2014年6月大学英语四级考试真题答案超级详解

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本文分为真题和答案详解两部分，2-25页为答案详解，26- 页为

纯“真题”，请在按时按量完成真题后再对照答案。

听力攻略：平时多听多读，此外还要注意重音、连读、爆破、重读、弱读、升降调以及说话者语气等语音知识，听起来，太老生常谈了，在这里，建议各位童鞋每天睡前听半小时听力，想当年备战高考的时候，就是这样被我们英语老师带出沟的。睡前听英语听力，不亚于快速催眠疗法，让我睡得更快睡得更香，但也让我的高考英语稀里糊涂地考了138分，后面准备四六级等各种英语考试，也都坚持睡前听听力，听力从没有拉过后腿，都是一次性通过。其实，听力就是一个“磨耳朵”的过程，不管你是醒着、还是睡着了，科学实验以及本人实践证明，都是有效果的。

词汇战术：背四六级词汇，最让我们头疼的可能就是要掌握同一个单词在不同语境中的不同意思，也就是“一词多义”，更让我们头疼的是，四六级考试喜欢考察的往往不是该单词最常见的含义，因此常常出现一个单词难倒英雄汉的情况。身为过来人，我认为，在阅读和做题中，采取“具体语境具体分析”战略来理解、记忆单词，绝对是明智之选。做题，在质不在量，历年真题，是各位童鞋备战四六级最最珍贵的资料，没有之一。我们可以这样说，近六年内的真题已经将四六级要求掌握的词汇和语法点全部网罗在内。所以，本文帮助你将单词和语法放到真题中理解，每个重点词汇在本文本句中的意思，在右下角都有详细解释，以方便大家在具体语境加以记忆，既深入理

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解了文章，又牢牢掌握了词汇。

语法：关于语法，其实英语语法不难，难就难在长句子。我们将四六级考试中出现的长句子比作一棵枝繁叶茂的大树，文中用红色下划线标出或加上底纹的成分，就是它的主干，承载了这句话的核心思想，剩下的就是它的枝和叶，主要起修饰作用。这样划分是为了让我们思路更加清晰，更好地把握句子和文章的主旨。看懂了文章，才能做得对题，几乎90%的阅读题都能从原文中找到答案，各位童鞋对照答案的时候，会发现，我都在文章中标注了每道题的答案出处，请留心。那省下10%需要我们在理解基础上推理。

最后，提醒各位童鞋务必在考前将近六年之内的真题认认真真地做一遍，将文章中的每一个单词、每一句话真正理解透。此外，我采用插入批注的方式选择了一些比较有含金量的句子、短文，为了完美虐杀四六级，请务必背诵，当你坐在考场上写作文“下笔如有神”的时候，你就会理解老师让你背诵短文的良苦用心。

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2014年6月大学英语四级考试真题答案详解（完整版）

Part I Writing (30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short

essay on the following topic. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.

Suppose a foreign friend of yours is coming to visit your hometown/campus/China, what is the most interesting place you would like to take him/her to see and why?

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

范文一：

The First Place I Will Show in My Hometown—the Central Avenue My hometown is Harbin. The most interesting place which I would like to take my foreign friends to is the Central Avenue, if they come to my hometown. The reasons for this can be illustrated as below.

To begin with, as the symbol of Harbin, the Central Avenue not only has a long history, but also a famous food palace. There are a variety of delicious foods for you to choose. Just take the ice-cream brick of Ma Dieer as an example. Many of tourists to the Central Avenue sing their praises for the ice-cream brick of Ma Dieer. In addition, the brilliant

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historic culture of the Central Avenue can widen people’s vision and enhance their knowledge, which lays a solid foundation for the understanding of this fabulous city—Harbin.

I believe my foreign friends will enjoy themselves in the Central Avenue. Not only can they appreciate the wonderful landscape of Harbin but also taste authentic northeast food. No better place can be chosen than the Central Avenue!

范文二

If a foreign friend is coming to visit our campus, I would show him or her our school library and the dinning hall.

