专业英语四级(阅读)模拟试卷33(题后含答案及解析)

专业英语四级（阅读）模拟试卷33(题后含答案及解析) 题型有： 5. READING COMPREHENSION
PART V READING COMPREHENSION (25 MIN)Directions: In this section there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is the best answer.
People traveling long distances frequently have to decide whether they would prefer to go by land, sea, or air. Hardly can anyone positively enjoy sitting in a train for more than a few hours. Train compartments soon get cramped and stuffy. Reading is only a partial solution, for the monotonous rhythm of the wheels clicking on the rails soon lulls you to sleep. During the day, sleep comes in snatches. At night, when you really wish to go to sleep you rarely manage to do so. Inevitably you arrive at your destination almost exhausted. Long car journey are even less pleasant, for it is quite impossible even to read. On motorways you can, at least, travel fairly safely at high speeds, but more often than not, the greater part of the journey is spent on narrow, bumpy roads which are crowded with traffic. By comparison, trips by sea offer a great variety of civilized comforts. You can stretch your legs on the spacious decks, play games, swim, meet interesting people and enjoy good food—always assuming, of course, that the sea is calm. If it is not, and you are likely to get seasick; no form of transport could be worse. Even if you travel in ideal weather, sea journeys take a long time. Relatively few people are prepared to sacrifice up to a third of their holidays for the pleasure of traveling on a ship. Airplanes have the reputation of being dangerous and expensive. But nothing can match them for speed and comfort. Traveling at a height of 30,000 feet, far above the clouds, and at over 500 miles an hour is an exhilarating experience. For a few hours, you settle back in a deep armchair to enjoy the flight. The real escapist can watch a free film show and sip champagne on some services. But even when such refinements are not available, there is plenty to keep you occupied. An airplane offers you an unusual and breathtaking view of the world. You soar effortlessly over high mountains and deep valleys. You really see the shape of the land. If the landscape is hidden from the view, you can enjoy the extraordinary sight of unbroken cloud plains that stretch out for miles before you, while the sun shines brilliantly in a clear sky. The journey is so smooth that there is nothing to prevent you from reading or sleeping. However you decide to spend your time, one thing is certain: you will arrive at your destination fresh and uncrumpled.
1．The author indicates that reading can help lessen
A．the boredom of being in the train.
B．the tiresome clicking of the wheels.
C．the sleeplessness during the journey.
D．the poor ventilation of the compartment.
正确答案：A
解析：第1段第4句表明阅读is a partial solution，这表明阅读有助于解决一些问题，而该段第2句和第3句都提到的坐长途火车会让人觉得烦闷，由此可见，本题答案应为A。

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2．What can we learn about the long distance journey by car?
A．It is safe because the car usually goes at high speeds.
B．It is monotonous because reading is quite impossible.
C．It is exhausting because you seldom manage to sleep.
D．It is dangerous because the traffic is always too dense.
正确答案：B
解析：第1段第8句中的for引出一个原因从句，表明一种因果关系，而B 表达的因果关系与此相同。

因此B为本题答案。

该段第9句提到了safely at high speeds，但安全和高速之间并不存在因果关系。

因此A不正确；C没在原文提及；“繁忙的交通”也有在第9句提及，但原文没有提到这会让驾车变得“危险”，因此D也不正确。

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3．Trips by sea is regarded as the worst means of traveling when
A．the weather is terrible.
B．the traveler has little time.
C．the traveler feels seasick.
D．the sea is not calm.
正确答案：C
解析：第1段倒数第3句指出了两种因果关系：第一，海洋不平静会导致你晕船；第二，晕船会让你觉得坐船是最糟糕的交通方式，由此可见，本题应选C。

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4．What is the greatest difference between traveling by air and the other means of traveling?
A．Traveling by air is not so tiring as the others.
B．Traveling by air brings more fun than the others.
C．Traveling by air is much more expensive than the others.
D．Traveling by air offers more time for sleep than the others.
正确答案：A
解析：虽然第1段没有明显地比较飞机与其他交通方式，但是从该段的内容来看，可以知道当作者描述其他交通方式时，都提到它们很累人，而第2段末句中的fresh and uncrumpled表明坐飞机旅行不会让旅行者觉得累，由此可见，本题应选A。

