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大学英语四级试练习卷一、阅读理解Passage 1Black AmericansAbout twenty-seven million people, or a little more than one-tenth of all United States citizens, are descended from people brought across the Atlantic from Africa between 150 and 300 years ago as slave. The consequences of this ancient trade have brought trouble and embarrassment to the American Republic from the time of its foundation. From the beginning the colonists in Pennsylvania, New York, and New England stayed out of the slave trade, but they could not stop the plantation owners of the South from buying slaves from Africa—a trade shared by the West Indies and the southern continent. Towards 1800 the southern states stopped the trade, and from then onwards no more slave ships came in, except for a few which came illegally. But by then there were nearly a million slaves in plantation of the South, and the U. S. Constitution had not changed their status. Southern slavery was ended only with the victory of the northern states in the civil war of 1861-1865. The U. S. constitution was amended so as to outlaw slavery, and to grant automatic citizenship and the equal protection of the laws to any person born in the United States.But long after 1865 the dominant whites in most of the South were still finding ways of excluding black citizens from real equality. Several of these devices, particularly those affecting voting rights, were found at various dates to be unconstitutional after argument before the Supreme Court of the United States. But even in the 1950s there were cases of southern black people being intimidated (恐吓) when they came to register as voters; and in the South there were still separate school, separate seats in local buses, even separate hospital car parks—and whites-only facilities of many kinds. Black opposition to discrimination was led by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, with strong support from liberally-minded whites. The 1950s brought the beginning of major change.Back in 1896 the Supreme Court had ruled that if an education authority provided separate school of black and white children, there was no denial of the equal protection of the laws, as guaranteed by the Constitution —provided that the separate school were of equal quality. In 1954 the Court ruled that experience showed that separate school could not be of equal quality, so the "equal protection" clause of the fourteenth amendment could not allow states to provide separate education.At this time a black clergyman, Martin Luther King, became the informal leader of active movements of non-violent protest against racial segregation of all kinds, and he gained admiring support from whiteAmericans in the South as well as in the North. King came to the center of the stage at the time when television was becoming widely available. When defenders of the white supremacist traditions of the South reacted violently against a peaceful campaign for equal treatment, television showed the unpleasant scenes which they provoked. When the University of Mississippi admitted its first black student in 1962, he met with such threats of violence that he had to be protected by large groups of armed soldiers wherever he went. The people responsible for this intimidation soon learned that their actions were seen on television with hostile commentary, throughout the world. They could see that they brought shame, not just upon themselves, but upon their country.After the assassination of John Kennedy in 1963, his successor as President, Lyndon Johnson, expanded his ideas and led Congress to pass laws to eliminate racial discrimination. Southern racism was soon in full retreat, and its downfall owed much to the charisma (号召力) of Luther King, the symbol of the crusade against it. In 1969, Luther King became a martyr too, and like Kennedy and his brother, he was assassinated. Later the U. S. Congress set aside one day each year as a national holiday in his memory—an honor given to only one other man, George Washington, the nation's first President.By the 1970s blacks were registered as voters in the South in almost thesame proportion as whites. Soon many were elected to important offices in the southern states, and the South's most important city, Atlanta, had a black mayor. Blacks have been elected as mayors of several of the nation's biggest cities and hundreds of smaller ones; others have been elected or appointed to many of the highest national and state offices in the South as well as in the North, including the cabinet and the Supreme Court. There are now some thousands of black millionaires, not only athletes and entertainers but also in business and the professions as well.Except for a few pockets of resistance, segregation and race discrimination in the South had ceased to be a special problem by around 1970. But this did not mean that the conditions of blacks everywhere had become altogether happy,particularly in the northern cities. For several decades blacks moved in large numbers from the southern states to find work in the industries of the northern cities. Although this northward movement has lately been reduced as a result of improved civil rights and material prosperity in the South, there are by now more blacks in the North than In the South. Their condition in the North is by no means free of social problems. The average earnings of blacks are relatively low, and they are in general the first to become unemployed. In the 1960s and for some time afterwards, the gap between white and black earnings and unemployment was progressively narrowed, but more recently thestill-surviving gap has remained, and unemployment is still high among those young black people who leave school without educational qualifications.Discrimination against blacks, both in admission to all public places and in employment, is now illegal, Indeed, some employers have a deliberate policy of "affirmative action" discriminating in their favor. In some police forces and many northern and southern state and national government departments, black have been systematically and openly favored for promotion, and where there have been promotion examinations to be passed, the minimum grade has been set at a lower level for blacks than for whites. Universities have done the same in admitting students.1. The passage is primarily concerned with the black Americans' source and their struggle for equal rights with whites.2. The American civil war of 1861-1865 brought an end to discrimination against black people.3. In American history, Martin Luther King was as important as president Washington.4. White students are required to reach a higher level than blacks to be admitted by universities.5. In some cities there are whole areas which are inhabited by blacks or foreign immigrants.6. There are more blacks living in the North of America than in theSouth.7. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People were in charge of doing away with separate school for blacks.8. The U. S. has a population of about______people.9. Martin Luther King was noted for ______ movements of protest against racialsegregation of all sorts.10. The 1960s saw the______ of the gaps between whiteand black earnings and unemployment.Passage 2Perhaps it was only during the dawn of the human race that women 11 stood equal with men. At the beginning, I think both sexes shared equal responsibility for the 12 of the race. Men and women shared in the hunt and in wars. Traces of this ancient tradition can be found, for example, in the Achinese society in North Sumatra, where women fought alongside men against the invading Dutch colonial 13 during the Achinese wars in the 19th century. Some women even became admirals of the Achinese fleet. Other cultures in other parts of the world have had the 14 tradition.Perhaps the invention of agriculture 15 the beginning of adifferentiation between men's and women's roles. Men continued to hunt,and women became food gatherers and tended the field. Men 16 became agriculturists as well, when the hunt no longer provided enough sustenance for the community. The biological fact that women 17 children, and that each time they give birth they are 18 , for a time, fully to play their role in the provision of sustenance and other work for the family, slowly gave rise to more distinct men's and women's roles. Men who are physically stronger 19 on such " natural" roles as warriors, and in most cases men became chiefs, commanders, and kings. In the 20 of history, as matriarchal systems became minorities in many cultures, the roles of men and women in many societies became increasinglygender-oriented and differentiated.A. reallyB. policeC. bearD. courseE. survivalF. laterG. forces H. unableI. lately J. processK. remarked L. markedM. same N. tookO. unstablePassage 3Happiness can be described as a positive mood and a pleasant state of mind. According to recent polls (民意测验) sixty to seventy percent ofAmericans consider themselves to be moderately happy and one in twenty persons feels very unhappy. Psychologists have been studying the factors that contribute to happiness. It is not predictable nor is a person in an apparently ideal situation necessarily happy. The ideal situation may have little to do with his actual feelings.A good education and income are usually considered necessary for happiness. Though both may contribute, they are only chief factors if the person is seriously undereducated or actually suffering from lack of physical needs.The rich are not likely to be happier than the middle-income group or even those with very low incomes. People with college educations are somewhat happier than those who did not graduate from high school, and it is believed that this is mainly because they have more opportunity to control their lives. Yet people with a high income and a college education may be less happy than those with the same income and no college education.Poor health does not rule out happiness except for the severely disabled or those in pain. Learning to cope with a health problem can contribute to happiness. Those with a good sex life are happier in general, but those who have a loving, affectionate relationship are happier than those who rely on sex alone. Love has a higher correlation with happiness than any other factor.It should be noted that people quickly get used to what they have, and they are happiest when they feel they are increasing their level no matter where it stands at a given time.Children whose parents were happily married have happier childhoods are not necessarily happier adults.The best formula for happiness is to be able to develop the ability to tolerate frustration, to have a personal involvement and commitment, and to develop self-confidence and self-esteem.21. It can be inferred from the passage that______.A. happiness is predictableB. a person in an apparently ideal situation must be happyC. the rich are likely to be happier than the middle-income groupD. happiness is not necessarily connected to one's situation in society22. People with college education______.A. are not happier than those who have only an education at high schoolB. are much happier than those who did not graduate from high schoolC. have less opportunity to control their livesD. have more opportunity to control their lives23. According to the article, happiness is greatly dependentupon______.A. a happy childhoodB. great wealthC. a feeling that conditions are becoming for the betterD. a college degree24. Which of the following is most likely to contribute to happiness?A. Being exceptionally good-looking.B. Having a loving, affectionate relationship.C. Having a good paying job.D. Meeting lots of people.25. Which of the following attitudes or feelings is most likely to be found in happy people?A. Having self-esteem.B. Being sure of keeping everything they already have.C. Never being jealous.D. Knowing how to be charming.Passage 4Agriculture is the number one industry in the United States and agricultural products are the country's leading export. American farmers manage to feed not only the total population of the United States, but also millions of other people throughout the rest of the world. Corn and soybean exports alone account for approximately 75 percent of the amount sold in world markets.This productivity, however, has its price. Intensive cultivation exposes the earth to the damaging forces of nature. Every year wind and waterremove tons of rich soil from the nation's croplands.Each field is covered by a limited amount of topsoil, the upper layer of earth which is richest in the nutrients and minerals necessary for growing crops. Ever since the first farmers arrived in the Midwest almost 200 years ago，cultivation and, consequently, erosion have been decreasing the supply of topsoil. In the 1830s, nearly two feet of rich, black top soil covered the Midwest. Today the average depth is only eight inches, and every decade another inch is blown or washed away. This erosion is steadily decreasing the productivity of valuable cropland.A United States Agricultural Department survey states that if erosion continues at its present rate, corn and soybean yields in the Midwest may drop as much as 30 percent over the next 50 years.So far, farmers have been able to compensate for the loss of fertile topsoil by applying more chemical fertilizers to their fields; however, while this practice has increased crop yields, it has been devastating for ecology. Agriculture has become one of the biggest polluters of the nation's precious water supply. Rivers, lakes, and underground reserves of water are being filled in and poisoned by soil and chemicals carried by drainage from eroding fields. Furthermore, fertilizers only replenish the soils they do not prevent its loss.26. The last sentence in the first paragraph gives an example to show_______.A. that American farmers manage to feed the total population of the U. S.B. the leading position of the U. S. farming in the worldC. how important American people consider their farmingD. that many people in the world rely on the export of the agricultural products of the U. S. A.27. In order to compensate for the loss of fertile topsoil, farmers have been_______.A. planting less corn and soybeanB. putting fertilizers on their fieldsC. preventing soil erosionD. decreasing the supply of top soil28. At the present rate, approximately how many years later the black top soil now covering the Midwest will completely be blown or washed away?A. 120 years later.B. 80 years later.C. 50 years later.D. 100 years later.29. "This practice" in Paragraph 4 refers to_______.A. that farmers have lowered the yield of corn and soybeanB. that farmers have expanded croplandsC. that farmers have applied more chemical fertilizersD. that the top soil has been decreased greatly30. All of the following are statements about the disadvantages offertilizers EXCEPT thatA. they replenish the soilB. they do not prevent the loss of soilC. they are destroying the ecologyD. they pollute the nation's water supply二、完型填空More and more students want to study in“hot”majors. 1 a result, many students want to 2 their interests and study in these 3 such as foreign languages, international business and law, et C.Fewer and fewer students choose scientific majors, 4 maths, physics and biology, and art majors, 5 history, Chinese and philosophy.6 students can study in these“hot”majors, because the number of these“hot”majors 7 limite D. If one 8 interest in his work or study, 9 can he do well? I 10 this from one of my classmates.He is 11 the countryside.His parents are farmers.Though he 12 biology, he chose“international business”.He 13 to live a life which is different 14 of his parents. In the end, he found he 15 in doing business.He found all the subjects to be 16 . 17 this wouldn't have happened if he had chosen his major according to his own interests. Choosing a major in university 18 decide one's whole life.Majors 19 are not“hot”today may become the“hot”major of tomorrow. Choosing your major according to your own 20 is the bestway to succee D.1.A.Being B.For C.Having D.As2.A.give up B.appear C.give D.master3.A.place B.room C.areas D.space4.A.for example B.much as C.and so on D.as a result5.A.even B.like C.just D.or6.A.Only a few B.Quite a few C.Perhaps D.Many7.A.is B.are C.would be D.have been8.A.had no B.had C.has no D.has9.A.why B.and what C.how D.and how10.A.suggested B.guessed C.searched D.learned11.A.out of B.off C.in D.from12.A.studied B.likes C.learns D.succeeds to study13.A.wants B.doesn’t want C.enjoys D.doesn’t like14.A.from which B.from that C.for which D.for that15.A.was interested B.was clever C.was not interested D.was not clever16.A.lovely B.rare C.obvious D.tiresome17.A.So B.Then C.Just then D.Maybe18.A.can B.does not C.probably D.perhaps not to19.A.on which B.in which C.which D.——20.A.interests B.experience C.mind D.heart Cloze三、翻译1．他是一个热心肠的人，把大量的时间花在了志愿者工作上。

