2016年6月英语四级真题答案解析

写作范文（1-3套） 第一套：

June 18, 2016

Dear mom and dad,

I am writing this letter to express my appreciation and gratefulness to you both, due to your endeavor to cultivate and nurture and nourish your daughter in the past twenty years. And I am especially excited to tell you that I am accepted to my university for postgraduate study.

Plenty of memorable memories come to my mind at the moment when you both exert all your attention to me in the passing days. I still remember last time when I was sick, mom asked for a leave and took care of me for almost a whole month. During the period, dad also stayed at home to outlet my pressure, accompanying me all the time. That was the most precious and valuable moment in my life, which I can never forget. So you both are the first ones that I want to express my thanks to.

I will spare no pains to make achievements for my postgraduate study career. And I will love you both forever.

Sincerely yours

第二套：

June 18, 2016 Dear Tom,

I am writing this letter to express my appreciation and gratefulness to you, due to your help and accompanying in the past few months when I was badly sick. And I am especially excited to tell you that I am refreshed and revitalized at the moment as I used to be.

Plenty of memorable moments come to my mind at the moment when you both exert all your attention to take care of me in the passing days. I still remember you asked for a leave the whole day. During the period, you stayed at home to outlet my pressure, accompanying me all the time. That was the most precious and valuable moment in my life, which I can never forget. So you are the extremely special person that I want to express my thanks to.

I will spare no pains to help you out in the rest of my life, and celebrate the exceptional friendship between us.

Sincerely yours

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第三套：

June 18, 2016 Dear Professor,

I am writing this letter to express my appreciation and gratefulness to you, due to your endeavor to cultivate and nurture and nourish your student in the past twenty years. And I am especially excited to tell you that I am accepted to my university for postgraduate study.

Plenty of memorable memories come to my mind at the moment when you exert all your attention to me in the passing days. I still remember last time when I got a low score in the examination, you talked to me about my problems almost the whole night. During the period, you also to seek out methods to deal with them, which helps me to outlet my pressure. That was the most precious and valuable moment in my life, which I can never forget. So you both are the first ones that I want to express my thanks to.

I will spare no pains to make achievements for my postgraduate study career. And I again I have to convey respect and thanks to you .

Sincerely yours

听力答案

News 1:

What is the news report mainly about? psychological problems and car crashes.

What is the finding of the new study published in the journey learning and memory?

But they did much better after getting a good sleep. So if you really want to do your job well, don’t forget to get some sleep. News 2:

Q3:What is the competition commission is going to investigate?

The competition commission is now to investigate whether the British airport authority needs to set off some the attacks.

Q4: What is the route cause of the poor service at British airport according to the British airport authority?

but a lack of long-way internal capacity, which is addressing through a program of heading investment.

News 3:

What do tobacco company do under the law

The department of public health in Boston gather and make conclusions 1600 brains the can make contents

What do we learn from the study by public health in Boston?

79 with young smokers that worries the department nature that in San Francisco 10 percent

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higher than it was 16 years ago.

What do we learn from the news report about big tobacco company?

big company has always insisted that they are frank with the customers about dangerous smokers with enough detail to make decision. SectionB

Q8: Where does the woman live rightnow?

Q9:What does the woman say is the real challenge?

Q10: What does the woman suggest doing to learn to speak a foreign language? Q11: What does the woman say about the study circles in Sweden? 8 A 9 D 10 C 11. A

Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard. Conversation2

W: OK, Nathan, we are talking driving. Are there any rules you’d like to change ?

M: Sure, I want to change rules. I like the police to be strict with the rules. Like, if the people jump the traffic lights, i don;t know if why there is no camera under the traffic lights to stop people from doing that. Or there is speeding, it is very easy to put speed cameras in certain places.

W: Maybe car manufacturers should have some responsibilities in limiting the power of their engines. What’s the point of producing the engines that is powerful enough to get 200 kilometers /h when the speed limit is only 100

M: Right. There is no speed limit in Germany

W; People there drive responsible, though. Often, people break the law simply because the law is there. If the law isn’t there, people will drive with their ability range. When they got speed limits, this creates situation actually present dangers on the road.

