1、2003年6月四级考试真题答案真题 120Part I Listening Comprehension Section A Directions: In this section,you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversaiton, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once.After each question there wil
2、l be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A、B、C and D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.第1题：参考答案：B答案解析：W：Gorge, look at the long waiting line. I am glad youve made a reservati
3、on. M：More and more people enjoy eating out now. Besides, this place is especially popular with the overseas students. Q：Where did the conversation most probably take place?第2题：参考答案：B答案解析：M: I wonder if you can drop by tomorrow evening. The Stevensons are coming over to dinner. Id like you to meet t
4、hem. W: Sure, Id love to. Ive heard they are very interesting people. Q: What do we learn from the conversation?第3题：参考答案：A答案解析：W: The presentation made by Professor Jackson was complicated to understand. M: Well, I think he didnt speak slowly enough for us to take the notes. Q: What did the man comp
5、lain?第4题：参考答案：A答案解析：W: Youve got your apartment furnished, havent you? M: Ive bought some used furniture from Sunday market. It was a real bargain. Q: What does the man mean?第5题：参考答案：D答案解析：M: Mary doesnt want me to take the job. She says our child is too young. And the job requires much travelling.
6、W: You should talk to her again and see if you can find a way out. Think about the gains and losses before you make the decision. Q: What do we learn from the conversation?第6题：参考答案：A答案解析：M: I havent got my scores on the GRE test yet. Do you think I should call to make inquiries? W: There is no hurry
7、. The test scores are released at least eight weeks after the test. Q: What does the woman advise the man to do?第7题：参考答案：B答案解析：M: Have you finished reading the book you bought last month? W :Oh, I didnt read straight through the way you read a novel. I just covered a few chapters which interested me
8、 most. Q: How did the woman read the book?第8题：参考答案：B答案解析：W: Hello, Joe, Havent seen you for quite a while. Are you fine? M: Oh, yes, but not a thing to go against me. I had a car accident, only some minor injuries though. Q: What happened to Joe?第9题：参考答案：D答案解析：M: The taxi is waiting downstairs, lets
9、 hurry. W: Wait a minute. Ill take some food with us. I dont like the meal served on the train. Q: What are the speakers going to do?第10题：参考答案：A答案解析：W: Is that optional course as hard as everybody says? M: Its actually even worse, believe it or not. Q: What did the man say about the course?Section B
10、 Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A、B、C and D. Then mark the corr
