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2023 年06 月大学英语四级考试真题（第1 套）
Part I Writing (30 minutes)
Directions: Suppose your university is conducting a survey to collect
students’ opinions of online classes. You are to write a response to the
survey about their advantages and disadvantages, and what improvements
can be made. You will have 30 minutes f or the task. 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 a single line
through the centre.
Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.
1. A) She was involved in a conflict with bird lovers.
B) She was charged with mistreating animals.
C) She was on bad terms with her neighbors.
D) She was accused of violating a city law.
2. A) It will take time to solve the rat problem.
B) All wild animals should be well protected.
C) The woman was not to blame for the situation.
D) No one should go unpunished for violating law.
2023年6月英语四级真题第1套 第 1 页 共 15 页 by: 光速考研Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.
3. A) Communicate with astronauts in Mars Dune Alpha.
B) Work in an environment resembling Mars.
C) Build a Martian habitat in Houston.
D) Send in applications before Friday.
4. A) Ready-made food. C) Food they grow.
B) Food that is organic. D) Potatoes mostly.
Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.
5. A) He apologized for scratching an athlete’s gold medal.
B) He was asked to present a gold medal to Miu Goto.
C) He bit a softball player’s Olympic gold medal.
D) He attracted public attention at a media event.
6. A) Have another picture taken with the Olympic medalist.
B) Apologize to the International Olympic Committee.
C) Get the damaged medal repaired.
D) Pay for the cost of a new medal.
7. A) Allow no one to touch them.
B) See them as symbols of honor.
C) Treat them as treasures.
D) Keep them in a safe place.
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) She covered its screen with a plastic sheet.
B) She connected it with her smartphone.
C) She decorated it with colorful stickers.
D) She bought some new software for it.
9. A) It may not be simply blue.
B) It includes unnatural light.
C) It is more harmful to young people.
2023年6月英语四级真题第1套 第 2 页 共 15 页 by: 光速考研D) It induces people to fall asleep.
10. A) He has had much trouble falling asleep.
B) He has had some sort of health problems.
C) He has stayed up playing computer games.
D) He has been burdened with excessive work.
11. A) Exposure to blue light is the chief cause of obesity.
B) Sleep may be more important than people assumed.
C) Sleep may also be negatively affected by natural light.
D) Overuse of electronic devices may cause heart disease.
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
12. A) What they wanted to be when grown up.
B) What their favorite cartoon character was.
C) What they learned from computer games.
D) What they liked to do most after school.
13. A) A stock broker.
B) A pop singer.
C) A mechanical engineer.
D) A basketball player.
14. A) Ambitious.
B) Sensible.
C) Imaginative.
D) Practical.
15. A) Relax their strict control of their kids.
B) Help their kids understand themselves.
C) Impose their own dreams on their kids.
D) Dismiss their high expectations of their kids.
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.
16. A) Set up company branches.
2023年6月英语四级真题第1套 第 3 页 共 15 页 by: 光速考研B) Improve its infrastructure.
C) Introduce iPhones into its markets.
D) Promote Internet-ready phones.
17. A) They cater to Africans’ needs.
B) They are more expensive models.
C) They are more powerful and capable
D) They boast the longest battery life.
18. A) A large touchscreen.
B) An old-school keypad.
C) A voice-response device.
D) A digitally-designed system.
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.
19. A) It ensured sustainable economic growth.
B) It was strongly opposed by manufacturers.
C) It was cheaper than using fossil fuel plastic.
D) It satisfied consumer demands on the whole.
20. A) The capacity to mass produce it.
B) The U.S. federal government’s regulations.
C) A boom in market demand for clear plastic bottles.
D) A rapid increase in U.S. petroleum chemical production.
21. A) Require companies to use 30% of new plastic.
B) Increase the supply of new plastic in the market.
C) Reduce the amount of plastic pollution in local areas.
D) Take measures to promote the use of recycled plastic.
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
22. A) It studies dreams.
B) It rents a place for nap-takers.
C) It is a hotel for business people.
D) It is a nap research institute.
23. A) To find out creative people’s work performance.
B) To see how many people can go without napping.
C) To understand the obvious importance of napping.
D) To feel how difficult it is to get his idea across.
24. A) They decline due to pointless meetings.
2023年6月英语四级真题第1套 第 4 页 共 15 页 by: 光速考研B) They depend on his ability to concentrate.
C) They enable him to enjoy a creative career.
D) They are affected by the overuse of social media.
25. A) Some bosses associate napping with laziness.
B) Many office workers nap during work hours.
C) Some bosses can concentrate without napping.
D) Many of his friends daydream in the office.
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.
Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.
You probably haven’t taken the time to think of all the work that went
into creating the shirt on your back. I mean, how hard it could be to create
fabric and 26 it into a shirt shape. Don’t machines do all that? Well,
creating fabric from cotton, which is the most 27 clothing material, is
actually a process that involves a lot of water, 2,700 liters per shirt to be 28
. Take a look at the video below from National Geographic for some more
mind-blowing 29 about cotton clothing production.
Clean water is 30 becoming one of the most sought-after resources in
the world. Given how large the 31 and cotton industries are, they take
up a lot of our fresh water demands across the world, according to The
Huffington Post. The video from National Geographic was created to spread
32 of how environmentally harmful cotton is. But the situation can be
made better. Through better water management and farming practices,
water usage in cotton production can be cut down by 33 40 percent.
Called “Better Cotton”, this environmentally conscious product will save
millions of liters of water a year simply from 34 the demands of cotton
2023年6月英语四级真题第1套 第 5 页 共 15 页 by: 光速考研production. Cotton doesn’t have to go, since it is, after all, one of the most
useful cash crops across the globe. However, as water supplies 35 ,
farmers and consumers need to be more conscious of the effect that these
products have on the environment as a whole.
A) abstracts I) nearly
B) abundant J) reckoning
C) awareness K) reducing
D) conscience L) sew
E) exact M) shrink
F) increasingly N) statistics
G) intense O) textile
H) mend
Section B
The spoken web
A) We’re growing more used to chatting to our computers, phones and
smart speakers through voice assistants like Amazon’s Alexa, Apple’s
Siri and Microsoft’s Cortana. Blind and partially sighted people have
been using text-to-speech converters for decades.
B) Out of these assistants, Siriis the most well-known. The assistant uses
voice inquiries and a natural language user inte rface (界面) to answer
questions. The software adapts to users’ individual language usages,
searches, and preferences, with continuing use.
C) Some think voice could soon take over from typing and clicking as the
main way to interact online. But what are the challenges of moving to
“the spoken web”?
