2019年12月大学英语四级真题长阅读（第一套）

2019年12月14日，大学英语四级笔试考试已经结束，各位考生对本次四级考试的做题感觉如何呢？ 文都四六级 英语老师在考后及时为大家整理2019年12月大学英语四级真题长阅读(第一套)，希望大家都能够顺利通过本次四级考试。

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.

A South Korean city designed for the future takes on a life of its own

A) Getting around a city is one thing — and then there’s the matter of getting from one city to another. One vision of the perfect city of the future: a place that offers easy access to air travel.

In 2011, a University of North Carolina business professor named John Kasarda published a book called Aerotropolis: The Way We’ll Live Next. Kasarda says future cities should be built intentionally around or near airports. The idea, as he has put it, is to offer businesses “rapid, long-distance connectivity on a massive scale.”

B) “The 18th century really was a waterborne (水运的) century, the 19th century a rail century. the 20th century a highway, car, truck century一and the 21st century will increasingly be an aviation century, as the globe becomes increasingly connected by air,” Kasarda says. Songdo, a city built from scratch in South Korea, is one of Kasarda’s prime examples. It has existed for just a few years.“ From the get-go, it was designed on the basis of connectivity and competitiveness,”says Kasada. “The government built the bridge directly from the airport to the Songdo International Business District. And the surface infrastructure was built in tandem with the new airport .”

C) Songdo is a stone’s throw from South Korea’s Incheon Airport, its main international hub (枢纽). But it takes a lot more than a nearby airport to be a city of the future. Just building a place as an “international business district” doesn’t mean it will become one. Park Yeon Soo conceived (构想) this city of the future back in 1986. He considers Songdo his baby. “I am a visionary,” he says. Thirty years after he imagined the city, Park’s baby is close to 70 percent built, with 36.000 people living in the business district and 90,000 residents in greater Songdo. It’s about an hour outside Seoul, built on reclaimed tidal flats along the Yellow Sea, There’s a Coast Guard building and a tall trade tower, as well as a park, golf course and university.

D) Chances are you’ve actually seen this place. Songdo appears in the most famous music video ever to come ou of South Korea. “Gangnam Style” refers to the fashionable Gangnam district in Seoul. But some of the video was filmed in Songdo.“I don’t know if you remember, there was a scene in a subway station. That was not Gangnam. That was actually Songdo,” says Jung Won Son, a professor of urban development at London’s Bartlett School of Planning, “Part of the reason to shoot there is that it’s new and nice.”

E) The city was supposed to be a hub for global companies, with employees from all over the world. But hat’s not how it has turned out. Songdo’s reputation is as a futuristic ghost town. But the reality is more complicated. A bridge with big, light-blue loops leads into the business district. In the center of the main road, there’s a long line of flags of the world. On the corner, there’s a Starbucks and a 7-Eleven--all of the international brands that you see all over the world nowadays.

F) The city is not empty. There are mothers pushing strollers, old women with walkers -- even in the middle of the day. when it’s 90 degrees out. Byun Young-Jin chairs the Songdo real estate association and started selling property here when the first phase of the city opened in 2005. He says demand has boomed in the past couple of years. Most of his clients are Korean. In fact, the developer says, 99 percent of the homes here are sold to Koreans. Young families move here because the schools are great. And that’s the problem: Songdo has become a popular Korean city 一more popular as a residential area than a business one. It’s not yet the futuristic international business hub that planners imagined. “It’s a great place to live. And it’s becoming a great place to work,” says Scott Summers, the vice president of Gale International, the developer of the city. The floor-to-ceiling windows of his company’s offices overlook Songdo Central Park, with a c**** full of kayaks and paddle boats. Shimmering (闪烁的)glass towers line the c****’s edge.

G) “What’s happened is, because we focused on creating that quality of life first, which enabled the residents to live here, what has probably missed the mark is for companies to locate here,” he says. “There needs to be strong economic incentives.” The city is still unfinished, and it feels a bit like a theme park. It doesn’t feel all that futuristic. There’s a high-tech underground trash disposal system. Buildings are environmentally friendly. Everybody’s television set is connected to a system that streams personalized language or exercise classes.

H) But Star Trek this is not. And to some of the residents, Songdo feels hollow. “I’m, like, in prison for weekdays. That’s what we call it in the workplace,” says a woman in her 20s. She doesn’t want to use her name for fear of being fired from her job. She goes back to Seoul every weekend. “I say I’m prison-breaking on Friday nights.” But she has to make the prison break in her own car. There’s no high-speed train connecting Songdo to Seoul, just over 20 miles away.

I) The man who first imagined Songdo feels frustrated. too. Park says he built South Korea a luxury vehicle, “like Mercedes or BMW. It’s a good car now. But we’re waiting for a good driver to accelerate.”

