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2015年6月大学英语四级真题试卷及答案(第二套)（Word版）
2015年6月大学英语四级考试真题(第2套)
Part IWriting(30 minutes)
Directions：for this part，you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay based on the picture below．
You should start your essay with a brief description of the picture and then comment on this kind of modern life．You should write at least l20 words but no more than l80words
Part lI Listening Comprehension(30 minutes)
听力音频地址：
http://www.hxen.net/englishlistening/cet4/zhenti/2015-12-20/411540.html
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 bea pause．During the pause，you must read thefour choices marked A.，B)，C)and D)．and decide which is the best answer．Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer
Sheet l with a single line through the centre．
1．A.He is pleased to sit on the committee．
B.He iS willing to offer the woman a hand．
C.He will tell the woman his decision later．
D.He would like to become a club member．
2．A.Their planned trip to Vancouver is obviously overpriced．
B.They should borrow a guide book instead of buying one．
C.The guide books in the library have the latest information．
D.The library Can help order guide books about Vancouver．
3．A.He regrets having taken the history course．
B.He finds little interest in the history books．
C.He has trouble finishing his reading assignments．
D.He has difficulty writing the weekly book report．
4．A.The man had better choose another restaurant．
B.The new restaurant is a perfect place for dating．
C.The new restaurant caught her fancy immediately．
D.The man has good taste in choosing the restaurant．
5．A.He has been looking forward to spring．
B.He has been waiting for the winter sale．
C.He will clean the woman，s boots for spring．
D.He will help the woman put things away．
6．A.At a tailor’s．
B.At Bob’s home．
C.In a clothes store．
D.In a theatre．
7．A.His guests favor Tibetan drinks．
B.His water is quite extraordinary．
C.Mineral water is good for health．
D.Plain water will serve the purpose．
8．A.Report the result of a discussion．
B.Raise some environmental issues．
C.Submit an important document．
D.Revise an environmental report．
Questions 9 t0 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard．
9．A.They pollute the soil used to cover them．
B.They are harmful to nearby neighborhoods．
C.The rubbish in them takes long to dissolve．
D.The gas they emit is extremely poisonous．
10．A.Growing population．
B.Packaging materials．
C.Changed eating habits．
D.Lower production cost．
11．A.By saving energy．
B.By using less aluminum．
C.By reducing poisonous wastes．
D.By making the most of materials．
12．A.We are running out of natural resources soon．
B.Only combined efforts can make a difference．
C.The waste problem will eventually hurt all of us．
D.All of us can actually benefit from recyclin9．
Questions l3 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard．
13．A.Miami．
B.Vancouver．
C.Bellingham．
D.Boston．
14．A.To get information on one—way tickets to Canada．
B.To inquire about the price of“Super Saver”seats．
C.To get advice on how to fly as cheaply as possible．
D.To inquire about the shortest route to drive home．
15．A.Join a tourist group．
B.Choose a major airline．
C.Avoid trips in public holidays．
D.Book tickets as early as possible．
Section B
Directions：／n this section，you will hear 3 short passages．At the end of each passage，you will hearsome 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 l with a single linethrough the centre．
Passage One
Questions l6 t0 18 are based on the passage you have just heard．
16．A.There are mysterious stories behind his works．
B.There are many misunderstandings about him．
C.His works have no match worldwide．
D.His personal history is little known．
17．A.He moved to Stratford—on—Avon in his childhood．
B.He failed to go beyond grammar sch001．
C.He was a member of the town council．
D.He once worked in a well—known acting company．
18．A.Writers of his time had no means to protect their works．
B.Possible sources of clues about him were lost in a fire．
C.His works were adapted beyond recognition．
D.People of his time had little interest in him．
Passage Two
Questions l9 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard
19．A.It shows you have been ignoring your health
B. It can seriously affect your thinking process
C.It is an early warning of some illness．
D.It is a symptom of too much pressure．
20．A.Reduce our workload．
B.Control our temper．
C.Use painkillers for relief
D.Avoid masking syruptoms_
21．A. Lying down and having some sleep．
B.Rubbing and pressing one’s back．
C.Going out for a walk
D.Listening to light music
Passage Three
Questions 22 t0 25 are based on the passage you have just heard
22．A.Depending heavily on loans．
B.Having no budget plans at all．
C.Spending beyond one's means
D.Leaving no room for large bills
23．A.Many of them can be cut．
B. All of them have to be covered．
C.Their payment cannot be delayed
D.They eat up most of the familyincome
24．A.Rent a house instead of buying one．
B. Discuss the problem in the family．
C.Make a conservation plan
D.Move to a cheaper Place
25．A.Financial issues plaguing a family．
B.Difficulty in making both ends meet．
C.Family budget problems and solutions
D.New ways to boost familyincome
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 Its 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．
Perhaps because going to college is so much a part of the American dream，many people go for no26 reason． Some go because their parents expect it，others because it's what their friends aredoing.Then，there，s the belief that a college degree will27 ensure a good job and high pay.