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5．By writing the passage, the author intends to
A．introduce diverse ways of traveling.
B．points out the best mode of traveling.
C．emphasize the advantages of traveling by air.
D．compare the means of relaxing when traveling.
正确答案：A
解析：作者在文章开头提到了三种交通方式，然后分别描述了三种方式的特点，由此可见，作者写本文的目的是为了介绍三种不同的交通方式，因此A为本题答案。

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European countries have been carefully watching the violence that exploded across France, worried that their vehicles and buildings may be the next to burn. For decades, countries across the region have been trying to integrate waves of immigrants and their offspring, none of them completely successfully. From Paris, Lisa Bryant has more on Europe’s integration struggle, and the possibility that unrest in France may spread. The images of smoldering cars and destroyed buildings in France have made the front pages of newspapers from Brussels to Berlin, ever since the violence exploded two weeks ago from the Paris-area suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois. As clashes and arson attacks, largely staged by young people of African and North African descent, spread to other parts of France, many Europeans have come to the conclusion that France’s integration model has failed. But as France goes up in flames, some fear other parts of Europe may be the next to burn. Earlier this week, Belgium and Germany reported copycat arson attacks in their countries. But immigration experts, like Han Entzinger, doubts the unrest still roiling France will spread to other parts of Europe. At least not right now. “Of course this is a question which is preoccupying people all over Europe, but I still think the likelihood is not really very great,”said Mr. Entzinger. “One should never say never, but the situation in France on immigration and integration in particular is rather different from the situation in other European countries.”Over the years, European countries have adopted radically different approaches to integrating the foreigners in their midst. Until recently, Germany and Austria embraced a guest-worker policy, based on the idea their immigrants were temporary laborers who would eventually go home. Britain’s immigration policy has championed multiculturalism, and offered affirmative-action programs to give minorities a leg up. Hugo Brady is an immigration expert at the Center for European Reform, in London. Like their integration policies, he says, the problems European countries face in assimilating foreigners are different as well. “While there may be regional trends within the EU, there’s not one common problem regarding the integration of immigrants. The Euro-Med area—like Spain, south of France, Greece—have their own particular problems of immigration for areas such as Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya,” said Mr. Brady. And some countries, including Spain and Italy, are relative newcomers at integrating large waves of immigrants. Until now, France promoted a
theoretically colorblind integration creed. The idea: All French citizens are equal, regardless of their color, religion or ethnic origin. But the last two weeks of riots has exposed deep social inequalities between immigrants and their children and those of ethnic French origin. But no European integration policy has proved entirely successful. Even Britain, which analysts say has a largely positive legacy of integrating foreigners, is no stranger to unrest, says Danielle Joly. Ms. Joly is director of the Center for Research on Ethnic Relations at the University of Warwick in England. “The kind of violence they were witnessing in France we already saw 20 years ago in Britain, in the 80s,”said Ms. Joly. “There were disturbances rampaging through all the main British cities in the 80s—81, 82, 85. And I would have said that the underpinnings were very similar to the violence in France at the moment.”Those underpinnings include high unemployment and poverty levels in immigrant communities, under-achievement at school and at work, and widespread racial discrimination. The British government responded to those riots by fully implementing a tough race relations act that had been drafted a few years before. It set up a body to monitor racial discrimination. Today, Ms. Joly says, many immigrants and their children participate in neighborhood associations and in politics. But Ms. Joly, who is of French origin, believes that Britain is no model for France. “The issue is that France and Britain, the general societies, are so very different. Britain is a community of communities. It is the United Kingdom. The recognition of difference and of ethnicity is not a problem in Britain, because its part of a tradition,” she noted.
6．For decades, European countries have hoped that the immigrant problems could be solved by
A．unifying the various ethnic groups.
B．respecting the distinctive culture of immigrants.
C．improving education in immigrant and their offspring.
D．providing equal social welfare for different ethnic groups.
正确答案：A
解析：第1段第2句中的integrate表明欧洲各国试图将各种族的移民与移人国的居民融合在一起，A表达了相同的意思，为本题答案。

