大学英语四级 42

大学英语四级-42

(总分：100.00，做题时间：90分钟)

一、Listening Comprehension(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）
A.A rocket has been successfully launched.
was a rocket hitting the moon. √
C.A deep dark hole appeared on the moons South Pole.
was an amazing finding made by LRO.
解析：[听力原文]
Last October, a NASA rocket, traveling at a speed of 9,000 kilometers per hour, smashed into a


deep, dark hole on the moons south pole.


Upon impact, the Centaur rocket kicked up a cloud of dust and elements from the moons surface,
creating a so-called ejecta-plume that was monitored by NASAs Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter,
or LRO.
Scientists analyzed the findings, and preliminary results from this mission suggested that there


was some form of water on the moon. NASA lunar scientist Michael Wargo said those days that a


wave of findings during the past year makes it certain.
Weve confirmed that there was indeed water ice in the ejecta-plume, and at an abundance that
was about 50 percent greater than our initial estimates.
That means that the impact site has more water than some deserts on Earth.

According to the news report what has happened last October?

[解析] 新闻中指出，美国宇航局的一枚火箭以每小 时9000公里的速度，撞上月球南极的一个黑暗陨石坑而粉碎。这与
B项的“火箭撞月”意思相同。新 闻中提到的是美国宇航局的火箭在月球上撞毁，故A项“成功发射火箭”错误。新闻
只是提到火箭撞上黑 暗陨石坑，而非C项“月球南极出现一个黑暗的深坑”，故排除C。D项“LRO有惊人的发现”都是
火 箭撞上月球的结果，与问题中的去年10月不相关，也排除。
form of water existed on the moon. √
water on the moon was as much as in the desert.
was a lot of rocket remaining on the moon surface.
D.A large area has been affected by the rocket.
解析：[听力原文]
What did preliminary results from this mission suggest?

[解析] 新闻中指出，科学家们根据各种结果和发现推断月球上有某种形式的水存在(there was some form
of water on the moon)。A项将原文的there be结构换成 了谓语动词existed，语义是一致的，A项为答案。新闻最后
一句提到月球上受撞击的地方的水分 比地球上的某些沙漠地区还多(more water thart some
deserts on Earth)，故B项“月球上的水和沙漠上的一样多”错误。C项“月球表面有许多火箭”和D项“大片 地区受
到火箭的影响”均没有在新闻中提到。
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）
.

men. √
men.
s.
解析：[听力原文]
An American government panel has recommended that pregnant women, health-care workers, children


and young adults up to the age of 24 should get priority for the flu vaccine released later this


year. But the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices conceded the policy may change if not
enough vaccine is produced by October. Doctor Ann Schuchat of the Center for Disease Control said
it is vital for pregnant women who have breathing illness and fever to get early treatment. We
think some suitable medicines for them can be lifesaving, and thats a very important message.




We also think it is important for them to get seasonal influenza vaccine, and today the committee
recommended that when vaccine is available, and we have a decision to go forward that the pregnant
women really out of consider getting the H1N1 vaccine.

Who are less necessary to receive the flu vaccinations?

[解析] 注意听清楚本题问的是没那么必要注射疫苗的人(less necessary)。新闻中指出，美国政府小组 委员会认为孕
妇、医护工作者、孩子和24岁以下的年轻人都应该优先注射流感疫苗，只有B项“老年人 ”没有提及，故选B项。听
录音时应注意出现的一系列名词，并速记下相关信息或在选项上标记。
e their babies are particularly weak.
e the flu vaccines are too difficult to reach.
e the flu vaccines can be lifesaving for them. √
e this is the decision made by the committee.
解析：[听力原文]
Why do pregnant women enjoy the top priority to get vaccine?

