全国英语等级考试(第四级)辅导讲义

1/36公共英语等级考试四级(PETS4)课程辅导(01)讲Dialogue：1.IwonderifyoucanhelpmewhenIgetstuck.getstuck:beintrouble遇到麻烦E.g.HealwayscomestomyrescuewheneverIgetstuck.每次我遇到麻烦都是他帮我解围。2.Letmeknowatanytime.Letmeknow:tellmeorinformme告诉，通知E.g.whenyougettoBeijing,pleaseletmeknowandI’llmeetyouattheairport.你到了北京告诉我一声，我去机场接你。Passage：1.Aswecrossthethresholdintothenextcentury…knowledgebasedeconomy.thresholdn..门槛、门栏、(喻)开始E.g.Mindyoustepwhenyoucrossthethreshold.(mindyourhead小心碰头)过门槛的时候小心点.Hewasgraduatedlastyearandnowisonthethresholdofhiscareer.他去年刚刚毕业,现在正是事业的起步阶段.Knowledge-basedeconomy知识经济E.g.Market-based/driveneconomy市场经济State-ownedenterprises国有企业(S0E)overseas-fundedenterprises外资企业Snow-coveredmountain雪山2.Inmorespecificterms,theapplicationofinformationtoeconomyisbestexemplifiedinthenetworkingandcommunication…A.in….terms=intermsof措辞、说法;E.g.TheAustralianprofessorspokeofthefightingagainstSARSinchinaintermsofpraise.那位澳大利亚教授谈起中国抗击非典的战斗给予了高度的评价.Don’tspeaktoyourparentsinimpoliteterms.不要对父母讲不礼貌的话.B.Scientific/technical/legalterms科学、技术、法律术语E.g.Inbox-officeterms,Spiderwasagreatsuccess.从票房收入来看,《蜘蛛侠》获得了巨大的成功.C.beongood/badtermswithsb和某人关系好/不好E.g.Heisalwaysongoodtermswithhisneighbors.3.Thisnetreferstothecomputernetworkofsatellites…It(electroniccurrency)referstoonentirefinancesystemonthenet.referto:alludeto;applyto;提及、应用于、指的是E.g.Iwasn’treferringtoyouwhenIsaidsomeonewaslazy.我说有些人懒,并不是指你.2/364.Internetshoppingbelongstothefirstaspect…belongto:bethepropertyof,beamemberof属于E.g.TaiwanbelongstoChina.台湾属于中国.Whichteamdoyoubelongto?你是属于哪个队的?5.Belongingsn.movablepossessions财产(尤指动产)E.g.Keepyourbelongingssagetoensuretheyarenotstolen.personalbelongings/estate个人财产、动产realestate不动产、房地产6.Sportinggoodscompanypumawasonthevergeofbankruptcybackin1992.beonthevergeof:becloseto濒临E.g.Afterlosinghissonintheaccident,theoldmanwasnearlyonthevergeofnervousbreaking.儿子在事故中丧生使这位老人几乎精神崩溃.bankruptadj.gobankrupt破产7.Intimetocome,havetoforsakethefamiliarpapercurrency.intimetocome:inthecoming/nearfuture在不久的将来get/befamiliarwithsh熟悉befamiliartosb为……熟知E.g.Helikesplantsverymuch,soheisfamiliarwithmanyflowers.他喜欢植物,所以知道很多种花.Thisisaflowerfamiliartomanyofus.这是我们都很熟悉的一种花.forsake:giveup,abandon放弃,遗弃E.g.Heforsookhisbadhabitswiththehelpofhisfriend.在朋友的帮助下,他改掉了坏习惯.8.ResultingintheInternetitselfbecomingtheworld’slargestemergingmarket.resultin:bringabout,havearesult致使、导致resultfrom:happenasaresultof,becausedby起因于,因..引起E.g.Thedisagreementresultedinthewarbetweenthetwonations.两国家之间的分歧导致了战争.