11、esponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.听力原文 My father woke me up early one morning when I was fourteen, and announced Get up! You are going with me to cut grass. I felt proud and excited, because my father thought I was responsible enough to help him in his busine
12、ss. Still, that first day was very hard. From sunrise to sunset, my father, my younger brother and I cut and trimmed very large yards in a well-to-do part of the city. By the end of the day, I was exhausted, but I felt good. I had put in a hard days labor and had earned six dollars. One day, my fath
13、er spotted some leaves I had missed cutting, and pulled me aside. Cut that section again, he said firmly, and dont make me have to tell you to do it again. The message was clear. Today, I stress the importance of doing a job right the first time. In every job I have held, from cutting lawns to washi
14、ng dishes to working a machine on the construction site, I have learned something that helped me in my next job. If you work hard enough, you can learn from any job you do. 第11题：参考答案：C答案解析：How did the speaker feel when his father asked him to help cut grass?第12题：参考答案：C答案解析：What did the father do whe
15、n the speaker missed cutting some leaves?第13题：参考答案：B答案解析：What did the speaker want to tell us in this passage?听力原文 I live in a small village in the country. My wife and I run the village shop. We have a very peaceful life-boring, some might say, but we love it. We know all the people in the village,
16、 and have plenty of time to stop and chat. I have plenty of time for my hobbies, too-gardening, fishing, walking in the countryside. I love the outdoor life. It wasnt always like this, though. I used to have a really stressful job, working till late at the office every evening, and often bringing wo
17、rk home at the weekend. The advertising world is very competitive, and when I look back, I cant imagine how I stood it. I had no private life at all, no time for the really important things in life. Because of the pressure of the job, I used to smoke and drink too much. The crisis came when my wife
18、left me. She complained that she never saw me and that I had no time for family life. This made me realize what was really important to me. I talked things through with her, and decided to get back together again and to start a new and better life together. I gave up tobacco and alcohol and searched
19、 for new hobbies. Now, Im afraid of looking back, since the past life seemed a horrible dream. 第14题：参考答案：D答案解析：What did the speaker use to do for a living?第15题：参考答案：C答案解析：What do we know about the speakers life in the past第16题：参考答案：A答案解析：What made the speaker change his life style?听力原文 Where is the
20、University? is the question many visitors to Cambridge ask, but no one could point them in any one direction, because there is no campus. The university consists of 31 self-governing colleges. It has lecture hails, libraries, laboratories, museums and offices throughout the city. Individual colleges
