2018年6月英语四级真题答案解析(卷一)

2018年6月大学英语四级考试真题答案与详解（第1套）PartIWriting审题思路：这个话题贴近学生学习，比较容易入手。通过审题可知，文章需要着重从两个方面展开，分别为阅读能力的重要性以及如何提高阅读能力。其中，如何提高阅读能力应该分层次重点阐述。另外，文章结尾需要总结全文，进一步强调方法的重要性。范文点评：高分范文精彩点评TheImportanceofReadingAbilityandHowtoDevelopIt①Asthemostfrequentlyusedwaytogetaccesstooriginalmaterials,readinghasalwaysbeenconsideredoneofthemostimportantpartsoflanguagelearning,②whichcanfacilitateexpansionoflexicalitems,enhancementofgrammar,andaccumulationofsocialandculturalawareness.③Thisalsoexplainsthereasonwhyreadingskillsshouldbehighlyemphasized.④Inordertoimproveyourreadingability,therearesometipstofollow.⑤Firstofall,scanthematerialbeforeyoubeginreading.Whateverthepurposeofyourreadingis,takeafewminutestolookthepieceover,andcheckandseehowtheworkisstructuredandpresented.⑥Secondly,trynottoreachforthedictionarywhenyoucomeacrossawordyoudon’tknow.Instead,trytoguessthemeaningofthewordbasedonthecontext.⑦Lastbutnotleast,writeafewsentencestosummarizewhatyou’vereadsinceitisawayofcheckingifyouhavecompletelyunderstood.⑧Aboveall,readinghasgreatbenefitsthatcanhelpyoulearnthelanguagefasterandmorethoroughly.Everylanguagelearnercantrytheabovemethodstodeveloptheirreadingskills.①开门见山，提出阅读的重要性。②用which引导的定语从句具体阐述阅读的重要作用。③承上启下，指出阅读技能应该受到重视。④引出下文：提高阅读能力有几点建议。⑤⑥⑦分别用Firstofall、Secondly、Lastbutnotleast具体阐述提高阅读能力的三点建议。⑧用Aboveall总结全文，进一步阐述阅读有很大益处，并强调学习者应该提高阅读技能。加分两点frequently频繁地enhancement提高，改进culturalawareness文化意识context上下文，语境summarize总结全文翻译：阅读能力的重要性以及如何提高阅读能力作为获取原始材料最常使用的方式，阅读一直被认为是语言学习中最重要的部分之一。它能够促进词汇的拓展、语法的提高以及社会和文化意识的积累。这也正好解释了为什么应该高度重视阅读技能。为了提高你的阅读能力，以下有几点建议。首先，在开始阅读之前先快速浏览材料。不管你的阅读目的是什么，用几分钟来整体把握文章的结构和呈现方式。其次，当遇到不认识的词汇时先不要急于查词典。相反，试着根据语境猜测词义。最后同样重要的是，写一些句子来总结你读过的内容，因为这也是检验你是否完全读懂的一个方法。总之，阅读有很大益处，可以帮助你更快、更全面地学习语言。每一个语言学习者都可以按照上面提到的方法来提高自己的阅读技能。PartIIListeningComprehensionSectionANewsReportOne（1）AmessageinabottlesentouttoseabyaNewHampshiremanmorethanfivedecadesagowasfound1,500milesawayandhasbeenreturnedtohisdaughter.Thelong-lostmessagewasdiscoveredbyClintBuffingtonofUtahwhilehewasvacationing.Buffingtonsayshefoundasodabottlehalfburiedinthesandthat“lookedlikeithadbeentheresincethebeginningoftime.”Thenoteinsidethebottlesaid,“Returnto419OceanStreetandreceivearewardof$150fromRichardandTinaPierce,ownersoftheBeachcomberMotel.”ThemotelwasownedbytheparentsofPaulaPiercein1960.HerfatherhadwrittenthenotesasajokeandhadthrownitintotheAtlanticOcean.BuffingtonflewtoNewHampshiretodeliverthatmessagetoPolaPierce.(2)Shehelduptoherfather’spromise,givingBuffingtonthatreward.Butthebiggestrewardisthemessageinabottlefindingitswaybackhome.Questions1and2arebasedonthenewsreportyouhavejustheard.