2006年6月17日英语四级试题评析(昂立)

一、听力

本次大学英语四级听力部分分为两个部分：短对话和篇章听力。两部分总的难度走平和路线，较之去年，短对话部分难度没有提升，没有生僻单词的出现，它的难点基本在于语义的理解方面。例如以下三题都是考察but这个转折词出现后，句子意思的理解问题：

1. M: I think the hostess really went out of her way to make the party a success.

W: Yes. The food and drinks were great, but if only we had known a few of the other guests.

Q: What did the two speakers say about the party?

这道题目的考点在于“but if only we had known a few of the other guests.” But 表示转折，暗示后面的内容与前面陈述内容相反，即，晚宴不太好的地方是对其他客人不熟悉。

3．M: How do you like the new physician who replaced Doctor Andrews？

W: He may not seem as agreeable or as thorough as Doctor Andrews, but at least he doesn’t keep patients waiting for hours

Q: What can we infer from the woman’s answer?

“but at least he doesn’t keep patients waiting for hours，”又是一个语义转折的考点。从女士的回答可以看出，她认为Doctor Andrews比新来的医生要更适合这份工作，但是他常常让病人等很长时间。

5．W: Do you have the seminar schedule with you? I’d like to find out the topic for Friday.

M: I gave it to my friend, but there should be copies available in the library. I can pick one up for you.

Q: What does the man promise to do?

“but there should be copies available in the library. I can pick one up for you.”虽然男生已经把他的给了朋友，但是图书馆里还有，他可以帮女生带一本。

第7题是考查对比理解。

7．W: Here is this week’s schedule, Tony. On Monday there is the board meeting. Your speech at the Lion’s Club is on Tuesday afternoon. Then on Wednesday you have the appointment with your lawyer. And…

M: Wait! You mean the business conference on Tuesday is canceled?

Q: What will the man do this Tuesday?

女生说“your speech at the Lion’s Club is on Tuesday afternoon”男生惊讶于“Wait!You mean the business conference on Tuesday is canceled?”即原来安排的是商务会谈，现在取消了。在听这道题目时，考生一定要注意wait 这个词，表示事实情况与原来的安排可能出现了差异，不能仅凭时间状语进行判断。

而篇章听力理解部分有一定的难度。三篇文章，第一篇主要介绍“Kudzu”（野葛）这种植物，它来自哪里，对于人类有哪些利弊等等。

第二篇主要介绍“university”这个单词的来源，以及英国国内著名大学的发展历程。

第三篇主要介绍“Heifer International”这个国际组织的由来，它给世界人民尤其是发展中国家人民的生活带来了哪些改变或者益处。

三篇文章的难点在于专业术语比较多，例如：“Kudzu”，“universitas”，“Heifer International”等等，但是文章对于这些术语都有详细的解释，在解释说明时，并没有什么疑难单词出现，语法也不是很复杂。所以，考生在进行听力测试时，遇到生僻的单词千万不要紧张，只要镇定自若地听完全文，在听的过程中，适当做一下笔记，回答后面的问题，并不困难。