大学英语四级考试2024年6月真题(第三套)PartIWriting(30minutes)Directions:Supposeyouruniversityisseekingstudents'opinionsonwhetheruniversitycanteensshouldbeopentothepublic.Youarenowtowriteanessaytoexpressyourview.Youwillhave30minutesforthetask.Youshouldwriteatleast120wordsbutnomorethan180words.PartIIListeningComprehension(25minutes)特别说明：由于多题多卷，官方第三套真题的听力试题与第二套真题的一致，只是选项顺序不同，因此，本套试卷不再提供听力部分。PartⅢReadingComprehension(40minutes)SectionADirections:Inthissection,thereisapassagewithtenblanks.Youarerequiredtoselectonewordforeachblankfromalistofchoicesgiveninawordbankfollowingthepassage.Readthepassagethroughcarefullybeforemakingyourchoices.Eachchoiceinthebankisidentifiedbyaletter.PleasemarkthecorrespondingletterforeachitemonAnswerSheet2withasinglelinethroughthecentre.Youmaynotuseanyofthewordsinthebankmorethanonce.Overthecomingdecades,millionsofjobswillbethreatenedbyroboticsandartificialintelligence.Despiteintensiveacademic26_onthesedevelopments,therehasbeenlittlestudyonhowworkers27_tobeingreplacedthroughtechnologyTofindout,businessresearchersatTUMandErasmusUniversityRotterdamconducted11studiesandsurveyswithover2,000personsfromseveralcountries.Thefindingsshow:Inprinciple,mostpeopleviewitmore28whenworkersarereplacedbyotherpeoplethanbyrobotsorintelligentsoftware.Thispreference29_,however,whenitreferstopeople'sownjobsWhenthatisthecase,themajorityofworkersfinditlessupsettingtoseetheirownjobsgotorobotsthantootheremployees.Inthelongterm,however,thesamepeopleseemachinesasmorethreateningtotheirfutureroleintheworkforce.Theseeffectscanalsobeobservedamongpeoplewhohaverecentlybecomeunemployed.Theresearcherswereabletoidentifythecausesbehindthese30paradoxicalresults,too:Peopletendto31_themselveslesswithmachinesthanwithotherpeople.Consequently,beingreplacedbyarobotorsoftware32lessofathreattotheirfeelingofself-worth.Thisreducedself-threatcouldevenbeobservedwhenparticipantsassumedthattheywerebeingreplacedbyotheremployeeswhoreliedontechnologicalabilitiessuchasartificialintelligenceintheirwork.“Evenwhenunemploymentresultsfromthe33ofnewtechnologies,peoplestilljudgeitinasocialcontext,”saysChristophFuchs,oneoftheauthorsofthestudy.“Itisimportanttounderstandthese34effectswhentryingtomanagethemassivechangesintheworkingworldtominimize35insociety.”A)compareB)contradictsC)conventionalD)debateE)disruptionsF)drasticallyG)favorablyH)guaranteeI)introductionJ)modificationsK)posesL)psychologicalM)reactN)reversesO)seeminglySectionBDirections:Inthissection,youaregoingtoreadapassagewithtenstatementsattachedtoit.Eachstatementcontainsinformationgiveninoneoftheparagraphs.Identifytheparagraphfromwhichtheinformationisderived.Youmaychooseaparagraphmorethanonce.Eachparagraphismarkedwithaletter.AnswerthequestionsbymarkingthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2.Noescapeas'snowday'becomesfe-learningday’A)Certaininstitutions,suchasschools,arelikelytoclosewhenbadweather,suchassnow,floodingorextremeheatorcold,causestraveldifficulties,poweroutages(断供),orotherwiseendangerspublicsafety.WhensnowyweatherarrivesintheUS,itmeansthechanceofschoolchildrenbenefitingfromthelong-standingtraditionofthe“snowday”,whenschoolsareforcedtocloseandstudentsgetanunexpecteddayoff.B)Thecriterionforasnowdayisprimarilytheinabilityofschoolbusestooperatesafelyontheirroutesanddangertochildrenwho...
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