2017年大学英语四级真题试卷及答案.pdf

2017 年 6 月大学英语四级 CET4 卷一真题试题(完整版)20172017 年年 6 6 月大学英语四级真题及答案月大学英语四级真题及答案(第一套第一套)PartPartI IWritingWriting(25 minutes)(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:Directions:For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to write an advertisement on yourcampus website to sell a computer you used at college.Your advertisement may include itsbrand,specifications/features,condition and price,and your contact information.Youshould write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.PartPart II IIListeningListening ComprehensionComprehension(30 minutes)(30 minutes)Section ASection ADirections:Directions:In this section,you will hear three news reports.At the end of each newsreport,you will hear two or three questions.Both the news report and questions will bespoken only once.After you hear questions,you must choose the best answer from the fourchoices marked A),B),C)and D).Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1with a single line through the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡答题卡 1 上作答。Questions 1 to 2 are based on the conversation you have just heard.Questions 1 to 2 are based on the conversation you have just heard.1.A)The man in the car was absent-minded.B)The test driver made a wrong judgement.C)The self-driving system was faulty.D)The car was moving at a fast speed.2.A)They have done better than conventional cars.B)They have caused several severe crashes.C)They have posed a threat to other drivers.D)They have generally done quite well.第 1页 共 61页2017 年 6 月大学英语四级 CET4 卷一真题试题(完整版)Questions 3 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.Questions 3 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.3.A)He works at a national park.B)He is a queen been specialist.C)He removed the beyond from the boot.D)He drove the bees away from his car.4.A)They were looking after the queenB)They were making a lot of noiseC)They were looking for a new box to live inD)They were dancing in a unique wayQuestions 5 to 7 are based on the conversation you have just heard.Questions 5 to 7 are based on the conversation you have just heard.5.A)The discovery of a new species of snakeB)The second trip to a small remote islandC)The finding of 2 new species of frogD)The latest test on rare animal species6.A)A poisonous snake attacked him on his field tripB)He discovered a rare fog on a desertedC)A snake crawled onto his head in his sleepD)He fell from a tall palm tree by accident7.A)From its genesB)From its lengthC)From its originD)From its colourSection BSection BDirections:Directions:In this section,you will hear two long conversations.At the end of eachconversation,you will hear four questions.Both the conversation and the questions willbe spoken only once.After you hear a question,you must choose the best answer from thefour choices marked A),B),C)and D).Then mark the corresponding letter onAnswerAnswerSheet 1Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.第 2页 共 61页2017 年 6 月大学英语四级 CET4 卷一真题试题(完整版)Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.8.A)The security check takes timeB)He has to check a lot of luggageC)His flight is leaving in less than 2 hoursD)The airport is a long way from the hotel9.A)In cashB)By credit cardC)With a travelers checkD)With his smart phone10.A)Give him a receiptB)Confirm his flightC)Look after his luggageD)Find a porter for him11.A)Signing up for membership of S HotelB)Staying in the same hotel next time he comesC)Loading her luggage onto the airport shuttleD)Posting a comment on the hotels webpageQuestions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12.A)He is the only boy in his familyB)He becomes tearful in windC)He has stopped making terrible facesD)He is his teachers favorite student13.A)Tell him to play in her backyardB)Do something funny to amuse himC)Give him some cherry stones to play withD)Warn him of danger by making up a story14.A)They could break pps legsB)They could sometimes terrify adults第 3页 共 61页2017 年 6 月大学英语四级 CET4 卷一真题试题(完整版)C)They could fly against a strong windD)They could knock pp unconscious15.A)One would get a spot on their tongues if they told a lie deliberatelyB)One would have to shave their head to remove a bat in their hairC)One would go to prison if they put a stamp on upside downD)One would have curly hair if they ate too much stale breadSection CSection CDirections:Directions:In this section,you will hear three passages of lectures or talks followedby three or four questions.The recordings will be played only once.After you hear aquestion,you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C)and D).Then mark the corresponding letter onAnswer Sheet 1Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16.A)Everything seemed to be changing.B)People were formal and disciplined.C)People were excited to go travelling overseas.D)Things from the Victorian era came back alive.17.A)Watching TV at home.B)Meeting people.C)Drinking coffee.D)Trying new foods.18.A)He was interested in stylish dresses.B)He was able to take a lot of money.C)He was a student in the 1960s.D)He was a man full of imagination.