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大学英语英语4级考试(答案) (4)

大学英语英语4级考试(答案) (4)

大学英语四级试练习卷一、阅读理解Passage 1Black AmericansAbout twenty-seven million people, or a little more than one-tenth of all United States citizens, are descended from people brought across the Atlantic from Africa between 150 and 300 years ago as slave. The consequences of this ancient trade have brought trouble and embarrassment to the American Republic from the time of its foundation. From the beginning the colonists in Pennsylvania, New York, and New England stayed out of the slave trade, but they could not stop the plantation owners of the South from buying slaves from Africa—a trade shared by the West Indies and the southern continent. Towards 1800 the southern states stopped the trade, and from then onwards no more slave ships came in, except for a few which came illegally. But by then there were nearly a million slaves in plantation of the South, and the U. S. Constitution had not changed their status. Southern slavery was ended only with the victory of the northern states in the civil war of 1861-1865. The U. S. constitution was amended so as to outlaw slavery, and to grant automatic citizenship and the equal protection of the laws to any person born in the United States.But long after 1865 the dominant whites in most of the South were still finding ways of excluding black citizens from real equality. Several of these devices, particularly those affecting voting rights, were found at various dates to be unconstitutional after argument before the Supreme Court of the United States. But even in the 1950s there were cases of southern black people being intimidated (恐吓) when they came to register as voters; and in the South there were still separate school, separate seats in local buses, even separate hospital car parks—and whites-only facilities of many kinds. Black opposition to discrimination was led by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, with strong support from liberally-minded whites. The 1950s brought the beginning of major change.Back in 1896 the Supreme Court had ruled that if an education authority provided separate school of black and white children, there was no denial of the equal protection of the laws, as guaranteed by the Constitution —provided that the separate school were of equal quality. In 1954 the Court ruled that experience showed that separate school could not be of equal quality, so the "equal protection" clause of the fourteenth amendment could not allow states to provide separate education.At this time a black clergyman, Martin Luther King, became the informal leader of active movements of non-violent protest against racial segregation of all kinds, and he gained admiring support from whiteAmericans in the South as well as in the North. King came to the center of the stage at the time when television was becoming widely available. When defenders of the white supremacist traditions of the South reacted violently against a peaceful campaign for equal treatment, television showed the unpleasant scenes which they provoked. When the University of Mississippi admitted its first black student in 1962, he met with such threats of violence that he had to be protected by large groups of armed soldiers wherever he went. The people responsible for this intimidation soon learned that their actions were seen on television with hostile commentary, throughout the world. They could see that they brought shame, not just upon themselves, but upon their country.After the assassination of John Kennedy in 1963, his successor as President, Lyndon Johnson, expanded his ideas and led Congress to pass laws to eliminate racial discrimination. Southern racism was soon in full retreat, and its downfall owed much to the charisma (号召力) of Luther King, the symbol of the crusade against it. In 1969, Luther King became a martyr too, and like Kennedy and his brother, he was assassinated. Later the U. S. Congress set aside one day each year as a national holiday in his memory—an honor given to only one other man, George Washington, the nation's first President.By the 1970s blacks were registered as voters in the South in almost thesame proportion as whites. Soon many were elected to important offices in the southern states, and the South's most important city, Atlanta, had a black mayor. Blacks have been elected as mayors of several of the nation's biggest cities and hundreds of smaller ones; others have been elected or appointed to many of the highest national and state offices in the South as well as in the North, including the cabinet and the Supreme Court. There are now some thousands of black millionaires, not only athletes and entertainers but also in business and the professions as well.Except for a few pockets of resistance, segregation and race discrimination in the South had ceased to be a special problem by around 1970. But this did not mean that the conditions of blacks everywhere had become altogether happy,particularly in the northern cities. For several decades blacks moved in large numbers from the southern states to find work in the industries of the northern cities. Although this northward movement has lately been reduced as a result of improved civil rights and material prosperity in the South, there are by now more blacks in the North than In the South. Their condition in the North is by no means free of social problems. The average earnings of blacks are relatively low, and they are in general the first to become unemployed. In the 1960s and for some time afterwards, the gap between white and black earnings and unemployment was progressively narrowed, but more recently thestill-surviving gap has remained, and unemployment is still high among those young black people who leave school without educational qualifications.Discrimination against blacks, both in admission to all public places and in employment, is now illegal, Indeed, some employers have a deliberate policy of "affirmative action" discriminating in their favor. In some police forces and many northern and southern state and national government departments, black have been systematically and openly favored for promotion, and where there have been promotion examinations to be passed, the minimum grade has been set at a lower level for blacks than for whites. Universities have done the same in admitting students.1. The passage is primarily concerned with the black Americans' source and their struggle for equal rights with whites.2. The American civil war of 1861-1865 brought an end to discrimination against black people.3. In American history, Martin Luther King was as important as president Washington.4. White students are required to reach a higher level than blacks to be admitted by universities.5. In some cities there are whole areas which are inhabited by blacks or foreign immigrants.6. There are more blacks living in the North of America than in theSouth.7. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People were in charge of doing away with separate school for blacks.8. The U. S. has a population of about______people.9. Martin Luther King was noted for ______ movements of protest against racialsegregation of all sorts.10. The 1960s saw the______ of the gaps between whiteand black earnings and unemployment.Passage 2Perhaps it was only during the dawn of the human race that women 11 stood equal with men. At the beginning, I think both sexes shared equal responsibility for the 12 of the race. Men and women shared in the hunt and in wars. Traces of this ancient tradition can be found, for example, in the Achinese society in North Sumatra, where women fought alongside men against the invading Dutch colonial 13 during the Achinese wars in the 19th century. Some women even became admirals of the Achinese fleet. Other cultures in other parts of the world have had the 14 tradition.Perhaps the invention of agriculture 15 the beginning of adifferentiation between men's and women's roles. Men continued to hunt,and women became food gatherers and tended the field. Men 16 became agriculturists as well, when the hunt no longer provided enough sustenance for the community. The biological fact that women 17 children, and that each time they give birth they are 18 , for a time, fully to play their role in the provision of sustenance and other work for the family, slowly gave rise to more distinct men's and women's roles. Men who are physically stronger 19 on such " natural" roles as warriors, and in most