2012年6月英语四级考前10天冲刺试卷及答案(2)

 　　Part IV Reading 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 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.
　　Perhaps like most Americans you have some extra pounds to 47 . You may even have tried a fad diet or two, but found yourself right back where you started. The key to weight loss is regular 48 activity. And surprisingly, you don’t have to give
　　up eating or make the gym your second home to see long=term, 49 effects.
　　Your body needs a certain amount of energy to maintain basic 50 such as breathing, blood circulation and digestion.
　　The energy required to keep your organs functioning is referred to as the resting or basal metabolic rate.
　　Any time you are active, 51 energy is required. It is obtained from glycogen and fat stored in the blood, liver, and muscles. The key to losing weight is to draw on the fat rather than on the carbohydrate reserves.
　　Which of the two energy sources you use depends on the intensity and 52 of your activity. The higher the intensity, the more your body will pull from the stored carbohydrates. The lower the intensity, the more your body will 53 on fat as its
　　fuel.
　　Aerobic exercise is most 54 for weight loss. When you perform aerobic activities you 55 contract large muscle groups such as your legs and arms. Walking, running, rollerblading, swimming, dancing, and jumping jacks are all forms of aerobic activity.
　　Surprisingly, if your aerobic activity is low to moderately intense and of long duration, you will burn more fat than if you had 56 in a short burst of high-intensity exercise. In short, a brisk 30-minute walk will burn fat while a 100-yard sprint will burn glycogen.
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　　Section B
　　Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statement. 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.
　　The man who invented Coca-cola was not a native Atlantan, but on the day of his funeral every drugstore in town testimonially shut up shop. He was John Styth Pemberton, born in 1833 in Knoxville, Georgia, eighty miles away. Sometimes known as Doctor, Pemberton was apharmacist (药剂师) who, during the Civil War, led a cavalry troop under General Joe Wheelrer.
　　He settled in Atlanta in 1869, and soon began brewing such patent medicines as Triplex Liver Pills and Globe of Flower Cough Syrup. In 1885, he registered a trademark for Something called French Wine Coca-Ideal Nerve and Tonic Stimulant, a few months later he formed the Pemberton Chemical Company, and recruited the services of a bookkeeper named Frank M.
　　Robinson, who not only had a good head for figures but, attached to it, so exceptional a nose that he could audit the composition of a batch of syrup (糖浆 ) merely by sniffling it.
　　In 1886--a year in which, as contemporary Coca-Coca officials like to point out, Conan Doyle unveiled Sherlock Holmes and France unveiled the Statue of Liberty--Pemberton unveiled a syrup that he called Coca-Coca. It was a modification of his French Wine Coca. He had taken out the wine and added a pinch of caffeine, and, when the end product tasted awful, had thrown in some extract of cola nut and a few other oils, blending the mixture in a three-legged iron pot in his back yard and swishing it around with an oar. He distributed it to soda fountains in used beer bottles, and Robinson, with his glowing bookkeeper’s script, presently devised a label, on which "Coca-Cola" was written in the fashion that is still employed.
　　Pemberton looked upon his mixture less as a refreshment than as a headache cure, especially for people whose headache could be traced to over-indulgence.
　　On a morning late in 1886, one such victim of the night before dragged himself into an Atlanta drugstore and asked for a doolop of Cola-Cola. Druggists customarily stirred a teaspoonful of syrup into a glass of water, but in this instance the man on duty was too lazy to walk to the fresh-water tap, a couple of feet off. Instead, he mixed the syrup with some soda water, which was closer at hand. The suffering customer perked up almost at once, and word quickly spread that the best Coca-Cola was a fizzy one.
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　　57. What does the passage tell us about John Styth Pemberton?
　　[A] He was highly respected by Atlantans.
　　[B] He ran a drug store that also sells wine.
　　[C] He had been a doctor until the Civil War.
　　[D] He made a lot of money with his pharmacy.
