四级现代艺术英语阅读理解
四级英语阅读理解的技巧和方法为:先读选项,理解句子意思,然后一段一段去读,边读边理解;读完之后,去选项中找答案,注意段落与选项中誉好行同时出现的单词或相似的句子,相似度越高,越有可能是答案;依次选择答案之后,对不确定的选项再进行互换搭配,看哪个更适合,最后选出最佳答案。
略读全文,对文章首段、末段和首句、末句进行阅读,理解文章中心思想。
细读文章,逐词逐句理解。对重点词汇,重点句子要多思考,多琢磨,争庆哗取把每句话都理解透彻。
读题干和选项,把选项中的每句话搞懂弄明白,然后可以把袜滑每个选项带进去读一遍,根据题干要求选出最准确的答案。
『贰』 英语四级阅读理解技巧 答题方法是什么
四级英语阅读理解的技巧和方法为:先读选项,理解句子意思,然后一段一段去读,边读边理解;读完之后,去选项中找答案,注意段落与选项中同时出现的单词或相似的句子,相似度越高,越有可能是答案。
英语四级阅读理解技巧
选词填空
首先,预览选项,了解词义并把选项分为四大类词性—名词n,动词v,形容词a,副词ad。在每个选项后作词性的简要标记;
其次,精读全文开头,把握文章主题,并以三个空或一个段落为一个单位,利用前后文判断每空的词性;最后,把对应词性的选项逐一带回原文,含义通顺,时态、主谓搭配一致的为正确选项。
快速阅读
读题干并确定关键词(中心词)--去原文中定位关键词--分析定位句--分析题干--确定答案。 首先用“打包”方法对付乱序,把整组题全部一次性吃透,然后去原文从头到尾定位。否则,考生如果按顺序逐题解答,时间会严重不足,最好是文章一遍看下来,能找到所有的信息。
此外,考生应该注意定位原文的过程中,一定要脑、眼和手并用:眼是肯定要用的,不用脑会导致忽视同义转换,不用手(笔)会使我们处于走马观花的状态,然后会怀疑自己是不是漏掉了信息而不停地。
“吃透”题干
准确判断关键词(中心词)至关重要。如果没吃透题干,就无法准确判断关键词或中心词,就可能对原文中的重要信息没感觉。一般来说,题干关键词或中心词为实词以及一些数字、专有名词等。
英语阅读理解怎么答题
1、注意问题的主语是谁,它和原文题眼的主语原则上是一致的。主语不一致,一般来说,都是错的。
2、即第6条,某某人说的话,尤其特别长的句子,或者是带引号的。60%以上会出题。题眼就在这儿。这里又提了一遍,就是要引起你的重视。
3、错误的选项,往往是就文章某一方面而说的,其特点是:所涉及的,仅仅是某一个小问题,或者很具体,非常具体的一件实事。200%错误选项。这是考研英语最经常遇到的干扰项。一定要会识别。
4、中国人出的题。多是总-分结构,或者总-分-总。所以每段开头结尾,都要注意。(这里指的是中间没有出现转折的段落),整篇文章的开头结尾,也要重视。
5、文章的结构,要么总-分或总-分-总,要么转折、对比,要么举例说明。就这么几个套路。
6、对选项中的“重点词”(即主语、宾语、修饰语)都要看清楚。有的时候,选项中,会对原文中本来正确的事做错误的修改,来作为干扰项。你要注意的是,选项句子的主语(与原文)是否一致、宾语是否符合原文意思,或者用一些牵强的修饰词,来做一些特殊的限定。要看清楚。这是干扰项的特点之一。
『叁』 2021年12月英语四级阅读理解真题解析(卷三)
大学英语四级考试满分:710。听力(35%)249分、阅读(35%)249分、综合(10%)70分、写作和翻译(20%)142分。
12月英语四级阅读理解真题解析
仔细阅读:
Have you ever wondered how acceptable it is to hug or touchsomeone ?
46.C)Its absence might suggest a lack of warmth in interpersonal relationships .
47.D)How close the communicator‘s relationships are .
48.B) They take touching as a cultural norm in social interactions.
49.A)Men can show friendship in public through physical affection.
50.D)Take other people's preference into consideration .
From climate change to the ongoing pandemic (大流行病) and beyond ,the issues facing today's world are increasingly complex and dynamic .
51.A)It faces problems that are getting more varied and compli-cated.
52.C) People are divided about the nature of interest .
53.D)How a growth mindset of interest can contribute to crossdisciplinarythinking.
54.C) Making innovative procts needs multidisciplinary procts.
55.B) Broadening their interests .
