2010年专四真题答案解析

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2010年专四答案解析

PART I DICTATION

Freshman’s Week

Britain has a well-respected higher education system and some of the top universities and research institutions in the world. But to those who are new to this system, it can sometimes be confusing. October is usually the busiest month in the academic calendar. Universities have something called “freshman’s week” for their newcomers. It’s a great opportunity to make new friends, join in lots of clubs and settle into university life. However, having just left the comfort of home and all your friends behind, the prospect of meeting strangers in classrooms and dormitories can be worrying. Where do you start? And who should you make friends with? Which clubs and society should you join? Luckily, there will be thousands of others in the same boat as you. They worry about starting their university social life on the right foot. So just take it all in slowly. Don’t rush into anything that you’ll regret for the next three years.

【听写难点】academic calendar校历;settle into 习惯于,适应;prospect 前景;in the same boat处境相同;start on the right foot 一开始就顺利;take it all in全部接受某事。

PART II LISTENING COMPREHENSION

SECTION A CONVERSATIONS

1. D. 文中提到“Two adults, 8 days in Britain from April 26 to May 3rd, flying from Beijing to London and back with Air China, and you are in the double room.” Room service指如叫醒服务、送饭到房间等,原文只提到一个double room,两者有区别,故选D

2. D. “What else you include in your price, apart from the air tickets?”可知报价内包含机票费用,后面又提到“all meals, and transport from the airport to your hotel. Everything is included.”可以得知所有餐费和本地交通费都包含在内,故选D

3. A. 当男士被问到是否购买旅游保险时,他说到“there is no choice there. I mean we have to have it, don’t we?”,由此可以推断出他是出于无奈才买的保险,故选A

4. C. 文中Mark没有提到具体的机场巴士的数量,故排除A;后面他说到“I haven’t counted them yet.”说明他不知道确切的代表人数,故排除B;由“And there will be six guest speakers.”可见他知道确切的嘉宾人数,排除D,故选C

5. A. “You’ll let me know when they are arriving, won’t you?”可知Linda想知道guest speakers的到达时间,故选A

6. B. 文中提到“you wanted the local-style dance for the opening ceremony”“after the welcoming feast, there is going to be a piano performance”,由此可见一共有两场演出,故选B

7. D. “we’ll have to contact the airline company about it. They are sponsoring the event…So we will send the bill direct to them for it.”由此可以得出活动是由航空公司赞助的,账单也是由航空公司支付,故选D

8. C. 文中提到Mary丢失了“my cheque book, all the things I needed for work, my appoint book.”,故选C

9. B. Mary一天的行程是:早上和客户一起参加会议,中午与客户一起吃饭,下午自己去逛街,后来发现包丢了,于是去了警察局。此题问Mary早上的行程,故选B。对话中没有提到她在客户的办公室,故排除C

10. D. 在男士说了一系列包内物品后,最后提到“And he found a cheque book with the name of Hopkins on it. M. Hopkins, M for Mary.”时,Mary由此确认这个包是她的。故选D

SECTION B PASSAGES

11. D. 文中提到,“But more than 60% of courses are taught through the Arts and Sciences program.” 故选D

12. B. “The new school year that begins this fall will cost about 50,000 dollars for undergraduates. That includes 12 months of living expense estimated at 20,000 dollars.”可以推断出除去生活费用20万美元,学习费用应该是30万美元,故选B

13. A. “Scholarships are available. The university also offers a monthly payment plan…International students…cannot receive federal student loans. But they may be able to take out private loans.”可以得知,除了federal loan以外,scholarship, monthly paymentprivate loans都是可以发放的,故选A

14. D. 文中提到“Australian mothers, on the other hand, spend 3 hours a week purely looking after their children, a much greater disparity than in other countries, like America, Denmark, Italy and France”,因此可以推断出澳大利亚的妈妈比其他三个国家的妈妈照顾孩子的时间要长得多,故选D

