ready-谜
2015
年
12
月大学
英语四级考试真题答案及详解（第
2
套）
PART
Ⅰ
Writing
思维导图
学习应该是一个终生的过程
Learning Should Be a Lifelong Process
第一段结合谚语，引出话题：终身学习的重要性
(the
importance of lifelong
learning)
。
第二段分析终
身学习对于现代社会的我们如此重要的原因。
在快速发展的信息时代，
< br>我们必
须通过不断学习来紧跟时代潮流
(keep
pace
with
the
times)
，否则将会失去很多机会
(to
o
outdated to seize any opportunities)<
/p>
。作者通过出租车司机使用打车软件增加收入和家庭主妇
开网店赚
钱两个例子来进一步支持自己的论点，避免说理空洞。
第三段
引用谚语
“
活到老学到老
”(it
is never too old to learn)
进一步呼应和深化主题、
总结全文：
学习无关乎年龄。只有不断学习，才能在迅猛发展的社会
中发挥自身潜能
(achieve
our
potential)
、生活得更好。
〇高分范文
Learning
Should Be a Lifelong Process
①
It
is
often
said
that
learning
is
a
daily
experience
and
a
lifetime
mission.
②
The
saying
indicates the
importance of lifelong learning, which we have
been
lectured
over and over
again.
③
Lifelong
learning
is
crucial
to
our
life
and
career
in
modern
society.
④
Living
in
the
Information
Age
,
we
have
to
keep
pace
with
the
times
through
ceaseless
learning;
otherwise,
we'll be too outdated to
seize
any
opportunities
.
⑤
For example, a
taxi driver who learns to use a
Taxi
App such as Didi can make much more money than
those who don't; a housewife who opens
a shop online can even
out-
earn
a white-collar worker.
⑥
All of their
success can be attributed
to their
constant learning in addition to the progress of
technology.
⑦
As
an old saying goes, it is never too old to learn.
Thus, learning is an attitude regardless of
age.
⑧
Only through learning ceaselessly can
we achieve our potential and live a better life in
this rapidly developing society.
〇精彩点评
①开门见山，引出谚语。
②点明话题：终身学习的重要性。
③④⑤⑥分析终身学习为何重要，并举例进行具体论证。
⑦恰当引用谚语，深化主题。
⑧使用倒装句，强调不断学习的重要性。
〇加分亮点
lecture
教育，说教
the
Information Age
信息时代
keep pace with the times
与时俱进
ceaseless
不断的，持续的
seize
opportunities
抓住机遇
out-earn...
比
……
挣钱多
拓展空间
主题词汇
update
更新
informative
资料丰富的，增进知识的
promote
提升，升职
knowledge economy
知识经济
cultivate
培养，培育
boundless
无边无际的
horizon
眼界；地平线
self-
taught
自学的
autonomous
自主的
句式拓展
1. Learning
can no longer be regarded as... Instead, learning
can be seen as something that takes
place on an ongoing basis from our
daily interaction with others and with the world
around us.
学
习不能再被视为
……
相反，
学习可以被看作是一项我们与他人以及周围世界
在不断进行日常
互动的基础上发生的活动。
2. With the development of..., the
lifelong education enjoys an increasing...
随着
……
的发展，终
身教育变
得越来越
……
PART
Ⅱ
Listening
Comprehension
Section A
1.
A) The agenda for the
board of directors' meeting.
B) The
details of the meeting to be held next week.
C) The reason for the man's absence
from the meeting.
D) The time for the
man's visit to the woman's company.
W:
Hello,
Mr.
Harrison,
thanks
for
calling.
Now,
when
would
it
be
good
for
you
to
visit
our
company?
M:
Well. In fact, I can come
almost any time next month. And probably toward
the end of a week
would be best for me.
Q:
What are the speakers
talking about?
听前猜测
四个选项均为描述事实状况的短语，结合选项中多次出现的<
/p>
meeting
一词以及
details
，
next
week
和
the
man's
visit
等可以推断，
对话内容与男士的出访和会面有关，而且
此次会面尚未达成。
详解
女士
询问男士什么时候方便拜访她所在的公司，
男士说下个月几乎任何时间都行，
可
能接近周末的时间最好。由此可知，两人在谈论男士拜访女士所在公司的
时间，故答案为
D)
。
2.
A) At a travel agency.
B) At a department store.
C)
In a library.
D) In a post office.
