1、2014年6月大学英语四级考试真题卷（第三套）Part I Writing (30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the following question. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. Suppose a foreign friend of yours is coming to visit yours campus, what is the mo
2、st interesting place you would like to take him/her to see and why? PartII Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said
3、. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line throu
4、gh the centre.1. A) See a doctor about her strained shoulder. B) 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 time.2. A) At Mary Johnsons. B) At a painters studio. C) In an exhibition hall. D) Outside an art gallery.3. A) The
5、teacher evaluated lacks teaching experience. B) She does not quite agree with that the man said. C) The man had better talk with the students himself. D) New students usually cannot offer a fair evaluation.4. A) He helped Doris build up the furniture. B) Doris helped him arrange the furniture. C) Do
6、ris fixed up some of the bookshelves. D) He was good at assembling bookshelves.5. A) He doesnt get on with the others. B) He doesnt feel at ease in the firm. C) He has been taken for a fool. D) He has found a better position.6. A) They should finish the work as soon as possible. B) He will continue
7、to work in the garden himself. C) He is tired of doing gardening on weekends. D) They can hire a gardener to do the work.7. A) The man has to get rid of the used furniture. B) The mans apartment is ready for rent. C) The furniture is covered with lots of dust. D) The furniture the man bought is inex
8、pensive.8.A) The man will give mechanic a call. B) The woman is waiting for a call. C) The woman is doing some repairs. C) The man knows the mechanic very well.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have jus t heard. 9. A) She had a job interview to attend. B) She was busy finishing her
9、 project. C) She had to attend an important meeting. D) She was in the middle of Writing an essay.10.A) Accompany her roommate to the classroom. B) Hand in her roommates application form. C) Submit her roommates assignment. D) Help her roommate with her report.11.A) Where Dr.Elliss office is located
10、. B) When Dr.Ellis.s leaves his office. C) Directions to the classroom building. D) Dr.Elliss schedule for the afternoon.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 12.A) He finds it rather stressful. B) He is thinking of quitting it. C) He can handle it quite well. D) He h
11、as to work extra hours.13.A) The 6:00 one. B) The 6:30 one. B) The 7:00 one. D) The 7:30 one.14.A) It is an awful waste of time. B)He finds it rather unbearable.C) The time on the train is enjoyable. D)It is something difficult to get used to.15.A）Reading newspapers. B) Chatting with friends. C) Lis
12、tening to the daily news. D) Planning the days work.Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer
13、 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. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。Passage One Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard. 16.A) Ignore small details while reading. B) Read at least sever
14、al chapters at one sitting. C) Develop a habit of reading critically. D) Get key information by reading just once or twice.17.A) Choose ones own system of marking. B) Underline the key words ang phrases. C) Make as few marks as possible. D)Highlight details in a red color.18.A) By reading the textbo
15、oks carefully again. B) By reviewing only the marked parts. C) By focusing on the notes in the margins. D) By comparing notes with their classmates. Passage Two Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19.A) The sleep a person needs varies from day to day. B) The amount of sle
16、ep for each person is similar. C) One can get by with a couple of hours of sleep. D) Everybody needs some sleep for survival.20.A) It is a made-up story. B) It is beyond cure. C) It is a rare exception. D) It is due to an accident.21.A) His extraordinary physical condition. B) His mothers injury jus
17、t before his birth. C) The unique surroundings of his livingplace. D) The rest he got from sitting in a rocking chair.Passage Three Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard. 22.A) She invested in stocks and shares on Wall Street. B) She learned to write for financial newspaper
18、s. C) She developed a strong interest in finance. D) She tenderly looked after her sick mother.23.A) She made a wise investment in real estate. B) She sold her restaurant with a substantial profit. C) She got 7.5 million dollars from her ex-husband. D) She inherited a big fortune from her father.24.
