（第1套）

Part II  Listening Comprehension （第1套）

Section A听力新闻（第1套）

1. C) Rising unemployment worldwide.

2. C) Few countries have realized the seriousness of the current crisis.

3. B) Put calorie information on the menu.

4. A) They will be fined.

5. D) Failure to integrate innovation into their business.

6. B) It is the creation of something new.

7. C) Its innovation culture.

Section B  听力长对话（第1套）

8. D) He does not talk long on the phone.

9. B) Talk at length.

10. A) He thought it was cool.

11. C) It is childish and unprofessional.

12. A) He wants to change his job assignment.

13. A) His workload was much too heavy.

14. C) His boss has a lot of trust in him.

15. D) Talk to his boss in person first.

Section C  听力篇章（第1套）

16. A) The importance of sleep to a healthy life

17. C) They get less and less sleep

18. D) Their blood pressure will rise

19. B) What course you are going to choose

20. D) The personal statement

21. C) Indicate they have reflected and thought about the subject

22. B) It was built in the late 19th century.

23. D) They often broke down.

24. A) They were produced on the assembly line.

25. C) It marked a new era in motor travel.

Part III  Reading Comprehension

Section A   选词填空（第1套）

(Signs barring cell-phone use are… )

26. G) growing

27. A) dependent

28. C) fast

29. F) give

30. H) launch

31. N) successful

32. I) policy

33. B) designed

34. O) treatments

35. E) gained

Section B   长篇阅读（第1套）

(Ancient Greek Wisdom Inspires Guidelines to Good life)

36. D) As we begin to examine our life, …

37. B) The wisdom of the ancient Greek…

38. F) To have a meaningful, happy life…

39. A) Is it possible to enjoy a peaceful life…

40. L) This is Aesop, the fabulist, the man…

41. H) This was the highest and most…

42. C) Soupios, along with his co-author…

43. K) Instead, Soupios says, ancient wisdom…

44. B) The wisdom of the ancient Greek…

45. J) This is Hesiod, of course, a younger…

Section C  仔细阅读（第1套）

(Passage One: Attitudes toward new technologies…)

46. D) It usually draws different reactions from different age groups.

47. A) It does not seem to create a generational divide.

48. B) It helps with their mobility.

49. A) The location of their residence.

50 .C) The wealthy.

(Passage Two: In agrarian, preindustrial Europe…)

51. C) Their daily routine followed the rhythm of the natural cycle.

52. B) It brought family members closer to each other.

53. D) Pace of life.

54. B) It is varied, abundant and nutritious.

55. A) They enjoyed cooking as well as eating.

                                                               （第2套）

Part II  Listening Comprehension  （第2套）

Section A  听力新闻（第2套）

1. B) Why sufficient sleep is important for college students.

2. D) Making last-minute preparations for tests may be less effective than sleeping.

3. C) Whether the British Airports Authority should sell off some of its assets.

4. D) Lack of runway and terminal capacity.

5. A) Report the nicotine content of their cigarettes.

6. A) The biggest increase in nicotine content tended to be in brands young smokers like.

7. C) They were not prepared to comment on the cigarette study.

Section B   听力长对话（第2套）

8. B) Holland.

9. C) Learning a language where it is not spoken.

10. B) Trying to speak it as much as one can.

11. D) It provides opportunities for language practice.

12. D) Rules and regulations for driving.

13. C) Make cars that are less powerful.

14. A) They tend to drive responsibly.

15. B) It is not useful.

Section C   听力篇章（第2套）

16. C) The card reader failed to do the scanning.

17. A) By covering the credit card with a layer of plastic.

18. D) Produce many low-tech fixes for high-tech failures.

19. D) They vary among different departments.

20. C) By contacting the departmental office.

21. A) They specify the number of credits students must earn.

22. B) Students in health classes.

23. D) Its overemphasis on thinness.

24. C) To explain how computer images can be misleading.

25. A) To persuade girls to stop dieting.

Part III  Reading Comprehension

Section A   选词填空（第2套）

(Physical activity does the body good )

26. O) tend

27. M) review

28. L) performance

29. K) particularly

30. N) survive

31. E) dropping

32. J) mutually

33. H) flow

34. F) essential

35. I) mood

Section B   长篇阅读（第2套）

(Finding the Right Home—and Contentment, Too)

36. E) “We thought we would see differences…

37. L) Of course, sons and daughters want to…

38. B) Does assisted living really mark a…

39. H) An elderly person who describes…

40. N) The daughter feared her mother…

41. J) As I was considering all this…

42. F) In the initial results, assisted living residents…

43. C) I am about to make things more…

44. I) Such findings, which run counter to…

45. G) But when the researchers plugged…

Section C    仔细阅读（第2套）

(Passage One: As Artificial Intelligence…)

46. C) It can be avoided if human values are translated into their language.

47. D) They are ill-bred.

48. C) By picking up patterns from massive data on human behavior.

49. B) Stop to seek advice from a human being

50. A) Determine what is moral and ethical

(Passage Two: Why do some people live…)

51. A) to see whether people’s personality affects their life span

52. D) They are more likely to get over hardship.

53. C) Such personality characteristics as self-discipline have no effect on longevity.

54. D) Mothers’ negative personality characteristics may affect their children’s life spans.

55. B) Longevity results form a combination of mental and physical health.

                                                              （第3套）

Part III  Reading Comprehension  （第3套）

说明：由于2016年6月四级考试全国共考了2套听力，本套真题听力与前2套内容完全一样，只是顺序不一样，因此不再重复出现。

Section A   选词填空（第3套）

(Contrary to popular belief, older people…)

26. K) grant

27. A) abandoned

28. I) frequent

29. L) merely

30. C) biased

31. G) dependent

32. F) dampens

33. E) commitment

34. N) understandably

35. D) chances

Section B   长篇阅读（第3套）

(Could Food Shortages Bring Down Civilization? )

36. F) In contrast, the recent surge in…

37. K) In response to those restrictions…

38. C) As demand for food rises faster…

39. L) Since the current world food shortage…

40. B) I can no longer ignore that risk…

41. H) What about supply? The three…

42. M) For many in the development…

43. J) As the world’s food security falls…

44. L) Since the current world food shortage…

45. G) As incomes rise among…

Section C   仔细阅读（第3套）

(Passage One: Declining mental function is …)

46. B) It weakens in one’s later years.

47. D) Some of them begin to decline when people are still young.

48. C) They function quite well even in old age.

49. D) can put what they have learnt into more effective use.

50. A) find ways to slow down our mental decline.

(Passage Two: The most important thing…)

51. C) Scholars and policymakers have different options about it.

52. A) Pre-K achievements usually do not last long.

53. B) When it is made part of kid’s education.

54. D) She is a firm supporter of pre-K.

55. C) Early intervention.

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