2019年6月大学英语四级真题及答案完整版(卷二)

2019年6月大学英语四级真题及答案完整版（卷二）
Part I Writing
【题干】Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a news repor t to your campus newspaper on a visit to a local farm organized by your Student Uni on. You should write at least 120 words but no more than180 words.
【答案】An Impressive Activities-Visiting
In order to help us students to enrich life and broaden horizon, the Student Union organized a meaningful activity on last weekend--visiting the local farm, by which we grasped much useful knowledge about agriculture.
The farm we visited is located in the suburb of Beijing and far away from our sch ool, which covers an area of 1000 square feet. Along with native foods like rice and potatoes, the farmers on the farm grow many organic vegetables, including corn, cuc umbers, tomatoes and so forth. Besides, the farm breeds a host of local species such as dairy cattle, geese, chicken by modern scientific technique. One of the most impr essive things for us is that by means of green farming methods, the problem of envir onmental pollution has been effectively alleviated.
This outdoors activity has a really deep impression for us. Not only did it get us c loser to the nature and relieve pressure from us, it also enhance our professional kno wledge about husbandry technology.
PartⅡListening Comprehension (25 minutes) Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each ne ws report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news report and then quest ions 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 l etter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.
News 1
(1) A 9-year-old Central California boy braved strong currents and cold water to s wim from San Francisco to Alcatraz Island and back.
A California television station in Fresno reported Tuesday that James Savage set a record as the youngest swimmer to make the journey to the former prison.
The TV station reported that by completing the swim, the fourth-grader student fr om Los Banos broke a record previously held by a 10-year-old boy.
James said that waves in the San Francisco Bay hitting him in the face 30 minutes into his swim made him want to give up.
(2) His father said he had offered his son $100 as a reward. To encourage his stru ggling son, he doubled it to $200.
James pushed forward, making it to Alcatraz Island and back in a little more than two hours.
Alcatraz is over a mile from the mainland.
Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.
Question 1. What did the boy from Central California do according to the report?
A)He set a record be swimming to and from an island.
B)He celebrated ninth birthday on a small island.
C)He visited a prison located on a faraway island.
D)He swam around an island near San Francisco.
答案：A
Question 2. What did the father do to encourage his son?
A)He doubled the reward.
B)He cheered him on all the way.
C)He set him an example.
D)He had the event covered on TV.
答案：A
News 2
On the 1st of January, new regulations will come into effect which eliminate an an nual leave bonus for people who put off marrying until the age of 23 for women, an d 25 for men, the South China Morning Post reports. (3) The holiday bonus was desi gned to encourage young people to delay getting married in line with China’s one c hild policy. But with that policy now being abolished, this holiday incentive is no long er necessary, the government says.
In Shanghai, a young couple at a marriage registration office told the paper that t hey decided to register their marriage as soon as possible to take advantage of the e xisting policy, because an extra holiday was a big deal for them. In Beijing, one regist ration office had about 300 couples seeking to get married the day after the changes were announced, rather than the usual number of between 70 and 80. (4) But one l awyer tells the paper that the changes still have to be adopted by local governments and these procedures take time, so people who are rushing to register for marriage can relax.
Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.
Question 3: What was the purpose of the annual leave bonus in China?
A)To end the one-child policy.
B)To encourage late marriage.
C)To increase working efficiency.
D)To give people more time to travel.
答案：B
Question 4: What do we learn about the new regulations?
A)They will not be welcomed by young people.
B)They will help to popularize early marriage.
C)They will boost China’s economic growth.
D)They will not com into immediate effect.
答案：D
News 3
(6) Everyone loves a good house party, but the cleaning up the next morning isn’t as enjoyable.
(5) Now, however, a New Zealand-based startup company aims to bring messy ho mes –and even splitting headaches –back to normal. The properly-named startup M orning-After Maids was launched about a month ago in Auckland by roommates Reb ecca Foley and Catherine Ashurst. Aside from cleaning up, the two will also cook brea kfast and even get coffee and painkillers for recovering merrymakers. Although they’r
e both gainfully employed, they fit cleaning jobs into their nights and weekends (whic
h is when their service is in most demand anyway).
(7) Besides being flooded with requests from across the country, Foley and Ashurst have also received requests from the US and Canada to provide services there. They are reportedly meeting with lawyers to see how best to take the business forward.
Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.
Question 5: What is the news report mainly about?
A)Cleaning service in great demand all over the world.
B)Two ladies giving up well-paid jobs to do cleaning.
C)A new company to clean up the mess after parties.
D)Cleaners gainfully employed at nights and weekends.
