2017年6大学英语四级考试真题听力原文
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Passage OneWild c arrots probably evolved with the other flowering plants about 360 million years ago.Like apples, carrots are native to Central Asia. That's why horses,which also come from Central Asia, like both apples and carrots so much. With wild carrots,the roots are white, small and skinny, so you'd have to pick a lot of wild carrots to get enough to eat.Doctors used carrot seeds and roots as medicine, on the theory that foods that taste bad must be good for you.Around 800 AD, people in Central Asiamanaged to develop a new kind of carrot—a purple carrot—that attracted more interest from international traders. Then, in the late1500s,food scientists in the Netherlandscultivated large, straight, sweet, red carrots like the ones we eat today.But people still mostly fed carrots to horses,donkeys and pigs, and didn't eat them themselves.In the 1600s,people in China used carrots as medicine, but they also ate carrots boiledin soup. The red color was popular for Chinese New Year celebrations. But carrots got their biggest boost during the two world wars,when food shortages forced people to eat them, and governments told everyone how healthy carrots were. Today, cooler countriesgrow most of the world's carrots.Machines do most of the planting and picking, and carrots are easy to store and ship, so they are cheap almost everywhere.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. What do we learn from the talk about wild carrots?17. What does the speaker say about carrots in the late 1500s?18. Why did people turn to carrots for food during the two world wars?Passage TwoKatherine loved Facebook. With Facebook,she could stay connected with her family no matter how far away they were. She could see their photos and read their status updates. With Facebook,she could keep her relatives up-to-date on what she was doing.Another thing Katherine loved about Facebook was that she didn't have to think about time zones when updating family.Whenever she called her parents or other relatives, she always had to think about the time difference so that she wouldn't wake someone up or call when she knew they were at church. Facebook was so convenient.When Katherine joined Facebook, some of her classmates at high school started to add her as a friend. At first, this didn't bother her.She loved learning about the success of people she knew when she was just a teenager.She loved finding out people were getting married, having babies, and traveling. Soon, however, Katherine found herself comparing herself with the people she was reading about on Facebook. It began to make her feel badthat some people seemed to be doing so much better than she was.She was also spending a lot of time on Facebook. It took a lot of time and energyto keep up with everyone's status updates. Katherine started to think.She looked at the list of over 500 friends she had on Facebook and realizedsome of them were not really friends at all. Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19. What was one particular convenience Katherine loved about Facebook? 20. How did Katherine feelwhen her classmates added her as a Facebook friend?21. What made Katherine feel bad about herself later on? Passage ThreeDo you know where a mule comes from? It is the child of a donkey and a horse. Mules have strong muscles like horses, but they eat less, can work longer, and are gentler, like donkeys.George Washington was the first person in the United States to own mules.He had heard that mules made good farm animals and he contacted the U.S. ambassador in Spain to ask about them.In 1785, King Charles Ⅲof Spainsent Washington a male donkey as a gift. That male donkey becamethe father of the mule industry in the U.S. Every April,Maury County holds a Mule Day celebration. Held in Columbia, Tennessee,Mule Day had its beginnings as "Breeder's Day" in the 1840s.Farmers and farm animal breederswould bring their animals to market every April to show, buy, and trade.This was an important business before the days of tractors,when many families made a living from farming and mules were used as work animals. Eventually, tractors began to replace mules,making them less in demand.A parade was added to Mule Day in 1934 to attract more people.Over the years other activities have been added, and today more than 200,000 people show up each year to watch and participate.If you visit during Mule Day celebrations, you might see mule-driving contests, square dances, horse showsor even tree-cutting competitions.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22. What does the speaker say about mules? 23. What do we learn about the donkey which is said to bethe father of the U.S. mule industry?24. What did farmers usually do on Mule Day in the 1840s?25. What made mules less in demand in America? This is the end of listening comprehension.Team spirit[A] Teams have become the basic building blocks of organizations.Recruitment advertisements routinely call for “team players”.Business schools grade their students in part on their performance in group projects. Office managers knock down walls to encourage team building. Teams are as old as civilization, of course: even Jesus had 12 co-workers. But a new report by Deloitte, “Global Human Capital Trends”,based on a survey of more than 7,000 executives in over 130 countries, suggests that the fashion for teamwork has reached a new high. Almost half of those surveyed said their companies were either in the middle of restructuring or about to embark on (开始）it; and for the most part, restructuring meant putting more emphasis on teams.[B] Companies are abandoning conventional functional departments and organising employees into cross-disciplinary teams that focus on particular products, problems or customers. These teams are gaining more power to run their own affairs. They are also spending more time working with each other rather than reporting upwards. Deloitte argues that a new organisational form is on the rise:a network of teams is replacing the conventional hierarchy (等级体制).[C] The fashion for teams is driven by a sense that the old way of organising people is too rigid for both the modem marketplace and the expectations of employees. Technological innovation places greater value on agility (灵活性).John Chambers, chairman of Cisco Systems Inc., a worldwide leader in electronics products,says that “we compete against market transitions (过渡)，not competitors. Product transitions used to take five or seven years; now they take one or two. ”Digital technology also makes it easier for people to co-ordinate their activities without resorting to hierarchy. The “millennials”(千禧一代) who will soon make up half the workforce in rich countries were raised from nursery school onwards to work in groups.[D] The fashion for teams is also spreading from the usual corporate suspects (such as GE and IBM) to some more unusual ones. The Cleveland Clinic, a hospital operator, has reorganised its medical staff into teams to focus on particular treatment areas; consultants, nurses and others collaborate closely instead of being separated by speciality (专业)and rank. The US Army has gone the same way. In his book, “Team of Teams' General Stanley McChrystal describes how the army’s hierarchical structure hindered its operations during the early stages of the Iraq war. His solution was to learn something from the insurgents it was fighting: decentralise authority to self-organising teams.[E] A good rule of thumb is that as soon as generals and hospital administrators jumpon a management bandwagon, it is time to ask questions. Leigh Thompson of Kellogg School of Management in Illinois warns that, ‘Teams are not always the answer—teams may provide insight, creativity and knowledge in a way that a person working independently cannot; but teamwork may also lead to confusion, delay and poor decision-making.”The late Richard Hackman of Harvard University once argued, “I have no question that when you have a team, the possibility exists that it will generate magic, producing something extraordinary... But don’t count on it.”[F] Hackman (who died in 2013) noted that teams are hampered by problems ofco-ordination and motivation that chip away at the benefits of collaboration. High-flyers forced to work in teams may be undervalued and free-riders empowered. Groupthink may be unavoidable. In a study of 120 teams of senior executives, he discovered that less than 10% of their supposed members agreed on who exactly was on the team. If it is hard enough to define a team’s membership, agreeing on its purpose is harder still.[G] Profound changes in the workforce are making teams trickier to manage. Teams work best if their members have a strong common culture.This is hard to achieve when, as is now thecase in many big firms, a large proportion of staff are temporary contractors. Teamwork improves with time: America’s National Transportation Safety Board found that 73% of the incidents in its civil-aviation database occurred on a crew’s first day of flying together. However, as Amy Edmondson of Harvard points out, organisations increasingly use “team”as a verb rather than a noun: they form teams for specific purposes and then quickly disband them.[H] The least that can be concluded from this research is that companies need to think harder about managing teams. They need to rid their minds of sentimentalism (感情用事)：the most successful teams have leader s who are able to set an overall direction and take immediate action. They need to keep teams small and focused: giving in to pressure to be more “inclusive”is a guarantee of dysfunction. Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s boss, says that “If I see more than two pizzas for lunch, the team is too big.”They need to immunize teams against group-think: Hackman argued that the best ones contain “deviants”(离经叛道者）who are willing to do something that maybe upsetting to others.[I] A new study of 12,000 workers in 17 countries by Steelcase, a furniture-maker which also does consulting, finds that the best way to ensure employees are “engaged”is togive them more control over where and how they do their work―which may mean liberating them from having to do everything in collaboration with others.[J] However, organisations need to learn something bigger than how to manage teams better: they need to be in the habit of asking themselves whether teams are the best tools for the job. Teambuilding skills are in short supply: Deloitte reports that only 12% of the executives they contacted feel they understand the way people work together in networks and only 21% feel confident in their ability to build cross-functional teams. Loosely managed teams can become hotbeds of distraction―employees routinely complain that they can’t get their work done because they are forced to spend too much time in meetings or compelled to work in noisy offices. Even in the age ofopen-plan offices and social networks some work is best left to the individual.36.Successful team leaders know exactly where the team should go and are able to take prompt action.37.Decentralisation of authority was also found to be more effective in military operation s.38.In many companies, the conventional form of organisation is giving way toa network of teams.39.Members of poorly managed teams are easily distracted from their work.40.Teamwork is most effective when team members share the same culture.41.According to a report by Deloitte, teamwork is becoming increasingly popular among companies.42.Some team members find it hard to agree on questions like membership and the team’s purpose.43.Some scholars think teamwork may not always be reliable, despite its potential to work wonders.44.To ensure employees’commitment, it is advisable to give them more flexibility as to where and how they work.45.Product transitions take much less time now than in the past.。
2017-6 CET4 听力原文
Part II Listening ComprehensionSection A News ReportNews Report OneOne of Google's self-driving cars crashed into a bus in California last month. There were no injuries. It is not the first time one of Google's famed self-driving cars has been involved in a crash, but it may be the first time it has caused one. On February 14th the self-driving car, traveling at 2mph (3km/h), pulled out in front of a public bus going 15mph (24km/h). The man in the Google vehicle reported that he assumed the bus would slow down to let the car out, and so he did not switch to the manual mode. In a statement, Google said: "We clearly bear some responsibility, because if our car hadn't moved, there wouldn't have been a crash." That said, our test driver believed the bus was going to slow or stop to allow us to merge into the traffic, and that there would be sufficient space to do that." The company's self-driving cars have done well over a million miles across various states in the US, and until now have only reported minor accidents.News Report TwoThousands of bees left a town after landing on the back of a car when their queen got stuck in its boot. Tom Moses who works at a nearby national park, noticed a “brown patch” on the back of the car after the owner parked it to do some shopping. When he looked closer he realized it was a huge group of bees. Moses said: “I have never seen that many bees in one spot. It was very unusual. They were very close together and there was a lot of noise and movements, it was interesting to see such a strange sight. But there were a lot of people around and I was a bit worried about the bees and the people stopping to look. I thought that someone might do something stupid. Moses called two local bees specialists who helped removed the bees by attracting them into a box. Moses spent three hours looking after the bees and was stung five times, he said, “my stings are a bit painful but I am pleased that all worked out and I could help, people need to realize that bees are valuable and they should be looked after.”News report ThreeA new species of snake has been discovered on a remote island in the Bahamas. Scientists identified 20 of the onemeter-long snakes during two trips to the Caribbean islands. The second trip was made in October last year. One of the creaturesmade a dramatic appearance by moving on to the head of the team leader as he slept. The snake has been named Silver Boa because it’s sliver colored and the first specimen found was climbing a silver palm tree. The team was led by Dr. Graham Reynolds, from Harvard University, the scientist confirmed the snake was a previously unknown species after conducting a genetic analysis of tissue samples. Commenting on the find, snake expert Robert Henderson from the Museum of Natural History, said: “Worldw ide new species of frogs are being discovered and described quite regularity. New species of snakes, however, are much rarer.Section B ConversationConversation OneW: Did you enjoy your stay with us, Mr. Brown?M: Yes, very much. I had a wonderful time here. Now I'm going to the airport. My flight leaves in less than 2 hours. So, could you tell me, what's the quickest way to get there?W: Well, we can call a taxi for you. We also have a free airport shuttle service.M: That sounds great, but will the shuttle get me to the airport in time?W: Yes, it should. The next shuttle leaves in 15 minutes. And it takes some 25 minutes to get to the airport.M: Fantastic! I'll just wait in the lobby. Will you please let me know when it's leaving?W: Of course, sir.M: Now I would like to settle my mini-bar bill. How much is that?W: Let's see. It comes to $37.50. How would you like to pay for it?M: I'll pay with my credit card. Thanks. But I'll need a receipt, so I can charge it to my company.W: Absolutely! Here you are, sir. If you like, I can leave your bags with the porter. And he can load them onto the shuttle for you when it arrives.M: That would be great. Thank you.W: Would you like to leave a comment on our web page when you have time?M: Sure. I had a really good stay here, and I'd like to recommend your hotel to my friends and colleagues.W: That’s very kind of you. Thank you again for staying at Sheraton Hotel.Conversation TwoM: You know, Ben’s given up making tho se terrible faces he used to make. The other day, he came home from school almost in tears. His teacher said if he went on like that, his face would get stuck when the winds changed.W: And he believed her?M: Yeah, he’s only a little boy. Don’t you re member all those things we used to believe when we were little? I remember my aunt Mary used to say if you swallow a cherrystone, a tree would grow out of your mouth. And I’m still terrified today, sort of subconsciously. You know, if I swallow one by mist ake…W: Yeah, I suppose you're right. The one that used to get me was that swans could break your leg when they blow of the wing.M: They can, can’t they? I always thought they could.W: No, they are not that strong. But there’s another one even more terrifying. That is, if you put a post stamp on upside down, you will go to prison.M: No, never heard of that. But my grandmother was a terror for that kind of thing. For example, she would say, you will get a spot on your tongue if you tell a lie. If you eat stale bread, your hair will curl. And here’s one more. We went on a campaign trip once in Italy, and my wife spent the whole time worrying about bats gettinginto her hair. She said her grandmother reckoned you had to shave your head to get it out. My wife was really terrified.W: Silly, isn’t it? But that’s how some parents try to keep their kids from doing the wrong thing or getting into trouble.Section C PassagePassage OneIf I could go back in history and live when I liked, I wouldn't go back very far. In fact, I'd like to relive a period I've already lived –the 1960s. I was in my twenties, and everything was being renewed. People would come in out of a formal and almost Victorian attitude, and you really felt anything was possible. Meeting people was the thing, and you went to coffee bars where you met friends and spent the evening. The cinema, the theater, all that was every exciting with new things coming out. In fact, we seemed to be out, all the time! I don't really remember working – of course, I was a student –or sitting around at home very much. That just wasn't where the scene was, even eating! It was the first time, ordinary people started going out to eat. We were beginning to be adventurous about food, but we were more interested in meeting people than in eating or drinking. And dress, yes, that was the revolution. I mean, girls went around in really short skirts, and wore flowers in their hair.And men were in jeans, and could wear their hair long too. It was a wonderful period. It was like living in an age you could never have imagined, and that never has come back. We didn't have much money, but it didn't matter. And there was plenty of opportunity to do whatever you felt like doing.Passage TwoDogs, man's best friends, have a clear strategy for dealing with angry owners—they look away. New research shows that dogs limit their eye contact with angry humans. The scientists suggest this may be an attempt to calm humans down. This behavior may have evolved as dogs gradually learned they could benefit from avoiding conflicts with humans. To conduct the tests, the University of Helsinki researchers trained 31 dogs to rest in front of a video screen. Facial photos of dogs and humans were displayed on the screen for 1.5 seconds. They showed threatening, pleasant and neutral s. Nearby cameras tracked the dogs' eye movements. Dogs in the study looked most at the eyes of humans and other dogs to sense their emotions. When dogs looked at expressions of angry dogs, their eyes rested more on the mouth, perhaps to interpret the threatening s. And when looking at angry humans, they tended to turn away their gaze. Dogs may have learned to detect threat signsfrom humans and respond by trying to make peace, according to researcher Sanni Somppi. Avoiding conflicts may have helped dogs develop better bonds with humans. The researchers also note that dogs scan faces as a whole to sense how people are feeling, instead of focusing on a given feature. They suggest this indicates that dogs aren't sensing emotions from a single feature, but piecing together information from all facial features just as humans do.Passage ThreeWinter in many places is very cold. There is lots of snow around, and the ground freezes, which can make life difficult for animals. People in cold places live in warm houses and have learned to adapt. What do animals do? There are three main ways that animals survive the cold in winter: sleep, adapt or migrate. Some animals, such as bears, frogs and snakes, sleep all winter. They sleep very deeply and need little or no food. While sleeping, their body temperature drops, and their heart beat slows down. To prepare for this before winter, these animals eat extra food to become fat, which gives them the energy they need while they sleep. Other animals adapt. For example, by staying active in winter. It is often hard for them to find food. So some animals, such as mice, collect extra food before winter, and hide it. When wintercomes, they return to their hiding places to eat the food. Some animals grow thicker fur, or live in tree holes or underground to stay warm. Some birds migrate by flying to a warmer place for the winter, where they can find more food. Some fly very long distances, including one kind of bird that flies from the remote north of the world, all the way to the distant south. Some birds fly in groups for safety, while others fly alone.。
