1、大学英语四级卷一真题 2014 年 6 月及答案解析(总分：710.00，做题时间：130 分钟)一、Part I Writing (30 m(总题数：1，分数：106.50)1.Suppose a foreign friend of yours is coming to visit your hometown, what is the most interesting place you would like to take him/her to see and why?（分数：106.50）_二、Part II Listening Co(总题数：1，分数：56.80)A.See a doc
2、tor about her strained shoulder.B.Use a ladder to help her reach the tea.C.Replace the cupboard with a new one.D.Place the tea on a lower shelf next time.A.At Mary Johnsons.B.At a painters studio.C.In an exhibition hall.D.Outside an art gallery.A.The teacher evaluated lacks teaching experience.B.She
3、 does not quite agree with what the man said.C.The man had better talk with the students himself.D.New students usually cannot offer a fair evaluation.A.He helped Doris build up the furniture.B.Doris helped him arrange the furniture.C.Doris fixed up some of the bookshelves.D.He was good at assemblin
4、g bookshelves.A.He doesnt get on with the others.B.He doesnt feel at ease in the firm.C.He has been taken for a fool.D.He has found a better position.A.They should finish the work as soon as possible.B.He will continue to work in the garden himself.C.He is tired of doing gardening on weekends.D.They
5、 can hire a gardener to do the work.A.The man has to get rid of the used furniture.B.The mans apartment is ready for rent.C.The furniture is covered with lots of dust.D.The furniture the man bought is inexpensive.A.The man will give the mechanic a call.B.The woman is waiting for a call.C.The woman i
6、s doing some repairs.D.The man knows the mechanic very well.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.（分数：21.30）A.She had a job interview to attend.B.She was busy finishing her project.C.She had to attend an important meeting.D.She was in the middle of writing an essay.A.Ac
7、company her roommate to the classroom.B.Hand in her roommates application form.C.Submit her roommates assignment.D.Help her roommate with her report.A.Where Dr. Elliss office is located.B.When Dr. Ellis leaves his office.C.Directions to the classroom building.D.Dr. Elliss schedule for the afternoon.
8、Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.（分数：28.40）A.He finds it rather stressful.B.He is thinking of quitting it.C.He can handle it quite well.D.He has to work extra hours.A.The 6:00 one.B.The 6:30 one.C.The 7:00 one.D.The 7:30 one.A.It is an awful waste of time.B.He fin
9、ds it rather unbearable.C.The time on the train is enjoyable.D.It is something difficult to get used to.A.Reading newspapers.B.Chatting with friends.C.Listening to the daily news.D.Planning the days work.四、Section B(总题数：3，分数：71.00)Passage One Questions 16 to 18 are based on the conversation you have
10、 just heard. （分数：21.30）A.Ignore small details while reading.B.Read at least several chapters at one sitting.C.Develop a habit of reading critically.D.Get key information by reading just once or twice.A.Choose ones own system of marking.B.Underline the key words and phrases.C.Make as few marks as pos
11、sible.D.Highlight details in a red color.A.By reading the textbooks carefully again.B.By reviewing only the marked parts.C.By focusing on the notes in the margins.D.By comparing notes with their classmates.Passage Two Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard. （分数：21.30）A.