D) What use is written online content if you can’t read? That is the
situation facing illiterate (不识字的) African farmers. They are often
denied crucial information the web offers many others. With a literacy
2023年6月英语四级真题第1套 第 6 页 共 15 页 by: 光速考研rate in some parts of Africa at only 22.6%, farmers are often
“underpaid for their produce because they might be unaware of the
prevailing prices,” says Francis Dittoh, a researcher behind Mr Meteo, a
speech-based weather information service.
E) “The most frequently heard complaint is about rainfall predictions,” says
Mr Dittoh, who lives in Tamale, northern Ghana. “They tell us the
methods their forefathers used to predict the weather don’t seem to
work as well these days.” This is down to climate change, he believes.
Yet knowing when it’s going to rain is vital for farmers wanting to sow
seeds, irrigate crops or take their animals out to the fields to feed on
grass.
F) Mr Dittoh says the idea of converting online weather reports into speech
came from the farmers themselves, after a workshop in the village of
Guabuligah. “They came up with this,” he says. Mr Meteo takes the
online weather forecast, converts it to a short recording in the
appropriate language and makes it available on a basic phone. Farmers
ring up to receive the information. The local language Dagbani is
spoken by 1.2 million people but is not served by any online translation
applications. The service was designed to be cheap and easy to run,
says Mr Dittoh. He plans to begin field tests this month, working with
Tamale’s Savanna Agricultural Research Institute.
G) The spoken web could also help the one-in-five adults in Europe and
the U.S. with poor reading skills. But building the spoken web-web-to-
voice and voice-to-web—isn’t straightforward. For software to
understand pizza is served at Italian restaurants is easy. To cover
multiple domains and to be able to have a conversation with users on
every single topic is still a long way off.
2023年6月英语四级真题第1套 第 7 页 共 15 页 by: 光速考研H) So although many computer assistants can answer simple questions
about the weather and play music for us, anything resembling a wide-
ranging human conversation is decades away. Artificial intelligence just
isn’t smart enough yet. Even turning your voice into text—automatic
speech recognition—is one of the hardest problems to solve, as there
are as many ways to pronounce things as there are people on the
planet.
I) Siri has often been praised for its ability to interpret our casual language
and deliver very specific and accurate results, sometimes even
providing additional information. But it is still somewhat restricted,
particularly when the language moves away from stiffer commands
into more human interactions. In one example, the phrase “Send a text
to Jason, Clint, Sam, and Lee saying we’re having dinner at Silver Cloud
restaurant” was interpreted as sending a message to Jason only,
containing the text “Clint Sam and Lee saying we’re having dinner at
Silver Cloud restaurant”. It has also been noted that Siri lacks a proper
editing function, as saying “Edit message to say: we’re at Silver Cloud
restaurant and you should come find us” generates “Clint Sam and Lee
saying we’re having dinner at Silver Cloud restaurant to say we’re at
Silver Cloud restaurant and you should come find us”.
J) Using voice interaction feels far more intimate than surfing the net the
old-fashioned way. This is intentional as the informal tone of the
assistant helps create an emotional attachment. But if something
speaks, it must also listen. Our phones are always near us and they are
collecting data about us all the time. This has already raised privacy
concerns. The American Civil Liberties Union has stated that digital
assistants create a threat to privacy from hackers. Some people have
2023年6月英语四级真题第1套 第 8 页 共 15 页 by: 光速考研other concerns. They worry assistants will one day be used to deliver
advertising directly to us.
K) But digital voices need more personality to make them popular. Robots
are not yet witty, Siri is boring. The benefits of using voice instead of
tapping fingers obviously. depend on the context. Doctors completing
online forms about their patients by speech, for example, can dictate
150 words a minute, three times faster than typing on a keyboard. This
enables them to spend less time on administration and more time with
patients.
L) Last year, speech recognition company Nuance helped a doctors’ surgery
in Dukinfield, near Manchester, set up a speech system for the
practice’s six doctors. Now they can dictate notes on a patient’s health
condition and treatment and a smart assistant automatically enters the
information into the right fields on a web form. Previously, the doctors
made voice recordings that were then transcribed by secretaries—a
process that was costly and likely to cause delays. The new system
means letters to patients now have more detail.
M) Using voice also makes sense when you’re doing other things with your
hands. Think about when you’re cooking, and you just want to know
what the next step in the recipe is. Your hands are covered with oil;
you’re not going to get on the iPad, so it’s a lot more natural to talk.
And speech obviously makes sense when you’re driving. In the U.S.,
29% of drivers admit they surf behind the wheel, according to
insurance firm State Farm. This is up from 13% in 2009. No wonder
using mobile phones while driving causes more crashes a year than
drink driving, says the U.S. National Safety Council.
36. According to Francis Dittoh, their speech-based weather information
2023年6月英语四级真题第1套 第 9 页 共 15 页 by: 光速考研service was meant to be inexpensive and easy to use.
37. Using voice instead of typing enables doctors to spend more time taking
care of patients.
38. It is extremely difficult to convert voice into text because of different
pronunciations.
39. African farmers unable to read often don’t have access to important
information conveyed online.
40. Some phone users worry advertisers will take advantage of voice
assistants to send ads directly to them.
41. The spoken web is helpful when one’s hands are occupied.
42. Some people believe online interaction would soon depend mainly on
voice.
43. Setting up a spoken web is by no means an easy task.
44.Weather information is extremely important to farmers.
45. Some people are concerned about privacy because their phones are
constantly collecting their personal information.
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.
The United States is facing a housing crisis: Affordable housing is
inadequate, while luxury homes abound (充裕) , and homelessness remains
a persistent problem. Despite this, popular culture and the housing industry
2023年6月英语四级真题第1套 第 10 页 共 15 页 by: 光速考研market happiness as living with both more space and more amenities (便利
设施). Big houses are advertized as a reward for hard work and diligence,
turning housing from a basic necessity into a luxury.
This is reflected in our homes. The average single-family home built in
the United States before 1970 was less than 1,500 square feet in size. By
2016, the average size of a new, single-family home was 2,422 square feet.
What’s more, homes built in the 2000s were more likely than earlier models
to have more of all types of spaces: bedrooms, bathrooms, living rooms,
dining rooms, recreation rooms and garages.
There are consequences of living big. As middle-class houses have
grown larger, two things have happened. First, large houses take time to
maintain, so cleaners and other low-wage service workers are required to
keep these houses in order. Second, once-public spaces, where people from
diverse backgrounds used to come together, have increasingly become
privatized, leading to a reduction in the number of public facilities available
to all, and a reduced quality of life for many. Take swimming pools. While in
1950, only 2,500 U.S. families owned pools, by 1999 this number was 4
million. At the same time, public municipal pools were often closed, leaving
low-income people nowhere to swim.
