2018年6月大学英语四级真题答案及解析(卷二)

2018

年

6

月大学英语四级考试真题答案与详解（第

2

套）

Part I

Writing

审题思路：

这是四级考试中常见的议 论文话题。通过审题可知，文章需要着重从两个方面展开，分别为写作技能的重要性

以及 如果提高写作能力。其中，如何提高写作能力是需要重点展开的内容，应通过衔接性词汇和短语分层次表达。

另

外，文章结尾需要总结全文，并 进一步强调勤奋和科学的方法的重要性。

范文点评：

高分范文

精彩点评

The Importance of Writing Ability and How to Develop It

①开门见山，指出写作的重要性：写作是

①

As the most

productive

and communicative way to express ourselves,

表达自我最有成效和最具沟通性的方式。

writing is attached great importance to.

②

Whether we want to improve our

②用

Wh ether…or…

指出不管写作目的如

writing

skills

as

creative

writer

or

simply

perfect

our

skills

for

schoolwork,

何，都需要采取措施提高写作能力。

we can take some steps to learn how to be a better writer.

③④⑤分别用

< /p>

Firstly

、

Secpmdly

、

Finally

③

Firstly, in order to make our writing creative and

imaginative

enough,

具体列举提高写作能力的方法。

brainstorming

is

one

of

the

key

elements

to

build

up

a

unique

topic.

Don't

⑥用

To sum up

总结全文，并指出勤奋和

hesitate to take down all the ideas that come into our mind.

④

Secondly, the

科学的方法的重要性。

good development

of

our

writing

is

based on

a

clear

structure

or paragraph

organization. Even a simple

outline

helps us see the big picture and save us

加分亮点

hours

of

rewriting.

⑤

Finally,

a

varuety

of

vocabulary

or

grammar

used

in

productive

富有成效的

writing is highly recommended for the reason that one of the most common

communicative

表达能力的

manifestations of bad writing is the overuse or reuse of simple language.

imaginative

富有想象力的

⑥

To sum up, becoming a great writer takes knowledge and practice,but

outline

纲要，梗概

with enough hard work and scientific

techniques

,we will amaze not only

a variety of

各种各样的

ourselves but also anybody else.

technique

方法

全文翻译：

写作技能的重要性以及如何提高写作能力

作为表达自我最有成效和最具沟通性的方式，写作总是很受重 视。不管我们作为有创造力的作者想精进自己的

写作

能力，还是仅仅为了完善学业任务所需的技能，我们都可以采取一些措施来学会如何成为一个 更好的写作者。

首先，

为了使 自己的文章足够有创意和想象力，头脑风暴是建立一个独特的话题的关键因素之一。不管脑海中

< br>

有什么样的想法，不要犹豫，把它们都记下来。其次，一篇好文章的发展建立在 清晰的结构和段落组织之上。即使

一个

简单的提纲都会帮助我们看到整体情况，并且会节省我们数小时重写的时间。最后，写作中极为推荐使用 丰富

的词汇和

语法，因为糟糕 的文章其中一个最常见的表现就是大量或重复使用简单的语言。

总而言之，成为一个好的作者需要知识储备和勤加练习，但是只要我们付出足够的努力，并且遵循科学的方法，

最终我

们都会写出让自己和别 人都感到惊艳的作品。

Part II

Section A

Listening Comprehension

News Report One

Kelly Swisher, an Arkansas woman, escaped injury and managed to safely stop her car after a 4-foot-long rat snake

came out from under her car seat and slid across her feet as she was driving down the highway. Rat snakes aren’t poisonous

or a threat to people generally. (1)But the woman says the snake she encountered Thursday terrified her out of her wits. (2)

“It was rough, with big scales

，

” said Swisher,

who was on her way to pick up her friend at the airport when it happened. “I

don’t know whether I had my hands on the steering wheel or not. I am not the mo

st flexible person in the world, but I can

guarantee my knees were up next to my ears.” She said the snake first slid back under the seat, and she hoped it would stay

there until she was able to get off the high way and stop. “That didn’t work out,” she said. “Here he comes, and he wound

up in my back seat before I could finally get off the road, stop and get out of the

car.”

She called for help. And Washington

County animal control officers came and captured the snake.

Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.

未听先知：

预览两道题各选项，第

1

题选项均为描述人物心理状态的形容词，因此此题考查的是 人物心理。第

2

题

各选项主语均为

It

，由选项中出现的

crawled

、

wound up

、

was killed

和

scales

等词可推测，

It

指蛇；再结合本题选项

中出现的

the woman

和

steering wheel

可推测，本篇新闻与某位女士 遭遇蛇的经历有关，涉及女士当时的心理活动等方

面内容。

1.

