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1、2021年6月大学英语四级真题及答案Part I Writing(30 minutes)Directions:For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the following topic.You should write atleast 120 words but no more than 180 words.题 目:Suppose a foreign friend of yours is coming to visit your campus,what is the most interestin

2、g place you wouldlike to take him/her to see and why?假设你的一位外国朋友来参观你的校园，你最感兴趣的地方想带他/她去看?为什么？题 目二：Suppose a foreign friend of yours is coming to visit your hometown,what is the most interesting place youwould like to take him/her to see and why?假设你的一位外国朋友来参观你的家乡，你最感兴趣的地方想带他/她去看?为什么？题 目三：Suppose a fore

3、ign friend of yours is coming to visit China,what is the most interesting place you would liketo take him/her to see and why?假设你的一位外国朋友来参观中国，你最感兴趣的地方想带他/她去看?为什么？Part II Listening Comprehension(30 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section,you wi11 hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations

4、.At the end of eachconversation,one or more questions wi 11 be asked about what was said.Both the conversation and the questions will bespoken only once.After each question there will be a pause.During the pause,you must read the four choices markedA),B),C)and D),and decide which is the best answer.

5、Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a singleline through the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。1.A.See a doctor aboui her strained shoulderB.Use a ladder to help her reach the tea.C.Replace the cupboard with a new one.D.Place the tea on a lower shelf next t ime.1.W:I can*t seem to reach

6、 the tea at the back of the cupboardoM:Oh W hy don t you use the ladder?You might strain your shoulder。Q:IVhat does the man suggest the woman do?2.A.At Johnson s B.In an exhibition hallC.At a painter*s studio.D.Outside an art gallery.2.W:Since it*s raining so hard,let*s go and see the new exhibitSoM

7、:That s a good idea.Mary Johnson is one of m y favorite paintersoQ:Where does the conversation most probably take place?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 can

8、not offer a fair evaluation.3.M:I hear the students gave the new teacher an unfair evaluation。W：It depends on which student you are talking about”Q:What does the woman imply?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

9、.He was good at assembling bookshelves.4.W:It must have taken you a long time to fix up all these book shelves。M:It wasn t too bad.I got Doris to do some of them。Q:What does the man mean?5.A.He doesn t get on with the others.B.He doesn，t feel at ease in the firm.C.He has been taken for a fool.D.He h

10、as found a better position.5.W：Rod,I hear you 11 be leaving at the end of this month.Is it true?M:Yeah.I ve been offered a much better position with another firm.I d be a fool t。turn it down,.Q:W hy is the man quitting his job?6.A.They should finish the work as soon as possible.B.He will continue to

11、 work in the garden himself.C.He is tired of doing gardening on weekends.D.They can hire a gardener to do the work.6.W:I honestly don t want to continue the gardening tomorrow,Tony?M:Neither do 1.But I think wc should get it over with this weekend。Q:What does the man mean?7.A.The man has to get rid

12、of the used furniture.B.The man s apartment is ready for rent.C.The furniture i s covered wi th lots of dust.D.The furniture the man bought is inexpensive.7.W：You vc already furnished your apartment?M:I Found some used furniture that was dirt cheapoQ:What do we learn from the conversation?8.A.The ma

13、n 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.8.W:Has the mechanic called the bus repairers?M:Not yet.T 11 let you know when he cal IsoQ:What do we learn from the conversation?9.A.She had a job interview to

14、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.Question:9.W hy couldn t the cowan s roommate attend the Shakespearean English class that afternoon?W:Nothing,i t*s just that she submi tted a job application yesterday an

15、d the company asked her in for an interviewtoday.She*s afraid she won,t be able to attend your class this afternoon though.I m calling to see whether it wouldbe O K if 1 gave you her essay.Janet said it s due today。10.A.Accompany her roommate to the classroom.B.Hand in her roommate s application for

16、m.C.Submit her roommate s assignment.D.Help her roommate with her report.Question:10.What Favor is the woman going to do for her roommate?11.A.Where Dr.Ellis s office is located.B.W hen Dr.Ellis leaves his office.C.Directions to the classroom building.D.Dr.Ellis s schedule for the afternoon.Question