21、 choose their own students who have to meet the minimum entrance requirements set by the university. Undergraduates usually live and study in their colleges where they are taught in very small groups. Lectures and laboratory and practical work are organized by the university and held in university b
22、uildings. There are over 10,000 undergraduates and 3,500 postgraduates. About 40 percent of them are women, and some 8 percent from overseas. As well as teaching, research is of major importance. Since the beginning of the 20th century, more than 60 university members have won Nobel Prizes. The univ
23、ersity has a huge number of buildings for teaching and research. It has more than 60 specialized subject libraries as well as the university library, which, as a copyright library, is entitled to a copy of every book published in Britain. Examinations are set and degrees are awarded by the universit
24、y. It allowed women to take the university exams in 1881, but it was not until 1948 that they were awarded degrees. 第17题：参考答案：A答案解析：Wiry is it difficult for visitors to locate Cambridge University?第18题：参考答案：C答案解析：What does the passage tell us about the colleges of Cambridge University?第19题：参考答案：D答案解
25、析：What can be learned from the passage about the libraries in Cambridge University?第20题：参考答案：C答案解析：What does the passage tell us about women students in Cambridge University?Part II Reading Comprehension Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unf
26、inished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A、B、C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.第21题：参考答案：B答案解析：B) 细节推理题。题干问：提及“同样的时间危机”（第二段第一行）Sardra Hofferth 意为。解题线索在文章第二段，即现在孩子的业余时间少了，
27、家长也忙于工作，因此家长与孩子都面临着同样的时间危机，即选项B)符合题意。第22题：参考答案：B答案解析：B) 态度观点题。题干问：作者认为Sandra Hoffeth列举的时间危机的原因。文章在第一段给出了很具体的年代及相当数字，很有说服力。四个选项：A)“部分正确”；B)“很具说服力”；C)“相当糊涂”；D）“毫无依据”。故选B）。第23题：参考答案：C答案解析：C) 事实细节题。题干问：作者认为，孩子如果会成长得更好。解题线索在文章第三段Play is the most powerful way a child explores the world and learns about hi
28、mself ”，与选项C）的论述一致，选项A)，B），D）都不符合题意，故选C）。第24题：参考答案：C答案解析：C) 细节推理题。题干问：作者关心美国孩子这一事实。分析四个选项:A)做家庭作业越来越少”，与文章第一段的“They also did more household work.”相悖；B）“花在看电视上的时间越来越多了”，是事实，但并非文章主要论及的内容；C)“参与越来越多的有组织的活动”，是作者文章论述的中心问题，即孩子们的业余时间越来越少，参加的活动多起来；D）“被有工作的母亲们冷落了”，表述有误。故选C)。第25题：参考答案：A答案解析：A) 推理判断题。题千问：由文章我们可
29、以推断出。分析四个选项：A）“大多数家长认为阅读对孩子有益”，从最后一段“If theyre spending less time in front of the TV set，however，kids arent re-placing it with reading.”知，家长之所以认为孩子们看电视是件好事，是因为即使孩子们少看电视，他们也不会用那些时间读书的，因此家长认为阅读还是有益的；B)“使孩子们对阅读提高兴趣的努力是卓有成效的”，由最后一段“Despite efforts to get kids more interested in books，the children spent
