【正文】 he United States. 注意：此部分試題請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡2上作答。 56. What does the latest congressional report suggest?A) STEMrelated subjects help students find jobs in the information society.B) The humanities and STEM subjects should be given equal importance.C) The liberal arts in higher education help enrich students’ spiritual life.D) Higher education should be adjusted to the practical needs of society. 57. What is the main concern of students when they choose a major?A) Their interest in relevant subjects.B) The academic value of the courses.C) The quality of education to receive.D) Their chances of getting a good job. 58. What does the author say about the so called soft subjects?A) The benefit students in their future life.B) They broaden students’ range of interests.C) They improve students’ munication skills.D) They are essential to students’ healthy growth. 59. What kind of job applicants do employers look for?A) Those who have a strong sense of responsibility.B) Those who are good at solving practical problems.C) Those who are likely to bee innovative leaders.D) Those who have received a wellrounded education.60. What advice does the author give to college students? A) Seize opportunities to tap their potential. B) Try to take a variety of practical courses. C) Prepare themselves for different job options. D) Adopt a flexible approach to solving problems. Passage TwoQuestions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage.Energy independence. It has a nice ring to it. Doesn’t it? If you think so, you’re not alone, because energy independence has been the dream of American president for decades, and never more so than in the past few years, when the most recent oil price shock has been partly responsible for kicking off the great recession.“Energy independence” and its rhetorical (修辭的) panion “energy security” are, however, slippery concepts that are rarely though through. What is it we want independence from, exactly?Most people would probably say that they want to be independent from imported oil. But there are reasons that we buy all that old from elsewhere.The first reason is that we need it to keep our economy running. Yes, there is a trickle（涓涓細(xì)流）of biofuel（生物燃料）available, and more may bee available, but most biofuels cause economic waste and environmental destruction.Second, Americans have basically decided that they don’t really want to produce all their own oil. They value the environmental quality they preserve over their oil imports from abroad. Vast areas of the United States are offlimits to oil exploration and production in the name of environmental protection. To what extent are Americans really willing to endure the environmental impacts of domestic energy production in order to cut back imports?Third, there are benefits to trade. It allows for economic efficiency, and when we buy things from places that have lower production costs than we do, we benefit. And although you don’t read about this much, the United States is also a large exporter of oil products, selling about 2 million barrels of petroleum products per day to about 90 countries.There is no question that the United States imports a great deal of energy and, in fact, relies on that steady flow to maintain its economy. When that flow is interrupted, we feel the pain in short supplies and higher prices, At the same time, we derive massive economic benefits when we buy the most affordable energy on the world market and when we engage in energy trade around the world.注意：此部分試題請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡2上作答。　61. What does the author say about energy independence for America?A) It sounds very attractive. B) It ensures national security. C) It will bring oil prices downD) It has long been everyone’s dream.62. What does the author think of biofuels?A) They keep America’s economy running healthily.B) They prove to be a good alternative to petroleum.C) They do not provide a sustainable energy supply.D) They cause serious damage to the environment.63. Why does America rely heavily on oil imports?A) It wants to expand its storage of crude oil.B) Its own oil reserves are quickly running out.C) It wants to keep its own environment intact.D) Its own oil production falls short of demand. 64. What does the author say about oil trade?A) It proves profitable to both sides. B) It improves economic efficiency. C) It makes for economic prosperity. D) It saves the cost of oil exploration. 65. What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage?A) To justify America’s dependence on oil imports.B) To arouse Americans’ awareness of the energy crisis.C) To stress the importance of energy conservation.D) To explain the increase of international oil trade.Part Ⅳ Translation (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.翻譯題目一：為了促進(jìn)教育公平，中國(guó)已投入360億元，用于改善農(nóng)村地區(qū)教育設(shè)施和中強(qiáng)中西部地區(qū)農(nóng)村義務(wù)教育（pulsory education）。這些資金用于改善教學(xué)設(shè)施、購(gòu)買書籍，使16萬(wàn)多所中小學(xué)受益。資金還用于購(gòu)置音樂(lè)和繪畫器材?，F(xiàn)在農(nóng)村和山區(qū)的兒童可以與沿海城市的兒童一樣上音樂(lè)和繪畫課。一些為接受更好教育而轉(zhuǎn)往城市上學(xué)的學(xué)生如今又回到了本地農(nóng)村學(xué)校就讀。翻譯題目二：中國(guó)應(yīng)進(jìn)一步發(fā)展核能，因?yàn)楹穗娔壳爸徽计淇偘l(fā)電量的2%，該比例在所有核國(guó)家中居第30位，幾乎是最低的。2011年3月日本核電站事故后，中國(guó)的核能開(kāi)發(fā)停了下來(lái)，中止審批新的核電站，并開(kāi)展全國(guó)性的核安全檢查。到2012年10月，審批才能又謹(jǐn)慎的恢復(fù)。隨著技術(shù)和安全措施的改進(jìn)，發(fā)生核事故的可能性完全可以降低到最低限度。換句話說(shuō)核能是可以安全開(kāi)發(fā)和利用的。 翻譯題目三：中國(guó)教育工作者早就認(rèn)識(shí)到讀書對(duì)于國(guó)家的重要意義，有些教育工作者2003年就建議設(shè)立全民讀書日。他們強(qiáng)調(diào)，人們應(yīng)當(dāng)讀好書，尤其是經(jīng)典著作。通過(guò)閱讀，人們能更好地學(xué)會(huì)感恩、有責(zé)任心和與人合作，而教育的目的正是要培養(yǎng)這些基本素質(zhì)，閱讀對(duì)于中小學(xué)生尤為重要，假如他們沒(méi)有這個(gè)關(guān)鍵時(shí)期培養(yǎng)閱讀的興趣，以后要養(yǎng)成閱讀的習(xí)慣就很難了。2014年6月大學(xué)英語(yǔ)四級(jí)答案解析（233網(wǎng)校）寫作解析：與去年的圖畫作文模式不同，今年又重新回到了話題作文的形式，并且所給話題也是考生非常熟悉的，很容易展開(kāi)思路。更令人驚奇的是今年的作文雖然有三個(gè)話題，但是話題設(shè)定的背景信息是趨同的，都是說(shuō)外國(guó)朋友要來(lái)中國(guó)或來(lái)你的家鄉(xiāng)或來(lái)你的學(xué)校，讓你介紹一下中國(guó)/家鄉(xiāng)/學(xué)校的特色，目的還是為了推介我們本土的文化特色，看來(lái)出題人是越來(lái)越看重中國(guó)傳統(tǒng)文化的弘揚(yáng)了。去年的翻譯題當(dāng)中就出現(xiàn)了一系列的對(duì)中國(guó)傳統(tǒng)文化的介紹，像中餐，中國(guó)結(jié)，茶文化，中國(guó)園林，中秋等等。所以說(shuō)，文化題材，特別是有關(guān)中國(guó)文化特色的題材要成為以后大家復(fù)習(xí)的重點(diǎn)內(nèi)容。以后備考四六級(jí)的同學(xué)一定要多聯(lián)系這個(gè)文化題材的翻譯和寫作。 【作文范文】 If a foreign friend is ing to visit our campus, I would show him or her our school library and the dinning hall. There are several reasons to account for my