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1、【精品文档】如有侵权，请联系网站删除，仅供学习与交流英语四级阅读理解练习及答案16年6月.精品文档.1) take a rain check 改期2) lost count 弄不清楚3) be in another world 精神恍惚;魂不守舍4) make yourself at home 随意，随便5) save your breath 省口气吧;别白费口舌了6) make sense 有意义，理解7) cost sb. an arm and a leg 非常昂贵8) burn a hole in ones pocket 很快地被花光9) fill ones shoes 很好地顶替;令人
2、满意地替代10) is ice cold 表示理所当然11) like apples and oranges 用来表示无法相比的事物12) lose ones train of 忘记13) meet each other half way 相互妥协，让步14) on the dot 准时;正点15) once and for all 最后一次;干脆16) out of earshot 不在听力所及范围17) out of this world 非常好18) play by ear 随机应变，视情形而定19) ring a bell 令人想起某件事;听起来耳熟1。If the populatio
3、n of the earth goes on increasing at its present rate, there will eventually not be enough resources left to sustain life on the planet.By the middle of the 21st century,if present trends continue, we will have used up all the oil that drives our cars,for example.Even if scientists develop new ways
4、of feeding the human race,the crowded conditions on earth will make it necessary for lus to look for open space somewhere else. But none of the other planets in our solar system are capable of supporting life at present. One possible solution to the problem, however,has recently been suggested by Am
5、erican scientist, Professor Carl Sagan.Sagan believes that before the earths resources are compleetely exhausted it will be possible to change the atmophere of Venus and so create a new world almost as large as earth itself. The difficult is that Venus is much hotter than the earth and there is only
6、 a tiny amount of water there.Sagan proposes that algae organisms that can live in extremely hot or cold atmospheres and at the same time produce oxygen,should be bred in condition similar to those on Venus.As soon as this has been done, the algae will be placed in small rockets. Spaceship will then
7、 fly to Venus and fire the rockets into the atmosphere .In a fairly short time, the alge will break down the carbon dioxide into oxygen and carbon.When the algae have done theri work, the atmosphere will become cooler,but befor man can set foot on Venus it will be neccessary for the oxygen to produc
8、e rain. The surface of the planet will still be too hot for man to land on it but the rain will eventually fall and in a few years something like earth will be reproduced on Venus.1.Inte long run, the most insoluble problem caused by population growth on earth will probably be the lack of _.a.foodb.
9、oilc.spaced.resources2.Carl Sagan believes that Venus might be colonized from earth because _a.it might be possible to change its atmosphereb.its atmosphere is the same as the earthsc.there is a good supply of water on Venusd.the days on Venus are long enough3.On Venus there is a lot of _.a.waterb.c
10、arbon dioxidec.carbon monoxided.oxygen4.Algae are plants that can_.a.live in very hot temperaturesb.live in very cold temperaturesc.manufacture oxygend.all of the above5. Man can land on Venus only when_.a.the algae have done their workb.the atmosphere becomes coolerc.thereis oxygend.it rains there答
11、案：cabdd2.。People living on parts of the south coast of England face a serious problem. In 1993, the owners of a large hotel and of several houses discovered, to their horror, that their gardens had disappeared overnight. The sea had eaten into the soft limestone cliffs on which they had been built.
