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2009
年
6
月英语四
级考试真题与答案
真题：
Part I Writing (30 minutes)
Directions:
F
or
this part, you are allowed 30 minute to write a
short essay
on the topic of students
selecting their lectures. You should
write at least 120 words following the
outline given bellow:
1.
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2.
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3.
你的看法？
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Part II Reading
Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15
minutes)
Directions:
In this part, you will have 15 minutes
to go over the passage
quickly
and
answer
the
questions
on
Answer
Sheet
1.
For
questions
1-7,
choose
the
best
answer
from
the
four
choices
marked
A),B),C)
and
D).
For
questions
8-10,
complete
the
sentences with the
information given in the passage.
How
Do You See Diversity?
As a manager, Tiffany is responsible
for interviewing applicants for
some
of
the
positions
with
her
company
.During
one
interview,
she
noticed
that
the
candidate
never
made
direct
eye
contact.
She
was
puzzled
and
somewhat
disappointed
because
she
liked
the
individual
otherwise.
He
had a perfect resume and gave good responses to
her questions,
but the fact that he
never looked her in the eye said “untrustworthy,”
so she decided to offer the job to her
second choice.
“It wasn’t until I attended a diversity
workshop that I realized the
person we
passed over was the perfect person,” Tiffany
confesses. What
she hadn’t known at the
time of the interview was that the candidate’s
“different” behavior was simply a
cultural misunde
rstanding . He was
an
Asian-American
raised
in
a
household
where
respect
for
those
in
authority was shown by
averting(
避开
) your eyes.
“I was just thrown off by
the lack of ye contact; not realizing it was
cultural,” Tiffany says. “I missed out
,but will not miss that opportunity
again.”
Many of us have had similar encounters
with behaviors we perceive
as
different.
As
the
world
becomes
smaller
and
our
workplaces
more
diverse, it is becoming essential to
expand our under-standing of others
and
to reexamine some of our false assumptions .
Hire Advantage
At
a
time
when
hiring
qualified
people
is
becoming
more
difficult
,employers
who
can
eliminate
invalid
biases(
偏爱
)
from
the
process
have
a
distinct
advantage .My
company,
Mindsets
LLC
,helps
organizations
and
individuals
see
their
own
blind
spots .
A
real
estate
recruiter we worked with illustrates
the positive difference such training
can make .
“During my Mindse
ts coaching
session ,I was taught how to recruit
a
diversified
workforce.
I
recruited
people
from
different
cultures
and
skill
sets
.The
agents
were
able
to
utilize
their
full
potential
and
experiences
to
build
up
the
company
.When
the
real
estate
market
began to change, it
was because we had a diverse agent pool that we
were able to stay in the real estate
market much longer than others in the
same profession.”
Blinded by Gender
Dale is an
account executive who attended one of my workshops
on
supervising
a
diverse
workforce
.
“Through
one
of
the
sessions
,I
discovered
my
personal
bias
,”
he
recalls .
“I
learned
I
had not
been
looking at a person as
a whole person , and being open to differences .”
In his case , the blindness was not
about culture but rather gender .
“I
had a management position open in my department
;and the two
finalists were a man and a
woman . Had I not attended this workshop , I
would
have
automatically
assumed
the
man
was
the
best
candidate
because
the
position
required
quite
a
bit
of
extensive
travel
.
My
reasoning
would
have
been
that
even
though
both
candidates
were
great
and
could
have
been
successful
in
the
position
,
I
assumed
the
woman
would
have
wanted
to
be
home
with
her
children
and
not
travel
.”Dale’s
assumptions
are
another
e
xample
of
the
well-
intentioned
but
incorrect
thinking
that
limits
an
organization’s
ability to
tap into the full potential of a diverse workforce
.
“I learned from the class that
instead of imposing my gender biases
into
the
situation
,
I
needed
to
present
the
full
range
of
duties,
responsibilities
and
expectations
to
all
candidates
and
allow
them
to
make an informed decision
.” Dale credits the workshop , “because it
helped me make decisions based on
fairness .”
Year of the
Know-It-All
Doug is another supervisor
who attended one of my workshops .He
recalls a major lesson learned from his
own employee.
“One
of
my
most
embarrassing
moments
was
when
I
had
a
Chinese-
American
employee
put
in
a
request
to
take
time
off
to
celebrate
Chinese
New
Year
.
In
my
ignorance
,
I
assumed
he
had
his
dates wrong , as the first of January
had just passed . When I advised him
of
this , I gave him a long talking-to about turning
in requests early with
the proper dates
.
“He patiently waited , then when I
was done , he said he wo
uld like
Chinese
New
Year
did
not
begin
January
first
,
and
that
Chinese
New
Year
,which
is
tied
to
the
lunar
cycle
,is
one
of
the
most
celebrated
holidays
on
the
Chinese
calendar
.
Needless
to
say
,
I
felt
very
embarrassed
in
assuming
he
had
his
dates
mixed
up .
But
I
learned
a
great
deal
about
assumptions
,
and
that
the
timing
of
holidays
varies
considerably from
culture to culture .
“Attending
the
diversity
workshop
helped
me
realize
how
much
I
could
learn by simply asking questions and creating
dialogues with my
employees
,
rather
than
making
assumptions
and
trying
to
be
a
know-
it-
all ,” Doug admits . “The biggest
thing I took away from the
workshop is
learning how to be more ‘inclusive’ to
differences.”
A better
Bottom Line
An
open
mind
about
diversity
not
only
improves
organizations
internally
,
it
is
profitable
as
well .
These
comments
from
a
customer
service
representative
show
how
an
inclusive
attitude
can
improve
sales .”Most of my
customers speak English as a second language . One
of the best things my company has done
is to contract with a language
service
that offers translations over the phone . It
wasn’t until my boss
received
Mindsets’
training
that
she
was
able
to
understand
how
important
inclusiveness
was
to
customer
service
.
As
result
,
our
customer base has increased
.”
Once
we
start
to
see
people
as
individuals
.
and
discard
the
stereotypes , we can move positively
toward inclusiveness for everyone .
Diversity
is
about
coming
together
and
taking
advantage
of
our
differences and similarities . It is
about building better communities and
organizations
that
enhance
us
as
individuals
and
reinforce
our
shared
humanity .
When we begin to question our
assumptions and challenge what we
think
we
have learned
from
our past
,
from
the media,
peers
,
family
,
friends
,
etc
,
we
begin
to
realize
that
some
of
our
conclusions
are
<
/p>
flawed
(
有缺陷的
)
or
contrary
to
our
fundamental
values .
