2010年12月英语四级答案

2012年12月英语四级真题及答案解析完整版

PartIWriting

【标准版】NothingSucceedsWithoutaStrongWill

evethingssuccessfully,like

oplecan’notbecautheyarelackofvitalitybutbecau

theirwillofsuccessisnotstrongenough.

Totakequittingsmokingasanexample,keuptheirmindstoquit

itinthemorning,hroatsare

sore,theirmouthsarethirsty,hepainfulmentalstruggle,theytell

themlvesthat“keone,andthenextdayIwillquitit.”Bydoingthis,

nd,theyhavequittedsmoking“ahundredtimes”,butinnotime

theysucceed.

Justlikequittingsmoking,ccessfulinone’slife,astrong

witedlysuccessbelongs

tothowhoovercometheirweakwillandwhohanginthereuntilthelastminute.

【文章点评】

本文属于话题类作文，只看题目“NothingSucceedswithoutastrongwill”考生会觉得比较抽象，难以下手。细

看题目说明中给出了提示，要求考生结合戒烟屡次不成功的幽默引语对该话题进行分析阐述。

总体来说，这是一篇“中等偏上”的考生作文。本文先点题指出“坚强意志”的重要性；第二段从反面举例阐述——

具体描写了意志不坚定者的心理活动，阐述为什么会戒烟失败；最后从戒烟延伸到生活中的其他事情，并复述坚强意志的

内涵，点题收尾。

总体上来看，文章思路清晰，采用了生动的比喻和形象的心理描写，语言流畅，用语地道。但一些重复表达（如第二

段和第三段中的weakwill）显得单调，可用shakyones,weak-willedpersons，thestrong-willed等灵活表达。在备

考中，多积累不同表达，相信会写出更生动的文章。

在论述上，叙述略显罗嗦。第二段心理描写过多，虽然流畅生动，但却使这篇考场作文超过了规定字数，反而成为失

分点，这一点要引以为戒。

【高分版】NothingSucceedsWithoutaStrongWill

Aswehavereadfromabove,quitting-smokingemasy,s

somethingprovokingandinterestinginthisparadox,justbecausworddoesnotwearthestoneasdripping

waterdoes.

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Theabilitytodosomethingoverandoveragaininashorttimemayimplyitasiness,butinalongrun,

alifetimemaybe,,asisoftentheca,onemayhaveobtained

allthetoolsandopportunitiestoachievesomething,butintheendtheystillfailduetothewillshortage.

Sohowcouldweavoidthedilemma?Hereistheprimeconditionofsuccess:trate

youenergy,thoughtandmindexclusivelyonthebusinessinwhichyouareengaged,hangoninthereandbepatient,

for,asEmersonputit,noonecancheatyououtofyourultimatesuccessbutyourlf.

【文章点评】

本次四级作文探讨的话题是成功与毅力之间的关系，话题不算新，一般考生对此都比较熟悉，所以对考生来说难度不

大。写好这篇作文，需要抓住两点，一是紧跟题目要求，即对上述幽默性的话语做出评论，二是在评论的基础上要亮出自

己的观点。

范文开头第一句即一针见血地对上述幽默性话语做出总结性概括，即戒烟看似简单实则很难，随后指出该话语本质上

是一个悖论，并且以一个“水滴石穿”的俗语来指出困难所在，这句也是本文的一个亮点，体现作者在西方俗语方面丰富

的知识储备。

第二段作者则进一步深入分析该话语，指出做某事在短期看来很容易，长期来看，恰恰相反，人们做事的结果也因此

总是失败，原因则在最后一句点出：缺乏毅力。

第三段作者进一步给出了自己的观点，告诉大家如何避免陷入这种两难境地：首要条件即需要坚强的意志和长期的坚

持。最后再以艾默生的一句名言“没人能够骗你远离你最终的成功，除非你自己承认失败”来总结全文，切中主题，铿锵

有力。

PartIIReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)

nofintegritynotonlytshighmoralandethicalstandardsbutalso_______.

A)stickstothemintheirdailylife

B)makesthemknowntoothers

C)understandstheirtruevalues

D)esthatothersalsofollowthem

【答案】A)stickstothemintheirdailylife

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【解析】第一题的答案就在全文第一句。关键词是notonly….Butalso….，关键句是Thekeytointegrityis

consistency--notonlyttinghighpersonalstandardsforonelf(honesty,responsibility,respectforothers,

fairness)butalsolivinguptothostandardachday.这里的liveupto和选项里的stickto属于同义替换。

ledoesintegrityplayinpersonalandprofessionalrelationships?

A)Ithelpstocreateteamspirit

B)Itfacilitatescommunication

C)Itisthebasisofmutualtrust

D)Itinspiresmutualrespect

【答案】C)Itisthebasisofmutualtrust

【解析】关键词是personalandprofessional，关键句是Trustisntialinanyimportantrelationship,whether

trustsomeonewhoisdishonestorunfair?Thus,integritymustbeoneofour

mostimportantgoals.

结合紧接着的问句，我们很容易锁定trust这个选项。

twelearntoidentifytheriskswearegoingtotake？

rewemakeresponsiblechoices.

dbeingoverwhelmedbystress.

wedon’tbreakanyrules.

wedon’trunintotrouble.

【答案】rewemakeresponsiblechoices.

【解析】关键词是identifytherisks，关键句是Makingethicaldecisionsisacriticalpartofavoidingfuture

learntorecognizerisks,becauifwecan'tetheriskswe'retaking,wecan'tmake

responsiblechoices.所以答案很明显是A。

ionofaruleismisconductevenif_______?

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audnoharm.

aimedtobeunintentional.

oneunnoticed.

mmittedwithgoodintentions.

【答案】aimedtobeunintentional.

【解析】关键词是misconduct，关键句是Butthefactthatsuchaviolationis"unintentional"doesnotexcu

themisconduct.和原文意义高度一致的，就是这个unintentional。因此答案是：aimedtobeunintentional.

ouldonedoifhedoesn’twishtofoolhimlf?

akingexcus.

tootherpeople’sadvice.

sintensionspublic.

herswatchoverhisshoulder.

【答案】akingexcus.

【解析】关键词是foolonelf，关键句是Toavoidfoolingyourlf,watchoutforexcusandtrythistest

这里的watchoutfor和选项里的avoid属于同义替换。所以答案是A。

hotakeriskstheyregretlateron_______.

tenbecomemorecautious

allyveryaggressive

mmediatebenefitsmost.

eeverythingintheend

【答案】mmediatebenefitsmost.

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【解析】关键词是regretlater，关键句是Thowhotakeriskstheylaterregretusuallyfocusonimmediate

benefits("what'sinitforme")。很明显，选项valueimmediatebenefitsmost是正确答案。这里的value和focus

on属于同义替换。

ingtotheauthor,acheaterwhodoesn’tgetcaughtrightawaywill_______.

A)paymoredearly

B)becomemoreconfident

C)bewidelyadmired

D)feelsomewhatlucky

【答案】A)paymoredearly

【解析】关键词是getcaught，关键句是Thowhodon'tgetcaughtpayanevenhigherprice.这里的higherprice

和选项里的moredearly属于同义替换。所以答案是A。

rsatexamdon’tcareabouttheireducation,alltheycareaboutishowtostealagrade.

【答案】stealagrade

【解析】关键词：careabout

关键句：I'mnotinterestedinwhatyou'retryingtoteach;allIcareaboutisstealingagrade,regardless

oftheeffectonothers."

itymattersinthatallsocialactivitiesrelyonpeople’shonestyandgoodfaith.

【答案】honestyandgoodfaith

【解析】关键词是relyon，关键句是Wemustrelyonthehonestyandgoodfaithofotherveryday.

ericanslostfaithintheintegrityoftheirpoliticalleadersasaresultoftheWatergatescandal.

【答案】theWatergatescandal

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【解析】关键词是politicalandeconomicleaders，关键句是Watergate,haveunderminedthefaithofmany

Americansintheintegrityofpoliticalandeconomicleadersandsocietyasawhole.

PartIIIListeningComprehension

SectionA

11.

W:’tfigureoutwhenmybustoCleveland

leaves?

M:Whydon’tyoujustgototheticketwindowandask?

Q:Whatdoesthemansuggestthewomando?

【答案】B)Goandaskthestaff.

【解析】这是一道事实细节题。从对话中可知，女士搞不清楚列车时刻表，男士建议她去售票窗口咨询。ticketwindow

售票窗口。

12.

W:gethomeintimetoeit?

W:Oh,yes,butIwishIcouldhavestayedawakelongenoughtoethewholething.

Q:Whatdoesthemanmean?

【答案】A)HefellasleepinthemiddleoftheTVprogram.

【解析】这是道推理判断题，考查男士的言下之意以及虚拟语气。couldhavedone意为本可以做某事，但未做。从对

话中可知，男士确实回家看了电视节目，但是他说道：IwishIcouldhavestayedawakelongenoughtoethewhole

thing.我真希望自己当时能再晚点睡着，这样我就可以看完整场节目了。说明他没有看完整场节目就睡着了。

13.

W:Airport,plea.I’takethefastestwayevenifit’snotthemost

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M:Sure,butthereisalotoftrafficeverywheretodaybecauofthefootballgame.

Q:Whatdowelearnaboutthewomanfromtheconversation?

【答案】B)Sheisworriedaboutmissingherflight.

【解析】这是道场景题，略有难度。刚开始，我们还无法很快判断出该对话发生的场景，很多同学一听到airport可

能会误以为对话发生在机场，但如果我们继续听下去，就会发现，该对话应该发生在出租车上，因为女士说了句“请选择

最快的路”，而男士说“因为有球赛，所以到处都交通拥堵”可以帮助我们再次确认对话发生的场景。选项A不对，原文

是说要挑thefastestway哪怕不是themostdirectway；选项C也不准确，才刚上车，并没有拥堵，司机只是提前说明

因为球赛会碰到拥堵；选项D错误，女士是为了赶去乘飞机的，而不是去看球赛。

14.

W:MayImakearecommendation,sir?Ourafoodwiththisspecialsauceisverygood.

M:Thankyou,butIdon’teatshellfish.I’mallergictoit.

Q:Wheredoesthisconversationmostprobablytakeplace?

【答案】A)Atarestaurant

【解析】这是道场景题，较为简单。从对话中可知，女士希望向男士推荐一道菜，从首句中即可推断出该对话最有可

能发生在餐馆中，男士说，他过敏，不吃贝壳类海鲜，可以帮助我们再次确认对话发生的场景。

15.

W:Nowonemorequestionifyoudon’tmind,whatpositioninthecompanyappealstoyoumost?

M:Well,I’dlikethepositionofsalesmanagerifthatpositionisstillvacant.

Q:Whatdowelearnabouttheman?

【答案】A)Heisbeinginterviewedforajob.

【解析】这是较为简单的细节推理题。从position,company这几个关键词中，我们就可以快速判断出此题的场景为

面试，因此男士应该正在接受一场面试。C选项错误，他想要销售经理的职位，但并不表示他本身就是销售经理。

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M:Idon’oreprivacy.

W:’tbesurpridif

youchangeyourmind.

Q:Whatdoesthewomanimply?

【答案】B)Themanisunlikelytomoveoutofthedormitory.

【解析】这是推理判断题，询问女士的言下之意。最后一句，女士表示“你改变主意的话，我不会觉得奇怪”，可知，

男士不太可能搬出宿舍。A选项是个干扰项，虽然该选项看上去意思和B选项差不多，但对话中并没有提到男士想找一个更

安静的地方，他想搬离寝室，是为了更多的个人空间。

17.

M:You’hinkyouneedtonarrowthetopicdown.

W:Yeah,you’sstartbychoosingtwoboardertopicswhenI’mdoingarearchpaper.

Q:Whatdowelearnfromtheconversation?

【答案】D)Thewomanisgoingtomakehertopicmorefocud.

【解析】这是推理判断题。从对话中可知，男士希望女士缩小主题的范围，女士回答“你是对的。”说明女士会采纳

男士的建议，缩小主题。

18.

W:Thispicnicshouldbeatthelastonewewentto,doesn’tit?

M:Oh,yeah,ing,theweatherwascooperativethistime.

Q:Whatdowelearnaboutthespeakersfromtheconversation?

【答案】B)Theydidn’tquiteenjoytheirlastpicnic.

