2010年12月英語四級預(yù)測試題及答案
Part I Writing (30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic: Online Education. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese:
1. 目前網(wǎng)絡(luò)教育形成熱潮
2. 我認為形成這股熱潮的原因是……
3. 我對網(wǎng)絡(luò)教育的評價
Online Education
Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)
Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1.
For questions 1-7, mark
Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;
N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;
NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage.
For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.
The World in a Glass: Six Drinks That Changed History
Tom Standage urges drinkers to savor the history of their favorite beverages along with the taste.
The author of A History of the World in 6 Glasses (Walker & Company, June 2005), Standage lauds the libations that have helped shape our world from the Stone Age to the present day.
"The important drinks are still drinks that we enjoy today," said Standage, a technology editor at the London-based magazine the Economist. "They are relics (紀(jì)念物)of different historical periods still found in our kitchens."
Take the six-pack, whose contents first fizzed at the dawn of civilization.
Beer
The ancient Sumerians, who built advanced city-states in the area of present-day lraq, began fermenting(發(fā)酵)beer from barley at least 6,000 years ago.
"When people started agriculture the first crops they produced were barley or wheat. You consume those crops as bread and as beer," Standage noted. "It’s the drink associated with the dawn of civilization. It’s as simple as that."
Beer was popular with the masses from the beginning.
"Beer would have been something that a common person could have had in the house and made whenever they wanted," said Linda Bisson, a microbiologist at the Department of Viticulture and Enology at the University of California, Davis.
"The guys who built the pyramids were paid in beer and bread," Standage added. "It was the defining drink of Egypt and Mesopotamia. Everybody drank it. Today it’s the drink of the working man, and it was then as well."
Wine
Wine may be as old or older than beer—though no one can be certain.
Paleolithic humans probably sampled the first "wine" as the juice of naturally fermented wild grapes. But producing and storing wine proved difficult for early cultures.
"To make wine you have to have fresh grapes," said Bisson, the UC Davis microbiologist. "for beer you can just store grain and add water to process it at any time."
Making wine also demanded pottery that could preserve the precious liquid.
"Wine may be easier to make [than beer], but it’s harder to store," Bisson added. "For most ancient cultures it would have been hard to catch [fermenting grape juice] as wine on its way to [becoming] vinegar."
Such caveats and the expense of producing wine helped the beverage quickly gain more cachet(威望)than beer. Wine was originally associated with social elites and religious activities.
Wine snobbery may be nearly as old as wine itself. Greeks and Romans produced many grades of wine for various social classes.
The quest for quality became an economic engine and later drove cultural expansion.
"Once you had regions [like Greece and Rome] that could distinguish themselves as making good stuff, it gave them an economic boost," Bisson said. "Beer just wasn’t as special."
Spirits
Hard liquor, particularly brandy and rum, placated (安撫)sailors during the long sea voyages of the Age of Exploration, when European powers plied the seas during the 15th, 16th, and early 17th centuries.
Rum played a crucial part of the triangular trade between Britain, Africa, and the North American colonies that once dominated the Atlantic economy.
Standage also suggests that rum may have been more responsible than tea for the independence movement in Britain’s American colonies.
"Distilling molasses for rum was very important to the New England economy," he explained. "When the British tried to tax molasses it struck at the heart of the economy. The idea of ’no taxation without representation’ originated with molasses and sugar. Only at the end did it refer to tea."
Great Britain’s longtime superiority at sea may also owe a debt to its navy’s drink of rum-based choice, grog(摻水烈酒),which was made a compulsory beverage for sailors in the late 18th century.
"They would make grog with rum, water, and lemon or lime juice," Standage said. "This improved the taste but also reduced illness and scurvy. Fleet physicians thought that this had doubled the efficiency of the fleet."
Coffee
The story of modern coffee starts in the Arabian Peninsula, where roasted beans were first brewed around A.D. 1000. Sometime around the 15th century, coffee spread throughout the Arab world.
"In the Arab world, coffee rose as an alternative to alcohol, and coffeehouses as alternatives to taverns(酒館)—both of which are banned by Islam," Standage said.
When coffee arrived in Europe it was similarly hailed as an "anti-alcohol" that was quite welcome during the Age of Reason in the 18th century.
"Just at the point when the Enlightenment is getting going, here’s a drink that sharpens the mind," Standage said. "The coffeehouse is the perfect venue(聚會地點)to get together and exchange ideas and information. The French Revolution started in a coffeehouse."
Coffee also fuelled commerce and had strong links to the rituals of business that remain to the present day. Lloyds of London and the London Stock Exchange were both originally coffeehouses.
Tea
Tea became a daily drink in China around the third century A.D.
Standage says tea played a leading role in the expansion of imperial and industrial might in Great Britain many centuries later. During the 19th century, the East India Company enjoyed a monopoly on tea exports from China.
"Englishmen around the world could drink tea, whether they were a colonial administrator in India or a London businessman," Standage said. "The sun never set on the British Empire—which meant that it was always teatime somewhere."
As the Industrial Revolution of 18th and 19th centuries gained steam, tea provided some of the fuel. Factory workers stayed alert during long, monotonous shifts thanks to welcome tea breaks.
The beverage also had unintended health benefits for rapidly growing urban areas. "When you start packing people together in cities it’s helpful to have a water-purification technology like tea," which was brewed with boiling water, Standage explained.
Coca-cola
In 1886 pharmacist John Stith Pemberton sold about nine Coca-colas a day.
Today his soft drink is one of the world’s most valuable brands-sold in more countries than the United Nations has members.
"It may be the second most widely understood phrase in the world after ’OK’," Standage said.
The drink has become a symbol of the United States—love it or hate it. Standage notes that East Germans quickly reached for Cokes when the Berlin Wall fell, while Thai Muslims poured it out into the streets to show disdain for the U.S. in the days leading up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
"Coca-cola encapsulates what happened in the 20th century: the rise of consumer capitalism and the emergence of America as a superpower," Standage said. "It’s globalization in a bottle."
While Coke may not always produce a smile, a survey by the Economist magazine (Standage’s employer), suggests that the soft drink’s presence is a great indicator of happy citizens. When countries were polled for happiness, as defined by a United Nations index, high scores correlated with sales of Coca-Cola.
"It’s not because [Coke] makes people happy, but because [its] sales happen in the dynamic free-market economies that tend to produce happy people," Standage said.
1. The passage gives a brief description of the content of a new book, A History of the World in 6 Glasses.
2. The ancient Sumerians began fermenting beer from barley at least 6,000 years ago.
3. Today beer is the drink of the working man, which was not the case before.
4. Greeks probably sampled the first "wine" as the juice of naturally fermented wild grapes.
5. The caveats and the expense of producing wine helped it quickly gain more cachet than beer.
6. Standage suggests that tea may have been more responsible than rum for the independence movement in Britain’s American colonies.
7. Coffee is the best drink according to Standage.
8. Sometime around the 15th century coffee spread throughout ________.
9. During the 19th century, the monopoly on tea exports from China is ________.
10. Coca-Cola has become a symbol of ________.
Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D], and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
11. [A] They want to go downtown. [C] He doesn’t know where to park the car.
[B] He wants to go to the park, but she doesn’t. [D] He wants to find out where the park is.
12. [A] Company and customer. [C] Teacher and student’s parent.
[B] Repairman and customer. [D]Wife and husband.
13. [A] She didn’t like working in a company. [C] She was not good at doing business.
[B] She disliked machines. [D] She didn’t like accounting.
14. [A] He has some money to buy a new car.
[B] He fails in borrowing enough money from the woman.
[C] He will spend much money on his house.
[D] He wants to buy a new house and a new car.
15. [A] He had much trouble with his pronunciation.
[B] He had much trouble with his pronunciation.
[C] No one can understand him.
[D] He knew nothing about English.
16. [A] Frustrated. [C] Excited.
[B] Joyful. [D] Sorry.
17. [A] He doesn’t like that kind of food. [C] He doesn’t intend to buy them.
[B] The woman can do some cooking herself. [D] The woman should stop looking at him.
18. [A] Mrs. Fisher wants to go abroad. [C] Mrs. Fisher has no family.
[B] Mrs. Fisher is in hospital. [D] There are three people in Mrs. Fisher’s family.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. [A] A study group. [C] The man’s painting.
[B] A history exam. [D] A professional artist.
20. [A] Making a gift for the woman. [C] Discussing his career.
[B] Working on a class assignment. [D] Preparing to teach an art class.
21. [A] By listening to her father. [C] By talking to the studio art instructor.
[B] By working for an artist. [D] By taking several art courses.
22. [A] Take a history exam. [C] Meet some classmates.
[B] Go to an art exhibit. [D] Help the man with his painting.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
23. [A] A famous photographer. [C] Photographic equipment used in the 1800s.
[B] Photographic processes in the 1800s. [D] A new museum.
24. [A] Her subject’s home. [C] Her subject’s personality.
[B] Her subject’s social status. [D] Her subject’s role in history.
25. [A] Children. [C] Well-known people.
[B] Historical scenes. [D] Landscapes.
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.
Passage one
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. [A] Have to buy a special electronic ticket.
[B] Have to travel a long way to visit the university.
[C] Need an expensive device designed especially for the museum.
[D] Need a computer linked to a telephone.
27. [A] Provide a place for computer artists to show their work.
[B] Sell the art works more easily.
[C] Save space of museums for other purposes.
[D] Provide more fun for the artists.
28. [A] It helps a computer artist to record his pictures electronically.
[B] It helps a computer artist to send his pictures to others.
[C] It helps a computer artist to print pictures on paper.
[D] It helps a computer artist to connect his computer to the art museum.
Passage Two
Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29. [A] 4 years. [C] 8 years.
[B] 5 years. [D] at least 9 years.
30. [A] Biology. [C] Philosophy.
[B] Chemistry. [D] Medicine.
31. [A] Each student must pass a national examination.
[B] Students who do best in the studies have a greater chance.
[C] They can seek to enter a number of medical schools.
[D] There are good chances to gain the entrance.
