大出現(xiàn)的時間、數(shù)字、地點等信息，要按在短文中出現(xiàn)的前后順序做好記錄，并注意其邏輯順序，不要一出現(xiàn)數(shù)字就馬上選擇，而應(yīng)先記錄在一邊，然后根據(jù)所提問題做選擇。 (2) 務(wù)必聽清問題，再確定正確選項。有些考生在做該部分題目時不太注意問題內(nèi)容，在聽到與選項一致的句子后匆匆作答，結(jié)果選錯答案。同一組選項，結(jié)合不同的提問就會有不同答案。因此，一定要堅持聽完問題再做出最后的判斷。 ?屠皓民

理了2024年12月英語四級閱讀理解模擬：泰國大象的生存危機(jī)，一起來看看吧。 2024年12月英語四級閱讀理解模擬：泰國大象的生存危機(jī) For centuries, in the countries of south and Southeast Asia the elephant has been an intimate part of the culture, economy and religion, and nowhere more so than in Thailand. Unlike its African cousin, the Asian elephant is easily domesticated (馴化). The rare so-called white elephants have actually lent the authority of kingship to its rulers and until the 1920s the national flag was a white elephant on a red background.To the early Western visitors the country's romantic name was “Land of the White Elephant”. Today, however, the story is very different. Out of work and out of land, the Thai elephant struggles for survival in a nation that no longer needs it. The elephant has found itself more or less abandoned by previous owners who have moved on to a different economic world and a westernized society. And while the elephant's problems began many years ago, now it rates a very low national priority. How this reversal from national icon (圣像) to neglected animal came about is a tale of worsening environmental and the changing lives of the Thais themselves. According to Richard Lair, Thailand’s experts on the Asian elephant and author of the report Gone Astray, at the turn of the century there may well have beenas many as 100,000 domestic elephants in the country. In the north of Thailand alone it was estimated that more than 20,000 elephants were employed in transport, 1,000 of them alone on the road between the cities of Chiang Mai and Chiang Saen. This was at a time when 90 per cent of Thailand was still forest—a habitat (棲息地) that not only supported the animals but also made them necessary to carry goods and people. Nothing ploughs through dense forest better than a massive but sure-footed elephant. By 1950 the elephant population had dropped to a still substantial 13,397, but today there are probably nomore than 3,800, with another 1,350 roaming free in the national parks. But now, Thailand’s forest coversonly 20 per cent of the land. This deforestation (采伐森林) is the central point of the elephant's difficult situation, for it has effectively put the animals out of work. This century, as the road network grew, so the elephant's role as a beast of burden declined. 練習(xí)題： Choose correct answers to the question: 1. What can we know about African elephants from the passage? A. It is easy to tame them. B. It is hard to tame them. C. They are living a better life than Asian elephants. D. Their fate is quite similar to that of Asian elephants. 2. Thailand was once called “Land of the White Elephant” because_______. A. white elephant is rarely seen and thus very special B. white elephant was a national symbol until the 1920s C. white elephant has helped kings to gain the ruling authority D. this name was so romantic that it was popular among visitors 3. Why is the Thai elephant “out of work”, according to the author? A. Because the elephants are no longer useful to their owners. B. Because their owners are westernized and neglect them. C. Because the government pays little attention to the problem. D. Because there are too many elephants and too few jobs. 4. Which of the following statements is true about the elephant population at various times? A. There were 100,000 tamed elephants at the turn of the century. B. 20,000 elephants were employed in transport in Thailand at the turn of the century. C. By 1950 the elephant population in Thailand has been quite small. D. Today the elephant population is estimated at 5,150. 5. The passage is most probably from_______. A. a travel magazine B. a history book C. a research report D. an official announcement 參考答案： 1.[B] 事實細(xì)節(jié)題。本題考查對比處。根據(jù)文章第l段第3句：和非洲象不同，亞洲象容易馴養(yǎng)，言下之意就是：非洲象不易馴養(yǎng)。答案中用tame替代原文的domesticate，意思相同。選項A與原文意思正好相反;選項C，D原文根本未提到。 2.[B] 推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第l段第4句中的“until the 1920s the national flag was a white elephant on a red background.”可知當(dāng)時白

