2010年6月大学英语四级考试答案及解析
作文参考
(A)
Nowadays, students attach less importance to the spelling of words in the process of English study. This phenomenon greatly influences students? writing and brings on worries among teachers.
There are possibly three reasons contributing to this phenomenon. First, exam-oriented education makes the students pay less attention to spelling. Second, some teachers should also be responsible for it because they don?t emphasize the importance of spelling during teaching. Last but not least, some students are too lazy to recite words.
Since spelling is one of the most important factors in English study, due attention should be given to it. As for me, I think, first, exams should be modified to add some factors into it, which would help students pay more attention to spelling. Then, schools should also set effective mechanisms to help teachers as well as the students to realize the importance. Finally, for students themselves, they can, through other ways, make them be interested in word spelling. Only by these can we surly realize the importance of spelling and make improvement.
(B)
What is hot for 2010 in our colleges? It is the spelling mistakes. Countless students lack due attention to spelling. Taking a look around, we can find examples too numerous to l ist, the one may be “challenge”. Freshman and sophomore almost write this word as “challenge”. How careless they are!
Why such a phenomenon sweeps every university? Some experts attribute it to students? inattention, because students always pay no attent ion to spelling. However, other experts argue, the teachers should be blamed for this situation. In my opinion, it is far beyond any reasonable doubt that both of them should exert themselves to change the spelling mistakes.
As far as I?m concerned, I firmly argue that we need to attach great importance to word-spelling. To the students, they should write English as much as they can. Meanwhile, to the teachers, the dictations should be reinforced in the class.
快速阅读
1. A) her daughers' repeated complains
根据第一段最后一句”but it took near-constant complaints from her four daughters before she realized she had a problem.” 直到她的四个女儿不停的抱怨，她才意识到自己出了问题。
2. D) People haven't yet reached agreement on its definition
据第四段最后一句，对此，人们还未达成共识。
3. C) can realize what is important in life
据第七段最后一句，”…can be solved by encouraging people to prioritize other life goals and plans…” 解决这个问题的办法就是将生命中其他的目标和计划摆到重要位置。
4. A) it seriously affected family relationships
根据第十一段最后一句，”if it?s a loss…and family relationships are breaking down…it?s too much.”
5. C) depressed
根据第十五段第一句话，”People who struggle with excessive Internet use may be depressed…”
6. B) His family had intervened
根据倒数第五段，”he cut back only after a full-scale family intervention…”
7. B) curb his desire for online gaming
根据倒数第四段最后一句，”to remind myself to keep my love for online games in check.” 其中，keep … in check意为，“制止; 控制”。
8. had an Internet addiction
根据倒数第三段最后一句。
9. professional help
根据倒数第二段最后一句，”I have no money or insurance to get professional help…”:
10. online dating
根据最后一段，”I have a boyfriend now, and I?m not interested in online dating.”
听力原文
short conversations
11. W: Just imagine we have to finish reading 300 pages before Monday, how can the professor expect us to do it in such a short time?
M: Y eah, but what troubles me is that I can?t find the book in the library or in the university bookstore.
Q: what does the man mean?
12. M: Do you think I could borrow your car to go grocery shopping? The supermarkets outside the city are so much cheaper. I?d also be happy to pick up anything you need.
W: Wow, I don?t like to let anyone else to drive my car. Tell you what, why don?t we go together?
Q: What does the woman mean?
13. M: Forgive the mess in here. We had a party last night. There were a lot of people and they all brought food
W: Y eah, I can tell. Well, I guess it?s pretty obvious what you?ll be doing most of today.
Q: What does the woman think the man will do？
14. W: What time would suit you for the first round talks with John Smith?
M: Well, you know my schedule. Other than this Friday, one day is as good as the next.
Q: What does the man mean?
15. W: I was so angry yesterday. My biology teacher did not even let me explain why I missed the field trip. He just wouldn?t let me pass. A
M: That doesn?t seem fair. I?d feel that way too if I were you.
Q: What does the man imply?
16. M: I really can?t stand the way David controls the conversation all the time. If he?s going to be at your Christmas party, I just won?t come. D
W: I?m sorry you feel that way. But my mother insists that he come.
Q: What does the woman imply?
17. W: Y ou?re taking a course with Professor Johnson. What?s your impression so far?
M: Well, many students can hardly stay awake in his class without first drinking a cup of coffee.
Q: What does the man imply?
18. W: Have you ever put a computer together before?
M: No, never. But I think if we follow these instructions exactly, we won?t have much trouble.
Q: What are the speakers going to do?
Long Conversations
Conversation 1
W: What sort of hours do you work, Steve?
M: Well I have to work very long hours, about eleven hours a day.
W: What time do you start?
M: I work 9 to 3, then I start again at 5:30 and work until 11, six days a week. So I have to work very unsocial hours.
W: And do you have to work at the weekend?
M: Oh, yes, that?s our busiest time. I get Wednesdays off. https://www.doczj.com/doc/f818347400.html,
W: What are the things you have to do and the things you don?t have to do?
M: Uh, I don?t have to do the wa shing-up, so that?s good. I have to wear white, and I have to keep everything in the kitchen totally clean.
W: What?s hard about the job?
M: Y ou are standing up all the time. When we are busy, people get angry and shout, but that?s normal.
W: How did you learn the profession? M: Well, I did a two-year course at college. In the first year we had to learn the basics, and then we had to take exams.
W: Was it easy to find a job?
M: I wrote to about six hotels and one of them gave me my first job, so I didn?t have to wait too long. W: And what?s the secret of being good at your job? 乐外网https://www.doczj.com/doc/f818347400.html,
M: Attention to detail. Y ou have to love it. Y ou have to show passion for it.
W: And what are your plans for the future?
M: I want to have my own place when the time is right.
Q19. What does the man say about his job?