M: Do you think Germans have better education on the personal responsibility when driving ? W: Possibly, they have very good cars,

M: Right.W: If you’ve got good cars and go at a high speed, it is very nice to do that.M: i still with care.W: so that is restriction that creates dangers sometimes MOK

W: Obviously, When driving through residential areas where there is a school, you have help from speed policemanM; speed-bumps

W: yes, the speed-bumps, they help you to slow down. M: So you don’t think funding people is useful ?

W: Not really, because the police don’t have time to police every single driver. 12. What do the speakers mainly talking about ?

13. What do you think the car manufacturers should do ? 14. What can we learn about people driving in Germany ? Section C Passage One

Questions 16 to 18 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

16. What happened when Sam Azar swiped his credit card to pay for his purchase?

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17. How did Sam Azar managed to complete his sale? 18. What is today’s shaky economy likely to do? 16. C .17. B. 18. A Passage two

Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

If you are a graduate student, you may depend on your adviser for many things including help with improving graduates,financial support,forming and examining committee and getting letters of recommendation. If you are a graduate teaching assistant,your adviser may be your boss. Academic apartments vary in procedure for assigning academic advisers to graduate students. In some departments, either the chairman or director of graduate studies serves to relive semester as a new student adviser. Then students select adviser based on shared academic interests. In other departments, a new student is assigned a adviser based on some distribution of departments advisers. graduates you must have among differing departments Later students may have opportunity to select adviser they prefer. 20.In many cases,new graduate students can learn who advisers or temporary advisers are by visiting or emailing departmental office by asking information. 21 Graduation requires specifies of the number you must earn own average you must achieve and distribution of graduates you must have for among differing study. In addition, it is necessary to apply for graduation, when you near the final, you will be completing graduation requirements. Since Some graduation requirements vary among the university. You should consult information, you should also direct to question or departmental office on academic adviser.

19 what does the speaker say about procedures for assigning academic advisers? 20 how can graduate students learn who their advisers are?

21what does the speaker say about the graduation requirements? Passage Three

Question 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard. C

23. A 24. B 25. C

阅读答案（1-3套） 第一套

选词填空

26正确答案O（tend）

27正确答案A （attendance） 28正确答案 L （performance） 29正确答案 K （particularly） 30正确答案 N （survive） 31正确答案E （dropping） 32正确答案 J （mutually） 33正确答案 H （flow） 34正确答案 F （essential）

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35正确答案 I （mood） 段落匹配题 36 E

Many people feel guilty when they can not find a place other than a nursing home for their parents. 37L

Though it helps for children to investigate care facilities, involving their parents in the decision-making process may prove very important. 38B .

It is really difficult to tell if assisted living is better than a nursing home. 39H .

How a resident feels depends on an interaction between themselves and the care facility they live in. 40N .

The author thinks her friend made a rational decision in choosing a more hospitable place over an apparently elegant assisted living home. 41J .

The system Medicare developed to rate nursing home quality is of little help to finding a satisfactory place. 42F.

At first the researchers of the most recent study found residents in assisted living facilities gave higher scores on social interaction. 43C.

What kind of care facility old people live in may be less important than we think. 44I.

The findings of the latest research were similar to an earlier multi-state study of assisted living. 45G.

A resident’s satisfaction with a care facility has much to do with whether they had participated in the decision to move in and how long they had stayed there. 仔细阅读

46正确答案C

What does the author say about the threat of robots?

C) It can be avoided if human values are translated into their languages. 47正确答案D

What would we think of a person who invades our personal space according to the author? D) They are ill-bred. 48正确答案C

How do robots learn human values?

C) By picking up patterns from massive data on human behavior. 49正确答案B

What will a well-programmed robot do when facing an unusual situation? B) Stop to seek advice fro a human being. 50正确答案A

What is most difficult to do when we turn human values into a programmable code?

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A) Determine what is moral and ethical.

