2014年6月四级真题(第1套)
Part IWriting(30minutes)minutes)Directions:For this part,.you are allowed30 minutes to write a short essay on the following question.You should w~te at least 120words but No more than180words.
Suppose a foreign friend of yours is coming to visit your hometown,what is the most interestingplace you would like to take him/her to see and why?
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Part HListening Comprehension(30minutes)
Section A
Directi6ns:In Sis section,you will hear8short conversations and2long conversations.At the end ofeach conversation,one or more questions will be asked about what was said.Both theconversation and the q
uestions will be spoken only onee. After each question there well be apause.During the pause,you must rectd the four choices marked A),E),C)and D),anddecide which is the best answer.Then mark the eorresponding letter on Answer Sheet1with a sinate line thougk the centre.
1.A.See a doctor about her strained shoulder,
B.Use a ladder to help her reach the tea.
C.Replace the cupboard with a new one.
D.Place the tea on lower sheLf next time.
2.A.At Mary johuson's.
B.At a painter's studio.
C.In an exhibition hall.
D.Outside an art gallery.
3.A.The teacher evaluated lacks teaching experience.
B.She doesnot quite agree with what the man said.
C.The man had better talk with the students himself.
D.New students usually canno offer a fair evaiuation
4.A.He helped Doris build up the furniture.
B.Doris helped him arrange the furniture.
C.Doris fixed up some of the bookshelves.
D.He was good at assembling bookshelves.
5.A.He doesn't get on with the others.
B.He doesn't feel at ease m the firm.
C.He hasbeen taken for a fool.
D.He has found a better position.
6.A.They should finish the work as soon as possible.
B.He will continue to work in the garden himself.
C.He is tired of doing gardeulng on weekends.
D.They can hire a gardener to do the work.
7.A.The man has to get rid of the used furniture.
B.The man's apartment is ready for rent
C.The furniture is covered with lots of dust.
D)The furniture the man bought is inexpensive.
8.A.The man will give the mechaulc a call.
B.The woman is waiting for a call.
C.The woman is doing some repairs.
D.The man KNows the mechanic very well.Questions9to11are based on the conversation you have just heard.
9.A.Shehad a job interview to attend.
B.She was busy finishing her project.
C.She had to attend an important meeting.
D.She was in the middle of writing an essay.
10.A.Accompany her roommate to the classroom.
B.Hand in her roommate's application form.
C.Submit her roommate's assignment.
D.Help her roommate with her report.
11.A.Where Dr.Ellis's office is located.
B.When Dr.Ellis'leaves his office.
C.Directions to the classroom building.
D.Dr.Ellis's schedule for the afternoon.
Questions12to15are based on the conversation you have just heard.
12.A.He finds it rather stressful.
B.He is thinking of quitting it.
C.He can handle it quite well.
D.He has to work extra hours.
13.A.The6:00one.
B.The6:30one.
C.The7:00one.
D.The7:30one.
14.A.It is an awful waste of time.
B.He finds it rather unbearable.
C.The time on the train is enjoyable.
D.It is something difficult to get used m.
15.A.Reading newspapers.
B.Chatting with friends.
C.Listening to the daily news.
D.Planning the day's work.
Section B
Directions:In this section,you will hear3short passages.At the end of each passage,you will hearsome questions.Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.After youhear a question,you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C)and D).Then mark t
he corresponding letter on Answer Sheet I with a single line throughthe centre.
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Passage One
Questions16to18are based on the passage you have just heard.
16.A.Ignore small details while reading.
B.Read at least several chapters at one sitting.
C.Develop a habit of reading critically.
D.Get key information by reading just once or twice.
17.A.Choose one's own system of marking.
B.Underline the key words and phrases.
C.Make as few marks as possible.
D)Highlight details in a red color.
18.A.By reading the textbooks carefully again.
B.By reviewing only the marked parts.
C.By focusing on the notes in the margins.
D.By comparing notes with their classmates.
Passage Two
Questions19to21are based on the passage you have just heard.
19.A.The sleep a person needs varies from day to day.
B.The amount of sleep for each person is similar.全国四六级考试报名
C.One can get by with a couple of hours of sleep.
D.Everybody needs some sleep for survival.
20.A.It is a made-up story.
B.It is beyond cure.
C.It is a rare exception.
D.It is due to an accident.
21.A.His extraordinary physical condition.
B.His mother's injury just before his birth.
C.The unique surroundings of his living place.
D.The rest he got from sitting in a rocking chair.
Passage Three
Questions22to25are based on the passage you have just heard.
22.A.She invested in stocks and shares on Wall Street.
B.She learned to write for financial newspapers.
C.She developed a strong interest in finance.
D.She tenderly looked after her sick mother
23.A.She made a wise investment in real estate.
B.She sold her restaurant with a substantial profit.
C.She got7.5million dollars from her ex-husband.
D.She inherited a big fortune from her father.
24.A.She was extremely mean with.her money.
B.She was dishonest in business dealings.
C.She frequently ill-treated her employees.
