英语专四阅读理解真题演练

第页共页英语专四阅读理解真题演练英语专四阅读理解真题演练ThreeEnglishdictionariespublishedrecentlyalllayclaimtopossessinga“new”feature.TheBBCEnglishDictionarycontainsbackgroundinformationon1,000peopleandplacesprominentinthenewssince1988;theOxfordAdvancedLearner’sDictionary:EncyclopedicEditionistheOALDplusencyclopedicentries;theLongmanDictionaryofEnglishLanguageandCultureistheLDOCEplusculturalinformation.Thekeyfactisthatallthreedictionariescanbeseentohaveadistinctly“cultural”aswellaslanguagelearningcontent.Thatbeingsaid,thewayinwhichtheyapproachtheculturalelementisnotidentical,makingdirectparisonsbetweenthethreedifficult.1.Whatfeaturesetsapartthethreedictionariesdiscussedinthepassagefromtraditionalones-A.Thebinationoftwodictionariesintoone.?B.Thenewapproachtodefiningwords.?C.Theinclusionofculturalcontent.?D.Theincreaseinthenumberofentries.?2.TheLongmandictionaryismorelikelytobecriticizedforculturalprejudicebecause?______?.?A.itsscopeofculturalentriesgoesbeyondthecultureoftheEnglish?speakingworld?B.itpayslittleattentiontotheculturalcontentofthenon?English?speakingcountries?C.itviewstheworldpurelyfromthestandpointoftheEnglish?speakingpeople?D.itfailstodistinguishlanguagefromcultureinitsencyclopedicentries?3.Itisimpliedinthelastparagraphthat,inapproachingsocio?culturalcontentinadictionary,socialthoughtshouldbegivento?______?.A.thelanguagelevelsofitsusers?B.thenumberofitsprospectivepurchasers?C.thedifferenttastesofitsusers?D.thevariousculturalbackgroundsofitsusers答案1.C)根据文章第一段可知新出版的这三本字典都有一个新的特征(既不同于以往的特征)那就是，根据第二段第一句“Thekeyfactisthatallthreedictionariescanbeseentohaveadistinctly“cultural”aswellaslanguagelearningcontent”，除了语言学习的内容外又增加了有关“文化方面”的内容，因此选项C为正确答案。选项A、B文章未涉及，选项D不符合题意。?2.C)根据文章第三段第四至六行“TheOxforddictionarycanthereforestandmorevigorousscrutinyforculturalbiasthantheLongmanpublicationbecausethelatterdoesnothesitateaboutviewingtherestoftheworldfromtheculturalperspectivesoftheEnglish?speakingworld.”可知，作者对牛津和朗曼字典进展了比拟。作者认为相对于朗曼字典，牛津字典更能经得起文化偏见方面的推敲，这是因为朗曼字典只是从英语国家的文化观点去审视其他国家的文化，这正好符合选项C的`内容。选项A、B、D都不符合题意。?3.D)根据文章最后一段可知，这三本字典会有各种各样的读者来购置，这些读者的社会文化背景也会是各