1、大学英语四级-259 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Reading Comprehensio(总题数：0，分数：0.00)A Reason to Take Google Glass SeriouslyGoogle Glass critics may now have a reason to be less skeptical. Wearable Intelligence, a San Francisco-based startup, has 1 an enterprise software that uses Google“s wearable computer g
2、lasses to improve the day-to-day 2 of service workers. Medical professionals, for example, can use Google Glass to 3 a patient“s medical history without referencing traditional charts on a computer, and so diagnose symptoms more 4 . Or a construction worker could work without ever 5 for a building m
3、ap. “It“s for the 90% of workers who don“t work behind a computer and use their hands a lot,“ explains Erlich, a 6 Google product manager. So far, about ten organizations have been testing Wearable Intelligence“s software with Glass. Wearable Intelligence has 7 over $1 million in seed funding. The s
4、tartup will spend the rest of 2014 adding new 8 say, automatic sign-off after a few hoursand expanding into other industries, the company says. As Erlich notes, Glass isn“t a final productthe consumer version is expected later in 2014, and wearable technology remains a nascent (新兴的) market. Despite
5、the skeptics, Glass will 9 have a wide variety of applications in the future, says Erlich. “It may take some 10 amount of time, but it will happen.“ A. accurately E. former I. performance M. skim B. developed F. increased J. quickly N. substance C. eventually G. leap K. raised O. variable D. feature
6、s H. numerous L. reaching（分数：25.00）Hourly Workers Earning LessDespite gains in the economy, hourly workers in California earned 11 less in 2013 than they did when the Great Recession began, a report says. That is 12 true for Californians in low-wage positions who earn in the bottom 20th percentile (
7、百分位数), according to a report released by California Budget Project, an organization that 13 for low-and middle-income families. These workers saw earnings decrease 5.4% to an average of $10.90 an hour, down from an inflation-adjusted prerecession level of $11.52. Middle-wage workers in California di
8、d not fare much better. In 2013, they earned an average of $19.10 an hour, which was 5.1% below the $20.12 they earned before the 14 , when adjusted for inflation. Higher income workers only 15 a 0.6% drop to $35.23. The slow economic 16 is partly to blame for the slow wage growth, the report said.
9、But the erosion (减少) in earnings also reflects a decades-long trend of widening 17 between workers who pull in the big bucks and everyone else. The boom times of the 1990s helped 18 the divide. But “further wage stagnation (停滞) beginning in the early 2000s 19 the gains made by low-and mid-wage worke
10、rs in the late 1990s,“ the report said. “By 2013, these workers earned less than 20 workers earned in 1979, after adjusting for inflation.“ A. advocates E. especially I. particular M. similar B. concession F. inequality J. recession N. suffered C. distinctive G. meaningfully K. recovery O. supports
11、D. erased H. narrow L. significantly（分数：25.00）Is There Water Beneath the Lunar Surface?You can“t squeeze blood from a turnip (萝卜), and 21 you can“t squeeze water from moon rocks, either. A new analysis of samples 22 by the Apollo astronauts suggests that there is virtually no chance that water ever
12、existed beneath the lunar (月球的) 23 . Scientists have been 24 for decades about whether the moon contains significant quantities of water. Theoretically, it should because the moon was once part of Earththe moon was 25 by a disastrous collision between our planet and a Mars-size body over 4 billion y
13、ears ago. Yet 26 chemical analyses in the 1970s and “80s of rocks that had been brought back by the Apollo missions turned up virtually no evidence of lunar water. More recently, using improved 27 to examine the molecular constituents (分子构成) of the rocks, researchers have found a very small amount o
14、f hydrogen (氢) an indicator of water. In 2013, scientists also found evidence of water ice on the surface of the moon, but where did that ice come from was unclear. It was even 28 deposited by an ancient comet impact. It“s an important riddle (谜) to solve, as researchers would like to use lunar wate
15、r to 29 rocket fuel for future deep-space missions. A team has 30 to solve the mystery. Recently, the researchers reported online in Science that the moon has basically zero subsurface water. A. apparently E. equipment I. initial M. presumably B. arguing F. facility J. maintaining N. returned C. att
16、empted G. hardly K. manufacture O. surface D. created H. implicit L. potential（分数：25.00）Exercise Is Not Always BeneficialIf you have a heart disease or condition, high-intensity exercise for long stretches could actually increase your chance of a massive heart attack or stroke, recent studies found.
