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1、2022年 6 月四级考试真题(一)Part I Writing(30 minutes)Directions:For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on theimportance of reading ability and how to develop it.You should write at least 120words but no more than 180 words.Part II Listening Comprehension(25 minutes)Section ADirection

2、s:In this section,you will hear three news reports.At the end of each newsreport,you will hear two or three uestions.Both the news report and the uestions willbe spoken only once.After you hear a uestion,you must choose the best answer fromthe four choices marked A)f B),C)and D).Then mark the corres

3、ponding letter onAnswer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.uestions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.1.A)The return of a bottled message to its owners daughter.B)A New Hampshire man5s joke with friends on his wife.C)A fathers message fbr his daughter.D)The history

4、of a century-old motel.2.A)She wanted to show gratitude for his kindness.B)She wanted to honor her father promise.C)She had been asked by her father to do so.D)She was excited to see her fathers handwriting.uestions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.3.A)People were concerned a

5、bout the number of bees.B)Several cases of Zika disease had been identified.C)Two million bees were infected with disease.D)Zika virus had destroyed some bee farms.4.A)It apologized to its customers.C)It lost a huge stock of bees.B)It was forced to kill its bees.D)It lost 2.5 million dollars.uestion

6、s 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.5.A)It stayed in the air for about two hours.C)It proved to be of highcommercial value.B)It took off and landed on a football field.D)It made a series of sharp turnsin the sky.6.A)Engineering problems.C)Inadeuate funding.B)The air pollution i

7、t produced.D)Theopposition from themilitary.7.A)It uses the latest aviation technology.C)It isa safer means oftransportation.B)It flies faster than a commercial jet.D)It ismore environmentallyfriendly.Section BDirections:In this section,you will hear tvvo long conversations.At the end of eachconvers

8、ation,you will hear four uestions.Both the conversation and the uestions willbe spoken only once.After you hear a uestion,you must choose the best answer fromthe four choices marked A)f B),C)and D).Then mark the corresponding letter onAnswer Sheet I with a single line through the centre.uestions 8 t

9、o 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.8.A)It seems a depressing topic.C)It has little impact on our daily life.B)It sounds uite alarming.D)It is getting more serious these days.9.A)The man doesnt understand Spanish.C)They dont want something toonoisy.B)The woman doesnt really like d

10、ancing.D)They cant make it to the theatre intime.10.A)It would be more fun without Mr.Whitehead hosting.B)It has too many acts to hold the audiences attention.C)It is the most amusing show he has ever watched.D)It is a show inappropriate for a night of charity.11.A)Watch a comedy.C)Book the tickets

11、online.B)Go and see the dance.D)See a film with the man.uestions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12.A)Most of her schoolmates are younger than she is.B)She simply has no idea what school to transfer to.C)There are too many activities for her to cope with.D)She worries she

12、wont fit in as a transfer student.13.A)Seek advice from senior students.B)Pick up some meaningful hobbies.14.A)Give her help whenever she needs it.campus.B)Accept her as a transfer student.15.A)She has interests similar to Mr.Lees,has.B)She has become friends with Catherine,college.Section CC)Partic

13、ipate in after-school activities.D)Look into what the school offers.C)Find her accommodation onD)Introduce her to her roommates.C)She has chosen the major CatherineD)She has just transferred to theDirections:In this section,you will hear three passages.At the end of each passage,you will hear three

14、or four uestions.Both the passage and the uestions will be spokenonly once.After you hear a uestion,you must choose the best answer from the fourchoices marked A),B),C)and D),Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet1 with a single line through the centre.uestions 16 to 18 are based on the

15、passage you have just heard.16.A)To investigate how being overweight impacts on health.B)To find out which physical drive is the most powerful.C)To discover what most mice like to eat.D)To determine what feelings mice have.17.A)When they are hungry.B)When they are thirsty.18.A)They search for food i

16、n groups,mice.B)They are overweight when food is plenty,other animals.C)When they smell food.D)When they want company.C)They prefer to be with otherD)They enjoy the company ofuestions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19.A)Its construction started before World War I.C)It is effic

17、iently used fortransport.B)Its construction cost more than$40 billion.D)It is one of the best in the world.20.A)To improve transportation in the countryside.C)To enable people to travel at ahigher speed.B)To move troops uickly from place to place.D)To speed up the transportation ofgoods.21.A)In the

