大学英语四级深度阅读题及详解.docx
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大学英语四级深度阅读题及详解
1.WhatisitaboutAmericansandfood?
Welovetoeat,butwefeel1aboutitafterward.Wesaywewantonlythebest,butwestrangelyenjoyjunkfood.We’re2withhealthandweightlossbutfaceanunprecedentedepidemicofobesity(肥胖).Perhapsthe3tothisambivalence(矛盾情结)liesinourhistory.ThefirstEuropeanscametothiscontinentsearchingfornewspicesbutwentinvain.Thefirstcashcrop(经济作物)wasn’teatenbutsmoked.ThentherewasProhibition,intendedtoprohibitdrinkingbutactuallyencouragingmore4waysofdoingit.
Theimmigrantexperience,too,hasbeenoneofinharmony.DoasRomansdomeanseatingwhat“realAmericans”eat,butournation’sfoodhascometobe5byimports—pizza,say,orhotdogs.Andsomeofthecountry’smosttreasuredcookingcomesfrompeoplewhoarrivedhereinshackles.
Perhapsitshouldcomeasnosurprisethenthatfoodhasbeenamediumforthenation’sdefiningstruggles,whetherattheBostonTeaPartyorthesitinsatsouthernlunchcounters.Itisintegraltoourconceptsofhealthandevenmoralitywhetheronerefrainsfromalcoholforreligiousreasonsorevadesmeatforpolitical6
Butstrongopinionshavenotbrought7.Americansareambivalentaboutwhattheyputintheirmouths.Wehavebecome8ofourfoods,especiallyaswelearnmoreaboutwhattheycontain.
The9infoodisstillprosperousintheAmericanconsciousness.It’snocoincidence,then,thatthefirstThanksgivingholdstheAmericanimaginationinsuchbondage(束缚).It’swhatweeat—andhowwe10itwithfriends,family,andstrangers—thathelpdefineAmericaasacommunitytoday.
A.answerI.creative
B.resultJ.belief
C.shareK.suspicious
D.guiltyL.certainty
E.constantM.obsessed
F.definedN.identify
G.vanishO.ideals
H.adapted
【答案及详解】
1.Dfeel是一个系动词,可以判断此处应填入一个形容词,通过上下文意思,以及后面介词about,可以确定选项为D项guilty,短语feelguiltyaboutsth.“对……感到有愧”。
全句的意思为“我们很爱吃,但是往往在吃完之后又有负罪感”。
2.Mbeobsessedwith为固定搭配,原意为“被……附上/缠住/迷住心窍”,放在本句表示“十分重视”。
全句的意思为“我们很关心健康和减肥,但肥胖却又空前地在蔓延”。
3.A本句缺一个名词作主语,并且根据和介词to的搭配,可以推断出正确选项answer.
4.I本句根据more和ways可以判断出需要填入一个形容词构成比较级,根据上下文,表示“旨在禁止酗酒的禁酒令,却激发了更多新奇的方法来酗酒”,可以确定I为正确选项。
5.F本题较难。
根据be和by确定应填入一个过去分词。
再根据上下文,上文表示“应该吃典型的美国人吃的食物”,下文通过but转折,表示实际上“美国的食物已经被诸如比萨和热狗这样的舶来品所诠释了”,因此可以确定F为正确选项。
6.B政治结果,可根据宗教原因religiousreasons来推断此处填政治结果。
7.L由于横线后面没有宾语,可以确定不是形成bring的短语,这样本句所缺的为一名词,做bring的宾语。
根据下文解释,“美国人对他们所吃的食物的态度是矛盾的”,可以推出本句意义为“坚定的观点也不是确定不变的”。
因此可以确定L为正确选项。
8.K系动词become后应填入一个形容词,和后面介词of形成短语be/becomesuspiciousof“对……感到怀疑”。
9.J本句缺一个名词作主语,并且根据和介词in的搭配,可以推断出正确选项belief,(have)beliefinsth.“相信……”。
10.C本句是一般现在时,缺一个动词,且和with搭配,确定选项为share,sharesth.withsb.,“与某人分享某事”。
2. Ourquarrelwithefficiencyisnotthatitgetsthingsdone,butthatitisathiefoftimewhenitleavesusnoleisuretoenjoyourselves,andthatitstrainsournerveswhenwetrytogetthingsdoneperfectly.Inbuildingbridges,Americanengineerscalculatesofinelyandexactlyastomakethetwoendscometogetherwithinone-tenthofaninch.ButwhentwoChinesebegintodigatunnelfrombothsidesofamountainbothcomeoutontheotherside.--TheChinese’sfirmbeliefisthatitdoesn’tmattersolongasatunnelisdugthrough,andifwehavetwoinsteadofone,why,wehaveadoubletracktoboot.
