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2019
年
6
月大学英语四级考试真题（第一套）
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Part I
Writing
(30 minutes)
Directions: For this
part
，
you are
allowed 30 minutes to write a news
report to your campus newspaper on a
volunteer activity organized by
your
Student Union to assist elderly people in the
neighborhood. You
should write at least
120 words but no more than 180 words.
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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) He set a record by swimming to
and from an island.
B) He celebrated
the ninth birthday on a small island.
C) He visited a prison located on a
faraway island.
D) He swam around an
island near San Francisco.
2. A) He
doubled the reward.
B) He cheered him
on all the way.
C) He set him an
example.
D) He had the event covered on
TV.
Questions 3 and 4 are based on the
news report you have just heard.
3. A)
To end the one-child policy.
B) To
encourage late marriage.
C)
To increase working efficiency.
D) To
give people more time to travel.
4. A)
They will not be welcomed by young people.
B) They will help to popularize early
marriage.
C) They will boost
China
’
s economic growth.
D) They will not come into immediate
effect.
Questions 5 to 7 are based on
the news report you have just heard.
5.
A) Cleaning service in great demand all over the
world.
B) Two ladies giving up well-
paid jobs to do cleaning.
C) A new
company to clean up the mess after parties.
D) Cleaners gainfully employed at
nights and weekends.
6. A) It takes a
lot of time to prepare.
B) It leaves
the house in a mess.
C) It makes party
goers exhausted.
D) It creates noise
and misconduct.
7. A) Hire
an Australian lawyer.
B) Visit the US
and Canada.
C) Settle a legal dispute.
D) Expand their business.
Section B
Directions: In
this section
，
you
will hear two long conversations. At
the end of each
conversation
，
you
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 1with a single line
through the centre.
Questions 8 to 11
are based on the conversation you have just
heard.
8. A) He had a
driving lesson.
B) He got his
driver
’
s license.
C) He took the
driver
’
s theory exam.
D) He passed the
driver
’
s road test.
9. A) He was not well
prepared.
B) He did not get to the exam
in time.
C) He was not used to the test
format.
D) He did not follow the test
procedure.
10. A) They are tough.
B) They are costly.
C) They
are helpful.
D) They are too short.
11. A) Pass his road test the first
time.
B) Test-drive a few times on
highways.
C) Find an experienced
driving instructor.
D) Earn enough
money for driving lessons.
Questions 12
to 15 are based on the conversation you have just
heard.
12. A) Where the
woman studies.
B) The acceptance rate
at Leeds.
C)
Leeds
’
tuition
for international students.
D) How to
apply for studies at a university.
13.
A) Apply to an American university.
B)
Do research on higher education.
C)
Perform in a famous musical.
D) Pursue
postgraduate studies.
14. A) His
favorable recommendations.
B) His
outstanding musical talent.
C) His
academic excellence.
D) His unique
experience.
15. A) Do a
master
’
s degree.
B) Settle down in England.
C) Travel widely.
D) Teach
overseas.
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 1with a
single line
through the centre.
Questions 16 to 18
are based on the passage you have just heard.
16. A) They help farmers keep diseases
in check.
B) Many species remain
unknown to scientists.
C) Only a few
species cause trouble to humans.
D)
They live in incredibly well-organized colonies.
17. A) They are larger than many other
species.
B) They can cause damage to
people
’
s homes.
C) They can survive a long time without
water.
D) They like to form colonies in
electrical units.
18. A) Deny them
access to any food.
B) Keep doors and
windows shut.
C) Destroy
their colonies close by.
D) Refrain
from eating sugary food.
Questions 19
to 21 are based on the passage you have just
heard.
19. A) The function of the human
immune system.
B) The cause of various
auto-immune diseases.
C) The viruses
that may infect the human immune system.
D) The change in
people
’
s immune system as
they get older.
20. A) Report their
illnesses.
B) Offer blood samples.
C) Act as research assistants.
D) Help to interview patients.
21. A) Strengthening
people
’
s immunity to
infection.
B) Better understanding
patients
’
immune
system.
C) Helping improve old
people
’
s health conditions.
D) Further reducing old
patients
’
medical
expenses.
Questions 22 to
25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
22. A) His students had trouble getting
on with each other.
B) A lot of kids
stayed at school to do their homework.
C) His students were struggling to
follow his lessons.
