1、大学英语四级综合-22 及答案解析(总分：450.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Reading Comprehensio(总题数：5，分数：450.00)Passage SixThe United States is full of (1) . There are still many families without cars, but some families have two or even more. However, cars are used for more than pleasure. They are (2) part of life.Cars are used for
2、(3) . They are driven to offices and factories by workers who have no other way to get to their jobs. When salesmen are sent to different parts of the city, they have to drive in order to carry their (4) . Farmers have to drive into the city in order to get supplies.Sometimes small children must be
3、driven to school. In some cities school (5) are used only when children live more than a mile from the school. When the children are too young to walk that (6) , their mothers (7) turns driving them to school. One mother drives on Mondays, taking her own children and neighbors children as well. Anot
4、her drives on Tuesdays, another on Wednesdays, and so on. This is called forming a car pool. Men also (8) car pools, with three or four men taking turns driving to the place where they all work.More car pools should be funned in order to put fewer automobiles on the road and to use less (9) . Parkin
5、g is a great problem, and so is the (10) in and around cities. Too many cars are being driven. Something will have to be done about the use of cars. A. automobilesD. gasolineG. takeJ. far M. justify B. businessE. trafficH. necessary K. finally N. liable C. formF. busesI. products L. earthquake O. or
6、ganize（分数：90.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_Passage SevenDont try kicking the tires on a very modem and strange car developed by students at Coventry University. Not only does the car have no tires, it has no (1) wheel, either.The Coventry Concept Car, as it
7、 is called is a (2) new design that looks more like a snail (蜗牛) than an automobile. No working model, or functional form of the (3) exists yet, but its designers recently introduced a life-sized model and explained how a real one would work.Electric motors would move rapidly undulating pad (形成波浪状气垫
8、) (4) the car; moving the vehicle in any direction at speeds up to 480 km per hour. The motion would be a much faster way of (5) , the way snails move. (Muscles in the bottom of a snails flat foot (6) in waves that push the snail along the ground.)Steering of the snail car would be (7) automatically
9、 by an onboard computer, which would receive signals from orbiting satellites. Those signals would help guide the snail car along a preprogrammed (8) .Even the cars color could be computer-controlled, the student designer suggested. Instead of a painted-out (9) , the snail car would sport (显示) an el
10、ectronically sensitive film that changes color according to its (10) . A. underneathD. vehicleG. surroundingsJ. route M. substantially B. steeringE. fastenedH. handled K. contract N. hostile C. completelyF. logicalI. appearance L. crawling O. finding（分数：90.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1
11、:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_Passage EightNot all language is verbal. Some of our (1) occurs without words. We often use our entire bodies for communication. We may raise our eyebrows to (2) surprise. Perhaps we nod our heads to show that we agree with something. There are hundreds of nonverbal (3)
12、 that can be used to communicate. These signals are part of language, and they are (4) by roles in the same way that our spoken language is. For this reason, people who speak different languages often use different nonverbal signals as well.In addition to verbal communication and the type of nonverb
13、al communication discussed above, there are other message (5) that we use to communicate. When we speak to some people, we may stand very (6) to them, while we may stand far away from other people. Use of space, then, is a way we can communicate the (7) we feel with another person. The way we (8) ca
14、n also communicate for us. The person who wears dirty jeans and a T-shirt communicates a different (9) from a person who wears neat trousers and an attractive shirt. We can even use time to communicate. The person who is on time for an (10) shows a different attitude from the person who is an hour l
15、ate does. Can you think of other message systems we use in communication? A. closeD. dressG. governedJ. communication M. radiation B. relationshipE. attitudeH. signals K. strengthened N. pressure C. indicateF. appointmentI. systems L. devote O. neutral（分数：90.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项
16、 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_Passage NineHow can English teachers accelerate the language learning of their students? One way is to teach students how to learn more effectively and efficiently. Learning strategies are “procedures or (1) that learners can use to facilitate a learning task.“ (2) st
