2013年6月英语四级考试真题以及答案(第3套)

2013年6月四级真题(第3套)

Part I Writing (30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay. You should start youressay with a brief description of the picture and then express your views on theimportance of doing small things before undertaking something big. You should write atleast 120 words but no more than 180 words.

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Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)

Section A

Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end ofeach conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both theconversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be apause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), anddecide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1with a single line through the centre.

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1. A. The girls got on well with each other.

B. It's understandable that girls don't get along.

C. She was angry with the other young stars.

D. The girls lacked the courage to fight.

2. A. The woman does her own housework.

B. The woman needs a housekeeper.

C. The woman's house is in a mess.

D. The woman works as a housekeeper.

3. A. The Edwards are quite well-off.

B. The Edwards should cut down on their living expenses.

C. It'll be unwise for the Edwards to buy another house.

D. It's too expensive for the Edwards to live in their present house.

4. A. The woman didn't expect it to be so warm at noon.

B. The woman is sensitive to weather changes.

C. The weather forecast was unreliable.

D. The weather turned cold all of a sudden.

5. A. At a clinic.

B. In a supermarket.

C. At a restaurant.

D. In an ice cream shop.

6. A. The woman did not feel any danger growing up in the Bronx.

B. The man thinks it was quite safe living in the Bronx district.

C. The woman started working at an early age to support her family.

D. The man doesn't think it safe to send an 8-year-old to buy things.

7. A. The man has never seen the woman before.

B. The two speakers work for the same company.

C. The two speakers work on the same floor.

D. The woman is interested in market research.

8. A. The woman can't tolerate any noise.

B. The man is looking for an apartment.

C. The man has missed his appointment.

D. The woman is going to take a train trip.Questions 9 to ll are based on the conversation you have just heard.

9. A. To make a business report to the woman.

B. To be interviewed for a job in the woman's company.

C. To resign from his position in the woman's company.

D. To exchange stock market information with the woman.

10. A. He is head of a small trading company.

B. He works in an international insurance company.

C. He leads a team of brokers in a big company.

D. He is a public relations officer in a small company.

11. A. The woman thinks Mr. Saunders is asking for more than they can offer.

B. Mr. Saunders will share one third of the woman's responsibilities.

C. Mr. Saanders believes that he deserves more paid vacations.

D. The woman seems to be satisfied with Mr. Saunders' past experience. Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

12. A. She's worried about the seminar.

B. The man keeps interrupting her.

C. She finds it too hard.

D. She lacks interest in it.

13. A. The lecturers are boring.

B. The course is poorly designed.

C. She prefers Philosophy to English.

D. She enjoys literature more.

14. A. Karen's friend.

B. Karen's parents.

C. Karen's lecturers.

D. Karen herself.15. A. Changing her major.

B. Spending less of her parents' money.

C. Getting transferred to the English Department.

D. Leaving the university.

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 youhear 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 throughthe centre.

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Passage One

Questions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard.

16. A. Rent a grave.

B. Burn the body.

C. Bury the dead near a church.

D. Buy a piece of land for a grave.

17. A. To solve the problem of lack of land.

B. To see whether they have decayed.

C. To follow the Greek religious practice.

D. To move them to a multi-storey graveyard.

18. A. They should be buried lying down.

B. They should be buried standing up.

C. They should be buried after being washed.

D. They should be buried when partially decayed.

19. A. Burning dead bodies to ashes.

B. Storing dead bodies in a remote place.

C. Placing dead bodies in a bone room.

D. Digging up dead bodies after three years.

Passage Two

Questions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.

20. A. Many foreign tourists visit the United States every year.

B. Americans enjoy eating out with their friends.

C. The United States is a country of immigrants.

D. Americans prefer foreign foods to their own food.

21. A. They can make friends with people from other countries.

B. They can get to know people of other cultures and their lifestyles.

C. They can practice spealdng foreign languages there.

D. They can meet with businessmen from all over the world.

22. A. The couple cook the dishes and the children help them.

B. The husband does the cooking and the wife serves as the waitress.

C. The mother does the cooking while the father and children wait on the guests.

D. A hired cook prepares the dishes and the family members serve the guests. Passage Three

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.

