四级英语2010~2012年考试真题与答案_整理版.docx

2010年6月大学英语四级考试答案及解析作文参考(a) nowadays, students attach less importance to the spelling of words in the process of english study. this phenomenon greatly influences students writing and brings on worries among teachers.there are possibly three reasons contributing to this phenomenon. first, exam-oriented education makes the students pay less attention to spelling. second, some teachers should also be responsible for it because they dont emphasize the importance of spelling during teaching. last but not least, some students are too lazy to recite words.since spelling is one of the most important factors in english study, due attention should be given to it. as for me, i think, first, exams should be modified to add some factors into it, which would help students pay more attention to spelling. then, schools should also set effective mechanisms to help teachers as well as the students to realize the importance. finally, for students themselves, they can, through other ways, make them be interested in word spelling. only by these can we surly realize the importance of spelling and make improvement.(b) what is hot for 2010 in our colleges? it is the spelling mistakes. countless students lack due attention to spelling. taking a look around, we can find examples too numerous to list, the one may be “challenge”. freshman and sophomore almost write this word as “challenge”. how careless they are!why such a phenomenon sweeps every university? some experts attribute it to students inattention, because students always pay no attention to spelling. however, other experts argue, the teachers should be blamed for this situation. in my opinion, it is far beyond any reasonable doubt that both of them should exert themselves to change the spelling mistakes. as far as im concerned, i firmly argue that we need to attach great importance to word-spelling. to the students, they should write english as much as they can. meanwhile, to the teachers, the dictations should be reinforced in the class. 快速阅读1. a) her daughers repeated complains根据第一段最后一句”but it took near-constant complaints from her four daughters before she realized she had a problem.” 直到她的四个女儿不停的抱怨，她才意识到自己出了问题。2. d) people havent yet reached agreement on its definition据第四段最后一句，对此，人们还未达成共识。3. c) can realize what is important in life据第七段最后一句，”can be solved by encouraging people to prioritize other life goals and plans” 解决这个问题的办法就是将生命中其他的目标和计划摆到重要位置。4. a) it seriously affected family relationships根据第十一段最后一句，”if its a lossand family relationships are breaking downits too much.”5. c) depressed根据第十五段第一句话，”people who struggle with excessive internet use may be depressed”6. b) his family had intervened根据倒数第五段，”he cut back only after a full-scale family intervention”7. b) curb his desire for online gaming根据倒数第四段最后一句，”to remind myself to keep my love for online games in check.” 其中，keep in check意为，“制止; 控制”。8. had an internet addiction根据倒数第三段最后一句。9. professional help根据倒数第二段最后一句，”i have no money or insurance to get professional help”:10. online dating根据最后一段，”i have a boyfriend now, and im not interested in online dating.”听力原文short conversations11. w: just imagine we have to finish reading 300 pages before monday, how can the professor expect us to do it in such a short time?m: yeah, but what troubles me is that i cant find the book in the library or in the university bookstore.q: what does the man mean? 12. m: do you think i could borrow your car to go grocery shopping? the supermarkets outside the city are so much cheaper. id also be happy to pick up anything you need.w: wow, i dont like to let anyone else to drive my car. tell you what, why dont we go together?q: what does the woman mean? 13. m: forgive the mess in here. we had a party last night. there were a lot of people and they all brought foodw: yeah, i can tell. well, i guess its pretty obvious what youll be doing most of today.q: what does the woman think the man will do？ 