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大学英语四级-171
(总分:100.00,做题时间:90分钟)
一、(总题数:0,分数:0.00)
二、Section A
(总题数:3,分数:28.00)
Questions 1 and 2 will
be based on the following news item.
Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the
following news item.
(分数:8.00)
upgrade its network capacity. √
improve
staff benefits.
develop new products.
market more iPhones.
解析:[听力原文]
AT&T
plans to spend 18 billion dollars in 2010
upgrading its wireless networks to handle the
increasing amount of new traffic. There
is roughly 2 billion dollars more than the company
had
invested in the previous year.
Specifically, AT&T will add 2,000 new cell sites
and upgrade
existing cell sites with three
times more fiber links than it had in 2009. This
will increase
capacity to connect the cell
tower to AT&Ts main network. AT&T, which is the
only wireless operator
in the U.S. selling
the iPhone, has been the target of much criticism
over this past year, as
many iPhone
subscribers, particularly in densely populated
urban areas, have complained about
dropped calls, slow Internet access, and
poor service. Some critics claimed the company has
not
been spending enough on network
upgrades to keep up with the growing demand. AT&T
has acknowledged
that it has faced
some difficulties, particularly in big cities. But
the company is closing the
gap.
For what purpose will the AT&Ts 18
billion dollars mainly be used?
[解析] 新
闻开头就提到,AT&T计划于2010年投资180亿美元,用来升级无线网络,以满足不断增加的流量需求。
可见,
投资180亿美元是为了提升网络承载力,故选A。
wide.
as.
large cities. √
remote towns.
解析:[听力原文]
Where does AT&T face
difficulties?
[解析] 新闻中提到iPhone
subscribers, particularly in densely populated
urban areas, have
complained about dropped
calls, slow Internet access, and poor service,即在人口
密集的城市有很多iPhone
用户抱怨AT&T的服务差,新闻最后也提到,AT&T也承认公司的确
碰到了一些困难,尤其在大城市更为明显,故选C。
Questions 3 and 4
will be based on the following news item.
Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the
following news item.
(分数:8.00)
e
change.
pests. √
ia.
s.
解析:[听力原文]
The researchers recently
looked at more than 600 crop pests from around the
world.
These included fungi, such
as wheat rust, which is devastating harvests in
Africa and the Middle
East; insects like the
mountain pine beetle thats destroying trees in the
U.S.; as well as bacteria,
viruses and
microscopic worms.
They found that over the
past 50 years, these destructive species have been
on the move. On average,
they
e spreading
3km every year, shifting north and south towards
the poles.
The scientists say this
correlates with warming temperatures, allowing the
pests to take hold
in areas that were once
too cold for them to live in. Currently, between
10% and 20% of the worlds
crops are
lost to pests— and the team warns that rising
global temperatures could make the problem
worse. The researchers say that improved
surveillance of the problem is needed.
What is the news report mainly about?
[解析] 新闻首句提到The researchers recently looked at
more than 600 crop pests from around the
worl
d,即科学家最近研究了世界各地的600多种农作物害虫,下文介绍了科学家研究的具体内容,由此可见,新闻
主
要讲的是农作物害虫,故选B。
A.12%. √
B.23%.
C.8%.
D.50%.
解析:[听力原文]
What
is the probable proportion of crop lost to pests?
[解析] 新闻中提到Currently, between 10% and 20%
of the worlds crops are lost to pests,由此可知,目前有
10%到20%的全球农作物被害虫毁掉了,只有选项A中的数值在此范围,故选A。
Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the
following news item.
Questions 5 to 7 will
be based on the following news item.
(分数:12.00)
ing the governments
influence.
ting more social welfare funds.
ting children who beg on the streets. √
aging more young people to volunteer.
解析:[听力原文]
Honduran authorities dedicated
to the protection of children and adolescents have
undertaken a
campaign to protect
youngsters who beg on the streets. The Honduran
Institute of Childhood and
Family,
together with the police and the district
attorney, carry out operations around the country
to rescue the children and punish the parents.
