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1、2016年6月英語四級考試真題（第2套）答案、解析、聽力Section A News ReportDirections： In this section， you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news report， you will hear two or three questions. Both the news report and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question， youmust choose the best an

2、swer from the four choices marked A）， B）， C） and D）. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Directions: Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.Question 1A) How college students can improve their sleep habits.B) Why suffi

3、cient sleep is important for college students.C) Why college students are more likely to have stress problems.D) How college students can handle their psychological problems.Question 2A) It is not easy to improve ones sleep habits.B) It is not good for students to play video games.C) Students who ar

4、e better prepared generally get higher scores in examinations.D) Making last-minute preparations for tests may be less effective than sleeping.Directions: Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.Question 3A) Whether more airports should be built around London.B) Whether ad

5、equate investment is being made to improve airport facilities.C) Whether the British Airports Authority should sell off some of its assets.D) Whether the Spanish company could offer better service.Question 4A) Inefficient management.B) Poor ownership structure.C) Lack of innovation and competition.D

6、) Lack of runway and terminal capacity.Directions: Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.Question 5A) Report the nicotine content of their cigarettes.B) Set a limit to the production of their cigarettes.C) Take steps to reduce nicotine in their products.D) Study the effec

7、ts of nicotine on young smokers.Question 6A) The biggest increase in nicotine content tended to be in brands young smokers like.B) Big tobacco companies were frank with their customers about the hazards of smoking.C) Brands which contain higher nicotine content were found to be much more popular.D)

8、Tobacco companies refused to discuss the detailed nicotine content of their products.Question 7A) They promised to reduce the nicotine content in cigarettes.B) They have not fully realized the harmful effect of nicotine.C) They were not prepared to comment on the cigarette study.D) They will pay mor

9、e attention to the quality of their products.Section B ConversationDirections： In this section， you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversations you will hear four questions. Both the conversations and the question-s will be spoken only once. After you hear a question. Youmust

10、choose the best answer from the four choices marked A），B），C）and D）. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Question 8A) Indonesia.B) Holland.C) Sweden.D) England.Question 9A) Getting a coach who can offer real help.B) Talking with her boyfriend in

11、Dutch.C) Learning a language where it is not spoken.D) Acquiring the necessary ability to socialize.Question 10A) Listening to language programs on the radio.B) Trying to speak it as much as one can.C) Making friends with native speakers.D) Practicing reading aloud as often as possible.Question 11A)

12、 It creates an environment for socializing.B) It offers various courses with credit points.C) It trains young peoples leadership abilities.D) It provides opportunities for language practice.Directions: Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.Question 12A) The impact of e

13、ngine design on road safety.B) The role policemen play in traffic safety.C) A sense of freedom driving gives.D) Rules and regulations for driving.Question 13A) Make cars with automatic control.B) Make cars that have better brakes.C) Make cars that are less powerful.D) Make cars with higher standards

14、.Question 14A) They tend to drive responsibly.B) They like to go at high speed.C) They keep within speed limits.D) They follow traffic rules closely.Question 15A) It is a bad idea.B) It is not useful.C) It is as effective as speed bumps.D) It should be combined with education.Section C PassagesDirec

15、tions： In this section， you will hear three passages. At the end of each passage， you will hear three or four questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question， you must choosethe best answer from the four choices marked A），B），C）and D）.Then mark the co

16、rresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Directions:Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.Question 16A) The card got damaged.B) The card was found invalid.C) The card reader failed to do the scanning.D) The card reader broke down unexpected

17、ly.Question 17A) By covering the credit card with a layer of plastic.B) By calling the credit card company for confirmation.C) By seeking help from the card reader maker Verifone.D) By typing the credit card number into the cash register.Question 18A) Affect the sales of high-tech appliances.B) Chan

18、ge the lifestyle of many Americans.C) Give birth to many new technological inventions.D) Produce many low-tech fixes for high-tech failures.Directions: Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.Question 19A) They are set by the dean of the graduate school.B) They are determined

19、 by the advising board.C) They leave much room for improvement.D) They vary among different departments.Question 20A) By consulting the examining committee.B) By reading the Bulletin of Information.C) By contacting the departmental office.D) By visiting the universitys website.Question 21A) They spe

20、cify the number of credits students must earn.B) They are harder to meet than those for undergraduates.C) They have to be approved by the examining committee.D) They are the same among various divisions of the university.Directions: Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.Que