There are several reasons to account for my recommendations. First of all, our university is famous for its unique library, which looks like a beautiful flower (lotus) . It is designed by Bei Lvming, a famous designer in the world, as a result of which there are a host of tourists who would like to take a photo in front of it almost everyday. In addition, it also poss-esses a large number of books, with many students reading in it everyday, thus in which I'm convinced that you can find the book you like too. Sec-ondly, the dining hall in our school is a wonderful place too. Many delicious Chinese cuisines can be found there, such as noodles, dumplings. You can try cuisines from different places of China in the same dinning hall! Based on the reasons above, I am sure that my foreign friend will enjoy his or her stay here, with me acting as his or her guider.

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Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes) Section A

Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2

long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

1. W: I can’t seem to reach the tea at the back of the cupboard.

M: Oh. Why don’t you use the ladder? You might strain your shoulder. Q: What does the man suggest the woman do? A) See a doctor about her strained shoulder. B) Use a ladder to help her reach the tea. C) Replace the cupboard with a new one. D) Place the tea on a lower shelf next time.

听音解惑 ：back⌒of [bæk⌒ɒf] 中的[k]与[ɒ]相邻，读作[bæ kɒf] don’t⌒you [dəʊnt⌒juː] 中的[t]与[j]相邻，读作[dəʊn tjuː] 2.W: Since it’s raining so hard, let’s go and see the new exhibits. M: That’s a good idea. Mary Johnson is one of my favorite painters.

攻克听力，除了平时多听多读多背外，尤其要注意连读、爆破、重读、弱读等发音规律 5

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Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place?

A) At Mary Johnson’s. C) In an exhibition hall. B) At a painter’s studio. D) Outside an art gallery. 3. M: I hear the students gave the new teacher an unfair evaluation. W: It depends on which student you are talking about. Q: What does the woman imply?

A) The teacher evaluated lacks teaching experience. B) She does not quite agree with what the man said. C) The man had better talk with the students himself. D) New students usually cannot offer a fair evaluation公正评价. 4.W: It must have taken you a long time to fix up all these book shelves.M: It wasn’t too bad. I got Doris to do some of them。 Q: What does the man mean?

A) He helped Doris build up the furniture. B) Doris helped him arrange the furniture. C) Doris fixed up some of the bookshelves. D) He was good at assembling bookshelves.

5. W: Rod, I hear you’ll be leaving at the end of this month. Is it true? M: Yeah. I’ve been offered a much better position with another firm. I’d be a fool to turn it down. Q: Why is the man quitting his job?

A) He doesn’t get on with the others. C) He has been taken for a fool.

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B) He doesn’t feel at ease in the firm.D) He has found a better position. 6. W: I honestly don’t want to continue the gardening tomorrow, Tony? M: Neither do I. But I think we should get it over with this weekend. Q: What does the man mean?

A) They should finish the work as soon as possible. B) He will continue to work in the garden himself. C) He is tired of doing gardening on weekends. D) They can hire a gardener to do the work.

听音解惑：want to[wɒnt tuː]里的前一个[t]和后一个[t]相邻发生 爆破，读作[wɒn tuː] 7. W: You’ve already furnished your apartment? M: I found some used furniture that was dirt cheap. Q: What do we learn from the conversation? A) The man has to get rid of the used furniture. B) The man’s apartment is ready for rent. C) The furniture is covered with lots of dust. D) The furniture the man bought is inexpensive. 8. W: Has the mechanic called the bus repairers? M: Not yet .I’ll let you know when he calls. Q: What do we learn from the conversation? A) The man will give the mechanic a call. B) The woman is waiting for a call.

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C) The woman is doing some repairs. D) The man knows the mechanic very well.

Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard. W: Nothing, it’s just that she submitted a job application yesterday and the company asked her in for an interview today. She’s afraid she won’t be able to attend your class this afternoon though. I’m calling to see whether it would be OK if I gave you her essay. Janet said it’s due today 9. Q:Why couldn’t the woman’s roommate attend the Shakespearean English class that afternoon?

A) She had a job interview工作面试 to attend. B) She was busy finishing her project. C) She had to attend an important meeting. D) She was in the middle of writing an essay.