18、1970s.C)In the 1950s.B)In the 1960s.D)In the 1940s.uestions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22.A)Chatting while driving.C)Driving under age.B)Messaging while driving.D)Speeding on highways.C)A device to control the speed of a vehicle.D)A device to ensure people drive with both

19、hands.24.A)The car keeps flashing its headlights,and a sound.B)The car slows down gradually to a halt,smart phone.25.A)Installing a camera.B)Using a connected app.Part III Reading ComprehensionC)They are alerted with a lightD)They get a warning on theirC)Checking their emails.D)Keep a daily record.(

20、40 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section,there is a passage with ten blanks.You are reuired toselect one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word hank following thepassage.Read the passage through carefully before making your choices.Each choicein the hank is identified by a

21、letter.Please mark the corresponding letter for each itemon Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.You may not use any of thewords in the hank more than once.An office tower on Miller Street in Manchester is completely covered in solarpanels.They are used to create some of the energy u

22、sed by the insurance companyinside.When the tower was first 26 in 1962,it was covered with thin suare stones.These small suare stones became a problem for the building and continued to fall off theface for 40 years until a major renovation was 27.During this renovation,thebuildings owners,CIS.28 the

23、 solar panel company,Solarcentury.They agreed tocover the entire building in solar panels.In 2022,the completed CIS tower becameEuropes largest 29 of vertical solar panels.A vertical solar project on such a large30 has never been repeated since.Covering a skyscraper with solar panels had never been

24、done before,and the CIStower was chosen as one of the 10 best green energy projects”.For a long time afterthis renovation project,it was the tallest building in the United Kingdom,but it was31 overtaken by the Millbank Tower.Green buildings like this arent 32 cost-efficient for the investor,but it d

25、oesproduce much less pollution than that caused by energy 33 through fossil fuels.Assolar panels get 34,the world is likely to see more skyscrapers covered in solar panels,collecting energy much like trees do.Imagine a world where building the tallestskyscraper wasnt a race of 35,but rather one to c

26、ollect the most solar energy.A)cheaperI)eventuallyB)cleanerJ)heightC)collectionK)necessarilyD)competedL)productionE)constructedM)rangeF)consultedG)dimensionH)discoveredN)scaleO)undertakenSection BDirections:In this section,you are going to read a passage with ten statementsattached to it.Each statem

27、ent contains information given in one of the paragraphs.Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived.You may choose aparagraph more than once.Each paragraph is marked with a letter.Answer theuestions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.Some College Students Are Angr

28、y That They Have to Pay to Do Their HomeworkA Digital learning systems now charge students for access codes needed to completecoursework,take uizzes,and turn in homework.As universities go digital,students arecomplaining of a new hit to their finances that is replacingand sometimes joiningexpensive

29、textbooks:pricey online access codes that are reuired to completecoursework and submit assignments.B The codes一which typically range in price from$80 to$155 per course一givestudents online access to systems developed by education companies like McGraw Hilland Pearson.These companies,which long reaped

30、 big profits as textbook publishers,have boasted that their new online offerings,when pushed to students throughuniversities they partner with,represent the future of the industry.C But critics say the digital access codes represent the same price-seeking ethos（观念）of the textbook business,and are ev

31、en harder for students to opt out of.While theycould once buy second-hand textbooks,or share copies with friends,the digital systemsare essentially impossible to avoid.D When we talk about the access code we see it as the new face of the textbookmonopoly（垄断），a new way to lock students around this sy

32、stem,“said EthanSenack,the higher education advocate for the U.S.Public Interest Research Group,toBuzzFeed News.Rather than$250（fbr a print textbook）youre paying$120,saidSenack.cuBut because ifs all digital it eliminates the used book market and eliminatesany sharing and because homework and tests a

33、re through an access code,it eliminatesany ability to opt out.E Sarina Harper,a 19-year-old sophomore at Virginia Tech,was faced with a toughdilemma when she first started college in 2022一pay rent or pay to turn in herchemistry homework.She told BuzzFeed News that her freshman chemistry classreuired

