1.C4Z6001（四级模考班）学员作文的批改（若干）：

Online shopping

Online shopping, a convenient way for people to go shopping on the Internet rather than go out（应改为to go out; rather than连接的两个并列成分应保持一致性） to shopping centres, is capturing substantial attention and developing increasingly. Considerable people around us feel like (like 此处做实意动词“喜欢”讲与前面的 “feel” 就产生了双谓语的现象，因此只能选其一) online shopping better/a lot (表示程度“更”).

However, there still exists（exist）a bit of problems in online shopping. First, the personal information may be threatened. As is known to us, the buyer’s（把buyer改成customer更好） personal information is needed when shopping online, so some dishonest people may (take this chance 表示趁机的意思，可加入此处，那steal 前则加上介词to) steal the information and use it for criminal activities, which certainly bring losses to the buyers. Then（改成second更好,与上面的first相呼应）, the quality of the goods may not be guaranteed. The reason accounts for this phenomenon is that sellers might cheat customers in the way that（改成by 表“通过。。。方式）selling goods below standard for making high profit. Besides, buyers have difficulties in changing the goods they have received and arguing with the sellers.

Concerning all these drawbacks, I still insist that there is more good than harm for online shopping（此话改成online shopping will do more good than harm更为准确）. Online shopping（替换成It） will flourish, if more supervisal(改成supervised) measures are taken place, and all the people who want to take part in this big family will share the benefit with each other.

 

Online Shopping

    In contemporary society, people in ever increasing numbers like go（like 后接doing和to do 两种形式） shopping on(改成through表示通过一种手段) the Internet .

    Most young people think that the developiment(改成development of) Internet makes the online shopping more convenience(改成形容词convenient) . They can spent less time , less energy and even less money to buy the wanted things（改成things that they wanted） than (改成instead to )search them shop by shop . It is really convenience（改成 convenient） but on the other hand , it brings us some unexpected troubles as well . Such as , we can't know the quality of the goods before we bought . We can't know whether it is the right one we ordered . What's worse , we gave the money but didn't receive the products we bought . We can't protect our rights , because there is still not a law to supervise it .

    From my point of view , though it's really more convenience（改成 convenient）to go shopping on the Internet , we still need to think twice when do it(before we do) . We'd better have a look at the reputation and the judgments of the "shop" . And what's more , the goverment should set up a law to protect buyers' rights .

 

 

With the development of technology and economics, more and more people prefer online shopping, common people prefer online shopping(语意重复应去掉), and people argue that it is a convenient way and saving（saves; and 并列前后的成分应保持一致性） people’s money, people could just stay at home and buy the goods people are hopping for(that they are hoping for), especially for those busy people who haven’t leisure time

 

  Nevertheless, everything has two sides, online shopping also has up and down. In the first place, people may find compared(comparing现在分词作伴随状语) with online pictures, the goods you get have something different. Its quality isn’t as good as what they have showed, it may lead (改成make)people feeling frustrate as to it（when receive it）. In the second place, some online shops may（改成don’t）send you their good isn’t on time, many people complain about it .What’s more, those online shops are just fraud organizations.

 

  As far as I am concerned, I prefer online shopping, I think the favorable sides outweigh the negative ones, because there is a remarkable man once said: time is money”

  

Online shopping

   With Internet booming, there are more and more convenient shown(改成shows) up in our daily life. What turn(改成turned) up the phenomenon is that people who has been growing more and more interests（改成interested） in shopping online. They consider that it will save time, getting(改成be) flexibility when we use in this way.  Moreover, they will take traffic conditions into account. Going out to buy

these things on foot or taking traffic tools which are crowed. Overall,  they who are charming(改成charmed) with shopping online and suppose it is favorable.

   However, there are some gaps which will trouble consumers. Firstly, they can’t recognize how quality it is(改成how good are these products) with hears the sales said(改成just depending on the words by sellers) only. Secondly, some clothes they want to buy without trying on (can’t be tried on); nevertheless, they don’t know how the appearance is. It is the most important that it is just a fraud cheated us.

