第一篇：2005年12月英语四级考试真题和答案及解析

2005年12月全国大学英语四级考试真题和答案

Part I Listening Comprehension(20 minutes)Section A 1.A)See a doctor.B)Stay in bed for a few days.C)Get treatment in a better hospital.D)Make a phone call to the doctor.2.A)The 2:00 train will arrive earlier.B)The 2:30 train has a dining car.C)The woman prefers to take the 2:30 train.D)they are gong to have some fast food on the train 3.A)She has been longing to attend Harvard University.B)She’ll consider the man’s suggestion carefully.C)She has finished her project with Dr.Garcia’s help.D)She’ll consult Dr.Garcia about entering graduate school.4.A)Alice didn’t seem to be nervous during her speech.B)Alice needs more training in making public speeches.C)The man can hardly understand Alice’s presentation.D)The man didn’t think highly of Alice’s presentation.5.A)It’s worse than 30 years ago.B)It remains almost the same as before.C)There are more extremes in the weather.D)There has been a significant rise in temperature.6.A)At a publishing house.B)At a bookstore.C)In a reading room.D)In Prof.Jordan’s office.7.A)The man can stay in her brother’s apartment.B)Her brother can help the man find a cheaper hotel.C)Her brother can find an apartment for the man.D)The man should have booked a less expensive hotel.8.A)Priority should be given to listening.B)It’s most helpful to read English newspapers every day.C)It’s more effective to combine listening with reading.D)Reading should come before listening.9.A)It can help solve complex problems.B)It will most likely prove ineffective.C)It is a new weapon against terrorists.D)It will help detect all kinds of liars.10.A)Help the company recruit graduate students.B)Visit the electronics company next week.C)Get apart-time job on campus before graduation.D)Apply for a job in the electronics company.Section B

Passage One Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.11.A)It ha been proven to be the best pain-killer.B)It is a possible cure for heart disease.C)It can help lower high body temperature effectively.D)It reduces the chance of death for heart surgery patients.12.A)It keeps blood vessels from being blocked.B)It speeds up their recovery after surgery.C)It in creases the blood flow to the heart.D)It adjusts their blood pressure.13.A)It is harmful to heart surgery patients with stomach bleeding.B)It should not be taken by heart surgery patients before the operation.C)It will have considerable side effects if taken in large doses.D)It should not be given to patients immediately after the operation.Passage Two Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.14.A)They strongly believe in family rules.B)They are very likely to succeed in life.C)They tend to take responsibility for themselves.D)They are in the habit of obeying their parents.15.A)They grow up to be funny and charming.B)They often have a poor sense of direction.C)They get less attention from their parents.D)They tend to be smart and strong-willed.16.A)They usually don’t follow family rules.B)They don’t like to take chances in their lives.C)They are less likely to be successful in life.D)They tend to believe in their parent’s ideas.Passage Three Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.17.A)They wanted to follow his example.B)They fully supported his undertaking.C)They were puzzled by his decision.D)They were afraid he wasn’t fully prepared.18.A)It is more exciting than space travel.B)It is much cheaper than space travel.C)It is much safer than space travel.D)It is less time-consuming than space travel.19.A)They both attract scientists’ attention.B)They can both be quite challenging.C)They are both thought-provoking.D)They may both lead to surprising findings.20.A)To show how simple the mechanical aids for ping can be.B)To provide an excuse for his changeable character.C)To explore the philosophical issues of space travel.D)To explain why he took up underwater exploration.Part II Reading comprehension(35 minutes)Passage One Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.Just five one-hundredths of an inch thick, light golden in color and with a perfect ―saddle curl,‖ the Lay’s potato chip seems an unlikely weapon for global domination.But its maker.Frito-Lay.Thinks otherwise.―Potato chips are a snack food for the world,‖ said Salman Amin, the company’s head of global marketing.Amin believes there is no corner of the world that can resist the charms of a Frito-Lay potato chip.Frito-Lay is the biggest snack maker in America, owned by PepsiCo.And accounts for over half of the parent company’s $3 billion annual profits.But the U.S.snack food market is largely saturated, and to grow, the company has to look overseas.Its strategy rests on two beliefs: first a global product offers economies of scale with which local brands cannot compete.And second, consumers in the 21st century are drawn to ―global‖ as a concept.―Global‖ does not mean products that are consciously identified as American, but ones than consumes-especially young people-see as part of a modem, innovative(创新的)world in which people are linked across cultures by shared beliefs and tastes.Potato chips are an American invention, but most Chinese, for instance, do not know than Frito-Lay is an American company.Instead, Riskey, the company’s research and development head, would hope they associate the brand with the new world of global communications and business.With brand perception a crucial factor, Riskey ordered a redesign of the Frito-Lay logo(标识).The logo, along with the company’s long-held marketing image of the “irresistibility” of its chips, would help facilitate the company’s global expansion.The executives acknowledge that they try to swing national eating habits to a food created in America, but they deny that amounts to economic imperialism.Rater, they see Frito-Lay as spreading the benefits of free enterprise across the world.―We’re making products in those countries, we’re adapting them to the tastes of those countries, building businesses and employing people and changing lives,‖ said Steve Reinemund, PepsiCo’s chief executive.21.It is the belief of Frito-Lay’s head of global marking that ________.A)potato chips can hardly be used as a weapon to dominate the world market B)their company must find new ways to promote domestic sales C)the light golden color enhances the charm of their company’s potato chips D)people the world over enjoy eating their company’s potato chips 22.What do we learn about Frito-Lay from Paragraph 2? A)Its products use to be popular among overseas consumers.B)Its expansion has caused fierce competition in the snack marker.C)It gives half of its annual profits to its parent company.D)It needs to turn to the word market for development.23.One of the assumptions on which Frito-Lay bases its development strategy is that ________.A)consumers worldwide today are attracted by global brands B)local brands cannot compete successfully with American brands C)products suiting Chinese consumers’ needs bring more profits D)products identified as American will have promising market value

24.Why did Riskey have the Frito-Lay logo redesigned? A)To suit changing tastes of young consumers.B)To promote the company’s strategy of globalization.C)To change the company’s long-held marketing image.D)To compete with other American chip producers.25.Frito-Lay’s executives claim that the promoting of American food in the international market ________.A)won’t affect the eating habits of the local people B)will lead to economic imperialism C)will be in the interest of the local people D)won’t spoil the taste of their chips Passage Two Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.In communities north of Denver, residents are pitching in to help teachers and administrators as the Vrain school District tries to solve a $13.8 million budget shortage blamed on mismanagement.―We’re worried about our teachers and principals, and we really don’t want to lose them because of this,‖ one parent sail.―If we can help ease their financial burden, we will.―