cases men became chiefs, commanders, and kings. In the 20 of history, as matriarchal systems became minorities in many cultures, the roles of men and women in many societies became increasinglygender-oriented and differentiated.A. reallyB. policeC. bearD. courseE. survivalF. laterG. forces H. unableI. lately J. processK. remarked L. markedM. same N. tookO. unstablePassage 3Happiness can be described as a positive mood and a pleasant state of mind. According to recent polls (民意测验) sixty to seventy percent ofAmericans consider themselves to be moderately happy and one in twenty persons feels very unhappy. Psychologists have been studying the factors that contribute to happiness. It is not predictable nor is a person in an apparently ideal situation necessarily happy. The ideal situation may have little to do with his actual feelings.A good education and income are usually considered necessary for happiness. Though both may contribute, they are only chief factors if the person is seriously undereducated or actually suffering from lack of physical needs.The rich are not likely to be happier than the middle-income group or even those with very low incomes. People with college educations are somewhat happier than those who did not graduate from high school, and it is believed that this is mainly because they have more opportunity to control their lives. Yet people with a high income and a college education may be less happy than those with the same income and no college education.Poor health does not rule out happiness except for the severely disabled or those in pain. Learning to cope with a health problem can contribute to happiness. Those with a good sex life are happier in general, but those who have a loving, affectionate relationship are happier than those who rely on sex alone. Love has a higher correlation with happiness than any other factor.It should be noted that people quickly get used to what they have, and they are happiest when they feel they are increasing their level no matter where it stands at a given time.Children whose parents were happily married have happier childhoods are not necessarily happier adults.The best formula for happiness is to be able to develop the ability to tolerate frustration, to have a personal involvement and commitment, and to develop self-confidence and self-esteem.21. It can be inferred from the passage that______.A. happiness is predictableB. a person in an apparently ideal situation must be happyC. the rich are likely to be happier than the middle-income groupD. happiness is not necessarily connected to one's situation in society22. People with college education______.A. are not happier than those who have only an education at high schoolB. are much happier than those who did not graduate from high schoolC. have less opportunity to control their livesD. have more opportunity to control their lives23. According to the article, happiness is greatly dependentupon______.A. a happy childhoodB. great wealthC. a feeling that conditions are becoming for the betterD. a college degree24. Which of the following is most likely to contribute to happiness?A. Being exceptionally good-looking.B. Having a loving, affectionate relationship.C. Having a good paying job.D. Meeting lots of people.25. Which of the following attitudes or feelings is most likely to be found in happy people?A. Having self-esteem.B. Being sure of keeping everything they already have.C. Never being jealous.D. Knowing how to be charming.Passage 4Agriculture is the number one industry in the United States and agricultural products are the country's leading export. American farmers manage to feed not only the total population of the United States, but also millions of other people throughout the rest of the world. Corn and soybean exports alone account for approximately 75 percent of the amount sold in world markets.This productivity, however, has its price. Intensive cultivation exposes the earth to the damaging forces of nature. Every year wind and waterremove tons of rich soil from the nation's croplands.Each field is covered by a limited amount of topsoil, the upper layer of earth which is richest in the nutrients and minerals necessary for growing crops. Ever since the first farmers arrived in the Midwest almost 200 years ago,cultivation and, consequently, erosion have been decreasing the supply of topsoil. In the 1830s, nearly two feet of rich, black top soil covered the Midwest. Today the average depth is only eight inches, and every decade another inch is blown or washed away. This erosion is steadily decreasing the productivity of valuable cropland.A United States Agricultural Department survey states that if erosion continues at its present rate, corn and soybean yields in the Midwest may drop as much as 30 percent over the next 50 years.So far, farmers have been able to compensate for the loss of fertile topsoil by applying more chemical fertilizers to their fields; however, while this practice has increased crop yields, it has been devastating for ecology. Agriculture has become one of the biggest polluters of the nation's precious water supply. Rivers, lakes, and underground reserves of water are being filled in and poisoned by soil and chemicals carried by drainage from eroding fields. Furthermore, fertilizers only replenish the soils they do not prevent its loss.26. The last sentence in the first paragraph gives an example to show_______.A. that American farmers manage to feed the total population of the U. S.B. the leading position of the U. S. farming in the worldC. how important American people consider their farmingD. that many people in the world rely on the export of the agricultural products of the U. S. A.27. In order to compensate for the loss of fertile topsoil, farmers have been_______.A. planting less corn and soybeanB. putting fertilizers on their fieldsC. preventing soil erosionD. decreasing the supply of top soil28. At the present rate, approximately how many years later the black top soil now covering the Midwest will completely be blown or washed away?A. 120 years later.B. 80 years later.C. 50 years later.D. 100 years later.29. "This practice" in Paragraph 4 refers to_______.A. that farmers have lowered the yield of corn and soybeanB. that farmers have expanded croplandsC. that farmers have applied more chemical fertilizersD. that the top soil has been decreased greatly30. All of the following are statements about the disadvantages offertilizers EXCEPT thatA. they replenish the soilB. they do not prevent the loss of soilC. they are destroying the ecologyD. they pollute the nation's water supply二、完型填空More and more students want to study in“hot”majors. 1 a result, many students want to 2 their interests and study in these 3 such as foreign languages, international business and law, et C.Fewer and fewer students choose scientific majors, 4 maths, physics and biology, and art majors, 5 history, Chinese and philosophy.6 students can study in these“hot”majors, because the number of these“hot”majors 7 limite D. If one 8 interest in his work or study, 9 can he do well? I 10 this from one of my classmates.He is 11 the countryside.His parents are farmers.Though he 12 biology, he chose“international business”.He 13 to live a life which is different 14 of his parents. In the end, he found he 15 in doing business.He found all the subjects to be 16 . 17 this wouldn't have happened if he had chosen his major according to his own interests. Choosing a major in university 18 decide one's whole life.Majors 19 are not“hot”today may become the“hot”major of tomorrow. Choosing your major according to your own 20 is the bestway to succee D.1.A.Being B.For C.Having D.As2.A.give up B.appear C.give D.master3.A.place B.room C.areas D.space4.A.for example B.much as C.and so on D.as a result5.A.even B.like C.just D.or6.A.Only a few B.Quite a few C.Perhaps D.Many7.A.is B.are C.would be D.have been8.A.had no B.had C.has no D.has9.A.why B.and what C.how D.and how10.A.suggested B.guessed C.searched D.learned11.A.out of B.off C.in D.from12.A.studied B.likes C.learns D.succeeds to study13.A.wants B.doesn’t want C.enjoys D.doesn’t like14.A.from which B.from that C.for which D.for that15.A.was interested B.was clever C.was not interested D.was not clever16.A.lovely B.rare C.obvious D.tiresome17.A.So B.Then C.Just then D.Maybe18.A.can B.does not C.probably D.perhaps not to19.A.on which B.in which C.which D.——20.A.interests B.experience C.mind D.heart Cloze三、翻译1.他是一个热心肠的人,把大量的时间花在了志愿者工作上。

