英语四级听力强化训练答案解析(10套)
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Model Test 6【参考答案】Part ⅠA Visit to the Historical ExhibitionUnder the auspices of the Student Union of our university, a visit to the historical exhibition will be held next Sunday. We will go to the Capital Museum and attend the exhibition of Ancient China Civilization. This activity aims to enhance the understanding of the bright civilization of our great country. The arrangements are as followed.This activity is arranged to begin at 8:00 am and end at 4:00 am. First, we will see a digital movie about the history of China, which lasts about half an hour. Then we will see many priceless relics following the explanation of the guide. Besides, we can look around the shops in the museum and buy what we like.Anyone who is interested in history is warmly welcomed. You are expected to come to the office of the Students Union to fill in an application form. Please call at 3489565 for further information. I am looking forward to your active participation.The Students’ UnionPart Ⅱ1~5 B C C B D 6~10 B A D D B11~15 AD B B B16~20 C C D D A 21~25 B A A A CPart Ⅲ26~30 FALGE 31~35 BMKON36. C 37. B 38. E 39. G 40. I41. D 42. J 43. D 44. F 45. A46~50 ACBBD 51~55 DBCBAPart ⅣThe Four Treasures of the Study is a general term for a set of tools for painting and writing in ancient China, namely paper, ink, brush pen and ink stone. The name appears to originate in the time of the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Different from the pen we use for writing, the “penpoint”of the Chinese writing brush is soft and big. They are generally made from animal hair, say, the rabbit, the sheep, the wolf, etc. Penholders are commonly constructed from bamboo, but special brushes may have handles of jade, carved ivory, or other precious materials. The most famous paper used for Chinese calligraphy and Chinese painting is rice paper, also named as Xuan paper. The paper is thin and light, and has a remarkable longevity. The quality of the Four Treasures of the Study plays a decisive role in one’s painting and calligraphy. Therefore, scholars engaging intraditional Chinese painting and calligraphy attached much importance to the choice of the tools.【听力原文】Section AN e w s R e p o r t O n eAn oral treatment for peanut allergy is still effective four years after it was administered, a study has found.Children were given a probiotic, with a peanut protein, daily for 18 months. When tested one month later, 80% could tolerate peanuts without any allergic symptoms and after four years, 70% of them were still able to eat peanuts without suffering any side-effects.Food allergies have risen dramatically in recent decades, with peanut allergy one of the most deadly. Lead researcher Prof Mimi Tang, of Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in Melbourne, said half the children were consuming peanuts regularly while others were only eating them infrequently. “The importance of this finding is that these children were able to eat peanuts like children who don’t have peanut allergy and still maintain their tolerant state, protected against reactions to peanuts,” she said. Prof Tang said it was the first time a treatment for peanut allergy had been shown to be effective for this long.heard.Q1. How long has the peanut allergy treatment been effective?Q2. Why is this finding so important according to Prof Mimi Tang?N e w s R e p o r t T w oAmazon has launched a service in the U.S. offering daily “essentials” for collection within two minutes of ordering.The items available in Instant Pickup include snacks, cold drinks, smartphone chargers and Amazon devices.The move poses a threat to bricks-and-mortar convenience stores, but one expert questioned its appeal. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump has criticized Amazon on Twitter for harming other retailers. The new service will enable Prime and Prime Student members to use the Amazon app to order items they need urgently from a curated collection of popular products.Amazon employees at the pickup points then process the order, and it will be available to collect from a self-service locker within two minutes. For now, the service will be available at only one location in each of: Los Angeles, Berkeley, Atlanta, Ohio, College Park, and Maryland. The online retail giant already operates 22 manned pickup locations on or near university campuses in the country.heard.Q3. What is the new service Amazon has launched in the U.S.?Q4. What do we learn about the new service in the U.S.?N e w s R e p o r t T h r e eFor many of us, the distinctive chimes of an ice cream van conjure up happy childhood memories of British summers and dripping ice lollies. But the number of ice cream vans has been falling for years, leading some to believe that those bells may mean nothing to future generations of children.A crop of small, family-run businesses is determined to keep the industry alive however. These ice cream entrepreneurs have found business models that enable them to thrive in a market dominated by large retailers. And some have even dipped their toes in the export market.One such success story is Londoner John Bonar, 53, who started selli ng ice cream when he was just 11. “We would get on a lorry in the East End, fill barrows full of ice cream, get dropped off around Hyde Park or Madame Tussauds and just sell ice cream,” he tells me.He launched his own business at the age of 21, selling ice cream from a van with a hole in the floor and windscreen wipers that didn’t work. Today his firm Piccadilly Whip operates 20 ice cream vans inLondon and Essex, and has fixed stands at Tower Bridge.Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.Q5. What do we learn about the ice cream vans in Britain?Q6. Who plays an important role in keeping this ice cream industry alive?Q7. How old was John Bonar when he launched his own business?Section BC o n v e r s a t i o n O n eM: Hello, Professor Johnson.W: Hello, Tony. So what shall we work on today?M: Well, the problem is that this writing assignment isn’t coming out right. What I thought I was writing on was to talk about what particular sport means to me when I participate in.W: What sport did you choose?M: I decided to write about cross-country skiing.W: What are you going to say about skiing?M: That’s the problem. I thought I would write about how peaceful it is to be out in the country.W: So why is that a problem?M: As I start describing how quiet it is to be out in the woods. Ikeep mentioning how much effort it takes to keep going.Cross-country skiing isn’t as easy as some people think. It takes a lot of energy, but that’s not part of my paper. So I guessI should leave it out. But now I don’t know how to explain thatfeeling of peacefulness without explaining how hard you have to work for it. It all fits together. It’s not like just sitting down somewhere and watching the clouds roll by. That’s different.W: Then you’ll have to include that in your point. The peacefulness of cross-country skiing is the kind you earn by effort. Why leave that out? Part of your point you knew beforehand but part you discovered as you wrote. That’s common, right?M: Yeah, I guess so.Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.8. What is the topic of the man’s writing assignment?9. What problem does the man have while working on his paper?10. Why is it necessary to mention the effort part of skiing on the man’s paper?11. What did the woman finally ask the man to do?C o n v e r s a t i o n T w oW: Good evening and welcome to this week’s Business World. It programs for and about business people. Tonight we have Mr.Angeleno who came to the US six years ago, and is now an established businessman with three restaurants in town. Tell us Mr. Angeleno, how did you get started?M: Well I started off with a small diner. I did all the cooking myself and my wife waited on tables. It was really too much work for two people. My cooking is great. And word got around town about the food. Within a year, I had to hire another cook and four waitresses. When that restaurant became very busy, I decided to expand my business. Now with three places my main concern is keeping the business successful and running smoothly.W: Do you advertise?M: Oh yes. I don’t have any TV commercials, because they are too expensive. But I advertise a lot on radio and in local newspapers. My children used to distribute ads in nearby shopping centers, but we don’t need to do that any more.W: Why do you believe you’ve been so successful?M: Em, I always serve the freshest possible food and I make the atmosphere as comfortable and as pleasant as I can, so that my customers will want to come back.W: So you always aim to please the customers?M: Absolutely! Without them I would have no business at all.W: Thank you Mr. Angeleno. I think your advice will be helpful to those just staring out in business.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.Q12. What is the woman’s occupation?Q13. What do we learn about Mr. Angeleno’s business at its beginning?Q14. What does Mr. Angeleno say about advertising his business?Q15. What does the man say contribute to his success? Section CP a s s a g e O n eThere are many commonly held beliefs about eye glasses and eyesight that are not proven facts. For instance, some people believe that wearing glasses too soon weakens the eyes. But there is no evidence to show that the structure of eyes is changed by wearing glasses at a young age. Wearing the wrong glasses, however, can prove harmful. Studies show that for adults there is no danger, but children can develop loss of vision if they have glasses inappropriate for their eyes.We have all heard some of the common myths about how eyesight gets bad. Most people believe that reading in dim light causes poor eyesight, but that is untrue. Too little light makes the eyes work harder, so they do get tired and strained. Eyestrain also results from reading a lot, reading in bed, and watching too much television. However, although eyestrain may cause some pain or headaches, it does not permanently damage eyesight.Another myth about eyes is that they can be replaced, or transferred from one person to another. There are close to one million nerve fibers that connect the eyeball to the brain, as of yet it is impossible to attach them all in a new person. Only certain parts of the eye can be replaced. But if we keep clearing up the myths and learning more about the eyes, someday a full transplant may be possible.