2019年6月英语四级考试真题_共2页

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Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each
passage is followed by some questions orunfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C andD . You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on AnswerSheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions46 to 50 are based on the following passage.
Educators today are more and more oftenheard to say
that computer literacy is absolutely necessary forcollegestudents. Many even argue that each incoming
freshman should have permanentaccess to his or her ownmicrocomputer.What advantages do computers offer thecollege students?
Any student who has used a word processorwill know one compelling reason to use a computer:to writepapers. Although notall students feel comfortable composing on a
word processor,most ,findrevising and editingmuch easier on it. One can alter, insert, or delete just bypressing a
few keys,thus eliminating the need to rewrite
orre-type.Furthermore,since the revision process is less burdensome, students are morelikely to revise as often as isnecessary to end up with the best paperpossible. For
these reasons, many freshman English cottrses require the useof aword processor.
Computers are also useful in the contextof language courses,where they are used to drill students in basicskills.Software programs reinforce ESL(English as a
Second Language .instruction, aswell as instrnction in
French,German,Spanish,and other languages.By usingthese programs on a regular basis,students can improvetheir proficiency in alanguage while proceeding at their own pace.
Science students take advantage ofcomputers in many
ing computer graphic capabilities,forexample, botanystudents can represent and analyze different plant
growth patterns.Medicalstudents can learn tointerpret computerized images of internal body structures.Physics
students can complete complex calculations farmore quickly than theycould without the use of computer.
Similarly, business and accountingstudents find that
computer spreadsheet programs are all but
indispensabletomany aspects of their work, while students pursuing careers in graphic arts,marketing, and public
relations find thatknowledge of computer graphic isimportant Education majors learn to develop grading systems usingcomputers,while social science students use computers for analyzing andgraphically displacing their
research results.
It is no wonder,then,that educatorssupport the purchase and use of microcomputers by students. A Versatile tool, the computer can help students learn.And that is,
after all, the reason for going to college.
46 、 The word"literacy"(Line1,Paragraph1)means _________.
A.the ability to read andwrite
B.the ability to use
C.literature
D.the knowledge of language
47、 The main purpose of thispassage is to _________.
A.persuade the educators toincrease computer use in
their own classroom
B.analyze advantages anddisadvantages of computer use among college students
C.identify some of the waysthat computers benefit college students
D.describe how computers canbe used to teach
foreign languages
48、According to the author, aword processor can be used
to_________.
A.revise papers
B.retype papers
C.reduce the psychologicalburden of writing
papers D.improve the writing skillsof a student
49、 In this passage, thewriter's argument is developed primarily through the use of_________.
A.cause-effect analysis
parison andcontrast
C.induction
D.examples
50、 According to the author,the reason for students to go to college is _________.
A.to learn something
B.to perfect themselves
C.to improve computerskills
D.to make the best use ofcomputers
Passage Two
Questions51 to 55 are based on the following passage.
Language is, and should be, a livingthing, constantly enriched with new words and forms of expression. Butthere
isa vital distinction between good developments,which add to the language,enabling us to say things wecould not say
before,and bad developments,whichsubtract from the language by rendering it less precise.Avivacious, colorfuluse of words is not to be confused with mere slovenliness.The kind ofslovenliness in whichsome professionals deliberately indulge is perhaps akin tothe
cult ( 迷信 . of theunfinished work, which haseroded most of
the arts in our time. And the trueanswer to it is the same
that art is enhanced, not hindered, bydiscipline. Youcannot
carve satisfactorily in butter.
The corruption of written English hasbeen accompanied by an even sharper decline in the standard of spoken English. Wespeak very much less well than wascommonamong educated Englishmen a generation or two ago.
The modem theatre has played a baneful ( 有害的in dimming our appreciation oflanguage. Instead ) part ofthe
immensely articulate dialogue of, for example, Shaw(who
was also very insistent on good pronunciation.,audiences
are now subjectedto streams of barely literate trivia,
often designed,only too well,toexhibit'laek ofcommunication', and larded (夹杂 . with theobscenities
( 下流的话 . and grammatical errors of theintellectually impoverished.Emily Post once advised her readers: "Thetheatre is the best possible place to hear correctly-enunciated speech. "Alas, no more. One young
actress was recently reported to be taking lessons inhow
to speakbadly, so that she should fit in better.
But the BBC is the worst traitor. Aideryears of very successfully helping to raise the general standard ofspokenEnglish,it suddenly went into reverse. As the head of the Pronunciation Unitcoyly( 含蓄地 .put it,"In the1960s the BBC opened thefield to a much wider range of speakers." To hear a BBC disc jockeytalking to thelatest
ape-like pop idol is a truly shocking experience of verbalsqualor. And the prospect seems to be of evenworse
to come. School teachers areactively encouraged to ignore little Johnny's incoherent grammar,atrociousspelling and haphazard punctuation,because worrying about such thingsmight inhibit his creative genius.
51 、 The writer relateslinguistic slovenliness tendencies in the arts today in that they both_________
A.occasionally aim at acertain fluidity
B.appear to shunperfection
C.from time to time showregard for the finishing
D.make use of economical shortcuts
to touch
52 、 "Art is enhanced,nothindered,by discipline" (Lines 6-7, Paragraph 1 ) means_________
A.an artist's work will befiner if he observes certain aesthetic standards
B.an unfinished work is boundto be comparatively inferior
C.the skill of certain artistsconceals their slovenliness
D.artistic expression isinhibited by too many rules
53 、 Many modem plays,theauthor finds,frequently contain speech which _________
A.is incoherent andlinguistically objectionable
B.is far too ungrammatical formost people to follow
C.unintentionally shocks theaudience
D.tries to hide the author'sintellectual inadequacies
54、 The author says that thestandard of the spoken
English of BBC _________
A.is the worst among allbroadcasting networks
B.has taken a turn for theworse since the 1960s
C.has raised English-speakingup to a new level
D.is terrible because of a fewpopular disc jockeys
55 、 Teachers are likely tooverlook the linguistic lapses in their pupils since_________
A.they find that children nolonger respond to this kind of discipline nowadays
B.they fear the children maybecome less coherent
C.more importance is nowattached to oral expression
D.the children may bediscouraged from expressing their ideas。