2018年6月大学英语四级真题(第二套)

2018年6月大学英语四级真题（第2套)Part I Writing （30 minutes）Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30minutes to write a short essay on the importanceof writing ability and how to develop it.You should write at least 120 words but no more than180 words.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Part II Listening Comprehension (25 minute s)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear threenews reports. At the end of each news report, youwill hear two or three questions. Both the news report and the questions will be spoken onlyonce. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choicesmarked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sh eet 1 with a single line through the centre.Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.1. A) Annoyed.B) Scared.C) Confused.D) Offended.2. A) It crawled over the woman's hands.B) It wound up on the steering wheel.C) It was killed by the police on the spot.D) It was covered with large scales.Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.3. A) A study of the fast-food service.B) Fast food customer satisfaction.C) McDonald's new business strategies.D) Competition in the fast-food industry.4. A) Customers' higher demands.B) The inefficiency of employees.C) Increased variety of products.D) The rising number of customers.Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.5. A) International treaties regarding space travel programs.B) Legal issues involved in commercial space exploration.C) U.S. government's approval of private space missions.D) Competition among public and private space companies.6. A) Deliver scientific equipment to the moon.B) Approve a new mission to travel into outer space.C) Work with federal agencies on space programs.D) Launch a manned spacecraft to Mars.7. A) It is significant.B) It is promising.C) It is unpredictable.D) It is unprofitable.Section BDirections:In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of eachconversation, you will hear four questions. Both the conversation and the ques tions will bespoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose th e best answer from the fourchoices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answ er Sheet 1with a single line through the centre.Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.8. A) Visiting her family in Thailand.B) Showing friends around Phuket.C) Swimming around a Thai island.D) Lying in the sun on a Thai beach.9. A) She visited a Thai orphanage.B) She met a Thai girl's parents.C) She learned some Thai words.D) She sunbathed on a Thai beach.10. A) His class will start in a minute.B) He has got an incoming phone call.C) Someone is knocking at his door.D) His phone is running out of power.11. A) He is interested in Thai artworks.B) He is going to open a souvenir shop.C) He collects things from different countries.D) He wants to know more about Thai culture.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12. A) Buying some fitness equipment for the new gym.B) Opening a gym and becoming personal trainers.C) Signing up for a weight-loss course.D) Trying out a new gym in town.13. A) Professional personal training.B) Free exercise for the first week.C) A discount for a half-year membership.D) Additional benefits for young couples.14. A) The safety of weight-lifting.B) The high membership fee.C) The renewal of his membership.D) The operation of fitness equipment.15. A) She wants her invitation renewed.B) She used to do 200 sit-ups every day.C) She knows the basics of weight-lifting.D) She used to be the gym's personal trainer.Section CDirections:In this section, you will hear three passages. At the end of eac h passage, you willhear three or four questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spo ken only once.After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer fro m the four choices marked A),B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. A) They tend to be nervous during interviews.B) They often apply for a number of positions.C) They worry about the results of their applications.D) They search extensively for employers' information.17. A) Get better organized.B) Edit their references.C) Find better-paid jobs.D) Analyze the searching process.18. A) Provide their data in detail.B) Personalize each application.C) Make use of better search engines.D) Apply for more promising positions.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19. A) If kids did not like school, real learning would not take place.B) If not forced to go to school, kids would be out in the streets.C) If schools stayed the way they are, parents were sure to protest.D) If teaching failed to improve, kids would stay away from school.20. A) Allow them to play interesting games in class.B) Try to stir up their interest in lab experiments.C) Let them stay home and learn from their parents.D) Design activities they now enjoy doing on holidays.21. A) Allow kids to learn at their own pace.B) Encourage kids to learn from each other.C) Organize kids into various interest groups.D) Take kids out of school to learn at first hand.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22. A) It is especially popular in Florida and Alaska.B) It is a major social activity among the young.C) It is seen almost anywhere and on any occasion.D) It is even more expressive than the written word.23. A) It is located in a big city in Iowa.B) It is really marvelous to look at.C) It offers free dance classes to seniors.D) It offers people a chance to socialize.24. A) Their state of mind improved.B) They became better dancers.C) They enjoyed better health.D) Their relationship strengthened.25. A) It is fun.B) It is life.C) It is exhausting.D) It is rhythmical.Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension (40 minutes )Section ADirections:In this section, there is a passage with10 blanks. You are requir ed to select one word for 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 ba nk is identifiedby a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with asingle line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Since the 1940s, southern California has had a reputation for smog. Things are not as bad as they once were but, according to the American Lung Association, Los Angeles is still the worst city in the United States for levels of __26__ . Gazing down on the city from the Getty Center, an art museum in the Santa Monica Mountains, one would find the view of the Pacific Ocean blurred by the haze (霾). Nor is the state's bad air __27__ to its south. Fresno, in the central valley, comes top of the list in America for year-round pollution. Residents' hearts and lungs are affected as a __28__ . All of which, combined with California's reputation as the home of technological __29__ , makes the place ideal for developing and testing systems designed to monitor pollution in __30__ . And that is just what Aclima, a new firm in San Francisco, has been doing over the past few months. It has been trying out monitoring stations that are __31__ to yield minute-to-minute maps of __32__ air pollution. Such stations will also be able to keep an eye on what is happening inside buildings, including offices.To this end, Aclima has been __33__ with Google's Street View system. Davida Herzl, Aclima's boss, says they have revealed pollution highs on days when San Francisco's transit workers went on strike and the city's __34__ were forced to use their cars. Conversely, "cycle to work" days have done their job by __35__ pollution lows.A)assisted B) collaborating C) consequence D) consumers E) creatingF)detail G)domestic H) frequently I) inhabitants J) innovation K) intende dL) outdoor M) pollutants N) restricted O) sumSection BDirections:In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statem ents attached toit. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identi fy theparagraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph m ore thanonce. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.As Tourists Crowd Out Locals, Venice Faces 'Endangered' ListA)On a recent fall morning, a large crowd blocked the steps at one of Venice's main tourist sites, the Rialto Bridge. The Rialto Bridge is one of the four bridges spanning the Grand Canal. It is the oldest bridge across the canal, and was the dividing line between the districts of San Marco and San Polo. But on this day, there was a twist: it was filled with Venetians, not tourists.B) "People are cheering and holding their carts in the air," says Giovanni Giorgio, who helped organize the march with a grass-roots organization called Generazione '90. The carts he refers to are small shopping carts—the symbol of a true Venetian. "It started as a joke," he says with a laugh. "The idea was to put blades on the wheels! You know? Like Ben Hur. Precisely like that, you just go around and run people down."C) Venice is one of the hottest tourist destinations in the world. But that's a problem. Up to 90,000 tourists crowd its streets and canals every day—far outnumbering the 55,000permanent residents. The tourist increase is one key reason the city's population is down from 175,000 in the 1950s. The outnumbered Venetians have been steadily fleeing. And those who stick around are tired of living in a place where they can't even get to the market without swimming through a sea of picture-snapping tourists. Imagine, navigating through 50,000 people while on the way to school or to work.D) Laura Chigi, a grandmother at the march, says the local and national governments have failed to do anything about the crowds for decades, because they're only interested in tourism—the primary industry in Venice, worth more than $3 billion in 2015. "Venice is a cash cow," she says, "and everyone wants a piece."E) Just beyond St. Mark's Square, a cruise ship passes, one of hundreds every year that appear over their medieval (中世纪的) surroundings. Their massive wake creates waves at the bottom of the sea, weakening the foundations of the centuries-old buildings themselves. "Every time I see a cruise ship, I feel sad," Chigi says. "You see the mud it drags; the destruction it leaves in its wake? That hurts the ancient wooden poles holding up the city underwater. One day we'll see Venice break down."F)For a time, UNESCO, the cultural wing of the United Nations, seemed to agree. Two years ago, it put Italy on notice, saying the government was not protecting Venice. UNESCO considers the entire city a World Heritage Site, a great honor that means Venice, at the cultural level, belongs to all of the world's people. In 2014, UNESCO gave Italy two years to manage Venice's flourishing tourism or the city would be placed on another list—World Heritage In Danger, joining such sites as Aleppo and Palmyra, destroyed by the war in Syria.G) Venice's deadline passed with barely a murmur (嘟哝) this summer, just as UNESCO was meeting in Istanbul. Only one representative, Jad Tabet from Lebanon, tried to raise the issue. "For several years, the situation of heritage in Venice has been worsening, and it has now reached a dramatic situation," Tabet told UNESCO. "We have to act quickly—there is not a moment to waste."H) But UNESCO didn't even hold a vote. "It's been postponed until 2017," says Anna Somers, the founder and CEO of The Art Newspaper and the former head of Venice in Peril, a group devoted to restoring Venetian art. She says the main reason the U.N. cultural organization didn't vote to declare Venice a World Heritage Site In Danger is because UNESCO has become "intensely politicized. There would have been some back-room negotiations."I) Italy boasts more UNESCO World Heritage Sites than any other country in the world, granting it considerable power and influence within the organization. The former head of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, which oversees heritage sites, is Francesco Bandarin, a Venetian who now serves as UNESCO's assistant director-general for culture.J) Earlier this year, Italy signed an accord with UNESCO to establish a task force of police art detectives and archaeologists (考古学家) to protect cultural heritage from natural disasters and terror groups, such as ISIS. The accord underlined Italy's global reputation as a good steward of art and culture.K)But adding Venice to the UNESCO endangered list—which is dominated by sites in developing and conflict-ridden countries—would be an international embarrassment, and could even hurt Italy's profitable tourism industry. The Italian Culture Ministry says it is unaware of any government efforts to pressure UNESCO. As for the organization itself, it declined arequest for an interview.L) The city's current mayor, Luigi Brugnaro, has ridiculed UNESCO and told it to mind its own business, while continuing to support the cruise ship industry, which employs 5,000 Venice residents.M) As for Venetians, they're beyond frustrated and hoping for a solution soon. "It's a nightmare for me. Some situations are really difficult with tourists around," says Giorgio as he navigates around a swelling crowd at the Rialto Bridge. "There are just so many of them. They never know where they are going, and do not walk in an orderly manner. Navigating the streets can be exhausting."N) Then it hits him: This crowd isn't made up of tourists. They're Venetians. Giorgio says he's never experienced the Rialto Bridge this way in all his 22 years. "For once, we are the ones who are blocking the traffic," he says delightedly. "It feels unreal. It feels like we're some form of endangered species. It's just nice. The feeling is just pure." But, he worries, if tourism isn't managed and his fellow locals continue to move to the mainland, his generation might be the last who can call themselves native Venetians.36. The passing cruise ships will undermine the foundations of the ancient buildings in Venice.37. The Italian government has just reached an agreement with UNESCO to take measures to protect its cultural heritage.38. The heritage situation in Venice has been deteriorating in the past few years.39. The decrease in the number of permanent residents in Venice is mainly due to the increase of tourists.40. If tourism gets out of control, native Venetians may desert the city altogether one day.41. UNESCO urged the Italian government to undertake its responsibility to protect Venice.42. The participants in the Venetian march used shopping carts to show they were 100% local residents.43. Ignoring UNESCO's warning, the mayor of Venice maintains his support of the city's tourism industry.44. One woman says that for decades the Italian government and local authorities have only focused on the revenues from tourism.45. UNESCO has not yet decided to put Venice on the list of World Heritage Sites In Danger. Section CDirections:There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questionsor unfinished 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 o n Answer Sheet2 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 46 and 50 are based on the following passage.Passage OneQuestions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.Living in an urban area with green spaces has a long-lasting positive impact on people's mental well-being, a study has suggested. UK researchers found moving to a green space had a sustained positive effect, unlike pay rises or promotions, which only provided a short-term boost. Co-author Mathew White, from the University of Exeter, UK, explained that the studyshowed people living in greener urban areas were displaying fewer signs of depression or anxiety. "There could be a number of reasons," he said, "for example, people do many things to make themselves happier: they strive for promotion or pay rises, or they get married. But the trouble with those things is that within six months to a year, people are back to their original baseline levels of well-being. So, these things are not sustainable; they don't make us happy in the long term. We found that for some lottery (彩票) winners who had won more than ￡500,000 the positive effect was definitely there, but after six months to a year, they were back to the baseline."Dr. White said his team wanted to see whether living in greener urban areas had a lasting positive effect on people's sense of well-being or whether the effect also disappeared after a period of time. To do this, the team used data from the British Household Panel Survey compiled by the University of Essex.Explaining what the data revealed, he said: "What you see is that even after three years, mental health is still better, which is unlike many other things that we think will make us happy." He observed that people living in green spaces were less stressed, and less stressed people made more sensible decisions and communicated better.With a growing body of evidence establishing a link between urban green spaces and a positive impact on human well-being, Dr. White said, "There's growing interest among public policy officials, but the trouble is who funds it. What we really need at a policy level is to decide where the money will come from to help support good quality local green spaces."46.According to one study, what do green spaces do to people?A.Improve their work efficiency.B.Add to their sustained happiness.C.Help them build a positive attitude towards life.D.Lessen their concerns about material well-being.47.What does Dr. White say people usually do to make themselves happier?A.Earn more money.B.Settle in an urban area.C.Gain fame and popularity.D.Live in a green environment.48.What does Dr. White try to find out about living in a greener urban area?A.How it affects different people.B.How strong its positive effect is.C.How long its positive effect lasts.D.How it benefits people physically.49.What did Dr. White's research reveal about people living in a green environment?A.Their stress was more apparent than real.B.Their decisions required less deliberation.C.Their memories were greatly strengthened.D.Their communication with others improved.50.According to Dr. White, what should the government do to build more green spaces in cities?A.Find financial support.B.Improve urban planning.C.Involve local residents in the effort.D.Raise public awareness of the issue.Passage TwoPassage TwoQuestions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.You probably know about the Titanic, but it was actually just one of three state-of-the-art (先进的) ocean ships back in the day. The Olympic class ships were built by the Harland & Wolff ship makers in Northern Ireland for the White Star Line company. The Olympic class included the Olympic, the Britannic and the Titanic. What you may not know is that the Titanic wasn't even the flagship of this class. All in all, the Olympic class ships were marvels of sea engineering, but they seemed cursed to suffer disastrous fates.The Olympic launched first in 1910, followed by the Titanic in 1911, and lastly the Britannic in 1914. The ships had nine decks, and White Star Line decided to focus on making them the most luxurious ships on the water.Stretching 269.13 meters, the Olympic class ships were wonders of naval technology, and everyone thought that they would continue to be so for quite some time. However, all suffered terrible accidents on the open seas. The Olympic got wrecked before the Titanic did, but it was the only one to survive and maintain a successful career of 24 years. The Titanic was the first to sink after famously hitting a huge iceberg in 1912. Following this disaster, the Britannic hit a naval mine in 1916 and subsequently sank as well.Each ship was coal-powered by several boilers constantly kept running by exhausted crews below deck. Most recognizable of the ship designs are the ship's smoke stacks, but the fourth stack was actually just artistic in nature and served no functional purpose. While two of these ships sank, they were all designed with double hulls (船体) believed to make them "unsinkable", perhaps a mistaken idea that led to the Titanic's and the Britannic's tragic end.The Olympic suffered two crashes with other ships and went on to serve as a hospital ship and troop transport in World War I. Eventually, she was taken out of service in 1935, ending the era of the luxurious Olympic class ocean liners.51.What does the passage say about the three Olympic class ships?A.They performed marvellously on the sea.B.They could all break the ice in their way.C.They all experienced terrible misfortunes.D.They were models of modern engineering.52.What did White Star Line have in mind when it purchased the three ships?A.Their capacity of sailing across all waters.B.The utmost comfort passengers could enjoy.C.Their ability to survive disasters of any kind.D.The long voyages they were able to undertake.53.What is said about the fourth stack of the ships?A.It was a mere piece of decoration.B.It was the work of a famous artist.C.It was designed to let out extra smoke.D.It was easily identifiable from afar.54.What might have led to the tragic end of the Titanic and the Britannic?A.Their unscientific designs.B.Their captains' misjudgment.C.The assumption that they were built with the latest technology.D.The belief that they could never sink with a double-layer body.55.What happened to the ship Olympic in the end?A.She was used to carry troops.B.She was sunk in World War I.C.She was converted into a hospital ship.D.She was retired after her naval service.Part IV Translation (30 minutes )Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30minutes to translate a passag e from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.公交车曾是中国人出行的主要交通工具。