Q 20. What does the man think is the hardest part of his job?
Q 21. Where did the man get his first job after graduation?
Q 22. What does the man say is important to being good at his job?
Conversation 2
W: Now you?ve seen this table of figures about the pocket money children in Britain
get?
M: Y es. I thought it was quite interesting, but I don?t quite understand the col umn entitled change. Can you explain what it means?
W: Well, I think it means the change from the year before. I am not a mathematician, but I assume the rise from 70p to 90p is a rise of 25 percent.
M: Oh yes, I see. And the inflation rate is there for comparison.
W: Y es. why do you think the rise in pocket money is often higher than inflation? M: I am sorry I?ve no idea. Perhaps parents in Britain are too generous.
W: Perhaps they are. But it looks as if children were not better off in 2001 than the y were in 2002. That?s strange, isn?t it? And they seem to have been better off in 2003 than they are now. I wonder why that is.
M: Y es, I don?t understand that at all.
W: Anyway, if you had children, how much pocket money would you give them? M: I don?t know. I think I?ll probably give them 2 pounds a week.
W: Would you? And what would you expect them to do with it?
M: Well, out of that, they have to buy some small personal things, but I wouldn?t expect them to save to buy their own socks, for example.
W: Y es, by the way, do most children in your country get pocket money?
M: Y eah, they do.
Q23 What is the table of figures about?
Q24 What do we learn from the conversation about British children?s pocket money? Q25 Supposing the man had children, what would he expect them to do with their pocket money? Passage 1
As the new sales director for a national computer firm, Alex Gordon was looking forward to his first meeting with the company?s district managers. Everyone arrived on time, and Alex?s pr esentation went extremely well. He decided to end the meeting with the conversation about the importance of the district managers to the company?s plans. “I believe we are going to continue to increase our share of the market,” he began, “because of the qu ality of the people in this room. The district manager is the key to the success of the sales representatives in his district. He sets the term for everyone else. If he has ambitious goals and is willing to put in long hours, everyone in his unit will foll ow his example.” When Alex was finished, he received polite applauses, but hardly the warm response he had hoped for. Later he spoke with one of the senior managers. “Things were going so well until the end”, Alex said disappointedly. “Obviously, I said the wrong thing.” “Y es”, the district manager replied. “Half of our managers are women. Most have worked their way up from sales representatives, and they are very proud of the role they played in the company?s growth. They don?t care at all about political correctness. But they were definitely surprised and distressed to be referred to as …he? in your speech.”
Q26 Who did Alex Gordon speak to at the first meeting?
Q27 What did Alex want to emphasize at the end of his presentation?
Q28 What do we learn about the audience at the meeting?
Q29 Why did Alex fail to receive the warm response he had hoped for?
Passage 2
The way to complain is to act business-like and important. If your complaint is immediate, suppose you got the wrong order at a restaurant, make a polite but firm request to see the manager. When the manager comes, ask his or her name. And then state your problem and what you expect to have done about it. Be polite! Shouting or acting rude will get you nowhere. But also be firm in making your complaint. Besides, act important. This doesn?t mean to put on airs and say “do you know who I am?” What it means is that people are often treated the way they expect to be treated. If you act like someone who expects a fair request to be granted, chances are it will be granted. The worst way to complain is over the telephone. Y ou are speaking to a voice coming from someone you cannot see. So you can?t tell how the person on the line is reacting. It is easy for that person to give you the run-around. Complaining in person or by letter is generally more effective. If your complaint doesn?t require an immediate response, it often helps to complain by letter. If you have an appliance that doesn?t work, send a letter to the store that sold it. Be business-like and stick to the point. Don?t spend a paragraph on how your uncle John tried to fix the problem and couldn?t.
Q30 What does the speaker suggest you do when you are not served properly at a restaurant?
Q31 Why does the speaker say the worst way to complain is over the telephone?
Q32 What should you do if you make a complaint by letter?
Passage 3
Barbara Sanders is a wife and the mother of two children, ages 2 and 4. Her husband, Tom, is an engineer and makes an excellent salary. Before Barbara had children, she worked as an architect for the government, designing government housing. She quit her job when she became pregnant, but is now interested in returning to work. She's been offered an excellent job with the government. Her husband feels it's unnecessary for her to work since the family does not need the added income. He also thinks that a woman should stay home with her children. If Barbara feels the need to do socially important work, he thinks that she should do volunteer work one or two days a week. Barbara, on the other hand, has missed the excitement of her profession and does not feel she would be satisfied doing volunteer work. She would also like to have her own income, so she does not have to ask her husband for money whenever she wants to buy something. She does not think it's necessary to stay home every day with the children and she knows a very reliable babysitter who's willing to come to her house. Tom does not think a babysitter can replace a mother and thinks it's a bad idea for the children to spend so much time with someone who's not part of the family.
Q33 What was Barbara's profession before she had children?
Q34 What does Barbara's husband suggest she do if she wants to work?
Q35 What does Tom think about hiring a babysitter?
Almost every child, on the first day he sets foot in the school building, is smarter, more curious，less afraid of what he doesn't know, better at finding and figuring things out, more confident, resourceful, persistent and independent, than he will either be
again in his schooling or, unless he is very unusual and very lucky, for the rest of his life. https://www.doczj.com/doc/f818347400.html,乐外网
Already, by paying close attention to and interacting with the world and people around him, and without any school-type formal instruction, he has done a task far more difficult, complicated and abstract than anything he will be asked to do in school, or than any of his teachers has done for years-he has solved the mystery of language. He has discovered it. Babies don't even know that language exists.
And he has found out how it works and learnt to use it appropriately. He has do ne it by exploring, by experimenting, by developing his own model of the grammar of language, by trying it out and seeing whether it works, by gradually changing it and refining it until it does work.