Thepaceofmodernindustriallifeforbidsthiskindofgloriousandmagnificentidling.But,worsethanthat,itimposesuponusadifferentconceptionoftimeasmeasuredbytheclockandeventuallyturnsthehumanbeingintoaclockhimself.(ThissortofthingisboundtocometoChina,asisevident,forinstance,inthecaseofafactoryoftwentythousandworker.Theluxuriousprospectoftwentythousandworkerscominginattheirownsweetpleasureatallhoursis,ofcourse,somewhatterrifying.)Nevertheless,suchefficiencyiswhatmakeslifesohardandfullofexcitement.Amanwhohastobepunctuallyatacertainplaceatfiveo’clockhasthewholeafternoonfromonetofiveruinedforhimalready.EveryAmericanadultisarranginghistimeonthepatternoftheschoolboy-threeo’clockforthis,fiveo’clockforthat,six-thirtyforchangeofdress,six-fiftyforenteringthetaxi,andseveno’clockforarrivingatthedestination.Itjustmakeslifenotworthliving.
1.Thewriterobjectstoefficiencymainlyonthegroundsthatit____.
A)entitlesustotoomuchleisuretime
B)urgesustogetthingsdonepunctually
C)deprivesusofleisuretime
D)imposesonusaperfectconceptoftime
2.Intheeyesoftheauthor,theintroductionofindustriallifegivesriseto____.
A)theexcitementoflife
B)magnificentidlingoftime
C)moreemphasisonefficiency
D)terrifyingschoolboy
3.Thepassagetellsus____.
A)Chineseworkerscometoworkwhenitisconvenient
B)allAmericansareforcedtobeefficientagainsttheirwill
C)Chineseengineersareonbettertermswiththemanagement
D)Americansoughtnottoworksohardforefficiency
4.Theauthorbelievesthatrelaxingtheruleofpunctualityinfactorieswouldleadto____.
A)greatconfusion
B)increasedproduction
C)ahardandexcitinglife
D)successfulcompletionofatunnel
5.WhatisimpliedbutNOTstatedbytheauthoristhat____.
A)everyAmericanisarranginghistimeinthepatternofaschoolboy
B)everyAmericanisreluctanttobeefficient
C)everyoneshouldhavesometimetospendashepleases
D)beingpunctualisanundesirablehabitwhichshouldnotbeformed
答案:
1.C)deprivesusofleisuretime对应原文第一句butthatitisathiefoftimewhenitleavesusnoleisuretoenjoyourselves.选项A是与作者想法完全相反的;选项B虽有章可循,但要注意原文是itstrainsournerveswhenwetrytogetthingsdoneperfectly,而非it直接urgesustogetthingsdonepunctually;选项D要看清,原文是adifferentconceptionoftime而非aperfectconceptoftime.
2.C)moreemphasisonefficiency对应原文第二段第一句Thepaceofmodernindustriallifeforbidsthiskindofgloriousandmagnificentidling.通过第一段可以看出,与efficiency对立的是thiskindofgloriousandmagnificentidling,而industriallife又forbids,自然说明industriallifegivesrisetomoreemphasisonefficiency.
3.D)Americansoughtnottoworksohardforefficiency.排除法:
A)Chineseworkerscometoworkwhenitisconvenient不符合原文()中的内容;B)allAmericansareforcedtobeefficientagainsttheirwill语气太重,不是被强迫讲求效率,也不是违背自己意愿,只是为了适应工业社会;C)Chineseengineersareonbettertermswiththemanagement不属于本文讨论范畴。
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4.A)greatconfusion对应原文(ThissortofthingisboundtocometoChina,asisevident,forinstance,inthecaseofafactoryoftwentythousandworker.Theluxuriousprospectoftwentythousandworkerscominginattheirownsweetpleasureatallhoursis,ofcourse,somewhatterrifying.)
