1、2018年 6月大学英语四级真题（第二套）及答案解析(总分：710.00，做题时间：130 分钟)Part Writing(总题数：1，分数：106.50)Directions: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.（分数：106.50）_Part Liste
2、ning Com(总题数：0，分数：0.00)Section A(总题数：3，分数：49.70)Questions 1 to 2 are based on the new report you have just heard.（分数：14.2）(1).（分数：7.1）A.AnnoyedB.ConfusedC.ScaredD.Offended(2).（分数：7.1）A.It crawled over the womans handsB.It wound up on the steering wheelC.It was killed by the police on the spotD.It wa
3、s covered with large scalesQuestions 3 to 4 are based on the new report you have just heard.（分数：14.2）(1).（分数：7.1）A.A study of the fast-food serviceB.Fast food customer satisfactionC.McDonalds new business strategiesD.Competition in the fast-food industry(2).（分数：7.1）A.Customers higher demandsB.The in
4、efficiency of employeesC.Increased variety of productsD.The rising number of customersQuestions 5 to 7 are based on the new report you have just heard.（分数：21.3）(1).（分数：7.1）A.International treaties regarding space travel programsB.Legal issues involved in commercial space explorationC.U. S. governmen
5、ts approval of private space missionsD.Competition among public and private space companies(2).（分数：7.1）A.Deliver scientific equipment to the moonB.Approve a new mission to travel into outer spaceC.Approve a new mission to travel into outer spaceD.Launch a manned spacecraft to Mars(3).（分数：7.1）A.It is
6、 significantB.It is promisingC.It is unpredictableD.It is unprofitableSection B(总题数：2，分数：56.80)Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.（分数：28.4）(1).（分数：7.1）A.Visiting her family in ThailandB.Showing friends around PhuketC.Swimming around a Thai islandD.Lying in the sun on
7、 a Thai beach(2).（分数：7.1）A.She visited a Thai orphanageB.She met a Thai girls parentsC.She learned some Thai wordsD.She sunbathed on a Thai beach(3).（分数：7.1）A.His class will start in a minuteB.He has got an incoming phone callC.Someone is knocking at his doorD.His phone is running out of power(4).（分
8、数：7.1）A.He is interested in Thai artworksB.He is going to open a souvenir shopC.He collects things from different countriesD.He wants to know more about Thai cultureQuestions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.（分数：28.4）(1).（分数：7.1）A.Buying some fitness equipment for the new g
9、ymB.Opening a gym and becoming personal trainersC.Signing up for a weight-loss courseD.Trying out a new gym in town(2).（分数：7.1）A.Professional personal trainingB.Free exercise for the first weekC.A discount for a half-year membershipD.Additional benefits for young couples(3).（分数：7.1）A.The safety of w
10、eight-liftingB.The high membership feeC.The renewal of his membershipD.The operation of fitness equipment(4).（分数：7.1）A.She wants her invitation renewedB.She used to do 200 sit-ups every dayC.She knows the basics of weight-liftingD.She used to be the gyms personal trainerSection C(总题数：3，分数：142.00)Que
11、stions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.（分数：42.6）(1).（分数：14.2）A.They tend to be nervous during interviewsB.They often apply for a number of positionsC.They worry about the results of their applicationsD.They search extensively for employers information(2).（分数：14.2）A.Get better o
12、rganizedB.Edit their referencesC.Find better-paid jobsD.Analyze the searching process(3).（分数：14.2）A.Provide their data in detailB.Personalize each applicationC.Make use of better search enginesD.Apply for more promising positionsQuestions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.（分数：42.
