1、托福-4 及答案解析(总分：100.02，做题时间：90 分钟)一、LISTENING(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、Dialogue people _ and buy fast foods like hamburgers and fried chicken; portions in fast food restaurants are getting bigger and bigger; and things like potato chips and _ seem to be a favorite snack. Everything seems to be rushed, with no
2、time to relax and smell the roses. A lot of people never _, and this doesn“t help. In the end, men get love handles and women never stop talking about _. It“s not a good way to live. The thing is that diabetes can be _ food and exercising regularly. If everyone did this then we wouldn“t have to thin
3、k about love handles and diets as we would all be _. It“s the weight increase that has _. There are two types of diabetes. The one known as Type 1 is more severe. It can result _, blindness, kidney failure and heart disease. People with Type 1 diabetes _ like the flu and pneumonia easier than people
4、 who do not have diabetes. Student: I heard about diabetes but I didn“t know it was this bad. The man _ has it. I saw him injecting himself when I was there. I thought it was maybe _. Would it have anything to do with his diabetes? Professor: I“d have to say yes. You see, what happens is that with T
5、ype 1 the pancreas can“t make or doesn“t make enough insulin. Insulin is important to the body because it _. If there is not enough insulin or none at all, the body has to be given some. Student: Well, what about Type 2? Is it as bad or even worse? Professor: No, it“s not _. The person may have _ th
6、ey have it. In fact, it would probably _. My own father always complained that _. The only other thing that was different was that after a bottle of beer you would think he was drunk. _, nothing appeared to be wrong. Student: So, what happened? Professor: My mother _ in company after a bottle of bee
7、r and made him go to the doctor. The doctor figured it out. Student: Is he OK now? Professor: Yeah. Kind of. He doesn“t like all the healthy food my mother has been preparing for him. He says if he eats any more salads and vegetables _. She has _, to be honest. Student: Are there any other signs? Pr
8、ofessor: There“s a few. Being thirsty all the time, having to go to the bathroom a lot, getting _, losing weight for no reason, having no get-up-and-go, _ that keep coming back. Student: How about research and statistics? Are there any way to back up what you say? Professor: _. You“ll find all kinds
9、 in magazines, newspapers, websites, . Why don“t you ask your doctor the next time you go to see him or her? （分数：5.00）_六、Lecture & Dictation (总题数：2，分数：15.00)Listen to part of a lecture in a European history class. Now get ready to answer the questions. You may use your notes to help you answer. （分数：
10、10.00）(1).What are the causes of the Great Famine? (Click on 3 answers)（分数：2.50）A.failure in potato cropsB.religious differencesC.greed of the landlordsD.sudden industrial revolutionE.population increase(2).Which of the following are true according to the lecture? (Click on 2 answers)（分数：2.50）A.Befo
11、re the Great Famine, the Irish had had potatoes as their main food.B.The imported Indian meal did not have enough nutrition.C.The majority of famine victims died from starvation.D.ThePassenger Actforbade the Irish from leaving their home country.E.The professor is really hopeful about the future of
12、the world.F.all(3).Click on the box for each appropriate categorization. Greed Politics Natural disaster English landlords imported cheap Indian grain to feed their workers. The Irish became dependent on potatoes as a staple food. The potato crops failed due to a fungus. English landlords exported I
13、rish wheat during the famine. （分数：2.50）_(4).Click on the appropriate box to answer the following. Promised Not mentioned Each emigrant to the New World would be given a space about the size of a bed on a ship. Each Irish citizen would receive compensation for their lost crops. Those escaping the fam
14、ine could choose their destination. Those leaving on ships were guaranteed food and water. （分数：2.50）_5.European History: Ireland FamineProfessor: When you hear the word famine today, you think of Africa and starving millions _. But a hundred and fifty years ago, Ireland, the Emerald Isle next to Eng
15、land, _. And like today“s story of starvation the reasons for the famine are the same: _, politics and natural disaster. Ireland in 1845, the time of the Great Famine, was a country in big change _ the industrial revolution and a ballooning population. In the beginning of the 18th century there were
