英语四级考试综合题型备考资料.doc

[2010四级] 12月考试综合题型备考：改错练习(7)
    第七篇： Error Correction (15 minutes)

    A good way to get information for essays and
    reports is to interview people who are experts in --71.

    your topic or whose opinions may be interesting.

    Interviews are also a good way to get a sampling of

    people's opinions on various questions. Here are

    some suggestions that will help you make most of a --72.

    planned interview:

    1. If the person to be interviewed (the

    interviewee) is busy, cancel an appointment in --73.

    advance.

    2. Prepare your questions before the interview so

    that you make best use of your time. In preparing

    think about the topic about what the interviewer is --74.

    likely to know.

    3. Use your questions, but don't insist in sticking to --75.

    them or proceeding in the order you have listed.

    Often the interviewee will have important

    information that was never occurred to you, or one --76.

    question may suggest another very useful one.

    4. If you don't understand something the

    interviewee has said, say politely and ask him or --77.

    her to clarify it or to give an example.

    5. Take notes, if the interviewee goes too slowly --78.

    for you, ask him or her to stop for a moment,

    especially if the point is important. A tape

    recorder lets you avoid this problem. Therefore, --79.

    be sure the interviewee agrees to be taped.

    6. As soon as possible after the interview, read

    over your notes. They may need clarified while the --80.

    topic is still fresh in your mind.

    参考答案：71. in -- on

    72. the (most)

    73. cancel -- make

    74. interviewer -- interviewee

    75. in -- on

    76. 去掉was

    77. (say) so

    78. slowly -- fast

    79. Therefore -- However

    80. clarified -- clarifying

[2010四级] 12月四级考试完形填空提高练习(7)
    Shopping habits in the United States have changed greatly in the last quarter of the 20th century. 1 in the 1900s most American towns and cities had a Main Street. Main Street was always in the heart of a town. This street was 2 on both sides with many 3 businesses. Here, shoppers walked into stores to look at all sorts of merchandise: clothing, furniture, hardware, groceries. 4 ,some shops offered 5 .These shops included drugstores, restaurants, shoe-repair stores, and barber or hairdressing shops. 6 in the 1950s, a change began to 7 .Too many automobiles had crowded into Main Street 8 too few parking places were 9 shoppers. Because the streets were crowded, merchants began to look with interest at the open spaces 10 the city limits. Open space is what their car-driving customers needed. And open space is what they got 11 the first shopping centre was built. Shopping centres, or rather malls, 12 as a collection of small new stores 13 crowded city centres. 14 by hundreds of free parking space, customers were drawn away from 15 areas to outlying malls. And the growing 16 of shopping centres led 17 to the building of bigger and betterstocked stores. 18 the late 1970s,many shopping malls had almost developed into small cities themselves. In addition to providing the 19 of one stop shopping, malls were transformed into landscaped parks, 20 benches, fountains, and outdoor entertainment.
    1.A.As early as B.Early C.Early as D.Earlier

    2.A.built B.designed C.intented D.lined

    3.A.varied B.various C.sorted D.mixed up

    4.A.Apart from B.However C.In addition D.As well

    5.A.medical care B.food C.cosmetics D.services

    6.A.suddenly B.Abruptly C.Contrarily D.But

    7.A.be taking place B.take placeC.be taken place D.have taken place

    8.A.while B.yet C.though D.and then

    9.A.available for B.available to C.used by D.ready for

    10.A.over B.from C.out of D.outside

    11.A.when B.while C.since D.then

    12.A.started B.founded C.set up D.organized

    13.A.out of B.away from C.next to D.near

    14.A.Attracted B.Surprised C.Delighted D.Enjoyed

    15.A.inner B.central C.shopping D.downtown

    16.A.distinction B.fame C.popularity D.liking

    17.A.on B.in turn C.by turns D.further

    18.A.By B.During C.In D.Towards

    19.A.cheapness B.readiness C.convenience D.handiness

    20.A.because of B.and C.with D.provided
    [2010四级] 12月四级考试写作提高资料汇总(6)
    十六、Those　who　~~~　（...的人...）

    例句：Those　who　violate　traffic　regulations　should　be　punished.

