2018年6月四级听力真题2套及答案含MP3

Part II         Listening Comprehension

Section A

News Report One

Kelly Swisher, an Arkansas woman, escaped injury and managed to safely stop her car after a 4-foot-long rat snake came out from under her car seat and slid across her feet as she was driving down the highway. Rat snakes aren’t poisonous or a threat to people generally. (1)But the woman says the snake she encountered Thursday terrified her out of her wits. (2) “It was rough, with big scales，” said Swisher, who was on her way to pick up her friend at the airport when it happened. “I don’t know whether I had my hands on the steering wheel or not. I am not the most flexible person in the world, but I can guarantee my knees were up next to my ears.” She said the snake first slid back under the seat, and she hoped it would stay there until she was able to get off the high way and stop. “That didn’t work out,” she said. “Here he comes, and he wound

up in my back seat before I could finally get off the road, stop and get out of the car.” She called for help. And WashingtonCounty animal control officers came and captured the snake.

Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.

未听先知：预览两道题各选项，第 1 题选项均为描述人物心理状态的形容词，因此此题考查的是人物心理。第 2 题各选项主语均为 It，由选项中出现的 crawled、wound up、was killed 和 scales 等词可推测，It 指蛇；再结合本题选项中出现的 the woman 和 steering wheel 可推测，本篇新闻与某位女士遭遇蛇的经历有关，涉及女士当时的心理活动等方面内容。

1. How did Kelly Swisher feel when she first came across the rat snake?

答案：B

详解：新闻中女士提到，她在周四遇到的那条蛇把她吓得魂不附体。因此答案为 B。

2. What does the report say about the snake？

答案：D

详解：新闻中提到了 Swisher 对食鼠蛇的描述：它身上粗糙，鳞片很大。因此答案为 D。

News Report Two

(3)Fast food, it turns out, isn’t quite as fast as it used to be. A new study finds that MacDonald’s posted its slowest drives-through times since this survey was first conducted fifteen years ago. As MacDonald’s, customers will spend on

average three minutes and nine seconds from the time they placed their orders until they received their food. That’s about ten seconds more  than the  industry average--and a  lot slower than a decade ago, according to the  study, which  was commissioned by QSR, an industry trade publication. And MacDonald’s wasn’t alone in slowing down: Other chains also saw their drive-through performance slow down. (4)Among the reasons for the slower service, today there are more choices on the menu, and the products themselves are more complex and take longer to prepare. Speed, of course, is essential to the

drive-through experience. And drive-throughs are hugely important to chains, such as MacDonald’s, Burger King and Taco Bell.  “Usually  the  drive-through  accounts  for  sixty  to  seventy  percent  of  all  business  that  goes  through  a  fast-food restaurant,” notes Sam Ochers, editor of QSR. Of course, consumers also want their orders prepared correctly and on that score, Ochers says, “accuracy is still really high.”

Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.

未听先知：预览两道题各选项，由其中反复出现的 fast-food 可推测，新闻内容与快餐有关。其中第 3 题各选项均为概括性比较强的名词短语，可能考查新闻主旨；结合第 4 题各选项语义可推测，此题考查出现某个问题的原因。

3. What is the news report mainly about？

答案：A

详解。新闻开头就提到，事实证明快餐没有以前那么快了，接下来就讲到了得出这一结论的依据——针对快餐业

的一项新研究。因此答案为 A。

4. What has slowed down MacDonald’s drive-through service？

答案：C

详解：新闻中提到，服务速度变慢的原因是如今菜单上的选择多了，而且商品本身更复杂，需要更多的时间去准备。因此答案为 C。

News Report Three

(5)The first private mission outside of Earth’s orbit is closed to many of our think. U.S. government officials are set to approve a mission by privately-held space company Moon Express to travel outside of Earth’s orbit in late 2017. (6) Moon Express’s  mission  involves  plans  to  land  a  suitcase-sized  package  of  scientific  equipment  on  the  moon  for  ongoingexploration  and  commercial  development.  The  decision  involved  months  of  lobbying  and  coordinated  conversations between a number of factual agencies. Under international treaties, the U.S. is responsible for the cargo of both public and

private spacecraft. This makes commercial space travel a complex legal issue not just domestically, but abroad. (7)A Moon Express representative declined to comment on the story but noted that the company is very optimistic about its proposal.

Moon Express is not the only company seeking for the rights to travel to outerspace. Elon Musk’s space X aims to send an unmanned aircraft to Mars by 2018.

Questions 5 and 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.