大学英语4石油大201911考试试题及答案

大学英语4石油大201911考试试题及答案

当前用户:周群Use of Eng...True or Fa...ReadingCo...Vocabulary...Cloze Translatio...Writing 试卷要求 :一、Use of English答题要求 :交际用语单选,每题只有一个正确的选项。

1(3.0分)3.0—Thank you for your invitation.—__________•A)It doesn’t matter•B)It’s a pleasure.•C)It’s a small thing.•D)I’ll appreciate it.参考答案:B收起解析解析:无2(3.0分)3.0—I think he is a good lecturer.•A)Sorry,it doesn’t matter.•B)So do I.•C)Yes. It’s a good idea.•D)I don’t mind.•A)It is suitable for me. •B)No,it isn’t.•C)You want to have one, too? •D)Thank you.•A)Who’s there?•B)Who’s that speaking?•C)Who are you?•D)Who wants to speak to Mark?•A)Yes,that’s right.•B)No,I can’t.•C)What about you?•D)That’s a good idea.参考答案:D收起解析解析:无二、True or False答题要求 :阅读理解判断正误。

6(10.0)10.0In choosing a friend, one should be very careful. A good friend can help you study. You can have fun together and make each other happy. Sometimes you will meet fair weather friends. They will be with you as long as you have money or luck, but when you are dow n, they will run away. How do I know when I have found a good friend? I look for certai n qualities of character, especially understanding, honesty and reliability(可靠).A good friend, above all else, tries to understand how another person is feeling. He is not quick to judge. Instead, he tries to learn from others. He put himself in the othe r person’s place, and he tries to think of ways to be helpful. He is also a good liste ner.At the same time, a good friend is honest. He does not look for faults in others. He no tices their good points. In short, a friend will try to understand me and accept me.Another quality of a friend is reliability. I can always depend on a good friend. If he tells me he will meet me somewhere at a certain time, I can be sure that he will the re. If I need a favor, he will do his best to help me. If I am in trouble, he will not run away from me.When I meet someone who is reliable, honest, and understanding, I know I've found a fri end!1、(2分)The writer thinks that one of the important qualities in choosing a friend is underst anding.•A) 正确•B) 错误参考答案:正确2、(2分)If you have fair weather friends, you will be lucky.•A) 正确•B) 错误参考答案:错误3、(2分)Good friends nee d to understand each other’s feeling.•A) 正确•B) 错误参考答案:正确4、(2分)This passage is mainly discussing the qualities of a friend.•A) 正确•B) 错误参考答案:正确5、(2.0分)The meaning of the phrase “a fair weather friend” understand in the 1st paragraph is a friend who share difficulties with you.•A) 正确•B) 错误参考答案:错误收起解析解析:无三、Reading Comprehension答题要求 :阅读理解单选题,每题只有一个正确的选项。

西安石油大学 英语4题库阅读检索(4级)

西安石油大学 英语4题库阅读检索(4级)

四级0.50 – 0.591. Use of the mass media as a teaching instrument in the classroom2. Einstein was born m Ulm, Germany on Mar3. By the first century A D., historians say, the Chinese had some knowledge4. The secret of being born lucky is a summer birthday,5. Internet use appears to cause a decline in psychological well-being6. As I wake up every week day, I find it so hard to get out of bed7. In the 1970s the prices of most things Americans buy more than doubled.8. Celine is a proud Canadian. That is why she has sung our national anthem9. After having propounded (提出) his famous theory,10. Laptop computers are popular all over the world.11. The Internet has led to a huge increase in credit-card fraud.12. If a physicist in Houston has his way you”ll be able to say good-bye13. Who takes care of the elderly in the United States today14. I once knew a young man, nineteen years of age,0.6 –0.691. Relations between the United States and Colombia suffered for many years2. He was born opposite Queen Anne, in Anne Arundel County3. One of the most important goals of education is the achievement4. The U. S. generates about four billion tons of solid wastes a year5. America has long had the reputation of being a “land of opportunity”,6. Psychology and sociology both belong to social sciences,7. Man’s best friend is color-blind, but, fortunately,8. Europe’s population will continue to decline for decades9. Basketball and baseball are sports that are very much alike10. Shots ring out in South Central Los Angeles.11. Albert Einstein was a German-American physicist12. In the 1950s and 1960s a number of far-reaching changes occurred13. Halloween (万圣节) had its origins in the festival of Samhain14. Brazil has become one of the developing countries15. Human wants seem endless.0.70 – 0.791. The Library of Congress is America's national library2. People are fascinated by robots.3. Industrial pollution is not only a problem for the countries4. Although machines have been around for a long time5. Life is difficult6. People who sleep about seven hours a night live the longest7. Japanese officials are struggling to prevent the spread of mad cow disease.8. An evergreen tree, often a pine or fir (冷杉),9. Sony was incorporated in 1946 as Tokyo Telecommunications10. Internet is a system architecture that has revolutionized communication11. Mitchell attended Washington Seminary (神学院) in her native Atlanta12. The Great Wall of China is considered to be the only man-made project13. Why are Arabic figures used everywhere in the world?0.80 ---1. POINT and click, point and click. This is the hour after I finish my homework2. Government officials say there are about two-million-three-hundred-thousand3. It is commonly believed in the United States that school is where4. The story of Diego Maradona, the Argentinean football player,。

大学英语四级阅读理解试题及答案(四)

大学英语四级阅读理解试题及答案(四)