21、stion 22A) Students majoring in nutrition.B) Students in health classes.C) Ph.D. candidates in dieting.D) Middle and high school teachers.Question 23A) Its overestimate of the effect of dieting.B) Its mistaken conception of nutrition.C) Its changing criteria for beauty.D) Its overemphasis on thinnes

22、s.Question 24A) To illustrate her point that beauty is but skin deep.B) To demonstrate the magic effect of dieting on women.C) To explain how computer images can be misleading.D) To prove that technology has impacted our culture.Question 25A) To persuade girls to stop dieting.B) To promote her own c

23、oncept of beauty.C) To establish an emotional connection with students.D) To help students rid themselves of bad living habits.Keys：參考答案1. B)Why sufficient sleep is important for college students.2. D)Making last-minute preparations for tests may be less effective than sleeping.3. C)Whether the Brit

24、ish Airports Authority should sell off some of its assets.4. D)Lack of runway and terminal capacity.5. A)Report the nicotine content of their cigarettes.6. A)The biggest increase in nicotine content tended to be in brands young smokers like.7. C)They were not prepared to comment on the cigarette stu

25、dy.8. B)Holland.9. C)Learning a language where it is not spoken.10. B)Trying to speak it as much as one can.11. D)It provides opportunities for language practice.12. D)Rules and regulations for driving.13. C)Make cars that are less powerful.14. A)They tend to drive responsibly.15. B)It is not useful

26、.16 C)The card reader failed to do the scanning.17 A)By covering the credit card with a layer of plastic.18 D)Produce many low-tech fixes for high-tech failures.19. D)They vary among different departments.20. C)By contacting the departmental office.21. A)They specify the number of credits students m

27、ust earn.22 B)Students in health classes.23 D)Its overemphasis on thinness.24 C)To explain how computer images can be misleading.25 A)To persuade girls to stop dieting.大學英語四級考試2016年6月第二套真題聽力原文及解析Section ANews Item 1You probably think college students are experts at sleeping, but parties, preparation

28、s for tests, personal problems and general stress can rack a students sleep habits, which can be bad for the body and the mind. Texas Tech University is even offering a class called Improving Your Sleep Habits. People suffering from sleep loss are at an increased risk from obesity, psychological pro

29、blems and car crashes. Students who dont get enough sleep have poor attendance and lower grades. On top of all that, (2)a new study published in the journal Learning and Memory finds you are probably better off sleeping than making last-minute preparations for a test. Two hundred college kids were t

30、aught to play some unfamiliar video games. Subjects who learned the games in the morning lost some skills when they played again 12 hours later, (1)but they did much better after getting a good nights sleep. So if you really want to do your job well, dont forget to get some sleep. Questions 1 and 2

31、are based on the news report you have just heard.What is the news report mainly about?解析：主旨大意題。從原文前半部分我們大概能聽出來這是一道關(guān)于睡眠對學生的影響的文章，最后一句話也點出文章主題，想要工作更出色就需要睡眠。文中重點在強調(diào)的是睡眠的重要性而不是如何改善睡眠習慣，故答案選C。2. What is the finding of the new study published in the journal Learning and Memory?解析：本道題屬于細節(jié)題，有原文同義替換的一句話you a

32、re probably better off sleeping than making last-minute preparations for a test.和選項C . Making last-minute preparations for tests may be less effective than sleeping. 改變了一些表達方式，但都是說的新的研究結(jié)果，考前睡得好比臨陣磨槍更有效，故答案選C。News Item 2Long queues, delayed flights and overcrowding at airport shave become almost as m

33、uch a topic for conversation in Britain as the traditional complaining about the weather. Meanwhile there are complaints that poor service in Londons major airports is discouraging foreigners from doing business in Britain. Much of the criticism is directed at the British Airports Authority which ru

34、ns seven major airports, including the three main ones serving in London. (3) The Competition Commission is now to investigate whether the British Airports Authority needs to sell off some of its assets. The idea is the competition between rival operators would lead to better service at airports. Th

35、e British Airports Authority recently bought by a Spanish company, says the root cause of the problem is not the ownership structure (4) but a lack of runway and terminal capacity which is addressing through a program of heavy investment.Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just h

36、eard.What is the Competition Commission going to investigate?解析：本題是原文重現(xiàn)，原文中提到競爭委員會將去調(diào)查英國機場官員是否會廉價出清他們的一些資產(chǎn)whether the British Airports Authority needs to sell off some of its assets對應選項B，只是need to換成了should，故答案選B。What is the root cause of the poor service at British airports according to the British