Passage Three
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
32. [A] Guarding the coasts of the United States. [C] Guiding people along the coast.
[B] Being part of the United States Navy. [D] Protecting people from enemy attacks.
33. [A] Enforcing laws controlling navigation, shipping, immigration and fishing.
[B] Enforcing laws affecting the privately-owned boats in the U.S.
[C] Searching for missing boats and rescuing people.
[D] Training people to be good swimmers along the beach.
34. [A] 17,000 [C] 70,000.
[B] 1,700. [D] 7,000.
35. [A] Dangerous. [C] Exciting.
[B] Hard. [D] Dull.
Section C來源：www.examda.com
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blank, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
An old friend from abroad, whom I was expecting to stay with me, (36) ________ from the airport to tell me that he had arrived. I was still at the office at the time, but I had made (37) ________ for his arrival. After explaining where my new flat was, I told him that I had left the key under a piece of stone near the door. As I was likely to be at home rather late, I advised him to go into the (38) ________ and help himself to food and drink.
Two hours later, my friend telephoned me from the flat. At the moment, he said, he was listening to some of my (39) ________ after having just had a truly (40 ) ________ meal. He had found a pan on the gas (41) ________ and fried two eggs and had helped himself to some cold chicken from the (42) ________. Now he said, he was drinking a glass of orange (43) ________ and he hoped I would join him. (44) ________________________________________ , he answered that he had not been able to find the key under the piece of stone, (45) ________________________________________. I listened to all this in astonishment. (46) ________________________________________.
Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.
It seems you always forget—your reading glasses when you are rushing to work, your coat when you are going to the cleaners, your credit card when you are shopping...
Such absent-mindedness may be 47 to you; now British and German scientists are developing memory glasses that record everything the 48 sees.
The glasses can play back memories later to help the wearer remember things they have forgotten such as where they left their keys. And the glasses also 49 the user to "label" items so that information can be used later on. The wearer could walk around an office or a factory identifying certain 50 by pointing at them. Objects indicated are then given a 51 label on a screen inside the glasses that the user then fills in.
It could be used in 52 plants by mechanics looking to identify machine parts or by electricians wiring a 53 device.
A spokesman for the project said: "A car mechanic for 54 could find at a glance where a part on a certain car model is so that it can be identified and repaired. For the motorist the system could 55 accident black spots or dangers on the road."
In other cases the glasses could be worn by people going on a guided tour, 56 points of interest or by people looking at panoramas where all the sites could be identified.
[A] allow
[B] instance
[C] blank
[D] industrial
[E] frustrating
[F] items
[G] indicating
[H] highlight [I] user
[J] complicated
[K] white
[L] annoying
[M] successful
[N] articles
[O] simple
Section B
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.
Passage One
Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
You’re busy filling out the application form for a position you really need. Let’s assume you once actually completed a couple of years of college work or even that you completed your degree. Isn’t it tempting to lie just a little, to claim on the form that your diploma represents a Harvard degree? Or that you finished an extra couple of years back at State University? More and more people are turning to utter deception like this to land their job or to move ahead in their careers, for personnel officers, like most Americans, value degrees from famous schools. A job applicant may have a good education anyway, but he or she assumes that chances of being hired are better with a diploma from a well-known university.
Registrars at most well-known colleges say they deal with deceitful claims like these at the rate of about one per week. Personnel officers do check up on degrees listed on application forms, then. If it turns out that an applicant is lying, most colleges are reluctant to accuse the applicant directly. One Ivy League school calls them "impostors(騙子)"; another refers to them as "special cases". One well-known West Coast school, in perhaps the most delicate phrase of all, says that these claims are made by "no such people". To avoid outright(徹底的)lies, some job-seekers claim that they "attending" means being dismissed after one semester. It may be that "being associated with" a college means that the job-seeker visited his younger brother for a football weekend. One school that keeps records of false claims says that the practice dates back at least to the turn of the century—that’s when they began keeping records, anyhow. If you don’t want to lie or even stretch the truth, there are companies that will sell you a phony diploma.
One company, with offices in New York and on the West Coast, will put your name on a diploma from any number of nonexistent colleges. The price begins at around twenty dollars for a diploma from "Smoot State University". The prices increase rapidly for a degree from the "University of Purdue". As there is no Smoot State and the real school in Indiana is properly called Purdue University, the prices seem rather high for one sheet of paper.
57. The main idea of this passage is that ________ .
[A] employers are checking more closely on applicants now
[B] lying about college degrees has become a widespread problem
[C] college degrees can now be purchased easily
[D] employers are no longer interested in college degrees
58. According to the passage, "special cases" refers to cases that ________.
[A] students attend a school only part-time
[B] students never attended a school they listed on their application
[C] students purchase false degrees from commercial firms
[D] students attended a famous school采集者退散
59. We can infer from the passage that ________ .
[A] performance is a better judge of ability than a college degree
[B] experience is the best teacher
[C] past work histories influence personnel officers more than degrees do
[D] a degree from a famous school enables an applicant to gain advantage over others in job competition
60. This passage implies that ________ .
[A] buying a false degree is not moral
[B] personnel officers only consider applicants from famous schools
[C] most people lie on applications because they were dismissed from school
[D] society should be greatly responsible for lying on applications
61. The word "phony" (Line 13, Para. 2) means ________ .
[A] thorough [C] false
[B] ultimate [D] decisive
Passage Two
Questions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.
Material culture refers to what can be seen, held, felt, used—what a culture produces. Examining a culture’s tools and technology can tell us about the group’s history and way of life. Similarly, research into the material culture of music can help us to understand the music culture. The most vivid body of material culture in it, of course, is musical instruments. We cannot hear for ourselves the actual sound of any musical performance before the 1870s when the phonograph was invented, so we rely on instruments for important information about music cultures in the remote past and their development. Here we have two kinds of evidence: instruments well preserved and instruments pictured in art. Through the study of instruments, as well as paintings, written documents, and so on, we can explore the movement of music from the Near East to China over a thousand years ago, or we can outline the spread of Near Eastern influence to Europe that resulted in the development of most of the instruments in the symphony orchestra.
Sheet music or printed music, too, is material culture. Scholars once defined folk music cultures as those in which people learn and sing music by ear rather than from print, but research shows mutual influence among oral and written sources during the past few centuries in Europe, Britain, and America. Printed versions limit variety because they tend to standardize any song, yet they stimulate people to create new and different songs. Besides, the ability to read music notation has a far-reaching effect on music and, when it becomes widespread, on the music culture as a whole.
One more important part of music’s material culture should be singled out: the influence of the electronic media—radio, record player, tape recorder, television, and videocassette, with the future promising talking and singing computers and other developments. This is all part of the "information revolution", a twentieth-century phenomenon as important as the industrial revolution was in the nineteenth. These electronic media are not just limited to modern nations; they have affected music cultures all over the globe.
62. Research into the material culture of a nation is of great importance because ________ .
[A] it helps produce new cultural tools and technology
[B] it can reflect the development of the nation
[C] it helps understand the nation’s past and present
[D] it can demonstrate the nation’s civilization
63. It can be learned from this passage that ________ .
[A] the existence of the symphony was attributed to the spread of Near Eastern and Chinese music
[B] Near Eastern music had an influence on the development of the instruments in the symphony orchestra
[C] the development of the symphony shows the mutual influence of Eastern and Western music
[D] the musical instruments in the symphony orchestra were developed on the basis of Near Eastern music
64. According to the author, music notation is important because ________ .
[A] it has a great effect on the music culture as more and more people are able to read it
[B] it tends to standardize folk songs when it is used by folk musicians
[C] it is the printed version of standardized folk music
[D] it encourages people to popularize printed versions of songs
65. It can be concluded from the passage that the introduction of electronic media into the world of music ________ .
[A] has brought about an information revolution
[B] has speeded up the appearance of a new generation of computers
[C] has given rise to new forms of music culture
[D] has led to the transformation of traditional musical instruments
66. Which of the following best summarizes the main idea of the passage?
[A] Musical instruments developed through the years will sooner or later be replaced by computers.
[B] Music cannot be passed on to future generations unless it is recorded.
[C] Folk songs cannot be spread far unless they are printed on music sheets.
[D] The development of music culture is highly dependent on its material aspect.
Part V Cloze (15 minutes)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D] on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.
Today, most countries in the world have canals. Many countries have built canals near the coast, and parallel 67 the coast. Even in the twentieth century, goods can be moved more cheaply by boat than by any other 68 of transport. These 69 make it possible for boats to travel 70 ports along the coast without being 71 to the dangers of the open. Some canals, such as the Suez and the Panama, save ships weeks of time by making their 72 a thousand miles shorter. Other canals permit boats to reach cities that are not 73 on the coast; still other canals 74 lands where there is too much water, help to 75 fields where there is not enough water, and 76 water power for factories and mills. The size of a canal 77 on the kind of boats going through it. The canal must be wide enough to permit two of the largest boats using it to 78 each other easily. It must be deep enough to leave about two feet of water 79 the keel of the largest boat using the canal. When the planet Mars was first 80 through a telescope, people saw that the round disk of the planet was crises-crossed by a 81 of strange blue-green lines. These were called "canals" 82 they looked the same as canals on earth 83 are viewed from an airplane. However, scientists are now 84 that the Martian phenomena are really not canals. The photographs 85 from space-ships have helped us to 86 the truth about the Martian "canals".
67. [A] off [B] with [C] to [D] by
68. [A] way [B] means [C] method [D] approach
69. [A] waterways [B] waterfronts [C] channels [D] paths
70. [A] among [B] between [C] in [D] to
71. [A] revealed [B] exposed [C] opened [D] shown
72. [A] trip [B] journey [C] voyage [D] route
73. [A] lain [B] stationed [C] set [D] located
74. [A] escape [B] drain [C] dry [D] leak
75. [A] water [B] wet [C] soak [D] irrigate
76. [A] furnish [B] afford [C] offer [D] give
77. [A] focuses [B] bases [C] depends [D] takes
78. [A] cross [B] pass [C] move [D] advance
79. [A] down [B] beneath [C] below [D] off
80. [A] studied [B] researched [C] surveyed [D] observed
81. [A] plenty [B] number [C] deal [D] supply
82. [A] although [B] because [C] so [D] if
83. [A] that [B] where [C] when [D] as
84. [A] exact [B] definite [C] certain [D] decisive
85. [A] held [B] taken [C] got [D] developed
86. [A] find [B] expose [C] uncover [D] discover
Part Vi Translation (5 minutes)
Directions: Complete the sentences on Answer Sheet 2 by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.
