2023年大学英语四级真题三套全及答案

2０23年6月大学英语四级真题及答案(第一套)ParｔⅢ ReadiｎgＣompｒehenｓiｏn（40ｍｉnutｅs)SectionAQuｅstioｎｓ2６ｔo35ａrebａsedoｎthefoｌlowingｐasｓａge.Ｔhemｅｔhodfｏｒmakiｎgbeerhaschaｎｇeｄｏvertime.Ｈops(啤酒花),forｅxamｐle,whichｇivemａｎyaｍodeｍｂeeritsbiｔtｅrｆｌaｖor,ａｒｅa(２6)＿_＿＿＿＿_ｒecｅｎtadditionｔothebevｅrage.Ｔhiｓwasｆirｓtｍeｎtioneｄiｎreｆｅｒenｃeｔobrｅwiｎｇｉnｔheninthcｅnｔury.Noｗ,ｒeseａrｃheｒshavｅfｏｕnda(27)_＿_____ｉngredienｔinresidue(残留物）frｏｍ5,000-ｙｅar-oldbeerbrewingequiｐment.WhiｌedｉgｇｉngｔwopitsａｔasiｔeinthecenｔｒaｌplaiｎsofＣhinａ,sｃientｉｓtsdisｃｏｖeredfｒagｍenｔsfroｍpｏtsａnｄveｓsels．Thｅdｉfｆerｅnｔshaｐeｓｏfｔhecontaｉners（28)____＿_＿ﻩｔｈeyｗerｅusｅｄtobrｅw,ｆiｌｔer,andstorｅbｅer．Ｔheymaｙbｅanｃiｅnt“bｅｅr-maｋingtoolｓ，”andtｈeearliest(2９＿______ﻩevidenceｏfbeerｂrｅwｉngiｎCｈｉnａ,thereｓｅaｒchersrｅｐｏｒteｄintheProceedingsｏfthｅNatｉｏnalAcadｅmyofＳciencｅs．To（30)_＿___＿_ﻩtｈattheory,thetｅaｍexａmｉnedｔheyellowｉsｈ,ｄrieｄ(31)___＿___ inｓiｄetｈeｖessels.Themａjｏrityoｆthegrains，aｂout８0%，ｗｅrefromcerｅalcroｐｓｌｉｋebarley(大麦),aｎdaboｕt10%weｒｅbitｓofrooｔs,(３2）__＿＿__＿ｌily,wｈiｃhwｏuldhavｅmａdethebeｅrsweｅｔeｒ,theｓcｉｅntistｓｓay.Bａｒleyｗａｓanunexpectedfiｎd:ｔｈｅｃropwasdomesticaｔedinWesternEurasiａandｄｉdn'tｂecomea(3３)＿＿_____fｏodincentralChinauntilaｂｏuｔ2，０00yｅａrsago，ａcｃordiｎgtｏthｅｒeｓeaｒchers．Ｂasｅdｏnthattimiｎg,theyindicatebarｌeyｍayｈave(34)___＿＿_＿inｔｈeｒeｇｉonnoｔasｆooｄ,buｔａｓ(35)＿____＿＿ｍateriaｌforbeeｒbrewｉng.注意:此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。ArrivｅdＢ）cｏnsumｉnｇC)directD)exｃlusivelｙE）inｃｌudingF)ｉnｆormG)raｗH)reａcｈedI）relatiｖelｙＪ）remａiｎsK)rｅｓourcesL)staｐleM)sｕggestN)sｕｒprisｉｎgO)tｅｓｔSeｃｔｉｏnBDirectionｓ：Iｎtｈissectｉｏｎ,ｙoｕarｅｇｏingｔoreaｄaｐassａｇｅwiｔhｔｅnstatementsattachedｔoit.Eａｃhｓｔａteｍentｃonｔainsinformationgiveninｏneｏfｔhｅparagｒａphs.Idｅnｔifytheparagrapｈfrｏｍwhicｈtheinfｏｒmaｔioｎisderｉｖｅd．Yｏｕmaｙｃhｏｏｓeaparagｒaｐhmｏrethaｎｏｎcｅ.Eacｈｐarａgraphiｓmａrkｅｄwithaletｔer．AnｓwerｔｈｅｑuestionsｂymarkｉｎgtheｃorresｐondinglｅtteroｎAｎsｗerＳheet2．TheBlessinｇanｄCｕrsｅofthｅPｅoｐｌeWhoNevｅrForgetＡhandfulｏfpeoｐlｅcａｎrecalｌalmostｅveryｄａｙｏftheirliｖesinenorｍousｄetail—andaftｅrｙｅarsoｆrｅseａrｃｈ,nｅuroscｉenｔiｓts(神经科学专家)arefinallｙｂeginnｉｎｇｔounｄerstanｄhowtheyｄoit.［Ａ]Formosｔofus,memoryisａｍｅssofｂｌurredａndfadeｄpicturesofourliveｓ．Asmuchaswewouldliketoｃlingoｎtooｕrpasｔ,eveｎthesaddestmoｍentsｃaｎbｅｗashedawaywithｔime.[B]ＡsｋＮiｍａVｅｉsehｗhathewａsdｏｉngfoｒanydayintｈepasｔ1５yearｓ,hｏweｖer，andhｅwillgｉveyouthｅｄetailsoｆｔhewｅaｔｈer,wｈathewaｓweariｎg,oｒevｅｎwhatsｉdeofthetraiｎheｗａssitｔｉnｇonｈiｓjourneytｏwｏrｋ.“Ｍｙmｅｍｏryislikealｉbrａrｙofｖｉｄｅotａpeｓ,walk-throughsｏｆeverydａyofmylｉfeｆroｍwakiｎgtｏsleeｐｉng，”heｅxplaｉnｓ.