Many children are used for begging, said Nora
Urbina, special prosecutor for childrens
issues. Many children are rented and that is
precisely
what we hope to punish,
because Article 170 of the Juvenile Penal Code
sets a penalty of up to
six years in
detention. Those children who were rescued are
taken to the Honduran Institute of
Childhood and Family and then handed over to
their parents with the promise that their rights
will be protected. Parents who allow their
children to be exploited in this way face, in
addition
to as many as six years in
prison, the equivalent of a $$500 fine.
What is the campaign made by Honduran
authorities aimed at?
Honduran
authorities dedicated to the protection of
children and adolescents
新闻中提到] 解析[
have
undertaken a campaign to protect youngsters who
beg on the streets,由此可知,洪都拉斯官方发起的这
项运动旨在保护在街边乞讨
的儿童,故选C。其他选项内容新闻未提及,均排除。
ng ones children to
beg.
g children to beg. √
ng children
how to beg.
a living as a begger,
解析:[听力原文]
What do people exactly hope to
punish?
[解析] 新闻中提到Many children are
rented and that is precisely what we hope to
punish,由此可知,人们要
惩罚的是雇佣孩子乞讨,故本题选B。
be
imprisoned and fined. √
have their
children taken away.
be handed over to the
authorities.
be deprived of the rights to
vote.
解析:[听力原文]
What punishment would
the parents face if they allow their children to
beg?
[解析] 本题考查的是允许儿童乞讨的父母所面临的惩罚。新闻提到,通
过这种方式赚钱的父母,除了将面临6年的有
期徒刑以外,还将被处以大约500美元的罚款,故选A。
其他选项内容新闻未提及,均排除。
三、Section B
(总题数:2,分数:32.00)
Questions 8 to 11 are
based on the conversation you have just heard.
Questions 8 to 11 are based on the
conversation you have just heard.
(分数:16.00)
has to move. √
has to rent a house.
has to live with her parents.
has no
friends.
解析:[听力原文]
M: Hey Beth! You
look upset. Anything wrong?
W: I just found
out I have to move out of my place.
M: You are kidding. Why?
W: Im living in
a quite old house. And now somethings wrong with
the water pipes. We don have
any
water in the house. And apparently, its gonna take
about two weeks to fix the problem. And
its really bad timing, with mid-term exams
coming up and everything.
M: So have you
figured out what you are going to do?
W:
Well, some friends said I could stay at their
place. They don have an extra bedroom, but
they said its OK for me to sleep on their
living room couch.
M: You could
probably handle that for a couple of weeks?
W: I guess so. I mean its really nice of them
to offer, and its free. The only problem is they
already have four people living there so it
could be a little crowded.
M: Um, any other
options?
W: Well, I did find a small hotel
on 3rd Street right near the campus.
M: Oh
right! A lot of kids parents stay there when they
come for a visit.
W: Yes. I could get a room
there. They have a weekly rate and its pretty
reasonable, but... I
don know.
M: At
least at the hotel youd have a place of your own.
You know, so you could get more done.
W:
Thats definitely a plus. But I have to think about
it. Even though its pretty cheap, it will
still end up costing me some money
and my budgets pretty tight right now.
What does the woman worry about?
[解析] 对话开头,对于男士的询问,女士回答说I just found out I have
to move out of my place. 即女士烦恼的
是她不得不搬家。故答案为A。
needs to find out a quiet place.
water pipes are broken. √
landlady has
raised the rent.
e is coming to visit her.
解析:[听力原文]
Why does the woman has to move
out of her place?
[解析] 女士说自己得搬家,其原因是她住
处的水管坏了,没有水,选项B为正确答案。选项中的broken是对话中的
somethings
wrong的同义转述。
can share a bedroom with her.
can offer free meals for her.
can
find a nice hotel for her.
can share the
living room with her. √
解析:[听力原文]
What
kind of help do the womans friends offer?
[解析] 女士在对话中明确提到朋友们说可以让她住在他们那儿,虽然没有多余的房间了,但its
OK for
me to sleep on their living room
couch,即可以睡在客厅的沙发上,因此选项D正确。
kids are too
noisy.
too far away from the campus.
room is too small.
will cost her some extra
money. √
解析:[听力原文]
What is the
disadvantage of living in the hotel?
