1、 2019 年 6 月大学英语四级考试真题(第 2 套) Part I Writing (30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a news report to your campus newspaper on a visit to a Hope Elementary School organized by your Student Union. Yo u should write at least120 words but no more than 180 words. _ _ _
2、 _ Part II Listening Comprehension (25 minutes) Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both t he news report and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose
3、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 base d on t he ne ws re port you have just he ard. 1. A. Heavy floods. B. Safety concerns. C. Bad economy. D. Workers str
4、ikes. 2. A. It is competitive with its numer ous tourist destinations. B. It provides many job opportunities for French people. C. It is the biggest concern of the French government. D. It plays an i mportant role in the nations economy. Questions 3 and 4 are base d on t he ne ws re port you have ju
5、st he ard. 3. A. To carry out a scientific survey. B. To establish a new research station. C. To rescue two sick American workers. D. To deliver urgent medi cal supplies. 4. A. The darkness and cold. B. The heavy snow and fog. C. The biting winds. D. The ice all around. Questions 5 to 7 are base d o
6、n t he ne ws re port you have just he ard. 5. A. By tying it to a door handle. B. By shaking it back and forth. C. Wi th a remote control craft. D. Wi th a full-sized helicopter. 6. A. He has lots of fans on Facebook. B. He has rich experience in flying. C. He often suffers from toothaches. D. He ha
7、s learned to pull teeth from a video. 7. A. Spend more ti me together. B. Tel l them adventure stories. 2019-06-CET4(第 2 套)-1 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 he ar
8、d. 8. A. To confirm an urgent appointment. B. To collect a package from the woman. C. To ask the woman to sign a document. D. To arrange the delivery of a package. 9. A. She is doing shopping. B. She is visiting a friend. C. She is not at home. D. She is not feeling well. 10. A. He will be off duty
9、the whole day. B. He will be working somewhere else. C. He will have to have his car repaired. D. He will be too busy to spare any ti me. 11. A. Sign her name. B. Confirm online. C. Pay a small fee. D. Show up in person. Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just he ard. 12. A. V
10、acation in Ital y. B. Study abroad. C. Throw a farewell party. D. Go to a fashion show in Milan. 13. A. Quite sleepy. B. Very excited. C. Rather depressed. D. Nearly exhausted. 14. A. He has to attend a party. B. He has to meet a friend. C. He has to make a presentation. D. He has to finish an assig
11、nment. 15. A. Say goodbye to the woman at the airport. B. Meet the woman at the Black Cat Cafe. C. Drive the woman to the airport. D. Have lunch with the woman. Section C Directions: In this section, you will hear three passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear three or four questions. Bot
12、h 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 passag
13、e you have just he ard. 16. A. It has kept growing over the centuries. B. Its top is hidden in clouds of volcanic smoke. C. Its height changes with each volcanic eruption. D. It has a recorded history of 1,500 years. 17. A. They are now a tourist destination. B. They attract a lot of mi grati ng bir
14、ds. C. They provide shelter for the farmers. D. They make good fields for farming. 18. A. They nest on the volcanos slopes. B. They feed on certain small mammal s. C. They compete with each other for food. D. They match large mammal s in strength. Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have
15、 j ust he ard. 19. A. He is self-employed. B. He is a career advisor. C. He studies talent. D. He owns a magazine. 20. A. Doing what they like best. B. Loving the work they do. C. Making no excuses for failures. D. Following their natural instinct. 2019-06-CET4(第 2 套)-2 D. It does not come to you un
16、til something special happens. Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just he ard. 22. A. It is a bit difficult to learn. B. It was popular in New Zealand. C. It is a traditional type of ballet. D. It evolved in the mid-1970s. 23. A. She wanted her to be a ballet dancer. B. She used to
17、 be a ballet dancer herself. C. She hated to see her idling about. D. She was too busy to look after her. 24. A. After she started teaching English. B. Before she left for New Zealand. C. When she moved to New York Ci ty. D. Once she began to live on her own. 25. A. It has renewed her passion for li
18、fe. B. It has made her happy and energetic. C. It has helped her make new friends. D. It has enabled her to start a new career. Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes) Section A Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank fr
19、om 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 u
20、se any of the words in the bank more than once. Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage. Just because the y cant sing opera or ride a bicycle doesnt mea n tha t ani mals dont have culture. Theres no better example of this tha n killer whales. As one of the most 26 predators (食肉动物), kil
21、ler whales may not fit the 27 of a cultured creature. However, these beasts of the sea do display a vast range of highly 28 behaviors that appear to be driving their genetic development. The word “culture” co mes from the Lati n “colere,” which 29 mea ns “to cultivate.” In other words, it refers to
22、anythi ng that is 30 or learnt, rather tha n instinctive or natural. Amo ng huma n populations, cul ture no t only affects the way we live, but also writes itself into o ur genes, affecting who we are. For instance, having spent ma ny generations hunting the fat marine ma mmals of the Arctic, the Es
23、ki mos of Greenland have developed certain genetic 31 that help them digest and utilize this fat- rich diet, thereby allowing them to 32 in their cold climate. Li ke humans, killer whales have colonized a range of different 33 across the globe, occupying every ocean basin on the planet with an e mpi
24、re that 34 from pole to pole. As such, different populations of killer whales have had to learn different hunting techniques in order to gai n the upper ha nd over their local prey (猎物). This, in tur n, has a major effect on their diet, leading scientists to 35 that the ability to learn population-s
25、pecific hunting methods could be driving the ani mals, ge ne tic development. A.acquired I. image B. adaptations J. literally C. brutal K. refined D.deliberately L. revolves E. expressed M. speculate 2019-06-CET4(第 2 套)-3 Section B Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with te
26、n 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
