2012年大学英语四六级模拟试题及精确答案 （1）

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CATIONSBECAUSETHEYWEREDISMISSEDFROMSCHOOLDSOCIETYSHOULDBEGREATLYRESPONSIBLEFORLYINGONAPPLICATIONS5THEWORD“PHONY“LINE13,PARA2MEANS_ATHOROUGHCFALSEBULTIMATEDDECISIVE【参考解析】1B主旨题。文章第一段简要概述了求职人员在求职过程中对自己的学历弄虚作假这一社会现象，然后在第二、三段分别给出一些具体的例子进行说明，所以B正确。2B推断题。由第二段中前半部分的IFITTURNSOUTTHATANAPPLICANTISLYINGSCHOOLCALLSTHEM“IMPOSTORS“ANOTHERREFERSTOTHEMAS“SPECIALCASES“可知，IMPOSTERS和SPECIALCASES指的都是编造虚假学历，所以B正确。3D推断题。由文章第一段倒数第二句中的FORPERSONNELOFFICERS,LIKEMOSTAMERICANS,VALUEDEGREESFROMFAMOUSSCHOOLS可知，名牌大学的毕业生在求职过程中比其他人有优势，所以D正确。4D推断题。文章讲述的是在简历中对学历弄虚作假这一问题，同时也指出，问题出现的原因是大学都很看重学历，特别是名牌大学的文凭，由此可知，这是一种社会现象，全社会对此都负有责任，所以D正确。5C语义题。该词所在句意为“如果你不想撒谎又不愿和盘托出，会有公司愿意卖给你_交凭”，再结合下文提到的售卖假文凭的公司的情况可知，C假的正确。THOROUGH意为“彻底的”，ULTIMATE意为“最终的”，DECISIVE意为“决定性的”，均排除第3题MATERIALCULTUREREFERSTOWHATCANBESEEN,HELD,FELT,USEDWHATACULTUREPRODUCESEXAMININGACULTURESTOOLSANDTECHNOLOGYCANTELLUSABOUTTHEGROUPSHISTORYANDWAYOFLIFESIMILARLY,RESEARCHINTOTHEMATERIALCULTUREOFMUSICCANHELPUSTOUNDERSTANDTHEMUSICCULTURETHEMOSTVIVIDBODYOFMATERIALCULTUREINIT,OFCOURSE,ISMUSICALINSTRUMENTSWECANNOTHEARFOROURSELVESTHEACTUALSOUNDOFANYMUSICALPERFORMANCEBEFORETHE1870SWHENTHEPHONOGRAPHWASINVENTED,SOWERELYONINSTRUMENTSFORIMPORTANTINFORMATIONABOUTMUSICCULTURESINTHEREMOTEPASTANDTHEIRDEVELOPMENTHEREWEHAVETWOKINDSOFEVIDENCEINSTRUMENTSWELLPRESERVEDANDINSTRUMENTSPICTUREDINARTTHROUGHTHESTUDYOFINSTRUMENTS,ASWELLASPAINTINGS,WRITTENDOCUMENTS,ANDSOON,WECANEXPLORETHEMOVEMENTOFMUSICFROMTHENEAREASTTOCHINAOVERATHOUSANDYEARSAGO,ORWECANOUTLINETHESPREADOFNEAREASTERNINFLUENCETOEUROPETHATRESULTEDINTHEDEVELOPMENTOFMOSTOFTHEINSTRUMENTSINTHESYMPHONYORCHESTRASHEETMUSICORPRINTEDMUSIC,TOO,ISMATERIALCULTURESCHOLARSONCEDEFINEDFOLKMUSICCULTURESASTHOSEINWHICHPEOPLELEARNANDSINGMUSICBYEARRATHERTHANFROMPRINT,BUTRESEARCHSHOWSMUTUALINFLUENCEAMONGORALANDWRITTENSOURCESDURINGTHEPASTFEWCENTURIESINEUROPE,BRITAIN,ANDAMERICAPRINTEDVERSIONSLIMITVARIETYBECAUSETHEYTENDTOSTANDARDIZEANYSONG,YETTHEYSTIMULATEPEOPLETOCREATENEWANDDIFFERENTSONGSBESIDES,THEABILITYTOREADMUSICNOTATIONHASAFARREACHINGEFFECTONMUSICAND,WHENITBECOMESWIDESPREAD,ONTHEMUSICCULTUREASAWHOLEONEMOREIMPORTANTPARTOFMUSICSMATERIALCULTURESHOULDBESINGLEDOUTTHEINFLUENCEOFTHEELECTRONICMEDIARADIO,RECORDPLAYER,TAPERECORDER,TELEVISION,ANDVIDEOCASSETTE,WITHTHEFUTUREPROMISINGTALKINGANDSINGINGCOMPUTERSANDOTHERDEVELOPMENTSTHISISALLPARTOFTHE“INFORMATIONREVOLUTION“,ATWENTIETHCENTURYPHENOMENONASIMPORTANTASTHEINDUSTRIALREVOLUTIONWASINTHENINETEENTHTHESEELECTRONICMEDIAARENOTJUSTLIMITEDTOMODERNNATIONSTHEYHAVEAFFECTEDMUSICCULTURESALLOVERTHEGLOBE1RESEARCHINTOTHEMATERIALCULTUREOFANATIONISOFGREATIMPORTANCEBECAUSE_AITHELPSPRODUCENEWCULTURALTOOLSANDTECHNOLOGYBITCANREFLECTTHEDEVELOPMENTOFTHENATIONCITHELPSUNDERSTANDTHENATIONSPASTANDPRESENTDITCANDEMONSTRATETHENATIONSCIVILIZATION2ITCANBELEARNEDFROMTHISPASSAGETHAT_ATHEEXISTENCEOFTHESYMPHONYWASATTRIBUTEDTOTHESPREADOFNEAREASTERNANDCHINESEMUSICBNEAREASTERNMUSICHADANINFLUENCEONTHEDEVELOPMENTOFTHEINSTRUMENTSINTHESYMPHONYORCHESTRACTHEDEVELOPMENTOFTHESYMPHONYSHOWSTHEMUTUALINFLUENCEOFEASTERNANDWESTERNMUSICDTHEMUSICALINSTRUMENTSINTHESYMPHONYORCHESTRAWEREDEVELOPEDONTHEBASISOFNEAREASTERNMUSIC3ACCORDINGTOTHEAUTHOR,MUSICNOTATIONISIMPORTANTBECAUSE_AITHASAGREATEFFECTONTHEMUSICCULTUREASMOREANDMOREPEOPLEAREABLETOREADITBITTENDSTOSTANDARDIZEFOLKSONGSWHENITISUSEDBYFOLKMUSICIANSCITISTHEPRINTEDVERSIONOFSTANDARDIZEDFOLKMUSICDITENCOURAGESPEOPLETOPOPULARIZEPRINTEDVERSIONSOFSONGS4ITCANBECONCLUDEDFROMTHEPASSAGETHATTHEINTRODUCTIONOFELECTRONICMEDIAINTOTHEWORLDOFMUSIC_AHASBROUGHTABOUTANINFORMATIONREVOLUTIONBHASSPEEDEDUPTHEAPPEARANCEOFANEWGENERATIONOFCOMPUTERSCHASGIVENRISETONEWFORMSOFMUSICCULTUREDHASLEDTOTHETRANSFORMATIONOFTRADITIONALMUSICALINSTRUMENTS5WHICHOFTHEFOLLOWINGBESTSUMMARIZESTHEMAINIDEAOFTHEPASSAGEAMUSICALINSTRUMENTSDEVELOPEDTHROUGHTHEYEARSWILLSOONERORLATERBEREPLACEDBYCOMPUTERSBMUSICCANNOTBEPASSEDONTOFUTUREGENERATIONSUNLESSITISRECORDEDCFOLKSONGSCANNOTBESPREADFARUNLESSTHEYAREPRINTEDONMUSICSHEETSDTHEDEVELOPMENTOFMUSICCULTUREISHIGHLYDEPENDENTONITSMATERIALASPECT【参考解析】1C细节题。文章第一段第二句指出，调查一种文化的工具和技术有助于了解该文化的历史和生活方式，所以C正确其他三项均未提及，排除。2B推断题。结合文章第一段最后一句可知，近东音乐影响了欧洲交响乐中大多数乐器的发展，所以B正确A交响乐的存在归因于近东和中国音乐的传播，C交响乐的发展表明了东西方音乐的相互影响，D交响乐中的乐器是在近东音乐的基础上发展而来的，均排除。3A推断题。由文章第二段最后一句可知，人们阅读音乐符号识谱的能力会对音乐产生深远影响，所以A正确B乐谱被民歌音乐家所使用时往往把民歌标准化，C乐谱是标准化的民间音乐的印刷版本，D乐谱鼓励人们去传播普及歌曲的印刷版本均排除。4C推断题。A导致了信息革命，B加速了新一代计算机的出现，C即带来了新的音乐形式，D导致了传统乐器的改革。由文章最后一段第一句可知，电子媒介进入音乐领域后影响音乐文化。只有C是对此句的进一步阐释，而A、B、D、分别提到了原句未出现的新的概念，故排除。5D主旨题。通读全文可知，文章讨论了音乐文化发展和物质文化发展的关系，文章还指出，物质文化的发展在很大程度上决定了音乐文化的发展，所以D正确A乐器早晚会被电脑代替，B音乐只有被记录才能传承，C民歌只有印在活页乐谱上才能传播久远均排除三、完型填空第4题TODAY,MOSTCOUNTRIESINTHEWORLDHAVECANALSMANYCOUNTRIESHAVEBUILTCANALSNEARTHECOAST,ANDPARALLEL1THECOASTEVENINTHETWENTIETHCENTURY,GOODSCANBEMOVEDMORECHEAPLYBYBOATTHANBYANYOTHER2OFTRANSPORTTHESE3MAKEITPOSSIBLEFORBOATSTOTRAVEL4PORTSALONGTHECOASTWITHOUTBEING5TOTHEDANGERSOFTHEOPENSOMECANALS,SUCHASTHESUEZANDTHEPANAMA,SAVESHIPSWEEKSOFTIMEBYMAKINGTHEIR6ATHOUSANDMILESSHORTEROTHERCANALSPERMITBOATSTOREACHCITIESTHATARENOT7ONTHECOASTSTILLOTHERCANALS8LANDSWHERETHEREISTOOMUCHWATER,HELPTO9FIELDSWHERET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