W:
Can you help me find a
book on South America?
M:
What specifically would you like to know about? We
catalogue our books in many different
ways.
Q:
Where
does the conversation most probably take place?
听前猜测
四个选项均为表示场所的短语，
可以推测本题考查地点，
听对话
时注意捕捉提示
对话发生场所的关键词。
详解
女士
请男士帮助她寻找一本关于南美洲的书，男士反问女士具体想要哪方面的书籍，
因为他们
通过多种不同的方式对书籍进行归类。由此可知，对话发生在图书馆，故答案为
C)
。
3.
A)
He cannot hear the woman's call.
B) He
cannot get through to New York.
C) He
cannot recall the phone number.
D) He
cannot find a public phone nearby.
M:
I'm trying to make a call
to New York and haven't been able to get through.
Can you help me?
W:
Sure.
Try my phone.
Q:
What is the
man's problem?
听前猜测
四个选项均以
he
cannot
开头，可以推断对话中男士一定是遇到了某种问题，结
合选项中出现的
call
，
get through
，
phone
number
和
public phone
等词，
可以进一步确定男士
遇到的问题与电话有关。
详解
男士说他在尝试打电话到纽约，
但一直没打通，
询问女士能否帮助他，
女士很爽快地
答应，并让男士试试她的手
机。由此可知，男士没办法打电话到纽约，故答案为
B)
。
4.
A) Watch a
movie with the woman.
B) Revise his
thesis in the office.
C) Do some
shopping with Jane.
D) Discuss his
thesis with Prof. Hudson.
M:
I have to go to Prof. Hudson's office to discuss
my thesis. If time allows, I'd like to go to the
movies with you when I come back.
W:
I don't think I can make
it. I'm going shopping with Jane right now.
Q:
What is the man going to
do first?
听前猜测
<
/p>
四个选项均为表示行为的动词短语，可以推断本题考查的内容与行为动作有关。
结合选项中出现的
with
the
woman
和
his
thesis
等词，可以进一步判定本题考查的是男士的
行为动作，因此男士的话为听音重点。
详解
男士
说他必须去哈德森教授的办公室讨论他的论文，
如果时间允许的话，
他希望回来
后能和女士一起去看电影，
而女士却说她不一定
能赶得及，
因为她现在要和简去购物。
由此
可知，男士首先要做的事情是与哈德森教授讨论他的论文，故答案为
D)
。
5.
A) He
just cannot work properly without a watch.
B) He has no idea where he can buy a
gold watch.
C) He still does not know
where he left his watch.
D) He is not
sure what went wrong with his watch.
W:
Why are you so upset and
worried?
M:
I've been
racking my brains all morning, trying to recall
where I put my gold watch. But it has
been in vain.
Q:
What do we learn about the man?
听前猜测
四个选项的主语均为
he
，结合选项中多次出现的
watch
可以推断本题考查的内
容与男士的手表相
关，听录音时注意与手表相关的内容。
详解
女士
问男士为什么那么心烦和焦虑，
男士说他整个上午一直在绞尽脑汁地回想他把金
表放在哪儿了，
但是徒劳。
由此可知，
男士仍然不知道他把金表放在哪儿了，
故答案为
C)
。
6. A) He
forgot all about what he said.
B) He
slipped and hurt his head.
C) He was
sorry for being off sick last week.
D)
He thought the woman's car had been sold.
W:
I thought you said you
were going to call me last week about the car I'm
selling.
M:
Oh, I'm sorry.
It completely slipped my mind.
Q:
What does the man mean?
听前猜测
四个选项的主语均为
he
，
结合选项中
出现的
forgot
，
slipped
and hurt
，
sorry
和
sold
等词，
可以初步推断与男士相关的
事并不是特别好的事，
因此听录音时要注意捕捉与男士相
关的信
息。
详解
女士说她记得男士说过上周会给她打电话，
与她讨论一下她要卖
的那辆车，
男士听到
女士的话后，马上道歉，因为这件事
complexly slipped my
mind
，本题的关键在于理解短语
slip one's m
ind
的含义，即
“
忘记
”
。也就是
说，男士把这
件事忘得一干二净，故答案为
A)
。
7.
A) She should try to
catch an earlier bus.
B) She is absent
from his class too often.
C) She is
always making excuses for being late.
D) She should come up with a better
excuse.
W:
I tried to catch
the bus but couldn't make it. So I'm late for
class.