We
need
to
train our-selves to think differently ,
shift our mindsets and realize that
diversity
opens
doors
for
all
of
us
,creating
opportunities
in
organizations and communities that
benefit everyone .
1.
What bothered Tiffany during an
interview with her candidate?
A)
He just
wouldn’t look her in the eye.
B)
He was slow in
answering her questions.
C)
His answers to some of her questions
were irrelevant.
D)
His answers to some of her questions
were irrelevant .
2.
Tiffany’s
misjudgment
about
the
candidate
stemmed
from
.
A)
Racial stereotypes.
C)
Racial stereotypes.
B)
Invalid
personal
bias
.
D)
Emphasis
on
physical
appearance
3.
What
is
becoming
essential
in
the
course
of
economic
globalization
according to the author?
A) Hiring
qualified technical and management personnel.
B) Increasing understanding of people
of other cultures.
C)
Constantly updating knowledge and equipment.
D) Expanding domestic and international
markets.
4. What kind of
organization is Mindsets LLC?
A)
A
real
estate
agency.
C)
A
cultural
exchange
organization.
B) A personnel training company.
D) A hi-tech company
5.
After
one
of
the
workshops
,account
executive
Dale
realized
that
.
A) He had hired
the wrong person.
B) He could
have done more for his company.
C)
He had not managed his workforce well.
D)
He must get rid of his gender bias.
6. What did Dale think of Mindsets
LLC’s workshop?
A) It was well-
intentioned but poorly conducted.
B)
It tapped into the executives’ full
potential.
C) It helped
him make fair decisions.
D) It met
participants’ diverse needs.
7.
How
did
Doug,
a
supervisor,
respond
to
a
Chinese-
American
employee’s request for
leave?
A)
He told him to get the dates right.
C)He flatly
turned it
down
B)
He demanded an explanation.
D)He readily approved
it.
8.
Doug
felt
when
he
realized
that
his
assumption
was
wrong.
9. After attending Mindsets’ workshops,
the participants came to
know the
importance of
to their
business.
10. When we
view people as individuals and get rid of
stereotypes ,
we can achieve diversity
and benefit from the
between
us.
Part
III
Listening
Comprehension
(35
Minutes)
Section A
Directions:
In this section, you will hear 8 short
conversations and 2 long
conversations.
At the end of each conversation, one or more
questions
will
be
asked
about
what
was
said
.Both
the
conversation
and
the
questions
will
be
spoken
only
once .After each
question there will be a pause . During the
pause, you must read the four choices
marked A),B),C) and D),
and
decide
which
is
the
best
answer.
Then
mark
the
corresponding
letter
on
Answer
sheet
2
with
a
single
line
through the centre.
11. A) She expected more people at her
party.
B) She enjoys entertaining small
children.
C) She threw a surprise party for her
friend
D) She has always enjoyed great
popularity.
12. A) They are not used to
living in a cold place.
B) They feel lucky to live
in Florida.
C) They are going to have a holiday.
D)
They have not booked their air tickets yet.
13. A) He was pleased to get the medal.
C)
He used to be a firefighter.
B) He was very
courageous.
D)
He was accused of causing
a fire.
14. A) Make a profitable investment.
C) Get parts for the
machine
from Japan.
B)
Buy
a
new
washing
machine
D)
Have
the
old
washing
machine fixed.
15. A) He is pleased with his exciting
new job.
B) He finds the huge workload
unbearable.
C) He finds his office much too big for
him.
D) He is not so excited about his new
position.
16. A) The woman is going to
hold a big party tomorrow.
B) The man has no idea what
the right thing to do is.
C) The woman doesn’t know
how to get to the party.
D) The man
offers to drive the woman to the party.
17. A) Drawing up a business plan.
C) Finalizing a contract.
B) Discussing a
term paper.
D) Reviewing a co-authored
article.
18. A) She ordered
some paper.
friend
B)
She had the printer repaired.
application form
Questions
19
to
22
are
based
on
the
conversation
you
have
just
heard.
19. A) His health is getting worse.
C) His past life upsets him
a
good deal.
B)
He
can
no
longer
work
at
sea.
D)
He
has
not
got
the
expected
pension.
20. A) She passed away years
ago.
C) She has been
working at
a clinic.
B) She used to
work as a model.
D) She has been seriously
ill
D)
She
filled
in
an
C) She chatted online with a
for years.
21. A) She has
made lots of money as a doctor.
B) She is going
to take care of her old dad.
C) She has
never got on with her father.
D) She is kind
and generous by nature.
22. A) He dines
out with his wife every weekend.
B) He is
excellent but looks had-tempered.
C) He does not
care about his appearance.
D) He is not quite popular
with his patients.
Questions
23
to
25
are
based
on
the
conversation
you
have
just
heard.
23. A) The man has
sent the order to the woman by mistake
B) Some of the
telephone systems don’t work properly
C)
Some of the packs do not contain any manuals.
D)
The quality of the goods is not up to the
standard.
24. A) Send a service
engineer to do the repairs.
B) Consult her
boss about the best solution.
C) Pass the
man’s order to the right person.
D)
The quality of the goods is not up to the
standard.
25. A) Ideal.
C) Partial
B) Temporary
D) Creative
Section B
Directions:
In
this section, you will hear 3 short passages .At
the end of
each passage .You will hear
some questions. Boss the passage
and
the questions will be spoken only once. After you
hear a
question,
you
must
choose
the
best
answer
from
the
four
choices
marked A),B),C) and D). Then the corresponding
letter
on
Answer Sheet 2
with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the
passage you have just heard.
26. A) It
is entertaining.
C)
It takes lots of time.
B) It is a costly hobby.
D)
It requires training.
27. A) They can
harm nearby plants.
C) They fight each other
for food.
B)
They
may
catch
some
disease.
D)
They
may
pollute
the
environment.
28.
A)
Place
the
food
on
warmer
spots.
C)
Avoid
using
any
contaminated food.
B)
Use
prepared feed
mixtures
only.
D)
Continue
the
feeding
till
it
gets warm.
Passage Two
Questions 29 to 32 are based on the
passage you have just heard.
29. A) He
will betray even his best friends.
B) He is able
to make up good excuses.
C) He will lie whenever he
wants.
D) He tries to achieve his goal at any
cost
30. A) She made him apologize
C) She broke up with him.
B)
She
readily
forgave
him
D)
She
refused
to
answer
his
calls.
