大学英语四级（阅读）模拟试卷17

大学英语四级（阅读）模拟试卷17

一、阅读（常规阅读理解）（本题共2。题，每题

分,共20分。）

Accordingtoasurvey,whichwasbasedontheresponsesofover188,000students,

today'straditional-agecollegefreshmenare"morematerialisticandlessaltruistic（利他

主义的）”由anatanytimeinthe17yearsofthepoll.Notsurprisinginthesehardtimes,

thestudent'smajorobjective"istobefinanciallywelloff.Lessimportantthaneveris

developingameaningfulphilosophyoflife."Itfollowsthenthattodaythemostpopular

courseisnotliteratureorhistorybutaccounting.Interestinteaching,socialserviceand

the"altruistic"fieldsisatalow.Ontheotherhand,enrollmentinbusinessprograms,

engineeringandcomputerscienceiswayup.That'snosurprisecither.Afriendofmine

（asalesrepresentativeforachemicalcompany）wasmakingtwicethesalaryofher

collegeinstructorsherfirstyearon（hejob-evenbeforeshecompletedhertwo-year

associatedegree.Whileit'struethatweallneedacareer,itisequallytrue（hatour

civilizationhasaccumulatedanincredibleamountofknowlecgeinfieldsfarremoved

fromourownand（hatwearebetterforourunderstandingofiheseothercomribuiions一

betheyscientificorartistic.Itisequallytruethat,instudyingthediversewisdomof

others,welearnhowtothink.Moreimportant,perhaps,educationteachesustoseethe

connectionsbetweenthings,aswellastoseebeyondourimirediateneeds.Weeklywe

readofunionswhowentonstrikeforhigherwages,onlytodrivetheiremployeroutof

business.Nocompany;nojob.Howshortsightedinthelongrun!Butthemostimportant

argumentforabroadeducationisthatinstudyingtheaccumulatedwisdomoftheages,

weimproveourmoralsense.Isawacartoonrecentlywhichshowsagroupof

businessmenlookingpuzzledastheysitaroundaconference【able;oneofthemistalking

ontheintercom（对讲机）："MissBaxter,"hesays,"couldyoupleasesendinsomeone

whocandistinguishrightfromwrong?"Fromthelong-termpointofview,that'swhat

cduualioiiicallyoughtlobeaboul.

1、Accordingtotheauthor'sobservation,collegestudents.

A、haveneverbeensomaterialisticastoday

B、haveneverbeensointerestedinthearts

C、haveneverbeensofinanciallywelloffastoday

D、haveneverattachedsomuchimportancetomoralsense

标准答案：A

知识点解析：事实细节题。根据第1段可知，根据调杳，当今处于传统年龄的大学

一年级的学生在17年来的民意测验中是“最追求物质享受、最自私的“，这与A所

述相一致。

2^Thestudents5criteriaforselectingmajorstodayhavemuchtodowith.

A^(heinfluencesoftheirinstructors

B、thefinancialgoalstheyseekinlife

C、theirowninterpretationsofthecourses

D、theirunderstandingofthecontributionsofothers

标准答案：B

知识点解析：事实细节题。根据第2段第1句指出现在大学生选择专业的目的是为

了经济上的富裕，B中的financialgoals对应文中的financialwelloff,故正确。

3、Bysaying"Whileit'struethat...betheyscientificorartistic"(Lines1-3,Para.5),the

authormeansthat.

A、businessmanagementshouldbeincludedineducationalprograms

B、humanwisdomhasaccumulatedatanextraordinarilyhighspeed

C、humanintellectualdevelopmenthasreachednewheights

D、theimportanceofabroadeducationshouldnotbeoverlooked

标准答案：D

知识点解析：句意理解题。本句首选强调Career职业的重要性，之后强嗯我们也

必须理解其他领域的知识，所以这句H的是强调全面教育的重要性，故D正确。

4、Studyingthediversewisdomofotherscan.

A、createvaryingartisticinterests

B、helppeopleseethingsintheirrightperspective

C、helpimproveconnectionsamongpeople

D、regulatethebehaviorofmodernpeople

标准答案：B

知识点解析：事实细节题。根据第5段第2句：同样毋庸置疑的还有，学习他人的

各种智慧时，我们也学会怎样去思考。句「I।howtothink与B中的seethings

in...rightperspective意思最为相反，故B正确。

5、Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrueaccordingtothepassage?