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19.A)They avoid looking at them.B)They run away immediately.C)They show anger on their faces.D)They make threatening sounds.第 4页 共 61页2017 年 6 月大学英语四级 CET4 卷一真题试题(完整版)20.A)It turns to its owner for help.B)It turns away to avoid conflict.C)It looks away and gets angry,too.D)It focuses its eyes on their mouths.21.A)By observing their facial features carefully.B)By focusing on a particular body movement.C)By taking in their facial expressions as a whole.D)By interpreting different emotions in different ways.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22.A)They have to look for food and shelter underground.B)They take little notice of the changes in temperature.C)They resort to different means to survive the bitter cold.D)They have difficulty adapting to the changed environment.23.A)They have their weight reduced to minimum.B)They consume the energy stored before the long sleep.C)They can maintain their heart beat at the normal rate.D)They can keep their body temperature warm and stable.24.A)By staying in hiding places and eating very little.B)By seeking food and shelter in peoples houses.C)By growing thicker hair to stay warm.D)By storing enough food beforehand.25.A)To stay safe.B)To save energy.C)To keep company.D)To protect the young.PartPart ReadingReading ComprehensionComprehensionminutes)minutes)(40(40第 5页 共 61页2017 年 6 月大学英语四级 CET4 卷一真题试题(完整版)Section ASection ADirections:Directions:In this section,there is a passage with ten blanks.You are required toselect one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following thepassage.Read the passage through carefully before making your choices,Each choice inthe bank is identified by a letter.Please mark the corresponding letter for each item onAnswer Sheet 2Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.You may not use any of the words inthe bank more than once.Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.The method for making beer has changed over time.Hops(啤酒花)，for example,which give many a modem beer its bitter flavor,are a(26)_ recent addition to thebeverage.This was first mentioned in reference to brewing in the ninth century.Now,researchers have found a(27)_ingredient in residue(残留物）from 5,000-year-oldbeer brewing equipment.While digging two pits at a site in the central plains of China,scientists discovered fragments from pots and vessels.The different shapes of thecontainers(28)_they were used to brew,filter,and store beer.They may beancient“beer-making tools,”and the earliest(29_evidence of beer brewing inChina,the researchers reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.To(30)_ that theory,the team examined the yellowish,dried(31)_ insidethe vessels.The majority of the grains,about 80%,were from cereal crops like barley(大麦),and about 10%were bits of roots,(32)_lily,which would have made the beersweeter,the scientists say.Barley was an unexpected find:the crop was domesticated inWestern Eurasia and didnt become a(33)_food in central China until about 2,000years ago,according to the researchers.Based on that timing,they indicate barley mayhave(34)_ in the region not as food,but as(35)_material for beer brewing.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡答题卡 2 2 上作答。A)ArrivedB)B)consumingC)C)directD)D)exclusivelyE)includingI)relativelyF)informJ)remainsG)rawK)resourcesH)reachedL)staple第 6页 共 61页2017 年 6 月大学英语四级 CET4 卷一真题试题(完整版)M)suggestN)surprisingO)testSection BSection BDirections:Directions:In this section,you are going to read a passage with ten statementsattached to it.Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs.Identifythe paragraph from which the information is derived.You may choose a paragraph morethan once.Each paragraph is marked with a letter.Answer the questions by marking thecorresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2Answer Sheet 2.The Blessing and Curse of the People Who Never ForgetThe Blessing and Curse of the People Who Never ForgetA handful of people can recall almost every day of their lives in enormous detailand after years of research,neuroscientists(神经科学专家)are finally beginning tounderstand how they do it.A For most of us,memory is a mess of blurred and faded pictures of our lives.Asmuch as we would like to cling on to our past,even the saddest moments can be washedaway with time.B Ask Nima Veiseh what he was doing for any day in the past 15 years,however,and he will give you the details of the weather,what he was wearing,or even what side ofthe train he was sitting on his journey to work.