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2019 年 6 月大学英语四级考试真题（第三套）
Part I Writing (30minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a news report to your campus
newspaper on a visit to a Hope elementary school organized by your Student
Union.Youshouldwriteatleast120wordsbutnomorethan180words.
Part Ⅱ ListeningComprehension (25 minutes)
说明：2019年6月四级考试全国共考了2套听力，本套真题听力与第2套内容完全一样。
Part III ReadingComprehension (40minutes)
SectionA
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks.Youare required to select oneword
foreachblankfromalistofchoicesgiveninawordbankfollowingthepassage.Readthepassage
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
throughthecentre.Youmaynotuseanyofthewordsinthebankmorethanonce．
Questions26to35arebasedonthefollowingpassage.
Ships areoftensunkin orderto createunderwaterreefs (暗礁)perfectforscubadiving(水肺
式潜泳)and preserving marine 26 Turkish authorities have just sunk something a little different
than a ship, and it wouldn’t normally ever touch water, anAirbusA300. The hollowed-outA300
was 27 ofeverything potentially harmful to the environment and sunkofftheAegean coasttoday.
Notonly willthe sunkenplane 28 the perfectskeleton forartificial reefgrowth, tut authorities
hopethisnewunderwaterattractionwillbringtouriststothearea.
Theplane 29atotallength of54meters,where experiencedscubadivers will 30 beable to
venture through thecabin andaroundthe plane’s 31.Aydin Municipality bought theplanefrom
aprivatecompanyforjustunderUS$100,000,buttheyhopetoseeareturnonthat32throughthe
tourism industry. Tourism throughout Turkey is expected to fall this year as the country has been
the 33 of several deadly terrorist attacks. As far as sunken planes go, this Airbus A300 is the
largest34sunkaircraftever.
Taking a trip underwater and 35 the inside of a sunken A300 would be quite an adventure,
and that is exactly what Turkish authorities are hoping this attraction will make people think.
Drawing in adventure seekers and experienced divers, this new artificial Airbus reef will be a
scubadiver’sparadise(天堂).
A)create I)intentionally
B)depressed J)investment
C)eventually K)revealing
D)experiences L)stretches
E)exploring M)stripped
F)exterior N)territory
G)habitats O)victim
H)innovate
1SectionB
Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to 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
Sheet2.
MakeStuff,Fail,AndLearnWhileYou’reAtIt
A. We’ve always been a hands-on, do-it-yourself kind of nation. Ben Franklin, one of
America’s founding fathers, didn’t just invent the lightning rod. His creations include glasses,
innovativestovesandmore.
B. Franklin, who was largely self-taught, may have been a genius, but he wasn’t really an
exceptionwhenitcomestoAmericanmakingandcreativity.
C. The personal computing revolution and philosophy of disruptive innovation of Silicon
Valleygrew,in part,outofthecreations oftheHomebrew ComputerClub,Which was foundedin
agarageinMenloPark,California,inthemid-1970s.Members—includingguysnamedJobsand
Wozniak—startedmakingandinventingthingstheycouldn’tbuy.
D. So it’s no surprise that the Maker Movement today is thriving in communities and some
schools acrossAmerica. Making is available to ordinary people who aren’t tied to big companies,
big defense labs or research universities. The maker philosophy echoes old ideas advocated by
JohnDewey,Montessori,andevenancientGreekphilosophers,aswepointedoutrecently.
E. These maker spaces are often outside of classrooms, and are serving an important
educationalfunction.The Maker Movement is rediscovering learning by doing, which is Dewey’s
phrasefrom 100 years ago.Weare rediscovering Dewey andMontessori anda lot ofthepractices
that they pioneered that have been forgotten or at least put aside.Amaker space is a place which
can be in a school, but it doesn’t look like a classroom. It can be in a library. It can be out in the
community. It has tools and materials. It’s a place where you get to make things based on your
interestandonwhatyou’relearningtodo.
