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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)
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)

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 goals

b.if we cannot reach solid short-term goals

c.if we write down the dates

d.if we put forward some plans

2.New short-term goals are bulid upon__.

a.two years

b.long-term goals

c.current activities

d.the goals that have been completed

3.When we complete each step of our goals ,__.

a.we will win final success

b.we are overwhelmed

c.we should build up confidence of success

d.we should strong desire for setting new goals

4.Once our goals are drawn up,__.

a.we should stick to them until we complete them

b.we may change our goals as we have new ideas and opportunities

c.we had better wait for the exciting news of success

d.we have made great decision

5.It is implied but not stated in the passage that ___.

a.those who habe long-term goals will succeed

b.writing down the dates may discourage you

c.the goal is only a guide for us to reach our desination

d.every should have a goal

答案:adcbc

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 lived in 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 at 10 percent above that of 1954 (1955 output was estimated at 392 billion dollars). The production of manufacturers was about 40 percent more than it had averaged in the years immediately following World War 2. The country’s business spent about 30billion dollars for new factories and machinery. National income available for spending was almost a third greater than it had been it had been in 1950. Consumers spent about 256 billion dollars; that is about 700 million dollars a day ,or about twenty-five million dollars every hour , all round the clock. Sixty-five million people held 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 ominous echo 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 the oppsite-depression.

1. What is the best title of the passage?

a. The Agriculatural Trends of 1950’s

b. The Unemployment Rate of 1950’s

c. U.S. Economy in the 50’s

d. The Federal Budget of 1952

2. In Line 4 , the word “boom”could best be replaced by______.

a. nearby explosion

b. thunderous noise

c. general public support

d. rapid economic growth

3. It can be inferred the national from the passage that most people in the United States in 1955 viewed the national economy with an air of _________.

a. confidence

b. confusion

c. disappointment

d. suspicion

4. Which of the following were LEAST satisfied with the national economy in the 1950’s?

a. Economists

b. Frmaers

c. Politicians

d. Steelworkers

5. The passage states that incom available for spending in the U.S. was greater in 1955 than in 1950 . How much was it ?

a. 60%

b. 50%

c. 33%

d. 90%

答案:cdabc

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 discrimination

b.call for further improvement in their working conditions

c.spend their energies and time fighting against sexual discrimination

d.spend more time and energy doing scholarly activities

2.From this passage ,we know that _____.

a.there are many women full professors in the University of Texas

b.women play an important part in adminitrating the University

c.the weather on the campus is chilly

d.women make up a small percentage of the senior positions in the University

3.Which of the following statements is true?

a.the number of women professors in the University in 1987 was greater than that of 1985

b.the number of women professors in the University in 1987 was smaller than that of 1985

c.the number of women professors was the same as that of 1985

d.more and more women professors thought that sexual discrimination did exit in the University

4.One of the positive results from Milburn's study was that _____.

a.women were told to con centrate on teir work

b.women were given information about available administrative jobs

c.women were encouraged to take on all the administrative jobs in the Unversity

d.women were encouraged to do more scholarly activities

5. The title for this passage should be _______.

a.The University of Texas

https://www.sodocs.net/doc/5412149285.html,burn's Report

c.Women Professors

d.Sexual Discrimination in Academia

答案:ddabd

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 nearly 750 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 female by 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) began its 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 accidents

b.smoking-related desease

c.murder

d.all of these

2.Every day there are over_____high school strdents who will become regular smoker.

a.75

b.23

c.30

d.3000

3.By "dropout" the author means______.

a.students who failed the examination

b.students who left school

c.students who lost their way

d.students who were driven out of school

4.The reason for declining adolescent smoking is that ________.

a.NCI has taken effective measures

b.smoking is prevented among high school seniors

c.there are many smokers who have died of cancer

d.none of these

5.What is implied but not stated by the author is that ________.

a.smoking rates among youth have declined very little

b.there are now more female than male smokers among high school seniors

c.high smoking rates are due to the incease in wealth

d.smoking at high school are from low socio-economic backgrounds

答案:bdbdb

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 diet and 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 penicillin to 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 Food

b.Cancer and Health

c.Food and Health

d.Health and Drug

2.Which of the following statements is NOT ture?

a.Drugs are always given to animals for medical reasons

b.Some of the additives in our food are added to the food itself and some are given to the living animals

c.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 foo

d.