A、Businessmenabsorbedintheircareerarenarrow-minded.

B、Managersoftenfindithardtotellrightfromwrong.

C、Peopleengagedintechnicaljobsleadamorerewardinglife.

D、Careerseekersshouldnotfocusonimmediateinterestsonly.

标准答案：D

知识点解析：事实细节题。根据文章的第5至6段可知，作者认为罢工要求加薪等

一些追求眼前利益的行为是目光短浅的，故D正确。

InordertohosttheOlympics,acitymustsubmitaproposaltotheIOC.Afterall

proposalshavebeensubmitted,theIOCvotes.Ifnocityissuccessfulingaininga

majorityinthefirstvote,thecitywiththefewestvotesiscliir.inatcd,andvoting

continueswithsuccessiveroundsuntilamajoritywinnerisdetermined.Typicallythe

Gamesareawardedseveralyearsinadvance,allowingthewinningcitytimetoprepare

fbr(heGames.InselectingthesiteoftheOlympicGames,theIOCconsidersanumber

offactors,chiefamongthemwhichcityhas,orpromisestobuild,thebestfacilities,and

whichorganizingcommitteeseemsmostlikelytostagetheGameseffectively.TheIOC

alsoconsiderswhichpartsoftheworldhavenotyethostedtheGames.Forinstance,

Tokyo,thehostofthe1964SummerGames,andMexicoCity,thehostofthe1968

SummerGames,werechoseninparttopopularizetheOlympicmovementinAsiaandin

LatinAmerica.Becauseofthegrowingimportanceoftelevisionworldwide,theIOCin

recentyearshasalsotakenintoaccountthehostcity'stimezone.WhenevertheGaines

takeplaceintheUnitedStatesorCanada,fbrexample,Americantelevisionnetworksare

willingtopaysignificantlyhigheramountsfortelevisionrightsbecausetheycan

broadcastpopulareventsliveinprimeviewinghours.OncetheGameshavebeen

awarded,itistheresponsibilityofthelocalorganizingcommittee—nottheIOCorthe

NOCofthehostcity'scountrytofinancethem.Thisisoftendonewithaportionofthe

Olympictelevisionrevenuesandwithcorporatesponsorships,ticketsales,andother

smallerrevenuesources,suchascommemorativepostagestampsorproceedsfroma

nationallottery.Inmanycasesthereisalsodirectgovernmentsupport.Althoughmany

citieshaveachievedafinancialprofitbyhostingtheGames,theOlympicscanbe

financiallyrisky.WhentheproceedsfromtheGameswerelessthanexpected,thecity

wasleftwithlargedebts.

6、Duringvoting,thecitywillwinhostofOlympics.

A、gettingmostvotesinthefirstvote

B、gettingmorethanhalfvotes

C、beingsupportedbyamajorcity

D、goingaroundsuccessfully

标准答案：B

知识点解析：事实细节题。也可归类为词义推断题。根据第1段第3句，只要弄清

楚majority的准确意思，即可做出正确选择。本题最具干扰的是选项A,其中的

most（最多的）与majority（大多数）意思很相近，majority通常是指超过半数以上的多

数，而获得mostvotes的国家也不一定等于获得超过半数以上的选票.因此选项A

是不对的。

7、Inselectingthehostcity,theIOCwillconsiderseveralfactorsEXCEPT.

A^thetimezoneofthehostcity

B、theexistingfacilitiesofthehostcity

C、whethertheareahashostedtheGames

D^whetherprofitcouldbemadebythehostcity

标准答案：D

知识点解析：事实细节题。本题考查列举处。本题可用排除法找出答案。本文第2

段列举了影响奥运会选址的四个因素，选项A、B、C分别对应着其中一个因素，

只有选项D不在其中。

8、Accordingtothepassage,oneofthereasonsforTokyotobethehostofOlympicsin

1964maybe.

A、it'samajorcityofJapan

it'safamouscily

C、ifsacityinAsia

D^it'sniceandcoolinsummer

标准答案：C

知识点解析：推理判断题。本题考杳举例处,第2段中东京获得1964奥运会主办

权这个事实是用于支持上一句（第2句）的说法的，第2句指出奥运会选址还会考虑

哪个地区从没举办过奥运会，结合第3句，即可推断选项C正确。选项A、B和D

可能符合现实，但是文中并无相关依据。

EveryOlympicGamesisfinancedby.