F.Ideas about learning by doing have struggled to become mainstream educationally,despite
beingoldconceptsfromDeweyandMontessori, PlatoandAristotle,andintheAmericanContcxt,
Ralph Emerson, on the value of experience and self-reliance. It’s not necessarily an efficient way
to learn.Welearn, in a sense, by trial and error.Learning from experience is something that takes
time and patience. It’s very individualized. If your goal is to have standardized approaches to
learning, where everybody learns the same thing at the same time in the same way, then learning
bydoingdoesn’treallyfitthatmold anymore.It’s nottheworldoftextbooks.It’snottheworldof
testing.
G. Learning by doing may not be efficient, but it is effective. Project-based learning has
grown in popularity with teachers and administrators. However, project-based learning is not
making.Although there is a connection, there is also a distinction. The difference lies in whether
theprojectisinasensedefinedanddevelopedbythestudentorwhetherit’sassignedbyateacher.
We’ll allgetthe kids to builda smallboat.Weareallgoing to learnaboutX,Y,andZ.Thattends
tobeoneformofproject-basedlearning.
H. I really believe the core idea ofmaking is to have anidea within your head— oryou just
borrow it from someone — and begin to develop it , repeat it and improve it. Then, realize that
2idea somehow. That thing that you make is valuable to you and you can share it with others. I’m
interested in how these things are expressions of that person, their ideas, and their interactions
withtheworld.
I.Insomeways,alotofformsofmakinginschooltrivialize（使变得无足轻重）making.The
thing thatyou make has no value to you. Once you are donedemonstrating whateverconcept was
inthetextbook,youthrowawaythepipecleaners,thecardboardtubes.
J. Making should be student-directed and student-led, otherwise it’s boring. It doesn’t have
the motivation of the student. I’m not saying that students should not learn concepts or not learn
skills.Theydo.Buttoreallyharnesstheirmotivationistobuildupontheirinterest.It’stoletthem
beincontrolandtodrivethecar.
K. Teachers should aim to build a supportive, creative environment for students to do this
work. A very social environment, where they are learning from each other. When they have a
problem, it isn’t the teacher necessarily coming in to solve it. They are responsible for working
through that problem. It might be they have to talk to other students in the class to help get an
answer.
L.Theteacher’srole ismoreofacoachorobserver.Sometimes, topeople,itsoundslike this
is a diminished rote for teachers. I think it’s a heightened role. You’re ereating this environment,
like a makerspace.Youhave 20 kids doingdifferentthings.Youarewatching them andreally it’s
the human behaviors you’re looking at .Are they engaged?Athey developing and repeating their
project?Aretheystumbling(受挫)？ Dotheyneedsomethingthattheydon’thave?Canyouhelp
thembeawareofwheretheyare?
M.Mybeliefisthatthegoalofmakingisnottogeteverykidtobehands-on,butitenableus
tobegoodlearners.It’snotthe knowledge thatis valuable,It’s thepracticeoflearningnewthings
andunderstandinghowthings work.Theseareprocessesthatyouaredevelopingso thatyouare
able, over time, to tackle more interesting problems, more challenging problems—problems that
requiremanypeopleinsteadofoneperson,andmanyskillsinsteadofone.
N. If teachers keep it form-free and student-led, it can still be tied to a curriculum and an
educational plan. I think a maker space is more like a like a library in that there are multiple
subjects and multiple things that you can learn. What seems to be missing in school is how these
subjects integrate, how they fit together in any meaningful way. Rather than saying, ‘This is
science,overhereishistory,’Iseeschoolstakingthisideaofprojectsandlookingat:Howdothey
supportchildreninhigherlevellearning?
O. I feel like this is a shift away form a subject matter-based curriculum to a more
experiential curriculum or learning. It’s still in its early stages, but I think it’s shifting around not
whatkidslearnbuthowtheylearn.
36.Amakerspaceiswherepeoplemakethingsaccordingtotheirpersonalinterests.
37.The teachers’ role is enhanced in a maker space as they have to monitor and facilitate
duringtheprocess.
38.Coming up with an idea of one’s own or improving one from others is key to the concept
ofmaking.
