1、2003年9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:I cant understand why Bob isnt here yet.Do you think we should try to
3、call him or go look for him? W:He probably just got held up in traffic.Lets give him a few more minutes. Q:What are the spcakers probably going to do?第2题：参考答案：A答案解析：M:Hi,Susan.Have you decided where to live when you get married? W:Id like to live in the downtown area near my work,but Nathan wants a
4、house in the suburbs to save on expenses. Q:Why does Susan want to live in the city?第3题：参考答案：C答案解析：M:Id like to buy a copy of Professor Franklins book on American culture. W:Im sorry.The book has been out of print for some time now. Q:Where does the conversation most probably take place?第4题：参考答案：B答案
5、解析：Ive just locked my keys in my room.Now what should I do? M:I cant believe it.Youre always so careless.Anyhow,lets calm down and try to figure things out. Q:What does the man suggest?第5题：参考答案：C答案解析：W:Can you give us your e-mail address so we can get back to you as soon as possible? M:Ill send you
6、an e-mail so we dont have to do the spelling on the phone,okay? Q:What are the speakers doing?第6题：参考答案：A答案解析：W:Hi,George.Could you give me a ride?I want to buy some food for the picnic. M:Okay.Im going home,but I can drop you at the supermarket. Q:What does the woman want to do?第7题：参考答案：B答案解析：W:My n
7、ame is Helen Ware.W-A-R-E Can I get a class permit for biology? M:Oh,no.Not now.Registration for students whose last names begin with “W”doesnt start until tomorrow. Q:What does the man mean?第8题：参考答案：C答案解析：M:What was the weather like when you left New York last week? W:It was very much like the weat
8、her here in Beijing.So you neednt take a lot of clothes if you dont plan to stay there long. Q:What do we learn from the conversation?第9题：参考答案：B答案解析：W:What are these things in our suitcasc?There arent any toys at all.Where have you put them? M:Oh,no.This is not our suitcase.The old lady must have ta
9、ken ours by mistake.She was sitting next to us at the restaurant. Q:What can we infer from the conversation?第10题：参考答案：A答案解析：M:Are you really leaving for Hong Kong tomorrow morning? W:Yeah,I guess so.Ive got my air ticket and I just cant wait to see Bill there. Q:What is the woman going to do?Section
10、 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 once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A、B、C and D. Then mark the co
11、rresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.听力原文Pamela Royal and her partner Edith Clark are the owners of the sea - view hotel in Brighton. As much of their business is seasonal, they do a good deal of the work themselves. In order to make a profit, it is necessary
12、to keep down the cost of extra staff. Although theyre never made a fortune for the last ten years, they have earned a reasonable living from the hotel. They work extremely well together and each has her own duties. In general, Pamela does the bookkeeping. She is excellent with figures and seldom mak
13、es a mistake. She also takes care of the decorations, particularly the flower arranging, which is her hobby. Edith on the other hand, makes all the staff arrangement, and when necessary, does the cooking. She is a very patient woman. And if guests make complaints, she tries her best to solve their p
