2010年6月19日英语四级(A卷)答案全解析

　　24. C) It often rises higher than inflation.

　　原题为What do we learn from the conversation about British children’s pocket money? 意思是：从对话中我们可以了解到有关英国孩子零花钱的哪些信息?原文中女性说话人说“Why do you think the rise in pocket money is often higher than inflation? ”意思是：“你觉得为什么零花钱通常要比通货膨胀涨的更高呢?”据此我们可以判断英国孩子的零花钱比通货膨胀涨的更高，答案应选C.

　　25. B) Pay for small personal things.

　　原题为Supposing the man had children, what would he expect them to do with their pocket money? 对话中男性说话人说“…out of that, they have to buy some small personal things, but I wouldn’t expect them to save to buy their own socks, for example.”意思是“我希望他们用零花钱去买一些小的个人物品，但我不希望他们把钱存起来去买他们自己的短袜等”。据此我们可以判断答案选B.

　　26 A) District managers

　　该题比较简单，文章开头说到Alex期盼着与district managers的会议，因此正确答案为A项。

　　27 D) The important part played by district managers

　　文章中提到在会议结束时，Alex打算以“the conversation about the importance of the district managers to the company plans”来结束会议，可见他打算强调district managers在公司计划中所起的重要作用。因此D项正确。

　　28 B) Fifty percent of them were female

　　此题比较简单，文章中后面说道“Half of our managers are women”， 而参加会议的基本上都是那些district managers，由此可判断，会议的听众有一半是女性，所以此题选B项。

　　29 B) He was not gender sensitive

　　文章最后一句说这些女性district managers听到Alex总用“he”来指代“district managers”感到surprised和distressed(痛苦的，苦恼的)，由此可见Alex失败的原因是由于他对于涉及到性别的用词不够敏感所造成的。

　　30 C) Ask to see the manager politely but firmly

　　此题比较简单，原文中提到在餐馆遇到上错菜时，应该“make a polite but firm request to see the manage”,和C项所说完全一致。

　　31 D) You can’t tell how the person on the line is reacting

　　此题相对简单，答案基本上是原句，“So you can’t tell how the person on the line is reacting.”

　　32 D) Stick to the point

　　此题属于原文再现，原文最后建议写投诉信时，应当“be business-like and stick to the point”，即围绕自己的要点来说，而不要说些无关紧要的废话，因此应该选D项。

　　33. B) Architect

　　从原文“Before Barbara had children, she worked as an architect for the government, designing government housing”可以得知。

　　34. A) Do some volunteer work.

　　从原文“If Barbara feels the need to do socially important work, he thinks that she should do volunteer work one or two days a week.”可以得知。

　　35. C) A baby-sitter is no replacement for a mother.

　　从原文“Tom does not think a baby-sitter can replace a mother”可以得知。