2013年12月英語四六級真題及答案解析專題※ 真題及答案交流

　　聽力填空

　　When Captain Cook asked the chiefs in Tahiti why they always ate (26)apart and alone, they replied, "Because it is right." If we ask Americans why they eat with knives and forks, or why their men wear pants (27)instead of skirts or why they may be married to only one person at a time, we are likely to get (28)similar and very uninformative answers: "Because it's right." "Because that's the way it's done." "Because it's the(29) custom." Or even "I don't know." The reason for these and countless other patterns of social behavior is that they are(30) controlled by social norms – shared rules or guidelines which prescribe the behavior that is appropriate in a given situation. Norms (31)define how people "ought to" behave under particular circumstances in a particular society. We conform (遵守) to norms so readily that we are hardly aware they (32)exist. In fact we are much more likely to notice (33)departures from norms than conformity to them. You would not be surprised if a stranger tried to shake hands when you were introduced, but you might be a little (34)startled if they bowed, started to stroke you or kissed you on both (35)cheeks. Yet each of these other forms of greeting is appropriate in other parts of the world. When we visit another society whose norms are different, we quickly become aware that things we do this way, they do that way.

　　26. 答案：apart and alone

　　27. 答案：instead of

　　28. 答案：similar

　　29. 答案：custom

　　30. 答案：controlled

　　31. 答案：define

　　32. 答案：exist

　　33. 答案：departures

　　34. 答案：startled

　　35. 答案：cheeks

　　【點評】

　　本篇聽力填空內容講的是各地風俗習慣(custom)的差異。比如塔西提島的人們喜歡獨自吃飯，而美國人吃飯用刀叉，男士穿褲子而不穿裙子，一次只能和一個人結婚等等，當你問他們為什么會這樣的時候，他們只會說“因為這是對的。”。這就是所謂的風俗習慣，一種在特定社會文化區域內歷代人們共同遵守的行為模式或規范。人們對自己當地的風俗習慣習以為常，往往意識不到它們的存在，只有當發現其他地方與自己地方的風俗習慣不相同時才會意識到原來各地的習慣是不一樣的。

　　本篇聽力填空是今年四級改革去掉聽力的三個句子的首個聽力填空，難度降低了很多，挖空的地方都是我們平常熟悉的四級大綱內的詞匯和短語，其中departure，startle可能有些同學不認識，departure是動詞depart的名詞形式，文中意思表示“背離”, startle表示“吃驚”。聽力填空主要是對動詞，名詞和形容詞等實意動詞的考查，所以大家今后還是需要對考綱內的詞匯進行鞏固和復習。另外大家還需要注意的是動詞要考慮時態和單復數的變化，而名詞要注意單復數的變化，切不可因題目簡單而忽略了細節，導致不必要的失分。

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