D) A group of kids
were playing chess after school.
23. A)
Visit a chess team in Nashville.
B)
Join the school
’
s chess
team.
C) Participate in a national
chess competition.
D) Receive training
for a chess competition.
24. A) Most of
them come from low-income families.
B)
Many have become national chess champions.
C) A couple of them have got involved
in crimes.
D) Many became chess coaches
after graduation.
25. A) Actions speak
louder than words.
B) Think twice
before taking action.
C)
Translate their words into action.
D)
Take action before it gets too late.
Part III Reading
Comprehension
(40 minutes)
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 2with a single line through the
centre. You may not use
any of the
words in the bank more than once.
The
center of American automobile innovation has in
the past
decade moved
2
，
000 miles away. It has
26from Detroit to Silicon
Valley
，
where
self-driving vehicles are coming to life.
In a 27 to take production back to
Detroit
，
Michigan
lawmakers
have introduced 28 that could
make their state the best place in the
country
，
if not the world
，
to develop self-driving vehicles and
put them
on the road.
“
Michigan
’
s
29 in auto research and development is under
attack
from several states and
countries which desire to 30 our leadership in
transportation. We
can
’
t let that
happen
，”
says
Senator Mike Kowall
，
the lead 31 of four bills recently
introduced.
If all four bills pass as
written
，
they
would 32 a substantial update of
Michigan
’
s 2013
law that allowed the testing of self-driving
vehicles in
limited conditions.
Manufacturers would have nearly total freedom to
test their self-driving technology on
public roads. They would be allowed
to
send groups of self-driving cars on cross-state
road trips
，
and
even
set up on-demand 33 of self-
driving cars
，
like the one General Motors
and Lyft are building.
Lawmakers in Michigan clearly want to
make the state ready for the
commercial
application of self-driving technology. In
34
，
California
，
home of Silicon
Valley
，
recently
proposed far more 35 rules that would
require human drivers be ready to take
the wheel
，
and
ban commercial
use of self-driving
technology.
A) bid
B)
contrast
C) deputy
D) dominance
E) fleets
F) knots
G) legislation
H) migrated
I) replace
J) represent
K) restrictive
L) reward
M) significant
N) sponsor
O) transmitted
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.
How Work Will
Change When Most of Us Live to 100
A)
Today in the United States there are
72
，
000 centenarians(
< br>百岁老
人
).
Worldwide
，
probably 450
，
000.
If current trends continue
，
then by
2050 there will be
more than a million in the US alone. According to
the
work of Professor James Vaupel and
his co-researchers
，
50% of babies
born in the US
in 2007 have a life expectancy of 104 or more.
Broadly the
same holds for the
UK
，
Germany
，
France
，
Italy and Canada
，
and for
Japan 50% of 2007
babies can expect to live to 107.
B)
Understandably
，
there are concerns about what this
means for
public finances given the
associated health and pension challenges.
These challenges are
real
，
and society
urgently needs to address them.
But it
is also important to look at the wider picture of
what happens
when so many people live
for 100 years. It is a mistake to simply equate
longevity(
长寿
)
with issues of old age. Longer lives have
implications for
all of
life
，
not just
the end of it.
C) Our view is that if
many people are living for
longer
，
and are
healthier for
longer
，
then this
will result in an inevitable redesign of
work and life. When people
live longer
，
they
are not only older for
longer
，
but also younger for longer. There is
some truth in the saying
that
“
70 is the new
60
”
or
“
40 the new
30.
”
If you age
more slowly over
a longer time
period
，
then you
are in some sense younger for longer.
D) But the changes go further than
that. Take
，
for
instance
，
the age
at which people make commitments such
as buying a house
，
getting
married
，
having children
，
or starting a career. These are all
fundamental commitments that are now
occurring later in life. In
1962
，
50% of
Americans were married by age 21. By
2014
，
that
milestone(
里
程碑
)
had shifted to age 29.
E) While there
are numerous factors behind these
shifts
，
one
factor
is surely a growing realization
for the young that they are going to live
longer. Options are more valuable the
longer they can be held. So if you
believe you will live
longer
，
then
options become more
valuable
，
and
early commitment becomes less
attractive. The result is that the
commitments that previously
characterized the beginning of adulthood
are now being
delayed
，
and new
patterns of behavior and a new stage
of
life are emerging for those in their twenties.
