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2021年6月英语四级考试真题试卷附答案(第3套)

Direction.s: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to

write an essay based on the picture should start your

essay with a brief description of the picture and then comment

on parents' role in their children's growth. You should write

at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.

Section A

Directions : In this section, you will hear 8 short

conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end ofeach

conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what

was said. Both theconversation and the questions will be spoken

only once. After each question there will bea pause. During the

pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C. and D,and

decide which is the best mark the corresponding

letter on AnswerSheet I with a single line through the centre.

1.A. The woman is the manager's secretary.

B. The man found himself in a wrong place.

C. The man is the manager's business associate.

D. The woman was putting up a sign on the wall.

2.A. He needs more time for the report.

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B. He needs help to interpret the data.

C. He is sorry not to have helped the woman.

D. He does not have sufficient data to go on.

3.A. A friend from New York.

B. A message from Tony.

C. A postal delivery.

D. A change in the weather.

4. A. She is not available until the end of next week.

B. She is not a reliable source of information.

C. She does not like taking exams.

D. She does not like psychology.

5. A. He will help the woman carry the suitcase.

B. The woman's watch is twenty minutes fast.

C. The woman shouldn't make such a big fuss.

D. There is no need for the woman to be in a hurry.

6.A. Mary is not so easygoing as her.

B. Mary and she have a lot in conmon.

C. She finds it hard to get along with Mary.

D. She does not believe what her neighborssaid.

7.A. At an information service.

B. At a car wash point.

C. At a repair shop.

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D. At a dry cleaner's.

8. A. The woman came to the concert at the man's request.

B. The man is already fed up with playing the piano.

C. The piece of music the man played is very popular.

D. The man's unique talents are the envy of many people.

Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have

just heard.

9. A. He has taught Spanish for a couple of years at a local

school.

B. He worked at the Brownstone Company for several years.

C. He owned a small retail business in Michigan years ago.

D. He has been working part-time in a school near Detroit.

10. A. He prefers a full-time job with more responsibility.

B. He is eager to find a job with an increased salary.

C. He likes to work in a company close to home.

D. He would rather get a less demanding job.

11.A. Sports.

B. Travel.

C. Foreign languages.

D. Computer games.

12. A. When he is supposed to start work.

B. What responsibilities he would have.

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C. When he will be informed about his application.

D. What career opportunities her company can offer.

Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have

just heard.

13.A. She is pregnant.

B. She is over 50.

C. She has just finished her project.

D. She is a good saleswoman.

14.A. He takes good care of Lisa.

B. He is the CEO of a giant company.

C. He is good at business management.

D. He works as a sales manager.

15. A. It is in urgent need of further development.

B. It produces goods popular among local people.

C. It has been losing market share in recent years.

D. It is well positioned to compete with the giants.

Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hoar 3 short passages.

At tho end of each passage, you will hoar some questions. Both

the passage and tho questions will be spoken only once. After

youhoar a question, you must choose tho best answer from the

four choices marked A, B,C. and D. Then mark tho corresponding

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letter on Answer Sheet I with a single linethrough tho centre.

Passage One

Questions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just

heard.

16.A. It is lined with tall trees.

B. It was widened recently.

C. It has high buildings on both sides.

D. It used to be dirty and disorderly.

17.A. They repaved it with rocks.

B. They built public restrooms on it.

C. They beautified it with plants.

D. They set up cooking facilities near it.

18.A. What makes life enjoyable.

B. How to work with tools.

C. What a community means.

D. How to improve health.

19. A. They were obliged to fulfill the signed contract.

B. They were encouraged by the city officials' praise.

C. They wanted to prove they were as capable as boys.

D. They derived happiness from the constructive work.

Passage Two

Questions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just

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heard.

20. A. The majority of them think it less important than

computers:

B. Many of them consider it boring and old-fashioned.

C. The majority of them find it interesting.

D. Few of them read more than ten books a year.

21.A. Novels and stories.

B. Mysteries and detective stories.

C. History and science books.

D. Books on culture and tradition.

22.A. Watching TV.

