四级笔试新题型模拟试题10答案与试题

1.What did the man probably request?
A) Quitting his job.
B) Raising his pay.
C) Drawing a quick conclusion.
D) Making a quick decision.
正确答案为B你选对了！
解析：
音频中女士让男士留下来，并承诺给他加薪（I'll give you a pay raise, so stay with us.），由此可以推断男士可能是要求加薪，所以选B。

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W: Quitting? But why?
M: I like my job, but I haven't had a promotion since I started. I don't think there is any future for me.
2.Why does the man quit?
A) He doesn't like his job.
B) He is not promoted.
C) He started his own company.
D) He will go abroad.
正确答案为B你选对了！
解析：
音频中男士提到，自从来这儿之后都没有升过职（I haven't had a promotion since I started），所以选B。

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M: My sister started a new hobby—painting—a few months ago. She likes painting landscapes best, but she also enjoys doing still life.
W: I envy her. I tried to paint in the past, but I have no artistic talent.
3.What does the woman say about herself?
A) She developed a new hobby recently.
B) She enjoys doing still life.
C) She is not good at painting.
D) She likes painting landscapes best.
正确答案为C你选对了！
解析：
音频中女士说自己没有绘画天分（I have no artistic talent），可以推断出她不擅长绘画，所以选C。

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W: Mandy and Tom seem to be spending a lot of time together lately. I've seen them at the swimming pool and at the cinema.
M: They seem to have a lot in common. I wonder if we'll be hearing wedding bells soon.
4.What does the man say about Mandy and Tom?
A) They are happy married couple.
B) They have little in common.
C) They will probably get married.
D) They spend too much time together.
正确答案为C你选对了！
解析：
音频中男士提到两人有很多共同点，他觉得两个人的好事可能近了。

（hear wedding bells）用于表示两个人可能要结婚，所以选C。

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W: Let's eat out tonight. I don't feel like cooking. What do you fancy?
M: I think Japanese food would make a nice change. I'll phone to book a table.
5.What will they do?
A) They will go out to have Japanese food.
B) They will do the cooking at home.
C) They will have dinner with a Japanese.
D) They will exchange money in the bank.
正确答案为A你选对了！
解析：
音频中女士建议出去吃饭，男士觉得日本菜不错，想要打电话订桌。

可以推断两人将会出去吃日本菜，所以选A。

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W: My mother got really annoyed with my father yesterday evening.
M: Don't tell me he fell asleep in front of the television and started snoring.
6.What does the man think the woman's father did yesterday evening?
A) Her father fell asleep while watching TV.
B) Her father snored too loud every night.
C) Her father got angry with her mother.
D) Her father spent too much time watching TV.
正确答案为A你选对了！
解析：
音频中男士猜测女士的父亲在电视机前睡着了并开始打呼，（don't tell me）意思是“不用告诉我、别说了”，用于打断别人的话，表示已经知道或想要猜他要说什么，所以选A。

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W: I had a terrible time on my last trip to Europe. When I arrived in Paris and went to collect my case from the baggage convey belt, it never arrived.
M: What happened to it? Had somebody collected it by mistake or stolen it?
7.What happened to the woman on her last trip to Europe?
A) Her luggage was lost.
B) She spent a lot of time packing her luggage.
C) Somebody offered to help her carry her luggage.
D) She left her luggage in the hotel by mistake.
正确答案为A你选对了！
解析：
音频中女士说她去取行李，可是没有等到，可见是行李不见了，所以选A。

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W: I was terribly angry when I was watching television with my husband because he kept changing channels on the remote.
M: All men do that. It's one of their most annoying habits.
8.What did the woman complain about her husband?
A) He kept changing channels on TV.
B) He had a lot of annoying habits.
C) He didn't like to watch TV with her.
D) He has always got angry with her.
正确答案为A你选对了！
解析：
音频中女士说她丈夫老是拿遥控器换台（he kept changing channels on the remote）。