未听先知：预览三道题各选项，由 space travel、space exploration、outer space 和 spacecraft 等词可推测，新闻内容与航天和太空有关。第 5 题各选项均为概括性比较强的名词短语，可能考查新闻主旨；第 6 题各选项均为一般现在

时态的动词短语，结合 Deliver、a new mission、space programs 和 Launch 等词可推测，此题考查某航天机构将来的行为动作；第 7 题各选项均为主系表结构，结合语义可推测，此题考查对某事物的评价。

5. What is the news report mainly about？

答案：C

详解：新闻开头提到，第一个私人外太空任务越来越近了，比我们想象中要快。美国政府官员将会批准一个私人控股航天公司 Moon Express 的一项任务：2017 年底穿越外太空。因此答案为 C。

6. What is Moon Express planning to do？

答案：A

详解：新闻中提到，Moon Express 的任务包括在月球上放一个行李箱大小的包裹，里面是科技设备，以方便正在进行中的探测和商业方面的发展。因此答案为 A。

7. What does Moon Express think of its mission？

答案：B

详解：新闻中提到，Moon Express 的一位代表拒绝对这件事进行评论，但提到该公司对这个提议还是非常乐观的。

因此答案为 B。

Section B

Conversation One

M:Hey, Sophia, how are you doing？

W: Hi, Bob. I’m good, thanks. Actually, I’m on holiday with my family in Thailand at the moment, although I wish it were with my friends instead.

M: Really? You never said you are going to Thailand. How I envy you !

W: I’ve only been in here a week. But you know, Thailand is an amazing place. I’m having a great time here. (8)In fact, I am now lying on the beach in Phuket. I’ve been in the sun for around fifteen minutes only and I’m already getting

sunburnt. Have you been here before?

M: No, I wish I had. What else have you been doing in Thailand besides enjoying the sun?

W:  （9）Well, I met a guy from Germany yesterday. He showed me around the orphanage he works at. Then, I met many volunteer teachers who are mainly young people from Europe.

M: Ah, that’s interesting.

W: Yes. I also made a new little friend, Sarah. She was so cute. I was so sad that we were to leave at the end of the day.

If I ever come back to Thailand, I’d definitely visit this place again as a volunteer.

M: (10)Well, you can tell me all about it when you get back. My phone battery is almost dead now. (11)Remember to get me something from the souvenir shops. I like to collect bits and pieces from different parts of the world. Bye now. Enjoy yourself Sophia.

W: Bye.

Questions 8 and 11 are based on the news report you have just heard.

未听先知：预览四道题各选项，由 Visiting、Thailand、Phuket 以及反复出现的 Thai 等词可初步推测，对话内容涉及在泰国旅游；再结合第 8 题第 9 题各选项语义可进一步推测，在泰国旅游的是女士。第 8 题各选项均为现在分词

短语，结合 A 选项中出现的 her 可推测，本题考查女士正在做什么；第 9 题均为过去时，且主语均为 She，因此考查女士在泰国做了什么；第 10 题和第 11 题各选项均与男士有关，听音时留意与男士相关的细节描述。

8. What does the woman say she is doing now？

答案：D

详解：对话中女士提到，她现在正在普吉岛的沙滩上躺着，在太阳底下仅仅待了大约 15 分钟就已经要晒伤了。因此答案为 D。

9. What did the woman do yesterday？

答案：A

详解：对话中女士提到，她昨天遇到了一个来自德国的男子，而且这名男子带她参观了他所工作的孤儿院。因此答案为 A。

10. Why does the man have to end the conversation？

答案：D

详解：对话中，男士对女士说等她从泰国回来再告诉他旅游的情况，他的手机电池马上就没电了。因此答案为 D。

11. Why does the man ask the woman to bring him something from Thailand？

答案：C

详解：对话最后，男士叮嘱女士记得给他在纪念品商店里带点东西回来，并且提到他喜欢收集来自世界各地的小物件。因此答案为 C。

Conversation Two

W: (12-1)Hi, David. There’s a new gym opening in town today. Would you like to go with me this afternoon?

M: (12-2)Yes, more than glad to. I haven’t been to a gym for ages. I need to do some exercise to tone up.

W: Then this is a good chance. (13)They sent me an invitation with a note saying I could take a friend for free on the first day. Also, if we both sign up before Friday, we can get a discount on a six-month membership.

M: Great. Count me in. I really want to lose some of these belly fat and turn it into muscle. But I’m not sure which of the gym equipment with best help.

W: Well, I know expert of that, but I think you can try lifting weights and do at least 200 sit-ups twice a day.

M: (14)I’ve never tried weight-lifting before. Is it dangerous?

W: (15)No, not at all, if you know some of the basics. Don’t worry, I’ll show you the rules. I used to practice this at another gym before my membership ended. I’ll be your personal trainer.

M: Thank you. What other equipment do they have?

