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2013 年 12 月四级答案解析（第三套）
PartIIListeningComprehension
SectionA
1.W:I?dliketotakeatriptoFloridaformyspringbreak.Canyougivemeanyideawheretogo?
M: I could tell you about the places I?ve visited, but I think you?d better look up a travel agency to help with the
ar-rangements.
Q:Whatdoesthemansuggestthewomando?
C)。选项均以动词原形开头，其中的 place，visited ，arrangements，Consultatravelagent 和 apackagetour
表明，对话可能与旅行安排方面的建议有关。选项 B) 提示对话是给女士提建 议，故男士的话为听音重点。
2.M:I?mreallytiredofdrivingatnighteventhoughthetrafficseemsfine.
W: I see. Let?s stop for some food and then find a motel nearby so we can start early tomorrow. Q: What do we
learnaboutthespeakers?
A) 。选项均为以 They 开头的句子， 其中的 areonalongtripbycar ，stuckinatrafficjam ，getting
upearly 和 eatingoutatnight 表明，对话可能与开车旅行或食宿有关。
3.M:Jeff?sgotalotofgoodideas.Doyouthinkhe?swillingtocometothemeeting?
W:Oh,Ithinkhe?dbegladtocome,butwhat?sdifficultisgettingtheguytospeakbeforealargecrowd.
Q:WhatdoesthewomanimplyaboutJeff?
C)。选项中的 He，apersondifficulttodealwith ，dislikesanyformalgathering ，unwillingtospeakinpublic
和 keepsadistancefromothers 表明，对话与某位男士的为人或行为特点有关。
4.W: I hear you are leaving the company and going back to school this year. M: Yes. I?m enrolled in a graduate
programmeinpublicadministration.
Q:Whatisthemangoingtodo?
B)。选项中的 work in another department ，further education ，recruit graduate students 和 take an
administrativejob 表明，对话可能与某人的工作变动情况有关。
5.W:Haveyouappliedfortheartdirectorposition?
M:No.I?dliketo,butthejobstartsonMay1,andIwon?tbeavailableuntilJune.Q:Whatdoesthemanmean?
A) 。选项中的 He， notbeavailabletostartthejobintime ， notquitequalified ，theartdirector
position 和 applicationletter 表明，对话可能涉及某位男士没能成功申请艺术总监一职的原因。
6.W:Willmycarbereadybytheendoftheday?
M:Itshouldbe.I?llcallifthere?reanyproblems.Weareopenuntilsix.Q:Whatisprobablytheman?sjob?
B)。选项均为表示职业的名词， 这表明本题针对人物的职业提问， 听音时应留意与选项中提 到的职业相
关的信息。
7.W: I have a big paper due Monday, but I promised Laura we?d clean the apartment this weekend. What am I
goingtodo?
M:Whydon?tyoujustseeifLauracanwaitforaweekortwo?
Q:Whatdoesthemansuggestthewomando?
D)。选项中的 Request，roommatestodothecleaning ，HelpLaura 和 GetLauratoclean 以及时 间状语 this
weekend ， thistime 和 untilanotherweek 表明，对话可能涉及让劳拉或其室友打 扫公寓的时间。
8.W:Constructiononthebridgehasreallyslowedthetraffic.
M: I know. Since they started working, the time it takes me to get to work has doubled. Q:What are the speakers
talkingabout?
A) 。选项均为名词词组且概括性强， 这表明本题可能考查话题。 construction 和 buildingproject
表明，该话题可能与施工情况有关。
—— ConversationOne ——
淘宝店铺：https://shop499712503.taobao.com/ 店主旺旺：慧园文化【整体预测】本组对话第 9、10 题选项中的 asalesperson， placeanorderforsomeproducts ， suppliesare
outofstock 和 re-cataloguingtheitems 以及第 11 题选项均为电话号码表明，对话 可能与给销售人员打电
话订购商品有关。
W:SalesDepartment.CanIhelpyou?
M:Oh,yes,Ihopeso.Myname?sKingsBréofGPFLimited.[9]Weneedsomesuppliesforourdesignoffice.
