1、大学英语四级分类模拟题 335 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)Hollywood Forsakes History for EventsA. Oprah Winfrey calls Beloved the black equivalent of Schindler“s List. To be sure, every ethnic group has a right, and perhaps even a duty, to protect its painful history onto the s
2、ilver screen. If white southerners of generations past were entitled to Birth of Nation and Gone with the Wind , then surely the black experience in the South can be told in film, too, from Cabin in the Sky to Rosewood. B. Once upon a time, Hollywood recreated history with regularity; wizened charac
3、ter actor George Arliss made a career in anachronistic costume, playing everyone from Benjamin Disraeli to Cardinal Richelieu to Baron Rothschild. But, today, studio-nomics cuts against routinized Hollywood historicism. So instead filmgoers get “event“ histories, from Titanic to Saving Private Ryan
4、. The blitz for Beloved, which opened Friday, includes Oprah on a dozen magazine covers. C. The tagline of the film, “The past has a life of its own,“ is a southern Gothicism that echoes the grand master of that genre, William Faulkner, who famously observed, “The past is not dead. In fact, it is no
5、t even past.“ D. Beloved is based on the true story of a black woman who tried to kill her children rather than see them returned to slavery. And while the film, drawn from Toni Morrison“s novel, strives toward what the historian Thomas Carlyle called “the inner fact of things,“ its magical-realist
6、Anne Riceish dimension undercuts its moral impact. E. But the bigger problem Beloved will face is its emphasis on victimization. And, while every tragedy is worth telling, perhaps, if the tale is tragic and only that, its audience will be limited. Indeed, sometimes bleak sadness is crowded out by ev
7、en bleaker sadness, leaving some genocides little noted, as in Armenia and, today, Rwanda. F. Closer to home, the recent murder of Matthew Shepard, a gay college student in Laramie, Who, reminds us that new tragedies are always in the making. G. If brutality is the norm in human history, then what“s
8、 most dramatically compelling are chronicles of men and women who rise above the iniquity around them. That explains why the 1989 movie Glory, in which Denzel Washington won an Oscar for his portrayal of black soldier fighting for Union and Emancipation in the Civil War, has achieved such resonance.
9、 H. Of course, one might conclude from the movie that Morrison“s real target is not so much slavery as it is masculinity. The men in the film, black and white, are either irrelevant or irredeemably evil, so infamous that they would suck the milk out of a woman“s breasts to deprive her children of su
10、stenance. When a male character tells Winfrey, “I never mistreated a woman in my life,“ she snaps back: “Well, that makes one of you.“ I. As a group, women deserve their place in the cinematic sun, but the unmistakable message of Beloved and for that matter, Morrison“s other workis not the promise o
11、f harmony, but rather the persistence, even the permanence, of male-female inequality. And so Beloved may not be a work of historical memory at all, but rather yet another salvo in the continuing culture war that rages today.（分数：25.00）(1).The story in Beloved came from a fact about a black woman.（分数
12、：2.50）(2).In 1989, Denzel Washington won an Oscar for his outstanding performance as a brave in Glory.（分数：2.50）(3).What is shown obviously in Beloved is the permanent inequality between male and female.（分数：2.50）(4).To each human race, it is the right and responsibility to protect its miserable histo
