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2015
年
6
月大学英
语四级考试真题
(
第
2
套
)
Part IWriting(30
minutes)
Directions
：
for
this part
，
you are allowed 30
minutes to write an essay based on
the
picture below
．
You
should
start
your
essay
with
a
brief
description
of
the
picture
and
then
comment
on
this kind of modern life
．
You
should write at least l20 words but no more than
l80words
Part
lI Listening Comprehension(30 minutes)
Section A
Directions
：
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
．
Both theconversation
and the questions will be spoken only
once
．
After
each
question
there
will
bea
pause
．
During
the
pause
，
you
must
read
thefour
choices
marked
A.
，
B)
，
C)
and
D)
．
and
decide
which
is
the
best
answer
．
Then
mark
the
corresponding letter on Answer
Sheet l with a single line through the
centre
．
1
．
is pleased to
sit on the committee
．
iS willing to offer the woman a
hand
．
will tell
the woman his decision
later
．
would
like to become a club
member
．
2
．
planned trip
to Vancouver is obviously
overpriced
．
should borrow a guide book instead of buying
one
．
guide books
in the library have the latest
information
．
library Can help order guide books about
Vancouver
．
3
．
regrets having
taken the history course
．
finds little interest in the history
books
．
has
trouble finishing his reading
assignments
．
has
difficulty writing the weekly book
report
．
4
．
man had better
choose another restaurant
．
new restaurant is a perfect place for
dating
．
new
restaurant caught her fancy
immediately
．
man
has good taste in choosing the
restaurant
．
5
．
has been
looking forward to spring
．
has been waiting for the winter
sale
．
will
clean the woman
，
s boots for
spring
．
will
help the woman put things
away
．
6
． a tailor’s．
Bob’s home．
a
clothes store
．
a
theatre
．
7
．
guests favor
Tibetan drinks
．
water is quite
extraordinary
．
l
water is good for health
．
water will serve the
purpose
．
8
．
the result of
a discussion
．
some environmental issues
．
an important
document
．
an
environmental report
．
Questions 9 t0 12 are based on the
conversation you have just
heard
．
9
．
pollute the
soil used to cover them
．
are harmful to nearby
neighborhoods
．
rubbish in them takes long to
dissolve
．
gas
they emit is extremely
poisonous
．
10
．
g
population
．
ing
materials
．
d
eating habits
．
production cost
．
11
．
saving
energy
．
using
less aluminum
．
reducing poisonous wastes
．
making the most of
materials
．
12
．
are running
out of natural resources
soon
．
combined
efforts can make a
difference
．
waste problem will eventually hurt all of
us
．
of us can
actually benefit from
recyclin9
．
Questions l3 to 15 are based on the
conversation you have just
heard
．
13
< br>．
．
ver
．
gham
．
．
14
．
get
information on one
—
way
tickets to Canada
．
inquire about the price
of“Super Saver”seats．
get
advice on how to fly as cheaply as
possible
．
inquire about the shortest route to drive
home
．
15
．
a tourist
group
．
a major
airline
．
trips
in public holidays
．
tickets as early as
possible
．
Section
B
Directions
：／
n
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)
，
D)
．
Then
mark
the
corresponding
letter
on
Answer
Sheet l
with a single linethrough the
centre
．
Passage
One
Questions l6 t0 18 are based on the
passage you have just heard
．
16
．
are
mysterious stories behind his
works
．
are many
misunderstandings about him
．
works have no match
worldwide
．
personal history is little
known
．
17
．
moved to Stra
tford
—
on
—
< br>Avon in his childhood
．
failed to go beyond grammar
sch001
．
was a
member of the town council
．
once worked in a
well
—
known acting
company
．
18
．
s of his time
had no means to protect their
works
．
le sources
of clues about him were lost in a
fire
．
works were
adapted beyond recognition
．
of his time had little interest in
him
．
Passage Two
Questions l9 to 21 are based on the
passage you have just heard
19
．
shows you
have been ignoring your health
B. It
can seriously affect your thinking process
is an early warning of some
illness
．
is a
symptom of too much
pressure
．
20
．
our
workload
．
l our
temper
．
painkillers for relief
masking
syruptoms_
21
．
A.
