2017年6月英语四级模拟习题及答案

目录2017年6月大学英语四级真题及答案(完整版一) (1)快速对答案 (14)2017年6月大学英语四级真题及答案(完整版二) (15)快速对答案 (28)2017年6月大学英语四级真题及答案(完整版三) (28)快速对答案 (37)2017年6月大学英语四级真题及答案(完整版一)Part I Writing (25 minutes) (请于正式开考后半小时内完成该部分，之后将进行听力考试)Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an advertisement on your campus website to sell a computer you used at college. Your advertisement may include its brand, specifications/features, condition and price, and your contact information.You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes) Section ADirections: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 questions will be spoken only once. After you hear questions, 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.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

2017年6月英语四级真题+答案（全3套含答案）第一套Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an advertisement on your campus website to sell a bicycle you used at college. Your advertisement may include its brand, specifications/features, condition and price, and your contact information. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)Section A News ReportDirections：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。

2017年6月大学英语四级真题及答案(第一套)Part I Writing (25 minutes) (请于正式开考后半小时内完成该部分，之后将进行听力考试)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an advertisement on your campus website to sell a computer you used at college. Your advertisement may include its brand, specifications/features, condition and price, and your contact information.You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes) Section ADirections: 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 questions will be spoken only once. After you hear questions, 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.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

大学英语四级考试第一套答案Part Ⅰ作文：A Second-hand Bicycle for SaleThis is a classic Forever mountain bicycle, which accompanied me through my last year of college life and has to be sold as my graduation is approaching.Specifically, designed for people loving sports, the bicycle owns many wonderful features, such as strong frames and flexible brakes, making it possible for its owner to ride fast and safely. Moreover, it can be folded, which means you can bring it into your dorm room, not afraid of your bike being stolen. In terms of its condition, despite a second-hand one, it is quite new and fully functioning because I just bought it last year and cherished it very much.The bike only asks for 400 yuanPart Ⅱ听力：1 .D> The test driver made a wrong judgment.2. A> They have generally done quite well.3. B〕He works at a national park.4. A> They were making a lot of noise.5. D> The discovery of a new species of snake.6. B> A snake crawled onto his head in his sleep.7. C> From its colour.8. B> His flight is leaving in less than 2 hours.9. B> By credit card.10. C> Give him a receipt.11. A> Posting a comment on the hotel’s webpage.12 D〕He has stopped making terrible faces.13. A> Warn him of danger by making up a story.14. D> They could break people's leg.15. C> One would have to shave their heir head to remove a bat shave their head.16. A> Everything seemed to be changing.17. B> Meeting people.18. C> He was a young student in the 1960s.19. A>They avoid looking at them.20. D>Itfocus its eye on their mouths.21. C> by taking in their facial expressions as a whole.22.C>They resort to different means to survive the bitter cold.23.B> They consume the energy stored before the long sleep.24.D> By storing enough food beforehand25.A> To stay safePart Ⅲ阅读26. I>relatively27. N>surprising28. M>suggest29. C>direct30. O>test31. J>remains32. E>including33. L>staple34. A>arrived35. G>raw36. H>Interestingly, their memories are highly self-centred:37. K>Not everyone with a tendency to fantasise will develop HSAM38. C>Veiseh can even put a date on when those tapes started recording:39. G>It didn’t take long for magazines and documentary film-makers40. P>This means they often have to make a special effort41. A>For most of us, memory is a mess of blurred and faded pictures of our lives.42. L>The people with HSAM I’ve interviewed would certainly agree43. E>‘Highly superior autobiographical memory’ <or HSAM for short>44. O>Not everyone with HSAM has experienced these benefits,45. I>Lawrence Patihis at the University of Southern Mississippi46. D>It misrepresents real life.47. B>It can be a new phase of one’s life.48. C>It undergoes radical transformation.49. B>to mature50. D>It is likely to be a critical turning point in one’s life.51. A>It is a welcome sign of the coming of spring.52. D>They are favored as a form of art.53. C>Eggs reflect the anxieties of people today.54. A>She never knows if the egg will break before the design is completed.55. B>It has a history of over two thousand years.PartⅣ翻译：The Yellow River is the third longest in Asia and the sixth longestin the world. "Yellow〞describes the color of the muddy river. The river originates in Qinghai, and runs through nine provinces before it empties into the Bohai Sea. The Yellow River is one of the several rivers that sustain life and livelihood in China. The Yellow River basin is the cradle of China’s ancient civilization and was once the most prosperous region in early history of China. However, the Yellow River had triggered many disasters due to frequent catastrophic floods. As such, over the past several decades, the Chinese government has taken a host of steps to prevent such disasters.大学英语四级考试第二套答案Part ISale Items—English Course BooksSome English course books are waiting for their new owners!This is a collection of College English Books ranging from book 1 to book 4 with CD attached behind. Many useful articles, either interesting or thought provoking, are incorporated in the books, followed by some practical and diversified exercises. Therefore, it is of great use to help you pass CET 4 and can also be a good choice of self study aside from being textbooks. Considering being used once, frankly speaking, they are not brand new, but with some necessary notes on the margins. Therefore, they are not charged high, only 10 yuanfor each book. There will be adiscount and a surprise gift offered to you if you buy them altogether.Englishplaysacriticallyimportantroleinourcollegestudyaswellasinsociety.Ihopeyou won’tPart II Listening ComprehensionSection A1. C> Most drivers feel uncertain about the safety of self-driving cars.2.A> Their drivers would feel safe after getting used to the automatic devices.3. C> Attacks on some Iditarod race competitors.4. B> He has won the Alaska Iditarod Race four times.5. D> It turned over because of strong winds.6. D> 32.7. B> He is being investigated by the police.Section B8. C> At an accountancy firm.9. A> Helping out with data input.10. B> He needs the money badly.11. D> Review some accountancy terms.12. B> They are poor at technology skills.13. A> Japanese.14. D> Literacy.15. C> It has much room for improvement.Section CPassage One16. A> They have small roots.17. D> They began to look like modern-day carrots.18. B> There were serious food shortages.Passage Two19. A> She could update her family any time she liked.20. B> She enjoyed reading her friends' status updates.21. D> She didn't seem to be doing as well as her Facebook friends.Passage Three22. A> They have strong muscles.23. C> It was brought over from Spain.24. C> They showed and traded animals in the market.25. B> The arrival of tractors.Part III Reading ComprehensionSection A26.O> vigorous 27. I> phenomenon 28.E> effectively 29.G> involved 30. M> solution31.D> cycling 32. C> control 33.J> preventing 34.N> sufficient 35. F> increased Section B36.H> The least that can be concluded from this research37.D> The fashion for teams is also spreading from38. B> Companies are abandoning conventional functional39. J> However, organisations need to learn something bigger40. G> Profound changes in the workforce are making teams41. A> Teams have become the basic building blocks of42. F> Hackman<who died in 2013> noted that teams are hindered by problems43. E> A good rule of thumb is that as soon as generals and hospital44. I> A new study of 12,000 workers in 17 countries by Steelcase45. C> The fashion for teams is driven by a senseSection CPassage One46. A> Britons have cut their spending on it47. B> It will remain gloomy.48. C> Luxurious features add much to the price.49. A> They are particular about the quality of toilet paper.50. D> Environmental protection is not much of a concern when Britons buy toilet paper. Passage Two51. B> She succeeded in quitting smoking abruptly.52. D> They were offered nicotine replacements.53. C> It is encouraging.54. B> needs some practice first55. A> They find it even more difficult.Part IV TranslationThe Yangtze River is the longest in Asia and the third longest in the world. The river, which flows through varied ecosystems along its passage, offers habitats for many endangered species and provides irrigation for 1/5 of China’s land. The Yangtze River basin is home to 1/3 of China’s population. The river plays a very important role in China historically, culturally and economically. The Yangtze River Delta contributes up to 20% of China’s GDP. For millennia, the Yangtze River has been used for water supply, shipment and industrial activities. The world’s largest hydropower station is also built on the river.大学英语四级考试第三套答案Part Ⅰ作文：A Computer for SaleDo you have the plan to purchase a computer in this new semester? If the answer is yes, then I have good news for you! Here is a computer available which will meet all of your needs.This is a second-hand computer. Although it was bought a year ago, it is still in good condition. I assure you that you will be fascinated by the brand of my computer, Apple. All software and hardware on this computer function smoothly and quickly. What’s more, it is the latest design released by Apple Inc. The storage space is big enough for you to complete any assignments, including editing and drawing. For business use, the computer may also be suitable for it is light and convenient to carry.If you are in need of a computer, this could be the best choice for you! Right now, I could offer a 20% discount to you. I guarantee that it would be the cheapest computer you have ever bought. Please contact me at the number 02125666.Part Ⅱ听力全国共有两套听力,在此不再重复.Part Ⅲ阅读选词填空26. J> launched27. C> claim28. G> deserved29. M> trouble30. A> accusations31. F> data32. I> hated33. K> relating34. H> frustrated35. B> actually长篇信息匹配36. G>Creating the future you want is a lot easier if you are ready to exploit the opportunities that come your way.37. D>Up until that point, Leach had followed traditional measures of success.38. L>She connected with her sense of purpose and dug deep, cultivating a tremendous sense of strength.39. B>We recently caught up with yoga entrepreneur Leah Zaccaria, who put herself through the fire of change to completely reinvent herself.40. F>However, it was another interest that led Leah to radically reinvent herself.41. C>Where do the seeds of change come from?42. H>One day a man I worked with, Ryan, who had his office next to mine,43. A> At some point, almost all of us will experience a period of radical professional change.44. K>Steering through change and facing obstacles brings us face to face with our fears45. E>Feeling the need to change, Leah started playing with future possibilities by exploring her interests and developing new capabilities.46. B> a shift to city centers.47. C> People can enjoy services around the clock.48. C> Their parents’ bad experience still haunts them.49. D> The worsening infrastructure.50. B> Hopeful.51. D> New information learned pushes old information out.52. C> It facilitates our access to relevant information.53. B> What contributes to forgetting.54. A> It adds to the burden of their memory.55. C> It is a way of organising our memories.PartⅣ翻译：As a major river system in southern China that runs through Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong Province, the Pearl River is the third longest in China, after the Yangtze River and the Yellow River. The Pearl River Delta, which covers an area of 11,000 square kilometers, represents one of the most developed regions in China. It is also home to the world’s largest city cluster in terms of size and population. Put together, the nine largest cities in the Delta are home to a combined population of over 57 million. Since reform and opening up was initiated in the late 1970s, the Pearl River Delta has become one of the leading regional economies and manufacturing centers inChina and around the world.四级完整版真题与答案解析请期待备战2017年12月份黑旋风试卷！敬请期待~联系星火英语：星火英语官方微博、星火英语官方微信〔ID:ispark8〕。