大学英语四级阅读理解试题及答案(四)十六Trees shoul d only be pruned when there is a good and clear reason for doing so and , fortunately,the number of such reasons is small. Pruning involves the cutting away of obergrown and unwanted branches, and the inexperienced gardener can be encouraged by the thought that more damage results from d oing it unnecessarily than from l eavingthe tree to grow in its own way.First, pruning may be d one to make sure that trees have a d esired shape or size. The object may be to get a tree of the right height, and at the same time to help the growth of small side branches which will thicken its appearance or give it a special shape. Secondly, pruning may be done to make the tree healthier. You may cut diseaed or dead wood, or branches that are rubbing against each other and thus cause wounds. The health of a tree may be encouraged by removing branches that are blocking up the centre and so preventingthe free movement of air.One result of pruning is that an open wound is l eft on the tree and this provides an easy entry for disease, but itis a wound that will heal. Often there is a race between the healing and the d esease as to whether the tree will live or die, so that there is a period when the tree is at risk. It shoul d be the aim of every gardener to reduce which has been pruned smooth and clean, for healing will be sl owed down by roughness. You shoul d all ow the cut surface to dry for a few hurs and then paint it with one of the substances available from garden shops produced especially for this purpose. Pruning is usually without interference from the l eaves and also it is very unlikely that the cuts yu make will bl eed. If this does happen,it is, of course,impossible to paint themproperly.1.Pruning shoul d be d one to ______.a.make the tree grow tall erb.improve the shape of the treec.get rid of the small branchesd.make the small branches thicker2.Trees become unhealthy if the gardener ______.a.all ows too many branches to grow in the middleb.does not protect them from windc.forces them to grow too quicklyd.damages some of the small side branches3.Why is a special substance painted on the tree?a.To make a wound smoothb.To prevent disease entering a woundc.To cover a rough surfaced.To help a wound to dry4.A good gardener prunes a tree______.a.at intervals throughout the yearb.as quickly as possibl ec.occasionally when necessaryd.regular every winter5.What was the author's purpose when writing thispassage?a.To give pratical instruction for pruning a tree.b.To give a general d escription of pruningc.To explain how trees d evel op diseasesd.To discuss different methods of pruning.答案:babca十七On Thursday afternoon Mrs. Carke, dressed for going out, took her handbag with her money and her key in it, pulled the door behind her to lock it and went to the over 60s Club. She always went there on Thursdays. It was a nice outing for an old woman who lived alone.At six o'clock she cane home, let herself in and at once smelt cigarette smoke. Cigarette smoke in her house? How? How? Had someone got in? She checked the back door and the windows. All were locked or fastened, as usual. There was no sign of forced entry.Over a cup of tea she wondered whether someone might have a key that fitted her front door-"a master key"perhaps. So she stayed at home the following Thursday. Nothing happened. Was anyone watching her movements? On the Thursday after that she went out at her usual time,dressed as usual, but she didn't go to the club. Instead she took a short cut home again, letting herself in through her garden and the back door. She settled down to wait.It was just after four o'clock when the front door bell rang.Mrs. Clarke was making a cup of tea at the time. The bell rang again, and then she heard her letter-box being pushed open. With the kettle of boiling water in her hand, she moved quietly towards the front door. A long piece of wire appeared through the letter-box, and then a hand. The wire turned and caught around the knob on the door-lock. Mrs. Clarke raised the kettle and poured the water over the hand. There was a shout outside, and the skin seemed to drop off the fingers like a glove. The wire fell to the floor, the hand was pulled back, and Mrs. Clarke heard the sound of running feet.1.Mrs. Clarke looded forward to Thursday because_______.a.she worked at a club on the dayb.she said visitors on Thursdaysc.she visited a club on Thursdayd.a special visitor came on Thursday2.If someone had made a forced entery,_______.a.Mrs.Clarke would have found a broken door or windowb.he or she was still in the housec.things would have been thown aboutd.he or she would have needed a master key3.On the third Thursday Mrs. Clarke went out_______.a.because she didn't want to miss the club againb.to see if the thief was hnging about outsidec.to the club but then changed her mindd.in an attempt to trick the thief4.The lock on the front door was one which_______.a.needed a piece of wire to open itb.could he opened from inside without a keyc.could't be opened without a keyed a knob instead of a key5.The wire feel to the floor_______.a.because Mrs.Clarke refused to open the doorb.when the man's glove dropped offc.because it was too hot to holdd.because the man justwanted to get away答案:cadbd十八Many people believe the glare from snow causes snowblindnenss. Yet, dark glasses or not , they find themselves suffering from headaches and watering eyes,and even snowblindness,when exposed to several hours of "snow light" .The United States Army has now determined that glare from snow does not cause snowblindness in troops in a snow-covered country.Rather, a man's eyes frequently find nothing to foucs on in a broad expanse of barren snow-covered terrain. So his gaze continually shifts and jumps back and forth over the entire landscape in search of tsomething to look at. Finding nothing, hour after hour, the eyes never sotp searching and the eyeballs become sore and the eye muscles ache. Nature offsets this irritation by producing more and fluid which covers the eyeball. The fluid coversthe eyeball in increasing quantity until vision blurs, then is obsured,and the result is total, even though temporary,snowblindness.Experiments led the Army to a simple method of overcoming this problem. Scouts ahead of a main body of troops are trained to shake snow from evergreen bushes, creating a dotted line as they cross completely snow-covered landscape,Even the scouts themselves throw lightweight , dark colored objects ahead on which they too can focus . The men following can then see something.Their gaze is arrested. Their eyes focus on a bush and having found something to see,stop scouring thesnow-blanketed lanscape. By focusing their attention on one object at a time,the men can cross the snow without becoming hopelessly snowblind or lost. In this way the problem of crossing a solid white terrain is overcome.1.To prevent headaches, watering eyes and blindness caused by the glare from snow, dark glasses are_____.a.indispensibleefulc.ineffectived.available2.When the eyes are sore tears are produced to ________.a.clear the visionb.remedy snowblindnessc.ease the irritationd.loosen the muscles3.Snowblindness may be avoided by_______.a.concentrating to the solid white terrainb.searching for something to look at in snow-covered terrainc.providing the eyes with something to foucs ond.covering the eyeballs with fluid4.The scouts shake snow from evergreen bushes in order to _______.a.bive the men behind something to seeb.beautify the landscapec.warm themselves in the coldd.prevent the men behind from losing their way5.A suitable title for this passage would be _______.a.snowblindness and how to overcome itb.natrue's cure for snowblindnessc.soldiers in the snowd.snow vision答案:CCCAA十九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 demands 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 expanding 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 pollution 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 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 plants 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 the 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 simplification 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 increasing water suppliesd.some industries are now ,aking economic use of wastes4.The author gives substance to the passage through the use of _______.a.interviews with authorities in the field of water controlsb.opinions and personal observationsc.definitions which clarify important termsd.strong arguments and persuasions5.The words "prior to "(para.2) probably mean______.a.afterb.duringc.befored.beyond答案:cadbc二十One of the qualities that most people admire in others is the willingness to admit one's mistakes. It is extremely hard sometimes to say a simple thing like "I was 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 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 my 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 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 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 about 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 author's mother3.Which of the following statements is not true?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 title for the passage?a.Its Harder to Admit One's Mistakeb.I was once the culpritc.I remember an incidentd.A case of mistaken identity5.The tone of the article expresses the author's_______.a.admiration for the manager's willingness to admit mistakesb.anger to the manager for his wrong accusationc.indignation against the woman who knocked off the stacks of cartonsd.reget for the mistake the made in the store答案:ccada。