31. A) Buy her a new
set of tires.
C) Lend her his batteries.
B) Help clean her apartment.
D) Move furniture for her.
Passage Three
Questions 32
to 35 are based on the passage you have just
heard.
32. A) The atmosphere they live
in is rather unreal.
B) Their parents put too
much pressure on them.
C) It’s hard for them to
get along with other kids.
D) They have to
live in the shadow of their parents.
33. A) He always boasts about his rich
father.
B) He will grow up to be good for
nothing.
C) He has too much to know the value of
things.
D) He is too young to manage his
inherited property.
34. A) She wants
Amanda to get professional care.
B)
She has no experience in raising children.
C)
She wants to show off her wealth.
D) She has no
time to do it herself.
35. A) The
lifestyle depicted in Hollywood movies.
B)
The worship of money, beauty and pleasure.
C)
The attention the media focuses on them.
D)
The pursuing of perfection in performance.
Section C
Directions :
In this section , you will hear a
passage three times .When
the
passage
is
read
for
the
first
time,
you
should
listen
carefully for its
general idea . When the passage is read for the
second time, you are required to fill
in the blanks numbered
from 36 to 43
with the exact words you have just heard. For
blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are
required to fill in the
missing
information. For these blanks, you can either use
the
exact
words
you
have
just
heard
or
write
down
the
main
points in your own words. Finally, when
the passage is read for
the third time,
you should check what you have written .
Around
120
years
ago,
Ebbinghaus
began
his
study
of
memory.
He(36)
.on
studying
how
quickly
the
human
mind
can
remember
(37)
.
One
result
of
his
research
is
known
as
the
total
time
hypoth
esis(
假
设
),
which
simply
means
the
amount
you
learn
(38)
on the time you
spend trying to learn it . This can be taken as
our first
rule of learning.
Although it is usually true that
studying for four hours is better than
studying for one, there is still the
question of how we should use the four
hours.
For example, is
it
better
to
study for
four
hours
(39)
or
to
study for
one hour a day for four days in a (40)
?. The answer, as
you may
have (41)
, is that it is
better to spread out the study times.
This (42)
,
through which we can learn more (43)
.by dividing
our
practice
time, is known
as
the
distribution
of
practice
effect.
Thus,
(44)
.
But
we’re
not
finished
yet.
We
haven’t
considered
how
we
should
study over very short periods of time. (45)
.Should
you
look
at
the
same word in rapid
succession, or look at the word and then have some
delay before you look at it again ?(46)
.
Part IV Reading Comprehension (reading
in depth) (25 minutes)
Section A
Directions:
I
n
this
section,
there
is
a
passage
with
ten
blanks.
You
are
required
to
select
one
word
for
each
blank
from
a
list
of
choices given in a word
bank following the passage. Read the
passage through carefully before making
your choices. Each
choice
in
bank
is
identified
by
a
letter.
Please
mark
the
corresponding letter for each item on
Answer Sheet 2
with a
single
line
through
the
centre.
You may not use
any
of
the
words in the bank more than once.
Questions 47 to 56 are based on the
following passage.
Every
year
in
the
first
week
of
my
English
class,
some
students
inform me that
writhing is too hard. They never write, unless
assignments
47
it . They fine the writing process
48
and difficult.
How awful to be able to speak in a
language but not to write in it-
49
English ,
with its rich vocabulary . Being able to speak but
not write is
like living in an
50
m
ansion
(
豪宅
) and
never leaving one small room .
When I
meet students who think they can’t write, I know
as a teacher
my
51
is
to
show
them
the
rest
of
the
rooms .
My
task
is
to
build
fluency while
providing the opportunity inherent in any writing
activity
to
52
the
moral
and
emotional
development
of
my
students .
One
great way to do this is by having
students write in a journal in class every
day.
Writing
ability
is
like
strength
training.
Writing
needs
to
be
done
53
,
just
like
exercise
;
just
as
muscles
grow
stronger
with
exercise
,
writing skills improve quickly with
writing practice. I often see a rise in
student confidence and
54
after only a
few weeks of journal writing .
Expressing oneself in writing is one of
the most important skills I
teach
to
strengthen
the
whole
student.
When
my
students
practice
journal
writing,
they
are
practicing
for
their
future
academic,
political,
and
55
lives .
They
build
skills
so
that
some
day
they
might
write
a
great novel, a piece of
sorely needed legislation, or the perfect love
letter.
Every day that they write in
their journals puts them a step
56
to fluency ,
eloquence
(
雄辩
), and command of
language .
A)
closer
I) painful
B)
daily
J) performance
C)
emotional
K) profession
D)
enhance
L) remarkably
E)
enormous
M) require
F)
especially
N) sensitive
G)
hinder
O) urge
H)
mission
Section B
Directions:
T
here
are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is
followed
by
some
questions
or
unfinished
statements.
For
each
of
them
there
are
four
choices
marked
A),
B),
C)
and
D).
You
should
decide
on
the
best
choice
and
mark
the
corresponding
letter
on
Answer
Sheet
2
with
a
single
line
through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 57 to
61 are based on the following passage.
The January fashion show, called
FutureFashion , exemplified how
far
green design has come. Organized by the New York-
based nonprofit
Earth
Pledge,
the
show
inspired
many
top
designers
to
work
with
sustainable fabrics for
the first time. Several have since made pledges to
include organic fabrics in their lines.
The
designers
who
undertake
green
fashion
still
face
many
challenges. Scott Hahn, cofounder with
Gregory of Rogan and Loomstate,
which
uses all-organic cotton, says high-quality
sustainable materials can
still be
tough to fine . “Most designers with existing
labels are finding
there
aren’t
comparable
fabrics
that
can
just
replace
what
you’re
doing
and
shat
your
customers
are
used
to,”
he
says.
For
example,
organic
cotton
and
non-
organic
cotton
are
virtually
indistinguishable
once woven into a dress. But some
popular synthetics, like stretch nylon,
still have few eco-friendly
equivalents.
Those who do make the switch are
finding they have more support.
Last
year
the
influential
trade
show
Designers
&
Agents
stopped
charging its participation fee for
young green
entrepreneurs
(
企业家
) who
attend its
two springtime shows in Los Angeles and New York
and gave
special
recognition
to
designers
whose
collections
are
at
least
25%
sustainable . It now
counts more than 50 green designers, up from fewer
than a dozen two years ago. This week
Wal-Mart is set to announce a
major
initiative aimed at helping cotton farmers go
organic: it will buy
transitional
(
过渡型的
) cotton at higher
prices , thus helping to expand the
supply of a key sustainable material .
