英语四级年度阅读备考材料(doc 8页)

英语四级年度阅读备考材料(doc 8页)
2011年英语四级阅读备考材料
(1)
The University of California was chartered in 1868 and established at Berkeley in 1875. South Hall, an ivy-covered Gothic-revival building of red brick, is the only survivor of the nineteenth century campus buildings. Today, the Berkeley campus is the senior member of the nine-campus University of California System. Berkeley offers a full range of academic majors in programs. In a national survey published in fall 1992, Berkeley placed highest of all public universities in ranking that included five attributes: reputation, selectivity, faculty resources, financial resources, and student satisfaction. More students who earn bachelor's degrees at Berkeley complete Ph. D's than graduates of any other university in the country.
Undergraduate students can choose from more than 5,000 different courses and over 100 majors or they can design their own individual majors. The graduate division offers professional and academic degrees in more than 100 majors. Aiding students in their course work is a campus network of twenty-four libraries, including one especially for undergraduates. There are also many support facilities and services available, such as the Student Learning Center,
financial aid counseling, housing assistance, graduate and professional school advising, and career placement assistance. The 1, 200-acre campus stretches from downtown Berkeley through wooded hills that overlook San Francisco Bay. The city of Berkeley (population 105,000) offers the lively background of one of America's more culturally diverse and politically adventurous small cities. The surrounding
B. You can finish bachelor's courses or Ph. D's courses but not master's courses.
C. The Berkeley campus does not do well in helping students in their studies.
D. The Berkeley campus is not far away from the city of San Francisco.
5. The city of Berkeley is______.
A. situated within the Berkeley campus
B. found to be a melting pot of various cultures
C. a recreational place
D. trying to increase its population
【答案】
1. C
2. C
3. B
4. D
5. B
2011年英语四级阅读备考材料
(2)
It’s never easy to admit you are in the wrong. Being human, we all need to know the art of apologizing. Look back with honesty and think how often you’ve judged roughly, said __1__ things, pushed yourself ahead at the expense of a friend. Then count the occasions when you indicated clearly and __2__ that you were sorry. A bit frightening, isn’t it? Frightening because some deePwisdom in us knows that when even a small wrong has been committed, some mysterious moral feeling is __3__, and it stays out of
balance until fault is acknowledged and __4__ is expressed.I remember a doctor friend, telling me about a man who came to him with a variety of signs: headaches, insomnia and stomach trouble. No __5__ cause could be found. Finally my friend said to the man, "Unless you tell me what’s worrying you, I can’t helPyou."After some hesitation, the man __6__ that, as executor of his faher’s will, he had been cheating his brother, who lived abroad, of his __7__. Then and there the wise old doctor made the man write to his brother asking __8__ and enclosing a cheque as the first stePin restoring their good relation. He then went with him to mail box in the corridor. As the letter disappeared, the man burst into tears. "Thank you," He said, "I think I’m __9__." And he was. A heartfelt apology can not only __10__ a damaged relationshiPbut also make it stronger. If you can think of someone who deserves an apology from you, someone you have wronged, or just neglected, do something about it right now.
A)heal
B)mental
C)unkind
D)regret
E)accurately
F)confessed
G)inheritance
H)physical
I)cured
J)treat
K)truly
L)unfaithful
M)forgiveness
N)disturbed
O)excuse
【答案】
1.选C)。

此处应填形容词。

从后面的pushed yourself ahead at the expense of
a friend可知，说的是不好的话，可选项有unkind和unfaithful，但由前面的judged roughly“粗鲁的评判”可知这里表示说话时不考虑他人的感受，因此unkind“刻薄的”更加符合上下文语气。

2.选K)。

由clearly and一词可知，此处应填副词，与closely一起修饰道歉时的情形。

选项有accurately和truly,由“回想一下你曾明确地并......地表示自己歉意的场合”，能使句意通顺的是truly“真诚地”，而accurately一般表示“(数据计算得)精确地”，故排除。

3.选N)。

it stays out of balance until...，其中it=some mysterious moral feeling可推出，出于道义上的原因，人会感到不安，故选disturbed“不安的”。

而
confessed“公开承认的”不符合句意。

4.选D)。

此处应填名词。

从“知道承认错误，表达......之后，才能觉得安心，”选项中只有regret“歉意”符合题意。

5.选H)。

此处应填形容词。

由headaches，insomnia(失眠)and stomach trouble可推出，可选项有mental和physical，由朋友的话“Unless... Worrying you, I can’t helPyou." 可知这个人是由于心理上的原因，而不是生理上的，故选physical 即No physical cause...。

