明确的2016年6月大学英语四级第1套真题及答案

2016

年

6

月大学英 语四级真题（第

1

套）

Part I

Writing

(30 minutes)

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a letter to

express your thanks to

your parents or any family members upon making memorable achievement.

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 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 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.

1. A)The International Labor Organization's key objective.

B)The basic social protection for the most vulnerable.

C)Rising unemployment worldwide.

D)Global economic recovery.

2. A)Many countries have not taken measures to create enough jobs.

B)Few countries know how to address the current economic crisis.

C)Few countries have realized the seriousness of the current crisis.

D)Many countries need support to improve their people's livelihood.

Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.

3. A)Serve standardized food nationwide.

B)Put calorie information on the menu.

C)Increase protein content in the food.

D)Offer convenient food to customers.

4. A)They will be fined.

B)They will be closed.

C)They will get a warning.

D)They will lose customers.

Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.

5. A)Inability to implement their business plans.

B)Inability to keep turning out novel products.

C)Lack of a successful business model of their own.

D)Failure to integrate innovation into their business.

6. A)It is the secret to business success.

B)It is the creation of something new.

C)It is a magic tool to bring big rewards.

D)It is an essential part of business culture.

7. A)Its hardworking employees.

B)Its flexible promotion strategy.

C)Its innovation culture.

D)Its willingness to make investments.

Section B

Directions:

In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversations

you will hear four questions. Both the conversations and the question-s 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)He's got addicted to technology.

B)He is not very good at socializing.

C)He is crazy about text-messaging.

D)He does not talk long on the phone.

9. A)Talk big.

B)Talk at length.

C)Gossip a lot.

D)Forget herself.

10. A)He thought it was cool.

B)He needed the practice.

C)He wanted to stay connected with them.

D)He had an urgent message to send.

11. A)It poses a challenge to seniors.

B)It saves both time and money.

C)It is childish and unprofessional.

D)It is cool and convenient.

Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

12. A)He wants to change his job assignment.

B)He is unhappy with his department manager.

C)He thinks he deserves extra pay for overtime.

D)He is often singled out for criticism by his boss.

13. A)His workload was much too heavy.

B)His immediate boss did not trust him.

C)His colleagues often refused to cooperate.

D)His salary was too low for his responsibility.

14. A)He never knows how to refuse.

B)He is always ready to help others.

C)His boss has a lot of trust in him.

D)His boss has no sense of fairness.

15. A)Put all his complaints in writing.

B)Wait and see what happens next.

C)Learn to say no when necessary.

D)Talk to his boss in person first.

Section C

Directions:

In this section, you will hear three passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear

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)The importance of sleep to a healthy life.

B)Reasons for Americans' decline in sleep.

C)Some tips to improve the quality of sleep.

D)Diseases associated with lack of sleep.

17. A)They are more health-conscious.

B)They are changing their living habits.

C)They get less and less sleep.

D)They know the dangers of lack of sleep.

18. A)Their weight will go down.

B)Their mind function will deteriorate.

C)Their work efficiency will decrease.

D)Their blood pressure will rise.

Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.

19. A)How much you can afford to pay.

B)What course you are going to choose.

C)Which university you are going to apply to.

D)When you are going to submit your application.

20. A)The list of courses studied.

B)The full record of scores.

C)The references from teachers.

D)The personal statement.

21. A)Specify what they would like to do after graduation.

B)Describe in detail how much they would enjoy studying.

C)Indicate they have reflected and thought about the subject.

D)Emphasize that they admire the professors in the university.

Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.

22. A)It was equipped with rubber tyres.

B)It was built in the late 19th century.

C)It was purchased by the Royal family.

D)It was designed by an English engineer.

23. A)They consumed lots of petrol.

B)They took two passengers only.

C)They were difficult to drive.

D)They often broke down.

24. A)They were produced on the assembly line.

B)They were built with less costly materials.

C)They were modeled after British cars.

D)They were made for ordinary use.

25. A)It made news all over the world.

B)It was built for the Royal family.

C)It marked a new era in motor travel.

D)It attracted large numbers of motorists.