[解析] 女士最后说虽然旅馆的费用并不高,但总还是需要花钱的,而她现在手头比较紧,由此可知,
费用是女士对住
旅馆这一选择的最大顾虑,因此选项D正确。选项中的cost some extra
money是对话中costing
me some money的同义转述。
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the
conversation you have just heard.
Questions
12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have
just heard.
(分数:16.00)
womans
qualification to graduate next semester. √
womans difficulties in registering for classes.
C.A difficult class the woman must take next
semester.
le elective classes in the womans
degree program.
解析:[听力原文]
M: What can I
do for you?
W: I am just filling out
this graduation form for the deans office, and I
hope I will be able
to graduate next
semester.
M: Well, as long as youve
met the requirements and you hand in the form on
time, you shouldn
have any problem. Make
sure you have attended all the classes necessary
for your degree in finance
and the electives
too.
W: Yeah, but as I look over the form, I
got confused because theyve changed the
requirements.
So now I am not sure I will
qualify for graduation next semester.
M:
Well, when your department changed the curriculum
to include more courses in international
business because of the increasing
globalization of business, we made sure that
students who have
finished their
second year wouldn be affected. The new rules
only apply to students in their
first or second year.
W: Thats good to
know. And I want to ask about—International
Banking. I took International
Banking I, but
I never took International Banking II. It used to
be that International Banking
II was an
elective, but now it says its a required class.
M: Yes. But thats one of the recent changes.
So your graduation will not be affected. It looks
like youve met the requirements for
graduation. And if theres something I need to
do... if I
need to write a reference
letter or whatever, just let me know.
W: OK. Thank you very much for your help. Ill
let you know if I need any further information.
What is the conversation mainly about?
[解析] 女士在对话中明确提及I am just filling out
this graduation form...and I hope I wilt be
able to graduate next semester,全文中也多处提及graduat
ion一词,据此可推断该文章是关于毕业的活题。四个
选项中只有选项A与毕业有关,为答案。
attract more international students to the
program.
reflect the growing importance of
international business. √
make the
graduation for students more difficult.
give students a stronger background in management.
解析:[听力原文]
According to the man, why was
the programs curriculum changed?
[解析]
男士在对话中提到when your department changed the
curriculum to include more courses in
international business because of the
increasing globalization of business,because of后面表
示原因,是因
为日益增长的贸易的全球化所以才增加了更多的课程,选项B中的internation
al business为同义转化。
will not affect the
womans plans for graduation. √
will
not be officially approved until next year.
will be limited to students studying international
business.
will be similar to recent changes
in other departments.
解析:[听力原文]
What
does the man say about the new departmental
requirements?
[解析] 男士在对话中提到we made
sure that students who have finished their second
year wouldn
be affected,结合前面女士说到的下学期毕业,由此可以判
断新的要求不会对女士的毕业产生影响,选项A正确。
point out the best
way for the woman to contact the deans office.
confirm that a personal letter is a
graduation requirement.
indicate that he is
willing to provide the woman with further
assistance. √
emphasize that the woman will
need special permission to graduate.
解析:[听力原文]
Why does the man mention
writing a letter?
[解析] 在对话结尾的时候,男士提到if
theres something I need to do...just let me
know,是一种愿意为对方以
后的要求服务的一种说法,因此选项C为答案。
四、Section C (总题数:3,分数:40.00)
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you
have just heard.
Questions 16 to 18 are based
on the passage you have just heard.
(分数:12.00)
is the oldest bridge in the
world.
used to have the longest suspension
span. √
allows 2 billion vehicles to cross
monthly.
has two 1,280 feet tall towers.
解析:[听力原文]
The Golden Gate Bridge is
celebrating its seventy-seventh anniversary. The
bridge opened to
vehicle traffic on May 28th,
1937. Since then, more than two billion vehicles
have crossed the
world famous structure
between San Francisco and Marin County,
California. As many as 112,000
cars make the
trip each day. The Golden Gate Bridge had the
longest suspension span in the world,
at the time it was built. The suspended
roadway stretches 1,280 meters between the bridges
two
tall towers. Today it still
rates among the top ten longest bridge spans in
existence. Mary Currie
works for the Golden
Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District.