[C］Veiｓehcaｎeｖenputaｄateｏnwhｅnthosetapeｓstarteｄrecoｒdinｇ:15Ｄecｅmｂｅr2023,whenｈemethisｆirstgirlfriendａthisbestfrieｎd's16ｔhbirthdayparty.Hｅhadalwayｓhaｄagｏｏdmeｍoｒy，ｂｕｔthethrｉｌｌofyouｎｇloveｓeeｍｓtohaｖeshiftedａgearinhismｉnd:frｏｍnｏwon，ｈewoｕｌdｓtaｒtrecordinghiｓwholｅlｉｆeｉndetａiｌ.“Icoｕldteｌlｙoueｖeryｔｈingabouteveｒydayaｆterｔhat.”[D］Nｅedｌｅsstｏsay,peopｌelikeＶeiｓｅｈareofｇreａｔｉｎteresttoneｕroscientｉstｓｈopingtｏunｄｅrstandｔhｅｗaythｅbraiｎｒecoｒｄsｏuｒlｉveｓ.Aｃoｕpleofｒecｅnｔpａpeｒshavｅfｉnalｌyｏpｅｎｅdａwiｎｄoｗｏnthesｅpeｏple’ｓextraｏrdinaryminds.Aｎdsucｈrｅsearchmightevｅnsuggestｗaysfｏｒｕsａlｌｔｏrｅｌiveｏuｒpａstwithｇｒeatｅrclａriｔy.[E]“Highlysuｐerioraｕｔobiｏｇrａｐhiｃalmeｍoｒy”（orHSAMfｏrsｈｏrt)firstcaｍｅtolighｔintｈeearlｙ２0２3s,ｗiｔhayouｎｇwomannamedJillPrice．EｍailingthｅｎeuｒｏsｃientｉstａndｍｅmoryrｅsｅaｒｃherJimＭcGaugｈonedaｙ,ｓhｅclaimedｔhaｔshecoｕlｄrecａlｌeverydａｙofhｅrlｉｆesincetheageof12.Ｃoｕldhehｅlpexplaｉnｈerｅxpeｒiences？[F]McGaｕｇhinｖitedhertohislab,andbegantotestｈer:hewouｌdgiveｈeradateandaｓkhｅｒtｏtellhｉｍabouttheｗｏrｌdeventｓonthatday.Truetｏhｅrword,sｈｅwascorrｅctalｍostｅvｅrytime.［G]Ｉtdｉｄｎ’tｔaｋeｌｏｎｇfoｒmagazinesａnddｏcumentａryfiｌm-makerstoｃometoｕndeｒstandher“ｔotａｌrｅcａll”,andthanｋtoｔｈeｓubｓequentmｅｄiainterest,aｆewdozｅnｏｔhersubjｅctｓ(inｃｌｕdiｎgVeｉseh)ｈavesiｎceｃoｍeｆorwaｒdandｃｏｎtaｃtｅｄtｈeteamattheUnｉveｒsｉｔyofＣaｌifｏrｎiａ,Irvine.[Ｈ]Ｉｎtｅrestingly,theｉrmｅmoriesareｈigｈlｙself－centred:aｌthoughtheycanrememｂer“autoｂiograpｈical”liｆeeventｓiｎexｔraorｄｉｎａrydｅtail，thｅｙsｅemtobeｎobetｔeｒthａnaveｒaｇeaｔreｃａlｌiｎｇimpｅｒsonａlｉnformatiｏｎ,suchasrandom(任意选取的)ｌｉｓtsofwords．Nｏraretheyｎecessarilyｂetｔeratrｅmembｅringaｒｏunｄｏfdrinｋs，sａy.Andａｌｔhｏｕｇｈtheiｒｍemｏｒｉesarevast，theｙaｒeｓｔillｌｉkelytｏsuffeｒfrｏm“falｓememoriｅs”．Cleaｒly,ｔheｒeiｓnosuｃhｔhｉnｇasa“perfect”memorｙ—tｈeireｘｔraordｉｎａｒｙｍiｎdsａｒesｔilｌuｓingthesameｆlaｗｅdtoｏlｓthatthereｓtofｕsrｅlyｏn.Thｅquesｔiｏnis,hoｗ?[I]ＬawrenｃeＰatihisaｔtｈeUniｖersiｔyｏｆSouthernMissiｓsippirecentlystudｉedaround20pｅopleｗｉthHSＡMａndｆoundtｈattｈeysｃoredparticuｌarlyhighontwomeａsuｒes:faｎtasypｒoneｎeｓｓ(倾向)ａndabsorpｔioｎ.Fａntasyｐronｅnｅssｃoｕldｂｅconsidｅｒｅｄａtendencytoimａｇiｎｅａnddaydreａm,wｈeｒeａｓabｓorptionｉsｔｈｅtenｄｅncyｔoａlｌｏwyoｕrｍｉnｄtobｅcomefulｌyaｂsorbedinanactｉvｉtyｔopaycomｐleteaｔtenｔiontoｔｈesｅnｓaｔionｓ(感受)andthｅｅxperieｎces.“I’mextｒeｍｅlysenｓitivetoｓoｕｎdｓ，smellsaｎdviｓuａldeｔaiｌ,”exｐlａiｎsＮｉcｏleDｏnohｕe,whohastakeｎpaｒｔｉnｍanyofthｅsestｕｄiｅs．“Ideｆinitelyfｅelthinｇsｍｏrestrｏnglythantheaveragｅpｅrｓon.”[J]Ｔheaｂsorptｉonhelpstheｍｔｏestablisｈsｔroｎｇfｏundatiｏｎｓfoｒｒecollectioｎ,sａysPaｔｉhis，anｄthefaｎtasｙｐrｏneｎessmeａnｓthatｔｈeyｒｅｖisiｔｔhｏsememｏｒiesaｇaiｎａndａgaｉｎiｎｔhecomiｎgwｅｅksaｎdｍoｎths.Eaｃhtimｅｔhisｉnitialmeｍorytracｅiｓ“rｅplayed”，itbeｃomｅｓevｅｎstrongｅr．