2021 年 6 月大学英语四级考试真题(第 1 套)
Part I Writing (30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay titled "Do violent video games lead to violence?". You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.
Part II Listening Comprehension (25 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this ction, 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 choo 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 bad on the news report you have just heard.
1.A) Enroll him in a Newcastle football club.
B)Send him to an after-school art class.
C)Forbid him to draw in his workbook.
D)Help him post his drawings online.
2.A) Contacted Joe to decorate its dining-room.
B)Hired Joe to paint all the walls of its buildings.
C)Renovated its kitchen and all the dining-rooms.
D)Asked Joe for permission to u his online drawings.
Questions 3 and 4 are bad on the news report you have just heard.
3.A) Get her pet dog back.
B)Beg for help from the police.
C)Identify the suspect or the curity video.
D)Post pictures of her pet dog on social media.
4.A) It is suffering a great deal from the incident.
B)It is helping the police with the investigation.
C)It is bringing the ca to the local district court.
D)It is offering a big reward to anyone who helps.
Questions 5 to 7 are bad on the news report you have just heard.
5.A) Provide free meals to the local poor.
B)Help people connect with each other.
C)Help eliminate class difference in his area.
D)Provide customers with first-class rvice.
6.A) It does not supervi its employees.
B)It donates regularly to a local charity.
C)It donates regularly to a local charity.
D)It is open round the clock.
7.A) They will reali the importance of communication.
B)They will come to the café even more frequently.
C)They will care less about their own background.
D)They will find they have something in common.
Section B
Directions: In this ction, 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 choo 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 bad on the conversation you have just heard.
8.A) A surpri party for Paul’s birthday.
B)Travel plans for the coming weekend.
C)Preparations for Saturday’s get-together.
D)The new market on the other side of town.
9.A) It makes the hostess’s job a whole lot easier.
B)It enables guests to walk around and chat freely.
C)It saves considerable time and labor.
D)It requires fewer tables and chairs.
10.A) It offers some big discounts.
B)It is quite clo to her hou.
C)It is more spacious and less crowded.
D)It lls local wines and soft drinks.
11.A) Cook a dish for the party.
B)Arrive 10 minutes earlier.
C)Prepare a few opening remarks.
D)Bring his computer and speakers.
Questions 12 to 15 are bad on the conversation you have just heard.
12.A) For commuting to work.
B)For long-distance travel.
C)For getting around in Miami.
D)For convenience at weekends.
13.A) They are reliable.
B)They are compact.
C)They are suspicious.
D)They are easy to drive.
14.A) Buy a cond-hand car.
B)Trust her own judgement.
C)Seek advice from his friend.
D)Look around before deciding.
15.A) He lls new cars.
B)He can be trusted.
C)He is starting a business.
D)He is a successful car dealer.
Section C
Directions: In this ction, 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 choo 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 bad on the passage you have just heard.
16.A) Many escaped from farms and became wild.
B)They were actually native to North America.
C)Many got killed in the wild when arching for food.
D)They were hunted by Spanish and Russian explorers.
17.A) They often make sudden attacks on people.
B)They break up nature’s food supply chain.
C)They cau much environmental pollution.
D)They carry a great many dias.
18.A) They lived peacefully with wild pigs.
B)They ran out of food completely.
C)They fell victim to eagles.
D)They reproduced quickly.
Questions 19 to 21 are bad on the passage you have just heard.
19.A) Taste coffee while in outer space.
B)Roast coffee beans in outer space.
C)Develop a new strain of coffee bean.
D)U a pressurid tank to brew coffee.
20.A) They can easily get burned.
B)They float around in the oven.
C)They have to be heated to 360 ℃.
D)They receive evenly distributed heat.
21.A) They charged a high price for their space-roasted coffee beans.
B)They t up a branch in Dubai to manufacture coffee roasters.
C)They collaborated on building the first space coffee machine.
D)They abandoned the attempt to roast coffee beans in space.
Questions 22 to 25 are bad on the passage you have just heard.
22.A) It is the best time for sighteing.
B)A race pass through it annually.
C)They come to clean the Iditarod Trail.
D)It is when the villagers choo a queen.
23.A) Its children’s baking skills.
B)Its unique winter scenery.
C)Its tasty fruit pies.
D)Its great food variety.
24.A) The contestants.
B)The entire village.
C)Jan Newton and her friends.
D)People from the state of Idaho.
25.A) She owned a restaurant in Idaho.
B)She married her husband in 1972.
C)She went to Alaska to compete in a race.
D)She helped the village to become famous.
Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this ction, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to lect 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. Plea mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer
Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not u any of the words in the
bank more than once.
Most animals ek shade when temperatures in the Sahara Dert soar to 120 degrees Fahrenheit. But for the Saharan silver ants, 26 from their underground nests into the sun’s brutal rays to 27 for food, this is the perfect time to ek lunch. In 2015 the ants were joined in the dert by scientists from two Belgian universities, who spent a month in the 28 heat tracking the ants and digging out their nests. The goal was simple: to discover how the 29 adapted to the kind of heat that can 30 melt the bottom of shoes.
Back in Belgium, the scientists looked at the ants under an electronic microscope and found
that their 31 , triangular hair reflects light like a prism, giving them a metallic reflection and protecting them from the sun’s awful heat. When Ph.D. student Quentin Willot 32 the hair from an ant with 33_ knife and put it under a heat lamp, its temperature jumped.
The ants' method of staying cool is 34 among animals. Could this reflective type of hair protect peopl
e? Willot says companies are interested in 35 the ants’ method of heat protection for human u, including everything from helping to protect the lives of firefighters to keeping homes cool in summer.
Section B
Directions: In this ction, 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 choo a paragraph more than once.
Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the
corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.
What happens when a language has no words for numbers?
Numbers do not exist in all cultures. There are numberless hunter-gatherers embedded deep in Amazonia, living along branches of the world’s largest river tree. Instead of using words for preci quantities, the people rely exclusively on terms analogous to “a few” or “some.”
In contrast, our own lives are governed by numbers. As you read this, you are likely aware of what time it is, how old you are, your checking account balance, your weight and so on. The exact (and exacting) numbers we think with impact everything from our schedules to our lf-esteem.
But, in a historical n, numerically fixated people like us are the unusual ones. For the bulk of our species’ approximately 200,000-year lifespan, we had no means of precily reprenting quantities. What’s more, the 7,000 or so languages that exist today vary dramatically in how they utilize numbers.
Speakers of anumeric, or numberless, languages offer a window into how the invention of numbers reshaped the human experience. In a new book, I explored the ways in which humans invented numbers, and how numbers subquently played a critical role in other milestones, from the advent of agriculture to the genesis of writing.
Cultures without numbers, or with only one or two preci numbers, include the Munduruku a
nd Pirahã in Amazonia. Rearchers have also studied some adults
