大学英语四级15选10阅读理解模拟题库精选试题一
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四级第一篇之邯郸勺丸创作Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section, there is a passage with tenblanks. You are required to select one wordforeach blank from a list of choices given in a wordbank following the passage. Read the passagethrough carefully before making your choices.Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter.Please mark the corresponding letter for eachitem on AnswerSheet 2 with a single line throughthe centre. You may not use any of the words inthe blank more than once.Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.You might expect that children’s movies would be lessviolent than those geared toward adults. But you’d be__36__.“Just because a film has a cute clown fish or a singingmermaid or baby deer in it, doesn’t mean that there won'tbe murder,” says Ian Colman, a mental healthepidemiologist at the University of Ottawa.Colman thought it’d be interesting to compare violence infilms __37__ at kids and grown-ups, after a colleague ofhis said that he may want to __38__ over the first fiveminutes of Finding Nemo while watching with his kids,since it __39__ a “death scene,” he says.So he and a few other researchers __40__ the 45 children’s mov ies of all time to the adult’s dramas and __41__ how many murders and violent acts took place.They skipped action movies because these “are often also marketed to, and viewed by, young children,” Colman and colleagues wrote in the study. They found that in children’s films __42__ those aimed toward adults, deaths amongst major characters were 2.5 times more __43__, and 2.8 times more likely to be murders, says Colman. Movie characters that were parents fared particularly badly.But in this case, the findings do seem to have some real-world __44__. It may be best for parents to watch movies with their kids, so that if __45__ come up, they can be talked about, Colman says.注意：此部分题请在答题卡2上作答。
大学英语四级15选10练习及详解
选词填空练习及讲解1.Health food is a general term applied to all kinds of foods that are considered more healthful than the types of foods widely sold in supermarkets.For example,whole grains,fried beans,and corn oil are health foods.A narrower (1) of health food is natural food.This term is used to (2) between types of the same food.Raw honey is a natural sweetener,(3) refined suger is not.Fresh fruit is a natural food,but canned fruit,with sugars and other additives,is not.The most (4) term of all and the narrowest classification within health foods is organic food,used to (5) food that has been grown on a particular kind of farm.Fruit and vegetables that are grown in gardens,that are (6) only with organic fertilizers,that are not sprayed with (7) insecticides,and that are not refined after harvest,are organic foods.Meat,fish,dairy and poultry products from animals that are (8) only organically grown feed and that are not injected with hormones(荷尔蒙) are organic foods.In choosing the type of food you eat,then,you have basically two choices: inorganic,processed foods,or organic,unprocess foods.A wise decision should (9) investigation of the allegations(宣称) that processed foods contain (10),some of which are proven to be towic,and that vitamin content is greatly reduced in processed foods.A.describe E.chemicals I.classification M.samplesB.whereas F.precise J.when N.poisonousC.Vital G.shape K.fed O.dealtD.treated H.include L.distinguish2.EI Nino is the name given to the mysterious and often unpredictable change in the climate of the world. This strange 47 happens every five to eight years. It starts in the pacific Ocean and is thought to be caused by a failure in the trade winds(信风), which affects the ocean currents driven by these winds. As the trade winds lessen in 48, the ocean temperatures rise, causing the Peru current flowing in from the east to warm up by as much as 5℃.The warning of the ocean has far-reaching effects. The hot, humid (潮湿的)air over the ocean causes severe49 thunderstorms. The rainfall is increased across South America, 50 floods to Peru. In the West Pacific, there are droughts affecting Australia and Indonesia. So while some parts of the world prepare for heavy rains and floods, other parts face drought, poor crops and 51. 沪江四六级EI Nino usually lasts for about 18 months. The 1982-83 EI Nino brought the most 52 weather in modern history. Its effect was worldwide and it left more than 2,000 people dead and caused over eight billion pounds 53 of damage. The 1990 EI Nino lasted until June 1995. Scientists 54 this to be the longest EI Nino for 2,000 years.Nowadays, weather experts are able to forecast when an EI Nino will 55, but they are still not 56 sure what leads to it or what affects how strong it will be. 沪江四六级[F] phenomenon[B] strength[E] tropical[L] bringing[K] starvation[J] destructive[N] worth[A] estimate[O] strike[I] completely[C] deliberately[D] notify[G] stable 沪江四六级[H] attraction[M] exhaustion 沪江四六47【解析】选[F]。
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例：El Nino is the name given to the myster ious and often unpredictable change in the clima te of the world. This strange __47__ happens e very five to eight years. It starts in the Pacific O cean and is thought to be caused by a failure i n the trade winds, which affects the ocean curre nts driven by these winds. As the trade winds le ssen in __48__ , the ocean temperatures rise, c ausing the Peru current flowing in from the east to warm up by as much as 5°CThe warming of the ocean has far-reaching effects. The hot , humid air over the ocean cau ses severe __49__ thunderstorms. The rainfall is increased across South America __50__ floods to Peru. In the West Pacific, there are droughts affecting Australia and Indonesia. So while some parts or the world prepare for heavy rains and floods, other parts face drought, poor crops and __51__.El Nino usually lasts for about 18 months. T he 1982-83 El Nino brought the most __52__ w eather in modern history. Its effect was worldwide and it left more than 2,000 people dead and caused over eight billon pounds __53__ of dam age. The 1990 El Nino lasted until June 1995. Scientists __54__ this to be the longest El Nino for 2,000 years.Nowadays, weather expert are able to forec ast when an El Nino will __55__, buy they’re sti ll not __56__ sure what leads to it or what affe cts how strong it will be.备选：A) estimate I) completelyB) strength J) destructiveC) deliberately K) starvationD) notify L) bringingE) tropical M) exhaustionF) phenomenon N) worthG) stable O) strikeH) attraction第一步：先将选项按词性划分：名词有B) strength F) phenomenon H) attract ion K) starvation M) exhaustion N) worth;动词有A) estimate D) notify L) bringing O) s trike;副词有C) deliberately I) completely;形容词有E) tropical G) stable J) destructive英语四级阅读理解中15选10解题步骤：鉴于以上分析，笔者给出题型步骤如下：一．标注词性，预先分组把题目中给出的15个备选答案词汇进行词性分组。
英语四级阅读模拟试题及答案解析精品一
2015年英语四级阅读模拟试题及答案（精品试卷一）Section CDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A ),B．, C．and D ). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.People's tastes in recreation differ widely. At a recent festival of pop-music in the Isle of Wight, crowds of teenagers flocked to listen to their favorite singers and musicians. They went with single railway tickets and slept in the open, a very risky thing to do in the climate of Britain, even in August. They were packed together like sardines for four days. There were innumerable thieves, a gang of roughs tried several times to break things up, and police were everywhere. At the end of the festival many young fans found themselves broke, with no money left,and they had difficulty in getting back home. Most people would consider these conditions a nightmare of discomfort; the fans appeared to enjoy it all enormously.Even in the overcrowded United Kingdom there are large tracts of open un-spoilt country, where people with more traditional tastes can go for quiet, and for the sense of freedom they derive from contact with nature. In the national parks especially, modern development of housing and industry is strictly controlled. Visitors may walk for miles through landscape of the greatest beauty and wildness, and often of considerable historic or scientific interest. Along the coasts of some of the maritime counties, public pathways have been created; these paths stretch for many miles along cliffs that look out on the Atlantic Ocean or the English Channel. Another path,lying inland, goes along the range of mountains in the north of England. It is called the Pennine Way. Here, the long-distance waller and the nature-lover can find much to enjoy, without feeling disturbed by large numbers of their fellows.Yet few people make full use of the national parks established for everyone's benefit. The commonest thing nowadays is for family groups to motor out to a beautiful spot and park their cars in a lay-by ( 英国的路旁停车带 ). A picnic basket is produced, along with a folding table and chairs, a kettle and a portable stove. They then settle down to a picnic in the lay-by beside the car. Apparently their idea of enjoyment is to get into the fresh air and amongst the country sights and sounds without having to wall a yard. They seem almost to like to hear and to smell the traffic.56. In Britain it is very risky to __________.A．go with a single railway ticketB．listen to pop-music at the festivalC. sleep in the openD．pack together in crowds57. At the end of the festival, many young fans__________.A．were arrested by the policeB．had spent most of their moneyC．were sleeping outD．became quite penniless58. Even in the overcrowded United Kingdom there are large__________. A．tracks through the open countryB．areas of country without soilC．areas of countryside not developedD．expanses of land where nobody works59. Public pathways are created for people to__________.A．commute to workB．enjoy long-distance walkingC. wall to maritime countiesD．visit the historic or scenic sites60. Family groups nowadays like to__________.A．have meals out of doors by the road-sideB．go for a walk away from homeC．drive out past the beautiful placesD．hear and smell the animalsPassage TwoQuestions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage.Shopping for clothes is not the same experience for a man as it is for a woman. A man goes shopping because he needs something. His purpose is settled and decided in advance. He knows what he wants, and his objective is to find it and buy it; the price is a secondary consideration. All men simply walk into a shop and ask the assistant for what they want. If the shop has it in stock, the salesman promptly produces it, and thebusiness of trying it on proceeds at once. All being well, the deal can be and often is completed in less than five minutes, with hardly any chat and to everyone's satisfaction.For a man, slight problems may begin when the shop does not have what he wants, or does not have eactly what he wants. In that case the salesman, as the name implies, tries to sell the customer something else--he offers the nearest he can to the article required. No good salesman brings out such a substitute bluntly; he does so with skill and polish. "I know this jacket is not the style you want, sir, but would you like to try it for size? It happens to be the color you mentioned. " Few men have patience with this treatment, and the usual response is: "This is the right color and may be the right size, but I should be wasting my time and yours by trying it on. "Now how does a woman go about buying clothes? In almost every respect she does so in the opposite way.Her shopping is not often based on need. She has never fully made up her mind what she wants, and she is only"having a look around". She is always open to persuasion; indeed she sets great store by what the saleswoman tells her, even by what companions tell her. She will try on any number of things. Uppermost in her mind is the thought of finding something that everyone thinks suits her. Contrary to a lot of jokes, most women have an excellent sense of value when they buy clothes. They are always on the look-out for the unexpected bargain. Faced with a roomful of dresses, a woman may easily spend an hour going from one rail to another, to and fro, often retracing her steps,before selecting the dresses she wants to try on. It is a laborious process, but apparently an enjoyable one. So most dress shops provide chairs for the waiting husbands.61. When a man is buying clothes, __________.A．he chooses things that others recormnendB．he buys cheap things, regardless of qualityC．he buys good things, so long as they are not too expensiveD. he does not mind how much he has to pay for the right things62. In commerce a good salesman is one who__________.A．sells something a customer does not particularly wantB．always has in stock the thing the customer wantsC．can find out quickly the goods requiredD．does not waste his time on difficult customers63. What does a man do when he cannot get exactly what he wants? A．He buys something that is similar enough to the ideal one.B．He usually does not buy anything.C．At least two of his reqnirements must be met before he buys.D．So long as the style is right, he buys the thing.64. According to this passage, when shopping for clothes, women__________.A．often buy things without thinkingB．seldom buy cheap clothesC．welcome suggestions from anyoneD．never take any advice65. What is the most obvious difference between men and women shoppers'? A．The fact that men do not try clothes on in a shop.B．Women bargain for their clothes, but men do not.C．Women stand up while shopping, but men sit down.D. The time they take over buying clothes.Passage One【参考译文】人们对于休闲娱乐的品位大相径庭。
(完整版)大学英语四级阅读理解试题及答案(一)
