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1、精品资料6月大学英语四级考试真题(第三套).2018年6月四级考试真题(第三套)Part Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the importance of speaking ability and how to develop it. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.Part Listening Comprehension说明:201
2、8年6月四级真题全国共考了两套听力。本套的听力内容与第二套的完全一样,只是选项的顺序不一样而已,故在本套中不再重复给出。Part Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)Section ADirections: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 p
3、assage 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.An office tower on Miller St
4、reet in Manchester is completely covered in solar panels. They are used to create some of the energy used by the insurance company inside. When the tower was first 26 in 1962, it was covered with thin square stones. These small square stones became a problem for the building and continued to fall of
5、f the face for 40 years until a major renovation was 27 . During this renovation the buildings owners, CIS, 28 the solar panel company, Solarcentury. They agreed to cover the entire building in solar panels. In 2004, the completed CIS tower became Europes largest 29 of vertical solar panels. A verti
6、cal solar project on such a large 30 has never been repeated since.Covering a skyscraper with solar panels had never been done before, and the CIS tower was chosen as one of the “10 best green energy projects”. For a long time after this renovation project, it was the tallest building in the United
7、Kingdom, but it was 31 overtaken by the Millbank Tower.Green buildings like this arent 32 cost-efficient for the investor, but it does produce much less pollution than that caused by energy 33 through fossil fuels. As solar panels get 34 , the world is likely to see more skyscrapers covered in solar
8、 panels, collecting energy much like trees do. Imagine a world where building the tallest skyscraper wasnt a race of 35 , but rather one to collect the most solar energy.A) cheaper I) eventuallyB) cleaner J) heightC) collection K) necessarilyD) competed L) productionE) constructed M) rangeF) consult
9、ed N) scaleG) dimension O) undertakenH) discoveredSection BDirections: 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 derived. You may choose
10、 a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.Some College Students Are Angry That They Have to Pay to Do Their HomeworkA) Digital learning systems now charge students for access codes needed to complet
11、e coursework, take quizzes, and turn in homework. As universities go digital, students are complaining of a new hit to their finances thats replacingand sometimes joiningexpensive textbooks: pricey online access codes that are required to complete coursework and submit assignments.B) The codeswhich
12、typically range in price from $80 to $155 per coursegive students online access to systems developed by education companies like McGraw Hill and Pearson. These companies, which long reaped big profits as textbook publishers, have boasted that their new online offerings, when pushed to students throu
13、gh universities they partner with, represent the future of the industry.C) But critics say the digital access codes represent the same profit-seeking ethos (观念) of the textbook business, and are even harder for students to opt out of. While they could once buy second-hand textbooks, or share copies
14、with friends, the digital systems are essentially impossible to avoid.D) “When we talk about the access code we see it as the new face of the textbook monopoly (垄断), a new way to lock students around this system,” said Ethan Senack, the higher education advocate for the U.S. Public Interest Research
15、 Group, to BuzzFeed News. “Rather than $250 (for a print textbook) youre paying $120,” said Senack. “But because its all digital it eliminates the used book market and eliminates any sharing and because homework and tests are through an access code, it eliminates any ability to opt out.”E) Sarina Ha
16、rper, a 19-year-old student at Virginia Tech, was faced with a tough dilemma when she first started college in 2015pay rent or pay to turn in her chemistry homework. She told BuzzFeed News that her freshman chemistry class required her to use Connect, a system provided by McGraw Hill where students
17、can submit homework, take exams and track their grades. But the code to access the program cost $120a big sum for Harper, who had already put down $450 for textbooks, and had rent day approaching.F) She decided to wait for her next work-study paycheck, which was typically $150-$200, to pay for the c
18、ode. She knew that her chemistry grade may take a dive as a result. “Its a balancing act,” she said. “Can I really afford these access codes now?” She didnt hand in her first two assignments for chemistry, which started her out in the class with a failing grade.G) The access codes may be another fin
19、ancial headache for students, but for textbook businesses, theyre the future. McGraw Hill, which controls 21% of the higher education market, reported in March that its digital content sales exceeded print sales for the first time in 2015. The company said that 45% of its $140 million revenue in 201
20、5 “was derived from digital products.”H) A Pearson spokesperson told BuzzFeed News that “digital materials are less expensive and a good investment” that offer new features, like audio texts, personalized knowledge checks and expert videos. Its digital course materials save students up to 60% compar
21、ed to traditional printed textbooks, the company added. McGraw Hill didnt respond to a request for comment, but its CEO David Levin told the Financial Times in August that “in higher education, the era of the printed textbook is now over.”I) The textbook industry insists the online systems represent
22、 a better deal for students. “These digital products arent just mechanisms for students to submit homework, they offer all kinds of features,” David Anderson, the executive director of higher education with the Association of American Publishers, told BuzzFeed News. “It helps students understand in
23、a way that you cant do with print homework assignments.”J) David Hunt, an associate professor in sociology at Augusta University, which has rolled out digital textbooks across its math and psychology departments, told BuzzFeed News that he understands the utility of using systems that require access
24、 codes. But he doesnt require his students to buy access to a learning program that controls the class assignments. “I try to make things as inexpensive as possible,” said Hunt, who uses free digital textbooks for his classes but designs his own curriculum. “The online systems may make my life a lot
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