大学英语4石油大201911考试试题及答案

当前用户：周群Use of Eng...True or Fa...ReadingCo...Vocabulary...Cloze Translatio...Writing 试卷要求 :一、Use of English答题要求 :交际用语单选，每题只有一个正确的选项。

1(3.0分)3.0—Thank you for your invitation.—__________•A)It doesn’t matter•B)It’s a pleasure.•C)It’s a small thing.•D)I’ll appreciate it.参考答案：B收起解析解析：无2(3.0分)3.0—I think he is a good lecturer.•A)Sorry，it doesn’t matter.•B)So do I.•C)Yes. It’s a good idea.•D)I don’t mind.•A)It is suitable for me. •B)No，it isn’t.•C)You want to have one， too? •D)Thank you.•A)Who’s there?•B)Who’s that speaking?•C)Who are you?•D)Who wants to speak to Mark?•A)Yes，that’s right.•B)No，I can’t.•C)What about you?•D)That’s a good idea.参考答案：D收起解析解析：无二、True or False答题要求 :阅读理解判断正误。

6(10.0)10.0In choosing a friend, one should be very careful. A good friend can help you study. You can have fun together and make each other happy. Sometimes you will meet fair weather friends. They will be with you as long as you have money or luck, but when you are dow n, they will run away. How do I know when I have found a good friend? I look for certai n qualities of character, especially understanding, honesty and reliability(可靠).A good friend, above all else, tries to understand how another person is feeling. He is not quick to judge. Instead, he tries to learn from others. He put himself in the othe r person’s place, and he tries to think of ways to be helpful. He is also a good liste ner.At the same time, a good friend is honest. He does not look for faults in others. He no tices their good points. In short, a friend will try to understand me and accept me.Another quality of a friend is reliability. I can always depend on a good friend. If he tells me he will meet me somewhere at a certain time, I can be sure that he will the re. If I need a favor, he will do his best to help me. If I am in trouble, he will not run away from me.When I meet someone who is reliable, honest, and understanding, I know I've found a fri end!1、（2分）The writer thinks that one of the important qualities in choosing a friend is underst anding.•A) 正确•B) 错误参考答案：正确2、（2分）If you have fair weather friends, you will be lucky.•A) 正确•B) 错误参考答案：错误3、（2分）Good friends nee d to understand each other’s feeling.•A) 正确•B) 错误参考答案：正确4、（2分）This passage is mainly discussing the qualities of a friend.•A) 正确•B) 错误参考答案：正确5、（2.0分）The meaning of the phrase “a fair weather friend” understand in the 1st paragraph is a friend who share difficulties with you.•A) 正确•B) 错误参考答案：错误收起解析解析：无三、Reading Comprehension答题要求 :阅读理解单选题，每题只有一个正确的选项。

西安石油大学英语4题库阅读检索(4级)

四级0.50 – 0.591. Use of the mass media as a teaching instrument in the classroom2. Einstein was born m Ulm, Germany on Mar3. By the first century A D., historians say, the Chinese had some knowledge4. The secret of being born lucky is a summer birthday,5. Internet use appears to cause a decline in psychological well-being6. As I wake up every week day, I find it so hard to get out of bed7. In the 1970s the prices of most things Americans buy more than doubled.8. Celine is a proud Canadian. That is why she has sung our national anthem9. After having propounded (提出) his famous theory,10. Laptop computers are popular all over the world.11. The Internet has led to a huge increase in credit-card fraud.12. If a physicist in Houston has his way you”ll be able to say good-bye13. Who takes care of the elderly in the United States today14. I once knew a young man, nineteen years of age,0.6 –0.691. Relations between the United States and Colombia suffered for many years2. He was born opposite Queen Anne, in Anne Arundel County3. One of the most important goals of education is the achievement4. The U. S. generates about four billion tons of solid wastes a year5. America has long had the reputation of being a “land of opportunity”,6. Psychology and sociology both belong to social sciences,7. Man’s best friend is color-blind, but, fortunately,8. Europe’s population will continue to decline for decades9. Basketball and baseball are sports that are very much alike10. Shots ring out in South Central Los Angeles.11. Albert Einstein was a German-American physicist12. In the 1950s and 1960s a number of far-reaching changes occurred13. Halloween (万圣节) had its origins in the festival of Samhain14. Brazil has become one of the developing countries15. Human wants seem endless.0.70 – 0.791. The Library of Congress is America's national library2. People are fascinated by robots.3. Industrial pollution is not only a problem for the countries4. Although machines have been around for a long time5. Life is difficult6. People who sleep about seven hours a night live the longest7. Japanese officials are struggling to prevent the spread of mad cow disease.8. An evergreen tree, often a pine or fir (冷杉),9. Sony was incorporated in 1946 as Tokyo Telecommunications10. Internet is a system architecture that has revolutionized communication11. Mitchell attended Washington Seminary (神学院) in her native Atlanta12. The Great Wall of China is considered to be the only man-made project13. Why are Arabic figures used everywhere in the world?0.80 ---1. POINT and click, point and click. This is the hour after I finish my homework2. Government officials say there are about two-million-three-hundred-thousand3. It is commonly believed in the United States that school is where4. The story of Diego Maradona, the Argentinean football player,。

大学英语四级阅读理解试题及答案(四)

大学英语四级阅读理解试题及答案（四）十六Trees shoul d only be pruned when there is a good and clear reason for doing so and , fortunately,the number of such reasons is small. Pruning involves the cutting away of obergrown and unwanted branches, and the inexperienced gardener can be encouraged by the thought that more damage results from d oing it unnecessarily than from l eavingthe tree to grow in its own way.First, pruning may be d one to make sure that trees have a d esired shape or size. The object may be to get a tree of the right height, and at the same time to help the growth of small side branches which will thicken its appearance or give it a special shape. Secondly, pruning may be done to make the tree healthier. You may cut diseaed or dead wood, or branches that are rubbing against each other and thus cause wounds. The health of a tree may be encouraged by removing branches that are blocking up the centre and so preventingthe free movement of air.One result of pruning is that an open wound is l eft on the tree and this provides an easy entry for disease, but itis a wound that will heal. Often there is a race between the healing and the d esease as to whether the tree will live or die, so that there is a period when the tree is at risk. It shoul d be the aim of every gardener to reduce which has been pruned smooth and clean, for healing will be sl owed down by roughness. You shoul d all ow the cut surface to dry for a few hurs and then paint it with one of the substances available from garden shops produced especially for this purpose. Pruning is usually without interference from the l eaves and also it is very unlikely that the cuts yu make will bl eed. If this does happen,it is, of course,impossible to paint themproperly.1.Pruning shoul d be d one to ______.a.make the tree grow tall erb.improve the shape of the treec.get rid of the small branchesd.make the small branches thicker2.Trees become unhealthy if the gardener ______.a.all ows too many branches to grow in the middleb.does not protect them from windc.forces them to grow too quicklyd.damages some of the small side branches3.Why is a special substance painted on the tree?a.To make a wound smoothb.To prevent disease entering a woundc.To cover a rough surfaced.To help a wound to dry4.A good gardener prunes a tree______.a.at intervals throughout the yearb.as quickly as possibl ec.occasionally when necessaryd.regular every winter5.What was the author's purpose when writing thispassage?a.To give pratical instruction for pruning a tree.b.To give a general d escription of pruningc.To explain how trees d evel op diseasesd.To discuss different methods of pruning.答案：babca十七On Thursday afternoon Mrs. Carke, dressed for going out, took her handbag with her money and her key in it, pulled the door behind her to lock it and went to the over 60s Club. She always went there on Thursdays. It was a nice outing for an old woman who lived alone.At six o'clock she cane home, let herself in and at once smelt cigarette smoke. Cigarette smoke in her house? How? How? Had someone got in? She checked the back door and the windows. All were locked or fastened, as usual. There was no sign of forced entry.Over a cup of tea she wondered whether someone might have a key that fitted her front door-"a master key"perhaps. So she stayed at home the following Thursday. Nothing happened. Was anyone watching her movements? On the Thursday after that she went out at her usual time,dressed as usual, but she didn't go to the club. Instead she took a short cut home again, letting herself in through her garden and the back door. She settled down to wait.It was just after four o'clock when the front door bell rang.Mrs. Clarke was making a cup of tea at the time. The bell rang again, and then she heard her letter-box being pushed open. With the kettle of boiling water in her hand, she moved quietly towards the front door. A long piece of wire appeared through the letter-box, and then a hand. The wire turned and caught around the knob on the door-lock. Mrs. Clarke raised the kettle and poured the water over the hand. There was a shout outside, and the skin seemed to drop off the fingers like a glove. The wire fell to the floor, the hand was pulled back, and Mrs. Clarke heard the sound of running feet.1.Mrs. Clarke looded forward to Thursday because_______.a.she worked at a club on the dayb.she said visitors on Thursdaysc.she visited a club on Thursdayd.a special visitor came on Thursday2.If someone had made a forced entery,_______.a.Mrs.Clarke would have found a broken door or windowb.he or she was still in the housec.things would have been thown aboutd.he or she would have needed a master key3.On the third Thursday Mrs. Clarke went out_______.a.because she didn't want to miss the club againb.to see if the thief was hnging about outsidec.to the club but then changed her mindd.in an attempt to trick the thief4.The lock on the front door was one which_______.a.needed a piece of wire to open itb.could he opened from inside without a keyc.could't be opened without a keyed a knob instead of a key5.The wire feel to the floor_______.a.because Mrs.Clarke refused to open the doorb.when the man's glove dropped offc.because it was too hot to holdd.because the man justwanted to get away答案：cadbd十八Many people believe the glare from snow causes snowblindnenss. Yet, dark glasses or not , they find themselves suffering from headaches and watering eyes,and even snowblindness,when exposed to several hours of "snow light" .The United States Army has now determined that glare from snow does not cause snowblindness in troops in a snow-covered country.Rather, a man's eyes frequently find nothing to foucs on in a broad expanse of barren snow-covered terrain. So his gaze continually shifts and jumps back and forth over the entire landscape in search of tsomething to look at. Finding nothing, hour after hour, the eyes never sotp searching and the eyeballs become sore and the eye muscles ache. Nature offsets this irritation by producing more and fluid which covers the eyeball. The fluid coversthe eyeball in increasing quantity until vision blurs, then is obsured,and the result is total, even though temporary,snowblindness.Experiments led the Army to a simple method of overcoming this problem. Scouts ahead of a main body of troops are trained to shake snow from evergreen bushes, creating a dotted line as they cross completely snow-covered landscape,Even the scouts themselves throw lightweight , dark colored objects ahead on which they too can focus . The men following can then see something.Their gaze is arrested. Their eyes focus on a bush and having found something to see,stop scouring thesnow-blanketed lanscape. By focusing their attention on one object at a time,the men can cross the snow without becoming hopelessly snowblind or lost. In this way the problem of crossing a solid white terrain is overcome.1.To prevent headaches, watering eyes and blindness caused by the glare from snow, dark glasses are_____.a.indispensibleefulc.ineffectived.available2.When the eyes are sore tears are produced to ________.a.clear the visionb.remedy snowblindnessc.ease the irritationd.loosen the muscles3.Snowblindness may be avoided by_______.a.concentrating to the solid white terrainb.searching for something to look at in snow-covered terrainc.providing the eyes with something to foucs ond.covering the eyeballs with fluid4.The scouts shake snow from evergreen bushes in order to _______.a.bive the men behind something to seeb.beautify the landscapec.warm themselves in the coldd.prevent the men behind from losing their way5.A suitable title for this passage would be _______.a.snowblindness and how to overcome itb.natrue's cure for snowblindnessc.soldiers in the snowd.snow vision答案：CCCAA十九Water problems in the future will become nore intense and more complex. Our increasing population will tremendously increase urban wastes,primarily sewage. On the other hand, increasing demands for water will decease substantialy the amount of water available for diluting wastes. Rapidly expanding industries which involve more and more complex chemical processes will produce large volumes of liquid wastes, and many of these will contain chemicals which are noxious. To feed our rapidly expanding population, agriculture will have to be intensified. This will involve ever-increasingquantities of agricultural chemicals, From this , it is apparent that drastic steps must be taken immediately to develop corrective measures for the pollution problem.There are two ways by which this pollution problem can be dwindled. The first relates to the treatment of wastes to decrease their pollution hazard. This involves the processing of solid wastes "prior to " disposal and the treatment of liquid wastes, or efflunets,to permit the reuse of the water or minimize pollution upon final disposal.A second approach is to develop an economic use for all or a part of the wastes. Farm manure is spread in fields as a nutrient or organic supplement . Effluents from sewage disposal plants are used in some areas both for irrigation and for the nutrients contained. Efflunets from other processing plants may also be used as a supplemental source of water. Many industries, such as meat and poultry processing plants, are currently converting former waste products into marketable byproducts. Other industries are potential eonomic uses for waste products.1.The purpose of this passage is ______.a.to alert the reader to the dwindling water supplyb.to explain industrial uses of waterc.to acquaint the reader with water pollution problemsd.to demostrate various measures to solve the pollution problem2.Which of the following points is NOT INCLUDED in the passage?a.In dustrial development incudes the simplification of complex chemical processes.b.Diluting wastes needs certain amount of waterc.Demands for water will go up along with the expanding populationd.Intensive cultivation of land requires more and more chemicals3.The reader can conclued that________.a.countries of the world will work together on polution problemsb.byproducts from wastes lead to a more prosperous marketplacec.science is making great progress on increasing water suppliesd.some industries are now ,aking economic use of wastes4.The author gives substance to the passage through the use of _______.a.interviews with authorities in the field of water controlsb.opinions and personal observationsc.definitions which clarify important termsd.strong arguments and persuasions5.The words "prior to "(para.2) probably mean______.a.afterb.duringc.befored.beyond答案:cadbc二十One of the qualities that most people admire in others is the willingness to admit one's mistakes. It is extremely hard sometimes to say a simple thing like "I was wrong about that," and it is even harder to say, "I was wrong , and you were right about that."I had an experience recently with someone admitting to me that he had made a mistake fifteen years ago. He told me he had been the manager of a certain grocery store in the neighbourhood where I grew up, and he asked me if I remembered the egg cartons. Then he related an incident and Ibegan to remember vaguely the incident he was describing.I was about eight years old at the time, and I had gome into the store with may mother to do the weekly grocery shopping. On that particular day, I must have found my way to the dairy food department where the incident tood place.There must have been a special sale on eggs that day because there was an impressive display of eggs indozen and half-dozen cartons. The cartons were stacked three or four feet high. I must have stopped in front of a display to admire the stacks. Just then a woman came by pushing her grocery cart and knocked off the stacks of cartons. For some reason, I decided it was up to me to put the display back together, so I want to work.The manager heard the moise and came rushing over to see what had happened. When he appeared, I was on my knees inspecting some of the cartons to see if any of the eggs were broken, but to him it looked as though I was the culprit. He severely reprimanded me and wanted me to pay for any broken eggs. I protested my innocence and tried to explain, but it did no good. Even though I quickly forgot all about the incident, apparently the manager did not.1.How old was the author when he wrote this article?a.about 8b.about 18c.about 23d.about 152.Who was to blame for knocking off the stacks of cartons?a.The authorb.The managerc.A womand.The author's mother3.Which of the following statements is not true?a.The woman who knocked off the stacks of cartons was seriously criticized by the manangerb.The author was severely critizized by the manager.c.A woman carelessly knocked off the stacks of cartonsd.It was the author who put the display back together4.Which of the following can serve as the best title for the passage?a.Its Harder to Admit One's Mistakeb.I was once the culpritc.I remember an incidentd.A case of mistaken identity5.The tone of the article expresses the author's_______.a.admiration for the manager's willingness to admit mistakesb.anger to the manager for his wrong accusationc.indignation against the woman who knocked off the stacks of cartonsd.reget for the mistake the made in the store答案：ccada。

