大学英语四级阅读练习题

大学英语四级阅读练习题

阅读理解是英语四六级考试中的重点部分，而随着时代的发展，英语四六级中的阅读题型也在不断更替改变，所以日常的练习就显得尤为重要，下面一起来做一做阅读练习题吧。Passage 1

In the old days,children were familiar with birth and death as part of life. This is perhaps the first generation of American youngsters (年轻人)who have never been close by during the birth of a baby and have never experienced the death of a family member.

Nowadays when people grow old, we often send them to nursing homes. When they get sick，we transfer them to a hospital, where children are forbidden to visit terminally ill patients—even when those patients are their parents. This deprives (剥夺)the dying patient of significant family members during the last few days of his life and it deprives the children of an experience of death, which is an important learning experience.

Some of my colleagues and I once interviewed and followed approximately 500 terminally ill patients in order to find out what they could teach us and how we could be of more benefit,not just to them but to the members of their families as well. We were most impressed by the fact that even those patients who were not told of their serious illness were quite aware of its potential outcome.

It is important for family members, and doctors and nurses to understand these patients'communications in order to truly understand their needs，fears，and fantasies (幻想). Most of our 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. We found out that patients who had been dealt with openly and frankly were better able to cope with the approach of death and finally to reach a true stage of acceptance prior to death.

It may be concluded from the passage that__.

A. dying patients are afraid of being told of the approach of death

B. dying patients should be truthfully informed of their condition

C. most doctors and nurses understand what dying patients need

D. most patients are unable to accept death until it is obviously inevitable

【讲解答案】

B推理题。文章最后一段表明许多病人要求被告知实情，接受现代化的医疗，并告知其死期。那些能够公开地坦诚地被告知的患者能更好地对付死亡的临近，达到接受死亡的境界。因此a、c、d 均可排除，B为正确答案。

Passage 2

The human brain contains 10 thousand million cells and each of these may have a thousand connections. Such enormous numbers used to discourage us and cause us to dismiss the possibility of making a machine with human-like ability,but now that we have grown used to moving forward at such a pace we can be less sure. Quite soon，in only 10 or 20 years perhaps，we will be able to assemble a machine as complex as the human brain,and if we can we will. It may then take us a long time to render it intelligent by loading in the right software (软件)or by altering the architecture but that too will happen.

I think- it certain that in decades not centuries*machines of silicon (桂)will arise first to rival and then exceed their human ancestors. Once they exceed us they will be capable of their own design. In a real sense they will be able to reproduce themselves. Silicon will have ended carbon's long control. And we will no longer be able to claim ourselves to be the finest intelligence in the knowledge.

As the intelligence of robots increases to match that of humans and as their cost dec ines through economies of scale we may use them to expand our frontiers first on earth through their alnlity to withstand environments, harmful to ourselves. Thus deserts may bloom and the ocean beds be mined. Further ahead, by a combination of the great wealth this new age will bring and the technology it will provide, the construction of a vast,man-created world in space，home to thousands or millions of people， will be within our power.

It can be inferred from the passage that_.

A. after the installation of a great number of cells and connections robots will be capable of reproduction

B. with the rapid development of technology people have come to realize the possibility of making a machine with human-like ability

C. once we make a machine as complex as the human brain?it will possess intelligence

D. robot will have control of the vast,man-made world in space

【讲解答案】

B推理题。全文反复提到随着科技的发展，人们能够生产出人工智能型的机器。因此B 项符合文本的含义。