1、大学四级-828 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Part Listening Com(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、Section A(总题数：2，分数：10.00)A.Bank.B.Supermarket.C.Hospital.D.Park.A.Its four o clock.B.The womans watch stopped 2 hours ago.C.The mans watch goes faster than the womans.D.Its too dark for the woman to read her watch.A.Mother ate
2、it.B.Johnny ate it.C.Other people ate it.D.Its still there.A.8:45.B.10:45.C.9:15.D.11:15.A.Lose weight.B.Quit drinking wine.C.Change a menu.D.Have a talk with the doctor.A.Near the working place.B.Near the station.C.In downtown.D.Outside the city.A.It was boring.B.It was entertaining.C.It was moving
3、.D.It was encouraging.A.The film was not worth seeing.B.He liked it very much.C.The film was rather good except the story.D.The film was rather good except the photograph.A.Each one just finishes half of the project.B.Meet each other in the middle of the way.C.Make an effort to reach a compromise.D.
4、Try to go on with the project in spite of the differences.A.Teacher and student.B.Husband and wife.C.Boss and Secretary.D.Customer and Waiter.三、Section B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)四、Passage One(总题数：1，分数：3.00)A.150 years.B.115 years.C.100 years.D.125 years.A.The number of people who are over 100 years old is on
5、the rise.B.There are more than 20,000 Americans who are over 100 years.C.Animals period of growth last about twenty-five years.D.Most doctors hold that people cannot live beyond 150 years.A.Animals can live six times longer than their normal growth period under ideal conditions.B.Man can live six ti
6、mes longer than their normal growth period under ideal conditions.C.Neither man nor animals can live beyond their normal growth period.D.Both man and animals can live six times longer than their normal growth period under ideal conditions.五、Passage Two(总题数：1，分数：3.00)A.Peoples leisure time is increas
7、ing.B.More and more people begin to show great interest in seeing other parts of the world.C.Improved transportation and accommodation conditions.D.Longer vacations are offered than before.A.It is the biggest leisure industry.B.Movies, TV shows, concerts and books are usually intended for our leisur
8、e.C.People are usually reluctant to pay to watch professional sports.D.Making TV sets and building theatres are also part of entertainment industry.A.With people having more leisure time, tourist industry becomes the biggest industry in many countries.B.With people having more leisure time, entertai
9、nment industry becomes one of the major industries in many countries.C.With people having more leisure time, leisure business is becoming more important in economic life.D.With people having more leisure time, leisure business list is being extended.六、Passage Three(总题数：1，分数：4.00)A.Because they could
10、 not do it themselves.B.Because professional workers were very cheap.C.Because they had no time.D.Because professional workers could do much better.A.People could do everything themselves.B.Few people chose to be a professional worker.C.People with no professional training successfully built their o
11、wn houses.D.New expensive materials required no skills at all.A.Young people liked to follow the fashion.B.“Do-it-Yourself“ is a booming business.C.There were fewer building companies.D.High cost of professional workers.A.How DIY comes into being.B.Changes in building.C.Changes in housing.D.Great ch
12、anges in these thirty years.七、Part Reading Compr(总题数：0，分数：0.00)八、Passage One(总题数：5，分数：10.00)1.Musical novels are _.（分数：2.00）A.novels composed by lyrics (抒情词句).B.novels composed by notes and melodies.C.novels composed by musical band.D.novels composed by some musical techniques.2.What do you know abo