    违反交通规定的人应该受处罚。

    十七、There　is　no　one　but　~~~　（没有人不...）

    例句：There　is　no　one　but　longs　to　go　to　college.

    没有人不渴望上大学。

    十八、be　+　forced/compelled/obliged　+　to　+　V　（不得不...）

    例句：Since　the　examination　is　around　the　corner,　I　am　compelled　to　give　up　doing　sports.

    既然考试迫在眉睫，我不得不放弃做运动。

    十九、It is　conceivable　that　+　句子　（可想而知的）

    It　is　obvious　that　+　句子　（明显的）

    It　is　apparent　that　+　句子　（显然的）

    例句：It　is　conceivable　that　knowledge　plays　an　important　role　in　our　life.

    可想而知，知识在我们的一生中扮演一个重要的角色。

    二十、That　is　the　reason　why　~~~　（那就是...的原因）

    例句：Summer　is　sultry.　That　is　the　reason　why　I　don't　like　it.

    夏天很燠热。那就是我不喜欢它的原因。

    二十一、For　the　past　　+　时间，S　+　现在完成式...（过去...年来，...一直...）

    例句：For　the　past　two　years,　I　have　been　busy　preparing　for　the　examination.

    过去两年来，我一直忙着准备考试。

    二十二、Since　+　S　+　过去式，S　+　现在完成式。

    例句：Since　he　went　to　senior　high　school,　he　has　worked　very　hard.

    自从他上高中，他一直很用功。

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    In the 1960s, many young Americans were dissatisfied with American society. They wanted to end the Vietnam War and to make all of the people in the U.S. epual. Some of them decided to "drop out" of American society and form their own societies . They formed utopian communities , which they called "communes," where they could follow their philosophy of "do your own thing." A group of artists founded a commune in southern Colorado called "Drop City." Following the ideas of philosopher and architect Buckminster Fuller they built domeshaped houses from pieces of old cars. Other groups, such as author Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters, the followers fo San Francisco poet Steve Gakin, and a group that called itself the Hog Farm, lived in old school huses and traveled around the United States. The Hog Farm become famous when they helped organize the Woodstock Rock Festival in 1969. Steve Gaskin's followers tried to settle down on a farm in Tennessee, but they had to leave when some members of the gruop were arrested for growing marijuana.    Not all communes believed in the philosophy of "do you own thing," however . Twin Oaks , a commune founded in Virgiania in the late 1960s, was based on the ideas of psychologist B.F.Skinner. The people who lived at Twin Oaks were carefully controlled by Skinner's "conditioning" techniques to do things that were good for the community. In 1972, Italian architect Paolo Soleri began to build Arcosanti, a utopian city Arizsona where 2500 people will live closely together in one large building called an "archology" Soleri believes that people must live closely together so that they will all become one.

    1.Why did some young Americans decide to "drop out" of scoiety during the 1960s?

    a.They were not satisfied with American society.

    b.They wanted to grow marijuana.

    c.They wanted to go to the Vietnam War.

    d.They did not want all people to be equal.

    2.Where did the members of the Hog Farm commune live?

    a.In dome-shaped house

    b.In old school huses

    c.On a farm inTennessee

    d.In an archology in Arizona

    3.Who gave the people of Drop City the idea to bulid dome-shaped house?

    a.Paolo Soleri

    b.B.G.Skinner

    c.Steve Gaskin

    d.Buckminster Fuller

    4.What was the Twin Oaks commune base on ?

    a.The philosophy of "do your own thing"

    b.Virginaia in the late 1960s

    c.The ideas of psychologist

    d.The belief that people must live closely togerher.