And while he has been doing this, he has been learning other things as well, including many of the concepts that the schools think only they can teach him, and many that are more complicated than the ones they do try to teach him.
听力答案
11. C) He cannot get access to the assigned book.
由对话可知，该男士认为令他烦恼的是无论是在图书馆还是在书店他都找不到那本书，由此得出答案。get access to指“获得，走近，接近，能够利用某物”。12. A) She will drive the man to the supermarket.
由文中女士说她不喜欢别人开她的车以及” why don?t we go together?”可得知女士将开车与男士一同去超市。
13. C) Tidy up the place.
由文中” I guess it?s pretty obvious what you?ll be doing most of today”可知，很显然她想让他打扫房间。
14. A) The talks can be held any day except this Friday.
本题考查one day is as good as the next的意思，该短语指的是任何一天都行。因此男士的意思是除了本周五，其它任何一天都可以。
15. A) He understands the woman?s feelings.文中男士认为，” I?d feel that way too if
I were you.”，“如果我是你的话我也会那样（感到很生气）。”因此她赞同女士的想法，表示理解女士的感受。
16. D) She has to invite David to the party.
从文中女士的话可得知，女士的母亲执意要David去参加圣诞party，因此她不得不请David。
17. C) Many students find Prof. Johnson?s lectures boring.
由男士的话可得知，很多同学如果课前没喝咖啡的话，几乎很难保持清醒状态，忍不住犯困，也就是说学生们都觉得Prof. Johnson的课很无聊。
18. D) Assemble a computer.
本文中主要是考assemble的意思，如果同学知道assemble意为“组装，装配”，便不难得出答案。”put a computer together”指“组装电脑”。
19. B) It requires him to work long hours.
男士开头便说”I have to work very long hours”，因此选B。
20. D) It demands physical endurance and patience.
女士问及工作哪个部分会比较难时，男士回答道他需要一直站着，同时在他们忙的时候，别人会变得易怒，也就是说这份工作需要体力和耐心。
21. D) In a hotel.由文中” I wrote to about six hotels and one of them gave me my first job”可得出答案。
22. B) Paying attention to every detail.由男士的回答” Attention to detail”可得知，B 选项恰好与”attention to detail”同义。
23. A) The pocket money British children get.
原题为What is the table of figures about? 意思是：这个表格是关于什么的？根据第一句话Now you?ve seen this table of figures about the pocket money children in Britain get? 我们可以知道这个表格是关于英国孩子的零花钱情况的。
24. C) It often rises higher than inflation.
原题为What do we learn from the conversation about British children?s pocket money? 意思是：从对话中我们可以了解到有关英国孩子零花钱的哪些信息？原文中女性说话人说“Why do you think the rise in pocket money is often higher than inflation? ”意思是：“你觉得为什么零花钱通常要比通货膨胀涨的更高呢？”据此我们可以判断英国孩子的零花钱比通货膨胀涨的更高，答案应选C.
25. B) Pay for small personal things.
原题为Supposing the man had children, what would he expect them to do with their pocket money? 对话中男性说话人说“…out of that, they have to buy some small personal things, but I wouldn?t expect them to save to buy their own socks, for example.”意思是“我希望他们用零花钱去买一些小的个人物品，但我不希望他们把钱存起来去买他们自己的短袜等”。据此我们可以判断答案选B.
26 A) District managers
该题比较简单，文章开头说到Alex期盼着与district managers的会议，因此正确答案为A项。
27 D) The important part played by district managers
文章中提到在会议结束时，Alex打算以“the conversat ion about the importance of the district managers to the company plans”来结束会议，可见他打算强调district managers在公司计划中所起的重要作用。因此D项正确。
28 B) Fifty percent of them were female
此题比较简单，文章中后面说道“Half of our managers are women”，而参加会议的基本上都是那些district managers，由此可判断，会议的听众有一半是女性，所以此题选B项。
29 B) He was not gender sensitive
文章最后一句说这些女性district managers听到Alex总用“he”来指代“district managers”感到surprised和distressed（痛苦的，苦恼的），由此可见Alex失败的原因是由于他对于涉及到性别的用词不够敏感所造成的。
30 C) Ask to see the manager politely but firmly
此题比较简单，原文中提到在餐馆遇到上错菜时，应该“make a polite but firm request to see the manage”,和C项所说完全一致。
31 D) Y ou can?t tell how the person on the line is reacting
此题相对简单，答案基本上是原句，“So you can?t tell how the person on the line is reacting.”
32 D) Stick to the point
此题属于原文再现，原文最后建议写投诉信时，应当“be business-like and stick to the point”，即围绕自己的要点来说，而不要说些无关紧要的废话，因此应该选D
项。
33. B) Architect
从原文“Before Barbara had children, she worked as an architect for the government, designing government housing”可以得知。
34. A) Do some volunteer work.
从原文“If Barbara feels the need to d o socially important work, he thinks that she should do volunteer work one or two days a week.”可以得知。
35. C) A baby-sitter is no replacement for a mother.
从原文“Tom does not think a baby-sitter can replace a mother”可以得知。
36.curious
37. figuring
38. independent
39. unusual
40. interacting
41. formal
42. abstract
43. mystery
44.and he has found out how it works and learned to use it appropriately
45. by trying it out and seeing whether it works by gradually changing it and refining it
46. including many of the concepts that the schools think only they can teach him
深度阅读
section A
文章大意：本文关注的是绿色建筑与对待现存房屋的问题。根据文意，所谓绿色建筑即为节能减排的建筑。绿色建筑在节能减排方面意义重大，但是将所有现存房屋替换成绿色建筑是否可行呢？文章给出的答案是不可行的，因为推倒这些房屋进行重建也需要大量能量。那么，如何处理这些能耗大的旧房屋呢？文末给出的建议是对它们进行整修和升级。
47. G incredibly
首先这里需要的是一个副词。根据文意，将这些房屋推倒代之以绿色建筑是极度浪费的。因此选incredibly.
