2017年6月英语四级考试真题试卷3

1、2017年6月英语四级考试真题试卷（第3套）Part One 写作Directions : For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an advertisement on your campus website to sell a computer you used at college. Your advertisement may include its brand, specifications/features, condition and price, and your contact information. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.Part Two 十五选十Americas Internet is faster than ever before, but people still complain about their Internet being too slow.New Yorks Attorney Ge

2、nerals office _26_ an investigation in the fall into whether or not Verizon, Cablevision and Time Warner are delivering broadband thats as fast as the providers _27_ it is. Earlier this month, the office asked for the publics help to measure their speed results, saying consumers _28_ to get the speeds they were promised. Too many of us may be paying for one thing, and getting another, the Attorney General said.If the investigation uncovers anything, it wouldnt be the first time a telecom provide

3、r got into _29_ over the broadband speeds it promised and delivered customers. Back in June, the Federal Communications Commission fined AT&T $100 million over _30_ that the carrier secretly reduced wireless speeds after customers consumed a certain amount of _31_.Even when they stay on the right side of the law, Internet providers arouse customers anger over bandwidth speed and cost. Just this week, an investigation found that media and telecom giant Comcast is the most _32_ provider. Over 10 m

4、onths, Comcast received nearly 12,000 customer complaints, many _33_ to its monthly data cap and overage （超过额度的）charges.Some Americans are getting so _34_ with Internet providers theyre just giving up. A recent study found that the number of Americans with high-speed Internet at home today _35_ fell during the last two years, and 15% of people now consider themselves to be cord-cutters.A.accusationsB.actuallyC.claimD.communicatingE.complainF.dataG.deservedH.frustratedI.hatedJ.launchedK.relatingL

5、.timesM.troubleN.usuallyO.worriedPart Three长阅读From Accountant to Yogi: Making a Radical Career ChangeA) At some point, almost all of us will experience a period of radical professional change. Some of us will seek it out; for others it will feel like an unwelcome intrusion into otherwise stable careers. Either way, we have choices about how we respond to it when it comes.B) We recently caught up with yoga entrepreneur Leah Zaccaria, who put herself through the fire of change to completely reinve

6、nt herself. In her search to live a life of purpose, Leah left her high-paying accounting job, her husband, and her home. In the process, she built a radically new life and career. Since then, she has founded two yoga studios, met a new life partner, and formed a new community of people. Even if your personal reinvention is less drastic, we think there are lessons from her experience that apply.C) Where do the seeds of change come from? The Native American Indians have a saying: Pay attention to

7、 the whispers so you wont have to hear the screams. Often the best ideas for big changes come from unexpected places its just a matter of tuning in. Great leaders recognize the weak signals or slight signs that point to big changes to come. Leah reflects on a time she listened to the whispers: About the time my daughter was five years old, I started having a sense that this isnt right. She then realized that her life no longer matched her vision for it.D) Up until that point, Leah had followed t

8、raditional measures of success. After graduating with a degree in business and accounting, she joined a public accounting firm, married , bought a house, put lots of stuff in it, and had a baby. I did what everybody else thought looked successful, she says. Leah easily could have fallen into a trap of feeling content; instead, her energy sparked a period of experimentation and renewal.E) Feeling the need to change, Leah started playing with future possibilities by exploring her interests and dev

9、eloping new capabilities. First trying physical exercise and dieting, she lost some weight and discovered an inner strength. I felt powerful because I broke through my own limitations, she recalls.F) However, it was another interest that led Leah to radically reinvent herself. I remember sitting on a bench with my aunt at a yoga studio, she said, and having a moment of clarity right then and there: Yoga is saving my life. Yoga is waking me up. Im not happy and I want to change and Im done with this. In that moment of clarity Leah made an important leap, conquering her inner resistance to change and making a firm commitment to take bigger steps.G) Creating the future you want is a lot easier if you are ready to exploit the opportunities that come your way. When Leah made the commitment to change, she primed herself to new opportunities she may otherwise have overlooked.

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