新视野大学英语 Reading Unit 3- 4 (编号：ReadingUnit3-4).docx

Part 1 Multiple Choice(每小题：1 分)Directions: Choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.1.This diploma (毕业文凭) _ that you have completed high school.A. entitlesB. certifiesC. securesD. approves2.If the rain doesnt stop, people will be faced _ serious flooding.A. toB. aboutC. withD. by3.The article _ Chinas educational achievements during the past 20 years and outlined its development plans for the new century.A. predictedB. witnessedC. highlightedD. intensified4.The manager promised to have my complaint _.A. looked throughB. looked intoC. looked overD. looked after5.He is watching TV? Hes _ to be cleaning his room.A. knownB. supposedC. regardedD. considered6.I have already commented that colours will not show up unless the _ of the light is sufficiently great.A. intensityB. densityC. intentionD. temperature7.It is well-known that the retired workers in our country are _ free medical care.A. involvedB. associated withC. entitled toD. assigned to8._ I admit there are problems, I dont agree that they can not be solved.A. AsB. WhileC. ForD. Despite9.No educational system is perfect. Each one has its _.A. bordersB. frontiersC. limitsD. limitations10.The editor _ the article to make it fit the space available in a magazine.A. cut downB. cut offC. cut awayD. cut out11.To say that someones work is not good is to find fault _ it.A. ofB. onC. atD. with12.We must _ that the telegram arrives in time.A. secureB. ensureC. assureD. cure13.No matter how hard he tried, he couldnt get the _ of his opponent.A. superiorityB. betterC. victoryD. best14.The businessmen are _ over the sale of the diamonds.A. arguingB. discussingC. bargainingD. negotiating15.Id like to take _ of this opportunity to thank you all for your co-operation.A. askedB. benefitC. occasionD. advantage16.He does not _ his workmates and there are often disagreements between them.A. go on withB. put up withC. get along withD. keep up with17.Although the pay is not good, people usually find social work _ in other ways.A. payableB. respectfulC. gratefulD. rewarding18.Im in no _ this evening to listen to popular music.A. feelingB. attitudeC. moodD. tendency19.Jack will _ his nervousness once hes in front of the camera.A. get awayB. get offC. get throughD. get over20.I didnt know what to do but then an idea suddenly _ to me.A. happenedB. enteredC. occurredD. hit21.He has been _ of murdering the Japanese visitor.A. blamedB. chargedC. accusedD. arrested22.Weve _ salt. Ask Mrs. Jones to lend us some.A. run away withB. run downC. run offD. run out of23.Regardless _ his appearance, he is innocent.A. toB. inC. ofD. for24.Nobody knows the age of the earth _ certain.A. byB. inC. withD. for25.The government is believed to be considering _ a law making it a crime to import any kind of weapon.A. to passB. have passesC. passedD. passing26.Some newly-married couples think that it will give them a sense of achievement to properly rear a child and to see him or her _ to be a useful person.A. fall outB. turn outC. carry outD. take out27.The university is now making efforts to make the supply and demand of information more _ and to protect students rights with legal advice.A. transparentB. visibleC. applicableD. practical28.The scientists have been _ the necessary funds for their research program.A. deniedB. ignoredC. neglectedD. refused29.The little boy and the dog _ each other as soon as they met.A. took afterB. took toC. took inD. took up30.People expect technology to _ a lot _ the quality of life.A. owe. toB. contribute. forC. owe. forD. contribute. to交卷!Part 2 Reading Comprehension (Multiple Choice)(每小题：1 分)Directions: Read the following passages carefully and choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.Questions 1 to 5 are based on the same passage or dialog.During the long vacation I was accepted as a trainee bus conductor. I found the job fiercely demanding even on a short route with a total of about two dozen passengers. I pulled the wrong tickets, forgot the change and wrote up my log (行程记录) at the end of each trip in a way that drew hollow laughter from the inspectors. The inspectors were likely to check at any time. A conductor with twenty years service could be dismissed if an inspector caught him accepting money without pulling a ticket. It was hot that summer: 100 Fahrenheit (华氏) every day. Inside the bus it was 30 hotter still. It was so jammed inside that my feet werent touching the floor. I couldnt blink (眨眼睛) the sweat out of my eyes. There was no hope of collecting any fares. In these circumstances I was scarcely to blame. I didnt even know where we were, but I guessed we were at the top just before Market Street. I pressed the bell, the doors