大学英语四级改革适用（阅读）模拟试卷555

大学英语四级改革适用（阅读）模拟试

卷555

一、仔细阅读（本题共20题，每题1.0分，共20分。）

SomeAmericansarealittlenervousaboutthenation'sfuture,butothersfeelsecure,

knowingthatthemantheyconsiderthemostpowerfulpersonintheworldisn'tgoing

anywhere.Justwhoisthisbchind-the-sccnesguytheythinkhasmorepowerthanGeorge

W.Busheverwill?He'sAlanGreenspan,a74-ycar-oldexperteconomistwhoheadsthe

FederalReserve,commonlyknownastheFed.Unlikethepresident,whohastoplease

thevotersandcompromisewithCongress,Greenspandoesn'thavetoanswertoanyone.

Butthatdoesn'tmeanhisjobiseasy.Basically,Greenspanisinchargeofkeepingthe

nation'seconomystable.Theeconomyissortoflikeaballoon:blowintoomuchair,and

itpops.Butwithtoolittleair,itfallstothefloor.Greenspanhelpsdecidewhentoblow

moreairintotheeconomy.Inthiscase,theairinaballoonistheamountofmoneyinthe

economy.Greenspancanmaketheeconomygrowbyincreasingthemoneysupply,or

keeptheeconomyfrominflatingtoomuchbydecreasingthemoneysupply.Hisgoalis

fortheeconomytogrowandcontractgradually.Rapidchangescanharmbusinessesand

consumers.Afteryearsofveryhighgrowth,theAmericaneconomyisstartingtoslow

down.Recently,corporationshavebeenmakinglessmoneyandpeoplearestartingto

haveahardertimefindingjobs.Greenspanishopingtoeasetheeconomyintoasoft

landing.It'sjustliketomakethecarcometoagentlestopinsteadofhittingabrickwall.

Ifhesucceeds,thecountrywillavoidtwopossibleproblems:risingpricesandhigh

unemployment.AttheFed'smeeting,Greenspanandtheothermembersdecidedthatthe

economywasgrowingatanOKrate,butthatthereisapossibilityofaseriousslowdown,

andinordertosolvethat,theycouldlowerinterestratesatthenextmeetinginanattempt

toencouragepeopletoborrowandspend.Whilethere'snowaytoknowwhattheywill

decide,onethingiscertain:thedecisionsthatGreenspanandtheFederalReserveBoard

makewillaffecteveryonewhoearns,borrowsorspendsmoney.

1、ItiscertainthatGreenspan.

A、ismorepowerfulthanGeorgeW.Bush

B、hastoanswertosomeoneinthegovernment

C、isanexperteconomistdirectingtheFederalReserve

D、hastopleasethevotersandcompromisewithCongress

标准答案：C

知识点解析：事实细节题。本题考查对比处，要求在对比格林斯潘和布什之后得出

结论。解题关键是注意题目中的certain一词。由第2段第2句可知选项C正确。

选项A很具干扰性，其在文中也有相关内容，但选项A只是一部分人的看法，不

是事实，因此，这个说法是不确定的。

2、Greenspankeepstheeconomystableby.

A^blowingsufficientairintoit

controllingthemoneysupply

C、raisingpricesofcommodity

D、reducingunemploymentrate

标准答案：B

知识点解析：推理判断题。本题考查对比处。第4段把经济与气球进行类比，指出

气球中的空气就是经济中总的货币量，根据倒数第2句…increasingthemoney

supply,…decreasing…可推断出答案为B。根据第5段最后一句，选项C和D是经

济发展改善后可能带来的结果，而不是使经济稳定的手段。第4段第3句表明

Greenspan帮助决定什么时候向经济中注入“空气”，所以选项A排除。

3、Accordingtothefourthparagraph,decreasingthemoneysupplycankeepthe

economyfrom.

A、developingtoofast

B、growingtooslowly

C、changingtoorapidly

D、remainingtoostable

标准答案；A

知识点解析：词义推断题。本题考查对inflalingloomuch的理解。第4段第5句用

or连接两个分句，对比说明通过增加或减少货币量可促进或压制经济的发展速

度，因此，inflate应与grow或develop意思相近。

4、GreenspanmayhelpthecountrytoavoidtheproblemsEXCEPT.

A、risingprices

B、highunemployment

C、economicslowdown

D^bankloans

标准答案：D

知识点解析：事实细节题。本题考查对复合句的理解。第5段最后的复合句和第6

段提到了经济增长减速时的举措，可知只有选项D是文中没有提到过的。

5、Thepassagemainlydiscusses.