F) Longevity also pushes back the age
of retirement
，
and not only
for financial
reasons. Yes
，
unless people are prepared to save a
lot
more
，
our calculations suggest that if you
are now in your mid-40s
，
then you are likely to work
until your early 70s; and if you are in your
early 20s
，
there is a real chance you will need to
work until your late 70s
or possibly
even into your 80s. But even if people are able to
economically support a retirement at
65
，
over thirty
years of potential
inactivity is
harmful to cognitive(
认知的
)
and emotional vitality. Many
people may
simply not want to do it.
G) And yet
that does not mean that simply extending our
careers is
appealing. Just lengthening
that second stage of full-time work may
secure the financial assets needed for
a 100-year life
，
but such
persistent work
will inevitably exhaust precious intangible assets
such as
productive
skills
，
vitality
，
happiness
，
and friendship.
H) The same
is true for education. It is impossible that a
single shot
of
education
，
administered in childhood and early
adulthood
，
will
be
able to support a
sustained
，
60-year career. If you factor in the
projected rates of technological
change
，
either
your skills will become
unnecessary
，
or your industry outdated. That means
that everyone will
，
at some point in their
life
，
have to
make a number of major
reinvestments in
their skills.
I) It seems
likely
，
then
，
that the traditional three-stage life
will
evolve into multiple stages
containing two
，
three
，
or oven more
different
careers. Each of these stages could potentially be
different. In
one the focus
could be on building financial success and
personal
achievement
，
in another on creating a better
work/life balance
，
still
another on exploring
and understanding options more
fully
，
or
becoming an independent
producer
，
yet
another on making a social
contribution. These stages will span
sectors
，
take
people to different
cities
，
and provide a foundation for building a
wide variety of skills.
J) Transitions
between stages could be marked with
sabbaticals(
休假
)
as people find time to rest and
recharge their health
，
re-invest in their
relationships
，
or improve their skills. At
times
，
these
breaks and
transitions will be self-
determined
，
at
others they will be forced as
existing
roles
，
firms
，
or industries cease to exist.
K) A multi-stage life will have
profound changes not just in how you
manage your
career
，
but also
in your approach to life. An increasingly
important skill will be your ability to
deal with change and even welcome
it. A
three-stage life has few
transitions
，
while a multi-stage life has
many. That is why being self-
aware
，
investing
in broader networks of
friends
，
and being open to new ideas will become
even more crucial
skills.
L)
These multi-stage lives will create extraordinary
variety across
groups of people simply
because there are so many ways of sequencing
the stages. More stages mean more
possible sequences.
M) With
this variety will come the end of the close
association of age
and stage. In a
three-stage life
，
people leave university at the same
time
and the same
age
，
they tend to
start their careers and family at the
same age
，
they proceed through middle management
all roughly the
same
time
，
and then
move into retirement within a few years of each
other. In a multi-stage
life
，
you could
be an undergraduate at 20
，
40
，
or
60; a manager at 30
，
50
，
or
70; and become an independent
producer
at any age.
N) Current life
structures
，
career paths
，
educational
choices
，
and
social norms are out of tune with the
emerging reality of longer lifespans.
The three-stage life of full-time
education
，
followed by continuous
work
，
and then complete retirement may have
worked for our parents
or even
grandparents
，
but
it is not relevant today. We believe that to
focus on longevity as primarily an
issue of aging is to miss its full
implications. Longevity is not
necessarily about being older for longer. It
is about living
longer
，
being
older later
，
and
being younger longer.
36. An extended
lifespan in the future will allow people to have
more
careers than now.
37.
Just extending one
’
s career
may have both positive and negative
effects.
38.
Nowadays
，
many
Americans have on average delayed their
marriage by some eight years.
39. Because of their longer
lifespan
，
young
people today no longer
follow the
pattern of life of their parents or grandparents.
40. Many more people will be expected
to live over 100 by the
mid-21st
century.
41. A longer life will cause
radical changes in people
’
s
approach to
life.
42. Fast
technological change makes it necessary for one to
constantly upgrade their skills.
43. Many people may not want to retire
early because it would do
harm to their
mental and emotional well-being.
44.
The close link between age and stage may cease to
exist in a
multi-stage life.
45. People living a longer and
healthier life will have to rearrange
their work and life.
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.