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 livedin a state of boom. A n economic survey of the year 1955, a typical ye ar of the 1950’s, may be typical as illustrating the rapid economic growth of the decade. The national output was value at10 percent above that of 1954 (1955 output was estimated at 392 billion dollars). The productionof manufacturers was about 40 percent more than it had averaged in the years immediatelypent about 30billion dollars for new factories and following World War 2. The country’s business smachinery. National income available for spending was almost a third greater than it had been ithad been in 1950. Consumers spent about 256 billion dollars; that is about 700 million dollars aday ,or about twenty-five million dollars every hour , all round the clock. Sixty-five million peopleheld 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 ominousecho 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 theoppsite-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 in1955 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 thanin 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 nearly750 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 femaleby 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) beganits 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 penicillinto 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：cacbdWhat is your favourite colour? Do you like yellow , orange ,red? If you do ,you must be anoptimist, a leader, an active person who enjoys life, people and excitement. Do you prefer greysand 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 asyou 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 overthe 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.c.More people happen to love brown because they saw something brown when they were bornd.Colours have little influence on our moods5.Those who committed suicide preferred the bridge over the Thames River near london to others because of _______.a.its shapeb.its structurec.its colourd.its building materials答案：bcaac十二Social customs and ways of behaving change. Things which were considered impolite many years ago are now acceptable. Just a few years ago, it was considered impolite behaviour for a man to smoke on street. No man who thought of himself by smoking when a lady was in a room.Customs also differ from country to country. Does a man walk on the left or the right of a woman in your country? Or doesn't it matter? Should you use both hands when you are eating? Should leave one in your lap,or on the table?The Americans and the British not only speak the same language but also share a large number of social customs. For example, in both America and England people shake hands when they meet each other for the first time. Also, most Englishmen will open a door for a wonman or offer their seat to a woman , and so will most Americans. Promptness is important both in England and in America. That is , if a dinner invitation is for 7 o'clock , the dinner guest either arrives closeto that time or calls up to explain his delay.The important thing to remember about social customs is not to do anything that might make other people feel uncomfortable-----especially if they are your guests. When the food was served , one of the guests strated to eat his peas with a knife . The other guests were amused or shocked , but the host calmly picked up his knife and began eating in the same way. It would have been bad manners to make his guest feel foolish or uncomfortable.1.If one has accepted a dinner invitation ,what should he do if he is tobe late for the dinner?a.He should find an excuseb.He should adk for excuse.c.He should say sorryd.He should telephone to explain his being late.2."It would have been bad manners to make his guests feel foolish or uncomfortable." "Bad manners " means ________.a.uglyb.dishonestc.impolited.shameful3.which of the following do you think is the best tiltle for this passage?a.Social Customs and Customsb.Social Lifec.American and British Customsd.Promptness Is Important4.According to the text, the best host_______.a.tries his best to make his guests feel comfortableb.makes his guests feel excitedc.tries to avoid being naughty to his guestsd.tries to avoid being foolish5.The author of this article may agree with which of the following?a.The guest who ate his peas with a knifeb.The other guests who were amused or shockedc.The host who picked up his knife and began eating in the same wayd.None of the above答案：dcaac十三New Orleans, Louisiana, was established as part of the French Empire in 1718.Its location on the east bank of the Mississippi River gave it control of the American hinerland and it became strategically important to many nations. It was transferred from France to Spain, returned to France,and finally sold by Napoleon to the United States in 1803. The city was the site of a famous battle fought in 1815 between the British, who hoped to control it , and the Americans under General And rew Jackson.The riverbed of the Mississippi is constantly silting and the river is now actually higher thanthe city. Levees hold back the river and giant pumps are used to move water from the city into the river.Although New Orleans haas beena part of the United States for almost two centuries, its population takes great pride in its French heritage. Louisiana still retains parts of the Code Napoleon which,form many years,was its only law.New Orleans is carefree city and it boasts its hot, spicy Creole seafood and its native Dixieland Jazz. The jackson Square neighborhood maintains its French colonial homes and in other sections are pre-Civil War mansions. Visitors are surprised to find that behind this interesting facade of yesteryear, is a busy industrial and port city. Grain and coal come from the Midwest and foreigh cargoes are unloaded here. New Orleans is no longer a sleepy Southern town----but it's still fun to visit.1.What accounts for the levees and pumps in New Orleans?a.The Mississippi frequently floods the city.b.The riverbed has raised inthe past 200 years.c.The torrential rains flood the city frequently.d.The high humidity cannot otherwise be comtrolled.2.The battle of New Orleans was fought by jackson against______.a.Franceb.Britainc.Spaind.The North3.The Code Napoleon was _______.a.an agreement to sell Louisianab.a body of lawsc.a city pland.a military code for the army4.Which of the following elements does not apply to the attiude of the inhabitants of New Orleans?a.Pride in their French heritage.b.A desire to retain picturesque colonial buildings.c.A refusal to engage in trade and commerced.A praising of Dixieland Jazz.5.Tourists visiting New Orleans are surprised to encounter_____.a.Creole foodb.Dixieland jazzc.bustling cityd.authentic colonial homes答案：bbbcc十四The United States is on the verge of losing its leading place in the world's technology. So says more than one study in recent years. One of the reasons for this decline is the parallel decline in the number of U.S. scientists and engineers.Since 1976,employment of scientists and engineers is up 85 percent. This trend is expected to continue. However, the trend shows that the number of 22-year-olds--the near term source of future PH.D.s-is declining. Further adding to the problem is the increased competition for these candidates from other fields-law,medicine,business,etc. While the number of U.S. PH.D.s in science and engineering declines,the award of PH.D.s to foreign nationals is increasing rapidly.Our inability to motivate students to pursue science and engineering careers at the graduate level is compounded because of the intense demand industry has for bright Bachelor's and Master's degree holders. Too often, promising PH.D.candidates, confronting the cost and financial sacrifice of pursuing their education,find the attraction of industry irresistible.1.The U.S.will come to lose its leading place in technology probably because ________.a. the number of PH.D. degree holders is decliningb. the number of scientists and engineers is decreasingc. the number of 22-year-ilds is decliningd. scientists and engineers are not employed2.The field of science and engineering is facing a competition from ________ .a. technologyb. foreign nationalsc. such fields as law, medicine and businessd. postgraduatesrge-scale enterprises now need _______.a. bright graduates and postgraduatesb. new inventionsc. advanced technologyd. engineers4.Many promising postgraduates are unwilling to pursue a PH.D. degree because _________.a. they are not encouraged to be engaged in scienceb. industry does not require PH.D. holdersc. they have financial difficultiesd. they will spend much time and energy completing PH.D.5.PH.D. candidates "find the attraction of industry irresistible" means that _________.a. they find industry is attracting more and more college studentsb. they don't think they can prevent themselves from working for industryc. they cannot resist any attraction from all sidesd. they cannot work for industry any longer答案：bcadb十五Newdays,a standard for measuring power has changed.These changes foretell a new standard for measuring power.No longer will a nation's political influence be based solely on the strength ofits military forces. Of course, military effectiveness will remain a primary primary measure of power.But political influence is also closely tied to industrial competitiveness. It's often said that without its military the Soviet Union would really be a third-world nation. The new standard ofopwer and influence that is evolving now places more emphasis on the ability of a country to compete effectively in the economic markets of the world.America must recognize this new course of events. Our success in shaping world events over the past 40 years has been the direct result of our ability to adapt technology and to take advantage of the capabilities of our people for the purpose of maintaining peace. Our industrial prowess over most of this period was unchallenged. It is ironic that it is just this prowess that has enabled other countries to prosper and in turn to threaten our industrial leadership.The competitiveness of America's industrial base is an issue bigger than the Department of Defense and is going to require the efforts of the major institutional forces in our society-government,industry,and education. That is not to say that the Defense Department will not be a strong force in the process because we will. But we simply cannot be, nor should we be, looked upon by others as the savior of American industry.1. Now a nation's political influence depends on _________.a. the strength of its military forcesb. its ability to compete in industryc. economic marketsd. both a and b2. The Soviet Union was not listed as a third-world nation just because of _________.a. its powerful military forcesb. its vast landc. its industrial competitivenessd. its contributions to world peace3. The author indicates that ______ is threatening American political power.a. other countriesb. the declining U.S. industrial basec. a new standard for measuring powerd. less advanced technology4. America succeeded in shaping world events over past 40 years probably because of ___________.a. its ability to adapt technologyb. its ability to take advantage of the capabilities of its peoplec. its ability to compete in the world marketsd. both a and b5. The purpose of writing this article is __________.a. to draw the readers' attention to a new standard for measuring powerb. to demonstrate American political influence in the worldc. to emphasize that efforts must be made to strengthen the declining U.S. industrial based. to show American industrial prowess答案：dabdc。
四级英语十五选十真题题库
四级英语十五选十真题题库1、____ wants to see you. [单选题] *A. Somebody(正确答案)B. AnybodyC. All the peopleD. No people2、—Could you take out the rubbish, Jim?—______. I have too much homework to do. You can ask Sally to do it. （）[单选题] *A. Sorry, I can’t(正确答案)B. No problemC. I disagreeD. No, thanks3、Be careful with the knife. You may hurt _______. [单选题] *A. himselfB. ourselvesC. myselfD. yourself(正确答案)4、Don't tell me the answer, I'll work out the problem _____. [单选题] *A .by meB. myself(正确答案)C. meD. mine5、Last week they _______ in climbing the Yuelu Mountain. [单选题] *A. succeeded(正确答案)B. succeedC. successD. successful6、While I _____ the morning paper, a headline caught my eye.. [单选题] *A. have readB. was reading(正确答案)C. had readD. am reading7、We are very hungry now. Can you _______ us something to eat? [单选题] *A. carryB. takeC. borrowD. bring(正确答案)8、It’s usually windy in spring, ______ you can see lots of people flying kites.（）[单选题] *A. so(正确答案)B. orC. butD. for9、11．________ big furniture shop it is! [单选题] *A．HowB．WhatC．What a (正确答案)D．What an10、47．Yao Ming is tall. That's one of his ________. [单选题] *A．advantageB．advantages(正确答案)C．disadvantageD．disadvantages11、It usually takes him about 15 minutes _______ his bike to school. [单选题] *A. ridesB. ridingC. rideD. to ride(正确答案)12、( ) .Would you please ______me the gifts from your friends? [单选题] *A.to showB. showingC. show(正确答案)D. shown13、We _______ swim every day in summer when we were young. [单选题] *A. use toB. are used toC. were used toD. used to(正确答案)14、93．Welcome ________ our school! [单选题] *A．to(正确答案)B．inC．atD．/15、Mary is interested ______ hiking. [单选题] *A. onB. byC. in(正确答案)D. at16、Nobody noticed the thief slip into the shop, because the lights happened to _______. [单选题] *A. put outB. turn outC. give outD. go out(正确答案)17、She is a girl, _______ name is Lily. [单选题] *A. whose(正确答案)B. whoC. whichD. that18、On Easter children _______ eggs around the house. [单选题] *A. hunt for(正确答案)B. send forC. prepare forD. ask for19、There are still some wild tigers alive. [单选题] *A. 聪明的B. 凶恶的C. 野生的(正确答案)D. 珍贵的20、He runs so fast that no one can _______ him. [单选题] *A. keep upB. keep awayC. keep up with(正确答案)D. keep on21、They will hold the party if they _____ the project on time. [单选题] *A. will completeB. complete(正确答案)C．completedD. had completed22、—______ you speak French?—Yes, I can.（）[单选题] *A. NeedB. Can(正确答案)C. MightD. Must23、21．Design a travel guide for Shanghai! ________ the competition and be the winner! [单选题] *A．JoinB．AttendC．EnterD．Take part in (正确答案)24、What do you think of the idea that _____ honest man who married and brought up a largefamily did more service than he who continued single and only talked of _____ population. [单选题] *A. a, /B. an, /C. a, theD. an, the(正确答案)25、In order to find the missing child, villagers _______ all they can over the past five hours. [单选题] *A. didB. doC. had doneD. have been doing(正确答案)26、--What are you going to be in the future?--I want to be _______ actor. [单选题] *A. aB. an(正确答案)C. theD. /27、--Miss Li, could you please help me _______ math problem？--OK. Let me try. [单选题] *A. look upB. work out(正确答案)C. set upD. put up28、18．Monica wants to be a _______. She is good at sports and she loves teaching others. [单选题] *A．coach(正确答案)B．secretaryC．architectD．waiter29、As for the quality of this model of color TV sets, the ones made in Chine are by no means _____ those imported. [单选题] *A inferior thanB less inferior toC less inferior thanD. inferior to(正确答案)30、83．The school is? ? ? ? ? ? ?the hospital. [单选题] *A．withB．intoC．onto D．opposite(正确答案)。
