2017年6月大学英语四级真题第一套详解及中文翻译(精品版)
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2017年6月大学英语四级真题第一套详解及翻译（精品版）
Part I Writing (25 minutes)
(请于正式开考后半小时内完成该部分，之后将进行听力考试)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an advertisement on
your campus website to sell a computer you used at college. Your advertisement may
include its brand, specifications/features, condition and price, and your contact
should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.
（在校园网站上写一则广告，出售你在大学使用过的电脑。你的广告可能包括它的品牌，规格/特征，条件和价格，和你的联系信息。）
Advertisement
This advertisement is to sell a computer I used . The detailed
information is listed as the following .
At the top of the list, the brand of the computer is Lenovo, in white
color. In addition, the laptop is at good condition,with its CPU and inner
memory satisfying, so you can write papers , watch videos or listen to
music and so on with it as morally as you do with a brand-new one.
Therefore,its function, generally speaking could meet you needs, and I
promise that you would love it. Last but not least, I would like to sell the
computer at 3000 yuan, personally an attractive price.
If you have any questions concerning the computer, please do not
hesitate to contact me. And I can be reached at 8888888. Or to know
more details about the computer, you could also visit me at my dorm:
111Room at Dorm 1. Please contact me by telephone before visit. Thank
you very much.
Li Ming
Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news
report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news report and questions will
be spoken only once. After you hear questions, you must choose the best answer from
the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on
Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。
Questions 1 to 2 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 1. A) The man in the car was absent-minded.
B) The test driver made a wrong judgement.
C) The self-driving system was faulty.
D) The car was moving at a fast speed.
2. A) They have done better than conventional cars.
B) They have caused several severe crashes.
C) They have posed a threat to other drivers.
D) They have generally done quite well.
Questions 3 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
3. A) He works at a national park.
B) He is a queen been specialist.
C) He removed the beyond from the boot.
D) He drove the bees away from his car.
4. A) They were looking after the queen
B) They were making a lot of noise
C) They were looking for a new box to live in
D) They were dancing in a unique way
Questions 5 to 7 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
5. A) The discovery of a new species of snake
B) The second trip to a small remote island
C) The finding of 2 new species of frog
D) The latest test on rare animal species
6. A) A poisonous snake attacked him on his field trip
B) He discovered a rare fog on a deserted
C) A snake crawled onto his head in his sleep
D) He fell from a tall palm tree by accident
7. A) From its genes
B) From its length
C) From its origin
D) From its colour
Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of
each conversation, you will hear four questions. Both the conversation and the
questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the
best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the
corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.
Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
8. A) The security check takes time
B) He has to check a lot of luggage
C) His flight is leaving in less than 2 hours
D) The airport is a long way from the hotel
9. A) In cash
B) By credit card
C) With a traveler’s check
D) With his smart phone
10. A) Give him a receipt
B) Confirm his flight
C) Look after his luggage
D) Find a porter for him
11 . A) Signing up for membership of S Hotel
B) Staying in the same hotel next time he comes
C) Loading her luggage onto the airport shuttle
D) Posting a comment on the hotel’s webpage
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
12. A) He is the only boy in his family
B) He becomes tearful in wind
C) He has stopped making terrible faces
D) He is his teacher's favorite student
13. A) Tell him to play in her backyard
B) Do something funny to amuse him
C) Give him some cherry stones to play with
D) Warn him of danger by making up a story 14. A) They could break pp's legs
B) They could sometimes terrify adults
C) They could fly against a strong wind
D) They could knock pp unconscious
15. A) One would get a spot on their tongues if they told a lie deliberately
B) One would have to shave their head to remove a bat in their hair
C) One would go to prison if they put a stamp on upside down
D) One would have curly hair if they ate too much stale bread
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear three passages of lectures or talks
followed by three or four questions. The recordings will be played only once. After
you hear a question,you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),
B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single
line through the centre.
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
16. A) Everything seemed to be changing.
B) People were formal and disciplined.
C) People were excited to go travelling overseas.
D) Things from the Victorian era came back alive.
17. A) Watching TV at home. B) Meeting people.
C) Drinking coffee. D) Trying new foods.
18. A) He was interested in stylish dresses.
B) He was able to take a lot of money.
