英语四级新试题和答案

英语四级新试题970

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)

Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.

Why Minority Students Don't Graduate from College

Barry Mills, the president of Bowdoin College, was justifiably proud of Bowdoin's efforts to recruit minority students. Since 2003 the school has boosted the proportion of so-called under-represented minority students (blacks, Latinos (南美洲人), and Native Americans, about 30 percent of the U.S. population) in entering freshman classes from 8 percent to 13 percent. But Bowdoin has not done quite as well when it comes to actually graduating minorities. While nine out of 10 white students routinely get their diplomas within six years, only seven out of 10 black students made it to graduation day in several recent classes.

The United States once had the highest graduation rate of any nation. Now it stands 10th. For the first time in American history, there is the risk that the rising generation will be less well educated than the previous one. The graduation rate among 25-to 34-year-olds is no better than the rate for the 55-to 64-year-olds who were going to college more than 30 years ago. Studies show that more and more poor and nonwhite students are eager to graduate from college--but their graduation rates fall far short of their dreams. The graduation rates for blacks, Latinos, and Native Americans lag far behind the graduation rates for whites and Asians. As the minority population grows in the United States, low college-graduation rates become a threat to national prosperity.

The problem is noticeable at public universities. In 2007, the University of Wisconsin-Madison--one of the top five or so "public Ivies"--graduated 81 percent of its white students within six years, but only 56 percent of its blacks. At less-selective state schools, the numbers get worse. Community colleges have low graduation rates generally--but rock-bottom rates for minorities. A recent review of California community colleges found that while a third of the Asian students picked up their degrees, only 15 percent of African-Americans did so as well.

Private colleges and universities generally do better, partly because they offer smaller classes and more personal attention. But when it comes to a significant graduation gap, Bowdoin has company. Nearby Colby College logged an 18-point difference between white and black graduates in 2007 and 25 points in 2006. "Higher education has been able to get around this issue for years, particularly the more selective schools, by saying the responsibility is on the individual student," says Pennington of the Gates Foundation. "If they fail, it's their fault." Some critics blame affirmative action--students admitted with lower test scores and grades from shaky high schools often struggle at top schools. But a bigger problem may be that poor high schools often send their students to colleges for which they are "undermatched": they could get into better, richer schools, but instead go to community colleges and low-rated state schools that lack the resources to help them. Some schools out for profit cynically increase tuitions and count on student loans and federal aid to foot the bill--knowing full well that the students won't make it. "Colleges know that a lot of kids they take will end up in remedial classes, for which they'll get no college credit and then they'll be dismissed," says Amy Wilkins of the Education Trust. "The school gets to keep the money, but the kid leaves with loads of debt and no degree and no ability

to get a better job. Colleges are not holding up their end."

A college education is getting ever more expensive. Since 1982 tuitions have been rising at roughly twice the rate of inflation. University administrators insist that most of those bikes are matched by increased scholarship grants or loans, but the recession has decreased private endowments(捐助) and cut into state spending on higher education. In 2008 the net cost of attending a four-year public university equaled 28 percent of median family income, while a four-year private university cost 76 percent of median family income. More and more scholarships are based on scores, not need. Poorer students are not always the best-informed consumers. Often they end up deeply in debt or simply unable to pay after a year or two and must drop out.

There once was a time when universities took an unreasonable pride in their drop-out rates. Professors would begin the year by saying, "Look to the right and look to the left. One of you is not going to be here by the end of the year." But such a Darwinian spirit is beginning to give way as at least a few colleges face up to the graduation gap. At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the gap has been roughly halved over the last three years. The university has poured resources into peer counseling to help students from inner-city schools adjust to the faster pace of a university classroom, and also to help minority students overcome the stereotype that they are less qualified.

State and federal governments could sharpen that focus everywhere by broadly publishing minority graduation rates. For years private colleges such as Princeton and MIT have had success bringing minorities onto campus in the summer before freshman year to give them a head start on college-level courses. The newer trend is to start recruiting poor and nonwhite students as early as the seventh grade, using new tools like hip-hop competitions to identify kids with sophisticated verbal(语言的) means. Such programs can be expensive, of course, but cheap compared with the millions already invested in scholarships and grants for kids who have little chance to graduate without special support.