未听先知：预览两道题个选项，由return、bottledmessage和history等词可以初步判断，该新闻与归还漂流瓶里的便条有关。第1题各选项均为概括性比较强的名词短语，可能考查新闻的主旨；第2题各选项的主语均为She，结合wantedto、askedbyherfathertodoso可推测，此题考查女士做某事的原因。1.Whatisthenewsreportmainlyabout?答案：A详解：新闻开篇指出，新罕布什尔州的一位先生把一个装有便条的瓶子扔到海里，五十年后被人在1,500英里外的海滩捡到并归还给这位先生的女儿。由此可知，新闻的主要内容是漂流瓶中的便条归还主人女儿，答案为A。2.WhydidPaulaPiercegiveClintBuffingtonthereward?答案：B详解：新闻中提到，Buffington飞往新罕布什尔州，将便条给了PaulaPierce.PaulaPierce遵守父亲的承诺，给予Buffington便条中所说的150美元的奖励。由此可知，PaulaPierce给Buffington奖励就是为了遵守父亲当年的承诺，答案为B。NewsReportTwoMillionsofbeeshavediedinSouthCarolinaduringaerialinsectsprayingoperationsthatwerecarriedouttocombattheZikavirus.（3）Theinsectssprayingovertheweekendleftmorethan2millionbeesdeadonthespotinDorchesterCounty,SouthCarolina,wherefourtravel-relatedcasesofZikadiseasehavebeenconfirmedinthearea.(4)MostofthedeathscamefromFlowerTownBeefarm,acompanyinSomervillethatsellsbeesandhoneyproducts.JuanitaStanleywhoownsthecompanysaidthefarm“lookslikeit'sbeendestroyed.”Thefarmlostabout2.5millionbees.DorchesterCountyofficialsapologizedfortheaccidentalmasskillingofbees.DorchesterCountyisawarethatsomebeekeepersintheareathatwassprayedonSundaylosttheirbeecolonies.CountymanagerJasonWardsaidinastatement.“I’mnotpleasedthatsomanybeeswerekilled.”Questions3and4arebasedonthenewsreportyouhavejustheard.未听先知：预览两道题各选项，由选项中反复出现的bees、disease、lost等词可推测，新闻内容与蜜蜂的遭遇有关。3.WhyweresprayingoperationscarriedoutinDorchesterCounty?答案：B详解：新闻开头提到，在进行针对寨卡病毒的空中昆虫喷洒操作期间，南卡罗来纳州多彻斯特县200多万只蜜蜂因此死亡，该地区已确认了四例寨卡病毒病，由此可知，空中喷洒的原因是该地区已经确认了多例寨卡病毒，答案为B。4.WhatdoesthenewsreportsayaboutFlowertownBeeFarm?答案：C详解：新闻中提到，大部分死亡的蜜蜂来自一个叫作Flowertown的养蜂场，死亡蜜蜂约250万只。因此答案为C。NewsReportThreeTheworld’slargestaircrafthastakentotheskiesforthefirsttime.(5)TheAirlander10spentnearlytwohoursintheair,havingtakenofffromCoddingtonAirfieldinBedfordshire.Duringitsflight,itreached3,000feetandperformedaseriesofgentleturnsalloverasafearea.Theaircraftismassive—aslongasafootballfieldandastallassixdoubledeckerbusesandcapableofflyingforuptofivedays.(6)ItwasfirstdevelopedfortheUSgovernmentasalong-rangespyaircraft,butwasabandonedfollowingbudgetcutbacks.(7)Theaircraftcost25millionpoundsandcancarryheavierloadsthanhugejetplaneswhilealsoproducinglessnoiseandemittinglesspollution.Themakersbelieveit’sthefutureofaircraftandonedaywe’llbeusingthemtogoplaces.Butthere’sstillalongwaytogo.TheAirlanderwillneedtohave200hours’flyingtimebeforebeingallowedtoflybytheaviationadministration.Ifitpassesthough,wecanhopewe’llallgetsomee