14、roblems. However, the two ladies do not do all the work themselves. They usually employ college students to do the cleaning and washing up. Old Albert, who is a retired policeman, goes in two hours a day to do the gardening and takes care of the swimming pool. Both ladies are very popular. They beli
15、eve in having an informal relationship with the guests and often make friends with the regular visitors. Last month was their tenth anniversary in Brighton, and they had a dinner for their friends to celebrate. Pamela gave a speech and everyone wished them lots of success for the future. 第11题：参考答案：B
16、答案解析：How do Pamela and Edith manage to keep down the cost of the hotel?第12题：参考答案：C答案解析：What jobs in the hotel are given to the college students?第13题：参考答案：C答案解析：Why are the two ladies popular in the area?听力原文 Some people dream of being President of the United Staten, some of becoming stars of a Holly
17、wood movie, and others of making millions of dollars overnight. Could a dream like that come true in real life? Well, it did happen to Peter Johnson. Peter was an auto mechanic. One day, he walked into the Union Trust Bank in Baltimore and took $5,000 that did not belong to him. The guards and other
18、 employees stood back and let him stuff the bills into his shirt and pants without trying to prevent him from taking the money. No one pressed the alarm. No one pulled the gun No one called the police. Why did they allow him to get away with it? Well, everything was legal. Peter had won a contest pr
19、omoted by a Baltimore radio station. The first prize entitled him to enter the Union Trust Bank, and gather up as much money as he could lay his hands on within five minutes. Because he could not bring any large sacks or boxes into the bank, all the money bad to be placed in his pockets. As the time
20、 went by, peter ran about wildly and tried to pick up as many large bills ashe could find. When his time was up, he was out of breath, but was $5,000 richer. 第14题：参考答案：D答案解析：Why did Peter go to the Union Trust Bank?第15题：参考答案：C答案解析：What was Peters job ?第16题：参考答案：A答案解析：What did the guards do when Pete
21、r started gathering the money?第17题：参考答案：D答案解析：Why didnt Peter take more money from the bank?听力原文 Larry Smith is one of the rescuers on the Golden Gate Bridge. His job is to save people who attempt to jump into the sea. If the telephone rings at three in the morning, he knows its trouble. Someone is
22、threatening to commit suicide. Larry will get his things ready and in no time he will be out of the door heading to the spot. If you arent too late, Larry says, “you climb out onto the cold steel and try to talk to the poor soul and pull him or her back to safety. “Many suicide attempts are made on
23、the spur of the moment and lives can be saved. But if you fail, if the person jumps into the bottom of the fog, theres no describing how helpless you feel. Often would -be jumpers are driven to despair and see no hope of getting out of their misery. The trick is to open a channel of communication wi
24、th them. Following are some tricks that have worked. Hey, if you re going jump, at least give me your moms phone number. So I can call and tell her.”“Thats a nice watch. If youre going to jump, can I have it?”Sometimes all it takes is the voice of the human being you cares. Larry estimates he has re