With effort and money, the graduation gap can be closed. Washington and Lee is a small, selective school in Virginia. Its student body is less than 5 percent black and less than 2 percent Latino. While the school usually graduated about 90 percent of its whites, the graduation rate of its blacks and Latinos had dipped to 63 percent by 2007. "We went through a dramatic shift," says Dawn Watkins, the vice president for student affairs. The school aggressively pushed mentoring (师徒制) of minorities by other students and "partnering" with parents at a special pre-enrollment session. The school had its first-ever black homecoming. Last spring the school graduated the same proportion of minorities as it did whites. If the United States wants to keep up in the global economic race, it will have to pay systematic attention to graduating minorities, not just enrolling them.

2. What was Barry Mills, the president of Bowdoin College, proud of?

A: The College's high enrollment rate of white students.

B: The College's high enrollment rate of minority students.

C: The College's high graduation rate of white students.

D: The College's high graduation rate of minority students.

3. Since American's rank in graduation rate dropped dramatically, ______.

A: more poor and non-white students cannot enter college

B: the enrollment rate of white students may increase

C: the young may be less well educated than their fathers

D: more money and effort will be put on higher education

4. In the University of Wisconsin-Madison, what's the graduation rate of its blacks in 2007? A: 81%.

B: 56%.

C: 15%.

D: 25%.

5. Private colleges and universities have higher graduation rates for minorities partly because ______.

A: their classes are usually larger than public Ivies'

B: they offer more scholarships to minority students

C: the minority students they enroll are generally better

D: they pay more attention to student's individual need

6. The students that are sent to "undermatched" colleges ______.

A: tend to have a higher graduation rate

B: don't receive enough help from schools

C: pay lower tuitions than their peers

D: learn practical ability to get a better job

7. What's the recession's impact on higher education?

A: Universities receive fewer contributions from individuals.

B: Tuitions have been rising twice the rate of inflation.

C: The scholarship grants or loans increase to match the hike.

D: More and more scholarships are based on need rather than scores.

8. How has the University of Wisconsin-Madison managed to narrow the graduation gap? A: It has poured resources to provide financial help to minority students.

B: It has organized programs to help students adapt the pace of class pattern.

C: It has arranged to bring minority students onto campus before freshman year.

D: It has given chances to less qualified students to enter university.

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10. Washington and Lee worked together with parents as______to help minorities at a special

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Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)

Section A

Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.

Over the last two years, in the PC business Michael Dell has been beaten like a rented mule. His company continues to lose market ( 48 ) particularly in the U.S.

Industry analysts would say that Dell has done a poor job of bringing out ( 49 ) and attractive products. Apple Mac sales keep rising. HP, Sony, and Lenovo have ( 50 ) new product lines which have had warm ( 51 ) .

Dell's core business is being hit by three things. The first is that the company was fairly late at ( 52 ) into retail outlets(零售店) overseas. It ( 53 ) on its direct sales model for too long. The second problem is that the recession has ( 54 ) Dell's sales. Dell's final problem is that it cannot find the right people to run the company. It ( 55 ) dumped most of the senior management that it hired just over a year ago. It takes time for new people to get up to speed.

Word has gotten out that Dell plans to launch its own high-end smartphone. Dell does not do well what it is supposed to do well. It has become a second rate PC company. It proposes to partially offset that by entering a business which is controlled by Apple and RIM, the maker of the Blackberry. Because smartphone margins are high, Nokia, the world largest cellphone company, Samsung, and Sony Ericsson are also ( 56 ) into the market. The traffic jam is going to be ( 57 ) . So Dell can't win in the handset business. What it ought to do is to try to A: receptions B: depended C: share D: extraordinary E: targeting F: innov ative G: launched H: declined I: comprehensive J: recently K: rushing L: e xpressions M: expanding N: consequently O: cut

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Section B

Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked [A]、[B]、[C] and [D]. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

Looking for a new weight loss plan? Try living on top of a mountain. Mountain air contains less oxygen than air at lower altitudes, so breathing it causes the heart to beat faster and the body to burn more energy. A handful of studies have found that athletes training at high altitudes tend to lose weight. Doctor Florian Lippl of the University Hospital of Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich wondered how the mountain air would affect overweight individuals if they weren't doing any more physical activity than usual.

