2015年6月大学英语四级阅读答案解析
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四六级考试采取“多题多卷”模式，试题顺序不统一，请依据试题进行核对。
Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Question 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.
It’s our guilty pleasure: Watching TV is the m ost common everyday activity,after work and sleep, in many parts of the world. Americans view five hours of TV each day, and while we know that spending so much time sitting ___36___ can lead to obesity(肥胖症) and other diseases, researchers have now quantified just how___37___being a couch potato can be.
In an analysis of data from eight large ___38___published studies, a Harvard-led group reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association that for every two hours per day spent channel ___39___,the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes(糖尿病)rose 20% over years, the risk of heart disease increased 15% over a ___40___, and the odds of dying prematurely ___41___ 13% during a seven-year of these___42____are linked to a lack of physical exercise. But compared with other sedentary(久坐的)activities, like knitting ,viewing TV may be especially__43___at promoting unhealthy habits. For one, the sheer number of hours we pass watching TV dwarfs the time we spend on anything else. And other studies have found that watching ads for beer and popcorn may make you more likely to ___44___them.
Even so, the authors admit that they didn’t compare different sedentary activities to ___45___whether TV watching was linked to a greater risk of diabetes, heart disease or clearly death compared with, say, reading.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
A)climbed I)previously
B)consume J)resume
C)decade K)suffered
D)determine L)surfing
E)effective M)term
F)harmful N)terminals
G)outcomes O)twisting
H)passively
参考答案：36. H) passively 37. F) harmful 38. I) previously 39. L) surfing 40. C) decade 41. A）climbed 42. G）outcomes 43. E）effective 44. B）consume 45. D）determine
参考译文：
这是我们罪恶的享受：在世界上许多国家，看电视是除了工作和睡觉之外最普遍的日常活动了。美国人每天要看五个小时的电视，虽然我们知道被动地坐在那里那么长时间可能导致肥胖症或者其他疾病，研究者们现在通过量化分析得出成为一个电视迷是一件多么有害的事情。
这是我们罪恶的享受：在世界上许多国家，看电视是除了工作和睡觉之外最普遍的日常活动了。美国人每天要看五个小时的电视，虽然我们知道被动地坐在那里那么长时间可能导致肥胖症或者其他疾病，研究者们现在通过量化分析得出成为一个电视迷是一件多么有害的事情。
前些时间哈佛大学的一个研究小组在《美国医学会杂志》中表示：从发布的八项研究数据的分析情况来看，每天每花两个小时进行电视频道“冲浪”，患2型糖尿病的几率在八年半中增加了20%；患心脏病的几率在十年之内增加了15%；在七年的跟踪研究中发现，过早死亡的人数增加了13%。所有这些结果都与缺乏身体锻炼相关。但是与其他久坐的活动相比（如织毛衣），看电视尤其对养成不健康习惯起促进作用。一方面，我们看电视的时间超过了做其他任何事情的时间。另外，其他一些研究发现，在看广告的时间来喝啤酒、吃爆米花会促进你的大吃大喝。
既便如此，作者表示他们并非通过比较不同的久坐活动（比如看书）来判断看电视是否与糖尿病、心脏病或者死亡高发率相关。
Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a news report to your campus newspaper on a volunteer activity organized by your Student Union to assist elderly people in the neighborhood. You should write at least 120 words but no more than180 words. 【参考范文】 On June 14, Friday, a volunteer activity where many students took an active part in visiting the local Nursing House was organized by the Student Union and it turns out to be a big success. The activity was aimed at encouraging students to visit the elderly at the Nursing House and help elderly people deal with their troubles both physical and psychological. Many students volunteered to participate in this good deed and were engaged in helping the elderly here out by making their meals, washing their clothes and chatting with them. When asked about those volunteers’feelings about such an experience, all of them responded with a smile, saying “what a wonderful practice and I really appreciate this experience, for it makes me learn to care more for others in need.” All in all, the activity turns out to be a success not only for the visited elderly but for those students involved. 