【解析】这是推理判断题。beat一词是个难点，beat本意有“打败”的意思，这次的野餐打败了上次，即这次比上次

好，下文中，男士说“上次我们不得不呆在室内，但这次天气不错。”可以再次确认他们不喜欢上次的野餐，因此，正确

答案为B。

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ConversationOne

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M:WhenIsayIliveinSweden,peoplealwayswanttoknowabouttheasons.

W:Theasons?

M:Yeah,youknowhowcolditisinwinter?Whatisitlikewhenthedaysaresoshort?

W:Sowhatisitlike?

M:Well,itiscold,our

whenyougoout,you’ideinthehousit’salwaysverywarm,muchwarmerthanat

hpeoplealwayscomplainthatwhentheyvisitEngland,thehousarecoldeveninthegoodwinter.

W:Andwhataboutthedarkness?

M:Well,yeah,aroundChristmastimethere’sonlyonehourofdaylight,soyoureallylooksforwardto

ethesummersareamazing,fromMaytoJulyintheNorth

’walkinthemountainsandreadanewspaper.

W:Oh,yeah,thelandofthemidnightsun.

M:Yeah,that’sright,butit’ttostayupallnight,andtheSweden’smademost

heystartedworkearlierinsummerandthenleaveatabout2or3intheafternoon,sothatthey

’dliketoworkhard,butplayhard,Londoners

worklongerhours,butI’mnotsurethisisagoodthing.

【听力材料评析】这篇长对话是围绕瑞典的天气展开，主要谈到瑞典冬天的极寒和夏天的极昼天气。文章一开头即说

到人们喜欢询问瑞典的季节情况。接下来对具体情况进行了描述，包括：极寒天气下的气温、室外和室内温度状况，另外，

就瑞典室温与英国室温进行了对比，再次强调证明瑞典室温很高；而极昼天气则谈的是瑞典人的工作时间和工作习惯，另

外，就瑞典人工作时认真忙、能玩时拼命玩的习惯和英国人工作勤奋、工作时间长进行了对比。

这篇对话考查细节信息抓取能力。整体难度不大，并且以男士提供的信息为主。但许多考生可能因为对瑞典（Sweden）

和与瑞典相关的一系列名词不熟悉而纠结，因此忽略了真正需要听清的其实并不太难的关键信息。这就提醒大家在做题时，

切勿因为个别词语不熟悉，而慌张。

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A）HelikesSwedenbetterthanEngland.

B）Heprefershotweathertocoldweather.

C）HeisanEnglishlivinginSweden.

D）HevisitsLondonnearlyeverywinter.

welearnaboutthemanfromtheconversation?

【答案】B）Heprefershotweathertocoldweather.

【解析】本题为推断题。根据文章大意可推断得出。整篇文章中，分别有两处暗示信息，一处是男士说，“Swedishpeople

alwayscomplainthatwhentheyvisitEngland,thehousarecoldeveninthegoodwinter.”，瑞典人在冬天

去拜访英格兰时，会抱怨英格兰室温太冷。另一处是男士在谈到冬天天气时，说道：“Itissometimesabitdepressing.”

长时间寒冷的天气令人沮丧。因此可推断得出，男士更喜欢hotweather，热天气。所以，答案为：Heprefershotweather

tocoldweather.

20.

A）Thebadweather

B）Thecoldhous.

C）Thegloomywinter.

D）Thelongnight.

SwedishpeoplecomplainaboutwhentheyvisitEnglandinwinter?

【答案】B）Thecoldhous.

【解析】对话中，当男士介绍瑞典的极寒天气时，谈到只要穿暖，出门很暖，而室内更暖和，为了强调这一观点，男

士继续说道：“SwedishpeoplealwayscomplainthatwhentheyvisitEngland,thehousarecoldeveninthegood

winter.”说是瑞典人在冬天去拜访英格兰时，会抱怨英格兰室温太冷。所以，答案为：Thecoldhous.

21.

A）Delightful.

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B）Painful.

C）Depressing.

D）Refreshing.

sthemandescribetheshorthourofdaylightaroundChristmasinSweden?

【答案】C）Depressing.

【解析】女士问：“Andwhataboutthedarkness?”男士答道：“aroundChristmastimethere’sonlyonehour

ofdaylight,soyoureallylooksforwardtothespring.”临近圣诞节的时候，每天仅有一小时为白天，所以人们都

非常向往春天，希望春天快点到来。然后，进一步强调性地评论道：“Itissometimesabitdepressing.”有时候真有

点令人沮丧。因此，本题答案为：Depressing.

22.

A）Theyoftenstayuplatereading.

B)Theyworkhardandplayhard.

C)Theyliketogocampinginsummer.

D)Theytrytoearnmoreandspendmore.

esthemansayabouttheSwedishpeople?

【答案】B）Theyworkhardandplayhard.

【解析】男士在谈到瑞典的极昼天气时，着重谈了瑞典人在极昼天气的工作情况，并进一步对瑞典人的工作习惯进行

了评价。男士说道：“They’dliketoworkhard,butplayhard,too.”瑞典人既能在工作时努力工作，又能在能玩

时拼命玩。所以，本题答案为：Theyworkhardandplayhard.

ConversationTwo

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Questions23to25arebadontheconversationyouhavejustheard.

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W:Whatkindoftrainingdoesoneneedtogointothistypeofjob?

M:That’’tthinkthereisany,specifically.

W:Forexample,inyourca,whatwasyoureducationalbackground?

M:Well,hat,Ididcareersworkincondaryschoolslike

entintolocalgovernmentbecauIfoundIwas

ewasn’tanyplanand

replentyoftrainingcoursinmanagementtechniquesandcommittee

workwhichyoucanattendnow.

W:Butinthefirstplace,youdidaFrenchdegree.

M:Inmytime,therewasn’mostoftheadministrators

I’vecomeacrosshavedegreesandallsortsofthings.

W:Well,Iknowinmyca,IdidanEnglishliteraturedegreeandIdidn’treallyexpecttoendupdoing

whatIamdoingnow.

M:Quite.

W:ButyouarelocaltoNottingham,actually?IsthereanyreasonwhyyouwenttoNottinghamUniversity?

M:No,no,IcomefromthenorthofEngland,ghamwasoneoftheuniversities

pusisjustbeautiful.

W:Yes,’ufromtheindustrialpartofYorkshire?

M:Yes,fromtheWoolenDistrict.

【听力材料评析】这篇长对话围绕男士的教育背景和职业发展展开。按顺序分别谈到男士从诺丁汉大学法语专业，毕

业之后去了中学和政府工作，然后又进入了大学管理层。这期间，他并没有刻意做过任何的职业发展计划，也没有接受过

专门的相关职业培训，主要是因为在他的读书时代，并没有可攻读的管理学学位。对话最后谈到了男士去诺丁汉大学读书

的原因是被其校园的优美风景所吸引。

这篇对话有一定难度。特别是关于男士职业的说法，考生未必熟悉。但考生不必紧张，因为主要的细节考查中，专业

是法语、因为环境优雅所以选择诺丁汉大学这两题都不难听出。

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23.A）Management.

B）French

C）Englishliterature

D）PublicAdministration

stheman’smajoratuniversity?

【答案】B）French.

【解析】细节题。在第二轮对话中，女士问，“whatwasyoureducationalbackground?”你是什么教育背景，男士

回答说：“IdidadegreeinFrenchatNottingham.”我在诺丁汉大学攻读了法语学位，所以男士的专业是French。

24.A）Englishteaching.

B）Stafftraining.

C）Careersguidance.

D）Psychologicalcounling

stheman’sjobincondaryschools?

【答案】C）careersguidance.

【解析】细节题。在说完“IdidadegreeinFrenchatNottingham.”之后，男士又接着说“Afterthat,Ididcareers

guidanceincondaryschools.”因此，此题的答案应为：careersguidance。

25.A）Itspleasantenvironment.

B）Itsworldwidefame.

C）Itsgenerousscholarship.

D）Itswell-designedcours.

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【答案】B）Itspleasantenvironment.

【解析】细节题。女士问：“IsthereanyreasonwhyyouwenttoNottinghamUniversity?”你去诺丁汉大学是

出于什么原因？男士在回答中说到，诺丁汉是我心中理想大学之一。紧接着他就说道：“AndIlikethelookofit.”

还进一步补充说明道：“Thecampusisjustbeautiful.”因此，男士是因被其优雅环境所吸引而选择去诺丁汉大学。

所以，本题的答案为：Itspleasantenvironment.

SectionB

PassageOne

WhileGailObcamp,anAmericanartistwasgivingaspeechontheartofJapanebrushpaintingtoanaudience

thatincludedvisitorsfromJapan,shewasconfudtoethatmanyofherJapanelistenershavetheireyes

eytunedoffbecauanAmericanhadthenervetoinstructJapaneintheirownartform?Were

theydeliberatelytriedtosignaltheirrejectionofher?Obcamplaterfoundoutthatherlistenerswerenot

tenerswere

yyoumaybeeitheraspeakeroralistenerin

asituationinvolvingng

hoeaf

cultureofNorthAmerica,Manylistenersshowapplaunotbyclappingtheirhandsbutbywavingtheminthe

cultures,bothoverasandinsomeminoritygroupsinNorthAmerica,listenersareconsidered

tisshownbylookinginthegeneraldirectionbut

countries,whistlingbylistenersisasignofapprovalwhileinother

courtiersitisaformofinsult.

【听力点睛】本文主要介绍不同文化中都是如何表示尊重的，以及如何利用这点来避免跨文化交流中的误会产生。一

开始先用一位美国艺术家GailObcamp做演讲的故事来举例子，引出对闭上眼睛这样一种动作不同的理解；继而发表了作

者的看法：在和不同文化的人交流的时候，如果你懂得其他文化中是如何表达尊重的，可以避免误会；接着又是例子，是

关于北美洲聋哑人是如何用动作来交流的。还有一些国家，对同样的手势会有截然不同的理解，进一步验证了作者的观点。

做这篇题目的重点在于能够迅速拎出来作者的观点。

Questions26to28arebadonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

dObcamp’sspeechfocuson?

A)CharacteristicsofJapaneartists

B)SomefeaturesofJapaneculture

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C)TheartofJapanebrushpainting

D)TheuniquenessofJapaneart

【答案】C)TheartofJapanebrushpainting

apanelistenerssometimesclotheireyeswhilelisteningtoaspeech?

A)Tocalmthemlvesdown

B)Toenhanceconcentration

C)Toshowtheirimpatience

D)Tosignaltheirlackofinterest

【答案】B)Toenhanceconcentration.

esthespeakertrytoexplain?

A)Howlistenersindifferentculturesshowrespect

B)Howspeakerscanwinapprovalfromtheaudience

C)Howspeakerscanmisunderstandtheaudience

D)HowdifferentWesternandEasternartformsare

【答案】A)Howlistenersindifferentculturesshowrespect.

PassageTwo

Chrisisinchargeoon

goingtohaveanevaluationinterviewwithhissupervisorandthepersonneldirectortodiscusstheworkhe

,promotionandplansforthecomingyearwillalsobediscusdatthemeeting.

,heboughtnewequipmentforoneof

eenparticularlyhappyaboutthenewequipmentbecaumanyoftheemployeeshavetold

ithimprovingtheequipment,Chrisbeganaprogramtotrainemployees

iningsavedtimefortheemployeesand

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unately,loyeesthatChris

hiredwerestealing,nowsthatanewjobforapurchasingandmaintenancemanager

forthewholecompanywillbeopeninafewmonths,nows,

however,thatsomeoneelwantsthatnewjob,nchargeofpurchasingandmaintenanceinanother

nowsthathisbosslikesKim’s

work,andheexpectsthathisworkwillbecomparedwithhers.

【听力点睛】这篇文章讲述了Chris在职场上的一次经历。Chris在Taxlong公司负责采购和维修设备。他即将要和领

导针对过去一年的工作进行一个回顾总结，他心里希望可以得到晋升。在过去这一年里，他也做了不少贡献，买了许多能

够提高效率的设备，但是他手下有两个职员因为偷窃而被开除了。除此以外，公司里面还有一个女同事Kim，是他这次晋级

的竞争对手，她也一样很优秀。

这篇文章没有什么生词，难度较低。题目中考察细节问题比较多，需要同学们可以准确地在看到题目之后locate文章

中对应题目的是哪一部分。

Questions29to32arebadonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

Chris’smainresponsibilityatTaxlongCompany?

A)Directingpersonnelevaluation.

