2014年6月四級部分真題參考答案(完整版)

　　Part Ⅰ Writing

　　A Tour to Mount Tai

　　I am delighted to learn that my foreign friend, Bill, is going to take vacation in my hometown.For the sake of his hospitality I enjoyed in England, I will show him around the landscape,among which Mount Tai unquestion-ably on the top of my list.

　　Centuries ago, at the summit of the mountain, Confucius exclaimed that the world was small; inmodern times, everyone is bound to appreciate its spectacularity and sacredness. Mount Tai ismore than a mountain; it is a place which symbolizes hope and auspiciousness, embodyingprofound culture. Furthermore, Mount Tai is considered to be scared to the point where almostevery ancient Chinese emperor came here to make offerings to Heaven and Earth, praying for aprosperous country and a peaceful living environment.

　　Visiting Mount Tai is more than a mountain climbing excursion, but a hands-on engagement inancient culture and contemporary prosperity. Thus, I assure you that you will like thiswonderful experience.

　　Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension

　　A. 短對話

　　1. 參考原文：

　　W: I can’t seem to reach the tea at the back of the cupboard.

　　M: Oh… Why don’t you use the ladder? You might strain your shoulder.

　　Q: What does the man suggest the woman do?

　　點評：本題考點：計劃或者建議。考點在第二個男士的提議。答案選B：Use a ladder to help her reachthe tea. strain v.表示拉伸，扭傷 strain your shoulder 拉傷肩膀。

　　2. 參考原文：

　　W: Since it’s raining so hard, let’s go and see the new exhibits.

　　M: That’s a good idea. Mary Johnson is one of my favorite painters.

　　Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place?

　　點評：本題考點：對話場景題。通過女士提到的“new exhibits”和男士提到的“favorite painters”可推出答案為D：Outside an art gallery.

　　3. 參考原文：

　　M: I hear the students gave the new teacher an unfair evaluation.

　　W: It depends on which student you are talking about.

　　Q: What does the woman imply?

　　點評：本題考查語義推斷。考點在第二個女士的回應，面對男士的說法，她并沒有表示認同，而是婉轉表達了質疑。對應選項B. She does not quite agree with what the man said. “unfair evaluation”意思是“不公平的評價”。

　　4. 參考原文：

　　W: It must have taken you a long time to fix up all these book shelves.

　　M: It wasn’t too bad. I got Doris to do some of them.

　　Q: What does the man mean?

　　點評：本題考查事實細節。考點在第二個男士的話。對應選項C. Doris fixed up some of the bookshelves.原文中男士說的 “do some of them”指的就是修理書架。

　　5. 參考原文：

　　W: Rod, I hear you’ll be leaving at the end of this month. Is it true?

　　M: Yeah. I’ve been offered a much better position with another firm. I’d be a fool to turn itdown.

　　Q: Why is the man quitting his job?

　　點評：本題考查因果關系。考點在第二個男士所解釋的原因。對應D. He has found a better position. “position”即“職位”， “firm”即“公司”。 “quit”即“放棄，辭職”的意思。

　　6. 參考原文：

　　W: I honestly don’t want to continue the gardening tomorrow, Tony?

　　M: Neither do I. But I think we should get it over within this weekend.

　　Q: What does the man mean?

　　點評：本題考查轉折關系。考點在第二個男士語義轉折之后的內容。對應選項A. They should finish thework as soon as possible. 選項 “finish”同義替換原文中的 “get it over”，而 “as soon as possible”則改寫了 “within this weekend”.

　　7. 參考原文：

　　W: You’ve already furnished your apartment?

　　M: I found some used furniture that was dirt cheap.

　　Q: What do we learn from the conversation?

　　點評：本題考查事實細節。考點在第二個男士所說的話，習慣用語 “dirt cheap”就是“很便宜，白菜價”的意思。對應答案D. The furniture the man bought is inexpensive. 其中 “inexpensive”同義改寫了“dirtcheap”。

　　8. 參考原文：

　　W: Has the mechanic called the bus repairers?

　　M: Not yet .I’ll let you know when he calls.

　　Q: What do we learn from the conversation?

