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1、大学英语四级-59 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Listening Comprehens(总题数：4，分数：100.00)As men age, they typically get less and less deep sleepa fact that could 1 the weight gain that often 2 middle-age, medical researchers said this week The link between sleep and “ love handles “ (俚语，腰部赘肉), double chins and e

2、xpanding paunch (大肚子) centers on a hormone 3 produced during deep sleep, the scientists from the University of Chicago reported in the August 16 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association. With less deep or slow-wave sleep, there is less bodily production of the growth hormone. That de

3、ficiency is associated with increased fat tissue and abdominal obesity, reduced muscle mass and strength and reduced exercise 4 . These results are particularly noted in the elderly. The researchers found that deep sleep in men younger than 25 was about 20 percent of a night“s sleep. Between age 25

4、and 35, the deep sleep 5 about 12 percent. After age 35, it“s 5 percent or less. By the time men reach 45, they have nearly lost the ability to 6 and after age 50, men“s total sleep declines by about 27 minutes per 7 of age. The researchers said any treatment to improve a man“s sleep would need to b

5、egin at age 35-40. A new drug is tested to see if it will increase deep sleep. 8 other than medicine can 9 deep sleepfor example, increasing body heat by taking a hot bath before beet Exercising at least 20 minutes three or four times a week is also 10 . （分数：25.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_

6、填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_One afternoon recently, two unrelated friends called to tell me that, well, their marriages 11 . One was leaving his wife for another woman. The other was leaving her husband because “we thought it best“. As always after such increasingly common calls, I felt helpl

7、ess and angry. What had happened to those solemn vows that they 12 on their wedding ceremony?. Given the era and their feelings, their decisions probably made sense. What angers me was the loss of years and energy. It was an anger similar to that I feel when I see 13 foundations of building projects

8、pried bricks and girders and a gash in the ground left to depress the passerby. When our grandparents married, seldom couples divorced. “ 14 we both shall live“ was no joke. After their vows, couples learned to 15 each othernot necessarily because they love each other, but because they were stuck, a

9、nd it was better to be stuck 16 than otherwise. Most of the external pressures that helped to enforce our grandparents“ vows have 17 . Women can earn money and may enjoy sex, even bear children, without marrying. As divorce becomes more common, some divorcees even argue that divorce is 18 , educatio

10、nal, that the second or third marriage is “the best“, and the only reason left to marry is love. In some respects, this freedom can be seen as social 19 . In other respects, our rapidly-rising divorce rate and the 20 marriage rate represent a loss. （分数：25.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:

11、_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_Memory is our most important possession. Without memory, you wouldn“t know who you are. You couldn“t think about the past or plan for the future. Memory is 21 for everything we do as human beings. It“s amazing that we have this magical time machine in our heads that 22 r

12、ecord experiences and then use that information at a later tinge. 23 how the brain makes and preserves memories has to be one of the most important of all scientific 24 . People who feel they must apologize for having a bad memory should stop using a poor memory as an excuse for forgetting things. T

13、he only people who have a poor memory are those whose memory function has been 25 by disease or damage. All the rest of us must accept the 26 to make an effort to remember things. You must 27 something. You must exercise it or risk losing its effectiveness. Students and 28 should understand that a g

14、ood education involves an emphasis on understanding rather than 29 memorization. Second, cramming for finals is a very bad way to learn something that will last. Information from cramming will come in and go out. If you want to retain what you learn, you must 30 the learning process. （分数：25.00）填空项 1

15、:_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 1:_填空项 1:_Sports and games make our bodies strong, 31 getting too fat, and keep us healthy. But these are not their only use. They give us 32 practice in malting eyes, brain and muscles work together. In tennis, our eyes see the ball 33 , judge

16、its speed and direction and pass this information on to the brain. The brain then has to decide what to do, and to send its orders to the muscles of the arms, legs, and so on, so that the ball is met and 34 where it ought to go. All this must happen with very great speed, and only those who have had

17、 a lot of practice at tennis can carry out this complicated chain of events 35 . For those who work with their brains most of the day, the practice of such skills is especially useful. Sports and games are also very useful for character training. In their lessons at school, boys and girls may learn

18、about such 36 as unselfishness, courage, discipline and love of one“s country but what is learned in books cannot have the same deep effect on a child“s character as what is learned by experience. The 37 day-school cannot give much practical training in living, because most of the pupils“ time is sp

19、ent in classes, studying lessons. So it is what the pupils do in their spare time that really prepares them to 38 in society as citizens when they grow up. If each of them learns to work for his team and not for himself on the football field, he will later find it 39 to work for the good of his coun