15. D. “traditionally Australian fathers appear to like the fun aspects of parenthood…So while they tend to be happy taking the children to the park or to sports events…unlikely…feeding, bathing or taking the kids to school.”得知澳大利亚的父亲更愿意带孩子参加娱乐性活动,而不喜欢日常的照顾孩子的工作,故选D

16. B. “The ‘new man’ has a picture of his children on his computer desk top at work. He never misses the kids’ school plays, and he passes on the drink after work so that he can get home in time to read their bedtime story.”可以推断出“new man”愿意抽出更多的时间和孩子们在一起,故选B

17. C. 文中提到“This new study suggests that the ‘new man’ feels a little more at home in Europe than in Australia.”,再加上短文前面提到澳大利亚的女性承担了家里照顾孩子的工作,故选C

18. B. “UNICEF” is joining with a nonprofit group to bring AIDS-prevention programs to more women and children in five countries.”可以得知,新的合作项目主要是服务于受感染的女性和儿童,因此可以推断出澳大利亚很难接受“new man”,故选B

19. D. “The organization is based in North Carolina and has programs in 70 countries.”可以得知该组织在70个国家开展了项目,D的描述是不正确的,故选D

20. A. 由短文最后一句“Experts praise the government for supporting public education efforts and programs.”可见这个例子是为了表明政府支持的重要性,故选A

SECTION C NEWS BROADCASTS

21. C. 文中提到“They are accused of causing a severe head injury to a 23-year-old restaurant employee by stringing a rope between poles across a road.”由此得知,受害者是一位23岁的餐厅员工,故选C

22. B. “US Forces in Japan was informed of the August incident in late October,”可以推断出间隔时间为两个月,故选B

23. A. “After hours of heated debate, the vote is scheduled for Wednesday, and can be put forward provided parties in the parliament would reach an agreement on the pact.”可以推断出,只有在国会各党派达成一致时才进行投票,故选A

24. D. “The US has agreed to pull troops out of Iraqi cities and towns by mid-2009 and leave Iraq by the end of 2011.”得知美军队要到2011年底才能完全撤离,故选D

25. C. 文中提到“The Honduran Institute of Childhood and Family, together with the police and the district attorney, carry out operations around the country to rescue the children and punish the parents.”可以得知参与救援的有Institute of Childhood and Family, the police, the district attorney,故选C

26. A. “Parents who allow their children to be exploited in this way face, in addition to as many as six years in prison, the equivalent of a $500 fine.”可以推断出允许孩子去行乞的父母将会面临入狱的风险,故选A

27. B. 全文大意是意大利拥有欧洲最美丽的海滩,但是很多被私人海滩俱乐部占有,并且对外收费,政府认为海滩应该归政府所有,并且有用不应收费。故选B

28. A. 新闻中说“closed the airport for several hours”而非整个周五都关闭,A为干扰项,故选A。文中提到“bus routes were suspended Friday as roads were too icy to navigate. Two charter buses…crashed and hung…”,由此可以排除BD;最后一句提到“The snowfall closed the airport for several hours and cut into local business hours for retail shops during the busiest shopping season of the year.”,可以排除C

29. C. 文中提到“21 people have been rescued.”,故选C

30. A. 文中提到“We are now investigating all possible reasons for the explosions”可知爆炸原因不明,故排除B;文中没有提到救援行动周四结束,故排除C;由“a series of explosions reduced it to rubble”可知D不正确,故选A

PART III CLOZE

31. B. in addition意为“此外,另外”;in other words意为“换句话说,也就是说”;in a word意为“简言之,总之,一句话”;in summary意为“总的说来,概括起来。”分析原句可知空格后的内容是对前半句的同义解释,故选B。句意:我们尚不清楚人类是怎样开始学会创造语言的,也就是说,语言的起源还是个谜。

32. A. 根据句意,人类与动物的不同在于,人类设法创造一些声音来表达思想与情感、描述行为与事物。且根据本句末尾处的represent those sounds可得知,A为正确选项。

33. C. such that意为表示某事的“重要性、价值”等达到“that”后提及的那种程度;as that意为“例如”;in that意为“因为,原因在于”,引导原因状语从句。空格后的内容“她们可以相互交流”是上半句带来的结果,空格处应填入引导结果状语从句的衔接词,故选C