Part I Writing (30minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30minutes to write a short essay o n the importanceof writing ability and how to develop it. You should write at l east 120 words but no more than180 words.______________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ __________Part II Listening Comprehension (25minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear threenews reports. At the end of each news report, youwill hear two or three questions. Both the news report and t he questions will be spoken onlyonce. After you hear a question, you must ch oose the best answer from the four choicesmarked A), B), C) and D). Then m ark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with asingle line through the centre.Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.1. A) Annoyed.B) Scared.C) Confused.D) Offended.2. A) It crawled over the woman's hands.B) It wound up on the steering wheel.C) It was killed by the police on the spot.D) It was covered with large scales.Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.3. A) A study of the fast-food service.B) Fast food customer satisfaction.C) McDonald's new business strategies.D) Competition in the fast-food industry.4. A) Customers' higher demands.B) The inefficiency of employees.C) Increased variety of products.D) The rising number of customers.Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.5. A) International treaties regarding space travel programs.B) Legal issues involved in commercial space exploration.C) U.S. government's approval of private space missions.D) Competition among public and private space companies.6. A) Deliver scientific equipment to the moon.B) Approve a new mission to travel into outer space.C) Work with federal agencies on space programs.D) Launch a manned spacecraft to Mars.7. A) It is significant.B) It is promising.C) It is unpredictable.D) It is unprofitable.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear four questions. Both the conversation and the questions will bespoken only once. After you hear a question, you must c hoose the best answer from the fourchoices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1with a single line through th e centre.Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.8. A) Visiting her family in Thailand.B) Showing friends around Phuket.C) Swimming around a Thai island.D) Lying in the sun on a Thai beach.9. A) She visited a Thai orphanage.B) She met a Thai girl's parents.C) She learned some Thai words.D) She sunbathed on a Thai beach.10. A) His class will start in a minute.B) He has got an incoming phone call.C) Someone is knocking at his door.D) His phone is running out of power.11. A) He is interested in Thai artworks.B) He is going to open a souvenir shop.C) He collects things from different countries.D) He wants to know more about Thai culture.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12. A) Buying some fitness equipment for the new gym.B) Opening a gym and becoming personal trainers.C) Signing up for a weight-loss course.D) Trying out a new gym in town.13. A) Professional personal training.B) Free exercise for the first week.C) A discount for a half-year membership.D) Additional benefits for young couples.14. A) The safety of weight-lifting.B) The high membership fee.C) The renewal of his membership.D) The operation of fitness equipment.15. A) She wants her invitation renewed.B) She used to do 200 sit-ups every day.C) She knows the basics of weight-lifting.D) She used to be the gym's personal trainer.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear three passages. At the end of each p assage, you willhear three or four questions. Both the passage and the questi ons 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 c orresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single linethrough the centre.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. A) They tend to be nervous during interviews.B) They often apply for a number of positions.C) They worry about the results of their applications.D) They search extensively for employers' information.17. A) Get better organized.B) Edit their references.C) Find better-paid jobs.D) Analyze the searching process.18. A) Provide their data in detail.B) Personalize each application.C) Make use of better search engines.D) Apply for more promising positions.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19. A) If kids did not like school, real learning would not take place.B) If not forced to go to school, kids would be out in the streets.C) If schools stayed the way they are, parents were sure to protest.D) If teaching failed to improve, kids would stay away from school.20. A) Allow them to play interesting games in class.B) Try to stir up their interest in lab experiments.C) Let them stay home and learn from their parents.D) Design activities they now enjoy doing on holidays.21. A) Allow kids to learn at their own pace.B) Encourage kids to learn from each other.C) Organize kids into various interest groups.D) Take kids out of school to learn at first hand.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22. A) It is especially popular in Florida and Alaska.B) It is a major social activity among the young.C) It is seen almost anywhere and on any occasion.D) It is even more expressive than the written word.23. A) It is located in a big city in Iowa.B) It is really marvelous to look at.C) It offers free dance classes to seniors.D) It offers people a chance to socialize.24. A) Their state of mind improved.B) They became better dancers.C) They enjoyed better health.D) Their relationship strengthened.25. A) It is fun.B) It is life.C) It is exhausting.D) It is rhythmical.Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension (40minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage withten blanks. You are require d to select one word foreach 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 is identified by a letter. Please mark the cor responding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with asingle line through t he centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Since the 1940s, southern California has had a reputation for smog. Things are not as bad asthey once were but, according to the American Lung Associa tion, Los Angeles is still the worstcity in the United States for levels of 26 . Ga zing down on the city from the Getty Center, anart museum in the Santa Moni ca Mountains, one would find the view of the Pacific Oceanblurred by the haze (霾). Nor is the state's bad air 27 to its south. Fresno, in the centralvalley, co mes top of the list in America for year-round pollution. Residents' hearts and lungsare affected as a 28 . All of which, combined with California's reputati on as the home oftechnological 29 , makes the place ideal for developing and testing systems designed tomonitor pollution in 30 . And that is just what A clima, a new firm in San Francisco, has beendoing over the past few months. It has been trying out monitoring stations that are 31 to yield minute-to-minu te maps of 32 air pollution. Such stations will also be able to keep aneye on what is happening inside buildings, including offices.To this end, Aclima has been 33 with Google's Street View system. Davida He rzl, Aclima'sboss, says they have revealed pollution highs on days when San Francisco's transit workerswent on strike and the city's 34 were forced to us e their cars. Conversely,"cycle to work"days have done their job by 35 pollution lows.A) assisted B) collaborating C) consequence D) consumers E) creating F) det ail G)domestic H) frequently I) inhabitants J) innovation K) intended L) ou tdoor M) pollutantsN) restricted O) sumSection BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statemen ts attached toit. Each statement contains information given in one of the par agraphs. Identify theparagraph from which the information is derived. You ma y choose a paragraph more thanonce. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking thecorresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.As Tourists Crowd Out Locals, Venice Faces 'Endangered' ListA) On a recent fall morning, a large crowd blocked the steps at one of Venice' s main touristsites, the Rialto Bridge. The Rialto Bridge is one of the four brid ges spanning the Grand Canal.It is the oldest bridge across the canal, and w as the dividing line between the districts of SanMarco and San Polo. But on thi s day, there was a twist: it was filled with Venetians, nottourists.B)"People are cheering and holding their carts in the air," says Giovanni Giorgio, who helped organize the march with a grass-roots organization called Gener azione '90. The carts herefers to are small shopping carts—the symbol of a tr ue Venetian. "It started as a joke," hesays with a laugh."The idea was to put blades on the wheels! You know? Like Ben Hur.Precisely like that, you just go around and run people down."C) Venice is one of the hottest tourist destinations in the world. But that's a p roblem. Up to90,000 tourists crowd its streets and canals every day—far outn umbering the 55,000permanent residents. The tourist increase is one key re ason the city's population is downfrom 175,000 in the 1950s. The outnumb ered Venetians have been steadily fleeing. Andthose who stick around are tir ed of living in a place where they can't even get to the marketwithout swimmi ng through a sea of picture-snapping tourists. Imagine, navigating through50, 000 people while on the way to school or to work.D) Laura Chigi, a grandmother at the march, says the local and national gove rnments havefailed to do anything about the crowds for decades, because the y're only interested in tourism—the primary industry in Venice, worth more t han $3 billion in 2015. "Venice is a cash cow,"she says,"and everyone wants a piece."E) Just beyond St. Mark's Square, a cruise ship passes, one of hundreds ever y year thatappear over their medieval (中世纪的) surroundings. Their massive wake creates waves atthe bottom of the sea , weakening the foundations of the centuries-old buildings themselves. "Every time I see a cruise ship, I feel sad," Chigi says."You see the mud it drags; the destruction it leaves in its wake? That hurts t he ancient wooden poles holding up the cityunderwater. One day we'll see Ve nice break down."F) For a time, UNESCO, the cultural wing of the United Nations, seemed to ag ree. Two yearsago, it put Italy on notice, saying the government was not protecting Venice. UNESCOconsiders the entire city a World Heritage Site, a great honor that means Venice, at thecultural level, belongs to all of the world's pe ople. In 2014, UNESCO gave Italy two years tomanage Venice's flourishing to urism or the city would be placed on another list—WorldHeritage In Danger, j oining such sites as Aleppo and Palmyra, destroyed by the war in Syria.G) Venice's deadline passed with barely a murmur (嘟哝) this summer, just as UNESCO wasmeeting in Istanbul. Only one represen tative, Jad Tabet from Lebanon, tried to raise the issue."For several years, the situation of heritage in Venice has been worsening, an d it hasnow reached a dramatic situation," Tabet told UNESCO."We have to act quickly—there isnot a moment to waste."H) But UNESCO didn't even hold a vote."It's been postponed until 2017," says Anna Somers,the founder and CEO of T he Art Newspaper and the former head of Venice in Peril, a group devoted to restoring Venetian art. She says the main reason the U.N. cultural organizatio ndidn't vote to declare Venice a World Heritage Site In Danger is because UN ESCO hasbecome "intensely politicized. There would have been some back-ro om negotiations."I) Italy boasts more UNESCO World Heritage Sites than any other country in t he world,granting it considerable power and influence within the organizatio n. The former head of theUNESCO World Heritage Centre, which oversees her itage sites, is Francesco Bandarin, aVenetian who now serves as UNESCO's as sistant director-general for culture.J) Earlier this year, Italy signed an accord with UNESCO to establish a task fo rce of police artdetectives and archaeologists (考古学家) to protect cultural heritage from natural disastersand terror groups, suc h as ISIS. The accord underlined Italy's global reputation as a goodstewar d of art and culture.K) But adding Venice to the UNESCO endangered list—which is dominated by sites indeveloping and conflict-ridden countries—would be an international e mbarrassment, andcould even hurt Italy's profitable tourism industry. The Italian Culture Ministry says it is unaware of any government efforts to press ure UNESCO. As for the organization itself, it declined a request for an inter view.L) The city's current mayor, Luigi Brugnaro, has ridiculed UNESCO and told it to mind its ownbusiness, while continuing to support the cruise ship industry, which employs 5,000 Veniceresidents.M) As for Venetians, they're beyond frustrated and hoping for a solution soo n."It's a nightmare for me. Some situations are really difficult with tourists aro und," says Giorgio ashe navigates around a swelling crowd at the Rialto Bridg e."There are just so many of them.They never know where they are going, and do not walk in an orderly manner. Navigatingthe streets can be exhausting."N) Then it hits him: This crowd isn't made up of tourists. They're Venetians. G iorgio says he'snever experienced the Rialto Bridge this way in all his 22 yea rs."For once, we are the oneswho are blocking the traffic," he says delightedly. "It feels unreal. It feels like we're someform of endangered species. It's just nice. The feeling is just pure." But, he worries, iftourism isn't managed and hi s fellow locals continue to move to the mainland, his generationmight be the l ast who can call themselves native Venetians.36. The passing cruise ships will undermine the foundations of the ancient b uildings inVenice.37. The Italian government has just reached an agreement with UNESCO to t ake measures to protect its cultural heritage.38. The heritage situation in Venice has been deteriorating in the past few ye ars.39. The decrease in the number of permanent residents in Venice is mainly due to theincrease of tourists.40. If tourism gets out of control, native Venetians may desert the city altog ether one day.41. UNESCO urged the Italian government to undertake its responsibility to p rotect Venice.42. The participants in the Venetian march used shopping carts to show they were 100% localresidents.43. Ignoring UNESCO's warning, the mayor of Venice maintains his support of the city'stourism industry.44. One woman says that for decades the Italian government and local author ities have onlyfocused on the revenues from tourism.45. UNESCO has not yet decided to put Venice on the list of World Heritage Si tes In Danger.Section CDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by s ome questionsor unfinished statements. For each of them there are four cho ices marked A), B), C) andD). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet2 with a single line through the cen tre.Passage OneQuestions 46 and 50 are based on the following passage.Living in an urban area with green spaces has a long-lasting positive impac t on people's mental well-being, a study has suggested. UK researchers found moving to a green spacehad a sustained positive effect, unlike pay rises or promotions, which only provided a short-term boost. Co-author Mathew White, from the University of Exeter, UK, explained that thestudy showed people li ving in greener urban areas were displaying fewer signs of depression or an xiety. "There could be a number of reasons," he said,"for example,people do many things to make themselves happier: they strive for promotion or pay rises,or they get married. But the trouble with those t hings is that within six months to a year,people are back to their original bas eline levels of well-being. So, these things are notsustainable; they don't mak e us happy in the long term. We found that for some lottery (彩票) winners who had won more than ￡500,000 the positive effect was definit ely there, butafter six months to a year, they were back to the baseline." Dr. White said his team wanted to see whether living in greener urban areas had a lasting positive effect on people's sense of well-being or whether the ef fect also disappeared after aperiod of time. To do this, the team used data fro m the British Household Panel Surveycompiled by the University of Essex. Explaining what the data revealed, he said:"What you see is that even after three years,mental health is still better, whi ch is unlike many other things that we think will make ushappy." He observed that people living in green spaces were less stressed, and less stressedpeopl e made more sensible decisions and communicated better.With a growing body of evidence establishing a link between urban green sp aces and apositive impact on human well-being, Dr. White said,"There's growing interest among publicpolicy officials, but the trouble is who f unds it. What we really need at a policy level is todecide where the money wi ll come from to help support good quality local green spaces."46. According to one study, what do green spaces do to people?A) Improve their work efficiency.B) Add to their sustained happiness.C) Help them build a positive attitude towards life.D) Lessen their concerns about material well-being.47. What does Dr. White say people usually do to make themselves happier?A) Earn more money.B) Settle in an urban area.C) Gain fame and popularity.D) Live in a green environment.48. What does Dr. White try to find out about living in a greener urban area?A) How it affects different people.B) How strong its positive effect is.C) How long its positive effect lasts.D) How it benefits people physically.49. What did Dr. White's research reveal about people living in a green envir onment?A) Their stress was more apparent than real.B) Their decisions required less deliberation.C) Their memories were greatly strengthened.D) Their communication with others improved.50. According to Dr. White, what should the government do to build more gre en spaces incities?A) Find financial support.B) Improve urban planning.C) Involve local residents in the effort.D) Raise public awareness of the issue.Passage TwoQuestions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.You probably know about the Titanic, but it was actually just one of three stat e-of-the-art (先进的) ocean ships back in the day. The Olympic class ships were built by the Har land &Wolff ship makers in Northern Ireland for the White Star Line com pany. The Olympic classincluded the Olympic, the Britannic and the Titanic. W hat you may not know is that the Titanicwasn't even the flagship of this class. All in all, the Olympic class ships were marvels of seaengineering, but they s eemed cursed to suffer disastrous fates.The Olympic launched first in 1910, followed by the Titanic in 1911, and lastly the Britannic in1914. The ships had nine decks, and White Star Line decided to focus on making them themost luxurious ships on the water.Stretching 269.13 meters, the Olympic class ships were wonders of naval tec hnology, andeveryone thought that they would continue to be so for quite so me time. However, allsuffered terrible accidents on the open seas. The Olymp ic got wrecked before the Titanic did,but it was the only one to survive and maintain a successful career of 24 years. The Titanicwas the first to sink after famously hitting a huge iceberg in 1912. Following this disaster,the Britanni c hit a naval mine in 1916 and subsequently sank as well.Each ship was coal-powered by several boilers constantly kept running by ex hausted crewsbelow deck. Most recognizable of the ship designs are the shi p's smoke stacks, but thefourth stack was actually just artistic in nature and served no functional purpose. While twoof these ships sank, they were all de signed with double hulls (船体) believed to make them"unsinkable", perhaps a mistaken idea that led to t he Titanic's and the Britannic's tragic end.The Olympic suffered two crashes with other ships and went on to serve as a hospital ship andtroop transport in World War I. Eventually, she was taken o ut of service in 1935, ending theera of the luxurious Olympic class ocean lin ers.51. What does the passage say about the three Olympic class ships?A) They performed marvellously on the sea.B) They could all break the ice in their way.C) They all experienced terrible misfortunes.D) They were models of modern engineering.52. What did White Star Line have in mind when it purchased the three ships?A) Their capacity of sailing across all waters.B) The utmost comfort passengers could enjoy.C) Their ability to survive disasters of any kind.D) The long voyages they were able to undertake.53. What is said about the fourth stack of the ships?A) It was a mere piece of decoration.B) It was the work of a famous artist.C) It was designed to let out extra smoke.D) It was easily identifiable from afar.54. What might have led to the tragic end of the Titanic and the Britannic?A) Their unscientific designs.B) Their captains' misjudgment.C) The assumption that they were built with the latest technology.D) The belief that they could never sink with a double-layer body.55. What happened to the ship Olympic in the end?A) She was used to carry troops.B) She was sunk in World War I.C) She was converted into a hospital ship.D) She was retired after her naval service.Part IV Translation (30minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30minutes to translate a passage fr om Chineseinto English. You should write your answer onAnswer Sheet 2.公交车曾是中国人出行的主要交通工具。

Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the importance of writing ability and how to develop it. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Part II Listening Comprehension (25 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 the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre. Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.1. A) Annoyed.B) Scared.C) Confused.D) Offended.2. A) It crawled over the woman's hands.B) It wound up on the steering wheel.C) It was killed by the police on the spot.D) It was covered with large scales.Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.3. A) A study of the fast-food service.B) Fast food customer satisfaction.C) McDonald's new business strategies.D) Competition in the fast-food industry.4. A) Customers' higher demands.B) The inefficiency of employees.C) Increased variety of products.D) The rising number of customers.Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.5. A) International treaties regarding space travel programs.B) Legal issues involved in commercial space exploration.C) . government's approval of private space missions.D) Competition among public and private space companies.6. A) Deliver scientific equipment to the moon.B) Approve a new mission to travel into outer space.C) Work with federal agencies on space programs.D) Launch a manned spacecraft to Mars.7. A) It is significant.B) It is promising.C) It is unpredictable.D) It is unprofitable.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear four questions. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre. Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.8. A) Visiting her family in Thailand.B) Showing friends around Phuket.C) Swimming around a Thai island.D) Lying in the sun on a Thai beach.9. A) She visited a Thai orphanage.B) She met a Thai girl's parents.C) She learned some Thai words.D) She sunbathed on a Thai beach.10. A) His class will start in a minute.B) He has got an incoming phone call.C) Someone is knocking at his door.D) His phone is running out of power.11. A) He is interested in Thai artworks.B) He is going to open a souvenir shop.C) He collects things from different countries.D) He wants to know more about Thai culture.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12. A) Buying some fitness equipment for the new gym.B) Opening a gym and becoming personal trainers.C) Signing up for a weight-loss course.D) Trying out a new gym in town.13. A) Professional personal training.B) Free exercise for the first week.C) A discount for a half-year membership.D) Additional benefits for young couples.14. A) The safety of weight-lifting.B) The high membership fee.C) The renewal of his membership.D) The operation of fitness equipment.15. A) She wants her invitation renewed.B) She used to do 200 sit-ups every day.C) She knows the basics of weight-lifting.D) She used to be the gym's personal trainer.Section CDirections:In this section, you will hear three passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear three or four questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. A) They tend to be nervous during interviews.B) They often apply for a number of positions.C) They worry about the results of their applications.D) They search extensively for employers' information.17. A) Get better organized.B) Edit their references.C) Find better-paid jobs.D) Analyze the searching process.18. A) Provide their data in detail.B) Personalize each application.C) Make use of better search engines.D) Apply for more promising positions.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19. A) If kids did not like school, real learning would not take place.B) If not forced to go to school, kids would be out in the streets.C) If schools stayed the way they are, parents were sure to protest.D) If teaching failed to improve, kids would stay away from school.20. A) Allow them to play interesting games in class.B) Try to stir up their interest in lab experiments.C) Let them stay home and learn from their parents.D) Design activities they now enjoy doing on holidays.21. A) Allow kids to learn at their own pace.B) Encourage kids to learn from each other.C) Organize kids into various interest groups.D) Take kids out of school to learn at first hand.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22. A) It is especially popular in Florida and Alaska.B) It is a major social activity among the young.C) It is seen almost anywhere and on any occasion.D) It is even more expressive than the written word.23. A) It is located in a big city in Iowa.B) It is really marvelous to look at.C) It offers free dance classes to seniors.D) It offers people a chance to socialize.24. A) Their state of mind improved.B) They became better dancers.C) They enjoyed better health.D) Their relationship strengthened.25. A) It is fun.B) It is life.C) It is exhausting.D) It is rhythmical.Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)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 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.Since the 1940s, southern California has had a reputation for smog. Things are not as bad as they once were but, according to the American Lung Association, Los Angeles is still the worst city in the United States for levels of 26 . Gazing down on the city from the Getty Center, an art museum in the Santa Monica Mountains, one would find the view of the Pacific Ocean blurred by the haze (霾). Nor is the state's bad air 27 to its south. Fresno, in the central valley, comes top of the list in America for year-round pollution. Residents' hearts and lungs are affected asa 28 . All of which, combined with California's reputation as the home of technological 29 , makes the place ideal for developing and testing systems designed to monitor pollution in 30 . And that is just what Aclima, a new firm in San Francisco, has been doing over the past few months. It has been trying out monitoring stations that are 31 to yield minute-to-minute maps of 32 air pollution. Such stations will also be able to keep an eye on what is happening inside buildings, including offices.To this end, Aclima has been 33 with Google's Street View system. Davida Herzl, Aclima's boss, says they have revealed pollution highs on days when San Francisco's transit workers went on strike and the city's 34 were forced to use their cars. Conversely, "cycle to work" days have done their job by 35 pollution lows. A) assisted B) collaborating C) consequence D) consumers E) creating F) detail G) domestic H) frequently I) inhabitants J) innovation K) intended L) outdoor M) pollutants N) restricted O) sumSection 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.As Tourists Crowd Out Locals, Venice Faces 'Endangered' ListA) On a recent fall morning, a large crowd blocked the steps at one of Venice's main tourist sites, the Rialto Bridge. The Rialto Bridge is one of the four bridges spanning the Grand Canal. It is the oldest bridge across the canal, and was the dividing line between the districts of San Marco and San Polo. But on this day, therewas a twist: it was filled with Venetians, not tourists.B) "People are cheering and holding their carts in the air," says Giovanni Giorgio, who helped organize the march with a grass-roots organization called Generazione '90. The carts he refers to are small shopping carts—the symbol of a true Venetian. "It started as a joke," he says with a laugh. "The idea was to put blades on the wheels! You know? Like Ben Hur. Precisely like that, you just go around and run people down."C) Venice is one of the hottest tourist destinations in the world. But that's a problem. Up to 90,000 tourists crowd its streets and canals every day—far outnumbering the 55,000 permanent residents. The tourist increase is one key reason the city's population is down from 175,000 in the 1950s. The outnumbered Venetians have been steadily fleeing. And those who stick around are tired of living in a place where they can't even get to the market without swimming through a sea ofpicture-snapping tourists. Imagine, navigating through 50,000 people while on the way to school or to work.D) Laura Chigi, a grandmother at the march, says the local and national governments have failed to do anything about the crowds for decades, because they're only interested in tourism—the primary industry in Venice, worth more than $3 billion in 2015. "Venice is a cash cow," she says, "and everyone wants a piece."E) Just beyond St. Mark's Square, a cruise ship passes, one of hundreds every year that appear over their medieval (中世纪的) surroundings. Their massive wake creates waves at the bottom of the sea, weakening the foundations of the centuries-old buildings themselves. "Every time I see a cruise ship, I feel sad," Chigi says. "You see the mud it drags; the destruction it leaves in its wake? That hurts the ancient wooden poles holding up the city underwater. One day we'll see Venice break down."F) For a time, UNESCO, the cultural wing of the United Nations, seemed to agree. Two years ago, it put Italy on notice, saying the government was not protecting Venice. UNESCO considers the entire city a World Heritage Site, a great honor that means Venice, at the cultural level, belongs to all of the world's people. In 2014, UNESCO gave Italy two years to manage Venice's flourishing tourism or the city would be placed on another list—World Heritage In Danger, joining such sites as Aleppo and Palmyra, destroyed by the war in Syria.G) Venice's deadline passed with barely a murmur (嘟哝) this summer, just as UNESCO was meeting in Istanbul. Only one representative, Jad Tabet from Lebanon, tried to raise the issue. "For several years, the situation of heritage in Venice has been worsening, and it has now reached a dramatic situation," Tabet told UNESCO. "We have to act quickly—there is not a moment to waste."H) But UNESCO didn't even hold a vote. "It's been postponed until 2017," says Anna Somers, the founder and CEO of The Art Newspaper and the former head of Venice in Peril, a group devoted to restoring Venetian art. She says the main reason the . cultural organization didn't vote to declare Venice a World Heritage Site In Danger is because UNESCO has become "intensely politicized. There would have been some back-room negotiations."I) Italy boasts more UNESCO World Heritage Sites than any other country in the world,granting it considerable power and influence within the organization. The former head of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, which oversees heritage sites, is Francesco Bandarin, a Venetian who now serves as UNESCO's assistant director-general for culture.J) Earlier this year, Italy signed an accord with UNESCO to establish a task force of police art detectives and archaeologists (考古学家) to protect cultural heritage from natural disasters and terror groups, such as ISIS. The accord underlined Italy's global reputation as a good steward of art and culture.K) But adding Venice to the UNESCO endangered list—which is dominated by sites in developing and conflict-ridden countries—would be an international embarrassment, and could even hurt Italy's profitable tourism industry. The Italian Culture Ministry says it is unaware of any government efforts to pressure UNESCO. As for the organization itself, it declined a request for an interview.L) The city's current mayor, Luigi Brugnaro, has ridiculed UNESCO and told it to mind its own business, while continuing to support the cruise ship industry, which employs 5,000 Venice residents.M) As for Venetians, they're beyond frustrated and hoping for a solution soon. "It's a nightmare for me. Some situations are really difficult with tourists around," says Giorgio as he navigates around a swelling crowd at the Rialto Bridge. "There are just so many of them. They never know where they are going, and do not walk in an orderly manner. Navigating the streets can be exhausting."N) Then it hits him: This crowd isn't made up of tourists. They're Venetians. Giorgio says he's never experienced the Rialto Bridge this way in all his 22 years. "For once, we are the ones who are blocking the traffic," he says delightedly. "It feels unreal. It feels like we're some form of endangered species. It's just nice. The feeling is just pure." But, he worries, if tourism isn't managed and his fellow locals continue to move to the mainland, his generation might be the last who can call themselves native Venetians.36. The passing cruise ships will undermine the foundations of the ancient buildings in Venice.37. The Italian government has just reached an agreement with UNESCO to take measures to protect its cultural heritage.38. The heritage situation in Venice has been deteriorating in the past few years.39. The decrease in the number of permanent residents in Venice is mainly due to the increase of tourists.40. If tourism gets out of control, native Venetians may desert the city altogether one day.41. UNESCO urged the Italian government to undertake its responsibility to protect Venice.42. The participants in the Venetian march used shopping carts to show they were 100% local residents.43. Ignoring UNESCO's warning, the mayor of Venice maintains his support of the city's tourism industry.44. One woman says that for decades the Italian government and local authoritieshave only focused on the revenues from tourism.45. UNESCO has not yet decided to put Venice on the list of World Heritage Sites In Danger.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 OneQuestions 46 and 50 are based on the following passage.Living in an urban area with green spaces has a long-lasting positive impact on people's mental well-being, a study has suggested. UK researchers found moving to a green space had a sustained positive effect, unlike pay rises or promotions, which only provided a short-term boost. Co-author Mathew White, from the University of Exeter, UK, explained that the study showed people living in greener urban areas were displaying fewer signs of depression or anxiety. "There could be a number of reasons," he said, "for example, people do many things to make themselves happier: they strive for promotion or pay rises, or they get married. But the trouble with those things is that within six months to a year, people are back to their original baseline levels of well-being. So, these things are not sustainable; they don't make us happy in the long term. We found that for some lottery (彩票) winners who had won more than ￡500,000 the positive effect was definitely there, but after six months to a year, they were back to the baseline."Dr. White said his team wanted to see whether living in greener urban areas had a lasting positive effect on people's sense of well-being or whether the effect also disappeared after a period of time. To do this, the team used data from the British Household Panel Survey compiled by the University of Essex.Explaining what the data revealed, he said: "What you see is that even after three years, mental health is still better, which is unlike many other things that we think will make us happy." He observed that people living in green spaces were less stressed, and less stressed people made more sensible decisions and communicated better. With a growing body of evidence establishing a link between urban green spaces and a positive impact on human well-being, Dr. White said, "There's growing interest among public policy officials, but the trouble is who funds it. What we really need at a policy level is to decide where the money will come from to help support good quality local green spaces."46. According to one study, what do green spaces do to people?A) Improve their work efficiency.B) Add to their sustained happiness.C) Help them build a positive attitude towards life.D) Lessen their concerns about material well-being.47. What does Dr. White say people usually do to make themselves happier?A) Earn more money.B) Settle in an urban area.C) Gain fame and popularity.D) Live in a green environment.48. What does Dr. White try to find out about living in a greener urban area?A) How it affects different people.B) How strong its positive effect is.C) How long its positive effect lasts.D) How it benefits people physically.49. What did Dr. White's research reveal about people living in a green environment?A) Their stress was more apparent than real.B) Their decisions required less deliberation.C) Their memories were greatly strengthened.D) Their communication with others improved.50. According to Dr. White, what should the government do to build more green spaces in cities?A) Find financial support.B) Improve urban planning.C) Involve local residents in the effort.D) Raise public awareness of the issue.Passage TwoQuestions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.You probably know about the Titanic, but it was actually just one of threestate-of-the-art (先进的) ocean ships back in the day. The Olympic class ships were built by the Harland & Wolff ship makers in Northern Ireland for the White Star Line company. The Olympic class included the Olympic, the Britannic and the Titanic. What you may not know is that the Titanic wasn't even the flagship of this class. All in all, the Olympic class ships were marvels of sea engineering, but they seemed cursed to suffer disastrous fates.The Olympic launched first in 1910, followed by the Titanic in 1911, and lastly the Britannic in 1914. The ships had nine decks, and White Star Line decided to focus on making them the most luxurious ships on the water.Stretching meters, the Olympic class ships were wonders of naval technology, and everyone thought that they would continue to be so for quite some time. However, all suffered terrible accidents on the open seas. The Olympic got wrecked before the Titanic did, but it was the only one to survive and maintain a successful career of 24 years. The Titanic was the first to sink after famously hitting a huge iceberg in 1912. Following this disaster, the Britannic hit a naval mine in 1916 and subsequently sank as well.Each ship was coal-powered by several boilers constantly kept running by exhausted crews below deck. Most recognizable of the ship designs are the ship's smoke stacks, but the fourth stack was actually just artistic in nature and served no functional purpose. While two of these ships sank, they were all designed with double hulls (船体) believed to make them "unsinkable", perhaps a mistaken idea that led to the Titanic's and the Britannic's tragic end.The Olympic suffered two crashes with other ships and went on to serve as a hospitalship and troop transport in World War I. Eventually, she was taken out of service in 1935, ending the era of the luxurious Olympic class ocean liners.51. What does the passage say about the three Olympic class ships?A) They performed marvellously on the sea.B) They could all break the ice in their way.C) They all experienced terrible misfortunes.D) They were models of modern engineering.52. What did White Star Line have in mind when it purchased the three ships?A) Their capacity of sailing across all waters.B) The utmost comfort passengers could enjoy.C) Their ability to survive disasters of any kind.D) The long voyages they were able to undertake.53. What is said about the fourth stack of the ships?A) It was a mere piece of decoration.B) It was the work of a famous artist.C) It was designed to let out extra smoke.D) It was easily identifiable from afar.54. What might have led to the tragic end of the Titanic and the Britannic?A) Their unscientific designs.B) Their captains' misjudgment.C) The assumption that they were built with the latest technology.D) The belief that they could never sink with a double-layer body.55. What happened to the ship Olympic in the end?A) She was used to carry troops.B) She was sunk in World War I.C) She was converted into a hospital ship.D) She was retired after her naval service.Part IV Translation (30 minutes)Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.公交车曾是中国人出行的主要交通工具。

