1、大学英语四级 228及答案解析(总分：746.57，做题时间：130 分钟)一、Writing (30 minutes)(总题数：1，分数：30.00)1.For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic Wealth and Health. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below. 1) 有人认为财富比健康重要 2) 也有人认为健康比财富重要 3) 你的观点是 （分数：30.00）_二、R
2、eading Comprehensio(总题数：1，分数：71.00)Even as the economy improves, a jobless executive may face up to a year or more of unemployment. This is a lot of time, especially for hard-charging high-performers who are not used to having any free time. While some job seekers spend hundredseven thousandsof hour
3、s discovering daytime television, others seem to thrive on activities that boost their professional careers or resolve family issues when they arent working. Having an extended period of free time in the prime of ones life can in fact be a unique opportunity to focus on volunteer service, profession
4、al education or personal growth. Community Involvement For Lisa Perez, the wakeup call was burned pork chops. An executive who previously hadnt been particularly interested in home and health had become obsessed with homemaking during a stint of unemployment. She realized that cleaning and organizin
5、g her home wasnt helping her job search. Nevertheless, “I made lists of 50 things to do every day,“ says Ms. Perez, a political and public-relations consultant in Scottsdale, Ariz. “My house was spotless, just so Id have something to do.“ One day, her boyfriend didnt arrive on time for dinner becaus
6、e he had to work late, and her pork chops were ruined. She threw a fit. “I“ d never been a person like that,“ she says. “So I decided to stop feeling sorry for myself, and go out and do something productive.“ Ms. Perez, 35, resolved to become an active volunteer for the duration of her search. She g
7、ave her time to a health-care concern, a housing program and a political campaign. The work bolstered her self-confidence. “Volunteering takes the focus off you. One thing you have thats still valuable is your time. And, of course, you learn that there are thousands of people with a life thats much
8、worse than yours,“ she says. Volunteer assignments are also great ways to meet powerful and well-connected people. Over a six-month period, her volunteering evolved into working as a paid consultant and then as a full-time employee, a job she still holds today. In all, she was unemployed for eight m
9、onths. Before her job loss, she thought she didnt have time to volunteer while working. “Now, even though I have a demanding job, I still volunteer, because of what I got out of it,“ says Ms. Perez. Continuing Education Gene Bellavance, a 36-year-old information-technology project manager, took anot
10、her route during his unemployment. When he was laid off from a steel company near Cleveland, he knew his immediate prospects were bleak. He expected his search to take a year. He faced a decision: take a job that would set back his career or hold out for an offer he really wanted. Mr. Bellavance, si
11、ngle and virtually debt free, shifted his finances into survival mode. He cashed out his pension, sold his house, unloaded things he didnt need at garage sales, and rented an apartment with a roommate. Then, he says, “I signed up for every benefit I could find. “ But he wasnt just waiting out the ye
12、ar. He spent the rest of his search updating his skills, including becoming certified in new database and project-management software. “You have to invest in yourself,“ Mr. Bellavance says. “I estimated what technology was going to be the most beneficial and chose applications that were going to be
13、pervasive, that were right for my market, and that were going to ensure top pay. “ In addition to income from the occasional IT-consulting assignment, he relied on a combination of displaced-worker-retraining grants and unemployment benefits. “I went out and found the classes, submitted the paperwor
14、k, and dealt with the bureaucracy. You have to stay after them, keeping your benefits moving forward. Its up to you to make it work with your overall transition plan,“ he says. His job search was one month shy of the full year hed expected. He looked for work during his training and says he would ha
15、ve finished the certification programs even if hed been hired before completing them. “People should not feel guilty“ about accepting government aid, he says. “I saw this in a lot of people. They felt they were some kind of loser for taking benefits. My advice is: Get all you can. Youve been paying