C) He was a student in the 1960s.
D) He was a man full of imagination.
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.
19. A) They avoid looking at them.
B) They run away immediately.
C) They show anger on their faces.
D) They make threatening sounds.
20. A) It turns to its owner for help.
B) It turns away to avoid conflict.
C) It looks away and gets angry, too.
D) It focuses its eyes on their mouths.
21. A) By observing their facial features carefully.
B) By focusing on a particular body movement.
C) By taking in their facial expressions as a whole.
D) By interpreting different emotions in different ways.
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
22. A) They have to look for food and shelter underground.
B) They take little notice of the changes in temperature.
C) They resort to different means to survive the bitter cold.
D) They have difficulty adapting to the changed environment.
23. A) They have their weight reduced to minimum.
B) They consume the energy stored before the long sleep.
C) They can maintain their heart beat at the normal rate.
D) They can keep their body temperature warm and stable.
24. A) By staying in hiding places and eating very little.
B) By seeking food and shelter in people’s houses.
C) By growing thicker hair to stay warm.
D) By storing enough food beforehand.
25. A) To stay safe. B) To save energy.
C) To keep company. D) To protect the young.
1-5 BDABA 6-10 CDCBA
11-15 DCDAB 16-20 ABCAD 21-25 CCBDA
Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)
Section A
Directions: 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 passage 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.
Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.
The method for making beer has changed over time. Hops (啤酒花)，for
example, which give many a modem beer its bitter flavor, are a (26)_______ recent
addition to the beverage. This was first mentioned in reference to brewing in the ninth
century. Now, researchers have found a (27)_______ingredient in residue (残留物）from 5,000-year-old beer brewing equipment. While digging two pits at a site in the
central plains of China, scientists discovered fragments from pots and vessels. The
different shapes of the containers (28)_______ they were used to brew, filter, and
store beer. They may be ancient “beer-making tools,” and the earliest (29_______ evidence of beer brewing in China, the researchers reported in the Proceedings of
the National Academy of Sciences. To (30)_______ that theory, the team examined
the yellowish, dried (31)_______ inside the vessels. The majority of the grains, about
80%, were from cereal crops like barley (大麦),and about 10% were bits of roots,
(32)_______lily,which would have made the beer sweeter, the scientists say. Barley
was an unexpected find: the crop was domesticated in Western Eurasia and didn't
become a (33)_______food in central China until about 2,000 years ago, according to
the researchers. Based on that timing, they indicate barley may have (34)_______ in
the region not as food, but as (35)_______material for beer brewing.
（酿造啤酒的方法随着时间的推移而改变。啤酒花,例如,它给许多现代啤酒苦涩的味道,是一个相对地较近的饮料。这是第一次提到在9世纪的酿酒。现在,研究者们已经发现了一个令人惊讶的成分残留从5000岁的啤酒酿造设备。在中国中部平原的一个地方，科学家们挖了两个坑，发现了一些罐子和容器的碎片。容器的不同形状表明它们是用来酿造、过滤和储存啤酒的。研究人员在《国家科学院院刊》上报告称，它们可能是古代的“酿酒工具”，也是中国最早的啤酒酿造直接证据。为了验证这一理论，研究小组检查了血管内淡黄、干燥的残留物。约80%,大多数的谷物大麦等谷类作物(大麦),和大约10%的根,包括百合花,这将使啤酒甜,科学家们说。大麦是一个出人意料的发现:据研究人员说，这种作物在欧亚大陆西部被驯化，直到大约2000年前才成为华中地区的主食。基于这个时间，他们指出大麦可能不是作为食物，而是作为啤酒酿造的原料到达该地区。）
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
A) Arrived
E) including
I) relatively
M) suggest
B) consuming
F) inform
J) remains
N) surprising
C) direct
G) raw
K)resources
O) test
D) exclusively
H) reached
L) staple
26~35 INMCO JELAG
Section B
Directions: 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 a
paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the
questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.
The Blessing and Curse of the People Who Never Forget
（祝福和诅咒的人永远不会忘记）
A handful of people can recall almost every day of their lives in enormous
detail—and after years of research, neuroscientists (神经科学专家) are finally
beginning to understand how they do it.（少数的人能够回忆起几乎每天都生活在巨大的细节。经过多年的研究,神经科学专家终于开始了解他们如何做。）
[A] For most of us, memory is a mess of blurred and faded pictures of our lives.