2018年6月大学英语四级真题试卷（二）(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1. Writing 2. Listening Comprehension 3. Reading Comprehension 4. TranslationPart I Writing1．For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the importance of speaking ability and how to develop it. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.正确答案：How to Develop English Speaking Ability? Speaking ability is an essential skill that is closely linked with all aspects of our life, for we need to communicate with others and make ourselves understood. With the deepening of globalization, today’ s college students have to enhance the ability of oral English communication. Even though Chinese students have learned English for many years and taken numerous tests in school, practically speaking, most students are rather poor in speaking English. The key to learning English is to use it proficiently. With the implementation of reform and opening-up policy, more and more foreign people and companies enter China, so it has become an inevitability for college students to use English in communication and work. In order to develop speaking ability, we should first enlarge our vocabulary by reading English materials we are interested in. We can start with the simple ones. Secondly, we should practice speaking as much as possible. Try to find a partner like a foreign teacher or attend English corners. Moreover, we should read aloud so as to boost our confidence in speaking and correct our pronunciation. All in all, developing English speaking ability requires long-term practice and we should never give up.解析：这是一篇议论文写作。

2018年6月大学生英语四级真题试卷二(完整版) Part I Writing(30 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 a short easy on the importance of speaking ability and how to develop it.You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.Part II Listening Comprehension(25 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。

Questions 1 to 2 are based on the new report you have just heard.1.A)Annoyed. C)Confused.B)Scared. D)Offended.2.A)It crawled over the woman’s hands.B)It wound up on the steering wheel.C)It was killed by the police on the spot.D)It was covered with large scales.Questions 3 to 4 are based on the new report you have just heard.3.A)A study of the fast-food service.B)Fast food customer satisfaction.C)McDonald’s new business strategies.D)Competition in the fast-food industry.4.A)Customers'higher demands.B)The inefficiency of employees.C)Increased variety of products.D)The rising number of customers.Questions 5 to 7 are based on the new report you have just heard.5.A)International treaties regarding space travel programs.B)Legal issues involved in commercial space exploration.C)ernment’s approval of private space missions.D)Competition among public and private space companies.6.A)Deliver scientific equipment to the moon.B)Approve a new mission to travel into outer space.C)Work with federal agencies on space programs.D)Launch a manned spacecraft to Mars.7. A)It is significant.B) It is promising.C) It is unpredictable.D) It is unprofitable.Section BDirections:In this section,you will hear two long conversations.At the end of each conversation,you will hear four questions.Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once.After you hear a question,you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C)and D).Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard。

Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the importance of writing ability and how to develop it. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.______________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ __________Part II Listening Comprehension (25 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 the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.1. A) Annoyed.B) Scared.C) Confused.D) Offended.2. A) It crawled over the woman's hands.B) It wound up on the steering wheel.C) It was killed by the police on the spot.D) It was covered with large scales.Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.3. A) A study of the fast-food service.B) Fast food customer satisfaction.C) McDonald's new business strategies.D) Competition in the fast-food industry.4. A) Customers' higher demands.B) The inefficiency of employees.C) Increased variety of products.D) The rising number of customers.Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.5. A) International treaties regarding space travel programs.B) Legal issues involved in commercial space exploration.C) U.S. government's approval of private space missions.D) Competition among public and private space companies.6. A) Deliver scientific equipment to the moon.B) Approve a new mission to travel into outer space.C) Work with federal agencies on space programs.D) Launch a manned spacecraft to Mars.7. A) It is significant.B) It is promising.C) It is unpredictable.D) It is unprofitable.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear four questions. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.8. A) Visiting her family in Thailand.B) Showing friends around Phuket.C) Swimming around a Thai island.D) Lying in the sun on a Thai beach.9. A) She visited a Thai orphanage.B) She met a Thai girl's parents.C) She learned some Thai words.D) She sunbathed on a Thai beach.10. A) His class will start in a minute.B) He has got an incoming phone call.C) Someone is knocking at his door.D) His phone is running out of power.11. A) He is interested in Thai artworks.B) He is going to open a souvenir shop.C) He collects things from different countries.D) He wants to know more about Thai culture.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12. A) Buying some fitness equipment for the new gym.B) Opening a gym and becoming personal trainers.C) Signing up for a weight-loss course.D) Trying out a new gym in town.13. A) Professional personal training.B) Free exercise for the first week.C) A discount for a half-year membership.D) Additional benefits for young couples.14. A) The safety of weight-lifting.B) The high membership fee.C) The renewal of his membership.D) The operation of fitness equipment.15. A) She wants her invitation renewed.B) She used to do 200 sit-ups every day.C) She knows the basics of weight-lifting.D) She used to be the gym's personal trainer.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear three passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear three or four questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. A) They tend to be nervous during interviews.B) They often apply for a number of positions.C) They worry about the results of their applications.D) They search extensively for employers' information.17. A) Get better organized.B) Edit their references.C) Find better-paid jobs.D) Analyze the searching process.18. A) Provide their data in detail.B) Personalize each application.C) Make use of better search engines.D) Apply for more promising positions.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19. A) If kids did not like school, real learning would not take place.B) If not forced to go to school, kids would be out in the streets.C) If schools stayed the way they are, parents were sure to protest.D) If teaching failed to improve, kids would stay away from school.20. A) Allow them to play interesting games in class.B) Try to stir up their interest in lab experiments.C) Let them stay home and learn from their parents.D) Design activities they now enjoy doing on holidays.21. A) Allow kids to learn at their own pace.B) Encourage kids to learn from each other.C) Organize kids into various interest groups.D) Take kids out of school to learn at first hand.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22. A) It is especially popular in Florida and Alaska.B) It is a major social activity among the young.C) It is seen almost anywhere and on any occasion.D) It is even more expressive than the written word.23. A) It is located in a big city in Iowa.B) It is really marvelous to look at.C) It offers free dance classes to seniors.D) It offers people a chance to socialize.24. A) Their state of mind improved.B) They became better dancers.C) They enjoyed better health.D) Their relationship strengthened.25. A) It is fun.B) It is life.C) It is exhausting.D) It is rhythmical.Part ⅢReading Comprehension (40 minutes)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 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.Since the 1940s, southern California has had a reputation for smog. Things are not as bad as they once were but, according to the American Lung Association, Los Angeles is still the worst city in the United States for levelsof 26 . Gazing down on the city from the Getty Center, an art museum in the Santa Monica Mountains, one would find the view of the Pacific Ocean blurred by the haze (霾). Nor is the state's bad air 27 to its south. Fresno, in the central valley, comes top of the list in America for year-round pollution. Residents' hearts and lungs are affected as a 28 . All of which, combined with California's reputation as the home of technological 29 , makes the place ideal for developing and testing systems designed to monitor pollution in 30 . And that is just what Aclima, a new firm in San Francisco, has been doing over the past few months. It has been trying out monitoring stations that are 31 to yield minute-to-minute maps of 32 air pollution. Such stations will also be able to keep an eye on what is happening inside buildings, including offices. To this end, Aclima has been 33 with Google's Street View system. Davida Herzl, Aclima's boss, says they have revealed pollution highs on days when San Francisco's transit workers went on strike and the city's 34 were forcedto use their cars. Conversely, "cycle to work" days have done their jobby 35 pollution lows.A) assisted B) collaborating C) consequence D) consumers E) creating F) detail G) domestic H) frequently I) inhabitants J) innovation K) intended L) outdoor M) pollutants N) restricted O) sumSection BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with tenstatements 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.As Tourists Crowd Out Locals, Venice Faces 'Endangered' ListA) On a recent fall morning, a large crowd blocked the steps at one of Venice's main tourist sites, the Rialto Bridge. The Rialto Bridge is one of the four bridges spanning the Grand Canal. It is the oldest bridge across the canal, and was the dividing line between the districts of San Marco and San Polo. But on this day, there was a twist: it was filled with Venetians, not tourists.B) "People are cheering and holding their carts in the air," says Giovanni Giorgio, who helped organize the march with a grass-roots organization called Generazione '90. The carts he refers to are small shopping carts—the symbol of a true Venetian. "It started as a joke," he says with a laugh. "The idea was to put blades on the wheels! You know? Like Ben Hur. Precisely like that, you just go around and run people down."C) Venice is one of the hottest tourist destinations in the world. But that's a problem. Up to 90,000 tourists crowd its streets and canals every day—far outnumbering the 55,000 permanent residents. The tourist increase is one key reason the city's population is down from 175,000 in the 1950s. The outnumbered Venetians have been steadily fleeing. And those who stick around are tired of living in a place where they can't even get to the market without swimming through a sea of picture-snapping tourists. Imagine, navigating through 50,000 people while on the way to school or to work.D) Laura Chigi, a grandmother at the march, says the local and national governments have failed to do anything about the crowds for decades, because they're only interested in tourism—the primary industry in Venice, worth more than $3 billion in 2015. "Venice is a cash cow," she says, "and everyone wants a piece."E) Just beyond St. Mark's Square, a cruise ship passes, one of hundreds every year that appear over their medieval (中世纪的) surroundings. Their massive wake creates waves at the bottom of the sea, weakening the foundations of the centuries-old buildings themselves. "Every time I see a cruise ship, I feel sad," Chigi says. "You see the mud it drags; the destruction it leaves in its wake? That hurts the ancient wooden poles holding up the city underwater. One day we'll see Venice break down."F) For a time, UNESCO, the cultural wing of the United Nations, seemed to agree. Two years ago, it put Italy on notice, saying the government was not protecting Venice. UNESCO considers the entire city a World Heritage Site, a great honor that means Venice, at the cultural level, belongs to all of the world's people. In 2014, UNESCO gave Italy two years to manage Venice's flourishing tourism or the city would be placed on another list—WorldHeritage In Danger, joining such sites as Aleppo and Palmyra, destroyed by the war in Syria.G) Venice's deadline passed with barely a murmur (嘟哝) this summer, just as UNESCO was meeting in Istanbul. Only one representative, Jad Tabet from Lebanon, tried to raise the issue. "For several years, the situation of heritage in Venice has been worsening, and it has now reached a dramatic situation," Tabet told UNESCO. "We have to act quickly—there is not a moment to waste."H) But UNESCO didn't even hold a vote. "It's been postponed until 2017," says Anna Somers, the founder and CEO of The Art Newspaper and the former head of Venice in Peril, a group devoted to restoring Venetian art. She says the main reason the U.N. cultural organization didn't vote to declare Venice a World Heritage Site In Danger is because UNESCO has become "intensely politicized. There would have been some back-room negotiations."I) Italy boasts more UNESCO World Heritage Sites than any other country in the world, granting it considerable power and influence within the organization. The former head of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, which oversees heritage sites, is Francesco Bandarin, a Venetian who now serves as UNESCO's assistant director-general for culture.J) Earlier this year, Italy signed an accord with UNESCO to establish a task force of police art detectives and archaeologists (考古学家) to protect cultural heritage from natural disasters and terror groups, such as ISIS. The accord underlined Italy's global reputation as a good steward of art and culture.K) But adding Venice to the UNESCO endangered list—which is dominated by sites in developing and conflict-ridden countries—would be an international embarrassment, and could even hurt Italy's profitable tourism industry. The Italian Culture Ministry says it is unaware of any government efforts to pressure UNESCO. As for the organization itself, it declined a request for an interview.L) The city's current mayor, Luigi Brugnaro, has ridiculed UNESCO and told it to mind its own business, while continuing to support the cruise ship industry, which employs 5,000 Venice residents.M) As for Venetians, they're beyond frustrated and hoping for a solution soon. "It's a nightmare for me. Some situations are really difficult with tourists around," says Giorgio as he navigates around a swelling crowd at the Rialto Bridge. "There are just so many of them. They never know where they are going, and do not walk in an orderly manner. Navigating the streets can be exhausting."N) Then it hits him: This crowd isn't made up of tourists. They're Venetians. Giorgio says he's never experienced the Rialto Bridge this way in all his 22 years. "For once, we are the ones who are blocking the traffic," he says delightedly. "It feels unreal. It feels like we're some form of endangered species. It's just nice. The feeling is just pure." But, he worries, if tourismisn't managed and his fellow locals continue to move to the mainland, hisgeneration might be the last who can call themselves native Venetians.36. The passing cruise ships will undermine the foundations of the ancient buildings in Venice.37. The Italian government has just reached an agreement with UNESCO to take measures to protect its cultural heritage.38. The heritage situation in Venice has been deteriorating in the past few years.39. The decrease in the number of permanent residents in Venice is mainly due to the increase of tourists.40. If tourism gets out of control, native Venetians may desert the city altogether one day.41. UNESCO urged the Italian government to undertake its responsibility to protect Venice.42. The participants in the Venetian march used shopping carts to show they were 100% local residents.43. Ignoring UNESCO's warning, the mayor of Venice maintains his support of the city's tourism industry.44. One woman says that for decades the Italian government and local authorities have only focused on the revenues from tourism.45. UNESCO has not yet decided to put Venice on the list of World Heritage Sites In Danger.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 OneQuestions 46 and 50 are based on the following passage.Living in an urban area with green spaces has a long-lasting positive impact on people's mental well-being, a study has suggested. UK researchers found moving to a green space had a sustained positive effect, unlike pay rises or promotions, which only provided a short-term boost. Co-author Mathew White, from the University of Exeter, UK, explained that the study showed people living in greener urban areas were displaying fewer signs of depression or anxiety. "There could be a number of reasons," he said, "for example, people do many things to make themselves happier: they strive for promotion or pay rises, or they get married. But the trouble with those things is that within six months to a year, people are back to their original baseline levels of well-being. So, these things are not sustainable; they don't make us happy in the long term. We found that for some lottery (彩票) winners who had won more than ￡500,000 the positive effect was definitely there, but after six months to a year, they were back to the baseline."Dr. White said his team wanted to see whether living in greener urban areashad a lasting positive effect on people's sense of well-being or whether the effect also disappeared after a period of time. To do this, the team used data from the British Household Panel Survey compiled by the University of Essex. Explaining what the data revealed, he said: "What you see is that even after three years, mental health is still better, which is unlike many other things that we think will make us happy." He observed that people living in green spaces were less stressed, and less stressed people made more sensible decisions and communicated better.With a growing body of evidence establishing a link between urban green spaces and a positive impact on human well-being, Dr. White said, "There's growing interest among public policy officials, but the trouble is who funds it. What we really need at a policy level is to decide where the money will come from to help support good quality local green spaces."46. According to one study, what do green spaces do to people?A) Improve their work efficiency.B) Add to their sustained happiness.C) Help them build a positive attitude towards life.D) Lessen their concerns about material well-being.47. What does Dr. White say people usually do to make themselves happier?A) Earn more money.B) Settle in an urban area.C) Gain fame and popularity.D) Live in a green environment.48. What does Dr. White try to find out about living in a greener urban area?A) How it affects different people.B) How strong its positive effect is.C) How long its positive effect lasts.D) How it benefits people physically.49. What did Dr. White's research reveal about people living in a green environment?A) Their stress was more apparent than real.B) Their decisions required less deliberation.C) Their memories were greatly strengthened.D) Their communication with others improved.50. According to Dr. White, what should the government do to build more green spaces in cities?A) Find financial support.B) Improve urban planning.C) Involve local residents in the effort.D) Raise public awareness of the issue.Passage TwoQuestions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.You probably know about the Titanic, but it was actually just one of three state-of-the-art (先进的) ocean ships back in the day. The Olympic class shipswere built by the Harland & Wolff ship makers in Northern Ireland for the White Star Line company. The Olympic class included the Olympic, the Britannic and the Titanic. What you may not know is that the Titanic wasn't even the flagship of this class. All in all, the Olympic class ships were marvels of sea engineering, but they seemed cursed to suffer disastrous fates.The Olympic launched first in 1910, followed by the Titanic in 1911, and lastly the Britannic in 1914. The ships had nine decks, and White Star Line decided to focus on making them the most luxurious ships on the water.Stretching 269.13 meters, the Olympic class ships were wonders of naval technology, and everyone thought that they would continue to be so for quite some time. However, all suffered terrible accidents on the open seas. The Olympic got wrecked before the Titanic did, but it was the only one to survive and maintain a successful career of 24 years. The Titanic was the first to sink after famously hitting a huge iceberg in 1912. Following this disaster, the Britannic hit a naval mine in 1916 and subsequently sank as well.Each ship was coal-powered by several boilers constantly kept running by exhausted crews below deck. Most recognizable of the ship designs are the ship's smoke stacks, but the fourth stack was actually just artistic in nature and served no functional purpose. While two of these ships sank, they were all designed with double hulls (船体) believed to make them "unsinkable", perhaps a mistaken idea that led to the Titanic's and the Britannic's tragic end.The Olympic suffered two crashes with other ships and went on to serve as a hospital ship and troop transport in World War I. Eventually, she was taken out of service in 1935, ending the era of the luxurious Olympic class ocean liners.51. What does the passage say about the three Olympic class ships?A) They performed marvellously on the sea.B) They could all break the ice in their way.C) They all experienced terrible misfortunes.D) They were models of modern engineering.52. What did White Star Line have in mind when it purchased the three ships?A) Their capacity of sailing across all waters.B) The utmost comfort passengers could enjoy.C) Their ability to survive disasters of any kind.D) The long voyages they were able to undertake.53. What is said about the fourth stack of the ships?A) It was a mere piece of decoration.B) It was the work of a famous artist.C) It was designed to let out extra smoke.D) It was easily identifiable from afar.54. What might have led to the tragic end of the Titanic and the Britannic?A) Their unscientific designs.B) Their captains' misjudgment.C) The assumption that they were built with the latest technology.D) The belief that they could never sink with a double-layer body.55. What happened to the ship Olympic in the end?A) She was used to carry troops.B) She was sunk in World War I.C) She was converted into a hospital ship.D) She was retired after her naval service.Part IV Translation (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2. 公交车曾是中国人出行的主要交通工具。

