年6月大学英语四级真题完整版

2019

年

6

月大学英 语四级真题完整版（第

3

套）

Part I Writing (30 minutes)

Directions:

For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write

a news

report to your campus

newspaper on

a

visit

to a

volunteer

activity

organized by your

Student Union.

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 then 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

1with

a single line through the centre.

本次四级 考试只有

2

套听力

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

．

Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.

Just because they can

’

t sing opera or ride a bicycle doesn

’

t mean

that

animals

don

’

t

have

culture.

There

’

s

no

better

example

of

this

than

killer whales. As one of the most __26__ predators(

食肉动物

)

，

killer

whales

may

not

fit

the

__27__

of

a

cultured

creature.

However,

these

beasts

of

the

sea

do

display

a

vast

range

of

highly

__28__

behaviors

that

appear

to be driving their genetic development.

The word

“

culture

”

comes from the Latin

colere,

”

which __29__

means

“

to cultivate.

”

In other words, it refers to anything that is

__30__

or

learnt,

rather

than

instinctive

or

natural.

Among

human

populations, culture not only affects the way we live, but also writes

itself into our genes, affecting who we are. For instance, having spent

many

generations

hunting

the

fat

marine

mammals

of

the

Arctic,

the

Eskimos

of

Greenland

have

developed

certain

genetic

__31__

that

help

them

digest

and

utilize

this

fat- rich

diet,

thereby

allowing

them

to

__32__

in

their

cold climate.

Like

humans,

killer

whales

have

colonized

a

range

of

different

__33__

across

the

globe,

occupying

every

ocean

basin

on

the

planet,

with

an

empire

that __34__ from pole to pole. As such, different populations of killer

whales have had to learn different hunting techniques in order to gain

the upper hand over their local prey(

猎物

). This, in turn, has a major

effect on their diet, leading scientists to __35__ that the ability to

learn

population-specific

hunting

methods

could

be

driving

the

animals

’

genetic development.

A) acquired E) expressed I) image M) speculate

B) adaptations F) extends J) literally N) structure

C) brutal G) habitats K) refined O) thrive

D) deliberately H) humble L) revolves

Section B

Directions:

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

statements attached to 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.

Living with parents edges out other living arrangements for

18- to 34- year-olds

[A]

Broad demographic (

人口的

)shifts is marital status, educational

attainment

and

employment

have

transformed

the

way

young

adults

in

the

.

are

living,

and

a

new

Pew

Research

Center

analysis

highlights

the

implications

of

these

changes

for

the

most

basic

element

of

their

lives

—

where

they call home.

In

2014,for the

first time in

more than 130

years,

adults

ages

18

to

34

were

slightly

more

likely

to

be

living

in

their

parents

’

home than they were to be living with a spouse or partner in

their own household.

[B]

This turn of events is fueled primarily by the dramatic drop in the

share of young Americans who are choosing to settle down romantically

before age 35. Dating back to 1880, the most common living arrangement

among young adults has been living with a romantic partner, whether a

spouse

or

a

significant

other.

This

type

of

arrangement

peaked

around

1960,

when 62% of the nation

’

s 18-to 34-year-olds were living with a spouse

or

partner

in

their

own

household,

and

only

one-in- five

were

living

with

their parents.

[C]

By 2014, % of young adults were living with a spouse or partner in

their

own

household,

below

the

share

living

in

the

home

of

their

parent(s) %). Some 14%

of young adults

lived alone, were

a single parent

or lived with one or more roommates. The remaining 22% lived in the home

of another family member (such as a grandparent, in-law or sibling (

兄

弟姐妹

)),

a

non-relative,

or

in

group

quarters

like

college

dormitories.

[D]

It

’

s

worth

noting

that

the

overall

share

of

young

adults

living

with

their parents was not at a record high in 2014. This arrangement peaked

around

1940,

when

about

35%

of

the

nation

’

s

18-to

34-year-olds

lived

with

mom and/or dad (compared with 32% in 2014). What has changed, instead,

is

the

relative

share

adopting

different

ways

of

living

in

early

adulthood,

with the decline of romantic coupling pushing living at home to the top

of a much less uniform list of living arrangements.

[E]

Among

young

adults,

living

arrangements

differ

significantly

by

gender.

For

men

ages

18

to

34,

living

at

home

with

mom

and/or

dad

has

been

the

dominant

living

arrangement

since

2009,

In

2014,28%

of

young

men

were

living with a spouse of partner in their own home, while 35% were living

in

the

home

of

their

parent(s).

Young

women,

however,

are

still

more

likely

to be living with a spouse of romantic partner(35%) than they are to be

living with their parent(s)(29%).

[F]

In 2014, more young women (16%) than young men (13%) were heading up

a

household

without

a

spouse

or

partner.

This

is

mainly

because

women

are

more

likely

than

men

to

be

single

parents

living

with

their

children.

For

their part, young men (25%) are more likely than young women (19%) to be

living in the home of another family member, a non-relative or in some

type of group quarters.

[G]

A

variety

of

factors

contribute

to

the

long-run

increase

in

the

share

of young. Adults living with the parents. The first in the postponement

of, if not retreat

from, marriage.

The

average age of

first marriage has

risen steadily for decades. In addition, a growing share of young adult

may be avoiding marriage altogether. A previous Pew Research Center

analysis projected that as many as one- in-four of today

’

s young adult

may

never

marry.

While

coha bitation(

同居

)has

been

on

the

rise,

the

overall

share

of

young

adults

either

married

or

living

with

an

unmarried

partner

has substantially fallen since 1990.

[H]

In addition, trends in both employment status and wages have likely

contributed to the growing share of young adults who are living in the

home

of

their

parent(s),

and

this

is

especially

true

of

young

men.

Employed

young men are much less likely to live at home than young men without a

job, and employment among young men has fallen significantly in recent

decades. The share of young men with jobs peaked around 1960 at 84%. In

2014, only 71% of 18-to-34-year-old men were employed. Similarly with

earnings, young men

’

s wages (after adjusting for inflation) have been

on a downward trajectory (

轨迹

) since 1970 and fell significantly from

2000 to 2010. As wages have fallen, the share of young men living in the

home of their parent(s) has risen.

[I]

Economic factors seem to explain less of why young adult women are

increasingly likely to live at home. Generally, young women have had

growing success in the paid labor market since 1960 and hence might

increasingly

be

expected

to

be

a

be

to

afford

to

afford

to

live

independently of their parents. For women, delayed marriage

—

which is

related, in part, to labor market outcomes for men

—

may explain more of

the increase in their living in the family home.

[J]

The Great Recession (and modest recovery) has also been associated

with an increase in young adults living at home. Initially in the wake

of the recession, college enrollments expanded, boosting the ranks of

young

adults

living

at

home.

And

given

the

weak

job

opportunities

facing

young

adults,

living

at

home

was

part

of

the

private

safety

net

help

young

adults to weather the economic storm.

[K]

Beyond

gender,

young

adult

’

s

living

arrangements

differ

considerable

by

education

—

which

is

tied

to

financial

means.

For

young

adults

without

a bachelor

’

s degree, as of 2008 living at home with their parents was

more

prevalent

than

living

with

a

romantic

partner.

By

2014,

36%

of

18-to

34-year-olds

who

had

not

completed

a

bachelor

’

s

degree

were

living

with

their parent(s) while 27% were living with a spouse or partner. Among

college

graduates,

in

2014

46%

were

married

or

living

with

a

partner,

and

only 19% were living with their parent(s). Young adults with a college

degree

have

fared

much

better

in

the

labor

market

than

their

less- educated

counterparts, which has in turn made it easier to establish their own

households.