How did Kelly Swisher feel when she first came across the rat snake?

答案：

B

详解：新闻 中女士提到，她在周四遇到的那条蛇把她吓得魂不附体。因此答案为

B

。

2.

What does the report say about the snake

？

答案：

D

详解：新闻中提到了

Swisher

对食鼠蛇的描述：它身上粗糙，鳞片很大。因此答案为

D

。

News Report Two

(3)

Fast food, it turns out, isn’t quite

as fast as it used to be. A new study finds that MacDonald’s posted its slowes

t

drives- through

times

since

this

survey

was

first

conducted

fifteen

years

ago.

As

MacDonald’s,

customers

will

spend

on

average three minutes and nine seconds from the time they

placed their orders until they received their food. That’s about

ten

seconds

more

than

the

industry

average--and

a

lot

slower

than

a

decade

ago,

according

to

the

study,

which

was

commissioned by QSR, an industry trade publication. And MacDonald’s wasn’t

alone in slowing down: Other chains also

saw their drive-through performance slow down. (4)Among the reasons for the slower service, today there are more choices

on the menu, and the products themselves are more complex and take longer to prepare. Speed, of course, is essential to the

drive-through experience. And drive-

throughs are hugely important to chains, such as MacDonald’s, Burger King and

Taco

Bell. “Usually the drive

-through accounts for sixty to seventy percent of all business that goes through a fast-

food restaurant,”

notes Sam Ochers, editor of QSR. Of course, consumers also want their orders prepared correctly and on that score, Ochers

says, “accuracy is still really

high.”

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

未听先知：

预览两道题各选项，由其中反复出现的

fast-food

可推测，新闻内容与快餐有关。其中第

3

题各选项均为

概括性比较强的名词 短语，可能考查新闻主旨；结合第

4

题各选项语义可推测，此题考查出现某个问题的原因。

3.

What is the news report mainly about

？

答案：

A

详解。新闻开头就提到，事 实证明快餐没有以前那么快了，接下来就讲到了得出这一结论的依据——针对快餐业

的一 项新研究。因此答案为

A

。

4.

What has slowed down MacDonald’s drive

-through < /p>

s

ervice

？

答案：

C

详解：新闻中提到，服 务速度变慢的原因是如今菜单上的选择多了，而且商品本身更复杂，需要更多的时间去准

备。因此答案为

C

。

News Report Three

(5)

The first private mission outside of Earth’s orbit is closed to many of our think. U.S. government officials are set to

approve a mission by privately-

held space company Moon Express to travel outside of Earth’s orbit in late 2017.

(6) Moon

Express’s

mission

involves

plans

to

land

a

suitcase

-sized

package

of

scientific

equipment

on

the

moon

for

ongoing

exploration

and

commercial

development.

The

decision

involved

months

of

lobbying

and

coordinated

conversations

between a number of factual agencies. Under international treaties, the U.S. is responsible for the cargo of both public and

private spacecraft. This makes commercial space travel a complex legal issue not just domestically, but abroad. (7)A Moon

Express representative declined to comment on the story but noted that the company is very optimistic about its proposal.

Moon Express is not the only company seeking for the rights to travel to o

uterspace. Elon Musk’s space X aims to send an

unmanned aircraft to Mars by 2018.

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

未听先知：

预览三道题各选项，由

space travel

、

space exploration

、

outer space

和

spacecraft

等词可推测，新闻内容

与航天和太空有关。第

5

题各选项均为概括性比较强的名词短语，可能考查新闻主旨；第

6

题各选项均为一般现在

时态的动词 短语，结合

Deliver

、

a new mission

、

space programs

和

Launch

< br>等词可推测，此题考查某航天机构将来的

行为动作；第

7

题各选项均为主系表结构，结合语义可推测，此题考查对某 事物的评价。

5.

What is the news report mainly about

？

答案：

C

详解：新闻开头提到，第一 个私人外太空任务越来越近了，比我们想象中要快。美国政府官员将会批准一个私人

控股 航天公司

Moon Express

的一项任务：

2017

年底穿越外太空。因此答案为

C

。

6.

What is Moon Express planning to do

？

答案：

A

详解：新闻中提到，

Moon

Express

的任务包括在月球上放一个行李箱大小的包裹 ，里面是科技设备，以方便正在

进行中的探测和商业方面的发展。因此答案为

A

。

7.

