英语阅读一第四次作业

第四次作业1. There are no effective boundaries分界线when it comes to pollutants污染物质（尤指工业废物）. Studies have shown that toxic有毒的insecticides杀虫剂that have been banned in many countries are riding the wind from countries where they remain legal合法的. Compounds 复合物such as DDT and toxaphene毒杀芬have been found in remote 遥远的places like the Yukon and other Arctic北极regions.This paragraph best supports the statement that AA：toxic insecticides such as DDT have not been banned throughout the world. B：more pollutants find their way into polar climates than they do into warmer areas. C：studies have proven that many countries have ignored their own anti-pollution laws.D：DDT and toxaphene are the two most toxic insecticides in the world.2. Critical;关键的reading is a demanding 请求process过程. To read critically, you must slow down your reading and, with pencil in hand, perform specific operations on the text. Mark up the text with your reactions, conclusions, and questions. When you read, become an active participant.This paragraph best supports the statement that DA：critical reading is a slow, dull, but essential process.B：the best critical reading happens at critical times in a person’s life.C：readers should get in the habit of questioning the truth of what they readD：critical reading requires thoughtful and careful attention.3. Day after day, Johnny chooses to sit at his computer instead of going outside with his friends. A few months ago, he'd get half a dozen phone calls from his friends every night. Now, he might get one or two a week. Used to be his friends would come over two, three days a week after school. Now, he spends his afternoons alone with his computer.The main idea is: CA：Johnny and his friends are all spending time with their computers instead of one another.B：Johnny’s friends aren’t very good friends.C：Johnny has alienated his friends by spending so much time on the computer.D：Johnny and his friends prefer to communicate by computer4. We've had Ginger since I was two years old. Every morning, she wakes me up by licking my cheek(舔我的脸颊). That's her way of telling me she's hungry. When she wants attention, she'll weave（穿行）in and out of my legs and meow until I pick her up and hold her. And I can always tell when Ginger wants to play. She'll bring me her toys and will keep dropping them (usually right on my homework!) until I stop what I'm doing and play with her for a while.A good topic sentence for this paragraph would be: DA：I take excellent care of Ginger.B：Ginger is a demanding pet.C：Ginger and I have grown up together.D：Ginger is good at telling me what she wants.5. My "office” measures a whopping（巨大的）5 feet by 7 feet. A large desk is squeezed（挤进）into one corner, leaving just enough room for a rickety（快要散架的）chair between the desk and the wall. Yellow paint（涂料）is peeling off（从…剥落）the walls in dirty chunks. The ceiling 天花板is barely（仅仅）six feet tall; it's like a hat that I wear all day long. The window, a single two-foot by two-foot pane （玻璃窗）, looks out onto a solid brick wall just two feet away.The main idea of this paragraph is that CA：the office is small but comfortable.B：the office is in need of repair.C：the office is old and claustrophobic令人不适地被关闭或被包围的.D：the narrator（故事的）讲述者deserves 应受;应得;值得a better office.6. If you're a fitness walker, there is no need for a commute 往来于to a health club. Your neighborhood can be your health club. You don't need a lot of fancy设想的equipment to get a good workout（锻炼）either. All you need is a well-designed pair of athletic shoes.This paragraph best supports the statement that DA：fitness walking is a better form of exercise than weight lifting.B：a membership in a health club is a poor investment.C：walking outdoors provides a better workout than walking indoors.D：fitness walking is a convenient and valuable form of exercise.7. One New York publisher has estimated （预测）that 50,000 to 60,000 people in the United States want an anthology ænˈθɒlədʒi（选集）that includes the complete works of William Shakespeare. And what accounts（导致）for this renewed interest in Shakespeare? As scholars point out（指出）, the psychological insights直觉he portrays描述in both male and female characters角色are amazing even today.This para graph best supports the statement that BA：Shakespeare’s characters are more interesting than fictional characters today. B：people today are interested in Shakespeare’s work because of the characters.。