专四真题详解(2005年).docVIP

上面不接页排版“2005年英语专业四级考试真题” 2005年英语专业四级考试真题答案详解 PART I DICTATION The Wristwatch [1]It is generally believed that wristwatches are an exception / to the normal sequence in the evolution of [2]mens jewelry. / Reversing the usual order, they were first [3]worn by women / and then adopted by men. / In the old days, queens included wristwatches among their crown jewelry. / [4] Later, they were worn by [5]Swiss workers and farmers. / Until World War I, Americans associated the watch with fortune hunters. / Then army officers discovered that the wristwatch was [6]most practical for active [7]combat. / Race car drivers also loved to wear wristwatches, / and pilots found [8]them most useful while flying. / Soon men dared to wear wristwatches without feeling [9]self-conscious. / By 1924, some 30 percent of mens watches were worn on the wrist. / Today, the figure is 90 percent. / And they are now worn by both men and women / for practical purposes [10]rather than for decoration. 【听写提示】 第一遍听音时，要把握文章的脉络以及主题关键词wristwatches，jewelry，practical等首句用固定句型引出本文讨论的主题。 主题线索词，wristwatch是mns jewelry的一种mens，不要写成mans。 注意该词是wear的过去分词，不要写成warn。 注意表示时间顺序的词语。 专有名词Swiss（瑞士）常识瑞士手表闻名世界 [6]most practical之间不完全爆破，practical表示手表用途的性质。 生僻词，由army officers可以推测出本词。them与most连读，注意不要写成the，可根据句意推断。 [9]常出现的加连字符的单词。 表示wristwatch用途的改变，戴手表是出于实际需要而不是为了装饰。PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION SECTION A CONVERSATIONS Conversation 1 【听前预测】由题干中的job，work和选项中出现的专业名称可推测，该篇对话发生在求职面试中，Mr. Johnson在接受面试。 【听】W: Good morning. Sit down, please, Mr. Johnson. M: Thank you, Ma’am. W: I have read your letter here. You seem to have done very well at school. Can you tell me something about your school work? M: As you can see, my strongest subjects were art subjects; my best subject was history and my second best was geography. However, my favorite subject was maths, and the results I got on the maths paper were quite reasonable. W: That’s true. Now can you tell me why you think these subjects will help you in this job? M: We