Teachers are grateful, but know it may be years before the district is solvent(有综合能力的).They feel really good about the parent support, but they realize it’s impossible for then to solve this problem.The 22,000-student district discovered the shortage last month.―It’s extraordinary.Nobody would have imagined something happening like this at this level,‖ said State Treasurer Mike Coffman.Coffman and district officials last week agreed on a state emergency plan freeing yp a $9.8 million loan that enabled the payroll(工资单)to be met for 2,700 teachers and staff in time for the holidays.District officials also took $1.7 million from student-activity accounts its 38 schools.At Coffman’s request, the District Attorney has begun investigating the district’s finances.Coffman says he wants to know whether district officials hid the budget shortage until after the November election, when voters approved a $212 million bond issue for schools.In Frederick, students’ parents are buying classroom supplies and offering to pay for groceries and utilities to keep first-year teachers and principals in their jobs.Some $36,000 has been raised in donations from Safeway.A Chevrolet dealership donated $10,000 and forgave the district’s $10,750 bill for renting the driver educating cars.IBM contributed 4,500 packs of paper.“We employ thousands of people in this community,‖ said Mitch Carson, a hospital chief executive, who helped raise funds.―We have children in the school, and we see how they could be affected.‖

At Creek High School, three students started a website that displays newspaper articles, district information and an email forum(论坛)。“Rumors about what’s happening to the district are moving at lighting speed,” said a student.“We wanted to know the truth, and spread that around instead.‖

26.What has happened to the Vrain School District? A)A huge financial problem has arisen.B)Many schools there are mismanaged.C)Lots of teachers in the district are planning to quit.D)Many administrative personnel have been laid off.27.How did the residents in the Vrain School District respond to the budget shortage? A)They felt somewhat helpless about it.B)They accused those responsible for it.C)They pooled their efforts to help solve it.D)They demanded a through investigation.28.In the view of State Treasurer Mike Coffman, the educational budget shortage is ________.A)unavoidable B)unthinkable C)insolvable D)irreversible 29.Why did Coffman request an investigation? A)To see if there was a deliberate cover-up of the problem.B)To find out the extent of the consequences of the case.C)To make sure that the school principals were innocent.D)To stop the voters approving the $212 million bong issue.30.Three high school students started a website in order to ________.A)attract greater public attention to their needs B)appeal to the public for contributions and donations C)expose officials who neglected their duties D)keep people properly informed of the crisis Passage Three Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.“Humans should not try to avoid stress any more than they would shun food, love or exercise.‖ Said Dr.Hans Selye, the first physician to document the effects of stress on the body.While here’s on question that continuous stress is harmful, several studies suggest that challenging situations in which you’re able to rise to the occasion can be good for you.In a 2001 study of 158 hospital nurses, those who faced considerable work demands but coped with the challenge were more likely to say they were in good health than those who felt they stress that you can manage also boost immune(免疫的)function.In a study at the Academic Center for Dentistry in Amsterdam, researchers put volunteers through two stressful experiences.In the first, a timed task that required memorizing a list followed by a short test, subjects through a gory(血淋淋的)video on surgical procedures.Those who did well on the memory test had an increase in levels of immunoglobulin A, an antibody that’s the body’s first line of defense against germs.The video-watchers experienced a downturn in the antibody.Stress prompts the body to produce certain stress hormones.In short bursts these hormones have a positive effect, including improved memory function.―They can help nerve cells handle information and put it into storage,‖ says Dr.Bruce McEwen of Rockefeller University in New York.But in the long run these hormones can have a harmful effect on the body and brain.“Sustained stress is not good for you,‖ says Richard Morimoto, a researcher at Northwestern University in Illinois studying the effects of stress on longevity, ―It’s the occasional burst of stress or brief exposure to stress that could be protective.‖ 31.The passage is mainly about ________.A)the benefits of manageable stress B)stay away from C)run out of D)put up with 32.The word ―shun‖(Line 1, Para.1)most probably means ________.A)cut down on B)stay away from C)run out of D)put up with 33.We can conclude from the study of the 158 nurses in 2001 that ________.A)people under stress tend to have a poor memory B)people who can’t get their job done experience more stress C)doing challenging work may be good for one’s health D)stress will weaken the body’s defense against germs

34.In the experiment described in Paragraph 3, the video-watchers experienced a downturn in the antibody because ________.A)the video was not enjoyable at all B)the outcome was beyond their control C)they knew little about surgical procedures D)they felt no pressure while watching the video 35.Dr.Bruce McEwen of Rockefeller University believes that ________.A)a person’s memory is determined by the level of hormones in his body B)stress hormones have lasting positive effects on the brain C)short bursts of stress hormones enhance memory function D)a person’s memory improves with continued experience of stress Passage Four Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.If you want to teach your children how to say sorry, you must be good at saying it yourself, especially to your own children.But how you say it can be quite tricky.If you say to your children ―I’m sorry I got angry with you, but...‖ what follows that ―but‖ can render the apology ineffective: ―I had a bad day‖ or ―your noise was giving me a headache‖ leaves the person who has been injured feeling that he should be apologizing for his bad behavior in expecting an apology.Another method by which people appear to apologize without actually doing so is to say ―I’m sorry you’re upset‖;this suggests that you are somehow at fault for allowing yourself to get upset by what the other person has done.Then there is the general, all covering apology, which avoids the necessity of identifying a specific act that was particularly hurtful or insulting, and which the person who is apologizing should promise never to do again.Saying ―I’m useless as a parent‖ does not commit a person to any specific improvement.These pseudo-apologies are used by people who believe saying sorry shows weakness, Parents who wish to teach their children to apologize should see it as a sign of strength, and therefore not resort to these pseudo-apologies.But even when presented with examples of genuine contrition, children still need help to become a

ware of the complexities of saying sorry.A three-year-old might need help in understanding that other children feel pain just as he does, and that hitting a playmate over the head with a heavy toy requires an apology.A six-year-old might need reminding that spoiling other children’s expectations can require an apology.A 12-year-old might need to be shown that raiding the biscuit tin without asking permission is acceptable, but that borrowing a parent’s clothes without permission is not.36.If a mother adds ―but‖ to an apology, ________.A)she doesn’t feel that she should have apologized B)she does not realize that the child has been hurt C)the child may find the apology easier to accept D)the child may feel that he owes her an apology 37.According to the author, saying ―I’m sorry you’re upset‖ most probably means ―________‖.A)You have good reason to get upset B)I’m aware you’re upset, but I’m not to blame C)I apologize for hurting your feelings D)I’m at fault for making you upset