16、 some four and a half million Irish. Fifty years, or two generations later, that number had _. Most of the population were Roman Catholic, poor and worked on small farms _. There was no _ and families with 10 or 12 children were not uncommon. _ there was never much food to go around. It didn“t matte
17、r if you lived in the country or in the shadow of factory smokestacks in _. Life was a struggle. Think of the world of Charles Dickens and his poor, workhouse boys, Oliver Twist and David Copperfield, begging for food, _. The main food in Ireland was the white potato, known today as the Irish potato
18、. This wonder crop, which was cheap to grow and plentiful when _, was one of the reasons there ever was an industrial revolution in Europe. When the Spanish explorers brought the potato _ to Europe around 1550, they changed the whole diet of Europe. By 1800, the Irish were totally dependent on the p
19、otato as their primary food and cash crop for export. When _ in the fall of 1845, half the harvest was lost. The next year the crop also failed. The poor Irish tenants _ or feed their families. They were dying of starvation and disease, and yet their greedy English landlords continued to _ to Englan
20、d to make bread, and to feed the poor farmers and workers they imported cheap meal from India. In addition to being a _ basic food, the cheap meal _. The majority of Irish famine victims died from malnutrition diseases such as _, rather than directly from starvation. The famine is only one of the ma
21、ny nails _ that exists between the Irish and the English today. Ireland remains partitioned with Northern Ireland still a part of the United Kingdom, because of religious differences, but also because of such _ that led to the Great Famine and one of the biggest waves of emigration. The only choice
22、many Irish had was to _. Under the Passenger Act of 1847 more than a million and a half Irish immigrated to Canada and the U.S. _ for the New World _ 10 cubic feet, the size of a single bed, and a supply of food and water. Most ships“ captains _ and almost half of the passengers died in these coffin
23、 ships. They had different skin color from the African slaves, but the same inhumane conditions. Sadly history repeats itself. And it appears famine will be with us _ other men and use food as a weapon. （分数：5.00）_七、Lecture & Dictation (总题数：2，分数：15.00)Listen to part of a lecture in a social welfare c
24、lass. Now get ready to answer the questions. You may use your notes to help you answer. （分数：10.00）(1).Choose the percentage for each statement according to the result of the research. . Out of the patients who had to stop working while being treated, the percent of the patients who were able to work
25、 is _ . Out of the patients who experienced work disability, the percentage of the patients who worked in spite of some problems is _ . The percentage of the patients who had to stop working while being treated is _ A. 13% B. 20% C. 40% D. 84% E. 50%（分数：2.50）_(2).According to the lecture, what kinds
26、 of cancer can cause the higher rate of work disability? (Click on 2 answers)（分数：2.50）A.prostate cancerB.head and neck cancersC.thyroid cancerD.a tumor affecting the spinal cord(3).Click in the appropriate box for each of the following statements. High risk of related diseases Low risk of related di
27、seases Patients treated for head or neck cancer Patients suffering from breast cancer Patients treated for tumours found in lymph system Patients surviving melanomas （分数：2.50）_(4).Choose the statements that were listed as a responsibility of doctors and health care providers in regards to their canc
28、er patients. (Click on 2 answers)（分数：2.50）A.Doctors need to be totally honest and tell patients how long they can live.B.Health care professionals need to help patients with work-related issues.C.Patients need to be informed of their legal rights in terms of job discrimination.D.Health care professi
29、onals should allow the patient to make decisions regardless of their family“s wishes.E.Doctors need to inform employers about the effectiveness of recovered cancer patients.6.Social Welfare: Post Cancer EmploymentProfessor: People who are cancer survivors and still _ are often still able to return t
30、o work after successfully undergoing treatment. It has been found that people who survive certain types of cancer that can be detected early, mainly _ and melanomas, have the _ of disease-related problems and of having to totally stop working. Meanwhile, patients _ affecting the central nervous syst
31、em, head and neck, blood or lymph system had the _ and unemployment, in the four years following therapy. This suggests that some cancer patients require more assistance _. According to Dr. Pamela Farley Short of Pennsylvania State University, a way to determine a _ after treatment is by their abili
