大学英语四级（阅读）模拟试卷36

大学英语四级（阅读）模拟试卷36

一、阅读（常规阅读理解）（本题共3。题，每题

分,共30分。）

Justhowmuchdopeopleknewaboutkeepingtheirhomessafefromburglary?

Surprisingly,manyofusmakeassumptionsabouthomesecuritythatcanactually

increaseourriskofaburglarybyleavingus—andourhomes—undefended.Hereare

somehome-securitymythsandtruths."Analarmsystemdoesn'tdoanything.Ifathief

reallywantsto,he'llbreakinanyway."Ahome-securitysystemcannotstopaburglar

fromhittingyourhome.Butitisastrongdelerrent（威慑）,makinghimthinktwice

beforetargetingyou."Criminalshavetoldme,whentheywerequestioned,theyhad

walkedbythreeorfourhouses（hathadalarmstucktotheirwindowsandthenhittheone

（hatdidn't,"saysConst.JimCaldwellof（heEdmontonPoliceService.That'sbecause

settingoffanalarmcouldmeanacalltopolice.Andifathiefdoesbreakin,heisless

likelytomakeathoroughsearchofthehouse."It'sgoingtobeasmash-and-grab/'says

NormandFiset,presidentoftheQuebecchapteroftheCanadianSecurityAssociation.

"Usuallythey'reinandoutquickly.""Lightningneverstrikestwice.Ifmyhousehas

alreadybeenbrokeninto,chancesarethatitwon'thappenagain."Researchindicatesthat

yourhouseis12timesmorelikelytobebrokenintoagainwithinthenextmonth.Susan

Hall'sTorontohomewasburglarizedafewyearsago."Thepolicetoldus,'Don'tbe

surprisediftheycomebackafteryou'vereplacedeverything,'"shesays.Inhercasethey

didn't,butneverthelessshepromptlyputhermostsentimentalpossessionsinasecurity

box.Makeitaprioritytoassessyourhomesecurityandtakestepstoenhanceit.Ifyou

doreplacestolenmerchandise,don'tput（hepackagingboxesoutondisplayforroadside

pickup,"IfIhaveasecuritysystemandgoodlocks,Idon'tneedtotakeothersecurity

measures.""Alockisonlyasstrongasthedoorandthedoorframe,"saysConst.Donald

JenkinsoftheHalifaxRegionalPolice.Steeldoorsareagoodidea,too,butlookforone

withasolid-woodcore,notahollowdoor.Andconsideraddingasolid-steelstriptothe

sideofthedoortopreventthievesfrombreakingtheframewithanironbar.Othersteps

makeadifference.Installexternallightingandkeepbushestrimmedarounddoorsand

windows.Themorevisibleathiefwillbewhilebreakingintoyourhome,thelesslikely

itisthathe'lltry.Bewarc-of-dogsignsandlockedgatesalsodiscouragecriminals.And

whileitmayseemobvious,ifyoudoinvestingoodsecurityfeatures,makesureyou

actuallyusethem.Caldwellrecentlyinvestigatedabreak-and-entercaseinwhich"the

guyhadthebestoflocks,thebestofalarmsystems—andnoneofitwasengaged."

"SinceIliveinagoodneighborhood,Idon'tneedtoworryaboutbreak-ins.""Actually,

（heoppositeistrue,"saysRonNoiles,seniorvice-presidentforpersonal-property

insurancewithAvivaCanada,amajorsponsoroftheNeighborhoodWatchprogram.

