2015年6大学英语四级考试真题及详细答案

Part

I

Writing(30

minutes)Directions:

For

this

part,

you

are

allowed

30

minutes

to

write

an

essay

based

on

the

picture should

start

your

essay

with

a

brief

description

of

the

picture

and

then

comment

on

the

kid's

understanding

of

going

to should

write

at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.

“

Why am I going to school if my phone already knows everything?

”

Part II Listening Comprehension(30 minutes)

Section A

Directions : In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long the

end

ofeach

conversation,

one

or

more

questions

will

be

asked

about

what

was

theconversation

and

the

questions

will

be

spoken

only each

question

there

will

bea

the pause, you must read the four choices marked A., B), D),and decide which is

the

best mark

the

corresponding

letter

on

AnswerSheet

1

with

a

single

line

through

the centre.

1. will give the woman some tips on the game.

woman has good reason to quit the game.

is willing to play chess with the woman.

woman should go on playing chess.

2. man can forward the mail to Mary.

can call Mary to take care of the mail.

probably knows Sally's new address.

would like to resume contact with Sally.

3. handwriting has a unique style.

notes are not easy to read.

did not attend today's class.

is very pleased to be able to help.

man had better choose another restaurant.

new restaurant is a perfect place for dating.

new restaurant caught her fancy immediately.

man has good taste in choosing the restaurant.

5. has been looking forward to spring.

has been waiting for the winter sale.

will clean the woman's boots for spring.

will help the woman put things away.

6. woman is rather forgetful.

man appreciates the woman's help.

man often lends books to the woman.

woman often works overtime at weekends.

7. to work on foot.

a sightseeing trip.

work earlier than usual.

a walk when the weather is nice.

plane is going to land at another airport.

flights have been delayed due to bad weather.

closing has disturbed the airport's operation.

airport's management is in real need of improvement.

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

9. specializes in safety from leaks.

is headquartered in London.

has a partnership with LCP.

has a chemical processing plant.

10. is 's friend.

is a safety inspector.

is a salesman.

is a chemist.

11. of the safety department.

's personal assistant.

of the personnel department.

public relations officer.

12.

for to call back.

a message for .

details of their products and services.

a comprehensive description of their work.

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

learned playing the violin from a famous French musician.

dreamed of working and living in a European country.

read a lot about European musicians and their music.

listened to recordings of many European orchestras.

began taking violin lessons as a small child.

was a pupil of a famous European violinist.

gave her first performance with her father.

became a professional violinist at fifteen.

gave her a chance to explore the city.

was the chance of a lifetime.

was a great challenge to her.

helped her learn classical French music.

Section B

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

will

hearsome the

passage

and

the

questions

will

be

spoken

only youhear

a

question,

you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A., B), D ).Then mark

the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single linethrough the centre.

Passage One

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

are mysterious stories behind his works.

are many misunderstandings about him.

works have no match worldwide.

personal history is little known.

moved to Stratford-on-Avon in his childhood.

failed to go beyond grammar school.

was a member of the town council.

once worked in a well-known acting company.

18.

of his time had no means to protect their works.

sources of clues about him were lost in a fire.

works were adapted beyond recognition.

of his time had little interest in him.

Passage Two

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

19.

.

.

crash.

accidents.

20.

the local customs.

hotel reservations.

tickets well in advance.

the right documents.

21. your agent.

a lift if possible.

official transport.

a friend meet you.

Passage Three

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

22. down production cost.

inexpensive products.

in gold ornaments.

the taste of his goods.

a national press conference.

a live television interview.

a local sales promotion campaign.

a meeting of top British businesspeople.

24..

.

.

.

words of some businesspeople are just rubbish.

who never learns from the past is bound to fail.

should be a limit to one's sense of humour.

is not laughed at, that laughs at himself first.

Section C

Directions:

In

this

section,

you

will

hear

a

passage

three the

passage

is

read

for

the

firsttime,

you

should

listen

carefully

for

its

general the

passage

is

read

for

thesecond

time,

you

are

required

to

fill

in

the

blanks

with

the

exact

words

you

have

,

when

the

passage

is

read

for

the

third

time,

you

should

check

what

youhave

written.

Looking at the basic biological systems, the world is not doing very economic

indicators

show

the

world

is

26

Despite

a

slow

start

at

the

beginning

of

the

eighties,

global

economic

output

increased

by

more

than

a

fifth

during

the

27

The

economy

grew,

trade

increased,

and

millions

of

new

jobs

were can

biological

indicators

show

the

28 of economic indicators?