(Thewarresultedfromthedisagreementbetweenthetwonations.)9.makeprofits=inthered盈利makelosses=intheblack亏损E.g.Thisindustrywillmakeprofitfromalong-termperspective/inthelongrun.长远来讲,这个产业是会盈利.Thiscompanyismakinglossesnow,butitwillmakeprofitsfromalongperspective.这家公司目前虽然亏损,但长远看来它是会赢利的.10.todate:sofar,untilnow到目前为止E.g.Thiscompanyismakingprofitstodate.这家公司目前为止一直赢利.11.freelancern.自由职业者freelancev.做自由职业E.g.Hehasgreatinterestinworkingasafreelancer.3/36他对做个自由职业人很感兴趣.12.Superiority.1).be/feelsuperiorto比……好2).be/feelinferiorto不如……E.g.Healwaysfeelssuperiortootherguysinhisclass.他总是自以为比班里其他的男孩子都强.13.Exemplifyv.E.g.Histheorywasexemplifiedinthefinancialcrisis.他的理论在这场金融危机中得到了证实.14.opticadj.视觉的theopticnerve视觉神经opticsn.光学(和maths,physics一样,表示学科时,和单数动词连用)E.g.Thankstothehelpofmybrother,theproblemsthatIhadinopticshavebeensolved.多亏哥哥帮忙,我在光学中遇到的问题都解决了15.dizzyingadj.极快的E.g.The21stcenturywitnessesthedizzyingdevelopmentoftheelectronicindustries.电子产业在二十一世纪得到了迅猛的发展.16.Consultationn.请教,咨询,商议E.g.Thedoctorsheldaconsultationtodecidewhetheranoperationwasnecessary.医生们商议了一下看是否有必要做手术.17.diffusev.使分散todiffuselearning/knowledge/light/heat传播学问/知识/光/热量18.logisticsn.后勤(学)E.g.Logisticsiscrucialforawar.后勤保障对于一场战役来讲至关重要.19.Felinen.cat猫科动物E.g.Hewalkedquitelikeafelinetohisbrother’sroom.20.Rationalizev.Torationalizethemanagementsystem使管理系统合理化21.Fosterv.fosterachild抚养孩子–fosterparents养父母(无法律约束)adoptachild领养孩子—adoptiveparents养父母(具有法律意义)(区别:法律意义不同.)22.monoplyn.垄断,独占E.g.Inmanycountries,tobaccoisagovernmentmonopoly.4/36在很多国家,烟草是政府的专卖事业.monopolizev.垄断,独占E.g.Don’tletmemonopolizetheconversation.别光是我一个人说话.公共英语等级考试四级(PETS4)课程辅导(02)讲完型填空与阅读UseofEnglish该部分共有20小题。在一篇240-280词的文章中留下20个空白，要求考生从每题所给出的四个选项中选出最佳答案。答题时应该考虑以下几个方面：1)通读全文，考虑上下文的含义;2)运用逻辑推理;3)注意惯用法和固定搭配关系。Readthefollowingtext.ChoosethebestwordorphrasemarkedA.B.C.orDforeachnumberedblank.Weoftenhearthe_1_“Bug”whileusingcomputers.Butwhatisabug?Incomputerscience,abug_2_anerrorinsoftwareofhardware.Insoftware,abugisanerrorincodingorlogicthatcausesaprogramtomalfunctionorto_3_incorrectresults.Minorbugs,forexampleacursorthatdoesnotbehaveas_4_canbeinconvenientorfrustrating,butnotdamagingto_5_.Moreseverebugscancauseaprogramto“hang”(stoprespondingto_6_andmight_7_theuserwithno_8_buttorestarttheprogram.Losingwhatever_9_workhadnotbeensaved.In_10_case,theprogrammermustfindandcorrecttheerrorbythe_11_knownasdebugging.Becauseofthe_12_risktoimportantdata,commercialapplicationprogramsaretestedand_13_ascompletelyaspossiblebeforerelease.Minorbugsfoundaftertheprogrambecomes_14_arecorrectedinnextupdate;more_15_bugscansometimesbefixedwithspecialsoftware,calledpatc