2008年6月英语四级听力全真模拟试下载第3套:Section C

Section C

　　In many countries, authority¹ is seldom questioned, either because it is highly² respected, or because it is (36) _______. Sometimes, too, because (37) _______ has been important in certain societies for a long time, people have been trained never to question those in authority.

　　In other countries, (38) _______America, children are trained to question and search for answers. When a child asks a question, he will be often told to go to the library and find the answer for himself. By the time students reach the age of 14 or 15, they may be (39) _______ exciting new ideas in all fields of science and the arts. To encourage such creativity³, there are many national (40) _______ offered to students every year for their scientific discoveries and artistic⁴ (41) _______.

　　This interest in questioning and searching may be (42) _______ by some people as bad for young people’s (43) _______, that young people lack respect for authority. (44) ___________________. However, this is because many Americans have different attitudes toward⁵ authority that may exist in other areas of the world. In a work or business situation, ideas are freely⁶ and openly discussed and argued. (45)_________________________. The two are quite separate⁷. The purpose of the searching, questioning, and arguing is to find the facts in a particular situation, and therefore a solution, (46) ______________________________.

答案和解析：

Section C 

36.【解析】feared。根据either...or...可以判断所填词和respected词性一致(即也是v+ed形式)，语义相对。一方面是尊敬之情，那么另一种可能就是畏惧之情了。 

37.【解析】rank。从authority可以判断此处指的是社会中的等级。

38.【解析】including。根据对句子结构的分析可以判断所填词和America一起构成句子的状语，因此应该填入分词形式。 

39.【解析】developing。所填词的宾语为exciting new ideas，从宾语的感情色彩可以判断所填词带有褒义，根据空前的may be判断应该填入动词的ing形式，构成正在进行时。 

40.【解析】prizes。目的是为了encourage such creativity，那么提供的应该是奖励了。 

41.【解析】accomplishments，意为“成就，成绩”。通常来说奖励的是所取得的成就。并且所填词和discoveries形成并列关系。 

42.【解析】considered。所填词与本句中的as构成固定搭配(consider...as...)。 

43.【解析】manners，意为“礼貌，礼仪”。根据空格后的that young people lack respect for authority可以判断此处是说对年轻人的礼貌有害。 

44.【答案】This impression may be created when visitors notice young Americansasking questions and arguing with older people 

【Main Points】Young people may leave bad impression when they ask 

questions and argue with older people. 

45.【答案】It is vital⁸ to remember that it is the person’s ideas that are being questioned,not the individual himself 

【Main Points】It is important to remember that people argue about ideas instead of 　the individual himself 

46.【答案】so that the work of the business can progress in the most effective mannerpossible 

【Main Points】so that the business work can go on the most effectively

1 authority   

n.当局，官方；权力，权威，威信；当权者

参考例句：

• He is recognized internationally as an authority in this field.国际上承认他是这方面的一个权威。
• Professor White is looked upon as an authority on mathematics.怀特教授被看成数学权威。

2 highly   

adv.高度地，极，非常；非常赞许地

参考例句：

• It is highly important to provide for the future.预先做好准备非常重要。
• The teacher speaks very highly of the boy's behaviour.老师称赞这个男孩的表现。

3 creativity   

n.创造力，创造

参考例句：

• There is limited scope for creativity in my job.我的工作中发挥创造力的空间有限。
• She got an unusually low score for creativity.在创造力方面，她得了异乎寻常的低分。

4 artistic   

adj.艺术(家)的，美术(家)的；善于艺术创作的

参考例句：

• The picture on this screen is a good artistic work.这屏风上的画是件很好的艺术品。
• These artistic handicrafts are very popular with foreign friends.外国朋友很喜欢这些美术工艺品。

5 toward   

prep.对于，关于，接近，将近，向，朝

参考例句：

• Suddenly I saw a tall figure approaching toward the policeman.突然间我看到一个高大的身影朝警察靠近。
• Upon seeing her,I smiled and ran toward her. 看到她我笑了，并跑了过去。

6 freely   

adv.自由地，随便地，无拘无束地

参考例句：

• She was unable to keep back her tears,and wept freely.她抑制不住泪水，痛痛快快地哭了起来。
• A liquid flows freely and has no fixed shape.液体能自由流动，无固定形态。

7 separate   

n.分开，抽印本；adj.分开的，各自的，单独的；v.分开，隔开，分居

参考例句：

• Are they joined together or separate?它们是合在一起还是分开的？
• Separate the white clothes from the dark clothes before laundering.洗衣前应当把浅色衣服和深色衣服分开。

8 vital   

adj.生死攸关的，重大的，生命的，生机的，至关重要的，所必需的

参考例句：

• These matters are vital to the national security.这些事情对国家安全至关重要。
• This point is vital to my argument.这一点对我的论据来说是非常重要的。