10.Q: What favor is the woman going to do for her roommate? A) Accompany her roommate to the classroom. B) Hand in her roommate’s application form申请表. C) Submit上交 her roommate’s assignment作业. D) Help her roommate with her report.

11. W: Fine, please tell her I’ll be there at 4:00. And Dr. Ellis, one more thing, could you tell me where your office is? Janet told me where your class is, but she didn’t give me directions to your office. Q: What does the woman want to know at the end of the conversation?

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A) Where Dr. Ellis’s office is located.

C) Directions to the classroom building.

B) When Dr. Ellis leaves his office.

D) Dr. Ellis’s schedule for the afternoon.

Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 12.M: Not bad, Jane. I’m involved in several projects and it’s a long working day. But I’m used to that so it doesn’t bother me too much. Q: What does the man say about his job? A) He finds it rather stressful. B) He is thinking of quitting it.

C) He can handle it quite well. D) He has to work extra hours.

13. M: It was terrible at first, especially getting up before dawn to catch that 6:30 train. But it’s bearable now that I’m used to it. Q: Which train does the man take to work every day? A) The 6:00 one. B) The 6:30 one.

C) The 7:00 one. D) The 7:30 one.

14. W: Don’t you think it’s an awful waste of time? I couldn’t bear to spend three hours sitting in a train every day.

M: I used to feel the same as you. But now I quite enjoy it.

Q: How does the man feel about commuting to work every day now? A) It is an awful极大的 waste of time. B) He finds it rather unbearable. C) The time on the train is enjoyable.

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D) It is something difficult to get used to.

15.W: How do you pass the time? Do you bring some work with you to do on the train?

M: Ah, that’s a good question. In the morning, I just sit in comfort and read the papers to catch up with the news. On the way home at night, I relax with a good book or chat with friends or even have a game of bridge.

Q: How does the man spend his time on the morning train? A) Reading newspapers. B) Chatting with friends. Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of

each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage 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.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。 Passage One

Questions 16 to 18 are based on the conversation you have just heard. Most American college students need to be efficient readers. This

C) Listening to the daily news. D) Planning the day’s work.

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is necessary because full-time students probably have to read several hundred pages every week. They don't have time to read a chapter three or four times. They need to extract提取 as much information as possible from the first or second reading.

An extraordinarily important study skill is knowing how to mark a book. Students mark the main ideas and important details with a pen or pencil, yellow or blue or orange. Some students mark new vocabulary in a different color. Most students write questions or short notes in the margins. Marking a book is a useful skill, but it's important to do it right. First, read a chapter with one pen in your hand and others next to you on the desk. Second, read a whole paragraph before you mark anything. Don't mark too much. Usually you will mark about 10% of a passage. Third, decide on your own system for marking. For example, maybe you will mark main ideas in yellow, important details in blue and new words in orange. Maybe you will put question marks in the margin空白处 when you don't understand something and before an exam. Instead, you just need to review your marks and you can save a lot of time.

16. Q:What should American college students do to cope with their heavy reading assignments?

A) Ignore small details while reading. B) Read at least several chapters at one sitting.

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C) Develop a habit of reading critically.

D) Get key information by reading just once or twice. 17. Q: What suggestion does the speaker give about marking a textbook? A) Choose one’s own system of marking. B) Underline the key words and phrases. C) Make as few marks as possible. D) Highlight details in a red color.

18. Q:How should students prepare for an exam according to the speaker? A) By reading the textbooks carefully again. B) By reviewing only the marked parts. C) By focusing on the notes in the margins. D) By comparing notes with their classmates. Passage Two

Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard. The thought of having no sleep for 24 hours or more isn't a pleasant one for most people. The amount of sleep that each person needs varies不

同

. In general, each of us needs about 8 hours of sleep each day to keep us

healthy and happy. Some people, however, can get by with just a few hours of sleep at night.

It doesn't matter when or how much a person sleeps. But everyone needs some rest to stay alive. Few doctors would have thought that there might be an exception to this. Sleep is, after all, a very basic need. But a

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man named Al Herpin turned out to be a real exception例外, for supposedly, he never slept!