38.It is not advisable to use the general, all-covering apology because ________.A)it gets one into the habit of making empty promises B)it may make the other person feel guilty C)it is vague and ineffective D)it is hurtful and insulting 39.We learn from the last paragraph that in teaching children to say sorry ________.A)the complexities involved should be ignored B)their ages should be taken into account C)parents need to set them a good example D)parents should be patient and tolerant 40.It can be inferred from the passage that apologizing properly is ________.A)a social issue calling for immediate attention B)not necessary among family members C)a sign of social progress D)not as simple as it seems Part III Vocabulary(20 minutes)41.Some people believe that since oil is scarce, the ________ of the motor industry is uncertain.A)terminal B)benefit C)fate D)estimate 42.To speed up the ________ of letters, the Post Office introduced automatic sorting.A)treatment B)delivery C)transmission D)departure 43.These overseas students show great ________ for learning a new language.A)enthusiasm

B)authority C)convention D)faith 44.The defense lawyer was questioning the old man who was one of the ________ of the murder committed last month.A)observers B)witnesses C)audiences D)viewers 45.Politically these nations tend to be ________, with very high birth rates but poor education and very low levels of literacy.A)unstable B)reluctant C)rational D)unsteady 46.The chairman was blamed for letting his secretary ________ too much work last week.A)take to B)take out C)take away D)take on 47.―You try to get some sleep.I’ll ________ the patient’s breakfast, ―said the nurse.A)see to B)stick to C)get to D)lead to 48.The London Marathon is a difficult race.________, thousands of runners participate every year.A)Therefore B)Furthermore C)Accordingly D)Nevertheless 49.The bank refused to ________ him any money, so he had to postpone buying a house.A)credit B)borrow C)loan D)lease 50.The more a nation’s companies ________ factories abroad, the smaller that country’s recorded exports will be.A)lie B)spot C)stand D)locate 51.Being ignorant of the law is not accepted as an ________ for breaking the law.A)excuse

B)intention C)option D)approval 52.Within two days, the army fired more than two hundred rockets and missiles at military ________ in the coastal city.A)goals B)aims C)targets D)destinations 53.It is said in some parts of the world, goats, rather than cows, serve as a vital ________ of milk.A)storage B)source C)reserve D)resource 54.―This light is too ________ for me to read by.Don’t we have a brighter bulb some where‖;said the elderly man.A)mild B)dim C)minute D)slight 55.We have arranged to go to the cinema on Friday, but we can be ________ and go another day.A)reliable B)probable C)feasible D)flexible 56.We are quite sure that we can ________ our present difficulties and finish the task according to schedule.A)get across B)get over C)get away D)get off 57.________ recent developments we do not think your scheme is practical.A)In view of B)In favor of C)In case of D)In memory of 58.Jessica was ________ from the warehouse to the accounting office, which was considered a promotion.A)delivered B)exchanged C)transferred D)transformed 59.Mr.Smith asked his secretary to ________ a new paragraph in the annual report she was typing.A)inject B)install C)invade D)insert 60.There’s the living room still to be ________, so that’s my next project.A)abandoned B)decorated C)dissolved D)assessed 61.The old paper mill has been ________ to make way for a new shopping centre.A)held down B)kept down C)cut down D)turn down 62.It may be necessary to stop ________ in the learning process and go back to the difficult points in the lessons.A)at a distance B)at intervals C)at case D)at length 63.You can hire a bicycle in many places.Usually you’ll have to pay a ________.A)deposit B)deal C)fare D)fond 64.My grandfather had always taken a ________ interest in my work, and I had an equal admiration for the stories of his time.A)splendid B)weighty C)vague D)keen 65.________ quantities of water are being used nowadays with the rapid development of industry and agriculture.A)Excessive B)Extensive C)Extreme D)Exclusive 66.John cannot afford to go to university, ________ going abroad.A)nothing but B)anything but C)not to speak of D)nothing to speak of 67.Most laboratory and field studies of human behavior ________ taking a situational photograph at a given time and in a given place.A)involve B)compose C)enclose D)attach 68.If you don’t like to swim, you ________ as well stay at home.A)should B)may C)can D)would 69.Dr.Smith was always ________ the poor and the sick, often providing them with free medical care.A)reminded of B)absorbed in C)tended by D)concerned about 70.Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died on July 4, 1826, the fiftieth ________ of American Independence.A)ceremony B)occasion C)occurrence D)anniversary Part IV Cloze(15 minutes)As a physician who travels quite a lot, I spend a lot of time on planes listening for that dreaded ―Is there a doctor on board?‖ announcement.I’ve been __71__ only once—for a woman who had merely fainted.But the __72__ made me quite curious about how __73__ this kind of thing happens I wondered what I would do if __74__ with a real midair medical emergency-with out access __75__ a hospital staff and the usual emergency equipment.So __76__ the New England Journal of Medicine last week __77__ a study about in –flight medical events.I read it __78__ interest.The study estimated that there are a(n)__79__ of 30 in-flight medical emergencies on U.S.flights every day.Most of them are not __80__;fainting and dizziness are the most frequent complaints.__81__ 13% of them –roughly four a day—are serious enough to __82__ a pilot to change course.The most common of the serious emergencies __83__ heart trouble, strokes, and difficulty breathing.Let’s face it: plane rides are __84__.For starters, cabin pressures at high altitudes are set at roughly __85__ they would be if you lived at 5,000 to 8,000 feet above sea level.Most people can tolerate these pressures pretty __86__, but passengers with heart disease __87__ experience chest pains as result of the reduced amount of oxygen flowing through their blood.__88__ common in-flight problem is deep venous thrombosis—the so-called economy class syndrome(综合症).__89__ happens, don’t panic.Things are getting better on the in-flight-emergency front.Thanks to more recent legislation, flights with at __90__ one attendant are starting to install emergency medical kits to treat heart attacks.71.A)called B)addressed

C)informed D)surveyed 72.A)Accident B)condition C)incident D)disaster 73.A)soon B)long C)many D)often 74.A)confronted B)treated C)identified D)provided 75.A)for B)to C)by D)through 76.A)before B)since C)when D)while 77.A)collected B)conducted C)discovered D)published 78.A)by B)of C)with D)in 79.A)amount B)average C)sum D)number 80.A)significant B)heavy C)common D)serious 81.A)For B)On C)But D)So 82.A)require B)inspire

C)engage D)command 83.A)include B)confine C)imply D)contain 84.A)enjoyable B)stimulating C)tedious D)stressful 85.A)who B)what C)which D)that 86.A)harshly B)reluctantly C)easily D)casually 87.A)ought to B)may C)used to D)need 88.A)Any B)One C)Other D)Another 89.A)Whatever B)Whichever C)Whenever D)Wherever 90.A)most B)worst C)least D)best Part V Writing(30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Should the University Campus Be Open to Tourists? You should write at Least 120 words following the outline given below: 1.名校校园正成为旅游新热点

2.校园是否应对游客开放，人们看法不同 3.我认为„

Should the University Campus Be Open to Tourists?