Section A选词填空自20世纪40年代起，加州南部就一直因雾霾而闻名。

如今问题虽然不再那么严重，但据美国肺脏协会的数据显示，洛杉矶仍然是全美国污染指数最高的城市。

盖蒂中心是一座位于圣莫尼卡山上的艺术博物馆，从这里往下望就会看到太平洋的景致被一片阴霾笼罩。

加州糟糕的空气不仅仅限于南部地区。

位于中部大峡谷的弗雷斯诺市在美国全年污染排行榜中居于榜首。

居民的心肺健康都受到了影响。

除此以外，加州作为技术创新的发祥地闻名于世，所有这些因素使得它成为了开发、测试污染详细监控系统的理想之地。

这也正是旧金山一所名为Aclima的初创公司过去几个月一直在做的事。

这家公司一直在测试用于生成室外空气污染实时图的监控站。

这些站点还能监测建筑大楼内部的情况，包括办公室。

为了达到这个目标，Aclima一直在和谷歌街景拍摄系统合作。

Aclima的老板戴维德·赫茨尔表示他们已经发现了污染最严重的日子，就是旧金山的交通工人罢工，市民被迫开私家车的时候。

相反，“单车出行日”则创下了最低污染记录。

Section B匹配题游客挤走当地居民，威尼斯面临列入“濒危”名单的风险A) 最近的一个秋日早晨，一大帮人堵在了威尼斯最要旅游景点之一——里亚托桥的石阶上。

里亚托桥是跨越大运河的四座桥之一。

它是大运河上最古老的桥，也是圣马可和圣保罗区的分界线。

但是这一天情况发生了反转：桥上挤满的不是游客，而是威尼斯民众。

B) “人们大声欢呼，把推车举向空中，”乔瓦尼·乔治说。

他和一个叫“90一代”的基层组织一起举行了这场游行。

他提到的推车是一种小型购物车——一个真威尼斯人的象征。

“游行最开始只是个玩笑”，他笑着说，“开始的想法是在购物车轮上装上刀片！你知道吗？就像宾虚一样。

就像那样，四处乱走，把人们撞倒。

”C) 威尼斯是世界上最热门的旅游地之一，但这带来了问题。

每天多达9万名游客挤满了这里的街道和运河，这个数目远远超过当地的5.5万常住人口。

Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part，you are allowed 30 minutes to writea short essay on the importance of writing ability and howto develop it. You should write at least 120 words but nomore than180 words.【参考范文】No body could deny that writing is one of the basic abilities for men. Putit another way, it is unlikely to imagine human civilization without writing ability.At the top of the list, if we overlook the significance of writing ability, wewill suffer a great difficulty in our daily written communication. Inaddition to what has been mentioned above, it is advisable for us toattach importance to this ability because writing plays a key in ouracademic performance. To summarize,writing does carry a positive implication for our life and study.In view of the great value of writing ability, we should take actions todevelop this capability. For my part, initially, we are supposed to keep in mind that reading is the first step of writing, so we should read greatbooks as many as possible, learning from the great works how to write concisely and effectively. Moreover, owing to the fact that practicemakes perfect, we should frequently practice writing; for example, wemay develop the habit of keeping a diary.PartⅡListening Comprehension ( 25 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section, you will hear three news reports. Atthe end of each news report, you will hear two or threequestions. Both the news report and then questions will bespoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choosethe best answer from the four choices marked A），B), C) andD).Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet1with a single line through the centre.Questions l and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear two longconversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hearfour questions. Both the conversation and the questions willbe spoken only once. After you hear a question, you mustchoose the best answer from the four choices marked A），B），C)and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on AnswerSheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have justheard.Section CDirections:In this section, you will hear three passages. At theend of each passage, you will hear three or four questions.Both the passage and the questions will be spoken onlyonce. After you hear a question, you must choose the bestanswer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D）．Thenmark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a singleline through the centre.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.【参考答案】暂缺Part ⅢReading Comprehension ( 40 minutes) Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks.You are required to select one word for each blank from a listof choices given in a word bank following the passage. Readthe passage through carefully before making your choices.Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please markthe corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 witha single line through the centre. You may not use any of thewords in the bank more than once．Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.Since the 1940s, southern California has had a reputation for smog.Things are not as bad as they once were but, according to the AmericanLung Association, Los Angeles is still the worst city in the United Statesfor levels of 26 . Gazing down on the city from the Getty Center, an art museum in the Santa Monica Mountains, one would find the view of thePacific Ocean blurred by the haze (霾). Nor is the state’s had air 27 to its south. Fresno, in the central valley, comes top of the list in America foryear-round pollution. Residents’hearts and lungs are affected asa 28 .All of which, combined with California’s reputation as the home oftechnological 29 , makes the place ideal for developing and testingsystems designed to monitor pollution in 30 . And that is just whatAclima, a new firm in San Francisco, has been doing over the past fewmonths. It has been trying out monitoring that are 31 to yieldminute-to-minute maps of 32 air pollution. Such stations will also beable to keep an eye on what is happening inside buildings, includingoffices.To this end, Aclima has been 33 with Google’s Street View system.Davida Herzl, Aclima’s boss, says they have revealed pollution highs ondays when San Francisco’s transit workers went on strike and the city’s 34 were forced to use their cars. Conversely, “cycle to work”days have done their job by 35 pollution lows.A.assistedB.collaboratingC.consequenceD.consumersE.creatingF.detailG.domesticH.frequentlyI.inhabitantsJ.innovationK.intendedL.outdoorM.pollutantsN.restrictedO.Sum【参考答案】.M pollutants ..N restricted .. C consequence . .J innovation .. F detail ..K intended ..L outdoor .33. B collaborating .34. I inhabitants .35. E creating.26. M pollutants . 解析：of前边是levels级别，等级的意思，of后应该是名词形式，翻译为_____的级别，根据文章首句说南加利福尼亚的雾霾是出了名的差可判断这篇文章关于坏境。