提高四级阅读理解成绩的方法
1、了解文章main idea(主要意思)
做英语阅读理解就好像做语文阅读理解时一样,要知道这篇文章的主旨或者说是中心思想,对文章所讲的主旨内容和它的中心思想做到心里有数。达到一种高度——只要一做英语阅读理解题,脑子里就要条件反射的蹦出main idea,然后再去阅读问题和文章。
2、先看问题,再粗读文章
带着寻找main idea的思想,先去看一遍问题,把问题中的关键词圈出来,然后再去粗略的读一遍文章。在读的时候,不用做到每个单词都看懂,每句话都能翻译出来。只要对文章大致上有一个了解就够了,这样文章的main idea也就出来了。
要注意的是,在读到觉得跟所问问题有关联的句子的时候,可以先用笔把句子勾出来,在上边标记上有关联的问题的题号,然后接着往下读。
3、精读问题和所标记的句子
读完通篇的同时,也把跟问题有关的的句子画出来了,这个时候再去精读标记的句子,仔细研究问题和跟问题有关的句子,琢磨其意思,尽量做到胸有成竹,然后再回答每一个问题。
『肆』 2019年6月大学英语四级阅读理解训练三篇
2019年6月大学英语四级阅配歼读理解培猛冲训练:梦
Of all the components of a good night's sleep, dreams seem to be least within our control. In dreams, a window opens into a world where logic is suspended and dead people speak. A century ago, Freud formulated his revolutionary theory that dreams were the disguised shadows of our unconscious desires and fears; by thelate 1970s, neurologists had switched to thinking of them as just "mental noise"-the random byprocts of the neural repair work that goes on ring sleep. Now researchers suspect that dreams are part of the mind's emotional thermostat, regulating moods while the brain is "off line." And one leading authority says that these intensely powerful mental events can be not only harnessed but actually brought under conscious control, to help us sleep and feel better. "It's your dream," says Rosalind Cartwright, chair of psychologyat Chicago's Medical Center, "if you don't like it, change it."
he link between dreams and emotions shows up among the patients in Cartwright's clinic. Most people seem to have more bad dreams early in the night, progressing toward happier ones before awakening, suggesting that they are working through negative feelings generated ring the day. Because our conscious mind is occupied with daily life we don't always think about the emotional significance of the day's events-until, it appears, we begin to dream.
知脊And this process need not be left to the unconscious. Cartwright believes one can exercise conscious control over recurring bad dreams. As soon as you awaken, identify what is upsetting about the dream. Visualizehow you would like it to end instead; the next time it occurs, try to wake up just enough to control its course. With much practice people can learn to, literally, do it in their sleep.
At the end of the day, there's probably little reason to pay attention to our dreams at all unless they keep us from sleeping or "we wake up in panic," Cartwright says. Terrorism, economic uncertainties and general feelings of insecurity have increased people's anxiety. Those suffering from persistent nightmares should seek help from a therapist. For the rest of us, the brain has its ways of working through bad feelings.Sleep-or rather dream-on it and you'll feel better in the morning.
练习题:
Choose correct answers to the question:
1.By saying that “dreams are part of the mind's emotional thermostat," (Lines 4-5, Para. 1) the researchers mean that _______.
A.we can think logically in the dreams too
B.dreams can be brought under conscious control
C.dreams represent our unconscious desires and fears
D.dreams can help us keep our mood comparatively stable
2.What did Cartwright find in her clinic?
A.Most bad dreams were followed by happier ones.
B.Divorced couples usually have more bad dreams.
C.One’s dreaming process is related to his emotion.
D.People having negative feelings dream more often.
3.Cartwright believed with much practice,we can learn to _____.
A.control what dreams to dream
B.sleep well without any dreams
C.wake up in time to stop the bad dreams
D.identify what is upsetting about the dreams
4.The author points out that a person who has constant bad dreams should ______
A.learn to control his dreams
B.consult a doctor
C.sleep and dream on it
D.get rid of anxiety first
5.The author most probably thinks that controlling dreams is ______.
A.a good practice
B.a new discovery
C.helpful for everyone
D.not essential for everyone
参考答案及解析
1.[D] 词义理解题。在第1段第4句中,逗号后面的regulating moods是对emotional thermostat的功能进行解释说明,因此可以推断出选项D正确。
2.[C] 事实细节题。最具干扰的是选项A,因为其陈述与第2段第2句的陈述有点相似,但是,此长句说的是大多数人上半夜做噩梦,之后都会做好梦,而不是像选项A中所说大多数噩梦之后是好梦。而且,根据本段第1 句,很明显,选项C是这一句的近义替换。
3 [C] 推理判断题。本题考査对代词的理解。在第3段的最后一句中,代词it应指上文说到的控制噩梦,及时醒来等做法,因此只有选项C涉及了其中一个做法。选项A太泛了,选项B和D在文中并无提及。
4.[B] 事实细节题。本题考查根据构词法猜测词义的能力。解题关键是推断最后一段第3句中therapist的意义,在考纲词汇表中,therapy是“治疗”的意思,因此,therapist应该是专门负责某种治疗的医生,由此可见,选项B是对原文seek help from a therapist的近义替换。
5.[D] 观点态度题。根据最后一句可以推断作者认为如无必要,梦还是不要控制的好。做梦会让你早上感觉舒服一些,因此本题应选D。
2019年6月大学英语四级阅读理解训练:机器人跳舞
The dancers stand motionless at their position and the room grows silent. But as the music starts, they began to move, bending, turning and waving their fans gracefully as they perform. a traditional Japanese dance. Yoshihiro Kuroki watches in silence, occasionally making notes. But as the dance ends, he beams with happiness. The performance has been flawless.
There have been many performances of traditional Japanese dances over the centuries, but this one is unique,because it is performed not by human dancers but by robots. And the performance takes place not in a dance studio but in a laboratory of Sony Corp.'s Entertainment Robot Co. in Shinagawa, Japan, where Kuroki isgeneral manager. He is the mastermind behind a series of even more capable humanoid entertainment robots,starting with the Sony Dream Robot, or SDR, in 1997, up to the current QRIO in 2003.
These delightful machines are only 58 cm tall, about the size of a newborn infant, weigh about 7 kg, and move with 38 degrees of freedom, each with its own servomotor(辅助马达).
