty rooms even as a lotof unnecessary new hotels were ready to open.E. Other industries have suffered even more. Large n

44、umbers of builders, property firms and retailershave gone bankrupt. And a disaster has hit Detroit. Last year the American car industry had the ca-pacity to make 17 million vehicles. Sales in 2009 could be barely haft of that. The Big Three Ameri-can carmakers-General Motors, Ford and Chrysler-accum

45、ulated ruinous costs over the post-waryears, such as gold-plated health plans and pensions for workers who retired as young as 48. Allthree are desperately restructuring. Only Ford may survive in its current form. Hard times breed hardfeelings. Few Americans understand what caused the recession. Som

46、e are seeking scapegoats (替罪羊).Politicians are happy to take advantage. Bosses have been summoned to Washington to be scoldedon live television. The president condemns their greed.Extravagance (奢侈 ) is outF. Businessfolk are bending over backwards to avoid seeming extravagant. Meetings at resorts ar

47、e sud-denly unacceptable. Goldman Sachs, an investment bank, cancelled a conference in Las Vegas at thelast minute and rebooked it in San Francisco, which cost more but sounded less fun. Anyway, thepain will eventually end. American business will regain its shine. Many firms will die, but the sur-vi

48、vors will emerge leaner and stronger than before. The financial sectors share of the economy willshrink, and stay shrunk for years to come. The importance of non-financial firms will accordinglyrise, along with their ability to attract the best talent. America will remain the best place on earth tod

49、o business, so long as Barack Obama and the Democrats in Congress resist the temptation to inter-fere too much, and so long as organised labour does not overplay its hand.G. The crisis will prove hugely disruptive (破壞性的), however. Bad management techniques will be ex-posed. Necessity will force the

50、swift adoption of more efficient ones. At the same time, technologicalinnovation (創(chuàng)新) will barely pause for breath, and two big political changes seem likely. Mr Obamasplan to curb carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (排放), though necessary, will be far from cost-free,whatever his sunny speeches on the su

51、bject might suggest. The shift to a loW-carbon economy willhelp some firms, hurt others and require every organisation that uses much energy to rethink how itoperates. It is harder to predict how Mr Obamas proposed reforms to the failing health-care systemwill turn out. If he succeeds in curbing cos

52、ts-a big if-it would be a huge gain for America. Somebusinesses will benefit but the vast bulk of the savings will be captured by workers, not their em-ployers.H. In the next couple of years the businesses that thrive will be those that are tight with costs, carefulof debt, cautious with cash flow a

53、nd extremely attentive to what customers want. They will includeplenty of names no one has yet heard of. Times change, and corporations change with them. In 1955Times Man of the Year was Harlow Curtice, the boss of GM. His firm was leading America towardsa new economic order, the magazine wrote. Tha

54、nks to men like Curtice, the bonds of scarcityhad been broken and America was rolling to an all-time high of prosperity. Soon, Americans wouldneed to spend comparatively little time earning a living.I. Half a century later GM is a typical example for poor management. In March its chief executive was

55、fired by Times current Man of the Year, Mr Obama. The government now backs up the domestic carindustry, lending it money and overseeing its turnaround plans. With luck, this will be short-lived. Butthere is a danger that Washington will end up micromanaging not only Detroit but also other parts ofth

56、e economy. And clever as Mr Obamas advisers are, history suggests they will be bad at this.注意：此部分試題請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡2上作答。46. Because Harlow Curtices firm was leading America in creating a new economic order, he wasnamed by Time magazine as Man of the Year in 1955.47. The Big Three American carmakers need restru

57、cturing to survive because they cannot cope with the ruinous costs accumulated over the post-war years.48. It is worried that the Obama administration will end up micromanaging Americas economy.49. Obamas plan to limit carbon dioxide emissions will by no means be inexpensive.50. At the worst time, the total value of listed shares in American firms shrank by 57%.51. In March, General Motors chief executive was fired by Mr Obama for poor management.52. Americans stopped travelling after the 9/11 terrorist attack, which hit the hotel industry hard.53. The savings from