Lying down and having some
sleep
．
g and
pressing one’s back．
out
for a walk
ing to light music
Passage Three
Questions 22
t0 25 are based on the passage you have just heard
22
．
ing heavily on
loans
．
no
budget plans at all
．
ng beyond one's means
g no
room for large bills
23
．
of them can
be cut
．
B. All
of them have to be covered
．
payment cannot be delayed
eat up most of the familyincome
24
．
a house
instead of buying one
．
B. Discuss the problem in the
family
．
a
conservation plan
to a cheaper Place
25
．
ial issues
plaguing a family
．
ulty in making both ends
meet
．
budget
problems and solutions
ways to boost
familyincome
Section C
Directions
：
In
this
section
，
you
will
hear
a
passage
three
times
．
When
the
passage
is
read
for
the
firsttime,you
should
listen
carefully
for
its
general
idea
．
When
the
passage
Its
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
．
Perhaps
because
going
to
college
is
so
much
a
part
of
the
American
dream
，
many
people
go
for
no26
reason
．
Some
go
because
their
parents
expect
it
，
others
because
it's
what
their
friends
，
there
，
s
the
belief
that
a
college
degree
will27
ensure a good job
and high pay.
Some
students
28
through
four
years
，
attending
classes
，
or
skipping(
逃课
)them
as
the
case
may
be
，reading
only
what
can’t
be
avoided，
looking
for
less
29courses
，
and
never
being
toucnedor
changed
in
any
important
way
．
For
a
few
of
these
people
，
college
provides no 30
，
yet
．
Becauseof parental or peer
pressure
，
they cannot
voluntarily
leave
．
They
stop
trying
in
the
hope
that
theirtea
。
chers
will
nmke
the
decision for them by 31
them
．
To put it
bluntly (
直截了当地
)
，<
/p>
unless
you’re willing to make
your college years
count
，
Y0u
mightbe32 doing
something
else
．
Not everyone should
attend college
，
nor should
everyone who
doe
．
Sattendbegin right after
high school
．
Many college
students 33 taking a year or so 0ff.A
year out mthe world helps some people to 34
their priorities and
goals
．If you’re really going to get
somethingout of going
to
college
，
you have to make it
mean something
，
and to do
that you must have some
ideawhy you're
there
，
what you hope to get
out of it
，
and35 even what
you hope to
become.
Part
HIReading Comprehension(40 minutes)
Section A
Directions
：／
n
this
section
，
there
is
a
passage
with
ten
blanks
．
You
are
required
to
select
one
word
foreach
blank
from
a
list
of
choices
given
ina
word
bank
following
the passage. Read
thepassage through carefully before making your
choices
．
Each
choice
in
the
bank
isidentified
by
a
letter
．
Please
mark
the
corresponding
letterfor
each item on Answer Sheet2 with a
single line through the
centre
．
You may not use
any of the words in the bankmore than
once
．
Questions
36 t0 45 are based on the following
passage
．
It’s
our
guilty
pleasure：
Watching
TV
is
the
most
comtion
everyday
activity
，
after
work
and
sleep
，
in
many
parts
of
the
world
．
Americans
viewfive
hours
of
TV
each
day
，
and
while
we
know
thatspending
so
much
time
sitting36
can
lead
to
obesity(
肥胖症
)and
other
diseases
，
researchershave now
quantified
just how 37 being a couch
potato
can
be
．
In
an
analysis
of
data
from
eight
large 38
published
studies
，
a
Harvard
—
led
group
reported inthe that
for every two hours per day spent channel 39
，
the risk of
developing Type 2 diabetesJournal of
the
American Medical
Association(
糖尿病
)rose
20
％
over
8
．
5
years
，
the risk of
heartdisease increased
l5
％
over a 40
，
and the
odds
of
dying
prematurely
41
13
％
during
a
seven
—
year
follow
—
up
．
All
of
these
42
are linked to a lack
