2016年英语专业四级真题及详解TESTFORENGLISHMAJORS(2016)-GRADEFOUR-TIMELIMIT:130MINPARTⅠDICTATION[10MIN]Listentothefollowingpassage.Altogetherthepassagewillbereadtoyoufourtimes.Duringthefirstreading,whichwillbedoneatnormalspeed,listenandtrytounderstandthemeaning.Forthesecondandthirdreadings,thepassagewillbereadsentencebysentence,orphrasebyphrase,withintervalsof15seconds.Thelastreadingwillbereadatnormalspeedagainandduringthistimeyoushouldcheckyourwork.Youwillthenbegiven1minutetocheckthroughyourworkoncemore.PleasewritethewholepassageonANSWERSHEETONE.【答案与解析】ThinkPositiveandFeelPositive①Areyouconfidentorinsecureinadifficultsituation?②Doyoureactpositivelyornegatively?③Theanswermaydependinpartonwhomyou‘rearound.④Astudyfoundthatnegativethinkingcanbecontagiousinsomecases.⑤Forexample,theresearchersstudied103collegeroommates.⑥Theymeasuredeachroommate‘stendencytowardsnegativethinking.⑦Itwasfoundthatthinkingpatternscanbecontagious.⑧Studentswithanegativethinkingroommatebecamemoredepressedthemselves,⑨andstudentswithmorepositivethinkingroommates⑩weremorelikelytobecomemorepositiveaswell.【难点点评】(1)句①中,注意“insecure”的拼写,同时注意本句为一个一般疑问句,所以需以问号结尾。(2)句②也是一个一般疑问句,以问号结尾,注意“react”一词的听写。(3)句③中,“inpart”表示“部分地,某种程度地”,注意不要遗漏介词“in”,同时注意“around”一词的听写,不要误听为“round”。(4)句④中,注意“contagious”一词的拼写,其意思为“感染性的;会蔓延的”。(5)从句④到句⑩,都是在介绍一项研究发现,注意,在描述观点时使用的是一般现在时,而在描述这项研究本身的情况时使用的是一般过去时。听写时尤其需要注意一般过去时态和一般现在时态的切换。(6)句⑥中,注意“roommate‘s”使用了所有格的形式。“tendency”表示“倾向,趋势;癖好”。(7)句⑧中,注意“depressed”一词的拼写。“depressed”在这里表示“沮丧的”。PARTⅡLISTENINGCOMPREHENSION[20MIN]SECTIONATALKInthissectionyouwillhearatalk.YouwillhearthetalkONCEONLY.Whilelistening,youmaylookatANSWERSHEETONEandwriteNOMORETHANTHREEWORDSforeachgap.Makesuretheword(s)youfillinis(are)bothgrammaticallyandsemanticallyacceptable.Youmayusetheblanksheetfornote-taking.YouhaveTHIRTYsecondstopreviewthegap-fillingtask.Nowlistentothetalk.Whenitisover,youwillbegivenTWOminutestocompleteyourwork.WhatIsGrit?【答案与解析】1.success(录音一开始演讲者就提到,要讨论的主题是“myresearchprojectconcerningthekeytosuccess”,即讲座围绕“成功的关键”展开,故该空填入success。)2.challengingsettings(录音中演讲者介绍到,自己在发现问题后决定研究孩子和成年人在各种具有挑战性的场景下的表现,因此本题填入challengingsettings。)3.NationalSpellingContest(演讲者介绍了进行调查的三个地方,即“WestPointMilitaryAcademy”“NationalSpellingContest”和“privatecompanies”。因此本题答案为NationalSpellingContest。)4.passionandperseverance(演讲者通过调查得出结论,能够预测成功的品质是grit,接着作者开始解释道“gritispassionandperseveranceforverylong-termgoals...