2017年6月英语四级听力原文
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【正文】2017年6月英语四级听力原文Part I听力文本一W: So, Jerry, how long do you plan to go on your trip?M: Well, I plan to be away for about four weeks. I’ve been saving up for this trip for a long time and I want to make the most of it.【1】女：杰瑞，你打算旅行多久？【2】男：嗯，我打算出去大概四个星期。
我为这次旅行存了很长时间的钱，我想要充分利用。
W: I got a letter from the bank that says there’s some problem with my account.M: There is? What are they saying?【3】女：我从银行收到一封信，说我的账户有些问题。
【4】男：有吗？他们说什么啦？听力文本三M: Mary, have you heard that the science museum downtown will exhibit some of Da Vinci's works next month?W: Really? I'd love to go. I’ve read a lot about him.【5】男：玛丽，你听说了吗？市区的科学博物馆下个月会展出一些达芬奇的作品。
【6】女：真的吗？我很想去呢。
我读了很多关于他的事情。
听力文本四W: Excuse me, is there a pharmacy near here?M: Yes, there’s one three blocks str本人ght ahead. You can’tmiss it.【7】女：对不起，这附近有药店吗？【8】男：有，就往前走三个街区，直走就到，你不会错过的。
2017年6月四级听力第一套 听力原文
2017年6月四级听力第一套听力原文（1）对话一女士：I'm going to the library. Do you want me to pick up a book aboutputer programming for you?男士：Yes, I'd appreciate that. I want to learn some basic programming skills.（2）对话二男士：I'm thinking of buying a newputer. Any rmendations?女士：You should go for a model with a big memory and a fast processor.男士：Thanks for the advice. I'll keep that in mind.（3）对话三男士：I'm having trouble with my laptop. It keeps freezing.女士：You should get it checked out. It might be a problem with the hardware.男士：I'll take it to a rep本人r shop tomorrow.（4）对话四女士：I need to upgrade my operating system. Any suggestions?男士：You should consider switching to Linux. It's free and it's very reliable.女士：I'll look into that. Thanks for the tip.（5）短文一When ites toputer programming, it's important to start with the basics. Learning a programming language like Python can be a good way to get started. Once you have a good grasp of the basics, you can move on to more advanced topics.（6）短文二Computer hardware is the physicalponent of aputer system, including the monitor, keyboard, and mouse. It's important to choose hardware that ispatible with your software, and to keep it well-m本人nt本人ned to ensure the smooth running of yourputer system.（7）短文三Operating systems are the software that managesputer hardware and software resources. There are different types of operating systems, such as Windows, MacOS, and Linux. Each has its own strengths and weaknesses, so it's important to choose the right one for your needs.通过以上听力原文，我们可以了解到一些关于计算机和信息技术的基本知识。
2017年6月英语四级听力原文
2017年6月一．新闻听力【News Report 1】One of Google's self-driving cars crashed into a bus in California last month. There were no injuries.It is not the first time one of Google's famed self-driving cars has been involved in a crash, but it may be the first time it has caused one.On February 14th the self-driving car, travelling at 2mph (3km/h), pulled out in front of a public bus going 15mph (24km/h).The man in the Google vehicle reported that he assumed the bus would slow down to let the car out, and so he did not switch to the manual mode.In a statement, Google said: "We clearly bear some responsibility, because if our car hadn't moved, there wouldn't have been a crash."That said, our test driver believed the bus was going to slow or stop to allow us to merge into the traffic, and that there would be sufficient space to do that." The company's self-driving cars have done well over a million miles across various states in the US, and until now have only reported minor accidents.Q1: According to Google, what was the cause of the accident?Q2: How have Google’s self-driving cars performed so far?【News Report 2】Thousands of bees left a town after landing on the back of a car when their queen got stuck in its boot. Tom Moses who works at a nearby national park, noticed a “brown patch” on the back of the car after the owner parked it to do some shopping. When he looked closer he realized it was a huge group of bees.Moses said: “I have never seen that many bees in one spot. It was very unusual. They were very close together and there was a lot of noise and movements, itwas interesting to see such a strange sight. But there were a lot of people around and I was a bit worried about the bees and the people stopping to look.I thought that someone might do something stupid.Moses called two local bees specialists who helped removed the bees by attracting them into a box.Moses spent three hours looking after the bees and was stung five times, he said my stings are a bit painful but I am pleased that all worked out and I could help, people need to realize that bees are valuable and they should be looked after.Q3. What do we learn about Tom Moses?Q4. What do we know about the bees on the back of the car?【News report 3】A new species of snake has been discovered on a remote island in the Bahamas. Scientists identified 20 of the one meter-long snakes during two trips to the Caribbean islands. The second trip was made in October last year.One of the creatures made a dramatic appearance by moving on to the head of the team leader as he slept.The snake has been named silver boa because it is metallic colored and the first specimen found was climbing a silver palm tree.The team was led by Dr. Graham Reynolds, from Harvard University, the scientist confirmed the snake was a previously unknown species after conducting a genetic analysis of tissue samples.Commenting on the find, snake expert Robert Henderson from the Museum of Natural History, said: “Worldwide n ew species of frogs are being discovered and described quite regularity. New species of snakes, however, are much rarer.Q5. What is the news report mainly about?Q6. What do we learn about the scientific team leader?Q7. How did the newly discovered creature get its name?二．对话听力【Conversation 1】W: Did you enjoy your stay with us, Mr. Brown?M: Yes, very much. I had a wonderful time here. Now I'm going to the airport. My flight leaves in less than 2 hours. So, could you tell me, what's the quickest way to get there?W: Well, we can call a taxi for you. We also have a free airport shuttle service. M: That sounds great, but will the shuttle get me to the airport in time?W: Yes, it should. The next shuttle leaves in 15 minutes. And it takes some 25 minutes to get to the airport.M: Fantastic! I'll just wait in the lobby. Will you please let me know when it's leaving?W: Of course, sir.M: Now I would like to settle my mini-bar bill. How much is that?W: Let's see. It comes to $37.50. How would you like to pay for it?M: I'll pay with my credit card. Thanks. But I'll need a receipt, so I can charge it to my company.W: Absolutely! Here you are, sir. If you like, I can leave your bags with the porter. And he can load them onto the shuttle for you when it arrives.M: That would be great. Thank you.W: Would you like to leave a comment on our web page when you have time? M: Sure. I had a really good stay here, and I'd like to recommend your hotel to my friends and colleagues.W: That’s very kind of you. Thank you again for staying at Sheraton Hotel.Q8. Why does the man ask about the quickest way to the airport?Q9. How is the man going to pay his bill?Q10. What did the man ask the woman to do?Q11. What favor does the woman ask of the man?【Conversation 2 】M: You know, Ben’s giv en up making those terrible faces he used to make. The other day, he came home from school almost in tears. His teacher said if he went on like that, his face would get stuck when the winds changed.W: And he believed her?M: Yeah, he’s only a little boy. Don’t you remember all those things we used to believe when we were little? I remember my aunt Mary used to say if you swallow a cherrystone, a tree would grow out of your mouth. And I’m still terrified today, sort of subconsciously. You know, if I swallow one by mistake…W: Yeah, I suppose you're right. The one that used to get me was that swans could break your leg when they blow of the wing.M: They can, can’t they? I always thought they could.W: No, they are not that strong. But there’s another one eve n more terrifying. That is, if you put a post stamp on upside down, you will go to prison.M: No, never heard of that. But my grandmother was a terror for that kind of thing. For example, she would say, you will get a spot on your tongue if you tell a lie. If you eat stale bread, your hair will curl. And here’s one more. We went on a campaign trip once in Italy, and my wife spent the whole time worrying about bats getting into her hair. She said her grandmother reckoned you had to shave your head to get it out. My wife was really terrified.W: Silly, isn’t it? But that’s how some parents try to keep their kids from doing the wrong thing or getting into trouble.Q12: What does the man say about Ben?Q13: What did aunt Marry used to do when the man was a child?Q14: What does the woman believe swans could do?Q15: What did the grandmother of the man’s wife say?三．短文听力【Passage 1】If I could go back in history and live when I liked, I wouldn't go back very far. In fact, I'd like to relive a period I've already lived – the 1960s.I was in my twenties, and everything was being renewed. People would come in out of a formal and almost Victorian attitude, and you really felt anything was possible. Meeting people was the thing, and you went to coffee bars where you met friends and spent the evening. The cinema, the theater, all that was every exciting with new things coming out. In fact, we seemed to be out, all the time!I don't really remember working – of course, I was a student – or sitting around at home very much. That just wasn't where the scene was, even eating! It was the first time, ordinary people started going out to eat. We were beginning to be adventurous about food, but we were more interested in meeting people than in eating or drinking. And dress, yes, that was the revolution. I mean, girls went around in really short skirts, and wore flowers in their hair. And men were in jeans, and could wear their hair long too. It was a wonderful period. It was like living in an age you could never have imagined, and that never has come back. We didn't have much money, but it didn't matter. And there was plenty of opportunity to do whatever you felt like doing.Question 16 – 18 are based on the passage you have just heard: 16. Why does the speaker say he would like to relive the 1960s?17. What does the speaker say was the most popular thing to do at that time?18. What do we learn about the speaker?【Passage 2】Dogs, man's best friends, have a clear strategy for dealing with angry owners—they look away.New research shows that dogs limit their eye contact with angry humans. The scientists suggest this may be an attempt to calm humans down. This behavior may have evolved as dogs gradually learned they could benefit from avoiding conflicts with humans.To conduct the tests, the University of Helsinki researchers trained 31 dogs to rest in front of a video screen. Facial photos of dogs and humans were displayed on the screen for 1.5 seconds. They showed threatening, pleasant and neutral expressions. Nearby cameras tracked the dogs' eye movements. Dogs in the study looked most at the eyes of humans and other dogs to sense their emotions. When dogs looked at expressions of angry dogs, their eyes rested more on the mouth, perhaps to interpret the threatening expressions. And when looking at angry humans, they tended to turn away their gaze. Dogs may have learned to detect threat signs from humans and respond by trying to make peace, according to researcher Sanni Somppi. Avoiding conflicts may have helped dogs develop better bonds with humans.The researchers also note that dogs scan faces as a whole to sense how people are feeling, instead of focusing on a given feature. They suggest this indicates that dogs aren't sensing emotions from a single feature, but piecing together information from all facial features just as humans do.Q19. What do dogs do when they are faced with angry humans?Q20. What does a dog do when it sees the expressions of angry dogs?Q21. How does a dog sense people's feelings?【Passage 3】Winter in many places is very cold. There is lots of snow around, and the ground freezes, which can make life difficult for animals. People in cold places live in warm houses and have learned to adapt. What do animals do? There are three main ways that animals survive the cold in winter: sleep, adapt or migrate. Some animals, such as bears, frogs and snakes, sleep all winter. They sleep very deeply and need little or no food. While sleeping, their body temperature drops, and their heart beat slows down. To prepare for this before winter, these animals eat extra food to become fat, which gives them the energy they need while they sleep.Other animals adapt. For example, by staying active in winter. It is often hard for them to find food. So some animals, such as mice, collect extra food before winter, and hide it. When winter comes, they return to their hiding places to eat the food. Some animals grow thicker fur, or live in tree holes or underground to stay warm.Some birds migrate by flying to a warmer place for the winter, where they can find more food. Some fly very long distances, including one kind of bird that flies from the remote north of the world, all the way to the distant south. Some birds fly in groups for safety, while others fly alone.Questions 22-25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22. What does the speaker say about animals in winter?23. What do we learn about animals that sleep through winter?24. How do animals like mice adapt to the severe winter?25. Why do some birds fly in groups when migrating, according to the speaker?。
(完整版)2017年6月份四级听力真题第2套(听力文本)
College English Test Band Four（2017年6月四级听力真题文本第2套）Part II Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: In this section,you will hear three news reports.At the end of each news report,you will hear two or three questions.Both the news report and the questionswill be spoken only once.After you hear a question,you must choose the best answerfrom the four choicesmarked A), B), C) and D).Then mark the corresponding letteron Answer Sheet 1with a single line through the centre.News Report OneAutomakers and tech companiesare working hardto offer the first true self-driving car.But 75% of drivers saythey wouldn't feel safe in such a vehicle.Still, 60% of drivers would like toget some kind of self-driving feature,such as automatic braking or self-parking,the next time they buy a new car.The attitudes are publishedin a new AAA survey of 1,800 drivers.Advocates of self-driving cars arguethey would be saferthan in cars driven by humansbecause they wouldn't get distractedor drive when tired.But those surveyed by AAA saythey trust their own driving skills.Many feel the technology istoo new and unproven.John Nielsen,AAA's managing director ofautomotive engineering and repair,said tests suggest driversmay be overestimating their own abilities.He also believes they will be more likelyto trust self-driving carsas they become more familiar with features such as automatic braking or parking.He estimated that the "comfort level"will increase considerably in five to ten years. Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.1. What is the finding of the AAA survey?2. What does John Nielsen sayabout self-driving cars?News Report TwoOne dog has been killed and multiple dogs have been injured by a snowmobile driverin what appears to be an intentional attackon competitors in the Iditarod Race in Alaska. Aliy Zirkle was the first to report an attack.A snowmobile driver had repeatedly attempted to harm her and her team,and one of Zirkle's dogshad received a non-life-threatening injury.Zirkle reported the attackwhen she arrived in Nulato, Alaska,in the early hours of the morning.Then Jeff King, a four-time champion,reported a similar attack.His team was hit by a snowmobile driver, injuring several dogsand killing a 3-year-old male dog.Reporter Zachariah Hughes says thatneither King nor Zirkle was injured.Although this incident very much altersthe race of the two participantscompeting for a win,both are going to continue on their waytoward the finishing line.Alaska State Troopers released a statement saying they've arrested Arnold Demoski, 26.He faces trial on several charges.Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.3. What is the news report mainly about?4. What do we learn about Jeff King?News Report ThreeA tour boat turned overoff the coast of Nicaragua,killing at least 13 peopleand leaving more passengers missing,official said.The boat was carrying 32 people—25 Costa Ricans, four Americansand three Nicaraguans.The 13 dead were all Costa Rican,the Foreign Ministry said.The boat,traveling between Nicaragua's Big Corn Island and Little Corn Island,turned over Saturday near the larger island. Some passengers remain missing,the Costa Rican Foreign Ministry said,but did not specify how many.A local radio saidan unspecified number of people were rescued, including the tour boat's owner,Hilario Blandon.Nicaraguan naval authoritieshad banned sea travel in the areabecause of bad weather and strong winds,but the tour boat proceeded anyway.Blandon, the boat's owner,has been arrested by Nicaraguan authorities,the state-run news agency said.Both he and a crew member are being investigated for unintentional murderand exposing people to danger,according to police.Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.5. What happened to the tour boatsailing off the Nicaraguan coast?6. How many people was the boat carrying?7. What do we knowabout the owner of the boat?Section BDirections: In this section,you will hear two long conversations.At the end of each 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 answerfrom the four choicesmarked A), B), C) and D).Then mark the corresponding letteron Answer Sheet 1with a single line through the centre. Conversation OneM: Hi, Susan,you're looking very smart today.W: I always look smart, James. Actually, I'm on my way to a job interview. M: What job? Oh, you mean,for the summer holidays?W: Yeah. There's only two weeks to go.I've got a second interviewwith that big foreign accountancy firmin the city center.You know the one.M: That's fantastic.W: The work is justhelping out with data input, you know,but the pay isn't too bad.It might suit you too.I know they have at leasttwo temporary positions available.And I don't think they have anyone else yet. M: Hmm...If they take you on,tell them you know a friendwho'd be really good too.I really need the moneyand the experience would look goodon my resume.Maybe we'll be working together.The dream team.W: OK. We'll do.If the boss likes me, I'll mention it.It'll be good to have someone around who I know.I'll phone you afterwards.But perhaps you shouldput in an application anyway.M: Thanks, Susan. That's great.Listen, do you want a lift to the city?I have my dad's car today,and nothing else to do this morning.W: Sure. Thanks, James.M: Let's go then. The car's over there.W: By the way,how's your knowledge of accountancy?The interviewer may ask you about it.M: No problem. I think I can survive.I might just have to reviewa few accountancy terms.Maybe you can give mea practice interview first.W: Of course. Let's go then.Don't want to be late.Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.8. Where will Susan probably get a job?9. What will Susan's future job involve?10. Why does James want the jobin that company?11. What does James say he will have to doto prepare for the interview?Conversation TwoW: There's new data out todaythat confirms that many Americansare not good at math,and when it comes toeveryday technology skills,we are dead lastwhen compared to other developed countries. Here's Gabrielle Emanuelof National Public Radio.M: Let's start with the bad newsthat Americans are terrible at technology skills, using email, naming a file on a computer, using a link on a webpage,or just texting someone.W: No country scored below the U.S.?M: Only one country.Poland performed as poorly as we did.Who came out the first?Japan did the best and then Finland.If you look at dataabout reading and math,you'll notice something interesting.Younger adults who went to collegeor graduate school were doing pretty well.In literacy, they were actually doing betterthan their peers in other countries.W: So that's a bit of good news.M: But when you look at Americanswho have a high school diploma,they look a lot likeother countries' high school dropouts.We have a lot of work to do.That is especially true when it comes to math. You go to the store and there's a sale.Buy one, get the second one half off.You decide to buy two.How much do you pay?W: You mean high school graduatescan't do this task in general?M: You're right.What does that tell usabout our education system?Well, it tells us that we need tothink about the preparedness of our studentsas they are leaving high school.W: Right. And schools, employers,in fact we all need to do something about it. Thank you, Gabrielle.