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2016年6月大学英语四级真题（卷一）
Part Ⅰ Writing (30 minutes)
Directions: For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to write a letter to express your thanks to one of your
school teachers upon entering college. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.
Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension (25 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section,you will hear three news reports.At the end of each news report,you will hear two or
three questions.Both the news report and the questions will be spoken only once.After you hear 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 line through the centre.
Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.
1.A.The International Labour Organization’s key objective.
B.The basic social protection for the most vulnerable.
C.Rising unemployment worldwide.
D.Global economic recovery.
2.A.Many countries have not taken measures to create enough jobs.
B.Few countries know how to address the current economic crisis.
C.Few countries have realized the seriousness of the current crisis.
D.Many countries need support to improve their people’s livelihood.
Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.
3.A.Serve standardized food nationwide.
B.Put calorie information on the menu.
C.Increase protein content in the food.
D.Offer convenient food to customers.
4.A.They will be fined.
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B.They will be closed.
C.They will get a warning.
D.They will lose customers.
Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.
5.A.Inability to implement their business plans.
B.Inability to keep turning out novel products.
C.Lack of a successful business model of their own.
D.Failure to integrate innovation into their business.
6.A.It is the secret to business success.
B.It is the creation of something new
C.It is a magic tool to bring big rewards.
D.It is an essential part of business culture
7.A.Its hardworking employees.
B.Its flexible promotion strategy.
C.Its innovation culture.
D.Its willingness to make investments.
Section B
Directions: In this section,you will hear two long conversations.At the end of each conversation,you will hear
four questions.Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once.After you hear 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 through the centre.
Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
8.A.He’s got addicted to technology.
B.He is not very good at socializing
C.He is crazy about text—messaging.
D.He does not talk long on the phone.
9.A.Talk big.
B.Talk at length.
C.Gossip a lot.
D.Forget herself.
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10.A. He thought it was cool.
B.He needed the practice.
C.He wanted to stay connected with them,
D.He had an urgent message to send.
11.A.It poses a challenge to seniors.
B.It saves both time and money.
C.It is childish and unprofessional.
D.It is cool and convenient.
Questions l2 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
12.A.He wants to change his job assignment.
B.He is unhappy with his department manager
C.He thinks he deserves extra pay for overtime.
D.He is often singled out for criticism by his boss
13.A.His workload was much too heavy.
B.His immediate boss did not trust him
C.His colleagues often refused to cooperate.
D.His salary was too low for his responsibility
14.A.He never knows how to refuse.
B.He is always ready to help others
C.His boss has a lot of trust in him.
D.His boss has no sense of fairness.
15.A.Put all his complaints in writing.
B.Wait and see what happens next.
C.Learn to say no when necessary.
D.Talk to his boss in person first.
Section C
Directions: In this section,you will hear three passages.At the end of each passage,you will hear three or four
questions。Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.After you hear 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 through the centre.
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
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16.A.The importance of sleep to a healthy life.
B.Reasons for Americans’ decline in sleep.
C.Some tips to improve the quality of sleep.
D.Diseases associated with lack of sleep.
17.A.They are more health-conscious.
B.They are changing their living habits.
C.They get less and less sleep.
D.They know the dangers of lack of sleep.
18.A.Their weight will go down.
B.Their mind function will deteriorate.
C.Their work efficiency will decrease.
D.Their blood pressure will rise.
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.
19.A.How much you can afford to pay.
B.What course you are going to choose.
C.Which university you are going to apply to.
D.When you are going to submit your application.
20.A.The list of courses studied.
B.The full record of scores.
C.The references from teachers.
D.The personal statement.
21.A.Specify what they would like to do after graduation.
B.Describe in detail how much they would enjoy studying.
C.Indicate they have reflected and thought about the subject.
D.Emphasize that they admire the professors in the university.
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
22.A.It was equipped with rubber tyres.
B.It was built in the late l 9th century.
C.It was purchased by the Royal family.
D.It was designed by an English engineer.
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23.A.They consumed lots of petrol.
B.They took two passengers only.
C.They were difficult to drive.
D.They often broke down.
24.A.They were produced on the assembly line.
B.They were built with less costly materials.
C.They were modeled after British cars.
D.They were made for ordinary use.
25.A.It made news all over the world.
B.It was built for the Royal family.
C.It marked a new era in motor travel.
D.It attracted large numbers of motorists.
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 centre.You may not use any of the words in the bank
more than once.
