专四真题详解(2010年)—长喜英语.doc

学海无涯 长喜导航2010年真题答案详解PART IDICTATIONFreshmens WeekBritain has a 1well-respected 2higher education system /and some of the top universities and research institutions in the world. /But to those who are new to 3this system, /it can sometimes be confusing.October is usually the busiest month in the 4academic calendar. /Universities have something called 5Freshmens Week for their newcomers. /Its a great opportunity to make new friends, /join lots of clubs and 6settle into university life.However, having just left the comfort of home and all your friends behind, /the prospect of meeting strangers in classrooms and dormitories can be worrying. / Where do you start? /And who should you make friends with? /Which clubs and 7societies should you 8join?Luckily, there will be thousands of others 9in the same boat as you. /They worry about starting their university social life 10on the right foot. /So just 11take it all in slowly. /Dont rush into anything that youll regret for the next three years.【听写提示】第一遍听音时掌握短文主题，记下关键词education system，universities，Freshmens Week等，这样便于把握一系列与主题相关的词和词组，如academic calendar，university life，dormitories，clubs，societies。1well-respected是由“副词+动词的过去分词”构成的复合形容词，类似的词有well-known，well-established等，注意不要漏写中间的连字符。 2按照英语习惯，“高等教育”一般用higher education来表达，正如“高等数学”要用higher mathematics来表达一样。因此higher不能写成原级。3因为this词尾与system词首都发/s/音，故this的/s/音省略不发。考生容易将this误写成the。4academic calendar之间不完全爆破，calendar的拼写较有难度，考生可根据读音进行推断。5Freshmens Week属于专有名词，首字母需大写，第一个单词用的是复数名词的所有格形式。6 settle into university life意为“在校园里安顿下来，习惯于大学生活”，注意此处settle后接介词into。7societies在此与clubs并列，意思是“社团”，是可数名词，因clubs采用复数，根据逻辑societies也要用复数形式。8join作“参加，成为的成员”讲时是及物动词，后面没有in。9(be)in the same boat为固定搭配，意为“处于同样（常指不幸的）境地”。10on the right foot意思是“有一个顺利的开始；处于有利地位”，最后一个/t/音发音很轻。11注意这几个词之间的连读。PART II LISTENING COMPREHENSIONSECTION A CONVERSATIONSCONVERSATION ONE【听前预测】由题干和选项中的travelers，flight details，tour，price，travel insurance可以推测，该对话与旅行安排有关，可能涉及游客向旅行社询问乘飞机去旅游的具体安排情况。听音时注意旅游细节安排的电话核实、有关的费用说明，以及关于travel insurance的询问。【听力原文】W: Ok, so lets go through the travel details again. 1Two adults. Eight days in Britain from April 26 to May 3. Flying from Beijing to London and back with Air China. And youre in a double room.M: Yes, thats right. Umdo you know what the flight times are?W: The outward flight from Beijing is, erlet me see. Yes, 10:30in the morning. And the return isI think, its early eveningyes7:15. Fifteen past seven in the evening. Local time, that is.M: Right, thats fine. Ohsorry. I cant remember 2what else you include in the price apart from the air tickets. Is it all meals or just breakfast?W: 2Yes, its full boardso all mealsand transport from the airport to your hoteleverythings included.M: Good.W: Now, can you tell me if you need travel insurance?M: 3Yes, yes, we do.W: Ok, well, thats an extra 300 Yuan each. Is that OK?M: 3Well, there is no choice, is there? I mean, we have to have it, dont we?W: Yes, Im afraid so.M: 3Well, all right then.【答案解析】1. The following details have been checked during the conversation EXCEPT【解析】选D。录音一开始，就是一位女士在核对旅行详情，然后提到Two adults. Eight days in BritainFlying from Beijing to LondonAnd youre in a double room.这里的Two与Eight分别对应A与B，“从北京飞往伦敦再飞回北京”显然是飞行细节，故C也排除，答案选D，对话只提到双人房间（double room），并未提及客房服务（room services.），2. What is included in the price?【解析】选D。男士不记得报价里除了包含机票费用还包括其他什么费用，一日三餐还是只是早餐？”女士回答说该价格包含所有的餐费和从机场到宾馆的交通费用，答案很明显是D。 【点睛】听音前分析四个选项，air tickets与local transport几乎每个选项都有，因此，本题的听音重点在于捕捉价格中包括不包括一日三餐。3. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?【解析】选B。当男士被问及是否需要旅游保险时，他表示肯定。虽然之后在得知需要再交钱时试探性地询问这是否别无选择，但在得知不得不买的消息后说了Well, all right then.由此判断B“这名游客已准备买旅游保险了”正确。【点睛】听音前就通过浏览选项得知本题的关键是捕捉有关travel insurance的信息，而且涉及到是否决定买旅游险的细节，因此注意依此锁定听音重点。CONVERSATION TWO【听前预测】预览各题干和各选项可知，该对话主角是Linda与Mark，从第4、5题可以推测Linda似乎在向Mark核实具体接待的人数，而且与机场接机有关；从第6、7题可知讨论涉及到一些表演的安排，据此推测本对话涉及到会议的安排与准备情况。【听力原文】M: Pan-Pacific Tours. How can I help you?W: Good afternoon. Can I speak to Mark please?M: Speaking.W: Oh, hello Mark. This is Linda from Johnson & Sons Events.M: Hello, Linda. What can I do for you?W: I was just wanting to clear up a few details of the conference event were organizing.M: Right. What do you need to know?W: Well, first Ive got to have numbers, delegates to the conference, their husband or wives and so on for the transport as much as anything else.M: 4So far weve got 183 who booked up. And we might get a few more.W: Does that include husbands and wives as well?M: Not really. Ill email you the exact number because I havent counted them yet.W: Fine.M: And there will be 6 guest speakers.W: Six?M: Yes. Who want picking up from the airport by car not in a fleet of buses.W: 5Right. Youll let me know when they are arriving, wont you?M: Just as soon as I know.W: Now, special events. 6You wanted a local style dance for the opening ceremony, didnt you?M: That would be great. Im sure everyone will enjoy it.W: And well have to fly the dancers especially.M: Sure.W: 6And then after the welcoming feast, theres going to be a piano performance, right?M: 7Yes, well have to contact the airline company about it. Theyre sponsoring this event.W: So well send the bill direct to them for it.M: You could do.W: Well, thats all my inquiries for the time being.M: Ok, if you need anything else, just pick up the phone or drop me an email.W: I will. Thanks. Bye.M: Bye.【答案解析】4. Which of the following details is CORRECT?【解析】选C。四个选项都涉及number，因此数字信息为本题的听音重点。当Linda问及delegates的人数时，Mark说So far weve got 183 who booked up. And we might get a few more。据此推断，Mark尚不清楚代表的确切人数，即C。Mark提到会有六位演讲嘉宾，故D错误。Mark没有提到机场大巴以及代表的配偶的数量，故A、B也排除。5. What does Linda want to know?【解析】选A。Mark在Linda没问的情况下说了演讲嘉宾的人数以及他们乘坐哪种交通工具，C与D皆排除；对话没有问及演讲嘉宾的出发时间，排除B；根据Linda所说的Youll let me know when they are arriving，可推出Linda想知道演讲嘉宾到达的时间，A为答案。 【点睛】四个选项中都有guest speakers，听音重点锁定为Linda想知道演讲嘉宾的哪个细节情况。6. How many performances have been planned for the conference?【解析】选B。Linda向Mark核实了会议开幕式有地方舞蹈（a local style dance），欢迎宴会后有钢琴表演（a piano performance），因此B为答案。 【点睛】此题需要注意对话中有关各项performance的列举，不要有遗漏。7. Who will pay for the piano performance?【解析】选D。Linda问Mark在欢迎宴会后是否有钢琴演奏，Mark回答说这个节目由航空公司赞助，于是Linda表示直接把账单寄给航空公司。因此为钢琴演出付款的是D“一家航空公司”。CONVERSATION THREE【听前预测】由第8题可知，Mary丢了公文包，由第10题的题干可知，公文包最后找到了，因此该对话涉及Mary的公文包是如何失而复得的。听音时注意公文包里所有东西的列举以及公文包的确认是听音重点。【听力原文】W: Sorry Im late, James.M: Its all right, Mary. Where have you been?W: At the police station.M: Where?!W: At the police station. Ive lost my briefcase.M: Oh, no. What happened? Was there anything important in it?W: 8Yes, my cheque book, all the papers I need for work, my appointment bookM: Oh, thats terrible. How did you lose your briefcase?W: Well, as you know, 9I was with my client at a meeting all morning and we had lunch together. After lunch I went shopping. And when I wanted to buy something, I couldnt find my cheque book. Then I remembered that it was in my briefcase. And my briefcase was in my car.M: So you went back to your car.W: Yes, I went back to my car. No briefcase. But luckily my laptop was there. M: And then you went to the police?W: Not immediately. 