大學(xué)英語(yǔ)四級(jí)名校密卷（１０）（四）大學(xué)英語(yǔ)四級(jí)名校密卷（１０）（四）大學(xué)英語(yǔ)四級(jí)名校密卷（１０）（四）公布時(shí)間：2006-05-13Naturally,itiseasiertojoininthelifeofacityifoneisclosetothecenterofthecity.Forthisreason,youmayprefertoliveasclosetothecenterofthecityaspossible.Or,youmanyprefertorenttoplaceforonlyamonthortwountilyoubecomemorefamiliarwiththearea.Yourbestsourceofinformationabouteitherhousesorapartmentsislikelytobethelocalnewspaper.Usually,theweek’smostcompletelistingofhousesorapartmentstorentappearsintheSundaynewspaper,which,inmanycities,canbeobtainedlateSaturdaynight.Manypeoplelookingforhousesorapartmentsbelievethattheyhaveabetterchanceoffindingaplacetoliveiftheyhavealltheinformationassoonaspossible.OnSundaymorning,theyarereadytocallorvisit.Questions14to16arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.Whichmaybethebestsourceofinformationabouthouses?1Whysomebodypreferstoliveasclosetothecenterofthecityaspossible?Accordingtothispassage,whichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?PassageThreeDr.WilliamsinNewYorkcarriedoutastudyofcats,whichhadfallenoutofwindowsofapartmentblocks.Nineoutoftensurvivedafalloftwostoreysormore.Onecatfellfromaflatonthethirty-secondfloorandonlylostatooth.Interestingly,thecatsweremostatriskfrominjuryordeathiftheyfellfromtheseventhfloor.Fallingfromeitheralesserorgreaterheightgavethemabetterchanceofsurvival.Whatisthesignificanceoftheseventhfloor?Thestudyshowsthatthisisthedistancecatstaketoreachtheirterminalspeed,i.e.thefinalspeedthatdoesnotchangeonceitisreached.Aftertheseventhfloor,itmaybethattheyrelaxandspreadouttheirlegslikeaflyingsquirrel.Thiswouldslowthemdownandallowtheirmusclestoabsorbmoreoftheforceofimpact,whichwouldreducethedamage.2Catsalsohaveaverywelldevelopedsenseofbalance.Theycanchangepositionwhilefallingsothattheylandontheirfeet.Thishastheadvantageofspreadingtheforceofimpactwiththegroundoverfourlegsandsodoeslessdamagetoeachleg.Questions17to20arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.What’stherateofsurvivalinafalloftwostoreysormore?Howcanacatsurvivewhenfallingfromaheightmorethanthe7thfloor?What’stheadvantageofthewell-developedsenseofbalance?Whatdoesthispassagetellusaboutcats?答案與詳解PartⅠListeningComprehensionSectionA【答案】B3【詳盡解答】女士告訴問(wèn)路的男士向前走兩個(gè)街區(qū)，向左轉(zhuǎn)，再走三個(gè)街區(qū)，向來(lái)走到藥店，他要找的地方就在街對(duì)面，加起來(lái)共5個(gè)街區(qū)，所以只有B【答案】D【詳盡解答】男士說(shuō)起他們?nèi)康亩煳锛诙Y拜五會(huì)打折出售，并建議女士等到禮拜五買(mǎi)，所以D3.【答案】D【試題剖析】【詳盡解答】重點(diǎn)在女士話中的“theneighborhoodconveniencestorewasheldup”一句，詞組holdup在此處意為“持槍打劫“，所以D是正確答案?！敬鸢浮緽【詳盡解答】掌握住文中的重點(diǎn)詞wolfdown（風(fēng)卷殘?jiān)疲?，我們可推知女士勸她的兒子不要吃的太快，所以可知B【答案】D4【詳盡解答】依據(jù)重點(diǎn)詞heater，power，fix，我們可得悉女士的暖爐出了故障，需要維修，所以她一定是給電工打電話，那么只有D【答案】C【詳盡解答】此題的重點(diǎn)是理解對(duì)話中的幾個(gè)詞和習(xí)語(yǔ)的意思。女士說(shuō)“Howshecouldbesocalminfrontofsuchalargeaudienceisreallybeyondme.”意思是“我真沒(méi)想到她在那么多觀眾眼前居然表現(xiàn)的那么鎮(zhèn)定。”由此我們可以推出C是最正確答案。〖ZK)【答案】A【詳盡解答】在會(huì)話中，男士談到了職位和薪資，并談到他此刻的工作很令他滿意，所以我們可推測(cè)他是在考慮能否要換工作，所以A【答案】A【詳盡解答】要注意對(duì)話頂用到的詞組，“getnowhere”意為“沒(méi)有進(jìn)展”，“gothrough”意為“達(dá)成”，對(duì)話中女士說(shuō)她一點(diǎn)都不會(huì)做那些物理題，5男士說(shuō)幫她做，所以A是正【答案】C【詳盡解答】依據(jù)男士所說(shuō)“Butthestudentswilltaketheirexaminationthisafternoon.PerhapsyoucancomebacknextMonday”，我們可知他其實(shí)不反對(duì)女士聽(tīng)他的課，可是下午學(xué)生要考試，他建議她下周一去聽(tīng)。所以選項(xiàng)C符【