Physical activity does the body good, and there's growing evidence that it helps the brain too.Researchers in the
Netherlands report that children who get more exercise, whether at school or on their own. 2 6 to have higher
GPAs and better scores on standardized tests.In a 27 of 14 studies that looked at physical activity and
academic 2 8 , investigators found that the more children moved.the better their grades were in school, 2 9
in the basic subjects of math, English and reading.
The data will certainly fuel the ongoing debate over whether physical education classes should be cut as schools
struggle to 3 0 on smaller budgets.The arguments against physical education have included
concerns that gym time may be taking away from study time.With standardized test scores in the U.S. 3 1 in
recent years, some administrators believe students need to spend more time in the classroom instead of on the
playground.But as these findings show,exercise and academics may not be 32 exclusive.Physical activity can
improve blood 33 to the brain, fueling memory,attention and creativity,which are 3 4 to learning. And
exercise releases hormones that can improve 3 5 and relieve stress, which can also help learning.So while it
may seem as if kids are just exercising their bodies when they, re running around, they may actually be exercising
their brains as well.
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A.attendance I.mood
B.consequently J.mutually
C.current K.particularly
D.depressing L.performance
E.dropping M.review
F.essential N.survive
G.feasible O.tend
H.flow
Section B
Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements 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.
Finding the Right Home—and Contentment, Too
A. When your elderly relative needs to enter some sort of long.term care facility-a moment few parents or children
approach without fear-what you would like is to have everything made clear.
B. Does assisted living really mark a great improvement over a nursing home, or has the industry simply hired
better interior designers?Are nursing homes as bad as people fear, or is that an out-moded stereotype(固定看法)?
Can doing one's homework really steer families to the best places?It is genuinely hard to know.
C. I am about to make things more complicated by suggesting that what kind of facility an older person lives in
may matter less than we have assumed.And that the characteristics adult children look for when they begin the
search are not necessarily the things that make a difference to the people who are going to move in.I am not
talking about the quality of care, let me hastily add.Nobody flourishes in a gloomy environment with irresponsible
staff and a poor safety record.But an accumulating body of research indicates that some distinctions between one
type of elder care and another have little real bearing on how well residents do.
D. The most recent of these studies, published in The Journal of Applied Gerontology, surveyed 150 Connecticut
residents of assisted living, nursing homes and smaller residential care homes(known in some states as board and
care homes or adult care homes).Researchers from the University of Connecticut Health Center asked the
residents a large number of questions about their quality of life, emotional well-being and social interaction, as
well as about the quality of the facilities.
E. "We thought we would see differences based on the housing types, "said the lead author of the study, Julie
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Robison, an associate professor of medicine at the university.A reasonable assumption-don't families struggle to
avoid nursing homes and suffer real guilt if they can't?
F. In the initial results, assisted living residents did paint the most positive picture.They were less likely to report
symptoms of depression than those in the other facilities, for instance, and less likely to be bored or lonely.They
scored higher on social interaction.
G. But when the researchers plugged in a number of other variables, such differences disappeared.It is not the
housing type, they found, that creates differences in residents' responses."It is the characteristics of the specific
environment they are in, combined with their own personal characteristics-how healthy they feel they are, their
age and marital status, "Dr.Robison explained.Whether residents felt involved in the decision to move and how
long they had lived there also proved significant.
H. An elderly person who describes herself as in poor health, therefore, might be no less depressed in assisted
living(even if her children preferred it)than in a nursing home.A person who had input into where he would move
and has had time to adapt to it might do as well in a nursing home as in a small residential care home, other
factors being equal.It is an interaction between the person and the place, not the sort of place in itself,that leads to
better or worse experiences."You can't just say,‘Let's put this person in a residential care home instead of a nursing
home—she will be much better off,'"Dr.Robison said.What matters, she added, "is a combination of what people
bring in with them, and what they find there."
I. Such findings, which run counter to common sense, have surfaced before.In a multi-state study of assisted
living, for instance, University of North Carolina researchers found that a host of variables-the facility's type, size
or age；whether a chain owned it；how attractive the neighborhood was-had no significant relationship to how the
residents fared in terms of illness, mental decline, hospitalizations or mortality.What mattered most was the
residents' physical health and mental status.What people were like when they came in had greater consequence
than what happened once they were there.
J. As l was considering all this, a press release from a respected research firm crossed my desk, announcing that
the five-star rating system that Medicare developed in 2008 to help families compare nursing home quality also
has little relationship to how satisfied its residents or their family members are.As a matter of fact, consumers
expressed higher satisfaction with the one-star facilities, the lowest rated, than with the five—star ones.(More on
this study and the star ratings will appear in a subsequent post.)
