短对话:
【短对话总评】
这次英语四级听力短对话总体难度适中，主要考点仍然集中在对日常生活的理解上。一共8 题，其中第1题行为方式题，3、4、5,6.7、8是推断题是对句子内涵的理解，2对地点场景题。
答案及难词解释：
1. B .Use a ladder to help her reach the tea。
点评：行为方式题，主要听男士的意见Why don't you use the ladder. strain v。表示拉伸，扭伤 strain your shoulder 拉伤肩膀
2. D. Outside an art gallery。
点评：地点场景断题，从女士的"exhibition"与男士的"favorite painter"中推断出。
3. B. She does not quite agree with what the man said。
点评：推理判断题，从女士的评价中可以看出。
evaluation n. 表示评估价值 ；an unfair evaluation 有失公正的评价；
4. C. Doris fixed up some of the book shelves。
点评：推理判断题，从男士的"I got Doris to do some of them。"推断出答案。
注意shelf 复数形式是shelves
5. D. He has found a better position。
点评：推断题，主要听男生的陈述 "I've been offered a much better position with another firm"
firm在这里解释为：公司，企业。
6. A. They should finish the work as soon as possible。
点评：推理判断题，从男士的"But I think we should get it over with this weekend"可以得出。
7. D. The furniture the man bought is inexpensive。
点评：推断题，从男士的描述"dirt cheap"中可以得出。
dirt cheap 表示非常便宜。furnish v. 表示布置；陈设 n. furniture 家具。
8. B. The woman is waiting for a call。
【总评】长对话的两篇文章难度适中。第一篇工作类场景。 Conversation 1:
9. A. She had a job interview to attend。
点评：事实细节题。原文中"It's just that she submitted a job application yesterday and the company asked her in for an interview today"。
10. C. Submit her roommate's assignment。
点评：事实细节题加单词的同义替换。原文中"I'm calling to see whether it would be OK if I gave you her essay。"
11. A. Where Dr. Ellis's office is located。
点评：事实细节题。原文中"And Dr. Ellis, one more thing, could you tell me where your office is?" Conversation 2:学习类场景
12. C. He can handle it quite well。
点评：同义替换原文内容"But it's bearable now that I' m used to it"。be used to 表示为习惯做某事。
13. B. The 6:30 train。
点评：细节题。原文中"It was terrible at first, especially getting up before dawn to catch that 6:30 train"
14. C. The time on the train is enjoyable。
点评：细节题加词性转换。原文中"But now I quite enjoy it。"
15. A. Reading newspapers。
点评：细节与词义替换。原文"In the morning, I just sit in comfort and read the papers to catch up with the news。" 短文:第一篇议论文
16. What should American college students do to cope with their heavy reading assignments?
答案. D. Get key information by reading just once or twice.同义替换.原文: They need to extract as much information as possible from the first or second reading.
. 17. What suggestion does the speaker give about marking a textbook?
答案 A. Choose one's own system of marking。在路标词汇 third 后.原文Third, decide on your own system for marking.
18. How should students prepare for an exam according to the speaker?
.答案 B. By reviewing only the marked parts 。路标词汇instead 后.原文. Instead, you just need to review your marks and you can save a lot of time 第二篇说明文
19. What is taken for granted by most people?
答案 . D. Everybody needs some sleep for survival。同义替换 路标词汇but后.原文. But everyone needs some rest to stay alive.
20. 20. What do doctors think of Al Herpin's case?
.答案 C. It is a rare exception. 原文再现路标词汇but后..原文: But a man named Al Herpin turned out to be a real exception, for supposedly, he never slept!
21. What could have accounted for Al Herpin's sleeplessness?
答案 B. His mother's injury just before his birth。原文再现.He remembered some talk about his mother having been injured several days before he had been born 第三篇: 记叙文
. 22. What do we learn about Hetty Green as a child?
答案 C. She developed a strong interest in finance。同义替换. 原文:At the age of six she started reading the daily financial newspapers and opened her own bank account
23. How did Hetty Green become rich overnight?
答案D. She inherited a big fortune from her father。原文:Her father died when she was 21 and she inherited 7.5 million dollars. She became one of the richest and most hated women in the world.
24. Why was Hetty Green much hated?
答案A. She was extremely mean with her money。同义转换.原文: Hetty's meanness was well-known
25. What do we learn about Hetty's daughter?
答案 B. She built a hospital with her mother's money。原文再现. 原文:Her daughter built a hospital with her money. 复合式听写
26. identical
27. approach
28. back and forth
29. opposite
30. indicates
31. referring to
32. parallel to
33. reserved
34. at a right angle
35. embarrassing
【点评】本文主要通过两个实例说明在不同的文化中相同的手势可能蕴含着不同的意思，同时也提醒大家一定要注意文化的重要性。文化现象是四级考试中的常考话题，平时训练中应该多积累这方面的文化知识。这篇文章稍微有点难度，需要填入的单词或词组的某些空在拼写方面一定要注意，比如：identical，parallel，embarrassing等。十个空中，四个固定词组或表达，三个动词，两个形容词，一个名词，没有生难单词，都是平时出现频率较高的单词或词组.
发表于 2016-7-11 18:16:35
