大学英语四级卷二真题2015年12月

大学英语四级卷二真题2015年12月

(总分：710.00，做题时间：130分钟)

一、Part I Writing (30 minutes)(总题数：1，分数：106.50)

ions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the saying
“Listening is more important than talking.” You can cite examples to illustrate the importance
of listening. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words。
（分数：106.50）
______________________________________________ ____________________________________________
正确答案：( It is quite important to be a good ive listening is more than simply
avoiding the bad habit of interrupting others while they are 's being content to listen
to the entire thought of someone rather than waiting impatiently for your chance to respond.
Slowing down your responses and becoming a better listener aids you in becoming a more amiable
you wait for the person you are communicating with to finish,as you simply listen more
intently to what is being said,you will feel more relaxed,and so will the people you are talking
only will being a better listener make you a more patient person,but it will also improve
your relationship with others because everyone loves to talk to someone who truly listens to what
they are saying. It is quite easy for you to be a better long as you for
get yourself and imagine yourself in the speaker's experience to understand the emotion behind
the words,and then give your appropriate responses slowly,you will be an endeared listener. )
解析：

二、Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes) (总题数：1，分数：56.80)

（分数：56.80）
agenda for the board of directors' meeting.
details of the meeting to be held next week.
reason for the man's absence from the meeting.
time for the man's visit to the woman's company. √
解析：[听力原文] W: Hello, Mr. Harrison, thanks for calling. Now, when would it be good for you
to visit our company? M: Well. In fact, I can come almost any time next month. And probably toward
the end of the week would be best for me. Q: What are the speakers talking about? [解析] 语 义推断题。女
士十分明确地询问男士什么时间到她所在的公司参观，男士说下个月的任何时间都行，靠近 周末的时间最好。由此可知，
两人在谈论男士参观女士所在公司的时间。
a travel agency.
a department store.
a library. √
a post office.
解析：[听力原文] W: Can you help me find a book on South America? M: What specifically would you
like to know about? We catalog our books in many different ways. Q: Where does the conversation
most probably take place? [解析] 场景推断题。女士请男士帮助她寻找一本关于南美洲的 书，男士让她把要求提得
更具体一点，因为他们通过不同的方式对书籍进行归类。四个选项当中，会对书 籍进行归类的场所只有图书馆。
cannot hear the woman's call.
cannot get through to New York. √

cannot recall the phone number.
cannot find a public phone nearby.
解析：[听力原文] M: Im trying to make a call to New York and haven been able to get through.
语义理解题。男士] 解析Can you help me? W: Sure. Try my phone. Q: What is the mans problem? [
告诉女士他一直在试着打电话到纽约，但一直没打通，希望获得女士 的帮助，女士很痛快地把手机借给男士使用。由此
可知，男士没办法把电话打到纽约。get through意为“(用电话)联系上，(和……)通上电话”。
a movie with the woman.
his thesis in the office.
some shopping with Jane.
s his thesis with Prof. Hudson. √
解析：[听力原文] M: I have to go to Prof. Hudsons office to discuss my thesis. If time allows,
Id like to go to the movies with you when I come back. W: I don think I can make it. Im going
shopping with Jane right now. Q: What is the man going to do first? [解析] 行动计划题。男士说他先要去与
Prof. Hudson讨论一下他的论文，然后，如果时间允许，他 希望能和女士一起去看电影，而女士却说她不一定能赶得及，
因为她现在正要和Jane去逛商店。由此 可知，男士首先要做的事情足与教授讨论他的论文。
just cannot work properly without a watch.
has no idea where he can buy a gold watch.
still does not know where he left his watch. √
is not sure what went wrong with his watch.
解析：[听力原文] W: Why are you so upset and worried? M: Ive been racking my brains all morning,
trying to recall where I put my gold watch. But it has been in vain. Q: What do we learn about
the man? [解析] 语义推断题。女士问男士他为什么看上去那么焦虑，男士说他使劲想了整个上午，也没想起来到底把< br>金表放到哪里去了。由此可知，男士不知道他把他的金表放在哪里了。
forgot all about what he said. √
slipped and hurt his head.
was sorry for being off sick last week.
thought the woman's car had been sold.
解析：[听力原文] W: I thought you said you were going to call me last week about the car Im selling.
M: oh, Im sorry. It completely slipped my mind. Q: What does the man mean? [解析] 语 义理解题。女士说她记
得男士提到会给她打电话，与她讨论一下她想要卖的那辆车，男士听到女士的话后 ，马上道歉，因为他把这件事忘得一
干二净。slip ones mind“被忘记，被遗忘”。
should try to catch an earlier bus.
is absent from his class too often.
is always making excuses for being late. √
should come up with a better excuse.
解析：[听力原文] W: I tried to catch the bus but couldn make it. So Im late for class. M: Another
excuse. Are you ready for what youll say tomorrow? Q: What does the man imply about the woman?
[解析] 弦外之音题。女士告诉男士她没有赶上汽车，所以上课才会迟到，男士却说 她这是找借口，并问她是不是连明
天的借口都已经想好了。由此可以推测，在男士心目中，女士总是在为 她的迟到找借口。
is going to help the woman out.
has to move out of the building soon. √
is on his way to see a real estate agent.
will stay with the woman's brother.
解析：[听力原文] M: The apartment building I live in is going to be torn down before the end of

this month. I don know what to do. W: Well, my brother is a real estate agent. He can help you
out, I think. Q: What do we learn about the man? [解析] 推理判断题。男士告诉女士，他住的那栋公寓楼月底就
要被 拆除了，他对此一筹莫展，女士告诉他，她哥哥是一个房地产经纪人，应该能够为男士提供帮助。由此可知，男士
必须在短期内搬出现在的住所。
Questions 9 to l l are based on the conversation you have just heard.
Questions 9 to l l are based on the conversation you have just heard.（分数：21.30）
the wanted column.

