大学英语4级考试真题.docx
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大学英语4级考试真题
2013年6月大学英语4级考试真题
Totalscore:
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125minutes
特注:
2013年6月大学四级考试采用多题多卷形式,本试卷含两套写作题,考生可以任选其一。
PartIWriting(多题多卷写作题1)(30minutes)
Directions:
Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessay.Youshouldstartyouressaywithabriefdescriptionofthepictureandthenexpressyourviewsontheimportanceofdoingsmallthingsbeforeundertakingsomethingbig.Youshouldwriteatleast120wordsbutnomorethan180words.
PartIWriting(多题多卷写作题2)(30minutes)
Directions:
Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessay.Youshouldstartyouressaywithabriefdescriptionofthepictureandthenexpressyourviewsontheimportanceofreadingliterature.Youshouldwriteatleast120wordsbutnomorethan180words.
PartIIReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)(15minutes)
Directions:
Inthispart,youwillhave15minutestogooverthepassagequicklyandanswerthequestionsonAnswerSheet1.Forquestions1-7,choosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).Forquestions8-1O,completethesentenceswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage.
CanDigitalTextbookTrulyReplacethePrintKind?
Theshortcomingsoftraditionalprinteditiontextbooksareobvious:
Forstartersthey'reheavy,withtheaveragephysicstextbookweighing3.6pounds.They'realsoexpensive,especiallywhenyoufactorintheaveragecollegestudent'slimitedbudget,typicallycostinghundredsofdollarseverysemester.
Buttheworstpartisthatprintversionoftextbooksareconstantlyundergoingrevisions.Manyprofessorsrequirethattheirstudentsuseonlythelatestversionsintheclassroom,essentiallyrenderingoldertextsunusable.Forstudents,itmeansthey'rebasicallystuckwithafourpoundpaper-weightthattheycan'tsellback.
Whichiswhydigitaltextbooks,iftheyliveuptotheirpromise,couldhelpeasemanyoftheseshortcomings.Buttillnow,they'vebeensomethinglikeamirage(幻影)inthedistance,morelikeahazy(模糊的)dreamthananactualreality.Imaginethepromise:
Carryingallyourtextbooksina1.3poundiPad?
Itsoundsalmosttoogoodtobetrue.
Butthereareafewpilotschoolsalreadymakingthetransition(过度)overtodigitalbooks.UniversitieslikeCornellandBrownhavejumpedonboard.AndonemedicalprogramattheUniversityofCalifornia,Irvine,gavetheirentireclassiPadswithwhichtodownloadtextbooksjustlastyear.
Butnotallwereeagertojumpaboard.
"PeopleweretiredofusingtheiPadtextbookbesidesusingitforreading,"saysKalpitShah,whowillbegoingintohissecondyearatlrvine'smedicalprogramthisfall."Theyweren'tusingitasasourceofcommunicationbecausetheycouldn'treadorwriteinit.SoathirdofthepeopleinmyprogramwereusingtheiPadinclasstotakenotes,theotherthirdwereusinglaptopsandthelastthirdwereusingpaperandpencil."
Thereasonithasn'tcaughtonyet,hetellsme,isthatthefunctionalityofe-editiontextbooksisincrediblylimited,andsomestudentsjustaren'tmotivatedtolearnnewstudybehavior.
ButanewapplicationcalledInklingmightchangeallthat.Thecompanyjustreleasedanupdatedversionlastweek,andit'llbeutilizedinover50undergraduateandgraduateclassroomsthiscomingschoolyear.
Digitaltextbooksarenotgoingtocatchon,"saysInklingCEOMattMaclnnisashe'sgivingmeademo(演示)overcoffee."WhatImeanbythatisthecurrentperspectiveofthedigitaltextbookisit'sanexactcopyoftheprintbook.There'sCourseSmart,etc.,theseguyswhotakeanyimageofthepageandputitonascreen.Ifthat'showwe'redefiningdigitaltextbooks,there'snohopeofthatbecomingamainstreamproduct."
HecallsInklingaplatformforpublisherstobuildrichmultimediacontentfromthegroundup,withaheavyemphasisonreal-worldfunctionality.Thetraditionaltextbookmerelyservesasaskeleton.
AtfirstglanceInklingisanimpressiveexperience.Afterswiping(敲击)intotheiPadapp(软件),whichyoucangetforfreehere,heopensupafewdifferenttypesoftextbooks.
Upfirstisachemistrybook.Theboottimeisprettyfast,andhenavigatesthrough(浏览)afewchaptersbeforeswipingintoafullyrendered3Dmoleculethatcanbespunaroundtoviewitsvariousbuildingblocks."Publishersgiveusallofthesourcemedia,artwork,videos,"hesays,"Wehelpthemthinkthroughhowtoactuallybuildsomethingforthisplatform."
Nexthepullsupamusiccompositiontextbook,completewithplayabledemos.It'salearningexperiencethatattacksyoufrommultiplesensorydirections.It'sclearwhythiswouldbesomethingamusicmajorwouldlove.
ButthemostexcitingpartaboutInkling,tome,isitsnotation(批注)system.Here'showitworks!