B)Buyingandmaintainequipment.

C)Drawingupplansforin-rvicetraining.

D)Interviewingandrecruitingemployees.

【答案】B)Buyingandmaintainequipment.

oblemdidChrincounterinhisDivision?

A)Someofhiquipmentwasdamagedinafire.

B)Thetrainingprogramheranwasfailure.

C)Twoofhisworkerswereinjuredatwork.

D)Twoofhimployeescommittedtheft.

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【答案】D)Twoofhimployeescommittedtheft.

esChrishopeforinthenearfuture?

A)Abetterrelationshipwithhisboss.

B)Advancementtoahigherposition

C)Abetter-payingjobinanothercompany

D)Improvementinthecompany’ｓmanagement

【答案】B)Advancementtoahigherposition.

32WhatdowelearnaboutKimfromthepassage?

A)Shehasmorelf-confidencethanChris.

B)SheworkswithChrisinthesamedivision.

C)ShehasmoremanagementexperiencethanChris.

D)SheiscompetingwithChrisforthenewjob.

【答案】D)SheiscompetingwithChrisforthenewjob.

PassageThree

Proverbs,sometimescalledsayings,elittlelessonswhicholderpeople

overbsremindpeopleofthevalues

teachpeoplehowtoact,whatisright,e

thevaluesofeachculturearedifferent,understandingthevaluesofanotherculturehelpxplainhowpeople

anacceptthatpeoplefromother

culturesactaccordingtotheirvalues,notyours,overbs

of

example,Americanstodaydonotpaymuchattentiontotheproverb“Hastemakeswaste”,becaupatienceis

ouknowaboutpastvalues,ithelpsyoutounderstandtheprentandmanyof

inFranklin,afamousAmericandiplomat,writerandscientist,

diedin1790,buthisproverb“Timeismoney”istakenmoreriouslybyAmericansoftodaythaneverbefore.

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Astudyofprovecas

though,thesameideaixpresddifferently.

【听力点睛】这篇文章是一篇说明文。从科学客观的角度讲述了Proverb谚语的一些知识。包括它的定义-----是老一

辈人传给后代的生活经验，生活价值观。不同国家，不同文化中的谚语往往可以揭示不同的价值观。如果能够理解其他文

化的谚语，价值观，那么会在跨文化交际中避免很多麻烦。

作者又提到，一些谚语年代久远。其中包含的价值观随着时代的变迁可能重要性也发生了改变。并且举了Hastemakes

waste.和Timeismoney.这样两个例子。

作者最后再次表明，通过学习不同国家的谚语，会发现一些国家会有相同或者相似的价值观，只是有可能表达的方式

有所不同而已。

这篇说明文对考生的要求在于快速划分出作者想说明的几个点。一般通常写说明文章的顺序都是先说明要点，然后用

一些事实来进一步说明。

Questions32-35arebadonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

proverbssoimportant?

A)Theyhelpusetheimportantvaluesofaculture.

B)Theyguideusinhandlinghumanrelationships.

C)Theyhelpuxpressourlvesmoreeffectively.

D)Theyareaninfinitesourceofhumanknowledge.

【答案】A）Theyhelpusetheimportantvaluesofaculture.

ingtothespeakerwhathappenstosomeproverbswiththepassageoftime?

A)Theirwordingsmaybecomedifferent.

B)Thevaluestheyreflectmaychange.

C)Theiroriginscannolongerbetraced.

D)Theymaybemisinterpreted.

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【答案】B)Thevaluestheyreflectmaychange.

welearnfromthestudyofproverbsfromaroundtheworld?

A)

B)

C)

D)

【答案】

SectionB

PassageOne

WhileGailObcamp,anAmericanartistwasgivingaspeechontheartofJapanebrushpaintingtoanaudience

thatincludedvisitorsfromJapan,shewasconfudtoethatmanyofherJapanelistenershavetheireyes

eytunedoffbecauanAmericanhadthenervetoinstructJapaneintheirownartform?Were

theydeliberatelytriedtosignaltheirrejectionofher?Obcamplaterfoundoutthatherlistenerswerenot

tenerswere

yyoumaybeeitheraspeakeroralistenerin

asituationinvolvingng

hoeaf

cultureofNorthAmerica,Manylistenersshowapplaunotbyclappingtheirhandsbutbywavingtheminthe

cultures,bothoverasandinsomeminoritygroupsinNorthAmerica,listenersareconsidered

tisshownbylookinginthegeneraldirectionbut

countries,whistlingbylistenersisasignofapprovalwhileinother

courtiersitisaformofinsult.

【听力点睛】本文主要介绍不同文化中都是如何表示尊重的，以及如何利用这点来避免跨文化交流中的误会产生。一

开始先用一位美国艺术家GailObcamp做演讲的故事来举例子，引出对闭上眼睛这样一种动作不同的理解；继而发表了作

者的看法：在和不同文化的人交流的时候，如果你懂得其他文化中是如何表达尊重的，可以避免误会；接着又是例子，是

关于北美洲聋哑人是如何用动作来交流的。还有一些国家，对同样的手势会有截然不同的理解，进一步验证了作者的观点。

做这篇题目的重点在于能够迅速拎出来作者的观点。

Questions26to28arebadonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

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dObcamp’sspeechfocuson?

A)CharacteristicsofJapaneartists

B)SomefeaturesofJapaneculture

C)TheartofJapanebrushpainting

D)TheuniquenessofJapaneart

【答案】C)TheartofJapanebrushpainting

apanelistenerssometimesclotheireyeswhilelisteningtoaspeech?

A)Tocalmthemlvesdown

B)Toenhanceconcentration

C)Toshowtheirimpatience

D)Tosignaltheirlackofinterest

【答案】B)Toenhanceconcentration.

esthespeakertrytoexplain?

A)Howlistenersindifferentculturesshowrespect

B)Howspeakerscanwinapprovalfromtheaudience

C)Howspeakerscanmisunderstandtheaudience

D)HowdifferentWesternandEasternartformsare

【答案】A)Howlistenersindifferentculturesshowrespect.

PassageTwo

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Chrisisinchargeoon

goingtohaveanevaluationinterviewwithhissupervisorandthepersonneldirectortodiscusstheworkhe

,promotionandplansforthecomingyearwillalsobediscusdatthemeeting.

,heboughtnewequipmentforoneof

eenparticularlyhappyaboutthenewequipmentbecaumanyoftheemployeeshavetold

ithimprovingtheequipment,Chrisbeganaprogramtotrainemployees

iningsavedtimefortheemployeesand

unately,loyeesthatChris

hiredwerestealing,nowsthatanewjobforapurchasingandmaintenancemanager

forthewholecompanywillbeopeninafewmonths,nows,

however,thatsomeoneelwantsthatnewjob,nchargeofpurchasingandmaintenanceinanother

nowsthathisbosslikesKim’s

work,andheexpectsthathisworkwillbecomparedwithhers.

【听力点睛】这篇文章讲述了Chris在职场上的一次经历。Chris在Taxlong公司负责采购和维修设备。他即将要和领

导针对过去一年的工作进行一个回顾总结，他心里希望可以得到晋升。在过去这一年里，他也做了不少贡献，买了许多能

够提高效率的设备，但是他手下有两个职员因为偷窃而被开除了。除此以外，公司里面还有一个女同事Kim，是他这次晋级

的竞争对手，她也一样很优秀。

这篇文章没有什么生词，难度较低。题目中考察细节问题比较多，需要同学们可以准确地在看到题目之后locate文章

中对应题目的是哪一部分。

Questions29to32arebadonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

Chris’smainresponsibilityatTaxlongCompany?

A)Directingpersonnelevaluation.

B)Buyingandmaintainequipment.

C)Drawingupplansforin-rvicetraining.

D)Interviewingandrecruitingemployees.

【答案】B)Buyingandmaintainequipment.

oblemdidChrincounterinhisDivision?

A)Someofhiquipmentwasdamagedinafire.

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B)Thetrainingprogramheranwasfailure.

C)Twoofhisworkerswereinjuredatwork.

D)Twoofhimployeescommittedtheft.

【答案】D)Twoofhimployeescommittedtheft.

esChrishopeforinthenearfuture?

A)Abetterrelationshipwithhisboss.

B)Advancementtoahigherposition

C)Abetter-payingjobinanothercompany

D)Improvementinthecompany’ｓmanagement

【答案】B)Advancementtoahigherposition.

32WhatdowelearnaboutKimfromthepassage?

A)Shehasmorelf-confidencethanChris.

B)SheworkswithChrisinthesamedivision.

C)ShehasmoremanagementexperiencethanChris.

D)SheiscompetingwithChrisforthenewjob.

【答案】D)SheiscompetingwithChrisforthenewjob.

PassageThree

Proverbs,sometimescalledsayings,elittlelessonswhicholderpeople

overbsremindpeopleofthevalues

teachpeoplehowtoact,whatisright,e

thevaluesofeachculturearedifferent,understandingthevaluesofanotherculturehelpxplainhowpeople

anacceptthatpeoplefromother

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culturesactaccordingtotheirvalues,notyours,overbs

of

example,Americanstodaydonotpaymuchattentiontotheproverb“Hastemakeswaste”,becaupatienceis

ouknowaboutpastvalues,ithelpsyoutounderstandtheprentandmanyof

inFranklin,afamousAmericandiplomat,writerandscientist,

diedin1790,buthisproverb“Timeismoney”istakenmoreriouslybyAmericansoftodaythaneverbefore.

Astudyofprovecas

though,thesameideaixpresddifferently.

【听力点睛】这篇文章是一篇说明文。从科学客观的角度讲述了Proverb谚语的一些知识。包括它的定义-----是老一

辈人传给后代的生活经验，生活价值观。不同国家，不同文化中的谚语往往可以揭示不同的价值观。如果能够理解其他文

化的谚语，价值观，那么会在跨文化交际中避免很多麻烦。

作者又提到，一些谚语年代久远。其中包含的价值观随着时代的变迁可能重要性也发生了改变。并且举了Hastemakes

waste.和Timeismoney.这样两个例子。

作者最后再次表明，通过学习不同国家的谚语，会发现一些国家会有相同或者相似的价值观，只是有可能表达的方式

有所不同而已。

这篇说明文对考生的要求在于快速划分出作者想说明的几个点。一般通常写说明文章的顺序都是先说明要点，然后用

一些事实来进一步说明。

Questions32-35arebadonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

proverbssoimportant?

A)Theyhelpusetheimportantvaluesofaculture.

B)Theyguideusinhandlinghumanrelationships.

C)Theyhelpuxpressourlvesmoreeffectively.

D)Theyareaninfinitesourceofhumanknowledge.

【答案】A）Theyhelpusetheimportantvaluesofaculture.

ingtothespeakerwhathappenstosomeproverbswiththepassageoftime?

A)Theirwordingsmaybecomedifferent.

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B)Thevaluestheyreflectmaychange.

C)Theiroriginscannolongerbetraced.

D)Theymaybemisinterpreted.

【答案】B)Thevaluestheyreflectmaychange.

welearnfromthestudyofproverbsfromaroundtheworld?

A)

B)

C)

D)

【答案】

SectionB

PassageOne

WhileGailObcamp,anAmericanartistwasgivingaspeechontheartofJapanebrushpaintingtoanaudience

thatincludedvisitorsfromJapan,shewasconfudtoethatmanyofherJapanelistenershavetheireyes

eytunedoffbecauanAmericanhadthenervetoinstructJapaneintheirownartform?Were

theydeliberatelytriedtosignaltheirrejectionofher?Obcamplaterfoundoutthatherlistenerswerenot

tenerswere

yyoumaybeeitheraspeakeroralistenerin

asituationinvolvingng

hoeaf

cultureofNorthAmerica,Manylistenersshowapplaunotbyclappingtheirhandsbutbywavingtheminthe

cultures,bothoverasandinsomeminoritygroupsinNorthAmerica,listenersareconsidered

tisshownbylookinginthegeneraldirectionbut

countries,whistlingbylistenersisasignofapprovalwhileinother

courtiersitisaformofinsult.

