大学英语考试复习资料大学四级模拟821.docx
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大学英语考试复习资料大学四级模拟821
[大学英语考试复习资料]大学四级模拟82
大学四级模拟82
PartⅠWriting
Directions:
Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowritealetterofadvicetoyourcousinabouthowtospendthefirstwinterholidayincollege.Youshouldwriteatleast120wordsfollowingtheoutlinegivenbelow.
问题:
1.英语是一种交流工具。
2.英语已成为一种世界性语言。
3.我们希望与外界交流。
WhyDoYouStudyEnglish
答案:
WhyDoYouStudyEnglish
IstudyEnglishbecauseitisatoolforcommunication.Ourageisanageofcommunication.Weliveinasocietyinwhichcommunicationhasalreadygonebeyondtheboundaryofacountry.Ifwewanttolearnmoreaboutpeopleinothercountries,wehavetograspatoolforCommunication.AndEnglishasaforeignlanguageforusisanimportanttool.
AnotherreasonforroetostudyEnglishisthatithasbecomeaworldlanguage.Forallkindsofreasons,Englishhasspreadfarandwide.Ithasbeengiventhestatusofbeinganimportanttoolforcommunicationbetweenpeoplefromdifferentcountries.
Wedon'twanttobeexcludedfromtheworld.Wewanttocommunicatewithpeopleinothercountries,togettoknowtheirtechnology,theircultureandtheirart.AndEnglishcanhelpusachievethatgoal.That'swhyIstudyEnglish.
PartⅡReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)
AlanGreenspan:
theMostPowerfulGuy
WiththeAmerican'sMidtermElectionsover,andanewCommander-in-Chiefabouttostepin,someAmericansarealittlenervousaboutthenation'sfuture.Butothersfeelsecure,knowingthatthemantheyconsiderthemostpowerfulpersonintheworldisn'tgoinganywhere.
Justwhoisthisbehind-the-scenesguytheythinkhasmorepowerthanGeorgeW.Busheverwill?
He'sAlanGreenspan,a74-year-oldexperteconomistwhoheadstheFederalReserve,commonlyknownastheFed.
Unlikethepresident,whohastopleasethevotersandcompromisewithCongress,Greenspandoesn'thavetoanswertoanyone.
Butthatdoesn'tmeanhisjobiseasy.
Basically,Greenspanisinchargeofkeepingthenation'seconomystable.Theeconomyissortoflikeaballoon:
blowintoomuchair,anditpops.Butwithtoolittleair,itfallstothefloor.Greenspanhelpsdecidewhentoblowmoreairintotheeconomy.Inthiscase,theairinaballoonis.theamountofmoneyintheeconomy.Greenspancanmaketheeconomygrowbyincreasingthemoneysupply,orkeeptheeconomyfrominflatingtoomuchbydecreasingthemoneysupply.Hisgoalisfortheeconomytogrowandcontractgradually.Rapidchangescanharmbusinessesandconsumers.
Translating"Greenspan—Speak"
Inaspeechlately,GreenspanhintedtheFedwasconcernedtheeconomymightbeslowingdowntoofast.WhatGreenspanactuallysaidwasthattheFedshould"remainalerttothepossibilitythatgreatercautionandweakeningassetvaluesinfinancialmarketscouldsignalorprecipitate(促成)anexcessivesofteninginhouseholdandbusinessspending."Butwhatinvestorsheardwas:
"Imaylowerinterestrateswhichwillmakeiteasierforthecompaniesyouareinvestingintoborrowmoney.Thatmeansthey'llexpandandtheirstockwillbeworthmoreinthefuture."
WithinhoursofGreenspan'sremarks,somanyinvestorsboughtstocksthattheDowJonesandtheNASDAQrosebythreepercentandtenpercentthatday.Thevalueofsomecompanieswentupbymillionsofdollars,justbecauseinvestorshadconfidenceinGreenspan'swords.