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.Q16. What does the speaker want to tell us about eyesight?Q17. What do studies about wearing the wrong glasses show?Q18. What do we learn about eye transplanting from the talk?P a s s a g e T w oWhen people care for an elderly relative, they often do not use available community services such as adult daycare centers. If the caregivers are adult children, they are more likely to use such services, especially because they often have jobs and other responsibilities. In contrast, a spouse usually the wife, is much less likely to use support services or to put the dependent person in a nursing home. Social workers discover that the wife normally tries to take care of her husband herself for as long as she can in order not to use up their life savings. Researchers have found that caring for the elderly can be a very positive experience. The elderly appreciated the care and attention they received. They were affectionate and cooperative. However, even when caregiving is satisfying, it is hard work. Social workers and experts on aging offer caregivers and potential caregivers help when arranging for the care of an elderly relative. One consideration is to ask parents what they want before they become sick or dependent. Perhaps they prefer going into a nursing home and can select one in advance. On the other hand, they may want to live with their adult children. Caregivers must also learn to state their needs and opinions clearly and ask for help from others especially brothers and sisters. Brothers and sisters are often willing to help, but they may not know what to do.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.Q19. Why are adult children more likely to use community services to help care for elderly parents?Q20. Why are most wives unwilling to put their dependent husbands into nursing homes?Q21. According to the passage, what must caregivers learn to do? P a s s a g e T h r e eSince a union representative visited our company to inform us about our rights and protections’ my co-workers have been worrying about health conditions and complaining about safety hazards in the workplace. Several of the employees in the computer department, for example, claim to be developing vision problems from having to stare at a video display terminal for about 7 hours a day. The supervisor of the laboratory is beginning to get headaches and dizzy spells because she says it’s dangerous to breathe some of the chemical smoke there. An X-rays technician is refusing to do her job until the firm agrees to replace its out-dated equipment. She insists that it's exposing workers to unnecessarily high doses of radiation. She thinks that she may have to contact the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and asked that government agency to inspect the department. I've heard that at a factory in the area two pregnant women who were workingwith paint requested a transfer to a safer department, because they wanted to prevent damage to their unborn babies. The supervisor of personnel refused the request. In another firm the workers were constantly complaining about the malfunctioning heating system, but the owner was too busy or too mean to do anything about it. Finally, they all met and agreed to wear ski-clothing to work the next day. The owner was too embarrassed to talk to his employees. But he had the heating system replaced right away.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.Q22. What does the talk focus on?Q23. What did the X-ray technician ask her company to do?Q24. What does the speaker say about the two pregnant women working with paint?Q25. Why did the workers in the firm wear ski-clothing to work?。
2018年6月英语四级听力参考答案及解析听力答案:1-5 ABBCA1.A) The return of bottled message to its owner’s daughtter。
2.B) She wanted to honor her father’s promise。
3.B) Several cases of Zika disease had been identified。
4.C) It lost a huge stock of bees。
5.A) It stayed in the air for about two hours。
6-10 CDADC6.C) Inadequate funding。
7.D) It is more environmentally friendly。
8.A) It seems a depressing topic。
9.D) They can’t make it to the theatre in time。
10.C) It is the most amusing show he has ever watched。
11-15 BDCAD11。
B) Go and see the dance。
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D) She worries she won’t fit in as a transter student。
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C) Participate in after-school activities。
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A) Give her help whenever she needs it。
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D) She has just transterred to the college。
16-20 BACDB16。
B) To find out which physical drive is the most powerful。
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A) When they are hungry。
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大学英语四级听力训练及答案训练自己的英语四级听力,你是否会想起之前的大学时光?下面是店铺给大家整理的大学英语四级听力训练及答案,供大家参阅!大学英语四级听力训练及答案听力真题:Conversation Two23.A. They are describing a new dustbin.B. They are discussing the protection ofenvironment.C. They are collecting used batteries.D. They are looking forward to attending a lecture.24.A. To make full use of the metals left.B. To protect the forest resources from being destroyed.C. To call for stopping using plastic meal-boxes.D. To awaken people to the environmental problem.25.A. She will attend the lecture.B. She will draw up a program.C. She will join the "Green Movement".D. She is not sure what she will do.答案解析:Conversation TwoM: Have you noticed the new dustbin downstairs, at the entrance of the main building?W: Yeah, of course. It looks funny, though, like a battery. What's it for? Is it really for garbage?M: Not really. Actually it's a dustbin for used batteries.W: Used batteries? What do you mean by that? Why do weneed a special dustbin for used batteries?M: Well, you know there are still a lot of heavy metals left in used batteries, so by recycling the batteries, [23]we can not only make full use of the metals left, but also prevent the environment from being polluted.W: Oh, I see. Can this work? Our efforts are too insignificant.M: Even though we are not ecologists or biologists, there is still a lot we can do. [24]The Student Union is sponsoring a one-month program called "Green Movement", which is aimed at making more and more students aware of serious environmental problems we are facing now.W: Sounds quite exciting-"Green Movement". What, for example, can I do?M: Well, quite a lot. For one thing, you can stop using those plastic meal-boxes and disposable wooden chopsticks. Plastic meal-boxes do great harm to the environmentand disposable chopsticks are a big waste of forest resources. [25]Well, there will be a lecture tomorrow afternoon at four o'clock. You may attend if you are interested.W: [25]Tomorrow afternoon... let me think... yeah, I happen to be free. I will go there.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.23. What are the two speakers doing?正确答案:B解析:主旨题。
大学英语四级-听力10(总分:100.00,做题时间:90分钟)一、Listening Comprehension(总题数:0,分数:0.00)二、Section A(总题数:4,分数:30.00)(分数:10.00)A.He turned suddenly and ran into a tree. √B.He was hit by a fallen box from a truck.C.He drove too fast and crashed into a truck.D.He was trying to overtake the truck ahead of him.解析:[听力原文]M: The taxi driver must have been speeding.W: Well, not really. He crashed into the tree because he was trying not to hit a box that had fallen off the truck ahead of him.Q: What do we learn about the taxi driver?[解析] 本题为人物信息类型题。
从对话中得知,男子说出租车司机超速,女子说不是,是因为要躲避突然出现在他前方的箱子才撞到了树上,而那个箱子是从前面车上掉下来的,可以推断出司机因为突然转弯才撞到了树。
因此,正确答案应选A。
A.To find out more about the topic for the seminar.B.To make a copy of the schedule for his friend.C.To get the seminar schedule for the woman. √D.To pick up the woman from the library.解析:[听力原文]W: Do you have the seminar schedule with you? I"d like to find out the topic for Friday. M: I gave it to my friend, but there should some available in the library. I can pick one up for you.Q: What does the man promise to do?[解析] 本题为行为动作类型题。
Unit 1参考答案Section A1. C2. C3. D4. B5. B6. C7. B8. B9. D 10. B 11. C 12. D 13. A 14. C 15. BSection B16. D 17. D 18. A 19. B 20. C 21. A 22. B 23. C 24. A 25. BSection C26. resist 27. seasonal 28. harvested 29. processed30. prepared 31. alcoholic 32. cherry-producing 33. relatives34. In the United States, production fell by twenty percent last year after a record harvest in 2004 35. They must reach the market as soon as possible. So they cost more than many other kinds of fresh fruit.36. Cherry blossoms are popular in many parts of Asia and Europe.Unit 2参考答案Section A1. C2. D3. A4. C5. D6. B7. D8. C9. C 10. A 11. A 12. C 13. B 14. D 15. CSection B16. A 17. A 18. C 19. A 20. A 21. C 22. A 23. C 24. D 25. CSection C26. offering 27. institutions 28. certain 29. evaluate30. versus 31. access 32. human 33. physically 34. meet new friends with whom you can use and practice the language35. the challenge of adapting to a new culture and way of life36. grow beyond the classroom through cultural and educational activities.Unit 3参考答案Section A1. D2. D3. D4. C5. D6. D7. A8. C9. A 10. B 11. D 12. B 13. A 14. C 15. DSection B16. A 17. A 18. C 19. D 20. A 21. B 22. D 23. A 24. C 25. DSection C26. population 27. extends 28. includes 29. entire30. mountainous 31. existed 32. beneath 33. scattered34. Sea winds that blow inland from the west are warmed by a current of warm water that flows through the Pacific Ocean.35. As they rise to cross the mountains, the winds are cooled, and their moisture begins to fall as rain.36. These forest giants often grow to be as much as 300 feet tall, with diameters up to 10 feet.Unit 4参考答案Section A1. D2. B3. B4. D5. B6. C7. A8. B9. C 10. D 11. A 12. C 13. A 14. C 15. BSection B16. A 17. B 18. B 19. C 20. B 21. A 22. A 23. C 24. D 25. BSection C26. oldest 27. claim 28. continuous 29. internationally30. attracts 31. quarter 32. related 33. founded34. Thirty colleges and all halls admit students35. Seven other colleges are for graduates only36. specializes in part-time and continuing educationUnit 5参考答案Section A1.A2.A3.B4.B5.D6.C7.A8.A9. D 10. C 11. C 12. B 13. A 14. C 15. DSection B16. C 17. A 18. D 19. C 20. B 21. A 22. D 23. B 24. C 25. DSection C26. self-conscious 27. occurring 28. impression 29. unattractive30. adversely 31. reflected 32. reactions 33. profound34. They also find it difficult to be pleased by compliments because they believe they are unworthy of praise.35. It is clear that, while self-awareness is a healthy quality, overdoing it is harmful.36. Since shyness goes hand in hand with lack of self-esteem, it is important for people to accept their weaknesses as well as their strengths.Unit 6参考答案Section A1. C2. A3. D4. A5. C6.C7. C8. B9. B 10.C 11.D 12.B 13.A 14.C 15.DSection B16. B 17. D 18. C 19. A 20. C 21. B 22. D 23. A 24. B 25. BSection C26.invented 27.rockets 28.archeologists 29.changed 30.hunters31.difficult 32.collected 33.dropped34. She dropped them near her home in the Middle East35. Then they could stay at home and look after the children and the animals36. Men began civilization after women invented agriculture.Unit7参考答案Section A1. B2. D3. A4. D5. B6. C7. B8. A9. C 10. B 11. C 12. C 13. C 14. A 15. DSection B16. B 17. D 18. C 19. D 20. A 21. A 22. B 23. B 24. A 25. CSection C26.fashionable28.obedience30. critics33. educations34.people whom their parents have never met, and choose occupations different from those of their parents.35.Often, they discover that they have very little in common with each other.36.elderly people are valued for their wisdom, but in our society the knowledge of a lifetime may become obsolete overnight.Unit 8参考答案Section A1. A2. D3. B4. D5. D6. A7. B8. C9. B 10.B 11.D 12.B 13.A 14.A 15.BSection B16. C 17. A 18. D 19. D 20. C 21. A 22. B 23. C 24. B 25. DSection C26. punished 27. committing 28. cases 29. warnings 30. investigation 31. suspected 32. submit 33. purchased34. compare student work with material published before35. there was a major problem in Australian universities.36. they should