A、whyGreenspanisrespectedbymanypeopleintheUnitedStales

whatGreenspandoestoaffecteverybody'slife

C>whatGreenspandocstobalancetheeconomyintheUnitedStates

D、howGreenspanbecamethedirectoroftheFed

标准答案：C

知识点解析：主旨大意题。虽然本文一开头就说美国人认为格林斯潘很强大，但本

文的目的不是为了说明人们对他的尊敬，因此选项A不对。选项B太泛了，格林

斯潘对人们的影响通常是在经济方面的。文章第2段引出格林斯潘这个人物，从第

3段开始，文章主要说明的是他在经济领域的作用，围绕第4段首句展开讨论，因

此选项C才是正确选项。D项在文中未提及。

SomeAmericansarealittlenervousaboutthenation'sfuture,butothersfeelsecure,

knowingthatthemantheyconsiderthemostpowerfulpersonintheworldisn'tgoing

anywhere.Justwhoisthisbehind-the-scenesguytheythinkhasmorepowerthanGeorge

W.Busheverwill?He'sAlanGreenspan,a74-ycar-oldexperteconomistwhoheadsthe

FederalReserve,commonlyknownastheFed.Unlikethepresident,whohastoplease

thevotersandcompromisewithCongress,Greenspandoesn'thavetoanswertoanyone.

Butthatdoesn'tmeanhisjobiseasy.Basically,Greenspanisinchargeofkeepingthe

nation'seconomystable.Theeconomyissortoflikeaballoon:blowintoomuchair,and

itpops.Butwithtoolittleair,itfallstothefloor.Greenspanhelpsdecidewhentoblow

moreairintotheeconomy.Inthiscase,theairinaballoonistheamountofmoneyinthe

economy.Greenspancanmaketheeconomygrowbyincreasingthemoneysupply,or

keeptheeconomyfrominflatingtoomuchbydecreasingthemoneysupply.Hisgoalis

fortheeconomytogrowandcontractgradually.Rapidchangescanharmbusinessesand

consumers.Afteryearsofveryhighgrowth,theAmericaneconomyisstartingtoslow

down.Recently,corporationshavebeenmakinglessmoneyandpeoplearestartingto

haveahardertimefindingjobs.Greenspanishopingtoeasetheeconomyintoasoft

landing.It'sjustliketomakethecarcometoagentlestopinsteadofhittingabrickwall.

Ifhesucceeds,thecountrywillavoidtwopossibleproblems:risingpricesandhigh

unemployment.AttheFed'smeeting,Greenspanandtheothermembersdecidedthatthe

economywasgrowingatanOKrate,butthatthereisapossibilityofaseriousslowdown,

andinordertosolvethat,theycouldlowerinterestratesatthenextmeetinginanattempt

toencouragepeopletoborrowandspend.Whilethere'snowaytoknowwhattheywill

decide,onethingiscertain:thedecisionsthatGreenspanandtheFederalReserveBoard

makewillaffecteveryonewhoearns,borrowsorspendsmoney.

6、ItiscertainthatGreenspan.

A、ismorepowerfulthanGeorgeW.Bush

B、hastoanswertosomeoneinthegovernment

C、isanexperteconomistdirectingtheFederalReserve

D、hastopleasethevotersandcompromisewithCongress

标准答案：C、

知识点解析：事实细节题。本题考查对比处，要求在对比格林斯潘和布什之后得出

结论。解题关键是注意题目中的certain一词。由第2段第2句可知选项C正确。

选项A很具干扰性，其在文中也有相关内容，但选项A只是一部分人的看法，不

是事实，因此，这个说法是不确定的。

7^Greenspankeepstheeconomystableby

A、blowingsufficientairintoit

B>controllingthemoneysupply

C、raisingpricesofcommodity

D^reducingunemploymentrate

标准答案：B

知识点解析：推理判断题。本题考查对比处。第4段把经济与气球进行类比，指出

气球中的空气就是经济中总的货币量，根据倒数第2句...increasingthemoney

supply,…decreasing…可推断出答案为B。根据第5段最后一句，选项C和D是经

济发展改善后可能带来的结果，而不是使经济稳定的手段。第4段第3句表明

Greenspan帮助决定什么时候向经济中注入“空气”，所以选项A排除。

8、Accordingtothefour:hparagraph,decreasingthemoneysupplycankeepthe

economyfrom.

A、developingtoofast

B、growingtooslowly

C、changingtoorapidly

D、remainingtoostable

标准答案：A

知识点解析：词义推断题。本题考查对inflatingtoomuch的理解。第4段第5句用

。「连接两个分句，对比说明通过增加或减少货币量可促进或压制经济的发展速

度，因此，inflate应与grow或develop意思相近。

9、GreenspanmayhelpthecountrytoavoidtheproblemsEXCEPT.