remote是遥控器的意思，所以选A。

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W: Dr. Carter's Office.
M: My name is Ronald Schuller. I'd like to make an appointment to see Dr. Carter, please.
W: Okay. And may I ask who referred you to our office?
M: Uh, I drove past your office yesterday.
W: Okay. How about the day after tomorrow on Wednesday at 4:00 o'clock?
M: Do you happen to have an opening in the morning? I usually pick up my kids from school around that time.
W: How about Tuesday at 8:00 A.M. or Thursday at 8:15 A.M.?
M: Do you have anything earlier, like 7:30?
W: No. I'm sorry.
M: Well, in that case, Thursday would be fine.
W: Alright. And what's the nature of your visit?
M: Well, I fell from a ladder two days ago while painting my house, and I injured my ankle when my foot landed in a paint can. I suffered a few scratches on my hands and knees, but I'm most concerned that the swelling in my ankle hasn't gone down yet.
W: Well, did you put ice on it immediately after this happened?
M: I just filled the paint can with ice and...
W: And so after you removed the paint can...Sir, sir, Mr. Schuller, are you still there?
M: Well that's part of the problem. Uh, the paint can is still on my foot.
W: Look, Mr. Schuller. Please come in today. I don't think your case can wait.
9.How did the man probably find out about Dr. Carter?
A) A friend recommended him to Dr. Carter's office.
B) He searched Dr. Carter's number in the phone book.
C) He is a frequent visitor to Dr. Carter.
D) He saw the office on his way home from work.
正确答案为D你选对了！
解析：
音频中男士说，他昨天开车时经过医生的办公室（I drove past your office yesterday），由此可以推断，他可能是上下班的途中看到了医生的办公室，所以选D。

10.Why does the man want to see the doctor?
A) His wrist was broken when he fell off the roof.
B) He hurt his knee when a tall ladder fell on him.
C) He injured his ankle when he fell from a ladder.
D) He injured his hand in his house.
正确答案为C你选对了！
解析：
音频中男士提到，他从梯子上掉下来伤到了脚踝（I fell from a ladder two days ago while painting my house, and I injured my ankle），所以选C。

11.What does the woman suggest at the end of the conversation?
A) The man should not put some ice on his injury.
B) The man should come into the office immediately.
C) The man ought to take it easy for a few days.
D) The man should go to see another doctor.
正确答案为B你选对了！
解析：
音频中女士说让男士今天就来看医生（Please come in today），所以选B。

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W: So, how are things going, Steve?
M: Well, to be honest, Carla, I was feeling great on Saturday, but I started to feel sick Sunday afternoon. I thought I'd get better, but I feel worse than before. And I'm really worried because I'm scheduled to give a presentation at work on Friday, so I have to be better by then.
W: Well, what seems to be the problem?
M: Well, I thought I had the flu, but the doctor said it was just a bad cold. He gave me some cold medicine to take care of my stuffy nose and fever. I'm supposed to take the
medicine three times a day after eating, but it doesn't seem to help. He also told me to stay off my feet for a day or so, but I'm so busy these days.
W: Listen, forget about that medicine! I have just the thing to get rid of bad cold. You see, my mom is really into Chinese traditional medicine.
M: Oh, thanks.
W: Ah, come on! Give it a try. You just take some of my mom's Chinese medicine and drink it four times a day. Believe me. You'll be up and dancing around in no time.
M: Dancing around in no time, right? Well, I guess. Nothing else seems to be doing the job.
W: Great. I'll come by your place at 7:30.
M: See you then.
12.What's wrong with the man?
A) He has a cold.
B) He has the flu.
C) He has a stomachache.
D) He has a headache.
正确答案为A你选对了！
解析：
音频中男士提到，医生说他得了重感冒（the doctor said it was just a bad cold），所以选A。

13.How often should the man take the medicine the doctor has prescribed?
A) Three times a day with meals.
B) Four times a day before meals.
C) Three times a day after meals.
D) Four times a day with meals.
正确答案为C你选对了！
解析：
音频中男士提到，他应该每天饭后服药，一天三次（I'm supposed to take the medicine three times a day after eating），所以选C。

14.What does the woman suggest the man do?
A) See another doctor.
B) Take Chinese medicine.
C) Eat chicken soup.
D) Take her grandpa's medicine.
正确答案为B你选对了！
解析：
音频中女士建议男士尝试一下中药（Give it a try. You just take some of my mom's Chinese medicine and drink it four times a day），所以选B。

15.What does the man decide to do?
A) To talk to another friend.
B) To accept the woman's suggestion.
C) To see the same doctor again.
D) To stay in bed for more days.
正确答案为B你选对了！
解析：
音频中男士最后说到，好像也没有什么其他办法了（Nothing else seems to be doing the job），据此可以推测，他可能会接受女士的建议，尝试中药，所以选B。