23. A. He took them to watch a basketball game.

B. He trained them to play European football.

C. He let them compete in getting balls out of a basket.

D. He taught them to play an exciting new game.

24. A. The players found the basket too high to reach.

B. The players had trouble getting the ball out of the basket.

C. The players had difficulty understanding the complex rules.

D. The players soon found the game boring.

25. A. By removing the bottom of the basket.

B. By lowering the position of the basket.

C. By simplifying the complex rules.

D. By altering the size of the basket.

Section C

Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the firsttime, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for thesecond time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have justheard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what youhave written.

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For Americans, time is money. They say, "You only get so much time in this life; you'd better use it wisely." The future will not be better than the past or present, as Americans are (26)__________to see things, unless people use their time for constructive activities. Thus, Americans(27)__________a

"well-organized" person, one who has a written list of things to do and a(28)

__________for doing them. The ideal person is punctual and (29)__________other peo-ple's time. They do not waste people's time with conversation or other activity that has no(30)__________, beneficial outcome.

The American attitude toward time is not (31)_________ shared by others, especially non-Eu-ropeans. They are more likely to (32)__________ something that is simply there around them, notsomething they can use. One of the more difficult things many students must adjust to in the States isthe (33)__________ that time must be saved whenever possible and used wisely every day.

In this context the fast food industry can (34)__________ a clear example of an American cul-tural product. McDonald's, KFC, and other fast food establishments are successful in a country wheremany people want to spend the least amount of time preparing and eating meals. As McDonald's restau-rants spread around the world, they have been viewed as (35)__________of American society andculture, bringing not just hamburgers but an emphasis on speed, efficiency, and shiny cleanliness.

Part HI Reading Comprehension (40 minutes) Section A

Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word foreach blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read thepassage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identifiedby a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with asingle line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more thanonce.

Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage,

Just when you had figured out how. to manage fat in your diet, researchers are now warning against another common mealtime pitfall (陷阱)-salt.

A study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Stanford University andColumbia University shows that even a 36 decrease in daily salt intake (摄入) can lead to dramatichealth benefits. The authors 37 an annual drop of as many as 120,000 cases of heart disease,66,000 38 of stroke and 99,000 heart attacks 39 by high blood pressure after a 3-g-per-dayreduction in salt.

The advantages, not surprisingly, were greater for African Americans, who are more likely to 40 highblood pressure than other ethnic groups, and for the elderly, since blood vessels stiffen with age, whichcan lead to higher blood pressure. "Everyone in the U.S. is consuming salt far in 41 of what is good for them," says lead authorDr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo of UCSF. "What we are suggesting is that a population-wide effort to reducesalt intake, even 42, will have health benefits."

The team conducted a computer-based analysis to determine the 43 of a

3-g-per-day reduction insalt intake on rates of heart disease and death. They also calculated the cost savings emerging from theamount of disease that wonid be 44 because of lower blood pressure. The conclusion: by cutting saltintake nationwide, the U.S. could save $10 billion to $24 billion 45 in health care costs.

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A. accidents

B. annually

C. avoided

D. caused

E. considerable

F. develop

G. documented

H. dramatically

I. excess

J. impact

K. instances

L. modest

M. revised

N. slightly

O. undertake

Section B

Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Eachstatement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph fromwhich the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each para-graph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter onAnswer Sheet 2.

Surviving the Recession

A. America's recession began quietly at the end of 2007. Since then it has evolved into a global crisis.Reasonable people may disagree about whom to blame. Financiers who were not as clever as theythought they were? Regulators falling asleep at work?

Consumers who borrowed too much? Politicianswho thoughtlessly promoted

home-ownership for those who could not afford it? All are guilty; andwhat a mess they have created.

B. Since 2007 America has shed 5 million jobs. More than 15% of the workforce are jobless or underem-ployed-roughiy 25 million workers. The only industries swelling their payrolls are health care, utilitiesand the federal government. The value of listed shares in American firms collapsed by 57% from its

peak in October 2007 to a low in March this year, though it has since bounced back somewhat. In-dustrial production fell by 12.8% in the year to March, the worst slide since the Second World War.Mark Zandi, an economist at Moody's https://www.wendangku.net/doc/362646009.html,, predicts that the recession will shrink America'seconomy by 3.5% in total. For most executives, this is the worst business environment they've everseen.