Part III

Reading Comprehension

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 Sheet 2

with a single line through

the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.

Physical activity does the body good, and there's growing evidence that it helps the brain too.

Researchers in the Netherlands report that children who get more exercise, whether at school or on

their

own,

26

to

have

higher

GPAs

and

better

scores

on

standardized

tests.

In

a

27

of 14 studies that looked at physical activity and academic

28

, investigators found that the

more children moved, the better their grades were in school,

29

in the basic subjects of math,

English and reading.

The data will certainly fuel the ongoing debate over whether physical education classes should

be

cut

as

schools

struggle

to

30

on

smaller

budgets.

The

arguments

against

physical

education

have

included

concerns

that

gym

time

may

be

taking

away

from

study

time.

With

standardized test scores in the U.S.

31

in recent years, some administrators believe students

need to spend more time in the classroom instead of on the playground. But as these findings show,

exercise

and

academics

may

not

be

32

exclusive.

Physical

activity

can

improve

blood

33

to the brain, fueling memory, attention and creativity, which are

34

to learning. And

exercise

releases

hormones

that

can

improve

35

and

relieve

stress,

which

can

also

help

learning.

So

while

it

may

seem

as

if

kids

are

just

exercising

their

bodies

when

they're

running

around, they may actually be exercising their brains as well.

A)attendance

E)dropping

I)mood

M)review

B)consequently

F)essential

J)mutually

N)survive

C)current

G)feasible

K)particularly

O)tend

D)depressing

H)flow

L)performance

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

.

Finding the Right Home

—

and Contentment, Too

[A] When your elderly relative needs to enter some sort of long-term care facility

—

a moment few

parents or children approach without fear

—

what you would like is to have everything made

clear.

[B] Does assisted living really mark a great improvement over a nursing home, or has the industry

simply hired better interior designers? Are nursing homes as bad as people fear, or is that an

out-moded

stereotype

< br>（固定看法

)

? Can doing one's

homework really steer families to the

best places? It is genuinely hard to know.

[C] I am about to make things more complicated by suggesting that what kind of facility an older

person

lives

in

may

matter

less

than

we

have

assumed.

And

that

the

characteristics

adult

children

look

for

when

they

begin

the

search

are

not

necessarily

the

things

that

make

a

difference to the people who are going to move in. I am not talking about the quality of care,

let me hastily add. Nobody flourishes in a gloomy environment with irresponsible staff and a

poor

safety

record.

But

an

accumulating

body

of

research

indicates

that

some

distinctions

between one type of elder care and another have little real bearing on how well residents do.

[D] The most recent of these studies, published in

The journal of Applied Gerontology

, surveyed

150

Connecticut

residents

of

assisted

living,

nursing

homes

and

smaller

residential

care

homes

（

known in some states as board and care homes or adult care homes). Researchers

from

the

University

of

Connecticut

Health

Center

asked

the

residents

a

large

number

of

questions about their quality of life, emotional well-being and social interaction, as well as

about the quality of the facilities.

[E] “We thought we would see

differences based on the housing types,” said the lead author of the

study,

Julie

Robison,

an

associate

professor

of

medicine

at

the

university.

A

reasonable

assumption

—

don't

families

struggle

to

avoid

nursing

homes

and

suffer

real

guilt

if

they

can't?

[F]

In the initial results, assisted living residents did paint the most positive picture. They were

less likely

to report symptoms of depression than those in the other facilities, for instance,

and less likely to be bored or lonely. They scored higher on social interaction.

[G] But when the researchers plugged in a number of other variables, such differences disappeared.

It is not the housing type, they found, that creates differences in residents'

responses. “It is

the characteristics of the specific environment they are in, combined with their own personal

characteristics

—how

healthy

they

feel

they

are,

their

age

and

marital

status,”

Dr.

Robison

explained. Whether residents felt involved in the decision to move and how long they had

lived there also proved significant.

[H]

An

elderly

person

who

describes

herself

as

in

poor

health,

therefore,

might

be

no

less

depressed

in

assisted

living

（

even

if

her

children

preferred

it)

than

in

a

nursing

home.