ofphysical exercise
．
But
compared with othersedentary(
久坐
< br>的
)activities
，
l
ike knitting
，
viewing TV may
be especially 43 at
promotingunhealthy
habits
．
For
one
，
the sheer number of
hours we pass watching TV
dwarfs the
time we spendon anything
else
．
And other studies have
found that
watchingads for beer and
popcorn may make youmore likely to 44
them
．
Even
so
．the
authors
admit
that
they
didn’t
compare
different
sedentary
activities
to
45whether
TV
watching
was
linked
to
a
greater
risk
ofdiabetes
，
heart
disease
or
early
death comparedwith
，
say
，
reading
．
d
e
ine
ive
l
es
ely
usly
ed
g
als
ng
Section B
Directions
：／
n
this section
，
you are going
to read a passage with ten statements
attached to atement contains
information given in one of the
paragra
phs
．
Identify the
paragraphfrom which the information is
derived
．
You may
choose a paragraph more than
once
．
Each paragraph ismarked
with a letter
．
Answer
the questions by marking
thecorresponding letter on Answer Sheet
2
．
Essay
．
Grading
Software Offers Professors a Break
e
taking
a
college
exam
，
and
，
instead
of
handing
in
a
blue
book
and
getting
a
grade
from
aprofessor
a
few
weeks
later
，clicking
the“send”button
when
you
are
done
and
receiving
a
grade
back
instantly
，
your
essay
scored
by
a
software
program
．
And
then
，
instead
of
being
done
with
that
exam
，
imagine
that
the
system
would
immediately
let you rewrite the test to try to
improve your grade
．
，
the
nonprofit
enterprise
founded
by
Harvard
and
the
Massachusetts
Institute
of
Technology(MIT)to
offer
courses
on
the
Internet
，
has
just
introduced
such
a
system
and will make
itsautomated(
自动的
)software
available free on the Web to any
institution
that
wants
to
use
it
．
Thesoftware
uses
artificial
intelligence
to
grade
student essays and
short written
answers
，
freeingprofessors
for other tasks
．
new
service
will
bring
the
educational
consortium(
联盟
)into
a
growing
conflict
over the roleof automation in
education
．
Although automated
grading systems for
multiple
—
choice
and true
—
falsetests are now
widespread
，
the use of
artificial
intelligence technology to
grade essay answers has not yet received
widespread
acceptance by educators and
has many critics.
Agarwal
，
an
electrical
engineer
who
is
president
of
EDX
，
predicted
that
the
instant<
/p>
—
gradingsoftware would be a
useful teaching toolenabling students to take
tests and write essays over and over
and improve the quality of their
answers
．
He
said
the technology would offer distinctadvantages over
the traditional classroom
system
，
where
students
often
wait
days
or
weeks
lorgrades
．“There
is
a
huge
value
in
learning
with
instant
feed
back
，
”Dr．
Agarwal
said
．
“Students
a
retelling
us
they
learn much better with
instant feedback
．”
skeptics(
怀疑者
)say
the automated system is no match for live
teachers
．
One
longtime critic
，
Les Perelman
，
has drawn
national attention several times for
putting together nonsense essays that
have fooled software grading programs into
giving high
marks
．
He has also been
highly critical ofstudies claiming that the
software compares well to human
graders
．
is
among a group of educators who last month began
circulating a petition(
呼
吁
)opposingautomated assessment
software
．
The
group
．
which calls itself
Professionals
Against
MachineScoring
of
Student
Essays
in
High
—
Stakes
Assessment
，
has
collected
nearly
2
，
000
signatures
，
including
some
from
famous
people
like
Noanl
Chomsky
．
G
．“Let’s
face
the
realities
of
automatic
essay
scorin9
，”the
group’s
statement
reads in part.
