大学英语四级听力每日训练第257期.docxVIP

第 1 页 共 4 页 新编大学英语四级听力每日训练 第 257 期 Section C Academy Award nominees (被提名的人) who go home (36) ______ may not have a shiny Oscar to show off, but they may turn out to be the bigger winners in the game of life. According to a study published in British Medical Journal, Oscar-winning screenwriters are more successful, more (37) ______ and more (38) ______ than losing nominees; however, they die sooner by about four years. Because success is usually linked to better (39) ______ , this is the first (40) ______ that success is not associated with (41) ______ longevity. Says Donald Redelmeier, lead author of the study. Research tracked down (42) ______ about every person who was ever nominated for an Oscar since the (43) were first handed out 73 years ago.______ (44) _____________________________________________ . The first is the work-to-death hypothesis (假设). According to Redelmeier, screenwriters are more apt to lead unhealthy lifestyles, (45) _____________________________________ . Screenwriters dont have a boss to report to, which brings 第 2 页 共 4 页 into account Redelmeiers second explanation, the party-hearty hypothesis. When you become a successful screenwriter, you gain status without daily accountability (生 计), (46) _______________________________________________ . He says. 答案解析： 36. empty-handed 解析： empty-handed a. 空手的，徒手的；定语从句who go home empty-handed，用来修饰 Academy Award nominees (奥斯卡奖提名 者)。注意： empty 和handed 之间要有连字符。 37. productive 解析：和 successful 并列，本题和下一题都应是形容词。 productive a. 能产的，多产的。 38. respected 解析： respected 令人尊敬的。不要写成动词 respect。 39. health 解析：根据前面的形容词比较级 better，此处应填名词。千万 别画蛇添足，加个 y。 40. occupation 解析：别少写一个 c。 41. improved 解析：注意用过去分词作定语，另外，不要当成 approved 或 第 3 页 共 4 页 proved。 42. information 解析：速记的时候，可用其缩写形式 info，最后补全。 43. awards 解析：根据后面的 were 可知，此处需要一个复数名词，不要漏 了词尾 s；也不要写成 rewards (酬劳，奖金)。 44. 标准答案： To explain the puzzling findings, he offered two theories 听 音 关 键 ： explain, puzzling, findings, offered two theories 答案重构： (1) He offered two