大学英语四级阅读理解训练

大学英语四级阅读理解训练（一）
Classified advertising is that advertising which is grouped in certain secti ons of the paper and is thus distinguished from display advertising. Such groupings as “Help Wanted”,“Real Estate”,“Lost and Found” are made, the rate charged being less than for display advertising. Classified adverti sements are a convenience to the reader and a saving to the advertiser. The reader who is interested in a particular kind of advertisement finds all
advertisements of that type grouped for him. The advertisers may, on this account, use a very small advertisement if it were placed among larger ad vertisements in the paper. It is evident that the reader approaches the class ified advertisement in a different frame of mind from that in which he app roaches the other advertisements in the paper. He turns to a page of classif ied advertisements to search for the particular
advertisement that will meet his needs. As his attention is voluntary, the a dvertiser does not need to rely too much extent on display type to get the reader’s attention. Formerly all classified advertisements were of the sam e size and did not have display type. With the increase in the number of s uch advertisements, however, each advertiser within a certain group is co mpeting with others in the same group for the reader’s attention. In many cases, the result has been an increase in the size of the space used and the addition of headlines and pictures. In that way, the classified advertiseme
nt has in reality advertisement. This is particularly true of real estate adve rtising?
1. All of the following facts are advantages of classified advertisement for advertisers EXCEPT that ____.
A) classified advertisement charges less money
B) it is easier to attract the attention of the target consumers C) it provides more information for the readers D) it does not have to rely too much on display type
2. One of the examples given of types of classified advertisement is ____
A) houses for sale
B) people who are asking for help C) people who are lost D) job vacancie s
3. What sort of attitude do people have when they look at classified adver tisement, according to the writer?
A) They are in the frame of mind to buy anything. B) They are looking fo r something they need.
C) They feel lost because there are so many advertisements. D) They feel the same as when they look at display advertisements.
4．According to the passage, in which way have the classified advertise ments changed nowadays?
A) They depend more on display type. B) More money is charged for the m. C) They are divided into more groups. D) They are less formal.
5．Why have classified advertisements changed in appearance? A) Becau se people no longer want headlines and pictures. B) Because real estate a dvertising is particularly truthful now.
C) Because the increase in the number of such advertisements means they have to be small now.
D) Because there are more advertisements now and more competition am ong advertisers.
答案与解析： 1. C
分类广告的优越性不包括为读者提供更多的信息。

事实辨析题。

从文中可看出，分类广告的优越性在于收费低、无需很多的展现形式，以及更易吸引对某类广告感兴趣的读者的注意力，因此A，B，D都正确。

文中唯独没有提到C。

2. A
房地产业就是分类广告的其中一块。

细节题。

本题考察对“Real Estate”的理解，它的意思是“房地产”，故选项A 正确。

3. B
当读者看分类广告时，他们会搜索自己需要的信息。

事实辨析题。

从文中可知，读者在看分类广告时和看展示广告的注意力的模式是不一样的，他们会去浏览自己感兴趣的类别，查找所需信息。

故选项B 正确。

4. A
根据文章，分类广告更多地依赖展现形式。

推断题。

文章最后指出，由于竞争的加剧，分类广告商们不得不用大标题和图片来吸引读者的注意力。

故选项A正确。

5. D
因为现在更多广告的投入和广告商之间的竞争日益加剧，所以分类广告不断变化形式。

事实辨析题。

文中指出，分类广告的变化是由于“With the increase in the number of such advertisements, however, each advertiser within a certain group is competing with others in the same gro up for the reader’s attention”，故选项D正确。

大学英语四级阅读理解训练（二）
Psychologists take opposing views of how external rewards, from warm p raise to old cash, affect motivation and creativity. Behaviorists, who study the relation between actions and, argue that rewards can improve perfor mance at work and school. Some other researchers who study various asp ects of mental life, maintain those rewards often destroy creativity byenco uraging dependence on approval and gifts from others. The latter view ha s gained many supporters, especially among educators. But the careful us e of small monetary rewards sparks in grade-school children suggesting t hat properly presented inducements indeed aid inventiveness, according t o a study in the June Journal Personality and Social Psychology.
“If they know they're working for a reward and can focus on a relatively challenging task, they show the most creativity,” says Robert Esenberger of the University of Delaware in Newark. “But it's easy to kill creativity b y giving rewards for poor performance or creating too much anticipation f or rewards.”
A teacher who continually draws attention to rewards or who hands out hi
gh grades for ordinary achievement ends up with uninspired students, Ese nberger holds. As an example of the latter point, he notes growing efforts at major universities to tighten grading standards and restore falling grade s.
In earlier grades, the use of so-called token economics, in which students handle challenging problems and receive performance-based points towar d valued rewards, shows promise in raising effort and creativity, the Dela ware psychologist claims. 1. Psychologists are divided with regard to thei r attitudes toward ____. A) the choice between spiritual encouragement a nd monetary rewards
B) the appropriate amount of external rewards C) the study of relationshi p between actions and
D) the effects of external rewards on students' performance
2. What is the view held by many educators concerning external rewards for students? A) They approve of external rewards. B) They don't think ex ternal rewards. C) They have doubts about external rewards.
D) They believe external rewards can motivate small children, but not col lege students. 3. According to the result of the study mentioned in the pas sage, what should educators do to stimulate motivation and creativity? A) Give rewards for performances which deserve them. B) Always promise r ewards.
C) Assign tasks which are not very challenging.
D) Be more lenient to students when mistakes are made.
4. It can be inferred from the passage that major universities are trying to tighten their grading standards because they believe ____.
A) rewarding poor performance may kill the creativity of students’ B) pu nishment is more effective than rewarding
C) failing uninspired students helps improve their overall academic stand ards D) discouraging the students anticipation for easy rewards is matter of urgency 5．Which of the following facts about “token economics” i s not correct? A) Students are assigned challenging tasks. B) Rewards are given for good performances.
C) Students are evaluated according to the effort they put into the task. D) With token economics, students’ creativity can be enhanced. 答案与解析： 1. D
心理学家认为外界的奖励对学生会有不同的影响。

