Part IWriting
Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a lettertoexpress your thanks to your parents or any family members upon making a memorable achievement.You should write at least 120words but no more than 180words.
Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension
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 onAnswer Sheet 1with a single line through the centre.
Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.
1. A) The International Labor 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 realised 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 standardised 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.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 1with 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.
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 12 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 1with a single line through the centre.
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
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 19th century.
C)It was purchased by the Royal family.D)It was designed by an English engineer.
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 IIIReading Comprehension
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 2with 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 26 popularity of electronic medical records has forced hospital-based doctors to become 27 on computers throughout the day, and desktops—which keep doctors from besides—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 E)gained I)policy M)signal
B)designed F)give J)prospect N)successful
C)fast G)growing K)rather O)treatments
D)flying H)launch L)reliable
Section B
Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.
Ancient Greek Wisdom Inspires Guidelines to Good Life
[A]Is it possible to enjoy a peaceful life in a world that is increasingly challenged by threats and uncertainties from wars, terrorism, economic crises and a widespread outbreak of infectious diseases? The answer is yes, according to a new book The 10 Golden Rules: Ancient Wisdom from the Greek Philosophers on Living a Good Life. The book is co-authored by Long Island University’s philosophy professor Michael Soupios and economics professor Panos Mourdoukoutas.
[B]The wisdom of the ancient Greek philosophers is timeless, says Soupios. The philosophy professor says it is as relevant today as when it was first written many centuries ago. “There is no expiration(失效) date on wisdom,” he says. “There is no shelf life on intelligence. I think that things have become very gloomy these 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 I wind up getting the disease swine flu, for example,” he says. “I mean, there are some cautious steps I can take, but ultimately I can not guarantee myself that. So what Epictetus would say is sitting at home worrying about that would be wrong and wasteful and irrational. You should live your life attempting to identify and control those things which you can genuinely control.”
Seek true pleasure
[F]To have a meaningful, happy life we need friends. But according to Aristotle—a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great—most relationships don’t qualify as true friendships. “Just because I have a business relationship with an individual and I can profit from that relationship, it does not necessarily mean that this person is my friend,” Soupios says. “Real friendship is when two individuals share the same soul. It is a beautiful and uncharacteristically poetic image that Aristotle offers.”
[G]In our pursuit of the good life, he says, it is important to seek out true pleasures—advice which was originally offered by Epicurus. But unlike the modern definition of
Epicureanism as a life of indulgence(放纵) and luxury, for the ancient Greeks, it meant finding a state of calm, peace and mental ease.
[H]“This was the highest and most desirable form of pleasure and happiness for the ancient Epicureans,” Soupios says. “This is something that is very much well worth considering here in the modern era. I do not think that we spend nearly enough time trying to concentrate on achieving a sort of calmness, a sort of contentment in 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.
38.Not all your business partners are your soul mates.
39.We can live a peaceful life despite the various challenges of the modern world.
40.The doer of a good deed can feel spiritually rewarded even when they gain no concrete benefits.
41.How to achieve mental calmness and contentment is well worth our consideration today.
42.Michael Soupios suggests that we should stop and
think carefully about our priorities in life.
43.Ancient philosophers strongly advise that we do good.
44.The wise teachings of ancient Greek thinkers are timeless, and are applicable to contemporary life.
45.Do harm to others and you do harm to yourself.
Section C
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 2with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.
Attitudes toward new technologies often fall along generational lines. That is, generally, younger people tend to outnumber older people on the front end of a technological shift.
It is not always the case, though. When you look at attitudes toward driverless cars, there doesn’t seem to be a clear generational divide. The public overall is split on whether they’d like to use a driverless car. In a study last year, of all people surveyed, 48 percent said they wanted to ride in one, while 50 percent did not.
The fact that attitudes toward self-driving cars appear to be so steady across generations suggests how transformative the shift to driverless cars could be. Not everyone wants a driverless car now—and no one can get one yet—but among those who are open to them, every age group is similarly engaged.
Actually, this isn’t surprising. Whereas older generations are sometime reluctant to adopt new technologies, driverless cars promise real value to these age groups in particular. Older adults, especially those with limited mobility or difficulty driving on their own, are one of the classic use-cases for driverless cars.
This is especially interesting when you consider that younger people are generally more interested in travel-related technologies than older ones.
When it comes to driverless cars, differences in attitude are more pronounced based on factors not related to age. College graduates, for example, are particularly interested in driverless cars compared with those who have less education: 59 percent of college graduates said they would like to use a driverless car compared with 38 percent of those with a high-school diploma or less.
Where a person lives matters, too. More people who 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 be becoming 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 senior. B)The educated.
C)The wealthy.D)The tech fans.
Passage Two
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 Peensylvania, “so there was a very important interconnection between eating together” and strengthening family ties.
Since industrialization, maintaining such a slow cultural metabolism has been much harder, with the long midday meal
shrinking to whatever could be stuffed into a lunch bucket or bought at a food stand. Certainly, there were benefits. Modern techniques for producing and shipping food led to greater variety and quantity, including a tremendous increase in the amount of animal protein and dairy products available, making us more vigorous than our ancestors.
Yet plenty has been lost too, even in cultures that still live to eat. Take Italy. It’s no secret that the Mediterranean diet is healthy, but it was also a joy to prepare and eat. Italians, says Counihan, traditionally began the day with a small meal. The big meal came at around 1 p.m. In between the midday meal and a late, smaller dinner came a small snack. Today, when time zones have less and less meaning, there is little tolerance for offices’ closing for lunch, and worsening traffic in cities means workers can’t make it home and back fast enough anyway. So the formerly small supper after sundown becomes the big meal of the day, the only one at which the family has a chance to get together. “The evening meal carries the full burden that used to be spread over two meals,” says Counihan.