What does Moon Express think of its mission

？

答案：

B

详解：新闻中提到，

Moon Express

的一位代表拒绝对这件事进行评论，但提到该公司对这个提议还是非常乐观的。

因此答案为

B

。

Section B

Conversation One

M:Hey, Sophia, how are you doing

？

W: Hi, Bob. I’m good, thanks. Actually, I’m on holiday with my family in Thailand at the moment, although I wish it

were with my friends instead.

M: Really? You never said you are going to Thailand. How I envy you !

W:

I’ve only been in here a week. But you know, Thailand is an amazing place. I’m having a great time here. (8)

In fact,

I am now lying on the beach in Phuke

t. I’ve been in the sun for around fifteen minutes only and I’m already getting

sunburnt.

Have you been here before?

M: No, I wish I had. What else have you been doing in Thailand besides enjoying the sun?

W:

（

9

）

Well, I met a guy from Germany yesterday. He showed me around the orphanage he works at. Then, I met

many volunteer teachers who are mainly young people from Europe.

M: Ah, that’s interesting.

W: Yes. I also made a new little friend, Sarah. She was so cute. I was so sad that we were to leave at the end of the

day.

If I ever come back to Thailand, I’d definitely visit this place again as a volunteer.

M: (10)Well, you can tell me all about it when you get back. My phone battery is almost dead now. (11)Remember to

get me something from the souvenir shops. I like to collect bits and pieces from different parts of the world. Bye now. Enjoy

yourself Sophia.

W: Bye.

Questions 8 and 11 are based on the news report you have just heard.

未听先知：

预览四道题各选项，由

< /p>

Visiting

、

Thailand< /p>

、

Phuket

以及反复出现的

Thai

等词可初步推测，对话内容涉

及在泰国旅游；再结合第

< br>

8

题第

9

题各选项语义可进一步推测，在泰国旅游的是女士。第

8

题各选项均为现在分词

短语，结合

A

选项中出现的

her

可推测，本题考查女士正在做什么；第

9

题均为过去时，且主语均为

She

，因此考

查女士在泰国做了什么；第

10

题和第

11

题各选项均与男士有关，听音时留意与男士相关的细节描述。

8.

What does the woman say she is doing now

？

答案：

D

详解：对话中女士提到，她 现在正在普吉岛的沙滩上躺着，在太阳底下仅仅待了大约

15

分钟就已经要晒伤了。因此

答案为

D

。

9.

What did the woman do yesterday

？

答案：

A

详解：对话中女士提到，她 昨天遇到了一个来自德国的男子，而且这名男子带她参观了他所工作的孤儿院。因此

答案 为

A

。

10.

Why does the man have to end the conversation

？

答案：

D

详解：对话中，男士对女士 说等她从泰国回来再告诉他旅游的情况，他的手机电池马上就没电了。因此答案为

D

。

11.

Why does the man ask the woman to bring him something from Thailand

？

答案：

C

详解：对话最后，男士叮嘱 女士记得给他在纪念品商店里带点东西回来，并且提到他喜欢收集来自世界各地的小

物件 。因此答案为

C

。

Conversation Two

W: (12-1)Hi, David.

There’s

a new gym opening in town today. Would you like to go with me this afternoon?

M: (12-2)Yes, more than glad to. I

haven’t

been to a gym for ages. I need to do some exercise to tone up.

W: Then this is a good chance. (13)They sent me an invitation with a note saying I could take a friend for free on the

first day. Also, if we both sign up before Friday, we can get a discount on a six-month membership.

M: Great. Count me in. I really want to lose some of these belly fat and turn it into muscle. But I’m not sure which of

the gym equipment with best help.

W: Well, I know expert of that, but I think you can try lifting weights and do at least 200 sit-ups twice a day.

M: (14)

I’ve never tried weight

-lifting before. Is it dangerous?

W: (15)

No, not at all, if you know some of the basics. Don’t worry, I’ll show you the rules. I used to practice this a

t

another gym before my membership ended.

I’ll be your personal trainer.

M: Thank you. What other equipment do they have?

W: Well, like all gyms, they have all sorts of things to help build up muscles in different parts of the body, like applied

bicycles, chest stretching machines, and running machines. You could use any of these to suit your purpose. Now the gym

opens at noon. So can we meet up in town at 1:30 p.m.?

M: Perfect. See you there, coach.

Questions 12 and 15 are based on the news report you have just heard.

