12年6月四级真题

towns inland remain not very well connected, is that OK? Does that make sense? When we talk about specific location suggestions for the factory, we’ll see this in more detail, so we’ll come back to this question, OK? M: OK, right.

W: So I was about to say something about the work force in the region and the level of training and education. In general, it’s very good and improving.

Question 23-25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

23. What does the woman say about the steel-related manufacturing in the region? 答案：B

解析：细节归纳题。女士在介绍钢铁加工业的现状时说“but steel-related manufacturing still accounts for 44% of industrial activity. So it’s still very important.”归纳其含义得出答案为B。 24. What problems hinder the region’s development? 答案：C

解析：细节辨认题。女士说由于这个地区地处山区，一直都有交通问题。虽然有些地段已经通了火车，修建了马路，许多内陆的小城镇还是比较闭塞。故答案为C。 25. What will the speakers discuss later? 答案：C

解析：细节推断题。对话中女士稍稍谈论了一下当地的交通问题，而后对男士说 “When we talk about specific location suggestions for the factory, we’ll see this in more detail, so we’ll come back to this question, OK?”女士想把交通问题放一放，留到后面讨论厂房的具体位置时再详细说明。故可推断之后他们将会讨论新厂房的位置问题。

26-28原文： Passage One

I first met Joe Gumps when we were both 9 years old, which is probably the only reason he is one of my best friends. If I had first met Joe as a freshman in high school, we wouldn’t even have had the chance to get to know each other. Joe is a day student, but I am a boarding student. We haven’t been in the same classes, sports or extra curriculum activities. Nonetheless, I spend nearly every weekend at his house, and we talk on the phone every night. This is not to say that we would not have been compatible if we had first met in our freshman year. Rather, we would not have been likely to spend enough time getting to know each other, due to the lack of immediately visible mutual interests.

In fact, to be honest, I struggle even now to think of things we have in common, but maybe that’s what makes us enjoy each other’s company so much. When I look at my friendship with Joe, I wonder how many people I’ve known whom I never disliked but simply didn’t take the time to get to know. Thanks to Joe, I have realized how little basis there is, for the social divisions that exist in every community. Since this realization, I have begun to make an even more determined effort to find friends in unexpected people and places.

Questions:

26. Why does the speaker say Joe Gumps become one of his best friends? 答案：B

解析：细节辨认题。由第1段第1句话“I first met Joe Gumps when we were both 9 years old,

which is probably the only reason he is one of my best friends.”可知作者说Joe Gumps能成为他最好的朋友之一的原因是他俩从9岁时就认识了。因此答案为B。 27. Where does the speaker spend most of his weekends? 答案：B

解析：细节辨认题。文中作者说“I spend nearly every weekend at his house”，故答案为B。 28. What has the speaker learned from his friendship with Joe? 答案：A 解析：综合理解题。由文中“Thanks to Joe, I have realized how little basis there is, for the social divisions that exist in every community.”可知作者从他与Joe的友谊中认识到社会分裂其实是没有什么根基的。结合作者与Joe的例子可知作者认为社会分裂的原因其实是人们很少有时间去了解他人。所以一旦人们着手去了解彼此，社会分裂现象将不复存在。A正确。

29-31 Passage 2 It was a bad night for Louis. His research in the neighboring town had taken longer than he expected. It was late and he was very tired when he drove home. He turned into his building’s parking lot, but all the spaces were full. He drove back out onto the street looking for a parking space. The first block was full. The next block was almost empty. Louis didn’t see a no-parking sign, but he suspected that if parking were allowed there, most of the spaces would be filled. Then he saw a small parking lot with two free spaces. He was so glad to see them that he didn’t even think to read the sign by the entrance. He drove in, parked, and hurried home to go to bed. The next morning he went back to the lot to get his car. It was gone. He ran home and telephoned the city police to say that his car had been stolen. It took the police only a minute to tell him what had happened. His car had been on a private lot. It had been taken away by the police. Louis had to take a taxi to the city garage far from the center of town. He had to pay a fee of $40 to get his car back. In addition, he got a parking ticket --- his first one ever in Greenville.

29. Where did Louis intend to park his car when he came back from work one night? 答案：A

解析：细节辨认题。短文第4句话就说Louis下班后把车开向他公寓的停车位，但是发现已经停满了。故本题选A。

30. What did Louis think had happened to his car the next morning? 答案：A

解析：细节辨认题。短文后半部分说当Louis发现车没了，他立马跑回家打电话给警察说车子被偷了。

31. Where did Louis finally get his car back? 答案：B 解析：细节辨认题。短文倒数第3句“Louis had to take a taxi to the city garage far from the center of town”可知最后Louis打了一辆的士到离市中心很远的city garage取回了车子。

32-35 原文： Passage 3 Well, to pick up where we left off last time, I believe we agreed the creativity is a mysterious

idea. It's one of those things we all recognized when we see it. But we don't really understand what it is. We seem to feel that some people are naturally creative, but we don't know how they got that way. Is creativity a natural gift like good looks? Or is it something that can be acquired like knowledge? Perhaps if we analyze the creative process carefully, we might get some insight into what it is and how it might work in our lives. The creative process has always been accepted as a source of all important work in the arts. But we should not think the creativity play the role only in the arts. Every major scientific discovery began with someone imagining the world to look differently from the way others saw it. And this is what the creativity is all about. Imagining the world in a new way, and despite what you may believe about the limits of your own creative imaginations, we all have the potential to imagine the world in an absolute new way. In fact, you were born with it. It is your birth right as a human being. And what's more, you use it every day almost every moment of your life. Your creative imagination is what you use to make sense of your experiences. It's your creative mind to get the meaning from the chaos of your experiences and brings order to your world.