14. w: what time would suit you for the first round talks with john smith? m: well, you know my schedule. other than this friday, one day is as good as the next.q: what does the man mean?15. w: i was so angry yesterday. my biology teacher did not even let me explain why i missed the field trip. he just wouldnt let me pass. am: that doesnt seem fair. id feel that way too if i were you.q: what does the man imply?16. m: i really cant stand the way david controls the conversation all the time. if hes going to be at your christmas party, i just wont come. dw: im sorry you feel that way. but my mother insists that he come.q: what does the woman imply?17. w: youre taking a course with professor johnson. whats your impression so far?m: well, many students can hardly stay awake in his class without first drinking a cup of coffee.q: what does the man imply?18. w: have you ever put a computer together before?m: no, never. but i think if we follow these instructions exactly, we wont have much trouble. q: what are the speakers going to do? long conversationsconversation 1 w: what sort of hours do you work, steve? m: well i have to work very long hours, about eleven hours a day. w: what time do you start? m: i work 9 to 3, then i start again at 5:30 and work until 11, six days a week. so i have to work very unsocial hours. w: and do you have to work at the weekend? m: oh, yes, thats our busiest time. i get wednesdays off. lew w: what are the things you have to do and the things you dont have to do? m: uh, i dont have to do the washing-up, so thats good. i have to wear white, and i have to keep everything in the kitchen totally clean. w: whats hard about the job? m: you are standing up all the time. when we are busy, people get angry and shout, but thats normal. w: how did you learn the profession? m: well, i did a two-year course at college. in the first year we had to learn the basics, and then we had to take exams. w: was it easy to find a job? m: i wrote to about six hotels and one of them gave me my first job, so i didnt have to wait too long. w: and whats the secret of being good at your job? 乐外网lew m: attention to detail. you have to love it. you have to show passion for it. w: and what are your plans for the future? m: i want to have my own place when the time is right. q19. what does the man say about his job? q 20. what does the man think is the hardest part of his job? q 21. where did the man get his first job after graduation? q 22. what does the man say is important to being good at his job? conversation 2 w: now youve seen this table of figures about the pocket money children in britain get? m: yes. i thought it was quite interesting, but i dont quite understand the column entitled change. can you explain what it means? w: well, i think it means the change from the year before. i am not a mathematician, but i assume the rise from 70p to 90p is a rise of 25 percent. m: oh yes, i see. and the inflation rate is there for comparison. w: yes. why do you think the rise in pocket money is often higher than inflation? m: i am sorry ive no idea. perhaps parents in britain are too generous. w: perhaps they are. but it looks as if children were not better off in 2001 than they were in 2002. thats strange, isnt it? and they seem to have been better off in 2003 than they are now. i wonder why that is. m: yes, i dont understand that at all. w: anyway, if you had children, how much pocket money would you give them? m: i dont know. i think ill probably give them 2 pounds a week. w: would you? and what would you expect them to do with it? m: well, out of that, they have to buy some small personal things, but i wouldnt expect them to save to buy their own socks, for example. w: yes, by the way, do most children in your country get pocket money? m: yeah, they do. q23 what is the table of figures about? q24 what do we learn from the conversation about british childrens pocket money? q25 supposing the man had children, what would he expect them to do with their pocket money? passage 1 as the new sales director for a national computer firm, alex gordon was looking forward to his first meeting with the companys district managers. everyone arrived on time, and alexs presentation went extremely well. he decided to end the meeting with the conversation about the importance of the district managers to the companys plans. “i believe we are going to continue to increase our share of the market,” he began, “because of the quality of the people in this room. the district manager is the key to the success of the sales representatives in his district. he sets the term for everyone else. if he has ambitious goals and is willing to put in long hours, everyone in his unit will follow his example.” when alex