K. Before we collectively tear our hair out—how are we supposed to find our way in a landscape this confusing?
一here is a thought from Dr.Philip Sloane, a geriatrician(老年病学专家)at the University of North Carolina："In a
way,that could be liberating for families."
L. Of course, sons and daughters want to visit the facilities, talk to the administrators and residents and other
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families, and do everything possible to fulfill their duties.But perhaps they don't have to tum themselves into
private investigators or Congressional subcommittees."Families can look a bit more for where the residents are
going to be happy,"Dr.Sloane said.And involving the future resident in the process can be very important.
M. We all have our own ideas about what would bring our parents happiness.They have their ideas, too.A friend
recently took her mother to visit an expensive assisted living／nursing home near my town.I have seen this place
—it is elegant, inside and out.But nobody greeted the daughter and mother when they arrived, though the visit had
been planned；nobody introduced them to the other residents.When they had lunch in the dining room, they sat
alone at a table.
N. The daughter feared her mother would be ignored there, and so she decided to move her into a more
welcoming facility.Based on what is emerging from some of this research, that might have been as rational a way
as any to reach a decision.
36.Many people feel guilty when they cannot find a place other than a nursing for their parents.
37.Though it helps for children to investigate care facilities, involving their parents in the decision.making process
may prove very important.
38.It is really difficult to tell if assisted living is better than a nursing home.
39.How a resident feels depends on an interaction between themselves and the care facility they live in.
40.The author thinks her friend made a rational decision in choosing a more hospitable place over an apparently
elegant assisted living home.
41.The system Medicare developed to rate nursing home quality is of little help to finding a satisfactory place.
42.At first the researchers of the most recent study found residents in assisted living facilities gave higher scores
on social interaction.
43.What kind of care facility old people live in may be less important than we think.
44.The findings of the latest research were similar to an earlier multi—state study of assisted living.
45.A resident's satisfaction with a care facility has much to do with whether they had participated in the decision
to move in and how long they had stayed there.
Section C
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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 single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.
As Artificial Intelligence(AI)becomes increasingly sophisticated, there are growing concerns that robots could
become a threat.This danger can be avoided, according to computer science professor Stuart Russell, if we figure
out how to turn human values into a programmable code.
Russell argues that as robots take on more complicated tasks, it's necessary to translate our morals into AI
language.
For example, if a robot does chores around the house, you wouldn't want it to put the pet cat in the oven to make
dinner for the hungry children."You would want that robot preloaded with a good set of values, "said Russell.
Some robots are already programmed with basic human values.For example, mobile robots have been
programmed to keep a comfortable distance from humans.Obviously there are cultural differences, but if you were
talking to another person and they came up close in your personal space, you wouldn't think that's the kind of
thing a properly brought—up person would do.
It will be possible to create more sophisticated moral machines, if only we can find a way to set out human
values as clear rules.
Robots could also learn values from drawing patterns from large sets of data on human behavior.They are
dangerous only if programmers are careless.
The biggest concern with robots going against human values is that human beings fail to do sufficient testing
and they've produced a system that will break some kind of taboo(禁忌).
One simple check would be to program a robot to check the correct course of action with a human when
presented with an unusual situation.
If the robot is unsure whether an animal is suitable for the microwave, it has the opportunity to stop, send out
beeps(嘟嘟声), and ask for directions from a human.If we humans aren't quite sure about a decision.We go and
ask somebody else.
The most difficult step in programming values will be deciding exactly what we believe is moral, and how to
create a set of ethical rules.But if we come up with an answer,robots could be good for humanity.
46.What does the author say about the threat of robots?
A.It may constitute a challenge to computer programmers.
B.It accompanies all machinery involving high technology.
C.It Can be avoided if human values are translated into their language.
D.It has become an inevitable peril as technology gets more sophisticated.
47.What would we think of a person who invades our personal space according to the author?
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A.They are aggressive.
B.They are outgoing.
C.They are ignorant.
D.They are ill-bred.
48.How do robots learn human values?
A.By interacting with humans in everyday life situations.
B.By following the daily routines of civilized human beings.
C.By picking up patterns from massive data on human behavior.
D.By imitating the behavior of properly brought—up human beings.
49.What will a well—programmed robot do when facing an unusual situation?
A.Keep a distance from possible dangers.
B.Stop to seek advice from a human being.
C.Trigger its built—in alarm system at once.
D.Do sufficient testing before taking action.
