梦幻想2018年6月大学英语四级考试真题(第一套)

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2018
年
6
月四级考试真题（第一套）

Part
Ⅰ



















Writing


















(30 minutes)
Directions:

For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on
the importance of
reading ability and how to develop it
. You should write at least 120 words but no more
than 180 words.

Part
Ⅱ


Section A








Listening Comprehension









(25 minutes)

I
n this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news report, you will
Directions:

hear two or three questions. Both the news report 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 l and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.
1. A) Annoyed.








B) Scared.









2.
A) It crawled over the woman’s hands.


B) It wound up on the steering wheel.


C) Confused.
D) Offended.
C) It was killed by the police on the spot.
D) It was covered with large scales.
Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.
3. A) A study of the fast-food service.
B) Fast food customer satisfaction.
C) McDonald’s new business strategies.

D) Competition in the fast- food industry.

4. A) Customers’ higher demands.



B) The inefficiency of employees.



C) Increased variety of products.
D) The rising number of customers.
Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.
5. A) International treaties regarding space travel programs.
B) Legal issues involved in commercial space exploration.
C) U.S. government’s approval of private space missions.

D) Competition among public and private space companies.

6. A) Deliver scientific equipment to the moon.
B) Approve a new mission to travel into outer space.
C) Work with federal agencies on space programs.
D) Launch a manned spacecraft to Mars.

7. A) It is significant.






C) It is unpredictable.
B) It is promising.






D) It is unprofitable.

Section B
I
n this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you
Directions:
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 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
8. A) Visiting her family in Thailand.



C) Swimming around a Thai island.
B) Showing friends around Phuket.



D) Lying in the sun on a Thai beach.

9. A) She visited a Thai orphanage.



C) She learned some Thai words.
B) She met a Thai girl’s parents.



D) She sunbathed on a Thai beach.

10. A) His class will start in a minute.


C) Someone is knocking at his door.
B) He has got an incoming phone call.


D) His phone is running out of power.

11. A) He is interested in Thai artworks.
B) He is going to open a souvenir shop.
C) He collects things from different countries.
D) He wants to know more about Thai culture.

Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
12. A) Buying some fitness equipment for the new gym.
B) Opening a gym and becoming personal trainers.
C) Signing up for a weight-loss course.
D) Trying out a new gym in town.

13. A) Professional personal training.


C) A discount for a half-year membership.
B) Free exercise for the first week.


D) Additional benefits for young couples.

14. A) The safety of weight-lifting.



C) The renewal of his membership.
B) The high membership fee.



D) The operation of fitness equipment.

15. A) She wants her invitation renewed.
B) She used to do 200 sit-ups every day.
C) She knows the basics of weight-lifting.
D)
She used to be the gym’s personal trainer.


Section C
I
n this section, you will
hear three passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear
Directions:
three or four 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
Sheet
1

with
a
single
line
through the centre.

Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
16. A) They tend to be nervous during interviews.
B) They often apply for a number of positions.
C) They worry about the results of their applications.
D) They search extensively for employers’ information.


17. A) Get better organized.





C) Find better-paid jobs.
B) Edit their references.





D) Analyze the searching process.

18. A) Provide their data in detail.



C) Make use of better search engines.
B) Personalize each application.



D) Apply for more promising positions.

Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.
19. A) If kids did not like school, real learning would not take place.
B) If not forced to go to school, kids would be out in the streets.
C) If schools stayed the way they are, parents were sure to protest.
D) If teaching failed to improve, kids would stay away from school.

20. A) Allow them to play interesting games in class.
B) Try to stir up their interest in lab experiments.
C) Let them stay home and learn from their parents.
D) Design activities they now enjoy doing on holidays.

21. A) Allow kids to learn at their own pace.
B) Encourage kids to learn from each other.
C) Organize kids into various interest groups.
D) Take kids out of school to learn at first hand.

Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
22. A) It is especially popular in Florida and Alaska.
B) It is a major social activity among the young.
C) It is seen almost anywhere and on any occasion.
D) It is even more expressive than the written word.

23. A) It is located in a big city in Iowa.

B) It is really marvelous to look at.


24. A) Their state of mind improved.


B) They became better dancers.



25. A) It is fun.







B) It is life.














