四级考试第四部分的第三种可能的题型是简单回答问题，简称为简答题。简答题选用的短文难度和长度与阅读理解文章相似，篇幅大约是250-300词。短文后附有5个问题或不完整的句子，要求考生在阅读完短文后用不超过10个词的简短英文（可以是句子，也可以是单词或短语）回答所提出的问题或补充不完整的句子。
每题2分，共10分，考试时间为15分钟。
自新题型公布至今，简答题共考过四次（1997年1月、1999年1月、1999年6月和2002年6月）。该题型要求考生在读懂文章的情况下，用自己的语言简短的回答出有关文章内容的问题，主要测试考生对英语的确切理解能力和用英语进行表达的能力，在考查阅读理解的基础上考查了考生的英语表达能力和概括能力。 同翻译题一样，简答题的基础依然是阅读理解，但对阅读理解的要求更高。在一定的意义上，简单题与阅读理解部分更为接近，考查的点既有细节题，也有推断题，甚至还有要考生进行总结归纳的题。但由于简答部分只有问题，而且要求考生用简练的语言进行回答（超过10个字是要扣分的），同时还要注意拼写、语法的正确，这就使得简答题要难得多。从往年的考试情况看来，这部分的得分是比较低的。如果在阅读理解中能拿到30分的话，在这个部分恐怕只能拿到5分左右。
真题演练：大学英语四级简答解题历年真题解析
简答题较难的另一个原因是在这个部分中几乎没有猜题的技巧可言，所以平时复习时不要报有幻想，而是要从根本上提高自己的阅读能力。
由于简答题的考查点与阅读理解有很大的相似性，平时提高做简答题能力的方法是：在做阅读理解题时，先不看选项，试一试用自己的话回答。
简答题的评分原则及标准
一、简答题要求学生在读懂文章的基础上，用正确简洁的语言回答问题。在评分时同时考虑内容和语言。每题满分为2分，最低分为0分。
二、给分标准
2分 — 答出全部内容，语言正确；
1分 — 答出部分内容，语言正确；
0分 — 没有答对问题。
三、扣分标准
1. 语言错误扣0.5分，每题语言错误扣分不超过0.5分（标点符号和大小写错误忽略不计）；
2. 涉及无关内容者扣0.5分；若答案中有互相矛盾的内容，则内容互相矛盾的部分皆不得分；
3. 整句原封不动照搬，扣0.5分；
4. 考生所给答案超过10个单词扣0.5分。
如答案涵盖两个方面，而考生只答对其中一个方面时，答错的一方面则在扣除1分后不再以多余信息另外扣分，但其中如有语言错误则再扣0.5分
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下面是2002年6月份的四级考试的简答题部分，请你先做一下，然后再对照标准的评分标准看看自己能得多少分。 Part IV Short Answer Questions (15 minutes)
Directions: In this part there is a short passage with five questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words (not exceeding 10 words).
As researchers learn more about how children’s intelligence develops, they are increasingly surprised by the power of parents. The power of the school has been replaced by the home. To begin with, all the factors which are part of intelligence – the child’s understanding of language, learning patterns, curiosity – are established well before the child enters school at the age of six. Study after study has shown that even after school begins, children’s achievements have been far more influenced by parents than by teachers. This is particularly true about learning that is language-related. The school rather than the home is given credit for variations in achievement in subjects such as science.
In view of their power, it’s sad to see so many parents not making the most of their child’s intelligence. Until recently parents had been warned by educators who asked them not to educate their children. Many teachers now realize that children cannot be educated only at school and parents are being asked to contribute both before and after the child enters school.
Parents have been particularly afraid to teach reading at home. Of course, children shouldn’t be pushed to read by their parents, but educators have discovered that reading is best taught individually – and the easiest place to do this is at home. Many four- and five-year-olds who have been shown a few letters and taught their sounds will compose single words of their own with them even before they have been taught to read.
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