50.What is most difficult to do when we turn human values into a programmable code?
A.Determine what is moral and ethical.
B.Design some large—scale experiments.
C.Set rules for man—machine interaction.
D.Develop a more sophisticated program.
Passage Two
Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.
Why do some people live to be older than others?You know the standard explanations：keeping a moderate diet,
engaging in regular exercise, etc。But what effect does your personality have on your longevity(长寿)?Do some
kinds of personalities lead to longer lives?A new study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society looked at
this question by examining the personality characteristics of 246 children of people who had lived to be at least
100.
The study shows that those living the longest are more outgoing, more active and less, neurotic(神经质的)than
other people.Long—living women are also more likely to be sympathetic and cooperative than women with a
normal life span.These findings are in agreement with what you would expect from the evolutionary theory：those
who like to make friends and help others can gather enough resources to make it through tough times.
Interestingly,however,other characteristics that you might consider advantageous had no impact on whether study
participants were likely to live longer.Those who were more self-disciplined, for instance,were no more likely to
live to be very old.Also, being open to new ideas had no relationship to long life, which might explain all those
bad-tempered old people who are fixed in their ways.
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Whether you can successfully change your personality as an adult is the subject of a longstanding psychological
debate.But the new paper suggests that if you want long life, you should strive to be as outgoing as possible.
Unfortunately,another recent study shows that your mother's personality may also help determine your
longevity.That study looked at nearly 28, 000 Norwegian mothers and found that those moms who were more
anxious, depressed and angry were more likely to feed their kids unhealthy diets.Patterns of childhood eating can
be hard to break when we're adults, which may mean that kids of depressed moms end up dying younger.
Personality isn't destiny(命运), and everyone knows that individuals can learn to change.But both studies show
that long life isn't just a matter of your physical health but of ,your mental health.
51.The aim of the study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society is .
A.to see whether people's personality affects their life span
B.to find out if one's lifestyle has any effect on their health
C.to investigate the role of exercise in living a long life
D.to examine all the factors contributing to longevity
52.What does the author imply about outgoing and sympathetic people?
A.They have a good understanding of evolution.
B.They are better at negotiating an agreement.
C.They generally appear more resourceful.
D.They are more likely to get over hardship.
53.What finding of the study might prove somewhat out of our expectation?
A.Easy—going people can also live a relatively long life.
B.Personality characteristics that prove advantageous actually vary with times.
C.Such personality characteristics as self-discipline have no effect on longevity.
D.Readiness to accept new ideas helps one enjoy longevity.
54.What does the recent study of Norwegian mothers show?
A.Children's personality characteristics are invariably determined by their mothers·
B.People with unhealthy eating habits are likely to die sooner.
C.Mothers' influence on children may last longer than fathers'.
D.Mothers' negative personality characteristics may affect their children's life spans.
55.What can we learn from the findings of the two new studies?
A.Anxiety and depression more often than not cut short one's life span.
B.Longevity results from a combination of mental and physical health.
C.Personality plays a decisive role in how healthy one is.
D.Health is in large part related to one's lifestyle.
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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.
功夫 (Kung Fu)是中国武术 (martial arts)的俗称。中国武术的起源可以追溯到自卫的需要、狩猎活动以
及古代中国的军事训练。它是中国传统体育运动的一种,年轻人和老年人都练。它已逐渐演变成了中国文化
的独特元素。作为中国的国宝, 功夫有上百种不同的风格,是世界上练得最多的武术形式。有些风格模仿了
动物的动作, 还有一些则受到了中国哲学思想、神话和传说的启发。
2016年6月大学英语四级真题（卷二）
Part Ⅰ Writing (30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a letter to express your thanks to one of your
friends who helped you most when you were in difficulty. You should write at least 120 words but no more than
180 words.
Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension (25 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear three news reports.At the end of each news report,you will hear two or
three questions.Both the news report and the questions will be spoken only once.After you hear 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 d single line through the centre.
Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.
1. A) How college students can handle their psychological problems.
B) Why college students are more likely to have stress problems.
C) Why sufficient sleep is important for college students.
D) How college students can improve their sleep habits.
2. A) It is not easy to improve one’s sleep habits.
B) It is not good for students to play video games.
C) Making last-minute preparations for tests may be less effective than sleeping.
D) Students who are better prepared generally get higher scores in examinations.
Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.
3. A) Whether adequate investment is being made to improve airport facilities.
B) Whether the British Airports Authority should sell off some of its assets.
C) Whether the Spanish company could offer better service.