　　點評：本題考查語義推斷。考點要結合女士的提問和男士的回答。對應B. The woman is waiting for a call. “mechanic”指“機械工”，“bus repairers”指“公車修理師”。

　　B.長對話和短文

　　Conversation one:

　　Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

　　9. Why couldn’t the woman’s roommate attend the Shakespearean English class thatafternoon?

　　10. What favor is the woman going to do for her roommate?

　　11. What does the woman want to know at the end of the conversation?

　　答案：

　　9. 點評：前2句都是禮節性問答，第3句開始出現新人物 “Janet Holmes”, 即考點預警信號。關鍵信息就是女士接下來的回答：“It’s just that she submitted a job application yesterday and the companyasked her in for an interview today”.對應A選項：She had a job interview to attend.

　　10. 點評：前文剛剛提到“Janet Holmes”所遇到的問題(因面試不能上課交作業)，接著就提到了解決這一問題的方法，關鍵聽取原文中“I’m calling to see whether it would be OK if I gave you her essay.”對應選項C：Submit her roommate’s assignment.

　　11. 點評：從四個選項都以特殊疑問詞開頭的特征可以預判，本題考點是某人的疑問。關鍵信息是女士在最后所提到的問題：“And Dr. Ellis, one more thing, could you tell me where your office is?”對應選項A.Where Dr. Ellis’s office is located.

　　【綜合點評】：本題完全符合長對話 “問答結構”的慣有出題套路，分別針對problem和solution進行提問，而且并沒有出現逆序出題現象為難考生，整體難度一般。

　　Conversation 2:

　　Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

　　12. What does the man say about his job?

　　13. Which train does the man take to work every day?

　　14. How does the man feel about commuting to work every day now?

　　15. How does the man spend his time on the morning train?

　　答案：

　　12.點評：第一題完全符合“前3句出考點”的套路，考點信息出現在明顯的信號詞 “But”之后：“But it’sbearable now that I’ m used to it”。 bearable 表示可以忍受的，be used to 表示為習慣做某事。對應選項C：He can handle it quite well.

　　13. 點評：本題考查時間細節，所聽即所選。關鍵信息是“It was terrible at first, especially getting upbefore dawn to catch that 6:30 train” 對應選項B：The 6:30 train.

　　14. 點評：本題考點再次出現在明顯信號詞But之后：“But now I quite enjoy it.”對應選項C：The time onthe train is enjoyable

　　15. 點評：長對話最后一題往往對應整個對話的結尾部分。女士最后問男士在車上如何消磨時光，男士的回答則是考點信息：“In the morning, I just sit in comfort and read the papers to catch up with thenews.”對應選項A：Reading newspapers.

　　【綜合點評】：本題完全符合順序出題原則，有2道題的答案更是直接出現在信號詞But之后，答案直來直往基本不需要進行推斷，出題思路中規中矩，整體難度一般。

　　Passage One

　　16. What should American college students do to cope with their heavy reading assignments?

　　17. What suggestion does the speaker give about marking a textbook?

　　18. How should students prepare for an exam according to the speaker?

　　答案：

　　16. 點評：根據短文理解“前3句出考點”原則，如果本文前1、2句的因果關系沒有成為考點，考點則順延到第3句和第4句，關鍵信息為“They need to extract as much information as possible from the first orsecond reading.”extract表示提取、選取， 對應選項D：Get key information by reading just once ortwice.

　　17. 點評：從第二段開始，marking skill被反復提到，無疑是重要考點。就做標記的技巧，作者一共提了3個建議，其中 “Third, decide on your own system for marking”幾乎完整地被選項A照搬下來：Chooseone's own system of marking.根據所聽基本即所選原則，答案就是A。

　　18. 點評：最后一題考察了轉折結構，考點信息出現在明顯的信號詞 ‘Instead”之后：“Instead, you justneed to review your marks and you can save a lot of time.”對應選項B：By reviewing only themarked parts.

　　Passage Two

　　19. What is taken for granted by most people?

　　20. What do doctors think of Al Herpin's case?

　　21. What could have accounted for Al Herpin's sleeplessness?

　　答案：

　　19. 點評：答案出現在明顯的信號詞 “But”之后，即：“But everyone needs some rest to stay alive.”對應選項D：Everybody needs some sleep for survival.