not take information without acknowledging it.Unit 9参考答案Section A1. B2. D3. C4. A5. A6. C7. D8. C9.C 10.A 11.B 12.B 13.D 14.B 15.BSection B16. D 17. A 18. C 19. C 20. A 21. B 22. D 23. D 24. B 25. CSection C26. developed 27. established 28. improvements 29.disputes30. issues 31. meets 32. compromise 33. approval34. At first the trade agreements among the countries dealt mainly with goods.35. WTO members later agreed on trade rules for the service industry.36. That agreement provides rules to protect trade and investment in ideas and creative activities.Unit 10参考答案Section A1. B2. A3. C4. A 5 C 6.D 7.C 8. B9. A 10. D 11. B 12. B 13. A 14. A 15. CSection B16. D 17. D 18. A 19. B 20. A 21. D 22. D 23. C 24. B 25. DSection C26. blaming 27. annual 28. particularly 29. record 30. affected31. refers 32. floods 33. increased34. the agency believes these increases are related to global warming35. where we have seen those less frequently36. The frequency and extent of the problem have no other explanation today than global warming.Unit 11参考答案Section A1. D2. B3.C4. A5. C6. B7. C8. B9. C 10. D 11. A 12.C 13. D 14. B 15. DSection B16. C 17. D 18. A 19. B 20. C 21. A 22. D 23. D 24. B 25. CSection C26. tears 27. worldwide 28. timeless 29. communities 30. anniversary31. tourists 32. collected 33. depressed34. Her love life appeared as mysterious and tragic as her songs.35. In the late 1980s, she disappeared from the music scene and retired to Paris.36. Deng’s songs appeal most to older audiences who followed her career since she began singing at the age of six.Unit 12参考答案Section A1.B2.D3.A4.C5.B6.A7.C8.D9. D 10.A 11. C 12. A 13. C 14. C 15. BSection B16. A 17. C 18. B 19. B 20. A 21. C 22. C 23. D 24. A 25. BSection C26. subject 27. audience 28. achieving 29. public 30. celebrate31. mates 32. conquers 33. columns34. they also believe that it is the best basis for marriage35. Americans consider marriage a private arrangement between the two people involved36. when he or she falls in love, the strongest feelings are supposed to be for the loved oneUnit 13参考答案 Section A 1.D 2.A 3.D 4.A 5.C 6.B 7.D 8.B 9. D 10.B 11.B 12.C 13.B14.D Section B 16. C 17. B 15.B 18. A 19. D 20. C 21. A 22. B 23. C 24. B 25. D SectionC 26. retirement 27. lasting 28. retire 29. released 30. pounds 31. reduction 32. relevant33. leisure 34. The club arranges discussion groups and handicraft sessions. 35. Membership is free and a member can attend any courses held there free of charge. 36. Any other personal problem can be discussed with the counselor on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from three thirty to four. Unit 14 参考答案 Section A 1.C 2.A 3.D 4.C 5.A 6.B 7.B 8 C 9. A 10. B 11. C 12.D 13.A 14.B 15.C Section B 16. D 17. A 18. C 19. B 20. A 21. A 22. C 23. B 24. D 25. A Section C 26. wires 27. traveled 28. success 29. inventors 30. Supreme 31. favor 32. theater 33. deaf 34. none of the later inventions gave Bell the same feeling of triumph 35. He was down in his laboratory, next to the receiver 36. He ran to tell Bell the news: the wires had carried Bell’s voice perfectly.。
10套听力强化练习听力原文Model Test OneSection A1. W: I hear that your brother is planning to transfer to another university.M: Not if I can talk him out of it. And believe me, I’m trying.Q: What does the man imply?2. W: We should probably think about selecting someone to lead our study group you know,somebody really organized.M: Then you can count me out.Q: What does the man mean?3. W: I’m sorry. I need to work late tonight. So you should probably cancel our reservation at therestaurant.M: Oh, actually I’ve never got round to making one in the first place.Q: What does the man mean?4. M: How do I look in this new sweater I bought yesterday? I was in a hurry, so didn’t have achance to try it on.W: Well, I really like the style. But it looks a little tight. You might want to take it back and get the next size up.Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?5. M: You were also wearing a blue scarf when you came in, weren’t you? I think I grabbed yoursby accident.W: No, you didn’t. Mine’s still hanging by the door. I can see it from here.Q: What does the woman mean?6. W: Hey, Dan, do you think you might hurry up just a bit? You’ve been standing in front of thatsandwich counter forever. And you know, I got class in ten minutes, and so do you, by the way.M: Sorry, oh, I just wish they didn’t give me so many choices.Q: What does the man imply?7. M: You know that summer internship I’m applying for. They want an official copy of all mygrades. But the records office charges 20 dollars for an official grade report. That’s a lot, don’t you think so?W: It really is. I only had to pay six for mine last year.Q: What does the woman mean?8. M: I’d think twice about taking a history class next year. There’s not a single good professor inthe whole history department.W: Look, that’s what you said last term about the sociology department and I’m very glad I didn’t pay any attention to what you said.Q: What does the woman mean?Conversation OneM: What’s that you’re eating, Samantha, not a piece of steak, is it? I thought you were vegetarian! W: It is steak. But it’s organic. I was never vegetarian. I just like eating natural food.M: How can meat be organic?W: It means the animal don’t eat things that have been genetically modified or sprayed withpesticides.M: And I suppose it has had a good time walking around the fields, not shut inside all its life.W: That’s right.M: But can you taste the difference?W: I think so. Anyway, I’m not filling myself with all sorts of chemicals that might give me cancer.M: Yes, but there’s no proof that pesticides give you cancer.W: So why do the scientists who monitor these things prefer to eat organic food too? Pesticides are only tested on animals. Companies don’t have to spend millions on trials with human volunteers. Small quantities of chemicals do get into your food.M: Some food. Look, if the newspapers found a company was deliberately selling an unsafe product, their share price would crash and they’d be out of business in no time.W: They may go out of business soon if they don’t start selling organic food themselves. They say sales of organic food have risen by 25%.M: It’s still more expensive. You’ve got to compare the price, which is at least double, with the risk you’re running, which is absolutely minimal if you ask me.W: Well, this is prime organic beef from the Scottish Highlands. So if you don’t mind, I’d like to finish my lunch!9. Q: What can we learn about the woman’s eating habit?10. Q: What is said about organic animals?11. Q: How do companies test pesticides?12. Q: What is the man’s opinion on organic food’s price?Conversation TwoW: Professor Bevan, how important is motivation for a manager?M: Oh, motivation is extremely important. I’d say it’s the most important aspect of a manager’s job. A manager’s job is to get the job done. So he has to motivate the workers—as a team and also on an individual basis.W: So how do managers go about doing this? It doesn’t sound very easy.M: No, it is a complicated issue. But managers have special tools. They are trained to use them to boost motivation and increase production to a maximum.W: Tools?M: Yes, such as praise, approval, recognition, trust and expectation.W: And money? What about money?M: Yes, money is a factor but you might be surprised to learn that it comes out last on the list of these tools.W: What are more important for workers?M: Well, all of the things that I have already mentioned, and then job enrichment and good communication.W: And have you got any examples of real life situations to back up your claims?M: One good example is the firm Western Electric. When managers started to talk to the workers and encouraged them to get involved in decision making, workers began to feel that their contributions were important. And it paid off.W: Productivity increased?M: Yes, hugely.W: So, let’s get this straight. Are you saying that workers are not interested in earning more money?M: I’m saying they’re not just interested in money. There are other things that are just as important.13. Q: What is extremely important for a manager to do?14. Q: What does the man think of money?15. Q: In what way did motivation work in the example of Western Electric?Section BPassage OneHave you ever heard of tobacco toothpaste? That’s just one of many tobacco products that are popular in India, the world’s second most populous nation. Cigarettes are the most widely used form of tobacco, of course, but Indians also are fond of a wide selection of smokeless, chewable varieties—despite the fact that India has the world’s highest rate of tobacco-related diseases such as cancer and emphysema. Because many children and adolescents chew tobacco from morning till night, the incidence of mouth cancer has skyrocketed.Leading a campaign to warn India’s youth of the dangers of tobacco is Ruby Bhatia, who gives many speeches and television interviews. Bhatia was born in Alabama, grew up in Canada, and majored in philosophy at the University of Toronto. She moved to India a few years ago, already fluent in Hindi and English (two of India’s major languages), and quickly became one of India’s most popular TV talk-show hosts.Bhatia says that her TV experience helps her create anti-tobacco speeches that are short and persuasive. “If you give a lot of ideas that are only loosely tied together, you won’t win your case. Your ideas must have a logical sequence.” TV reports—which she says are a good model for public speakers to follow—often use a chronological, story-telling pattern or a problem-solution pattern.16. Q: What’s the result of many Indian children’s chewing tobacco from morning till night?17. Q: What contributed to Ruby Bhatia’s becoming one of India’s most popular TV talk-showhosts?18. Q: What suggestions did Bhatia give in creating speeches?Passage TwoFor many years now we have been referring to English as a global language. Everybody seems to be learning English and it isn’t uncommon to see English being used as a means of communication between, let’s say, a German and an Italian. Very soon English will be the second language of all the people in the world.We can see evidence of changes in this all the time. Let’s take the Eurovision Song Contest as an example. Whatever we might think of the contest itself, one thing that has changed recently is that now countries can opt to sing in English. In the last festival fourteen of the twenty five competing countries asked for the rules to be changed to allow them to sing in English. They argued that singing in their own language would put them at a disadvantage.And what exactly does all of this mean for native speakers of English? Well, we are already in a minority. In the future, majority speakers—that are non-native English speakers—might outnumber native English speakers by four to one. The two most important Englishes won’t be British English and American English. They’ll be Native English and Majority English. So native English speakers will be the only people in the world who speak just one language. Because therewon’t be much of a reason for native English speakers to learn a second language. As more and more people speak English, it makes sense that they will become