大学英语四级阅读细节题专项练习

阅读细节题专项练习

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In fact, the average compensation benefit in America has climbed from 55 percent of the states; average weekly wages in 1972 to 97 percent today. But, as most studies show, every 10 percent increase in compensation benefits results in a 5 percent increase in the numbers of workers who file for claims. And with so much more money floating in the workers' compensation system, it's not surprising that doctors and lawyers have helped themselves to a large slice of the growing pie.

Q: After 1972 workers' compensation insurance in the U.S became more favorable to workers so that___.

[A]the poverty level for a family of four went up drastically

[B]more money was allocated to their compensation system

[C]there were fewer legal barriers when they filed for claims

[D]the number of workers suing for damages increased

答案为[D]

根据题干中的"after 1972"可马上判断出线索在最后一段。这一段的大意是说自1972年后，越来越多的人因工伤索赔而获益，所以越来越多的人就进行索赔，那么也就有医生和律师也来分一杯羹。尤其第二句话提到：索赔获益每增加10个百分点，进行索赔的工人人数就增加了5个百分点，与[D]一致。

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Injuries and deaths were relatively less in Los Angeles because the quake occurred at 4:31a.m.on a holiday when traffic was light on the city's highways. In addition, changes made to the constructions codes in Los Angeles during the last 2O years have strengthened the city's buildings and highways, making them more resistant to earthquake.

Q: One reason why the loss of lives in the Los Angeles earthquake was comparatively low is that____.

[A]new computers had been installed in the buildings

[B]it occurred in the residential rather than on the highways

[C]large numbers of Los Angeles residents had gone for a holiday

[D]improvements had been made in the construction of buildings and highways

答案为[D]

在四个选项中[C]项和[D]都与原文有关。但[C]达似乎照抄原文“the quake occurred…on a holiday”，但实际上是对原文的曲解。原文中并没有说大多Los Angeles的居民们外出度假了，只是说了当时的交通情况。而选项[D]中的improvement 是对“change made to the construction codes”的解释，是change在该文中的同义替换词，因此[D]是正确答案。

3.

Most our patients(注:指上文中提到的terminally ill patients) welcomed another human being with whom they could talk openly, honestly, and frankly about their trouble. Many of them shared with us their tremendous need to be informed, to be kept up-to-date on their medical condition and

to be told when the end was near.

Q: The need of a dying patient for company shows____.

[A]his desire for communication with other people

[B]his fear of approaching death

[C]his pessimistic attitude towards his condition

[D]his reluctance to part with his family

答案为[A]

若时间不充分，在紧急状态下，对四个选项进行对比后可发现选项[A]内容与众不同，其他三项均表明了对死亡来临时悲观的心情，如恐惧、悲观、不情愿等，只有[A]表明了渴望与他人交流的意愿。当然若时间充分可对原文相关部分进行分析，以选文第一句为例，其意为：多数病人想与他人坦诚地谈谈自己的麻烦和困惑。由此可见，这是一种对交流的渴望，因而选[A]。

4.

It is where prices and markets do not operate properly that this benign(良性的) trend begins to stumble, and the genuine problems arise. Markets cannot always keep the environment healthy. If no one owns the resource concerned, no one has an interest in conserving it or fostering it: fish is the best example of this.

Q: The primary solution to environmental problems is____.

[A]to allow market forces to operate properly

[B]to curb consumption of natural resources

[C]to limit the growth of the world population

[D]to avoid fluctuations in prices

答案为[A]

本题题干是问解决环境问题的基本方法是什么，四个选项中[D]项“避免价格波动”与题干无关，[B]项“限制自然资源的消耗”和[C]项“控制世界人口的增长”虽然有利于环境问题的解决，但不是基本解决方法。故[A]项为正确答案。由文章最后一段话说：在价格和市场手段不能正常运转的地方便会出现环境、能源等问题，可以推出：环境问题的解决之道便在于让市场、价格手段正常地发挥作用，从而验证[A]项正确。

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Studies of birds may offer unique insights into sleep. Jerome M. Siegel of the UCLA says he wonders if birds' half brain sleep "is just the tip of the iceberg (冰山)".He speculates that more examples may turn up when we take a closer look at other species.

Q: By "just the tip of the iceberg", Siegel suggests that____.

[A]half brain sleep has something to do with icy weather

[B]the mystery of half brain sleep is close to being solved

[C]most birds living in cold regions tend to be half sleepers