13、ut Virginia Woolf?（分数：2.00）A.She is a successful musical novelist.B.She earned her fame by The Waves.C.She used some musical techniques in writing The Waves.D.She used a lot of dialogues to evoke imagery.3.Which statement is true about Marguerite Duras?（分数：2.00）A.She is successful as both a writer a
14、nd a film maker.B.All the films that she wrote and directed are not very good.C.Her characters often speak less than they do.D.Marguerite Duras, as a writer, is more successful than Virginia Woolf.4.Anne and Chauvin are _.（分数：2.00）A.Writers of musical novels.B.Radilo program hosts.C.Characters in Mo
15、derato Cantabile.D.Characters in The waves.5.The author must agree that _.（分数：2.00）A.Moderato Cantabile is more truly a musical novel than The Waves.B.The waves cannot be called a “musical novel“.C.Literary critics are not clear about the concept of “musical novel“.D.Virginia Woolf is not a successf
16、ul writer.九、Passage Two(总题数：5，分数：10.00)6.Which one is not true according to the passage?（分数：2.00）A.The laid-offs are undoubtedly the only ones affected by the downsizing.B.Some companies have worked out ways to help their will-be laid-off employees.C.Companies take measures to remain competitive inc
17、luding downsizing.D.Questions about the ethics of downsizing are sure to continue.7.The author reveals his point of view that _.（分数：2.00）A.careful planning and preparation can be adopted to ease the employees shock and stress at being laid off.B.it is responsible for companies to downsize in an ethi
18、cal way.C.it is necessary for organizations to retain loyalty and trust of remaining staff after downsizing.D.having effective, honest and timely communication between management and labor is always important.8.We can infer from the passage that _.（分数：2.00）A.All the companies never consider the well
19、-being of the being laid-off employees in downsizing.B.Restructuring, job separation, reallocating resources and downsizing are different ways to reduce cost.C.By downsizing, work is reduced correspondingly with employees dismissing.D.Employees often feel great pressure and at a loss when informed d
20、ismissed.9.AT all these shops do a roaring trade and look like they are continuing to do so. Probably the main reason for the craze is the high cost of present day labor and the shortage of building firms willing to do small jobs.17. Why did people employ professional workers to decorate homes thirt
21、y years ago?分析 因果关系辨认题。通过四个选项能猜出问题大意可能为他们为什么让专业工人来做某事。关键词：they/could not do/no time，workers/cheap/do much better此题要求回答三十年前人们聘请专业工人的原因。短文中的有关描述是 In those days labor was fairly cheap and most people would have thought it worthwhile to employ a professional painter and decorator这与 B的描述完全一致。A.People cou
22、ld do everything themselves.B.Few people chose to be a professional worker.C.People with no professional training successfully built their own houses. D.New expensive materials required no skills at all.解析：听力原文Thirty years later what changes took place?分析 事实辨认题。要求选择三十年后所发生的变化。短文中的有与 C基本一致的句子 Some pe
23、ople with no professional training of any kind have even successfully built their own housesA.Young people liked to follow the fashion.B.“Do-it-Yourself“ is a booming business.C.There were fewer building companies.D.High cost of professional workers. 解析：听力原文What caused the DIY craze?因果关系辨认题。问题要求选择人们
24、对 DIY狂热的原因。短文在最后阐述了两点原因 Probably the main reason for the craze is the high cost of present-day labor and the shortage of building firms willing to do small jobs，即现在劳动力价格的上涨和愿意做这些琐碎工作的建筑公司的缺乏，D阐述了其中之一，其余都不确切或不对。A.How DIY comes into being. B.Changes in building.C.Changes in housing.D.Great changes in
25、these thirty years.解析：听力原文What is the speaker telling us?主旨要义题。这需要理解全文的大意，本文有两条主线：DIY 和变化，B、C 和 D虽然都谈到了变化，但没有触及 DIY，不能概括全文大意。A 中 come into being“形成，产生”，产生了 DIY是现在的新变化，是文章的主旨。七、Part Reading Compr(总题数：0，分数：0.00)八、Passage One(总题数：5，分数：10.00)1.Musical novels are _.（分数：2.00）A.novels composed by lyrics (抒
