2021 年 6 月 CET-4 真题及答案 1/15 2021年年6月大学英语四级月大学英语四级真题真题+答案答案范文范文(第第1套套)Part I Writing(30 minutes)Directions:For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay titled Are people becoming addicted to technology?The statement given below is for your reference.You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.Part II Listening Comprehension(25 minutes)听力原文及题目放在最后部分。听力原文及题目放在最后部分。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.Social isolation poses more health risks than obesity or smoking 15 cigarettes a day,according to research published by Brigham Young University.The 26 is that loneliness is a huge,if silent,risk factor.Loneliness affects physical health in two ways.First,it produces stress hormones that can lead to many health problems.Second,people who live alone are less likely to go to the doctor 27,to exercise or to eat a healthy diet.Public health experts in many countries are 28 how to address widespread loneliness in our society.Last year Britain even appointed a minister for loneliness.Loneliness 29 almost every one of us at some point,its minister for loneliness Baroness Barran said.It can lead to very serious health 30 for individuals who become isolated and disconnected.Barran started a Lets Talk Loneliness campaign that 31 difficult conversations across Britain.He is now supporting 32 benches,which are public seating areas where people are encouraged to go and chat with one another.The minister is also 33 to stop public transportation from being cut in ways that leave people isolated More than one-fifth of adults in both the United States and Britain said in a 2018 34 hat they often or always feel lonely.More than half of American adults are unmarried,and researchers have found that even among those who are married,30%of relationships are 35 strained.A quarter of Americans now live alone,and as the song says,one is the loneliest number.A)abruptly E)dimensions I)implication M)splitting B)appointments F)friendly J)pushing N)survey C)consequences G)hindered K)severely O)touches D)debating H)idiom L)sparked Section B Directions:In this section,you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it.Each statement 2021 年 6 月 CET-4 真题及答案 2/15 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 question by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.What happens when a language has no words for numbers?A Numbers do not exist in all cultures.There are numberless hunter-gatherers embedded deep in Amazonia,living along branches of the worlds largest river tree.Instead of using words for precise quantities,these people rely exclusively on terms analogous to“a few”or“some.”In contrast,our own lives are governed by numbers.As you read this,you are likely aware of what time it is,how old you are,your checking account balance,your weight and so on.The exact(and exacting)numbers we think with impact everything from our schedules to our self-esteem.B But,in a historical sense,numerically fixated people like us are the unusual ones.For the bulk of our species approximately 200,000-year lifespan,we had no means of precisely representing quantities.Whats more,the 7,000 or so languages that exist today vary dramatically in how they utilize numbers.C Speakers of a numeric,or numberless,languages offer a window into how the invention of numbers reshaped the human experience.In a new book,I explored the ways in which humans invented numbers,and how numbers subsequently played a critical role in other milestones,from the advent of agriculture to the genesis of writing.Cultures without numbers,or with only one or two precise numbers,include the Munduruku and Piraha in Amazonia.Researchers have also studied some adults in Nicaragua who were never taught number words.Without numbers,healthy human adults struggle to precisely differentiate and recall quantities as low as four.In an experiment,a researcher will place nuts into a can one at a time,then remove them one by one.The person watching is asked to signal when all the nuts have been removed.Responses suggest that anumeric people have some trouble keeping track of how many nuts remain in the can,even if there are only four or five in total.D This and many other experiments have converged upon a simple conclusion:When people do not have number words,they struggle to make quantitative distinctions that probably seem natural to so