【参考范文译文】 6月14日，星期五，学生会组织了一个参观当地敬老院的志愿活动，许多学生都积极参与其中，该活动取得了巨大的成功。 此次志愿活动旨在拜访当地敬老院的老人们并对他们各个方面的困难提供帮助。许多学生主动加入到此次善举当中，帮老人们洗衣做饭、谈心解闷，竭尽所能提供帮助。问及参与此次活动的感想时，他们毫无例外地回道“真是太有意义了，很感谢这次经历，它让我懂得要去更加关爱那些有困难的人” 总而言之，此次活动取得了巨大成功，不仅仅对那些老人来说受益多多，对于参与的学生来说也是意义良多。 Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)Section A The center of American automobile innovation has in the past decade moved 2,000 miles away. It has26 from Detroit to Silicon Valley, where self-driving vehicles are coming into life. In a27to take production back to Detroit, Michigan lawmakers have introduced28 that could make their state the best place in the country, if not the world, to develop self-driving vehicles and put them on the road. “Michigan’s29 in auto research and development is under attack from several states and countries which desire to 30our leadership in transportation. We can’t let happen,” says Senator Mike Kowall, the
备战四级交流会 班级特色活动总结一．班会主题：迎四级考试，促学风建设。 二．班会目的：英语四级考试对于我们学校的学生来讲虽说不是强制性，但却是一个可以检验自身英语水平的好机会。相信每位同学也是非常重视的。对于这次的四级考试，我们既有挑战，也有担忧，为提高大家学习英语的效率，我们特组织与直系学长学姐班级的备战四级交流会。 三．班会时间：2013年10月30号 四．班会地点：同心楼407 五．参与人员：辅导员及12级英语师范2班全体同学、11级英语师范2班全体同学 六．班会流程： 第一环节：英语四级备考 1.由我班学习委员介绍英语四级改革后的试题类型，考试时间以 及答题步骤答题技巧等实际具体问题。
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3.班级同学发言，我们选比较有代表性的同学上台，以自己为案 例，分析自己在学习上疑惑，让学姐给予解答。 4.有学生自愿成立英语四级复习备考小组，号召大家参与。 小组具体工作有：1.小组成员必须上早自习，时间定为7点。 2.每个星期的一三五晚上为英语学习时间， 在教室完成一份试卷，按照正规时间安排。一个星期做两份试卷，留一天归纳总结。 第三环节：学习规划 由全班同学在便利贴上写下自己学习英语的规划感想，收集起来作为班级剪贴报。 第四环节：总结 1.邀请孙导做班会总结，以及对我们的建议和期望。
2.由学习委员做最后的总结并宣布会议结束。 活动总结：此次增长了活动寓学于乐，通过各种丰富有趣的内容，达到了活动预期目的，了解往届师范班的考试通过情况，借鉴直系班级以往的经验，改善英语学习方法，同时，让同学们对大学英语四级有了更进一步的了解，让同学们更好地备战四级。在此，衷心祝愿每位同学都能顺利通过四级考试。 2012级英师2班 2013年10月30号
2015年考研英语二真题答案（完整版） 2015考研英语二答案 完型填空题 1 .C signal 2 .D much 3. C plugged 4. A message 5. C behind 6. A misinterpreted 7. B judged 8. D unfamiliar 9. B anxious 10. D turn 11.A dangerous 12. A hurt 13.B conversation 14. D passengers 15.C predict 16. D ride 17.A went through 18.C in fact 19.B since 20 B simple 阅读题答案 Text 1 答案 21. D offered greater relaxation than the workplace 22. B childless husbands 23. A they are both bread winners and housewives 24. C earnings 25. B division of labor at home is seldom clear-cut Text2 答案 26. C miss its original purpose 27. A the problem is solvable 28. C are in need offinancial support 29. D are inexperienced in handling issues at college
30. D colleges are partly responsible for the problem in question Text3 答案 31. A more emotional 32. C sports culture 33.D strengthen employee loyalty 34.A voices for working women 35. C companies find it to be fundamental Text4 36. B the increase of voluntary part-time jobs 37. C cannot get their hands on full-time jobs 38. B shows a general tendency of decline 39. B empolyment is no longer a precondition to get insureance 40.A 阅读新题型 41 .D Most of your fearsare unreal 42. E Think about the [resent moment 43.G There are many things to be grateful for 44.A You are not alone 45. C Pave your own unique path 翻译题 回想一下这样的经历：开车行驶在一条非常熟悉的道路上。这可能是你每天上下班的必经之路，可能是进城的旅行，亦或是回家的道路。不管是哪一种，你都了解每一个屈折拐弯之处，就像熟悉自己手背上的纹路一样。在这些所有类型的旅途中，很容易失去驾车的注意力，并且几乎不注意沿途的风景。结果，比起这段路途实际需要的时间，你的感觉是花费的时间更少。 这就是经常旅行线路效应：人们往往低估了花费在一条熟悉的路线上的时间。 这种效应是由于我们分配注意力的方式引起的。当我们旅行一条非常著名的路线时，因为我们不是非得注意太多，时间似乎流逝得更快。