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Part I Listening Comprehension(20 minutes)1.A 2.C 3.D 4.A 5.C 6.B 7.A 8.C 9.B 10.D 11.D 12.A 13.A 14.B 15.C 16.A 17.C 18.B 19.B 20.D Part II Reading Comprehension(35 minutes)21.D 22.D 23.A 24.B 25.C 26.A 27.C 28.B 29.A 30.D 31.D 32.B 33.C 34.B 35.C 36.D 37.B 38.C 39.B 40.D Part III Vocabulary(20 minutes)41.C 42.B 43.A 44.B 45.A 46.D 47.A 48.D 49.C 50.D 51.A 52.C 53.B 54.B 55.D 56.B 57.A 58.C 59.D 60.B 61.D 62.B 63.A 64.D 65.A 66.C 67.A 68.B 69.D 70.D Part IV Close(15 minutes)71.A 72.A 73.D 74.A 75.B 76.C 77.D 78.C 79.B 80.D 81.C 82.D 83.A 84.D 85.A 86.C 87.C 88.B 89.C 90.C Part V Writing(30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Should the University Campus Be Open to Tourists? You should write at Least 120 words following the outline given below: 1.名校校园正成为旅游新热点

2.校园是否应对游客开放，人们看法不同 3.我认为„

Should the University Campus Be Open to tourism? Nowadays, many famous university campuses have become one of the popular tourist attraction.It has been shown on TV and on the radio that every year thousands and thousands of middle school students visit Tsing Hua University and Peking University and other famous universities in China.In the place far away from the capital city, the local students also visit the universities famous in their own province.So far as the present situation is concerned, is it a good or bad thing to open the university campus for tourists? Different people have different opinions.On one hand, some people argued that it is a good thing for the students to visit the famous university campus in that it can enable the middle students to get more information about the university and they can have enough time and opportunity to prepare themselves with the chance to get into the university.On the other hand, some people hold a negative view about this phenomenon.In their opinion, the public tourism will have negative effect on the universities because it will not only do harm to the environment but also to the intellectual atmosphere.In my opinion, the tourism to the universities is not a good thing.The campus is mainly a place for

study.With the increasing tourism on the campus, it will ruin the spiritual atmosphere in this learning field.听力原文

1.W: Carol told us on the phone not to worry about her.Her left leg doesn’t hurt as much as it did yesterday.M: She’d better have it examined by a doctor anyway.And I will call her about it this evening.Q: What does the man think Carol should do? 2.M: There is a non-stop train for Washington and it leaves at 2:30.W: It’s faster than the 2 o’clock train.Besides, we can have something to eat before getting on the train.Q: What do we learn from the conversation? 3.M: Hi, Melissa, how’s your project going? Have you thought about going to graduate school? Perhaps you can get into Harvard.W: Everything is coming along really well.I have been thinking about graduate school.But I’ll talk to my tutor Dr.Garcia first and see what she thinks.Q: What do you learn about the woman from the conversation? 4.W: Did you attend Alice’s presentation last night? It was the first time for her to give a speech to a large audience.M: How she could be so calm in front of so many people is really beyond me!Q: What do we learn from the conversation? 5.W: You’ve been doing weather reports for neatly 30 years.Has the weather got any worse in all these years? M: Well, not necessarily worse.But we are seeing more swings.Q: What does the man say about the weather? 6.M: Excuse me, I am looking for the textbook by a Professor Jordon for the marketing course.W: I am afraid it’s out of stock.You’ll have to order it.And it will take the publisher 3 weeks to send it to us.Q: Where did this conversation most probably take place? 7.M: I am going to New York next week, but the hotel I booked is really expensive.W: Why book a hotel? My brother has 2 spare rooms in his apartment.Q: What does the woman mean? 8.W: In my opinion, watching the news on TV is a good way to learn English.What do you think? M: It would be better if you could check the same information in English newspapers afterwards.Q: What does the man say about learning English? 9.M: I hear a newly-invented drug can make people tell the truth and it may prove useful in questioning terrorists.Isn’t it incredible?

W: Simple solutions to complex problems rarely succeed.As far as I know, no such drugs are ever known to work.Q: What does the woman think of the new drug? 10.M: You know the electronics company is coming to our campus to recruit graduate students next week.W: Really? What day? I’d like to talk to them and hand in my resume.Q: What does the woman want to do? Passage one A new study reports the common drug aspirin greatly reduces life threatening problems after an operation to replace blocked blood vessels to the heart.More than 800,000 people around the world have this heart surgery each year.The doctors who carried out the study say giving aspirin to patients soon after the operation could save thousands of lives.People usually take aspirin to control pain and reduce high body temperature.Doctors also advise some people to take aspirin to help prevent heart attacks.About 10-15 percent of these heart operations end in death or damage to the heart or other organs.The new study shows that even a small amount of aspirin reduced such threats.The doctors said the chance of death for patients who took aspirin would fall by 67%.They claimed this was true if the aspirin was given within 48 hours of the operation.The doctors believe aspirin helps heart surgery patients because it can prevent blood from thickening and blood vessels from being blocked.However, the doctors warned that people who have stomach bleeding or other bad reactions from aspirin should not take it after heart surgery.Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.11.What is the finding of the new study of aspirin? 12.In what way can aspirin help heart surgery patients according to the doctors? 13.What warning did the doctors give about the use of aspirin? Passage Two Were you the first or the last child in you family? Or were you a middle or an only child? Some people think it matters where you were born in you family.But there are different ideas about what birth order means.Some people say that oldest children are smart and strong-willed.They are very likely to be successful.The reason for this is simple.Parents have a lot of time for their first child;they give him or her a lot of attention.So this child is very likely to do well.An only child will succeed for the same reason.What happens to the other children in the family? Middle children don’t get so much attention, so they don’t feel that important.If a family has many children, the middle one sometimes gets lost in the crowd.The youngest child, though, often gets special treatment.He or she is the baby.Often this child grows up to be funny and charming.Do you believe these ideas of birth order too? A recent study saw things quite differently.The study found that first children believed in family rules.They didn’t take many chances in their lives.They usually followed orders.Rules didn’t mean as much to later children in the family.They went out and followed their own ideas.They took chances and they often did better in life.Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.14.According to common belief, in what way are the first child and the only child alike? 15.What do people usually say about middle children? 16.What do we learn about later children in a family from a recent study of birth order? Passage Three When my interest shifted from space to the sea, I never expected it would cause such confusion among my friends, yet I can understand their feelings.As I have been writing and talking about space flight for the best part of 20 years, a sudden switch of interest to the depth of the sea doer seem peculiar.To explain, I’d like to share my reasons behind this unusual change of mind.The first excuse I give is an economic one.Underwater exploration is so much cheaper than space flight.The first round-trip ticket to the moon is going to cost at least 10 billion dollars if you include research and development.By the end of this century, the cost will be down to a few

million.On the other hand, the ping suit and a set of basic tools needed for skin-ping can be bought for 20 dollars.My second argument is more philosophical.The ocean, surprisingly enough, has many things in common with space.In their different ways, both sea and space are equally hostile.If we wish to survive in either for any length of time, we need to have mechanical aids.The ping suit helped the design of the space suit.The feelings and the emotions of a man beneath the sea will be much like those of a man beyond the atmosphere.Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.17.How did the speaker’s friends respond to his change of interest?