The

answer

is

that

the

economic

indicators

have

a

basic

fault:

they

show

no

difference

between

resource

uses

that

29

progress

and

those

uses

that

will

hurt main

measure

of

economic

progress

is

the

gross

national

product

(GNP).

30

,

this

totals

the

value

of all goods

and services produced and subtracts loss in

value of factories and a

half-century ago, GNP helped 31 a common way among countries of measuring change

in

economic some

time,

this

seemed

to

work

32

well,

but

serious

weaknesses

are

now

indicated earlier, GNP includes loss in value of factories and equipment, but it

does not 33 the loss of natural resources, including nonrenewable resources such

as oil or renewable resources such as forests.

This basic fault

can produce a 34 sense of

national economic to GNP, for example,

countries that overcut forests actually do better than those that preserve their

trees

cut

down

are

counted

as

income

but

no

subtraction

is

made

for

35

the

forests.

Part

Ⅲ

Reading Comprehension ( 40 minutes)

Section A

Directions:

In this section, there is a passage with ten are required to select

one word for

each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the the passage

through carefully before making your choice in the bank is identified by a mark

the corresponding letter for each item on

Answer Sheet2

with a single line through

the may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.

Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.

The of Education is making efforts to ensure that all students have equal access

to a quality it is 36 the launch of the Excellent Educators for All initiative

will

help

states

and

school

districts

support

great

educators

for

the

students

who

need them most.

children

are

37

to

a

high-quality

education

regardless

of

their

race,

zip

code

or

family is

38

important

that

we

provide

teachers

and

principals

the

support

they

need

to

help

students

reach

their

full

39

,

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 have to

do 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 a

quality

education,

a

44

of

President

Obama's

year

of 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 adopt promising

practices for supporting great educators in these schools.

cing

Section B

Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements

attached

to contains

information

given

in

one

of

the the

paragraph

from

which

the

information is may choose a paragraph more than paragraph is marked with a the

questions by marking thecorresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.

The Changes Facing Fast Food

firms have to be a thick-skinned experts regularly criticise them severelyfor

selling

food

that

makes

people even

complain

that

McDonald's,

whose

logosymbolises

calorie

excess, should

not

have

been allowed

to

sponsor

the

World

arethings

fast-food

firms

have

learnt

to

cope not

perhaps

for

much burgerbusiness

faces

more

pressure

from

regulators

at

a

time

when

it

is

already

adapting

strategies

inresponse

to shifts in the global economy.

B)Fast

food

was

once

thought

to

be consumers

need

to

cut

spending,

the

logicgoes,

cheap

meals

like

Big

Macs

and

Whoppers

become

even

more

down

true

for

much

of

the

latest

recession,

when

fast-food

companies

picked

up

customers

who

could no longer afford to eat at casual was boosted in America, 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

their

more

expensive 2009

sales

at

full-service

restaurants

in

America

fell

by

more

than

6%

,

but

total

sales

remained

about

the

same

at

fast-food some

markets,

such

as

Japan,

France and Britain, total spending on fast food sales in America at McDonald's,

the world's largest fast- food company, did not decline throughout the Bread, an

American fast-food chain known for its fresh ingredients, performed well, too,

because it offers higher-quality food at lower prices than restaurants.

D)But

not

all

fast-food

companies

have

been

as

,

such

as

Burger

King,

have

seen

sales

a severe recession, while some people trade down to fast food, many others eat at

home

more

frequently

to

save Palmer,

an

analyst

at

UBS,

a

bank,

says

smaller

fast-

food chains in America, such as Jack in the Box and Carl's Jr., have been hit

particularly

hard

in

this

downturn

because

they

are

competing

with

the

global

giant

McDonald's, which increased spending on advertising by more than 7% last year as

others cut back.

fast-food

companies

also

sacrificed

their

own

profits

by

trying

to

give

customers

better the recession companies set prices low, hoping that once they had tempted

customers

through

the

door

they

would

be

persuaded

to

order

more

expensive in

many

cases that strategy did not year Burger King franchisees (

特许经营人

)sued (

起

诉

)the company over its double-cheeseburger promotion, claiming it was unfair for

them to be repuired to sell these for $$1 when they cost$$ to May a judge ruled in

favour of Burger , the company may still be cursing its decision to promote cheap

choices over more expensive ones because

items on its

menu

account

for

around 20% of all sales, upfrom 12% last October.

expect

the

fast-food

industry

to

grow

modestly

this

the

downturn

is

makingcompanies rethink their are now introducing higher-priced items to entice

(

引诱

)consumers

away

from

$$1

,

a

division

of

Yum!