Some students 28 through four years，attending classes，or skipping(逃课)them as the case may be，reading only what can’t be avoided，looking for less 29courses，and never being toucnedor changed in any important way． For a few of these people，college provides no 30，yet．Becauseof parental or peer pressure，they cannot voluntarily leave．They stop trying in the hope that theirtea。chers will nmke the decision for them by 31 them．
To put it bluntly (直截了当地)，unless you’re willing to make your college years count，Y0u mightbe32 doing something else． Not everyone should attend college，nor should everyone who doe．Sattendbegin right after high school．Many college students 33 taking a year or so 0ff.A year out mthe world helps some people to 34 their priorities and goals．If you’re really going to get somethingout of going to college，you have to make it mean something，and to do that you must have some ideawhy you're there，what you hope to get out of it，and35 even what you hope to become.
Part HIReading Comprehension(40 minutes)
Section A
Directions：／n this section，there is a passage with ten blanks．You are required to select one word foreach blank from a list of choices given ina word bank following the passage. Read thepassage through carefully before making your choices．Each choice in the bank isidentified by a letter．Please mark the corresponding letterfor each item on Answer Sheet2 with a single line through the centre．You may not use any of the words in the bankmore than once．
Questions 36 t0 45 are based on the following passage．
It’s our guilty pleasure：Watching TV is the most comtion everyday activity，after work and sleep，in many parts of the world．Americans viewfive hours of TV each day，and while we know thatspending so much time sitting36 can lead to obesity(肥胖症)and other diseases，researchershave now quantified just how 37 being a couch potato can be．
In an analysis of data from eight large 38 published studies，a Harvard—led group reported inthe that for every two hours per day spent channel 39 ，the risk of developing Type 2 diabetesJournal of the American Medical Association(糖尿病)rose 20％over 8．5 years，the risk of heartdisease increased l5％over a 40 ，and the odds of dying prematurely 41 13％during a seven—year follow—up．All of these 42 are linked to a lack ofphysical exercise．But compared with othersedentary(久坐的)activities，like knitting，viewing TV may be especially 43 at promotingunhealthy habits．For one，the sheer number of hours we pass watching TV dwarfs the time we spendon anything else．And other studies have found that watchingads for beer and popcorn may make youmore likely to 44 them．
Even so．the authors admit that they didn’t compare different sedentary activities to 45whether TV watching was linked to a greater risk ofdiabetes，heart disease or early death comparedwith，say，reading．
A.climbed
B.consume
C.decade
D.determine
E.effective
F.harmful
G.outcomes
H.passively
I.previously
J.resume
K.suffered
L.surfing
M.term
N.terminals
0.twisting
Section B
Directions：／n 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 paragraphfrom which the information is derived．You may choose a paragraph more than once．Each paragraph ismarked with a letter．Answer the questions by marking thecorresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2．
Essay．Grading Software Offers Professors a Break
A.Imagine taking a college exam，and，instead of handing in a blue book and getting a grade from aprofessor a few weeks later，clicking the“send”button when you are done and receiving a grade back instantly，your essay scored by a software program．And then，instead of being done with that exam，imagine that the system would immediately let you rewrite the test to try to improve your grade．
B.EDX，the nonprofit enterprise founded by Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT)to offer courses on the Internet，has just introduced such a system and will make itsautomated(自动的)software available free on the Web to any institution that wants to use it．Thesoftware uses artificial intelligence to grade student essays and short written answers，freeingprofessors for other tasks．
C.The new service will bring the educational consortium(联盟)into a growing conflict over the roleof automation in education．Although automated grading systems for multiple—choice and true—falsetests are now widespread，the use of artificial intelligence technology to grade essay answers has not yet received widespread acceptance by educators and has many critics.
