大学英语四级阅读理解试题40篇

1、大学英语四级阅读理解试题40篇之一（含答案）Therearethreekindsofgoals:short-term,medium-rangeandlong-termgoals.Short-rangegoalsarethosethatusuallydealwithcurrentactivities,whichwecanapplyonadailygoalscanbeachievedinaweekorless,ortwoweeks,orpossibleshouldberememberedthatjustasabuildingisnostrongerthanitsfoundation,outlong

2、-termgoalscannotamounttoverymunchwithouttheachievementofsolidshort-termcompletingourshort-termgoals,weshoulddatetheoccasionandthenaddnewshort-termgoalsthatwillbuildonthosethathavebeencompleted.Theintermediategoalsbukldonthefoundationoftheshort-rangemightdealwithjustonetermofschoolortheentireschoolye

3、ar,ortheycouldevenextendforseveraltimeyoumoveastepatatime,youshouldneverallowyourselftobecomediscouragedoroverwhelmed.Asyoucompleteeachstep,youwillenforcethebeliefinyourabilitytogrowadnasyourlistofcompletiondatesgrow,yourmotivationanddesirewillincrease.Long-rangegoalsmayberelatedtoourdreamsofthefutu

4、re.Theymightcoverfiveyearsormore.Lifeisnotastaticshouldneverallowalong-termgoaltolimitusorourcourseofaction.long-termgoalsmeanalot.wecompleteourshort-rangegoalswecannotreachsolidshort-termgoalswewritedownthedatesweputforwardsomeplansshort-termgoalsarebulidupon.yearsgoalsactivitiesgoalsthathavebeenco

5、mpletedwecompleteeachstepofourgoals,.willwinfinalsuccessareoverwhelmedshouldbuildupconfidenceofsuccessshouldstrongdesireforsettingnewgoalsourgoalsaredrawnup,.shouldsticktothemuntilwecompletethemmaychangeourgoalsaswehavenewideasandopportunitieshadbetterwaitfortheexcitingnewsofsuccesshavemadegreatdeci

6、sionisimpliedbutnotstatedinthepassagethat.whohabelong-termgoalswillsucceeddownthedatesmaydiscourageyougoalisonlyaguideforustoreachourdesinationshouldhaveagoal答案：adcbc大学英语四级阅读理解试题40篇之二（含答案）TheeconomyoftheUnitedstatesafter1952wastheeconnomyofawell-fed,almostfullyemployedpeople.Despitoccasionalalarms,t

7、hecountryescapedanypostwardepressionandlivedinastateofboom.Aneconomicsurveyoftheyear1955,atypicalyearofthe1950s,maybetypicalasillustratingtherapideconomicgrowthofthedecade.Thenationaloutputwasvalueat10percentabovethatof1954(1955outputwasestimatedat392billiondollars).Theproductionofmanufacturerswasab

8、out40percentmorethanithadaveragedintheyearsimmediatelyfollowingWorldWar2.Thecountrysbusinessspentabout30billiondollarsfornewfactoriesandmachinery.Nationalincomeavailableforspendingwasalmostathirdgreaterthanithadbeenithadbeenin1950.Consumersspentabout256billiondollars;thatisabout700milliondollarsaday

9、,orabouttwenty-fivemilliondollarseveryhour,allroundtheclock.Sixty-fivemillionpeopleheldjobsandonlyalittlemorethantwomillionwantedjobsbutcouldnotfindthem.Onlyagriculturecomplainedthatitwasnotsharingintheroom.Tosomeobserversthiswasanominousechoofthemid-1920s.Asfarmersshreoftheirproductsdeclined,market

10、ingcostsrose.Buttherewere,amongtheobserversofthenationaleconomy,afewwhowerenotasconfidentasthemajority.Thosefewseemedtofearthattheboomcouldnotlastandwouldeventuallyleadtotheoppsite-depression.1. Whatisthebesttitleofthepassagea.TheAgriculaturalTrendsof1950sb.TheUnemploymentRateof1950sc.Economyinthe50

11、sd.TheFederalBudgetof19522. InLine3,theword“boom”couldbestbereplacedby.a.nearbyexplosionb.thunderousnoisec.generalpublicsupportd.rapideconomicgrowth3. ItcanbeinferredthenationalfromthepassagethatmostpeopleintheUnitedStatesin1955viewedthenationaleconomywithanairof.a.confidenceb.confusionc.disappointm

