2016年6月大学英语四级考试真题（二）答案与详解Part IWriting结构框图：第1段向朋友表达自己的谢意，并简要说明感谢的原因。A Letter of Thanks第2段具体说明朋友对自己的帮助及影响。to My Friend第3段再次表达对朋友的感谢。范文点评：参考范文名师点评Dear Li Ming,[1]I'm writing this letter to express my deep thanks to you for【1】开门见山，表达谢意并说明原因。helping me out when I failed my first college entranceexamination.[2]It is no exaggeration to say that it was the worst time of my【2】说明遇到的困难。运用包含多个从life when I completely lost the faith in my life and began to句的主从复合句，彰显语言驾驭能abandon myself.Then you came to encourage me not to give up.[3]It was you who convinced me that the failure to college entrance【3】具体说明朋友对自己的帮助。强调examination should not be the end of my efforts and that I should句的运用不仅体现句式的多样性，pull myself together to give myself a second chance;otherwise,I还体现了朋友的重要性。would become a real loser.Thanks to such a frank friend as you,I restored myconfidence,and finally fulfilled my college dream.4]Thanks【4】再次表达感谢。again,from the bottom of my heart,my dear friend.Best wishes!Yours sincerely,Mary话题词汇：assist帮助ambulance救护车urgent紧急的downhearted情绪低落的，垂头丧气的wound使受伤selfless无私的emergency紧急情况gratitude感激四级2016年6月1Part IListening ComprehensionSection AQuestions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.You probably think college students are experts at sleeping,(1)but parties,preparations for tests,personalproblems and general stress can wreck a student's sleep habits,which can be bad for the body and the mind.Texas Tech University is even offering a class called Improving Your Sleep Habits.People suffering from sleeploss are at an increased risk from obesity,psychological problems and car crashes.Students who don't getenough sleep have poor attendance and lower grades.On top of all that,(2)a new study published in thejournal Learning and Memory finds you are probably better off sleeping than making last-minute preparationsfor a test.Two hundred college kids were taught to play some unfamiliar video games.Subjects who learned thegames in the morning lost some skills when they played again 12 hours later,but they did much better aftergetting a good night's sleep.So if you really want to do your job well,don't forget to get some sleep.答案详解1.What is the news report mainly about?2.What is the finding of the new study published inC)【精析】主旨大意题。新闻的主旨大意一般出现在the journal Learning and Memory?新闻的开头部分。新闻开头便提到，缺乏睡眠会影C)【精析)事实细节题。新闻中间部分提到，一项发响大学生的身心健康，接下来新闻又列举了具体的表于《学习与记忆》的新研究发现，与其在考试的最例子来证明这一观点。由此可知，本则新闻关注的后阶段复习还不如好好地睡一觉，也就是说，考试是为什么充足的睡眠对大学生非常重要。前最后的准备不如睡觉更高效。Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.Long queues,delayed flights and overcrowding at airports have become almost as much a topic forconversation in Britain as the traditional complaining about the weather.Meanwhile there are complaints thatpoor service at London's major airports is discouraging foreigners from doing business in Britain.Much of thecriticism is directed at the British Airports Authority,which runs seven major airports,including the three mainones serving London.(3)The Competition Commission is now to investigate whether the British AirportsAuthority needs to sell off some of its assets.The idea is that competition between rival operators would lead tobetter service at airports.(4)The British Airports Authority,recently bought by a Spanish company,says theroot cause of the problem is not the ownership structure but a lack of runway and terminal capacity,which it isaddressing through a program of heavy investment.答案详解3.What is the Competition Commission going toBritish airports according to the British Airportsinvestigate?Authority?B)【精析】事实细节题。新闻中明确提到，竞争委员D)【精析】细节辨认题。新闻最后提到，英国机场服会将要调查英国机场管理局是否需要出售一部分务不给力的根本原因不是产权结构，而是机场跑道它们的资产。的缺乏和终端容纳能力的不足。4.What is the root cause of the poor service atQuestions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.(5)Under the law in Massachusetts,tobacco companies have to measure the nicotine content of every typeof cigarette and report the results.The Department of Public Health in Boston gathers and carefully examines四级2016年6月2the figures and then draws its conclusions.A hundred and sixteen brands were looked at for this study.(6)Ninety-two were found to have higher nicotine yields than they did six years previously.The biggestincreases tended to be in brands that were popular with young smokers.That worries the department because ofthe addictive nature of nicotine.Stand Glance,a professor of medicine in San Francisco explains why."Theamount of nicotine that's delivered in every cigarette is 10%higher than it was six years ago,which means thatit is easier to get hooked and harder to quit.The big tobacco companies have always insisted that they are frankwith their customers about the dangers of smoking and provide them with enough detail to make an informeddecision.However,(7)none of them were prepared to comment on this study or discuss the detailed nicotinecontent of their products."答案详解5.What do tobacco companies have to do under the共卫生部的研究结果表明，92种烟草的尼古丁含law in Massachusetts?量比六年前的含量高了许多，而且尼古丁含量增幅D)【精析】事实细节题。新闻开头提到，根据马萨诸最大的烟草都是年轻吸烟者喜欢的牌子。塞州的法律，烟草公司必须测量每类烟草的尼古丁7.What do we learn from the news report about the含量并且公布调查结果。big tobacco companies?6.What do we learn from the study by theB)【精析】细节辨认题。新闻最后提到，这些大的烟Department of Public Health in Boston?草公司都没有准备好来评论这项调查，或者讨论他A)【精析】细节辨认题。新闻中间提到，波士顿的公们产品中的尼古丁的具体含量。Section BQuestions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.M:And you know,one thing that I want to ask you.It's great that you have had this experience of teaching inIndonesia and following up on what you just mentioned.What would you recommend for students who donot live in an English-speaking country?And,you know,they want to learn.I don't know about perfectingbut they want at least to be able to communicate decently.How can they go about this?W:Yeah,it's really hard.That's the real struggle because,right now,(8)I do live in Holland,but I reallydon't socialize much with Dutch people and my boyfriend's English is so good that we just basically speakEnglish all the time.So I have to make a real effort to practice.There is as much listening exposure as Iwant-all I have to do is turn on the TV.M:And reading also,right?W:Yeah,reading.There is plenty I can get to read and listen to.But for speaking,(10)there really is nosubstitute for trying to speak and use the language in a relaxed atmosphere.(9)So I think that's really thechallenge for people who live in a country where their target language isn't spoken.And for that,gosh,what would I do?If I didn't have people here,probably try to find a club?(11)In Sweden,they have areally cool system called Study Circles;well,it's not...it's like a course.But really,you just have a courseleader who is there,sort of,as a coach and guide and to help out,and you don't get grades,and you go justbecause you want to learn.答案详解8.Where does the woman live right now?9.What does the woman say is the real challenge?A)【精析】信息明示题。对话中女士明确提到自己住D)【精析】细节辨认题。对话中间部分女士提到，她在荷兰。认为真正的挑战是，语言学习者所生活的环境里面四级2016年6月3