文中new的近音干擾，C)項中的forget是對have got to的近音干擾。 因此，在遇到這類題時，要求考生要仔細(xì)，不要一看到干擾項就立即作出選擇，從而中了題設(shè)陷阱。 ? 此外，還要注意語音、語調(diào)。 句子形式與語調(diào)關(guān)系 1.以陳述句為表達(dá)形式而句末用升調(diào)，表示說話人的懷疑，不同意或不完全同意對方的觀點。 2.句子結(jié)構(gòu)是陳述形式，但句末用的是降調(diào)或低升調(diào)，表示說話人的無所謂或樂觀的態(tài)度，不表示懷疑。 3.感嘆句用升調(diào)結(jié)尾，表懷疑。 4.疑問句句末用升調(diào)表示懷疑，而用降調(diào)不表懷疑。如"Is he honest?"用降調(diào)表示說話者認(rèn)為他是誠實的。 掌握以上聽力技巧，新聞短篇部分幾本上就十拿九穩(wěn)了，想更加有把握的話，平時不妨多關(guān)注時下新聞時事、熱點等，兩手準(zhǔn)備，勝算更

大寧和百雀羚，正在重塑自己的品牌，以吸引年輕受眾。21世紀(jì)初流行的大白兔、王老吉等品牌在打懷舊牌。完美日記、喜茶、鐘薛高等新品牌也是忽然出現(xiàn)在消費(fèi)者視野，并以獨特的營銷策略實現(xiàn)了不可思議的銷售額。北京歷史悠久的景點——故宮，通過與國內(nèi)外品牌和網(wǎng)紅的眾多產(chǎn)品設(shè)計合作，在中國年輕消費(fèi)者中極受歡迎。國潮不僅是國產(chǎn)品牌的崛起，更是傳統(tǒng)風(fēng)格和文化元素的復(fù)興。 【參考譯文】 Over the past few years, China has seen a surge in young consumers‘ interest in domestic brands and products that incorporate Chinese traditional style

能及的? 【例】grasp opportunities 抓住機(jī)會? 18、occupy ['?kj?pa?] vt.使忙碌，使從事；占領(lǐng)，占用? 【派】occupation n.職業(yè)；occupant n.居住者；occupancy n.占有 19、capable ['ke?p?bl] a.有能力的 a.卓越的；光輝的? 【考】be capable of 能夠? 20、hunt [h?nt] n./v 尋找；打獵；追捕? 【派】hunter n.獵人 job-hunter 找工作的人? 【考】hunt down 對…窮追到底；go hunting 打獵；hunt for 尋找 ?/ 21-33 /? 21、ability [?'b?l?t?] n.本事，能力；才能 【考】to the best of one’s ability 盡某人最大努力；the ability to do sth. 從事（某事）的能力? 22、qualify ['kw?l?fa?] vt.（使）勝任，（使）具有資格? 【考】qualify for sth. 使具有…的資格? 【派】qualification n.資格，條件；qualified a.有資格的? 23、assign [?'sa?n] vt.指派，選派；分配，布置（作業(yè)） 【派】assignment 作業(yè)? 24、strain [stre?n] n.過度勞累，極度緊張；扭傷；vt.扭傷；拉緊；vi.盡力? 【派】restrained vt.抑制，遏制；管制? 25、equal ['i:kw?l] a.勝任的，合格的；平等的；vt.等于? 【考】be equal to 相等的；勝任的，合適的? 【派】equally ad.相