A^thelocalgovernmentandthefinancialorganizations

B、thelocalgovernmentandtheorganizingcommittee

C、theIOCandtheNationalOlympicCommittee

D、thelocalcompaniesandthelocalmedia

标准答案：B

知识点解析：事实细节题。本文第3段指出「举办奥运会的资金来源，通过对比选

项与这3句的陈述，即可找出正确选项为B。选项A具有干扰性，其中financial

organizations意为“金融组织”，虽与第I句中的organizingcommittee和finance等词

相似，但意思却完全不同。

10、Theword"proceeds"inthelastsentencemostprobablymeans"

A、sponsorship

B、reputation

C、financialsupport

D、financialprofit

标准答案：D

知识点解析：词义推断题。proceeds所在的句子是对上一句的进一步说明，其中，

木句最后的largedebts对应上一句的financiallyrisky,因此，此句中的proceeds对

应上句的financialprofito

Ifyou'refindingittoughtokindajob,tryexpandingyourjob-huntingplantoincludethe

followingstrategies:Setyourtarget.Whileyoushouldalwayskeepyouroptionsopento

compromise,youshouldalsobesuretotargetexactlywhatyouwantinajob.Aspecific

jobhuntwillbemoreefficientthanarandomone.Scheduleabundantinteniews.Use

everypossiblemethodtogetinterviews—answeringads,usingsearchfirms,contacting

companiesdirectly,surfingtheWeb,andnetworking.Evenifajobisnotperfectforyou,

everyinterviewcanmakeyoulearnfromit.Followup.Evenifsomeonedoesnothire

you,writethemathank-younotefortheinterview.Then,someweekslater,sendanother

brieflettertoexplainthatyoustillhavenotfoundtheperfectpositionandthatyouwill

beavailabletointerviewagainiftheoriginalpositionyouappliedfor-oranyother

position,fbrthatmatter-isopen.Dothiswitheverypositionyouinterviewfor,andyou

mayjustcatchabreak.Makeityourfull-timejob.Youcan'tfindajobbylooking

infrequently.Youhavetomaketimefbrit.Ifyou'reunemployedandlookingforajob,

devoteasmuchtimeasyouwouldtoafull-timejob.Ifyouhaveajobwhileyou're

looking,figureoutanorganizedscheduletomaximizeyoursearchingtime.Network

verlically（纵向地）.Intheresearchphaseofyourjobhunt,talktopeoplewhoareona

levelaboveyouinyourdesiredindustry.They'llhavesomeinsightsthatpeopleyour

ownlevelwon'thave,andwillbeinagoodpositiontohireyouorrecommendyoutobe

hired.Keepyourspiritsup.Lookingforajobisoneofthetoughestthingsyouwillever

havetodo.MaintainyourconHdence,staypersistent,andthinkpositively,andeventually

youwillgetajobthatsuitsyou.

11、Accordingtotheauthor,yourjob-huntingplanhadbetterbeasaspossible.

Asrandom

B、clear

C^fixed

D、complex

标准答案：B

知识点解析：事实细节题。第2段第3句是一个表示对比的句子，表明了找工作应

该specific,而不应该random,由此可确定B是正确选项。本题较具干扰性的是选

项C,但是specific（明确的）并不表示找T.作的计划应该fixed（不能改变）.而且

fixed与第2©中的compromise（折中）表达的意思矛盾，因此选项C不正确。

12、The"searchfirms"arcmostprobably.

A^companiesthathavevacantpostsavailable

B、companiesthatsupplywebsite-searchservice

C、companiesthatprovidejob-huntingservice

D^companiesthatstudyjobmarketandemploymentrate

标准答案：C

知识点解析：词义推断题。本题可用排除法通过对比得出正确答案。文中第3段第

2句列举了安排面试的方法，选项A其实与该句第三个方法中的companies所指一

致；选项B与句中最后两个方法重叠了；选项D根本不能表达search的意思：所

以只有C是正确的。

13、3Whenhuntingajob,you'dbettercommunicatewithpeopleonalevelaboveyou

because.

