4 级考前冲刺试题二
参考答案及录音文本
参考答案
Part I Writing
【参考范文一】
Paying Kids for Chores?
A rising proportion of parents pay their children to do chores around the house nowadays. For example, some parents will give their kids allowances if they clean the room, do laundry, set the table, or prepare simple food for the family.
People differ on whether parents should pay their kids for doing housework. Supporters say tying kids? allowances to housework is a good way to teach kids accountability and responsibility. It also helps children learn about money and how it works. But critics of this approach say children should do routine housework for free. The reason is simple: chores are part of a family, and everyone does chores.
Personally, I don?t think parents should adopt the pay-for-work view. Paying kids to help out sends the wrong massage: they are entitled to freely have everything parents provide for them while the contributions they make to the family have to be paid for. It risks creating teenagers who would worship money and who are likely to drive a hard bargain just to take out the garbage.
【参考范文二】
Paying Kids for Chores?
To foster a love for work and help them become accustomed to it, many Chinese, especially those in big cities, pay their only child to do chores at home. Usually the amount of money given to the child depends on the child?s age, the family?s income and the child?s expenses.
People?s opinions vary towards this phenomenon. Some people think it?s a good idea for parents to pay kids to do housework. It motivates children to do more jobs around the house, as paying chores shows them that they have to
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work in order to get allowances. Others, however, argue that it?s improper for parents to take this approach, since paying them makes them lazy. They say many children now refuse to do anything unless there is some kind of compensation.
I?m in the camp that parents should pay their children in return for work done around the house. On the one hand, it teaches children that they should work for what they want in life. On the other hand, it provides solid lessons and opportunities related to money management.
Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
1. C)
2. D)
3. B)
4. B)
5. A)
6. C)
7. B)
8 an improved complaints procedure 9. improve their offer 10. demanding
Part III Listening Comprehension
11. D) 12. A)
13. D)
14. B)
15. B)
16. C)
17. D)
18. C)
19. D) 20. A) 21. C) 22. B) 23. C) 24. B) 25. B)
26. C) 27. D) 28. C) 29. A) 30. D) 31. B) 32. A) 33. A) 36. voice
37. experience 41. natural
38. result
39. adverse 43. registers
34. C) 35. B)
40. amplifying 42. dependent
44. During a presentation, it?s important to vary pitch to some extent in order to maintain interest
45. A slower pace can be used to emphasize important points — note that the time spent not speaking can be very meaningful too
46. because a pause gives the listener time to think about what was just said or even predict what might come next
Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)
47. K) 48. F) 49. A) 50. H) 51. B) 52. C) 53. E) 54. D) 55. L) 56. I) 57. B)
58. A) 59. D) 60. C) 61. B)
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62. D)
63. C) 64. B) 65. B) 66. A)
Part V Cloze
67. D) 68. B) 69. A) 70. B) 71. C) 72. A) 73. C) 74. B) 75. A) 76. C) 77. D) 78. B) 79. C) 80. D) 81. A) 82. D) 83. C) 84. B) 85. A) 86. D)
Part VI Translation
87. At the risk of going bankrupt/Running the risk of going bankrupt 88. take it for granted that
89. (that) some effective measures were taken 90. let alone/not to mention a house 91. occurs to me that
录音文本
Part III Listening Comprehension
Section A
11. W: You look very sleepy and tired. What?s wrong, John? Did you stay up very late last night?
M: Oh, no. Well, you know, I?ve been here for only a few days. In my home country, it is still late at night now. I
am suffering from jet lag. It?s so hard to overcome this. Q: What does the man mean?
12. M: Hey, I?ve rented a horror film from the shop near the college. Could you come over and enjoy it with me? W: You told me last night you?re going to study this morning. Your plans are always good enough, yet you rarely
carry them out.
Q: What can we infer from the conversation?
13. M: I can?t believe I can?t get a plane ticket for the summer holiday. I mean, it?s only March. W: Well, you know I wouldn?t worry about it too much. People cancel their reservations all the time.
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Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?
14. W: John?s room was in a mess. It seemed that he had never cleaned it. M: This problem is not uncommon for a young man from home. Q: What does the man mean?
15. M: I think I?ll get my second-hand books at the Student Union this year. So many of the books we are using are
the same print.
W: I hope you?re not planning to take your time going there. They are usually snapped up within the first week. Q: What does the woman mean?
16. M: You?re going to make a trip to San Francisco, aren?t you?
W: Yes. But I haven?t got the plane ticket yet. I?m thinking of postponing the trip to next month since this is the
busiest month for the airlines.
Q: What do we know about the woman from this conversation?
17. W: The bank near the supermarket opens on Sundays, quite different from the other banks in the same street. M: On Sundays people have time to go there. It is really convenient for people. Besides, they offer quite
satisfactory service.
Q: What does the man think of the bank?
18. W: Did you go to see the doctor about your cough?
M: The doctor said if I keep smoking it will increase my chance of having a heart attack or, lung disease. And I
am thinking about quitting smoking as the problems seem to be quite serious. Q: What do we know about the man?
Now you will hear the two long conversations.
Conversation One
M: I really don?t know what to do this summer. I can?t afford to just sit around, and there don?t seem to be any jobs
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available.
W: Why don?t you try house-sitting? Last summer my friend Margaret house-sat for the Dodds when they went away on vacation. Mr. Dodd hired Margaret to stay in their house because he didn?t want it left empty. M: You mean the Dodds paid Margaret just to live in their house?
W: It wasn?t that easy. She had to mow the lawn and water the house plants. And when Eric house-sat for Dr. Cohen, he had to take care of her pets.
M: House-sitting sounds like a good job. I guess it?s a little like baby-sitting — except you?re taking care of a house instead of children.
W: The Student Employment Office still has a few jobs posted. M: Do I just have to fill out an application?
W: Margaret and Eric had to interview with the home owners and provide three references each. M: That seems like a lot of trouble for a summer job.
W: Well, the home owners want some guarantee that they can trust the house-sitter. You know, they want to make sure you?re not the type who?ll throw wild parties in their house, or move a group of friends in with you. M: House-sitters who do that sort of thing probably aren?t paid then.
W: Usually they?re paid anyway just because the home owners don?t want to make a fuss. But if the home owner reported it, then the house-sitter wouldn?t be able to get another job. So why don?t you apply? M: Yeah, I think I will.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 19. What does the man want to do this summer?
20. What did the Dodds do when they went away last summer? 21. What is one responsibility the house-sitter probably wouldn’t have? 22. How do home owners determine the reliability of a house-sitter?
Conversation Two
M: So, you must have a lot of contact with overseas students in your work helping people coping with daily existence.
W: Sometimes. You know the life of a social worker is not all wonderful and working to help people in their daily life. I have to spend a lot of time pushing paper, and writing reports too. But when I do get out, yeah, I see a lot of
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