地点-屏息
2018
年
6
月大学英语四级考试真题答案与详解（第
1
套）
Part I
Writing
审题思路：
这个话题贴近学生学习，
比较容易入手。通过审题可知，文章需要着重从两个方面展开，分别为阅读能力的重
要
性以及如何提高阅读能力。其中，如何提高阅读能力应该分层
次重点阐述。另外，文章结尾需要总结全文，进一
步强调
方法的重要性。
范文点评：
高分范文
The
Importance of Reading Ability and How to Develop
It
①
As the most
frequently
used way to get
access to original materials,
reading
has
always
been
considered
one
of
the
most
important
parts
of
language
learning,
②
which
can
facilitate
expansion
of
lexical
items,
enhancement
of
grammar,
and
accumulation
of
social
and
cultural
awareness
.
③
This
also
explains
the
reason
why
reading
skills
should
be
highly
emphasized.
④
In
order
to
improve
your
reading
ability,
there
are
some
tips
to
精彩点评
①开门见山，提出阅读的重要性。
②用
which
< br>引导的定语从句具体阐述阅读
的重要作用。
③承上启下，指出阅读技能应该受到重视。
④引出下文：提高阅读能力有几点建议。
⑤⑥⑦分别用
First of all
、
Secondly
、
Last
but
not least
具体阐述提高阅读能力的三点建
议。
⑧用
Above
all
总结全文，进一步阐述阅读
有
很大益处，并强调学习者应该提高阅读
技
能。
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follow.
⑤
First of all, scan the
material before you begin reading. Whatever
the purpose of your reading is, take a
few minutes to look the piece over,
and
check and see how the work is structured and
presented.
⑥
Secondly,
try not to reach for the dictionary
when you come across a word you don’t
know. Instead, try to guess the meaning
of the word based on the
context
.
加分两点
⑦
Last but not least, write a
few sentences to
summarize
what you’ve read
frequently
频繁地
since it is a way of
checking if you have completely understood.
enhancement
提高，改进
⑧
Above all, reading has great benefits
that can help you learn the
cultural
awareness
文化意识
language
faster
and
more
thoroughly.
Every
language
learner
can
try
the
context
上下文，语境
above methods to
develop their reading skills.
summarize
总结
全文翻译：
阅读能力的重要性以及如何提高阅读能力
作为获取原始材料最常使用的方式，阅读一直被认为是语言学习中最重要的部分之一。它能够促进词汇的拓展 、
语
法的提高以及社会和文化
意识的积累。这也正好解释了为什么应该高度重视阅读技能。
为了提高你的阅读能力，以下有几点建议。首先，在开始阅读之前先快速浏览材料。不管你的阅读目的是什么，<
/p>
用几
分钟来整体把握文章的结构
和呈现方式。其次，当遇到不认识的词汇时先不要急于查词典。相反，试着根据语境猜测词
义。最后同样重要的是，写一些句子来总结你读过的内容，因为这也是检验你是否完全读懂的一个方法。
总之，阅读有很大益处，可以帮助你更快、更全面地学习语言。每一
个语言学习者都可以按照上面提到的方法
来提
高自己的阅读技能。
Section
A
Part II
Listening Comprehension
News Report One
（
1
）
A
message in a bottle sent out to sea by a New
Hampshire man more than five decades ago was found
1,500 miles
away and has been returned
to his daughter. The long-lost message was
discovered by Clint Buffington of Utah while he
was vacationing. Buffington says he
found a soda bottle half buried in the sand that
“looked like it had been there since
the
beginning of
time.”
The note
inside the bottle said, “Return to 419 Ocean
Street and receive a reward of $$150 from Richard
and
Tina Pierce,
owners of
the Beachcomber Motel.”
The
motel was owned by the parents of Paula Pierce in
1960. Her father had written the notes as a joke
and had thrown
it into the
Atlantic Ocean. Buffington flew to New Hampshire
to deliver that message to Pola Pierce. (2)She
held up to her
father’s promise, giving
Buffington that reward.
But the biggest
reward is the message in a bottle finding its way
back home.
Questions 1 and
2 are based on the news report you have just
heard.