As much as we would like to cling on to our past, even the saddest moments can be
washed away with time.（对我们大多数人来说，记忆是一堆模糊不清、褪的生活画面。尽管我们很想抓住过去不放，但即使是最悲伤的时刻也会被时间冲走。）
[B] Ask Nima Veiseh what he was doing for any day in the past 15 years,
however, and he will give you the details of the weather, what he was wearing, or
even what side of the train he was sitting on his journey to work. “My memory is like
a library of video tapes, walk-throughs of every day of my life from waking to
sleeping,” he explains.（然而，问起Nima Veiseh在过去15年里的任何一天他在做什么，他会告诉你天气的细节，他穿什么，甚至他在上班的路上坐在火车的哪一侧。他解释说:“我的记忆就像一个录像带图书馆，里面记录了我每天从醒到睡的过程。”）
[C] Veiseh can even put a date on when those tapes started recording: 15
December 2000, when he met his first girlfriend at his best friend's 16th birthday party.
He had always had a good memory, but the thrill of young love seems to have shifted
a gear in his mind: from now on, he would start recording his whole life in detail. “I
could tell you everything about every day after that.”（Veiseh甚至可以确定磁带开始录制的日期:2000年12月15日，他在最好朋友的16岁生日派对上遇到了他的第一个女朋友。他的记性一向很好，但年轻爱情的刺激似乎使他的思想发生了转变:从现在起，他要开始详细地记录他的一生。“从那以后的每一天，我都可以告诉你。”）
[D] Needless to say, people like Veiseh are of great interest to neuroscientists
hoping to understand the way the brain records our lives. A couple of recent papers
have finally opened a window on these people’s extraordinary minds. And such
research might even suggest ways for us all to relive our past with greater clarity.（不用说，神经科学家对像Veiseh这样的人很感兴趣，他们希望了解我们大脑记录生活的方式。最近的几篇论文终于为我们打开了一扇了解这些人非凡思想的窗户。这样的研究甚至可能为我们所有人提供更清晰地重温过去的方法。）
[E] “Highly superior autobiographical memory”（or HSAM for short) first came
to light in the early 2000s, with a young woman named Jill Price. Emailing the
neuroscientist and memory researcher Jim McGaugh one day, she claimed that she
could recall every day of her life since the age of 12. Could he help explain her
experiences?（“高度优越的自传体记忆”(简称HSAM)在21世纪初首次为人所知，它是由一位名叫吉尔·普莱斯(Jill Price)的年轻女性提出的。一天，她给神经学家和记忆研究员吉姆·麦克高(Jim McGaugh)发了一封，声称自己能回忆起12岁以来生活中的每一天。他能解释一下她的经历吗?）
[F] McGaugh invited her to his lab, and began to test her: he would give her a
date and ask her to tell him about the world events on that day. True to her word, she
was correct almost every time.（麦克高邀请她到他的实验室，开始测试她:他会给她一个日期，让她告诉他当天的世界大事。她说到做到，几乎每次都是对的。）
[G] It didn’t take long for magazines and documentary film-makers to come to
understand her “total recall”， and thank to the subsequent media interest, a few
dozen other subjects (including Veiseh) have since come forward and contacted the
team at the University of California, Irvine.（没过多久，杂志和纪录片制作人就理解了她的《全面回忆》，多亏了随后媒体的关注，数十名其他研究对象(包括Veiseh)也主动联系了加州大学欧文分校的研究团队。）
[H] Interestingly, their memories are highly self-centred: although they can
remember “autobiographical” life events in extraordinary detail, they seem to be no
better than average at recalling impersonal information, such as random (任意选取的）lists of words. Nor are they necessarily better at remembering a round of drinks,
say. And although their memories are vast, they are still likely to suffer from “false
memories”.Clearly, there is no such thing as a “perfect” memory—their extraordinary
minds are still using the same flawed tools that the rest of us rely on. The question is,
how?（有趣的是,他们的记忆是非常以自我为中心:尽管他们可以记住“自传”生活事件在非凡的细节,他们似乎没有比平均召回客观信息,如随机单词列表。比如说，他们也不一定更善于记住一轮饮料。尽管他们的记忆很丰富，但他们仍然可能遭受“错误记忆”的折磨。显然，世界上不存在所谓的“完美”记忆——他们非凡的大脑仍然在使用我们其他人依赖的有缺陷的工具。问题是，怎么做?）
[I] Lawrence Patihis at the University of Southern Mississippi recently studied
around 20 people with HSAM and found that they scored particularly high on two