Iｎsoｍｅｗays，ｙouprobablｙgoｔｈroughthatprocessａｆｔerabigeventliｋeyｏurweddiｎgdaｙ,butthedifferｅnｃeiｓthatｔhankstｏtｈeiｒotherpsｙcholｏgicａｌｔendeｎcies,theＨSＡMsubjｅctsaredoingitdayiｎ,dａyout，ｆoｒthｅwhｏｌeofｔheirlives.［Ｋ］NoｔeveｒyoｎewithａｔeｎｄｅｎcytofａntaｓisewｉllｄeｖeloｐHSAM,ｔｈough,soPatiｈｉｓsuggｅsｔsthａtｓomethingｍｕsthaｖｅcaｕsedtｈemｔothinkｓomucｈaｂouｔtheirｐast．“Mａybesomｅexｐerienceiｎtheiｒｃｈildhoodmｅantthatｔｈeybｅｃａmeobsesｓed(着迷）withｃalendａrsanｄwhathappenedｔotｈeｍ,”saysPatihis.[Ｌ］TｈepeoｐleｗｉthＨSAＭI’veinｔｅrviewedwouldcｅrｔainlyagｒｅeｔhaｔitcanbｅaｍｉxｅｄbｌｅｓsing.Oｎthepluｓside,ｉtaｌｌｏwsyouｔｏrelivetheｍoｓttrａnｓformａtiｖｅanｄｅnrｉcｈingeｘpeｒｉeｎces．Ｖeｉseｈ,forinstanｃe,travelledalotinhｉｓｙoｕth.Inhissｐaｒetimｅ,hevisｉtedtheｌoｃalartgalleriｅs,ａｎdtheｐａintiｎgｓarenｏwｌodgeｄdｅepinhｉsautobｉogｒaｐｈicａlmemorｉeｓ.[Ｍ]“Imagineｂeinｇaｂlｅtoremｅmbereｖerｙｐainting,oneverywalｌ,ｉnevｅryｇalｌeｒｙspace,ｂetweenｎｅarly40counｔries，”hesays.“Tｈaｔ’sａbｉgeducaｔｉｏnｉnａrtbｙitselｆ．”Withthiｓｃomprｅhensiｖeｋnowledgｅofthehistoｒｙofarｔ,ｈｅhassiｎｃeｂecoｍeaprｏfｅssiｏnaｌpａｉnter.[N]Donoｈue,noｗａhistoｒytｅacher,agrｅesｔｈaｔiｔhｅlpeddurinｇｃerｔａinｐartsofherｅducatｉｏn.“ＩｃandefｉｎitelyremembｅrwhatIｌearnｅdoｎcertaiｎdaysatschool.Ｉｃｏuldimａginewhattheteacherwassayｉnｇorwhａtiｔloｏkeｄｌikｅinｔhebook.”[O]NotevｅｒyoneｗitｈHSAＭhａsｅxperiencedthesebeneｆｉts,hｏwever.Vieｗingｔｈepastinhiｇhdefinitioncanmakｅiｔvｅｒｙｄiffｉcultｔogeｔovｅrpaｉｎａndregrｅt.“Ｉｔcanｂｅverｙhardtofｏｒgetｅmbarrａｓsiｎｇmomenｔs,”saysＤonｏhue.“Youｆｅeｌthesａmeemotｉonｓ—itisjｕstasrａw,ｊustasfreｓｈ..．Youcan’tturｎoｆｆthatｓtreamofmeｍories,noｍaｔｔerｈｏwhardｙｏutry．”Veisｅhagrees.“Itislikehavingtｈeseｏｐenｗoｕｎds—theｙａrejustapａrtｏfｙou，”heｓaｙｓ.［P]Tｈiｓmeanstheyoｆtenhａvetｏmakeａｓpeciaｌｅfｆｏrttolaｙtｈepaｓttoｒｅst.Bilｌ,forｉnｓｔance,oftengetspaiｎful“flashbackｓ”，inｗｈｉｃｈunwantedmemorｉesintruｄeiｎｔohisconsciｏｕsness，bｕtoｖｅrallhｅhaschosentoseeitasthｅbestwaｙoｆavoidingrｅｐeaｔingtheｓaｍemiｓtakes.“Soｍeｐｅopleａｒeabsoｒbeｄinthepaｓｔbｕｔｎotopentｏnewmemorｉes,butｔｈat’snotthecaseｆｏｒme.Iloｏkfｏrｗardtoeaｃhdayandexpｅriencingsometｈinｇnew.”注意:此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。3６.ＰｅoplewitｈＨSAMhavethesamemｅmoryasｏrdｉnarｙpeoｐｌewhｅnitcomｅｓｔoimpｅrsonalinforｍａtion.３７．FantasyｐrｏnenessｗillnoｔｎeceｓｓaｒｉｌycａusepeopｌeｔodevelopHSＡM.3８．Veisehbegantorememｂertheｄetａilsofｈiｓeveryｄayeｘpｅｒiencｅsａfteｒｈemｅthisｆirstyouｎｇlovｅ.39.ＭａnymｏrｅpeoplｅwithHSAMｓｔartedtｏｃonｔａｃtreｓｅａrchｅrsｄuetothemassmｅdｉa.４0．PeoplｅwithHSAＭofteｎhavetoｍakeeｆｆoｒtsｔoａvoidfocusｉｎgontｈepast.41.Mostpeoplｅdoｎotｈavecleａrmemoｒｉｅsoｆpasteventｓ．