"Criminalslookibrneighborhoodswherethegoodsaregood.And（hosearetypicallythe

onespeoplebelievethey'resafein."Ifyoutakefewersafetyprecautions,likenotlocking

yourdoor,becauseyoubelieveit'sunlikelyyou'llsufferabreak-in,you'reincreasingthe

oddsofyourhomebecomingatarget."Myhouseissafebecausesomeoneisalways

home."It'struethatmostthievesseekoutunoccupiedhouses.Buthomeburglary,in

whichcriminalsstrikedeliberatelywhilepeoplearchomesotheycanletthemin,do

sometimeshappen."Itisthemosteffectivewayofcarryingoutthetheftbecauseyou

knowyouwon'tgetsurprisedbytheowners—youhavethemcaught,"saysFiset.And

whenhomeinvasionsoccur,almosthalfthehomeownersendupinjured,accordingtothe

CanadianCentreforJusticeStatistics."IfIkeepmycurtainsclosedduringtheday,

thievescan'tseewhat'sinsideandwon'tbe(empiedlobreakin."Whileclosedcurtainsat

nightdokeepthievesfromlookinginside,duringthedaytheymayserveasanideal

coverforburglars.Openingcurtainsindaytimealsomakesitlookasthoughsomeoneis

home."There'slittleIcandotoreducepropertycrimeinmyneighborhood."Police

expertssaythatgettingtoknowyourneighborsisahugefactorincombatingbreak-ins.

"Ifsomeoneseesanunfamiliarcarinyourdrivewayorpeoplemovingsecretlyabout

yourproperty,neighborswillbemoreinclinedtocallpolice,"saysJenkins.Consider

gettinginvolvedwithalocalNeighborhoodWatchgroup,orcontactyourlocalpolice

departmenttosetoneup.Hereistheinitialmove(fromexperts)toprotectyourhome一

SoundtheAlarm!Statisticsshowthathouseswithalarmsystemsarclesslikelytobe

brokeninto,andiftheyare,lesspropertyisstolen.Andthere'sanaddedbonus—Home-

insurancecompaniestypicallyofferadiscountonyourpaymentonceyouhaveasecurity

systeminstalled.Unmonitoredalarmssoundasiren(警报器)insideoroutsideyour

houseand,ifyou'relucky,alertaneighbortotrouble.Asystemthatismonitored(ata

costofaround$30amonth)willsummonthepolice.TheCanadianSecurity

Association'sNormandFisetrecommendshavingthealarmironitoredratherthanrelying

onneighborstoact."Whenisthelasttimeyouconsideredcallingthecopswhenyou

heardacaralarminaparkinglot?"hereasons.Healsopointsoutthatmoreandmore

citiesandtownsarebanningoutsidesirens,andanalarmthatsoundsonlyinsidethe

housedoeslittlegood.Ifyouralarmismonitored,itssignaltravelstothemonitoring

service,usuallythroughyourphoneline.Servicepersonnelwillcallthepolicewhen

(here'saproblem,oftenphoningyourhomefirsttoensureit'snotafalsealarm.(Ifitis,

yousimplysupplyyourpassword(ocancelit.)Inmanyregions,thehomeowneris

accountableforafeeifpolicearecalledneedlessly.Thephysicalcomponentsofanalarm

system—motiondetectors,magneticdoororwindowcontacts,controlpanel-canbe

eitherhard-wiredthroughyourhomeorconnectedwithwireless-radiosignals.Besureto

checkthatthecompanyinstallingthealarmisamemberofaprofessionalassociationand

hasanylicensesrequiredbyyourcityortown.Magneticcontactatthedoorsand

windowsandglass-breakdetectionwilltripthealarmiftheperimeter(周界)ofthehouse

iscrossed.Thealarmwillbesetoffbeforethe(hiefhassetfootinsideyourhome.

Motiondetectorsinsidearefunctionedifapersonmovesinsidethehomewhilethe

systemisarmed.Ensurethatthesystemyouselectgivestheoptionofarmingthe

perimeterandmotionsensorsseparately.Thatway,thealarmcanalertyoutoany

breaking-inevenwhenyouarehome.Ifyouhaveapetorareconsideringgettingone,

makesureyoursystemisdesignedtopickuponlythemotionofhumans.Whatifathief

cutsyourphonelinetopreventcontactwiththemonitoringcompany?Althoughthis

doesn'thappenoften,sonicsystemsnowofferwircicss-phoncsupport.Thenewest

technologyevenusesyourIn:ernctconnectiontosendoutaburglaryalert.

1、Whaiisthefunctionofanalarmsystem?

A^Itcandonothingtostopathief.

B、Itstopsaburglarfrombreakingintothehouse.

C、Itincreasestheriskofaburglary.

D、Itfrightensawaytheburglars.

