2015年6月英语四级考试真题与答案(第2套)最新（精华版）

1、word格式2015 年 6 月大学英语四级考试真题( 第 2 套)partiwriting(30minutes)directions： forthispart， youareallowed30minutestowriteanessaybasedonthepicturebelowyoushouldstart youressaywithabriefdescriptionofthepictureandthencommentonthiskindofmodernlifel80words youshouldwriteatleastl20wordsbutnomorethanpartlilisteningc

2、omprehension(30minutes) sectionadirections： inthissection， youwillhear8shortconversationsand2longconversations attheendofeachconversation， oneormorequestionswill beasked aboutwhatwassaidboththeconversationandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce aftereachquestionthere willbeapause duringthepause， youmust

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7、onmentalissues c.submitanimportantdocument d.reviseanenvironmentalreportquestions9t012arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard9. a.theypollutethesoilusedtocoverthem b.theyareharmfultonearbyneighborhoods c.therubbishinthemtakeslongtodissolve d.thegastheyemitisextremelypoisonous10 a.growingpopulation

8、b.packagingmaterialsc.changedeatinghabitsd.lowerproductioncost11 a.bysavingenergyb.byusinglessaluminumc.byreducingpoisonouswastesd.bymakingthemostofmaterials12. a.wearerunningoutofnaturalresourcessoon b.onlycombinedeffortscanmakeadifference c.thewasteproblemwilleventuallyhurtallofus d.allofuscanactu

9、allybenefitfromrecyclin9 questionsl3to15arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard13. a.miami b.vancouver c.bellingham d.boston 14. a.togetinformationonone wayticketstocanada b.toinquireaboutthepriceof“ supersaver ” seats c.togetadviceonhowtoflyascheaplyaspossibled.toinquireabouttheshortestroutetodri

10、vehome15. a.joinatouristgroup b.chooseamajorairline c.avoidtripsinpublicholidays d.bookticketsasearlyaspossible专业资料整理sectionbdirections： nthissection， youwillhear3shortpassages attheendofeach passage ， youwillhearsomequestions boththepassageandthequestionswillbe spokenonlyonce afteryouhearaquestion，

11、 youmustchoosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkeda. ， b) ， c.andd) thenmarkthecorrespondingletteronanswer sheetlwithasinglelinethroughthecentrepassageonequestionsl6t018arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard16. a.therearemysteriousstoriesbehindhisworksb.therearemanymisunderstandingsabouthimc.hisworks

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15、plansatall c.spendingbeyondone'smeansd.leavingnoroomforlargebills23. a.manyofthemcanbecut b.allofthemhavetobecovered c.theirpaymentcannotbedelayedd.theyeatupmostofthefamilyincomeword格式24 a.rentahouseinsteadofbuyingoneb.discusstheprobleminthefamilyc.makeaconservationpland.movetoacheaperplace25 a.

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21、;rethere， whatyouhopetogetoutofit， and35evenwhatyouhopeto become.parthireadingcomprehension(40minutes)sectionadirections： nthissection， thereisapassagewithten blanks youarerequiredtoselectonewordforeachblanfroalistofchoicesgiveninawordbankfollowingkmthepassage.readthepassagethroughcarefullybeforemak

22、ingyourchoices each choice inthebankisidentifiedbyaletter pleasemarkthecorrespondingletterfor eachitemonanswersheet2withasinglelinethroughthecentre youmaynotuse anyofthewordsinthebankmorethanoncequestions36t045arebasedonthefollowingpassageit sourguiltypleasure ： watchingtvisthemostcomtioneverydayhou

23、ractivity， afteroworkandsleep ， inmanypartsoftheworld americansviewfivesftveachday， obesityandwhileweknowthatspendingsomuchtimesitting36canleadto(肥胖症 )andotherdisease scanbe，researchershavenowquantifiedjusthow37beingacouchpotatoofropublishestudieinananalysisfdatameightlarge38ds， aharvard ledgrouprep

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26、that theydidn tcomparedifferentsedentar yactiviti esto45whethertvwatchingwaslinkedtoagreaterriskofdiabetes， heartdiseaseor earlydeathcomparedwith，say， readinga.climbedb.consumec.decade d.determin e e.effectiv ef.harmful g.outcomes h.passivelyi.previous ly j.resumek.sufferedl.surfingm.term n.terminal