W:Isee.Whatsortofthingsareyoulookingfor,MrKingsBr?é
M:Well,firstofall,weneedonecompletenewdrawingboard.
W: Well, in the standard range, we have the D044 and the D045 models. M: Oh, what?s the difference between
them?
W:Well, the D045 has its own mending system and it does cost slightly more as a result. M: So what?s the total
price?
W:FortheD045it?s ￡ 387.50.
M:And,doesthatincludethevalueaddedtax?W:Oh,yes!
M:Canyoutellmehowlongittakestodeliver?
W: I can?t give a definite date now, I?m afraid, because it depends on the other orders we have to get out. But it
wouldcertainlybewithin3weeks.
M:OK,now[10]wealsowantsomedrawingpens,inkandcorrectionfluid,andsomedrawingpaper.
W:[10]Ah,nowtheladywhodealswithdrawingofficesuppliesisn?therethismorning,I?m
afraid.ButIcouldaskhertogiveyouaringthisafternoonifyoulike.M:Oh,yes,thankyou.
W:[11]What?syourtelephonenumber?
M:It?sreading...[11]Thatiscode0734,21653extension51.
W:OK,I?llgetMissThompsontoringyouthisafternoon.NowwouldyoulikemetoplaceanorderforoneD045
drawingboard?
M:Yes,please.You?vebeenmosthelpful.Goodbye.
W:Goodbye!
Questions9to11arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.
9.Whatistheman?spurposeinmakingthetelephonecall?
C)。选项均以 “ to+ 动词原形” 开头表明， 本题可能考查行为的原因或目的。 由 haveatalk， place
anorder 和 complain 推测，本题可能考查某人给某公司的客服打电话的原因或目的。
10.Whycan?tthemanordertheotherdrawingofficesuppliesrightnow?
A) 。选项中的 Thesuppliesareoutofstockforthemoment 和 failedtoreachanagreementontheprice 表明，
本题可能考查现在
买不到某种产品的原因。
11.Whatistheman?stelephonenumber?B)。选项均为电话号码表明，本题考查电话号码，听录音时应留意
关于电话号码的信息。
—— ConversationTwo ——
【整体预测】 本组对话四道题选项中的 foundagirlfriend ，heavysmoking ，exerciseregularly ，
gettingtoofat ，smokestoomuch，overweight ，intheirearlytwenties ，quitsmoking ，reducehis
weight 和 findagirlfriend 表明，对话可能与年轻人的问题有关，可能涉及到找女朋友、吸烟 和戒烟、身
体发胖及通过锻炼减肥等。
W: I?m so worried about Mark these days. [12] Ever since he moved into his own apartment, he?s been losing
weight.Hereallydoesn’tlookwellatall.
M:Heshouldtrytogainsomeweight.Heisprobablynoteatingenough.
W:Well,anyway,howisTimthesedays?
M: Tim? Oh, [13] Tim has me worried, too. He is really getting much too fat. He needs to lose about 75 pounds
now.
淘宝店铺：https://shop499712503.taobao.com/ 店主旺旺：慧园文化W:That?salotofweighttolose.WhatdoesTimeat?
M:Ireallydon?tknow.ButI?msureheiseatingtoomuchcakeandcandy.
W:Well,didItellyouMarkdoesn’teatanymeatnow?Heonlyeatsvegetablesandfruit.M:That?sprobablywhy
heissothin.Doeshesmoke?
W: Does he smoke? About two packs of cigarettes a day! That?s my son, a smoking vegetarian. M: Hmm, if he
stoppedsmoking,hewouldgainweight.Iknowhewould.Timputonalotofweightwhenhestoppedsmoking.
W:DoesTimplayanysports?
M: Play sports? Oh, my! [14] I keep telling him, Tim, dear, you really need to get some exercise. And do you
knowwhathedoes?Hejustgetsangry.
W:Iknow.[14]Markdoesn?texerciseeither.