34. D. agree可以与介词to, with, on (upon) 搭配。这里句意是人们商定了一些特定的符号,故选Dagree to sth.意为“同意;愿意;答应(某事物)”;agree with sb.意为“与某人意见一致”;agree on (upon) 意为“对…意见一致”。

35. B. spelt意为“拼写”;combined意为“组合”;written意为“写下来”;copied意为“复制”。显然字母能够被组合在一起代表声音,故选B

36. A. 根据句意和常识,字母既可以代表声音,也可以被写下来。且下句中的written in letters也给出了提示,故选A

37. D. 本句考查的是固定搭配whether…or…“是…还是…,不管…还是…”,故选D。句意:这些声音,不论是被说出来的,还是用字母记录下来的,我们称之为语言。

38. B. function意为“功能”;association意为“联想”;roles意为“作用,职责;角色”;links意为“环节,联系,纽带”。原句破折号后的内容是对空格处的解释说明,故选B。其它三项均与破折号后的内容不符。句意:语言的力量在于它所能引发的联想——它们在我们的头脑中所引发的事物。

39. A. 分析原句结构可知空格处应填入形容词,其中live意为“活的,生动的,精力充沛的,直播的”;active意为“活跃的,积极的;主动的”,这两项均与原文意义不符,且full后面应搭配介词of,故排除BCDA为正确选项。

40. D. 通过分析可知,本句与上句之间是并列关系,故选Dbut引导转折关系,or引导选择关系,yet引导转折关系。

41. B. reappear意为“再出现”;recall意为“回想起,召回”;remember意为“记得,记住”;recollect意为“重新集合,恢复”。本句指语言让我们回想起往事的快乐和悲伤,故选B

42. C. read and think意为“阅读和思考”;read and recall意为“阅读和回想”;read and learn意为“阅读和学习”;read and recite意为“阅读和背诵”。根据句意,只有通过阅读和学习,我们掌握的词汇才会越多,且read and learn是常用固定搭配。故选C

43. B. 分析原句结构可知空格处应填入不及物动词,故首先排除raises,因为该次只能用作及物动词。increase意为“增加”;improve意为“改善”;emerge意为“出现”。本句指词汇量的增加,故选B

44. D. intensively意为“加强地,集中地”;extensively意为“广泛地,彻底地”;broadly意为“宽广地,明白地,概括地”;powerfully意为“非常地,强有力地”。故选D。句意:伟大的作家不仅有着伟大的思想,而且还能用语言将这些思想表达出来,引起我们在思想和情感上的强烈共鸣。