some of her friends. √
a telephone directory.
a television commercial.
解析：[听力原文] M: Ace Employment Agency. Good morning. W: Good morning. I wonder if you can
help me. Im looking for a job. M: Ill see what we can do. Uh... Have you been to us before?
W: No. But youve managed to get jobs for some of my friends. So I thought, perhaps, you know...
M: Yes, I see. First of all, could you give me your full name? W: Yes, of course. Susan Hollies.
M: Good. And could I have your phone number? W: Yes. 7788992. M: Fine. And your date of birth,
please? W: Feb. 3rd, 1980. M.. Thank you. Now, education. Which school did you go to? W: I went
to a secondary school in South Town. M: And have you been to college? W: No. I left full-time
education when I was 18. M: I see. Any qualifications? W: Yes. I gained a shorthand and typing
diploma at evening classes. M: Thats good. Now, where are you working at the moment? W: Well,
Ive got a job as a shorthand-typist. But Im not enjoying it very much and it doesn pay very
well. M: I see. Have you applied for any other jobs? W: Yes. I thought Id like to be a policewoman.
But they turned me down because I was too short. M: What would you like to do now, then? W: Well,
I think Id like to work in a travel agency. M: I see. I think the best thing is for me to see
what we might find for you. And then... How did the woman get to know about the mans company?
[解析] 细节推断题。男士问女士是否曾经通过他所在的机构寻找过工作，女士表示没有，但她说她的 朋友们通过这家
职业介绍所找到过工作，也就是说，是她的朋友将这家职业介绍所的信息告诉她的。
received full-time education abroad.
graduated from an open university.
finished her secondary school. √
studied in a vocational college.
解析：[听力原文] What formal education did the woman receive? [解析] 细节辨认题。对话中男士问女士上过什
么学，女士说她是在South Town上的中学，然后又说， 她18岁之后就没有再接受过全日制教育，由此可知，女士所接
受的正规教育的最高程度就是中学。
is a shorthand-typist. √
works as a tour guide.
is a policewoman.
teaches an evening class.
解析：[听力原文] What do we learn about the womans occupation? [解析] 细节辨认题。对话中男士询问女士她目
前在做什么工作，女士明确回答自己现在是一名速记打字员。
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：28.40）
provides him with career opportunities.
helps enlarge his customer network.

has been off and on for ten years. √
Was interrupted for four years.
解析：[听力原文] W: Steve, can you tell me how long youve been a pub owner? M: Well, four years,
I suppose. Ive been involved with pubs off and on for ten years. Ive sort of done hotel work
and Ive also run a restaurant pub. And now Ive got what you call a good old-fashioned pub. That
is, a public bar, with all the social games going with it, which is what weve always wanted to
have, you know. W: It sounds like youve always worked in pubs, but not always in this one. M:
No, no. I worked in quite a variety of pubs. W: What makes a good pub? I mean, you said, you know,
it has got a good variety of things. M: Well, I think having the right customers to start with,
selling the right beer, keeping it good, and most of all, keeping a good attitude yourself, even
though you probably feel very tired. But the idea is, if you generate from your side, its got
to affect the other side, if you
e getting the right customers in. W: Yeah. I must say thats
think
to seem people of lot a mean, I owner. pub a being about me struck always has that thing one
that its a nice job, you know. Everybody says, Oh, Id love to retire and get a country pub.
But it seems to me that its actually very hard work. What does the man say about his involvement
with pubs? [解析] 细节辨认题。对话中女士问男士他成为酒吧老板有多长时间了，男士 回答说已经四年了，不过他从
事与酒吧相关的工作断断续续已经有十年了。
dualized service.
ional setting.
-made beer.
games. √
解析：[听力原文] What characterizes the old-fashioned pub according to the man? [解析] 细节辨认题。对话
中，男士说他现在的酒吧是那种人们普遍认为的传统酒 吧，这种酒吧的特点就是会有很多社交性质的游戏和活动。因此，
依照男士的观点，社交性质的游戏和活 动是传统酒吧的特色。
quality of beer.
atmosphere.
owner's attitude. √
right location.
解析：[听力原文] What does the man say is the most important in making a good pub? [解析] 细节推断题。当
女士问男士认为什么条件能够构成好的酒吧时，男士说，首先要有合适的客户 ，合适的啤酒，然后，最重要的就是，即
使老板自己感觉很疲惫了，也依然要保持好的态度，这样，才能 让酒吧更成功。
is a rather tough job. √
is a profitable business.
helps old people kill time.
makes retirees feel useful.
解析：[听力原文] What does the woman think of running a country pub? [解析] 语义理解题。对话临近尾声时，
女士说，很多人都感觉经营 酒吧是份很好的工作，甚至很多人都梦想着退休以后，到乡下去开家酒吧，但女士却说，她
认为经营酒吧 实际上是份相当辛苦的工作。选项中的tough是对原文中的hard的同义转述。

四、Section B (总题数：3，分数：71.00)

Passage One Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
Passage One Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard. （分数：21.30）
is becoming increasingly popular.

helps the user to escape reality.
gives rise to serious social instability.
hurts a person and those around them. √
解析：[听力原文] To help ourselves and others, its important to know something about drugs. A
drug is a chemical substance. It can bring about a physical, emotional, or mental change in people.
Alcohol and tobacco are drugs. Caffeine, a substance found in coffee and some soft drinks, is
also a drug. Drug abuse is the use of a drug, legal or illegal, that hurts a person or someone
close to him. A drug user is the person who takes the drug. There are many kinds of drug users.
Experimental users may try drugs once or twice. They want to see what the effects will be.
Recreational users take drugs to get high. They use drugs with friends or at parties to get into
the mood of things. Regular users take drugs all the time. But they are often able to keep up
with the normal routine of work. Dependent users can relate to anything but drugs. Their whole
life centers around drugs. They feel extreme mental or physical pain without drugs. Its not always
easy to tell that someone is using drugs. In the early stages, drug use is often hard to see.
Sometimes, people like drugs or need drugs so much that they can do without them. They are
dependent upon drugs. Only a few kinds of drugs can cause physical dependence. But almost any
drug, when its misused, can make a person think he needs it all the time. By this time, its
事实细] 解析too late and the person is hooked. What does the speaker say about drug abuse? [
节题。短文 中提到，药物滥用是指在合法或非法情况下使用药物，但这种对药物的滥用会对使用者或与他们比较亲近的
人产生伤害。
use drugs just for fun.
take drugs to get high. √
use drugs as medicine.
keep drug use a secret.
解析：[听力原文] What does the speaker say about recreational drug users? [解析] 细节辨认题。短文中提到
了不同类型的人使用药物的目的。recreational drug users“消遣型瘾君子”使用药物就是为了求得快感，让自己感
觉飘飘欲仙。
is quite common in entertainment circles.
is the cause of various social problems.
is hard to get rid of. √
is fatal to the user.
解析：[听力原文] What does the speaker say about drug dependence? [解析] 推理判断题。短文最后一部分提到，
虽然仅有很少的几种药物会让 人的身体真正产生依赖性，但几乎所有的药物都会在使用不当时让人在心理上产生依赖性。
到了这个时候 ，已经太晚了，这个人已经对药物成瘾了。也就是说，药物依赖性很难解除。
Passage Two Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.
Passage Two Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard. （分数：28.40）
up exercises after recovery.
ing tasty healthy frozen food. √
g new ways to cure heart disease.
on a diet upon leaving the hospital.
解析：[听力原文] According to Charles Harper, Chairman of ConAgra, the Healthy Choice line of
frozen dinners began with his own heart attack. It has been brought on by years of eating anything
he could get his hands on. As he lay in the hospital recovering, Harper imagined the line of healthy
frozen foods that tasted good. The Healthy Choice product line was carefully tested with consumers

