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2０2３年6月大学英语四级真题试卷二(完整版)PartIWriting(25minｕtes）(请于正式开考后半小时内完毕该部分，之后将进行听力考试)Dｉreｃtions:Fｏｒｔhispart,youarealｌｏwｅd30minuｔeｓtｏwriｔeａｎaｄｖertisemenｔｏnyourcaｍｐｕswebsitｅｔoｓellabicyｃleyouusｅdａtｃollegｅ.Yｏuｒａｄveｒｔｉｓementｍayｉnｃludeitsbrａｎd,features,cｏnｄｉtiｏnandpricｅ,ａndyourconｔactｉnformａtion.Yousｈｏuldwriｔｅatleast120ｗｏrdsbuｔｎomoｒｅthａｎ1８0wｏrds.PａrtIＩLiｓtｅｎｉngComprｅheｎｓｉon(30mｉｎｕｔes)SｅｃtioｎADｉrectｉoｎs:Inthｉssectｉｏn,yｏuwｉlｌheａrthｒeenewsｒeｐorｔs.Attｈｅendoｆeachｎewsrｅpｏｒt，youwiｌlheartｗｏorthrｅeｑuｅｓtiｏns.Ｂoththｅnewsreportaｎｄｑｕeｓtioｎswilｌbespoｋenonlyoncｅ．Ａftｅｒｙoｕｈｅarquｅstiｏns,yｏumuｓtｃｈoosｅthｅbestａnｓwerfromthefourcｈｏｉｃesmaｒｋeｄA),Ｂ）,Ｃ)ａndD).TheｎmａrktheｃoｒresｐondiｎｇletterｏnAnswerSｈeeｔ1wiｔhasiｎgleｌｉｎethrｏuｇｈthecenｔｒe．注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。Queｓｔｉｏｎｓ1ｔo２arebasedｏnｔheconveｒsaｔionｙouhavejusthｅaｒｄ.1.ﻩＡ）Ｔhemajorityofdriｖersｐrefertodriveａndparktheｍｓelｖes.B）ﻩHumandriversbecomeeａｓｉlydistrａctｅdortirｅdwhiledriving.C） Ｍoｓtdrｉvｅrsfeeluｎcerｔaｉｎaｂoutthesafｅtyofｓelf-dｒiｖingcaｒｓ.D)ﻩMｏｓtdrivｅｒshavetestｄｒiveｎcarsｗｉｔｈautomaｔicbraｋinｇfeａtureｓ．２． A)Tｈeｉｒdriverswouldfeelsafeafteｒgetｔｉnｇuｓedtoｔheautomatｉcdｅvｉｃes.B） Ｔheywｏuldbeunpopularwｉthｄrｉverswhoonlytrusｔtｈｅｉrowｎskills.C） Ｔheirｉncreasedcoｍfortleｖｅｌshavｅboosteｄtheirｓaｌｅｓ.D)ﻩＴhｅyarenｏtactuａｌｌyassafeａsautomａｋｅrsadｖertise.Quｅstioｎs3to4arebaseｄontheconverｓaｔionyoｕhaveｊuｓtheard.3． A)ＴheftsofsｎoｗmｏbileｄｏgsinAlaskａ.B)ﻩAｓｅｒieｓｏfinjurｉeｓtｏsnowmobileｄrivers.C） AｔtａｃkｓoｎｓｏmeIｄiｔaroｄＲacｅｃoｍpｅtitｏｒs.D） ＡseriouｓaccideｎtiｎｔheAlaｓｋasporｔsｅvent.４. A)Ｈesｔayedｂeｈiｎdtolｏokａfterhisinjｕreｄｄogs.B） HｅｈaｓwontｈeＡlaskaIditarodＲaceｆoｕrｔimes.C)ﻩHerｅｃeiveｄamｉnorinjｕryintheIdｉtarodＲａcｅ.D） ＨehasｑｕitｔｈecoｍｐｅtitionｉnＡlasｋaｆoｒｇood.Ｑuesｔiｏｎs5to7ａｒebasedｏnthｅｃonveｒｓａtiｏnyouhavejustｈｅard.Ａ)Ｉtsankintotｈｅseaduetooｖｅｒｌoａdｉng.Ｂ)ItｒaｎｉntoNｉｃａraｇua’sBigＣornＩslａnｄ.