12、While experts were studying the problem, the hotel and several houses disappeared altogether, sliding down the cliff and into the sea.Erosion (侵蚀) of the white cliffs along the south coast of England has always been a problem but it has become more serious in recent years. Dozens of homes have had t
13、o be abandoned as the sea has crept farther and farther inland. Experts have studied the areas most affected and have drawn up a map for local people, forecasting the year in which their homes will be swallowed up by the hungry sea.Angry owners have called on the Government to erect sea defenses to
14、protect their homes. Government surveyors have pointed out that in most cases, this is impossible. New sea walls would cost hundreds of millions of pounds and would merely make the waves and currents go further along the coast, shifting the problem from one area to another. The danger is likely to c
15、ontinue, they say, until the waves reach an inland area of hard rock which will not be eaten as limestone is. Meanwhile, if you want to buy a cheap house with an uncertain future, apply to a house agent in one of the threatened areas on the south coast of England. You can get a house for a knockdown
16、 price but it may turn out to be a knockdown home.1. What is the cause of the problem that people living on parts of the south coast of England face?A) The disappearance of hotels, houses and gardens.B) The experts lack of knowledge.C) The rising of the sea level.D) The washing-away of limestone cli
17、ffs.2. The erosion of the white cliffs in the south of England _.A) will soon become a problem for people living in central EnglandB) has now become a threat to the local residentsC) is quickly changing the map of EnglandD) can be stopped if proper measures are taken3. The expertsstudy on the proble
18、m of erosion can _.A) lead to its eventual solutionB) provide an effective way to slow it downC) help to prevent it from worseningD) warn people whose homes are in danger4. It is not feasible to build sea defenses to protect against erosion because _.A) it is too costly and will endanger neighbourin
19、g areasB) the government is too slow in taking actionC) they will be easily knocked down by waves and currentsD) house agents along the coast do not support the idea5. According to the author, when buying a house along the south coast of England, people should _.A) be aware of the potential danger i
20、nvolvedB) guard against being cheated by the house agentC) take the quality of the house into considerationD) examine the house carefully before making a decision参考答案1. C 2. B 3. A 4.B 5. D3.。Statuses are marvelous human inventions that enable us to get along with one another and to determine where
21、we fit in society. As we go about our everyday lives, we mentally attempt to place people in terms of their statuses. For example, we must judge whether the person in the library is a reader or a librarian, whether the telephone caller is a friend or a salesman, whether the unfamiliar person on our
22、property is a thier or a meter reader, and so on.The statuses we assume often vary with the people we encounter, and change throughout life. Most of us can, at very high speed, assume the statuses that various situations require. Much of social interaction consists of identifying and selecting among
23、 appropriate statuses and allowing other people to assume their statuses in relation to us. This means that we fit our actions to those of other people based on a constant mental process of appraisal and interpretation. Although some of us find the task more difficult than others, most of us perform
24、 it rather effortlessly.A status has been compared to ready-made clothes. Within certain limits, the buyer can choose style and fabric. But an American is not free to choose the costume (服装) of a Chinese peasant or that of a Hindu prince. We must choose from among the clothing presented by our socie
25、ty. Furthermore, our choice is limited to a size that will fit, as well as by our pocketbook (钱包). Having made a choice within these limits we can have certain alterations made, but apart from minor adjustments, we tend to be limited to what the stores have on their racks. Statuses too come ready ma
26、de, and the range of choice among them is limited.这是一篇说明文，讲的是人们的Status(身份、地位)这一问题。51. In the first paragraph, the writer tells us that statuses can help us _.A) determine whether a person is fit for a certain jobB) behave appropriately in relation to other peopleC) protect ourselves in unfamiliar si
27、tuationsD) make friends with other people答案及分析：B事实辨认题。问在第一段作者告诉我们人的身份对我们有下列哪种帮助。第一段第一句说得很明白：“身份有助于我们和别人相处，决定我们在社会中所处的地位、扮演的角色”，B项意为“正确地与人交往”，正是上述意思。52. According to the writer, people often assume different statuses _.A) in order to identify themselves with othersB) in order to better identify other
28、sC) as their mental processes changeD) as the situation changes答案及分析：D事实辨认题。问作者认为，在什么情况下人们经常具有不同的身份。A项意为“为了将自己预其他人区别开”，B项为“为了更好地识别他人”，C项为“当心理发生变化时”，D项意为“随着环境的变化”。A、B、C三项都不合文章原意，并且根据第二段第一、二句话可知D项正确。53. The word appraisal (Line5, Para.2) most probably means _.A) involvement B) appreciation C) assessme
29、nt D) presentation答案及分析：C词义理解题。问第二段第六行中的appraisal一词的意思是什么。根据该词所在的句子，可知该词含义和mental process(思想过程)有关，并且可能与和其并列的词interpretation(解释，说明，理解)有一定相似之处。involvement意为“陷入，卷入;牵涉，包含”，assessment意为“估计，评估;所估计之数额”，appreciation表示“感谢，感激;欣赏，评价，赏识”，presentation意为“赠送;提出;引见，介绍;出席，呈现;演出”。比较起来，B项符合上述两点，而且意思上说得通。appraisal的准确意思
