14英语四六级阅读训练试卷及详解 (14)_英语考试_外语学习_教育专区.doc

练习： She is likely to have fewer but healthier children and can insist on the development of all her children, ensuring that her daughters are given a fair chance. The education of her daughters then makes it much more likely that the next generation of girls, as well as of boys, will be educated and healthy. The vicious circle is thus transformed into a virtuous circleQ: The author believes that a vicious circle can turn into a virtuous circle when _.I dont ever want to talk about being a woman scientist again. There waas a time in my life when people asked constantly for stories about what its like to work in a field dominated by men. I was never very good at telling those stories because truthfully I never found them interesting. What I do find interesting is the origin of the universe, the shape of space-time and the nature of black holes .Q: Why doesnt the author want to talk about being a woman scientist again?A. She feels unhappy working in male-dominated fields.B. She is fed up with the issue of gender discrimination.C. She is not good at telling stories of the kind.D. She finds space research more important.答案：D本段的意思使她不想谈论女性科学家，因为实在使没有意思。最后提到她真正感兴趣的空间-时间的形成喝黑洞的本质等科学知识本身。主语从句What I do find interesting后的内容就是答案。练习：.An educated mother, on the other hand, has greater earning abilities outside the home and faces an entirely different set of choices. She is likely to have fewer but healthier children and can insist on the development of all her children, ensuring that her daughters are given a fair chance. The education of her daughters then makes it much more likely that the next generation of girls, as well as of boys, will be educated and healthy. The vicious circle is thus transformed into a virtuous circleQ: The author believes that a vicious circle can turn into a virtuous circle when _.A. women care more about educationB. parents can afford their daughters educationC. girls can gain equal access to educationD. a family has fewer but healthier children答案：选C。原文倒数第二句提到，如果女孩拥有了平等受教育的机会，将来她的女儿受教育的机会就会更大，这样一代一代便形成了良性循环。原文中的thus明确表明了这种关系。选项中的gain equal access to对应文中的are given a fair chance。练习：Professionals seek career experience outside of their home countries for a variety of reasons. They may feel the need to recharge their batteries with a new challenge. They may want a position with more responsibility that encourages creativity and initiative. Or they may wish to expose their children to another culture, and the opportunity to learn a second language.Q: The author believes that an individual who applies to work overseas _.A. is usually creative and full of initiaitveB. aims to improve his foreign language skillsC. seeks either his own or his childrens developmentD. is dissatisfied with his own life at home答案选C文中讲到了人们选择到国外工作的原因。一方面是求职者自身发展的需要：自我充电，用承担更多责任的职务来激发自己的创造力和独创性;另一方面是为孩子做打算：接受里另一种文化，获得学习第二种语言的机会。.The reality that has blocked my path to become the typical successful students is that engineering and the liberal arts simply dont mix as easily as I assumed in high school. Individually they shape a person in very different ways; together they threaten to confuse. The struggle to reconcile the two fields of study is difficultQ:The word “they” refers to _.A. practicality and rationalityB. engineering and the liberal