30、just over an hour a week reading.”知，努力的效果是不大的；C）“大多数孩子在关了电视后会读书”与文章相悖；D）“课外活动提高孩子们的智力”是文章未提及的，故选A)。第26题：参考答案：D答案解析：D）细节推断题。题干问：美国是一个典型的的国家。由文章第一段最后一句“By this he meant that the U. S. way of life is based on the values of business world”，知“美国的生活方式是建立在商业世界基础上的”。选项A)商业活动都得到科学的安排”，文章未提及；B)“(美国)鼓励国内外的自由贸易
31、”，文章未提及C)通常按照联邦的预算运作”，文章未提及D) “美国人最关心的事情就是如何赚钱”，符合文章的中心。故选D）。第27题：参考答案：B答案解析：B）事实细节题。题干问：商业对美国的影响可以通过事实看出来。解题线索在文章的第二段，“只需浏览一下美国的报纸就会使我们生动地了解商业对美国人是多么重要了”，及下文的举例论述。选项A)“大多数报纸由大的商业支持”，文章未提及；B）“艺术和文化都甚至被视为商业”，恰与第二段最后一句“The world of arts and entertainment is often referred to as“the entertainment indus
32、try”or “show business”相符(C)各行各亚的美国人都知道如何做生意”，文章中无支持论点；D)“甚至公共组织致力于创造利润”，与文中的论述不符。故选B)。第28题：参考答案：D答案解析：D) 事实细节题。题干问：由文章内容可知移民至美国的选择定居在美国的原因是他们梦想着。 解题线索在文章在第三段“so many people from all over the world come to live in the United states is the dream of a better job”知，移民者的梦想是找到更好的工作。选项A)“他们在美国将会一夜间发财”；B)“他
33、们在商业上更具竞争力”；C)“他们可以在美国开始做买卖”均是不确切或文章未提及的说法；选项D)“他们会有更好的就业机会”与上述分析相符合。故选D)。第29题：参考答案：A答案解析：A) 细节分析题。题干问：亨利福特的说法也有其消极的方面，因为。解题线素在文章的最后一段，即“the term big business-referring to the biggest companies，is seen in opposition to labor”。选项A)“大公司与劳工之间关系矛盾”符合文章论述；B)“许多工业由几个大资本家控制着”；C)“公共服务并非由联邦政府操纵”；D) “工人对争取自己的
34、权利丧失信心”都是文章朱提及的干扰信息。故选A)。第30题：参考答案：C答案解析：C) 事实细节题。题干问：公司努力降低支出提高利润导致。解题线索在文章最后一段最后一句，即“为降低支出提高利润而使成千上万的工人失业使许多人没有安全感。”选项A)“工人的工资提高”，与文章意思相反B)“工作条件的改善”，亦与文章内容相悖C)“工作人数的减少”符合上分析；D）“劳资双方的争议变少”，信息错误。故选C）。第31题：参考答案：B答案解析：B）事实细节题。题干问：在史密斯教授的调查研究中，他让实验的人。解题线索在文章第一段“.to keep a diary of all their absent-mind
35、ed actions for a fortnight”，与选项B)的论述一致，故选B)。第32题：参考答案：D答案解析：D) 细节推断题。题干问：史密斯教授发现。分析四个选项:A)“许多人觉得说出自己的精力不集中的经历太尴尬以至不说了”，文中未提及；B）“男人比女人更容易心不在焉”，与文章第三段的“Women on average reported slightly more lapses”相悖；C)“精力不集中是可饶恕的人类的弱点”是文章未提及的内容；D）“在记录的事件中可以看到几种形式”，与文章第一段“.he was surprised to find that nearly all of
36、 them fell into a few groupings”相符合，故选D）。第33题：参考答案：D答案解析：D) 事实细节题。题干问：“编程集合失误”（第二段第六行）指的是人们的现象。由文章知其指上面例子的情况，即人们在习惯动作中把次序无意识中弄错了，等到所谓的“编程集合失误”。分析四个选项:A)“当太累时容易把事情弄混”B)“在匆忙中易犯错误”，两项的状语部分是片面的论述；C）“事先就把日常事情编错程序”是错误的；D）“无意识中把做某些事情的顺序弄错了”符合上述分析，故选D）。第34题：参考答案：A答案解析：A) 推理判断题。题干问：从文章第三段我们可知”。分析四个选项:A)精力不集中
37、现象倾向于在一天的几个特定的小时中发生 ”，符合文章内容，即精力不集中现象有其发生的高峰时段；B)“女人的精力不集中高峰时间比男人长”，是文章未提及的，文章只说“女人的差错要比男人多一些”；C）“男人的精力不集中往往导致可笑的情景”，是错误的表述，事实上女人也如此；D）“女人在精力不集中高峰时段处事谨慎小心”，文章未提及。故选A)。第35题：参考答案：B答案解析：B）推理题。题干问：由文章可以推断。四个选项均是关于一个问题，其线索在文章的最后一段。文章提到“令人吃惊的一个发现是精力不集中是我们在做我们认为很熟练的事情的很大的危险，通常我们认为做熟练的事情错误该很少，但是如果想避免愚蠢的错误而更
38、加精力集中会使事情更糟糕，更危险。分析四个选项:A)“人们在做事情前要认真仔细安排”，由上述分析是不符题意的；B）“错误不能总是归咎于精力不够集中”，与上述分析相符合；C)“当人们在做些他们善于做的事情时可以避免危险”，与文章结论恰好相悖；D）“人们应避免在差错出现高峰时间做重要的事情”是文章未论及的。故选B)。第36题：参考答案：D答案解析：D) 事实细节题。题干问：佛罗里达判定首先考虑的是。由文章第二段知判定结果是“孩子可以继续和她已知的父亲在一起，而其生父无权要求其父女权利”，由文章第三段知，这一判定，尽管可能被反诉，撤消了传统的建立在生理基础上的关系，这是一个重大的进步、是早该如此的”