Section B Understanding Passages
Directions：In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D).
本题得分：10.0/10分
Script
A people thought to be dead for 500 years hope to prove they're still very much alive,
thanks to the 2010 population count. It counts everyone in the Americas, including places like Puerto Rico. Thousands of Puerto Ricans are rediscovering their origins and plan to ensure that the US government knows about them.
At the Texas State Capital Building in Austin, members of the Taino tribe gathered to raise awareness about the 2010 US census. Dr. Ana María Tekina-eirú Maynard led the group in song. She's the tribe's leader, who directs and teaches ceremonial dances to Tainos in the United States.
She explains that the Tainos greeted Christopher Columbus when he landed in the New World in 1492, but the Spanish explorers who followed him killed the tribe in large numbers.
Some Tainos managed to survive by fleeing to the mountains. But in the 1800s, Spain stopped counting native people in the census of its colonies.
Today, most history books say the Tainos were wiped out 50 years after the Spanish explorers arrived. After hundreds of years of mainstream thought that taught them the Tainos were dead, many Puerto Ricans forgot about their native ancestors.
Tainos see the 2010 US population statistics as their chance to finally prove the history books are wrong. "We are survivors," she says. "We are part of the people who went into the mountains to survive when the Spanish were killing our people."
16.What change will the 2010 population statistics probably bring about to Puerto Ricans?
A) The US government will be able to conquer them.
B) They will be known to people that they are still alive.
C) Their traditional culture will be carried on.
D) They can move to the modern cities.
正确答案为B你选对了！
解析：
音频中提到，由于2010年的人口普查，一个被认为在500年前已经绝种的种族，或许有望证实他们仍然存活（A people thought to be dead for 500 years hope to prove they're still very much alive, thanks to the 2010 population count），所以选B。

17.How did some Tainos manage to survive from the Spanish explorers?
A) By escaping to the mountains.
B) By immigrating to South America.
C) By pretending to be dead.
D) By looking for the native ancestors.
正确答案为A你选对了！
解析：
音频中提到，一些泰诺人为了躲避屠杀而躲进了山里（Some Tainos managed to survive by fleeing to the mountains），所以选A。

18.Which statement is true about the Taino tribe?
A) The Tainos started to live here after Christopher Columbus landed.
B) The Spanish explorers killed half of the Tainos.
C) Spain stopped counting the Tainos in the census of its colonies in 1800s.
D) The Tainos were wiped out by Christopher Columbus.
正确答案为C你选对了！
解析：
音频中提到，到了19世纪，西班牙在其殖民地的人口普查中不再包括泰诺人（But in the 1800s, Spain stopped counting native people in the census of its colonies），因此C项与音频意思相符，所以选C。

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Much has been written about the negative effect that the Internet has had on the newspaper business. So many readers have switched to the Web for information. The sales of the printed papers and advertising income that brings in the money to publish them have dropped. Last year alone, 105 US newspapers went out of business, and 10,000 newspaper jobs were lost. So the Internet has not been lucky for a lot of newspaper, magazine, and book publishers.
The Internet changed the way people do business. According to the latest study, the Internet is making a lot of companies more efficient and more responsible to their customers. About 900 top business Internet users surveyed believe the net will force even the most disordered companies to tune into customer demands if they want to keep up.
Anderson noted that many said there is too much pressure from the public in this era of collective intelligence. Others are doubtful. Susan Crawford, a former member of President Obama's National Economic Council, told the researchers, "no matter how much information is online and available, there will still be some small circle of men who will be hanging on to all the other media."
19.What is the negative effect the Internet had on the newspaper business?
A) More than half of the newspaper readers go to the Web forinformation.
B) Both the sales of the printed papers and the advertising income have dropped.
C) 105 US newspapers went out of business in two years.
D) 10,000 newspaper jobs were lost overnight.
正确答案为B你选对了！
解析：
音频中提到，由于很多读者开始从网络获取信息，印刷类报纸的销量以及由此带来的广告收益都有所下降（The sales of the printed papers and advertising income that brings in the money to publish them have dropped），所以选B 。

20.How did the Internet change the way of doing business?
A) By making companies more efficient and responsible.
B) By treating their customers as God.
C) By training their employees more aggressive.
D) By keeping informed of the various news.
正确答案为A你选对了！
解析：
音频中提到，互联网使得很多公司越来越高效，对消费者越来越负责（the Internet is making a lot of companies more efficient and more responsible to their customers），所以选A。

