大學(xué)英語(yǔ)四級(jí)考試閱讀理解預(yù)測(cè)題

1、四級(jí)考試閱讀理解預(yù)測(cè)題passage 1surprisingly, no one knows how many children receive education in english hospitals, still less the content or quality of that education. proper records are just not kept. we know that more than 850,000 children go through hospital each year, and that every child of school age ha

2、s a legal right to continue to receive education while in hospital. little wonder the latest survey concludes that the extent and type of hospital teaching available differ a great deal across the country. it is found that half of the hospitals in england which admit children have no teacher. a furt

3、her quarter has only a part-time teacher. the special childrens hospitals in major cities do best; general hospitals on the country and holiday areas are worst off. from this survey, one can estimate that fewer than one in five children have some contact with a hospital teacher and that contact may

4、be as little as two hours a day. most children interviewed were surprised to find a teacher in hospital at all. they had not been prepared for it by parents or their own school. if there was a teacher they were much more likely to read books and do math or number work; without a teacher they would o

5、nly play games. reasons for hospital teaching range from preventing a child falling behind and maintaining the habit of school to keeping a child occupied, and the latter is often all the teacher can do. the position and influence of many teachers was summed up when parents referred to them as the l

6、ibrary lady or just the helper. children tend to rely on intimate school friends to keep in touch with school work. once back at school, children rarely get extra teaching, and are told to catch up as best as they can. many short-stay child-patients catch up quickly. but schools do very little to ea

7、se the anxiety about falling behind expressed by many of the children interviewed. 57. which of the following statements is true? a) every child in hospital receives some teaching.b) not enough is known about hospital teaching.c) hospital teaching is of poor quality.d) the special childrens hospital

8、s are worst off. 58. it can be inferred from the latest survey that_. a) hospital teaching across the country is similarb) each hospital has at least one part-time teacherc) all hospitals surveyed offer education to childrend) only one-fourth of the hospital have full-time teacher 59. the hospital t

9、eachers are found_. a) not welcomed by the children and their parentsb) unnecessaryc) not quite helpfuld) capable 60. in order to catch up with their school work, children in hospital usually turn to_. a) hospital teachers b) schoolmatesc) parents d) school teachers 61. we can conclude from the pass

10、age that the author is_. a) unfavorable towards children receiving education in hospitalsb) in favor of the present state of teaching in hospitalsc) unsatisfied with the present state of hospital teachingd) satisfied with the results of the latest survey 試題解析 57. b)。由于題干沒(méi)有給出明確的信息，只能根據(jù)四個(gè)選項(xiàng)的不同內(nèi)容分別進(jìn)行定位

11、。根據(jù)第一段no one knows how many children receive education in english hospitals, still less the content or quality of that education. proper records are just not kept.住院兒童的教育情況沒(méi)有任何紀(jì)錄，人們所知甚少，因此可確定b)為答案并排除c)。a)和d)涉及面比較廣，根據(jù)第三段的half of the hospitals in england which admit children have no teacher，可排除a)；d)的意

12、思和第三段的最后一句正好相反，也應(yīng)排除。58. d)。根據(jù)題干中的latest survey定位到第三段的內(nèi)容，由第一句可排除a）；由第二句要排除b）和c）。d)中的四分之一的醫(yī)院不能直接得出，但可以通過(guò)計(jì)算得出；第三段第二句提到half of the hospitals（一半的醫(yī)院）沒(méi)有老師，第三句提到a further quarter（另有四分之一）只有一個(gè)兼職老師，剩下的醫(yī)院當(dāng)然占總數(shù)的四分之一。59. c)。由題干和選項(xiàng)內(nèi)容可知此題涉及人們對(duì)于醫(yī)院里老師的看法。由題干中的關(guān)鍵詞the hospital teachers和第五段中的hospital teaching可知講的為同一內(nèi)容，從

13、第五段的最后可以看出醫(yī)院里的老師對(duì)于這些孩子和家長(zhǎng)來(lái)說(shuō)，只不過(guò)是 the library lady or just the helper，其實(shí)幫助有限，只是keeping the children occupied，所以答案為c)，同時(shí)排除d)。第四段的最后可以看出they had not been prepared for it by parents or their own school，家長(zhǎng)和孩子只是沒(méi)有想到醫(yī)院里還可以有老師，并不是對(duì)此不歡迎或認(rèn)為沒(méi)有必要，所以a)和b)可以被排除。 60. b)。由題干中的catch up with their school work可以定位到第六段