25、scued 38 people in his ten years of service. 第18题：参考答案：A答案解析：What is Larrys job?第19题：参考答案：D答案解析：What is happening if Larrys phone rings at 3 oclock in the morning?第20题：参考答案：B答案解析：What does Larry Smith usually do to stop someone from jumping off the bridge?Part II Reading Comprehension Directions: Th
26、ere 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 line through the centre.第21题：参考答案
27、：B答案解析：B)细节题。文章第一段第二句Indeed, a 16-year-old driver with three or more passengers is three times as likely to have a fatal accident as a teenager driving alone”和第二段清楚地说明了青少年在深夜载客驾车很可能在事故中丧身。因此B为正确答案。第22题：参考答案：C答案解析：C)细节题。文章第三段第一句“Robert Foss,.,says the higher death rate for teenage drivers have less t
28、o do with“really stupid behavior”，than with just a lack of driving experience”直接陈述了很多开车的青少年死于车祸的主要原因是由于缺乏驾驶经验，因此C为正确答案。短语have something（nothing）to do with（与有关无关）是解题的关键。第23题：参考答案：D答案解析：D)细节推理题。文章第三段第一句指出车祸的直接原因是青年人缺少开车经脸。紧接若在最后一句“The basic issue is that adults who are responsible for issuing license
29、fail to recognize how complex and skilled a driving task is.”指出了导致车祸的间接原因是驾驶执照发放者的过失，他们忽视了开车是一件复杂和需要技能的工作。因此D为正确答案。第24题：参考答案：D答案解析：D）细节题。文章第四段第一句“Both he and the author of the stuby believe that”指出解决这一问题的办法是在全国建立渐进发证制度，因此D为正确答案。第25题：参考答案：C答案解析：C)细节题。文章最后一段第二句提到目前已有一半的州建立了“graduated licensing systems
30、”，但只有十个州对载客人数作了限制。因此C为正确答案。短语in place（在正确的位置；在适当的位置)是解题的关键。 PPP第26题：参考答案：C答案解析：C)细节题。第二段最后一句“large companies，especially, like a background of formal education coupled with work experience”指出了“很多大公司倾向于雇用既有正规的教育背景又有工作经脸的人才”因此选项C符合题意。第27题：参考答案：B答案解析：B)逻辑推理题。第三段的主旨是讲专业学历，例如MBA degree等可以作为一块很好的段门砖(The MB
31、A may open doors and command a higher salary initially.）。但是第四段又提到：Although companies tend to take on specialists as new hires, they often seek out generalists for middle and upperlevel management. 即：他们通常要找通才来进行中高层管理。而即使是MBA degree五年后也保证不了被提升（不被淘汰）。因此选项B符合题意。第28题：参考答案：A答案解析：A)词汇语意题。第四段最后一句“They want
32、someone who isnt constrained(限制)by nuts and bolts to look at the big picture,”says Scheetz . Scheetz所指的是“不为细节所束缚的人”，文中的nuts and bolts”加地”指具体细节；而选项中A的“strategic mind”指的是“顾全大局”的人，正好符合句意。第29题：参考答案：A答案解析：A)细节题。从第五段第五行(they have a less than-canned way of doing things)可知David Birch只雇用学文科的毕业生是因为他们不呆板，不教条，正
33、好与前面的“open-mindedness and adaptability, and the ability to analyze and solve problems”相符合。选项A符合题意。第30题：参考答案：D答案解析：D）逻辑推理题。综观全文可以看出作者支持选项D)的观点。A)选项文中没有提到。B)选项是错误的。正规的教育和工作培训都很重要。无法推断选项C)，文中没有谈到工作培训的开销问题。所以选择D）。由于具备更广泛的知识，通才比专才更适合管理工作。第31题：参考答案：B答案解析：B)细节题。文章第五段指出“人的发展过程取决于两方面：生物的状态和获取社会知识的方式。社会角色的转变通
34、常包含学习与新身份有关的东西，而这种学习则是逐步地、分阶段地进行。儿童对成人世界的了解也是一个渐进的过程，”，因此选项B正确。第32题：参考答案：B答案解析：B)细节题。依据文章第五段最后一句“Children have always been taught adult secrets，but slowly and in stages: traditionally, we tell sixth graders we keep hidden from fifth graders.”可以判断B为正确答案。第33题：参考答案：A答案解析：A)细节题。文章第六段讲述了近三十年来，百分之九十八的美国家庭
35、都装上了泄露秘密的机器电视机。不管观众是成人还是儿童，电视机不加区分地把信息传递给他们，而儿童又抵制不住电视的诱惑。由此可知：现今的儿童之所以变得早熟就是因为他们从电视里知道了他们本不应该知道的事，因此A为正确答案.第34题：参考答案：D答案解析：D）细节题。根据文章最后一段第一句“Communication through print，as a matter of fact，allows for a great deal of control over the social information to which children have access”可知：如果让孩子们通过读书的方式来
36、获取信息，我们就可以控制他们社会知识方面的学习内容，因此D为正确答案。第35题：参考答案：B答案解析：B)逻辑推理题。从文章第三段第二、第三句“Children dont seem childlike anymore. Children speak more like adults，dress like adults and behave more like adults than they used to”和文章最后一段作者赞同孩子们从书本上获取信息这些事实可以看出：作者对现今的儿童失去了本应有的童真而变得老气横秋这一现象非常关注，因此B为正确答案。第36题：参考答案：A答案解析：A)情感态