Brands,

which

also

owns

Taco

Belland

Pizza Hut, has launched a chicken sandwich that costs around $$ in May Burger

Kingintroduced barbecue (

烧烤

)pork ribs at $$7 for eight.

are also trying to get customers to buy new and more items, including 's started

selling

better

coffee

as

a

challenge

to

McCafe

line

nowaccounts

for

an

estimated

6% of sales in has sold rights to its Seattle's Bestcoffee brand to Burger King,

which will start selling it later this year.

fast-food companies shift from

customer traffichigh throughout the see breakfast as a big opporttmity, and not

just

for

fatty

's

will

start

selling

porridge

(

粥

)in

America

next has

the

potential

to

bevery

profitable,

says

Sara

Senatore

of

Bernstein,

a

research

firm,

because

the

margins can be companies are also adding midday and late-night snacks, such as

blended drinks idea is that by having a greater range of things on the menu,

can sell to consumersproducts they want all day,

financial officer of Yum ! Brands.

what

about

those

growing

waistlines?

So

far,

fast-food

firms

have

cleverly

avoided

providing healthy options, like salads and low-calorie sandwiches, they have at

leastgiven the impression of doing something about helping to fight obesity (

肥

胖症

).These offeringsare not necessarily loss-leaders, as they broaden the appeal

of outlets to groups of diners thatinclude some people who don't want to eat a

customers cannot be forced to ordersalads instead of fries.

the

future,

simply

offering

a

healthy

option

may

not

be

good

enough.

packaged-food and restaurant company I know is concerned about regulation right

now,

restaurant chains with 20 ormore outlets to put the calorie-content of items they

serve on the study by the NationalBureau of Economic Research, which tracked the

effects

on

Starbucks

of

a

similar

calorie-postinglaw

in

New

York

City

in

2007,

found

that the average calorie-count per transaction fell 6% andrevenue increased 3% at

Starbucks stores where a Dunldn Donuts outlet was nearby--a sign, it issaid, that

menu-labelling could favour chains that have more healthy offerings.

order

to

avoid

other

legislation

in

America

and

elsewhere,

fast-food

companies

will

have

tocontinue

innovating

(

创新

).Walt

Riker

of

McDonald's

claims

the

change

it

has

made in its menumeans it offers more healthy items than it did a few years ago.

probably

sell

more

vegetables,more

milk,

more

salads,

more

apples

than

any

restaurant

business

in

the

world,

he therecent

proposal

by

a

county

in

California

to ban McDonald's from including toys in its high- calorie

legislators

believe

it

attracts

children

to

unhealthy

food,

suggests

there

isa

lot

more left to do.

people propose laws be made to stop McDonald's from attaching toys to its food

specials for children.

finns

may

not

be

able

to

cope

with

pressures

from

food

regulation

in

the

near

future.

King will start to sell Seattle's Best coffee to increase sales.

fast-food firms provide healthy food to give the impression they are helping to

tackle the obesity problem.

the recession, many customers turned to fast food to save money.

people eat out less often to save money in times of recession.

the recession, Burger King's promotional strategy of offering low-priced items

often proved ineffective.

restaurants can make a lot of money by selling breakfast.

fast-food

companies

now

expect

to

increase

their

revenue

by

introducing

higher-priced items.

newly-passed law asks big fast-food chains to specify the calorie count of what

they serve on the menu.

Section C

Directions: There are 2 passages in this passage is followed by some questions

orunfinished each of them there are four choices marked A., B), ).You should

decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on

AnswerSheet 2

with

a single line through the centre.

Passage One

Questions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.

If

you

think

a

high-factor

sunscreen

(

防晒霜

)keeps

you

safe

from

harmful

rays,

you

may be in this week's Nature shows that while factor 50 reduces the number of

melanomas(

黑

瘤

) and

delays

their

occurrence,

it

can't

prevent

are

the

most

aggressive skin have a higher risk if you have red or blond hair, fair skin, blue

or green eyes, or sunburn easily, or if a close relative has had are more common

if

you

have

periodic

intense

exposure

to

the skin

cancers

are

increasingly

likely

with long-term exposure.