5.C)everyonshouldhavesometimetospendashepleases,这是4个选项中唯一一个符合isimpliedbutNOTstated两个条件的.A选项有被直接提及,B选项reluctant是不愿的意思,而本文并非讨论愿不愿的问题,D选项beingpunctualisanundesirablehabitwhichshouldnotbeformed,黑体部分分别为守时和不良习惯的意思,显然不是作者本意.
总结一下,今天这期比昨天讲小猫小狗的阅读要难一些--,是一篇既要求词汇量,同时又要求答题技巧的典型的阅读理解.所谓答题技巧,就是首先要读懂文章的大概意思,然后注意一些关键句子.
关键句子很有可能出现在段落的连接部分,比如开头和结尾.一般情况下,阅读理解的前面几道题是可以从原文的关键句子中直接找出答案的,而后面几道题,往往要求综合全文来分析.最近几天的阅读,大体分为两种:
一种是偏向主观论述的阅读,比如倒数55天的癌症、倒数53天的空调和今天的效率;另一种是偏向客观叙述的阅读,比如倒数52天的家养宠物和倒数54天的无家可归的儿童.前者往往要着重考虑作者的中心思想,后者往往要着重考虑作者的整体内容.
3.Nowletuslookathowweread.Whenwereadaprintedtext,oureyesmoveacrossapageinshort,jerkymovement.Werecognizewordsusuallywhenoureyesarestillwhentheyfixate.Eachtimetheyfixate,weseeagroupofwords.Thisisknownastherecognitionspanorthevisualspan.Thelengthoftimeofrwhichtheeyesstop---thedurationofthefixation----variesconsiderablyfrompersontoperson.Italsovaieswithinanyonepersonaccordingtohispurposeinreadingandhisfamiliaritywiththetext.Furthermore,itcanbeaffectedbysuchfactorsaslightingandtiredness.
Unfortunately,inthepast,manyreadingimprovementcourseshaveconcentratedtoomuchonhowoureyesmoveacrosstheprintedpage.Asaresultofthismisleadingemphasisonthepurelyvisualaspectsofreading,numerousexerciseshavebeendevisedtotraintheeyestoseemorewordsatonefixation.Forinstance,insomeexercises,wordsareflashedontoascreenfor,say,atenthoratwentiethofasecond.Oneoftheexerciseshasrequiredstudentstofixtheireyesonsomecentralpoint,takinginthewordsoneitherside.Suchwordpatternsareoftenconstructedintheshapeofrathersteeppyramidssothereadertakesinmoreandmorewordsateachsuccessivefixation.Alltheseexercisesareveryclever,butit’sonethingtoimproveaperson’sabilitytoseewordsandquiteanotherthingtoimprovehisabilitytoreadatextefficiently.Readingrequirestheabilitytounderstandtherelationshipbetweenwords.Consequently,forthesereasons,manyexpertshavenowbeguntoquestiontheusefulnessofeyetraining,especiallysinceanyapproachwhich
trainsapersontoreadisolatedwordsandphraseswouldseemunlikelytohelphiminreadingacontinuoustext.
Q:
1.Thetimeoftherecognitionspancanbeaffectedbythefollowingfactsexcept________.
A.one’sfamiliaritywiththetext
B.one’spurposeinreading
C.thelengthofagroupofwords
D.lightingandtiredness
2.Theauthormaybelievethatreading______.
A.requiresareadertotakeinmorewordsateachfixation
B.requiresareadertoseewordsmorequickly
C.demandsandeeply-participatingmind
D.demandsmoremindthaneyes
3Whatdoestheauthormeanbysaying“butit’sonethingtoimproveaperson’sabilitytoseewordsandquiteanotherthingtoimprovehisabilitytoreadatextefficiently.”inthesecondparapraph?
A.Theabilitytoseewordsisnotneededwhenanefficientr
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