   In my own view, we can not only choose the convenient way buying（改成to buy）things what(改成that) we want, but also we must be careful to select those shops which has(改成are of ) poor quality or just a fraud(改成frauds).

 

2.范文：

   With the approaching of the digital age, a growing number of people tend to go shopping on the Internet.

    Shopping on the Internet boasts a lot of advantages, of which the most important one is its convenience. People don't have to waste a lot of their energy and precious time to go from one shop to another to choose the commodities they like. What's more, the goods come in all shapes, sizes and colors on the Internet. All people need to do is to sit in front of their computers and click the mouse. The commodities they order will be delivered to them promptly. 
    However, the disadvantages can't be ignored. Firstly, there is a problem that the consumers can't see the goods or try them on personally. Sometimes, the real goods may not be the same as what they have seen on the computer. Secondly, some shops on the Internet are not registered. They will never deliver anything to you after they get the money from you.      

    Ultimately, I arrive at the conclusion that we can make best use of Internet shopping to facilitate our everyday life, but we need to be rational decision-makers in face of virtual products and be the master of them.

试题答案

1. B 2. D 3. A 4. C 5. C 6. D 7. D

8. check his e-mails only twice a day 9. assess his workload 10. books

11. C 12. D 13. D 14.B 15. A 16. B 17.B 18. C 19. D 20. B

21. A 22. B 23. C 24. A 25. D 26. D 27. C 28. B 29. B 30. D

31. C 32. A 33. C 34. D 35. B 36. website 37. rarely 38. shorthand

39. independent 40. signifying 41. formula 42. Accompanied 43. readership

44. Then an odd thing happened: people made fun of the prose, but they kept reading Pitchfork.

45. Pitchfork’s reviews of artists previously considered unknown or underground, began to act as stepping-stones to mainstream coverage.

46. by 2005, they had performed on Saturday Night Live, been nominated for two Grammys

47. M 48. I 49. B 50. K 51.L 52. E 53. F 54. H 55. C

56. O 57. C 58. B 59. D 60. A 61. D 62. C 63. D 64. A

65. B 66. B 67. A 68. B 69. B 70. D 71. D 72. C 73. A

74. C 75. C 76. B 77. D 78. B 79. B 80. D 81. A 82. A

83. A 84. C 85. D 86. B

87. hard for him to catch up with his fellow students

88. did the mobile phone I just bought cost me too much

89. get used to working nonstop for a couple of hours

90. should fail to work on his computer without power

91. closely related to environmental degradation

听力原文

Section A

11. M: Tracy, I missed Prof. Shoesmith’s class yesterday for some reasons I can’t tell you now. Could you tell me the assignments he gave us?

W: No worries. Prof. Shoesmith was out for a conference and failed to give the lesson. He will not be available to make up for it till next Tuesday.

Q: What can’t we infer from the dialogue?

12. W: I’m awfully sorry I’m late again, but I got caught in a traffic jam; you know what transportation was like this time of day.

M: Well, it appears that you have more traffic jams than other colleagues. It’s the fourth time you are late within two weeks.

Q: What did the man try to indicate?

13. W: Eric said that Tokyo is a great place for holding academic conferences.

M: He’s certainly in a position to say that. After all, he’s been there quite often.

Q: What does the man consider Eric?

14. W: Mr. Johnathon, I wonder whether it’s possible for me to take a vacation early next month. I want to have a chance to get together with my family members.

M: Did you fill up a request form? It’s of necessity to go through some formalities.

Q: What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?

15. W: Since you have made so many business trips, you must have visited many cities all over the city.

M: I wish I had, but besides many domestic cities, New York and London are the only two foreign cities I’ve ever been to.

Q: What does the man mean?

16. W: Would you please, Mr. Smith, tell me what do you feel about child labor?

M: We are supposed to take care of them as young children.

Q: What’s the man’s attitude towards child labor?

17. M: That photo definitely highlights Bob’s hair color. How do you consider that?

W: As a matter of fact, I think it makes his hair look messier than it really is. But, that’s what I really think about the picture.

Q: What does the woman think of the photo?

18. M: Did Iris go to the computer room with you yesterday? She told me she had to retrieve some important information to finish her term paper.