87. It is time the whole society began to take action to ________________________(使我們的環(huán)境免于毀滅).
88. If we had set out earlier, ________________________(我們就不會在雨中行走).
89. When this semester is over, ________________________ (我就能抽空讀這部小說了).
90. ________________________ (在我設(shè)計出這個問題的解決方案后)，I’ll submit a report to the committee.
91. ________________________ (我已得出結(jié)論)that it would be unwise to accept his proposal.
2010年12月英語四級預(yù)測試題答案詳解
Part I Writing
Online Education
Being online is no longer something strange in our life.
To some degree, it has become part of our daily life. We can do a lot of things online, such as searching for information and communicating with friends far and near. But recently another helpful online activity has become very "in". That is online education.
Why could online education be so popular within such a short period of time? Among all the reasons, the quick development of the internet should be the essential one, which makes our dreams of attending class in the distance possible. Another underlying reason is the quick development of both society and technology. Today, modern science and technology are developing at lightening speed. To catch up with the development we all feel an urgent and strong desire to study. However, due to the great pace of modern society, many people are too busy to study full time at school. Online education just comes to their aid.來源：考試大
Personally, I appreciate this new form of education. It’s indeed a helpful complement to the traditional education system. It can provide different learners with more flexible and versatile ways of learning. Most of all, with online education, we can absorb the latest knowledge while working.
Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
1. Y 本文的六個小標(biāo)題正是對書名中“6 Glasess”的具體闡釋，由此可知題干表述正確。
2. Y 根據(jù)題干中的fermenting beer推知答案可能在小標(biāo)題beer下。再根據(jù)The ancient Sumerians定位原文，從首句即可知題干表述正確。
3. N 根據(jù)上題的解題思路，繼續(xù)留意講Beer的那些段落，在末尾發(fā)現(xiàn)...and it was then as well，可知題干表述錯誤。
4. N 由題干中的wine推知答案在同名小標(biāo)題下的段落中。其中第二段明確指出初品嘗紅酒的是Paleolithic humans，可知題干表述錯誤。
5. Y 題干中既出現(xiàn)了beer又出現(xiàn)了wine，兩事物的比較一般在介紹完兩事物后給出，本文講出beer再講wine，故先在標(biāo)題Wine下的段落尋找答案。定位發(fā)現(xiàn)題干信息與原文相符，是正確的。閱讀中要留心事物間的比較。
6. N 本題是對tea和rum的一種比較，rum屬于spirits，所以答案在Spirits或Tea標(biāo)題下的內(nèi)容中。根據(jù)題干中的Britain’s American colonies定位原文發(fā)現(xiàn)Spirits下第三段明確提到Standage also suggests that rum may have been more responsible than tea...，可知題干表述錯誤。
7. NG 根據(jù)題干中的信息詞coffee定位原文有關(guān)coffee的段落，發(fā)現(xiàn)Standage并未做出與題干所述相關(guān)的評論。
8. the Arab world。根據(jù)題干中的信息詞around the 15th century定位原文有關(guān)coffee的段落，可找到答案。
9. the East India Company。根據(jù)題干中的信息詞During the 19th century和China定位原文有關(guān)tea的段落，可在其下第二段末句找到答案。
10. the United States。根據(jù)題干中的信息詞Coca-Cola和symbol定位原文有關(guān)Coca-Cola的段落，可在其下第四段首句找到答案。
Part III Listening Comprehension
Section A
11. D 信息明示題。女士說地圖表明這條街道通往市區(qū)，但男士說他們想知道的是怎樣去公園，所以D正確?？忌⒁飧蓴_項C，該項中park為動詞，park the car意為“停車”。
12. A 綜合推斷題。女士房間的暖氣壞了，她想知道什么時候才會有人來修，男士說會立刻派人去，由此可知，男士本身并不是修理工，故排除B，選A。
13. D 綜合推斷題。男士以為女士在一家大型商業(yè)機械公司里工作，女士回答說確實在那兒工作過幾個月，但發(fā)現(xiàn)會計不是她喜歡的工作，由此可知，她換工作的原因是不喜歡做會計，所以D正確。
14. B 綜合推斷題。男士想買一輛新車，但去年買房花錢太多了，女士回答說新車很貴，男士不可能借到那么多錢。本題的關(guān)鍵是女士說的you can’t borrow so much money，其中省略了from me，由此可知，男士沒能從女士那里借到足夠買車的錢，所以B正確。
15. A 信息明示題。男士說如果早一點學(xué)英語，現(xiàn)在就不會有這么多發(fā)音上的問題了，由此可知，男士的發(fā)音有問題，所以A正確。
16. A 同義替換題。男士問女士是否已經(jīng)填完稅收表，女士說別提了，那些表太復(fù)雜，還沒填就開始打退堂鼓了，所以A正確。本題的關(guān)鍵詞是discouraged，意為“沮喪的，泄氣的”，與選項frustrated同義。
17. C 綜合推斷題。女士詢問有沒有人愿意去超市選購一些標(biāo)有“加鐵”標(biāo)簽的面包，男士讓女士不要看他，這表明男士不想去，所以C正確。
18. B 綜合推斷題。女士想知道費希爾女士是否有家人，男士說實際上費希爾女士有三個孩子，但孩子們都住在國外，因此看護在照顧她，由此可知，B正確。
Conversation One
19. C 綜合推斷題。結(jié)合聽力材料可知，對話一直圍繞男士的畫作展開，所以C正確。
20. B 信息明示題。對話開始時男士說It’s for my studio art class，所以B正確。
21. A 綜合推斷題。當(dāng)男士問女士是否上過繪畫課時，女士回答說沒有，接著說她的父親是位畫家，由此推斷，女士是從父親那兒學(xué)到有關(guān)繪畫的知識的，故選A。
22. A 信息明示題。女士后說I have to take a history exam...I was just on my way to the classroom，由此可知，女士接下來要去參加歷史考試，所以A正確。
Conversation Two
23. A 綜合推斷題。女士一開始就說自己有兩張朱莉婭攝影展的門票，接著就向男士介紹了朱莉婭這位19世紀(jì)著名的攝影師，可見整個對話都是圍繞朱莉婭展開的，故選A。
24. C 信息明示題。女士說大多數(shù)攝影師只是以冷靜的方式拍攝人的外貌，而朱莉婭則像肖像畫家一樣，關(guān)注拍攝對象的個性，故選C。
25. C 綜合推斷題。男士問朱莉婭都給什么人拍照，女士回答說是她那個年代的名人，還說他們會在展覽上看到究竟有哪些人，由此推斷，展覽上照片的主題應(yīng)該是名人，故選C。
Section B
Passage One
26. D 信息明示題。文章開頭提到Y(jié)ou don’t have to visit the university to see the art. You just need a computer linked to a telephone。由此可知D正確。
27. A 信息明示題。文章提到，該博物館的主管羅伯特說，他建立這個博物館的原因是計算機藝術(shù)家們沒有地方展示自己的作品，他想幫助他們，所以A正確。
28. C 信息明示題。文章后提到，藝術(shù)家們?nèi)粝氚炎髌反蛴〕鰜?，就必須有一臺昂貴的激光打印機，所以C正確。
Passage Two
29. D 綜合推斷題。文章開始就提到，在美國，任何想從醫(yī)的人都必須經(jīng)過4年普通大學(xué)和4年醫(yī)學(xué)院的學(xué)習(xí)，還有1至5年在醫(yī)院的實習(xí)期，由此推斷，他們在正式成為醫(yī)生前的學(xué)習(xí)期從9年到13年不等，所以D正確。
30. C 信息明示題。文章提到they must study biology,chemistry and other sciences，而想成為醫(yī)生的學(xué)生肯定還要學(xué)習(xí)醫(yī)學(xué)，文章中并未提到哲學(xué)，故選C。
31. D 綜合推斷題。由文章后半部分可知，醫(yī)學(xué)院的入學(xué)競爭很激烈，優(yōu)秀的學(xué)生雖然有各種優(yōu)勢，但由于申請的人數(shù)很多，所以機會還是有限的，故選D。
Passage Three
32. A 信息明示題。文章第一句指出，如同名字所示，美國海岸警衛(wèi)隊的任務(wù)是保衛(wèi)美國的海岸，所以A正確。
32. D 信息明示題。文章提到美國海岸警衛(wèi)隊除負責(zé)有關(guān)航海、運輸、移民、捕魚、私人船舶等法律的實施工作，還負責(zé)搜索失蹤船只、救援被困人員，但并未提到訓(xùn)練人游泳，所以D正確。
34. D 信息明示題。文章提到Last year, coast Guardsmen saved the lives of almost 7,000 people，所以D正確。
35. D 綜合推斷題。文章后提到Most of the time...they see nothing more exciting than the ocean, 即大多數(shù)時間海岸警衛(wèi)隊員面對的只是大海，由此推斷，雖然警衛(wèi)隊員的生活有時充滿了驚險與刺激，但大多數(shù)時候是枯燥乏味的，所以D正確。
Section C
36. telephoned 37. arrangements 38. kitchen 39. records
40. wonderful 41. stove 42. refrigerator 43. juice
44. I asked him if he had reached the flat without difficulty
45. but fortunately the living room window just by the apple tree had been open and he had climbed in