然后，当我们回忆起这段旅程时，因为我们没有花费太多的注意力，因此我们对之记忆地不太清楚，所以我们认为这段旅行更为短途作文 PART A 【参考范文1】 Notice In order to enrich high school students’ life in summer holiday and expand the reputation of our university, the Students Union are going to host a summer camp in our school campus and volunteers are needed. The details about this summer camp and volunteer recruitment are listed as follows. Firstly, the summer camp will begin on September 1st and it will last for ten days. Secondly, the main theme of this summer camp is “Better English, Better life” and there are various activities in this summer camp, including English-speaking contest, drama contest, sports meeting and
2017年12月大学英语四级考试真题及答案（第一套）Part I Writing （25 minutes） Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short easy on how to best handle the relationship between doctors and patients. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. Part II Listening Comprehension （25 minutes） Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news report and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre. Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard. 1. A) Her friend Erika. C) Her grandfather. B) Her little brother. D) Her grandmother. 2. A) By taking pictures for passers-by. C) By selling lemonade and pictures. B) By working part time at a hospital. D) By asking for help on social media. Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard. 3. A) Finding cheaper ways of highway construction. B) Generating electric power for passing vehicles. C) Providing clean energy to five million people. D) Testing the efficiency of the new solar panel. 4. A) They can stand the wear and tear of natural elements. B) They can be laid right on top of existing highways. C) They are only about half an inch thick. D) They are made from cheap materials. Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard. 5. A) Endless fighting in the region. C) Inadequate funding for research. B) The hazards from the desert. D) The lack of clues about the species. 6. A) To observe the wildlife in the two national parks. B) To identify the reasons for the lions’ disappearance. C) To study the habitat of lions in Sudan and Ethiopia.
英语四级讲座策划书 范文大全文秘知识活动方案〔英语四级讲座策划书〕 英语四级讲座策划书 管理学院学生会分会 XX 目录 一、活动背景 二、活动的目的和意义 三、活动开展 四、讲座流程 五、工作安排 六、突发状况处理 七、细节补充 八、经费预算 九、注意事项 一活动背景 当我们大一新生怀着对大学生活向往的喜庆之际英语四级考试就这样悄悄地来临了！你是否感觉自己又处在了朦胧之中是否感到大学如此茫然？英语四级是我们大学生必须经历的考试但大学的英语学习和高中有所差别到底我们应该如何应对呢？如何才能有方法、有效率的去自学呢？如果你想了解前人的宝贵经验那就赶快来听讲座吧！莲~山课件
二活动的目的和意义 通过这次讲座让同学们熟悉大学英语的学习方法使同学们了解英语级考试的形式、流程加深对级考试的了解知己知彼使同学们可以更好地更有针对性地投入到英语学习中提高学习效率。 三活动开展 前期的宣传工作（时间待定） 制作两块有特色的讲座宣传板（主干道草莓园）。 【做会场内横幅一张】 召集管院各班负责人开动员大会宣传讲座情况并积极动员本班学生去听讲座。 具体安排 时间（待定） 地点（待定） 主题：英语四级讲座 内容：待定（和老师沟通确定主讲内容） 主讲人（待定） 参会人员：老师、大一学生、学长学姐、分会成员 活动对象：管理学院大一全体新生 活动负责人：冯昱钦 主办方：管理学院分会 具体流程安排 联系主讲人
确定两三个学长学姐 确定活动主持人 确定时间地点 四讲座流程 工作人员组织同学按顺序进入会场。 主持人宣布活动开始并简要介绍讲座流程和讲座期间的纪律制度。 ．主持人介绍参会人员学院老师代表简要发言。 主持人致辞欢迎主讲人到场讲座开始。 ．主讲人讲座结束由主持人宣布进入自由提问环节（可根据老师意愿选择此环节） 主持人请学长学姐讲讲他们的学习经验。 讲座结束主持人致感谢词。 引领主讲人、老师和学长学姐退场 学生有序退场 ．活动结束后分会干事简要开会总结活动开展情况并做会卫生打扫工作。 五工作安排（分会干事负责） 进入会场确定电脑、话筒、音响等设备是否齐全并能够正常使用。 幅挂在会场内。 为主讲人、老师、学长学姐提供饮料或水做好会场服务。