QRIO's predecessor, the SDR4X, announced in 2002, can walk, dance, sing, speak, recognize faces, and understand continuous speech. Each robot has two charge-coupled-device cameras to detect color and position andcan locate a colored ball, move toward it, and kick it into a goal. It also has contact sensors in severaljoints to avoid pinching real human fingers. Seeing the robot perform, it is difficult to remember that there is no sentience(知觉)behind those glass eyes.
练习题:
Choose correct answers to the question:
1.Which of the following is the most suitable title of this passage?
A.New Entertainment Robots Proced in Japan.
B.QRIO the Robot Dancers.
C.Robots Man's Best Friend.
D.An Extraordinary Performance in Sony's Lab.
2.Yoshihiro Kuroki ______.
A.is excited when the robots are performing a traditional Japanese dance
B.keeps silent because he is a little unsatisfied with the new proct
C.witnesses the creation of a series of entertainment robots
D.is an executive manager of Sony Corp.
3.Which aspect of the robots is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A.The vividness of their motion.
B.Their pleasant appearance.
C.Their smart designing principles.
D.Their communicative ability.
4.The Sony Dream Robot was___
A.the first human-like entertainment robot developed by the Sony Corp
B.as capable as the QRIO of speaking,dancing,singing and walking
C.largest among all the entertainment robot developed by the Sony Corp
D.the first entertainment robot sold at the market by the Sony Corp
5.The robot can locate colored balls by mens of ____
A.a charge-coupled device
B.two cameras
C.two contacts sensors
D.a digital detector
参考答案及解析
1.[A] 主旨大意题。标题需要既全面又突出地概括文章的主题。本文先是描述“舞蹈演员”,然后揭晓这是些“机器人”(第2段第1句),接着对Sony公司的一些机器人产品进行详细介绍。选项A比较全面地概括了文章内容。选项B、D只是涉及细节,不能全面地概括本文的内容。而C又过于笼统,不具有针对性。
2.[C] 事实细节题。选项C符合第2段最后一句“He is the mastermind behind a series of... robots...”。仔细阅读有关的细节信息会发现,第1段第3句可帮助否定选项A。第1段最后两句可帮助否定选项B。另外,根据第2段倒数第2句可否定选项D。
3.[D] 事实细节题。全文分四段,分别讨论机器人三方面的特点:第1段和第2段描述机器人舞蹈演员栩栩如生的表演,即选项A;第3段描写它们的外表,即选项B;第4段介绍它们巧妙的设计,即选项C;只有选项D是没有提到的,故为答案。
4.[A] 推理判断题。该句中的分词结构“starting with...”表明the Sony Dream Robot是第一个人形娱乐机器人,因此选项A正确。文章在最后一段的第1句提到两种能说话、跳舞的机器人,但没有提到SDR是否和它们一样,由此可否定选项B。在第3段讨论机器人大小的时候也没有提到SDR体型最大,因此选项C不正确。选项D在文中没有讨论到。
5.[B] 事实细节题。该句中“two…cameras to...”的结构表明这两个摄像头可以用于定位,所以选项B正确。选项A在该句中也有提到,但它只是摄像机的工作机制,而不是用于定位的装置。选项C在下一句提到,但与题干提到的定位功能无关。选项D在文中并未提及。
2019年6月大学英语四级阅读理解训练:决定婴儿性别
Henry III didn't know much about biology. He went through six wives back in the 1500s, looking for one whocould bear him a son. Scientists now know that it's the father's sperm, not the mother's egg, which determines whether a baby is a boy or a girl. And last week researchers at the Genetics and IVF Institute, a private fertility(生育能力)center in Virginia, announced a new technique that will allow parents to choose the sex of their baby-to-be, before it has even been conceived. The scientist used a tiny laser detector to measure the DNA in millions of sperm cells as they pass single file through a narrow tube, like cattle being herded through a corral(牲口栏). In a study published last week, "girl sperm," which has more DNA—the genetic material— in each cell, was collected, while "boy sperm" was discarded. And when purified girl sperm was used to impregnate(使受孕)a group of mothers, 15 of 17 resulting babies turned out to be girls.
The researchers say that "sex selection" can also double a mother's chance of having a son and can be usedto avoid genetic diseases that affect only one gender, such as hemophilia(血友病). But some experts, like New York University fertility specialist Dr. Jamie Grifo, worry that sex selection could lead to a kind ofin uteri(子宫)discrimination, especially in cultures where sons are considered superior to daughters. "It's valuing one gender' over another," Grifo says. "I don't think that's something we should be doing." So far, patients at the institute have been asking for both boys and girls, in order to "balance" their families. And some ethics experts say that's fine, as long as parents are just looking for a little gender variety. "If you have three boys, and you want a girl," says University of Texas reproctive-law professor John Robertson, "that's not gender bias at all."
练习题:
Choose correct answers to the question:
1.The DNA in the sperm cells can be measured ______.
A.in the same way how the cattle are herded
B.when they pass through a tube one behind the other
C.after they pass through a laser tube
D.when they are scanned by a laser detector all at a time
2.The gender of the baby is decided by ______.
A.the father's DNA
B.the mother's DNA
C.the father's sperm
D.the mother's egg
3.According to this passage, the practice of "sex selection" ______.
