文都：2008年12月英语四级全真预测试卷(四)

　　31.What is the chief advantage of having the engagement period?

　　【解析】B 许多人认为订婚之后这段时间是为了有足够的时间准备婚礼。但事实上，是让两个人都有充足的时间考虑今生将与对方携手度过。Many people say the purpose of the engagement period is to permit enough time to plan the wedding .But the main purpose is to let enough time pass so the two people are sure they want to marry each other.

　　Passage Three

　　Susan Anthony was born in Massachusetts in 1820 and died in Rochester, New York, in 1906. In the 1850s, she saw many problems in her country and wanted to do something about them. One of these problems was that women did not have the right to vote in the United States. Susan Anthony and many others felt that women and men should have equal rights. In 1869 she helped start the National Women’s Association. This group worked hard to get women the right to vote in the United States.

　　In 1869, the state of Wyoming gave women the right to vote. Some other states also allowed women to vote. But Susan Anthony and the National American Women’s Association wanted all women to have the right to vote. They worked to add this to the constitution of the United States. Finally, in 1920, fourteen years after Susan Anthony’s death, an article was added to the Constitution. It gave all American women the right to vote.

　　Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　32.What did Susan Anthony think about her country?

　　【解析】A苏珊看到了美国很多的问题并且希望为此做出些什么。In the 1850s, she saw many problems in her country and wanted to do something about them. 那么，苏珊是怎么看待她的国家的，她认为她的国家存在很多问题。

　　33.Who among the American women had the right to vote before 1920?

　　【解析】A怀俄明州以及美国部分州的妇女拥有投票权。In 1869, the state of Wyoming gave women the right to vote. Some other states also allowed women to vote

　　34.When did all women finally get the right to vote in the United States?

　　【解析】C文中最后一句给出了本题的答案。1920年一项条款写进了宪法，它赋予了所有美国妇女选举的权利。

　　35. What do we learn about Susan Anthony from the passage?

　　【解析】D苏珊是个一直在为女性争取平等权利的人。因此，答案是She was an activist in the women’s movement for equal rights.

　　Section C

　　36.【答案】fine

　　【解析】fine意思是“良好的，优良的”。当一个人做了好事，受到了赞扬，他会感觉很好。

　　37. 【答案】initiative

　　【解析】initiative意思是“主动”。赞扬会让他的主动性积极性得到充分的发挥。

　　38.【答案】contribute

　　【解析】contribute意思是“贡献，捐献”。赞扬会让他的主动性积极性得到充分的发挥，于是他会做得更好在将来做更多贡献。

　　39.【答案】contrary

　　【解析】contrary意思是“相反的”。on the contrary是个固定短语，意思是“正相反”。相反，一个人做了好事却没有受到表扬就会觉得沮丧，垂头丧气的。

　　40.【答案】received

　　【解析】receive意思是“得到”。一个人做了好事却没有受到表扬就会觉得沮丧，变得垂头丧气的。

　　41.【答案】greater

　　【解析】great意思是“强烈的”。这种赞扬的作用在孩子身上表现得更为强烈。

　　42.【答案】revealed

　　【解析】reveal意思是“展示，显示”。研究显示当一个人被表扬了他会变得更加积极。

　　43.【答案】criticizes

　　【解析】criticize 意思是“批评”。一个人会本能地敌对总是批评他的人。

　　44.【答案】Try to praise others in your everyday life

　　45.【答案】It can promote understanding between leaders and the masses

　　46.【答案】Too much complaining and criticism will do the opposite