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2016 年 6 月大学英语四级考试真题（第三套）
Part I Writing (30 minutes)
For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a letter to express your thanks to your
parents or any family members upon making memorable achievement. You should write at least
120 words but no more than 180 words.
Directions:
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Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, 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 corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line
through the center. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Signs barring cell-phone use are a familiar sight to anyone who has ever sat in a hospital
waiting room. But the 26 popularity of electronic medical records has forced hospital-based
doctors to become 27 on computers throughout the day, and desktops—which keep doctors from
bedsides—are 28 giving way to wireless devices.
As clerical loads increased, “something had to 29 , and that was always face time with patients,”
says Dr.Bhakti Patel, a former chief resident in the University of Chicago’s internal-medicine
program. In fall 2010, she helped 30 a pilot project in Chicago to see if the iPad could improve
working conditions and patient care. The experiment was so 31 that all internal-medicine program
adopted the same 32 in 2011. Medical schools at Yale and Stanford now have paperless, iPad-
based curriculums. “You’ll want an iPad just so you can wear this” is the slogan for one of the
new lab coats 33 with large pockets to accommodate tablet computers.
A study of the University of Chicago iPad project found that patients got tests and 34 faster if they
were cared for by iPad-equipped residents. Many patients also 35 a better understanding of the
illnesses that landed them in the hospital in the first place.
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A) dependent B) designed C) fast D) flying E) gained
F) give G) growing H) launch I) policy J) prospect
K) rather L) reliable M) signal N) successful O) treatments
特别说明：2016 年 6月大学英语四级试卷的三套试题有重叠部分， 本试卷 （第三套） 只列
出与第一、二套不重复的试题。
具体重叠部分：本卷所有听力题与第一、二套试卷有重复，本试卷不再列出。
Section 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. 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.Ancient Greek Wisdom Inspires Guidelines to Good Life
[A] Is it possible to enjoy a peaceful life in a world that is increasingly challenged by threats and
uncertainties from wars, terrorism, economic crises and a widespread outbreak of infectious
diseases? The answer is yes, according to a new book The 10 Golden Rules: Ancient Wisdom
from the Greek Philosophers on Living a Good Life. The book is co-authored by Long Island
University’s philosophy professor Michael Soupios and economics professor Panos
Mourdoukoutas.
[B] The wisdom of the ancient Greek philosophers is timeless, says Soupios. The philosophy
professor says it is as relevant today as when it was first written many centuries ago. “There is no
expiration ( 失效) date on wisdom,” he says, “There is no shelf life on intelligence. I think that
things have become very gloomy these day, lots of misunderstanding, misleading cues, a lot of
what the ancients would have called sophistry ( 诡辩 ). The nice thing about ancient philosophy
as offered by the Greeks is that they tended to see life clear and whole, in a way that we tend not
to see life today.” Examine your life
[C] Soupios, along with his co-author Panos Mourdoukoutas, developed their 10 golden rules by
turning to the men behind that philosophy—Aristotle, Socrates, Epictetus and Pythagoras, among
others. The first rule—examine your life—is the common thread that runs through the entire book.
Soupios says that it is based on Plato’s observation that the unexamined life is not worth living.
“The Greeks are always concerned about boxing themselves in, in terms of convictions ( 信念 ),”
he says. “So take a step back, switch off the automatic pilot and actually stop and reflect about
things like our priorities, our values, and our relationships.” Stop worrying about what you can not
control
[D] As we begin to examine our life, Soupios says, we come to Rule No.2: Worry only about
things that you can control. “The individual who promoted this idea was a Stoic philosopher. His
name is Epictetus,” he says. “And what the Stoics say in general is simply this: There is a larger
plan in life. You are not really going to be able to understand all of the dimensions of this plan.
You are not going to be able to control the dimensions of this plan.”
[E] So, Soupios explains, it is not worth it to waste our physical, intellectual and spiritual energy
worrying about things that are beyond our control. “I can not control whether or not I wind up
getting the disease swine flu, for example.” He says. “I mean, there are some cautious steps I can
take, but ultimately I can not guarantee myself that. So what Epictetus would say is sitting at home
worrying about that would be wrong and wasteful and irrational. You should live your life
attempting to identify and control those things which you can genuinely control.” Seek true
pleasure
[F] To have a meaningful, happy life we need friends. But according to Aristotle—a student of
Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great—most relationships don’t qualify as true friendships.