A.can help to prevent all genetic problems
B.is totally unacceptable to ethics experts
C.was already realized five hundred years ago
D.will benefit families with certain inheritable diseases
4.Girl sperm was preferred to boy sperm in the research most probably because____
A.girl sperm contains more genetic material
B.more mother want to have girl babies
C.girl sperm is healthier and more active
D.girl sperm is more easily purified
5.It can be concluded from the passage that author’s toward”sex selection”is____
A.negative
B.positive
C.neutral
D.favorable
参考答案及解析
1.[B] 推理判断题。解答本题的关键在于推断single file的意思。该句把精子通过试管的情形与牛群被赶入牲口圈的情形作对比,结合single一词本身的意思,可以推断single file是“一个接一个”的意思,只有选项B能表达这个意思,由此也可否定选项D。选项A最具干扰性,原句是把精子通过试管的情形比作牛群被赶人牲口圈的情形,而选项A说的是测定精子内DNA的方法与放牧的方法相同,显然选项A只是引用了原文的某些词语,但表达的意思与原文却截然不同。
2.[C] 事实细节题。第1段第3句which引导的非限制性定语从句修饰的是the father's sperm,而不是插入语the mother’s egg,因此选项C正确。
3.[D] 推理判断题。第2段第1句中的genetic暗示有些疾病是遗传的,即如选项D所述。第2段第1句同时表明选项A的说法是不全面的。选项B与第2段最后两句正好相反。第1段前两句说明选项C是错误的。
4.[A] 事实细节题。第1段倒数第2句中的由which引导的定语从句表明选项A的叙述正确。
5.[C] 观点态度题。文章第2段中作者给出了一些反对者和赞成者的观点,但是没有加以评论,可以看出作者的态度是中立的,故选项C正确。
『伍』 英语四级阅读题的阅读方法和技巧
四级英语考试的阅读理解有多重要,可能大家都有所了解。很多学生在做四级真题的时候,就主要去感受这些阅读理解题型。当然很多人觉得这个题型并不容易攻克,其实大学英语四级阅读理解也是有技巧的,下面是我整理的详细内容,希望对大家有所帮助!
四级阅读题的阅读方法与技巧
1. 做题步骤:50%—50%法
文章内容多,信息量大,题文不同序,对考生的短时记忆是一大考验,考生可以采用此方法进行应对,具体为:
第一步先读文章前1~4段,获取文章大意,并提炼所读段落的核心意思(英文关键词)。
第二步浏览5个题干(不一定是前5题),画出每个题干句子的核心词(注意可能并非是定位词),初步判断与所做迟消读段落是否匹配。
第三步画出剩下未匹配题干的核心词,并与剩下的文章交替阅读,直至做完。
四级真题中,至少3道题可在初步阅读文章后得出答案。
2. 语句核心词提炼的方法
语句核心词提炼是英文阅读的必备技能之一,是提高阅读效率的必经途径。
要想获得该能力,需要考生在明白基本原理的基础上,配以大量练习,但这一能力确实值得考生花大力气训练。
简单说来,这一方法有些类似于缩句练习。
比如某年四级考试真题中的第47题,在做题时可以在句子上快速画出其核心主干:
Airbnb’s success clearly illustrates the emergence of a huge sharing economy.
因此可以简化为Airbnb’s success…a huge sharing economy,方便在做题时查找和进行短时记忆。
3. 干扰段落排除的方法
有时会出现连续两个或两个以上段落讲述同一问题的现象,这时就需要考生在提炼语句核心词的时候,要准确和全面。
比如某年四级考试真题中的第52题:
Airbnb is a website that enables owners and renters to complete transactions online.
该句的核心词除了Airbnb,website以外,还包括online,如果只画出核心词Airbnb和website,则会误选[B]段,原文的[A]段和[B]段均提到了Airbnb的问题。
一般来说,这种题型的干扰段落多为临近的上下段,因此考生可在这一范围内进行区分。
4. 关键词同义转换的方法
同义转换的方法包括:改变词性、意思相同或相近的词或词组、反义词或词组、句式的变换、语态的转换等。
例如某年四级考试真题中的第55题:
Sharing appeals to the sociable in that they can meet new people.
显然,语句核心词appeals to是[F]段中charm的同义转述;meet new people与meeting new people相对应。
英语四级题型与分值
1、写作(考试时间:30分钟)106.5分
测试内容:写作;题型:短文写作;题目数量:1;分值比例:15%。
2、听力理解(考试时间:25分钟)248.5分
测试内容:断篇新闻;题型:选择题(单选题);题目数量:7;分值比例:7%;每小题7.1分。
测试内容:长对话;题型:选择题(单选题);题目数量:8;分值比例:8%; 每小题7.1分。
测试内容:听力篇章;题型:选择题(单选题);题目数量:10;分值比例:20%。;每小题14.2分。
3、阅读理解(考试时间:40分钟)248.5分
测试内容:词汇理解;题型:选词填空;题目数量:10;分值比例:5%;每小题3.55分
测试内容:长篇阅读;题型:匹配;题目数量:10;分值比例:10%;每小题7.1分。
测试内旦蔽容:仔细阅读;题型:选择题(单选题);题目数量:10;分值比例:20%;每小题14.2分。
4、翻译(考试时间:30分钟)纯知106.5分
测试内容:汉译英;题型:段落翻译 ;题目数量:1;分值比例:15%。
『陆』 大学英语四级阅读理解概述3
例6
One of the most important weapons used ring the Second World War was not a weapon used against people, but rather a drug used against disease. The wartime use of penicillin(青霉素)saved thousands of lives. In the First World War, for example, pneumonia (肺炎)was responsible for 18% of all the deaths in the United States army. In the Second World War, the rate went down to less than 1%. In addition, penicillin was helpful in keeping wounds from getting infected and in helping to speed the healing process of those wounds that did become infected.