M:Didyoutellhim
W:Of course, but you know what it is like being a mother of a 30-year- old boy.They just don?t think they need
youradviceanymore.[15]IwishMarkwouldfindanicegirlfriendtorelaxand
havefunwith.IheardTimhasagirlfriendatlast.That?swonderful.
Questions12to15arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.
12.WhendidMarkstartlosingweightaccordingtothewoman?
D)。选项均以 Since he 开头， 这表明本题考查某位男士开始做某事的时间。 选项中的 took to heavy
smoking 和 exerciseregularly 表明，本题可能与该男士的体重下降有关。
13.WhyisthemanworriedaboutTim?
A)。选项均为描述 He 的句子， toofat ，smokestoomuch 和 doesn?teatvegetables 表明，本题 可能与
某位男士不好的生活习惯有关。
14.WhatdoMarkandTimhaveincommon?
D)。选项均为描述 They 的句子， overweightfortheirage ，stillintheirearlytwenties 和 dislike
表明，本题可能与某些人的年龄或喜好有关。
15.Whatisthewoman?swishforMark?
C)。选项均以“ to+ 动词原形”开头，其中的 quitsmoking ，reducehisweight 和 followheradvice
表明，本题可能考查某人为了健康听从某位女士的建议而采取的行动有关。
SectionB
—— PassageOne ——
【整体预测】本篇短文四道题选项中的信息比较分散，这表明本短文可能是一篇新闻报道。 从选项中的
destroyedseveralsmalltowns ，burningoutofcontrol ， chokedbythethicksmoke ，
asuddenrocketexplosion ， amiddaytakeoff ， illegallyusedgovernmentcomputers 和 stealinggovernment
information 可知， 报道的内容可能包括火灾、 火箭的发射和利用电脑窃取政府机 密等。
Goodafternoon.ThisisDianeMartinetwiththemiddaynewsonKALF.
[16] Fires in California continue to burn out of control, and several small towns in the forests near San Francisco
arestillindanger.Oneofthegreatestdangerstothe500firefighters,however,
comesnotfrom thefires butfrom poisonousplantsin theforest.[17]Many firefighters have gottenskin problems
aftertouchingtheplantsandatleastthreehavehadtogotothehospitalforatreatmentfortheirskinproblems.
NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Agency, today announced in Florida that [18] the next space shuttle
mission has been canceled. The mission was scheduled for an 11:30A.M. takeoff on Tuesday. However, [18] the
flight has been canceled because of problems with the spaceship?scentral computer system. NASA technicians
noticedthecomputerproblemsduringlast-minutechecks.
[19] Seven teenager computer specialists have been arrested by police in New Jersey. After taking an advanced
computer course at school, [19] the seven boys, all from Princeton, New Jersey, illegally obtained top-secret
淘宝店铺：https://shop499712503.taobao.com/ 店主旺旺：慧园文化information from government computers in Washington. They also started to use their home computers to access
telephonenetworks.
InNewYork,thevalueofthedollarstayedthesametoday.ButinTokyo,thedollarfell
dramatically.Attheendoftheday,itwasworth83yen,comparedto88yenyesterday.
Andnow,here?sJoeSantoswiththesportsnews.
Questions16to19arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.
16.WhatdoesthemiddaynewsonKALFsayaboutfiresinCalifornia?
D)。选项均为描述 They 的句子，其中的 destroyedseveralsmalltowns， injuredmanyresidents 和 burning
outofcontrol 表明， They 指的是大火，本题可能考查某地大火的火势。
17.Whatdowelearnaboutmanyofthefirefighters?
B) 。选项均为描述 They 的句子， 其中的 havebeenhospitalized，gotskinproblems ，chokedbythethick
smoke 和 poisonedbytheburningchemicals 表明， They 可能是指消防员或火灾受 害者，本题可能考查
他们在灭火过程中或在大火中受到的伤害。
18.Whatdowelearnaboutthespaceshuttlemission?