measures: fantasy proneness (倾向)and absorption. Fantasy proneness could be
considered a tendency to imagine and daydream, whereas absorption is the tendency
to allow your mind to become fully absorbed in an activity to pay complete attention
to the sensations (感受)and the experiences. “I’m extremely sensitive to sounds,
smells and visual detail,” explains Nicole Donohue, who has taken part in many of
these studies. “I definitely feel things more strongly than the average person.”（南密西西比大学的劳伦斯Patihis最近与HSAM研究大约20人,发现他们分数特别高两个措施:幻想倾向(倾向)和吸收。幻想倾向可能是倾向于想象和遐想,而吸收的趋势让你的头脑变得完全沉浸在一个活动完成关注感受和经验。“我对声音、气味和视觉细节非常敏感，”妮可·多诺霍解释道，她参与了许多这样的研究。“我对事物的感觉肯定比普通人强烈。”）
[J] The absorption helps them to establish strong foundations for recollection,
says Patihis, and the fantasy proneness means that they revisit those memories again
and again in the coming weeks and months. Each time this initial memory trace is
“replayed”, it becomes even stronger. In some ways, you probably go through that
process after a big event like your wedding day,but the difference is that thanks to
their other psychological tendencies, the HSAM subjects are doing it day in, day out,
for the whole of their lives.（Patihis说，这种专注帮助他们建立起牢固的回忆基础，而幻想倾向意味着他们在未来的几周或几个月内会一次又一次地重温这些记忆。每当这个最初的记忆痕迹被“重播”时，它会变得更加强烈。在某种程度上，你可能会在婚礼这样的大事件之后经历这个过程，但不同的是，由于他们的其他心理倾向，HSAM受试者在他们的一生中每天都在做这件事。）
[K] Not everyone with a tendency to fantasise will develop HSAM, though, so
Patihis suggests that something must have caused them to think so much about their
past. “Maybe some experience in their childhood meant that they became obsessed
(着迷）with calendars and what happened to them,”says Patihis.（然而，并不是每个有幻想倾向的人都会发展出HSAM，所以Patihis认为一定是什么东西让他们对自己的过去想得那么多。“也许一些经验在他们的童年意味着他们成为困扰(着迷)日历和他们发生了什么,”Patihis说。）
[L] The people with HSAM I’ve interviewed would certainly agree that it can be
a mixed blessing. On the plus side, it allows you to relive the most transformative and
enriching experiences. Veiseh, for instance, travelled a lot in his youth. In his spare
time,he visited the local art galleries, and the paintings are now lodged deep in his
autobiographical memories.（我采访过的HSAM患者肯定会同意，这可能是一件喜忧参半的事。好的一面是，它让你重新体验最具变革性和最丰富的体验。例如，Veiseh年轻时经常旅行。在他的业余时间，他参观了当地的艺术画廊，这些画现在深深地铭刻在他的自传记忆中。）
[M] “Imagine being able to remember every painting, on every wall, in every
gallery space, between nearly 40 countries，” he says. “That’s a big education in art
by itself.” With this comprehensive knowledge of the history of art, he has since
become a professional painter.（“想象一下能够记住将近40个国家的每一幅画，每面墙，每一个画廊空间，”他说。“这本身就是一个很大的艺术教育。凭借对艺术史的全面了解，他后来成为了一名专业画家。）
[N] Donohue, now a history teacher, agrees that it helped during certain parts of
her education. “I can definitely remember what I learned on certain days at school. I
could imagine what the teacher was saying or what it looked like in the book.”（多诺霍现在是一名历史教师，她也认为，在她接受教育的某些方面，这对她很有帮助。“我肯定记得我在学校的某些日子里学到了什么。我可以想象老师在说什么，或者书里是什么样子。”）
[O] Not everyone with HSAM has experienced these benefits, however. Viewing
the past in high definition can make it very difficult to get over pain and regret. “It can
be very hard to forget embarrassing moments,” says Donohue. “You feel the same
emotions—it is just as raw, just You can’t turn off that stream of memories,
no matter how hard you try.” Veiseh agrees. “It is like having these open
wounds—they are just a part of you,” he says.（然而，并不是所有的HSAM患者都体验过这些好处。用高清晰度审视过去会让你很难忘记痛苦和遗憾。“很难忘记尴尬的时刻，”多诺霍说。“你会有同样的感觉——它是那么的原始，那么的新鲜……不管你怎么努力，你都无法关掉那一股记忆之流。“Veiseh表示同意。他说:“这就像你的伤口开着——它们只是你身体的一部分。”）
[P] This means they often have to make a special effort to lay the past to rest.