In the classic
marriage vow(
誓约
)
，
couples promise to stay
together
in sickness and in health. But
a new study finds that the risk of divorce
among older couples rises when the
wife
—
not the
husband
—
becomes
seriously ill.
“
Married women diagnosed
with a serious health condition may
find themselves struggling with the
impact of their disease while also
experiencing the stress of
divorce
，”
said
researcher Amelia Karraker.
Karraker
and co-author Kenzie Latham analyzed 20 years of
data on
2
，
717
marriages from a study conducted by Indiana
University since
1992. At the time of
the first interview
，
at least one of the partners was
over the age of 50.
The researchers examined how the
onset(
发生
) of four serious
physical illnesses affected marriages.
They found that
，
overall
，
31% of
marriages ended in
divorce over the period studied. The incidence of
new chronic(
慢性的
)
illness onset increased over time as
well
，
with more
husbands than wives developing serious
health problems.
“
We found
that women are doubly vulnerable to marital break-
up
in the face of
illness
，”
Karraker said.
“
T
hey
’
re more likely to be
widowed
，
and if they
’
re
the ones who become ill
，
they
’
re more
likely
to get
divorced.
”
While
the study didn
’
t assess why
divorce is more likely when wives
but
not husbands become seriously
ill
，
Karraker
offers a few possible
reasons.
“
Gender norms and social
expectations about caregiving may
make
it more difficult for men to provide care to sick
spouses
，
”
Karraker
said.
“
And because of the
imbalance in marriage
markets
，
especially in
older
ages
，
divorced
men have more choices among prospective
partners than divorced
women.
”
Given the
increasing concern about health care costs for the
aging
population
，
Karraker believes policymakers should
be aware of the
relationship between
disease and risk of divorce.
“
Offering support services
to spouses caring for their other halves
may reduce marital stress and prevent
divorce at older ages
，”
she said.
“
But
it
’
s also important to
recognize that the pressure to divorce may
be health-related and that sick ex-
wives may need additional care and
services to prevent worsening health
and increased health costs.
”
46. What can we learn about marriage
vows from the passage?
A) They may not
guarantee a lasting marriage.
B) They
are as binding as they used to be.
C)
They are not taken seriously any more.
D) They may help couples tide over hard
times.
47. What did Karraker and co-
author Kenzie Latham find about
elderly
husbands?
A) They are generally not
good at taking care of themselves.
B)
They can become increasingly vulnerable to serious
illnesses.
C) They can develop
different kinds of illnesses just like their
wives.
D) They are more likely to
contract serious illnesses than their wives.
48. What does Karraker say about women
who fall ill?
A) They are
more likely to be widowed.
B) They are
more likely to get divorced.
C) They
are less likely to receive good care.
D) They are less likely to bother their
spouses.
49. Why is it more difficult
for men to take care of their sick spouses
according to Karraker?
A)
They are more accustomed to receiving care.
B) They find it more important to make
money for the family.
C) They think it
more urgent to fulfill their social obligations.
D) They expect society to do more of
the job.
50. What does Karraker think
is also important?
A) Reducing marital
stress on wives.
B) Stabilizing old
couples
’
relations.
C) Providing
extra care for divorced women.
D)
Making men pay for their
wives
’
health
costs.
Passage Two
Questions 51 to 55 are based on the
following passage.
If you were like
most children
，
you probably got upset when your
mother called you by a sibling
’
s(
兄弟姐妹的
) name.
How could she not
know you? Did it mean
she loved you less?
Probably not.
According to the first research to tackle this
topic
head-on
，
misnaming the most familiar people in
our life is a common
cognitive(
认知的
)
error that has to do with how our memories
classify
and store familiar names.
The study
，
published online in April in the
journal Memory and
Cognition
，
found that the
“
w
rong
”
name is not
random but is
invariably fished out
from the same relationship pond:
children
，
siblings
，
friends. The study did not examine the
possibility of deep
psychological
significance to the mistake
，
says psychologist David
Rubin
，
“
but it does tell us
who
’
s in and
who
’
s out of the
group.
”
The study
also found that within that
group
，
misnamings
occurred
where the names shared initial
or internal sounds
，
like Jimmy and Joanie
or
John and Bob. Physical resemblance between people
was not a factor.
Nor was gender.