more competent. It’s us, not the Majority English speakers, will be the disadvantaged.19. Q: What kind of people are often seen communicating in English as mentioned by the speaker?20. Q: Why did many competing countries ask to be allowed to sing in English in the contest?21. Q: What is the speaker concerned about the most?Passage ThreeAt the beginning of a speech, student speaker Kathie Aquila posed a question: “On what form of entertainment do Americans spend the greatest amount of money? I’ll give you some hints. It’s not recorded music, nor sports events, nor rock concerts, nor theme parks.”Then she revealed the answer: legalized gambling, on which Americans each year spend $340 billion—more money than they spend on all other forms of entertainment combined. In the body of the speech, Aquila tried to persuade her audience that gambling is a waste of money and time. Then she closed the speech with a quotation by Mark Twain: “‘There are two times in your life when you should not gamble: when you can’t afford it and when you can.’”Aquila’s speech was lively and impressive, partly because she used an interesting introduction and a memorable conclusion.Some speakers make no plans for the beginning and end of a speech, preferring to wait until speech time to let the mood of the moment determine what they say. This strategy is a mistake. If you don’t have a lively introduction, you can lose your audience. “People have remote controls in their heads today,” says Myrna Marofsky, a business executive. “If you don’t catch their interest, they just click you off.” And a conclusion that is weak or clumsy can damage the effectiveness of what otherwise might have been a good speech.Since the introduction and conclusion are extremely important, devote as much time and energy to them as you give to the body of the speech.22. Q: What did Aquila do at the beginning of her speech?23. Q: How did Aquila conclude her speech?24. Q: What mistake do some speakers make when they prepare a speech?25. Q: What does the speaker suggest speechmakers do at the end of the passage?Model Test TwoSection A1. M: I’ve been running a mile every afternoon for the past month. But I still haven’t been able tolose more than a pound or two. I wonder if this is worth it.W: Oh, don’t give up now. It always seems hard when you just start out.Q: What does the woman mean?2. W: I just found out the registration of the creative writing class was full. Now I have to waitanother whole year to get in.M: Why don’t you check back after the first week? Somebody might drop it.Q: What does the man suggest the woman do?3. W: John, I really can’t afford any more interruptions right now. I’ve got to finish thisassignment.M: I’m sorry Cathy. Just one more thing, I forgot to ask you if you could give me a ride to school tomorrow.Q: What can be inferred about the man?4. M: Excuse me? Could you direct me to Customer Service? I need to have this gift wrapped. W: We can take care of that right here sir, and no charge. You can choose either silver or gold with the matching bow.Q: What will the man probably do next?5. W: Oh, no! I just picked up the pictures I took at Dan and Linda’s wedding and looked at themand none of them came out.M: They are dark, aren’t they? What a shame. Oh, well, I’m sure the professional photographer got everything.Q: What does the man mean?6. M: I have to give an oral presentation in history next week. I’m really nervous about speakingin front of everyone.W: Try making a tape of yourself while you practise. That might help you feel more comfortable.Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?7. W: I’m amazed that you are still driving that old car of yours. I thought you would have gottenrid of it years ago.M: It runs well and I’ve actually grown quite attached to it.Q: What does the man mean?8. M: I was going to get something to eat at the cafeteria, but it seems to be closed.W: Oh, that’s because it’s Sunday. Why don’t you come with me to a place I know on Canal Street?Q: What does the woman suggest they do?Conversation OneM: Hi, Sis. I just came over to drop off the DVDs you wanted. Wow!? Where did you get all of this stuff?W: I bought it. So, what do you think of my new entertainment center? The widescreen TV and new DVD player.M: But where did you get the money to buy all this? You didn’t borrow money from mom and dad again, did you?W: Of course not. I got it with this! It’s a student credit card.M: A student credit card? How did you get one?W: I got an application in the mail.M: Well, why did you get one in the first place?W: Listen. Times are changing, and having a credit card helps you build a credit rating, control spending, and even buy things that you can’t pay with cash. Like the plane ticket I got recently.M: What plane ticket?W: Oh yeah, my roommate and I are going to Hawaii over the school break, and of course I need some clothes.M: I don’t want to hear it. How does having a student credit card control spending? And the interest rates of student credit cards are usually sky-high, and if you miss a payment, the rates, well, just jump!W: Ah. The credit card has a credit limit.M: Yeah. Oh, don’t tell me. Listen. Hey, I don’t think having a student credit card is a bad idea, but this is ridiculous. And how are you going to pay off your credit card bill?W: Um, with my birthday money. It’s coming up in a week.M: Hey, let’s sit down and talk about how you’re going to pay things back, and maybe we can come up with a budget that will help you get out of this mess. That’s the least I can do.9. Q: According to the woman, which items were purchased with credit card?10. Q: Why did the woman get a student credit card?11. Q: What does the woman plan to do with her credit card problems?12. Q: What is the man going to do to help the woman out?Conversation TwoM: Honey, the basketball game is about to start. And could you bring some chips and a bowl of ice cream? And a slice of pizza from the fridge.W: Anything else?M: No, that’s all for now. Hey, you know, they’re organizing a company basketball team, and I’m thinking about joining. What do you think?W: Humph.M: Humph? What do you mean “Humph”? I was the star player in high school.W: Yeah, twenty-five years ago. Look,I just don’t want you to have a heart attack running up and down the court.M: So, what are you suggesting? Should I just abandon the idea? I’m not that out of shape.W: Well, you ought to at least have a physical plan before you begin. I mean, it has been at least five years since you played at all.M: Well, okay.W: And you need to watch your diet and cut back on the fatty foods, like ice cream. And you should try eating more fresh fruits and vegetables.M: Yeah, you’re probably right.W: And you should take up a little weight training to strengthen your muscles or perhaps try cycling to build up your heart function. Oh, and you need to go to bed early instead of watching TV half the night.M: Hey, you’re starting to sound like my personal fitness instructor!W: No, I just want you to be around for a long, long time.13. Q: What does the man want to do?14. Q: What is the woman’s main concern?15. Q: What does the woman advise about the man’s diet?Section BPassage OneYou have probably noticed that many speakers at business and professional meetings start off by saying something like this: “I’m glad to have a chance to speak to you today.” They are giving an icebreaker—a polite little prologue to “break the ice” before getting into their speech.When you give speeches in the community, an icebreaker is helpful because it eases your nervous tension and it lets the audience get accustomed to your voice. You don’t need an icebreaker for classroom speeches because your audience has already settled down and is ready to listen.I don’t like “Hello, how are you?” as an icebreaker. It leaves a question as to whether thespeaker wants the audience to roar a response like “Fine, thank you!” It is much better to say, “I appreciate the opportunity to speak to you tonight.” But, you might object, phrases like this have been used so often, they are meaningless. Nevertheless, they are valuable aids to smooth social relationships. Such expressions are dull but they are necessary because they lubricate the wheels of human discourse.In addition to expressing appreciation for the invitation to speak, you can include a thank-you to the person who introduced you or a reference to the occasion. Some speakers also use the icebreaker to formally greet the audience. This custom, however, has fallen out of fashion.An icebreaker should be very brief—just a sentence or two. If you are too slow getting into the attention material of your introduction, you may cause some listeners to tune you out.16. Q: Why is an icebreaker helpful according to the speaker?17. Q: Why doesn’t the speaker like “Hello, how are you?” as an icebreaker?18. Q: What warning does the speaker give at the end of the passage?Passage TwoHonesty may well be the policy, but it often deserts us when no one is watching, psychologists report today. Experiments with an honesty box to collect payments for hot drinks show that people are better at paying up when under the gaze of a pair of eyes. The surprise was that the eyes were not real, but photographed.Researchers at Newcastle University set up the experiment in secret. They attached a poster to a cupboard of mugs above an honesty box alongside a kettle, with tea, coffee and milk. Over 10 weeks, they alternated each week between images of eyes and pictures of flowers.Dr. Bateson, a biologist and leader of the study, said that even though the eyes were not real they still seemed to make people behave more honestly. The effect may arise from behavioral characteristics that developed as early humans formed social groups that increased their chances of survival. Individuals had to co-operate for the good of the group, rather than act selfishly.“If nobody is watching us, it is in our interests to behave selfishly. But when we think we’re being watched we should behave better, so people see us as co-operative and behave the same way towards us, ” Dr. Bateson said.“We thought we’d get a slight effect with eyes, but it was quite striking how much difference they made. Even at a subconscious level, it seems people respond to eyes, and that might be because eyes send a strong biological signal we have evolved to respond to.”19. Q: What is this passage mainly about?20. Q: Why do people behave honestly under the watch of eyes?21. Q: Before the experiment, what did the researchers expect about the result?Passage ThreeBefore children go into a hospital for surgery, their parents need to know how to prepare them emotionally and intellectually. What should they tell the children about pain and recovery? How can they ease fears and provide comfort?To help parents with this task, the pediatrics department at a large metropolitan hospital asked Jessica Trujillo, a student nurse, to prepare a presentation and deliver it once a week to parents.Trujillo knew some information from her experiences working with children in the “peds” ward, but she realized that her presentation would be much stronger if she researched the topic. She interviewed children who had undergone surgery, and she talked with parents and healthprofessionals. She read books and journal articles, and she explored the Internet.