2017年6月大学英语四级真题(第一套)

2017

年

6

月大学英 语四级真题

(

第一套

)

Part I

Writing

(25 minutes)

(

请于正式开考后半小时内完成该部分，之后将进行听力考试

)

Directions:

For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an advertisement on your campus website to sell a

computer

you

used

at

college.

Your

advertisement

may

include

its

brand,

specifications/features,

condition

and

price, and your contact should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.

Part II

Listening Comprehension

(30 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 questions will be spoken only once. After you hear questions, 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.

注意：此部分试题请在

答题卡

1

上作答。

Questions 1 to 2 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

1.

A) The man in the car was absent- minded.

B) The test driver made a wrong judgement.

C) The self- driving system was faulty.

D) The car was moving at a fast speed.

2.

A) They have done better than conventional cars.

B) They have caused several severe crashes.

C) They have posed a threat to other drivers.

D) They have generally done quite well.

Questions 3 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

3.

A) He works at a national park.

B) He is a queen been specialist.

C) He removed the beyond from the boot.

D) He drove the bees away from his car.

4.

A) They were looking after the queen

B) They were making a lot of noise

C) They were looking for a new box to live in

D) They were dancing in a unique way

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

5.

A) The discovery of a new species of snake

B) The second trip to a small remote island

C) The finding of 2 new species of frog

D) The latest test on rare animal species

6.

A) A poisonous snake attacked him on his field trip

B) He discovered a rare fog on a deserted

C) A snake crawled onto his head in his sleep

D) He fell from a tall palm tree by accident

7.

A) From its genes

B) From its length

C) From its origin

D) From its colour

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 1

with a single line through the centre.

Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

8.

A) The security check takes time

B) He has to check a lot of luggage

C) His flight is leaving in less than 2 hours

D) The airport is a long way from the hotel

9.

A) In cash

B) By credit card

C) With a traveler’s check

D) With his smart phone

10.

A) Give him a receipt

B) Confirm his flight

C) Look after his luggage

D) Find a porter for him

11 .

A) Signing up for membership of S Hotel

B) Staying in the same hotel next time he comes

C) Loading her luggage onto the airport shuttle

D) Posting a comment on the hotel’s webpage

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

12.

A) He is the only boy in his family

B) He becomes tearful in wind

C) He has stopped making terrible faces

D) He is his teacher's favorite student

13.

A) Tell him to play in her backyard

B) Do something funny to amuse him

C) Give him some cherry stones to play with

D) Warn him of danger by making up a story

14.

A) They could break pp's legs

B) They could sometimes terrify adults

C) They could fly against a strong wind

D) They could knock pp unconscious

15.

A) One would get a spot on their tongues if they told a lie deliberately

B) One would have to shave their head to remove a bat in their hair

C) One would go to prison if they put a stamp on upside down

D) One would have curly hair if they ate too much stale bread

Section C

Directions:

In

this

section,

you

will

hear

three

passages

of

lectures

or

talks

followed

by

three

or

four

questions. The recordings will be played 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) Everything seemed to be changing.

B) People were formal and disciplined.

C) People were excited to go travelling overseas.

D) Things from the Victorian era came back alive.

17.

A) Watching TV at home.

B) Meeting people.

C) Drinking coffee.

D) Trying new foods.

18.

A) He was interested in stylish dresses.

B) He was able to take a lot of money.

C) He was a student in the 1960s.

D) He was a man full of imagination.

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

19.

A) They avoid looking at them.

B) They run away immediately.

C) They show anger on their faces.

D) They make threatening sounds.

20.

A) It turns to its owner for help.

B) It turns away to avoid conflict.

C) It looks away and gets angry, too.

D) It focuses its eyes on their mouths.

21.

A) By observing their facial features carefully.

B) By focusing on a particular body movement.

C) By taking in their facial expressions as a whole.

D) By interpreting different emotions in different ways.

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

22.

A) They have to look for food and shelter underground.

B) They take little notice of the changes in temperature.

C) They resort to different means to survive the bitter cold.

D) They have difficulty adapting to the changed environment.

23.

A) They have their weight reduced to minimum.

B) They consume the energy stored before the long sleep.

C) They can maintain their heart beat at the normal rate.

D) They can keep their body temperature warm and stable.

24.

A) By staying in hiding places and eating very little.

B) By seeking food and shelter in people

’

s houses.

C) By growing thicker hair to stay warm.

D) By storing enough food beforehand.

25.

A) To stay safe.

B) To save energy.

C) To keep company.

D) To protect the young.

Part

Ⅲ

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.

Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.

The

method

for

making

beer

has

changed

over

time.

Hops < /p>

(

啤酒花

)

，< /p>

for

example,

which

give

many

a

modem

beer

its

bitter

flavor,

are

a

(26)_______

recent

addition

to

the

beverage.

This

was

first

mentioned

in

reference to brewing in the ninth century. Now, researchers have found a (27)_______ingredient in residue (

残留

物）

from 5,000-year-old beer brewing equipment. While digging two pits at a site in the central plains of China,

scientists discovered fragments from pots and vessels. The different shapes of the containers (28)_______

they

Reading Comprehension

(40 minutes)

were used to brew, filter, and store

beer. They may be ancient “beer

-making

tools,” and the earliest (2

9_______

evidence of beer brewing in China, the researchers reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of

inside

the

Sciences. To (30)_______

that theory, the team examined the yellowish, dried (31)_______

vessels. The majority of the grains, about 80%, were from cereal crops like barley (

大麦

),and about 10% were bits

of roots, (32)_______lily,which would have made the beer sweeter, the scientists say. Barley was an unexpected

find: the crop was domesticated in Western Eurasia and didn't become a (33)_______food in central China until

about

2,000

years

ago,

according

to

the

researchers.

Based

on

that

timing,

they

indicate

barley

may

have

(34)_______ in the region not as food, but as (35)_______material for beer brewing.

注意：此部分试题请在

答题卡

2

上作答。

A)

Arrived

E) including

I) relatively

M) suggest

Section B

B)

B) consuming

F) inform

J) remains

N) surprising

C)

C) direct

G) raw

K)resources

O) test

D)

D) exclusively

H) reached

L) staple