2022年09月第2套英语四级真题答案及解析.pdfVIP

一、PartⅡListeningComprehension

1、Question1isbasedonthenewsreportyouhavejustheard.

A、Itexaminestheeffectofcholesterolonpeople’shealth.

B、Itsparticipantsallhadhighbloodcholesterollevels.

C、Itquestionsthebenefitsofavegetarianproteindiet.

D、Itsfindingcameasasurprisetotheresearchers.

解析：

听力原文

Whitemeat,suchaschicken,mayraisebloodcholesterollevelsasmuchasredmeat

does.(1)[Thisfindingsurprisedresearchers,]whoadmittedtheydidn’texpectthateating

whitemeatwouldleadtohigherbloodcholesterollevels.Inthestudy,researcherslooked

at113healthypeople.Theparticipantsatethreedifferentdiets.Thesewerearedmeat

diet,whichisprimarilybeef,awhitemeatdiet,whichismostlychickenandturkey,anda

vegetarianproteindiet.Eachdietperiodwasfourweeks.Betweenthedietperiods,

participantshadabreak,duringwhichtheyatetheirregularfoods.Inaddition,

participantshadbloodtestsatthestartandfinishofeachnewdiet.Theresultsshowed

thatwhiteandredmeatdietshadthesameeffectsonbloodcholesterollevels.Further,

bothdietsincreasedbloodcholesterollevelscomparedwiththedietbuiltonvegetarian

proteinsources.(2)[Theteamacknowledgedthatitispossiblethatwhitemeatisbetter

forourhealththanredmeatdespitetheirfindings.]Thisisbecauseothereffectsofred

meatconsumptioncouldcontributetoheartdiseaseindependentofcholesterol.Their

mainrecommendationsarethatpeopleeatlessofbothkindsofmeatandmorevegetarian

protein.

1.Whatdowelearnfromthenewsreportaboutthe

study?（关于这项研究，我们能从新闻中了解到什么？）

解析：D。录音开头提到，白肉和红肉一样能引起血液中的胆固醇水平升高，这一

发现让研究人员很惊讶（Thisfindingsurprised

researchers）。D项与此内容相符，其中的finding和researchers原词复现，cameasa

surprise对应录音中的surprised，故为正确答案。

错项排除：录音中没有提到胆固醇对人体健康的影响，故排除A项。录音中提到，

113名参与者都是身体健康的人，没有提到他们血液中的胆固醇水平都很高，故排

除B项。该项研究发现，与素食蛋白饮食相比，红肉和白肉都会提高受试者血液中

的胆固醇水平，因此建议人们多吃素食蛋白，C项与此