“Mainstream is about to occur,”
says
Hahn.
Some
analysts
(
分析
师
)
are
less
sure
.
Among
consumers,
only
18%are even aware that ecofashion
exists, up from 6% four years ago.
Natalie
Hormilla,
a
fashion
writer,
is
an
example
of
the
unconverted
consumer, when
asked if she owned any sustainable clothes, she
replied:
“Not that I’m aware of.” Like
most consumers, she finds little time to
shop, and when she does, she’s on the
hunt for “cute stuff that isn’t
too
expensive.
” By her own admission, green
just isn’t yet on her mind.
But
–
thanks to the combined
efforts of designers, retailers and suppliers
–
one day it will be.
57. What is
said about FutureFashion?
A) It
inspired many leading designers to start going
green.
B) It showed that designers
using organic fabrics would go far.
C)
It
served
as
an
example
of
how
fashion
shows
should
be
organized.
D) It convinced
the public that fashionable clothes should be made
durable.
58. According to
Scott Hahn, one big challenge to designers who
will go
organic is that
.
A)
much
more
time
is
needed
to
finish
a
dress
using
sustainable
materials .
B)
they
have
to
create
new
brands
for
clothes
made
of
organic
materials .
C)
customers
have
difficulty
telling
organic
from
non-
organic
materials .
D)
quality
organic
replacements
for
synthetics
are
not
readily
available .
59.
We
learn
from
Paragraph
3
that
designers
who
undertake
green
fashion
.
A) can attend various trade
shows free .
B) are readily recognized
by the fashion world
C)
can buy organic cotton at favorable prices .
D) are gaining more and more support .
60. What is Natalie Hormilla’s attitude
toward ecofashion?
A)
She
doesn’t
seem
to
care
about
it.
C)
She
is
doubtful
of
its
practical value.
B)
She
doesn’t
think
it
is
sustainable
D)
She
is
very
much
opposed to the idea
61. What does the author think of green
fashion?
A) Green products will soon
go mainstream.
B) It has a very promising
future.
C) Consumers have the final
say.
D) It will appeal more to
young people.
Passage Two
Questions 62 to 66 are based on the
following passage.
Scientists have
devised a way to determine roughly where a person
has lived using a
strand(
缕
) of hair , a
technique that could help track the
movements of criminal suspects or
unidentified murder victims .
The method relies on measuring how
chemical variations in drinking
water
show up in people’s hair.
“You’re what you eat and drink, and
that’s recorded in you hair,”
said
Thure Cerling, a geologist at the University of
Utah.
While
U.S
diet
is
relatively
identical,
water
supplies
vary.
The
differences
result
from
weather
patterns.
The
chemical
composition
of
rainfall changes slightly
as raid clouds move.
Most hydrogen and
oxygen atoms in water are stable , but traces of
both elements are also present as
heavier
isotopes
(
同位素
) . The heaviest
raid falls first .As a result, storms
that form over the Pacific deliver heavier
water to California than to Utah.
Similar
patterns
exist
throughout
the
U.S.
By
measuring
the
proportion of heavier hydrogen and
oxygen isotopes along a strand of
hair,
scientists
can
construct
a
geographic
timeline.
Each
inch
of
hair
corresponds to about
two months.
Cerling’s
team
collected
tap
water
samples
from
600
cities
and
constructed
a
mop
of
the
regional
differences.
They
checked
the
accuracy
of
the
map
by
testing
200
hair
samples
collected
from
65
barber shops.
They were able
to accurately place the hair samples in broad
regions
roughly corresponding to the
movement of raid systems.
“It’s
not
good
for
pinpointing
(精确定位),”
Cerling
said .
“It’s
good for eliminating
many possibilities.”
Todd
Park, a local detective, said the method has
helped him learn
more
about
an
unidentified
woman
whose
skeleton
was
found
near
Great
Salt Lake.
The woman was 5 feet tall.
Police recovered 26 bones, a T-shirt and
several strands of hair.
When Park heard about the research, he
gave the hair samples to the
researchers. Chemical testing showed
that over the two years before her
death, she moved about every two
months.
She stayed in the Northwest,
although the test could not be more
specific
than
somewhere
between
eastern
Oregon
and
western
Wyoming.
“It’s
still
a
substantial
area,”
Park
said
“But
it
narrows
it
way
down for me.”
62. What is the scientists’ new
discovery?
A) One’s hair
growth
has to do with the amount of
water they drink.
B) A person’s hair
may reveal where they have lived.
C) Hair analysis accurately identifies
criminal suspects.
D) The
chemical composition of hair varies from person to
person.
63. What does the
author mean
by “You’re what you eat and
drink”
(Line 1, Para.3)?
A)
Food and drink affect one’s personality
development.
B) Food and
drink preferences vary with individuals.
C) Food and drink leave traces in one’s
body tissues.
D) Food and
drink are indispensable to
one’s
existence.
64. What is said
about the rainfall in America’s West?
A) There is much more rainfall in
California than in Utah.
B) The water
it delivers becomes lighter when it moves inland.
C) Its chemical composition is less
stable than in other areas.
D) It gathers more light isotopes as it
moves eastward.
65. What did Cerling’s
team produce in their research?
A) A map showing the regional
differences of tap water.
B) A
collection of hair samples from various barber
shops.
C) A method to
measure the amount of water in human hair.
D) A chart illustrating the
movement of the rain system.
66. What
is the practical value of Cerling’s
research?
A) It helps
analyze the quality of water in different regions.
B) It helps the police
determine where a crime is committed.
C) It helps the police narrow down
possibilities in detective work.
D)
It
helps
identify
the
drinking
habits
of
the
person
under
investigation.
Part V Cloze
(15 minutes)
Kimiyuki
Suda
should
be
a
perfect
customer
for
Japan’s
car
-
makers.
He’s
a
young,
successful
executive
at
an
Internet-
services
company in Tokyo and has
plenty of disposable
67
.
He
used
to
own
Toyota’s
Hilux
Surf,
a
sport
utility
vehicle.
But
now
he
uses
68
subways
and
grains .
“It’s
not
inconvenient
at
all
,”
he
says
69
,
“having
a
car
is
so
20
th
67. A) profit
C) income
B)
payment
D)
budget
68. A) mostly
C) occasionally
B)
partially
D)
rarely
69. A) Therefore
C) Otherwise
B) Besides
D) Consequently
70. A) drift
C)
current
Alarmed
by
this
state
of
79
,
the
Japan
Automobile Manufacturers Association
(JAMA)
80
a
comprehensive
study
of
the
market
in
2006.