12、entd.suspicion4. WhichofthefollowingwereLEASTsatisfiedwiththenationaleconomyinthe1950sa.Economistsb.Frmaersc.Politiciansd.Steelworkers5. Thepassagestatesthatincomavailableforspendinginthe.wasgreaterin1955thanin1950.Howmuchwasita.60b.50c.33d.90答案：cdabc大学英语四级阅读理解试题40篇之三(含答案)Womenarealsounderrepresente

13、dintheadministrationandthisisbecausetherearesofewwomenfullprofessors.In1985,RegentBerylMilburnproducedareportblastingtheUniversityofTexasSystemadminitrationfornotencouragingUniversitywasratedamongthelowestforthea1987update,Milburncommendedtheprogressthatwasmadeandcalledforevenmoreimprovement.Oneofth

14、epositiveresultsfromherstudywasaSystem-wideprogramtoinformwomenofavailableadministrativejobs.CollegeofCommunicationAssociateDeanPatricaWitherspoon,saiditisimportantthatwomanbeflexiblewhenitcomestorelocatingiftheywanttoriseintheranks.Althoughawomanmayfaceachillyclimateoncampus,manytimesinorderforhert

15、osucceed,shemustriseabovetheproblemsaroundherandconcentrateonherwork.UntilwomenmakeupagreaterpercentageoftheseniorpositionsintheUniversityandallacademia,inequitieswillexist."WomenneedtospendtheirenergiesandtimedoingscholarlyactivitiesthatareimportanthereattheUniversity."Spirdusosaid."

16、Iftheydothatwillbesuccessfulinthistheyspendtheirtimeinlittlegroupsmourningthesexualdiscriminationthattheythinkexistshere,theyarewastingvaluablestudytime."toSpirduso,womenneedto.areportonsexualdiscriminationforfurtherimprovementintheirworkingconditionstheirenergiesandtimefightingagainstsexualdis

17、criminationmoretimeandenergydoingscholarlyactivitiesthispassage,weknowthat.aremanywomenfullprofessorsintheUniversityofTexasplayanimportantpartinadminitratingtheUniversityweatheronthecampusischillymakeupasmallpercentageoftheseniorpositionsintheUniversityofthefollowingstatementsistruenumberofwomenprof

18、essorsintheUniversityin1987wasgreaterthanthatof1985numberofwomenprofessorsintheUniversityin1987wassmallerthanthatof1985numberofwomenprofessorswasthesameasthatof1985andmorewomenprofessorsthoughtthatsexualdiscriminationdidexitintheUniversityofthepositiveresultsfromMilburn'sstudywasthat.weretoldtoc

19、oncentrateonteirworkweregiveninformationaboutavailableadministrativejobswereencouragedtotakeonalltheadministrativejobsintheUnversitywereencouragedtodomorescholarlyactivities5. Thetitleforthispassageshouldbe.UniversityofTexas'sReportProfessorsDiscriminationinAcademia答案：ddabd大学英语四级阅读理解试题40篇之四（含答案）

20、Today,asineveryotherdayoftheyear,morethan3000.adlescentswillsmoketheirfirstcigaretteontheirwaytobecomingregularsmokersasadults.Duringtheirlifetime,itcanbeexpectedthatofthese3000about23willbemurdered,30willdieintrafficaccidents,andnearly750willbekilledbyasmoking-relateddisease.Thenumberofdeathsattrib

21、utedtocigarettesmokingoutweithtsallotherfactors,whethervoluntaryorinvoluntary,asacauseofdeath.Sincethelate1970s,whendailysmokingamonghighschoolseniorsreached30precent,smokingratesamongyouthhavedeclined.Whilethedeclineisimpressive,severalimportantissuesmustberaised.First,inthepastseveralyears,smoking

22、ratesamongyouthhavedeclinedverylittle.Second,inthelate1970s,smokingamongmalehighschoolseniorsexceededthatamongfemalebynearly10percent.Thestatisticis,severalrecentstudieshaveindicatehighschooldropoutshaveexcessivelyhighsmokingrates,asmuchas75percent.Finally,thouthsignificantdeclinesinadolescentsmokin

23、ghaveoccurredinthepastdecade,nodefinitereasonsforthedeclineexist.Withinthiscontext,theNaionalCancerInstiute(NCI)beganitscurrentefforttodeterminethemosteffecivemeasurestoreducesmokingleveslamongyouth.totheauthor,thedeathsamongyoutharemainlycausedby.accidentsdeseaseofthesedaythereareoverhighschoolstrd