Lippl and his colleagues invited 20 overweight men to an environmental research station about 300 meters below the summit of Zugspitze, a mountain around 2,970 meters near the Austrian border. They were allowed to eat as much as they liked. The men also gave blood so that researchers could test for hormones(荷尔蒙) linked to appetite and fatness. At the end of the week, the men, whose mean weight starting out was 105 kg, had lost on average about 1.5 kg. The men's blood pressure also dropped, which the researchers attributed to weight lost.

Exactly what caused the weight loss is uncertain. Loss of appetite is common at higher altitudes, and indeed the men ate significantly less than usual--about 700 calories fewer per day. Lippl also notes that because their consumption was being recorded, they may have been more self-conscious about what they ate. Regardless, eating less accounts for just 1 kg of the 1.5 kg lost, says Lippl. He thinks the increased metabolic(新陈代谢的) rate, which was measured, also contributed to weight loss but cannot separate the different effects with the given data.

Appetite loss at high altitudes could certainly be key, notes Damian Bailey, a physiologist at the University of Glamorgan, UK, who recently lost 11 kg during a 3-month expedition to the Andes in Chile.

Unfortunately, for the average person there's no treatment that can resemble living at high altitude, says Lippl. The only alternative is a hypobaric chamber, which exposes subjects to low oxygen and isn't practical as a therapy. He says, half-jokingly, "if fat people plan their holidays, they might not go to the sea, but maybe to the mountains."

58. What contributes the most to one's heart rates, according to the first paragraph?

A: Our bodyweight.

B: The consumption of energy.

C: The rates of our breathing.

D: The amount of oxygen provided.

59. Hormones are tested in the research because they can affect ______.

A: one's bodyweight

B: one's blood pressure

C: one's way of living

D: one's metabolic rate

60. What was found about the 20 overweight men in the process of the research?

A: They controlled what to eat self-consciously.

B: They took in much fewer calories than usual.

C: They lost appetite because of lack of physical activity.

D: They were provided with a healthier diet than before.

61. Why does Damian Bailey agree with the idea of appetite loss at high altitudes?

A: He experimented with the new weight loss plan in the Andes.

B: He found no other reasons for his loss of weight in the Andes.

C: He researched the related subject in the Andes.

D: He lost much weight in the high altitude Andes.

62. Lippl talks about the way of losing weight by spending holidays on mountains with ______. A: casualness

B: inaccuracy

C: uncertainty

D: confidence

Scores of university halls of residences and lecture theatres in the UK were judged "at serious risk of major failure or breakdown" and "unfit for purpose", a secret database obtained after a legal battle by the Guardian reveals.

Some of the most popular, high-ranking institutions, such as the London School of Economics, had 41% of their lecture theatres and classrooms deemed unsuitable for current use, while Imperial College London had 12% of its non-residential buildings branded "inoperable". At City University, 41% of the student apartments were judged unfit for purpose.

Universities argue they have spent hundreds of millions in freshening them up since the judgments were made two years ago and use some of the buildings for storage purposes only. The government agency that holds the information, the Higher Education Fund ing Council

for England (Hefce), was forced to reveal it after an information tribunal(资讯法庭) ruled in the Guardian's favour, agreeing that it was in the public's interest for the data to be made public.

Hefce is thought to have spent up to ￡50,000 trying to conceal the data from the Guardian, which requested it two and a half years ago. The newspaper's lawyer, Aidan Eardley, said the case would make it harder for government agencies to withhold information in future.