48. K replace
replace A with B, 意思是用B 替换A. 这里是用绿色建筑取代现存房屋。
49. J reduced
这一句话较难理解，翻译成中文即：绿色建筑带来的碳排放量的减少平均需要65年才能够补偿推倒房屋所用掉的能量。reduced, 这里用作形容词，指减少了的。
50. L sense
in the broadest sense, 在最广义上，这里是一个固定搭配。
51. H powering
这里的and 引导的是平行结构，因此横线上需要填入一个动词的ing形式。在根据句意可知这里选powering，指为某物提供动力，使某物得以运行。
52. D exceptions
联系下文可知本段意思是老房子基本上是最不节能的。但话不能说得这么绝对，因此用with some exceptions, 指除一些特殊情况外。
53. E expand
tiny cracks and gaps 指的是小的缝隙和缺口。小的缝隙和缺口随着时间流逝，会扩大，从而使得外面空气流入，因而加大了能耗。这里选expand表示扩展，增大。
54. O vast
a number of 表示大量的，number前面可加一些形容词，如great等，表示数量极大的。这里填入vast，意为数量巨大的。
55. F historic
句中有from……to……, 从什么到什么，联系整句话，意思是从一些历史上的古老建筑到你自己的战后的房子。postwar 指二战后，是一个较近的时间，与之对应的则是historic.
56. I protect
首先，从句意判断，可知这一分句仍是陈述为老房屋进行升级的好处。此外，后半句中有介词from. 据此我们可以判断，此处应填入的词是protect.
Section B
Passage 1
57. D) It is an indispensable device on an airplane.
ward off指“避开，防止”。黑匣子并不能避免灾难发生，因此C选项不正确。indispensable，不能缺少的，文中多次举例黑匣子在事故发生后起到至关重要的作用，因此此选项正确。
58. A) Data for analyzing the cause of the crash.
本文第二段介绍了黑匣子在对于探寻Y emeni airliner坠毁原因上所起到的重大作用。由第二段第二行”the black box is the best bet for identifying what went wrong”以及后面由于法国一潜艇找到黑匣子这一发现”marked a huge step toward determining the cause of a tragedy”可以推断出答案。
59. C) The early models often got damaged in the crash.
文中第三自然段第三行，由”Early models often failed to withstand crashes, however, so in 1965 the device was completely redesigned…”可得知，1965年黑匣子重新设计的原因是之前的黑匣子在坠机时容易遭到破坏。withstand意为“承受，经受”。
60. C) To make them easily identifiable.
由文中得知黑匣子被漆成橙色或黄色的原因是” to aid visibility”。Visibility是visible的名词形式，意为“能见度，可见度”，因此，漆成橙色或黄色主要是因为希望黑匣子可见度高，比较明显，容易被发现，故选C。
61. A) There is still a good chance for their being recovered.
作者举出Air France Flight 447的例子主要是用来证明其前面的论点”When submerged, they?re also able to emit signals form depths of 20,000 ft.”意为黑匣子即使被埋于深处仍然能够发射信号以被察觉。Air France Flight 447的黑匣子处于水下深处，但数据显示他们仍能”turn up”（出现），即被探测人员发现。故选A。
Passage 2
62. B) It is based on the concept of positive thinking
细节理解题
本题是问从文章第一段中我们能够了解自我帮助产业的哪些情况。文章第一句就说自我帮助产业是建立在把消极思考转化为积极思考的基础之上，因此B项是正确的。虽然文章一开始虽然说自我帮助产业的规模有110亿美元，但这只是说产业规模，并没有提到该行业具有很高的利润率，因此不能由此判断A项就是正确的。文章中只说Norman Vincent是积极思考的倡导者，并没有说该行业是由他创立的，因此C项不正确。第一段末尾作者就质疑积极思考是否真的有效，因此D项不是正确选项。
63. A) Encouraging positive thinking may do more harm than good
细节归纳题
本题问加拿大研究学者的发现是什么，文章第二段提到他们发表的文章里说让人们更积极地思考实际上会产生相反的效果，只会起到强调人们又多不开心的作用。后面又用实验来说明了这个观点，在文章的第三段和第五段也都再次说到积极思考会起到相反作用，使人们更不开心。因此本题选A项。
64. C) Y ou are emphasizing the fact that he is not intelligent.
细节理解题
本题问作者说“… you?re just underlining his faults”的含义是什么。文中前面说到有时说的过分，反而会让人感觉更糟，然后又说告诉朋友有爱因斯坦那样的潜能，自然会让朋友感觉有点夸张，反而会觉得是在说自己不聪明。
65. C) Forcing a person to think positive thoughts may lower their self-esteem
细节理解题
本题问从Wood的实验中我们可以了解些什么。此题与63题有一定关联。答案应在对实验结果进行分析说明的段落来找，即文章的第五段。文章第五段说实验者在被迫进行多次自我肯定后，自卑的情况并没有得到改善，反而加重了。因此此题应该选C项。
66. B) Meditation may prove to be a good form of psychotherapy (心理治疗)
细节理解题
本题问从文章最后一段我们可以了解些什么，毫无疑问答案自然是在文章最后一段。在这一段里，作者说文章还推荐人们把静思作为一种心理治疗的方法，因此应当选B项。文章只是说静思可以帮助人们学会接受自己的不足，把自己的不足放到更广泛的层面去思考，但并没有说静思可以使人们避免犯错误。因此D 项不正确。
完型填空
67.B differ
选项中，常与from搭配的有differ和derive。根据上下文不难看出，上文先说的是电子商务与电话银行等商务形式没有本质区别，与下文”the difference lies in”（区别在于）相呼应。
68.B via
via fax：通过传真
69.B used
models used: 所采用的形式。选项中，appear为不及物动词，此处应选填一个及物动词的过去分词作后置定语。
70.B lies
lie in: 在于
71.B of
consist of: 由…组成
72.D selects
select an item: 挑选商品
73.A sends in
send in: 递送; 呈报
74.A visible
visible: 看得见的；明显的。网上购物时，商品目录会在网上呈现在顾客眼前。
75.B over
76.D allows
其中，admit做及物动词时，一般作“允许进入；承认；可容纳”解。allow sb to do，常用词组，容许某人做某事
77.A after
78.D insignificant
与下文的mainstream相对应。
79.C corporations
与下文businesses相呼应。
80.D only
81.B later
注意，latter意为，“后面的，后者的”。
82.D provided
provide sb with sth，固定词组，为某人提供某物。
83.D besides
besides意为，“此外，除此之外”。
84.A 珷眲蓿?怂??曮https://www.doczj.com/doc/f818347400.html,/myfeed/?版权所有沪江网曮??怂?蓿眲珷and
顺承关系，用and。
85.C widespread
网上银行流行起来了。widespread，分布广泛的。
86.A acquired
acquire，及物动词，意为，“获得”。网上购物时，顾客能够获得更优质的商品和更周到的服务。
翻译
87. (in) concentrating on the experiment/ focusing her attention on the experiment.