39、。分析四个选项:A)传统方式”；B)父母的感受”；C) “生理关系”均与上述分析不符。最后由文章倒数第二段知“判定允许Kimberly代表自己起诉，以此法官使其明确她并非财产由成人视合适与否而处理”，与选项D）“孩子的权益”的意思相符。故选D）。第37题：参考答案：C答案解析：C) 细节推断题。题干问：由kimberly的案件，可知。分析四个选项：A）“收养孩子的家庭给孩子带来的是痛苦而不是关爱”，kimberly的例子不能说明此问题；B）“父母与孩子间的生理联系应受到重视”与文章内容相悖C)孩子不是他们父母的个人所有”，符合上题分析；D)“孩子被收养后生父母不应索要监护权”，文章只是列举了生
40、父母败诉一个例子，只是一个与传统珍视生理联系的行为不同的判决，但是其生父母“应该不应该”争取监护权是未提及的。故选C)。第38题：参考答案：A答案解析：A) 细节推断题。题干问: Twiggs 夫妇上诉争取对Kimberly的监督权是因为。分析四个选项：A）“他们认为她是他们的”，符合文章及上述分析；B）“他们是她的亲生父母”，这是事实，但并非因此他们才上诉的，事实上很多生父母放弃对自己孩子的监护权，故B)项符合题意；C)“他们对过去的错误感到愧疚”，D）“他们觉得他在Mays夫妇家不幸福，两项是文章未提及的。第39题：参考答案：C答案解析：C) 事实细节题。题干问Kimberly被给到May
41、s先生家是。由文章第四段“Kimberly Mays and another infant were mistakenly switched and sent home with the wrong parents”解题线索。四个选项：A) “为更好的照顾”,B)“为了慈善事业”,D)“受他的请求”均不符合文章内容；选项C)纯属意外”是对的。故选C）。第40题：参考答案：D答案解析：D)态度观点题。题干问：作者对法官的判定的态度是。由文章的第二段（分析见上）及最后一段知作者的态度应是支持的，故选D）。Part Vocabulary and Structure Directions: There
42、 are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A、B、C and D. Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the correspondeing letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.第41题：参考答案：A答案解析：句意：她固生病取消了纽约之行。动词短语辨义：call off“取消”；cl
43、ose down“关闭，歇业”；put up“建造，搭起，支起；张贴；提高(价格、速度等)；为提供食宿，投宿；进行(抵抗等)；提 供，提出，提名”；go off“爆炸，开火；突然响起；(电等)中断，停止；不再喜欢”。第42题：参考答案：A答案解析：句意：要不是遇到风暴，船本来会按时到达目的地的。这道题的考点是分句间的逻辑关系，要通过后一个分句中的虚拟语气来做出正确判断。but for“要不是，倘若没有”，主句要求使用虚拟语气；in case of“假如，如果 发生；防备”；in spite of“不顾，不管”；because of“因为”。第43题：参考答案：D答案解析：句意：我们应该全力以赴
44、大幅降低利率来拉动经济走出萧条状态。形似词辨义：rejection“拒绝”；restriction“限制”；retreat撤退”；recession“萧条”，与economy“经济”有关。第44题：参考答案：A答案解析：句意：找到黄金的希望吸引了大量的人来到加利福尼亚定居。名词辨义：prospect“前景，前途，(成功等)可能性”；speculation“思考；推断；投机活动；投机买卖”；stake“赌注；利害关系”；provision“准备，预备；条 款，规定；供应”。第45题：参考答案：D答案解析：句意：因为工作有压力，我精神疲惫不堪。近义词辨析：damage“毁坏，损害”；release
45、“释放，排放；解除，解脱”；relief“轻松，宽慰；(痛苦等)缓解，减轻，解除”；fatigue“疲劳，劳累”。第46题：参考答案：C答案解析：句意：那天剩下的时间完全任凭他支配读书也好，娱乐也行。形似词辨义及固定搭配：at sbs disposal“任某人处理，供某人使用”；dismissal“解雇，遣散，驳回诉讼”；survival“残存，生存；残存的人、风俗、信仰 等”；disposal“丢掉，清除；排列，处理”；arrival“到达；到达者”。第47题：参考答案：B答案解析：句意：饿极了的时候就不会挑食了。本题考点看似近义形似词辨义，实乃固定搭配：be particular abou
46、t“对过分讲究的，挑剔的”；special“特殊的，特别的”；peculiar“奇怪的，古怪的；特有 的，独具的，独特的”；specific“特定的，特有的；明确的；具体的”。第48题：参考答案：B答案解析：句意：全世界范围内犯罪率都在上升，而且我们有种种理由相信这一趋势将持续到下一个十年。名词辨义：emergency “紧急事件，不测事件，非常时刻”；trend “趋向，趋势，倾向”，此处指犯罪率的上升趋势；pace(一)步；步速，速度，节奏”；schedule时 刻表，日程安排表；清单，明细表”。第49题：参考答案：C答案解析：句意：你不该在书的页边空白处乱写乱画，这本书是图书馆的。近义词
47、辨析：interval“间隔，间距”，常用于at intervals“每隔一段时间(或距离)，不时”中；bolder“边，边缘，界线；边界，边境”；margin“(书等的)页边空 白；差额；余地；边缘”；edge“边，棱，边缘；刀口，刃；优势，优越地位”。第50题：参考答案：A答案解析：句意：飞机的呼啸声宣告着空袭的到来。近义词辨析：roar“呐喊声，咆哮声，吼叫声；轰鸣”，常用于描述飞机、火车、汽车的声音；exclamation“惊叹，惊叫”；whistle“口哨声，汽笛声”；scream“尖叫 声，刺耳的声音”。第51题：参考答案：A答案解析：句意：这张票可以让你免费乘船在湖面上游览一趟。近义词辨析及固定搭配：entitle sbto (do) sth“使某人有权做某事/享用某物”；appoint的用法是appoint sb，to do sth“委派某人做某事”；grant的用法为 grant sbsth或grant sthto sb，“将某物赐给某人”；credit 作动词时意为“把记入贷方；(to)把归于