19、A) She was extremely mean with her money. B) She was dishonest in business dealings. C) She frequently ill-treated her employees. D) She abused animals including her pet dog.25.A) She made a big fortune from wise investment.B) She built a hospital with her mothers money. C) She made huge donations t
20、o charities. D) She carried on her familys tradition.Section C Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in th
21、e blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written. Among the kinds of social gestures most significant for second-language teachers are those which are 26 in form but different in meaning in the two culture
22、s, For example, a Colombian who wants someone to 27 him often signals with a hand movement in which all fingers of one hand, cupped, point downward as they move rapidly 28 . Speakers of English have a similar gesture though the hand may not be copped and the fingers may be held more loosely, but for
23、 them the gesture means goodbye or go away, quite the 29 of the Colombian gesture. Again, in Colombian, a speaker of English would have to know that when he 30 height he must choose between different gestures depending on whether he is 31 a human being or an animal. If he keeps the palm of the hand
24、32 the floor, as he would in his own culture when making known the height of a child, for example, he will very likely be greeted by language; in Colombia this gestures is 33 for the description of animals. In order to describe human being he should keep the palm of his hand 34 to the floor. Substit
25、utions of one gesture for the other often create not only humorous but also 35 moments. In both of the examples above, speakers from two different cultures have the same gesture, physically, but its meaning differs sharply.Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes) Section A Directions: In this sec
26、tion, 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 correspond
27、ing 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 36 to 45 are based on the following passage. The fact is, the world has been finding less oil than it has been using for more than twenty years now
28、. Not only has demand been 36 , but the oil we have been finding is coming from places that are 37 to reach. At the same time, more of this newly 38 oil is of the type that requires a greater investment to 39 . And because demand for this precious resource will grow, according to some, by over 40 pe
29、rcent by 2025, fueling the worlds economic 40 will take a lot more energy from every possible source.The energy industry needs to get more from existing fields while continuing to search for new 41. Automakers must continue to improve fuel efficiency and perfect hybrid(混合动力的) vehicles. Technological
30、 improvements are needed so that wind, solar and hydrogen can be more 42 parts of the energy equation. Governments need to formulate energy polices that promote 43 and environmentally sound development. Consumers must be willing to pay for some of these solutions, while practicing conservation effor
31、ts of their own.Inaction is not an 44 . So lets work together to balance this equation. We are taking some of the 45 needed to get started, but we need your help to go the rest of the way.A) consequently I) feasibleB) cultivate J) growthC) declining K) optionD) derived L) refineE) different M) reser
32、vesF) discovered N) soaringG) economically O) stepsH) exceptionSection B Directions: 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.
33、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. I Cry, Therefore I AmA) In 2008, at a German zoo, a gorilla(大猩猩) named Gana gave birth to a male infant, who died after three months. Photogr
34、aphs of Gana, looking stricken and inconsolable(伤心欲绝的), attracted crowds to the zoo. Sad as the scene was, the humans, not Gana, were the only ones crying. The notion that animals can weep has no scientific basis. Years of observation by biologists Dian Fossey, who observed gorillas, and Jane Goodal
35、l, who worked with chimpanzees(黑猩猩), could not prove that animals cry tears from emotion.B) Its true that many animals shed tears, especially in response to pain. Tears protect the eye by keeping it moist. But crying as an expression of feeling is unique to humans and has played an essential role in
36、 human evolution and the development of human cultures.C) Within two days an infant can imitate sad and happy faces. If an infant does not cry out, it is unlikely to get the attention it needs to survive. Around 3-4 months, the relationship between the human infant and its environment takes on a mor
37、e organized communicative role, and tearful crying begins to serve interpersonal purposes: the search for comfort and pacification(抚，慰). As we get older, crying becomes a tool of social purposes: grief and joy, shame and pride, fear and manipulation.D) Tears are as universal as laughter, and grief i
38、s more complex than joy. But although we all cry, we do so in different ways. Women cry more frequently and intensely than men, especially when exposed to emotional events. Like crying, depression is, around the world, more commonly seen in women than men. One explanation might be that women, who de
39、spite decades of social advances still suffer from economic inequality, discrimination(歧视) and even violence, might have more to cry about. Men not only cry for shorter periods than women, but they also are less inclined to explain their tears, usually shed them more quietly, and tend more frequentl
40、y to apologize when they cry openly. Men, like women, report crying at the death of a loved one and in response to a moving religious experience. They are more likely than women to cry when their core identities-as providers and protectors, as fathers and fighters-are questioned.E) People who score
41、on personality tests as more sympathetic cry more than those who are more rigid or have more self-control. Frequency of crying varies widely: some shed tears at any novel or movie, others only a handful of times in their lives. Crying in response to stress and conflict in the home, or after emotiona
42、l trauma(创伤), lasts much longer than tears induced by everyday sadness-which in turn last longer than tears of delight and joy.F) Sadness is our primary association with crying, but the fact is that people report feeling happier after crying. Surveys estimate that 85% of women and 73% of men report
43、feeling better after shedding tears. Surprisingly, crying is more commonly associated with minor forms of depression than major depression involving suicidal thoughts.G) People widely report that crying relieves tension, restores emotional balance and provides “catharsis,” a washing out of bad feeli
44、ngs. The term “catharsis,” has religious implications of removing evil and sin ; its no surprise that religious ceremonies are, around the world, one of the main setting for the release of tears.H) Crying is a nearly universal sign of grief, though some mourners report that, despite genuine sorrow,
45、they cannot shed tears-sometimes even for years after their loved one has gone. Unlike today, when the privacy of grief is more respected, the public or ceremonial shedding of tears, at the graveside of a spouse or the funeral of a king or queen, was once considered socially or even politically esse
46、ntial.I) Crying has also served other social purpose. Rousseau wrote in his Confessions that while he considered tears the most powerful expression of love, he also just liked to cry over nothing.J) The association of tears with art has ancient roots. The classic Greek tragedies of the fifth century
47、 B.C. Were primarily celebrations of gods. Tragedies, like poetry and music, were staged religious events. Even then it was recognized that crying in response to drama brought pleasure.K) I have argued that there are neurobiological(神经生物方面的) associations linking the arts and mood disorders. When I lecture on crying, I asking my audience to let me know, by a show of hands, which art forms most move the