D.She abused animals including her pet dog.
25.A.She made a big forttme from wise investment.
B.She built a hospital with her mother's money.
C.She made huge donations to charities.
D.She carried on her family's tradition.
Section C
Directions:In this section,you will hoar a passage three times.When tho passage is read for tho firsttime,you should listen carefully for its general idea.When tho passage is read for thosecond time,you are required to fill in tho blanks with tho exact words you have justheard.Finally,when the passage is read for the third time,you should check what youhave written.
Among the kinds of social gestures most significant.for second-language teachers are those whichare(26)in form but different.in meaning in the two cultures.For example,a Columbianwho wants someone to(27)him often signals with a hand movement in which all thefingers of one hand,Cupped,point dowriward as they move rapidly (28)Speakers ofEnglish have a similar gesture though the hand may not be cupped.and the fingers may be held moreloosely,but for them the gestur
e means goodbye or go away,quite the(29)of theColumbian gestare.Again,in Columbia,a~peaker of English would have to know that when he(30)height he must choose between different gestures depending on whether he is(31)ahumanbeingorananimal.Ifhekeepsthepalmofthehand(32) the floor,as he would in his own culture when making known the height of achild,forexample,hewillverylikelybegreetedbylaughter,inColumbiathisgestureis(3 3)for the description of animals.In order to describe human beings he should keepthe palm of his hand(34)to the floor.Substitutions of one gesture for the other oftencreate not only humorous but also(35)moments.In both of the examples above,speakers from two different cultures have the same gesture,physically,but its meaning differs sharply.
Part lIIReading Comprehension(40minutes)Section A
Directions:In this section,there is a passage with ten blanks.You are required to select one word foreach blank from a list of choices given in a word bahk following tho passage.Read thopassage through carefully before making your choices.Each choice in tho bank is identifiedby a.letter.Please mark tho corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet2with asingle line through tho centre.You may not use any of the words in tho bank more than once.Questions36to45are based on the following passage.
Many Brazilians cannot read.In2000,a quarter of those aged15and older were functionallyilliterate(文盲）Many36do not want to.Only one literate adult in three reads book~The37Brazilian reads1.8non-academic books a year,less than half the figure in Europe and the United States.
In a recent survey of reading habits,Brazilians came27th out of30countries. Argentines,theirneighbours,3818th.
The government and businesses are all struggling in different ways to change this. On March13thegovernment39a National Plan for Books and Reading.This seeks to boost reading,by foundinglibraries and financing publishers among other hhings.
One discouragement to reading is that books are40.Most books have small print-runs, pushing.
up their price.
But Brazilians'indifference to books has deeper roots.Centuries of slavery meant
the country's
leaders long41education.Primary schooling became universal only in the1990s. All this means Brazil'
s book market has the biggest growth42.in the western world. But reading is a difficult habit to form.Brazilians bought fewer books in2004, 89million,includingtextbooks43by the government,than they did in1991.Last year the director of Brazil's nationallibrary44.He complained that he had haft the librarians he needed and termites(白蚁)had eatenmuch of the45.That ought to be a cause for national shame.
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A)averageB)collectionC)distributedD)exhibitionE)expensive
F)launchedG)namedH)neglectedI)normalJ)particularlyK)potentialL)quitM) rankedN)simplyO)treasured
Section B
Directions:In this section,you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it.Eachstatement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from~
which the inforraation is derived.You may choose a paragraph more than once. Eachparagraph is marked with a letter.Answer the questions by marking the correspondingletter on Answer Sheet  2.
The Touch-Screen Generation
A.On a chilly day last spring,a few dozen developers of children's apps(应用程序)for phones andtablets(平板电脑)gathered at an old beach resort in Monterey, California,to show off their games.The gathering was organized by Warren.Buckleitner,a longtime reviewer of interactive children'smedia. Buckleitner spent the breaks testing whether his own remote-control helicopter could reachthe hall's.second story,while various children who had come with their parents looked up in awe(敬畏)and delight.But mostly they looked down,at the iPads and other tablets displayed around thehall like so many open boxes of candy.I walked around and talked with developers,and severalquoted a famous saying of Maria Montessori's,"The hands are the instruments of man's intelligence."
B.What,really,would Maria Montessori have made of this scene?The30or so children here were notdown at the shore poking(戳)their fingers in the sand or running them along stones or pickingseashells.Instead they were all inside,alone or in groups of two or three,their faces a few inchesfrom a screen,their hands doing things Montessori surely did not imagine.
C.In2011,the American Academy of Pediatrics updated.its policy on very young children and media-I
n1999,the group had discouraged television viewing for children younger than2,citing research onbrain development that showed this age group's critical need for"direct interactions with parents andother significant care givers."The updated report began by acknowledging that things had changedsignificantly since then.In2006,90%of parents said that their children younger than2consumedsome form of electronic media.Nevertheless,the group took largely the same approach it did in1999,uniformly discouraging passive media use, on any type of screen,for these kids.(For olderchildren,the academy