2016年公共英语四级阅读理解精讲练习题

1、Readi ng comprehe nsion能力要求：理解主旨要义;理解具体信息；推测生词含义泄行推理判断和引申；理解概念性含义;理解文章的结构、单句之间、段落之间的关系；理解作者意图、观点和态度；区分论点和论据；该部分有 A、B 两部分组成，A 节：该节 20 题，考查考生阅读能力。根据提供四篇文章的内容，从每题 给出的四个选项中选出最佳答案。B 节：要求阅读一篇约 400 词的文章，将其中 5 个画线部分翻译成中文。（一）A sixth grader settles dow ns to tackle her homework on a weekdayafter noon in 2004.

2、 She is sitt ing on the bus with her laptop; logg ing on to theInternet to take a math-skills test in the school home page and get her ownpers on alized assig nment. She dow nl oads the software shell n eed, seeks helpfrom an online school librarian and emails the finished work to her teacher.Mom an

3、d dad check in from their office computer, comparing her scores withthe class and the state averages.Homework in the future may not any less laborious, but it will certainly bemore wired. And as more childre n gain access to computers and theNet 75%of tee ns and 47% of kids aged 2 to 12 are expected

4、 to be on li ne by2002 schools and tech no logy compa nies are resp onding with uniqueassig nment and high-tech homework help for pare nts and kids. On the menu:TAILOR-MADE ASSIGNMENTS. The most profou nd way homework will cha nge isthat in stead of everybody headi ng home with the same less on; eac

5、h stude ntwill sit dow n to an in dividual assig nment. The school server, or cen tralcomputer, will maintain information on each student s progress and dole outthe appropriate work whe n the child checks the Web page.Keep ing in touch. For stude nts like high school junior Sama ntha Symondsof Potts

6、town, pa, the simple ease of getting assignments on line and turning invia emails is reas on eno ugh to take homework digital. Sama ntha, a competitivefencer, travels far from her school for tourn ame nt and boots up to stay on topof her assig nment. Logg ing on in hotel rooms and airports, she gets

7、 copies ofcourse lectures and lab assig nmen ts, emails her teacher when she is stumpedand even takes tests on line.“ You can actually focus on what you need to knowrather tha n track ing dow n some one to an swer your questi ons,” Sama ntha says.Un limited research. Kids are rapidly beco ming exper

8、ts at search ingwebsites and CD-RoMS for research projects and wowi ng teachers with whatthey find. The most profo und way homework will cha nge is that in stead ofeverybody headi ng home with the same less on; each stude nt will sit dow n to anin dividual assig nment.Wiring the Have-Nots. As comput

9、ers become the homework to tool ofchoice, educators worry about children who don t have access to thetech no logy.“ The kids who don t have computers at home will be at such afun dame ntal disadva ntage. It will be as if they don t have a pen or paper,Ellyot Solovay, a professor at he university of

10、Michigan. He s just finished astudy in which internet TVs were placed in the homes of a class of Detroit public-school stude nts, and found it notonly ben efited the kids but boostedpare ntal in volveme nt as well.Yet wining kids over to become fans of homework may take more tha nhigh- tech help. An

11、nette Bitter s seveniders ve doing research on thelaptops they g ot through a Microsoft study.“ But of course there are alwaysexcuses ” says Bitter, who keeps hearing a modern tale of woe.“ The computerate my homework. ”1. How will assignments in 2004 be finished?A. Stude nts will go to school and f

12、inish the schoolwork assig ned byteachers.B. Middle school teachers will require stude nts to type our all theirassig nmen ts.C. Different assig nments will be give n to stude nts accord ing ti their ownwill.D. Stay ing at home, stude nts can get their assig nments through theInternet and email to t

13、heir teachers after finishing them.2. Accord ing to the passage, laptop probably refers to_.A. a small-sized portable computerB. a n ewly-i nven ted TV setsaysC. a kind of calculatorD. an old-fashi oned private computer3. What does the author mean by say ing“ it (homework) will certa inly bemore wir

14、ed ”？A. More wires will be n eeded to fin ish homework.B. homework is going to be done by wiri ng the house.C. Stude nts are expected to finish school work through theIntern et.D. Teachers will inform stude nts of homework by phoning.4. What kind of assig nment will teachers give to stude nts in 200

15、4 accord ingto the passage?A. Less laborious than today s homework.B. Assignment given according to students different conditions.C. Easy to complete with the help of online information.D. work that are most entertaining to the students.5.It is implied in the passage that_A. in formati on tech no lo

16、gy en ables educati on to vary from pers on to pers on.B. assig nment in 2004 will be more en terta ining and less painingC. all stude nts are going to be fans of homework in the future.D. traditi onal educati on is doomed to disappear解析1. D 考查对文章具体内容的的理解。通过对第一段具体事例的分析和总结， 即可得出结论。2. A 考查对不熟悉的词语的推断能力