It
found
that
a
81
wealth
gap,
demographic
(
人口结构
的
)
changes
and
82
lack of interest in cars
led Japanese to hold their
83
longer
,
replace
their
cars
with
smaller
ones 84 give up car ownership
altogether .JAMA
85
a
further
sales
decline
of
1.2
percent
this
79.
A) mess
B) boom
80. A)
proceeded
B)relieved
81. A) quickening
B) widening
82. A) average
B) massive
83. A) labels
B) cycles
84. A) or
B) until
C) growth
D) decay
C) launched
D) revised
C) strengthening
D) lengthening
C) abundant
D) general
C) vehicles
D) devices
C) but
D) then
Part VI
Translation (5 minutes)
Directions:
C
omplete
the
sentences
by
translating
into
English
the
Chinese
given
in
brackets.
Please
write
your
translation
on
Answer Sheet 2.
87. Soon
after he transferred to the new school , Ali found
that he had
(
很难跟上班里的同学
)in
math and English.
88. If she had
returned an hour earlier , Mary
(
就不会被大雨
淋湿了
).
89.
It
is
said
that
those
who
are
stressed
or
working
overtime
are
(
更有可能增加体重
).
90.
(
很多人所没有意识到的
)
is
that
Simon
is
a
lover
of
sports. and football in
particular.
study
shows
that
the
poor
functioning
of
the
human
body
is
(
与缺乏锻炼密切相关
)
参考答案
Part I
Writing
Free Admission to
Museums
（满分版）
Nowadays, an increasing number of
museums are admission-free to
visitors
home and abroad. The hidden reason behind this is
not hard to
analyze
as
there’s
a
growing
awareness
for
the
authorities
regarding
the
urgency
of
popularization
of
culture,
knowledge
and
history
with
every
average
person
in
our
society.
Only
with
free
access
to
this
live
‘database’, can most people
fully enjoy what museums could offer to
them.
However,
free
admission
to
museums
might
lead
to
some
social
problems
as
well.
The
most
obvious
problem
is
that
it
might
give
museums
a
very
heavy
economic
burden
which
directly
impedes
the
sustainable
development
of
these
organizations.
As
a
result,
our
government has to work
out other ways to collect funds from different
channels,
which
might
be
difficult
to
operate
or
control.
On
the
other
hand, free admission
attracts too many visitors, some of which might
not
be well-purposed and do some
conscious or unconscious damage to the
valuable treasures which used to be
well-preserved in the museums.
As a university student, I am in favor
of the free-admission conduct.
Yet
it
is
proposed
that
some
measures
should
be
taken
to
solve
the
potential problems caused by it. For
example, museums can make some
regulations to guide the behavior of
visitors or set some ‘closed’ days
for
museums
for
regular
maintenance.
Only
in
this
way
can
free-
admission
to
museums
become
a
long-
lasting
phenomenon
and
have sustainable development.
Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming
and Scanning)
阅读答案
1. A. He just
wouldn’t look her in the dye。
2. C cultural
ignorance
3.B
Increasing understanding of people of other
cultures
。
4.B A personnel training
company
。
5. D he must get rid of his
gender bias
6.C
It helped him make fair
decisions
。
7.A He told him to get the
dates right
。
8. embarrassed
9. inclusiveness
10. differences
and similarities
听力：
短对话
11. She has always enjoyed great
popularity
12.
They are going to have a holiday
13. He was very courageous
14. Buy a new
washing machine
15. He is not excited about his new
position
16.
The man offers to drive the women to the party
17. Finalizing
a contract
18.
She ordered some paper
长对话
19 He can no longer work at sea
20 She passed
away years ago
21 She has never got on with her father
22 He is
excellent but looks bad-tempered
23 Some of the packs do not
contain manuals
24 solve the problem at her
company
’
s cost
25 Ideal
短文：
26 C it’s
entertaining
27C they may catch some disease
28D continue
the feeding till it get warm
29C he will lie whenever he
wants
30A she
made him apologize
31D move furniture for her
32A the atmosphere they
live in is rather unreal
33D he has too much to know the value
of things
34D
she has no time to do it herself
35D the lifestyle depicted
in Hollywood movies
复合式听写答案：
36 concentrated
40
row
37 information
41 suspected
38 depends
42
phenomenon (
现
象
)
39 straight
43 efficiently
44
our second
rule of learning is this: it is better to study
fairly
briefly but
often
。
45
Let’s
say
you
are
trying
to
learn
some
new
and
rather
difficult English vocabulary using a
stack of cards
。
46
The answer is it is better to space out
the presentations of
the word you are
to learn
。
47.
M
require
48.
I
painful
49.F
especially
50.
E
enormous
51.H
mission
52.
D
enhance
53.
B
daily
54.J performance
55. K
profession
56 A
daily
57 A it
inspired many leading designers to start going
green
58 D
quality organic replacements for synthetics are
not readily
available
59 D are
gaining more and more support
60 A she doesn't seem to
care about it
61 B it has a very promising future
62 B a person's
hair may reveal where they have
lived
。
63 C food and drink leave
traces in one's body tissues
64 B the water it delivers
becomes lighter when it moves
inland
。
65 D a chart illustrating
the movement of the rain
system
。
66
C
it
helps
the
police
narrow
down
possibililities
in
detective
work
。
完型：
67.
D.
budget
68.
A.
mostly
69.
B.
besides
70.
D.
trend
71.D. particularly
72. A. while
73. D. shaking
74. B. if
75. D. larger
76.D. in view of
77. A. unique
78. A. over
79.
D.
decay
80.
A.
proceeded
81.B.
widening
82.
B.
massive
83.
C.
vehicles
84.
A.
or
85.
B.
predict
86.B. likely
翻译
87. difficulty (in) catching up with
his classmates
88. wouldn’t have been caught by the
rain
89. more likely to put on weight
90. What many
people don’t realize
91. closely relative to the
lack of exercise
注意：资料收集于网上，仅供参考。
2009
年
12
月大学英语四级考试真题及答案
Part
Ⅰ
Writing (30
minutes)
注意：此部分
试题在答题卡
1
上。
Directions: For
this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a
short essay on
the
topic
of
Creating
a
Green
Campus.