A

person who had input into where he would move and has had time to adapt to it might do as

well in a nursing home as in a small residential care home, other factors being equal. It is an

interaction between the person and the place, not the sort of place in itself, that leads to better

or

worse

experiences.

“You

can

't

just

say,

'Let's

put

this

person

in

a

residential

care

home

instead of a nursing home

—

she will be much better off,'

” Dr. Robison said. What matters,

she added, “is a combination of what people bring in with them, and what they find there.”

[I] Such findings, which run counter to common sense, have surfaced before. In a multi-state study

of assisted living, for instance, University of North Carolina researchers found that a host of

variables

—

the

facility's

type,

size

or

age

；

whether

a

chain

owned

it

；

how

attractive

the

neighborhood

was

—

had

no

significant

relationship

to

how

the

residents

fared

in

terms

of

illness, mental decline, hospitalizations or mortality. What mattered most was the residents'

physical

health

and

mental

status.

What

people

were

like

when

they

came

in

had

greater

consequence than what happened once they were there.

[J] As I was considering all this, a press release from a respected research firm crossed my desk,

announcing that the five- star rating system that Medicare developed in 2008 to help families

compare nursing home quality also has little relationship to how satisfied its residents or their

family

members are. As a matter of fact, consumers expressed higher satisfaction with the

one-star facilities, the lowest rated, than with the five-star ones.

（

More on this study and the

star ratings will appear in a subsequent post.)

[K] Before we collectively tear our hair out

—

how are we supposed to find our way in a landscape

this confusing?

—

here is a thought from Dr. Philip Sloane, a

geriatrician< /p>

（老年病学专家

)

at

the University of North Carolina:“In a way, that could be liberating for families.”

[L]

Of

course,

sons

and

daughters

want

to

visit

the

facilities,

talk

to

the

administrators

and

residents

and

other

families,

and

do

everything

possible

to

fulfill

their

duties.

But

perhaps

they don't have to turn themselves into private investigators or Congressional subcommittees.

“Families can look a bit more for where the residents are going to be happy,” Dr. Sloane said.

And involving the future resident in the process can be very important.

[M] We all have our own ideas about what would bring our parents happiness. They have their

ideas,

too.

A

friend

recently

took

her

mother

to

visit

an

expensive

assisted

living/nursing

home near my town. I have seen this place

—

it is elegant, inside and out. But nobody greeted

the

daughter

and

mother

when

they

arrived,

though

the

visit

had

been

planned

；

nobody

introduced

them

to

the

other

residents.

When

they

had

lunch

in

the

dining

room,

they

sat

alone at a table.

[N] The daughter feared her mother would be ignored there, and so she decided to move her into a

more welcoming facility. Based on what is emerging from some of this research, that might

have been as rational a way as any to reach a decision.

36.

Many people feel guilty when they cannot find a place other than a nursing home for their

parents.

it

helps

for

children

to

investigate

care

facilities,

involving

their

parents

in

the

decision- making process may prove very important.

is really difficult to tell if assisted living is better than a nursing home.

a resident feels depends on an interaction between themselves and the care facility they

live in.

author thinks her friend made a rational decision in choosing a more hospitable place over

an apparently elegant assisted living home.

system Medicare developed to rate nursing home quality is of little help to finding a

satisfactory place.

first the researchers of the most recent study found residents in assisted living facilities gave

higher scores on social interaction.

kind of care facility old people live in may be less important than we think.

findings of the latest research were similar to an earlier multi-state study of assisted living.

45.A resident's satisfaction with a care facility has much to do with whether they had participated

in the decision to move in and how long they had stayed there.

Section C

Directions:

There are 2 passages 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 Sheet 2

with a

single line through the centre.

Passage One

Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.

As Artificial Intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly sophisticated, there are growing

concerns that robots could become a threat. This danger can be avoided, according to computer

science professor Stuart Russell, if we figure out how to turn human values into a programmable

code.

Russell argues that as robots take on more complicated tasks, it's necessary to translate our

morals into AI language.

For example, if a robot does chores around the house, you wouldn't want it to put the pet cat

in the oven to make dinner for the hungry children. “You would want that ro

bot preloaded with a

good set of values,” said Russell.