17、:11.What does the woman want to know at the end of the conversation?W:Fine,please tell her I 11 be there at 4:00.And Dr.Ellis,one more thing,could you tell me where your officeis?Janet told me where your class is,but she didn*t give me directions to your office”12.A.He find it rather stressful.B.He

18、is thinking of quitting it.C.He can handle it quite well.D.He has to work extra hours.Question:12.What does the man say about his job?M:Not bad,Jane.F m involved in several projects and it,s a long working day.But I m used to that so it doesn,t bother me too mucho13.A.The 6:00 one B.The 6:30 one.C.T

19、he 7:00 one D.The 7:30 oneQuestion:13.Which train does the man take to work every day?M:It was terrible at first,especially getting up before dawn to catch that 6:30 train.But it*s bearable nowthat r m used to it,14.A.It is an awful waste of time.B.He finds it rather unbearable.C.The time on the tra

20、in is enjoyable.D.It is something difficult to get used to.Question:1 4.How does Ihe man feel about commuting to work every day non?W:Don t you think it s an awful waste of time?I couldn，t bear to spend three hours sitting in a train everyday。M:I used to feel the same as you.B ut now I quite enjoy i

21、t。1 5.A.Reading newspaper.B.Chatting with friends.C.Listening to the daily news.D.Planning the day s work.Question:1 5.How does the man spend his time on the morning train?W:How do you pass the lime?Do you bring some work with you to do on the train?M:A h,that*s a good question.In the morning,I just

22、 sit in comfort and read the papers to catch up with the news.On the way home at night,I relax with a good book or chat with friends or even have a game of bridge0Section BDirections:In this section,you will hear 3 short passages.A t the end of each passage,you will hear some questions.B oth the pas

23、sage and the questions will be spoken only once.A fter you hear a question,you must choose the best answerfrom the four choices marked A),B),C)and D).Then mark the corresponding letter on A nswer Sheet 1 with a single linethrough the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1 上作答。Passage OneQuestions 1 6 to 1 8 are base

24、d on the conversation you have just heard.1 6.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.Question:1 6.What should A merican col 1 ege students do to cope wi th their

25、heavy reading assignments?1 7.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.Question:1 7.What suggestion does the speaker give about marking a textbook?1 8.A)B y reading the textbooks carefully again.B)B

26、y reviewing only the marked parts.C)B y focusing on the notes in the margins.D)B y comparing notes with their classmates.Question:1 8.How should students prepare for an exam according lo the speaker?Passage TwoQuestions 19 to 21 arc based on th。conversation you have just heard.19.A)The sleep a perso

27、n 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.Question:19.What is taken for granted by most people?20.A)It is a made-up story.B)Tt is beyond cure.C)It is a rare exception.D)It

28、 is due to an accident.Question:20.What do doctors think of Al Hcrpin，s case?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.Question:21.What could have accounted for

29、 A Herpin s sleeplessness?Passage ThreeQuestions 22 lo 25 are based on Ihe conversation you have jusl 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.Q

30、uestion:22.What do we learn about Hetty Green as a child?23.A)She made a wise investment in real estate.B)She sold the restaurant with a substantial profit.C)She got 1.5 million dollars from her ex-husband.D)She inherited a big fortune from her father.Question:23.How did Hetty Green become rich over

31、night24.A)She was extreme!y mean with her money.B)She was dishonest in business dealings.C)She frequently ill-treated her employees.D)She abused animals including her pel dog.Question:24.Why was Hetty Green much hated?25.A)She made a big fortune from wise investment.B)She bui11 a hospitai with her m

32、other*s money.C)She made huge donations to charities.D)She carried on her family*s tradition.Question:25.What do we learn about Hetty s daughter?Section CDirection:In the section,you will hear a passage three times.W hen the passage is read for the first time,youshould 1isten careful 1y for its gene