before being introduced to the general public. ConAgras research and development staff spent
a year working under the instruction Whatever the cost, don sacrifice taste. The first test
market results surprised even the ConAgra team. The low-sodium, low-fat frozen dinners sold much
better than expected. According to the firms vice-president of marketing and sales, We benefited
from low expectations. The products were much better than people thought they would be. This
finding supported ConAgras decision to position the product against other high-quality frozen
dinners rather than as a diet or health food. The new products brand name and packaging were
an important part of the development process. The name Healthy Choice was chosen for the positive
implication it held for consumers. Because ConAgra felt the product would be an impulse purchase,
it was important to make the item stand out in the freezer case. This was accomplished through
the dark green packaging that not only differed from the competitors but also suggested freshness
and richness in vitamins. What did Charles Harper think of while he was in hospital? [解析] 细节辨认题。
短文中提到，当Charles Harper因为心脏病发作而住院时，他躺在病床上，想的都是健康美味的冷冻食品的生产线。
因此， 他脑子里想的都是生产健康美味的冷冻食品。
was carefully tested with consumers. √
was promoted by health organizations.
was disapproved by many diet experts.
was highly expected by the general public.
解析：[听力原文] What does the passage say about the Healthy Choice product line before it went
to market? [解析] 事实细节题。短文中提到，在真正被投放到市场面对大众之前，Healthy Choice系列食品经过了消
费者的认真测试。
itive price.

expectations √
us promotion.
ingredients.
解析：[听力原文] What is said to contribute to ConAgras business success? [解析] 细节推断 题。短文中提到，
ConAgra公司负责市场营销的副总裁认为，低期待值使他们受益，人们认为这一 产品比他们想象的要出色。
was suggested by the firm's vice-president.
matches the food's dark green packaging.
has a positive implication for consumers. √
tricks the elders into impulse purchasing.
解析：[听力原文] What does the speaker say about the name Healthy Choice? [解析] 细节辨认题。短文中提到，
选择使用Healthy Choice这个商品名称，是因为它能给消费者正面暗示。
Passage Three Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
Passage Three Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard. （分数：21.30）
is practiced in most of the states. √
will be abolished sooner or later.
has drawn a lot of criticism from overseas.
has to be approved by the Supreme Court.
解析：[听力原文] In the United States, 36 states currently allow capital punishment for serious
crimes such as murder. Americans have always argued about the death penalty. Today, there is a
serious question about this issue: Should there be a minimum age limit for executing criminals?
In other words, is it right for convicted murderers who kill when they are minors—that is, under

the age of 18—to receive the death penalty? In most other countries of the world, there is no
capital punishment for minors. In the United States, though, each state makes its own decision.
Of the 36 states that allow the death penalty, 30 permit the execution of minors. In the state
of South Carolina, a convicted murderer was given the death penalty for a crime he committed while
he was a minor. In 1977, when he was 17 years old, James Terry Roach and two friends cruelly murdered
three people. Roachs lawyer fought the decision to execute him. The young murderer remained on
Death Row for ten years while his lawyer appealed to the governor. The lawyer argued that it is
wrong to execute a person for a crime he committed while he was a minor. In the United States,
the governor of a state has the power to change a sentence from the death penalty to life in prison.
Nonetheless, the governor of South Carolina refused to stop the execution. Roach was finally
executed in 1986. What does the speaker say about the death penalty in the United States? [解析] 细节推
断题。短文一开头 就明确指出，在美国，有36个州目前是执行死刑的，也就是说，在美国大部分地区，有死刑的存在。
r the practice should be allowed to continue in future.
r there should be a minimum age limit for execution. √
type of criminals should receive it.
effect it might have on youngsters.
解析：[听力原文] What is the focus of the debate around the death penalty? [解析] 细节辨认题。短文 中提到，
目前存在很大争议的问题，在于是否应该在针对罪犯执行死刑的时候设置一个最低年龄限制。
court sentenced him to life in prison for killing two friends.
governor changed his death sentence to life in prison.
was the first minor to be executed in South Carolina.
was sentenced to death for a crime he committed as a minor. √
解析：[听力原文] What does the speaker say about James Terry Roach? [解析] 细节推断题。短文最后提到，1977
年，当James Terry Roach 17岁时，他和他 的两个朋友一起杀害了三个人，因此他们被判死刑。虽然他的律师提起了
上诉，但最终该州州长拒绝赦免 他。1986年，他被执行了死刑。由此可知，虽 然他在犯罪时仍是未成年人，但依然被
执行了死刑。．

五、Section C (总题数：1，分数：71.00)

Some people borrow money and “forget” to pay it back. Large loans are seldom the issue; they
are usually treated as business 126 2, wit the terms spelled out on paper. But many women suffer
327 4over the problems like Carol's. “My friend Ginny is always 528 6cash,” she says. “I hate
to recall how often Iove ?loaned her a dollar or two for a drink or a movie. Each loan is so small
I'd feel really cheap making a big deal out of it; still, I do 729 8the fact that she never pays
me back.” Carol admits to being “too 930 or 10something” to demand repayment, but she has
resolved to stop lending money to Ginny. “The last time she asked for five dollars to pay for
her dry cleaning, I just told her I couldn't 1131 12 it.” Another woman suggest a bolder 1332
14. “when somebody refused to repay a loan, I 1533 16by requesting one myself,” she says. “I
left home without my wallet, I'll say. Can you lend me enough to cover lunch? Then, when the money
is safely in hand, I am struck by a sudden 1734 18. ?Why, this is exactly the amount I loaned
you last week! How 1935 20! Now you won't have to repay me!” She says it works like a charm.
Some people borrow money and “forget” to pay it back. Large loans are seldom the issue; they
are usually treated as business 2126 22, wit the terms spelled out on paper. But many women suffer
2327 24over the problems like Carol's. “My friend Ginny is always 2528 26cash,” she says. “I
hate to recall how often Iove ?loaned her a dollar or two for a drink or a movie. Each loan is
so small I'd feel really cheap making a big deal out of it; still, I do 2729 28the fact that she