４2.ＨSＡMｃａnbｅbｏthａcｕrseanｄablessｉng.43．Ａyouｎgwomansouｇhtｅｘpｌanａtｉonfromabrainsｃieｎtｉsｔwhenshenotｉceｄhｅｒunusｕａlｍemoｒy.4４.ＳomepeoplｅｗithHSＡMfｉnｄitverｙhaｒｄtｏgetｒｉｄｏfunpleａsantmｅmorieｓ.4５.ArｅcentstudyoｆpeopｌｅwｉｔhHSＡMrevealsthattheyarｅｌｉaｂletofaｎtａsyandｆullabsｏrptioninanａｃｔｉvity.ＳectionCDiｒｅcｔions:Thｅreare2pasｓagesinthiｓsｅctｉon．Eachpassageisfollowedｂysomequestiｏnsorunfiｎishｅdstatｅmeｎts.ForeachoftheｍtherｅaｒｅｆouｒchoicesmarkedA）,Ｂ),C)andD).YoushoulddecｉdeoｎｔｈebestchｏiｃeaｎdmarkｔhecoｒrｅｓpondｉngletteroｎAｎswerShｅｅt2ｗｉthａsinglelｉnethroughtheｃｅｎｔre．PaｓsageOnｅＱuestioｎｓ46to50aｒｅbaｓeｄｏnｔhｅfollowingpassａge.Thｅpｈｒaｓeaｌmostcomｐletｅｓitseｌｆ：mｉdliｆｅcriｓｉs.It’sthｅstageinｔhemiddｌｅofthejourneyｗhenpeopleｆｅelｙoutｈvaniｓhｉｎg,thｅｉrｐroｓpectsｎａｒrｏwingaｎddeathapproaｃhing．Ｔheｒｅ’ｓonｌｙoneprobleｍｗiththeclicｈe（套话）.Itisn’ttrue.“Ｉnfacｔ,therｅisalmｏstnohardｅｖｉdencefoｒｍidlifecriｓｉsoｔherthａnafeｗsｍaｌlpilotstｕdiｅsconducteｄdecadesagｏ,”BarbａｒaHageｒｔywｒiｔesinherneｗbｏok，LifｅReiｍａgｉned.Thevaｓtｂulkoftheｒeseaｒchshｏwsｔｈatthｅremａybｅapaｕｓｅ，oｒａsｈiftiｎgoｆgｅaｒｓinthe4０sor50ｓ，buttｈｉsshift“ｃanbｅｅxciｔing,raｔhｅrtｈanｔｅrｒifyinｇ”．ＢａrbａｒaHagerｔylooksatsｏmeｏfｔhefｅaturesｏfpeｏｐｌewhotｕｒnmiｄｌifeinｔｏarｅｂirth.Theybreakrｏｕｔines，because“autoｐiloｔisdeatｈ”.Theychoosepurposｅoverhapｐiｎｅss一haｖingaclearsｅｎｓeｏfpｕrｐoseeｖeｎrｅｄucｅｓtheriｓkofＡｌzheｉmeｒ’sdiseaｓｅ．Theyｇivepriｏｒityｔoｒelationshiｐs,ａｓｃareersｏftenｒｅceｄｅ(逐渐淡化）.ＬｉfｅRｅimagiｎｅdｐainｔsaｐｉｃtureofmiddleａｇethatisfａrfromgｌoomｙ.Miｄlｉfeseemsｌikｅｔhｅsecondbigphａseｏｆdecision-ｍaｋing.Yourｉdeｎｔityhasｂeeｎformeｄ；ｙou’ｖeｂuiｌtupyourreｓourceｓ;anｄｎoｗyoｕhavethechanｃetoｔakethｅｂigｒｉｓkspreciｓｅlyｂeｃauseyourfｏundatioｎisalreaｄyseｃuｒe．KarlBaｒｔhdescｒibｅdmｉdｌiｆeｐreciseｌyｔhiswａy.Ａtmiddleａgｅ,hewｒotｅ,“thesowiｎgisbehｉnｄ;noｗｉｓtheｔｉｍｅｔoｒeaｐ．Tｈerｕnhａsbeentaken；nowiｓthetｉmetｏleａp．Pｒeparａｔionhaｓｂeenmade;nowiｓthｅtimeforthｅventureｏｆthｅｗoｒkitsｅlf.”Thｅmidｄle-agｅdperｓｏn,Bａrｔhcｏntｉnueｄ,canseedeaｔｈinthedistance，bｕtｍoｖeswiｔha“ｍeａｓｕｒedhaｓtｅ”tｏgetｂｉgnewtｈingsdｏｎewｈilｅthｅrｅisstｉｌltime.ＷhatＢａｒthwrotedｅｃａdｅsaｇoiseventｒuｅｒtｏdａy.Pｅopｌeａrｅhealtｈyaｎdenergeticlｏnｇｅr.Wehａｖeprｅｓiｄentｉａlcaｎdidａｔeｓrunningｆorｔhｅirfirsｔterminofficeataｇe６8，６9ａnd74.Ａｌoｎgeｒlｉｆespａniｓcｈaｎｇｉngthenarrａtivestrｕctureofｌifeｉtself.Wｈatcouldhaｖｅbeeｎcoｎsｉderedthebｅgｉｎningofadｅscentisnowapotentｉaｌturｎｉnｇpｏinｔ—ｔhｅturniｎgｐoiｎtｙouａrｅmosｔｅquｉｐpｅｄtｏtａkeｆuｌlａdｖaｎtagｅｏｆ.注意:此部分试题请在答题卡２上作答。Whatdoeｓｔheaｕｔhortｈiｎｋofthephrasｅ“midlifecrisｉs”?A)Ithaｓｌeｄtoalotofdｅbａte.Ｂ)Itiswidelyａcknowlｅdged.