21.What does Susan Crawford say about getting information?
A) The online information is not reliable and disordered.
B) Some small circle of people will refer to the other media for information.
C) People will go for other sources if the internet information is not available.
D) Many people will still like to read newspaper.
正确答案为B你选对了！
解析：
音频中引用Susan Crawford的观点，不管网上有多少信息，有一小部分人仍然会依赖其他媒介获取信息（there will still be some small circle of men who will be hanging on to all the other media），所以选B。

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Do you think a little music would enhance your reading experience? Pianist and novelist Harrison Gradwell Slater thinks so. In fact, he's integrated music into the text of his new novel, Nocturne. The romantic adventure story comes with a CD of Chopin favorites performed by the author, to be played at specific points in the book.
Slater says playing Chopin is the greatest happiness in his life. "Chopin's music touches me with its incredible strength. It immediately brings us into a world of passion, and of great sensitivity." Nocturne is Slater's second book and he wanted to experiment with giving his readers a chance to hear Chopin's music as part of the story, from beginning to end.
The author says Chopin's music enhances the text in many ways. Slater says it wasn't just Chopin's music that inspired his novel; it was the composer's life as well. Nocturne is only one part of Slater's celebration of Chopin's birth. He is also artistic director of an international Chopin piano competition coming to his city of Boston in May. Slater's hope of providing a CD along with the book will give Chopin's admirers a chance to enjoy his music in a different setting while also introducing the great composer to a new generation.
22.What is Slater's new novel about?
A) A romantic adventure.
B) His favorite music.
C) How to make music into story.
D) Chopin's achievement.
正确答案为A你选对了！
解析：
音频中提到，Slater的新小说是一部浪漫主义的冒险故事（his new novel, Nocturne. The romantic adventure story…），所以选A。

23.What does Slater say about Chopin's music?
A) It is very sad.
B) It is full of passion.
C) It is of little sensitivity.
D) It is incredibly joyful.
正确答案为B你选对了！
解析：
音频中Slater提到，肖邦的音乐会将大家带入一个充满激情的世界（It immediately brings us into a world of passion），所以选B。

24.What is the function of the use of music in Slater's book?
A) To enhance the text of the novel.
B) To describe the music composer's life.
C) To celebrate Slater's birthday.
D) To inspire the reader.
正确答案为A你选对了！
解析：
音频中Slater提到，肖邦的音乐可以在很多方面提升这部小说（The author says Chopin's music enhances the text in many ways），所以选A。

25.How does Slater combine music with his novel?
A) To be the artistic director of an international Chopin piano competition.
B) To advise the readers to participate in the piano competition.
C) To sell the book with concert tickets.
D) To provide a CD along with the book.
正确答案为D你选对了！
解析：
音频一开始提到，Slater的小说随书附了一张肖邦经典音乐的CD（The romantic adventure story comes with a CD of Chopin favorites），所以选D。

Section C Dictation
Directions：In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
本题得分：--/10分
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has outlined several new initiatives to grant women around the world, through technology (26)training , public-private partnerships and grants, and a planned entrepreneur (企业家) (27)summit specifically for women.
Clinton said the United States is making women a focus of its (28)foreign-policy agenda. The goal is to change attitudes about women, she said, and to (29)address the challenges they face.
With that in mind, she outlined several new initiatives (30)aimimg at helping women. One program provides counseling and technology training to women in the Middle East and North Africa. And there are public-private grants to (31)invest in the United States economic empowerment (赋权), combat (32)violence against the country's women and improve (33)access to education and health care.
The major announcement was the launch of the "Secretary's Innovation (创新) Award for Women's and Girls'Empowerment." Up to $500,000 each will go to two applicants who can offer (34)pioneering solutions to the world's women and girls—politically, economically and socially.
"We hope to receive entries that describe how specific creations have improved the lives of women and girls, and proposals for how they can be (35)scaled up and applied more broadly," Clinton added.
The awards are funded by the Rockefeller Foundation. Judith Rodin of the Rockefeller Foundation said finding creative ideas and expanding them has proven to be hugely effective. She stressed that gender inequality needs to be tackled urgently.
26.正确答案为training你没有作答。