大学英语四级考试15选10专项训练答案（包含大学英语四级考试仔细阅读专项训练答案）
⼤学英语四级考试15选10专项训练答案（包含⼤学英语四级考试仔细阅读专项训练答案）⼤学英语四级考试15选10专项训练答案(包含⼤学英语四级考试仔细阅读专项训练答案)Unit one11. L 12. M 13. A 14. C 15. G 16. F17. E 18. N 19. H 20. IUnit Two11. K 12. L 13. J 14. F 15. E 16. C17. A 18. N 19. D 20. HUnit Three11. E 12. I 13. F 14. K 15. G 16. D17. L 18. J 19. N 20. CUnit Four11. I 12. A 13. G 14. J 15. M 16. E17. L 18. K 19. B 20. HUnit Five11. M 12. D 13. B 14. J ' 15. K 16. E17. H 18. G 19. L 20. AUnit Six11. H 12. E 13. C 14. F 15. J 16. G 17. A 18. M 19. D 20. IUnit Seven11. A 12. F 13. O 14. G 15. K 16. C 17. N 18. E 19. D 20. MUnit Eight11. F 12. G 13. D 14. N 15. O 16. C 17. L 18. I 19. M 20. EUnit Nine11. C 12. I 13. L 14. K 15. H 16. E 17. M 18. J 19. N 20. AUnit Ten11. C 12. L 13. O 14. D 15. F 16. G 17. N 18. A 19. J 20. KUnit Eleven11. I 12. J 13. G 14. M 15. K 16. C 17. F 18. H 19. D 20. BUnit Twelve11. B 12. H 13. F 14. G 15. N 16. M 17. L 18. C 19. J 20. EUnit Thirteen11. M 12. N 13. E 14. O 15. F 16. B 17. L 18. A 19. I 20. GUnit Fourteen11. A 12. E 13. G 14. C 15. F 16. D 17. N 18. O 19. M 20. HUnit Fifteen11. O 12. D 13. M 14. L 15. I 16. E 17. K 18. A 19. B 20. JUnit Sixteen11. F 12. O 13. E 14. C 15. K 16. A 17. H 18. N 19. B 20. DUnit Seventeen11. C 12. E 13. I 14. L 15. H 16. D 17. G 18. A 19. O 20. FUnit Eighteen11. L 12. E 13. J 14. M 15. I 16. N 17. C 18. D 19. A 20. FUnit Nineteen11. H 12. D 13. O 14. E 15. B 16. N 17. M 18. L 19. G 20. AUnit Twenty11. E 12. F 13. J 14. C 15. I 16. M 17. G 18. A 19. L 20. D Unit Twenty-One 11. F 12. C 13. G 14. M 15. B 16. H 17. N 18. L 19. O 20. AUnit Twenty-Two11. N 12. A 13. M 14. G 15. O 16. J 17. D 18. C 19. F 20. LUnit Twenty-Three11. I 12. B 13. C 14. D 15. O 16. K 17. N 18. F 19. A 20. EUnit Twenty-Four11. O 12. F 13. H 14. E 15. I 16. A 17. N 18. J 19. D 20. CUnit Twenty-Five11. B 12. L 13. I 14. C 15. J 16. E 17. O 18. H 19. A 20. NUnit Twenty-Six11. D 12. F 13. I 14. G 15. A 16. C 17. L 18. M 19. JUnit Twenty-Seven11. C 12. G 13. D 14. H 15. I 16. N 17. M 18. J 19. F 20. AUnit Twenty-Eight11. B 12. J 13. A 14. H 15. C 16. I 17. M 18. E 19. D 20. KUnit Twenty-Nine11. C 12. H 13. D 14. E 15. M 16. A 17. N 18. F 19. G 20. LUnit Thirty11. E 12. D 13. N 14. J 15. B 16. F 17. L 18. M 19. O 20. AUnit Thirty-One11. I 12. B 13. J 14. C 15. G 16. H 17. E 18. K 19. M 20. AUnit Thirty-Two11. A 12. E 13. G 14. M 15. L 16. F 17. C 18. H 19. N 20. DUnit Thirty-Three11. A 12. F 13. B 14. D 15. L 16. E 17. O 18. K 19. G 20. MUnit Thirty-Four11. D 12. F 13. C 14. N 15. A 16. B 17. G 18. E 19. O 20. M Unit Thirty-Five11. D 12. F 13. H 14. K 15. M 16. J 17. G 18. B 19. C 20. N Unit Thirty-Six11. D 12. E 13. I 14. C 15. K 16. H 17. O 18. J 19. F 20. B Unit Thirty-Seven11. I 12. B 13. E 14. A 15. M 16. G 17. L 18. D 19. J 20. C Unit Thirty-Eight11. H 12. I 13. B 14. D 15. J 16. K 17. F 18. C 19. G 20. L Unit Thirty-Nine11. B 12. C 13. E 14. J 15. G 16. F 17. K 18. O 19. D 20. H Unit Forty11. B 12. K 13. I 14. L 15. J 16. F 17. G 18. M 19. E 20. H Unit Forty-One11. B 12. F 13. E 14. H 15. A 16. M 17. N 18. J 19. G 20. O Unit Forty-Two11. D 12. A 13. B 14. E 15. K 16. N 17. M 18. C 19. J 20. L Unit Forty-Three11. O 12. I 13. B 14. H 15. G 16. C 17. L 18. J 19. N 20. A Unit Forty-Four11. D 12. F 13. L 14. J 15. G 16. I 17. H 18. C 19. M 20. B Unit Forty-Five11. D 12. E 13. K 14. H 15. F 16. L 17. O 18. I 19. J 20. C Unit Forty-Six11. D 12. H 13. M 14. F 15. I 16. K 17. N 18. A 19. J 20. C Unit Forty-Seven11. L 12. D 13. C 14. F 15. I 16. E 17. J 18. K 19. B 20. N Unit Forty-Eight11. B 12. L 13. F 14. G 15. K 16. E 17. M 18. O 19. I 20. C Unit Forty-Nine11. F 12. L 13. I 14. B 15. C 16. K 17. E 18. H 19. D 20. J Unit Fifty11. F 12. E 13. A 14. K 15. O 16. J 17. I 18. H 19. L 20. B 快速阅读练习答案skimming and scanning passage 11-7 BCACDCB8.overall white woman9.the beauty industry's standards10.the beauty desirabilityPassage2 DBADCAC10. 8. 【解析】feeling the vibrations of a struggling prey 9. 【解析】collagen fibers 10. 【解析】some fantast ic involuntary changesPassage3 BDDDBBA 8. personal life9. tired 10. listen carefully Skimming and Scanning Passage 4 1-7 BDDDCBD8. the challenges of married life 9. a formal suit 10. marriage promise Skimming and Scanning Passage 5 1-7 ABCDDCD8. gain the weight back 9. high-risk situations 10. a simple activity, such as reading or brushing teeth. Skimming and Scanning Passage 6 1 - 7. BCADCBD 8. pave the way9. irreplaceable10. more likelySkimming and Scanning Passage 7 1 - 7. DCBDAAB 8. dispersed in the atmosphere9. debris10. troubleSkimming and Scanning Passage 8 1 - 7. CABACDC8. two9. very upset10. eased Skimming and Scanning Passage 9 1. B 2. D 3. D 4. D 5. C 6.B 7. D8. the challenges of married life 9. a formal suit 10. marriage promise Skimming and Scanning Passage 10 1 - 7 ACBCDDC8. suggestion therapy 9. they are fascinated by it 10. accept it/ accept the methodSkimming and Scanning Passage 11 1 - 7. BDABCCD 8. a network of vessels9. an invading organism10. against future attacksSkimming and Scanning Passage 12 1-7 CDBDDDC8. National Committee9. Team manager 10. five yearsPassage13 CBCBCAC 8. 10.【解析】the losing of calcium【解析】do not mix well 9.【解析】electricity for manufacturing Skimming and Scanning Passage 141. A2.D3.B4.C5.A6.B7.C8. quite homogeneous 9.relationships with consumers 10.the appropriate mediaSkimming and Scanning Passage 151.C2.B3.D4.A5.D6.B7.C8. changes in the visa process 9. take their knowledge and skills back home10. strengthen the nation完形填空1 ACABD CBACD CADDD DBDCB2 CABBA CDCDC DDBBA DCBAC3 AAADC BADCD CBBCA DCCBD4 DACBA CDBAC BADCB ACBDD5 BCACB DDCAD AACAB BDDBC6 BAADC DBAAB ACDBC ADDAC7 BDBCD DBABD AABAD CBACC8 BDCDC BADAA BDBCD BDDCC9 BDCAC BDCCB ADBCD BCBDB 10 CABAA BBDCC DABAC ABCBB 11 CCADA AADBA BBCAA ADADB 12 ABCAA BDCBA BCBCD CABCA 13 CBABB CDBDA CBCDB BACBD 14 BCAAD BADBA ACDBC CDACB 15 B ACloze Test 17. BCCAC DDCAD BADBD BACAACloze Test 18. DCBAB DCDDA CBCDA BDCDBCloze Test 19. BABDC ACCBD DABAB CDADBCloze Test 20. ACDAB DBCAD BADDB AABCCCloze Test 21. BCCBD CADAB CDABC ADBCACloze Test 22. AADAC BCDCA ACDBA ADCBCCloze Test 23. ADDAB CDAAD BACBB BBCBACloze Test 24. BDADA CACBD BACDB BCACBCloze Test 2571. A) ago 72. C) idea 73. B) come 74. A) indoor 75. D) revealed 76. B) down 77. C) safe 78. A) reduced 79. D) destroy 80. B) however 81. C) completely 82. A) or 83.B) fact 84.D) developed 85.A) starts 86.D) inevitably 87. C) instead 88.C) adopting 89.B) beneficial 90. A) EntireCloze Test 2671-80 AADAB CDCBD81-90 CAADB CBDACCloze Test 2761. C)way62. A)save63. B)to64. C)simple65. D)think66. B)best67. B)whose68. C)in69. B)takes70. D)model71. B)make72. A)adopt73. D)keep74. B)possession75. A)run 76. A)appliance77. B)purpose78. C)item79. A)what80. D)fromCloze Test 2861.A about 62. B waving 63.B after 64.D not 65.A historical66.C identify 67.C fought 68.D idea 69.B signed 70.A place71. A Even 72.B just 73. D directly 74. A competitiveness 75.D as76. D good 77.C on 78. C teaching 79. A done 80.C andCloze Test 2971. A 72. B 73. B 74. A 75. D76. C 77. B 78. D 79. A 80. D81. B 82. C 83. A 84. D 85. A86. C 87. B 88. D 89. A 90. CCloze Test 3071. B 72. D 73. D 74. C 75. C 76. D 77. B 78. A 79. C 80. C81. B 82. B 83. D 84.A 85. C 86. A 87. D 88. 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大学英语四级15选10阅读理解模拟题库精选试题一
大学英语四级15选10阅读理解模拟题库精选试题一For many people in the U.S., sports are not just for fun. They're almost a religion. Thousands of sports fans buy expensive tickets to watch their favorite teams and athletes play in (1) ________. Other fans watch the games at home, glued to their TV sets. The most (2)________ sports buffs never miss a game. Many a wife becomes a "sports widow" during her husband's favorite season. America's devotion to athletics has created a new class of (3)________ people: professional athletes. Sports stars often receive million-dollar salaries. Some even make big money appearing in (4)________ for soft drinks, shoes and even toiletries.Not all Americans (5)________ sports, but athletics are an important part of their culture. Throughout their school life, Americans learn to play many sports. All students take physical education classes in school. Some try out for the school teams, while others join intramural sports leagues. Athletic events at universities attract scores of fans and (6)________ the whole community. Many people also enjoy non-competitive (7)________ like hiking, biking, horseback riding, camping or hunting. To communicate with American sports nuts, it helps if you can talk sports.Sports in America represent the international (8)________ of the people who play. Many sports were (9)________ from other countries. European immigrants brought tennis, golf, bowling and boxing to America. Football and baseball came from other Old World games. Only basketball has a truly American origin. Even today some (10)________ "foreign" sports like soccer are gaining American fans. In 1994 the U.S. hosted the World Cup for the first time ever.A.wealthyB.benefitC.durationD.constantE.importedF.activitiesG.devotedH.necessarilyI.worshipJ.personprisedL.advertisementsM.heritageN.sufficientO.formerly。
(完整版)大学英语四级十五选十历年真题专练
Section A 201106Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.The popular notion that older people need less sleep than younger adults is a myth, scientists said yesterday. While elderly people ----47----- to sleep for fewer hours than they did when , this has a(n) ---48----- effect on their brain's performance and they would benefit from getting more, according to research. Sean Drummond, a psychiatrist (心理医生) at the University of California, San Diego, said that older people are more likely to suffer from broken sleep, while younger people are better at sleeping ------49----- straight through the night.More sleep in old age, however, is ----50------ with better health, and most older people would feel better and more ------51------ if they slept for longer periods, he said."The ability to sleep in one chunk (整块时间) overnight goes down as we age but the amount of sleep we need to ------52----- well does not change," Dr Drummond told the American Association for the Advancement of Science conference in San Diego."It's ------53----- a myth that older people need less sleep. The more healthy an older adult is, the more they sleep like they did when they were -------54------ . Our data suggests that older adults would benefit from ------55------ to get as much sleep as they did in their 30s. That's -56- from person to person, but the amount of sleep we had at 35 is probably the same amount we need at 75."A) alert B) associated C) attracting D) cling E) continuing F) definitely G) different H) efficiently I) formally J) function K) mixed L) negative M) sufficient N) tend O) younger【参考答案】47 N tend 48 L negative 49 H efficiently 50 B associated 51 A alert52 J function 53 F definitely 54 O younger 55 E continuing 56 G different201006When we think of green buildings, we tend to think of new ones – the kind of high-tech, solar-paneled masterpieces that make the covers of architecture magazines. But the U.S. has more than 100 million existing homes, and it would be __47__ wasteful to tear them all down and __48__ them with greener versions. An enormous amount of energy and resources went into the construction of those houses. And it would take an average of 65 years for the __49__ carbon emissions from a new energy-efficient home to make up for the resources lost by destroying an old one. So in the broadest __50__, the greenest home is the one that has already been built. But at the same time, nearly half of U. S. carbon emissions come from heating, cooling and __51__ our homes, offices and other buildings. "You can't deal with climate change without dealing with existing buildings," says Richard Moe, the president of the National Trust.With some __52__, the oldest homes tend to be the least energy-efficient. Houses built before 1939 use about 50% more energy per square foot than those built after 2000, mainly due to the tiny cracks and gaps that __53__ over time and let inmore outside air.Fortunately, there are a __54__ number of relatively simple changes that can green older homes, from __55__ ones like Lincoln's Cottage to your own postwar home. And efficiency upgrades (升级) can save more than just the earth; they can help __56__ property owners from rising power costs.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
大学英语四级阅读选词填空(15选10)真题51套(06-19年)-附答案