ﻫC）Iｔisｎolongerfashionaｂle.D)Itｍiｓｒepreｓeｎtｓreallife.47.HowdoesBarbarａＨaｇｅｒtｙviｅｗｍidｌiｆe?Ａ)Itmaｙｂetheｂeｇｉnninｇoｆacｒisis.B)Itcanbｅaｎewｐhasｅｏfoｎｅ’ｓlife.C)Itｃanbetｅrrifyingｆorｔheｕnpreparｅd.D）Itmａyseeｏld-aｇediseasesapproaｃhing.４8.ＨｏwiｓｍidlifepictｕｒedinthebookLｉfｅReimagineｄ？A）Itcanbequiｔeｒose.B)Ｉtcanｂｅｂurｄensｏｍｅ.Ｃ）Itｕnｄeｒｇoesｒａｄicaｌtrａｎｓｆormation.D)Ｉtｍakｅsｆoｒtｈeｂestparｔofone’slife．4９．AcｃoｒdingtoＫarｌBaｒｔh，mｉdｌｉfeiｓthｅtime__＿___＿.A)torelax B)tomａtuｒeC）tｏharｖesｔ Ｄ)ｔoreｆlect５0.Wｈatdｏestheauthorsayaboutmidlifetodａy?Ａ)Itismｏrｅmeanｉnｇfulthanｏｔｈerｓｔagesofliｆe.B)Itisliｋelytochangeｔhｅnａrrａtiveofｏｎe’slife,Ｃ)Itiｓｍoreiｍporｔanｔtｏtｈosｅwithalongerlifespaｎ.D）Itislikｅlytｏbeａcriticａltuｒnｉｎgｐｏiｎｔinone’slifｅ.PassageTwoQuｅstiｏns５1to55ａrebaｓｅdontheｆｏlｌowiｎgｐassagｅ.Iｎsｐriｎg,chｉckｅnsstaｒtｌａyｉngａgaiｎ，ｂringingawｅlcomesｏurceｏfprｏteinatwintｅr’ｓend．Soｉt’snosuｒpriｓethａtculturesaroundtheworｌdcｅｌebｒateｓprinｇbyｈonｏriｎgｔｈeeｇg.Someｔraditiｏnｓaresｉmｐle,lｉketｈerｅｄeｇgsthaｔgeｔbakeｄｉｎtoGreｅｋＥaｓterbreads.Otheｒｓeｌｅvａｔetheeｇgintoafancyａrt,likeｔheｈeavilｙjｅwel－coverｅd“eggs”thatweｒefaｖoｒedｂｙtｈeRuｓsiansstaｒtingｉｎthe19thｃentｕｒｙ.OneanciｅnｔｆormofeggartｃomeｓtouｓｆromＵｋraｉｎｅ．Fｏrcｅnturiｅs,Ｕkrainｉaｎshavebｅendrawｉｎｇcｏｍplicａteｄpaｔtｅrnsｏnｅggs.Coｎtempｏraryartiｓtshaｖefｏllowｅdtｈisｔrａdｉtioｎｔocｒeateeggsthatspeaｋtotｈeａnxieｔiesofourage：Lｉｆeiｓprｅcioｕｓ,anddelicaｔe.Ｅgｇsare,too.“Ｔhｅre’ssomeｔhinｇaboｕttｈeirｄｅｌicatｅnaｔureｔhatappealstome,”ｓaｙsNeｗYoｒkｅｒｃarｔooniｓｔRozChast.Seveｒaｌyearsａgo,shebeｃameintereｓtｅｄｉneggｓandleａrnedｔｈetraｄｉｔioｎａlＵkraｉnｉantｅcｈniｑuetｏdｒａwｈerveｒymodemcharａctｅrs.“Ｉ’veｂｒokeneｇgｓａteverysｔａgeoftｈeprｏcess—fromｔheverｙbegiｎniｎgｔotｈeveｒｙ,vｅrｙend.”Bｕｔthｅre’ｓanapｐｅalinｔhaｔvulneｒability.“There’spaｒtofthisｓickeninghｏｒrorofｋnｏwingyｏu’rewalkｉngonｔheedgewithｔhis，thａtＩkindoflｉkｅ，kｎｏｗinｇthａtitｃouldallfalｌaｐａｒｔaｔaｎｙsecｏnd.”Ｃhaｓt’sdｅsigｎｓ,ｓuｃｈａsaｗorriedmanaｌoneinａtiｎyrowbｏat,refｌectthatｄｅｌicateｎeｓs.TraｄitiｏnalＵkｒainiandｅcorａｔｅdｅggｓalｓosｐoketｏthosefearｓ.Tｈeeｌaｂoｒaｔepaｔternsｗerｅbｅlieveｄtoｏfｆerprｏｔeｃtiｏnagａinstevil.“Thｅｒｅ’ｓaｎancｉｅntｌegendｔｈaｔasｌonｇａsthesｅegｇsａremade,eviｌｗilｌnotprevailintｈeworlｄ,”ｓａysＪoanBrandｅr,ａCanａdｉanegｇ-pａiｎteｒwhｏhasｂｅｅnpaintｉngeggsfoｒoｖer6０yｅars，hａvinglｅarnｅdtheartfromherＵkｒainianrelatives.Thetｒadiｔion,ｄaｔｉngｂacｋｔo3００Ｂ.C.，waslatｅrinｃｏrporateｄintothｅChrｉstianchｕrｃh.Thｅoldsｙｍbｏls,ｈowｅｖｅr,stｉllendurｅ.Ａｄecｏratedeggwiｔhabirdｏnｉt,giveｎtoａyoungmarriｅｄcｏｕple,iｓawiｓhforchildrｅn.Adecoratｅdeggｔhrｏwｎintoｔｈeｆieldwｏuldbeawiｓhforaｇooｄharvｅｓｔ.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。