Q: What was the pneumonia death rate of all the deaths in the United States army ring the Second World War?
A) About 18%.
B) No more than 1%.
C) 1%.
D) About 17%.
该段短文中句子的逻辑功能可链郑划分如下:第一句为主题引介句。第二句“在战时使用青霉素挽救了几千条人命”,应为主题句。余下三句为支撑主题的陈述细节的句子:
承接语for example提示,第三句为例解性的细节;第四句具有与之对比的含义,可视为同一细节;in addition是增补性的承接语,提示第五句为另一个细节。
显然,答案为B),二战其间美军中死于肺炎的人“不到百分之一”,选项用了”no more than ”,等同于原文的“less than”。
3.1.3 区分事实和棚租颂看法(Distinguishing Between Facts and Opinions)
事实是直接陈述的客观事实,而看法则分为作者明说的型圆看法或暗指的意思两种。
例 7
I remember thinking there was something absurdly melodramatic about screaming “Help, help!” at eight on a Tuesday evening in December and changing my plea to the more specific “Help, let me in, please let me in!” But the houses were cold, closed, unfriendly, and I ran on until I heard Jeremy’s screams behind me announcing that our attackers had fled.
The neighbors who had not opened their doors to us came out with baseball bats and helped Jeremy find his glasses and keys. In a group they were very brave. We waited for the cops to come until someone said to someone else that the noodles were getting cold, and I said politely, “Please go and eat. We’re O.K.”
I was happy to see them go. -------
这两段短文选自上外教出版社出版的《大学英语精读》第二册第七课《全靠运气》。
文中讲到作者某夜在住所附近遇到持枪歹徒,大声呼救,而邻居们却装聋作哑。待作者侥幸逃脱,歹徒亦逃去无踪后,邻居们才装模作样出来“帮忙”。
第一段中的“The houses were --- closed,” 是事实,而“The houses were cold, --- unfriendly,” 是作者的观点。第二段的第一句“The neighbors who had not opened their doors to us came out with baseball bats---”是事实,而“In a group they were very brave.”是作者的观点。还有,第二段的“--- someone said to someone else that the noodles were getting cold,” 也是事实,而第三段的“I was happy to see them go.”是作者的观点。当然,这里指出的都是作者直白的观点,而作者隐含的观点是:邻居们既懦弱、自私、和冷漠,又十分虚伪。
3.1.4 进行推论(Making Inferences)
在理解阅读材料的主旨大意及抓住其重要细节时,还需具备获得文章或句子所表达的隐含信息的能力,对所读内容进行一定的引申和推理。往往可以从作者带有感情色彩的语气、措辞等文体特征推断出作者的观点、态度、写作目的、文章风格和基调。
例8
Worldwide fame burst upon Albert Einstein on November 7, 1919, when British astronomers announced they found the first confirmation of Einstein’s general relativity theory. Einstein had already become known in scientific circles because of his two astonishing theories: the special theory of relativity, published in 1905 when he was only 26 and a minor clerk in the Swiss patent(专利)office, and the general theory of relativity, advanced between 1913 and 1915. He was considered so brilliant by other scientists that in 1914 he was invited to join the famous Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences and to become head of the research branch at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute. He accepted the offer and moved to Berlin.
Q: It can be inferred from the passage that the author ________.
A) is critical about Einstein
B) is indifferent to Einstein’s achievement
C) doesn’t think highly of Einstein
D) praises Einstein highly
本文简略地记叙了爱因斯坦获得学术成就和声望的经历。尽管短文没有直接陈述作者对爱因斯坦的评论,但从某些记叙的措辞中仍可窥见作者对爱因斯坦的称颂,如Worldwide fame burst upon---(---声震全球),--- so brilliant--- that---(---才华横溢---以致)等。由此可知,答案应为D),作者“高度评价爱因斯坦”。其余三项均不合作者的态度。
3.1.5 作结论(Drawing Conclusions)
要根据上下文的逻辑关系,有理有据地推断结论。结论应基于文章中的事实和证据,
而不是基于读者自己的观点和喜好。
『柒』 大学英语四级仔细阅读训练题和答案
下面是我整理的,希望对大家有帮助。
When one looks back upon the fifteen hundred years that are the life span of the English language, he should be able to notice a number of significant truths. The history of our language has always been a history of constant change—at times a slow, almost imperceptible change, at other times a violent collision between two languages. Our language has always been a living growing organi *** , it has never been static. Another significant truth that emerges from such a study is that language at all times has been the possession not of one class or group but of many. 『At one extreme it has been the property of the mon, ignorant folk, who have used it in the daily business of their living, much as they have used their animals or the kitchen pots and pans.』① At the other extreme it has been the treasure of those who have respected it as an instrument and a sign of civilization, and who have struggled by writing it down to give it some permanence, order, dignity, and if possible, a little beauty.