“I came up with some insights that I never would have discovered without doing research,” she said. Her most surprising find: Many children think they are being sent to the hospital as punishment for bad behavior. “This just blew my mind. I wouldn’t have guessed this in a hundred years. So, of course, in my presentation I emphasize to parents that they should reassure their kids that they’ve done nothing wrong and aren’t being punished.”Trujillo’s experience illustrates the value of research in speechmaking. Even if you already know a lot about a topic, research can yield valuable information and insights.22. Q: What do parents need to do before sending their children to a hospital for surgery?23. Q: What did Trujillo do to make her presentation stronger?24. Q: What is the most surprising find in Trujillo’s research?25. Q: What do we learn from Trujillo’s experience?Model Test ThreeSection A1. M: I’m trying to find someone to come with me to the spring fashion show in the art museumon Saturday. Want to come along?W: Well, I’m not too crazy about fashion, but what about Lora? She’s taking a fashion design course and seems to be enjoying it.Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?2. W: I walk past the coffee house every day, and I always see Leo there, either playing a game orreading the paper.M: Well, Leo knows more ways to kill time than anyone.Q: What does the man say about Leo?3. M: Can you believe I can’t get a plane ticket for the Christmas holidays? I mean, it’s onlyNovember.W: Well, I wouldn’t worry about it too much. You know, people cancel their reservations all the time.Q: What does the woman imply the man should do?4. W: It’s a long time since you left the company. Where are you working now?M: In a fast food restaurant. It’s a real pain. But I can’t complain. Many people are out of work these days.Q: What do we learn about the man?5. M: Look, the trees on our campus are really beautiful.W: Yeah, and they are useful too. They cut down on our needs for air conditioning, don’t you think so?Q: What does the woman mean?6. M: Jenny, would you like to go to the concert with me this weekend, or do you have to preparefor your finals?W: In fact, I still have a lot to do for the exams, but maybe a break would do me good.Q: What will the woman probably do?7. W: What do you think of my new hat, honey? It’s bright, but awfully simple, don’t you think so? M: Well, if you really want my opinion, I should not say awfully simple, but simply awful!Q: How does the man feel about the woman’s hat?8. M: Has Larry finished his term paper for chemistry? It will be due the day after tomorrow, andProfessor Johnson has never been happy with late papers.W: As far as I know, he seems to put everything off until the last minute.Q: What do we learn about Larry from the conversation?Conversation OneM: You like living in the city, don’t you?W: Oh, I love it. It’s so convenient. I can take the bus to work, or the subway, or the taxi. And there’s so much to do.M: I know what you mean. I’d like to live in the city, too, but living in the suburbs is better for children.W: Well, there are a lot of good things about suburban living. But, as a working woman, I think a city has all the conveniences, including the best food and latest news.M: But there are more trees, grass and fresh air in the suburbs.W: You can take them to the suburbs on the weekends. Living in a city, you’ll have so much fun.Movie houses, theatres, museums and so many great places.M: Yeah, children are the right age. There are lots of things for them here.W: You’re right. Today is the perfect example. They are at the aquarium in Brooklyn now. They come back home for lunch, and then go uptown to the Museum of Natural History. There’s so much for young people to see and do. It’s just incredible!M: Not just for young people. What about me? I’ve never been to the aquarium or the Museum of Natural History.W: Neither have I. When I was a child, I used to go to the Museum of Arts.M: I’ve been there several times. Twice with children.W: Well, I have an idea. Next weekend, we go to the Museum of Natural History.M: OK, that’s really a very good idea.9. Q: What are the two speakers mainly talking about?10. Q: What does the man think of living in the suburbs?11. Q: What is the man’s opinion of the city?12. Q: What do we learn about the woman from the conversation?Conversation TwoM: Right, I guess you’ve got some ideas for our product promotion.W: Well, first we must win over the medical circle, so I thought we should launch a campaign in all the specialist medical journals to promote our drugs, antibiotics and so on.M: That’s a very good idea.W: Then TV commercials.M: Just a moment, are you sure we’re allowed to advertise medicines on TV?W: Oh yes, provided they are not drugs which need a prescription. You can advertise over-the-counter products. We can get users of our products to recommend them, like “It cured my disease in six days.”M: Now, hold on. It is forbidden to claim any positive cure for a disease. And we mustn’t offer any drugs for illness which should be treated by a doctor.W: OK. What about this? A series of full page newspaper ads with the message that most doctors consider our products the best.M: That depends on whether it’s true.W: Sure it is. But here is another suggestion. We could offer to return the purchase price to anyone who’s not satisfied with one of our products. It’s possible to do that, isn’t it?M: No, I’m afraid not. Manufacturers of medical products are not allowed to promise a return fora price in their ads.W: Well, it looks as though I’ll have to come up with something else. I never realize the regulations were so rigid.13. Q: What are the two speakers talking about?14. Q: Which suggestion of the woman’s is possible according to the man?15. Q: What can we learn about the woman from the conversation?Section BPassage OneThroughout history, people have been the victims of pickpockets. Today pickpocketing is oneof the most rapidly increasing crimes. Pickpockets are increasing in number and developing better methods to practice their skill. About one million Americans lose money to pickpockets every year, and no one is really safe from a skilled pickpocket. His victims can be rich or poor, young or old.During the 18th century, pickpockets were hanged in England. Large crowds of people would gather to watch the hanging, which was supposed to be a warning to other pickpockets. However,in time the practice was discontinued. The reason: while people were attentively watching the hanging of a pickpocket, other pickpockets skillfully stole the money of the spectators.Police officials say that most efficient pickpockets come from South America. Many of themare trained in special schools called “Jingle Bell School”. A pickpocket graduates from a J.B.S. when he is able to steal a wallet from a dressed model that has bells inside its pockets!Even the most well-dressed, respectable person may be a pickpocket. Some of the favorite places of pickpockets are banks, airports, supermarkets and train and bus stations. Another kind of pickpocket works outside or inside bars and specializes in stealing from persons who have had too much alcohol. To avoid being the victim of pickpockets, it is important to be very cautious and alert in the midst of large gatherings of people.16. Q: What is the characteristic of the pickpockets today?17. Q: Why did the hanging of pickpockets come to an end?18. Q: Where do most expert pickpockets come from?19. Q: How to avoid being the victims of pickpockets?Passage TwoIn the north of Scotland, there is a deep, dark lake surrounded by mountains. This is Loch Ness—loch is the Scottish word for “lake”. A big and mysterious creature was said to live there. Although no one ever got a good look at it, local people believed in this creature. They thought it must be some kind of fish, since it lived in the lake.Before the 1930s, few outsiders had heard of the beast. Then a road was built along Loch Ness. Many visitors began seeing the loch and hearing about the beast. Some believed they had caught sight of it. Many papers printed stories about the monster.These stories made the monster famous. But many readers thought it was a joke. To them, a monster was a make-believe animal, something they might see in a movie.Accounts of the Loch Ness monster also sounded like jokes. Many people thought they had seen part of it. The parts added up to a very strange creature indeed. It was said to be 20 or 30 or。
大学英语新四级考试听力专题训练及参考答案欲速则不达,对于四级英语听力的练习需要循序渐进地跟着大学的学习节奏走。
下面是小编给大家整理的大学英语新四级考试听力专题训练及参考答案,供大家参阅!听力真题:11.W: I ran into Sally the other day. I could hardlyrecognize her. Do you remember her from highschool?M: Yeah, she was a little out of shape back then.Well, has she lost a lot of weight?Q: What does the man remember of Sally?A) She used to be in poor health.B) She was popular among boys.C) She was somewhat overweightD) She didn't do well at high school.12.W: We don’t seem to have a reservation for you, sir? I’m sorry.M: But my secretary said that she had reserved a room forme here. I phoned her from theairport this morning just before I got on board the plane.Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place?A) At he airport.B) In a restaurant.C) In a booking office.D) At the hotel reception.答案解析:11.女:我那天遇到萨莉了。
❙答案与解析1㊀❙答案与解析T e s t 1P a r tⅠ㊀S a m p l eW r i t i n gT h e p i c t u r ed e p i c t sas c e n a r i oi nac l a s s r o o m w h e nt h et e a c h e r i s t e a c h i n g th es t u d e n t sb a s i c m a t h e q u a t i o n s s u c ha sm u l t i p l i c a t i o na n da s t u d e n t q u e s t i o n s t h en e c e s s i t y o f l e a r n i n g th e s e f u n d a m e n t a l s k i l l s .I n m y o p i n i o n ,t h e b a s i cs k i l l s m u s tb e m a s t e r e d b y hu m a n m i n d sn o m a t t e rh o w t h e m o d e r n t e c h n o l o g y d e v e l o p s .T h ee x p a n s i o no fk n o w l e d g ei s l i k et h ec o n s t r u c t i o no fas k y s c r a p e r .M a n y ofu s h a v e t h ea m b i t i o n t ob u i l d i tw a y u p i n t o t h e s k y ,a sh i g ha s p o s s i b l e .B u tw i t h o u t t h e f o u n d a t i o n ,t h o s e u g l y r o u g hb r i c k s ,t h eb e a u t i f u l l y a m a z i n g h e i g h t o f t h e s k y s c r a p e r c a no n l y e x i s t i n p e o p l e s i m a gi n a t i o n .T h em u l t i p l i c a t i o n i nm a t h ,s i m p l e f o r m u l a s i n p h y s i c s a n d t h e s y m b o l s f o r c h e m i c a l e l e m e n t s a r e j u s t l i k e t h o s e f o u n d a t i o nb r i c k s .O n l y a f t e rm a s t e r i n g t h e s eb a s i c s k i l l s ,c a no u r l o g i c a n dk n o w l e d geb e e x t e n d e d i n t oh i gh e r p l a c e s .T h u s ,i t i s o f p r o f o u n d s i g n i f i c a n c e t o l e a r n t h eb a s i c s k i l l s .T h e a d v a n c e d t e c h n o l o g y i s j u s t a t o o l t o b eu t i l i z e da n dm a n i p u l a t e db y h u m a n m i n d s .B e f o r ew e t a k ea d v a n t a geo f t h e m ,w em u s th a v ea s o l i d ,c o n c r e t ek n o w l e d geb a s e .P a r tⅡ1.B ㊀2.C ㊀3.B ㊀4.A ㊀5.D ㊀6.D ㊀7.C ㊀8.A ㊀9.C ㊀10.D ㊀11.B ㊀12.D ㊀13.A14.C ㊀15.D ㊀16.B ㊀17.B ㊀18.C ㊀19.A ㊀20.D ㊀21.C ㊀22.B ㊀23.D ㊀24.C ㊀25.D 26.s t e m s f r o m ㊀27.c o n s e q u e n c e s ㊀28.i l l u s t r a t e s ㊀29.s p r a y ㊀30.i m m e d i a t e r e s u l t s 31.f a i l e d t o p r e d i c t ㊀32.b e n e f i c i a l ㊀33.r e s i s t a n c e ㊀34.m u l t i pl i e d ㊀35.a s e c o n dc u r e P a r tⅢS e c t i o nA ㊀36)F ㊀37)I ㊀38)H ㊀39)L ㊀40)E ㊀41)J ㊀42)D ㊀43)O ㊀44)G ㊀45)CS e c t i o nB ㊀46.B ㊀47.E ㊀48.I ㊀49.G ㊀50.F ㊀51.H ㊀52.C ㊀53.D ㊀54.J ㊀55.CS e c t i o nC56.A.