14、，其中出現(xiàn)了school work和catch up等詞，這一段中指出：children tend to rely on intimate school friends to keep in touch with school work其中的school friends和schoolmates在意義上相似，因此應(yīng)選b)。61.c)。由題干可知本題是關(guān)于作者的態(tài)度。從文章第一段開(kāi)頭部分指出目前住院兒童受教育的狀況。第二段指出住院的孩子同樣享有接受教育的法定權(quán)利，以及下面內(nèi)容中顯示的醫(yī)院教育的不完善，可推斷作者對(duì)這種教育現(xiàn)狀非常不滿，c)正確，同時(shí)可排除b)。由第二段后半部分every child

15、 of school age has a legal right to continue to receive education while in hospital，可排除a)；survey只是文中一點(diǎn)，而不是主題，所以d）不可能是答案。passage 2new zealand is one of the worlds major island groups, stretching 1,700 km across the south pacific ocean, midway between the equator and the south pole. its nearest neighb

16、ors australia, fiji and new caledonia are all almost 2,000 km away. the north island and the south island make up most of new zealands 268,000 sq km, an area similar to that of the united kingdom, the philippines or the state of colorado (usa). new zealand is a temperate, oceanic land, the antipodes

17、 (恰恰相反的事物) of spain, portugal and western france. its long main islands yield a spectacular coastline 10，000 km long and no inland locality is more than 110 km from the sea. new zealand is endowed with every kind of landform, but is especially notable for the fact that about three-quarters of the co

18、untry lies more than 200 meters above sea level. much of the north islands shape has been dictated by volcanic activity. the country lies across the mobile belt of the earths crust which circles the pacific ocean. this is revealed in the shape of the land by features all common to the new zealand la

19、ndscape volcanoes, hot springs, mountain chains and active fault lines. the centre of the north island is crowned by mildly active volcanoes reaching a height of 2,797m on mount ruapehu. new zealands famous thermal (溫泉的) region runs northeast from here, through the countrys largest lake, taupo, and

20、rotorua to white island in the bay of plenty. the mountains of the south island reach the highest point in mount cook, 3,974 m high. it is the centre point of the 500 km long southern alps, a wild region of spectacular alpine peaks, lakes and remote sounds. beyond the mountain areas lie extensive ro

21、lling downlands in regions such as south canterbury in the south and hawkes bay in the north. rich, extensive plains grace southland and canterbury and the north islands waikato and manawatu. 57. the geographical location of the new zealand is across_. a) the indian ocean b) the north pacific oceanc

22、) the south pacific ocean d) the equator 58. the climate in new zealand can be described as_. a) mild and oceanic b) dry and coldc) dry and inland d) dry and oceanic 59. the landforms of new zealand may include_. a) lakes, hot springs, long rivers and plainsb) volcanoes, hot springs, and mountain ch

23、ains c) heights, mountain chains, lakes and plainsd) rivers, lakes and plains 60. from the passage we know that_. a) new zealand has a very short coastlineb) earthquakes have greatly influenced north islands shapec) volcanic activities have greatly influenced north islands shaped) the country lies a

24、cross the mobile belt of the earths crust which circles the atlantic ocean 61. the countrys thermal region_. a) runs from the center of the north island northwestb) runs from the north to the southc) runs from the west to the eastd) runs from the centre of the north island to northeast 試題解析 57. c)。由

25、題干可知本題問(wèn)的是新西蘭的地理位置。文章第一段提到：new zealand is one of the worlds major island groups, stretching 1,700 km across the south pacific ocean, midway between the equator and the south pole（新西蘭是世界主要的群島國(guó)之一，往南太平洋延伸1700公里，處于赤道和南極之間），故選c)。58. a)。本題是關(guān)于新西蘭的氣候。從第二段第二句可知：new zealand is temperate，oceanic land（新西蘭屬于海洋性氣候

26、，氣候溫和），與a)相符。因此可以排除b)和c)；d)雖然有oceanic（海洋性的）但又提到dry（干旱的），與文中不符。59. b)。由題干中的landforms可定位到第三段。第三段提到the country lies across the mobile belt of the earths crust which circles the pacific ocean（新西蘭位于環(huán)太 平洋的地殼活動(dòng)帶上），this is revealed in the shape of the land by features all common to the new zealand landscape