17、，通过上下文中的关键词可以推断该词的 意思。 比 如:internet, home page, down load the soft ware, online, email.这些词都是和计算机密切相关的。3. C 考查对不熟悉词语的推断能力。通过上下文可以得知，未来的作业需要 通过网络完成。4. B 考查对文章具体内容的理解。通过文章中出现的关键词 TAILoR-MADEASSIGMENTS 及其解释可以得知未来的作业是量身订做的。5.A 考查逻辑推理能力和对文章具体内容的理解。未来的作业将仍然是Laborioou 所以不是所有的学生都是 fans of homework ，文章当中也没有提及

18、传 统教育的命运翻译pets4 对于翻译的考查重点仍然是放在对于整篇文章的理解和掌握上。I.She downloads the software she II need, seeks help from an onlineschool librarian and emails the finished work to her teacher.她下载所需要的软件,在网上校园图书馆查询资料，把完成的作业通过邮件 交给老师.（seek help 原义是 寻求帮助”）2. Homework in the future may not any less laborious, but it will ce

19、rtainlybe more wired.未来的作业不会比现在会更轻松，但肯定会更多的与网络联接/更加依赖网 络来实现laborious 劳神费力的，辛苦的” not ， less 注意两个否定词的用法。3. The most profo und way homework will cha nge is that i nstead ofeverybody headi ng home with the same less on; each stude nt will sit dow n to anin dividual assig nment.家庭作业最深刻的变化将是每个学生都有为自己量身定做的

20、作业，而不再是 千篇一律的功课。in stead of堤而不是”，注意翻译成汉语要通顺。4.and found it not only benefited the kids but boosted parentalin volveme nt as well.（研究）发现电脑网络不仅有利于孩子们，而且提高了家长们的参与性。boost: promote, encourage提高，促进5. Yet wining kids over to become fans of homework may take more tha nhigh-tech help.然而要使孩子们喜欢做家庭作业，仅仅凭靠高科技的帮

21、助是远远不够的。more than 在英语中的用法很多，希望大家给予注意。I have talked about the issue more tha n eno ugh.关 于这个 问题，我 说的已经够多的了。You have too pay much more tha n patie nee.光付出耐心是不够的你需要付出的不仅仅是耐心/（二）The perce ntage of immigra nts （in cludi ng those uni awfully prese nt） in theUn ited states has bee n creep ing upward for ye

22、ars. At12.6 perce nt, it is nowhigher tha n at any point since the mid1920s.We are not about to go back to the days whe n Con gress ope nly worriedabout inferior races polluting America s bloodstream. But once again we arewon deri ng whether we have too many of the wrong sort n ewcomers. Their loude

23、st critics argue that the new waveof immigra nts cannot, and in deed do not want to, fit in as previous generations did.We now know that these racist views were wrong. In time, Italia ns,Roma nians and members of other so-called in ferior races became exemplaryAmerica ns and con tributed greatly, in

24、 ways too nu merous to detail, to thebuilding of this magnificent nation. There is no reason why these newimmigra nts should not have the same success.Although children of Mexican immigrants do better, in terms of educationaland professi onal attai nment, tha n their pare nts UCLA sociologist Edward

25、 Telleshas found that the gains don t continue. In deed, the fouth gen erati on ismargi nally worse off tha n the third James Jacks on, of the Uni versity ofMichiga n, has found a similar trend among black Caribbea n immigra nts, Tells fears that Mexica n-America ns maybe fated to follow in the foot

26、steps ofAmerican blacks-that large parts of the community may become mired（陷 入）ina seem in gly perma nent state of poverty and Un derachieveme nt. LikeAfrica n-America ns, Mexica n-America ns are in creas in gly relegated to （降入）segregated, substandard schools, and their dropout rate is the highest

27、for any eth nic group in the coun try.We have lear ned much about the foolish idea of excludi ng people on thepresumpti on of the eth ni c/racial in feriority. But what we have not yet lear nedis how to make the process of Americanization work for all. I am not talkingabout requiri ng people to lear

28、 n En glish or to adopt America n ways; those thingshappe n pretty much on their own, but as argume nts about immigrati on hear upthe campaig n trail, we also ought to ask some broader questi on aboutassimilati on, about how to en sure that people , once outsiders , donrema in margin alized with in

29、these shores.That is a much larger questio n tha n what should happe n withun docume nted workers, or how best to secure the border, and it is one that affects not only n ewcomers but groupsthat have bee n here for gen eratio ns. It will have more impact on our future tha n where we decide to set th

30、e admissions bar for the latest ware of would-be America ns. And it would be n ice if we fin ally got the an swer right.1. How were immigrants viewed by U.S. Congress in early days?A) They were of in ferior races.B) They were a Source of political corruptio n.C) They were a threat to the nation s security.D) They were part of the nation s bloodstream.2. What does the author think of the new immigra nts?A) They will be a dyn amic work forc