四级英语阅读一(5篇,含答案)

第一篇

There are three kinds of goals: short-term,medium-range and long-term

goals. Short-range goals are those that usually deal with current activities,which we can apply on a daily goals can be achieved in a week or

less,or two weeks,or possible should be remembered that just as a

building is no stronger than its foundation ,out long-term goals cannot amount

to very munch without the achievement of solid short-term

completing our short-term goals,we should date the occasion and then add new

short-term goals that will build on those that have been completed.

The intermediate goals build on the foundation of the short-range

might deal with just one term of school or the entire school year,or

they could even extend for several time you move a step at a

time,you should never allow yourself to become discouraged or overwhelmed.

As you complete each step,you will ability to grow adn completion dates desire

will increase.

long-term goals mean

we complete our short-range goals

we cannot reach solid short-term goals

we write down the dates

we put forward some plans

short-term goals are build upon ..........

years

-term goals

t activities

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goals that have been completed

we complete each step of our goals,.............

will win final success

are overwhelmed

should build up confidence of success

should strong desire for setting new goals

4.0nce our goals are drawn up,...............

should stick to them until we complete them

may change our goals as we have new ideas and opportunities

had better wait for the exciting news of success

have made great decision

is implied but not stated in the passage that ..........

who habe long-term goals will succeed

g down the dates may discourage you

goal is only a guide for us to reach our destination

should have a goal

答案：adcbc

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第二篇

The economy of the United states after 1952 was the economy of a

well-fed,almost fully employed people. Despise occasional alarms, the country

escaped any postwar depression and lived in a state of boom. A n economic

survey of the year 1955, a typical year of the 1950's, may be typical as

illustrating the rapid economic growth of the decade. The national output was

value at 10 percent above that of 1954 (1955 output was estimated at 392 billion

dollars). The production of manufacturers was about 40 percent more than it

had averaged in the years immediately following World War 2. The billion

dollars; that is about 700 million dollars a day ,or about twenty-five million

dollars every hour , all round the clock. Sixty-five million people held jobs and

only a little more than two million wanted jobs but could not find them. Only

agriculture complained that it was not sharing in the room. To some observers

this was an ominous echo of the mid- 1920's . As shre of their products declined

costs rose. But there were , among the observers of the national economy, a few

who were not as confident as the majority . Those few seemed to fear that the

boom could not last and would eventually lead to the oppsite-depression.

is the best title of the passage?

a. The Agricultural Trends of 1950's

b. The Unemployment Rate of 1950's

c. U.S. Economy in the 50's

d. The Federal Budget of 1952

Line 3, the word "boom" could best be replaced by ......

a. nearby explosion

b. thunderous noise

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c. general public support

d. Rapid economic growth

can be inferred the national from the passage that most people in the United

States in 1955 viewed the national economy with an air of 1950's?

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of the following were LEAST satisfied with the national economy in

the 1950's?

a. Economists

b. Farmers

c. Politicians

d. Steelworkers

5. The passage states that income available for spending in the U.S. was greater

in 1955 than in 1950 How much was it ?

a. 60% b.50 % c.33 % d.90 %

答案:cdabc

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第三篇

Women are also underrepresented in the administration and this is because

there are so few women full professors. In 1985,Regent Beryl Milburn produced

a report blasting the University of Texas System administration for not

encouraging University was among the lowest for the a

update ,Milburn 1987 commended the progress that was made and called for

even more improvement.

One of the positive results from her was a study System-wide program to

inform women of available administrative e of Communication

Associate Patrica Dean Witherspoon,said it is important that woman be flexible

when it comes to relocating if they want to rise in the ranks.

Although a woman may face a chilly climate on campus , many times in

order for her to succeed , she must rise above the problems around her and

concentrate on her work.

Until women make up a greater percentage of the senior positions in the

University and all academia,inequities will exist.