Al Herpin was 90 years old when doctors came to his home in New Jersy. They hoped to challenge the claim that he never slept. But they were surprised. Though they watched him every hour of the day, they never saw Herpin sleeping. He did not even own a bed. He never needed one.

The closest that Herpin came to resting was to sit in a rocking chair and read a half dozen newspapers. His doctors were puzzled by the strange case of permanent长期的 sleeplessness. Herpin offered the only clue to his condition. He remembered some talk about his mother having been injured several days before he had been born. Herpin died at the age

of 94, never, it seems, having slept at all. 19. Q:What is taken for granted by most people? A) The sleep a person needs varies from day to day. B) The amount of sleep for each person is similar. C) One can get by with a couple of hours of sleep. D) Everybody needs some sleep for survival. 20. Q:What do doctors think of Al Herpin's case? A) It is a made-up编造的 story. B) It is beyond cure无法治愈.

C) It is a rare exception罕见的例外. D) It is due to 由于an accident.

21. Q:What could have accounted for Al Herpin's sleeplessness?

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A) His extraordinary physical condition非凡的体能.

B) His mother’s injury just before his birth. C) The unique surroundings of his living place. D) The rest he got from sitting in a rocking chair. Passage Three

Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. Hetty Green was a very spoiled被宠坏的, only child. She was born in Massachusetts USA in 1835. Her father was a millionaire businessman. Her mother was often ill, and so from the age of two her father took her with him to work and taught her about stocks and shares. At the age of six she started reading the daily financial newspapers and opened her own bank account. Her father died when she was 21 and she inherited 7.5 million dollars. She went to New York and invested on Wall Street. Hetty saved every penny, eating in the cheapest restaurants for 15 cents. She became one of the richest and most hated women in the world. At 33 she married Edward Green, a multi-millionaire, and had two children, Ned and Sylvia.

Hetty’s meanness吝啬，小气 was well-known. She always argued about prices in shops. She walked to the local grocery store to buy broken biscuits which were much cheaper, and to get a free bone for her much loved dog. Once she lost a two-cent stamp and spent the night looking for it. She never bought clothes and always wore the same long, ragged black

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skirt. Worst of all, when her son, Ned, fell and injured his knee, she refused to pay for a doctor and spent hours looking for free medical help. In the end Ned lost his leg. When she died in 1916 she left her children 100 million dollars. Her daughter built a hospital with her money. 22. Q:What do we learn about Hetty Green as a child? A) She invested in stocks and shares on Wall Street. B) She learned to write for financial newspapers. C) She developed a strong interest in finance. D) She tenderly looked after her sick mother. 23. Q:How did Hetty Green become rich overnight? A) She made a wise investment in real estate. B) She sold the restaurant with a substantial profit. C) She got 1.5 million dollars from her ex-husband. D) She inherited a big fortune from her father. 24. Q:Why was Hetty Green much hated?

A) She was extremely mean吝啬的，小气 with her money. B) She was dishonest in business dealings. C) She frequently ill-treated her employees. D) She abused animals including her pet dog. 25. Q:What do we learn about Hetty's daughter?

A) She made a big fortune发大财 from wise investment. B) She built a hospital with her mother’s money.

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C) She made huge donations to charities. D) She carried on her family’s tradition. Section C

Direction: In the section, you will hear a passage three times. When the

passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

Among the kinds of social gestures most significant for

second-language teachers are those which are (26)identical完全相同的in form but different in meaning in the two cultures. For example, a Colombian who wants someone to (27) approach him often signals with a hand movement in which all the fingers of one hand, cupped杯形的；凹的, point downward as they move rapidly (28)back and forth反复；来回. Speakers of English have a similar gesture though the hand may not be cupped and the fingers may be held more loosely, but for them the gesture means goodbye or go away, quite the (29)opposite相反of the Colombian gesture. Again, in Colombian, a speaker of English would have to know that when he (30)indicate

指出

height he most choose between different gestures

depending on whether he is (31)referring to指的是a human being or an

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animal. If he keeps the palm of the hand (32)parallel to 平行于the floor, as he would in his own culture when making known the height of a child, for example, he will very likely be greeted by laughter, in Colombia this gesture is (33)_reserved留给for the description of animals. In order to describe human beings he should keep the palm of his hand (34)at the right angle和...成直角to the floor. Substitutions替代物 of one gesture for the other often create not only humorous but also (35)embarrassing moment. In both of the examples above, speakers from two different cultures have the same gesture, physically, but its meaning differs不同 sharply.

Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes) Section A

Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are

required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.

Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.

Global warming is a trend toward warmer conditions around the world. Part of the warming is natural; we have experienced a 20,000 -year

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-long warming as the last ice age ended and the ice 36melted away. range:v. (在..内）变动 However, we have already reached temperatures that are in 37 line with other minimum-ice periods, so continued warming is likely not natural. We are 38 contributing to a predicted worldwide increase in temperatures 39 ranging between 1℃and 6℃ over the next 100 years. The warming will be more 40 dramatic显著的 in some areas, less in others, and some places may even cool off. Likewise, the 41 impact of this warming will be very different depending on取决于 where you are—coastal areas must worry about rising sea levels, while Siberia and northern Canada may become more habitable (宜居的) and 42 appealing吸引人的for humans than these areas are now.

The fact remains, however, that it will likely get warmer, on 43average, everywhere. Scientists are in general agreement基本上达成共识 that the warmer conditions we have been experiencing are at least in part the result of a human-induced global warming trend. Some scientists 44 maintain that the changes we are seeing fall within the range of random (无规律的) variation—some years are cold, others warm, and we have just had an unremarkable不显著的 string of warm years 45recently—but that is becoming an increasingly rare interpretationcontinued and increasing warm conditions. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

解释in the face of

A) appealing B) average C) contributing D) dramatic E) frequently F) impact I) melted J) persist K) ranging 18 L) recently M) resolved N) sensible

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Section B

Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten

statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.

The End of the Book?

[A] Amazon, by far the largest bookseller in the country, reported on May 19 that it is now selling more books in its electronic Kindle format than in the old paper-and-ink format. That is remarkable, considering that the Kindle has only been around for four years. E-books now account for（比例）占 14 percent of all book sales in the country and are increasing far faster than overall book sales. E-book sales are up 146 percent over last year, while hardback精装本 sales increased 6 percent and paperbacks平装本 decreased 8 percent. [B] Does this spell

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Certainly not immediately, and perhaps not at all. What it does mean is that the book business will go through a transformation in the next decade or so more profound than any it has seen since Gutenberg introduced printing from movable type in the 1450s.

[C] Physical books will surely become much rarer in the marketplace. Mass market paperbacks, which have been declining for years anyway, will probably disappear, as will hardbacks for mysteries, thrillers, “romance fiction,” etc. Such books, which only rarely end up in permanent collections, either private or public, will probably only be available as e-books within a few years. Hardback and trade paperbacks for “serious” nonfiction and fiction非虚构类小说 will surely last longer. Perhaps it will become the mark of an author to reckon认为52

5446 with that he or she is still published in hard copy. [D] As for children’s books, who knows? Children’s books are like dog food in that the purchasers are not the consumers, so the market (and the marketing) is inherently strange.

[E] For clues to the book’s future, let’s look at some examples of technological change and see what happened to the old technology. [F] One technology replaces another only because the new technology is better, cheaper, or both. The greater the difference, the sooner and more thoroughly the new technology replaces the old. Printing with movable type on paper dramatically reduced the cost of producing a

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book compared with the old-fashioned ones handwritten on vellum, which comes from sheepskin. A Bible—to be sure, a long book—required vellum牛皮纸 made from 300 sheepskins and countless man-hours of labor. Before printing arrived, a Bible cost more than a middle-class house. There were perhaps 50,000 books in all of Europe in 1450. By 1500 there were 10 million.

[G] But while printing quickly caused the hand written book to die out, handwriting lingered on (继续存在) well into the 16th century. Very special books are still occasionally produced on vellum, but they are one-of-a-kind独一无二的 show pieces展览品. [H]Sometimes a new technology doesn’t drive the old one out, but only parts of it while forcing the rest to evolve发展. The movies were widely predicted to drive live theater现场戏剧演出 out of the marketplace, but they didn’t, because theater turned out to have qualities movies could not reproduce. Equally, TV was supposed to replace movies but, again, did not.

