2021年6月大学英语四级考试真题（二）答案与详解Part IWriting星火英语App扫码看视频结构框图：第1段引出话题，表明观点：科技让人变得懒惰吗？答案是肯定的。第2段具体论证“科技使人变懒”：有句名言说“懒惰推动了科技的进步”。Is technology making反过来，科技进步也让人变懒。使用题目中提供的科学研究证据进一步论证，people lazy?并作出解释。第3段得出结论并提出建议：科技让人变懒，人类需要注意不要成为科技的奴隶。范文点评：参考范文精彩点评Is technology making people lazy?[1]Is technology making people lazy?This is quite an【1】利用问句开篇引出话题，同时让读者interesting question many people might never think of.After产生兴趣。careful consideration,【2】my answer is“Yes.Technology is【2】提出论点：科技正在让人们变懒。making people lazy.”[31 A famous saying goes that laziness promotes the advances【3】用相关谚语增强文章的辨识度，脱颖of technology.In turn,advanced technology makes people而出。become lazier after replacing human beings to do what theyshould have done.[4]For example,with the help of robots,【4】用For example举例证明自己的观点。people can clean their houses without even moving their butts.With the advent of computers,the situation is going from bad toworse.[5]Many studies claim that computers distract people,【5】利用题目给出的科学证据增强说make them lazy thinkers and even lower their work efficiency.服力。Maybe that's why many people are hopping from one website toanother,having no idea of what they are doing.[6]To conclude,technology makes people lazy.Mankind【6】得出结论并提出建议。need to be aware of not becoming the slave of technology.话题词汇：driverless car无人驾驶汽车innovation创新double-edged sword双刃剑initiate开始实施，发起take advantage of..,利用…laboratory实验室prevalent流行的，普遍的be willing to..愿意…reveal揭露；显露hand over to machines移交给机器四级2021年6月32leisure空闲，闲暇ethical关于伦理的ridiculous荒唐的，可笑的security安全工作；保障laborious费劲的，耗时费力的lifestyle生活方式Part I星火英语AppListening Comprehension扫码看视频Section AQuestions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.(2)An 81-year-old man ended up in Germany by accident after trying to get from Newcastle,GreatBritain,to Rome,Italy.(1)The old age pensioner was on a mission to see the Pope,who is head of the Catholic Church,anddecided to make his way there by car.He was surprised when his GPS system told him he had arrived,although there were no signs of any of thefamous buildings or architecture.The man parked but didn't put on the handbrake of his car properlyHis car rolled backwards,and in a striking display of irony,hit a sign saying "Rom"-the small town inNorth Germany he had mistakenly plugged into the GPS system.Police said that the car had come to a halt after hitting the sign,but did not appear to be seriouslydamaged,although an ambulance was called to check on the pensioner.The man,who lives in the UK and is originally Italian,might have been confused by the fact that Rome iswritten“Roma”in Italian and“Rom”in German,答案详解1.What did the old age pensioner plan to do?2.What finally happened to the old man?A)【精析】细节辨认题。新闻开头指出，一名81岁的D)【精析】细节辨认题。新闻开头提到，老人试图从老人试图从英国纽卡斯尔去意大利罗马，他是为了英国纽卡斯尔去意大利罗马，却最终意外地到了德去见天主教会的教皇。因此，答案为A)。国。由此可知，他最终到错了地方，故答案为D)。Questions 3 and 4'are based on the news report you have just heard.(3)Glasgow has pledged to become the first carbon neutral city in the UK.The city's council andScottishPower have announced a range of strategies in an attempt to reduce carbon emissions ahead of the newnational target of 2045.First Minister Nicola Sturgeon welcomed the pledge.and said:"Today's announcement betweenScottishPower and Glasgow City Council-to make Glasgow the UK's first net-zero city-is a very welcomestep.Reaching our goals will need exactly this kind of partnership approach-with government,business,localauthorities and citizens all playing their part."(4)Speaking ahead of the All Energy Conference being held in Glasgow,ScottishPower chief executiveKeith Anderson said:"We have a large supply of renewable energy on our doorstep and one of the only two lowemission zones in action across the UK.Now,we need to invest in the technologies and programmes thattransform the rest of Glasgow's economy and make us net zero before anyone else.3.What do we learn from the news report?ahead of the All Energy Conference?C)【精析】细节辨认题。