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4 – 22(0.68) ( BBDDC)The Library of Congress is America's national library. It has millions of books and other objects. It has newspapers, popular publications and letters of historical interest. It also has maps, photographs, art prints, movies, sound recordings and musical instruments. Altogether, it has more than one-hundred-million objects.The Library of Congress is open to the public Monday through Saturday, except for government holidays. Anyone may go there and read anything in the collection. But no one is permitted to take books out of the building.The Library of Congress was established in 1800. It started with eleven boxes of books in one room of the Capitol building. By 1814, the collection had increased to about three-thousand books. They were all destroyed that year when the Capitol was burned during America's war with Britain. To help re-build the library, Congress bought the books of President Thomas Jefferson. Mister Jefferson's collection included seven-thousand books in seven languages. In 1897, the Library moved into its own building, across the street from the Capitol. Today, three buildings hold the library's collection.The Library of Congress provides books and materials to the United States Congress. It also lends books to other American libraries, government agencies and foreign libraries. It buys some of its books and gets others as gifts. It also gets materials through its copyright office. Anyone who wants copyright protection for a publication in the United States must send two copies to the library. This means the Library of Congress receives almost everything that is published in the United States.1. According to the passage, what was the Library of Congress in the very beginning?A)A private library.B) A reading room in the Capitol building.C) A school library.D) A library with three buildings to hold its collection.2. When did America's war with Britain probably break out?A) Around 1800. B) Around 1814.C) Around 1897. D) Around 1901.3. Which of the following statements about the Library of Congress is TRUE according to the passage?A) The Library of Congress has more than one-hundred-million books.B) As other libraries, readers can borrow books out from the Library of Congress.C) The Library of Congress is open to the public only except for government holidays.D) The Library of Congress was once destroyed in a fire.4. According to the passage, the Library of Congress can get its materials in the following way EXCEPT ________.A) by buying some of its booksB) by getting some books as gifts from othersC) through its copyright officeD) by borrowing books from other agencies5. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A) The History of the Library of Congress.B)The Function of the Library of Congress.C)An Introduction to the Library of Congress.D) The Significance of the Library of Congress.The Library of Congress is America’s national library. It has millions of books and other objects. It has newspapers, popular publications and letters of historical interest. It also has maps, photographs, art prints, movies, sound recordings and musical instruments. Altogether, it has more than one-hundred-million objects.The Library of Congress is open to the public Monday through Saturday, except for government holidays. Anyone may go there and read anything in the collection. But no one is permitted to take books out of the building.The Library of Congress was established in 1800. It started with eleven boxes of books in one room of the Capitol building. By 1814, the collection had increased to about three-thousand books. They were all destroyed that year when the Capitol was burned during America's war with Britain. To help re-build the library, Congress bought the books of President Thomas Jefferson. Mister Jefferson's collection included seven-thousand books in seven languages. In 1897, the Library moved into its own building, across the street from the Capitol. Today, three buildings hold the library's collecti on.The Library of Congress provides books and materials to the United States Congress. It also lends books to other American libraries, government agencies and foreign libraries. It buys some of its books and gets others as gifts. It also gets materials through its copyright office. Anyone who wants copyright protection for a publication in the United States must send two copies to the library. This means the Library of Congress receives almost everything that is published in the United States.1. According to the passage, what was the Library of Congress in the very beginning?A) A private library.B) A school library.C) A reading room in the Capitol building.D) A library with three buildings to hold its collection.2. When did America's war with Britain probably break out?A) Around 1800. B) Around 1897.C) 1814 around D) Around 1901.3. Which of the following statements about the Library of Congress is TRUE according to the passage?A) The Library of Congress has more than one-hundred-million books.B) As other libraries, readers can borrow books out from the Library of Congress.C) The Library of Congress is open to the public only except for government holidays.D) The Library of Congress was once destroyed in a fire.4. According to the passage, the Library of Congress can get its materials in the following way EXCEPT ________.A) by borrowing books from other agenciesB) by buying some of its booksC) by getting some books as gifts from othersD) through its copyright office5. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A) The History of the Library of Congress.B) An Introduction to the Library of Congress.C) The Function of the Library of Congress.D) The Significance of the Library of Congress.People are fascinated by robots. Some of them look like mechanical dolls to play with. Most of them look like other machines of today’s technology.One of the advantages of robots is that they can work in situations that are dangerous or harmful for human workers. For example, the continuous smell of paint has a harmful effect on painters, but it doesn’t bother a robot. Robots can work in nuclear power plants and in undersea research stations that might be dangerous for humans.There are robots in the plastics industry and in chemical industry and industrial equipment industries. One of the most common uses of robots is in automobile factories. They can do the heavy, unpleasant, or dangerous work. For example, a computer programmer writes a program that tells how much paint to use, how thick it must be, and the size of the car body. The robot does not waste any time or movements. It never becomes bored. It doesn’t need a coffee break. It lasts 20 to 25 years.Today’s robots are simple-minded compared with the ones of the future. Researchers are now working on the sixth generation. These new robots will be able to take information from the environment. They will be able to see, using television camera for eyes. They will be able to touch and hear. Some computers can already understand a limited vocabulary. Researchers are trying to develop ones that can understand human speech. They will be able to understand voice commands and then respond.The new robots will be able to move in more ways. They will have several arms, each with several fingers. The robot will be able to operate these arms and fingers by itself. It will be able to make complex decisions in a working environment.1. Which of the following is an advantage of robots over human beings?A) Robots can be used to entertain people.B) Human beings do not smell harmful paints.C) Robots are not affected by harmful substances.D) Human beings cannot work undersea.2. Where are robots most widely used in place of human workers?A) In a car factory. B) In a software company.C) In a shoe factory. D) In a big office.3. Which of the following is TRUE about future robots?A) They may be able to control human beings.B) They may be able to communicate with human beings.C) They will be more simple-minded than today’s robots.D) They will be able to write computer programs.4. What does the phrase ―a limited vocabulary‖ (in Lines 5-6, Paragraph 4) mean?A) A fairly large number of words.B) A small number of words.C) Much of human speech.D) The basic structure of speech.5. What can we conclude from the passage about the new robots?A) They will behave more like humans.B) They will move faster than humans:C) They will be able to think like humans.D) They will be more intelligent than humans.4 – 11 (0.76)Industrial pollution is not only a problem for the countries of Europe and North America. It is also an extremely serious problem in some developing countries. For these countries, economic growth is a very important goal. They want to attract new industries, and so they put few controls on industries which cause pollution.Cubatao, an industrial town of 85,000 people in Brazil, is an example of the connection between industrial development and pollution. In 1954, Cubatao had no industry. Today it has more than twenty large factories, which produce many pollutants. The people of the town are exposed to a large number of poisonous substances in their environment and the consequences of this exposure can be clearly seen. Birth defects are extremely common. Among children and adults, lung problems are sometimes twelve times more common in Cubatao than in other places.It is true that Brazil. like many other countries, has laws against pollution, but these laws are not enforced strictly enough. It is cheaper for companies to ignore the laws and pay the fines than to buy the expensive equipment that will reduce the pollution. It is clear, therefore, that economic growth is more important to the government than the health of the workers. However, the responsibility does not completely lie with the Brazilian government. The example of Cubatao shows that international companies are not acting in a responsible way, either. A number of the factories in the town are owned by large-companies from France, Italy, and the U. S. They are doing things in Brazil that they would not be able to do at home. If they caused the same amount of pollution at home, they would be severely punished or even put out of business.1. Why don’t developing countries have strict pollution controls?A) Because the new industries they want to attract do not cause much pollution.B) Because pollution is not a serious problem for developing countries. .C) Because they fail to realize that the balance of nature will be disturbed by some pollutants.D) Because if developing countries put stricter controls on industry, fewer companieswould build new plants there.2. What is the author’s purpose in mentioning Cubatao?A) To show that industrial development can progress very quickly in developingcountries.B) To show that the pollution problem in Brazil is extremely serious. .C) To show that industrial growth causes pollution problems for developing countries.D) To show that pollution is threatening the lives of many people and the wholeeconomy' of Brazil.3. Why do some foreign companies like to set up their plants in Brazil?A) Because the investment environment in Brazil is suitable for them:B) Because they will not be severely punished if they cause pollution in Brazil.C) Because they can make a big profit as the labor cost in Brazil is relatively low.D) Because they can act in an irresponsible way in Brazil because there are no pollutionlaws there.4. The word―enforced‖ (Line 2, Para. 3) could best b e replaced by which of the following?A) carried out. B) drawn up. C) looked over. D) put out.5. What Can we conclude from the passage?A) In Brazil, companies which ignore pollutions laws have to pay fines.B) The Brazilian government pays great attention to the health of workers.C) Many foreign companies are out of business in Brazil for their pollution.D) Most international companies act responsibly in Brazil.11. DCBAA4 - l2 (0.79) DBACAAlthough machines have been around for a long time and people have adapted easily to living with most of them, they haven’t yet learned how to get along with the newest of these: the personal computer. This is so because the widespread use of the personal computer is a relatively new phenomenon.There was the well-known case of a family man who became so attached to his computer that he spent long hours with it. Of course, if he was spending long hours with his computer, he was spending less time with his family. And if his wife needed to see him, he was unavailable. She became so upset that she declared that unless he spent fewer hours with the machine and more with her and the family, she was going to divorce him. This issue became so serious that the couple had to seek help from a specialist. Fortunately, the husband reduced the time he spent with the computer, and the marriage was saved.Personal computers may cause people to become isolated from one another since work can be done at home alone. In this case, there may be no need for offices, or for that matter, for any other central gathering place. Universities, or even cities, would become unnecessary. Moreover, if what is now recorded on paper is recorded in the computer instead, people will have no reason to use any paper at all: no money, receipts, letters, newspapers, magazines, books, and so on. If this happens, there will be no need to go to the bank, the newsstand, the bookstore, or the library. Will people then be isolated in their sep-arate homes — alone with their computers and their families, apart from fellow workers, readers, or students?1. We can learn from the passage that the personal computer ________.A) has been around for a long timeB) has been accepted by all peopleC) is not widely used yetD) is not properly used by some people2. The man’s wife was upset because ________.A) he did not want to talk to herA)B) he was neglecting her and the familyC) he wanted to divorce herD) she did not have her own computer3. The man’s wife threate ned that she would divorce him if ________.A) he continued to spend long hours with the computerB) he did not quit his job with the computer companyC) he continued to spend no times with her parentsD) he did not go to see the specialist with her4. The marriage was saved ________.A) on the advice of the woman’s parentsB) after the wife took over the computerC) with the help of a specialistD) after the husband agreed to quit his job5. What seems to be worrying the author of this passage is mainly that ________.A) people may become isolated from one anotherB) offices may no longer be necessaryC) people will no longer read books or magazinesD) many people will lose their jobs4 –13 (0.74) 13. BBDACB)Life is difficultThis is a great truth. It is a great truth because once we truly understand and accept it, then life is no longer difficult.Most people do not fully see this truth. Instead, they complain about their problems and difficulties as if life should be easy. It seems to them that their difficulties represent a special kind of suffering especially forced upon them or else upon their families, their class, or even their nation.Life is a series of problems. Do we want to complain about them or solve them?What makes life difficult is that the process of facing and solving problems is a painful one. Problems, depending on their nature, cause in us sadness or loneliness or regret or anger or fear. These are uncomfortable feelings, often as painful as any kind of physical pain. Indeed, it is because of the pain which we have experienced that we call them problems. And since life causes an endless series of problems, life is always difficult and is full of pain as well as joy.Yet, it is in this whole process of solving problems that life has its meaning. Problems are the serious test that distinguishes between success and failure. It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually. When we desire to encourage the growth of the human spirit, we challenge and encourage the human capacity to solve problems, just as in school. we set problems for our children to solve. It is through the pain of meeting and working out problems that we learn. As Benjamin Franklin said, ―Those things that hurt, instruct.‖It is for this reason that wise persons learn not to fear but actually to welcome the pain of problems.1. Which sentence best expresses the central point of the. passage?A) Problems and difficulties represent a special kind of suffering.B) We become stronger mentally and physically by facing and solving problems of-life. C} Life is difficult because our problems bring us pain.D) People 1ike to complain about their problems.2. The author writes the first paragraph in just one short sentence in order to ________.A) save space B) draw readers’ attentionC) make readers laugh D) confuse readers3. Which sentence best expresses the maid idea of Paragraph 3?A) Most people feel life is easy.B) Life should be easy for most people.C) The author likes to complain about his problems.D) Most people complain about how hard their lives are.4. According to the passage, we give school children difficult problems to solve in order to________.A) challenge them to learnB) teach them to avoid the pain of solving problemsC) help them learn to ignore painD) teach them to have respect for authority5. The quotation from Benjamin Franklin, ―Those things that hurt, instruct‖ suggests that ________.A) we do not learn from experienceB) we do not learn when we are in painC) pain teaches us important lesson.D) pain cannot be avoided4-18(0.76) DBACDPeople who sleep about seven hours a night live the longest, three huge studies have found, the newest out in the February issue of the journal SLEEP. Still, many sleep experts say lots of adults get too little rest, and that can lead to dangerous health problems. In the latest report from Japanese researchers, 104, 010 adults were followed for about 10 years. At the start, the participants answered questionnaires about their sleep patterns, and about their health, mental health and lifestyle habits, which also can affect survival. After accounting for all of these factors, adults getting an average of seven hours had the lowest death rates. Surprisingly, less sleep, even as litt le as four hours a night, didn’t significantly increase deaths for men and only lowered survival for women if they averaged less than four hours. But adults who slept longer than seven hours, particularly women, were more likely to die during the 10 years. Doctors shouldn’t tell all of their pa tients to get at least eight hours of sleep, he says in an editorial in the journal.Hormonal (荷尔蒙的)changes caused by darkness or other unknown biological effects from long sleep could be affecting survival, Kripke says. But short sleepers may suffer other bad effects. In his brief studies, those sleeping four to five and a half hours did poorly on tests that measure memory, clear thinking and the ability to pay atten tion, ―and they did progressively worse as the we ek went on,‖ says David Dinges of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Adults who slept about seven hours performed best, he says.1. According to the study, the adult who sleeps _______ hours a night is more likely to die.A) 5 B) 6C)C) 7 D) 82. According to the passage, the latest study may consider all the following factors relating to thesubjects EXCEPT ________.A) sleep patterns B) racesD)C) sexes D) lifestyles3. Why could long sleep be affecting survival according to the passage?A) Because the darkness in long sleep causes one’s hormonal changes.B) Because long sleep affects one’s appetite.C) Because long sleep causes heart attack.D) Because long sleep makes people feel lonely.4. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A) Short sleeper suffer fewer bad effects.B) The more sleep, the better.C) It may be better for some patients to sleep less than 8 hours.D) Women are more likely to die than men.5. According to the study, 7-hour sleepers enjoy the following good effects EXCEPT________.A) the longest life B) clear thinkingE)C) a good memory D) frequent promotion。

