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2015
年
6
月英语四
级真题
(
第
2
套
)
Part 1 Writing (30
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 essay based on the
picture below. You should start your
essay with a brief description of the picture and
them comment on this kind of modern
life. You should write at least 120 words but
no more than 180 words.
Part II
Listening Comprehension
(30minutes)
Section
A
Directions: In this
section, you will bear 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 questions 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.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡
1
上作答
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 will clean the
woman’s boots for spring
C)
He has been waiting for the winter sale
D) He will help the woman
put things away
6.
A) At a
tailor’s
B) At Bob’s home
C) In a cloth store
D) In a theatre
7.
A) His guests favors 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
documentation
D) Revise an
environmental report
Questions 9 to 12
are based on the conversation you 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 “Super
saver ” seats
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 marked the correspond letter on
Answer sheet I with a single line
through the centre.
注意：
此部分试题请在答题卡
1
上作答。
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-know 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 19-21
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 two much
pressure
20.
A) Reduce our
workload
B) Control our temper
C) Use painkillers for relief
D) Avoid masking symptom
21.
A) Lying down and having some sleep
B) Rubbing and pressing one’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’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
conversation 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 reaf for the third
time,
you should check what you have
written.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡
1
上作答。
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’s what
their friends are doing. Then, there’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, re
ading
only what can’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’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
The U.S. Department of Education is
making efforts to ensure that all students have
equal access to a quality education.
Today it is __36___the launch of the Excellent
Educators for All Initiative. The
initiative will help states and school districts
support
great educators for the
students who need them most.
“All
children are _37_ to a high
-quality
education regardless of their race, zip code or
family income. It is __38__ important
that we provide teachers and principals the
support they need to help students
reach their full
__39__ ,” U.S.
Secretary of
Education Arne Duncan
said. “Despite the excellent work and deep __40__
of our
nation's teachers and
principals, students in high-poverty, high-
minority schools are
unfairly treated
across our country. We have to do better. Local
leaders and
educators will __41__ their
own creative solutions, but we must work together
to
__42__ our focus on how to better
recruit, support and __43__ effective teachers
and principals for all students,
especially the kids who need them
most.”
Today’
s
announcement is another important step forward in
improving access to
quality education,
a __44__ of President Obama’s year of action.
Later today,
Secretary Duncan will lead
a roundtable discussion with principals and school
teachers from across the country about
the __45__ of working in high-need schools
and how to adapt promising practices
for supporting great educators in these
schools.
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此部分试题
请在答题卡
2
上作答。
A
）
announcing
B
）
beneficial
C
）
challenges
D
）
commitment
E
）
component
F
）
contests
G
）
critically
H
）
develop
I
）
distributing
J
）
enhance
K
）
entitled
L
）
potential
M) properly
N) qualified
O) retain
Section
B
The
Changes
Facing
Fast
Food
[A]
Fast-food
firms
have
to
be
a
thick-
skinned
bunch.
Health
experts
regularly
criticize
them
severely
for
selling
food
that
makes
people
fat.
Critics
even
c
omplain
that
McDonald's,
whose
logo
symbolizes
calorie
excess,
should
not
h
ave
been
allowed
to
sponsor
the
World
Cup.
These
are
things
fast-food
firms
have
learnt
to
cope
with.
But
not
perhaps
for
much
longer.
The
burger
busi
ness
faces
more
pressure
from
regulators
at
a
time
when
it
is
already
adapti
ng
strategies
in
response
to
shifts
in
the
global
economy.
[B]
Fat
food
was
once
thought
to
be
recession-
proof.
When
consumers
need
to
cut
spending,
the
logic
goes,
cheap
meals
like
Big
Macs
and
Whoppers
be
come
even
more
attractive.
Such
down
proved
true
for
much
of
th
e
latest
recession,
when
fast-food
companies
picked
up
customers
who
could
no
longer
afford
to
eat
at
casual
restaurants.
Traffic
was
boosted
in
Americ
a,
the
home
of
fast
food,
with
discounts
and
promotions,
such
as
$$1
menus
and
cheap
combination
meals.
[C]
As
a
result,
fast-food
chains
have
weathered
the
recession
better
than
th
eir
more
expensive
competitors.
In
2009
sales
at
full-service
restaurants
in
A
merica
fell
by
more
than
6%,
bur
total
sales
remained
about
the
same
at
fa
st-food
chains.
In
some
markets,
such
as
Japan,
France
and
Britain,
total
spe
nding
on
fast
food
increased.
Same-store
sales
in
America
at
McDonald's,
the
world's
largest
fast-food
company,
did
not
decline
throughout
the
downturn,
Panera
Bread,
an
American
fast-food
chain
known
for
its
fresh
ingredients,
p
erformed
well,
too,
because
it
offers
higher-quality
food
at
lower
prices
than
restaurants.
[D]
But
not
all
fast-food
companies
have
been
as
fortunate.
Many,
such
as
B
urger
King,
have
seen
sales
fall.
In
a
severe
recession,
while
some
people
tra
de
down
to
fast
food,
many
others
eat
at
home
more
frequently
to
save
mo
ney.
David
Palmer,
an
analyst
at
UBS,
a
bank,
says
smaller
fast-food
chains
i
n
America,
such
as
Jack
in
the
Box
and
Carl's
Jr.,
have
been
hit
particularly