1、大学英语四级 269及答案解析(总分：746.58，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 The Advantages of Part-time Jobs. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese: 1目前很多大学生都在做兼职工作。 2做兼职工作的好处。
2、3结论。 （分数：30.00）_二、Reading Comprehensio(总题数：1，分数：71.00)Doesnt that sound terribly yellow to you? “I cant say. Im colour blind“, was my flat-mates response. And that was that for another twenty odd years, when by chance I came across an article in a newspaper on research into synaesthesia(共感觉) at a Lo
3、ndon hospital. At last, I understood my interpretation of the world through colour. What is synaesthesia? Synaesthesia is the subjective sensation of a sense other than the one being stimulated. For example, the sight of a word may evoke sensations of colour or the sound of music may also have a sim
4、ilar effect, as my taste. Or, to put it simply, synaesthetes, i.e. people with synaesthesia, have their senses hooked together, so that they experience several senses simultaneously. History To those not already aware of it, synaesthesia seems a new phenomenon. Yet, it is far from new. In 1690, John
5、 Locke, the philosopher, wrote of a blind man with synaesthetic capabilities. The first reference in the medical field was in 1710, by Thomas Woodhouse, an English ophthalmologist. In his Theory of Colour, the German writer, Goethe, talked about colour and the senses. The poet, Arthur Rimbaud, wrote
6、 about synaesthesia in his 187 poem Vouyelles, as did another French poet Baudilaire, in Correspondance. So, synaesthesia has a respectable history. Sufferers Synaesthesia is understandably met with a certain degree of scepticism, since it is something beyond the ken of the vast majority of people.
7、Son et lumiere shows in the 19th century were an attempt at combining the senses in a public display, but such displays were not capable of conveying the sensations experienced by involuntary synaesthesia, as the ability which synaesthetes experience is called. There has been a number of well-docume
8、nted synaesthetes. Alexander Scriabin, the Russian composer, (1871-1915) tried to express his own synaesthetic abilities in his symphony Prometheus, the Poem of Fire (1992). And another Russian, Rimsky-Korsakov, noted the colour associations musical keys possessed. For example, Scriabin saw C major
9、as red, while to Rimsky-Korsakov it was white, Arthur Bliss, an English composer, base his 1922 Colour Symphony on the concept of synaesthesia. He did not claim to be a synaesthete; his colour choices were arbitrary and the project was an intellectual exercise. In the field of the visual arts, proba
10、bly the best-known artist with synaesthetic capabilities is the Russian artist. Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944), credited with being the founder of abstract painting. It is said he experienced “sensory fusion“ at a performance of Wagners Lohengrin, with the music producing colours before his eyes. He
11、did not see colours solely in terms of objects, but associated them with sounds. He even composed an opera, Der Gelbe Klang (The Yellow Sound), which was a mixture of colour, light, dance and sound. A New Sight on Synaesthesia For many people with synaesthesia, knowing that what they have been exper
12、iencing has both a name and a history and that they are among a number of notable sufferers is a revelation. Initially, they often feel that there is something wrong psychologically or mentally, or that everyone feels that way. Then they realize with a thud that other people do not. Suppression is a
13、n option, but unwittingly some people have managed to make use of the ability to their advantage. While the condition of synaesthesia may hamper many people because of its disorienting effects, it can also open up a range of new skills. It is not unusual for people who have synaesthesia to be creati
14、ve and imaginative. As many studies have shown, memory is based to some extent on association. Synaesthetes find they are able to remember certain things with great ease. The person who associates the shape able to remember a longer sequence of words; and the same goes for other areas where memory n
15、eeds to be used. Drawbacks But this condition like all gifts, has its drawbacks. Some people see words as colours; others even individual letters and syllables, so that a word becomes a kaleidoscope of colour. Beautiful though such a reading experience may be, synaesthesia can cause problems with bo
16、th reading and writing. Reading can take longer, because one has to wade through all the colours, as well as the words! And, because the colour sequences as well as the words have to fit together, writing is then equally difficult. （分数：71.00）(1).The writer is color blind.（分数：7.10）A.YB.NC.NG(2).Synae