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2019年大学英语四级考试阅读模拟试题（4）There is no denying that students should learn something about how computers work, just as we expect them at least to understand that the internal-combustion engine(内燃机)has something to do with burning fuel, expanding gases and pistons (活塞)being driven. For people should have some basic idea of how the things that they use do what they do. Further, students might be helped by a course that considers the computers impact on society. But that is not what is meant by computer literacy. For computer literacy is not a formof literacy (读写能力);it is a trade skill that should not be taught as a liberal art.Learning how to use a computer and learning how to program one are two distinct activities. A case might be made that the competent citizens of tomorrow should free themselves from their fear of computers. But this is quite different from saying that all ought to know how to program one. Leave that to people who havechosen programming as a career. While programming can be lots of fun, and while our society needs some people who are experts at it, the same is true of auto repair and violin-making.Learning how to use a computer is not that difficult, and it gets easier all the time as programs become more user-friendly. Let us assume that in the future everyone is going to have to know how touse a computer to be a competent citizen. What does the phrase learning to use a computer mean? It sounds like learning to drive a car, that is, it sounds as if there is some set of definite skills that, once acquired,enable one to use a computer.In fact, learning to use a computer is much more like learning to play a game,but learning the rulesof one game may not help you play a second game, whose rules may not be the same. There is no such a thingas teaching someone how to use a computer. One can only teach people to use this or that program and generally that is easily accomplished.Choose correct answers to the question:1.To be the competent citizens of tomorrow, people should _______.A. try to lay a solid foundation in computer scienceB. be aware of how the things that they use do what they doC. learn to use a computer by acquiring a certain set of skillsD. understand that programming a computer is more essential than repairing a car2. In the second paragraphauto repairandviolin-makingare mentioned to show that _______ .A. programming a computer is as interesting as making a violinB. our society needs experts in different fieldsC. violin making requires as much skill as computer programmingD. people who can use a computer don’t necessarily have to know computer programming3. Learning to use a computer is getting easier all the time because _______ .A. programs are becoming less complicatedB. programs are designed to be convenient to usersC. programming is becoming easier and easierD. programs are becoming readily available to computer users4. According to the author,the phraselearning to use a computer(Lines3,4,Para.3) means learning _______.A. a set of rulesB. the fundamentals of computer scienceC. specific programsD. general principles of programming5. The author’s purpose in writing this passage is _______.A. to stress the impact of the computer on societyB. to explain the concept of computer literacyC. to illustrate the requirements for being competent citizens of tomorrowD. to emphasize that computer programming is an interesting and challenging job参考答案1.[C]2.[D]3.[B]4.[C]5.[B]。

西安石油大学大一下学期英语试题unit 4

Unit 41. Online learning has marked a new ________ in education; now the studentshave more resources to turn to. (2—4A*)A) security B) departureC) equality D) campaign2. I had a terrible time at the meeting; every one of them attacked my researchwork _________. (2—4A*)A) in case B) in additionC) in general D) in turn3. Don’t ________ too much work at once, or you will make yourself tootired. (2---4A*)A) take to B) take inC) take on D) take up4. He set up an old people’s home with the money _________ by thegovernment in 2001. (2---4A*)A) utilized B) grantedC) punched D) acquired5. The president has good control of __________ affairs, but many peoplethink that he does not have enough control in the area of foreign affairs.(2---4A*)A) customary B) domesticC) excessive D) generous6. Jack’s father is rather angry with him for his _________ to the future. (2---4A#)A) inefficiency B) inconvenienceC) indifference D) inaccuracy7. The Grand Hotel in the town center is playing ____ to the company’s salesmeeting this year. (2---4A*)A) image B) agentC) style D) host8. We must _________ on water because it is difficult to find much water insuch an area during summer time. (2---4A*)A) locate B) stressC) economize D) possess9. I think that the food is very _________ at the restaurant, though the serviceneeds to be improved. (2---4A*)A) plentiful B) tastyC) fruitful D) vivid10. She called her parents just to tell them that she had become _________ tolife at university. (2---4A*)A) traditional B) experiencedC) normal D) accustomed11. The girl found it difficult to __________ to new customs when she firstcame to Shanghai. (2---4A*)A) haste B) adaptC) expect D) predict12. This _________ shows that John Williams has completed the school-workof the eighth grade. (2---4A#)A) publication B) headlineC) certificate C) evidence13. This article informs us that Australia has the lowest standard of ________health in the world. (2---4A#)A) chief B) dentalC) basic D) frank14. Tension _________ on these children when it was time to leave, since theydidn’t know whether they could get used to the life without parents. (2---4A*)A) descended B) advancedC) interfered D) reacted15. It is just a _________ medical examination, nothing to get worried about.(2---4A#)A) slight B) majorC) popular D) routine16. She now has _________ over the people she used to take orders from. (2---4A#)A) conclusion B) directnessC) authority D) limitation17. He hasn’t _________ what action he would take in response to theirbehavior. (2---4A#)A) decreased B) appealedC) prescribed D) specified18. _________ of points will be made if those who compete do not follow therules. (2---4A#)A) Adoptions B) DeductionsC) Evaluations D) Occupations19. The employer got _________ with his employees and refused to raise theirwages. (2---4A#)A) panic B) emotionalC) tough D) guilty20. We _________ stresses of one kind or another each day in our lives. (2---4A#)A) encounter B) commitC) retreat D) yield21. If no one has any _________, I’ll declare the meeting closed. (2---4B#)A) institution B) reflectionC) objection D) nutrition22. We must take everything into view before we make any decision, becausea wrong decision could do _________ harm to us. (2---4B*)A) superficial B) desperateC) considerate D) infinite23. Owing to his __________ efforts, Jack, in his late twenties, became theyoungest professor at this university. (2---4B*)A) absolute B) sequentialC) intentional D) ceaseless24. The young girl managed to _________ to Europe after she married aFrench man. (2---4B*)A) transmit B) reserveC) purchase D) emigrate25. The little girl is so shy that she _________ from meeting any stranger. (2—4B*)A) shrinks B) restrainsC) interrupts D) discourages26. A country’s future _________ depends, to a degree, upon the quality ofeducation of its people. (2—4B#)A) appointment B) demonstrationC) expansion D) prosperity27. Later comers were not allowed to enter as the spacious music hall was filled toits __________. (2---4B*)A) structure B) capacityC) residence D) foundation28. He did not like his daughter’s boyfriend, and __________ him to enter thehouse. (2---4#)A) forbade B) protestedC) confined D) excused29. I’ve never met two sisters with __________ voices before. (2---4B#)A) definite B) universalC) identical D) obvious30. Markets are _________ and a company must learn to adjust itself to them.(2---4B#)A) spectacular B) pessimisticC) valuable D) dynamic。