13、ry onto the silver screen.（分数：2.50）(5).It can be concluded from Beloved that the author“s genuine target is masculinity.（分数：2.50）(6).Stories about men and women who fight for the iniquity around them are most compelling.（分数：2.50）(7).Beloved , adapted from a novel, tries to get an access into the spi
14、ritual dimension.（分数：2.50）(8).If a story is nothing noteworthy but a tragedy, there will not be too many audiences.（分数：2.50）(9).Beloved reveals a long-drawn culture war rather than the history.（分数：2.50）(10).In the past Hollywood routinized the history, but now it doesn“t.（分数：2.50）Caring for Elderly
15、Parents Catches Many UnpreparedA. Last July, Julie Baldocchi“s mother had a massive stroke and was paralyzed. Baldocchi suddenly had to become a family caregiver, something that she wasn“t prepared for. “I was flying by the seat of my pants,“ says Baldocchi, an employment specialist in San Francisco
16、. Both of her parents are 83, and she knew her father couldn“t handle her mother“s care. The hospital recommended putting her mother in a nursing home. Baldocchi wasn“t willing to do that. But moving her back into her parents“ home created other problems. Baldocchi, 48, is married and lives about a
17、mile away from her parents. She has a full-time job and has back problems that make it difficult for her to lift her mother. “I couldn“t do it all,“ she says. “But I didn“t even know how to find help.“ B. With help from the Family Caregiver Alliance, she eventually hired a live-in caregiver. “But ev
18、en if you plan intellectually and legally, you“re never ready for the emotional impact,“ Baldocchi says. In the first two months after her mother“s stroke, she lost about 30 pounds as stress mounted. More than 42 million Americans provide family care-giving for an adult who needs help with daily act
19、ivities, according to a 2009 survey by the AARP. An additional 61.6 million provided at least some care during the year. And many are unprepared. C. While many parents lack an advance care directive, it“s the most basic and important step they can take. The directive includes several parts, includin
20、g: a durable power of attorney, which gives someone legal authority to make financial decisions on another“s behalf; a health care proxy, which is similar to the power of attorney, except it allows someone to make decisions regarding medical treatment; and a living will that outlines instructions fo
21、r end-of-life care. (For example, parents can say if they want to be kept alive by artificial measures.) “It“s invaluable for the kids, because it“s hard to make those decisions for a parent,“ says Jennifer Cona, an elder-law attorney at Genser Dubow Genser wizened character actor George Arliss made
22、 a career in anachronistic costume, playing everyone from Benjamin Disraeli to Cardinal Richelieu to Baron Rothschild. But, today, studio-nomics cuts against routinized Hollywood historicism. So instead filmgoers get “event“ histories, from Titanic to Saving Private Ryan . The blitz for Beloved, whi
23、ch opened Friday, includes Oprah on a dozen magazine covers. C. The tagline of the film, “The past has a life of its own,“ is a southern Gothicism that echoes the grand master of that genre, William Faulkner, who famously observed, “The past is not dead. In fact, it is not even past.“ D. Beloved is
24、based on the true story of a black woman who tried to kill her children rather than see them returned to slavery. And while the film, drawn from Toni Morrison“s novel, strives toward what the historian Thomas Carlyle called “the inner fact of things,“ its magical-realist Anne Riceish dimension under
25、cuts its moral impact. E. But the bigger problem Beloved will face is its emphasis on victimization. And, while every tragedy is worth telling, perhaps, if the tale is tragic and only that, its audience will be limited. Indeed, sometimes bleak sadness is crowded out by even bleaker sadness, leaving