51.Whydopｅｏpleｉnｍaｎyｃuｌturｅsprｉzetheｅgg?Ａ)Iｔiｓawelcoｍesigｎoftｈecｏmingofsprｉng．B)Iｔiｓtｈeirmaｊorsｏurceofpｒｏteiｎiｎwinter.C)Iｔcaneasiｌyｂemadeinｔｏaｗorkofarｔ.D)Itcanbringweaｌthaｎdhonorｔothem.52.Wｈatdoｗｅlｅａｒnａbｏuttheｄecｏraｔｅd“eggs”ｉnＲussｉa？Ａ)Tｈeyaresｈaｐedlikejewｅlｃases.B）Tｈeyarｅcｈerisheｄｂyｔheｒich.C)Theyaｒeheaｖiｌypaｉｎtedinred．Ｄ）Theyareｆavｏredasaformoｆart.5３.Wｈyｈavｅcoｎtemｐoraryartiｓｔsｃoｎtinuｅｄtｈeeｇgarttraｄｉｔiｏn?A）Eggsｓerveasanenduｒinｇsyｍbｏlofｎewｌife.Ｂ)Ｅｇgshａvｅaｎovalｓhapeappeａｌiｎｇtoaｒtｉｓts.C)Eggsrｅflectthｅanｘｉeｔiesofpeopleｔodaｙ.D)Eggsprovideauniqｕesuｒｆaｃetopainton.54.WhyｄoｅｓChasｔenjoyｔheprocessofdecｏｒａｔｉnｇeggs？A)Sｈenevｅｒknｏwｓiftheeggwillbreakｂeｆorethedeｓigniscomｐｌeｔｅd.B)Ｓheｃanaｄdｍultipledeｔailstoｔｈeｄesｉgｎｔｏcomｍunicａteｈerideａ.C)Shｅａlwayｓｄeriｖesgｒｅatpleasｕrefrｏmｄesｉgniｎｇｓomｅthingｎew.Ｄ)Shｅiｓneｖerｓurｅwhattheｆiｎaldｅsignwilｌloｏｋｌikeｕntiltheend.５5.Whatdｏwｅlｅarnfromtｈepassageａｂｏutegｇ－paｉｎtiｎg？A)ＩtoriginatｅｄintheｅastｅrnｐarｔｏfEｕropｅ.B)Ithasahistoｒyｏｆovｅｒtwoｔhｏuｓandyｅａrs.C)Itisthemoｓttimｅ-honoreｄformoｆｆａnｃyart.D)Itisｅsｐｅｃｉalｌyｆavorｅｄasａchurcｈdｅcｏraｔｉon.ＰａrtＩVTraｎslatｉｏn(30miｎutes)Dｉrecｔions:Ｆortｈispａrｔ,yoｕaｒeａllowed３０mｉnuteｓｔotｒaｎslatｅapａｓsagefroｍCｈineseintoEｎglisｈ.YouｓhouldwｒitｅｙoｕrａｎsweronAnswｅrSｈeet2.在珠江是华南一大河系,流经广州市，是中国第三长的河流，仅次于长江和黄河。珠江三角洲(deｌtａ)是中国最发达的地区之一，面积约11,000平方公里。它在面积和人口方面也是世界上最大的城市聚集区。珠江三角洲九个最大城市共有570０多万人口。上世纪７0年代末中国改革开放以来，珠江三角洲已成为中国和世界重要经济区域和制造中心之一。快速对答案1２345６７8910１11213141５１6１71８192０２122232４25BDAＢAＣＤCＢADCDABABCADＣＣBDＡ2627２8２９3031323334353６37３83940４14２43４44546474８4950INMCOＪEＬAＧＨKＣGＰALEOIDBＡＣＤ51５253５455ＡDＣAB翻译第一套答案：珠江是华南第一大河系，流经广州市,是中国第三长的河流，仅次于长江和黄河。ThｅPearlRｉｖer,thｅlargestriversystemofsouｔherｎＣhinathatfｌowｓthrｏｕghGuaｎgzｈou，iｓthethirdlongeｓtｒivｅrinCｈiｎa，onlysecondtoｔheＹangｔzeRiｖeranｄtheYellowRiｖeｒ.珠江三角洲是中国最发达的地区之一，面积约为1100０平方公里。ThｅPearｌRivｅrDeltaｉsoneｏfthemostdeｖelopedregionsｉnChinawithａnareaｏfaboｕt11，000sｑuarekiｌoｍｅterｓ.它在面积和人口方面也是世界上最大的城市聚集区。Ｉtisａlsｏthegreatｅsturbanaｒeasinboｔhsizｅａnｄpopulatｉonaｌloverthewｏrlｄ．珠江三角洲九个最大城市共有5，70０多万人口。上世纪70年代末中国改革开放以来,珠江三角洲已成为中国和世界重要经济区域和制造中心之一。ThｅｎinelaｒgesｔciｔiesofthｅPeａrlRｉverDeltatotalｌyhaveａｐopulatioｎｏfmｏreｔhaｎ５7ｍｉllion.SincetｈeChinesｅreｆoｒｍandoｐenｉnguｐinthｅlaｔe1９70s,ｔheＰearlRｉvｅrDeltahasbeｃomeoneoｆthemajorecｏnomｉcregionsａnｄmaｎuｆactuｒingcentｅrｓinChinａaｎdtｈeworlｄ．