【听力点睛】本文主要介绍不同文化中都是如何表示尊重的，以及如何利用这点来避免跨文化交流中的误会产生。一

开始先用一位美国艺术家GailObcamp做演讲的故事来举例子，引出对闭上眼睛这样一种动作不同的理解；继而发表了作

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者的看法：在和不同文化的人交流的时候，如果你懂得其他文化中是如何表达尊重的，可以避免误会；接着又是例子，是

关于北美洲聋哑人是如何用动作来交流的。还有一些国家，对同样的手势会有截然不同的理解，进一步验证了作者的观点。

做这篇题目的重点在于能够迅速拎出来作者的观点。

Questions26to28arebadonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

dObcamp’sspeechfocuson?

A)CharacteristicsofJapaneartists

B)SomefeaturesofJapaneculture

C)TheartofJapanebrushpainting

D)TheuniquenessofJapaneart

【答案】C)TheartofJapanebrushpainting

apanelistenerssometimesclotheireyeswhilelisteningtoaspeech?

A)Tocalmthemlvesdown

B)Toenhanceconcentration

C)Toshowtheirimpatience

D)Tosignaltheirlackofinterest

【答案】B)Toenhanceconcentration.

esthespeakertrytoexplain?

A)Howlistenersindifferentculturesshowrespect

B)Howspeakerscanwinapprovalfromtheaudience

C)Howspeakerscanmisunderstandtheaudience

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D)HowdifferentWesternandEasternartformsare

【答案】A)Howlistenersindifferentculturesshowrespect.

PassageTwo

Chrisisinchargeoon

goingtohaveanevaluationinterviewwithhissupervisorandthepersonneldirectortodiscusstheworkhe

,promotionandplansforthecomingyearwillalsobediscusdatthemeeting.

,heboughtnewequipmentforoneof

eenparticularlyhappyaboutthenewequipmentbecaumanyoftheemployeeshavetold

ithimprovingtheequipment,Chrisbeganaprogramtotrainemployees

iningsavedtimefortheemployeesand

unately,loyeesthatChris

hiredwerestealing,nowsthatanewjobforapurchasingandmaintenancemanager

forthewholecompanywillbeopeninafewmonths,nows,

however,thatsomeoneelwantsthatnewjob,nchargeofpurchasingandmaintenanceinanother

nowsthathisbosslikesKim’s

work,andheexpectsthathisworkwillbecomparedwithhers.

【听力点睛】这篇文章讲述了Chris在职场上的一次经历。Chris在Taxlong公司负责采购和维修设备。他即将要和领

导针对过去一年的工作进行一个回顾总结，他心里希望可以得到晋升。在过去这一年里，他也做了不少贡献，买了许多能

够提高效率的设备，但是他手下有两个职员因为偷窃而被开除了。除此以外，公司里面还有一个女同事Kim，是他这次晋级

的竞争对手，她也一样很优秀。

这篇文章没有什么生词，难度较低。题目中考察细节问题比较多，需要同学们可以准确地在看到题目之后locate文章

中对应题目的是哪一部分。

Questions29to32arebadonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

Chris’smainresponsibilityatTaxlongCompany?

A)Directingpersonnelevaluation.

B)Buyingandmaintainequipment.

C)Drawingupplansforin-rvicetraining.

D)Interviewingandrecruitingemployees.

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【答案】B)Buyingandmaintainequipment.

oblemdidChrincounterinhisDivision?

A)Someofhiquipmentwasdamagedinafire.

B)Thetrainingprogramheranwasfailure.

C)Twoofhisworkerswereinjuredatwork.

D)Twoofhimployeescommittedtheft.

【答案】D)Twoofhimployeescommittedtheft.

esChrishopeforinthenearfuture?

A)Abetterrelationshipwithhisboss.

B)Advancementtoahigherposition

C)Abetter-payingjobinanothercompany

D)Improvementinthecompany’ｓmanagement

【答案】B)Advancementtoahigherposition.

32WhatdowelearnaboutKimfromthepassage?

A)Shehasmorelf-confidencethanChris.

B)SheworkswithChrisinthesamedivision.

C)ShehasmoremanagementexperiencethanChris.

D)SheiscompetingwithChrisforthenewjob.

【答案】D)SheiscompetingwithChrisforthenewjob.

PassageThree

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Proverbs,sometimescalledsayings,elittlelessonswhicholderpeople

overbsremindpeopleofthevalues

teachpeoplehowtoact,whatisright,e

thevaluesofeachculturearedifferent,understandingthevaluesofanotherculturehelpxplainhowpeople

anacceptthatpeoplefromother

culturesactaccordingtotheirvalues,notyours,overbs

of

example,Americanstodaydonotpaymuchattentiontotheproverb“Hastemakeswaste”,becaupatienceis

ouknowaboutpastvalues,ithelpsyoutounderstandtheprentandmanyof

inFranklin,afamousAmericandiplomat,writerandscientist,

diedin1790,buthisproverb“Timeismoney”istakenmoreriouslybyAmericansoftodaythaneverbefore.

Astudyofprovecas

though,thesameideaixpresddifferently.

【听力点睛】这篇文章是一篇说明文。从科学客观的角度讲述了Proverb谚语的一些知识。包括它的定义-----是老一

辈人传给后代的生活经验，生活价值观。不同国家，不同文化中的谚语往往可以揭示不同的价值观。如果能够理解其他文

化的谚语，价值观，那么会在跨文化交际中避免很多麻烦。

作者又提到，一些谚语年代久远。其中包含的价值观随着时代的变迁可能重要性也发生了改变。并且举了Hastemakes

waste.和Timeismoney.这样两个例子。

作者最后再次表明，通过学习不同国家的谚语，会发现一些国家会有相同或者相似的价值观，只是有可能表达的方式

有所不同而已。

这篇说明文对考生的要求在于快速划分出作者想说明的几个点。一般通常写说明文章的顺序都是先说明要点，然后用

一些事实来进一步说明。

Questions32-35arebadonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

proverbssoimportant?

A)Theyhelpusetheimportantvaluesofaculture.

B)Theyguideusinhandlinghumanrelationships.

C)Theyhelpuxpressourlvesmoreeffectively.

D)Theyareaninfinitesourceofhumanknowledge.

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【答案】A）Theyhelpusetheimportantvaluesofaculture.

ingtothespeakerwhathappenstosomeproverbswiththepassageoftime?

A)Theirwordingsmaybecomedifferent.

B)Thevaluestheyreflectmaychange.

C)Theiroriginscannolongerbetraced.

D)Theymaybemisinterpreted.

【答案】B)Thevaluestheyreflectmaychange.

welearnfromthestudyofproverbsfromaroundtheworld?

A)

B)

C)

D)

【答案】

SectionA

47growth

48stable

49challenges

50certainly

51role

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54included

55compri

56solutions

【解析】

这是一篇讨论能源资源的说明文，话题是考生比较熟悉的能源问题，不断增长的人口与可再生资源的矛盾该如何解决。

文中指出能源的一些可替代形式如生物能源、风能太阳能等可再生资源将在未来发挥越来越重要的作用。但是专家指出，

即使这些资源储备量惊人，但是到2050年也只能满足世界30%的需求。文章最后两段探讨了各能源在市场上的需求，以及

解决未来能源需求的其他方案。

总体来说，这篇文章理解难度不大，填空难度适中，所选词汇也都是四级考纲的词汇。选项较具有干扰项，多为c和s

开头的单词，考生在考试时要特别注意。

SectionB

PassageOne

57,Cencourageboystoexpresstheiremotionsfreely

58,Aperformrelativelybetter

59,CItfailstogiveboystheattentiontheyneed

60,Ateachingcanbetailoredtosuitthecharacteristicsofboys

61,CTheyhavesharpervision

【解析】这篇文章针对传统的男女生一起上学，一起接受教育提出了质疑。作者从文章一开头就表明了自己的看法：

对于男生而言，单性教育，即男生们一起上学会对男生的身心发展更为有利。文中出现一个短语，receivedwisdom，即是

“人们普遍的看法，公认的看法”。也是作者所批判的一种观点。传统观点认为，男生和女生混合教育会对男生发展更有

利。

但是作者认为单性教育对男生有以下几个好处：可以让男生们更自由地表达自己的情感，可以学习自己感兴趣的艺术，

舞蹈，音乐等学科。不用去遵守人们在传统印象中对男生的期盼。而且单性教育可以针对男生的身心发展特点而制定学习

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并且作者觉得，目前英国教育把女生当做关注重点，忽视了对男生的重视。

PassageTwo

sallthehardworkworthwhile.

esovermoneymayruinarelationship.

ctsbetweencouplestendtori

womenviewmoneyindifferentways.

smoneymatterstomaintainahealthyrelationship.

【解析】这是一篇关于金钱对夫妻关系的影响的文章。文中第一段主要通过度假这件事来体现不同人对待金钱的不同

态度。作者认为人只能活一次，如果不能去度假的话，那么工作再努力也没有意义。第二段主要谈到了大萧条时期，不太

良好的经济状况常常会影响夫妻关系，可能会导致争吵，甚至会导致离婚或者分居的成本增加，对夫妻感情造成伤害。第

三段讲了KimStephenson，一个心理学家的观点，即男人和女人对待金钱的态度是不一样的，男人把金钱看作是得到社会

地位的途径，看作向父母展现自己成功的一种方式。第四段，作者建议夫妻可以对金钱持有不同的观点，但是不可以对它

采取回避的态度，避而不谈。

相对来说，这篇文章的难度比较大。文章看懂并不难，但是题目中，推理题和大意题比较多，需要在充分理解作者意

图，了解文章主旨的基础上，才能选出正确答案。

PartVCloze

Employersfeartheywillbeunablerecruitstudentswiththeskillstheyneedastheeconomicrecoverykicks

in,s.

Nearlyhalfithskills

inscience,technology,engineeringandmaths(STEM),venmorecompaniexpecttoexperience

gesofemployeeswithStemskillsinthenextthreeyears.

TheConfeded694

ectors,whichtogetheremploy2.4millionpeople.

nedtheywillnotbeabletofillgraduatepostsinthecomingyears,whileathirdsaid

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"wth,thedemandforpeoplewith

ify,"saidRichardLambert,directorgeneral,CBI.

"Inthefuture,peoplewithqualificationsinscienceandmathswillbeparticularlysoughtafter,andfirms

government

ts."

studiedbusinessstudies,

maths,astarepsychology

lemanyemployersdon'ulardegreesubject,athirdprefertohire

thowithaStem-relatedsubject.

ghtedworriesaboutthelackofprogressinimprovingbasicskillsintheUK

employerxpresdworriesaboutemployees'basicliteracyandnumeracyskills,while

thebiggestproblemiswithITskills,wo-thirdsreportedconcerns.

【评析】这是一篇讨论“雇主和他们所需要的大学生技能”的文章。今年四级的完型填空，涉及5处名词，2处介词，

6处动词，4处形容词和3处副词。第82题稍难，像80和85都可以通过上下文判断出来，其余部分只要在句子内部或者

句子之间进行上下文逻辑比对或语法搭配，即可完成。词义辨析考查较多，考查学生词汇的储备量，因此，考生要特别注

意四级词汇的牢固掌握。

【答案】

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67.

【答案】reveals

【解析】第一段提出话题，“据一项最新调查显示，现在的雇主们害怕他们雇不到符合要求的毕业生”，launch意思

为“发起一场运动”，submit意为“提交，服从”，generate生成，reveal透露，揭露，显示。这里根据段意，reveal

最合适。

68.

【答案】staff

【解析】根据句意，基本有一半的组织机构告诉调查者他们在努力寻找具有四个方面（科学、技术、工程和数学）才

能的职员。这里partners，audience,officials显然不符合题意。

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69.

【答案】while

【解析】这里和前面已经叙述的事实构成并列，“同时，更多公司预测，接下来的三年他们都将会遭遇雇员四缺现象

（科学、技术、工程和数学知识技能欠缺）”，因此排除其他三项。选while。

70.

【答案】shortages

【解析】由第二段句首struggling可判断，机构组织寻找这些人才非常不易，那么这种人才显然是不够的，短缺的。

abnce是表示“缺席，不在”，不能描述短缺，因此排除。此题的另一个关键是确定experience的词性，动词。

71.

【答案】surveyed

【解析】第三段用一句话简介经过工业联盟调查了69个行业和组织，首先排除D和C，arch是指搜查；细查某处以

搜寻某人或某物，搜索；而survey是指调查某部分人的行为、意见等（通常以询问方式进行），符合题意。

72.

【答案】private

【解析】根据上一题的意思，调查在公共和私人部门中展开，后面一句的together暗示and后面的这个空是和“公共

的”对立的，因此填private。

73.