The trend for bigger housing thus poses ethical questions. Should
Americans accept a system in which the middle and upper classes enjoy a
luxurious lifestyle, using the low-wage labor of others? Are we willing to
accept a system in which an increase in amenities purchased by the affluent
means a reduction in amenities for the poor?
I believe neither is acceptable. We must change the way we think: living
well does not need to mean having more private spaces; instead, it could
mean having more public spaces. A better goal than building bigger houses
for some is to create more publicly accessible spaces and amenities for all.
46.What are big houses promoted to be in the United States?
A) A luxury for the homeless.
B) A reward for industriousness.
C) An abundant source of comforts.
D) An absolute necessity for happiness.
2023年6月英语四级真题第1套 第 11 页 共 15 页 by: 光速考研47.What is one of the consequences of living big?
A) Many Americans’ quality of life has become lower.
B) People from diverse backgrounds no longer socialize.
C) People no longer have access to public swimming pools.
D) Many Americans’ private life has been negatively affected.
48.What questions arises from living big?
A) Questions related to moral principles.
B) Questions having to do with labor cost.
C) Questions about what lifestyle to promote.
D) Questions concerning housing development.
49.What kind of social system does the author think is unacceptable?
A) One in which the wealthy exploit the low-wage laborers building their
houses.
B) One in which the rich purchase amenities at an increasingly unjustifiable
price.
C) One in which the upper classes deprive the lower classes of affordable
housing.
D) One in which the affluent enjoy a more comfortable life at the expense
of the poor.
50.What does the author advocate for people to live well?
A) Finding ways to turn private spaces into public ones.
B) Building more houses affordable to those less affluent.
C) More public spaces created for everyone to enjoy.
D) All amenities made accessible to the rich and the poor alike.
Passage Two
Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.
Most of us in the entrepreneurial community are blessed—or cursed-
with higher-than-average ambition. Ambitious people strongly desire
accomplishments and are willing to take more risks and spend more effort to
get them.
Overall, this is a positive quality, especially for people trying to build
their own businesses. Apparently, if you’re more naturally driven to set
2023年6月英语四级真题第1套 第 12 页 共 15 页 by: 光速考研goals, you are more likely to succeed.
Actually, this isn’t always the case. In fact, in some cases, extreme
ambition may end up doing more harm than good.
One major side effect of excessive ambition is the tendency to focus too
determinedly on one particular vision or end goal. This is problematic
because it hinders your ability to adapt to new circumstances, which is vital
if you want to be a successful entrepreneur. If a new competitor emerges to
threaten your business, you may need to change direction, even if that
means straying from your original vision. If you have too much ambition,
you’ll find this hard, if not impossible.
Few people are successful when they try to build their first brand.
Unfortunately, for the most ambitious entrepreneurs, a failure is seen as
disastrous, and impossible to recover from.
It’s a clear departure from the intended plan toward the intended goal.
For people with limited ambition, however, failure is viewed as something
closer to reality. Remember, failure is inevitable, and every failure you
survive is a learning experience.
Ambitious people tend to be more materialistically successful than their
non-ambitious counterparts. However, they’re only slightly happier than
their less-ambitious counterparts, and tend to live significantly shorter lives.
This implies that even though ambitious people are more likely to achieve
conventional “success,” such success means nothing for their health and
happiness—and if you don’t have health and happiness, what else could
possibly matter?
Clearly, some amount of ambition is good for your motivation. Without
any ambition, you wouldn’t start your own business, set or achieve goals and
get far in life. But an excess of ambition can also be dangerous, putting you
at risk of burnout, stubbornness and even a shorter life.
51. What does the author think of most entrepreneurs?
A) They are more willing to risk their own lives.
B) They are more ambitious than ordinary people.
C) They achieve greater nonconventional success.
D) They have more positive qualities than most of us.
2023年6月英语四级真题第1套 第 13 页 共 15 页 by: 光速考研52. What does the author imply by saying “this isn’t always the case” (Line 1,
Para. 3)?
A) Ambitious people may not have a greater chance of success.
B) Ambitious people may not have more positive qualities.
C) Entrepreneurs’ ambition does as much good as harm.
D) Entrepreneurs are more naturally driven to success.
53. What does the author say is of extreme importance for one to become a
successful entrepreneur?
A) Holding on to one’s original vision.
B) Being able to adapt to new situations.
C) Focusing determinedly on one particular goal.
D) Avoiding radical change in one’s career direction.
54. How do the most ambitious entrepreneurs regard failure in their
endeavor?
A) It will awaken them to reality.
B) It is a lesson they have to learn.
C) It means the end of their career.
D) It will result in a slow recovery.
55.What does the author advise us to do concerning ambition?
A) Distinguish between conventional success and our life goal.
B) Follow the example of the most ambitious entrepreneurs.
C) Avoid taking unnecessary risks when starting a business.
D) Prioritize health and happiness over material success.
Part IV Translation (30 minutes)
中国越来越重视终身教育,发展继续教育是构建终身教育体系的有效途
径。高校作为人才培养的基地, 拥有先进的教学理念和优越的教学资源, 理应
成为继续教育的办学主体。因此，近年来许多高校适应社会需求, 加强与用
人单位沟通, 努力探索一条符合中国国情的继续教育发展新路, 以使继续教育
在国家发展战略中发挥更大的作用。
2023年6月英语四级真题第1套 第 14 页 共 15 页 by: 光速考研2023 年06 月大学英语四级考试真题（第2 套）
Part I Writing (30 minutes)
Directions: Suppose the student union of your university is organizing an online
discussion on interpersonal relationships. You are to write an essay on ways to
maintain a warm and friendly relationship with your classmates and on the
benefits of such a relationship. You will have 30 minutes f or the task. 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 a single line
through the centre.
Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.
1. A) A man was bitten by a snake.
B) A man was taken to a hospital.
2023年6月英语四级真题第2套 第 1 页 共 18 页 by：光速考研C) A man kept a 4-foot snake as a pet.
D) A man fell off his toilet seat.
2. A) Where the snake had been taken.
B) Whether the snake was infected.
C) How the snake was captured.
D) Who owned the snake.
Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.
3. A) Taking her trash out in fancy dresses.
B) Amusing herself by going to ball parties.
C) Sharing her photos with famous movie stars.
D) Posting her daughter’s photos on social media.
4. A) To make herself popular.
B) To amuse people.