“Just because I have a business relationship with an individual and I can profit from that
relationship, it does not necessarily mean that this person is my friend,” Soupios says. “Real
friendship is when two individuals share the same soul. It is a beautiful and uncharacteristically
poetic image that Aristotle offers.”
[G] In our pursuit of the good life, he says, it is important to seek out true pleasures—advice
which was originally offered by Epicurus. But unlike the modern definition of Epicureanism as a
life of indulgence ( 放纵 ) and luxury, for the ancient Greeks, it meant finding a state of calm,
peace and mental ease.[H] “This was the highest and most desirable form of pleasure and happiness for the ancient
Epicureans,” Soupios says. “This is something that is very much well worth considering here in
the modern era. I do not think that we spend nearly enough time trying to concentrate on achieving
a sort of calmness, a sort of contentment in mental and spiritual way, which was identified by
these people as the highest form of happiness and pleasure.” Do good to others
[I] Other golden rules counsel us to master ourselves, to avoid excess and not to be a prosperous (
发迹的 ) fool. There are also rules dealing with interpersonal relationships: Be a responsible
human being and do not do evil things to others.
[J] “This is Hesiod, of course, a younger contemporary poet, we believe, with Homer,” Soupios
says. “Hesiod offers an idea—which you very often find in some of the world’s great religions, in
the Judeo-Christian tradition and in Islam and others—that in some sense, when you hurt another
human being, you hurt yourself. That damaging other people in your community and in your life,
trashing relationships, results in a kind of self-inflicted ( 自己招致的 ) spiritual wound.”
[K] Instead, Soupios says, ancient wisdom urges us to do good. Golden Rule No.10 for a good life
is that kindness toward others tends to be rewarded.
[L] “This is Aesop, the fabulist ( 寓言家 ), the man of these charming little tales, often told in
terms of animals and animal relationships,” he says. “I think what Aesop was suggesting is that
when you offer a good turn to another human being, one can hope that that good deed will come
back and sort of pay a profit to you, the doer of the good deed. Even if there is no concrete benefit
paid in response to your good deed, at the very least, the doer of the good deed has the opportunity
to enjoy a kind of spiritually enlightened moment.”
[M] Soupios says following the 10 Golden Rules based on ancient wisdom can guide us to the
path of the good life where we stop living as onlookers and become engaged and happier human
beings. And that, he notes, is a life worth living. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 2 上作答。
36. According to an ancient Greek philosopher, it is impossible for us to understand every aspect
of our life.
37. Ancient Philosophers saw life in a different light from people of today.
38. Not all your business partners are your soul mates.
39. We can live a peaceful life despite the various challenges of the modern world.
40. The doer of a good deed can feel spiritually rewarded even when they gain no concrete
benefits.
41. How to achieve mental calmness and contentment is well worth our consideration today.
42. Michael Soupios suggests that we should stop and think carefully about our priorities in life.
43. Ancient philosophers strongly advise that we do good.
44. The wise teachings of ancient Greek thinkers are timeless, and are applicable to contemporary
life.
45. Do harm to others and you do harm to yourself.
Section C
Direction: There are two passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or
unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You
should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a
single line through the center.
Passage One
Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.Attitudes toward new technologies often fall along generational lines. That is, generally, younger
people tend to outnumber older people on the front end of a technological shift.
It is not always the case, though. When you look at attitudes toward driverless cars, there doesn’t
seem to be a clear generational divide. The public overall is split on whether they’d like to use a
driverless car. In a study last year, of all people surveyed, 48 percent said they wanted to ride in
one, while 50 percent did not.
The fact that attitudes toward self-driving cars appear to be so steady across generations suggests
how transformative the shift to driverless cars could be. Not everyone wants a driverless car now
—and no one can get one yet—but among those who are open to them, every age group is
similarly engaged.
Actually, this isn’t surprising. Whereas older generations are sometimes reluctant to adopt new
technologies, driverless cars promise real value to these age groups in particular. Older adults,
especially those with limited mobility or difficulty driving on their own, are one of the classic use
cases for driverless cars.
This is especially interesting when you consider that younger people are generally more interested
in travel-related technologies than older ones.
When it comes to driverless cars, differences in attitude are more pronounced based on factors not
related to age. College graduates, for example, are particularly interested in driverless cars
compared with those who have less education: 59 percent of college graduates said they would
like to use a driverless car compared with 38 percent of those with a high-school diploma or less.
Where a person lives matters, too. More people who lives in cities and suburbs said they wanted to
try driverless cars than those who lived in rural areas.