C. Times are so tough that even bosses are taking pay cuts. Median (中为数的) pay for chief executivesof S&P 500 companies fell 6.8% in 2008. The overthrown business giants of Wall Street took thebiggest knock, with average pay cuts of 38% and median bonuses of zero. But there was some painfor everyone: median pay for chief executives of non-fmancial firms in the S&P 500 fell by 2.7%.Nearly every business has a sad tale to tell. For example, Arne Sorenson, the president of Marriotthotels, likens the crisis to the downturn that hit his business after September llth,2001. When thetwin towers fell, Americans stopped travelling. Marriott had its worst quarter ever, with revenues perroom falling by 25%. This year, without a terrorist attack, the hotel industry is "putting the samenumbers on the board", says Mr Soreuson. .

D. The hotel bust (不景气), like most busts, was preceded by a breathtaldng boom. Although many otherbig firm.s resisted the temptation to over-borrow, developers borrowed heavily and built bigger andfancier hotels as if the whole world were planning a holiday in Las Vegas. When the bubble burst,demand collapsed. Hotel owners found themselves with a huge number of empty rooms even as a lotof unnecessary new hotels were ready to open.

E. Other industries have suffered even more. Large numbers of builders, property firms and retailershave gone bankrupt. And a disaster has hit Detroit. Last year the American car industry had the ca-pacity to make 17 million vehicles. Sales in 2009 could be barely haft of that. The Big Three Ameri-can carmakers--General Motors, Ford and Chrysler--accumulated ruinous costs over the post-waryears, such as gold-plated health plans and pensions for workers who retired as young as 48. Allthree are desperately restructuring. Only Ford may survive in its current form. Hard times breed hardfeelings. Few Americans understand what caused the recession. Some are seeking scapegoats (替罪羊).Politicians are happy to take advantage. Bosses have been summoned to Washington to be scoldedon live television. The president condemns their greed.

Extravagance (奢侈 ) is out

F. Businessfolk are bending over backwards to avoid seeming extravagant. Meetings at resorts are sud-denly unacceptable. Goldman Sachs, an investment bank, cancelled a conference in Las Vegas at thelast minute and rebooked it in San Francisco, which

cost more but sounded less fun. Anyway, thepain will eventually end. American business will regain its shine. Many firms will die, but the sur-vivors will emerge leaner and stronger than before. The financial sector's share of the economy willshrink, and stay shrunk for years to come. The importance of non-financial firms will accordinglyrise, along with their ability to attract the best talent. America will remain the best place on earth todo business, so long as Barack Obama and the Democrats in Congress resist the temptation to inter-fere too much, and so long as organised labour does not overplay its hand.

G. The crisis will prove hugely disruptive (破坏性的), however. Bad management techniques will be ex-posed. Necessity will force the swift adoption of more efficient ones. At the same time, technologicalinnovation (创新) will barely pause for breath, and two big political changes seem likely. Mr Obama'splan to curb carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (排放), though necessary, will be far from

cost-free,whatever his sunny speeches on the subject might suggest. The shift to a loW-carbon economy willhelp some firms, hurt others and require every organisation that uses much energy to rethink how itoperates. It "is harder to predict how Mr Obama's proposed reforms to the failing health-care systemwill turn out. If he succeeds in curbing costs--a big if--it would be a huge gain for America. Somebusinesses will benefit but the vast bulk of the savings will be captured by workers, not their em-ployers.

H. In the next couple of years the businesses that thrive will be those that are tight with costs, carefulof debt, cautious with cash flow and extremely attentive to what customers want. They will includeplenty of names no one has yet heard of. Times change, and corporations change with them. In 1955Time's Man of the Year was Harlow Curtice, the boss of GM. His firm was leading America towards"a new economic order", the magazine wrote. Thanks to men like Curtice, "the bonds of scarcity"had been broken and America was rolling "to an all-time high of prosperity". Soon, Americans wouldneed to spend "comparatively little time earning a living".