新闻开头提到，格拉斯哥承A)【精析】细节辨认题。新闻中提到，苏格兰电力公诺要成为英国第一个碳中和城市，并通过一系列的司的首席执行官在能源大会之前提出他们需要投措施减少碳排放。因此，答案为C)。资技术和项目来实现格拉斯哥其他地区的经济转4.What did ScottishPower's chief executive say型。因此，答案为A)。Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.(5-1)A Japanese IT firm has officially introduced an "office cat"policy to combat the stressful environmentof the workplace.四级2021年6月33A total of nine furry friends freely wander around in the office and do whatever their little hearts desire.(5-2)Hidenobu Fukuda,who heads the firm,introduced the pet policy,upon request from one of hisemployees,allowing staff to bring their own cats to work.Employee Eri Ito is grateful for their animals'comforting ways."Cats are sleeping just beside us.It'shealing."she said.(6)Not only does Fukuda encourage bringing cats to the job,but he also encourages hisemployees to rescue cats from overpopulated shelters or streets.He gives 5,000 yen,about 45 US dollars amonth to those who rescue a cat.While the positives are many,there are still some obstacles."Sometimes a cat will walk on a phone and cutoff the call,or they shut down the computers by walking onto the off switch."Ito says(7)Still,cats in the workplace have been a tremendous success for the company.The policy has led tovarious other companies doing the same.5.What do we learn from the news report about the工带着猫工作，还鼓励员工从动物数量过多的动物Japanese IT firm?收容所或大街上救助猫。此处在收容所和大街上B)【精析】细节辨认题。新闻开头提到，日本一家T的猫都可以理解为无家可归的猫，因此答案为B)。公司正式推出了一项“办公室猫”政策，以改善紧张7.What does the news report say about the firm's的工作环境。根据这一政策，这家公司允许员工把policy？自己的猫带进办公室，因此答案为B)。C)【精析】细节辨认题。新闻最后肯定了“办公室猫”6.What does Fukuda encourage his employees政策的积极影响，认为带猫上班对于公司来说是一to do?项巨大的成功，其他公司也纷纷效仿这一政策，因B)【精析】细节推断题。新闻中提到福田不仅鼓励员此答案为C)。Section BQuestions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.M:(8-1)Has Jimmy been coming in lately?W:No,I haven't seen him around.Why?Has he been causing any trouble?M:Not that I know of.(8-2)But I need to see him,because my friends and I lent him some money last month.We haven't heard from him since.I heard he comes here a lot,so I thought I'd come in and checkwith you.W:Well,that's funny.Some other fellow came in asking for Jimmy just yesterday,(9)a real nervous,pushytype of fellow,saying he needed Jimmy for some study project they were working on.But I can't quiteremember what it was all about.Is this a lot of money we're talking about here?M:No,just 60 pounds between the three of us,but still a bit too much to just let go.(10)He told us he'd gotinto an accident.Nothing serious,mind you,but he damaged someone's car and wanted to get some moneytogether to make up for the damage he'd caused.W:Hmm,isn't that sort of thing usually.covered by insurance?And then,if you still wanted to give money assome sort of apology or something,he probably shouldn't have to go around borrowing it from people.M:You think Jimmy's just making it all up?See,I did think it was a bit weird for him to be'asking for moneyfor that sort of thing.And his story was a bit vague to begin with.(11)But I thought maybe he doesn't wanthis parents to know about what happened.So he'd rather come to us and keep things quiet.Anyway,Jimmy is a good guy.So we didn't make a fuss about it.答案详解8.What does the man want to do?9.What do we learn about the man who came to seeA)【精析】细节推断题。对话开头，男士向女士询问the woman yesterday?吉米的下落，并向女士解释自己和朋友借给吉米一B)【箱析】细节辨认题。对话中，女士了解男士的来些钱，但是已经一个月没有他的消息了。由此可意后，向他提起昨天也有人来找吉米，那个人和吉知，男士是在找吉米，因此答案为A)。米正在做一个研究项目，因此答案为B)。四级2021年6月34