17、udents of English in learning strategies can help them become better learners. In addition, skill in using learning strategies assists students in becoming (3) , confident learners. Finally, students become more (4) as they begin to understand the relationship between their use of strategies and suc
18、cess in learning English.Students need to develop an awareness of the learning process and strategies that lead to success. Students who (5) on their own thinking are more likely to engage in planning how to proceed with a learning task, monitoring their own performance on an ongoing basis, finding
19、solutions to problems (6) , and evaluating themselves upon task completion. These activities may be difficult for students (7) to having a teacher who solves all their leaming problems and is the (8) judge of their progress.Teachers need to encourage students to rely more on themselves. Because lear
20、ning strategies are mental (9) with few observable manifestations, teachers need to find ways to make the strategies as concrete as possible. When students are able to use the strategies their teachers have taught them, and to do so without prompting, then they need to (10) new strategies, new appli
21、cations, and new opportunities for self-regulated learning. A. techniquesD. revoltG. independentJ. accustomed M. explore B. InstructingE. creatureH. gather K. steady N. processes C. reflectF. encounteredI. motivated L. Ordering O. sole（分数：90.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:
22、_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_Passage TenAn unusual cooperation between the local university and other education providers in East Anglia has seen the (1) of Norwichs new Learning Shop. At the city center shop, local people can look through booklets and leaflets to find out about learning opportunities (2) from ev
23、ening classes to postgraduates (研究生) degrees. Skilled staff is on hand to give (3) information about courses and training in the region.More than 11,000 people have visited the shop since it opened in 1997. The majority of inquiries have been about courses in further education, but 17 percent have (
24、4) to higher education in general.Customer feedback (5) how valuable the resource is. A womans (6) is typical: “Its a brilliant idea-less daunting than going to different institutions.“ A seller told us: “This really gives you hope that you can get back into something.“Fellow (7) are welcome to set
25、up exhibitions and events at the shop: to date, these have included poetry readings, a recorder concert and (8) exhibitions and displays. The shop is staffed by two advisers and other colleagues from the fellow institutions in the region.Speaking at the “Norwich as a Learning City“ (9) , Prof. Mike
26、Campell at the local university, said the first barrier to learning was lack of information. The Learning Shop aims to break down that (10) . A. barrierD. numerousG. rangingJ. confirms M. punctual B. conferenceE. institutionsH. related K. opportunity N. racial C. establishmentF. commentI. accurate L
27、. privilege O. ridiculous（分数：90.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_大学英语四级综合-22 答案解析(总分：450.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Reading Comprehensio(总题数：5，分数：450.00)Passage SixThe United States is full of (1) . There are still many families without cars, but some families have two o
28、r even more. However, cars are used for more than pleasure. They are (2) part of life.Cars are used for (3) . They are driven to offices and factories by workers who have no other way to get to their jobs. When salesmen are sent to different parts of the city, they have to drive in order to carry th
29、eir (4) . Farmers have to drive into the city in order to get supplies.Sometimes small children must be driven to school. In some cities school (5) are used only when children live more than a mile from the school. When the children are too young to walk that (6) , their mothers (7) turns driving th
30、em to school. One mother drives on Mondays, taking her own children and neighbors children as well. Another drives on Tuesdays, another on Wednesdays, and so on. This is called forming a car pool. Men also (8) car pools, with three or four men taking turns driving to the place where they all work.Mo
31、re car pools should be funned in order to put fewer automobiles on the road and to use less (9) . Parking is a great problem, and so is the (10) in and around cities. Too many cars are being driven. Something will have to be done about the use of cars. A. automobilesD. gasolineG. takeJ. far M. justi
32、fy B. businessE. trafficH. necessary K. finally N. liable C. formF. busesI. products L. earthquake O. organize（分数：90.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：A）解析：扫读下文可知，本文主要讲的是 cars，故同义词 automobiles 符合文意。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：H）解析：结合常识和句意“他们是生活中_的部分”可知，H 符合文意。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：B）解析：该空格出现在段落首句，通读该段可知此句为段落中心句。该段主要讲了工作中使用汽车的情况，故 busines