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TV didn’t kill movies, it did kill second-rate二流的 pictures, shorts, and cartoons.

[J] Nor did TV kill radio. Comedy and drama shows (“Jack Benny,” “Amos and Andy,” “The Shadow”) all migrated迁徙；移动 to television. But because you can’t drive a car and watch television at the same

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time, rush hour became radio’s prime最好时候, while music, talk, and news radio greatly enlarged their audiences. Radio is today a very different business than in the late 1940s and a much larger one. [K] Sometimes old technology lingers历久犹存；苟延残喘 for centuries because of its symbolic power. Mounted骑马的 cavalry (骑兵) replaced the chariot (二轮战车)on the battlefield around 1000 BC. But chariots maintained维持着 their place in parades and triumphs right up一直到 until the end of the Roman Empire 1,500 years later. The sword hasn’t had a military function for a hundred years, but is still part of an officer’s full-dress uniform礼服制服, precisely恰恰 because a sword always symbolized “an officer and a gentleman.”

[L] Sometimes new technology is a little cranky (不稳定的) at first. Television repairman was a common occupation职业 in the 1950s, for instance. And so the old technology remains as a back-up备份. Steam captured获得 the North Atlantic passenger business from sail in the 1840s because of its much greater speed. But steamships didn’t lose their rigging装备48

51 and sails until the 1880s, because early marine engines船用引擎 had a nasty烦人的 habit of breaking down出故障. Until ships became large enough (and engines small enough) to mount安装 two engines side by side, they needed to keep sails. (The high cost of steam and the lesser need for speed kept the majority of the world’s ocean freight

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century.)

[M] Then there is the fireplace. Central heating集中供暖 was present in

every upper-and middle-class中上阶层 home by the second half of the 19th century. But functioning fireplaces功能壁炉 remain to this day a powerful selling point in a house or apartment. I suspect the reason is a deep-rooted love of the fire. Fire was one of the earliest major technological advances for humankind, providing heat, protection, and cooked food (which is much easier to eat and digest消化). Human control of fire goes back far enough (over a million years) that evolution could have produced a genetic learning与生俱来的想法 towards fire as a central aspect of human life.

[N] Books—especially books the average person could afford—haven’t been around long enough to produce evolutionary change进化 in humans. But they have a powerful hold掌控54

on many people nonetheless尽管如此, a hold extending far beyond their literary content文化内涵. At their best, they are works of art and there is a tactile（触觉

的）pleasure in books necessarily lost in e-book versions. The ability to 47quickly thumb through pages is also lost. And a room with books in it induces, at least in some, a feeling not dissimilar to不亚于 that of a fire in the fireplace on a cold winter’s night.

[O] For these reasons I think physical books will have a longer existence as a commercial product than some currently predict. Like swords,

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books have symbolic power. Like fireplaces, they induce引起；产生 a sense of comfort and warmth. And, perhaps, similar to sails, they make a useful back-up备份 for when the lights go out熄灭. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

46. Authors still published in printed versions will be considered important ones. C

47. Some people are still in favor of printed books because of the sense of touch they can provide. N

48. The radio business has changed greatly and now attracts more listeners. J

49. Contrary to many people’s prediction of its death, the film industry survived. H

50. Remarkable changes have taken place in the book business. A 51. Old technology sometimes continues to exist because of its reliability. L

52. The increase of e-book sales will force the book business to make changes not seen for centuries. B

53. A new technology is unlikely to take the place of an old one without a clear advantage. F

54. Paperbacks of popular literature are more likely to be replaced by e-books. C

55. A house with a fireplace has a stronger appeal to buyers. M

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Section C

Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is

followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

Passage One

Questions 56 to 60are based on the following passage.

The question of whether our government should promote science and technology or the liberal artseither/or非此即彼人文科学 in higher education isn’t an proposition(命题)，although the current emphasis on

preparing young Americans for STEM（science, technology, engineering, maths）-related fields can make it seem that way.