M:
Another excuse.
Are you ready for what you'll say tomorrow?
Q:
What does the man imply
about the woman?
听前猜测
四个选项均以
she
开头，结合选项中出现的
absent
，
class
，
excuses
和
being
We
等词，可以推断
女士上课出勤情况不好，对话内容应该围绕女士上课出勤情况展开。
详解
女士
说她努力赶公交车，
但没有赶上，
所以上课才会迟到，
男士却说这是又一个借口，
并问她是不是连明天要说什么都准备好了。<
/p>
由此可知，
男士认为女士总是在为她的迟到找借
< br>口，故答案为
C)
。
8.
A) He is going to help
the woman out.
B) He has to move out of
the building soon.
C) He is on his way
to see a real estate agent.
D) He will
stay with the woman's brother.
M:
The apartment building I
live in is going to be torn down before the end of
this month. I don't
know what to do.
W:
Well, my brother is a
real estate agent. He can help you out, I think.
Q:
What do we learn about
the man?
听前猜测
四个选项均以
he
开头，
< br>结合选项中出现的
move out of
，
building
，
real estate
agent
和
stay
with
等词，可以推断对话内容与男士的住房情况有关。
详解
男士
说他住的那栋公寓楼月底前就要拆除了，
他对此一筹莫展，
女士
告诉男士，
她弟
弟是房地产经纪人，
应
该能够为男士提供帮助。
由此可知，
男士必须在短期内搬离现在
的住
所，故答案为
B)
。
Conversation One
未听先知
预览三道题各选项，由
wanted column
，
she
，
tour g
uide
和
policewoman
等
，可以
初步推测对话内容与女士的求职以及工作情况相关，再结合
education
，
school
和
college
等
词，可以确定对话
内容涉及女士的受教育情况等相关背景。
9.
A) From the wanted
column.
B) From some of her friends.
C) From a telephone directory.
D) From a television commercial.
Q:
How did the woman get to
know about the man's company?
听前猜测
四个选项均为由介词
from
开头的短语，由此可以推测本题考
查的内容与来源、
出处有关，
结合选项中的
wanted column
和
telephone di
rectory
等词，可以进一步推测，本题
考查的内容与求职
信息的来源相关。
详解
男士问女士是否曾通过他所在的机构找过工作，
女士表示没有，
但这家职业介绍所曾
帮助她的朋友们
找到工作，
由此推断，
她是从朋友处得知这家职业介绍所的信息
的，
故答案
为
B)
。
10.
A) She
received full-time education abroad.
B)
She graduated from an open university.
C) She finished her secondary school.
D) She studied in a vocational college.
Q:
What formal education did
the woman receive?
听前猜测
四个选项均以
she
开头，结合选项中出现的
full-time
edu
cation
，
university
，
secondary
school
和
vocational college
等词可以确定，
本题考查的内容与女士的教育背景有关。
详解
对话中男士问女士曾在哪所学校上学，
女士说她在
So
uth Town
上的中学，
然后又说，
她
18
岁之后就没有再接受过全日制教育，由此可知，女士所
接受的最高程度的正规教育就
是中学，故答案为
C)
。
11. A) She is a
shorthand-typist.
B) She works as a
tour guide.
C) She is a policewoman.
D) She teaches an evening class.
Q:
What do we learn about
the woman's occupation?
听前猜测
四个选项均以
she
开头，
结合选项中的
shorthand-
typist
，
tour guide
，
policewoman
和
teac
hes
等词，可以确定本题针对女士的职业进行提问。
详解
对话
中男士询问女士目前在哪里工作，
女士回答说自己现在的工作是一名速记打字员，
故答案为
A)
。
M:
Ace Employment Agency.
Good morning.
W:
Good
morning. I wonder if you can help me. I'm looking
for a job.
M:
I'll see what
we can do. Uh... have you been to us before?
W:
No. (9) But you've
managed to get jobs for some of my friends. So I
thought, perhaps, you
know...
M:
Yes, I see. First of all,
could you give me your full name?
W:
Yes, of course. Susan
Hollies.
M:
Good. And could
I have your phone number?
W:
Yes. 7788992.
M:
Fine. And
your date of birth, please?
W:
Feb. 3rd, 1980.
M:
Thank you. Now education.
Which school did you go to?
W:
(10) I went to a
secondary school in South Town.
M:
And have you been to
college?
W:
No. (10) I left
full-time education when I was 18.