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Ｃ)ａnewfoｃｕｓoｎｓmallciｔｉeｓﻫD)aｎｅｖer-increasｉngdemaｎd47. Wｈaｔchａracｔeｒizeｓ“24-hourcities”lｉｋeNｅwYork?Ａ）ﻩＰeｏｐlecａｎｌivｅwitｈoutpｒiｖaｔecars.B) Peoｐlｅaｒegeｎeraｌlｙmorecompｅtitive.Ｃ) Pｅoｐleｃａnｅnｊｏysｅrvｉcｅsaroundtｈｅclｏck.D） Peopleaｒeinharmoｎywｉththｅenviroｎment.48.WhyareMｉｌlｅnniaｌsｒeluｃtanttoｂuyahoｕｓe?Ａ)ﻩTheyｃａnoｎｌyaffordsmａlｌapaｒtments.B) Thehoｕｓepricｅsarｅcurreｎtlytoｏhｉgh.C)Theｉrpａrenｔs'bａdeｘpｅriencｅstillｈaｕｎｔstheｍ．D）Ｔheｙfeelattachedtotｈesuburｂａnenvirｏｎｍent.49.ﻩWhatｍighthiｎdeｒrealeｓtateｄeｖｅｌopｍentiｎtheU．S.?Ａ) Theｃontinuingｅconoｍｉｃrecｅssionｉnｔｈｅcoｕntry．B)ﻩTｈelａcｋofconfｉdｅncｅｏnｔｈeｐarｔofinｖestｏrs.C）ﻩＴhefｉeｒceglobalｃoｍpｅtition.D）ﻩＴhewｏrseningiｎｆrastrucｔure.50． HoｗｄoｍoｓｔofthｅreｓponｄeｎｔｓｉnthesurvｅyfeelａboｕtthｅＵ.Ｓ.real-estaｔｅｍarketin2023?Ａ)Pｅｓsｉｍiｓtic.ﻩＢ）Ｈoｐeful．C) Ｃautioｕｓ. D)Unceｒｔain.PａssａgeTｗoQueｓtions5１to５５arebasedonthefollowiｎgｐａssagｅ.Tｈebrainｉsaseemｉｎglyendlｅssｌibｒaｒy,ｗhoｓｅｓｈelｖeｓhoｕｓｅouｒmostｐrecｉousｍｅmorieｓaｓｗelｌａsourｌifｅtime’ｓknowlｅｄgｅ.Butiｓｔhereａpointwｈeｒｅiｔｒeacｈｅscapａciｔy?Ｔｈeaｎsｗerisno,becaｕsebrａｉnsａｒemoｒesｏpｈisticatedｔhantｈat.Iｎsteadｏfjuｓtcrowｄingin，oldｉnformatｉoｎｉｓsometimespｕshｅdoutoftｈebｒaｉｎforｎewmemｏrieｓtoｆorｍ.Preｖiouｓｂｅhａviｏuｒａｌstudieｓhaveshｏwｎthａtlearniｎｇnewinformationcaｎleaｄtofｏrｇettiｎg.Ｂutｉnaｎｅｗsｔudy，reｓeａｒｃｈersdemoｎstｒａtedｆｏrｔhｅfiｒsｔｔｉmｅhowthiseffectｏccｕrsinthebｒaiｎ.Indailylife，fｏrgettingactuallyhasclｅａradvａntages．Ｉmagine,ｆｏrｉｎstanｃe,tｈａtyoｕloｓtyｏurbaｎｋｃard．Thenｅwcaｒdyoureceiｖeｗｉllcｏｍewiｔhａnewｐeｒsonａlidentificaｔipnnuｍｂer（PＩN).EachtimeyoureｍemｂerthenｅwPＩN,yougradualｌyforgeｔtｈeoｌdｏne．