There is continuing debate as to how effective sunscreen is in reducing melanomas

the

evidence

is

weaker

than

it

is

for

preventing

other

types

of

skin 2011

Australian

study

of

1,621

people

found

that

people

randomly

selected

to

apply

sunscreen

daily

had

half

the

rate

of

melanomas

of

people

who

used

cream

as second

study,

comparing

1,167 people with melanomas to 1,101 who didn't have the cancer, found that using

sunscreen

routinely,

alongside

other

protection

such

as

hats,long

sleeves

or

staying

in

the

shade,

did

give

some study

said

other

forms

of

sun

protection not

sunscreen

seemed

most study

relied

on

people

remembering

what

they

had

done

over

each

decade

of

their

lives,

so

it's

not

entirely it

seems

reasonable

to

think

sunscreen

gives

people a false sense of security in the sun.

Many people also don't use sunscreen properly applying insufficient amounts,

failing to reapply after a couple of hours and staying in the sun too is sunburn

that

is

most

worrying recent

research

shows

five

episodes

of

sunburn

in

the

teenage

years increases the risk of all skin cancers.

The

good

news

is

that

a

combination

of

sunscreen

and

covering

up

can

reduce

melanoma

rates,

as

shown

by

Australian

figures

from

their

slip-slop-slap if

there

is

a

heat

wave this summer, it would be best for us, too, to slip on a shirt, slop on (

抹

上

)sunscreen and slap on a hat.

is people's common expectation of a high-factor sunscreen?

will delay the occurrence of skin cancer.

will protect them from sunburn.

will keep their skin smooth and fair.

will work for people of any skin color.

does the research in Nature say about a high-factor sunscreen?

is ineffective in preventing melanomas.

is ineffective in case of intense sunlight.

is ineffective with long-term exposure.

is ineffective for people with fair skin.

do we learn from the 2011 Australian study of 1,621 people?

should be applied alongside other protection measures.

people benefit the most from the application of sunscreen.

application of sunscreen does women more harm than good.

application of sunscreen helps reduce the incidence of melanomas.

does the author say about the second Australian study?

misleads people to rely on sunscreen for protection.

helps people to select the most effective sunscreen.

is not based on direct observation of the subjects.

confirms the results of the first Australian study.

does the author suggest to reduce melanoma rates?

both covering up and sunscreen.

in the shade whenever possible.

covering up instead of sunscreen.

the right amount of sunscreen.

Passage Two

Questions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage.

Across

the

rich

world,

well-educated

people

increasingly

work

longer

than

the

%

of

American men aged 62 -74 with a professional degree are

in the workforce, compared

with32% of men with only a high-school gap is part of a deepening divide between

the

well-educated

well-off

and

the

unskilled technological

advance

has

raised

the

incomes of the highly skilled while squeezing those of the consequences, for

individuals and society, are profound.

The world is facing an astonishing rise in the number of old people, and they will

live longer than ever the next 20 years the global population of those aged 65 or

more

will

almost

double,

from

600

million

to experience

of

the

20th

century,

when

greater longevity (

长寿

)translated into more years in retirement rather than more

years at work, has persuaded many observers that this shift will lead to slower

economic growth, while the swelling ranks of pensioners will create government

budget problems.

But

the

notion

of

a

sharp

division

between

the

working

young

and

the

idle

old

misses

a new trend, the growing gap between the skilled and the rates are falling among

younger unskilled people, whereas older skilled folk are working divide is most

extreme in America, where well-educated baby-boomers (

二战后生育高峰期出生的美国

人

)are putting off retirement while many less-skilled younger people have dropped

out of the workforce.

Policy

is

partly

European

governments

have

abandoned

policies

that

used

to

encourage

people

to

retire

life

expectancy

(

预

期

寿

命

),

combined

with

the

replacement

of

generous

defmed-benefit

pension

plans

with

less

generous

defined- contribution

ones,

means

that

even

the

better-off

must

work

longer

to

have

a

comfortable the

changing

nature

of

work

also

plays

a

big has

risen

sharply

for

the highly educated, and those people continue to reap rich rewards into old age

because these days the educated elderly are more productive than the preceding

change may well reinforce that shift: the skills that complement computers, from

management knowhow to creativity, do not necessarily decline with age.

is happening in the workforce in rich countries?

people are replacing the elderly.

people tend to work longer.

rates are rising year after year.

with no college degree do not easily find work.

has helped deepen the divide between the well-off and the poor?

life expectancies.

rapid technological advance.

changes in the workforce.

growing number of the well-educated.

do many observers predict in view of the experience of the 20th century?

growth will slow down.

budgets will increase.

people will try to pursue higher education.

will be more competition in the job market.

is the result of policy changes in European countries?

workers may choose to retire early.

people have to receive in-service training.

wealthy people must work longer to live comfortably in retirement.

may be able to enjoy generous defined-benefits from pension plans.

is characteristic of work in the 21st century?

will do more complicated work.

will be taken by the educated young.

jobs to be done will be the creative ones.

are highly valued regardless of age.