51. What do we learn from the passage about people in pre-industrial Europe?
A)They had to work from early morning till late at night.
B)They were so busy working that they only ate simple meals.
C)Their daily routine followed the rhythm of the natural cycle.
D)Their life was much more comfortable than that of today.
52. What does Professor Carole Counihan say about pre-industrial European families eating meals together?
A)It was helpful to maintaining a nation’s tradition.
B)It brought family members closer to each other.
C)It was characteristic of the agrarian culture.
D)It enabled families to save a lot of money.
53. What does “cultural metabolism”(Line 1 ,Para. 3) refer to?
A)Evolutionary adaptation. B)Changes in lifestyle.
C)Social progress. D)Pace of life.
54. What does the author think of the food people eat today?
A)Its quality is usually guaranteed.
B)It is varied, abundant and nutritious.
C)It is more costly than what our ancestors ate.
D)Its production depends too much on technology.
55. What does the author say about Italians of the old days?
A)They enjoyed cooking as well as eating.
B)They ate a big dinner late in the evening.
C)They ate three meals regularly every day.
D)They were expert at cooking meals.
Part IVTranslation
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，功夫有上百种的风格，是世界上练得最多的艺术形式。有些风格模仿了动物的动作，还有一些则受到中国哲学思想、神话和传说的启发。
【完整版】2016年6月英语四级真题及答案解析(卷一)
参考范文
Dear Jack,
I am writing to express my heartfelt gratitude for the continuous assistance you and your family have offered to me these years.
Firstly, your continuous help have made me a splendid academic achievement in my study career. Secondly, your family are fridendly and make me feel at home when everytime I visit you. Thirdly, the Chinese food you have brought me is dilicious and I enjoy it so much. At last, I miss the Christmas night with you forever.
In a word, my appreciation to you is beyond words. Besides, It is really an honor for me to be your friend and I will cherish the goodwill you have showed to me wherever I go. In the coming year, I hope that you and your family would come and visit America one day.
Sincerely yours,
Li Ming
听力
1. C) Rising unemployment worldwide.
2. C) Few countries have realized the seriousness of the current crisis.
3. B) Put calorie information on the menu.
4. A) They will be fined.
5. D) Failure to integrate innovation into their business.
6. B) It is the creation of something new.
7. C) Its innovation culture.
8. D)He does not talk long on the phone.
9.B) talk at length.
10.A) He thought it was cool.
11.C) It is childish and unprofessional.
12. A) He wants to change his job assignment.
13. A) His workload was much too heavy.
14. C) His boss has a lot of trust in him.
15. D) Talk to his boss in person first.
16.A) The importance of sleep to a healthy life
17 .C) They get less and less sleep
18 .D) Their blood pressure will rise
19. B) What course you are going to choose
20. D) The personal statement
21. C)Indicate they have reflected and thought about the subject
22 .B) It was built in the late 19th century.
23 .D) They often broke down.
24 .A) They were produced on the assembly line.
25 .C) It marked a new era in motor travel.
词汇理解
26 B advanced
27 D frequent
28 G dempens
29 A abandoned
30 M provide
31 K grant
32 H dietant
33 L merely
34 I frequent
35 F dampens
长篇阅读
36. 正确选项 E
37. 正确选项 L
38. 正确选项 B
39. 正确选项 H
40. 正确选项 N
41. 正确选项 J
42. 正确选项 F
43. 正确选项 C
44. 正确选项 I
45. 正确选项 G
仔细阅读
Passage one
46. 正确选项C。It can be avoided if human values aretranslated into theirlanguage.
47. 正确选项D。 They areill-bred.
48. 正确选项C。 By picking up patterns from massive dataonhuman behavior.
49. 正确选项D。 Do sufficient testing beforetakingaction.
50. 正确选项A。 Determine what is moral andethical.
Passage Two
51. 正确选项A。to see whether people’s personality affectstheir life span
52. 正确选项D。 They are more likely to getoverhardship.
53. 正确选项C。 Such personality characteristicsasself-discipline have no effect onlongevity.
54. 正确选项D。 Mothers’negative personalitycharacteristics may affect their children’s lifespans..
55. 正确选项B。 Longevity results form a combination ofmentaland physical health.
56 B advanced
翻译
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。
【参考答案】
Kung Fu isthe folk name of Chinese martial arts, whichdates back to the need ofself-defense, hunting, and military drillin ancient China. It is one ofChina’s traditional sports, and allpeople, old and young, would participatein. It has graduallyevolved into a unique element of the Chinese culture. As anationaltreasure of China, it has hundreds of styles. Meanwhile, it isalsothe most practiced art form in the world. Some styles imitatethe movements ofanimals, while others are inspired by Chinesephilosophy, myth and legend.
书籍简介
巨微英语《四级真题/逐句精解》一书最大的特点在于：它专为基础薄弱的考生“恶补基础”而编。书籍逐词逐句解析了每篇阅读文章，还兼顾了满分答题技巧的系统总结和四大题型编排模式的创新。因此，本书是基础薄弱者实现一次性高分闪过的利器。
书籍特色
恶补句法词汇：逐句研读句法，逐词精讲词汇
兼顾满分技巧：全面梳理和萃取满分答题技巧
注重模式创新：全新突破四大题型的重点难点
A.写作:首创“模板范文+创新范文” B.听力:首创“听前预测+听中解读”
C.阅读：首创“英汉对照+选项表析” D.翻译首创“常规译法+升级译法”
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