1、大学英语四级综合-17 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Short Answer Questio(总题数：1，分数：20.00)Between now and 2010, personalized services will become commonplace, business and economy-class Web services will be introduced; and consumers will take control of their digital identities. Not only will the Net support a v
2、ariety of new access devices, but it will also become the primary vehicle for voice, data and video transmission. Already, a group Of communication giants, including AT and consumers will take control of their digital identities. Not only will the Net support a variety of new access devices, but it
3、will also become the primary vehicle for voice, data and video transmission. Already, a group Of communication giants, including AT&T, has formed an alliance called Embedded Intemet, which aims to accelerate the market for globally networked, intelligent devices in homes, offices and factories world
4、wide.Putting everything and everyone on the Net will open up new commercial opportunities. For example, when you visit a new place, your mobile device, knowing your preferences will automatically suggest the restaurants that serve your favorite wines and foods, list the shows you might like to see,
5、then provide you with maps for how to get there, says Joy, whose company is designing Jini, a networking system to automatically link computing devices. The new services electronically link up buyers and sellers who have had no prior contact and may want to do business with each other only once.Thes
6、e applications will take bandwidth(宽带) and lots of it. Some of the sectors biggest companies are working on making the Internet 1,000 times faster and more reliable. Internet service providers will charge accordingly, just as travelers pay different fares for first or second class. The system is sup
7、posed to give consumers flexibility, allowing them to reserve bandwidth when they need it.（分数：20.00）(1).Services, such as _ can be found in 2010.（分数：4.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：personalized services，business and economy-class Web services）解析：解析 细节题。由文章第一段第一句可以找到答案，commonplace 意为“平常的，平凡的”。(2).Embedded Intemet
8、 is an alliance to_.（分数：4.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：accelerate the market for networked devices）解析：解析 细节题。由第一段最后一句可知 Embedded Internet是由 a group ofcommunication giants组成的，它的目的在于促进全球网络市场的扩展。(3).Jini is a networking system that_.（分数：4.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：automatically links computing devices）解析：解析 细节题。由第二段 a netw
9、orking system to automatically link computing devices可得出本题的正确答案。(4).According to Joy, what will give you a lot of helpful information when you visit a new place?（分数：4.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：Mobile device）解析：解析 细节题。由第二段 when you visit a new place可知，当我们到了一个新地方时，mobile device能给我们提供许多信息。(5).According to the l
10、ast paragraph, what do some biggest companies try to do?（分数：4.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：To make the Internet 1，000 times faster and more reliable）解析：解析 细节题。由文章最后一段第二句话 some of the sectors biggest companies are working on making the Internet 1，000 times faster and more reliable 得出此题的答案。二、Cloze(总题数：1，分数：60.00)
11、More and more, the operations of our businesses, governments, and financial institutions are controlled by information that exists only inside computer memories. Anyone clever enough to (1) this information for his own purposes can reap big reward. Even (2) , a number of people who have done this an
12、d been caught at it have managed to get (3) without punishment.Its easy for computer crimes to (4) undetected if no one checks up (5) what the computer is doing. (6) even if the crime is (7) , the criminal may walk away not only (8) but with a glowing recommenda- tion from his former employers.Of co
13、urse, we have no statistics on crimes (9) go undetected. But its disturbing to note how many of the crimes we do know about were detected (10) accident, not by systematic inspections or other security procedures. The computer criminals who have been caught (11) have been the victims of uncommonly ba
14、d luck.Unlike other lawbreakers, (12) must leave the country, commit suicide, or go to jail, computer criminals sometimes (13) punishment, demanding not only that they not be charged but that they (14) given good recommendations and perhaps other benefits. All too often, their demands have been met.