事实辨析题。

根据文章第一句话“Psychologists take opposing views of how external re wards, from war m praise to old cash, affect motivation and creativity”可知，心理学家的分歧在于来自外界的奖励对学生的积极性和创造性究竟有什么影响，故选项D正确.
2. C
许多教育家对外界的奖励持怀疑态度。

文章第二段第一句话提到，后一种观点得到了许多教育工作者的支
持，从第一段中可知，后一种观点是：奖励会促使学生对别人的赞许和馈赠产生依赖心理，因此奖励会破坏创造精神。

由此可知，他们对奖励的正面作用持怀疑态度。

故选项C正确。

3. A
根据文中的研究结果表明，教育家通过给予学生应得的奖励来提高他们的积极性和创造性。

文章第三段指出，给予学生恰当的奖励，可使他们发挥更大的创造性，但如果对糟糕的表现也给予奖励，或让学生对奖励有太多的期许，反而会扼杀创造性。

故选项A正确。

4. B
从文中可以得知，一些重点大学试图加强等级标准，因为他们相信惩罚比奖励更有效。

事实辨析题。

从文中第四段可知，许多大学之所以严格考试的评分标准，是因为“A teacher ... who hands out high grades for ordinary achievement ends up with uninspired students”。

选项B 与此意相同。

5. C
根据学生的表现对他们作出评价。

事实辨析题。

根据最后一段的意思，在这种奖励制度下，要根据学生的表现对他们做出评价，而不仅仅是他们花费了多少精力来完成任务，故选项C正确。

大学英语四级阅读理解训练（三）
country.This may occur as an attempt to over-identify with the new cultur
e in order to be accepted by the people in it.
1.The expression "he or she is like fish out of water"suggests ______.
a.people away from their cultures can hardly survive in a new culture
b.
a fish can not survive without water
c.people away from their culture experience mental isolation
d.people
away from their culture have difficulties in new environment 2.In order to identify with the new environment,some people may ______. a.give an exaggerated picture of their own country b.criticize the positive aspe cts of their own county c.abandon their original beliefs d.accept a tem porary set of values
3.Which of the following statements is true according to the author? a. Perplexity results in culture shock.
b.A typical symptom of cultur shock is confusion.
c.Culture shock is t he explanation of anxiety.
d.Culture shock happens to foreign students o nly. 4.Newcomer may worry about ______. a.their ignorance of the al ien customs
b.their knowledge of "Yes" in the native language
c.their understandin
g of friendship d.their control of their behavior
5.When the foreign visitor is immersed in new problems he finds hard to cope whith,he is most likely to feel ______. a.uninsured b.deprived c.alienated d.baffled
答案：c d a d b c
大学英语四级阅读理解训练（八）
Social change is more likely to occur in societies where there is a mixture of different kinds of people than in societies where people are similar in many ways. The simple reason for this is that there are more different wa
ys of looking at things present in the first kind of society. There are more ideas, more disagreements in interest, and more groups and organizations with different beliefs. In addition, there is
usually a greater worldly interest and greater tolerance in mixed societies. All these factors tend to promote social change by opening more areas of life to decision. In a society where people are quite similar in many ways, there are fewer occasions for people to see the need or the opportunity fo r change because everything seems to be the same. And although conditio ns may not be satisfactory, they are at least customary and undisputed. Within a society, social change is also likely to occur more frequently an d more readily in the material aspects of the culture than in the non-mater ial, for example, in technology rather than in values; in what has been lear ned later in life rather than what was learned early; in the less basic and le ss emotional aspects of society than in their opposites; in the simple elem ents rather than in the complex ones; in form rather than in substance; and in elements that are acceptable to the culture rather than in strange eleme nts.
Furthermore, social change is easier if it is gradual. For example, it com es more readily in human relations on a continuous scale rather than one with sharp dichotomies. This is one reason why change has not come mor e quickly to Black Americans as compared to other American minorities,
because of the sharp difference in appearance between them and their whi te counterparts. 1.The passage is mainly discussing __________ . a.th e necessity of social change
b.certain factors that determine the ease with which social changes occur
c.two different societies
d.certain factors that promote social change
2.______ is one of the factors that tend to promote social change. a.Joi nt interest b.Different points of view c.Less emotional people d.Adv anced technology
3.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
a.Social change tends to meet with more difficulty in basic and emotiona l aspects of society.
b.Disagreement with and argument about condition s tend to slow down social change.
c.Social change is more likely to occ ur in the material aspect of society.
d.Social change is less likely to occur in what people learned when they were young. 4.The expression "greater tolerance"(paragraph 1) refers to _____ . a."greater willingness to accept social change" b."quicker ada ptation to changing circumstances" c."more respect for different beliefs and behavior"
d."geeater readiness to agree to different opinions and ideas"
5.Social change is less likely to occur in a society where people are quite similar in many ways because ________ .
a.people there have got so accustomed to their conditions that they seldo m think it necessary to change