C)。选项均为描述 It 的句子，选项 A)Itfailedbecauseofasuddenrocketexplosion 和选项
B)Ithasbeenre-scheduledforamiddaytakeoff 表明， it 极可能指的是航天飞行任务或宇宙飞 船的发射任
务，听音时留意文中讲的是发射失败（failed ）、改期（ re-scheduled）、取消（ canceled）还是推迟（ delayed）。
19.WhatdowelearnaboutthesevenboysinNewJersey?
D)。选项均为描述 They 的句子， 其中的 illegally used government computers ，smarter than computer
specialists 和 arrestedforstealinggovernmentinformation 表明， They 可能指电脑高 手，本题可能与这些
电脑高手利用电脑犯罪而被捕有关。
—— PassageTwo——
【整体预测】 本篇短文三道题选项中出现的 thewasheranddryer 和 laundry 以及 neighbors
（neighborhood ）表明，本短文与邻里之间洗衣服有关，可能涉及洗衣带来的问题和解决办 法。
[20]Whenyouliveinanapartmentbuildingwhereonlyawallseparatesyoufromyour
neighbors,everyoneneedstobeconsideratetoeachother.That?snotwhathappenedinmyapartmentbuilding.
Someone was always leaving her clothes in the washers and dryers in the laundry room. I got tired of running up
anddownthestairstoseeiftheclotheshavebeenremovedsoIcouldstartmyownwash.Obviouslysomeoneelse
got tired with it too because one day [21] someone took clothes from the washer and dryer and dumped them in
thecorner.
[21] This act started a battle of letters posted on the wall of the laundry room. The first letter was from Mindy
Lance,whowasreallyangrythatherclotheshadbeenremovedfromthewasher
anddryeranddumped.Shethenthreatenedtodumpany-bodyelse?sclothessheherselffoundin
thewasheranddryer.
Mindy Lance?s letter enraged other residents and they posted letters to her. Eventually, Mindy began behaving
properlybuthardfeelingsremained.
[22]The problem could have been resolved better.If residents had informed the building manager,she then could
have in-formed all residents that clothes should be removed from the washers and dryers within 15 minutes after
their washes were done. Those who refuse to obey might not have their leases renewed. That would be a fair
common-sense solution. Neighbor problems may sometimes seem inevitable, but it?s important to resolve them
fairly.
Questions20to22arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.
20.Whatdoesthespeakerthinkresidentsinanapartmentbuildingneedtobe?
B) 。选项均为表示心态的形容词，这表明本题可能考查某人的心态，听音时留意文中描 述心态的词语。
21.Whatstartedabattleoflettersinthelaundryroom?
淘宝店铺：https://shop499712503.taobao.com/ 店主旺旺：慧园文化A) 。A) 和 B) 描述的是 someone 的行为，C)和 D) 描述的是 MindyLance 的行为，结合选 项中的 the
washeranddryer ， broke， blockedtheway 和 thelaundryroom 推测，本题可能与 某人或明迪·兰斯在
洗衣房用洗衣机和干衣机带来的问题有关。
22.Whatdoesthespeakerthinkmightbeabetterwaytoresolvetheproblem?
C)。选项均以动词 -ing 开头，其中的 asking,forhelp， limitingtheamountoflaundry 和
installing...morewashersanddryers 表明，本题可能考查解决洗衣问题的方法。
—— PassageThree——
【整体预测】本篇短文三道题选项中的 ahighlyrespectedauthor ，themostinfluentialauthor，NobelPrizefor
literature ，TheNationalBookAward ， arelative，aslave fromAfrica 和 ablackwoman 表明，本短文与
某位著名作家有关，可能涉及她的知名度、获得的奖项、作 品的介绍（身份问题）等。
In today?s class we?ll discussToni Morrison?s novel Beloved.As I?m sure you all know, [23] Morrison is both a
popularandahighlyrespectedauthorandit?snoteasytobeboth.
Born in 1931, Morrison has written some of the most touching and intelligent works on the African-American
experienceever written byanyone.And yet to callher anAfrican-American writer doesn?tseem to do herjustice.
InmanywayssheissimplyanAmericanwriterandcertainlyoneofourbest.
