2017年6月英语四级考试真题及答案详解和听力原文卷二

2017年6月英语四级考试真题卷二

Part I Writing(30 minutes)

Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an advertisement on your campus website to sell a bicycle you used at college. Your advertisement may include its brand, specifications/features, condition and prices, and your contact information. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.

Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)

Section A

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 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 conversation you have just heard.

1. A) The majority of drivers prefer to drive and park themselves.

B) Human drivers become easily distracted or tired while driving.

C) Most drivers feel uncertain about the safety of self-driving cars.

D) Most drivers have test driven cars with automatic braking features.

2. A) Their drivers would feel safe after getting used to the automatic devices.

B) They would be unpopular with drivers who only trust their own skills.

C) Their increased comfort levels have boosted their sales.

D) They are not actually as safe as automakers advertise.

Questions 3 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

3. A) Thefts of snowmobile dogs in Alaska. C) Attacks on some Iditarod Race competitors.

B) A series of injuries to snowmobile drivers. D) A serious accident in the Alaska sports event.

4. A) He stayed behind to look after his injured dogs.

B) He has won the Alaska Iditarod Race four times.

C) He received a minor injury in the Iditarod Race.

D) He has quit the competition in Alaska for good.

Questions 5 to 7 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

5. A) It sank into the sea due to overloading.

B) It ran into Nicaragua?s Big Corn Island.

C) It disappeared between two large islands.

D) It turned over because of strong winds.

6. A) 13. B) 25. C) 30. D)32.

7. A) He has helped with the rescue effort.

B) He is being investigated by the police.

C) He was drowned with the passengers.

D) He is among those people missing.

Section B

Directions: 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 Sheet1 with a single line through the centre.

Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

8. A) At a shopping centre. B) At a community college.

C) At an accountancy firm. D) At an IT company.

9. A) Helping out with data input. B) Arranging interviews.

C) Sorting application forms. D) Making phone calls.

10. A) He enjoys using computers.

B) He needs the money badly.

C) He wants to work in the city centre.

D) He has relevant working experience.

11. A) Purchase some business suits.

B) Learn some computer language.

C) Improve his programming skills.

D) Review some accountancy terms.

Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

12. A) They are keen on high technology. C) They often listen to National Public Radio.

B) They are poor at technology skills. D) They feel superior in science and technology.

13. A) Japanese. B) Germans. C) Poles. D) Americans.

14. A) Emailing. B) Texting. C) Science. D) Literacy.

15. A) It is undergoing a drastic reform.

B) It lays emphasis on creative thinking.

C) It has much room for improvement.

D) It prioritizes training of practical skills.

Section C

Directions: In this section, you will hear three passages of lectures or talks followed by three or four questions. The recordings will be played 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 Sheet1 with a single line through the centre.

Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.

16. A) They have small roots. B) They grow white flowers.

C) They taste like apples. D) They come from Central Africa.

17. A) They turned from white to purple in color.

B) They became popular on the world market.

C) They became an important food for humans.

D) They began to look like modern-day carrots.

18. A) They were found quite nutritious. C) People discovered their medicinal value.

B) There were serious food shortages. D) Farm machines helped lower their prices.

Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.

19. A) She could update her family any time she liked.

B) She could call up her family whenever she liked

C) She could locate her friends wherever they were.

D) She could download as many pictures as she liked.

20. A) She liked to inform her friends about her success.

B) She enjoyed reading her friends? status updates.

C) She felt quite popular among them.

D) She felt she was a teenager again.

21. A) She could barely respond to all her 500 Facebook friends.

B) She spent more time updating her friends than her family.

C) She could barely balance Facebook updates and her work.

D) She didn?t seem to be doing as well as her Facebook friends.

Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.

22. A) They have strong muscles.

B) They live a longer life than horses.

C) They eat much less in winter.

D) They can work longer than donkeys.

23. A) It was a pet of a Spanish king.

B) It was bought by George Washington.

C) It was brought over from Spain.

D) It was donated by a U.S. Ambassador.

24. A) They met and exchanged ideas on animal breeding.

B) They participated in a mule-driving competition.

C) They showed and traded animals in the market.

D) They fed mules with the best food they could find.

25. A) The wider use of horses. B) The arrival of tractors.

C) A shrinking animal trade. D) A growing donkey population.

Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension

Section A

Directions: 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.

Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.

As if you needed another reason to hate the gym, it now turns out that exercise can exhaust not only your muscles, but also your eyes. Fear not, however, for coffee can stimulate them again. During 26 exercise, our muscles tire as they run out of fuel and build up waste products. Muscle performance can also be affected by a 27 called “central fatigue”,in which an imbalance in the body’s chemical messengers prevents the central nervous system from directing muscle movements 28 . It was not known, however, whether central fatigue might also affect motor systems not directly 29 in the exercise itself, such as those that move the eyes. To find out, researchers gave 11 volunteer cyclists a carbohydrate (碳水化合物) 30 either with a moderate dose of caffeine (咖徘因),which is known to stimulate the central nervous system, or as a placebo (安慰剂)without, during 3 hours of 31 . After exercising, the scientists tested the cyclists with eye-tracking cameras to see how well their brains could still 32 their visual system. The team found that exercise reduced the speed of rapid eye movements by about 8%, 33 their ability to capture new visual information. The caffeine, the equivalent of two strong cups of coffee, was 34 to reverse this effect, with some cyclists even displaying 35 eye movement speeds. So it might be a good idea to get someone else to drive you home after that marathon.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

A)cautiously

B) commit

C) control

D) cycling

E) effectively

F) increased

G) involved

H) limited

I) phenomenon

J) preventing

K) sensitive

L) slowing

M) solution

N) sufficient

O) vigorous

Section B

Directions: 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 question by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.

The Blessing and Curse of the People Who Never Forget

A handful of people can recall almost every day of their lives in enormous detail-and after years of research, neuroscientists are finally beginning to understand how they do it.

[A] For most of us, memory is a mess of blurred and faded pictures of our lives. As much as we would like to cling on to our past, even the saddest moments can be washed away with time.