M:
I see. Any
qualifications?
W:
Yes. I
gained a shorthand and typing diploma at evening
classes.
M:
That's good.
Now, where are you working at the moment?
W:
(11) Well, I've got a job
as a shorthand-typist. But I'm not enjoying it
very much and it doesn't
pay very well.
M:
I see. Have you applied
for any other jobs?
W:
Yes.
I thought I'd like to be a policewoman. But they
turned me down because I was too short.
M:
What would you like to do
now, then?
W:
Well, I think
I'd like to work in a travel agency.
M:
I see. I think the best
thing is for me to see what we might find for you.
And then...
Conversation Two
未听先知
预览四道题各选项，
由第
12
题中的<
/p>
career opportunities
和第
15
题中的
tough job
，
可以判断对话内容与某种工作有关，再结合第
14
题中出现的
beer
，可以进一步确定对话中<
/p>
两人所谈论的工作场所提供啤酒，应该是酒吧或餐馆。
12.
A) It provides him with
career opportunities.
B) It helps
enlarge his customer network.
C) It has
been off and on for ten years.
D) It
was interrupted for four years.
Q:
What does the man say
about his involvement with pubs?
听前猜测
四个选项均以
it
开头，都是描述事实状况的陈述句，结合
career
opportunities
和
enlarge his
customer network
可以初步判定，
本题考查的
内容与男士的工作情况有关，
再结合
off and on
for ten years
和
four years
，
可以进一步确定本题考查的内容与男士在较长一段时间
内的工作情况有关。
详解
对话中女士问男士他成为酒吧老板有多长时间了，
男士回答说已经四年了，
不过他从
事与酒吧相关的
工作断断续续已经有十年，故答案为
C)
。
13.
A) Individualized
service.
B) Traditional setting.
C) Home-made beer.
D) Social
games.
Q:
What characterizes
the old-fashioned pub according to the man?
听前猜测
四个选项均为名词短语，结合选项中的
service
，
beer
和
games
等词可以推测，
本题考查的内容与休闲娱乐或是客户服务相关。
详解
对话中男士说他现在的酒吧是那种人们普遍认为的传统酒吧，
这种酒吧的特点就是会
有很多社交活动，故答案为
D)
。
14.
A) The quality
of beer.
B) The atmosphere.
C) The owner's attitude.
D)
The right location.
Q:
What
does the man say is most important in making a
good pub?
听前猜测
四个选项均为名词性短语，结合选项中出现的
quality
of beer
，
owner's
attitude
和
right location
等词可以推断，本题考查的内容与休闲场所具备的某种特质有关。
详解
当女
士问男士怎样才能让酒吧成为好酒吧时，
男士说，
首先要有合适
的顾客，
售卖合
适的啤酒，并且酒要好，最重要的是，即使感觉
很疲惫，也依然要保持良好的态度，这样才
能让酒吧更成功，故答案为
< br>C)
。
15. A) It
is a rather tough job.
B) It is a
profitable business.
C) It helps old
people kill time.
D) It makes retirees
feel useful.
Q:
What does
the woman think of running a country pub?
听前猜测
四个选项均以
it
开头，且均为描述事实状况的陈述句，结合选
项中的
tough
job
和
profitable bu
siness
等词可以推断，本题考查某份工作或某个职业的情况。
详解
对话结尾时，
女士说，
很多人都认为经营酒吧是一份很好的工
作，
每个人都说想在退
休以后，开一家乡村酒吧，但女士却认为
经营酒吧实际上是一份相当辛苦的工作。选项
A)
中的
tough
是原文中
hard
< br>的同义转述，故答案为
A)
。
W:
Steve, can you tell me
how long you've been a pub owner?
M:
Well, four years, I
suppose. (12) I've been involved with pubs off and
on for' ten yeas. I've sort
of
done
hotel
work
and
I've
also
run
a
restaurant
pub.
And
now
I've
got
what
you
call
a
good
old-fashioned pub. (13)
That is, a public bar, with all the social games
going with it, which is what
we've
always wanted to have, you know.
W:
It sounds like you've
always worked in pubs, but not always in this one.
M:
No, no. I worked in quite
a variety of pubs.
W:
What
makes a good pub? I mean, you said, you know, it
has got a good variety of things.
M:
Well, (14) I think having
the right customers to start with, selling the
right beer, keeping it
good, and most
of all, keeping a good attitude yourself, even
though you probably feel very tired.