B. Listening to music.

C. Reading magazines.

D. Playing computer games.

Passage Three

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just

heard.

23. A. Advice on the purchase of cars.

B. Information about the new green-fuel vehicles.

C. Trends for the development of the motor car.

D. Solutions to global fuel shortage.

24.A. Limited driving range.

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B. Huge recharging expenses.

C. The short life of batteries.

D. The unaffordable high price.

25. A. They need to be further improved.

B. They can easily switch to natural gas.

C. They are more cost-effective than vehicles powered by

solar energy.

D. They can match conventional motor cars in performance

and safety.

Section C

Directions: In this section, you will hoar a passage three

times. When tho passage is read for tho first time, you should

listen carefully for its general idea. When tho passage is read

for tho second time, you are required to fill in tho blanks with

tho exact words you have just hoard. Finally, when tho passage

is read for tho third time, you should chock what you have

written.

My favorite TV. show? "The Twilight Zone. " I（26）like the

episode called "The Printer'sDevil. " It's about a newspaper

editor who's being（27） out of business by a big

newspapersyndicate--you know, a group of papers（28）by the same

's about to（29）when he's interrupted by an old man

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who says his name is Smith. The editor is not only offered

$ 5,000 to pay off his newspaper's（30）, but this Smith character

also offers hisservices for free. It turns out that the guy

operates the printing machine with amazing speed, and soon he's

turning out newspapers with31 The small paper is successful

again. The editor is／（32）athow quickly Smith gets his

stories--only minutes after they happen--but soon he's

presented with acontract to sign. Mr. Smith, it seems, is really

the devil! The editor is frightened by this news, but he is more

frightened by the idea of losing his newspaper, so he agrees

to sign. But soon Smith is（33）the news even before it

happens--and it's all terrible--one disaster after another.

Anyway, there is a little more to tell, but I don't want to（34）the story for you. I really like these old episodes of

"The Twilight Zone" because the stories are fascinating. They

are not realistic. But then again, in a way they are, because

they deal with（35）．

Section A

Directions: In this sectinm, 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

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choice in the bank is identified by a letter.

Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer

Sheet2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use

any of the words in the bank more than once. Questions 36 to

45 are based on the following passage.

As a teacher, you could bring the community into your

classroom in many ways. The parents and grandparents of your

students are resources and（36）for their children. They can

be（37）teachers of their own traditions and histories.

Immigrant parents could talk about their country of（38）and

why they emigrated to the United States. Parents can be invited

to talk about their jobs or a community project. Parents, of

course, are not the only community resources. Employees at

local businesses and staff at community agencies have（39）information to share in classrooms. Field trips provide another

opportunity to know the community. Many students don't have the

opporttmity to（40）concerts or visit museums or historical

sites except through field trips. A school district should

have41for selecting and conducting field trips. Families must

be made（42）of field trips and give permission for their

children to participate. Through school projects, students can

learn to be（43）in community projects ranging from planting

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trees to cleaning up a park to assisting elderly people.

Students,（44）older ones, might conduct research on a community

need that could lead to action by a city council or state

government. Some schools require students to provide community

service by（45）in a nursing home, child care center or

government agency. These projects help students understand

their responsibility to the larger community.

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Section B

Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage

with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains

information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the

paragraph from which the information is may choose

a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a

the questions by marking the corresponding

letter on Answer Sheet 2.

Reaping the Rewards of Risk-Taking

A. Since Steve Jobs resigned as chief executive of Apple,

much has been said about him as a peerless business leader who

has created immense wealth for shareholders, and guided the

design of hit products that are transforming entire industries,

like music and mobile communications.

B. All true, but let's think different, to borrow the Apple

marketing slogan of years back. Let's look at Mr. Jobs as a role

model.