本题考查两个短语的用法，一个是have difficulty (in) doing sth，该短语中，后面的动词要用现在分词形式。第二个短语是集中注意力，与此对应的有多个短语，如：focus/fix one?s attention on, concentrate on。翻译时需和前面短语的用法结合起来，把动词变成ing形式。
88. did she become angry/did she lose her temper before.
本题考查neither的倒装用法，以及发脾气这个短语，发脾气可以说become angry，也可以用lose one?s temper。
89. being invited to attend the opening ceremony.
本题考查look forward to的用法，后面要跟名词或者动词的ing形式，而且要注
意后边是被邀请所以要用被动语态。
90. (should) be fixed/installed by the window
本题考查It is suggested that结构中主语从句中要用虚拟语气的用法，即should + 动词原形，should可以省略。
91. the strong opposition of her parents/ her parents? strong opposition.
本题考查despite的用法，注意despite是介词，后边应该跟名词或者名词短语。2010年12月大学英语四级考试答案及解析
听力原文
Section A
短对话(11~18)
11.M: Oh my god! The heat is simply unbearable here. I wish we?ve gone to the beach instead.
W: Well, with the museums and restaurants in Washington I?ll be happy here no matter what the temperature.
Q：What does the woman mean?
12.M: How?s the new job going?
W: Well, I?m learning a lot of new things, but I wish the director would give me some feedback.
Q：What does the woman want to know?
13.M: Can you help me work out a physical training program John?
W: Sure, but whatever you do be careful not to overdo it. Last time I had two weeks? worth of weight-lifting in three days and I hurt myself.
Q: What does the man suggest the woman do?
14.M: I have an elderly mother and I?m worried ab out her going on a plane. Is there any risk?
W: Not if her heart is all right. If she has a heart condition, I?d recommend against it. Q: What does the man want to know about his mother?
15.M: Why didn?t you stop when we first signaled you at the crossroad s?
W: Sorry, I was just a bit absent-minded. Anyway, do I have to pay a fine?
Q: what do we learn from the conversation?
16.M: I?m no expert, but that noise in your refrigerator doesn?t sound right. Maybe you should have it fixed.
W: Y ou?re right. And I suppose I?ve put it off long enough.
Q: What will the woman probably do?
17.M: I did extremely well on the sale of my downtown apartment. Now, I have enough money to buy that piece of land I?ve had my eye on and build a house on it. W: Congratulations！Does t hat mean you?ll be moving soon?
Q: What do we learn about the man from the conversation?
18.W: My hand still hurts from the fall on the ice yesterday. I wonder if I broke something.
M: I?m no doctor, but it?s not black and blue or anything. Maybe you just need to rest it for a few days.
Q: what do we learn about the woman from the conversation?
长对话（19~21）
M: Mrs. Dawson, thanks very much for coming down to the station. I just like to go over some of the things that you told police officer Parmer at the bank.
W: All right.
M: Well, could you describe the man who robbed the bank for this report that we?re filling out here? Now, anything at all that you can remember would be extremely helpful to us.
W: Well, just, I can only remember basically what I said before.
M: That?s all right.
W: The man was tall, six foot, and he had dark hair, and he had moustache.
M: V ery good. All right, did he have any other distinguishing marks?
W: Um, no, none that I can remember.
M: Do you remember how old he was by any chance?
W: Well, I guess around 30, maybe younger, give or take a few years.
M: Mm, all right. Do you remember anything about what he was wearing?
W: Y es, yes, he had on a dark sweater, a solid color.
M: OK. Um, anything else that strikes you at the moment?
W: I remember he was wearing a light shirt under the sweater. Y es, yes.
M: All right. Mrs. Dawson, I really appreciate what you?ve been through today. I?m just going to ask you to look at some photographs before you leave if you don?t mind. It won?t take very l ong. Can you do that for me?
W: Oh, of course.
M: Would you like to step this way with me, please?
W: OK, sure.
M: Thank you.
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. What do we learn about the woman?
20. What did the suspect look like?
21. What did the man finally asked the woman to do?
长对话（22~25）
W: Good morning, I?m calling about the job that was in the paper last night.
M: Well, could you tell me your name?
W: Candidate Foreset.
M: Oh yes. What exactly is it that interests you about the job?
W: Well, I thought it was just right for me.
M: Really? Um… Could you tell me a little about yourself?
W: Y es. I?m 23. I?ve been working abroad.
M: Where exactly have you been working?
W: In Geneva.