未听先知：
预览两道题个选项，由
return
、
bottled
message
和
history
等词可以初步判断，该新闻与归还漂流瓶里的
便条有关。第
1
题各选项均为概括性比较强的名词短
语，可能考查新闻的主旨；第
2
题各选项的主语均为
She
，结
合
wanted to
、
asked
by her father to do so
可推测，此题考查女士做某事的原因。
1. What is the news report mainly
about?
答案：
A
详解：新闻
开篇指出，新罕布什尔州的一位先生把一个装有便条的瓶子扔到海里，五十年后被人在
1,500
英里外的海
滩捡到并归还
给这位先生的女儿。由此可知，新闻的主要内容是漂流瓶中的便条归还主人女儿，答案为
A
。
did
Paula Pierce give Clint Buffington the reward?
答案：
B
详解：新闻中提到，
Buffington
飞往新罕布什尔州，将便条给了
Paula Pierce. Paula Pierce
遵守父亲的承诺，给予
Buffington
便条中所说的
150
美元的奖励。由此可知，
Paula Pierce
给
Buffington
奖励就是为了遵守父亲当年的承诺，
答案为
B
。
News Report Two
Millions of
bees have died in South Carolina during aerial
insect spraying operations that were carried out
to combat
the Zika virus.
（
3
）
The
insects spraying over the weekend left more than 2
million bees dead on the spot in Dorchester
County,
South Carolina,
where
four
travel-related
cases
of
Zika
disease
have
been confirmed
in
the
area.
(4)Most
of
the
deaths
came from Flower Town Bee farm, a company in
Somerville that sells bees and honey products.
Juanita Stanley who
owns the company
said the farm “looks like it's been destroyed.”
The farm lost about 2.5 million bees.
Dorchester County
officials apologized
for the accidental mass killing of bees.
Dorchester County is aware that some beekeepers in
the area
that was sprayed on Sunday
lost their bee colonies. County manager Jason Ward
said in a statement.
“
I’m
not pleased that
so many bees were
killed.
”
Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news
report you have just heard.
未听先知：
预览两道题各选项，由选项中反复出现的
bees
、
disease
、
lost
等词可推测，新闻内容与蜜蜂的遭遇有关。
3.
W
hy
were spraying operations carried out in Dorchester
County?
答案：
B
详解：新
闻开头提到，在进行针对寨卡病毒的空中昆虫喷洒操作期间，南卡罗来纳州多彻斯特县
200
多万只蜜蜂
因此死亡，该地区
已确认了四例寨卡病毒病，由此可知，空中喷洒的原因是该地区已经确认了多例寨卡病毒，答案
< br>
为
B
。
4.
W
hat does the news report
say about Flowertown Bee Farm?
答案：
C
详解：新闻中提到，大部分死亡的蜜蜂来自一个叫作
Flowertown
的养蜂场，死亡蜜蜂约
250
万只。因此答案为
C
。
News Report Three
The
world’s largest aircraft has taken to the skies
for the first time. (5)
The Air lander
10 spent nearly two hours in the
air,
having
taken
off
from
Coddington
Airfield
in
Bedfordshire.
During
its
flight,
it
reached
3,000
feet
and
performed
a
series of gentle turns all over a safe
area. The aircraft is
massive
—
as long as a
football field and as tall as six double decker
buses and capable of flying for up to
five days. (6)It was first developed for the US
government as a long-range spy aircraft,
but was abandoned following budget
cutbacks. (7)The aircraft cost 25 million pounds
and can carry heavier loads than huge
jet planes while also producing less
noise and emitting less pollution. The makers
believe
it’s
the future of
aircraft and one
day we’ll be using
them to go places. But there’s still a long way to
go. The Air lander will need to have 200 hours’
flying
time before being
all
owed to fly by the aviation
administration. If it passes though, we can hope
we’ll all get some extra
legroom.
Questions 5 and 7 are based
on the news report you have just heard.
未听先知：
预览三道题各选项，由
stayed in the
air
、
took
off
、
landed
和
aviation
technology
等词可以推测，新闻内容
与飞机有关。
第
5
题各选项主语均为
It
，结合新闻主题可知，
It
指飞机，听音时留意对飞机的描述；结合第
6
题和
第
7
题各
选项语义可推测，两题分别考查该飞机的问题和优点，听音时应注意捕捉。
5.
W
hat do we learn about the
first flight of the Airlander 10?