D) Whether more airports should be built around London.
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4. A) Poor ownership structure.
B) Inefficient management.
C) Lack of innovation and competition.
D) Lack of runway and terminal capacity.
Questions 5 to7 are based on the news report you have just heard.
5. A) Study the effects of nicotine on young smokers.
B) Set a limit to the production of their cigarettes.
C) Take steps to reduce nicotine in their products.
D) Report the nicotine content of their cigarettes.
6. A) The biggest increase in nicotine content tended to be in brands young smokers like.
B) Brands which contain higher nicotine content were found to be much more popular.
C) Tobacco companies refused to discuss the detailed nicotine content of their products.
D) Big tobacco companies were frank with their customers about the hazards of smoking.
7. A) They will pay more attention to the quality of their products.
B) They were not prepared to comment on the cigarette study.
C) They promised to reduce the nicotine content in cigarettes.
D) They have not fully realized the harmful effect of nicotine.
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear two long conversations.At the end of each conversation, you will hear
four questions.Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once.After you hear 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 through the centre.
Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
8. A) Holland.
B)Indonesia.
C) England.
D) Sweden.
9. A) Talking with her boyfriend in Dutch.
B) Getting a coach who can offer real help.
C) Acquiring the necessary ability to socialize.
D) Learning a language where it is not spoken.
10. A) Practicing reading aloud as often as possible.
B) Listening to language programs on the radio.
C) Trying to speak it as much as one can.
D) Making friends with native speakers.
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11. A) It provides opportunities for language practice.
B) It trains young people’s leadership abilities.
C) It offers various courses with credit points.
D) It creates an environment for socializing.
Questions 12 tol5 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
12. A) A sense of freedom driving gives.
B) Rules and regulations for driving.
C) The role policemen play in traffic safety.
D) The impact of engine design on road safety.
13. A) Make cars with automatic control.
B) Make cars with higher standards.
C) Make cars that are less powerful.
D) Make cars that have better brakes.
14. A) They follow traffic rules closely.
B) They keep within speed limits.
C) They like to go at high speed.
D) They tend to drive responsibly.
15. A) It is a bad idea.
B) It is as effective as speed bumps.
C) It is not useful.
D) It should be combined with education.
Section C
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear three passages.At the end of each passage,you will hear three or four
questions.Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.After you hear 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 line through the centre.
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
16. A) The card got damaged.
B) The card was found invalid.
C) The card reader broke down unexpectedly.
D) The card reader failed to do the scanning .
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17. A) By seeking help from the card reader maker Verifone.
B) By covering the credit card with a layer of plastic.
C) By calling the credit card company for confirmation.
D) By typing the credit card number into the cash register.
18. A) Produce many low-tech fixes for high-tech failures.
B) Give birth to many new technological inventions.
C) Change the life style of many Americans.
D) Affect the sales of high-tech appliances.
19. A) They vary among different departments.
B) They leave much room for improvement.
C) They are determined by the advising board.
D) They are set by the dean of the graduate school.
20. A) By consulting the examining committee.
B) By reading the Bulletin of Information.
C) By visiting the university’s website.
D) By contacting the departmental office.
21. A) They are harder to meet than those for undergraduates.
B) They specify the number of credits students must earn.
C) They have to be approved by the examining committee.
D) They are the same among various divisions of the university.
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
22. A) Ph. D. candidates in dieting.
B) Students majoring in nutrition.
C) Students in health classes.
D) Middle and high school teachers.
23. A) Its overemphasis on thinness.
B) Its changing criteria for beauty.
C) Its mistaken conception of nutrition.
D) Its overestimate of the effect of dieting.
24. A) To demonstrate the magic effect of dieting on women.
B) To explain how computer images can be misleading.
C) To prove that technology has impacted our culture.
D) To illustrate her point that beauty is but skin deep.
25. A) To help students rid themselves of bad living habits.
B) To establish an emotional connection with students.
C) To promote her own concept of beauty.
D) To persuade girls to stop dieting.
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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 centre.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 2 6 popularity of electronic medical records has forced hospital-based doctors to become 2 7
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 residents at the university now get iPads when
they begin the program. Johns Hopkins’ 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.
A.dependent I.policy
B. designed J.prospect
C. fast K.rather
D. flying L.reliable
E.gained M.signal
F.give N.successful
G.growing O.treatments
H.launch
Section B
Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it.Each statement
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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 days, 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 l 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.''
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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.”
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 modem 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 a 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.
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.
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38.Not all your business partners are your soul mates.
