2024年6月第2套英语四级真题

大学英语四级考试2024年6月真题(第二套)Directions:Supposeyouruniversityisseekingstudents'opinionsonwhetheruniversitysportsfacilitiesshouldbeopentothepublic.Youarenowtowriteanessaytoexpressyourview.YouwillhaveDirections:Inthissection,youwillhearthreenewsreports.Attheendofeachnthreequestions.Boththenewsreportandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Afieryouhearaquestion,youmustchoosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).ThenmarkthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheetIwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.C)Itnarrowlyescapedaplanecrashwhent2.A)Panic.B)Nervous.Questions3and4arebB)HehasescapedthezQuestions5to7arebaB)EnsurethesafetyofB)TobringnewlifeinC)Toaddanewmeansoftransport.Directions:Inthissection,youfourquestions.Boththeconversationandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Afteryouhearaquestion,youmustchoosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).Thenmark11.A)TheimportanceofcuttingdownfaDirections:Inthissection,youwillhearthreepassages.Atthequestions.Boththepassageandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Afteryouhearaquestion,youmustchoosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).Thenmarkthecorrespondingletteron

fromalistofchoicesgiveninawordbankfollowingthepassage.ReadthepassagethroughcarefullybeforeAteamofresearchersledbyPriyankaJos“communicativeabstraction”toverballyconveytheirideasandemotions.Communicativeabstraction,accordingtotheresearchers,reflectsthetendencyofpeopletouse“abstractspeechthatfocusesonthebroaderpictureand26purposeofactionratherthanconcretespeechfocusingondetailsandthemeansof27action.”IntToarriveatthis28,theresearchersexaminedthelinguistic(语言的)patternsofmenandwomeninover600,000blogporatingsfor2940,000commonlyusedwordsintheEnglishlanguage

“justice”or“morality”wereconsideredtobemoreabstract.Theyfoundthatmenused31moreabstractlanguageintheirblogposts.Whatisthe32ofthiseffect?Theresearchersfollow-upstudyconductedwithasamplinterpersonalsettingtoseeifthiswouldinfluencecinahigh-powerinterviewerroleweremorelidN)sourceDirections:Inthissection,youaregoingtoreadapassagewithtenstatementsattachedtoit.Eachstatementcontainsinformationgiveninoneoftheparagraphs.Identifytheparagraphfromwhichtheinformationisderived.Youmaychooseaparagraphmorethanonce.EachparagraphA)HalHershfield,apsychtolivecomfortablyintheirpost-workyears.Andyet,saB)Tohelpexplainthisseeminglyirrationalbehavteamrecordedwhichpartsoftheirbrainslitup.Unsurprisingly,people'sbrainswerethatparticipants'brainactivitywhilec

C)Putinpracticalterms,whenthinkingofyourselfinamonthorayearoradecade,yourbrainregistersthatE)Seenthroughthelensofthepresentselfversusthefutureself,ourself-defeatingactions—likechoosingtoimmediatebenefitsofouractionswhilesomeoneelse(namely,ourfutureselF)Understandingourprocrastination(拖延)throughthelensofthepresentandfutudo.ThesecondistoconvinceyourpresentselfthatyourfutureG)Inafollow-upstudy,Hershfieldwantedtoexplorewaystobridgethediscoparticipants,andthenusedimageprocessingtovisuallyagetheirfaces.ParticipantswerethenplavirtualrealitysettingwheretheycouH)Whateveryourlong-termgoalsmaybe—book—thinkingaboutyourdeadlineintermsofdaysI)Thethirdsolutionistoforgetaboutyourfutureselfanduseyourpresentself'slbetterlong-termchoicewiredforinstantgratification.Insteadoffightinotuseittoyouradvantage?Whenmostofussetgoals,wefocusonlong-terme.g.,losingweight,gettingapromotion,retireframeactivitiesintermsoftheirfticledone.Thisisn'tjustmyopinion.ResearchpartnersKf

K)“Inonestudy,weaskedpeopleonletgoalstoachievedelayed,long-termbenefits,suchascareeradvadrgoalwas.WealsoaskedwhethertheywerestillworkingontL)ThispatternheldtrueacrossawidevarietyofgoalsfromexercisingtostM)Thesefindingssuggestthatwhenitcomestoacimportantthanwantingthelong-termbenefits.Inotherwordsaysinstantgratificationhastobeabadthing?Byallmeans,38.Researchfoundthat,asregardsachievementofone'sgoals,itisimpo42.Whenmakingdecisions,wegiveprioritytoourcurrentframeofmindwithoutthinkingmuchof44.Aswasexpected,whenpeoplethoughtoftheirpresentselves,theirbrainswereobservedtobecomemoreyearsthanthosewhodidDirections:Thereare2passagesinthissection.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).YoushoulddecideonthebestPeopleoftenwonderwhysomeentrepreneurshavegreatersuccessthanothers

amountofwillpowerhavethedisciplinetodeveloppositive,succoftalent,withoutthedisciplineandmotivationtocreatepositivehabits,itcanbedifficulttoachiesticktothosehabitsdayinanddayoutforgreatersuccess.Almosthalfofourdailyactionsaandnotdecisions,sooncethecorrecthabitsareinplace,youwillatoloseweightifyouhaveahealthissueandyouwanttosomethingyou'repassionateabout.HavingavaluableoutcomeassociatedTheartofself-controlisonethatavoidbehaviorsthatdon'tcontributetoyoursuccessanBecausethereisadelayedachievethatdelayedreward.Oncearewardisachieved,itismu46.WhatdoestheauthorsayweneedtodotostrengtC)Learnfromentrep47.Howarealmosthalfofourdailyactionsperformedaccordingtothepassage?A)Outofhabit.B)Withdetermination.48.WhatwillhelppeoplesticktodoingsomethingcoC)PossessingareasonableamD)Foreseeingthedesiredoutcomeitw49.Howdoestheartofself-controlhelpA)Byallowingustoremainclear-headedpeB)Byenablingustoalterourbehaviorsconstantly.D)Byallowingustoavo50.WhycanitbedifficultforustA)Mostofusarenotinthehabitofexercisingself-control.B)Wemaynotgetimmediaterewardsfromself-C)Self-controltendstobeassociatedwithpains.

Questions51to55ardevelopment,andnon-profitfoundations.Asasochelppayforit.YouindirectlyFundingforsciencehaschangedwithlikelytobefundedbyamixofgrantsfromvariousofU.S.clinicaltrialsinmedicinearepaidforbyprivatecompanies.And,ofcouhobby,butbirdwatchers,rocInaperfectworld,moneywoulrealworld,fundingmayintroducebiases.Drugresearchsponsoredbythepharmaceutical(制药的)industrycharitableorganizations.SifavoringthefoodunderconsiderationthanindependentlyfunSowhatshouldwemakeofallthis?Shouldweignoreanyregroups?Certainlynot.Thesegroupsprovideinvaluamanysafeguardsinplacetocatchinstancesofbiasthatawillbecorrectedasscienceproceeds;howeverfundedbyindustryorspecialinterestowardsidentifyingbiasassociatedwiththefund51.Whatdoesthepassagemainlydiscussregardingscientificresearch?A)Itsfoundation.B)Itsrewards.52.WhatdowelearnfromthepassageaboutresearcherslikebirdwatA)The