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2012年12月大学英语四级考试真题答案解析PartIWriting标准版：Theabovebarchartclearlyshowsuseducationpaysin2010.Weseethatonewithhighereducationbackgroundearnsmoremoneyweeklythanthosewithlowerones.Forinstance,thecollegestudentswithnodegreegetpaid$712perweekwhereasthosewithaBachelor’sdegreecanearn$1038.Severalreasons,inmyopinion,canbeidentifiedtoaccountforthisphenomenon.Tobeginwith,comparedwiththosewithcomparativelylowereducationdegree,peoplewhohavereceivedhighereducationpossessconsiderablywiderknowledge,moreremarkablelearningandresearchability,greaterinnovationandmostofall,resourcefulsocialnetwork,allofwhichareessentialtoahigh-incomework.Also,thehigherone’seducationdegreeis,thebiggerplatformhewillhavetoshowhisability.Forexample,hiscollege,university,orresearchinstitutewillorganizevariousjobfairsforthemtocommunicatefacetofacewithemployers.Thisphenomenontellsusthateducationisaworthyinvestment.Therefore,substantialeducationinvestmentshouldbestrengthenedwhilewe,ascollegestudents,shouldstudyhardertobuildourcountryandstriveforabetterlifeforourselves.高分版：EducationPaysJudgingfromthetable,wecanseethatpeople’sincomeincreasesalongwiththeireducationlevels.Aboveall，theaveragecollegegraduatesearnmuchmorethanthetypicalhigh-schoolgraduates.Thefactrevealedbythesedataisobvious:adegreedoesbringdistinctivefinancialbenefitstoitsholders.Butisittruethatadegreealonecanensureabrightfuture?Idon’tthinksobecause,ontheonehand,thefinancialvalueofhigheducationdependsheavilyonwhatskillsgraduatescangainfromitinsteadofthedegreeitself.Afterall,anemployeronlypaysforyourabilityandperformance,notforyourcertificate.Ontheotherhand,themostvaluableblesshigheducationbringstograduatesistheabilitytolearnquicklyandefficiently.Peoplereceivedmoreeducationtendtokeeplifelonglearninghabitsaftertheirgraduation,whichwouldhelpthemgainmoreopportunitiesintheircareerpath.Inconclusion,whataccountsforeducationpaysisnotthedegreealone,butthegraduate’sabilityandleaninghabit.作文B：标准版：EducationPaysTheabovebarchartclearlyshowsuseducationpaysin2010.Weseethatunemploymentrateofthosewithhighereducationbackgroundismuchlowerthanthosewithlowereducationdegree.Forinstance,theunemploymentrateofcollegestudentswithnodegreeisashighas14.9%whilethatofthosewithdoctoraldegreeisonly1.9%.Thefollowingreason,inmyopinion,isthemostimportantonetoaccountforthisphenomenon.Comparedwiththosewithcomparativelylowereducationdegree,peoplewhohavereceivedhighereducationpossessconsiderablywiderknowledge,moreremarkablelearningandresearchability,greaterinnovationandmostofall,resourcefulsocialnetwork,allofwhichmakethemmorequalifiedandcompetentfortheirtask.Thus,theyarelesslikelytolosetheirjobs.Thisphenomenontellsusthateducationisaworthyinvestment.Therefore,educationinvestmentshouldbestrengthenedwhilewe,ascollegestudents,shouldstudyhardertoavoidunemployment.高分版：EducationPaysAsisshowninthetable,theunemploymentratedecreasessteadilyastheeducationlevelincreases.Thefactrevealedbythestatisticsisobvious:graduateswithadegreearelesslikelytobeunemployed.Whathasbroughtaboutthiseffect?Ibelievetherearethreemainreasons.Tobeginwith,theeducationlevelisstillthetopfactorthatemployerswouldtakeintoaccountwhenselectingjobcandidates.Itisbelievedthatpeoplewithacollegedegreetendtobemoreintelligentandqualified.Inaddition,asaresultofgoodlearninghabitformedduringcollege,jobhunterswithhigheducationbackgroundarealsomoreefficientinacquiringandprocessingjobhuntinginformation.Finally,collegeeducationequipsgraduateswithspecializedskills,leadingtogreaterattachmenttothecompanytheyareemployedandhigherpossibilitytobereemployedeveniftheyleavetheirpreviouscompany.Inconclusion,itisthequalifications,learninghabitandspecializedskillsthathigheducationequipagraduatethatmakeonedistinctiveinlabormarket.【标准版点评】这次四级作文出了图表题，可能让大家有些意外，但是四六级考察图表作文已经并不是第一次，早在2002年的时候就已经出现过，是图表+提纲的形式，图表反应的是大学生使用计算机的情况。由于备考时大家只是关注近几年的题型，可能没有关注到以往考察过图表作文。我们在备考作文的时候，一般会从以下几个方面着手准备，如何描述现象、如何分析原因、如何分析影响、如何给出解决措施、如何进行观点论战等。其实，图表作文也是从这几个方面展开，只是将第一段的描述现象改为描述图表即可。可见，无论是考察哪种作文题，我们都可以将它转化为我们熟悉的提纲式。这次作文题目有两个版本。题目都是EducationalPays（教育回报），一个版本的图表显示的是教育水平越高，收入越高，另一个版本的图表显示的是教育水平越高，失业率越低。虽然图表描述的具体内容不同，但主题是一致的：教育是值得投资的。写作思路也是一致的。两篇范文都是采取三段式的描述方法。第一段：描述图表。先一句话引出图表总体内容Theabovebarchartclearlyshowsus…然后具体描述现象Weseethat…。最后用forinstance引出一些具体数据来例证现象。第二段：分析原因。先写一个引出原因的句子，然后具体列举一到两个原因即可。由于字数限制，原因不必列太多。第三段：给出建议。先是总结这个现象Thisphenomenontellsusthateducationisaworthyinvestment.（教育值得投资）。然后是建议国家增大教育投资，以及个人要努力学习。这种三段式的写作模式容易掌握，在考场中比较实用，建议大家仿写。【高分版点评】本次四级作文围绕着同一个话题，educationpay（教育回报），出现了两个版本，一个是教育和失业率的关系，另一个是教育和收入的关系。就话题而言，命题难度并不高，选用的是贴近考生实际生活的熟悉话题。形式上则采取图表作文的形式，图表作文在四级考试中较少出现，很多考生可能刚拿到题目会束手无策，但是只要考生仔细阅读题目，就不难发现，除了需要简单描述图表之外，其写作思路和话题作文非常类似。写好这篇作文，主要抓住三点：首先，描述图表内容。对于柱状图，抓住横抽和纵轴之间的关系，对数字的变化趋势进行总体描述即可。用词不宜超过总字数的1/3。其次，要一句话揭示图表背后的隐含意思，引入文章的立意。最后，文章的立意可以采取两种思路，保守的写法是直接阐释产生现象的原因，如写失业率那篇范文；另一个则是，根据图表上的结果，借题发挥，发表自己的观点，如写收入的那篇范文。PartIIReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)1.Bshowmanship细节题。这道题的答案对应原文第一句话，从puttingonashow可以推出showmanship。whenitcametoputtingonashow,nobodyelseinthecomputerindustry,oranyotherindustryforthatmatter,couldmatchSteveJobs.题干