2024年6月大学英语四级真题解析及参考答案
Part I Writing (30 minutes) Directions: For this part , you are allowed 30 minutes to write a news report to youicampus newspaper。n a volunteer activity organized by your Student Union to
assist elderly people in the neighborhood . You should write at least 120 words but no more tha n180
words. 【参考范文】 On June 14, Friday, a volunteer activity where many students took an active part in visiting
the local Nursing House was organized by the Student Union and it turns
out to be a big success.
The activity was aimed at en couragi ng stude nts to visit students volunteered to participate in this good deed and were
engaged in helping the elderly here out by making their meals, washing their clothes and chatting with them. When asked about those volunteers ' feelings about such an experienee, all of them responded with a smile, saying and I really appreciate this experienee, in n eed. ”
All in all, the activity turns out to be a success not only for the visited elderly but for those stude nts in volved.
【参考范文译文】
6月14日，星期五，学生会组织了一个参观当地敬老院的志愿活动，许多学生都积极参与 其中，该活动取得了巨大的成功。
此次志愿活动旨在拜访当地敬老院的老人们并对他们各个方面的困难提供帮助。
许多学生主
“what a wonderful practice
for it makes melearn to care more for others
the elderly at the Nursi ng
House and help elderly people deal with their troubles both physical and psychological. Many
动加入到此次善举当中， 帮老人们洗衣做饭、 谈心解闷，竭尽所能提供帮助。问及参与此次 活动的感想时，他们毫无例外地回道 “真是太有意义了， 很感谢这次经历，它让我懂得要去 更加关爱那些有困难的人”
总而言之，此次活动取得了巨大成功， 不仅仅对那些老人来说受益多多， 说也是意义良多。
对于参与的学生来
Part III
Reading Comprehension (40 minutes) Section A
The center of American automobile innovation has in the past decade moved 2,000 miles away. It has 26 from Detroit to Silic on Valley, where self-drivi ng vehicles are coming into life.
In a 27 to take product ion back to Detroit, Michiga n lawmakers have in troduced 28 that could make their state the best place in the country, if not the world, to develop self-driving vehicles and put them on the road.
Michigan 29 sin auto research and development is under attack from several states and coun tries which desire to 30 our leadership in tran sportati on. We can ,” tseyhappalor Mike Kowall, the lead 31 of four bills rece ntly in troduced.
If all four bills pass as written, they would 32 a substantial update of Michigan
that allowed the test ing of self-drivi ng vehicles in limited con diti ons. Manu facturer would have
s 2013 law
n early total freedom to test their self-drivi ng tech no logy on public roads. They would be allowed to send groups of self-drivi ng cars on cross-state road trips, and even set on-dema nd 33 of self-driving cars, like the one General Motors and Lyft are building.
Lawmakers in Michiga n clearly want to make the state ready for the commercial applicati on of self-driv ing tech no logy .In drivi ng tech no logy.
A) bid B) contrast C) deputy D) dominance E) fleets F) knots G) legislation J) represent k) restrictive L) reward M) significant N) sponsor O) transmitted 【参考答案】26-30 HAGDI31-35 NJEBK I) replace
34 , California, home of Silic on Valley, recen tly proposed far
more 35 rules that would require human drivers be ready to take the wheel, and commercial use of self-
Section B
How Work Will Cha nge When Most of Us Live to 100
A. Today in the Un ited States there are 72,000
centen aria ns (百岁老人).Worldwide,
Probably 450,000. If current trends continue, then by 2050 there will be more than a million in the USalone. According to the work of Professor James Vaupel and his co-researchers, 50% of babies born in the US in 2007 have a life
expectancy of 104 or more. Broadly the same holds for the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Canada, and for Japan
50% of 2007 babies can expect to live to 107.
B. Understandably, there are concerns about what this means for public finances given the associated
health and pension challenges. These challenges are real, and society urge ntly n eeds to address them. But it is also importa nt to look
at the wider picture of what happe ns whe n so many people live for 100 years. It is a mistake to simply equate
Ion gevity (长寿)with issues of old age. Lon ger
lives have implicati ons for all of life, not just the end of it.
