2017年6月英语四级真题试卷及答案.doc

1、 作文一题目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 least 120 word

2、s but no more than 180 words.参考范文Computer for SaleAs I am about to graduate and leave the campus, I am going to sell my personal laptop at a low price.It is a Lenovo ThinkPad that I bought in June, 2015. It is not big, but very functional. It has a four-core CPU, an independent display card of 2G, a

3、 hard disk of 500G and a screen of 15.6 inches.For the last two years, the laptop has served as my faithful aid and helped me finish most of my assignments and my thesis. There has appeared no fault in the process. I owe so much to it. But as my workplace has already offered me a more advanced worki

4、ng laptop, I find there is no necessity for me to have two. And I know that there must be some of my schoolmates who are more in need of the ThinkPad. Therefore, I determined to sell it.I bought the laptop as the price of 3500 yuan. Now I will sell it at 1500 yuan or less. Anyone interested can cont

5、act me via email, and my mailbox is *.作文二：Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an advertisement on your campus website to sell a bicycle you used at college. Your advertisement may include its brand, specifications/features, condition and price, and your contact information

6、. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.参考范文As we travel by bike, we will see beautiful sceneries typical of the region, meet and make friends with different people and get to know the custom of the local people.Having worked hard throughout the weekdays, people will find a

7、weekend trip to the nearby mountains or beaches a real relaxation, riding on the bike is best choice.In my opinion, the biggest advantage of traveling is we can learn much during our travel by bike about the geography, biology, and history of the places we visit. Therefore, you d better seize the ch

8、ance to buy this bike so as to gain something meaningful.作文三Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an advertisement on your campus website to sell a book you used at college. Your advertisement may include its brand, specifications/features, condition and price, and your cont

9、act information. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.参考范文：Buying these books, you can reap the benefit of several aspects. For one thing, you can save a great amount of money and this will allow you to spend these saved money on other more significant things in that the bo

10、oks I sold here with only the half of the original price. For another, the content of these book include translation, writing, reading as well as listening which will be adapt to the students who are going to take the exam of CET-4 or CET-6. Last but not the least, through the purchase of these Engl

11、ish course books with nine into new without any notes on them, you will improve your study skill to a great extent.选词填空The method for making beer has changed over time. Hops, for example, which give many a modern beer its bitter flavor, are a _(26)recent addition to the beverage. This was mentioned

12、in reference to brewing in the ninth century. Now, researchers have found a _(27)ingredient in residue(残留物) from 5000-year-old beer brewing equipment. While excavating two pits at a site in the central plains of China, scientists discovered fragments from pots, funnels, amphorae, and stoves (stove f

13、ragment pictured). The different shapes of the containers _(28)they were used to brew, filter, and store beer.They may be ancient “beer-making toolkits,” and the earliest _(29)evidence of beer brewing in China, the researchers report online today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science

14、s. To _(30)that hypothesis, the team examined the yellowish, dried _(31)inside the vessels. The majority of the grains, about 80%, were from cereal crops like millet and barley(大麦), and about 10% were bits of roots, _(32)likely, would have made the beer sweeter, the scientists say. Barley was an une

15、xpected find: The crop was domesticated in western Eurasia and didnt become a _(33)food in central China until about 2000 years ago, according to the researchers. Based on that timing, they suggest barley may have _(34)in the region not as food, but as_(35)material for beer brewing beer.A.ArrivedB.c

16、onsumingC.directD.exclusivelyE.includingF.infromG.rawH.reachedI.relativelyJ.remainsK.resourcesL.stapleM.surprisingN.suggestO.Test参考答案：26I，由空格前的 a 和空格后的 recent，可以判定空格处缺副词，所以在 D 和 I 里面选择，根据语义，应该选 I，relatively 。27N，由空格后的 ingredient，可以判定空格前缺形容词，根据语义，选 N，surprising 。28M， 由空着前的 container 和空格后的 they，可以判定空格

17、处缺谓语动词，根据语义，选M，suggest。29C，由空格前的 earliest 和空格后的 evidence，可以判定空格处缺形容词，根据语义，选C，direct。30O，由空格前的 to 和空格后的 that，可以判定空格处缺动词原形，根据空格后的的 hypnosis，选O，test，意为“为了验证这个假设”31J，由空格前的 dried 可以判定空格处缺名词，根据语义，选 J，remains( 剩余物/沉淀物)32E ，由空格前的 about 10% were bits of roots,以及空格后的 lily，可以判定选 E，including33L，由空格前的 a 和空格后的 fo