Axrisingprices

B、highunemployment

C、economicslowdown

D、bankloans

标准答案：D

知识点解析：事实细节题。本题考皆对复合句的理解。第5段最后的复合句和第6

段提到了经济增长减速时的举措，可知只有选项D是文中没有提到过的。

10、Thepassagemainlydiscusses.

A、whyGreenspanisrespectedbymanypeopleintheUnitedStates

whatGreenspandoestoaffecteverybody'slife

C、whatGreenspandocstobalancetheeconomyintheUnitedStates

D、howGreenspanbecamethedirectoroftheFed

标准答案：C

知识点解析：主旨大意题。虽然本文一开头就说美国人认为格林斯潘很强大，但本

文的目的不是为了说明人们对他的尊敬，因此选项A不对。选项B太泛了，格林

斯潘对人们的影响通常是在经济方面的。文章第2段引出格林斯潘这个人物，从第

3段开始，文章主要说明的是他在经济领域的作用，围绕第4段首句展开讨论，因

此选项C才是正确选项。D项在文中未提及。

SomeAmericansarealittlenervousaboutthenation'sfuture,butothersfeelsecure,

knowingthatthemantheyconsiderthemostpowerfulpersonintheworldisn'tgoing

anywhere.Justwhoisthisbehind-the-scenesguytheythinkhasmorepowerthanGeorge

W.Busheverwill?He'sAlanGreenspan,a74-year-oldexperteconomistwhoheadsthe

FederalReserve,commonlyknownastheFed.Unlikethepresident,whohastoplease

thevotersandcompromisewithCongress,Greenspandoesn'thavetoanswertoanyone.

Butthatdoesn'tmeanhisjobiseasy.Basically,Greenspanisinchargeofkeepingthe

nation'seconomystable.Theeconomyissortoflikeaballoon:blowintoomuchair,and

itpops.Butwithtoolittleair,itfallstothefloor.Greenspanhelpsdecidewhentoblow

moreairintotheeconomy.Inthiscase,theairinaballoonistheamountofmoneyinthe

economy.Greenspancanmaketheeconomygrowbyincreasingthemoneysupply,or

keeptheeconomyfrominflatingtoomuchbydecreasingthemoneysupply.Hisgoalis

fortheeconomytogrowandcontractgradually.Rapidchangescanharmbusinessesand

consumers.Afteryearsofveryhighgrowth,theAmericaneconomyisstartingtoslow

down.Recently,corporationshavebeenmakinglessmoneyandpeoplearcstartingto

haveahardertimefindingjobs.Greenspanishopingtoeasetheeconomyintoasoft

landing.It'sjustliketomakethecarcometoagentlestopinsteadofhittingabrickwall.

Ifhesucceeds,thecountrywillavoidtwopossibleproblems:risingpricesandhigh

unemployment.AttheFed'smeeting,Greenspanandtheothermembersdecidedthatthe

economywasgrowingatanOKrate,butthatthereisapossibilityofaseriousslowdown,

andinordertosolvethat,theycouldlowerinterestratesatthenextmeetinginanattempt

toencouragepeopletoborrowandspend.Whilethere'snowaytoknowwhattheywill

decide,onethingiscertain:thedecisionsthatGreenspanandtheFederalReserveBoard

makewillaffecteveryonewhoearns,borrowsorspendsmoney.

11、ItiscertainthatGreenspan.

A、ismorepowerfulthanGeorgeW.Bush

hastoanswertosomeoneinthegovernment

C、isanexperteconomistdirectingtheFederalReserve

D、hastopleasethevotersandcompromisewithCongress

标准答案：C

知识点解析：事实细节题。本题考查对比处，要求在对比格林斯潘和布什之后得出

结论。解题关键是注意题目中的ceriain一词。由第2段第2句可知选项C正确。

选项A很具干扰性，其在文中也有相关内容，但选项A只是一部分人的看法，不

是事实，因此，这个说法是不确定的。

12、Greenspankeepstheeconomystableby.

A^blowingsufficientairintoit

B、controllingthemoneysupply

C、raisingpricesofcommodity

D^reducingunemploymentrate

标准答案：B

知识点解析：推理判断题。本题考查对比处。第4段把经济与气球进行类比，指出

气球中的空气就是经济中总的货币量，根据倒数第2句...increasingthemoney

supply….decreasing…可.推断出答案为B。根据第5段最后一句，选项C和D是经

济发展改善后可能带来的结果，而不是使经济稳定的手段。第4段第3句表明

Greenspan帮助决定什么时候向经济中注入“空气”，所以选项A排除。

13、Accordingtothefourthparagraph,decreasingthemoneysupplycankeepthe

economyfrom.