M: Oh, Geneva. And what were you doing there?
W: Secretarial work. Previous to that, I was at university.
M: Which university was that?
W: The University of Manchester. I?ve got a degree in English.
M: Y ou said you?ve been working in Geneva. Do you have any special reason for wanting to come back?
W: I thought it would be nice to be near to the family.
M: I see, and how do you see yourself developing in this job?
W: Well, I?m ambitious. I do hope that my career as a secretary will lead me eventually into management.
M: I see. Y ou have foreign languages?
W: French and Italian.
M: Well, I think the best thing for you to do is do reply a writing to the advertisement. W: Can?t I arrange for an interview now?
M: Well, I?m afraid we must wait until all the applications are in, in writing, a nd then decide on the short list. If you are on the short list, of course we should see you.
W: Oh, I see.
M: I look forward to receiving your application in writing in a day or two.
W: Oh, yes, yes, certainly.
M: Ok, thank you very much. Goodbye.
W: Thank you. Goodbye.
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
22. How did the woman get to know about the job vacancy?
23. Why did the woman find the job appealing?
24. What had the woman been doing in Geneva?
25. What was the woman asked to do in the end?
Section B
Passage One
One of the greatest heartbreaks for fire fighters occurs when they fail to rescue a child from a burning building because the child, frightened by smoke and noise, hides under a bed or in a closet and is later found dead. Saddest of all is when children catch a glimpse of the masked the fire fighter but hide because they think they have seen a monster. To prevent such tragedies, fire fighter Eric V elez gives talks to children in his community, explaining that they should never hide during a fire.
He displays fire fighters? equipment, including the oxygen mask, which he encourages his listeners to play with and put on. “If you see us,” V elez tells them, “don?t hide! We are not monsters. We have come to rescue y ou.” V elez gives his presentations in English and Spanish. Growing up in San Francisco, he learnt Spanish from his immigrant parents. V elez and other fire fighters throughout North America, who give similar presentations, will never know how many lives they save through their talks. But it?s a fact that informative speaking saves lives. For example, several months after
listening to an informative speech, Pete Gentry in North Carolina rescued his brother who is choking on food, by using the method taught by student speaker, Julie Paris. In addition to saving lives, informative speakers help people learn new skills, solve problems and acquire fascinating facts about the exciting world in which they live.
26 Why do some children trapped in a burning building hide from masked fire fighters?
27 What does the passage tell us about fire fighter Eric V elez?
28 What do we learn about Pete Gentry?
29 What message is the speaker trying to convey?
Passage Two
Some people want to make and save a lot of money in order to retire early. I see people pursuing higher paying and increasingly demanding careers to accomplish this goal. They make many personal sacrifices in exchange for income today. The problem is that tomorrow might not come. Even if it all goes according to plan, will you know how to be happy when you are not working if you spend your entire life making money? More importantly, who will be around for you to share your leisure time with? At the other extreme are people who live only for today. Why bother saving when I might not be here tomorrow, they argue.
The danger of this approach is that tomorrow may come after all. And most people don't want to spend all their tomorrows working for a living. The earlier neglect of saving, however, makes it difficult not to work when you are older. Y ou maybe surprise to hear me say that if you must pick an extreme I think it's better to pick the spend-all approach. As long as you don't mind continuing to work, assuming your health allows, you should be OK. At least, you are making use of your money, and hopefully deriving value and pleasure from it. Postponing doing what you love and being with people you love until retirement can be a mistake. It may never come. Retirement can be a great time for some people. For others, it is a time of boredom, loneliness and poor health.
30 Why do some people pursue higher paying but demanding careers?
31 What is the danger facing people who live only for today?
32 What does the speaker seem to advocate?
Passage Three
Imagine that someone in your neighborhood broke the law, and the judge put the whole neighborhood under suspicion. How fair will that be? Well, it happens everyday to high schoolers. Just because some students have stolen things in shops, all of us are treated like thieves. E ven though I?d never steal.
Store employees looked at me like I?m some kind of hardened criminal. For example, during one lunch period, my friend Denny and I went to the Graben Gore Restaurant to have a hot dog. We arrived to find a line of students waiting outside. A new sign in the window told the story. “No more than two students at a time”. After 15 minutes,
we finally got in. But the store manger laid the evil eye on us. I asked him about the new sign, and he said, “Y ou kids are stealing too much stuff.” Y ou kids? Too much stuff? We were not only assumed to be thieves, but brilliant, greedy thieves. The most annoying thing though, is the way employees watched my friends and me. It?s horrible.
Once, at a drug store, I was looking around and found a guy standing on a large box, stocking the shelves. He was watching my hands, more than he was watching his own.
I showed him that my hands were empty. He got down off his box and rushed off, as if he was going to get the store manger. How crazy is that!
33. What does the speaker find to be unfair?
34. What measure did the Graben Gore Restaurant take to stop stealing?
35. What happened in a drug store that greatly annoyed the speaker?
Section C
Writing keeps us in touch with other people. We write to communicate with relatives and friends. We write to preserve our family histories so our children and grandchildren can learn and appreciate their heritage. With computers and Internet connections in so many households, colleges, and businesses, people are e-mailing friends and relatives all the time -- or talking to them in writing in online chat rooms. It is cheaper than calling long distance, and a lot more convenient than waiting until Sunday for the telephone rates to drop. Students are e-mailing their professors to receive and discuss their classroom assignments and to submit them. They are e-mailing classmates to discuss and collaborate on homework. They are also sharing information about concerts and sports events, as well as jokes and their philosophies of life.
Despite the growing importance of computers, however, there will always be a place and need for the personal letter. A hand-written note to a friend or a family member is the best way to communicate important thoughts. No matter what the content of the message, its real point is, "I want you to know that I care about you." This writing practice brings rewards that can?t be seen in bank accounts, but only in the success of human relationships.