But the idea is, if you generate from
your side, it's got to affect the other side, if
you're getting the
right customers in.
W:
Yeah. I must say that's
one thing that has always struck me about being a
pub owner. I mean, a
lot of people seem
to think that it's a nice job, you know. Everybody
says,
and get a country
pub.
Section B
Passage One
未听先知
预览三道题各选项，由第
17
题各选项可以推断出短文与药物或
毒品使用相关，
再结合第
16
题中的<
/p>
social
instability
，
hurts a person
以及第
18
题中的
social problems
，
fatal to
the user
等可以进一步判断，短文涉及药物滥用或吸毒
造成的危害。
16.
A) It
is becoming increasingly popular.
B) It
helps the user to escape reality.
C) It
gives rise to serious social instability.
D) It hurts a person and those around
them.
Q:
What does the
speaker say about drug abuse?
听前猜测
四个选项均以
it
开头，
都是描述事实
状况的陈述句，
结合选项中出现的
popular
，
escape
reality
，
social instability
和
hurts
等词可以推断，
对话内容与某事物的社会影响或危害
有关。
详解
短文
中提到，
药物滥用是指合法或非法地使用药物，
并对使用者本人
或者与其亲近的
人造成伤害，故答案为
D)
。
17.
A) They
use drugs just for fun.
B) They take
drugs to get high.
C) They use drugs as
medicine.
D) They keep drug use a
secret.
Q:
What does the
speaker say about recreational drug users?
听前猜测
四个选项都以
they
开头，
每个选项
都与药物有关，
并且多次涉及
use
drugs
和
take
drugs<
/p>
，
再结合
for
fun
，
get
high
和
as medicine
等
词可以推断，
本题考查人们使用药物的目的。
详解
短文
中提到了不同类型的人使用药物的目的。其中提到，
Recreational
users take drugs
to get high.
即娱乐性毒品使用者吸毒是为了让自己兴奋，故答案为
B)
。
18.
A) It is
quite common in entertainment circles.
B) It is the cause of various social
problems.
C) It is hard to get rid of.
D) It is fatal to the user.
Q:
What does the speaker say
about drug dependence?
听前猜测
四个选项均以
it is
开头，
均为描述事实状况的陈述句，
由选项中的<
/p>
social
problems
，
hard to get rid of<
/p>
和
fatal
等词可以推断，本题考查某
种事物会对社会或个人造成的影响或危
害，听录音时要注意捕捉选项中所描述到的相关情
况。
详解
短文最后一部分提到，虽然仅有很少几种药物会造成身体的依赖性，但若使用不当，
几乎所有药物都会让人一直觉得他需要该药物，
这时候已经晚了，<
/p>
因为他已经上瘾了。
也就
是说，药物依赖
性很难根除，故答案为
C)
。
To help ourselves and others, it's
important to know something about drugs. A drug is
a chemical
substance.
It
can
bring
about
a
physical,
emotional,
or
mental
change
in
people.
Alcohol
and
tobacco are drugs.
Caffeine, a substance found in coffee and some
soft drinks, is also a drug.
(16) Drug
abuse is the use of a drug, legal or illegal, that
hurts a person or someone close to him.
A drug user is the person who takes the
drug. There are many kinds of drug users.
Experimental
users may try drugs once
or twice. They want to see what the effects will
be. (17) Recreational
users
take
drugs
to
get
high.
They
use
drugs
with
friends
or
at
parties
to
get
into
the
mood
of
things. Regular users
take drugs all the time. But they are often able
to keep up with the normal
routine
of
work.
Dependent
users
can't
relate
to
anything
but
drugs.
Their
whole
life
centers
around drugs. They
feel extreme mental or physical pain without
drugs.
It's not always easy to tell
that someone is using drugs. In the early stages,
drug use is often hard
to see.
Sometimes, people like drugs or need drugs so
much; they can't do without them. They are
dependent upon drugs. (18) Only a few
kinds of drugs can cause physical dependence. But
almost
any drug, when it's misused, can
make a person think he needs it all the time. By
this time, it's too
late and the person
is hooked.
Passage Two
未听先知
预览四道题各选项，
由第
19
题中的<
/p>
healthy frozen food
，
第
20
题中的
diet expe
rts
，
第
21
题中的
competitive price, unique ingredien
ts
以及第
22
题中的
food's dark green packaging
可以判断，短文围
绕某种食品展开，涉及该食品的多种特性。
19.
