英語四級考試真題及答案第套

1、2016 年 6 月英語四級真題 第一套（文字版整理）Part I Writing ( 30 minutes )Directions ： For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a letter to express your thanks to your parents or any family members upon making memorable achievement. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words 。Part n List

2、ening Comprehension (25 minutes )Section ADirections ： 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 the questions will be spoken only once。After you hear a question ， you must choose the best ans

3、wer 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 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard 。1 。 A) The International Labor Organization s key objective 。B) The basic social pro

4、tection for the most vulnerable。C) Rising unemployment worldwide 。D) Global economic recovery 。2 。 A ) Many countries have not taken measures to create enough jobs 。B) Fewcountries know how to address the current economic crisis 。C) Few countries have realized the seriousness of the current crisis 。

5、D) Many countries need support to improve their people slivelihood 。Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard 。3 。 A ) Serve standardized food nationwide 。B) Put calorie information on the menu 。C) Increase protein content in the food。D) Offer convenient food to customers4 。

6、 A ) They will be finedB) They will be closedC) They will get a warningheard 。D) They will lose customersQuestions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just5。 A) Inability to implement their business plansB) Inability to keep turning out novel productsC) Lack of a successful business model o

7、f their ownD) Failure to integrate innovation into their business6。 A) It is the secret to business successB) It is the creation of something newC) It is a magic tool to bring big rewardsD) It is an essential part of business cultureA) 。 A ) Its hardworking employeesB) Its flexible promotion strateg

8、yC) Its innovation cultureD) Its willingness to make investments 。Section BDirections： In thissection ， you will hear two longconversations 。 At the end of each conversations you will hear four questions 。 Both the conversationsand the question-s will be spokenonly once 。 After you hear a question 。

9、 You must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A)，B)，C) and D)。Then markthe corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre 。Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard 。A) 。 A ) He s got addicted to technology 。B) He is not very go

10、od at socializing。C) He is crazy about text-messaging 。D) He does not talk long on the phone 。9。 A ) Talk big 。B) Talk at lengthC) Gossip a lot 。D) Forget herself 。10 。 A ) He thought it was coolB) He needed the practiceC) He wanted to stay connected with themD) He had an urgent message to send11 。

11、A) It poses a challenge to seniorsB) It saves both time and moneyC) It is childish and unprofessionalD) It is cool and convenientQuestions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard 。12 。 A ) He wants to change his job assignmentB) He is unhappy with his department managerC) He think

12、s he deserves extra pay for overtimeD) He is often singled out for criticism by his boss13 。 A ) His workload was much too heavyB) His immediate boss did not trust himC) His colleagues often refused to cooperateD) His salary was too low for his responsibility14 。 A ) He never knows how to refuseB) H

13、e is always ready to help othersC) His boss has a lot of trust in himD) His boss has no sense of fairness15 。 A ) Put all his complaints in writingB) Wait and see what happens nextC) Learn to say no when necessaryD) Talk to his boss in person firstSection CDirectionsIn this sectionyou will hear thre

14、e passagesAt the end of each passage ， you will hear three or four 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 marked A )，B)，C) and D )。 Then mark the correspondingletter on Answer Sheet 1

15、with a single line through the centre。Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard 。16 。 A ) The importance of sleep to a healthy life。B) Reasons for Americans decline in sleep。C) Some tips to improve the quality of sleep。D) Diseases associated with lack of sleep 。17 。 A ) They ar

16、e more health-conscious 。B) They are changing their living habits。C) They get less and less sleep 。D) They know the dangers of lack of sleep 。18A ) Their weight will go downB) Their mind function will deteriorateC) Their work efficiency will decreaseD) Their blood pressure will riseQuestions 19 to 2

17、1 are based on the passage you have just heard 。19 。 A ) How much you can afford to payB) What course you are going to chooseC) Which university you are going to apply toD) When you are going to submit your application20。 A) The list of courses studiedB) The full record of scoresC) The references fr

18、om teachersD) The personal statement21 。 A ) Specify what they would like to do after graduationB) Describe in detail how much they would enjoy studyingC) Indicate they have reflected and thought about the subjectD) Emphasize that they admire the professors in the universityQuestions 22 to 25 are ba

19、sed on the passage you have just heard 。22。 A) It was equipped with rubber tyresB) It was built in the late 19th centuryC) It was purchased by the Royal familyD) It was designed by an English engineer23 。 A ) They consumed lots of petrolB) They took two passengers onlyC) They were difficult to drive