[解析] 新闻中指出，疾病控制中心的Ann Schuchat说一些有用的药物对有呼吸疾病及发烧的孕妇来说就是挽 救生命
(lifesaving)，接种季节性的流感疫苗也是非常重要的，C项复现新闻原词，为答案 。A项“她们的婴儿特别虚弱”和B
项“获得疫苗十分困难”都没有在新闻中提到。新闻中提到，委员们 建议一旦疫苗到达，将首先考虑给孕妇接种流感疫
苗。这只是委员们的建议，而不是规定必须这么做，故 D项“因为这是委员会作出的决定”错误。

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）
A.A lightning strike started the fires.
c was very busy on Christmas Day.
Great Ocean Road attracted many tourists.
nts were forced to leave their homes. √
解析：[听力原文]
Hundreds of residents and holidaymakers along southern Australias popular Great Ocean Road were


forced to move out on Thursday as hot, windy weather threatened to recharge bushfires that


destroyed more than 100 homes on Christmas Day.
Residents in three coastal towns in the popular holiday area were advised to leave their homes
as temperatures were forecast to reach a high of almost 40 degrees Celsius. The hot summer weather


threatened to expand fires that have been burning for almost two weeks.


The fires were started by a lightning strike on Dec. 19 and continue to burn and spread. The Country


Fire Authority estimates the fire has burnt out more than 25 square kilometers of land. Authorities
estimate that 116 homes were destroyed by the fires on Christmas Day.
The Great Ocean Road is one of Australias biggest tourist draws with its spectacular scenery
and unusual offshore rock formations. Parts of the road remained closed to traffic on Thursday
during what is typically one of its busiest times of the year.

What happened on Australias Great Ocean Road on Thursday?

[解析] 新闻一开始就提到当地居民在周四被迫迁出(were forced to move out)，D项中的leave their home与新闻中
的move out同义，故为答案。 A项“雷击引发了林区火灾”在新闻中有提到，但发生时间是12月19日，新闻中并没有
提到是星期几 。B项“The Great Ocean Road吸引了很多游客”与问题所问无关。C项中的“交通繁忙” 在新闻中提到
的是在以往圣诞期间繁忙，现在交通已经关闭，故C项错误。
hot and windy weather might expand bushfires. √
will be a strong earthquake.
homes were destroyed by the fires on Christmas Day.
temperatures will fall down soon.
解析：[听力原文]
Why should the local residents leave their homes?

[解析] 新闻提到当地居民被建议撤离，是由于预计即将出现高温，有风的炎热夏日会加剧火情(threatened
to expand fires)，因此选A项。B项“将会有剧烈的地震”未在新闻中提到。新闻中 确实提到许多家庭房屋被毁，但
当地居民被建议撤离的原因还是因为天气可能加重灾情，C项“他们的房 子被毁”答非所问。D项“很快将会有降温”

与新闻提到的事实相反。
Christmas Day.
December 19th. √
winter.
a windy day.
解析：[听力原文]
When did the bushfires start?

[解析] 新闻中提到林区火灾是由雷击引发的，发生的时间是12月19日，故答案选B项。新闻开头提到，圣诞节期间< br>的天气加剧了灾情，导致100多所房屋被毁，但这并不是火灾开始的时间，排除A项。C项在冬季，考生 应知道澳大利
亚在南半球，事件发生在12月前后，应为夏季，故排除此项。D项“有风的日子”，新闻 中提到风会加大火势，但并不
是发生的时候。

三、Section B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)
四、Conversation One(总题数：1，分数：16.00)

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）
make the man feel happy.
persuade the man to shop with his kids.
convince the man Christmas is worth spending. √
prevent the man from spending too much shopping.
解析：[听力原文]
W: Are you all ready for Christmas?
M: No, I haven even started. Ive done zero shopping.
W: Well, youd better get going. Christmas is only a week away.



M: I have to tell you that Im one of those people who really get stressed out by the Christmas


rush.


W: Oh, Im not. I love the holidays. I love the crowds, the shopping, the holidays, the music,
the food, the parties, and all the presents.
M: Thats just the beginning. My wife always spends too much money on Christmas. That takes me


till April to pay off all our Christmas bills.
W: Don be a miser about it. Think about your kids. Didn

you use to love Christmas when you


were a kid?
M: I guess so. I don remember.
W: I know you did. You know, maybe Christmas is for kids, but you can still enjoy it through the
eyes of your children.
M: Well, kids enjoy it because they don have to do all the shopping and pay all the bills.


