2016年6月英语四级真题及答案详解和听力原文 第一套

2016

年

6

月英语四 级真题

第一套

Part I Writing (30minutes)

(

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

)

For this part

，

you are allowed 30 minutes to write a letter to express your thanks to your parents or any other 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.

C)Rising unemployment worldwide.

1. A)The International Labor Organization

’

s key objective.

B)The basic social protection for the most vulnerable.

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.

C)Increase protein content in the food.

B)Put calorie information on the menu.

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.

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

B)Inability to keep turning out novel products.

D)Failure to integrate innovation into their business.

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

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

B)It is the creation of something new.

D)It is an essential part of business culture.

7. A)Its hardworking employees.

C)Its innovation culture.

B)Its flexible promotion strategy.

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.

C)He is crazy about text-messaging.

8. A)He

’

s got addicted to technology.

B)He is not very good at socializing.

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.

C)He wanted to stay connected with them.

B)He needed the practice.

D)He had an urgent message to send.

11. A)It poses a challenge to seniors.

C)It is childish and unprofessional.

B)It saves both time and money.

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.

C)He thinks he deserves extra pay for overtime.

B)He is unhappy with his department manager.

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

13. A)His workload was much too heavy.

C)His colleagues often refused to cooperate.

B)His immediate boss did not trust him.

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.

C)Learn to say no when necessary.

B)Wait and see what happens next.

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.

C)Some tips to improve the quality of sleep.

D)Diseases associated with lack of sleep.

B)Reasons for Americans

’

decline in sleep.

17. A)They are more health-conscious.

C)They get less and less sleep.

B)They are changing their living habits.

D)They know the dangers of lack of sleep.

18. A)Their weight will go down.

C)Their work efficiency will decrease.

B)Their mind function will deteriorate.

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.

C)Which university you are going to apply to.

B)What course you are going to choose.

D)When you are going to submit your application.

20. A)The list of courses studied.

C)The references from teachers.

B)The full record of scores.

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.

C)It was purchased by the Royal family.

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

D)It was designed by an English engineer.

23. A)They consumed lots of petrol.

C)They were difficult to drive.

B)They took two passengers only.

D)They often broke down.

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

C)They were modeled after British cars.

B)They were built with less costly materials.

D)They were made for ordinary use.

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

C)It marked a new era in motor travel.

B)It was built for the Royal family.

D)It attracted large numbers of motorists.

Part

Ⅲ

Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)

Section A

Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select oneword for each blank from

a list of choices given in a word bank following the 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, 26to have higher GPAs and

better

scores

on

standardized

tests.

In

a27of

14

studies

that

looked

at

physical

activity

and

academic28,

investigators

found that the more children moved, the better their grades were in school, 29in 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 30on 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.31in

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

32exclusive.

Physical

activity

can

improve

blood

33to

the

brain,

fueling

memory,

attention

and

creativity, which are 34to learning. And exercise releases hormones that can improve 35and 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

D)depressing

G)feasible

J)mutually

M)review

B)consequently

E)dropping

H)flow

K)particularly

N)survive

C)current

F)essential

I)mood

L)performance

O)tend

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 (

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 assumptio n

—

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 bad 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 one

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(

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

，

”

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.

Attitudes

toward

new

technologies

often

along

generational

lines.

That

is,

generally,

younger

people

tend

to

outnumber older people on the front end of a technological shift.

It is not always the case, though. When you look at attitudes toward driverless cars, there doesn't seem to be a clear

generational

divide.

The

public

overall

is

split

on

whether

they'd

like

to

use

a

driverless

car.

In

a

study

last

year,

of

all

people surveyed, 48 percent said they wanted to ride in one, while 50 percent did not.

The

face

that

attitudes

toward

self-driving

cars

appear

to

be

so

steady

across

generations

suggests

how

transformative the shift to driverless cars could be. Not everyone wants a driverless car now and no one can get one yet

but among those who are open to them, every age group is similarly engaged.

Actually,

this

isn't

surprising.