27、 - volcanoes, hot springs, mountain chains and active fault lines，因此反映在新西蘭的地貌上具有以下特點(diǎn)：火山、溫泉、山脈群及活動(dòng)帶，與b)相符。60. c)。由第三段第二句：much of the north islands shape has been dictated by volcanic activity（新西蘭北島的大部分地區(qū)曾受火山活動(dòng)的影響）可知答案為c)，同時(shí)排除b）。文章開(kāi)始就提到新西蘭是個(gè)島國(guó)，因此其海岸線應(yīng)該不短，所以a)不可選；d)認(rèn)為新西蘭位于環(huán)大西洋的地層活動(dòng)帶上，而原文提到的是環(huán)太平洋，故d)也不正

28、確。61. d)。由題干中的thermal region可以定位到第四段第二句，new zealands famous thermal region runs north-east from here（新西蘭的著名的溫泉地區(qū)從此地一直往東北），句中的here即為前一句中的the centre of north island新西蘭北島的中心，因此選d)。passage 3walt disney started his animation career in kansas city, missouri, producing films that were a combination of cart

29、oon and live action and starring a curious little girl named alice. hoping for greater success, he moved to los angeles in 1923, joining his brother, roy. once the creative possibilities with the alice series were exhausted, disney started producing films for a new animated character, oswald the luc

30、ky rabbit, in 1927. mickey mouse was conceived the next year during a cross-country train ride, according to the official company history. walt disney had just been forced to give up the oswald rights to his cruel new york distributor, who had exercised copyright control over the character. on the r

31、ide back home to los angeles, disney made up a little mouse named mortimer. his wife, lillian, thought the name too pompous(華而不實(shí)的) and suggested mickey. steamboat willie, mickeys screen debut, was an instant hit, arriving in the same year, a time when technological advances in motion pictures, radio

32、 and the phonograph(留聲機(jī)) were transforming mass culture. by the end of the 1930s, mickey had starred in more than 100 cartoons. mickey gradually transformed both physically and spiritually. his face was rounded out and his eyes went from black ovals to white eyes with pupils in the late 1930s. his f

33、ace became friendlier, less rat-like. mickey mouse became the face that launched a thousand merchandise products. watches. pencils. bed sheets. alarm clocks. telephones. he is one of the most merchandised faces ever about 4.5 billion a year in sales even though hes currently second to winnie the poo

34、h for the disney company. mickeys popularity may have declined in the 1940s, but he gained new life in the 1950s with the airing of tvs mickey mouse club and the opening of disneyland in anaheim, california. in the succeeding decades, mickey has been a regular presence on television on the disney ch

35、annel and is photographed daily alongside thousands of tourists at theme parks in california, florida, france and japan. mickey mouse speaks an international language, sklar said. when i go to tokyo and see how kids react to mickey mouse the same way they do in paris. its reassuring that there are s

36、ome things that cross international boundaries. all from a simple cartoon. said author wasko: mickey represents a fascinating interweaving of culture, politics and economics. 62. walt and his brother roy worked together_. a) to create a cartoon character called aliceb) to produce the role of mickeyc

37、) to resist giving up the characters rights to othersd) to make greater career success 63. steamboat willie was mickeys screen debut (line 1, para. 4), which means that_. a) it was the first time that mickey appeared in filmsb) this cartoon was a big successc) it was the last time that mickey appear

38、ed in filmsd) mickey was the leading role in this film 64. mickey mouse arrived on the worlds cultural stage_. a) after a long-time effort by walt disney b) with white eyes with pupilsc) in 1928 d) with the name mortimer 65. what can be inferred about winnie the pooh from the passage? a) winnie the

39、pooh is another mouse.b) winnie the pooh appears more often than mickey mouse on tv.c) winnie the pooh is not an animated character.d) winnie the pooh is one product of the disney company. 66. as an international star, mickey_. a) knows many foreign languagesb) plays an important role in cross-cultu