2024年12月英語四級考試在即，同學(xué)們要認(rèn)真?zhèn)淇寂丁＝裉鞛榇蠹規(guī)淼氖?024年12月英語四級閱讀理解模擬：大學(xué)專業(yè)選擇，一起來看看吧。 2024年12月英語四級閱讀理解模擬：大學(xué)專業(yè)選擇 One of the bitterest and most time-worm debates in student union bars up and down the country is resolved as academic research confirms that in financial terms at least, arts degrees are a complete waste of time.Getting through university boosts students’earnings by 25%, on a weighted average, or $220,000 over theirlifetime, according to Professor Ian Walker of Warwick University-but if they study Shakespeare or the peasants’revolt instead of anatomy of contract law, those gains are likely to be completely wiped out. The government is about to allow universities to charge students up to $3,000 a year for their degrees, arguing that it’s a small price to pay compared with the financial rewards graduates reap later in life. But Prof. Walker’s research shows there are sharp variations in returns according to which subject a student takes. Law, medicine and economics or business are the most lucrative choices, making their average earnings 25% higher, according to the article, published in the office for national statistics’monthly journal. Scientists get 10-15% extra. At the bottom of the list are arts subjects, which make only a “small ”differenceto earnings- a small negative one, in fact. Just ahead are degrees in education-which leave hard pressed teachers anaverage of 5% better off a year than if they had left school at 18. “it’s hard to resist the conclusion that what students learn does matter a lot; and some subject areas givemore modest financial returns than others,” Prof. Walker said. As an economist, he was quick to point outthat students might gain non-financial returns from arts degrees:”Studying economics might be very dull, forexample, and studying post-modernism might be a lot of fun.” 練習(xí)題： Choose correct answers to the question: 1.What is the best title for the passage? A.Professor Walker’s Research B.How to Make Big Money. C.Differences Between Science and Arts Degrees. D.Studying Arts Has Negative Financial Outcome. 2.Universities charge students a rather high tuition mainly because_____ provide the students with very prosperous subjects to learn assume that their graduates can earn much more than they had paid don’t get financial support from the government need much revenue to support the educational expenses 3.The word “l(fā)ucrative”(Line 1, Para. 4) most probably means _____ le ve able le 4.Law, medical and business graduates could earn 25% more than ______ ion graduates graduates who had not studied at the university average income 5.We can safely conclude that the author ______ s arts degrees as meaningless this result disappointing and unfair the students to think twice before they decide what to learn in college that arts degrees are still rewarding despite its scarce financial returns 參考答案： 1.[D] 主旨大意題。本文為Walker教授的研究成果，旨在說明不同專業(yè)的畢業(yè)生有不同的經(jīng)濟(jì)回報，并非要傳授發(fā)財心得或者比較文理科的異同。文章首句即為本題解題關(guān)鍵，故D正確。 2.[B] 事實細(xì)節(jié)題。定位至第3段第1句。本文只有這一句與收取學(xué)費(fèi)有關(guān)，后一個分句即前一個分句的理由，抓住其中隱含的因果關(guān)系就不難找到正確答案。 3.[C] 詞義理解題。通過下文數(shù)據(jù)earnings 25% higher和get 10-15% extra可以推測lucrative大意應(yīng)為“給人帶來豐厚收入的”,故選C。 4.[C] 事實細(xì)節(jié)題。第4段中出現(xiàn)了幾個比較數(shù)字，考題要求找到此段首句提到的收人增加25%的參照點。第2段第1句中的Getting through university 表明這類學(xué)生收人增加25%的參照對象是沒讀大學(xué)的人，且從第4段第3句中的the list和第4句即可以確定這一段是在比較大學(xué)畢業(yè)與18歲畢業(yè)(即沒讀大學(xué))收入的不同，因此C正確。 5.[D] 推理判斷題。結(jié)論往往出現(xiàn)在文章結(jié)尾,要想答大對此題,一定要仔細(xì)體會本文末句。本文雖然重點討論文科沒有經(jīng)濟(jì)效益，但是作者并沒有做出主觀判斷，故A、B、C都不正確，而作者在文章最后講到了人文學(xué)科雖然經(jīng)濟(jì)效益不佳但學(xué)習(xí)過程更有趣，故D符合作者意思。 以上就是關(guān)于“2024年12月英語四級閱讀理解模擬：大學(xué)專業(yè)選擇”的全部內(nèi)容啦，祝同學(xué)們考試順利。