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12. What does the man say about Americans?13. Who performed the best in technology skills according to the man?14. In what aspectdid American college students perform well? 15. What do we learn from the conversation about American high school education?Section CDirections: In this section,you will hear three passages.At the end of each passage,you will hear three or four questions.Both the passage and the questionswill be spoken only once.After you hear a question,you must choose the best answerfrom the four choicesmarked A), B), C) and D).Then mark the corresponding letteron Answer Sheet 1with a single line through the centre.Passage OneWild carrots probably evolved withthe other flowering plantsabout 360 million years ago.Like apples, carrots are native to Central Asia. That's why horses,which also come from Central Asia,like both apples and carrots so much.With wild carrots,the roots are white, small and skinny,so you'd have to pick a lot of wild carrotsto get enough to eat.Doctors used carrot seeds and roots as medicine, on the theory that foods that taste badmust be good for you.Around 800 AD, people in Central Asia managed to develop a new kind of carrot—a purple carrot—that attracted more interest from international traders.Then, in the late 1500s,food scientists in the Netherlandscultivated large, straight, sweet, red carrotslike the ones we eat today.But people still mostly fed carrots to horses, donkeys and pigs, and didn't eat them themselves. In the 1600s,people in China used carrots as medicine,but they also ate carrots boiled in soup.The red color was popular forChinese New Year celebrations.But carrots got their biggest boostduring the two world wars,when food shortages forced people to eat them, and governments told everyonehow healthy carrots were.Today, cooler countriesgrow most of the world's carrots.Machines do most of the planting and picking, and carrots are easy to store and ship,so they are cheap almost everywhere. Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passageyou have just heard.16. What do we learn from the talkabout wild carrots?17. What does the speaker sayabout carrots in the late 1500s?18. Why did people turn to carrots for food during the two world wars?Passage TwoKatherine loved Facebook.With Facebook,she could stay connected with her familyno matter how far away they were.She could see their photosand read their status updates.With Facebook,she could keep her relatives up-to-dateon what she was doing.Another thing Katherine loved about Facebook was that she didn't have to think about time zones when updating family.Whenever she called her parents or other relatives, she always had to think about the time difference so that she wouldn't wake someone up or call when she knew they were at church.Facebook was so convenient.When Katherine joined Facebook,some of her classmates at high schoolstarted to add her as a friend.At first, this didn't bother her.She loved learning about the success of people she knew when she was just a teenager.She loved finding out people were getting married, having babies, and traveling.Soon, however, Katherine found herself comparing herself with the peopleshe was reading about on Facebook.It began to make her feel badthat some people seemed to be doingso much better than she was.She was also spending a lot of time on Facebook. It took a lot of time and energyto keep up with everyone's status updates. Katherine started to think.She looked at the list of over 500 friendsshe had on Facebook and realizedsome of them were not really friends at all. Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passageyou have just heard.19. What was one particular convenience Katherine loved about Facebook?20. How did Katherine feelwhen her classmates added heras a Facebook friend?21. What made Katherine feel badabout herself later on?Passage ThreeDo you know where a mule comes from?It is the child of a donkey and a horse.Mules have strong muscles like horses,but they eat less, can work longer,and are gentler, like donkeys.George Washington was the first personin the United States to own mules.He had heard that mules made good farm animals and he contacted the U.S. ambassador in Spainto ask about them.In 1785, King Charles Ⅲof Spainsent Washington a male donkey as a gift.That male donkey becamethe father of the mule industry in the U.S.Every April,Maury County holds a Mule Day celebration. Held in Columbia, Tennessee,Mule Day had its beginnings as "Breeder's Day"in the 1840s.Farmers and farm animal breederswould bring their animals to market every Aprilto show, buy, and trade.This was an important businessbefore the days of tractors,when many families made a living from farming and mules were used as work animals. Eventually, tractors began to replace mules,making them less in demand.A parade was added to Mule Day in 1934to attract more people.Over the years other activities have been added, and today more than 200,000 people show up each year to watch and participate.If you visit during Mule Day celebrations,you might see mule-driving contests,square dances, horse showsor even tree-cutting competitions.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22. What does the speaker say about mules?23. What do we learn about the donkeywhich is said to bethe father of the U.S. mule industry?24. What did farmers usually do on Mule Dayin the 1840s?25. What made mules less in demand in America? This is the end of listening comprehension.。
2017年6月四级考试真题参考答案和听力原文
2017年6月英语四级真题第一套参考答案参考范文Do you need a computer in the new semester? Still depressed for not being able to afford a new computer? Good news for you! My computer may be an available option for you to take into consideration.To begin with, it’s an Apple laptop which was bought two years ago at the price of 10,000 RMB. It is now in good condition and fully functional. Besides, my laptop is portable so that you can take it to anywhere you want. The storage space is big enough for you to do any assignments, including editing and drawing. Finally, with the dual-core processor and high-performance video card, it can be unimpeded when you play online games and watch videos.So if you are eager to have a computer of your own, please do not hesitate to call me at 1234567. I will offer you a 50% discount!答案速查1-5. CACBD 6-10. DBCAB 11-15. DBADC 16-20. ADBAB 21-25. DACCB26-30. JCGMA 31-35. FIKHB 36-40. GDLBF 41-45. CHAKE 46-50. BCCDB51-55. DCBAC听力原文News Report OneAutomakers and tech companies are working hard to offer the first true self-driving car, but 75% of drivers say they wouldn’t feel safe in such a vehicle. Still, 60% of drivers would like to get some kind of self-driving feature, such as automatic braking or self-parking, the next time they buy a new car. The attitudes are published in a new AAA (Triple A) survey of 1,800 drivers.Advocates of self-driving cars argue they would be safer than cars driven by humans because they wouldn’t get distracted or drive when tired. But those surveyed by AAA say they trust their own driving skills. Many feel the technology is too new and unproven.John Nielsen, AAA’s managing director of automotive engineering and repair, said tests suggest drivers may be overestimating their own abilities. He also believes they will be more likely to trust self-driving cars as they become more familiar with features such as automatic braking or parking. He estimated that the “comfort level” will increase considerably in five to ten years.1.What is the finding of the AAA survey?2.What does John Nielsen say about self-driving cars?News Report TwoOne dog has been killed and multiple dogs have been injured by a snowmobile driver in what appears to be an intentional attack on competitors in the Iditarod Race in Alaska.Aliy Zirkle was the first to report an attack. A snowmobile driver had repeatedly attempted to harm her and her team, and one of Zirkle’s dogs had received a non-life-threatening injury. Zirkle reported the attack when she arrived in Nulato, Alaska, in the early hours of the morning. Then Jeff King, a four-time champion, reported a similar attack. His team was hit by a snowmobile driver, injuring several dogs and killing a 3-year-old male dog. Reporter Zachariah Hughes says that neither King nor Zirkle was injured. Although this incident very much alters the race of the two participants competing for a win, both are going to continue on their way toward the finishingline.Alaska State Troopers released a statement saying they’ve arrested Arnold Demoski, 26. He faces a trial on several charges.3.What is the news report mainly about?4.What do we learn about Jeff King?News Report ThreeA tour boat turned over off the coast of Nicaragua, killing at least 13 people and leaving more passengers missing, officials said.The boat was carrying 32 people — 25 Costa Ricans, four Americans and three Nicaraguans. The 13 dead were all Costa Rican, the foreign ministry said. The boat, traveling between Nicaragua’s Big Corn Island and Little Corn Island, turned over Saturday near the larger island. Some passengers remain missing, the Costa Rican foreign ministry said, but did not specify how many. A local radio said an unspecified number of people were rescued, including the tour boat’s owner, Hilario Blandon. Nicaraguan naval authorities had banned sea travel in the area because of bad weather and strong winds, but the tour boat proceeded anyway.Blandon, the boat’s owner, has been arrested by Nicaraguan authorities, the state-run news agency said. 7Both he and a crew member, are being investigated for unintentional murder and exposing people to danger, according to police.5. What happened to the tour boat sailing off the Nicaraguan coast?6. How many people was the boat carrying?7. What do we know about the owner of the boat?Section BConversation OneM: Hi, Susan! You’re looking very smart today.W: I always look smart, James. Actually I’m on my way to a job interview.M: What job? Oh, you mean for the summer holidays?W: Yeah, there is only two weeks to go. I’ve got a second interview with that big foreign accountancy firm in the city center. You know the one.M: That’s fantastic!W: The work is just helping out with the data input, you know, but the pay isn’t too bad. It might suit you too. I know they hav e released two temporary positions available. And I don’t think they have anyone else yet.M: Um, if they take you on, tell them you know a friend who’d be really good too. I really need the money, and the experience will look good on my resume. Maybe we’ll be working together, the dream team.W: OK, we’ll do. If the boss likes me, I’ll mention it. It will be good to have someone around who I know. I’ll phone you afterwards. But perhaps you should put in an application anyway.M: Thanks, Susan. That’s great! Listen, do you want a lift to the city? I have my dad’s car today and nothing else to do this morning.W: Sure. Thanks, James.M: Let’s go then. The car is over there.W: By the way, how is your knowledge of accountancy? The interviewer may ask you about it.M: No problem. I think I can survive. 11I might just have to review a few accountancy terms. Maybe you can give me a practicing interview first.W: Of course. Let’s go then. Don’t want to be late!8. Where will Susan probably get a job?9. What will Susan’s future job involve?10. Why did James want the job in that company?11. What did James say he’ll have to do to prepare for the interview?Conversation TwoW: There is new data out today the confirms that many Americans are not good at math. And when it comes to everyday technology skills, we are did last compared to other developed countries. Here is Gabriele Emannuel of National Public Radio.M: Let’s start with the bad news that Americans are terr ible at technology skills, using email, naming a file on the computer, using the link on a webpage or just texting someone.W: No country scored below the US.M: Only one country, Poland performed as poorly as we did. Who came out the first? Japan did the best and then Finland. If you look at data about reading and math, you’ll notice something interesting: Young adults who went to college or graduate school were doing pretty well. In literacy, they were actually doing better than the peers in any other countries.W: So that’s a bit of good news!M: But when you look at Americans who have a high school diploma, they look a lot like other countries’ high school dropouts. We have a lot of work to do. That’s especially true when it comes to math. You go to the store and there is a sale. Buy one, get the second one, half off. You decide to buy two, how much you pay?W: You mean high school graduates cannot do this task in general?M: You are right. What does that tell us about our education system? Well, it tells us that we need to think about the preparedness of our students as they are leaving high school.W: Right. And schools, employers, in fact, we all need to do something about it. Thank you, Gabriele.12. What does the man say about Americans?13. Who performs the best in technology skills according to the man?14. In what aspect did American college students perform well?15. What do we learn from the conversation about American high school education?Section CPassage OneWild carrots probably evolved with the other flowering plants, about 360 million years ago. Like apples, carrots are native to Central Asia. That’s why horses, which also come from Central Asia, like both apples and carrots so much. With wild carrots, the roots are white, small and skinny, so we have to pick a lot of wild carrots to get enough to eat. Doctors used carrot seeds and roots as medicine, on the theory that foods that taste bad must be good for you.Around 800 AD, people in Central Asia, managed to develop a new kind of carrot—a purple carrot—thatattracted more interest from international traders. Then in the late 1500s, food scientists in the Netherlands cultivated large, straight, sweet, red carrots like the ones we eat today. But people still mostly fed carrots to horses, donkeys and pigs, and didn’t eat them themselves. In the 1600, people in China used carrots as medicine, but they also ate carrots boiled in soup. The red color was popular for Chinese New Year celebrations.But carrots got their biggest boost during the two World Wars, when food shortages force people to eat them, and governments told everyone how healthy carrots were. Today, cooler countries grow most of the world’s carrots. Mac hines do most of the planting and picking, and carrots are easy to store and ship, so they are cheap almost everywhere.16. What do we learn from the talk about wild carrots?17. What does the speaker say about carrots in the late 1500s?18. Why did people turn to carrots for food during the two World Wars?Passage TwoKatherine loved Facebook. With Facebook she could stay connected with her family no matter how far away they were. She could see their photos and read their status updates. With Facebook she could keep her relatives up to date on what she was doing. Another thing Katherine loved about Facebook was that she didn’t have to think about time zones when updating family. Whenever she called her parents or other relatives, she always had to think about the time difference so that she wouldn’t wake someone up or call when she knew they were in church.Facebook was so convenient. When Katherine joined Facebook, some of her classmates at high school started to add her as a friend. At first, this didn’t bother her. She loved learning about the success of people she knew when she was just a teenager. She loved finding out people were getting married, having babies and traveling. Soon however, Katherine found herself comparing herself with the people she was reading about on Facebook. It began to make her feel bad that some people seemed to be doing so much better than she was. She was also spending a lot of time on Facebook. It took a lot of time and energy to keep up with everyone’s status updates. Katherine started to think. She looked at the list of over 500 friends she had on Facebook and realized some of them were not really friends at all.19. What was one particular convenience Katherine loved about Facebook?20. How did Katherine feel when her classmates added her as a Facebook friend?21. What made Katherine feel bad about herself later on?Passage ThreeDo you know where a mule comes from? It is the child of a donkey and a horse. Mules have strong muscles like horses but they eat less, can work longer, and are gentler, like donkeys. George Washington was the first person in the United States to own mules. He had heard that mules made good farm animals. And he contacted the US ambassador in Spain to ask about them. In 1785, King Charles III of Spain sent Washington a male donkey as a gift. That male donkey became the father of the mule industry in the US.Every April, Maury County holds a Mule Day celebration. Held in Columbia, Tennessee, Mule Day had its beginning as “Breeders’ Day” in the 1840s. Farmers and farm animal breeders would bring their animals to market every April to show, buy, and trade. This was an important business before the days of tractors, when many families made a living from farming and mules were used as work animals. Eventually, tractors began to replace mules, making them less in demand.A parade was added to Mule Day in 1934 to attract more people. Over the years other activities have beenadded, and today more than 200,000 people show up each year to watch and participate. If you visit the Mule Day celebrations, you might see mule-driving contests, square dances or shows, or even a lumberjack competitions.22. What does the speaker say about mules?23. What do we learn about the donkey which is said to be the father of the US mule industry?24. What did farmers usually do on Mule Day in the 1840s?25. What made mules less in demand in America?【参考译文】The Pearl River, an extensive river system in southern China, flows through Guangzhou City. It is China’s third-longest river, only after the Yangtze River and the Yellow River. The Pearl River Delta (PRD) is one of the most developed regions in China with an area of about 11,000 square kilometers. It is the largest urban area in the world in both size and population. The nine largest cities of PRD have a combined population of over 57 million. Since the reform and opening up was adopted by the Chinese government in the late 1970s, the Delta has become one of the leading economic regions and a major manufacturing center of China and the world.。
2017年6月份 四级听力真题第2套
College English Test Band Four（2017年6月四级听力真题文本第2套）Part II Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: In this section,you will hear three news reports.At the end of each news report,you will hear two or three questions.Both the news report and the questionswill be spoken only once.After you hear a question,you must choose the best answerfrom the four choicesmarked A), B), C) and D).Then mark the corresponding letteron Answer Sheet 1with a single line through the centre.News Report OneAutomakers and tech companiesare working hardto offer the first true self-driving car.But 75% of drivers saythey wouldn't feel safe in such a vehicle.Still, 60% of drivers would like toget some kind of self-driving feature,such as automatic braking or self-parking, the next time they buy a new car.The attitudes are publishedin a new AAA survey of 1,800 drivers. Advocates of self-driving cars arguethey would be saferthan in cars driven by humansbecause they wouldn't get distractedor drive when tired.But those surveyed by AAA saythey trust their own driving skills.Many feel the technology istoo new and unproven.John Nielsen,AAA's managing director ofautomotive engineering and repair,said tests suggest driversmay be overestimating their own abilities. He also believes they will be more likelyto trust self-driving carsas they become more familiar with features such as automatic braking or parking.He estimated that the "comfort level"will increase considerably in five to ten years.Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.1. What is the finding of the AAA survey?2. What does John Nielsen sayabout self-driving cars?News Report TwoOne dog has been killed and multiple dogs have been injured by a snowmobile driverin what appears to be an intentional attackon competitors in the Iditarod Race in Alaska. Aliy Zirkle was the first to report an attack.A snowmobile driver had repeatedly attempted to harm her and her team,and one of Zirkle's dogshad received a non-life-threatening injury. Zirkle reported the attackwhen she arrived in Nulato, Alaska,in the early hours of the morning.Then Jeff King, a four-time champion, reported a similar attack.His team was hit by a snowmobile driver, injuring several dogsand killing a 3-year-old male dog.Reporter Zachariah Hughes says thatneither King nor Zirkle was injured.Although this incident very much altersthe race of the two participantscompeting for a win,both are going to continue on their waytoward the finishing line.Alaska State Troopers released a statement saying they've arrested Arnold Demoski, 26.He faces trial on several charges.Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.3. What is the news report mainly about?4. What do we learn about Jeff King?News Report ThreeA tour boat turned overoff the coast of Nicaragua,killing at least 13 peopleand leaving more passengers missing,official said.The boat was carrying 32 people—25 Costa Ricans, four Americansand three Nicaraguans.The 13 dead were all Costa Rican,the Foreign Ministry said.The boat,traveling between Nicaragua's Big Corn Islandand Little Corn Island,turned over Saturday near the larger island. Some passengers remain missing,the Costa Rican Foreign Ministry said,but did not specify how many.A local radio saidan unspecified number of people were rescued, including the tour boat's owner,Hilario Blandon.Nicaraguan naval authoritieshad banned sea travel in the areabecause of bad weather and strong winds,but the tour boat proceeded anyway.Blandon, the boat's owner,has been arrested by Nicaraguan authorities,the state-run news agency said.Both he and a crew member are being investigated for unintentional murderand exposing people to danger,according to police.Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.5. What happened to the tour boatsailing off the Nicaraguan coast?6. How many people was the boat carrying?7. What do we knowabout the owner of the boat?Section BDirections: In this section,you will hear two long conversations.At the end of each 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 answerfrom the four choicesmarked A), B), C) and D).Then mark the corresponding letteron Answer Sheet 1with a single line through the centre. Conversation OneM: Hi, Susan,you're looking very smart today.W: I always look smart, James. Actually, I'm on my way to a job interview. M: What job? Oh, you mean,for the summer holidays?W: Yeah. There's only two weeks to go. I've got a second interviewwith that big foreign accountancy firmin the city center.You know the one.M: That's fantastic.W: The work is justhelping out with data input, you know,but the pay isn't too bad.It might suit you too.I know they have at leasttwo temporary positions available.And I don't think they have anyone else yet. M: Hmm...If they take you on,tell them you know a friendwho'd be really good too.I really need the moneyand the experience would look goodon my resume.Maybe we'll be working together.The dream team.W: OK. We'll do.If the boss likes me, I'll mention it.It'll be good to have someone around who I know.I'll phone you afterwards.But perhaps you shouldput in an application anyway.M: Thanks, Susan. That's great.Listen, do you want a lift to the city?I have my dad's car today,and nothing else to do this morning.W: Sure. Thanks, James.M: Let's go then. The car's over there.W: By the way,how's your knowledge of accountancy?The interviewer may ask you about it.M: No problem. I think I can survive.I might just have to reviewa few accountancy terms.Maybe you can give mea practice interview first.W: Of course. Let's go then.Don't want to be late.Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.8. Where will Susan probably get a job?9. What will Susan's future job involve?10. Why does James want the jobin that company?11. What does James say he will have to doto prepare for the interview?Conversation TwoW: There's new data out todaythat confirms that many Americansare not good at math,and when it comes toeveryday technology skills,we are dead lastwhen compared to other developed countries. Here's Gabrielle Emanuelof National Public Radio.M: Let's start with the bad newsthat Americans are terrible at technology skills, using email, naming a file on a computer, using a link on a webpage,or just texting someone.W: No country scored below the .?M: Only one country.Poland performed as poorly as we did.Who came out the first?Japan did the best and then Finland.If you look at dataabout reading and math,you'll notice something interesting. Younger adults who went to collegeor graduate school were doing pretty well.In literacy, they were actually doing betterthan their peers in other countries.W: So that's a bit of good news.M: But when you look at Americanswho have a high school diploma,they look a lot likeother countries' high school dropouts.We have a lot of work to do.That is especially true when it comes to math. You go to the store and there's a sale.Buy one, get the second one half off.You decide to buy two.How much do you pay?W: You mean high school graduatescan't do this task in general?M: You're right.What does that tell usabout our education system?Well, it tells us that we need tothink about the preparedness of our studentsas they are leaving high school.W: Right. And schools, employers,in fact we all need to do something about it. Thank you, Gabrielle.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversationyou have just heard.12. What does the man say about Americans?13. Who performed the best in technology skills according to the man?14. In what aspectdid American college students perform well? 15. What do we learn from the conversation about American high school education? Section CDirections: In this section,you will hear three passages.At the end of each passage,you will hear three or four questions.Both the passage and the questionswill be spoken only once.After you hear a question,you must choose the best answerfrom the four choicesmarked A), B), C) and D).Then mark the corresponding letteron Answer Sheet 1with a single line through the centre. Passage OneWild carrots probably evolved withthe other flowering plantsabout 360 million years ago.Like apples, carrots are native to Central Asia. That's why horses,which also come from Central Asia,like both apples and carrots so much.With wild carrots,the roots are white, small and skinny,so you'd have to pick a lot of wild carrotsto get enough to eat.Doctors used carrot seeds and roots as medicine, on the theory that foods that taste badmust be good for you.Around 800 AD, people in Central Asia managed to develop a new kind of carrot—a purple carrot—that attracted more interest from international traders.Then, in the late 1500s,food scientists in the Netherlandscultivated large, straight, sweet, red carrotslike the ones we eat today.But people still mostly fed carrots to horses, donkeys and pigs, and didn't eat them themselves. In the 1600s,people in China used carrots as medicine,but they also ate carrots boiled in soup.The red color was popular forChinese New Year celebrations.But carrots got their biggest boostduring the two world wars,when food shortages forced people to eat them, and governments told everyonehow healthy carrots were.Today, cooler countriesgrow most of the world's carrots.Machines do most of the planting and picking, and carrots are easy to store and ship,so they are cheap almost everywhere. Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. What do we learn from the talkabout wild carrots?17. What does the speaker sayabout carrots in the late 1500s?18. Why did people turn to carrots for food during the two world wars?Passage TwoKatherine loved Facebook.With Facebook,she could stay connected with her familyno matter how far away they were.She could see their photosand read their status updates.With Facebook,she could keep her relatives up-to-dateon what she was doing.Another thing Katherine loved about Facebook was that she didn't have to think about time zones when updating family.Whenever she called her parents or other relatives, she always had to think about the time difference so that she wouldn't wake someone up or call when she knew they were at church.Facebook was so convenient.When Katherine joined Facebook,some of her classmates at high schoolstarted to add her as a friend.At first, this didn't bother her.She loved learning about the success of people she knew when she was just a teenager.She loved finding out people were getting married, having babies, and traveling.Soon, however, Katherine found herself comparing herself with the peopleshe was reading about on Facebook.It began to make her feel badthat some people seemed to be doingso much better than she was.She was also spending a lot of time on Facebook. It took a lot of time and energyto keep up with everyone's status updates. Katherine started to think.She looked at the list of over 500 friendsshe had on Facebook and realizedsome of them were not really friends at all. Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19. What was one particular convenience Katherine loved about Facebook?20. How did Katherine feelwhen her classmates added heras a Facebook friend?21. What made Katherine feel badabout herself later on?Passage ThreeDo you know where a mule comes from?It is the child of a donkey and a horse.Mules have strong muscles like horses,but they eat less, can work longer,and are gentler, like donkeys.George Washington was the first personin the United States to own mules.He had heard that mules made good farm animals and he contacted the . ambassador in Spainto ask about them.In 1785, King Charles Ⅲof Spainsent Washington a male donkey as a gift.That male donkey becamethe father of the mule industry in the .Every April,Maury County holds a Mule Day celebration. Held in Columbia, Tennessee,Mule Day had its beginnings as "Breeder's Day"in the 1840s.Farmers and farm animal breederswould bring their animals to market every Aprilto show, buy, and trade.This was an important businessbefore the days of tractors,when many families made a living from farming and mules were used as work animals. Eventually, tractors began to replace mules, making them less in demand.A parade was added to Mule Day in 1934to attract more people.Over the years other activities have been added,and today more than 200,000 people show up each year to watch and participate.If you visit during Mule Day celebrations,you might see mule-driving contests,square dances, horse showsor even tree-cutting competitions.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22. What does the speaker say about mules?23. What do we learn about the donkeywhich is said to bethe father of the . mule industry?24. What did farmers usually do on Mule Dayin the 1840s?25. What made mules less in demand in America? This is the end of listening comprehension.。
6月英语四级CET4听力原文
6月英语四级CET4听力原文2017年6月英语四级CET4听力原文业精于勤，荒于嬉;行成于思，毁于随。
以下是店铺为大家搜索整理的2017年英语四级CET4听力原文，希望能给大家带来帮助!Short Conversations11. W: There were more than a hundred people at Kate's birthday party. How come she's got so many friends?M: It's really no surprise. You know she was popular even when she was a childQ: What does the man imply about Kate?12. M: They say there'll be a snow-storm tonight, and the cold weather will last quite a few days.W: Oh! We're so lucky, we'll be getting away for a while, and having a holiday in Florida. But let's call right now to confirm our flight.Q: What do we learn about the two speakers?13. W: Tony was awarded a medal for rescuing several families from the forest fire.M: I really admire his courage.Q: What do we learn about Tony from the conversation?14. M: My washing machine is more than fifteen years old and it has worked just fine until last night.W: You’ll never be able to get parts for it, even fr om Japan. So it might be time to invest a more recent model.Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?15. W: I heard about your promotion, you must be thrilled.M: Not really, the new office is huge, but the word load has doubled.Q: What do we learn about the man from the conversation?16. W: I can’t decide what to do about the party tomorrow.M: You don’t have to go if you don’t want to, but I’ll be glad to give you a ride if you do.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?17. M: Now if you have a ny questions about the contract. I’ll be happy to answer them.W: Nothing comes to mind right now, but I’d like to go over all the articles of the contract once more before signing it.Q: What are the speakers doing right now?18. M: We are out of paper for the printer. Can you please order some?W: I completed the order form online yesterday and it will be here by noon. I’ll let you know when it comes in.Q: What did the woman do?Long ConversationConversation OneW: Bob, do you know who I saw the other day? Old Jake, looking terribly depressed. Did he get pensioned off at last?M: Yes. They made him retire after 50 years at sea. He is pretty upset about it, but what can you do? He really is pasted.W: He is all alone, isn’t he?M: Yes, his wife has been dead for years. They had one daughter, Dories. But she went off to town as soon as she left school. And he hasn’t heard from her since. I hear she is making good money as a model.W: Maybe someone could get in touch with her. Get her to come back for a while to help?M: I don’t suppose she come. She never got on with her father. He is bit of a tough character and she is rather selfish. Oh, I expect old Jake will get by. He is healthy at least, comes into aclinic for a check regularly.W: Are you his doctor?M: No, my partner doctor Johnson is.W: That bad-tempered old thing?M: Oh, he isn’t bad-tempered. He just looks it. He is an excellent doctor, taught me a lot, and he has a very nice family. His wife invites me over there to supper every week. Very pleasant.W: yes. I teach their daughter Pen at school. She is a bit careless and lazy about her school work, but a bright little thing and very popular with her age group.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you’ve just heard.19. Why does old Jake look terribly depressed?20. What do we learn about Jake’s wife?21. What does the man say about Jake’s daughter?22. What does the man say about Jake’s doctor?Conversation TwoW: Hello, Mr. Summerfield. How are you today?M: Very well. Thank you, Ms. Green.W: What can I do for you?M: Well, unfortunately, there is a problem with the order we received from you yesterday. It seems we haven’t seen the right quantity of manuals to support the telephone system.W: Oh, dear, that’s bad news. I’m very sorry to hear that, and you don’t know how many packs are without manuals?M: No, because we haven’t opened every pack. But in several of those that have been opened there are none, no manuals.W: I’m very sorry about this inconvenience, Mr.Summerfield. We’ll s end out the manuals this afternoon by express mail entirely at our cost, and the manuals should arrive tomorrow or the day after at the latest.M: All of them, right?W: Yes. It maybe that some have them already, but we cannot be sure. So the best thing is to send out the manual for every pack.M: Yes. Yes, I see. That would be great.W: Please accept our apologies for this mix-up. I assure you we will do everything possible to find out why the mistake happenedM: Right. Thanks for your swift action.W: Not at all. Thank you and goodbye for now. Do call if there is anything else.M: All right. Thank you. Goodbye, Ms Green.W: Goodbye.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you’ve just heard.23. What problems are the speakers discussing?24. What does the woman promise to do?25. What does the man think of the solution?PassagePassage 1Attracting and feeding wild birds are entertaining activities that have long been enjoyed by people all over the world. Feeding birds has become so popular that prepared feed mixtures are readily available. We feed birds for many reasons. Many pleasant hours can come from watching birds. A hobby often develops into a serious study of their habits. Accurate identification of birds is usually the first goal. But observationsthat an amateur bird-watcher can make are really limitless. There is, however, responsibility associated with bird feeding, including a disease hazard. Attracting numbers of birds continually to the same spot can be harmful to them, particularly species that pick food from the ground contaminated by the droppings of other birds. In winter feeding efforts are most satisfying to people and are of greatest benefit to birds. During this time when fewer natural foods are available and air temperatures are lower, extra feeding can keep a bird warm and well. Once begun, feeding should never stop during these lean months. If you start a local increase of birds, be prepared to do what may be required to eliminate hazards to those you want to befriend. A constant supply of food should be given until the cold is over and spring has come. If feeding is stopped during severe weather, birds used to relying upon the feeders must starve.Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you’ve just heard.Q26 What does the speaker say about bird watching?Q27 What does the speaker say about birds fed continually on the same spot?Q28 What does the speaker suggest we do in feeding birds in winter?Passage 2My friend Leo makes up weak and poor excuses whenever there is something he doesn’t want to do. Just two weeks ago, he was at my house when he decided he didn’t want to go into work. He called his boss and said he had to get a new set of tires put on his truck. Then he sat down and watched TV with me. Not only had he lied but his excuse wasn’t a very convincing one. Another time, he cancelled a date with his girlfriend at the lastminute telling her he had to get a new battery for his truck. She was angry and refused to go out with him again until he apologized. Last weekend, Leo offered the poorest excuse yet. He’d promised he’d help me move some furniture, from my parents’ house to my new apartment. He was supposed to bring his truck over about 8 o’clock Saturday morning. I waited, and then called and left a message on his machine. About 11:30, he called and said he was sorry but he’d been getting a new set of tires put on his truck. I guess he’d forgotten he used the same excuse when he called his boss from my house. I think I need a new set of friends. I’m beginning to get tired of Leo’s excuses.Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you’ve just heard.Q29 What does the speaker tell us about her friend Leo?Q30 What did his girlfriend do when Leo canceled a date with her at the last minute?Q31 What favor did the speaker ask Leo to do last weekend?Passage 3In Hollywood, everybody wants to be rich, famous and beautiful. Nobody wants to be old, unknown and poor. For Hollywood kids, life can be difficult because they grow up such an unreal atmosphere. Their parents are ambitious and the children are part of the parents’ ambitions. Parents pay for wasteful grand parties, expensive cars and designer clothes. When every dream can come true, kids don’t learn the value of anything because they have everything. A thirteen-year-old boy, Trent Maguire, has a driver, credit cards and unlimited cash to do what he wants when he wants to. “One day, I’ll earn more than my dad!” he boasts. Parents buy care and attention for their children because they have no time to give it themselves.Amender’s mother employs a personal trainer, a bodyguard, a singing coach and a councilor to look after all her fifteen-year-old daughter’s needs. Often, there is no parent at home most days, so children decide whether to make their own meals or go out to restaurants, when to watch television or do homework. They organize their social life. They play no childhood games. They become adults before they’re ready. Hollywood has always been the city of dreams. The kids there live unreal lives where money, beauty and pleasure are the only gods. Will children around the world soon start to think the same? Or do they already?Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you’ve just heard.Q32 Why is life said to be difficult for Hollywood kids?Q33 What does the speaker say about Trent Maguire, a thirteen-year-old boy?Q34 Why does Amender’s mother employ other people to look after her needs?Q35 What will probably have negative effects on the lives of Hollywood kids?Compound DictationAround 120 years ago, Ebbinghaus began his study of memory. He concentrated on studying how quickly the human mind can remember information. One result of his research is known as the total time hypothesis, which simply mean the amount you learn depends on the time you spend trying to learn it. This can be taken as our first rule of learning. Although it is usually true that studying for 4 hours is better than studying for 1, there is still the question of how to use the 4 hours. For example, is it better to study for 4 hours straight or to study for1 hour a day for 4 days in a row? The answer, as you may have suspected, is that it is better to spread out the study times. This phenomenon through which we can learn more efficiently by dividing our practice time is known as the distribution of practice effect. Thus, our second rule of learning is this. It’s better to study fairly briefly but often. But we are not finished yet. We haven’t considered how we should study over very short periods of time. Let’s say you are trying to lear n some new and rather difficult English vocabulary using a stack of cards. Should you look at the same word in rapid succession or look at the word and then have some delay before you look at it again? The answer is it is better to space up the presentations of the word you are to learn.。
2017年6月大学英语四级短文阅读听力原文
