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1、2002年1月四级考试真题答案真题 120Part I Listening Comprehension Section A Directions: In this section,you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversaiton, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once.After each question there wil

2、l be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A、B、C and D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.第1题：参考答案：D答案解析：M:Jessica, could you forward this e-mail to all the club members? W:Sorr

3、y, the computer broke down this morning. Ill do it for you as soon as Ive it fixed. Q:What does the woman imply?第2题：参考答案：C答案解析：W:Did you find the book for your reading assignment in the library? M:It closed before I got there；I had no idea it closes so early on weekends. Q:What does the man mean?第3题

4、：参考答案：A答案解析：M:Did you check the power plug and press the play button? W:Yes. The power indicate was on and it was running. But somehow the sound didnt come through. Q:What was the woman probably trying to do?第4题：参考答案：D答案解析：W:Joanna Im awfully sorry.I didnt mean to hurt you. Shall we have a beer and

5、forget the whole thing? M:OK, we can drop it this time, but dont do it again! Q:What do we learn from the conversation?第5题：参考答案：D答案解析：W:Airports are sad places. M:Sometimes I guess, but well keep in touch and Ill fly over to see you at Christmas. Q:What are the speakers doing?第6题：参考答案：C答案解析：M:Are yo

6、u going to return to your present job after the vacation? W:No, I plan to graduate next semester. That means I will have to be a full time student. Q:What will the woman do?第7题：参考答案：C答案解析：W:John, are you doing research for professor Williams this semester? M:Actually Im working as his teaching assis

7、tant. Q:What does the man mean?第8题：参考答案：C答案解析：M:I heard therere a few seats left for the show tonight. W:Really? I was under the impression that the tickets were sold out a long time ago. Q:What do we know from the womans reply?第9题：参考答案：B答案解析：W:Mr. Longs briefing seems to go on forever. I was barely

8、 able to stay a week. M:How could you slip through that! It was very important to the mission were going to carry out. Q:What dose the man imply?第10题：参考答案：A答案解析：W:You seem very confident about the job interview, dont you? M:Yes, I feel ready for it! I bought a good suit in a clothing store, I had my

9、 haircut, I have studied almost everything about finance and economics. Q:Where is the man probably going to work?Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only on

10、ce. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A、B、C and D. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.听力原文 There was once a man in South America who had a parrot, a pet bird that could imitate human speec

11、h.The parrot was unique. There was no other bird like him in the whole world. He could learn to say any word except one. He could not say the name of his native town, Ketunnel. The man did everything he could to teach the parrot to say Ketunnel but he never succeeded. At first he was very gentle wit

12、h the bird, but gradually he lost his temper. You stupid bird! Why cant you learn to say that One word? Say Ketunnel or Ill kill you! But the parrot would not say it. Many times the man screamed, Say Ketunnel or Ill kill you! But the bird would never repeat the name. Finally the man gave up. He pick

13、ed up the parrot and threw him into the chicken house. You are even more stupid than the chickens! In the chicken house, there were four old chickens waiting to be killed for Sundays dinner. The next morning, when he went out to the chicken house, the man opened the door. He was shocked by what he s

14、aw. He could not believe his eyes and ears. On the floor lay three dead chickens, the parrot was screaming at the fourth, Say Ketunnel or Ill kill you! 第11题：参考答案：D答案解析：Why did the man lose his temper?第12题：参考答案：C答案解析：Who killed the three chickens?第13题：参考答案：A答案解析：Why was the man shocked at the scene t

15、he next morning?听力原文 In Britain, If you are found guilty of a crime, you can be sent to prison or be fined or be ordered to do community work such as tidying public places and helping the old. You may also be sent to special centers where you learn practical skills like cooking, writ hag, and car ma

16、intenance. Around 5 percent of the prison population are women. Many prisons were built over one hundred years ago. But the government will have built 11 new prisons by next year. There are two sorts of prisons: the open sort and the closed sort. In the closed sort, prisoners are given very little f

17、reedom. They spend 3 to 10 hours outside their cells when they exercise, eat, study, learn skills, watch TV and talk to other prisoners. All prisoners are expected to work. Most of them are paid for what they do, whether it is doing maintenance or cooking and cleaning. Prisoners in open prisons are