D.Anant Agarwal，an electrical engineer who is president of EDX，predicted that the instant—gradingsoftware would be a useful teaching toolenabling students to take tests and write essays over and over and improve the quality of their answers．He said the technology would offer distinctadvantages over the traditional classroom system，where students often wait days or weeks lorgrades．“There is a huge value in learning with instant feedback，”Dr．Agarwal said．“Students aretelling us they learn much better with instant feedback．”
E.But skeptics(怀疑者)say the automated system is no match for live teachers．One longtime critic， Les Perelman，has drawn national attention several times for putting together nonsense essays that have fooled software grading programs into giving high marks．He has also been highly critical ofstudies claiming that the software compares well to human graders．
F.He is among a group of educators who last month began circulating a petition(呼吁)opposingautomated assessment software．The group． which calls itself Professionals Against MachineScoring of Student Essays in High—Stakes Assessment，has collected nearly 2，000 signatures，including some from famous people like Noanl Chomsky．
G．“Let’s face the realities of automatic essay scorin9，”the group’s statement reads in part. “Computers cannot‘read．’They cannot measure the essentials of effective written communication：accuracy．reasonin9，adequacy of evidence，good sense，ethical(伦理的)position，convincingargument，meaningful organization，and clarity，among others．”
H)But EdX expects its software to be adopted widely by schools and universities．It offers free online classes from Harvard．MIT and the Universityof California—Berkeley；this fall，it will add classes from Wellesley．Georgetown and the University of Texas．In all，12 universities participate in EDX，which offers certificates for course completion and has said that it plans to continue to expand nextyear，including adding international schools．
I.The EDX assessment tool requires human teachers，or graders，to first grade l00 essays or essayquestions．The system then uses a variety of machine—learning techniques to train itself to be able to grade any number of essays or answers automatically and almost instantly．The software will assign a grade depending on the scoring system created by the teacher，whether it is a letter grade or numerical(数字的)rank．
J . EDX is not the first to use the automated assessment technology，which dates to early computers inthe l960s．There is now a range of companies offering commercial programs to grade written testanswers，and four states--Louisiana，North Dakota，Utah and West Virginia--are using some form
of the technology in secondary schools．A fifth，Indiana，has experimented with it．In some casesthe software is used as a“second reader．”to check the reliability of the human graders．
K.But the growing influence of the EDx consortium to set standards is likely to give the technology aboost．On Tuesday，Stanford announced that it would work with EDX to develop a joint educationalsystem that will make use of the automated assessment technology．
L.Two start．ups．Coursera and Udacity，recently founded by Stanford faculty members to create“massive open online courses，”0r MOOCs，are also committed to automated assessment systemsbecause of the value of instant feedback．‘‘It allows students to get immediate feedback on their
work．so that learning turns into a game，with students naturally gravitating(吸引)towardresubmitting the work until they get it right，”said Daphne Koller，a computer scientist and afounder of Coursera．
M．Last year the Hewlett Foundation， a grant—malting organization set up by one of the HewlettPackard founders and his wife．sponsored two$100，000 prizes aimed at improving software thatgrades essays and short answers．More than l50 teams entered each category．A winner of one ofthe Hewlett contests．Vik Paruchuri，was hired by E(Ⅸto help design its assessment software．
N．“One of our focuses is to help Mds learn how to think critically，”said Victor Vuchic，a programofficer at the Hewlett Foundation．“It’s probably impossible to do that with multiple—choice testsThe challenge is that this requires human graders，and so they cost a lot more and they take a lotmore time．“