IncreasingInfluence
ButGreenspandoesn'tjustworkmagicbytalking.HewaseducatedatNewYorkUniversityandColumbiaandappointedtohisjobin1987byPresidentRonaldReagan.Andhe'screditedwithsteeringthecountrythroughsomedifficulttimessincethen,includingaseriousstockmarketcrashjustafterhetookthejob.
AnotherreasonGreenspanhasbecomealmostacelebrityinAmerica,isthatmorepeoplearepayingattentiontothestockmarketthaneverbefore.Itusedtobethatonlyrichpeopleandpowerfulcorporationshadtheextramoneytoinvestinstocks.ButtheU.S.economyhasdonesowellinrecentyears,thatmoreandmoreordinarypeopleareinvestinginstocks.
WhoisGreenspan?
He'sanativeNewYorker.Hisfirstfocuswasmusic:
HeattendedNewYork'sJulliardSchoolandtouredthecountryforayearintheearly1940s,playingintheHenryJeromeswingband(摇摆乐队).Ifnothingelse,friendsbelieve,thisexperienceofUStravelgavehimtheabilitytoconnectdispassionate(不带感情的)economictheorieswiththeindividualstheyaffect.
"ThemostoutstandingthingabouthisisheknowstheAmericaneconomy…,"saysfriendHerbertStein,aneconomist.
AswingintoeconomicscarriedhimstraightintomoderateRepublicanpolitics.HeadvisedRichardNixoninhis1968campaign,andservedbrieflyintheBureauoftheBudget.
Sevenyearslater,hereturnedtogovernmentservice,replacingMr.SteinaschairoftheCouncilofEconomicAdvisersinthefinaldaysofNixonpresidency.HeagreedonlyafterbeingassuredthatVicePresidentFordwouldkeephim.
Inthatrole,hehelpedformulatetheinflation—fightingblueprintofthe1970sthatreducedinflationfrom11to6.5percent.
Greenspanisalsoknownfortakinghotmorningbathsthatlastaslongasanhour,withhisinboxwithinreach.Thepracticebeganyearsagotocounterabadback.
ThathasnotkepthimoffWashington'stenniscourts,whereheisrenownedcompetitor."Ifoundhisintensityremarkableandhisapproachshotserious,"saysoneofGreenspan'spartners.
MarriedtoNBCnewswomanAndreaMitchell,Greenspanisalsofamousforhissyntax(句法),orrather,thewayitconcealsvirtuallyanythingthatcouldbesaidtobeanopinion.ThisispartlytheresultofthenaturalsilenceofFedofficials,whounderstandthatmarketshangontheireveryword.ButitisalsopartofGreenspan'spersonality.
Onefriendremembersencounteringhiminanairport,afterviolentstormshadalmostshutdownairtrafficontheEastCoast.Askedabouttheweather,theFedchairmansaidhesitantlythatiswas"OK."
"Hecouldn'tevenbringhimselftobeconclusiveabouttheweather!
"says'thefriend.
Greenspan'sNextMove
Afteryearsofveryhighgrowth,theAmericaneconomyisstartingtoslowdown.Recently,corporationshavebeenmakinglessmoneyandpeoplearestartingtohaveahardertimefindingjobs.
Greenspanishopingtoeasetheeconomyintoasoftlanding—tomakethecarcometoagentlestopinsteadofhittingabrickwall.Ifhesucceeds,thecountrywillavoidtwopossibleproblems:
risingpricesandhighunemployment.
AttheFed'smeeting,GreenspanandtheothermembersdecidedthattheeconomywasgrowingatanOKrate,butthatthereisapossibilityofaseriousslowdown.Iftheyareworriedthatthewholeeconomyisstartingtosink,theycouldlowerinterestratesatthenextmeetinginanattempttoencouragepeopletoborrowandspend.
Whilethere'snowaytoknowwhattheywilldecide,onethingiscertain:
thedecisionsthatGreenspanandtheFederalReserveBoardmakewillaffecteveryonewhoearns,borrowsorspendsmoney.
1.IftheeconomyofAmericawastheballoon,theairintheballoonwouldbe______.