33、ral idea.W hen the passage is read for the second time,you are required to fillin the blanks wi th the exact words you have just heard.Finally,when the passage is read for the third time,you shouldcheck what you have written.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。Among the kinds of social gestures most significant for s

34、econd-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 theymove r api dl y(28)_.Speakers or English

35、have a similar gesture through the hand may not be cupped andthe fingers may be held more loosely,but for them the gesture means goodbye or go away,quite the_(29)_ of theColombian gesture.Again,in Colombian,a speaker of English would have to know that when h e(3 0)_ h e ig h t hemost choose between

36、different gestures depending on whether he is(31)_ a human being or an animal.If hekeeps the palm of the h a n d(3 2)the floor,as he would in his own culture when making known the height of achild,for example,he will very likely be greeted by laughter,in Colombia this gesture i s(3 3)_ f o r thedesc

37、ription 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)_ moment.Tnboth of the examples above,speakers from two different cultures have the same gesture,physicall

38、y,but its meaning differssharply.Part III 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 blankfrom a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage.Read the passage through carefully bef

39、ore making yourchoices.Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter.Please mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 witha single 1ine 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.G 1 oha.1 warming is

40、a trend toward warmer conditions around the worl d.Part of the warmi ng i s natural;we haveexperienced a 20,000-year-long warming as the last ice age ended and the ice_ 36_ away,However,we have alreadyreached temperatures that are in _37-with other minimum-ice periods,so continued warming is likely

41、not natural.W eare _38_ to a predicted worldwide in increase in temperatures_ 39_ between1 1 C and 6 C over the next 100 years.The warming will be more_40_ in some areas,less in other,and some places may even cool off.Likewise,the _ 41_of this warming will be very different depending on where you ar

42、e-coastal areas must worry about rising sealevels,while Siberia and northern Canada may become more habitable(宜居的)and _ 42-for humans than these areasare now.The fact remains,however,that it will likely get warmer,on _ 43_,everywhere.Scientists are in generalagreement that the warmer conditions we h

43、ave been experiencing are at least in part the result of a human-induced globalwarming trend.Some scientists 44_that the changes we are seeing fall within the range of random(无 规律的)variation-some years are cold,others warm,and we have just had an unremarkable string of warm years 45_-but that is bec

44、oming an increasingly rare interpretation in the face of continued and increasing warmconditions.A)appealing I)meltedB)average J)persistC)contributing K)rangingD)dramatic L)recentlyE)frequently M)resolvedF)impact N)sensibleG)1ine 0)shockH)maintainSection BDirections:In this section,you are going to

45、read a passage with ten statements attached to it.Each statement containsinformation given in one of the paragraphs Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived.You may choosea paragraph more than once.Each paragraph is marked with a letter.Answer the questions by marking the corresp

46、ondingletter on Answer Sheet 2.The End of the Book?A Amazon,by far the largest bookseller in the country,reported on M ay 19 that it is now selling more books inits electronic Kindle format than in the old paperand-ink format.That is remarkable,considerng that the Kindle hasonly been around for four

47、 years.E-books now account for 14 percent of al 1 book sales in the country and are increasingfar faster than overall book sales.E-book sales are up 146 percent over last year,while hardback sales increased 6percent and paperbacks decreased 8 percent.B Does this spel 1 the doom of the physical book?

48、Certainly not immediately,and perhaps not at al 1.What it doesmean is that the book business will go through a transformation in the next decade or so more profound than any it hasseen since Gutenberg introduced printing from moveable type in the 1450s.C Physical books wi 11 surely become much rarer

49、 in the marketplace.Mass market paperbacks,which have been decliningfor years anyway,will probably disappear,as will hardbacks for mysteries,thrillers,romance fiction,etc.Suchbooks,which only rarely end up in permanent col lections,either private or public,will probably only be available ase-books w

50、ithin a few years.Hardback and trade paperbacks for“serious nonfiction and fiction will surely last longer.Perhaps it will become the mark of an author to reckon with that he or she is still published in hard copy.D As for children*s books,who knows?Children s books are like dog food in that the pur