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-making

b.color-retaining

c.money-making

d.cancer-causing

答案:cacbd

What is your favourite colour? Do you like yellow , orange ,red? If you do ,you must be an optimist, a leader, an active person who enjoys life, people and excitement. Do you prefer greys and 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 as you 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 over the 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 others

b.you would be a member rather than a leader

c.you would be afraid of following others

d.you would like to be a leader rather than a follower

2.If one enjoys life, one is sure to prefer________.

a.red to yellow

b.blue to orange

c.red to grey

d.blue to yellow

3."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 facts

b.in regard to other facts

c.not considering other facts

d.according to other facts

4.Which of the following is facts?

a.People's preference of one colour to another is instinct

b.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 born

d.Colours have little influence on our moods

5.Those who committed suicide preferred the bridge over the Thames River near london to others because of _______.

a.its shape

b.its structure

c.its colour

d.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 close to 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 excuse

b.He should adk for excuse.

c.He should say sorry

d.He should telephone to explain his being lat

e.

2."It would have been bad manners to make his guests feel foolish or uncomfortable." "Bad manners " means ________.

a.ugly

b.dishonest

c.impolite

d.shameful

3.which of the following do you think is the best tiltle for this passage?

a.Social Customs and Customs

b.Social Life

c.American and British Customs

d.Promptness Is Important

4.According to the text, the best host_______.

a.tries his best to make his guests feel comfortable

b.makes his guests feel excited

c.tries to avoid being naughty to his guests

d.tries to avoid being foolish

5.The author of this article may agree with which of the following?

a.The guest who ate his peas with a knife

b.The other guests who were amused or shocked

c.The host who picked up his knife and began eating in the same way

d.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 than the 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.France

b.Britain

c.Spain

d.The North

3.The Code Napoleon was _______.

a.an agreement to sell Louisiana

b.a body of laws

c.a city plan

d.a military code for the army

4.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 commerce

d.A praising of Dixieland Jazz.

5.Tourists visiting New Orleans are surprised to encounter_____.

a.Creole food

b.Dixieland jazz

c.bustling city

d.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 declining

b. the number of scientists and engineers is decreasing

c. the number of 22-year-ilds is declining

d. scientists and engineers are not employed

2.The field of science and engineering is facing a competition from ________ .

a. technology

b. foreign nationals

c. such fields as law, medicine and business

d. postgraduates

https://www.sodocs.net/doc/5412149285.html,rge-scale enterprises now need _______.

a. bright graduates and postgraduates

b. new inventions

c. advanced technology

d. engineers

4.Many promising postgraduates are unwilling to pursue a PH.D. degree because _________.

a. they are not encouraged to be engaged in science

b. industry does not require PH.D. holders

c. they have financial difficulties

d. 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 students

b. they don't think they can prevent themselves from working for industry

c. they cannot resist any attraction from all sides

d. 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 of its 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 of opwer 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 forces

b. its ability to compete in industry

c. economic markets

d. both a and b

2. The Soviet Union was not listed as a third-world nation just because of _________.

a. its powerful military forces

b. its vast land

c. its industrial competitiveness

d. its contributions to world peace

3. The author indicates that ______ is threatening American political power.

a. other countries

b. the declining U.S. industrial base

c. a new standard for measuring power

d. less advanced technology

4. America succeeded in shaping world events over past 40 years probably because of ___________.

a. its ability to adapt technology

b. its ability to take advantage of the capabilities of its people

c. its ability to compete in the world markets

d. both a and b

5. The purpose of writing this article is __________.

a. to draw the readers' attention to a new standard for measuring power

b. to demonstrate American political influence in the world

c. to emphasize that efforts must be made to strengthen the declining U.S. industrial base

d. to show American industrial prowess

答案:dabdc

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