. WORD 格式整理 . .Part I Writing (30 minutes )Directions : For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay o n the importanceof writing ability and how to develop it. Youshould write at l east 120 words but no more than180 words.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Part II Listening Comprehension (25 minutes )Section ADirections : In this section, you will hear threenews reports. At the end of each news report, youwill hear two or three questions. Both the news report and the questions will be spoken onlyonce. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choicesmarked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with asingle line through the centre.Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard .1.A) Annoyed.B) Scared.C) Confused.D) Offended.2.A) It crawled over the woman's hands.B) It wound up on the steering wheel .C)It was killed by the police on the spot.D)It was covered with large scales.Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard .3. A) A study of the fast-food service.B) Fast food customer satisfaction .C)McDonald's new business strategies.D)Competition in the fast-food industry.. .专业知识分享 . .. WORD 格式整理 . .4. A) Customers' higher demands. B) The inefficiency of employees. C) Increased variety of products.D) The rising number of customers.Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have justheard .5. A) International treaties regarding space travel programs. B) Legal issues involved in commercial space exploration . C) U.S.government's approval of private space missions. D) Competition among public and private space companies.6. A) Deliver scientific equipment to the moon.B) Approve a new mission to travel into outer space. C) Work with federal agencies on space programs.D) Launch a manned spacecraft toMars.7. A) It is significant. B) It is promising . C) It is unpredictab le . D) It is unprofitabl e .Section BDirections : In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear four questions. Both the conversationandthe questions will bespoken only once. After you hear a question, you must c hoose the best answer from the fourchoices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1with a single line through th e centre.Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard .8. A ) Visiting her family in Thailand. B) Showing friends around Phuket. C) Swimming around a Thai island. D) Lying in the sun on a Thai beach.9.A) She visited a Thaiorphanage. B) She met a Thaigirl's parents. C) Shelearned some Thai words. D)She sunbathed on a Thai beach.10.A) His class will start in a minute.. .专业知识分享 . .. WORD 格式整理 . .B)He has got an incoming phone call.C)Someone is knocking at his door.D)His phone is running out of power.11. A) He is interested in Thai artworks.B) He is going to open a souvenir shop.C)He collects things from different countries.D)He wants to know more about Thai culture.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard .12. A) Buying some fitness equipment for the new gym.B)Opening a gym and becoming personal trainers.C)Signing up for a weight-loss course.D)Trying out a new gym in town.13.A) Professional personaltraining. B) Free exercise forthe first week.C) A discount for a half-year membership.D)Additional benefits for youngcouples. 14. A) The safety ofweight-lifting.B)The high membership fee.C) The renewal of his membership.D) The operation of fitness equipment.15. A) She wants her invitation renewed.B)She used to do 200 sit-ups every day.C)She knows the basics of weight-lifting.D)She used to be the gym's personal trainer.Section CDirections : In this section, you will hear three passages. At the end of each p assage, you willhear three or four questions. Both the passage and the questi ons will be spoken only once.After you hear a question, you must choose thebest answer from the four choices marked A),B), C) and D). Then mark the c orresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single linethrough the centre.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard .16. A) They tend to be nervous during interviews.B)They often apply for a number of positions.C)They worry about the results of their applications.. .专业知识分享 . .. WORD 格式整理 . .D) They search extensively for employers' information.17. A) Get better organized .B)Edit their references.C)Find better-paid jobs.D)Analyze the searchingprocess. 18. A) Providetheir data in detail.B) Personalize each application .C) Make use of better search engines.D) Apply for more promising positions.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard .19.A) If kids did not like school, real learning wouldnot take place. B) If not forced to go to school, kidswould be out in the streets.C) If schools stayed the way they are, parents were sure to protest .D)If teaching failed to improve, kids would stay awayfrom school. 20. A) Allow them to play interestinggames in class.B) Try to stir up their interest in lab experiments.C)Let them stay home and learn from their parents.D)Design activities they now enjoy doing onholidays. 21. A) Allow kids to learn attheir own pace.B)Encourage kids to learn from each other.C)Organize kids into various interest groups.D)Take kids out of school to learn at first hand.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard .22. A) It is especially p opular in Florida and Alaska.B) It is a major social activity among the young.C) It is seen almost anywhere and on any occasion.D) It is even more expressive than the written word.23. A) It is located in a big city in Iowa.B) It is really marvelous to look at.C)It offers free dance classes to seniors.D)It offers people a chance tosocialize. 24. A) Their state ofmind improved.B)They became better dancers.C)They enjoyed better health.D) Their relationship strengthened .. .专业知识分享 . .. WORD 格式整理 . .25.A) It isfun. B) Itis life.C) It isexhausting. D)It isrhythmical.Part Ⅲ ReadingComprehension (40 minutes )Section ADirection s : In this section, there is a passage withten blanks. You are required to select one word foreach blank from a list of choices given in a word bankfollowing the passage. Read thepassage through carefully before making yourchoices. Each choice in the bank is identifiedby a letter. Please markthe corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with asingle line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank morethan once.Since the 1940s, southern California has hada reputation for smog. Thingsare not as bad asthey once were but, according to the American Lung Associa tion, Los Angeles is still the worstcity in the United States for levels of26 . Gazing down on the city from the Getty Center, anart museum in the Santa Monica Mountains, one would find the view of the Pacific Oceanblurred by the haze ( 霾 ). Nor is the state's bad air 27 to its south. Fresno, in the centralvalley, comes top of the list in America for year-round pollution . Residents' hearts andlungsare affectedas a 28 . All of which, combined withCalifornia's reputation as the home oftechnological 29 , makes the place ideal for developing andtesting systems designed tomonitor pollutionin 30 . And that is justwhat Aclima, a new firm in San Francisco, has beendoing over the past few months.It has been trying out monitoring stations that are 31 to yield minute-to-minute maps of 32air pollution . Such stations will also be able to keep aneye onwhat is happening inside buildings, includingoffices.To this end, Aclima has been 33 with Google's Street View system. Davida He rzl, Aclima'sboss, says they have revealed pollution highs on days whenSanFrancisco's transitworkerswent on strike and the city's 34 were forced to use their cars. Conversely,"cycle to work"days have done their job by 35 pollution lows.A) assisted B) collaboratingC) consequence D) consumers E) creating F) detail G) domestic H) frequently I) inhabitantsJ) innovation K) intendedL)outdoor M) pollutantsN) restricted O) sum. .专业知识分享 . .. WORD 格式整理 . .Section BDirections : In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached toit. Each statement contains information given in one of the par agraphs. Identify theparagraph from which the information isderived. You ma y choose a paragraph more thanonce. Eachparagraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions bymarking thecorresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.As Tourists Crowd Out Locals , Venice Faces 'Endangered' ListA)On a recent fall morning, a large crowd blocked the steps atone of Venice' s main touristsites, the Rialto Bridge. TheRialto Bridge is one of the four bridges spanning the Grand Canal.It is the oldest bridge across the canal , and w as the dividing line between the districts of SanMarco and San Polo. But on this day, there was a twist : it was filled with Venetians, nottourists.B)"People are cheering and holding their carts in the air," says Giovanni Giorgio, who helped organize the march with a grass-roots organization called Gener azione '90. The carts herefers to are small shopping carts —the symbol of a tr ue Venetian. "It started as a joke," hesays with a laugh."The idea was to put blades on the wheels! You know? Like Ben Hur.Preciselylike that, you just go around and run people down."C) Venice is one of the hottest tourist destinations in the world. But that's a p roblem. Up to90,000 tourists crowd its streets and canals every day — far outn umbering the 55,000 permanent residents. The tourist increase is one key re ason the city's population is downfrom 175,000 in the 1950s. The outnumb ered Venetians have been steadily fleeing. Andthose who stick around are tir ed of living in a place where they can't even get to the marketwithout swimming through a sea of picture-snapping tourists. Imagine,navigating through50, 000 people while on the way to school orto work.D)Laura Chigi, a grandmother at the march, says the local andnational gove rnments havefailed to do anything about the crowdsfor decades, because they're only interested intourism — the primary industry in Venice, worth more than $3 billion in 2015. "Venice is acash cow,"she says, "and everyone wants apiece."E) Just beyond St. Mark's Square, a cruise ship passes, one of hundreds every year thatappear overtheir medieval ( 中世纪的) surroundings. Their massive wake creates waves atthe bottom of the sea, weakening the foundations of the centuries-old buildings themselves. "Every time I see a cruise ship, I feel sad,"Chigi says."You see the mud itdrags; the destruction it leaves in its wake? That hurts the ancient wooden poles holding up the cityunderwater. One day we'll see Ve nice break down."F)For a time, UNESCO, the cultural wing of the United Nations, seemed to ag ree. Two yearsago, it put Italy on notice, saying the government was not prot. .