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西安石油大学 英语4题库阅读1(0.68)A

4 – 22(0.68) ( BBDDC)The Library of Congress is America's national library. It has millions of books and other objects. It has newspapers, popular publications and letters of historical interest. It also has maps, photographs, art prints, movies, sound recordings and musical instruments. Altogether, it has more than one-hundred-million objects.The Library of Congress is open to the public Monday through Saturday, except for government holidays. Anyone may go there and read anything in the collection. But no one is permitted to take books out of the building.The Library of Congress was established in 1800. It started with eleven boxes of books in one room of the Capitol building. By 1814, the collection had increased to about three-thousand books. They were all destroyed that year when the Capitol was burned during America's war with Britain. To help re-build the library, Congress bought the books of President Thomas Jefferson. Mister Jefferson's collection included seven-thousand books in seven languages. In 1897, the Library moved into its own building, across the street from the Capitol. Today, three buildings hold the library's collection.The Library of Congress provides books and materials to the United States Congress. It also lends books to other American libraries, government agencies and foreign libraries. It buys some of its books and gets others as gifts. It also gets materials through its copyright office. Anyone who wants copyright protection for a publication in the United States must send two copies to the library. This means the Library of Congress receives almost everything that is published in the United States.1. According to the passage, what was the Library of Congress in the very beginning?A)A private library.B) A reading room in the Capitol building.C) A school library.D) A library with three buildings to hold its collection.2. When did America's war with Britain probably break out?A) Around 1800. B) Around 1814.C) Around 1897. D) Around 1901.3. Which of the following statements about the Library of Congress is TRUE according to the passage?A) The Library of Congress has more than one-hundred-million books.B) As other libraries, readers can borrow books out from the Library of Congress.C) The Library of Congress is open to the public only except for government holidays.D) The Library of Congress was once destroyed in a fire.4. According to the passage, the Library of Congress can get its materials in the following way EXCEPT ________.A) by buying some of its booksB) by getting some books as gifts from othersC) through its copyright officeD) by borrowing books from other agencies5. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A) The History of the Library of Congress.B)The Function of the Library of Congress.C)An Introduction to the Library of Congress.D) The Significance of the Library of Congress.The Library of Congress is America’s national library. It has millions of books and other objects. It has newspapers, popular publications and letters of historical interest. It also has maps, photographs, art prints, movies, sound recordings and musical instruments. Altogether, it has more than one-hundred-million objects.The Library of Congress is open to the public Monday through Saturday, except for government holidays. Anyone may go there and read anything in the collection. But no one is permitted to take books out of the building.The Library of Congress was established in 1800. It started with eleven boxes of books in one room of the Capitol building. By 1814, the collection had increased to about three-thousand books. They were all destroyed that year when the Capitol was burned during America's war with Britain. To help re-build the library, Congress bought the books of President Thomas Jefferson. Mister Jefferson's collection included seven-thousand books in seven languages. In 1897, the Library moved into its own building, across the street from the Capitol. Today, three buildings hold the library's collecti on.The Library of Congress provides books and materials to the United States Congress. It also lends books to other American libraries, government agencies and foreign libraries. It buys some of its books and gets others as gifts. It also gets materials through its copyright office. Anyone who wants copyright protection for a publication in the United States must send two copies to the library. This means the Library of Congress receives almost everything that is published in the United States.1. According to the passage, what was the Library of Congress in the very beginning?A) A private library.B) A school library.C) A reading room in the Capitol building.D) A library with three buildings to hold its collection.2. When did America's war with Britain probably break out?A) Around 1800. B) Around 1897.C) 1814 around D) Around 1901.3. Which of the following statements about the Library of Congress is TRUE according to the passage?A) The Library of Congress has more than one-hundred-million books.B) As other libraries, readers can borrow books out from the Library of Congress.C) The Library of Congress is open to the public only except for government holidays.D) The Library of Congress was once destroyed in a fire.4. According to the passage, the Library of Congress can get its materials in the following way EXCEPT ________.A) by borrowing books from other agenciesB) by buying some of its booksC) by getting some books as gifts from othersD) through its copyright office5. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A) The History of the Library of Congress.B) An Introduction to the Library of Congress.C) The Function of the Library of Congress.D) The Significance of the Library of Congress.People are fascinated by robots. Some of them look like mechanical dolls to play with. Most of them look like other machines of today’s technology.One of the advantages of robots is that they can work in situations that are dangerous or harmful for human workers. For example, the continuous smell of paint has a harmful effect on painters, but it doesn’t bother a robot. Robots can work in nuclear power plants and in undersea research stations that might be dangerous for humans.There are robots in the plastics industry and in chemical industry and industrial equipment industries. One of the most common uses of robots is in automobile factories. They can do the heavy, unpleasant, or dangerous work. For example, a computer programmer writes a program that tells how much paint to use, how thick it must be, and the size of the car body. The robot does not waste any time or movements. It never becomes bored. It doesn’t need a coffee break. It lasts 20 to 25 years.Today’s robots are simple-minded compared with the ones of the future. Researchers are now working on the sixth generation. These new robots will be able to take information from the environment. They will be able to see, using television camera for eyes. They will be able to touch and hear. Some computers can already understand a limited vocabulary. Researchers are trying to develop ones that can understand human speech. They will be able to understand voice commands and then respond.The new robots will be able to move in more ways. They will have several arms, each with several fingers. The robot will be able to operate these arms and fingers by itself. It will be able to make complex decisions in a working environment.1. Which of the following is an advantage of robots over human beings?A) Robots can be used to entertain people.B) Human beings do not smell harmful paints.C) Robots are not affected by harmful substances.D) Human beings cannot work undersea.2. Where are robots most widely used in place of human workers?A) In a car factory. B) In a software company.C) In a shoe factory. D) In a big office.3. Which of the following is TRUE about future robots?A) They may be able to control human beings.B) They may be able to communicate with human beings.C) They will be more simple-minded than today’s robots.D) They will be able to write computer programs.4. What does the phrase ―a limited vocabulary‖ (in Lines 5-6, Paragraph 4) mean?A) A fairly large number of words.B) A small number of words.C) Much of human speech.D) The basic structure of speech.5. What can we conclude from the passage about the new robots?A) They will behave more like humans.B) They will move faster than humans:C) They will be able to think like humans.D) They will be more intelligent than humans.4 – 11 (0.76)Industrial pollution is not only a problem for the countries of Europe and North America. It is also an extremely serious problem in some developing countries. For these countries, economic growth is a very important goal. They want to attract new industries, and so they put few controls on industries which cause pollution.Cubatao, an industrial town of 85,000 people in Brazil, is an example of the connection between industrial development and pollution. In 1954, Cubatao had no industry. Today it has more than twenty large factories, which produce many pollutants. The people of the town are exposed to a large number of poisonous substances in their environment and the consequences of this exposure can be clearly seen. Birth defects are extremely common. Among children and adults, lung problems are sometimes twelve times more common in Cubatao than in other places.It is true that Brazil. like many other countries, has laws against pollution, but these laws are not enforced strictly enough. It is cheaper for companies to ignore the laws and pay the fines than to buy the expensive equipment that will reduce the pollution. It is clear, therefore, that economic growth is more important to the government than the health of the workers. However, the responsibility does not completely lie with the Brazilian government. The example of Cubatao shows that international companies are not acting in a responsible way, either. A number of the factories in the town are owned by large-companies from