【答案】concerned

【解析】第四段描写了这个调查的具体情况。有一半人…，这里缺少动词，confront一般和with连用，conform符合，

遵照，confu使混乱，使困惑，这里根据上下文的意思，雇主们都担心这种现象的发生，因此选concerned,beconcerned

担心的，烦恼的，忧虑的。

74.

【答案】recruit

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【解析】本题考查词义辨析，三分之一的被调查者坦言他们可能顾不到符合相应资质的雇员，只有recruit符合题意。

75.

【答案】As

【解析】根据句子结构判断，前半句是一个伴随状语，“随着…的深入进行，…需求越来越强”，而不是条件状语或

让步状语。

76.

【答案】for

【解析】这里考查介词搭配。这里侧重于描述执行进展的计划的目的，选for。

77.

【答案】intensify

【解析】本题考查词义辨析。根据前文，这种需求是不断增加的，intensify增强，强化，变激烈；dominate指在…

中占主导地位，这里并没有给出一个具体的范围，不符合句意。enforce实施，执行；stretch伸展。

78.

【答案】technical

【解析】本题比较简单，属于送分题。前卖第二段已经指出在四个方面技能欠缺，选项中显然只有technical符合文

意。

79.

【答案】priority

【解析】这里考查短语固定搭配。make…atoppriority让…成为首要任务，当务之急。

80.

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【解析】这里鼓励年轻人学习科学相关的学科，从倒数第二段也可判断。academy学院，研究院；procedure步骤，

程序，thought思想，不符题意，排除。

81.

【答案】if

【解析】这里考查考生对前后两个完整的句子的关系的理解，主句中的would是一个虚拟语气的标志词，据此代入选

项if，通读上下文，符合题意之后确定。

82.

【答案】rate

【解析】词义辨析题。rate评定某人、某事物的价值；order命令，整理；discuss讨论，论述，obrve观察，遵

守。根据文意，雇主们认为A-levels中价值最低的学科是心理学和社会学，因此选rate。

83.

【答案】particular

【解析】文章指出现在雇主们需要的是具备Stem四方面素质的人才，因此许多雇主们不赞成对某一特殊学科的专业学

位，而非typical典型的，general一般的，或者是积极的positive。

84.

【答案】highlighted

【解析】词义辨析题。根据最后一句，该研究“强调”对…的担忧,focus一般和on连用，其余两项意义不符。

85.

【答案】workforce

【解析】词义辨析题。“提高英国劳动力的基本技能”，mass民众，faculty全体教员，community社区，团体；

整篇文章都在讨论就业和雇佣，显然选workforce。

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【答案】where

【解析】考查定语关系副词。这个定语从句完整，由此判断缺少关系副词，首先排除A,B两个关系代词,再根据意思排

除why。

PartVITranslation

ygroupsorganizedvariousactivitiestoraimoneyforthesurvivorsoftheearthquake.(为

地震幸存者筹款)

【解析】本题考察动词rai的用法。raimoney表示“筹款”。同时考生要注意survivor（幸存者）的拼写。

ouldn’thavereceivedmye-mail(不可能收到我的电子邮件),otherwi,shecouldhavereplied.

【解析】本题考察混合型虚拟语气。otherwi提示我们句子后半句是与过去事实相反（事实是Linda没有回复），因

此用could+have+过去分词。句子前半句是在陈述一种事实，从句子后半句couldhave+过去分词我们可以推断前面“没

有收到我的电子邮件”也是在发生在过去，且对现在产生了影响（还没有收到回信），因此这里用现在完成时，couldhave

+过去分词。

’smymotherwho/thatkeepncouragingmenottoloheart(一直鼓励我不要灰心)whenIhave

difficultiesinmystudy.

【解析】本题考察了强调句型和动词encourage的搭配。①强调句型it’s…that/who…②encouragesb.(not)to

dosth.鼓励某人（不）做某事。

lishinghouhastoconsiderthepopularityofthisnovel.(考虑这本小说的受欢迎程度)。

【解析】本题考察了“考虑”的表达，可以用动词consider，也可以用词组take…intoconsideration。同时考生

要注意名词popularity(受欢迎程度)的拼写。

’swrongtodefinehappinessonlybymoney.(仅仅以金钱来定义幸福)

【解析】本题考察了“定义”的表达，为define。

2012年6月英语四级考试真题

PartIWriting(30minutes)

Directions:Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessayonthetopicofDueAttentionShouldBeGivenTo

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1.如今不少学生在英语学习中不重视拼写

2.出现这种情况的原因

3.为了改变这种状况，我认为…

注意：此部分试题在答题卡1上。

DueAttentionShouldBeGivenToSpelling

PartIIReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)(15minutes)

Directions:

Inthispart,youwillhave15minutestogooverthepassagequicklyandanswerthequestionsonAnswerSheet1.

Forquestions1-7,choothebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).Forquestions8-10,completethe

intheWeba

CaughtintheWeb

Afewmonthsago,itwasn''dwakeupearly,

turnonherlaptopandchatonInternetdatingsitesandinstant-messagingprograms–leavingherbedforonlybriefintervals.

Herhouholdbillspiledup,alongwiththedishesanddirtylaundry,butittooknear-constantcomplaintsfromherfour

daughtersbeforesherealizedshehadaproblem.

"Iwasstartingtofeellikemywholeworldwasfallingapart–kindofslippingintoadepression,"saidCarla."Iknewthat

ifIdidn'tgetoffthedatingsites,I'djustkeepgoing,"detaching(使脱离)herlffurtherfromtheoutsideworld.

Toebe'sconclusion:Shefeltlikeshewas"addicted"'snotalone.

ConcernaboutexcessiveInternetuisn'ackas1995,articlesinmedicaljournalsandtheestablishmentof

aPenns'sstillnoconnsusonhowmuchtime

onlineconstitutestoomuchorwhetheraddictionispossible.

ButasrelianceontheWebgrows,therearesignsthatthequestionisgettingmoreriousattention:Lastmonth,a

studypublishedinCNSSpricanPsychiatric

Associationmayconsidresofonlinediscussion

boardshavepoppeduponwhichpeoplediscussnegativeexperiencestiedtotoomuchtimeontheWeb.

"There'snoquestionthatthere'repeoplewho'reriouslyintroublebecauthey'reoverdoingtheirInternet

involvement,"saidpsychiatrist(精神科医生)rgcallstheproblemadisorderratherthanatrue

addiction.

JonathanBishop,arearcherinWalesspecializinginonlinecommunities,ismoreskeptical."TheInternetisan

environment,"hesaid."Youcan'tbeaddictedtotheenvironment."Bishopdescribestheproblemassimplyamatterof

priorities,whichcanbesolvedbyencouragingpeopletoprioritizeotherlifegoalsandplansinplaceoftimespentonline.

ThenewCNSSpectrumsstudywasbadonresultsofanationwidetelephonesurveyofmorethan2,

the2005survey,6%ofrespondentsreportedthat"their

relationshipssufferedbecauofexcessiveInternetu."About9%attemptedtoconceal"nonesntialInternetu,"and

nearly4%reportedfeeling"preoccupiedbytheInternetwhenoffline."

About8%saidtheyudtheInternetasawaytoescapeproblems,andalmost14%reportedthey"foundithardtostay

awayfromtheInternetforveraldaysatatime."

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"TheInternetproblemisstillinitsinfancy,"saidEliasAboujaoude,leonlineactivityisto

blameforexcessiveu,hesaid."They'reonlineinchatrooms,checkinge-mail,orwritingblogs.[Theproblemis]notlimited

toporn(色情)orgambling"websites.

ExcessiveInternetushouldbedefinednotbythenumberofhoursspentonlinebut"intermsofloss,"saidMaressa

Orzack,aHarvardUniversityprofessor."Ifit'saloss[where]you'renotgettingtowork,andfamilyrelationshipsarebreaking

downasaresult,thenit'stoomuch."

Sincetheearly1990s,cludethe

CenterforInternetAddictionRecoveryandtheCenterforInternetBehavior.

ThewebsiteforOrzack'scenterliststhefollowingamongthepsychologicalsymptomsofcomputeraddiction:

● Havinganofwell-being(幸福)orexcitementwhileatthecomputer.

● Longingformoreandmoretimeatthecomputer.

● Neglectoffamilyandfriends.

● Feelingempty,depresdorirritablewhennotatthecomputer.

● Lyingtoemployersandfamilyaboutactivities.

● Inabilitytostoptheactivity.

● Problemswithschoolorjob.

Physicalsymptomslistedincludedryeyes,backaches,skippingmeals,poorpersonalhygiene(卫生)andsleep

disturbances.

PeoplewhostrugglewithexcessiveInternetumaybedepresdorhaveothermooddisorders,e

discussInternethabitswithherpatients,theyoftenreportthatbeingonlineoffersa"nofbelonging,andescape,

excitement[and]fun,"shesaid."Somepeoplesayrelief…becautheyfindthemlvessorelaxed."

etgamersspendcountlesshourscompeting

hgame,calledWorldofWarcraft,iscitedonmanysitesbyposters

complainingofa"gamingaddiction."

AndrewHeidrich,aneducationnetworkadministratorfromSacramento,playsWorldofWarcraftforabouttwotofour

hourveryothernight,butthat'snothingcomparedwiththe40to60hoursaweekhespentplayingonlinegameswhenhe

ackonlyafterafull-scalefamilyintervention(干预),inwhichrelativestoldhimhe'dgainedweight.

"There'sthiswholecultureofcompetitionthatsuckspeoplein"withonlinegaming,saidHeidrich,nowafatheroftwo.

"Peopledoitattheexpenofeverythingthatwasaconstantintheirlives."Heidrichnowvisitswebsitesthatdiscussgaming

addictionregularly"toremindmylftokeepmyloveforonlinegamesincheck."

st,whenshefirstrealizedshehada

problem,shepostedamessageonaYahooInternetaddictiongroupwiththesubjectline:"IhaveanInternetAddiction."

"I'mlf-employedandneedtheInternetformywork,butI'mfailingtoaccomplishmywork,totakecareofmyhome,to

giveattentiontomychildren,"shewroteinamessagenttothegroup."Ihavenomoneyorinsurancetogetprofessional

help;Ican'tevenpaymymortgage(抵押贷款)andfacelosingeverything."

Sincethen,Toebesaid,shehaskeptherpromitoherlftocutbackonherInternetu."Ihaveaboyfriendnow,and

I'mnotinterestedinonlinedating,"shesaidbyphonelastweek."It'salotbetternow."

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

entuallymadeCarlaToeberealizeshewasspendingtoomuchtimeontheInternet?

A)Herdaughter'srepeatedcomplaints.

B)Fatigueresultingfromlackofsleep.C)Thepoorlymanagedstateofherhou.

D)Thehighfinancialcostsaddingup.

estheauthorsayaboutexcessiveInternetu?

A)Peopleshouldbewarnedofitsharmfulconquences.

B)Ithasbecomevirtuallyinevitable.

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D)Peoplehaven'tyetreachedagreementonitsdefinition.

anBishopbelievesthattheInternetoveruproblemcanbesolvedifpeople______.

A)trytoimprovetheInternetenvironment

B)becomeawareofitsriousconquences

C)canrealizewhatisimportantinlife

D)canreachaconnsusonitsdefinition

ingtoProfessorMaressaOrzack,Internetuwouldbeconsideredexcessiveif______.

A)itriouslyaffectedfamilyrelationships

B)onevisitedpornwebsitesfrequently

C)toomuchtimewasspentinchatrooms

D)peoplegotinvolvedinonlinegambling

ingtoOrzack,peoplewhostrugglewithheavyrelianceontheInternetmayfeel______.

A)discouragedB)pressuredC)depresdD)puzzled

AndreHeidrichcutbackonlinegaming?

A)Hehadlostalotofmoney.

B)Hisfamilyhadintervened.

C)Hehadoffendedhisrelatives.

D)Hiscareerhadbeenruined.

Heidrichnowvisitswebsitesthatdiscussonlinegamingaddictionto______.

A)improvehisonlinegamingskills

B)curbhisdesireforonlinegaming

C)showhowgoodheisatonlinegaming

D)exchangeonlinegamingexperience

fthemessagesshepostedonawebsite,Toebeadmittedthatshe______.

iveInternetuhadrenderedToebesopoorthatshecouldn'taffordtoek______.

tshe'sgotaboyfriend,Toebeisnolongercrazyabout______.