答案：
A
详解：新闻开头指出，世界上最大的飞机
Airalnder 10
第一次升空。该飞机在英国贝德福德郡的科丁顿机场起飞，
飞行了将近两个小时。因此答案为
A
。
6.
What cause the
US government to abandon the Airlander 10 as a spy
aircraft?
答案：
C
详解：新闻中提到，
Airlander 10
最初是作为远程间谍飞机位美国政府开发的，但（政府）预算削减后就被放弃了。
由此可知，美国政府放弃
Airlander 10
的原因是资金不足，答案为
C
。
7.
What is the
advantage of the Airlander 10 over huge jet
planes?
答案：
D
详解：新闻中提到，
Airlander 10
耗资
2,500
< br>万英镑，比大型喷气飞机载重大，然而它的噪音却更小，污染也更少。由
此可知，
Airlander 10
为更加环保型的飞机，答案为
D
。
Section B
Conversation One
M: Do you
feel like going out tonight
？
W:Yeah
，
why not?
We haven’t been out for ages, What’s
on?
M: Well, there’s a film
about climate change. Does it sound good to
you?
W: Oh, not really. It
doesn’t really appeal to me. What’s it about? Just
climate change?
M: I think
it’s about how climate change affects everyday
life. I wonder how they make it
entertaining.
W: Well,
(8)
it sounds really awful. It’s an
important subject, I agree, but I’m not in the
mood for anything depressing.
What
else is on?
M
：
There’s a
Spanish Dance Festival.
W:
Oh, I love dance. That sounds really interesting.
M: Apparently,
it’s
absolutely brilliant. Let’s see what it says in
the paper. “Anna Gomez leads in an exciting
production of
the great Spanish love
story, Garmen.”
W: Ok, then.
What time is it on?
M: At 7:30.
W: Well, that’s no good. (9)We haven’t
got enough time to get
there. Is there
anything else?
M:There’s a comedy
special on.
W: Where’s it
on?
M: It’s at the City
Theater. It’s a charity comedy night with lots of
different acts. It looks pretty good.
(10)
The critic in the
local
the paper says it’s the funniest thing he’s ever
seen.
It says here “Roger
Whitehead is an amazing host to a night of
fun performances.”
W: Mm… I’m not keen on him. He’s not
very funny.
M: Are you sure
your fancy going out tonight? You are not very
enthusiastic.
W: Perhaps you are right.
(11)Ok
ay, let’s
go to see
the dance. But tomorrow, not tonight.
M: Great, I’ll book the tickets
online.
Questions 8 and 11
are based on the news report you have just
heard.
未听先知：
预览四道题各选项，由
daily life
、
dancin
g
、
theatre
、
amusing show
、
comedy
和
tickets
等词可以推测，对
话为日常生活类，内容可能涉及各种娱乐活动。
8.
What
does the woman think of climate chande?
答案：
A
详解：对话开头，男士说有
一场关于气候变化的电影，问女士要不要去看，女士说气候变化是个重要的话题，但
是她
没有心情看令人沮丧的内容，即女士认为气候变化是一个令人沮丧的话题，答案为
A
。
9.
Why do the
speakers give up going to the Spanish Dance
Festival tonight?
答案：
D
详解：对话中女士表示不喜欢有关气候变化的电影，继而追问是否还有其他娱乐项目，当男士告知女 士
7
点半有
西班牙舞蹈节表演的时候，女士表示没有足够的时间赶到那里。因此答案为
D
。
10.
What does the
critic say about the comedy performed at the City
Theatre?
答案：
C
详解：
对话中，男士告知女士剧院今晚喜剧特别节目，评论员在当地报纸上说这是他看过的最滑稽的表演。因此
答案为
C
。
11.
What does the
woman decide to do tomorrow?
答案：
B
详解：对话末尾，女士说出
自己的决定：明天晚上去看舞蹈表演。因此答案为
B
。
Conversation Two
W: Good
morning, Mr. Lee, May I have a minutes of your
time?
M: Sure, Catherine, What can I do
for you?
W: (12)
I’m quiet
anxious about transferring over to our college,
I’m afraid I won’t fit in.
M: don't worry, Catherine. It’s
completely normal for you to be nervous about
transferring schools. This happens to many
transfer students.
W: Yes, I
know, but I’m younger than most students in my
year. And that worries me a lot.