Bill, for instance, often gets painful “flashbacks”，in which unwanted memories
intrude into his consciousness, but overall he has chosen to see it as the best way of
avoiding repeating the same mistakes. “Some people are absorbed in the past but not
open to new memories, but that’s not the case for me. I look forward to each day and
experiencing something new.”（这意味着他们常常不得不做出特别的努力来埋葬过去。例如，比尔经常会有痛苦的“闪回”，在这种情况下，他不想要的记忆会侵入他的意识，但总的来说，他选择将其视为避免重复同样错误的最佳方式。“有些人沉迷于过去，却无法打开新的记忆，但我不是这样。我期待着每一天，体验一些新的东西。”）
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
with HSAM have the same memory as ordinary people when it comes to impersonal information.
y proneness will not necessarily cause people to develop HSAM.
began to remember the details of his everyday experiences after he met
his first young love.
more people with HSAM started to contact researchers due to the mass
media.
with HSAM often have to make efforts to avoid focusing on the past.
people do not have clear memories of past events.
can be both a curse and a blessing.
43.A young woman sought explanation from a brain scientist when she noticed her
unusual memory.
people with HSAM find it very hard to get rid of unpleasant memories.
45.A recent study of people with HSAM reveals that they are liable to fantasy and
full absorption in an activity.
36~45 HKCGP ALEOI
Section C
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by
some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices
marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the
corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.
The phrase almost completes itself: midlife crisis. It’s the stage in the middle of
the journey when people feel youth vanishing, their prospects narrowing and death
approaching.（“中年危机”这个短语几乎就完成了。这是人生旅途中的一个阶段，人们感到青春在消逝，前途在缩小，死亡在逼近。）
There’s only one problem with the cliche (套话).It isn’t true.（这里只有一个问题与陈词滥调(套话)。事实并非如此。）
“In fact, there is almost no hard evidence for midlife crisis other than a few small
pilot studies conducted decades ago,” Barbara Hagerty writes in her new book, Life
Reimagined. The vast bulk of the research shows that there may be a pause, or a
shifting of gears in the 40s or 50s, but this shift “can be exciting, rather than
terrifying”.（芭芭拉·哈格蒂在她的新书《重新想象的生活》中写道:“事实上，除了几十年前进行的一些小规模试点研究外，几乎没有确凿的证据表明中年危机的存在。”大量的研究表明，在40或50年代可能会有一段停顿，或者是一种转变，但这种转变“可能是令人兴奋的，而不是可怕的”。） Barbara Hagerty looks at some of the features of people who turn midlife into a
rebirth. They break routines, because “autopilot is death”. They choose purpose over
happiness——having a clear sense of purpose even reduces the risk of Alzheimer’s
disease. They give priority to relationships, as careers often recede.（芭芭拉·哈格蒂(Barbara Hagerty)关注了一些将中年转变为重生的人的特征。他们打破常规，因为“自动驾驶就是死亡”。他们选择目标而不是幸福——有一个清晰的目标感甚至降低老年痴呆症的风险。他们优先考虑关系,事业逐渐淡化。）
Life Reimagined paints a picture of middle age that is far from gloomy. Midlife
seems like the second big phase of decision-making. Your identity has been formed;
you’ve built up your resources; and now you have the chance to take the big risks
precisely because your foundation is already secure.（《重新想象的生活》描绘了一幅中年生活的画面，这幅画面一点也不阴郁。中年似乎是做决定的第二个重要阶段。你的身份已经形成;你已经建立了自己的资源;现在你有机会冒很大的风险，正是因为你的根基已经稳固。）
Karl Barth described midlife precisely this way. At middle age, he wrote, “the
sowing is behind; now is the time to reap. The run has been taken; now is the time to
