2010年6月英语四级考试真题与答案

Section A

Short Conversation

11. W: Just imagine! We have to finish reading 300 pages before Monday! How can the professor expect us to do it in such a short time?

M: Yeah, but what troubles me is that I can’t find the book in the library or in the university bookstore.

Q: What does the man mean?

12. M: Do you think I could borrow your car to go grocery shopping? The supermarkets outside the city are so much cheaper. I’d also be happy to pick up anything you need.

W: Well, I don’t like to let anyone else drive my car. Tell you what, why don’t we go together?

Q: What does the woman mean?

13. M: Forgive the mess in here, we have a party last night. There were a lot of people and they all brought food.

W: Yeah, I can tell. Well, I guess it’s pretty obvious what you’ll be doing most of today.

Q: What does the woman think the man will do?

14. W: What time would suit you for the first round talks with John Smith?

M: Well, you know my schedule. Other than this Friday, one day is as good as the next.

Q: What does the man mean?

15. W: I was so angry yesterday! My biology teacher did not even let me explain why I missed the field trip. He just wouldn’t let me pass!

M: That doesn’t seem fair. I’d feel that way too if I were you.

Q: What does the man imply?

16. M: I really can’t stand the way David controls the conversation all the time. If he is going to be at your Christmas party, I just won’t come.

W: I’m sorry you feel that way, but my mother insists that he come.

Q: What does the woman imply?

17. W: You’re taking a course with Professor Johnson. What’s your impression so far?

M: Well, many students could hardly stay awake in his class without first drinking a cup of coffee.

Q: What does the man imply?

18. W: Have you ever put a computer together before?

M: No, never. But I think if we follow these instructions exactly, we won’t have much trouble.

Q: What are the speakers going to do?

Long Conversations

Conversation 1

W: What sort of hours do you work, Steve?

M: Well I have to work very long hours, about eleven hours a day.

W: What time do you start?

M: I work 9 to 3, then I start again at 5:30 and work until 11, six days a week. So I have to work very unsocial hours.

W: And do you have to work at the weekend?

M: Oh, yes, that’s our busiest time. I get Wednesdays off.

W: What are the things you have to do and the things you don’t have to do?

M: Uh, I don’t have to do the washing-up, so that’s good. I have to wear white, and I have to keep everything in the kitchen totally clean.

W: What’s hard about the job?

M: You are standing 1 up all the time. When we are busy, people get angry and sharp, but that’s normal.

W: How did you learn the profession?

M: Well, I did a two-year course at college. In the first year we had to learn the basics, and then we had to take exams.

W: Was it easy to find a job?

M: I wrote to about six hotels and one of them gave me my first job, so I didn’t have to wait too long.

W: And what’s the secret of being good at your job?

M: Attention to detail. You have to love it. You have to show passion for it.

W: And what are your plans for the future?

M: I want to have my own place when the time is right.

Q19. What does the man say about his job?

Q 20. What does the man think is the hardest part of his job?

Q 21. Where did the man get his first job after graduation?

Q 22. What does the man say is important to being good at his job?

Conversation 2

W: Now you’ve seen this table of figures about the pocket money children in Britain get?

M: Yes. I thought it was quite interesting, but I don’t quite understand the column entitled 2 change. Can you explain what it means?

W: Well, I think it means the change from the year before. I am not a mathematician 3, but I assume the rise from 70p to 90p is a rise of 25 percent.

M: Oh yes, I see. And the inflation 4 rate is there for comparison.

W: Yes. why do you think the rise in pocket money is often higher than inflation?

M: I am sorry I’ve no idea. Perhaps parents in Britain are too generous.

W: Perhaps they are. But it looks as if children were not better off in 2001 than they were in 2002. That’s strange, isn’t it? And they seem to have been better off in 2003 than they are now. I wonder why that is.

M: Yes, I don’t understand that at all.

W: Anyway, if you had children, how much pocket money would you give them?

M: I don’t know. I think I’ll probably give them 2 pounds a week.

W: Would you? And what would you expect them to do with it?

M: Well, out of that, they have to buy some small personal things, but I wouldn’t expect them to save to buy their own socks, for example.

W: Yes, by the way, do most children in your country get pocket money?

M: Yeah, they do.

Q23 What is the table of figures about?

Q24 What do we learn from the conversation about British children’s pocket money?

Q25 Supposing the man had children, what would he expect them to do with their pocket money?