18、od，可以判定空格处缺形容词，根据语义，选 L，staple34A，由空格前的 may have 和空格后的 in the region 可以判定空格处缺 Ved，根据语义，选A，arrived35G，由空格前的 but as 和空格后的 material 可以判定选项词为形容词，根据意义，选 G，raw。翻译啤酒配方随着时间而改变。例如给许多现代啤酒带来苦味和柑橘味的啤酒花，是相对较晚被添加到啤酒中的成分，在九世纪与酿酒相关的史料中首次被提及。现在，研究人员在 5000 年前的酿酒制品残留物中发现了惊人的成分。在中国中原地区两个考古坑进行挖掘的期间，科学家们发现了来自 陶罐、漏斗、双耳陶罐和

19、火炉的陶制碎片(火炉碎片如图)。研究人员今天在国家科学院院刊网络版中报告称，容器的不同形状表示它们曾被用来酿造、过滤和储存啤酒，它们可能是古代的“啤酒制作工具包”，也是最早的有关中国啤酒酿造的直接证据。为了检验这一假设，研究小组检测了容器内暗黄干燥的残留物。其中发现的淀粉颗粒中约有三分之一或凹或胀，或折叠或扭曲，这些变形会在酿造啤酒所需的麦芽处理和麦芽浆制作的过程中发生。科学家们表示，这些谷粒中的大多数，约 80%，来自小米和大麦这样的谷类作物，同时 10%左右来自块茎植物，包括山药和百合，它们给这些啤酒增添了甜味。研究人员表示，大麦是一个意外的发现：这种农作物在欧亚大陆西部种植，直到大约 2

20、000 年前才成为中国中部地区的主食。根据这一时间点，研究人员表示大麦当时可能是作为酿造啤酒的原料，而不是一种食物被引入中国中原地区的。段落匹配A.At some point,almost all of us will experience a period of radical professional change some of us will seek it out:for other it will feel like an unwelcome intrusion into otherwise stable career Either way,we have choices abou

21、t how we respond to it when it comes.B.We recently caught up with yoga entrepreneur Lcah Zeccaria,who put herself through the fire of change to completely reinvent herself.In her search to live a life of purpose .Leah left her high-paying accounting job,her husband,and her home.In the process.she bu

22、ilt a radically new lift and career.Since then she has founded two yoga studios.met new life partner,and formed a new community of people.Even if your personal reinvention is less drastic,we think there are lessons from her expericence that applyC.Where do the seeds of change come from?The Native Am

23、erican Indians have a saying:”Pay attention to the whispers so you wont have to hear the screams”Often the best ideas for big changes come from unexpected places-its just matter of turning in.Great leaders recognize the weak signals or slight signs that point to big changes to come.Leah reflect on a

24、 time she listened to the whispers:”About the time daughter was five years old.I started having a sense that this isnt right”She then realized that life no longer matched her vision for itD.Up until that point,Lech had followed traditional measures of success.After graduating with a degree in busine

25、ss and accounting.She joined a public accounting firm,married,bought looked successful,”she says,Leah easily could have fallen into a trap of feeling content,instead, her energy sparked a period of experimentation and renewal.E.Feeling the need to change.Leah start playing with future possibilities

26、by exploring her interest and developing new capabilities.First trying physical exercise and dieting.She lost some weight and discovered an inner strength.”I felt powerful because I broke through my own limitations.”she recallsF.However,it was another interest that led Leah to radically reinvent her

27、self,”I remember sitting on a bench with my aunt at a yoga studio,”she said,”and having a moment of clarity right then and there. Yoga is saving my life.Yoga is waking me up.I m not happy and I want to change and Im done with this,”In that moment of clarity Leah made an important leap,conquering her

28、 inner resistance to change and making a firm commitment to take bigger stepsG.Creating the future you want is a lot casier if you are ready to exploit the opportunities that come your way.When Leah made the commitment to change,she primed herself to new apporiunities she may otherwise have overlook

29、ed.She recallsH.One day a man I worked with,Ryan,who had his office next to mine,said,”Leah.Lets go look at this space on Queen Anne.”He knew my love for yoga and had seen a space chose to where he lived that he thought might be good to serve as a yoga and had seen a space close to where he lived th

30、at he thought might be good to serve as a yoga studio.As soon as I saw the location,I knew this was it. Of course I was scared,yet I had this strong sense of “I have to do this.”Only a few months later Leah opened her first yoga studio,but success was not instant.I.Creating the future takes time. Th

31、ats why leaders continue to manage the present while building toward the big nonlincar changes of the future.when its time to make the Leah stayed with her accounting jod while starting up the yoga studio to make it all work.”I was working 60 hours a week and running a studio.so I wasnt getting very

32、 much sleep. But it was good for me,”she says.Soon after,she knew she had to make a bold move to fully commit to her new future.Within two years,Leah shed the safety of her accounting job and made the switch complete.Such drastic change is not casy.J. “Be yourself”Leah says.”Quit being the person pe

33、ople think youre suppose to be.Find a way to dig deep into your into your couragcous self to be who you are.Whatever that means as far as exploring your emotions,your identity,your profession.find one version of you that you are always and everywhere.”It was this sense of purpose that would carry Le

