大学英语四级真题及答案参考

2024年3月9日发(作者：窦师纶)

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大学英语四级考试2019年6月真题

（30minutes）

Part I

Writing

Directions：For this part，you are allowed 30 minutes to write a news report to your campus newspaper on a

volunteer activity organized by your Student Union to assist elderly people in the should write

at least 120 words but no more than 180 words

Part II

Section A

Listening

Comprehension

（25 minutes）

Directions： In this ction，you will hear three news the end of each news report，you will hear two or

three the news report and the questions will be spoken only you hear a question，you

must

choo the best answer from the four choices marked A），B），C） and D）.Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer

Sheet I with a single line through the centre.

Questions 1 and 2 are bad on the news report you have just heard.

l.

A）He t a record by swimming to and from an island.

C）He visited a prison located on a faraway island.

B）He celebrated the ninth birthday on a small island.

D）He swam around an island near San Francisco.

2.A）He doubled the reward.

B）He cheered him on all the way.

C）He t him an example.

D）He had the event covered on TV

Questions 3 and 4 are bad on the

news report you have just heard.

3.A）To end the one-child policy

B）To encourage late marriage.

C）To increa working efficiency.

D）To give people more time to travel.

4.A）They will not be welcomed by young people.

B）They will help to popularize early

marriage.

C）They will boost China's economic growth.

D）They will not come into immediate effect.

Questions 5 to 7 are bad on the news report you have just heard.

rvice in great demand all over the world.

5.A）Cleaning

B） Two ladies giving up well-paid jobs to do cleaning.

C）A new company to clean up the mess

after parties.

D）Cleaners

gainfully

employed at nights and weekends

6.A）It takes a lot of time to prepare.

C）It makes party goers exhausted.

D）It creates noi and misconduct.

C）Settle a legal dispute.

B）It leaves the hou in a mess.

7.A）Hire an Australian lawyer.

B）Visit the US and Canada.

D）Expand their business.

Section B

Directions：In this ction，you will hear two long

the end of each conversation，you will hear

four

the conversation and the questions will be spoken only you hear a question，you

must choo

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 8 to 11 are bad on the conversation you have just heard.

8.A）He had a driving lesson.

B）He got his driver's licen.

C）He took the driver s theory exam.

D）He pasd the driver's road test.

9.A）He was not well prepared.

C）He was not ud to the test format.

D）He did not follow the test procedure.

C）They are helpful.

D）They are too short.

B）He did not get to the exam in time.

10.A）They are tough.

B）They are costly.

11.A）Pass his road test the first time.

C）Find an experienced driving

instructor.

B）Test-drive a few times on highways.

D）Earn enough money for driving

lessons.

Questions 12 to 15 are bad on the conversation you have just heard.

studies.

12.A）Where the woman

C）Leeds' tuition for international students.

B）The acceptance rate at Leeds.

university.

13.A）Apply to an American

D）How to apply for studies at a university.

C）Perform in a famous musical.

D）Pursue postgraduate studies.

B）Do rearch on higher education.

14.A）His favorable recommendations.

B）His outstanding musical talent.

C）His academic excellence.

D）His unique experience.

C）Travel widely. 15.A）Do a master's degree.

B）Settle down in England.

D）Teach overas.

Section C

Directions： In this ction，you will hear three the end of each passage，you will hear three or four

the passage and the questions will be spoken only you hear a question，you must

choo

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 bad on the

passage you have just heard.

16.A）They help farmers keep dias in check.

C）Only a few species cau trouble to humans.

D）They live in incredibly well-organized colonies.

C）They can survive a long time without water.

D）They like to form colonies in electrical units.

B）Many species remain unknown to scientists.

17.A）They are larger than many other species.

B）They can cau

damage to people's homes.

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18.A）Deny them access to any food.

C）Destroy their colonies clo by

D） Refrain from eating sugary food.

B）Keep doors and windows shut.

Questions 19 to 21 are bad on the

passage you have just heard.

19.A）The function of the human immune system.

dia s. B）

The cau of various auto-immune

C）

The virus that may infect the human immune system.

D）

The change in people s immune system

as they get older.

20.A）Report their illness.

C）Act as rearch assistants

patients.

D）Help to interview

B）Offer blood samples.

21.A）Strengthening people³s immunity to infection.

C）Helping improve old people's health conditions

D）Further reducing old patients medical expens.

B）Better understanding patients' immune system.

Questions 22 to 25 are bad on the passage you have just heard.

22.A）His students had trouble getting on with each other.

C）His students were struggling to follow his lessons.