未听先知：

预览四道题各选项，由

fitness equipment

和反复出现的

new gym

可知，对话内容与健身设备和新开业的

健身房有关。第

12

题各选项均为动名词短语，且

B

选项中出现了

personal < /p>

trainers

，为复数形式，因此可能考查涉

及对话双方的问题，或者对话的主旨；第

13

题各选项均为优惠活动描述，因此考查的是健身房的优惠内容；第

14

题均为名词短语，且

C

中出现了

his

，因此可能考查与男士相关的细节信息，声音时留意选项中的关键词；第

15

题

各选项主语均为

< br>She

，因此考查女士的情况，听音时留意对话最后与女士相关的信息。

12.

What are the speakers talking about?

答案：

D

详解：对话开头，女士提到 今天镇上有一家新的健身房开业，并且邀请男士下午一起去看一下，男士欣然接受了

邀请 ，对话由此展开。因此答案为

D

。

13.

What does the gym offer at its opening?

答案：

C

详解：对话中女士提到，健 身房给的邀请函中写着开业第一天女士可以免费带一位朋友，而且如果女士和朋友都

在周 五前报名的话，办理半年期会员会有折扣。因此答案为

C

。

14.

What is the man concerned about?

答案：

A

详解：对话中，男士提到他以前从来没有尝试过举重，并问女士举重是否危险。由此可知，男 士担心的是举重的

安全问题，答案为

A

。

15.

What do we learn about the woman from the conversation?

答案：

C

详解：对话中，女士对男士 说如果知道一些基本知识，那么举重一点都不危险。女士让男士不要担心，她会交给

他一 些窍门（

the

ropes

），并且 告诉男士她过去常常在另一家健身房练习举重。由此可知，女士知道举重的基本知

识，答 案为

C

。

Section C

Passage One

(16)

In today’s job market, it’s now common for job seekers to send applications for many positions.

That involves lots

of

time and lots of work to organize. Certainly, you can’t wait to waste your precious hours on following the developments

in a disorderly fashion and miss important deadlines, confuse interview times, or forget to follow up a result. Accordingly,

managing your job search properly is just as important as identifying job opportunities and submitting your applications. If

you are familiar with Microsoft Excel or a similar program, creating a table is a simple and effective way to keep track of

your job applications. If Excel isn’t quite your cup of

tea

，

don’t worry, you can create a table in Microsoft

Word or a

similar word processor. (17)Google is another tool to help you get organize effectively. If you have a Gmail account, you

can create, safe and send tables in addition to written document like your cover letter and resume. You can also link up with

Google calendar to make sure you stay on top of important dates. Clearly, there are plenty of ways to keep track of your job

search and making the effort to simplify your job search will paid off. Nevertheless, (18) you should always focus on quality,

not quantity. Only apply for position you are qualified for, and make each application count, personalizing each cover

letters ,and updating and editing

your resume.

Questions 16 and 18 are based on the news report you have just heard.

未听先知：

预览三道题各选项，由

interviews

、

apply for

、

positions

和

jobs

等词可推测，短文内容与求职有关。第

16

题主语为

They

，由选项语义可知，

They

指求职者，此题考查求职者求职过程中的细节信息；第

17

题各选项均

为动词短语，考查行为动作，听音时留意选项关键词；第

18

题各选项均为动词短语，结合选项语义可推测，此题

考查某人的建议或指示。

16.

What does the speaker say about today’s

jobseekers

？

答案：

B

详解：短文开头提到，在如 今的就业市场上，求职者申请多个职位是很常见的。因此答案为

B

。

17.

What can job applicants do with the help of the Google

？

答案：

A

详解：短文中提到，谷歌是 另一个可以有效地帮你变得有条理的工具。因此答案为

A

。

18.

What does the speaker suggest job seekers do

？

答案：

B

详解：短文最后讲话者提到 ，求职者应该注重质量而不是数量，至申请那些自己可以胜任的职位，让每个申请都

有意 义，而且每逢求职者都要个性化，要不断更新和编辑自己的简历。因此答案为

B

。

Passage Two

(19)Some

people

say,

if

kids

didn’t

happen

to

go

to

school,

they’d

all

be

out

in

the

streets.

My

reply

is

“No,

they

wouldn’t.” First, even if schools stay just what they are, children would spend at least some time there, because that’s where

they’d be likely to find their friends. Second, schools wouldn’t stay the way they are. They’d get better, because we would

have to start making them what they ought to be right now. Last, (20)if we stirred up our brains and gave children a little

help, those who did not want to go to school could find other things to do

—

things many children now do during their

holidays. (21)

There’s someth

ing easier we could do. We need to get kids out of the school buildings, give them a chance to

learn about the world at first hand. In Philadelphia and Portland, Oregon, plans are being drawn up for public schools that

won’t have any school buildings at al

l. That will take the students out into the city and help them to use it and its people as a

resource.