A^（heywillhireyousoon

B、theywillasksomeonetohireyou

C、youwillbenefitfromtheirfame

D、youcanlearnfromthem

标准答案：D

知识点解析：推理判断题。本题考杳复合句的理解。从倒数笫2段第3句的定语从

句可见，和高一层次的人物交谈，主要是因为他们具有你所不具备的insights,由

此可推断出和他们交谈可以向他们学习，即选项D。选项A和B中因为有hire一

词，因此看起来与原文有相似之处，但是选项A和B中的will表示的语气过于绝

对,与原文中beinagoodposition（易于）不相符。

14、Asindicatedin（hepassage,inOldertogetasuitablejob.youshould.

A、alwayskeepanoptimisticspirit

B、mainlyfocusonafull-timejob

C、applyforonejobatonetime

D、followotherpeople'sfootsteps

标准答案：A

知识点解析：事实细节题。选项A是对文章末段第1句和最后一句中的

confidence,persistent和posilively等说法的近义替换。最具干扰性的是选项B,该

选项与文中为5段“Makeityourfull—timejob.”在字面上很相近，但是该句的意思

并不是建议找一份全职的工作，而是说要把求职当作一份工作那样认真对待。

15、What'sthebesttitleforthispassage?

A^InterviewStrategies.

B、InterviewCeremony.

C、Job-huntingExperience.

D^Job-huntingStrategies.

标准答案：D

知识点解析：主旨大意题。文章开头第1句即点明全文中心——想找到理想的工

作，请尝试以下的策略；接着文中每一段分别指出了一条策略，每一条都用简洁的

祈使句句式表达，使读者对文章要点一目了然。本题最具干扰性的是选项A,文章

的前半部分都是与interview有关的，但是interview的策略也只是文章的部分内

容，而不能概括全文，因此A不正确。

Itiseasiertonegotiateinitialsalaryrequirementbecauseonceyouareinside,the

organizationalconstraints(约束)influencewageincreases.Onething,however,is

certain:yourchancesofgettingtheraiseyoufeelyoudeservearelessifyoudon'tatleast

askforit.Mentendtoaskfbrmore,and(heygetmore,and(hisholds(ruewithother

resources,no(justpayincreases.ConsiderBem'sstory:IdidnotgetwhatIwantedwhen

Ididnotaskforit.Wehadcthiclc(小隔间)officesandwindowoffices.Isatinthe

cubicleswithseveralmalecolleagues.Onebyonetheyweremovedintowindowoffices,

whileIremainedinthecubicles.Severalmaleswhowerehiredaftermealsowentto

offices.Oneinparticulartoldmehewasnextinlinefbranofficeandthatithadbeen

partofhisnegotiationsforthejob.Iguesstheythoughtmecontenttostayinthecubicles

sinceIdidnotvoicemyopinioneitherway.Itwouldbeniceifweallreceivedautomatic

payincreasesequaltoourmerit,but"nice"isn'taqualityattributedtomost

organizations.Ifyoufeelyoudeserveasignificantraiseinpay,you'llprobablyhaveto

askforit.Performanceisyourbestbargainingchip(筹码)whenyouareseekingaraise.

Youmustbeabletodemonstratethatyoudeservearaise.Timingisalsoagood

bargainingchip.Ifyoucangiveyourbosssomethingheorsheneeds(anewclientora

sizablecontract,forexample)justbeforemeritpaydecisionsarebeingmade,youare

morelikelytogettheraiseyouwant.Useinformationasabargainingchiptoo.Findout

whatyouareworthontheopenmarket.Whatwillsomeoneelsepayforyourservices?

Gointothenegotiationspreparedtoplaceyourchipsonthetableattheappropriatetime

andpreparedtousecommunicationstyletoguidethedirectionoftheinteraction.

16、Accordingto(hepassage,beforetakingajob,apersonshould.

A、demonstratehiscapability

B、givehisbossagoodimpression

C、askforasmuchmoneyashecan

D、askforthesalaryhehopestoget

标准答案：D

知识点解析：推理判断题。根据文章第1句。开头立论：“Itiseasiertonegotiate

initialsalaryrequirement在进入公司以前就谈妥你的最初工资要求要更容易些因

此，在接受一份工作前应该先提出期望薪金要求,即D。注意C中asmuch...ashe

can意思太绝对.不妥。

17、WhatcanbeinferredfromBeth'sstory?

A、Prejudiceagainst