阅读真题答案

　　选词填空答案

　　36. A) assets

　　37. E) excellent

　　38. L) origin

　　39. N) up-to-date

　　40. B) attend

　　41. G) guidelines

　　42. C) aware

　　43. H) involved

　　44. D) especially

　　45. O) volunteering

　　本次选词填空的话题较为贴近生活，讲述的是教师可以以多种方式将社区融入课堂，如借助家长、实地考察活动、学校课题等。10题中，动词、名词、形容词平分秋色，副词一如既往考察最少。如果考生能够掌握先划分选项词性，再预判题干词性，进而在相同词性的单词间用意思去确定最终答案的方法，其实本题难度并不高。而且这次也出现了不少固定搭配，如be aware of, be involved in等，如果平时有一定的积累，在做题时也如虎添翼，可进一步保证自己的正确率。

　　匹配答案

　　46. Steve Jobs called on Stanford graduates to innovate in his commencement address.

　　O) Mr. Jobs ended…

　　47. Steve Jobs considered himself lucky to have been fired once by Apple.

　　N) Mr. Jobs suggested…

　　48. Steve Jobs once used computers to make movies that were commercial hits.

　　M) There is no conclusive proof…

　　49. Many governments have done more than the US government in providing the raw materials for innovation.

　　D) "We can look at…"

　　50. Great innovator are good at connecting concepts from various academic fields.

　　J) "The academics identify five traits that…"

　　51. Innovation is vital to driving economic progress.

　　C) "Above all, …"

　　52. America has a social environment that is particularly favorable to innovation.

　　E) "Yet what other nations typically lack, …"

　　53. Innovative ideas often come from diverse experiences.

　　H) "His path was unique, …"

　　54. Real-life experience is often more important than formal education for career success.

　　F) "Workers of every rank are told…"

　　55. Apple's fortunes suffered from an innovation discount during Job's absence.

　　L) "Apple, by their calculations, …"

　　本次长篇阅读将话题投向了乔布斯，并着重围绕“创新”二字展开。

　　从题目设置来看，出现了一两道题干关键词并不能直接在原文复现的题，如47题题干中的lucky，在原文中的表达为“It turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me"，需要考生正确理解这句话背后的意思才能解题，这对于四级长篇阅读来说并不多见，也确实是本次试题难度有所增加的体现。从做题技巧看，建议考生先将有把握的题做对，在有余力的情况下，最后完成这种起到“拉分”作用的难题。

　　仔细阅读 1&2 答案

　　56. C) The decline of the grain yield growth.

　　57. A) Their self-sufficiency is vital to the stability of world food markets.

　　58. D) They force more on the increase of animal feed than food grains.

　　59. D) The world will be able to feed its population without increasing farmland.

　　60. B) It is based on a doubtful assumption.

　　61. B) People's changing attitudes towards family.

　　62. C) Their number is too small to make a difference.

　　63. A) A long leave will have a negative impact on their career.

　　64. B) Surprise.

　　65. D) They will still face the difficult choice between career an children.

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