Some robots are already programmed with basic human values. For example, mobile robots

have been programmed to keep a comfortable distance from humans. Obviously there are cultural

differences, but if you were talking to another person and they came up close in your personal

space, you wouldn't think that's the kind of thing a properly brought-up person would do.

It will be possible to create more sophisticated moral machines, if only we can find a way to

set out human values as clear rules.

Robots could also learn values from drawing patterns from large sets of data on human

behavior. They are dangerous only if programmers are careless.

The biggest concern with robots going against human values is that human beings fail to do

sufficient testing and they've produced a system that will break some kind of

taboo

（禁忌< /p>

)

.

One simple check would be to program a robot to check the correct course of action with a

human when presented with an unusual situation.

If the robot is unsure whether an animal is suitable for the microwave, it has the opportunity

to stop, send out

beeps

（嘟嘟声

)

, and ask for directions from a human. If we humans aren't quite

sure about a decision, we go and ask somebody else.

The most difficult step in programming values will be deciding exactly what we believe in

moral, and how to create a set of ethical rules. But if we come up with an answer, robots could be

good for humanity.

does the author say about the threat of robots?

A)It may constitute a challenge to computer programmers.

B)It accompanies all machinery involving high technology.

C)It can be avoided if human values are translated into their language.

D)It has become an inevitable peril as technology gets more sophisticated.

would we think of a person who invades our personal space according to the author?

A)They are aggressive.

B)They are outgoing.

C)They are ignorant.

D)They are ill-bred.

do robots learn human values?

A)By interacting with humans in everyday life situations.

B)By following the daily routines of civilized human beings.

C)By picking up patterns from massive data on human behavior.

D)By imitating the behavior of property brought-up human beings.

will a well- programmed robot do when facing an unusual situation?

A)Keep a distance from possible dangers.

B)Stop to seek advice from a human being.

C)Trigger its built-in alarm system at once.

D)Do sufficient testing before taking action.

is most difficult to do when we turn human values into a programmable code?

A)Determine what is moral and ethical.

B)Design some large-scale experiments.

C)Set rules for man-machine interaction.

D)Develop a more sophisticated program.

Passage Two

Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.

Why

do

some

people

live

to

be

older

than

others?

You

know

the

standard

explanations:

keeping a moderate diet, engaging in regular exercise, etc. But what effect does your personality

have on your

longevity

（长寿）

?Do some kinds of personalities lead to longer lives? A new study in

the

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

looked at this question by examining the personality

characteristics of 246 children of people who had lived to be at least 100.

The study shows that those living the longest are more outgoing, more active and less

neurotic

（神经质的

) than other people. Long-living women are also more likely to be sympathetic and

cooperative than women with a normal life span. These findings are in agreement with what you

would expect from the evolutionary theory: those who like to make friends and help others can

gather enough resources to make it through tough times.

Interestingly,

however,

other

characteristics

that

you

might

consider

advantageous

had

no

impact

on

whether

study

participants

were

likely

to

live

longer.

Those

who

were

more

self- disciplined, for instance, were no more likely to live to be very old. Also, being open to new

ideas had no relationship to long life, which might explain all those bad-tempered old people who

are fixed in their ways.

Whether

you

can

successfully

change

your

personality

as

an

adult

is

the

subject

of

a

longstanding

psychological

debate.

But

the

new

paper

suggests

that

if

you

want

long

life,

you

should strive to be as outgoing as possible.

Unfortunately,

another

recent

study

shows

that

your

mother's

personality

may

also

help

determine your longevity. That study looked at nearly 28,000 Norwegian mothers and found that

those

moms

who

were

more

anxious,

depressed

and

angry

were

more

likely

to

feed

their

kids

unhealthy diets. Patterns of childhood eating can be hard to break when we're adults, which may

mean that kids of depressed moms end up dying younger.

Personality isn't

destiny

（命运

), and everyone knows that individuals can learn to change. But

both studies show that long life isn't just a matter of your physical health but of your mental health.

51. The aim of the study in the

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

is____.

