2009年6月份四级英语模拟试题答案及听力原文
Answer keys
Part I Writing
How long should the national holiday be?
It goes without saying that some people prefer long vacations because they can have enough time to do things that cannot be finished within a short time .During a long vacation, they may make a complicated experiment, carry out an involved investigation or go to a faraway place for some necessary field work. Taking a full time job to earn money for one or two months is another benefit the long vacation provides and sometimes a good academic thesis with a considerable length needs a long vacation.
What is more, those who favor short vacations also have understandable reasons. For two or three weeks＇ rest is adequate for students to refresh themselves without forgetting the lessons that are to be continued next semester. Short vacations also mean to rest three times a school year and short semesters. To study in this way is easier than to study for a long exhausting time with many courses and lessons crammed together.
As has been noted, either long or short vacation has its advantages and disadvantages. What matters is how to make use of it.
Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
1-7 CDBDDDC 8. National Committee 9. Team manager 10. five years
Part III Listening comprehension
CCAAA DACDA CCABD DBCCC BDAC
36. Emperors 37. government 38 .civilized 39. disappeared 40. diseases 41. mentally 42. magic 43. Roman
44. They translated the Greek and Roman medical books into Arabic.
45. When civilization at last came back to Europe, men once again translated the Greek and Roman works on medicine into Latin.
46. Slowly, they began to make new discoveries and found out more about the way the body works.
Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)
Section A
47 E）hesitation 48 I）original 49 F）progressive 50 J）novel 51 L）burning
52 H）distantly 53 A）invented 54 N）custom 55 B）celebrate 56 D）symbols
Section B
57-61 DADBB 62-66 ACDCA
Part V Cloze
67.A 68.C 69.B 70.D 71.D 72.C 73.A 74.B 75.C 76.D
77.C 78.C 79.A 80.B 81.C 82.A 83.D 84.A 85.B 86.D
Part VI Translation
87. the need to learn foreign languages 88. his wife was kept in the dark 89. such an extent that he was put into intensive care 90. the power of the medium is exaggerated 91. If this kind of animal becomes scarce
Transcripts
Section A
11. W: Are you going to be able to come with us to a football match this evening?
M: I’d love to. But my history assignment is due tomorrow, and I still have two chapters unfinished.
Q: What will the man probably do this evening?
12. M: I’ve been waiting all week for this concert. The performance is said to be excellent and with a student’s discount, the tickets will be really cheap!
W: I am sorry, but I have to tell you I lost my Student ID card in the canteen last week.
Q: what does the woman imply?
13. M: how well are you prepared for your presentation? Your turn comes nest week Wednesday.
W: I spent a whole week searching on the net, but end up with nothing valuable.
Q: what did the woman say about her presentation?
14.M: Since I came here I’ve had to stay up most of the night for the last few days. No matter what time I go to bed, I always wake up in the middle of the night.
W: Your biological rhythms probably haven’t adjusted to the tiime schedule here.
Ｑ：what is the man’s trouble?
15 W: what’s the difference between a lecture and a lesson?
M: Well, both of them are imparting knowledge, but the main difference is that a lesson involves more participation.
Q: What does the man mean?
16. W: Did your pictures of the night view come out like you expected?
M: Actually, I ran out of film before I could even begin. I didn’t realize I’d finished the roll.
Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
17. W: I’m sorry I’ve put your uncle to so much trouble.
M: Don’t worry about it. He is the sort of man who is never happy unless he has something to complain about.
Q: What do we learn about the man’s uncle frome the conversation?
18. M: Excuse me. Can you tell me how to get to the nearest bank?
W: of course. Go to the corner and turn left. The bank is right on the corner. You can’t miss it. But today is Sunday and the bank os closed.
Q: What does the woman mean?
Conversation one
M: Thanks for stopping by, Ann. I'd like to talk to you about a research project I thought you might be interested in. A friend of mine is working at Yellowstone National Park this summer...
W: Yellowstone! I've always wanted to spend some time out in Wyoming.
M: Wait till you hear what the project is...She's working with the buffalo population. The herds have been increasing in size lately, which is good in theory...
W: Yeah...but I thought they were in danger of becoming extinct.
M: Well, apparently, because of all the winter tourists, paths are created in the snow. More buffalo are surviving the harsh winters because the paths make it easier for the buffalo to move around and find food. But it turns out that some of the herds are infected with a bacteria.
W: Oh yeah, I heard about that. Bru—
M: Brucella abortus
W: Right, It's been around for quite a while.
M: Yes it has. And because the buffalo population is increasing, they've been roaming more than usual, and the disease has begun to spread to the cattle ranches that border toe park.
W: That's bad news! Isn't that the disease that causes animals to abort their young?
M: Yes, and it's caused a lot of controversy. Some of the ranchers even want to destroy the buffalo herds.
W: That's awful! Have they made much progress with the research?
M: So far, they've been collecting tissue samples from dead buffalo to see if the bacteria's present.
W: I'd really be interested in working on this. You know I've been researching dise- ased animal populations...