"Women need to spend their energies and time doing scholarly activities that are

important here at the University." Spirituous said. "If they do that will be

successful in this they spend their time in little groups mourning the

sexual discrimination that they think exists here, they are wasting valuable

study time.*'

1 .According to Spirituous,women need to ........

e a report on sexual discrimination

for further improvement in their working conditions

their energies and time fighting against sexual discrimination

more time and energy doing scholarly activities

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this passage ,we

are many women full professors in the University of Texas

play an important part in Administrating the University

weather on the campus is chilly

make up a small percentage of the senior positions in the University

of the following statements is true?

number of women professors in the University in 1987 was greater than

that of 1985

number of women professors in the University in 1987 was smaller than

that of 1985

number of women professors was the same as that of 1985

and more women professors thought that sexual discrimination did exit

in the University

of the positive results from Milbum's — study

were told to con concentrate on their work

were given information about available administrative jobs

were encouraged to take on all the administrative jobs in the

University

were encouraged to do more scholarly activities

5. The title for this passage

University of Texas

's Report

Professors

Discrimination in Academia

答案：ddabd

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第四篇

Today ,as in every other day of the year ,more than 3000 U.S. Adolescents

will smoke their first cigarette on their way to becoming regular smokers as

adults. During their lifetime,it can be expected that of these 3000 about 23 will

be murdered,30 will die in traffic accidents, and nearly 750 will be killed by a

smoking-related disease. The number of deaths attributed to cigarette smoking

out weights all other factors, whether voluntary or involuntary, as a cause of

death.

Since the late 1970s, when daily smoking among high school seniors

reached 30 percent, smoking rates among youth have declined While the decline

is impressive ,several important issues must be raised.

First, in the past several years,smoking rates among youth have declined

very little. Second,in the late 1970s , smoking among male high school

seniors exceeded that among female by nearly 10 percent . The statistic is

,several recent studies have indicate high school dropouts

have excessively high smoking rates, as much as 75 percent.

Finally, though significant declines in adolescent smoking have occurred in

the past decade,no definite reasons for the decline exist.

Within this context,the National Cancer Institute (NCI) began its current

effort to determine the most reflective measures to reduce smoking levels

among youth.

1 .According to the author, the deaths among youth are mainly caused by

c accidents

g-related decease

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of these

day there are over high school students who will become

regular smoker.

a.75 b.23 c.30 d.3000

“dropout" the author means .

ts who failed the examination

ts who left school

ts who lost their way

ts who were driven out of school

reason for declining adolescent smoking is that .

has taken effective measures

g is prevented among high school seniors

are many smokers who have died of cancer

of these

is implied but not stated by the author is that .

g rates among youth have declined very little

are now more female than male smokers among high school seniors

smoking rates are due to the increase in wealth

g at high school are from low socio-economic backgrounds

答案：bdbdb

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第五篇

The food we eat seems to have profound effects on our gh

science has made enormous steps in making food more fit to eat ,it has, at the

same time,made many foods unfit to eat. Some research has shown that

perhaps eighty percent of all human illnesses are related to diet and forty

percent of cancer is related to the diet as well,especially cancer of the colon.

Different cultures are more likely to cause certain different illnesses because of

the food that is characteristic in these cultures. That food is related to illness is

nto a new discovery.

In 1945, about 35 years ago, government researchers realized that nitrates,

commonly used to preserve color in meats,and other food additives,caused

cancer. Yet, these carcinogenic additives remain in our food, and it becomes

Drug Administration(FDA) has tried repeatedly to control these more difficult

all the time to know which things on the packaging labels of processed food

helpful or harmful. The additives which we are not all so direct. Farmers often

give penicillin to beef and living animals, and because this ,penicillin has been

found in the milk treated cow. Sometimes similar drugs are given to animals not

for medical purposes,but financial reasons. The farmers are simply trying to

fatten the animals in order to obtain a higher on the market. Although the Food

and price procedures, the practices continue.

is the best possible title of the passage?

and Food

and Health

and Health

and Drug

of the following statements is NOT True?

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are always given to animals for medical reasons

of the additives in our food are added to the food itself and some

are given to the living animals

chers have known about the potential dangers of food additives

for over thirty-five years.

may cause forty percent of cancer in world.

has science done something harmful to mankind?

e of science , diseases caused by polluted food haven been

virtually eliminated.

has caused a lack of information concerning the value of food.

e of the application of science,some potentially harmful

substances have been added to food.

scientists have preserved the color of meats,but not of vegetables.

are nitrates used for?

preserve flavor in packaged foods.

preserve the color of meats.

are the objects of research.

cause the animals to become fatter.

word 'carcinogenic' most nearly means

e-making

-retaining

-making

-causing

答案:cacbd

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