2013年6月大学英语四级考试真题（标准卷）Totalscore:710Totaltimeallowed:125minutes特注：2013年6月大学四级考试采用多题多卷形式，本试卷含两套写作题，考生可以任选其一。PartIWriting(多题多卷写作题1)(30minutes)Directions：Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessay.Youshouldstartyouressaywithabriefdescriptionofthepictureandthenexpressyourviewsontheimportanceofdoingsmallthingsbeforeundertakingsomethingbig.Youshouldwriteatleast120wordsbutnomorethan180words.ITyoucantn*Tvihedluslbiritlad.Im玄blrworriedhert.回chig昭whifuqPartIWriting(多题多卷写作题2)(30minutes)Directions:Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessay.Youshouldstartyouressaywithabriefdescriptionofthepictureandthenexpressyourviewsontheimportanceofreadingliterature.Youshouldwriteatleast120wordsbutnomorethan180words.JustthinkofitasifyouVereaSingalongreKt-message.PartIIReadingComprehension（SkimmingandScanning）（15minutes）Directions:Inthispart,youwillhave15minutestogooverthepassagequicklyandanswerthequestionsonAnswerSheet1.Forquestions1-7,choosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA）,B）,C）andD）.Forquestions8-10,completethesentenceswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage.CanDigitalTextbookTrulyReplacethePrintKind?Theshortcomingsoftraditionalprinteditiontextbooksareobvious:Forstarterstheyreheavy,withtheaveragephysicstextbookweighing3.6pounds.Theyrealsoexpensive,especiallywhenyoufactorintheaveragecollegestudentslimitedbudget,typicallycostinghundredsofdollarseverysemester.Buttheworstpartisthatprintversionoftextbooksareconstantlyundergoingrevisions.Manyprofessorsrequirethattheirstudentsuseonlythelatestversionsintheclassroom,essentiallyrenderingoldertextsunusable.Forstudents,itmeanstheyrebasicallystuckwithafourpoundpaper-weightthattheycantsellback.Whichiswhydigitaltextbooks,iftheyliveuptotheirpromise,couldhelpeasemanyoftheseshortcomings.Buttillnow,theyvebeensomethinglikeamirage（幻影）inthedistance,morelikeahazy（模糊的）dreamthananactualreality.Imaginethepromise:Carryingallyourtextbooksina1.3poundiPad?Itsoundsalmosttoogoodtobetrue.Butthereareafewpilotschoolsalreadymakingthetransition（过渡）overtodigitalbooks.UniversitieslikeCornellandBrownhavejumpedonboard.AndonemedicalprogramattheUniversityofCalifornia,Irvine,gavetheirentireclassiPadswithwhichtodownloadtextbooksjustlastyear.Butnotallwereeagertojumpaboard.“PeopleweretiredofusingtheiPadtextbookbesidesusingitforreading,”saysKalpitShah,whowillbegoingintohissecondyearatIrvinesmedicalprogramthisfall.“Theywerentusingitasasourceofcommunicationbecausetheycouldntreadorwriteinit.SoathirdofthepeopleinmyprogramwereusingtheiPadinclasstotakenotes,theotherthirdwereusinglaptopsandthelastthirdwereusingpaperandpencil.”Thereasonithasntcaughtonyet,hetellsme,isthatthefunctionalityofe-editiontextbooksisincrediblylimited,andsomestudentsjustarentmotivatedtolearnnewstudybehavior.ButanewapplicationcalledInklingmightchangeallthat.Thecompanyjustreleasedanupdatedversionlastweek,anditllbeutilizedinover50undergraduateandgraduateclassroomsthiscomingschoolyear.“Digitaltextbooksarenotgoingtocatchon,”saysInklingCEOMattMaclnnisashesgivingmeademo（演示）overcoffee.“WhatImeanbythatisthecurrentperspectiveofthedigitaltextbookisitsanexactcopyoftheprintbook.TheresCourseSmart,etc.,theseguyswhotakeanyimageofthepageandputitonascreen.Ifthatshowweredefiningdigitaltextbooks,theresnohopeofthatbecomingamainstreamproduct.”HecallsInklingaplatformforpublisherstobuildrichmultimediacontentfromthegroundup,withaheavyemphasisonreal-worldfunctionality.Thetraditionaltextbookmerelyservesasaskeleton.AtfirstglanceInklingisanimpressiveexperience.Afterswiping（敲击）intotheiPadapp（应用软件）,whichyoucangetforfreehere,heopensupafewdifferenttypesoftextbooks.Upfirstisachemistrybook.Theboottimeisprettyfast,andhenavigatesthrough（浏览）afewchaptersbeforeswipingintoafullyrendered3Dmoleculethatcanbespunaroundtoviewitsvariousbuildingblocks.“Publishersgiveusallofthesourcemedia,artwork,videos,”hesays,“Wehelpthemthinkthroughhowtoactuallybuildsomethingforthisplatform.”Nexthepullsupamusiccompositiontextbook,completewithplayabledemos.Itsalearningexperiencethatattacksyoufrommultiplesensorydirections.Itsclearwhythiswouldbesomethingamusicmajorwouldlove.ButthemostexcitingpartaboutInkling,tome,isitsnotation(批注)system.Hereshowitworks!Whenyoupurchaseausedprintbook,itcomeswithitspreviousownershighlightsandnotesinthemargins.Itusestheexperienceofsomeonewhoalreadywentthroughtheclasstohelpimproveyourreading(howmuchyoutrusteachnotationisobviouslyuptoyou).Butwithlnkling,youcanhighlightapieceofcontentandmakenotes.Hereswherethingsgetinteresting,though:Ifaparticularlyimportantpassageishighlightedbymultiplelnklingusers,thatinformationisstoredonthecloudandisavailableforanyonereadingthesametextbooktocomeacross.ThatmeansusershaveaccesstonotesfromnotonlytheirclassmatesandFacebookfriends,butanyonewhopurchasedthebookacrossthecountry.Thebestcommentsarethensorteddemocraticallybyavotingsystem,meaningthatyoursociallearningexperienceissharedwiththebestandbrightestthinkers.Asabonus,professorscanevenchimein(插话)ondiscussions.T