b.people there have identical needs that can be satisfied without much di fficulty
c.people there are easy to please
d.people there are less disput ed 答案：b b b c a
大学英语四级阅读理解训练（九）
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Where possible we have eliminated the use of superlatives from the text ( possibly making our brochure(小册子) less attractive to read than it might be) and have concentrated on as ac
curate a description as possible. Nevertheless you should bear in mind tha t your opinion and the opinion of our investigator might differ and there may be changes between the time of a visit by our investigator and the vis it of one of our customers.
We trust that it is evident to you that we have done all in our power to eli minate misdescription and that there really is no question of misrepresent a-tion on our part—either careless or otherwise. We welcome your constr uctive criticism—it is the best way we know of improving our brochures and our service. Although complaints are very expensive to handle, your complaint or criticism will be thoroughly investigated and a refund (退赔 ) made if it is justified—none will be made if it isn"t. 26. The firm claims that all its winter sports centers have been the recent target of A. a program of personal visits B. i ntensive enquiries about facilities C. attempts to increase hotel accommo dation D. an improved information service
27. The "Independent Centers" were personally inspected_______.
A. the year before last
B. three years ago
C. between 1975 and 1976
D. within the last three seasons 28. The progr am of tours to the United States appears to be_______. A. a new collabor ation with U. S. travel firms B. newly taken over by U. S. tour operations
C. a new independent venture
D. organized by United Airlines
29. Their brochure would be more attractive to read, they say, if_______.
A. it were less truthful
B. it used fewer superlatives
C. it eliminated desc ription
D. it were more encouraged 30. The firm"s claim is that their prog ram is improved by_______. A. helpful fault-finding by customers
B. attractive description of the centers in every brochure
C. a standard po licy of prompt repayment
D. careful control of the hotels 答案：26. A 27. D 28. A 29. A 30. A
大学英语四级阅读理解训练（十）
As a reliable travel agency, we really do try to describe our centers and ac commodation as realistically as possible. All our Super Centers and Main Centers have been extensively investigated during the winter season 1975 -1976. As a result we have first-hand information on the way in which hot els, life networks and ski schools, etc. operate during the season. We have not been able to investigate, at first hand, all our Independent Centers dur ing the last season but all have been visited during the past three seasons. Should you need any more information about these centers we will try to get it for you. Our American centers have been investigated on our behalf by United Airlines Tours Department and by the U. S. tour operators who are assisting United and ourselves to offer you this novel program to the United States.
Where possible we have eliminated the use of superlatives from the text (possibly making our brochure(小册
子) less attractive to read than it might be) and have concentrated on as ac curate a description as possible. Nevertheless you should bear in mind tha t your opinion and the opinion of our investigator might differ and there may be changes between the time of a visit by our investigator and the vis it of one of our customers.
We trust that it is evident to you that we have done all in our power to eli minate misdescription and that there really is no question of misrepresent a-tion on our part—either careless or otherwise. We welcome your constr uctive criticism—it is the best way we know of improving our brochures and our
service. Although complaints are very expensive to handle, your complai nt or criticism will be thoroughly investigated and a refund (退赔 ) made if it is justified—none will be made if it isn"t. 26. The firm claims that all its winter sport s centers have been the recent target of A. a program of personal visits B. intensive enquiries about facilities C. attempts to increase hotel acco mmodation D. an improved information service
27. The "Independent Centers" were personally inspected_______. A. the year before last B. three years ago
C. between 1975 and 1976
D. within the last three seasons 28. The pro gram of tours to the United States appears to be_______. A. a new colla boration with U. S. travel firms B. newly taken over by U. S. tour opera
tions C. a new independent venture D. organized by United Airlines 29. Their brochure would be more attractive to read, they say, if_______ . A. it were less truthful B. it used fewer superlatives C. it eliminated description D. it were more encouraged 30. The firm"s claim is that thei r program is improved by_______. A. helpful fault-finding by customer s
B. attractive description of the centers in every brochure
C. a standard policy of prompt repayment
D. careful control of the hotels 答案：26. A 27. D 28. A 29. A 30. A。