leap. Preparation has been made; now is the time for the venture of the work itself.”（卡尔·巴特正是这样描述中年生活的。中年时，他写道:“播种已过;现在是收割的时候了。已经行走了很久了;现在是时候跳跃了。准备工作已经完成;现在是时候进行这项工作的冒险了。”）
The middle-aged person, Barth continued, can see death in the distance, but
moves with a “measured haste” to get big new things done while there is still time.（巴斯继续说，中年人可以看到远处的死亡，但他们会“有分寸地加速”，趁着还有时间，去完成新的大事。）
What Barth wrote decades ago is even truer today. People are healthy and
energetic longer. We have presidential candidates running for their first term in office
at age 68, 69 and 74. A longer lifespan is changing the narrative structure of life itself.
What could have been considered the beginning of a descent is now a potential
turning point—the turning point you are most equipped to take full advantage of.（巴斯几十年前所写的在今天甚至更加真实。人们更健康，精力更充沛。我们有68岁、69岁和74岁的总统候选人竞选他们的第一个任期。更长的寿命正在改变生命本身的叙事结构。曾经被认为是下降的开始，现在是一个潜在的转折点——你最能充分利用的转折点。）
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。 does the author think of the phrase “midlife crisis”？
A) It has led to a lot of debate. B) It is widely acknowledged.
C) It is no longer fashionable. D) It misrepresents（歪曲） real life.
does Barbara Hagerty view midlife?
A) It may be the beginning of a crisis.
B) It can be a new phase of one’s life.
C) It can be terrifying for the unprepared.
D)It may see old-age diseases approaching.
is midlife pictured in the book Life Reimagined?
A) It can be quite rosy.（乐观）
B) It can be burdensome.
C) It undergoes radical transformation.
D) It makes for the best part of one’s life.
ing to Karl Barth, midlife is the time_______.
A) to relax B) to mature
C) to harvest D) to reflect
does the author say about midlife today?
A) It is more meaningful than other stages of life.
B) It is likely to change the narrative of one’s life,
C) It is more important to those with a longer lifespan.
D)It is likely to be a critical turning point in one’s life.
Passage Two
Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.
In spring, chickens start laying again, bringing a welcome source of protein at
winter’s end. So it’s no surprise that cultures around the world celebrate spring by
honoring the egg.（在春天，鸡又开始下蛋了，在冬天结束的时候带来了受欢迎的蛋白质来源。因此，世界各地的文化通过纪念鸡蛋来庆祝春天也就不足为奇了。）
Some traditions are simple, like the red eggs that get baked into Greek Easter
breads. Others elevate the egg into a fancy art, like the heavily jewel-covered “eggs”
that were favored by the Russians starting in the 19th century.（有些传统很简单，比如希腊复活节面包里的红鸡蛋。另一些人则把鸡蛋提升为一种奇特的艺术，比如19世纪开始，俄罗斯人就喜欢上了镶满宝石的“鸡蛋”。）
One ancient form of egg art comes to us from Ukraine. For centuries, Ukrainians
have been drawing complicated patterns on eggs. Contemporary artists have followed
this tradition to create eggs that speak to the anxieties of our age: Life is precious, and
delicate. Eggs are, too.（一种古老的鸡蛋艺术形式来自乌克兰。几个世纪以来，乌克兰人一直在鸡蛋上画复杂的图案。当代艺术家遵循这一传统，创作出了反映我们这个时代焦虑的鸡蛋:生命是珍贵的、脆弱的。鸡蛋亦如此。）
“There’s something about their delicate nature that appeals to me,” says New
Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast. Several years ago, she became interested in eggs and
learned the traditional Ukrainian technique to draw her very modem characters. “I’ve
broken eggs at every stage of the process—from the very beginning to the very, very
end.”（《纽约客》的漫画家罗兹·查斯特说:“它们微妙的天性吸引了我。”几年前，她开始对鸡蛋感兴趣，并学习了传统的乌克兰技巧来画出非常现代的人物。“在这个过程的每一个阶段，从最开始到最后，我都打破了鸡蛋。”）
But there’s an appeal in that vulnerability. “There’s part of this sickening horror