46. There is no apple tree in front of my living room, but there is one in front of my neighbor’s.
Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)
Section A
47. E 空格處需填一形容詞，即從E、J、L、M中選擇。過去分詞一般用于主語是人的句子，排除J;結(jié)合常理，忘性大常常令人懊惱，故E符合文章。
48. I 根據(jù)定語從句謂語see可知，主語要么是人要么是眼鏡，由下句the use的提示，故選I。
49. A 該空需填入一個動詞，即從備選項A、H中選擇，有allow sb. to do sth.的結(jié)構(gòu)，且語義符合文意，故選A。
50. F 由上文的label items可推知F符合文意。
51. C 該空需填入一個形容詞，由下文的fill in可推知C(空白的)符合文意。
52. D 由該句中的相關(guān)信息詞mechanics(機械師)和identify machine parts可推知D符合文意。
53. J 該空需填入一個形容詞修飾名詞device(設(shè)備)，由常識可知工廠里的設(shè)備通常都很復(fù)雜，正因為復(fù)雜，不容易記住，才有必要使用這種新型眼鏡，故J符合文意。
54. B 該句主句的基本句子結(jié)構(gòu)是A car mechanic could find where a part is，介詞for和應(yīng)填的詞在句中作插入萬分，結(jié)合選項，B符合文意。
55. H 該空應(yīng)填入動詞原形，從詞義上能排出A，H符合文意。
56. G 分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知，該空應(yīng)填入一個非謂語動詞，結(jié)合句意“在其他情況下，人們可以戴著這種眼鏡隨團旅游，________名勝景點…”可知，G(指示)符合文意。
Section B
Passage One
57. B 主旨題。文章第一段簡要概述了求職人員在求職過程中對自己的學(xué)歷弄虛作假這一社會現(xiàn)象，然后在第二、三段分別給出一些具體的例子進行說明，所以B正確。
58. B 推斷題。由第二段中前半部分的If it turns out that an applicant is lying... school calls them "impostors"; another refers to them as "special cases" 可知，imposters和special cases指的都是編造虛假學(xué)歷，所以B正確。
59. D 推斷題。由文章第一段倒數(shù)第二句中的for personnel officers, like most Americans, value degrees from famous schools可知，大學(xué)的畢業(yè)生在求職過程中比其他人有優(yōu)勢，所以D正確。
60. D 推斷題。文章講述的是在簡歷中對學(xué)歷弄虛作假這一問題，同時也指出，問題出現(xiàn)的原因是大學(xué)都很看重學(xué)歷，特別是大學(xué)的文憑，由此可知，這是一種社會現(xiàn)象，全社會對此都負有責(zé)任，所以D正確。
61. C 語義題。該詞所在句意為“如果你不想撒謊又不愿和盤托出，會有公司愿意賣給你________交憑”，再結(jié)合下文提到的售賣假文憑的公司的情況可知，C(假的)正確。thorough意為“徹底的”，ultimate意為“終的”，decisive意為“決定性的”，均排除。
Passage Two
62. C 細節(jié)題。文章第一段第二句指出，調(diào)查一種文化的工具和技術(shù)有助于了解該文化的歷史和生活方式，所以C正確;其他三項均未提及，排除。
63. B 推斷題。結(jié)合文章第一段后一句可知，近東音樂影響了歐洲交響樂中大多數(shù)樂器的發(fā)展，所以B正確;A(交響樂的存在歸因于近東和中國音樂的傳播)，C(交響樂的發(fā)展表明了東西方音樂的相互影響)，D(交響樂中的樂器是在近東音樂的基礎(chǔ)上發(fā)展而來的)，均排除。
64. A 推斷題。由文章第二段后一句可知，人們閱讀音樂符號(識譜)的能力會對音樂產(chǎn)生深遠影響，所以A正確;B(樂譜被民歌音樂家所使用時往往把民歌標(biāo)準(zhǔn)化)，C(樂譜是標(biāo)準(zhǔn)化的民間音樂的印刷版本)，D(樂譜鼓勵人們?nèi)鞑テ占案枨挠∷姹?均排除。
65. C 推斷題。A(導(dǎo)致了信息革命)，B(加速了新一代計算機的出現(xiàn))，C(即帶來了新的音樂形式)，D(導(dǎo)致了傳統(tǒng)樂器的改革)。由文章后一段第一句可知，電子媒介進入音樂領(lǐng)域后影響音樂文化。只有C是對此句的進一步闡釋，而A、B、D、分別提到了原句未出現(xiàn)的新的概念，故排除。
66. D 主旨題。通讀全文可知，文章討論了音樂文化發(fā)展和物質(zhì)文化發(fā)展的關(guān)系，文章還指出，物質(zhì)文化的發(fā)展在很大程度上決定了音樂文化的發(fā)展，所以D正確;A(樂器早晚會被電腦代替)，B(音樂只有被記錄才能傳承)，C(民歌只有印在活頁樂譜上才能傳播久遠)均排除。
Part V Cloze
67. C 慣用搭配題。固定搭配parallel to意為“與……平行”，符合句意，所以C正確。
68. B 慣用搭配題。means of transport意為“交通工具/方式”，是固定搭配，所以B正確。
69. A 詞義辨析題。waterway意為“水道”，waterfront意為“城市的濱水區(qū)”，channel意為“海峽”，paths意為“小路”，結(jié)合上下文可知，運河其實就是水道，所以A正確。
70. B 介詞用法題。between指“在兩者之間”，符合句意，所以B正確。而among指“在三個或三個以上的人/物中間”，與句意不符，故排除。
71. B 詞義辨析題。expose意為“使暴露、面臨”，常與介詞to連用，表示“暴露于……之中”，符合句意，所以B正確。reveal意為“顯示，揭露”，常用于表示秘密、真相等被揭露;show意為“展示”;open意為“打開”，均排除。
72. C 詞義辨析題。voyage意為“航行”，且特指水上航行，而其他選項均與水無關(guān)，所以C正確。
73. D 詞義辨析題。locate意為“位于”，符合句意，所以D正確。station意為“駐扎于”，set意為“放置于”，lie在意為“位于”時不能用于被動語態(tài)，均應(yīng)排除。
74. B 詞義辨析題。根據(jù)常識，水量過多通常都要排掉，drain意為“排出……的水”，所以B正確。escape意為“溢出”，dry意為“變干”，leak意為“漏出”，均不符合句意，故排除。來源：考試大的美女編輯們
75. D 詞義辨析題。在水量不足的地區(qū)，通常需要用外界的水來灌溉，irrigate意為“灌溉”，符合句意，所以D正確。water意為“澆水，噴淋”，wet意為“弄濕”，soak意為“浸透”，均不符合句意，故排除。
76. A 慣用搭配題。選項中能與介詞for搭配表示“提供”的只有furnish，所以A正確。afford, offer和give在指“提供，給予”時通常用afford/offer/give sb. sth.的結(jié)構(gòu)。
77. C 詞義辨析題。depend on意為“取決于”，結(jié)合句意可知，C正確。base on意為“以……為基礎(chǔ)”，take on意為“承擔(dān)”，focus on意為“集中(注意力)”，均不符合句意，故排除。
78. B 詞義辨析題。本句的意思是“運河必須足夠?qū)?，能允許兩條大的船同時________。”只有pass(通過)符合句意，所以B正確。
79. C 詞義辨析題。beneath指“在……以下”，表示位置，符合句意，所以C正確。down指“向下”，表示方向;below多用于抽象概念;off表示距離，均應(yīng)排除。
80. D 詞義辨析題。表示“用……觀測”，要用動詞observe，所以D正確。study和research指“系統(tǒng)研究”，survey指“調(diào)查，檢查”，均排除。
81. B 詞義辨析題。a number of表示“大量的”，后跟可數(shù)名詞，符合句意，所以B正確。plenty of意為“大量的”，后既可跟可數(shù)名詞，又可跟不可數(shù)名詞，但沒有a plenty of這種用法;a deal of表示“大量的”，但不能修飾可數(shù)名詞;也沒有a supply of這樣的用法，所以排除A、C、D項。
82. B 邏輯銜接題。結(jié)合句意可知，這里要用表原因的連詞來引導(dǎo)原因狀語從句，所以B正確。
83. A 邏輯銜接題。分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知，此處應(yīng)填入一個能引導(dǎo)定語從句的關(guān)系代詞，由于先行詞是canals，所以A正確。注意，不要看到as，就想到as...as...結(jié)構(gòu)而錯選。這里的as是the same as...結(jié)構(gòu)的一部分。
84. C 詞義辨析題。exact意為“準(zhǔn)確的”，definite意為“明確的”，certain意為“確信的”，decisive意為“決定性的”。exact和definite用于修飾物，所以排除;decisive不符合句意，也排除，故選C。
85. B 慣用搭配題。take photographs是慣用搭配，意為“拍照”，所以B正確。
86. D 詞義辨析題。discover強調(diào)發(fā)現(xiàn)抽像的事物，符合句意，所以D正確。find常指發(fā)現(xiàn)具體的事物，expose指“暴露”，uncover指“揭開”，均應(yīng)排除。
Part VI Translation
87. save our environment from destruction
本題的考點是短語“使……免于……”的譯法，save...from...的搭配可表示此意，其中from后接句詞或動名詞。此外，還可用prevent...from...的結(jié)構(gòu)，即prevent our environment from being destructed.考試大－全國大教育類網(wǎng)站(www．Examda。com)
88. we wouldn’t have walked in the rain
分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)和中文部分的內(nèi)容可知，本句采用了虛擬語氣，再由從句為過去完成時可知，本句表示對過去事實的虛擬假設(shè)，因此主句謂語部分應(yīng)為would have done的結(jié)構(gòu)。
89. I should be able to get around to reading this novel
本題的考點是“抽時間做某事”的譯法，即get around/round to (doing) sth.。當(dāng)主語為第一人稱時，表主觀意愿的將來，一般要用should或shall。
90. After I work out a solution to the problem
分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)和中文部分的內(nèi)容可知，中文部分應(yīng)譯成時間狀語從句，而“在……之后”的時間狀語從句一般用after來引導(dǎo)。此處還應(yīng)注意“設(shè)計出”的賓語為“解決方案”，因此應(yīng)譯為work out。
91. I have come to the conclusion
本題的考點是“得出結(jié)論”的譯法，固定搭配come to the conclusion剛好與此含義相符。再由“已”和已有句子的時態(tài)可知，此處應(yīng)為現(xiàn)在完成時。
Part I Writing (30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic: Online Education. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese:
1. 目前網(wǎng)絡(luò)教育形成熱潮
2. 我認為形成這股熱潮的原因是……
3. 我對網(wǎng)絡(luò)教育的評價
Online Education
Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)
Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1.