大学英语四级（CET-4）真题之阅读-选词填空The flood of women into the job market boosted economic growth and changed U.S.society in many ways.Many in-home jobs that used to be done47by women----ranging from family shopping to preparing meals to doing48 work——still need to be done by someone.Husbands and children now do some of these jobs,a49that has changed the target market for many products.Or a working woman may face a crushing“poverty of time“and look for help elsewhere, creating opportunities for producers of frozen meals,child care centers,dry cleaners, financial services,and the like.Although there is still a big wage50between men and women,the income working women51gives them new independence and buying power.For example,women now52about half of all cars.Not long ago,many cars dealers53women shoppers by ignoring them or suggesting that they come back with their husbands.Now car companies have realized that women are54 customers.It’s interesting that some leading Japanese car dealers were the first to 55pay attention to women customers.In Japan,fewer women have jobs or buy cars—the Japanese society is still very much male—oriented.Perhaps it was the 56contrast with Japanese society that prompted American firms to pay more attention to women buyers.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答A）scale B）retailed C）generate D）extremeE）technically F）affordable G）situation H）reallyI）potential J）gap K）voluntary L）excessiveM）insulted N）purchase O）primarilyYears ago,doctors often said that pain was a normal part of life.In particular,when older patients__47__of pain,they were told it was a natural part of aging and they would have to learn to live with it.Times have changed.Today,we take pain__48__.Indeed,pain is now considered the fifth vital sign,as important as blood pressure,temperature,breathing rate and pulse in__49__a person’s well-being.We know that chronic(慢性的)pain can disrupt(扰乱)a person’s life, causing problems that__50__from missed work to depression.That’s why a growing number of hospitals now depend upon physicians who__51__in pain medicine.Not only do we evaluate the cause of the pain,which can help us treat the pain better, but we also help provide comprehensive therapy for depression and other psychological and social__52__related to chronic pain.Such comprehensive therapy often__53__the work of social workers,psychiatrists(心理医生)and psychologists,as well as specialists in pain medicine.This modern__54__for pain management has led to a wealth of innovative treatments which are more effective and with fewer side effects than ever before.Decades ago,there were only a__55__number of drugs available,and many of them caused__56__side effects in older people,including dizziness and fatigue.This created a double-edged sword:the medications helped relieve the pain but caused other problems that could be worse than the pain itself.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答A）result B）involves C）significant D）rangeE）relieved F）issues G）seriously H）magnificentI）determining J）limited K）gravely L）complainedM）respect N）prompting O）specializeAs war spreads to many comers of the globe,Children sadly have been drawn into the center of conflicts.In Afghanistan,Bosnia,and Colombia,however,groups of children have been taking part in peace education47.The children,after learning to resolve conflicts,took on the48of peacemakers.The Children’s Movement for peacemakers was even nominated(提名)or the Nobel peace prize in1998.Groups of children49is peacemakers studied human rights an poverty issues in Colombia, eventually forming a group with five other schools in Bogota known a The Schools of Peace.The classroom50opportunities for children to replace angry,violent behaviors with51,peaceful ones.It is in the classroom that caring and respect for each person empowers children to take a step52toward becoming peacemakers.Fortunately, educators have access to many online resources that are53useful when helping children along the path to peace.The Young Peacemakers Club,started in1992, provides a Website with resources for teachers and54on staring a Kindness Campaign.The World Centers of Compassion for Children International call attention to children’s rights and how to help the55of war.Starting a Peacemakers’Club is a praiseworthy venture for a class an one that could spread to other classrooms an ideally affect the culture of the56school.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
英语15选10练习题
英语15选10练习题（一）A Nepali teenager has designed a ￡23 solar panel using human hair.Milan Karki, who is 18 years old and lives in a village in rural Nepal, used human hair to replace silicon, which is a common but ( 1) component of solar panels.By using hair as a ( 2) , Karki said that solar panels can be produced for around ￡23, a price tag that could be (3) if they were mass-produced.The solar panel works because melanin, the pigment (色素) that gives hair its color, is light (4) and can act as an electrical conductor. Karki was inspired to follow this 5 by a Stephen Hawking book, which ( 6) how to create static energy from hair.The device that Karki has (7 ) is capable of producing 9V or 18W of energy----plenty to ( 8 ) a mobile phone.“Half a kilo of hair can be bought for only 16p in Nepal and whereas a pack of batteries would cost 50p and last a few nights,” according to The Daily Mail.Milan and his four classmates ( 9) made the solar panel as an experiment but the teens are ( 10) it has wide applicability and commercial viability.Karki has now sent out several devices to other districts near his home for testing. He said, “First I wanted to provide elec tricity for my home, then my village. Now I am thinking for the whole world.”A)route B) charge C) important D) expensiveE) declined F) replacement G) explained H) sensitiveI) convinced J) initially K) demonstrated L) simplyM) produced N) halved O) sensibleD F N H A G K B J I(二)Women’s Day marks the role of women in both the past and the present. It was started to 1 the importance of working women and bring their problems to 2 . However, 3 the day is not a one-day agenda. The real challenge lies in the natural flow of feelings----honoring and celebrating womanhood on a particular March 8 only to forget its importance the next day is 4 . In countries like South Africa, the people celebrate the national Women’s day on August 9 every year with a variety of eve nts. Women’s Day on August 9 marks the day, in 1956, when 20,000 women 5 on the Union Buildings in Pretoria to protest against one of the cornerstones of apartheid (种族隔离) -----the passed laws. The countries will nowadays celebrate the month of August, by a ceremony 6 women in politics and decision-making positions, and 7 them certificates of honor. International Women’s Day was commemorated in the United States during the 1910s and 1920s, but then 8 . It was revived during the women’s movement in the 1960s, but without its so cialist associations. In 1981, the U. S. Congress passed a 9 establishing National Women’s History Week. Since its founding, the National Women’s History Project has recognized and celebrated the rich and 10 contributions of women to the history and culture of the United States.declined B) celebrating C) paraded D) awardingE) light F) resolution G) marched H) increasinglyI) essentially J) highlight K) disrespectful L) diminishedM) varied N) promoting O) determinationJ E I K G N D A F M（三）Personality is to a large extent inherent----A type parents usually bring about A type 1 . But the environment must also have a profound effect, since if competition is important to the parents, it is likely to become a major factor in the lives of their children. One place where children soak up A characteristics is school, which is, by its very 2 , a highly competitive institution. Too many schools adopt the win at all costs moral standard and measure their success by sporting achievements. The 3 passion for making children compete against their classmates or against the clock produces a two-layer system, in which competitive A types seem in some way better than their B type fellows. Being too keen to win can have dangerous consequences: remember that Pheidippides, the first marathon runner, dropped dead seconds after saying: “Rejoice, we conquer!”By far the worst form of competition in schools is the disproportionate emphasis on examinations. It is a rare school that allows pupils to concentrate on those things they do well. The merits of competition by examination are somewhat 4 , but competition in the certain knowledge of failure is 5 harmful.Obviously, it is neither practical nor 6 that all A youngsters change into B’s. The world needs types, and schools have an important duty to try to fit a child’s personality to his possible future employment. It is top management.If the preoccupation of schools with academic work was 7 , more time might be spent teaching children surer values. Perhaps selection for the caring professions, especially medicine, could be made less by good grades in chemistry and more by such considerations as 8 and sympathy. It is surely a mistake to choose our doctors 9 from A type stock. B’s are important and should be 10 .A)encouraged B) education C) positively D) questionableE) disadvantageous F) lessened G) exclusively H) increasedI) sensitivity J) specialty K) offspring L) natureM) desirable N) current O) possibleK L N D C M F I G A(四)Low levels of literacy and numeracy have a damaging impact on almost every aspect of adult life, according to a survey published yesterday, which offers evidence of a developing underclass. Tests and interviews with hundreds of people born in a single week in 1958 1 illustrated the handicap of educational underachievement. The effects were seen in unemployment, low incomes, depression and social 2 .Those who left school at 16 with poor basic skills had been employed for up to four years less than good readers at the time they reached 37. Professor John Bynner of City University, who 3 out the research, said that today’s 4 people would face even greater problems because the supply of manual jobs had 5 up. Poor readers were twice as likely to be on a low 6 and four times as likely to live in a household where neither partner worked. Women in this position were five times as likely to be classified as 7 , while both sexes tended to feel they had no control over their lives, and to be 8 of others. Those with low literacy and numeracy skills were seldom involved in any 9 organization and much less likely than others to have 10 in a general election. There had been no improvement in the level of interviewees since the sample was surveyed at the age of 21.A) activity B) carried C) wage D) driedE) kept F) vividly G) clearly H) communityI) inactivity J) respectful K) unqualified L) depressedM) doubtful N) idle O) votedG I B K D C L M H O(五)Technically, any substance other than food that alters our bodily or mental functioning is a drug. Many people 1 believe the term drug refers only to some sort of medicine or an illegal 2 taken by drug addicts. They don't realize that familiar substances such as alcohol and tobacco are also drugs. This is why the more 3 term substance is now used by many physicians and psychologists. The phrase substance abuse is often used instead of drug abuse to make clear that substances such as alcohol and tobacco can be just as 4 misused as heroin and cocaine.We live in a society in which the medicinal and social use of substances (drugs) is pervasive; an aspirin to quiet a headache, some wine to be 5 , coffee to get going in the morning, a cigarette for the nerves. When do these socially acceptable and apparently constructive uses of a substance become misuses? First of all, most substances taken in excess will produce 6 effects such as poisoning or intense perceptual distortions. Repeated use of a substance can also lead to physical addiction or substance dependence. Dependence is marked first by an increased tolerance, with more and more of the substance required to produce the 7 effect, and then by the appearance of unpleasant withdrawal symptoms when the substance is 8 .Drugs (substances) that affect the central nervous system and alter perception, mood, and behavior are known as psychoactive substances. Psychoactive substances are commonly grouped according to whether they are stimulants, depressants, or hallucinogens (致幻剂). Stimulants initially speed up or 9 the central nervous system, whereas depressants slow it down.Hallucinogens have their primary effect onperception, distorting and altering it in a variety of ways including producing hallucinations (幻觉). These are the substances often called psychedelic (迷幻药) (from the Greek word meaning “mind manifesting”) because they seemed to radically 10 one's state of consciousness.A) destroy B) harmfully C) mistakenly D) certainlyE) sociable F) alter G) chemical H) stimulusI) negative J) activate K) neutral L) desiredM) popular N) discontinued O) disappearedC G K B E I L N J F(六)The majority of people, about nine out of ten, are right-handed. Up until recently, people who were left-handed were considered to be 1 , and once children showed this tendency they were forced to use their right hands. Today left-handedness is generally 2 , but it is still a 3 in a world where most people are right-handed. For example, most tools and 4 are still designed for right-handed people.In sports, by 5 , doing things with the left hand or foot, is often an advantage. Throwing, kicking, punching or batting from the “wrong” side may result in throwing off many opponents who are more 6 to dealing with the majority of players who are right-handed. This is why, in many games at a professional level, a higher proportion of players are left-handed than in the population as a whole.The word “right” in many languages means “correct” or is 7 with lawfulness, whereas the word associated with “left”, such as “sinister”, generally have 8 associations. Moreover, among a number of primitive peoples there is a close associationbetween death and left hand.In the past, in most Western societies, children were often forced to use their right hands, 9 to write with. In some cases the left hand was 10 behind the child’s back so it could not be used. If, in the future, they are allowed to choose, they will certainly be more left-handers, and probably fewer people with minor psychological disturbances as a result of being forced to use their right hands.A) tied B) abnormal C) comparison D) contrastE) accustomed F) negative G) connected H) minorityI) implements J) illegal K) especially L) speciallyM) disadvantage N) opposed O) acceptedB O M I D E G F K A（七）Perhaps like most Americans you have some extra pounds to 47 . You may even have tried a fad diet or two, but found yourself right back where you started. The key to weight loss is regular 48 activity. And surprisingly, you don't have to give up eating or make the gym your second home to see long-term, 49 effects.You body needs a certain amount of energy to maintain basic 50 such as breathing, blood circulation and digestion. The energy required to keep your organs functioning is referred to as the resting or basal metabolic rate.Any time you are active, 51 energy is required. It is obtained from glycogen and fat stored in the blood, liver, and muscles. The key to losing weight is to draw on the fat rather than on the carbohydrate reserves.Which of the two energy sources you use depends on the intensity and 52 of your activity. The higher the intensity, the more your body will pull from the stored carbohydrates. Thelower the intensity, the more your body will 53 on fat as its fuel.Aerobic exercise is most 54 for weight loss. When you perform aerobic activities you 55 contract large muscle groups such as your legs and arms. Walking, running, rollerblading, swimming, dancing, and jumping jacks are all forms of aerobic activity.Surprisingly, if your aerobic activity is low to moderately intense and of long duration, you will burn more fat than if you had 56 in a short burst of high-intensity exercise. In short, a brisk 30-minute walk will burn fat while a 100-yard sprint will burn glycogen.