18.What is one of the reasons for the speaker to switch his interest to underwater exploration? 19.In what way does the speaker think ping is similar to space travel? 20.What is the speaker’s purpose in giving this talk? 2005年12月大学英语四级真题解析

PartⅠ Listening Comprehension

Section A

1.W: Carol told us on the phone not to worry about her.Her left leg doesn’t hurt as much as it did yesterday.M: She’d better have it examined by a doctor anyway.And I will call her about it this evening.Question: What does the man think Carol should do?

【预测】 观察四个选项，从doctor, in bed, treatment等词判断话题和生病有关。

【解析】 答案为A)。细节题。女士说Her left leg doesn’t hurt as much as it did yesterday提出了话题，男士说She’d better have it examined by a doctor anyway明示了答案。

【注释】 1）anyway：不管怎么说。2）hurt：（主动用法）痛。

2.M: There is a non-stop train for Washington and it leaves at 2:30.W: It is faster than the 2 o’clock train.Besides, we can have something to eat before getting on the train.Question: What do we learn from the conversation?

【预测】 观察四个选项，主题显然是和train有关。三个选项含有时间，听时应注意和时间相关的信息。

【解析】 答案为C)。推理题。男士提出话题“两点半有一列火车开”，女士说It is faster than the 2 o’clock train.Besides, we can have something to eat before getting on the train列举了两个正面理由1）更快；2）上车前有时间吃点东西。由此可推理出她愿意坐此列车。故选C)。

【注释】 dinning car：餐车；non-stop：中间不停站的。

3.M: Hi, Melissa, how is your project going? Have you thought about going to graduate school? Perhaps you can get into Harvard.W: Everything is coming along really well.I have been thinking about graduate school.But I’ll have to talk to my tutor Doctor Garseer first and see what she thinks.Question: What do learn about the woman from the conversation?

【预测】 观察四个选项，从university, project, graduate school等词推测话题可能和学校有关。

【解析】 答案为D)。细节题。男士问句Have you thought about going to graduate school?提出了主题，女士答道But I’ll have to talk to my tutor Doctor Garseer first and see what she thinks，此细节与D)完全符合。D)中的consult sb即“咨询某人”，等同于talk to sb。

【注释】 1）Everything is coming along really well：一切进展顺利。2）graduate school：研究生院。

4.W: Did you attend Alice’s presentation last night? It was the first time for her to give a speech to a large audience.M: How she could be so calm in front of so many people is really beyond me!

Question: What do we learn from the conversation?

【预测】 观察四个选项，nervous, speech, training, presentation, Alice等词提示此对话考对Alice所作的一个演讲的评价。

【解析】 答案为A)。细节题。男士How she could be so calm in front of so many people is really beyond me!中的so calm和A)中的not nervous相符。所以选A)。

【注释】 sth is beyond me：我无法明白某事。

5.W: You have been doing weather reports for nearly 30 years.Has the weather got any worse in all these years?

M: Well, not necessarily worse.But we are seeing more swings.Question: What does the man say about the weather?

【预测】 观察四个选项，temperature, weather等词提示了话题，而30years ago, the same as before提示了考点可能在于现在和以前天气的对比。

【解析】 答案为C)。细节题。女士说Has the weather got any worse in all these years?提出了话题。男士答But we are seeing more swings（我们看到更多的骤变），此句的信息与C)(现在气候极端更多)符合。

【注释】 1）swing：摇摆，拨动，回旋，巨变。2）not necessarily：不一定。

6.M: Excuse me, I am looking for the textbook by Professor Jordon for the Marketing course.W: I am afraid it’s out of stock.You’ll have to order it.And it will take the publisher 3 weeks to send it to us.Question: Where did the conversation most probably take place?

【预测】 观察四个选项，考地点。

【解析】 答案为B)。时间地点题。男士提出了主题I am looking for the textbook，女士说I am afraid it’s out of stock.（恐怕脱销了）。显然是在书店发生的对话。

【注释】 1）marketing course：市场学课程。2)stock：库存。3）publisher：出版商。

7.M: I am going to New York next week, but the hotel I booked is really expensive.W: Why book a hotel? My brother has 2 spare rooms in his apartment.Question: What does the woman mean? 预测】 观察四个选项，从the man, her brother, stay, apartment, cheap hotel等词提示对话和女士的兄弟帮男士找住处有关。

【解析】 答案为A)。细节题。女士说Why book a hotel? My brother has 2 spare rooms in his apartment明示了答案。

【注释】 1）book a hotel：预定饭店。2）spare room：空余房间。

8.W: In my opinion, watching News on TV is a good way to learn English.What do you think?

M: It would be better if you could check the same information in English newspapers afterwards.Question: What did the man say about learning English?

【预测】 观察四个选项，考的是reading和listening之间的关系。

【解析】 答案为C)。推理题。女士说看电视新闻学英语很好，男士答It would be better if you could check the same information in English newspapers afterwards（事后再看看报上相同的新闻就更好），所暗示的信息和C)(听结合说更有效)一致。

【注释】 afterwards：然后；combine A with B：把A和B结合起来。

9.M: I hear a newly-invented drug can make people tell the truth and it may prove useful in questioning terrorists.Isn’t it incredible?

W: Simple solutions to complex problems rarely succeed.As far as I know, no such drugs are ever known to work.Question: What does the woman think of the new drug?