27、 Answer Sheet 2. Living with parents edges out other living arrange me nts for 18- to 34-year-olds A) Broad demographic (人口的) shifts in marital status, educational attai nme nt and e mployme nt have trans for med the way young adults in the U. S. are living, and a new Pew Research Center analysis hi
28、ghlights the implications of these c ha nges for the most basic eleme nt of their liveswhere the y call ho me. In 2014, for the first ti me in more tha n 130years, adults a ges 18 to 34 were slightly more likely to be living in their parents ho me tha n the y were to be living with a spouse or partn
29、er in their own household. B) This tur n of events is fueled primarily by the dramatic drop in the share of young Americans w ho are choosing to settle down romantically before age 35. Dating back to 1880, the most common living arrange me nt among young adults ha s been living with a ro ma ntic par
30、tner, whether a spouse or a significant other. This type of arrangement peaked aroundI960, when 62% of the nations 18- to 34-year-olds were living with a spouse or partner in their own household, and only one-in-five were living with their parents. C) By 2014, 31.6% of young adults were living with
31、a spouse or partner in their own household, below the share living in the ho me of their parent(s) (32.1%). Some 14% of young adults lived alone, were a single parent or lived with one or more roommates. T he remai ning 22% lived in the ho me of another fa mily me mber (such as a grandparent, in-law
32、 or sibling (兄弟姐妹), a non-relative, or in gro up quarters like college dormitories. D) Its worth noting tha t the overall share of young adults living with their parents was not at a record hi gh in 2014. This arrange me nt peaked around 1940, whe n about 35% of the nations 18- to 34-year- olds live
33、d with mom and/or dad (compared with 32% in 2014). Wha t has changed, instead, is the relative share adopting different ways of living in early adulthood, with the decline of ro ma ntic coupling pushing living at home to the top of a much less uniform list of living arrangements. E) Amo ng young adu
34、lts, living arrangements differ significantly by gender. For men a ged 18 to34, living at ho me with mom and/or dad has been the domi na nt living arrangement since2009. In 2014, 28% of young men were living with a spouse or partner in their own ho me, w hile 35% were living in the ho me of their pa
35、rent (s). Young wome n, however, are still more likely to be living with a spouse or romantic partner (35%) than they are to be living with their parent(s) (29%). F) In 2014, more young women (16%) tha n young men (13%) were heading up a household without a spouse or partner. This is mainl y because
36、 women are more likely tha n men to be single parents living with their children. For their part, young men (25%) are more likely than young women (19%) to be living in the home of another family member, a non-relative or in some type of group quarters. G) A variety of factors contribute to the long
37、-run increase in the share of young adults living with their I parents. T he first is the postponement of, if no t retreat fro m, marriage. The average age of first 2019-06-CET4(第 2 套)-4 share of young adults either married or living with an unmarried partner has substantially fallen since 1990. H)
38、In addition, trends in both e mployme nt status and wages have likely contributed to the growing share of young adults who are living in the ho me of their parent(s), and this is especially true of young me n. Employed young men are muc h less likely to live at ho me tha n young men without a job, a
39、nd emplo yme nt among young men has fallen significantly in recent decades. The share of young men with jobs peaked around 1960 at 84%. In 2014, onl y 71% of 18- to 34-year-old men were employed. Similarly with earnings, young me ns wages(after adjusting for inflation) have been on a downward trajec
40、tory (轨迹) since 1970 and fell significantly from 2000 to 2010. As wages have fallen, the s hare of young men living in the home of their parent(s) has risen. I) Economic factors seem to explain less of why young adult wome n are increasingly likely to live at ho me. Generally, young women have had g
41、rowing success in the paid labor marke t since 1960 and he nce mi ght increasingly be expected to be able to afford to live independently of their parents. For wome n, delayed marriagewhich is related, in part, to labor mar ket outcomes for men- may explain more of the increase in their living in th
42、e family home. J) The Great Recession (and modest recovery) has also been associated with an increase in young adults living at ho me. Initially in the wake of the recession, college enrollments expanded, boosting the ranks of young adults living at ho me. And given the weak job opportunities facing
43、 young adults, living at home was part of the private safety net helping young adults to weather the economic storm. K) Beyond gender, young adults, living arrangements differ considerably by educationwhich is tied to financial mea ns. For young adults without a bachelors degree, as of 2008 living a
44、t ho me with their parents was more prevalent tha n living with a romantic partner. By 2014, 36% of 18- to 34-year-olds who had not completed a bachelors degree were living with their parent(s) while 27% were living with a spouse or partner. Among college graduates, in2014 46% were married or living
45、 with a partner, and o nly 19% were living with their parents(s). Young adults with a college degree have fared muc h better in the labor marke t tha n their less-educated counterparts, which has in tur n made it easier to establish their own households. 36. Unemployed young men are more likely to l
46、ive with their parents than the employed. 37. In 2014, the percentage of men aged 18 to 34 living with their parents was greater tha n that of their female counterparts. 38. The percentage of young people who are married or live with a partner has greatly decreased in the past three decades or so. 3
47、9. Around the mid-20th century, only 20 percent of 18- to 34-year-olds lived in their parents home. 40. Yo ung adults with a college degree found it easier to live independently of their parents. 41. Yo ung men are less likely to end up as single parents than young women. 42. More young adult women
48、live with their parents than before due to delayed marriage. 43. The percentage of young men who live with their parents has grown d ue to their decreased pay in recent decades. 44. The rise in the number of college students made more young adults live with their parents. 45. One reason for young adults to live with their parents is that the y get married late or stay single all their lives. 2019-06-CET4(第 2 套)-5 Section C Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by