9Before I went to the police station, I called my clients office. No luck. They said the briefcase wasnt there.M: Excuse me. Ive got a phone call. Yes? Yes, there is. Mary Hopkins. Oh, really? Ill tell her. It was very kind of you to call. Bye.W: Who was that?M: That was the manager of the Riverside restaurant. Just after lunch today, he found a briefcase under a table. When he opened the case, he found a lot of papers. He said they had the name of our company on them. 10And he found a cheque book with the name of Hopkins on it. M. Hopkins. M for Mary.W: Ah, thank God.【答案解析】8. What is NOT missing in Marys briefcase?【解析】选C。男士问女士公文包里有否放了重要物品，女士回答说是的，里面有支票簿（cheque book），她工作所需要的文件（all the papers I need for work）和预约记录本（appointment book），从而排除A、B、D，答案选C。 【点睛】本题答案可以根据常识推断，一般而言，笔记本是不会放在公文包里的。9. Where was Mary the whole morning?【解析】选C。抓住题干关键词the whole morning，听音时捕捉到I was with my client at a meeting all morning，后面又说I called my clients officethe briefcase wasnt there.，可见Mary整个上午都在客户办公室开会，C为答案。10. Why was Mary sure that the briefcase was hers in the end?【解析】选D。录音末尾女士说Ah, thank God.显然女士认定公文包就是她的。前面男士提到饭店经理打来电话，说捡到一个公文包，包里有一些文件，文件上有公司名字，另外还有一本支票簿，户名是M Hopkins，M代表Mary。因此女士是听到支票簿的户名时才确认公文包是自己的，D正确。其他项不是最直接的原因。SECTION B PASSAGESPASSAGE ONE【听前预测】通过题干关键词courses，undergraduate tuition和financial assistance可知，该短文可能讨论大学的相关情况，并涉及课程、学费和经济援助等相关话题。【听力原文】Washington University in Saint Louis, Missouri, is a medium-sized university. It has eleven thousand students. Twelve percent of them were international students, mostly graduate students.The university has schools for law, medicine and social work. It also has a business school, a school of design and visual arts and a school of engineering and applied science. 11But more than sixty percent of courses are taught through the Arts and Sciences program. 12The new school year that begins this fall will cost about fifty thousand dollars for undergraduates. That includes twelve months of living expenses estimated at twenty thousand dollars. Graduate tuition differs by program. Tuition for the Master of Social Work program, for example, will cost twenty-seven thousand dollars in the coming year. The Master of Business Administration program will cost about thirty-eight thousand dollars. The university offers financial assistance to international students, including first-year students, but says its resources are limited. Scholarships are available. The university also offers a monthly payment plan to spread out the cost of tuition. And it offers loan programs. 13International students in the United States generally cannot receive federal student loans. But they may be able to take out private loans, as many American students do. Washington University in Saint Louis was named Eliot Seminary when it opened in 1853. Later the name was changed to honor the first American president, George Washington.【答案解析】11. We learn from the passage that about two-thirds of the courses are taught through【解析】选D。听音时留意捕捉题干关键词two-thirds of the courses。录音中提到But more than sixty percent of courses are taught through the Arts and Sciences program，很明显D为答案。 【点睛】听音前观察到四个选项中除D外都与学院有关，不妨可以推断与其他三个不同类的为答案，再进一步通过录音验证。注意原文中的more than sixty percent与题干中的two-thirds的同义转换。12. What is the cost of undergraduate tuition?【解析】选B。本题问的是本科生的学费，录音提到新学年本科生要交纳的费用大约是5万，其中包括一年的生活费2万，因此去掉这2万，学费是3万，答案选B。