Whereas

older

generations

are

sometime

reluctant

to

adopt

new

technologies,

driverless cars promise real value to these age groups in particular. Older adults, especially those with limited mobility or

difficulty driving on their own, are one of the classic use-cases for driverless cars.

This is especially interesting when you consider that younger people are generally more interested in travel-related

technologies than older ones.

When it comes to driverless cars, differences in attitude are more pronounced based on factors not related to age.

College graduates, for example, are particularly interested in driverless cars compared with those who have less education,

59

percent

of

college

graduates

said

they

would

like

to

use

a

driverless

car

compared

with 38

percent

of

those

with a

high-school diploma or less.

Where a person lives matters, too. More people who lives in cities and suburbs said they wanted to try driverless cars

than those who lived in rural areas.

While there's reason to believe that interest in self-driving cars is going up across the board, a person's age will have

little to do with how self-driving cars can be becoming mainstream. Once driverless cares are actually available for safe,

the early adopters will be the people who can afford to buy them.

happens when a new technology emerges?

further widens the gap between the old and the young.

often leads to innovations in other related fields.

contribute greatly to the advance of society as a whole.

usually draws different reactions from different age groups.

does the author say about the driverless car?

does not seem to create a generational may start a revolution in the car industry.

will not necessarily reduce road has given rise to unrealistic expectations.

48. Why does the driverless car appeal to some old people?

A. It saves their energy.

adds to the safety of their travel.

helps with their mobility.

D. It stirs up their interest in life.

49. What is likely to affect one's attitude toward the driverless car?

location of their residence.

amount of training they received.

field of their special interest.

length of their driving experience.

are likely to be the first to buy the driverless car?

senior.

educated.

weaIthy.

tech fans.

Passage Two

Question 52 to 56 are based on the following passage.

In agrarian(

农业的

),pre-industrial Europe,

to have the largest meal, and then you'd go back to work,

Pacific,

This

comfortable

cycle,

in

which

the

rhythms

of

the

day

helped

shape

the

rhythms

of

the

meals,

gave

rise

to

the

custom of the large midday meal, eaten with the extended family,

Couniban. a professor at Millersville University inPeensylvania,

eating together

Since

industrialization,

maintaining

such

a

slow

cultural

metabolism

has

been

much

harder.

With

the

long

midday

meal shrinking to whatever could be stuffed into a lunch bucket or bought at a food stand. Certainly, there were benefits.

Modern techniques for producing and shipping food led to greater variety and quantity, including a tremendous, increase

in the amount of animal protein and dairy products available, making us more vigorous than our ancestors.

Yet plenty has been lost too, even in cultures that still live to eat. Take Italy. It's no secret that the Mediterranean diet

is healthy, but it was also a joy to prepare and eat. Italians, says Counihan, traditionally began the day with a small meal.

The big meal came at around 1 p.m. In between the midday meal and a late, smaller dinner came a small snack. Today,

when time zones have less and less meaning, there is little tolerance for offices' closing for lunch, and worsening traffic in

cities

means

workers

can't

make

it

home

and

back

fast

enough

anyway.

So

the

formerly

small

supper

after

sundown

becomes the big meal of the day. the only one at which the family has a chance to get together.

the full burden that used to be spread over two meals

do we learn from the passage about people in pre-industrial Europe?

had to work from early morning till late at night.

were so busy working that they only ate simple meals.

daily routine followed the rhythm of the natural cycle.

life was much more comfortable than that of today.

52. What does Professor Carole Counihan say about pre-industrial European families eating meals together?

was helpful to maintaining a nation's tradition.

was characteristic of the agrarian culture.

brought family members closers to each other.

enabled families to save a lot of money.

does

ionary adaptation.

s in lifestyle.

progress.

of life.

does the author think of the food people eat today?

quality is usually is more costly than what our ancestors ate.

is varied, abundant and production depends too much on technology.

does the author say about Italians of the old days

？

enjoyed cooking as well as eating.

ate three meals regularly every day.

ate a big dinner late in the evening.

were expert at cooking meals.