W: Yes. But on usual occasions, even if she hadn’t had much homework to do, she would prefer staying in her dormitory to going anywhere else.

Q: What does the woman imply?

Conversation 1

M: Good morning Butner. Good to have you here.

W: Thank you. Good morning

M: And let me start with you, because this clearly was a labor of love for you, I believe, as you have spent the last seven years of your life documenting the lives of these more than 400 teenagers that you connected with in such a real way. Why did you want to do this?

W: You know, I always say this project found me; I didn’t go looking for it. And I think I just have a real sensitivity towards teenagers. And I think that kids are, it’s a misrepresented segment of society. I think there’s a lot of suspicion about teenagers. I think that society doesn’t really know who they are. And I’m always rooting for the underdog.

M: Is that the common thread that you found? Did you find that they are, for the most part, the underdogs; I mean that they are really living such complicated lives at such young ages?

W: Oh, absolutely! I think that life is moving really fast these days, and I think that these kids are forced to grow up. And they didn’t ask to grow up this quickly. But it’s been thrust upon them, and they’ve had to, really rally. And I think a lot of kids are facing very big issues in life, you know, much bigger than we had ever, or at least I had ever faced.

M: Alright, well, that’s a good message to end on. so much more we’d love to talk with you about. Thank you.

Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

19. What is the most probable relationship between the man and woman?

20. According to Robin, what kind position are teenagers in?

21. Why does Robin assume that teenagers are living complicated lives?

22. What has the woman been doing in the past seven years?

Conversation 2

W: Morning! So early of you!

M: Hi, I am working on a research task of Prof. Stevenson’s class.

W: I missed the class yesterday. Anything interesting?

M: Well, yes, very interesting. His class was about corporate culture and took the Swedish furniture retailer IKEA as an example.

W: Oh, really?

M: Right, with IKEA’s mission statement “A better life for the majority of people”. Have you been in an IKEA store before?

W: Of course. Yeah. Actually my love of its products and working atmosphere pushed me to work part-time in one of its stores last semester.

M: Oh. It is a pity you missed yesterday’s class.

W: And maybe I will choose IKEA as the start of my career after graduation.

M: That’s great you set a goal so early. And this part might be useful for you.

W: Hmm, about its recruitment principles.

M: See, although getting highly-skilled people is important for IKEA, they will not choose someone with a conflict of value systems with the company. “Anyone expecting a flash car or status symbols has no future with us” is what they say. And only those who wholly understand and buy into the company’s philosophy can get promoted.

W: Interesting. Thanks for the information!

M: Pleasure!

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

23. How does the woman feel when she knew the class was about IKEA?

24. What does the woman think of IKEA’s products?

25. What is IKEA’s philosophy according to the man?

Section B

Passage One

Ni Dan, 20, and two of his classmates were sitting at the front of a long queue outside Gate No. 6 of the Shanghai Expo Park. They had been there for six hours and it was just 4 a.m. Sunday. “We chose to visit Expo today for three reasons: it’s Expo’s 100th day, it’s the two-year anniversary of the Beijing Olympic Games, plus it’s the eighth day of the eighth month,” Ni said. Eight is considered by many Chinese an auspicious number that brings fortune. Coming early is a crucial link to get the limited reservation tickets for the China Pavilion and shorten the hours of waiting outside other pavilions. But a front position on the queue is not enough, “dashing as fast as you can is a must to secure a ticket”, according to instructions posted online by experienced visitors. Tickets to the China Pavilion, given out free to visitors who came early, are used to curb waiting hours. With the ticketing system, it usually takes about an hour to enter the China Pavilion. While other popular pavilions often require three to five hours. At its peak, visitors had to wait for eight hours to get into the Saudi

Arabia Pavilion. As of 9:36 a.m., more than 127,000 visitors have entered the 5.28-square-km Expo Park.

Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.

