2016年6月大学英语四级考试 真题 - 第2套 答案解析+听力文本

10. What does the woman suggest doing to learn to speak a foreign language?

解析：原文中女士提到读和听的资源都很多，唯有说没有替代方式。而且也尝试去一个俱乐部来找机会增加说的练习，对应选项 C) Trying to speak it as much as one can尽可能多的去说，故答案选C.

11. What does the woman say about the study circles in Sweden?

解析:注意选项中的动宾结构，原文中女士说瑞典有一个很有意思的学习圈，类似课程，但没有评分，只有一个在旁边提供帮助的教练,结合上句话女士提到的语言学习，可推理出这个课程可以给语言练习提供机会It provides opportunities for language practice，故答案选A。

Conversation 2

W: Okay, Nelson. （12）So we are talking about driving and are there any rules or regulations that you like to change?

M: I'm not sure I want to change rules, but I'd like the police to be stricter on the rules. Like if people jump traffic lights, I don't know why there isn't a camera of the traffic lights to stop people doing that. Or like speeding. It's very easy to put speed cameras in certain places.

W: （13）Maybe car manufacturers should have some responsibility in limiting the power of their engines. What's the point in producing an engine that is big and powerful enough to go, like 200km/h when the speed limit is only 100?

M: （14）Right, but do you know there are no speed limits in Germany.

W: People there do drive responsibly, though. Often people break laws simply because the laws are there. If the law isn't there, people will drive within their ability range. When you got speed limits, this creates situations that actually present dangers on the road.

M: Do you think Germans have better education about personal responsibility when driving?

W: Possibly. They also have very good cars.

M: Right.

W: If you got a good car that can go at a high speed then it's really nice to do that.

M: But still, with care.

W: So I think it's the restrictions that create the dangers sometimes.

M: Okay.

W: Obviously, when driving through a residential area or where there is a school, you've got to have speed policemen.

M: Speed bumps.

W: Yes, speed bumps. Those speed bumps that force you to slow down. I think they are a good idea.

M:（15）So you don't think fining people is useful.

W: Not really, because the police don't have time to police every single driver.

Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

12. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

解析：原文中女士第一句话就交代了要讲的主要内容是关于driving驾驶以及相关规则的内容，然后下文也是就此展开，对应选项中的驾驶规则Rules and regulations for driving，故答案选B。

13. What does the woman think car manufacturers could do?

解析：原文中女士提到汽车生厂商应该对限制汽车引擎的功率负责limiting the power of their engines，对应选项C的说法Make cars that are less powerful让汽车功率更低，故答案选C。

14. What can we learn about people driving in Germany?

解析：原文中提到尽管德国没有速度限制，但人们开车仍然很负责任People there do drive responsibly，对应选项中的They tend to drive responsibly他们往往很负责地开车，故答案选D。

15. What does the woman think of the police fining drivers?

解析：原文中男士问女士是不是认为罚款没意义，女士说确实没太大意义，警察也没有那么多时间去监督每一个人，对应选项中的It is not useful没什么用，故答案选C。

Section C

Passage 1

Behind the cash register at a store in downtown San Francisco, Sam Azar swiped his credit card to pay for a pack of cigarettes. （16）The store's card reader failed to scan the card's magnetic strip. Azar tried again, and again. No luck. As customers began to queue, Mr. Azar reached beneath the counter for a black plastic bag.（17） He wrapped one layer of the plastic around the card and tried again. Success! The sale was completed. “I don't know how it works. It just does.” said Mr. Azar who learned the trick from another clerk. Verifone, the company that makes the store's card reader would not confirm or deny that the plastic bag trick worked. But it's one of many low-tech fixes for high-tech failures that people without engineering degrees have discovered, often out of desperation, and shared. “（18） Today's shaky economy is likely to produce many more such tricks. In postwar Japan, the economy wasn't doing so great, so you couldn't get everyday-use items like household cleaners.” says Lisa Katayama, author of Urawaza, a book named after the Japanese term for “clever lifestyle tips and tricks.” So people look for ways to do with what they had. Today, Americans are finding their own tips and tricks for fixingmal-functioning devices with supplies as simple as paper and glue. Some like Mr. Azar's plastic bag are open to argument as to how they work or whether they really work at all. But many tech home remedies can be explained by a little science.

Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.

16. What happened when Sam Azar swiped his credit card to pay for his purchase?

解析：原文中提到当Sam去刷他的卡的时候，店里的刷卡机不能刷卡的磁条card reader failed to scan the card's magnetic strip，对应选项中的D项The card reader failed to do the scanning读卡机无法扫描，故答案选D。

17. How did Sam Azar manage to complete the sale?

解析：原文中提到多次尝试刷卡没有成功，后来Sam拿一层塑料裹在卡上试了一下就成功了 wrapped one layer of the plastic around the card，和选项B) 用一层塑料覆盖信用卡By covering the credit card with a layer of plastic属于同意替换，故答案选B。

18. What is today's shaky economy likely to do?

解析：原文中提到当前的不稳定经济需要更多的这样的诀窍produce many more such tricks，诀窍指上句话出现的many low-tech fixes for high-tech failures 一些对于高科技故障的低技术修复方法，对应选项A) Produce many low-tech fixes for high-tech failures发明更多低技术修复方法，故答案选A。

Passage 2

If you are a graduate student, you may depend on your adviser for many things, including help with improving grades, acquiring financial support, forming an examining committee and getting letters of recommendation. If you're a graduate teaching assistant, your adviser also may be your boss. （19）Academic departments vary in their procedures for assigning academic advisers to graduate students. In some departments, either the chairman or the director of graduate studies serves for at least the first semester as a new student adviser. Then students select an adviser based on shared academic interests. In other departments, a new student is assigned a faculty adviser based on some system of distribution of the department's advising load. Later, students may have the opportunity of selecting the adviser that they prefer. （20）In any case, new graduate students can learn who their advisers or temporary advisers are by visiting or emailing the departmental office and asking for the information. （21）Graduation requirements specify the number of credits you must earn, the minimum grade point average you must achieve and the distribution of credits you must have from among differing departments or fields of study. In addition, it is necessary to apply for graduation when you are near the time that you will be completing your graduation requirements. Since graduation requirements vary among divisions of the university, you should consult the Bulletin of Information. You should also direct your questions to your departmental office or academic adviser.

Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.

19. What does the speaker say about the procedures for assigning academic advisers?

解析：原文中提到不同的系分配导师给学生的程序都不一样Academic departments vary in their procedures for assigning academic advisers to graduate students，对应选项中的They vary among different departments，故答案选A。

20. How can new graduate students learn who their advisers are?

解析：原文中提到新的研究生可以通过直接拜访或邮件方式到系办公室了解自己的导师的相关信息by visiting or emailing the departmental office，对应选项中的By contacting the departmental office，两者属于同意替换，故答案选D。

21. What does the speaker say about graduation requirements?

解析：原文重现，上面一道题目的答案找到后，紧接着下一句就是这道题的答案，毕业要求详细说明了学生必须要获得的学生学分数Graduation requirements specify the number of credits you must earn和B选项内容基本一致，故答案选B。

Passage 3