45. A. charming意为“迷人的,有吸引力的”;academic意为“学术的”;conventional意为“传统的”;common意为“普通的”。由于上文提到作家的作品能引起读者的共鸣,所以这是一种“有吸引力”的用法,故选A

46. C. written意为“书面的”;spoken意为“口头的”;literary意为“文学的”;dramatic意为“戏剧的”。这里指作家的文学文体,故选C

47. B. 句意:诗人是真正的语言大师。master of words意为“语言大师”,故选B

48. D. 介词by表示“方式,方法”,故选D。句意:合理的组织语言,其引发的联想能够令人感动得落泪。

49. A. move sb. to tears是固定搭配,意为“使某人感动得落泪”。故选A

50. C. make后可接宾补成分,表示使宾语变为某种状态,故选Ctransformchange意为“改变”,但不能接宾补,故排除。convert与介词to搭配,表示“转变到另一种状态”,故排除。

PART IV GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY

51. D. 本题为句意理解题。句中的斜体字部分from excessive reading是眼睛红的原因,故选D。句意:由于看书太多,她的眼睛红了。

52. A. 考查情态动词。must用在肯定句中表示较有把握的推测,意为“一定”。当must后接完成时的时候,表示对已发生的事情的推测。根据句意,此处应该为有把握的推测,故选A。句意:南希去上班了,但她的车还在那儿。她一定是坐公交车去的。

53. D. 考查惯用结构。enough to do sth.是惯用结构,enough前必须有其他形容词或副词。句意:他感到自己还没有强壮到可以去国外旅行。

54. C. 考查宾语从句。本句中after后需要一个宾语从句,该宾语从句缺主语,因此需要一个作主语的连接代词。只有what可以在宾语从句中充当主语,故选C。句意:在经过似乎漫长的等待后,轮到他进入人事经理的办公室了。

55. B. 考查状语从句。as用作连此时,和though的意义相同,而从句中的实义动词或系动词后的形容词需提前。本句中fool是形容词,位于句首,符合as引导让步状语从句的使用条件,故选B。句意:杰瑞再愚蠢也不可能做出这样的事儿。

56. C. 本题为句意表达题。不定代词each在句中可以作主语、宾语、定于和同位语,用作同位语时,each可以用在代词之后。选项ABD均符合语法要求,故选C

57. B. 考查反意疑问句。本句中含有否定含义的副词seldom,故反意时用肯定形式does she。选项Anotseldom矛盾;选项CD中的would与句中的goes不吻合。故选B。句意:她很少去剧院,是吗?

58. D. 本题为句意理解题。从句意可以判断,这里的head of the departmentan expert in translation说的都是Dr. Johnson,可见两部分之间是并列关系,故选D。句意:约翰逊博士是系主任,翻译专家。

59. C. 考查代词。本句为主从复合句,其中时间状语从句的主语为one,因此主句中对应的代词应该用he,故选C。句意:一个人身体健康时应该感到幸运。

60. A. 考查虚拟语气。形容词为necessaryimportantimpossiblestrangenaturalessential等时,在“It + be + 形容词或过去分词 + 主语从句”结构中,主语从句要用虚拟语气,其中的should可以省略。故选A。句意:他必须按时交作业。

61. D. 本题为句子成分题。在It’s no use waiting for her中,it为形式主语,句子真正的主语是动名词短语waiting for her,故选DA意为“宾语”,B意为“状语”,C意为“补语”。

62. C. 考查限定词排序。限定词的相互搭配关系为:前位+中位+后位。四个选项中,只有C中的Many his为“后位+中位”,不符合限定词的相互搭配关系,故选C

63. A. 本题为句子成分题。宾语后面加上一个词或一个短语用来对宾语的特征、状态等情况进行补充说明,这个成分称之为宾语补足语。它和前面的宾语一起形成“复合宾语”,宾语和宾语补足语之间存在一种逻辑上的主谓关系。选项A中的manager和宾语John之间存在逻辑主谓关系,故为宾语补足语。而选项BCD中的动词后面都是双宾语。

64. D. 本题为句意表达题,考查的是副词作状语的用法。选项D中的yet用于否定句和疑问句,而原句为陈述句,故选D

65. B. 考查非谓语动词。本句中缺失主语。动名词短语作主语时,通常用于表示一件已知的事或经验。不定式短语通常用来表示一件未完成的事或目的。本句中“长得不高”是一件已知的事情,所以选择动名词短语作主语,表示否定意义,not要放在动名词前面,故选B。句意:长得不高不该成为生活和工作中的一个严重不足之处。

66. B. 考查名词辨析。Contradiction意为“矛盾”,指比较抽象的,在观点、意见上的矛盾;conflict意为“冲突”,比矛盾强烈,且可以是针锋相对的,公开的。由句中的never got on well in work可以判断,两人积怨已深,personality conflict指“性格矛盾”,故选B。句意:由于性格冲突,这两个同事在工作上从未相处融洽过。

67. A. 考查固定搭配。hang out意为“出外玩儿、闲逛”;hang about意为“逗留,徘徊”;hang on意为“握住不放,坚持,不挂断”;hang over意为“延续,威胁”。故选A。句意:暑假时,孩子们经常被看到在街上闲玩儿。