“My memory is like a library of video tapes,walk-throughs of every day of my life from waking to sleeping,”he explains.C Veiseh can even put a date on when those tapes started recording:15 December2000,when he met his first girlfriend at his best friends 16th birthday party.He had alwayshad a good memory,but the thrill of young love seems to have shifted a gear in his mind:from now on,he would start recording his whole life in detail.“I could tell you everythingabout every day after that.”D Needless to say,people like Veiseh are of great interest to neuroscientists hopingto understand the way the brain records our lives.A couple of recent papers have finallyopened a window on these peoples extraordinary minds.And such research might evensuggest ways for us all to relive our past with greater clarity.E“Highly superior autobiographical memory”（or HSAM for short)first came tolight in the early 2000s,with a young woman named Jill Price.Emailing the neuroscientistand memory researcher Jim McGaugh one day,she claimed that she could recall every dayof her life since the age of 12.Could he help explain her experiences?第 7页 共 61页2017 年 6 月大学英语四级 CET4 卷一真题试题(完整版)F McGaugh invited her to his lab,and began to test her:he would give her a dateand ask her to tell him about the world events on that day.True to her word,she was correctalmost every time.G It didnt take long for magazines and documentary film-makers to come tounderstand her“total recall”，and thank to the subsequent media interest,a few dozenother subjects(including Veiseh)have since come forward and contacted the team at theUniversity of California,Irvine.H Interestingly,their memories are highly self-centred:although they can remember“autobiographical”life events in extraordinary detail,they seem to be no better thanaverage at recalling impersonal information,such as random(任意选取的）lists of words.Nor are they necessarily better at remembering a round of drinks,say.And although theirmemories are vast,they are still likely to suffer from“false memories”.Clearly,there is nosuch thing as a“perfect”memorytheir extraordinary minds are still using the sameflawed tools that the rest of us rely on.The question is,how?I Lawrence Patihis at the University of Southern Mississippi recently studied around20 people with HSAM and found that they scored particularly high on two measures:fantasy proneness(倾向)and absorption.Fantasy proneness could be considered atendency to imagine and daydream,whereas absorption is the tendency to allow your mindto become fully absorbed in an activity to pay complete attention to the sensations(感受)and the experiences.“Im extremely sensitive to sounds,smells and visual detail,”explains Nicole Donohue,who has taken part in many of these studies.“I definitely feelthings more strongly than the average person.”J The absorption helps them to establish strong foundations for recollection,saysPatihis,and the fantasy proneness means that they revisit those memories again and againin the coming weeks and months.Each time thisinitial memory trace is“replayed”,itbecomes even stronger.In some ways,you probably go through that process after a bigevent like your wedding day,but the difference is that thanks to their other psychologicaltendencies,the HSAM subjects are doing it day in,day out,for the whole of their lives.K Not everyone with a tendency to fantasise will develop HSAM,though,so Patihissuggests that something must have caused them to think so much about their past.“Maybesome experience in their childhood meant that they became obsessed(着迷）with calendarsand what happened to them,”says Patihis.L The people with HSAM Ive interviewed would certainly agree that it can be amixed blessing.On the plus side,it allows you to relive the most transformative and第 8页 共 61页2017 年 6 月大学英语四级 CET4 卷一真题试题(完整版)enriching experiences.Veiseh,for instance,travelled a lot in his youth.In his spare time,hevisited the local art galleries,and the paintings are now lodged deep in his autobiographicalmemories.M“Imagine being able to remember every painting,on every wall,in every galleryspace,between nearly 40 countries，”he says.“Thats a big education in art by itself.”With this comprehensive knowledge of the history of art,he has since become aprofessional painter.N Donohue,now a history teacher,agrees that it helped during certain parts of hereducation.“I can definitely remember what I learned on certain days at school.I couldimagine what the teacher was saying or what it looked like in the book.”O Not everyone with HSAM has experienced these benefits,however.Viewing thepast in high definition can make it very difficult to get over pain and regret.“It can be veryhard to forget embarrassing moments,”says Donohue.“You feel the same emotionsit isjust as raw,just as fresh.You cant turn off that stream of memories,no matter how hardyou try.”Veiseh agrees.“It is like having these open woundsthe