“Computers
cannot‘read．’They cannot measure the essentials of
effective
written communicat
ion
：
accuracy
．
reasonin9
，
adequacy of
evidence
，
good
sen
se
，
ethical(
伦理的
)position
，
convincing
argument
，
meaningful
organization
，
and
clarity
，
among
others
．”
H)But
EdX
expects
its
software
to
be
adopted
widely
by
schools
and
universities
．
It
offers free online classes from
Harvard
．
MIT and the
Universityof
California
—
Berkeley
；
this
fall
，
it will add classes
from Wellesley
．
Georgetown
and
the
University
of
Texas
．
In
all
，
12
universities
participate
in
EDX
，
which
offers
certificates
for
course
completion
and
has
said
that
it
plans
to
continue
to
expand
nextyear
，<
/p>
including adding international
schools
．
EDX
assessment tool requires human
teachers
，
or
graders
，
to first grade l00
essays or
essayquestions
．
The system
then uses a variety of
machine
—
learning
techniques to train itself to be able
to grade any number of essays or answers
automatically and almost
instantly
．
The software will
assign a grade depending on
the scoring
system created by the
teacher
，
whether it is a
letter grade or
numerical(
数
字的
)rank
．
J . EDX is not the first to use the
automated assessment
technology
，
which dates
to
early
computers
inthe
l960s
．
There
is
now
a
range
of
companies
offering
commercial
programs
to
grade
written
testanswers
，
and
four
states--
Louisiana
，
North
Dakota
，
Utah and
West Virginia--are using some form
of
the
technology
in
secondary
schools
．
A
fifth
，
Indiana
，
has
experimented
with
it
．
In
some casesthe
software is
used as a“second reader．”to check the reliability
of
the human
graders
．
the
growing
influence
of
the
EDx
consortium
to
set
standards
is
likely
to
give
the technology
aboost
．
On
Tuesday
，
Stanford announced
that it would work with EDX
to
develop
a
joint
educationalsystem
that
will
make
use
of
the
automated
assessment
technology
．
start
．
ups
．
Coursera
and
Udacity
，
recently
founded
by
Stanford
faculty
members
to
create“massive
open
online
courses，”0r
MOOCs，
are
also
committed
to
automated
assessment
systemsbecause
of
the
value
of
instant
feedback
．‘‘It
allows
students
to get immediate feedback on their
work
．
so that
learning turns into a
game
，
with students naturally
gravitating(
吸
引
)to
wardresubmitting the work until they get it
right
，
”
said
Daphne Koller
，
a
computer scientist and afounder of
Coursera
．
M
．
Last
year
the
Hewlett
Foundation
，
a
grant
—
malting
organization
set
up
by
one
of the HewlettPackard founders and his
wife
．
sponsored
two$$100
，
000 prizes aimed
at improving software thatgrades essays
and short answers
．
More than
l50 teams
entered each
category
．
A winner of one
ofthe Hewlett contests
．
Vik
Paruchuri
，
was
hired by E(Ⅸto help design its
assessment software．
N
．“One
of
our
focuses
is
to
help
Mds
learn
how
to
think
critically，”said
Victor
Vuchic
，
a
programofficer
at
the
Hewlett
Foundation
．“It’s
probably
impossible
to
do
that
with
multiple
—
choice
testsThe
challenge
is
that
this
requires
human
graders
，
and so
they cost a lot more and they take a lotmore
time
．
“
O
．
Mark
D
．
Shermis
，
a
professor
at
the
University
of
Akron
in
Ohi0
．
supervised
the
HewlettFoundation’s
contest
on
automated
essay
scoring
and
wrote
a
paper
about
the
experiment
．
In
his
view
，
the
technology--though
imperfect
--has
a
place
in
educational
settings
．
P
．
With
increasingly large
classes
，
it is impossible for
most teachers to give
students
meaningfulfeedback
on
writing
assignments
，
he
said
．
Plus
，
he
noted
，
critics
of the technology have tended tocome
from the nation’s best
universities，
where
the level
of teaching is much better than at
nlostschools
．
Q)“Often they come from very famous
institutions where，
in
fact
，
they do a much
better
．
job
ofproviding
feedback
than
a
machine
ever
could
，
”Dr．
Shermis
said
．
“There
seems
to
be
a
lack
of
appreciation
of
what
is
actually
going
on
in
the
real
world
．”
46
．
Some
professionals in education are collecting
signatures to voice their
opposition to
antomatedessay grading
．
47
．Using software to grade
students’essays saves teachers time for other
work．
48
．
The Hewlett
contests aim at improving essay grading
software
．
49
．
Though the
automated grading system is widely used in
multiple
—
choice
tests
．
automated
essaygrading is still criticized by many
educators
．
50
．Some people don’t believe
the software grading system can do as good a job
as
human graders
．
51
．
Critics of
automated essay scoring do not seem to know the
true realities in
less
famousuniversities
．
52
．
Critics
argue
many
important
aspects
of
effective
writing
cannot
be
measured
by computer
ratingprograms
．
53
．
As
class
size
grows
，
most
teachers
are
unable
to
give
students
valuable
comments
aS to how toimprove
their writin9
．
54
．
The
automated
assessment
technology
is
sometimes
used
to
double
check
the
work
of
humangraders
．
55
．
Students find
instant feedback helps improve their learning
considerably
．
Section C
Directions
：
There
are
2
passages
in
this
section
．
Each
passage
is
followed
by
some
questions orunfinished
statements
．
For each of them
thereare four choices marked
A.