M: (13)Well, you may be the only
younger one in your year, but, you know, we have a
lot of after-school activities you can
join in. And so, this way, you will be
able to meet new friends of different age groups.
W: That’s nice. I love games and hobby
grou
ps.
M: I’m sure you do.
So you’ll be just fine. Don’t worry so much and
try to make the most of what we have on offer
here.
Also, (14)remember
that you can come to me anytime of the day if you
need help.
W: Thanks so much. I
definitely feel better now. As
a matter
of fact, I’ve already contacted one of the girls
who’d be living
in the same house with
me, and she seemed really nice. I guess living on
campus, I’ll have a chance to have a close
circle of friends, since we’ll be
living
together.
M: All
students are very friendly with new arrivals. Let
me check who would be living with you in your
flat. Okay, there are
Hannah, Kelly,
and Bree. (15)Bree is also a new student here,
like you.
I’m sure you two will have
more to share with each
other.
Questions 12 and 15 are based on the
news report you have just heard.
未听先知：
预览四道题各选项，由反复出现的
transfer
和
transfer
student
可推测，对话内容与转学有关。结合第
12
题各选项语义可推测，女士为转校生，该题考查女士的情
况，听音时应留意对话开头语女士相关的描述；第
13
题
和第
14
题各选项均为动词短语结构，结合语义可推测，
13
题考查女士将要做什么，
14
题考查男士为女士做某事，
听音时要留意捕捉相关信息；第
15
题各选项主语均为
She
，且均为现在完成时，因此考查
She
已经完成的行为动作。
12.
Why does
Catherine feel anxious?
答案：
D
详解：对话中，男士询问女士能帮她做些什么，女士表示她担心自己作为转校生会不合群
。因此答案为
D
。
does Mr. Lee
encourage Catherine to do?
答案：
C
详解：女士非常担心自己年
龄小不能适应新学校的生活。男士说她可以参加学校的各种课外活动，这样就能认识
不同
年龄段的朋友。由此可知，男士鼓励女士参加课外活动，故答案为
C
。
14.
Whan does Mr.
Lee promise to do for Catherine?
答案：
A
详解：对话中，男士建议女
士参加课外活动，并安慰女士不要太担心，尽量充分利用学校提供的一切，并告诉女
士如
果需哟啊帮助可以随时找他。因此答案为
A
。
15.
W
hat do we learn about
Catherine’s schoolmate
Bree?
答案：
D
详解：对话末尾，男士指出，
Bree
和女士一样，也是新来的学生。因此答案为
D
。
Section C
Passage
One
Have you ever felt like you would
do just about anything to satisfy your hunger? A
new study in mice may help to
explain
why hunger can feel like such a powerful
motivating force.
（
16
）
In the study, researchers found that
hunger
outweighed other physical
drives, including fear, thirst and social needs.
To determine which feeling won out, the
researchers did a series of
experiments. In one experiment, the mice were both
hungry and thirsty. When given the choice of
either eating food or drinking water,
the mice went for the food, the researchers found.
However, when the mice were well-
fed
but thirsty, they opted to drink, according to
the study. In the second experiment
meant to pit the mice’s hunger against
their fear, hungry mice were placed in
a cage that had certain
“fox
-
scented” areas and
other places that smelled safer (in
other words, not like an animal that
could eat them) but also had food. (17)It turned
out that, when the mice were hungry,
they ventured into the unsafe areas for
food. But when the mice were well-fed, they stayed
in areas of the cage that were
considered
“safe.”
Hunger
also
outweighed
the
mice’s
social
needs,
t
he
researchers
found.
(18)Mice
are
usually
social
animals and prefer to be in the company
of other mice, according to the study. When the
mice were hungry, they opted to
leave
the company of other mice to go get food.
Questions 16 and 18 are
based on the news report you have just
heard.
未听先知：
预览三道题各选项，由
investigate
和反复出现的
mice
可推测，短文内容与拿老鼠做实验有关。第
16
题
各选项均为不定式结构，考查
实验的目的；第
17
题各选项均为表示时间的句子，考查老鼠做某事的时间；第
18
题
各选项都是描述喜好的句子，
考查老鼠的习性。
16.
What is the researchers’ pirpose in
carrying out the series of experiments
with
mice?
