2014年6月英语四级真题第1套.doc

2014年6月英语四级真题（第一套）Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the following question. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.Suppose a foreign friend of yours is coming to visit your hometown, what is the most interesting place you would like to take him/her to see and why?Part Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet I with a single line through 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 Johnsons.B. At a painters studio.C. In an exhibition hall.D. Outside an art gallery.3. A. The teacher evaluated lacks teaching experience.B. She does not quite agree with what the man said.C. The man had better talk with the students himself.D. New students usually cannot offer a fair evaluation.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 doesnt get on with the others.B. He doesnt feel at ease m the firm.C. He has been 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 gardening 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 mans 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 mechanic 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.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9. A. She had 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 roommates application form.C. Submit her roommates assignment.D. Help her roommate with her report.11. A. Where Dr. Elliss office is located.B. When Dr. Ellis leaves his office.C. Directions to the classroom building.D. Dr. Elliss schedule for the afternoon.Questions 12 to 15 are 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. The 6:00 one.B. The 6:30 one.C. The 7:00 one.D. The 7:30 one.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 to.15. A. Reading newspapers.B. Chatting with friends.C. Listening to the daily news.D. Planning the days work.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some 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 corresponding letter on Answer Sheet I with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 16 to 18 are 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 ones 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 TwoQuestions 19 to 21 are 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.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 mothers 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 ThreeQuestions 22 to 25 are 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 got 7.5 million 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 fortune from wise investment.B. She built a hospital with her mothers money.C. She made huge donations to charities.D. She carried on her familys tradition.Section C Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.Among the kinds of social gestures most significant .for second-language teachers are those which are 26 in form but different .in meaning in the two cultures. For example, a Colombian who wants someone to 27 him often signals with a hand movement in which all the fingers of one hand, cupped, point downward as they move rapidly 28 . Speakers of English have a similar gesture though the hand may not be cupped .and the fingers may be held more loosely, but for them the gesture means goodbye or go away, quite the 29 of the Colombian gesture. Again, in Columbia, a speaker of English would have to know that when he 30 height he must choose between different gestures depending on whether he is 31 a human being or an animal. If he keeps the palm of the hand 32 the floor, as he would in his own culture when making known the height of a child, for example, he will very likely be greeted by laughter, in Colombia this gesture is 33 for the description of animals. In order to describe human beings he should keep the palm of his hand 34 to the floor. Substitutions of one gesture for the other often create 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 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 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 36 to 45 are based on the following passage. Many Brazilians cannot read. In 2000, a quarter of those aged 15 and older were functionally illiterate (文盲). Many 36 do not want to. Only one literate adult in three reads book. The 37 Brazilian reads 1.8 non-academic books a year, less than half the figure in Europe and the United States. In a recent survey of reading habits, Brazilians came 27th out of 30 countries. Argentines, their neighbours, 38 18th. The government and businesses are all struggling in different ways to change this. On March 13 the government 39 a National Plan for Books and Reading. This seeks to boost reading, by founding libraries and financing publishers among other things. One discouragement to reading is that books are 40 . Most books have small print-runs, pushing up their price. But Brazilians indifference to books has deeper roots. Centuries of slavery meant the countrys leaders long 41 education. Primary schooling became universal only in the 1990s. All this means Brazils book market has the biggest growth 42 in the western world. But reading is a difficult habit to form. Brazilians bought fewer books in 2004, 89 million, including textbooks 43 by the government, than they did in 1991. Last year the director of Brazils national library 44 . He complained that he had haft the librarians he needed and termites (白蚁) had eaten much of the 45 . That ought to be a cause for national shame.A) average B) collection C) distributed D) exhibition E) expensiveF) launched G) named H) neglectedI) normal J) particularly K) potential L) quit M) ranked N) simply O) treasuredSection BDirections: 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.The Touch-Screen GenerationA On a chilly day last spring, a few dozen developers of childrens apps (应用程序) for phones and tablets (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 childrens media. Buckleitner spent the breaks testing whether his own remote-control helicopter could reach the halls .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 the hall like so many open boxes of candy. I walked around and talked with developers, and several quoted a famous saying of Maria Montessoris, “The hands are the instruments of mans intelligence.”B What, really, would Maria Montessori have made of this scene? The 30 or so children here were not down at the shore poking (戳) their fingers in the sand or running them along stones or picking seashells. Instead they were all inside, alone or in groups of two or three, their faces a few inches from a screen, their hands doing things Montessori surely did not imagine.C In 2011, the American Academy of Pediatrics updated .its policy on very young children and media. In 1999, the group had discouraged television viewing for children younger than 2, citing research on brain development that showed this age groups critical need for “direct interactions with parents and other significant care givers.” The updated report began by acknowledging that things had changed significantly since then. In 2006, 90% of parents said that their children younger than 2 consumed some 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 older children, the academy noted, “high-quality programs” could have “educational benefits”.) The 2011 report mentioned “smart cell phone” and “new screen” technologies, but did not address interactive apps. Nor did it bring up the possibility that has likely occurred to those 90% of American parents that some good might come from those little swiping (在电子产品上刷) fingers.D I had come to the developers conference partly because I hoped that this particular set of parents, enthusiastic as they were about interactive media, might help me out of this problem, that they might offer some guiding principle for American parents who are clearly never going to meet the academys ideals, and at some level do not want to. Perhaps this group would be able to express clearly some benefits of the new technology that the more cautious doctors werent ready to address.E I fell into conversation with a woman who had helped develop Montessori Letter Sounds, an app that teaches preschoolers the Montessori methods of spelling. She was a former Montessori teacher and a mother of four. I myself have three children who are all fans of the touch screen. What games did her kids like to play, I asked, hoping for suggestions I could take home.“They dont play all that much.”Really? Why not?“Because I dont allow it. We have a rule of no screen time during the week, unless its clearly educational.”No screen time? None at all? That seems at the outer edge of restrictive, even by the standards of overcontrolling parents.“On the weekends, they can play. I give them a limit of half an hour and then stop. Enough.”F Her answer so surprised me that I decided to ask some of the other developers who were also parents what their domestic ground rules for screen time were. One said only on airplanes and long car rides. Another said Wednesdays and weekends, for half an hour. The most permissive said half an hour a day, which was about my rule at home. At one point I sat with one of the biggest developers of e-book apps for kids, and his family. The small kid was starting to fuss in her highchair, so the morn stuck an iPad in front of her and played a short movie so everyone else could enjoy their lunch. When she saw me watching, she gave me the universal tense look of mothers who feel they are being judged. “At home,” she assured me, “I only let her watch movies in Spanish.”G By their reactions, these parents made me understand the problem of our age: as technology becomes almost everywhere in our lives, American parents are becoming more, not less, distrustful of what it might be doing to their children. Technological ability has not, for parents, translated into comfort and ease. On the one hand, parents w