As we consider our changing language, we should note here two developments that are of special and immediate importance to us. One is that since the time of the Anglo-Saxons there has been an almost plete reversal of the different devices for showing the relationship of words in a sentence. Anglo-Saxon ***old English*** was a language of many inflections. Modern English has few inflections. We must now depend largely on word order and function words to convey the meanings that the older language did by means of changes in the forms of words. Function words, you should understand, are words such as prepositions, conjunctions, and a few others that are used primarily to show relationships among other words. A few inflections, however, have survived. And when some word inflections e into conflict with word order, there may be trouble for the users of the language, as we shall see later when we turn our attention to such maters as WHO or WHOM and ME or I. The second fact we must consider is that as language itself changes, our attitudes toward language forms change also. 『The eighteenth century, for example, proced from various sources a tendency to fix the language into patterns not always set in and grew, until at the present time there is a strong tendency to restudy and re-evaluate language practices in terms of the ways in which people speak and write.』②
1.In contrast to the earlier linguists, modern linguists tend to .
A. attempt to continue the standardization of the language
B. evaluate language practices in terms of current speech rather than standards or proper patterns
C. be more concerned about the improvement of the language than its *** ysis or history
D. be more aware of the rules of the language usage
2.Choose the appropriate meaning for the word “inflection” used in line 4 of paragraph 2.
A. Changes in the forms of words.
B. Changes in sentence structures.
C. Changes in spelling rules.
D. Words that have similar meanings.
3.Which of the following statements is not mentioned in the passage? A. It is generally believed that the year 1500 can be set as the beginning of the modern English language.
B. Some other languages had great influence on the English language at some stages of its development.
C. The English language has been and still in a state of relatively constant change.
D. Many classes or groups have contributed to the development of the English language.
4. The author of these paragraphs is probably a***an*** .
A. historian B. philosopher C. anthropologist D. linguist
5.Which of the following can be best used as the title of the passage? A. The history of the English language.
B. Our changing attitude towards the English language.
C. Our changing language.
D. Some characteristics of modern English.
Vocabulary
1. span n. 跨度,范围,一段时间,期间
2. imperceptible adj. 感觉不到的,觉察不到的,极细微的
3. organi *** n. 生物体,有机体
4. possession n. 拥有,占有,领土,领地
5. ignorant adj. 无知的 6. folk n. 人们,民族
7. permanence n. 永久,持久
8. Anglo-Saxons n. 盎格鲁—撒克逊语,盎格鲁—撒克逊人,地道的 英国人
9. reversal n. 颠倒,反向,逆转 10. inflection n. 词尾变化
11. preposition n. 前置词,介词
12. conjunction n. 联合,关联,连线词
13. in terms of 根据,按照,用……的话,在……方面
长难句解析
①【解析】“who”引导非限制性定语从句,修饰“the mon, ignorant folk”。“much as”引导状语从句。“kitchen pots and pans”意为“锅碗瓢盆”。【译文】一方面它是那些普通人甚至无知民众的财产,他们每天都像使唤他们的牲畜和锅碗瓢盆一样用着语言。
②【解析】 此句为一个复合倒装句。“until”引导一个并列句,前一句的主语是“a tendency”,“to fix the language into patterns not always set in and grew”作“tendency”的定语,第二句的主语也是“a tendency”,
“to”后面的句子作“tendency”的定语,“in which”引导的定语从句修饰“ways”。 【译文】例如在18世纪一种产生于各种来源的趋势把语言固定在一个不常使用和不利于语言发展的模式中,而到了当今,主流是要反复研究、评价人们说话、写作中的语言实践。
答案与详解
【短文大意】本文主要讲述英语演变过程的一些特点,指出了古英语与现代英语的不同,以及语言学家对待语言形式的态度的变化。
1.B细节题。根据题干回原文中定位,阅读文章时注意首末段及各段开头的句子,这往往都是考点所在。这篇文章讲的主要是英语语言演变的一些特点,指出了古英语与现代英语的不同,以及语言学家态度的转变。本题问的正是现代语言学家与早期语言学家不同的倾向。根据文章末尾The eighteenth century, for example, proced from various sources a tendency to fix the language into patterns not always set in and grew, until at the present time there is a strong tendency to restudy and re-evaluate language practices in terms of the ways in which people speak and write. 现代语言学家倾向于根据人们说和写的方式评价语言实践,而不是像早期的语言学家根据一定的模式评价语言。选项B符合文章的意思。
2.A词汇题。要根据上下文的资讯判断单词的意思。文章在第二段中间再次提到inflection时说,A few inflections, however, have survived. 后面文章又举了WHO/WHOM和ME/I为例说明inflection,这是一篇关于语言学的文章,从例子可以看出inflection的意思应该是“单词的变形”,选项A正确。
3.A细节题。根据文章的内容,选项A“普遍认为1500年是现代英语的起点”在文章中没有提及,故为正确答案。文章第二句说The history of our language has always been a history of constant change - at times a slow, almost imperceptible change, at other times a violent collision between two languages. 我们语言的历史是一个不断变化的历史——在一些时间里缓慢得几乎难以察觉,在另一些时间里则是两种语言的激烈碰撞。由此可以推断一些其他的语言对英语的发展有重大影响,选项B符合文章的意思。
4.D词汇题。此题考查考生的推测能力和词汇量,文章讲述的是英国语言演进的具体细节,最适当的答案应该是D。作者很可能是一位语言学家。A答案***历史学家***和C答案***人类学家***也可以有点迷惑性。B答案***哲学家***是最不符合的。
5.C主旨题。本文从各个方面谈及英语作为一种语言的发展变化,但并不是讲述英语的历史。所以选项A不对,选项C作为文章的题目最为贴切。选项B只是文章阐述的一个方面,不够全面。文章是在谈到英语的不断变化的时候谈到了现代英语的一些特点,所以选项D也失之于片面。
Culture is one of the most challenging elements of the international marketplace. 『This system of learned behavior patterns characteristic of the members of a given society is constantly shaped by a set of dynamic variables: language, religion, values and attitudes, manners and customs, aesthetics, technology, ecation, and social institutions.』① To cope with this system, an international manager needs both factual and interpretive knowledge of culture. To some extent, the factual knowledge can be learned; its interpretation es only through experience.