< br>，
B)
，
C)
should
decide
on
the
best
choice
and
mark
the
corresponding
letter
on
Answe
，
．
Sheet 2 with a single line through the
centre
．
Passage
One
Questions 56 t0 60 are based on the
following passage
．
The endless debate about“work—life
balance”often contains a hopeful footnote
about stayat home dads
．If
American society and business won’t make it easier
on
future female leaders who chooseto
have children
，
there is still
the ray of hope
that increasing numbers
of full
—
time fathers
will
．Butbased on today’s
socioeconomic
trends
，
this hope is
，
unfortunately
，
misguided
．
It’s
true
that
the
number
of
men
who
have
left
wo
rk
to
do
their
thing
as
full
—
time
parents hasdoubled in a
decade
，but it’s still very
small：
only
0
．
8
％
of
married
couples
where
the
stay
—
< br>at
—
hornefather
was
out
of
the
labor
force
for
a
year
．
Even
that percentage is likely inflated by
men thrust intotheir caretaker role by a
downsizing
．
This
is simply not a large enough group to reduce the s
ocialstigma(
污
名
)an
d force otheradjustments necessary to supporting
men in this decision
．
even
if onlywork more than their
family
．
Even
shorter
times
away
from
work
for
working
fathers
are
already
difficult
．
A
study
found
that85
％
of
new
fathers
take
some
time
off
after
the
birth
of
a
child
—
but
for
all
but
a
few
．it’s
a
week
ortwo
at
most．
Meanwhile
，
the
average
for
women
who
take
leave is more than lo
weeks
．
Such
choices impact who moves up in the
organization
．While you’re
away，
someone
else
is
doingyour
work
，
making
your
sales
，
taking
care
of
your
customers
．
That
can’t
help you at
work
．
It can onlyhurt you
．
Women
，
of
course
，
face the same issues
of
returning
after
a
long
absence
．
But
with
manymore
women
than
men
choosing
to
leave
the
workforce
entirely
to
raise
families
，
returnin
g
from
anextended
parental
leave
doesn’t raise as many eyebrows as it
does for men．
Women
would
make
more
if
they
didn’t
break
their
earning
trajectory(轨迹
)by
leaving
theworkforce
，
or
if higher-paying professions were more
familyfriendly
．
In the
foreseeable
future
，
Stay
athome
fathers
may
make
all
the
difference
for
individual
families
．but their presence
won’t reduce thenumbers of highpotential women who
are forced to choose between family and
career
．
56
．
What gives
women a ray of hope to achieve work life balance?
men taking an extended parental
leave
．
’s
changing attitudes towards family．
women entering business
management
．
improvement of their socioeconomic
status
．
57
．
Why does the
author say the hope for more
full
—
time fathers is
misguided?
are better at taking care
of children
．
men
value work more than their
family
．
number
is too small to make a
difference
．
many
men have the chance to stay at
home
．
58
．
Why do few men
take a long parental leave?
A.A long
leave will have a negative impact on their
career
．
just
have too many responsibilities to fulfill at
work
．
economic
loss will be too much for their family to
bear
．
are likely
to get fired if absent from work for too
lon9
．
59
．
What
is
the
most
likely
reaction
to
men
returning
from
an
extended
parental
leave?
sy
．
se
tion
hy
．
60
．
What does the
author say about high-potential women in the
not
—
too-distant
future?
