2019年6月大学英语四级真题及答案解析完整版
Part I Writing(30 minutes)
请于正式开考后半小时内完成该部分，之后将进行听力考试。
For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a news report to your school newspaper on a volunteer activity
organized by your Student Union to help elderly people in the neighborhood .You should write at least 120 words not more than 180 words.
【范文】
Young Volunteers Visited a Nursing Home
Volunteers from our university visited a nursing home located in Hangzhou on June 14th, which was highly appraised by the elderly there.
Upon the students’ arrival, tears of joy glistened in the seniors’ eyes when the young students presented them with well-prepared gifts. Then, the students talked to them one-on-one with kindness. Both the youth and the aged were willing to share their life stories, immersing in an atmosphere of joy. When it was time for the youngsters to leave, the elderly thanked them over and over again. And the volunteers expressed that they learned a lot and were all stunned by the optimism their elderly friends had for their future.
According to Winston Churchill, a British statesman, “we make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” The visit not only enriches the seniors’ daily life, but also provides the youth with an opportunity to learn some important life lessons from the elderly residents. By Aria, school newspaper
【点评】
写作试题是考查考生综合运用英语语言的能力，四级写作试题对考生的要求也越来越高。今年考查了新闻报道这一新的文章体裁，这也就意味着出题人更加强调学生把考场作文和真实生活中的写作联系在一起，对于学生观察生活的能力提出了更高的要求——注意到新闻的格式和内容安排的特点。一方面，新闻报道需要写出标题和落款，标题注意简洁明了，落款既要写出人名还要按照新闻报道的格式写出by sb.，最后还要写出所在的新闻机构。另一方面，在内容上，分三段进行写作，第一段写导语，点明事件的基本情况(时间、地点、事件、人物、目的或意义);第二段写经过(一般按照时间顺序进行书写，同时可以对其中一个小事进行特写，中间还可以穿插人物采访);第三段写对这一事件，人物的看法、想法和观点。
在体裁上虽然不同于以往四级命题的规律，但是万变不离其宗的是仍然把学生对英语语言能力的运用能力作为考查重点。综观近五年的四级写作命题趋势，无论是要说明理由、解释原因、阐明影响，第一段的功能始终都是引入，这跟新闻报道的第一段写导语是一致的，所以考生可以结合以往作文的行文思路作为切入点书写新闻报道。第二段是浓墨重彩的一段，而新闻报道与普通作文的区别是更侧重事实，所以要求考生在书写的时候只需要客观写出事情的起因、经过、结果即可。第三段无论是以往的作文还是新闻报道，都需要给出总结(对事件的看法和观点)，在新闻报道的结尾段作出对事件的评价和写出所的感悟就可以了。
今年考查的话题是养老院、农场和当地小学，与考生的生活比较贴近，在写作时，列举的例子应较为典型，这样阅卷老师很容明白考生文中所描述的内容。同时，考生对这个例子也应很熟悉，能够熟练运用一些有关的词或短语，这样下笔时才会有话可说，从而将相关的背景知识与正确的语言表达有效地结合起来。这些话题与大学生的生活息息相关。这些话题对于考生而言都会有话可说，并且能够提出一定的看法和观点。
Part 2 Listening Comprehension(25 minutes)
本次四级听力难度适中，就听力文本的主题而言，难度略有下降。因为今年这套听力的内容和大学生生活较为贴近，主题以校园，生活类为主，没有难度较大的政治，经济，科技，科普之类的主题，因而，对听力较好的同学而言，应该会感受到比往年题目听到的生词少。
但题目设置上的难度并没有降低(没有题目，红色字体为猜测出题点)。由于目前还没有试卷选项，单就原文和出题位置来看，出题位置符合“头尾重点”“逻辑”处等考点，考生在应试时若把握好这这些内容，应能较快反应出对应的答案。
Section A News report 1
此篇新闻是关于一个从旧金山游到Alktrask岛屿的9岁男孩，首发于2016年1月美联社的报道。这属于社会新闻，是新闻中听懂难度较低的一种。但这篇新闻存在较多地点专有名词，可能会对考生在听力中造成影响。
1. 新闻主旨题。重点听开头前两句。 2. 新闻细节题。
A 9-year-old central California boy braved strong currents and cold water to swim from San Francisco to Alcatraz Island and back. A California television station Enfresno, reported Tuesday that Jim Savage, set a record as the youngest swimmer to make the journey to the former prison. The TV station reported that by completing the swim, the fourth grade student from Losbanios broke a record previously held by a 10-year-old boy. Jim said that waves in the San Francisco Bay hitting him in the face 30 minutes into this swim, made him want to give up. His father said, he had offered his son 100 dollars as a reward. To encourage his struggling son, he doubled it to 200 dollars. James pushed forward, making it to Alcatraz Island and back in a little more than 2 hours. Alcatraz is over a mile from the mainland.
Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard. 1. What did the boy from central California do according to report? 2. What did the father do to encourage his son? News report 2
这篇新闻讲述了大家比较熟悉的事件，关于我国将取消晚婚假。内容生词较少，对于考生听懂的难度应该不高。 1. 考察新闻中“原因”要素。由于是此篇新闻的第一题，考点句仍然落在头两句。 2. 结尾处+转折处考点。 On the first January，new regulations were coming to a fact which eliminated an annual leave bonus for people who put off marriage until the age of 23 for women and 25 for men, the South China morning post reports. The holiday bonus was to design to encourage young people to delay getting married, in lines with China’s one-child policy, but with the policy now been abolished, this holiday incentive is no longer necessary.
The government says. In shanghai, the young couple at the registration office told the paper that they decided to
register their marriage as soon as possible to take advantage of the existing policy. Because an extra holiday was a big deal for them. In Beijing, one registration office had about 300 couples seeking to get married the day after the changes were announced. Rather than the usual number, often between 70 and 80, but one lawyer tell the paper the changes still have to be adopted by local governments and this procedures take time, so people who are rushing for a marriage can relax.
Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard. 3. What was purpose of the annual leave bonus of China? 4. What do we learn about the new regulations? New report 3
这篇新闻新西兰两个女佣创业，专门负责清理家庭聚会后的残局。 1. 主旨题。. 考点句位于开头处。3. 结尾考点。
Everyone loves a good house party, but the cleaning up in the next morning isn’t as enjoyable. Now however, a New Zealand based startup company aims to bring messy homes and even splitting headaches back to normal. The properly named startup Morning After Maids, was launched about 1 month ago in Auckland by room-maids Rebecca Folly and Catherine Ashers. Aside from cleaning up, the two will also cook breakfast and even get coffee and painkillers for
recovering merrymakers. Although they are both gainfully employed, they did cleaning jobs into their nights and weekends which is when their service is in most demand anyway.
Besides being flatted with request from across the country, Folly and Ashers have also received request from the US and Canada to provide the services there, they are reportedly meeting with lawyers to see how best to take the business forward,
Question 5—7 are based on the news report you have just heard. 5. what is the news report mainly about?
6. what is the common problem of the house party?
7. what are Rebecca Folly and Catherin Ashish planning to do? Long Conversation 1 长对话
这篇长对话生活类题材，话题也是大家非常熟悉的考驾照。是两人就男生的驾考进行对话，男生是对话的核心，回答女生的问题。
1. 细节题。答案在对话开头处。2. 细节题。3. 细节题。4. 细节题。 W: Carl, how did your driver’s theory exam go? It was yesterday, right?
M: Yes, I’ve prepared as much as I could. But I was so nervous since it was my second trial. The people who worked at the test center were very kind though. We had a little conversation which calmed me down a bit, and that was just what I needed. Then, after the exam, they printed out my result. But I was afraid to open it until I was outside. I was such a relief that I passed.
W: Congratulations! I knew you could do it. I think you underestimated how difficult it would be the first time, didn’t you? I hear a lot of people make that mistake and go in underprepared. But good job in passing the second time. I’m so proud of you. Now, all you have to do next is your road test. Have you had any lessons yet?
M: Yes, thanks. I’m so happy to be actually on the road now. I’ve only had two driving lessons so far, and my
instructor is very understanding. So,I’m really enjoying it. I can’t wait for my next session. Although the lessons are rather expensive. 20 pounds an hour, and the instructor says I’ll need above 30—40 lessons in total, that’s what? 6—8 hundred pounds. So, this time, I’ll need to make a lot more effort, and hopefully, I’ll be successful the first time.
W: Well, good luck.
Questions 8—11 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 8. What did the man do yesterday?
9. Why did he fail the exam the first time?
10. What does the man say about his driving lessons? 11. What does the man hope to do next? Long Conversation 2
这篇对话是校园场景类的对话，出现了很多往年校园场景类对话中出现过的词汇。对话内容是两个学生在讨论他们的学习和毕业后的工作。开头题，考点句就在第一轮对话的问句里。细节题，这轮对话是女生提问，男生回答，重点听男生说话，不难发现 only 所在的句子。细节题。和第二题同一轮对话，所以重点仍然是男生说自己，或者女生说对方的内容。最后一轮对话是男生提问，所以重点听女生。关注but转折后的内容。
M: Emma, I’ve got accepted to the university of Leads. Since you’re going to university in England, do you know how much it is for international students to study there?
W: Congratulations. Yes, I believe for international students, you’ll have to pay around 13,000 pounds a year, it’s just a bit more than the local students.