39.We can live a peaceful life despite the various challenges of the modem 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
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 single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 46 to50 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
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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 lived 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 cars 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 seniors.
B.The educated.
C.The wealthy.
D.The tech fans.
Passage Two
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Questions 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 Pennsylvania, “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 l, Para.3)refer to?
A.Evolutionary adaptation.
B.Changes in lifestyle.
C.Social progress.
D.Pace of life.
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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.
在山东省潍坊市, 风筝不仅仅是玩具, 而且还是这座城市文化的标志。潍坊以“风筝之都”而闻名, 已
有将近2,400年放飞风筝的历史。传说中国古代哲学家墨子用了三年时间在潍坊制作了世界上首个风筝, 但
放飞的第一天风筝就坠落并摔坏了。也有人相信风筝是中国古代木匠鲁班发明的。据说他的风筝用木头和
竹子制作, 飞了三天后才落地。
2016年6月大学英语四级真题（卷三）
Part Ⅰ Writing (30 minutes)
Directions：For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a letter to express your thanks to your parents
or any other family member upon making a memorable achievement. You should write at least 120 words but no
more than 180 words.
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 centre.You may not use any of the words in the bank
more than once.
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Contrary to popular belief,older people generally do not want to live with their children.Moreover,most adult
children 26 every bit as much care and support to their aging parents as was the case in the“good old days”,and
most older people do not feel 27 .
About 80％of people 65 years and older have living children,and about 90％of them have 2 8 contact with their
children.About 75％of elderly parents who don’t go to nursing homes live within 30 minutes of at least one of
their children.
However,29 having contact with children does not guarantee happiness in old age.In fact.some research has
found that people who are most involved with their families have the lowest spirits.This research may be
30,however,as ill health often makes older people more 3 1 and thereby increases contact with family members.So
it is more likely that poor health,not just family involvement, 32 spirits.
Increasingly,researchers have begun to look at the quality of relationships,rather than at the frequency of
contact,between the elderly and their children.If parents and children share interests and values and agree on
childrearing practices and religious 33,they are likely to enjoy each other’s company.Disagreements on such
matters can 34 cause problems.If parents are angered by their daughter’s divorce,dislike her new husband.and
disapprove of how she is raising their grandchildren, 35 are that they are not going to enjoy her visits.
A.abandoned I.frequent
B.advanced J.fulfillment
C.biased K.grant
D.chances L.merely
E.commitment M.provide
F.dampens N.understandably
G.dependent O.unrealistically
H.distant
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.
Could Food Shortages Bring Down Civilization?
A.For many years I have studied global agricultural,population,environmental and economic trends and their
interactions.The combined effects of those trends and the political tensions they generate point to the breakdown
of governments and societies.Yet I,too,have resisted the idea that food shortages could bring down not only
individual governments but also our global civilization.
B.I can no longer ignore that risk.Our continuing failure to deal with the environmental declines that are
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undermining the world food economy forces me to conclude that such a collapse is possible.
C.As demand for food rises faster than supplies are growing,the resulting food-price inflation puts severe stress on
the governments of many countries.Unable to buy grain or grow their own,hungry people take to the
streets.Indeed,even before the steep climb in grain prices in 2008, the number of failing states was expanding.If
the food situation continues to worsen,entire nations will break down at an ever increasing rate.In the 20th century
the main threat to international security was superpower conflict；today it is failing states.
D.States fail when national governments can no longer provide personal security,food security and basic social
services such as education and health care.When governments lose their control on power law and order begin to
disintegrate.After a point,countries can become so dangerous that food relief workers are no longer safe and their
programs are halted. Failing states are of international concern because they are a source of terrorists, drugs,
weapons and refugees (难民) threatening political stability everywhere.
E.The surge in world grain prices in 2007 and 2008— and the threat they pose to food security-has a
different,more troubling quality than the increases of the past.During the second half of the 20th century,grain
prices rose dramatically several times.In 1972,for instance,the Soviets,recognizing their poor harvest early,quietly
cornered the world wheat market.As a result.wheat prices elsewhere more than doubled,pulling rice and corn
prices up with them.But this and other price shocks were event-driven-drought in the Soviet Union, crop-
shrinking heat in the U.S.Corn Belt.And the rises were short-lived：prices typically returned to normal with the
next harvest.
F.In contrast,the recent surge in world grain prices is trend-driven, making it unlikely to reverse without a reversal
in the trends themselves.On the demand side, those trends include the ongoing addition of more than 70 million
people a year,a growing number of people wanting to move up the food chain to consume highly grain-intensive
meat products,and the massive diversion(转向)of U.S.grain to the production of bio-fuel.
