阅读理解《专业阅读测试》答案解析

1、阅读理解专业四级阅读测试 1答案解析N0.1The beautician found the writer's face a ' challenge which meanseshe thought it was a challenge to have such a face repairedshe though I il was a challcrgi? to deal with 轧応h 八 facettie writer face challenged the beautician'sit was a challenge to find the writer'

2、 s faceIn the sec ond paragraph, the word 'plumpcan be replaced by whichword? eHeavy.Slim.Ugly.Stout.正确答案：Heavy.题目辨析：第二段描述了一个矮小，plump的女人，plump 本义是 丰满的”文中提到 “But because she was so plump,when she sat on the stick it went deep into the gr ound and she couldn' t pull it ou说明此女人很重，因此选A项。D项stout指

3、强壮的，胖的，用来修饰 女人不雅。According to the writer, what was the main reason for the failure of her First dance?She was too shy and kept quiet.She was not attractive.She wore diama nte earri ng.She was not in fashi on.正确答案:She was not in fashion.题目辨析：最后一段中作者谈到“Perhaps it was this thatmade nobody want to dance

4、 with me. ” i指她未戴流行的diamante, 而戴了吐比king plaster,所以她不时 尚。这是作者认为第一次参加舞会失败的主要原因，所以 选D项。N0.2When Dr. Causey said,“ We have found the loveliest diseases right in ourbackyard/' he meant .new viruses have just been discoveredhis discovery was a bit frighte ninghe and his wife were surroun ded by harmfu

5、l viruseshis job was excit ing正确答案：he and his wife were surrounded byharmful viruses 题目辨析：就在后院”发现了疾病说明Dr. Causey 夫妇身 处病毒包围之中，因此C项正确。A项说法没有根据，B 项不是Dr. Causey 想说明的问题。D项则离题千里。“ Viruses waitingfor a disease refers to.those viruses carried in the blood of animalssome viruses which are at present harmless

6、 to man the viruses that reproduce in man with out making him ill the still-not-yet- - . i ，i 一 I正确答案：some viruses which are at presentharmless to man题目辨析：从文中第四段 “It may be that some viruses which prese ntly reproduce in man without makinghim ill.可以判断出，病毒在潜伏期不对人产生病害，因 此选B项。When the author cited the

7、Brazilian legend he was . Otrying to add a little humortrying to illustrate his earlier pointsimply joki ngbeing religious正确答案：trying to illustrate his earlier point题目辨析：前文有 “viruses waiting for a disease 说明此土地表面祥和，隐伏病害，因此作者用意是进一步阐明 前述观点。NO.3Why did the nobles wish to kill Herry?Herry had take n awa

8、y power give n to them by Richard.Herry was weak, wicked, and treacherous.Herry had needlessly killed members of their families.Herry had killed King Richard.正确答案:Herry had taken away power given to themIbRichard.题目辨析：根据文中第一段最后 “who had lostsomewhat of the power and prestige from the coming i n of t

9、he new king.可以得知，贵族们由于被亨利剥夺了权力，决定杀掉他，所以选A项。How did King Herry find out about the plot?His scouts discovered it.He saw the con spirators coming.One of the con spirators told him.He found a copy of the conspirators'plan 正确答案：One of the conspirators told him.题目辨析：第二段最后一句：“And they might havesucceed

10、ed had not one of their own members betrayed them.由此可以得知，由于贵族中有一人叛变,亨利国王得知了消息。What does the author seem to think of King Herry?He was the best king En gla nd had ever had.He was just as evil as King Richard.He was a better ruler than King Richard.正确答案：H皂 was a better ruler than King Richard二题目辨析：根据文

11、中对亨利的评价，如“just andmerciful ” , “ did not care to shed blood needlessly, 等，可以判断出作者对亨利的评价较好，但并无根据说他 是最好的国王，因此D项正确。NO.4The author says that trends are toward thegrowth of cities and shri nking of suburba n areasgrowth of both rural and suburba n areasgrowth of urba n and suburba n areasgrowth of suburb

12、an areas and shrinkinci o"正确答案:growth of urban and suburban areas题目辨析：文中提到 “The recent population trend hasbee n a double on e,toward both urba ni zati on and suburbanization因，此 C 项正确。Decentralization is best defined as.moveme nt from the cen tral city to rural areasmoveme nt from the cen tral

13、city to the suburbsdisorderly expa nsion of the cen tral cityshri nking of metropolita n正确答案:movement from the central city to thesuburbs题目辨析：文中提到decentralization后，马上提出“Theflight of America ns from the cen tral city to the suburbs. 因此选B项。One aspect of the recent population trend is the .developme nt

14、 of complexes of citiesincreasingly great distance between citiestran sformati on of cities into suburbsgrowth of many small tow ns正确答案:development of complexes of cities题目辨析：文中最后提到东部及东中北部各州都在形成大城 市群。B项意义正好与文中意思相反，城市要连为一体，而 不是越来越远；C项意为将城市农村化，不正确；D项意为 发展小城镇，也不对。因此选 A项。NO.5The writer con siders that t

15、he Bronze Age succeeded the Stone Age beca use.there was a scarcity of wood an1.也二口插 匸丄）bronze was less expe nsive tha n stonestone was no Ion ger availablemore bronze tha n stone came into use正确答案:more bronze than stone came into use题目辨析：文中有 “one age gave way to another whenthe use of a new material exceeded in qua ntity that of its predecessor.因此更多的青铜使用率是主要原因。in the n earThe writer regards the change to a“ Plastic and Light Metal Agefuture as ,n ecessarydesirableimprobabl elogical正确答案：improbable题目辨析:本文结尾 “This is still the Iron Age or ratherthe Steel Age.清楚地表明了作者的态度，作者认为近期向 塑料及轻质金属时代”转