新大学英语四级考试试题

1、? ?ao?6 ?3?B ? ?t ? ?2?a?a?2?a?2? e? Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)Section ADirections:Inthissection,thereisapassagewithtenblanks.Youarerequired toselectonewordforeachblankfroma listofch0icesgivenina wordbankfollowing thepassage.Readthepassagethroughcarefullybefore mak

2、ing 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 center.You may not use any ofthewords in the bank more than once.Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.When Roberto Feliz

3、 came to the USA from the Dominican Republic, he knew only afewwordsofEnglish.Educationsoonbecamea 47.I couldntunderstandanything,? hesaid.He 48fromhisteachers,camehomeintears,andthoughtaboutdroppingout.Then Mrs. Malave, a bilingual educator, began to work with him while teachinghimmathandscienceinh

4、is49Spanish.?Shehelpedme staysmartwhileteachingEnglish,?hesaid.Giventhechancetodemonstratehisability,he50confidenceand began to succeed inschool.Today,he isa 51 doctor,runshisown clinic,andworkswithseveralday,he uses the language and academic skills he 52 through bilingual educationtotreat his patie

5、nts.Robertosstoryisjustone of53 successstories.Researchhasshownthatbilingual educationisthemost54 way bothtoteachchildrenEnglishand ensurethattheysucceed academically.InArizonaandTexas,bilingualstudents55outperformtheir peers in monolingual programs. Calexico, Calif., implemented bilingual education

6、, and now has dropout rates that are less than half the state average and college 56 rates of more than 90%.In E1 Paso,bilingual education programs have helped raise studentscoresfrom the lowest in Texas to among the highest in the nation.?2?a?a?2?e? wonderI)hidacquiredJ)prominentconsistently K)dece

7、ntregainedL)countlessnightmareM)recallednativeN)breakthroughacceptanceO)automaticallySection BDirections:Thereare2passagesinthissection.Eachpassageisfollowedbyquestions or unfinished statement. For each of them there are four choicesmarked,B),C),D).Youshoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondi

8、ngon Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through thecenter.Passage OneQuestion 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.?Tearemapart!?Killthefool!?Murderthereferee(2?D)!? These are common remarks one may hear at various sporting events. At the time they are made,they may seem innocent enough. But l

9、ets not kid ourselves.They havebeenknowntoinfluencebehaviorinsucha wayastoleadtorealbloodshed.Volumeshavebeenwrittenaboutthewaywordaffectus.Ithasbeenshownthatwords having certainconnotations(o?)maycauseustoreactinwaysquiteforeigntowhatweconsidertobeourusualhumanisticbehavior.Iseethetermopponent? aso

10、neofthose words.Perhaps the time has come to delete it from sports terms.Thedictionarymeaningofthetermopponent? isadversary?;one who opposes yourinterests.?Thus, when a player meets an opponent,he or she maytendtoeveryactionnomatterhowgross,maybeconsideredjustifiable.Irecallincidentinahandballgamewh

11、ena refereerefuseda playersrequestfora timeout fora glovechangebecausehedidnotconsider them wet enough.The player proceededto rub his gloves across his wet T-shirt and thenexclaimed,?Are they wet enoughnow? Intheheatofbattle,playershavebeenobservedtothrowthemselvesacrosscourt without considering the

12、 consequences the such a move might have on anyoneintheirway.Ihavealsowitnesseda playerreactingtohisopponentsintentionalandillegalblockingbydeliberatelyhittinghimwiththeballashardashe couldduring thecourseofplay.Offthe court, theyaregoodfriends.Does thatmakeanyIt certainly gives proof of a court att

13、itude which departs from normalbehavior.Therefore, I etstime ed(y) the eto the litbelongs,therebysettinganexampletotherestofthesportingworld.the term ? opponent? with?associate? could be an ideal way tostart.Thedictionarymeaningofthetermassociate?iscolleague? ;? friend?;? companion.? Reflectamoment!

14、 You may soonsee andpossiblyfeelthedifferenceinyourreactiontothetermassociate? ratherthanopponent? .?2?a?a?2?e? Which of the following statements best expresses the authorsview?The words people use can influence theirbehavior.Unpleasant words in sports are often used by foreignathletes.Aggressive be

15、havior in sports can have seriousconsequences.Unfair judgments by referees will lead to violence on the sportsfield.Harsh words are spoken during games becausetheplayers .are too eager towintreat their rivals asenemiesare usually short-tempered and easilyoffendedcannot afford to be polite in fiercec

16、ompetitionsWhatdidthehandballplayerdowhenhewasnotallowedatimeouttohisgloves?He angrily hit the referee with aball.He refused to continue thegame.He claimed that referee wasunfair.He wet his gloves by rubbing them across hisT-shirt.According to the passage, players in agamemay .kick the ball across t

17、he court withforcelie down on the ground as an act ofprotestdeliberately throw the ball at anyone illegally blocking theirwaykeep on screaming and shouting throughout thegameTheauthorhopestohavethecurrentsituationun sportsimprovedby .regulating the relationship between players andrefereescalling on

18、players to use clean language in thecourtraising the referees sense ofresponsibilitychanging the attitude of players on the sports field Passage TwoQuestions 62 to 66 are based in the following passage.IsthereenoughoilbeneaththeArcticNationalWildlifeRefuge(?)(ANWR) to help secure Americas energy fut

19、ure? President Bush certainly thinks so. HehasarguedthattappingANWR soilwouldhelpeaseCaliforniaselectricitycrisisprovidea majorboosttothecountrysindependence.Butnooneknowsforsure how much crude oil lies buried beneath the frozen earth, with the lastgovernmentsurvey, conducted in1998, projecting outp

20、ut anywhere from 3 billion to 16 billion barrels.The oil industry goes with the high end of the range, which could equal as muchas10% ofU.S.consumptionforaslong as sixyears.Bypumpingmorethan1barrels a day from the reserve for the next two to three decades, lobbyistsclaim,the nation could cut back on

21、 imports equivalent to all shipments to the U.S. fromSaudiArabia.Soundsgood.An oilboom wouldalsomean a multibillion-dollarwindfall()ntaxrevenues,royalties(?a2 dgfeesforAlaskatheFederalGovernment.Bestofall,advocatesofdrillingsay,damagetothe environmentWouldbeinsignificant.Weveneverhada documentedcase

22、ofan oil rig chasing deer out onto the pack ice, say Alaska State Representative ScottOgan.Notsofast,sayenvironmentalists.Stickingtothelowend ofgovernmentthe National Resources Defends Council says there may be no more than 3.2billionbarrelsofeconomicallyrecoverableoilinthecoastalplainofANWR, a drop

23、inbucketthatwoulddo virtuallynothingtoeaseAmericasenergyproblems.And consumers would wait up to a decade to gain any benefits, because drilling could beginonlyafter mush bargaining over leases, environmental permits and regulatory review.AsforANWRsimpactontheCaliforniapower crisis,environmentalistsp

24、ointout that oilisresponsibleforonly1% oftheGoldenStateselectricityoutput-and3% of thenations.?2?a?a?2?e? What does President Bush think of tapping oil inANWR?It will increase Americas energyconsumption.It will exhaust the nations oilreserves.It will help reduce the nations oilimports.It will help secure the future ofANWR.We learnfromthesecondparagraphthattheAmerican