模拟试题二Part I WritingDirections: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic: Overseas Study at an Early Age. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below:1. 目前很多父母在子女高中毕业前就送他们出国学习2. 形成这种趋势的原因3. 我对些的看法Oversea Study at an Early AgePart II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer sheet1.The Sky's LimitAir travel is a rapidly growing source of greenhouse gases. But it is also an indispensable way of travel. The new A380 The double-decker A380, the biggest airliner the world has seen, landed at Heathrow last month to test whether London's main airport could handle the new 550-seater, due to enter commercial service at the end of this year. It was a proud moment for Britain's Rolls-Royce, the makers of the aircraft's Trent 900 engines. Rolls-Royce says the four Trents on the A380 are as clean and efficient as any jet engine, and produce "as much power as 3,500 family cars". A simple calculation shows that the equivalent of more than six cars is needed to fly each passenger.Take the calculation further: flying a fully laden A380 is, in terms of energy, like a 14km (nine-mile) queue of traffic on the road below. And that is just one aircraft. In 20 years, Airbus reckons, 1,500 such planes will be in the air. By then, the totalnumber of airliners is expected to have doubled, to 22,000. The huge airplane alone would be pumping out carbon dioxide (CO2) at the same rate as 5 million cars.That may not seem much compared with the 60 million vehicles that pour off assembly lines every year—or the 1 billion vehicles already on the world's roads. But whereas cars are used roughly for about an hour or so a day, jet airliners are on the move for at least 10 hours a day. And they burn tax-free, highoctane (1) 高能量的) fuel, which dumps hundreds of millions of tonnes of CO2 into the most sensitive part of the atmosphere.Aviation is a relatively small source of the emissions blamed for global warming, but its share is growing the fastest. The evidence is strong. As a result, aviation is increasingly attracting the attention of environmentalists and politicians. Amid much controversy, CO2caps (最高限制) and carbon-trading could soon be used to help curb aircraft emissions.Frequent flyers, free ridersAirlines are accused of having a free ride in terms of air pollution because they pay no tax on the fuel they use for international flights. Even though today's aircraft are about 70% more efficient than those of 40 years ago, concerns over emissions have grown. Despite booming demand for air travel, many airlines are losing money. Now green campaigners want people to think twice before they fly. The opposing voice is particularly loud in Europe, where low-cost carriers are expanding fast on busy shorthaul (2) 短距离) routes. The European Parliament will vote in July on a proposal to limit aircraft emissions.America is deeply unhappy at the prospect of its airlines being affected. Sharon Pinkerton, a senior representative of the Federal Aviation Administration insisted, on a visit to Brussels last year, that American carriers should be exempted from the scheme. This sets the scene for another transatlantic aviation dispute, to add to the two bitter and long-running disputes over subsidies to Europe's Airbus and the liberalisation of air traffic between the two continents.The airlines are growing nervous. The big international carriers represented by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) would rather Europe waited for the deliberations of a United Nations body, the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), which has set technical, legal and safety rules for more than 50 years. International aviation was excluded from the Kyoto protocol on global warming, but only on condition that, by theend of 2007, countries and airlines worked under the umbrella of ICAO to come up with a way of reducing emissions through a trading scheme.Soon after the end of the Second World War the member governments of ICAO agreed that airlines should be free of fuel taxes. Some say this was to outlaw unilateral taxes that could distort markets, but others reckon it was done to boost the fledgling airline industry emerging from the fighting. The corollary was that aviation, unlike motor traffic and other forms of transport, would pay in a transparent manner for the infrastructure and services it required-air-traffic management, landing charges, flyover rights and so on. That was supposed to take care of the external costs. But no one in those days thought much about the environment. Counting the cost It was not until 1999 that the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) attempted to reduce the effect of aviation on the environment. Transport as a whole was judged to be responsible for about a quarter of the world's CO2 discharges. That makes it one of the biggest sources, alongside power generation and households, as a source of the gas. Within transport, aviation accounts for about 13%. Its contribution to total man-made emissions worldwide is said to be around 3%. So why all the fuss about so little? One reason is thathigh-altitude emissions are probably disproportionately damaging to the environment. The nitrogen oxides from jet-engine exhausts lead to the formation of ozone, another greenhouse gas. Contrails (飞行云) are also suspected of enhancing the formation of cirrus clouds, which some scientists think adds to the global warming effect. The IPCC estimated that the overall impact on global warming ofaircraft could be between two and four times that of their CO2 emissions alone, though there is no scientific consensus about the size of this multiplier.Naturally, the airlines choose to measure the greenhouse gases they produce in the way that casts them in the best light —a trick they deploy on safety statistics, too. For instance, over half of aircraft accidents occur around take-off and landing. So accidents per passenger-mile compare very favourably with other means of transport. But at least one study has shown that, if accidents are measured per journey instead, aircraft are the second-most dangerous way of travelling, after motorcycles.Likewise on greenhouse gases. IATA says an aircraft's fuel consumption is about the same as that of a family car, at 3.5 litres per 100 passenger-kilometres. So CO2 emissions are similar. But that is true only if the aircraft is full and the car's passenger seats are empty. And even then, a jumbo jet flying from London to Sydney would be like nearly 400 Volkswagen Polos each travelling just over 16,000km—the average distance a European drives in a year. In other words, although cars and aircraft discharge roughly the same amount of CO2for each passenger-kilometre, the aircraft travel an awful lot farther. Waiting to landCrowded airports compound the problem. Busy runways at places such as Heathrow mean aeroplanes have to circle wastefully. The possibility of being held up ensures that pilots carry extra fuel, thereby increasing the aircraft's weight and, hence, its consumption of fuel. Other small changes could further save fuel and avoid carbon emissions: aircraft could be towed everywhere on the ground by electric vehicles. Consumers, too, can take a stand by voluntarily offsetting the carbon emissions associated with flying by paying, for instance, to have trees planted.This week IATA said the net loss of the world's airlines in the past six years would amount to almost $44 billion. Carriers have been hit by terrorism, war, recession, the respiratory disease SAILS and soaring oil prices. There were hopes the industry could make a small profit in 2007, but having to pay for environmental costs could change that. Yet global warming is not something that airlines, or any other industry, canshake off for ever. Sooner or later, aviation will have to shoulder the burden it imposes on the planet.1. This passage is mainly about how the development of airline industry has affected the environment through its greenhouse gases emission.2. It is predicted that in 20 years, the huge airplanes alone would be pumping out carbon dioxide at the same rate as 5 million cars.3. The author compares the effect of airliners on the environment and that of the cars and concluded that the effect ofthe former is less because the number of airplanes is much smaller than that of the cars.4. In the past, aviation industry was the smallest source of greenhouse gases emission and thus did not attract people's attention.5. Many airlines are having less profit today although there are more demand for air travel.6. America is proposing an alternative plan to solve the problem of emission from airliners.7. The airlines are mom and more nervous, and they want the problem be considered by IATA, a United Nations body.8. ______as a whole was judged to be responsible for about a quarter of the world's carbon dioxide discharges.9. Although aviation accounts for only 3% of the total man-made emission,its______ are believed to be disproportionately damaging to the environment.10. During the past six years, airline industry has been hit by terrorism, war,______which made the industry suffer a total loss of $44 billion.Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)Section ADirections: 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 followingthe 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. The American Revolution was not a revolution in the sense of a radical or total change. It was not a sudden and (47) overturning of the political and social framework, such as later occurred in France and Russia, (48) both were already independent nations. Significant changes were ushered in, (49) they were not breathtaking. What happened was accelerated (50) rather than outright revolution. During the conflict, people went on working and praying, marrying and playing. Most of them were not (51) disturbed by the actual fighting, and many of the more isolated communities scarcely knew that a war was on.America's War of Independence heralded the birth of three modem nations. One was Canada, which (52) its first large influx of English-speaking population from the thousands of loyalists who fled there from the United States; (53) was Australia, which became a penal colony now that America was no longer (54) for prisoners and debtors; the third newcomer—the United States — based itself squarely on republican principles.Yet even the political overturn was not so (55) as one might suppose. In some states, notably Connecticut and Rhode Island, the war largely ratified a colonialself-rule already existing. British officials, everywhere ousted, were (56) by ahome-grown governing class, which promptly sought a local substitute for king and parliament.A) violentB) seriouslyC) revolutionaryD) evolutionE) anotherF) andG) replacedH) repelledI) otherJ) receivedK) butL) severeM) availableN) whenO) revolutionSection BDirections: 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 OneA study of facts and figures on development demonstrates that China has made remarkable social progress in a range of significant areas in the last 45 years.China feeds and clothes 22 percent of the world's population with only seven percent of the world's farmland. The necessities of life food, clothing, goods for everyday use —are now within reach of the majority of the Chinese people. Nutrition has improved greatly for both urban and rural residents.The Chinese government has taken a series of measures to eliminate or reduce poverty, bringing down the number of poor in the rural population from 250 million in 1978 to only 80 million in 1994, even though this was a period in which China's population increased by over 100 million.The per capita living area in cities and towns increased from 3.6 square meters in 1978 to 7.5 square meters in 1993. In rural areas the per capita housing has reached 20.8 square meters.Educational developments have liberated millions of Chinese people from ignorance and illiteracy. In 1986 China instituted nine years of compulsory schooling, with the result that by 1993 school enrolment had reached 97.7 percent. Today, illiteracy among young and middle-aged people has dropped to only seven percent.The state is taking measures to keep its labor force fully employed. In recent years the urban unemployment rate has remained between two and three percent. China has put strict controls on industrial pollution in an effort to improve the overall urban environment. Ecological methods of farming are being promoted and afforestation is being speeded up. In 1993 the country's forest coverage was 13.9 percent and 766 nature reserves covered a total of 661, 800 square kilometers.China is working toward the goal of health care for everyone by the year 2000. In 1993 there were two hospital beds for every 833 people and two doctors for every 1,266 people. By now the immunization of children has reached 85 percent, and increased efforts are being made to monitor and control AIDS and venereal diseases.57. What is an appropriate title for this passage?