Part

Ⅳ

Translation (30 minutes)

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write

your answer on Answer Sheet 2.

功夫（

Kung 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 事训练。

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特殊元素。

作为中国的国宝，功夫 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。

2016< /p>

年

6

月英语四级真题答案解析

第一套

Part I Writing (30minutes)

感谢信：对于取得的成就，感谢父母或者家人

【参考范文】

Dear Sister,

I am writing this letter to extend my heartfelt appreciation to you for memorable achievement in the National Oral

English Contest in 2005.

The main reasons for this are as follows. To begin with, everything you did in the contest inspire me for a really long

time. Because of your encouragement and achievement, I made my decision to take the Contest in 2005. In addition, all

the books and suggestions you gave me during my preparation help me a lot. Without your help, how could it be possible

for

me

to

won

the

contest?

Last

but

not

least, everything

you

taught

me

encourages

me

to

be

an English

teacher and

influence an increasing number of college students.

I would like to take this great opportunity to express my heartfelt gratitude to the help you render me.

Yours sincerely,

Li Pan

Part

Ⅱ

Listening Comprehension

Section A

News Report One

1.

【答案】

C

）

Rising unemployment worldwide.

【解析】

选项的表述和核心名词

(key objective

，

basic social protection

，

unemployme nt

和

recovery)

各不相同表 明，

本题可能考查新闻要点。

2.< /p>

【答案】

C

）

F ew countries have realised the seriousness of the current crisis.

【解析】选项为以

many countries

或

few countries

开头的句子，其中的

not taken measures

，

how to address

?

ed the seriousness of...crisis

和

need support

表明，本题可能考查各国对经济危机的反应。

News Report Two

3.

【答案】

B

）

Put calorie information on the menu.

【解析】选项 均为动词短语，其中重复出现的

food

，以及

calorie

和

protein content< /p>

表明，本题可能考查新闻中

提到的某人或某机构的动作，与食品的 热量或蛋白质含量有关。

4.

【答案 】

A

）

They will be fined.

【解析】选项均为描述

they

的句子，且均为一般将来时，结合其中的

fined

，

closed

，

warning

和

lose

推测，本

题可能考查

they

的行为或被接受的行为，可能与处罚有关。

News Report Three

5.

【答案】

D

）

Failure to integrate innovation into their business.

【解析】选项均为表示负面含义的名词短语，结合其中重复出现的

business

，以及

plans< /p>

，

products

，

< br>model

和

innovation

推测，本题可能考查某企业的不足

.

可能与企业计划、企业 产品、企业形象和企业创新有关。

6.

【答案】

B

）

It is the creation of something new

【解析】选项均为描述

it

的句子，且句子均为主系表结构，表语均为名词短语表明，本题考 查

it

的含义。

7.

【答案】

C

）

Its innovation culture.

【解析】

选项均为以

its

开头的名词短语，

< br>其中的

hardworking employees

，

promotion strategy

，

innovation culture

和

willingness to

?

investments

表明，本题可能考查某公 司成功的因素。

Section B

Conversation one

8.

【答案】

D

）

He does not talk long on the phone.

【解析】选项均为描述< /p>

he

的句子，其中的

got addicted to

，

not very good at

，

crazy about

和

not talk long

表明，

本题可能考查

he

的喜好或 习惯。

9.

【答案】

B

）

Talk at length.

【解析】选项均为动词短语，其中的重复出现的

talk

，以及

herself

表明，本题可能考查女士或对话中提 到的某

位女士的行为动作。

10.< /p>

【答案】

A

）

He thought it was cool.

【解析】 选项均为描述

he

的句子，其中的

th ought, needed

，

wanted

< br>和

had

?

to send&< /p>

明，本题可能考查

he

对

于某事的看法或需求。

11.

【答案】

C

）

It is childish and uNPRofessional.

【解析】

选项均为描述

it

的句子，

其中的

poses a challenge

，

saves both time and money

，

childish and uNPRofessional

和

cool and convenient

表明，本题可能考查某人对

it