大学英语四级阅读理解试题及答案一.docx

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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

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大学英语四级阅读理解试题及答案

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一

Therearethreekindsofgoals:

short-term,medium-rangeandlong-termgoals.

Short-rangegoalsarethosethatusuallydealwithcurrentactivities,whichwecanapplyonadailygoalscanbeachievedinaweekorless,ortwoweeks,orpossibleshouldberememberedthatjustasabuildingisnostrongerthanitsfoundation,outlong-termgoalscannotamounttoverymunchwithouttheachievementofsolidshort-termcompletingourshort-termgoals,weshoulddatetheoccasionandthenaddnewshort-termgoalsthatwillbuildonthosethathavebeencompleted.

Theintermediategoalsbukldonthefoundationoftheshort-rangemightdealwithjustonetermofschoolortheentireschoolyear,ortheycouldevenextendforseveraltimeyoumoveastepatatime,youshouldneverallowyourselftobecomediscouragedoroverwhelmed.Asyoucompleteeachstep,youwillenforcethebeliefinyourabilitytogrowadnasyourlistofcompletiondatesgrow,yourmotivationanddesirewillincrease.

Long-rangegoalsmayberelatedtoourdreamsofthefuture.Theymightcoverfiveyearsormore.Lifeisnotastaticshouldneverallowalong-termgoaltolimitusorourcourseofaction.

long-termgoalsmeanalot__.

wecompleteourshort-rangegoals

wecannotreachsolidshort-termgoals

wewritedownthedates

weputforwardsomeplans

short-termgoalsarebulidupon__.

years

goals

activities

goalsthathavebeencompleted

wecompleteeachstepofourgoals,__.

willwinfinalsuccess

areoverwhelmed

shouldbuildupconfidenceofsuccess

shouldstrongdesireforsettingnewgoals

ourgoalsaredrawnup,__.

shouldsticktothemuntilwecompletethem

maychangeourgoalsaswehavenewideasandopportunities

hadbetterwaitfortheexcitingnewsofsuccess

havemadegreatdecision

isimpliedbutnotstatedinthepassagethat___.

whohabelong-termgoalswillsucceed

downthedatesmaydiscourageyou

goalisonlyaguideforustoreachourdesination

shouldhaveagoal

答案：

adcbc

二

TheeconomyoftheUnitedstatesafter1952wastheeconnomyofawell-fed,almostfullyemployedpeople.Despitoccasionalalarms,thecountryescapedanypostwardepressionandlivedinastateofboom.Aneconomicsurveyoftheyear1955,atypicalyearofthe1950’s,maybetypicalasillustratingtherapideconomicgrowthofthedecade.Thenationaloutputwasvalueat10percentabovethatof1954（1955outputwasestimatedat392billiondollars）.Theproductionofmanufacturerswasabout40percentmorethanithad

averagedintheyearsimmediatelyfollowingWorldWar2.Thecountry’sbusinessspentabout30billiondollarsfornewfactoriesandmachinery.Nationalincomeavailableforspendingwasalmostathirdgreaterthanithadbeenithadbeenin1950.Consumersspentabout256billiondollars;thatisabout700milliondollarsaday,orabouttwenty-fivemilliondollarseveryhour,allroundtheclock.Sixty-fivemillionpeopleheldjobsandonlyalittlemorethantwomillionwantedjobsbutcouldnotfindthem.Onlyagriculturecomplainedthatitwasnotsharingintheroom.Tosomeobserversthiswasanominousechoofthemid-1920’s.Asfarmer’sshreoftheirproductsdeclined,marketingcostsrose.Buttherewere,amongtheobserversofthenationaleconomy,afewwhowerenotasconfidentasthemajority.Thosefewseemedtofearthattheboomcouldnotlastandwouldeventuallyleadtotheoppsite-depression.

1.Whatisthebesttitleofthepassage?

a.TheAgriculaturalTrendsof1950’s

b.TheUnemploymentRateof1950’s

c..Economyinthe50’s

d.TheFederalBudgetof1952

2.InLine4,theword“boom”couldbestbereplacedby______.

a.nearbyexplosion

b.thunderousnoise

c.generalpublicsupport

d.rapideconomicgrowth

3.ItcanbeinferredthenationalfromthepassagethatmostpeopleintheUnitedStatesin1955viewedthenationaleconomywithanairof_________.

a.confidence

b.confusion

c.disappointment

d.suspicion

4.WhichofthefollowingwereLEASTsatisfiedwiththenationaleconomyinthe1950’s?

a.Economists

b.Frmaers

c.Politicians

d.Steelworkers

5.Thepassagestatesthatincomavailableforspendinginthe.wasgreaterin1955thanin1950.Howmuchwasit

a.60%

b.50%

c.33%

d.90%

答案：

cdabc

三

Womenarealsounderrepresentedintheadministrationandthisisbecausetherearesofewwomenfullprofessors.In1985,RegentBerylMilburnproducedareportblastingtheUniversityofTexasSystemadminitrationfornotencouragingUniversitywasratedamongthelowestforthea1987update,Milburncommendedtheprogressthatwasmadeandcalledforevenmoreimprovement.