The latest congressional report acknowledges承认 the critical关键性的 importance of

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echnical training, but also asserts坚持 that the study of

the humanities (人文学科)and social sciences must remain central components核心组成部分 of America’s educational system at all levels. Both are critical至关重要的 to producing citizens who can participate effectively in our democratic society, become innovative（创新的)leaders, and benefit from the spiritual enrichment that the reflection on the great ideas of mankind over time provides.

Parents and students who have invested heavily in higher education

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worry about graduates’ job prospects就业前景 as technological advances and changes in domestic and global markets transform professions改变职业 in ways that reduce wages and cut jobs. Under these circumstances, it’s natural to look for what may appear to be the most “practical” way out of the problem “Major in a subject designed to get you a job” seems the obvious answer to some, though this ignores the fact that many disciplines学科 in the humanities characterized以...为特点 as “soft软实力” often, in fact, lead to employment and success in the long run. Indeed, according to surveys, employers have expressed a preference偏爱 for students who have received a broadly-based education that has taught them to write well, think critically, research creatively, and communicate easily.

Moreover, students should be prepared not just for their first job, but for their 4th and 5th jobs, as there’s little reason to doubt that people entering the workforce today will be called upon to play many different roles over the course of their careers. The ones who will do the best in this new environment will be those whose educations have prepared them to be flexible. The ability to draw upon every available tool and insight—picked up from science, arts, and technology—to solve the problems of the future, and take advantage of the opportunities that present themselves, will be helpful to them and the United States. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

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56. What does the latest congressional report suggest?

A) STEM-related subjects help students find jobs in the information society.

B) The humanities and STEM subjects should be given equal importance. C) The liberal arts in higher education help enrich students’ spiritual life. D) Higher education should be adjusted to the practical needs of society. 57. What is the main concern of students when they choose a major? A) Their interest in relevant subjects. B) The academic value of the courses. C) The quality of education to receive. D) Their chances of getting a good job. 58. What does the author say about the so called soft subjects? A) The benefit students in their future life. B) They broaden students’ range of interests. C) They improve students’ communication skills. D) They are essential to students’ healthy growth. 59. What kind of job applicants do employers look for? A) Those who have a strong sense of responsibility. B) Those who are good at solving practical problems. C) Those who are likely to become innovative leaders. D) Those who have received a well-rounded全面发展的 education. 60. What advice does the author give to college students?

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A) Seize opportunities to tap their potential. B) Try to take a variety of practical courses. C) Prepare themselves for different job options. D) Adopt a flexible approach to solving problems. Passage Two

Questions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage. 61能源，听起来非常美好！ Energy independence. It has a nice ring to it. Doesn’t it? If you think so, you’re not alone, because energy independence has been the dream of American president for decades, and never more so than in the past few years, when the most recent oil price shock has been partly responsible for是。。。的部分原因 kicking off[俚]开始某活动 the great recession大萧条，大衰退. “Energy independence” and its rhetorical (修辞的) companion “energy security” are, however, slippery concepts that are rarely though through. What is it we want independence from, exactly?

Most people would probably say that they want to be independent from imported oil. But there are reasons that we buy all that oil from elsewhere.

The first reason is that we need it to keep our economy running. Yes,

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may become available, but most biofuels cause economic waste and environmental destruction环境破坏.

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Second, Americans have basically decided that they don’t really want to produce all their own oil. They value the environmental quality they preserve保护 over their oil imports from abroad. Vast areas of the United States are off-limits禁止进入的 to oil exploration and production in the name of environmental protection. To what extent are Americans really willing to endure容忍63

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energy production in order to cut back imports?

Third, there are benefits to trade. It allows forefficiency效率考虑到 economic , and when we buy things from places that have lower

production costs than we do, we benefit. And although you don’t read about this much, the United States is also a large exporter输出国 of oil products, selling about 2 million barrels桶 of petroleum products石油制品 per day to about 90 countries.