37、度题。通过最后一段的前两句话可知每个人都有权力有自己的观点：“Is everyone entitled to his opinion? Of course, this is not only permitted, but guaranteed.”。文中没有谈到选项B(自由表达观点会导致混乱）。文中没有谈到选项C(大多数人表达观点时都不认真仔细）。文中没有谈到选项D（随便使用“观点”一词会导致争吵）。只有选项A符合题意。第37题：参考答案：B答案解析：B)细节题。根据第二段可知，如果一个人不能容忍别人的观点，而这些观点只是用于表达自己喜好的，这个人会被认为是“不能容忍的，心胸狭窄的”。第38题：
38、参考答案：C答案解析：C）细节题。福特汽车的例子出现在第二段。作者想借此说明我们没有必要反驳一些仅仅是表达个人喜好的观点。实际上38，37两题讲的是同一个问题，因此选项C正确。第39题：参考答案：D答案解析：D) 细节题。第三段介绍了另一种观点，即经过深思熟虑而做的判断和决定。非常明显，本题中的Considered judgment指的是经过深思熟虑而做的判断，而不是指一般的表达个人喜好的观点.第40题：参考答案：C答案解析：C）观点态度题。通过文章最后一句可知：每个人都有权力按照自己的观点而行事，只要你的观点没有伤害到别人（We are free to act on our opinions
39、 only so long as, in doing so, we do not harm others）。Part Vocabulary and Structure Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A、B、C and D. Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the correspondeing letter on the Ans
40、wer Sheet with a single line through the centre.第41题：参考答案：A答案解析：句意：激光发出的光束与电筒发出的光有多处不同， differ from 为固定搭配，意为与不同。A)意为发出（光、气体等），发射（导弹、火箭） ； B)意为运输； C)意为发动，驱动 ； D)意为翻译。第42题：参考答案：D答案解析：句意：我们在饭店预订了房间，以免在到达时找不到空房。A)意为无论何时 ； B)意为如果 ； C)意为自从； D)意为以免，以防，后接虚拟语气 should+ 动词原形， should 有时也可省去。根据对句意的逻辑 推理，应选 D)。第4
41、3题：参考答案：A答案解析：句意：现代交通讯方式对打破阿拉斯加与世隔绝的生活起到了很大的作用，（阿拉斯加为美国最北部的一个州，以寒冷著称）。A)意为突破（围攻、防线等） ； B)意为机器故障，车辆抛锚； C)意为闯入房屋，打断别人谈话 ； D)意为（战争）爆发。根据题意，应选 A)。第44题：参考答案：A答案解析：句意：我们从痛苦经历中明白到：自由永远不会由压迫者给出，而应由被压迫者要求而得到。A)意为不容否定的要求，后常跟权利、金钱等； B)意为指挥； C)意为需要，要求 ； D)意为（礼貌地）要求。根据题意，应选 A)。第45题：参考答案：C答案解析：句意：一个人是否称职与其肤色、性别无关
42、。 此题考的是 be relevant to 这一固定搭配，意为与有关.第46题：参考答案：A答案解析：句意：感谢来自世界各国的丰足食物，这些国家至今已多年没有感受到人口带来的压力了。A)感谢（支持或帮助） ； B)通过方式； C)与平齐，与相同； D)考虑到。 根据句意的逻辑推理，应选 A).第47题：参考答案：B答案解析：句意：研究学院应不计价格地为自己配备最新的电脑和科研方面的硬件。 A)意为由于，因为 ； B)意为不考虑（代价，花费等）； C)意为而且，表递进关系 ； D)意为更不用说。根据题意，应选 B)。第48题：参考答案：D答案解析：句意：三个大学被奖励六十万美金以促进其教学发展
43、。 A)意为提升（职位等），促销 ； B)意为包括在内； C)意为保证的安全，挽救 ； D)意为奖励。根据题意，应选 D)。第49题：参考答案：C答案解析：句意：快速发展的通讯技术正在改造着人们穿越时空的联系方式。 A)意为心情 ； B)意为使命； C)意为与人交往的态度 ； D)意为视觉，视力，眼光，调察力。根据题意，应选 C)。第50题：参考答案：C答案解析：句意：琼斯先生强烈反对电脑游戏，主张关闭一切与此相关的游戏娱乐设施。 A)意为辅助，协助 ； B)意为承认 ； C)意为提倡、主张 ； D)意为许可，让进入。根据题意，应选 C)。第51题：参考答案：C答案解析：句意：精细艺术的工作者
44、通过其创造性的工作来传达思想和情感。 A)意为（无线电，电报机）发送，传送（电讯，音信等）； B)意为详尽地说明 Eg .Just tell us the facts without wasting time on elaboration. 只要简单地告诉我们真相，不必浪费时间详细说明。 C)意为传达，表达（思想、感受等）例： I can t convey my feelings in words. 我无法以文字表达我的感受。 D)意为贡献，奉献。根据题意，应选 C)。第52题：参考答案：A答案解析：句意：尽管很小，蚂蚁却和地球上其它的动物一样，是一种生灵。本题主句中用到的是 as as 的比
45、较结构，后一个 as 引导的是一个比较状语从句，且为倒装，其谓 语动词应与主句谓语动词一致，主句中谓语动词为 be 动词，而 animals 是复数形式，故选 A)。第53题：参考答案：B答案解析：句意：警察宣称被害人一定是从背后被人打击的A) C) D)三项均为虚拟语气过去式中主句谓语动词的用法。 Should have+ 过去分词，及 ought to have + 过去分词表示本来应该， would have+ 过去分词，表示本来可以 B)项 must have+ 过去分词为情态动词的特殊用法，表示对过去事情的肯定推测，故选 B).第54题：参考答案：B答案解析：句意：找工作有时会令人沮
46、丧和失望，所以你做些准备是很重要的。 A)剥削的，追求私利的 ； B)令人沮丧的，使人挫败的； C)追求利润的 ； D)误导的。 Eg .Although at rimes, learning a language was frustrating ,it was well worth the effort. 尽管有时学习语言会令人感到灰心丧气，但它却完全值得你所付出的努力。 根据题意 B)项正确。第55题：参考答案：D答案解析：句意：英国政府常说应绝对优先考虑给孩子们提供通道进入信息高速公路。 A)程序 ； B)保护 Eg .So much time was spent on settling
47、 procedure that little actual business was finished at the party political meeting. 该政党政治会议在程序安排上花了很多 时间以致实际事务完成得很少。 C) 允许，顾及，津贴 Eg. Most people who travel in the course of their work are given traveling allowances. 大部分人出差时都可拿 到出差津贴。 D)通道，入口，进入的途径或权利，多与 to 搭配 Eg .Students need easy accesses to books. 学生需要有方便的借书途径。根据题意 D)项正确。第56题：参考答案：C答案解析：句意：夏威夷大学的路易斯霍尔曼已设计出了一系列新实验，在此实验中，一