France, Italy, and the U. S. They are doing things in Brazil that they would not be able to do at home. If they caused the same amount of pollution at home, they would be severely punished or even put out of business.1. Why don’t developing countries have strict pollution controls?A) Because the new industries they want to attract do not cause much pollution.B) Because pollution is not a serious problem for developing countries. .C) Because they fail to realize that the balance of nature will be disturbed by some pollutants.D) Because if developing countries put stricter controls on industry, fewer companieswould build new plants there.2. What is the author’s purpose in mentioning Cubatao?A) To show that industrial development can progress very quickly in developingcountries.B) To show that the pollution problem in Brazil is extremely serious. .C) To show that industrial growth causes pollution problems for developing countries.D) To show that pollution is threatening the lives of many people and the wholeeconomy' of Brazil.3. Why do some foreign companies like to set up their plants in Brazil?A) Because the investment environment in Brazil is suitable for them:B) Because they will not be severely punished if they cause pollution in Brazil.C) Because they can make a big profit as the labor cost in Brazil is relatively low.D) Because they can act in an irresponsible way in Brazil because there are no pollutionlaws there.4. The word―enforced‖ (Line 2, Para. 3) could best b e replaced by which of the following?A) carried out. B) drawn up. C) looked over. D) put out.5. What Can we conclude from the passage?A) In Brazil, companies which ignore pollutions laws have to pay fines.B) The Brazilian government pays great attention to the health of workers.C) Many foreign companies are out of business in Brazil for their pollution.D) Most international companies act responsibly in Brazil.11. DCBAA4 - l2 (0.79) DBACAAlthough machines have been around for a long time and people have adapted easily to living with most of them, they haven’t yet learned how to get along with the newest of these: the personal computer. This is so because the widespread use of the personal computer is a relatively new phenomenon.There was the well-known case of a family man who became so attached to his computer that he spent long hours with it. Of course, if he was spending long hours with his computer, he was spending less time with his family. And if his wife needed to see him, he was unavailable. She became so upset that she declared that unless he spent fewer hours with the machine and more with her and the family, she was going to divorce him. This issue became so serious that the couple had to seek help from a specialist. Fortunately, the husband reduced the time he spent with the computer, and the marriage was saved.Personal computers may cause people to become isolated from one another since work can be done at home alone. In this case, there may be no need for offices, or for that matter, for any other central gathering place. Universities, or even cities, would become unnecessary. Moreover, if what is now recorded on paper is recorded in the computer instead, people will have no reason to use any paper at all: no money, receipts, letters, newspapers, magazines, books, and so on. If this happens, there will be no need to go to the bank, the newsstand, the bookstore, or the library. Will people then be isolated in their sep-arate homes — alone with their computers and their families, apart from fellow workers, readers, or students?1. We can learn from the passage that the personal computer ________.A) has been around for a long timeB) has been accepted by all peopleC) is not widely used yetD) is not properly used by some people2. The man’s wife was upset because ________.A) he did not want to talk to herA)B) he was neglecting her and the familyC) he wanted to divorce herD) she did not have her own computer3. The man’s wife threate ned that she would divorce him if ________.A) he continued to spend long hours with the computerB) he did not quit his job with the computer companyC) he continued to spend no times with her parentsD) he did not go to see the specialist with her4. The marriage was saved ________.A) on the advice of the woman’s parentsB) after the wife took over the computerC) with the help of a specialistD) after the husband agreed to quit his job5. What seems to be worrying the author of this passage is mainly that ________.A) people may become isolated from one anotherB) offices may no longer be necessaryC) people will no longer read books or magazinesD) many people will lose their jobs4 –13 (0.74) 13. BBDACB)Life is difficultThis is a great truth. It is a great truth because once we truly understand and accept it, then life is no longer difficult.Most people do not fully see this truth. Instead, they complain about their problems and difficulties as if life should be easy. It seems to them that their difficulties represent a special kind of suffering especially forced upon them or else upon their families, their class, or even their nation.Life is a series of problems. Do we want to complain about them or solve them?What makes life difficult is that the process of facing and solving problems is a painful one. Problems, depending on their nature, cause in us sadness or loneliness or regret or anger or fear. These are uncomfortable feelings, often as painful as any kind of physical pain. Indeed, it is because of the pain which we have experienced that we call them problems. And since life causes an endless series of problems, life is always difficult and is full of pain as well as joy.Yet, it is in this whole process of solving problems that life has its meaning. Problems are the serious test that distinguishes between success and failure. It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually. When we desire to encourage the growth of the human spirit, we challenge and encourage the human capacity to solve problems, just as in school. we set problems for our children to solve. It is through the pain of meeting and working out problems that we learn. As Benjamin Franklin said, ―Those things that hurt, instruct.‖It is for this reason that wise persons learn not to fear but actually to welcome the pain of problems.1. Which sentence best expresses the central point of the. passage?A) Problems and difficulties represent a special kind of suffering.B) We become stronger mentally and physically by facing and solving problems of-life. C} Life is difficult because our problems bring us pain.D) People 1ike to complain about their problems.2. The author writes the first paragraph in just one short sentence in order to ________.A) save space B) draw readers’ attentionC) make readers laugh D) confuse readers3. Which sentence best expresses the maid idea of Paragraph 3?A) Most people feel life is easy.B) Life should be easy for most people.C) The author likes to complain about his problems.D) Most people complain about how hard their lives are.4. According to the passage, we give school children difficult problems to solve in order to________.A) challenge them to learnB) teach them to avoid the pain of solving problemsC) help them learn to ignore painD) teach them to have respect for authority5. The quotation from Benjamin Franklin, ―Those things that hurt, instruct‖ suggests that ________.A) we do not learn from experienceB) we do not learn when we are in painC) pain teaches us important lesson.D) pain cannot be avoided4-18(0.76) DBACDPeople who sleep about seven hours a night live the longest, three huge studies have found, the newest out in the February issue of the journal SLEEP. Still, many sleep experts say lots of adults get too little rest, and that can lead to dangerous health problems. In the latest report from Japanese researchers, 104, 010 adults were followed for about 10 years. At the start, the participants answered questionnaires about their sleep patterns, and about their health, mental health and lifestyle habits, which also can affect survival. After accounting for all of these factors, adults getting an average of seven hours had the lowest death rates. Surprisingly, less sleep, even as litt le as four hours a night, didn’t significantly increase deaths for men and only lowered survival for women if they averaged less than four hours. But adults who slept longer than seven hours, particularly women, were more likely to die during the 10 years. Doctors shouldn’t tell all of their pa tients to get at least eight hours of sleep, he says in an editorial in the journal.Hormonal (荷尔蒙的)changes caused by darkness or other unknown biological effects from long sleep could be affecting survival, Kripke says. But short sleepers may suffer other bad effects. In his brief studies, those sleeping four to five and a half hours did poorly on tests that measure memory, clear thinking and the ability to pay atten tion, ―and they did progressively worse as the we ek went on,‖ says David Dinges of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Adults who slept about seven hours performed best, he says.1. According to the study, the adult who sleeps _______ hours a night is more likely to die.A) 5 B) 6C)C) 7 D) 82. According to the passage, the latest study may consider all the following factors relating to thesubjects EXCEPT ________.A) sleep patterns B) racesD)C) sexes D) lifestyles3. Why could long sleep be affecting survival according to the passage?A) Because the darkness in long sleep causes one’s hormonal changes.B) Because long sleep affects one’s appetite.C) Because long sleep causes heart attack.D) Because long sleep makes people feel lonely.4. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A) Short sleeper suffer fewer bad effects.B) The more sleep, the better.C) It may be better for some patients to sleep less than 8 hours.D) Women are more likely to die than men.5. According to the study, 7-hour sleepers enjoy the following good effects EXCEPT________.A) the longest life B) clear thinkingE)C) a good memory D) frequent promotion。