17、 In the first of two studies 31 in Heart, German researchers spent a decade studying the 32 and intensity of weekly exercise in 1,000 people in their 60s with coronary artery heart disease (冠心病), almost half of whom were 33 2-4 times a week. Predictably, participants who 34 less than 2 times a week
18、were determined to be at greater risk for a heart attack. However, counter-intuitively (直觉地), participants who exercised more than the average were also twice as likely to have a heart attack or stroke than the average. A different study found that young men who engage in endurance exercise more tha
19、n five hours a week may 35 their risk of developing an irregular heart rhythm later in life. Swedish researchers surveyed 44,000 men, ages 45-79, about their exercise 36 at ages of 15, 30, 50 and over in 2013. Those who exercised 37 for more than five hours a week were 19% more likely to have develo
20、ped an irregular heartbeat, which is a 38 factor in stroke risk. Despite their findings, researchers 39 sounding the alarm full-force on intense exercise, citing the “benefits of exercise“ while clarifying that “the studies reviewed here, and future studies, will serve to maximize benefits obtained
21、by 40 exercise while preventing undesirable effects of intense exercise.“ A. active E. density I. frequency M. largely B. avoided F. energetic J. increase N. published C. behavior G. engagement K. intensely O. regular D. consequently H. exercised L. key（分数：25.00）大学英语四级-259 答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)
22、一、Reading Comprehensio(总题数：0，分数：0.00)A Reason to Take Google Glass SeriouslyGoogle Glass critics may now have a reason to be less skeptical. Wearable Intelligence, a San Francisco-based startup, has 1 an enterprise software that uses Google“s wearable computer glasses to improve the day-to-day 2 of
23、service workers. Medical professionals, for example, can use Google Glass to 3 a patient“s medical history without referencing traditional charts on a computer, and so diagnose symptoms more 4 . Or a construction worker could work without ever 5 for a building map. “It“s for the 90% of workers who d
24、on“t work behind a computer and use their hands a lot,“ explains Erlich, a 6 Google product manager. So far, about ten organizations have been testing Wearable Intelligence“s software with Glass. Wearable Intelligence has 7 over $1 million in seed funding. The startup will spend the rest of 2014 add
25、ing new 8 say, automatic sign-off after a few hoursand expanding into other industries, the company says. As Erlich notes, Glass isn“t a final productthe consumer version is expected later in 2014, and wearable technology remains a nascent (新兴的) market. Despite the skeptics, Glass will 9 have a wide
26、 variety of applications in the future, says Erlich. “It may take some 10 amount of time, but it will happen.“ A. accurately E. former I. performance M. skim B. developed F. increased J. quickly N. substance C. eventually G. leap K. raised O. variable D. features H. numerous L. reaching（分数：25.00）解析：
27、B解析 动词辨义题。空格所在的句子缺少谓语动词，根据空格前的 has 可以判断，此处需要填入一个动词的过去分词形式。备选词汇中，increased“增加”和 raised“筹措；提高”均不能接 software作其宾语，故排除。developed 意为“研发”，developed an enterprise software 意为“研发一种企业软件”，符合此处语境，故选 B。解析：I解析 名词辨义题。根据空格前的 the day-to-day 和空格后的 of service workers 可以判断，此处需要填入一个名词。day-to-day 为形容词，意为“日常的”，相当于 daily。备
