2019-6月四级真题及解析卷二

1、2019.6英语四级真题及答案（卷二）2019.6英语四级真题及答案（卷二） Part I Writing1、【题干】Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a news report to your campus newspaper on a visit to a local farm organized by your Student Union. You should write at least 120 words but no more than180 words.【答案】An Impressive

2、 Activities-VisitingIn order to help us students to enrich life and broaden horizon, the Student Union organized a meaningful activity on last weekend-visiting the local farm, by which we grasped much useful knowledge about agriculture.The farm we visited is located in the suburb of Beijing and far

3、away from our school, which covers an area of 1000 square feet. Along with native foods like rice and potatoes, the farmers on the farm grow many organic vegetables, including corn, cucumbers, tomatoes and so forth. Besides, the farm breeds a host of local species such as dairy cattle, geese, chicke

4、n by modern scientific technique. One of the most impressive things for us is that by means of green farming methods, the problem of environmental pollution has been effectively alleviated.This outdoors activity has a really deep impression for us. Not only did it get us closer to the nature and rel

5、ieve pressure from us, it also enhance our professional knowledge about husbandry technology.Part Reading Section AThe center of American automobile innovation has in the past decade moved 2,000 miles away. It has _(27)from Detroit to Silicon Valley, where self-driving vehicles are coming into life.

6、In a _(28)to take production back to Detroit, Michigan lawmakers have introduced _(29)that could make their state the best place in the country, if not the world, to develop self-driving vehicles and put them on the road.Michigans _(30)in auto research and development is under attack from several st

7、ates and countries which desire to _(31)our leadership in transportation. We cant let happen, says Senator Mike Kowall, the lead _(32) of four bills recently introduced.If all four bills pass as written, they would _(33)a substantial update of Michigans 2013 law that allowed the testing of self-driv

8、ing vehicles in limited conditions. Manufacturer would have nearly total freedom to test their self-driving technology on public roads. They would be allowed to send groups of self-driving cars on cross-state road trips, and even set on-demand _(34)of self-driving cars, like the one General Motors a

9、nd Lyft are building.Lawmakers in Michigan clearly want to make the state ready for the commercial application of self-driving technology. In _(35), California, home of Silicon Valley, recently proposed far more _(36)rules that would require human drivers be ready to take the wheel, and commercial u

10、se of self-driving technology.27、【题干】_.【选项】A.bidB.contrastC.deputyD.dominanceE.fleetsF.knotsG.legislationH.migratedI.replaceJ.representK.restrictiveL.rewardM.significantN.sponsorO.transmitted【答案】H28、【题干】_.【选项】A.bidB.contrastC.deputyD.dominanceE.fleetsF.knotsG.legislationH.migratedI.replaceJ.represen

11、tK.restrictiveL.rewardM.significantN.sponsorO.transmitted【答案】A29、【题干】_.【选项】A.bidB.contrastC.deputyD.dominanceE.fleetsF.knotsG.legislationH.migratedI.replaceJ.representK.restrictiveL.rewardM.significantN.sponsorO.transmitted【答案】G30、【题干】_.【选项】A.bidB.contrastC.deputyD.dominanceE.fleetsF.knotsG.legislat

12、ionH.migratedI.replaceJ.representK.restrictiveL.rewardM.significantN.sponsorO.transmitted【答案】D31、【题干】_.【选项】A.bidB.contrastC.deputyD.dominanceE.fleetsF.knotsG.legislationH.migratedI.replaceJ.representK.restrictiveL.rewardM.significantN.sponsorO.transmitted【答案】I32、【题干】_.【选项】A.bidB.contrastC.deputyD.do

13、minanceE.fleetsF.knotsG.legislationH.migratedI.replaceJ.representK.restrictiveL.rewardM.significantN.sponsorO.transmitted【答案】N33、【题干】_.【选项】A.bidB.contrastC.deputyD.dominanceE.fleetsF.knotsG.legislationH.migratedI.replaceJ.representK.restrictiveL.rewardM.significantN.sponsorO.transmitted【答案】J34、【题干】_

14、.【选项】A.bidB.contrastC.deputyD.dominanceE.fleetsF.knotsG.legislationH.migratedI.replaceJ.representK.restrictiveL.rewardM.significantN.sponsorO.transmitted【答案】E35、【题干】_.【选项】A.bidB.contrastC.deputyD.dominanceE.fleetsF.knotsG.legislationH.migratedI.replaceJ.representK.restrictiveL.rewardM.significantN.s

15、ponsorO.transmitted【答案】B36、【题干】_.【选项】A.bidB.contrastC.deputyD.dominanceE.fleetsF.knotsG.legislationH.migratedI.replaceJ.representK.restrictiveL.rewardM.significantN.sponsorO.transmitted【答案】KPart Reading Section BMake Stuff, Fail, And Learn While Youre At ItA Weve always been a hands-on, do-it-yourse

