2010年6月英语四级考试真题

1、20106 月英语四PartIVReadingSection (ReadinginDepth)(25Questions47to56arebasedonthefollowingWhenwethinkofgreenbuildings,wetendtothinkofnewones theof high-tech, solar-paneled magazines. But the U.S. has t make 20106 月英语四PartIVReadingSection (ReadinginDepth)(25Questions47to56arebasedonthefollowingWhenwethi

2、nkofgreenbuildings,wetendtothinkofnewones theof high-tech, solar-paneled magazines. But the U.S. has t make the covers of n 100 million existing homes, and it be 47 wasteful to tear them all down and 48 them with greener An enormous amount of energy and o the construction those houses. And it would

3、take an average of 65 years for the 49 s from a new energy-efficient home to make up for the lost destroying an old one. he broadest 50 , the greenest home is the t has already been built. But at the same time, nearly half of U. S. s come from heating, cooling and 51 our homes, and buildings. You ca

4、nt deal with climate change without dealing with buildings,saysRichardMoe,oftheNationalWith some 52 , the oldest homes tend to be the least energy-Housesbuilt before 1939 use about 50% more energy per square n built after 2000, mainly due to the tiny cracks and t 53 over time oreoutsidey, there are

5、a 54 number of relatively simple t green older homes, from 55 ones like Lincolns Cottage to your homeAndefficiencyupgrades升级cansavenjustthe earth;they help 56 propertyownersfromer 2 J)reduced SectionPassageB) C) D) F) K) G) I) L) M) N) Questions57to61arebasedonthefollowingYou never see him, but they

6、re with you every time you fly. They record where you are going,how fast youre traveling and whether everything on airplane is functioning normally. Their ability to withstand almost any makesthemseemlikesomethingoutofacomicbook.Theyreknownastheblack When planes fall from the sky, as a Yemeni airlin

7、er did makesthemseemlikesomethingoutofacomicbook.Theyreknownastheblack When planes fall from the sky, as a Yemeni airliner did on its way Comoros ocean June 30, 2009, the black box is the best foridentifying what went wrong. So when a French submarine (潜水艇) the homing signal five days later, the dis

8、covery marked a huge towarddeterminingthecauseofatragedyinwhich152passengerswereIn 1958, Australian scientist David Warren developed a flight-t would track basic information like altitude and t mode for a black box, which became a requirement on all l flights by 1960. Early s often failed to withsta

9、nd yredesignedandmovedtothehowever,soin1965thedevicewasof the plane the area least subject to impact from its originalitionin the landing wells (起落架舱). The same year, the Federal Aviation t the boxes, which were never actually black, be ed orange yellowtoaidModern airplanes have two black boxes: a v

10、oice recorder, which tracks pilots conversations,and a flight-data recorder, which monitors fuel levels, engine noises and other operating functions t help investigators reconstruct the aircrafts final moments. Placed in an insulated隔绝的) case and surrounded by a quarter-inch-thick panels of stainles

11、s steel, the boxes withstand massive force and temperatures up to 2,000. When theyre also able to emit signals from depths of 20,000 ft. Experts ve boxes from Air France Flight 447, which crashed near Brazil on June 1,2009, in water t deep, but istics say theyre still likely to turn y20deep-sea cras

12、hes over the past 30 years, only oneplanes boxeswerenever2 57.WhatdoestheauthorsayabouttheblackItensuresthenormalfunctioningofanTheideaforitsdesigncomesfromacomicItsabilitytowardoffdisastersisItisanindispensabledeviceonan58. What information could be found from the black box on the Yemeni A)Data yzi

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14、itsTheearlyTheearly60. Why did softengothesdidntprovidetheneededFederal Aviation Authority the black edorangeorTodistinguishthemfromthecolouroftheTocautionpeopletohandlethemwithTomakethemeasilyD)Toconformernational 61.WhatdoweknowabouttheblackboxesfromAirFranceFlightThereisstillagoodchanceoftheirbei

15、ngThereisanurgentneedforthemtobeTheyhavestoppedsendinghomingTheyweredestroyedsomewherenearBrazil. Passage TwoQuestions62to66arebasedonthefollowingThe $11 billion self-help industry is built on the t you should negative thoughts like I never do anything itive ones like I succeed. But itive thinking a

16、dvocate Norman Vincent Peale right? eritiveResearchers in Canada just published a study in the journal thet says trying to get people to think itively can actually iteeffect:itcansimplyhighlighthowunhappytheyThe studys authors, Joanne Wood and John Lee of the University Waterloo and Elaine Perunovic

17、 of the University of New Brunswick, begin citing older research t when people get feedback which they is itive, they actually feel worse, not better. If l your dim t he has the potential of an Einstein, youre just underlining his faults. In 1990s experiment, a team including psychologist Joel Coope

18、r of is itive, they actually feel worse, not better. If l your dim t he has the potential of an Einstein, youre just underlining his faults. In 1990s experiment, a team including psychologist Joel Cooper of Princeton participants to write essays ing funding for the disabled. When essayists were they

19、hadraised for their sympathy, they felt even worse about In this experiment, Wood, Lee and Perunovic measured 68 students self-esteem. The participants were then asked to write down their thoughts feelings for four minutes. Every 15 seconds, one group of students heard a Whenitrang,theywereed lthems

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