[B] Ask Nima Veiseh what he was doing for any day in the past 15 years, however, and he will give you the details of the weather, what he was wearing, or even what side of the train he was sitting on his journey to work. “My memory is likely library of video tapes, walk-throughs of every day of my life from waking to sleeping,” he explains.

[C] Veiseh can even put a date on when those tapes started recording: 15 December 2000, when he met his first girlfriend at his best friend’s 16th birthday party. He had always had a good memory, but the thrill of young love seems to have shifted a gear in his mind: from now on, he would start recording his whole life in detail. “I could tell you everything about every day after that.”

[D] Needless to say, people like Veiseh are of great interest to neuroscientists （神经科学专家）hoping to understand the way the brain records our lives. A couple of recent papers have finally opened a window on these people’s extraordinary minds. And such research might even suggest ways for us all to relive our past with greater clarity.

[E] “Highly superior autobiographical memory” (or HSAM for short), first came to light in the early 2000s, with a young woman named Jill Price. Emailing the neuroscientist and memory researcher Jim McGaugh one day, she claimed that she could recall every day of her life since the age of 12. Could he help explain her experiences?

[F] McGaugh invited her to his lab, and began to test her: he would give her a date and ask her to tell him about the world events on that day. True to her word, she was correct almost every time.

[G] It didn’t take long for magazines and documentary film-makers to come to understand her”total recall”, and thanks to the subsequent media interest, a few dozen other subjects (including Veiseh) have since come forward and contacted the team at the University of California, Irvine.

[H] Interestingly, their memories are highly self-centred: although they can remember “autobiographical”life events in extraordinary detail, they seem to be no better than average at recalling impersonal information, such as random （任意选取的）lists of words. Nor are they necessarily better at remembering a round of drinks, say. And although their memories are vast, they are still likely to suffer from ‘false memories' Clearly, there is no such thing as a”perfect” memory their extraordinary minds are still using the same flawed tools that the rest of us rely on. The question is, how?

[I] Lawrence Patihis at the University of Southern Mississippi recently studied around 20 people with HSAM and found that they scored particularly high on two measures: fantasy proneness （倾向）and absorption. Fantasy proneness could be considered a tendency to imagine and daydream, whereas absorption is the tendency to allow your mind to become fully absorbed in an activity to pay complete attention to the sensations (感受)and the experiences. “I’m extremely sensitive to sounds, smells and visual detail, explains Nicole Donohue, who has taken part in many of these studies. “I definitely feel things more strongly than the average person.”

[J] The absorption helps them to establish strong foundations for recollection, says Patihis, and the fantasy proneness means that they revisit those memories again and again in the coming weeks and months. Each time this initial memory trace is “replayed”，it becomes even stronger. In some ways, you probably go through that process after a big event like your wedding day but the difference is that thanks to their other psychological tendencies, the HSAM subjects are doing it day in, day out, for the whole of their lives.

[K] Not everyone with a tendency to fantasise will develop HSAM, though, so Patihis suggests that something must have caused them to think so much about their past. “Maybe some experience in their childhood meant that they became obsessed (着迷）with calendars and what happened to them,”says Patihis.

[L] The people with HSAM Fve interviewed would certainly agree that it can be a mixed blessing. On the plus side, it allows you to relive the most transformative and enriching experiences. Veiseh, for instance, travelled a lot in his youth. In his spare time, he visited the local art galleries, and the paintings are now lodged deep in his autobiographical memories.

[M] “Imagine being able to remember every painting, on every wall, in every gallery space, between nearly 40 countries,”he says. “That’s a big education in art by itself.”With this comprehensive knowledge of the history of art, he has since become a professional painter.

[N] Donohue, now a history teacher, agrees that it helped during certain parts of her education: “I can definitely remember what I learned on certain days at school. I could imagine what the teacher was saying or what it looked like in the book.”

[O] Not everyone with HSAM has experienced these benefits, however. Viewing the past in high definition can make it very difficult to get over pain and regret. “It can be very hard to forget embarrassing moments,”says Donohue. “You feel the same emotions—it is just as raw, just as fresh… ou can’t turn off that stream of memories, no matter how hard you try.”Veiseh agrees: “It is like having these open wounds they are just a part of you,”he says.

[P] This means they often have to make a special effort to lay the past to rest. Bill, for instance, often gets painful”flashbacks”, in which unwanted memories intrude into his consciousness, but overall he has chosen to see it as the best way of avoiding repeating the same mistakes. “Some people are absorbed in the past but not open to new memories, but that’s not the case for me. I look forward to each day and experiencing something new.”

36. People with HSAM have the same memory as ordinary people when it comes to impersonal information.

37. Fantasy proneness will not necessarily cause people to develop HSAM.

38. Veiseh began to remember the details of his everyday experiences after he met his first young love.

39. Many more people with HSAM started to contact researchers due to the mass media.

40. People with HSAM often have to make efforts to avoid focusing on the past.

41. Most people do not have clear memories of past events.

42. HSAM can be both a curse and a blessing.

43. A young woman sought explanation from a brain scientist when she noticed her unusual memory.

44. Some people with HSAM find it very hard to get rid of unpleasant memories.

45. A recent study of people with HSAM reveals that they are liable to fantasy and full absorption in an activity.

Section C

Directions: 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 One

Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.

The phrase almost completes itself: midlife crisis. It’s the stage in the middle of the journey when people feel youth vanishing, their prospects narrowing and death approaching.

There’s only one problem with the cliche （套话）. It isn’t true.

“In fact, there is almost no hard evidence for midlife crisis other than a few small pilot studies conducted decades ago,” Barbara Hagerty writes in her new book, Life Reimagined. The bulk of the research shows that there may be a pause, or a shifting of gears in the 40s or 50s, but this shift “can be exciting, rather than terrifying.”

Barbara Hagerty looks at some of the features of people who turn midlife into a rebirth. They break routines, because “autopilot is death.”They choose purpose over happiness—having a clear sense of purpose even reduces the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. They give priority to relationships, as careers often recede （逐渐淡化）.