[A] positive[B] additional[C] duration[D] effectivee[E] shed [F] physical[G] food [H] functions [I] participated [J] rely [K] cut [L] repeatedly[M] uses [N] little [O] obviousE F A H B C G D L I(八)A sunflower is a sunflower. A mobile phone is a mobile phone. But can you 47 the two to do something for your local 48 ?It may well be possible. When you have finished with your mobile phone you will be able to 49 it in the garden or a plant pot and wait for it to flower.50 , a biodegradable (生物可降解的)mobile phone was introduced by scientists. It is hoped that the new type of phone will encourage 51 to recycle.Scientists have come up with a new material over the last five years. It looks like any other 52 and can be hard or soft. and able to change shape. Overtime it can also break down into the soil without giving out any toxic 53 . British researchers used the newmaterial to develop a phone cover that contains a sunflower seed. When this new type of cover turns into waste, it 54 nitrates(硝酸盐). These feed the seed and help the flower grow.Engineers have designed a small 55 window to hold the seed. They have made sure it only grows when the phone is thrown away."We've only put sunflower seeds into the covers so far. But we are working with plant 56 to find out which flowers would perform best. Maybe we could put roses in next time," said one scientist.[A] Recently [B] consumer [C] chemical [D] environment [E] combine[F] transparent [G] buy [H] companion [I] experts [J] forms [K] bury[L] paper [M] paper [N] plastic [O] UsuallyE O K A B N C GF I(九)In recent years, more and more foreigners are involved in the teaching programs of the United States. Both the advantages and the disadvantages47 using foreign faculty in teaching positions have to be48 , of course. It can be said that the foreign background that makes the faculty member from abroad an asset also49 problems of adjustment, both for the university and for the individual. The foreign research scholar usually isolates himself in the laboratory as a means of protection; 50 , what he needs is to be fitted to a highly organized university system quite different from51 at home. He is faced in his daily work with differences in philosophy, arrangements of courses and methods of teaching. Both the visiting professor and his students52 acommon ground in each other’s cultur es, some concept of what is already in the minds of American students is53 for the foreign professor. While helping him to adapt himself to his new environment, the university must also 54 certain adjustments in order to take full advantage of what the newcomer can55 . It isn’t always known how to make creative use of foreign faculty, especially at smaller colleges. This is thought to be a56 where further study is called for. The findings of such a study will be of value to colleges and universities with foreign faculty.A)field B)possess C)considered D)express E)offer F)createG)requiredH)of I)emerge J)make K)lack L)however M)scope N)cause O)thatH C F L O K G J EA(十)Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Its 47 lie mainly in blues, rhythm and blues, country, folk, gospel, and jazz. The style subsequently spread to the rest of the world and developed further, leading ultimately to 48 rock music.The term “rock and roll”now covers at l east two different meanings, both in common usage. The American Heritage Dictionary and the Merriam-Webster Dictionary both 49 rock and roll as synonymous with rock music.50 , /doc/386078285.html, defines the term as referring specifically to the music of the 1950s.Classic rock and roll is 51 played with one or two electric guitars, a string bass or an electric bass guitar, and a drum kit. In the 52 rock and roll styles of the late 1940s, either the piano or saxophone was often the lead instrument, but these weregenerally 53 or supplemented by the guitar in the middle to late 1950s.The massive popularity and eventual worldwide view of rock and roll gave it a 54 social impact. Far beyond simply a musical style, rock and roll, as seen in movies and in the new medium of television, 55 lifestyles, fashion, attitudes, and language. It went on to spawn various sub-genres, often without the initially 56 backbeat, that are now more commonly called simply “rock music”or “rock”.A) define I) followed B) characteristic J) modernC) unique K) explanation D) roots L) ConverselyE) usually M) replaced F) Basically N) prepareG) earliest O) seldoH) influencedD J A LE G M C H B(十一)The American patent system, provided for in the Constitution, was designed to encourage the creation and use of new technology. An inventor would describe the invention, both in writing and with drawings, and __47__ the description with a model to a government official. If the invention was judged to be ___48__ and beneficial, the official would give the inventor a patent. The patent meant that for 14 years the inventor owned the new invention. Inventors could ___49__ their ideas to manufacturers or just use them themselves. The government would not ___50__ any other patent for the same idea, and the inventor could ___51__ anyone of using the patented idea with- out paying the owner of the patent for ___52__ to use it.A useful patent meant that the inventor could make a lot of money. In exchange for this gover- nmental protection, thegovernment published the patent __53___ , which had to provide enough information so that other people could understand the invention—thus adding to the general__54_technological knowledge. And at the end of the 14 years, anyone could use the invention for__55__.The idea behind the patent system was twofold: it would increase the amount of technology, by providing a way for people to make money out of new ideas, and it would make new technology widely available, by publicizing ideas that might ___56__ be kept as trade secrets.A) license I ) specifications B) however J ) yield C) accuse K) issue D) submit L) chargeE) convenient M) available F) permission N) otherwise G) enable O) original H) freeD O A K C F I M H N(十二)A pioneering study int o the effects of a mother’s fat intake during pregnancy on her child’s health when he or she grows up is being launched at the University of Southampton.The research will investigate whether the type and amount of fat a mother eats during pregnancy 11 the risk of heart disease, 12 high blood pressure, in her child when he or she reaches adulthood.Although the link between high fat diets and high blood pressure is well known, there has been 13 research into the connection between a woman’s diet and her child’s risk of hypertension (高血压).The study, which is 14 by the British Heart Foundation, is led by Dr Graham Burdge, British Heart Foundation Professor of Cardiovascular Science.The award of this 15 grant is part of a ￡3.5 million boost forheart research in the UK by the British Heart Foundation. The charity’s special grants are made to fund research into the causes, prevention, 16 and treatment of heart disease, the UK’s biggest killer.Dr Burdge says, “The type and amount of fat in our diet has 17 during the past 50 years. Pregnant women 18 the same diet as the rest of us, but we know very little about the 19 of these changes in dietary (饮食的) fat on the development and future health of their children. We hope that the 20 of this study will help to develop recommendations for pregnant women about how much fat they should eat and what types of fat they should avoid.”A) funded I) consume B) diagnosis J) coveringC) including K) influences D) founded L) notoriousE) changed M) effects F) enough N) affectsG) findings O) prestigious H) limitedK C H A O B E I M G(十三)It seems you always forget—your reading glasses when you are rushing to work, your coat when you are going to the cleaners, your credit card when you are shopping...Such absent-mindedness may be 47 to you; now British and German scientists are developing memory glasses that record everything the 48 sees.The glasses can play back memories later to help the wearer remember things they have forgotten such as where they left their keys. And the glasses also 49 the user to "label" items so that information can be used later on. The wearer could walk around an office or a factory identifying certain 50 by pointing at them. Objects indicated are then given a 51 label on a screeninside the glasses that the user then fills in.It could be used in 52 plants by mechanics looking to identify machine parts or by electricians wiring a 53 device.A spokesman for the project said: "A car mechanic for 54 could find at a glance where a part on a certain car model is so that it can be identified and repaired. For the motorist the system could 55 accident black spots or dangers on the road."In other cases the glasses could be worn by people going on a guided tour, 56 points of interest or by people looking at panoramas where all the sites could be identified.[A] allow [B] instance[C] blank[D] industrial[E] frustrating[F] items[G] indicating[H] highlight [I] user [J] complicated [K] white[L] annoying [M] successful [N] article [O] simpleE I AF A D J B H G(十四)Have you ever been afraid to talk back when you were treated ____47 ___? Have you ever bought something just because the salesman talked you into it? Are you afraid to ask someone for a date.Many people are afraid to assert(表现)themselves. Dr. Alberti thinks it's because their self-respect is low. "Our whole ____48 ___ is designed to make people distrust themselves," says Alberti. "There's always '____49 ___' around-a parent, a teacher, a boss-who 'knows better'. These superiors often gain when they chip(削弱) away at your self-image."But Alberti and other scientists are doing something to help people ____50 ___ themselves. They ____51 ___ "assertiveness training" courses-At for short. In the A T courses people learnthat they have a right to be themselves. They learn to speak out and feel good about doing so. They learn to be more ____52 ___ without hurting other people.In one way. learning to speak out is to ____53 ___ fear. A group taking a course will help the timid person to lose his fear. But A T uses an even stronger ____54 ___-the need to share. The timid person speaks out in the group because he wants to tell how he feels.Whether or not you speak up for yourself depends on your self-image. If someone you face is more "important" than you, you may feel less of a person. You start to ____55 ___ your own good sense.You go by the other person's ____56___ . But, why should you?A T says you can get to feel good about yourself. And once you do, you can learn to speak out.[A] doubt [I] peace [B] active [J] demand [C] system [K] ask[D] offer [L] superior [E] unfairly [M] overcome[F] unfortunately[N] confidence[G] motive [O] roar [H] imageE C L H O B M G A J(十五)Americans are proud of their variety and individualty, yet they love and respect few things more than a uniform. Why are uniforms so __1__ in the United States?Among the arguments for uniforms, one of the first is that in the eyes of most people they look more __2__ than civilian （百姓的）clothes. People have become conditioned to __3__ superior quality from a man who wears a uniform. The television repairman who wears a uniform tends to __4__ more trust than one who appears in civilian clothes. Faith in the __5__ of a garagemechanic is increased by a uniform. What an easier way is there for a nurse, a policeman, a barber, or a waiter to __6__ professional identity（身份）than to step out of uniform? Uniforms also have many __7__ benefits. They save on other clothes. They save on laundry bills. They are often more comfortable and more durable than civilian clothes.Primary among the arguments against uniforms is their lack of variety and the consequent loss of __8__ experienced by people who must wear them. Though there are many types of uniforms, the wearer of any particular type is generally stuck with it, without __9__, until retirement. When people look alike, they tend to think, speak, and act __10__, on the job at least.[A]skill [B]popular [C]get [D]change [E]similarly [F]professional [G]character[H]individuality [I]inspire [J]differently [K]expect [L]practical [M]recall [N]lose[O]ordinaryB F K I A N L H O E(十六)The typical pre-industrial family not only had a good many children, but numerous other dependents as well---grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousions. Such "extended" families were suited for survival in slow paced __1__ societies. But such families are hard to __2__. They are immobile. Industrialism demanded masses of workers ready and able to move off the land in pursuit of jobs, and to move again whenever necessary. Thus the extended family __3__ shed its excess weight and the so-called "nuclear" family emerged---a stripped-down, portable family unit __4__ only of parents and a small set of children. This new style family, far more __5__ than the traditional extended family, became the standard model in all the industrial counties. Super-industrialism, however, the next stage of eco-technological development, __6__ even higher mobility. Thus we may expect many among the people of the future to carry the streamlinling process, a stePfurther by remaining children, cutting the family down to its more __7__ components, aman and a woman. Two people, perhaps with matched careers, will prove more efficient at navigating through education and social status, through job changes and geographic relocations, than teh ordinarily child-cluttered family.A __8__ may be the postponement of children, rather than childlessness. Men and women today are often torn in __9__ between a commitment to career and a commitment to children. In the future, many __10__ will sidestePthis problem by deferring the entire task of raising children until after retirement.A)transplant B)solution C)gadually D)transportE)elemental F)conflict G)continually H)mobileI)couples J)agricultural )including L)compromiseM)requires N)primary O)consistingJ O C A H M E F L I。