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Unit 3Cloze 1 (2---3A)Gail and I imagined a quiet wedding. During our two years together we had experienced the __1__ happy and unhappy moments of a couple __2__ to know, understand, and respect each other. But through it __3__ we had honestly confronted the weaknesses and __4__ of each other’s characters.Our racial and cultural differences enhanced our relationship and taught us a great deal about tolerance, compromise, and being open__5__ each other. Gail sometimes wondered __6__ I and other blacks were so __7__ with the racial issue, and I was surprised that she seemed to forget the subtler forms of racial hatred in American society.Gail and I had no illusions __8__ what the future held for us as a married, __9__ couple in America. The continual __10__ of our strength was our mutual trust and respect.1. A) average B) always C) usual D) often2. A) learns B) learn C) to learn D) learning3. A) all B) everything C) anything D) what4. A) virtue B) strength C) reward D) notion5. A) to B) on C) with D) in6. A) why B) whether C) if D) where7. A) engaged B) performed C) conducted D) involved8. A) at B) from C) about D) for9. A) combined B) mixed C) joined D) united10. A) origin B) resource C) source D) instinctUnit 3Cloze 2 (2—3A)When Gail spread the news of our wedding plans to her family she met with some resistance. Her mother, Deborah, all along had been supportive __1__ our relationship, and even joked about __2__ we were going to get married so she could have grandchildren. __3__ congratulations upon hearing our news, Deborah counseled Gail to be really sure she __4__ the right thing.“So it was all right to date him, but it’s wrong for me to marry him. Is his color the problem, Mom?” Gail__5__ told me she had asked her mother.“To start with I must admit that at first I had doubts about a mixed marriage. But when I met Mark I found him a charming and intelligent young guy. __6__ mother would be proud to have him for a son-in-law. So, color has nothing to do with it. Yes, my friends __7__. Some even express __8__ at what you’re doing. But they live in a different world. So you see, Mark’s color is not the problem. My biggest worry is __9__ you may be marrying Mark for the same wrong reasons that I married your father. When we met I saw him as my beloved, intelligent, charming, and caring It was all so new, all so exciting, and we all thought, on the surface at least, that __10__ was an ideal marriage with every indication that it would last forever. I realized only later that I didn’t know my loved, your father, very well when you married.”1. A) with B) for C) of D) over2. A) since B) which C) because D) when3. A) Regardless of B) Instead of C) In return for D) As for4. A) was doing B) did C) had done D) would do5. A) unconsciously B) previously C) subsequently D) intentionally6. A) Each B) Any C) Every D) All7. A) say B) speak C) talk D) chat8. A) shock B) surprise C) startle D) amaze9. A) whether B) if C) how D) that10. A) we B) ours C) our D) usUnit 3Cloze 3 (2---3B)One day, my mother called me, to invite me __1__ a birthday dinner for my father. My brother Vincent was bringing his girlfriend, Lisa Lum. I could bring a friend, too.I knew she would do this, because cooking was __2__ my mother expressed her love, her pride, her power. “ Just be sure to tell her later that her cooking was the best you ever tasted,” I told Rich. “Believe me.”The eve of the dinner, I sat in the kitchen watching her cook, waiting for the right moment to tell her about our marriage plans, __3__ we had decided to get married next July, about seven months __4__. She was cubing garlic and slicing cabbage into small pieces and chatting at the same time about Auntie Suyuan : “She can only cook __5__ at directions. My instructions are in my fingers. I know what secret ingredients to put in just by using my nose!” And she was slicing so quickly, __6__ not paying attention to her sharp chopping knife, that I was afraid the tips of her fingers would become one of the ingredients of the purple vegetable and pork dish.I was hoping she would say something first __7__ Rich. I had seen her expression when she opened the door, __8__ smile as she surveyed him from head to __9__, checking her judgment of him against __10__ already given to her by Auntie Suyuan.I tried to anticipate what criticism she would have.1. A) at B) for C) to D) on2. A) why B) how C) where D) what3. A) that B) which C) whether D) when4. A) distant B) far C) further D) away5. A) to look B) looked C) looking D) looks6. A) obviously B) seemingly C) apparently D) consciously7. A) concerning B) worrying C) bothering D) troubling8. A) she forced B) she forcing C) her forced D) her forcing9. A) ankle B) feet C) toe D) sole10. A) one B) it C) those D) that。

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4 –5 (0.85)APOINT and click, point and click. This is the hour after I finish my homework. As I write that last chemistry answer, my mind wanders to what awaits me in the world of the Web. Soon I will be talking to friends through instant messages, reading new mail in my inbox and checking out teen sites for the autumn fashion. Many teens spend hours on-line. It's a fun new way of communication and exploration.As I point and click away, I feel like a detective.If I have a question on relationships or other issues, I look to the millions of teens on the Web for advice. Many sites offer articles written by teens, and reading message boards is also very helpful when looking for advice. For homework, the on-line encyclopedias never cease to provide just the information I am looking for.Another important part of my life on-line is communication. Although e-mail and in-stant messages will never replace traditional mail and the telephone, I do rely heavily on the Web for instant communication.I love that I can go on-line and talk to my friend in Ireland just as easily as I can talk to my friends in the next town. An e-mail to my grandmother tells her how much I care in a matter of seconds, and private chat rooms even provide a great forum for late-night study groups.Communication is an essential part of everybody's life, and the Web is a tool to make communication easier.With a click of my mouse, the answers to my questions are just seconds away. The Web helps me find great summer job information, the hottest new movie and even the most popular places to hang out in my area.Who would ever have thought that the world would be at our fingertips?The services the Internet provides are endless. It can meet the needs of a student in Alaska just the same as it meets the needs of a businessman in Japan. I love the Internet, and I guess I am just a girl in a point and click world.1. What does the author talk about in this passage?A) Relaxation after homework. B) The world of the Web.C) Making friends on the Internet. D) The hottest new movie online.2. It is not stated clearly but implied that the author is _______.A) a detective B) a businessman C) a student D) webmaster3. Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?A)Sending and receiving instant messages.B)Reading mails and talking with friends.C)Making use of on-line encyclopedias.D)Playing on-line games with friends.4. Which of the following is true according to the author?A) Internet is only the teens’ favorite.B) Instant messages will prevail over e-mail.C) Traditional mail and telephone will not be abandoned.D)There is still limit to the Web services.5. what is the author’s attitude to the development of the Internet?A)Positive B)Negative C)Neutral D)Ambiguous (模糊的)5. BCDCA4 – 8 (0.81) CACABGovernment officials say there are about two-million-three-hundred-thousand American Indians. They belong to more than 550 different tribes and groups of Alaskan Natives. They still speak more than 200 languages. About 500,000 Indians live on reservations. A reservation is the land given to the tribe by the federal government. Most tribes were moved to reservations in the 1800s when the government took their traditional lands.American Indians are citizens of the United States. They have the same right to vote and to be elected to public office as other citizens. Indians must obey federal, state and local laws when they are not on the reservation. On the reservation, only federal law and tribal laws are in effect. Most tribal officials are elected by members of the tribe.American Indians historically have had higher rates of unemployment, more health problems and less education than most other groups of Americans. In recent years, however, conditions have improved. More young people are completing school. Many American Indian artists are creating jewelry, pottery, weavings and wood carvings that are highly prized by collectors.Each of the tribes has its own culture and history. Yet all the tribes share major concerns. They are trying to keep their traditional cultures alive while improving the living conditions of tribal members. Joe Swina is a professor at the University of New Mexico and a member of the Cochiti Pueblo. He explains that American Indians have to work hard to balance their lives. They need to exist in the modern, western world yet protect the traditions and values of their ancient, but still living culture.1. How many American Indians live on reservations?A) 2,300,000 B) 2,000,000C) 500,000 D) 400,000 2.2. According to the passage, a reservation is ________.A)the land given to the tribe by federal government.B) the land given to the tribe by local government.C) the traditional land of American Indians.D) all the farms.3. What can be inferred from the passage?A) American Indians have no right to be elected to public office.B) American Indians must obey federal, state and local laws on their reservations.C) State laws are not in effect on the reservations.D) All the tribal officials are elected by members of the tribes.4. Which of the following is NOT the problem facing American Indian before?A) Producing too many potteries.B) Higher rates of unemployment.C) More health problems.D) Less health education.5. What are the major concerns shared by all the American Indian tribes according to the passage?A) Making more jewelry.B) Keeping their traditional culture alive.C) Trying to live in the modern society.D) Establishing as independent country.4 – 20AIt is commonly believed in the United States that school is where people go to get an education. Nevertheless, it has been said that today children interrupt their education to go to school. The distinction between schooling and education implied by this remark is important.Education is much more open-ended and all-inclusive than schooling. Education knows no bounds.It can take place anywhere, whether i n the shower or in the job, whether in a kitchen or on a tractor. It includes both the formal learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of informal learning. Whereas schooling has a certain predictability, education quite often produces surprises. A chance conversation with a stranger may lead a person to discover how little is known of other religions. People are engaged in education from infancy on. Education, then, is a very broad, inclusive term. It is a lifelong process, a process that starts long before the start of school, and one that should be an integral part of one’s entire life.Schooling, on the other hand, is a specific, formalized process, whose general pattern varies little from one setting to the next. Throughout a country, children arrive at school at approximately the same time, take assigned seats, are taught by an adult, use similar textbooks, do homework, take exams, and so on. The slices of reality that are to be learned, whether they are the alphabet or an understanding of the working of government, have usually been limited by the boundaries of the subject being taught. There are definite conditions surrounding the formalized process of schooling.1. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?A) Education can take place anywhere.B) Education has a certain predictability.C) Education consists of formal learning and informal learning.D) Education is a lifelong process.2. Which of the following words can replace the word “all-inclusive” (Line 1, Para. 2)?A) Beneficial. B) Frequent:C) Comprehensive: D) Useful.3. According to the passage, schooling usually takes place _______.A) in a shower B) in a kitchenC) in a job D) in a classroom4. What can be inferred from the passage?A) Nearly everyone is getting education.B) Nearly .everyone is getting schooling.C) Schooling is more important than education.A) There is little difference between schooling and education.5. What is the best title for the passage?A) Education in the United States.B) The Importance of Education. ,C) The Importance of Schooling.D) Education and Schooling.20. BCDAD4-47 ( 0.80) CDBABThe story of Diego Maradona, the Argentinean football player, is the story of the rise andfall of a poor man who became a world star, but paid the price of fame. At 33 years of age, he isnow at the end of a career which saw him, in the 1980s, as the bright star of World Cup Football.In the 1990s, this career has come into a story of poor performance on the field, drug-taking,speaking ill of football officials, being forbidden and finally facing court action in which he hashad to defend charges of shooting at several reporters. .Maradona was born in the poor area of Furito in Buenos Aires. Early in his life, he was ableto realize a dream of most poor boys, the dream that the way out of poverty -trap is through suc-cess in sport. Sport in the world around is an activity open to all people, no matter what their background is.Diego Maradona is one of eight children. His father is an Indian and mother an Italian. Thegames of football played in the dirty street outside his small white, one-storied home in Furitowere to provide him with a passport out of the small town. Today, poorly dressed boys still runand kick balls around the street from which their hero traveled to become one of the world's greatfootball artists.1. In the second para graph of this passage, what does “poverty-trap” mean?A) The low position in society:B) Extremely poor condition in one's life.C) Poor living conditions, which are hard to escape from.D) Become wealthy in the future.2 . After rising to the height in his football career, he has been in decline, for ________.A) his performance is not as good as before on the field.B) he will be brought in an action against his bad deed.C) he showed no respect for some football officials.D) all the above.3. Sport is an activity open to all people, no matter what their background is. This sentence tellsus ________.A) everybody enjoys sport and could turn a dream into reality.B) through sport everybody may be successful and becomes a famous star in the world, nomatter how poor he used to be.C) if one wants to be a famous sport star, he must have a special background.D) people from working-class families will never get international success4. We can infer from the passage that ________.A)Maradona will face a possible prison term if found guilty on the shooting charges.B) Background is very important in sport.C) Maradona is a football star so he is as famous as before.D) Maradona is down but he isn't knocked out.5. How many children did his parents have?A) Seven B) Eight C) Nine D) Unknown。

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than those of any other country in the world.
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大学英语四试题及答案一、听力理解（共20分）1. A) The man is a professor.B) The man is a student.C) The man is a librarian.D) The man is a writer.答案：B2. A) The woman is looking for a job.B) The woman is looking for a house.C) The woman is looking for a restaurant.D) The woman is looking for a bookstore.答案：A二、阅读理解（共40分）1. What does the author mainly discuss in the passage?A) The importance of a healthy lifestyle.B) The causes of stress.C) The effects of stress on health.D) The ways to reduce stress.答案：D2. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT a benefit of exercise?A) It helps to burn calories.B) It helps to improve memory.C) It helps to lower blood pressure.D) It helps to increase appetite.答案：D三、词汇与语法（共20分）1. The teacher asked the students to ________ the sentences into English.A) translateB) transmitC) transformD) transport答案：A2. The company has ________ a lot of money this year.A) lostB) wastedC) spentD) consumed答案：A四、完形填空（共10分）1. The ________ of the new bridge has greatly improved transportation in the area.A) completionB) constructionC) destructionD) deconstruction答案：A2. The ________ of the old factory has caused a lot of pollution.A) operationB) productionC) destructionD) construction答案：A五、翻译（共10分）1. 随着互联网的普及，人们可以更容易地获取信息。