Life Reimagined paints a picture of middle age that is far from gloomy. Midlife seems like the second big phase of decision-making. Your identity has been formed; you’ve built up your resources; and now you have the chance to take the big risks precisely because your foundation is already secure.

Karl Barth described midlife precisely this way. At middle age, he wrote, “the sowing is behind; now is the time to reap. The run has been taken; now is the time to leap. Preparation has been made; now is the time for the venture of the work itself.”

The middle-aged person, Barth continued, can see death in the distance, but moves with a “measured haste”to get big new things done while there is still time.

What Barth wrote decades ago is even truer today. People are healthy and energetic longer. We have presidential candidates running for their first term in office at age 68, 69 and 74. A longer lifespan is changing the narrative structure of life itself. What could have been considered the beginning of a decent is now a potential turning point the turning point you are most equipped to take full advantage of.

46. What does the author think of the phrase “midlife crisis”？

A) It has led to a lot of debate.

B) It is widely acknowledged.

C) It is no longer fashionable.

D) It misrepresents real life.

47. How does Barbara Hagerty view midlife?

A) It may be the beginning of a crisis. D) It may see old-age disease approaching.

B) It can be a new phase of one’s life. C) It can be terrifying for the unprepared.

48. How is midlife pictured in the book Life Reimagined?

A) It can be quite rosy.

B) It can be burdensome.

C) It undergoes radical transformation.

D) It makes for the best part of one’s life.

49. According to Karl Barth, midlife is the time .

A) to relax B) to mature C) to harvest D) to reflect

50. What does the author say about midlife today?

A) It is more meaningful than other stages of life.

B) It is likely to change the narrative of one’s life.

C) It is more important to those with a longer lifespan.

D) It is likely to be a critical turning point in one’s life.

Passage Two

Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.

In spring, chickens start laying again, bringing a welcome source of protein at winter’s end. So it’s no surprise that cultures around the world celebrate spring by honoring the egg.

Some traditions are simple, like the red eggs that get baked into Greek Easter breads. Others elevate the egg into a fancy art, like the heavily jewel-covered “eggs” that were favored by the Russians starting in the 19th century.

One ancient form of egg art comes to us from Ukraine. For centuries, Ukrainians have been drawing complicated patterns on eggs. Contemporary artists have followed this tradition to create eggs that speak to the anxieties of our age: Life is precious, and delicate. Eggs are, too.

“There’s something about their delicate nature that appeals to me,” says New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast. Several years ago, she became interested in eggs and learned the traditional Ukrainian technique to draw her very modem characters. “I’ve broken eggs at every stage of the process 一 from the very beginning to the very, very end.”

But there’s an appeal in that vulnerability. “There’s part of this sickening horror of knowing you’re walking on the edge with this, that I kind of like, knowing that it could all fall apart at any second.”Chast’s designs, such as a worried man alone in a tiny rowboat, reflect that delicateness.

Traditional Ukrainian decorated eggs also spoke to those fears. The elaborate patterns were believed to offer protection against evil.

“There’s an ancient legend that as long as these eggs are made, evil will not prevail in the world,”says Joan Brander, a Canadian egg-painter who has been painting eggs for over 60 years, having learned the art from her Ukrainian relatives.

The tradition, dating back to 300 B.C., was later incorporated into the Christian church. The old symbols, however, still endure. A decorated egg with a bird on it, given to a young married couple, is a wish for children. A decorated egg thrown into the field would be a wish for a good harvest.

51. Why do people in many cultures prize the egg?

A) It is a welcome sign of the coming of spring. C) It can easily be made into a work of art.

B) It is their major source of protein in winter. D) It can bring wealth and honor to them.

52. What do we learn about the decorated “eggs” in Russia?

A) They are shaped like jewel cases.

B) They are cherished by the rich.

C) They are heavily painted in red.

D) They are favored as a form of art.

53. Why have contemporary artists continued the egg art tradition?

A) Eggs serve as an enduring symbol of new life.

B) Eggs have an oval shape appealing to artists.

C) Eggs reflect the anxieties of people today.

D) Eggs provide a unique surface to paint on.

54. Why does Chast enjoy the process of decorating eggs?

A) She never knows if the egg will break before the design is completed.

B) She can add multiple details to the design to communicate her idea.

C) She always derives great pleasure from designing something new.

D) She is never sure what the final design will look like until the end.

55. What do we learn from the passage about egg-painting?

A) It originated in the eastern part of Europe.

B) It has a history of over two thousand years.

C) It is the most time-honored form of fancy art.

D) It is especially favored as a church decoration.

Part IV Translation

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.

珠江是华南一大河系，流经广州市，是中国第三长的河流，仅次于长江和黄河。珠江三角洲(delta) 是中国最发达的地区之一，面积约11000平方公里。它在面积和人口方面也是世界上最大的城市聚集 区。珠江三角洲九个最大城市共有5700多万人口。上世纪70年代末中国改革开放以来，珠江三角洲已成为中国和世界主要经济区域和制造中心之一。

2017年6月英语四级考试真题答案详解卷二

Part I Writing(30 minutes)

作文范文：卖自行车

Used bicycle on sale

A used Canyon bike is (available) on sale! Though used, it’s still a fast and reliable road bike, for it is well maintained and in good condition (which is) perfect for any standard of riders (beginner right through to competitive club cyclists) with suitable seat and strong tires.

The bike was bought two years ago for 1000 yuan, and it is now sold at only 388 yuan (so it is a real bargain! Besides, the price is negotiable)!

I want this bike to be sold as quickly as possible, for I am a senior student who is about to graduate and leave the campus in the near future. Please feel free to contact me if you are interested in this bike. I can be reached at phone 87654321 or by my e-mail 123@abc.com.

Part II Listening Comprehension(30 minutes)

Section A

1.【答案】C)Most drivers feel uncertain about the safety of self-driving cars.

【解析】新闻中提及“those surveyed by AAA say they trust their own driving skills. Many feel the technology is too new and unproven.”，由此可推断出本题选C。

2.【答案】A)Their drivers would feel safe after getting used to the automatic devices.