never pays me back.” Carol admits to being “too 2930 or 30something” to demand repayment, but
she has resolved to stop lending money to Ginny. “The last time she asked for five dollars to
pay for her dry cleaning, I just told her I couldn't 3131 32 it.” Another woman suggest a bolder
3332 34. “when somebody refused to repay a loan, I 3533 36by requesting one myself,” she says.
“I left home without my wallet, I'll say. Can you lend me enough to cover lunch? Then, when the
money is safely in hand, I am struck by a sudden 3734 38. ?Why, this is exactly the amount I loaned
you last week! How 3935 40! Now you won't have to repay me!” She says it works like a charm.
（分数：71.00）
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：transcations）
解析：[听力原文] Some people borrow money and

orget to pay it back. Large loans are seldom
the issue; they are usually treated as business transactions , with the terms spelled out on paper.
But many women suffer in silence over problems like Carols My friend Ginny is always short of
cash, she says. I hate to recall how often Ive loaned her a dollar or two for a drink or
a movie. Each loan is so small Id feel really cheap making a big deal out of it; still, I do
resent the fact that she never pays me back. Carol admits to being oo embarrassed or something
to demand repayment, but she has resolved to stop lending money to Ginny. The last time she asked
for five dollars to pay for her dry cleaning, I just told her I couldn spare it. Another woman
suggests a bolder response . When somebody refuses to repay a loan, I turn the tables by requesting
one myself, she says. I left home without my wallet, Ill say. Can you lend me enough to
cover lunch? Then, when the money is safely in hand, I am struck by a sudden realization . Why,
this is exactly the amount I loaned you last week! How convenient ! Now you won have to repay
me! She says it works like a charm. [解析] 句意推断题。此处应该填入名词的复数，与主语they对应，作介词
a s的宾语。大笔借款被认定为某一种商务往来，也就是某种金钱上的业务。结合录音填入transaction s，意为“交易，
业务”。
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：in silence）
解析：[解析] 修饰关系题。本句基本结构已经很完整，此 处应该填入副词或能够起到副词作用的短语，充当状语，修
饰动词suffer。由该句之后Carol 对自己遭遇的描述可以看出，她的朋友经常向她借钱，虽然数目不大，但从来没有还
过，而Carol也 觉得不好意思，没有要求她还钱，也就是说，她对朋友的行为是默默忍受的。结合录音填入in silence，
意为“默默地”。
）short of（正确答案：1:__________________ 填空项．
解析：[解析] 句意推断 题。此处填入的词或词组应该能够连接系动词is和空格后的名词cash，描述出主语Ginny与金
钱之间的关系。空格所在句的后一句中说，Ginny经常向Carol借上一两美元，也就是说，Ginny比 较缺钱。结合录音
填入short of，意为“缺少，缺乏”。
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：resent）
解析：[解析] 语义推断题。此处应该填入一个动词，与do一起构成句子的谓语，此处助动词do起 到强调作用。结合
语义可知，Carol对朋友这样的行为并不喜欢，十分反感。结合录音填入rese nt，意为“(因受委屈而)对……感到愤恨
(不满)”。
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：embarrassed）
解析：[解析] 修饰关系题。此处应该填入形容词，被副词too修饰。结合录音填入embarra ssed，意为“难堪的，尴尬
的”。
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：spare）
解析：[解析] 句意推断题。此处前面有情态动词的否定形式couldn ，因此空格处填入动词原形，与couldn 一起
构成从句的谓语。由于朋友总是借钱不还，而Carol又不好意思向朋友要，时间长了，Carol决 定不再借钱给朋友。结
合录音填入spare，意为“腾出(时间，金钱或人手等)，拔出，抽出”。
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：response）
解析：[解析] 句意推断题。此处应该填入名词单数形式，与不定冠词a搭配，构成句子宾语。Car ol拒绝再借钱给朋友
的方式是说她没钱可借，而另外一位女士的建议更为大胆，本句后面就给出了那位 女士在朋友借钱时的反应。结合录音
填入response，意为“反应，回答”。
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：turn the tables）
解析：[解析] 语义推断题。此处应该填入动词(词组)，充当句子的谓语。这位女士的回答更加大胆 ，当有人借钱不还
时，她不是被动忍受，而是主动出击，扭转局面，向朋友提出要求。结合录音填入tu rn the tables，意为“扭转形式
压倒(某人)，转败为胜”。
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：realization）

解析：[解析] 句意推断题。此处应该填入名词单数形式，与不定冠词a搭配使用，作 介词by的宾语。当把钱拿到手后，
这位女士才表现出突然想起来的样子，说这些钱和你上次借我的钱一 样多!结合录音填入realization，意为“领悟，意
识到”。
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：convenient）
解析：[解析] 修饰关系题。此处应该填入形容词或副词，与How一起构成感叹句。结合录音填入c onvenient，意为“方
便的，便利的”。

六、Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes) (总题数：1，分数：35.50)

Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage. For many Americans, 2013 ended with an
unusually bitter cold spell. November and December（36） early snow and bone-chilling temperatures
in much of the country, part of a year when, for the first time in two（37）, record-cold days
will likely turn out to have outnumbered record-warm ones. But the U.S. was the exception; November
was the warmest ever （38）, and current data indicates that 2013 is likely to have been the fourth
hottest year on record. Enjoy the snow now, because （39）are good that 2014 will be even
hotter, perhaps the hottest year since records have been kept. That's because, scientists are
predicting, 2014 will be an EI Niuo year. EI niuo, Spanish for “the child”, （40） when
surface ocean waters in the southern Pacific become abnormally warm. So large is the Pacific,
covering 30% of the planet's surface, that the（41 ）energy generated by its warming is enough
to touch off a series of weather changes around the world. EI Ninos are （42）with abnormally
dry conditions in Southeast Asia and Australia. They can lead to extreme rain in parts of North
and South America, even as southern Africa（43） dry weather. Marine life may be affected too;
EI Ninos can （44 ） the rising of the cold, nutrient-rich（营养丰富的）water that supports large
fish （45）,and the unusually warm ocean temperatures can destroy coral(珊瑚). A. additional F.
decades K. populations B. associated G. experiences L. realize C. bore H. globally M. reduce D.
chances I. logically N. saw E. communicated J. occurs O. specific（分数：35.50）
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B.