16、lf kind of nation. Ben Franklin, one of Americas founding fathers, didnt just invent the lightning rod. His creations include glasses, innovative stoves and more.B Franklin, who was largely self-taught, may have been a genius, but he wasnt really an exception when it comes to American making and cre

17、ativity.C The personal computing revolution and philosophy of disruptive innovation of Silicon Valley grew, in part, out of the creations of the Homebrew Computer Club, Which was founded in a garage in Menlo Park, California, in the mid-1970s. Members including guys named Jobs and Wozniak started ma

18、king and inventing things they couldnt buy.D So its no surprise that the Maker Movement today is thriving in communities and some schools across America. Making is available to ordinary people who arent tied to big companies, big defense labs or research universities. The maker philosophy echoes old

19、 ideas advocated by John Dewey, Montessori, and even ancient Greek philosophers, as we pointed out recently.E These maker spaces are often outside of classrooms, and are serving an important educational function. The Maker Movement is rediscovering learning by doing, which is Deweys phrase from 100

20、years ago. We are rediscovering Dewey and Montessori and a lot of the practices that they pioneered that have been forgotten or at least put aside. A maker space is a place which can be in a school, but it doesnt look like a classroom. It can be in a library. It can be out in the community. It has t

21、ools and materials. Its a place where you get to make things based on your interest and on what youre learning to do.F Ideas about learning by doing have struggled to become mainstream educationally, despite being old concepts from Dewey and Montessori, Plato and Aristotle, and in the American Contc

22、xt, Ralph Emerson, on the value of experience and self-reliance. Its not necessarily an efficient way to learn. We learn, in a sense, by trial and error. Learning from experience is something that takes time and patience. Its very individualized. If your goal is to have standardized approaches to le

23、arning, where everybody learns the same thing at the same time in the same way, then learning by doing doesnt really fit that mold anymore. Its not the world of textbooks. Its not the world of testing.G Learning by doing may not be efficient, but it is effective. Project-based learning has grown in

24、popularity with teachers and administrators. However, project-based learning is not making. Although there is a connection, there is also a distinction. The difference lies in whether the project is in a sense defined and developed by the student or whether its assigned by a teacher. Well all get th

25、e kids to build a small boat. We are all going to learn about X, Y, and Z. That tends to be one form of project-based learning.H I really believe the core idea of making is to have an idea within your head or you just borrow it from someone and begin to develop it , repeat it and improve it. Then, r

26、ealize that idea somehow. That thing that you make is valuable to you and you can share it with others. Im interested in how these things are expressions of that person, their ideas, and their interactions with the world.I In some ways, a lot of forms of making in school trivialize(使变得无足轻重)making. T

27、he thing that you make has no value to you. Once you are done demonstrating whatever concept was in the textbook, you throw away the pipe cleaners, the cardboard tubes.J Making should be student-directed and student-led, otherwise its boring. It doesnt have the motivation of the student. Im not sayi

28、ng that students should not learn concepts or not learn skills. They do. But to really harness their motivation is to build upon their interest. Its to let them be in control and to drive the car.K Teachers should aim to build a supportive, creative environment for students to do this work. A very s

29、ocial environment, where they are learning from each other. When they have a problem, it isnt the teacher necessarily coming in to solve it. They are responsible for working through that problem. It might be they have to talk to other students in the class to help get an answer.L The teachers role i

30、s more of a coach or observer. Sometimes, to people, it sounds like this is a diminished rote for teachers. I think its a heightened role. Youre ereating this environment, like a maker space. You have 20 kids doing different things. You are watching them and really its the human behaviors youre look

31、ing at. Are they engaged? A they developing and repeating their project? Are they stumbling (受挫)? Do they need something that they dont have? Can you help them be aware of where they are?M My belief is that the goal of making is not to get every kid to be hands-on, but it enable us to be good learne

32、rs. Its not the knowledge that is valuable, Its the practice of learning new things and understanding how things work. These are processes that you are developing so that you are able, over time, to tackle more interesting problems, more challenging problemsproblems that require many people instead

33、of one person, and many skills instead of one.N If teachers keep it form-free and student-led, it can still be tied to a curriculum and an educational plan. I think a maker space is more like a like a library in that there are multiple subjects and multiple things that you can learn. What seems to b

34、e missing in school is how these subjects integrate, how they fit together in any meaningful way. Rather than saying, This is science, over here is history, I see schools taking this idea of projects and looking at: How do they support children in higher level learning?O I feel like this is a shift

35、away form a subject matter-based curriculum to a more experiential curriculum or learning. Its still in its early stages, but I think its shifting around not what kids learn but how they learn.37.【题干】A maker space is where people make things according to their personal interests.【选项】A.AB.BC.CD.DE.EF