作文范文：
Help Children to Be Independent
Thanks to the “family plan”policy,today in Ch ina many families have one child.Loving and caring for children is an old Chinese tradition that has remained for thousands of years.But the children are spoilt so much that they have less independence.They rely on their parents in everything.That is bad for a child's growing.Therefore,parents should develop the children's independence instead of doing everything for them.
There are some ways to help children to be independent.First of all,you should believe your children can do the things well.Second,give them more chances to
practise,when they don't know how to do it,just tell them the way.Third,don't be afraid to see them fail.In the beginning,they may do something bad.But don't worry,just let them try again.They can do the work as well as you if given more time.
To be independent is good for the children.A child who is independent will succeed easily in the future.
【听力答案及解析】
Section A
短对话（11~18）
11. 答案：D解析：Woman最后说到I?ll be happy here no matter what the temperature. 这表明了她待在这里很愉快，很享受待在华盛顿，故选D。
12.答案：D解析：Woman说到but I wish the director would give me some feedback. 这表明了她希望得到director的意见（即反馈），故选D。
13.答案：C解析：Man以自己上次因运动（举重）过量而受伤为例，建议女士应该量力而行，避免过量运动，故选C。
14.答案：C解析：Man开头就说到I?m worried about her going on a plane. 从中可知，他担心的是年老的母亲能不能乘飞机，故选C。
15.答案：C解析：警察开头问到Why didn?t you stop when we first signaled you at the crossroads? 通过这句话就可以知道女士没有遵守交通规则，故选C。
16.答案：B 解析：Man说到Maybe you should have it fixed，女士回答到Y ou?re right.
这说明女士也同意男士的看法，但并未提到让这个男士来修，故选B。
17.答案：C 解析：Man第二句话说到Now, I have enough money to buy that piece of land I?ve had my eye on and build a house on it. 表明他能实现买地建房的理想了，故选C。
18.答案：D 解析：Woman说的第一句话是My hands still hurts from the fall on the ice yesterday.从中可知这位女士昨天在冰上滑倒受伤了，但是男士认为伤势并不严重，只建议她休养几天就可以了，不必去看医生。C是较强的干扰项，应该是女士现在需要休息而不是过去已经休息了几天，故选D。
对话精析：
第一个短对话：
谈论天气the heat is unbearable，强调有了华盛顿的museums and restaurants，天气再热也无所谓I?ll be happy here no matter what the temperature.
学会看看生活中的积极因素，有了博物馆和餐馆，天气再热都热爱华盛顿，这是何等的乐天精神啊！
第二个短对话：
谈论新工作，I?m learning a lot of new things, but I wish the director would give me some feedback.我学了很多新东西呢，但是我希望上司能给我点反馈！！！feedback是反馈也是答案的题眼。这位女士想知道什么呢，想知道上司对她的看法嘛！
第三个短对话：
关于锻炼身体的，还是关于制定锻炼身体的计划的！Can you help me work out a physical training program, John?你能帮我制定个锻炼的项目吗？Sure, but whatever you do be careful not to overdo it. 当然啦，不过不管你做什么，得小心点别过头啊！接下来的句子是举例子Last time I had two weeks? worth of
weight-lifting in three days and I hurt myself.上次我三天就完成了两个星期的举重的训练，结果我就受伤了。
问题是这个男人要建议这个女人什么？
四六级考试委员会一片苦心啊，这里分明在告诫同学们，平时锻炼身体悠着点儿。
第四个短对话：
这个对话好！弘扬爱护老人的美德的！
儿子说，我妈妈年纪大啦，I have an elderly mother 然后表达他对妈妈乘飞机的担心I?m worried about her going on a plane. Is there any risk?有没有危险啊？
接下来，医生的回答，再次体现四六级客观而乐观的精神，Not if her heart is all right. If she has a heart condition, I?d recommend against it.她心脏没问题就没事啊，如果她心脏有问题的话，那我就不建议她去（乘飞机啦）
第五个短对话：
交通违规怎么做？！四六级听力教你谦恭有礼做回答。首先，第一句的男士质问，Why didn?t you stop when we first signaled you at the crossroads?我们第一次示意让你在交叉口停车，你干嘛不停呢?(潜台词是，瞧，还不是被我给逮回来训话了么？！在这种情况之下，这位女士态度是诚恳的，Sorry, I was just a bit absent-minded. Anyway, do I have to pay a fine? 对不起啊，我有点心不在焉。但不管怎么说，我需要罚款吗?
人嘛，都是有时候情绪化的嘛，并且我认罚，这句子学会了顺便大家开车的素质都提高了哈！
第六个短对话：
家庭琐事。
第一个人说，I?m no expert我不是专家but that noise in your refrigerator doesn?t sound right. Maybe you should have it fixed.但是你冰箱里面的噪音听起来不大对啊，也许你应该去修理了吧。have it fixed这个结构是考官们发誓要考生学会的have sth done的结构。
第二个人开腔了，Y ou?re right.对话基调钉牢，我同意你，就是冰箱确实坏了。And I suppose I?ve put it off long enough.我恐怕我已经拖得够久了，put off,另一个考官立誓要教会全中国考生的内容，拖延，put off,核心之核心。
问题，这女的可能会怎么做呢？
她学会了核心单词听懂了整个对话以后，一定会去修冰箱！！并且，这里强调是找人修冰箱，have it fixed而不是她自己修！she will fix it herself.
第七个短对话：
买房问题。全国热议啊，考试考到的角度那是真叫一个艺术！
我市区的公寓卖得不错！I did extremely well on the sale of my downtown apartment.也就是说卖了一个好价钱啦！Now, I have enough money to buy that piece of land I?ve had my eye on and build a house on it.现在，我可有钱买一块我早就看中的地啦，我能建一所房子啦！
偷偷感叹下，这说明了城乡的房价是多么滴有茶具啊！不过考官还是仁慈的，不考那么隐晦的，来个简单的，听到这句话的人呢说Congratulations！Does that mean you?ll be moving soon?