细节题㊂参见文章第二段第二行㊂ ...w h a t e v i d e n c e c a nb eu s e d t o p r o v e t h e mi nc o u r t同时还要注意 p r o v e 与 j u s t i f y 之间的替换㊂57.C.上下文理解题㊂参见文章第三段第二行 H ew i l l s p e n dm o s t o f i sw o r k i n g l i f e t y p i n g mi l l i o n so f w o r d s o nt h o u s a n d so ff o r m s ... ,此处的 t y p i n g ...w o r d so n ...f o r m s 应理解为警探的 r o u t i n e w o r k ( 日常工作 )㊂因此[C ]为正确答案㊂58D.细节题㊂参见文章第四段第三行 E x c e p t i nv e r ys e r i o u s c a s e s l i k em u r d e r s a n d t e r r o r i s t a t t a c k s ,...l i t t l e e f f o r t i s s p e n t o n s e a r c h i n g ,正确把握 e x c e pt 的含义,即可推出遇到这种案件时发生的情况㊂59.B .细节题㊂参见文章第一段㊂ ...h a r d l y r e c o g n i z ea n y r e s e m b l a n c eb e t w e e n ... 60.D.全文主旨题㊂上一题为本题作了很好的铺垫㊂纵观全文,主要讲述的是警探的真实生活和他们出❙答案与解析2㊀❙现在电视荧屏上的形象之间的差别,故选项D 最为合宜㊂61.A.上下文理解题㊂文章第一段第二句指出:‘牛津英语词典“的解释是:t i p 一词是17世纪黑社会的行话,意思是 给 ㊂例如他们说: 要么把命给我 ㊂而后面的话更加肯定了我们的理解: o r i g i n a l l y af o r mo f t h e f t ... 由此可见,说这话的应该是犯法者㊂62.C.细节题㊂参见文章第二段第二句话, ...i t i s n o t s u i t e d t o a c o u n t r y wi t h o u t a n e s t a b l i s h e d s e r v a n t c l a s s ... ,因内战之前,美国还没有形成服务阶层,小费制也就不适合于这个国家㊂而本句s e r v a n tc l a s s 也激活了对v o id 一词的理解,不难得出答案㊂63.B .细节题㊂参见文章最后一段第二行, t i p p i n g ha sb ec o m eu n i v e r s a l ,n o t l e a s tb e c a u s e ,i na n i n c r e a s i n g l y...t o t a x r e v i e w. (指出给小费比较流行,在很大程度上是因为在现代经济越来越不稳定的情况下,小费可以为不断壮大的服务阶层提供像工资一样可靠的收入㊂)因此[B ]为正确答案㊂64.C.上下文理解题㊂参见文章最后一段第二句: N o ts u r p r i s i n g l y ...a m o n g th ef e w d i e -h a r d s ...q u e s t i o n t h e t i p p i n g s y s t e m [C ]s k e pt i c a l 表示怀疑的 最合适㊂65.A.全文主旨题㊂从全文内容看,本文主要讲述了小费制度的形成过程㊂注意区分段落主题与全文主旨的区别㊂P a r tⅣA s t h e c r a d l eo fm a n y d i s t i n g u i s h e d c o m p o s e r s ,E u r o p e i s t h eh o m e t o s y m p h o n i cm u s i c a n d t oo pe r a a sw e l l .C h i n ah a so p e r a ,t o o .T h a t sP e k i n g O p e r a ,w h i c ho r i g i n a t e df r o m B e i j i ng s o m e 200y e a r sa g o d u r i n g th eQi n g D y n a s t y .I t s a p e r f o r m i n g a r t c o m b i n i n g s i n g i n g ,m u s i c ,d a n c i n g an d m a r t i a l a r t s .T h e c o s t u m ee x p o s i t i o n w i l l p r e s e n tt h e 200-y e a r h i s t o r y o ft h i s O r i e n t a l O pe r a a n dt h e p e rf o r m a n c e c o s t u m e s d a t i ng t o th e l a t eQi n g D y n a s t y .T h ec o s t u m ed e s i g na d o p t e de x a g g e r a t i o na n ds y m b o l i cm e a n s a n db r i g h t c o l o r s .T h em a t e r i a l s a r eu n i q u e ,s oa r e t h e t a i l o r i n g s k i l l s .T e s t 2P a r tⅠ㊀S a m p l eW r i t i n gD e v e l o p C o l l e g e S t u d e n t s C r e a t i v eT h i n k i n g A b i l i t yA sw ea l lk n o w ,t h ea b i l i t y t ot h i n kc r e a t i v e l yp l a y sac r u c i a lr o l ei n b o t hi n d i v i d u a la n ds o c i a l d e v e l o p m e n t .H o w e v e r ,w h e nw e c a s u a l l yp i c ku p an e w s p a pe r ,o r t u r no n t h eT V ,k i n d s of c r i t i c i s mo f c o l l eg e s t u d e n t s l a c ko fi n n o v a t i o n a l i d e a sc o m ef l o o d i n g t oo u re y e sa n de a r s .I t i ss a i dth a tc o l l e ge s t u d e n t s a r e g o o d i n l e a r n i n g t h ek n o w l e d g ef r o mt e x t b o o k s ,b u t t h e y a r e r a t h e rw e a k i ng e n e r a t i n g th e i r o w n i d e a s t o s o l v e t h e p r o b l e m s .W h a t c a u s e s t h i s p h e n o m e n o n ?I t h i n k t h e a n s w e r l i e s i n t h ew a yt h a t o u r e d u c a t i o no p e r a t e s .O n e t h eo n eh a n d ,t h e t e s t -o r i e n t e d e d u c a t i o nm o d e l i s t h e p r i m a r y c a u s e .I n t h i sm o d e l ,o u r c o l l e g e s t u d e n t s a r ea c c u s t o m e dt os o l v i n g t h e p r o b l e m so fw h i c ht h es t a n d a r da n s w e r i sk n o w n ,b u tt h e y ar e h a r d l y t a u g h t t o t r yt h e i r o w nn e w i d e a s .T h e u l t i m a t e g o a l o f e d u c a t i o n i s t o g a i n g o o d t e s t r e s u l t s ,n o t t o d e v e l o p o n e s c r e a t i v ew a y o f t h i n k i n g.O n t h eo t h e rh a n d ,s c h o o l s a n d s o c i e t y h a v en o t p r o v i d e de n o u g ho p po r t u n i t i e s f o r c o m m o n s t u d e n t s t o t r y t h e i r o w nn e wi d e a s .W h e na s t u d e n t t h i n k s u p an e wi d e ao n ed a y ,h ew i l l f i n d i t i s n o t s oe a s y to t r y i t o u t .S o m ew o n d e r f u l i d e a s a r ew o e f u l l y l a i dw a s t e d .T h ee d u c a t i o n a la u t h o r i t i e ss h o u l da t t a c h g r e a t e ri m p o r t a n c et o d e v e l o p i n g th es t u d e n t s c r e a t i v e❙答案与解析3㊀❙t h i n k i n g a b i l i t y .W em i g h t s t a r tb y r a i s i n g th es t u d e n t s a w a r e n e s so f t h e i s s u e ,a n dt h e nt a k ee f f e c t i v e m e a s u r e s t oa d j u s tt h e g o a lo fc o l l e g ee d u c a t i o n ,t o p r o v i d e m o r eo p p o r t u n i t i e s ,a n ds e tu p are w a r d s y s t e mt oe n c o u r a g e c r e a t i v e t h i n k i n g on t h e p a r t o f s t u d e n t s .P a r tⅡ1.D ㊀2.C ㊀3.D ㊀4.B ㊀5.C ㊀6.B ㊀7.A ㊀8.C ㊀9.C ㊀10.B ㊀11.C ㊀12.A ㊀13.D ㊀14.D ㊀15.B ㊀16.B ㊀17.A ㊀18.D ㊀19.B ㊀20.D ㊀21.C ㊀22.B ㊀23.B ㊀24.A ㊀25.C 26.c h a l l e n g e ㊀27.d e p e n d e n c eo n ㊀28.h i g h l y a u t o m a t e d ㊀29.p r o p o r t i o n ㊀30.d o m i n a t e 31.P r o v i s i o n ㊀32.i s r e s p o n s i b l e f o r ㊀33.g e o g r a ph i c a l ㊀34.d e t e r m i n a t i o n ㊀35.v a s t d i m e n s i o n s P a r tⅢS e c t i o nA ㊀36.I ㊀37.B ㊀38.J ㊀39.E ㊀40.M ㊀41.H ㊀42.O ㊀43.L ㊀44.F ㊀45.NS e c t i o nB ㊀46.D ㊀47.E ㊀48.B ㊀49.J ㊀50.A ㊀51.I ㊀52.D ㊀53.G ㊀54.C ㊀55.GS e c t i o nC56.B .全文主旨题㊂文中多次出现t r a n s m i t t i n g,c u l t u r a l t r a n s m i s s i o n ,t h e t r a n s m i s s i o no f c u l t u r e 等核心词㊂57.D.细节题㊂根据第二段第一句 T h e g r a n d t o t a l ...a s t h e c u l t u r eo f a g r o u p(社会上每一代人传给下一代人的所有物体㊁知识㊁行为方式㊁习惯㊁价值和态度等的全部总和就构成了人类学家所经常提及的群体文化㊂)可知,答案A ㊁B ㊁C 中分别提到的知识㊁生产技术㊁生活方式价值观念等都属于文化概念的范畴㊂第二段第二句还提到,文化的传递是人类针对其他物种赖以适应环境的 本能(i n s t i n c t) 的替代品,可见答案D 中的 生物本能(b i o l o gi c a l i n s t i n c t ) 不属于文化范畴㊂58.C.生词推测题㊂根据第一段最后一句 t h ec u l t u r a l h e r i t a g e f r o mt h e p r e c e d i n gge n e r a t i o n (来自上一代人的文化)推断,可传递的且与文化相关的事物很可能是 传统习俗或文化遗产 ,故选C ㊂59.D.细节题㊂参见第一段第一㊁二句 M a n i s e n d l e s s l y in v e n t i v e .B u th i s g r e a t e s t i n v e n t i o n ...w h i c h pr e c e d e dh i m. (人类的发明创造力无时不在㊂然而人类最伟大的发明还是 毫无发明创造 ,即人们把从上一代学来的基本行为方式完整地㊁一成不变地传给下一代的机能㊂)60.D.细节题㊂参见第二段最后一句 Y e ti t (c u l t u r a lt r a n s m i s s i o n )i s m o r ef l e x i b l e ...a n y ot h e r s pe c i e s . 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y i n d u l ge i nd e l i c i o u sm o o n -c a k e sw h i l e t h e l i t t l eo n e s r u na r o u n dw i t h t h e i r r a b b i t l a n t e r n s .Z h o n g Q i uJ i e p r o b a b l y b e ga na s ah a r v e s t f e s t i v a l .T h e f e s t i v a lw a s l a t e r g i v e na m y t h o l o g i c a lf l a v o r w i t hl e g e n d so fC h a n g -E ,t h eb e a u t i f u l l a d y i nt h e m o o n .I n t h e 14t hc e n t u r y ,e a t i n g m o o n -c a k e s a tZ h o n g Q i u J i ew a s g i v e n a n e w m e a n i n g .T h e s t o r y g o e s t h a tw h e nZ h uY u a nZ h a n g w a s p l o t t i n g t oo v e r t h r o wt h eY u a nD y n a s t y ,t h e r e b e l s h id t he i rm e s s a ge s i n t h em o o n -c a k e s .Z h o n g Q i u J i e i s h e n c e a l s o a c o m m e m o r a t i o nof t h e o v e r t h r o wo f t h eM o ng o l i a n s b yt h e H a n p e o p l e .T e s t 3P a r tⅠ㊀S a m p l ew r i t i n gA M o t i v a t i o nS pe e c h H e l l o ,e v e r y o n e !T h a n k sf o rc o m i ngh e r ef o r m y s p e e c h .M y t o pi c i sa b o u t g o a l s e t t i n g,a ni s s u e p a r t i c u l a r l y r e l a t e dt o y o u t h ef i r s t -y e a rc o l l e g es t u d e n t s .F r o m t h e m o m e n t y o us t e p p e d o n t ot h i s c a m p u s ,an e w ,e x c i t i n g e p i s o d eo f y o u ra d u l t l i f es t a r t e dt ou n f o l di nf r o n to f y o u .H a v e y o ue v e r t h o u g h t a b o u th o w y o u a r e g o i n g t o g ot h r o u g h t h ef o l l o w i n g fo u r y e a r s ?D o y o u g i v e y o u r s e l fa m e a n i n g f u l ,u n f o r g e t t a b l e e x p e r i e n c e ?T h e f i r s t s t e p t od o s o ,i n m y o p i n i o n ,i s t os e td e f i n i t e g o a l s f o r y o u r s t u d y a n d l i f e r i g h t a t t h eb e g i n n i n g o f y o u r c o l l e g e e d u c a t i o n .W h y i s s e t t i n gg o a l s s o i m p o r t a n t ?F i r s t o f a l l ,g o a l s c a nh e l py o ud o ,b e ,a n de x p e r i e n c e e v e r y t h i n g y o uw a n t i n l i f e .I n s t e a do f j u s t l e t t i n g l i f eh a p p e n t o y o u ,g o a l s a l l o w y o u r s e l f t o t a k ec o n t r o l a n dm a k e y o u r l i f eh a p p e n .T h a t i s ,g o a l s a r e t h e g u i d e i n y o u r l o n g w a y t o s u c c e s s .I f y o uh a v e a g o a l ,i tw o u l db e m u c he a s i e r f o r y o u t ok n o w w h a t y o us h o u l dd on e x t .S e c o n d l y ,g o a l sw i l lh e l py o u m a n a ge y o u r t i m e m o r e ef f i c i e n t l y .T i m eo nc a m p u s i sm u c hm o r e f r e ea n df l e x i b l e .A n d t i m e f l i e s .W i t h o u tg o a l s t ok e e p y o uo n th e ri g h t t r a c k ,i t s e a s y f o r s t u d e n t s t o l o s ec o n t r o l o f t h e i r t i m e ,w a n d e r i n g a i m l e s s l y f r o m o n e d a y t oa n o t h e ra n df i n a l l y e n d i n g u p f e e l i n g l i k eaf a i l u r e .W h a t s m o r e ,g o a l sa r et h ei m pe t u sw h i c h s t i m u l a t e s y o u t om a k et h e m o s tof y o u r p o t e n t i a l a b i l i t y .M a n y s u c c e s s f u l p e o p l ea i m h i gh ,s t r i v eh a r d a n dm a k eam i r a c l eo f t h e m s e l v e s i n t h e p r o c e s s o f p u r s u i n g th e i r g o a l s .S ol e t ss e t g o a l sa n d f o l l o w t h r o u g h o nt h e m.T h i n k c a r e f u l l y :W h a ta r e y o u rs t r e n g t h sa n d w e a k n e s s e s ?W h a t d o y o uw a n t i n y o u r l i f e ?W h a t c a r e e r d o y o uh o p e t ob u i l d ?W h a t p r e pa r a t i o n s s h o u l d y o u rm a k e f o r y o u r f u t u r e p o s i t i o n i ns o c i e t y ?F i n dt h ea n s w e r sa n dt h e n g e t t h e r eb y m a k i n gpl a n sa n d s e t t i n gg o a l s .S o m e t i m e s y o u rd r e a m o rm i s s i o na p p e a rb et o ol a r g ea n dt o od i f f i c u l t t of u l f i l l .I nt h a t c a s e ,y o un e e d t ob r e a k i t d o w n i n t o s m a l l e r ,s h o r t -t e r m g o a l s ,w h i c hw i l l t a k e y o u f o r w a r d s t e p b y s t e p t o y o u r f i n a l d e s t i n a t i o n .P a r tⅡ1.B ㊀2.D ㊀3.C ㊀4.A ㊀5.D ㊀6.B ㊀7.C ㊀8.A ㊀9.B ㊀10.C ㊀11.A ㊀12.D ㊀13.A14.C ㊀15.A ㊀16.B ㊀17.D ㊀18.D ㊀19.C ㊀20.D ㊀21.A ㊀22.D ㊀23.B ㊀24.B ㊀25.D26.t r e a t m e n t s ㊀27.p r o c e d u r e s ㊀28.c l a r i t y ㊀29.t h e r i s k s a n d r e a l i t i e s ㊀30.r e s t r i c t i o n s ㊀31.m e d i c a l q u a l i f i c a t i o n s ㊀32.i n f e c t e d ㊀34.h a n d i c a p p e d ㊀35.W i n du p w i t h ㊀36.ga z e s i n t o❙答案与解析5㊀❙P a r tⅢS e c t i o nA ㊀36.F ㊀37.G ㊀38.K ㊀39.B ㊀40.E ㊀41.O ㊀42.A ㊀43.J ㊀44.I ㊀45.N S e c t i o nB ㊀46.H ㊀47.C ㊀48.A ㊀49.D ㊀50.C ㊀51.B ㊀52.G ㊀53.H ㊀54.I ㊀55.F S e c t i o nC56.D.