2015年考研英语二阅读Text1真题详解 整篇文章的主题是与我们生活息息相关的内容，文章的难度不大，相比2014年英语二的阅读来说，难度稳定，这是在我们预料之中的。 第21题According to Paragraph 1,most previous surveys found that home＿＿＿(根据第一段可知，之前的调查中认为家是一个____地方)。[A] offered greater relaxation than the workplace [B] was an ideal place for stress measurement [C] generated more stress than the workplace [D] was an unrealistic place for relaxation题目中明确给出范围，所以我们只要在第一段中找答案，且要注意题目中的关键词是previous。回归第一段，不难发现文章的首句便是答案出处：A new study suggests that contrary to most surveys, people are actually more stressed at home than at work.（新的研究显示不同于以往的绝大多数调查，人们在家比工作时的压力更大）。这句话中new、contrary to most surveys是提示词，与题目中的previous study相对应的，不难做出正确答案是[A] 第22题According to Damaske, who are likely to be the happiest at home?（Damaske 认为，谁可能是最家里最快乐的？）读完题目，回到文章第二段找Damaske的观点：It is men, not women, who report being happier at home than at work.在家男性比女性更快乐，Another surprise is that findings hold true for both those with children and without, but more so for nonparents.这句话的关键词是more,它与题目中的happiest最高级是相对应的，所以解这道题的关键便是nonparents.但是对于很多同学来说，nonparents是个生词，不认识。其实大家只要上过中公考研的英语词汇课，学习过词根词缀法，这个单词就变的很简单。nonparents是由否定前缀non-+parents构成的，non-这个否定前缀表示“不无非”，所以整个单词可以译为不是父母。四个选项[A] Childless wives [B] Working mothers [C] Childless husbands [D] Working fathers，我们可以轻易选出答案C，没有孩子且是丈夫。 第23题，The blurring of working women's roles refers to the fact that＿＿。回归第三段中，找到With the blurring of roles，发现前面的句子正是对这种现象的解释：for women who work outside the home, they often are playing catch-up-with-household tasks.以及后面的the home front lags well behind the workplace a making adjustments for working women，指的便是女性不仅得工作赚钱，而且还得在家得忙家务，所以她们的身份是双重的。所以选[D] they are both bread winners and housewives. 第24题，The word“ moola”(Line4,Para4)most probably means＿＿这是一道词义推测题，它与前文中的marking money是近义词，答案选[C] earnings收入。 第25题The home front differs from the workplace in that＿＿。文章第5段there are inadequate rewards for most of them. Your home colleagues-your family-have no clear rewards for their labor;家务劳动不会像工作一样得到足够的奖励，而且分工也是不明确的。答案对应选项[A] division of labor at home is seldom clear-cut. 虽然有突破口、也有规律可循，但这并不意味着我们可以一劳永逸、高枕无忧，要知道，
2014年6月大学英语四级考试真题及答案(完整版) Part I Writing (30 minutes) Directions: You should write atleast 120 words but no more than 180 words. Supposea foreign friend of yours is coming to visit your hometown, what is the mostinteresting place you would like to take him/her to see and why? Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes) Section A Questions 36 to 45 are based onthe following passage. Global warming is a trend towardwarmer conditions around the world. Part of the warming is natural; we haveexperienced a 20,000 -year -long warming as the last ice age ended and the ice 36 away.However, we have already reached temperatures that are in 37 withother minimum-ice periods, so continued warming is likely not natural. We are 38 toa predicted worldwide increase in temperatures 39 between 1℃and 6℃over the next 100 years. The warming will be more 40 in some areas, less in others, and some placesmay even cool
大学英语四级阅读理解（1）We find that bright children are rarely held back by mixed-ability teaching. On the contrary, both their knowledge and experience are enriched. We feel that there are many disadvantages in streaming(把......按能力分班) pupils. It does not take into account the fact that children develop at different rates. It can have a bad effect on both the bright and the not-so-bright child. After all, it can be quite discouraging to be at the bottom of the top grade! Besides, it is rather unreal to grade people just according to their intellectual ability. This is only one aspect of their total personality. We are concerned to develop the abilities of all our pupils to the full, not just their academic ability. We also value personal qualities and social skills, and we find that mixed-ability teaching contributes to all these aspects of learning. In our classrooms, we work in various ways. The pupils often work in groups: this gives them the opportunity to learn to co-operate, to share, and to develop leadership