其他选项是对移民问题一些具体的处理方法，但原文只指出欧洲各国想通过integration解决移民问题，并没有详细描述在融合的过程中对移民的教育、福利等具体问题的处理，因此，B、C、D都缺乏原文依据。

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7．France’s integration model was regarded as a failure when
A．clashes and arsons exploded in France two weeks ago.
B．violence spread from Paris to other parts of France.
C．copycat arsons attacked two other European countries.
D．the immigrants began to destroy cars and buildings.
正确答案：B
解析：第2段最后一句开头的As引出一个时间状语从句，指出从什么时候开始人们认为法国种族融合计划彻底失败，B是对这个时间状语从句的同义改写。

为本题答案。

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8．Han Entzinger points out that other countries
A．will not get involved in the violence.
B．don’t have to worry about the unrest.
C．have different integration models from France.
D．should give up their present immigration rules.
正确答案：C
解析：原文第3段和第4段是Han Entzinger的观点，其中C是对第4段最后一句的近义改写，为本题答案。

Han Entzinger在这两段表达的其他观点是：其他国家目前不用担心发生同样的暴力事件，虽然发生的可能性不大，但也并不是没有发生的可能，由此可见，A和B都说得过于绝对了；而D根本没有原文依据，Han Entzinger没有说过相关的内容。

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9．Who shared the same opinion regarding immigration?
A．Han Entzinger and Danielle Joly.
B．Danielle Joly and Hugo Brady.
C．Lisa Bryant and Han Entzinger.
D．Hugo Brady and Han Entzinger.
正确答案：D
解析：第4段是Han Entzinger的观点，第6段是Hugo Brady的观点，第4段最后一句和第6段的观点和用词几乎一模一样，都指出各国面临的移民融人问题各不相同，由此可见，本题应选D。

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10．The “underpinnings” can also be classified as items included in
A．the social inequalities.
B．the legacy of integrating immigrants.
C．the colorblind integration creed.
D．the modes of violence.
正确答案：A
解析：结合第11段最后一句和第12段对underpinnings的描述可以推断underpinnings意为“诱因、缘由”等意思，而从第12段所列举的内容来看，都是一些不公平的社会现象，这些underpinnings造成了移民的暴乱，因此本题应选A。

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11．What does Danielle Joly think of the race relations act in Britain?
A．It can serve as a successful example for France.
B．It is being satisfactorily carried out.
C．It is not completely suitable for Britain.
D．It is quite ineffective in erasing racial discrimination.
正确答案：B
解析：倒数第2段提到通过执行race relations act，很多移民及其后代参与到社会活动里面去，这是racerelations act产生的积极的效果，由此可见，Joly应该认为race relations act到目前为止推行得不错，因此本题应选B。

