恩波：2008年12月英語四級(jí)預(yù)測(cè)試題解析(三)

　　Section C

　　Today, students who want to learn English in the U.S. have a wide choice of courses and institutions to choose from. And, because the U.S. is such a big country, they also have a huge (36) variety of locations in which to study. The U.S. has a long (37) tradition of teaching English because, (38) throughout its history, the country has welcomed immigrants from all over the world, most of whom have needed to (39) learn English. Today, the English language teaching sector in the U.S. is well (40)developed and its teachers are highly(41)qualified and experienced.

　　American universities and colleges welcome many thousands of(42)overseas students each year, who(43) enroll on degree or postgraduate courses. Most of these institutions provide preparation courses for students(44) who need to improve their English before they start university study. These courses are called Intensive English Language Programs and(45) they are the most common type of course taken by overseas students.

　　In addition to language tuition, Intensive English Language Programs give students (46) the chance to get to know the school where they will be studying, and become more familiar with the American academic environment.

　　Part ⅣReading Comprehension(Reading in Depth)

　　Section A

　　47. F 此處需填入一個(gè)動(dòng)詞原形，可選范圍縮小到A、C、F、H、M和N，冒號(hào)后面的內(nèi)容，顯然是在對(duì)marginal land進(jìn)行定義，故答案為F。

　　48. B 此處需要填入一個(gè)名詞或動(dòng)名詞，可選范圍縮小到A、B、C、I、J、K、M和N，根據(jù)前半句the last to be planted under good conditions marginal land肯定是首先要放棄的，故正確答案為B。

　　49. J 此處需要填入一個(gè)名詞，形容詞或相當(dāng)于形容詞功能的詞來修飾soil，后面談到的是自然和地理?xiàng)l件，因此這里應(yīng)該填一個(gè)表示土壤質(zhì)量的詞。

　　50. E 此處需要填入一個(gè)形容詞，名詞或動(dòng)詞的現(xiàn)在或過去分詞作表語，由于連接詞是“or”，后面談到的是不好的地理環(huán)境，那么這里肯定是雨水不足，正確答案為E。

　　51. A 此處需要填入一個(gè)名詞或動(dòng)名詞作賓語，根據(jù)文章意思，草肯定是為食草動(dòng)物提供了優(yōu)質(zhì)的飼料，因此正確答案為A。

　　52. K 此處需要填入一個(gè)形容詞來修飾grasses,根據(jù)本句與foreign的對(duì)比邏輯關(guān)系可確定答案為K。

　　53. N 此處需要填入一個(gè)名詞，根據(jù)下文cattle對(duì)marginal land的破壞可確定正確答案為N。

　　54. D 此處需要填入一個(gè)形容詞，根據(jù)下文的描述可知，這里是指一個(gè)有效的方法，因此正確答案為D。

　　55. L 此處需要填入一個(gè)動(dòng)詞的過去分詞，后面的內(nèi)容是這項(xiàng)研究的成果，所以答案是L。

　　56. H 此處需要填入一個(gè)動(dòng)詞原形，根據(jù)a marginal resource into a highly productive one的鮮明對(duì)比可知這是一種轉(zhuǎn)換，故正確答案為H。

　　Section B

　　Passage One

　　57. C 綜合歸納題文章最后一段的第二句話是一個(gè)反問句，“cheap”“disposable”正是塑料制品的特點(diǎn)。A)、B)、D)三個(gè)選項(xiàng)都與其無關(guān)，所以答案是C。

　　58. C 關(guān)于塑料的分類，第一段主要談了兩種，一種是按照制作方法分成三類，另一種是按照是否可變形分成兩類。四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，C)項(xiàng)概括了第二種分類，而D)項(xiàng)的概括是不完整的;A)項(xiàng)和B)項(xiàng)則是錯(cuò)誤的。

　　59. D 細(xì)節(jié)題由第二段最后一句可知A)項(xiàng)是錯(cuò)誤的;而第一句證明C)項(xiàng)是不準(zhǔn)確的。此外，第一段最后一句說明B)項(xiàng)的概括是不全面的。只有D)項(xiàng)可以通過第二段第一句證明是正確的。

　　60. C 綜合判斷題A)項(xiàng)的依據(jù)在第二段開頭：“plastics have struggled through a hundred and twenty years of glory, failure, disrepute and suspicion…”說明塑料工業(yè)的發(fā)展經(jīng)歷了沉沉浮浮(ups and downs)。B)項(xiàng)可以在第二段第二句找到依據(jù)：“they make modern life…more comfortable and convenient…”。D)項(xiàng)的依據(jù)在本文最后一句：“…a great part of the fun of collecting plastics is that beautiful pieces of historical interest can still be found very cheap.”而C)項(xiàng)，否認(rèn)有塑料古董的存在，這與第三段第一句中“the fact that there are plastic antiques”相矛盾，因此是錯(cuò)誤的。

　　61. A 語義判斷題“sympathetic”這個(gè)單詞一般情況下被理解成“表示同情的”，但是這篇文章主要討論塑料的作用，與情感無關(guān)，所以首先排除B)項(xiàng)�！癙lastics are warm materials, sympathetic to the human touch”，本句中前提是“塑料是暖性材料”，只有A)項(xiàng)才符合這個(gè)前提。