68. C. 本题为名词辨析题。spectator意为“观众”;viewer意为“电视观众、检查员”;participants意为“参与者”;onlooker意为“旁观者”。句中提到的是international conference,显然应该指参会者,故选C。句意:今年夏天,有150人出席该国际会议。

69. B. 本题为形容词辨析题。这里需要一个副词来修饰形容词cold。只有选项B中的bitter是副词,有“极其”之意,a bitter cold day表示“极其寒冷的一天”,故选Bsevere意为“严重的”,frozen意为“冰冻的”,故排除。若用such的话,应为such a cold day,故排除。句意:学校在二月份的一个酷寒天开学了。

70. D. 本题为形容词辨析题。decisive意为“果断的”,句中的quickdecisive构成近义关系,符合语义衔接关系,故选Ddeterminingdetermine的现在分词,不能用作形容词;defensive意为“防御的,保卫的“;demanding意为“要求高的,吃力的”。均不符合句意,故排除。句意:面对意想不到的困难,他显示了迅速果断采取行动的才能。

71. A. 本题为副词辨析题。Lately意为“近来”,是用于完成时的一个时间状语,与句中的现在完成进行时吻合,故选A。句意:该小组最近一直加班进行该项目研究。

72. C. 本题为形容词辨析题。motionless意为“不动的,静止的”,immobile意为“不动的,静止的,固定的”,inactive意为“不活动的,怠惰的”。stagnant意为“不景气的”,指“状况不好,没有进步”,尤其是指经济状况不好,符合本句语境,故选C。句意:由于经济危机,该地区的工业生产停滞不前。

73. B. 本题为动词辨析题。limitrestrictconfine为近义词。limit一般指事先确定空间、时间或数量的极限;restrict意为“限制”,指限制某物的大小、数量等。confine侧重施加不可逾越的限制,有时暗示束缚、囚禁。restrain意为“阻止,抑制”,通常与from搭配,表示“阻止某人做某事”,符合此处语义和语法关系,故选B。句意:警察经常很难阻止歌迷冲到舞台上和歌手照相。

74. D. 考查固定搭配。put the final touches to为固定搭配,意为“做最后的修饰,完成最后的细节”,其他几词均无此搭配关系,故选D。句意:琼在宿舍里,对演讲稿进行最后的修改。

75. A. 考查固定搭配。Indulgence意为“沉迷,沉溺于”,与in搭配使用。本句中的沉迷赌博和后面的ruin构成因果关系,故选A。句意:对于赌博的沉迷让他最终沉沦。

76. C. 本题为副词辨析题。absolutely意为“绝对地,完全地”;accidentally意为“偶然地,意外地”;accurately意为“准确地,精确地”。accordingly意为“照着,相应地”,由句中的and可以看出学生并未不听老师的话,故选C。句意:老师告诉学生们待在教室里,学生照做了。

77. B. 考查固定搭配。at close range意为“接近地,近距离地”,故选B。句意:实际上在开车经过那一地区时,你能够近距离地看到鹿。

78. D. 考查固定搭配。make over意为“转让”;make up意为“补足,构成;化妆”;make upon意为“在…获利,在…上赚钱”。make out意为“理解”,从句中的he listened hard以及but可以判断,后面的结果与listened hard应有的结果不一致,即没听懂,故选D。句意:他仔细听了,但还是没能理解他们在谈论什么。

79. A. 本题为形容词辨析题。plentiful意为“大量的,丰富的”;abundant意为“丰富的,充裕的”,语气比plentiful强,数量比plentiful多;sufficient意为“足够的”。generous意为“丰富的”,是指larger or more than the usual size or amount”之意,从句意可知,这里是介绍该职位的优厚条件,因此a generous salary是指优厚的薪酬及高福利。故选A。句意:对于广告上的招聘职位,公司提供丰厚的薪水和高福利。