出國留學(xué)，更建議大家準(zhǔn)備雅思或者托福； 如果是提高自己的職場競爭力，更建議報考BEC，因為其報名費(fèi)相對較低，而且證書終身有效。 BEC考試的認(rèn)可度？ 對于職場白領(lǐng)，以及想進(jìn)500強(qiáng)的學(xué)生來說，業(yè)內(nèi)有這么一個公式：雅思托福>BEC＞托業(yè)（認(rèn)可度/含金量） BEC考試認(rèn)可度-全球企業(yè)和機(jī)構(gòu)名錄選摘（截至2012年11月23日）： 從上圖可以看出BEC考試的認(rèn)可度：BEC高級>BEC中級>BEC初級 中級和高級受認(rèn)可的公司數(shù)量相差的不大。 就好比四六級，假如→ 認(rèn)可四六級的公司數(shù)量相差不大，但如果一個人有四級證書，另一個有六級證書；如果你是HR，你會更青睞哪一個呢？ 掃碼免費(fèi)定制BEC備考方案↑ BEC考試內(nèi)容 四六級考試主要考查在校大學(xué)生的實際英語能力， 而BEC考試則注重考察考生在真實工作環(huán)境中的英語交流能力。 劍橋商務(wù)英語證書BEC分為三個級別： BEC初級（Preliminary Level） BEC中級（Vantage Level） BEC高級（Higher Level） 考試由閱讀、寫作、聽力和口語四個部分組成，試題中詞匯、文章類型以及情景設(shè)置都與商務(wù)英語相關(guān)。 BEC考試難度 就BEC自身而言，那難度自然是：初級<中級<高級 如果和雅思相比較的話 如果和其他英語考試對比的話，大概是以下的對應(yīng)關(guān)系： BEC初級——相當(dāng)于CET四級中低分，價值不大，不建議考。 BEC中級——相當(dāng)于CET四級高分及以上水平，或英語專四及以上水平；或相當(dāng)于雅思6.0-6.5分；對比托福，BEC中級對應(yīng)托福95分左右。 BEC高級——相當(dāng)于CET六級高分，英語專八，或雅思7.0-7.5分。所以，如果能考到BEC高級，那就相當(dāng)厲害了，基本上HR都會眼前一亮。 不過，這也只是作為一個參考，兩種考試的性質(zhì)本來就不同，四六級考到高分并不代表BEC就一定考得好。 1. 兩者考察的方向不同 四六級考察的是英語語言水平，偏應(yīng)試； BEC考察的是在真實的商務(wù)環(huán)境中，英語的應(yīng)用能力，有許多在日常學(xué)習(xí)中接觸不到的財經(jīng)和商務(wù)詞匯。 2. 口語考察 四六級考試中的口語考試并非是強(qiáng)制要求考的 但是BEC考試中口語是必考環(huán)節(jié) 這對于咱們中國的考生來說，也算是一個挑戰(zhàn)，因為咱們一直是偏應(yīng)試教育，閱讀和寫作一般偏強(qiáng)的，聽力和口語稍弱。 看到這里，我想大多數(shù)人心中都有了打算吧！ 如果現(xiàn)在還沒有主意，那不如就先學(xué)習(xí)吧，說不定哪天就用上了這個證書呢？