36、.FG.GH.HI.IJ.JK.KL.LM.MN.NO.O【答案】E38.【题干】The teachers role is enhanced in a maker space as they have to monitor and facilitate during the process.【选项】A.AB.BC.CD.DE.EF.FG.GH.HI.IJ.JK.KL.LM.MN.NO.O【答案】L39.【题干】Coming up with an idea of ones own or improving one from others is key to the concept of maki

37、ng.【选项】A.AB.BC.CD.DE.EF.FG.GH.HI.IJ.JK.KL.LM.MN.NO.O【答案】H40.【题干】Contrary to structured learning, learning by doing is highly individualized.【选项】A.AB.BC.CD.DE.EF.FG.GH.HI.IJ.JK.KL.LM.MN.NO.O【答案】F41.【题干】America is a nation known for the idea of making things by oneself.【选项】A.AB.BC.CD.DE.EF.FG.GH.HI.IJ

38、.JK.KL.LM.MN.NO.O【答案】A42.【题干】Making will be boring unless students are able to take charge.【选项】A.AB.BC.CD.DE.EF.FG.GH.HI.IJ.JK.KL.LM.MN.NO.O【答案】J43.【题干】Making can be related to a project, but it is created and carried out by students themselves.【选项】A.AB.BC.CD.DE.EF.FG.GH.HI.IJ.JK.KL.LM.MN.NO.O【答案】G4

39、4.【题干】The author suggests incorporating the idea of a maker space into a school curriculum.【选项】A.AB.BC.CD.DE.EF.FG.GH.HI.IJ.JK.KL.LM.MN.NO.O【答案】N45.【题干】The maker concept is a modern version of some ancient philosophical ideas.【选项】A.AB.BC.CD.DE.EF.FG.GH.HI.IJ.JK.KL.LM.MN.NO.O【答案】D46.【题干】Making is not

40、 taken seriously in school when students are asked to make something meaningless to them based on textbooks.【选项】A.AB.BC.CD.DE.EF.FG.GH.HI.IJ.JK.KL.LM.MN.NO.O【答案】IPart Reading Section CPassage OneQuestions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage.In the classic marriage vow(誓约), couples promise to

41、 stay together in sickness and in health. But a new study finds that the risk of divorce among older couples rises when the wife-not the husbandbecomes seriously ill.Married women diagnosed with a serious health condition may find themselves struggling with the impact of their disease while also exp

42、eriencing the stress of divorce, said researcher Amelia Karraker.Karraker and co-author Kenzie Latham analyzed 20 years of data on 2,717 marriages from a study conducted by Indiana University since 1992. At the time of the first interview, at least one of the partners was over the age of 50.The rese

43、archers examined how the onset(发生)of four serious physical illnesses affected marriages. They found that, overall, 31% of marriages ended in divorce over the period studied. The incidence of new chronic(慢性的)illness onset increased over time as will, with more husbands than wives developing serious h

44、ealth problems.We found that women are doubly vulnerable to marital break-up in the face of illness, Karraker said. Theyre more likely to be widowed, and if theyre the noes who become ill, theyre more likely to get divorced.While the study didnt assess why divorce in more likely when wives but not h

45、usbands become seriously ill, Karraker offers a few possible reasons. Gender norms and social expectations about caregiving many make it more difficult for men to provide care to sick spouses, Karraker said. And because of the imbalance in marriage markets, especially in older ages, divorced men hav

46、e more choices among prospective partners than divorced women.Given the increasing concern about health care costs for the aging population, Karraker believes policymakers should be aware of the relationship between disease and risk of divorce.Offering support services to spouses caring for their ot

47、her halves may reduce marital stress and prevent divorce at older ages, she said. But its also important to recognize that the pressure to divorce may be health-related and that sick ex-wives may need additional care and services to prevent worsening health and increased health costs.47.【题干】What can

48、 we learn about marriage vows from the passage?【选项】A.They may not guarantee a lasting marriage.B.They are as binding as they used to be.C.They are not taken seriously any more.D.They may help couples tide over hard times.【答案】A48.【题干】What did Karraker and co-author Kenzie Latham find about elderly hu

49、sbands?【选项】A.They are generally not good at taking care of themselves.B.They can become increasingly vulnerable to serious illnesses.C.They can develop different kinds of illnesses just like their wives.D.They are more likely to contract serious illnesses than their wives.【答案】B49.【题干】What does Karra

50、ker say about women who fall ill?【选项】A.They are more likely to be widowed.B.They are more likely to get divorced.C.They are less likely to receive good care.D.They are less likely to bother their spouses.【答案】B50.【题干】Why is it more difficult for men to take care of their sick spouses according to Kar

51、raker?【选项】A.They are more accustomed to receiving care.B.They find it more important to make money for the family.C.They think it more urgent to fulfill their social obligations.D.They expect society to do more of the job.【答案】A51.【题干】What does Karraker think is also important?【选项】A.Reducing marital stress on wives.B.Stabilizing old coupless relations.C.Providing extra care for divorced women.D.Making men pay for their wive