32、ty to return to work. _ social interactions and relationships and _, work plays an important role. Many people identify themselves by the job they do. On the whole, this can be _. However, it also _ the fact that about 20% of cancer survivors continue to have problems that affect their work. This da
33、ta is the result of interviews of 1,400 cancer survivors treated at four medical centers from 1997 to 1999. Of the patients who had jobs when they _, 13% were unable to continue working for _ within four years of being diagnosed. 40% of patients had to stop working _. Of these patients, 84% were abl
34、e to go back to work, often within the first year. In this study, 20% of patients experienced work disability _, but 50% of the patients worked _ that were a result of the treatment. Patients who were least likely to experience work disability or found it necessary to leave their job once treatment
35、started were _, prostate, thyroid, uterus and skin cancer. However, people who had other types of cancer had a more difficult time. Patients treated for tumors effecting the brain or _, experienced the highest rates of work disability and had one of the highest _. At a greater risk of work disabilit
36、y and unemployment were patients with _ and head and neck cancers. The differences _ returning to work and experiencing other types of disabilities are often related to the point at which tumors are diagnosed as well as the way certain types of cancer affects the body and the type of treatment. In t
37、he public health sector, the successful effort to have women have mammograms has resulted in more women being diagnosed earliera time when the treatment is _. For doctors and other people working _ and treatment, the challenge is to identify and help cancer survivors with work-related issues. Patien
38、ts need to be informed of the legal protection, if there is, _. There are several organizations like the American Cancer Society that have information on this. Doctors and _ should help employers understand that people who survive cancer are going to continue on living for a long time and _ other pe
39、ople are. （分数：5.00）_Listen to part of a lecture in an economics class. Now get ready to answer the questions. You may use your notes to help you answer. （分数：10.02）(1).What is the main idea of the lecture?（分数：1.67）A.The market economy is better than the command economy.B.The command economy is better
40、 than the market economy.C.Both the market economy and the command economy are outdated.D.Neither the command economy nor the market economy is perfect.(2).What can be inferred from the description of what a market economy is?（分数：1.67）A.an open market where head to head competition decides the price
41、 of goodsB.an open market where competing groups compromise on where to fix pricesC.a controlled market that regulates competition with codified lawsD.a controlled market where governments set prices with industry input(3).According to the lecture, what is the most attractive word related to a marke
42、t economy?（分数：1.67）A.democracyB.freedomC.flexibilityD.private enterprise(4).According to the professor, what is the downside of a market economy?（分数：1.67）A.inequality and abusesB.union systemsC.fast production of goodsD.regulations and restrictions(5).Listen again to part of the lecture. Then answer
43、 the question. What does the professor imply by this?（分数：1.67）A.She does not think that Gucci and Nike prove that the theory is wrong.B.She does not think that the story about Gucci and Nike is totally for this class.C.She thinks that Gucci and Nike, in fact, prove that the theory is right.D.She thi
44、nks that the story about Gucci and Nike is more important than the theory.(6).Listen again to part of the lecture. Then answer the question. What does the professor mean by this?（分数：1.67）A.She thinks that she has explained the subject enough.B.She is going to explain more.C.She is not happy about he
45、r own explanation.D.She feels that the student cannot understand what she has said.托福-4 答案解析(总分：100.02，做题时间：90 分钟)一、LISTENING(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、Dialogue & Dictation(总题数：2，分数：15.00)Listen to part of a conversation between an advisor and a student. Now get ready to answer the questions. You may use your
46、 notes to help you answer. （分数：10.00）(1).According to the conversation, what are the answers of the advisor to each question of the student? Questions Yes No Not sure Do I get a full refund for the textbook? Should I pay for the music course separately? Is Music Appreciation 310 full? Can I get information on doing a minor in music from you? （分数：2.50）_正确答案：()解析：问题 是的 不是 不清楚 课本的费用能全部退回吗? * 音乐课的听课费