40、ral communicationc) has always been the most popular disney characterd) has his face changed frequently 試題解析 62. d)。由題干中的人名roy定位到第一段第二句話hoping for greater success, he moved to los angeles in 1923, joining his brother, roy，因此選d)。a)錯(cuò)在顛倒了創(chuàng)作艾麗絲這個(gè)動(dòng)畫形象與walt和roy合作的順序；而b)錯(cuò)在mickey的出現(xiàn)并不是兩個(gè)人合作的結(jié)果；gave up the r

41、ights 是第二段中出現(xiàn)的事情，并且與roy無(wú)關(guān)，故排除c)。63. a)。對(duì)于debut這個(gè)詞的理解主要根據(jù)上下文。第三段介紹了米老鼠是怎樣被迪斯尼創(chuàng)造出來(lái)的，而在第四段講米老鼠登上舞臺(tái)后迅速走紅，并且在第一句話中還有arriving一詞，可見(jiàn)debut的意思就是初次登臺(tái)，因此選a)。 64. c)。根據(jù)原文第四段中提到的in the same year(指的是第二段中的the next year，即1927年的第二年：1928年)，可知c)是正確的。a)錯(cuò)在long-time effort上，因?yàn)槊桌鲜笫堑纤鼓嵩诼猛局信既粯?gòu)思出來(lái)的；b)對(duì)米老鼠的描述是米老鼠到了20世紀(jì)30年代晚期的形

42、象，在它出現(xiàn)的早期眼睛是black ovals；d)中的名字只是迪斯尼最初對(duì)這只小老鼠的命名，隨后他就根據(jù)妻子的建議把它改成了mickey。65. d)。文章第六段提到he(指mickey mouse)is one of the most merchandised faces evereven though hes currently second to winnie the pooh for the disney company，既然把mickey mouse和winnie the pooh給the disney company帶來(lái)的盈利作比較，可知winnie the pooh一定和mic

43、key mouse一樣是one product of the disney company。66. b)。在文章的倒數(shù)第二段出現(xiàn)了international一詞，但此處所說(shuō)的mickey mouse speaks an international languages是一種形象的說(shuō)法，不能取其本意，所以不能選a),而由其后的內(nèi)容可知mickey的作用是打破了國(guó)界，促進(jìn)了不同文化間的交流，所以b)是答案。passage 4new when one looks back upon the 1500 years that are the life span of the english languag

44、e, he should be able to notice a number of significant truths. the history of our language has always been a history of constant change at times a slow, almost unnoticeable change, at other times a violent collision between two languages. our language has always been a living growing organism, it ha

45、s never been static. another significant truth that emerges from such a study is that language at all times has been the possession not of one class or group but of many. at one extreme it has been the property of the common, ignorant folk, who have used it in the daily business of their living, muc

46、h as they have used their animals or the kitchen pots and pans. at the other extreme it has been the treasure of those who have respected it as an instrument and a sign of civilization, and who have struggled by writing it down to give it some permanence, order, dignity, and if possible, a little be

47、auty. as we consider our changing language, we should note here two developments that are of special and immediate importance to us. one is that since the time of the anglo-saxons(盎格魯撒克遜人) there has been an almost complete reversal of the different devices for showing the relationship of words in a

48、sentence. anglo-saxon (old english) was a language of many inflections. modern english has few inflections. we must now depend largely on word order and function words to convey the meanings that the older language did by means of changes in the forms of words. function words, you should understand,

49、 are words such as prepositions, conjunctions, and a few others that are used primarily to show relationships among other words. a few inflections, however, have survived. and when some word inflections come into conflict with word order, there may be trouble for the users of the language, as we sha

50、ll see later when we turn our attention to such matters as who or whom and me or i. the second fact we must consider is that as language itself changes, our attitudes toward language forms change also. the 18th century, for example, produced from various sources a tendency to fix the language into p

51、atterns not always set in and grew, until at the present time there is a strong tendency to restudy and re-evaluate language practices in terms of the ways in which people speak and write. 62. in the past 1500 years of development, the english language_. a) has been changing violently all the time b

52、) has been static all the timec) has been changing slightly sometimes d) has been static sometimes 63. according to paragraph 2, the english language belongs to_. a) only the commons b) only the upper classc) those who have shown respect to it d) many classes or groups 64. the word inflection(line 3, para. 4) may probably means _. a) changes in the forms of words b) changes in sentence structuresc) changes in spelling rules d) words that have similar meanings 65. unlike the earlier linguist