skills. They also learn how to cope with personal problems as well as learning how to think, to make decisions, to analyse and evaluate, and to communicate effectively. The pupils learn from each other as well as from the teacher. Sometimes the pupils work in pairs; sometimes they work on individual tasks and assignments, and they can do this at their own speed. They also have some formal class teaching when this is appropriate. We encourage our pupils to use the library, and we teach them the skills they need in order to do this efficiently. An advanced pupil can do advanced work: it does not matter what age the child is. We expect our pupils to do their best, not their least, and we give them every
2015年考研英语二阅读理解真题及答案（阅读理解） Section Ⅱ Reading Comprehension Part A Directions： Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A， B， C or D. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. （40 points） Text 1 A new study suggests that contrary to most surveys. People art actually more stressed at home than at work. Researchers measured people's cortisol ， which is it at stress marker， while they were at work and while they were at home and found it higher at what is supposed to be a place of refuge. “Further contradicting conventional wisdom， we found that women as well as men have lower levels of stress at work than at home，” writes one of the researchers. Sarah Damaske， In fact women say they feel better at work. She notes. “it is men not women. Who report being happier at home than at work，” Another surprise is that the findings hold true for both those with children without， but more so for nonparents. This is why people who work outside the home have better health. What the study doesn't measure is whether people are still doing work when they' re at home， whether it is household work or work brought home from the office. For many men， the end of the workday is a time to kick back. For women who stay home，they never get to leave the office. And for women who work outside the home， they often are playing catch-up-with-household tasks. With the blurring of roles， and the fact that the home front lags well behind the workplace in making adjustments for working women， it' s not surprising that women are more stressed at home. But it's not just a gender thing. At work， people pretty much know what they're supposed to be doing： working， making money， doing the tasks they have to do in order to draw an income. The bargain is very pure： Employee puts in hours of physical or mental labor and employee draws out life-sustaining moola. On the home front， however， people have no such clarity. Rare is the household in which the division of labor is so clinically and methodically laid out. There are a lot of tasks to be done， there are inadequate rewards for most of them. Your home colleagues-your family-have no clear rewards for their labor； they need to be talked into it， or if they' re teenagers， threatened with complete removal of 新祥旭官网https://www.doczj.com/doc/dd12757993.html,/
英语专业四级考试真题及答案（完整版） TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2013) —GRADE FOUR— TIME LIMIT: 135 MIN PART I DICTATION [15 MIN] Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be done at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be done at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more. Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE. PART II LISTENING COMPREHENSION [20 MIN] In Sections A, B and C you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the best answer to each question on Answer Sheet Two. SECTION A CONVERSATIONS In this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 1 to 3 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