For questions 1-7, mark
Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;
N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;
NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage.
For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.
The World in a Glass: Six Drinks That Changed History
Tom Standage urges drinkers to savor the history of their favorite beverages along with the taste.
The author of A History of the World in 6 Glasses (Walker & Company, June 2005), Standage lauds the libations that have helped shape our world from the Stone Age to the present day.
"The important drinks are still drinks that we enjoy today," said Standage, a technology editor at the London-based magazine the Economist. "They are relics (紀(jì)念物)of different historical periods still found in our kitchens."
Take the six-pack, whose contents first fizzed at the dawn of civilization.
Beer
The ancient Sumerians, who built advanced city-states in the area of present-day lraq, began fermenting(發(fā)酵)beer from barley at least 6,000 years ago.
"When people started agriculture the first crops they produced were barley or wheat. You consume those crops as bread and as beer," Standage noted. "It’s the drink associated with the dawn of civilization. It’s as simple as that."
Beer was popular with the masses from the beginning.
"Beer would have been something that a common person could have had in the house and made whenever they wanted," said Linda Bisson, a microbiologist at the Department of Viticulture and Enology at the University of California, Davis.
"The guys who built the pyramids were paid in beer and bread," Standage added. "It was the defining drink of Egypt and Mesopotamia. Everybody drank it. Today it’s the drink of the working man, and it was then as well."
Wine
Wine may be as old or older than beer—though no one can be certain.
Paleolithic humans probably sampled the first "wine" as the juice of naturally fermented wild grapes. But producing and storing wine proved difficult for early cultures.
"To make wine you have to have fresh grapes," said Bisson, the UC Davis microbiologist. "for beer you can just store grain and add water to process it at any time."
Making wine also demanded pottery that could preserve the precious liquid.
"Wine may be easier to make [than beer], but it’s harder to store," Bisson added. "For most ancient cultures it would have been hard to catch [fermenting grape juice] as wine on its way to [becoming] vinegar."
Such caveats and the expense of producing wine helped the beverage quickly gain more cachet(威望)than beer. Wine was originally associated with social elites and religious activities.
Wine snobbery may be nearly as old as wine itself. Greeks and Romans produced many grades of wine for various social classes.
The quest for quality became an economic engine and later drove cultural expansion.
"Once you had regions [like Greece and Rome] that could distinguish themselves as making good stuff, it gave them an economic boost," Bisson said. "Beer just wasn’t as special."
Spirits
Hard liquor, particularly brandy and rum, placated (安撫)sailors during the long sea voyages of the Age of Exploration, when European powers plied the seas during the 15th, 16th, and early 17th centuries.
Rum played a crucial part of the triangular trade between Britain, Africa, and the North American colonies that once dominated the Atlantic economy.
Standage also suggests that rum may have been more responsible than tea for the independence movement in Britain’s American colonies.
"Distilling molasses for rum was very important to the New England economy," he explained. "When the British tried to tax molasses it struck at the heart of the economy. The idea of ’no taxation without representation’ originated with molasses and sugar. Only at the end did it refer to tea."
Great Britain’s longtime superiority at sea may also owe a debt to its navy’s drink of rum-based choice, grog(摻水烈酒),which was made a compulsory beverage for sailors in the late 18th century.
"They would make grog with rum, water, and lemon or lime juice," Standage said. "This improved the taste but also reduced illness and scurvy. Fleet physicians thought that this had doubled the efficiency of the fleet."
Coffee
The story of modern coffee starts in the Arabian Peninsula, where roasted beans were first brewed around A.D. 1000. Sometime around the 15th century, coffee spread throughout the Arab world.
"In the Arab world, coffee rose as an alternative to alcohol, and coffeehouses as alternatives to taverns(酒館)—both of which are banned by Islam," Standage said.
When coffee arrived in Europe it was similarly hailed as an "anti-alcohol" that was quite welcome during the Age of Reason in the 18th century.
"Just at the point when the Enlightenment is getting going, here’s a drink that sharpens the mind," Standage said. "The coffeehouse is the perfect venue(聚會地點)to get together and exchange ideas and information. The French Revolution started in a coffeehouse."
Coffee also fuelled commerce and had strong links to the rituals of business that remain to the present day. Lloyds of London and the London Stock Exchange were both originally coffeehouses.
Tea
Tea became a daily drink in China around the third century A.D.
Standage says tea played a leading role in the expansion of imperial and industrial might in Great Britain many centuries later. During the 19th century, the East India Company enjoyed a monopoly on tea exports from China.
"Englishmen around the world could drink tea, whether they were a colonial administrator in India or a London businessman," Standage said. "The sun never set on the British Empire—which meant that it was always teatime somewhere."
As the Industrial Revolution of 18th and 19th centuries gained steam, tea provided some of the fuel. Factory workers stayed alert during long, monotonous shifts thanks to welcome tea breaks.
The beverage also had unintended health benefits for rapidly growing urban areas. "When you start packing people together in cities it’s helpful to have a water-purification technology like tea," which was brewed with boiling water, Standage explained.
Coca-cola
In 1886 pharmacist John Stith Pemberton sold about nine Coca-colas a day.
Today his soft drink is one of the world’s most valuable brands-sold in more countries than the United Nations has members.
"It may be the second most widely understood phrase in the world after ’OK’," Standage said.
The drink has become a symbol of the United States—love it or hate it. Standage notes that East Germans quickly reached for Cokes when the Berlin Wall fell, while Thai Muslims poured it out into the streets to show disdain for the U.S. in the days leading up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
"Coca-cola encapsulates what happened in the 20th century: the rise of consumer capitalism and the emergence of America as a superpower," Standage said. "It’s globalization in a bottle."
While Coke may not always produce a smile, a survey by the Economist magazine (Standage’s employer), suggests that the soft drink’s presence is a great indicator of happy citizens. When countries were polled for happiness, as defined by a United Nations index, high scores correlated with sales of Coca-Cola.
"It’s not because [Coke] makes people happy, but because [its] sales happen in the dynamic free-market economies that tend to produce happy people," Standage said.
1. The passage gives a brief description of the content of a new book, A History of the World in 6 Glasses.
2. The ancient Sumerians began fermenting beer from barley at least 6,000 years ago.
3. Today beer is the drink of the working man, which was not the case before.
4. Greeks probably sampled the first "wine" as the juice of naturally fermented wild grapes.
5. The caveats and the expense of producing wine helped it quickly gain more cachet than beer.
6. Standage suggests that tea may have been more responsible than rum for the independence movement in Britain’s American colonies.
7. Coffee is the best drink according to Standage.
8. Sometime around the 15th century coffee spread throughout ________.
9. During the 19th century, the monopoly on tea exports from China is ________.
10. Coca-Cola has become a symbol of ________.
Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D], and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
11. [A] They want to go downtown. [C] He doesn’t know where to park the car.
[B] He wants to go to the park, but she doesn’t. [D] He wants to find out where the park is.
12. [A] Company and customer. [C] Teacher and student’s parent.
[B] Repairman and customer. [D]Wife and husband.
13. [A] She didn’t like working in a company. [C] She was not good at doing business.
[B] She disliked machines. [D] She didn’t like accounting.
14. [A] He has some money to buy a new car.
[B] He fails in borrowing enough money from the woman.
[C] He will spend much money on his house.
[D] He wants to buy a new house and a new car.
15. [A] He had much trouble with his pronunciation.
[B] He had much trouble with his pronunciation.
[C] No one can understand him.
[D] He knew nothing about English.
16. [A] Frustrated. [C] Excited.
[B] Joyful. [D] Sorry.
17. [A] He doesn’t like that kind of food. [C] He doesn’t intend to buy them.
[B] The woman can do some cooking herself. [D] The woman should stop looking at him.
18. [A] Mrs. Fisher wants to go abroad. [C] Mrs. Fisher has no family.
[B] Mrs. Fisher is in hospital. [D] There are three people in Mrs. Fisher’s family.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. [A] A study group. [C] The man’s painting.
[B] A history exam. [D] A professional artist.
20. [A] Making a gift for the woman. [C] Discussing his career.
[B] Working on a class assignment. [D] Preparing to teach an art class.
21. [A] By listening to her father. [C] By talking to the studio art instructor.
[B] By working for an artist. [D] By taking several art courses.
22. [A] Take a history exam. [C] Meet some classmates.
[B] Go to an art exhibit. [D] Help the man with his painting.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
23. [A] A famous photographer. [C] Photographic equipment used in the 1800s.
[B] Photographic processes in the 1800s. [D] A new museum.
24. [A] Her subject’s home. [C] Her subject’s personality.
[B] Her subject’s social status. [D] Her subject’s role in history.
25. [A] Children. [C] Well-known people.
[B] Historical scenes. [D] Landscapes.
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.
Passage one
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. [A] Have to buy a special electronic ticket.
[B] Have to travel a long way to visit the university.
[C] Need an expensive device designed especially for the museum.
[D] Need a computer linked to a telephone.
27. [A] Provide a place for computer artists to show their work.
[B] Sell the art works more easily.
[C] Save space of museums for other purposes.
[D] Provide more fun for the artists.
28. [A] It helps a computer artist to record his pictures electronically.
[B] It helps a computer artist to send his pictures to others.
[C] It helps a computer artist to print pictures on paper.
[D] It helps a computer artist to connect his computer to the art museum.
Passage Two
Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29. [A] 4 years. [C] 8 years.
[B] 5 years. [D] at least 9 years.
30. [A] Biology. [C] Philosophy.
[B] Chemistry. [D] Medicine.
31. [A] Each student must pass a national examination.
[B] Students who do best in the studies have a greater chance.
[C] They can seek to enter a number of medical schools.
[D] There are good chances to gain the entrance.
Passage Three
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
32. [A] Guarding the coasts of the United States. [C] Guiding people along the coast.