27.正确答案为summit你没有作答。

28.正确答案为foreign-policy你没有作答。

29.正确答案为address你没有作答。

30.正确答案为aimimg at你没有作答。

31.正确答案为invest你没有作答。

32.正确答案为violence你没有作答。

33.正确答案为access你没有作答。

34.正确答案为pioneering你没有作答。

35.正确答案为scaled up你没有作答。

Part Ⅲ
Section A Fill in the blanks
Directions：In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
本题得分：5.0/5分
It's college graduation season in the United States. Even in today's weak economy, students from famous Ivy League universities like Harvard have an extra (36)advantage on the road to financial success. However, not everyone in Harvard College's Class of 2010 is (37)expecting for a profitable career. The director of Harvard's Office of Career Services is (38)matching her students with the right employers and career opportunities, often in the fields of education, international development and public service.
Graduating senior Wes Howe (39)intended to become a mainstream journalist, but he became (40)passionate about social justice while working as a reporter during summer break. Howe wrote a news article about a man who spent his savings on a house that turned out to be a failure. The circumstances pointed to criminal (41)fraud by the seller, but the man has no way to get his money back. Howe was angry, but felt that, as a newspaper reporter, there was little he could do about it. "There is a point where (42)exposing injustice wasn't enough," Howe says, "and actually working either toward changing either the law or bringing this to the attention of law enforcement (实施) was something that was interesting to me."
Statistics from Harvard's Office of Career Services do not show a (43)trend among students away from profitable careers in the (44)private sectors and toward public service. However, one thing is clear: many of today's best and brightest are also (45)committed to ensuring the well being of America's communities tomorrow.
A) associated
B) advantage
C) benefit
D) committed
E) disposing
F) exposing
G) expecting
H) fraud
I) intended
J) matching
K) private
L) passionate
M) public
N) tend
O) trend
36.正确答案为B) advantage你选对了！
解析：B) advantage
第36题：常识判断题。

