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大学英语四级考试真题及答案第1套
2013.6英语四级考试真题试卷(第一套)
PartIWriting(30minutes)
Directions:
Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessay.Youshouldstartyouressaywithabriefdescriptionofthepictureandthenexpressyourviewsontheimportanceofdoingsmallthingsbeforeundertakingsomethingbig.Youshouldwriteatleast120wordsbutnomorethan180words.
注意:
此部分试题在答题卡1上
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PartIIReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)(15minutes)
Directions:
Inthispart,youwillhave15minutestogooverthepassagequicklyandanswerthequestionsonAnswerSheet1.Forquestions1-7,choosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).Forquestions8-10,completethesentenceswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage.
CanDigitalTextbooksTrulyReplacethePrintKind?
Theshortcomingsoftraditionalprinteditiontextbooksareobvious:
Forstartersthey'reheavy,withtheaveragephysicstextbookweighing3.6pounds.They'realsoexpensive,especiallywhenyoufactorintheaveragecollegestudent'slimitedbudget,typicallycostinghundredsofdollarseverysemester.
Buttheworstpartisthatprintversionsoftextbooksareconstantlyundergoingrevisions.Manyprofessorsrequirethattheirstudentsuseonlythelatestversionsintheclassroom,essentiallyrenderingoldertextsunusable.Forstudents,itmeansthey'rebasicallystuckwithafourpoundpaperweightthattheycan'tsellback.
Whichiswhydigitaltextbooks,iftheyliveuptotheirpromise,couldhelpeasemanyoftheseshortcomings.Buttillnow,they'vebeensomethinglikeamirage(幻影)inthedistance,morelikeahazy(模糊的)dreamthananactualreality.Imaginethepromise:
Carryingallyourtextbooksina1.3poundiPad?
Itsoundsalmosttoogoodtobetrue.
Butthereareafewpilotschoolsalreadymakingthetransition(过渡)overtodigitalbooks.UniversitieslikeCornellandBrownhavejumpedonboard.AndonemedicalprogramattheUniversityofCalifornia,Irvine,gavetheirentireclassiPadswithwhichtodownloadtextbooksjustlastyear.
Butnotallwereeagertojumpaboard.
"PeopleweretiredofusingtheiPadtextbookbesidesusingitforreading."saysKalpitShah,whowillbegoingintohissecondyearatIrvine'smedicalprogramthisfall."Theyweren'tusingitasasourceofcommunicationbecausetheycouldn'treadorwriteinit.SoathirdofthepeopleinmyprogramwereusingtheiPadinclasstotakenotes,theotherthirdwereusinglaptopsandthelastthirdwereusingpaperandpencil."
Thereasonithasn'tcaughtonyet,hetellsme.isthatthefunctionalityofe-editiontextbooksisincrediblylimited,andsomestudentsjustaren'tmotivatedtolearnnewstudybehavior.
ButanewapplicationcalledInklingmightchangeallthat.Thecompanyjustreleasedanupdatedversionlastweek,andit'llbeutilizedinover50undergraduateandgraduateclassroomsthiscomingschoolyear.
"Digitaltextbooksarenotgoingtocatchon,"saysInklingCEOMattMaclnnisashe'sgivingmeademo(演示)overcoffee."WhatImeanbythatisthecurrentperspectiveofthedigitaltextbookisit'sanexactcopyoftheprintbook.There'sCourseSmart,etc.,theseguyswhotakeanimageofthepageandputitonascreen.Ifthat'showwe'redefiningdigitaltextbooks,there'snohopeofthatbecomingamainstreamproduct."
HecallsInklingaplatformforpublisherstobuildrichmultimediacontentfromthegroundup,withaheavyemphasisonreal-worldfunctionality.Thetraditionaltextbookmerelyservesasaskeleton.
AtfirstglanceInklingisanimpressiveexperience.Afterswiping(触及)intotheiPadapp(应用软件),whichyoucangetforfreehere,heopensupafewdifferenttypesoftextbooks.
Upfirstisachemistrybook.Theboottimeisprettyfast,andhenavigatesthrough(浏览)afewchaptersbeforeswipingintoafullyrendered3Dmoleculethatcanbespunaroundtoviewitsvariousbuildingblocks."Publishersgiveusallofthesourcemedia,artwork,videos,"hesays."Wehelpthemthinkthroughhowtoactuallybuildsomethingforthisplatform."
Nexthepullsupamusiccompositiontextbook,completewithplayabledemos.It'salearningexperiencethatattacksyoufrommultiplesensorydirections.It'sclearwhythiswouldbesomethingamusicmajorwouldlove.
ButthemostexcitingpartaboutInkling,tome.isitsnotation(批注)system.Here'showitworks:
Whenyoupurchaseausedprintbook,itcomeswithitspreviousowner'shighlightsandnotesinthemargins.Itusestheexperienceofsomeonewhoalreadywentthroughtheclasstohelpimproveyourreading(howmuchyoutrusteachnotationisobviouslyuptoyou).