C) To please her daughter.
D) To record her achievements
Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.
5. A) Eat as much as they want for $10.
B) Have a chance of winning a $100 prize.
C) Have a meal even if they have no money.
D) Get a free meal after answering some questions.
6. A) It was brought up by two staffers.
B) It helped to popularize her restaurant.
2023年6月英语四级真题第2套 第 2 页 共 18 页 by：光速考研C) It originated from a donation to her staff.
D) It was suggested by some of her customers.
7. A) Fifty customers have offered donations.
B) More people have been giving than taking.
C) Many people have come to eat at the restaurant.
D) Most staffers have received messages of kindness.
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 is a psychologist.
B) He is a famous writer.
C) He is a host for a TV program.
D) He is a primary school teacher.
9. A) Why social media accounts vanish without a trace.
B) Why parents raise their children in different ways.
C) Why people fail to respond to emails promptly.
D) Why friends break off contact all of a sudden.
10. A) They simply shut themselves down.
2023年6月英语四级真题第2套 第 3 页 共 18 页 by：光速考研B) They avoid showing their emotions.
C) They scream to get their parents back.
D) They attempt to ignore the whole situation.
11. A) They may regard any difference as the end of a relationship.
B) They are on better terms with friends and romantic partners.
C) They try to express their feelings and thoughts effectively.
D) They attach more value to their relationships with others.
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
12. A) Their price. C) Their quality.
B) Their color. D) Their design.
13. A) Jeans are a typical American garment.
B) America makes the best-known brands of jeans.
C) America has the best weaving tools in the world.
D) Jeans are available in a greater variety in America.
14. A) They are artificial. C) They are umque.
B) They are natural. D) They are special.
15. A) They are for casual wearing. C)They are much too pricey.
B) They are popular with boys. D)They are worth the price.
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
2023年6月英语四级真题第2套 第 4 页 共 18 页 by：光速考研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.
16. A) He desires more in life.
B) He wants to see it again.
C) He feels as inspired as other audience members.
D) He longs to become a superstar himself.
17. A) It is rather unrealistic. C) It is somewhat complicated.
B) It is extremely artistic. D) It is relatively predictable.
18. A) They are biased against women. C) They are full of shootings.
B) They are basically misleading. D) They are too simple.
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.
19. A) It can highlight leadership.
B) It can help connect people.
C) It is a means to inspire creative thinking.
D) It is an intuitive way to solidify friendship.
20. A) Allow them to recite data points.
B) Make them more open to learning.
C) Enable them to remember the main idea.
D) Stimulate them to engage in discussions.
21. A) Inspire listeners’ imagination.
C) Convey fundamental values.
2023年6月英语四级真题第2套 第 5 页 共 18 页 by：光速考研B) Enrich their own experience.
D) Explain insightful ideas.
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
22. A) Immigrants outnumber U.S.-born Americans.
B) Immigrants have been contributing to the U.S.
C) Another wave of immigrants is hitting the U.S.
D) The number of immigrants to the U.S. is declining.
23. A) More of them expect their children to succeed in business.
B) They have fewer chances to be hired by U.S. companies.
C) They have founded most Fortune 500 companies.
D) More of them are successful business people.
24. A) They have higher installment loan debt than native-born Americans.
B) Nineteen percent of them borrow money from friends and family.
C) Their level of debt is lower than that of native-born Americans.
D) Thirty-four percent of them use credit for their daily purchases.
25. A) Keep their traditional values and old habits.
B) Find employment in competitive businesses.
C) Borrow money from financial institutions.
D) Collaborate with native-born Americans.
Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)
2023年6月英语四级真题第2套 第 6 页 共 18 页 by：光速考研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.
Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.
Morocco is responding to increasing energy demands by setting up one
of the largest solar plants in the world.
The Noor solar power station is 26 in the city of Ouarzazate and, once
completed, will generate 580 million watts of electricity. The World Bank
estimates it will serve 1.1 million people. It’s 27 to be completed soon.
Morocco’s current energy comes 28 from imports. The nation hopes
to get 50 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2030. With
demand for energy 29 at an annual rate of 7 percent, the new solar plant
could be a 30 part of that goal.
“This makes Morocco a big 31 in the field of solar energy in the
Arab region and the African continent. It could also be a forerunner for many
other countries in the world that 32 on foreign imports of energy,” said
Ali Hajji, a solar energy specialist and engineering professor.
Experts believe that the Middle East and North Africa have huge 33
for solar energy projects. This is partly because of adequate sunlight and
partly because technology has become more 34 in the region.
“The last few years have seen a realization of 35 how competitive
solar technologies can be,” said Michael Taylor, a senior analyst at the
International Renewable Energy Agency.
A) affordable I) mostly
B) ancestor J) operating
C) crucial K) perhaps
D) depend L) pioneer
E) initial M) potential
2023年6月英语四级真题第2套 第 7 页 共 18 页 by：光速考研F) insist N) rising
G) just 0) scheduled
H) located
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.
New Formula One Chief Hopes to Grab Americans’Attentio
A) For the past four decades, the leader of Formula One car racing, one of
the biggest annual sporting series in the world, was Bernie Ecclestone,
a former motorcycle parts dealer who built it into an international
presence essentially on his own.
B) A skilled backroom operator who speaks without a filter, Ecclestone said
often that in his opinion, the sport was at its best when he was allowed
to act as “a dictator.”
C) Yet now the dictator is gone. After an American company, Liberty Media,
acquired the Formula One competition recently, Chase Carey—a
former executive with Fox Broadcasting Company and DirecTV who by
his own admission is not a fierce racing fan-was named to replace
Ecclestone and to try to renovate the organization’s management,
reach and ambition.
D) Among the goals, Carey said in an interview on Tuesday, is one that just
about every global sport seems interested in chasing: increasing
interest in the United States. “People have said we’re going to
‘Americanize’ it,” Carey said. “And we’re not going to do that totally.
2023年6月英语四级真题第2套 第 8 页 共 18 页 by：光速考研But realistically, there are some elements of Americanization that the
sport could use.”
E) While Formula One commands enormous audiences throughout much of
the world, many American sports fans know it as that other
motorsport, the one that is not Nascar (纳斯卡车赛). Formula One
teams race far more technologically advanced vehicles around tracks
all over the world-in magnificent events in places like Malaysia,
Monaco, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates, and on traditionrich
tracks like Silverstone in England and Monza in Italy too.