M: OK, that’s about 17,000 dollars for the tuition and fees. Anyway, I’m only going to be there for a year, doing my masters. So it’s pretty good. If I stayed in the U.S., it’d take 2 years, and cost at least 50,000 dollars in tuition alone. Also, I have a good chance of winning a scholarship at Leads, which would be pretty awesome, the benefit of being a music genius.
W: Yeah, I heard you are a talented piano player. So you are doing a post- graduate degree now? I’m still in my last year, graduating next June. Finally, I’ll be done with my studies, and could go on to earning lots of money.
M: Are you still planning on being a teacher? No money at that job then.
W: You’d be surprised, I’m still going to be a teacher. But the plan is to work at an international school overseas, after I get a year or so experience in England. It’s better paid, and I get to travel, which reminds me I’m late for my class, and I’ve got some documents I need to print out first. I’ve got to run.
Questions 12—15 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 12. What does the man want to know? 13. What is the man going to do?
14. What might qualify the man for a scholarship at the leads university? 15. What is the woman planning to do after graduation? Passage 1
短文第一篇是说明介绍性的文章，介绍了蚂蚁，着重介绍了对于人类房屋有危害的蚂蚁品种。文章主旨题，答案出现在听力开篇处。第二题的出现位置较后，需要考生保持耐心。听到“in addition” 的时候紧张起来，就能听到答案句最后一道题往往出在结尾处。反复出现的信息。
原文：
Scientists have identified thousands of known ants species around the world. And only a few of them bug humans. Most ants live in the woods, or out in nature. There, they keep other creatures in check, distribute seeds, and clean dead and decaying materials from the ground. A very small percentage of ants do harm to humans. But those are incredibly
challenging to control. They are small enough to easily slip inside your house. Live in colonies that number in the tens of
thousands to the hundreds of thousands, and reproduce quickly. That makes them good at getting in, and hard to kick out. Once they settle in, these insects start affecting your home. In addition to barging ants, other species can cause different kinds of damage. Some, like carpenter ants, can undermine a home structure, while others interfere with the electrical units.
Unfortunately, our homes are very attractive to ants, because it provides everything the colony needs to survive, such as food, water, and shelter. So, how can we prevent ants from getting into our homes? Most important of all, avoid giving ants any access to food, particularly sugary food, because ants have a sweet tooth. We also need to clean up spills as soon as they occur, and store food in air-tight containers. Even garbage attracts ants, so empty your trash as often as possible. And store your outside garbage in a lidded can, while away from doors and windows.
Questions 16—18 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 16. What does the passage say about ants?
17. What do we learn from the passage about carpenter ants? 18. What can we do to prevent ants from getting into our homes? Passage 2
短文第2篇是一篇自述，介绍了“我”在老年保健领域的研究工作。体裁接近下午六级section C。文章主旨题，答案出现在听力开篇处，第一句话直接出答案，在开头走神的考生很容易失去第一道题的答案。细节题。细节题，和第2 题的位置很接近。但通过反复听到的“old” 和”health”，不难找到答案。
原文：
My research focus is on what happens to our immune system as we age. So the job of the immune system is to fight infections. It also protects us from viruses and from autoimmune diseases. We know that as we get older, it's easier for us to get affections. So older adults have more chances of falling ill. This is evidence that our immune system really doesn't
function so well when we age. In most of our work, when we were looking at older adults who’ve got an illness, we always have to have health controls. So we work very closely with a great group of volunteers called the One Thousand Elders, these volunteers are all 65 or over, but in good health. They come to the university to provide us with blood samples to be interviewed and to help us to carry out a whole range of research. The real impact of our research is going to be on health in old age. At the moment, we are living much longer. Life expectancy is increasing at 2 years for every decade, that means an extra 5 hours a day. I want to make sure that older adults are still able to enjoy their old age, and that they are not spending time in hospital with infection. Felling unwell and being generally weak we want people to be healthy even when they are old.
Questions 19—21 are based on the passage you have just heard. 19. What is the focus of the speaker’s research?