ButwithInkling,youcanhighlightapieceofcontentandmakenotes.Here'swherethingsgetinteresting,though:
IfaparticularlyimportantpassageishighlightedbymultipleInklingusers,thatinformationisstoredonthecloudandisavailableforanyonereadingthesametextbooktocomeacross.ThatmeansusershaveaccesstonotesfromnotonlytheirclassmatesandFacebookfriends,butanyonewhopurchasedthebookacrossthecountry.Thebestcommentsarethensorteddemocraticallybyavotingsystem,meaningthatyoursociallearningexperienceissharedwiththebestandbrightestthinkers.
Asabonus,professorscanevenchimein(插话)ondiscussions.They’llbeabletoanswerthequestionsofstudentswhoareintheirclassdirectlyviatheinteractivebook.
Ofcourse,Inklingaddressesseveraloftheothershortcomingsintraditionalprintaswell.Textbookversionsareconstantlyupdated,motivatingpublishersbyminimizingproductioncosts(thebigoneslikeMcGraw-Hillarealreadyonboard).Furthermore,studentswillbeabletopurchasesectionsofthetextinsteadofbuyingthewholething,withindividualchapterscostingaslittleas$2.99.
Thereare,however,challenges.
“Ittakeseffortstobuildeachbook,”Maclnnistellsme.Andit’sclearwhy.
Eachinteractivetextbookisamedia-heavyexperiencebuiltfromthegroundup,andyoucantellthatittakesarespectableamountofmanpowertoputtogethereachone.
FornowtheappisalsoiPad-exclusive,andthoughafewoftheseeducationalinstitutionsaregivingthehardwareawayforfree,forotherstudentswhodon’thavesuchaluxuryit’sanaddedlayerofcost—andanexpensiveoneatthat.
Butthismuchisclear.Thetraditionaltextbookmodelisandhasbeenbrokenforquitesometime.WhetherdigitallyinteractiveoneslikeInklingactuallytakeoffornotremainstobeseen,andweprobablywon’thaveadefiniteanswerforthenextfewyears.
Howeverthesolutiontoanyproblembeginswithastepinadirection.Andatleastfornow,thathazymirageinthedistance?
Alittlemoretangible(可触摸的),alittlelessofadream.
注意:
此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。
1.Thebiggestproblemwithtraditionalprinttextbooksisthat_______.
A)theyarenotreusedonceaneweditioncomesout
B)theycosthundredsofdollarseverysemester
C)theyaretooheavytocarryaround
D)theytakealongertimetorevisetraditionaltextbook.
2.Whatdoestheauthorsayaboutdigitaltextbooks?
A)Itisnotlikelytheywillreplacetraditionaltextbook.
B)Theyhaven'tfixedalltheshortcomingsofprintbooks.
C)Veryfewofthemareavailableinthemarket.
D)Manypeoplestillhavedifficultyusingthem.
3.AccordingtoKalpitShah,somestudentsstillusepaperandpencilbecause_______.
A)theyfindittroublesometotakenoteswithaniPad
B)theyareunwillingtochangetheirstudybehavior
C)theyhavegottiredofreadingontheiPad
D)theyarenotusedtoreadingoffthescreen
4.InklingCEOMattMaclnnisexplainsthattheproblemwithCourseSmart'scurrentdigitaltextbooksisthat______.
A)theyhavetoberevisedrepeatedly
B)theyareinconvenienttouseinclass
C)theyaredifferentfrommostmainstreamproducts
D)theyarenomorethanprintversionsputonascreen
5.MattMaclnnisdescribestheupdatedversionofInklingas_______.
A)agoodexampleofthemainstreamproducts
B)amarvelousproductofmanycreativeideas
C)aplatformforbuildingmultimediacontent
D)amereskeletonoftraditionaltextbook
6.TheauthorismostexcitedaboutInkling'snotationsystembecauseonecan_______.
A)sharehislearningexperiencewiththebesttraditionaltextbook
B)participateindiscussionswithclassmatesandFacebookfriends
C)voteforthebestlearnersdemocratically
D)storeinformationonthecloud
7.Oneadditionaladvantageoftheinteractivedigitaltextbookisthat______.
A)studentscanswitchtodifferentdiscussionsatanypoint
B)studentscandownloadrelevantcriticalcomments
C)professorscanjoininstudents'onlinediscussions
D)professorscangivepromptfeedbacktostudents'homework
8.Oneofthechallengestobuildaninteractivedigitaltextbookfromthegroundupisthatittakesagreatdealof______.
9.Oneproblemforstudentstoreplacetraditionaltextbookwithinteractivedigitalonesisthehigh______ofthehardware.
10.Accordingtotheauthor,whetherdigitaltextbookswillcatchonstill______.
PartIIIListeningComprehension(35minutes)
SectionA
Directions:
Inthissection,youwillhear8shortconversationsand2longconversations.Attheendofeachconversation,oneormorequestionswillbeaskedaboutwhatwassaid.Boththeconversationandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Aftereachquestiontherewillbeapause.Duringthepause,youmustreadthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD),anddecidewhichisthebestanswer.Then