[A] Fast Economic Development in China. [B] Social Development in China.[C] The Current Chinese Society. [D] People's View on China's Reform.58. Which of the following statements is NOT correct?[A] Chinese people account for 22 percent of the world's total population.[B] The arable land in China constitutes seven percent of that of the world.[C] Most Chinese people now can easily buy the necessities of life.[D] Urban residents can eat nutritiously, but rural residents cannot.59. What is mentioned as a difficulty of poverty elimination efforts by the passage?[A] Slow economic development. [B] Vast area of land.[C] Huge population increase. [D] Natural disaster.60. Which of the following statements is NOT true?[A] Educational developments have set millions of Chinese people free.[B] After 1986, every child in China must receive an education of at least nine years.[C] Nowadays, only 7% of young and middle-aged people cannot read or write.[D] There is compulsory education for children now.61. Which of the following is mentioned as an example of achievements in health care?[A] Increasing budget and attention. [B] Preferential tax policy and incentives.[C] Decreasing mortality rate and medicine price. [D] Ratio of hospital beds to patient.Passage TwoI have certainly seen lots of changes in my lifetime! I look around my home and see "mod cons" that I could never have dreamed of 50 or 60 years ago. I spent the early part of childhood in a cottage without running water or electricity and yet these days, I feel paralyzed if there is a power cut for even just an hour or two! So, I have changed too. Things that I couldn't even imagine in the past now seem quite normal.Businessmen can travel from London to New York in three hours and lots of people exceed the seventy-mile-per-hour speed limit on motorways. A person of 75 is not old these days. A serious illness does not mean certain death because there have been so many advances in medical science. We no longer need to be afraid of contracting diseases like polio or smallpox. I can speak to my son in Australia from my own sitting room here in Manchester, watch athletes running a race on the other side of the world without moving from my own home and I can even do my shopping while I sit here in an armchair. I never need to worry about food going bad in the warm weather and, at the flick of a switch, I can have a hot meal in a couple of minutes. So, it seems, the quality of life has greatly improved since my own childhood.I'm not convinced, however, that people are happier today than they were 50 years ago. We are certainly materially better off than we were but most people still seem to be weighed down by problems. My daughter and her family are a good illustration. They have a spacious, comfortable home with every labor-saving device you can think of. There's a washing machine, a clothes dryer, a food processor, a vacuum cleaner and all sorts of other household items which are designed to save time but it seems to me that my daughter and her husband just spend all that "saved" time working! They never relax and are always complaining of being tired and "stressed".62. What is the passage mainly about?[A] How life has improved. [B] How life has become worse.[C] A comparison of life now and that in the past. [D] Memory of life in the past.63. Which of the following statements is NOT correct?[A] People can travel faster nowadays.[B] In the past, a 75-year-old person is considered old.[C] Now a person will die if he suffers from a serious illness.[D] At present we will no longer be helpless victims of diseases like polio or smallpox.64. What does the word "contracting" (Line 4, Para. 2) mean?[A] Infecting. [B] Acquiring. [C] Shrinking. [D] Entering into an agreement.65. Which of the following is NOT an example given by the author to demonstrate the convenience of _____ modern life?[A] Quick food. [B] Easy shopping. [C] Internet. [D] TV shows.66. According to the author, what is a problem of modem life?[A] Increased crimes. [B] Diminished friendships. [C] Increased divorce rate. [D] Pressure of modem life.Part ⅤClozeDirections: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked [A]、[B]、[C] and [D] on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.On March I, a reader's letter published in Lianhe Zaobao's Forum page with the headline "Feedback from Readers Taken Seriously" caught my eyes. The author cited a number of suggestions he made which received (67) responses from the authorities and quick follow-up actions to back his observation. His own experiences (68) him to conclude that: "This is a good (69) of the democratic system at work in Singapore." Newspaper provides avenues for people to air their views and these are taken seriously by the authority (70) act promptly to find solutions (71) problems. (72) first glance, the letter appears only to affirm the positive and effective communication between government departments and the people. (73) should not be overlooked, however, is that underpinning this virtuous circle is the (74) of the media. To begin with, the people must have faith in the media for them to (75) up problems and issues in the belief that when their concerns are highlighted in the press, theauthorities will (76) the situation. This is evidence of the credibility that the press enjoys among people. Similarly, the government, well (77) of the influence the newspapers have over its readers, pays close attention to reports, comments and views in the press. And ministries or departments will investigate and (78) with problems that come under their purview in a speedy manner. This shows that government (79) the media and believes the concerns expressed by the man in the street are genuine. It is the duty of the media to keep the people (80) of government policies and major events as well as provide (81) feedback to the government on the problems and hardships the people face. The media (82) as a bridge between the government and the people and should seek to make each aware of the concerns of the other and establish an (83) channel of communication between them. This is also the process (84) which the media develops its credibility. To win the trust of the people and strengthen its hand, the government should keep (85) of the changing needs of the people and help them overcome problems. An open and democratic government should respect the fight of the people to have (86) to information. It should, for example, explain to them the rationale for changing an important policy. And the information should be timely and comprehensive.67. [A] slow [B] swift [C] mild [D] emotional68. [A] lead [B] leads [C] let [D] led69. [A] illustration [B] show [C] way [D] sign70. [A] where [B] when [C] which [D] by which71. [A] of [B] to [C] with [D] about72. [A] As [B] In [C] On [D] At73. [A] What [B] How [C] Which [D] That74. [A] persuasion [B] influence [C] credibility [D] status75. [A] bring [B] propose [C] make [D] discover76. [A] exacerbate [B] press [C] remedy [D] disregard77. [A] resent [B] aware [C] above [D] notice78. [A] dispenses [B] passes [C] deals [D] handles79. [A] respects [B] is afraid of [C] is superior to [D] relies80. [A] away [B] informed [C] fear [D] acquisitive81. [A] questionable [B] little [C] retorted [D] accurate82. [A] acts [B] plays [C] is [D] looks83. [A] good [B] effective [C] smooth [D] accurate84. [A] in [B] to [C] by [D] with85. [A] pace [B] looking [C] abreast [D] time86. [A] access [B] channel [C] way [D] methodsPart VI TranslationDirections: Complete the sentences on Answer Sheet 2 by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.87. There are a lot of people______________________(喜欢看电视), but I prefer to read books in my spare time.88.There is no specific requirements on the sample listening tests, so students can listen to the dialogue repeatedly__________________________________(想要听几遍都可以).89. Internet is__________________________________________(起着越来越重要的作用) in our modem society.90. __________________________(除了比较长之外), the report can be regarded as convincing and impressive.91. As a client relationship manager, one has to always consider the needs of the customers ______________________(而不是自己的方便)参考答案Part I Writing[范文] Overseas Study at an Early AgeNowadays, more and more parents are eager to send their children to study abroad before they finish high school by whatever means and at whatever cost. It is quite understandable for parents to send their children to study overseas because they place high expectations on their children. They are encouraged by the success stories of those who have completed their overseas study. With the development of economy, companies and institutions at home are giving more and more emphasis on overseas experiences, too.Consequently, pursuing overseas study has become a kind of short cut in gaining a better future. Moreover, there is still one underlying reason for this rash-economic reason. The rapid economic progress in the past few years in China has enabled more and more parents to afford the huge cost for their children's overseas study.As for me, overseas study is surely a helpful way to get both advanced knowledge and necessary experiences, but overseas study at an early age is neither necessary nor beneficial. The students may be too young to either tend for themselves or think for themselves. I do think that overseas study can contribute to one's self-improvement, but it's better to be pursued after one has finished his college study at home, when he is more capable of learning and living on his own.Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)1. A2. A3. B4. C5. A6. C7. A8. Transport9. high-altitude emissions10.recessionPart IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)Section A47. A 48.N 49. K 50. D 51. B 52. J 53. E 54. M 55. C 56. GSection B57. B 58. D 59. C 60. A 61. D 62. C 63. C 64. B 65. C 66. DPart ⅤCloze67. B 68. D 69. A 70. C 71. B 72. D 73. A 74. C 75. A 76. C 77. B 78. C 79. A 80. B 81. D 82. A 83. B 84. C 85. C 86. APart VI Translation87. who love to watch TV88. as much as they want89. playing an increasingly important role90. Except for its lengthiness91. rather than/instead of one's own convenience。