closed, and the bus surged forward. There were shouts and yells from down the back, but I thought they were the angry cries of passengers who had not got on. Too late I realized that they were coming from within the bus. The automatic doors at the back of the bus had closed around an old ladys neck as she was getting on. Her head was inside the bus. The rest of her, carrying a shopping bag was outside. I knew none of this at the time. When I at last signaled the driver to stop, he crashed to a halt and opened the automatic doors. The woman dropped to the road. Unfortunately, the car behind turned out to be full of inspectors. Since it would have made headlines if a university student had almost half-killed a woman of an advanced age, I was given the opportunity to leave quietly. 1.What do we learn about the inspectors in the first paragraph?A. They found the writer amusing.B. They never wore uniforms.C. They were feared by employees.D. They distrusted older employees.2.Why was the writer unable to do his job properly?A. He wasnt tall enough.B. The buses were too fast.C. People avoided paying.D. He couldnt move.3.The old lady in the incident described _.A. was injuredB. faintedC. was draggedD. hit her head4.When the incident with old lady happened, _.A. the writer had already decided to give up the jobB. the writers employers wanted to avoid publicityC. the writer was offered the chance to continueD. the consequences were as the writer expected5.What is the writers attitude now to the job?A. He feels responsible for the incident that ended it.B. He thinks that he was unfairly treated by the inspectors.C. He is ashamed that he was incapable of doing it properly.D. He believes that it was an impossible job to do well.Questions 6 to 10 are based on the same passage or dialog.Urban (城市的) life has always involved a balancing of opportunities and rewards against dangers and stress; its moving force is, in the broadest sense, money. Opportunities to make money make competition stressful; it is often at its most intense in the largest cities, where opportunities are greatest. Crime has always flourished in the relative anonymity (人所不知) of urban life, but todays ease of movement makes its control more difficult than ever; there is much evidence that its extent has a direct relationship to the size of communities. City dwellers (居民) may become trapped in their homes by the fear of crime around them. As defense against these developments, city dwellers tend to use various strategies to try and reduce the pressures upon themselves: contacts with other people are generally made brief and impersonal; doors are kept locked; telephone numbers may be ex-directory (未列入电话号码簿的); journeys outside the home are usually hurried, rather than a source of pleasure. Inner areas of cities tend to be abandoned by the more successful and left to those who have done badly in the competitive struggle or who belong to minority groups; these people are then geographically trapped because so much economic activity has migrated to the suburbs and beyond. Present-day architecture and planning have enormously worsened the human problems of urban life. Old-established neighborhoods have been ruthlessly (无情地) swept away, by both public and private organizations, usually to be replaced by huge, ugly, impersonal structures. People have been forced to leave their familiar homes, usually to be re-housed in tower blocks which are inconvenient, and fail to provide any setting for human interaction or support. The destruction of established social structures is the worse possible approach to the difficulties of living in a town or city. Instead, every effort should be made to conserve (保护) the human scale of the environment, and to retain familiar landmarks. 6.According to the author, living in a city causes stress because there are so many people who are _.A. anxious to succeedB. in need of helpC. naturally aggressiveD. likely to commit crime7.The author thinks that crime is increasing in cities because _.A. people do not communicate with their neighborsB. criminals are difficult to trace in large populationsC. people feel anonymous thereD. the trappings of success are attractive to criminals8.The majority of people who live in inner cities tend to quit from the inner areas because they _.A. dislike having to travel far to workB. have been forced by circumstances to do soC. dont like the idea of living in the suburbsD. have turned against society9.Architectural changes have affected city life by _.A. scattering long-established communitiesB. giving the individual a say in planningC. forcing people to live on top of each otherD. making people move to the suburbs10.The authors general argument is that urban life would