答案：C
Question 6: What is a common problem with a house party?
A)It takes a lot of time to prepare.
B)It leaves the house in a mess.
C)It makes party goers exhausted.
D)It creates noise and misconduct.
答案：B
Question 7: What are Rebecca Foley and Catherine Ashurst planning to do?
A)Hire an Australian lawyer.
B)Visit the U.S. and Canada.
C)Settle a legal dispute.
D)Expand their business.
答案：D
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of eac h 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 ans wer from the four choices marked A)，B)，C)and D). Then mark the corresponding lett er on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.
Conversation 1
W: Kyle, how did your (8) driver's theory exam go? It was yesterday, right?
M: Yes, I prepared it as much as I could, but I was so nervous since it was my se cond try. The people who worked at the test center were very kind, though. We had a little conversation which calmed me down a bit, and that was just what I needed. T
hen, after the exam, they printed out my result, but I was afraid to open it until I wa s outside. It was such a relief to pass.
W: Congratulations! I knew you could do it! (9) I guess you underestimated how d ifficult it would be the first time, didn't you? I hear a lot of people make that mistak
e and go in underprepared. But good job in passing the second time. I'm so proud o
f you. Now all you have to do next is your road test. Have you had any lessons yet?
M: (10) Yes, thanks. I'm so happy to be actually on the road now. I've only had t wo driving lessons so far and my instructor is very understanding. So I'm really enjoyi ng it and I can't wait for my next session although the lessons are rather expensive. Twenty pounds an hour, and the instructor says, I'll need about 30 to 40 lessons in t otal. That's what--six to eight hundred pounds! (11) So this time I'll need to make a l ot more effort and hopefully will be successful the first time.
M: Well, good luck!
Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
Question 8. What did the man do yesterday?
A)He had a driving lesson.
B)He got his driver’s license.
C)He took the driver’s theory exam.
D)He passed the driver’s road test.
答案：C
Question 9. Why did he fail the exam the first time?
A)He was not well prepared.
B)He did not get to the exam in time.
C)He was not used to the test format.
D)He did not follow the test procedure.
答案：A
Question 10. What does the man say about his driving lessons?
A)They are tough.
B)They are costly.
C)They are helpful.
D)They are too short.
答案：B
Question 11. What does the man hope to do next?
A)Pass his road test the first time.
B)Test-drive a few times on highways.
C)Find an experienced driving instructor.
D)Earn enough money for driving lessons.
答案：A
Long conversation 2
M: Emma, I got accepted to the University of Leeds. Since you're going to universi ty in England, (12) do you know how much it is for international students to study th ere?
W: Congratulations! Yes, I believe for international students, you'll have to pay aro und 13,000 pounds a year. It's just a bit more than the local students.
M: Ok, so that's about 17,000 dollars for the tuition and fees. (13) Anyway, I'm onl y going to be there for a year doing my masters, so it's pretty good. If I stayed in t he US, it'd take two years and cost at least 50,000 dollars in tuition alone. (14) Also, I have a good chance of winning a scholarship at Leeds, which will be pretty awesom e, the benefits of being a music genius.
W: (14) Yeah, I heard you're a talented piano player. So you're doing a post-gradu ate degree now? I'm still in my last year graduating next June. Finally I'll be done wit h my studies and can go on to earn in loads of money.
M: Are you still planning on being a teacher? No money in that job then?
W: You'd be surprised. (15) I'm still going to be a teacher. But the plan is to work at an international school overseas after I get a year or so of experience in England. It's better paid and I get to travel, which reminds me I'm late for my class and I've got some documents I need to print out first. I'd better run.
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
Question 12. What does the man want to know?
A)Where the woman studies.
B)The acceptance rate at Leeds.
C)Leeds’tuition for international students.
D)How to apply for studies at a university.
答案：C
Question 13. What is the man going to do?
A)Apply to an American university.
B)Do research on higher education.
C)Perform in a famous musical.
D)Pursue postgraduate studies.
答案：D
Question 14. What might qualify the man for a scholarship at Leeds University?
A)His favorable recommendations.
B)His outstanding musical talent.
C)His academic excellence.
D)His unique experience.
答案：B
Question 15. What is the woman planning to do after graduation?
A) Do a master’s degree.
B) Settle down in England.
C) Travel widely.
D) Teach overseas.
答案：D
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear three passages. At the end of each passag e, you will hear three or four questions. Both the passage and the questions will be s poken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from t
he four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Ans wer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.