20、try instead of only for his own 40 . （分数：25.00）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 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_大学英语四级-59 答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Listening Comprehens(总题数：4，分数：100.00)As men age, they typically get less and less deep sleepa fact that could 1 the weight gain that often 2 midd

21、le-age, medical researchers said this week The link between sleep and “ love handles “ (俚语，腰部赘肉), double chins and expanding paunch (大肚子) centers on a hormone 3 produced during deep sleep, the scientists from the University of Chicago reported in the August 16 issue of The Journal of the American Me

22、dical Association. With less deep or slow-wave sleep, there is less bodily production of the growth hormone. That deficiency is associated with increased fat tissue and abdominal obesity, reduced muscle mass and strength and reduced exercise 4 . These results are particularly noted in the elderly. T

23、he researchers found that deep sleep in men younger than 25 was about 20 percent of a night“s sleep. Between age 25 and 35, the deep sleep 5 about 12 percent. After age 35, it“s 5 percent or less. By the time men reach 45, they have nearly lost the ability to 6 and after age 50, men“s total sleep de

24、clines by about 27 minutes per 7 of age. The researchers said any treatment to improve a man“s sleep would need to begin at age 35-40. A new drug is tested to see if it will increase deep sleep. 8 other than medicine can 9 deep sleepfor example, increasing body heat by taking a hot bath before beet

25、Exercising at least 20 minutes three or four times a week is also 10 . （分数：25.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：be connected to）解析： be connected to 听力原文 As men age, they typically get less and less deep sleepa fact that could be connected to the weight gain that often accompanies middle-age, medical researchers said

26、 this week The link between sleep and “ love handles “ (俚语，腰部赘肉), double chins and expanding paunch (大肚子) centers on a hormone normally produced during deep sleep, the scientists from the University of Chicago reported in the August 16 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association. With l

27、ess deep or slow-wave sleep, there is less bodily production of the growth hormone. That deficiency is associated with increased fat tissue and abdominal obesity, reduced muscle mass and strength and reduced exercise capacity. These results are particularly noted in the elderly. The researchers foun

28、d that deep sleep in men younger than 25 was about 20 percent of a night“s sleep. Between age 25 and 35, the deep sleep drops to about 12 percent. After age 35, it“s 5 percent or less. By the time men reach 45, they have nearly lost the ability to fall into deep sleep and after age 50, men“s total s

29、leep declines by about 27 minutes per decade of age. The researchers said any treatment to improve a man“s sleep would need to begin at age 35-40. A new drug is tested to see if it will increase deep sleep. Methods other than medicine can boost deep sleepfor example, increasing body heat by taking a

30、 hot bath before beet Exercising at least 20 minutes three or four times a week is also helpful. 解析 根据空格前的情态动词 could 和空格后的 the weight gain 可知，此空需要原形动词(词组)，作that 从句的谓语。be connected to“与关联”。 填空项 1:_ （正确答案：accompanies）解析： accompanies解析 此空需要动词(词组)作 that 从句的谓语。accompany“伴随”。由于主语是单数形式的 that(指代前面的 the weig

31、ht gain)，谓语动词要用第三人称单数，故 accompany 需将词尾 y改成 i，再加-es。 填空项 1:_ （正确答案：ormally）解析： normally解析 此空需要副词，修饰过去分词 produced。normally“正常地”。 填空项 1:_ （正确答案：capacity）解析： capacity解析 此空需要名词，与前面的 fat tissue，obesity，muscle mass and strength 并列，作介词 with 的宾语。exercise capacity“运动能力”。 填空项 1:_ （正确答案：drops to）解析： drops to解析

32、此空需要动词(词组)，作句子谓语。由于主语是单数形式的 the deep sleep，drop 要用第三人称单数形式，词尾要加-s。drop to“下跌到”。 填空项 1:_ （正确答案：fall into deep sleep）解析： fall into deep sleep解析 根据空格前的不定式标志词 to 可知，此处需要原形动词(词组)。fall into deep sleep“酣然入睡”。 填空项 1:_ （正确答案：decade）解析： decade解析 根据空格前面的 per 及其后的 of.可知，此处需要名词性成分。decade“十年”。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：Method

33、s）解析： Methods解析 此空需要名词性成分充当句子的主语。method“方法”，注意此处 method 位于句首，故其首字母要大写。此外，联系后面提到的两种方法，该词应用复数形式，词尾加-s。 填空项 1:_ （正确答案：boost）解析： boost解析 根据空格前的 can 可知，此空需要原形动词，作句子的谓语。boost“促进”。 填空项 1:_ （正确答案：helpful）解析： helpful解析 此空需要形容词或分词作句子的表语。helpful“有用的”。 One afternoon recently, two unrelated friends called to tel

34、l me that, well, their marriages 11 . One was leaving his wife for another woman. The other was leaving her husband because “we thought it best“. As always after such increasingly common calls, I felt helpless and angry. What had happened to those solemn vows that they 12 on their wedding ceremony?.