The database, which aims to help universities compare the condition of their estate with their competitors, shows more than 90% of higher education institutions had at least 10% of their buildings judged below the "sound and operationally safe" category. One in 10 institutions had at least 10% of their estate judged inoperable and at serious risk of major breakdown.

Universities employ surveyors to judge the condition of their estate according to four categories: as new; sound and operationally safe; operational but in need o f major repair and inoperable; posing a serious risk of major failure and breakdown. The surveyors also record whether buildings are suitable for student living, teaching and learning under four more categories, from "excellent" to "unsuitable for current use".

Property consultants who advise universities said that, at its most extreme, buildings deemed inoperable could break fire regulations, have leaks and rot.

63. In the "legal battle", it was ruled by court that ______.

A: many universities had buildings at serious risk

B: the risk of university buildings should be revealed

C: the Guardian mustn't interfere in university administration

D: universities should improve the quality of their buildings

64. The word "deemed" in the second paragraph has the closest meaning to "______".

A: judged

B: revealed

C: criticized

D: concealed

65. What did universities do with the buildings at risk?

A: They denied the risk of the buildings.

B: They were ignorant of the risk of the buildings.

C: They did improvement to the buildings.

D: They were short of fund to repair the buildings.

66. The database was originally intended for ______.

A: the government

B: the Hefce

C: the public

D: the universities

67. At least ______ of the university estate was judged inoperable and at serious risk of major breakdown.

A: 1%

B: 10%

C: 9%

D: 90%

Answer

2. What was Barry Mills, the president of Bowdoin College, proud of?

A: The College's high enrollment rate of white students.

B: The College's high enrollment rate of minority students.

C: The College's high graduation rate of white students.

D: The College's high graduation rate of minority students.

参考答案: B 题目分值: 1.0 分您的答案: 得分: 0.0

详细解答: 该句提到Barry Mills为自己学校在招收少数族裔学生方面所作的努力而感到骄傲，B

是对该句的同义改写，故选B。

3. Since American's rank in graduation rate dropped dramatically, ______.

A: more poor and non-white students cannot enter college

B: the enrollment rate of white students may increase

C: the young may be less well educated than their fathers

D: more money and effort will be put on higher education

参考答案: C 题目分值: 1.0 分您的答案: 得分: 0.0

详细解答: 该段前两句讲的正是题干中所说的美国毕业率的排名下降，故其导致的结果在下一

句中找，第3旬中的rising generation指的是现在的年轻人，the previous one指的是年轻人的前辈，C中的the young和their fathers分别为它们的同义替换，内容与原文相符，故选C。

4. In the University of Wisconsin-Madison, what's the graduation rate of its blacks in 2007?

A: 81%.

B: 56%.

C: 15%.

D: 25%.

参考答案: B 题目分值: 1.0 分您的答案: 得分: 0.0

详细解答: 题干问的是黑人学生的毕业率，可直接根据定位在该句找到相关的数字56 percent。故选B。本题也可以根据选项的数字进行定位：A对应的是白人学生，C、D的数字均与该大学无关，可排除。

5. Private colleges and universities have higher graduation rates for minorities partly because ______.

A: their classes are usually larger than public Ivies'

B: they offer more scholarships to minority students

C: the minority students they enroll are generally better

D: they pay more attention to student's individual need

参考答案: D 题目分值: 1.0 分您的答案: 得分: 0.0

详细解答: 联系上文可知该句的do better是指相对其他大学，私立大学的少数族裔毕业率更高，故该旬because后的内容为本题答案所在，原文提到的原因是：提供小班级教学，这样就能关注

到每个学生，D符合原文意思，故为答案。

6. The students that are sent to "undermatched" colleges ______.

A: tend to have a higher graduation rate

B: don't receive enough help from schools

C: pay lower tuitions than their peers

D: learn practical ability to get a better job

参考答案: B 题目分值: 1.0 分您的答案: 得分: 0.0

详细解答: 该句冒号后的内容具体说明学生与被送入的大学不相称(undermatched)，其中提到那些学校缺乏帮助他们的资源，据此可知被送入不相称大学的学生没有得到学校足够的帮助，故选B。

7. What's the recession's impact on higher education?

A: Universities receive fewer contributions from individuals.