26、情词句).B.novels composed by notes and melodies.C.novels composed by musical band.D.novels composed by some musical techniques. 解析：分析 词汇理解题。测试 musical novel的定义。根据第一段第一句：“musical novel”refers to a work whenever a writer employs techniques that can be conveniently described in musical terminology或者由第二段第一
27、句：In The waves，Virgnia Woolf used musical techniques to evoke imagery可推出答案 D。此外，还可根据备选项本身进行有效的排除。2.What do you know about Virginia Woolf?（分数：2.00）A.She is a successful musical novelist.B.She earned her fame by The Waves.C.She used some musical techniques in writing The Waves. D.She used a lot of dia
28、logues to evoke imagery.解析：分析 事实细节辨认题，根据第二段第一句：In The waves，Virginia Woolf used musical techniques to evoke imagery可直接选出答案 C。A、B 两项均未在文中提到，也无法推出。D 是错误信息。3.Which statement is true about Marguerite Duras?（分数：2.00）A.She is successful as both a writer and a film maker.B.All the films that she wrote and
29、directed are not very good. C.Her characters often speak less than they do.D.Marguerite Duras, as a writer, is more successful than Virginia Woolf.解析：分析 判断推理题。首先排除 D，文章并没有提到或者暗示。A 可从最后一段倒数第二句 may account for Durasrelative less achievement as a film maker得知 shes not a successful film maker故不正确。B 正确，从
30、最后一句 Despite the great success of her screenplay for“Hiroshima，Mon Amour”，few of the 19 films that she wrote and directed did well，primarily because words often replaced action entirely“在 19部她编剧和执导的影片中，几乎没有好的作品”可推出“并不是所有她编剧和执导的影片都是优秀的”。C 不正确，“她笔下的人物言语不及动作丰富”不符合文中最后一句中的“语言常常全部代替了动作”。4.Anne and Chauvi
31、n are _.（分数：2.00）A.Writers of musical novels.B.Radilo program hosts.C.Characters in Moderato Cantabile. D.Characters in The waves.解析：分析 语篇理解题。要求借助上下文理解具体语句或词汇。通过文章第二段倒数第一句和最后一段第一句 Dialogues punctuated by the sounds of a radio，boats，and crowds occupy the most lines，like musical phrased defined by res
32、ts；all that we know and all that we need to know of Anne and Chauvin is to hear them sayIronically，this technique that makes Moderato Cantabile more successful than The Waves as a“musical novel”， may account for Duras relative less achievement as a film maker得到答案 C。5.The author must agree that _.（分数
33、：2.00）A.Moderato Cantabile is more truly a musical novel than The Waves. B.The waves cannot be called a “musical novel“.C.Literary critics are not clear about the concept of “musical novel“.D.Virginia Woolf is not a successful writer.解析：分析 文章主旨理解题。根据第二段and so they neglect what makes Modera to Cantab
34、ile a truly musical novel和最后一段 this technique that makes Moderato Cantabile more successful than The Waves as a“musical novel”得出答案久 B与 most literary critics regard both The Waves and Moderato Cantabile as“musical novels”不符；不能从文章中推出 C和 D的结论，而且根据文化常识，弗吉尼亚沃尔夫是个著名的女作家。九、Passage Two(总题数：5，分数：10.00)6.Whic
35、h one is not true according to the passage?（分数：2.00）A.The laid-offs are undoubtedly the only ones affected by the downsizing. B.Some companies have worked out ways to help their will-be laid-off employees.C.Companies take measures to remain competitive including downsizing.D.Questions about the ethi
36、cs of downsizing are sure to continue.解析：分析 事实细节辨认题。对事实辨认进行反面出题，选择不正确的命题。根据第五段首句 Those new job less are not，however，the only ones affected by the downsizing得到 A为错误事实，应为正确答案。7.The author reveals his point of view that _.（分数：2.00）A.careful planning and preparation can be adopted to ease the employees
37、shock and stress at being laid off.B.it is responsible for companies to downsize in an ethical way. C.it is necessary for organizations to retain loyalty and trust of remaining staff after downsizing.D.having effective, honest and timely communication between management and labor is always important