17、thetes experience several senses at the same time.（分数：7.10）A.YB.NC.NG(3).Newspaper articles and TV news report about synaesthesia are appearing with monotonous regularity nowadays.（分数：7.10）A.YB.NC.NG(4).Synaethetes is a new phenomenon.（分数：7.10）A.YB.NC.NG(5).Mention of synaesthsia can be traced back
18、to the17th century.（分数：7.10）A.YB.NC.NG(6).It is strange that many people are sceptical about synaesthsia.（分数：7.10）A.YB.NC.NG(7).Sonet lumiere shows the sensations experienced by involuntary synaesthesia. Son et lumiere.（分数：7.10）A.YB.NC.NG(8).People with synaesthesia have their senses mixed together,
19、 so they experience several senses_.（分数：7.10）_(9).Since a vast majority of people dont know synaesthesia at all, synaesthesia is understandably met with_.（分数：7.10）_(10).It is usual for people who have synaesthesia to be_.（分数：7.10）_三、Listening Comprehens(总题数：1，分数：15.00)A.1016.B.1060.C.508.D.580.A.He
20、is going to the hospital.B.He is showing his hand.C.He is letting her go.D.He is offering help.A.A shop assistant.B.A sales clerk.C.A waiter.D.A telephone operator.A.Father and daughter.B.Uncle and niece.C.Aunt and nephew.D.Cousins.A.She wasnt invited.B.She wasnt ready to come.C.She altered her deci
21、sion.D.She forget the invitation.A.The door needs repairing.B.He had lost all his keys.C.He couldnt open the door.D.He wanted the woman to help him.A.Hes rather happy to hear so.B.Hes disappointed to hear so.C.Hes unhappy to hear so.D.Hes surprised to hear so.A.He thought it was a good car.B.He thou
22、ght it was too noisy.C.He thought there was wrong with the car.D.He didnt like it.四、Section B(总题数：2，分数：10.00)A.Because he was not interested in the lecture.B.Because he didnt know there was a lecture.C.Because he had something wrong with his throat.D.Because he had to solve his problems on mathemati
23、cs.A.In 1834.B.In 1843.C.In 1855.D.In 1876.A.He was educated by private tutors until 1843.B.He dropped out of school to study law himself.C.His family was unable to afford to send him to school.D.He attended the Harvard University.A.A writer.B.An educator.C.A lawyer.D.A social worker.A.From the woma
24、n.B.From the newspaper.C.From the administration office.D.From his friends.A.Protect the campus buildings.B.Converse the old trees.C.Protect the open spaces.D.Organize protests.A.Some old trees.B.A lake.C.A picnicking area.D.A car park.A.Use of library facilities.B.Library regulations.C.Library pers
25、onnel.D.Location of the library.A.Book publishers.B.Librarians.C.New university students.D.Faculty members.A.Graduate students.B.Undergraduate students.C.Professors.D.Library employees.A.A rich man who owned a big wood.B.A poor Irishman who lived all by himself.C.A clever man who tried to get someth
26、ing to eat for his breakfast.D.An Irish hunter with a large family.A.He had not expected such a bold question from Pat.B.He wondered why Pat didnt run away.C.Pat wasnt afraid of him.D.Pat had a gun in his hands.A.To get a little exercise.B.To take in some fresh air.C.Hoping to get something to eat.D
27、.To visit the rich owner.A.European expeditions in the 1700s.B.The growth of Los Angeles.C.Famous sites in Los Angeles.D.The entertainment industry.A.The oceans and the gold rush.B.Tourism and the entertainment industry.C.The railroads and the discovery of oil.D.Sea trade and the airplane industry.A
28、.300 years.B.50 years.C.200 years.D.100 years.六、Section C(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Missouri State University and IBM officials announced that the university has joined IBMs Academic Initiative to better prepare students to be (36) 1leaders in technology and business. The partnership will (37) 2 students with
29、to a wide range of free IBM software, hardware and services resourcesvalued at $5 million. IBM Academic Initiative is a (38) 3that offers university and students a host of educational (39) 4to encourage the use of open standards technologies. By joining this initiative, universities receive free (40
30、) 5to IBM software, free course material, training and curriculum development and (41) 6hardware. IBM is currently working with more than 1,900 universities, 11,000 (42) 7members and 450,000 students around the world to promote open source and open standards. The US Department of Labor reports an (4
31、3) 8opportunity exists in all technological fields. (44) 9. And, that one out of every four jobs in this decade will be in IT. It notes, however, that colleges and universities will have to quadruple (使成四倍) their number of graduates by 2008 in order to meet this demand. “With the support of IBMs Aca
32、demic Initiative, (45) 10,“ said a Professor. “The increased global competition in the technology sector is encouraging national universities to take a more proactive approach to developing technology talent. At Missouri State, (46) 11. （分数：10.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项