B: Tuitions have been rising twice the rate of inflation.

C: The scholarship grants or loans increase to match the hike.

D: More and more scholarships are based on need rather than scores.

参考答案: A 题目分值: 1.0 分您的答案: 得分: 0.0

详细解答: 该句提到经济危机使得私人捐助减少，A是对此意的同义改写，故选A。B、C、D均是利用定位处上下文的原词进行干扰，均不选。

8. How has the University of Wisconsin-Madison managed to narrow the graduation gap?

A: It has poured resources to provide financial help to minority students.

B: It has organized programs to help students adapt the pace of class pattern.

C: It has arranged to bring minority students onto campus before freshman year.

D: It has given chances to less qualified students to enter university.

参考答案: B 题目分值: 1.0 分您的答案: 得分: 0.0

详细解答: 该段倒数第2句提到Wisconsin-Madison大学过去三年把毕业差距缩小了一半，最后一句说的是具体的措施，B是对The university...university classroom的同义改写，故选B。A、D分别利用原词poured resources和less qualified进行干扰,意思与原文不符；C张冠李戴，该动作的发出者应该是下一段提到的Princeton and MIT，而不是University of Wisconsin-Madison。

9. Before the minorities enter university, Princeton and MIT arrange them to take part in______.

参考答案: college-level courses 题目分值: 1.0 分

您的答案:

详细解答: 此处需填入名词性成分，作take part in的宾语。题干中的Before the minorities enter university是对原文该句before freshman year的同义改写，该句提到让少数族裔学生先学习大学课程(college-level courses)，空前take part in提示了填入此空的内容与课程相关，对照原文可知此处应填的正是college-level courses。

10. Washington and Lee worked together with parents as______to help minorities at a special pre-enrollment session.

参考答案: partners 题目分值: 1.0 分

您的答案:

详细解答: 此处应填入名词性成分，作as的宾语。该句提到“partnering”with parents，表明Washington and Lee与家长的关系应该是partners，故填partners。

11. More attention should be paid to increase the graduation rate of minorities in order to______.

参考答案: keep up in the global economic race 题目分值: 1.0 分

您的答案:

详细解答: 此处应填入动词短语，与in order to搭配表目的。该句主句部分意思与题干意思一致，答案可以从If引导的条件状语从句中寻找，wants后的内容表目的，与题目考查点相符，故

填keep up in the global economic race。

48.

参考答案: C 题目分值: 1.0 分您的答案: 得分:0.0

详细解答: 此处应为名词。上文提到has been beaten，此空前的continues表明戴尔公司仍受打击，据此可推断此处表示“失去市场份额”，market share也是经济领域的常见表达，故选share。

49.

参考答案: F 题目分值: 1.0 分您的答案: 得分:0.0

详细解答: 此处应为形容词，与attractive并列。根据attractive可推知此空的形容词也

含有褒义，形容词库中，innovative最为合适，与attractive一起表示产品是“创新和吸引

人的”(这些也是电脑这种产业对产品的常见指标)。

50.

参考答案: G 题目分值: 1.0 分您的答案: 得分:0.0

详细解答: 此处应为动词的过去分词形式，与have一起构成现在完成时。词库中能够

接new product lines作宾语的动词只可能是launched“推出”，本文最后一段第1句也出现

了该词。

51.

参考答案: A 题目分值: 1.0 分您的答案: 得分:0.0

详细解答: 此处应为名词。根据空前的warm可以推测，此处应该表示“新产品线受到

热烈欢迎”，名词词库中，receptions最为适合。

52.

参考答案: M 题目分值: 1.0 分您的答案: 得分:0.0

详细解答: 此处应为动词的-ing形式。动词词库中，rushing和expanding后均可跟介词into，但rushing含有“争抢着涌入市场” 之义，而空前的fairly late表叫戴尔公司迟迟才进

入海外零售市场，故rushing与文意不符；expanding into表示“拓展进入”，符合文意，故

选expanding。

53.