英语四级学习计划书 目标：突破英语四级时间：两个月左右 一、目前基本情况分析之优点 1，学习能力较好 2，文化取向无误差 3，有积极向上的心 4，有充足的时间 二、目前基本情况分析之缺点 1，语法很差 2，词汇量达不到要求 3，听力没有专门训练，特别是标准口音的听和说 4，阅读速度达不到考试要求 5，单选，填空缺少一个逻辑训练过程 6，写作靠语法，翻译靠语法，有语法还要训练语法技术在语句情景表达的合理运用。这方面缺少训练。 三、理念————大学四级是得听力和阅读者得天下 四、前方案———有针对性，四级考什么，我练什么，我缺什么，我补什么 五、难度—比高考要求，加大了听力部分，阅读速度，能力要求，逻辑判断，汉译英部分。 六、基本策略：先不要看太多的资料，一定要买一本四级历年真题，真正把近十年的真题研究透了，肯定没问题。因为四级是比较成熟的标准化考试，出题套路比较相像，对真题深入细致的研究对实战有很大帮助 七、四级考试内容细节 英语4级考试内容，包括五个部分：听力理解、阅读理解、词语用法与语法结构、短文写作。全部题目按顺序统一编号。 第一部分：听力理解（part 1：listening comprehension）： 共20题，考试时间20分钟。这一部分包括两节：a节（section a）有10题，每题含一组对话，对话后有一个问句。 b节（section b）有10题，分别
安排在若干篇听力材料之后，每篇后有二至四道题，每题为一个问句。听力部分的每个问句后有约15秒的间隙，要求考生从试卷所给出的每题四个选择项中选出一个最佳答案。录音的语速为每分钟约120词，念一遍。选材的原则是： 1、话部分为日常生活中的一般对话，句子结构和内容不太复杂； 2、短篇听力材料为题材熟悉、情节不太复杂的故事、讲话、叙述等； 3、所用词语不超出教学大纲词汇表四级规定的范围。听力理解部分的目的是测试学生获取口头信息的能力。 第二部分：阅读理解（part ⅱ：reading comprehension）： 共20题，考试时间35分。要求考生阅读若干篇短文，总阅读量不超过1000词。每篇短文后有若干个问题。考生应根据文章内容从每题四个选择项中选出一个最佳答案。选材的原则是： 1、题材广泛，可以包括人物传记、社会、文化、日常知识、科普常识等，但是所涉及的背景知识应能为学生所理解； 2、体裁多样，可以包括叙述文、说明文、议论文等； 3、文章的语言难度中等，无法猜测而又影响理解的关键词，如超出教学大纲词汇表四级的范围，用汉语注明词义。 阅读理解部分主要测试下述能力： 1、掌握所读材料的主旨和大意； 2、了解说明主旨和大意的事实和细节； 3、既理解字面的意思，也能根据所读材料进行一定的判断和推论； 4、既理解个别句子的意义，也理解上下文的逻辑关系。阅读理解部分的目的是测试学生通过阅读获取信息的能力，既要求准确，也要求有一定速度。 第三部分：词语用法和语法结构（part ⅲ：vocabulary and structure）：共30题，考试时间20分钟。题目中40%为词和短语的用法，60%为语法结构。要求考生从每题四个选择项中选出一个最佳答案。 词语用法和语法结构部分的目的是测试学生运用词汇、短语及语法结构的能力。考试范围包括教学大纲词汇表及语法结构表一级至四级的全部内容第五部分：写作（part ⅴ：writing）： 共1题，考试时间30分钟。要求考生写出一篇100—120词的短文，试卷上
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3 大学英语四级阅读理解试题及答案（四） 十六 Trees should only be pruned when there is a good and clear reason for doing so and , fortunately,the number of such reasons is small. Pruning involves the cutting away of obergrown and unwanted branches, and the inexperienced gardener can be encouraged by the thought that more damage results from doing it unnecessarily than from leaving the tree to grow in its own way. First, pruning may be done to make sure that trees have a desired shape or size. The object may be to get a tree of the right height, and at the same time to help the growth of small side branches which will thicken its appearance or give it a special shape. Secondly, pruning may be done to make the tree healthier. You may cut diseaed or dead wood, or branches that are rubbing against each other and thus cause wounds. The health of a tree may be encouraged by removing branches that are blocking up the centre and so preventing the free movement of air. One result of pruning is that an open wound is left on the tree and this provides an easy entry for disease, but itis a wound that will heal. Often there is a race between the healing and the desease as to whether the tree will live or die, so that there is a period when the tree is at risk. It should be the aim of every gardener to reduce which has been pruned smooth and clean, for healing will be slowed down by roughness. You should allow the cut surface to dry for a few hurs and then paint it with one of the substances available from garden shops produced especially for this purpose. Pruning is usually without interference from the leaves and also it is very unlikely that the cuts yu make will bleed. If this does happen,it is, of course,impossible to paint them properly. 1.Pruning should be done to ______. a.make the tree grow taller