B）A lot of kids stayed at school to do their homework.

D）A group of kids were playing chess after school.

C）Participate in a national chess competition.

D）Receive training for a chess competition.

23.A）Visit a chess team in Nashville.

B）Join the school s chess team.

families.

24.A）Most of them come from low-income

C）A couple of them have got involved in crimes.

B）Many have become national chess champions.

25.A）Actions speak louder than words.

B）Think twice before taking action.

D）Many became chess coaches after graduation.

C）Translate their words into action.

D）Take action before it gets too late.

Part III

Section A

Reading Comprehension

（40 minutes）

Directions：In this ction，there is a passage with ten are required to lect one word for each blank

from

a list of choices given in a word bank following the the passage through carefully before

making

your choice in the bank is identified by a letter Plea mark the corresponding letter for each item

on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the may not u any of the words in the bank

more than once.

The center of American automobile innovation has in the past decade moved 2，000 miles has

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from

Detroit to Silicon

Valley，where lf-driving vehicles are coming to life.

In a

27

to take production back to Detroit，Michigan lawmakers have introduced

28

that could make

their state the best place in the country，if not the world，to develop lf-driving vehicles and put them on the road.

“Michigan's

29

in auto rearch and development is under attack from veral states and countries which

desire

to

30

our leadership in can't let that happen，"says Senator Mike Kowall，the

lead

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of four bills recently introduced.

If all four bills pass as written，they would

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a

substantial update of Michigan s 2013 law that allowed

the testing of lf-driving vehicles in limited cturers would have nearly total freedom to test

their lf-driving

technology on

public would be allowed to nd

groups of lf-driving

cars on

cross-state road trips，

and even t up on-demand

33

General Motors and

Lift

of lf-driving

cars，

like the one

are building.

Lawmakers in Michigan clearly

want to make the state ready for the commercial application of lf-driving

34

California，home of Silicon

Valley，recently propod far

more

35

rules that would

drivers be ready to take the wheel，and ban commercial u of lf-driving

technology.

require human

A）

bid

I）replace

J）reprent

K）restrictive

B）

contrast

C）

deputy

D）

dominance

E）

fleets

L）reward

M）significant

F）

knots

G）

legislation

N）sponsor

transmitted

O）

H）

migrated

Section B

Directions：In this ction，you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to statement

contains information given in one of the fy the paragraph from which the information is

may choo a paragraph more than

paragraph is marked with a the

questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.

How Work Will Change When Most of Us Live to 100

A）

Today in the United States there are

current

72，000 centenarians（百岁老人）.Worldwide，probably 450，

trends continue，then by 2050 there will be more than a million in the US ing

to the

work of

Professor James

Vaupel and his co-rearchers，50%of babies born in the US in 2007 have a life

expectancy of 104 or y the same holds for the UK，Germany，France，Italy

and Canada，and for

Japan 50‰of 2007 babies can expect to live to 107.

B）

Understandably，

there

are concerns

about what this

means

for public finances

given

associated health

the

and

pension challenges are real，and society urgently

needs to address it is also

important to look at the wider picture of what happens when so many people live for 100 is a mistake

to

simply equate longevity（长寿）with issues of old lives have implications for all of life，not

just

the end of it.

C）

Our view is that if many people

are

living

for longer，and are healthier for longer，then this will result in an

but also inevitable redesign of work and people live longer，they are not only older for longer，

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younger

for is some truth in the saying

that“70 is the new 60³or“40 the new 30³If you age

more slowly over a longer time period，then you are in some n younger for longer

D）

But the changes

go further than ，for instance，the age at which

people make commitments such as

buying

a hou，getting

married，having children，or starting a career.

The are all fundamental commitments

that are

now occurring

later in 1962，50‰of Americans

were

married by age 2014，that

milestone（里程碑）had shifted to age 29.

E）

While there are numerous

factors behind the shifts，one factor is surely a growing

realization for the young

that

they

are

going to live longer.

Options

are more

valuable the longer they can be if you believe

you will

live longer，then options become

more

valuable，and early

commitment becomes less attractive.

The result

is that the commitments

that

previously characterized the beginning

of adulthood are now

being

delayed，and

new

patterns

for tho in their twenties.

of behavior and a new stage of life are emerging

F）

Longevity also pushes back the age of retirement，and not only for financial ，unless

people

are

prepared to save a lot more，our

calculations

suggest that if you are now in your mid-40s，then you are

likely

to work until your early 70s；and if you are in your early

20s，there is a real chance

you

will need to

work until

your late 70s or possibly even into your

even if people are able to economically

support

a retirement at 65，over thirty years of potential inactivity is harmful to cognitive（认知的）and emotional

people may simply

not want to do it.