26、some genocides little noted, as in Armenia and, today, Rwanda. F. Closer to home, the recent murder of Matthew Shepard, a gay college student in Laramie, Who, reminds us that new tragedies are always in the making. G. If brutality is the norm in human history, then what“s most dramatically compellin
27、g are chronicles of men and women who rise above the iniquity around them. That explains why the 1989 movie Glory, in which Denzel Washington won an Oscar for his portrayal of black soldier fighting for Union and Emancipation in the Civil War, has achieved such resonance. H. Of course, one might con
28、clude from the movie that Morrison“s real target is not so much slavery as it is masculinity. The men in the film, black and white, are either irrelevant or irredeemably evil, so infamous that they would suck the milk out of a woman“s breasts to deprive her children of sustenance. When a male charac
29、ter tells Winfrey, “I never mistreated a woman in my life,“ she snaps back: “Well, that makes one of you.“ I. As a group, women deserve their place in the cinematic sun, but the unmistakable message of Beloved and for that matter, Morrison“s other workis not the promise of harmony, but rather the pe
30、rsistence, even the permanence, of male-female inequality. And so Beloved may not be a work of historical memory at all, but rather yet another salvo in the continuing culture war that rages today.（分数：25.00）(1).The story in Beloved came from a fact about a black woman.（分数：2.50）解析：D解析 题干：电影宠儿中的故事来自于发
31、生在一名黑人女性身上的真事。题干关键词是fact 和 a black woman。文中 D 段第一句提到，宠儿基于一个真实的故事，一位黑人女性为不使自己的孩子重复自己做奴隶的命运，毅然将其杀死。与题干意思吻合，故选 D。(2).In 1989, Denzel Washington won an Oscar for his outstanding performance as a brave in Glory.（分数：2.50）解析：G解析 题干：1989 年，丹泽尔华盛顿凭借在电影光荣中饰演一个勇者的精彩表现荣获奥斯卡奖。题干关键词是 in 1989, Denzel Washington 和
32、Oscar。文中 G 段第二句提到，丹泽尔华盛顿凭借 1989 年的电影光荣荣获奥斯卡奖，因为他完美地诠释了黑人士兵在内战中为联盟和解放而奋战，引起人们的共鸣。与题干意思一致，故选 G。(3).What is shown obviously in Beloved is the permanent inequality between male and female.（分数：2.50）解析：I解析 题干：电影宠儿清晰地展示给我们的主题是男性和女性之间永久的不平等。题干关键词是 permanent, inequality 和 male and female。文中 I 段第一句提到作为一个群体，女性
33、应在电影艺术中占据一席之地，但是宠儿中传递出的显而易见的信息，关于这点，莫里森的其他工作并不是对和谐的承诺，而是坚持，甚至是永久对男女的不平等。与题干意思吻合，故选 I。(4).To each human race, it is the right and responsibility to protect its miserable history onto the silver screen.（分数：2.50）解析：A解析 题干：对每个人类种族而言，在银幕上保护自己悲惨的历史是他们的权利和责任。题干关键词是 right and responsibility, protect 和 silve
34、r screen。文中 A 段第二句提到，可以肯定的是，每个民族都有权利，甚至义务，在银幕上保护令人痛心的历史。与题干意思一致，故选 A。(5).It can be concluded from Beloved that the author“s genuine target is masculinity.（分数：2.50）解析：H解析 题干：从电影宠儿中，我们可以看到作者的真正目标是男子气概。题干关键词是 be concluded, target 和 masculinity。文中 H 段第一句提到，当然，我们也许能够从莫里斯的电影中总结出她真正的目标不是奴隶制而是男子气概。与题干意思吻合，故
35、选 H。(6).Stories about men and women who fight for the iniquity around them are most compelling.（分数：2.50）解析：G解析 题干：关于男人和女人为身边的一切不公平事情而战的故事是极具吸引力的。题干关键词是 fight for, iniquity 和 compelling。文中 G 段第一句提到，如果暴行是人类历史的准则，那么最吸引入眼球的还是男人和女人克服周遭邪恶力量的历史故事。与题干意思一致，故选 G。(7).Beloved , adapted from a novel, tries to ge
36、t an access into the spiritual dimension.（分数：2.50）解析：D解析 题干：宠儿改编自一部小说，它试图讲述精神层面的一些东西。题干关键词是adapted from 和 spiritual dimension。文中 D 段第二句提到，改编自托妮莫里森小说的这部电影，努力靠向历史学家托马斯卡莱尔所说的“内在的东西”。题干是对原文的改写，故选 D。(8).If a story is nothing noteworthy but a tragedy, there will not be too many audiences.（分数：2.50）解析：E解析 题
37、干：如果一个故事仅是一部悲剧，再没有其他值得注意的东西，那么观众不会太多。题干关键词是 noteworthy, tragedy 和 audiences。文中 E 段第二句提到，虽然，每个悲剧可能都是值得讲述的，但是，如果它只有悲剧情节，它的观众则是有限的。与题干意思一致，故选 E。(9).Beloved reveals a long-drawn culture war rather than the history.（分数：2.50）解析：I解析 题干：电影宠儿所展示的是一场持续很久的文化战争，而不是历史。题干关键词是long-drawn, culture war 和 history。文中 I