PartIIIListeningComprehension(35minutes)

SectionA

Directions:Inthisction,ndofeachconversation,one

thepau,youmustreadthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD),anddecide

rkthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2withasinglelinethroughthecentre.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

11.A)Hehasprovedtobeabetterreaderthanthewoman.

B)Hehasdifficultyunderstandingthebook.

C)Hecannotgetaccesstotheassignedbook.

D)Hecannotfinishhisassignmentbeforethedeadline.

12.A)Shewilldrivethemantothesupermarket.

B)Themanshouldbuyacarofhisown.

C)Themanneedn'tgoshoppingeveryweek.

D)Shecanpickthemanupatthegrocerystore.

13.A)Getmorefoodanddrinks.B)Askhisfriendtocomeover.

C)Tidyuptheplace.D)Holdaparty.

14.A)ThetalkscanbeheldanydayexceptthisFriday.

B)HecouldchangehisscheduletomeetJohnSmith.

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C)Thefirst-roundtalksshouldstartassoonaspossible.

D)ThewomanshouldcontactJohnSmithfirst.

15.A)Heunderstandsthewoman'sfeelings.

B)Hehasgonethroughasimilarexperience.

C)Thewomanshouldhavegoneonthefieldtrip.

D)Theteacherisjustfollowingtheregulations.

16.A)Shewillmeetthemanhalfway.

B)ShewillaskDavidtotalkless.

C)Sheissorrythemanwillnotcome.

D)ShehastoinviteDavidtotheparty.

17.A)n'slectures.

B)'srequirements.

C)n'slecturesboring.

D)n'sclass.

18.A)Checktheircomputerfiles.

B)Makesomecomputations.

C)Studyacomputerprogram.

D)Asmbleacomputer.

Questions19to22arebadontheconversationyouhavejustheard.

19.A)Itallowshimtomakealotoffriends.

B)Itrequireshimtoworklonghours.

C)Itenableshimtoapplytheorytopractice.

D)Ithelpshimunderstandpeoplebetter.

20.A)Itisintellectuallychallenging.

B)Itrequireshimtodowashing-upallthetime.

C)Itexposhimtooilysmokealldaylong.

D)Itdemandsphysicalenduranceandpatience.

21.A)Inahospital.B)Atacoffeeshop.C)Atalaundry.D)Inahotel.

22.A)Gettingalongwellwithcolleagues.

B)Payingattentiontoeverydetail.

C)Planningeverythinginadvance.

D)Knowingtheneedsofcustomers.

Questions23to25arebadontheconversationyouhavejustheard.

23.A)ThepocketmoneyBritishchildrenget.

B)TheannualinflationrateinBritain.

C)ThethingsBritishchildrenspendmoneyon.

D)TherisingcostofraisingachildinBritain.

24.A)Itenableschildrentolivebetter.

B)Itgoesdownduringeconomicrecession.

C)Itoftenrishigherthaninflation.

D)Ithasgoneup25%inthepastdecade.

25.A)Saveupfortheirfutureeducation.

B)Payforsmallpersonalthings.

C)Buytheirownshoesandsocks.

D)Makedonationswhennecessary.来源:考试大-英语四级考试

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Directions:Inthisction,ndofeachpassage,e

ouhearaquestion,youmustchoothebestanswerfromthefour

choicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).ThenmarkthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2withasinglelinethroughthecentre.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

PassageOne

Questions26to29arebadontheconversationyouhavejustheard.

26.A)Districtmanagers.

B)Regularcustomers.

C)Salesdirectors.

D)Seniorclerks.

27.A)Thesupportprovidedbytheregularclients.

B)Theinitiativeshownbythesalesreprentatives.

C)Theurgencyofimplementingthecompany'splans.

D)Theimportantpartplayedbydistrictmanagers.

28.A)Someofthemwerepolitical-minded.

B)Fiftypercentofthemwerefemale.

C)Onethirdofthemwereniormanagers.

D)Mostofthemwereratherconrvative.

29.A)Heudtoomanyquotations.

B)Hewasnotgendernsitive.

C)Hedidnotkeeptothepoint.

D)Hespenttoomuchtimeondetails.

PassageTwo

Questions30to32arebadonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

30.A)Stateyourproblemtotheheadwaiter.

B)Demandadiscountonthedishesordered.

C)Asktoethemanagerpolitelybutfirmly.

D)Askthenameofthepersonwaitingonyou.

31.A)Youproblemmaynotbeunderstoodcorrectly.

B)Youdon'tknowifyouarecomplainingattherighttime.

C)Yourcomplaintmaynotreachthepersonincharge.

D)Youcan'ttellhowthepersononthelineisreacting.

32.A)Demandapromptrespon.

B)Provideallthedetails.

C)Senditbyexpressmail.

D)Sticktothepoint.

PassageThree

Questions33to35arebadonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

33.A)FashiondesignerB)Architect.C)Cityplanner.D)Engineer.

34.A)Dosomevolunteerwork.

B)Getawell-paidpart-timejob.

C)Workflexiblehours.

D)Gobacktoherpreviouspost.

35.A)Fewbaby-sitterscanbeconsideredtrustworthy.

B)Itwilladdtothefamily'sfinancialburden.

C)Ababy-sitterisnoreplacementforamother.

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D)Thechildrenwon'tgetalongwithababy-sitter.

SectionC

Directions:Inthisction,epassageisreadforthefirsttime,youshouldlisten

epassageisreadforthecondtime,youarerequiredtofillintheblanksnumbered

nksnumberedfrom44to46youarerequiredtofillinthe

blanks,youcaneitherutheexactwordsyouhavejustheardorwritedownthemainpoints

y,whenthepassageisreadforthethirdtime,youshouldcheckwhatyouhavewritten.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

Almosteverychild,onthefirstdayhetsfootinaschoolbuilding,issmarter,more(36)______,lessafraidofwhathe

doesn'tknow,betteratfindingand(37)______thingsout,moreconfident,resourceful(机敏的),persistentand(38)______

thanhewilleverbeagaininhisschooling–or,unlessheisvery(39)______andverylucky,y,by

payingcloattentiontoand(40)______withtheworldandpeoplearoundhim,andwithoutanyschool-type(41)______

instruction,hehasdoneataskfarmoredifficult,complicatedand(42)______thananythinghewillbeaskedtodoinschool,

olvedthe(43)______iscoveredit–babiesdon't

evenknowthatlanguageexists–and(44)________________________________________________.Hehasdoneitby

exploring,byexperimenting,bydevelopinghisownmodelofthegrammaroflanguage,(45)

________________________________________________lehehasbeendoingthis,hehasbeen

learningotherthingsaswell,(46)________________________________________________,andmanythataremore

complicatedthantheonestheydotrytoteachhim.

PartIVReadingComprehension(ReadinginDepth)(25minutes)

SectionA

Directions:Inthisction,requiredtolectonewordforeachblankfromalistof

markthecorrespondingletterforeachitemonAnswerSheet2withasingle

notuanyofthewordsinthebankmorethanonce.

Questions47to56arebadonthefollowingpassage.

Whenwethinkofgreenbuildings,wetendtothinkofnewones–thekindofhigh-tech,solar-paneledmasterpiecesthat

ethan100millionexistinghomes,anditwouldbe__47__

wastefultotearthemalldownand__48__mousamountofenergyandresourceswent

ouldtakeanaverageof65yearsforthe__49__carbonemissionsfromanew

enerebroadest__50__,thegreenest

hesametime,emissionscomefromheating,

coolingand__51__ourhomes,officesandotherbuildings."Youcan'tdealwithclimatechangewithoutdealingwithexisting

buildings,"saysRichardMoe,thepresidentoftheNationalTrust.

Withsome__52__,builtbefore1939uabout50%

moreenergypersquarefootthanthobuiltafter2000,mainlyduetothetinycracksandgapsthat__53__overtimeandlet

inmoreoutsideair.

Fortunately,therearea__54__numberofrelativelysimplechangesthatcangreenolderhomes,from__55__oneslike

Lincoln'iciencyupgrades(升级)cansavemorethanjusttheearth;theycanhelp

__56__propertyownersfromrisingpowercosts.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

A)accommodationsB)clumsyC)doubtfulD)exceptionsE)expandF)historicG)incrediblyH)

poweringI)protectJ)reducedK)replaceL)nM)shiftedN)supplyingO)vast

SectionB

Directions:

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eachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).Youshoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthe

correspondingletteronAnswerSheet2withasinglelinethroughthecentre.

PassageOne

Questions57to61arebadonthefollowingpassage.

Youneverehim,butthey'cordwhereyouaregoing,howfastyou'retraveling

bilitytowithstandalmostanydisastermakesthem

'reknownastheblackbox.

Whenplanesfallfromthesky,asaYemeniairlinerdidonitswaytoComorosIslandsintheIndiaoceanJune30,2009,

aFrenchsubmarine(潜水艇)detectedthedevice's

homingsignalfivedayslater,thediscoverymarkedahugesteptowarddeterminingthecauofatragedyinwhich152

pasngerswerekilled.

In1958,AustralianscientistDavidWarrendevelopedaflight-memoryrecorderthatwouldtrackbasicinformationlike

sthefirstmodeforablackbox,cialflightsby

odelsoftenfailedtowithstandcrashes,however,soin1965thedevicewascompletelyredesignedandmoved

totherearoftheplane–thearealeastsubjecttoimpact–fromitsoriginalpositioninthelandingwells(起落架舱).The

sameyear,theFederalAviationAuthorityrequiredthattheboxes,whichwereneveractuallyblack,bepaintedorangeor

yellowtoaidvisibility.

Modernairplaneshavetwoblackboxes:avoicerecorder,whichtrackspilots'conversations,andaflight-datarecorder,

whichmonitorsfuellevels,enginenoisandotheroperatingfunctionsthathelpinvestigatorsreconstructtheaircraft'sfinal

inaninsulated(隔绝的)caandsurroundedbyaquarter-inch-thickpanelsofstainlesssteel,theboxescan

withstandmassiveforceandtemperaturesupto2,000℉.Whensubmerged,they'realsoabletoemitsignalsfromdepthsof

20,sbelievetheboxesfromAirFranceFlight447,whichcrashednearBrazilonJune1,2009,areinwaternearly

thatdeep,butstatisticssaythey'pproximately20deep-acrashesoverthepast30years,

onlyoneplane'sblackboxeswereneverrecovered.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

estheauthorsayabouttheblackbox?

A)Itensuresthenormalfunctioningofanairplane.

B)Theideaforitsdesigncomesfromacomicbook.

C)Itsabilitytowardoffdisastersisincredible.

D)Itisanindispensabledeviceonanairplane.

formationcouldbefoundfromtheblackboxontheYemeniairliner?

A)Dataforanalyzingthecauofthecrash.

B)Thetotalnumberofpasngersonboard.

C)Thesceneofthecrashandextentofthedamage.

D)Homingsignalsntbythepilotbeforethecrash.

theblackboxredesignedin1965?

A)Newmaterialsbecameavailablebythattime.

B)Toomuchspacewasneededforitsinstallation.

C)Theearlymodelsoftengotdamagedinthecrash.

D)Theearlymodelsdidn'tprovidetheneededdata.

theFederalAviationAuthorityrequiretheblackboxesbepaintedorangeoryellow?

A)Todistinguishthemfromthecolouroftheplane.

B)Tocautionpeopletohandlethemwithcare.

C)Tomakethemeasilyidentifiable.

D)Toconformtointernationalstandards.

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A)Thereisstillagoodchanceoftheirbeingrecovered.

B)Thereisanurgentneedforthemtobereconstructed.

C)Theyhavestoppedndinghomingsignals.

D)TheyweredestroyedsomewherenearBrazil.

PassageTwo

Questions62to66arebadonthefollowingpassage.

The$11billionlf-helpindustryisbuiltontheideathatyoushouldturnnegativethoughtslike"Ineverdoanything

right"intopositiveoneslike"Icansucceed."ButwaspositivethinkingadvocateNormanVincentPealeright?Istherepower

inpositivethinking?

RearchersinCanadajustpublishedastudyinthejournalPsychologicalSciencethatsaystryingtogetpeopletothink

morepositivelycanactuallyhavetheoppositeeffect:itcansimplyhighlighthowunhappytheyare.