[B] Being part of the United States Navy. [D] Protecting people from enemy attacks.
33. [A] Enforcing laws controlling navigation, shipping, immigration and fishing.
[B] Enforcing laws affecting the privately-owned boats in the U.S.
[C] Searching for missing boats and rescuing people.
[D] Training people to be good swimmers along the beach.
34. [A] 17,000 [C] 70,000.
[B] 1,700. [D] 7,000.
35. [A] Dangerous. [C] Exciting.
[B] Hard. [D] Dull.
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Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blank, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
An old friend from abroad, whom I was expecting to stay with me, (36) ________ from the airport to tell me that he had arrived. I was still at the office at the time, but I had made (37) ________ for his arrival. After explaining where my new flat was, I told him that I had left the key under a piece of stone near the door. As I was likely to be at home rather late, I advised him to go into the (38) ________ and help himself to food and drink.
Two hours later, my friend telephoned me from the flat. At the moment, he said, he was listening to some of my (39) ________ after having just had a truly (40 ) ________ meal. He had found a pan on the gas (41) ________ and fried two eggs and had helped himself to some cold chicken from the (42) ________. Now he said, he was drinking a glass of orange (43) ________ and he hoped I would join him. (44) ________________________________________ , he answered that he had not been able to find the key under the piece of stone, (45) ________________________________________. I listened to all this in astonishment. (46) ________________________________________.
Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.
It seems you always forget—your reading glasses when you are rushing to work, your coat when you are going to the cleaners, your credit card when you are shopping...
Such absent-mindedness may be 47 to you; now British and German scientists are developing memory glasses that record everything the 48 sees.
The glasses can play back memories later to help the wearer remember things they have forgotten such as where they left their keys. And the glasses also 49 the user to "label" items so that information can be used later on. The wearer could walk around an office or a factory identifying certain 50 by pointing at them. Objects indicated are then given a 51 label on a screen inside the glasses that the user then fills in.
It could be used in 52 plants by mechanics looking to identify machine parts or by electricians wiring a 53 device.
A spokesman for the project said: "A car mechanic for 54 could find at a glance where a part on a certain car model is so that it can be identified and repaired. For the motorist the system could 55 accident black spots or dangers on the road."
In other cases the glasses could be worn by people going on a guided tour, 56 points of interest or by people looking at panoramas where all the sites could be identified.
[A] allow
[B] instance
[C] blank
[D] industrial
[E] frustrating
[F] items
[G] indicating
[H] highlight [I] user
[J] complicated
[K] white
[L] annoying
[M] successful
[N] articles
[O] simple
Section B
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.
Passage One
Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
You’re busy filling out the application form for a position you really need. Let’s assume you once actually completed a couple of years of college work or even that you completed your degree. Isn’t it tempting to lie just a little, to claim on the form that your diploma represents a Harvard degree? Or that you finished an extra couple of years back at State University? More and more people are turning to utter deception like this to land their job or to move ahead in their careers, for personnel officers, like most Americans, value degrees from famous schools. A job applicant may have a good education anyway, but he or she assumes that chances of being hired are better with a diploma from a well-known university.
Registrars at most well-known colleges say they deal with deceitful claims like these at the rate of about one per week. Personnel officers do check up on degrees listed on application forms, then. If it turns out that an applicant is lying, most colleges are reluctant to accuse the applicant directly. One Ivy League school calls them "impostors(騙子)"; another refers to them as "special cases". One well-known West Coast school, in perhaps the most delicate phrase of all, says that these claims are made by "no such people". To avoid outright(徹底的)lies, some job-seekers claim that they "attending" means being dismissed after one semester. It may be that "being associated with" a college means that the job-seeker visited his younger brother for a football weekend. One school that keeps records of false claims says that the practice dates back at least to the turn of the century—that’s when they began keeping records, anyhow. If you don’t want to lie or even stretch the truth, there are companies that will sell you a phony diploma.
One company, with offices in New York and on the West Coast, will put your name on a diploma from any number of nonexistent colleges. The price begins at around twenty dollars for a diploma from "Smoot State University". The prices increase rapidly for a degree from the "University of Purdue". As there is no Smoot State and the real school in Indiana is properly called Purdue University, the prices seem rather high for one sheet of paper.
57. The main idea of this passage is that ________ .
[A] employers are checking more closely on applicants now
[B] lying about college degrees has become a widespread problem
[C] college degrees can now be purchased easily
[D] employers are no longer interested in college degrees
58. According to the passage, "special cases" refers to cases that ________.
[A] students attend a school only part-time
[B] students never attended a school they listed on their application
[C] students purchase false degrees from commercial firms
[D] students attended a famous school采集者退散
59. We can infer from the passage that ________ .
[A] performance is a better judge of ability than a college degree
[B] experience is the best teacher
[C] past work histories influence personnel officers more than degrees do
[D] a degree from a famous school enables an applicant to gain advantage over others in job competition
60. This passage implies that ________ .
[A] buying a false degree is not moral
[B] personnel officers only consider applicants from famous schools
[C] most people lie on applications because they were dismissed from school
[D] society should be greatly responsible for lying on applications
61. The word "phony" (Line 13, Para. 2) means ________ .
[A] thorough [C] false
[B] ultimate [D] decisive
Passage Two
Questions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.
Material culture refers to what can be seen, held, felt, used—what a culture produces. Examining a culture’s tools and technology can tell us about the group’s history and way of life. Similarly, research into the material culture of music can help us to understand the music culture. The most vivid body of material culture in it, of course, is musical instruments. We cannot hear for ourselves the actual sound of any musical performance before the 1870s when the phonograph was invented, so we rely on instruments for important information about music cultures in the remote past and their development. Here we have two kinds of evidence: instruments well preserved and instruments pictured in art. Through the study of instruments, as well as paintings, written documents, and so on, we can explore the movement of music from the Near East to China over a thousand years ago, or we can outline the spread of Near Eastern influence to Europe that resulted in the development of most of the instruments in the symphony orchestra.
Sheet music or printed music, too, is material culture. Scholars once defined folk music cultures as those in which people learn and sing music by ear rather than from print, but research shows mutual influence among oral and written sources during the past few centuries in Europe, Britain, and America. Printed versions limit variety because they tend to standardize any song, yet they stimulate people to create new and different songs. Besides, the ability to read music notation has a far-reaching effect on music and, when it becomes widespread, on the music culture as a whole.
One more important part of music’s material culture should be singled out: the influence of the electronic media—radio, record player, tape recorder, television, and videocassette, with the future promising talking and singing computers and other developments. This is all part of the "information revolution", a twentieth-century phenomenon as important as the industrial revolution was in the nineteenth. These electronic media are not just limited to modern nations; they have affected music cultures all over the globe.
62. Research into the material culture of a nation is of great importance because ________ .
[A] it helps produce new cultural tools and technology
[B] it can reflect the development of the nation
[C] it helps understand the nation’s past and present
[D] it can demonstrate the nation’s civilization
63. It can be learned from this passage that ________ .
[A] the existence of the symphony was attributed to the spread of Near Eastern and Chinese music
[B] Near Eastern music had an influence on the development of the instruments in the symphony orchestra
[C] the development of the symphony shows the mutual influence of Eastern and Western music
[D] the musical instruments in the symphony orchestra were developed on the basis of Near Eastern music
64. According to the author, music notation is important because ________ .
[A] it has a great effect on the music culture as more and more people are able to read it
[B] it tends to standardize folk songs when it is used by folk musicians
[C] it is the printed version of standardized folk music
[D] it encourages people to popularize printed versions of songs
65. It can be concluded from the passage that the introduction of electronic media into the world of music ________ .
[A] has brought about an information revolution
[B] has speeded up the appearance of a new generation of computers
[C] has given rise to new forms of music culture
[D] has led to the transformation of traditional musical instruments
66. Which of the following best summarizes the main idea of the passage?
[A] Musical instruments developed through the years will sooner or later be replaced by computers.
[B] Music cannot be passed on to future generations unless it is recorded.
[C] Folk songs cannot be spread far unless they are printed on music sheets.
[D] The development of music culture is highly dependent on its material aspect.
Part V Cloze (15 minutes)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D] on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.
Today, most countries in the world have canals. Many countries have built canals near the coast, and parallel 67 the coast. Even in the twentieth century, goods can be moved more cheaply by boat than by any other 68 of transport. These 69 make it possible for boats to travel 70 ports along the coast without being 71 to the dangers of the open. Some canals, such as the Suez and the Panama, save ships weeks of time by making their 72 a thousand miles shorter. Other canals permit boats to reach cities that are not 73 on the coast; still other canals 74 lands where there is too much water, help to 75 fields where there is not enough water, and 76 water power for factories and mills. The size of a canal 77 on the kind of boats going through it. The canal must be wide enough to permit two of the largest boats using it to 78 each other easily. It must be deep enough to leave about two feet of water 79 the keel of the largest boat using the canal. When the planet Mars was first 80 through a telescope, people saw that the round disk of the planet was crises-crossed by a 81 of strange blue-green lines. These were called "canals" 82 they looked the same as canals on earth 83 are viewed from an airplane. However, scientists are now 84 that the Martian phenomena are really not canals. The photographs 85 from space-ships have helped us to 86 the truth about the Martian "canals".
67. [A] off [B] with [C] to [D] by
68. [A] way [B] means [C] method [D] approach
69. [A] waterways [B] waterfronts [C] channels [D] paths
70. [A] among [B] between [C] in [D] to
71. [A] revealed [B] exposed [C] opened [D] shown
72. [A] trip [B] journey [C] voyage [D] route
73. [A] lain [B] stationed [C] set [D] located
74. [A] escape [B] drain [C] dry [D] leak
75. [A] water [B] wet [C] soak [D] irrigate
76. [A] furnish [B] afford [C] offer [D] give
77. [A] focuses [B] bases [C] depends [D] takes
78. [A] cross [B] pass [C] move [D] advance
79. [A] down [B] beneath [C] below [D] off
80. [A] studied [B] researched [C] surveyed [D] observed
81. [A] plenty [B] number [C] deal [D] supply
82. [A] although [B] because [C] so [D] if
83. [A] that [B] where [C] when [D] as
84. [A] exact [B] definite [C] certain [D] decisive
85. [A] held [B] taken [C] got [D] developed
86. [A] find [B] expose [C] uncover [D] discover
Part Vi Translation (5 minutes)
Directions: Complete the sentences on Answer Sheet 2 by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.