34、 her to use Connect,a system provided by McGraw Hill where students cansubmit homework,take exams and track their grades.But the code to access theprogram cost$120-a big sum for Harper,who had already put down$450 fortextbooks,and had rent day approaching.F She decided to wait fbr her next work-stud

35、y paycheck,which was typically$150$200,to pay for the code.She knew that her chemistry grade may take a dive asa result.Ifs a balancing act,she said.Can I really afford these access codes now”She didnt hand in her first two assignments fbr chemistry,which started her out in theclass with a failing g

36、rade.G The access codes may be another financial headache for students,but fbr textbookbusinesses,theyre the future.McGraw Hill,which controls 21%of the highereducation market,reported in March that its digital content sales exceeded print salesfor the first time in 2022.The company said that 45%of

37、its$140 million revenue in2022“was derived from digital products/H A Pearson spokesperson told BuzzFeed News that digital materials are lessexpensive and a good investment that offer new features,like audio texts,personalized knowledge checks and expert videos.Its digital course materials savestuden

38、ts up to 60%compared to traditional printed textbooks,the company added.McGraw Hill didnt respond to a reuest fbr comment,but its CEO David Levin told theFinancial Times in August that“in higher education,the era of the printed textbook isnow over.I The textbook industry insists the online systems r

39、epresent a better deal fbr students.“These digital products aret just mechanisms fbr students to submit homework,theyoffer all kinds of features,David Anderson,the executive director of highereducation with the Association of American Publishers,told BuzzFeed News.Ithelps studentsfj David Hunt,an as

40、sociate professor in sociology at Augusta University,which hasrolled out digital textbooks across its math and psychology departments,told BuzzFeedNews that he understands the utility of using systems that reuire access codes.But hedoesnt reuire his students to buy access to a learning program that

41、controls the classassignments.UI try to make things as inexpensive as possible/said Hunt,who usesfree digital textbooks for his classes but designs his own curriculum.The onlinesystems may make my life a lot easier but I feel like Im giving up control.Thediscussions are the things where my expertise

42、 can benefit the students most.K A 20-year-old junior at Georgia Southern University told BuzzFeed News that shenormally spends$500$600 on access codes for class.In one case,the professor didntreuire students to buy a textbook,just an access code to turn in homework.This yearshe said she spent$900 o

43、n access codes to books and programs.Thats two months ofrent,“she said.uYou cant sell any of it back.With a traditional textbook you can sellit for$30$50 and that helps to pay fbr your new semesters books.With an accesscode,youre out of that money.L Benjamin Wolverton,a 19-year-old student at the Un

44、iversity of South Carolina,told BuzzFeed News that its ridiculous that after paying tens of thousands in tuitionwe have to pay fbr all these access codes to do our homework.z，Many of the accesscodes hes purchased have been reuired simply to complete homework or uizzes.Oftenits only 10%of your grade

45、in class.he said.Youre paying so much moneyfor something that hardly affects your grade-but if you didnt have it,it would affectyour grade enough.It would be bad to start out at a B or C.Wolverton said he spent$500 on access codes for digital books and programs this semester.M Harper,a poultry（家禽）sc

46、ience major,is taking chemistry again this year and hadto buy a new access code to hand in her homework.She rented her economics andstatistics textbooks for about$20 each.But her access codes for homework,whichcant be rented or bought second-hand,were her most expensive purchases:$120 and$85.N She s

47、till remembers the sting of her first experience skipping an assignment due tothe high prices.We dont really have a missed assignment policy,“she said.If youmiss it,you just miss it.I just got zeros on a couple of first assignments.I managed topull everything back up.But as a scared freshman looking

48、 at their grades,ifs not fun.36.A students yearly expenses on access codes may amount to their rent for twomonths.37.The online access codes may be seen as a way to tie the students to the digitalsystem.38.If a student takes a course again,they may have to buy a new access code to submittheir assign

49、ments.39.McGraw Hill accounts for over one-fifth of the market share of college textbooks.40.Many traditional textbook publishers are now offering online digital products,which they believe will be the future of the publishing business.41.One student complained that they now had to pay for access co

50、des in addition to thehigh tuition.42.Digital materials can cost students less than half the price of traditional printedbooks according to a publisher.43.One student decided not to buy her access code until she received the pay for herpart-time job.44.Online systems may deprive teachers of opportun