6.选F)。

此处应填动词。

选项中的动词有confessed，cured和disturbed，但由After some hesitation可推出，此人是在向医生坦白情况，故选择confessed“坦白”。

7.选G)。

此处应填名词。

由as executor of his father’s will可推知，此处说明的是，在遗产继承方面，他一直在欺骗他居住在国外的兄弟，故只有选项inheritance 符合题意。

8.选M)。

此处应填名词。

由restoring their good relation可推知，他是写信给他兄弟请求原谅，故选项中只有forgiveness符合题意。

选项中excuse用作名词时，一般解释为“理由，借口”而没有“原谅”的意思，故排除。

9.选I)。

由第二段最后一句waht’s worrying you和这个人的感情Thank you 可推出，此处说明的是医生治好了他的心病，选项中只有cured符合题意。

10.选A)。

此处应填动词的圆形。

But also make it stronger“使人际关系更加稳固”，it指代a damaged relationship，由此可知，空格处应填表示“修复”的词，选项中的heal则有“治愈，修复”的意思，符合原文意思。

treat一般专指医学上的治疗，
2011年英语四级阅读备考材料
(3)
As the pace of life continues to increase, we are fast losing the art of relaxation. But relaxation is __1__ for a healthy mind and body.
Stress is a natural part of everyday life and there is no way to __2__ it. In fact, it is not the bad thing as it is often supposed to be. A certain amount of stress is vital to provide motivation and give purpose to life. It is only when the stress gets out of __3__ that it can lead to poor performance and ill health.
The amount of stress a person can withstand depends very much on the individual. Some peoplw are not afraid of stress, and such __4__ are obviously prime material for managerial responsibilities. Others lose heart at the first sight of __5__ difficulties. When exposed to stress, in whatever form, we react both physically and __6__. In fact we make choice between "flight or fight" and in more __7__ days the choices made the difference between life or death. The crises we meet today are unlikely to be so extreme, but however little the stress, it involves the same __8__. It is when such a reaction lasts long, through continued __9__ to stress, that health becomes endangered. Since we cannot __10__ stress from our lives it would be unwise to do so even if we could, we need to find ways to deal with it.
A)exposure B)characters C)answer D)chemically
E)avoid F)psychologically G)primitive H)transfer
I)unusual J)control K)remove L)escape
M)response N)backward O)essential
【答案】
1.选O)。

此处应填形容词。

前文中说人们正在失去放松的休闲方式，But转折表明作者对relaxation的重视态度，只有essential“必须的，重要的”符合文意。

2.选E)。

此处应填动词。

前句说Stress is a natural part of everyday life“压力是日常生活中很自然的一部分”，说明人们不能避免压力。

选项中只有avoid的意思为“避免，消除”，故E)avoid正确。

3.选J)。

此处应填名词。

前面说有压力并不是坏事，适当的压力能给人以动力，能赋予人生活的意义。

只有在什么时候，压力才会导致人们表现不佳，身体不好。

根据上下文可知get out of control“压力失控”的时候，才会有不好的结果，故选J)control。

4.选B)。

此处应填名词。

前句中not afraid of stress“不怕压力”是一些人的性格特点，选项中可以表示人的性格特点的词只有characters，故选B)。

5.选I)。

此处应填形容词，修饰名词difficulties。

一些人遇到......的困难就灰心丧气，选项中的形容词中，unusual“不同寻常的”可以说明困难的程度，故选择I)。

6.选F)。

此处应填副词，与physically相对应，在此physically作为“身体上的”解释。

选项中的副词有chemically“化学地”和psychologically“精神地”，很明显两个副词中选择F)psychologically。

7.选G)。

此处应填形容词，修饰名词days。

...days与后文中的today相对应，形成对比。

选项中的是primitive，即将人类的早期和人类的今天做比较，故选G)。

而N)backward说明的是社会发展的状态，不符合原文意思。

8.选M)。

此处填名词。

前句说，在人类的早期，选择不同就意味着生与死的差别;而现在人们碰到的危机不可能那样极端。

后面but转折，说明了不管是压力的大小，人们都是在“避免”和“战斗”之间选择，下句中的such a reaction也可以说明人们对压力的反应是一样的，选项中的名词answer和response中，M)response=reaction 符合文意。