(完整word版)四级考15选10 练习10篇
1．98年1月四级真题改编Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) （25 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks。
You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage。
Read the passage through carefully before making your choices。
Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once。
Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage。
In bringing up children，every parent watches eagerly the child’s acquisition of each new skill—the first spoken words， the first __47__ steps， or the beginning of reading and writing。
It is often __48__ to hurry the child beyond his natural learning rate， but this can set up dangerous feelings of failure and states of worry in the child。
大学英语四级改革适用(长篇阅读)模拟试卷1(题后含答案及解析)
大学英语四级改革适用（长篇阅读）模拟试卷1(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1.9 motor vehicles for every household in America, and just to illustrate how many cars this is, consider that the average American household has only 1.8 drivers; America has more vehicles than it has drivers to drive them. By the time a middle-class American reaches 35 years of age, he or she has likely owned 3 cars in his or her life.B)The Unites States’lawmakers have done little to undermine the romance between their citizens and their automobiles. Taxes on gasoline have been kept low, while massive highway building projects allow more and more cars to take to the road. Public transportation, on the other hand, has traditionally suffered from neglect. From the 1970s, since Americans have more than doubled their reliance on cars for long-distance rides, train and bus usage has largely stopped developing. Inner city transit systems in most cities were either deteriorating or crime-ridden, as in New York, or dysfunctional(机能不良的), as in Los Angeles.C)There are, however, signs that U.S. drivers are quietly looking for alternatives to car usage—with growing backing from legislators. Throughout the country a record number of commuters are taking buses and transit to work. In Washington DC, city officials say this summer has been the busiest in the history of the Metro rail system, with trains often carrying more than 600,000 passengers a day. In Cincinnati, transit authorities say there have been up to 50 percent more users this summer on some commuter routes. The Atlanta and Portland transit systems are also recording heavy usage. Nationwide, public transportation systems have recorded a 4.8 percent increase for the first quarter of 2003 over the same period in 2002, according to the American Public Transportation Association(APTA).D)Transit officials say the main reason is the recent rise in gasoline prices. Feeling the impact of cuts in production by oil-exporting countries, gasoline prices in the US shot up from a national average of $1.30 dollars a gallon(nearly 3.8 litres)late last year to high of $1.68 a gallon in June this year. In parts of the country, prices even reached $2 a gallon for the first time.E)While the price rise angered car drivers, many transportation experts feel it has turned attention to America’s meager(不景气的)public transport. “The public transport system has been better now than in the past decades,”says Delon Lowas, an urban planning analyst at the Sierra Club, the environmental group. According to APTA, a person commuting 10 miles to work every day by train instead of by car could save as much as 314 gallons(1193 liters)of gasoline annually —thus reducing emissions of hydrocarbon gases and other pollutants.F)The oil price rise might just have been the induction to result in a new revolution in the travel habits of US commuters, say environmentalists. As evidence, they point to the popularity of new light-rail systems in cities such as Portland. Even Los Angeles, whose residents are famous for their infatuation(迷恋)with cars, recently installed 17 miles of subway tracks. Now, US politicians are also warming to public transport. Federal and state governments are toying with some initiatives, such as tax breaks for people who use trains or buses.G)But public transportation continues to have its ideological critics. “It shouldn’t be encouraged at the expense of private ownership of vehicles,” says BenLieberman of the Competitive Enterprise Institute(CEI). He asserts that the government’s priority should be to make owning and driving a car more affordable by reducing environmental restrictions that push up the price of gasoline.H)The expansion of public transportation systems also draws opposition from those who are worried about the immense costs involved. They cite Los Angeles’ subway expansion, which cost a record $4.7 billion, as an instance of how expensive public transport can be.I)Citing costs of construction, Tome DeLay,the powerful Republican Whip of the House of Representatives, have moved to block funds for a proposed light-rail system in Houston. Mr. DeLay argues that the city should conduct a referendum(公民投票)before investing taxpayer’s money. The result: the Houston authorities might well have to manage without federal funds —or scrap the light-rail project entirely. Given the strong political pressure against it, some observers think the flirtation(对......的一时兴趣)with public transport will pass, not least because there are signs already that gas prices have started to fall. Mr. Lovaas, however, thinks that there has been “genuine grass-roots change” as people understand the environmental and social need for cutting down on automobile use. But he admitted that political opposition could take a long time to overcome. “The people at the top will be the last to get it.”11．One factor for the sharp rising price of gasoline in the US this year was oil production cuts by oil-exporting countries.正确答案：D解析：根据题干中的线索词price of gasoline和production cuts by oil—exporting countries将本题出处定位于D)段第2句Feeling the impact of cuts in production by oil—exporting countries，gasoline prices in the US shot up from anational average of $1．30 dollars a gallon(nearly 3．8 litres)late last year to high of $1．68 a gallon in June this year．(受到石油出口国削减产量的影响，美国的石油价格从去年年底每加仑(约3．8升)1．30美元的全国平均价格猛涨到今年6月份的每加仑1．68美元。
大学英语四级考试阅读分类模拟试题一套(带答案)
大学英语四级考试阅读分类模拟试题一套Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.The anthropologist (人类学家) Clifford Geertz defines culture as a "historically transmitted pattern of meanings embodied in symbols... by 1 of which men can communicate, perpetuate and develop their own knowledge about and attitudes towards life."Why is it important that you 2 about other cultures? There are a number of reasons. Some may do it 3 because they find fascinating the different ways that people think, speak, act, evaluate, and communicate. But let me assume that you are a more pragmatic sort of person, and are 4 in the "cash value" of a course like this—apart, that is, from the grade you will receive at the end of it. What is a class like this good for? Let me make a couple of suggestions on how what you learn in this class may prove 5 to you in the future:Business: Geertz Hofstede's excellent book on culture is 6 not primarily out of academic theory, but out of his study of the practical problems faced by one particular modern corporation (IBM), which exists across national and cultural 7 . In the world we live in, understanding 8 in general and also specific individual cultures in particular can make the difference between success and failure in the global market and economy.Politics and Diplomacy: If your career goal involves anything that relates to international politics and diplomacy, then understanding other cultures is 9 .Neighbors: If none of these previous factors 10 you, then you can just look at this class as a lesson in good neighborliness in the global village.A．learn B．written C．meansD．simplyE．exactly F．interested G．cultureH．usefulI．boundaries J．ways K．motivates L．importantM．disturbs N．read O．uselessThis is supposed to be an enlightened age, but you wouldn't think so if you could hear what the average man thinks of the average woman. Women won their independence years ago. After a long, 11 struggle, they now enjoy the same educational opportunities as men in most parts of the world. They have proved repeatedly that they are equal and often 12 to men in almost every field. The hard-fought battle for recognition has been won, but it is by no means over. It is men, not women who still carry on the sex war because their attituderemains 13 hostile. Even in the most 14 societies, women continue to be regarded as second-rate citizens. To hear some men talk, you'd think that women belonged to a different 15 !On the surface, the comments made by men about women's abilities seem light-hearted. The same tired jokes about women drivers are 16 day in, day out. This apparent light-heartedness does not 17 the real contempt that men feel for women. However much men sneer at women, their claims to superiority are not borne out by statistics. Let's consider the matter of driving, for instance. We all know that women 18 far fewer accidents than men. They are too conscientious and responsible to drive like maniacs. But this is a minor quibble (微不足道). Women have succeeded in any job you 19 to name. As politicians, soldiers, doctors, factory-hands, university professors, farmers, company directors, lawyers, bus-conductors, scientists and presidents of countries they have often put men to shame. And we must remember that they frequently 20 brilliantly in all these fields in addition to bearing and rearing children.A．species B．cause C．human D ．careE．succeed F．repeated G．get H ．concealI．bitter J．cold K．better L．pro gressiveM．superior N．similarly O．basicallySection BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter.Lost For WordsA．In the Native American Navajo nation, which sprawls across four states in the American south-west, the native language is dying. Most of its speakers are middle-aged or elderly. Although many students take classes in Navajo, the schools are run in English. Street signs, supermarket goods and even their own newspaper are all in English. Not surprisingly, linguists doubt that any native speakers of Navajo will remain in a hundred years' time.B．Navajo is far from alone. Half the world's 6,800 languages are likely to vanish within two generations—that's one language lost every ten days. Never before has the planet's linguistic diversity shrunk at such a pace. "At the moment, we are heading for about three or four languages dominating the world", says Mark Pagel, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Reading. "It's a mass extinction, and whether we will ever rebound (回弹) from the lost is difficult to know."C．Isolation breeds linguistic diversity: as a result, the world is peppered with languages spoken by only a few people. Only 250 languages have more than a million speaker, and at least 3,000 have fewer than 2,500. It is not necessarily these small languages that are about to disappear. Navajo is considered endangered despitehaving 150,000 speakers. What makes a language endangered is not just the number of speakers, but how old they are. If it is spoken by children it is relatively safe. The critically endangered languages are those that are only spoken by the elderly, according to Michael Krauss, director of the Alassk Native Language Center, in Fairbanks.D．Why do people reject the language of their parents? It begins with a crisis of confidence, when a small community finds itself alongside a larger, wealthier society, says Nicholas Ostler, of Britain's Foundation for Endangered Languages, in Bath. "People lose faith in their culture," he says, "When the next generation reaches their teens, they might not want to be induced into the old traditions."E．The change is not always voluntary. Quite often, governments try to kill off a minority language by banning its use in public or discouraging its use in school, all to promote national unity. The former US policy of running Indian reservation in English, for example, effectively put languages such as Navajo on the danger list. But Salikoko Mufwene, who chairs the Linguistics Department at the University of Chicago, argues that the deadliest weapon is not government policy but economic globalization. "Native Americans have not lost pride in their language, but they have had to adapt to socio-economic pressures," he says, "They can not refuse to speak English if most commercial activity is in English." But are languages worth saving? At the very least, there is a loss of data for the study of languages and their evolution, which relies on comparisons between languages, both living and dead. When an unwritten and unrecorded language disappears, it is lost to science.F．Language is also intimately bond up with culture, so it may be difficult to preserve one without the other. "If a person shifts from Navajo to English, he loses something," Mufwene says. "Moreover, the loss of diversity may also deprive us of different ways of looking at the world," says Pagel. There is mounting evidence that learning a language produces physiological changes in brain. "Your brain and mine are different from the brain of someone who speaks French, for instance," Pagel says, and this could affect our thoughts and perceptions. "The patterns and connections we make among various concepts may be structured by the linguistic habits of our community."G．