2018年6月大学英语四级真题（第2套）PartIWriting(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 IIListening Comprehension(25 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section,you will hear three news 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 I 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 ne ws 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 unprofitableSection 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 questions will bespokenonly once.After you hear a question,you must choose the best answer from the fourchoices marked A).B),C)and D).Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet Iwith 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 PhuketC)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 leamed 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 countriesD)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 trainingB)Free exercise for the first weekC)A discount for a half-year membershipD)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 dayC)She knows the basics of weight-liftingD)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 will2hear 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 I 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 leaming 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 leam at their own pace.B)Encourage kids to leam 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 lowa.B)It is really marvelous to look at.C)It offers free dance classes to seniors.D)It offers people a chance to socialize24.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 IReading Comprehension(40 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section,there is a passage with10 blanks.You are required to select one wordfor each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage.Read thepassage through carefully before making your choices.Each choice in the bank 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,southem California has had a reputation for smog.Things are not as bad asthey once were but,according to the American Lung Association,Los Angeles is still the worstcity in the United States for levels of 26.Gazing down on the city from the Getty Center,anart museum in the Santa Monica Mountains,one would find the view of the Pacific Ocean blurredby the haze ()Nor is the state's bad air 27to its south.Fresno,in the central valley,comestop of the list in America for year-round pollution.Residents'hearts and lungs are affected as a28.All of which,combined with California's reputation as the home of technological29,makes the place ideal for developing and testing systems designed to monitor pollutionin30.And that is just what Aclima,a new firm in San Francisco,has been doing over thepast few months.It has been trying out monitoring stations that are31to yieldminute-to-minute maps of 32air pollution.Such stations will also be able to keep an eye onwhat is happening inside buildings,including offices.Aclima's boss,says they have revealed pollution highs on days when San Francisco's transitworkers went on strike and the city's34were forced to use their cars.Conversely,"cycle toA)assistedB)collaboratingC)consequenceD)consumersE)creatingF)detailG)domesticH)frequentlyI)inhabitantsJ)innovationK)intendedL)outdoorM)pollutantsN)restrictedO)sumSection 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 paragraphs.Identify theparagraph from which the information is derived.You may 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 bridges spanning the Grand Canal.Itis the oldest bridge across the canal,and was the dividing line between the districts of San Marcoand 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,whohelped organize the march with a grass-roots organization called Generazione '90.The carts herefers to are small shopping carts-the symbol of a true Venetian."It started as a joke,"he sayswith a laugh."The idea was to put blades on the wheels!You know?Like Ben Hur.Precisely likethat,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 to90,000 tourists crowd its streets and canals every day-far outnumbering the 55,000 permanentresidents.The tourist increase is one key reason the city's population is down from 175,000 in the1950s.The outnumbered Venetians have been steadily fleeing.And those who stick around aretired of living in a place where they can't even get to the market without swimming through a seaof picture-snapping tourists.Imagine,navigating through 50,000 people while on the way toschool or to work.D)Laura Chigi,a grandmother at the march,says the local and national govemments havefailed to do anything about the crowds for decades,because theyre only interested in tourism-theprimary 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 thatappear over their medieval(中世纪的)surroundings.Their massive wake creates waves at thebottom of the sea,weakening the foundations of the centuries-old buildings themselves."Everytime I see a cruise ship,I feel sad,"Chigi says."You see the mud it drags;the destruction it leavesin its wake?That hurts the ancient wooden poles holding up the city underwater.One day we'll seeVenice break down."F)For a time,UNESCO,the cultural wing of the United Nations,seemed to agree.Two yearsago,it put Italy on notice,saying the government was not protecting Venice.UNESCO considersthe entire city a World Heritage Site,a great honor that means Venice,at the cultural level,belongsto all of the world's people.In 2014,UNESCO gave Italy two years to manage Venice'sflourishing tourism or the city would be placed on another list-World Heritage In Danger,joiningsuch sites as Aleppo and Palmyra,destroyed by the war in Syria.G)Venice's deadline passed with barely a murmur (this summer,just as UNESCO wasmeeting in Istanbul.Only one representative,Jad Tabet from Lebanon,tried to raise the issue."Forseveral years,the situation of heritage in Venice has been worsening,and it has now reached adramatic situation,"Tabet told UNESCO."We have to act quickly-there is not a moment towaste."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 groupdevoted to restoring Venetian art.She says the main reason the U.N.cultural organization didn'tvote 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 theUNESCO World Heritage Centre,which oversees heritage sites,is Francesco Bandarin,a Venetianwho now serves as UNESCO's assistant director-general for culture.