37、Airports Authority?解析：原文重現(xiàn)，問題問到導致英國機場服務差的原因，原文中有提到不是因為所有制結(jié)構(gòu)而是缺乏跑道和終端容量a lack of runway and terminal capacity，故答案選D。 News Item 3(5)Under the law in Massachusetts, tobacco companies have to measure the nicotine content of every type of cigarette and report the results. The Department of Public Health

38、in Boston gathers and carefully examines the figures and then draws its conclusions. A hundred and sixteen brands were looked at for this study. Ninety-two were found to have higher nicotine yields than they did six years previously. （6）The biggest increases tended to be in brands that were popular

39、with young smokers. That worries the department because of the addictive nature of nicotine. Stand Glance, a professor of medicine in San Francisco explains why. “The amount of nicotine thats delivered in every cigarette is 10% higher than it was six years ago, which means that it is easier to get h

40、ooked and harder to quit. (7)The big tobacco companies have always insisted that they are frank with their customers about the dangers of smoking and provide them with enough detail to make an informed decision. However, none of them were prepared to comment on this study or discuss the detailed nic

41、otine content of their products.”Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.What do tobacco companies have to do under the law in Massachusetts?解析：原文中提到在馬薩諸塞州的法律規(guī)定下，煙草公司必須去檢測每種香煙的尼古丁含量并匯報結(jié)果measure the nicotine content of every type of cigarette and report the results，和選項D）報告他們

42、香煙的尼古丁含量Report the nicotine content of their cigarettes對應，故答案選D.What do we learn from the study by the Department of Public Health in Boston?解析：原文中提到研究結(jié)果表明92個香煙品牌的尼古丁含量已經(jīng)比過去六年要高很多，而最受大家歡迎的香煙品牌是尼古丁含量最高的那種The biggest increases tended to be in brands that were popular with young smokers，和選項A對應，只是把brand

43、s的定語從句由that were popular with young smokers 同義替換改成了young smokers like，故答案選A。7. What do we learn from the news report about the big tobacco companies?解析：原文重現(xiàn)，原文提到很多大的煙草公司雖然坦言吸煙有害健康，而且公布各種成分，但對于這個研究并沒有準備好發(fā)言和公布尼古丁含量，對應選項B) They were not prepared to comment on the cigarette study，故答案選B。Section BConversa

44、tion 1M: And you know, one thing that I want to ask you. Its great that you have had this experience of teaching in Indonesia and following up on what you just mentioned, what would you recommend for students who do not live in an English speaking country and, you know, they want to learn. I dont kn

45、ow about perfecting but they want to at least be able to communicate decently. How can they go about this?W: Yeah, its really hard. Thats the real struggle because, right now, (8) I do live in Holland, but I really dont socialize much with Dutch people and my boyfriends English is so good that we ju

46、st basically speak English all the time. So I have to make a real effort to practice. There is as much listening exposure as I wantall I have to do is turn on the TV.M: And reading also, right?W: Yeah, reading. （10）There is plenty I can get to read and listen to, but for speaking, there really is no

47、 substitute for trying to speak and use the language in a relaxed atmosphere. (9)So I think thats really the challenge for people who live in a country where their target language isnt spoken. And for that, gosh, what would I do if I didnt have people here, (10) probably try to find a club. In Swede

48、n, they have a really cool system called study circles, well, its not. (11) its like a course. But really, you just have a course leader who is there, sort of, as a coach and guide and to help out, and you dont get grades, and you go just because you want to learn.Questions 8 to 11 are based on the

49、conversation you have just heard.8. Where does the woman live right now?解析：這道題為地點題，四個選項為不同的地點，所以聽原文中提到相關(guān)信息時要做好標記。原文中提到女士確實住在荷蘭，只是不和荷蘭人交往，確認問題是當前女士住在什么地方，故答案選A。9. What does the woman say is the real challenge?解析：原文中女士提到一個國家不講自己的目標語言who live in a country where their target language isnt spoken對她來說是一個真

50、正的挑戰(zhàn)，對應選項D) Learning a language where it is not spoken所學語言在當?shù)夭皇褂?，故答案選D。 10. What does the woman suggest doing to learn to speak a foreign language?解析：原文中女士提到讀和聽的資源都很多，唯有說沒有替代方式。而且也嘗試去一個俱樂部來找機會增加說的練習，對應選項 C) Trying to speak it as much as one can盡可能多的去說，故答案選C. 11. What does the woman say about the stu

51、dy circles in Sweden?解析:注意選項中的動賓結(jié)構(gòu)，原文中女士說瑞典有一個很有意思的學習圈，類似課程，但沒有評分，只有一個在旁邊提供幫助的教練,結(jié)合上句話女士提到的語言學習，可推理出這個課程可以給語言練習提供機會It provides opportunities for language practice，故答案選A。 Conversation 2W: Okay, Nelson. （12）So we are talking about driving and are there any rules or regulations that you like to change?

