1、第1页 共13页2013 年 6 月四级真题(第 2 套)Part I Writing(30 minutes)Directions:For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay.Youshould start your essay with abrief descriptionof the pictureandthenexpressyour viewson.the importance of learning basic skills.You should writeat least 120 words but
2、no more than 180 words.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 1 上作答。Part II Listening Comprehension(30 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section,you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 longconversations.At the end of each conversation,one or more questions will be askedabout what was said.Both the conversation and the q
3、uestions will be spoken onlyonce.After each question there will be a pause.During the pause,you must readthe four choices marked A,B,C and D,and decide which is the best answer.Thenmark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 1 上作答。1.A Children
4、should be taught to be more careful.B Children shouldnt drink so much orange juice.C There is no need for the man to make such a fuss.D Timmy should learn to do things in the right way.2.A Fitness training.B The new job offer.C Computer programming.D Directorship of the club.3.A He needs to buy a ne
5、w sweater.B He has got to save on fuel bills.C The fuel price has skyrocketed.D The heating system doesnt work.4.A Committing theft.B Taking pictures.C Window shopping.D Posing for the camera.5.A She is taking some medicine.B She has not seen a doctor yet.C She does not trust the mans advice.第2页 共13
6、页D She has almost recovered from the cough.6.A Pamelas report is not finished as scheduled.B Pamela has a habit of doing things in a hurry.C Pamela is not good at writing research papers.D Pamelas mistakes could have been avoided.7.A In the left-luggage office.B At the hotel reception.C In a hotel r
7、oom.D At an airport.8.A She was an excellent student at college.B She works in the entertainment business.C She is fond of telling stories in her speech.D She is good at conveying her message.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9.A Arranging the womans appointment wit
8、h Mr.Romero.B Fixing the time for the designers latest fashion show.C Talking about an important gathering on Tuesday.D Preparing for the filming on Monday morning.10.A Her travel to Japan.B The awards ceremony.C The proper hairstyle for her new role.D When to start the makeup session.11.A He is Mr.
9、Romeros agent.B He is an entertainment journalist.C He is the womans assistant.D He is a famous movie star.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12.A Make an appointment for an interview.B Send in an application letter.C Fill in an application form.D Make a brief self-
10、introduction on the phone.13.A Someone having a college degree in advertising.B Someone experienced in business management.C Someone ready to take on more responsibilities.D Someone willing to work beyond regular hours.14.A Travel opportunities.B Handsome pay.C Prospects for promotion.D Flexible wor
11、king hours.15.A It depends on the working hours.B It is about 500 pounds a week.C It will be set by the Human Resources.第3页 共13页D It is to be negotiated.Section BDirections:In this section,you will hear 3 short passages.At the end of eachpassage,you will hear some questions.Both the passage and the
12、questions will bespoken only once.After you hear a question you must choose the best answer fromthe four choices marked A,B,C and D.Then mark the corresponding letter on AnswerSheet 1 with a single line through the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 1 上作答。Passage OneQuestions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you
13、 have just heard.16.A To give customers a wider range of choices.B To make shoppers see as many items as possible.C To supply as many varieties of goods as it can.D To save space for more profitable products.17.A On the top shelves.B On the bottom shelves.C On easily accessible shelves.D On clearly
14、marked shelves.18.A Many of them buy things on impulse.BA few of them are fathers with babies.C A majority of them are young couples.D Over 60%of them make shopping lists.19.A Sales assistants promoting high margin goods.B Sales assistants following customers around.C Customers competing for good ba
15、rgains.D Customers losing all sense of time.Passage TwoQuestions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.20.A Teaching mathematics at a school.B Doing research in an institute.C Studying for a college degree.D Working in a hi-tech company.21.A He studied the designs of various clocks.B
16、 He did experiments on different materials.C He bought an alarm clock with a pig face.D He asked different people for their opinions.第4页 共13页22.A Its automatic mechanism.B Its manufacturing process.C Its way of waking people up.D Its funny-looking pig face.Passage ThreeQuestions 23 to 25 are based o
17、n the passage you have just heard.23.A It is often caused by a change of circumstances.B It actually doesnt require any special treatment.C It usually appears all of a sudden.D It generally lasts for several years.24.A They cannot mix well with others.B They irrationally annoy their friends.C They d