２0２3年6月大学英语四级真题及答案(第二套）PartⅢ 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I)hatedﻩＪ)ｌaｕnchedK)reｌaｔｉｎgL）timｅsＭ)tｒoubｌeﻩN）usuallyﻩO)ｗorrieｄSeｃtionBＤiｒections:Inｔhiｓseｃtiｏｎ，ｙoｕａｒeｇoｉngｔoreadapassagｅｗiｔhtｅｎstaｔｅmenｔsattacｈedｔoit．Eaｃhstａteｍeｎtcoｎtainsinfoｒｍatiｏｎgivｅninonｅofｔheｐaraｇrａphs.Idenｔifythepaｒagraphfromwhiｃhtheｉnformatｉonisderived．Youmaｙｃｈooｓeaparａgｒａphmoreｔhａｎonce.Eａｃhpａrａｇｒａｐhismarｋｅdwithaletteｒ.ＡnswerthequesｔｉonsbymarkingthecorｒeｓpondｉｎｇletteronAnswｅrSheｅt2.ＦroｍＡccountantｔoYoｇｉ:MaｋinｇaＲadicalＣarｅerChange[A]Ａtsｏmepoiｎt，almostａllofｕｓwillｅxperｉeｎcｅaｐeｒiodｏfｒadｉcaｌpｒofesｓiｏnalｃhaｎge.Soｍeoｆuswillseeｋｉtout;fｏrothersｉtwillfeelliｋeanunｗelcｏmｅｉntｒusionｉntootｈｅrｗｉsesｔaｂlecaｒeers.Eiｔheｒｗay，ｗeｈaveｃhｏｉcｅsaboｕtｈowwｅrespondtoｉｔwhenitcomes.[Ｂ］WerｅｃｅnｔlycａuｇｈtupwithyogａentrｅｐrｅneurLeahZacｃaria，ｗhopuｔhｅｒｓｅlfthroughthefｉreofchaｎgeｔocomｐletｅlyｒeinventhersｅｌf.Inhｅｒsｅａrchtolivealifeofpｕrposｅ,Lｅaｈleｆthｅrｈigh-ｐａｙiｎgacｃountiｎgjob，hｅrhｕsband,andheｒhome,hitheprｏｃeｓs,shebuilｔarａdiｃallｙneｗlｉfeａndcａreer.Ｓincethｅn,sｈｅhaｓfoundeｄｔｗoyogaｓtuｄｉos,ｍetａｎewlｉｆepartneｒ,andfｏrmｅdａnｅwcｏmmunityoｆpｅｏple．Evｅnifyouｒｐerｓonalreinｖentｉonislessｄrastｉc,ｗｅthiｎｋtｈｅｒearelessoｎsfromｈｅrexperｉencetｈaｔaｐplｙ.[C]Whｅredｏｔhｅseeｄsｏfｃhaｎgecｏmeｆrｏm?thｅNatiｖｅAmｅｒicａｎIndｉａnｓｈａｖeasａyiｎg:“Ｐayａｔteｎtiｏntｏｔhewｈisperssｏyｏuwon’thavｅtohｅarｔhescreaｍｓ.”Ofteｎtheｂestｉdeaｓforbｉgchangescｏｍefromuｎｅxpectedｐｌaｃes—it’sjｕsｔamａｔtｅroftunｉngｉn.Greatleａdeｒsrecogｎizetheweaksiｇnalsｏrsｌigｈtsignsthａｔｐｏiｎttｏbigchａngeｓｔocome.Leahreflｅｃｔsｏｎａtimesheliｓｔｅnedtoｔheｗhisｐeｒs:“Ａbouｔthetｉmemydａｕｇhｔerwａsfiveyｅaｒｓoｌd．Iｓtartedｈａvingasenｓethaｔ‘thisisn’trighｔ.”’Sｈethenrealizｅｄthatherlifｅnｏloｎgｅrmａtchedhervisiｏnforit.[D]Uｐｕｎtｉlｔhａtpoint,Lｅahhadfolｌｏweｄtraditionaｌｍeasｕｒeｓofｓuccesｓ.Aftergrａduａtiｎgwithadegｒeeinbusinessaｎdaｃcountｉｎｇ，shｅjoinedapｕblicaｃcounｔingfｉrm,married,boｕghtahｏuse,pｕtｌotsofsｔufｆｉｎｉｔ,andｈaｄabａby.“Ｉdidwhateverybodyｅlｓｅthougｈｔｌookｅdsuccessfuｌ,”ｓheｓays．Leaheaｓilycｏulｄhａvefalleniｎtｏatｒａpoffeelingcｏntent;insteａd,heｒeｎergysｐａrkedａperｉodofｅxpｅriｍentaｔｉonａndrenｅwal.[E]Ｆeeliｎgｔheneedtochａnge,Leahstaｒteｄplayingｗｉthｆutuｒeｐoｓsibiｌiｔiesbyexｐｌoringherinteｒestsａnddevｅloｐingneｗｃａpabiliｔiｅs.Firsttｒｙingｐｈysiｃalexerciｓｅandｄietiｎg,shｅlosｔsoｍewｅigｈtanddisｃoverｅdａninnerｓｔreｎｇtｈ.“1ｆeｌtpoｗｅｒfuｌｂeｃause1ｂｒokethroughmｙｏwnlimitａtions,”sheｒecalｌs.[F]Hｏwevｅr,iｔｗaｓａnoｔhｅrinterｅｓtthａｔleｄLeahtｏradｉｃallyreinventｈersｅlf．“Iremembersittｉngonabｅnｃhwｉthmyａunｔaｔayogａstｕdio，’’ｓhｅｓaid，haｖiｎgａｍｏmｅｎtofclarｉtyrigｈttheｎａｎdtｈere:Yｏgaisｓaviｎｇmylife.Ｙｏgａiｓｗakinｇmｅup.I’mnothappｙandIwaｎｔｔoｃhａngeandＩ’ｍdｏnewitｈthiｓ.”ＩｎthatmｏmeｎtofclariｔyLeahｍadｅanimporｔantleaｐ,coｎqｕｅrｉｎghｅriｎnｅｒresistancetｏcｈanｇeａndmakｉngafｉrmcommitmeｎttoｔakebiggｅｒsｔeｐs．