Beloved is a truly remarkable work. It was recommended for nearly every major literary prize, including the
NationalBookAwardandtheNationalBookCriticsCircleAward.Anditinfact
won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1988. [24] Morrison herself is distinguished for having won the Nobel Prize
forliteraturein1993.
What makes Beloved unique is the skillful short way in which Morrison blends intensely personal story-telling
andAmericanhistory,racialthemes andgender themes, the experience ofblacks with the experienceof allpeople
everywhere, the down-to-earth reality of slavery with the sense of mysterious spirituality.We?ll be paying special
attention to these themes as we discuss this work. I?m particularly interested in your views on the relative
importanceofraceandgender
in this book. [25] Is it more important that Sethe, the main character, is black, or that she is a woman? Which
contributesmoretoherbeing?WhatdoesMorrisontellusaboutboth?
Questions23to25arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.
23.WhatdowelearnaboutToniMorrison?
A) 。选项均为描述 She 的句子，其中的 popular，ahighlyrespectedauthor ，themostlovedAfricannovelist ，
themostinfluentialauthor 和 thefirstwriter 表明， She 是一位知名作家，本 题考查这位作家的情况。
24.WhathonordidToniMorrisonreceivein1993?
B) 。选项均为图书奖项，这表明本题可能问的是某位知名作者获得过什么奖项。
25.WhatdoesthespeakertellusaboutSethe,themaincharacterinMorrison?snovelBeloved?
D) 。选项均为描述 She 的句子，选项 A) 的内容表明， She 指的不是 Morrison 。选项 B)
中的 aslavefromAfrica 和选项 D) 中的 ablackwoman 表明， She 很可能是一位黑人女性。
SectionC
26.Inaddition ，意为“除此之外， 并且”。空后为逗号， 而且后面的句子不缺少主干成分， 故推测所填
词很可能为副词或者介词短语， 作状语。 前面提到很多大学生在个人电脑上花费 数千美元，此处进一步
说购买 ,, 又需花费几百美元这一现象也很常见， 前后存在递进关系， 故此处很可能表示“另外，而且”
之意。
27.software ，意为“软件”。空前的 purchase和空后的 costing, 表明，所填词应为名词，作动词 purchase
的宾语， costing... 作后置定语，修饰该名词。
28.available ，意为“可获得的” 。空前的 computerswere 表明，所填词应为过去分词或者 形容词。由
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29.individuals ，意为“个人”。根据本空所在位置判断， 本句缺少主语， 所填词应为名词。
ifany 是 Few 与本空之间的插入语，所填词由 Few 修饰，故该名词为可数名词复数形式。
30.technological ，意为“技术上的” 。空后的 improvements 表明，所填词应为形容词， 作名词
improvements 的定语，在含义上表示这种进步使得这些存储器电路小到能放进很多 人使用的便携式电脑
里。
31.manufacture ，意为“大量制造，批量生产” 。空前的 havemadeitpossibleto 和空后的
memorycircuitry 表明，所填词应为动词原形。
32.Inshort ，意为“总之，简言之” 。句子不缺少主干成分，结合空格的位置推测，所填 词很可能为副
词或介词短语，作状语。由本句位于段末， 再根据句子的意思推测， 此处很可 能表示“总结”之意。
33.Bycontrast，意为“相比之下” 。本题句子同样不缺少主干成分，结合空格的位置推 测，所填词很可
能为副词或介词短语，作状语，起承上启下的作用。由上段末的 theaverage
consumerandbusinesshavespentmoreonpurchasingcomputers 和本句的,havevastlyincreasedtheamountof
output 可知，前后存在对比关系，故此处很可能表示“与之相比”之意。
34.scientific ，意为“科学的” 。空前的逗号和空后的 animalbreeding 表明，所填词应为形容词。该词
在意义上应带有褒义色彩，使得 ...animalbreeding 能与 improvedagriculturaltechnology 和 hybrid seeds
并列。
35.quantity ，意为“数量” 。空前的 the 和空后的 of 表明，所填词应为名词。该词在 even
though 引导的让步状语从句中作主语，在意义上与 price 相对，可能表达价格下降致使产品 销量上升的
意思。
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