    5.What is an "archology"?

    a.A person who studies archaeology

    b.A large building where people live closely together

    c.A city in A rizona

    d.A technique to contorl people

    参考答案：abdcb

[2010四级] 12月四级考试长难句翻译练习(7)
    61. Of course, it would be as dangerous to overreact to history by concluding that the majority must now be wrong about expansion as it would be to re-enact the response that greeted the suggestion that the continents had drifted.
    62. While the fact of this consumer revolution is hardly in doubt, three key questions remain: who were the consumers? What were their motives? And what were the effect of the new demand for luxuries?

    63. Although it has been possible to infer from the goods and services actually produced what manufacturers and servicing trades thought their customers wanted, only a study of relevant personal documents written by actual consumers will provide a precise picture of who wanted what.

    64. With respect to their reasons for immigrating, Grassy does not deny their frequently noted fact that some of the immigrants of the 1630’s, most notably the organizers and clergy, advanced religious explanations for departure, but he finds that such explanations usually assumed primacy only in retrospect.

    65. If we take the age-and sex-specific unemployment rates that existed in 1956 (when the overall unemployment rate was 4.1 percent) and weight them by the age- and sex-specific shares of the labor force that prevail currently, the overall unemployment rate becomes 5 percent.

    66. He was puzzled that I did not want what was obviously a “ step up” toward what all Americans are taught to want when they grow up: money and power.

    67. Unless productivity growth is unexpectedly large, however, the expansion of real output must eventually begin to slow down to the economy’s larger run growth potential if generalized demand pressures on prices are to be avoided.

    68. However, when investment flows primarily in one direction, as it generally does from industrial to developing countries, the seemingly reciprocal source-based restrictions produce revenue sacrifices primarily by the state receiving most of the foreign investment and producing most of the income—namely ,the developing country partner.

    69. The pursuit of private interests with as little interference as possible from government was seen as the road to human happiness and progress rather than the public obligation and involvement in the collective community that emphasized by the Greeks.

    70. The defense lawyer relied on long-standing principles governing the conduct of prosecuting attorneys: as quasi-judicial officers of the court they are under a duty not to prejudice a party’s case through overzealous prosecution or to detract from the impartiality of courtroom atmosphere.

    参考答案：

    61、当然，对历史反应过度以致结论说关于扩张的问题大多数人都错了与重新形成对大陆漂浮建议理论的反应一样，是危险的。将来对于这些关键问题的研究毫无疑问是必要的，然而不应该否定最近研究结论的说服力，在18世纪的英格兰对于一些微不足道和有使用价值的商品和服务的需求，预示了我们今天的世界。

    62、然而这种消费革命的情况还有疑问，三个关键的问题是：消费者是什么人？他们的动机是什么？对于奢侈品的新型需求的效果是什么？

    63、尽管从生产厂商和服务行业认为他们的顾客需要并实际生产的产品或者提供的服务来推断他是可能的。但只有对实际的消费者填写的个人资料的研究才能清楚地描述顾客的需求。

    64、对于他们移民原因的细节，Grassy并不否认他们经常提出的事实-17世纪30年代的一些移民主要由组织家和牧师组成，提出了要离开的宗教解释，但他发现只是以回顾的方式推定的基本情况。

    65、如果我们将1956年(当时的平均失业率为4、1%)的年龄和性别失业率分来用今天一般的劳动力中年龄性别比来计算的话，平均失业率就是5%了。

    66、他很迷惑我并不想要明显的是所有美国人被教导长大后要追求的东西：金钱和权力。

    67、除非生产力的增长出人意料的大，不然实际产出的扩大最终要开始减缓以适应经济的可持续发展，这样才能避免价格的综合需求压力。

    68、然而，当投资基本上流向一个方面时，就像一般从工业化到一般发展中国家一样，看起来是基于双方资源的规定产生的收入损失主要由接收大量外国投资和创造大部分收益的国家来承担-即发展中国家一方。

    69、尽可能没有政府干预地追求个人利益被看作为通往人类幸福的道路和进步，而不是像希腊人强调的集体社会中的公共义务与参与。

    70、辩护律师依靠长期作用的准则来约束原告律师的行来：作为法庭的准司法人员，他们有责任不能过分起诉来偏见性对待一方的案子或者破坏法庭的公正气氛。