34、ah through the storms of changeK.Steering through change and facing obstacles brings us face to face with our fears Leah reflects on one incident that triggered her fears, when her investors threatened to shut her down:”I was probably up against the most fears Ive ever had”she say.”I had spent two y

35、ears cultivating this community,and it had become successful very fast.but within six months I was facing the prospect of losing it all”L.She connected with her sense of purpose and dug deep,cultivating a tremendous sense of strength.”I was feeling so intentional and strong that I wasnt going to let

36、 fear just take over. I was thinking,OK,guys,if you want to want to try to shut me down,shut me down.And I knew it was a negotiation scheme,so I was able to say to myself.”This is not real”By naming her fears36.Readiness to take advantage of new apportunities will make it easier to create ones desir

37、ed future.37.By conventional standards,Leah was a typical successful woman before she changed her career38.Leah gained confidence by laying out her fears and contronting then directly39.In search of a meaningful life,Leah gave up what she had and set up her own yoga studios.40.Leahs interest in yoga

38、 prompted her to make a firm decision to seshape her life.41.Small signs may indicate great changes to come and therefore ment attention42.Leahs first yoga studio was by no weans an immediate success43.Some people regard professional change as an unpleasant experience that disturbs their career44.Th

39、e worst fear that Leah ever had was the prospect of losing her yoga business45.As she explore new interests and developed new potential,Leah felt powerful internally参考答案36.G37.D38.L39.B40.F41.C42.H43.A44.K45.E仔细阅读：Passage OneQuestions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage.Shoppers in the UK ar

40、e spending less money on toilet paper to save money, research has shown.Penny pinching UK consumers choose cheaper products from discounters such as Aldi and Lidi rather than luxury alternatives.This has wiped 6% off the value of the soft tissue paper market in the UK. It has shrunk from 1.19 billio

41、n in 2011 to 1. 12billion in 2015, according to a new report from market research company Mintel. Furthermore, the future of the market looks far from rosy, with sales expected to fall future of the market looks far from rosy, with sales expected to fall further to 1.11billion in 2016.In the last ye

42、ar alone, despite an increase in the UK population and a subsequent rise in the number of households, sales of toilet paper fell by 2%, with the average household reducing their toilet roll spending from 43 in 2014 to 41 in 2015.Overall, almost three in five people say they try to limit their usage

43、of paper-including facial tissue and kitchen roll to save money. “Strength, softness and thickness remain the leading indicators ODM toilet paper quality, with just a small proportion of consumers preferring more luxurious alternatives, such as those with flower patterns or perfume,“ said Mintel ana

44、lyst Jack Duckett. “These extra features are deemed unnecessary by the majority of shoppers, which probably reflects how these types of products are typically more expensive than regular toilet paper, even when on special offer.“While consunmers are spending less on toilet paper, they remain fussy-i

45、n theory at least-when it comes to paper quality. Top of Britons toilet paper wish list is softness(57%)followed by strength(45%)and thickness(36%).One in 10 buyers rank toilet rolls made from recycled paper among their top considerations, highlighting how overall the environment is much less of a c

46、onsideration for shoppers than product quality. In a challenge for manufactures, 81% of paper product users said they would consider buying recycled toilet tissue if it were comparable in quality to standard paper.46.【题干】The market sales of toilet paper have decreased because_.【选项】A.Britons have cut

47、 their spending on itB.its prices have gone up over the yearC.its quality has seen marked improvementD.Britons have developed the habit of saving【答案解析】根据题干关键词 market sales 和 toilet paper 可以定位到首段 Shoppers in the UK are spending less money on toilet paper to save money“英国的购物者减少卫生纸开支以省钱”和第三段首句 This has

48、 wiped 6% off the value of the soft tissue paper market “这使得软棉纸市场的价值下降了 6%”。has wiped off 正好对应题干 have increased。This 指代的是第二段的内容 Penny-pinching UK consumers choose cheaper products from discounters“吝啬的英国消费者从折扣商店选择更为便宜的商品”。综上所述，选 A“卫生纸市场销售额下降是因为英国人缩减这方面的开支”。【答案】A47.【题干】What does the author think of th

49、e future of the tissue paper market in the UK?【选项】A.It will expand in time.B.It will remain gloomy.C.It will experience ups and downs.D.It will recover as population grows.【答案】B【答案解析】根据题干关键词 tissue paper 可以定位到第三段首句 This has wiped 6% off the value of the soft tissue paper market in the UK.根据第三句 the future of the market looks far from rosy“市场的未来看起来远远不够乐观”。因此，本题选 B“作者认为绵纸市场的未来仍然是惨淡的”。48.【题干】What does Jack Duckett say about toilet paper?【选项】A.Special offers would promote its sales.B.Consumers are loyal to