2017年6月大学英语四级真题第二套精品详解及中文翻译版

2017

年

6

月大学英语四级真题第二套详解及翻译

（精

品版）

Part I Writing (25 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 advertisement on your campus

website to sell a bicycle you used at college. Your advertisement may include its brand,

features,condition and price, and your contact information. You should write at least

120 words

but no more than 180 words.

(

在校园网站上写一则广告，卖一辆你在大学里用过的自行车。你的广告可

能

包括它的品牌，特征，条件和价格，和你的联系 信息。

)

Second-handed bicycle for sale

To inform anyone may be interested, I am curren

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tly< /p>

当前

)

owning a used bicycle

for sale. This used bike is a black medium-sized race bicycle I bought just seven months

before, which is still in good condition so far without any mechanical breakdowns or

potential problems due to my careful maintenance

(

维护

)

. Most impressively, you can

shift the gear of it to change the speed anytime you like accordingly, which makes it

reliable and flexible to ride . I am very sure that it will serve as a portable and

convenient vehicle for anyone who enjoys traveling and exercising in an environmental

way.

Regarding of the the merits mentioned above, I would like to sell it for three

hundred Yuan, which is a totally worthy and economic deal to make. Anyone interested

or intend to inquire about please do not feel hesitated to contact Li Ming. My contact

number is 8888888.

Li Ming

Part II Listening Comprehension (30 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 questions will be spoken only once. After

you hear questions, 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.

注意：此部分试题请在

答题卡

1

上作答。

Questions 1 to 2 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

1.

A) The majority of drivers prefer to drive and park themselves.

B)

C)

D)

Human drivers become easily distracted or tired while driving.

Most drivers feel uncertain about the safety of self -driving cars.

Most drivers have test driven cars with automatic braking features.

2.

A) Their drivers would feel safe after getting used to the automatic devices.

B)

C)

D)

They would be unpopular with drivers who only trust their own skills.

Their increased comfort levels have boosted their sales.

They are not actually as safe as automakers advertise.

Questions 3 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

3.

A) Thefts of snowmobile dogs in Alaska.

B)

C)

D)

4.

A series of injuries to snowmobile drivers.

Attacks on some Iditarod Race competitors.

A serious accident in the Alaska sports event.

A) He stayed behind to look after his injured dogs.

B)

H

e has won the Alaska Iditarod Race four times.

C)

H

e received a minor injury in the Iditarod Race.

D)

He has quit the competition in Alaska for good.

Questions 5 to 7 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

5.

A) It sank into the sea due to overloading.

B)

It ran into Nicaragua

' s Big Corn Island.

C)

It disappeared between two large islands.

D)

It turned over because of strong winds.

6.

A) 13.

C) 30.

7.

B) 25.

D)32.

A) He has helped with the rescue effort.

B)

He is being investigated by the police.

C)

He was drowned with the passengers.

D) He is among those people missing.

Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation,

you will hear four questions. Both the conversation 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

line through the centre.

Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

8.

A) At a shopping centre. C) At

an accountancy firm.

9.

A) Helping out with data

Answer Sheet 1 with a single

B)

At a community college.

D)

At an IT company.

B)

Arranging

interviews.

D) Making phone calls.

input. C) Sorting application

B)

He needs the money badly.

C)

He wants to work in the city centre.

D) He has relevant working experience.

10.

A) He enjoys using computers.

forms.

11.

A) Purchase some business suits.

B)

Learn some computer language.

C)

Improve his programming skills.

D)

Review some accountancy terms.

Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

12.

A) They are keen on high technology.

B)

They are poor at technology skills.

C)

They often listen to National Public Radio.

D)

They feel superior in science and technology.

13.

C)

Poles.

14.

A) Emailing.

C)

Science.

A) Japanese.

B) Germans.

D) Americans.

B) Texting.

D) Literacy.

15.

A) It is undergoing a drastic reform.

B)

It lays emphasis on creative thinking.

C)

It has much room for improvement.

D)

It prioritizes training of practical skills.

Section C

Directions: In this section, you will hear three passages of lectures or talks followed by three or

four questions. The recordings will be played 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) They have small roots.

C) They taste like apples.

B) They grow white flowers.

D) They come from Central Africa.

17.

A) They turned from white to purple in color.

B)

They became popular on the world market.

C)

They became an important food for humans.

D)

They began to look like modern -day carrots.

18.

A) They were found quite nutritious.

B)

There were serious food shortages.

C)

People discovered their medicinal value.

D)

Farm machines helped lower their prices.

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

19.