Passage OneWild carrots probably evolved with the other flowering plants about 360 million years ago.Like apples, carrots are native to Central Asia. That's why horses,which also come from Central Asia, like both apples and carrots so much. With wild carrots,the roots are white, small and skinny, so you'd have to pick a lot of wild carrots to get enough to eat.Doctors used carrot seeds and roots as medicine, on the theory that foods that taste bad must be good for you.Around 800 AD, people in Central Asiamanaged to develop a new kind of carrot—a purple carrot—that attracted more interest from international traders. Then, in the late 1500s,food scientists in the Netherlandscultivated large, straight, sweet, red carrots like the ones we eat today.But people still mostly fed carrots to horses,donkeys and pigs, and didn't eat them themselves. In the 1600s,people in China used carrots as medicine, but they also ate carrots boiled in soup. The red color was popular for Chinese New Year celebrations. But carrots got their biggest boost during the two world wars,when food shortages forced people to eat them, and governments told everyone how healthy carrots were. Today, cooler countriesgrow most of the world's carrots.Machines do most of the planting and picking, and carrots are easy to store and ship, so they are cheap almost everywhere.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. What do we learn from the talk about wild carrots?17. What does the speaker say about carrots in the late 1500s?18. Why did people turn to carrots for food during the two world wars?Passage TwoKatherine loved Facebook. With Facebook,she could stay connected with her family no matter how far away they were. She could see their photos and read their status updates. With Facebook,she could keep her relatives up-to-date on what she was doing.Another thing Katherine loved about Facebook was that she didn't have to think about time zones when updating family.Whenever she called her parents or other relatives, she always had to think about the time difference so that she wouldn't wake someone up or call when she knew they were at church. Facebook was so convenient.When Katherine joined Facebook, some of her classmates at high school started to add her as a friend. At first, this didn't bother her.She loved learning about the success of people she knew when she was just a teenager.She loved finding out people were getting married, having babies, and traveling. Soon, however, Katherine found herself comparing herself with the people she was reading about on Facebook. It began to make her feel badthat some people seemed to be doing so much better than she was.She was also spending a lot of time on Facebook. It took a lot of time and energyto keep up with everyone's status updates. Katherine started to think.She looked at the list of over 500 friends she had on Facebook and realizedsome of them were not really friends at all. Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19. What was one particular convenience Katherine loved about Facebook? 20. How did Katherine feelwhen her classmates added her as a Facebook friend?21. What made Katherine feel bad about herself later on? Passage ThreeDo you know where a mule comes from? It is the child of a donkey and a horse. Mules have strong muscles like horses, but they eat less, can work longer, and are gentler, like donkeys.George Washington was the first person in the United States to own mules.He had heard that mules made good farm animals and he contacted the U.S. ambassador in Spain to ask about them.In 1785, King Charles Ⅲof Spainsent Washington a male donkey as a gift. That male donkey becamethe father of the mule industry in the U.S. Every April,Maury County holds a Mule Day celebration. Held in Columbia, Tennessee,Mule Day had its beginnings as "Breeder's Day" in the 1840s.Farmers and farm animal breederswould bring their animals to market every April to show, buy, and trade.This was an important business before the days of tractors,when many families made a living from farming and mules were used as work animals. Eventually, tractors began to replace mules,making them less in demand.A parade was added to Mule Day in 1934 to attract more people.Over the years other activities have been added, and today more than 200,000 people show up each year to watch and participate.If you visit during Mule Day celebrations, you might see mule-driving contests, square dances, horse showsor even tree-cutting competitions.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22. What does the speaker say about mules? 23. What do we learn about the donkey which is said to bethe father of the U.S. mule industry?24. What did farmers usually do on Mule Day in the 1840s?25. What made mules less in demand in America? This is the end of listening comprehension.。
2017年6月大学英语四级听力真题及参考答案
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以下为英语四级听力录音材料：SectionA News1 B The test driver made a wrong judgement2 D They have generally done quite well.3 A He works at a national park.4 B They were making a lot of noise.5 A The discovery of a new species of snake.6 C A snake crawled onto his head in his sleep.7 D From its colour.SectionB Conversationconversation18 C His flight is leaving in less than 2 hours.9 B By credit card.10 A Give him a receipt.11 D Posting a comment on the hotel’s webpage.conversation212 C He has stopped making terrible faces.13 D Warn him of danger by making up a story.14 A They could break pp’s legs.15 B One would have to shave their head to remove a bat in their hair. SectionC PassagePassage116 C Everything seemed to be changing.17 A Meeting people.18 D He was a young student in the 1960s.Passage219 B They avoid looking at them.20 C It focuses its eyes on their mouths.21 B By taking in their facial expressions as a whole.Passage322 D They resort to different means to survive the bitter cold.23 C They consume the energy stored before the long sleep.24 A By storing enough food beforehand25 C To stay safe。
(完整版)2017年6月英语四级听力原文
2017年6月一．新闻听力【News Report 1】One of Google's self-driving cars crashed into a bus in California last month. There were no injuries.It is not the first time one of Google's famed self-driving cars has been involved in a crash, but it may be the first time it has caused one.On February 14th the self-driving car, travelling at 2mph (3km/h), pulled out in front of a public bus going 15mph (24km/h).The man in the Google vehicle reported that he assumed the bus would slow down to let the car out, and so he did not switch to the manual mode.In a statement, Google said: "We clearly bear some responsibility, because if our car hadn't moved, there wouldn't have been a crash."That said, our test driver believed the bus was going to slow or stop to allow us to merge into the traffic, and that there would be sufficient space to do that." The company's self-driving cars have done well over a million miles across various states in the US, and until now have only reported minor accidents.Q1: According to Google, what was the cause of the accident?Q2: How have Google’s self-driving cars performed so far?【News Report 2】Thousands of bees left a town after landing on the back of a car when their queen got stuck in its boot. Tom Moses who works at a nearby national park, noticed a “brown patch” on the back of the car after the owner parked it to do some shopping. When he looked closer he realized it was a huge group of bees.Moses said: “I have never seen that many bees in one spot. It was very unusual. They were very close together and there was a lot of noise and movements, itwas interesting to see such a strange sight. But there were a lot of people around and I was a bit worried about the bees and the people stopping to look.I thought that someone might do something stupid.Moses called two local bees specialists who helped removed the bees by attracting them into a box.Moses spent three hours looking after the bees and was stung five times, he said my stings are a bit painful but I am pleased that all worked out and I could help, people need to realize that bees are valuable and they should be looked after.Q3. What do we learn about Tom Moses?Q4. What do we know about the bees on the back of the car?【News report 3】A new species of snake has been discovered on a remote island in the Bahamas. Scientists identified 20 of the one meter-long snakes during two trips to the Caribbean islands. The second trip was made in October last year.One of the creatures made a dramatic appearance by moving on to the head of the team leader as he slept.The snake has been named silver boa because it is metallic colored and the first specimen found was climbing a silver palm tree.The team was led by Dr. Graham Reynolds, from Harvard University, the scientist confirmed the snake was a previously unknown species after conducting a genetic analysis of tissue samples.Commenting on the find, snake expert Robert Henderson from the Museum of Natural History, said: “Worldwide n ew species of frogs are being discovered and described quite regularity. New species of snakes, however, are much rarer.Q5. What is the news report mainly about?Q6. What do we learn about the scientific team leader?Q7. How did the newly discovered creature get its name?二．对话听力【Conversation 1】W: Did you enjoy your stay with us, Mr. Brown?M: Yes, very much. I had a wonderful time here. Now I'm going to the airport. My flight leaves in less than 2 hours. So, could you tell me, what's the quickest way to get there?W: Well, we can call a taxi for you. We also have a free airport shuttle service. M: That sounds great, but will the shuttle get me to the airport in time?W: Yes, it should. The next shuttle leaves in 15 minutes. And it takes some 25 minutes to get to the airport.M: Fantastic! I'll just wait in the lobby. Will you please let me know when it's leaving?W: Of course, sir.M: Now I would like to settle my mini-bar bill. How much is that?W: Let's see. It comes to $37.50. How would you like to pay for it?M: I'll pay with my credit card. Thanks. But I'll need a receipt, so I can charge it to my company.W: Absolutely! Here you are, sir. If you like, I can leave your bags with the porter. And he can load them onto the shuttle for you when it arrives.M: That would be great. Thank you.W: Would you like to leave a comment on our web page when you have time? M: Sure. I had a really good stay here, and I'd like to recommend your hotel to my friends and colleagues.W: That’s very kind of you. Thank you again for staying at Sheraton Hotel.Q8. Why does the man ask about the quickest way to the airport?Q9. How is the man going to pay his bill?Q10. What did the man ask the woman to do?Q11. What favor does the woman ask of the man?【Conversation 2 】M: You know, Ben’s giv en up making those terrible faces he used to make. The other day, he came home from school almost in tears. His teacher said if he went on like that, his face would get stuck when the winds changed.W: And he believed her?M: Yeah, he’s only a little boy. Don’t you remember all those things we used to believe when we were little? I remember my aunt Mary used to say if you swallow a cherrystone, a tree would grow out of your mouth. And I’m still terrified today, sort of subconsciously. You know, if I swallow one by mistake…W: Yeah, I suppose you're right. The one that used to get me was that swans could break your leg when they blow of the wing.M: They can, can’t they? I always thought they could.W: No, they are not that strong. But there’s another one eve n more terrifying. That is, if you put a post stamp on upside down, you will go to prison.M: No, never heard of that. But my grandmother was a terror for that kind of thing. For example, she would say, you will get a spot on your tongue if you tell a lie. If you eat stale bread, your hair will curl. And here’s one more. We went on a campaign trip once in Italy, and my wife spent the whole time worrying about bats getting into her hair. She said her grandmother reckoned you had to shave your head to get it out. My wife was really terrified.W: Silly, isn’t it? But that’s how some parents try to keep their kids from doing the wrong thing or getting into trouble.Q12: What does the man say about Ben?Q13: What did aunt Marry used to do when the man was a child?Q14: What does the woman believe swans could do?Q15: What did the grandmother of the man’s wife say?三．短文听力【Passage 1】If I could go back in history and live when I liked, I wouldn't go back very far. In fact, I'd like to relive a period I've already lived – the 1960s.I was in my twenties, and everything was being renewed. People would come in out of a formal and almost Victorian attitude, and you really felt anything was possible. Meeting people was the thing, and you went to coffee bars where you met friends and spent the evening. The cinema, the theater, all that was every exciting with new things coming out. In fact, we seemed to be out, all the time!I don't really remember working – of course, I was a student – or sitting around at home very much. That just wasn't where the scene was, even eating! It was the first time, ordinary people started going out to eat. We were beginning to be adventurous about food, but we were more interested in meeting people than in eating or drinking. And dress, yes, that was the revolution. I mean, girls went around in really short skirts, and wore flowers in their hair. And men were in jeans, and could wear their hair long too. It was a wonderful period. It was like living in an age you could never have imagined, and that never has come back. We didn't have much money, but it didn't matter. And there was plenty of opportunity to do whatever you felt like doing.Question 16 – 18 are based on the passage you have just heard: 16. Why does the speaker say he would like to relive the 1960s?17. What does the speaker say was the most popular thing to do at that time?18. What do we learn about the speaker?【Passage 2】Dogs, man's best friends, have a clear strategy for dealing with angry owners—they look away.New research shows that dogs limit their eye contact with angry humans. The scientists suggest this may be an attempt to calm humans down. This behavior may have evolved as dogs gradually learned they could benefit from avoiding conflicts with humans.To conduct the tests, the University of Helsinki researchers trained 31 dogs to rest in front of a video screen. Facial photos of dogs and humans were displayed on the screen for 1.5 seconds. They showed threatening, pleasant and neutral expressions. Nearby cameras tracked the dogs' eye movements. Dogs in the study looked most at the eyes of humans and other dogs to sense their emotions. When dogs looked at expressions of angry dogs, their eyes rested more on the mouth, perhaps to interpret the threatening expressions. And when looking at angry humans, they tended to turn away their gaze. Dogs may have learned to detect threat signs from humans and respond by trying to make peace, according to researcher Sanni Somppi. Avoiding conflicts may have helped dogs develop better bonds with humans.The researchers also note that dogs scan faces as a whole to sense how people are feeling, instead of focusing on a given feature. They suggest this indicates that dogs aren't sensing emotions from a single feature, but piecing together information from all facial features just as humans do.Q19. What do dogs do when they are faced with angry humans?Q20. What does a dog do when it sees the expressions of angry dogs?Q21. How does a dog sense people's feelings?【Passage 3】Winter in many places is very cold. There is lots of snow around, and the ground freezes, which can make life difficult for animals. People in cold places live in warm houses and have learned to adapt. What do animals do? There are three main ways that animals survive the cold in winter: sleep, adapt or migrate. Some animals, such as bears, frogs and snakes, sleep all winter. They sleep very deeply and need little or no food. While sleeping, their body temperature drops, and their heart beat slows down. To prepare for this before winter, these animals eat extra food to become fat, which gives them the energy they need while they sleep.Other animals adapt. For example, by staying active in winter. It is often hard for them to find food. So some animals, such as mice, collect extra food before winter, and hide it. When winter comes, they return to their hiding places to eat the food. Some animals grow thicker fur, or live in tree holes or underground to stay warm.Some birds migrate by flying to a warmer place for the winter, where they can find more food. Some fly very long distances, including one kind of bird that flies from the remote north of the world, all the way to the distant south. Some birds fly in groups for safety, while others fly alone.Questions 22-25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22. What does the speaker say about animals in winter?23. What do we learn about animals that sleep through winter?24. How do animals like mice adapt to the severe winter?25. Why do some birds fly in groups when migrating, according to the speaker?。
2017年6月大学英语四级考试真题(完整版)及答案
2017年6月大学英语四级真题及答案(第一套)Part I Writing (25 minutes)(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 advertisement on your campus website to sell a computer you used at college.Your advertisement may include its brand, specifications/features, condition and price, and your contact information.You should write at least120 words but no more than 180 words.Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section, you will hear three news reports. At theend of each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both thenews report and questions will be spoken only once. After you hear questions,you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C)and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a singleline through the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。
2017年6月四级英语听力真题第一套(含答案及原文)
2017年06月四级英语听力真题第一套Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news report and the questions 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 letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Questions 1 to 2 are based on the conversation you have just heard.1. A) The man in the car was absent-minded.B) The test driver made a wrong judgement.C) The self-driving system was faulty.D) The car was moving at a fast speed.2. A) They have done better than conventional cars.B) They have caused several severe crashes.C) They have posed a threat to other drivers.D) They have generally done quite well.Questions 3 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.3. A) He works at a national park.B) He is a queen been specialist.C) He removed the beyond from the boot.D) He drove the bees away from his car.4. A) They were looking after the queenB) They were making a lot of noiseC) They were looking for a new box to live inD) They were dancing in a unique wayQuestions 5 to 7 are based on the conversation you have just heard.5. A) The discovery of a new species of snakeB) The second trip to a small remote islandC) The finding of 2 new species of frogD) The latest test on rare animal species6. A) A poisonous snake attacked him on his field tripB) He discovered a rare fog on a desertedC) A snake crawled onto his head in his sleepD) He fell from a tall palm tree by accident7. A) From its genesB) From its lengthC) From its originD) From its colourSection BDirections: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each 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 answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre. Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.8. A) The security check takes timeB) He has to check a lot of luggageC) His flight is leaving in less than 2 hoursD) The airport is a long way from the hotel9. A) In cashB) By credit cardC) With a traveler’s checkD) With his smart phone10. A) Give him a receiptB) Confirm his flightC) Look after his luggageD) Find a porter for him11 . A) Signing up for membership of S HotelB) Staying in the same hotel next time he comesC) Loading her luggage onto the airport shuttleD) Posting a comment on the hotel’s webpageQuestions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12. A) He is the only boy in his familyB) He becomes tearful in windC) He has stopped making terrible facesD) He is his teacher's favorite student13. A) Tell him to play in her backyardB) Do something funny to amuse himC) Give him some cherry stones to play withD) Warn him of danger by making up a story14. A) They could break pp's legsB) They could sometimes terrify adultsC) They could fly against a strong windD) They could knock pp unconscious15. A) One would get a spot on their tongues if they told a lie deliberatelyB) One would have to shave their head to remove a bat in their hairC) One would go to prison if they put a stamp on upside downD) One would have curly hair if they ate too much stale breadSection CDirections: In this section, you will hear three passages of lectures or talks followed by three or four questions. The recordings will be played 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 letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. A) Everything seemed to be changing.B) People were formal and disciplined.C) People were excited to go travelling overseas.D) Things from the Victorian era came back alive.17. A) Watching TV at home.B) Meeting people.C) Drinking coffee. D) Trying new foods.18. A) He was interested in stylish dresses.B) He was able to take a lot of money.C) He was a student in the 1960s.D) He was a man full of imagination.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19. A) They avoid looking at them.B) They run away immediately.C) They show anger on their faces.D) They make threatening sounds.20. A) It turns to its owner for help.B) It turns away to avoid conflict.C) It looks away and gets angry, tooD) It focuses its eyes on their mouths.21. A) By observing their facial features carefully.B) By focusing on a particular body movement.C) By taking in their facial expressions as a whole.D) By interpreting different emotions in different ways. Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22. A) They have to look for food and shelter underground.B) They take little notice of the changes in temperature.C) They resort to different means to survive the bitter cold.D) They have difficulty adapting to the changed environment.23. A) They have their weight reduced to minimum.B) They consume the energy stored before the long sleep.C) They can maintain their heart beat at the normal rate.D) They can keep their body temperature warm and stable.24. A) By staying in hiding places and eating very little.B) By seeking food and shelter in people’s houses.C) By growing thicker hair to stay warm.D) By storing enough food beforehand.25. A) To stay safe. B) To save energy.C) To keep company. D) To protect the young.