2013年6月四级考试真题(第一套).pdf

淘宝网 丹丹电子版资料 2013 年年 6 月月四级四级考试真题考试真题 第一 第一套 套 Part I Writing 30 minutes Directions For this part you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay You should start your essay with a brief description of the picture and then express your views on the importance of reading literature You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words 淘宝网 丹丹电子版资料 Part II Reading Comprehension Skimming and Scanning 15 minutes Directions In this part you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1 For questions 1 7 choose the best answer from the four choices marked A B C and D For questions 8 10 complete the sentences with the information given in the passage Surviving the Recession America s recession began quietly at the end of 2007 Since then it has evolved into a global crisis Reasonable people may disagree about whom to blame Financiers who were not as clever as they thought they were Regulators falling asleep at work Consumers who borrowed too much Politicians who thoughtlessly promoted home ownership for those who could not afford it All are guilty and what a mess they have created Since 2007 America has shed 5 million jobs More than 15 of the workforce are jobless or underemployed roughly 25 million workers The only industries swelling their payrolls are health care utilities and the federal government The value of listed shares in American firms collapsed by 57 from its peak in October 2007 to a low in March this year though it has since bounced back somewhat Industrial production fell by 12 8 in the year to March the worst slide since the Second World War Mark Zandi an economist at Moody s E predicts that the recession will shrink America s economy by 3 5 in total For most executives this is the worst business environment they ve ever seen Times are so tough that even bosses are taking pay cuts Median 中位数的 pay for chief executives of S a 90 minute snooze 小睡 can 77 creativity According to you 78 a natural dip in body temperature 79 1 p m and 3 p m A short nap at this time can boost alertness 80 several hours and for most people shouldn t 81 being able to fall asleep at night Pick a dark nice place that s not too warm or too chilly P 82 napping on the couch instead of in bed so you re less 83 to snooze for too long Surprisingly the best place to take a snap may be a hammock 吊床 if you have one A Swiss study 84 last year found that people fell asleep faster and had deeper sleep when they napped in a hammock than in a bed That same rocking 85 that puts babies to sleep B consider D concern 71 A reportedly C constantly B incredibly D frankly 72 A regularly C heavily B enormously D strongly 73 A off C against B under D from 74 A exact C right B correct D precise 75 A influence C compete B eliminate D interfere 76 A focusing C relying B depending D basing 77 A enlarge C enhance B engage D enlighten 78 A explore C exercise B experience D execute 79 A between C among B amidst D besides 80 A of C during B beyond D for 81 A produce C affect B dispose D hasten 82 A illustrates C predicts B decides D recommends 83 A inclined C adopted B involved D attracted 84 A pronounced C discovered B published D cultivated 85 A mood C motion B model D motive 86 A wonders C mystery B passions D pleasure 淘宝网 丹丹电子版资料 works 86 for grown ups too Part VI Translation 5 minutes Directions Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets Please write your translation on Answer Sheet 2 87 Although only in her teens my sister is looking forward to 独自去 海外学习 88 It s true that we are not always going to succeed in our ventures 即使我们投入时间和金钱 89 The old couple hoped that their son 将不辜负他们的期望 90 So hardly 他在车祸中受伤 that he had to stay in the hospital for a whole year 91 Nowadays some people still have trouble 从网上获取信息 答案速查 答案速查 1 B 2 A 3 C 4 D 5 C 6 A 7 D 8 Man of the Year 9 poor management 10 micromanaging 11 B 12 A 13 C 14 B 15 D 16 A 17 D 18 C 19 B 20 A 21 B 22 C 23 A 24 D 25 A 26 D 27 C 28 B 29 D 30 C 31 A 32 B 33 C 34 A 35 D 36 especially 37 driven 38 owned 39 commit 40 debts 41 services 42 operates 43 shocking 44 The editor is frightened by this news but he is more frightened by the idea of losing his newspaper 45 Anyway there is a little more to tell but I don t want to ruin the story for you 46 They are not realistic but then again in a way they are because they deal with human nature 47 L 48 G 49 K 50 D 51 F 52 I 53 N 54 J 55 C 56 B 57 A 58 B 59 D 60 D 61 C 62 A 63 B 64 B 65 A 66 C 67 B 68 D 69 A 70 C 71 B 72 A 73 D 74 C 75 D 76 B 77 C 78 B 79 A 80 D