24、entswhowillbecomeregularsmoker."dropout"theauthormeans.whofailedtheexaminationwholeftschoolwholosttheirwaywhoweredrivenoutofschoolreasonfordecliningadolescentsmokingisthat.hastakeneffectivemeasuresispreventedamonghighschoolseniorsaremanysmokerswhohavediedofcanceroftheseisimpliedbutnotstate

25、dbytheauthoristhat.ratesamongyouthhavedeclinedverylittlearenowmorefemalethanmalesmokersamonghighschoolseniorssmokingratesareduetotheinceaseinwealthathighschoolarefromlowsocio-economicbackgrounds答案：bdbdb大学英语四级阅读理解试题40篇之五(含答案)Thefoodweeatseemstohaveprofoundeffectsonoursciencehasmadeenormousstepsinmaki

26、ngfoodmorefittoeat,ithas,atthesametime,mademanyfoodsunfittoeat.Someresearchhasshownthatperhapseightypercentofallhumanillnessesarerelatedtodietandfortypercentofcancerisrelatedtothedietaswell,especiallycancerofthecolon.Differentculturesaremorelikelytocausecertaindifferentillnessesbecauseofthefoodthati

27、scharacteristicinthesecultures.Thatfoodisrelatedtoillnessisntoanewdiscovery.In1945,about35yearsago,governmentresearchersrealizedthatnitrates,commonlyusedtopreservecolorinmeats,andotherfoodadditivies,causedcancer.Yet,thesecarcinogenicadditivesremaininourfood,anditbecomesmoredifficultallthetimetoknoww

28、hichthingsonthepackaginglabelsofprocessedfoodarehelpfulorharmful.Theadditiveswhichweeatarenotallsodirect.Farmersoftengivepenicillintobeefandlivinganimals,andbecauseofthis,penicillinhasbeenfoundinthemilkoftreatedcow.Sometimessimilardrugsaregiventoanimalsnotformedicalpurposes,butforfinancialreasons.Th

29、efarmersaresimplytryingtofattentheanimalsinordertoobtainahigherpriceonthemarket.AlthoughtheFoodandDrugAdministration(FDA)hastriedrepeatedlytocontroltheseprocedures,thepracticescontinue.isthebestpossibletitleofthepassageandFoodandHealthandHealthandDrugofthefollowingstatementsisNOTturearealwaysgivento

30、animalsformedicalreasonsoftheadditivesinourfoodareaddedtothefooditselfandsomearegiventothelivinganimalshaveknownaboutthepotentialdangersoffoodadditivesforoverthirty-fiveyears.maycausefortypercentofcancerinworld.hassciencedonesomethingharmfultomankindofscience,diseasescausedbypollutedfoodhavenbeenvir

31、tuallyeliminated.hascausedalackofinformationconcerningthevalueoffood.oftheapplicationofscience,somepotentiallyharmfulsubstanceshavebeenaddedtofood.scientistshavepreservedthecolorofmeats,butnotofvegetables.arenitratesusedforpreserveflavorinpackagedfoods.preservethecolorofmeats.aretheobjectsofresearch

32、.causetheanimalstobecomefatter.word'carcinogenic'mostnearlymeans''.答案：cacbd大学英语四级阅读理解试题40篇之六(含答案)Asthepaceoflifecontinuestoincrease,wearefastlosingtheartofrelaxation.Onceyouareinthehabitofrushingthroughlift,beingonthegofrommorningtillnight,itishardtoslowdown.Butrelaxationisessentialf

33、orahealthymindandbody.Stressisannaturalpartofeverydayliftandthereisnowaytoavoidit.Infact,itisnotthebadthingitisoftensupposedtobe.Acertainamountofstressisvitaltoprovidemotivationadngivepurposetolife.Itisonlywhenthestressgetsoutofcontrolthatitcanleadtopoorperformanceandillhealth.Theamountofstressapers

34、oncanwithstanddependsverymuchontheindividual.Somepeoplearenotafraidofstress,andsuchcharactersareobviouslyprimematerialformanagerialresponsibilities.Othersloseheartatthefirstsignsofunusualdifficulties.Whenexposedtostress,inwhateverform,wereactbothchemicallyandphysically.Infactwemakechoicebetween"

35、;fight"or"flight"andinmoreprimitivedaysthechoicemadethedifferencebetweenlifeordeath.Thecriseswemeettodayareunlikelytobesoextreme,buthoweverlittlethestress,itinvolvesthesameresponse.Itiswhensuchareactionlastslong,throughcontinuedexposuretostress,thathealthbecomesseriousconditionsashigh