【解析】新闻中在提及John Nielsen时说，“tests suggest drivers may be overestimating their own abilities. He also believes they will be more likely to trust self-driving cars as they become more familiar with features such as automatic braking or parking.”，这与A选项完全符合。

3.【答案】C)Attacks on some lditarod race competitors.

【解析】根据听力材料中的关键词“attack on competitors in the Iditarod Race in Alaska”可知本题答案为C项。

4.【答案】B)He has won the Alaska Lditarod Race four times.

【解析】新闻中在提及Jeff King时用了“a four-time champion”一词，由此可知B选项正确。

5.【答案】D)It turned over because of strong winds.

【解析】新闻首句就提及“A tour boat turned over off the coast of Nicaragua”，根据关键词“turnedover”选出答案为D。

6.【答案】D)32.

【解析】新闻中提及，“The boat was carrying 32 people——25 Costa Ricans, 4 Americans and 3 Nicaraguans. The 13 dead were all Costa Rican…”，由此可排除A、B选项，C项未提及，故答案为D。

7.【答案】B)He is being investigated by the police.

【解析】新闻中第一次提及the owner时说道，他同一些人一起被救起，由此排除C、D选项。后面又提及“he and a crew member are being investigated”，由此可知B选项正确。

Section B

Conversation One

8.【答案】C)At an accountancy firm.

【解析】苏珊回答说“I’ve got a second interview with that big foreign accountancy firm in the city centre”，由此可知本题选C。

9.【答案】A)Helping out with data input.

【解析】苏珊在对话中对男士说道“The work is just helping out with data input.”，A选项正确。

10.【答案】B)He needs the money badly.

【解析】对话中詹姆斯说道“I really need the money and the experience will look good on my resume.”，由此可知，B选项正确。

11.【答案】D)Review some accountancy terms.

【解析】詹姆斯说“I think I can survive. I might just have to review a few accountancy terms.”，故答案选D。

Conversation Two

12.【答案】B)They are poor at technology skills.

【解析】男士出场时说道“Let’s start with the bad news that Americans are terrible at technology skills...”，由此可知答案选B。

13.【答案】A)Japanese.

【解析】男士说日本在这方面表现最好。本題只要能听到“Japan did the best”这句话就不难选出答案。

14.【答案】D)Literacy.

【解析】对话中男士说道“Americans are terrible at technology skills, using e-mail,…or just texting someone.”，后面又说“In literacy, they were actually doing better than their peers in other countries.”，由此可知答案为D。

15.【答案】C)It has much room for improvement.

【解析】对话中男士提及“when you look at Americans who have a high school diploma, they look a lot like other countries’ high school dropouts. We have a lot of work to do.”其中C选项是对原文“We have a lot of work to do.”的同义表述。故本题选C。

Section C

16. 【答案】A) They have small roots.

【解析】听力中第一句话提到，约3.6亿年前，野生胡萝卜可能与其他开花植物进化而来。接着对野生胡萝卜进行了介绍：像苹果一样，胡萝卜源自中亚；野生胡萝卜的根是白色的，小小的、细细的。由此可知，A 项正确。

17.【答案】 D) They began to look like modern-day carrots.

【解析】材料中提及“Then in the late 1500s, food scientists in the Netherlands cultivated large, straight, sweet, red carrots like the ones we eat today”，由此可知D项正确。

18.【答案】 B) There were serious food shortages.

【解析】听力材料在提及两次世界大战时说道“carrots got their biggest boost during the two world wars when food shortages forced people to eat them”，由此可知选B。

Passage Two

19. 【答案】A) She could update her family any time she liked.

【解析】听力材料中提及“Another thing Katherine loved about Facebook was that she didn’t have to think about time zones when updating family... Facebook was so convenient”，由此可知A选项正确。

20.【答案】B)She enjoyed reading her friends’ status updates.

【解析】听力材料中提及，Katherine很高兴看到那些在自己青少年时就相识的人们的成功，很高兴了解到他们结婚、生子或在旅行。而这些都是好友们在Facebook上更新的状态，由此可知她很喜欢看朋友们更新的状态，故B选项正确。

21.【答案】D) She didn’t seem to be doing as well as her Facebook friends.

【解析】听力材料中提及“It began to make her feel bad that some people seem to be doing so much better than she was”，由此可知D选项正确。

Passage Three

22. 【答案】A) They have strong muscles.

【解析】听力材料中提及“Mules have strong muscles like horses but they eat less, can work longer, and are gentler like donkeys”，由此可知A选项正确。

23. 【答案】C) It was brought over from Spain.

【解析】听力材料提及“In 1785, King Charles III of Spain sent Washington a male donkey as a gift”，由此可知选C。

24.【答案】C)They showed and traded animals in the market.

【解析】听力材料中提及“Farmers and farm animal breeders would bring their animals to market every April to show，buy and trade”，由此可知答案选C。

25.【答案】B) The arrival of tractors.

【解析】听力材料中提及“Eventually, tractors began to replace mules, making them less in demand”，由此可知B 选项正确。

Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension

Section A

26.【答案】O) vigorous 

【解析】“vigorous exercise”意思为“精力充沛的练习”。本题是在文中的第三句话中出现，根据该句的语法结构，发现26题所在处的单词词性应为形容词，修饰exercise，联系上文中提到‚锻炼可以消耗身体中的肌肉‛，由此得知本句的意思为经过大量锻炼后，我们的肌肉变得疲惫，因此此处应填入‚vigorous‛表示‚剧烈的运动‛。  

27.【答案】I)phenomenon

【解析】“a phenomenon called”意思为“一种现象被称为”。本题是在a和called ‚central fatigue‛中间出现，根据语法结构，可以得出此处应填入的单词词性为名词，后面的called ‚central fatigue‛做后置定语修饰限定前面的名词，然后根据本句意思‚肌肉的表现也会被一种称之为‛中枢疲劳‚的_____所影响‛；根据所给出的全部名词，选出正确答案为I phenomenon现象一词。  