C和D分别是社会工作硕士和工商管理学硕士要交纳的学费。13. International students can receive all the following types of financial assistance EXCEPT【解析】选A。题干关键词是International students和financial assistance，听音时注意捕捉留学生与财政援助的信息。录音先是提到学校给留学生提高奖学金(scholarships)和分月付学费计划（a monthly payment plan），据此排除C与D。根据提到留学生不能享受政府贷款（cannot receive federal student loans），只可申请个人贷款（take out private loans），排除B，并得出A为答案。PASSAGE TWO【听前预测】浏览第14、15题的题干可以预测，该短文可能讨论澳大利亚的父亲和母亲在照顾孩子上的任务分配，同时由后两个题的题干可以推测短文还涉及到new man“新好男人”所具有的特点。【听力原文】A new study from the University of New South Wales has discovered that during the working week, Australian fathers only spend an average of just over a minute each day alone with their children. 14Australian mothers, on the other hand, spend three hours a week purely looking after their children a much greater disparity than in other countries like America, Denmark, Italy and France, where couples divide the child-care more evenly. 15According to the author of the study, traditionally Australian fathers appear to like the fun aspects of parenthood, but stay away from daily child-care activities. So while they tend to be happy taking the kids to the park or to sports events, they are unlikely to participate regularly in feeding, bathing, or taking the kids to school. In short, Australian parenting is seen as a womans job and a mans hobby. However, the last twenty years have seen the arrival of the so-called 16 “new man” the man who is willing to share the housework and child-care. The new man has a picture of his children on his computer desktop at work; he never misses the kids school plays and he passes on a drink after work so that he can get home in time to read their bedtime story. This new study suggests 17that the new man feels a little more at home in Europe than in Australia. Indeed, a poll conducted in the UK indicated that almost 70% of British women thought that men were as good at raising children as women.【答案解析】14. According to the passage, mothers in _ spend more time looking after children.【解析】选D。听音时注意题干关键词mothers与more。录音一开始提到一项新研究发现，在工作周，澳大利亚的父亲们平均每天与孩子们独处的时间仅仅一分多钟，相反，母亲们每周照顾孩子的时间就要花费三小时，这种差距比其他一些国家大许多。录音中列举到的国家有America，Denmark，Italy，France，因此排除前三项，答案选D。 【点睛】听音时注意短文中的信号词，短文开头先提到父亲的情况，接着用on the other hand转换到母亲方面。15. Which of the following activities would Australian fathers traditionally participate in?【解析】选D。听音时注意捕捉traditionally。录音提到传统上澳大利亚父亲更喜欢照顾孩子时能带来乐趣的活动，他们会带孩子去公园或参加体育活动，故答案选D。而对于喂孩子、给孩子洗澡、送孩子上学之类的事，澳大利亚的父亲们不可能经常参与（unlikely to participate regularly），因此排除A、B、C项。16. According to the study, the “new man” likes to【解析】选B。new man显然是相对于传统的Australian fathers而言的，而传统的Australian fathers与孩子们呆在一起的时间少之又少，据此推测new man应该与孩子们相处的时间较多，B可能是答案。录音中的new man the man who is willing to share the housework and child-care验证了推测，故B为答案。17. It is suggested in the passage that the “new man” might be less acceptable in【解析】选C。录音提到new man在欧洲要比在澳大利亚感觉更自在(feel more at home)，题干问的是less acceptable，因而答案选CAustralia。A、B、D都是欧洲国家，排除。PASSAGE THREE【听前预测】由题干和选项中的partnership，infected，Family Health International，AIDS等关键词可以预测，该短文涉及一个组织，即国际家庭健康组织，并谈到这一组织在防治艾滋病上所做的努力。19题选项中涉及到数字信息，因此听音时注意辨认数字。【听力原文】18UNICEF is joining with a nonprofit group to bring AIDS prevention programs to more women and children in five countries. UNICEF, the United Nations Childrens Fund, will work with Family Health International. The new partnership will be established at first in Guyana, India, Malawi, Nigeria and Zambia. 