You
should
write
at
least
120
words
following the outline given below:
1.
建设绿色校园很重要
2.
绿色校园不仅指绿色的环境……
3.
为了建设绿色校园，我们应该……
Creating a Green Campus
Part
Ⅱ
Reading
Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)
Directions: In
this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the
passage
quickly and answer the
questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-7,
choose
the best answer from the four
choices marked A), B), C) and D). For question
8-10, complete the sentences with the
information given in the passage.
Colleges taking another look at value
of merit-based aid
Good grades and high tests scores still
matter
—
a
lot
—
to many colleges as they
award financial aid.
But with low-income
students projected to make up an ever-larger share
of the
college-bound
population
in
coming
years,
some
schools
are
re-examining
whether
that
aid,
typically
known
as
“
merit
aid
”
,
is
the
most
effective
use
of
precious institutional dollars.
George
Washington University in Washington, D.C., for
example, said last week
that it would
cut the value of its average merit scholarships by
about one-third and
reduce the number
of recipients(
接受者
), pouring
the savings, about $$2.5 million,
into
need-based aid. Allegheny College in Meadville,
Pa., made a similar decision
three
years ago.
Now,
Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y., says it will
phase out merit scholarships
altogether.
No
current
merit-aid
recipients
will
lose
their
scholarships,
but
need-based
aid
alone
will
be
awarded
beginning
with
students
entering
in
fall
2008.
Not all colleges offer merit aid;
generally, the more selective a school, the less
likely it is to do so. Harvard and
Princeton, for example, offer generous need-based
packages, but many families who
don
’
t meet need
eligibility(
资格
)have been
willing
to pay whatever they must for a
big-name school.
For small regional colleges that
struggle just to fill seats, merit aid can be an
important revenue-builder because many
recipients still pay enough tuition dollars
over and above the scholarship amount
to keep the institution running.
But for rankings-conscious
schools in between, merit aid has served primarily
as a tool to recruit top students and
to improve their academic profits.
“
They
’
re
trying to buy
students,
”
says
Skidmore College economist Sandy Baum.
Studies show merit aid also
tends to benefit disproportionately students who
could afford to enroll without it.
“
As
we look to the future, we see a more pressing need
to invest in need-based
aid,
”
says Monica Inzer, dean of admission
and financial aid at Hamilton, which has
offered
merit
scholarships
for
10
years.
During
that
time,
it
rose
in
US
News
&
World
Repor
t’s ranking
of the best
liberal arts colleges, from 25 to 17.
Merit aid, which benefited
about 75 students a year, or about 4% of its
student
body, at a cost of about $$ 1
million a year,
“
served us
well,
”
Inzer
says, but
“
to be
discounting the price for families that
don
’
t need financial aid
doesn
’
t feel right
any
more.”
Need-based
aid
remains
by
far
the
largest
share
of
all
student
aid,
which
includes state,
federal and institutional grants. But merit aid,
offered primarily by
schools and
states, is growing faster, both overall and at the
institutional level.
Between 1995-96 and
2003-04,
institutional
merit aid
alone
increased 212%,
compared with 47% for need-based
grants. At least 15 states also offer merit aid,
typically in a bid to enroll top
students in the state
’
s
public institutions.
But in recent years, a growing
chorus(
异口同声
)of critics has
begun pressuring
schools to drop the
practice. Recent decisions by Hamilton and others
may be
“
a
sign
that people are starting to realize that
there
’
s this destructive
competition
going
on,
”
says Baum,
co-author of a recent College Report that raises
concerns
about the role of
institutional aid not based on need.
David Laird, president of
the Minnesota Private College Council, says many
of
his schools would like to reduce
their merit aid but fear that in doing so, they
would
lose top students to their
competitors.
“
No one can take one-sided
action,
”
says
Laird, who is exploring whether to
seek
an
exemption(
豁免
)from
federal
anti-trust
laws
so
member
colleges
can
discuss how they could jointly reduce
merit aid,
“
This is a merry-
go-round that
’
s
going very fast, and none of the
institutions believe they can sustain the risks of
trying to break away by
themselves.”
A
complicating
factor
is
that
merit
aid
has
become
so
popular
with
middle-income
families,
who
don
’
t
qualify
for
need-
based
aid,
that
many
have
come to
depend on it. And, as tuitions continue to
increase, the line between merit
and
need blurs.
That
’
s one reason
Allegheny College doesn
’
t
plan to drop merit aid entirely.
“
We still
believe in rewarding superior achievements and
know that these top
students
truly
value
the
scholarship,
”
says
Scott
Friedhoff,
Allegheny
’
s
vice
president for
enrollment.
Emory
University
in
Atlanta,
which
boasts
a
$$4.7
billion
endowment(
捐赠
),
meanwhile, is taking another approach.
This year, it announced it would eliminate
loans for needy students and cap them
for middle-income families. At the same
time, it would expand its 28-year-old
merit program.
“
Yeah,
we
’
re playing the merit
game,
”
acknowledges Tom Lancaster, associate
dean for undergraduate education. But
it has its strong point, too, he says.
“
The
fact of the
matter is, it
’
s not just
about the lowest-income people.
It
’
s the average
American middle-
class family
who’s being priced out of the market.”
*A few words
about merit-based aid:
Merit-based aid is aid offered to
students who achieve excellence in a given
area, and is generally known as
academic, athletic and artistic merit
scholarships.
Academic merit scholarships are based
on students
’
grades, GPA and overall
academic performance during high
school. They are typically meant for students
going straight to college right after
high school. However, there are scholarships for
current college students with
exceptional grades as well. These merit
scholarships
usually help students pay
tuition bills, and they can be renewed each year
as long
as
the
recipients
continue
to
qualify.
In
some
cases,
students
may
need
to
be
recommended
by their school or a teacher as part of the
qualification process.
Athletic merit scholarships
are meant for students that
excel(
突出
)in sports of
any
kind,
from
football
to
track
and
field
events.
Recommendation
for
these
scholarships
is
required,
since
exceptional
athletic
performance
has
to
be
recognized
by
a
coach
or
a
referee(
裁判
).
Applicants
need
to
send
in
a
tape
containing
their best performance.
Artistic merit scholarships require
that applicants excel in a given artistic area.
This generally includes any creative
field such as art, design, fashion, music, dance
or
writing.
Applying
for
artistic
merit
scholarships
usually
requires
that
students
submit a
portfolio(
选辑
)of some sort,
whether that includes a collection of artwork,
a recording of a musical performance or
a video of them dancing.