27、 s0.twisting sectionbdirections： nthissection， youaregoingtoreadapassagewithtenstatementsattachedtoit.eachstatementcontainsinformationgiveninoneoftheparagraphs identifytheparagraphfromwhichtheinformationisderivedchooseaparagraphmorethanonce eachparagraphismarkedwithaletteryoumay answerthequestionsby

28、markingthecorrespondingletteronanswersheet2essay gradingsoftwareoffersprofessorsabreakword格式a.imaginetaking acollegeexam， and， insteadofhanding in abluebookandgetting aprofesso专业资料整理agradefromrafewweekslater， clickingthe “ send” buttonwhenyouare，doneandreceivingagradebackinstantly then ，youressaysco

29、redbyasoftwareprogram andinsteadof being donewiththatexam ， imaginethatthesystemwouldimmediatelyletyourewritethetesttotrytoimproveyourgradeb.edx， thenonprofit enterprisefoundedbyharvardandthemassachusettsinstitut eoftechnology(mit)tooffercoursesontheinternet， hasjustintroducedsuchasystemandwillmakei

30、tsautomated(自动的 )softwareavailablefreeonthewebtoanyinstituti onthatwantstouseit thesoftwareuses artificial，intelligenc etogradestudentessaysandshortwrittenanswersfreeingprofessorsforothertasksc.thenewservicewilthlbringeeducationa lconsortium(联盟 )intoagrowingconflictovertheroleofautomationineducatio

31、nmultipl althoughautomatedgradingsystemsfo re choiceandtrue falsetestsarenowwidespread， theuseofartificial intelligencetechnologytogradeessayanswershasnotyetreceivedwidespreadacceptancebyeducatorsandhasmanycritics.d.anantagarwal ，anelectricalengineerwhoispresidentofedx， predictedthattheinstantgradin

32、gsoftwarewouldbeausefulteachingtoolenablingstudentstotaketestsandwriteessaysoverandoverandimprovethequalityoftheiranswershe saidthetechnologywouldofferdistinctadvantagesoverthetraditionalclassroomoftesystem ， wherestudentsnwaitdaysorweekslorgrades“ thereisahugevalueinlearninwitinstanaretellightfeedb

33、ack ，” dr agarwal said“ studentsngustheylearnmuchbetterwithinstantfeedback”e. butskeptics(怀疑者 )saytheautomatedsystemisnomatchforliveteachersone longtimecritic， lesperelman， hasdrawnnationalattentionseveraltimesfor puttingtogethernonsenseessaysthathavefooledsoftwaregradingprogramsinto givinghighmarks

34、 hehasalsobeenhighlycriticalofstudiesclaimingthatthesoftwarecompareswelltohumangradersf. heisamongagroupofeducatorswholastmonthbegancirculatingapetition(呼吁)opposingautomatedassessmentsoftware thegroup whichcallsitse lfprofessiona ls hascollecteagainstmachinescoringofstudent essaysinhigh stakesassess

35、ment ，dnearly2， 000signatureschomskyincludingsomefromfamouspeoplelike noanlg. “ let sface the readsinpartrealitiesofautomaticessayscorin9，” the group sstatement.“computerscannot read theycannotmeasuretheessentialsof effectivewrittencommunication： accuracy reasonin9， adequacyofevidence，good sense ， e

36、thical(伦理的 )position， convincingargument， meaningfulorganization， and clarity， amongothers ”h)butedxexpectsitssoftwaretobeadoptedwidelybyschools anduniversities it offersfreeonlineclassesfromharvard mitandtheuniversityofcalifornia berkeley；thisfall， itwilladdclassesfromwellesley georgetownandtheuniv

37、ersityoftexas inal，l12universitiesparticipateinedx， whichofferscertifica tesnextyear ，forcoursecompletionandhassaidthatitplansto continuetoexpandincludingaddinginternationalschools i.theedxassessmenttoolrequireshumanteachers， orgraders， tofirstgradel00 essaysoressayquestions thesystemthenusesavariet