18、locked up at night. But for the rest of the time, they are free within the prison grounds. They can exercise, have visitors or study. And some are allowed out of the ground to study or do community work. 第14题：参考答案：D答案解析：What do we know about women prisoners in Britain?第15题：参考答案：A答案解析：In what way are

19、 open prisons different from dosed prisons?第16题：参考答案：B答案解析：What do we learn about prisoners in Britain?听力原文 London taxi drivers know the capital like the back of their hands. No matter how small and indistinct the street is, the driver will be able to get you there with- out any trouble. The reason

20、London taxi drivers are so efficient is that they have all gone through a very tough training period to get a special taxi driving license. During this period, which can take from two to four years, the would-be taxi driver has to learn the most direct route to every single road and to every importa

21、nt building in London. To achieve this, most learners go around the city on small motorbikes, practicing how to move to and from different points of the city. Learner taxi drivers are tested several times during their training period by government officers. Their exams are a terrible experience. The

22、 officers ask you, How do you get from Bucking- ham Palace to the Tower of London? And you have to take them there in a direct line. When you get to the tower, they wont say Well done; they will quickly move on to the next question. After five or six questions they will just say see you in two month

23、s time and then you know the exam is over. Learner drivers are not allowed to work and earn money as drivers. Therefore, many of them keep their previous jobs until they have obtained their license. The training can cost quite a lot because learners have to pay for their own expenses on the tests an

24、d the medical exam. 第17题：参考答案：B答案解析：Why are London taxi drivers very efficient?第18题：参考答案：D答案解析：How long does the training period last?第19题：参考答案：B答案解析：Why does the speaker think the driving test is a terrible experience?第20题：参考答案：C答案解析：Why do learner drivers have to keep their present job?Part II Rea

25、ding Comprehension Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A、B、C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single

26、line through the centre.第21题：参考答案：A答案解析：A) 事实细节题。本题问未来汽车的一项重要改进可能是什么。第二段中说在未来的30年里汽车必定会发生巨大的变化，包括体积缩小、安全性能提高，而且不再由燃油发动机提供动力，由此可见选项A)正确。第22题：参考答案：C答案解析：C) 主旨归纳题。本题问作者主要关心的是什么问题。通观全文可知，作者首先摆出现存的两种对于汽车未来的争议，进而说明未来的汽车仍然存在着提高性能的空间，并以三段的篇幅讲述了改进后的汽车对于解决交通堵塞问题的现实意义。由此可见，作者最主要关心的是C）如何解决交通堵塞问题，而不是A）制造无污染汽车，或B

27、)制造小型的、安全性能高的汽车和功建设自动地铁系统。第23题：参考答案：A答案解析：A) 事实细节题。本题问在自动高速公路系统中是由什么为汽车提供电力的。由第四段第二句话可知正确答案。第24题：参考答案：D答案解析：D) 事实细节题。本题问在自动高速公路系统环境下，驾驶人只需要做什么。由第五段第一句话可知，驾车人只需要通过电话将自己想要到达的目的地输入系统中就可以了。第25题：参考答案：C答案解析：C) 观点态度题。本题询问作者对于汽车的未来持何种态度。综观全文，尤其是由文章的最后一段可 知，作者认为只要发展了自动高速公路系统，就能在很大程度上解决现存的交通堵塞问题，因而可以得出作者的态度还是

28、相当乐观的。对于观点态度题，考生应该尤其注意在平常加强对表示观点态度的词汇的认知能力。本题中涉及的四个选项在观点类题中的出现频率很高，考生应牢牢掌握它们的含义。第26题：参考答案：A答案解析：A) 事实细节题。本题问英国的富人们猎狐的目的何在。由第三段可知，参加狩猎活动的人们认为这是一种运动，为此他们还会穿上由红衣白裤组成的统一服装。由此可知A)进行消遣是正确答案第27题：参考答案：C答案解析：C) 事实细节题。本题问英国的猎狐活动有什么特点。由第三段第一句话的后半部分可知，猎手们不仅要穿着统一的服装，还要follow strict codes of behavior(遵循严格的行为准则），这

