大学英语四级考试精讲班第27讲讲义.docx

1、大学英语四级考试精讲班第27讲讲义大学英语四级考试精讲班第27讲讲义听力原文与解题思路 听力原文与解题思路Section A:1.虚拟语气：M: I think the hostess really went out of her way to make the party a success.W: Yes. The food and drinks were great, but if only we had known a few of the other guests.Q: What did the two speakers say about the party? A They enjo

2、yed the party better than the other guests.B They knew none of the other guests at the party.C They didnt think much of the food and drinks.D They went a long way to attend the party. 解析选B。分析选项知对话与参加party有关，but表转折，虚拟语气if only we had known a few of the other guests表示否定，就是他们不认识聚会上的客人。 2.同义转述： M: Can y

3、ou stop by the post office and get me some envelops and 39 cents stamps? W: Well, I am not going to stop by the post office but I can buy you some at the bookstore after I see the dentist down Marker Street. Q: Where will the woman go first? A To the dentists. B To the market. C To the post office.

4、D To the bookstore. 解析选A。四个选项都是to加地点，听音时注意所去的地点以及先后顺序。根据I can buyafter I see the dentist可知女士首先去诊所。 3.反向推理： M: How do you like the new physician who replaced Doctor Andrews? W: He may not seem as agreeable or as thorough as Doctor Andrews, but at least he doesnt keep patients waiting for hours. Q: Wh

5、at can we infer from the womans answer? A She dislikes Dr. Andrews as much as the new physician. B Dr. Andrews has been promoted for his thoroughness. C She disagrees withDr. Andrews on many occasions. D Dr. Andrews used to keep his patients waiting. 解析选D。选项与Andrews医生的行为及评价有关，听音时根据转折词but以及he (the ne

6、w physician) doesnt keep patients waiting反向推出Andrews医生经常让病人等。 4.反向推理： W: Tom must be in a bad mood today. He hasnt said half a dozen of wordsall afternoon. M: Oh, really? Thats not like the Tomwe know. Q: What does the man imply? A Tom is usually talkative. B Tom has a very bad temper. C Tom is disl

7、iked by his colleague. D Tom has dozens of things to attend to. 解析选A。选项和Tom的性格以及喜好有关，听音时根据hasnt said half a dozen of words以及Thats not like the Tom反向推出Tom本来是爱说话的。 5.同义转述： W: Do you have the seminar schedule with you? Id like to find out the topic for Friday. M: I gave it to my friend, but there shoul

8、d be copies available in the library. I can pick one up for you. Q: What does the man promise to do? A To find out more about the topic for the seminar. B To make a copy of the schedule for his friend. C To get the seminar schedule for the woman. D To pick up the womanfrom the library. 解析选C。选项均为to加动

9、词原形，由for the woman知题干问男士的行为，听音时根据can pick one (the seminar schedule)up for you可知C为其同义转述。 6.细节推理： W: I wonder if you could sell me the psychology textbooks. You took the course last semester, didnt you? M: As a matter of fact, I already sold them back to the schoolbook store. Q: What do we learn from

10、 the cover-station? A The man doesnt want to sell his textbooks to the woman. B The woman has to get the textbooks in other ways. C The woman has soldher used textbooks to the bookstore. D The man is going to buyhis textbooks from a bookstore. 解析选B。分析选项知对话和买卖课本有关，听录音，as a matter of fact表示转折，由I alrea

11、dy sold them back推出女士不能从男士那得到书，得通过别的方式。 7.细节再现： W: Here is this weeks schedule, Tony. On Mon-day there is the board meeting. Your speech at the Lions Club is on Tuesday afternoon. Then on Wednesday you have the appointment with your lawyer. And M: Wait! You mean the business conference on Tuesday is

12、 canceled? Q: What will the man do this Tuesday? A Give a speech. B Meet his lawyer. C Attend a conference. D Make a business trip. 解析选A。选项均为动词短语，由此可知对话和动作行为有关。听录音，根据Your speech at the Lions Club is on Tuesday知男士在星期二演讲。 8.同义转述： M: Can you believe it? Jessie told her boss he was wrong to have fired h

13、is marketing director. W: Yeah. But you know Jessie. If she has something in mind, everyone will know about it. Q: What does the woman mean? A Jessie should know the marketing director better. B Jessie is wrong to find fault with her boss. C Jessie seems to have a lot on her mind. D Jessie always sa

14、ys what she thinks. 解析选D。分析选项知题干与Jessie的性格和行为有关。听录音，根据If she has something in mind, everyone will know about it可知D为其同义转述。 9.细节推理： M: Weve got three women researchers in our group, Mary, Betty and Helen. Do you know them? W: Sure. Mary is active and sociable. Betty is the most talkative woman Ive eve