of knowing you’re walking on the edge with this, that I kind of like, knowing that it
could all fall apart at any second.” Chast’s designs, such as a worried man alone in a
tiny rowboat, reflect that delicateness.（但这种脆弱性也有吸引力。“知道自己正走在危险的边缘，有一种令人作呕的恐惧，我有点喜欢这种感觉，知道它随时都可能崩溃。查斯特的设计，比如一个独自坐在小划艇里忧心忡忡的人，就反映了这种微妙。）
Traditional Ukrainian decorated eggs also spoke to those fears. The elaborate
patterns were believed to offer protection against evil.（传统的乌克兰彩蛋也表达了这些担忧。这些精心制作的图案被认为可以提供抵御邪恶的保护。）
“There’s an ancient legend that as long as these eggs are made, evil will not
prevail in the world,” says Joan Brander, a Canadian egg-painter who has been
painting eggs for over 60 years, having learned the art from her Ukrainian relatives.（“有一个古老的传说，只要这些蛋被制造出来，邪恶就不会在世界上盛行，”加拿大蛋画家琼·布兰德(Joan Brander)说。布兰德已经画了60多年的蛋，她从乌克兰亲戚那里学到了这门艺术。）
The tradition, dating back to 300 B.C., was later incorporated into the Christian
church. The old symbols, however, still endure. A decorated egg with a bird on it,
given to a young married couple, is a wish for children. A decorated egg thrown into
the field would be a wish for a good harvest.（这个传统可以追溯到公元前300年，后来被并入基督教会。然而，古老的象征依然存在。一个装饰有鸟的蛋，送给一对年轻的夫妇，是对孩子的祝福。把一个装饰过的鸡蛋扔到田野里是对丰收的祝愿。）
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
do people in many cultures prize the egg?
A) It is a welcome sign of the coming of spring.
B) It is their major source of protein in winter.
C) It can easily be made into a work of art.
D) It can bring wealth and honor to them.
do we learn about the decorated “eggs” in Russia?
A) They are shaped like jewel cases.
B) They are cherished by the rich.
C) They are heavily painted in red.
D) They are favored as a form of art.
have contemporary artists continued the egg art tradition?
A) Eggs serve as an enduring symbol of new life.
B) Eggs have an oval shape appealing to artists.
C) Eggs reflect the anxieties of people today.
D) Eggs provide a unique surface to paint on.
does Chast enjoy the process of decorating eggs?
A) She never knows if the egg will break before the design is completed.
B) She can add multiple details to the design to communicate her idea.
C) She always derives great pleasure from designing something new.
D) She is never sure what the final design will look like until the end.
do we learn from the passage about egg-painting?
A) It originated in the eastern part of Europe.
B) It has a history of over two thousand years.
C) It is the most time-honored form of fancy art.
D) It is especially favored as a church decoration.
Part IV Translation (30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage
from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2. 珠江是华南一大河系，流经广州市，是中国第三长的河流，仅次于长江和黄河。珠江三角洲 (delta)是中国最发达的地区之一，面积约11，000平方公里。它在面积和人口方面也是世界上最大的城市聚集区。珠江三角洲九个最大城市共有5700多万人口。上世纪70年代末中国改革开放以来，珠江三角洲已成为中国和世界主要经济区域和制造中心之一。
The pearl river is a major river system in south China. It flows through
guangzhou city and is the third longest river in China, after the Yangtze river and the
Yellow River.
The pearl river delta, one of the most developed regions in China, covers an area
of about 11,000 square is also the largest urban agglomeration in the
world in terms of size and population.
The nine largest cities in the pearl river delta have a population of more than 57
million.
Since China's reform and opening up in the late 1970s, the pearl river delta has
become one of the major economic regions and manufacturing centers in China and
the world.