Part

Ⅳ

Translation ( 30 minutes)

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from

Chinese into should write your answer on

Answer Sheet 2.

中国是世界上最古老的文明之一。

构成现代世界基础的许多元素都起源于中国。

中国现在拥

有世界上发展最快的经济，

并正 经历着一次新的工业革命。

中国还启动了雄心勃勃的太空探

索计 划，其中包括到

2020

年建成一个太空站。目前，中国是世界 最大的出口国之一，并正

在吸引大量外国投资。同时，它也在海外投资数十亿美元。

2011

年，中国超越日本成为世

界第二大 经济体。

2015

年

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Part

Ⅰ

Writing

这是一篇四级考试 中常见的议论文。

此次通过漫画所呈现出的话题

phone(< /p>

手机

)

是考生日常

生活中熟悉的话题，

因此写起来并不难。

考生应该将重点放在 第二段阐述手机与日常学习的

关系上。

联系实际分析可知二者关 系为：

手机为日常学习带来了便利条件，

但不能完全取代

校园学习。

一、 提出观点：手机在学习中虽然重要但并非必不可少

(play an imoortant but not

indispensable role)

二、论证观点

三、总结观点

手机在学习中的作用

漫画生动地描述 了一个小学生问他的母亲，

既然他的手机已经无所不知，

为什么 还要去上学。

这幅漫画揭示了这样一个现象：

一些学生高度依赖 手机，

而忽视了个人学习的重要性。

然而，

我认为，手机在学生们的学习中虽然重要但并非必不可少。

毫无疑问，

手机给我们带来了很多便利，

但是在学习过程中，

我们不应该过度依赖手机。首

先，

我们 自身应该具有很好的知识储备以应对没有手机在手边时的各种情况。

其次，

正是我

们的个人知识促进了手机的发展。如果没有学校的基础教育，就没有手 机的问世。

总而言之，

过度依赖手机 弊大于利。

因此，我们应该合理地平衡手机与学习的关系。只有这

样我们才能够从学习过程中获得最大的收益。

主题词汇

make good use of

充分利用

句式拓展

a long time

，

many students have paid much attention to the

pay close attention to

密切关注……

development in

…

.let alone the updating of

…长期以来，许多学

be oblivious to

无视……

extend

…

into

…将……扩展 到……

attach importance to

重视……

be overwhelmed by

充满……

digital

数字的，数码的

text messages to

编辑短信至……

virtual world

虚拟世界

生对……的发展十分关注，更不要说……的更新了。

the increasing awareness of

…，

more and more people

choose to...instead of

…随着人们……意识的提高，越来越多的人

选择……而不再……。

1.W:I'm going to give up playing lost again today.

M:Just because you lost? Is that any reaSon to quit?

Q:What does the man imply?

D)

。

选项 中多次出现

game

和

play chess

，可以推测对话内容与下象棋有关。另外，从四个选

项的内容审可以椎测，对话讲的府该县女士想放弃下象棋，男士给出建议或指导。

本题的关键在于听懂反问句和反问的语调。女士说因为今天又输了， 所以打算放弃下象棋。

男士没有正面回应，

而是反问了两句：< /p>

Just

because

you

lost?Is

that

any

reaSon

to

quit?

”

仅仅是因为输了吗

?

那能算是放弃的理由吗

?

”

言外之 意就是不该放弃。

换句话说就是，

男士

建议女士继续下棋。故本题答案为

D)

。

：

Do

you

know

Sally

’

s

new

address?She

S

got

Some

mall

nere

，

anu

I

’

d

liKe

to

forward

it to

：

Well

，

we've not been in touch for quite a

’

s should know it.

Q

：

What does the woman mean?

C)

。选项 中出现了

mail

，

address< /p>

和

contact

等词，

可以推测对话内容和邮件有关：

由选项

中的玛丽和萨利 两个人名可知对话的内容涉及另外两个人，

人物较多，

听录音时 应注意区分

人物之间的关系，做好标记；另外，选项

A)

以

the mail

作主语，选项