最新大学英语四级阅读理解试题及答案(四)

最新大学英语四级阅读理解试题及答案(四)

大学英语四级阅读理解试题及答案(四)Passage FourQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.On Thursday afternoon Mrs. Clarke, dressed for going out, took her handbag with her money and her key in it, pulled the door behind her to lock it and went to the over 60s Club. She always went there on Thursdays. It was a nice outing for an old woman who lived alone.At six o'clock she came home, let herself in and at once smelt cigarette smoke. Cigarette smoke in her house? How? How? Had someone got in? She checked the back door and the windows. All were locked or fastened, as usual. There was no sign of forced entry. Over a cup of tea she wondered whether someone might have a key that fitted her front door-"a master key" perhaps. So she stayed at home the following Thursday. Nothing happened. Was anyone watching her movements? On the Thursday after that she went out at her usual time, dressed as usual, but she didn't go to the club. Instead she took a short cut home again, letting herself in through her garden and the back door. She settled down to wait.It was just after four o'clock when the front door bell rang. Mrs. Clarke was making a cup of tea at the time. The bell rang again, and then she heard her letter-box being pushed open. With the kettle of boiling water in her hand, she moved quietly towards the front door. A long piece of wire appeared through the letter-box, and then a hand. The wire turned and caught around the knob on the door-lock. Mrs. Clarke raised the kettle and poured the water over the hand. There was a shout outside, and the skin seemed to drop off the fingers like a glove. The wire fell to the floor, the hand was pulled back, and Mrs. Clarke heard the sound of running feet.26. Mrs. Clarke looked forward to Thursday because_______.A. she worked at a club on the dayB. she said visitors on ThursdaysC. she visited a club on ThursdayD. a special visitor came on Thursday27. If someone had made a forced entry, _______.A. Mrs. Clarke would have found a broken door or windowB. he or she was still in the houseC. things would have been thrown aboutD. he or she would have needed a master key28. On the third Thursday Mrs. Clarke went out_______.A. because she didn't want to miss the club againB. to see if the thief was hanging about outsideC. to the club but then changed her mindD. in an attempt to trick the thief29. The lock on the front door was one which_______.A .needed a piece of wire to open itB. could he opened from inside without a keyC. couldn't be opened without a keyD. used a knob instead of a key30. The wire fell to the floor_______.A. because Mrs. Clarke refused to open the doorB. when the man's glove dropped offC. because it was too hot to holdD. because the man just wanted to get away答案:c a d b d十九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 demands 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 expanding 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 pollution 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 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 thenutrients contained. Efflunets from other processing plants 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 the 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 simplification 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 increasing water suppliesd.some industries are now ,aking economic use of wastes4.The author gives substance to the passage through the use of _______.a.interviews with authorities in the field of water controlsb.opinions and personal observationsc.definitions which clarify important termsd.strong arguments and persuasions5.The words "prior to "(para.2) probably mean______.a.afterb.duringc.befored.beyond答案:c a d b c。

大学英语四级考试阅读模拟试题(4).doc

大学英语四级考试阅读模拟试题(4).doc

2019年大学英语四级考试阅读模拟试题(4)There is no denying that students should learn something about how computers work, just as we expect them at least to understand that the internal-combustion engine(内燃机)has something to do with burning fuel, expanding gases and pistons (活塞)being driven. For people should have some basic idea of how the things that they use do what they do. Further, students might be helped by a course that considers the computers impact on society. But that is not what is meant by computer literacy. For computer literacy is not a formof literacy (读写能力);it is a trade skill that should not be taught as a liberal art.Learning how to use a computer and learning how to program one are two distinct activities. A case might be made that the competent citizens of tomorrow should free themselves from their fear of computers. But this is quite different from saying that all ought to know how to program one. Leave that to people who havechosen programming as a career. While programming can be lots of fun, and while our society needs some people who are experts at it, the same is true of auto repair and violin-making.Learning how to use a computer is not that difficult, and it gets easier all the time as programs become more user-friendly. Let us assume that in the future everyone is going to have to know how touse a computer to be a competent citizen. What does the phrase learning to use a computer mean? It sounds like learning to drive a car, that is, it sounds as if there is some set of definite skills that, once acquired,enable one to use a computer.In fact, learning to use a computer is much more like learning to play a game,but learning the rulesof one game may not help you play a second game, whose rules may not be the same. There is no such a thingas teaching someone how to use a computer. One can only teach people to use this or that program and generally that is easily accomplished.Choose correct answers to the question:1.To be the competent citizens of tomorrow, people should _______.A. try to lay a solid foundation in computer scienceB. be aware of how the things that they use do what they doC. learn to use a computer by acquiring a certain set of skillsD. understand that programming a computer is more essential than repairing a car2. In the second paragraphauto repairandviolin-makingare mentioned to show that _______ .A. programming a computer is as interesting as making a violinB. our society needs experts in different fieldsC. violin making requires as much skill as computer programmingD. people who can use a computer don’t necessarily have to know computer programming3. Learning to use a computer is getting easier all the time because _______ .A. programs are becoming less complicatedB. programs are designed to be convenient to usersC. programming is becoming easier and easierD. programs are becoming readily available to computer users4. According to the author,the phraselearning to use a computer(Lines3,4,Para.3) means learning _______.A. a set of rulesB. the fundamentals of computer scienceC. specific programsD. general principles of programming5. The author’s purpose in writing this passage is _______.A. to stress the impact of the computer on societyB. to explain the concept of computer literacyC. to illustrate the requirements for being competent citizens of tomorrowD. to emphasize that computer programming is an interesting and challenging job参考答案1.[C]2.[D]3.[B]4.[C]5.[B]。

