2015年6月大学英语四级考试真题第一套完美排版

2015

年

6

月大学英 语四级考试真题（第一套）

Part I Writing (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 modem life. You

should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.

THIS MODERN LIFE:

Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)

Section A

Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each

conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions

will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four

choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on

Answer sheet 1 with a single line through the center.

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1. A) He is pleased to sit on the committee. B) He is willing to offer the woman a hand.

C) He will tell the woman his decision later. D) He would like to become a club member.

2. A) Their planned trip to Vancouver is obviously overpriced.

B) They should borrow a guide book instead of buying one.

C) The guide books in the library have the latest information.

D) The library can help order guide books about Vancouver.

3. A) He regrets having taken the history course.

B) He finds little interests in history books.

C) He has trouble finishing his reading assignments.

D) He has difficulty in writing the weekly book report.

4. A) The man had better choose another restaurant.

B) The new restaurant is a perfect place for dating.

C) The new restaurant caught her fancy immediately.

D) The man has good taste in choosing the restaurant.

5. A) He has been looking forward to spring.

B) He has been waiting for the winter sale.

C) He will clean the woman

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s boots for spring.

D) He will help the woman put things away.

6. A) At a tailor

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s. B) At Bob

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s home.

C) In a cloth store. D) In a theatre.

7. A) His guests favor Tibetan drinks. B) His water is quite extraordinary.

C) Mineral water is good for health. D) Plain water will serve the purpose.

8. A) Report the result of a discussion. B) Raise some environmental issues.

C) Submit an important document. D) Revise an environmental report.

Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

9. A) They pollute the soil used to cover them. B) They are harmful to nearby neighborhoods.

C) The rubbish in them takes long to dissolve. D) The gas they emit is extremely poisonous.

10. A) Growing populations. B) Packaging materials.

C) Changed eating habits. D) Lower production cost.

11. A) By saving energy. B) By using less aluminum.

C) By reducing poisonous wastes. D) By making the most of materials.

12. A) We are running out of natural resources soon.

B) Only combined efforts can make a difference.

C) The waste problem will eventually hurt all of us.

D) All of us can actually benefit from recycling.

Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

13. A) Miami. B) Vancouver. C) Bellingham. D) Boston.

14. A) To get information on one-way tickets to Canada.

B) To inquire about the price of

C) To get advice on how to fly as cheaply as possible.

D) To inquire about the shortest route to drive home.

15. A) Join a tourist group. B) Choose a major airline.

C) Avoid trips in public holidays. D) Book tickets as early as possible.

Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some

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 marketed A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on

Answer sheet I with a single line through the centre.

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Passage one

Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.

16. A) There are mysterious stories behind his works.

B) There are many misunderstandings about him.

C) His works have no match worldwide.

D) His personal history is little known.

17. A) He moved to Stratford-on-Avon in his childhood.

B) He failed to go beyond grammar school.

C) He was a member of the town council.

D) He once worked in a well-known acting company.

18. A) Writers of his time had no means to protect their works.

B) Possible sources of clues about him were lost in a fire.

C) His works were adapted beyond recognition.

D) People of his time had little interest in him.

Passage Two

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

19. A) It shows you have been ignoring your health.

B) It can seriously affect your thinking process.

C) It is an early warning of some illness.

D) It is a symptom of too much pressure.

20. A) Reduce our workload.

B) Control our temper.

C) Use painkillers for relief.

D) Avoid masking symptoms.

21. A) Lying down and having some sleep.

B) Rubbing and pressing one

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s back.

C) Going out for a walk.

D) Listening to light music.

Passage Three

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

22. A) Depending heavily on loans.

B) Having no budget plans at all.

C) Spending beyond one

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s means.

D) Leaving no room for large bills.

23. A) Many of them can be cut.

B) All of them have to be covered.

C) Their payment cannot be delayed.

D) They eat up most of the family income.

24. A) Rent a house instead of buying one.

B) Discuss the problem in the family.

C) Make a conservation plan.

D) Move to a cheaper place.

25. A) Financial issues plaguing a family.

B) Difficulty in making both ends meet.

C) Family budget problems and solutions.

D) New ways to boost family income.

Section C

Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time,

you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to

fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time,

you should check what you have written.

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Perhaps because going to college is so much a part of the American dream, many people go for no (26)

_____ reason. Some go because their parents expect it, others because it

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s what their friends are doing. Then,

there

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s the belief that a college degree will (27) _____ ensure a good job and high pay.

Some students (28) _____ through for years, attending classes, or skipping

（逃课）

them as the case may be,

reading only what can

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t be avoided, looking for less (29)_____courses, and never being touched or changed in

any important way. For a few of these people, college provides no (30) _____, yet because of parental or peer

pressure, they cannot voluntarily leave. They stop trying in the hope that their teachers will make the decision for

them by (31) _____ them.

To put it bluntly

（直截了当地）

, unless you're willing to make your college years count, you might be (32)

_____ doing something else. Not everyone should attend college, nor should everyone who does attend begin

right after high school. Many college students (33) ____ taking a year or so off. A year out in the world helps

some people to (34) _____ their priorities and goals. If you're really going to get something out of going to college,

you have to make it mean something, and to do that you must have some idea why you

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re there, what you hope to

get out of it, and (35) _____ even what you hope to become.

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 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the

bank more than once.

Question 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.

It

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s our guilty pleasure: Watching TV is the most common everyday activity, after work and sleep, in many

parts of the world. Americans view five hours of TV each day, and while we know that spending so much time

sitting 36____ can lead to obesity

（肥胖症）

and other diseases, researchers have 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 in the Journal

of the American Medical Association that for every two hours per day spent channel 39____. the risk of

developing Type 2 diabetes

（糖尿病）

rose 20% over 8.5 years, the risk of heart disease increased 15% over a

40____ , and the odds of dying permaturely 41____ 13% during a seven-year follow- up. All of these 42____ are

linked to a lack of physical exercise. But compared with other sedentary

（久坐的）

activities, like knitting, viewing

TV may be especially 43____ at promoting unhealthy habits. For one, the sheer number of hours we pass

watching TV dwarfs the time we spend on anything else. And other studies have found that watching ads for beer

and popcorn may make you more likely to 44____ them.

Even so, the authors admit that they didn't compare different sedentary activities to 45____ whether TV

watching was linked to a greater risk of diabetes, heart disease or early death compared with, say, reading.

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A) climbed

B) consume

C) decade

D) determine

E) effective

F) harmful

G) outcomes

H) passively

I) previously

J) resume

K) suffered.

L) surfing

M) term

N) terminals

O) twisting

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 question by

marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.

Essay-Grading Software Offers Professors a Break

[A] Imagine taking a college exam, and instead of handing in a blue book and getting a grade from a

professor a few weeks later, clicking the

your essay scored by a software program. And then, instead of being done with the exam, imagine that the system

would immediately let you rewrite the test to try to improve your grade.

[B] EdX, 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 its automated

（自动的）

software

available free on the Web to any institution that wants to use it. The software uses artificial intelligence to grade

student essays and short written answers, freeing professors for other tasks.

[C] The new service will bring the educational consortium

（联盟）

into a growing conflict over the role of

automation in education. Although automated grading systems for multiple-choice and true-false tests 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.

[D] Anant Agarwal, an electrical engineer who is president of EdX, predicted that the instant- grading

software would be a useful teaching tool, enabling students to take tests and write essays over and over and

improve the quality of their answers. He said the technology would offer distinct advantages over the traditional

classroom system, where students often wait days or weeks for grades.

instant feedback,

[E] But 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