答案：
B <
/p>
详解：短文中提到，对老鼠的一项新研究解释了为什么饥饿是强大的动力源泉，饥饿战胜了
其他身体本能的需求，
包括
恐
惧、口渴和社交需求。为了确定哪种感觉的影响更胜一筹，研究人员做了一系列的实验。因此答案为
B
。
17.
In what
circumstances, do mice venture into unsafe areas?
答案：
A
详解：短文中提到，在第二
个实验中研究者把老鼠的饥饿与恐惧作对照研究，结果表明，当老鼠饿了的时候，它
们会
冒险进入不安全的地方寻找食物。因此答案为
A
。
18.
What is said
about mice at the end of the passage?
答案：
C
详解：短文末尾提到，老鼠
通常是群居动物，喜欢成群结伴。因此答案为
C
。
Passage Two
（
19
）
The United States has one of the best
highway systems in the world. Interstate highways
connect just about
every large and mid-
sized city in the country. Did you ever wonder why
such a complete system of excellent roads exists?
For an answer
，
you
would have to go back to the early 1920s. (20)In
those years, just after World War I, the military
wanted
to build an American highway
system for national defense. Such a system could,
if necessary, move troops quickly from one
area to another. It could also get
people out of cities in danger of being bombed.
So-called roads of national importance
were designated, but they were mostly
small country roads. In 1944, Congress passed a
bill to upgrade the system, but did
not
fund
the
plan
right
away.
In
the
1950s,
the
plan
began
to
become
a
reality.
Over
$$25
billion
was
appropriated
by
Congress, and
construction began on about 40,000 miles of new
roads. The idea was to connect the new system to
existing
expressways and freeways. And,
though the system was built mostly to make car
travel easier, defense was not forgotten.
For
instance,
highway
overpasses
had
to
be
high
enough
to
allow
trailers
carrying
military
missiles
to
pass
under
them.
(21)By 1974, this system was mostly
completed. A few additional roads would come
later. Quick and easy travel between
all parts of the country was now
possible.
Questions 19 and 21 are based
on the news report you have just heard.
未听先知：
预览三道题各选项，由选项中的
construction
、
t
ransport
、
transporation
、
higher speed
等词可推测，短文<
/p>
内容与建造道路有关。第
19
题考查某道路的建造情况或者影响；第
20
题均为不定式结构，考查道路建造的目的；
第
21
题
各选项均为时间，可能考查道路建成的时间，听音时要留意出现时间的地方。
19.
What does the
speaker say about the American highway system?
答案：
D
详解：短文开头指出，美国
拥有世界上最好的高速公路系统之一。因此答案为
D
。
20.
What was the
original purpose of building a highway system?
答案：
B
详解：短文中提到，美国的公路建造可追溯到
20
世纪
20
年代初，在第一次世界大战后的那些年里，军方想要建<
/p>
造一个国防高速公路系统，以便在必要时迅速转移部队，也可以让人民离开有被轰炸危险的
城市。由此可知，美国
建造公路的最初动机是部队转移的需求，答案为
B
。
21.
When was the
Interstate Highway System mostly completed?
答案：
A
详解：短文末尾提到，从
20
世纪
50
年代起，美国国会拨款建造公路系统，直到
1974
年，公路系统建造基本完成。因
此答案为
A
。
Passage Three
（
22
）
Texting while driving was
listed as a major cause of road deaths among young
Americans back in 2013. A recent
study
said
that
40%
of American
teens claim
to
have
been
in
a
car
when
the driver
used
a
cell phone
in
a
way
that
put
people
in danger. This sounds like a widespread disease
but
it’s
one that technology
may now helped cure. T.J. Evarts, a 20-
year-old inventor, has come up with a
novel solution that could easily put texting
drivers on notice. (23)
It’s called
Smar
t
Wheel, and
it’s
designed to fit over
the steering wheel of most standard vehicles to
track whether or not the driver has two
hands on the wheel at all times.
(24)
Evarts’ invention warns the drivers
with a light and a sound when they hold the
whee
l
with one hand only,
but as soon as they place the other hand back on
the wheel, the light turns back to green and the
sound
stops.