C) It offers free dance classes to seniors.
D) It offers people a chance to socialize.
C) They enjoyed better health.
D) Their relationship strengthened.
C) It is exhausting.
D) It is rhythmical.
Part
Ⅲ


Section A











Reading Comprehension










(40 minutes)

I
n this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for
Directions:
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 Sheet
2

with
a
single line
through
the
centre.
You
may
not
use
any
of
the
words
in
the
bank
more than once.
Since the 1940s, southern California has had a reputation for smog. Things are not as bad as they
once were but, according to the American Lung Association, Los Angeles is still the worst city in the
United States for levels of


26

. Gazing down on the city from the Getty Center, an art museum in
the Santa Monica Mountains, one would find the view of the Pacific Ocean blurred by the
haze
(
霾
).
Nor is the state’s bad air


27


to its south. Fresno, in the central valley, comes top of the list in
America for year-
round pollution. Residents’ hearts and lungs are affected as a


28

.
All
of
which,
combined
with
California’s
reputation
as
the
home
of
technological


29

,
makes the place ideal
for developing and testing
systems
designed to
monitor pollution in


30

.
And that is just what Aclima, a new firm in San Francisco, has been doing over the past few months. It
has
been
trying
out
monitoring
stations
that
are


31


to
yield
minute- to-minute
maps
of


32


air pollution. Such stations
will also be able
to
keep an eye on what
is
happening inside buildings,
including offices.
To this end, Aclima has been


33


with Google’s Street View system. Davida Herzl, Aclima’s
boss, says they have revealed pollution highs on days when San Francisco’s transit workers went on
strike
and
the
city’s


34


were
forced
to
use
their
cars.
Conversely,
“cycle
to
work”
days
have
done their job by


35


pollution lows.

A) assisted


B) collaborating

C) consequence

D) consumers


E) creating


F) detail



G) domestic


H) frequently














I) inhabitants
J) innovation
K) intended
L) outdoor
M) pollutants
N) restricted
O) sum

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 Sheet 2
.


As Tourists Crowd Out Locals, Venice Faces ‘Endangered’ List

A) On a recent fall morning, a large
crowd blocked the steps at one of Venice’s main tourist sites, the
Rialto Bridge. The Rialto Bridge is one of the four bridges spanning the Grand Canal. It is the
oldest bridge across the canal, and was the dividing line between the districts of San Marco and
San Polo. But on this day, there was a twist: it was tilled with Venetians, not tourists.

B)
“People
are
cheering
and
holding
their
carts
in
the
air,”
says
Giovanni
Giorgio,
who
helped
organize the march with a grass-roots organization called Generazi
one ’90. The carts he refers to
are small shopping carts
—the symbol of a true Venetian. “It started as a joke,” he says with a laugh.
“The idea was to put blades on the wheels! You know? Like Ben Hur. Precisely like that, you just
go around and run people
down.”


C) Venice is one of the hottest tourist destinations in the world. But that’s a problem. Up to 90,000
tourists crowd its streets and canals every day
—
far outnumbering the 55,000 permanent residents.
The tourist increase is one key reason the city’s
population is down from 175,000 in the 1950s. The
outnumbered Venetians have been steadily fleeing. And those who stick around are tired of living
in
a
place
where
they
can’t
even
get
to
the
market
without
swimming
through
a
sea
of
picture-snapping tourists. Imagine, navigating through 50,000 people while on the way to school or
to work.

D) Laura Chigi, a grandmother at the march, says the local and national governments have failed to do
anything
about
the
crowds
for
decades,
because
they’re
only
interest
ed
in
tourism
—
the
primary
industry
in
Venice,
worth
more
than
$$3
billion
in
2015.
“Venice
is
a
cash
cow,”
she
says,
“and
everyone wants a piece.”


E) Just beyond St. Mark’s Square, a cruise ship passes, one of hundreds every year that appear over
their
medieval
(
中世纪的
) surroundings. Their massive wake creates waves at the bottom of the
sea,
weakening
the
foundations
of
the
centuries-
old
buildings
themselves.
“Every
time
I
see
a
cruise ship, I feel sad,” Chigi says. “You see the mud it drags; the destruction
it leaves in its wake?
That
hurts
the
ancient
wooden
poles
holding
up
the
city
underwater.
One
day
we’ll
see
Venice
break down.”


F) For a time, UNESCO, the cultural wing of the United Nations, seemed to agree. Two years ago, it
put
Italy
on
notice,
saying
the
government
was
not
protecting
Venice.
UNESCO
considers
the
entire city a World Heritage Site, a great honor that means Venice, at the cultural level, belongs to
all of the world’s people. I
n
2014, UNESCO gave Italy two years to manage Venice’s flouris
hing
tourism or the city would be placed on another list
—
World Heritage In Danger, joining such sites
as Aleppo and Palmyra, destroyed by the war in Syria.

G) Venice’s deadline passed with barely a
murmur
(
嘟哝
) this summer, just as UNESCO was meeting
in Is
tanbul. Only one representative, Jad Tabet from Lebanon, tried to raise the issue. “For several