　　58. Which of the following was unique to Frank M. Robinson, working with the Pemberton’s Company?
　　[A] Skills to make French wine.
　　[B] Talent for drawing pictures.
　　[C] An acute sense of smell.
　　[D] Ability to work with numbers.
　　59. Why was the year 1886 so special to Pemberton?
　　[A] Because he took to doing a job like Sherlock Holmes’s.
　　[B] Because he brought a quite profitable product into being.
　　[C] Because he observed the founding ceremony of Statue of Liberty.
　　[D] Because he was awarded by Coca-Cola for his contribution.
　　60. One modification made of French Wine Coca formula was
　　[A] used beer bottles were chosen as containers
　　[B] the amount of caffeine in it was increased
　　[C] it was blended with oils instead of water
　　[D] Cola nut extract was added to taste
　　61. The last paragraph mainly tells __
　　[A] the complaint against the lazy shop-assistant
　　[B] a real test of Coca-enla as a headache cure
　　[C] the mediocre service of the drugstore
　　[D] a happy accident that gave birth to Coca-Cola
　　Passage Two
　　Questions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.
　　Between 1833 and 1837, the publishers of a "penny press’" proved that a low-priced paper, edited to interest ordinary people, could win what amounted to a mass circulation for the times and thereby attract an advertising volume that would make it independent. These were papers for the common citizen and were not tied to the interests of the business community, like the mercantile press, or dependent for financial support upon political party allegiance (~,~,). It did not necessarily follow that all the penny papers would be superior in their handing of the news and opinion functions. But the door was open for some to make important journalistic advances.
　　The first offerings of a penny paper tended to be highly sensational; human interest stories overshadowed important news, and crime and sex stories were written in full detail. But as the penny paper attracted readers from various social and economic
　　brackets, its sensationalism was modified. The ordinary reader came to want a better product, too. A popularized style of writing and presentation of news remained, but the penny paper became a respectable publication that offered significant information and editorial leadership. Once the first of the successful penny papers had shown the way, later ventures could enter the competition at the higher level of journalistic responsibility the pioneering papers had reached.
　　This was the pattern of American newspapers in the years following the founding of the New York Sun in 1833. The Sun, published by Benjamin Day, entered the lists against 11 other dailies. It was tiny in comparison; but it was bright and readable,
　　and it preferred human interest features to important but dull political speech reports. It had a police reporter writing squibs(刺性随笔 ) of crime news in the style already proved successful by some other papers. And, most important, it sold for a penny, whereas its competitors sold for six cents. By 1837 the Sun was printing 30,000 copies a day, which was more than the total of all 11 New York daily newspapers combined when the Sun first appeared. In those same four years James Gordon Bennett brought out his New York Herald ( 1835 ), and a trio of New York printers who were imitating Day’s success founded the Philadelphia Public Ledger (1836) and the Baltimore Sun ( t837).The four penny sheets all became famed newspapers.
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　　62. What does the first paragraph say about the "penny press?"
　　[A] It was known for its in-depth news reporting.
　　[B] It had an involvement with some political parties.
　　[C] It depended on the business community for survival.
　　[D] It aimed at pleasing the general public.
　　63. As the readership was growing more diverse, the penny paper
　　[A] improved its content
　　[B] changed its writing style
　　[C] developed a more sensational style
　　[D] became a tool for political parties
　　64. The underlined word "ventures" in Paragraph 2 can best be replaced by
　　[A] editors
　　[B] reporters
　　[C] newspapers
　　[D] companies
　　65. What is true about the Philadelphia Public Ledger and the Baltimore Sun?
　　[A] They turned out to be failures.
　　[B] They were later purchased by James Gordon Bennett.
　　[C] They were also founded by Benjamin Day.
　　[D] They became well-known newspapers in the U.S.
　　66. This passage is probably taken from a book on __
　　[A] the work ethics of the American media
　　[B] the techniques in news reporting
　　[C] the history of sensationalism in American media
　　[D] the impact of mass media on American society