20. What are the volunteers are asked to do in the research?
21. What does the speaker say will be the impact of his research? Passage 3
短文第3篇是记叙文，人物故事题。介绍了一个老师在小学教授国际象棋的事，也介绍了这所小学的教学特点。介绍学校和人物故事是四级短文出现很多次的类型。
1. 第一题答案仍然出现在听力开篇处，第一句话直接出答案。2. 细节题。3. 细节题4. 细节题。
When Ted Komada started teaching 14 years ago at Kilip Elementary, he didn’t know how to manage a classroom and was struggling to connect with students, he noticed a couple of days after school that a group of kid would get together to play chess. “I know how to play chess, let me go and show these kids how to do it,” he said. Now, Komada coaches the school’s chess team. The whole program started as a safe place for kids to come after school. And this week, dozens of those students are getting ready to head out to Nashville Tennessee to compete with about 5000 other young people at the Super Nationals of Chess. The competition only happens every four years, and the last time the team went, they won the third place in the nation. Komada says Chess gives him and his students control. The school has the highest number of kids from low-income families. Police frequent the area day and night. As 2 months ago, a young man was shot just down the street. Komada likes to teach his students that they should think about their move before they do it. The lessons proved
valuable outside the classroom as well. Many parents see these lessons translate into the real world. Students are more likely to think about their actions and see whether they will lead to trouble.
Questions 22—25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
22. What did Ted Komada notice one day after he started teaching at Kilip Elementary?
23. What are dozens of students from Komada’s school going to do this week? 24. What do we learn about the students of Kilip Elementary? 25. What have the students learned from Komada? Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension (40 minutes) Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on ANSWER SHEET 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Ships are often sunk in order to create underwater reefs (暗礁) perfect for scuba driving (水肺式潜泳) and preserving marine 26 . Turkish authorities have just sunk something a little different than a ship, and it wouldn’t normally ever touch water, an Airbus A300. The hollowed-out A300 was 27 of everything potentially harmful to the environment and sunk off the Aegean coast today/ Not only will the sunken plane 28 the perfect skeleton for artificial reef growth, but authorities hope this new underwater attraction will bring tourist to the area.
The plane 29 a total length of 54 meters, where experienced scuba divers will 30 be able to venture through the cabin and around the plane’s 31 . Aydin Municipality bought the plane from a private company for just under US$100,000,but they hope to see a return on that 32 through the tourism industry. Tourism throughout Turkey is expected to fall this year as the country has been the 33 of several deadly terrorist attacks. As far as sunken planes go,this Airbus A300 is the largest 34 sunk aircraft ever.
Taking a trip underwater and 35 the inside of a sunken A300 would be quite an adventure, and that is exactly what Turkish authorities are hoping this attraction will make people think. Drawing in adventure seekers and experienced divers, this new artificial Airbus reef will be a scuba diver’s paradise(天堂).
A) create B) depressed C) eventually D) Experiences E) exploring F) exterior G) habitats H) innovate I)intentionally J)investment K)revealing L)stretches M)stripped N)territory O)victim
答案：26. G 27. M 28. A 29. L 30.C 31.F 32. J 33. O 34. I 35. E 【答案解析】
26. 根据空格位置，marine此处形容词，可判断出26题应为名词。marine的意思是“海生的，海运的”固定搭配“marine habitat”海洋栖息地。所以本题答案为“G”habitat“栖息地”。
27. 根据空格位置，词性应该为动词的被动态。本篇文章对A300持有肯定态度，所以此句想表达“A300”对环境没有任何潜在的坏处，故答案应为“M”, “be stripped of”意为“剥夺”。
28. 此题空格前有“will”, 所以此处应填动词原形。选项中动词原形有“A”和“H”, 根据句意得知，沉没的飞机可以让人工珊瑚长的更好。所以本题答案为“A”，create“创造，产生”。
29. 此处应填动词原形，主语为“plane”，故谓语动词应为单三形式。所以答案是“L”,stretches意为“延伸”，此处指“飞机机身总长为54米”。
30. 此处应填副词，用来修饰后面的“be able to venture”, 答案应锁定在“C”eventually和“L”intentionally。这句话的意思是水肺式潜水者能够在船舱内冒险。故选项“C”eventually“最终地”，更符合句意。
31. 此处应填名词形式，因为空格前为“plane’s”。名词选项有“F”和“N”。空格处前半句是时候水肺式潜水者能够在船舱内冒险，所以后半句应该为他们也可以在船舱外面冒险。故答案为“F”exterior“外部，表面”。
32. 因为空格前为“on that”...所以此处应为名词。本句话的大意是：买这架飞机花了很多钱，所以他们希望通过旅游业能够看到自己投资的回报。所以答案为“J”investment“投资”。
33. 此处应填名词形式。空格后的内容为“严重的致命恐怖袭击”，所以空格处应为victim“受害者”。故答案为“O”。 34. 此处应为副词形式。因为副词修饰形容词“largest”。副词只剩“I”intentionally有目的性地，故意地，修饰后面sunk, 所以本题答案为“I”。
35. 此题应为v.-ing形式，与and前的“taking a trip underwater”保持并列。“E”exploring和“K”revealing都是v.-ing形式。根据本句句意，“E”exploring“探索”更符合句意。本句话的意思是“水下旅行和探索沉没的A300的内部都会是一场冒险”。
Section B