1、四級標準聽力測試模擬二SectionB答四級標準聽力測試模擬二Section B答案解析PassageTwoCrimehasitsow ncycles,amagaz inerep ortedsomeyearsago.Policerecordsshowasur prisin grelati on betwee ncha nges in theseas onan dcrime patter ns.Thep atter no fcrimehascha ngedverylittleoveral ongp eriodofyears.Murderreachesitshi ghduri ngJulya nd

2、August,asdootherviole ntattacks.Murder,i nadditi on ,ismoretha nseas on al;itisaweeke ndcrime.ltisalsoa ni ghttimecrime:62 perce ntofmurdersarecommittedb etwee n6p. m.a nd6a.m .On eismostlikelytoberobbedbetwee n6p. m.a nd2a.m .on aSaturda ynig hti nDecemberJa nu ary,orFebruary.Exce ptforo nestra nge

3、statistic,Mayistheleastcrim in alm on thofall.Apparen tlyouri ntellectualseas on cyclesareco mpl etelydiffere ntfromourcrim inalp att erns.ProfessorH un ti ngto nm adealotofstudiestodiscovertheseas on swhe npeop lereadser iousbooks,atte ndscie ntificmeeti ngs,a ndmakethehighestscores on exam in ati

4、ons.ln all exa mpl es,hefo un das pringp eaka ndan autu mnp eakse paratedbyasummerlow. On theotherha nd,ProfessorHuntington sstudiesshowedthatJuneisthepeakmonthforsuicidesandforadm itti ngp atie ntstome ntalhos pital.J un eisalsoa peakm on thformarriages!Possibly,highte mp eraturea ndhumiditybri ngo

5、nou rstra ngea ndsur pris in gsummeracti ons,but policeofficersare no tsosure."Thereare,ofcourse ,noproo fofarelati on betweenhumidityandmurder ” ,theysay.“Whymurde' shightimeshouldcomeinthesummertimewerea llydon tknow”.Questions29to31arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.29. Whatisthepassag

6、emainlyabout?解析】選 D 。根據(jù)選項的概括性強、信息密集可知，本題考查短文主旨。文章開頭的Policerecordsshowasurprisingrelationbetweenchangesintheseasonandcrimepatterns為短文主題句，故 D 為答案。30. Whichisthesafestseason?解析】選 B 。文章明確提到Mayistheleastcriminalmonthofall，表明五月是犯罪率最低的月份，也就是說五月最安全，故選項 B 正確。'sresearchshow?31. WhatdidProfessorHuntington解

7、析】選 C 。推斷題。文章講到， ProfessorHuntington 調(diào)查人們讀嚴肅小說、出席科技會議和考試得高分的季節(jié)，所有數(shù)據(jù)表明在春季和秋季是高峰，而夏季卻是低峰，排除B、D;另外短文中聽到June出現(xiàn)最多的地方提到了兩個peak,他們分別是自殺和A 項，得出答案 C 。醫(yī)院接收精神病患者數(shù)目峰以及結(jié)婚的高峰，由此可以排除四級標準聽力測試模擬二 Section B 答案解析 (3)PassageThreeDespitethepresenceofworkaholics,thereisagrowingrealizationintheUnitedStatestha ttoomuchwork

8、demandcanbephysicallyandmentallyharmful.Manypeoplehavebeenrebellin gagainsttheworkethic,sayingthatnojobissoimportantastodamagepersonalrelationshi psandrobpeopleofrelaxation.Therehasbeenashiftinvalues,withmoreemphasisbeinggiv entopersonalrelationshipsandrelaxation.Leisuretimeprovidesopportunitiestofi

9、ndp ersonalsatisfactionandfreedomfromtheroutineofwork.IncreasedleisuretimeintheUnitedStateshasnotalteredtheideathatworkandplayaredistinctactivities.Thisdistinctionisclear-cut;thereare “ work -hours”and“afterworkhours”.Thereisabeliefthatitisdesirabletoworkhardandplayhard ” andundesirabletocombinethet