Section B

Passage 1

As the new sales director for a national computer firm, Alex Gordon was looking forward to his first meeting with the company’s district managers. Everyone arrived on time, and Alex’s presentation went extremely well. He decided 5 to end the meeting with the conversation about the importance of the district managers to the company’s plans. “I believe we are going to continue to increase our share of the market,” he began, “because of the quality of the people in this room. The district manager is the key to the success of the sales representatives in his district. He sets the term for everyone else. If he has ambitious 6 goals and is willing to put in long hours, everyone in his unit will follow his example.” When Alex was finished, he received polite applauses, but hardly the warm response he had hoped for. Later he spoke 7 with one of the senior managers. “Things were going so well until the end”, Alex said disappointedly. “Obviously, I said the wrong thing.” “Yes”, the district manager replied. “Half of our managers are women. Most have worked their way up from sales representatives, and they are very proud of the role they played in the company’s growth. They don’t care at all about political correctness. But they were definitely surprised and distressed 8 to be referred to as ‘he’ in your speech.”

Q26 Who did Alex Gordon speak to at the first meeting?

Q27 What did Alex want to emphasize at the end of his presentation?

Q28 What do we learn about the audience at the meeting?

Q29 Why did Alex fail to receive the warm response he had hoped for?

Passage 2

The way to complain is to act business-like and important. If your complaint is immediate 9, suppose you got the wrong order at a restaurant, make a polite but firm request to see the manager. When the manager comes, ask his or her name. And then state your problem and what you expect to have done about it. Be polite! Shouting or acting 10 rude will get you nowhere. But also be firm in making your complaint. Besides, act important. This doesn’t mean to put on airs and say “do you know who I am?” What it means is that people are often treated the way they expect to be treated. If you act like someone who expects a fair request to be granted, chances are it will be granted. The worst way to complain is over the telephone. You are speaking to a voice coming from someone you cannot see. So you can’t tell how the person on the line is reacting. It is easy for that person to give you the run-around. Complaining in person or by letter is generally more effective. If your complaint doesn’t require an immediate response, it often helps to complain by letter. If you have an appliance that doesn’t work, send a letter to the store that sold it. Be business-like and stick to the point. Don’t spend a paragraph on how your uncle John tried to fix the problem and couldn’t.

Q30 What does the speaker suggest you do when you are not served properly at a restaurant?

Q31 Why does the speaker say the worst way to complain is over the telephone?

Q32 What should you do if you make a complaint by letter?

Passage 3

Barbara Sanders is a wife and the mother of two children, ages 2 and 4. Her husband, Tom, is an engineer and makes an excellent salary. Before Barbara had children, she worked as an architect for the government, designing government housing. She quit her job when she became pregnant 11, but is now interested in returning to work. She's been offered an excellent job with the government. Her husband feels it's unnecessary for her to work since the family does not need the added income. He also thinks that a woman should stay home with her children. If Barbara feels the need to do socially important work, he thinks that she should do volunteer work one or two days a week. Barbara, on the other hand, has missed the excitement of her profession and does not feel she would be satisfied doing volunteer work. She would also like to have her own income, so she does not have to ask her husband for money whenever she wants to buy something. She does not think it's necessary to stay home every day with the children and she knows a very reliable babysitter who's willing to come to her house. Tom does not think a babysitter can replace a mother and thinks it's a bad idea for the children to spend so much time with someone who's not part of the family.

Q33 What was Barbara's profession before she had children?

Q34 What does Barbara's husband suggest she do if she wants to work?

Q35 What does Tom think about hiring a babysitter?

Section C

Almost every child, on the first day he sets foot in the school building, is smarter, more curious，less afraid of what he doesn't know, better at finding and figuring things out, more confident, resourceful, persistent 12 and independent, than he will either be again in his schooling 13 or, unless he is very unusual and very lucky, for the rest of his life.

Already, by paying close attention to and interacting 14 with the world and people around him, and without any school-type formal instruction, he has done a task far more difficult, complicated and abstract than anything he will be asked to do in school, or than any of his teachers has done for years-he has solved the mystery of language. He has discovered it. Babies don't even know that language exists.

And he has found out how it works and learnt to use it appropriately. He has done it by exploring, by experimenting, by developing his own model of the grammar of language, by trying it out and seeing whether it works, by gradually changing it and refining it until it does work.

And while he has been doing this, he has been learning other things as well, including many of the concepts that the schools think only they can teach him, and many that are more complicated than the ones they do try to teach him.

