2015年6月大学英语四级考试真题第3套

2015年6月大学英语四级考试真题(第3套)

Part I Writing (30 mi nu tes)

(请于正式开考后半小时内完成该部分，之后将进行听力考试)

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay based on the picture below. You should start your essay with a brief description of the picture and comme nt on this kind of moder n life. You should

write at least 120 words but no more tha n 180 words.

THIS MODERN LIFE

Part II Liste ning Comprehe nsion (30 minu tes)

Section A

Directions: In this sect ion, you will hear 8 short con versati ons and 2 long con versati ons. At the end of each con versati on, one or more questi ons will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the

questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A),B),C)and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the

corresponding letter on An swer Sheet 1 with a sin gle line through the cen tre.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

Part 川Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)

Section A

Directions: In this sect ion, there is a passage with ten bla nks. You are required to

select one word for each bla nk from a list of choices give n in a word bank follow ing 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 sin gle line through the cen

tre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more tha n once.

Questio n 36 to 45 are based on the follow ing passage.

The U.S. Departme nt of Educati on is making efforts to en sure that all stude nts have equal access to a quality education. Today it is __36_ _the launch of the Excellent Educators for All Initiative. The initiative will help states and school districts support great educators for the stude nts who n eed them most.

“ All childre n are 37 to a high-quality educati on regardless of their race, zip code or family in come. It is —38- importa nt that we provide teachers and prin cipals the support they n eed to

help students reach their full 39 __ , ” U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said. “ Despite the

excellent work and deep 40 ___ of our nation's teachers and principals, students in high-poverty,

high-minority schools are un fairly treated across our coun try. We have to do better. Local leaders and educators will 41 their own creative solutions, but we must work together to 42 our focus on how to better recruit, support and 43

_______________________________________ effective teachers and prin cipals for all stude nts,

especially the kids who need them most. ”

Today ' announcement is another important step forward in improving access to quality educati on, a 44 of Preside nt Obama ' s year of action. Later today, Secretary Duncan will lead a roun dtable discussi on with prin cipals and school teachers from across the country about the 45 of working in high-need schools and how to adapt promising practices for supporting great educators in these schools.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

A) announcing

B) beneficial

C) challenges

D) commitment

E) component

F) con tests

G) critically

H) develop

I) distributing

J) enhance

K) entitled

L) potential

M) properly

N) qualified

O) retain

Section B

Directions: In this sect ion, you are going to read a passage with ten stateme nts attached to it. Each stateme nt contains in formatio n give n in one of the paragraphs. Ide ntify the paragraph from which the in formati on is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.

The Chan ges Faci ng Fast Food

[A] Fast-food firms have to be a thick-sk inned bun ch. Health experts regularly criticize them severely for selling food that makes people fat. Critics even complain that McDonald's, whose logo symbolizes calorie excess, should not have bee n allowed to spon sor the World Cup. These

are things fast-food firms have lear nt to cope with. But not perhaps for much Ion ger. The burger bus in ess faces more pressure from regulators at a time whe n it is already adapt ing strategies in resp onse to shifts in the global economy.

[B] Fat food was once thought to be recessi on-proof. Whe n con sumers n eed to cut spe nding, the logic goes, cheap meals like Big Macs and Whoppers become even more attractive. Such "trad ing down" proved true for much of the latest recession, when fast-food companies picked up customers who could no Ion ger afford to eat at casual restaura nts. Traffic was boosted in America, the home of fast food, with disco un ts a nd promoti ons, such as $1 menus and cheap comb in ati on meals.

[C] As a result, fast-food chains have weathered the recession better than their more expensive competitors .In 2009