大学英语四级考试全真预测试卷二及参考答案

Part ⅣReading Comprehension(Reading in Depth)(25 minutes)

Section A

Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.

Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.

There’s no question that the Earth is getting hotter. The real questions are: How

much of the warming is our fault, and are we 47 to slow the devastation by controlling

our insatiable 48 for fossil fuels?

Global warming can seem too 49 to worry about, or too uncertain something projected

by the same computer 50 that often can’t get next week’s weather right. On a raw

winter day you might think that a few degrees of warming wouldn’t be such a bad

thing anyway. And no doubt about it: Warnings about 51change can sound like an

environmentalist scare tactic, meant to force us out of our cars and restrict our

lifestyles.

Comforting thoughts, perhaps. Unfortunately, however, the Earth has some

discomforting news. From Alaska to the snowy peaks of the Andes the world is heating

up right now, and fast. Globally, the 52is up 1°F over the past century, but some

of the coldest, most remote spots have warmed much more. The results aren’t pretty.

Ice is 53, rivers are running dry, and coasts are 54, threatening communities.

The 55are happening largely out of sight. But they shouldn’t be out of mind, because

they are omens of what’s in store for the 56 of the planet.

〔A〕remote〔B〕techniques〔C〕consisting〔D〕rest〔E〕willing

〔F〕climate〔G〕skill〔H〕appetite〔I〕melting〔J〕vanishing

〔K〕eroding〔L〕temperature〔M〕curiosity〔N〕changes〔O〕skillful

Section B

Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked〔A〕, 〔B〕, 〔C〕and 〔D〕.You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

Passage One

Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.

There are many ways of defining success. It is accurate to say that each of us has our own concept of success to the extent that each of us is responsible for setting our own goals and determining whether we have met these goals satisfactorily. Because each of us possesses unique differences in genetic ability and favorable environments in which to express these abilities, it is necessarily true that we must define success broadly.

For some people, simply being able to live their life with a minimum of misery and suffering is considered a success. Think of the peace of mind of the poor shepherd who tends his sheep, enjoys his frugal life with his family in the beauty of nature,and who is respected because he does a good job of achieving the goals expected of and accepted by him and his society. On the other hand, it seems that even though some people appear to be rich in material possessions, many of them seem to be miserable and consider themselves unsuccessful when judged by their own goals osuccess. Because not all ventures can be successful, one should not set unrealistic goals for achieving success, but if one has self confidence it would be unfortunateto set one’s goals at too low a level of achievement.A wise counselor once said to a young man who was experiencing frustration with his own professional success: “You do not have to set your goal to reach the moon inorder to have success in traveling. Sometimes one can be very successful merely by taking a walk in the park, or riding the subway downtown,” The counselor added,

“You have not really failed and spoiled your chances for success until you have been unsuccessful at something you really like, and to which you have given your

best effort.”

57.In the first paragraph, the author implies that are essential in achieving

success.

〔A〕ability and goals 〔B〕goals and determination

〔C〕ability and environment 〔D〕goals and environment

58.The word “frugal”(Line 2, Para. 2) means.

〔A〕wealthy 〔B〕wasteful

〔C〕thrifty 〔D〕miserable

59.Some rich people consider themselves unsuccessful because.

〔A〕their life is miserable 〔B〕they do not live in peace

〔C〕their goals are too low 〔D〕they are not rich enough by their own standards

60.The last paragraph implies that.

〔A〕we should have high goals

〔B〕success means achieving great goals

〔C〕success means taking a walk in the park

〔D〕success means trying one’s best at what one really likes

61.This passage mainly talks about.

〔A〕the definition of success 〔B〕how to achieve success

〔C〕how to set goals 〔D〕the importance of goals

Passage Two

Questions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.

Teaching children to read well from the start is the most important task of elementary schools. But relying on educators to approach this task correctly can be a great

mistake. Many schools continue to employ instructional methods that have been proven ineffective. The staying power of the “look say”or “whole word”method of

teaching beginning reading is perhaps the most flagrant example of this failure to instruct effectively.

The whole word approach to reading stresses the meaning of words over the meaningof letters, thinking over decoding, developing a sight vocabulary of familiar wordsover developing the ability to unlock the pronunciation of unfamiliar words. It fits in with the self directed, “learning how to learn”activities recommended by advocates (倡导者)of “open”classrooms and with the concept that children have to be developmentally ready to begin reading. Before 1963, no major publisher put out anything but these “Run Spot Run”readers.

However, in 1955, Rudolf Flesch touched off what has been called “the great debate” in beginning reading. In his best seller Why Johnny Can’t Read, Flesch indicted(控

诉)the nation’s public schools for miseducating students by using the look say method. He said—and more scholarly studies by Jeane Chall and Rovert Dykstra later confirmed—that another approach to beginning reading, founded on phonics(语音学),is far superior.

Systematic phonics first teaches children to associate letters and letter combinations with sounds; it then teaches them how to blend these sounds together to make words. Rather than building up a relatively limited vocabulary of memorized words, it imparts a code by which the pronunciations of the vast majority of the most common words in the English language can be learned. Phonics does not devalue the importance of thinking about the meaning of words and sentences; it simply

recognizes that decoding is the logical and necessary first step.

62.The author feels that counting on educators to teach reading correctly is .

〔A〕only logical and natural〔B〕the expected position

〔C〕probably a mistake 〔D〕merely effective instruction

63.The author indicts the look say reading approach because .

〔A〕it overlooks decoding〔B〕Rudolf Flesch agrees with him

〔C〕he says it is boring 〔D〕many schools continue to use this method

64.One major difference between the look say method of learning reading and the

phonics method is .

〔A〕look say is simpler〔B〕phonics takes longer to learn

〔C〕look say is easier to teach 〔D〕phonics gives readers access to far more

words

65.The phrase “touch off” (Line 1, Para.3) most probably means .

〔A〕talk about shortly 〔B〕start or cause

〔C〕compare with 〔D〕oppose

66.According to the author, which of the following statements is true?

〔A〕Phonics approach regards whole word method as unimportant.

〔B〕The whole word approach emphasizes decoding.

〔C〕In phonics approach, it is necessary and logical to employ decoding.

〔D〕Phonics is superior because it stresses the meaning of words thus the vast

majority of most common words can be learned.