16、for these programs in your entire career, and you may as well start to benefit from them. “ Family Matters In addition to pursuing training or volunteering, some displaced careerists use their time off work to attend to family matters. Many executives rediscover their children or find time to help t
17、heir parents. Stanford Rappaport held three jobs in San Francisco, including high-tech and teaching positions. When he was laid off from the high-tech job last year, he knew it might be a long slog before he could get another post like it in the Bay Area. “I was able to do the math,“ says Mr. Rappap
18、ort, 46. “The number of people laid off: huge; and the number of available jobs: miniscule. At the time, I thought it might be two or three years before the tech industry recovered.“ Mr. Rappaport s remaining job, a part-time faculty position with City College of San Francisco, didnt pay enough to s
19、upport him. After a couple of months of searching with no results, he decided to escape the Northern California jobs meltdown. “My plan,“ he says, “was to get out of an expensive living situation, and either seek work in another section of the U.S. or overseas, for those two years. “ Mr. Rappaport,
20、who speaks five languages, had worked overseas before. Before he found an assignment, his Arkansas-based mother was diagnosed with a serious chronic illness, and he was called into duty as a son. Mr. Rappaport was able to help his mother get her affairs in order not to interrupt his search by using
21、a San Francisco mail drop and cellphone. “I continued to look for work in California while I was in Fayetteville, Ark. , helping my mother through this crisis.“ He took his mother to medical appointments, made repairs on her house, bought her a better car, and straightened Cut her legal and financia
22、l affairs. “I even got to go through my fathers effects, which in the five years since he had died were simply piled in boxes in his office, “ he says. Mr. Rappaports stay in Arkansas lasted six months. “Its amazing that at this stage I had the opportunity to spend a significant amount of time with
23、my mother and improve her life and get a lot of things done for her. Most people never have that opportunity. Im very thankful that I had the chance. It was absolutely worth it,“ he says. One of the unexpected benefits was the huge boost in confidence he gained from his role as caregiver. Hed been f
24、eeling depressed and defeated when he left California, but after returning, he felt renewed. He landed a job with a former employer after returning to San Francisco and remains a part-time faculty member. Discovery and Exploration Instead of spending time off lamenting your unemployed status, ask yo
25、urself: “Is there something Ive always wanted to do but havent because of the demands of my job?“ Felice Fisk, a 29-year-old in Seattle, recently left an account-manager position at a contract-furniture company. During seven months of unemployment, she took an interest in fine-art painting and compl
26、eted 18 pieces before returning to work. “I found the art work, or some kind of creative outlet, to be really beneficial,“ she says. Shes now an interior designer for an interior-design firm. Michael Ross, 42, a former IT administrator in El Cerrito, Calif., recently spent his 10 months of unemploym
27、ent playing guitar and exploring his lifelong interest in scriptwriting and the movie business. “After 18 years at my former employer and how hard I had worked, I knew I had to recover, to get restored,“ he says. “I looked at this as an opportunity, rather than a penalty. This was very much about cl
28、earing space for me.“ At the executive level, even a very efficient and successful job search may be quite lengthy. It makes sense to spend that time in an enriching and productive manner. These job seekers pursued service, continuing education and shoring up family bonds. How youll look back on a p
29、eriod of unemployment depends on what you do with it. （分数：71.00）(1).This passage mainly tells that being unemployed is not all bad.（分数：7.10）A.YB.NC.NG(2).Unemployment means a lot of time, especially for those hard-charging executives who are not used to having any free time.（分数：7.10）A.YB.NC.NG(3).Li
30、sa Perez found a new interest in homemaking during the period of unemployment.（分数：7.10）A.YB.NC.NG(4).Lisa Perez was always optimistic during the period of her unemployment.（分数：7.10）A.YB.NC.NG(5).After she got a new job, Lisa Perez regretted that she had not done volunteering work earlier.（分数：7.10）A.