标准答案：D

知识点解析：该段提到虽然家庭防盗系统不能阻止盗贼进入你家，但它能起强大的

威慑作用，能使盗贼有所顾忌，D项说法与此相符，故正确。

2、Whatistheprimarythingshouldpeopledoafterbeingburglarized?

A^Assesshomesecurity.

B、Replacestolenmerchandise.

C、Putthepackagingboxesout.

D^Takeawaythesentimentalpossessions.

标准答案：A

知识点解析：原文提到被盗后首先评估自家的安全状况，并逐步采取加强措施，故

A为正确答案。

3、DonaldJenkinsofHalifaxRegionalPolicesuggestinstalling.

A、asinglelockthat'sstrongenough

B、woodendoorswithasolid-woodcore

C、steeldoorswithasolid-steelstrip

D、hollowdoorswithasolid-steelstrip

标准答案：C

知识点解析：原文提到安装铁门是个好主意，但应该是实心的而不是中空的。还要

考虑在门边加.上坚固的钢条，故确定C为正确答案。

4、Thehousesinagoodneighborhoodalsosufferbreak-insbecause.

A、burglarslookfortheplacewheregoodsaregood

B、peopleinagoodneighborhoodneverlockthedoor

C、thereisnohome-securitysysteminagoodneighborhood

D、peopletheredon'tusethegoodsecurityfeatureproperly

标准答案：A

知识点解析：该段的第1句指出住在高档小区就不用担心被盗是错误的，第2句则

说明了原因，即罪犯寻找有高档货物的小区，所以答案应为A。

5、1(isbetterforpeopletokeepthecurtainsclosed.

A、whennobodyishome

B、atnight

C、whensomeoneishome

D、duringtheday

标准答案：B.

curatorsattheLouvre"someworry".Themuseumhas[12]astudytoevaluatethe

MonaLisa'svulnerability（易受攻击）toclimatechanges.Thepaintingwillremainon

【13】duringthetesting,（heLouvresaid."Itsstateofpreservationis[14]thesource

ofsomeconcern,"astatementissuedbythemuseumsaid.Deterioration（变坏）inits

woodpanelwas"greaterthanthatwhichhasbeen[15]observed."itadded.Thestudy,

tobeconductedbytheCentreforResearchandRestorationofMuseumsofFrance,will

better[16]whatmaterialsthepaintingismadeof.Thepainting,whose[17]smile

attractsmillionsofvisitorstotheLouvre,isdisplayedbehindglasstoprotectitfrom

[18]changesandcameraflashes.Itwillbeputinaspecially[19]roomintheLouvre

earlynextyear.TheMonaLisawaspaintedbetween1503-1506andwasthoughttobe

namedafterthesitter,mostlikely（heFlorentinewifeofFrancescodelGiocondo.It

movedtoFrancewithdaVinciintheearly16thCentury,whereithas[20]exceptfora

shortspellwhenitwasstolenin1911.Thepaintingwasdiscoveredtwoyearslaterina

Florencehotel.A.mysteriousB.previouslyC.doseD.commissionedE.charityF.

climaticG.intentionallyH.redecoratedI.interfereI.displayK.determineL.currently

M.panelN.suspiciousO.remained

11、[11]

标准答案：M

知识点解析：此处应为名词，该物质是薄木制成的。根据卜文aroundLeonardoda

Vinci'spainting,可知它是指达芬奇这幅名画的画板，因此答案为panel。另外下文

第6段再次提到了woodpanel,从中可进一步确定答案。

12、[121

标准答案：D

知识点解析：此处应为动词的过去分词，且是及物动词，与has构成本句的谓语，

宾语是astudy,符合这些条件的只有commissioned,指“委托”别人进行研究。

13、[13]

标准答案：J

知识点解析：此处应为名词，可与介词。n搭配。上下文表明虽然卢浮宫决定评估

《蒙娜丽莎》受气候的影响，但该画仍继续展览，表示“展览”的只能是on

displayo

14、[14]

标准答案：L

知识点解析：此处应为副词，作状语，修饰谓语is。根据动词的时态可以排除

previously,根据上下文与此，最合适的是currently,意为“现在，当前

15、[15]