Whenyoupurchaseausedprintbook,itcomeswithitspreviousowner'shighlightsandnotesinthemargins.Itusestheexperienceofsomeonewhoalreadywentthroughtheclasstohelpimproveyourreading(howmuchyoutrusteachnotationisobviouslyuptoyou).
Butwithlnkling,youcanhighlightapieceofcontentandmakenotes.Here'swherethingsgetinteresting,though:
Ifaparticularlyimportantpassageishighlightedbymultiplelnklingusers,thatinfbrmationisstoredonthecloudandisavailableforanyonereadingthesametextbooktocomeacross.ThaimeansusershaveaccesstonotesfromnotonlytheirclassmatesandFacebookfriends,butanyonewhopurchasedthebookacrossthecountry.Thebestcommentsarethensorteddemocraticallybyavotingsystem,meaningthatyoursociallearningexperienceissharedwiththebestandbrightestthinkers.
Asabonus,professorscanevenchimein(插话)ondiscussions.They'llbeabletoanswerthequestionsofstudentswhoareintheirclassdirectlyviatheinteractivebook.
Ofcourse,Inklingaddressesseveraloftheothershortcomingsintraditionalprintaswell.Textbookversionsareconstanlyupdated,motivatingpublishersbyminimizingproductioncosts(thebigoneslikeMcGraw-Hillarealreadyonboard).Furthermore,studentswillbeabletopurchasesectionsofthetextinsteadofbuyingthewholething,withindividualchapterscostingaslittleas$2.99,
Thereare,however,challenges.
"Ittakeseffortstobuildeachbook,"Maclnnistellsme.Andit'sclearwhy,
Eachinteractivetextbookisamedia-heavyexperiencebuiltfromthegroundup,andyoucantellthatittakesarespectableamountofmanpowertoputtogethereachone.
FornowtheappisalsoiPad-exclusive,andthoughafewoftheseeducationalinstitutionsaregivingthehardwareawayforfree,forotherstudentswhodon'thavesuchaluxuryit'sanaddedlayerofcost---andanexpensiveoneatthat.
Butthismuchisclear.Thetraditionaltextbookmodelisandhasbeenbrokenforquitesometime.WhetherdigitallyinteractiveoneslikeInklingactuallytakeoffornotremainstobeseen,andweprobablywon'thaveadefiniteanswerforthenextfewyears.
Howeverthesolutiontoanyproblembeginswithastepinadirection.Andatleastfornow,thathazymirageinthedistance?
Alittlemoretangible(可触摸的),alittlelessofadream.
1.Thebiggestproblemwithtraditionalprinttextbooksisthat
A)theyarenotreusedonceaneweditioncomesout
B)theycosthundredsofdollarseverysemester
C)theyaretooheavytocarryaround
D)theytakealongertimetorevise
2.Whatdoestheauthorsayaboutdigitaltextbooks?
A)It'snotlikelytheywillreplacetraditionaltextbooks.
B)Theyhaven'tfixedalltheshortcomingsofprintbooks.
C)Veryfewofthemareavailableinthemarket.
D)Manypeoplestillhavedifficultyusingthem.
3.AccordingtoKalpitShah,somestudentsstillusepaperandpencilbecause________.
A)theyfindittroublesometotakenoteswithaniPad
B)theyareunwillingtochangetheirstudybehavior
C)theyhavegettiredofreadingontheiPad
D)theyarenotusedtoreadingonthescreen
4.InklingCEOMattMaclnnisexplainsthattheproblemwithCourseSmart'scurrentdigitaltextbooks
isthat
A)theyhavetoberevisedrepeatedly
B)theyareinconvenienttouseinclass
C)theyaredifferentfrommostmainstreamproducts
D)theyarenomorethanprintversionsputonascreen
5.MattMaclnnisdescribestheupdatedversionoflnklingas________.
A)agoodexampleofthemainstreamproducts
B)amarvelousproductofmanycreativeideas
C)aplatformforbuildingmultimediacontent
D)amereskeletonoftraditionaltextbooks
6.Theauthorismostexcitedaboutlnkling'snotationsystembecauseonecan________.
A)sharehislearningexperiencewiththebestandbrightestthinkers
B)participateindiscussionswithclassmatesandFacebookfriends
C)voteforthebestlearnersdemocratically
D)storeinformationonthecloud
7.Oneadditionaladvantageoftheinteractivedigitaltextbookisthat________.
A)studentscanswitchtodifferentdiscussionsatanypoint
B)studentscandownloadrelevantcriticalcomments
C)professorscanjoininstudents'onlinediscussions
D)professorscangivepromptfeedbacktostudents'homework
8.Oneofthechallengestobuildaninteractivedigitaltextbookfromthegroundupisthatistakesagreatdealof________.
9.Oneproblemforstudentstoreplacetraditionaltextbookswithinteractivedigitalonesisthehighofthehardware.
10.Accordingtotheauthor,whetherdigitaltextbookswillcatchonstill________.
PartIIIListeningComprehension(35minutes)
SectionA
Directions:
Inthissection,youwillhear8shortconversationsand2longconversations.Attheendofeachconversation,oneormorequestionswillbeaskedaboutwhatwassaid.Boththeconversationandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Aftereachquestiontherew
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