参考答案: B 题目分值: 1.0 分您的答案: 得分:0.0

详细解答: 此处应为过去时态的谓语动词。根据空后的介词on可知此动词必须能与on 搭配，词库中depended最为合适，此处表示“它很长时间依赖于自身的直销模式”。

54.

参考答案: O 题目分值: 1.0 分您的答案: 得分:0.0

详细解答: 此处应为动词的过去分词形式，与have一起构成现在完成时。空前的recession(经济不景气)提示了此处应为对戴尔销售有消极影响的动词。动词词库中，declined和cut均符合，但declined作“下降；衰退”之义时为不及物动词，后面不能直接跟宾语(作“谢绝”之义时才是及物动词)，据此可排除declined；cut符合文意，表示“经济不景气削减了戴尔的销售额”。

55.

参考答案: J 题目分值: 1.0 分您的答案: 得分:0.0

详细解答: 此处应为副词。上一句说戴尔最后一个问题是找不到合适的人来管理公司(一般现在时)，接着说戴尔炒掉了聘请才一年的大部分高管(过去时)，这两句之间没有前因后果的关系，故排除consequently。recently“最近”正好用在过去时中，符合文意。

56.

参考答案: K 题目分值: 1.0 分您的答案: 得分:0.0

详细解答: 此处应为动词的-ing形式，与are一起构成现在进行时。下文的traffic jam 提示了此处应该表示“各大公司争相进入利润高的smartphone市场”，rushing符合文意。

57.

参考答案: D 题目分值: 1.0 分您的答案: 得分:0.0

详细解答: 此处应为形容词。结合上文可知此处有“竞争之激烈异乎寻常”之义，extraordinary符合题意。

58. What contributes the most to one's heart rates, according to the first paragraph?

A: Our bodyweight.

B: The consumption of energy.

C: The rates of our breathing.

D: The amount of oxygen provided.

参考答案: D 题目分值: 1.0 分您的答案: 得分: 0.0

详细解答: 该句中由so连接的因果关系句表明，山上的空气含氧量低导致心跳更快，由此可见，本题应选D。 [点睛] B具有干扰性，它与题干提到的“心跳速度”同为受到空气含氧量影响的两

个方面，B与题干并不构成因果关系。

59. Hormones are tested in the research because they can affect ______.

A: one's bodyweight

B: one's blood pressure

C: one's way of living

D: one's metabolic rate

参考答案: A 题目分值: 1.0 分您的答案: 得分: 0.0

详细解答: 该句中的hormones linked to...fatness表明hormones与一个人的肥胖程度有关，这

也就是说，hormones会影响一个人的体重，因此，本题应选A。 [点睛] B和D都有在原文提及，

但这两点与hormones并无直接的关系；C的范围过于宽泛，故不能选。

60. What was found about the 20 overweight men in the process of the research?

A: They controlled what to eat self-consciously.

B: They took in much fewer calories than usual.

C: They lost appetite because of lack of physical activity.

D: They were provided with a healthier diet than before.

参考答案: B 题目分值: 1.0 分您的答案: 得分: 0.0

详细解答: 该句中的about 700 calories fewer表明B正确。 [点睛] A极具干扰性，第3段第3句

中的may have been说的只是一种可能性，肥胖人士是否有意识地控制饮食仍未被证实。因此，A

不能选。

61. Why does Damian Bailey agree with the idea of appetite loss at high altitudes?

A: He experimented with the new weight loss plan in the Andes.

B: He found no other reasons for his loss of weight in the Andes.

C: He researched the related subject in the Andes.

D: He lost much weight in the high altitude Andes.

