2018年6月大学英语四级考试真题精解(第三套)

2018年6月大学英语四级考试真题（第三套）音频PartIWriting(30minutes)Directions:Forthispart，youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessayontheimportanceofspeakingabilityandhowtodevelopit.Youshouldwriteatleast120wordsbutnomorethan180words._______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________PartIIListeningComprehension(25minutes)特别说明：由于多题多卷，第三套真题的听力试题与第二套真题的一致，只是选项顺序不同，因此，本套试卷不再提供听力部分。PartIIIReadingComprehension(40minutes)SectionADirections:Inthissection，thereisapassagewithtenblanks.Youarerequiredtoselectonewordforeachblankfromalistofchoicesgiveninawordbankfollowingthepassage.Readthepassagethroughcarefullybeforemakingyourchoices.Eachchoiceinthebankisidentifiedbyaletter.PleasemarkthecorrespondingletterforeachitemonAnswerSheet2withasinglelinethroughthecentre.Youmaynotuseanyofthewordsinthebankmorethanonce.AnofficetoweronMillerStreetinManchesteriscompletelycoveredinsolarpanels.Theyareusedtocreatesomeoftheenergyusedbytheinsurancecompanyinside.Whenthetowerwasfirst26in1962，itwascoveredwiththinsquarestones.Thesesmallsquarestonesbecameaproblemforthebuildingandcontinuedtofalloffthefacefor40yearsuntilamajorrenovationwas27.Duringthisrenovationthebuilding’sowners，CIS，28thesolarpanelcompany，Solarcentury.Theyagreedtocovertheentirebuildinginsolarpanels.In2004，thecompletedCIStowerbecameEurope’slargest29ofverticalsolarpanels.Averticalsolarprojectonsuchalarge30hasneverbeenrepeatedsince.Coveringaskyscraperwithsolarpanelshadneverbeendonebefore，andtheCIStowerwaschosenasoneofthe“10bestgreenenergyprojects”.Foralongtimeafterthisrenovationproject，itwasthetallestbuildingintheUnitedKingdom，butitwas31overtakenbytheMillbankTower.Greenbuildingslikethisaren’t32cost-efficientfortheinvestor，butitdoesproducemuchlesspollutionthanthatcausedbyenergy33throughfossilfuels.Assolarpanelsget34，theworldislikelytoseemoreskyscraperscoveredinsolarpanels，collectingenergymuchliketreesdo.Imagineaworldwherebuildingthetallestskyscraperwasn’taraceof35，butratheronetocollectthemostsolarenergy.A)cheaperB)cleanerC)collectionD)competedE)constructedF)consultedG)dimensionH)discoveredI)eventuallyJ)heightK)necessarilyL)productionM)rangeN)scaleO)undertakenSectionBDirections:Inthissection，youaregoingtoreadapassagewithtenstatementsattachedtoit.Eachstatementcontainsinformationgiveninoneoftheparagraphs.Identifytheparagraphfromwhichtheinformationisderived.Youmaychooseaparagraphmorethanonce.Eachparagraphismarkedwithaletter.AnswerthequestionsbymarkingthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2.SomeCollegeStudentsAreAngryThatTheyHavetoPaytoDoTheirHomeworkA)Digitallearningsystemsnowchargestudentsforaccesscodesneededtocompletecoursework，takequizzes，andturninhomework.Asuniversitiesgodigital，studentsarecomplainingofanewhittotheirfinancesthat’sreplacing—andsometimesjoining—expensivetextbooks:priceyonlineaccesscodesthatarerequiredtocompletecourseworkandsubmitassignments.B)Thecodes—whichtypicallyrangeinpricefrom$80to$155percourse—givestudentsonlineaccesstosystemsdevelopedbyeducationcompanieslikeMcGrawHillandPearson.Thesecompanies，whichlongreapedbigprofitsastextbookpublishers，haveboastedthattheirnewonlineofferings，whenpushedtostudentsthroughuniversitiestheypartnerwith，representthefutureoftheindustry.C)Butcriticssaythedigitalaccesscodesrepresentthesameprofit-seekingethos(观念)ofthetextbookbusiness，andareevenharderforstudentstooptoutof.Whiletheycouldoncebuysecond-handtextbooks，orsharecopieswithfriends，thedigitalsystemsareessentiallyimpossibletoavoid.D)“Whenwetalkabouttheaccesscodeweseeitasthenewfaceofthetextbookmonopoly(垄断)，anewwaytolockstudentsaroundthissystem，”saidEthanSenack，thehighereducationadvocatefortheU.S.PublicInterestResearchGroup，toBuzzFeedNews.“Ratherthan$250(foraprinttextbook)you’repaying$120，”saidSenack.“Butbecauseit’salldigitaliteliminatestheusedbookmarketandeliminatesanysharingandbecausehomeworkandtestsarethroughanaccesscode，iteliminatesanyabilitytooptout.”E)SarinaHarper，a19-year-oldstudentatVirginiaTech，wasfacedwithatoughdilemmawhenshefirststartedcollegein2015—payrentorpaytoturninherchemistryhomework.ShetoldBuzzFeedNewsthatherfreshmanchemistryclassrequiredhertouseConnect，asystemprovidedbyMcGrawHillwherestudentscansubmithomework，takeexamsandtracktheirgrades.Butthecodetoaccesstheprogramcost$120—abigsumforHarper，whohadalreadyputdown$450fortextbooks，andhadrentdayapproaching.F)Shedecidedtowaitforhernextwork-studypaycheck，whichwastypically$150-$200，topayforthecode.Sheknewthatherchemistrygrademaytakeadiveasaresult.“It’sabalancingact，”shesaid.“CanIreallyaffordtheseaccesscodesnow?”Shedidn’thandinherfirsttwoassignmentsforchemistry，whichstartedheroutintheclasswithafailinggrade.G)Theaccesscodesmaybeanotherfinancialheadacheforstudent