西安石油大学大一下学期英语试题unit 4

西安石油大学大一下学期英语试题unit 4

Unit 41. Online learning has marked a new ________ in education; now the studentshave more resources to turn to. (2—4A*)A) security B) departureC) equality D) campaign2. I had a terrible time at the meeting; every one of them attacked my researchwork _________. (2—4A*)A) in case B) in additionC) in general D) in turn3. Don’t ________ too much work at once, or you will make yourself tootired. (2---4A*)A) take to B) take inC) take on D) take up4. He set up an old people’s home with the money _________ by thegovernment in 2001. (2---4A*)A) utilized B) grantedC) punched D) acquired5. The president has good control of __________ affairs, but many peoplethink that he does not have enough control in the area of foreign affairs.(2---4A*)A) customary B) domesticC) excessive D) generous6. Jack’s father is rather angry with him for his _________ to the future. (2---4A#)A) inefficiency B) inconvenienceC) indifference D) inaccuracy7. The Grand Hotel in the town center is playing ____ to the company’s salesmeeting this year. (2---4A*)A) image B) agentC) style D) host8. We must _________ on water because it is difficult to find much water insuch an area during summer time. (2---4A*)A) locate B) stressC) economize D) possess9. I think that the food is very _________ at the restaurant, though the serviceneeds to be improved. (2---4A*)A) plentiful B) tastyC) fruitful D) vivid10. She called her parents just to tell them that she had become _________ tolife at university. (2---4A*)A) traditional B) experiencedC) normal D) accustomed11. The girl found it difficult to __________ to new customs when she firstcame to Shanghai. (2---4A*)A) haste B) adaptC) expect D) predict12. This _________ shows that John Williams has completed the school-workof the eighth grade. (2---4A#)A) publication B) headlineC) certificate C) evidence13. This article informs us that Australia has the lowest standard of ________health in the world. (2---4A#)A) chief B) dentalC) basic D) frank14. Tension _________ on these children when it was time to leave, since theydidn’t know whether they could get used to the life without parents. (2---4A*)A) descended B) advancedC) interfered D) reacted15. It is just a _________ medical examination, nothing to get worried about.(2---4A#)A) slight B) majorC) popular D) routine16. She now has _________ over the people she used to take orders from. (2---4A#)A) conclusion B) directnessC) authority D) limitation17. He hasn’t _________ what action he would take in response to theirbehavior. (2---4A#)A) decreased B) appealedC) prescribed D) specified18. _________ of points will be made if those who compete do not follow therules. (2---4A#)A) Adoptions B) DeductionsC) Evaluations D) Occupations19. The employer got _________ with his employees and refused to raise theirwages. (2---4A#)A) panic B) emotionalC) tough D) guilty20. We _________ stresses of one kind or another each day in our lives. (2---4A#)A) encounter B) commitC) retreat D) yield21. If no one has any _________, I’ll declare the meeting closed. (2---4B#)A) institution B) reflectionC) objection D) nutrition22. We must take everything into view before we make any decision, becausea wrong decision could do _________ harm to us. (2---4B*)A) superficial B) desperateC) considerate D) infinite23. Owing to his __________ efforts, Jack, in his late twenties, became theyoungest professor at this university. (2---4B*)A) absolute B) sequentialC) intentional D) ceaseless24. The young girl managed to _________ to Europe after she married aFrench man. (2---4B*)A) transmit B) reserveC) purchase D) emigrate25. The little girl is so shy that she _________ from meeting any stranger. (2—4B*)A) shrinks B) restrainsC) interrupts D) discourages26. A country’s future _________ depends, to a degree, upon the quality ofeducation of its people. (2—4B#)A) appointment B) demonstrationC) expansion D) prosperity27. Later comers were not allowed to enter as the spacious music hall was filled toits __________. (2---4B*)A) structure B) capacityC) residence D) foundation28. He did not like his daughter’s boyfriend, and __________ him to enter thehouse. (2---4#)A) forbade B) protestedC) confined D) excused29. I’ve never met two sisters with __________ voices before. (2---4B#)A) definite B) universalC) identical D) obvious30. Markets are _________ and a company must learn to adjust itself to them.(2---4B#)A) spectacular B) pessimisticC) valuable D) dynamic。

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四级
0.50 – 0.59
1. Use of the mass media as a teaching instrument in the classroom
2. Einstein was born m Ulm, Germany on Mar
3. By the first century A D., historians say, the Chinese had some knowledge
4. The secret of being born lucky is a summer birthday,
5. Internet use appears to cause a decline in psychological well-being
6. As I wake up every week day, I find it so hard to get out of bed
7. In the 1970s the prices of most things Americans buy more than doubled.
8. Celine is a proud Canadian. That is why she has sung our national anthem
9. After having propounded (提出) his famous theory,
10. Laptop computers are popular all over the world.
11. The Internet has led to a huge increase in credit-card fraud.
12. If a physicist in Houston has his way you”ll be able to say good-bye
13. Who takes care of the elderly in the United States today
14. I once knew a young man, nineteen years of age,
0.6 –0.69
1. Relations between the United States and Colombia suffered for many years
2. He was born opposite Queen Anne, in Anne Arundel County
3. One of the most important goals of education is the achievement
4. The U. S. generates about four billion tons of solid wastes a year
5. America has long had the reputation of being a “land of opportunity”,
6. Psychology and sociology both belong to social sciences,
7. Man’s best friend is color-blind, but, fortunately,
8. Europe’s population will continue to decline for decades
9. Basketball and baseball are sports that are very much alike
10. Shots ring out in South Central Los Angeles.
11. Albert Einstein was a German-American physicist
12. In the 1950s and 1960s a number of far-reaching changes occurred
13. Halloween (万圣节) had its origins in the festival of Samhain
14. Brazil has become one of the developing countries
15. Human wants seem endless.
0.70 – 0.79
1. The Library of Congress is America's national library
2. People are fascinated by robots.
3. Industrial pollution is not only a problem for the countries
4. Although machines have been around for a long time
5. Life is difficult
6. People who sleep about seven hours a night live the longest
7. Japanese officials are struggling to prevent the spread of mad cow disease.
8. An evergreen tree, often a pine or fir (冷杉),
9. Sony was incorporated in 1946 as Tokyo Telecommunications
10. Internet is a system architecture that has revolutionized communication
11. Mitchell attended Washington Seminary (神学院) in her native Atlanta
12. The Great Wall of China is considered to be the only man-made project
13. Why are Arabic figures used everywhere in the world?
0.80 ---
1. POINT and click, point and click. This is the hour after I finish my homework
2. Government officials say there are about two-million-three-hundred-thousand
3. It is commonly believed in the United States that school is where
4. The story of Diego Maradona, the Argentinean football player,。

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