But there are lots of other good cars out there, too. The world is dotted with futuristic, high-tech cities trying to attract the biggest international companies

J) Songdo’s backers contend that it’s still early, and business space is filling up—about 70 percent of finished offices are now occupied. Brent Ryan, who teaches urban design at MIT, says Songdo proves a universal principle. “There have been a lot of utopian (乌托邦的) cities in history. And the reason we don’t know about a lot of them is that a lot of them have vanished entirely.” In other words, when it comes to cities—or anything else—it is hard to predict the future.

36. Songdo’s popularity lies more in its quality of life than its business attraction.

37. The man who conceives Songdo feels disappointed because it has fallen short of his expectations.

38. A scene in a popular South Korean music video was shot in Songdo.

39. Songdo still lacks the financial stimulus for businesses to set up shop there.

40. Airplanes will increasingly become the chief means of transportation, according to a professor.

41. Songdo has ended up different from the city it was supposed to be.

42. Some of the people who work in Songdo complain about boredom in the workplace.

43. A business professor says that a future city should have easy access to international transportation.

44. Acording to an urban design professor, it is difficult for city designers to foresee what happen in the future.

45. Park Yeon So. Who envisioned Songdo, feels a parental connection with the city.

以上就是文都四六级英语老师为大家整理的2019年12月大学英语四级真题长阅读(第一套)，希望大家都能够顺利通过此次的四级考试！

2017年6月大学英语四级翻译真题附参考答案

2017年6月英语四级考试在6月17日上午进行，你考的怎么样了?下面我为大家带来2017年6月英语四级翻译及译文，希望可以为大家带来帮助。

2017年6月英语四级翻译答案试卷一：珠江

【题目】

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5,700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。

【参考译文】

The Pearl River, an extensive river system in southern China, flows through Guangzhou City. It is China’s third-longest river which is only after the Yangtze River and the Yellow River. The Pearl River Delta (PRD) is one of the most developed regions in China with an area of about 11,000 square kilometers. It is the largest urban area in the world in both size and population. The nine largest cities of PRD have a population of over 57 million in total. Since China's reform and openness was adopted by the Chinese government in the late 1970s, the Delta has become one of the leading economic regions and a major manufacturing center of China and the world.

【部分结构翻译】

河系：river system;

珠江三角洲：The Pearl River Delta;

城市聚集区：the largest urban area;

中国改革开放：China's reform and openness;

长江：the Yangtze River;

中国最发达的地区之一：one of the most developed regions in China;

2017年6月英语四级翻译答案试卷二：长江

【题目】

长江是亚洲最长、世界上第三长的河流。长江流经多种不同的生态系统，是诸多濒危物种的栖息地，灌溉了中国五分之一的土地。长江流域(river basin)居住着中国三分之一的人口。长江在中国历史、 文化 和经济上起着很大的作用。长江三角洲(delta)产出多达20%的中国国民生产总值。几千年来，长江一直被用于供水、运输和工业生产。长江上还坐落着世界上最大的水电站。

【参考译文】

The Yangtze River is the longest river in Asia and the third longest one in the world. Flowing through many different ecosystems, it is the habitat for a whole host of endangered species and irrigates one fifth of the land in China. One third of Chinese population live in the Yangtze river basin. The Yangtze river plays an important role in the history, culture and economy of China and contributes to as much as 20 percent of the Gross National Product of China. It has been used for water supply, transportation and industrial production for several thousand years. Also, on the Yangtze river lies the largest hydropower station in the world.

2017年6月英语四级翻译答案试卷三：黄河

【题目】

黄河是亚洲第三、世界第六长的河流。“黄”这个字描述的是其河水浑浊的颜色。黄河发源于青海，流经九个省份，最后注入渤海。黄河是中国赖以生存的几条河流之一。黄河流域(river basin)是中国古代文明的诞生地，也是中国早期历史上最繁荣的地区。然而，由于极具破坏力的洪水频发，黄河曾造成多次灾害。在过去几十年里，政府采取了各种 措施 防止灾害发生。

【参考译文】

The Yellow River is the third longest in Asia and the sixth longest in the world. The word “yellow” describes the perennial color of the muddy water. Originating in Qinghai province, the Yellow River flows through nine provinces and finally empties into the Bohai Sea. It is one of several rivers for China to live on. Its basin was the birth place of ancient Chinese civilization and the most prosperous region in early Chinese history. However, because of the frequent devastating floods, the river has caused many disasters. In the past few decades, the government has taken various measures to prevent disasters.

