2010年12月英語四級考試模擬試題答案詳解

　　Part I Writing

　　Styles of Living

　　Some people enjoy living together with their parents after the have grown up. They think that by living with parents they can take better care of their parents and vice versa. Meanwhile, they can turn to their parents for help if they get into trouble or have some difficulties. To them, life in a big family seems to be more enjoyable than that in a small one.

　　Others, however, prefer living separately. They cherish the idea of being independent, and wish to have a place of their own. Besides, they don't want to be overprotected by their parents, but long for the opportunities to face the society by themselves.

　　As for me, I like an independent life style. Different generations have different life styles and values. What one generation likes may not be another generation's fondness. In order to avoid conflicts, the best way is to live separately. In addition, by leading an independent life, I can develop my own ability to deal with the difficulties in my life. So I want to live by myself.

　　Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)

　　1. Y 根據題干中的信息詞eight percent，在通讀全文時注意百分比數字的信息。答案在第一段末句，可知題干表述正確。

　　2. N 根據題干中的信息詞frozen treat和ice cream，可知答案在標題Ice Cream or Frozen Dessert? 下，定位發現題干信息與首段首句意思相反，故表述錯誤。

　　3. Y 題干信息是關于ice cream 的成分的。查看文章的三個標題，推知答案最可能在Ice Cream or Frozen Dessert下。用題干信息詞stabilizers和emulsifiers定位原文，答案在該標題下末段首句，可知題干表述正確。

　　4. N 根據題干中的信息詞making ice cream 可知答案在同名標題下。其下首段首句就提到在kitchen 或在ice cream shop或在factory制作ice cream ，程序都基本相同，可知題干表述錯誤。

　　5. N 根據題干中的信息詞ice cream maker可知答案在Making Ice Cream下。通讀其下每段首句了解基本步驟，發現題干信息與第六段首句矛盾，故題干表述錯誤。

　　6. N 題干所講信息并未涉及具體制作過程，推斷答案在Ice Cream Industry下。根據題干中的信息詞Ice cream making secrets定位，發現末段首句的意思與題干信息相反，可知題干表述錯誤。

　　7. NG 文章末尾只提到兩所大學開設了冰淇淋科學課程 (courses of ice cream science)，但美國是否有許多大學都開設這一課程不得而知。

　　8. from the minimum 10 percent to a maximum of about 16 percent.根據題干中的信息詞the range of milk fat推知答案在標題Ice Cream or Frozen Dessert?下，定位發現答案在第二段首句。

　　9. $4 billion. 題干講的是行業信息，推知答案在標題Ice Cream Industry下，再根據題干中的信息詞In 1999定位，發現答案在首段首句。

　　10. secretive and underhanded。根據題干中的信息詞Ice Cream Industry可知答案在同名標題下，在第二段首句可找到答案。

　　Part III Listening Comprehension

　　Section A

　　11. D 信息明示題。雖然男士的話較長，但關鍵點在最后，即he decided to cancel the class...由此可知，男士沒上地理課的原因是因為教授取消了課程。而男士前面說的很多同學缺席則是教授取消課程的原因，所以D正確。

　　12. A 信息明示題。解答本題的關鍵是理解even(偶數)和odd(奇數)，只要明白這兩個詞的含義，本題就可迎刃而解。女士說電梯只有偶數層停，而第九層是奇數層，所以A正確。

　　13. D 綜合推斷題。男士問女士雨停了沒有，女士回答說她的衣服都濕透了，言外之意是雨下的很大，故選D。

　　14. D 綜合推斷題。女士說自己把大部分午飯時間花在圖書館，但那里太安靜以至于她睡著了，由此可以推斷，女士之所以回來遲到了是因為睡過了并沒有，所以D正確。

　　15. C 信息明示題。本題的關鍵是對manage的理解，它在本段對話中相當于have或eat。男士問女士是否再要些土豆，女士回答說自己吃不下了，故選C。

　　16. B 信息明示題。男士說，I said free lunches...由此可知，B正確。解答本題的關鍵是聽清男士說的這句話，以避免three lunches, many lunches的干擾。

　　17. B 信息明示題。男士說自己聽說格林先生陷入財政危機，女士贊成了男士的說法，由此可知，格林先生沒有足夠的資金繼續他的項目，所以B正確。

　　18. A 建議題。男士說不知該把房間漆成什么顏色，女士建議漆成白色，說白色和家具的顏色很相配，故選A。

　　Conversation One

　　19. B 綜合推斷題。女士說This food is terrible. I can't even finish my dinner. 男士說the university could hire a better food service，結合這兩句話可以推斷，對話發生在食堂，所以B正確。

　　20. C 信息明示題。女士說I'm going over to the student recreation center to play some bridge.接下來男士問You are spending your time on a card game?由此可知，女士計劃晚上play bridge(打橋牌)，故選C。

　　21. D 信息明示題。男士說You should be careful not to play so much that you don't get your studying done。所以D正確。

　　22. D 信息明示題。男士說I have a pretty heavy workload this semester. I have to spend my evenings studying。由些可知，男士這學期的學業很重，他晚上也要學習，故選D。

　　Conversation Two

　　23. C 綜合推斷題。男士在對話開始時提到了海水來自彗星這一新理論，接下來的對話主要就是圍繞該理論展開的，最后還引出了海水來自火山這一傳統理論，由此推斷，對話主要與地球上水的來源，特別是海水的來源有關，故選C。

　　24. D 信息明示題。男士說海水來源的新理論是基于最近人造衛星所拍攝的照片的，宇宙人造衛星最近探測到，每天有將近四萬顆小彗星與地球外層大氣相碰撞，故選D。

　　25. D 信息明示題。女士指出，地質學者認為火山氣體大多為蒸汽，故選D。

　　Section B

　　Passage One

　　26. A 信息明示題。文章第一段指出，...Australia, where he trained as an electronics engineer。由此可知A正確。

　　27. D 信息明示題。文章第二段指出，...being an amateur radio operator，由此可知D正確。

　　28. C 信息明示題。文章第三段指出，Henry realized that this man was in fact his younger brother, Peter由此可知C正確。

　　Passage Two

　　29. B 信息明示題。文章開頭便指出，...four types of college degrees, starting with the associate degree。由此可知B正確。

　　30. A 信息明示題。文章指出，Not all associate degrees are designed for transfer. Some are technical degrees which are called terminal degrees, which mean they do not count toward a bachelor's。由此可知A正確。

　　31. C 信息明示題。文章最后指出，The BA (or BS) is 120 credit hours or 185 quarter hours。由此可知C正確。

　　Passage Three

　　32. A 信息明示題。文章開頭就指出，淘金熱始于1848年，故選A。

　　33. D 信息明示題。文章提到Within a year, 100,000 people...had reached the coast of California，故選D。

　　34. B 綜合推斷題。文章提到More than half of them had traveled overland across the American continent，由此可以推斷，來淘金的人來自美國各地，故選B。

　　35. C 信息明示題。文章提到...it was a risky business. Law and order broke down...由此可知，淘金危險是因為它不受法律和秩序的保護，故選C。

　　Section C

　　36. financial 37. earn 38. various 39. pilot

　　40. outbreak 41. Confederate 42. company 43. prospected

　　44. Once that happened Twain traveled around the country giving lectures and earning enough money to go to Europe.

　　45. Twain didn't travel much the last 10 years of his life and he didn't publish much either.

　　46. Like many other popular writers Twain derived much of the materials for his writing from the wealth and diversity of his own personal experiences.