87. It is time the whole society began to take action to ________________________(使我們的環(huán)境免于毀滅).
88. If we had set out earlier, ________________________(我們就不會在雨中行走).
89. When this semester is over, ________________________ (我就能抽空讀這部小說了).
90. ________________________ (在我設(shè)計出這個問題的解決方案后)，I’ll submit a report to the committee.
91. ________________________ (我已得出結(jié)論)that it would be unwise to accept his proposal.
2010年12月英語四級預(yù)測試題答案詳解
Part I Writing
Online Education
Being online is no longer something strange in our life.
To some degree, it has become part of our daily life. We can do a lot of things online, such as searching for information and communicating with friends far and near. But recently another helpful online activity has become very "in". That is online education.
Why could online education be so popular within such a short period of time? Among all the reasons, the quick development of the internet should be the essential one, which makes our dreams of attending class in the distance possible. Another underlying reason is the quick development of both society and technology. Today, modern science and technology are developing at lightening speed. To catch up with the development we all feel an urgent and strong desire to study. However, due to the great pace of modern society, many people are too busy to study full time at school. Online education just comes to their aid.來源：考試大
Personally, I appreciate this new form of education. It’s indeed a helpful complement to the traditional education system. It can provide different learners with more flexible and versatile ways of learning. Most of all, with online education, we can absorb the latest knowledge while working.
Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
1. Y 本文的六個小標(biāo)題正是對書名中“6 Glasess”的具體闡釋，由此可知題干表述正確。
2. Y 根據(jù)題干中的fermenting beer推知答案可能在小標(biāo)題beer下。再根據(jù)The ancient Sumerians定位原文，從首句即可知題干表述正確。
3. N 根據(jù)上題的解題思路，繼續(xù)留意講Beer的那些段落，在末尾發(fā)現(xiàn)...and it was then as well，可知題干表述錯誤。
4. N 由題干中的wine推知答案在同名小標(biāo)題下的段落中。其中第二段明確指出初品嘗紅酒的是Paleolithic humans，可知題干表述錯誤。
5. Y 題干中既出現(xiàn)了beer又出現(xiàn)了wine，兩事物的比較一般在介紹完兩事物后給出，本文講出beer再講wine，故先在標(biāo)題Wine下的段落尋找答案。定位發(fā)現(xiàn)題干信息與原文相符，是正確的。閱讀中要留心事物間的比較。
6. N 本題是對tea和rum的一種比較，rum屬于spirits，所以答案在Spirits或Tea標(biāo)題下的內(nèi)容中。根據(jù)題干中的Britain’s American colonies定位原文發(fā)現(xiàn)Spirits下第三段明確提到Standage also suggests that rum may have been more responsible than tea...，可知題干表述錯誤。
7. NG 根據(jù)題干中的信息詞coffee定位原文有關(guān)coffee的段落，發(fā)現(xiàn)Standage并未做出與題干所述相關(guān)的評論。
8. the Arab world。根據(jù)題干中的信息詞around the 15th century定位原文有關(guān)coffee的段落，可找到答案。
9. the East India Company。根據(jù)題干中的信息詞During the 19th century和China定位原文有關(guān)tea的段落，可在其下第二段末句找到答案。
10. the United States。根據(jù)題干中的信息詞Coca-Cola和symbol定位原文有關(guān)Coca-Cola的段落，可在其下第四段首句找到答案。
Part III Listening Comprehension
Section A
11. D 信息明示題。女士說地圖表明這條街道通往市區(qū)，但男士說他們想知道的是怎樣去公園，所以D正確?？忌⒁飧蓴_項C，該項中park為動詞，park the car意為“停車”。
12. A 綜合推斷題。女士房間的暖氣壞了，她想知道什么時候才會有人來修，男士說會立刻派人去，由此可知，男士本身并不是修理工，故排除B，選A。
13. D 綜合推斷題。男士以為女士在一家大型商業(yè)機械公司里工作，女士回答說確實在那兒工作過幾個月，但發(fā)現(xiàn)會計不是她喜歡的工作，由此可知，她換工作的原因是不喜歡做會計，所以D正確。
14. B 綜合推斷題。男士想買一輛新車，但去年買房花錢太多了，女士回答說新車很貴，男士不可能借到那么多錢。本題的關(guān)鍵是女士說的you can’t borrow so much money，其中省略了from me，由此可知，男士沒能從女士那里借到足夠買車的錢，所以B正確。
15. A 信息明示題。男士說如果早一點學(xué)英語，現(xiàn)在就不會有這么多發(fā)音上的問題了，由此可知，男士的發(fā)音有問題，所以A正確。
16. A 同義替換題。男士問女士是否已經(jīng)填完稅收表，女士說別提了，那些表太復(fù)雜，還沒填就開始打退堂鼓了，所以A正確。本題的關(guān)鍵詞是discouraged，意為“沮喪的，泄氣的”，與選項frustrated同義。
17. C 綜合推斷題。女士詢問有沒有人愿意去超市選購一些標(biāo)有“加鐵”標(biāo)簽的面包，男士讓女士不要看他，這表明男士不想去，所以C正確。
18. B 綜合推斷題。女士想知道費希爾女士是否有家人，男士說實際上費希爾女士有三個孩子，但孩子們都住在國外，因此看護在照顧她，由此可知，B正確。
Conversation One
19. C 綜合推斷題。結(jié)合聽力材料可知，對話一直圍繞男士的畫作展開，所以C正確。
20. B 信息明示題。對話開始時男士說It’s for my studio art class，所以B正確。
21. A 綜合推斷題。當(dāng)男士問女士是否上過繪畫課時，女士回答說沒有，接著說她的父親是位畫家，由此推斷，女士是從父親那兒學(xué)到有關(guān)繪畫的知識的，故選A。
22. A 信息明示題。女士后說I have to take a history exam...I was just on my way to the classroom，由此可知，女士接下來要去參加歷史考試，所以A正確。
Conversation Two
23. A 綜合推斷題。女士一開始就說自己有兩張朱莉婭攝影展的門票，接著就向男士介紹了朱莉婭這位19世紀(jì)著名的攝影師，可見整個對話都是圍繞朱莉婭展開的，故選A。
24. C 信息明示題。女士說大多數(shù)攝影師只是以冷靜的方式拍攝人的外貌，而朱莉婭則像肖像畫家一樣，關(guān)注拍攝對象的個性，故選C。
25. C 綜合推斷題。男士問朱莉婭都給什么人拍照，女士回答說是她那個年代的名人，還說他們會在展覽上看到究竟有哪些人，由此推斷，展覽上照片的主題應(yīng)該是名人，故選C。
Section B
Passage One
26. D 信息明示題。文章開頭提到Y(jié)ou don’t have to visit the university to see the art. You just need a computer linked to a telephone。由此可知D正確。
27. A 信息明示題。文章提到，該博物館的主管羅伯特說，他建立這個博物館的原因是計算機藝術(shù)家們沒有地方展示自己的作品，他想幫助他們，所以A正確。
28. C 信息明示題。文章后提到，藝術(shù)家們?nèi)粝氚炎髌反蛴〕鰜?，就必須有一臺昂貴的激光打印機，所以C正確。
Passage Two
29. D 綜合推斷題。文章開始就提到，在美國，任何想從醫(yī)的人都必須經(jīng)過4年普通大學(xué)和4年醫(yī)學(xué)院的學(xué)習(xí)，還有1至5年在醫(yī)院的實習(xí)期，由此推斷，他們在正式成為醫(yī)生前的學(xué)習(xí)期從9年到13年不等，所以D正確。
30. C 信息明示題。文章提到they must study biology,chemistry and other sciences，而想成為醫(yī)生的學(xué)生肯定還要學(xué)習(xí)醫(yī)學(xué)，文章中并未提到哲學(xué)，故選C。
31. D 綜合推斷題。由文章后半部分可知，醫(yī)學(xué)院的入學(xué)競爭很激烈，優(yōu)秀的學(xué)生雖然有各種優(yōu)勢，但由于申請的人數(shù)很多，所以機會還是有限的，故選D。
Passage Three
32. A 信息明示題。文章第一句指出，如同名字所示，美國海岸警衛(wèi)隊的任務(wù)是保衛(wèi)美國的海岸，所以A正確。
32. D 信息明示題。文章提到美國海岸警衛(wèi)隊除負責(zé)有關(guān)航海、運輸、移民、捕魚、私人船舶等法律的實施工作，還負責(zé)搜索失蹤船只、救援被困人員，但并未提到訓(xùn)練人游泳，所以D正確。
34. D 信息明示題。文章提到Last year, coast Guardsmen saved the lives of almost 7,000 people，所以D正確。
35. D 綜合推斷題。文章后提到Most of the time...they see nothing more exciting than the ocean, 即大多數(shù)時間海岸警衛(wèi)隊員面對的只是大海，由此推斷，雖然警衛(wèi)隊員的生活有時充滿了驚險與刺激，但大多數(shù)時候是枯燥乏味的，所以D正確。
Section C
36. telephoned 37. arrangements 38. kitchen 39. records
40. wonderful 41. stove 42. refrigerator 43. juice
44. I asked him if he had reached the flat without difficulty
45. but fortunately the living room window just by the apple tree had been open and he had climbed in