33、s 符合文意。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：I）解析：salesmen 推销的是产品或服务，这里要用车运载的，当然是产品了，I 符合文意。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：F）解析：结合句意“在有些城市，学校仅用来接送家离学校 1 英里以外的儿童”可知，F 符合文意。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：J）解析：结合句意“当孩子太小，走不了_时，他们的妈妈就送他们去学校”可知，J 符合文意。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：G）解析：由下文可知，妈妈轮番开车接送自己和邻居的孩子去学校，take turns 意为“轮流”，故 G 符合文意。注意这里的 that 用作副词，意为“那么”。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：C）
34、解析：由上文 This is called forming a car pool 和空格前的提示词 also 可知，C 符合文意。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：D）解析：结合常识和句意可知，车的使用量减少，相应燃料也会减少，故 D 正确。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：E）解析：and so is 表明两句为并列关系，且前后两种情况相同，结合句意“停车是个大问题，城市及周边的_也是个大问题”可知，E(交通)符合文意。Passage SevenDont try kicking the tires on a very modem and strange car developed by students
35、 at Coventry University. Not only does the car have no tires, it has no (1) wheel, either.The Coventry Concept Car, as it is called is a (2) new design that looks more like a snail (蜗牛) than an automobile. No working model, or functional form of the (3) exists yet, but its designers recently introdu
36、ced a life-sized model and explained how a real one would work.Electric motors would move rapidly undulating pad (形成波浪状气垫) (4) the car; moving the vehicle in any direction at speeds up to 480 km per hour. The motion would be a much faster way of (5) , the way snails move. (Muscles in the bottom of a
37、 snails flat foot (6) in waves that push the snail along the ground.)Steering of the snail car would be (7) automatically by an onboard computer, which would receive signals from orbiting satellites. Those signals would help guide the snail car along a preprogrammed (8) .Even the cars color could be
38、 computer-controlled, the student designer suggested. Instead of a painted-out (9) , the snail car would sport (显示) an electronically sensitive film that changes color according to its (10) . A. underneathD. vehicleG. surroundingsJ. route M. substantially B. steeringE. fastenedH. handled K. contract
39、 N. hostile C. completelyF. logicalI. appearance L. crawling O. finding（分数：90.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：B）解析：结合句意“这种车不仅没有轮胎，就连_也没有”来看选项，只有 steering wheel 这种说法，意为“方向盘”。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：C）解析：该空需填入副词，结合句意“考文垂概念车恰如其名，是一种_新的设计”可知，C(完全)符合文意。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：D）解析：本句中的 of 表所属关系，working model 和 functional form 很明显是与车相关的，所以
40、空格处填入 car 的近义词 vehicle(交通工具)。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：A）解析：空格处连接了两个名词，可以是介词，也可以是非谓语动词。介词相对非谓语动词来说，更容易理解，且备选项里介词只有 underneath，故先将其带入原文，意为“位于汽车下方的波浪状气垫”。上文说概念车没有车轮，这里谈到汽车靠波浪状气垫推动前行，那么气垫在车下方，符合逻辑。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：L）解析：the way snails move 是对空格所缺词的解释，可知 crawling(爬行)符合文意。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：K）解析：分析句子结构可知本句缺谓语。由该句的定语从句的谓语时态可知
41、主句也需用一般现在时，所以空格处应为动词原形。备选项中 neglect(忽略)、contract(收缩)满足此条件，但语意上蜗牛是靠平滑的足部肌肉的收缩来移动的，故 K 符合文意。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：H）解析：分析句子结构可知，该空应填入动词过去分词，比较 fastened 和 handled 可知，此处指的是该车的操作由计算机自动控制，故 H 符合文意。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：J）解析：上文提到“蜗牛车”的方向盘是由车内的计算机操纵的，再结合句意“那些信号将有助于指导蜗牛车沿着已编程好的_行驶”可知，选项中 J(路线)符合文意。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：I）解析：由上文可知，这
42、款车的颜色可以由计算机来控制，再结合句意蜗牛车显示的不是喷漆的_，而是”可知，I(外观)符合文意。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：G 空格处需填名词，再结合句意“蜗牛车的外观并非喷漆的颜色，而是能根据_改变颜色的电子感光胶片”可知，G(环境)符合文意。）解析：Passage EightNot all language is verbal. Some of our (1) occurs without words. We often use our entire bodies for communication. We may raise our eyebrows to (2) surprise.
43、Perhaps we nod our heads to show that we agree with something. There are hundreds of nonverbal (3) that can be used to communicate. These signals are part of language, and they are (4) by roles in the same way that our spoken language is. For this reason, people who speak different languages often u
44、se different nonverbal signals as well.In addition to verbal communication and the type of nonverbal communication discussed above, there are other message (5) that we use to communicate. When we speak to some people, we may stand very (6) to them, while we may stand far away from other people. Use
45、of space, then, is a way we can communicate the (7) we feel with another person. The way we (8) can also communicate for us. The person who wears dirty jeans and a T-shirt communicates a different (9) from a person who wears neat trousers and an attractive shirt. We can even use time to communicate. The person who is on time for an (10) shows a different attitude from the person who is an hour late does. Can you think of other message systems we use in communication? A. closeD. dressG. governedJ. communication M.