O．Mark D．Shermis，a professor at the University of Akron in Ohi0．supervised the HewlettFoundation’s contest on automated essay scoring and wrote a paper about the experiment．In his view，the technology--though imperfect--has a place in educational settings．
P．With increasingly large classes，it is impossible for most teachers to give students meaningfulfeedback on writing assignments，he said．Plus，he noted，critics of the technology have tended tocome from the nation’s best universities，where the level of teaching is much better than at nlostschools．
Q)“Often they come from very famous institutions where，in fact，they do a much better．job ofproviding feedback than a machine ever could，”Dr．Shermis said．“There seems to be a lack of appreciation of what is actually going on in the real world．”
46．Some professionals in education are collecting signatures to voice their opposition to antomatedessay grading．
47．Using software to grade students’essays saves teachers time for other work．
48．The Hewlett contests aim at improving essay grading software．
49．Though the automated grading system is widely used in multiple—choice tests．automated essaygrading is still criticized by many educators．
50．Some people don’t believe the software grading system can do as good a job as human graders．
51．Critics of automated essay scoring do not seem to know the true realities in less famousuniversities．
52． Critics argue many important aspects of effective writing cannot be measured by computer ratingprograms．
53．As class size grows，most teachers are unable to give students valuable comments aS to how toimprove their writin9．
54．The automated assessment technology is sometimes used to double check the work of humangraders．
55．Students find instant feedback helps improve their learning considerably．
Section C
Directions：There are 2 passages in this section．Each passage is followed by some questions orunfinished statements．For each of them thereare four choices marked A.，B)，C)andD.You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answe，．
Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre．
Passage One
Questions 56 t0 60 are based on the following passage．
The endless debate about“work—life balance”often contains a hopeful footnote about stayat home dads．If American society and business won’t make it easier on future female leaders who chooseto have children，there is still the ray of hope that increasing numbers of full—time fathers will．Butbased on today’s socioeconomic trends，this hope is，unfortunately，misguided．
It’s true that the number of men who have left work to do their thing as full—time parents hasdoubled in a decade，but it’s still very small：only 0．8％of married couples where the stay—at—hornefather was out of the labor force for a year．Even that percentage is likely inflated by men thrust intotheir caretaker role by a downsizing．This is simply not a large enough group to reduce the socialstigma(污名)and force otheradjustments necessary to supporting men in this decision．even if onlywork more than their family．
Even shorter times away from work for working fathers are already difficult．A study found that85％of new fathers take some time off after the birth of a child—but for all but a few．it’s a week ortwo at most．Meanwhile，the average for women who take leave is more than lo weeks．
Such choices impact who moves up in the organization．While you’re away，someone else is doingyour work，making your sales，taking care of your customers．That can’t help you at work．It can onlyhurt you．Women，of course，face the same issues of returning after a long absence．But with manymore women than men choosing to leave the workforce entirely to raise families，returning from anextended parental leave doesn’t raise as many eyebrows as it does for men．
Women would make more if they didn’t break their earning trajectory(轨迹)by leaving theworkforce，or if higher-paying professions were more familyfriendly．In the foreseeable future，Stay athome fathers may make all the difference for individual families．but their presence won’t reduce thenumbers of highpotential women who are forced to choose between family and career．
56．What gives women a ray of hope to achieve work life balance?
A.More men taking an extended parental leave．
B.People’s changing attitudes towards family．
C.More women entering business management．
D.The improvement of their socioeconomic status．
57．Why does the author say the hope for more full—time fathers is misguided?