答案1 B2 D3 A4 B5 A6 C7 D8 C9 B10 A11 D12 C13 D14 A15 B16 A17 B18 C19 A20 D21 C22 C23 B24 D25 A2017年06月四级英语听力真题第一套原文Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news report and the questions 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 letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.短篇新闻第一篇：One of Google's self-driving cars crashed into a bus in California last month. There were no injuries.It is not the first time one of Google's famed self-driving cars has been involved in a crash, but it may be the first time it has caused one.On February 14th the self-driving car, travelling at 2mph (3km/h), pulled out in front of a public bus going 15mph (24km/h).The man in the Google vehicle reported that he assumed the bus would slow down to let the car out, and so he did not switch to the manual mode.In a statement, Google said: "We clearly bear some responsibility, because if our car hadn't moved, there wouldn't have been a crash."That said, our test driver believed the bus was going to slow or stop to allow us to merge into the traffic, and that there would be sufficient space to do that."The company's self-driving cars have done well over a million miles across various states in the US, and until now have only reported minor accidents.Q1: According to Google, what was the cause of the accident?1.A.The man in the car was absent-minded.B. The test driver made a wrong judgment.C. The self-driving system was faulty.D. The car was moving at a fast speed.Q2: How have Google’s self-driving cars performed so far?2. A.They have done better than conventional cars.B. They have caused several severe crashes.C. They have posed a threat to other drivers.D. They have generally done quite well.短篇新闻第二篇：Thousands of bees left a town after landing on the back of a car when their queen got stuck in its boot. Tom Moses who works at a nearby national park, noticed a “brown patch” on the back of the car after the owner parked it to do some shopping. When he looked closer he realized it was a huge group of bees.Moses said: “I have never seen that many bees in one spot. It was very unusual. They were very close together and there was a lot of noise and movements, it was interesting to see such a strange sight. But there were a lot of people around and I was a bit worried about the bees and the people stopping to look. I thought that someone might do something stupid.Moses called two local bees specialists who helped removed the bees by attracting them into a box.Moses spent three hours looking after the bees and was stung five times, he said my stings are a bit painful but I am pleased that all worked out and I could help, people need to realize that bees are valuable and they should be looked after.Q3. What do we learn about Tom Moses?3. A.He works at a national park.B.He is a queen bee specialist.C.He removed the Beyonce from the boot.D.He drove the bees away from his car.Q4. What do we know about the bees on the back of the car?4. A.They were looking after the queen.B.They were making a lot of noise.C.They were looking for a new box to live in.D.They were dancing in a unique way.短篇新闻第三篇：A new species of snake has been discovered on a remote island in the Bahamas. Scientists identified 20 of the one meter-long snakes during two trips to the Caribbean islands. The second trip was made in October last year.One of the creatures made a dramatic appearance by moving on to the head of the team leader as he slept.The snake has been named silver boa because it is metallic colored and the first specimen found was climbing a silver palm tree.The team was led by Dr. Graham Reynolds, from Harvard University, the scientist confirmed the snake was a previously unknown species after conducting a genetic analysis of tissue samples.Commenting on the find, snake expert Robert Henderson from the Museum of NaturalHistory, said: “Worldwide new species of frogs are being discovered and described quite regularity. New species of snakes, however, are much rarer.Q5. What is the news report mainly about?5. A.The discovery of a new species of snake.B.The second trip to a small remote island.C.The finding of 2 new species of frog.D.The latest test on a rare animal species.Q6. What do we learn about the scientific team leader?6. A.A poisonous snake attacked him on his field trip.B.He discovered a rare fog on a deserted island.C.A snake crawled onto his head in his sleep.D.He fell from a tall palm tree by accident.Q7. How did the newly discovered creature get its name?7. A.From its genes.B.From its length.C.From its origin.D.From its colour.长对话第一篇：W: Did you enjoy your stay with us, Mr. Brown?M: Yes, very much. I had a wonderful time here. Now I'm going to the airport. My flight leaves in less than 2 hours. So, could you tell me, what's the quickest way to get there? W: Well, we can call a taxi for you. We also have a free airport shuttle service.M: That sounds great, but will the shuttle get me to the airport in time?W: Yes, it should. The next shuttle leaves in 15 minutes. And it takes some 25 minutes to get to the airport.M: Fantastic! I'll just wait in the lobby. Will you please let me know when it's leaving?W: Of course, sir.M: Now I would like to settle my mini-bar bill. How much is that?W: Let's see. It comes to $37.50. How would you like to pay for it?M: I'll pay with my credit card. Thanks. But I'll need a receipt, so I can charge it to my company.W: Absolutely! Here you are, sir. If you like, I can leave your bags with the porter. And he can load them onto the shuttle for you when it arrives.M: That would be great. Thank you.W: Would you like to leave a comment on our web page when you have time?M: Sure. I had a really good stay here, and I'd like to recommend your hotel to my friends and colleagues.W: That’s very kind of you. Thank you again for staying at Sheraton Hotel.Q8. Why does the man ask about the quickest way to the airport?8. A.The security check takes time.B.He has to check a lot of luggage.C.His flight is leaving in less than 2 hours.D.The airport is a long way from the hotel.Q9. How is the man going to pay his bill?9. A.in cash.B.By credit card.C.With a traveler’s check.D.With his smart phone.Q10. What did the man ask the woman to do?10. A.Give him a receipt.B.Confirm his flight.C.Look after his luggage.D.Find a porter for him.Q11. What favor does the woman ask of the man?11. A.Signing up for membership of S. Hotel.B.Staying in the same hotel next time he comes.C.Loading her luggage onto the airport shuttle.D.Posting a comment on the hotel’s webpage.长对话第二篇：Long conversation 2M: You know, Ben’s given up making those terrible faces he used to make. The other day, he came home from school almost in tears. His teacher said if he went on like that, his face would get stuck when the winds changed.W: And he believed her?M: Yeah, he’s only a little boy. Don’t you remember all those things we used to believe when we were little? I remember my aunt Mary used to say if you swallow a cherrystone, a tree would grow out of your mouth. And I’m still terrified today, sort of subconsciously. You know, if I swallow one by mistake…W: Yeah, I suppose you're right. The one that used to get me was that swans could break your leg when they blow of the wing.M: They can, can’t they? I always thought they could.W: No, they are not that strong. But there’s another one even more terrifying. That is, if you put a post stamp on upside down, you will go to prison.M: No, never heard of that. But my grandmother was a terror for that kind of thing. For example, she would say, you will get a spot on your tongue if you tell a lie. If you eat stale bread, your hair will curl. And here’s one more. We went on a campaign trip once in Italy, and my wife spent the whole time worrying about bats getting into her hair. She said her grandmother reckoned you had to shave your head to get it out. My wife was really terrified. W: Silly, isn’t it? But that’s how some parents try to keep their kids from doing the wrong thing or getting into trouble.Q12: What does the man say about Ben?12. A.He is the only boy in his family.B.He becomes tearful in wind.C.He has stopped making terrible faces.D.He is his teacher’s favorite student.Q13: What did aunt Marry used to do when the man was a child?13. A.Tell him to play in her backyard.B. Do sth funny to amuse him.C.Give him some cherry stones to play with.D.Warn him of danger by making up a story.Q14: What does the woman believe swans could do?14. A.They could break pp’s legs.B.They could sometimes terrify adults.C.They could fly against a strong wind.D.They could knock pp unconscious.Q15: What did the grandmother of the man’s wife say?15. A.One would get a spot on their tongues if they told a lie deliberately.B.One would have to shave their head to remove a bat in their hair.C.One would go to prison if they put a stamp on upside down.D.One would have curly hair if they ate too much stale bread.听力篇章第一篇：If I could go back in history and live when I liked, I wouldn't go back very far. In fact, I'd like to relive a period I've already lived – the 1960s.I was in my twenties, and everything was being renewed. People would come in out of a formal and almost Victorian attitude, and you really felt anything was possible. Meeting people was the thing, and you went to coffee bars where you met friends and spent the evening. The cinema, the theater, all that was every exciting with new things coming out. In fact, we seemed to be out, all the time! I don't really remember working – of course, I was a student – or sitting around at home very much. That just wasn't where the scene was, even eating! It was the first time, ordinary people started going out to eat. We were beginning to be adventurous about food, but we were more interested in meeting people than in eating or drinking. And dress, yes, that was the revolution. I mean, girls went around in really short skirts, and wore flowers in their hair. And men were in jeans, and could wear their hair long too. It was a wonderful period. It was like living in an age you could never have imagined, and that never has come back. We didn't have much money, but it didn't matter. And there was plenty of opportunity to do whatever you felt like doing.Question 16 – 18 are based on the passage you have just heard:16. Why does the speaker say he would like to relive the 1960s?17. What does the speaker say was the most popular thing to do at that time?18. What do we learn about the speaker?听力篇章第二篇：Dogs, man's best friends, have a clear strategy for dealing with angry owners—they look away.New research shows that dogs limit their eye contact with angry humans. The scientists suggest this may be an attempt to calm humans down. This behavior may have evolved as dogs gradually learned they could benefit from avoiding conflicts with humans.To conduct the tests, the University of Helsinki researchers trained 31 dogs to rest in front of a video screen. Facial photos of dogs and humans were displayed on the screen for 1.5 seconds. They showed threatening, pleasant and neutral expressions. Nearby cameras tracked the dogs' eye movements.Dogs in the study looked most at the eyes of humans and other dogs to sense their emotions. When dogs looked at expressions of angry dogs, their eyes rested more on themouth, perhaps to interpret the threatening expressions. And when looking at angry humans, they tended to turn away their gaze.Dogs may have learned to detect threat signs from humans and respond by trying to make peace, according to researcher Sanni Somppi. Avoiding conflicts may have helped dogs develop better bonds with humans.The researchers also note that dogs scan faces as a whole to sense how people are feeling, instead of focusing on a given feature. They suggest this indicates that dogs aren't sensing emotions from a single feature, but piecing together information from all facial features just as humans do.Q19. What do dogs do when they are faced with angry humans?Q20. What does a dog do when it sees the expressions of angry dogs?Q21. How does a dog sense people's feelings?听力篇章第三篇：Winter in many places is very cold. There is lots of snow around, and the ground freezes, which can make life difficult for animals. People in cold places live in warm houses and have learned to adapt. What do animals do? There are three main ways that animals survive the cold in winter: sleep, adapt or migrate.Some animals, such as bears, frogs and snakes, sleep all winter. They sleep very deeply and need little or no food. While sleeping, their body temperature drops, and their heart beat slows down. To prepare for this before winter, these animals eat extra food to become fat, which gives them the energy they need while they sleep.Other animals adapt. For example, by staying active in winter. It is often hard for them to find food. So some animals, such as mice, collect extra food before winter, and hide it. When winter comes, they return to their hiding places to eat the food. Some animals grow thicker fur, or live in tree holes or underground to stay warm.Some birds migrate by flying to a warmer place for the winter, where they can find more food. Some fly very long distances, including one kind of bird that flies from the remote north of the world, all the way to the distant south. Some birds fly in groups for safety, while others fly alone.Questions 22-25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22. What does the speaker say about animals in winter?23. What do we learn about animals that sleep through winter?24. How do animals like mice adapt to the severe winter?25. Why do some birds fly in groups when migrating, according to the speaker?。
2017年6月四级英语听力真题第二套(含答案及原文)
2017年06月四级英语听力真题第二套Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news report and the questions 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 letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre. Questions 1 to 2 are based on the conversation you have just heard.1.A) The majority of drivers prefer to drive and park themselves.B)Human drivers become easily distracted or tired while driving.C)Most drivers feel uncertain about the safety of self-driving cars.D)Most drivers have test driven cars with automatic braking features.2.A) Their drivers would feel safe after getting used to the automatic devices.B)They would be unpopular with drivers who only trust their own skills.C)Their increased comfort levels have boosted their sales.D)They are not actually as safe as automakers advertise.Questions 3 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.3.A) Thefts of snowmobile dogs in Alaska.B)A series of injuries to snowmobile drivers.C)Attacks on some Iditarod Race competitors.D)A serious accident in the Alaska sports event.4.A) He stayed behind to look after his injured dogs.B)He has won the Alaska Iditarod Race four times.C)He received a minor injury in the Iditarod Race.D)He has quit the competition in Alaska for good.Questions 5 to 7 are based on the conversation you have just heard.5.A) It sank into the sea due to overloading.B) It ran into Nicaragua’s Big Corn Island.C) It disappeared between two large islands.D) It turned over because of strong winds.6.A) 13. B) 25.C) 30. D)32.7.A) He has helped with the rescue effort.B) He is being investigated by the police.C) He was drowned with the passengers.D) He is among those people missing.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each 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 answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre. Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.8. A) At a shopping centre. B) At a community college.C) At an accountancy firm. D) At an IT company.9. A) Helping out with data input. B) Arranging interviews.C) Sorting application forms. D) Making phone calls.10. A) He enjoys using computers.B) He needs the money badly.C) He wants to work in the city centre.D) He has relevant working experience.11. A) Purchase some business suits.B) Learn some computer language.C) Improve his programming skills.D) Review some accountancy terms.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12. A) They are keen on high technology.B) They are poor at technology skills.C) They often listen to National Public Radio.D) They feel superior in science and technology.13. A) Japanese. B) Germans.C) Poles. D) Americans.14. A) Emailing. B) Texting.C) Science. D) Literacy.15. A) It is undergoing a drastic reform.B) It lays emphasis on creative thinking.C) It has much room for improvement.D) It prioritizes training of practical skills.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear three passages of lectures or talks followed by three or four questions. The recordings will be played 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 letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. A) They have small roots. B) They grow white flowers.C) They taste like apples. D) They come from Central Africa.17. A) They turned from white to purple in color.B) They became popular on the world market.C) They became an important food for humans.D) They began to look like modern-day carrots.18. A) They were found quite nutritious.B) There were serious food shortages.C) People discovered their medicinal value.D) Farm machines helped lower their prices.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19. A) She could update her family any time she liked.B) She could call up her family whenever she likedC) She could locate her friends wherever they were.D)She could download as many pictures as she liked.20. A) She liked to inform her friends about her success.B)She enjoyed reading her friends’ status updates.C)She felt quite popular among them.D)She felt she was a teenager again.21. A) She could barely respond to all her 500 Facebook friends.B)She spent more time updating her friends than her family.C)She could barely balance Facebook updates and her work.D)She didn’t seem to be doing as well as her Facebook friends. Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22. A) They have strong muscles.B)They live a longer life than horses.C)They eat much less in winter.D)They can work longer than donkeys.23. A) It was a pet of a Spanish king.B)It was bought by George Washington.C)It was brought over from Spain.D)It was donated by a U.S. Ambassador.24.A) They met and exchanged ideas on animal breeding.B)They participated in a mule-driving competition.C)They showed and traded animals in the market.D)They fed mules with the best food they could find.25. A) The wider use of horses. B) The arrival of tractors.C) A shrinking animal trade. D) A growing donkey population.答案1. C.Most drivers feel uncertain about the safety of self-driving cars.2. A.Their drivers would feel safe after getting used to the automatic devices.3. C.Attacks on some Iditarod race competitors.4. B.He has won the Alaska Iditarod Race four times.5. D.It turned over because of strong winds.6. D.32.7. B.He is being investigated by the police.8. C.At an accountancy firm.9. A.Helping out with data input.10. B.He needs the money badly.11. D.Review some accountancy terms.12. B.They are poor at technology skills.13. A.Japanese.14. D.Literacy.15. C.It has much room for improvement.16. A.They have small roots.17. D.They began to look like modern-day carrots.18. B.There were serious food shortages.19. A.She could update her family any time she liked.20. B.She enjoyed reading her friends' status updates.21. D.She didn't seem to be doing as well as her Facebook friends.22. A.They have strong muscles.23. C.It was brought over from Spain.24. C.They showed and traded animals in the market.25. B.The arrival of tractors.2017年06月四级英语听力真题第二套听力原文短篇新闻第一篇Automakers and tech companies are working hard to offer the first true self-driving car,but 75% of drivers say they wouldn't feel safe in such a vehicle.Still, 60% of drivers would like to get some kind of self-driving feature, such as automatic braking or self-parking, the next time they buy a new car.The attitudes are published in a new AAA (Triple A) survey of 1,800 drivers.Advocates of self-driving cars argue they would be safer than cars driven by humans because they wouldn't get distracted or drive when tired.But those surveyed by AAA say they trust their own driving skills.Many feel the technology is too new and unproven.John Nielsen, AAA's managing director of automotive engineering and repair,said tests suggest drivers may be overestimating their own abilities.He also believes they will be more likely to trust self-driving cars as they become more familiar with features such as automatic braking or parking.He estimated that the "comfort level" will increase considerably in five to ten years.Question 1: What is the finding of the AAA survey?Question 2: What does John Nielsen say about self-driving cars?短篇新闻第二篇One dog has been killed and multiple dogs have been injured by a snowmobile driver in what appears to be an intentional attack on competitors in the Iditarod Race in Alaska.Aliy Zirkle was the first to report an attack.A snowmobile driver had repeatedly attempted to harm her and her team,and one of Zirkle' s dogs had received a non-life-threatening injury.Zirkle reported the attack when she arrived in Nulato, Alaska, in the early hours of the morning.Then Jeff King, a four-time champion, reported a similar attack.His team was hit by a snowmobile driver, injuring several dogs and killing a 3-year- old male dog.Reporter Zachariah Hughes says that neither King nor Zirkle was injured.Although this incident very much alters the race of the two participantscompeting for a win,both are going to continue on their way toward the finishing line.Alaska State Troopers released a statement saying they've arrested Arnold Demoski.He faces a trial on several charges.Question 3: What is the news report mainly about?Question 4: What do we learn about Jeff King?