It also watches
for what’s called “close by hands”, where both
hands are close together near the top of the
wheel, so
the driver can type with both
thumbs and drive at the same time. (25)All the
data Smart Wheel collects is also sent to a
connected app. So any parents who
install Smart Wheel can keep track of the
teen’s
driving habits. If
they try to remove or
damage the cover,
that’s
reported as well.
Questions 22 and 25 are based on the
news report you have just heard.
未听先知：
预览四道题各选项，由
<
/p>
driving
、
highways
、
steering
wheel
和
vehicle
等词可推测，短文内容与驾驶车辆
有关。第
22
题各选项描述均为危险驾驶行为，听音时应留意相关描述；第
23
题各选项均为对某物性质的描述，听
音时需要确定某物所指；由第
24
题选项中的
keeps flash
ing
、
alerted
、
warning
推测，此题考查驾驶员的某种行为可
鞥呢触发的警报；第
25
题各
选项均为动名词短语，结合语义可推测，此题考查做某事的方法。
22.
What is a
major cause of road deaths among young Americans?
答案：
B
详解：短文开头提到，开车时发短信被列为
2013
年美国年轻人死于交通事故的一个主要原因。因此答案为
B
。
is Smart
Wheel?
答案：
D
详解：短文
中提到，为提醒开车时发短信的驾驶员，
Evarts
发明了智能方向盘（
Smart Wheel
< br>），该设备适用于多
数标准车辆的方向盘，可以检测驾驶员是否一直用双手驾驶。
因此答案为
D
。
24.
What happens
if the driver has one hand on the wheel?
答案：
C
详解：短文中提到，当驾驶
员单手驾驶时，智能方向盘就会亮灯并发出声音以示警告；当驾驶员重新双手驾驶时，
灯就
会重新变为绿色，声音也会消失。因此答案为
C
。
25.
How do
parents keep track of their
teen’s
driving havits?
答案：
B
详解：短文末尾提到，智能方向盘收集的数据都会传到相应的
App
，父母只要安装了这个应用程序，就能追踪到
孩子的驾驶习惯。因此答案为
B
。
Part
Ⅲ
Reading Comprehension
Section A
全文翻译：
曼彻斯特米勒街的一座办
公大楼完全被太阳能电池板覆盖。它们被用来制造楼内保险公司所用的部分能源。当
这座
大楼于
1962
年首次（
26
）
建造
时，它的外
墙都是薄薄的方形石板。但这些方形的小石板成了大楼的问题，四
十年来不断从外墙脱落
，直到一项重大的翻新工程（
27
）
开
始进行
。在这次翻新期间，大楼的所有者
CIS
公司（
28
）
咨询
了太阳能电池板公司
Solarcentury
。他们就用太阳能电池板覆盖整栋大楼达成一致
。
2004
年，完工后的
CIS
大
楼成为欧洲最大的垂直太阳
能电池板（
29
）
组群
。自那以后，再也没有如此大（
30
）
规模
的垂直太阳能电池板工程
了。
用太阳能电池板覆盖一幢摩天大楼以前从来没有做过，
CIS
大楼当选为“十大最佳绿色能源项目”之一。这次
翻新项目后的
很长一段时间里，它都是英国最高的大楼，但是它（
31
）
最终
被米尔班克塔超越了。
像这样的绿色建筑对投资者来说不（
32
）
一定
划算，但是它产生的污染确
实比通过化石燃料来（
33
）
产生
能源
所
造成
的污染少。随着太阳能电池板变得（
34
）
更加便宜
，世界上有可能会看到更多被太阳能电池板覆盖的摩天大
< br>
楼，
像树一样收集能源。想象这样一个世界：建
造最高的摩天大楼不再是一个关于（
35
）
高度
的竞赛，而是一个关
于收集
最多太阳能的竞赛。
选项归类：
名
词：
C)collection
收集
，
采集，
组群；
G)dimensio
n
方面，
部分；
J) height
高度；
L)production
生产，
产生；
M)range
范围，界限；
N)scale
规模，程度
动
词：
D)competed
竞争，争夺；
E)constructed
建造，构筑；
F)consulted
咨询，商量；
H)discovered
发现，找到
M)range
包括，涉及；
N)scale
攀登；
O)undertaken
开
始进行，着手做
形容词：
A)cheaper
更便宜；
B)cleaner
更干净，更清洁
副
词：
I)eventually
最终，终于；
K)necessarily
必然，必定
详解详析：
26.