was finished, he received polite applauses, but hardly the warm response he had hoped for. later he spoke with one of the senior managers. “things were going so well until the end”, alex said disappointedly. “obviously, i said the wrong thing.” “yes”, the district manager replied. “half of our managers are women. most have worked their way up from sales representatives, and they are very proud of the role they played in the companys growth. they dont care at all about political correctness. but they were definitely surprised and distressed to be referred to as he in your speech.” q26 who did alex gordon speak to at the first meeting? q27 what did alex want to emphasize at the end of his presentation? q28 what do we learn about the audience at the meeting? q29 why did alex fail to receive the warm response he had hoped for? passage 2 the way to complain is to act business-like and important. if your complaint is immediate, suppose you got the wrong order at a restaurant, make a polite but firm request to see the manager. when the manager comes, ask his or her name. and then state your problem and what you expect to have done about it. be polite! shouting or acting rude will get you nowhere. but also be firm in making your complaint. besides, act important. this doesnt mean to put on airs and say “do you know who i am?” what it means is that people are often treated the way they expect to be treated. if you act like someone who expects a fair request to be granted, chances are it will be granted. the worst way to complain is over the telephone. you are speaking to a voice coming from someone you cannot see. so you cant tell how the person on the line is reacting. it is easy for that person to give you the run-around. complaining in person or by letter is generally more effective. if your complaint doesnt require an immediate response, it often helps to complain by letter. if you have an appliance that doesnt work, send a letter to the store that sold it. be business-like and stick to the point. dont spend a paragraph on how your uncle john tried to fix the problem and couldnt. q30 what does the speaker suggest you do when you are not served properly at a restaurant? q31 why does the speaker say the worst way to complain is over the telephone? q32 what should you do if you make a complaint by letter? passage 3 barbara sanders is a wife and the mother of two children, ages 2 and 4. her husband, tom, is an engineer and makes an excellent salary. before barbara had children, she worked as an architect for the government, designing government housing. she quit her job when she became pregnant, but is now interested in returning to work. shes been offered an excellent job with the government. her husband feels its unnecessary for her to work since the family does not need the added income. he also thinks that a woman should stay home with her children. if barbara feels the need to do socially important work, he thinks that she should do volunteer work one or two days a week. barbara, on the other hand, has missed the excitement of her profession and does not feel she would be satisfied doing volunteer work. she would also like to have her own income, so she does not have to ask her husband for money whenever she wants to buy something. she does not think its necessary to stay home every day with the children and she knows a very reliable babysitter whos willing to come to her house. tom does not think a babysitter can replace a mother and thinks its a bad idea for the children to spend so much time with someone whos not part of the family. q33 what was barbaras profession before she had children? q34 what does barbaras husband suggest she do if she wants to work? q35 what does tom think about hiring a babysitter? almost every child, on the first day he sets foot in the school building, is smarter, more curious，less afraid of what he doesnt know, better at finding and figuring things out, more confident, resourceful, persistent and independent, than he will either be again in his schooling or, unless he is very unusual and very lucky, for the rest of his life. 