A与倒数第2段最后一句的内容相反；其他两个选项都是贬义的内容，与原文Joly积极的态度相反。

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Hawaii’s native minority is demanding a greater degree of sovereignty over its own affairs. But much of the archipelago’s political establishment, which includes the White Americans who dominated until the second world war and people of Japanese, Chinese and Filipino origin, is opposed to the idea. The islands were annexed by the US in 1898 and since then Hawaii’s native peoples have fared worse than any of its other ethnic groups. They make up over 60 per cent of the state’s homeless, suffer higher levels of unemployment and their life span is five years less than the average Hawai-ians. They are the only major US native group without some degree of autonomy.But a sovereignty advisory committee set up by Hawaii’s first native governor, John Waihee, has given the natives’cause a major boost by recommending that the Hawaiian natives decide by themselves whether to reestablish a sovereign Hawaiian nation. However, the Hawaiian natives are not united in their demands. Some just want greater autonomy within the state—as enjoyed by many American Indian natives over matters such as education. This is a position supported by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs(OHA), a state agency set up in 1978 to represent the natives’ interests and which has now become the moderate face of the native sovereignty movement. More ambitious is the Ka Lahui group, which declared itself a new nation in 1987 and wants full, official independence from the US. But if Hawaiian natives are given greater autonomy, it is far from clear how many people this will apply to. The state authorities only count as native those people with more than 50 per cent Hawaiian blood. Native demands are not just based on political grievances, though. They also want their claim on 660,000 hectares of Hawaiian crown land to be accepted. It is on this issue that native groups are facing most opposition from the state authorities. In 1993, the state government paid the OHA US$ 136 million in back rent on the crown land and many officials say that by accepting this payment the agency has given up its claims to legally own the land. The OHA has vigorously disputed this.
12．Hawaii’s native minority refers to
A．Hawaii’s ethnic groups.
B．people of Filipino origin.
C．the Ka Lahui group.
D．people with 50% Hawaiian blood.
正确答案：A
解析：根据第2段首句中的Hawaii’s native peoples…than any of its other ethnic groups可知Hawaii’snative minority指夏威夷的一个名族种群，A正确。

D具有一定的迷惑性，根据第5段第2句可知．“具有50％的夏威夷血统的”只是当地政府目前对本地少数民族成员的定义方式，且本文第5段第1句说应该有多少人可以进行自治是far from clear“很不清楚的”，因此排除D。

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13．Which of the following statements is true of the Hawaiian natives?
A．Sixty percent of them are homeless or unemployed.
B．Their life span is 5 years shorter than average Americans.
C．Their life is worse than that of other ethnic groups in Hawaii.
D．They are the only native group without sovereignty.
正确答案：C
解析：本题的答案在第2段第1句话中有明确的表述，“fared worse than”意思就是“生活更差”，因此选C。

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14．Which of the following is NOT true of John Waihee?
A．He is Hawaii’s first native governor.
B．He has set up a sovereignty advisory committee.
C．He suggested the native people decide for themselves.
D．He is leading the local independence movement.
正确答案：D
解析：文章第3段只有一句话，介绍了有关John Waihee的情况，A、B和C 的内容都能比较容易找到．该段中只讲到他给夏威夷当地人的建议(recommending that．．．)，而非领导独立运动，因此D与原文内容不符。

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15．Which of the following groups holds a less radical attitude on the matter of sovereignty?
A．American Indian natives.
B．Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
C．The Ka Lahui group.
D．The Hawaiian natives.
正确答案：B
解析：本题问哪一方的态度稍微温和一些。

文章第4段第3句讲到OHA代表着一种温和的立场．因此应选B。

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16．Various native Hawaiians demand all the following EXCEPT
A．a greater autonomy within the state.
B．more back rent on the crown land.
C．a claim on the Hawaiian crown land.
D．full independence from the US.
正确答案：B
解析：文章的最后一段提到OHA并不承认许多官员所说的是放弃了对皇家土地的所有权，因此B不属于文章的观点。