Short passage 1
Scientists have identified thousands of known ant species around the world. And o nly a few of them bug humans. Most ants live in the woods or out in nature, there t hey keep other creatures in check, distribute seeds and clean dead and decaying mat erials from the ground. (16) A very small percentage of ants do harm to humans. But those are incredibly challenging to control. They are small enough to easily slip insid e your house, live in colonies that number in the tens of thousands to the hundreds of thousands, and reproduce quickly. That makes them good at getting in and hard t o kick out. Once they settle in, these insects start affecting your home. In addition to biting ants, other species can cause different kinds of damage. (17)Some, like carpen ter ants can undermine a home structure, while others interfere with electrical units. Unfortunately our homes are very attractive to ants because they provide everything t he colony needs to survive, such as food, water and shelter.
So how can we prevent ants from getting into our homes? (18)Most important of all, avoid giving ants any access to food, particularly sugary food because ants have a sweet tooth. We also need to clean up spills as soon as they occur and store food i n airtight containers. Even garbage attracts ants, so empty your trash as often as pos sible, and store your outside garbage in a lidded can well away from doors and wind ows.
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard. Question 16. What does the passage say about ants?
A) They help farmers keep diseases in check.
B) Many species remain unknown to scientists.
C) Only a few species cause trouble to humans.
D) They live in incredibly well-organized colonies.
答案：C
Question 17. What do we learn from the passage about carpenter ants?
A) They are larger than many other species.
B) They can cause damage to people’s homes.
C) They can survive a long time without water.
D) They like to form colonies in electrical units.
答案：B
Question 18. What can we do to prevent ants from getting into our homes?
A) Deny them access to any food.
B) Keep doors and windows shut.
C) Destroy their colonies close by.
D) Refrain from eating sugary food.
答案：A
Passage 2
(19) My research focus is on what happens to our immune system as we age. So the job of the immune system is to fight infections. It also protects us from viruses, and from autoimmune diseases. We know that as we get older, it’s easier for us to get infections. So older adults have more chances of falling ill. This is evidence that o ur immune system really doesn’t function so well when we age. In most of our work, when we’re looking at older adults who’ve got an illness, we always have to have health controls. So we work very closely with a great group of volunteers called the ‘One Thousand Elders’. These volunteers are all 65 or over, but in good health. (20) They come to the university to provide us with blood samples, to be interviewed, an d to help us carry out a whole range of research. (21) The real impact of our researc h is going to be on health in old age. At the moment, we’re living much longer. Lif e expectancy is increasing at two years for every decade. That means an extra five ho urs a day. I want to make sure that older adults are still able to enjoy their old age, and that they’re not spending time in hospital with infections, feeling unwell and bei ng generally weak. (21) We want people to be healthy, even when they’re old.
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.
Question 19. What is the focus of the speaker’s research?
A) The function of the human immune system.
B) The cause of various auto-immune diseases.
C) The viruses that may infect the human immune system.
D) The change in people’s immune system as they get older.
答案：D
Question 20. What are the volunteers asked to do in the research?
A) Report their illnesses.
B) Offer blood samples.
C) Act as research assistants.
D) Help to interview patients.
答案：B
Question 21. What does the speaker say will be the impact of his research?
A) Strengthening people’s immunity to infection.
B) Better understanding patients’immune system.
C) Helping improve old people’s health conditions.
D) Further reducing old patients’medical expenses.
答案：C
Passage 3
When Ted Camarda started teaching 14 years ago at Killip elementary, he didn’t know how to manage a classroom and was struggling to connect with students. (22) He noticed a couple of days after school, that a group of kids would get together to play chess. “I know how to play chess, let me go and show these kids how to do i t”, he said. Now Camarda coaches the school’s chess team. The whole program star ted as a safe place for kids to come after school.
(23)And this week, dozens of those students are getting ready to head out to Nas hville, Tennessee to compete with about 5000 other young people at the Super Natio nals of Chess. The competition only happens every four years and the last time the t eam went, they won the third place in the nation. Camarda says chess gives him and his students’control. (24)The school has the highest number of kids from low inco me families. Police frequent the area day and night. As two months ago, a young ma n was shot just down the street, Camarda likes to teach his students that they should think about their move before they do it. The lessons prove valuable outside the cla ssroom as well. Many parents see these lessons translate into the real world. (25)Stud ents are more likely to think about their actions and see whether they will lead to tr ouble.
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
Question 22 What did Ted Camarda notice one day after he started teaching at Ki llip elementary?
A) His students had trouble getting on with each other.
B) A lot of kids stayed at school to do their homework.
C) His students were struggling to follow his lessons.
D) A group of kids were playing chess after school.