33、1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_七、Reading Comprehensio(总题数：2，分数：355.00)The fridge is considered a necessity. It has been so since the 1960s when packaged food first appeared with the label: “store in the refrigerator“. In my fridgeless Fifties childhood, I was fed well and healthily. The milkman came daily,
34、 the grocer, the butcher (肉商), the baker, and the ice-cream man delivered two or three times a week. The Sunday meat would last until Wednesday and surplus (剩余的) bread and milk became all kinds of cakes. Nothing was wasted, and we were never troubled by rotten food, thirty years on, food deliveries
35、have ceased, fresh vegetables are almost unobtainable in the country. The invention of the fridge contributed comparatively little to the art of food preservation. A vast way of well-tried techniques already existednatural cooling, drying, smoking, salting, sugaring, bottling . What refrigeration di
36、d promote was marketingmarketing hardware and electricity, marketing soft drinks, marketing dead bodies of animals around the globe in search of a good price. Consequently, most of the worlds fridges are to be found, not in the tropics where they might prove useful, but in the wealthy countries with
37、 mild temperatures where they are climatically almost unnecessary. Every winter, millions of fridges hum away continuously, and at vast expense, busily maintaining an artificially- cooled space inside an artificially-heated house while outside, nature provides the desired temperature free of charge.
38、 The fridges effect upon the environment has been evident, while its contribution to human happiness has been insignificant. If you dont believe me, try it yourself, invest in a food cabinet and turn off your fridge next winter. You may miss the hamburgers (汉堡包) . but at least youll get rid of that
39、terrible hum. （分数：177.50）(1).The statement “In my fridgeless Fifties childhood, I was fed well and healthily.“ (Line 1, Para.2) suggests that_.（分数：35.50）A.the author was well-fed and healthy even without a fridge in his fiftiesB.the author was not accustomed to use fridges even in his fiftiesC.there
40、 was no fridge in the authors home in the 1950sD.the fridge was in its early stage of development in the 1950s(2).Why does the author say that nothing was wasted before the invention of fridges?（分数：35.50）A.People would not buy more food than was necessary.B.Food was delivered to people two or three
41、times a week.C.Food was sold fresh and did not get rotten easily.D.People had effective ways to preserve their food.(3).Who benefited the least from fridges according to the author?（分数：35.50）A.Inventors.B.Consumers.C.Manufacturers.D.Traveling salesmen.(4).Which of the following phrases in the fifth
42、paragraph indicates the fridges negative effect on the environment?（分数：35.50）A.Hum away continuously.B.Climatically almost unnecessary.C.Artificially-cooled space.D.With mild temperatures.(5).What is the authors overall attitude toward fridges?（分数：35.50）A.Neutral.B.Critical.C.Objective.D.Compromisin
43、g.When they advise your kids to “get an education“ if you want to raise your income, they tell you only half the truth. What they really mean is to get just enough education to provide manpower for your society, but not too much that you prove an embarrassment to your society. Get a high school dipl
44、oma, at least. Without that, you are occupationally dead, unless your name happens to be George Bernard Shaw or Thomas Alva Edison and you can successfully drop out in grade school. Get a college degree, if possible. With a B.A., you are on the launching pad (发射台). But now you have to start to put o
45、n the brakes. If you go for a masters degree, make sure it is an M. B. A. , and only from a first-rate university. Beyond this, the famous law of diminishing returns (报酬递减律) begins to take effect. Do you know, for instance, that long-haul truck drivers earn more a year than full professors? Yes, the
46、 average 1977 salary for those truckers was $24,000, while the full professors managed to average just $ 23,930. A Ph. D. is the highest degree you can get, but except in a few specialized fields such as physics or chemistry, where the degree can quickly be turned to industrial or commercial purpose
47、s, you are facing a dim future. There are more Ph. Ds unemployed or underemployed in this country than in any other part of the world by far. If you become a doctor of philosophy in English or history or anthropology or political science or languages orworst of allin philosophy, you run the risk of becoming overeducated for our national demands. Not for our needs, mind you, but for our demands. Thousands of Ph. D.s are selling shoes, driving cabs, waiting on tables and filling out fruitless applications month after month. And then maybe taking a job i
