新動力：2008年12月英語四級全真模擬試題(二)

　　大學英語四級考試全真模擬試題答案解析(試卷二)

　　Part I Writing (30 minutes)

　　Competitions and Personal Development

　　Nowadays, competition has almost become a natural part in every aspect of our life. On the sports ground, for example, sportsmen do their best to win the champion. In the business field, businessmen try every means to gain more profits; in school, students exert all their efforts in a race against their classmates for good marks.

　　Competition is cruel, but does play an important part in one's personal development. Firstly, competition stimulate us to work harder. As we know we may fail if we fall behind the others, we will devote more efforts to work, which will inevitably help to improve our abilities. Secondly, competition can make us psychologically strong. Since only the fittest survive, we'll have to become strong to adapt to the cold competitions. Thirdly, competition strengthens the idea of equality of opportunity, so that each person has chances to display his ability. In a word, it's competition that helps to bring our ability into full play.

　　In my opinion, competition is a double-edged sword, It can sharpen one's skills and capabilities on the one hand; on the other hand it can also weigh down a person with unbearable pressure. So it's important to for an individual to view competition in a constructive way, so that we can use it dynamically rather than destructively for personal development.

　　評析：本文段落清晰明了，并采用了總體分說的辦法，先說明競爭激烈現(xiàn)象，列舉了各個領域的競爭。第二段通過Firstly....Secondly....Thirdly..... 來說明競爭對個人發(fā)展的有利因素。最后一段作者闡述了自己對競爭的觀點。整篇文章結構合理，思考周密，語言上也有很多實用的詞匯。

　　Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)

　　1.答案為 N. 考生在文中可以找到"There is, of course, no single pattern of American character any more than there is a single English or Turkish or Chinese character."句子的意思是"當然，正如英國人、土耳其人、中國人都不是只有一種性格模式一樣，美國人的性格也不是單一的。"題目的意思是"和英國人、土耳其人、中國人不同的是，美國人的性格不是完全一樣的。"本題與原句表述不一致。

　　2.答案為 Y. 從題目中確定題眼attach great importance to success和don't equate success with material rewards。這兩處分別對應原文的place a very high valuation upon success 和success does not necessarily mean material rewards。

　　3.答案為 Y. 邏輯判斷題。原文中提到"Therefore, material success in the United States is not looked upon as selfish." "not selfish" 就是"not anything wrong" 的意思。

　　4.答案為 NG. 邏輯判斷題。文章以滑雪為例，表明美國人已經(jīng)學會玩，而且很投入，但這并不能說明美國人最喜歡滑雪運動。

　　5.答案為 Y. 這是對原文"But one cannot accurately call one society mature, another immature. Each has its own logic."所做的paraphrase。題目和原句表述一致。

　　6. 答案為 N. 細節(jié)題。從原文"American characteristics are the product of response to an unusually competitive situation combined with unusual opportunity."一句，可以知道美國人的性格是由于特殊的競爭環(huán)境和特殊的機會而形成的。

　　7.答案為 Y. 邏輯判斷題。從文中的"no limits of class" 和 "any boy can become President", 可以得出題目中的結論。

　　8.答案為more time and money. 細節(jié)題。從文章中可以找到"They spend more time and money in traveling, camping, hunting, watching sports, drinking, smoking, going to movies, watching television and reading newspapers and magazines than any other people in the world."題中的entertainment是對美國人喜歡的娛樂活動的概括。

　　9.答案為their/the freedom. 細節(jié)題。從原文中"What is it then that makes Americans recognizable wherever they go? Free from the social restraints which would make them act very differently at home, they are bent on making the most of this freedom."可以找到相關信息。

　　10.答案為childish. 詞匯考查題�？忌�要知道naïve的意思，并能推斷出naivety是naive的名詞形式，進而找出文中naïve的同義詞childish。

　　Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)

　　11. Woman: If you had got up earlier by fifteen minutes, we would have been able to catch the train.

　　Man: Yes, if my watch didn't' betray me.

　　Question: Why did they miss the train?

　　11. 答案：D

　　解析：男士在對話中指出遲到的原因就是因為他的手表出了問題，所以可以排除手表以外的其它理由。