20、D) They often broke down 。24 。 A ) They were produced on the assembly lineB) They were built with less costly materialsC) They were modeled after British carsD) They were made for ordinary use25 。 A ) It made news all over the worldB) It was built for the Royal familyC) It marked a new era in motor

21、travel 。D) It attracted large numbers of motorists。Part III Reading Comprehension ( 40 minutes )Section ADirections ： 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

22、 passage through carefully before making your choices。 Eachchoice in the bank is identified by a letter。 Please mark thecorresponding 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 bas

23、ed on the passage you have just heard 。Physical activity does the body good, and there s growingevidence that it helps the brain too. Researchers in the Netherlands report that children who get more exercise, whether at school oron their own, ( 26 ) to have higher GPAs and better scores on standardi

24、zed tests. In a （27） of 14 studies that looked at physical activity and academic （ 28） , investigators found that the more children moved, the better their grades were in school, （ 29） in the basic subjects of math, English and reading.The data will certainly fuel the ongoing debate over whether phy

25、sical education classes should be cut as schools struggle to（ 30） on smaller budgets. The arguments against physical education have included concerns that gym time may be taking away from study time. With standardized test scores in the . （ 31） in recent years, some administrators believe students n

26、eed to spend more time in the classroom instead of on the playground. But as these findings show, exercise and academics maynot be（ 32 ） exclusive. Physical activity can improve blood （ 33 ） to the brain, fueling memory, attention and creativity, which are （ 34 ） to learning. And exercise releases h

27、ormones that can improve（ 35） and relieve stress, which can alsohelp learning. So while it may seem as if kids are just exercising their bodies when they re running around, they may actually be exercising their brains as well.注意：此部分試題請在答題卡2 上作答。A） attendanceB consequentlyC currentD depressingE dropp

28、ingF essentialG feasibleH flowI moodJ mutuallyK particularlyL performanceM reviewN surviveO tendSection Byou are going to read a passageDirectionsIn this sectionwith ten statements attached to it 。 Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs 。 Identify the paragraph from which

29、 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 Sheet2。Finding the Right Home and Contentment ， TooA When your elderly relative needs to enter some sort oflong-term c

30、are facility a moment few parents or children approach without fear what you would like is to have everything madeclear 。B Does assisted living really mark a great improvement overa nursing home ， or has the industry simply hired better interiordesigners Are nursing homes as bad as people fear ， or

31、is that an out-moded stereotype （固定看法） Can doing one s homework really steer families to the best places It is genuinely hard to know。C I am about to make things more complicated by suggestingthat what kind of facility an older person lives in may matter less than we have assumed。 And that the chara

32、cteristics adult childrenlook for when they begin the search are not necessarily the thingsthat make a difference to the people who are going to move in。 Iamnot talking about the quality of care ， let mehastily add。 Nobody flourishes in a gloomy environment with irresponsible staff and a poor safety

33、 record 。 But an accumulating body of research indicates that some distinctions between one type of elder care and another have little real bearing on how well residents do。D The most recent of these studies ， published in The journal of Applied Gerontology ， surveyed 150 Connecticut residents of as

34、sisted living ， nursing homes and smaller residential care homes ( known in some states as board and care homesor adult care homes)。Researchers from the University of Connecticut Health Center asked the residents a large number of questions about their quality of life ， emotional well-being and soci

35、al interaction ， as well as about the quality of the facilities。E “ Wethought we would see differences based on the housingtypes ，” said the lead author of the study， Julie Robison ， anassociate professor of medicine at the university。 A reasonableassumption don t families struggle to avoid nursing

36、homes and suffer real guilt if they can tF In the initial resultsassisted living residents did paintthe most positive pictureThey were less likely to report symptomsof depression than those in the other facilities， for instanceand less likely to be bored or lonely 。 They scored higher on social inte

37、raction 。G But when the researchers plugged in a number of other variables ， such differences disappeared 。 It is not the housing type ， they found ， that creates differences in residents responses 。“ It is the characteristics of the specific environmentthey are in ， combined with their own personal

38、 characteristicshow healthy they feel they are ， their age and marital status ，” Dr 。 Robison explained 。 Whether residents felt involved in the decision to move and how long they had lived there also proved significant 。H An elderly person who describes herself as in poor health，therefore ， might b

39、e no less depressed in assisted living( evenif her children preferred it) than in a nursing home 。 A personwho bad input into where he would move and has had time to adapt to it might do as well in a nursing home as in a small residentialcare home， other factors being equal 。 It is an interaction be