大学英语四级阅读理解试题及答案

大学英语四级阅读理解试题及答案（一）一There are three kinds of goals: short-term,medium-range and long-term goals.Short-range goals are those that usually deal with current activities,which we can apply on a daily basis.Such goals can be achieved in a week or less,or two weeks,or possible months.It should be remembered that just as a building is no stronger than its foundation ,out long-term goals cannot amount to very munch without the achievement of solid short-term goals.Upon completing our short-term goals,we should date the occasion and then add new short-term goals that will build on those that have been completed.The intermediate goals bukld on the foundation of the short-range goals.They might deal with just one term of school or the entire school year,or they could even extend for several years.Any time you move a step at a time,you should never allow yourself to become discouraged or overwhelmed. As you complete each step,you will enforce the belief in your ability to grow adn succeed.And as your list of completion dates grow,your motivation and desire will increase.Long-range goals may be related to our dreams of the future. They might cover five years or more. Life is not a static thing.We should never allow a long-term goal to limit us or our course of action.1.Our long-term goals mean a lot__.a.if we complete our short-range goalsb.if we cannot reach solid short-term goalsc.if we write down the datesd.if we put forward some plans2.New short-term goals are bulid upon__.a.two yearsb.long-term goalsc.current activitiesd.the goals that have been completed3.When we complete each step of our goals ,__.a.we will win final successb.we are overwhelmedc.we should build up confidence of successd.we should strong desire for setting new goals4.Once our goals are drawn up,__.a.we should stick to them until we complete themb.we may change our goals as we have new ideas and opportunitiesc.we had better wait for the exciting news of successd.we have made great decision5.It is implied but not stated in the passage that ___.a.those who habe long-term goals will succeedb.writing down the dates may discourage youc.the goal is only a guide for us to reach our desinationd.every should have a goal答案：adcbc二The economy of the United states after 1952 was the econnomy of a well-fed,almost fully employed people. Despit occasional alarms, the country escaped any postwar depression and lived in a state of boom. A n economic survey of the year 1955, a typical year of the 1950’s, may be typical as illustrating the rapid economic growth of the decade. The national output was value at 10 percent above that of 1954 (1955 output was estimated at 392 billion dollars). The production of manufacturers was about 40 percent more than it had averaged in the years immediately following World War 2. The country’s business spent about 30billion dollars for new factories and machinery. National income available for spending was almost a third greater than it had been it had been in 1950. Consumers spent about 256 billion dollars; that is about 700 million dollars a day ,or about twenty-five million dollars every hour , all round the clock. Sixty-five million people held jobs and only a little more than two million wanted jobs but could not find them . Only agriculture complained that it was not sharing in the room. To some observers this was an ominous echo of the mid-1920’s . As farmer’s shre of their products declined , marketing costs rose. But there were , among the observers of the national economy, a few who were not as confident as the majority . Those few seemed to fear that the boom could not last and would eventually lead to the oppsite-depression.1. What is the best title of the passage?a. The Agriculatural Trends of 1950’sb. The Unemployment Rate of 1950’sc. U.S. Economy in the 50’sd. The Federal Budget of 19522. In Line 4 , the word “boom” could best be replaced by______.a. nearby explosionb. thunderous noisec. general public supportd. rapid economic growth3. It can be inferred the national from the passage that most people in the United States in 1955 viewed the national economy with an air of _________.a. confidenceb. confusionc. disappointmentd. suspicion4. Which of the following were LEAST satisfied with the national economy in the 1950’s?a. Economistsb. Frmaersc. Politiciansd. Steelworkers5. The passage states that incom available for spending in the U.S. was greater in 1955 than in 1950 . How much was it ?a. 60%b. 50%c. 33%d. 90%答案：cdabc三Women are also underrepresented in the administration and this is because there are so few women full professors. In 1985,Regent Beryl Milburn produced a report blasting the University of Texas System adminitration for not encouraging women.The University was rated among the lowest for the system.In a 1987 update ,Milburn commended the progress that was made and called for even more improvement.One of the positive results from her study was a System-wide program to inform women of available administrative jobs.College of Communication Associate Dean Patrica Witherspoon,said it is important that woman be flexible when it comesto relocating if they want to rise in the ranks.Although a woman may face a chilly climate on campus , many times in order for her to succeed , she must rise above the problems around her and concentrate on her work.Until women make up a greater percentage of the senior positions in the University and all academia,inequities will exist."Women need to spend their energies and time doing scholarly activities that are important here at the University." Spirduso said. "If they do that will be successful in this system.If they spend their time in little groups mourning the sexual discrimination that they think exists here, they are wasting valuable study time."1.According to Spirduso,women need to ____.a.produce a report on sexual discriminationb.call for further improvement in their working conditionsc.spend their energies and time fighting against sexual discriminationd.spend more time and energy doing scholarly activities2.From this passage ,we know that _____.a.there are many women full professors in the University of Texasb.women play an important part in adminitrating the Universityc.the weather on the campus is chillyd.women make up a small percentage of the senior positions in the University3.Which of the following statements is true?a.the number of women professors in the University in 1987 was greater than that of 1985b.the number of women professors in the University in 1987 was smaller than that of 1985c.the number of women professors was the same as that of 1985d.more and more women professors thought that sexual discrimination did exit in the University4.One of the positive results from Milburn's study was that _____.a.women were told to con centrate on teir workb.women were given information about available administrative jobsc.women were encouraged to take on all the administrative jobs in the Unversityd.women were encouraged to do more scholarly activities5. The title for this passage should be _______.a.The University of Texasburn's Reportc.Women Professorsd.Sexual Discrimination in Academia答案：ddabd四Today ,as in every other day of the year ,more than 3000 U.S. adlescents will smoke their first cigarette on their way to becoming regular smokers as adults. During their lifetime,it can be expected that of these 3000 about 23 will be murdered,30 will die in traffic accidents, and nearly 750 will be killed by a smoking-related disease. The number of deaths attributed to cigarette smoking outweithts all other factors, whether voluntary or involuntary, as a cause of death.Since the late 1970s, when daily smoking among high school seniors reached 30 precent , smoking rates among youth have declined . While the decline is impressive ,several important issues must be raised.First, in the past several years,smoking rates among youth have declined very little. Second,in the late 1970s ,smoking among male high school seniors exceeded that among female by nearly 10 percent . The statistic is reversing.Third ,several recent studies have indicate high school dropouts have excessively high smoking rates, as much as 75 percent .Finally, thouth significant declines in adolescent smoking have occurred in the past decade,no definite reasons for the decline exist. Within this context,the Naional Cancer Instiute (NCI) began its current effort to determine the most effecive measures to reduce smoking levesl among youth.1.According to the author, the deaths among youth are mainly caused by _____.a.traffic accidentsb.smoking-related deseasec.murderd.all of these2.Every day there are over_____high school strdents who will become regular smoker.a.75b.23c.30d.30003.By "dropout" the author means______.a.students who failed the examinationb.students who left schoolc.students who lost their wayd.students who were driven out of school4.The reason for declining adolescent smoking is that ________.a.NCI has taken effective measuresb.smoking is prevented among high school seniorsc.there are many smokers who have died of cancerd.none of these5.What is implied but not stated by the author is that ________.a.smoking rates among youth have declined very littleb.there are now more female than male smokers among high school seniorsc.high smoking rates are due to the incease in wealthd.smoking at high school are from low socio-economic backgrounds答案：bdbdb五The food we eat seems to have profound effects on our health.Although science has made enormous steps in making food more fit to eat ,it has, at the same time,made many foods unfit to eat. Some research has shown that perhaps eighty percent of all human illnesses are related to dietand forty percent of cancer is related to the diet as well,especially cancer of the colon. Different cultures are more likely to cause certain different illnesses because of the food that is characteristic in these cultures. That food is related to illness is nto a new discovery. In 1945, about 35 years ago, government researchers realized that nitrates, commonly used to preserve color in meats,and other food additivies,caused cancer. Yet, these carcinogenic additives remain in our food, and it becomes more difficult all the time to know which things on the packaging labels of processed food are helpful or harmful. The additives which we eat are not all so direct. Farmers often give penicillin to beef and living animals, and because of this ,penicillin has been found in the milk of treated cow. Sometimes similar drugs are given to animals not for medical purposes,but for financial reasons. The farmers are simply trying to fatten the animals in order to obtain a higher price on the market. Although the Food and Drug Administration(FDA) has tried repeatedly to control these procedures, the practices continue.1.What is the best possible title of the passage?a.Drug and Foodb.Cancer and Healthc.Food and Healthd.Health and Drug2.Which of the following statements is NOT ture?a.Drugs are always given to animals for medical reasonsb.Some of the additives in our food are added to the food itself and some are given to the living animalsc.Researchers have known about the potential dangers of food additives for over thirty-five years.d.Food may cause forty percent of cancer in world.3.How has science done something harmful to mankind?a.Because of science , diseases caused by polluted food haven been virtually eliminated.b.It has caused a lack of information concerning the value of food.c.Because of the application of science,some potentially harmful substances have been added to food.d.The scientists have preserved the color of meats,but not of vegetables.4.What are nitrates used for?a.They preserve flavor in packaged foods.b.They preserve the color of meats.c.They are the objects of research.d.They cause the animals to become fatter.5.The word 'carcinogenic' most nearly means '_____'.a.trouble-makingb.color-retainingc.money-makingd.cancer-causing答案：cacbd大学英语四级阅读理解试题及答案（二）六As the pace of life continues to increase ,we are fast losing the art of relaxation. Once you are in the habit of rushing through lift,being on the go from morning till night, it is hard to slow down. But relaxation is essential for a healthy mind and body.Stress is an natural part of everyday lift and there is no way to avoid it. In fact ,it is not the bad thing it is often supposed to be .A certain amount of stress is vital to provide motivation adn give purpose to life. It is only when the stress gets out of control 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 people are not afraid of stress,and such characters are obviously prime material for managerial responsibilities. Others lose heart at the first signs of unusual difficulties. When exposed to stress,in whatever form,we react both chemically and physically. In fact we make choice between "fight" or "flight" and in more primitive days the choice 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 response. It is when such a reaction lasts long,through continued exposure to stress,that health becomes endangered.Such serious conditions as high blood pressure and heart disease have established links with stress.Since we cannot remove stress from our lives(it would be unwise to do so even if we could),we need to find ways to deal with it.1.People are finding less and less time for relaxing themselves because_____.a.they do not know how to enjoy themselvesb.they do not believe that relaxation is important for healthc.they are travelling fast all the timed.they are becoming busier with their work2.According to the writer ,the most important character for a good manager is his ________.a.not fearing stressb.knowing the art of relaxationc.high sense of responsibilityd.having control over performance3.Which of the follwing statements is ture?a.We can find some ways to avoid stressb.Stress is always harmful to peoplec.It is easy to change the hagit of keeping oneself busy with work.d.Different people can withstand different amounts of stress4.In Paragraph 3, "such a reaction" refers back to_______.a."making a choice between 'flight' or 'fight'"b."reaction to stress both chemically and physically"c."responding to crises quickly"d."losing heart at the signs difficulties"5.In the last sentence of the passage,"do so " refers to ______.a."expose ourselves to stress"b."find ways to deal with stress"c."remove stress from our lives"d."established links between diseases and stress"答案：dadbc七In the 1960s, many young Americans were dissatisfied with American society. They wanted to end the Vietnam War and to make all of the people in the U.S. epual. Some of them decided to "drop out" of American society and form their own societies . They formed utopian communities , which they called "communes," where they could follow their philosophy of "do your own thing."A group of artists founded a commune in southern Colorado called "Drop City." Following the ideas of philosopher and architect Buckminster Fuller they built domeshaped houses from pieces of old cars. Other groups, such as author Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters, the followers fo San Francisco poet Steve Gakin, and a group that called itself the Hog Farm, lived in old school huses and traveled around the United States. The Hog Farm become famous when they helped organize the Woodstock Rock Festival in 1969. Steve Gaskin's followers tried to settle down on a farm in Tennessee, but they had to leave when some members of the gruop were arrested for growing marijuana.Not all communes believed in the philosophy of "do you own thing," however . Twin Oaks , a commune founded in Virgiania in the late 1960s, was based on the ideas of psychologist B.F.Skinner. The people who lived at Twin Oaks were carefully controlled by Skinner's "conditioning" techniques to do things that were good for the community. In 1972, Italian architect Paolo Soleri began to build Arcosanti, a utopian city Arizsona where 2500 people will live closely together in one large building called an "archology" Soleri believes that people must live closely together so that they will all become one.1.Why did some young Americans decide to "drop out" of scoiety during the 1960s?a.They were not satisfied with American society.b.They wanted to grow marijuana.c.They wanted to go to the Vietnam War.d.They did not want all people to be equal.2.Where did the members of the Hog Farm commune live?a.In dome-shaped houseb.In old school husesc.On a farm inTennesseed.In an archology in Arizona3.Who gave the people of Drop City the idea to bulid dome-shaped house?a.Paolo Solerib.B.G.Skinnerc.Steve Gaskind.Buckminster Fuller4.What was the Twin Oaks commune base on ?a.The philosophy of "do your own thing"b.Virginaia in the late 1960sc.The ideas of psychologistd.The belief that people must live closely togerher.5.What is an "archology"?a.A person who studies archaeologyb.A large building where people live closely togetherc.A city in A rizonad.A technique to contorl people答案：abdcb八There are two factors which determine an individual's intelligence. The first is the sort of brain he is born with. Human brains differ considerably, some being more capable than others. But no matter how good a brain he has to begin with, an individual will have a low order of intelligence unless he has opportunities to learn. So the second factor is what happens to the individual—the sort of environment in which he is reared. If an individual is handicapped envionmentally ,it is likely that his brain will fail to develop and he will never attain the level of intelligence of which he is capable.The importance of environment in determining an individual's intellingence can be demonstrated by the case history of the identical twins, Peter and Mark X. Being identical, the twins had identical brains at birth, and their growth processes were the same. When the twins were three months old , their parents died, and they were placed in separate foster homes. Peter was reated by parents of low intelligence in an isolatedcommunity with poor educational pooprtunities.Mark was reared inthe home of well-to-do parents who had been to college. He was read to as a child , sent to good schools, and given every opportunity to be stimulated intellectually.This enviromental difference continued until the twins were in their late teens, when they were giben tesets to measure their intelligence. Mark's I.Q. was 125, twenty-five points higher than the average and fully forty points higher than his identical brother. Given equal opportunities , the twins , having identical brains,would have tested at roughly the same level.1.This selection can best be titled_________.a.Measuring Your Intelligenceb.Intelligence and Environmentc.The Case of Peter and Markd.How the brain Influences Intelligence2.The beststatement of the main idea of this passage is that _____.a.human brains differ considerablyb.the brain a person is born with is improtant in determining his intelligencec.environment is crucial in determining a person's intelligenced. persons having identical brains will have roughly the same intelligence3.According to the passage , the average I.Q.is _____.a.85b.100c.110d.1254.The case history of the twins appears to support the conclusion that _______.a.individual with identical brains seldom test at same levelb.an individual's intelligence is determined only by his enviromentck of opportunity blocks the growth of intelligenced.changes of enviroment produce changes in the structure of the brain5.This passage suggests that an individual 's I.Q.______.a.can be predicted at birthb.stays the same throuthout his lifec.can be increased by educationd.is determined by his childhood答案：bcbcc九As she walked round the huge department store,Edith reflected how difficult it was to choose a suitable Christmas present for her father.She wish that he was as easy to please as her mother, who was always delighted with perfumeBesides,shoppong at this time of the year was a most disgreeable experience :people trod on your toes,poked you with their elbows and almost knocked you overin their haste to get to a bargain ahead of you.Partly to have a rest, Edith paused in front of a counter where some attracive ties were on display. "They are real silk," the assistant assured her, trying to tempt her. "Worth double the price." But edit knew from past experience that her choice of ties hardly ever pleased her father.She moved on reluctantly and then quite by chance, stopped where a small crowd of man had gathered round a counter. She found some good quality pipes on sale-----and the prices were very reasonable. Edith did not hesitate for long : although her father only smoked a pipe occasionally, she knew that this was a present which was bund to please him.When she got home,with her small well-chosen present concealed in her handbag, her parents were already at the supper table. Her mother was in an especially cheerful mood, "Your father has at last to decided to stop smoking." She informed her daughter.1.Edith's father _______.a.did not like presentb.never got presentc.preferred tiesd.was difficult to choose a present for2.The assistant spoke to Edith because she seemed_______.a.attractiveb.interested in tiesc.tiredd.in need of comfort3.Edith stopped at the next counter_________.a.puroselyb.suddenlyc.unwillinglyd.accidentally4.Edith's father smoked a pipe_______.a.when he was obligedb.on social occasionsc.from time to timed.when he was delighted5.Shopping was very disagreeable at that time of the year because_______.a.coustomers trod on each other's toesb.coustomers poked each other with their elbowsc.customers knocked each otherd.customers were doing their shopping in a great hurry答案：dbdcd十If the population of the earth goes on increasing at its present rate, there will eventually not be enough resources left to sustain life on the planet.By the middle of the 21st century,if present trends continue, we will have used up all the oil that drives our cars,for example.Even if scientists develop new ways of feeding the human race,the crowded conditions on earth will make it necessary for lus to look for open space somewhere else. But none of the other planets in our solar system are capable of supporting life at present. One possible solution to the problem, however,has recently been suggested by American scientist, Professor Carl Sagan.Sagan believes that before the earth's resources are compleetely exhausted it will be possible to change the atmophere of Venus and so create a new world almost as large as earth itself. The difficult is that Venus is much hotter than the earth and there is only a tiny amount of water there.Sagan proposes that algae organisms that can live in extremely hot or cold atmospheres and at the same time produce oxygen,should be bred in condition similar to those on Venus.As soon as this has been done, the algae will be placed in small rockets. Spaceship will then fly to Venus and fire the rockets into the atmosphere .In a fairly short time, the alge will break down the carbon dioxide into oxygen and carbon.When the algae have done theri work, the atmosphere will become cooler,but befor man can set foot on Venus it will be neccessary for the oxygen to produce rain. The surface of the planet will still be too hot for man to land on it but the rain will eventually fall and in a few years something like earth will be reproduced on Venus.1.Inte long run, the most insoluble problem caused by population growth on earth will probably be the lack of ______.a.foodb.oilc.spaced.resources2.Carl Sagan believes that Venus might be colonized from earth because _____a.it might be possible to change its atmosphereb.its atmosphere is the same as the earth'sc.there is a good supply of water on Venusd.the days on Venus are long enough3.On Venus there is a lot of ________.a.waterb.carbon dioxidec.carbon monoxided.oxygen4.Algae are plants that can____.a.live in very hot temperaturesb.live in very cold temperaturesc.manufacture oxygend.all of the above5. Man can land on Venus only when_______.a.the algae have done their workb.the atmosphere becomes coolerc.thereis oxygend.it rains there答案：cabdd大学英语四级阅读理解试题及答案（三）十一What is your favourite colour? Do you like yellow , orange ,red? If you do ,you must be an optimist, a leader, an active person who enjoys life, people and excitement. Do you prefer greys and blues? Then you are probably quiet,shy, and you would rather follow than lead. You tend to be a pessimist. At least, this is what psychologists tell us, and they should know,because they have been seriously studying the meaning of colours preference, as well as the effect that colours have on human beings. They tells us, among other facts,that we do not choose our favourite clour as we grow up----we are born with our preference.If you happen to love brown, you did so, as soon as you opened your eyes, or at least as soon as you could see clearly.Colours do influence our moods----there is no doubt about it .A yellow room makes most people feel more cheerful and more relaxed than a dark green one; and a red dress brings warmth and cheer to the saddest winter day. On the other hand ,black is depressing. A black bridge over the Thames River, near London, used to be the scene of more suicides than any other bridge in the area ----until it was repainter green.The number of suicide attempts immediately fell sharply ;perhaps it would have fallen even more if the bridge had been done in pink or baby blue.Light and bright colours make people not only hppier but more active. It is an established fact that factory workers work better,harder ,and have fewer accidents when their machines are painted orange rather than black or grey.1."You would rather follow than red" means_______.a. you don't like to follow othersb. you would be a member rather than a leaderc. you would be afraid of following othersd. you would like to be a leader rather than a follower2.If one enjoys life, one is sure to prefer________.a. red to yellowb. blue to orangec .red to greyd. blue to yellow3."They tell us, among other facts,that we don't choose our favourite colours as we grow up." "Among other facts" means______.a. besides other factsb. in regard to other factsc. not considering other factsd. according to other facts4.Which of the following is facts?a. People's preference of one colour to another is instinctb. People's preference of one colour to another is acquired as they grow up.。