2017年6⽉⼤学英语四级答案及解析第⼀套【完整版】2017年6⽉⼤学英语四级答案及解析第⼀套【完整版】新东⽅在线四六级Part I WritingComputer for SaleAs I am about to graduate and leave the campus, I am going to sell my personal laptop at a low price.It is a Lenovo ThinkPad that I bought in June, 2015. It is not big, but very functional. It has a four-core CPU, an independent display card of 2G, a hard disk of 500G and a screen of 15.6 inches.For the last two years, the laptop has served as my faithful aid and helped me finish most of my assignments and my thesis. There has appeared no fault in the process. I owe so much to it. But as my workplace has already offered me a more advanced working laptop, I find there is no necessity for me to have two. And I know that there must be some of my schoolmates who are more in need of the ThinkPad. Therefore, I determined to sell it.I bought the laptop as the price of 3500 yuan. Now I will sell it at 1500 yuan or less. Anyone interested can contact me via email, and my mailbox is ***@/doc/ceae0f2dff4733687e21af45b307e87100f6f845.html .这次的四级作⽂属于应⽤⽂，是近年来不多见的题型。

2017年6月大学英语四级考题（一）完整版参考答案来源：文都教育Part I WritingDirections: For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on e-learning.Try to im agine what will happen when more and more people study online instead of attending school. You are required to write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.【参考范文】Second-handed bicycle for saleTo inform anyone may be interested, I am currently owning a used bicycle for sale. This used bike is a blue medium-sized Giant race bicycle I bought just six months before, which is still in good condition so far without any mechanical breakdowns or potential problems due to my careful maintenance. Most impressively, you can shift the gear of it to change the speed anytime you like accordingly, which makes it reliable and flexible to ride . I am very sure that it will serve as a portable and convenient vehicle for anyone who enjoys traveling and exercising in an environmental way.Regarding the merits mentioned above, I would like to sell it for two hundred Yuan, which is a totally worthy and economic deal to make. Anyone interested or intend to inquire about it please do not feel hesitated to contact Xiao Li. My contact number is 1513729xxxx.Xiao LiPart II Listening ComprehensionSection A News1. B) The test driver made a wrong judgment2. D) They have generally done quite well.3. A) He works at a national park.4. B) They were making a lot of noise.5. A) The discovery of a new species of snake.6. C) A snake crawled onto his head in his sleep.7. D) From its color.Section BConversation 18. C) His flight is leaving in less than 2 hours.9. B) By credit card.10. A) Give him a receipt.11. D) Posting a comment on the hotel’s webpage.Conversation 212. C) He has stopped making terrible faces.13. D) Warn him of danger by making up a story.14. A) They could break pp’s legs.15. B) One would have to shave their head to remove a bat in their hair.Section CPassage 116. C) Everything seemed to be changing.17. A) Meeting people.18. D) He was a young student in the 1960s.Passage 219. B) They avoid looking at them.20. C) It focuses its eyes on their mouths.21. B) By taking in their facial expressions as a whole.Passage 322. D) They resort to different means to survive the bitter cold.23. C) They consume the energy stored before the long sleep.24. A) By storing enough food beforehand25. C) To stay safePart III Reading comprehensionSection A26. relatively ;27. surprising;28. suggest;29. direct;30. test ;31. remains;32. including;33. staple;34. arrived ;35. rawSection B36.[H] 题干：People with HSAM have the same memory as ordinary people when it comes to impersonal information.37.[K] 题干：Fantasy proneness will not necessarily cause people to develop HSAM.38.[C] 题干：Veiseh began to remember the details of his everyday experiences after he met his first young love.39.[G] 题干：Many more people with HSAM started to contact researchers due to the mass media.40.[P] 题干：People with HSAM often have to make efforts to avoid focusing on the past.41.[A] 题干：Most people do not have clear memories of past events.42.[L] 题干：HSAM can be both a curse and a blessing.43.[E]题干：A young woman sought explanation from a brain scientist when she noticed her unusual memory.44.[O]题干：Some people with HSAM find it very hard to get rid of unpleasant memories.45.[I]题干：A recent study of people with HSAM reveals that are liable to fantasy and full absorption in an activity.Section CPassage one46. D) It misrepresents real life47.B) It can be a new phase of one’s life.48.A) It can be quite rosy.49.C) to harvest.50.D) It is likely to be critical turning point in one’s life.Passage two51 A. it is a welcome sign of the coming of spring52 D. They are favored as a form of art.53 C. Eggs reflect the anxieties of people today.54 A. She never knows if the egg will break before the design is completed.55 B. It has a history of over two thousand years.Part IV translation【珠江—参考译文】The Pearl River, an extensive river system in southern China, flows through Guangzhou City. It is China’s third-longest river which is only after the Yangtze River and the Yellow River. The Pearl River Delta (PRD) is one of the most developed regions in China with an area of about 11,000 square kilometers. It is the largest urban area in the world in both size and population. The nine largest cities of PRD have a population of over 57 million in total. Since China's reform and openness was adopted by the Chinese government in the late 1970s, the Delta has become one of the leading economic regions and a major manufacturing center of China and the world.。

2017年6月大学英语四级真题试卷及答案（第1套）2017年6月大学英语四级真题及答案(完整版一)Part I Writing (25 minutes) (请于正式开考后半小时内完成该部分，之后将进行听力考试)Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an advertisement on your campus website to sell a computer you used at college. Your advertisement may include its brand, specifications/features, condition and price, and your contact information.You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes) Section ADirections: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 questions will be spoken only once. After you hear questions, 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.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

2017年6月大学英语四级答案及解析第一套【完整版】2017年6月大学英语四级答案及解析第一套【完整版】新东方在线四六级Part I WritingComputer for SaleAs I am about to graduate and leave the campus, I am going to sell my personal laptop at a low price.It is a Lenovo ThinkPad that I bought in June, 2015. It is not big, but very functional. It has a four-core CPU, an independent display card of 2G, a hard disk of 500G and a screen of 15.6 inches.For the last two years, the laptop has served as my faithful aid and helped me finish most of my assignments and my thesis. There has appeared no fault in the process. I owe so much to it. But as my workplace has already offered me a more advanced working laptop, I find there is no necessity for me to have two. And Iknow that there must be some of my schoolmates who are more in need of the ThinkPad. Therefore, I determined to sell it.I bought the laptop as the price of 3500 yuan. Now I will sell it at 1500 yuan or less. Anyone interested can contact me via email, and my mailbox is ***@.这次的四级作文属于应用文，是近年来不多见的题型。