专业知识分享 . .. WORD 格式整理 . .ecting Venice. UNESCOconsiders the entire city a World HeritageSite, a greathonor that means Venice, at thecultural level, belongs to all ofthe world's people. In 2014, UNESCO gave Italy two years tomanage Venice'sflourishing tourism or the city would be placed on another list —WorldHeritage InDanger, joining such sites as Aleppo and Palmyra, destroyed by thewar in Syria.G) Venice's deadline passed with barely a murmur ( 嘟哝) this summer, just as UNESCO wasmeeting in Istanbul. Onlyonerepresen tative , Jad Tabet from Lebanon, tried to raise the issue."For several years, the situation of heritage in Venice has beenworsening, and it hasnow reached a dramatic situation," Tabet told UNESCO."We have to act quickly — there isnot a moment towaste."H) But UNESCO didn't even hold a vote."It's been postponed until 2017," says Anna Somers,the founder andCEO of The Art Newspaper and the former head of Venice inPeril, a group devoted to restoring Venetian art. She says the main reason the U.N. culturalorganizationdidn't vote to declare Venice a World Heritage Site In Danger isbecause UNESCO hasbecome "intensely politicized. There would have been someback-roomnegotiations."I) Italy boasts more UNESCO World Heritage Sites than any othercountry in the world,granting it considerabl e power and influence within theorganization. The former head of theUNESCO World Heritage Centre, whichoversees heritage sites, is Francesco Bandarin, aVenetian who now serves asUNESCO's assistan t director -general for culture.J) Earlier this year, Italy signed an accor d with UNESCO to establish a taskforce of police artdetectives andarchaeologists ( 考古学家) to protec tcultural heritage from natural disastersand terror groups, suc h as ISIS. The accor d underlined Italy's globa l reputation as a goodstewar d of art and culture.K) But adding Venice to the UNESCOendangered list— which is dominated by sites indeveloping and conflict -riddencountries — would be an internationalembarrassment , andcould even hurtItaly'sprofitable tourism industry. TheItalian Culture Ministry says itis unaware of any government effortsto pressure UNESCO. As for the organization itself, it declined arequest for aninterview .L) The city's current mayor, Luigi Brugnaro, has ridiculed UNESCO andtold itto mind its ownbusiness, while continuing to support the cruiseship industry,which employs 5,000Veniceresidents.M) As for Venetians, they're beyond frustrated andhoping for a solution soo n."It's a nightmarefor me. Some situations are really difficultwith tourists around," says Giorgio ashe navigates around a swelling crowd at the Rialto Bridge."There are just so many of them.They never know where they are going, anddo not walk in an orderlymanner. Navigatingthe streets can beexhausting.". .专业知识分享 . .. WORD 格式整理 . .N) Then it hits him: This crowd isn't made up of tourists. They'reVenetians. Giorgio sayshe'snever experienced the Rialto Bridge this way in all his 22 yea rs."For once, we are the oneswho are blocking the traffic," he saysdelightedly."It feels unreal. It feels like we're someform of endangered species . It's justnice. The feeling is just pure." But, he worries, iftourism isn'tmanaged and his fellow locals continue to move to the mainland, his generationmight bethe last who can call themselves native Venetians.36. T he passing cruise ships will underminethe foundations of the ancient b uildingsinVenice.37. T he Italian government has just reached an agreement with UNESCO to take measures to protect its culturalheritage.38. The heritage situation in Venice has been deteriorating in the pastfew years.39. T he decrease in the number of permanent residents in Venice is mainly due to theincrease oftourists.40. I f tourism gets out of contro l , native Venetians may desert thecity altogether one day.41. UNESCO urged the Italian government to undertake its responsibilitytoprotect Venice.42. T he participants in the Venetian march used shopping cartsto show they were 100% localresidents.43. I gnoring UNESCO's warning, the mayor of Venice maintains his support ofthe city'stourism industry.44. O ne woman says that for decades the Italian government andlocal author ities have onlyfocused on the revenues from tourism.45. U NESCO has not yet decided to put Venice on the list of WorldHeritage Si tes In Danger.Section CDirections : There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questionsor unfinished statements. For each of them there are four cho ices marked A), B), C) andD). You should decide on the bestchoice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet2 with asingle line through the cen tre.Passage OneQuestions 46 and 50 are based on the following passage .Living in an urban area with green spaces has a long- lasting positive impac t on people's mental well-being, a study has suggested. UK researchers found moving to a green spacehad a sustained positive effect, unlike pay rises or promotions, which only provided a short-term boost . Co-author Mathew Whit. .专业知识分享 . .. WORD 格式整理 . .e, from the University of Exeter, UK, explained that thestudy showed people living in greener urban areas were displaying fewersigns of depression or anxiety . "There could be a number of reasons," he said,"for example,people do many things to make themselves happier:they strivefor promotion or pay rises,or they get married. But the trouble with those things is that within six months to a year,people are back to their original baseline levels of well-being. So, these things are notsustainable; they don't make us happy in the long term. We found that for some lottery ( 彩票) winners who had won more than ￡500,000 the positive effect was definitely there, butafter six months to a year, they were back to thebaseline."Dr. White said his team wanted to see whether living ingreener urban areashad a lasting positive effect on people's sense of well-being or whether the effect also disappeared after aperiod of time. To do this, the team used data from the British Household Panel Surveycompiled by the Universityof Essex.Explaining what the data revealed,he said:"What you see is that even after threeyears, mental health is still better, which is unlike many other things that we think will make ushappy." He observed that people living in green spaces were less stressed, and less stressedpeople made more sensible decisions and communicated better.With a growing body of evidence establishing a linkbetween urban green spaces and apositive impact on human well-being, Dr. White said,"There's growing interest among publicpolicy officials, but thetrouble is who funds it. What we really need at a policy level is todecide wherethe money will come from to help support good quality local green spaces."46. According to one study, what do green spaces do to people?A) Improve their work efficiency .B) Add to their sustained happiness.C)Help them build a positive attitude towards life.D)Lessen their concerns about material well-being.47.W hat does Dr. White say people usually do to make themselveshappier? A) Earn more money.B) Settle in an urban area.C) Gain fame and popularity .D) Live in a green environment .48. What does Dr. White try to find out about living in a greener urban area?A) How it affects different people.. .专业知识分享 . .. WORD 格式整理 . .B)How strong its positive effect is.C)How long its positive effect lasts.D)How it benefits people physically.49. What did Dr. White's research reveal about people living in agreenenvironment ?A)Their stress was more apparent than real.B) Their decisions requiredless deliberation . C) Their memories weregreatly strengthened .D)Their communication with others improved.50.A ccording to Dr. White, what should the government do tobuild more gre en spaces incities?A) Find financial support.B) Improve urban planning.C) Involve local residents in the effort.D) Raise public awareness of the issue .Passage TwoQuestions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage .You probably know about the Titanic, but it was actually just one of three state-of-the-art ( 先进的) ocean ships back in the day. The Olympic class ships were built by the Harland &Wolff ship makers in Northern Ireland for the White StarLine company. The Olympic classincluded the Olympic, the Britannic and theTitanic. What you may not know is that the Titanicwasn't even the flagship ofthis class.All in all, the Olympic class ships were marvels ofseaengineering, but they seemed cursed to suffer disastrous fates.The Olympic launched first in 1910, followed by the Titanic in1911, and lastlythe Britannic in1914. The ships had nine decks, and White StarLine decidedto focus on making them themost luxurious ships on the water.Stretching 269.13 meters, the Olympic class ships were wonders of naval technology, andeveryone thought that they would continue to be so for quite some time. However, allsuffered terrible accidents on the open seas.The Olympic got wrecked before the Titanic did,but it was the only one to survive andmaintain a successful career of 24 years. The Titanicwas the firstto sink aft erfamously hitting a huge iceberg in 1912. Following this disaster ,the Britannic hit a naval mine in 1916 and subsequently sankas well.. .专业知识分享 . .. WORD 格式整理 . .Each ship was coal-powered by several boilers constantly kept running by ex hausted crewsbelow deck. Most recognizable of the ship designs are the shi p's smoke stacks, but thefourth stack was actually just artistic in nature and served no functional purpose. While twoof these ships sank, they were all de signed with double hulls ( 船体) believed to make them"unsinkable", perhaps a mistaken idea that led to the Titanic's and the Britannic's tragic end.The Olympic suffered two crashes with other ships and went on to serve as a hospital ship andtroop transport in World War I. Eventually, she was taken out of service in 1935, ending theera of the luxurious Olympic class ocean lin ers.51.W hat does the passage say about the three Olympicclass ships? A) They performed marvellously on the sea.B) They could all break the ice in their way.C) They all experienced terrible misfortunes.D) They were models of modern engineering.52. What did White Star Line have in mind when it purchased the three ships?A) Their capacity of sailing across all waters.B) The utmost comfort passengers could enjoy.C) Their ability to survive disasters of any kind.D)The long voyages they were able toundertake. 53. What is said about thefourth stack of the ships?A) It was a mere piece of decoration .B)It was the work of a famous artist.C)It was designed to let out extra smoke.D) It was easily identifiable from afar.54. What might have led to the tragic end of the Titanic and the Britannic?A) Their unscientific designs.B) Their captains' misjudgment .C) The assumption that they were built with the latest technology.D) The belief that they could never sink with a double- layer body.55.W hat happened to the ship Olympic inthe end? A) She was used to carry troops.B) She was sunk in World War I.C) She was converted into ahospital ship. D) She was retiredafter her naval service.. .专业知识分享 . .. WORD 格式整理 . . Part IV Translation(30 minutes )Directions : For this part, you are allowed 30 minutesto translate a passagefrom Chineseinto English. You should write your answer onAnswer Sheet2.公交车曾是中国人出行的主要交通工具。

2018年6月份,英语四级真题答案（完整版）四级听力理解答案听力新闻第1套1。

A) The return of a bottled message to its owner’s daughter。

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B）She wanted to honor her father’s promise.3. B) Several cases of Zika disease had been identified.4。

C) It lost a huge stock of bees.5. A) It stayed in the air for about two hours。

6. C) Inadequate funding.7。

D）It is more environmentally friendly.听力新闻第2套1. B) Scared。

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D) It was covered with large scales.3。

A）A Study of the fast—food service.4. C）Increased variety of products。

5. C) US government’s approval of private space missions.6. A）Deliver scientific equipment to the moon。

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B）It is promising。

听力长对话第1套8. A）It seems a depressing topic.9。

D）They can’t make it to the theatre in time.10。

C）It is the most amusing show he has ever watched。

11. B) Go and see the dance。

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D）She worries she won't fit in as a transfer student。