细节推断题㊂本文第三段提到,由于室内正常气压与龙卷风中心低气压的差异,平均每平方英寸有2磅的向外压力不能被向内的压力抵消㊂根据第四段第三句 B u t i f t h ew i n d o w s a r e s h u t t i g h t l y,t h e e n o r m o u s i n s i d e p r e s s u r em a y c a u s e t h eb u i l d i n g tob u r s t . 可推知,紧闭的窗户使内外空气不流通,室内压力积聚,最后巨大的室内压力导致房屋爆裂㊂57.B .细节题㊂参见第四段第一㊁二句 I f t h ew i n d o w s a r eo p e n ...o u t s i d e t h eb u i l d i n g. (若打开楼房窗户,室内的一些空气可以流出㊂这将使楼房内外压力得以平衡㊂)58.B .细节题㊂参见第四段第四㊁五句 U n f o r t u n a t e l y ,h e a v y ra i n a n d h a i l o f t e n o c c u r i n t h u n d e r s t o r m s ...m a y c a u s e f a rw o r s ed a m a ge l a t e r . (不幸的是,雷暴雨往往先带来大雨与冰雹,随后便产生龙卷风㊂所以人们经常要关闭所有门窗以保护室内财产㊂)59.A.生词猜测题㊂参见最后一段 B e f o r e t h i sw a t e r e v a p o r a t e s i t i s l i f t e da na v e r a g eo f 80f e e t t h r o u gh t r u n k s a n db r a n c h e s .A n y o n e t h i n k s t h i s a t r i f l e w o u l dd ow e l l t ow o r ko u t h o w m a n y b u c k s i tw o u l d m e a n ,t ow h i c hf l o o r .Q u i t ea c o n s i d e r a b l ea c h i e v e m e n t . (这20顿水分在蒸发之前先要沿树干与树枝平均每日上升80英尺㊂如果有人认为这只是小事一桩,试想一下20吨的水上升80英尺意味着要提多少桶水爬多少层楼㊂)60.C.细节题㊂选项A ㊁B ㊁D 分别可在最后一段的第一句㊁第四句和倒数第四句找到依据㊂61.D.推断题㊂本文开始提到欧洲货币统一是 ah u g e e c o n o m i c e x p e r i m e n t (大型的经济试验)㊂无人知道 w h a t i s g o i n g t oh a p p e n (将发生什么);接下来列举了欧元支持者与反对者两方面的看法,参见第一段第三句 T h e f a n s o fE MUs a y ... ,第二段第一句 T h ec r i t i c s o f t h e s i n g l ec u r r e n c y s a y... ㊂由此可推知作者对欧元的未来保持客观中立的态度㊂62.A.细节题㊂参见第二段第二句 T h e y w a r n t h a t a c e n t r a l l y s e t i n t e r e s t r a t e ...t e n s i o n s i nE u r o pe (他们告诫说,统一的货币利率未必适应于欧元使用区的各个地区,实际上还可能加剧欧洲的经济紧张㊂)63.A.细节题㊂参见最后一段第一句 A l t h o u g he u r on o t e sa n dc o i n sw i l ln o ta p p e a ru n t i l 1J a n u a r y 2002... (尽管直到2002年,欧元才以纸币或硬币形式出现 )㊂故D 对(在2000年,欧元还不会以纸币或硬币形势流通㊂)㊂64.C.推断题㊂根据倒数第二段第一句 T h ee u r oa n di t s g u a r d i a n ...i nt h e w o r l de c o n o m y an dt h e w o r l d s f i n a n c i a l s ys t e m (欧元及其保护者欧洲中央银行将不得不在全球经济和金融体系中证明自己的价值),这意味着作者暗示欧元在1999年欧元正式成为欧洲统一货币后可能遇到困难㊂答案A ㊁D的内容是作者明说的,非暗示,参见第63题㊂65.B .多处细节题㊂A 项在第一段第三句可找到依据;D ㊁C 项可在第三段找到依据;而B 项望文生义,认为欧元将与美元及其他货币相冲突(a c ta g a i n s t ),此句意曲解了本文倒数第二段最后一句的意思 F r o mt h e no n ,t h ev a l u eo ft h ee u r oa ga i n s tt h ed o l l a ra n da l lo t h e rc u r r e n c i e s ...w i l lf l u c t u a t e a c c o r d i n g tom a r k e t c o n d i t i o n s . (从此,欧元相对于美元以及所有其他货币的价值 包括欧元区以外的四个成员国的货币 将根据市场因素而波动㊂)P a r tⅣI nC h i n a , N a k e dm a r r i a g e s ,a l s ok n o w na s p r o p e r t y -l e s s o n e s a r ek n o w n ,a r e e n d o r s e d /a c c e p t e db y i n c r e a s i n g n u m b e r s o f y o u n gp e o p l e .B u t a s t h e yg e to l d e r ,t h e i ra t t i t u d e sm a y c h a n g e .M o r t g a g e so f t e n p r e c e d em a r r i a g e s .A c c o r d i n g t o p o p u l a rb e l i e f ,i fa m a na n dh i sf a m i l y c a n n o tb u yp r o p e r t y he w i l l s t r u g g l e t of i n dab r i d e .I nc h o o s i ng ah u s b a n d ,t h r e e -q u a r t e r s o fw o m e nc o n si d e rh i s a b i l i t y to p r o v i d ea❙答案与解析6㊀❙h o m e ,a c c o r d i n g t oar e c e n t s u r v e y o f y o u n gp e o pl e i n C h i n a sc o a s t a l c i t i e s .E v e ni faw o m a nh e r s e l f d i s m i s s e s t h i s c r i t e r i o n ,h e r f a m i l y a n d f r i e n d s ,n o t t om e n t i o n t h e c o u n t r y s e s t a t e a ge n t s ,w i l l n o t l e t h e rf o rg e t i t .T e s t 4P a r t IM y V i e wo n I n t e r n e tA s aL e a r n i n g Re s o u r c e W i t h t h e d e v e l o p m e n t of i n f o r m a t i o n t e c h n o l og y ,I n t e r n e t i s p l a y i n g a n i n c r e a s i n g l y i m po r t a n t r o l e i n o u rw o r ka n d l i f e ,g r o w i n g i n t oa c o m p r e h e n s i v e t o o l f o r l e a r n i n g ,c o m m u n i c a t i o na n de n t e r t a i n m e n t .A s a l e a r n i n g r e s o u r c e ,I n t e r n e t h a s q u i t ean u m b e r o f a d v a n t a g e s o v e r t r a d i t i o n a l l e a r n i n g ma t e r i a l s i n t h e c l a s s r o o m.F i r s t ,t h e r e s o u r c e s o n t h e I n t e r n e t c a nb ee a s i l y ac c e s s e da n dr e n e w ed p r o m p t l y .A s a re s u l t ,i t c a n c a t e r t o t h e d e m a n d s of t h e d i f f e r e n t p e o p l ew i t h i t s v a s t s t o r e o f i n f o r m a t i o n .S e c o n d ,m o r e a n dm o r e c o l l eg e s t u d e n t sa r eu s i n g I n t e r n e t i ta sa ne x t e n s i o nf o rc l a s s r o o ml e a r n i n g.W e p r a c t i c eo r a l E n g l i s h s k i l l s b y w a t c h i n g E n g l i s h m o v i e s ,a n di m p r o v eo u rr e a d i n g s k i l lb y b r o w s i n g E n gl i s h w e b s i t e s .B e s t o fa l l ,l e a r n i n g -r e s o u r c e so nt h eI n t e r n e ta r e m o s t l y f r e e .P e o p l ec a nd o w n l o a d w h a tt h e y ne e d i n s t e a dof p a y i ng f o r b o o k s .H o w e v e r ,i f n o tw i s e l y u s e d ,I n t e r n e tm a y n e g a t i v e l y a f f e c t o u r l e a r n i n g e f f i c i e n c y.I n t e r n e t i s f u l l o f t e m p t a t i o n s ,f o r i n s t a n c e ,o n l i n e g a m e s a n ds o c i a l c h a t t i n g .I fw ed o n tw a t c hi t ,w e j u s t g e td i s t r a c t e d a n d l o s eo u r s e l f -c o n t r o l ,w a s t i n g v a l u e t i m ew i t h o u t a c c o m p l i s h i n g o r i gi n a l t a s k .I nm y o p i n i o n ,I n t e r n e t h a s b e c o m e p a r t o f l i f e .W e s h o u l d t a k e g o o d a d v a n t a g e s o f t h e I n t e r n e t a n d m a k e s e n s eo f t h ed y n a m i c ,c o n f u s i n g w o r l d .P a r tⅡ1.A ㊀2.C ㊀3.D ㊀4.B ㊀5.B ㊀6.A ㊀7.C ㊀8.C ㊀9.C ㊀10.A ㊀11.A ㊀12.D ㊀13.B14.B ㊀15.D ㊀16.C ㊀17.B ㊀18.D ㊀19.A ㊀20.C ㊀21.B ㊀22.D ㊀23.A ㊀24.B ㊀25.A26.r e l a t i v i t y ㊀27.s t r e t c h i n g o r s h r i n k i n g ㊀28.a r o c k e t t r i p t o ㊀29.I ne f f e c t ㊀30.s u r f a c e 31.i n t e n s e ㊀32.d e m o n s t r a t e d ㊀33.c o n t r o v e r s i a l ㊀34.a ne x i t a sw e l l a s a ne n t r a n c e ㊀35.c o l l a p s e P a r tⅢS e c t i o nA ㊀36.B ㊀37.K ㊀38.I ㊀39.E ㊀40.G ㊀41.M ㊀42.D ㊀43.A ㊀44.N ㊀45.H S e c t i o nB ㊀46.F ㊀47.G ㊀48.C ㊀49.J ㊀50.H ㊀51.I ㊀52.B ㊀53.D ㊀54.E ㊀55.E ㊀S e c t i o nC56.D.全文主旨题㊂本文主要讨论食盐的过度摄取及其健康隐患(高血压)㊂57.D.推断题㊂根据第一段第四㊁五句提到 I tm a k e s t h eb o d y re t a i n sf l u i d s ...h e a r t d i s e a s e a n d s t r o k e :钠使人体保留体液,体液保留量的增长可提高总血容量,从而导致血压升高㊂在食盐摄入不受限制的地区,很多人患上慢性高血压,而慢性高血压又是导致心脏病与中风的主要因素㊂由此可见,食盐是导致心脏病的间接因素㊂58.C.数字推论计算题㊂参见第二段第一句 T h eb o d y o fa na d u l tn e e d so n l y a b o u t 200m i l l i g r a m so f s o d i u mad a y t h ea m o u n t i n 500m i l l i g r a m s ,o r 1/10o f t e a s po o n ,o f s a l t (一个成人每天仅需要200毫克钠 相当于500毫克盐,即十分之一茶勺盐中的钠含量㊂)由此可知,1茶勺食盐的钠含量是❙答案与解析7㊀❙2000毫克(200ˑ10);根据第1段倒数第2句:日本北方农民每天食用6茶勺盐(s i x t e a s p o o n s ad a y),其中钠含量可推断为12000毫克(2000ˑ6),故选C ㊂59.B .生词猜测题㊂根据第二段第三句 a s h a r p re d u c t i o n i s r e c o m m e n d e d 可知,权威人士建议大量减少食盐用量;最后一段第一句认为,采纳此建议意味着食品中缺少盐这种调味剂,食品必然淡而无味很难吃㊂60.C.细节题㊂参见最后一段第二句 S o s o m e p h y s i c i a n s p r e s c r i b ea s a r e p l a c e m e n t s e a s o n i n gp o t a s s i u m c h l o r i d e ,w h i c h t a s t e s s a l t y bu t c o n t a i n sn o s o d i u m. (因此一些医生建议病人用氯化钾充当替代调味剂,氯化钾有咸味但不含钠㊂)本题询问医生建议病人食用氯化钾的主要原因,选项B (不含钠)并非主要原因㊂61.A.参见第一段 P r o t e s t sa t t h eu s eo fa n i m a l s ...t h e p r e -p l a n t e dc a r -b o m b . 和第二段第一句 T h e r e s e a r c hc o m m u n i t y w i l l r i g h t l y b ea l a r m e da t t h e s ed e v e l o pm e n t s (对于用动物做试验的抗议活动在英国出现新的令人生畏的发展迹象 有人试图通过安置汽车炸弹的恐怖手段谋害领命英国科学家㊂对这些发展情况,科研群体完全有理由感到惊恐㊂)62.B .细节题㊂参见第二段最后一句 T h e p r o f e s s i o n a l p o l i c ew i l l s i m i l a r l y b ec o n f r o n t e db y th eu s u a l p r o b l e mo f f i n d i n g an e e d l e i nah a y s t a c k . (警察同样将面临以往那样大海捞针的困难㊂)63.B .指代关系判断题㊂参见第三段第二句 T h e r e a r e s e v e r a l s t e ps t h a t c a nb e t a k e n ,o fw h i c h t h e c h i e f o n e i s t od e m a n do fa l l t h eo r g a n i z a t i o n s t h a te x i s tw i t ht h ed e c l a r e do b j e c t i v e so f s a f e g u a r d i n g t h e i n t e r e s t s o f a n i m a l s t h a t t h e y... (目前已采取数项措施,其中主要的一项是要求所有以保护动物利益为明确目标的组织清楚地声明他们在反人类的暴力行为问题上的立场㊂)该长句结构 d e m a n do fa l lt h eo r ga n i z a t i o n s (t h a t e x i s t sw i t h ...a n i m a l s )t h a t ... 是动词词组 d e m a n d s t ho f sb 的变异用法,其中 t h a t e x i s t sw i t h ...a n i m a l s 为修饰o r g a n i z a t i o n s 的定语从句㊂64.B .全文主旨题㊂本文第一㊁二段提及有人为抗议利用动物做试验而对科学家采取恐怖活动,警方与 防御研究协会 随即对恐怖分子展开追查,但破案成功的机率不大㊂因此作者在第三段提出,研究人员要更加积极自我防卫,采取有效措施,其中一项措施就是要求动物保护协会明确表态不参与暴力活动㊂参见第三段第二句与倒数第三句 ...m e m b e r sa n dw o u l d -b e m e m b e r s s h o u l dd e c l a r et h a t t h e y w i l l t a k en o p a r t i na c t s o f v i o l e n c e a g a i n s t h u m a nb e i n gs . 可见作者写作目的是要求动物保护组织放弃暴力㊂65.D.细节题㊂参见第三段第一㊁二句 T h a t i sw h y t h e i n t e l l e c t u a l c o m m u n i t y inB r i t a i na n de l s e w h e r e m u s t a c tm o r ea c t i v e l y i n i t s o w nd e f e n s e .T h e r ea r e s e v e r a l s t e ps t h a t c a nb e t a k e n ... (因此无论是英国还是其他地方的知识分子团体都必须积极行动起来保护自己,可以采取多项措施 )P a r tⅣT h ed e v e l o p m e n t o fC h i n a s s o c i a l i s tm a r k e t e c o n o m y r e q u i r e s t h er e f o r m o fo u r s o c i a lw e l f a r ea n d s e c u r i t y s y s t e m ,w h i c hi nt u r nh o l d sh i g h e re x p e c t a t i o n sf o rt h e w o r ko fc o m m u n i t y se r v i c e .W i t ht h e t r a n sf o r m a t i o no fg o v e r n m e n t a l f u n c t i o n s ,th ew o r ki n v o l v i n g s o c i a l s e r v i c e s t h a tw a s i n i t i a l l y un d e r t a k e n b y t h e g o v e r n m e n t w i l l h a v e t o b e t r a n s f e r r e d g r a d u a l l y t o s o c i a l g r o u p s a n d n o n -g o v e r n m e n t a l o r g a n i z a t i o n s .O nt h e o n e h a n d ,t h e g o v e r n m e n t w i l ls h o u l d e r g r e a t e rr e s p o n s i b i l i t i e si ni t s m a c r o -m a n a g e m e n t ;a n do nt h eo t h e rh a n d ,s o c i a l g r o u p sa n d n o n -g o v e r n m e n t a lo r g a n i z a t i o n s w i l ln e e dt o i n v o l v e t h e m s e l v e sm o r e i nc o m m u n i t y s e r v i c e .C o n s e q u e n t l y ,t h e r e e m e r g e dan e wi s s u e c o n c e r n i n g h o w t h e g o v e r n m e n t a n d s o c i a l g r o u p s s h o u l dc o l l a b o r a t e t o p r o m o t e t h ed e v e l o p m e n t o f c o m m u n i t y se r v i c e .