13、6）(1).（分数：14.2）A.If kids did not like school, real learning would not take placeB.If not forced to go to school, kids would be out in the streetsC.If schools stayed the way they are, parents were sure to protestD.If teaching failed to improve, kids would stay away from school(2).（分数：14.2）A.Allow the
14、m to play interesting games in classB.Try to stir up their interest in lab experimentsC.Let them stay home and learn from their parentsD.Design activities they now enjoy doing on holidays(3).（分数：14.2）A.Allow kids to learn at their own paceB.Encourage kids to learn from each otherC.Organize kids into
15、 various interest groupsD.Take kids out of school to learn at first handQuestions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.（分数：56.8）(1).（分数：14.2）A.It is especially popular in Florida and AlaskaB.It is a major social activity among the youngC.It is seen almost anywhere and on any occasio
16、nD.It is even more expressive than the written word(2).（分数：14.2）A.It is located in a big city in IowaB.It is really marvelous to look atC.It offers free dance classes to seniorsD.It offers people a chance to socialize(3).（分数：14.2）A.Their state of mind improvedB.They enjoyed better healthC.They becam
17、e better dancersD.Their relationship strengthened(4).（分数：14.2）A.It is funB.It is lifeC.It is exhaustingD.It is rhythmicalPart Reading Comp(总题数：0，分数：0.00)一、Section A(总题数：1，分数：35.50)Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.Neon (霓虹)is to Hong Kong as red phone booths are to London and fog
18、 is to San Francisco. When night falls, red and blue and other colors (1)_ a hazy (雾蒙蒙的）glow over a city lit up by tens of thousands of neon signs. But many of them are going dark,(2)_ by more practical, but less romantic, LEDs (发光二极管）. Changing building codes, evolving tastes, and the high cost of
19、maintaining those wonderful old signs have businesses embracing LEDs, which are energy (3)_, but still carry great cost. “To me，neon represents memories of the past,” says photographer Sharon Blance, whose series Hong Kong Neon celebrates the city s famous signs. Looking at the signs now I get a fee
20、ling of amazement, mixed with sadness. Building a neon sign is an art practiced by (4)_trained on the job to mold glass tubes into(5)_ shapes and letters. They fill these tubes with gases that glow when(6)_ Neon makes orange, while other gases make yellow or blue. It takes many hours to craft a sing
21、le sign. Blance spent a week in Hong Kong and(7)_ more than 60 signs ；22 of them appear in the series that capture the signs lighting up lonely streetsan (8)_ that makes it easy to admire their colors and craftsmanship. “ I love the beautiful, handcrafted, old-fashioned(9)_ of neon,” says Blance. Th
22、e signs do nothing more than (10)_ a restaurant, theater, or other business, but do so in the most striking way possible.（分数：35.50）(1).（分数：3.55）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.(2).（分数：3.55）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.(3).（分数：3.55）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.(4).（分数：3.55）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N
23、.O.(5).（分数：3.55）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.(6).（分数：3.55）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.(7).（分数：3.55）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.(8).（分数：3.55）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.(9).（分数：3.55）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.(10).（分数：3.55）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.二、Section B(总题数：1，分数：71.00)New Jersey
24、School District Eases Pressure on Students, Baring an Ethnic DivideA This fall, David Aderhold, the chief of a high-achieving school district near Princeton，New Jersey， sent parents an alarming 16-page letter. The school district, he said, was facing a crisis. Its students were overburdened and stre
25、ssed out, having to cope with too much work and too many demands. In the previous school year, 120 middle and high school students were recommended for mental health assessments and 40 were hospitalized. And on a survey administered by the district, students wrote things like, “I hate going to schoo
26、l，” and “Coming out of 12 years in this district, I have learned one thing: that a grade, a percentage or even a point is to be valued over anything else. ”B With his letter, Aderhold inserted West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District into a national discussion about the intense focus on achi
27、evement at elite schools, and whether it has gone too far. At follow-up meetings, he urged parents to join him in advocating a whole child ” approach to schooling that respects “social-emotional development” and “deep and meaningful learning” over academics alone. The alternative, he suggested, was
28、to face the prospect of becoming another Palo Alto, California, where outsize stress on teenage students is believed to have contributed to a number of suicides in the last six years.CBut instead of bringing families together, Aderholds letter revealed a divide in the district, which has 9 ,700 stud
29、ents, and one that broke down roughly along racial lines. On one side are white parents like Catherine Foley, a former president of the Parent-Teacher-Student Association at her daughter s middle school, who has come to see the district s increasingly pressured atmosphere as opposed to learning. “ M
30、y son was in fourth grade and told me, Im not going to amount to anything because I have nothing to put on my resume， ”she said. On the other side are parents like Mike Jia, one of the thousands of Asian-American professionals who have moved to the district in the past decade, who said Aderhold * s
31、reforms would amount to a “ dumbing down ” of his children s education. “ What is happening here reflects a national anti-intellectual trend that will not prepare our children for the future，Jia said.DAbout 10 minutes from Princeton and an hour and a half from New York City, West Windsor and Plainsb