标准答案：B

知识点解析：此处应为副词，作状语，修饰从句谓语。对比句中的比较级greater

than…前后的时态及语义，可以知道这个副词应该是指先前的研究观察，因此

previously适合。

16、[16]

标准答案：K

知识点解析：由前面的will可知此处应为动词原形，并由其后的宾语从句可知是

一个及物动词，再根据上下文语义，只有determine一词合适，表明研究会更好地

确定这幅画由什么材料构成。

17、[17]

标准答案：A

知识点解析：此处应为形容词，修饰smile。蒙娜丽莎的微笑很明显应该是

mysterious,即神秘的，而不是suspicious(可疑的)。

18、[18]

标准答案：F

知识点解析：此处应为形容词，修饰changes。根据上文第3段提到的要评估《蒙

娜丽莎》这幅名画受气候变化的影响，可以推断此处也应该是指气候变化，即

climaticchanges0

19、[19]

标准答案：H

知识点解析：此处应为形容词或动词的过去分词，作room的定语，且可由

specially修饰。上文提到该名画将放在玻璃后面展出，由此可见，这一句也应该表

明该画作展览的地方是一个特别装修的房间，以保护这幅画，因此只有redecorated

符合词性及语义的要求。

20、[20]

标准答案：O

知识点解析：此处应为动近的过去分词，与has构成句子的谓语，表明从16世纪

开始，这幅画就一宜留在了法国，因此remained是合适的单词。

InonlytwodecadesAsianAmericanshavebecomethefastest-growingU.S.minority.As

(heirchildrenbeganmovingupthrough(henation'sschools,itbecameclearthatanew

classofacademicachieverswasemerging.Theirachievementsarereflectedinthe

nation'sbestuniversities,wheremathematics,scienceandengineeringdepartmentshave

takenonadecidedlyAsiancharacter.Thisspeciallikingformathematicsandscienceis

partlyexplainedbythefactthatAsian-Americanstudentswhobegantheireducations

abroadarrivedintheU.S.withasolidgroundinginmathemalicsbutlittleorno

knowledgeofEnglish.Theyarealsoinfluencedbythepromisesofagoodjobafter

college.Asiansfeeltherewillbelessunfairtreatmentinareaslikemathematicsand

sciencebecausetheywillbejudgedmoreobjectively.Andthereturnontheinvestment

ineducationismoreimmediateinsomethinglikeengineeringthanwithanartsdegree.

MostAsian-Americanstudentsowetheirsuccesstotheinfluenceofparentswhoarc

determinedthattheirchildrentakefulladvantageofwhattheAmericaneducational

systemhastooffer.Aneffectivemeasureofparentalattentionishomework.Asian

parentsspendmoretimewiththeirchildrenthanAmericanparentsdo,andithelps.Many

researchersalsobelievethereissomethinginAsianculturethatbreedssuccess,suchas

idealsthatstressfamilyvaluesandemphasizeeducation.Bothexplanationsforacademic

successworryAsianAmericansbecauseoffearsthattheyfeedatypicalracialimage.

ManycanrememberwhenChinese,JapaneseandFilipinoimmigrantswerethevictims

ofsocialisolation.Indeed,itwasnotuntil1952thatlawswerelaiddowngivingallAsian

immigrantstherighttocitizenship.

21、Whilemakingtremendojsachievementsatcollege,Asian-Americanstudents

A、feeltheyaremistreatedbecauseoflimitedknowledgeofEnglish

B、arcafraidmattheiracademicsuccessesbearastrongAsiancharacter

C、stillworryaboutunfairtreatmentinacademicareas

D、generallyfeelitashameiohavetodependontheirparems

标准答案：B

知识点解析：推理判断题。从最后一段的第1句可推断选项B。木文并未讨论选项

A亚裔美国人受歧视的原因，也未讨论选项D,选项C与第1段倒数第2句不符。

22、WhatarethemajorfactorsthatdeterminethesuccessofAsianAmericans?

A^SolidfoundationinbasicmathematicsandAsianculture.

B、Hardworkandintelligence.

C^HardworkandalimitedknowledgeofEnglish.

D、AsiancultureandtheAmericaneducationalsystem.