参考答案: D 题目分值: 1.0 分您的答案: 得分: 0.0

详细解答: Damian Bailey在安第斯山脉生活了3个月，体重就下降了11公斤，这一亲身经历使

他认同高海拔地区能影响人的食欲，从而影响人的体重。因此，本题应选D。 [点睛] 原文并没有

提及Damian Bailey在安第斯山脉3个月的探险目的是什么，因此，A和C均不正确；原文也没有

提到高海拔是否是导致他体重下降的唯一原因，因此，B也不正确。

62. Lippl talks about the way of losing weight by spending holidays on mountains with ______.

A: casualness

B: inaccuracy

C: uncertainty

D: confidence

参考答案: A 题目分值: 1.0 分您的答案: 得分: 0.0

详细解答: 根据这句中的half-jokingly可以推断Lippl在谈到通过去高原地区度假这种方式来减

肥时是“开玩笑的；随意的”。因此，本题应选A。 [点睛] 将本题定位到最后一段最后一句便可

轻松作答。

63. In the "legal battle", it was ruled by court that ______.

A: many universities had buildings at serious risk

B: the risk of university buildings should be revealed

C: the Guardian mustn't interfere in university administration

D: universities should improve the quality of their buildings

参考答案: B 题目分值: 1.0 分您的答案: 得分: 0.0

详细解答: 第1段首先提到了a legal battle，直到第4段，作者才指出法庭是ruled in the Guardian's favour(做出了对《卫报》有利的判决)，其后的分词结构表明法庭判决the data to be made public,the data指的是前几段提到的有关大学有危楼的数据。由此可见，法庭判决了“大学

有危楼”这个事实应告知公众，B与此内容最为相近，故为本题答案。[点睛] A有很强的干扰性，与第1段前半部分的内容极为相似，特别是文中的judged一词，很具误导作用，但只要结合该段

后半句a secret database...reveals可知前半句是一个秘密数据库显示的内容，并非官司的裁决。64. The word "deemed" in the second paragraph has the closest meaning to "______".

A: judged

B: revealed

C: criticized

D: concealed

参考答案: A 题目分值: 1.0 分您的答案: 得分: 0.0

详细解答: 第2段列举了三所大学危楼的百分比，分别是第1句中的伦敦经济学院和帝国大学和第2句中的城市大学。第1句中的while表明前后两句为并列关系，对比两句的内容和结构可发现deemed与branded(印商标于……)同义。而第2句与第1句的并列关系表明deemed，branded和judged同义，可见，branded此处喻指“被评价”，而deemed可译作“被判定为”，因此，本题选A。 [点睛] 做这类题关键是要结合上下文进行推断。

65. What did universities do with the buildings at risk?

A: They denied the risk of the buildings.

B: They were ignorant of the risk of the buildings.

C: They did improvement to the buildings.

D: They were short of fund to repair the buildings.

参考答案: C 题目分值: 1.0 分您的答案: 得分: 0.0

详细解答: 该段中的freshening them up表明大学对存在危险的校舍进行了修缮，因此，本题应选c。 [点睛] 第3段暗示大学是知道校舍存在危险的，不然就不可能去修缮了，可见，A、B不正确；D“缺乏资金进行修缮”也与原文不符．因此，D不正确。

66. The database was originally intended for ______.

A: the government

B: the Hefce

C: the public

D: the universities

参考答案: D 题目分值: 1.0 分您的答案: 得分: 0.0

详细解答: 该句中的定语从句表明建立数据库的目的是为了help universities，可见数据库是给各所大学使用的，因此，本题应选D。 [点睛] 其他选项虽然在原文也有提及，但数据库的使用者和目的只有在第6段第1句提及。

67. At least ______ of the university estate was judged inoperable and at serious risk of major breakdown.

A: 1%

B: 10%

C: 9%

D: 90%

参考答案: A 题目分值: 1.0 分您的答案: 得分: 0.0

详细解答: 原文该句中的One in 10 institutions也可理解为“10%的大学”，将这个10%与后面的另一个10%相乘，就可以得出结论：至少1%的大学建筑被定为“不能使用，有倒塌的危险”，因此，本题应选A。 [点睛] B最具干扰性，与第6段第2句的宾语部分相同，但本题题干将所有大学的建筑作为基数，并非只讨论那“10%的大学”，因此，B不正确。