32、oro have become popular bedroom communities for technology entrepreneurs, researchers and engineers, drawn in large part by the public schools. From the last three graduating classes, 16 seniors were admitted to MIT. It produces Science Olympiad winners, classically trained musicians and students wi
33、th perfect SAT scores.E The district has become increasingly popular with immigrant families from China, India and Korea. This year, 65 percent of its students are Asian-American, compared with 44 percent in 2007. Many of them are the first in their families bom in the United States. They have had a
34、 growing influence on the district. Asian-American parents are enthusiastic supporters of the competitive instrumental music program. They have been huge supporters of the district s advanced mathematics program, which once began in the fourth grade but will now start in the sixth. The change to the
35、 program, in which 90 percent of the participating students are Asian-American, is one of Aderholds reforms.F Asian-American students have been eager participants in a state program that permits them to take summer classes off campus for high school credit, allowing them to maximize the number of ho
36、nors and Advanced Placement classes they can take, another practice that Aderhold is limiting this school year. With many Asian-American children attending supplementary instructional programs, there is a perception among some white families that the elementary school curriculum is being sped up to
37、accommodate them.GBoth Asian-American and white families say the tension between the two groups has grown steadily over the past few years, as the number of Asian families has risen. But the division has become more obvious in recent months as Aderhold has made changes, including no-homework nights,
38、 an end to high school midterms and finals, and an initiative that made it easier to participate in the music program.HJennifer Lee, professor of sociology at the University of California, Irvine, and an author of The Asian American Achievement Paradox, says misunderstandings between first-generatio
39、n Asian-American parents and those who have been in this country longer are common. What white middle-class parents do not always understand, she said, is how much pressure recent immigrants feel to boost their children into the middle class. “They dont have the same chances to get their children in
40、ternships (实 习职位）or jobs at law firms,” Lee said. “So what they believe is that their children must excel and beat their white peers in academic settings so they have the same chances to excel later. ”I The issue of the stresses felt by students in elite school districts has gained attention in rece
41、nt years as schools in places like Newton, Massachusetts, and Palo Alto have reported a number of suicides. West Windsor-Plainsboro has not had a teenage suicide in recent years, but Aderhold, who has worked in the district for seven years and been chief for the last three years, said he had seen tr
42、oubling signs. In a recent art assignment, a middle school student depicted (描绘）an overburdened child who was being scolded for earning an A, rather than an A + , on a math exam. In the image, the mother scolds the student with the words, “Shame on you!” Further, he said, the New Jersey Education De
43、partment has flagged at least two pieces of writing on state English language assessments in which students expressed suicidal thoughts.J The survey commissioned by the district found that 68 percent of high school honor and Advanced Placement students reported feeling stressed about school “always
44、or most of the time”. “We need to bring back some balance,” Aderhold said. “You dont want to wait until its too late to do something. K Not all public opinion has fallen along racial lines. Karen Sue, the Chinese-American mother of a fifth-grader and an eighth-grader, believes the competition within
45、 the district has gotten out of control. Sue, who was born in the United States to immigrant parents, wants her peers to dial it back. “Its become an arms race, an educational arms race,” she said. “We all want our kids to achieve and be successful. The question is, at what cost?”（分数：71.0）(1).Aderho
46、ld is limiting the extra classes that students are allowed to take off campus.（分数：7.1）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.(2).White and Asian-American parents responded differently to Aderholds appeal.（分数：7.1）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.(3).Suicidal thoughts have appeared in some students writings.（分数：7.1）A.B.C.D.E.F.G
47、.H.I.J.K.(4).Aderholds reform of the advanced mathematics program will affect Asian-American students most.（分数：7.1）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.(5).Aderhold appealed for parents support in promoting an all-round development of children, instead of focusing only on their academic performance.（分数：7.1）A.B.C.D
48、.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.(6).One Chinese-American parent thinks the competition in the district has gone too far.（分数：7.1）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.(7).Immigrant parents believe that academic excellence will allow their children equal chances to succeed in the future.（分数：7.1）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.(8).Many business
49、men and professionals have moved to West Windsor and Plainsboro because of the public schools there.（分数：7.1）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.(9).A number of students in Aderholds school district were found to have stress-induced mental health problems.（分数：7.1）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.(10).The tension between Asian-American and white families has increased in recent years.（分数：7.1）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K