W: Well, like all gyms, they have all sorts of things to help build up muscles in different parts of the body, like applied bicycles, chest stretching machines, and running machines. You could use any of these to suit your purpose. Now the gym opens at noon. So can we meet up in town at 1:30 p.m.?

M: Perfect. See you there, coach.

Questions 12 and 15 are based on the news report you have just heard.

未听先知：预览四道题各选项，由 fitness equipment 和反复出现的 new gym 可知，对话内容与健身设备和新开业的健身房有关。第 12 题各选项均为动名词短语，且 B 选项中出现了 personal trainers，为复数形式，因此可能考查涉

及对话双方的问题，或者对话的主旨；第 13 题各选项均为优惠活动描述，因此考查的是健身房的优惠内容；第 14题均为名词短语，且 C 中出现了 his，因此可能考查与男士相关的细节信息，声音时留意选项中的关键词；第 15 题

各选项主语均为 She，因此考查女士的情况，听音时留意对话最后与女士相关的信息。

12. What are the speakers talking about?

答案：D

详解：对话开头，女士提到今天镇上有一家新的健身房开业，并且邀请男士下午一起去看一下，男士欣然接受了邀请，对话由此展开。因此答案为 D。

13. What does the gym offer at its opening?

答案：C

详解：对话中女士提到，健身房给的邀请函中写着开业第一天女士可以免费带一位朋友，而且如果女士和朋友都在周五前报名的话，办理半年期会员会有折扣。因此答案为 C。

14. What is the man concerned about?

答案：A

详解：对话中，男士提到他以前从来没有尝试过举重，并问女士举重是否危险。由此可知，男士担心的是举重的安全问题，答案为 A。

15. What do we learn about the woman from the conversation?

答案：C

详解：对话中，女士对男士说如果知道一些基本知识，那么举重一点都不危险。女士让男士不要担心，她会交给他一些窍门（the ropes），并且告诉男士她过去常常在另一家健身房练习举重。由此可知，女士知道举重的基本知识，答案为 C。

Section C

Passage One

(16)In today’s job market, it’s now common for job seekers to send applications for many positions. That involves lots of time and lots of work to organize. Certainly, you can’t wait to waste your precious hours on following the developments in a disorderly fashion and miss important deadlines, confuse interview times, or forget to follow up a result. Accordingly,

managing your job search properly is just as important as identifying job opportunities and submitting your applications. If you are familiar with Microsoft Excel or a similar program, creating a table is a simple and effective way to keep track of your job applications. If Excel isn’t quite your cup of tea，  don’t worry, you can create a table in Microsoft Word or a similar word processor. (17)Google is another tool to help you get organize effectively. If you have a Gmail account, you can create, safe and send tables in addition to written document like your cover letter and resume. You can also link up with

Google calendar to make sure you stay on top of important dates. Clearly, there are plenty of ways to keep track of your job search and making the effort to simplify your job search will paid off. Nevertheless, (18) you should always focus on quality, not quantity. Only apply for position you are qualified for, and make each application count, personalizing each cover letters ,and updating and editing   your resume.

Questions 16 and 18 are based on the news report you have just heard.

未听先知：预览三道题各选项，由 interviews、apply for、positions 和 jobs 等词可推测，短文内容与求职有关。第16 题主语为 They，由选项语义可知，They 指求职者，此题考查求职者求职过程中的细节信息；第 17 题各选项均为动词短语，考查行为动作，听音时留意选项关键词；第 18 题各选项均为动词短语，结合选项语义可推测，此题考查某人的建议或指示。

16. What does the speaker say about today’s jobseekers？

答案：B

详解：短文开头提到，在如今的就业市场上，求职者申请多个职位是很常见的。因此答案为 B。

17. What can job applicants do with the help of the Google？

答案：A

详解：短文中提到，谷歌是另一个可以有效地帮你变得有条理的工具。因此答案为 A。

18. What does the speaker suggest job seekers do？

答案：B

详解：短文最后讲话者提到，求职者应该注重质量而不是数量，至申请那些自己可以胜任的职位，让每个申请都有意义，而且每逢求职者都要个性化，要不断更新和编辑自己的简历。因此答案为 B。

Passage Two

(19)Some people say, if kids didn’t happen to go to school, they’d all be out in the streets. My reply is “No, they wouldn’t.” First, even if schools stay just what they are, children would spend at least some time there, because that’s where

they’d be likely to find their friends. Second, schools wouldn’t stay the way they are. They’d get better, because we would have to start making them what they ought to be right now. Last, (20)if we stirred up our brains and gave children a little help, those who did not want to go to school could find other things to do — things many children now do during their holidays. (21)There’s something easier we could do. We need to get kids out of the school buildings, give them a chance to learn about the world at first hand. In Philadelphia and Portland, Oregon, plans are being drawn up for public schools that won’t have any school buildings at all. That will take the students out into the city and help them to use it and its people as a resource. In others words, students perhaps in groups, perhaps independently, will go to libraries, museums, exhibitions, courtrooms, radios and TV stations, meetings, businesses, and laboratories to learn about their world and society at first hand. A small private school in Washington is already doing this. It makes sense. We need more of it.