80. C. 本题为动词辨析题。crawl意为“爬行”,是指贴地而爬;run意为“奔跑”;hurry意为“匆忙,赶快”。Scramble意为“攀爬”。由于句中提到的是slope,从而可判断此处说的是攀爬,故选C。句意:由于没有路,旅行者在回来的路上爬了一个岩石斜坡。

PART V READING COMPREHENSION

Text A

81. B. (Lines 1~2, Para.2) 由题干中的Many people believe定位至第二段第二句“Many people believe, however, that our progress depends on two different aspects of science.”,这里明确指出社会进步要靠two different aspects of science,故选B

82. D. (Lines 2~4, Para.4) 由题干中的curiosity定位至第四段。第三句和第四句对科学家的好奇心进行了详细解释。第三句指出“He usually directs his attention towards problems which he notices have no satisfactory explanation, and his curiosity makes him look for underlying relationships even if the data available seem to be unconnected.”,选项B对应前一个分句,选项C对应and后的第二个分句。末句“Moreover, he thinks he can improve the existing conditions and enjoys trying to solve the problems which this involves.”表示他对自己有信心,且从这一过程获得愉悦,即pleasureA也符合文意。故选D

83. A. (Lines 1~2, Para.6; Line 1, Para.7) 根据第六段首句的内容,选项A中的unchecked statements是对“statements which are not based on the most complete evidence available”的概括,句首的skeptical意为“怀疑的”,说明成功的可科学家不应该轻信,故选A。选项B与第七段首句的含义一致,但由于题干中出现的是would not,故排除。选项CD是绝对项,故排除。

84. C. (Line 1, Para.4; Para.9) 文章开篇通过一个文句引出对科学态度的本质的思考,第二段和第三段介绍了社会进步以来与科学的两个方面,之后第四段首句通过一个问句引出全文主题。后面的内容都是对这个主题的具体说明。末段对这一主旨进行概括,可见本文的主要内容是关注methods of thinking and acting,故选C

85. B. 在第四段提出本文主旨后,作者就逐一介绍成功科学家的思维和行为方式。文中没有任何正面或负面评价,可见作者在文中是非常客观地说明成功科学家的思维和行为方式,故选B

Text B

86. A. (Lines 1~3, Para.1) 文章首段第三句指出“Only recently has Latin America begun to receive some attention as well.”,选项A与之矛盾,故为答案。根据首段末句,选项B符合文意;根据首段第一句,选项C正确;选项D是对首段末句的正确阐释。

87. D. (Line 1, Para.2) 由题干中的Nazca lines直接定位至第二段。第二句指出其所在的位置,故选D

88. C. (Lines 2~3, Para.2) 由题干中的images定位至第二段第四句,结合前一句可知,从地面上看,只会看见乱糟糟的一堆东西,看不出是什么图案,但是在高空看,就会清晰地看出是什么图案了,故选C

89. B. (Lines 1~3, Para.3) 由题干中的interest定位至第三段,根据前两句,选项B是对“the creation of the Internet”的解释,故选B。而末句提到的是对互联网对其贡献的具体说明,不是直接原因,故排除A。其余两项与提干无关,故排除。

90. A. (Para.4) 全文末句表达了作者的态度“Perhaps it is a step in the right direction.”这里a step in the right direction是对这种解开不解之谜方式的肯定,但加上perhaps之后可以感受到作者这种谨慎的态度,故选A

Text C

91. B. (Lines 1~2, Para.1) 由题干中的graduation speeches直接定位至首段,第二句和第三句指出,对于大多数的毕业演讲,人们能够回忆起来的是“为什么穿不舒服的鞋子”这样的琐事,故选B

92. D. (Lines 1~2, Para.2) 第二段首句“But graduation speeches are less about the message than the messenger.”是作者表达的观点,然后对其展开说明,提供支持性细节。第二段第二句就是对该句的具体阐释。一些大学收到关注是因为其请来的演讲者备受瞩目,故选D