26. Which of the following is not the reason why Ni Dan chose the date for a visit to the Shanghai Expo?

27. How to get into the Chinese Pavilion for visitors?

28. Since when have there already been 127,000 visitors into the Expo Park?

Passage Two

Life as we know it would simply not exist without plants. Biodiversity -- the web of all life on Earth -- depends fundamentally on plants and fungi. Plants are used by every human being on the planet, every single day. Just think of what you ate for breakfast this morning, the cup of coffee at your desk, the clothes you’re wearing. Plants provide the human race with food, fuel, medicine, clothing and shelter, whether we live in the countryside or a modern city, in Europe or sub-Saharan Africa. Plants provide invaluable services, they provide us with the very air we breathe, clean water and fertile soil and they help regulate the climate. Plants also provide habitats and food for mammals, birds and invertebrates around the globe. But we are living in an age of acute plant blindness. Somehow, while we make great strides in technology, many of us have forgotten the fundamental importance of the very things on which our lives ultimately depend. Plant diversity is being destroyed at a greater rate than ever before and much of this is due to habitat loss through changes in land use. We believe that economic development must go hand in hand with care for the environment. At the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and other botanic gardens around the world, our plant scientists and horticulturists are working towards effective, science-based conservation solutions to ensure that we leave a healthy and hopeful world to the next generation.

Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.

29. What does biodiversity depend mainly on, according to the passage?

30. What does the phrase “plant blindness” refer to?

31. In order to leave a healthy and hopeful world to the next generation, what do we have to do?

Passage Three

Why aren’t there more women physicists, and in senior positions? One factor may be unconscious biases that could keep women physicists from advancing—and may even prevent women from going into physics in the first place.

Amy Bug, a physicist at Swarthmore College, examined the bias question. Her research

team trained four actors—two men, two women—to give a 10-minute physics lecture. Real physics classes watched the lecturers. Then the 126 students were surveyed.

When it came to questions of physics ability—whether the lecturer had a good grasp of the material, and knew how to use the equipment—male lecturers got higher ratings by both male and female students.

But when asked how well the lecturer relates to the students, each gender preferred their own. And while female students gave a slight preference to female lecturers, male students overwhelmingly rated the male lecturers as being superior. The research appears in the journal Physics World. Bug says the results may be evidence of inherent biases that could hold women back—along with economic inequalities, such as lower wages and smaller start-up grants. Which reduce career acceleration and thus the amount of force available to crack the glass ceiling?

Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

32. According to the passage, what’s the factor that woman physicists are fewer than men physicists?

33. How many students were surveyed in the lectures?

34. Which of the following sentences is wrong when asked how well the lecturer relates to the students.

35. Which of the following is the other field also mentioned in the passage, in which women suffer a lot from gender discrimination?

Section C

In 1995, Ryan Schreiber was a 19-year-old Minneapolis record-store clerk who wanted to publish a rock-music fanzine but lacked access to a photocopier. Instead, he started a website, called it Pitchfork and began posting his thoughts on bands like Sonic Youth, Fugazi and the Pixies — groups whose songs rarely appeared on the radio or MTV. It was the first golden age of “indie” artists, back when the word was shorthand for music released on independent record labels, signifying the artistic freedom and cachet that came from operating on the fringes.

By 2000, Schreiber had moved the site to Chicago, acquired some freelance writers and codified the Pitchfork review into a signature formula — a long, rambling personal opinion of an album, accompanied by a rating on a scale from 0.0 to 10.0. But the site’s readership was still, to use his word, “negligible.” That changed in October of that year, when Pitchfork posted a fawning, grandiloquent 10.0 review of Radiohead’s experimental rock album Kid A. Critic Brent DiCrescenzo’s paean included lines like “butterscotch lamps along the walls of the tight city square bled upward into the cobalt sky” and became an Internet sensation — for all the wrong reasons.

Then an odd thing happened: people made fun of the prose, but they kept reading Pitchfork. Schreiber and his writers knew what they were talking about; Kid A., which later debuted at No. 1 on Billboard, really was a 10.0 album. Pitchfork’s reviews of artists previously considered unknown or underground, began to act as stepping-stones to mainstream coverage. In the year of 2000, Modest Mouse moved from independent label Up Records to Sony-owned Epic; by 2005, they had performed on Saturday Night Live, been nominated for two Grammys. Their songs are now used in car commercials.