W: Maybe thats true. But you know as well as I do, that Christmas is more than shopping and trees.

Its about whats in your heart and how you can make others happy.


M: You
e right. You
e absolutely right. Im going to try harder to be nice to people and try


to keep the true spirit of Christmas in my heart.


W: Im glad to hear it.

What does the woman try to do in the conversation?

[解析] 不定式选项，估计问 “目的，打算”。四个选项的宾语均是him，进一步确定是问女士的目的。整个对话内容都
是围绕说话 人对圣诞节的态度展开的，女士一直在劝说男士不要太在乎钱，只要开心就好。因此正确答案为C项。A项
不正确，女士开导男士，并非仅仅为了让他开心。选项B、D与原文不符。
a Christmas party.
long before Christmas. √
the New Years Eve.
some day of April.
解析：[听力原文]
When does the conversation take place?

[解析] 细节题。女士问男士怎么还没有准备去购物，还 有一个星期就是圣诞节了。因此不难判断，对话发生在圣诞节
前几天。选项B正确。
ation.
int. √
ent.
erence.
解析：[听力原文]
What is the mans feeling about Christmas?

[解析] 推断题。对话一开始男士就强调圣诞节让他觉得心力交瘁(get stressed out)，因此A项和C 项肯定不对。接
下来男士便提到他妻子会为圣诞节化很多钱，他得花很长时间才能把所有的账全部还清。 显而易见，他是在抱怨，因此
选项B正确。
off Christmas bills.
to earn more money.
ing for Christmas. √
ng his wifes expense.
解析：[听力原文]
What will the man most probably do after the conversation?

[解析] 推断题。四个动词(分词)选项标明，这是典型的长对话尾巴题，问对话中人物下一步的行动 。到对话末尾，男
士承认女士说的完全正确，并表示自己会照女士所说的去做，那么他很有可能为圣诞节 积极地做准备，因此C项正确。
A项是他抱怨的内容，B、D项并未提及。

五、Conversation Two(总题数：1，分数：16.00)

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）
doesn feel like doing it.
suit him. thinks it doesn
will take too much time. √
is not funny at all.
解析：[听力原文]
W: Its a lovely day today! What would you like to do?
M: I really feel like doing something outdoors. Perhaps we could go hill walking?
W: Mm, Im not really in the mood for hill walking. Why don we just go swimming?
M: That suits me. But it will take an hour or two. Do you like to do something else first? Maybe


we could go cycling?
W: I don think I enjoy that very much. Actually Im not a good cyclist. Maybe we could have
a meal at the new Italian restaurant.
M: Thats Fine for me. I haven been to that restaurant yet. So thats decided then. A meal at


the new Italian restaurant, then go to swim. Great! So, when should we meet?


W: Wed better get to the restaurant a bit early because it might be very busy. I think we need


to get there by 11:00.
M: Er, can I make it a little bit later, say, 11:20? I have to visit my grandma this morning and


I don think I can make it by then.
W: No problem. Ill go straight to the restaurant at 11:00 and get you a table.
M: Great!

Why doesn the man want to go swimming?

[解析] 细节题。 四个选项均是否定it，结合A和B可知提问应该是问He不做某事的原因。对话中女士建议去游泳，男
士回答说这适合他，接着却用But来否定这个建议：游泳得花一两个小时，言下之意即游泳太费时间了，故选C 。A利
用对话中的原词feel like doing进行干扰，但对话中男士说的是他想做一些户外 运动，A与之不符；男士觉得游泳适
合他，B与男士的意思相悖；男士没有说到游泳是否有趣，D也可排 除。
hill walking.
swimming.
ing.
out. √
解析：[听力原文]
What will the two speakers do first?