28.【答案】E)effectively

【解析】出现了“问题”，就不可能那么“有效”。本题位于句子最后，根据语法结构可以判断出本题要填入的词汇的词性为副词，因此根据该句意思‚人体内化学信使的失调会使中枢神经系统无法______指导肌肉运动‛，此处应填入的副词为E effectively 有效地。  

29.【答案】G)involved

【解析】“involve in”意思为“参与”。本题位于名词motor system（运动系统）之后，且空格前有directly副词的修饰，由此确定该处单词的词性应为动词，但由于本句已有谓语动词affect，因此此处应填入非谓语动词，限定修饰前面的名词motor system；根据文中意思，可以确定此处的单词应为G involved 参与，即‚不直接参与锻炼的运动系统——例如眼部运动‛。

30.【答案】M)solution

【解析】“carbohydrate solution”意思为“碳水化合物溶液”。本题前面有不定冠词a，由此判断此处应为名词，根据后面‚either with a moderate dose（适度剂量） of caffeine‛可以得知此处应该是研究人员给11位志愿者一种溶液。因此，本题应选M solution.  

31.【答案】D)cycling

【解析】由“cyclists”可知，可得出答案。本题应结合下文进行分析，首先根据题目所在位置可判断此处的词性为名词类词汇（包括动名词）；下文中提到科学家测试骑自行车的人（cyclist），由此可得知前面应该是这些人所做的运动应为骑自行车，因此，本题选择D cycling （骑自行车）。  

32.【答案】C)control 

【解析】could后面需要加动词原型。本题所在部分的意思为‚大脑如何_____视觉系统‛，此处需要填入的单词词性为动词，根据常识，可以得知大脑控制视觉系统，因此此处选择C control （控制）。 

33.【答案】J)preventing

【解析】“preventing”现在分词作伴随状语。阻止了能力。根据语法结构可得出本题所在部分为句子的状语成分，因此需要填入的单词词性为非谓语动词，根据文章逻辑，得出‚锻炼使快速眼动速度降低8%左右，_____他们捕捉新的视觉信息的能力‛，此处应为降低/组织捕捉新的视觉信息的能力，因此此处选择J preventing（阻止）。 

34.【答案】N)sufficient

【解析】sufficient to意思为“足够于”。本题考查词组搭配be ______ to，根据文章的逻辑，上文第二句话中提到‚不用害怕，咖啡可以使眼睛快速恢复‛，由此，可以推出此句的意思为‚咖啡因足够消除这种影响，一些骑自行车的志愿者甚至眼动速度增加。‛因此，此题选择 N sufficient （足够的；充分的）。  

35.【答案】F)increased

【解析】“increased eye movement speeds”意思为“增加眼球转速”。根据上题的分析，可以快速选出此题的答案为 F increased（增加）。   

Section B

36.【答案】[H]

【解析】根据题干中的关键词people with HSAM, ordinary people以及impersonal information 可定位至[H]段。回文快速扫读文章，发现[H]段中they seem to be no better than average at recalling impersonal information.与该题干属于同义替换，故选[H]。

37.【答案】[K]

【解析】由题干中的关键词fantasy proneness 、not necessarily cause以及develop HSAM可定位至[K]段。回文快速扫读文章，发现[K]段中第一句话Not everyone with a tendency to fantasise will develop HSAM与该题干属于同义替换，故选[K]。

38.【答案】[C]

【解析】根据题干中的关键词Veiseh、 details of his everyday experiences 以及 his first young love 可定位至[C]段。回文快速扫读文章，发现[C]段中第二句话与本题题干为同义替换，因此对应[C]段。

39.【答案】[G]

【解析】根据题干中的关键词Many more people with HSAM、contact researchers、due to the mass media可定位至[G]段。回文快速扫读文章，发现[G]段中thanks to the subsequent media interest, a few dozen other subjects (including Veiseh) have since come forward and contacted the ream.与本题为同义替换，故选[G]。

40. 【答案】[P]

【解析】根据题干中的关键词People with HSAM、make efforts 以及focusing on the past可定位至[P]段。回文快速扫读文章，发现[P]段中第一句话即为本题的同义替换，故本题对应文章[P]段。

41.【答案】[A]

【解析】根据题干意思是“大多数人对以往发生的事情没有清晰的记忆”可定位至[A]段，[A]段首句中关键词"blurred"为模糊之意，以及"faded"表示褪色，修饰"picture"画面，说明记忆不清晰；还有文中的"most of us"和"most people"相对应；以及[A]段第二句的"our past"和题干中"post events"相对应。所以，可以确定41题与[A]段搭配。

42.【答案】[L]

【解析】根据题干中的both a curse and a blessing可定位至[L]段。题干中"a curse and a blessing"表示既是诅咒、又是保佑，意思是有利有弊。这对应了[L]段首句的"it can be a mixed blessing"，"mixed"是混合之意，在这个语言环境中，也是“有利有弊”的意思，故选[L]。

43.【答案】[E]

【解析】由题干中的关键词a young woman> a brain scientist 和unusual memory 可定位至[E]段。[E]段首句中就出现了"young woman"这个关键字，之后的句子讲述了她声称可以回忆起从十二岁起每天的生活，对应了题干中的"unusual memory"，不同寻常的记忆力。因此选[E].

44. 【答案】[O]

【解析】根据题意可定位至[O]段。[O]段中有"very difficult to get over pain and regret"，与题干中"hard to get rid of unpleasant memories"对应，属于同意替换，故选[O]。

45. A recent study of people with HSAM reveals that they are liable to fantasy and full absorption in an activity.

【答案】[I]

【解析】根据题干中的关键词a recent study、people with HSAM、fantasy 以及full absorption可定位至[I]段。题干中的关键词"fantasy"和"absorption"只在[I]段当中出现了，以及首句中对一个研究的陈述对应了题干中"a recent study"，故[I]段和本题对应。

Section C

Passage One

46.【答案】 D) It misrepresents real life.

【解析】由题干What does the author think of the phrase “midlife crisis”？其意思是“笔者认为，“中年危机”是什么？”定位到文章第二段第二句话“It isn’t true.”其意思是“它不是真实的。”而D)句的意思是“这不是真正的生活。”故选D)。

47.【答案】B) It can be a new phase of one’s life.