29、一表述与选项C）是一致的。第28题：参考答案：B答案解析：B) 事实细节题。本题问猎狐活动的抗议者们经常采取什么样的方式来干预猎狐活动。由第四段的最后一句可知，反猎狐活动的人士与猎狐者之间经常会爆发冲突，有时这种冲突会上升成暴力事件，但大多数情况下阻拦者们会采取干扰狐狸们留下的气味的方式达到误导猎狗和猎狐者的目的。由此可知选项B)是正确答案，选项A）取暴力行为并不是抗议者们经常采取的方式；选项C)采取合法行为以及选项D)在现场示威文中均没有提及。第29题：参考答案：B答案解析：B) 推理判断题。由文章的最后一段可知英国议会的一名工党成员Mike Foster正在试图使议会通过一项禁止用猎狗捕猎

30、的法案。第30题：参考答案：C答案解析：C) 事实细节题。文中第四段提到they (people opposed to fox-hunting）think it brutal,这与选项C)的表述是基本一致的。由第一段第二句可知A)“以毒药药杀狐狸是非法的”是错误的；关于狐狸数量的内容在文中也鲜有提及，因而选项B)也无从谈起；选项D)的错误之处在于将猎狐者与抗议者之间的冲突表述为贫富（the poor and the rich）之间的对立，偷换了概念。第31题：参考答案：B答案解析：B) 归纳推理题。本题问Old is suddenly in.的含义是什么。注意本句位于本段的主题句位置，因此如果

31、能正确理解本段的含义，这句话的含义也就自然而然地出来了。由第一段可知，全段主要讲述了美国社会老龄人口的增加在给政府和社会提出诸多问题的同时也造就了很多就业机会。为研究这一问题，老年学也应运而生。由此可知选项B)是正确答案。词汇in在这里是popular的同义词，意为“受欢迎的”，在口语中非常常见。第32题：参考答案：B答案解析：B) 细节推理题。本题问随着美国社会的老龄化进程，律师们会从什么中获益。由文中第二段可知，律师们可应用老龄法为老年人们提供从信托到房产以至年龄歧视等方面的服务。第33题：参考答案：C答案解析：C) 细节推理题。本题问为什么生意人能从不断发展的老龄市场中赚钱。由第二段第二

32、句可知，商人们从老龄人市场中看到了巨大的商机，因为当初在婴儿潮中出生的7400万人都已陆续进人老龄阶段，而他们很可能是人类历史上最富有的退休人群。由这一细节可推出选项C)“他们拥有强大的购买力”是正确答案，选项A)，B)，D)都无从谈起。第34题：参考答案：D答案解析：D) 综合归纳题。本题问新世纪里谁能大赚其钱。由全文可知，那些拥有丰富的老年学知识的专业人员将有机会在新世纪里大显身手，从而赚较多的钱财。第35题：参考答案：A答案解析：A) 主旨归纳题。通观全文可知，老龄人口的增加会给多种行业带来更多的就业机会。第36题：参考答案：D答案解析：D) 功事实细节题。由第一段可知professor

33、 Elshtain感到欣慰的原因是美国大众终于注意到社会道德水准在下降这一事实。选项D）中的awakening to（醒悟到）与文中的captured the attention of的表述是一致的。第37题：参考答案：B答案解析：B) 细节归纳题。本题问美国社会道德水准下降的主要原因是什么。由第三段可知，拜金主义和个人主义在美国社会中相当盛行。“我为自己”的观念已经深深地植根于民族意识中。一由此可推知选项B)“以自我为中心的个人主义”是最符合题意的正确答案。第38题：参考答案：C答案解析：C) 事实细节题。本题问美国传统社会的特点是什么。由第四段第一句话的后半部分traditionalcom

34、munities，in which neighbors looked out for one another可知，传统社会里美国人很注重邻里关系。第39题：参考答案：A答案解析：A) 事实细节题。由第五段.that Americans are shrugging with problems unheard of in the 1950s, such as classroom violence and a high rate of births to unmarried mothers可知，20世纪50年代里，像校园暴力和居高不下的未婚妈妈的人数等这样的间题还是闻所未闻的。第40题：参考答案：D