A) Taking up exercises
after recovery.
B) Producing tasty
healthy frozen food.
C) Finding new
ways to cure heart disease.
D) Going on
a diet upon leaving the hospital.
Q:
What did Charles Harper
think of while he was in hospital?
听前猜测
四个选项均为动名词短语，
结合
exercises
，
healthy
，
he
art disease
，
diet
和
hospital
等词可以推断，本题考查的内容与健康、饮食
与心脏病之间的联系有关。
详解
短文中提到，当查尔斯
·
哈柏因为心脏病发作而躺在医院康复时，他想象着一排健康
美味的冷冻食品
，故答案为
B)
。
20. A) It was carefully tested with
consumers.
B) It was promoted by health
organizations.
C) It was disapproved by
many diet experts.
D) It was highly
expected by the general public.
Q:
What does the passage say
about the Healthy Choice product line before it
went to market?
听前猜测
四个选项均以
it
was
开头，结合
C)
选项中
的
diet
experts
可以初步
判断本题考查
的内容与饮食相关，
再结合
tested
，
promoted
，
disapproved
和
highl
y expected
等词可以推测，
本题考查的内容与针对某
种食品的行为相关。
详解
短文中提到，在真正投放到市场面向大众之前，
Healthy
Choice
系列的食品经过了消
费者的认真测试，故答案为<
/p>
A)
。
21.
A) Competitive price.
B) Low expectations.
C)
Vigorous promotion.
D) Unique
ingredients.
Q:
What is said
to contribute to ConAgra's business success?
听前猜测
四个选项均为名词性短语，
且所有选项内容都是针对优势和长处的描述，
可以推
测本题考查的内容与某种产品所具备的优良属性有关。
< br>
详解
短文中提到，
ConAgra
公司负责市场营销的副总裁认
为，
他们从低期待值中受益，
产
品比人
们想象的更出色，故答案为
B)
。
22.
A) It was suggested by
the firm's vice-president.
B) It
matches the food's dark green packaging.
C) It has a positive implication for
consumers.
D) It tricks the elders into
impulse purchasing.
Q:
What
does the speaker say about the name Healthy
Choice?
听前猜测
四个选项均以
it
开头，且均为描述事实状况
的陈述句，结合选项中的
matches
，
positive implication
，
impulse purchasi
ng
等词可以推测，
本题考查的内容涉及这种商品的正面
属性。
详解
短文中提到，
选择使用
Healthy
Choice
这个商品名称是因为它能给消费者以正面的暗
示，
故答案为
C)
。
According to Charles Harper, Chairman
of ConAgra, the Healthy Choice line of frozen
dinners
began with his own heart
attack. It has been brought on by years of eating
anything he could get
his hands on.
(19) As he lay in the hospital recovering, Harper
imagined the line of healthy frozen
foods that tasted good. (20) The
Healthy Choice product line was carefully tested
with consumers
before being introduced
to the general public. ConAgra's research and
development staff spent a
year working
under the instruction
results
surprised
even
the
ConAgra
team.
The
low-sodium,
low-
fat
frozen
dinners
sold
much
better
than
expected.
(21)
According
to
the
firm's
vice-president
of
marketing
and
sales,
benefited
from low expectations. The products were much
better than people thought they would
be.
frozen dinners rather
than as a diet or health food. The new product's
brand name and packaging
were an
important part of the development process. (22)
The name Healthy Choice was chosen for
the
positive
implication
it
held
for
consumers.
Because
ConAgra
felt
the
product
would
be
an
impulse
purchase,
it
was
important
to
make
the
item
stand
out
in
the
freezer
case.
This
was
accomplished through the dark green
packaging that not only differed from the
competitors' but
also suggested
freshness and richness in vitamins.
Passage Three
未听先知
预览三道题各选项，
由第
24
题中的<
/p>
criminals
以及第
25
题各选项中出现的
court
，
death
sentence
和
executed
等可以推断，短文与犯罪行为以及相关的死刑判决有关，再结合<
/p>
第
23
题
C)<
/p>
选项中的
criticism
和第
24
题四个选项所提到的问题，可以进一步判断短文涉及
对死刑这一刑罚的争议。
23. A) It
is practiced in most of the states.
B)
It will be abolished sooner or later.
C) It has drawn a lot of criticism from
overseas.