While there’s reason to believe that interest in self-driving cars is going up across the board, a
person’s age will have little to do with how self-driving cars can become mainstream. Once
driverless cares are actually available for sale, the early adopters will be the people who can afford
to buy them.
46. What happens when a new technology emerges?
A) It further widens the gap between the old and the young.
B) It often leads to innovations in other related fields.
C) It contributes greatly to the advance of society as a whole.
D) It usually draws different reactions from different age groups.
47. What does the author say about the driverless car?
A) It does not seem to create a generational divide.
B) It will not necessarily reduce road accidents.
C) It may start a revolution in the car industry.
D) It has given rise to unrealistic expectations.
48. Why does the driverless car appeal to some old people?
A) It saves their energy. B) It helps with their mobility.
C) It adds to the safety of their travel. D) It stirs up their interest in life.
49. What is likely to affect one’s attitude toward the driverless car?
A) The location of their residence. B) The field of their special interest
C) The amount of training they received. D) The length of their driving experience.
50. Who are likely to be the first to buy the driverless car?
A) The senior. B) The educated.C) The wealthy. D) The tech fans.
Passage Two
Question 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.
In agrarian ( 农业的 ), pre-industrial Europe, “you’d want to wake up early, start
working with the sunrise, have a break to have the largest meal, and then you’d go back to
work,” says Ken Albala, a professor of history at the University of the Pacific, “Later, at 5 or 6,
you’d have a smaller supper.”
This comfortable cycle, in which the rhythms of the day helped shape the rhythms of the meals,
gave rise to the custom of the large midday meal, eaten with the extended family. “Meals are the
foundation of the family,” says Carole Counihan, a professor at Millersville University in
Pensylvania, “so there was a very important interconnection between eating together” and
strengthening family ties.
Since industrialization, maintaining such a slow cultural metabolism has been much harder, with
the long midday meal shrinking to whatever could be stuffed into a lunch bucket or bought at a
food stand. Certainly, there were benefits. Modern techniques for producing and shipping food led
to greater variety and quantity, including a tremendous increase in the amount of animal protein
and dairy products available, making us more vigorous than our ancestors.
Yet plenty has been lost too, even in cultures that still live to eat. Take Italy. It’s no secret that the
Mediterranean diet is healthy, but it was also a joy to prepare and eat. Italians, says Counihan,
traditionally began the day with a small meal. The big meal came at around 1 p.m. In between the
midday meal and a late, smaller dinner came a small snack. Today, when time zones have less and
less meaning, there is little tolerance for offices’ closing for lunch, and worsening traffic in cities
means workers can’t make it home and back fast enough anyway. So the formerly small supper
after sundown becomes the big meal of the day, the only one at which the family has a chance to
get together. “The evening meal carries the full burden that used to be spread over two meals,”
says Counihan.
51. What do we learn from the passage about people in pre-industrial Europe?
A) They had to work from early morning till late at night.
B) They were so busy working that they only ate simple meals.
C) Their daily routine followed the rhythm of the natural cycle.
D) Their life was much more comfortable than that of today.
52. What does Professor Carole Counihan say about pre-industrial European families eating meals
together?
A) It was helpful to maintaining a nation’s tradition. B) It brought family members closer to each
other.
C) It was characteristic of the agrarian culture. D) It enabled families to save a lot of money.
53. What does “cultural metabolism” (Line 1, Para. 3) refer to?
A) Evolutionary adaptation. B) Changes in lifestyle.
C) Social progress. D) Pace of life.
54. What does the author think of the food people eat today?
A) Its quality is usually guaranteed. B) It is varied, abundant and nutritious.
C) It is more costly than what our ancestors ate. D) Its production depends too much on
technology.
55. What does the author say about Italians of the old days?A) They enjoyed cooking as well as eating. B) They ate a big dinner late in the evening.
C) They ate three meals regularly every day. D) They were expert at cooking meals.
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.
乌镇是浙江的一座古老水镇，坐落在京杭大运河畔。这是一处迷人的地方，有许多古桥、中式
旅店和餐馆。在过去一千年里，乌镇的水系和生活方式并未经历多少变化，是一座展现古文
明的博物馆。乌镇所有房屋都用石木建造。 数百年来， 当地人沿着河边建起了住宅和集市。
无数宽敞美丽的庭院藏身于屋舍之间，游客们每到一处都有会惊喜的发现。
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 2 上作答。
