卷二 2017年6月英语四级真题及答案.docx

2017年6月英语四级真题及答案Part I Writing (25 minutes)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.Part II Listening Comprehension (30 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 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.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)Human drivers become easily distracted or tired while driving.C)Most drivers feel uncertain about the safety of self-driving cars.D)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) They would be unpopular with drivers who only trust their own skills.C)Their increased comfort levels have boosted their sales.D)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)A series of injuries to snowmobile drivers.C)Attacks on some Iditarod Race competitors.D)A serious accident in the Alaska sports event.4. A) He stayed behind to look after his injured dogs.B)He has won the Alaska Iditarod Race four times.C)He 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 Nicaraguas Big Corn Island. C) It disappeared between two large islands.D) It turned over because of strong winds.6. A) 13. B) 25.C) 30. D) 32.7. 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 BDirections: 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 Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.8. A) At a shopping centre. B) At a community college.C) At an accountancy firm. D) At an IT company.9. A) Helping out with data input. B) Arranging interviews.C) Sorting application forms. D) Making phone calls.10. A) He enjoys using computers. B) He needs the money badly.C) He wants to work in the city centre.D) He has relevant working experience.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. A) Japanese. B) Germans.C) Poles. D) Americans.14. A) Emailing. B) Texting.C) Science. 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 CDirections: 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. B) They grow white flowers.C) They taste like apples. 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 likedC) 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 status updates.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.D)She didnt 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. 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 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.Americas Internet is fester than ever before, but people still complain about their Internet being too slow.New Yorks Attorney Generals office (26)_ an investigation in the fall into whether or not Verizon, Cablevision and Time Warner are delivering broadband thats as fast as the providers (27)_ it is. Earlier this month, the office asked for the publics help to measure 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 wouldnt be the first time a telecom provider got 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 anger over bandwidth speed and cost. Just this week, an investigation found that media and telecom giant Comcast is the most (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 theyre 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 years, and 15% of people now consider themselves to be “cord-cutters.”A) AccusationsB) ActuallyC) ClaimD) CommunicatingE) ComplainF) DataG) DeservedH) FrustratedI) HatedJ) LaunchedK) RelatingL) TimesM) TroubleN) UsuallyO) WorriedSection 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. From Accountant to Yogi: Making a Radical Career ChangeA At some point, almost all of us will experience a period of radical professional change. Some of us will seek it out; for others it will feel like an unwelcome intrusion into otherwise stable careers. Either way, we have choices about how we respond to it when it comes.B We recently caught up with yoga entrepreneur Leah Zaccaria, who put herself through the fire of change to completely reinvent herself. In her search to live a life of purpose, Leah left her high-paying accounting job, her husband, and her home, hi the process, she built a radically new life and career. Since then, she has founded two yoga studios, met a new life partner, and formed a new community of people. Even if your personal reinvention is less drastic, we think there are lessons from her experience that apply.C Where do the seeds of change come from? the Native American Indians have a saying: “Pay attention to the whispers so you wont have to hear the screams.” Often the best ideas for big changes come from unexpected places its just a matter of tuning in. Great leaders recognize the weak signals or slight signs that point to big changes to come. Leah reflects on a time she listened to the whispers: “About the time my daughter was five years old. I started having a sense that this isnt right.” She then realized that her life no longer matched her vision for it.D Up until that point, Leah had followed traditional measures of success. After graduating with a degree in business and accounting, she joined a public accounting firm, married, bought a house, put lots of stuff in it, and had a baby. “I did what everybody else thought looked successful,” she says. Leah easily could have fallen into a trap of feeling content; instead, her energy sparked a period of experimentation and renewal.E Feeling the need to change, Leah started playing with future possibilities by exploring her interests and developing new capabilities. First trying physical exercise and dieting, she lost some weight and discovered an inner strength. “1 felt powerful because 1 broke through my own limitations,” she recalls.F However, it was another interest that led Leah to radically reinvent herself. “I remember sitting on a bench with my aunt at a yoga studio, she said, having a moment of clarity right then and there: Yoga is saving my life. Yoga is waking me up. Im not happy and I want to change and Im done with this.” In that moment of clarity Leah made an important leap,conquering her inner resistance to change and making a firm commitment to take bigger steps.G Creating the future you want is a lot easier if you are ready to exploit the opportunities that come your way. When Leah made the commitment to change, she primed herself to new opportunities she may otherwise have overlooked. She recalls:H One day a man I worked with, Ryan, who had his office next to mine, said, “Leah, lets go look at this space on Queen Anne.” He knew my love for yoga and had seen a space close to where he lived that he thought might be good to serve as a yoga studio. As soon as I saw the location, I knew this was it. Of course I was scared, yet I had this strong sense of “I have to do this.” Only a few months later Leah opened her first yoga studio, but success was not instant.I Creating the future takes time. Thats why leaders continue to manage the present while building toward the big changes of the future. When its time to make the leap, they take action and immediately drop whats no longer serving their purpose. Initially Leah stayed with her accounting job while starting up the yoga studio to make it all work.J Soon after, she knew she had to make a bold move to fully commit to her new future. Within two years, Leah shed the safety of her accounting job and made the switch complete. Such drastic change is not easy.K Steering through change and facing obstacles brings us face to face with our fears. Leah reflects on one incident that triggered her fears, when her investors threatened to shut her down: “I was probably up against the most fear Ive ever had，” she says. “I had spent two years cultivating this community, and it had become successful very fast, but within six months I was facing the prospect of losing it all.”L She connected with her sense of purpose and dug deep, cultivating a tremendous sense of strength. “I was feeling so intentional and strong that I wasnt going to let fear just take over. I was thinking, OK, guys, if you want to try to shut me down, shut me down.And I knew it was a negotiation scheme, so I was able to say to myself, This is not real.” By naming her fears and facing them head-on, Leah gained confidence. For most of us, letting go of the safety and security of the past gives us great fear. Calling out our fears explicitly, as Leah did,can help us act decisively.M The cycle of renewal never ends. Leahs growth spurred her to open her second studio and it wasnt for the money.N I have no desire to make millions of dollars. Its not about that; its about growth for me. Honestly, I didnt need to open a second studio. I was making as much money as I was as an accountant. But I know if you dont grow, you stand still, and that doesnt work for me.O Consider the current moment in your own life, your team or your organization. Where are you in the cycle of renewal: Are you actively preserving the present, or selectively forgetting the past, or boldly creating the future? What advice would Leah give you to move you ahead on your journey? Once were on the path of growth, we can continually