F) The series has an annual race in Austin, Texas. But within “a few years,”
Carey said, he plans to bring another to a destination American city,
like New York, Los Angeles, Miami or Las Vegas. Carey’s ambitious plan
is two-fold: first, change the business model of Formula One, which he
said was a “one-man show” under Ecclestone that had a largely narrow
vision when it came to negotiating partnership deals; and second, alter
the way fans experience the sport, both in person and remotely, so
that connections between the audience and people within the series
are easier to make.
G) Increased digital access for fans, a more behind-the-scenes experience
for broadcast viewers and innovation in areas like virtual reality—what
is it like to speed around a track inside a Ferrari?—are among the
possibilities. “The sport has clearly been underserved,” Carey said. “It
doesn’t do anything digitally. There’s no marketing. It doesn’t tell any
stories. The goal in this is to make the fans connect to the live
experience as much as possible, and the tools you have to do that,
we’re not using at all.”
2023年6月英语四级真题第2套 第 9 页 共 18 页 by：光速考研H) The larger question, though, is a familiar one: Is there room for
Formula One in the ever-crowded sports landscape of the United
States? Opinions vary, particularly because viewing habits among
consumers continue to evolve. John Bloom, a professor at
Shippensburg University who has studied American sports history, said
the biggest challenge for any sport trying to increase its presence in
the United States was framing itself in a way that had lasting appeal.
“Sports generally become popular in some way because they establish
a narrative,” Bloom said. “When I think of motorsports in the U.S.,
what we all think of is Nascar, and the narrative of Nascar is sort of
rural, white, working-class Americans, mostly in the South, connecting
with the atmosphere of those races. That’s the narrative. When I think
of the narrative of Formula One, it’s a very different kind of audience.”
I) That difference, Carey said, is significant. While some might immediately
link Formula One to Nascar in terms of American growth, Carey said
Formula One’s brand research had indicated there was very little
crossover; rather, Formula One fans generally cite other so-called elite
events, like Wimbledon or the Ryder Cup, as competitions they enjoy.
“Other than they’re both cars, the Nascar fan base is a very different
fan base,” Carey said. “It’s a very regional fan base. Formula One is a
global, famous brand of stars. These are machines that shock and awe
you.”
J) Carey’s background is in deal making and innovation. At Fox Broadcasting
Company, he was a top advisor for years, known for his skill in helping
to lead the launch of the company into sports, as well as the start of
Fox News Channel. After going to DirecTV, he positioned the satellite
2023年6月英语四级真题第2套 第 10 页 共 18 页 by：光速考研provider as a mainstream option in millions of households.
K) Now, after Liberty Media paid $ 4.4 billion to acquire Formula One, he
is charged with making the investment pay off. “I think they can build
Formula One in the U.S.,” said Patrick Crakes, an executive at InVivo
Media Group who spent 25 years at Fox Broadcasting Company before
leaving in 2016 as a senior manager at Fox Sports. “People don’t work
on their cars anymore. They don’t want that connection anymore. It’s
about technology and pushing the limits. It’s about speed, danger and
risk. And Formula One has that more than any other racing series.”
L) That is what hooked Carey, and he said he thought his experience was
not unusual. He recalled attending Formula One’s Monaco race last
year and being overwhelmed by the ceremony leading up to the event,
the way the race charmed the city for days ahead of the start. In his
mind, it felt like a Super Bowl（超级碗橄榄球赛）．
M) Then, on race day, he watched as the cars rocketed out of a tunnel and
went screaming toward a tight turn with the city’s harbor and the
Mediterranean Sea in the background framing the scene. He was
fascinated. “You can’t help but be awed,” he said, “and I think that
feeling can be translated to the viewer.”
N) He added: “The broader sport is a little too inward-looking, and we need
to be more open. In some ways, I’m glad to be coming from the
outside. The guys who are in the sport forever are sitting there saying:
‘We can’t do that. We can’t do that because it’s never been done that
way.’”
36. Chase Carey believes greater use should be made of digital technology to
2023年6月英语四级真题第2套 第 11 页 共 18 页 by：光速考研make Formula One more accessible to its fans.
37. Chase Carey was deeply impressed by the ceremony preceding last
year’s Monaco race.
38. One of Chase Carey’s goals is to make Formula One more appealing to
Americans.
39. A former motorbike parts dealer led Formula One for the past forty
years.
40. Chase Carey thought the audience of Formula One could be made to
share his feeling about the race.
41. Chase Carey used to serve as a top advisor for a major broadcasting
company.
42. Chase Carey intends to make connections easier between the audience
and the Formula One racers.
43. The new leader of Formula One admitted he was not super interested in
car racing.
44. People’s opinions differ as to whether Formula One can be promoted in
the U.S.
45. Compared with other racing series, Formula One focuses more on speed
and involves more danger.
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.
2023年6月英语四级真题第2套 第 12 页 共 18 页 by：光速考研Passage One
Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.
Supermarkets have long been suffering as one of the thinnest
-margined businesses in existence and one of the least-looked-forward-to
places to work or visit. For more than a decade, they have been under attack
from e-commerce giants, blamed for making Americans fat, and accused of
contributing to climate change.
Supermarkets can technically be defined as giants housing 15,000 to
60,000 different products. The revolutionary idea of a self-service grocery,
where people could hunt and gather food from aisles rather than asking a
clerk to fetch items from behind a counter, first came about in America.
There is some debate about which was the very first, but over the years a
consensus has built around King Kullen Supermarket, founded in New York in
1930.
For some 300 years, Americans had fed themselves from small stores
and public markets. Shopping for food involved mud, noisy chickens, clouds
of flies, nasty smells, bargaining, and getting shortchanged. The
supermarket imitated the Fordist factory, with its emphasis on efficiency and
standardization, and reimagined it as a place to buy food. Supermarkets may
not feel cutting-edge now, but they were a revolution in distribution at the
time. They were such strange marvels that, on her first official state visit to
the United States in 1957, Queen Elizabeth II insisted on an impromptu (即
兴的) tour of a suburban-Maryland Giant Food.
The typical supermarket layout has barely changed over the past 90
years. Most stores open with flowers, fruit and vegetables at the front as a
breath of freshness to arouse our appetite. Meanwhile, they keep the milk,
2023年6月英语四级真题第2套 第 13 页 共 18 页 by：光速考研eggs, and other daily basics all the way back so you’ll travel through as much
of the store as possible, and be tempted along the way.
In the early days, as the supermarket multiplied, so did our suspicion of
it. We have long feared that this “revolution in distribution” uses corporate
black magic on our appetite. The book The Hidden Persuaders, published in
1957, warned that supermarkets were putting women in a “hypnoidal trance
(催眠恍惚状态), “causing them towander aisles bumping into boxes and
“picking things off shelves at random.”