A.Women are better at taking care of children．
B.Many men value work more than their family．
C.Their number is too small to make a difference．
D.Not many men have the chance to stay at home．
58．Why do few men take a long parental leave?
A.A long leave will have a negative impact on their career．
B.They just have too many responsibilities to fulfill at work．
C.The economic loss will be too much for their family to bear．
D.They are likely to get fired if absent from work for too lon9．
59．What is the most likely reaction to men returning from an extended parental leave?
A.Jealousy．
B.Surprise
C.Admiration
D.Sympathy．
60．What does the author say about high-potential women in the not—too-distant future?
A.They will benefit from the trend of more fathers staying at home．
B.They will find high—paying professions a bit more family—friendly．
C.They are unlikely to break their career trajectory to raise a family．
D.They will still face the difficult choice between career and children．
Passage Two
Questions 61 tO 65 are based on the following passage．
Some of the world’s most significant problems never hit headlines．One example comes fromagriculture．Food riots and hunger make news．But the trend lying behind these matters is rarely talkedabout．This is the decline in the growth in yields of some of the world’s major crops．A new study bythe University of Minnesota and McGill University in Montreal looks at where．and how far．this declineis occurring．
The authors take a vast number of data points for the four most important crops：rice，wheat，cornand soyabeans(大豆)．They find that on between 24％ and 39％ of all harvested areas，theimprovement in yields that took place before the l980s slowed down in the l990s and 2000s．There are two worrying features of the slowdown．One is that it has been particularly sharp in theworld’s most populous(人口多的)countries，India and China．Their ability to feed themselves hasbeen an important source of relative stability both within the countries and on world food markets．
That self-sufficiency cannot be taken for granted if yields continue to slow down or reverse．Second，yield growth has been lower in wheat and rice than in coll and soyabeans．This isproblematic because wheat and rice are more important as foods，accounting for around half ofallcalories consumed．Corn and soyabeans are more important as feed grains．The authors note that“wehave preferentially focused our crop improvement efforts on feeding animals and cars rather than oncrops that feed people and are the basis of food security in much of the world．”
The report qualifies the more optimistic findings of another new paper which suggests that theworld will not have to dig up a lot more land for farming in order to feed 9 billion people in 2050，as theFood and Agriculture Organisation has argued．Instead，it says，thanks to slowing populationgrowth，land currently ploughed up for crops mightbe able to revert(回返)to forest or wilderness．This could happen．The trouble is that the forecastassumes continued improvements in yields which may not actually happen
61．What does the author try to draw attention to?
A.Food riots and hunger in the world．
B.News headlines in the leading media．
C.The decline of the grain yield growth．
D.The food supply in populous countries．
62．Why does the author mention India and China in particular?
A.Their self-sufficiency is vital to the stability of world food markets．
B.Their food yields have begun to decrease sharply in recent years．
C.Their big populations are causing worldwide concerns．
D 1 Their food self-sufficiency has been taken for granted．
63．What does the new study by the two universities say about recent crop improvement efforts?
A. They fail to produce the same remarkable results as before the l980s．
B.They contribute a lot to the improvement of human food production．
C.They play a major role in guaranteeing the food security of the world．
D.They focus more on the increase of animal feed than human food grains．
64．What does the Food and Agriculture Organisation say about world food production in the comingdecades?
A.The growing population will greatly increase the pressure on world food supplies．
B.The optimistic prediction about food production should be viewed with caution．
C. The slowdown of the growth in yields of major food crops will be"reversed．
D.The world will be able to feed its population without increasing farmland．
65．How does the author view the argument of the Food and Agriculture Organisation?
A.It is built on the findings of a new study．
B.It is based on a doubtful assumption．
C.It is backed by strong evidence．
D. It is open to further discussion．
Part IV Translation(30 minutes)
Directions：For this part，you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese intoEnglish．You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2．
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