I. Half a century later GM is a typical example for poor management. In March its chief executive wasfired by Time's current Man of the Year, Mr Obama. The government now backs up the domestic carindustry, lending it money and overseeing its turnaround plans. With luck, this will be short-lived. Butthere is a danger that Washington will end up micromanaging not only Detroit but also other parts ofthe economy. And clever as Mr Obama's advisers are, history suggests they will be bad at this. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

46. Because Harlow Curtice's firm was leading America in creating "a new economic order", he wasnamed by Time magazine as Man of the Year in 1955.

47. The Big Three American carmakers need restructuring to survive because they cannot cope with the ruinous costs accumulated over the post-war years.

48. It is worried that the Obama administration will end up micromanaging America's economy.49. Obama's plan to limit carbon dioxide emissions will by no means be inexpensive.

50. At the worst time, the total value of listed shares in American firms shrank by 57%.

51. In March, General Motors' chief executive was fired by Mr Obama for poor management.

52. Americans stopped travelling after the 9/11 terrorist attack, which hit the hotel industry hard.53. The savings from Obama's reform will most benefit the workers rather than the bosses.

54. America's recession is probably the result of a combination of causes.

55. The investment bank Goldman Sachs cancelled a conference in Las Vegas in order to avoid seeming wasteful.

Section C

Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfin-ished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Youshould decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 witha single line through the centre.

Passage One

Questions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.

The Gatais used to frown when they received power bills that routinely topped $200. Last Septemberthe couple moved into a 1,500-square-foot home in Premier Gardens, a subdivision of 95 "zero-energyhomes" (ZEH) just outside town. Now they're actually eager to see their electricity bills. The grand totalover the 10 months they've lived in the three-bedroom house: $75. For the past two months they haven'tpaid a cent. ZEH communities are the leading edge of technologies that might someday create houses thatproduce as much energy as they consun~e. Premier Gardens is one of a haft-dozen subdivisions inCalifornia where every home cuts power consumption by 50%, mostly by using low-power appliances andsolar panels.

Aside from the panels on the roof, Premier Gardens looks like a community of conventional homes.But inside, special windows cut power bills by blocking solar heat in summer and retaining indoorwarmth in winter.

The rest of the energy savings comes from the solar units. They don't just feed the home theyserve. If they generate more power than the home is using, the excess flows into the utility's powergr/d (电网). The residents are billed by "net metering": they pay for the amount of power they tap offthe grid, less the kilowatts (千瓦) they feed into it. If a home generates more power than it uses, thebill is zero., That sounds like a bad deal for the power company, but it's not. Solar homes produce the mostpower on the hot sunny afternoous when everyone rushes home to turn up the air conditioner. "It helpsus lower 'usage at peak power times," says solar expert Mike Keesee. "That lets us avoid building costlyplants or buying expensive power at peak usage time."

What's not to like? Mostly the costs. The special features can add $25,000 or more to the purchaseprice of a house. Tax breaks bring the cost down, especially in California, but in many states ZEHs canbe prohibitively expensive. For the consumer, it's a matter of paying now for the hardware to save lateron the utilities.

he hardware to save lateron the utilities.

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56. Why are the Gatais eager to see their electricity bills now?

A. They want to see how much they have saved.

B. They want to cut down their utility' expenses.

C. They want to know if they are able to pay.

D. They want to avoid being overcharged.

57. What is special about the ZEH communities?

A. They have created cutting-edge technologies.

B. They aim to be self-sufficient in power supply.

C. They are subdivided into haft a dozen sections.

D. They are built in harmony with the environment.

58. How are the residents in the ZEH communities billed for electricity use?

A. They are only charged for the amount of power they consume on rainy days.

B. They needn't pay a single cent for their power consumption on sunny days.

C. They only pay for the excess power that flows into the utility's power grid.

D. They pay for the electricity from the grid less their home-generated power.59. What does the "net metering" practice mean to the power company?

A. More pressure at peak time.

B. Less profits in the short term.

C. Increased electricity output.

D. Reduced operational costs.

60. The author believes that buying a house in a ZEH community __________

A. is but a dream for average consumers

B. gives the owner substantial tax benefits

C. is a worthy investment in the long run

D. contributes to environmental protectionPassage Two

Questions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage.

Romantic love has clear evolutionary roots but our views about what makes an ideal romanticrelationship can be swayed by the society we. live in. So says psychologist Maureen O'Sullivan from theUniversity of San Francisco. She suggests that humans have always tried to strengthen the pair-bond tomaximise (使最大化) reproductive success.