46. What problem have supermarkets been facing?
A) They are actually on the way to bankruptcy.
B) They have been losing customers and profits.
C) They are forced to use e-commerce strategies.
D) They have difficulty adapting to climate change.
47. What does the passage say about the idea of a self-service grocery?
A) It was put forward by King Kullen.
B) It originated in the United States.
C) It has been under constant debate.
D) It proves revolutionary even today.
48.What did supermarkets do by adopting the Fordist factory approach?
A) They modernized traditional groceries in many ways.
B) They introduced cutting-edge layout of their stores.
C) They improved the quality of the food they sold.
D) They revolutionized the distribution of goods.
49.What is the typical supermarket layout intended to do?
A) Arouse customers’ appetite to buy flowers, fruit and vegetables.
2023年6月英语四级真题第2套 第 14 页 共 18 页 by：光速考研B) Provide customers easy access to items they want to buy.
C) Induce customers to make more unplanned purchases.
D) Enable customers to have a more enjoyable shopping experience.
50. What have people long feared about supermarkets?
A) They use tricky strategies to promote their business.
B) They are going to replace the local groceries entirely.
C) They apply corporate black magic to the goods on display.
D) They take advantage of the weaknesses of women shoppers.
Passage Two
Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.
The traditional school year, with three months of vacation every
summer, was first implemented when America was an agricultural society
and the summer months were needed for farm work. Since then, we’ve
completely changed as a nation. Students no longer spend summers
farming, but they aren’t in school, either. The average American student
receives 13 weeks off from school each calendar year-with about 11 of those
during the summer. Few other countries have more than seven weeks off in
a school calendar.
With the U.S. lagging behind other countries in academics, it’s time to
consider year-round schooling. One benefit of this change is that students
will not fall victim to the “summer slide,” or the welldocumented
phenomenon where students forget some of the knowledge they have
acquired when too much time is taken off from school. Decades of research
shows that it can take from 8 to 13 weeks at the beginning of every school
year for students to get back to where they were before the summer
2023年6月英语四级真题第2套 第 15 页 共 18 页 by：光速考研holiday.
But year-round schooling isn’t just about academics. Teachers and
students experience a closer relationship in year-round schools than they do
in traditional schools and, in the absence of any long-term break, students
do not feel detached from the school environment. These closer bonds and
greater attachment pay off. Research shows that students in year-round
schools are more self-confident and feel more positive about their schooling
experience.
But don’t kids need time to relax? Some childhood development experts
believe that time off from school is vital to healthy development as kids are
not designed to spend so much of their time inside classrooms and the
summer break provides a perfect opportunity to get outside. The problem
with this argument is that most children aren’t playing outside or even
spending time with other kids. While some children visit summer camps,
most stay at home, watching TV or playing games on electronic devices,
which hardly benefits them.
The U.S. has changed from a farming economy to a knowledge- and
innovation-based economy, so it makes sense for the school year to change
as well.
51.Why did America’s traditional school year have a three-month summer
vacation?
A) Students needed to help with farm work.
B) Students needed time to learn necessary farming skills.
C) The agricultural society then attached less importance to academics.
D) America lagged behind other countries in making a scientific school
calendar.
2023年6月英语四级真题第2套 第 16 页 共 18 页 by：光速考研52.What benefit will year-round schooling bring students in addition, to
improving their learning?
A) It will help them get back to where their lessons started.
B) It will enable them to absorb what they have learned.
C) It will familiarize them with the school environment.
D) It will strengthen their relationship with teachers.
53.What do some childhood development experts believe about the long
summer vacation?
A) It meets students’ need to study on their own.
B) It enables students to learn about the outside world.
C) It satisfies students’ desire to stay longer at home.
D) It contributes to students’ healthy growth.
54.What is the argument against the experts’ idea of a long summer
vacation?
A) It does little good to most students.
B) It benefits few students playing outside.
C) It leads students to neglect their studies.
D) It makes students addicted to computer games.
55.What does the author think of the traditional school year in the U.S.
today?
A) Well-grounded.
B) Culture-bound.
C) Outdated.
D) Welcomed.
2023年6月英语四级真题第2套 第 17 页 共 18 页 by：光速考研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.
改革开放40多年以来，中国政府对高等教育越来越重视，高等教育已经
进入稳步发展阶段。高校学生总数已接近 4,700万人，位居世界第一。随着
我国经济的快速发展，人民生活水平不断提高，越来越多的人渴望接受高等
教育。我国高校的数量和学科专业持续增加，招生人数逐年上升，教学质量
也在不断改进，为更多年轻人创造了接受高等教育的机会。
2023年6月英语四级真题第2套 第 18 页 共 18 页 by：光速考研2023 年06 月大学英语四级考试真题（第3 套）
Part I Writing (30 minutes)
Directions: Suppose the student union of your university is organizing an
online discussion on college students doing community service. You are to write
an essay on its benefits and the service you can provide to the community. You
will have 30 minutes for the task. You should write at least 120 words but no
more than 180 words.
Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension (25 minutes)
淘宝店铺【光速考研工作室】温馨提示：由于2023年6月四级考试全国共考了
两套听力, 本套真题听力与前两套内容相同, 只是选项顺序不同, 因此在本套真
题中不再重复出现。
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.
Whether you’re just having a down day or a down period, taking a walk
can instantly lift your mood, especially when you go outdoors. Not only can
walking make you less depressed, but according to a new study, depression
sufferers who took a 26 walk showed just as much improvement in their
2 7 as people taking medicine. In fact, 60-70 percent of the participants in
the study could no longer even be 28 as depressed.
Bone density may not be one of the most exciting health benefits of
walking, but it’s an important one. People with stronger bones avoid
2023年6月英语四级真题第3套 第 1 页 共 12 页 by：光速考研osteoporosis（骨质疏松症）and all the problems that 29 with it, like
breaks and other disabilities. And the best way to get strong, healthy bones
is by doing weight-bearing exercises like running, dancing and walking,
according to a large study. But as regards bones, it’s 30 use itor lose it: To
keep your bones strong you have to keep exercising. The researchers found
that adults who walked regularly had better bone density throughout their
lives than their 31 friends.
Taking a walk can be great for 32 your head or blowing off some
steam. It also provides a great opportunity to 33 with friends and family,
far away from electronics and other 34 at home. Even better, you set a
powerful example because when they see you 35 the benefits of
walking, they’ll be encouraged to walk more, too.