52、M: Im not sure I want to change rules, but Id like the police to be stricter on the rules. Like if people jump traffic lights, I dont know why there isnt a camera of the traffic lights to stop people doing that. Or like speeding. Its very easy to put speed cameras in certain places.W: （13）Maybe car

53、manufacturers should have some responsibility in limiting the power of their engines. Whats the point in producing an engine that is big and powerful enough to go, like 200km/h when the speed limit is only 100?M: （14）Right, but do you know there are no speed limits in Germany.W: People there do driv

54、e responsibly, though. Often people break laws simply because the laws are there. If the law isnt there, people will drive within their ability range. When you got speed limits, this creates situations that actually present dangers on the road.M: Do you think Germans have better education about pers

55、onal responsibility when driving?W: Possibly. They also have very good cars.M: Right.W: If you got a good car that can go at a high speed then its really nice to do that.M: But still, with care.W: So I think its the restrictions that create the dangers sometimes.M: Okay.W: Obviously, when driving th

56、rough a residential area or where there is a school, youve got to have speed policemen.M: Speed bumps.W: Yes, speed bumps. Those speed bumps that force you to slow down. I think they are a good idea.M:（15）So you dont think fining people is useful.W: Not really, because the police dont have time to p

57、olice every single driver.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12. What are the speakers mainly talking about?解析：原文中女士第一句話就交代了要講的主要內(nèi)容是關(guān)于driving駕駛以及相關(guān)規(guī)則的內(nèi)容，然后下文也是就此展開，對應選項中的駕駛規(guī)則Rules and regulations for driving，故答案選B。13. What does the woman think car manufacturers coul

58、d do?解析：原文中女士提到汽車生廠商應該對限制汽車引擎的功率負責limiting the power of their engines，對應選項C的說法Make cars that are less powerful讓汽車功率更低，故答案選C。14. What can we learn about people driving in Germany?解析：原文中提到盡管德國沒有速度限制，但人們開車仍然很負責任People there do drive responsibly，對應選項中的They tend to drive responsibly他們往往很負責地開車，故答案選D。15. W

59、hat does the woman think of the police fining drivers?解析：原文中男士問女士是不是認為罰款沒意義，女士說確實沒太大意義，警察也沒有那么多時間去監(jiān)督每一個人，對應選項中的It is not useful沒什么用，故答案選C。 Section CPassage 1Behind the cash register at a store in downtown San Francisco, Sam Azar swiped his credit card to pay for a pack of cigarettes. （16）The stores

60、card reader failed to scan the cards magnetic strip. Azar tried again, and again. No luck. As customers began to queue, Mr. Azar reached beneath the counter for a black plastic bag.（17） He wrapped one layer of the plastic around the card and tried again. Success! The sale was completed. “I dont know

61、 how it works. It just does.” said Mr. Azar who learned the trick from another clerk. Verifone, the company that makes the stores card reader would not confirm or deny that the plastic bag trick worked. But its one of many low-tech fixes for high-tech failures that people without engineering degrees

62、 have discovered, often out of desperation, and shared. “（18） Todays shaky economy is likely to produce many more such tricks. In postwar Japan, the economy wasnt doing so great, so you couldnt get everyday-use items like household cleaners.” says Lisa Katayama, author of Urawaza, a book named after

63、 the Japanese term for “clever lifestyle tips and tricks.” So people look for ways to do with what they had. Today, Americans are finding their own tips and tricks for fixingmal-functioning devices with supplies as simple as paper and glue. Some like Mr. Azars plastic bag are open to argument as to

64、how they work or whether they really work at all. But many tech home remedies can be explained by a little science.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. What happened when Sam Azar swiped his credit card to pay for his purchase?解析：原文中提到當Sam去刷他的卡的時候，店里的刷卡機不能刷卡的磁條card reader failed to scan the cards magnetic strip，