D) It has to be approved by
the Supreme Court.
Q:
What
does the speaker say about the death penalty in
the United States?
听前猜测
四个选项中均以
it
开头，由选项
A)
中的
sta
tes
可以初步推测，本题考查的内容
与美国相关，
再结合选项中出现的
abolished
，
criticism
和
approved
等词可以推测，
本题考查
人们对某个事物所
持的态度。
详解
短文开头明确指出，在美国，目前有
36
个州允许对严重罪行执行死刑，比如谋杀。
也就是说，美国
大部分地区有死刑的存在，故答案为
A)
。
24.
A) Whether the
practice should be allowed to continue in future.
B) Whether there should be a minimum
age limit for execution.
C) What type
of criminals should receive it.
D) What
effect it might have on youngsters.
Q:
What is the focus of the
debate around the death penalty?
听前猜测
四个选项均为从句，
可以初步判断本题所提及的问题是尚无定论的，
或者是正经
受争议的，结合选项中出现的
executio
n
和
criminals
等词，可以进
一步判断本题考查的内容
与某种犯罪行为或相关判决有关。
详解
短文
中提到，
目前关于死刑存在着一个重大问题：
是否应该对被执行
死刑的罪犯设置
一个最低年龄限制，故答案为
B)
。
25.
A) The
court sentenced him to life in prison for killing
two friends.
B) The governor changed
his death sentence to life in prison.
C) He was the first minor to be
executed in South Carolina.
D) He was
sentenced to death for a crime he committed as a
minor.
Q:
What does the
speaker say about James Terry Roach?
听前猜测
四个选项均为描述事实状况的陈述句，且是围绕某位男士展开。结合选项中的
sente
nced him
，
his death
sentence
，
to be
executed
，
a crime
可
以判断，这位男士犯下了比较严
重的罪行，本题考查的内容与他最终所受到的刑罚有关。
详解
<
/p>
短文中提到，
1977
年，詹姆斯
·
特里
·
罗奇当时<
/p>
17
岁，与两个朋友一起残忍地杀害了
三
个人，
因此被判死刑。
虽然他的律师提起上诉，
但该州州长拒绝撤销死刑，
最终他于
1986
年被执行死刑。
由此可知，虽然罗奇在犯罪时仍是未成年人，
但依然被执行了死刑。故答案
为
D)
。
(23) In the United
States, 36 states currently allow capital
punishment for serious crimes such as
murder.
Americans
have
always
argued
about
the
death
penalty.
(24)
Today,
there
is
a
serious
question about this issue: Should there
be a minimum age limit for executing criminals? In
other
words, is it right for convicted
murderers who kill when they are
minors
—
that is, under the
age of
18
—
to
receive the death penalty?
In
most
other
countries
of
the
world,
there
is
no
capital
punishment
for
minors.
In
the
United
States though, each
state makes its own decision. Of the 36 states
that allow the death penalty, 30
permit
the execution of minors.
In the state
of South Carolina, a convicted murderer was given
the death penalty for a crime he
committed while he was a minor. (25) In
1977, when he was 17 years old, James Terry Roach
and
two friends cruelly murdered three
people. Roach's lawyer fought the decision to
execute him. The
young murderer
remained on Death Row for ten years while his
lawyer appealed to the governor.
The
lawyer argued that it is wrong to execute a person
for a crime he committed while he was a
minor. In the United States, the
governor of a state has the power to change a
sentence from the
death penalty to life
in prison. (25) Nonetheless, the governor of South
Carolina refused to stop
the execution.
Roach was finally executed in 1986.
Section C
文章大意
本文通过两位女士的亲身经历，
说明
大笔借款通常不是问题，
反而是数额小的借
款不太容易要回。卡
萝尔比较随和，
忍无可忍时，
也只是停止借钱给朋友；
而另一位女士就
比较直接了，她通过假装借钱的方式追回了自己借出的钱
。
28.
详解
此处
填入的词或词组应该能够连接系动词
is
和空格后的名词
cash
，
描述主语金尼
与金钱之间的关系。
空格所在句后一句中说，
金尼经常向卡
萝尔借上一两美元买饮料或者电
影票，也就是说，金尼比较缺钱。结合录音填入
short of
，意为
“
缺少，缺乏
”
。
29.