28、选词汇中能够被day-to-day 修饰的只有 performance“表现，行为”，故选 I。解析：M解析 动词辨义题。根据空格前的 can use.to 和空格后的 a patient“s medical history 可以判断，此处需要填入一个动词原形，构成 use sth. to do sth.这一结构。备选词汇中 leap“跳跃”显然不符合此处语境。skim 意为“浏览”，用在此处语义通顺，skim a patient“s medical history 意为“浏览病人的病历”。故选 M。解析：J解析 副词辨义题。根据空格前的 diagnose symptoms more 可以判断
29、，此处需要填入一个副词，修饰动词 diagnose。前文中提到，专业医护人员能够使用谷歌眼镜来浏览病人的病历，而无须参考电脑上的传统图表，由此可以推断，专业医护人员的看病速度可能加快，但是看病的准确度与看病历的途径没有必然的关联，因而排除 accurately“准确地”。eventually 意为“最终”，不能用于比较级，也可排除。quickly“快速地”符合此处语境，故选 J。解析：L解析 动词辨义题。根据空格前的 without ever 和空格后的 for abuilding map 可以判断，此处需要填入一个动名词，且其后能够接介词 for。备选词汇中只有 reaching“伸手取(某
30、物)”符合语境，故选 L。解析：E解析 形容词辨义题。根据空格前的 a 和空格后的.manager 可以判断，此处需要填入一个形容词对 Google product manager 加以修饰限定。备选词汇中只有 former“以前的”符合此处语境。故选E。解析：K解析 动词辨义题。空格所在的句子缺少谓语动词，再由空格前的 has 可以判断，此处需要填入一个动词的过去分词形式。备选词汇中能够接 over $1 million 这一具体数字作宾语的只有 increased和 raised。increased 意为“增加”，用在此处语义不通，故排除。raised 有“筹措；提高”之意，raised
31、over $1 million 意为“筹集了 100 多万美元”，语义通顺，故选 K。解析：D解析 名词辨义题。根据空格前的形容词 new 可以判断，此处需要填入一个名词。由破折号后面的 say 推知，破折号后面的内容对前面的 new.起到举例说明的作用，automatic sign-off after a few hours 意为“在几小时后自动登出系统”，显然不是一种 substance“物质”，而更应该是一种“特征”，因而 features“特点，特征”符合此处语境，故选 D。解析：C解析 副词辨义题。空格所在的句子并不缺少任何句子成分，再由空格前的 will 和空格后的have 可以判
32、断，此处需要填入一个副词。备选词汇中 eventually“最终”显然最符合此处语境，与句中的 in the future 相照应。故选 C。解析：O解析 形容词辨义题。空格所在的句子结构完整，再由空格前的 some 和空格后的 amount 可以判断，此处需要填入一个形容词修饰 amount“数量”。numerous 意为“很多的”，不能被 some 所修饰，可排除。variable 意为“变化不定的”，It may take some variable amount of time 意为“可能说不准这会花多长时间”，语义通顺。故选 O。Hourly Workers Earning Less
33、Despite gains in the economy, hourly workers in California earned 11 less in 2013 than they did when the Great Recession began, a report says. That is 12 true for Californians in low-wage positions who earn in the bottom 20th percentile (百分位数), according to a report released by California Budget Pro
34、ject, an organization that 13 for low-and middle-income families. These workers saw earnings decrease 5.4% to an average of $10.90 an hour, down from an inflation-adjusted prerecession level of $11.52. Middle-wage workers in California did not fare much better. In 2013, they earned an average of $19
35、.10 an hour, which was 5.1% below the $20.12 they earned before the 14 , when adjusted for inflation. Higher income workers only 15 a 0.6% drop to $35.23. The slow economic 16 is partly to blame for the slow wage growth, the report said. But the erosion (减少) in earnings also reflects a decades-long
36、trend of widening 17 between workers who pull in the big bucks and everyone else. The boom times of the 1990s helped 18 the divide. But “further wage stagnation (停滞) beginning in the early 2000s 19 the gains made by low-and mid-wage workers in the late 1990s,“ the report said. “By 2013, these worker
37、s earned less than 20 workers earned in 1979, after adjusting for inflation.“ A. advocates E. especially I. particular M. similar B. concession F. inequality J. recession N. suffered C. distinctive G. meaningfully K. recovery O. supports D. erased H. narrow L. significantly（分数：25.00）解析：L解析 副词辨义题。空格所
38、在的句子结构完整，不缺少任何成分，再由空格前的 earned 和空格后的 less 可以判断，此处需要填入一个副词，修饰 less。备选词汇中只有 significantly“显著地”符合此处语境，earned significantly less 意为“挣得少多了”。故选 L。解析：E解析 副词辨义题。空格所在的主句不缺少任何成分，再由空格前的系动词 is 和空格后的 true可以判断，此处需要填入一个副词，修饰 true“确实的”。备选词汇中只有 especially“尤其”符合此处语境，故选 E。解析：A解析 动词辨义题。空格位于 that 引导的定语从句中，其先行词为 an organ