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There is no question that the United States imports a great deal of

energy and, in fact, relies on that steady flow to maintain its economy. When that flow is interrupted中断, we feel the pain in short supplies and higher prices, At the same time, we derive massive economic benefits获取巨大的经济利益 when we buy the most affordable价格实惠 energy on the world

market and when we engage in从事，参与 energy trade around the world. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

61. What does the author say about energy independence for America?

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A) It sounds very attractive. C) It will bring oil prices down. B) It ensures national security. D) It has long been everyone’s dream. 62. What does the author think of biofuels? A) They keep America’s economy running healthily. B) They prove to be a good alternative to petroleum.

C) They do not provide a sustainable energy supply可持续的能源供应. D) They cause serious damage to the environment. 63. Why does America rely heavily on oil imports? A) It wants to expand its storage of crude oil扩大原油储备.

B) Its own oil reserves are quickly running out本国的石油储备很快就会耗尽. C) It wants to keep its own environment intact环境保护. D) Its own oil production falls short of demand本国石油生产供不应求. . What does the author say about oil trade? A) It proves profitable to both sides. C) It makes for economic prosperity. B) It improves economic efficiency. D) It saves the cost of oil exploration.

65. What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage? A) To justify America’s dependence on oil imports. B) To arouse Americans’ awareness of the energy crisis. C) To stress the importance of energy conservation. D) To explain the increase of international oil trade.

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Part Ⅳ Translation (30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.

翻译题目一：为了促进教育公平，中国已投入360亿元，用于改善农村地区教育设施和中强中西部地区农村义务教育（compulsory education）。这些资金用于改善教学设施、购买书籍，使16万多所中小学受益。资金还用于购置音乐和绘画器材。现在农村和山区的儿童可以与沿海城市的儿童一样上音乐和绘画课。一些为接受更好教育而转往城市上学的学生如今又回到了本地农村学校就读。

翻译题目二：中国应进一步发展核能，因为核电目前只占其总发电量的2%，该比例在所有核国家中居第30位，几乎是最低的。2011年3月日本核电站事故后，中国的核能开发停了下来，中止审批新的核电站，并开展全国性的核安全检查。到2012年10月，审批才能又谨慎的恢复。随着技术和安全措施的改进，发生核事故的可能性完全可以降低到最低限度。换句话说核能是可以安全开发和利用的。

翻译题目三：中国教育工作者早就认识到读书对于国家的重要意

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义，有些教育工作者2003年就建议设立全民读书日。他们强调，人们应当读好书，尤其是经典著作。通过阅读，人们能更好地学会感恩、有责任心和与人合作，而教育的目的正是要培养这些基本素质，阅读对于中小学生尤为重要，假如他们没有这个关键时期培养阅读的兴趣，以后要养成阅读的习惯就很难了。 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。 翻译题目一：

In order to promote equality in education, China has invested 36 billion Yuan to improve educational facilities in rural areas and strengthen rural compulsory education in Midwest areas. These funds are used to improve teaching facilities, and purchase books, benefiting more than 160,000 primary and secondary schools. Funds are used to purchase musical instrument and painting tools as well. Now children in rural and mountainous areas can have music and painting lessons as children from coastal cities do. Some students who has transferred to city schools to receive a better education are now moving back to their local rural schools.

翻译题目二：

China should further develop nuclear energy because nuclear power accounts for only 2% of its total generating capacity currently. Such proportion ranks the thirtieth in all the countries possessing nuclear power, which is almost the last.

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After Japan’s nuclear power accident in March 2011, nuclear power development in China was suspended, so was the approval of new nuclear power plants. Also, the national safety check for the nuclear power was carried out. IT was not until October 2012 that the approval was prudently resumed.

With the improvement of technology and safety measures,there is little possibility for nuclear accidents to happen. In other words, there won’t be any trouble to develop and exploit the nuclear power. 翻译题目三：

Chinese education workers have already realized the significance of reading for a nation. Some workers suggested that we should have a national reading day in 2003. They emphasized that people should read good books especially the classical ones. Through reading, people can learn better how to be grateful, responsible and cooperative. The goal of education is to cultivate these basic personalities. Reading is especially important for middle and primary school students. Suppose they don't nurture the interest of reading at that key moment, it will be harder to develop a habit to read books.

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