　　20. 點評：答案出現在明顯的信號詞 “But”之后，即：“But a man named Al Herpin turned out to be arare exception”對應選項C：It is a rare exception. rare表示稀有的，少見的。

　　21. 點評：根據順序出題原則，本題對應文章結尾部分。文章最后提到醫生對Al Herpin不用睡覺感到困惑，緊接著就解釋了原因。 “clue”(表示線索)是本題的考點信號詞，隨后就是考點信息:“He remembered sometalk about his mother having been injured several days before he had been born.” 對應選項B：His mother's injury just before his birth.

　　22. What do we learn about Hetty Green as a child?

　　23. How did Hetty Green become rich overnight?

　　24. Why was Hetty Green much hated?

　　25. What do we learn about Hetty's daughter?

　　答案：

　　22. 點評：本題略有難度。考點即沒有出現在前3句話，也沒有出現在明顯的信號詞之后，但是只要提前劃記好了本題關鍵詞，根據“所聽基本即所選”原則還是可以找到答案C：She developed a strong interest infinance. 該選項對應原文信息 “At the age of six she started reading the daily financial newspapersand opened her own bank account.”

　　23. 點評：本題略有難度。考點緊跟在上一題考點句之后，即 “Her father died when she was 21 andshe inherited 7.5 million dollars.”對應選項D. She inherited a big fortune from her father.

　　24. 點評：本題難度較大。錯誤選項中的細節有較強干擾性，但如果考生對最后一段的整體結構有所把握，就會發現在第一句提到了Hetty的 “meanness”(吝嗇，小氣) 之后，后文 “always argued about prices” “buy broken biscuits” “refused to pay for a doctor”這些細節都屬于次要信息，是對“meanness”的例證。對應選項A. She was extremely mean with her money.

　　25. 點評：本題考點就是本文最后一句話 “her daughter built a hospital with her money”對應選項B.She built a hospital with her mother's money.

　　Part III Reading Comprehension

　　Section A

　　選詞填空

　　題目一：

　　本文選自2006年5月16日的經濟學人

　　http://www.economist.com/node/5636369

　　參考原文

　　A nation of non-readers: A strange and costly disregard for books

　　MANY Brazilians cannot read. In 2000, a quarter of those aged 15 and older were functionallyilliterate. Many simply do not want to. Only one literate adult in three reads books. TheaverageBrazilian reads 1.8 non-academic books a year—less than half the figure in Europe andthe United States. In a recent survey of reading habits, Brazilians came 27th out of 30countries, spending 5.2 hours a week with a book. Argentines, their neighbours, ranked 18th.

　　In rare accord, government, businesses and NGOs are all striving in different ways to changethis. On March 13th the government launched a National Plan for Books and Reading. Thisseeks to boost reading, by founding libraries and financing publishers among other things.The Brazil Reader Institute, an NGO, brings books to people: it has installed lending libraries intwo S?o Paulo metro stations, and is planning one in a Carnival samba school. It is starting tobe common to see characters in television soap operas shown reading. Cynics note that Globo,the biggest broadcaster, is also a big publisher of books, newspapers and magazines.

　　One discouragement to reading is that books are expensive. At S?o Paulo's book fair this week, “O Código Da Vinci” was on sale for 32 reais—more than a tenth of the official minimum monthlywage. Most other books have small print-runs, pushing up their price.

　　But Brazilians' indifference to books has deeper roots. Centuries of slavery meant thecountry's leaders long neglected education. Primary schooling became universal only in the1990s. Radio was ubiquitous by the 1930s; libraries and bookshops have still not caught up. “The electronic experience came before the written experience,” says Marino Lobello, of theBrazilian Chamber of Books, an industry body.

　　All this means that Brazil's book market has the biggest growth potential in the western world,reckons Mr Lobello. That notion has attracted foreign publishers, such as Spain's Prisa-Santillana, which bought a local house last year. American evangelical publishers are eyeing themarket for religious books, which outsell fiction in Brazil.

　　But reading is a difficult habit to form. Brazilians bought fewer books in 2004—289m, includingtextbooks distributed by the government—than they did in 1991. Last year the director ofBrazil's national library quit after a controversial tenure. He complained that he had half thelibrarians he needed and termites had eaten much of the collection. Along with crime and highinterest rates, that ought to be a cause for national shame.