51 正确答案 A

The aim of the study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society is___________. A) to see whether people’s personality affects their life span

52正确答案D

What does the author imply about outgoing and sympathetic people? D) They are more likely to get over hardship. 53正确答案C

What finding of the study might prove somewhat out of our expectation? C) Such personally characteristics as self-discipline have no effect on longevity. 正确答案D

What does the recent study of Norwegian mothers show?

D) Mothers‘negative personality characteristics may affect their children’s life spans 55 正确答案C

What can we learn from the findings of the two new studies? C) personality plays a decisive role in how healthy one is

第二套

选词填空

26. 正确选项 M provide 27. 正确选项 A abandoned 28. 正确选项 I frequent 29. 正确选项 L merely 30. 正确选项 C biased 31. 正确选项 G dependent 32. 正确选项 F dampens 33. 正确选项 E commitment 34. 正确选项 N understandably 35. 正确选项 D chances

段落匹配（15选10） 正确选项 F

The more recent steep climb in grain prices partly results from the fact that more and more people want to consume meat products.

正确选项 K

Social order is breaking down in many countries because of food shortages. 正确选项 C

Rather than superpower conflict, countries unable to cope with food shortages now constitute the main threat to world security. 正确选项 L

Some parts of the world have seen successful implementation of family planning. 正确选项 B

The author has come to agree that food shortages could ultimately lead to the collapse of world

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civilization.

正确选项 H

Increasing water shortages prove to be the biggest obstante to boosting the world's grain production.

正确选项 M

The cost for saving our civilization would be considerably less than the world's current military spending. 正确选项 J

To lower domestic food prices, some countries limited or stopped their grain exports. 正确选项 L

Environmental problems must be solved to case the current global food shortage. 正确选项 G

A quarter of this year's American grain harvest will be used to produce bio-fuel for cars.

仔细阅读 Passage One

正确选项B

What is the common view of mental function? B.It gradually expands with age. 正确选项D

What does the new study find about mental functions?

D.Some of them begin to decline when people are still young. 正确选项C

What does Timothy Salthouse say about people's minds in most cases? C.They function quite well even in old age.

正确选项D

Although people’s minds may function less flexibly as they age, they_____. D.can put what they have learnt into more effective use 正确选项A

According to Salthouse, their study may help us_____. A.find ways to slow down our mental decline Passage Two

正确选项 C

What does the author say about pre-kindergarten education? C.Scholars and policymakers have different opinions about it. 正确选项A

What does the new Peabody study find?

A.Pre-K achievements usually do not last long. 正确选项B

When does the author think pre-K works the best? B.When it is made part of kids' education. 正确选项D

What do we learn about Mayor Megan Barry? D.She is a firm supporter of pre-K.

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正确选项C

What does the author think is critical to kids' education? C.Early intervention.

第三套

选词填空

26. 正确选项 G growing 27. 正确选项 A dependent 28. 正确选项 C fast 29. 正确选项 F give 30. 正确选项 H launch 31. 正确选项 N successful 32. 正确选项 I policy 33. 正确选项 B designed 34. 正确选项 O treatments 35. 正确选项 E gained

段落匹配（15选10） 正确选项 D

According to an ancient Greek philosopher, it is impossible for us to understand every aspect of our life.

正确选项 B

Ancient Philosophers saw life in a different light from people of today. 正确选项 F

Not all your business partners are your soul mates.

正确选项 A

We can live a peaceful life despite the various challenges of the modern world. 正确选项 L

The doer of a good deed can feel spiritually rewarded even when they gain no concrete benefits. 正确选项 H

How to achieve meatal calmness and contentment is well worth our consideration today. 正确选项 C

Michael Soupios suggests that we should stop and think carefully about our priorities in life. 正确选项 K

Ancient philosophers strongly advise that we do good. 正确选项 B

The wise teachings of ancient Greek thinkers are timeless, and are applicable to contemporary life.

正确选项 J

Do harm to others and you do harm to yourself.

