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总体来说,本次考试的听力难度略高于往年,尤其是从原文本身角度来说,撇开技巧不说的话,要能听懂其中的信息,对考生的要求还是较高的。
难度主要表现在场景的细化、表达的多样化、无关信息的复杂化等方面。以短对话第二题为例:
12.
A: If you can make up your mind about the color, I can start on the outside of your house early next week.
B: Well, right now I think I want white for the window frames and yellow for the walls. But Ill let you know tomorrow.
Q: Who was the woman talking to?
此题所涉及的frame和wall,以及house来表现木匠这一职业,不仅考生相当不熟悉,甚至连选项carpenter这个单词都未必认识。但即使如此,修理房屋的场景往年也出现过,早在98年6月考试中就出现过油漆房子的场景特色,最后问的是男人是否自己油漆的房子。不过场景上的相似却没有降低这道题的难度,因为毕竟这次考的是人物关系题,属于推理类考题,况且词汇的难度也使考生在考试时容易迷失方向,从而障碍解题。再以短对话第一题为例:
11.
A: I just received an email from one of my former classmates. I was surprised, I hadnt heard from him for ages.
B: Well, Ive been out of touch with most of my old friends, only one or two drop me a line occasionally.
Q: What does the woman mean?
这里连续出现2个表达,out of touch和drop sb. a line,尤其是后者,从而障碍了考生的正常理解。而听写部分的难度也可以从给出的词汇中看到罕见的生词,虽然不是考点,但其难度在我们听写原文中也颇感其恶心,比如六级词汇homogeneous的出现,乃至高难词heterogeneity。
但从技巧角度而言,在考生掌握方法的情况下,要能够解题依然不是很难的。比如这次短对话依然着重考察了原因转折建议等考点,且考点对应的选项特征也相当明显易找。比如短对话第二题的原文和场景虽然都很难听懂和把握,但选项之前却千差万别,没有任何的相关性,分别为painter、mechanic、porter以及carpenter。其中mechanic和porter上课都着重讲过,因此可以用排除法,再根据原文中出现的颜色来推断painter作为答案。而题目选项中出现的有明显听力对象的题很多,比如第14、16、17和18题针对的人物对象都很单一;绝对、相对性的选项也很明显,比如11题的A选项中only一词,16题B选项中may一词都带有相对和绝对的色彩;且选项中相关选项也出得很明显,比如11题的C、D选项,C说保持联系,D说失去联系。
长对话和段子题倒是出奇地平淡,如果一定要说有什么别出心裁的话,当属段子题中第一篇,以一个演讲开头对演讲人的介绍为文来对考生进行考察,不过考点依然集中在文章的首末部分,保证了考生答题与以往的难度一致性。
总体而言,这次四级考试就是以花哨、新颖的包装,传统的考试出题思路,点缀以较难词汇,糅杂而成的一个四级向六级难度靠拢、过渡的里程碑。
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