31、YB.NC.NG(6).Michael Ross resigned and spent his unemployment time playing guitar and exploring his lifelong interest in scriptwriting and the movie business for he looked at this as an opportunity, rather than a penalty.（分数：7.10）A.YB.NC.NG(7).Mr. Bellavance cashed out his pension, sold his house and
32、 unloaded things he didnt need at garage after losing his job in order to change his finances into survival mode.（分数：7.10）A.YB.NC.NG(8).Being a volunteer is helpful because volunteer assignments can provide you with chances to meet 1people.（分数：7.10）填空项 1:_(9).When unemployed, some careerists take th
33、e opportunity to 1 family matters in addition to pursuing training or volunteering.（分数：7.10）填空项 1:_(10).The role as caregiver brought about a huge boost in 1 to Mr. Rappaport. After returning from California, he felt renewed.（分数：7.10）填空项 1:_三、Listening Comprehens(总题数：1，分数：15.00)A.The woman had forgo
34、tten Maxims phone number.B.The man saw Maxim on the street two months ago.C.Maxim and the woman had not been in touch for some time.D.The woman made a phone call to Maxim yesterday.A.The library is closed on weekends.B.He was not allowed to check out the book.C.He had no idea where the book was.D.He
35、 didnt get the book he needed.A.In a clothing store.B.In a barbershop.C.In a bank.D.In a school.A.They will limit their teaching to certain subjects only.B.They will be replaced by online education sooner or later.C.They will continue to exist along with online education.D.They will attract fewer ki
36、ds as online education expands.A.He didnt like it at all.B.He liked some parts of it.C.He didnt think much of it.D.He enjoyed it as a whole.A.Bring her flowers every day.B.Leave his job to work for her.C.Quit delivering flowers.D.Work at a restaurant.A.The woman missed registration for the biology c
37、ourse.B.The woman got a wrong class permit.C.The woman misplaced her class permit for biology.D.The woman arrived for registration too early.A.Drop one course and do it next semester.B.Do the assignments towards the end of the semester.C.Take courses with a lighter workload.D.Quit the history course
38、 and choose another one instead.四、Section B(总题数：2，分数：10.00)A.To get the best of your lifecontinuing education.B.Continuing education for a better job and better salary.C.To learn what we enjoy in continuing education.D.Continuing education for people with initiative.A.Marie has fulfilled herself in
39、life and work after continuing education.B.Marie has guts to take the continuing education and succeeded.C.By taking continuing education, Marie became the Chief Nurse.D.Continuing education makes Marie make good use of her full potential.A.Education.B.Medicine.C.Handicraft.D.Literature.A.20.B.25.C.
40、35.D.45A.He is interested in it.B.He is fed up with it.C.He feels inspired about it.D.He likes it more than before.A.The manager wasnt in the office.B.The manager was so demanding that he was afraid to speak out.C.The manager didnt give him a chance to talk.D.The manager is always on the road.A.To f
41、ind a new job in a bank.B.To keep the position.C.To apply for going abroad.D.To talk with the general manager.A.How to improve your reasoning ability.B.Why classical music is popular with math students.C.The difference between classical music and rock music.D.The effects of music on the results of m
42、ath tests.A.Because it keeps you calm.B.Because it strengthens your memory.C.Because it stimulates your nerve activity.D.Because it improves your problem solving strategies.A.The effects of music do not last long.B.Piano music could interfere with your reasoning ability.C.Music, whether classical or
43、 rock, helps improve your memory.D.The more you listen to music, the higher your test scores will be.A.How to distinguish peoples faces.B.How to describe peoples personality.C.How to distinguish people both inward and outward.D.How to differ good persons from bad persons.A.To give an example that bo
44、th human beings and animals can recognize faces.B.To tell how a skilled writer could describe all the features of different people.C.To indicate how pigeons and people look different.D.To show how faces are like fingers.A.Physician.B.Psychologist.C.Fictional writer.D.Historian.A.His physical appeara
45、nce and his action.B.His way of speaking and behaving.C.His learning and behavior.D.His way of acting and thinking.A.He fell into the river but couldnt swim.B.He fell into the river together with his bike.C.He had his foot caught between two posts in the river.D.He dived into the river but couldnt r
46、each the surface.A.He jumped into the river immediately.B.He took off his coat and jumped into the water.C.He dashed down the bridge to save the boy.D.He shouted out for help.A.He asked what the young mans name was.B.He asked the young man to take him home.C.He gave his name and then ran away.D.He t
47、hanked the young man and then ran away.六、Section C(总题数：1，分数：10.00)If parents bring up a child with the aim of turning the child into a (36) 1, they will cause a disaster. According to several leading educational (37) 2, this is one of the biggest mistakes that (38) 3parents make. Generally, the chil
48、d will be only too aware of what the parent expects, and will fail. Unrealistic parental (39) 4can cause great damage to children. However, if parents are not too (40) 5about what they expect their children to do, but are in a (41) 6way, the child may succeed in doing very well especially if the par
49、ents are very supportive of their child. Michael Li is very lucky. He is crazy about music, and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and arranging (42) 7piano and violin lessons for him. Although Michaels mother knows very little about music, Michaels father plays the trumpet in a large (43) 8. However, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if h