【试题评析】

今年的大学英语四级翻译真题从选材上来看继续延续了之前的出题风格，依然是和中国特色及 传统文化 有关。去年的四级翻译真题就考过“黄色的象征”，“在中国文化中，黄颜色是一种很重要的颜色，因为它具有独特的象征意义。”从 句子 翻译的难度上看，四级对翻译能力的考查注重的是基本能力，没有太复杂的结构，比如大家很熟悉的not only... but also 的并列不就又出现了嘛!还有，遇到多个汉语谓宾结构时要注意分词结构的使用，这一直是语法当中要求要掌握的重点。所以之后备考大学英语四六级的同学们一定要好好学习历年英语四六级真题，因为会出现重复题材或者重复句型结构哦!

点击下一页阅读“2017年6月大学英语四级翻译技巧”

2018年12月大学英语四级真题作文解析

2018年12月大学英语四级考试刚刚结束，相信同学们对咱们的写作话题还记忆犹新。这次的四级作文共有三个话题，且都是要求围绕着“挑战”进行书写。整体难度较去年来看，难度不大。接下来，文都四六级辅导老师将四级的三个作文给大家进行一下剖析。

【四级写作话题】

四级写作话题有三个。如下：

[if !supportLists]1. [endif]毕业后创业面临的挑战（the challenges of starting a career after graduation）

[if !supportLists]2. [endif]出国留学面临的挑战（the challenges of studying abroad）

[if !supportLists]3. [endif]在大城市生活面临的挑战（the challenges of living in a big city）

以上三个话题中的单词较简单，虽然大部分学生应该还是能读懂题目，但是还是有个别学生错把挑战（challenges）当做了改变（changes），把事业（career）看错成癌症（cancer），这样的话就跑题了。

【四级写作话题思路】

话题1：

毕业后有的学生会选择创业，在创业方面面临的挑战分为以下三点。第一，缺乏资金。第二，缺乏经验。第三，如果威胁到现有企业的利益，会遭到现有企业的阻挠。

话题2：

出国留学面临的挑战，可以从以下三方面进行阐述。首先，对于外国的文化或者风俗不了解，无法融入当地的生活或者学习群体。其次，语言障碍导致无法与人正常沟通。最后，如果有什么问题或者意外发生，就会感到孤立无援。

话题3：

在大城市生活主要面临的挑战，可以从以下三方面进行着手。首先，大城市的房价过高，大部分人负担不起，每月租房住，日常花销大。然后，大城市公司要求高，员工工作压力大。最后，在大城市生活，如果身边没有朋友，会很孤独。

【四级写作话题可用句型】

开头：

1With the rapid growth of ......, more and more people choose to .......Nowadays, it is commonly believed that ....... will provides them with many opportunities, but I wonder that people who ........ are facing more challenges.

2Against the backdrop of an era characterized with opportunities, the living pressures of people has been improved. Nowadays, every individual who....... faces various challenges.

中间:

1There are numerous challenges of ......, and I would explore only three challenges here.

The first challenge is that ......

The second one is that the ......

The last one is that......

2As far as I am concerned, there are three main challenges of.......

First of all,......

In addition,......

At last but not least,......

结尾：

1Based on the points discussed above, we may reasonably draw the conclusion that there are many challenges of......Dealing with the challenges is not different from conquering a great mountain; both of us require determination, courage, and perseverance.

2 All in all, there is no doubt that people who...... are in front of many challenges. It is the critical time that the government/the society/ we took effective actions to cope with these challenges.

历年大学英语四级作文真题及范文汇总

1、Many?people?insist?that...?很多人（坚持）认为……

2、A?lot?of?people?seem?to?think?that...?很多人似乎认为……

1、Taking?all?these?factors?into?consideration,?we?naturally?come?to?the?conclusion?that...?把所有这些因素加以考虑，我们自然会得出结论……

1、It?is?high?time?that?we?put?an?end?to?the?（trend）.?该是我们停止这一趋势的时候了。

2、It?is?time?to?take?the?advice?of?...?and?to?put?special?emphasis?on?the?improvement?of?...?该是采纳……的建议，并对……的进展给予非常重视的时候了。

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英语四级一年多少套真题卷

英语四级试卷有三套。

英语四级题库是3套，排列组合成不同的卷子。同一个考场里的听力是一样的，选项的顺序有可能不同。大学英语四级有三套试卷的目的在于希望使考试更加公平，更加合理。

从2012年12月起，很多省市开始采用“多卷多题”的形式进行四六级考试。此举的目的在于希望使考试更加公平，更加合理。

大学英语四级考试，即CET-4，是由国家教育部高等教育司主持的全国性英语考试。考试的主要对象是根据教育大纲修完大学英语四级的在校专科生、本科生或研究生。大学英语四、六级标准化考试自1986年末开始筹备，1987年正式实施。