She says the bridge is
one of the most
extraordinary engineering projects of all time.
The Golden Gate Bridge is named after the
Golden Gate Strait. That narrow passage of water
connects
the San Francisco Bay to
the Pacific Ocean. Joseph Strauss was the chief
engineer of the Golden
Gate Bridge project.
Work began in 1933. The project took four years to
complete. The bridge is
2,788 meters long
from one end to the other. It is 27 meters wide.
Two large cables pass over
the top of the
bridges towers. These structures stand 227 meters
above water and 152 meters above
the road.
Each cable holds more than 27,500 strands of wire.
The Golden Gate Bridge weighed
811,500,000
kilograms when it was completed in 1937. The San
Francisco Chronicle newspaper called
the finished project, a thirty-five
million dollar steel harp! Architect Irving Morrow
gets
credit for the bridges bright
orange color . The Navy wanted the bridge painted
in yellow and
black. The Air Force
had suggested red and white.
Which one
is True about the Golden Gate Bridge?
[解析] 短文中提到The Golden Gate Bridge had the
longest suspension span in the world, at the
time it was built.
即“建成当时,金门大桥有世界上最长的跨度。”故答案为选项B。
its color.
its location. √
its function.
its value.
解析:[听力原文]
How did the bridge
get its name?
[解析]
对金门大桥是如何命名的,短文中提到The Golden Gate Bridge is named
after the Golden Gate
Strait.
即“金门大桥是根据金门海峡来命名的。”与选项B中的location一词一致。
suggestion of the color of the bridge was
accepted. √
provided the original design of
the bridge.
donation to the project was the
largest.
published a newspaper article
about the bridge.
解析:[听力原文]
What made
architect Irving Morrow a special person to the
bridge?
[解析] 短文在最后提到了Architect Irving
Morrow gets credit for the bridges bright orange
color.
即“Irving
Morrow因为主张把金门大桥涂成亮橘色而获得赞誉”,所以答案为选项A。
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you
have just heard.
Questions 19 to 22 are based
on the passage you have just heard.
(分数:16.00)
helping people develop good
cleaning habits.
collecting information of
antibacterial cleansers. √
making known of
a new imported product.
helping people make
their purchase decisions.
解析:[听力原文]
Young mums shopping in the Copley Mall in
downtown Boston last month found themselves being
questioned about their use of soap by students
from Harvard Business School, usually known as
HBS. The students were not doing odd jobs to
earn beer money. They were preparing to help a
firm
in Brazil launch an
antibacterial cleanser.
The 900 students
arriving in Boston this summer for their two-year
course were told that they
would be subjects.
The new practical addition to HBSs curriculum is
known as FIELD that stands
for Field Immersion Experiences for
Leadership Development. Not all the staff and
students were
overjoyed to be
experimented on. But the man responsible, Nitin
Nohria, who became dean of HBS
in July 2010,
says that if it works, the FIELD method could
become an equal partner to the case
method.
What happens in the second year of the new
course is still being worked out. But the first
year
has three elements. First, team-building
exercises. Students take turns to lead a group
engaged
in a project. They learn to
collaborate and to give and take feedback. Second,
students will be
sent to work for a
week with one of more than 140 firms in 11
countries. In the third part of
the
course, students will be given eight weeks, and
seed money of $$3,000 each, to launch a small
company. The most successful, as voted by
their fellow students, will get more funding. The
experiment does not come cheap, adding 5-10%
to the courses cost, which HBS will bear while it
figures out what works.
Why did
the students ask people about their use of soap?
[解析] 此题问学生为什么询问人们有关肥皂的使用。短文中提到They were
preparing to help a firm in
Brazil launch an
antibacterial cleanser. 即“学生们正在为帮助一家巴西的公司推广抗菌洗涤用品而
做准备”,由
此可知,学生们最有可能正在做的事情是搜集相关信息,所以选项B为答案。
A.A shorter length of course.