短对话

11. C He can not get access to the assigned book.

12. A She will drive the man to the supermarket.

13. C Tidy up the place.

14. A The talks can be held any day except Friday.

15. A He understands the woman's feelings.

16. D She has to invite David to the party.

17. C Many students find Prof. Johnson's lectures boring.

18. D Assemble the computer.

长对话

19. B It requires him to work long hours.

20. D It demands physical endurance 15 and patience.

21. D In a hotel.

22. B Paying attention to every detail.

23. A The pocket money British children get.

24. C It often rises higher than inflation.

25. B Pay for small personal things.

段子题

26. A District managers.

27. D The important part played by district managers.

28. B Fifty percent of them were female.

29. B He was not gender 16 sensitive.

30. C Ask to see the manager politely but firmly.

31. D You can't tell how the person on the line is reacting.

32. D Stick to the point.

33. B Architect.

34. A Do some volunteer work.

35. A Few baby-sitters can be considered trustworthy.

听写

36. Curious

37. Figuring

38. Independent

39. Interacting

40. Formal

41. Abstract

42. Mystery

43. he has found out how it works and learnt to use it appropriately.

44. by trying it out and seeing whether it works, by gradually changing it and refining it

45. including many of the concepts that the schools think only they can teach him,

详细解析

11. C) He cannot get access to the assigned book.

由对话可知，该男士认为令他烦恼的是无论是在图书馆还是在书店他都找不到那本书，由此得出答案。get access to指“获得，走近，接近，能够利用某物”。

12. A) She will drive the man to the supermarket.

由文中女士说她不喜欢别人开她的车以及” why don’t we go together?”可得知女士将开车与男士一同去超市。

13. C) Tidy up the place.

由文中” I guess it’s pretty obvious what you’ll be doing most of today”可知，很显然她想让他打扫房间。

14. A) The talks can be held any day except this Friday.

本题考查one day is as good as the next的意思，该短语指的是任何一天都行。因此男士的意思是除了本周五，其它任何一天都可以。

15. A) He understands the woman’s feelings.

文中男士认为，” I’d feel that way too if I were you.”，“如果我是你的话我也会那样（感到很生气）。”因此她赞同女士的想法，表示理解女士的感受。

16. D) She has to invite David to the party.

从文中女士的话可得知，女士的母亲执意要David去参加圣诞party，因此她不得不请David。

17. C) Many students find Prof. Johnson’s lectures boring.

由男士的话可得知，很多同学如果课前没喝咖啡的话，几乎很难保持清醒状态，忍不住犯困，也就是说学生们都觉得Prof. Johnson的课很无聊。

18. D) Assemble a computer.

本文中主要是考assemble的意思，如果同学知道assemble意为“组装，装配”，便不难得出答案。”put a computer together”指“组装电脑”。

19. B) It requires him to work long hours.

男士开头便说”I have to work very long hours”，因此选B。

20. D) It demands physical endurance and patience.

女士问及工作哪个部分会比较难时，男士回答道他需要一直站着，同时在他们忙的时候，别人会变得易怒，也就是说这份工作需要体力和耐心。

21. D) In a hotel.

由文中” I wrote to about six hotels and one of them gave me my first job”可得出答案。

22. B) Paying attention to every detail.

由男士的回答” Attention to detail”可得知，B选项恰好与”attention to detail”同义。

23. A) The pocket money British children get.

原题为 What is the table of figures about? 意思是：这个表格是关于什么的？根据第一句话Now you’ve seen this table of figures about the pocket money children in Britain get? 我们可以知道这个表格是关于英国孩子的零花钱情况的。

24. C) It often rises higher than inflation.

原题为What do we learn from the conversation about British children’s pocket money? 意思是：从对话中我们可以了解到有关英国孩子零花钱的哪些信息？原文中女性说话人说“Why do you think the rise in pocket money is often higher than inflation? ”意思是：“你觉得为什么零花钱通常要比通货膨胀涨的更高呢？”据此我们可以判断英国孩子的零花钱比通货膨胀涨的更高，答案应选C.

25. B) Pay for small personal things.

原题为Supposing the man had children, what would he expect them to do with their pocket money? 对话中男性说话人说“…out of that, they have to buy some small personal things, but I wouldn’t expect them to save to buy their own socks, for example.”意思是“我希望他们用零花钱去买一些小的个人物品，但我不希望他们把钱存起来去买他们自己的短袜等”。据此我们可以判断答案选B.