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4 – 25 (0.65) CABDBBasketball and baseball are sports that are very much alike and very different in numerous ways. Sports like these two are played all over the world on a daily basis. They are played as professions, in schools, and just for fun. So sit back and enjoy two of the most admired sports. Basketball and baseball both use fields and/or courts for there recreational purposes. In contrast, basket ball uses a wooden court. It‟s found indoors and it‟s glazed so the players don‟t slide. Basketball isn‟t played on the grass because it would be impossible to bounce the ball. Although it is played at times outside on cement courts, baseball is played on a grassy field, much unlike basketball. The fields are large and have 4 bases, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and home base. It is also marked with chalk for the runners. Baseball players wouldn‟t have the ability to play on a wooden court because they have to have a firm surface when they are running.Another thing, that is unlike in the two sports is the players' uniforms. The baseball players wear taut pants and tight long sleeve shirts. Sometimes they wear baseball hats. Of course they wear shoes, but the shoes they wear are special shoes called cleats. These shoes have spikes at the end to keep you in place when you are running. Basketball players wear thin material shorts that fall to their knees. To go along with this they wear a sleeveless shirt made of the same thin material. For shoe wear they sport off high top sneakers.1. Basketball isn‟t played on the grass because ________.A) it‟s found indoors B) players don‟t slide on itC) it can‟t bounce the ball D) players can run fast2. Which of the following should baseball be played on?A) A grassy field. B) A wooden court.C) A cement court. D) An indoor court.3. The word “recreational” in LINE 4 means ________.A) Serious. B) Entertaining. C) Professional. D) Special.4. Which of the following is NOT true about baseball?A) The fields have 4 bases. B) The players shoes have spikes.C) It has a firm surface. D) The players wear high top sneakers.5. Which of the following may be the best title for this passage?A)Differences between Basketball and BaseballB) Basketball VS BaseballC) The Field of Basketball and BaseballD) The Uniform of Basketball and Baseball4 – 30 (0.60) BDCDBShots ring out in South Central Los Angeles. A man screams in horror. This man has been shot in a heated gang war. This is everyday life for gang members. Gang members are used to cold blooded murder and most attend at least 5 funerals a week. Similar situations occur in Harlem, New York and in other places around the country.Why is this happening? Many people think that rap music is making kids more violent. They think that rap music is just a praise of violence. All rap music is doing to show how horrible and inhuman life is in the ghettos (犹太人区)across the country. This is what‟s really happening out there. It‟s not fake.Right now, there is a major conflict between West Coast and East Coast rappers. East and West are fighting in an evil battle that leaves hundreds of poor, helpless people dead in the street. There‟s no reason for this to be going on.Back in the early 1990s, when rap was beginning to become popular, the East/West war wasn‟t quite there yet but it was slowly becoming more and more obvious that there was a conflict between rappers. Part of the reason that the war started was that West Coast rap dominated and nobody questioned their superior position. Ice Cube, Ice T, and Eazy E were the rappers of the moment. The war slowly went worse when East Coast rappers began to get more p ublicity. West Coast rappers were upset that they weren‟t 100% in the spotlight so they started to make fun of East rappers in their music proclaiming that East Coast rap was fake and couldn‟t top West Coast. Then, East Coast rappers fired back at West Coa st rappers and it kept up like that until someone decided that the other coast had gone too far.1. What‟s everyday life for gang members?A) They scream in horror.B) Their members are always live a dangerous life.C) Violence made by them only happens in New York and LosAngeles. D) They had been cold blooded murderers once.2. According to the passage, rap music is ________.A) popular among kids B) a tool to make conflictsC) praised by gang members D) all the above3. Which of the description is true about the East/West war?A) West Coast rappers won all the time.B) East Coast rap was just fake and couldn‟t top West Coast.C) Both sides used rap music to fight back each other.D) The conflicts between West Coast and East Coast only happened in the early 90‟s.4. The word “inhuman” in Para. 2 means ________.A) terrible B) strong C) cold D) cruel5. The best title of this passage should be ________.A) Rap Music B) Violence Caused by Rap MusicC) War between West and East D) Major Conflicts4 - 33 (0.60) BCDCDAlbert Einstein was a German-American physicist who developed the special and general theories of relativity and won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921 for his explanation of the photoelectric effect. Recognized in his own time as one of the most creative intellects in human history, in the first 15 years of the 20th century Einstein advanced a series of theories that proposed entirely new ways of thinking about space, time, and gravitation. His theories of relativity and gravitation were a profound advance over the old Newtonian physics and revolutionized scientific and philosophic inquiry.Herein lay the unique drama of Einstein‟s life. He was a self-confessed lone traveler; his mind and heart soared with the universe,yet he could not protect himself from the intrusion of the often-horrible events of the human community. Almost reluctantly headmitted that he had a “passionate sense of social justice and socialresponsibility.” His celebrity gave him an influential voice that heused to champion such causes as pacifism and liberalism. The ironyfor this idealistic man was that his famous postulation of an energy-mass equation, which states that a particle of matter can beconverted into an enormous quantity of energy, had its spectacularproof in the creation of the atomic and hydrogen bombs, the mostdestructive weapons ever known.1. Why did Albert Einstein win Nobel Prize in 1921?A) For his special and general theories of relativity.B) For his explanation of the photoelectric effect.C) For his new ways of thinking about space, time, and gravitation.D) For he was a German-American physicist.2. According to the passage, compared Albert Einstein‟s theories of relativity and gravitation to the old Newtonian physics, the former one were ________.A) more profound B) easierC) more advanced D) more well-known3. The author implies that ________.A) Einstein liked to be with many peopleB) Einstein enjoyed traveling very muchC) Einstein didn‟t like travelingD) Einstein loved to be alone4. According to the passage, the italic word champion (Line 5, Para.2) means ________.A) winner B) soldier C) support D) lose5 .Einstein‟s famous postulation of an energy-mass equation ________.A) was originally presented for pacifism and liberalismB) was the only novel written by EinsteinC) states that an enormous quantity of energy can be converted into a particle of matterD) caused the creation of the atomic and hydrogen bombs4 – 35 (0.63) DBCADIn the 1950s and 1960s a number of far-reaching changes occurred in China‟s economic policies and priorities. During the First Five-Year Plan period (1953-1957), emphasis was placed on rapid industrial development, partly at the expense of other sectors of the economy. The bulk of the state‟s investment was channeled into the industrial sector, while agriculture, which occupied more than 80 percent of the economically active population, was forced to rely on its own poor capital resources for a substantial part of its fund requirements. Within industry, iron and steel, electric power, coal, heavy engineering, building materials, and basic chemicals were given first priority; in accordance with Soviet practice, the aim was to construct large, sophisticated, and highly capital-intensive plants.This program could not be financed out of domestic resources,and a large number of the new plants were built with Soviettechnical and financial assistance. The policy led to a rapid growthin heavy industry, but a few months after the introduction of theSecond Five-Year Plan in 1958which was to be on the same lines asits predecessor ― the policy of the Great Leap Forward was an-nounced. In agriculture, this involved the formation of communes.In industry, the construction of large plants was to continue; but itwas to be supplemented by a huge small-industry drive, making useof a large number of small, simple, locally built and run plants. TheChinese peasant, however, was not ready for the communes.Meanwhile, the backward production drive failed to achieve thedesired effects and yielded large quantities of expensively produced,unqualified goods. These difficulties were aggravated by thewithdrawal of Soviet aid and technicians, who made a point oftaking their blueprints with them. In consequence, by late 1960 thecountry faced an economic crisis of the first order.1. During the First Five-Year Plan period, the Chinese government paid their attention to________.A) the development of agricultureB) the improvement of people‟s housing conditionsC) the marketing economyD) the rapid industrial development2. Which sector occupied 80% Chinese economically active population?A) Business. B) Agriculture. C) Industry. D) Students.3. What does the word sophisticated (Line 9, Para. 1) mean in the passage?A) Physical. B) Powerful. C) Complicated. D) Secondary.4. According to the passage, why did Soviet assist China?A)Because the program of the government could not be financed out of domesticresources.B) Because the policy led to a rapid growth in heavy industry.C) Because of the introduction of the Second Five-Year Plan in 1958.D) Because of the policy of the Great Leap Forward.5. In the end, what was caused by the assistance of Soviet?A) The Chinese peasant was not ready for the communes.B) The backyard production drive failed to achieve the desired effects.C) Chinese workers yielded large quantities of expensively produced, unqualified goods.D) By late 1960 the country faced an economic crisis of the first order.4–36(0.60) ACACCHalloween (万圣节) had its origins in the festival of Samhain among the Celts of ancient Britain and Ireland. November 1st was considered the end of the summer period, the date on which the herds were returned from pasture and land tenures were renewed. It was also a timewhen the souls of those who had died were believed to return to visit their homes. People set bonfires (篝火)on hilltops for relighting their hearth fires for the winter and to frighten away evil spirits, and they sometimes wore masks and other disguises to avoid being recognized by the ghosts thought to be present. It was in these ways that beings such as witches, fairies, and demons came to be associated with the day. The period was also thought to be favourable for prediction on matters such as marriage, health, and death. When the Romans conquered the Celts in the 1st century AD, they added their own festivals of Feralia, commemorating the passing of the dead, and of Pomona, the goddess of the harvest.In the 7th century AD, Pope (教皇) Boniface IV established All Saints‟ Day, originally on May 13, and in the following century, perhaps in an effort t o supplant the pagan holiday with a Christian observance, it was moved to November 1st. The evening before All Saints‟Day became a holy, or hallowed, eve and thus Halloween. By the end of the Middle Ages, the secular and the sacred days had merged. The Reformation essentially put an end to the religious holiday among Protestants, although in Britain especially Halloween continued to be celebrated as a secular holiday. Along with other festivities, the celebration of Halloween was largely forbidden among the early American colonists, although in the 1800s there developed festivals that marked the harvest and incorporated elements of Halloween. When large numbers of immigrants, including the Irish, went to the United States beginning in the mid 19th century, they took their Halloween customs with them, and in the 20th century Halloween became one of the principal U. S. holidays, particularly among children.1. According to the passage, why people sometimes wore masks o n Halloween?A) To avoid being recognized by the ghosts thought to be present.B) To frighten away evil spirits.C) Because souls of those who had died were believed to returnto visit their homes. D) To relight their hearth fires for the winter.2. What was the festival Feralia for in Roman Conquerors‟ custom?A) Commemorating the passing of the dead.B) Commemorating the passing of Pomona.C) Commemorating the passing of the dead and Pomona.D) Commemorating Roman emperor.3. In which place did Halloween first appear?A) Ancient Britain and Ireland. B) Roman.C) America. D) Greece.4. How many festivals composed Halloween?A) One B) Two C) Three D) Four5. Why Halloween was largely forbidden in America during 1800s?A)Because early American colonists didn‟t like it.B) Because Pope Boniface IV forbade it.C) Because the Reformation essentially put an end to the religious holiday among Protes-tants.D) The passage doesn‟t te ll us.4–43 (0.60) DCCABBrazil has become one of the developing countries which make great successes at reducing popula tion growth ―but more by accident than design. While countries such as India have made efforts to reduce birth rates, Brazil has had better result without really trying, says George Martine at Harvard.Brazil‟s population growth rate has dropped from 2.99 % a year between 1951and 1960 to 1.93% a year between 1981 and 1990, and Brazilian women now haveonly 2.7 children on average. Martine says this figure may have fallen still furthersince 1990, and achievement that makes it the envy of many other Third Worldcountries.Martine thinks that soap operas (肥皂剧)and installment plans introduced in the 1970s played an important, although indirect, role in lowering the birth rate. Brazil is one of the world‟s biggest producers of soap operas. Globo, Brazil‟s most popular television network, shows three hours of soaps six nights a week, while three others show at least one hour a night. Most soaps are based on wealthy characters living the high life in big cities.“Although they have never really tried to work in a message towards the problems of reproduction, they describe middle and upper class values ―not many children, different attitudes to wards sex, women working,” says Martine, “They sent this image to all parts of Brazil and made people know other patterns and other values, which were put into a very attractive pack age.”Meanwhile, the installment plans tried to encourage the poor to become consumers. “This led to a great change in consumption patterns and consumption was incompatible with unlimited reproduction,” says Martine.1. According to the passage, Brazil has cut back its population growth ________.A) by educating its citizens B) by developing TV programsC) by careful family planning D) by chance2. According to the passage, many Third World countries ________.A) haven‟t given much attention to birth controlB) would soon join Brazil in controlling their birth ratesC) haven‟t yet found an effective measure to control their populationD) haven‟t produced enough TV plays3. What does the word …envy‟ in Line 4, Para. 2 mean?A) Love. B) Hate. C) Admiration. D) Hope.4. Soap operas have helped in lowering Brazil‟s birth rate because ________.A) they have gradually changed people’s way of lifeB) they keep people sitting long hours watching TVC) people are interested in soap operasD) they popularize birth control measures5. What is Martine‟s conclusion about Brazil‟s population growth?A) The increase in birth rate will promote consumption.B) The desire for consumption helps to reduce birth rate.C) A country‟s production is limited by its population.D) Consumption patterns have nothing to do with population.4 – 45 (0.67) CDABDHuman wants seem endless. When a starving man gets a meal, he begins to think about an overcoat; when a manager gets a new sports car, dreams of country clubs and pleasure boats dance into his view.The many wants of mankind might be regarded as making up several levels. When there is money enough to satisfy one level of wants, another level appears.The first and most basic level of wants is food. Once this want is satisfied, a second level of wants appears: clothing and housing. By the end of World War II these wants were satisfied for a great majority of Americans. Then a third level appeared. It included such items as cars and new houses.By 1957 or 1958 this third level of wants was fairly well satisfied. Then, in the late 1950s a fourth level of want s appeared: the “life-enriching” level. While the other levels mean physical satisfaction ― the feeding, comfort, safety, and transportation of the human body ― this level means mental needs for recognition, achievement and happiness. It includes a variety of goods and services, many of which could be called “luxury”items. Among them are vacation trips, the best medical care, and entertainment. Also included here are fancy foods and the latest styles in clothing.On the fourth level, a greater percentage of consumers spending goes to services, while on the first three levels more is spent on goods. Will consumers raise their sights to a fifth level of wants as their income increases, or will they continue to demand luxuries and personal services on the fourth level?A fifth level probably would be wants that can be achieved best by community action. Consumers may be spending more on taxes to pay for government action against disease, pollution and crime. After filling our stomachs, our garages, and our minds, we now may seek to ensure the health and safety to enjoy more fully the good things on the first four levels.1. According to the passage, man will begin to think about such needs as housing and clothing only when ________.A) he has saved up enough moneyB) he has grown dissatisfied with his simple shelterC) he has satisfied his hungerD) he has learned to build houses2. It can be inferred from the passage that by the end of World War II most Americans________.A) were very richB) were very poorC) had the good things on the first three levelsD) didn‟t own cars3. Which of the following is NOT related to physical satisfaction?A) Seeing interesting films. B) A comfortable house.C) Delicious food. D) A family car.4. What is the main want of man on the fourth level?A) The more goods, the better.B) The more mental satisfaction, the better.C) The more luxury items, the better.D) The more earning, the better.5. The author thinks that a fifth level ________.A)would be a little better than the fourth levelB)may be a lot more desirable than the first fourC) can be the last and most satisfying levelD) will come true provided the government takes actions。