[解析] 细节题。本题 四个选项均为动词原形，应涉及某个行动：打算、建议等。对话中女士说她没有心情爬山，也不

擅长骑车，所以A、C两项肯定不对。最后他们决定先吃饭再游泳。接下来男 士说“那就这样定了”。所以正确答案是D
项。
has existed for a long time.
enjoys very good business. √
owner of the restaurant is an Italian.
is located on a busy street.
解析：[听力原文]
What can be inferred about the restaurant mentioned?

因为(推断题。女士提议去新开的那家意大利饭店，她还建议最好早点去，因为去晚了饭店很可能] 解析[
人多)很忙。既然是新开的饭店，那么A错误。饭店之所以可能非常busy，肯定是生意好， 去的人多才会很忙，因此答
案为B。意大利饭店并不一定就是意大利人开的，故C错误。D对话中未提及 ，可以排除。
cannot get the meal ready so early.
didn want to get a table himself.
thinks its too early to have lunch.
has to go and see a relative before then. √
解析：[听力原文]
Why can

[解析] 原因推理题。对 话中，男士提出希望能11:20到饭店，因为他要去看望他的grandma，11:00之前可能赶不回来。
因此选项D正确。

the man meet the woman at 11:00?
六、Section C(总题数：0，分数：0.00)
七、Passage One(总题数：1，分数：12.00)

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）
clothes.
ive clothes.
nable clothes.
clothes. √
解析：[听力原文]
Twin sisters are supposed to be very much alike, are they not? Well, my twin sister Jane and I
do look alike, however, we are different in many ways. We like very different styles of clothing.
I prefer to dress informally, whereas my twin sister dresses like a model, always wearing the


latest fashions. We have very similar character in most ways. I do not get angry easily and enjoy


being with friends, and in these respects, my twin sister feels the same. But she likes loud music


and modern dances, while I find that nightclubs give me a headache. She is always with friends,
is a favorite with all the teachers, and never wants to have any children, whereas I prefer to
be alone at tinges, don really try to impress my teachers and intend some day to have a family
of my own. We have tried to live in the same room several times, and even agreed on the color

we like best, and the kind of furniture we want, but I like to keep things neat and orderly, while


my twin sister acts as if there were a servant around to pick up all the things that get thrown


on the floor. I like to go to bed early and get up early. In contrast, she doesn seem to have


any definite habits, often goes to bed very late, and then sleeps late the next day.



What kind of clothes does the speaker like?

[解析] 四个选项的中心词是clothes，区别在前面的定语。注意到A与B相对，C与D相对。文中提到I prefer
to dress informally。D中的casual是informal的同义词。
enjoy loud music.
seldom lose their temper. √
want to have children.
enjoy modern dances.
解析：[听力原文]
What do the twin sisters have in common?

[解析] 文中提到“我轻易不会生气，喜欢和朋友待在一起。这点我们是相同的”所以选B。
speaker goes to bed very late and her sister gets up early.
speakers twin sister often brings friends home and this annoys her.

speaker likes to keep things neat while her twin sister doesn . √
can agree on the color of the room and furniture.
解析：[听力原文]
Why isn

[解析] 最后一部分提到，她们不能住在同一个房间有很多原因，其中之一便是 她是一个喜欢整齐有序的人，而她的
sister什么东西都随手乱扔。所以选C。

the speaker likely to live in the same room with her sister?
八、Passage Two(总题数：1，分数：16.00)

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）
great number of people engaged in cigarette producing.
rapid development of cigarette-making machines. √
rapid development of cigarette- making factories.
increasing output of tobacco.
解析：[听力原文]

Until the twentieth century cigarettes were not an important threat to public health. Since the
cigarette industry began in the 1870s, however, the cigarette-manufacturing machine has developed


rapidly. This made it possible to produce great numbers of cigarettes very quickly, and it reduced

the price.