35、答案解析：D）细节归纳题。本题问在professor Elshtain 看来，美国人只有怎样做才能扭转下降的道德水准。由本文最后一段的第一句话可知，只有人们找到抗衡拜金主义的方法时（until people find ways to counter materialism in society）才有可能扭转不断下降的道德水准。选项D)是对这一细节的正确概括。Part Vocabulary and Structure Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are fo

36、ur choices marked A、B、C and D. Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the correspondeing letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.第41题：参考答案：D答案解析：句意：等你到达纽约时，我将已出发前往伦敦了。动词时态：by the time后面接一般现在时的时间状语从句时，该从句是用一般现在时表达将来的动作，因此，主句用将来完成时。第42题：参考答案：A答案解析：句意：这篇文章建议

37、当一个人在不同寻常的压力之下时，他应该特别注意均衡的饮食。虚拟语气的宾语从句中时间状语从句的时态：很明显，suggest后的宾语从句用虚拟语气，故此，从句中使用了should，但是其状语从句when与suggest没有关系，它 的时态在本句中应为一般现在时，故A正确。第43题：参考答案：C答案解析：句意：律师劝他放弃这个案子，因为他赢的可能性很小。近义名词辨析：event“事件，大事；比赛项目”；incident“发生的事；事件，事变”；case“案件”，与lawyer属于同一范畴词；affair“事情，事件”。第44题：参考答案：B答案解析：句意：有时，孩子们难以区分事实和虚构，并相信这样的

38、事确实存在。B固定搭配：have trouble/difficulty(in)doing sth意为“做某事有困难”。第45题：参考答案：A答案解析：句意：他十分肯定，对他来说在两天之内完成这项任务是绝对不可能的。副词辨义：absolutely“绝对地”，常修饰impossible；exclusively“专门地”；fully“完全地”；roughly“大致地”。第46题：参考答案：C答案解析：句意：马路上有个大洞阻塞了交通。动词短语辨义：set back“推迟，延缓，阻碍”；stand back“退后”；hold up“阻碍”，hold up the traffic为常用表达；keep do

39、wn “压制，镇压；使处于低水平， 控制”。第47题：参考答案：C答案解析：句意：许多代表同意他的提议，应该成立一个特别委员会调查此事。虚拟语气：proposal后面的同位语从句中谓语动词应该用should+动词原形形式的虚拟语气。而且，committee与set up之间为被动关系，故选C。第48题：参考答案：B答案解析：句意：在中国的家庭当中，祖父母和其他的亲戚在养育孩子方面起着必不可少的作用。形容词辨义：incapable“没有能力的”；indispensable“必不可少的，必需的”，与句意相符；insensible“失去知觉的；无同情心的”；infinite“无限的”。第49题：参考

40、答案：D答案解析：句意：目光接触是重要的，因为错误的接触会造成交流的障碍。名词辨义：tragedy“悲剧”；vacuum“真空”；question“问题”；barrier“障碍，隔阂；屏障”，与句意相符。第50题：参考答案：B答案解析：句意：展览会前排了很长的队，因此，我们不得不等了大约半小时。固定句型：本句中出现了句型“such athat如此以至于”，因此B正确。第51题：参考答案：A答案解析：句意：从大路没有通向这所房子的路。名词辨义：access“进入”，常与to搭配；avenue“街道”；exposure“暴露，显露；揭发，揭露，曝光”，也常与to搭配，但在本句中讲不通；edge“边

41、缘；优势，优越 地位”。第52题：参考答案：A答案解析：句意：地球表面下累积的能量必须以某种形式释放出来，例如地震。动词辨义：accumulate表示“一点一点积累起来”，与句意相符；gather表示“收集”资料等或(使)人、动物“聚集成群”；assemble强调有组织地“集合”；collect常 可与gather互换，但更强调有选择或有条理地“收集”，如集邮、收藏书籍等。第53题：参考答案：C答案解析：句意：考虑到他不怎么受委员们的欢迎，他没有被任命为委员会主席。分词的用法：因为逗号后的动词的分词形式与主句的主语构成一种被动关系，因此，A、B、D都不对。第54题：参考答案：D答案解析：句意：