A) accompany I) distractions
B) approved J) exclusively
C) bond K) inactive
D) classified L) occurrences
E) clearing M) reaping
F) come N) symptoms
G) daily O) typical
H) definitely
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.
A Club Where Lions Dance and Traditions Take Root
A) The first thing you notice in the staircase to the fourth-floor studio on
Canal Street in Manhattan, New York, is the measured thumping (嘭嘭
声) coming from behind a metal door. Just beyond the entrance, large
2023年6月英语四级真题第3套 第 2 页 共 12 页 by：光速考研lion masks were twisting and turning to the drum-beat. On a recent
Friday evening, the teenagers made their way across the studio floor as
they practiced Chinese lion dancing.
B) “You want to play in a circle,” Victor Fong, aged 24, told his students at
the New York Chinese Freemasons Athletic Club. “Take it slow and do it
again.” The dance group, made up of 60 members, performs
throughout the year but was now preparing for its biggest events,
Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations, which will begin on Saturday and
conclude on February 15. Teenagers comprise about half of the group,
many of whom began lion dancing at the age of 14. About 100 current
and past members of the dance group—which has been performing
since 1956—will be among the 220 groups marching through
Chinatown in Manhattan for the 18th Lunar New Year Parade on
February 5.
C) Mr. Fong has been involved in the organization since he was 15 and
began teaching lion dancing three years ago. But the club also acts as a
recreation center and safe haven（庇护所）for teenagers, with video
games readily available. As many as 20 students show up after school.
“The basic requirement for hanging out here is you have to learn how
to lion dance,” Mr. Fong said. While that is not a formal requirement
for being a member, everyone finds a way to participate in the Lunar
New Year Parade, whether it’s by dancing, carrying a flag or beating a
drum.
D) Alvin Chau, aged 26, is an environmental consultant by day and a lion
dancer on weekends. He has been a club member for 10 years and
joined because of an interest in lion dance. “We’re a big family,” he
said, shaking hands with other members as they walked through the
2023年6月英语四级真题第3套 第 3 页 共 12 页 by：光速考研door. “You know everyone.”
E) It is believed that the lion dance began in the third century. Stories vary
about how lion dancingcame to be, but most of them include a
monster named Nian who would terrorize a village. The villagers finally
banded together and scared the beast away with firecrackers（爆竹）
and drums. While lions are not native to China, some versions of the
story include the villagers creating a monster of their own in the shape
of a lion to fight off the beast.
F) Today, the dancers travel across Chinatown going from business to
business to bring good luck for the coming year. The new year—ac
cording to the Chinese lunar calendar—will begin on Saturday and
marks the Year of the Rooster (鸡年), which is thought to be a symbol
of positivity. “It’s almost like the dark night is ending and the sun is
coming up,” said Ya Yung Teng, the digital collections coordinator for
the Museum of Chinese in America. “It’s hopeful that we’re going to
have a new day.” Roosters and chickens are not particularly strong
creatures, Ms. Teng said, but they are numerous. “In away,” she said,
the rooster. “stands for ‘We the People.’”
G) The lion head and tail are operated by two people. As one person
controls the head, a second follows under a train of fabric representing
the body. The dancers move in harmony as they imitate the animal’s
natural movements in the wild, including the aggressiveness of an
attack. A lion head figure weighs under 10 pounds and sits squarely on
the dancer’s shoulders. Inside, the dancer manipulates strings that
open and close the lion’s eyes, shake its ears and open its mouth to
reveal a fire-orange tongue.
H) “A good lion dancer will imitate a living creature,” said Karlin Chan, aged
2023年6月英语四级真题第3套 第 4 页 共 12 页 by：光速考研59, who heads the athletic club’s cqmmunity public relations. “I started
lion dancing when I was a kid,” he said. “Chinatown was much, smailer
then and it was a celebration with fireworks and firecrackers, which
added a lot of flavor and meaning to it.”
I) Mr. Chan buys a new lion head each year when he travels toChina.A
head costs about $1,500. “If you want the good stuff, the quality, you
have to see it for yourself,” he said. “I’ll inspect the product before we
put it in the container and ship it over.” Mr. Chan, who has been
involved with the club for nearly 50 years, said that passing the dance
from one generation to the next was vital. “You need to pass on the
traditions and the culture, and this is a part of our culture,” he said.
“It’s a great way to promote cultural understanding and exchange; we
welcome that.”
J) For Sara Pore, aged 17, another club member, lion dance is more than
just tradition; it provides a creative outlet. “Lion dancing started 2,000
years ago—that’s incredible,” she said. “But what makes you a
competent lion dancer is that there’s a sense of imagination involved.
Lion dancing teaches competence in leadership because of this. You’re
constantly forced to push yourself past your limit.”
K) Back at rehearsal (排练), Just in Le, aged 18, tied a red ribbon around his
waist to practice jumping. The dancers use the ribbons to pull
themselves up over their partners’ heads. The room’s ceilings are too
low to wear the lion heads for jumping practice, so once up on his
partner’s head, Mr. Le held out his arms as if in offering.
L) Mr. Le comes by the dance as a legacy（传承）．“I was born into
it,” Mr. Le said, noting that his uncle and father were club members.
“Growing up, I would always watch my family and see the lion dance,
2023年6月英语四级真题第3套 第 5 页 共 12 页 by：光速考研and I slowly grew interested in it.” By the age of 14, he was fully
enrolled in the athletic club’s lion dance group. “I value my culture and
tradition, being Chinese or Asian-American. I have a lot of pride in
that,” he said. “I want to contribute and give back to the community.”
36. The lion dancers perform from door to door to bring New Year wishes
to business people.
37. The NewYork dance club also serves as a place for entertainment
where youngsters can enjoy themselves safely.
38. Lion dancers need to have a little imagination to perform well.
39. There are a number of different versions about the origin of the lion
dance.
40. Some 50% of the members of a New York lion dance club are
teenagers.
41. One club member says he feels proud of his cultural tradition.
42. Two dancers coordinate their movements, one manipulating the lion’s
head and the other its body.
43. One lion dancer compares their New York dance club to a family.
44. Lion dance should be handed down to future generations as part of
Chinese culture.
45. One lion dancer learned how to perform from his elders.
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
2023年6月英语四级真题第3套 第 6 页 共 12 页 by：光速考研Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.
Team-building exercises have become popular for managers trying to
increase organisational and team harmony and productivity. Unfortunately
many employees resent compulsory bonding and often regard these exercises
as a nuisance.
A paper published this week by University of Sydney researchers in Social
Networks has reported participants’ feelings about team-building
interventions (干预), revealing ethical implications in forcing employees to
take part.