The researchers conducted five separate
surveys of more than 1
，
700
people. Some of the surveys included
only college students; others were
done with a mixed-age population. Some
asked subjects about incidents
where
someone close to them
—
family
or friend
—
had called them by
another person
’
s
name. The other surveys asked about times when
subjects had themselves called someone
close to them by the wrong
name. All
the surveys found that people mixed up names
within
relationship groups such as
grandchildren
，
friends and siblings but
hardly ever crossed these boundaries.
In general
，
the study found that undergraduates
were almost as
likely as old people to
make this mistake and men as likely as women.
Older people and women made the mistake
slightly more often
，
but
that may be because
grandparents have more grandchildren to mix up
than parents have children.
Also
，
mothers may
call on their children
more often than
fathers
，
given
traditional gender norms. There was no
evidence that errors occurred more when
the misnamer was frustrated
，
tired or angry.
51. How
might people often feel when they were misnamed?
A) Unwanted.
B) Unhappy.
C) Confused.
D)
Indifferent.
52. What did David
Rubin
’
s research find about
misnaming?
A) It is related to the way
our memories work.
B) It is a possible
indicator of a faulty memory.
C) It
occurs mostly between kids and their friends.
D) It often causes misunderstandings
among people.
53. What is most likely
the cause of misnaming?
A) Similar
personality traits.
B) Similar
spellings of names.
C) Similar physical
appearance.
D) Similar pronunciation of
names.
54. What did the surveys of more
than 1
，
700 subjects find
about
misnaming?
A) It more
often than not hurts relationships.
B)
It hardly occurs across gender boundaries.
C) It is most frequently found in
extended families.
D) It
most often occurs within a relationship group.
55. Why do mothers misname their
children more often than
fathers?
A) They suffer more frustrations.
B) They become worn out more often.
C) They communicate more with their
children.
D) They generally take on
more work at home.
Part IV
Translation
(30 minutes)
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.
灯笼起源于东汉，
最初主要用于照明。
在唐代，
人们用红灯笼来庆祝安定的
生活。
从那时起，
灯笼在中国的许多地方流行起来。
< br>灯笼通常用色彩鲜艳的薄纸
制作，形状和尺寸各异。在中国传统文化中，红灯笼象
征生活美满和生意兴隆，
通常在春节、
元宵节和国庆节等节日期
间悬挂。
如今，
世界上许多其他地方也能
看到红灯笼。
2019
年
6
月大学英语四级考试真题精解（第一套）
Part I Writing
【范文评注】
On June
15
，
to enrich
students
’
extracurricular life and show their
caring to the
elderly
，
the
Student Union organized a volunteer activity
to assist elderly people in the
neighborhood
，
and
dozens of students in
various majors
attended the activity.1
Here are more
details about this activity.2With the help of the
staff in
the neighborhood
committee
，
we got
in touch with the elderly in the
neighborhood when we got there at about
2:00 p.m. Every two
volunteers took
care of one elderly man
，
chatting with them and
cleaning their rooms. After getting
quite familiar with each
other
，
we
gave them enjoyable
performances
，
including
singing
，
dancing
and
crosstalks
，
all receiving a big applause from the
elderly. At last
，
we took
photos with them for
good memories. In the late
afternoon
，
we
left for
our university.3
The visit left a special and profound
impression on each participant.4
Within
just three hours of
volunteering
，
students felt a stronger sense of
responsibility to care
about the elderly and the significance of
respecting
them.5
1.
在英文中，新闻报道一般采用“倒三角”的写作模式，也称“倒金字塔
结构”<
/p>
，
开篇往往用一句话介绍完新闻主题
（常
常包括人物、
时间、
地点、
事件）
，
用以吸引读者或听众的兴趣，其余段落介绍相关细节。
2.
过渡性语句，用以承上启下，开始向读者介绍新闻的具体细节。
3.
按照时间顺序和志愿者活动安排的顺序介绍照顾老人的具
体细节。
4.
对此次志愿者活动进行总结。
5.