93. D. (Para.4; Line 3, Para.7; Lines 3~4, Para.8) 第四段提到奥普拉的演讲,这里提到了success,故B符合文意;第七段末句提到“Service is the rent we pay for living”,故C符合文意;第八段末句表明A符合文意。只有generosity“慷慨”未被题记,故选D

94. A. (Lines 3~4, Para.9) 由题干可定位至第九段,根据末句可知,既然是在那些时刻只想着自己脚上的泡,你想不到更多。说明在这样重大的人生时刻,人们多只是关注某些细节、某些具体的感受,而未能清醒思考人生的大道理。换而言之,在这种状态下,人们不能保持头脑清醒。故选A

95. C. (Lines 1~2, Para.10) 末段最后指出“It’s probably not something most graduation speakers would say, but it’s one of the first lessons of growing up.”,这里的it指代前一句说的“that our most ‘memorable’ occasions may elicit the fewest memories”,故选C

Text D

96. B.Lines 2~3, Para.1)由题干中的the English定位至首段第四句,英国人对所上食物种类在不同场合做了清楚的区分,比如“鸡尾酒会上就只上小点心,上牛排或者汉堡就非常不合适”等。故选B

97. C.Lines 1~2, Para.1; Lines 1~2, Para.2; Lines 1~2, Para.3)第二段首句提出“In some New Guinea societies, the nuclear family is not the unit that eats together.”。由第二段第二句可知,答案为C。根据首段第三句可排除A,根据第三段最后两句可排除BD与第三段第二句矛盾。

98. A. (Lines 2~3, Para.1; Line 6, Para.1; Line 2, Para.3) 根据首段末句可知,通过用餐的食物,人们可以判断来客的身份以及一起用餐的人之间的关系,而不是一起用餐表明了食物的种类。故选A。根据首段第四句可知,B符合文意;从第二段可知,D符合文意;从第三段第三句可知,C符合文意。

99. D. (Line 1, Para.5) 末端首句提出观点,之后对其展开说明,解释在印度不同种姓人们的用餐规矩,可见rank影响他们的用餐方式,social status是对rank的同义替换,故选D

100. C. 文章首句点明全文主旨,即文化规则决定着饮食的各个方面。接着以英国。新几内亚。美国。印度等为例加以具体的说明。在英国,不同类型的食物代表客人的类别;在新几内亚,如何吃有时会被用来象征婚姻状态;在美国,第一次约会的男女往往在外用餐;在一些社群中,宗族成员不允许吃被视为是其图腾祖先的鸟兽;在印度,饮食与社会等级也有关联。由此可见,在各种文化中,饮食本身就带有某些特定的象征意义。故选C

PART IV WRITING

SECTION A COMPOSITION

参考范文

Should College Students Hire Cleaners?

Recently, the report that some college students hire cleaners to do laundry and cleaning in the dorm has immediately sparked a heated debate. Personally, I believe that such practice should not be encouraged at universities.

Firstly, college students should have the capability to do the laundry and cleaning. Doing family chores is only a simple way to cultivate independence. If college students cannot do it, they cannot take care of themselves, let alone other complex things. Hence, it is a bit ironic for those young adults, who always claim they are totally independent of their parents in this respect.

Secondly, college students should feel shamed of disposing of their parents’ hard-earned money in this way. With a large proportion of their living expenses and tuitions covered by their parents, wasting money for laundry and cleaning is not justifiable.

Those who have good reasons to hire a cleaner argue that college time is for study, not for doing the laundry and cleaning. But I’m afraid that the so-called “busy” is just an excuse for being reluctant to do the laundry.

In conclusion, hiring cleaners should not be encouraged at universities, whose purpose is to cultivate responsible and independent adults, instead of lazy parasites.

SECTION B NOTE-WRITING

参考范文

April 17th, 2010

Dear John,

I happened to learn that you were throwing an end-of-the-term party next week. That’s really a fascinating idea and I’ve been expecting that for long. I have some balloons and ribbons at hand and I can help you decorate the room. As for the music for the party, I have almost a hundred CDs, so you can drop by when you have time and get those you like.

Yours sincerely,

Tom

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