be improved by _.A. moving people out of tower blocksB. restoring old buildingsC. building community centersD. preserving existing social systemsQuestions 11 to 15 are based on the same passage or dialog.My love of nature goes right back to my childhood, to the times when I stayed on my grandparents farm in Suffolk. I think it was my grandmother who encouraged me more than anyone: she taught me the names of wildflowers and got me interested in looking at the countryside, so it seemed obvious to go on to do Zoology at university. I didnt get my first camera until after Id graduated, when I was due to go diving in Norway and needed a method of recording the sea creatures I would find there. My father didnt know anything about photography, but he bought me an Exacta, which was really quite a good camera for the time, and I went off to take my first pictures of sea anemones (海葵) and starfish (海星). I became keen very quickly, and I learnt how to develop and print. Ive tried from the beginning to produce pictures which are always biologically correct. There are people who will alter things deliberately: you dont pick up sea creatures from the middle of the shore and take them down to attractive pools at the bottom of the shore without knowing youre doing it. There can be a lot of ignorance in peoples behaviour towards wild animals and its a problem that more and more people are going to wild places: while some animals may get used to cars, they wont get used to people suddenly rushing up to them. The sheer pressure of people, coupled with the fact there are increasingly few places where no-one else has photographed, means that over the years, life has become much more difficult for the professional wildlife photographers. Nevertheless (然而), wildlife photographers play a very important part in educating people about what is out there and what needs conserving. Although photography can be an enjoyable pastime (消遣), as it is to many people, it is also something that plays a very important part in educating young and old alike. 11.The author decided to go to university and study Zoology because _.A. she wanted to improve her life in the countrysideB. she was persuaded to do so by her grandmotherC. she was keen on the natural worldD. she wanted to stop moving around all the time12.How is the author different from some of the other wildlife photographers she meets?A. She tries to make her photographs as attractive as possible.B. She takes photographs which record accurate natural conditions.C. She likes to photograph plants as well as wildlife.D. She knows the best places to find wildlife.13.The author now finds it more difficult to photograph wild animals because _.A. there are fewer of themB. they have become more nervous of peopleC. it is harder to find suitable placesD. they have become frightened of cars14.According to the author, wildlife photography is important because it can make people realize that _.A. photography is an enjoyable hobbyB. we learn little about wildlife at schoolC. it is worthwhile visiting the countrysideD. it is important to look after wild animals15.Which of the following describes the author?A. Proud.B. Sensitive.C. Aggressive.D. Disappointed.Questions 16 to 20 are based on the same passage or dialog.Real policemen, both in Britain and the United States, hardly recognize any resemblance (相似) between their lives and what they see on TV-if they are even able to watch TV. The first difference is that in real life a policeman has been trained in criminal law. He has to know exactly what actions are crimes and what evidence can be used to prove them in court. He will spend most of his working life typing millions of words on thousands of forms about hundreds of sad, unimportant people who are guilty-or not-of stupid, petty (不重要的) crimes. Most television crime drama is about finding the criminal: as soon as hes arrested, the story is over. In real life, finding criminals is seldom much of a problem. Except in very serious cases like murders and terrorist attacks-where failure to produce results reflects on the standing of the police-little effort is spent on searching. A third big difference is between the drama detective and the real life ones. Detectives are subject to two opposing pressures: first, as members of a police force they always have to behave with absolute legality (合法); secondly, as expensive public servants they have to get results. They can hardly ever do both. Most of the time some of them have to break the rules in small ways. If the detective has to deceive the world, the world often deceives him. Hardly anyone he meets tells him the truth. And this separation the detective feels between himself and the rest of the world is deepened b