46. There is no apple tree in front of my living room, but there is one in front of my neighbor’s.
Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)
Section A
47. E 空格處需填一形容詞，即從E、J、L、M中選擇。過去分詞一般用于主語是人的句子，排除J;結(jié)合常理，忘性大常常令人懊惱，故E符合文章。
48. I 根據(jù)定語從句謂語see可知，主語要么是人要么是眼鏡，由下句the use的提示，故選I。
49. A 該空需填入一個動詞，即從備選項A、H中選擇，有allow sb. to do sth.的結(jié)構(gòu)，且語義符合文意，故選A。
50. F 由上文的label items可推知F符合文意。
51. C 該空需填入一個形容詞，由下文的fill in可推知C(空白的)符合文意。
52. D 由該句中的相關(guān)信息詞mechanics(機械師)和identify machine parts可推知D符合文意。
53. J 該空需填入一個形容詞修飾名詞device(設(shè)備)，由常識可知工廠里的設(shè)備通常都很復(fù)雜，正因為復(fù)雜，不容易記住，才有必要使用這種新型眼鏡，故J符合文意。
54. B 該句主句的基本句子結(jié)構(gòu)是A car mechanic could find where a part is，介詞for和應(yīng)填的詞在句中作插入萬分，結(jié)合選項，B符合文意。
55. H 該空應(yīng)填入動詞原形，從詞義上能排出A，H符合文意。
56. G 分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知，該空應(yīng)填入一個非謂語動詞，結(jié)合句意“在其他情況下，人們可以戴著這種眼鏡隨團旅游，________名勝景點…”可知，G(指示)符合文意。
Section B
Passage One
57. B 主旨題。文章第一段簡要概述了求職人員在求職過程中對自己的學(xué)歷弄虛作假這一社會現(xiàn)象，然后在第二、三段分別給出一些具體的例子進行說明，所以B正確。
58. B 推斷題。由第二段中前半部分的If it turns out that an applicant is lying... school calls them "impostors"; another refers to them as "special cases" 可知，imposters和special cases指的都是編造虛假學(xué)歷，所以B正確。
59. D 推斷題。由文章第一段倒數(shù)第二句中的for personnel officers, like most Americans, value degrees from famous schools可知，大學(xué)的畢業(yè)生在求職過程中比其他人有優(yōu)勢，所以D正確。
60. D 推斷題。文章講述的是在簡歷中對學(xué)歷弄虛作假這一問題，同時也指出，問題出現(xiàn)的原因是大學(xué)都很看重學(xué)歷，特別是大學(xué)的文憑，由此可知，這是一種社會現(xiàn)象，全社會對此都負有責(zé)任，所以D正確。
61. C 語義題。該詞所在句意為“如果你不想撒謊又不愿和盤托出，會有公司愿意賣給你________交憑”，再結(jié)合下文提到的售賣假文憑的公司的情況可知，C(假的)正確。thorough意為“徹底的”，ultimate意為“終的”，decisive意為“決定性的”，均排除。
Passage Two
62. C 細節(jié)題。文章第一段第二句指出，調(diào)查一種文化的工具和技術(shù)有助于了解該文化的歷史和生活方式，所以C正確;其他三項均未提及，排除。
63. B 推斷題。結(jié)合文章第一段后一句可知，近東音樂影響了歐洲交響樂中大多數(shù)樂器的發(fā)展，所以B正確;A(交響樂的存在歸因于近東和中國音樂的傳播)，C(交響樂的發(fā)展表明了東西方音樂的相互影響)，D(交響樂中的樂器是在近東音樂的基礎(chǔ)上發(fā)展而來的)，均排除。
64. A 推斷題。由文章第二段后一句可知，人們閱讀音樂符號(識譜)的能力會對音樂產(chǎn)生深遠影響，所以A正確;B(樂譜被民歌音樂家所使用時往往把民歌標(biāo)準(zhǔn)化)，C(樂譜是標(biāo)準(zhǔn)化的民間音樂的印刷版本)，D(樂譜鼓勵人們?nèi)鞑テ占案枨挠∷姹?均排除。
65. C 推斷題。A(導(dǎo)致了信息革命)，B(加速了新一代計算機的出現(xiàn))，C(即帶來了新的音樂形式)，D(導(dǎo)致了傳統(tǒng)樂器的改革)。由文章后一段第一句可知，電子媒介進入音樂領(lǐng)域后影響音樂文化。只有C是對此句的進一步闡釋，而A、B、D、分別提到了原句未出現(xiàn)的新的概念，故排除。
66. D 主旨題。通讀全文可知，文章討論了音樂文化發(fā)展和物質(zhì)文化發(fā)展的關(guān)系，文章還指出，物質(zhì)文化的發(fā)展在很大程度上決定了音樂文化的發(fā)展，所以D正確;A(樂器早晚會被電腦代替)，B(音樂只有被記錄才能傳承)，C(民歌只有印在活頁樂譜上才能傳播久遠)均排除。
Part V Cloze
67. C 慣用搭配題。固定搭配parallel to意為“與……平行”，符合句意，所以C正確。
68. B 慣用搭配題。means of transport意為“交通工具/方式”，是固定搭配，所以B正確。
69. A 詞義辨析題。waterway意為“水道”，waterfront意為“城市的濱水區(qū)”，channel意為“海峽”，paths意為“小路”，結(jié)合上下文可知，運河其實就是水道，所以A正確。
70. B 介詞用法題。between指“在兩者之間”，符合句意，所以B正確。而among指“在三個或三個以上的人/物中間”，與句意不符，故排除。
71. B 詞義辨析題。expose意為“使暴露、面臨”，常與介詞to連用，表示“暴露于……之中”，符合句意，所以B正確。reveal意為“顯示，揭露”，常用于表示秘密、真相等被揭露;show意為“展示”;open意為“打開”，均排除。
72. C 詞義辨析題。voyage意為“航行”，且特指水上航行，而其他選項均與水無關(guān)，所以C正確。
73. D 詞義辨析題。locate意為“位于”，符合句意，所以D正確。station意為“駐扎于”，set意為“放置于”，lie在意為“位于”時不能用于被動語態(tài)，均應(yīng)排除。
74. B 詞義辨析題。根據(jù)常識，水量過多通常都要排掉，drain意為“排出……的水”，所以B正確。escape意為“溢出”，dry意為“變干”，leak意為“漏出”，均不符合句意，故排除。來源：考試大的美女編輯們
75. D 詞義辨析題。在水量不足的地區(qū)，通常需要用外界的水來灌溉，irrigate意為“灌溉”，符合句意，所以D正確。water意為“澆水，噴淋”，wet意為“弄濕”，soak意為“浸透”，均不符合句意，故排除。
76. A 慣用搭配題。選項中能與介詞for搭配表示“提供”的只有furnish，所以A正確。afford, offer和give在指“提供，給予”時通常用afford/offer/give sb. sth.的結(jié)構(gòu)。
77. C 詞義辨析題。depend on意為“取決于”，結(jié)合句意可知，C正確。base on意為“以……為基礎(chǔ)”，take on意為“承擔(dān)”，focus on意為“集中(注意力)”，均不符合句意，故排除。
78. B 詞義辨析題。本句的意思是“運河必須足夠?qū)?，能允許兩條大的船同時________。”只有pass(通過)符合句意，所以B正確。
79. C 詞義辨析題。beneath指“在……以下”，表示位置，符合句意，所以C正確。down指“向下”，表示方向;below多用于抽象概念;off表示距離，均應(yīng)排除。
80. D 詞義辨析題。表示“用……觀測”，要用動詞observe，所以D正確。study和research指“系統(tǒng)研究”，survey指“調(diào)查，檢查”，均排除。
81. B 詞義辨析題。a number of表示“大量的”，后跟可數(shù)名詞，符合句意，所以B正確。plenty of意為“大量的”，后既可跟可數(shù)名詞，又可跟不可數(shù)名詞，但沒有a plenty of這種用法;a deal of表示“大量的”，但不能修飾可數(shù)名詞;也沒有a supply of這樣的用法，所以排除A、C、D項。
82. B 邏輯銜接題。結(jié)合句意可知，這里要用表原因的連詞來引導(dǎo)原因狀語從句，所以B正確。
83. A 邏輯銜接題。分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知，此處應(yīng)填入一個能引導(dǎo)定語從句的關(guān)系代詞，由于先行詞是canals，所以A正確。注意，不要看到as，就想到as...as...結(jié)構(gòu)而錯選。這里的as是the same as...結(jié)構(gòu)的一部分。
84. C 詞義辨析題。exact意為“準(zhǔn)確的”，definite意為“明確的”，certain意為“確信的”，decisive意為“決定性的”。exact和definite用于修飾物，所以排除;decisive不符合句意，也排除，故選C。
85. B 慣用搭配題。take photographs是慣用搭配，意為“拍照”，所以B正確。
86. D 詞義辨析題。discover強調(diào)發(fā)現(xiàn)抽像的事物，符合句意，所以D正確。find常指發(fā)現(xiàn)具體的事物，expose指“暴露”，uncover指“揭開”，均應(yīng)排除。
Part VI Translation
87. save our environment from destruction
本題的考點是短語“使……免于……”的譯法，save...from...的搭配可表示此意，其中from后接句詞或動名詞。此外，還可用prevent...from...的結(jié)構(gòu)，即prevent our environment from being destructed.考試大－全國大教育類網(wǎng)站(www．Examda。com)
88. we wouldn’t have walked in the rain
分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)和中文部分的內(nèi)容可知，本句采用了虛擬語氣，再由從句為過去完成時可知，本句表示對過去事實的虛擬假設(shè)，因此主句謂語部分應(yīng)為would have done的結(jié)構(gòu)。
89. I should be able to get around to reading this novel
本題的考點是“抽時間做某事”的譯法，即get around/round to (doing) sth.。當(dāng)主語為第一人稱時，表主觀意愿的將來，一般要用should或shall。
90. After I work out a solution to the problem
分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)和中文部分的內(nèi)容可知，中文部分應(yīng)譯成時間狀語從句，而“在……之后”的時間狀語從句一般用after來引導(dǎo)。此處還應(yīng)注意“設(shè)計出”的賓語為“解決方案”，因此應(yīng)譯為work out。
91. I have come to the conclusion
本題的考點是“得出結(jié)論”的譯法，固定搭配come to the conclusion剛好與此含義相符。再由“已”和已有句子的時態(tài)可知，此處應(yīng)為現(xiàn)在完成時。