39.Contrarytostructuredlearning,learningbydoingishighlyindividualized.
40.Americaisanationknownfortheideaofmakingthingsbyoneself.
41.Makingwillbeboringunlessstudentsareabletotakecharge.
342.Makingcanberelatedtoaproject,butitiscreatedandcarriedoutbystudentsthemselves.
43.Theauthorsuggestsincorporatingtheideaofamakerspaceintoaschoolcurriculum.
44.Themakerconceptisamodernversionofsomeancientphilosophicalideas.
45.Making is not taken seriously in school when students are asked to make something
meaninglesstothembasedontextbooks.
SectionC
Directions: There are 2 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
singlelinethroughthecentre.
PassageOne
Questions46to50arebasedonthefollowingpassage.
Most kids grow up learning they cannot draw on the walls. But it might be time to unlearn
thattraining—thissummer,groupofcultureaddicts,artists andcommunity organizers areinviting
NewYorkerstowritealloverthewallsofanoldhouseonGovernor’sIsland.
The project is called Writing On It All, and it’s a participatory writing project and artistic
experimentthathashappenedonGovernor’sIslandeverysummersince2013.
“Most of the participants are people who are just walking by or are on the island for other
reasons,ortheyjustkindofhappentobethere,”AlexandraChasin, artisticdirectorofWritingOn
ItAll,tellsSmithsonian.com.
The 2016 season runs through June 26 and features sessions facilitated by everyone from
dancers to domestic workers. Each session has a theme, and participants are given a variety of
materials and prompts and asked to cover surfaces with their thoughts and art. This year, the
programs range from one that turns the house into a collaborative essay to one that explores the
meaningofexile.
Governor’s Island is a national historic landmark district long used for military purposes.
Now known as “New York’s shared space for art and play,” the island, which lies between
Manhattan and Brooklyn in Upper New York Bay, is closed to cars but open to summer tourists
whoflckforfestivals,picnics,adventures,aswellasthese“legalgraffiti(涂鸦)”Sessions.
The notes and art scribbled(涂画) on the walls are an experiment in self-expression. So far,
participants have ranged in age from 2 to 85. Though Chasin says the focus of the work is on the
activity of writing, rather than the text that ends up getting written, some of the work that comes
outofthesessionshasstuckwithher.
“One of the sessions that moved me the most was state violence on black women and black
girls,” says Chasin, explaining that in one room, people wrote down the names of those killed
becauseofit.“Peopledobeautifulworkandleavebeautifulmessages.”
46.WhatdoestheprojectWritingOnItAllinvitepeopletodo?
A)Unlearntheirtrainingindrawing.
B)Participateinastategraffitishow.
C)Coverthewallsofanoldhousewithgraffiti.
D)Exhibittheirartisticcreationsinanoldhouse.
447.Whatdowelearnabouttheparticipantsintheproject?
A)Theyarejustcultureaddicts.
B)Theyaregraffitienthusiasts.
C)Theyarewritersandartists.
D)Theyaremostlypassers-by.
48.Whatdidtheprojectparticipantsdoduringthe2016season?
A)Theywerefreetoscribbleonthewallswhatevercametotheirmind.
B)Theyexpressedtheirthoughtsingraffitionthethemeofeachsession.
C)Theylearnedthetechniquesofcollaborativewriting.
D)Theywererequiredtocooperatewithothercreators.
49.WhatkindofplaceisGovernor’sIsland?
A)Itisahistoricsitethatattractstouristsandartists.
B)Itisanareanowaccessibleonlytotouristvehicles.
C)ItisaplaceinUpperNewYorkBayformerlyusedforexiles.
D)Itisanopenareafortouriststoenjoythemselvesyearround.
50.WhatdoesChasinsayabouttheproject?
A)Itjustfocusedonthesufferingsofblackfemales.
B)Ithelpedexpandtheinfluenceofgraffitiart.
C)Ithasstartedthecareerofmanycreativeartists.
D)Ithascreatedsomemeaningfulartisticworks.