1.
With
more
and
more
low-
income
students
pursuing
higher
education,
a
number of colleges are
________.
A)
offering students more merit-based aid B) revising
their financial aid policies
C)
increasing
the
amount
of
financial
aid
D)
changing
their
admission
processes
2. What did
Allegheny College in Meadville do three years ago?
A) It tried to
implement a novel financial aid program.
B) It added $$
2.5 million to its need-based aid program.
C) It phased
out its merit-based scholarships altogether.
D) It cuts its
merit-based aid to help the needy students.
3. The chief
purpose of rankings-conscious colleges in offering
merit aid is to
______.
A) improve teaching quality
B) boost their enrollments
C) attract good students D) increase
their revenues
4.
Monica
Inzer,
dean
of
admission
and
financial
aid
at
Hamilton,
believes
______.
A) it
doesn
’
t pay to spend $$ 1
million a year to raise its ranking
B) it gives students
motivation to award academic achievements
C)
it
’
s illogical to use so
much money on only 4% of its students
D)
it
’
s not right to give aid
to those who can afford the tuition
5. In recent years, merit-
based aid has increased much faster than need-
based
aid due to ______.
A)
more
government
funding
to
colleges
B)
fierce
competition
among
institutions
C)
the
increasing
number
of
top
students
D)
schools
’
improved
financial
situations
6. What is the attitude of many private
colleges toward merit aid, according to
David Laird?
A) They would like to see it reduced.
B) They regard
it as a necessary evil.
C) They think it does more harm than
good.
D) They
consider it unfair to middle-class families.
7. Why
doesn
’
t Allegheny College
plan to drop merit aid entirely?
A) Raising tuitions have
made college unaffordable for middle-class
families.
B)
With rising incomes, fewer students are applying
for need-based aid.
C) Many students from middle-income
families have come to rely on it.
D) Rising incomes have
disqualified many students for need-based aid.
8.
Annual
renewal
of
academic
merit
scholarships
depends
on
whether
the
recipients remain ______.
9.
Applicants
for
athletic
merit
scholarships
need
a
recommendation
from
a
coach or a referee who
______ their exceptional athletic performance.
10. Applicants
for artistic merit scholarships must produce
evidence to show
their ______ in a
particular artistic field
Part
Ⅲ
Listening
Comprehension (35 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will
hear 8 short conversations and 2 long
conversations. At the end of each
conversation, one or more questions will be
asked
about
what
was
said.
Both
the
conversation and
the
questions
will
be
spoken
only once. After each question there will be a
pause. During the pause,
you must read
the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and
decide which the
best answer is. Then
mark the corresponding letter on Answer sheet 2
with a
single line through the centre.
Questions 11 to
18 are based on the conversation you have just
heard.
11. A)
Get some small change. B) Find a shopping center.
C) Cash a check
at a bank. D) Find a parking meter.
12. A) Shopping with his
son. B) Buying a gift for a child.
C) Promoting a new product.
D) Bargaining with a salesgirl.
13. A) Taking photographs.
B) Enhancing images.
C) Mending cameras. D) Painting
pictures.
14.
A) He moved to Baltimore when he was young.
B) He can
provide little useful information.
C) He will show the woman
around Baltimore.
D) He will ask someone else to help the
woman.
15. A)
He is rather disappointed. B) He is highly
ambitious.
C)
He can
’
t face up to the
situation D) He knows his own limitation.
16. A) She must
have paid a lot
B) She is
known to have a terrific figure.
C) Her gym exercise has
yielded good results.
D) Her effort to keep fit is really
praiseworthy.
17. A) Female students are unfit for
studying physics.
B) He can serve as the
woman
’
s tutor.
C) Physics is an important
course at school.
D) The
professor
’
s suggestion is
constructive.
18. A) Indifferent. B) Doubtful. C)
Pleased. D) Surprised.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the
conversation you have just heard.
19. A) He prefers the
smaller evening classes. B) He has signed up for a
day
course.
C) He has to work during the day. D) He
finds the evening course cheaper.
20. A) Learn a computer
language. B) Learn data processing.
C) Buy some computer
software. D) Buy a few coursebooks.
21. A) Thursday evening,
from 7:00 to 9:45. B) From September 1 to New
Year
’
s eve.
C) Every Monday, lasting
for 12 weeks. D) Three hours a week, 45 hours in
total.
22. A)
What to bring for registration. B) Where to attend
the class.
C)
How he can get to Frost Hall. D) Whether he can
use a check.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the
conversation you have just heard.
23. A) A training coach. B)
A trading adviser.
C) A professional manager. D) A
financial trader.
24. A) He can save on living expenses.
B) He considers cooking creative.
C) He can enjoy healthier
food. D) He thinks take-away is tasteless.
25. A) It is
something inevitable.
B) It is frustrating sometimes.
C) It takes
patience to manage.
D) It can be a good thing.
Section B
Directions:
In
this
section,
you
will
hear
3
short
passages.
At
the
end
of
each
passage,
you
will
hear
some
questions.
Both
the
passage
and
the
questions
will be spoken only once. After you hear a
question, you must choose
the best
answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and
D). Then mark the
corresponding letter
on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the
centre.
Passage One
Questions 26 to 28 are
based on the passage you have just heard.
26. A) There
were no planets without moons. B) There was no air
or water on
Jupiter.
C)
Life
was
not
possible
in
outer
space.
D)
The
mystery
of
life
could
not
be
resolved.
27.
A)
It
has
a
number
of
active
volcanoes.
B)
It
has
an
atmosphere
like
the
earth
’
s.
C) It has a
large ocean under its surface. D) It has deep
caves several miles long.
28.
A)
Light
is
not
an
essential
element
to
it.
B)
Life
can
form
in
very
hot
temperatures.
C) Every form of life undergoes
evolution. D) Oxygen is not needed for some
life forms.
Passage Two
Questions 29 to 31 are based on the
passage you have just heard.
29. A) Whether they should
take the child home.
B) What Dr.
Mayer
’
s instructions exactly
were.
C) Who
should take care of the child at home.
D) When the child would
completely recover.
30. A) She encourages them to ask
questions when in doubt.
B) She makes them write down all her
instructions.
C) She has them act out what they are
to do at home.
D) She asks them to repeat what they
are supposed to do.
31. A) It lacks the stability of the
printed word. B) It contains many grammatical
errors.
C) It is heavily dependent on the
context. D) It facilitates interpe
Passage Three
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the
passage you have just heard.