Questions 19 and 21 are based on the news report you have just heard.

未听先知：预览三道题各选项，由 kids、school 和 learning 等词可推测，短文内容与孩子的教育有关。第 19 题各选项均为 If 条件句，听音时应留意逻辑关系处；第 20 题和第 21 题各选项均为动词短语，结合语义可推测，可能分别考查下一步的行动计划、针对某事所采取的措施或给出的意见，听音时应留意计划、措施、意见等方面的描述。

19. What are some people worried about according to the speaker？

答案：B

详解：短文开头提到，有些人说，如果孩子们不需要去上学，那么他们都会在大街上（乱跑）。因此答案为 B。

20. What does the speaker think we could do for the kids who dislike school？

答案：D

详解：短文中提到，如果我们动脑筋给孩子们一点帮助，那些不愿意去上学的孩子就可以找到其他的事情（很多孩子目前在假期里做的事情）去做。也就是说，对于那些不愿意去学校上学的孩子，我们可以给他们设计一些他们

在假期里喜欢做的活动，答案为 D。

21. What does the speaker say is the easier thing we could do？

答案：D

详解：短文中提到，有一件事情比较简单，我们可以做到。我们需要把孩子们带出教学楼，给他们一个直接了解这个世界的机会。因此答案为 D。

Passage Three

Before there was the written word, there was the language of dance. Dance expresses love and hate, joy and sorrow, life and death, and everything else in between,(22) Dance in America is everywhere. We dance from Florida to Alaska, from horizon to horizon, and coast to coast. We dance at weddings, birthdays, office parties, or just to fill the time.  “I can’t imagine doing anything else with my life ,”  Bridges runs dance classes for all ages. “Teaching dance is wonderful. My older students say it makes them feel young. It’s marvelous to watch them. (23) For many of them, it’s a way of meeting people and having a social life. So why do we dance?I can tell you about one young couple，”  says Bridges. (24)“They arrive at the class in a bad mood, and they leave with a smile. Dancing seems to change their mood completely.”So do we dance in order to make ourselves feel better, calmer, healthier? (25)Andrea Hillier, a dance teacher says,  “Dance, like the rhythm of a beating heart, is life. Even after all these years, I want to get better and better. I keep practicing even when I’m

exhausted. I find it hard to stop. Dancing reminds me I’m alive.”

Questions 22 and 25 are based on the news report you have just heard.

未听先知：预览四道题各选项，由 popular、social activity 和 more expressive 等词可推测，短文内容与某种流行的社交活动有关，而且这种社交比较有表达力。第 22 题均为对 It 的描述，结合主题可知，It 指某种社交活动，听音时

注意确定 It 所指；结合第 23 题各选项语意可知，主语 It 指某个具体的事物，可能考查其位置、外观或益处；第 24题考查某物给 They 带来的好处，听音时应留意对某物的益处的描述；第 25 题则是考查对 It 的评价，听音时留意短文结尾处出现选项中关键形容词及其近义词的地方。

22. What does the passage say about the dance in America？

答案：C

详解：短文中提到，跳舞在美国处处可见，从佛罗里达到阿拉斯加、从地平线的一端到地平线的另一端、从东海岸到西海岸的美国人都跳舞。婚礼上、生日会上、办公室派对上，甚至是仅仅为了打发时间时，美国人都喜欢跳舞。

因此答案为 C。

23. What do we know about the Lester Bridges’ dance studio？

答案：D

详解：短文中提到，Lester Bridges 说，对他的很多学生来说，跳舞是一种与人交往、拥有社交生活的方式。也就是说，Lester Bridges 的舞蹈工作室给人们提供了社交的机会，答案为 D。

24. What happened to the young couple after they attended Lester Bridges’ in class？

答案：A

详解：短文中提到，Lester Bridges 说他的学生中有一对年轻夫妻，他们来上课的时候情绪不好，但却是带着微笑离开的，看来跳舞彻底改变了他们的情绪。因此答案为 A。

25. What does Andrea Hillier say about dancing?

答案：B

详解：短文最后提到了舞蹈老师 Andrea Hillier 的话：跳舞就像心脏跳动的节奏，是生命之所在。因此答案为 B。

说明：由于 2018 年 6 月四级考试全国共考了两套听力,  第三套真

题听力与前两套内容相同,  只是选项顺序不同,  因此在本套真题中

不再重复出现。

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