10、wo.Inmanyoffices,stores,andfactoriessocializingamongemployeesisdiscouraged.Anemployeeunderpressureatworkoftencannotaffordtorespondtosocialcallsandvisits.However,theamountofpersonalcontactonthejobdependsonthenatureofthework.Theremaybemoresocialinteractionbetweenteachersinaschoolthanbetweenscientistsd

11、oingindependentresearch.Nevertheless,workandplayareusuallyperceivedandmaintainedasseparateactivities.Questions32to35arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.32.Whatistheresultoftoomuchworkdemand?解析】選 C 。本文開頭就說toomuchworkdemandcanbephysicallyandmentallyharmful( 工作量過大在體力上和腦力上都是有害的），即C。33.Inordertorebelaga

12、insttheworkethic,whatdomanypeoplebelievenow?解析】選 B 。文中 claiming（ 宣稱）即表明人們是這樣認為 （believe） 的，nojobissoimportantasto.表明工作并不是最重要的，人們應該多注意與人的交往和放松自己，即 B 。34.Whatdopeopleexpectanemployeeunderpressureatworktodo?解析】選 B 。這個例子出現(xiàn)在 toworkhardandplayhard 這個概念被引出之后，文中原話說：處于工作重壓下的職員是不能進行社交拜訪活動（意即休閑）的，與B表達的意思是一樣的。3

13、5.Whatdoesthespeakerimplybysaying “ thedistinctionisclear-cut ”?解析】選 A 。文中 clear-cut 一詞出現(xiàn)前有 workandplayaredistinct（ 不同的 )activities，之后又出現(xiàn)了 work-hoursandafterwork-hours 和towork ? hardandplayhard 等詞句，均說明美國人認為工作和休閑是截然分開的。四級標準聽力測試模擬二 Section B 答案解析SectionBPassageOneChildrenintheUnitedStatesareexposedtom

14、anyinfluencesotherthanthatoftheirfamilie s.Televisionisthemostsignificantoftheseinfluences,becausethehabitofwatchingtel evisionusuallybeginsbeforechildrenstartattendingschool.And,bythetimethattheave ragechildfinisheshighschool,heorshewillhavespent18,000hoursinfrontofatelevisio nsetasopposedto12,000h

15、oursinaclassroom.Parentsareconcernedaboutthesefigures.Theyarealsoconcernedaboutthelackofquality intelevisionprogramsforchildren.Thedegreeofviolenceinmanyoftheseshowsalsoworri esthem.Even ifitis un realacarto on catbeati ngup acarto onm ousewithabaseballbatthisviole ncemayhaveanegativeeffectontheyoun

16、gmindsexposedtoit.Studiesindicatethat,whench ildrenareexposedtoviolence,theymaybecomeaggressiveorinsecure.Parentsarealsoconcernedaboutthecommercialsthattheirchildrenseeontelevision.Man yparentswouldliketoseefewercommercialsduringprogramsforchildren.Andsomeparents feelthattheseshowsshouldnothavecomme

17、rcialsatallbecauseyoungmindsarenotmatureen oughtodealwiththeclaimsmadebyadvertisers.Educationaltelevisionhasnocommercialsandhasprogramsforchildrenthatmanyparentsa pproveof.Themostfamousoftheseis “SesameStreet”,whichtriestogivepreschoolchildrenaheadstartinlearningthealphabetandnumbers.Italsotriestote

18、achchildrenusefult hingsabouttheworldinwhichtheylive.Eventhoughmostparentsandeducatorsgive “SesameStreet” andshowslikeithighmarksfo rquality,somecriticsarguethatalltelevision,whethereducationalornot,isharmfulto children.Thesecriticsfeelthatthehabitofwatchinghoursoftelevisionadayturnschild renintoboredandpassiveconsumersoftheirworldratherthanencouragingthemtobecomeac tiveexplorersofit.Questions26to28arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.26.Whatisthemai