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解析：[考点] 动词辨析题。 空格位于两个名词短语之间，而且Late November and December是本句的主语，因此应
填入动词作谓语。 本句表示11月底和12月已经有了降雪， 天气寒冷刺骨，应填入含有“经历”意思的动词。备选词
中，experiences和saw的词义符 合文意。但本段除句末出现了现在时，其他句子都用一般过去时，这说明2013年已经
结束，因此本句 也应用一般过去时，故答案为saw。

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解析：[考点] 名词辨析题。 空格位于数词之后，应填入名词。 本句 指出，二______以来的第一次，有记载的寒冷的
天数可能超过有记载的温暖的天数。由句意可知， 空格处应填入表示时间的名词，故答案为decades“十年”。
A.
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解析：[考点] 副词辨析题。 空格所在分句属于主系表结构，并不缺少主要成分，因此应填入副词。 本段第一、二句
指出，美国20 13年11月和12月比往年偏冷，第三句表示转折，指出美国的情况是个例外。此处进一步解释：11月是______最暖和的月份，这应该是将美国和其他地方对比得出的，因此答案为globally。备选词 中的副词只有globally
和logically，而logically明显不符合句意，可排除 。
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解析：[考点] 名词辨析题。 空格位于系动词are之前，应填入名词复数作主语。 本句是对20 14年天气的预测，指出
2014年可能是有记录以来最热的年份。由perhaps可知空格处应填入 有“可能”含义的名词，故答案为chances。chances
are good意为“可能性很大”。
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C.
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解析：[考点] 动词辨析题。 分析句子结构可知，El 是主句的主语，Spanish for “the child”是插入语，而空格后
是when引导的时间状语从句，所以主句缺乏谓语，故空 格处应填入动词作谓语。 本句解释什么是厄尔尼诺现象：当南
太平洋表面海水温度异常升高时，厄尔尼 诺就会______。因此，本空应填入“发生，出现”含义的词，故答案为occurs。
另外，本段 在介绍厄尔尼诺现象，用的都是现在时，可以将选择缩小至动词experiences和occurs，可以根 据意思排除
experiences。
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解析：[考点] 形容词辨析题。 空格位于定冠词the和名词energy之间，应填入形容词作定语修饰energy。
本句指出 ，太平洋海水温度升高带来的______能量足以引发一系列的天气变化。温度升高必然会带来额外的能量，故 答
案为additional。
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解析：[考点] 固定搭配题。 空格位于系动词are之后，后面是with，故空格处应填入形容词、动词的过去分词或现在
分词。 本题前一句提到厄尔尼诺现象会引发世界范围内一系列的天气变化。本句对此举例说明：厄尔尼诺与东南亚和澳大利亚的极端干旱______。空格应填入含有“相关的”含义的词，故答案为associated。 be associated with是固
定搭配，意为“与……有关”。
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解析：[考点] 动词辨析题。 空格位于两个名词词组之间，前面的名词词组作从句的主语，故空格处应填入动词作谓语。
本句仍然在说明厄尔尼诺现象带来的天气变化：南北美洲部分地区极端降雨，而非洲南部 。exper iences干旱。由句意
可知，空格应填入有“面临，遭受”含义的动词，故答案为______却．
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解析：[考点] 动词辨析题。 空格位于情态动词can之后，应填入动词原形。 本句指出，厄尔尼 诺现象会富含营养的
寒冷海水的上升。本段第一句提到，厄尔尼诺现象的发生意味着海水温度升高，自然 不利于寒冷海水的上升，故答案为
reduce。
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解析：[考点] 名词辨析题。 空格和fish一起作supports的宾语，应填入名词。 that引导的定语从句意为“为大量
鱼______提供养分”。由句意可推知，此处是指“鱼群”，故答案为populations。

七、Section B (总题数：1，分数：71.00)

How to Eat Well A) Why do so many Americans eat tons of processed food, the stuff that is
correctly called junk(垃圾) and should really carry warning labels? B) It's not because fresh
ingredients are hard to come by Supermarkets offer more variety than ever, and there are over
four times as many famers' markets in the U.S. as there were 20 years ago. Nor is it for lack
of available information. There are plenty of recipes(食谱), how-to videos and cooking classes
available to anyone who has a computer, smartphone or television. If anything the information
is overwhelming. C) And yet we aren't cooking. If you eat three meals a day and behave like
most Americans, you probably get at least a third of your daily calories(卡路里) outsides the
home. Nearly two-thirds of us grab fast food once a week, and we get almost 25% of our daily calories