答
案：
E)constructed
建造，构筑
详解：
< br>动词辨析题。
空格前有系动词
was
，因此空格处应填入形容词作表语或动词的分词形式与
was
一起作谓语，
备选项中的两个形容词均不符合句意，因此应填入动词的分词形式。本句意为，当这座大楼于
1962
年首次
时，
它的外墙都是薄薄的方形石板。
接下来提到了“翻新”（
renovation
），由此推知，
1962
年是首次建造，故答案为
E)constructed
建造，构筑。备选项中的其他动词均不符合文意，故排除。
27.
答
案：
O)undertaken
开始进行，着手做
详解：
动词辨析题。
空格前是系动词
< br>was
，因此空格处应填入形容词作表语或动词的分词形式与
was
一起作谓语，
但备选项中的两个形容词均不符合句意，因此应填入动词的分词形式。本句意为，但这些方形的
小石板成了大楼的
问题，四十年来不断地从外墙脱落，直到一项重大的翻新工程
。由下文可知，翻新之后大楼外墙的石板换成
了太阳能电池板，那么直到翻新开始进行之前外墙都是石板，因此答案为
建造，构筑。
备选项中的其他动词均不符
合文意，故排除。
28.
答
案：
F)consulted
咨询，商量
详解：动词辨析题。空格前是名词词组
the
building’s
owners
，空格后仍然是名词词组
the solar panel company
，句
子缺少谓语，因此空格处应填入动词。本句意为，在这次翻新期间，大楼的所有者
CIS
公司
太阳能电池板公
司
< br>Solarcentury
。下一句提到，他们就用太阳能电池板覆盖整幢大楼达
成一致。由此推断，
CIS
公司向
Solarcentury
公司咨询了相关事情，
两家公司商量后达成一致，
故答案为
F)consulted
咨询，
商量
。
由时间状语
during
this renovation
可知，
空格处应填入动词的
过去式，
而且是及物动词，
因此排除
D)competed
、
M)rang
e
和
N)scale
；又因为
Solarcentury
这家公司一直存在，并不是新发现的，所以排除
H)discovered
。
29.
答
案：
C)collection
收集，采集，组群
详解：名词辨析题。空格前是形容词的最高级
largest
，因此应填入名词。本句意为，
200
4
年，完工后的
CIS
大楼
成为欧洲最大的垂直太阳能电池板
。由上文可知，太阳能电池板覆盖整幢大楼，因此此处应填入含有“集
< br>合体”
意义的名词，
C)collection
收集，
采集，
组群，
符合句意，
故为答案。
剩余备选名词中，
G)dimension
和
J)
height
不能与
largest
搭配；
CIS
大楼并没有生产太阳能电池板，排除
L)production
；
M)range
和
N)scale
不符合此处句意，
故均排除。
30.
答
案：
N)scale
规模，程度
详解：名词辨析题。空格前有形容词
large
，因此应填入名词。本句意为，自那以后，再也没有如此大
< br>
的垂
直太阳能电池板工程了。前一句提到，完工后的
CIS
大楼成为欧洲最大的垂直太
阳能电池板组群，因此此处表达的
意思是这个工程规模很大，所以本题答案为
N)scale
规模，程度，
on a alarge scale
是固定搭配，意为“大规模的”。
31.
答案：
I)eventually
最终，终于；
详解：副词辨析题。空格位于谓语
was overtaken
的中间，因此应填入副词。本句
意为，这次翻新项目后的很长一
段时间里，
CIS
大楼都是英国最高的建筑物，但是它
被米尔班克塔超越了。由句意可知，空格处所填的副词
应于
for a long time
形成对比，因此答案为
I)eventually
最终，终于；备选项中的
K)necessarily
不符合此处句意，故
排除。
32.
答案：
K)necessarily
必然，必定
详解：副词辨析题。空格前是
aren’t
，后面是形容词
cost-effcient
，因此应填入副词修饰形容词。此
处意为，像这
样的绿色建筑对投资者来说不
划算。
but
前后形成对比，
but
之后用
does
来强调动词
produce
，可以推断
but
之前的内容应该不是十分确定。由此可知，空格处填入
的副词应与前面的
not
一起表示“不一定”的含义，故答案