12、The sleep a person needs varies from day to day.B.The amount of sleep for each person is similar.C.One can get by with a couple of hours of sleep.D.Everybody needs some sleep for survival.A.It is a made-up story.B.It is beyond cure.C.It is a rare exception.D.It is due to an accident.A.His extraordin
13、ary physical condition.B.His mothers injury just before his birth.C.The unique surroundings of his living place.D.The rest he got from sitting in a rocking chair.Passage Three Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. （分数：28.40）A.She invested in stocks and shares on Wall
14、Street.B.She learned to write for financial newspapers.C.She developed a strong interest in finance.D.She tenderly looked after her sick mother.A.She made a wise investment in real estate.B.She sold the restaurant with a substantial profit.C.She got 1.5 million dollars from her ex-husband.D.She inhe
15、rited a big fortune from her father.A.She was extremely mean with her money.B.She was dishonest in business dealings.C.She frequently ill-treated her employees.D.She abused animals including her pet dog.A.She made a big fortune from wise investment.B.She built a hospital with her mothers money.C.She
16、 made huge donations to charities.D.She carried on her familys tradition.五、Section C(总题数：1，分数：71.00)Among the kinds of social gestures most significant for second-language teachers are those which are (26) 1 in form but different in meaning in the two cultures. For example, a Colombian who wants som
17、eone to (27) 2 him often signals with a hand movement in which all the fingers of one hand, cupped, point downward as they move rapidly (28) 3. Speakers or English have a similar gesture through the hand may not be cupped and the fingers may be held more loosely, but for them the gesture means goodb
18、ye or go away, quite the (29) 4 of the Colombian gesture. Again, in Colombian, a speaker of English would have to know that when he (30) 5 height he most choose between different gestures depending on whether he is (31) 6 a human being or an animal. If he keeps the palm of the hand (32) 7 the floor,
19、 as he would in his own culture when making known the height of a child, for example, he will very likely be greeted by laughter, in Colombia this gesture is (33) 8 for the description of animals. In order to describe human beings he should keep the palm of his hand (34) 9 to the floor. Substitution
20、s of one gesture for the other often create not only humorous but also (35) 10 moment. In both of the examples above, speakers from two different cultures have the same gesture, physically, but its meaning differs sharply.（分数：71.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1
21、:_六、Part III Reading Com(总题数：1，分数：35.50)Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage. Global warming is a trend toward warmer conditions around the world. Part of the warming is natural; we have experienced a 20,000 -year -long warming as the last ice age ended and the ice 36away. However,
22、we have already reached temperatures that are in 37 with other minimum-ice periods, so continued warming is likely not natural. We are 38 to a predicted worldwide increase in temperatures 39 between 1 and 6 over the next 100 years. The warming will be more 40 in some areas, less in others, and some
23、places may even cool off. Likewise, the 41of this warming will be very different depending on where you arecoastal areas must worry about rising sea levels, while Siberia and northern Canada may become more habitable (宜居的) and 42 for humans than these areas are now. The fact remains, however, that i
24、t will likely get warmer, on 43 , everywhere. Scientists are in general agreement that the warmer conditions we have been experiencing are at least in part the result of a human-induced global warming trend. Some scientists44 that the changes we are seeing fall within the range of random (无规律的) vari
25、ationsome years are cold, others warm, and we have just had an unremarkable string of warm years 45but that is becoming an increasingly rare interpretation in the face of continued and increasing warm conditions. A) appealing B) average C) contributing D) dramatic E) frequently F) impact G) line H)
26、maintain I) melted J) persist K) ranging L) recently M) resolved N) sensible O) shock（分数：35.50）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M
27、.N.O.A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.七、Section B(总题数：1，分数：71.00)The End of the Book? A Amazon, by far the largest bookseller in the country, reported on May 19 that it is now selling more books in its electronic Kindle format than in the old
28、paper-and-ink format. That is remarkable, considering that the Kindle has only been around for four years. E-books now account for 14 percent of all book sales in the country and are increasing far faster than overall book sales. E-book sales are up 146 percent over last year, while hardback sales i
29、ncreased 6 percent and paperbacks decreased 8 percent. B Does this spell the doom of the physical book? Certainly not immediately, and perhaps not at all. What it does mean is that the book business will go through a transformation in the next decade or so more profound than any it has seen since Gu
30、tenberg introduced printing from moveable type in the 1450s. C Physical books will surely become much rarer in the marketplace. Mass market paperbacks, which have been declining for years anyway, will probably disappear, as will hardbacks for mysteries, thrillers, “romance fiction,” etc. Such books,