[Ｇ]Cｒeａtiｎｇｔhefｕturｅyouwaｎtisaｌoｔeasierifｙouａrereａdyｔｏexｐｌoiｔｔheopportunitｉesthatcomeyourway.WheｎLeａｈｍａdeｔhecommitｍenｔtｏｃhange，shepｒｉmｅdｈeｒselftｏneｗopｐｏrtunitiessｈemａyotheｒwisehａveｏｖerｌooked.Ｓｈｅrecalls:[H]OneｄaｙamaｎＩｗorkｅdwｉｔｈ,Ｒyan,wｈｏｈadhisofｆicｅnｅxｔtominｅ,said,“Lｅah,ｌet’sｇoｌookatthisspacｅonＱueenAnｎe.”Ｈeknewmylovefｏryogaａｎdhadseｅｎaｓpaceｃloseｔoｗｈereheｌiｖedtｈａthethoughtｍightbegoodtｏserveasaｙogastudiｏ．AssoｏnasIsａwtｈｅlocation，Ikｎｅｗtｈiswａsｉt.ＯfcourｓｅIwasｓｃａｒed,yeｔIｈadthisstrongsenseoｆ“Ｉhaveｔｏdothis.”OｎlyafｅｗmｏｎｔhslateｒLeａhopenedheｒfirstyｏgasｔudiｏ,butsuccesｓwａsnotinstant．[I］Crｅaｔingthefuｔurｅｔakestｉmｅ．Ｔhａｔ’swｈyleaｄeｒscontinuetomａnａgeｔｈeｐreｓentｗｈilebuｉldiｎgｔowarｄthebｉgchangesofｔhefｕture.Ｗｈeｎit’stimetomakeｔhｅｌeaｐ,ｔheｙtａｋeａcｔioｎaｎdｉmmediatelydroｐwhａt’ｓnoｌongｅrseｒｖingｔheirpurpose.InｉｔｉalｌyＬeahsｔayedwｉｔhherａｃcoｕntiｎgjｏbwhilｅｓtartinguptheｙoｇastudioｔoｍakｅitａllwork．[J］Ｓoonafｔer,sｈｅkｎewsｈｅhadtoｍakeaboldmoveｔｏfuｌlｙcommiｔｔohｅｒnewfuturｅ．Ｗithiｎtwoyeａrｓ,Ｌｅａhｓhedtheｓafetyofｈｅｒaｃｃｏuntingjobandmaｄetheswitcｈcompｌete.Suchdrasｔｉcchaｎgeisnｏteasy．[K］Stｅeriｎｇthｒoughchａngｅandfａcｉngobstaｃlesbrinｇsｕsfaceｔｏfaｃewiｔhｏurｆeａrs．Lｅahｒeflecｔsonoｎeiｎcidｅnｔthａｔtriggerｅdheｒfｅars,whenheｒinvｅstorｓthｒeateｎedｔoshｕtherdown：“IwａsprobablyｕpagaiｎsｔtｈeｍostfearI’veeverhaｄ，”shｅsaｙs.“Ｉhａｄspeｎttｗoｙearsｃultiｖatｉnｇthｉscoｍmunity，aｎｄｉthａdｂeｃomｅｓｕccessfuｌveryfast，bｕtwiｔhｉnsixmonｔhｓIwａsfacingｔｈepｒospectｏfｌｏsinｇitａlｌ.”[Ｌ]Sｈecoｎnectedwithheｒsenseofｐurｐoｓeａndｄugdｅep,cultivatingatrｅmenｄoussenseoｆsｔｒength.“IｗasｆeｅlingｓointentｉonａlandstrｏｎgｔhatIwａsｎ’ｔｇoｉngtoletｆeaｒｊuｓtｔaｋeoveｒ.Iwａsthinking,‘OK,gｕys,ifyouwanttotrytosｈｕtmｅdown,shutmedowｎ.’ＡｎdIknｅｗiｔｗasａnegｏtiａtionsｃｈeｍｅ,ｓoIwａsabｌeｔoｓaytomyｓelf，‘Thiｓisnotrｅal．’”Bｙnamingｈerfeａrsandfａcingthemhｅaｄ-on,Leａｈｇaｉｎedconfiｄenｃe.Formostofus,lettinggooｆthｅｓaｆetｙａndsｅcｕrityoｆtｈepastｇｉveｓusｇｒeatfｅar．Callingｏuｔourfｅarsexpliｃｉtly,asLeaｈdｉd,canｈelpuｓactdecｉｓｉｖelｙ.［M]Theｃycleofrenewalｎeｖerｅｎｄs．Leah’sgrowthsｐuｒｒedhertoopｅnhersecｏndstuｄio—andiｔwａsn’tfoｒthemoｎey.[N]Iｈavenodesｉrｅtoｍakemｉllioｎsｏfdoｌｌａｒｓ.Ｉｔ’snotａboｕtthaｔ；it’saｂoｕtｇrｏwｔhｆｏrmｅ．Honestｌy，Ididｎ’tneedtｏopeｎaｓeｃondｓtｕdio.IwaｓmａkiｎｇasmｕｃhmｏneyaｓIwasａsanａccountaｎt.ButIｋnowiｆyｏudoｎ’tgrｏw，ｙoustanｄsｔill,aｎdthaｔdｏesn’twoｒkｆormｅ.[O]Consiｄertheｃurrentmomenｔinｙoｕroｗnliｆｅ,yourtｅamoryoｕrorｇanizatｉｏn．Wheｒeareｙoｕinｔhecyclｅoｆｒeｎewal:Areｙoｕａctivelypreservingtheｐresｅnｔ,orｓeleｃtｉvｅlyforgettiｎgthepａｓｔ,oｒboldlyｃreatｉｎgthefuture?WｈataｄvｉcｅwouldLeahgivｅｙｏutomoｖeyouaheadonｙｏurjourney?Onｃewｅ’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