【解析】根据题干中的关键词Barbara Hagerty可定位至文章第三段第一句话中“In fact, there is almost no hard evidence for midlife crisis other than a few small pilot studies conducted decades ago...”其意思是“事实上，除了几十年前进行的几项小规模试验之外，中年危机几乎没有确凿的证据......”和最后一句话“The bulk of the research shows that there may be a pause, or a shifting of gears in the 40s or 50s, but this shift “can be exciting, rather than terrifying.””其意思是“大量研究表明，人在四五十岁时，可能会出现短暂的停滞，或是转变，但这种转变可能是‘令人兴奋的，而不是可怕的。’”以及文章第四段第二、三句话“They break routines, because ‘autopilot is death.’ They choose purpose over happiness...”其意思是“他们打破常规，因为‘闷头走下去就是死亡了。’他们选择追求目标，而不是安逸生活…”。而B)句的意思是“这可能是人生的一个新阶段。”与语意相符，故选B)。

48.【答案】A) It can be quite rosy.

【解析】根据题干中的关键词pictured和Life Reimagined可定位至第五段第一句“Life Reimagined paints a picture of middle age that is far from gloomy.”其意思是“《重新设想生活》描述的中年根本不可怕，也一点儿都没减速。”而A)句的意思是“它可能是相当美好的。”其中quite rosy 和gloomy对应，故选A)。

49.【答案】C) to harvest

【解析】根据题干中的关键词Karl Barth和 time可定位至第六段第二句话“...the sowing is behind; now is the time to reap...”其意思是“……播种已是过去，该收获了……”该句中的reap与C)句中的harvest是同义替换，故选C)。

50.【答案】D) It is likely to be a critical turning point in one’s life.

【解析】根据题干中的关键词midlife today可定位至最后一段最后一句话“What could have been considered the beginning of a decent is now a potential turning point the turning point you are most equipped to take full advantage of.”其意思是“本来会被视作开始走下坡路的时期，现在成了一个潜在的转折点，此刻，人们已经做好准备，可以充分利用。”该句中的turning point是D)句中的原文重现，故选D)。

Passage Two

51.【答案】A) It is a welcome sign of the coming of spring.

【解析】题干中问及“Why do people in many cultures prize the egg?”其意思是“为什么在许多文化中，人们重视鸡蛋？”根据题干中的关键词prize the egg可定位到文章的第一段最后一句话“So it’s no surprise that cultures around the world celebrate spring by honoring the egg.”其意思是“因此，世界各地的文化通过庆祝鸡蛋来庆祝春天并不奇怪。”，很明显与选项A)“it is a welcome sign of the coming of Spring”进行同义替换；题干中的“in many cultures”对应文中“cultures around the world”，且答案中的“a welcome sign of the coming of Spring”对应文中的“celebrate spring by honoring the egg”（通过庆祝鸡蛋来庆祝春天的到来）；C、D选项不具备，干扰选项，B选项中的major（主要的）并未在文中体现；故选A)。

52.【答案】D) They are favored as a form of art.

【解析】题干信息“What do we learn about the decorated “eggs” in Russia?”其意思是“我们能从俄罗斯的‘装饰过’ 的鸡蛋得知什么？”根据题干的关键词Russia可到文章的第二段最后一句话“Others elevate the egg into a fancy art, like the heavily jewel-covered ‘eggs’ that were favored by the Russians starting in the 19th century.”其意思是“另一些人则将鸡蛋提升到一种奇特的艺术中，比如十九世纪开始的俄罗斯人喜爱的镶满珠宝的‘蛋’一样。”因此，选项D )中的“They are favored as a form of art.”为正确选项，故选D)

53.【答案】C) Eggs reflect the anxieties of people today.

【解析】 题干信息“What have contemporary artists continued the egg art tradition?”其意思是“当代艺术家是怎样延续蛋艺术的传统？”根据题干的关键词contemporary artists和tradition可定位到文中的第三段的第三句话“Contemporary artists have followed this tradition to create eggs that speak to the anxieties of our age: Life is precious, and delicate. Eggs are, too.”其意思是“当代艺术家们沿袭了这一传统，创造出能与我们这个时代的焦虑对话的鸡蛋：生命是宝贵的，微妙的。鸡蛋也是。”因此选项C)“Eggs reflect the anxieties of people today.”其意思是“鸡蛋反映了当今人们的焦虑。”与语意相符合，故选C)。

54.【答案】A) She never knows if the egg will break before the design is completed.

【解析】题干信息“Why does Chast enjoy the process of decorating eggs?”其意思是“为什么Chast享受修饰鸡蛋的过程？”根据题干的关键词Chast和the process of decorating eggs可定位到第五段最后两句话“There’s part of this sickening horror of knowing you’re walking on the edge ...reflect that delicateness.”选项A)“She never knows if the egg will break before the design iscompleted.”其意思是“因为她永远不知道在设计完成前鸡蛋是否会坏掉。”与语意相符，故选A)。

55.【答案】B) It has a history of over two thousand years.

【解析】 题干信息“What do we learn from the passage about the egg-painting?”其意思是“我们从这篇关于彩绘蛋的文章中学到了什么?”根据题干可定位于第八段“The tradition, dating back to 300 B.C.....a good harvest”其意思是“这个传统可以追溯到公元前300年......一个好的收获”），由此可知选项B)“It has a history of over two thousand years.”其意思是“有2000多年的历史了。”与语意相符，故选B)。

Part IV Translation

【参考译文】

The Pearl River is a large river system in south China, which travels across Guangzhou City. Being the third longest river in China, it is second only to the Yangtze River and the Yellow River. The Pearl River Delta is one of the most developed districts in China and covers an area of about 11,000 square kilometres. Moreover, it is also the largest urban agglomeration around the world in area and population. Nine largest cities in Pearl River Delta have a population of more than 57 million. Since the reform and open policy in the late 1970s, the Pearl River Delta has become one of the primary economic zones and manufacturing centers in China and the world.