C. Above all, he is an innovator (创新者). His creative

force is seen in products such as the iPod, iPhone, and iPad,

and in new business models for pricing and distributing music

and mobile software online. Studies of innovation come to the

same conclusion: you can't engineer innovation, but you can

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increase the odds of it occurring. And Mr. Jobs' career can be

viewed as a consistent pursuit of improving those odds, both

for himself and the companies he has led. Mr. Jobs, of course,

has enjoyed singular success. But innovation, broadly defined,

is the crucial ingredient in all economic progress--higher

growth for nations, more competitive products for companies,

and more prosperous careem for individuals. And Mr. Jobs, many

experts say, exemplifies what works in the innovation game.

D. "We can look at and learn from Steve Jobs what the essence

of American innovation is," says John Kao, an innovation

consultant to corporations and governments. Many other nations,

Mr. John Kao notes, axe now ahead of the United States in

producing what are considered the raw materials of innovation.

These include government financing for scientific research,

national policies to support emerging industries, educational

achievement, engineers and scientists graduated, even the

speeds of Internet broadband service.

E. Yet what other nations typically lack, Mr. Kao adds, is

a social environment that encourages diversity,

experimentation, risk-taking, and combining skills from many

fields into products that he calls "recombinant mash-ups (打碎重组)," like the iPhone, which redefined the smartphone

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category. "The culture of other countries doesn't support the

kind of innovation that Steve Jobs exemplifies, as America

does," Mr. John Kao says.

F. Workers of every rank are told these days that

wide-ranging curiosity and continuous learning are vital to

tturiving in the modern economy. Formal education matters,

career counselors say, but real- life experience is often even

more valuable.

G. An adopted child, growing up in Silicon Valley, Mr. Jobs

displayed those traits early on. He wasfascinated by

electronics as a child, building Heathkit do-it-yourself

projects, like radios. Mr. Jobs dropped out of Reed College

after only a semester and traveled around India in search of

spiritual enlightenment, before returning to Silicon Valley to

found Apple with his friend, Stephen Wozniak, an engineering

wizard (奇才). Mr. Jobs was forced out of Apple in 1985, went

off and founded two other companies, Next and Pixar, before

returning to Apple in 1996 and becoming chiefexecutive in 1997.

H. His path was unique, but innovation experts say the

pattern of exploration is not unusual. "It's often people like

Steve Jobs who can draw from a deep reservoir of diverse

experiences that often generate breakthrough ideas and

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insights," says Hal Gregersen, a professor at the European

Institute of Business Administration.

I. Mr. Gregersen is a co-author of a new book, The

Innovator's DNA, which is based on an eight-year study of 5,000

entrepreneurs (创业者. and executives worldwide. His two

collaborators and co- authors are Jeff Dyer, a professor at

Brigham Young University, and Clayton Christensen, a professor

at the Harvard Business School, whose 1997 book The Innovator's

Dilemma popularized the concept of "disruptive ( 颠覆性的.

innovation. "

J. The academics identify five traits that are common to

the disruptive innovators: questioning, experimenting,

observing, associating and networking. Their bundle of

characteristics echoes the ceaseless curiosity and willingness

to take risks noted by other experts. Networking, Mr. Hal

Gregersen explains, is less about career-building

relationships than a consistent search for new ideas.

Associating, he adds, is the ability to make idea-producing

connections by linking concepts from different disciplines.

K. "Innovators engage in these mental activities

regularly," Mr. Gregersen says. "It's a habit for them. "

Innovative companies, according to the authors, typically

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enjoy higher valuations in thestock market, which they call an

"innovation premium (溢价). " It is calculated by estimating

the share of a company's value that cannot be accounted for by

its current products and cash flow. The innovation premium

tries to quantify ( 量化. investors' bets that a company will

do even better in the future because of innovation.

L. Apple, by their calculations, had a 37 percent

innovation premium during Mr. Jobs' first term withthe company.

His years in exile resulted in a 31 percent innovation discount.

After his return, Applee's fortunes inmroved gradv at first,

and imp)roved markedly starting in 2005, yielding a 52percent

innovation premium since then.