31、 which only rarely end up in permanent collections, either private or public, will probably only be available as e-books within a few years. Hardback and trade paperbacks for “serious” nonfiction and fiction will surely last longer. Perhaps it will become the mark of an author to reckon with that he
32、 or she is still published in hard copy. D As for childrens books, who knows? Childrens books are like dog food in that the purchasers are not the consumers, so the market (and the marketing) is inherently strange. E For clues to the books future, lets look at some examples of technological change a
33、nd see what happened to the old technology. F One technology replaces another only because the new technology is better, cheaper, or both. The greater the difference, the sooner and more thoroughly the new technology replaces the old. Printing with moveable type on paper dramatically reduced the cos
34、t of producing a book compared with the old-fashioned ones handwritten on vellum, which comes from sheepskin. A Bibleto be sure, a long bookrequired vellum made from 300 sheepskins and countless man-hours of labor. Before printing arrived, a Bible cost more than a middle-class house. There were perh
35、aps 50,000 books in all of Europe in 1450. By 1500 there were 10 million. G But while printing quickly caused the hand written book to die out, handwriting lingered on (继续存在) well into the 16th century. Very special books are still occasionally produced on vellum, but they are one-of-a-kind show pie
36、ces. HSometimes a new technology doesnt drive the old one out, but only parts of it while forcing the rest to evolve. The movies were widely predicted to drive live theater out of the marketplace, but they didnt, because theater turned out to have qualities movies could not reproduce. Equally, TV wa
37、s supposed to replace movies but, again, did not. I Movies did, however, fatally impact some parts of live theater. And while TV didnt kill movies, it did kill second-rate pictures, shorts, and cartoons. J Nor did TV kill radio. Comedy and drama shows (“Jack Benny,” “Amos and Andy,” “The Shadow”) al
38、l migrated to television. But because you cant drive a car and watch television at the same time, rush hour became radios prime, while music, talk, and news radio greatly enlarged their audiences. Radio is today a very different business than in the late 1940s and a much larger one. K Sometimes old
39、technology lingers for centuries because of its symbolic power. Mounted cavalry (骑兵) replaced the chariot (二轮战车) on the battlefield around 1000 BC. But chariots maintained their place in parades and triumphs right up until the end of the Roman Empire 1,500 years later. The sword hasnt had a military
40、 function for a hundred years, but is still part of an officers full-dress uniform, precisely because a sword always symbolized “an officer and a gentleman.” L Sometimes new technology is a little cranky (不稳定的) at first. Television repairman was a common occupation in the 1950s, for instance. And so
41、 the old technology remains as a backup. Steamships captured the North Atlantic passenger business from sail in the 1840s because of its much greater speed. But steamships didnt lose their sails until the 1880s, because early marine engines had a nasty habit of breaking down. Until ships became larg
42、e enough (and engines small enough) to mount two engines side by side, they needed to keep sails. (The high cost of steam and the lesser need for speed kept the majority of the worlds ocean freight moving by sail until the early years of the 20th century.) M Then there is the fireplace. Central heat
43、ing was present in every upper-and middle-class home by the second half of the 19th century. But functioning fireplaces remain to this day a powerful selling point in a house or apartment. I suspect the reason is a deep-rooted love of the fire. Fire was one of the earliest major technological advanc
44、es for humankind, providing heat, protection, and cooked food (which is much easier to cat and digest). Human control of fire goes back far enough (over a million years) that evolution could have produced a genetic leaning towards fire as a central aspect of human life. N Booksespecially books the a
45、verage person could affordhavent been around long enough to produce evolutionary change in humans. But they have a powerful hold on many people nonetheless, a hold extending far beyond their literary content. At their best, they are works of art and there is a tactile（触觉的）pleasure in books necessari
46、ly lost in e-book versions. The ability to quickly thumb through pages is also lost. And a room with books in it induces, at least in some, a feeling not dissimilar to that of a fire in the fireplace on a cold winters night. O For these reasons I think physical books will have a longer existence as
47、a commercial product than some currently predict. Like swords, books have symbolic power. Like fireplaces, they induce a sense of comfort and warmth. And, perhaps, similar to sails, they make a useful back-up for when the lights go out. （分数：71.00）(1).Authors still published in printed versions will
48、be considered important ones. （分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.(2).Some people are still in favor of printed books because of the sense of touch they can provide. （分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.(3).The radio business has changed greatly and now attracts more listeners. （分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.(4).Contrary to many peoples prediction of its death, the film industry survived. （分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.(5).Remarkable changes have taken place in the book business. （分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.(6).Old technology sometimes