标港答案：D

知识点解析：事实细节题。文章第2段第1句说明了第一个原因是American

educationalsystem,最后一句说明了第二个原因为Asianculture,即选项D。选项

A中的solidfoundationinbasicmathematics在文章第1段提到，但这只是亚裔美国

学生偏爱数学和理工科的部分原因，选项B和C无原文依据，且选项C后半部分

也不合情理。

23、FewAsian-Americanstudentsmajorinhumansciencesmainlybecause.

A^theirEnglishisnotgoodenough

B、theyarcafraidtheymighrmeetwithunfairjudgmentintheseareas

C、thereisawidedifferencebetweenAsianandWesterncultures

D^theyknowlittleaboutAmericancultureandsociety

标准答案：B

知识点解析：推理判断题。本题解题的关键在于理解humansciences指的是人文科

学，而不是数学、物理等自然科学(naturalsciences).因此，可以从第1段倒数第2

句推断出答案B,其他三项均无原文依据。

24、Whydothetwo"explanations"(Line1,Para.3)worryAsianAmericans?

A^TheyareafraidthattheywouldagainbeisolatedfromAmericansocietyingeneral.

B、PeoplewouldthinkthatAsianstudentsrelyontheirparentsforsuccess.

C、AsianAmericanswouldbeathreattootherminorities.

D、AmericanacademicachievementshavetakenontoostronganAsiancharacter.

标准答案：A

知识点解析：推理判断题。本题考查因果关系。本题仍然是针对最后一段的首句，

becauseof指出了原因，结合下一句的socialisolation等词.可以推断亚裔美国人担

心自己的种族形象太突出，最终被社会所孤立，由此可见，A为正确选项。本题最

具干扰性的是选项D,该选项中的character与原文的racialimage意思相近，但与

其说选项D是亚裔美国人担心的问题，不如说这是本土美国人应该担心的问题。

25、Theauthor'stoneinthispassageis.

A^sympathetic

B、doubtful

C^critical

D、objective

标准答案：D

知识点解析：观点态度题。纵观全文都找不到任何表露作者个人情感倾向的词语，

也并未出现第一人称代词I，作者的态度非常客观，只是在陈述事实及现象，因此

语气应为客观的，即选项D。

Thestruggleagainstmalnutrition（营养不良）andhungerisasoldasmanhimself,and

neveracrossthefaceofourplanethastheoutcomebeenmoreindoubt.Malnutrition

torturesanestimated400millionto1.5billionoftheworld'spoor.EvenintherichU.S.,

povertymeansmalnutritionforanestimatedtentotwentymillion.Hardesthitare

children,whosegrowingbodiesdemandtwoandahalftimesmoreprotein,thanthoseof

adults.Nutritionexpertsestimatethat70percentofthechildreninlow-incomecountries

areaffected.Badly-shapedbodiestellthesadstoryofmalnutrition.Medicalscience

identifiestwomajortypesofmalnutritionwhichusuallyoccurincombination.Thefirst,

kwashiorkor,istypifiedbythebloated（肿胀的）look,theoppositeofwhatweassociate

withstarvation.Accumulatedfluidspushingagainstwastedmusclesaccountforthe

plumpness（丰满）ofhands,feet,bellyandface.Causedbyaracutelackofprotein,

kwashiorkorcanbringbraindamage,irritability,lossofappetiteandsoon.Ontheother

hand,sticklimbs,abloatedbelly,wideeyes,andthestretched-skinfaceofanoldperson

markvictimsofmarasmus,awordtakenfromtheGreek"towasteaway".Lacking

calcium（钙）aswellasprotein,sufferersmayweighonlyhalfasmuchasnormal.With

fatgone,theskinhangsordrawstightoverbones.Children,whosegrowingbodies

requirelargeamountsofprotein,sufferingreatestnumbers,butperhapsonlythree

percentofallchildvictimssuffertheextremestagesdescribed.Scientistsareworking

hardtodevelopnewweaponsagainstmalnutritionandstarvation.Buttwothirdsofthe

humanpopulationof3.9billionliveinthepoorestcountriesv/hichalsohavethehighest

birthrates.Thus,ofthe74millionpeopleaddedtothepopulationeachyear,fouroutof

fivewillbeborninahave-n