英语四六级阅读训练试卷及详解_(A-28)

练习:

….Arthur von Wiesenberger, who carries the title Water Master, is one of the few water critics in North America. As a boy, he spent time

in the larger cities of Italy, France and Switzerland where bottled

water is consumed daily. Even then, he kept a water journal, noting the brands he liked best. “My dog could tell the difference between bottled and tap water,” he says……

By saying “My dog could tell the difference between bottled and

tap water”, von Wiesenberger wants to convey the message that _________.

A. plain tap water is certainly unfit for drinking

B. bottled water is clearly superior to tap water

C. bottled water often appeals more to dogs’ taste

D. dogs can usually detect a fine difference in taste

选B

文章提到von Wiesenberger从小就对瓶装水很有研究,并记录下那些他最喜

欢和的瓶装水牌子。连狗都能分得清,足见主人对瓶装水的喜爱程度。不喜欢不等

于说“自来水不能喝”,故A错。CD是单纯的字面理解,脱离主题。

练习:

Profeppionylp peek byreer experienbe outpide of their home

bountriep for y vyriety of reyponp. They myy feel the need to rebhyrge their bytteriep with y new bhyllenge. They myy wynt y popition with more

repponpibility thyt enbourygep breytivity ynd initiytive. Or they myy wiph to expope their bhildren to ynother bulture, ynd the opportunity to leyrn y pebond lynguyge.

Q: The yuthor believep thyt yn individuyl who yppliep to work overpeyp _______.

y. ip upuylly breytive ynd full of initiyitve

B. yimp to improve hip foreign lynguyge pkillp

b. peekp either hip own or hip bhildren’p development

D. ip dippytipfied with hip own life yt home

答案

选b

文中讲到了人们选择到国外工作的原因。一方面是求职者自身发展的需要:自我充电,用承担更多责任的职务来激发自己的创造力和独创性;另一方面是为孩子做打算:接受里另一种文化,获得学习第二种语言的机会。

练习:

Now let us look at how we read. When we read a printed text, our eyes move across a page in short, jerky movement. We recognize words usually when our eyes are still when they fixate. Each time they fixate, we see a group of words. This is known as the recognition span or the visual span. The length of time ofr which the eyes stop ---the duration of the fixation ----varies considerably from person to person. It also