乐外网 already, by paying close attention to and interacting with the world and people around him, and without any school-type formal instruction, he has done a task far more difficult, complicated and abstract than anything he will be asked to do in school, or than any of his teachers has done for years-he has solved the mystery of language. he has discovered it. babies dont even know that language exists. and he has found out how it works and learnt to use it appropriately. he has done it by exploring, by experimenting, by developing his own model of the grammar of language, by trying it out and seeing whether it works, by gradually changing it and refining it until it does work. and while he has been doing this, he has been learning other things as well, including many of the concepts that the schools think only they can teach him, and many that are more complicated than the ones they do try to teach him. 听力答案11. c) he cannot get access to the assigned book.由对话可知，该男士认为令他烦恼的是无论是在图书馆还是在书店他都找不到那本书，由此得出答案。get access to指“获得，走近，接近，能够利用某物”。12. a) she will drive the man to the supermarket.由文中女士说她不喜欢别人开她的车以及” why dont we go together?”可得知女士将开车与男士一同去超市。13. c) tidy up the place.由文中” i guess its pretty obvious what youll be doing most of today”可知，很显然她想让他打扫房间。14. a) the talks can be held any day except this friday.本题考查one day is as good as the next的意思，该短语指的是任何一天都行。因此男士的意思是除了本周五，其它任何一天都可以。15. a) he understands the womans feelings.文中男士认为，” id feel that way too if i were you.”，“如果我是你的话我也会那样（感到很生气）。”因此她赞同女士的想法，表示理解女士的感受。16. d) she has to invite david to the party.从文中女士的话可得知，女士的母亲执意要david去参加圣诞party，因此她不得不请david。17. c) many students find prof. johnsons lectures boring.由男士的话可得知，很多同学如果课前没喝咖啡的话，几乎很难保持清醒状态，忍不住犯困，也就是说学生们都觉得prof. johnson的课很无聊。18. d) assemble a computer.本文中主要是考assemble的意思，如果同学知道assemble意为“组装，装配”，便不难得出答案。”put a computer together”指“组装电脑”。19. b) it requires him to work long hours.男士开头便说”i have to work very long hours”，因此选b。20. d) it demands physical endurance and patience.女士问及工作哪个部分会比较难时，男士回答道他需要一直站着，同时在他们忙的时候，别人会变得易怒，也就是说这份工作需要体力和耐心。21. d) in a hotel.由文中” i wrote to about six hotels and one of them gave me my first job”可得出答案。22. b) paying attention to every detail.由男士的回答” attention to detail”可得知，b选项恰好与”attention to detail”同义。23. a) the pocket money british children get.原题为 what is the table of figures about? 意思是：这个表格是关于什么的？根据第一句话now youve seen this table of figures about the pocket money children in britain get? 我们可以知道这个表格是关于英国孩子的零花钱情况的。24. c) it often rises higher than inflation.原题为what do we learn from the conversation about british childrens pocket money? 意思是：从对话中我们可以了解到有关英国孩子零花钱的哪些信息？原文中女性说话人说“why do you think the rise in pocket money is often higher than inflation? ”意思是：“你觉得为什么零花钱通常要比通货膨胀涨的更高呢？”据此我们可以判断英国孩子的零花钱比通货膨胀涨的更高，答案应选c.25. b) pay for small personal things.原题为supposing the man had children, what would he expect them to do with their pocket money? 对话中男性说话人说“out of that, they have to buy some small personal things, but i wouldnt expect them to save to buy their own socks, for example.”意思是“我希望他们用零花钱去买一些小的个人物品，但我不希望他们把钱存起来去买他们自己的短袜等”。据此我们可以判断答案选b.26 a) district managers该题比较简单，文章开头说到alex期盼着与district managers的会议，因此正确答案为a项。27 d) the important part played by district managers文章中提到在会议结束时，alex打算以“the conversation about the importance of the district managers to the company plans”来结束会议，可见他打算强调district managers在公司计划中所起的重要作用。因此d项正确。28 b) fifty percent of them were female此题比较简单，文章中后面说道“half of our managers are women”，而参加会议的基本上都是那些district managers，由此可判断，会议的听众有一半是女性，所以此题选b项。29 b) he was not gender sensitive文章最后一句说这些女性district managers听到alex总用“he”来指代“district managers”感到surprised和distressed（痛苦的，苦恼的），由此可见alex失败的原因是由于他对于涉及到性别的用词不够敏感所造成的。30 c) ask to see the manager politely but firmly此题比较简单，原文中提到在餐馆遇到上错菜时，应该“make a polite but firm request to see the manage”,和c项所说完全一致。31 d) you cant tell how the person on the line is reacting此题相对简单，答案基本上是原句，“so you cant tell how the person on the line is reacting.”32 d) stick to the point此题属于原文再现，原文最后建议写投诉信时，应当“be business-like and stick to the point”，即围绕自己的要点来说，而不要说些无关紧要的废话，因此应该选d项。33. b) architect从原文“before barbara had children, she worked as an architect for the government, designing government housing”可以得知。34. a) do some volunteer work.从原文“if barbara feels the need to do socially important work, he thinks that she should do volunteer work one or two days a week.”可以得知。35. c) a baby-sitter is no replacement for a mother.从原文“tom does not think a baby-sitter can replace a mother”可以得知。36.curious37. figuring38. independent 39. unusual40. interacting41. formal42. abstract43. mystery44.and he ha