will benefit from
the trend of more fathers staying at
home
．
will find
high
—
paying professions a
bit more family
—
friendly
．
are unlikely to
break their career trajectory to raise a
family
．
will
still face the difficult choice between career and
children
．
Passage
Two
Questions 61 tO 65 are based on the
following passage
．
Some
of
the
world’s
most
significant
problems
never
hit
headlines．
One
example
comes
fro
magriculture
．
Food
riots
and
hunger
make
news
．
But
the
trend
lying
behind
these
matters is rarely
talkedabout
．
This is the
decline in the growth in yields of some
of the world’s major crops．
A
new study bythe University of Minnesota and McGill
University in Montreal looks at
where
．
and how
far
．
this declineis
occurring
．
The
authors take a vast number of data points for the
four most important crops
：
ri
ce
，
wheat
，
< br>cornand
soyabeans(
大豆
)
．
They
find
that
on
between
24
％
and
39
％
of
all
harvested
are
as
，
theimprovement
in
yields
that
took
place
before
the
l980s
slowed
down in the l990s and
2000s
．
There are two worrying
features of the slowdown
．
One
is
that
it
has
been
particularly
sharp
in
theworld’s
most
populous(
人
口
多
的
)coun
tries
，
India
and
China
．
Their
ability
to
feed
themselves
hasbeen
an
important
source
of
relative
stability
both
within
the
countries
and
on
world
food
markets
．
That self-sufficiency cannot be taken
for granted if yields continue to slow down
or reverse
．
Second
，
yield growth has been lower
in wheat and
rice
than
in coll
and
soyabeans
．
This
isproblematic
because
wheat
and
rice
are
more
important
as
foods
，
accounting
for around half ofallcalories
consumed
．
Corn and soyabeans
are more
important
as
feed
grains
．The
authors
note
that“wehave
preferentially
focused
our
crop
improvement
efforts
on
feeding
animals
and
cars
rather
than
oncrops
that
feed
people and are the basis of food
security in much of the
world
．”
The
report
qualifies
the
more
optimistic
findings
of
another
new
paper
which
suggests
that theworld will
not have to dig up a lot more land for farming in
order to feed
9
billion
people
in
2050
，
as
theFood
and
Agriculture
Organisation
has
argued
．
Instead
，
it
says
，
thanks to slowing
populationgrowth
，
land
currently ploughed up for crops
mightbe
able
to
revert(
回返
)to
forest
or
wilderness
．
This
could
happen
．
The
trouble
is
that
the
forecastassumes
continued
improvements
in
yields
which
may
not
actually
happen
61
．
What does the
author try to draw attention to?
riots
and hunger in the world
．
headlines in the leading
media
．
decline
of the grain yield growth
．
food supply in populous
countries
．
62
．
Why does the
author mention India and China in particular?
self-sufficiency is vital to the
stability of world food
markets
．
food
yields have begun to decrease sharply in recent
years
．
big
populations are causing worldwide
concerns
．
D 1
Their food self-sufficiency has been taken for
granted
．
63
．
What
does
the
new
study
by
the
two
universities
say
about
recent
crop
improvement
efforts?
A. They fail to
produce the same remarkable results as before the
l980s
．
contribute a lot to the improvement of human food
production
．
play
a major role in guaranteeing the food security of
the world
．
focus
more on the increase of animal feed than human
food grains
．
64
．
What
does
the
Food
and
Agriculture
Organisation
say
about
world
food
production
in the
comingdecades?
growing
population
will
greatly
increase
the
pressure
on
world
food
supplies
．
optimistic prediction about food
production should be viewed with
caution
．
C. The
slowdown of the growth in yields of major food
crops will be
．
world will be able to feed its population without
increasing farmland
．
65
．
How
does
the
author
view
the
argument
of
the
Food
and
Agriculture
Organisation?