短篇新闻第三篇A tour boat turned over off the coast of Nicaragua, killing at least 13 people and leaving more passengers missing, officials said.The boat was carrying 32 people--25 Costa Ricans, four Americans and three Nicaraguans.The 13 dead were all Costa Rican, the foreign ministry said.The boat, traveling between Nicaragua's Big Com Island and Little Com Island, turned over Saturday near the larger island.Some passengers remain missing, the Costa Rican foreign ministry said, but did not specify how many.A local radio said an unspecified number of people were rescued, including the tour boat's owner, Hilario Blandon.Nicaraguan naval authorities had banned sea travel in the area because of bad weather and strong winds, but the tour boat proceeded anyway.Blandon, the boat's owner, has been arrested by Nicaraguan authorities, the state-run news agency said.Both he and a crew member, are being investigated for unintentional murder and exposing people to danger, according to police.Question 5: What happened to the tour boat sailing off the Nicaraguan coast? Question 6: How many people was the boat carrying?Question 7: What do we know about the owner of the boat?长对话一M: Hi, Susan! You're looking very smart today.W: I always look smart, James. Actually I'm on my way to a job interview.M: What job? Oh, you mean for the summer holidays?W: Yeah, there is only two weeks to go. I've got a second interview with that big foreign accountancy firm in the city center. You know the one.M: That's fantastic!W: The work is just helping out with the data input, you know, but the pay isn't too bad. It might suit you too. I know they have released two temporary positions available. And I don't think they have anyone else yet.M: Um, if they take you on, tell them you know a friend who'd be really good too. I really need the money and the experience will look good on my resume. Maybe we'll be working together, the dream team.W: OK, we'll do. If the boss likes me, I'll mention it. It will be good to have someone around who I know. I'll phone you afterwards. But perhaps you should put in an application anyway.M: Thanks, Susan. That's great! Listen, do you want a lift to the city? I have my dad's car today and nothing else to do this morning.W: Sure. Thanks, James.M: Let's go then. The car is over there.W: By the way, how is your knowledge of accountancy? The interviewer may ask you about it.M: No problem. I think I can survive. I might just have to review a few accountancy terms. Maybe you can give me a practicing interview first.W: Of course. Let's go then. Don't want to be late!Question 8: Where will Susan probably get a job?Question 9: What will Susan's future job involve?Question 10: Why does James want the job in that company?Question 11: What does James say he will have to do to prepare for the interview?长对话一W: There is new data out today that confirms that many Americans are not good at math. And when it comes to everyday technology skills, we are did last compared to other developed countries. Here is Gabriele Emanuel of National Public Radio.M: Let's start with the bad news that Americans are terrible at technology skills, using email, naming a file on the computer, using the link on a webpage or just texting someone.W: No country scored below the U.S.?M: Only one country, Poland performed as poorly as we did. Who came out the first? Japan did the best and then Finland. If you look at data about reading and math, you'll notice something interesting. Younger adults who went to college or graduate school were doing pretty well. In literacy, they were actually doing better than the peers in any other countries.W: So that's a bit of good news!M: But when you look at Americans who have a high school diploma, they look a lot like other countries' high school dropouts. We have a lot of work to do. That's especially true when it comes to math. You go to the store and there is a sale. Buy one, get the second one, half off. You decide to buy two, how much do you pay?W: You mean high school graduates cannot do this task in general?M: You are right. What does that tell us about our education system? Well, it tells us that we need to think about the preparedness of our students as they are leaving high school.W: Right. And schools, employers, in fact, we all need to do something about it. Thank you, Gabriel.Question 12: What does the man say about Americans?Question 13: Who performed the best in technology skills according to the man? Question 14: In what aspect did American college students perform well? Question 15: What do we learn from the conversation about American high school education?短文一Wild carrots probably evolved with the other flowering plants, about 360 million years ago.Like apples, carrots are native to Central Asia.That's why horses, which also come from Central Asia, like both apples and carrots so much.With wild carrots, the roots are white, small and skinny, so we have to pick a lot of wild carrots to get enough to eat.Doctors used carrot seeds and roots as medicine, on the theory that foods that taste bad must be good for you.Around 800 AD, people in Central Asia, managed to develop a new kind of carrot-a purple carrot that attracted more interest from international traders.Then in the late 1500s, food scientists in the Netherlands cultivated large, straight, sweet, red carrots like the ones we eat today,but people still mostly fed carrots to horses,donkeys and pigs, and didn't eat them themselves.In the 1600, people in China used carrots as medicine, but they also ate carrots boiled in soup.The red color was popular for Chinese New Year celebrations.But carrots got their biggest boost during the two World Warswhen food shortages force people to eat them and governments told everyone how healthy carrots were.Today, cooler countries grow most of the world's carrots.Machines do most of the planting and picking.And carrots are easy to store and ship, so they are cheap almost everywhere.Question 16: What do we learn from the talk about wild carrots?Question 17: What does the speaker say about carrots in the late 1500s? Question 18: Why did people turn to carrots for food during the two world wars? 短文二Catherine loved Facebook. With Facebook she could stay connected with her family no matter how far away they were.She could see their photos and read their status updates.With Facebook she could keep her relatives up to date on what she was doing.Another thing Catherine loved about Facebook was that she didn't have to think about time zones when updating family.Whenever shecalled her parents or other relatives,she always had to think about the time difference so that she wouldn't wake someone up or call when she knew they were in church.Facebook was so convenient.When Catherine joined Facebook, some of her classmates at high school started to add her as a friend.At first, this didn't bother her.She loved learning about the success of people she knew when she was just a teenager.She loved finding out people were getting married, having babies and traveling.Soon, however, Catherine found herself comparing herself with the people she was reading about on Facebook.It began to make her feel bad that some people seemed to be doing so much better than she was.She was also spending a lot of time on Facebook.It took a lot of time and energy to keep up with everyone's status updates. Catherine started to think.She looked at the list of over 500 friends she had on Facebook and realized some of them were not really friends at all.Question 19: What was one particular convenience Catherine loved about Facebook?Question 20: How did Catherine feel when her classmates added her as a Facebook friend?Question 21: What made Catherine feel bad about herself later on?短文三Do you know where a mule comes from?It is the child of a donkey and a horse.Mules have strong muscles like horses, but they eat less, can work longer, and are gentler, like donkeys.George Washington was the first person in the United States to own mules.He had heard that mules made good farm animals and he contacted the US ambassador in Spain to ask about them.In 1785, King Charles III of Spain sent Washington a male donkey as a gift.That male donkey became the father of the mule industry in the US.Every April, Maury County holds a Mule Day celebration.Held in Columbia, Tennessee, Mule Day had its beginning as "Breeder's Day" in the 1840s.Farmers and farm animal breederswould bring their animals to market every April to show, buy, and trade.This was an important business before the days of tractors,when many families made a living from farming and mules were used as work animals.Eventually, tractors began to replace mules, making them less in demand.A parade was added to Mule Day in 1934 to attract more people.Over the years other activities have been added and today more than 200,000 people show up each year to watch and participate.If you visit the Mule Day celebrations,you might see mule-driving contests, square dances, horse shows, or even tree-cutting competitions.Question 22: What does the speaker say about mules?Question 23: What do we learn about the donkey which is said to be the father of the U.S. mule industry?Question 24: What did farmers usually do on Mule Day in the 1840s? Question 25: What made mules less in demand in America?。
2017年6月英语四级听力真题(第一套)
2017年6月英语四级听力真题（第一套）I'll just wait in the lobby. Will you please let me know when it's leaving?W: Of course, sir.M: Now I would like to settle my mini-bar bill. How much is that?W: Let's see. It comes to $37.50. How would you like to pay for it?M: I'll pay with my credit card. Thanks. But I'll need a receipt, so I can charge it to my company.W: Absolutely! Here you are, sir. If you like, I can leave your bags with the porter. And he can load them onto the shuttle for you when it arrives.M: That would be great. Thank you.W: Would you like to leave a comment on our web page when you have time?M: Sure. I had a really good stay here, and I'd like to recommend your hotel to my friends and colleagues.W: That’s very kind of you. Thank you again for staying at Sheraton Hotel.Q8. Why does the man ask about the quickest way to the airport?Q9. How is the man going to pay his bill?Q10. What did the man ask the woman to do?Q11. What favor does the woman ask of the man?长对话第二篇：Long conversation 2M: You know, Ben’s given up making those terrible faces he used to make. The other day, he came home from school almost in tears. His teacher said if he went on like that, his face would get stuck when the winds changed.W: And he believed her?M: Yeah, he’s only a little boy. Don’t you remember all those things we used to believe when we were little? I remember my aunt Mary used to say if you swallow a cherrystone, a tree would grow out of your mouth. And I’m still terrified today, sort of subconsciously. You know, if I swallow one by mistake…W: Yeah, I suppose you're right. The one that used to get me was that swans could break your leg when they blow of the wing.M: They can, can’t they? I always thought they could.W: No, they are not that strong. But there’s another one even more terrifying. That is, if you put a post stamp on upside down, you will go to prison.M: No, never heard of that. But my grandmother was a terror for that kind of thing. For example, she would say, you will get a spot on your tongue if you tell a lie. If you eat stale bread, your hair will curl. And here’s one more. We went on a campaign trip once in Italy, and my wife spent the whole time worrying about bats getting into her hair. She said her grandmother reckoned you had to shave your head to get it out. My wife was really terrified.W: Silly, isn’t it? But that’s how some parents try to keep their kids from doing the wrong thing or getting into trouble.Q12: What does the man say about Ben?Q13: What did aunt Marry used to do when the man was a child?Q14: What does the woman believe swans could do?Q15: What did the grandmother of the man’s wife say?短文第一篇：If I could go back in history and live when I liked, I wouldn't go back very far. In fact, I'd like to relive a period I've already lived –the 1960s.I was in my twenties, and everything was being renewed. People would come in out of a formal and almost Victorian attitude, and you really felt anything was possible. Meeting people was the thing, and you went to coffee bars where you met friends and spent the evening. The cinema, the theater, all that was every exciting with new things coming out. In fact, we seemed to be out, all the time! I don't really remember working –of course, I was a student –or sitting around at home very much. That just wasn't where the scene was, even eating! It was the first time, ordinary people started going out to eat. We were beginning to be adventurous about food, but we were more interested in meeting people than in eating or drinking. And dress, yes, that was the revolution. I mean, girls went around in really short skirts, and wore flowers in their hair. And men were in jeans, and could wear their hair long too. It was a wonderful period. It was like living in an age you could never have imagined, and that never has come back. We didn't have much money, but it didn't matter. And there was plenty of opportunity to do whatever you felt like doing.Question 16 –18 are based on the passage you have just heard:16. Why does the speaker say he would like to relive the1960s?17. What does the speaker say was the most popular thing to do at that time?18. What do we learn about the speaker?短文第二篇：Dogs, man's best friends, have a clear strategy for dealing with angry owners—they look away.New research shows that dogs limit their eye contact with angry humans. The scientists suggest this may be an attempt to calm humans down. This behavior may have evolved as dogs gradually learned they could benefit from avoiding conflicts with humans.To conduct the tests, the University of Helsinki researchers trained 31 dogs to rest in front of a video screen. Facial photos of dogs and humans were displayed on the screen for 1.5 seconds. They showed threatening, pleasant and neutral expressions. Nearby cameras tracked the dogs' eye movements.Dogs in the study looked most at the eyes of humans and other dogs to sense their emotions. When dogs looked at expressions of angry dogs, their eyes rested more on the mouth, perhaps to interpret the threatening expressions. Andwhen looking at angry humans, they tended to turn away their gaze.Dogs may have learned to detect threat signs from humans and respond by trying to make peace, according to researcher Sanni Somppi. Avoiding conflicts may have helped dogs develop better bonds with humans.The researchers also note that dogs scan faces as a whole to sense how people are feeling, instead of focusing on a given feature. They suggest this indicates that dogs aren't sensing emotions from a single feature, but piecing together information from all facial features just as humans do.Q19. What do dogs do when they are faced with angry humans?Q20. What does a dog do when it sees the expressions of angry dogs?Q21. How does a dog sense people's feelings?短文第三篇：Winter in many places is very cold. There is lots of snow around, and the ground freezes, which can make life difficult for animals. People in cold places live in warm houses and have learned to adapt. What do animals do? There are three main ways that animals survive the cold in winter: sleep, adaptor migrate.Some animals, such as bears, frogs and snakes, sleep all winter. They sleep very deeply and need little or no food. While sleeping, their body temperature drops, and their heart beat slows down. To prepare for this before winter, these animals eat extra food to become fat, which gives them the energy they need while they sleep.Other animals adapt. For example, by staying active in winter. It is often hard for them to find food. So some animals, such as mice, collect extra food before winter, and hide it. When winter comes, they return to their hiding places to eat the food. Some animals grow thicker fur, or live in tree holes or underground to stay warm.Some birds migrate by flying to a warmer place for the winter, where they can find more food. Some fly very long distances, including one kind of bird that flies from the remote north of the world, all the way to the distant south. Some birds fly in groups for safety, while others fly alone.Questions 22-25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22. What does the speaker say about animals in winter?23. What do we learn about animals that sleep throughwinter?24. How do animals like mice adapt to the severe winter?25. Why do some birds fly in groups when migrating, according to the speaker?更多四级真题答案请见>>>。
四级听力真题第套听力文本
College English Test Band Four（2017年6月四级听力真题文本第2套）Part II Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: In this section,you will hear three news reports.At the end of each news report,you will hear two or three questions.Both the news report and the questionswill be spoken only once.After you hear a question,you must choose the best answerfrom the four choicesmarked A), B), C) and D).Then mark the corresponding letteron Answer Sheet 1with a single line through the centre. News Report OneAutomakers and tech companiesare working hardto offer the first true self-driving car. But 75% of drivers saythey wouldn't feel safe in such a vehicle. Still, 60% of drivers would like toget some kind of self-driving feature, such as automatic braking or self-parking, the next time they buy a new car.The attitudes are publishedin a new AAA survey of 1,800 drivers. Advocates of self-driving cars arguethey would be saferthan in cars driven by humansbecause they wouldn't get distractedor drive when tired.But those surveyed by AAA saythey trust their own driving skills.Many feel the technology istoo new and unproven.John Nielsen,AAA's managing director ofautomotive engineering and repair,said tests suggest driversmay be overestimating their own abilities. He also believes they will be more likely to trust self-driving carsas they become more familiar with features such as automatic braking or parking.He estimated that the "comfort level"will increase considerably in five to ten years. Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.1. What is the finding of the AAA survey?2. What does John Nielsen sayabout self-driving cars?News Report TwoOne dog has been killed and multiple dogshave been injured by a snowmobile driverin what appears to be an intentional attackon competitors in the Iditarod Race in Alaska. Aliy Zirkle was the first to report an attack.A snowmobile driver had repeatedlyattempted to harm her and her team,and one of Zirkle's dogshad received a non-life-threatening injury.Zirkle reported the attackwhen she arrived in Nulato, Alaska,in the early hours of the morning.Then Jeff King, a four-time champion,reported a similar attack.His team was hit by a snowmobile driver,injuring several dogsand killing a 3-year-old male dog.Reporter Zachariah Hughes says thatneither King nor Zirkle was injured.Although this incident very much altersthe race of the two participantscompeting for a win,both are going to continue on their waytoward the finishing line.Alaska State Troopers released a statement sayingthey've arrested Arnold Demoski, 26.He faces trial on several charges.Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.3. What is the news report mainly about?4. What do we learn about Jeff King?News Report ThreeA tour boat turned overoff the coast of Nicaragua,killing at least 13 peopleand leaving more passengers missing,official said.The boat was carrying 32 people—25 Costa Ricans, four Americansand three Nicaraguans.The 13 dead were all Costa Rican,the Foreign Ministry said.The boat,traveling between Nicaragua's Big Corn Island and Little Corn Island,turned over Saturday near the larger island. Some passengers remain missing,the Costa Rican Foreign Ministry said,but did not specify how many.A local radio saidan unspecified number of people were rescued, including the tour boat's owner,Hilario Blandon.Nicaraguan naval authoritieshad banned sea travel in the areabecause of bad weather and strong winds,but the tour boat proceeded anyway.Blandon, the boat's owner,has been arrested by Nicaraguan authorities,the state-run news agency said.Both he and a crew member are being investigated for unintentional murderand exposing people to danger,according to police.Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.5. What happened to the tour boatsailing off the Nicaraguan coast?6. How many people was the boat carrying?7. What do we knowabout the owner of the boat?Section BDirections: In this section,you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each 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 answerfrom the four choicesmarked A), B), C) and D).Then mark the corresponding letteron Answer Sheet 1with a single line through the centre. Conversation OneM: Hi, Susan,you're looking very smart today.W: I always look smart, James.Actually, I'm on my way to a job interview. M: What job? Oh, you mean,for the summer holidays?W: Yeah. There's only two weeks to go.I've got a second interviewwith that big foreign accountancy firmin the city center.You know the one.M: That's fantastic.W: The work is justhelping out with data input, you know,but the pay isn't too bad.It might suit you too.I know they have at leasttwo temporary positions available.And I don't think they have anyone else yet.M: Hmm...If they take you on,tell them you know a friendwho'd be really good too.I really need the moneyand the experience would look goodon my resume.Maybe we'll be working together.The dream team.W: OK. We'll do.If the boss likes me, I'll mention it. It'll be good to have someone around who I know.I'll phone you afterwards.But perhaps you shouldput in an application anyway.M: Thanks, Susan. That's great.Listen, do you want a lift to the city?I have my dad's car today,and nothing else to do this morning.W: Sure. Thanks, James.M: Let's go then. The car's over there.W: By the way,how's your knowledge of accountancy?The interviewer may ask you about it.M: No problem. I think I can survive.I might just have to reviewa few accountancy terms.Maybe you can give mea practice interview first.W: Of course. Let's go then.Don't want to be late.Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversationyou have just heard.8. Where will Susan probably get a job?9. What will Susan's future job involve?10. Why does James want the jobin that company?11. What does James say he will have to do to prepare for the interview?Conversation TwoW: There's new data out todaythat confirms that many Americansare not good at math,and when it comes toeveryday technology skills,we are dead lastwhen compared to other developed countries. Here's Gabrielle Emanuelof National Public Radio.M: Let's start with the bad newsthat Americans are terrible at technology skills, using email, naming a file on a computer,using a link on a webpage,or just texting someone.W: No country scored below the U.S.?M: Only one country.Poland performed as poorly as we did.Who came out the first?Japan did the best and then Finland.If you look at dataabout reading and math,you'll notice something interesting.Younger adults who went to collegeor graduate school were doing pretty well.In literacy, they were actually doing better than their peers in other countries.W: So that's a bit of good news.M: But when you look at Americanswho have a high school diploma,they look a lot likeother countries' high school dropouts.We have a lot of work to do.That is especially true when it comes to math. You go to the store and there's a sale.Buy one, get the second one half off.You decide to buy two.How much do you pay?W: You mean high school graduatescan't do this task in general?M: You're right.What does that tell usabout our education system?Well, it tells us that we need tothink about the preparedness of our studentsas they are leaving high school.W: Right. And schools, employers,in fact we all need to do something about it. Thank you, Gabrielle.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12. What does the man say about Americans?13. Who performed the best in technology skills according to the man?14. In what aspectdid American college students perform well?15. What do we learn from the conversationabout American high school education? Section CDirections: In this section,you will hear three passages.At the end of each passage,you will hear three or four questions. Both the passage and the questionswill be spoken only once.After you hear a question,you must choose the best answerfrom the four choicesmarked A), B), C) and D).Then mark the corresponding letteron Answer Sheet 1with a single line through the centre. Passage OneWild carrots probably evolved withthe other flowering plantsabout 360 million years ago.Like apples, carrots are native to Central Asia. That's why horses,which also come from Central Asia,like both apples and carrots so much.With wild carrots,the roots are white, small and skinny,so you'd have to pick a lot of wild carrotsto get enough to eat.Doctors used carrot seeds and roots as medicine, on the theory that foods that taste badmust be good for you.Around 800 AD, people in Central Asiamanaged to develop a new kind of carrot—a purple carrot—that attracted more interest from international traders.Then, in the late 1500s,food scientists in the Netherlandscultivated large, straight, sweet, red carrots like the ones we eat today.But people still mostly fed carrots to horses, donkeys and pigs, and didn't eat them themselves. In the 1600s,people in China used carrots as medicine,but they also ate carrots boiled in soup.The red color was popular forChinese New Year celebrations.But carrots got their biggest boostduring the two world wars,when food shortages forced people to eat them,and governments told everyonehow healthy carrots were.Today, cooler countriesgrow most of the world's carrots.Machines do most of the planting and picking, and carrots are easy to store and ship,so they are cheap almost everywhere. Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. What do we learn from the talkabout wild carrots?17. What does the speaker sayabout carrots in the late 1500s?18. Why did people turn to carrots for food during the two world wars?Passage TwoKatherine loved Facebook.With Facebook,she could stay connected with her familyno matter how far away they were.She could see their photosand read their status updates.With Facebook,she could keep her relatives up-to-dateon what she was doing.Another thing Katherine loved about Facebookwas that she didn't have to think about time zones when updating family.Whenever she called her parents or other relatives, she always had to think about the time difference so that she wouldn't wake someone up or callwhen she knew they were at church.Facebook was so convenient.When Katherine joined Facebook,some of her classmates at high schoolstarted to add her as a friend.At first, this didn't bother her.She loved learning about the success of peopleshe knew when she was just a teenager.She loved finding out people were getting married, having babies, and traveling.Soon, however, Katherine found herselfcomparing herself with the peopleshe was reading about on Facebook.It began to make her feel badthat some people seemed to be doingso much better than she was.She was also spending a lot of time on Facebook.It took a lot of time and energyto keep up with everyone's status updates. Katherine started to think.She looked at the list of over 500 friends she had on Facebook and realizedsome of them were not really friends at all. Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19. What was one particular convenience Katherine loved about Facebook?20. How did Katherine feelwhen her classmates added heras a Facebook friend?21. What made Katherine feel badabout herself later on?Passage ThreeDo you know where a mule comes from?It is the child of a donkey and a horse. Mules have strong muscles like horses,but they eat less, can work longer,and are gentler, like donkeys.George Washington was the first personin the United States to own mules.He had heard that mules made good farm animals and he contacted the U.S. ambassador in Spain to ask about them.In 1785, King Charles Ⅲ of Spainsent Washington a male donkey as a gift.That male donkey becamethe father of the mule industry in the U.S. Every April,Maury County holds a Mule Day celebration.Held in Columbia, Tennessee,Mule Day had its beginnings as "Breeder's Day"in the 1840s.Farmers and farm animal breederswould bring their animals to market every April to show, buy, and trade.This was an important businessbefore the days of tractors,when many families made a living from farming and mules were used as work animals. Eventually, tractors began to replace mules, making them less in demand.A parade was added to Mule Day in 1934to attract more people.Over the years other activities have been added, and today more than 200,000 people show upeach year to watch and participate.If you visit during Mule Day celebrations, you might see mule-driving contests,square dances, horse showsor even tree-cutting competitions.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22. What does the speaker say about mules?23. What do we learn about the donkeywhich is said to bethe father of the U.S. mule industry?24. What did farmers usually do on Mule Dayin the 1840s?25. What made mules less in demand in America? This is the end of listening comprehension.。
2017年6月英语四级听力真题
2017年6月英语四级听力真题One of Google's self-driving cars crashed into a busin California last month. There were no injuries.上个月，在加利福利亚州，谷歌公司的一辆无人驾驶汽车撞到了一辆巴士。
没有人员受伤。
It is not the first time one of Google's famed self-driving cars has been involved in a crash,谷歌公司名声在外的无人驾驶汽车并不是第一次卷入撞车事故中，but it may be the first time it has caused one.但是这是第一次由它引起的撞车事故。
On February 14th the self-driving car, travelling at2mph (3km/h) , pulled out in front of a public bus going 15mph (24km/h) .2月14日，这辆以每小时2英里(每小时3公里)的速度行驶的无人驾驶汽车，从一辆以每小时15英里(每小时24公里)的速度行驶的巴士前驶出。
The man in the Google vehicle reported that he assumed the bus would slow down to let thecar out,坐在谷歌公司汽车里的人报告说，他以为那辆巴士会减速让汽车驶出，and so he did not switch to the manual mode.所以他没有切换到手动模式。
In a statement, Google said: "We clearly bear some responsibility,在一份声明中，谷歌公司说：“我们很显然要承担一些责任，because if our car hadn't moved, there wouldn't have been a crash."因为如果我们的车没有移动，那么就不会出现撞车事故。
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【News Report 1】One of Google's self-driving cars crashed into a bus in California last month. There were no injuries.It is not the first time one of Google's famed self-driving cars has been involved in a crash, but it may be the first time it has caused one.On February 14th the self-driving car, travelling at 2mph (3km/h), pulled out in front of a public bus going 15mph (24km/h).The man in the Google vehicle reported that he assumed the bus would slow down to let the car out, and so he did not switch to the manual mode.In a statement, Google said: "We clearly bear some responsibility, because if our car hadn't moved, there wouldn't have been a crash."That said, our test driver believed the bus was going to slow or stop to allow us to merge into the traffic, and that there would be sufficient space to do that."The company's self-driving cars have done well over a million miles across various states in the US, and until now have only reported minor accidents.Q1: According to Google, what was the cause of the accident?B）The test driver made a wrong judgement解析：根据新闻第一句话，这篇新闻主要报道的是谷歌无人自动驾驶汽车与一辆公交车发生碰撞这一事故。
根据原文“The man in the Google vehicle reported that he assumed the bus would slow down to let the car out, and so he did not switch to the manual mode.”选项B是正确选项，是对原文的同义替换，题目较难。
Q2: How have Google’s self-driving cars performed so far?D）They have generally done quite well.解析：根据原文“The company's self-driving cars have done well over a million miles across various states in the US, and until now have only reported minor accidents.” 选项D是对原文的同义替换。
题目相对较难。
【News Report 2】Thousands of bees left a town after landing on the back of a car when their queen got stuck in its boot. Tom Moses who works at a nearby national park, noticed a “brown patch” on the back of the car after the owner parked it to do some shopping. When he looked closer he realized it was a huge group of bees.Moses said: “I have never seen that many bees in one spot. It was very unusual. They were very close together and there was a lot of noise and movements, it was interesting to see such a strange sight. But there were a lot of people around and I was a bit worried about the bees and the people stopping to look. I thought that someone might do something stupid.Moses called two local bees specialists who helped removed the bees by attracting them into a box.Moses spent three hours looking after the bees and was stung five times, he said my stings are a bit painful but I am pleased that all worked out and I could help, people need to realize that bees are valuable and they should be looked after.Q3. What do we learn about Tom Moses?A）He works at a national park.Q4. What do we know about the bees on the back of the car?B）They were making a lot of noise.【News report 3】A new species of snake has been discovered on a remote island in the Bahamas.Scientists identified 20 of the one meter-long snakes during two trips to the Caribbean islands. The second trip was made in October last year.One of the creatures made a dramatic appearance by moving on to the head of the team leader as he slept.The snake has been named silver boa because it is metallic colored and the first specimen found was climbing a silver palm tree.The team was led by Dr. Graham Reynolds, from Harvard University, the scientist confirmed the snake was a previously unknown species after conducting a genetic analysis of tissue samples.Commenting on the find, snake expert Robert Henderson from the Museum of Natural History, said: “Worldwide new species of frogs are being discover ed and described quite regularity. New species of snakes, however, are much rarer.Q5. What is the news report mainly about?A）The discovery of a new species of snake.Q6. What do we learn about the scientific team leader?C）A snake crawled onto his head in his sleep.Q7. How did the newly discovered creature get its name?D）From its colour.【Conversation 1】W: Did you enjoy your stay with us, Mr. Brown?M: Yes, very much. I had a wonderful time here. Now I'm going to the airport. My flight leaves in less than 2 hours. So, could you tell me, what's the quickest way to get there?W: Well, we can call a taxi for you. We also have a free airport shuttle service. M: That sounds great, but will the shuttle get me to the airport in time?W:Yes, it should. The next shuttle leaves in 15 minutes. And it takes some 25 minutes to get to the airport.M: Fantastic! I'll just wait in the lobby. Will you please let me know when it's leaving?W: Of course, sir.M: Now I would like to settle my mini-bar bill. How much is that?W: Let's see. It comes to $. How would you like to pay for it?M: I'll pay with my credit card. Thanks. But I'll need a receipt, so I can chargeit to my company.W: Absolutely! Here you are, sir. If you like, I can leave your bags with the porter. And he can load them onto the shuttle for you when it arrives.M: That would be great. Thank you.W: Would you like to leave a comment on our web page when you have time?M: Sure. I had a really good stay here, and I'd like to recommend your hotel to my friends and colleagues.W: That’s very kind of you. Thank you again for staying at Sheraton Hotel.Q8. Why does the man ask about the quickest way to the airport?A）The security check takes time.Q9. How is the man going to pay his bill?B）By credit card.Q10. What did the man ask the woman to do?A）Give him a receipt.Q11. What favor does the woman ask of the man?D）Posting a comment on the hotel’s webpage.【Conversation 2 】M:You know, Ben’s given up making those terrible faces he used to make. The other day, he came home from school almost in tears. His teacher said if he went on like that, his face would get stuck when the winds changed.W: And he believed her?M: Yeah, he’s only a little boy. Don’t you remember all those things we used to believe when we were little? I remember my aunt Mary used to say if you swallow a cherrystone, a tree would grow out of your mouth. And I’m still terrified today, sort of subconsciously. You know, if I swallow one by mistake…W: Yeah, I suppose you're right. The one that used to get me was that swans could break your leg when they blow of the wing.M:They can, can’t they? I always thought they could.W:No, they are not that strong. But there’s another one even more terrifying. That is, if you put a post stamp on upside down, you will go to prison.M: No, never heard of that. But my grandmother was a terror for that kind of thing. For example, she would say, you will get a spot on your tongue if you tell a lie. If you eat stale bread, your hair will curl. And here’s one mor e. We went on a campaign trip once in Italy, and my wife spent the whole time worrying about bats getting into her hair. She said her grandmother reckoned you had to shave your head to get it out. My wife was really terrified.W:Silly, isn’t it? But that’s how some parents try to keep their kids from doing the wrong thing or getting into trouble.Q12: What does the man say about Ben?C）He has stopped making terrible faces.Q13: What did aunt Marry used to do when the man was a child?D）Warn him of danger by making up a story.Q14: What does the woman believe swans could do?A）They could break people’s legs.Q15: What did the grandmother of the man’s wife say?B）One would have to shave their head to remove a bat in their hair.【Passage 1】If I could go back in history and live when I liked, I wouldn't go back very far. In fact, I'd like to relive a period I've already lived – the 1960s.I was in my twenties, and everything was being renewed. People would come in out of a formal and almost Victorian attitude, and you really felt anything waspossible. Meeting people was the thing, and you went to coffee bars where you met friends and spent the evening. The cinema, the theater, all that was every exciting with new things coming out. In fact, we seemed to be out, all the time! I don't really remember working – of course, I was a student – or sitting around at home very much. That just wasn't where the scene was, even eating! It was the first time, ordinary people started going out to eat. We were beginning to be adventurous about food, but we were more interested in meeting people than in eating or drinking. And dress, yes, that was the revolution. I mean, girls went around in really short skirts, and wore flowers in their hair. And men were in jeans, and could wear their hair long too. It was a wonderful period. It was like living in an age you could never have imagined, and that never has come back. We didn't have much money, but it didn't matter. And there was plenty of opportunity to do whatever you felt like doing. Q16. Why does the speaker say he would like to relive the 1960s?C）Everything seemed to be changing.Q17. What does the speaker say was the most popular thing to do at that time? A）Meeting people.Q18. What do we learn about the speaker?D）He was a young student in the 1960s.【Passage 2】Dogs, man's best friends, have a clear strategy for dealing with angry owners—they look away.New research shows that dogs limit their eye contact with angry humans. The scientists suggest this may be an attempt to calm humans down. This behavior may have evolved as dogs gradually learned they could benefit from avoiding conflicts with humans.To conduct the tests, the University of Helsinki researchers trained 31 dogs to restin front of a video screen. Facial photos of dogs and humans were displayed on the screen for seconds. They showed threatening, pleasant and neutral expressions. Nearby cameras tracked the dogs' eye movements.Dogs in the study looked most at the eyes of humans and other dogs to sense their emotions. When dogs looked at expressions of angry dogs, their eyes rested more on the mouth, perhaps to interpret the threatening expressions. And when looking at angry humans, they tended to turn away their gaze.Dogs may have learned to detect threat signs from humans and respond by trying to make peace, according to researcher Sanni Somppi. Avoiding conflicts may have helped dogs develop better bonds with humans.The researchers also note that dogs scan faces as a whole to sense how people are feeling, instead of focusing on a given feature. They suggest this indicates that dogs aren't sensing emotions from a single feature, but piecing together information from all facial features just as humans do.Q19. What do dogs do when they are faced with angry humans?B）They avoid looking at them.Q20. What does a dog do when it sees the expressions of angry dogs?C）It focuses its eyes on their mouths.Q21. How does a dog sense people's feelings?B）By taking in their facial expressions as a whole.【Passage 3】Winter in many places is very cold. There is lots of snow around, and the ground freezes, which can make life difficult for animals. People in cold places live in warm houses and have learned to adapt. What do animals do? There are three main ways that animals survive the cold in winter: sleep, adapt or migrate.Some animals, such as bears, frogs and snakes, sleep all winter. They sleep verydeeply and need little or no food. While sleeping, their body temperature drops, and their heart beat slows down. To prepare for this before winter, these animals eat extra food to become fat, which gives them the energy they need while they sleep.Other animals adapt. For example, by staying active in winter. It is often hard for them to find food. So some animals, such as mice, collect extra food before winter, and hide it. When winter comes, they return to their hiding places to eat the food. Some animals grow thicker fur, or live in tree holes or underground to stay warm.Some birds migrate by flying to a warmer place for the winter, where they can find more food. Some fly very long distances, including one kind of bird that flies from the remote north of the world, all the way to the distant south. Some birds fly in groups for safety, while others fly alone.Q22. What does the speaker say about animals in winter?D）They resort to different means to survive the bitter cold.Q23. What do we learn about animals that sleep through winter?C）They consume the energy stored before the long sleep.Q24. How do animals like mice adapt to the severe winter?A）By storing enough food beforehandQ25. Why do some birds fly in groups when migrating, according to the speaker? C）To stay safe。