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仔细阅读 Passage One 正确选项 D

What happens when a new technology emerges?

D.It usually draws different reactions from different age groups. 正确选项A

What does the author say about the driverless car? A.It does not seem to create a generational divide.

正确选项B

Why does the driverless car appeal to some old people? B.It helps with their mobility. 正确选项A

What is likely to affect one's attitude toward the driverless car? A.The location of their residence.

正确选项C

Who are likely to be the first to buy the driverless car? C.The wealthy. Passage Two 正确选项 C

What do we learn from the passage about people in pre-industrial Europe? C.Their daily routine followed the rhythm of the natural cycle. 正确选项B

What does Professor Carole Counihan say about. pre-industrial European families eating meals together?

B.It brought family members closers to each other. 正确选项D

What does \"cultural metabolism\"(Line 1 ,Para. 3) refer to? D.Pace of life. 正确选项B

What does the author think of the food people eat today? B.It is varied, abundant and nutritious. 正确选项A

What does the author say about Italians of the old days. They enjoyed cooking as well as eating.

翻译范文（1-3套）

功夫（Kung Fu）是中国武术（martial arts）的俗称。中国武术的起源可以追溯到自卫的需要、狩猎的活动以及古代中国的军事训练。它是中国传统体育运动的一种，年轻人和老年人都练。它已逐渐演变成了中国文化的独特元素。作为中国的国宝，功夫有上百种不同的风格，是世界上练的最多的武术形式。有些风格模仿了动物的动作，还有一些则受到中国哲学思想、神话和传说的启发。

Kung Fu is commonly called Chinese martial arts. The origin of Chinese martial arts can date back to self-defense，hunting and ancient Chinese military training. It is one of the traditional physical education, which is a sports of the young and elderly, and it has gradually become a

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unique factor of Chinese culture 。As a Chinese national treasure，Kung Fu has hundreds of different styles ，which is a martial arts form practiced most all over the world .some styles imitate the movements of animals，and other styles are enlightened by Chinese philosophic thinking，myths and legends. (沈阳新东方 张丽丽老师版）

乌镇是浙江的一座古老的水镇，坐落在京杭大运河畔。这是一处迷人的地方，有许多古桥、中式旅店和餐馆。在过去的一千年里，乌镇的水洗和生活方式并未经历多少变化，是一座展现古文明的博物馆。乌镇所有房屋都用石木建造。数百年来，当地人沿着河边建起了住宅和集市。无数宽敞美丽的庭院藏身于屋舍之间，游客们每到一处都有会惊喜的发现。

Wuzhen Town, an ancient water town in Zhejiang Province, is located along the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, which is known as a fascinating place with a lot of ancient bridges and hotels and restaurants of Chinese style. In the past one thousand years, the water system and life style there have barely been changed,so it is like a museum to exhibit the ancient civilization. All the houses in Wuzhen Town are made of stone and wood. During the past hundreds of years, local folks have built residential quarters and markets along the canal, where numerous splendid court yards are hidden, bringing surprises to tourists. ( 沈阳新东方 王佳老师版）

在山东省潍坊市，风筝不仅仅是玩具，而且是这座城市文化的标志。潍坊是以风筝之都而闻名，已有将近2400年放风筝的历史。传说中国古代哲学家墨子在潍坊制作了世界上首个风筝，但放飞的第一天风筝就坠落并且摔坏。也有人说是是中国古代木匠鲁班发明的据说他的风筝用木头和竹子制作。飞了三天后才落地。

In Weifang City of Shandong Province, Kites are not only a tool but also the symbol of the city. Kites, known as the the capital of Kites, have profound history of 2400 years. As legend goes, it was Mozi, ancient Chinese philosopher who has been seen the first one to create Kites in the world, even though the first Kite had fallen onto the ground broken as soon as flied into sky. However, kites are said to be invented by the famous Chinese ancient carpenter Lu Ban. The kites were made of wood and bamboo by Luban, and it didn’t fall but kept flying for as long as three days in the sky. ( 沈阳新东方 王佳老师版） end

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