18One of the goals is to improve care for babies infected with H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS. Another is to prevent the spread of H.I.V. from mother to child. Activities will depend on the needs of each country. In some cases, anti-retroviral drugs will be provided to infected parents of children. Women and children living in rural communities will receive most of the services. Both UNICEF and Family Health International will expand their partnership into more countries in the future. Family Health International has been working on public health issues since 1971. 19The organization is based in North Carolina and has programs in seventy countries. It does research on infectious diseases and reproductive health, and also provides services. 20Experts say an important part of fighting AIDS is political will. One example they point to is Cambodia. That country has been getting attention for its progress in reducing some of the highest infection rates in Asia. 20Experts praise the government for supporting public education efforts and programs.【答案解析】18. The services of the new partnership are provided mainly to【解析】选B。从录音一开始提到的to bring AIDS prevention programs to more women and children能立刻判断出服务对象是妇女和儿童，B有可能为答案。录音后来提到两者合作的一个目的是改善对感染艾滋病病毒婴儿的护理（improve care for babies infected with H.I.V），另一个目标是防止艾滋病病毒的母婴传播（prevent the spread of H.I.V. from mother to child），也就意味着也为infected women提供服务，验证B是正确的。19. Which of the following details about Family Health International is INCORRECT?【解析】选D。本题针对Family Health International这一机构提问。录音首句提到它是非营利性组织（nonprofit group），因此排除A；之后提到这一组织自1971年以来就一直在从事有关公共健康方面的工作（public health issues），因此排除B与C；录音提到Family Health International这一组织在七十个国家都有项目（has programs in seventy countries），因此D的表述是错误的，选为答案。five是目前为止这一组织与UNICEF合作实施艾滋病防治计划涉及到的国家的数目。20. The example of Cambodia mainly shows【解析】选A。录音提到Cambodia是为了举例证明政府可以在抗击艾滋病行动中发挥重要作用，录音最后提到专家称赞了柬埔寨政府对公共教育项目的支持。答案选A。SECTION C NEWS BROADCASTNEWS ITEM ONE【听前预测】从题干和选项获得关键词victim，suspect，可以推测本则新闻可能是关于一起案例的报道，并且嫌疑人事后被逮捕。听音时注意捕捉数字信息。【听力原文】Four American teenagers, all children of U.S. military personnel, have been arrested on charges of attempted murder after a woman was knocked off her motorbike with rope strung across two poles, Japanese police said. The four suspects two 15-year-old boys, a 17-year-old girl and an 18-year-old man were taken into custody on Saturday, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department said. 21They are accused of causing a severe head injury to a 23-year-old restaurant employee by stringing a rope between poles across a road. 22U.S. Forces in Japan was informed of the August incident in late October, a public information officer said. There was no clear explanation for the delay in the handover of the suspects to police, other than it involved rules between Washington and Tokyo covering U.S. forces and their dependents in Japan. The U.S. military presence and its impact on Japanese residents have been a thorny issue over the years.【答案解析】21. According to the news, the victim was【解析】选C。题干关键词是the victim。听音时应注意捕捉受害者的年龄信息。根据新闻内容可知，受害者是一名23岁的女性，其他选项均为犯罪嫌疑人的年龄，答案为C。22. We learn from the news that the suspects were arrested【解析】选B。题干问犯罪嫌疑人被逮捕的时间，听音时应注意捕捉时间信息。新闻中提到，日本的美国军队十月底才得知这个发生在八月的事件，因此可以判断嫌疑人在十月底才被捕，离事件发生时间已达两个月，答案为B。NEWS ITEM TWO【听前预测】浏览题干和选项获得关键词Iraqi parliament，vote，security agreement，US troops，pull out，据此推测，本则新闻可能是关于伊拉克议会对一项安全协议的投票的报道，而该协议和美国从伊撤军有关。【听力原文】Iraqi vote on a security agreement by Wednesday, which will keep the U.S. troops