G）

And yet that does not mean that simply

extending

our careers is lengthening

that cond stage

of

full-time work may

cure

the financial asts needed for a 100-year life，but such

persistent work will

inevitably

exhaust precious intangible asts such as

productive skills，vitality，happiness，

and friendship.

H）

The same is true for is impossible that a single shot of education，

administered in childhood

and

early

adulthood，will be able to support a sustained，60-year career.

If you factor in the projected rates of

technological change，either your skills will become unnecessary，

or

your industry means

that

everyone will，at some point in their life，have to make a number of major rein vestments in their skills.

I）

It ems

likely，then，that the traditional three-stage life will evolve into multiple stages containing two，three，

or

even more

different of the stages could potentially be one the focus could be

on

building

financial

success

and

personal achievement，in another on creating a better work life balance，

still

another on

exploring

and understanding options more fully，or becoming

an independent producer，yet

another

span ctors，take

people to different cities，and

provide a

on making a social

stages

will

foundation for building a wide variety of skills.

J）

Transitions

between stages could be marked with sabbaticals（休假）as people find time to rest and recharge

their

health，re-invest in their relationships，or improve their times，the breaks and transitions will

be

lf-determined，at others they will be forced as existing roles，firms，or industries cea to exist.

profound changes not just in how

approach

K）A multi-stage life will have you manage your career，but also in your

to increasingly

important skill will be your ability to deal with change and even welcome

it.A three-stage

lf-aware，

investing in broader

life has few transitions，while a multi-stage life has is why

being

networks of friends，and being open to new ideas will become even more crucial skills.

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L）

The multi-stage lives will create extraordinary

variety

across

groups of people simply

becau

there are so

many ways of quencing the stages mean more

possible quences.

life，people

leave

M）

With this variety will

association of age and a three-stage

come the end of the clo

university at the same time and the same age，they tend to start their careers and family at the same age，

they proceed

through middle management all roughly the same time，and then move into retirement within a

few years of each

a multi-stage life，you could be an undergraduate at 20，40，or 60；a manager at 30，

50，or 70；and become

an independent producer at any age.

N）

Current life structures，career

paths，educational choices，and social norms are out of tune with the emerging reality

of

retirement

longer three-stage life of full-time education，followed by continuous work，and then complete

parents or even

grandparents，but it is not relevant believe that to

may have worked for our

focus on longevity as

primarily

an issue of aging is to miss its full ity is not necessarily about

being older for is about living longer，being older later，and being younger longer

36.

An extended lifespan in the future will allow

people to have more careers than now.

37.

Just extending one's career may have both positive and negative effects.

38.

Nowadays，

many Americans have on average delayed their marriage by

some eight years.

39.

Becau of their longer

lifespan，young people today no longer follow the pattern

of life of their

parents

or

grandparents.

40.

Many

more

people will be expected to live over 100 by the mid-21st century.

41.

A longer life will cau radical changes in people's approach to life.

42.

Fast technological change makes it necessary for one to constantly upgrade their skills.

43.

Many people may not want to retire early becau it would do harm to their mental and emotional well-being.

44.

The clo link between age and stage may cea to exist in a multi-stage life.

45.

People living a longer and healthier life will have to rearrange their work and life.

Section C

Directions：There are 2passages in this passage is followed by

some

questions or unfinished

each of them there are four choices marked A），B）.C）and 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 bad on the following passage.

（誓约），couples

promi

In the classic marriage vow

to stay together in sickness and in a new

study

finds that the risk of divorce among

older couples ris when the wife- not the husband- becomes

riously

ill.

“Married women diagnod with a rious health condition may

find themlves struggling with the impact

of their dia while also experiencing the stress of divorce，"said rearcher Amelia Karraker.

Karraker and co-author Kenzie Latham analyzed 20 years

of data on

2，717 marriages

from a study

conducted by Indiana

University since the time of the first interview，at least one of the

partners

was

over

the age of 50.

The rearchers examined how the ont

（发生）of four rious

physical illness

affected

found that，overall，31‰of marriages

ended in divorce over

the period incidence of new chronic

（慢性的）illness ont incread over time as well，

with more husbands than wives developing

rious

health

problems.

“We found that women are

doubly

vulnerable to marital break-up in the face of illness，"Karraker said.

They're

more likely to be widowed，and if they re the ones who become

ill，they³re more likely to get divorced."