40、tween the person and the place ， not the sort of place in itself， thatleads to better or worse experiences ?！?You can t just say ， Let s put this person in a residential care home instead of a nursinghome she will be muchbetter off ， ” Dr 。 Robison said 。 What matters ， she added ，“ is a combination

41、 of what people bring in with them，and what they find there ?！盜 Such findings ， which run counter to common sense ， have surfaced before 。 In a multi-state study of assisted living， forinstance ， University of North Carolina researchers found that a host of variables the facility s type ， size or ag

42、e ； whether a chain owned it ； how attractive the neighborhood washad nosignificant relationship to how the residents fared in terms of illness ， mental decline ， hospitalizations or mortality。 Whatmattered most was the residents physical health and mental status 。 What people were like when they ca

43、me in had greater consequence than what happened one they were there 。J As I was considering all this， a press release from arespected research firm crossed my desk ， announcing that the five-star rating system that Medicare developed in 2008 to help families compare nursing home quality also has li

44、ttle relationship to how satisfied its residents or their family members are。 As amatter of fact ， consumers expressed higher satisfaction with theone-star facilitiesthe lowest ratedthan with the five-starones。More on this study and the star ratings will appear in a subsequent post 。）K Before we col

45、lectively tear our hair out how are wesupposed to find our way in a landscape this confusing here is athought from Dr 。 Philip Sloane ， a geriatrician （老年病學專家）at the University of North Carolina：“ In a way ， that could beliberating for families 。”L Of course ， sons and daughters want to visit the fa

46、cilities ， talk to the administrators and residents and other families， anddo everything possible to fulfill their duties。 But perhaps theydon t have to turn themselves into private investigators or Congressional subcommittees ?！?Families can look a bit more forwhere the residents are going to be ha

47、ppy ，” Dr 。 Sloane said 。 And involving the future residentin the process can be veryimportant 。M Weall have our own ideas about what would bring our parents happiness 。 They have their ideas ， too 。 A friend recently took her mother to visit an expensive assisted living/nursing home near my town。 I

48、 have seen this place it is elegant ， inside and out 。 But nobody greeted the daughter and mother whenthey arrived ， though the visit had been planned ； nobody introduced them to the otherresidentsWhen they had lunch in the dining room， they sat aloneat a table 。N The daughter feared her mother woul

49、d be ignored there ， and so she decided to move her into a more welcoming facility。 Basedon what is emerging from some of this research， that might havebeen as rational a way as any to reach a decision。36 。 Many people feel guilty when they cannot find a place other than a nursing home for their par

50、ents 。it helps for children to investigate care facilities ， involving their parents in the decision-making process may prove very important 。is really difficult to tell if assisted living is better than a nursing home 。a resident feels depends on an interaction between themselves and the care facil

51、ity they live in。author thinks her friend madea rational decision in choosing a more hospitable place over an apparently elegant assisted living home。system Medicare developed to rate nursing home quality is oflittle help to finding a satisfactory placefirst the researchers of the most recent study

52、found residents in assisted living facilities gave higher scores on social interaction 。kind of care facility old people live in may be less important than we think 。findings of the latest research were similar to an earlier multi-state study of assisted living。resident s satisfaction with a care fa

53、cility has much to do with whether they had participated in the decision to move in and how long they had stayed there 。Section CDirections ： There are 2 passages in this section 。 Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements。 For eachof them there are four choices marked A ），

54、B），C） and D ）。 Youshould decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre。Passage oneQuestions 46 to 50 are based on the following passageAs Artificial Intelligence （ AI ） becomes increasingly sophisticated ， there are growing concer

55、ns that robots could become a threat 。 This danger can be avoided ， according to computer science professor Stuart Russell ， if we figure out howto turn humanvalues into a programmable code 。Russell argues that as robots take on more complicated tasks，it s necessary to translate our morals into AI l

56、anguage。For example ， if a robot does chores around the house， youwouldn t want it to put the pet cat in the oven to make dinner for the hungry children ?！癥ou would want that robot preloaded witha good set of values ，” said Russell 。Some robots are already programmed with basic human values 。For exa

57、mple ， mobile robots have been programmed to keep a comfortable distance from humans 。 Obviously there are cultural differences ， but if you were talking to another person and they came up close in your personal space ， you wouldn t think that s the kind of thing a properly brought-up person would do。It will be possible to create more sophisticated moral machines ，if only we can find a way to set out human values as clear rulesRobots could also learn values from drawing patterns from large sets of data on human behavior 。