Many societies throughout history and around the world today have cultivated strong pressures tostay married. In those where ties to family and commtmity are strong, lifelong marriages can bepromoted by practices such as the cultural prohibition of divorce and arranged marriages that are seenas a contract between two families, not just two individuals. In modern western societies, however, thefocus on ndividuality and independence means that people are less concerned about conforming to (遵守 ) the dictates of family and culture. In the absence of societal pressures to maintain pair-bonds,O'Sullivan suggests that romantic love has increasingly come to be seen as the factor that shoulddetermine who we stay with and for how long. "That's why historically we see an increase in romantic love as a basis for forming long-term relationships," she says.

According to O'Sullivan culture also shapes the sorts of feelings we expect to have, and actually doexperience, when in love. Although the negative emotions associated with romantic love-fear of loss,disappointment and jealousy-are fairly consistent

across cultures, the positive feelings can vary. "If youask Japanese students to list the positive attributes they expect in a romantic partner, they rate highlythings like loyalty, commitment and devotion," says O'Sullivan. "If you ask American college women,they expect everything under the sun: in addition to being committed, partners have to be amusing,funny and a friend."

We judge a potential partner according to our specific cultural expectations about what romanticlove should feel like. If you believe that you have found true romance, and your culture tells you thatthis is what a long-term relationship should be based on, there is less need to rely on social or familypressures to keep couples together, O'Sullivan argues.

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61. What does the author say about people's views of an ideal romantic relationship?

A. They vary from culture to culture.

B. They ensure the reproductive success.

C. They reflect the evolutionary process.

D. They are influenced by psychologists.

62. We can infer from the passage that strong family and community ties __________

A. largely rely on marriage contracts

B. can contribute to stable marriages

C. often run counter to romantic love

D. make divorces virtually unacceptable

63. Without social pressures to keep pair-bonds, romantic love __________

A. will be a substitute for marriage in human relationships

B. plays a key role in maintaining long-term relationships

C. is likely to replace the dictates of family and society

D. is a way to develop individuality and independence64. O'Sullivan believes that when people from different cultures fall in love__________

A. they expect different things from their partner

B. they tend to exaggerate each other's positive qualities

C. they often fail to see each other's negative qualities

D. they lay more emphasis on commitment and devotion

65. We can conclude from the passage that __________

A. cultural differences often tear apart a family built on romantic love

B. marriages are hard to sustain without social or family pressures

C. romantic love is becoming increasingly important in family relationships

D. romantic love tends to yield where family or social pressures are strong Part IV Translation (30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English.

You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.

中国长城是中国古代为抵御敌人的侵袭而修筑的伟大工程。它位于中国北部，全长约8851．8公里。它始建于2000多年前的春秋时期(Spring and Autumn Period.，秦始皇统一中国之后联成万里长城。汉、明两代(the Hanand Ming Dynasties.又曾大规模修筑，因此它是世界上修建时间最长的一项古代工程。长城是人类文明史上最伟大的建筑工程之一，被列为世

界八大奇迹之一和世界文化遗产(heritage)。

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2013年6月四级真题答案详解(第3套)

Part I Writing

1-5 AACDC 6-10 ABBBC 11-15 DDCBA 16-20 DABAC 21-25 BCDBA

26．trained

27．admire

28．schedule

29．is considerate of

30．visible

31．necessarily

32．regard time as

33．notion

34．be seen as

35．Symbols

36-40 FGKDF 41-45 INJCB 46-50 HEIGB 51-55 ICGAF 56-60 ABDDC 61-65 ABBAC

Translation

参考译文

The Great Wall of China is a great project in ancient China constructed to defend against theattacks of enemies. It locates in the northern part of China and stretches for 8,851.8 kilometers. Firstbuilt in the Spring and Autumn Period over 2,000 years

ago, it was united to become the "the Wall of10,000 li" after Qin Shi Huang unified China. The Han and Ming Dynasties saw extensive rebuildings andmaintenance of the Great Wall. Thus it is an ancient project which consumed the longest time in theworld. As one of the greatest constructions in the history of human civilization, the Great Wall has beenlisted as one of the Eight Wonders of the World and a world cultural heritage site.

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