36、bloodpressureandheartdiseasehaveestablishedlinkswithwecannotremovestressfromourlives(itwouldbeunwisetodosoevenifwecould),weneedtofindwaystodealwithit.arefindinglessandlesstimeforrelaxingthemselvesbecause.donotknowhowtoenjoythemselvesdonotbelievethatrelaxationisimportantforhealtharetravellingfastallt

37、hetimearebecomingbusierwiththeirworktothewriter,themostimportantcharacterforagoodmanagerishis.fearingstresstheartofrelaxationsenseofresponsibilitycontroloverperformanceofthefollwingstatementsisturecanfindsomewaystoavoidstressisalwaysharmfultopeopleiseasytochangethehagitofkeepingoneselfbusywithwork.p

38、eoplecanwithstanddifferentamountsofstressParagraph3,"suchareaction"refersbackto.a."makingachoicebetween'flight'or'fight'"b."reactiontostressbothchemicallyandphysically"c."respondingtocrisesquickly"d."losingheartatthesignsdifficulties"

39、thelastsentenceofthepassage,"doso"refersto.a."exposeourselvestostress"b."findwaystodealwithstress"c."removestressfromourlives"d."establishedlinksbetweendiseasesandstress"答案：dadbc大学英语四级阅读理解试题40篇之七（含答案）Inthe1960s,manyyoungAmericansweredissatisfiedwithA

40、mericansociety.TheywantedtoendtheVietnamWarandtomakeallofthepeopleinthe.epual.Someofthemdecidedto"dropout"ofAmericansocietyandformtheirownsocieties.Theyformedutopiancommunities,whichtheycalled"communes,"wheretheycouldfollowtheirphilosophyof"doyourownthing."Agroupofartis

41、tsfoundedacommuneinsouthernColoradocalled"DropCity."FollowingtheideasofphilosopherandarchitectBuckminsterFullertheybuiltdomeshapedhousesfrompiecesofoldcars.Othergroups,suchasauthorKenKesey'sMerryPranksters,thefollowersfoSanFranciscopoetSteveGakin,andagroupthatcalleditselftheHogFarm,liv

42、edinoldschoolhusesandtraveledaroundtheUnitedStates.TheHogFarmbecomefamouswhentheyhelpedorganizetheWoodstockRockFestivalin1969.SteveGaskin'sfollowerstriedtosettledownonafarminTennessee,buttheyhadtoleavewhensomemembersofthegruopwerearrestedforgrowingmarijuana.Notallcommunesbelievedinthephilosophyo

43、f"doyouownthing,"however.TwinOaks,acommunefoundedinVirgianiainthelate1960s,wasbasedontheideasofpsychologistThepeoplewholivedatTwinOakswerecarefullycontrolledbySkinner's"conditioning"techniquestodothingsthatweregoodforthecommunity.In1972,ItalianarchitectPaoloSoleribegantobuild

44、Arcosanti,autopiancityArizsonawhere2500peoplewilllivecloselytogetherinonelargebuildingcalledan"archology"Soleribelievesthatpeoplemustlivecloselytogethersothattheywillallbecomeone.didsomeyoungAmericansdecideto"dropout"ofscoietyduringthe1960swerenotsatisfiedwithAmericansociety.want

45、edtogrowmarijuana.wantedtogototheVietnamWar.didnotwantallpeopletobeequal.didthemembersoftheHogFarmcommunelivedome-shapedhouseoldschoolhusesafarminTennesseeanarchologyinArizonagavethepeopleofDropCitytheideatobuliddome-shapedhouseSoleriGaskinFullerwastheTwinOakscommunebaseonphilosophyof"doyourown

46、thing"inthelate1960sideasofpsychologistbeliefthatpeoplemustlivecloselytogerher.isan"archology"personwhostudiesarchaeologylargebuildingwherepeoplelivecloselytogethercityinArizonatechniquetocontorlpeople答案：abdcb大学英语四级阅读理解试题40篇之八（含答案）Therearetwofactorswhichdetermineanindividual'sinte

47、lligence.Thefirstisthesortofbrainheisbornwith.Humanbrainsdifferconsiderably,somebeingmorecapablethanothers.Butnomatterhowgoodabrainhehastobeginwith,anindividualwillhavealoworderofintelligenceunlesshehasopportunitiestolearn.Sothesecondfactoriswhathappenstotheindividualthesortofenvironmentinwhichheisr

48、eared.Ifanindividualishandicappedenvionmentally,itislikelythathisbrainwillfailtodevelopandhewillneverattainthelevelofintelligenceofwhichheiscapable.Theimportanceofenvironmentindetermininganindividual'sintellingencecanbedemonstratedbythecasehistoryoftheidenticaltwins,PeterandMarkX.Beingidentical,