9.选A)。

根据上题，这种反应长时间持续的原因就是长时间的面对压力，选项中的exposure“暴露的状态，受影响”符合上下文意思，故选择A)exposure。

10.选K)。

此处要填动词原形，和from构成动介搭配。

人们应想办法应对压力，而不是将它......出人们的生活。

选项中的transfer表示“转移”不符合原文意
思;remove“移动，移除”可以和from连用，表示“除掉，移开”，符合原文意思，故选K)。

2011年英语四级阅读备考材料
(4)
Videoconferencing is nothing more than a television set or PC monitor with a camera Through the videocenferencing, not only your voice but also your face, the surroundings and any other graphic and phisical __1__ can be captured and transmitted through the communication system with or without wires. Of course, when you go into the details, the technology involved is very __2__ and the subject matter littered with jargon. Such as ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network), POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service) or the __3__ behind bandwidth, latency and isochrony which are
used to explain how videoconferencing works.Good people communication is __4__ in any business, and the more interaction you can achieve, the more likely it is that your __5__ will be the right ones. Videoconferencing not only allows you to speak to people in different locations, but also note __6__ expressions and gestures that let you know what the other person is really thinking. Meetings are made more __7__ by sharing documents and computer applications that a simple telephone cannot __8__.__9__, organizations are discovering the competitive advantages and the power of videoconferencing. With advances in performance, economical pricing, the ability to __10__ essential meeting tools and connectivity to global telephone networks and standardized videoconferencing protocols, videoconferencing is now a practical reality for any organization.
A) fortunately
B) effective
C) images
D) articulate
E) facial
F) manage
G) decisions
H) connect
I) advanced
J) integrate
K) progressive
L) concepts
M)pictures
N) increasingly
O) important
【答案】
1.选C)。

空格中要填的是名词，从后面的......can be captured and transmitted 可以选出选项中images和pictures，pictures指“画面，图片”，一般指静态的情景;而文中的意思表达的是实时的电视会议，画面应该是动态的，images可以表示动态的形象，画面，故C)images正确。

2.选I)。

这里应填形容词，修饰the technology。

选项中的advanced，progressive，important可以用来修饰the technology，注释1说明了the technology中包含了很多行业术语，是很深奥的，排除important;而progressive“上进的，进步的”，强调寻求更好的，advanced“领先的，有高深的，并非人人都能接受的含义”，根据上下文I)advanced更符合题意。

3.选L)。

首先判断这里应填名词，再根据注释2种“用于解释视频会议工作原理的......”，原文中有explain“解释，说明”可以退出，选项中的名词中concepts最符合题意。

故选L)。

4.选O)。

此处应填形容词。

这个分句后面说交流越多，你越可能成为正确的那一个，说明交流很重要，与本土的视频会议-----一种交流的工具主题一致，这里应该填important。

5.选G)。

由空格后的ones可知，这里应填名词的复数形式。

前面提到the more interaction..., the more likely...be the right ones“得到的交互信息越多，你的......就更有可能正确的”。

人们通过电视会议谈判协商，了解得信息越多，自己的判断，决策才会更正确。

故这里应填G)decisions。

concepts“概念”是打扰项，这里和概念无关。

6.选E)。

此处应填形容词。

由上文Videoconferencing not only allows you to speak to people in different locations“视频会议不仅可以让你与不同地方的人说话”，...expressions and gestures that let you know what the other person is really thinking.“......表情和姿态，从而让你知道他们的真实想法”，很明显修饰expressions的应该是facial，意思是“面部表情”。

7.选B)。

此处要填形容词，与more构成形容词比较级结构。

从后文by sharing documents and computer application“通过共享文档和计算机应用，会议能更加......”，这里电话会议的优势，也是其目的，即提高效率，故这里应填B)effective。

K)progressive“进步的”并不是电话会议要达到的目的，故排除。

8.选F)。

此处应填动词原形。

选项中的动词原形有articulate，manage，integrate，connect，由原文可知，电视会议可以“共享文档和应用计算机”，而电话是不能做到的，以推断这里填的词表示“做到，实现”的词，故只有manage“设法，达成”符合文意。

9.选N)。

可以推断此处应填副词，选项中有fortunately和increasingly两个副
词，本文全文都在说随着技术的发达，电视电话会议越来越受欢迎，所以应该是increasingly而不是fortunately“幸运地”。

10.选J)。

此处应填动词原型，宾语是各种重要的会议工具。

选项中还有articulate，integrate和connect三个位动词原形。

其中aiticulate作“接合”意思讲的时候指的是单独的事物由关节连接，connect“连接”表示将分离的东西连接在一起，而integrate强调的是各种事物结合，形成一个整体。

integrate正确，故选J)。