新动力：2008年12月英语四级全真模拟试题(二)

　　大学英语四级考试全真模拟试题答案解析(试卷二)

　　Part I Writing (30 minutes)

　　Competitions and Personal Development

　　Nowadays, competition has almost become a natural part in every aspect of our life. On the sports ground, for example, sportsmen do their best to win the champion. In the business field, businessmen try every means to gain more profits; in school, students exert all their efforts in a race against their classmates for good marks.

　　Competition is cruel, but does play an important part in one's personal development. Firstly, competition stimulate us to work harder. As we know we may fail if we fall behind the others, we will devote more efforts to work, which will inevitably help to improve our abilities. Secondly, competition can make us psychologically strong. Since only the fittest survive, we'll have to become strong to adapt to the cold competitions. Thirdly, competition strengthens the idea of equality of opportunity, so that each person has chances to display his ability. In a word, it's competition that helps to bring our ability into full play.

　　In my opinion, competition is a double-edged sword, It can sharpen one's skills and capabilities on the one hand; on the other hand it can also weigh down a person with unbearable pressure. So it's important to for an individual to view competition in a constructive way, so that we can use it dynamically rather than destructively for personal development.

　　评析：本文段落清晰明了，并采用了总体分说的办法，先说明竞争激烈现象，列举了各个领域的竞争。第二段通过Firstly....Secondly....Thirdly..... 来说明竞争对个人发展的有利因素。最后一段作者阐述了自己对竞争的观点。整篇文章结构合理，思考周密，语言上也有很多实用的词汇。

　　Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)

　　1.答案为 N. 考生在文中可以找到"There is, of course, no single pattern of American character any more than there is a single English or Turkish or Chinese character."句子的意思是"当然，正如英国人、土耳其人、中国人都不是只有一种性格模式一样，美国人的性格也不是单一的。"题目的意思是"和英国人、土耳其人、中国人不同的是，美国人的性格不是完全一样的。"本题与原句表述不一致。

　　2.答案为 Y. 从题目中确定题眼attach great importance to success和don't equate success with material rewards。这两处分别对应原文的place a very high valuation upon success 和success does not necessarily mean material rewards。

　　3.答案为 Y. 逻辑判断题。原文中提到"Therefore, material success in the United States is not looked upon as selfish." "not selfish" 就是"not anything wrong" 的意思。

　　4.答案为 NG. 逻辑判断题。文章以滑雪为例，表明美国人已经学会玩，而且很投入，但这并不能说明美国人最喜欢滑雪运动。

　　5.答案为 Y. 这是对原文"But one cannot accurately call one society mature, another immature. Each has its own logic."所做的paraphrase。题目和原句表述一致。

　　6. 答案为 N. 细节题。从原文"American characteristics are the product of response to an unusually competitive situation combined with unusual opportunity."一句，可以知道美国人的性格是由于特殊的竞争环境和特殊的机会而形成的。

　　7.答案为 Y. 逻辑判断题。从文中的"no limits of class" 和 "any boy can become President", 可以得出题目中的结论。

　　8.答案为more time and money. 细节题。从文章中可以找到"They spend more time and money in traveling, camping, hunting, watching sports, drinking, smoking, going to movies, watching television and reading newspapers and magazines than any other people in the world."题中的entertainment是对美国人喜欢的娱乐活动的概括。

　　9.答案为their/the freedom. 细节题。从原文中"What is it then that makes Americans recognizable wherever they go? Free from the social restraints which would make them act very differently at home, they are bent on making the most of this freedom."可以找到相关信息。

　　10.答案为childish. 词汇考查题。考生要知道naïve的意思，并能推断出naivety是naive的名词形式，进而找出文中naïve的同义词childish。

　　Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)

　　11. Woman: If you had got up earlier by fifteen minutes, we would have been able to catch the train.

　　Man: Yes, if my watch didn't' betray me.

　　Question: Why did they miss the train?

　　11. 答案：D

　　解析：男士在对话中指出迟到的原因就是因为他的手表出了问题，所以可以排除手表以外的其它理由。