阅读理解 《专业四级阅读测试1》 答案解析.doc

阅读理解 专业四级阅读测试1 答案解析NO.1The beautician found the writers face a challenge, which means_. she thought it was a challenge to have such a face repaired she thought it was a challenge to deal with such a face the writers face challenged the beauticians it was a challenge to find the writers face 正确答案: she thought it was a challenge to deal with such a face题目辨析: 从文中不难分析出，作者是个丑女人。脸丑，对于美容师来说，如何进行美化是一种挑战。C、D两项可先排除。A项由于使用了repair一词，过分了，不能选。因此B项才是正确的。 In the second paragraph, the word plump can be replaced by which word? Heavy. Slim. Ugly. Stout. 正确答案: Heavy.题目辨析: 第二段描述了一个矮小，plump的女人，plump本义是“丰满的”，文中提到“But because she was so plump,when she sat on the stick it went deep into the gr ound and she couldnt pull it out.”说明此女人很重，因此选A项。D项stout指强壮的，胖的,用来修饰女人不雅。According to the writer, what was the main reason for the failure of her first dance?She was too shy and kept quiet. She was not attractive. She wore diamante earring. She was not in fashion. 正确答案: She was not in fashion.题目辨析: 最后一段中作者谈到“Perhaps it was this that made nobody want to dance with me.”it指她未戴流行的diamante,而戴了stickingplaster,所以她不时尚。这是作者认为第一次参加舞会失败的主要原因，所以选D项。NO.2When Dr. Causey said, “We have found the loveliest diseases right in our backyard,” he meant_.new viruses have just been discovered his discovery was a bit frightening he and his wife were surrounded by harmful viruses his job was exciting 正确答案: he and his wife were surrounded by harmful viruses题目辨析: “就在后院”发现了疾病说明Dr. Causey夫妇身处病毒包围之中，因此C 项正确。A项说法没有根据，B项不是Dr. Causey想说明的问题。D项则离题千里。“Viruses waiting for a disease” refers to_. those viruses carried in the blood of animals some viruses which are at present harmless to man the viruses that reproduce in man without making him ill the still-not-yet-discovered viruses in the jungle 正确答案: some viruses which are at present harmless to man题目辨析: 从文中第四段“It may be that some viruses which presently reproduce in man without making him ill.”可以判断出，病毒在潜伏期不对人产生病害，因此选B项。When the author cited the Brazilian legend he was_. trying to add a little humor trying to illustrate his earlier point simply joking being religious 正确答案: trying to illustrate his earlier point题目辨析: 前文有“viruses waiting for a disease”,说明此土地表面祥和，隐伏病害，因此作者用意是进一步阐明前述观点。NO.3Why did the nobles wish to kill Herry? Herry had taken away power given to them by Richard. Herry was weak, wicked, and treacherous. Herry had needlessly killed members of their families. Herry had killed King Richard. 正确答案: Herry had taken away power given to them by Richard.题目辨析: 根据文中第一段最后“who had lost somewhat of the power and prestige from the coming in of the new king.”可以得知，贵族们由于被亨利剥夺了权力，决定杀掉他,所以选A项。How did King Herry find out about the plot? His scouts discovered it. He saw the conspirators coming. One of the conspirators told him. He found a copy of the conspiratorsplan. 正确答案: One of the conspirators told him.题目辨析: 第二段最后一句：“And they might have succeeded had not one of their own members betrayed them.”由此可以得知，由于贵族中有一人叛变，亨利国王得知了消息。What does the author seem to think of King Herry? He was the best king England had ever had. He was unfair and cowardly. He was just as evil as King Richard. He was a better ruler than King Richard. 正确答案: He was a better ruler than King Richard.题目辨析: 根据文中对亨利的评价，如“just and merciful”,“did not care to shed blood needlessly,”等，可以判断出作者对亨利的评价较好，但并无根据说他是最好的国王，因此D项正确。NO.4The author says that trends are toward the_.growth of cities and shrinking of suburban areas growth of both rural and suburban areas growth of urban and suburban areas growth of suburban areas and shrinking of cities 正确答案: growth of urban and suburban areas题目辨析: 文中提到“The recent population trend has been a double one,toward both urbanization and suburbanization”,因此C项正确。Decentralization is best defined as _.movement from the central city to rural areas movement from the central city to the suburbs disorderly expansion of the central city shrinking of metropolitan 正确答案: movement from the central city to the suburbs 题目辨析: 文中提到decentralization后，马上提出“The flight of Americans from the central city to the suburbs.”因此选B项。One aspect of the recent population trend is the_.development of complexes of cities increasingly great distance between cities transformation of cities into suburbs growth of many small towns 正确答案: development of complexes of cities题目辨析: 文中最后提到东部及东中北部各州都在形成大城市群。B项意义正好与文中意思相反，城市要连为一体，而不是越来越远；C项意为将城市农村化，不正确；D项意为发展小城镇，也不对。因此选A项。NO.5The writer considers that the Bronze Age succeeded the Stone Age beca use_. there was a scarcity of wood and other building materials bronze was less expensive than stone stone was no longer available more bronze than stone came into use 正确答案: more bronze than stone came into use题目辨析: 文中有“one age gave way to another when the use of a new material exceeded in quantity that of its predecessor.”因此更多的青铜使用率是主要原因。The writer regards the change to a “Plastic and Light Metal Age” in the near future as_.necessary desirable improbable logical 正确答案: improbable题目辨析: 本文结尾“This is still the Iron Age or rather the Steel Age.”清楚地表明了作者的态度，作者认为近期向“塑料及轻质金属