C. Our view is that if many people are livi ng for Ion ger, and are healthier for
Ion ger, the n this will result in an in evitable redesig n of work and life. When people live Ion ger, they are not only older for Ion ger, but also youn ger for Ion ger. There is some truth in the say ing that
70 is the new 60
” or 40
the new 30. ” If you age more slowly over a Ion ger time period, the n you are in some sense youn ger for Ion ger.
D. But the changes go further than that. Take, for instanee, the age at which
people make commitments such as buying a house, getting married, having childre n, or starti ng a career. These are all fun dame ntal commitme nts that are now occurri ng later in life .In 1962, 50% of America ns were married by age 21. By 2014, that milestone (里程碑)had shifted to age 29.
E. While there are numerous factors behind these shifts, one factor is surely
a grow ing realizati on for the young that they are going to live Ion ger. Opti ons are more valuable the Ion ger they can be held. So if you believe you will live Ion ger, the n optio ns become more valuable, and
early commitme nt becomes less
attractive. The result is that the commitments that previously characterized the begi nning of adulthood are now being delayed, and new patter ns of behavior and a new stage of life are emerging for those in their twenties.
F. Longevity also pushes back the age of retirement, and not only for financial
reas ons. Yes, uni ess people are prepared to save a lot more, our calculati ons suggest that if you
are now in your mid-40s, then you are likely
your late 70s or possibly even into your 80s. But even
to work until
your early 70s; and if you are in your early 20s, there is a real cha nee you will need to work untilif people are able to economically support a retirement at 65, over thirty years of pote ntial in activity is harmful to
vitality. Many people may simply not want to do it.
cog nitive (认知的)and emoti onal
G. And yet that does not mean that simply extending our careers is appealing.
Just lengthening
that second stage of full-time work may secure the financial
assets n eeded for a 100-year life, but such persiste nt work will in evitably exhaust precious intan gible assets such as productive skills, vitality, happ in ess, and frien dship.
H. The same is true for education. It is impossible that a single shot of education, adm ini stered in
childhood and early adulthood, will be able to support a
susta in ed, 60-year career. If you factor in the projected rates of tech no logical cha nge, either your skills will become unn ecessary, or your in dustry outdated. That means that every one will, at some point in their life, have to make a number of major reinvestments in their skills.
A. It seems likely,
the n, that the traditi onal three-stage life will evolve in to
multiple stages containing two, three, or oven more differe nt careers. Each of these stages could
pote ntially be differe nt. I n one the focus could be on building financial success and personal achievement, in another on creating a better work/life balanee, still another on exploring and understanding options more fully, or becoming an independent producer, yet another on making a social Contribution. cities, and provide
These stages will span sectors, take people to different Foun dati on for buildi ng a wide variety of skills.
J) Transitions between stages could be marked with sabbaticals (休假) as people find tim rest and recharge their health, re-i nvest in their relati on ships, or improve
their skills. At times, t hese breaks an d tran siti ons will be self-determ in ed, at others they will be forced as existing roles, firms, or industries cease to exist.
K) A multi-stage life will have profo und cha nges not just in how you man age your career, but also in your approach to life. An increasingly important skill will be your ability to deal with change and even welcome it. A three-stage life has few transitions, while a multi-stage life has many.
That is why being self-aware, in vesti ng in broader n etworks of frien ds, and being ope n to new ideas will become eve n more crucial skills. L)
extraordinary
more possible seque nces.
M) With this variety will come the end of the close association of age and stage. I n a three-stage life, people leave uni versity at the same time and the same age, they tend to start their careers and family at the same age, they proceed through middle management all roughly the same time, and then move into retireme nt with in a few years of each other. I n a multi-stage life, you could be an un dergraduate at 20, 40, or 60; a man ager at 30, 50, or 70; and become an in depe ndent producer at any age.
N） Current life structures, career paths, educational choices, and social norms are out of tune with the emerg ing reality of Ion ger lifespa ns. The three-stage life of full-time educati on, followed by con ti nu ous
These multi-stage lives will create variety across groups of people simply
because there are so many ways of seque ncing the stages. More stages mean
2024年6月大学英语四级真题及参考答案(第一套)(20240629132408)