A)to see whether people's personality affects their life span

B)to find out if one's lifestyle has any effect on their health

C)to investigate the role of exercise in living a long life

D)to examine all the factors contributing to longevity

52. What does the author imply about outgoing and sympathetic people?

A)They have a good understanding of evolution.

B)They are better at negotiating an agreement.

C)They generally appear more resourceful.

D)They are more likely to get over hardship.

53. What finding of the study might prove somewhat out of our expectation?

A)Easy-going people can also live a relatively long life.

B)Personality characteristics that prove advantageous actually vary with times.

C)Such personality characteristics as self-discipline have no effect on longevity.

D)Readiness to accept new ideas helps one enjoy longevity.

54. What does the recent study of Norwegian mothers show?

A)Children's personality characteristics are invariably determined by their mothers.

B)People with unhealthy eating habits are likely to die sooner.

C)Mothers' influence on children may last longer than fathers'.

D)Mothers' negative personality characteristics may affect their children's life spans.

can we learn from the findings of the two new studies?

A)Anxiety and depression more often than not cut short one's life span.

B)Longevity results from a combination of mental and physical health.

C)Personality plays a decisive role in how healthy one is.

D)Health is in large part related to one's lifestyle.

Part IV

Translation

Directions:

For

this

part,

you

are

allowed

30 minutes

to

translate

a

passage

from Chinese

into

English. You should write your answer on

Answer Sheet 2

.

功夫（

Kong Fu)

是中国武术（

martial arts

）的俗称。中国武术的起源可以追溯到自卫的

需要，

狩猎活动 以及古代中国的军士训练。

它是中国传统体育运动的一种，

年轻 人和老年人

都练。

它已逐渐演变成了中国文化的独特元素。

作为中国的国宝，

武术有上百种不同的风格，

是世界上练得最多的武术形式。

有些风格模仿了动物的动作，

还有一些则受到了中国哲学思

想，神话和传说的启发。

答案速查

1. C

11.C

21. C

31. E

41. J

51. A

2. A

12. B

22. B

32. J

42. F

52. D

3. B

13. A

23. D

33. H

43. C

53. C

4. A

14. C

24. A

34. F

44.I

54. D

5. D

15. D

25. C

35.I

45. G

55. B

6. B

16. A

26.O

36. E

46. C

7.C

8.D

9. B

17. C

18. D

19. B

27. M

28. L

29. K

37. L

38. B

39. H

47. D

48. C

49. B

10. A

20. D

30. N

40. N

50. A

参考答案及解析

参考范文

Dear Jack,

I am writing to express my heartfelt gratitude for the continuous assistance you and your family

have offered to me these years. Firstly, your continuous help have made me a splendid academic

achievement in my study career. Secondly, your family are friendly and make me feel at home

when every time I visit you. Thirdly, the Chinese food you have brought me is delicious and I

enjoy it so much. At last, I miss the Christmas night with you forever. In a word, my appreciation

to you is beyond words. Besides, It is really an honor for me to be your friend and I will cherish

the goodwill you have showed to me wherever I go. In the coming year, I hope that you and your

family would come and visit America one day. Sincerely yours,

Li Ming

Listening Comprehension

Section A

(1 ) The International Labor Organization says the number of people without jobs is increasing. In

its latest update on global employment trends, the agency says projections of the number of

unemployed people this year range from 210 million to nearly 240 million people. The report

warns that 200 million poor workers are at risk of joining the ranks of people living on less than 2

dollars per day in the past three years. The director general of the International Labor Organization

Juan Somavia notes that some countries have taken measures to address the effects of the global

crisis.

(2) However, he points out that many countries have not done so. And based on past experiences,

it takes four to five years after economic recovery for unemployment to return to pre-crisis levels.

Mr. Somavia says the International Labor Organization is proposing a global jobs ' agreement to

deal with

unemployment. “Its key objective is to place the center of recovery efforts—

measures

that would generate high levels of employment and provide basic social protection for the most

vulnerable.

1. What is the news report mainly about?

[

参考答案

]C

[

解题技巧

]

选项

A

是国际劳工组织的主要目标，选项

B

是对弱势群体的社会保障，选项

C

是世界各地