15、Why? Because company executives are (15) of the bad publicity that would result if the public found out that their (16) had been misused. They hesitate (17) the thought of a (18) boasting in open court of (19) he juggled (诈骗) the most confidential (秘密的) records right under the noses of the companys
16、executives, accountants, and security staff. And so another computer criminal departs with just the recommendations he needs to continue his crimes (20) .（分数：60.00）A.moveB.modify C.modelD.minimize解析：解析 词义辨析题。开篇提到“越来越多的公司、政府和金融机构在运作中都由存在于计算机存储器内的信息来单独控制”，由此可见信息资料的重要性，结合句意“那些足够聪明，能_这些信息以达到个人目的的人就可以获得巨
17、大的收益”可知，B(修订，修改)正确；move 意为“移动”；model 意为“模仿”；minimize 意为“最小化”。A.worse B.littleC.betterD.best解析：解析 逻辑衔接题。上句讲信息犯罪；本句讲一些人犯此罪被捕后，竞能设法逃脱而不受任何惩罚。本句描述的情形显然比上句的更糟，所以 A正确。A.toB.outC.aboutD.away 解析：解析 惯用搭配题。get to 意为“到达，开始”；get out 意为“出去，离开，泄露”；get about意为“走动，传开，参加社会活动”；get away 意为“逃脱，离开”。句中的 have done this指上文
18、的信息犯罪。根据已知信息犯罪被捕后仍不受惩罚，那只能是因为他们逃脱了。A.go B.remainC.comeD.bring解析：解析 词义辨析题。go 除了表“走动”之意外，还可作系动词，和形容词构成系表结构，含“进行，发展，变得”之意。结合句意可知，A 正确；remain 意为“保持，逗留”；come 意为“来临，出现”；bring 意为“带来”。而且从第三段的第一句话也可得出答案。A.withB.toC.on D.by解析：解析 惯用搭配题。check up on 是惯用搭配，意为“检查，核查”，所以 C正确。A.HoweverB.But C.ThereforeD.And解析：解析 逻辑衔
19、接题。由上下文关系及句中的 even if(即使)可知，空格处应填入表示转折关系的连词，故选 B。however 也表示转折关系，但使用时要以逗号隔开，故排除。A.discoveredB.arrestedC.caughtD.detected 解析：解析 逻辑衔接题。本题属于反义复现，上文提到计算机罪犯不容易被识破(undetected)，由该句表强调的 even if及 walk away not onlybut可知，D(识破)正确。discover 意为“发现”，指发现一直存在、但以往未被人们发现的东西，所以排除；arrest 意为“逮捕”；catch 意为“捕捉”：这三项均排除。A.pun
20、ishB.punishedC.unpunished D.unpunish解析：解析 逻辑衔接题。结合语法逻辑结构知识可推断，空格处应填入过去分词，再结合句意可知，C正确。A.that B.thisC.whatD.those解析：解析 语法结构题。本句为定语从句，空格处内容在从句中作主语，再结合选项可知，A 正确。A.inB.onC.by D.with解析：解析 惯用搭配题。by accident 是惯用搭配，意为“偶然地，意外地”，所以 C正确。A.may B.shouldC.wouldD.will解析：解析 逻辑衔接题。上句提到，很多计算机犯罪是无意中被发现的，而非经过系统的监察或其他安全程
21、序。选项中 may意为“可能”，表示推测；should have done 表示“本应该做而没有做”，所以由句意可知 A正确。would 和 will无推测之意。A.whoseB.whereC.who D.which解析：解析 语法结构题。本句为非限制性定语从句，空格处所填关系词在从句中作主语，且先行词指代人，故选 C。A.escape B.leaveC.getD.make解析：解析 逻辑衔接题。由句首 Unlike other lawbreakerscommit suicide，or go to jail 可知，计算机罪犯的情况正好相反，再结合选项可知，A 正确，escape punishm
22、ent 意为“逃脱惩罚”。A.wereB.be C.arcD.been解析：解析 语法结构题。结合空格前的内容可以推断，空格处所在句子和空格前一样也是被动句，且在 demand引导的从句中，是虚拟语气，谓语用“(should)+动词原形”的形式，故选 B。suggest，demand，insist 等动词后的宾语从句是虚拟语气，谓语用“(should)+动词原形”。A.eagerB.afraid C.gladD.thinking解析：解析 惯用搭配题。be afraid of 意为“害怕，担忧”；eager 的习惯用法为 be eager for/about/affer(渴望，渴求，争取)和
23、be eager to do sth(渴望做)；be glad to do sth意为“乐意做某事”；think of 意为“考虑，关心，想起”。结合句意可知，B 正确。A.staffB.employeesC.companiesD.computers 解析：解析 逻辑衔接题。本文主要谈论计算机犯罪，结合空格后的 be misused(被滥用)可知，该从句的主语应该是物，所以 D正确。A.at B.inC.onD.by解析：解析 惯用搭配题。at the thought of 是惯用搭配，意为“一想起”，所以 A正确。A.staffB.computerC.criminal D.executive
24、解析：解析 词义辨析题。criminal 意为“罪犯”，结合句意“_在法庭上炫耀，他们如何在公司的管理人员、会计和保安的眼皮底下获得内部机密材料”可知，C 正确。staff 意为“全体人员”，computer意为“电脑”，executive 意为“执行者”，均排除。A.how B.whenC.whatD.where解析：解析 逻辑衔接题。根据句法结构可排除 C；根据句意可知，空格处应填入表示“如何”之意的词，而不是“哪里”或“何时”，故选 A。under the nose of sb/under ones nose 意为“当着的面，在眼皮子底下”例如：They even deal drags
25、right under the noses of the police他们甚至在警察的眼皮底下买卖毒品。A.whereB.whereverC.anywhereD.elsewhere 解析：解析 逻辑衔接题。由空格前的 continue his crimes(继续他的犯罪行为)可知，D 正确。三、Translation(总题数：5，分数：20.00)1.It is futile to discuss the matter further, because 1(你和我今天不会在任何问题上达成一致).（分数：4.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：neither you nor I am going
26、to agree upon anything today）解析：解析 该句需注意，neithernor 意思是“两者都不”，作主语时，谓语动词应该遵循“就近原则”。“就什么问题达成一致”可以译成 agree upon sth。2.Though by no means rich, 1(但他目前的境况比以往任何时候都要好).（分数：4.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：he was better off than at any other period in his life）解析：解析 该句中“经济状况好的，富裕的”可以译成 better off；“比以往任何时候”要用比较级；“在人生的某个阶段
27、”介词应该用 at。3. 1(只有当你快要失去什么人时) that you become fully conscious of how much you value him.（分数：4.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：It is only/when you nearly lose someone）解析：解析 该句主要考查强调句型“只有当你”，即 It is only when。“将要”用副词 nearly表达，“失去某人”译成 lose someone。4.Had it not been for the fact that he broke his leg, 1 (他可能就通过考试了).（分
28、数：4.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：he might have passed the exam）解析：解析 该句考查虚拟语气的运用，意为：“如果他的腿没有受伤，他可能就通过考试了。”主句用“might have+过去分词”，从句用过去完成时态。5.Fie is quite worn out from years of hard work. 1(他 不是二十年前的他了).（分数：4.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：He is not the man that he was twenty years ago）解析：解析 该句难点在于关系代词的选择，因为关系代词在从句中作表语，因此应该用 that引导。此外，该句也可以用表语从句来表达，答案也可以为 He is not what he was twenty years ago