2017年6月大学英语四级考试真题及答案解析（第一套完整版）Part I WritingDirections: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an advertisement on your campus website to sell some of the course books you used at college. Your advertisement may include a brief description of their content, their condition and price, and your contact information. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.【参考范文】My Books, Your Helper!Are you still worrying about your English learning? Still in want of good learning materials? Now’s your chance!This is a set of superb course books for English learners, gently used, the contents of which cover English listening, speaking, reading, writing and translation. These books will equip you with necessary knowledge for CET-4, CET-6, IELTS, TOFEL and so on. Besides, I sell the books here only at half price, which means you can save a great amount of money and use the savings on other important items. Last but not the least, there are many useful notes at the back of these books for your reference, which will allow you to yield twice the result with half the effort.Sowhatareyouwaitingfor?Moveon!********************************* 12345678 if you are interested.【解析】“half price”意思为“半价”；“yield twice the result with half the effort”意思为“事半功倍”。

2017年6月份大学英语四级试题与答案（卷二）Part I Writing (25 minutes) (请于正式开考后半小时内完成该部分，之后将进行听力考试)Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an advertisement on your campus website to sell a bicycle you used at college. Y our advertisement may include its brand, features,condition and price, and your contact information. Y ou should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes) Section ADirections: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 questions will be spoken only once. After you hear questions, 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.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

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PartⅠ WritingDirections: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay. Suppose you have twooptions upon graduation: one is to find a job somewhere and the other to start abusiness of your own. You are to make a decision. Write an essay to explain the reasonsfor your decision. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.PartⅡ listening comprehensionSection A （three news reports）略Section B （two long conversations）略Section C （three passages）略PartⅢ reading comprehensionSection ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one wordfor each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read thepassage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank isidentified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on AnswerSheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in thebank more than once.Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.The typical preindustrial family not only had a good many children，but numerous other dependents as well—grandparents，uncles，aunts and cousins.Such “extended” families were suited for survival in slow paced __26___societies.But such families are hard to__27___.They are immobile.Industrialism demanded masses of workers ready and able to move off the land in pursuit of jobs，and to move again whenever necessary.Thus the extended family __28__ shed its excess weight and the so called “nuclear” family emerged—a stripped—down，portable family unit___29___0nly of parents and a small set of children.This new style of family, far more___30___than the traditional extended family，became the standard model in all the industrial countries.Super-industrialism，however, the next stage of ec0—technological development，___31___ even higher mobility.Thus we may expect many among the people of the future to carry the streamlining process，a step further by remaining children，cutting the family down to its more___32___components，a man and a woman.Two people，perhaps with matched careers，will prove more efficient at navigating through education and social status，through job changes and geographic relocations，than the ordinarily child—cluttered family.A___33___maybe the postponement of children，rather than childlessness.Men and women today are often torn in___34___between a commitment to career and a commitment to children.In the future，many___35___will side aside this problem by deferring the entire task of raising children until after retirement.Section BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passagewith ten statements attached to it. Eachstatement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraphfrom 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 thecorresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.A.Are you at a loss for creative book report ideas for your students?If yes.then this article will help you make reading and reviewing books more creative for your class.In an age of PSPs，Xbox，anime and gaming arcades，reading has lost its foothold in the list of hobbies that children tend to cite.Most of the reading that kids do today,comes in the form of compulsory books that they need to read for school and maybe that is the reason they find reading to be an insurmountable and boring task.If you want to inculcate the love for languages and literary masterpieces in your students and want them to devour books everyone should read，then a good way of going about the same would be to get them to start working on creative book report ideas.While working on creative ideas for book reports，your students will have to understand the book in a way that allows them to come up with new ways to present to the class，the essence of the book.B.As a teachel while egging your students to activate their creative gray cells.you will have to help them out with basic ideas that they can work on.Depending on the age bracket that your students belong to，the creative book report ideas will vary.This is so，not just because of the varying attention spans that children of various age groups posses but also because of the amount of work that kids can put into the report.While a middle school student wiIl be comfortable handling a handy cam，astudent from elementary school will be more fascinated if he is working with paints and puppets.So do you want to know how to write a book report creatively?In this article.we will list out for you，a couple of good creative book report ideas for elementary students and for middle school students.C.A book report sandwich is a good creative idea for book reports.As a teacher you can get drawings of a sandwich on sheets of Paper that are of the color of the ingredients of your sandwich，for example，a cream sheet of paper to resemble mayonnaise，red to represent tomato and likewise.Obviously,each ingredient should be cut in a way that when assembled together,it looks like a sandwich.Now,give each of your students one of these book sandwiches to create their book report.It can start with the name of the book and the author’s name on the top slice of the sandwich.The second ingredient can have the summary of the book on it.Each subsequent ingredient can have a description of the main characters，the setting of the book，the plot，and then his or her views about the book.Once they are done with their book reports，they can staple the book sandwich together and then，you can create a class bulletin board with all the book report sandwiches on display.D.One of the good techniques to retell a story,it is also one of the favorite creative book report ideas among students.The job that the student will have is to read the book and then pick a few objects at his/her home which will allow him/her to retell the story in a way that makes it interesting for his/ her audience.Every time he/she picks out an object from the bag to report the book he/she has read，there has to be a valid connection between the book and the object，which the student can first ask theaudience to guess and then go ahead and explain it.This idea is spin—off on the normal show and tells and allows for an interactive book report session.E.This is one of the creative ideas for book reports in which.as the teacher, you will have to divideyour class into groups and give them one book each.The students can then read the book and get together and write a play and act it out for the class.To give a deeper insight into the book，one of the students can play the role of the author and as a group，the students can try and recreate the thought Drocess of the author.The student playing the role of the author can then interrupt the play at lmportant iunctllres and talk about the reasons for these twists in the play and how he/she came up with these plot lines.F.As a voung adult，your student’s fascination may go beyond the immediate concerns of the book.He/she may want to understand the circumstances in which the book was written，the times then，the events happening in the world and get the author’s perspective about the book.Encourage your students to mink on those lines.Divide the class into pairs and give each pair one book to read.Let them then do the roles of the author and a journalist.You can have an interview session in front of the class.enabling them to dissect the book and get a peek into the author’s world.G.In a technology—obsessed world，it maybe a very tiny minority of your class that does not get excited with the Drospect of shooting a film.One of the best creative book report ideas for middle school， you will need to divide the class into groups and give them at least two months to adapt the book that thev have been assigned，into a film.The movie should have a well—adapted screenplay,and allother prerequisites，like a lightingengineer,sound engineer, costume designer,etc.At the end of the given time，the film can be screened in front of the class and then discussed.H.If you are on the lookout for good individual creative book report ideas，then this one could be for you.Assign every student a book and then ask them to start maintaining a diary,from the author’sDoint of vie w.Ask them to come up with imaginary incidents from the author’s life and use historical events to explain why the author wrote the book in a certain manner.Alternately, you can also ask your students to give a surrogate ending to the story.I)、These are just few of the options that you could use to inspire your students to come up with creative book report ideas.As kids we tend to be more imaginative and creative .Encourage your students to mink om of the box and appreciate them for their efforts.This will help you have a class that is not only lively and inquisitive by nature but also a class that will cultivate a love for words.36.11eachers can create a class bulletin board to display all the book report sandwiches after their students finish their reports.37.Adopting the method of knowing your author,teachers can encourage students to think beyond the immediate concerns of the book.38.Asking me students to write from their own point of view is suitable for teachers who are on the lookout for good individual creative book report ideas.39.Retelling a story is one of the favorite creative book report ideas among students and it tells and allows for an interactive book report session.40.Nowadays，most of book children read are those they need to read for school.41.Teachers tend to be more imaginative and creative as kids.42.While working on creative ideas for book reports，students will have to understand the book.43.The creative book report ideas vary according to ages because children in different age groups have different attention span.44.If teachers ask their students to shoot a film about a book，they should give them no fewer than two months.45.Teachers have to divide their class into groups and give them one book each is a good creative book report ideas.Section CDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions orunfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C andD . You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on AnswerSheet 2 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.It‘s very interesting to note where the debate about diversity(多样化)is taking place.It is taking place primarily in political circles. Here at the College Fund，we have a lot of contact with top corporate(公司的) leaders;none of them is talking about getting rid of those instruments that produce diversity.In fact，they say that if their companies are to compete in the global village and in the global market place，diversity.In fact，they say that if their companies are to compete in the global village and in the global market place，diversity is an imperative.They also say that the need for talented，skilledAmericans means we have to expand the pool of potential employees.And in looking at where birth rates are growing andat where the population is shifting，corporate America understands that expanding the pool means promotingpolicies that help provide skills to more minorities，more women and more immigrants.Corporate leaders know that if that does not occur in our society，they will not have the engineers，the scientists，the lawyers，or the business managers they will need.Likewise，I don‘t hear people in the academy saying.“Let’s go backward.Let‘s go back to the good old days，when we had a meritocracy(不拘一格选人才)” (which was never true-we never had a meritocracy，although we’ve come closer to it in the last 30 years.) I recently visited a great little college in New York where the campus has doubled its minority population in the last six years.I talked with an African American who has been a professor there for a long time，and she remembers that when she first joined the community，there were fewer than a handful of minorities on campus.Now，all of us feel the university is betterbecause corporate board rooms or on college campuses.Choose correct answers to the question：46.The w ord“imperative”(Line5，Para.1) most probably refers to something _____A.SuperficialB.remarkableC.debatableD.essential47.Which of the following groups of people still differ in their views on diversity?A.Minorities.B.Politicians.C.Professors.D.Managers.48.High corporate leaders seem to be in favor of promoting diversity so as to ______A.lower the rate of unemploymentB.win equal political rights for minoritiesC.be competitive in the world marketD.satisfy the demands of a growing population49.It can be inferred from the passage that _____A.meritocracy can never be realized without diversityB.American political circles will not accept diversityC.it is unlikely that diversity will occur in the U.S. MediaD.minorities can only enter the fields were no debate is heard about diversity50.According to the passage diversity can be achieved in American society by ____A.expanding the pool of potential employeesB.promoting policies that provide skills to employeesC.training more engineers， scientists lawyers and business managersD.providing education for all regardless of race or sexPassage TwoQuestions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.Many private institutions of higher education around the country are in danger.Not all will be saved，andperhaps not all deserve to be saved. There are low-quality schools just as there are low-quality business.We have no obligation to save them simply because they exist.But many thriving institutions that deserve to continue arethreatened.They are doing a fine job educationally，but they are caught in a financial squeeze，with no way to reduce rising costs or increase revenuessignificantly.Raising tuition doesn‘t bring in more revenue，for each time tuition goes up，the enrollment goes down，or the amount that must be given away in student aid goes up.Schools are bad businesses，whether public or private，not usually because of mismanagement but because of the nature of the enterprise.They lose money on every customer，and they can go bankrupt either from too few students or too many students.Even a very good college is a very bad business.It is such colleges，thriving but threatened，I worry about.Low enrollment is not their chief problem.Even with full enrollments，they may go under.Efforts to save them，and preferably to keep them private，are a national necessity.There is no basis for arguing that private schools are inherently (固有地)better than public schools.Examples to the contrary abound.Anyone can name state universities and colleges that rank as the finest in the nation and the world.It is now inevitable that public institutions will be dominant，and therefore diversity is a national necessity.Diversity in the way we support schools tends to give us a healthy diversity in the forms of education.In an imperfect society such as ours，uniformity of education throughout the nation could be dangerous.In an imperfect society，diversity is a positive good. Enthusiastic supporters of public higher education know the importance of sustaining private higher education.Choose correct answers to the question：51.According to the author‘s opinion，schools are bad businesses because of _______.A.mismanagementB.too few studentsC.financial squeezeD.their characteristics52.The author used the phrase “go under” in Para. 3 to mean “_______”。