is built on
the findings of a new study
．
is based on a doubtful
assumption
．
is
backed by strong evidence
．
D. It is open to further
discussion
．
Part
IV Translation(30 minutes)
Directions
：
For
this part
，
you are allowed 30
minutes to translate a passage from
Chinese
intoEnglish
．
You should write
your answer on Answer Sheet
2
．
据报道，今年中国快递服务
(courier
services)
将递送大约
120
亿件包裹。这将使中国有可
能超越美国成为世界上最大的快递市场。
大多数包裹里装着网上订购的物品。
中国给数百万
在线零售商以极具竞争力的价格销售商品的机会。
仅在
ll
月
11
日，
中国消
费者就从国内最
大的购物平台购买了价值
90
< br>亿美元的商品。中国有不少这样的特殊购物日。因此，快递业
在中国扩展就不足为
奇了。
2015
年
6
月大学英语四级考试真题
答案与详解
(
第
2
套
)
Part I Writing
这是一篇四级考试中常见的议论文。此次通过漫画所呈
现出的话题
computer(
电脑
)
是
考生日常生活中耳熟能详的话题，
因
此写起来并不难。
行文中，
考生应将重点放在第二段阐
述电脑与日常生活的关系上。
联系实际分析可知，
二者关系为：
电脑为日常生活提供了便利，
但不能完全占据人
们的日常生活。
一、提出观点：电
脑在日常生活中虽然重要
但并非必不可少
(an
important but not
indispensable role)
现代生活
< br>漫画中是一个人，
一天当中他无时无刻不在使用电脑，
不
论是在工作时、
在家时、
玩游戏时，
还
是在睡眠中。
这幅漫画生动地描述了一种普遍现象：
电脑现在深
深地渗透到我们的日常生
活中，
我们甚至一分钟都不能没有它。
尽管如此，
在我看来，
电脑在现代生活中虽然重要但
并非必不可少。
诚然，电脑使我们的生活方便，并提供及时帮助。但它并非生活必需品。首先，过度沉
迷于电脑对我们的健康不利。
我们可能着迷于电脑上五花八门的内容而忽略了在业余时间
锻
炼身体。
此外，
过度使用电脑会将我
们隔离在社交圈之外。
因为我们可以通过电脑与虚拟世
界中的朋
友交谈，所以我们可能不会费心去与身边的亲朋好友交流。
总之，
作为高科技的产物，
电脑确实改
善了我们的生活。
但是我们不应该在电脑上花费
过多的时间而舍
弃享受美好的生活．
主题词汇
make good
use of
充分利用
be
fascinated by
着迷于
illustrate
阐述，阐释
information
highway
信息高速
exten
d
?
int0
将??扩展到
attach importance
to
重视
key
pal
网友
digital
数字的，数码的
句式拓展
1
．
For a long time
many people would like to
type
?
on
the
computer rather than conceive
of
?长期以来，许
多人宁愿把??打在电脑上，而不是自己构思??
.
2
．
It is human
beings themselves wh0
?．
which
makes
the high
technology
?正是人类自身??，这使得高科．
技??。
be obsessed
with
沉迷于
Part II Listening
Comprehension
1
．
W
：
Tom
．
would
you
be
interested
in
serving
on
the
membership
committee
this
year?
M
：
Can I get back to you on
that in a few days?
0
：
What does the man mean?
C.
2
．<
/p>
W
：
We should buy a
good guide book and study it before our trip to
Vancouver
．
M
：
We
could
．
But they are overprice
—
d
．
Wha
t about the library?
Q
：
What does the man mean?
B.
3
．
W
：
You took a
history course this term
．didn’t
you?What can you say about it?
M
：
Well,the
trouble
is
that
I
never
get
through
the
weekly
r
—
< br>eadin
—
g
list
，
though
some books are
quiteinteresting
．
Q
：
What does the
man mean?
C.
ass
ignments
，
difficulty
和
book
report
等，由
此可推测对话内容与男士在历史课上所碰
到的问题相关。男士的话是解题的关键，需要特
别注意。
4
．
M
：
I'm
taking
my
girlfriend
to
the
fancy
new
restaurant
for
her
birthday
tonight
．
W
．
1 went there
last weekend
．
I found it
rather disappointing
．
Q
：
What does the
woman mean?
A.
5
．
W
：
Win
ter is over at last
．
Wiine to
put away my gloves and
boots
．
M
：
I've been
waiting for this for months
．
Q
：
What does the
man mean?
A.
6.M
．
Look,the
curtain
is
going
up
slowly
and
all
the
lights
over
the
—
stage
are
—
lit
up
．
W<
/p>
：
Yeah
，
t
he
play
is
starin
g
．
Oh
，
s
omething
caught
my
sleeve
．
Give
me
a
hand
please
，
Bob
．
Q
：
Where
are the speakers now?
D.
7
．
W
：
You only have water to serve your guests?
M
：
This isn't just
plain water
．
This is mineral
is mineral water from
Tibet
．
Q
：
What does the
man imply?