进一步揭示此次活动的意义。
【译文】
6
月
15
日，为了丰富学生们的课余生活，表达他们对老人的关爱
，我校学
生会组织了一次志愿者活动，
帮助附近的老人，
有数十位来自不同专业的学生参
加了这次活动。
下面是关于这次活动的更多细节。
下午两点左右到达之后，
在居委会工作人
员的帮助下，
我们与附
近的老人取得了联系。
每两位志愿者照顾一位老人，
与他
们交谈，
帮助他们清扫屋子。
在双方熟悉起来
之后，
我们给他们表演了有趣的节
目，包括唱歌、跳舞和说相声
，所有节目都赢得了老人的热烈掌声。最后，我们
与老人合影留念。在下午晚些时候，我
们离开返回学校。
这次拜访给每位
参与者都留下了特别而又深刻的印象。
在短短三个小时的志
愿者
活动中，
学生们有了更强烈的关爱老人的责任感，
更深刻地感受
到尊敬老人
的意义。
【要点用法】
enrich
使丰富
dozens of
数十个
good memory
美好回忆
extracurricular life
课余生活
with the
help of
在……的帮助下
leave for
前往
caring
关爱
take care of
照顾，照料
leave an
impression on
给……留下印象
the elderly
老年人
get familiar with
与……变得熟悉
volunteer
志愿者
enjoyable
令人愉快的，有乐趣的
profound
深刻的
assist
帮助，协助
crosstalk
相声
sense of responsibility
责任感
in the
neighborhood
附近，周围
receive a big applause
赢得热烈掌声
significance
意义
【句法点评】
1. The
visit left a special and profound impression on
each
participant.
句中采用了一个固定结构，即
leave an
impression on...
意为“给……留下
印象”，
impression
前面常常用
pr
ofound
、
big
、
deep
、
strong
等
修饰，以
增强语气，
on
后面一般接“
某人”，该句型常用来对某项活动进行总结和点评，
是此类新闻报道的常用句型之一。<
/p>
2. Within just
three hours of volunteering
，
students felt a stronger
sense of responsibility to care about
the elderly and the significance of
respecting them.
句中使用了一个常用搭配，即
felt a stronger
sense of responsibility
，意
为“感
受到了更强烈的责任感”，
to care about...
为不定式短语，充当
responsibility
的后置定语
。
Part II Listening
Comprehension
Section A
News
Report One
【听力原文】
[1] A nine-year-old central California
boy braved strong currents and
cold
water to swim from San Francisco to Alcatraz
Island and back. A
California
television station in Fresno reported Tuesday that
James
Savage set a record as the
youngest swimmer to make the journey to the
former prison. The TV station reported
that by completing the swim the
fourth-
grade student from Los Banos broke a record
previously held by a
ten-year-old boy.
James said that waves in the San Francisco Bay
hitting
him in the face 30 minutes into
his swim made him want to give up. His
father said he had offered his son 100
dollars as a reward. [2] To
encourage his struggling son he doubled
it to 200 dollars. James pushed
forward
，
making it to Alcatraz Island and back
in a little more than two
hours.
Alcatraz is over a mile from the mainland.
did the boy from central California do
according to the
report?
did the father do to encourage his son?
【听前预测】
利用播放答题导语的时
间，快速浏览每道题的四个选项。由选项关键词
set
a r
ecord
、
swimming
、
island
、
San Francisc
o
等可知，本则新闻很可能是关
于创造游泳纪录的，且涉及岛屿
和旧金山地区，听音时应侧重这些方面。
1. A
【做题提示】
四个选项都是以
he
做主语的陈述句。
四个选项都包含
island
，
其中两项跟游泳有关（
swimming
to and from
、
swam around
）。听到问题
后立刻回忆所听新闻内容，确定
he
的指代对象，结合选项作答。
【解析
】
一位来自加利福尼亚中部地区的
9
岁
男孩勇敢地面对湍急的水流和
冰冷的海水，在旧金山和阿尔卡特拉斯岛之间游了一个来回
。由此可知，选项
A
符合报道所述，为正确答案。选项
D
的描述不符合新闻内容，男孩是在旧金山
和阿
尔卡特拉斯岛之间游了一个来回，而非绕着旧金山附近一座小岛游。
2. A
【做题提示】四个选项都
是以
he
做主语的陈述句，其中两项包含两个不同
的“他”
（
he
、
him
），可判断本题可能涉及两个人之间的活动。听到问题后立
刻回忆所听新闻内容，
确定
he
和
him
的指代对象及相互间的关系，
结合选项作
答。
【解析】
新闻后面提到，
为了鼓励努力坚持游完全程的儿子，
他把奖励提高
了一倍，增加到了
200
美元。因此，选项
A
符合新闻内容，为正确答案。
选项
D
无中生有，
新闻中只提到电视台
报道了男孩游泳创造纪录一事，
但未说是男孩
父亲让电视台报道
了这一事件，故可排除。
News Report Two
【听力原文】
On the
first of January
，
new regulations will come into effect
which
eliminate an annual leave bonus
for people who put off marrying until
the age of 23 for women and 25 for
men
，
the South
China Morning Post
reports. [3] The
holiday bonus was designed to encourage young
people
to delay getting married in line
with China
’
s one-child
policy. But with
that policy now being
abolished
，
this
holiday incentive is no longer
necessary
，
the government says.