32. What did the speaker most probably discuss last time? 答案：D 解析：关键词推断题。由短文第1句话“Well, to pick up where we left off last time, I believe we agreed the creativity is a mysterious idea.”（继续我们上次所讲的内容， 我相信我们都已经同意创造力是一个神秘的说法。）可以判断上次讲的是创造力的神秘性。关键词pick up（继续话题）。

33. What is a widely accepted idea about the creative process? 答案：A 解析：细节辨认题。短文中间部分“The creative process has always been accepted as a source of all important work in the arts.”说明大家普遍接受的是创造过程是重要的艺术作品的源泉。故选A。

34. What leads to major scientific discoveries according to the speaker? 答案：D

解析：细节辨认题。短文后半部分谈到创造力不仅在艺术领域起了重要作用，在科学发现中也是如此，表现为创造性的想象。

35. What does the speaker imply about the creative process? 答案：A 解析：归纳题。根据短文倒数第3句“And what's more, you use it every day almost every moment of your life.”可判断出作者的意思是创造过程是每日生活的一部分。故选A。

36-46 原文：

Students have been complaining more and more about stolen property. Radios, cell phones, bicycles, pocket calculators and books have all been reported stolen. Are there enough campus police to do the job?

There are 20 officers in the campus security division. Their job is to handle crime, accidents, lost and found items, and traffic problems on campus. More than half of their time is spent directing traffic and writing parking tickets. Responding promptly to accidents and other emergencies is important, but it is their smallest job. Dealing with crime takes up the rest of their time. Very rarely did any violent crimes actually occur.

In the last five years there have been no murders, seven robberies, and about sixty other violent attacks, most of these involving fights at parties. On the other hand, there have been hundreds of thefts and cases of deliberate damaging of public property, which usually involves breaking windows or lights, or writing on walls. The thefts are not the carefully planned burglaries that you see in movies. Things get stolen when it is easy to steal them because they are left lying around unwatched. Do we really need more police? Hiring more campus police would cost money, possibly making our tuition go up again. A better way to solve this problem might be for all of us to be more careful with our things. 答案：

36. calculators。空格所在句罗列了一些被偷窃的物品，如收音机，手机，自行车，_______和书。空格处填入的也应该是名词，结合录音可知答案为calculators，pocket calculators表示“袖珍计算器”。

37. handle。句意推断题。不难判断此处应填入动词。根据句意“保卫处的20名警官的职责是_______学校的犯罪，事故??以及交通问题。”此处应填入表示“处理”意义的动词。结合录音可知答案为handle。 38. items。结合上题可知此处应填入名词，空格前面的lost and found起修饰作用， 意为“失物招领”，结合录音可知答案为items.

39. Responding。Promptly作为副词通常修饰动词或形容词，而空格处的词语在整句话中作主语，故应该是动名词。结合录音可知答案为responding。Respond to 意为“对??作出反应”。

40. emergencies。结合上题可知空格处所填单词是responding to的宾语，与accidents是并列关系，并且根据other可判断它与accident具有相近的意思，结合录音可知答案为emergencies。 41. rarely。由助动词did不难判断空格所在句是倒装句。Very后面缺少一个副词。根据录音可知答案为rarely“很少，难得”。

42. occur。结合上题可知空格处缺少动词，而且是动词原形。再根据句意“暴力犯罪很少_______。”推测此处应填入表示“出现，发生”的动词，结合录音可知答案为occur。 43. murders。句意推断题。根据句意“过去的五年里没有_______，有七起抢劫案，大概60起暴力袭击事件，大多数都牵涉到聚会上的争斗。”可推测空格处填入的应是一种犯罪类型，由录音可知答案为murders“谋杀”。

44. there have been hundreds of thefts and cases of deliberate damaging of public property

45. Things get stolen when it is easy to steal them because they are left lying around unwatched 46. A better way to solve this problem might be for all of us to be more careful with our things

Part IV Reading Comprehension(Reading in Depth) （25 minutes） 47. E）。形容词辨析题。空格前面是形容词的最高级形式，后面是名词短语hunger-relief organization（饥饿救济组织），故空格处应填形容词。选项中只有domestic“国内的”符合。 48. C）。名词辨析题。不难判断空格处作为ask的宾语，故应为名词。根据句意“饥饿救济组织号召全国的 _______ 帮助200多家食品站和61000家经销代理商给低收入个人和家庭提供救济。”结合选项，只有communities“社区”符合。 49. O）。动词辨析题。“they need to _______ ”是定语从句，省略了that，补全后 应是“the fuel that they need to…”不难判断此处应填入动词。根据含义“他们需 要这些救济来 _______。”只有survive“生存，存活”符合。 50. H）。动词辨析题。不难判断空格处是定语从句的谓语，应填动词。根据句意“每月第一和第三个星期四 _______ 在教堂的门口的那些人不是为了寻找上帝??”，此处应填入表示