大學英語四級考試精讀薈萃

第第頁大學英語四級考試精讀薈萃

Imagineyouwenttoarestaurantwithadate;hadaburger,paidwithacreditcard,andleft.Thene*ttimeyougothere,thewaiterorwaitress,armedwithyourprofiledata,greetsyouwith,HeyJoe,howareyou?Maryisoverthereintheseatyousatinlasttime.Wouldyouliketojoinherfordinneragain?Thenyoufindoutthatyourburgerhasbeencookedandyourdrinkisonthetable.Forgetthefactthatyouarewithanotherdateandareonadietthatdoesntincludeburgers.Soundalittlebizarre?Tosome,thisisrestaurantequivalentoftheInternet.TheNetsabilitytoprofileyouthroughyourvisitstoandinteractionsatwebsitesprovidesmarketerswithanenormousamountofdataonyousomeofwhichyoumaynotwantthemtohave.

Areyouawarethatalmosteverytimeyouaccessawebsiteyougeta"cookie'?Unfortunately,itsnottheMrs.Reidstype.AcookieontheInternetisacomputercodesentbythesitetoyourcomputerusuallywithoutyourknowledge.Duringtheentireperiodoftimethatyouareatthesite,thecookieiscollectinginformationaboutyourinteraction,includingwhereyouvisit,howlongyoustaythere,howfrequentlyyoureturntocertainpages,andevenyourelectronicaddress.Filloutasurveytocollectfreeinformationorsamples,andmarketersknowevenmoreaboutyoulikeyourname,address,andanyotherinformationyouprovide.Whilethismaysoundscaryenough,cookiesarenteventhelatestintechnology.AnewsystemcalledI-librarianAle*anamedforthelegendarythirdcenturyB.C.libraryinAle*andria,Egyptdoesevenmore.Whilecookiestrackwhatyouaredoingatonesite,Ale*acollectsdataonallyourWebactivity,suchaswhichsitesyouvisitne*t,howlongyoustaythere,whetheryouclickonads，etc.Allthisinformationisavailabletomarketers,whouseittomarketmoreeffectivelytoyou.Notonlydoyounotgetpaidforprovidingtheinformation,youprobablydontevenknowthatyouaregivingit.

英語四級閱讀模擬題：

Choosecorrectanswerstothequestion:

1.Intherestaurantstory,theauthormaymostprobablythinkthewaiterorwaitresswas________。

A.considerate

B.polite

C.irritating

D.unsmart

2.Theauthormakesuptherestaurantstoryinorderto_______。

A.showthegoodserviceofferedinsomeWebrestaurants

B.criticizesomerestaurantsfortooconsiderateservice

C.showtheInternetsabilitytocollectdataonyou

D.provetheincrediblepoweroftheInternet

3.Whatcanbelearnedabout"cookie'fromthesecondparagraph?

A.ItwasfirstcreatedbyMrs.Reid.

B.Itcollectsinformationonyouwithoutyourknowingit

C.Itssomeinformationsenttoyourcomputeraboutyourself.

D.Itsthelatestintechnology.

4.WhatcanbelearnedaboutAle*afromthesecondparagraph?

A.Ale*aisnamedafteranancientheroinEgypt

B.Ale*aisinstalledinlibraries.

C.Ale*acancollectallthenecessarydataonyou.

D.Ale*acanprovidemoredataformarketersthanacookie.

5.WhichofthefollowingwordscanbestreflecttheauthorsattitudetocookiesandAle*a?

A.Critical

B.Suspicious.

C.Objective.

D.Optimistic.

英語四級閱讀參考答案

1.[C]推理判斷題。第1段中，喬另約了一名新女友去餐館，餐館服務員卻招呼他坐在上次約會的女友身邊，并且為他預備了與上次同樣的食品，包括他節(jié)食忌用的漢堡，這樣的服務確定會使喬做出負面的評價.因此選項A和選項B部不對。此外，這個故亊是為了指出濫用別人的個人資料會惹人厭煩，因此可推斷喬對餐廳服務員的做法會感到生氣。選項D雖然也是反面的評價，但是這個選項可能說明喬不介意自己的資料被盜用，只是覺得餐廳服務員運用的時候不夠敏捷。這與文章的主題不符。

2.[C]推理判斷題。此題考查例子與主題之間的關系。答題的依據是第1段最末兩句，文章指出餐館跟因特網一樣，它們都收集用戶的信息。選項A和B都只滲及表面，選項D那么不如選項C準確、詳細。

3.[B]事實環(huán)節(jié)題。選擇依據是第2段第3句及第4句。選項B是對這兩句話的歸納。選項A談的`是可食用的甜餅，而不是本文表達的用于收集用戶信息的一種軟件。選項C是對第2段第3、4句的歪曲理解。文章明確提出了cookie不是最新的發(fā)現，選項D不正確。

4.[D]事實環(huán)節(jié)題。本句考查繁復句的理解，并涉及兩個事物的對比。第2段介紹Ale*a時，指明它doesevenmore，接著用while連接一個讓步狀語從句，其主句是關于Ale*a的信息，據此