G.As incomes rise among low-income consumers,the potential for further grain consumption is huge.But that
potential pales beside the never-ending demand for crop-based fuels.A fourth of this year’s U.S. grain harvest will
go to fuel cars.
H. What about supply?The three environmental trends-the shortage of fresh water, the loss of topsoil and the
rising temperatures-are making it increasingly hard to expand the world’s grain supply fast enough to keep up
with demand.Of all those trends.however,the spread of water shortages poses the most immediate threat. The
biggest challenge here is in irrigation.which consumes 70％of the world’s fresh water.Millions of irrigation wells
in many countries are now pumping water out of underground sources faster than rainfall can refill them.The
result is falling water tables (地下水位) in countries with half the world’s people,including the three big grain
producers—China, India and the U.S.
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I.As water tables have fallen and irrigation wells have gone dry,China’s wheat crop,the world’s largest,has
declined by 8％since it peaked at 123 million tons in 1997. But water shortages are even more worrying in
India.Millions of irrigation wells have significantly lowered water tables in almost every state.
J.As the world’s food security falls to pieces, individual countries acting in their own self-interest are actually
worsening the troubles of many.The trend began in 2007,when leading wheat-exporting countries such as Russia
and Argentina limited or banned their exports, in hopes of increasing local food supplies and thereby bringing
down domestic food prices.Vietnam banned its exports for several months for the same reason.Such moves may
eliminate the fears of those living in the exporting countries,but they are creating panic in importing countries that
must rely on what is then left for export.
K.In response to those restrictions,grain-importing countries are trying to nail down long-term trade agreements
that would lock up future grain supplies.Food-import anxiety is even leading to new efforts by food-importing
countries to buy or lease farmland in other countries.In spite of such temporary measures,soaring food prices and
spreading hunger in many other countries are beginning to break down the social order.
L.Since the current world food shortage is trend-driven,the environmental trends that cause it must be reversed.We
must cut carbon emissions by 80％from their 2006 levels by 2020, stabilize the world’s population at eight billion
by 2040,completely remove poverty, and restore forests and soils. There is nothing new about the four
objectives.Indeed,we have made substantial progress in some parts of the world on at least one of these-the
distribution of family-planning services and the associated shift to smaller families.
M.For many in the development community,the four objectives were seen as positive,promoting development as
long as they did not cost too much.Others saw them as politically correct and morally appropriate.Now a third and
far more significant motivation presents itself: meeting these goals may be necessary to prevent the collapse of
our civilization.Yet the cost we project for saving civilization would amount to less than $200 billion a year,1/6 of
current global military spending.In effect,our plan is the new security budget.
36.The more recent steep climb in grain prices partly results from the fact that more and more people want to
consume meat products.
37.Social order is breaking down in many countries because of food shortages.
38.Rather than superpower conflict,countries unable to cope with food shortages now constitute the main threat to
world security.
39.Some parts of the world have seen successful implementation of family planning.
40.The author has come to agree that food shortages could ultimately lead to the collapse of world civilization.
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41.Increasing water shortages prove to be the biggest obstacle to boosting the world’s grain production.
42.The cost for saving our civilization would be considerably less than the world’s current military spending.
43.To lower domestic food prices,some countries limited or stopped their grain exports.
44.Environmental problems must be solved to ease the current global food shortage.
45.A quarter of this year’s American grain harvest will be used to produce bio-fuel for cars.
Section C
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 single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.
Declining mental function is often seen as a problem of old age, but certain aspects of brain function
actually begin their decline in young adulthood, a new study suggests.
The study, which followed more than 2,000 healthy adults between the ages of 18 and 60, found that certain
mental functions-including measures of abstract reasoning, mental speed and puzzle-solving-started to dull as
early as age 27.
Dips in memory, meanwhile, generally became apparent around age 37.
On the other hand, indicators of a person’s accumulated knowledge— like performance on tests of
vocabulary and general knowledge—kept improving with age, according to findings published in the journal
Neurobiology of Aging.
The results do not mean that young adults need to start worrying about their memories. Most people’s minds
function at a high level even in their later years, according to researcher Timothy Salthouse.
“These patterns suggest that some types of mental flexibility decrease relatively early in adulthood, but that
the amount of knowledge one has, and the effectiveness of integrating it with one’s abilities, may increase
throughout all of adulthood if there are no diseases,” Salthouse said in a news release.