【解析】

1. 珠江是华南一大河系，流经广州市，是中国第三长的河流，仅次于长江和黄河。

这一句句子较长，可以采取分译：

前半句词汇方面：珠江：Zhu Jiang 或者the Pearl River; 河系：river system 或者也可以是river; 流经：travel across 或 flow across, 所以前半句可翻译为：

The Pearl River is a large river system in south China and travels across Guangzhou City.

这里可改写成which引导的非限定性定于从句的用法，提升翻译质量：

The Pearl River is a large river system in south China, which travels across Guangzhou City.

后半句词汇方面：第三长：the third longest; 次于：be second to/ be next to。后半句可翻译为：

it is the third longest river in China and is second only to the Yangtze River and the Yellow River.

这里我们把这个句子变为非谓语动词结构，提升翻译质量：

Being the third longest river in China, it is second only to the Yangtze River and the Yellow River.

2. 珠江三角洲是中国最发达的地区之一，面积约11，000平方公里。

这一句较为简单，顺着翻译即可。

词汇方面：发达的：developed; 面积表示占地面积，可用cover an area of...

该句可翻译为： The Pearl River Delta is one of the most developed districts in China and covers an area of about 11,000 square kilometres.

3. 它在面积和人口方面也是世界上最大的城市聚集区。

因为有“也”字，我们可做适当增译，moreover.

词汇方面：面积：area, 如实在想不起来，可用size; 城市聚集区：urban agglomeration, 也可意译：urban gathering area. 该句可翻译为：

Moreover, it is also the largest urban agglomeration around the world in area and population.

4. 珠江三角洲九个最大城市共有5,700多万人口。

这一句较为简单，有.....的人口可翻译为have/has a population of ...,主要要注意数字的英文表达。

Nine largest cities in Pearl River Delta have a population of more than 57 million.

5. 上世纪70年代末中国改革开放以来，珠江三角洲已成为中国和世界主要经济区域和制造中心之一。

最后一句考点较多，首先要注意时态问题，自......以来，......已成为......，要用现在完成时态;此外，上世纪70年代末的翻译要注意，不要把“末”字漏翻。最后，要注意改革开放、经济区域和制造中心的翻译，分别是the reform and open policy, the economic zone和manufacturing center.注意one of 后面一定要是复数。

Since the reform and open policy in the late 1970s, the Pearl River Delta has become one of the primary economic zones and manufacturing centers in China and the world.

2017年6月英语四级考试听力原文卷二

News Report One

Automakers and tech companies are working hard to offer the first true self-driving car, but 75% of drivers say they wouldn’t feel safe in such a vehicle. Still, 60% of drivers would like to get some kind of self-driving feature such as automatic braking or self-parking the next time they buy a new car. The attitudes are published in a new AAA survey of 1,800 drivers. Advocates of self- driving cars argue they would be safer than in cars driven by humans because they wouldn’t get distracted or drive when tired. (1) But those surveyed by AAA say they trust their own driving skills. Many feel the technology is too new and unproven. (2) John Nielsen, AAA’s managing director of automotive engineering and repair, said tests suggest drivers may be overestimating their own abilities. He also believes they will be more likely to trust self-driving cars as they become more familiar with features such as automatic braking or parking. He estimated that the “comfort lever” will increase considerably in five to ten years.

Q1：What is the finding of the Triple A survey?

Q2：What does John Nelson say about self driving car?

News Report Two

(3) One dog has been killed tid multiple dogs have been injured by a snowmobile driver in what appears to be an intentional attack on competitors in the Iditarod Race in Alaska.

Aliy Zirkle was the first to report an attack. A snowmobile driver had repeatedly attempted to harm her and her team, and one of Zirkle’s dogs had received a non-life-threatening injury.

Zirkle reported the attack when she arrived in Nulato, Alaska, in the early hours of the morning. (4) Then Jeff King, a four-time champion, reported a similar attack. His team was hit by a snowmobile driver, injuring several dogs and killing a 3-year-old male dog.

(4) Reporter Zachariah Hughes, says that neither King nor Zirkle was injured. Although this incident very much alters the race of the two participants competing for a win, both are going to continue on their way toward the finish line.

Alaska State Troopers released a statement saying they’ve arrested Arnold Demoski, 26. He faces trial on several charges.

Q3：What is the news report mainly about?

Q4：What do we learn about Jeff King?

News report Three

(5) A tour boat turned over off the coast of Nicaragua, killing at least 13 people and leaving more passengers missing, officials said. (6) The boat was carrying 32 people—25 Costa Ricans, 4 Americans and 3 Nicaraguans. The 13 dead were all Costa Rican, the foreign ministry said.

(5) The boat, traveling between Nicaragua’s Big Corn Island and Little Corn Island, turned over Saturday near the larger island. Some passengers remain missing, the Costa Rican foreign ministry said, but did not specify how many. (7)A local radio said an unspecified number of people were rescued, including the tour boat’s owner, Hilario Blandon. (5) Nicaraguan naval authorities had banned sea travel in the area because of bad weather and strong winds, but the tour boat proceeded anyway. (7)Blandon, the boat’s owner, has been arrested by Nicaraguan authorities, the state-run news agency said. Both he and a crew member are being investigated for unintentional murder and exposing people to danger, according to police.

Q5：What happened to the tour boat sailing off the Nicaragua coast?

Q6：How many people was the boat carrying?

Q7：What do we know about the owner of the boat?

Section B

Conversation One

M: Hi, Susan, you are looking very smart today.

W: I always look smart, James. Actually, I’m on my way to a job interview.

M: What job? Oh, you mean for the summer holidays?

W: Yeah, there’s only two weeks to go. (8) I’ve got a second interview with that big foreign accountancy firm in the city centre. You know the one.

M: That’s fantastic!

W: (9) The work is just helping out with data input. You know, but the pay isn’t too bad. It might suit you too. I know they have at least two temporary positions available. And I don’t think they have anyone else yet.

M: Um, if they take you on, tell them you know a friend who’d be really good too. (10) I really need the money and the experience will look good on my resume. Maybe we’ll be working together. The dream team!