M: That's why I thought of you...I took the liberty of mentioning your name to my friend. She's hoping you'll be able to spend the whole summer out there.
W: Well, I was going to work on my thesis a lot in July, but I'm sure my adviser wouldn't want me to pass up this opportunity.
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
Q19. What did the professor want to talk to Ann about?
Q20. According to the professor, why is the buffalo population increasing?
Q21. Why does the professor think Ann would be interested in going to Yellowstone?
Conversation two
W: Hmm, hi.
M: Hi, I’m going door to door tonight to tell people about the Student Action Union. Do you have a few minutes?
W: Sure. You know, I think I read something in the newspaper last week.
M: Yeah, there was an article about us since the last issue. See, we are trying to protect and preserve some of the open spaces on campus.
W: That’s right. You are the group that’s opposing the extension of the parking lot next to Darwin Hall, right?
M: That’s us. We just feel it is important to save some of the natural beauty of the campus. Some of those trees are hundreds of years old.
W: It’s a pretty spot. My friends and I had picnics over there by the stream.
M: Then you understand how we feel. We are going to organize a protest on Thursday afternoon to get the administration to reconsider the parking lot plan.
W: Well, I have a class on Thursday afternoon.
M: But maybe you could sign this appeal letter. We are going to submit it to the administration to demonstrate how the students feel about this.
W: Sure, let me get a pen and I will sign it.
M: I have a pen right here. And let me leave you this booklet about the Student Action Union. Maybe you could come to some of our meetings. We get together once a month.
W: Yeah,, I'd like to know more about your group. Let me know when the next meeting is and I will try to be there.
Questions 22-25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
22. how did the woman know about the Student Action Union?
23.Why is the Student Action Union opposing the parting lot plan?
24. What is the Student Action Union going to do on Thursday?
25. what will the woman probably do on Thursday afternoon?
Passage one
Next time you bring your kids in for a checkup, don't be surprised if the doctor asks about their tastes in entertainment. The American Academy of Medicine suggested last week that doctors work with parents to evaluate how much TV kids watch and what they see, what video and computer games they play, which websites they visit on the Internet, whether they view R-rated videos without the company of their parents, what music they like and what books they read. Doctors are worried that kids who spend too much time in front of the tube don't get enough exercise and can become overweight. The academy is also concerned that the messages kids get from entertainment media can make them more violent and sexually active.
The academy recommends that children under age two not watch any TV. "Children need activities to stimulate the brain during the first two years of life," says Dr. Miriam Baron, who chairs the academy's committee on public education. "They need feedback and socialization." Older children, she says, should watch TV in a common area. Their bedrooms should be "electronic media-free" zones where they can have a quiet place to read, study, play or just relax.
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
Q26. What unusual question may doctors ask when giving kids a checkup next time?
Q27. The academy suggests that children under age two.
Q28. According to the report, children's bedrooms should.
Passage Two
My first semester of college was the worst I’ve been through. I had made plans during the summer to share an apartment with two of my close friends from high school. But before we moved in, problems started developing.
One of the two girls I was to share an apartment with was going to work instead of going to college. However, a week before we were to move in, she found out that she didn't get the job. She was forced to live at home and look for work. The rest two of us lasted for a month and then agreed that we couldn’t make it with the higher monthly rent payments. I started looking around.
I found another apartment and the rent wasn’t bad. The place was noisy, but is was the best ai could afford for the time. However, one day when I returned, I was smoke coming from the back of the house. The cottage had caught fire, and my room was a burned mess. I was once more out of a place to stay.
I finally gave up looking around and moved home. I had to drive forty miles to school every day, so I almost spent as much on gas as I would have on lodging, I was very bored. I almost host the will to study. It had been really a bad semester.
29. what was the speaker’s plan before her first college semester began?
30. What was the first lodging problem the speaker encountered?
31. Why did the speaker move back home finally?
32.Why does the speaker think her first semester of college was the worst?
Passage Three
The French are at heart traditionalists. Though they dearly live revolutions, they disapprove of shifts in behavior. Everything must be done properly, an expression that applies equally to getting married and getting drunk, stuffing a duck and filming in a form, addressing an envelop and addressing a teacher. There is an established order of things, and the order was established by the French.
The desire to maintain standards is best seen on any holiday in the summer. Where the Italians, the British, and even the Germans, relax sufficiently to leave there faces unshaven, or mealtimes become irregular, or dresses become strange, the French behave as though they were still under the microscope of real life.
French men and women take two hours over their morning making up. Watch any Frenchman at a campsite in the summer and see how long he spends shaving, trimming his moustache, and on general showers.
Wives cook three-course lunches which they serve to their husbands in the stuffy heat at little tables with linen napkins and polished dishware. The white wine must stand in an ice bucket. Everything is correct--the bread, the cheese, the sauce.
Mr,eats greedily , Mrs. stands behind him, and a little to the side, nodding happily. She will do the washing-up immediately the meal is finished. All will be neat and tidy before any other activity is even considered.
33. Which people are keen on order, according to the passage?
34. What will the wife do after the meal?
35. What is the characteristic of French people’s life according to the passage?
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