英语四级听力长对话模考(答案+解析+MP3+原文) :第37期
日期:2014-09-06 13:26

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听力试题

听力对话试题

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

19.

[A] Judging people’s behavior.

[B] Common causes of anger.

[C] Changing people’s attitudes.

[D] The effects of negative behavior.

20.

[A] When they’re unable to control theperson’s behavior.

[B] when the causes of the behavior areobvious.

[C] when the consequences of the behaviorare unpleasant.

[D] When the behavior is expected.

21.

[A] Their behavior should be attributed tofactors beyond their control.

[B] Their behavior should be attributed tointernal factors.

[C] Their behavior should be attributed toexternal factors.

[D] Their behavior should be attributed toothers.

22.

[A] We should blame external factors,

[B] We should blame internal factors.

[C] We should blame others.

[D] We needn’t blame ourselves.







对话原文

听力对话原文

Conversation One

M: One of the most common questions we askabout people’s behavior is why. Why does she say this? Why does he do that?Sometimes the reason is obvious. For example, someone is driving down thestreet, the light turns red, and he stops, why?

W: Because he has to, legally I mean.

M: Exactly! In this case the reason isobvious, so we usually don’t question it. But when the reason is not so obviousand especially when the behavior could have negative consequences, we’re morelikely to feel a need to explain the causes of the behavior. Socialpsychologists have a term for this, for the process of explaining the causes ofbehavior. It’s called causal attribution. And one theory suggests there’s apattern in the way we go about attributing causes to people’s behavior.According to this theory, there are two categories of reasons: internal factorsand external factors. Again, Lisa, say you’re driving down the road and all ofa sudden some guy turns into the lane right in front of you, and you have toslam on your brake to avoid an accident. How do you react?

W: I’ll probably get very angry.

M: Because...

W: Well, he’s not paying attention; he’s abad driver.

M: So you automatically attribute thedriver’s behavior to an internal factor. He himself is to blame because he iscareless.

W: So if I said it was because of heavytraffic or something, I’d be attributing his behavior to an external factor,something beyond his control.

M: Good. Now how will you explain your ownnegative behavior?

W: I should blame external factors.

M: That’s right.

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

19. What is the main topic of the discussion?

20. According to the professor, when arepeople likely to try to explain someone else’s behavior?

21. According to the discussion, how domost people explain others’ negative behavior?

22.According to the discussion, what should we do to explain our own negativebehavior?





答案和解析

听力对话答案

19.A综合推断题。对话开头指出weask about people’s behavior,再结合听力材料可知,对话主要讨论了人的行为背后的原因,即对行为举止的评价,所以A正确。

20.C信息明示题。男士提到…whenthe behavior could have negative consequences,由此可知,C正确。

21.B综合推断题。男士说youautomatically attribute the driver’s behavior to an internal factor,由此可以推断,大多数人会为他人的过失行为寻找内在原因,所以B正确。

22.A综合推断题。男士最后问:“你应该怎样解释自己所犯的错误呢?”女士回答:“我会找客观原因。”由此推断,我们都会为自己的错误找客观原因,所以A正确。

*考点

●say有“例如说,譬如说”的意思,与for example和for instance意思相近,是let us say的简化语。当前面是假设的条件或某种特定的情况需要举例说明时,通常用say,如:If you were to get a large sum of money,say,10,000 dollars,what wouldyou do with it?如果你能得到一大笔钱,比如说,一万美元,你打算用来做什么?

●attribute to意为“将某事归因于……”,如:delays attributed to snow因下雪而耽搁;它还有“被认为是……写的”的意思,如:This tune is usually attributed to Chopin.这首曲子通常被认为是肖邦所作。

●be to blame意为“应受谴责的,是起因或某事的根源”,如:A freak storm was to blame for the power outage.停电的起因是一场特大的暴风雨。



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重点单词
  • externaladj. 外部的,外面的,外来的,表面的 n. 外部,外
  • blamen. 过失,责备 vt. 把 ... 归咎于,责备
  • braken. 闸,刹车,制动器 v. 刹车 n. 矮树林,
  • negativeadj. 否定的,负的,消极的 n. 底片,负数,否定
  • factorn. 因素,因子 vt. 把 ... 因素包括进去 vi
  • attributionn. 归因,归属,属性,特质
  • obviousadj. 明显的,显然的
  • attributevt. 把 ... 归于 n. 属性,特征,标志,象征
  • automaticallyadv. 自动地,机械地
  • conversationn. 会话,谈话