39、ization。该从句中缺少谓语动词，而整个句子的时态是一般现在时，由此可以判断，此处需要填入一个动词的第三人称单数形式，且须能和介词 for 一起搭配使用。备选词汇中只有 advocates“拥护；支持”符合此处语境。故选 A。解析：J解析 名词辨义题。根据空格前的 the 可以判断，此处需要填入一个名词。前文一直围绕各阶层的工作者在经济大萧条前后的收入落差展开，由此不难推知此处填入 recession“衰退，不景气”最符合语境。而且从语义来看，经济复苏之前挣得比经济复苏之后挣得多也违背常理，故而排除 recovery“复原，复苏”。concession“承认；让步”和 inequality
40、“不平等”也显然不符合此处语境。故选 J。解析：N解析 动词辨义题。空格所在的分句缺少谓语，而整个段落采用的是一股过去时，由此可以判断此处需要填入一个动词的过去式形式。从语义来看，前文讲到了中低收入群体在经济大萧条前后的收入对比，差距很大，而根据此处空格前的 only 和空格后的 a 0.6%drop 不难推知，该句要表达的是那些收入更高的人的工资则只下降了 0.6%。suffered“经历，遭受”符合此处语境，erased“抹去；消除”放入原文语义不通，故选 N。解析：K解析 名词辨义题。空格所在的分句为间接引用的报告中的一句话，该句中缺少主语，由此可以判断此处需要填入一个名词，且能够被空格
41、前面的 slow economic 所修饰。备选词汇中只有recovery“复原，复苏”符合此处语境。economic recovery 意为“经济复苏”。故选 K。解析：F解析 名词辨义题。根据空格前的形容词 widening 可以判断此处需要填入一个名词，备选词汇中，concession 意为“承认；让步”，不符合语境。inequality 意为“不平等”，强调高收入者和其他人群间的收入差距进一步扩大，符合此处语境，故选 F。解析：H解析 动词辨义题。空格前的 helped 后不能直接接 the divide 作宾语，由此可以判断此处需要填入一个动词原形。备选词汇中只有 narrow“(使
42、)变窄”符合此处语境，故选 H。需要注意 divide 在该句中用作名词，意为“差异，差别”。解析：D解析 动词辨义题。空格位于整个句子的主体部分，该部分缺少谓语动词，而该句采用的是一般过去时，由此可以判断此处需要填入一个动词的过去式。备选词汇中只有 erased“抹去；消除”符合此处语境，故选 D。解析：M解析 形容词辨义题。空格所在的句子结构完整，再由空格前的 less than 和空格后的 workers可以判断，此处需要填入一个形容词修饰 workers。该句旨在对人们在 2013 年的收入和 1979 年的收入进行对比，因而该对比应该是在类似或者相同岗位的人之间进行的，不然也就失去了
43、对比的意义和价值。备选词汇中 similar“类似的”符合此处语境，故选 M。Is There Water Beneath the Lunar Surface?You can“t squeeze blood from a turnip (萝卜), and 21 you can“t squeeze water from moon rocks, either. A new analysis of samples 22 by the Apollo astronauts suggests that there is virtually no chance that water ever existed
44、 beneath the lunar (月球的) 23 . Scientists have been 24 for decades about whether the moon contains significant quantities of water. Theoretically, it should because the moon was once part of Earththe moon was 25 by a disastrous collision between our planet and a Mars-size body over 4 billion years ag
45、o. Yet 26 chemical analyses in the 1970s and “80s of rocks that had been brought back by the Apollo missions turned up virtually no evidence of lunar water. More recently, using improved 27 to examine the molecular constituents (分子构成) of the rocks, researchers have found a very small amount of hydro
46、gen (氢) an indicator of water. In 2013, scientists also found evidence of water ice on the surface of the moon, but where did that ice come from was unclear. It was even 28 deposited by an ancient comet impact. It“s an important riddle (谜) to solve, as researchers would like to use lunar water to 29
47、 rocket fuel for future deep-space missions. A team has 30 to solve the mystery. Recently, the researchers reported online in Science that the moon has basically zero subsurface water. A. apparently E. equipment I. initial M. presumably B. arguing F. facility J. maintaining N. returned C. attempted
48、G. hardly K. manufacture O. surface D. created H. implicit L. potential（分数：25.00）解析：A解析 副词辨义题。空格所在的句子不缺少任何成分，而空格后为一个结构完整的分句，由此可以判断此处需要填入一个副词，对其后所描述的内容进行修饰。备选词汇中 hardly 意为“几乎不”，本身包含否定含义，其后不再接类似 can“t 的否定表达，可排除。apparently“显然地”和presumably“可能地”从语法角度来看都符合此空格，但是前者更为符合此处语境，故选 A。该分句意为：显然你也不能从月球的岩石中挤出水来。解析：N
49、解析 动词辨义题。空格所在的句子主干为 A new analysis of samples suggests that.，再由空格后的 by the.可以判断，此处需要填入一个动词的过去分词形式，与其后面的内容一起构成过去分词短语，作 samples 的后置定语。备选词汇中 attempted“努力；试图”和 created“创造；产生”，显然不能与 samples“样品”搭配使用，可排除。returned 意为“返回；带回”，samples returned by the Apollo asttonauts 意为“由阿波罗号宇航员们带回来的样品”。故选 N。解析：O解析 名词辨义题。根据空格前的 beneath the lunar 可以判断，此处需要填入一个可以被lunar“月球的”修饰的名词。备选词汇中只有 surface“表面”符合此处语境，故选 O。解析：B解析 动词辨义题。空格所在的分句缺少谓语动词，再由空格前的 have been 和空格后的 for decades 可以判断，此处需要填入一个动词的现在分词形式，表示 Scientists 一直在进行的动作。备选词汇中只有 arguing“争论”符合此处语境，故选 B。解析：D解析 动词辨义题。空格所在
