2019年6月英语四级考试真题.pdf

-WORD 格式-可编辑-同学是上海交大的，从他老师那里要来的题，说是今年命题组会出，现在分享给大家，不管你信不信，反正我信Directions:There are 2 passages in this section.Eachpassage is followed by some questions orunfinished statements.For each of them there are four choices marked A,B,C andD.You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on AnswerSheet 2 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 46 to 50 are based on the followingpassage.Educators today are more and more oftenheard to saythatcomputerliteracyisabsolutelynecessaryforcollegestudents.Many even argue that each incomingfreshmanshouldhavepermanentaccesstohisorherownmicrocomputer.What advantagesdocomputersofferthecollege students?Any studentwho has used a word processorwillknow onecompellingreasontouse acomputer:towritepapers.Although notall students feel comfortable composing on aword processor,most,findrevisingand editingmucheasieron it.One can alter,insert,or delete just bypressing afewkeys,thuseliminatingtheneedtorewrite-WORD 格式-可编辑-orre-type.Furthermore,sincethe revisionprocess islessburdensome,students are morelikely to revise as often asisnecessary to end up with the best paperpossible.Forthese reasons,many freshman English cottrses requiretheuseof aword processor.Computers are also useful in the contextof languagecourses,wheretheyareusedtodrillstudentsinbasicskills.Software programs reinforce ESL(English as aSecond Language.instruction,aswell as instrnction inFrench,German,Spanish,andotherlanguages.Byusingtheseprogramsonaregularbasis,studentscanimprovetheirproficiencyinalanguage whileproceeding attheir own pace.Science students take advantage ofcomputers in manyways.Usingcomputergraphiccapabilities,forexample,botanystudents can represent and analyze different plantgrowthpatterns.Medicalstudentscan learntointerpretcomputerized images of internal body structures.Physicsstudents can completecomplex calculationsfarmore quicklythan theycould without the use of computer.Similarly,business and accountingstudents find thatcomputerspreadsheetprogramsareallbut-WORD 格式-可编辑-indispensabletomanyaspectsof theirwork,whilestudentspursuing careers in graphic arts,marketing,and publicrelationsfindthatknowledgeofcomputergraphicisimportantEducationmajorslearntodevelopgradingsystems usingcomputers,while social science students usecomputers for analyzing andgraphically displacing theirresearch results.Itisno wonder,then,thateducatorssupportthepurchase and use of microcomputersby students.A Versatiletool,the computer can help students learn.And that is,after all,the reason for going to college.46、The wordliteracy(Line1,Paragraph1)means_.A.the ability to read andwriteB.the ability to useC.literatureD.the knowledge of language47、The main purpose of thispassage is to _.A.persuade the educators toincrease computer use intheir own classroomB.analyze advantages anddisadvantagesof computer useamong college students-WORD 格式-可编辑-C.identifysome ofthewaysthatcomputersbenefitcollege studentsD.describe how computers canbe used to teach foreign languages48、According to the author,aword processor can be used to_.A.revise papersB.retype papersC.reduce the psychologicalburden of writing papers D.improve the writing skillsof a student49、In thispassage,thewritersargument isdevelopedprimarily through the use of_.A.cause-effect analysisB.comparison andcontrastC.inductionD.examples50、According to the author,thereason forstudentstogo to college is _.A.to learn somethingB.to perfect themselvesC.to improve computerskillsD.to make the best use ofcomputers-WORD 格式-可编辑-Passage TwoQuestions 51 to 55 are based on the followingpassage.Language is,and should be,a livingthing,constantlyenriched with new words and forms of expression.Butthereisa vitaldistinctionbetween good developments,which addto the language,enabling us to say things wecould not saybefore,andbaddevelopments,whichsubtractfromthelanguagebyrenderingitlessprecise.Avivacious,colorfuluseofwordsisnottobe confusedwithmereslovenliness.Thekindofslovenlinessinwhichsomeprofessionals deliberately indulge is perhaps akin tothecult(迷信.of theunfinished work,which haseroded most of the arts in our time.And the trueanswer to it is the same that art is enhanced,not hindered,bydiscipline.Youcannot carve satisfactorily in butter.The corruption of written English hasbeen accompanied by an even sharper decline in the standard of spoken English.Wespeak very much less well than wascommonamong educated Englishmen a generation or two ago.The modem theatre has played a baneful(有害的 in dimming our appreciation oflanguage.Instead)partoftheimmensely articulate dialogue of,for example,Shaw(who-WORD 格式-可编辑-was also very insistent on good pronunciation.,audiences are now subjectedto streams of barely literate trivia,oftendesigned,onlytoowell,toexhibitlaekofcommunication,and larded(夹杂.with theobscenities(下流的话 .and grammatical errors of theintellectuallyimpoverished.EmilyPostonceadvisedherreaders:Thetheatreisthebestpossibleplacetohearcorrectly-enunciated speech.Alas,no more.One youngactress was recently reported to be taking lessons inhowto speakbadly,so that she should fit in better.But the BBC is the worst traitor.Aideryears of verysuccessfullyhelpingtoraisethegeneralstandardofspokenEnglish,itsuddenly went intoreverse.As theheadofthe PronunciationUnitcoyly(含 蓄 地.putit,Inthe1960s the BBC opened thefield to a much wider range ofspeakers.To hear a BBC disc jockeytalking to thelatestape-likepop idolisa trulyshockingexperienceofverbalsqualor.And the prospect seems to be of evenworsetocome.Schoolteachers areactively encouragedto ignorelittle Johnnys incoherent grammar,atrociousspelling andhaphazardpunctuation,becauseworryingaboutsuchthingsmight inhibit his creative genius.-WORD 格式-可编辑-51、The writerrelateslinguisticslovenlinesstendencies in the arts today in that they both_A.occasionally aim at acertain fluidityB.appear to shunperfectionC.from time to time showregard forthe finishingD.make use of economical shortcutstotouch52、Artisenhanced,nothindered,bydiscipline(Lines 6-7,Paragraph 1)means_A.an artistswork willbefinerifhe observes certainaesthetic standardsB.anunfinishedworkisboundtobe comparativelyinferiorC.theskillofcertainartistsconcealstheirslovenlinessD.artistic expression isinhibited by too many rules53、Many modem plays,theauthorfinds,frequentlycontain speech which _A.is incoherent andlinguistically objectionableB.is far too ungrammatical formost people to followC.unintentionally shocks theaudienceD.triesto hide the authorsintellectualinadequacies54、The author says that thestandard of the spoken-WORD 格式-可编辑-English of BBC _A.is the worst among allbroadcasting networksB.has taken a turn for theworse since the 1960sC.has raised English-speakingup to a new levelD.is terrible because of a fewpopular disc jockeys55、Teachers arelikelytooverlookthelinguisticlapses in their pupils since_A.they findthat childrennolongerrespond to thiskindof discipline nowadaysB.they fear the children maybecome less coherentC.more importance is nowattached to oral expressionD.the childrenmay bediscouraged from expressingtheirideas