26 A) District managers

该题比较简单，文章开头说到Alex期盼着与district managers的会议，因此正确答案为A项。

27 D) The important part played by district managers

文章中提到在会议结束时，Alex打算以“the conversation about the importance of the district managers to the company plans”来结束会议，可见他打算强调district managers在公司计划中所起的重要作用。因此D项正确。

28 B) Fifty percent of them were female

此题比较简单，文章中后面说道“Half of our managers are women”， 而参加会议的基本上都是那些district managers，由此可判断，会议的听众有一半是女性，所以此题选B项。

29 B) He was not gender sensitive

文章最后一句说这些女性district managers听到Alex总用“he”来指代“district managers”感到surprised和distressed（痛苦的，苦恼的），由此可见Alex失败的原因是由于他对于涉及到性别的用词不够敏感所造成的。

30 C) Ask to see the manager politely but firmly

此题比较简单，原文中提到在餐馆遇到上错菜时，应该“make a polite but firm request to see the manage”,和C项所说完全一致。

31 D) You can’t tell how the person on the line is reacting

此题相对简单，答案基本上是原句，“So you can’t tell how the person on the line is reacting.”

32 D) Stick to the point

此题属于原文再现，原文最后建议写投诉信时，应当“be business-like and stick to the point”，即围绕自己的要点来说，而不要说些无关紧要的废话，因此应该选D项。

33. B) Architect

从原文“Before Barbara had children, she worked as an architect for the government, designing government housing”可以得知。

34. A) Do some volunteer work.

从原文“If Barbara feels the need to do socially important work, he thinks that she should do volunteer work one or two days a week.”可以得知。

35. C) A baby-sitter is no replacement 17 for a mother.

从原文“Tom does not think a baby-sitter can replace a mother”可以得知。

考点分析

本次四级考试的听力部分秉承了以往考试的考点和技巧，从多方位考察了考生听力的能力和对文章内容的理解把握。

短对话

首先，从短对话来看，语言考点本身的继承表现为考察重点和语言表达两个方面。

从考察重点上来看，历年四级考试都注重了原因、转折、建议、反问等内容的考察。而从这次的四级考试中可以看到类似的踪迹：

11. W: Just imagine! We have to finish reading 300 pages before Monday! How can the professor expect us to do it in such a short time?

M: Yeah, but what troubles me is that I can’t find the book in the library or in the university bookstore.

Q: What does the man mean?

此题明显考察了转折考点，对男人回答中but部分针对提问。

12. M: Do you think I could borrow your car to go grocery shopping? The supermarkets outside the city are so much cheaper. I’d also be happy to pick up anything you need.

W: Well, I don’t like to let anyone else drive my car. Tell you what, why don’t we go together?

Q: What does the woman mean?

此题明显考察了反问和建议考点，对女人回答中部分why don’t we go together?针对提问。

15. W: I was so angry yesterday! My biology teacher did not even let me explain why I missed the field trip. He just wouldn’t let me pass!

M: That doesn’t seem fair. I’d feel that way too if I were you.

Q: What does the man imply?

本题考察建议句型考点，以if I were you的方式表达了男人对该观点的认可。

从语言表达上来看，历年四级考试都注重了语音、语调、语速，场景词汇和词组，句式表达和考察。而从这次的四级考试中可以看到类似的踪迹：

14. W: What time would suit you for the first round talks with John Smith?

M: Well, you know my schedule. Other than this Friday, one day is as good as the next.

Q: What does the man mean?

本题主要考察语言表达的语音上的特色，用英音的方式读的schedule对考生来说有相当难度。

13. M: Forgive the mess in here, we had a party last night. There were a lot of people and they all brought food.

W: Yeah, I can tell. Well, I guess it’s pretty obvious what you’ll be doing most of today.

Q: What does the woman think the man will do?

本题属于06年6月24日第一次新题型第12题的内容更新。当时原题也是提到了make a mess，并且clean it up yourself的表达。

16. M: I really can’t stand the way David controls the conversation all the time. If he is going to be at your Christmas party, I just won’t come.

W: I’m sorry you feel that way, but my mother insists that he come.

Q: What does the woman imply?

本题是短对话中考得最神奇的一道题，该题是对95年6月考题的完全重复，唯一的区别是把读题的男女双方换了一下。无独有偶的是，去年长对话就出现了对89年考题的原文重复，将89年第十题的短对话变成了长对话考题的一个回合内容。正如笔者曾分析的，考生必须对老题重新树立一个正确的态度，毕竟来说，重复十年内考题的概率要低很多，反而是更早的考题不容易引起正义。

长对话和段子题

长对话和段子题部分而言，本次考题同样对往年的考点进行了完整的阐释。

比如文首的重要性表现在：

长对话第一篇的19题B It requires him to work long hours.是对文章开头回合W: What sort of hours do you work, Steve? M: Well I have to work very long hours, about eleven hours a day. 的考察。

长对话第二篇的23题A The pocket money British children get.也是对文章开头的考察，以名词方式考察了对话主题。W: Now you’ve seen this table of figures about the pocket money children in Britain get? M: Yes. I thought it was quite interesting, but I don’t quite understand the column entitled change. Can you explain what it means?