❙答案与解析8㊀❙T e s t 5P a r tⅠ㊀S a m p l eW r i t i n gT h eB e s t P a r e n t sB a s e d o n t h e c h i l d -p a r e n t s r e l a t i o n s h i p ,p s y c h o l o g i s t s h a v e i d e n t i f i e d t h r e e t y pe s of p a r e n t s :p e r m i s s i v e ,a u t o c r a t i c a n da u t h o r i t a t i v e .C o n f r o n t e db y a 15-y e a r -o l dw h ow a n t s t oa t t e n daS a t u r d a y -n igh t p a r t y ,a p e r mi s s i v e p a r e n tm i g h t s a y : O k a y ,b u t t r y n o t t os t a y ou t t o ol a t e . P e r m i s s i v e p a r e n t sa r ee i t h e r i n d i f f e r e n t t ot h e i rk i d so r s p o i l t h ek i d s t o om u c h .A na u t o c r a t i c p a r e n tm i g h t r e s p o n d , N o ,y o ua r e t o o y o u n g fo r t h a t . E n do f d i s c u s s i o n .A u t o c r a t i c p a r e n t sd i c t a t e ,d o w nt ot h el a s td e t a i l s .T h ea u t h o r i t a t i v e p a r e n tc o n s i d e r st h ec h i ld s v ie w p o i n t ,t h e nd e c i d e s : Y o uk n o wo u r r u l e a b o u tw e e k e n d s .W e a gr e e do na 10o c l o c k c u r f e w.Y o u c a n g o t o t h e p a r t y i f y o u r eh o m eb y 10. K i d sm a yp r e f e r p e r m i s s i v e p a r e n t sa n dr e b e la g a i n s ta u t o c r a t i c p a r e n t s .U n d o u b t e d l y,t h e m o s t b e n e f i c i a l t o t h ec h i l d r e n s g r o w t hi s t h ea u t h o r i t a t i v es t y l e ,w h i c h g i v e s t h e ml e e w a y b u ta l s os e t s f i r m l i m i t s .C o m i n g d o w nh a r do ne v e r yp e t t y d e t a i l e s c a l a t e sm i n o rd i s a gr e e m e n t s i n t oa l l -o u tw a r f a r e ,a n d m a y a l i e n a t e t h e c h i l d r e n f r o mt h e i r p a r e n t s .O n t h e o t h e r h a n d ,a l l o w i n g k i d s f u l l f r e e d o m m e a n s l e a v i n gt h e m g r o w i n g w i l d .O n l y t h e p a r e n t s w h o a l l o w t h e i r k i d sf r e e d o m w i t h r e s p o n s i b i l i t y ,a n d w i t h i n d i s c i p l i n a r yl i m i t s ,h a v em o r e i n f l u e n c e t h a ne i t h e ra u t o c r a t i c p a r e n t so r p e r m i s s i v eo n e s .C h i l d r e nw i t h a u t h o r i t a t i v e p a r e n t s a l w a y s e n j o y ah e a l t h y en v i r o n m e n t i nw h i c h t o g r o w.P a r tⅡ1.C ㊀2.D ㊀3.B ㊀4.D ㊀5.C ㊀6.B ㊀7.A ㊀8.A ㊀9.C ㊀10.B ㊀11.A ㊀12.C ㊀13.D14.B ㊀15.D ㊀16.D ㊀17.A ㊀18.B ㊀19.C ㊀20.C ㊀21.A ㊀22.D ㊀23.B ㊀24.A ㊀25.C 26.e s s e n t i a l ㊀27.p r i n c i p l e s ㊀28.c o n s t i t u t e ㊀29.r u l e s o f c o n d u c t ㊀30.t r a i t s ㊀31.c o n f u s i o n 32.t a l e n t ,e n e r g y a n d p e r s o n a l i t y ㊀33.l i t e r a t u r e ㊀34.f i g u r e s ㊀35.t h e f o u n d a t i o no f t h e i r l i v e s ㊀P a r tⅣS e c t i o nA ㊀36.D ㊀37.K ㊀38.M ㊀39.C ㊀40.F ㊀41.B ㊀42.N ㊀43.O ㊀44.A ㊀45.G S e c t i o nB ㊀46.E ㊀47.F ㊀48.G ㊀49.A ㊀50.C ㊀51.H ㊀52.J ㊀53.I ㊀54.B ㊀55.C S e c t i o nC56.C.推断题㊂参见第一段第一㊁二句 T h em o s t e x c i t i n g k i n do f e d u c a t i o n ...t h a t i s i m p o r t a n t t o y o u ! (最令人激动的教育也是最个性化的,没有比自己去发现重要的东西更快乐的事了);第1段倒数第3句 S u c h p e r s o n a l e n c o u n t e r s a r e t h e p a y o f f i ne d u c a t i o n (这些个人知识遭遇就是教育中的回报)㊂由 e x c i t i n g , j o y , p a yo f f 等词可推知作者认为个人的知识发现是教育中作有价值的部分㊂57.A.推断题㊂参见第二段第四句 B u t t h e r e s e a r c h p a p e r a l s o g i v e s y o u a c h a n c e t o ...s h o wo t h e r sw h a t yo u c a nd o . (但是写论文还给你提供机会去将学校作业个性化,使一份作业适合你的兴趣与能力,向别人显示你能做些什么)㊂58.D.生词猜测题㊂根据下文中出现的 a n x i e t y ㊁ t h r e a t e n i n g 可推知,d i s c o n c e r t i n g 指令人不安㊁焦虑㊂59.C.全文主旨题㊂参见第二段最后一句 S o ,t o p r o d u c ea g o o dr e s e a r c h p a pe r i sb o t hau s ef u l a n da t h o r o ugh l y s a ti s f y i n g e x p e r i e n c e ! (因此,写一份优秀研究论文是一种既有益又万群令人满足的经历㊂);第三段第三句 B u t t h e s e i s n on e e d t oa p p r o a c h t h e r e s e a r c h p a p e r a s s i gn m e n t ...a no b s t a c l e t o。
大学英语四级考试听力及答案解析对于即将要考四级英语的同学,大学的时候其听力是我们训练的好时期。
下面是店铺给大家整理的大学英语四级考试听力及答案解析,供大家参阅!大学英语四级考试听力材料及答案解析听力真题:Section A11.A. A professional window cleaner.B. An automotive salesperson.C. A service station attendant.D. A supermarket salesman.12.A. She should be careful about her money.B. She should buy the brown suit.C. She should find another job to make more money.D. He would help her to buy the brown suit.答案解析:Test 14Section A11.W: Please check the oil and water as well as the tires.M: Of course. Would you like your windows cleaned, too?Q: What is probably the man's occupation?正确答案:C解析:本题是人物身份题。
此类题只要抓住关键词,就能准确判断身份,正确答题。
本题的关键词是oil,water,tires和windows cleaned,提供这些服务的应该是服务站(service station)工作人员,故答案为C。
12.W: I certainly would like to buy the brown suit I saw in the department store, but I don't have enough money.M: Well, if you spent your money more carefully, you would be able to buy it.Q: How does the man feel about the woman?正确答案:A解析:虚拟语气题在短对话中出现的频率较高。
大学英语四级听力及答案解析大学英语四级听力材料及答案解析听力真题:Section BPassage One26.A. Requesting one's business card directly.B. Accepting one's card but not continuing contactwith him.C. Putting one's business card in the card file.D. Refusing a request for your business card directly.27.A. Say "Thank you." and put it away.B. Say "Thank you." and e某amine it briefly.C. Say "Thank you." and put it in your card file.D. Say "Thank you." and pass it to your secretary.28.A. To recall someone's name and title.B. To arrange the ne某t meeting.C. To record the meeting one is attending.D. To promote understanding between businessmen.答案解析:Section BPassage OneRequesting someone's business card is a straightforward process. You need only say, "Do you have a business card?" or "May I have your business card?" When you want to present your own card, you can say, "Here's my card. Please feel free to call me if you have any suggestions." If you wish to offer your card to a long-timeassociate, you can say, "Did I ever give you my card?" or "I mean to give you my card." [26]It's not polite to directly refuse a request from someone for your business card. Instead, you can say, "Sorry, but I'm afraid I'm all out at the moment." or "I neglected to bring them with me." Giving someone your card, of course, does not obligate you to continue contact, nor does accepting someone else's card. [27]When you do receive a card, say "Thank you." and e某amine it briefly before putting it away. [28]You can use a business card that you received to refresh your memory about someone's name and title before your ne某t meeting. You can also record notes about the meeting on the back of the card, or place it in your card file.Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.26. Which of the following is an impolite behavior according to the passage?正确答案:D解析:短文提到,“直接拒绝别人索要名片的要求是不礼貌的。
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听力强化训练(一)答案解析 Listening Comprehension Section A„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„.................................................... 11. W: I don’t think I want to live in the dormitory next year. I need more privacy. M: I know what you mean. But check out the cost of renting an apartment first. I wouldn’t be surprised if you changed your mind. Q: What does the man think the woman should do? 【预测】选项均以原形动词开头以及其中的Stay in,dormitory,living in an apartment等表明,本题与住宿舍或公寓的观点建议有关。Interrupt her privacy表明,男士的话为听音重点。 【解析】A)。对话中女士提到她不想住宿舍了,男士听后提到But check out the cost of renting an apartment„you changed your mind(但是看一下公寓的租金„„你就会打消这个念头了)。由此可知,男士认为公寓的租金比较高,建议女士还住宿舍,故答案为A)。check out在此意为“核实,查看”。 12. M: I saw John yesterday. You know what? He was driving a luxurious car. W: He rented it. He often makes believe that he is a millionaire. Q: What does the woman mean? 【预测】由选项中重复出现的John,dreams of,millionaire等可知,对话与John想成为百万富翁有关。根据意思过于绝对的选项往往不是答案的命题规律可首先排除选项A)。 【解析】D)。对话中女士提到He often makes believe that he is a millionaire(他常假装自己是百万富翁),D)是对女士的话的同义转述,其中的pretends对应makes believe(假装),故答案为D)。 13. M: If we decided to take the apartment, how soon could we move in? W: It would take about a week to paint the whole thing, assuming of course that you signed a one-year lease. Q: What does the woman imply? 【预测】由选项中的move in,apartment,sign a one-year lease等可知,对话与租住公寓有关。由The man can/cannot/should等可知,女士的话为听音重点。 【解析】D)。对话中女士提到assuming of course that you signed a one-year lease(当然了,假如你先签一年租赁合同的话),D)是对女士的话的同义转述,故答案为D)。assume that„意为“假定„„”,用来表示条件。C)为强干扰项,根据女士的回答可知,paint the whole thing发生在signed a one-year lease之后。 14. M: Hello, can you tell me which doctor might be suitable for my problem? W: Dr. Renfrew’s the one you need. But she’s usually not in so early. How about noon? Q: What does the woman mean? 【预测】由选项中重复出现的wants„doctor,the man„should和时间短语可知,对话可能与男士预约某位医生有关,女士的话为听音重点。 【解析】C)。对话中女士提到Dr. Renfrew’s the one you need„usually not in so early. How about noon? C)正是对此的同义转述,其中的12 o’clock与noon对应,故答案为C)。 15. M: I can’t concentrate on this final report any longer. Maybe I should take a nap before we continue. W: You know they say physical activity makes you more alert. Q: What does the woman suggest the man do? 【预测】由选项均以原形动词开头以及其中的his report可知,本题可能考查女士给男士的观点建议,女士的话为听音重点。 【解析】D)。对话中女士提到的physical activity makes you more alert为听音重点,D)“做一些体育锻炼”与此一致,故为答案。take a nap意为“打盹”,make sb. alert在此意为“使 某人头脑清醒”。 16. W: You haven’t said a word about my dress, Dave. Don’t you like it? 1
M: I’m sorry I didn’t say anything about it sooner. I don’t think I’ve seen anything like it before. Q: What does the man probably think of the dress? 【预测】选项中的It,in fashion,unique,old-fashioned等表明,本题可能考查对It的看法。由D)中的suits her可知,男士的话为听音重点。 【解析】B)。对话中男士提到I don’t think I’ve seen anything like it(我没见过像这样的衣服),B)是对男士的话的同义转述,故为答案。选项中的in fashion意为“赶时髦,符合潮流”。 17. M: I hear a newly-invented drug can make people tell the truth and it may prove useful in questioning terrorists. Isn’t it incredible? W: Simple solutions to complex problems rarely succeed. As far as I know, no such drugs are ever known to work. Q: What does the woman think of the new drug? 【预测】根据意思过于绝对的选项往往不是答案的命题规律可首先排除D)。根据意思相反的两个选项中有一个很可能是答案的命题规律,将答案范围锁定在A)和B)之间。 【解析】B)。对话中女士提到no such drugs are ever known to work(从未听说过此类药物有效果),B)是对女士的话的同义转述,故为答案。work在此指“(药)起作用,有效”。 18. W: I can’t decide whether I should take physics now or wait till next semester. M: You might as well get it over with if you can. Q: What does the man suggest the woman do? 【预测】由选项中重复出现的Take the class以及this/next semester可知,对话与选课有关,涉及选课时间。 【解析】B)。对话中女士提到她不能决定是现在学物理还是下学期再学,男士回答时提到You might as well get it over with if you can,由此可知,男士建议女士这学期学习物理,故答案为B)。might/may as well意为“最好”,get it over with意为“把„„做完了事”。 Now you will hear the two long conversations. Conversation One
【整体预测】选项中的exercises,research paper,lecture notes,course,homework等表明,对话可能与学习有关。
W: Hi, Alan. M: Hi, Rachel. I did not feel well yesterday, and couldn’t make it to class. Because I am not doing very well in this course, I am wondering what Dr. Millard covered in class yesterday. W: Well, we had a lecture on sustainable development in forests. Dr. Millard pointed out some of the advantages and disadvantages of clear-cut logging. M: I noticed the next chapter in our textbook is called “Sustainable Development”, Chapter 6, isn’t it? W: Yes, we covered the first part of Chapter 6. He told us to read from pages 156 to 170. Also, during the last half of class we divided into groups of three for a project. The groups had to come up with their own topic on some aspect of sustainable development. The group I’m in, with Harry and Susan, didn’t focus too well, and we didn’t even come up with a topic. A couple of groups seemed quite focused. The project is due a week from Friday. M: Was I put in a group? W: I don’t think so. There were about 4 or 5 students missing today. Perhaps, if you showed up for class early on Wednesday and spoke with Dr. Millard, he could assign you to a group. M: Did you take lecture notes? W: Yes, I did. I was just going to transcribe them and put them on my computer. Would you like me to email them to you? M: Oh, yes. Thanks very much.