恭喜你啊，那这是不是说明你很快要搬家了啊？！
问题问我们知道第一个陈述的那个男人什么情况？！简单，字面意思就够你用来解答了，卖公寓了有了钱买地建房子了！
第八个短对话：
还是运动，不过这里面涉及了一点点西方的固定搭配，black and blue又黑又蓝，这实际上说的是咱中文里面的，身上摔得又青又紫。
第一个人是在说她昨天在冰上摔了一跤，手到现在还疼呢，My hand still hurts from the fall on the ice yesterday. I wonder if I broke something.我想知道我是不是摔坏哪儿了啊
（I wonder if这个句型好，走过路过不要错过，I wonder if I could get married with Sister Phoenix我真想知道我能不能娶凤姐啊？！）
下面这位男士的回答是，I?m no doctor, but it?s not black and blue or anything. Maybe you just need to rest it for a few days. 我不是医生，但是如果没有什么又青又紫也没其他问题的话，也许你只是需要休息几天罢了。
问题，此女发生了什么问题?
答案，手摔了，焦虑，问了一男的，这男的很冷静，告诉她没啥事。
长对话（19~25）
答案及解析：
19. What do we learn about the woman?
答案：D) She was a witness to the crime.
解析：文中男士需要女士描述一下抢劫银行的人（describe the man who robbed the bank）。选项中B提到了robbery，但是对话中没有说明女士是受害者（victim）；D选项提到了她目击了某个犯罪经过，robbery显然是crime的一种。
20. What did the suspect look like?
答案：A) A tall man with dark hair and a moustache.
解析：原文中提到The man was tall, six foot, and he had dark hair, and he had moustache.，对应选项A。
21. What did the man finally asked the woman to do?
答案：A) Identify the suspect from pictures.
解析：对话结尾处，男士要求女士look at some photographs，很显然，他的目的是让女士通过照片来辨别嫌疑人。因此选择A。
22. How did the woman get to know about the job vacancy?
答案：A) By reading a newspaper ad.
解析：job vacancy指空缺的职位。在对话一开始，女士就说到她的目的：I?m calling about the job that was in the paper last night.从这句话中可以看出她得知职位信息的来源是the paper last night，对应A选项。
23. Why did the woman find the job appealing?
答案：B) She could work close to her family.
解析：本题关键词是appealing，意为引起兴趣的。女士提到她喜欢这份工作的原因是be near to the family.，close是near的同义替换词，因此选择B选项。
24. What had the woman been doing in Geneva?
答案：C) Working as a secretary.
解析：女士提到她在日内瓦做了一些secretarial work，也就是选项C中的secretary。虽然她也提到之前在大学学习，但是她取得的学位是a degree in English，而非选项D中的a degree in French.
25. What was the woman asked to do in the end?
答案：C) Send in a written application as soon as possible.
解析：对话中女士希望得到面试机会，但是男士要求先要递交书面申请（reply a writing to the advertisement），并不是所有人都能得到面试机会，因此选择答案C。
题材考点分析：
长对话第二篇围绕女士求职面试展开，男士问了很多关于女士个人信息的问题，女士做出回答。做题时需要考生把握住对话大意、抓住细节信息以及两人的态度。
对话中的考点主要集中在细节、重点一些词组含义，以及同意词组替换。对话中关键信息包括：been working in Geneva, secretarial work, degree in English, be near to the family, applications in writing等。考题也正是针对这些关键信息出的，在听的时候考察考生对于细节的把握，尤其是叙述相同类型的事情时，更需要记下其中的区别，从而在做题时能够准确的选出选项。如对话中提到女士会French 和English，区别是会说French，拿到了degree in English.
其中有几题考察同义词组替换。比如23题中用close替换了near，24题中用secretary替换了secretarial work。选项中频频出现同义词组替换，由此可见考生平时应该注意积累同一个意思不同的表达法。
另外，从说话的语气和表达情绪的词，也可以听出说话人的态度。比如女士在问到能否安排面试时，男士的回答“Well, I?m afraid…” 由此看出男士否定了女士的想法。因此在做题中，很容易地排除了安排面试的选项。
总体来说，这篇听力难度中等，关键是要抓住细节。
Section B
Passage One
听力文章分析：
本文难度不大，生词和难词不是很多，关键是整体上的及关键句的理解。先是消防队员在营救火灾中时常遇到小孩对消防队员的设备不熟悉，以为是带着面具的怪兽（monster），从而躲起来，无法得到及时营救而丧失的现象入手，引出Eric V elez为了防止此类现象再次发生，在社区里开始对孩子消防知识的教育。再举例进一步说明教育性质的演讲在拯救生命的巨大作用。最后再简略地说下此类演讲的其他作用。
做题要点：
（1）抓关键句。一般篇章类听力，篇幅较长，听的时候一定要学会准确提取有用的信息，如原因目的、结果、数字、开头和结尾部分等。
“because they think they have seen a monster” “To prevent such tragedies, fire fighter Eric V elez gives talks to children in his community, explaining that they should never hide during a fire.” “But it?s a fact that informative speaking saves lives.” “Pete Gentry in North Carolina rescued his brother who is choking on food,” “In addition to saving lives,”
这几句就包括了所有题目的答案，只要抓住这几句并理解了其意，题目就不难做出。
（2）抓住细节，但无需执着于细节。
本文的题目每题都设置了很多细节干扰项。如果太过执着于细节，如frightened by smoke and noise ；Eric V elez learnt Spanish from his immigrant parents 就会使得做题时容易被细节分心，从而无法立即准确地判断和加以选择。
重点词汇：
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