段子题的第一篇26题A District managers，同样出现在文章首句As the new sales director for a national computer firm, Alex Gordon was looking forward to his first meeting with the company’s district managers.中。

段子题第二篇30题C Ask to see the manager politely but firmly.也同样在文首The way to complain is to act business-like and important. If your complaint is immediate, suppose you got the wrong order at a restaurant, make a polite but firm request to see the manager.出现

段子题第三篇33题B Architect.虽然略靠后，但也在文首三句中出现Barbara Sanders is a wife and the mother of two children, ages 2 and 4. Her husband, Tom, is an engineer and makes an excellent salary. Before Barbara had children, she worked as an architect for the government, designing government housing.

无一例外的考察文首的现象在历年都很罕见，但此次却出题如此工整。

再如：

第20题D It demands physical endurance and patience.的问题为Q 20. What does the man think is the hardest part of his job?和第21题D In a hotel.的问题为Q 21. Where did the man get his first job after graduation? 看看这两个问题，是否可以发现其中的hardest和first的存在，标志了考察重点所在。同样观察下31题Q31 Why does the speaker say the worst way to complain is over the telephone?，恐怕大家都能发现关键信息的标志了。

类似Q34 What does Barbara's husband suggest she do if she wants to work?的建议考点也同样表现明显。

所以就段子题而言，可以归纳如下：

从体裁上讲，本次考试并未出现以往较难的说明文（例如09年12月“介绍木星的卫星”，09年6月“喂鸟知识”），而是代以一篇小故事和两篇议论文。事实上，从教学和测试的角度讲，任何事物都是平衡的。故事类的考题内容较简单，但考题可以设计的较难，因为题目可以建立在必须听懂的基础之上，如本次考试passage 1的最后一题及其正确答案(gender sensitive)。本次议论文的设计中规中矩，没有较难的考题。

从解题方法上讲，我们一贯的解题思路依然适用，而且非常有效：

1. 听到什么选什么。我们建议考生在解四级听力文章题时尽量选择和听到的内容基本一致的答案，尽管一般情况下只有第一题的正确率较高，但本次考试的此种题目占到总题量的80%（除了passage 1的最后两题）。例如passage 2的开头“…… If your complaint is immediate, suppose you got the wrong order at a restaurant, make a polite but firm request to see the manager.”,最后的正确答案“Ask to see the manager politely but firmly.”及passage 3的中段“…… He also thinks that a woman should stay home with her children. If Barbara feels the need to do socially important work, he thinks that she should do volunteer work one or two days a week.”，而正确答案是“Do some volunteer work. ”

2. 绝对化听力考点。“文章题到底该听什么？”一直是困惑考生的基本问题，本次出现了一贯的绝对化考点词如我们上课所说的main, chief, major, most(最高级)等等，这些词之后出现考点，例如passage 1中的“……， Alex Gordon was looking forward to his first meeting with the company's district managers. ……”，passage 2种的“The worst way to complain is over the telephone. …… So you can't tell how the person on the line is reacting.”

3. 议论文的考题重点在情绪化考点词。正如四级考试是“淘劣不选优”的测试方法，建议考生在听文章时尽量选择简单词，而议论文重点在于作者的论点，往往“是非，褒贬”的概念更为重要，例如passage 3最后一题“.….. Tom does not think a babysitter can replace a mother and thinks it's a bad idea for the children to spend so much time with someone who's not part of the family.”，其中的划线词是必须听到的内容，表达了情绪化观点，而且也是最容易的听力内容。

复合式听写

最后我们来看一下听写部分。

单词而言，36. Curious 37. Figuring 38. Independent 39. Interacting 40. Formal 41. Abstract 42. Mystery依然是对名、动、形、副词的考察。其中真正算得上比较难的词汇的也就是interact一词，何况mystery也曾经出现在03年的听写中。

句子而言，其长度分别为13、14、16字，对于句子而言，不算长句，应该也在考生能掌握的范围之内。

43. he has found out how it works and learnt to use it appropriately.

44. by trying it out and seeing whether it works, by gradually changing it and refining it

45. including many of the concepts that the schools think only they can teach him,

其中相对较难单词也仅表现为gradually，refining，和concept。

综上所述，考生对往年考题语言、考点、技巧的把握均作用于以后的考试中，所谓“熟能生巧，巧能生精”；“熟读唐诗三百首，不会作诗也会吟”都是对当今考生的浮躁情绪的一种警示，提醒如今考生戒骄戒躁、脚踏实地地掌握知识，而避免在考前临时抱佛脚，拜曾哥不挂科的投机思想。