A.business
B.money
C.theFed
D.government
答案:
B[定位]定位到文章第五段第四至五句Greenspanhelpsdecidewhentoblowmoreairintotheeconomy.Inthiscase,theairinaballoonistheamountofmoneyintheeconomy.
[精析]细节辨认题【考频:
14】。
原文说“格林斯潘来决定什么时候把气吹进美国经济。
在这里,空气就是投入经济的钱。
”所以,正确答案为B)。
2.WithinhoursafterGreenspan'sremarks,______.
A.theindexesofstocksrose
B.peoplelostconfidence
C.theFedbecameconcerned
D.theeconomysloweddown
答案:
A[定位]定位到第二个小标题下第二段第一句WithinhoursofGreenspan'sremarks,somanyinvestorsboughtstocksthattheDowJonesandtheNASDAQrosebythreepercentandtenpercentthatday.
[精析]细节辨认题【考频:
14】。
原文很清楚的说“就在格林斯潘公开讲话后的几个小时,很多股市的投资人大量买入股票,那天的道琼斯指数上升了百分之三,纳斯达克指数上升了百分之十。
”道琼斯和纳斯达克都是美国股市指数,所以,A)“股市指数上升”是正确答案。
3.Inrecentyears,thosewhoinvestinstocksare______.
A.onlyrichpeopleandbigcorporations
B.celebritiesandpowerfulcorporations
C.corporationsaswellasordinarypeople
D.richpeople,ordinarypeopleandcorporations
答案:
D[定位]定位到第二个小标题下第二段第二至三句Itusedtobethatonlyrichpeopleandpowerfulcorporationshadtheextramoneytoinvestinstocks.ButtheU.S.economyhasdonesowellinrecentyears,thatmoreandmoreordinarypeopleareinvestinginstocks.
[精析]综合归纳题【考频:
1】。
原文说“以前,只有富人和大公司有额外的钱投入股市,现在,美国经济好了,越来越多的普通人向股市里面投资了。
”所以,综合这两句话的意思,D)“富人、普通人和公司”为正确答案。
4.BeforeGreenspanbecameaneconomist,hisfirstinterestwasin______.
A.travel
B.music
C.politics
D.education
答案:
B[定位]定位到第三个小标题下第一段第二句Hisfirstfocuswasmusic…
[精析]信息明示题【考频:
5】。
文章中明确地提到“格林斯潘最初的兴趣是音乐。
”故正确答案为B)。
5.Greenspanoftentakeshotmorningbathsthatlastaslongasanhour.That'sbecause______.
A.hecanhavehisinboxwithinreach
B.hecanreadyforthetoughday
C.it'sgoodforhisback
D.hehashadthehabitforyears
答案:
C[定位]定位到第三个小标题下第六段Greenspanisalsoknownfortakinghotmorningbathsthatlastaslongasanhour,withhisinboxwithinreach.Thepracticebeganyearsagotocounterabadback.
[精析]细节归纳题【考频:
9】。
文章中说“格林斯潘还有一件很有名的事,那就是每天早晨要洗一个长达一小时的热水澡。
这是为了对抗他的背部问题。
”本题的关键在于理解原文中的counter一词,意为“对抗”,所以,C)“这对他的背有好处”为正确答案。
6.Greenspanisfamousforhissyntax,inotherwords,______.
A.heisskillfulforhidinghisopinion
B.hehasexcellentgrammarandvocabulary
C.healwaysliestotheAmericanpublic
D.hegiveslotsofwell-knownspeeches
答案:
A[定位]定位到第三个小标题下第八段第一句…Greenspanisalsofamousforhissyntax,orrather,thewayitconcealsvirtuallyanythingthatcouldbesaidtobeanopinion.
[精析]语义理解题。
文章中说“格林斯潘还以其句法闻名,确切地说,是那种掩盖了几乎一切能被称为观点的句法。
”只要能够正确地理解本句的意思,就可以发现,A)“他很会用技巧隐藏自己的观点”是正确答案。
7.WhydidGreenspananswerthequestionaboutweatherhesitantly?
A.Becauseheneededtosee
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