from snacks. So we're eating out or taking in, and we don't sit down—or we do, but hurry. D)
Shouldn't preparing—and consuming—food be a source of comfort, pride, health, well-being,
relaxation, sociability? Something that connects us to other humans? Why should we want to
) this basic task, especially when outsourcing it is so harmful? E) When I talk
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about cooking, I'm not talking about creating elaborate dinner parties or three-day science
projects. I'm talking about simple, easy, everyday meals. My mission is to encourage green hands
and those lacking time or money to feed themselves. That means we need modest, realistic
expectation, and we need to teach people to cook food that's good enough to share with family
and friends. F) Perhaps a return to real cooking needn't be far off. A recent Harris poll
revealed that 79% of Americans say they enjoy cooking and 30% “love it”; 14% admit to not enjoying
kitchen work and just 7% won't go near the stove at all. But this doesn't necessarily translate
to real cooking and the result of this survey shouldn't surprise anyone; 52% of those 65 or older
cook at home five or more times per week; only a third of young people do. G) Back in the
1950s most of us grew up in households where Mom cooked virtually every night. The intention to
put a home-cooked meal on the table was pretty much universal. Most people couldn't afford to
do otherwise. H) Although frozen dinners were invented in the 40s, their popularity didn't
boom until televisions became popular a decade or so later. Since then packaged, pre-prepared
meals have been what's for dinner. The microwave and fast-food chains were the biggest
catalysts(催化剂),but the big food companies—which want to sell anything except the raw
ingredients that go into cooking—made the home cook an endangered species. I) Still, I find
it strange that only a third of young people report preparing meals at home regularly. Isn't
this the same crowd that rails against processed junk and champions craft cooking? And isn't
this the generation who say they're concerned about their health and the wee-being of the planet?
If these are truly the values of many young people, then tier behavior doesn't match their beliefs.
J) There have been half-hearted but well-publicized efforts by some food campaigns to reduce
calories in their processed foods, but the Standard American Diet is still the polar opposite
of the healthy, mostly plant-based diet that just about every expert says we should be eating.
Considering that the governments standards are not nearly ambitious enough, the picture is clear:
by nor cooking at home, we're not eating the right things, and the consequences are hard to
overstate. K) To help quantify(量化) the costs of a poor diet, I recently tried to estimate
this impact in terms of a most famous food, the burger(汉堡包). I concluded that the profit from
burgers is more than offset(抵消) by the damage they cause in health problems and environmental
harm. L) Cooking real food is the best defense —not to mention that any meal you're likely
to eat at home contains about 200 fewer calories than one you would cat in a restaurant. M)
To those Americans for whom money is a concern, my advice is simple; Buy what you can afford,
and cook it yourself. The common prescription is to primarily shop the grocery store, since that's
where fresh produce, meat and seafood, and dairy are. And to save money and still eat well you
don't need local organic ingredients; all you need is real food. I'm not saying local food isn't
better, it is. But there is plenty of decent food in the grocery stores. N) The other sections
you should get to know are the frozen foods and the canned goods. Frozen produce is still produce;
canned tomatoes are still tomatoes. Just make sure you're getting real food without tons of added
salt or sugar. Ask yourself, Would Grandma consider this food? Does it look like something that
might occur in nature? It's pretty much common sense: you want to buy food, not unidentifiable

foodlike objects. O) You don't have to hit the grocery store daily, nor do you need an abundance
of skill. Since fewer than half of Americans say they cook at an intermediate level and only 20%
describe their cooking skills as advanced, the crisis is one of confidence. And the only remedy
for that is practice. There's nothing mysterious about cooking the evening meal. You just have
to do a little thinking ahead and redefine what qualifies as dinner. Like any skill, cooking gets
easier as you do it more; every time you cook, you advance your level of skills. Someday you won't
even need recipes. My advice is that you not pay attention to the number of steps and ingredients,
because they can be deceiving. P) Time, I realize, is the biggest obstacle to cooking for
most people. You must adjust you priorities to find time to cook. For instance, you can move a
TV to the kitchen and watch your favorite shows while you're standing at the sink. No one is
asking you to give up activities you like, but if you're watching food shows on TV, try cooking
instead. （分数：71.00）
(1).Cooking benefits people in many ways and enables them to connect with one another.（分数：7.10）
A.
B.
C.
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解析：[解析] 由connect with ode another定位到D段前两句。 细节归 纳题。定位句都是反问句，这两句的真实意
思是说，烹饪和享用食物会让人们感到舒适、骄傲、健康、幸 福、休闲以及与人交往的快乐，能够将我们与他人联系在
一起。题干是对这两句的归纳总结，故答案为D 。
(2).Abundant information about cooking is available either online or on TV.（分数：7.10）
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解析：[解析] 由题干中的information，online和TV定位到B段后三句。 细节 归纳题。B段前半部分说明，在美国，
购买用于烹饪的食材非常方便。定位句提到，信息也是足够充足， 只要有电脑、智能手机或电视，任何人都可以接触到
大量的食谱、教学视频和烹饪课程，应该说，此类信 息铺天盖地。题干是对这三句的归纳总结，故答案为B。
(3).Young people do less cooking at home than the elderly these days.（分数：7.10）
A.
B.
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解析：[解析] 由题干中的Young people和the elderly定位到F段末句。 同义转述题。F段中通过数据提示了目前美
国人对于在家做饭这件事情的态度，最后涉及年轻人和上年纪的人做饭的不同频率：在65岁及以上年龄的人群中 ，有
52%的人每周至少在家做五次饭；而年轻人中，只有三分之一的人这样做。不到三分之一与52% 相比，明显要少。题干是
对原文的同义转述，故答案为F。
(4).Cooking skills can be improved with practice.（分数：7.10）
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B.
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解析：[解析] 由题干中的practice定位到O段第三句。 细节推断题。 定位段开头就指出，做饭不需要大量技巧，并
在定位句中明确指出，唯一的办法就是实践。后面提到，每 做一顿饭，烹饪水平就会有所上升，故答案为O。
(5).In the mid-20th century, most families ate dinner at home instead of eating out.（分数：7.10）
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B.
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解析：[解析] 由题干中的mid-20th century定位到G段。 细节归纳题。定位段中指出，20世纪50年代， 在我们大多
数人成长的家庭中，妈妈几乎每天晚上都会做饭。将家常饭菜摆上桌是非常普遍的想法。当时 大多数人没有出去吃的经
济能力。也就是说，那时大多数家庭都不会外出就餐，而是自己在家做饭吃。题 干中的mid-20th century是对原文中
1950s的同义转述，题干是对该段的归纳总结，故答案为G。
(6).Even those short of time or money should be encouraged to cook for themselves and their family.（分
数：7.10）
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B.
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解析：[解析] 由题于中的short of time or money，encouraged和family定位到E段第三、四句。 同义转述题。由
定位句可 知，对于新手和那些没时间或没钱的人来说，也应该鼓励他们自己喂饱自己，学会烹饪，与家人和朋友分享做好的食物。题干中的short of是对原文中lacking的同义转述，故答案为E。
(7).Eating food not cooked by ourselves can cause serious consequences.（分数：7.10）
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解析：[解析] 由题干中的consequences定位到J段末句。 同义转述题。由定位句可知，政府对于食品安全的标准 并
不十分严格，如果人们再不注意，还是大量食用非家庭烹制的食品，其后果十分严重，即使再
怎么强调后果的严重性都不算过分。也就是说，会造成极其严重的后果，题干中的cause serious
consequences是对原文中the consequences are hard to overstate的同义转述，故答案为J。
(8).To eat well and still save money, people should buy fresh food and cook it themselves.（分数：7.10）
A.
B.
C. √
D.
E.
F.
G.
H.
I.
J.
K.
L.
M. √
N.
O.
P.
解析：[解析] 由题干中的eat well，save money和cook it themselves定位到M段前三句。 细节归纳题。M段开头
就指出，对于那些经济上不怎么宽裕 的美国人来说，作者的建议很简单：购买那些能买得起的东西，自己做饭。接下来，

