考試吧文都：2012年12月英語四級真題答案及解析

　　Passage 2

　　The speech delivery style of Europeans and Asians tends to be very formal.Speakers of these cultures often read oral presentations from carefully retain manual scripts. On the other hand, American speakers are generally more informal relative to speakers and other cultures. American audiences prefernatural, spontaneous delivery that conveys a lively sense of communication. They don’t relay well to speakers who read from a manual script. If you use an outline of your ideas instead of a prepare text, your speech will not only sound more natural, but you will also be able to establish better relationship with your listeners and keep their attention. The language and style you use when making an oral presentation should not be the same as the language in style you use when writing. Well retain information, that is meant to be read, does not work aswell when it is heard. It is, therefore, important for you to adapt retain texts or outlines for presentations. Good speakers are much more informal when speaking than when writing. They also use their own words and develop their own speaking styles. Whenever possible, they use short words. Listeners are appreciated when speakers use simple, everyday words in a presentation. One advantage is that it is much easier for speakers to pronounce short words correctly. Another is that long and sophisticated vocabulary choices make listening more difficult.

　　Question 30 to 32

　　30. What does the speaker say American audiences prefer?

　　答案：D. A natural and spontaneous style of speech.

　　31. What should one pay attention to when making an oral presentation?

　　答案： B. Differences in style between writing and speaking.

　　32. What does the speaker focus on in the talk?

　　答案：A. The key to becoming a good speaker.

　　點評：本篇文章重點分析了成為一名優(yōu)秀的演講者的關鍵因素。歐洲人和亞洲人的演講風格往往是趨于比較正式的，而美國人的演講風格是自然、自發(fā)、生動地傳遞表達信息，這也正是聽眾所喜歡的方式。同時，做口頭報告時應注意寫作和口語所要求的風格差異，有了這樣的認識后，你才能在今后的演講中運用簡短貼近生活的言語表達自己的想法，形成自己的演講風格，成為一名優(yōu)秀的演講者。

　　這篇文章相對簡單，沒有出現(xiàn)太難的生詞，較容易理解。整個內(nèi)容就圍繞一個主題展開，清晰明了，只要能抓住此主題線索，整篇文章的結(jié)構就一目了然了。

　　Passage 3

　　Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　Let children learn to judge their own work. A child learning to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time. If corrected too much, he will stop talking. He compares a thousand times a day the difference between language as he uses it and language as those around him use it. Bit by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people’s. In the same way, kids learning to do all the other things they learn without adult teachers, to walk, run, climb, ride a bike, play games, compare their own performance with what more skilled people do, and slowly make the needed changes. But in school we never give a child a chance to detect his mistakes. We do it all for him. We act as if we thought he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him. Soon he becomes dependent on the expert. We should let him do it himself. Let him figure out, with the help of other children if he wants it, what this word says, what is the answer to that problem, whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or that. If right answers need to be given, as in mathematics or science, give him the answer book. Let him correct his own papers. Why should we teachers waste time on such tedious work? Our job should be to help children when they tell us that they can’t find a way to get the right answer.

　　Question 33 to 35

　　33. How does a child learn to do something according to the speaker?

　　34. What belief do teachers commonly hold according to the speaker?

　　35. What does the speaker imply about the current way of teaching?