W: Ok, we’ll do. If the boss likes me, I’ll mention it. It will be good to have someone around who I know. I’ll phone you afterwards. But perhaps you should put in an application anyway.

M: Thanks Susan, that’s great. Listen, do you want a lift to the city? I have my dad’s car today and nothing else to do this morning.

W: Sure, thanks James.

M: Let’s go then. The car is over there.

W: By the way, how is your knowledge of accountancy? The interviewer may ask you about it.

M: (11) No problem. I think I can survive. I might just have to review a few accountancy terms. Maybe you can give me a practice interview first.

W: Of course, let’s go then. Don’t want to be late.

Q8：Where will Susan probably get a job?

Q9：What will Susan’s future job involve?

Q10：Why did James want the job in that company?

Q11：What did James say he’ll have to do to prepare for the interview?

Conversation Two

W: There is new data out today that confirms that many Americans are not good at Math. And when it comes to everyday technology skills, we are dead last when compared to other developed countries. Here’s Gabriel Emanuel of National Public Radio.

M: (12)/(14) Let’s start with the bad news that Americans are terrible at technology skills, using email, naming the file on a computer, using the link on a webpage or just texting someone.

W: No country scored below the U.S.?

M: Only one country. (13) Poland performed as poorly as we did. Who came out the first? Japan did the best, and then Finland.(14)If you look at data about reading and Math, you’ll notice something interesting. Younger adults who went to college or graduate school were doing pretty well. In literacy, they were actually doing better than their peers in other countries.

W: So that’s a bit of good news.

M: (15) But when you look at Americans who have a high school diploma, they look a lot like other countries’ high school dropouts. We have a lot of work to do. That is especially true, when it comes to Math. You go to the store and there is a sale. Buy one, get the second one half off. You decide to buy two. How much do you pay?

W: You mean high school graduates can’t do this task in general?

M: You are right. What does that tell us about our education system? Well, it tells us that we need to think about the preparedness of our students, as they are leaving high school.

W: Right, and schools, employers in fact we all need to do something about it. Thank you, Gabriel.

Q12：What does the man say about Americans?

Q13：Who performs the best in technology skills according to the man?

Q14：In what aspect did American college students perform well?

Q15：What do we learn from the conversation about American high school education?

Section C

Passage One

(16) Wild carrots probably evolved with the other flowering plants about 360 million years ago. Like apples, carrots are native to Central Asia. That’s why horses, which also come from Central Asia, like both apples and carrots so much.

(16) With wild carrots, the roots are white, small and skinny, so you’d have to pick a lot of wild carrots to get enough to eat. Doctors used carrot seeds and roots as medicine on the theory that foods that taste bad must be good for you.

Around 800 AD, people in Central Asia managed to develop a new kind of carrot—a purple carrot that attracted more interest from international traders. (17) Then in the late 1500s, food scientists in the Netherlands cultivated large, straight, sweet, red carrots like the ones we eat today. But people still mostly fed carrots to horses, donkeys and pigs, and didn’t eat them themselves.

In the 1600s, people in China used carrots as medicine, but they also ate carrots boiled in soup. The red color was popular for Chinese New Year celebrations. (18) But carrots got their biggest boost during the two world wars when food shortages forced people to eat them, and governments told everyone how healthy carrots were; Today, cooler countries grow most of the world’s carrots. Machines do most of the planting and picking, and carrots are easy to store and ship, so they are cheap almost everywhere.

Q16：What do we learn from the talk about wild carrots？

Q17：What does the speaker say about the carrots in the late 1500s？

Q18：Why did people turn to carrots for food during the world wars?

Passage Two

Katherine loved Facebook. With Facebook, she could stay connected with her family no matter how far away they were. She could see their photos and read their status updates. With Facebook, she could keep her relatives up to date on what she was doing.

(19) Another thing Katherine loved about Facebook was that she didn’t have to think about time zones when updating family. Whenever she called her parents or other relatives, she always had to think about the time difference so that she wouldn’t wake someone up or call when she knew they were in church. (19) Facebook was so convenient.

When Catherine joined Facebook, some of her classmates at high school started to add her as a friend. (20) At first, this didn’t bother her. She loved learning about the success of people she knew when she was just a teenager. She loved finding out people were getting married, having babies and travelling. (21) Soon however, Katherine found herself comparing herself with the people she was reading about on Facebook. It began to make her feel bad that some people seem to be doing so much better than she was. She was also spending a lot of time on Facebook. It took a lot of time and energy to keep up with everyone’s status updates. Katherine started to think. She looked at the list of over 500 friends she had on Facebook and realized some of them were not really friends at all.

Q19：What was one particular convenience Katherine loved about Facebook?

Q20：How did Katherine feel when her classmates added her as a Facebook friend?

Q21：What made Katherine feel bad about herself later on?

Passage Three

Do you know where a mule comes from? It is the child of a donkey and a horse. (22) Mules have strong muscles like horses but they eat less, can work longer, and are gentler like donkeys. George Washington was the first person in the United States to own mules. He had heard that mules made good farm animals and he contacted the U.S. ambassador in Spain to ask about them. (23) In 1785, King Charles III of Spain sent Washington a male donkey as a gift. That male donkey became the father of the mule industry in the U.S.

Every April, Maury County holds a Mule Day celebration. (24) Held in Columbia, Tennessee, Mule Day had its beginnings as “Breeder’s Day” in the 1840s. Farmers and farm animal breeders would bring their animals to market every April to show, buy and trade. This was an important business before the days of tractors when many families made a living from farming, and mules were used as work animals. (25) Eventually, tractors began to replace mules, making them less in demand.

A parade was added to Mule Day in 1934 to attract more people. Over the years, other activities have been added. And today more than 200,000 people show up each year to watch and participate. If you visit during Mule Day celebrations, you might see mule-driving contests, square dances, horn shows, or even tree cutting competitions.

Q22：What does the speaker say about mules?

Q23：What do we learn about the donkey which is said to be the father of the US mule industry?

Q24：What does farmers usually do on mule day in the 1840s?

Q25：What made mules less in demand in America?

2017年6月英语四级考试真题及答案详解和听力原文卷二