2009年12月英语四级考试模拟训练及答案(二)

　　3.C 本题考查作者拜访澳大利亚的目的。该句的To appreciate this unusual outback monument and to meet the people whose livelihoods depend on it… 明确指出是为了欣赏这个澳大利亚不寻常的内地纪念碑和见识牧民赖以生存的围栏,C是对第二个目的短语的同义转述。

　　4.A 第三段首句中的monument 意为“纪念碑”，结合第四段首句For most of its prodigious length，this epic fence…, 其中prodigious 意为“巨大的”，epic意为“史诗，伟大的”，这三个词都表示一种压抑和尊敬的感情。

　　5.D 该段首句即topic sentence。该句中的…despite the presence of the world’s most obserssive fence 指出fence 是世界上最令人着迷的栅栏，表示对其的部分肯定。

　　6.B 本题考查澳洲野犬被政府承认是不合法的时间。该句中的Dingoes officially became outlaws in 1830 when government placed a bounty on their heads 明确指出时间是在1830年。

　　7.D 该句提到，Park officials， who recognize that the fence is to blame，respond to the excess of kangaroos by saying “The fence is there, and we have to live with it.” 即Park 政府已经认识到围栏应该为澳大利亚袋鼠过剩负责，只能无奈地回答“因为围栏在那里，我们不得不忍受”。这是一种哲学的观点看法。

　　8.the sheep industry。本题考查澳洲野犬繁殖旺盛的原因。该句提到，It is estimated that since

　　sheep arrived in Australia，dingo numbers have increased a hundred fold.意为据估计从羊来到澳大利亚后，野狗的数量已经增加了百倍。明确指出了原因是sheep，其中as a result of ≈since， 由空前的of可知，要填名词或名词短语。

　　9.economic terms。本题考查围栏修建时考虑的因素。该句提到，The intense private battles between woolgrowers and dingoes have usually served to define the Fence only in economic terms.答案可以直接得出。

　　10.the fence。本题考查澳大利亚袋鼠泛滥的原因。该句明确提出，Now they are ubiquitous for without a native predator the kangaroo population has exploded inside the Fence.即现在它们在没有本地食肉动物的围栏内到处存在，袋鼠的数量已经剧增。由此可知，the fence 即为袋鼠迅速增长的原因。

　　Part Ⅲ Listening Comprehension

　　Section A

　　11―18 DCAACDCB 19―25 BADCDAA

　　Section B

　　26―35 CDBBBACADB

　　Section C

　　36. vehicle 37.space 38.accordance 39.govern 40.earth 41.generally

　　42.motion 43.planetary

　　44.he startd the thinking that led to our current understanding of the laws of motion

　　45.The most important were: first, each planet revolves about the sun in an orbit that is an ellipse

　　46.sweeps over equal areas of the ellipse in equal periods of time