The most plicated problems in dealing with the cultural environment stem from the fact that one cannot learn culture—one has to live it. Two schools of thought exist in the business world on how to deal with cultural diversity. One is that business is business the world around, following the model of Pepsi and McDonald’s. In some cases, globalization is a fact of life; however, cultural differences are still far from converging.
The other school proposes that panies must tailor business approaches to indivial cultures. Setting up policies and proceres in each country has been pared to an organ transplant; the critical question centers around acceptance or rejection. The major challenge to the international manager is to make sure that rejection is not a result of cultural myopia or even blindness.
Fortune examined the international performance of a dozen large panies that earn 20 percent or more of their revenue overseas. The internationally successful panies all share an important quality: patience. They have not rushed into situations but rather built their operations carefully by following the most basic business principles. These principles are to know your adversary, know your audience, and know your customer.
1. According to the passage, which of the following is true?
A. All international managers can learn culture.
B. Business diversity is not necessary.
C. Views differ on how to treat culture in business world.
D. Most people do not know foreign culture well.
2. According to the author, the model of Pepsi .
A. is in line with the theories of the school advocating the business is business the world around
B. is different from the model of McDonald’s
C. shows the reverse of globalization
D. has converged cultural differences
3. The two schools of thought .
A. both propose that panies should tailor business approaches to indivial cultures
B. both advocate that different policies be set up in different countries C. admit the existence of cultural diversity in business world
D. Both A and B
4. This article is supposed to be most useful for those .
A. who are interested in researching the topic of cultural diversity
B. who have connections to more than one type of culture
C. who want to travel abroad
D. who want to run business on International Scale
5. According to Fortune, successful international panies .
A. earn 20 percent or more of their revenue overseas
B. all have the quality of patience
C. will follow the overseas local cultures
D. adopt the policy of internationalization
Vocabulary
1. dynamic adj. 动态的 2. variable n. 变数
aesthetics n. 美学 4. factual adj. 事实的
5. interpretative adj. 解释的 6. converge v. 聚合
7. transplant v. 移植8. myopia n. 近视 9. adversary n. 对手
长难句解析
①【解析】此句虽然很长,但考生只要认清它的主干,就很容易了解本句的意思。这个句子为一个简单句,主语为:“this system”,谓语为“is shaped”。
【译文】特定社会成员特点构成的行为方式体系不断地被一系列动态变数所左右:如语言、信仰、价值与态度、礼仪与风俗、审美、技术、教育及社会体制。
答案与详解
【短文大意】本文主要讲述文化背景对商业运作的影响,文中列举了商界中存在的对于文化多样性的两种观点。
C推断题。意为“对在商业中怎样对待文化有着不同意见”。 文化在商业中是一个很具挑战性的因素。不同的国家与地区可能会有不同的文化体系。在商业中,应该怎样对待不同的文化,商业界存在着不同的看法。
2. A细节题。意为“……与同意世界商业一体化的派别的主张是一致的”。 Pepsi采纳的是国际化的商业风格,这与那些主张国际化的派别的意见是相一致的。
3. C推断题。意为“承认商业世界中文化的多元性”。两个派别都承认商业世界中文化的多元性。他们的不同在于,应该对待不同的文化,应该搞国际化还是对不同的文化采取不同的策略。
4. D主旨题。由文中的例子可以知道,作者主要关心的并不是研究多种文化形态,而是文化背景对商业运作的影响。所以D是正确答案。
5. B细节题。意为“都具有耐心这一素质”。并非所有成功的国际公司的海外收入都占总收入的20%或以上。它们也不一定全都接纳海外的当地文化,或是采纳国际化策略。
『捌』 四级考试英语阅读理解精选题附答案
阅读题在英语四级考试中一直占有相当大的比重,因而加强英语阅读的训练尤为重要。下面我为大家带来四级考试英语阅读理解精选题,供考生阅读练习。
四级考试英语阅读理解精选题***一***
munications technologies are far from equal when it es to conveying the truth. The first study to pare honesty across a range of munication media has fund that people are twice as likely to tell lies in phone conversations as they are in emails. The fact that emails are automatically recorded—and can e back to haunt ***困扰*** you—appears to be the key to the finding.
Jeff Hancock of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, asked 30 students to keep a munications diary for a week. In it they noted the number of conversations or email exchanges they had lasting more than 10 minutes, and confessed to how many lies they told. Hancock then worked out the number of lies per conversation for each medium. He found that lies made up 14 per cent of emails, 21 per cent of instant messages, 27 per cent of face-to-face interactions and an astonishing 37 per cent of phone calls.
His results to be presented at the conference on human-puter interaction in Vienna, Austria, in April, have surprised psychologists. Some expected emailers to be the biggest liars, reasoning that because deception makes people unfortable, the detachment ***非直接接触*** of emailing would make it easier to lie. Others expected people to lie more in face-to-face exchanges because we are most practised at that form of munication.
But Hancock says it is also crucial whether a conversation is being recorded and could be reread, and whether it occurs in real time. People appear to be afraid to lie when they know the munication could later be used to hold them to account, he says. This is why fewer lies appear in email than on the phone.