A) She could update her family any time she liked.

B)

She could call up her family whenever she liked

C)

She could locate her friends wherever they were.

D)

She could download as many pictures as she liked.

20.

A) She liked to inform her friends about her success.

B)

She enjoyed reading her friends

C)

She felt quite popular among them.

D) She felt she was a teenager again.

21.

A) She could barely respond to all her 500 Facebook friends.

B) She spent more time updating her friends than her family.

C) She could barely balance Facebook updates and her work.

' status updates.

D)

She didn ' t seem to be doing as well as her Facebook friends.

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

22.

A) They have strong muscles.

B) They live a longer life than horses.

C) They eat much less in winter.

D)

They can work longer than donkeys.

23.

A) It was a pet of a Spanish king.

B) It was bought by George Washington. C) It was brought over from Spain.

D)

It was donated by a U.S. Ambassador.

24.

A) They met and exchanged ideas on animal breeding. B) They participated in a mule -driving competition. C)

They showed and traded animals in the market.

D)

They fed mules with the best food they could find.

25.

A) The wider use of horses. B) The arrival of tractors. C) A shrinking animal trade.

D) A growing donkey

population.

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Part

Ⅲ

Reading Comprehension

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.

America 'Inst ernet is faster than ever before, but people still complain about their Internet being too slow.

New York ' s Attorney General

' s office (26) __________

an investigation in the fall into whether

it is.

s help to m

or not Verizon, Cablevision and Time Warner are delivering broadband that 'a

s

fast as the providers (27)

Earlier this month, the office asked for the public

their speed results, saying consumers (28) _________ to get the speeds they were promised.

“

Too many of us

may be paying for one thing, and getting another

，

”

the Attorney General said.

If the investigation uncovers anything, it wouldn

' t be the first time a telecom provider got

(40 minutes)

into (29) ________

over the broadband speeds it promised and delivered customers. Back in June,

the Federal Communications Commission fined AT& T $$ 100 million over (30) ______ that the

carrier secretly reduced wireless speeds after customers consumed a certain amount of (31)

.

Even when they stay on the right side of the law, Internet providers arouse customers

(32)

_

___________ __________________________ provider. Over 10 months, Comcast received nearly 12,000

customer complaints, many (33) __________ to its monthly data cap and overage (

超过额度的

)

charges.

Some Americans are getting so (34) ________ with Internet providers they

years, and 15% of people now consider themselves to be

“

cord- cutters.

”

(

美国的互联网比以往任何时候都要快，但人们仍然抱怨他们的互联网太慢了。

去年秋天，纽约总检察长办公室

对

Verizon

、

Cablevision

和时代华纳公司是否提供了运

' re just giving up. A

recent study found that the number of Americans with high -speed Internet at home today (35) fell during the last two

'

over bandwidth speed and cost. Just this week, an investigation found that media and telecom giant Comcast isthe most

营商

声称的

速度快的宽带

进行

了调查。

本月早些时候，

该办公室要求公众帮助测量他们的速

度结果，

称消费者

应该得到

他们承诺的速度。

我们中太多人可能会为一件事付出代价，

却得

到了另一件事，司法部长说。

如果调查发现任何问题，

这将不会是第一次电信供应商陷入

麻烦

的宽带速度，

它承诺和

交付客户。今年

6

月，美国联邦通信委员会

(Federal Communications Commission)

对美国电

话电报公司处以

1

亿美元的罚款。

指控该

公司在客户使用一定数量的

数据

后秘密降低了无线

网速。

即使他们站在法律的正确一边 ，互联网供应商也会引起客户对带宽速度和成本的愤怒。

就在 本周，一项调查发

现，媒体和电信巨头康卡斯特

(Comcast)

是最令人

讨厌

的提供商。在

10

< br>个月

,

康卡斯特收到近

12000

消费者投诉

,

许多涉及到

月度数据上限和超过额度的费用。

一些美国人对互联网服务提供商非常

失望

，他们干脆放弃了。

最近的一项研究发现，

在

过去的两年中，美国

家庭拥有高速互联网的人数

实际上

有所下降，现在有

15%

的人认为自

己是掐线者。

)

注意：此部分试题请在

答题卡

2

上作答。

A)accusations

E) complain

I) hated

M) trouble

B) actually

F) data

J) launched

N) usually

C) claim

D) communicating

H) frustrated

G) deserved

K) relating

L) times

O) worried

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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.

From Accountant to Yogi: Making a Radical Career Change

[A]

At some point, almost all of us will experience a period of radical

professional change .