In Shanghai
，
a young couple at a marriage
registration office told
the paper that
they decided to register their marriage as soon as
possible
to take advantage of the
existing policy because an extra holiday was a
big deal for them. In
Beijing
，
one
registration office had about 300
couples seeking to get married the day
after the changes were
announced
，
rather than the usual number of between
70 and 80. [4] But
one lawyer tells the
paper that the changes still have to be adopted by
local governments and these procedures
take time. So people who are
rushing to
register for marriage can relax.
was
the purpose of the annual leave bonus in China?
do we learn about the new regulations?
【听前预测】
利用播放答题导语的时
间，快速浏览每道题的四个选项。由选项关键词
one-child
policy
、
late
marriage
、
early marriage
等可知，本则新闻很可能
是关于政策变化的，且涉及结婚早晚，听音时应侧
重这些方面。
3. B
【做题提示
】
四项都是不定式短语，
可推断本题提问某件事的目的。
注意四
项关键词分别为
one-child
policy
、
late
marriage
、
working
efficiency
、
more
time to travel
。听到问题后立刻回忆所听新闻
内容，结合选项作答。
【解析】<
/p>
新闻开头首先说晚婚假将会被取消，
实行新法规。
然后新闻接着说
这种假期福利旨在鼓励年轻人晚婚，以契合中国的独生子女政策
。因此，选项
B
符合新闻内容，为正确答案。
< br>
4. D
【做题提示】四个选项都是以
they
做主语的一般将来时陈述句，可推断本
题考
查事物的未来状态或趋势。
听到问题后立刻回忆所听新闻内容，
结合选项作
答。
【解析】新闻最后说
，新政策一宣布，很多人涌向婚姻登记处登记，以争取
即将被废除的晚婚假。不过，律师
表示，这一政策变化有待地方政府实施，实施
过程还需要时间，所以那些着急登记结婚的
人们可以放松下来。因此，选项
D
为正确答案。
News Report Three
【听力原文】
[6]
Everyone loves a good house
party
，
but the
cleaning-up the next
morning
isn
’
t as enjoyable.
Now
，
however
，
a New Zealand-based
startup
company aims to bring messy
homes
—
and even splitting
headaches
—
back to
normal. The properly-named startup
“
Morning-After
Maids
”
，
was launched about a month ago in
Auckland
by roommates Rebecca Foley and
Catherine Arthurs. Aside from
cleaning-up
，
the two will also cook
breakfast
，
and
even get coffee and
painkillers for
recovering merrymakers. Although they are both
gainfully
employed
，
they fit cleaning jobs into their
nights and weekends
，
which
is when their service
is in most demand any way. Besides being flooded
with requests from across the
country
，
Foley
and Arthurs have also
received the
requests from the U.S. and Canada to provide
services there.
[7] They are reportedly
meeting with lawyers to see how best to take the
business forward.
is the
news report mainly about?
is a common
problem with a house party?
are
Rebecca Foley and Catherine Arthurs planning to
do?
