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周固
2004年英语试题答案及解析
Section 1 Listening Comprehension
Part A
【解题指导】预览指导语及表格,以便对录音材料的内容大概了解,同时也是为了有针对性地听录音,捕捉每个空格的答案信息。接着,将目光盯着第一题,听磁带中的信息点填空。做完第一题,接着就盯着第二题,以此类推。磁带放第二遍的时候,查疑补漏,核实答案。
× 信息点的捕捉及单词的正确拼写是考生本节的簿弱环节,前者是听力基本功的问题,后者是忽视单词的拼写背诵造成的。
1. [答案] highlands
[分析] 原词答案,参看原文第一句。
2. [答案] 20
[分析] 原词答案,参看原文第四句。
3. [答案] mild
[分析] 原词答案,参看原文第八句。
4. [答案] November
[分析] 原词答案,参看原文第十二句。
5. [答案] 22
[分析] 原词答案,参考原文第十三句。
听力原文
Belgium has three main geographic regions: the coastal plain, the central plateau and the highlands. The coastal plain extends inlands 16 to 48 kilometers on the northwest. Along the north sea is a lowlying area consisting mainly of sandy hills and sections of lands reclaimed from the sea. The coastal plain’s elevation ranges from sea level to 20 metres.
The central plateau is a gently rolling, slightly elevated area, irrigated by many waterways and containing a number of wide, fertile valleys with a rich soil. The highlands, a densely-wooded plateau, averaging 460 metres in elevation, extends across southeastern Belgium and into northeastern France. Located here is the highest peak in Belgium with an elevation of 694 meters.
The climate near the sea is humid and mild. Farther inland, a marked increase in the range of temperature occurs. In the highlands, hot summers alternate with cold winters. Heavy rains are confined almost exclusively to the highlands. Fog and rain are common, and April and November are particularly rainy months. In Brussels, the average temperatures range from zero to 5 degrees Centigrade in January and from 13 to 22 degrees Centigrade in July. Along the coast, the average range is 1 degree to 5 degrees Centigrade in January and 14 to 20 degrees Centigrade in July.
Part B
【解题指导】
预览指导语及五个问题,考生对录音材料初步了解。接着将目光落在第六题上,等候信息点。注意,问题或题干就象路标,往往就是磁带中答案信息点的标志,考生要非常敏感。
× 本节做题时,考生要注意答案表达的规范性,在语法形式和意思上都得与问题或题干相一致。
6. [答案] A (technology) forecaster
[分析] 原词答案,参看M的第一轮话语的第六句。
7. [答案] government agencies
[分析] 原词答案,参看M的第二轮话语的第一句。
8. [答案] (a) meaningful (exercise)
[分析] 原词答案,参看M的第二轮话语的末句。
9. [答案] open to change
[分析] 原词答案,参看M的第三轮话语的末句。
10. [答案] Trust and cooperation
[分析] 原词答案,参看M的第四轮话语的第二句。
听力原文
W: Mr Saffo, you’ve been called the futurist. But you say you hate that term. Talk about that.
M: mm... I dislike the term because it’s not an accurate description of what I do. For me, futurists are people who’re excited about the future. They usually have an agenda of some sort. But what I am is something more boring. That is, I just forecast, I don’t predict. I am a technology forecaster. And I spend most of my time looking at electronic technologies. So I’m looking at information technology very largely, and typically out 5 to 10 years, sometimes as long as 30 years, depending on the project.
W: Who pays you to do this? Do you work for companies who need this information.
M: The Institute for the Future is a non-profit foundation that does work for private companies and government agencies. A whole variety of different folks pay us to help them understand things. And we also do free work. Being a non-profit foundation, our basic mission is to encourage people to think systematically about the long-range future. The heart of what we try to do is convince people that it is a meaningful exercise to think systematically about the long-range future.
W: What are the personal qualities that make you good at what you do?
M: mm, curiosity, er what else? Being flexible. Because forecasting is really nothing more than applied common sense. The same qualities that make for a good forecaster are the same qualities that … make one successful in anything—being flexible, being curious and being open to change.
W: You’ve mentioned that your organization wants to stay small. Why?
M: It has to do with community. Our unit of work is the team and you need to have high levels of trust and cooperation among team members. People need to really like and trust each other.
Part C
【解题指导】预览指导语和问题,从而了解录音材料的大概内容,做题时就更有针对性,更有把握。一旦选定答案,就不再犯疑,立即看下道题。
× 涉及到自己熟悉的背景的录音材料时,不妨利用自己的知识常识,结合上下题和选项,猜猜可能的答案。
11. [答案] [D]
[分析] 这是一道细节题,依据原文第三句。
12. [答案] [B[1]
[分析] 这是一道细节题,依据原文第八句。
13. [答案] [C]
[分析] 这是一道细节题,依据原文末尾部分“By the time the baby is a few months old, his personality erases all other associations the name may hold”可知,答案为C。
14. [答案] [D]
[分析] 这是一道细节题,参看原文第三句。
15. [答案] [A]
[分析] 这是一道细节题,参看原文第七句。
16. [答案] [C]
[分析] 这是一道细节题,参看原文第11句。
17. [答案] [B[1]
[分析] 这是一道细节题,参看原文第二句。
18. [答案] [A]
[分析] 这是一道细节题,参看原文第六句。注意问题问的是“chiefly export”。
19. [答案] [A]
[分析] 这是一道细节题,参看原文第九句。
20. [答案] [C]
[分析] 这是一道细节题,参看原文第13句。
听力原文
Passage 1
One of the first questions anybody asks about a new-born is “what is the baby’s name?” Faced with this tiny pink new-born, we want to put a name to it, as if by doing so, we welcome it to this world of individuals. We always name the things we love. A small child will give names to even his tiniest toys or his well-chewed blanket. And the difference between “Blankie” and the blanket is an entire personality.
There are many ways to choose a name for a baby. One of the most common is to use an old family name. If the family tie is strong enough, parents are often willing to overlook an unpleasant feeling or meaning. If all the men for five generations have been named Branden, who are you to complain that the name means “smelly hair”? Inspiration need not be limited to the family tree. Pick an attribute, pick the name of an Italian city where the baby was born. Name the baby after your favorite poet or interesting scent.
It can be difficult to find a perfect name for your baby. But the beauty of the process is this. By the time the baby is a few months old, his personality erases all other associations the name may hold, the evil snake or the much loved poet fades away and the name becomes quite simply the name of your child. And you will have made the right choice.
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