In

others

words,

students

perhaps

in

groups,

perhaps

independently,

will

go

to

libraries,

museums,

exhibitions,

courtrooms, radios and TV stations, meetings, businesses, and laboratories to learn about their world and society at first hand.

A small private school in Washington is already doing this. It makes sense. We need more of it.

Questions 19 and 21 are based on the news report you have just heard.

未听先知：

预览三道题各选项，由

kids

、

school

和

learning

等词可推测，短文内容与孩子的教育有关。第

19

题各选

项均为

If

条件句，听音时应留意逻辑关系处；第

20

题和第

21

题各选项均为动词短语，结合语义可推测，可能分别

考查下一步的行动计划、针对某事所采取的措施或给出的意见，听音时应留意计划、措施、意 见等方面的描述。

19.

What are some people worried about according to the speaker

？

答案：

B

详解：短文开头提到，有些 人说，如果孩子们不需要去上学，那么他们都会在大街上（乱跑）。因此答案为

B

。

20.

What does the speaker think we could do for the kids who dislike school

？

答案：

D

详解：短文中提到，如果我 们动脑筋给孩子们一点帮助，那些不愿意去上学的孩子就可以找到其他的事情（很多

孩子 目前在假期里做的事情）去做。也就是说，对于那些不愿意去学校上学的孩子，我们可以给他们设计一些他们

在假期里喜欢做的活动，答案为

D

。

21.

What does the speaker say is the easier thing we could do

？

答案：

D

详解：短文中提到，有一件 事情比较简单，我们可以做到。我们需要把孩子们带出教学楼，给他们一个直接了解

这个 世界的机会。因此答案为

D

。

Passage Three

Before there was the written word, there was the language of dance. Dance expresses love and hate, joy and sorrow,

life and death, and everything else in between,(22) Dance in America is everywhere. We dance from Florida to Alaska, from

horizon to horizon, and coast to coast. We dance at weddings, birthdays, office parties, or just to fill the time.

“

I can’t

imagine doing anything else with my life ,

”

Bridges runs dance classes for all ages. “Teaching dance is wonderful. My

older students say it makes them feel young.

It’s

marvelous to watch them. (23) For many of them,

it’s

a way of meeting

people and having a social life. So why do we dance?I can tell you about one young couple

，”

says Bridges. (24)

“

They

arrive at the class in a bad mood, and they leave with a smile. Dancing seems to change their mood completely.

”

So do we

dance in order to make ourselves feel better, calmer, healthier? (25)Andrea Hillier, a dance teacher says,

“

Dance, like the

rhythm of a beating heart, is life. Even after all these years,

I want to get better and better. I keep practicing even when I’m

exhausted. I find it hard to stop. Dancing reminds me I’m

alive.”

Questions 22 and 25 are based on the news report you have just heard.

未听先知：

预览四道题各选项，由

popular

、

social activity

和

more expressive

等词可推测，短文内容与某种流行的社

交活动有关，而且这种社交比较有表达力。第

22

题均为对

It

的描述，结合主题可知，

It

指某种社交活动，听音时

注意确定

It

所指；结合第

23

题各选项语意可知，主语

It

指某个具体的事物，可能考查其位置、外观或益处；第

24

题考查某物给

They

带来的好处，听音时应留意对某物的益处的描述；第

25

题则是考查对

It

的评价，听音时留意短

文结尾处 出现选项中关键形容词及其近义词的地方。

22.

What does the passage say about the dance in

A

merica

？

答案：

C

详解：短文中提到，跳舞在 美国处处可见，从佛罗里达到阿拉斯加、从地平线的一端到地平线的另一端、从东海

岸到 西海岸的美国人都跳舞。婚礼上、生日会上、办公室派对上，甚至是仅仅为了打发时间时，美国人都喜欢跳舞。< /p>

因此

答案为

C

。

23.

What do we know about the Lester Bridges

’

dance studio

？

答案：

D

详解：短文中提到，

Lester Bridges

说，对他的很多学生来说，跳舞是一种与人交往、拥有社交生活的方式。也就

是说，

Lester Bridges

的舞蹈工作室给人们提供了社交的机会，答案为

D

。

24.

What happened to the young couple after they attended Lester Bridges

’

in class

？

答案：

A

详解：短文中提到，

Lester Bridges