【听前预测】
利用播放答题
导语的时间，
快速浏览每道题的四个选项。
由选项频繁出现的<
/p>
关键词
clean
（
cleaning
、
clean up
、
cleaners
）以及其他关键词
service
、
new
com
pany
、
parties
等可知，本
则新闻很可能是关于派对后清洁服务的，且涉及
一家新公司，听音时应侧重这些方面。<
/p>
5. C
【做题提示】四个选项都是名词性短语，四项都跟
clean
有
关（
cleaning
service
、
do
cleaning
、
clean up the mess
，
cleaners
）。听到问题后立刻回
忆所听新闻内容，结合选项作答。
【
解析】
本篇新闻主要讲述一家创业公司成立的初衷就是帮助那些举办派对
后的家庭恢复原状，也就是帮助做清洁工作。新闻还讲述了这家公司的创始人、
业务范围及服务地区等信息。因此，选项
C
可以高度概括新闻主
旨，为正确答
案。
6. B
【做题提示】四个选项都是以
it
做主语的一
般现在时陈述句。四项描述了
四种不同的负面现象，
可推测本题
可能考查某件事的负面作用或问题。
听到问题
后立刻回忆所听新
闻内容，结合选项作答。
【解析】
新
闻开头就提到，
人人都喜欢好的家庭派对，
但是第二天早上的清
理工作却不那么令人愉快，
接下来介绍了一家新公司专门帮助家
里处理派对之后
的清洁工作。
因此，
家
庭派对常见的问题便是它会让家变得凌乱不堪，
因此选项
B
为正确答案。
7. D
【做题提示】
四个选项都是动词短语，
应注意四项中的
关键词。
听到问题后
立刻回忆所听新闻内容，结合选项作答。<
/p>
【解析】新闻结尾提到，瑞贝卡·弗
雷和凯瑟琳·阿瑟斯正在跟律师会面，商
讨如何更好地推进她们的业务。选项
D
与新闻内容相符，故为正确答案。
Section B
Conversation One
W: [8] Kyle
，
how did your
driver
’
s theory exam go? It
was
yesterday
，
right?
M:
Yes
，
I prepared
it as much as I could
，
but I was so nervous since
it was my second try. The people who
worked at the test center were very
kind
，
though. We had a little conversation
which calmed me down a bit
，
and that was just what I needed.
Then
，
after the
exam
，
they
printed out
my
result
，
but I was
afraid to open it until I was outside. It was such
a
relief to pass.
W:
Congratulations! I knew you could do it! [9] I
guess you
underestimated how difficult
it would be the first time
，
didn
’
t you? I
hear a lot of people make that mistake
and go in underprepared. But
good job
in passing the second time.
I
’
m so proud of you. Now all
you
have to do next is your road test.
Have you had any lessons yet?
M:
Yes
，
thanks.
I
’
m so happy to be actually
on the road now. I
’
ve
only had two driving lessons so
far
，
and my
instructor is very
understanding. [10]
So
，
I
’
m really
enjoying it and I can
’
t wait
for my
next
session
，
although
the lessons are rather expensive. Twenty pounds
an hour
，
and the instructor says
I
’
ll need about 30 to 40
lessons in total.
That
’
s
what
—
six to eight hundred
pounds! [11] So this time
I
’
ll need to
make
a lot more effort and hopefully will be successful
the first time.
W:
Well
，
good luck!
did the man do yesterday?
did he fail the exam the first time?
does the man say about his driving lessons?
does the man hope to do next?
8. C
【听前预测】四个选项都以
he
开头，其后的动词用的都是过去时态，而且
四个选项中都出
现了与驾驶考试有关的词汇。
结论：
本题很有可能考查对话中的男士在过去的某个时间做了什么与驾驶考
试有关的事情。
【解析】
本题考查的是男士在昨天干了什
么事情。
对话一开始女士就询问男
士昨天驾驶员理论考试考得怎
么样。因此可以确定正确答案为选项
C
。
9. A
【听前预测】四个选
项都以
he
开头，其后的动词用的是过去时态，而且都
是表示否定的动作，且与考试失败有关。
结论
：
本题很有可能考查男士驾驶考试失败的原因。
听音时应该多关
注对话
中的相关陈述。
【解析】
本题考查男士第一次没有通过考试的原因。
对话中并没有出现男士<
/p>
直接陈述其考试失败原因的句子，
但是在对话中，
女士提到她的猜测，
即男士第
一次考试的时候低估了它
的难度，
准备得不够充分，
而男士并未否认这一点，
可
见是默认了女士的说法，故选项
A
为正确答案。而且，选项
B
、
C
、
D
的内容在
对话中没有任何体现，均可排除。
10. B
【听前预测】四个选项均以
they
为主语，且
均为系表结构的句子。
结论：根据四个选项中的形容词
tough
、
costly
< br>、
helpful
和
short
可知，
本题很有可能考查某事物的特征。听音时首先要弄清楚<
/p>
they
指代的对象，然后
在录音中辨别
关于其特征的信息。
【解析】
本题考
查男士对他的驾驶课程的看法。
在对话结尾，
男士用好几句
话强调了驾驶课程的价格非常高，故选项
B
为正确答案。
11. A