30、是“估计，估价，评价”，在此句中“评价”讲。54. In the last sentence of the second paragraph, the pronoun it refers to _.A) fitting our actions to those of other people appropriatelyB) identification of other peoples statusesC) selecting ones own statuses D) constant mental process答案及分析：A事实辨认题。问第二段最后一句中“it”指代什么。根据句意及其结构可
31、知：it指代the task，即前一句“we fit out actions to those of people based on a constant mental process of appraisal and interpretation”，不难看出A项正确。4.。One of the qualities that most people admire in others is the willingness to admit ones mistakes. It is extremely hard sometimes to say a simple thing like I was
32、wrong about that, and it is even harder to say, I was wrong , and you were right about that.I had an experience recently with someone admitting to me that he had made a mistake fifteen years ago. He told me he had been the manager of a certain grocery store in the neighbourhood where I grew up, and
33、he asked me if I remembered the egg cartons. Then he related an incident and Ibegan to remember vaguely the incident he was describing.I was about eight years old at the time, and I had gome into the store with may mother to do the weekly grocery shopping. On that particular day, I must have found m
34、y way to the dairy food department where the incident tood place.There must have been a special sale on eggs that day because there was an impressive display of eggs indozen and half-dozen cartons. The cartons were stacked three or four feet high. I must have stopped in front of a display to admire
35、the stacks. Just then a woman came by pushing her grocery cart and knocked off the stacks of cartons. For some reason, I decided it was up to me to put the display back together, so I want to work.The manager heard the moise and came rushing over to see what had happened. When he appeared, I was on
36、my knees inspecting some of the cartons to see if any of the eggs were broken, but to him it looked as though I was the culprit. He severely reprimanded me and wanted me to pay for any broken eggs. I protested my innocence and tried to explain, but it did no good. Even though I quickly forgot all ab
37、out the incident, apparently the manager did not.1.How old was the author when he wrote this article?a.about 8b.about 18c.about 23d.about 152.Who was to blame for knocking off the stacks of cartons?a.The authorb.The managerc.A womand.The authors mother3.Which of the following statements is not true?
38、a.The woman who knocked off the stacks of cartons was seriously criticized by the manangerb.The author was severely critizized by the manager.c.A woman carelessly knocked off the stacks of cartonsd.It was the author who put the display back together4.Which of the following can serve as the best titl
39、e for the passage?a.Its Harder to Admit Ones Mistakeb.I was once the culpritc.I remember an incidentd.A case of mistaken identity5.The tone of the article expresses the authors_.a.admiration for the managers willingness to admit mistakesb.anger to the manager for his wrong accusationc.indignation ag
40、ainst the woman who knocked off the stacks of cartonsd.reget for the mistake the made in the store答案：ccada5.。Water problems in the future will become nore intense and more complex. Our increasing population will tremendously increase urban wastes,primarily sewage. On the other hand, increasing deman
41、ds for water will decease substantialy the amount of water available for diluting wastes. Rapidly expanding industries which involve more and more complex chemical processes will produce large volumes of liquid wastes, and many of these will contain chemicals which are noxious. To feed our rapidly e
42、xpanding population, agriculture will have to be intensified. This will involve ever-increasingquantities of agricultural chemicals, From this , it is apparent that drastic steps must be taken immediately to develop corrective measures for the pollution problem.There are two ways by which this pollu
43、tion problem can be dwindled. The first relates to the treatment of wastes to decrease their pollution hazard. This involves the processing of solid wastes prior to disposal and the treatment of liquid wastes, or efflunets,to permit the reuse of the water or minimize pollution upon final disposal.A
44、second approach is to develop an economic use for all or a part of the wastes. Farm manure is spread in fields as a nutrient or organic supplement . Effluents from sewage disposal plants are used in some areas both for irrigation and for the nutrients contained. Efflunets from other processing plant
45、s may also be used as a supplemental source of water. Many industries, such as meat and poultry processing plants, are currently converting former waste products into marketable byproducts. Other industries are potential eonomic uses for waste products.1.The purpose of this passage is _.a.to alert t
46、he reader to the dwindling water supplyb.to explain industrial uses of waterc.to acquaint the reader with water pollution problemsd.to demostrate various measures to solve the pollution problem2.Which of the following points is NOT INCLUDED in the passage?a.In dustrial development incudes the simpli
47、fication of complex chemical processes.b.Diluting wastes needs certain amount of waterc.Demands for water will go up along with the expanding populationd.Intensive cultivation of land requires more and more chemicals3.The reader can conclued that_.a.countries of the world will work together on polution problemsb.byproducts from wastes lead to a more prosperous marketplacec.science is making great progress on increas