Ｔｈｉsｐｒocessｉmprovesａcｃeｓstorｅlevantinforｍatiｏｎ,wiｔhoutolｄmeｍoriesiｎｔｅｒｆｅrｉng.Anｄmostｏfusmaｙsomeｔiｍｅsfｅelthｅfｒustｒatｉｏｎｏｆhａvingoｌdmemorｉesinｔｅrfｅrewithnｅw，relevanｔmemｏｒｉes.Conｓidｅrtryinｇtoremｅmｂerwherｅyouparkedyourcarinthesamecａrparkyouweｒeａtaweekeaｒliｅr.Thｉsｔypeofmｅmｏｒy(whｅｒeｙouaretｒyingｔｏｒeｍｅｍbｅrnew，bｕtsｉｍiｌarｉnｆormation)ｉsparticｕlarlyvulnｅrａbｌetｏｉntｅrfｅrence．Whenweacquｉrenｅwinｆormaｔioｎ,tｈebrａinautomaｔiｃalｌytｒiestoincoｒporate(合并)itｗｉtｈinexistinginforｍationbyｆoｒmｉngaｓsoｃiations.Anｄｗhenweretrｉeve(检索)ｉnｆormation，boththedｅｓiredaｎdａssociａtedｂutｉｒrｅleｖａntinfｏｒmａtｉoｎisrｅcａlled.,Theｍajoｒitｙｏfｐreｖiouｓresｅarchhaｓfｏcusedoｎｈowweleａrnanｄremｅｍbｅrnewinfoｒmａtiｏｎ.Butcurreｎtstｕdiesarebegｉnnｉｎgtoｐlaceｇreａterempｈaｓｉsontｈeconｄｉtiｏnsuｎderwhｉcｈwｅforget,ａsｉtsｉmporｔanceｂｅgiｎstobemｏreaｐpｒeｃiaｔed．Aｖeryｓmallnｕmbｅｒoｆpｅoｐleareablｅｔｏremｅmｂｅraｌmosteveｒydetaｉloｆｔｈeirlife.Wｈｉｌeitｍａｙｓounｄliｋｅanadｖanｔａgetomany，peoplｅwithtｈisｒarecoｎditionｏftenfiｎdtheｉrｕｎuｓualabilitｙｂuｒdeｎｓoｍe.Iｎaｓensｅ,ｆoｒgettｉngisouｒbrain’swａyofsｏrtingmemories,sothemostrelevaｎtmemoｒiesarereａdyforretrievａl.Norｍalfｏrgｅttiｎgmayevenｂｅasafeｔymechａｎｉｓｍtｏeｎsurｅourbraｉndoesn’ｔbｅcoｍetoｏｆuｌl.注意:此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。5１. Whaｔhavepastbehaｖiourａlstudiesｆoundaboutoｕrｂｒａｉｎ?A) Ｉｔscapacｉtｙactuaｌlyknoｗｓnolｉmits.B) Iｔgrowsｓoｐｈisticatedwitｈｐｒactｉce.C） Ｉｔkｅｅpsoｕrmostpｒecｉouｓmｅmｏｒiｅｓunｔilｌife’ｓeｎd.D) Nｅwｉnfoｒｍatioｎlearneｄpusｈesolｄinformａtionｏut．５2. Wｈatisｔheｂenefitofｆorgeｔting?A） Itfｒeｅsｕsfroｍｐainfulmemoｒieｓ.Ｂ）ﻩIthelpsｓｌoｗdowｎouragingprｏｃｅｓｓ.C)ﻩItfacilitateｓouraccｅｓstorｅlｅvanｔinformaｔiｏn.D） Itpreｖｅｎtsoldinfｏrmaｔｉonfromformingａｓsociaｔiｏｎs.53. Whatisｔｈeempｈasisofcuｒｒeｎtstudiesofmｅmory?A) Ｗｈenpeopletｅndtofｏrｇeｔ．Ｂ）ﻩWｈａｔcoｎtribｕtestoｆorgeｔting．C） Hownｅｗｔ