答案：D
Question 23 What are dozens of students from Camarda’s school going to do thi s week?
A) Visit a chess team in Nashville.
B) Join the school’s chess team.
C) Participate in a national chess competition.
D) Receive training for a chess competition.
答案：C
Question 24 What do we learn about the students of Killip elementary?
A) Most of them come from low-income families.
B) Many have become national chess champions.
C) A couple of them have got involved in crimes.
D) Many became chess coaches after graduation.
答案：A
Question 25 What have the students learned from Camarda?
A) Actions speak louder than words.
B) Think twice before taking action.
C) Translate their words into action.
D) Take action before it gets too late.
答案：B
Part ⅢReading
Section A
The center of American automobile innovation has in the past decade moved 2,00 0 miles away. It has _____(27)from Detroit to Silicon Valley, where self-driving vehicles are coming into life.
In a _____(28)to take production back to Detroit, Michigan lawmakers have introduc ed _____(29)that could make their state the best place in the country, if not the world, to develop self-driving vehicles and put them on the road.
"Michigan's _____(30)in auto research and development is under attack from several states and countries which desire to _____(31)our leadership in transportation. We can 't let happen," says Senator Mike Kowall, the lead _____(32) of four bills recently intro duced.
If all four bills pass as written, they would _____(33)a substantial update of Michiga n's 2013 law that allowed the testing of self-driving vehicles in limited conditions. Ma nufacturer would have nearly total freedom to test their self-driving technology on pu blic roads. They would be allowed to send groups of self-driving cars on cross-state r oad trips, and even set on-demand _____(34)of self-driving cars, like the one General Motors and Lyft are building.
Lawmakers in Michigan clearly want to make the state ready for the commercial a pplication of self-driving technology. In _____(35), California, home of Silicon Valley, rec ently proposed far more _____(36)rules that would require human drivers be ready to take the wheel, and commercial use of self-driving technology.
26、【题干】_____.
【选项】
A.bid
C.deputy
D.dominance
E.fleets
F.knots
G.legislation
H.migrated
I.replace
J.represent
K.restrictive
L.reward
M.significant
N.sponsor
O.transmitted 【答案】H
27、【题干】_____.
A.bid
B.contrast
C.deputy
D.dominance
E.fleets
F.knots
G.legislation
H.migrated
I.replace
J.represent K.restrictive L.reward M.significant N.sponsor O.transmitted
28、【题干】_____. 【选项】
A.bid
B.contrast
C.deputy
D.dominance
E.fleets
F.knots
G.legislation
H.migrated
I.replace
J.represent
K.restrictive
L.reward
M.significant
O.transmitted 【答案】G
29、【题干】_____. 【选项】
A.bid
B.contrast
C.deputy
D.dominance
E.fleets
F.knots
G.legislation
H.migrated
I.replace
J.represent
K.restrictive
M.significant
N.sponsor
O.transmitted 【答案】D
30、【题干】_____. 【选项】
A.bid
B.contrast
C.deputy
D.dominance
E.fleets
F.knots
G.legislation
H.migrated
I.replace
K.restrictive
L.reward
M.significant
N.sponsor
O.transmitted 【答案】I
31、【题干】_____. 【选项】
A.bid
B.contrast
C.deputy
D.dominance
E.fleets
F.knots
G.legislation
I.replace
J.represent
K.restrictive
L.reward
M.significant
N.sponsor
O.transmitted 【答案】N
32、【题干】_____. 【选项】
A.bid
B.contrast
C.deputy
D.dominance
E.fleets
F.knots
G.legislation
H.migrated
I.replace
J.represent
K.restrictive
L.reward
M.significant
N.sponsor
O.transmitted 【答案】J
33、【题干】_____. 【选项】
A.bid
B.contrast
C.deputy
D.dominance
E.fleets
F.knots
G.legislation
H.migrated
I.replace
J.represent
K.restrictive
L.reward
M.significant
N.sponsor
O.transmitted 【答案】E
34、【题干】_____. 【选项】
A.bid
B.contrast
C.deputy
D.dominance
E.fleets
F.knots
G.legislation
H.migrated
I.replace
J.represent
K.restrictive
L.reward
M.significant
N.sponsor
O.transmitted 【答案】B
35、【题干】_____.
A.bid
B.contrast
C.deputy
D.dominance
E.fleets
F.knots
G.legislation
H.migrated
I.replace
J.represent K.restrictive L.reward M.significant N.sponsor O.transmitted
Section B
Make Stuff, Fail, And Learn While You're At It
[A] We've always been a hands-on, do-it-yourself kind of nation. Ben Franklin, one of America's founding fathers, didn't just invent the lightning rod. His creations inclu de glasses, innovative stoves and more.