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1. Use of the mass media as a teaching instrument in the classroom
2. Einstein was born m Ulm, Germany on Mar
3. By the first century A D., historians say, the Chinese had some knowledge
4. The secret of being born lucky is a summer birthday,
5. Internet use appears to cause a decline in psychological well-being
6. As I wake up every week day, I find it so hard to get out of bed
7. In the 1970s the prices of most things Americans buy more than doubled.
8. Celine is a proud Canadian. That is why she has sung our national anthem
9. After having propounded (提出) his famous theory,
10. Laptop computers are popular all over the world.
11. The Internet has led to a huge increase in credit-card fraud.
12. If a physicist in Houston has his way you”ll be able to say good-bye
13. Who takes care of the elderly in the United States today
14. I once knew a young man, nineteen years of age,
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1. Relations between the United States and Colombia suffered for many years
2. He was born opposite Queen Anne, in Anne Arundel County
3. One of the most important goals of education is the achievement
4. The U. S. generates about four billion tons of solid wastes a year
5. America has long had the reputation of being a “land of opportunity”,
6. Psychology and sociology both belong to social sciences,
7. Man’s best friend is color-blind, but, fortunately,
8. Europe’s population will continue to decline for decades
9. Basketball and baseball are sports that are very much alike
10. Shots ring out in South Central Los Angeles.
11. Albert Einstein was a German-American physicist
12. In the 1950s and 1960s a number of far-reaching changes occurred
13. Halloween (万圣节) had its origins in the festival of Samhain
14. Brazil has become one of the developing countries
15. Human wants seem endless.
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1. The Library of Congress is America's national library
2. People are fascinated by robots.
3. Industrial pollution is not only a problem for the countries
4. Although machines have been around for a long time
5. Life is difficult
6. People who sleep about seven hours a night live the longest
7. Japanese officials are struggling to prevent the spread of mad cow disease.
8. An evergreen tree, often a pine or fir (冷杉),
9. Sony was incorporated in 1946 as Tokyo Telecommunications
10. Internet is a system architecture that has revolutionized communication
11. Mitchell attended Washington Seminary (神学院) in her native Atlanta
12. The Great Wall of China is considered to be the only man-made project
13. Why are Arabic figures used everywhere in the world?
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2. Government officials say there are about two-million-three-hundred-thousand
3. It is commonly believed in the United States that school is where
4. The story of Diego Maradona, the Argentinean football player,。

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