18、epend heavily on family members.D They blame others for ignoring their needs.25.A They lack consistent support from peers.B They doubt their own popularity.C They were born psychologically weak.D They focus too much on themselves.Section CDirections:In this section,you will hear a passage three time
19、s.When the passageis read for the first time,you should listen carefully for its general idea.Whenthe passage is read for the second time you are required to fill in the blanks withthe exact words you have just heard.Finally,when the passage is read for the thirdtime,you should check what you have w
20、ritten.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 1 上作答。There was a time when any personal information that was gathered about us was typedon a piece of paper and(26)_in a file cabinet.It could remain there foryears and,often(27)_,never reach the outside world.Things have done a complete about-face since then.(28)_the change ha
21、sbeen the astonishingly swift development in recent years of the computer.Today,any data that is collected about us in one place or another-and for one reason oranother-can be stored in a computer bank.It can then be easily passed to othercomputer banks.They are owned by(29)_ and by private business
22、es andcorporations,lending institutions,direct mailing and telemarketing firms,creditbureaus,credit card companies,and government agencies at the local,state,and(30)_ level.A growing number of Americansare seeing theaccumulation and(31)_ofcomputerized data as a frightening invasion of their privacy.
23、Surveys show that thenumber of the worrying Americans has been(32)_growing over the yearsas the computer becomes increasingly(33)_,easier to operate,and lesscostly to purchase and(34)_.第5页 共13页In 1970,a national survey showed that 37%of the people questioned felt their privacywas being invaded.Seven
24、 years later,47 percent expressed the same worry.A recentsurvey by a credit bureau reviewed that the number of alarmed citizens had(35)_ to 76%.Part IIIReading Comprehension(40 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section,there is a passage with ten blanks.You are requiredto select one word for each
25、blank from a list of choices given in a word bank followingthe passage.Read the passage through carefully before making your choices.Eachchoice in the bank is identified by a letter.Please mark the corresponding letterfor each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.You may notu
26、se any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.Walking,if you do it vigorously enough,is the overall best exercise for regularphysical activity.It requires no equipment,everyone knows how to do it and itcarries the_36_risk of injury.The human bod
27、y is designed to wall.You canwalk in parks or along a river or in your neighborhood.To get_37_benefit fromwalking,aim for 45 minutes a day,an average of five days a week.Strength training is another important_38_of.physical activity.Its purposeis to build and_39_ bone and muscle mass,both of which s
28、hrink with age.Ingeneral,you will want to do strength training two or three days a week,_40_recovery days between sessions.Finally,flexibility and balance training are_41_important as the body ages.Aches and pains,are high on the list of complaints in old age.The result of constantmuscle tension and
29、 stiffness of joints,many of them are_42_,and simpleflexibility training can_43_these by makingmuscles stronger and keepingjoints lubricated(润滑).Some of this you do whenever you stretch.If you watchdogs and cats,youll get an idea of how natural it is.The general_44_issimple:whenever the body has bee
30、n in one position for a while,it is good to_45_stretch it in an opposite position.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 2 上作答。A allowingB avoidableC brieflyD componentE determinedF helpingG increasinglyH lowestI maintainJ maximumK prevent第6页 共13页L principleM provokeN seriouslyO topicSection BDirections/In this section,you
31、are going to read a passage with ten statementsattached to it.Each statement 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 thequestions by marking
32、 the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.Can Digital Textbooks Truly Replace the Print Kind?AThe shortcomings of traditional print edition textbooks are obvious:For starterstheyre heavy,with the average physics textbook weighing 3.6 pounds.Theyre alsoexpensive,especially when you factor in the av
33、erage college students limitedbudget,typically costing hundreds of dollars every semester.But the worst partis that print versions of textbooks are constantly undergoing revisions.Manyprofessors require that their students use only the latest versions in the classroom,essentially rendering older tex