Thestudy'sauthors,JoanneWoodandJohnLeeoftheUniversityofWaterlooandElainePerunovicoftheUniversityof

NewBrunswick,beginbycitingolderrearchshowingthatwhenpeoplegetfeedbackwhichtheybelieveisoverlypositive,

theyactuallyfeelwor,ellyourdimfriendthathehasthepotentialofanEinstein,you'rejustunderlining

1990xperiment,ateamincludingpsychologistJoelCooperofPrincetonaskedparticipantstowriteessays

eessayistswerelaterpraidfortheirsympathy,theyfeltevenworaboutwhat

theyhadwritten.

Inthixperiment,Wood,LeeandPerunovicmeasured68students'ticipantswerethenaskedto

15conds,rang,

theyweresuppodtotellthemlves,"Iamlovable."

Thowithlowlf-esteemdidn',theirmoodsturnedsignificantly

darkerthanthoofmembersofthecontrolgroup,whoweren'turgedtothinkpositivethoughts.

Thepaperprovidessupportfornewerformsofpsychotherapy(心理治疗)thaturgepeopletoaccepttheirnegative

ighting,tion(静

思)techniques,incontrast,canteachpeopletoputtheirshortcomingsintoalarger,the

powerofnegativethinking.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

welearnfromthefirstparagraphaboutthelf-helpindustry?

A)Itisahighlyprofitableindustry.

B)Itisbadontheconceptofpositivethinking.

C)ItwastablishedbyNormanVincentPeale.

D)Ithasyieldedpositiveresults.

thefindingoftheCanadianrearchers?

A)Encouragingpositivethinkingmanydomoreharmthangood.

B)Therecanbenosimpletherapyforpsychologicalproblems.

C)Unhappypeoplecannotthinkpositively.

D)Thepowerofpositivethinkingislimited.

estheauthormeanby"…you'rejustunderlininghisfaults"(Line4,Para.3)?

A)Youarenottakinghismistakesriouslyenough.

B)Youarepointingouttheerrorshehascommitted.

C)Youareemphasizingthefactthatheisnotintelligent.

D)Youaretryingtomakehimfeelbetterabouthisfaults.

welearnfromtheexperimentofWood,LeeandPerunovic?

A)Itisimportantforpeopletocontinuallyboosttheirlf-esteem.

B)Self-affirmationcanbringapositivechangetoone'smood.

C)Forcingapersontothinkpositivethoughtsmaylowertheirlf-esteem.

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D)Peoplewithlowlf-esteemldomwritedowntheirtruefeelings.

welearnfromthelastparagraph?

A)Theeffectsofpositivethinkingvaryfrompersontoperson.

B)Meditationmayprovetobeagoodformofpsychotherapy.

C)Differentpeopletendtohavedifferentwaysofthinking.

D)Peoplecanavoidmakingmistakesthroughmeditation.

PartVCloze(15minutes)

Directions:

hblanktherearefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD)on

rkthecorrespondingletteron

AnswerSheet2withasinglelinethroughthecentre.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

Theterme-commercereferstoallcommercialtransactionsconductedovertheInternet,includingtransactionsby

tually,e-commercedoesnot__67__fromwell-knowncommercial

offeringssuchasbankingbyphone,"mailorder"catalogs,orndingapurchaordertosupplier__68__fax.E-commerce

followsthesamemodel__69__inotherbusinesstransactions;thedifference__70__inthedetails.

Toaconsumer,themostvisibleformofe-commerceconsists__71__merbeginswithacatalog

ofpossibleitems,__72__anitem,arrangesaformofpayment,and__73__dofaphysicalcatalog,

e-commercearrangesforcatalogstobe__74__dofndinganorderonpaperorbytelephone,

e-commercearrangesfororderstobent__75__y,insteadofndingapaperreprentationof

paymentsuchasacheck,e-commerce__76__onetondpaymentinformationelectronically.

Inthedecade__77__1993,e-commercegrewfroman__78__novelty(新奇事物)toamainstreambusinessinfluence.

In1993,few__79__hadawebpage,and__80__rs

__81__,bothlargeandsmallbusinesshadwebpages,andmost__82__urswiththeopportunitytoplaceanorder.

__83__,manybanksaddedonlineaccess,__84__onlinebankingandbillpayingbecame__85__.Moreimportantly,thevalue

ofgoodsandrvices__86__overtheInternetgrewdramaticallyafter1997.

67.A)distractB)descendC)differD)derive

68.A)withB)viaC)fromD)off

69.A)appearedB)udC)resortedD)rved

70.A)situatesB)liesC)rootsD)locates

71.A)onB)ofC)forD)to

72.A)reflectsB)detectsC)protectsD)lects

73.A)ndsinB)putsoutC)standsforD)carriesaway

74.A)visibleB)responsibleC)feasibleD)nsible

75.A)besideB)overC)beyondD)up

76.A)appealsB)admitsC)advocatesD)allows

77.A)afterB)behindC)untilD)toward

78.A)optionalB)invalidC)occasionalD)insignificant

79.A)communitiesB)corpsC)corporationsD)compounds

80.A)largelyB)slightlyC)solelyD)only

81.A)latelyB)laterC)lateD)latter

82.A)offeredB)convincedC)equippedD)provided

83.A)InsteadB)NeverthelessC)HoweverD)Besides

84.A)andB)orC)butD)though

85.A)differentB)flexibleC)widespreadD)productive

86.A)acquiredB)adaptedC)practicedD)proceeded

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PartVITranslation(5minutes)

Directions:

Complewriteyoutranslationon

AnswerSheet2.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答，只需写出译文部分。

eofthenoioutside,Nancyhadgreatdifficulty__________________(集中注意力在实验上).

agerneverlaughed;neither__________________(她也从来没有发过脾气).

forwardto__________________(被邀请出席开幕式).

ggestedthattheairconditioner__________________(要安装在窗户旁).

16-year-oldgirldecidedtotravelabroadonherowndespite__________________(她父母的强烈反对).

2012年6月大学英语四级考试答案及解析

作文参考

(A)

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Nowadays,studentsattenomenongreatly

influencesstudents’writingandbringsonworriesamongteachers.

,exam-orientededucationmakesthestudentspay

,someteachersshouldalsoberesponsibleforitbecautheydon’tceof

tnotleast,somestudentsaretoolazytorecitewords.

SincespellingisoneofthemostimportantfactorsinEnglishstudy,e,Ithink,first,

examsshouldbemodifiedtoaddsomefactorsintoit,,schools

shouldalsoteffectivemey,forstudents

themlves,theycan,throughotherways,thecanwesurlyrealizethe

importanceofspellingandmakeimprovement.

(B)

Whatishotfor2012inourcolleges?alook

around,wecanfindexamplestoonumeroustolist,theonemaybe“challenge”.Freshmanandsophomorealmostwritethisw

as“challenge”.Howcarelesstheyare!

Whysuchaphenomenonsweepveryuniversity?Someexpertsattributeittostudents’inattention,becaustudents

r,otherexpertsargue,inion,

itisfarbeyondanyreasonabledoubtthatbothofthemshouldexertthemlvestochangethespellingmistakes.

AsfarasI’mconcerned,tudents,theyshould

ile,totheteachers,thedictationsshouldbereinforcedintheclass.

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1.A)herdaughers'repeatedcomplains

根据第一段最后一句”butittooknear-constantcomplaintsfromherfourdaughtersbeforesherealizedshehadaproblem.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)Peoplehaven'tyetreachedagreementonitsdefinition

据第四段最后一句，对此，人们还未达成共识。

3.C)canrealizewhatisimportantinlife

据第七段最后一句，”…canbesolvedbyencouragingpeopletoprioritizeotherlifegoals鯊?茝？??寛

/q/?版权所有沪江网寛???茝?鯊andplans…” 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)itriouslyaffectedfamilyrelationships

根据第十一段最后一句，”ifit’saloss…andfamilyrelationshipsarebreakingdown…it’stoomuch.”

5.C)depresd

根据第十五段第一句话，”PeoplewhostrugglewithexcessiveInternetumaybedepresd…”

6.B)Hisfamilyhadintervened

根据倒数第五段，”hecutbackonlyafterafull-scalefamilyintervention…”

7.B)curbhisdesireforonlinegaming

根据倒数第四段最后一句，”toremindmylftokeepmyloveforonlinegamesincheck.” 其中，keep…incheck意为，“制止;控

制”。

nternetaddiction

根据倒数第三段最后一句。

sionalhelp

根据倒数第二段最后一句，”Ihavenomoneyorinsurancetogetprofessionalhelp…”：

dating

根据最后一段，”Ihaveaboyfriendnow,andI’mnotinterestedinonlinedating.”

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11.C)Hecannotgetaccesstotheassignedbook.

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。getaccessto指“获得，

走近，接近，能够利用某物”。

12.A)Shewilldrivethemantothesupermarket.

由文中女士说她不喜欢别人开她的车以及”whydon’twegotogether?”可得知女士将开车与男士一同去超市。

13.C)Tidyuptheplace.

由文中”Iguessit’sprettyobviouswhatyou’llbedoingmostoftoday”可知，很显然她想让他打扫房间。

14.A)ThetalkscanbeheldanydayexceptthisFriday.

本题考查onedayisasgoodasthenext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)Heunderstandsthewoman’sfeelings.文中男士认为，”I’dfeelthatwaytooifIwereyou.”，“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)ShehastoinviteDavidtotheparty.

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)n’slecturesboring.

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)Asmbleacomputer.

本文中主要是考asmble的意思，如果同学知道asmble意为“组装，装配”，便不难得出答案。”putacomputertogether”

指“组装电脑”。

19.B)Itrequireshimtoworklonghours.

男士开头便说”Ihavetoworkverylonghours”，因此选B。

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20.D)Itdemandsphysicalenduranceandpatience.

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)Inahotel.

由文中”Iwrotetoaboutsixhotels耪??????/q/?版权所有沪江网??????耪andone

ofthemgavememyfirstjob”可得出答案。

22.B)Payingattentiontoeverydetail.

由男士的回答”Attentiontodetail”可得知，B选项恰好与”attentiontodetail”同义。

23.A)ThepocketmoneyBritishchildrenget.

原题为Whatisthetableoffiguresabout?意思是：这个表格是关于什么的？根据第一句话Nowyou’veenthistableof

figuresaboutthepocketmoneychildreninBritainget?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)Itoftenrishigherthaninflation.

原题为WhatdowelearnfromtheconversationaboutBritishchildren’spocketmoney?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“Whydoyouthinktheriinpocketmoneyisoftenhigherthaninflation?

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)Payforsmallpersonalthings.

原题为Supposingthemanhadchildren,whatwouldheexpectthemtodowiththeirpocketmoney?对话中男性说话人说“…out

ofthat,theyhavetobuysomesmallpersonalthings,butIwouldn’texpectthemtosavetobuytheirownsocks,fo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.

26A)Districtmanagers

该题比较简单，文章开头说到Alex期盼着与districtmanagers的会议，因此正确答案为A项。

27D)Theimportantpartplayedbydistrictmanagers

文章中提到在会议结束时，Alex打算以“theconversationabouttheimportanceofthedistrictmanagerstothecompanyplans

来结束会议，可见他打算强调districtmanagers在公司计划中所起的重要作用。因此D项正确。

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28B)Fiftypercentofthemwerefemale

此题比较简单，文章中后面说道“Halfofourmanagersarewomen”，而参加会议的基本上都是那些districtmanagers，由此可

判断，会议的听众有一半是女性，所以此题选B项。

29B)Hewasnotgendernsitive

文章最后一句说这些女性districtmanagers听到Alex总用“he”来指代“districtmanagers”感到surprid和distresd（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。

30C)Asktoethemanagerpolitelybutfirmly

此题比较简单，原文中提到在餐馆遇到上错菜时，应该“makeapolitebutfirmrequesttoethemanage”，和C项所说完全一

致。

31D)Youcan’ttellhowthepersononthelineisreacting

此题相对简单，答案基本上是原句，“Soyoucan’ttellhowthepersononthelineisreacting.”

32D)Sticktothepoint

此题属于原文再现，原文最后建议写投诉信时，应当“bebusiness-likeandsticktothepoint”，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“BeforeBarbarahadchildren,sheworkedasanarchitectforthegovernment,designinggovernmenthousing”可以得知。

34.A)Dosomevolunteerwork.

从原文“IfBarbarafeelstheneedtodosociallyimportantwork,hethinksthatsheshoulddovolunteerworkoneortwodaysa

week.”可以得知。

35.C)Ababy-sitterisnoreplacementforamother.