49、thetwinshadidenticalbrainsatbirth,andtheirgrowthprocesseswerethesame.Whenthetwinswerethreemonthsold,theirparentsdied,andtheywereplacedinseparatefosterhomes.Peterwasreatedbyparentsoflowintelligenceinanisolatedcommunitywithpooreducationalwasrearedinthehomeofwell-to-doparentswhohadbeentocollege.Hewasre

50、adtoasachild,senttogoodschools,andgiveneveryopportunitytobestimulatedenviromentaldifferencecontinueduntilthetwinswereintheirlateteens,whentheyweregibentesetstomeasuretheirintelligence.Mark's.was125,twenty-fivepointshigherthantheaverageandfullyfortypointshigherthanhisidenticalbrother.Givenequalop

51、portunities,thetwins,havingidenticalbrains,wouldhavetestedatroughlythesamelevel.selectioncanbestbetitled.YourIntelligenceandEnvironmentCaseofPeterandMarkthebrainInfluencesIntelligencebeststatementofthemainideaofthispassageisthat.brainsdifferconsiderablybrainapersonisbornwithisimprotantindeterminingh

52、isintelligenceiscrucialindeterminingaperson'sintelligenced.personshavingidenticalbrainswillhaveroughlythesameintelligencetothepassage,theaveragecasehistoryofthetwinsappearstosupporttheconclusionthat.withidenticalbrainsseldomtestatsamelevelindividual'sintelligenceisdeterminedonlybyhisenvirome

53、ntofopportunityblocksthegrowthofintelligenceofenviromentproducechangesinthestructureofthebrainpassagesuggeststhatanindividual'sbepredictedatbirththesamethrouthouthislifebeincreasedbyeducationdeterminedbyhischildhood答案：bcbcc大学英语四级阅读理解试题40篇之九（含答案）Asshewalkedroundthehugedepartmentstore,Edithreflect

54、edhowdifficultitwastochooseasuitableChristmaspresentforherwishthathewasaseasytopleaseashermother,whowasalwaysdelightedwithperfumeBesides,shoppongatthistimeoftheyearwasamostdisgreeableexperience:peopletrodonyourtoes,pokedyouwiththeirelbowsandalmostknockedyouoverintheirhastetogettoabargainaheadofyou.P

55、artlytohavearest,Edithpausedinfrontofacounterwheresomeattracivetieswereondisplay."Theyarerealsilk,"theassistantassuredher,tryingtotempther."Worthdoubletheprice."Buteditknewfrompastexperiencethatherchoiceoftieshardlyeverpleasedherfather.Shemovedonreluctantlyandthenquitebychance,st

56、oppedwhereasmallcrowdofmanhadgatheredroundacounter.Shefoundsomegoodqualitypipesonsaleandthepriceswereveryreasonable.Edithdidnothesitateforlong:althoughherfatheronlysmokedapipeoccasionally,sheknewthatthiswasapresentwhichwasbundtopleasehim.Whenshegothome,withhersmallwell-chosenpresentconcealedinherhan

57、dbag,herparentswerealreadyatthesuppertable.Hermotherwasinanespeciallycheerfulmood,"Yourfatherhasatlasttodecidedtostopsmoking."Sheinformedherdaughter.'sfather.notlikepresentgotpresenttiesdifficulttochooseapresentforassistantspoketoEdithbecausesheseemedintiesneedofcomfortstoppedatthenext

58、counter.'sfathersmokedapipe.hewasobligedsocialoccasionstimetotimehewasdelightedwasverydisagreeableatthattimeoftheyearbecause.trodoneachother'stoespokedeachotherwiththeirelbowsknockedeachotherweredoingtheirshoppinginagreathurry答案：dbdcd大学英语四级阅读理解试题40篇之十（含答案）Ifthepopulationoftheearthgoesonincre

59、asingatitspresentrate,therewilleventuallynotbeenoughresourceslefttosustainlifeonthethemiddleofthe21stcentury,ifpresenttrendscontinue,wewillhaveusedupalltheoilthatdrivesourcars,forifscientistsdevelopnewwaysoffeedingthehumanrace,thecrowdedconditionsonearthwillmakeitnecessaryforlustolookforopenspacesomewhereelse.Butnoneoftheotherplanetsinoursolarsystemarecapableofsupportinglifeatpresent.Onepossiblesolutiontotheproblem,however,hasrecentlybeensuggestedbyAmericanscientist,ProfessorCarlSagan.Saganbelievesthatbeforetheearth&#