32. A) Job security. B)
Good labour relations.
C) Challenging work. D) Attractive
wages and benefits.
33. A) Many tedious jobs continue to be
done manually.
B) More and more unskilled workers will
lose jobs.
C)
Computers will change the nature of many jobs.
D) Boring jobs
will gradually be made enjoyable.
34. A) Offer them chances
of promotion.
B) Improve their working conditions.
C) Encourage
them to compete with each other.
D) Give them
responsibilities as part of a team.
35. A) They will not bring
real benefits to the staff.
B) They concern a small
number of people only.
C) They are arbitrarily set by the
administrators.
D) They are beyond the control of
ordinary workers.
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will
hear a passage three times. When the
passage is read for the first time, you
should listen carefully for its general idea.
When the passage is read for the second
time, you are required to fill in the
blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the
exact words you have just heard. For
blanks
numbered
from
44
to
46
you
are
required
to
fill
in
the
missing
information. For these blanks, you can
either use the exact words you have just
heard
or
write
down
the
main
points
in
your
own
words.
Finally,
when
the
passage is read for the third time, you
should check what you have written.
注意：此部分试题在答题卡
2
上。
In the humanities, authors write to
inform you in many ways. These methods
can be (36) ______ into three types of
informational writing: factual, descriptive, and
process.
Factual
writing
provides
(37)
______
information
on
an
author,
composer,
or
artist or on a type of music,
literature, or art. Examples of factual writing
include
notes on a book jacket or (38)
______ cover and longer pieces, such as an article
describing a style of music which you
might read in a music (39) ______ course. This
kind of writing provides a (40) ______
for your study of the humanities.
As its name (41) ______,
descriptive writing simply describes, or provides
an (42)
______ of, a piece of music,
art, or literature. For example, descriptive
writing might
list the colors an artist
used in a painting or the (43) ______ a composer
included in a
musical composition, so
as to make pictures or sounds in the reader’s mind
by
calling up specific details of the
work. (44) ________.
Process
writing
explains
a
series
of
actions
that
bring
about
a
result.
(45)
________. This kind of writing is often
found in art, where understanding how an art
has created a certain effect is
important. (46) _________.
Part
Ⅳ
Reading Comprehension (Reading in
Depth) (25 minutes)
Section A
Directions:
In
this
section,
there
is
a
passage
with
ten
blanks.
You
are
required to select one word for each
blank from a list of choices given in a word
bank following the passage. Read the
passage through carefully before making
your choices. Each choice in the bank
is identified by a letter. Please mark the
corresponding letter for each item on
Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through
the centre. You may not use any of the
words in the bank more than once.
Questions 47 to 56 are
based on the following passage.
In families with two
working parents, fathers may have more impact on a
child
’
s language development
than mothers, a new study suggests.
Researchers 47 92 families
form 11 child care centers before their children
were
a year old, interviewing each to
establish income, level of education and child
care
arrangements. Overall, it was a
group of well-class families, with married parents
both living in the home.
When the children were 2,
researchers videotaped them at home in free-play
sessions
with
both
parents,
48
all
of
their
speech.
The
study
will
appear
in
the
November issue of The
Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology.
The scientists
measured the 49 number of utterance
(
话语
) of the parents, the
number of different words they used,
the complexity of their sentences and other
50 of their speech. On average, fathers
spoke less than mothers did, but they did
not differ in the length of utterances
or proportion of questions asked.
Finally, the researchers 51
the children
’
s speech at age
3, using a standardized
language test.
The only predictors of high scores on the test
were the mother
’
s
level of education, the 52 of child
care and the number of different words the father
used.
The researchers are 53 why
the father
’
s speech, and not
the mother
’
s, had an
effect.
“
It
’
s
well 54 that the mother
’
s
language does have an
impact,
”
said
Nadya
Pancsofar,
the
lead
author
of
the
study.
It
could
be
that
the
high-functioning
mothers
in
the
study
had
55
had
a
strong
influence
on
their
children
’
s
speech
development, Ms.
Pancso
far said, “or it may be that
mothers are 56 in a way we
didn’t
measure in the study.”
注意：此部分试题在答题卡
1
上。
A) already B) analyzed C) aspects D)
characters E) contributing F) describing
G) established
H) quality I) quoted J) recording K) recruited L)
total
M)
unconscious N) unsure O) yet
Section B
Directions: There are 2 passages in
this section. Each passage is followed by
some
questions
or
unfinished
statements.
For
each
of
them
there
are
four
choices
marked
A),
B),
C)
and
D).
You
should
decide
on
the
best
choice
and
mark
the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a
single line through the
centre.
Passage One
Questions 57 to
61 are based on the following passage.
Throughout this long, tense
election, everyone has focused on the presidential
candidates and how
they
’
ll change America.
Rightly so, but selfishly,
I
’
m more
fascinated by Michelle Obama and what
she might be able to do, not just for this
country, but for me as an African-
American woman. As the potential First Lady, she
would have the world’s attention. And
that means that for the first time people
will have a chance to get up close and
personal with the type of African-American
woman they so rarely see.
Usually, the lives of black
women go largely unexamined. The prevailing theory
seems to be that
we
’
re all hot-tempered
single mothers who can
’
t
keep a man.
Even in the world of make-
believe, black women still
can
’
t escape the stereotype
of
being eye-rolling, oversexed females
raised by our never-married, alcoholic
(
酗酒的
)
mothers.
These
images
have
helped
define
the
way
all
women
are
viewed,
including
Michelle Obama.
Before she ever gets the chance to commit to a
cause, charity or
foundation as First
Lady, her most urgent and perhaps most complicated
duty may
be simple to be herself.
It
won
’
t be easy. Because few
mainstream publications have done in-depth
features
on
regular
African-American
women,
little
is
known
about
who
we
are,
what we
think and what we face on a regular basis. For
better or worse, Michelle will
represent us all.
Just as she will have her
critics, she will also have millions of fans who
usually
have
little
interest
in
the
First
Lady.
Many
African-American
blogs
have
written
about what they
’
d
like to see Michelle bring to the White
House
—
mainly showing
the world that a black woman can
support her man and raise a strong black family.
Michelle will have to work to please
everyone
—
an impossible task.
But for many
African-American women
like me, just a little of her poise
(
沉着
), confidence and
intelligence will go a lon
g
way in changing an image that’s been around for
far
too long.
57. Why does Michelle Obama hold a
strong fascination for the author?
A) She serves as a role
model for African women.
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