【预测】 观察四个选项，从solve complex problems, weapon against terrorists, detect liars来推测，考点的it可能是某种新发明的东西，例如仪器或设备等。

【解析】 答案为B)。细节题。男士说有一种新药被发明了，可以让人说真话，女士答道As far as I know, no such drugs are ever known to work，对男士所说的话持否定态度。所以选B)(它很可能证明无效)。

【注释】 1)newly-invented：新发明的。2）question terrorists：审问恐怖分子。3）Simple solutions to complex problems rarely succeed：用简单的方法来解决复杂的问题往往行不通。

10.M: You know the electronics company is coming to our campus to recruit graduate students next week.W: Really? What day? I’d like to talk to them and hand in my resume.Question: What does the woman want to do?

【预测】 观察四个选项，company, recruit(招募)，part-time job, apply for job等词提示话题和找工作有关。

【解析】 答案为D)。细节题。男士说有一家电子公司要到校园来招聘。女士立刻表示兴趣说道I’d like to talk to them and hand in my resume，信息和D)符合。

【注释】 1）recruit：招募。2）graduate students：研究生。

Section B

Passage 1

A new study reports the common drug aspirin greatly reduces life threatening problems after an operation to replace blocked blood vessels to the heart.More than 800,000 people around the world have this heart surgery each year.The doctors who carried out this study say giving aspirin to patients soon after the operation could save thousands of lives.People usually take aspirin to control pain and reduce high body temperature.Doctors also advise some people to take aspirin to help prevent heart attacks.About 10-15 percent of these heart operations end in death or damage to the heart or other organs.The new study shows that even a small amount of aspirin reduced such threats.The doctors said the chance of death for patients who took aspirin would fall by 67%.They claimed this was true if the aspirin was given within 48 hours of the operations.The doctors believe aspirin helps heart surgery patients because it can prevent blood from thickening and blood vessels from being blocked.However, the doctors warned that people who have stomach bleeding or other bad reactions from aspirin should not take it after heart surgery.【大意】本文介绍了一个新研究的结论：在一种心脏手术后立即服用阿司匹林可以大大的降低死亡率，因为此药能阻止血液变得粘稠以及血管被堵塞。但是，也存在禁忌症。

【解析】

11.What is the finding of the new study of aspirin?

答案为D）。细节题。出处A new study reports the common drug aspirin greatly reduces life

threatening problems after an operation to replace blocked blood vessels to the heart。

12.In what way can aspirin help heart surgery patients according to the doctors?

答案为A）。细节题。出处为doctors believe aspirin helps heart surgery patients because it can prevent blood from thickening and blood vessels from being blocked.。

13.What warning did the doctors give about the use of aspirin?

答案为A）。细节题。出处为However, the doctors warned that people who have stomach bleeding or other bad reactions from aspirin should not take it after heart surgery。

Passage 2

Were you the first or the last child in your family? Or were you a middle or an only child? Some people think it matters where you were born in your family.But there are different ideas about what birth order means.Some people say that oldest children are smart and strong-willed.They are very likely to be successful.The reason for this is simple: parents have a lot of time for their first child, they give him or her a lot of attention.So this child is very likely to do well.An only child will succeed for the same reason.What happens to the other children in the family? Middle children don’t get so much attention, so they don’t feel that important.If a family has many children, the middle one sometimes gets lost in the crowd.The youngest child, though, often gets special treatment.He or she is the baby.Often this child grows up to be funny and charming.Do you believe this idea of birth order too? A recent study saw things quite differently.The study found that first children believed in family rules.They didn’t take many chances in their lives.They usually followed orders.Rules didn’t mean as much to later children in the family.They went out and followed their own ideas.They took chances and they often did better in life.【大意】 实验表明，在家排行老几会影响到人的性格。通常最大的和最小的孩子受到更多关注，中间的则容易被忽略。老大相信家庭的规则，不愿冒险，而这个规律在其他的孩子身上不通用。

【解析】

14.According to common belief, in what way are the first child and the only child alike?

答案为B)。细节题。出处为Some people say that oldest children are smart and strong-willed.They are very likely to be successful以及The youngest child, though, often gets special treatment.He or she is the baby.Often this child grows up to be funny and charming。

15.What do people usually say about middle children?

答案为C)。细节题。出处为Middle children don’t get so much attention, so they don’t feel that important.If a family has many children, the middle one sometimes gets lost in the crowd。

16.What do we learn about later children in a family from a recent study of birth order?

答案为A)。细节题。出处为Rules didn’t mean as much to later children in the family.They went out and followed their own ideas.They took chances and they often did better in life。

Passage 3

When my interest shifted from space to the sea, I never expected it would cause such confusion among my friends, yet I can understand their feelings.As I have been writing and talking about space flight for the best part of 20 years, a sudden switch of interest to the depth of the sea does seem peculiar.To explain, I’d like to share my reasons behind this unusual change of mind.The first excuse I give is an economic one.Underwater exploration is so much cheaper than space flight.The first round-trip ticket to the moon is going to cost at least 10 billion dollars if you include research and development.By the end of this century, the cost will be down to a few million.On the other hand, the ping suit and a set of basic tools needed for skin-ping can be

bought for 20 dollars.My second argument is more philosophical.The ocean, surprisingly enough, has many things in common with space.In their different ways, both sea and space are equally hostile.If we wish to survive in either for any length of time, we need to have mechanical aids.The ping suit helped the design of the space suit.The feelings and the emotions of a man beneath the sea will be much like those of a man beyond the atmosphere.【大意】 本文介绍了“我”为什么从研究了20年的太空领域转向了海洋探索，有两方面的原因：一是经济原因—海洋探索比太空探索便宜的多；二是哲学原因—海洋和太空有太多的相似之处。

【解析】

17.How did the speaker’s friends respond to his change of interest?

答案为C)。细节题。出处When my interest shifted from space to the sea, I never expected it would cause such confusion among my friends。confusion一词和C)中的puzzled对应。

18.What is one of the reasons for the speaker to switch his interest to underwater exploration?

答案为B)。细节题。出处为Underwater exploration is so much cheaper than space flight。

19.In what way does the speaker think ping is similar to space travel?

答案为B)。推测题。出处为The ocean, surprisingly enough, has many things in common with space.In their different ways, both sea and space are equally hostile.If we wish to survive in either for any length of time, we need to have mechanical aids.The ping suit helped the design of the space suit.The feelings and the emotions of a man beneath the sea will be much like those of a man beyond the atmosphere。大意为：海洋和太空有很多相同之处。它们都充满着敌意：我们想要在里面生存，就需要机械协助，如航空服和潜水服。在海底时人的感觉和在太空很接近。所以可以看出两者都充满着挑战。故选B)。

20.What is the speaker’s purpose in giving this talk?