OneofthepositiveresultsfromherstudywasaSystem-wideprogramtoinformwomenofavailableadministrativejobs.

CollegeofCommunicationAssociateDeanPatricaWitherspoon,saiditisimportantthatwomanbeflexiblewhenitcomestorelocatingiftheywanttoriseintheranks.

Althoughawomanmayfaceachillyclimateoncampus,manytimesinorderforhertosucceed,shemustriseabovetheproblemsaroundherandconcentrateonherwork.

UntilwomenmakeupagreaterpercentageoftheseniorpositionsintheUniversityandallacademia,inequitieswillexist.

"WomenneedtospendtheirenergiesandtimedoingscholarlyactivitiesthatareimportanthereattheUniversity."Spirdusosaid."Iftheydothatwillbesuccessfulinthistheyspendtheirtimeinlittlegroupsmourningthesexualdiscriminationthattheythinkexistshere,theyarewastingvaluablestudytime."

toSpirduso,womenneedto____.

areportonsexualdiscrimination

forfurtherimprovementintheirworkingconditions

theirenergiesandtimefightingagainstsexualdiscrimination

moretimeandenergydoingscholarlyactivities

thispassage,weknowthat_____.

aremanywomenfullprofessorsintheUniversityofTexas

playanimportantpartinadminitratingtheUniversity

weatheronthecampusischilly

makeupasmallpercentageoftheseniorpositionsintheUniversity

ofthefollowingstatementsistrue?

numberofwomenprofessorsintheUniversityin1987wasgreaterthanthatof1985numberofwomenprofessorsintheUniversityin1987wassmallerthanthatof1985numberofwomenprofessorswasthesameasthatof1985

andmorewomenprofessorsthoughtthatsexualdiscriminationdidexitintheUniversity

ofthepositiveresultsfromMilburn'sstudywasthat_____.

weretoldtoconcentrateonteirwork

weregiveninformationaboutavailableadministrativejobs

wereencouragedtotakeonalltheadministrativejobsintheUnversity

wereencouragedtodomorescholarlyactivities

5.Thetitleforthispassageshouldbe_______.

UniversityofTexas

'sReport

Professors

DiscriminationinAcademia

答案：

ddabd

四

Today,asineveryotherdayoftheyear,morethan3000.adlescentswillsmoketheirfirstcigaretteontheirwaytobecomingregularsmokersasadults.Duringtheirlifetime,itcanbeexpectedthatofthese3000about23willbemurdered,30willdieintrafficaccidents,andnearly750willbekilledbyasmoking-relateddisease.Thenumberofdeathsattributedtocigarettesmokingoutweithtsallotherfactors,whethervoluntaryorinvoluntary,asacauseofdeath.

Sincethelate1970s,whendailysmokingamonghighschoolseniorsreached30precent,smokingratesamongyouthhavedeclined.Whilethedeclineisimpressive,severalimportantissuesmustberaised.

First,inthepastseveralyears,smokingratesamongyouthhavedeclinedverylittle.Second,inthelate1970s,smokingamongmalehighschoolseniorsexceededthatamongfemalebynearly10percent.Thestatisticis,severalrecentstudieshaveindicatehighschooldropoutshaveexcessivelyhighsmokingrates,asmuchas75percent.

Finally,thouthsignificantdeclinesinadolescentsmokinghaveoccurredinthepastdecade,nodefinitereasonsforthedeclineexist.Withinthiscontext,theNaionalCancerInstiute（NCI）beganitscurrentefforttodeterminethemosteffecivemeasurestoreducesmokingleveslamongyouth.

totheauthor,thedeathsamongyoutharemainlycausedby_____.

accidents

desease

ofthese

daythereareover_____highschoolstrdentswhowillbecomeregularsmoker.

"dropout"theauthormeans______.

whofailedtheexamination

wholeftschool

wholosttheirway

whoweredrivenoutofschool

reasonfordecliningadolescentsmokingisthat________.

hastakeneffectivemeasures

ispreventedamonghighschoolseniors

aremanysmokerswhohavediedofcancer

ofthese

isimpliedbutnotstatedbytheauthoristhat________.

ratesamongyouthhavedeclinedverylittle

arenowmorefemalethanmalesmokersamonghighschoolseniors

smokingratesareduetotheinceaseinwealth

athighschoolarefromlowsocio-economicbackgrounds

答案：

bdbdb

五

Thefoodweeatseemstohaveprofoundeffectsonoursciencehasmadeenormousstepsinmakingfoodmorefittoeat,ithas,atthesametime,mademanyfoodsunfittoeat.Someresearchhasshownthatperhapseightypercentofallhumanillnessesarerelatedtodietandfortypercentofcancerisrelatedtothedietaswell,especiallycancerofthecolon.Differentculturesaremorelikelytocausecertaindifferentillnessesbecauseofthefoodthatischaracteristicinthesecultures.Thatfoodisrelatedtoillnessisntoanewdiscovery.In1945,about35yearsago,governmentresearchersrealizedthatnitrates,commonlyusedtopreservec