Unemployment Rate 社會人最關(guān)注的的經(jīng)濟(jì)指標(biāo)大概就是Unemployment Rate（失業(yè)率）了。 Unemployment Rat可以用來判斷一定時期內(nèi)全部勞動人口的就業(yè)情況。它可以適當(dāng)反應(yīng)經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展，比如這幾年大環(huán)境不景氣，考公大考研的人數(shù)明顯增多，2020年考研人數(shù)怒增50萬就是很明顯的例子。 我們來看2個例句： He said the unemployment rate remains "unacceptably high" and that faster growth is needed to replace jobs lost in the economic downturn. 他說，失業(yè)率之高依然“不可接受”，需要加快增長速度已彌補(bǔ)在經(jīng)濟(jì)下滑期間失去的工作崗位。 The U. K. unemployment rate, surprisingly, is only slightly above the German rate. 令人驚訝的是，英國的失業(yè)率只比德國高一點點。 20節(jié)BEC初級、中級、高級課程 學(xué)前測試、詞匯課、各級別專項課 還有考前沖刺 點擊立即免費(fèi)聽>> 你適合考哪個級別？BEC好不好學(xué) 2個月后考試是否能順利通過 一聽即知！ 0元試學(xué)BEC初級中級高級課程 點擊立即免費(fèi)試學(xué)>> 點擊立即免費(fèi)試學(xué)>>> 祝大家順利拿證

FDI 國家經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展中，投資很重要，尤其是FDI（Foreign Direct Investment，外國直接投資）。 FDI是現(xiàn)代的資本國際化的主要形式之一，中國已經(jīng)超過美國，成為全球最大外國直接投資目的?？鐕臼荈DI的主要形式。 我們來看2個例句： As the earliest open city among the coastal cities and one of the 15 vice-province cities, FDI of Qingdao is around tops in whole China. 青島作為中國最早的沿海開放城市和15個副省級城市之一，在吸收FDI方面走在全國前列。 Retailing is one of the last big sectors of the Indian economy to open up to FDI. 零售業(yè)是印度經(jīng)濟(jì)中對外資開放的最后一大領(lǐng)域。 20節(jié)BEC初級、中級、高級課程 學(xué)前測試、詞匯課、各級別專項課 還有考前沖刺 點擊立即免費(fèi)聽>> 你適合考哪個級別？BEC好不好學(xué) 2個月后考試是否能順利通過 一聽即知！ 0元試學(xué)BEC初級中級高級課程 點擊立即免費(fèi)試學(xué)>> 點擊立即免費(fèi)試學(xué)>>> 祝大家順利拿證~

Gini Index Gini Index（基尼系數(shù)）是國際上通用的衡量一個國家或地區(qū)居民收入差距的常用指標(biāo)。 基尼系數(shù)最大為“1”，最小等于“0”?；嵯禂?shù)越接近0表明收入分配越是趨向平等。 國際慣例把0.2以下視為收入絕對平均， 0.2-0.3視為收入比較平均； 0.3-0.4視為收入相對合理； 0.4-0.5視為收入差距較大， 當(dāng)基尼系數(shù)達(dá)到0.5以上時，則表示收入懸殊。 我們來看2個例句： He said 40 percent on the Gini index is already too risky and China's Gini index is close to 50 percent. 他說，基尼指數(shù)40%就已經(jīng)相當(dāng)危險了，而中國的基尼指數(shù)將近是50%。 Because of high GDP per capita, welfare benefits, a low Gini index, and political stability, the Danish enjoys high living standards topped by no other nation.? 由于其高人均GDP，良好的福利，較低的基尼系數(shù)和穩(wěn)定的政治，丹麥?zhǔn)鞘澜缟仙钏阶罡叩膰摇?20節(jié)BEC初級、中級、高級課程 學(xué)前測試、詞匯課、各級別專項課 還有考前沖刺 點擊立即免費(fèi)聽>> 你適合考哪個級別？BEC好不好學(xué) 2個月后考試是否能順利通過 一聽即知！ 0元試學(xué)BEC初級中級高級課程 點擊立即免費(fèi)試學(xué)>> 點擊立即免費(fèi)試學(xué)>>> 祝大家順利拿證