2022年6月21日四级真题与答案13

2022年6月21日四级真题与答案13

Passage1

MyfatherwokemeupearlyonemorningwhenIwasfourteenandannounced“Getup,youaregoingwithmetocutgrass.“IfeltproudandexcitedbecausemyfatherthoughtIwasresponsibleenoughtohelphiminhisbusiness.Still,thatfirstdaywasveryhard.Fromsunrisetosunset,myfather,myyoungerbrotherandIcutandtverylargeyardsinwell-to-dopartofthecity.BytheendofthedayIwasexhausted,butIfeltgood.Iputoutahardday’slaborandearnedsixdollars.Oneday,myfatherspottedsomeweedsIhavemisscuttingandpulledmeinside.“Cutthatsectionagain!“hesaidfirmly“anddon’tmakemehavetotellyouagain.“Themessagewasveryclear.TodayIstresstheimportanceofdoingthejobrightthefirsttime.EveryjobIhaveheldfromcuttinglawnstowashdishestoworkingamachineontheconstructionsite.Ihavelearnedsomethingthathelpmeinmynextjob.Ifyouworkhardenough,youcanlearnfromanyjobyoudo.

11Q:Howdidthespeakerfeelwhenhisfatheraskedhimtohelpcutgrass?

13Q:Whatdidhisfatherdowhenthespeakermissedcuttingsomeleaves?

14Q:Whatdidthespeakwanttotellusinthispassage?

PassageB

Iamlivinginasmallvillageinthecountry.MywifeandIrunavillageshop.Wehaveaverypeacefullive,boringsomemysay.Butweloveit.Weknowallthepeopleinthevillage.Theyhaveplentyoftimetostopandchat.Ihaveplentyoftimeformyhobbiestoo——gardening,fishing,walkinginthecountryside.Ilovetheoutdoorlife.Itwasn’talwayslikethisthoughIusedtohaveareallystressfuljob,workingsolateintheofficeeveryevening.Ioftenbringworkhomeattheweekends.Theadvertisingworldisverycompetitive.AndwhenIlookback,Ican’timaginehowIstoodit.Ihavenoprivatelifeatall.Notimeforthereallyimportantthingsinlife.Becauseofthepressureofthejob,Iusedtosmokeanddrinktoomuch.Thecrisiscamewhenmywifeleftme.ShecomplaintthatsheneversawmeandIhadnotimeforfamilylife.Thismademerealizewhatisreallyimportanttome.Italkedthingsthroughwithheranddecidedtogetbacktogetherandstartedanewandbetterlifetogether.Igaveuptobaccoandalcoholandsearchedfornewhobbies.NowIamafraidoflookingbacksincethepastlifeseemedlikeahorribledream.

14Whatdidthespeakerdoforaliving?

15Whatdoweknowaboutthespeaker’slifeinthepast?

16Whatmadethespeakerchangehislifestyle?

Passage3

“Whereistheuniversity?“isthequestionmanyvisitorstoCambridgeask.Butnoonecouldpointatanyonedirectionbecausethereisnocampus.Theuniversityconsistsof31self-governingcolleges.Ithaslecturehalls,libraries,laboratories,museumsandofficesthroughoutthecity.Individualcollegeschoosetheirownstudentswhohavetomeettheirminimumentrancerequirementssetbytheuniversity.Andthegraduatesusuallyliveandstudyintheircollegesbuttheyaretaughtinveryfullgroups.Lecturesandlaboratoriesandpracticalworkareorganizedbytheuniversityandheldinuniversitybuildings.Thereareovertenthousandundergraduatesandthreethousandfivehundredpost-graduates.About40%ofthemarewomenandsome8%fromoverseas.Aswellasteaching,researchisofmajorimportance.Sincethebeginningofthetwentiethcentury,morethansixtyuniversitymembershavewonNobelprizes.Theuniversityhasahugenumberofbuildingsforteachingandresearch.Ithasmorethan60specialistsubjectlibrariesaswellastheuniversitylibrary,whichasthecopy-rightlibraries,isentitledtoacopyofeverybookpublishedinBritain.Examinationsareheldanddegreesareawardedbytheuniversity.Itallowedwomentotaketheuniversityexamsinthe1881,butitwasthenotuntil1941thattheywereawardeddegrees.

17WhyisitdifficulttolocatedCambridgeUniversity?

18Whatdoesthepassagetellusaboutth