作者 向人们推荐了销售新鲜食材的小型杂货店，说想要既省钱又吃好，不见得要去购买有机食材，只要是真正的食物就
可以了。题干是对这三句的归纳总结，故答案为M。
(9).We get a fairly large portion of calories from fast food and snacks.（分数：7.10）
A.
B.
C. √
D.
E.
F.
G.
H.
I.
J.
K.
L.
M.
N.
O.
P.
解析：[解析] 由题干中的calories和snacks定位到C段第二、三句。 同义转述题。C段中通过数字说明了快餐 和零
食所含的高热量。根据数据，人们每日卡路里摄入量中，可能至少有三分之一不是来自家常饭菜。有 将近三分之二的人
一周吃一次快餐，我们从零食中获取的卡路里几乎能达到日常卡路里摄入量的将近25 %。题干是对定位句的同义转述，
故答案为C。
(10).The popularity of TV led to the popularity of frozen food.（分数：7.10）
A.
B.
C.

D.
E.
F.
G.
H. √
I.
J.
K.
L.
M.
N.
O.
P.
解析：[解析] 由题干中的popularity，TV和frozen food定位到H段首句。 同义转述题。由定位句可 知，虽然在40
年代就发明了冷冻食品，但直到十几年之后，它们才在电视机普及后受到人们的大肆欢迎 。题干是对原文their
popularity didn boom until televisions became popular的同义转述，故答案为H。

八、Section C (总题数：2，分数：142.00)

Passage One The wallet is heading for extinction. As a day-to-day essential, it will die off with
the generation who read print newspapers. The kind of shopping—where you hand over notes and
count out change in return—now happens only in the most minor of our retail encounters, like
buying a bar of chocolate or a pint of milk, from a corner shop. At the shops where you spend
any real money, that money is increasingly abstracted. And this is more and more true, the higher
up the scale you go. At the most cutting-edge retail stores—Victoria Beckham on Dover Street,
for instance—you don go and stand at any kind of cash register, when you decide to pay. The
staff are equipped with iPads to take your payment while you relax on a sofa. Which is nothing
more or less than excellent service, if you have the money. But across society, the abstraction
of the idea of cash makes me uneasy. Maybe Im just old- fashioned. But earning money isn quick
or easy for most of us. Isn it a bit weird that spending it should happen in half a blink (眨眼) of an
eye? Doesn a wallet—that time-honoured Friday-night feeling of pleasing, promising
fatness—represent something that matters? But Ill leave the economics to the experts. What
bothers me about the death of the wallet is the change it represents in our physical environment.
Everything about the look and feel of a wallet—the way the fastenings and materials wear and
tear and loosen with age, the plastic and paper and gold and silver, and handwritten phone numbers
and printed cinema tickets—is the very opposite of what our world is becoming. The opposite of
a wallet is a smartphone or an iPad. The rounded edges, cool glass, smooth and unknowable as a
pebble (鹅卵石). Instead of digging through pieces of paper and peering into corners, we move
our fingers left and right. No more counting out coins. Show your wallet, if you still have one.
It may not be here much longer.（分数：71.00）
(1).What is happening to the wallet?（分数：14.20）
is disappearing. √
is being fattened.
is becoming costly.
is changing in style.
解析：[解析] 由题干中的happening to the wallet定位到首段第一句。 细节辨认题。第一句开篇点题，指出：钱包
正在走向灭绝。因此A符合文意。
(2).How are business transactions done in big modern stores?（分数：14.20）
dually.
onically.
√ the abstract.
a cash register.
解析：[解析] 由题干中的in big modern stores定位到第一段第六、七句。 细节辨认题。这两句指出在高端的维多
利亚·贝克汉姆商店里 人们不需要在收银台前付款，躺着用电子设备即可付款。而这个例子是对本段第四句和第五句观
点的例证 。上句指出越高档的商店货币越抽象，因此答案为C。
(3).What makes the author feel uncomfortable nowadays?（分数：14.20）
money is becoming a thing of the past.
pleasing Friday-night feeling is fading.
g money is getting more difficult.
ng money is so fast and easy. √
解析：[解析] 由题干中的makes the author feel uncomfortable定位到第二段第二至五句。 细节辨认题。第二段介绍作者的看法。现金概念的抽象化使作者感到不安。究其原因是作者认为挣钱不容易，而花钱却在一眨眼的瞬 间。D“花

钱如此快速轻松”符合文意，故答案为D。
(4).Why does the author choose to write about whats happening to the wallet?（分数：14.20）
represents a change in the modern world. √
has something to do with everybodys life.
marks the end of a time-honoured tradition.
is the concern of contemporary economists.
解析：[解析] 由题干中的why和whats happening to the wallet定位到第三段第二句。 细节辨认题。whats happening
to the wallet指的是钱包正在走向灭绝。第二句提到，钱包的消失给我带来的困扰是关于它所代表的在客观环境中 发
生的改变。因此A“它代表现代世界的变化”符合文意，故答案为A。
(5).What can we infer from the passage about the author?（分数：14.20）
is resistant to social changes.
is against technological progress.
feels reluctant to part with the traditional wallet.
feels insecure in the ever-changing modern world. √
解析：[解析] 由题干中的infer from the passage定位到全文。 推理判断题。本题问的是“从文中我们可以推断出
作者什么信息?”，通 读全文，特别是从第二段第二句以及第三段第二句可知，作者表达了对钱包走向灭绝感到不安、困
惑，而 钱包灭绝正是代表着社会的变化，因此D“他在不断变化的现代世界中感到不安”符合文意。insecure和 定位关
键句中的uneasy，bothers是近义词，故答案为D。
Passage Two Everybody sleeps, but what people stay up late to catch—or wake up early in order
not to miss—varies by culture. From data collected, it seems the things that cause us to lose
the most sleep, on average, are sporting events, time changes, and holidays. Around the world,
people changed sleep patterns thanks to the start or end of daylight savings time. Russians, for
example, began to wake up about a half- hour later each day after President Vladimir Putin shifted
the country permanently to winter time starting on October 26. Russias other late nights and
early mornings generally correspond to public holidays. On New Years Eve, Russians have the
worlds latest bedtime, hitting the hay at around 3:30 a. m. Russians also get up an hour later
on International Womens Day, the day for treating and celebrating female relatives. Similarly,
Americans late nights, late mornings, and longest sleeps fall on three- day weekends. Canada got
the least sleep of the year the night it beat Sweden in the Olympic hockey (冰球) final. The World
Cup is also chiefly responsible for sleep deprivation (剥夺). The worst night for sleep in the
UK was the night of the England-Italy match on June 14. Brits stayed up a half-hour later to watch
it, and then they woke up earlier than usual the next morning thanks to summer nights, the
phenomenon in which the sun barely sets in northern countries in the summertime. That was nothing,
though, compared to Germans, Italians, and the French, who stayed up around an hour and a half
later on various days throughout the summer to watch the Cup. It should be made clear that not
everyone has a device to record their sleep patterns; in some of these nations, its likely that
only the richest people do. And people who elect to track their sleep may try to get more sleep
the above findings are still striking.
though, case, thats the if person. Even average than the
If the most health-conscious among us have such deep swings in our shut-eye levels throughout
the year, how much sleep are the rest of us losing?（分数：71.00）
(1).What does the author say about peoples sleeping habits?（分数：14.20）
are culture-related. √
affect peoples health.