While the

study didn't asss

why divorce is

more likely when wives

but not husbands become

riously ill，Karraker offers a few

possible

norms

and social expectations about caregiving

may

make it more

difficult for men

to

provide care to sick spous，"Karraker said.“And becau of the

imbalance in marriage

markets，especially in older ages，

divorced men

have more

choices

among prospective

partners than divorced women"

Given

the increasing

concern

about health

care costs for the aging population，Karraker believes

policymakers should be aware of the relationship between dia and risk of divorce.

and

prevent

reduce marital stress

for their other halves may

Offering

support rvices to spous caring

divorce

at older ages，"she it's also important to recognize that the pressure to divorce may be health-

related and

that sick ex-wives may

need additional care and rvices to

prevent worning

health

and incread

health costs.*

46.

What can we learn

from the passage？

about marriage vows

A）

They may not guarantee a lasting

marriage.

B）

They are as binding as they ud to be.

are not taken riously

any

more.

C）They

D）They may help couples tide over hard times

47.

What did Karraker and co-author Kenzie Latham find about elderly husbands？

A）

They are

generally not good at taking

care of themlves.

B）They

illness.

C）They can

can become increasingly

vulnerable to rious

develop different kinds of illness just like their wives.

than their wives.

D）They are more

likely to contract rious illness

48.

What does Karraker say about women who fall ill？

A）

They are more likely to be widowed.

C）They are less likely to receive

good care.

D）They are less likely to bother their spous. B）

They

are more

likely to get divorced.

49.

Why is it more difficult for men to take care of their sick spous according

to Karraker？

A）

They

are more accustomed to receiving

care.

B）

They find it more important to make money for the family.

C）They think it more urgent to fulfill their social obligations.

D）They expect society to do more of the job.

50.

What does Karraker think is also important？

marital stress on wives.

A）

Reducing

B）

Stabilizing old couples' relations.

C）Providing extra care for divorced women.

D）Making

men

pay for their wives' health costs.

Passage Two

Questions 51 to 55 are bad on the following passage.

If you were like most children，you probably got upt when your mother called you by a sibling s（兄弟姐

妹的） could she not know you？Did it mean she loved you less？

ing to the first rearch to tackle this topic head-on，misnaming the most familiar

Probably

people

and store

familiar names. in our life is a common cognitive（认知的）error that has to do with how our memories classify

The study，published online in April in the journal Memory and Cognition，found that the“wrong"name is

not

random but is invariably fished out from the same relationship pond：children，siblings， study did not examine

the possibility of deep psychological significance to the mistake，says psychologist David Rubin，“but

it does tell us

who`s in and who s out of the

group."

shared initial or internal

The study also found that within that

group，misnamings occurred where the names

sounds，like Jimmy and Joanie or John and al remblance between

was not a was

people

gender.

The rearchers conducted five parate surveys of more than 1，700 of the surveys included only

college students；others were done with a mixed-age asked subjects about incidents where

someone

clo to them family or friend had called them by another person's other surveys asked

about times when subjects had themlves called someone

clo to them by the wrong

the surveys

found that people mixed up

names

within relationship

groups such as

grandchildren，friends and siblings but

hardly

ever crosd the boundaries.

In general，the study found that undergraduates were almost as likely as old people to make this mistake and

men as

likely

as people and women made the mistake slightly

more often，but that may be becau

grandparents have more

children

grandchildren to mix up than parents have ，mothers may call on their

more often than fathers，given traditional

gender

norms. There was no evidence that errors occurred

more

when

the misnamer was

frustrated，tired or angry.

51.

How might people often feel when they were misnamed？

A）

Unwanted.

B）

Unhappy.

C）Confud.

D）Indifferent.

52.

What did David Rubin's rearch find about misnaming？

A）

It is related to the way our memories work.

C）It occurs mostly between kids and their friends.

B）

It is a possible indicator of a faulty

memory.

D）It often caus misunderstandings

among

people.

53.

What is most likely the cau of misnaming？

A）Similar personality traits

C）Similar physical appearance.

B）Similar spellings of names.

D）Similar pronunciation of names

54.

What did the surveys of more than 1，700 subjects find about misnaming？

A）It more often than not hurts relationships.

B）It hardly occurs across

gender boundaries

C）It is most frequently found in extended families

D）It most often occurs within a relationship group.

do mothers misname their children more often

than

fathers？

A）

They suffer more frustrations

C）

They communicate more with their children

D）

They generally take on more work at home.

B）

They become worn out more often

Part III

Reading Comprehension

（40

minutes）

Directions：For this part you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chine into

should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2

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