“Many people see team-building activities as a waste of time, so we
decided to look in more depth at what’s behind this,” said the paper’s lead
researcher, Dr Peter Matous.
“Teams are formed, combined and restructured. Staff are relocated and
office spaces redesigned. All this is done with the aim of improving workplace
efficiency, collaboration and cohesion. But does any of this work?” said Dr
Matous.
The study found that team-building exercises which focused on the sharing
of and intervening into personal attitudes and relationships between team
members were considered too heavy-handed and intrusive, although the
researchers say some degree of openness and vulnerability is often necessary
to make deep, effective connections with colleagues.
“Some participants were against team-building exercises because they
were implicitly compulsory. They didn’t welcome management’s interest in
their lives beyond their direct work performance,” said Matous. “Many
people don’t want to be forced into having fun or making friends, especially
not on top of their busy jobs. They feel management is being too nosy or
2023年6月英语四级真题第3套 第 7 页 共 12 页 by：光速考研trying to control their lives too much.”
In this study the researchers recommended a self-disclosure ( 表露)
approach where participants were guided through a series of questions that
allowed them to increasingly disclose personal information and values. The
method is well-tested and has been shown to increase interpersonal
closeness. However, to be successful it must be voluntary.
The researchers said there are numerous schools of thought that
propose differing psychological methods for strengthening relationships.
“With caution, many relational methods to improve teams and organisations
can be borrowed from other fields. The question is how to apply them
effectively to strengthen an entire collective, which is more than just the sum
of individual relationships,” said Dr Matous.
46.Why are many employees opposed to team-building exercises?
A) They consider such exercises annoying.
B) They deem these exercises counter-productive.
C) They see such exercises as harmful to harmony.
D) They find these exercises too demanding.
47.What did Dr Matous and his team do to find out whether team-building
activities would improve productivity?
A) They relocated team leaders and their offices.
B) They rearranged the staff and office spaces.
C) They redesigned the staff’s work schedules.
D) They reintroduced some cohesive activities.
48. What did the study by Matous’ team find about some team-building
exercises?
A) They were intended to share personal attitudes and relationships.
2023年6月英语四级真题第3套 第 8 页 共 12 页 by：光速考研B) They implicitly added to the vulnerability of team members.
C) They invariably strengthened connections among colleagues.
D) They were regarded as an intrusion into employees’ private lives.
49. How can the self-disclosure approach succeed in increasing interpersonal
closeness?
A) By allowing participants freedom to express themselves.
B) By applying it to employees who volunteer to participate.
C) By arranging in proper order the questions participants face.
D) By guiding employees through a series of steps in team building.
50.What does Matous think of the various psychological methods borrowed
from other fields for strengthening relationships?
A) They must be used in combination for an entire collective.
B) They prioritise some psychological aspects over others.
C) They place too much stress on individual relationships.
D) They have to be applied cautiously to be effective.
Passage Two
Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.
There are close to 58,000 homeless people in Los Angeles county. That’s
a shocking and tragic number for a region that’s home to some of the richest
people in the world. At last, the problem became so acute—and so visible—
that Los Angeles took extraordinary action. The citizens of this county voted
in November2016 and again in March 2017 to raise their own taxes. The
purpose of such action is to fund an enormousmultibillion-dollar, 10-year
program of housing and social services for the homeless.
As a result, Los Angeles now has its best chance in decades to combat
homelessness. This is an opportunity that surely all can agree must not be
wasted. It is neither desirable nor morally acceptable nor practical for this
2023年6月英语四级真题第3套 第 9 页 共 12 页 by：光速考研county to tolerate the signs of deprivation more commonly associated with
the slums (贫民窟) of Rio de Janiero.
How did we get here? For as long as there are homeless people, there is
a tendency to blame the victims themselves for their condition—to see their
failure to thrive as an issue of character, of moral weakness, of laziness. But
contrary to popular belief, the homeless in Los Angeles are not mostly
mentallyill or drug addicted or frightening, although a sizable minority meet
some of those descriptions. Today, a greater and greater proportion of people
living on the streets are there because of bad luck or a series of mistakes, or
because the economy forgot them—they lost a job or were evicted (逐出) or
fled an abusive marriage just as the housing market was growing increasingly
unforgiving.
The challenges are enormous, even if everyone is pulling in the same
direction. That reality was driven home this month by a new Los Angeles
Homeless Services Authority report showing that the county’s homeless
population is growing faster than the supply of new housing.
In the world’s richest nation, homelessness on this scale should be
shameful and shocking. But most Los Angeles residents are no longer either
shocked or shamed. Increasingly, we are uncomfortable, annoyed, disgusted,
scared or unaware. Compassion (同情心) is being replaced by resignation.
51. Why did the citizens of Los Angeles vote to raise their own taxes?
A) To combat the county’s homelessness.
B) To reform the county’s service system.
C) To fund the development of local infrastructure.
D) To narrow the gap between the rich and the poor.
52. What do people tend to believe about the homeless?
A) They seldom meet the descriptions of homelessness.
2023年6月英语四级真题第3套 第 10 页 共 12 页 by：光速考研B) They are the victims of fast economic development.
C) They are responsible for their own condition.
D) They account for the majority of drug addicts.
53. What is one of the causes for more and more people in Los Angeles to
become homeless?
A) They find it increasingly difficult to afford a place to live.
B) The divorce rate in the county has been on a steady rise.
C) They have been compelled to take low-paying jobs.
D) The society fails to forgive them for their mistakes.
54. What do we learn from the new Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority
report?
A) Supplying enough job opportunities for the homeless remains a challenge.
B) Everyone is pulling in the same direction to solve the homelessness
problem.
C) The increase in new housing falls short of the demand of the growing
homeless population.
D) Los Angeles’ homeless condition is deteriorating faster than many people
predict.
55. How do most Los Angeles residents now feel about homelessness?
A) They are increasingly ashamed about its scale.
B) They find it no more scaring than it appears.
C) They are less and less indifferent to it.
D) They no longer find it shocking.
Part IV Translation (30 minutes)
中国政府一直大力推行义务教育(compulsory education) ,以使每个儿童都
享有受教育的机会。自1986年《义务教育法》生效以来，经过不懈努力，实
2023年6月英语四级真题第3套 第 11 页 共 12 页 by：光速考研现了在全国推行义务教育的目标。如今，在中国, 儿童年满六周岁开始上小
学, 从小学到初中一共接受九年义务教育。从2008年秋季学期开始, 义务教
育阶段学生无须缴纳学费。随着一系列教育改革举措的实施, 中国义务教育
的质量也有显著提高。
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