The study included healthy, educated adults who took standard tests of memory, reasoning and perception at
the outset and at some point over the next seven years.
The tests are designed to detect subtle (细微的) changes in mental function, and involve solving puzzles,
recalling words and details from stories, and identifying patterns in collections of letters and symbols.
In general, Salthouse and his colleagues found, certain aspects of cognition (认知能力) generally started to
decline in the late 20s to 30s.
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The findings shed light on normal age—related changes in mental function, which could aid in
understanding the process of dementia (痴呆), according to the researchers.
“By following individuals over time,” Salthouse said, “we gain insight in cognition changes, and may
possibly discover ways to slow the rate of decline.”
The researchers are currently analyzing the study participants, health and lifestyle to see which factors might
influence age-related cognitive changes.
46.What is the common view of mental function?
A.It varies from person to person.
B.It weakens in one’s later years.
C.It gradually expands with age.
D.It indicates one’s health condition
47.What does the new study find about mental functions?
A.Some diseases inevitably lead to their decline.
B.They reach a peak at the age of 20 for most people.
C.They are closely related to physical and mental exercise.
D.Some of them begin to decline when people are still young.
48.What does Timothy Salthouse say about people’s minds in most cases?
A.They tend to decline in people’s later years.
B.Their flexibility determines one’s abilities.
C.They function quite well even in old age.
D.Their functioning is still a puzzle to be solved.
49.Although people’s minds may function less flexibly as they age,they .
A.may be better at solving puzzles
B.can memorize things with more ease
C.may have greater facility in abstract reasoning
D.can put what they have learnt into more effective use
50.According to Salthouse,their study may help us .
A.find ways to slow down our mental decline
B.find ways to boost our memories
C.understand the complex process of mental functioning
D.understand the relation between physical and mental health
Passage Two
Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.
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The most important thing in the news last week was the rising discussion in Nashville about the educational
needs of children.The shorthand (简写) educators use for this is“pre-K”-meaning instruction before kindergarten-
and the big idea is to prepare 4-year-oldsandevenyoungerkidstobe ready to succeed on their K-12journey.
But it gets complicated.The concept has multiple forms,and scholars and policymakers argue about the
shape,scope and cost of the ideal program.
The federal Head Start program, launched 50 years ago, has served more than 30 million children. It was based
on concepts developed at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College by Susan Gray,the legendary pioneer in early
childhood education research.
A new Peabody study of the Tennessee Voluntary Pre-K program reports that pre-K works, but the gains are not
sustained through the third grade.It seems to me this highlights quality issues in elementary schools more than
pre-K,and indicates longer-term success must connect pre-K with all the other issues related to educating a child.
Pre-K is controversial.Some critics say it is a luxury and shouldn’t be free to families able to Pay.Pre-K
advocates insist it is proven and will succeed if integrated with the rest of the child’s schooling.I lean toward the
latter view.
This is,in any case, the right conversation to be having now as Mayor Megan Barry takes office.She was the first
candidate to speak out for strong pre-K programming.The important thing is for all of us to keep in mind the real
goal and the longer, bigger picture.
The weight of the evidence is on the side of pre-K that early intervention(干预)works.What government has not
yet found is the political will to put that understanding into full practice with a sequence of smart schooling that
provides the early foundation.
For this purpose,our schools need both the talent and the organization to educate each child who arrives at the
schoolhouse door.Some show up ready,but many do not at this critical time when young brains are developing
rapidly.
51.What does the author say about pre-kindergarten education?
A.It should cater to the needs of individual children.
B.It is essential to a person’s future academic Success.
C.Scholars and policymakers have different opinions about it.
D.Parents regard it as the first phase of children’s development.
52.What does the new Peabody study find?
A.Pre-K achievements usually do not last long.
B.The third grade marks a new phase of learning.
C.The third grade is critical to children’s development.
D.Quality has not been the top concern of pre-K programs.
53.When does the author think pre-K works the best?
A.When it is accessible to kids of all families.
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B.When it is made part of kids’ education.
C.When it is no longer considered a luxury.
D.When it is made fun and enjoyable to kids.
54.What do we learn about Mayor Megan Barry?
A.She knows the real goal of education.
B.She is a mayor of insight and vision.
C.She has once run a pre-K program.
D.She is a firm supporter of pre-K.
55.What does the author think is critical to kids’ education?
A.Teaching method.
B.Kids’ interest.
C.Early intervention.
D.Parents’ involvement.
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
客们每到一处都会有惊喜的发现。
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