change with the seasons.
vary from person to person.
解析：[解析] 由题干中的sleeping habits和题文同序原则定位到第一段。 推理判断题。文章首段后半句指出 ，熬夜
或者早起因文化的不同而存在差异。由此可见，人们的睡眠习惯与文化有关，故答案为A。
(2).What do we learn about the Russians regarding sleep?（分数：14.20）
don
don
fall asleep until very late.
sleep much on weekends.
get less sleep on public holidays. √
sleep longer than people elsewhere.
解析：[解析] 由题干中的Russians和sleep定位到第四段。 推理判断题。文章第四段第一句指出，俄罗斯其他熬夜
或早起的日子与公共假期相一致，即俄罗斯人在公 共假期睡的少一些，故本题答案为C。
(3).What is the major cause for Europeans loss of sleep?（分数：14.20）
daylight savings time.
colorful night life.
World Cup. √
summertime.
解析：[解析] 由题干中的Europeans loss of sleep定位到第八段。 推理判断题。文章第八段首句指 出，世界杯应承
担剥夺人们睡眠的主要责任。接着用英国人、德国人、意大利人和法国人熬夜看世界杯的 例子来论证，可知欧洲人缺乏
睡眠的主要原因是为了看世界杯，故本题答案为C。
(4).What is the most probable reason for some rich people to use a device to record their sleep
patterns?（分数：14.20）
have trouble falling asleep.
want to get sufficient sleep. √
are involved in a sleep research.
want to go to bed on regular hours.
解析：[解析] 由题干中的rich people和record their sleep patterns定位到最后一段第一、二句。 推理判断题。
文章最后一段前两句指出，在以上的一些 国家中，可能只有最富有的人才用设备记录自己的睡眠模式；那些选择追踪自
己睡眠的人也许是试图比普 通人睡的时间长一些。即富人记录自己睡眠模式最可能的原因是他们想要充足的睡眠，故本
题答案为B。
(5).What does the author imply in the last paragraph?（分数：14.20）
essness does harm to peoples health.
people really know the importance of sleep. √
is important to study our sleep patterns.
e people probably sleep less than the rich.
解析：[解析] 由题干中的the Last paragraph定位到最后一段。 推理判断题。文章最后一段最后一句提到，这一整
年 里，如果我们当中最具健康意识的人的睡眠时间都有这么大的摆动，那我们其余的人又失去了多少睡眠呢?换句话 说，
人们对睡眠不够重视，故本题正确答案为B。

九、Part IV Translation (30 minutes) (总题数：1，分数：106.50)
2.云南省的丽江古镇是中国著名的旅游目的地之一。那里的生活节奏比大多数中国城市都要缓慢。丽江到处 都是美丽的
自然风光，众多的少数民族同胞提供了各式各样、丰富多彩的文化让游客体验。历史上，丽江 还以“爱之城”而闻名。
当地人中流传着许多关于因爱而生、为爱而死的故事。如今，在中外游客眼中， 这个古镇被视为爱情和浪漫的 天堂
(paradise).
）106.50（分数：
______________________________________________ ____________________________________________

正确答案：(Lijiang, an ancient town in Yunnan Province, is one of the most famous tourist
attractions in China. The life tempo there is slower than that of most Chinese cities. There is
beautiful natural scenery everywhere in Lijiang, and many minorities provide tourists with various
and colorful cultural experience. It has also been known as the City of Love in history. Numerous
legends about people who were born for love and died for love circulate among the local folk.
Nowadays, this ancient town is regarded as the paradise of love and romance in the eyes of both
Chinese and foreign visitors. )
解析：1．翻译第一句时，可以把“云南省的古镇”作为 丽江的同位语，这样比较简洁。要注意汉语中的地名翻译成英
语时，只有第一个字母大写，而且两个汉字 拼音之间没有空格。“旅游目的地”译为tourist
destinations，travel attractions，tourist attractions均可。 2．翻译第二句时，用到了形容词 比较级结构。要
注意对比的内容是丽江的生活节奏和大多数中国城市的生活节奏，因此要译出that of most
Chinese cities，that指代life tempo，不能省略。“生活节奏”还可译为the pace of life。 3．第三句内容较多，< br>可以翻译成用and连接的两个简单句。“美丽的自然风光”还可译为natural beauties。“提供了”译为provide，相关
搭配有provide sb. with sth. 和provide sth. for sb.。这里sb. 是tourists，较简洁，因此选 用第一种搭配，避
免头重脚轻式的结构。“各式各样”除了用various之外，还可以用a variety of。 4．第四句较简单，“以……而闻名”
有多种译法，除了be known as之外，还有be famous forbe well-known forbe renowned for等。因为译文第一句
用到了famous，所以此处最好选用be famous for以外的其他表达以避免重复。 5．翻译第五句时要注意“关于因爱而
生、为爱而死的故事”。该 短语可以同参考译文一样翻译为定语从句，或者翻译为stories of people born for love and
dying for love，用born和dying两个分词作后置定语修 饰people。“流传”除了可译为circulate之外，还可以译为
be handed down。 6．翻译第六句时，可以同参考译文一样用被动语态，也可以将both Chinese
and foreign visitors作为主语，用主动语态。不过，用被动语态更佳，这样能更 加突出、强调丽江古镇。“被视为”
有多种译法，除了be regarded as...以外，还可翻译为be deemedseenconsideredtreated
as等。“中外游客”还可以译为tourists from both home and abroad。