[B] Franklin, who was largely self-taught, may have been a genius, but he wasn't r eally an exception when it comes to American making and creativity.
[C] The personal computing revolution and philosophy of disruptive innovation of Silicon Valley grew, in part, out of the creations of the Homebrew Computer Club, W hich was founded in a garage in Menlo Park, California, in the mid-1970s. Members —including guys named Jobs and Wozniak —started making and inventing things t hey couldn't buy.
[D] So it's no surprise that the Maker Movement today is thriving in communities and some schools across America. Making is available to ordinary people who aren't t ied to big companies, big defense labs or research universities. The maker philosophy echoes old ideas advocated by John Dewey, Montessori, and even ancient Greek phil osophers, as we pointed out recently.
[E] These maker spaces are often outside of classrooms, and are serving an import ant educational function. The Maker Movement is rediscovering learning by doing, wh ich is Dewey's phrase from 100 years ago. We are rediscovering Dewey and Montesso ri and a lot of the practices that they pioneered that have been forgotten or at least put aside. A maker space is a place which can be in a school, but it doesn't look lik e a classroom. It can be in a library. It can be out in the community. It has tools and materials. It's a place where you get to make things based on your interest and on what you're learning to do.
[F] Ideas about learning by doing have struggled to become mainstream education ally, despite being old concepts from Dewey and Montessori, Plato and Aristotle, and in the American Contcxt, Ralph Emerson, on the value of experience and self-reliance. It's not necessarily an efficient way to learn. We learn, in a sense, by trial and error. Learning from experience is something that takes time and patience. It's very individu alized. If your goal is to have standardized approaches to learning, where everybody l earns the same thing at the same time in the same way, then learning by doing doe sn't really fit that mold anymore. It's not the world of textbooks. It's not the world of testing.
[G] Learning by doing may not be efficient, but it is effective. Project-based learni ng has grown in popularity with teachers and administrators. However, project-based l earning is not making. Although there is a connection, there is also a distinction. The difference lies in whether the project is in a sense defined and developed by the stu
dent or whether it's assigned by a teacher. We'll all get the kids to build a small boa t. We are all going to learn about X, Y, and Z. That tends to be one form of project-based learning.
[H] I really believe the core idea of making is to have an idea within your head —or you just borrow it from someone —and begin to develop it , repeat it and im prove it. Then, realize that idea somehow. That thing that you make is valuable to yo u and you can share it with others. I'm interested in how these things are expression s of that person, their ideas, and their interactions with the world.
[I] In some ways, a lot of forms of making in school trivialize(使变得无足轻重)makin g. The thing that you make has no value to you. Once you are done demonstrating whatever concept was in the textbook, you throw away the pipe cleaners, the cardbo ard tubes.
[J] Making should be student-directed and student-led, otherwise it's boring. It do esn't have the motivation of the student. I'm not saying that students should not lear n concepts or not learn skills. They do. But to really harness their motivation is to bu ild upon their interest. It's to let them be in control and to drive the car.
[K] Teachers should aim to build a supportive, creative environment for students t o do this work. A very social environment, where they are learning from each other. When they have a problem, it isn't the teacher necessarily coming in to solve it. They are responsible for working through that problem. It might be they have to talk to other students in the class to help get an answer.
[L] The teacher's role is more of a coach or observer. Sometimes, to people, it sou nds like this is a diminished rote for teachers. I think it's a heightened role. You're er eating this environment, like a maker space. You have 20 kids doing different things. You are watching them and really it's the human behaviors you're looking at. Are the y engaged? A they developing and repeating their project? Are they stumbling (受挫)? Do they need something that they don't have? Can you help them be aware of whe re they are?
[M] My belief is that the goal of making is not to get every kid to be hands-on, but it enable us to be good learners. It's not the knowledge that is valuable, It's the practice of learning new things and understanding how things work. These are proces ses that you are developing so that you are able, over time, to tackle more interestin g problems, more challenging problems—problems that require many people instead of one person, and many skills instead of one.
[N] If teachers keep it form-free and student-led, it can still be tied to a curriculu m and an educational plan. I think a maker space is more like a like a library in that there are multiple subjects and multiple things that you can learn. What seems to b e missing in school is how these subjects integrate, how they fit together in any mea ningful way. Rather than saying, ‘This is science, over here is history,' I see schools t aking this idea of projects and looking at: How do they support children in higher le vel learning?。