So despite linguists' best efforts, many languages will disappear over the next century. But a growing interest in cultural identity may prevent the direst predictions from coming true. "The key to fostering diversity is for people to learn their ancestral tongue, as well as the dominant language, says Doug Whalen, founder and president of the Endangered Language Fund in New Haven, Connecticut. "Most of these languages will not survive without a large degree of bilingualism," he says. In New Zealand, classes for children have slowed the erosion of Maori and rekindled interest in the language. A similar approach in Hawaii has produced about 8,000 new speakers of Polynesian languages in the past few years. In California, "apprentice" programs have provided life support to several indigenous languages. Volunteer "apprentices" pair up with one of the last living speakers of a Native American tongue to learn a traditional skill such as basket weaving, with instruction exclusively in the endangered language. After about 300 hours of training they are generallysufficiently fluent to transmit the language to the next generation. But Mufwene says that preventing a language dying out is not the same as giving it new life by using it every day. "Preserving a language is more like preserving fruits in a jar," he says.H．However, preservation can bring a language back from the dead. There are examples of languages that have survived in written form and then been revived by later generations. But a written form is essential for this, so the mere possibility of revival has led many speakers of endangered languages to develop systems of writing where none existed before.21、The great variety of languages came about mainly as a result of geographical isolation.22、Governments try to kill off a minority language because they want to promote national unity.23、Some speakers of endangered languages have produced writing systems in order to help secure the survival of their mother tongue.24、At present the linguistic diversity in the world is shrinking at a high speed.25、Endangered languages cannot be saved unless people learn to speak more than one language.26、A written form is essential for the dying language.27、Native Americans have to speak English when most commercial activity is conducted in English.28、People reject the language of their parents because of a crisis of confidence.29、The Navajo language will die out because most of its speakers are middle-aged or elderly.30、The way we think may be determined by our language.Play Is A Serious BusinessA．Playing is a serious business. Children engrossed (吸引) in a make-believe world, fox cubs play-fighting or kittens teasing a ball of string aren't just having fun. Play may look like a carefree and exuberant way to pass the time before the hard work of adulthood comes along, but there's much more to it than that. For a start, play can even cost animals their lives. Eighty per cent of deaths among juvenile fur seals occur because playing pups fail to spot predators (掠夺者，食肉动物) approaching. It is also extremely expensive in terms of energy. Playful young animals use around two or three per cent of energy cavorting (洗脑), and in children that figure can be closer to fifteen per cent. "Even two or three per cent is huge," says John Byers of Idaho University. "You just don't find animals wasting energy like that," he adds. There must be a reason.B．But if play is not simply a developmental hiccup (打嗝), as biologists once thought, why did it evolve? The latest idea suggests that play has evolved to build big brains. In other words, playing makes you intelligent. Playfulness, it seems, is common only among mammals, although a few of the larger-brained birds also indulge. Animals at play often use unique signs—tail-wagging in dogs, for example—to indicate that activity superficially resembling adult behavior is not really in earnest.A popular explanation of play has been that it helps juveniles develop the skills theywill need to hunt, mate and socialize as adults. Another has been that it allows young animals to get in shape for adult life by improving their respiratory endurance. Both these ideas have been questioned in recent years.C．Take the exercise theory. If play evolved to build muscle or as a kind of endurance training, then you would expect to see permanent benefits. But Byers points out that the benefits of increased exercise disappear rapidly after training stops, so many improvement in endurance resulting from juvenile play would be lost by adulthood. "If the function of play was to get into shape," says Byers, "the optimum time for playing would depend on when it was most advantageous for the young of a particular species to do so. But it doesn't work like that." Across species, play tends to peak about halfway through the suckling stage and then decline.D．Then there's the skills-training hypothesis. At first glance, playing animals do appear to be practicing the complex maneuvers they will need in adulthood. But a closer inspection reveals this interpretation as too simplistic. In one study, behavioral ecologist Tim Caro, from the University of California, looked at the predatory play of kittens and their predatory behavior when they reached adulthood. He found that the way the cats played had no significant effect on their hunting prowess in later life.E．Earlier this year, Sergio Pellis of Lethbridge University, Canada, reported that there is a strong positive link between brain size and playfulness among mammals in general. Comparing measurements for fifteen orders of mammals, he and his team found large brains (for a given body size) are linked to greater playfulness. The converse was also found to be true. Robert Barton of Durham University believes that, because large brains are more sensitive to developmental stimuli than smaller brains, they require more play to help mould them for adulthood. "I concluded it's to do with learning, and with the importance of environmental data to the brain during development," he says.F．According to Byers, the timing of the playful stage in young animals provides an important clue to what's going on. If you plot the amount of time juvenile devotes to play each day over the course of its development, you discover a pattern typically associated with a "sensitive period"—a brief development window during which the brain can actually be modified in ways that are not possible earlier or later in life. Think of the relative ease with which young children—but not infants or adults—absorb language. Other researchers have found that play in cats, rats and mice is at its most intense just as this "window of opportunity" reaches its peak.G．"People have not paid enough attention to the amount of the brain activated by plays," says Marc Bekoff from Colorado University. Bekoff studied coyote (山狗) pups at play and found that the kind of behavior involved was markedly more variable and unpredictable than that of adults. Such behavior activates many different parts of the brain, he reasons. Bekoff likens it to a behavioral kaleidoscope (万花筒), with animals at play jumping rapidly between activities. "They use behavior from a lot of different contexts—predation, aggression, reproduction," he says. "Their developing brain is getting all sorts of stimulation."H．Not only is more of the brain involved in play than was suspected, but italso seems to activate higher cognitive processes. "There's enormous cognitive involvement in play," says Bekoff. He points out that play often involves complex assessments of playmates, ideas of reciprocity (互惠) and the use of specialized signals and rules. He believes that play creates a brain that has greater behavioral flexibility and improved potential for learning later in life. The idea is backed up by the work of Stephen Siviy of Gettysburg College. Siviy studied how bouts of play affected the brain's levels of a particular chemical associated with the stimulation and growth of nerve cells. He was surprised by the extent of the activation. "Play just lights everything up," he says. By allowing link-ups between brain areas that might not normally communicate with each other, play may enhance creativity.I．What might further experimentation suggest about the way children are raised in many societies today? We already know that rat pups that denied the chance to play grow smaller brain components and fail to develop the ability to apply social rules when they interact with their peers. With schooling beginning earlier and becoming increasingly exam-orientated, play is likely to get even less of a look-in. Who knows what the result of that will be?31、Tim Caro found that the way the cats played had no significant influence upon their hunting prowess in later life.32、People have not paid enough attention to the intelligence activated by play.33、Children use about fifteen percent of their energy cavorting.34、A "sensitive period" refers to a brief period during which the brain can actually be modified in ways that are not possible earlier or later in life.35、By linking up the brain areas that might not normally communicate with each other, play may increase creativity.36、Byers points out that play is not a kind of fitness training for the future.37、The latest idea shows that play has developed to build big brains.38、Not only is more of the brain involved in play than was suspected, but it also seems to activate higher cognitive process.39、With schooling beginning earlier and becoming more and more exam-orientated, play is likely to play a less important role in brain development.40、Earlier this year, Sergio Pellis reported that there is a strong positive connection between brain size and playfulness among mammals in general.Section CDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.Passage OnePlay is the principal business of childhood, and more and more in recent year's research has shown the vital importance of play in the development of a human being. From earliest infancy, every child needs adequate opportunity and the right material for play, and the main tools of play are toys. Their main function is to suggest, encourage and assist play. To succeed in this they must be good toys, therefore it is important to choose suitable toys for different stages of a child'sdevelopment.In recent years research on infant development has shown the standard a child is likely to reach, within the range of his inherited abilities, is largely determined in the first three years of his life. Therefore a baby's ability to profit from the right play materials should be things to touch, things to listen to; things to watch. At no time in his life will a child develop as fast as now; in the first two years each month brings a change in what he can do and what he needs. A baby who is encouraged and stimulated, talked to, and shown things and played with, has the best chance of growing up successfully. There is no doubt that the right play materials and opportunities are of the utmost importance.The next stage, from three to five years old, is the heyday (全盛期) for toys, and at this stage curiosity knows no bounds. Every type of suitable toy should be made available to the child; bricks and jigsaws (拼版玩具) and construction toys; painting and making things; sand and water play; toys for imaginative and pretending play. Children of this age are concerned and serious when they play, for to them play is a serious business, and through it they are learning about the world and growing up.By the third stage of play development from five to seven or eight years the child is at school. But for a few more years play is still the best way of learning, at home or at school. The right toy at this stage can sometimes lead to the choice of a career.Until the age of seven or eight, play and work mean much the same thing to a child. But once reading has been mastered, then books and school become the main source of learning. Toys are still interesting and valuable, but their significance has changed to a child of nine or ten years, toys and games mean, as to adults, relaxation and fun.41、From the passage we understand that a child ______.A．tends to be interested in toysB．matures through play over and overC．cannot mature without toysD．has to be taught how to play42、In the writer's opinion the right kind of play materials for infants ______.A．stimulate the talentsB．encourage visual awarenessC．develop the touching senseD．assist the aural responses43、Children of three to five years old find play a serious business because they ______.A．are developing their musclesB．are exercising their imaginationC．are acquiring knowledge through playD．are learning how to grow up44、Once a child has learned to read, he usually ______.A．stops playing with toysB．learns less from his toysC．only gets information from booksD．only learns when at school45、It seems that older children and adults consider toys and games should ______.A．be played as a jokeB．be played for amusementC．teach the players to learn somethingD．make the players feel funnySurprisingly, no one knows how many children receive education in English hospitals, still less the content or quality of that education. Proper records are just not kept. We know that more than 850 000 children go through hospital each year, and that every child of school age has a legal right to continue to receive education while in hospital.Little wonder the latest survey concludes that the extent and type of hospital teaching available differ a great deal across the country. It is found that half of the hospitals in England which admit children have no teacher. A further quarter has only a part-time teacher. The special children's hospitals in major cities do best; general hospitals on the country and holiday areas are worst off. From this survey, one can estimate that fewer than one in five children have some contact with a hospital teacher and that contact may be as little as two hours a day. Most children interviewed were surprised to find a teacher in hospital at all. They had not been prepared for it by parents or their own school. If there was a teacher they were much more likely to read books and do math or number work; without a teacher they would only play games.Reasons for hospital teaching range from preventing a child falling behind and maintaining the habit of school to keeping a child occupied, and the latter is often all the teacher can do. The position and influence of many teachers was summed up when parents referred to them as "the library lady" or just "the helper". Children tend to rely on intimate school friends to keep in touch with school work. Once back at school, children rarely get extra teaching, and are told to catch up as best as they can.Many short-stay child-patients catch up quickly. But schools do very little to ease the anxiety about falling behind expressed by many of the children interviewed.46、Which of the following statements is true?A．