15、r met. But guess what? Helen is just the opposite. Q: What do we learn from the womans remark about Helen? A Helen is quiet. B Helen is talkative. C Helen is sociable. D Helen is active. 解析选A。分析选项知题干与Helen的性格有关，听录音，根据Betty is the most talkative以及Helen is just the opposite两个细节推出Helen很安静。 10.转折句推理： W:

16、 Jimmy said that he was going to marry a rich French businesswoman. M: Dont be so sure. He once toldme that he had bought a big house, yet he is stillsharing an apartment with Mark. Q: What does the man imply? A Jimmy is not serious in making decisions. B Jimmy is rich enough to buy a big house. C J

17、immys words are often not reliable. D Jimmy will regret marrying a Frenchwoman. 解析选C。分析选项知题干和Jimmy的性格和自身情况有关。听录音，根据He once told, yet he is still表示转折的句子推出Jimmy的话不可信。 SectionBSection BPassage One:(1)听力原文：Unless you have visited the southern United States, you probably have never heard of Kudzu. Kudzu,

18、 as any farmer in the south will sadly tell you, is a super-powered weed. It is a strong climbing plant. Once it gets started, Kudzu is almost impossible to stop. It climbs to the tops of the tallest. It can cover large buildings. Whole barns and farmhouses have been known to disappear from view. Wh

19、erever it grows, its thick wresting stems are extremely hard to remove. Kudzu was once thought to be a helpful plant. Originally found in Asia, it was brought to America to help protect the land from being swallowed by the sea. It was planted where its tough roots, which grow up to five feet long co

20、uld help hold back the soil. But the plant soon spread to places where it wasnt wanted. Farmers now have to fight to keep it from killing other plants. In a way, Kudzu is a sign of a labor shortage in the south. Where there is no one to work the fields, Kudzu soon takes over. The northern United Sta

21、tes faces no threat from Kudzu. Harsh winters kill it off. The plant loves the warmth of the south, but the south surely doesnt love it. If someone could in-vent some use for Kudzu and remove it from southern farmland, his or her fortune would be assured.Questions 1113 are based on the passage you h

22、ave just heard. (2)解题思路：11. What do we learn about “Kudzu” from the passage?【解析】选A。由farmers及13题的soil, the plant知It是一种植物，猜测题干问该植物的情况。听录音，根据sadly tell you, once thought to be a helpful plant及remove it from推出该植物带来不好的影响。A It has done more harm than good in the southern USAB It was brought to the norther

23、n USA by Asian farmersC It was introduced into the USA to kill harmful weedsD It can be used by farmers to protect large buildings12. What will happenif the fields are neglected in the southern United States?【解析】选B。由plough知they指土地，猜测题干问将来某种不好的情况。听录音，根据Where there is no one to work the fields, Kudzu

24、soon takes over知B为细节再现。A They will become too hard to ploughB They will soon be overgrown with KudzuC people will have to rely on Kudzu for a livingD People will find it hard to protect the soil13. Why isnt Kudzu a threat to the northern United States?【解析】选D。由not so suitable, under control, unfavora

25、ble猜测题干问Kudzu没有形成危害的原因。听录音，根据The northern United States faces no threat以及Harsh winters kill it off知原因是D。A The soil there is not so suitable for the plantB The factories there have found a good use for itC The farmers there have brought it under controlD The climate there is unfavorable to its growth

26、Passage Two(1)听力原文：The word “university” comes from the Latin word “universities”, meaning “the whole”. Later, in Latin legal language, “universitas” meant a society or corporation. In the Middle Ages, the word meant “an association of teachers and scholars”. The origins of universities can be trace

27、d back to the 12th to 14th centuries. In the early 12th century, long before universities were organized in the modern sense, students gathered together for higher studies at certain centers of learning. The earliest centers in Europe were at Bologna in Italy, founded in 1088. Other early centers we

28、re set up in France, the Czech Republic, Australia and Germany from 1150 to 1386. The first universities in Britain were Oxford and Cambridge. They were established in 1185 and 1209 respectively. The famous London University was founded in 1836. This was followed by the foundation of several univers

29、ities such as Manchester and Birmingham, which developed from provincial colleges. It was in the 1960s that the largest expansionof higher education took place in Britain. This expansion took three basic forms: existing universities were enlarged, new universities were developed from existing colleg

30、es and completely new universities were set up. In Britain finance for universities comes from three sources: the first, and the largest source, is grants from the government, the second source is fees paid by students and the third one is private donations. All the British universitiesexcept one re

31、ceive some government funding. The exception is Buckingham which is the Britains only independent university.Questions 1416 are based on the passage you have just heard. (2)解题思路：14. What did the word “universitas” mean in the Middle Ages?【解析】选C。选项为四个名词，由15题知文章与universities有关。听录音，In the Middle Ages, the word meant “an association of teachers and scholars”,对号入座，选C。其他干扰项是别的时期的含义。A The universe as a wholeB A society of legal professionalC An association of teachers and scholarsD