A的内容在第5段第1句中能够找到，C的内容在最后一段的第2句中能够找到，D的内容体现在第4段的最后一句中。

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I am one of the many city people who are always saying that given the choice we would prefer to live in the country away from the dirt and noise of a large city. I have managed to convince myself that if it weren’t for my job I would immediately head out for the open spaces and go back to nature in some sleepy village buried in the country. But how realistic is the dream? Cities can be frightening places. The majority of the population live in massive tower blocks, noisy, dirty and impersonal. The sense of belonging to a community tends to disappear when you live fifteen floors up. All you can see from your window is sky, or other blocks of flats. Children become aggressive and nervous —cooped up at home all day, with nowhere to play; their mothers feel isolated from the rest of the world. Strangely enough, whereas in the past the inhabitants of one street all knew each other, nowadays people on the same floor in tower blocks don’t even say hello to each other. Country life, on the other hand, differs from this kind of isolated existence in that a sense of community generally binds the inhabitants of small villages together. People have the advantage of knowing that there is always someone to turn to when they need help. But country life has disadvantages too. While it is true that you may be among friends in a village, it is also true that you are cut off from the exciting and important events that take place in cities. There’s little possibility of going to a new show or the latest movie. Shopping becomes a major problem, and for anything slightly out of the ordinary you have to go on an expedition to the nearest large town. The city-dweller who leaves for the country is often oppressed by a sense of unbearable stillness and quiet. What, then, is the answer? The country has the advantage of peace and quiet, but suffers from the disadvantage of being cut off; the city breeds a feeling of isolation, and constant noise batters the senses. But one of its main advantages is that you are at the centre of things, and that life doesn’t come to an end at half-past nine at night. Some people have found(or rather bought)a compromise between the two: they have expressed their preference for the “quiet life “by leaving the suburbs and moving to villages within commuting distance of large cities. They generally have about as much sensitivity as the plastic flowers they leave behind —they are polluted with strange ideas about change and improvement which they force on to the unwilling original inhabitants of the villages. What then of my dreams of leaning on a cottage gate and murmuring “morning” to the locals as they pass by. I’m keen on the idea, but you see there’s my cat, Toby. I’m not at all sure that he would take to all that fresh air and exercise in the long grass. I mean, can you see him mixing with all those hearty males down the farm? No, he would rather have the
electric imitation-coal fire any evening.
17．We get the impression from the first paragraph that the author
A．used to live in the country.
B．used to work in the city.
C．works in the city.
D．lives in the country.
正确答案：C
解析：从文章的第1句话就可看出作者是城里人，另外第2句话中的虚拟语气表明作者现在确实在城里工作，而且也没有到乡下住过。

故C正确。

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18．In the author’s opinion, the following may cause city people to be unhappy EXCEPT
A．a strong sense of fear.
B．lack of communication.
C．housing conditions.
D．a sense of isolation.
正确答案：A
解析：本文第2段的第1句提到frightening，容易给人一种a strong sense of fear。

这也是文中被提到的印象，但这句话的意思是“城市可能有很多可怕的方面”，并不是说人们通常感到害怕，所以此题应选A。

根据第2段可知，绝大多数城里人都居住在喧闹、肮脏、毫无人情味的高楼大厦里。

没有归属感，所能看到的就是天空和其他的楼房，住在同一楼层的住户见面也不打招呼。

由此可知，B、C、D都有提及，而唯独没有提到A。

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19．The passage implies that it is easy to buy the following things in the country EXCEPT
A．daily necessities.
B．fresh fruits.
C．designer clothes.
D．fresh vegetables.
正确答案：C
解析：第3段倒数第二句提到：“购物成了一个大问题，你如果要买稍微不太常见一点的东西就得跑去最近的大镇上。

”四个选项中只有designer clothes“服装设计师设计的服装或时装”为正确答案，因为它属于比较特别的商品，符合题意。

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20．According to the passage, which of the following adjectives best describes those people who work in large cities and live in villages?
A．Original.
B．Quiet.
C．Arrogant.
D．Insensitive.
正确答案：D
解析：第4段最后一句中提到“他们的敏感程度与塑料花差不多”，意思是他们很不敏感，因为塑料花没有生命、情感，由此可知D为正确答案。

此题容易误选为B，因为第4段也提到“他们很喜欢安静的生活”，但这并不意味着他们确实是属于安静的一类人，所以不正确。

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21．Do you think the author will move to the country?
A．Yes, he will do so.
B．No, he will not do so.
C．It is difficult to tell.
D．He is in two minds.
正确答案：B
解析：在最后一段中，作者梦想着有一天能够靠在农舍的门上，向过往的村民打招呼。

但是他不敢肯定它的猫是否喜欢到长着茅草的地方享受新鲜空气和锻炼身体，是否能够忍受它和那些乡下的热情的公猫混在一起。

最后的结论是，它宁愿每天晚上呆在模拟煤火的电壁炉旁边。

作者这里是借这只猫来表达自己不会搬到乡下去的想法，故B正确。

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