PassageTwo
Questions51to55arebasedonthefollowingpassage.
Online programs to fight depression are already commercially available. While they sound
efficient and cost-saving, a recent study reports that they are not effective, primarily because
depressedpatientsarenotlikelytoengagewiththemorstickwiththem.
The study looked at computer-assisted cognitive(认知的) behavioral therapy(CBT) and
foundthatitwasnomoreeffective in treatingdepressionthantheusualcarepatients receive from
aprimarycaredoctor.
Traditional CBT is considered an effective form of talk therapy for depression, helping
people challenge negative thoughts and change the way they think in order to change their mood
and behaviors. However, online CBT programs have been gaining popularity, with the attraction
ofprovidinglow-costhelpwhereversomeonehasaccesstoacomputer.
Ateamofresearchersfrom theUniversity ofYorkconducteda randomized(随机的)control
trial with 691 depressed patients from 83 physician practices across England. The patients were
split into three groups: one group received only usual care from a physician while the other two
groups received usual care from a physician plus one of two computerized CBT programs.
Participants were balanced across the three groups for age, sex, educational background, severity
anddurationofdepression,anduseofantidepressants(抗抑郁药).
After four months, the patients using the computerized CBT programs had no improvement
indepressionlevelsoverthepatientswhowereonlygettingusualcarefromtheirdoctors.
“It’s animportant, cautionarynote thatweshouldn’tget toocarried awaywith the ideathat a
computer system can replace doctors and therapists,” says Christopher Dowrick, a professor of
primary medical care at the University of Liverpool. “We do still need the human touch or the
5humaninteraction,particularlywhenpeoplearedepressed.”
Being depressed can mean feeling “lost in your own small, negative, dark world,” Dowrick
says. Having a person, instead of a computer, reach out to you is particularly important in
combating that sense of isolation. “When you’re emotionally vulnerable, you’re even more in
needofacaringhumanbeing,”hesays.
51.WhatdoestherecentstudysayaboutonlineCBTprograms?
A)Patientsmaynotbeabletocarrythemthroughforeffectivecure.
B)Patientscannotengagewiththemwithouttheuseofacomputer.
C)Theycansavepatientstroublevisitingphysicians.
D)Theyhavebeenwellreceivedbyalotofpatients.
52.WhathasmadeonlineCBTprogramsincreasinglypopular?
A)Theireffectivenessincombatingdepression.
B)Thelowefficiencyoftraditionaltalktherapy.
C)Theireasyandinexpensiveaccessbypatients.
D)Therecommendationbyprimarycaredoctors.
53.WhatisthemajorfindingbyresearchersattheUniversityofYork?
A)OnlineCBTprogramsarenomoreeffectivethanregularcarefromphysicians.
B)Theprocessoftreatingdepressionisoftenmorecomplicatedthananticipated.
C)ThecombinationoftraditionalCBTandcomputerizedCBTismosteffective.
C)Depressionisamentalconditionwhichistobetreatedwithextremecaution.
54.WhatisProfessorDowrick’sadviceconcerningonlineCBTprograms?
A)Theyshouldnotbeneglectedinprimarycare.
B)Theireffectivenessshouldnotbeoverestimated.
C)Theyshouldbeusedbystrictlyfollowinginstructions.
D)Theiruseshouldbeencouragedbydoctorsandtherapists.
55.Whatismoreimportanttoanemotionallyvulnerableperson?
A)Apositivestateofmind.
B)Appropriatemedication.
C)Timelyencouragement.
D)Humaninteraction.
Part Ⅳ Translation (30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into
English.YoushouldwriteyouransweronAnswerSheet 2.
剪纸是中国民间艺术的一种独特形式，已有2000多年历史。剪纸很可能源于汉代，继
纸张发明之后。从此，它在中国的许多地方得到了普及。剪纸用的材料和工具很简单：纸和
剪刀。剪纸作品通常是用红纸做成的，因为红色在中国传统文化中与幸福相联。因此，在婚
礼、春节等喜庆场合，红颜色的剪纸是门窗装饰的首选。
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