People are also more likely to lie in real time—in a instant message or phone call, say—than if they have time to think of a response, says Hancock. He found many lies are spontaneous ***脱口而出的*** responses to an unexpected demand, such as: “Do you like my dress?”
Hancock hopes his research will help panies work our the best ways for their employees to municate. For instance, the phone might be the best medium foe sales where employees are encouraged to stretch the truth. But, given his result, work asses *** ent where honesty is a priority, might be best done using email.
57. Hancock’s study focuses on ________.
A*** the consequences of lying in various munications media
B*** the success of munications technologies in conveying ideas
C*** people are less likely to lie in instant messages
D*** people’s honesty levels across a range of munications media
58. Hancock’s research finding surprised those who believed that ________.
A*** people are less likely to lie in instant messages
B*** people are unlikely to lie in face-to-face interactions
C*** people are most likely to lie in email munication
D*** people are twice as likely to lie in phone conversations
59. According to the passage, why are people more likely to tell the truth through certain media of munication?
A*** They are afraid of leaving behind traces of their lies.
B*** They believe that honesty is the best policy.
C*** They tend to be relaxed when using those media.
D*** They are most practised at those forms of munication.
60. According to Hancock the telephone is a preferable medium for promoting sales because ________.
A*** sale *** en can talk directly to their customers
B*** sale *** en may feel less restrained to exaggerate
C*** sale *** en can impress customers as being trustworthy
D*** sale *** en may pass on instant messages effectively
61. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.
A*** honesty should be encouraged in interpersonal munications
B*** more employers will use emails to municate with their employees
C*** suitable media should be chosen for different munication purposes
D*** email is now the dominant medium of munication within a pany
四级考试英语阅读理解精选题答案
57. D 58. A 59. A 60.B 61. C
四级考试英语阅读理解精选题***二***
As we have seen, the focus of medical care in our society has been shifting from curing disease to preventing disease—especially in terms of changing our many unhealthy behaviors, such as poor eating habits, *** oking, and failure to exercise. The line of thought involved in this shift can be pursued further. Imagine a person who is about the right weight, but does not eat very nutritious ***有营养的*** foods, who feels OK but exercises only occasionally, who goes to work every day, but is not an outstanding worker, who drinks a few beers at home most nights but does not drive while drunk, and who has no chest pains or abnormal blood counts, but sleeps a lot and often feels tired. This person is not ill. He may not even be at risk for any particular disease. But we can imagine that this person could be a lot healthier.
The field of medicine has not traditionally distinguished between someone who is merely “not ill” and someone who is in excellent health and pays attention to the body’s special needs. Both types have simply been called “well.” In recent years, however, some health specialists have begun to apply the terms “well” and “wellness” only to those who are actively striving to maintain and improve their health. People who are well are concerned with nutrition and exercise, and they make a point of monitoring their body’s
condition. Most important, perhaps, people who are well take active responsibility for all matters related to their health. Even people who have a physical disease or handicap ***缺陷*** may be “well,” in this new sense, if they make an effort to maintain the best possible health they can in the face of their physical limitations. “Wellness” may perhaps best be viewed not as a state that people can achieve, but as an ideal that people can strive for. People who are well are likely to be better able to resist disease and to fight disease when it strikes. And by focusing attention on healthy ways of living, the concept of wellness can have a beneficial impact on the ways in which people face the challenges of daily life.
62. Today medical care is placing more stress on ________.
A*** keeping people in a healthy physical condition
B*** monitoring patients’ body functions
C*** removing people’s bad living habits
D*** ensuring people’s psychological well-being
63. In the first paragraph, people are reminded that ________.
A*** good health is more than not being ill
B*** drinking, even if not to excess, could be harmful
C*** regular health checks are essential to keeping fit
D*** prevention is more difficult than cure
64. Traditionally, a person is considered “well” if he ________.
A*** does not have any unhealthy living habits
B*** does not have any physical handicaps
C*** is able to handle his daily routines
D*** is free from any kind of disease
65. According to the author, the true meaning of “wellness” is for people ________.
A*** to best satisfy their body’s special needs
B*** to strive to maintain the best possible health
C*** to meet the strictest standards of bodily health
D*** to keep a proper balance between work and leisure
66. According to what the author advocates, which of the following groups of people would be considered healthy?
A*** People who have strong muscles as well as slim figures.
B*** People who are not presently experiencing any symptoms of disease.
C*** People who try to be as possible, regardless of their limitations.
D*** People who can recover from illness even without seeking medical care.
四级考试英语阅读理解精选题答案
62. C 63. B 64. D 65.B 66. C
『玖』 四级英语阅读理解解题技巧及分析
四级英语阅读理解解题技巧及分析如下:
第一步,读题干并找出关键词。由于仔细阅读的文章较长县考试时间有限,建议太家先从读题开始,明白题丛饥目问的是什么了,再到文章中找答案。
第三步,仔细分析定位段落内容,选择正确选项。找出定位段落后,大家就可以开始对照选项了,排除干扰项,腊郑明选出与原文表达一致的选项即可。需轮告要大家注意的是,选项中可能会出现同义替换的情况,如用教高级的词汇替换原文中出现的词汇,此时就需要大家用到平时的积累,并仔细对比、分析了。
那么对于无法定位到特定段落的主旨大意题,同学们要如何处理呢?其实我们同样不需要阅读完整篇文章,一般只需阅读每段的首、尾句就可以知道每一段的大意,整合起来也就知道全文大意了。