答案为D)。主旨题。出处为：To explain, I’d like to share my reasons behind this unusual change of mind。全文从两个角度来解释了原因。

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension

Passage 1

【概要】

本文的主题是乐事薯片，文章开始讲述了乐事薯片的现状，之后通过现状引发乐事薯片的未来发展方向，接着探讨了其发展海外市场战略的两个理由，最后通过乐事公司高层管理人员之口阐明乐事薯片对当地经济的积极影响。

【解析】

21.事实细节题。确定题干关键词Frito-Lay’s head of global marking，答案出处为第1段最后一句。该句表明世界人们无法抵抗乐事薯片的诱惑。答案为D)。

22.结论推断题。题干已给出答案所在地，即第2段。该段第2句中的but暗示作者笔锋一转，重点落在了公司要发展必须拓展海外市场。答案为D)。

23.事实细节题。确定题干关键词assumptions和development strategy，出处为第3段第2句。该句表明消费者对全球品牌尤为独衷。答案为A)。

24.事实细节题。确定题干关键词logo redesigned，答案出处为第4段第2句。该句表明重新设计品牌标志是为了更好地推行公司的全球化政策。答案为B)。

25.事实细节题。确定题干关键词Frito-Lay's executives，答案出处为最后一段最后一句。该句表明公司的执行主管们认为该公司只会促进当地经济的发展。答案为C)。

【难点】

1.saturate：使饱和, 浸透, 使充满。

2.be drawn to：被吸引，热衷于。

Passage 2

【概要】

本文介绍了美国丹佛北部某学校的财政危机问题，文章开始开门见山提出问题，接着从该地区的居民、社会和政府对该校财政的支持，结尾处又介绍了学生们对此事的关注。

【解析】

26.事实细节题。确定题干关键词Vrain School District，答案出处为第1段地1句。该句表明该校出现了大笔预算短缺问题。答案为A)。

27.事实细节题。确定题干关键词residents in the Vrain School District，答案出处为第1段引言部分。该引言说明当地居民都极力想帮助该校度过此次财政困难。答案为C)。

28.事实细节题。确定题干关键词State Treasurer Mike Coffman，答案出处为第3段第2句。Coffman认为此事的发生令人难以想象。答案为B)。

29.事实细节题。确定题干关键词request an investigation，答案出处为第5段第3句。该句表明Coffman想知道该地区的官员是否将该校的财政问题隐瞒至十一月大选之后才公诸于众。答案为A)。

30.事实细节题。确定题干关键词high school students和website，答案出处为最后一段最后一句。该句表明这些学生的目的就是要自己和所有其他人都知道真相。答案为D)。

【难点】

1.pitch in：努力投入。

2.ease one’s burden：减轻某人的负担。

3.at one’s request：在某人的要求下，按某人的要求。

4.bond issue：债券发行。

5.raise funds：筹集资金。

Passage 3 【概要】

本文讨论了压力对人们的积极和消极影响作用。文章一开始指出尽管长时间的压力的确有负面影响作用，但具有挑战性的情形对身体也有益。之后，文章通过实例和研究结果证实了前面的观点。最后，文章引用了两位科学家的话来总结短时和长时压力的影响。

【解析】

31.结论推断题。本文另辟蹊径，始终在论证可控制的压力的好处。答案为A)。

32.词义句义题。题干已给出答案所在地，即第1段第1行。该行中的any more than是并列比较结构，所以avoid一词与shun当为近义。答案为B)。

33.结论推断题。确定题干关键词study of the 158 nurses in 2001，答案出处为第2段。该段表明那些面临压力又能妥善应对的人往往更为健康。答案为C)。

34.事实细节题。题干已给出答案所在地，即第3段。该段第1句中已表明只有善于控制压力才会受益。答案为B)。

35.事实细节题。确定题干关键词Bruce McEwen，答案出处为第3段第2句和第3句。第2句表明短期内压力有助于记忆，然后在第3句中应用Bruce McEwen的话加以证明。答案为C)。

【难点】略。

Passage 4

【概要】

本文介绍了父母如何对子女道歉并教育他们如何向别人道歉。文章一开头指出道歉非易

事，然后指出了几种道歉方式的缺点和问题，最后总结教育孩子在道歉时要注意道歉的复杂性。

【解析】

36.事实细节题。确定题干关键词mother adds “but”，答案出处为第2段。该段表明在道歉时，如果后面加以转折会让孩子觉得有所亏欠。答案为D)。

37.结论推断题。确定题干关键词“I’m sorry you’re upset”，答案出处为第3段。该段表明如此道歉只是在暗示自己没有错。答案为B)。

38.结论推断题。确定题干关键词general, all-covering apology，答案出处为第4段。该段第2句表明如此道歉过于笼统，无法达成具体效果。答案为C)。

39.结论推断题。题干已给出答案所在地，即最后一段。该段讲到了对于不同年龄阶段的小孩应教会他们根据不同对象和情形采取不同的道歉方法。答案为B)。

40.结论推断题。本文从头到尾都在讨论各种无效的道歉形式，并提出了有效的道歉方法，由此可见道歉并非易事。答案为D)。

【难点】

1.tricky：狡猾的，机警的。

2.render：致使。

3.be at fault：范错。

4.pseudo：假的，冒充的。

Part Ⅲ Vocabulary

41.【解析】语境题。根据题干中oil is scarce和motor industry之间的关系，再结合四个选项，terminal表示“终点站，终端”；benefit表示“利益，好处”；fate表示“命运，运气”；estimate表示“估计，估价，评估”。只有fate 符合题意，答案为C)。

42.【解析】语境题。根据题干中speed up和post office，得知空格处应填入表示“送信”的词。treatment表示“对待，处理，治疗”；delivery表示“递送，交付，分娩，交货”；transmission表示“播送，发射，传送，传输”；departure表示“出发，离开”。答案为B)。

43.【解析】语境题。根据题干中show和for learning a new language，得知空格处应填入表示“热情”的词。enthusiasm表示“狂热，积极性”；authority表示“权威，威信，权威人士”；convention表示“大会，协定，习俗，惯例”；faith表示“信任，信念，宗教信仰，忠实”。答案为A)。

44.【解析】语境题。根据题干中questioning和murder，得知空格处应填入表示“证人”的词。observer表示“观测者，观察员，遵守者”；witness表示“证人，目击者”；audience表示“听众，观众”；viewer表示“电视观众，阅读器”。答案为B)。

45.【解析】近义词。根据题干中with very high birth rates but poor education and very low levels of literacy，空格处应填入表示“不稳定的”的词。unstable表示“不牢固的，不稳定的”；reluctant表示“不顾的，勉强的”；rational表示“理性的，合理的”；unsteady表示“不稳固的，平稳的”。只有unstable可以修饰nation，答案为A)。