详解
此处应该填入动词，作句子的谓语。空格所在句及其前两句都
是在描述卡萝尔的
朋友向她借钱不还，
说明卡萝尔对朋友这样的
行为表示反感。
结合录音填入
resent
，
意为
“
愤
恨，怨恨，憎恶
”
。
30.
详解
此处位于副词
too
之后，应该填入形容词。由于朋友只是借上一两美元，如果要
求还钱，让人感觉
有点小题大做。因此，卡萝尔觉得不好意思让朋友还钱。结合录音填入
embarras
sed
，意为
“
困窘的，尴尬的
”
。
31.
详解
空格
前是情态动词的否定形式
couldn't
，因此此处应该填入
动词原形，与
couldn't
一起作从句的谓语。
由于朋友总是借钱不还，
而卡萝尔又不好意思向朋友要求还钱，
时间长
了，卡萝尔决定不再借钱给朋友，再结合本句句首的
the last time
可以判断，从这一次起，
卡萝尔拒绝借钱给朋友。
因此，
她告诉朋友她没钱可借。
结合录音填入
spare
，
< br>意为
“
提供
（时
间、钱等）；匀出，分出
”
。
32.
详解
此处应该填入名词单数形式，与不定冠词
a
搭配，作句子的宾语。卡萝尔拒绝再
借钱给朋友的方式是
说她没钱可借，
而另外一位女士的建议更为大胆，
本句后面就给
出了那
位女士在朋友借钱时的反应。结合录音填入
respon
se
，意为
“
反应，回答
”
。
33.
详解
此处
应该填入动词或动词短语，充当句子的谓语。这位女士的回答更为大胆，当
有人借钱不还
时，她不是被动忍受，而是扭转局面，主动出击，向朋友提出要求。结合录音
填入
turn the tables
，意为
“<
/p>
扭转局面，转败为胜
”
。
34.
详解
空格位于不定冠词
a
和形容词
sudden
之后，因此应该填入单数名词，
作介词
by
的宾语。
当把钱拿到手后，
这位女士才表现出突然想起来的样子，
说这和你上次借我的一样
多呢！结合录音填入
realization
< br>，意为
“
意识，领悟
”
。
35.
详解
此处
应该填入形容词或副词，与
how
一起构成感叹句。女士假装刚
刚反应过来，
并告诉对方，她这次借的和对方欠她的一样多，这样省得对方再还钱了，还
真是省事呢！结
合录音填入
convenient
，意为
“
方便的，便利的
”
。
Some people
borrow money and
Large loans are seldom
the issue; they are usually treated as business
(26)
transactions
, with the
terms
spelled
out
on
paper.
But
many
women
suffer
(27)
in
silence
over
problems
like
Carol's
short
of
cash,
her a dollar or two
for a drink or a movie. Each loan is so small I'd
feel really cheap making a big
deal out
of it; still, I do (29)
resent
the fact that she
never pays me back.
Carol admits to
being
embarrassed
or
something
resolved to stop lending money
to Ginny.
dry cleaning, I just told her
I couldn't (31)
spare
it.
Another woman suggests a bolder (32)
response
.
turn
the tables
by requesting one
myself,
you lend me enough to cover
lunch?' Then, when the money is safely in hand, I
am struck by a
sudden
(34)
realization
.
'Why,
this
is
exactly
the
amount
I
loaned
you
last
week!
How
(35)
convenient
! Now you won't
have to repay me!'
PART
Ⅲ
Reading
Comprehension
Section A
全文翻译及语篇分析
第
1
段介绍了美国
2013
年
11
月底及
12
月气温与往年相比偏低。
对于很多美国人来说，
2013
年以异乎寻常的寒冷结束。在美国的多数地区，
< br>11
月底和
12
月已有初雪，大
部分地区的天气寒冷刺骨。这一年是
20
年以来第一次有记录的
寒冷天数可
能超过有记录的温暖天数的年份。但是美国的情况是个例外：全球范围内，<
/p>
11
月是有史以
来最暖和的，而且现有数
据表明，
2013
年有可能是记载中第四个最热的年份。
第
2
段是过渡段，
指出
2014
年可能是有记录以来最热的年份，因为科学家们预
测将会出现
厄尔尼诺现象。
现在快享
受降雪的乐趣吧，因为
2014
年很有可能会更热，也许是有记
录以来最热的年份。
因为科学家预测，
2014
年是厄尔尼诺年。
第
3
段介绍了厄尔尼诺现象的成因以及对各大洲和海洋生物的影响。
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