B.
8<
/p>
．
W
：
When
do
you
have
time
to
discuss
our
environmental
report?I
think
we
will
have
to make
somerevisions
．
M
：
I'll be free at
3 0'clock this afternoon
．
But
what exactly needs to
be changed?
Q
：
What are the
speakers going to do this afternoon?
D.
W
：
Why is it
important to recycle?
M
：
There
are
many
reasons
．
Recycling
is
one
way
to
keep
waste
out
of
landfills<
/p>
．
Landfills
are
places
to
dump
waste
．
(9)But
they
areunpopular,because
they
can
pollute
the
soil
used
to
cover
them
and
that's
bad
for
people
who
may
build
new
homes
there
．
Recycling also reuses
valuable raw materials
，
such
as aluminum and
paper
．
Finally
，
recycling Can
leave a lower garbage bill
．
Recycling lowers the
amount of waste
put into landfills
，
therefore
，
less money is spent for
garbage
disposal
．
W
：
How has
recycling changed over the years?
M
：
(10)Ten
ortwenty years ago,you could buy milk in
returnable,refillable glass
bottles,and
many
people
—
recycled
voluntarily
．
Now
you
buy
milk
and
other
products
in
plastic
bottles
or
paper
containe
rs
．
Because of
the
high
cost
of
disposing
of
these things in
landfills
，
many city
governments now have recycling
programs
．
W
：
How does
recycling help the environment?
M
：
(11)Recycling
helps
the
environment
mainly
by
saving
energy
．
For
example
，
it
takes
95 percent less energy
to produce recycled aluminum than to produce new
aluminum.
W
：
Can
one
person
really
make
a
difference?If
only
a
few
people
recycle
，then
what’S
the point?
M
：
If
not
you
，
then
who?(12)1f
we
combine
our
efforts,we
can
make
a
difference
．
Each
of us contributes to the waste
problem
．
All the millions of
tons of waste that go
into
landfills
started
as
32l
old
pair
of
slippers
，
a
broken
TV
set
．
or
a
used
magazine
that came from somebody’S
house
--maybe yours !
9
．
Why are
landfills unpopular according to the man?
A.
10
．
What does the
man say has contributed to the increasing amount
of waste over
the years?
B.
11
．
According to
the man
，
how does recycling
help the environment?
A.
12
．
Why does the
man say everybody should make ail effort to
recycle?
B.
W
:l3)Could
you
please
give
me
information
on
airfares
from
Miami
to
Bellingh
am,Washington?(14)We
．
'd
1iketobuysomehow
good
flight
as
cheaply
as
possible
．
M
：
Let
，
s see
．
1 want to advise
you to Pay the nonnal
one
—
way economy class fare
of$$555
．
(15)1f
youcan fly OnaTuesda or Wednesdayand buy your
tickets at least 2 1
days in advance,I
suggest you book a
roundtripexcursionflight
．
W
：
But we may not
need the return tickets
．
M
：
That
，
s all right
．Even if you don’t
use them，
you should be able to save$$89
0ver
the
one’way
fare
.
(15)Of
course
．
I'd
recommend
early
ought
to
try
to reserve the“Super
Saver”seats．
Thereare only a few of them
and they are 50
％
cheaper than
the others
．
W
：
That sounds
like a good idea.
M
：
< br>Wait
，
to save another
hllndred dollars or s0
，why don’t you
book a flight to
Vancouver
，
Canada?
W
：But that’S farther than
where we want to 90．
M
：
I
know
，
but you can take a bus
from Vancouver back to Bellingham and still save
if
you
are trayellin9with
children
，
you
might
be
able
to
get
a
discount
if you fly economy
class.
But they don’t getany
discount．
(15)But to take the
advantage of the airline's guarantee
fare policy,you'd have to make reservations
and
pay
for
your
tickets
at
least
6
weeks
in
advance
．
Try
and
begin
the
search
forable
s
eats
．
．
W
：
N0
，
thank you
．
M
：
Excuse me?
W
．
I may
Pall VOU back if we don’t decide to
drive．
13
．
Where is the
woman planning to go?
C)
。
14
．
What is the
woman’S purpose in calling the
man?
C)
。
15
．
What does the
man advise the woman to do?