B.A new
practice called FIELD. √
al contact with the
dean.
opportunities of case study.
解析:[听力原文]
What is the special experience
new Harvard Business School students get?
[解析] 本题问的是哈佛商学院的新生得到了什么新体验。短文中提到The new
practical addition to HBSs
curriculum is
known as FIELD...由此可知,这900名新生将成为试验埘象参与一项称为FIELD的实践
课程。因此答
案为选项B。
help first-year students
know each other.
find a leader to run the
students union.
show students the
importance of the program.
teach students
how to cooperate and take feedback. √
解析:[听力原文]
Why do students do the team-
building exercises?
[解析] 题干关键词为team-
building exercise,短文里提到They learn to collaborate
and to give and
take feedback.
即“他们学会合作、学会提出并且获得反馈。”故选项D为答案。
for firms
around the world.
an essay in eight weeks.
at least 3,000 dollars.
up their own companies. √
解析:[听力原文]
What are students supposed to do in the third
part of the course?
[解析] 短文提到In the
third part of the course, students...to launch a
small company.
即“在第三阶段的课
程中,学生要成立一家小型公司”,因此,答案为选项D。
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage
you have just heard.
Questions 23 to 25 are
based on the passage you have just heard.
(分数:12.00)
tend to put children in
front of everything else.
need a house to
gain the sense of security.
are generally
more practical than men.
are less likely to
save for retirement. √
解析:[听力原文]
Research studies of women in North America
have found that women are far more likely to save
for
their childrens education, and they are
also more likely to save up in order to buy a
house one
day. The same studies have found
that men, on the other hand, tend to save for a
ear. But the
other main priority for men when
saving money is their retirement. When they
e
earning, they
e
far
more likely to put money aside for their old age
than women are.
This is rather disturbing,
because in fact the need for women to save for
their old age is far
greater than for men. To
start with, it is a fact that throughout the
world, women are likely
to live many
years longer than men, so they need money to
support them during this time. Furthermore,
the high divorce rates in North America
are creating a poverty cycle for women. It is the
divorced
women who will most often have to
look after the children and thus they need more
money to look
after not just themselves but
others.
Women today need to look ahead,
think ahead. They can be given advice on different
ways of saving.
Many women are unwilling to
invest in stocks and shares, for instance, but
these can be extremely
profitable. It is
usually advised that at least 70% of a persons
savings should be in low-risk
investments but for the rest, financial
advisors often advise taking some well-informed
risks.
Initiatives such as this can
give women the economic skills and knowledge they
need for a
comfortable, independent
retirement.
What do the studies of
women in North America find?
[解析]
本题问到在北美进行的研究有何发现。短文中提到...they
e far
more likely to put money aside
for their old
age than women are.
即“与女性相比,男性更有可能为年老存款”,由此可推之,女性较少为退休存
钱。答案为选项D。
poverty cycle makes them lonely.
are
more in need of money at the old age. √
divorce rate in North America is rather low.
are responsible for raising children.
解析:[听力原文]
Why is the need for women to
save greater than men?
[解析]
短文中对此提到两点,第一是...women are likely to live many
years longer... they need money
to support th
em,即“女性很可能比男性的寿命更长,所以她们需要更多的钱来生活”,故正确答案为选项B。另一点
是高离婚率,并且离婚后孩子多由女性来抚养,所以她们需要更多的钱,选项D没有把抚养孩子限定在离婚后,
故排除。
on real estate properties.
30%
of it in stocks and shares. √
all of it in
low-risk investment.
on their childrens
education.
解析:[听力原文]
How should women
do with their saving?
[解析]
本题问的是女性应如何处理她们的存款。短文中提到70% of a person...but for
the rest,
financial advisors often advise
taking some well-informed risks. 即“一个人存款的70%应该进行低风
险投资,
而剩下的30%,理财专家经常建议人们进行一些高风险投资”,由此可见,大约30%的存款
最好用来进行股票债券一类的
风险稍高一点的投资。答案为选项B。
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