46.【解析】词组搭配题。根据题干中was blamed for和too much work，得知空格处应填入表示“做”的词。take to表示“喜欢，沉溺于”；take out表示“拿出，取出，去掉”；take away表示“取走”；take on表示“呈现，具有，担任(工作)，承担(责任)”。答案为D)。

47.【解析】词组搭配题。根据题干中the patient's breakfast和the nurse，得知空格处应填入表示“负责”的词。see to表示“负责，注意”；stick to表示“粘住”；get to表示“到达，接触到，开始，对„„有影响”；lead to表示“导致，通向”。答案为A)。

48.【解析】语境题。根据题干中前后两句话的逻辑关系，得知空格处填入的词应该表示转折关系。therefore表示“因此”；furthermore表示“此外，而且”；accordingly表示“因

此，从而”；nevertheless表示“然而，不过”。答案为D)。

49.【解析】语境题。根据题干中so he had to postpone buying a house，得知空格处应填入表示“贷款”的词。credit表示“相信，信任，把„„归给”；borrow表示“借入”；loan表示“贷款，借给”；lease表示“出租，租出”。答案为C)。

50.【解析】语境题。根据题干，再结合四个选项，lie表示“躺，平放”；spot表示“沾污，弄脏，侦察”；stand表示“站，持久，经受”；locate表示“查找„„的地点，使„„坐落于，位于”。只有locate 符合题意，答案为D)。

51.【解析】语境题。根据题干，再结合四个选项，excuse表示“借口”；intention表示“企图”；option表示“选择”；approval表示“同意”。只有excuse符合题意，答案为A)。

52.【解析】近义词。根据题干中fire more than two hundred rockets and missiles和military，空格处应填入表示“目标”的词。goal，aims和target都有“目标”的意思。但是，goal侧重表示长远的目标；aim侧重表示短期的目标；target侧重表示靶子。destination表示“目的地”。target最合适，答案为C)。

53.【解析】语境题。根据题干中goat和milk，得知空格处应填入表示“来源”的词。storage表示“存储”；reserve表示“储备(物)，储藏量，预备队”；resource表示“资源，财力”；source表示“来源”。答案为D)。54.【解析】语境题。根据题干中bright bulb，得知空格处应填入表示“暗”的词。mild表示“温和的，温柔的，轻微的，适度的”；dim表示“暗淡的，模糊的，无光泽的”；minute表示“微小的，详细的”；slight表示“轻微的，微小的”。只有dim符合题意，答案为B)。

55.【解析】 语境题。根据题干中go another day，再结合四个选项，reliable表示“可靠的”；probable表示“很可能的”；feasible表示“可行的”；flexible表示“灵活的”。只有flexible符合题意，答案为D)。

56.【解析】 词组搭配题。根据题干中present difficulties和finish the task according to schedule，得知空格处应填入表示“克服”的词。get across表示“(使)越过，通过，被理解”；get over表示“爬过，克服，熬过”；get away表示“逃脱，离开，把„„送走”；get off表示“下来，脱下，出发”。答案为B)。

57.【解析】 语境题。根据题干中we do not think your scheme is practical，得知空格处应填入表示“依据”的词。in view of表示“考虑到，依据，由于”；in favor of表示“赞同，有利于”；in case of表示“假设，万一”；in memory of表示“纪念，追念”。答案为A)。

58.【解析】语境题。根据题干中from the warehouse to the accounting office和which was considered a promotion，得知空格处应填入表示“调任”的词。deliver表示“递送”；exchange表示“交换，交流”；transfer表示“迁移，传递，转移，调任”；transform表示“转换，改变，改造，使„„变形”。答案为C)。

59.【解析】语境题。根据题干中a new paragraph in the annual report she was typing，再结合四个选项，inject表示“注射”；install表示“安装，安置”；invade表示“侵略，侵袭”；insert表示“插入，嵌入”。只有insert符合题意，答案为D)。

60.【解析】语境题。根据题干中the living room和so that's my next project，再结合四个选项，abandon表示“放弃，遗弃”；decorate表示“装饰”；dissolve表示“溶解”；assess表示“估定，评定”。只有decorated符合题意，答案为B)。

61.【解析】语境题。根据题干中to make way for a new shopping centre，得知空格处应填入表示“废弃”的词。abandon表示“放弃，遗弃”；decorate表示“装饰”；dissolve表示“溶解”；hold down表示“压制，抑制”。答案为A)。

62.【解析】语境题。根据题干中stop和go back to the difficult points in the lessons，再结合四个选项，at a distance表示“在远处”；at intervals表示“不时”； at length表示“最

后, 详细地”；没有 at case这个词组。只有at intervals符合题意，答案为B)。

63.【解析】语境题。根据题干中hire a bicycle，可推断空缺处应填入表“押金”的词。deposit表示“押金，保证金”；deal表示“交易，待遇”； fare表示“费用，食物”；fond表示“喜爱的，宠爱的”。答案为A)。

64.【解析】语境题。根据题干中interest和and I had an equal admiration for the stories of his time，再结合四个选项，splendid表示“壮丽的，辉煌的”；weighty表示“重的”； vague表示“含糊的，不清楚的”；keen表示“热烈的，热情的，锋利的，敏锐的”。只有keen能修饰interest，符合题意，答案为D)。

65.【解析】语境题。根据题干中water being used和with the rapid development of industry and agriculture，得知空格处应填入表示“大量”的词。excessive表示“过多的，过分的”；extensive表示“广大的，广阔的，广泛的”；extreme表示“极端的，极度的”；exclusive表示“排外的，独占的，唯一的”。只有excessive符合题意，答案为A)。

66.【解析】词组搭配题。根据题干中cannot afford to go to university和going abroad，得知空格处应填入表示“更不必提”的词。nothing but表示“只”；anything but表示“决不”；not to speak of表示“(更)不用说, 当然”；nothing to speak of表示“没有什么, 不值一提”。答案为C)。

67.【解析】语境题。根据题干中taking a situational photograph at a given time and in a given place，再结合四个选项，involve表示“包括”；compose表示“组成，写作”；enclose表示“放入封套，装入”；attach表示“缚上，系上，贴上”。只有involve符合题意，答案为A)。

68.【解析】词组搭配题。根据题干中as well stay at home，得知空格处填入的词要和as well构成词组，表示“最好”的意思。只有may as well有这个意思，其它选项都不能和as well构成词组，所以答案为B)。

69.【解析】语境题。根据题干中often providing them with free medical care，再结合四个选项，be reminded of表示“被提醒，使记起”；be absorbed in表示“全神贯注于，专心于”；be tended by表示“被照顾”；be concerned about表示“关心，挂念”。只有concerned about符合题意，答案为D)。

70.【解析】语境题。根据题干中July 4和American Independence