35、 Given the era and their feelings, their decisions probably made sense. What angers me was the loss of years and energy. It was an anger similar to that I feel when I see 13 foundations of building projectspried bricks and girders and a gash in the ground left to depress the passerby. When our grand

36、parents married, seldom couples divorced. “ 14 we both shall live“ was no joke. After their vows, couples learned to 15 each othernot necessarily because they love each other, but because they were stuck, and it was better to be stuck 16 than otherwise. Most of the external pressures that helped to

37、enforce our grandparents“ vows have 17 . Women can earn money and may enjoy sex, even bear children, without marrying. As divorce becomes more common, some divorcees even argue that divorce is 18 , educational, that the second or third marriage is “the best“, and the only reason left to marry is lov

38、e. In some respects, this freedom can be seen as social 19 . In other respects, our rapidly-rising divorce rate and the 20 marriage rate represent a loss. （分数：25.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：hadn“t made it）解析： hadn“t made it 听力原文 One afternoon recently, two unrelated friends called to tell me that, well, their

39、marriages hadn“t made it. One was leaving his wife for another woman. The other was leaving her husband because “we thought it best“. As always after such increasingly common calls, I felt helpless and angry. What had happened to those solemn vows that they swore on their wedding ceremony?. Given th

40、e era and their feelings, their decisions probably made sense. What angers me was the loss of years and energy. It was an anger similar to that I feel when I see abandoned foundations of building projectspried bricks and girders and a gash in the ground left to depress the passerby. When our grandpa

41、rents married, seldom couples divorced. “As long as we both shall live“ was no joke. After their vows, couples learned to live with each othernot necessarily because they love each other, but because they were stuck, and it was better to be stuck comfortably than otherwise. Most of the external pres

42、sures that helped to enforce our grandparents“ vows have dissolved. Women can earn money and may enjoy sex, even bear children, without marrying. As divorce becomes more common, some divorcees even argue that divorce is beneficial, educational, that the second or third marriage is “the best“, and th

43、e only reason left to marry is love. In some respects, this freedom can be seen as social progress. In other respects, our rapidly-rising divorce rate and the declining marriage rate represent a loss. 解析 此空需要动词(词组)，作 that 引导的从句的谓语。make it“成功”，该从句的句意为“他们的婚姻走不下去了”。 填空项 1:_ （正确答案：swore）解析： swore解析 此空需要

44、动词，在 that 从句中作谓语。swore 是 swear 的过去式，意为“宣誓”。 填空项 1:_ （正确答案：abandoned）解析： abandoned解析 此处需要修饰 foundations 的修饰语。abandoned“被抛弃的”。 填空项 1:_ （正确答案：As long as）解析： As long as解析 as long as 为固定搭配，表示“只要”。此空所在句为结婚誓词的常见表达，注意句首第一个字母要大写。 填空项 1:_ （正确答案：live with）解析： live with解析 根据空格前的不定式标志词 to 可知，此空需要原形动词(词组)。live wi

45、th“和一起生活”。 填空项 1:_ （正确答案：comfortably）解析： comfortably解析 此空需要副词修饰 be stuck。comfortably“舒服地”，该词较长，可根据音标音节拼写：com-for-ta-bly。 填空项 1:_ （正确答案：dissolved）解析： dissolved解析 此空需要动词过去分词，与空格前的 have 一起构成完成时态。dissolve“消失”，其过去分词直接在词尾加-d。 填空项 1:_ （正确答案：beneficial）解析： beneficial解析 此空需要形容词，与其后的 educational 并列作句子的表语。bene

46、ficial“有益的”。 填空项 1:_ （正确答案：progress）解析： progress解析 此空需要名词，作介词 as 的宾语。progress“进步”，social progress“社会进步”。 填空项 1:_ （正确答案：declining）解析： declining解析 根据空格前的 the 和空格后的 marriage rate 可知，此空需要修饰 marriage rate 的词，且极有可能与前面对应的定语 rapidly-rising 一样，是现在分词。declining“下降的”。 Memory is our most important possession. Without memory, you wouldn“t know who you are. You couldn“t think about the past or plan for the future. Memory is 21 for