38、.解析：分析 全文理解和主旨归纳题。根据文章第二段 Industry analysts say that if organizations wish to be considered responsible，ethical corporate citizens，they must demonstrate concern for their employees，even when they have to tell them they are no longer employed和最后一段 If，as most experts agree，downsizing is here to stay，p
39、erhaps the real question is not，“Is it ethical to downsize?”but“How can companies downsize ethically?”确认答案 B。A、C、D 均为说明主题的要点，不能概括全文。8.We can infer from the passage that _.（分数：2.00）A.All the companies never consider the well-being of the being laid-off employees in downsizing.B.Restructuring, job sep
40、aration, reallocating resources and downsizing are different ways to reduce cost.C.By downsizing, work is reduced correspondingly with employees dismissing.D.Employees often feel great pressure and at a loss when informed dismissed. 解析：判断推理题。根据第三段 Careful planning and preparation can be adopted to e
41、ase the employeesshock and stress at being laid off可推出答案 D。根据第二段第一句话 In the quest to lower costs to keep competitive，companies often make decisions with little or no regard for the well-being of the people involved可以推知 A不确切；根据第一段中间 It(指裁员)is usually called restructuring，rightsizing，reallocating reso
42、urces，or job separation可以否定 B的命题；根据文章第二句 Downsizing is dismissing employees and reassigning their duties to the remaining ones so as to reduce costs可以得知 C错误。9.AT&T _.（分数：2.00）A.dismissed thousands of employees except those who worked twenty or more years there.B.adopted the measure of early retireme
43、nt,C.offered career counseling to new employees.D.give help to its laid-offs to find a new job. 解析：分析 事实细节辨认题。文章第二段 though many of them have twenty or more years of loyal contribution to the firm可排除 A；根据第四段 IBM for instance，offers early retirement排除 B；根据第四段 In AT&T， job search help and career counse
44、ling are offered to displaced employees，排除 C并确认 D为答案。10.Why do companies take downsizing?（分数：2.00）A.Because this is an inevitable tide throughout the world.B.Because incompetent employees must give their way to new competent ones.C.Because it is a direct way to reduce cost. D.Because those employees
45、 are too old to work efficiently.解析：分析 因果关系辨析题。要求选择公司裁员的原因。根据文章第二句 Downsizing is dismissing employees and reassigning their duties to the remaining ones so as to reduce costs，而且第二段第一句又再次强调了这一点 In the quest to lower costs to keep competitive，companies often make decisions with little or no regard for
46、 the well-being of the people involved，可以推知裁员的原因是降低成本。十、Passage Three(总题数：5，分数：10.00)11.The meaning of the word “savoring“ is _.（分数：2.00）A.demandingB.commandingC.assuringD.enjoying 解析：分析 本题考查猜测字意的能力。该字出现在句子中：Peter Salem，a black，killed Major Pit cairn as he was savoring his expected victory at Bunker
47、 Hill与 expected victory连用，意思是对已经预料到的胜利正在“欣赏”，所以与 D)enjoy与其意相近，为正确答案。其他三项的意思分别是：A)demanding：要求，需要；B)commanding：命令，控制；C)assuring：确信，放心。均在句中不恰当。12.Benjamin Davis, Jr. was _.（分数：2.00）A.one of black fighter pilots during World War B.commander of a group of black fighter pilots during World War C.one of t
48、he soldiers who crossed the Delaware with Washington in 1776D.a scout for Coster and died at the Little Big Horn解析：分析 本题为细节题。答案在文章的第四段中：The black fighter of Benjamin Davis，Jr， distinguished themselves throughout the war(小本杰明戴维的黑人战斗飞行队在整个战争中表现出色)故 B)“小本杰明在二战期限间指挥一支黑人战斗飞行队伍”正符合本文内容。由于他所指挥的部队是在二战中参战，而不
49、是在一战。故 A)不符合原文。C)“1776 年随同华盛顿穿过特拉华河的士兵之一”与小本杰明戴维无关，是另外两名黑人，时间上，一个是 1776年，另一个是二次世界大战。D)“Coster的侦察兵，在 Little Big Horn牺牲”，牺牲的是 Isaiah Dorman。13.Which of the following statements is true?（分数：2.00）A.Black Americans played an important role in the wars in America.B.None of the white fight pilots joined World War . C.The portion of deaths of blacks is smaller than that of the whites.D.Fewer black Americans serve in the army now.解析：分析 本题考