从原文“Tomdoesnotthinkababy-sittercanreplaceamother”可以得知。

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37figuring

38independent

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40interacting

41formal

42abstract

43mystery

44hasfoundouthowitworksandlearnttouitappropriatel

45bytryingitoutandeingwhetheritworks,bygraduallychangingitandrefiningit

46includingmanyoftheconceptsthattheschoolsthinkonlytheycanteachhim

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ctionA

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。

dibly

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.

ce

replaceAwithB,意思是用B替换A.这里是用绿色建筑取代现存房屋。

ed

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。

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inthebroadestn,在最广义上，这里是一个固定搭配。

ing

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。

tions

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withsomeexceptions,指除一些特

殊情况外。

d

tinycracksandgaps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。

anumberof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。

ric

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.

ct

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.

SectionB

Passage1

57.D)Itisanindispensabledeviceonanairplane.

wardoff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。

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58.A)Dataforanalyzingthecauofthecrash.

本文第二段介绍了黑匣子在对于探寻Yemeniairliner坠毁原因上所起到的重大作用。由第二段第二行”theblackboxisthebest

betforidentifyingwhatwentwrong”以及后面由于法国一潜艇找到黑匣子这一发现”markedahugesteptowarddetermining

thecauofatragedy”可以推断出答案。

59.C)Theearlymodelsoftengotdamagedinthecrash.

文中第三自然段第三行，由”Earlymodelsoftenfailedtowithstandcrashes,however,soin1965thedevicewascompletely

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)Tomakethemeasilyidentifiable.

由文中得知黑匣子被漆成橙色或黄色的原因是”toaidvisibility”。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)Thereisstillagoodchancefortheirbeingrecovered.

作者举出AirFranceFlight447的例子主要是用来证明其前面的论点”Whensubmerged,they’realsoabletoemitsignalsform

depthsof20,000ft.”意为黑匣子即使被埋于深处仍然能够发射信号以被察觉。AirFranceFlight447的黑匣子处于水下深处，

但数据显示他们仍能”turnup”（出现），即被探测人员发现。故选A。

Passage2

62.B)Itisbadontheconceptofpositivethinking

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NormanVincent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)Encouragingpositivethinkingmaydomoreharmthangood

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，

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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)Youareemphasizingthefactthatheisnotintelligent.

细节理解题

本题问作者说“…you’rejustunderlininghisfaults”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)Forcingapersontothinkpositivethoughtsmaylowertheirlf-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)Meditationmayprovetobeagoodformofpsychotherapy(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。

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r

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”thedifferenceliesin”（区别在于）相呼应。

viafax：通过传真

modelsud: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。

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liein:在于

consistof:由…组成

ts

lectanitem:挑选商品

in

ndin:递送;呈报

le

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。

s

其中，admit做及物动词时，一般作“允许进入；承认；可容纳”解。allowsbtodo，常用词组，容许某人做某事

nificant

与下文的mainstream相对应。

rations

与下文business相呼应。

注意，latter意为，“后面的，后者的”。

ded

providesbwithsth，固定词组，为某人提供某物。

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es

besides意为，“此外，除此之外”。

84.A珷眲蓿?怂？?曮/myfeed/?版权所有沪江网曮??怂?蓿眲珷and

顺承关系，用and。

pread

网上银行流行起来了。widespread，分布广泛的。

red

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)concentratingontheexperiment/focusingherattentionontheexperiment.

本题考查两个短语的用法，一个是havedifficulty(in)doingsth，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/fixone’sattentionon,concentrateon。翻译时需和前面短语的用法结合起来，

把动词变成ing形式。

becomeangry/didshelohertemperbefore.

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becomeangry，也可以用loone’stemper。

nvitedtoattendtheopeningceremony.

本题考查lookforwardto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)befixed/installedbythewindow

本题考查Itissuggestedthat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。

ongoppositionofherparents/herparents’strongopposition.

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。

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2012年6月英语四级真题听力原文

SectionA

ShortConversation

11.W:Justimagine!Wehavetofinishreading300pagesbeforeMonday!Howcantheprofessorexpectustodoitinsucha

shorttime?

M:Yeah,butwhattroublesmeisthatIcan’tfindthebookinthelibraryorintheuniversitybookstore.

Q:Whatdoesthemanmean?

12.M:DoyouthinkIcouldborrowyourcartogogroceryshopping?Thesupermarketsoutsidethecityaresomuchcheaper.

I’dalsobehappytopickupanythingyouneed.

W:Well,Idon’uwhat,whydon’twegotogether?

Q:Whatdoesthewomanmean?

13.M:Forgivethemessinhere,erealotofpeopleandtheyallbroughtfood.

W:Yeah,,Iguessit’sprettyobviouswhatyou’llbedoingmostoftoday.

Q:Whatdoesthewomanthinkthemanwilldo?

14.W:WhattimewouldsuityouforthefirstroundtalkswithJohnSmith?

M:Well,hanthisFriday,onedayisasgoodasthenext.

Q:Whatdoesthemanmean?

15.W:Iwassoangryyesterday!wouldn

letmepass!

M:Thatdoesn’temfair.I’dfeelthatwaytooifIwereyou.

Q:Whatdoesthemanimply?

16.M:Ireallycan’goingtobeatyourChristmasparty,I

justwon’tcome.

W:I’msorryyoufeelthatway,butmymotherinsiststhathecome.

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Q:Whatdoesthewomanimply?

17.W:You’’syourimpressionsofar?

M:Well,manystudentscouldhardlystayawakeinhisclasswithoutfirstdrinkingacupofcoffee.

Q:Whatdoesthemanimply?

18.W:Haveyoueverputacomputertogetherbefore?

M:No,inkifwefollowtheinstructionxactly,wewon’thavemuchtrouble.

Q:Whatarethespeakersgoingtodo?

LongConversations

Conversation1

W:Whatsortofhoursdoyouwork,Steve?

M:WellIhavetoworkverylonghours,aboutelevenhoursaday.

W:Whattimedoyoustart?

M:Iwork9to3,thenIstartagainat5:30andworkuntil11,etoworkveryunsocialhours.

W:Anddoyouhavetoworkattheweekend?

M:Oh,yes,that’dnesdaysoff.

W:Whatarethethingsyouhavetodoandthethingsyoudon’thavetodo?

M:Uh,Idon’thavetodothewashing-up,sothat’owearwhite,andIhavetokeepeverythinginthekitchen

totallyclean.

W:What’shardaboutthejob?

M:arebusy,peoplegetangryandshout,butthat’snor

W:Howdidyoulearntheprofession?

M:Well,irstyearwehadtolearnthebasics,andthenwehadtotakeexams.

W:Wasiteasytofindajob?

M:Iwrotetoaboutsixhotelsandoneofthemgavememyfirstjob,soIdidn’thavetowaittoolong.

W:Andwhat’sthecretofbeinggoodatyourjob?

M:etoshowpassionforit.

W:Andwhatareyourplansforthefuture?

M:Iwanttohavemyownplacewhenthetimeisright.

esthemansayabouthisjob?

esthemanthinkisthehardestpartofhisjob?

idthemangethisfirstjobaftergraduation?

esthemansayisimportanttobeinggoodathisjob?

Conversation2

W:Nowyou’veenthistableoffiguresaboutthepocketmoneychildreninBritainget?

M:htitwasquiteinteresting,butIdon’explainwhatit

means?

W:Well,amathematician,butIassumetherifrom70pto90pis

ariof25percent.

M:Ohyes,inflationrateisthereforcomparison.

W:outhinktheriinpocketmoneyisoftenhigherthaninflation?

M:IamsorryI’sparentsinBritainaretoogenerous.

W:’sstran

rwhythatis.

M:Yes,Idon’tunderstandthatatall.

W:Anyway,ifyouhadchildren,howmuchpocketmoneywouldyougivethem?

M:Idon’I’llprobablygivethem2poundsaweek.

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W:Wouldyou?Andwhatwouldyouexpectthemtodowithit?

M:Well,outofthat,theyhavetobuysomesmallpersonalthings,butIwouldn’texpectthemtosaveheirownsocks,

forexample.

W:Yes,bytheway,domostchildreninyourcountrygetpocketmoney?

M:Yeah,theydo.

Q23Whatisthetableoffiguresabout?

Q24WhatdowelearnfromtheconversationaboutBritishchildren’spocketmoney?

Q25Supposingthemanhadchildren,whatwouldheexpectthemtodowiththeirpocketmoney?

Passage1

Asthenewsalesdirectorforanationalcomputerfirm,AlexGordonwaslookingforwardtohisfirstmeetingwiththe

company’nearrivedontime,andAlex’

meetingwiththeconversationabouttheimportanceofthedistrictmanagerstothecompany’splans

tocontinuetoincreaourshareofthemarket,”hebegan,“trict

mas

ambitiousgoalsandiswillingtoputinlonghours,everyoneinhisunitwillfollowhixample.”WhenAlexwasfin

receivedpoliteapplaus,espokewithoneoftheniormanagers.

“Thingsweregoingsowelluntiltheend”,Alexsaiddisappointedly.“Obviously,Isaidthewrongthing.” “Yes”,thedistrict

managerreplied.“veworkedtheirwayupfromsalesreprentatives,andtheyare

veryproudoftheroletheyplayedinthecompany’n’ywere

definitelysurpridanddistresdtobereferredtoas‘he’inyourspeech.”

Q26WhodidAlexGordonspeaktoatthefirstmeeting?

Q27WhatdidAlexwanttoemphasizeattheendofhisprentation?

Q28Whatdowelearnabouttheaudienceatthemeeting?

Q29WhydidAlexfailtoreceivethewarmresponhehadhopedfor?

Passage2

complaintisimmediate,suppoyougotthewrongorder

atarestaurant,emanagercomes,n

te!

s,esn’tmeantoputonairsandsay

am?”Whctlikesomeonewhoexpectsa

fairrequesttobegranted,speaking

an’s

complaintdoesn

requireanimmediaterespon,aveanappliancethatdoesnr

’tspendaparagraphonhowyouruncleJohntri

theproblemandcouldn’t.

Q30Whatdoesthespeakersuggestyoudowhenyouarenotrvedproperlyatarestaurant?

Q31Whydoesthespeakersaytheworstwaytocomplainisoverthetelephone?

Q32Whatshouldyoudoifyoumakeacomplaintbyletter?

Passage3

BarbaraSandersisawifeandthemotheroftwochildren,band,Tom,isanengineerandmakesan

Barbarahadchildren,sheworkedasanarchitectforthegovernment,designinggovernmenthousing.

Shequitherjobwhenshebecamepregnant,'sbeenofferedanexcellentjob

bandfeelsit'sunnecessaryforhertoworksincethefamilydoesnotneedtheaddedincome.

arafeelstheneedtodosociallyimportantwork,he

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hldalsoliketohaveherownincome,so

shedsnotthinkit'snecessaryto

stayhomeeverydaywiththechildrenandsheknowsaveryreliablebabysitterwho's

notthinkababysittercanreplaceamotherandthinksit'sabadideaforthechildrentospendsomuchtimewithsomeone

who'snotpartofthefamily.

Q33WhatwasBarbara'sprofessionbeforeshehadchildren?

Q34WhatdoesBarbara'shusbandsuggestshedoifshewantstowork?

Q35WhatdoesTomthinkabouthiringababysitter?

Almosteverychild,onthefirstdayhetsfootintheschoolbuilding,issmarter,morecurious，lessafraidofwhathedoesn't

know,betteratfindingandfiguringthingsout,moreconfident,resourceful,persistentandindependent,thanhewilleither

beagaininhisschoolingor,unlessheisveryunusualandverylucky,fortherestofhislife.

Already,bypayingcloattentiontoandinteractingwiththeworldandpeoplearoundhim,andwithoutanyschool-type

formalinstruction,hehasdoneataskfarmoredifficult,complicatedandabstractthananythinghewillbeaskedtodoin

school,orthan

don'tevenknowthatlanguageexists.

oneitbyexploring,byexperimenting,by

developinghisownmodelofthegrammaroflanguage,bytryingitoutandeingwhetheritworks,bygraduallychangingit

andrefiningituntilitdoeswork.

Andwhilehehasbeendoingthis,hehasbeenlearningotherthingsaswell,includingmanyoftheconceptsthattheschools

thinkonlytheycanteachhim,andmanythataremorecomplicatedthantheonestheydotrytoteachhim.