Every child in hospital receives some teaching.B．Not enough is known about hospital teaching.C．Hospital teaching is of poor quality.D．The special children's hospitals are worst off.47、It can be inferred from the latest survey that ______.A．hospital teaching across the country is similarB．each hospital has at least one part-time teacherC．all hospitals surveyed offer education to childrenD．only one-fourth of the hospital have full-time teacher48、The hospital teachers are found ______.A．not welcomed by the children and their parentsB．unnecessaryC．not quite helpfulD．capable49、In order to catch up with their school work, children in hospital usually turn to ______.A．hospital teachers B．schoolmatesC．parents D．school teachers50、We can conclude from the passage that the author is ______.A．unfavorable towards children receiving education in hospitalsB．in favor of the present state of teaching in hospitalsC．unsatisfied with the present state of hospital teachingD．satisfied with the results of the latest surveyPassage TwoFrom good reading we can derive pleasure, companionship, experience, and instruction. A good book may absorb our attention so completely that for the time being we forget our surroundings and even our identity. Reading good books is one of the greatest pleasures in life. It increases our contentment when we are cheerful, and lessens our troubles when we are sad. Whatever may be our main purpose in reading, our contact with good books should never fail to give us enjoyment and satisfaction.With a good book in our hands we need never be lonely. Whether the characters portrayed are taken from real life or are purely imaginary, they may become our companions and friends. In the pages of books we can walk with the wise and the good of all lands and all times. The people we meet in books may delight us either because they resemble human friends whom we hold dear or because they present unfamiliar types whom we are glad to welcome as new acquaintances. Our human friends sometimes may bore us, but the friends we make in books need never weary us with their company. By turning the page we can dismiss them without any fear of hurting their feelings. When human friends desert us, good books are always ready to give us friendship, sympathy, and encouragement.One of the most valuable gifts bestowed by books is experience. Few of us can travel far from home or have a wide range of experiences, but all of us can lead varied lives through the pages of books. Whether we wish to escape from the seemingly dull realities of everyday life or whether we long to visit some far-off place, a book will help us when nothing else can. To travel by book we need no bank account to pay our way; no airship or ocean liner or stream-lined train to transport us; no passport to enter the land of our heart's desire. Through books we may get the thrill of hazardous adventure without danger. We can climb lofty mountains, brave the perils of an Antarctic winter, or cross the scorching sands of the desert, all without hardship. In books we may visit the studios of Hollywood; we may mingle with the gay throngs of the Paris boulevards; we may join the picturesque peasantsin an Alpine village or the kindly natives on a South Sea island. Indeed, through books the whole world is ours for the asking. The possibilities of our literary experiences are almost unlimited. The beauties of nature, the enjoyment of music, the treasures of art, the triumphs of architecture, the marvels of engineering, are all open to the wonder and enjoyment of those who read.51、Why is it that we sometimes forget our surroundings and even our identity while reading?A．No one has come to disturb you.B．Everything is so quiet and calm around you.C．The book you are reading is so interesting and attractive.D．Your book is overdue; you are finishing it at a very fast speed.52、How would you account for the fact that people like their acquaintances in books even more?A．They resemble human friends exactly.B．They are unfamiliar types we like.C．They never desert us.D．They never hurt our feelings.53、Which of the following is NOT true?A．All of us can lead varied lives through the pages of books.B．We can travel free of charge to our heart's content by reading books.C．We should rely on reading to escape from the seemingly dull realities of everyday life.D．We may obtain valuable experience from reading good books.54、The word "weary" (Para. 2) means ______.A．"to attract someone's attention"B．"to distract someone's attention"C．"to make someone very tired"D．"to make someone interested"55、"... the whole world is ours for the asking" (Para. 2) implies that ______.A．in books the world is more accessible to usB．we can ask to go anywhere in the worldC．we can make a claim to everything in this worldD．we can make a round-the-world trip free of chargeThe poverty line is the minimum income that people need for an acceptable standard of living. People with incomes below the poverty line are considered poor. Economists study the causes of poverty in order to find solutions to the problem.As the general standard of living in the country rises, the poverty line does, too. Therefore, even with today's relatively high standard of living, about 10 percent of the people in the United States are below the poverty line. However, if these people had stable jobs, they could have an acceptable standard of living. Economists suggest several reasons why poor people do not have jobs.For one thing, more than half of the poor people in the United States are not qualified to work. Over 40 percent of the poor people are children. By law, children less than 16 years old cannot work in many industries. A large number of poor。
大学英语四级深度阅读之15选10
四级常用后缀Leabharlann
7)-hood, 表示"资格，身份, 年纪，状态" childhood, manhood, falsehood 8)-ion, -sion, -tion, -ation, -ition, 表示“行为的过程， 结果，状况” action, solution, conclusion, destruction, expression, correction 9)-ism, 表示“制度，主义，学说，信仰，行为” socialism, criticism, colloquialism, heroism 10)-ity, 表示“性质，状态，程度” purity, reality, ability, calamity 11)-ment, 表示“行为，状态，过程，手段及其结果” treatment, movement, judgment, punishment, argument 12)-ness, 表示“性质，状态，程度” goodness, kindness, tiredness, friendliness 13)-ship, 表示“情况，性质，技巧，技能及身份，职业” hardship, membership, friendship
2 细读首句，抓住中心
首先要抓住文章首句，迅速找到文章的主 题词或主题。和完型填空一样，一般文章第 一句不设空格，以便让读者知道本文的相关 主题词或主题。
3 瞻前顾后，谨慎选择
根据文章前后的语法关系判断应填入的词 性，大大缩小选择范围。当一个空可以填入 好几个相同词性的词时，则根据上下文逻辑 意义；如果均能说得通时，要注意近义辨析。 或留到最后，等范围缩小到最小时再轻松收 尾。即传统阅读所说的，首遍不行无所谓， 文章看完再收尾。
英语四级考试15选10资料
新四级阅读理解中的Section A是选词填空(banked cloze)，要求从15个选项中选出10个，填入一篇短文。
除了部分借鉴了雅思阅读中的摘要填空summary之外，这种题主要是脱胎于传统的完型填空(multiple-choice cloze)。
与传统完型填空的比较：字数：完型填空不低于250个字（尽管样题是210个字），选词填空却不会超过220个字。
题材：主要是社会、科普之类。
难度：二者都比另外两篇仔细阅读简单得多，也都是考察考生总体把握全文和根据上下文猜词的能力。
但是完型给出的四个选项词性相同，词义接近，考生不必思考词性的问题，只需分辨词义即可，相对简单一些。
而选词填空的15个待选词不仅难于完型的四个选项，而且分成名词、动词、形容词、副词四大类。
考生必须先确定词性，再结合短文的逻辑做出选择。
这种完型填空的测试学术语称作“集库型完型填空”（banked cloze）, 即一篇留出空白的短文，后面给出一堆提示词和干扰词(gapped text with a box containing prompts and distractors)。
在我们的四级考试中，提示词prompts就是那10个正确选项，干扰词distractors就是那另外5个错误选项。
解题步骤。
你手上的时间：7分钟= 25 –18 （18 分钟留给Section B的两篇常规阅读，一篇9分钟。
也可一篇10分钟。
但选词填空题还是要给出7分钟，时间不够去挤底下的综合题）第一步：通读全文read through (1分钟)注意这里我没有用略读skim 这个词。
通读全文是用较快速度，一行一行地读，目的是把握至少90% 的文章内容。
而略读是只挑首尾句和连接词，跳着读，只了解10%的内容。
和完型不同，选词填空后面的选项词义互不关联，词性也不同，而且还有5个干扰项，切不可先看选项，乱了脑子，自食先入为主的恶果。
一定要先了解文章大意，带着文章脉络去找选项。
2021-2022年英语四级考试十五选十真题及答案汇总
2021-2022年英语四级考试十五选十真题及答案汇总Introduction在2021-2022年的英语四级考试中，十五选十是阅读理解题型中的一部分，要求考生从15个选项中选择10个与阅读材料相关的答案。
本文将汇总2021-2022年英语四级考试十五选十真题及答案，帮助考生更好地准备考试。
Section IReading ComprehensionDirection: In this section, there is a passage with 15 gaps. For each gap, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D at the end of the passage. You should choose the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Passage 1 During the recent holidays, I opened a book I had always been meaning to read but never got around to. Once I started, I couldn’t put it down, 1 I had a lot of chores and commitments to fulfill. It was an engaging story set in 19th-century Europe, and the author’s descriptive language made me feel as if I was 2 a character in the book. However, what surprised me most was the book’s impact on my life. As the story unfolded, I found myself reflecting on my own values and priorities. I began to evaluate my own life in the light of the choices made by the characters. Did I share their same core values? Was I on a path that would fulfill my dreams anddesires? And, just as importantly, what was I willing to give up in order to achieve those dreams?The book renewed my sense of purpose and my commitment to living the life I wanted. It made me realize that we often get too caught up in the day-to-day routine and forget about the bigger picture. We get so busy 3 about our to-do lists and commitments that we lose sight of what really matters. This book was a reminder to slow down, to take the time to reflect, and to make conscious choices about how I spend my time and energy.1. A. though B. because C. unless D. until2. A. watching B. joining C. becoming D. reading3. A. thinking B. worrying C. caring D. talkingAnswer Key: 1. B 2. D 3. ASection IIConclusion通过以上的十五选十真题及答案汇总，考生可以更好地了解英语四级考试中的阅读理解题型要求，提高解题的准确性和速度。
大学英语四级阅读理解模拟试题及答案详解1-10
大学英语四级阅读理解模拟试题及答案详解1What is it about Americans and food? We love to eat, but we feel 1 about it afterward. We say we want only the best, but we strangely enjoy junk food. We’re 2 with health and weight loss but face an unprecedented epidemic of obesity(肥胖). Perhaps the 3 to this ambivalence(矛盾情结) lies in our history. The first Europeans came to this continent searching for new spices but went in vain. The first cash crop(经济作物) wasn’t eaten but smoked. Then there was Prohibition, intended to prohibit drinking but actually encouraging more 4 ways of doing it.The immigrant experience, too, has been one of inharmony. Do as Romans do means eating what “real Americans” eat, but our nation’s food has come to be 5 by imports—pizza, say, or hot dogs. And some of the country’s most treasured cooking comes from people who arrived here in shackles.Perhaps it should come as no surprise then that food has been a medium for the nation’s defining struggles, whether at the Boston Tea Party orthe sit ins at southern lunch counters. It is integral to our conceptsof health and even morality whether one refrains from alcohol for religious reasons or evades meat for political 6 .But strong opinions have not brought 7 . Americans are ambivalent about what they put in their mouths. We have become 8 of our foods, especially as we learn more about what they contain.The 9 in food is still prosperous in the American consciousness. It’s no coincidence, then, that the first Thanksgiving holds the American imagination in such bondage(束缚). It’s what we eat—and how we 10 it with friends, family, and strangers—that help define America as a community today.A. answer I. creativeB. result J. beliefC. share K. suspiciousD. guilty L. certaintyE. constant M. obsessedF. defined N. identifyG. vanish O. idealsH. adapted答案及解析1. D feel是一个系动词，可以判断此处应填入一个形容词，通过上下文意思，以及后面介词about, 可以确定选项为D项guilty, 短语feel guilty about sth. “对……感到有愧”。
大学英语四级阅读理解模拟试题及答案
大学英语四级阅读理解模拟试题及答案大学英语四级阅读理解模拟试题及答案「篇一」1. C 细节题。
因为Leadville可以为Tabor带来巨富。
这一点不是Leadville得名的原因，因为在文章第二段中，讲到这一点时，提及三个原因：A.因为Tabor成为当地的居民代表人物，B.因为在Leadville有丰富的铅的储藏量。
D.因为Leadville是因为Tabor重要而起的名。
2. D 词汇题。
第二段中grubstake的词义与D所述内容是相同的，即“供给探矿者资金，衣物，食品以及其他物品”。
3. A 细节题。
Tabor第一次真正发财是他为两名矿工提供资助，为此他获得他们矿资源三分之一的股份。
见文章第三段4-9行内容：两名开矿者从Tabor那儿借走价值17美元的物品，作为回报，Tabor获得他们矿资源三分之一股份。
于是两位开矿者在一座山旁的不毛之地开始挖掘，九天之后，发现了银的富矿，于是Tabor又将两人的.股份全买下，这样，银矿属于Tabor一个人所有，这个矿就是后来著名的“匹兹堡”矿。
Tabor用17美元的投资换来了130万美元的收获。
4. B 推断题。
由原文可知泰勃的财产来源是有一定偶然性的，但是毕竟也是基于他开创“grubstake”模式，因为A、D都不对，C更是没有根据，因为他还没有娶第二位夫人这一切就发生了。
分析泰勃的做法，会得出B选项所示的结论。
5. B 推断题。
如果本文是一篇文章的第一部分，那么在文章的第二部分将介绍谁呢?可以从文章第一句分析出来，在Leadville的黄金年代，其多彩的特点当中，Tabor及其第二任妻子Elizabeth McCourt是值得大书特书的，接着，文章都在讲述有关H.A.W.Tabor发家致富的历史，如先买下匹兹堡矿，后又买下Matchless矿，最后成为市长，代理州长，等等，所以涉及到的全是男主人公，因此下边再讲的话，应成为女主人公即Elizabeth McCourt的天地了，她是Tabor的第二任妻子。
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大学英语四级15选10阅读理解模拟题库精选试题一
For many people in the U.S., sports are not just for fun. They're almost a religion. Thousands of sports fans buy expensive tickets to watch their favorite teams and athletes play in (1) ________. Other fans watch the games at home, glued to their TV sets. The most (2)________ sports buffs never miss a game. Many a wife becomes a "sports widow" during her husband's favorite season. America's devotion to athletics has created a new class of (3)________ people: professional athletes. Sports stars often receive million-dollar salaries. Some even make big money appearing in (4)________ for soft drinks, shoes and even toiletries.
Not all Americans (5)________ sports, but athletics are an important part of their culture. Throughout their school life, Americans learn to play many sports. All students take physical education classes in school. Some try out for the school teams, while others join intramural sports leagues. Athletic events at universities attract scores of fans and (6)________ the whole community. Many people also enjoy non-competitive (7)________ like hiking, biking, horseback riding, camping or hunting. To communicate with American sports nuts, it helps if you can talk sports.
Sports in America represent the international (8)________ of the people who play. Many sports were (9)________ from other countries. European immigrants brought tennis, golf, bowling and boxing to America. Football and baseball came from other Old World games. Only basketball has a truly American origin. Even today some (10)________ "foreign" sports like soccer are gaining American fans. In 1994 the U.S. hosted the World Cup for the first time ever.
A.wealthy
B.benefit
C.duration
D.constant
E.imported
F.activities
G.devoted
H.necessarily
I.worship
J.person
prised
L.advertisements
M.heritage
N.sufficient
O.formerly。