A、developingtoofast

B、growingtooslowly

C^changingtoorapidly

D、remainingtoostable

标准答案：A

知识点解析：词义推断题。本题考查对inflatingtoemuch的理解。第4段第5句用

or连接两个分句，对比说明通过增加或减少货币量可促进或压制经济的发展速

度，因此，inflate应与grow或develop意思相近。

14、GreenspanmayhelpthecountrytoavoidtheproblemsEXCEF1.

A、risingprices

highunemployment

C、economicslowdown

D、bankIoans

标准答案：D

知识点解析：事实细节题。本题考查对复合句的理解。第5段最后的复合句和第6

段提到了经济增长减速时的举措，可知只有选项D是文中没有提到过的。

15,Thepassagemainlydiscusses.

A、whyGreenspanisrespectedbymanypeopleintheUnitedStates

B、whatGreenspandoestoaffecteverybody'slife

C>whatGreenspandoestobalancetheeconomyintheUnitedStates

D、howGreenspanbecamethedirectoroftheFed

标准答案：C

知识点解析：主旨大意题。虽然本文一开头就说美国人认为格林斯潘很强大，但本

文的目的不是为了说明人们对他的尊敬，因此选项A不对。选项B太泛了，格林

斯潘对人们的影响通常是在经济方面的。文章第2段引出格林斯潘这个人物，从第

3段开始，文章主要说明的是他在经济领域的作用,闱绕第4段首句展开讨论，因

此选项C才是正确选项。D项在文中未提及。

SomeAmericansarealittlenervousaboutthenation'sfuture,butothersfeelsecure,

knowingthatthemantheyconsiderthemostpowerfulpersonintheworldisn'tgoing

anywhere.Justwhoisthisbehind-the-scenesguytheythinkhasmorepowerthanGeorge

W.Busheverwill?He'sAlanGreenspan,a74-year-oldexperteconomistwhoheadsthe

FederalReserve,commonlyknownastheFed.Unlikethepresident,whohastoplease

thevotersandcompromisewithCongress,Greenspandoesn'thavetoanswertoanyone.

Butthatdoesn'tmeanhisjobiseasy.Basically,Greenspanisinchargeofkeepingthe

nation'seconomystable.Theeconomyissortoflikeaballoon:blowintoomuchair,and

itpops.Butwithtoolittleair,itfallstothefloor.Greenspanhelpsdecidewhentoblow

moreairintotheeconomy.Inthiscase,theairinaballoonistheamountofmoneyinthe

economy.Greenspancanmaketheeconomygrowbyincreasingthemoneysupply,or

keeptheeconomyfrominflatingtoomuchbydecreasingthemoneysupply.Hisgoalis

fortheeconomytogrowandcontractgradually.Rapidchangescanharmbusinessesand

consumers.Afteryearsofveryhighgrowth,theAmericaneconomyisstartingtoslow

down.Recently,corporationshavebeenmakinglessmoneyandpeoplearcstartingto

haveahardertimefindingjobs.Greenspanishopingtoeasetheeconomyintoasoft

landing.It'sjustliketomakethecarcometoagentlestopinsteadofhittingabrickwall.

Ifhesucceeds,thecountrywillavoidtwopossibleproblems:risingpricesandhigh

unemployment.AttheFed'smeeting,Greenspanandtheothermembersdecidedthatthe

economywasgrowingatanOKrate,butthatthereisapossibilityofaseriousslowdown,

andinordertosolvethat,theycouldlowerinterestratesatthenextmeetinginanattempt

toencouragepeopletoborrowandspend.Whilethere'snowaytoknowwhattheywill

decide,onethingiscertain:thedecisionsthatGreenspanandtheFederalReserveBoard

makewillaffecteveryonewhoearns,borrowsorspendsmoney.

16、ItiscertainthatGreenspan.

A、ismorepowerfulthanGeorgeW.Bush

B、hastoanswertosomeoneinthegovernment

C、isanexperteconomistdirectingtheFederalReserve

D、hastopleasethevotersandcompromisewithCongress

标准答案：C

知识点露析：事实细节题。本题考查对比处，要求在对比格林斯潘和布什之后得出

结论。解题关键是注意题目中的ceriain一词。由第2段第2句可知选项C正确。

选项A很具干扰性，其在文中也有相关内容，但选项A