2009年12月英語四級(jí)考試模擬訓(xùn)練及答案(一)

　　31. What did the landowner do when he found out that the tenants were boycotting his agent?

　　【解析】A)。四個(gè)選項(xiàng)都是He開頭描述某人的行動(dòng)，由此可以推測(cè)，本題的內(nèi)容是關(guān)于某個(gè)人采取的行動(dòng)。 當(dāng)?shù)刂靼l(fā)現(xiàn)佃農(nóng)抵制Captain Boycott后，地主就把他換掉了(the Captain was removed)，故正確答案為A)。

　　Passage Three

　　The family is changing.(32) In the past, grandparents, parents, and children used to live together, and they had an extended family. Sometimes two or more brothers with their wives and children were part of this large family group. But family structure is changing throughout the world. The nuclear family consists of only one father, one mother, and children; it is becoming the main family structure everywhere.

　　(33)The nuclear family offers married women some advantages: they have freedom from their relatives, and the husband does not have all the power of the family. Studies show that in nuclear families men and women usually make an equal number of decisions about family life.

　　But wives usually have to “pay” for the benefits of freedom and power. When women lived in extended families, sisters, grandparents, and aunts helped one another with housework and childcare. In addition, older women in a large family group had important positions. Wives in nuclear families do not often enjoy this benefit, and they have another disadvantage, too :(34)women generally live longer than their husbands, so older women from unclear families often have to live alone.

　　(35)Studies show that women are generally less satisfied with marriage than men are. In the past, men worked outside the home and women worked inside. Housework and childcare were a full-time job, and there was no time for anything else. Now women work outside and have more freedom than they did in the past, but they still have to do most of the housework. The women actually have two full time jobs, and they have not much free time.

　　Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　32. Who used to live together in an extended family?

　　C)�！窘馕觥克膫�(gè)選項(xiàng)都是There be開頭描述家庭成員，由此可以推測(cè)，本題的內(nèi)容可能涉及某種類型的家庭當(dāng)中的家庭成員。過去大家庭當(dāng)中，會(huì)有祖父母、父母和子女，有時(shí)家族當(dāng)中還會(huì)有幾個(gè)兄弟和他們的妻子兒女(two or more brothers with their wives and children)�？梢姶蠹彝ギ�(dāng)中有很多親戚。故C)為正確答案。

　　33. What advantages does the nuclear family offer women?

　　A)�！窘馕觥克膫�(gè)選項(xiàng)都是The women開頭描述女性地位的句子，由此可以推測(cè)，本題的內(nèi)容可能是跟女性的地位有關(guān)的。小家庭(nuclear family)當(dāng)中的女性有更多的自由，不用時(shí)刻面對(duì)各種親戚(freedom from their relatives)，并且可以參加決策，丈夫不再完全擁有整個(gè)家庭的權(quán)力(have all the power of the family)。故正確答案為A)。

　　34. What are some disadvantages of the nuclear family for women?

　　B)。【解析】四個(gè)選項(xiàng)都是關(guān)于家庭生活的句子，由此可以推測(cè)，本題的內(nèi)容與家庭生活的某個(gè)方面有關(guān)。 由于女性壽命一般比她們丈夫的壽命長(zhǎng)(live longer than their husbands)，所以小家庭的其中一個(gè)缺點(diǎn)是，上了年紀(jì)的女性經(jīng)常要一個(gè)人孤單地生活(have to live alone)。故正確答案為B)。

　　35. Why are many women dissatisfied with marriage and the nuclear family?

　　C)�！窘馕觥克膫�(gè)選項(xiàng)都是They開頭表示狀態(tài)或者決定的句子，由此可以推測(cè)，本題的內(nèi)容是與某一類人的決定或者他們的狀態(tài)有關(guān)。女性對(duì)小家庭的不滿主要在于她們除了從事工作，回到家還需要做大部分家務(wù)(do most of the housework)，很少有自己的空余時(shí)間。故正確答案為C)。