Today cigarette smoking is a widespread habit. About forty-three percent of the men and thirty- one


percent of the adult women in the United States smoke cigarettes regularly. It is encouraging


to note, however, that millions of people have given up the smoking habit.
Income, education and occupation all play a part in determining a persons smoking habits. City


people smoke more than people living on farms. Well-educated men with high income are less likely
to smoke cigarettes than men with fewer years of schooling and lower incomes. On the other hand,
if a well-educated man with a high income smokes at all, he is likely to smoke more packs of
cigarettes per day. The situation is somewhat different for women. There are slightly more smokers
among women with higher family income and higher education than among the lower income and lower
education groups. These more highly educated women tend to smoke more heavily.



What reduced the price of cigarettes?

[解析] it reduced the price中的it指的是前面提到cigarette-manufacturing machine has developed
rapidly“香烟生产机器快速发展”。D错在tobacco； 是香烟而非烟草的产量增加才使它的价格下降的。A、C均未提及。
-three.
-one. √
y-five.
-six.
解析：[听力原文]
What is the percentage of American adult women who smoke regularly?

[解析] 数字题。短文中提到，美国 有31%的成年女性经常吸烟，B为答案。A为男性吸烟人数的比例，C、D录音未提及。
, years of schooling and job type. √
background and work environment.
ion and mood.
tion and influence of family members.

解析：[听力原文]
What plays a part in determining a persons smoking habit?

[解析] 选项A中的三个因素是对原文income，education and occupation的同义表达。
people smoke less than people living on farms.

-educated men tend to smoke more heavily than other men.
-educated women tend to smoke more heavily than other women. √
D.A well-paid man is likely to smoke more packs of cigarettes per day.
解析：[听力原文]
Which of the following is true according to the passage?

[解析] 最后一句话提到 ，受教育程度越高的女性烟瘾越大。A项表达的意思与原文相反，B项和D项表达不全面，只有
把这两项 综合起来才与原文相符。

九、Passage Three(总题数：1，分数：12.00)

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）
speed and journey of the fastest rocket soaring to the sun.
brightness of the sun and its distance from the earth. √
size and heat of the sun compared with other stars.
total heat and time a column of ice needs to melt.
解析：[听力原文]
Life on earth depends on the sun. Day after day we see its light and feel its warmth, but we do
not often consider their origin. Yet there are many remarkable things about the sun. One is its
distance from the earth. This is about 93 million miles. A journey of this distance, even if it




could be made, would take several hundred years even in the fastest rocket.
The sun makes us feel hot, even at a distance of 93 million miles. This is not surprising. The
temperature on the sun is about 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit. But we receive only a small part of




the heat. The total heat of the sun could melt a column of ice two and a quarter miles thick and
93 million miles high in a second.
The brightness of the sun is equally astonishing. As we said earlier, we receive only a very small


part of the suns heat. We also receive only a very small part of its light. This is sufficient
for the growth of trees and plants, and for the existence of living creatures on earth. Too much
heat and light would destroy the balance of life. The heat and light from the sun come in just


the right quantities for life on earth.

What remarkable things are mentioned in the passage?

[解析] 听到“Yet there are many remarkable things about the sun.”时应该预测到后面会列举，紧接着听到“One
is its distance from the earth.”然后详细阐述，随后听到“The brightness of the sun
is equally astonishing.”及后面对该句的详细说明。因此B为正确选项。
A.93 million degrees Centigrade.
B.10,000 degrees Fahrenheit. √
C.10,000 degrees Centigrade.
2,000 degrees Fahrenheit.

解析：[听力原文]
What is the temperature on the sun?

[解析] 选项均为数字，且度量单位有所不同，听录音时 应特别注意文中提到的数字及其度量单位。短文中提到，太阳
表面的温度是10,000 degrees Fahrenheit，B为答案。
sun casts its light to millions of other stars.
of the suns heat and light are received on the earth.
resources from the sun will make the earth even prosperous.
riate amount of heat and light makes life on the earth possible. √
解析：[听力原文]
Which of the following is true according to the passage?

[解析] “尾巴题”。D 是对最后两句的同义表达，也是本文的主题。A、C未提及；B与文中两次提及的信息“我们只接
收了少 部分来自太阳的热量”相反。