42、20世纪经历了一场巨大的世界性的政治、经济和文化变革。形似名词辨义：transformation“变革，变化”；tradition“传统”；transportation“运输”；transmission“传送，发射”。第55题：参考答案：B答案解析：句意：贴在信封上的标签是“航空邮寄”。近义名词辨析：diagram“图表”；label“标签”，符合句意；signal“信号，暗号；标志，表示”；mark“记号，标记；痕迹；分数”。第56题：参考答案：A答案解析：句意：根据两家公司所签订的合同，上海今年的移动通讯容量预计会翻一番。名词辨义：capacity“容量”，符合句意，此外，还有“容积；才能

43、，能力；身份，职位”之义；potential“潜力，潜能”，还可作形容词，意为“潜在的，可能的”； possession“所有，占有；Pl.所有物”；impact“影响，作用；冲击，碰撞”。第57题：参考答案：B答案解析：句意：根据字里行间的言外之意，我认为政府委员们要比他们承认的更担心。习惯表达：read between the lines意为“从字里行间体会言外之意”。第58题：参考答案：C答案解析：句意：我兄弟有一个雄心勃勃的计划；他想在16岁之前掌握英语、法语和西班牙语。形容词辨义：arbitrary“随意的，武断的”；aggressive“侵略的；侵犯的，挑衅的；敢做敢为的，有进取心

44、的”； ambitious“有抱负的，雄心勃勃的；有野心的”， 符合句意；abundant“大量的，充足的；丰富的，富裕的”。第59题：参考答案：B答案解析：句意：当时如果母亲坚持拥有婴孩的权利，事情也许会比事实上糟糕得多。虚拟语气：根据主句中动词的时态might have been可知这是一个对于过去事实的假设，因此，它的条件从句的时态应该是过去完成时，即Bhad insisted。第60题：参考答案：A答案解析：句意：那份报告里的统计数据不准确，你不应该引用它们。形容词辨义：accurate“准确的，精确的；正确无误的”，符合句意；fixed“固定的”；delicate“纤细的，柔和的；易

45、碎的，脆弱的；微妙的，棘手的；精美的，精致 的”；rigid“严格的，死板的；刚硬的，坚硬的”。第61题：参考答案：A答案解析：句意：对比要比单独看某物更漂亮。分词的用法：很明显，在than引起的从句中，it和see之间是被动关系，故此要用过去分词seen，而且，分词作状语时，其前也可以加when，while等词，因此，A正确。第62题：参考答案：C答案解析：句意：这场足球比赛是从纽约为你现场直播的。同根形容词辨义：lively“活跃的”；alive“活着的，在世的”，多作表语或补语，作定语时要放在被修饰的名词后面；live“现场直播的”，符合句意；指“活的，有 生命的”时，只作定语，放在所修

46、饰的名词前面，主要修饰动物，修饰人时指“有活力的”；living可作定语、表语、补语，修饰所有有生命的机体，尤指“现存的，现在活着 的，活动中的”人或物，语义比alive广。第63题：参考答案：C答案解析：句意：我们没有人料到主席会出现在晚会上，我们以为他还在医院里呢。动词短语辨义：turn in“交出，上交；上床睡觉”；turn over“翻过来，翻倒；仔细考虑；交，移交”；turn up“出现”，符合句意；turn down“关小，调低；拒 绝”。第64题：参考答案：C答案解析：句意：母亲不知道(应该责备)谁打破了玻璃。blame一词的用法：to blame是一个以主动语态表示被动意义的习

47、惯表达，意为“该(受)责备”，符合本句句意。另外一个表达blame sbfor sth意为“因某事责备某 人”。第65题：参考答案：D答案解析：句意：他向顾客作了让步，降了一半的价。动词辨义及搭配：leak“(使)漏，(使)渗出；泄漏，走漏”；draw作不及物动词时意为“(向某方向)移动，来临；打成平局”，作及物动词时意为“画，描绘；拖，拉；拨 出，抽出；提取，汲取；推断出；吸引，引起”；quote“引用”；yield“屈服”，与to搭配，符合句意。第66题：参考答案：D答案解析：句意：泰若尽管十分气愤，但是仍然能够保持头脑冷静，没有冲到老板的办公室去。动词辨义：prevent“阻止”和prohibit“禁止”的用法为prevent/prohibit sbfrom