由常识可以推知，即使是在经济不景气的环境下，毕业于哈佛这种著名的常春藤盟校，依然使毕业生在找工作时具有优势。

advantage意思是“优势”，所以此处填入advantage。

第37题：固定搭配题。

expect for 为固定搭配，意思是“期待”。

这里要表达的意思是：并不是每个哈佛毕业生期待的都是高报酬的工作，所以此处填入expect。

第38题：固定搭配题。

这里要表达的意思是：就业办公室主任正在为学生们寻找合适的老板和工作岗位。

match…with…是固定搭配，意思是“找到匹配之物”，所以此处填入matching。

第39题：语法结构题。

由后面分句的谓语became可以看出，这个句子要用过去时态，选项中只有intended 符合题意。

intend to意思是“打算做……”，这句话的意思是：Wes Howe 原本打算成为一名主流记者，所以此处填入intended。

第40题：上下文联系题。

由后面的叙述可知，这里要说的是Howe对社会公正产生了极大的兴趣。

passionate about是惯用的搭配，意思是“热爱、酷爱”，所以此处填入passionate。

第41题：句子意思题。

这里要说的是情况表明这是卖方的刑事欺诈行为。

fraud意思是“欺诈、诈骗”，所以此处填入fraud。

第42题：逻辑分析题。

上文提到了虽然知道是卖方的欺诈行为，受害者依然无法拿回他的钱。

由此可以推断，仅仅揭露不公正是不够的，还要想办法解决这种现象。

expose是揭露、揭发的意思，所以此处填入exposing。

第43题：词义辨析题。

这里要说的是：调查结果显示，学生们并没有表现出放弃高收入职业，转向公共服务业的倾向。

trend away from表示背离……的趋势，trend towards意思是倾向于……的趋势，所以此处填入trend。

第44题：上下文联系题。

由后面的public service（国有部门）可知，这里要填的是一个可以与之对应的词。

选项中可以与public形成对照的就只有private，private sector是指商业的私营部门，所以此处填入private。

第45题：固定搭配题。

这要说的是“现在很多优异聪颖的毕业生也会致力于保证美国拥有繁荣的社区环境。

be committed to doing sth是固定搭配，意思是致力于做某事，所以此处填入committed。

37.正确答案为G) expecting你选对了！
解析：G) expecting
略
38.正确答案为J) matching你选对了！
解析：J) matching
略
39.正确答案为I) intended你选对了！
解析：I) intended
略
40.正确答案为L) passionate你选对了！
解析：L) passionate
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41.正确答案为H) fraud你选对了！
解析：H) fraud
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42.正确答案为F) exposing你选对了！
解析：F) exposing
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43.正确答案为O) trend你选对了！
解析：O) trend
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44.正确答案为K) private你选对了！
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45.正确答案为D) committed你选对了！
解析：D) committed
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Section B Match
Directions：In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter.
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A Supplements may not be the topic of the media as they once were, but the importance of vitamins and minerals and special supplements to consumers' health and wellness should not be overlooked nor their role reduced. Because of increasing consumer health consciousness (due in no small part to an aging population), the rise of "self-care" and "self-treatment," media attention and product rapid growth, the supplement category continues to change and evolve and remains complex.
B Even the most advanced wellness consumers, who might expect to avoid any and all elements of the modern medical establishment, are still buying one thing that symbolizes medicine to most of us: pills. Past Hartman Group research has shown that consumers' movement from surface to core along the wellness increases their likelihood of using dietary supplements. Some of the factors that get people started may include nutritional (营养的) needs, health conditions and aging. The lack of knowledge people have about supplements initially prevents some consumers from buying supplements. Additional supplements include price and the perceived lack of scientific proof of the function of these products.
C Consumers continue to purchase and use nutritional supplements, but with less intensity and exploratory nature than what we saw in 2000. Today, mid-level and core consumers appear to have identified key supplements that they use with some regulations (ranging from three times per week to daily), which have decreased their exploratory shopping for new supplements. We also find new interest in key supplements such as green tea, probiotics (益生菌) and omegas. Consumers have dramatically increased the number of phrases and behaviors that define "wellness" to them from 2000 to 2005. Particularly notable one is "taking supplements," which is now seen as the path of wellness by 43% of consumers, nearly double the number in 2000 (23%).
D The following language map illustrates the most prevailing ways in which consumers think and talk about health and wellness. The map progresses from bottom to top, with the bottom representing
consumers who are less involved in health and wellness (surface wellness consumers) and the top representing those who are most involved in health and wellness (core wellness consumers). This map depicts several interesting shifts and changes from 2000. We find that wellness consumers still begin the journey with the desire to eat well, but with more intention towards living a healthier lifestyle.
E The prevailing themes of the language being used from surface to core are represented by the black areas. The "bubbles" represent secondary themes that run throughout the language analysis and support the primary themes. Supporting quotes, thoughts, methods, activities, examples, etc. to what the primary themes mean to consumers are the white areas. At the bottom, surface wellness consumers have little or no brand recognition of supplements and knowledge is very limited. Moving up the ladder, brand awareness and knowledge increases among mid-level wellness consumers, but only moderately. At the top, brand awareness and supplement knowledge is at its summit among core wellness consumers.
F In general, except for the use of vitamins and minerals on an occasional basis, surface wellness consumers have a much lower involvement with products outside of the traditional food groups. As one moves towards the core, or top on the language map, the importance of special supplements to consumers increases more, relative to the other supplement categories, than the frequency in which consumers use the products. In practical terms this means that consumers use of special supplements lags behind vitamins and minerals, and special supplements.
G Most American consumers address general health concerns (e.g., staying in shape, eating well, eating balanced meals, etc.) with daily, lifestyle routines and practices rather than targeted, acute responses (e.g., taking medication). At this level, most Americans use a vague "watching behavior" (e.g., "I watch my sugar intake") or, if they are more evolved wellness consumers, they add lots of fresh foods into their diet to address current and long-term general health. What they tend not to use is a specific plan of action requiring health products that target a specific health condition.
H When consumers are experiencing lasting or acute health problems, we find that they definitely shift from more general watching behaviors and high level dietary behaviors to more active and targeted health behaviors. In the case of this active set, those with diagnosed lasting problems generally take medicines and, if pushed, also alter their overall diet to avoid elements that might worsen their condition.
I However, most consumers with lasting health conditions, we find, will end up turning to alternative medicine—to different pills. It illustrates consumers' preferred delivery of functional ingredients when asked which format they preferred vitamins, minerals and nutritional substances delivered in. Overwhelmingly, respondents (调查对象) chose pills (72%) compared to the next most popular format drinks (26%).
J Consumers view dietary supplements as a key symbolic component that they use in their lives to challenge the hold that they view pharmaceutical (制药的) companies have over them. The most。