2017年6月大学英语四级真题及答案(第一套)Part ⅢReading Comprehension (40 minutes) Section AQuestions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.The method for making beer has changed over time. Hops (啤酒花)，for example, which give many a modem beer its bitter flavor, are a (26)_______ recent addition to the beverage. This was first mentioned in reference to brewing in the ninth century. Now, researchers have found a (27)_______ingredient in residue (残留物）from 5,000-year-old beer brewing equipment. While digging two pits at a site in the central plains of China, scientists discovered fragments from pots and vessels. The different shapes of the containers (28)_______they were used to brew, filter, and store beer. They may be ancient “beer-making tools,” and the earliest (29_______evidence of beer brewing in China, the researchers reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. To (30)_______that theory, the team examined the yellowish, dried (31)_______inside the vessels. The majority of the grains, about 80%, were from cereal crops like barley (大麦),and about 10% were bits of roots, (32)_______lily,which would have made the beer sweeter, the scientists say. Barley was an unexpected find: the crop was domesticated in Western Eurasia and didn't become a (33)_______food in central China until about 2,000 years ago, according to the researchers. Based on that timing, they indicate barley may have (34)_______ in the region not as food, but as (35)_______material for beer brewing.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

2017年6月大学英语四级真题及答案详解(第一套)Part I Writing (25 minutes)(请于正式开考后半小时内完成该部分，之后将进行听力考试)Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an advertisement on your campus website to sell a computer you used at college. Your advertisement may include its brand, specifications/features, condition and price, and your contact information.You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)Section ADirections: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 questions will be spoken only once. After you hear questions, 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.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

2017年6月大学英语四级真题及答案(第一套)Part I Writing (25 minutes)(请于正式开考后半小时内完成该部分，之后将进行听力考试) Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an advertisement on your campus website to sell a computer you used at college.Your advertisement may include its brand, specifications/features, condition and price, and your contact information.You should write at least120 words but no more than 180 words.Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section, you will hear three news reports. At theend of each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both thenews report and questions will be spoken only once. After you hear questions,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 singleline through the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

2017年6月大学英语四级真题及答案(第一套)Part I Writing (25 minutes)(请于正式开考后半小时内完成该部分，之后将进行听力考试) Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an advertisement on your campus website to sell a computer you used at college.Your advertisement may include its brand, specifications/features, condition and price, and your contact information.You should write at least120 words but no more than 180 words.Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section, you will hear three news reports. At theend of each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both thenews report and questions will be spoken only once. After you hear questions,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 singleline through the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