34、ts unusable.For students,it means theyre basicallystuck with a four pound paperweight that they Cant sell back.B Which is why digital textbooks,if they live up to their promise,could helpease many of these shortcomings.But till now,theyve been something like a mirage(幻影)in the distance,more like a h
35、azy(模糊的)dream than an actual reality.Imagine the promise:Carrying all your textbooks in a 1.3 pound iPad?It Soundsalmost too good to be true.But there are a few pilot schools already making thetransition(过渡)over to digital books.Universities like Cornell.and Brown havejumped onboard.And one medical
36、program at the University of California,Irvine,gave their entire class iPads with which to download textbooks just last year.C But not all were eager to jump aboard.People were tired of using the iPadtextbook besides using it for reading,says Kalpit Shah,who will be going intohis second year at Irvi
37、nes medical program this fall.They werent using it asa source of communication because they couldnt read or write in it.So a third ofthe-people in my program were using the iPad in class to take notes,the other thirdwere using laptops and the last third were using paper and pencil.The reason ithasnt
38、 caught on yet,he tells me,is that the functionality of e-edition textbooksis incredibly limited,and some students just arent motivated to learn new studybehavior.D But a new application called Inlding might change all that.The company justreleased an updated version last week,and itll be utilized i
39、n over 50 undergraduateand graduate classrooms this coming school year.Digital textbooks are not goingto catch on,says Inkling CEO Matt MacInnis as hes giving me a demo(演示)overcoffee.What I mean by that is the current perspective of the digital textbook isits an exact copy of the print book.Theres C
40、ourse Smart,etc.,these guys who第7页 共13页take an image of the page and put it on a screen.If thats how were defining digitaltextbooks,theres no hope of that becoming a mainstream product.He calls Inklinga platform for publishers to build rich multimedia content from the ground up,witha heavy emphasis
41、on real-world functionality.The traditional textbook merelyserves.as a skeleton.E At first glance Inkling is an impressive experience.After swiping(触击)intothe iPad app(应用软件),which you can get for free here,he opens up a few differenttypes of textbooks.Up first is a chemistry book.The boot time is pr
42、etty fast,andhe navigates through(浏览)a few chapters before swiping into afully rendered 3Dmolecule that can be spun around to view its various building blocks.Publishersgive us all of the source media,artwork,videos,he says.We help them thinkthrough how to actually build something for this platform.
43、Next he pulls up a musiccomposition textbook,complete with playable demos.Its a learning experience thatattacks you from multiple sensory directions.Its clear why this would be somethinga music major would love.F But the most exciting part about Inkling,to me,is its notation(批注)system.Heres how it w
44、orks:When you purchase a used print book,it comes with its previousowners highlights and notes in the margins.It uses the experience of someone whoalready went through the class to help improve your reading(how much you trusteach notation is obviously up to you).But with Inkling,you can highlight a
45、pieceof content and make notes.Heres where things get interesting,though:If aparticularly important passage is highlighted by multiple Inkling users,thatinformation is stored on the cloud and is available for anyone reading the sametextbook to come across.That means users have access to notes from n
46、ot only theirclassmates and Facebook friends,but anyone who purchased the book across the country.The best comments are then Sorted democratically by a voting system,meaning thatyour social learning experience is shared with the best and brightest thinkers.Asa bonus,professors can even chime in(插话)o
47、n discussions.Theyll be able toanswer the questions of students who are in their class directly via the interactiveb6ok.G Of course,Inkling addresses Several of the other shortcomings in traditionalprint,as well.Textbook versions are constantly updated,motivating publishers byminimizing production c
48、osts(the big ones like McGraw-Hill are already onboard).Furthermore,students will be able to purchase sections of the text instead of buyingthe whole thing,with individual chapters costing as little as$2.99.H There are,however,challenges.It takes efforts to build each book,MacInnistells me.And its c
49、lear why.Each interactive textbook is a media-heavy experiencebuilt from the ground up,and you can tell that it takes a respectable amount ofmanpower to put together each one.For now the app is also iPad-exclusive,and thougha few of these educational institutions are giving the hardware away for fre
50、e,forother students who dont have such a luxury its an added layer of cost-and anexpensive one at that.I But this much is clear:The traditional textbook model is and has been brokenfor quite some time.Whether digitally interactive ones like Inkling actually take第8页 共13页off or not remains to be seen,