38、yofmachine learning techniquestotrainitselftobeabletogradeanynumberofessaysoranswersautomaticallyandalmostinstantly thesoftwarewillassignagradedependingonthescoringsystemcreatedbytheteacher， whetheritisalettergradeor numerical(数字的 )rank j.edxisnotthefirsttousetheautomatedassessmenttechnology， whichd

39、ates companiesofferintoearlycomputersinthel960s thereisnowarangeofgcommercialgradwritttestanswerprogramstoeens， andfourstates-louisiana，northdakota ，utahandwestvirginia-areusingsomeform ofthetechnology insecondary schools afift h，indiana，hasexperimentedwithit in” tocheckthereliabilityosomecasestheso

40、ftwareisusedasa“ secondreader fthehumangradersinfluencolikek.but thegrowingeftheedxconsortiumtosetstandardsislyto givethetechnologyaboostontuesday， stanfordannouncedthatitwouldworkwithedxeducationalsystewitodevelopajointmthatllmakeuseoftheautomatedassessmenttechnologyl.twostart ups courseraandudacit

41、y， recentlyfounded bystanfordfacultymembers tocreate“ massiveopenonlinecourses ，” 0rmooc，sarealsocommittedtoautomatedinstanassessmentsystemsbecauseofthevalueoftogetimmediatefeedbackontheir，tfeedback itallowsstudentswork sothatlearningturnsintoagame引)towardresubmittingtheworkuntiltheygetitriwithstude

42、ntsnaturallygravitating(吸ght，” saiddaphnekoller， acomputerscientistandafounderofcourserahewletfoundatiom lastyearthetn， agrant maltingorganizationsetupbyonethincriticalln“ oneofourfocusesis tohelpmdslearnhowtoky，” saidvictorhewletimpossiblvuchic ， aprogramofficeratthetfoundation“ it sprobablyetowitm

43、ultiplteststhithiofthehewlettpackardfoundersandhiswife sponsoredtwo$100 ， 000prizesaimed atimprovingsoftwarethatgradesessaysandshortanswersmorethanl50teams enteredeachcategory awinnerofoneofthehewlettcontests vikparuchuri， was hiredbye( tohelpdesignitsassessmentsoftwaredothathe choiceechallengesthat

44、srequireshumangraders ，andsotheycostalotmoreandtheytakealotmoretime“o markd shermis ， aprofessorathteuniversityofakroninohi0 supervisedthehewlettfoundation scontestonautomatedessay scoring andwroteapaperabouttheexperiment inhis settingsview， thetechnology- thoughimperfect-hasaplace ineducationalp wi

45、thincreasinglylargeclass es，itisimpossibleformostteacherstogivestudent smeaningfulfeedbackonwritingassignments，hesaid plus ，henoted ， critics sbestuniversitiofthetechnologyhavetendedtocomefromthenationes，wherethelevelofteachingismuchbetterthanatnlostschoolsq)“ oftentheycomefromveryfamousinstitutions

46、where，infact， theydoamuchbetter jobofprovidingfeedbackthanamachineevercould ，” dr shermissaid “ there appreciatioseemstobealackofnof whatisactuallygoingoninther ealworld ”46. someprofessionalsineducationarecollectingsignaturestovoicethei roppositiontoantomatedessaygrading47. usingsoftwaretogradestud

47、ents essayssavesteacherstimeforotherwork48. thehewlettcontestsaimatimprovingessaygradingsoftware49. thoughtheautomatedgradingsystemiswidelyusedinmultiple choice tests automatedessaygradingisstillcriticizedbymanyeducators50. somepeopledon tbelievethesoftwaregradingsystemcandoasgoodajobas humangraders

48、51. criticsofautomatedessayscoringdonotseemtoknowthetruerealitiesinlessfamousuniversities52. criticsarguemanyimportantaspects of bycomputerratingprogramseffectivewritingcannot be measuredstudent53. asclasssizegrows ， mostteachersareunabletogive astohowtoimprovetheirwritin9svaluablecomments54. theaut

49、omatedassessmenttechnologyis sometimesusedtodoublecheck theworkofhumangraders55. studentsfindinstantfeedbackhelpsimprovetheirlearningconsiderablysectioncthisectiofollowedirections： thereare2passagesinsn eachpassageisdbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements foreachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkeda. ， b)

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