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Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. 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 the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage: Every year 100 million holiday—makers are drawn to the Mediterranean.With one third of the worlds tourist trade, it is the most popular of all the holiday destinations; it is also the most polluted.It has only 1 per cent of the worlds sea surface, but carries more than half the oil and tar floating on the waters. Thousands of factories pour their poison into the Mediterranean, and almost every city, town and village on the coast sends its sewage, untreated, into the sea.The result is that the Mediterranean, which nurtured so many civilizations, is gravely ill—the first of the seas to fall victim to the abilities and attitudes that evolved around it. And the pollution does not merely keep back life of the sea—it threatens the people who inhabit and visit its shores The mournful form of disease is caused by sewage. Eighty five per cent of the waste from the Mediterraneans 120 coastal cities is pushed out in to the waters where their people and visitors bathe and fish. What is more, most cities just drop it in straight off the beach; rare indeed are the places like Cannes and Tel Aviv which pipe it even half a mile offshore.Not surprisingly, vast areas of the shallows are awash with bacteria and itdoesnt take long for these to reach people. Professor William Brumfitt ofthe Royal Free Hospital once calculated that anyone who goes for a swim in the Mediterranean has a one in seven chance of getting some sort of disease. Other scientists say this is an overestimate; but almost all of them agree that bathers are at risk.Industry adds its own poisons. Factories cluster round the coastline, and even the most modern rarely has proper waste treatment plant. They do as much damage to the sea as sewage. But the good news is that the countries of the Mediterraneanhave been coming together to work out how to save their common sea. 21.The causes of the Mediterraneans pollution is ____. A) the oil and tar floating on the water B) many factories put their poison into the sea C) untreated sewage from the factories and coastal cities D) there are some sorts of diseases in the sea 22.Which of following consequence of a polluted sea is not true according to the passage? A) Bring up so many civilizations. B) Various diseases in the sea. C) It threatens the inhabitants and travelers. D) One in seven chance of getting some sort of disease swimming in the sea. 23.The word “sewage”refer to ____. A) poison C) liquid material B) waste D) solid material 24.Why does industry do much damage to the sea? A) Because most factories have proper waste treatment plants. B) Because many factories have not proper waste treatment plants even the most modern one. C) Because just the modern factory has a waste treatment plant. D) Because neither ordinary factories nor most modern ones have proper waste treatment plants. 25.What is the passage mainly about? A) Save the world. B) How the people live in the Mediterranean sea. C) How the industry dangers the sea. D) Beware the dirty sea. Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage: THE CLASSROOM is a mans world, where boys get two thirds of the teachers attention — even when they are in a minority— taunt (辱骂) the girls without punishment, and receive praise for sloppy work that would not be tolerated from girls. They are accustomed to being teachers pets, and if girls get anything like equal treatment, they will protest eagerly and even wreck lessons.These claims are made in a book out this week, written by Dale Spender, a lecturer at the London University Institute of Education. She argues that disc rimination against girls is so deeply in co educational schools that single sex classes are the only answer.Her case is based on tape recordings of her own and other teachers lessons. Many of them, like Spender, had deliberately set out to give girls a fair chance. “Sometimes,” says Spender, “I have even thought I have gone too far and have spent more time with the girls than the boys.” The tapes proved otherwise. In 10 taped lessons (in secondary schooland college), Spender never gave the girls more than 42 per cent of her attention (the average was 38 percent) and never gave the boys less than 58 percent. There were similar results for other teachers, both male and female.In other words, when teachers give girls more than a third of their time, they feel that they are cheating the boys of their rightful share. And so do the boys themselves. “She always asks the girls all the questions,” said one boy in a classroom where 34 per cent of the teachers time was allocated to girls. “She doesnt like boys, and just listens to the girls.” said a boy in another class, where his sex got 63 per cent of teacher attention.Boys regarded two thirds of the teachers time as a fair deal — and when they got less they caused trouble in class and even complained to higher authority.“Its important to keep their attention,” said one teacher, “Otherwise,they play you up something awful.”Spender concludes that, in mixed classes, if the girls are as boisterous and pushy as the boys, they are considered “unladylike”, if they are docile and quiet, they are ignored. 26.If boys are better treated in class, ____ would be better. A) single sex classes and co educational classes B) co educational classes C) single sex classes D) None of the above 27.Dale Spender obtained the evidence for her claims by ____ A) her own lessons in secondary school and college B) the other teachers tape recordings C) both male and female teachers D) tape recordings of her own and other teachers lessons 28.What are the boys reactions when girls are given more attention? A) They will keep the teachers attention again. B) They will make some trouble and complain to the headmaster. C) They will play up the teacher something awful. D) They will feel they are cheated by teachers. 29.The word “boisterous” in the last paragraph probably means ____. A) rough B) brave C)troublesome D) emotional 30.The best title for this passage would be ____. A) boys are teachers pets B) boys do better in co educational classes C) single sex classes are better than co eduationed classes D) girls do better than boys Gestures arent the only area in which the unwary traveler can get trippedup. Foreign cultures adhere to different business customs and behavior. For example:Caffeine junkies should restrain themselves in the Middle East.“Three cups of tea or coffee is usually the polite limit in offices and during social calls,” counsels “Travel Pak, ” a free publication of Alia, the Royal Jordanian Airline. “But if your host keeps going, you also may continue sipping. If youve had your fill, give your empty cup a quick twist a sort of wiggle—as you hand it back. That means “No more, thank you.”Middle East visitors also should not be surprised “if others barge right into the office in the middle of your conversation with the person you are seeing,” notes “Travel Pak.” An old Arab custom calls for keeping an “opeThe British, however, consider it impolite to interrupt a visitor, even after all business has been transacted. The commercial caller is expected to be sensitive to this point, know when to stop, and initiate his or her own departure.In Japan certain guests at evening business gatherings will leave early. They should be allowed to leave without effusive good byes. The Japanese consider formal departures to be disruptive in such cases and disturbing to remaining guests.In Scandinavia and Finland business guests may be asked to shed their clothes and join their hosts in a sauna. The invitation is a sign that a goodworking relationship has been established.? In the Arab world, the word “no” must be mentioned three times before it is accepted. In contrast, it is considered good business manners to make many and long efforts to pick up the check. In the Peoples Republic of China, gift giving is considered an insult, says Patrick J. Lewis, President of Club Universe, a Los Angeles tour operator. “If you want to give someone a gift, make sure its modest in value. This will not be considered offensive, but it may be declined, ” The Chinese manner of expressing friendship and welcome is to clap. Lewis adds. “You may be greeted with clapping when entering a factory, hospital, commune, or school. Politeness dictates that you respond with applause, even though it may seem like youre clapping for yourself.” 31.In the Middle East, it is considered ____. A) impolite to drink at least 3 cups of coffee B) impolite to drink more than 3 cups of coffee unless your host drinks more C) polite to ask the host to give you as more as he can D) polite to leave a party as early as you want 32.In Japan, the guest at an evening party will ____. A) leave early without saying good bye B) stay as long as he can C) stay to have a swimming with the host D) present their business cards immediately 33.In Finland, business guests may ____. A) take flowers to the host B) send an expensive gift to the host C) have a swimming or sauna with the host D) present a business card 34.In China, a gift to the host means ____. A) attemption to praise the host B) a modest manner C) a respondence of applause D) offended action to the hosts dignity 35.Which of the following statement is NOT true according to the passage? A) Uninvited visitors are welcome in Middle Eastern office. B) In Britain, business visitors can stay as long as they like. C) In China, people may greet a foreigners entering a school with clapping. D) In the Arab world, saying “No” for 3 times until it is accepted.。