M. There is no conclusive proof, but Mr. Hal Gregersen says

it is unlikely that Mr. Jobs could havereshaped industries

beyond computing, as he has done in his second term at Apple,

without theexperience outside the company, especially at

Pixar--the computer-animation (动画制作. studiothat created a

string of critically and commercially successful movies, such

as "Toy Story" and

N. Mr. Jobs suggested much the same thing during a

commencement address to the graduating class atStanford

University in 2005. "It turned out that getting fired from Apple

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was the best thing thatcould have ever happened to me," he told

the students. Mr. Jobs also spoke of perseverance ( 坚持. and

will power. "Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick,"

he said. "Don't losefaith. "

O. Mr. Jobs ended his commencement talk with a call to

innovation, both in one's choice of work andin one's

curious, experiment, take risks, he said to the

advice wasemphasized by the words on the back of the final

edition of The Whole Earth Catalog, which hequoted: "Stay

hungry. Stay foolish. " "And," Mr. Jobs said, "I have always

wished that formyself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew,

I wish that for you. "

46. Steve Jobs called on Stanford graduates to innovate in

his commencement address.

47. Steve Jobs considered himself lucky to have been fired

once by Apple.

48. Steve Jobs once used computers to make movies that were

commercial hits.

49. Many governments have done more than the US government

in providing the raw materials for innovation.

50. Great innovators are good at connecting concepts from

various academic fields.

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51. Innovation is vital to driving economic progress.

52. America has a social environment that is particularly

favorable to innovation.

53. Innovative ideas often come from diverse experiences.

54. Real-life experience is often more important than

formal education for career success.

55. Apple's fortunes suffered from an innovation discount

during Jobs' absence.

Section C

Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each

passage is followed by some questions orunfinished statements.

For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C. and D ).

You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding

letter on AnswerSheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

Passage One

Questions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.

Junk food is everywhere. We're eating way too much of it.

Most of us know what we're doing andyet we do it here's

a suggestion offered by two researchers at the Rand Corporation:

Why not take a lessonfrom alcohol control policies and apply

them to where food is sold and how it's displayed?"Many policy

measures to control obesity (肥胖症. assume that people

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consciously and rationallychoose what and how much they eat and

therefore focus on providing information and more access

tohealthier foods," note the two researchers. "In contrast,"

the researchers continue, "many regulations that don't assume

people makerational choices have been successfully applied to

control alcohol, a substance--like food--of whichimmoderate

consumption leads to serious health problems. " The research

references studies of people's behavior with food and alcohol

and results of alcoholrestrictions, and then lists five

regulations that the researchers think might be pronfising if

applied tojunk foods. Among them: Density restrictions:

licenses to sell alcohol aren't handed out unplanned to all

comers but areallotted (分配. based on the number of places in

an area that already sell alcohol. These make alcoholless easy

to get and reduce the number of psychological cues to drink.

Similarly, the researchers say, being presented with junk food

stimulates our desire to eat it. Sowhy not limit the density

of food outlets, particularly ones that sell food rich in empty

calories? Andwhy not limit sale of food in places that aren't

primarily food stores? Display and sales restrictions:

California has a rule prohibiting alcohol displays near the

cashregisters in gas stations, and in most places you can't buy

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alcohol at drive-through facilities. Atsupermarkets, food

companies pay to have their wares in places where they're easily

seen. One couldremove junk food to the back of the store and

ban them from the shelves at checkout lines. The othermeasures

include restricting portion sizes, taxing and prohibiting

special price deals for junk foods, andplacing warning labels

on the products.

56. What does the author say about junk food?

A. People should be educated not to eat too much.

B. It is widely consumed despite its ill reputation.

C. Its temptation is too strong for people to resist.

D. It causes more harm than is generally realized.

57. What do the Rand researchers think of many of the policy

measures to control obesity?

A. They should be implemented effectively.

B. They provide misleading information.

C. They are based on wrong assumptions.

D. They help people make rational choices.

58. Why do policymakers of alcohol control place density

restrictions?

