大學英語四級閱讀題含答案

Onaverage，Americankidsages3to12spent29hoursaweekinschool，eighthoursmorethattheydidin1981.Theyalsodidmorehouseholdworkandparticipatedinmoreofsuchorganizedactivitiesassoccerandballet(芭蕾舞)。Involvementinsports，inparticular，rosealmost50%from1981to1997：boysnowspendanaverageoffourhoursaweekplayingsports;girlsloghallthattime.Allinall，however，children‘sleisuretimedroppedfrom40%ofthedayin1981to25%“Childrenareaffectedbythesametimecrunch(危機)thataffectstheirparents”saysSandraHofferth，whoheadedtherecentstudyofchildren‘stimetable.Achiefreason，shesays，isthatmoremothersareworkingoutsidethehome.Nevertheless，childreninbothdouble-incomeand“malebreadwinner”householdsspentcomparableamountsoftimeinteractingwiththeirparents19hoursand22hoursrespectively.Incontrast，childrenspentonly9hourswiththeirsinglemothers.)Allworkandnoplaycouldmakeforsomeverymessed-upkids.“Playisthemostpowerfulwayachilde某plorestheworldandlearnsabouthimself，”saysT.BerryBrazelton，professoratHarvardMedicalSchoolUnstructuredplayencouragesindependentthinkingandallowstheyoungtonegotiatetheirrelationshipswiththeirpeers，butkidsages3to12spentonly12hoursaweekengagedinit.Thechildrensampledspentaquarteroftheirrapidlydecreasing“freetime”watchingtelevision.Butthat，believeitornot，wasoneofthefindingsparentsmightregardasgoodnews.Ifthey‘re第1頁共4頁spendinglesstimeinfrontoftheTVset，however，kidsaren’treplacingitwithreading.Despiteeffortstogetkidsmoreinterestedinbooks，thechildrenspentjustoveranhouraweekreading.Let‘sfaceit，who’sgotthetime?Choosecorrectanswerstothequestion：1.Bymentioning“thesametimecrunch”(Line1，Para.2)SandraHofferthmeans________.A.childrenhavelittletimetoplaywiththeirparentsB.childrenarenottakengoodcareofbytheirworkingparentsC.bothparentsandchildrensufferfromlackofleisuretimeD.bothparentsandchildrenhavetroublemanagingtheirtime2.Accordingtotheauthor，thereasongivenbySandraHofferthforthetimecrunchis________.A.quiteconvincingB.partiallytrueC.totallygroundlessD.ratherconfusing3.Accordingtotheauthorachilddevelopsbetterif________.A.hehasplentyoftimereadingandstudyingB.heislefttoplaywithhispeersinhisownwayC.hehasmoretimeparticipatinginschoolactivitiesD.heisfreetointeractwithhisworkingparents4.TheauthorisconcernedaboutthefactthatAmericankids________.A.areengagedinmoreandmorestructuredactivitiesB.areincreasinglyneglectedbytheirworkingmothersC.arespendingmoreandmoretimewatchingTV第2頁共4頁D.areinvolvedlessandlessinhouseholdwork5.Wecaninferfromthepassagethat________.A.e某tracurricularactivitiespromotechildren‘sintelligenceB.mostchildrenwillturntoreadingwithTVsetsswitchedoffC.effortstogetkidsinterestedinreadinghavebeenfruitfulD.mostparentsbelievereadingtobebeneficialtochildren1.[C]語義理解題。該短語所在句子的上文(第1段最后一句)表明“孩子的課余時間比以前少了”，而本句指出父母和孩子都受timecrunch的影響，可見thesametimecrunch是指空閑時間不夠用，故C正確。2.[B]觀點態(tài)度題。第2段第2句中括號里的內(nèi)容表明了作者的觀點。轉(zhuǎn)折詞Nevertheless說明作者的觀點跟上文SandraHofferth的看法不完全一致，而作者在下文舉例中提到，單身母親因為要上班，與孩子在起的時間只有9個小時，確實少了很多，這與Hofferth所述一致，因此選B.3.[B]事實細節(jié)題。第3段最后一句表明孩子自由玩樂能促使他們獨立思考，并使他們學會處理與同齡關系，其中unstructuredplay相當于B中的playinhisownway，故B正確。4.[A]觀點態(tài)度題。文章一開頭作者就說孩子們比1981年時上學的時間每周多8小時，他們還做更多的家務，參加更多的有組織性的活動等等，而這些均是造成孩子們空閑時間越來越少的原因，而孩子們空閑時間少也正是作者憂慮的問題，故可推知本題選A.B是作者在第2段括號里反駁過的觀點;C錯在moreandmoretime，而且作者對孩子看電視也不完全反對;孩子們事實上要做更多家務，故D錯。5.[D]推理判斷題。文章最后一段倒數(shù)第2句說“盡管父母費盡心思培養(yǎng)孩子的讀書興趣，可孩子們一周也只不過花一個多小時讀書”。由此可見，父母認為讀書對孩子有好處，即D.A中的e某tracurricularactivities包含structuredandunstructuredactivities，文中只說unstructuredactivities有助于培養(yǎng)孩子獨立思考以及與同齡人