2017.6.四级资料（一）Part I WritingDirections:1.【题干】For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an advertisement on your campus website to sell a bicycle you used at college. Your advertisement may include its brand, features, condition and price, and your contact information. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.【答案】Secondhand bicycle is for sale right now. It is of excellent quality and reasonable price. If you are interested in it, just come and take a look at it.This Nicolai bicycle is a German brand which enjoys a high reputation in the world market. They are especially popular and famous among young people. The wheel diameter is 26 inches long. It has a black and white color and is sold in almost every big shopping mall or bicycle specialty store. It first entered the market in the spring of last year. It is fast and in perfect condition. The frame of the bicycle is made from aluminum, making it strong enough for you to ride at least ten more years. It cost me 2000 yuan half a year ago. However, I can give you a fifty percent discount if you buy it right now.If you are interested in it or intend to know more details, please don't hesitate to contact me, and I can be reached at 89757. I'm looking forward to your phone calls.Part III Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: 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.America's Internet is faster than ever before, but people still complain about their Internet being too slow.New York's Attorney General's office_____(27) an investigation in the fall into whether or not Verizon, Cablevision and Time Warner are delivering broadband that's as fast as the providers_____(28) it is. Earlier this month, the office asked for the public's help to measure their speed results, saying consumers_____(29) to get the speeds they were promised. "Too many of us may be paying for one thing, and getting another," the Attorney General said.If the investigation uncovers anything, it wouldn't be the first time a telecom provider got into_____(30) over the broadband speeds it promised and delivered customers. Back in June, the Federal Communications Commission fined AT&T $100 million over_____(31) that the carrier secretly reduced wireless speeds after customers consumed a certain amount of_____(32).Even when they stay on the right side of the law, Internet providers arouse customers' anger over bandwidth speed and cost. Just this week, an investigation found that media and telecom giant Comcast is the most_____(33) provider. Over 10 months, Comcast received nearly 12, 000 customer complaints, many_____(34) to its monthly data cap and overage（超过额度的）charges.Some Americans are getting so_____(35) with Internet providers they're just giving up. A recent study found that the number of Americans with high-speed Internet at home today_____(36) fell during the last two years, and 15% of people now consider themselves to be "cord-cutters."27.【题干】_____.【选项】A．accusationsB．actuallyC．claimD．communicatingE．complainF．dataG．deservedH．frustrated I．hated J．launched K．relating L．times M．trouble N．usually O．worried【答案】J【解析】28.【题干】_____. 【选项】A．accusations B．actually C．claim D．communicating E．complain F．data G．deserved H．frustrated I．hated J．launched K．relating L．times M．trouble N．usually O．worried【答案】C【解析】29.【题干】_____. 【选项】A．accusations B．actually C．claim D．communicating E．complain F．data G．deserved H．frustrated I．hated J．launched K．relating L．times M．trouble N．usually O．worried【答案】G【解析】30.【题干】_____. 【选项】A．accusations B．actually C．claim D．communicating E．complain F．data G．deserved H．frustratedI．hated J．launched K．relating L．times M．trouble N．usually O．worried【答案】M【解析】31.【题干】_____. 【选项】A．accusations B．actually C．claim D．communicating E．complain F．data G．deserved H．frustrated I．hated J．launched K．relating L．times M．trouble N．usually O．worried【答案】A【解析】32.【题干】_____. 【选项】A．accusations B．actually C．claim D．communicating E．complain F．data G．deserved H．frustrated I．hated J．launched K．relating L．times M．trouble N．usually O．worried【答案】F【解析】33.【题干】_____. 【选项】A．accusations B．actually C．claim D．communicating E．complain F．data G．deserved H．frustratedI．hated J．launched K．relating L．times M．trouble N．usually O．worried【答案】I【解析】34.【题干】_____. 【选项】A．accusations B．actually C．claim D．communicating E．complain F．data G．deserved H．frustrated I．hated J．launched K．relating L．times M．trouble N．usually O．worried【答案】K【解析】35.【题干】_____. 【选项】A．accusations B．actually C．claim D．communicating E．complain F．data G．deserved H．frustrated I．hated J．launched K．relating L．times M．trouble N．usually O．worried【答案】H【解析】36.【题干】_____. 【选项】A．accusations B．actually C．claim D．communicating E．complain F．data G．deserved H．frustratedI．hatedJ．launchedK．relatingL．timesM．troubleN．usuallyO．worried【答案】B【解析】Section BDirections: 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.From Accountant to Yogi: Making a Radical Career Change[A] At some point, almost all of us will experience a period of radical professional change. Some of us will seek it out; for others it will feel like an unwelcome intrusion into otherwise stable careers. Either way, we have choices about how we respond to it when it comes.[B] We recently caught up with yoga entrepreneur Leah Zaccaria, who put herself through the fire of change to completely reinvent herself. In her search to live a life of purpose, Leah left her high- paying accounting job, her husband, and her home. In the process, she built a radically new life and career. Since then, she has founded two yoga studios, met a new life partner, and formed a new community of people. Even if your personal reinvention is less drastic, we think there are lessons from her experience that apply.[C] Where do the seeds of change come from? The Native American Indians have a saying: "Pay attention to the whispers so you won't have to hear the screams." Often the best ideas for big changes come from unexpected places—it's just a matter oftiming in. Great leaders recognize the weak signals or slight signs that point to big changes to come. Leah reflects on a time she listened to the whispers: "About the time my daughter was five years old, I started having a sense that 'this isn't right.'" She then, realized that her life no longer matched her vision for it.[D] Up until that point, Leah had followed traditional measures of success. After graduating with a degree in business and accounting, she joined a public accounting firm, married, bought a house, put lots of stuff in it, and had a baby. "I did what everybody else thought looked successful," she says. Leah easily could have fallen into a trap of feeling content; instead, her energy sparked a period of experimentation and renewal.[E] Feeling the need to change, Leah started playing with future possibilities by exploring her interests and developing new capabilities. First trying physical exercise and dieting, she lost some weight and discovered an inner strength. "I felt powerful because I broke through my own limitations", w she recalls.[F] However, it was another interest that led Leah to radically reinvent herself. "I remember sitting on a bench with my aunt at a yoga studio," she said, "and having a moment of clarity right then and there: Yoga is saving my life. Yoga is waking me up. I'm not happy and I want to change and I'm done with this. In that moment of clarity Leah made an important leap, conquering her inner resistance to change and making a firm commitment to take bigger steps.[G] Creating the future you want is a lot easier if you are ready to exploit the opportunities that come your way. When Leah made the commitment to change, she primed herself to new opportunities she may otherwise have overlooked. She recalls.[H] One day a man I worked with, Ryan, who had his office next to mine, said, "Leah, let's go look at this space on Queen Anne." He knew my love for yoga and had seen a space close to where he lived that he thought might be good to serve as a yoga studio. As soon as I saw the location, I knew this was it. Of course I was scared, yet I had this strong sense of "I have to do this." Only a few months later Leah opened her first yoga studio, but success was not instant.[I] Creating the future takes time. That's why leaders continue to manage the presentwhile building toward the big changes of the future. When it's time to make the leap, they take action and immediately drop what's no longer serving their purpose. Initially Leah stayed with her accounting job while starting up the yoga studio to make it all work.[J] Soon after, she knew she had to make a bold move to fully commit to her new future. Within two years, Leah shed the safety of her accounting job and made the switch complete. Such drastic change is not easy.[K] Steering through change and facing obstacles brings us face to face with our fears. Leah reflects on one incident that triggered her fears, when her investors threatened to shut her down: "I was probably up against the most fear I've ever had," she says. "I had spent two years cultivating this community, and it had become successful very fast, but within six months I was facing the prospect of losing it all."[L] She connected with her sense of purpose and dug deep, cultivating a tremendous sense of strength. "I was feeling so intentional and strong that I wasn't going to let fear just take over. I was thinking, 'OK, guys, if you want to try to shut me down, shut me down., And I knew it was a negotiation scheme, so I was able to say to myself, 'This is not real.'" By naming her fears and facing them head-on, Leah gained confidence. For most of us, letting go of the safety and security of the past gives us great fear. Calling out our fears explicitly, as Leah did, can help us act decisively. [M] The cycle of renewal never ends. Leah's growth spurred her to open her second studio—and it wasn't for the money.[N] I have no desire to make millions of dollars. It's not about that; it's about growth for me. Honestly, I didn't need to open a second studio. I was making as much money as I was as an accountant. But I know if you don't grow, you stand still, and that doesn't work for me.[O] Consider the current moment in your own life, your team or your organization. Where are you in the cycle of renewal: Are you actively preserving the present, or selectively forgetting the past, or boldly creating the future? What advice would Leah give you to move you ahead on your journey? Once we're on the path of growth, we can continually move through the seasons of transformation and renewal.37.【题干】Readiness to take advantage of new opportunities will make it easier to create one's desired future.【选项】A．AB．BC．CD．DE．EF．FG．GH．HI．IJ．JK．KL．LM．MN．NO．O【答案】G【解析】38.【题干】By conventional standards, Leah was a typical successful woman before she changed her career.【选项】A．AB．BC．CD．DE．EF．FG．GH．HI．IJ．JK．KL．LM．MN．NO．O【答案】D【解析】39.【题干】Leah gained confidence by laying out her fears and confronting them directly.【选项】A．AB．BC．CD．DE．EF．FG．GH．HI．IJ．JK．KL．LM．MN．NO．O【答案】L【解析】40.【题干】In search of a meaningful life, Leah gave up what she had and set up her own yoga studios.【选项】A．AB．BC．CD．DE．EF．FG．GH．HI．IJ．JK．KL．LM．MN．NO．O【答案】B【解析】41.【题干】Leah's interest in yoga prompted her to make a firm decision to reshape her life.【选项】A．AB．BC．CD．DF．FG．GH．HI．IJ．JK．KL．LM．MN．NO．O【答案】F【解析】42.【题干】Small signs may indicate great changes to come and therefore merit attention.【选项】A．AB．BC．CD．DE．EF．FG．GH．HI．IJ．JK．KL．LM．MO．O【答案】C【解析】43.【题干】Leah's first yoga studio was by no means an immediate success.【选项】A．AB．BC．CD．DE．EF．FG．GH．HI．IJ．JK．KL．LM．MN．NO．O【答案】H【解析】44.【题干】Some people regard professional change as an unpleasant experience that disturbs their stable careers.【选项】A．AB．BD．DE．EF．FG．GH．HI．IJ．JK．KL．LM．MN．NO．O【答案】A【解析】45.【题干】The worst fear Leah ever had was the prospect of losing her yoga business. 【选项】A．AB．BC．CD．DE．EF．FG．GH．HI．IJ．JK．KL．LN．NO．O【答案】K【解析】46.【题干】As she explored new interests and developed new potentials, Leah felt powerful internally.【选项】A．AB．BC．CD．DE．EF．FG．GH．HI．IJ．JK．KL．LM．MN．NO．O【答案】E【解析】Section CDirections: 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 OneUrbanization-migration away from the suburbs and to the city center-will be the biggest real estate trend in 2015, according to a new report.The report says America's urbanization will continue to be the most significant issue affecting the industry, as cities across the country imitate the walkability and transit-oriented development making cities like New York and San Francisco so successful.As smaller cities copy the model of these "24-hour cities," more affordable versions of these places will be created. The report refers to this as the coming of the "18-hour city," and uses the term to refer to cities like Houston, Austin, Charlotte, and Nashville, which are "positioning themselves as highly competitive, in terms of livability, employment offerings, and recreational and cultural facilities."Another trend that looks significant in 2015 is that America's largest population group Millennials（千禧一代）, will continue to put off buying a house. Apartments will retain their appeal for a while for Millennials, haunted by what happened to home-owning parents.This trend will continue into the 2020s, the report projects. After that, survey respondents disagree over whether this generation will follow in their parents, footsteps, moving to the suburbs to raise families, or will choose to remain in the city center.Another issue affecting real estate in the coming year will be America's failing infrastructure. Most roads, bridges, transit, water systems, the electric grid, and communications networks were installed 50 to 100 years ago, and they are largely taken for granted until they fail.The report's writers state that America's failure to invest in infrastructure impacts not only the health of the real-estate market, but also our ability to remain globally competitive.Apart from the specific trends highlighted above, which cause some investors to worry, the report portrays an overall optimism borne by the recent healthy real-estate "upcycle" and improving economy. Seventy-four percent of the respondents surveyedreport a "good to excellent" expectation of real-estate profitability in 2015. While excessive optimism can promote bad investment patterns, resulting in a real- estate "bubble," the report's writers downplay that potential outcome in that it has not yet occurred.47.【题干】According to the new report, real estate development in 2015 will witness_____.【选项】A．an accelerating speedB．a shift to city centersC．a new focus on small citiesD．an ever-increasing demand【答案】B【解析】48.【题干】What characterizes "24-hour cities" like New York?【选项】A．People can live without private cars.B．People are generally more competitive.C．People can enjoy services around the clock.D．People are in harmony with the environment.【答案】C【解析】49.【题干】Why are Millennials reluctant to buy a house?【选项】A．They can only afford small apartments.B．The house prices are currently too high.C．Their parents, bad experience still haunts them.D．They feel attached to the suburban environment.根据题干中的“24-hour cities"和New York定位到第2、3段。