38、 段最后一句提到，宠儿也许并不是一件历史记忆的作品，更是另一场肆虐至今的文化战争的爆发。与题干意思吻合，故选 I。(10).In the past Hollywood routinized the history, but now it doesn“t.（分数：2.50）解析：B解析 题干：在过去好莱坞惯例化地呈现历史，但现在它不这样做了。题干关键词是 Hollywood和 routinized。文中 B 段第一二句提到，曾几何时，好莱坞规律性地重造历史；但是，在今天，工作室可以剪辑常规化的好莱坞历史，代替影迷所知的历史事件。与题干意思一致，故选 B。Caring for Elderly Pa
39、rents Catches Many UnpreparedA. Last July, Julie Baldocchi“s mother had a massive stroke and was paralyzed. Baldocchi suddenly had to become a family caregiver, something that she wasn“t prepared for. “I was flying by the seat of my pants,“ says Baldocchi, an employment specialist in San Francisco.
40、Both of her parents are 83, and she knew her father couldn“t handle her mother“s care. The hospital recommended putting her mother in a nursing home. Baldocchi wasn“t willing to do that. But moving her back into her parents“ home created other problems. Baldocchi, 48, is married and lives about a mi
41、le away from her parents. She has a full-time job and has back problems that make it difficult for her to lift her mother. “I couldn“t do it all,“ she says. “But I didn“t even know how to find help.“ B. With help from the Family Caregiver Alliance, she eventually hired a live-in caregiver. “But even
42、 if you plan intellectually and legally, you“re never ready for the emotional impact,“ Baldocchi says. In the first two months after her mother“s stroke, she lost about 30 pounds as stress mounted. More than 42 million Americans provide family care-giving for an adult who needs help with daily activ
43、ities, according to a 2009 survey by the AARP. An additional 61.6 million provided at least some care during the year. And many are unprepared. C. While many parents lack an advance care directive, it“s the most basic and important step they can take. The directive includes several parts, including:
44、 a durable power of attorney, which gives someone legal authority to make financial decisions on another“s behalf; a health care proxy, which is similar to the power of attorney, except it allows someone to make decisions regarding medical treatment; and a living will that outlines instructions for
45、end-of-life care. (For example, parents can say if they want to be kept alive by artificial measures.) “It“s invaluable for the kids, because it“s hard to make those decisions for a parent,“ says Jennifer Cona, an elder-law attorney at Genser Dubow Genser & Cona in Melville, N.Y. An advance care dir
46、ective is the first line of defense if a situation arises, says Kathleen Kelly, executive director of the Family Caregiver Alliance, which supports and educates caregivers. Without an advance directive, the family will have to petition the court to be appointed the parent“s legal guardian, says Agin
47、gC. D. It“s important for families to talk about long-term care so the adult children know their parents, preferences, wishes and goals, says Lynn Feinberg, a care-giving expert at AARP. But it“s not an easy conversation. Elderly parents are sometimes suspicious of their children“s financial motives
48、, says Susan John, a financial planner at Financial Focus in Wolfeboro, N.H. One client asked John to hold a family meeting because they needed an intermediary to talk about financial issues, she says. And when there are many siblings, the family decisions can become a three-ring circus with much ac
49、rimony, says Ann-Margaret Carrozza, an elder-law attorney in Glen Cove, N.Y. Families who need information and help sorting out disagreements can call on elder-law attorneys, financial planners, geriatric care managers and caregiver support groups. In February, AARP said it will offer its members a new care-giving support service through financial services firm Genworth. E. Many families are unprepared for quick decisions, especially when they find out that Medicare doesn“t pay for long-term care, Feinberg says. The median cost of a ye