A. Few people are able to resist alcohol's temptations.

B. There are already too many stores selling alcohol.

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C. Drinldng strong alcohol can cause social problems.

D. Easy access leads to customers' over-consumption~

59. What is the purpose of California's rule about alcohol

display in gas stations?

A. To effectively limit the density of alcohol outlets.

B. To help drivers to give up the habit of drinking.

C. To prevent possible traffic jams in nearby areas.

D. To get alcohol out of drivers' immediate sight.

60. What is the general guideline the Rand researchers

suggest about junk food control?

A. Guiding people to make rational choices about food.

B. Enhancing people's awareness of their own health.

C. Borrowing ideas from alcohol control measures.

D. Resorting to economic, legal and psychological means.

Passage Two

Questions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage.

Kodak's decision to file for bankruptcy (破产. protection

is a sad, though not unexpected, turningpoint for a leading

American corporation that pioneered consumer photography and

dominated the filmmarket for decades, but ultimately failed to

adapt to the digital revolution. Although many attribute

Kodak's downfall to "complacency ( 自满 )," that explanation

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doesn'tacknowledge the lengths to which the company went to

reinvent itself. Decades ago, Kodak anticipatedthat digital

photography would overtake film--and in fact, Kodak invented

the first digital camera in1975--but in a fateful decision, the

company chose to shelf its new discovery to focus on its

traditionalfilm business. It wasn't that Kodak was blind to the

future, said Rebecca Henderson, a professor at HarvardBusiness

School, but rather that it failed to execute on a strategy to

confront it. By the time thecompany realized its mistake, it

was too is an example of a firm that was very much

aware that they had to adapt, and spent a lot ofmoney trying

to do so, but ultimately failed. Large companies have a

difficult time switching to newmarkets because there is a

temptation to put existing assets into the new businesses.

Although Kodak anticipated the inevitable rise of digital

photography, its corporate

culture was too rooted in the successes of the past for it

to make the clean break necessary to fullyembrace the future.

They were a company stuck in time. Their history was so

important to them. Nowtheir history has become a

's downfall over the last several decades was

dramatic. In 1976, the company commanded90% of the market for

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photographic film and 85% of the market for cameras. But the

1980s broughtnew competition from Japanese film company Fuji

Photo, which undermined Kodak by offering lowerprices for film

and photo supplies. Kodak's decision not to pursue the role of

official film for the 1984Los Angeles Olympics was a major

miscalculation. The bid went instead to Fuji, which exploited

itssponsorship to win a permanent foothold in the marketplace.

61. What do we learn about Kodak?

A. It went bankrupt all of a sudden.

B. It is approaching its downfall.

C. It initiated the digital revolution in the film industry.

D. It is playing the dominant role in the film market.

62. Why does the author mention Kodak's Invention of the

first digital camera?

A. To show its early attempt to reinvent itself.

B. To show its effort to overcome complacency.

C. To show its quick adaptation to the digital revolution.

D. To show its will to compete with Japan's Fuji Photo.

63. Why do large companies have difficulty switching to new

markets?

A. They find it costly to give up their existing assets.

B. They tend to be slow in confronting new challenges.

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C. They are unwilling to invest in new technology.

D. They are deeply stuck in their glorious past.

64. What does the author say Kodak's history has become?

A. A burden.

B. A mirror.

C. A joke.

D. A challenge.

65. What was Kodak's fatal mistake?

A. Its blind faith in traditional photography.

B. Its failure to see Fuji Photo's emergence.

C. Its refusal to sponsor the 1984 Olympics.

D. Its overconfidence in its corporate culture.

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes

to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should

write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.

在西方人心目中，和中国联系最为密切的基本食物是大米。长期以来，大米在中国人的饮食中占据很重要的地位，以至于有谚语说“巧妇难为无米之炊”。中国南方大多种植水稻，人们通常以大米为主食；而华北大部分地区因为过于寒冷或过于干燥，无法种植水稻，那里的主要作物是小麦。在中国，有些人用面粉做面包，但大多数人用面粉做馒头和面条。

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