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四級英語閱讀理解歷年真題
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第一篇：
We have a crisis on our hands. You mean global warming? The world economy? No, the decline of reading. People are just not doing it anymore, especially the young. Who’s responsible?
Actually, it’s more like, what is responsible? The Internet, of course, and everything that comes with it – Facebook, Twitter (微博). You can write your own list.
There’s been a warning about the imminent death of literate civilization for a long time. In the 20th century, fi rst it was the movies, then radio, then television that seemed to spell doom for the written world. None did. Reading survived; in fact it not only survived, it has fl ourished. The world is more literate than ever before – there are more and more readers, and more and more books.
The fact that we often get our reading material online today is not something we should worry over. The electronic and digital revolution of the last two decades has arguably shown the way forward for reading and for writing. Take the arrival of e-book readers as an example.
Devices like Kindle make reading more convenient and are a lot more environmentally friendly than the traditional paper book.
As technology makes new ways of writing possible, new ways of reading are possible. Interconnectivity allows for the possibility of a reading experience that was barely imaginable before. Where traditional books had to make do with photographs and illustrations, an e-book can provide readers with an unlimited number of links: to texts, pictures, and videos. In the future, the way people write novels, history, and philosophy will resemble nothing seen in the past.
On the other hand, there is the danger of trivialization. One Twitter group is offering its followers single-sentence-long “digests” of the great novels. War and Peace in a sentence? You must be joking. We should fear the fragmentation of reading. There is the danger that the highspeed connectivity of the Internet will reduce our attention span—that we will be incapable of reading anything of length or which requires deep concentration.
In such a fast-changing world, in which reality seems to be remade each day, we need the ability to focus and understand what is happening to us. This has always been the function of literature and we should be careful not to let it disappear. Our society needs to be able to imagine the possibility of someone utterly in tune with modern technology but able to make sense of a dynamic, confusing world.
In the 15th century, Johannes Guttenberg’s invention of the printing press in Europe had a huge impact on civilization. Once upon a time the physical book was a challenging thing. We should remember this before we assume that technology is out to destroy traditional culture.
81. Which of the following paragraphs briefl y reviews the historical challenges for reading?
A. Paragraph One. B. Paragraph Two. C. Paragraph Three. D. Paragraph Four.
82. The following are all cited as advantages of e-books EXCEPT _____.
A. multimodal content B. environmental friendliness
C. convenience for readers D. imaginative design
83. Which of the following can best describe how the author feels toward single-sentence-long novels?
A. Ironic B. Worried.
C. Sarcastic. D. Doubtful.
84. According to the passage, people need knowledge of modern technology and _____ to
survive in the fast-changing society.
A. good judgment B. high sensitivity
C. good imagination D. the ability to focus
85. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Technology pushes the way forward for reading and writing.
B. Interconnectivity is a feature of new reading experience.
C. Technology is an opportunity and a challenge for traditional reading.
D. Technology offers a greater variety of reading practice.
第二篇：
I know when the snow melts and the first robins (知更鳥) come to call, when the laughter of children returns to the parks and playgrounds, something wonderful is about to happen.
Spring cleaning.
I’ll admit spring cleaning is a difficult notion for modern families to grasp. Today’s busy families hardly have time to load the dishwasher, much less clean the doormat. Asking the family to spend the weekend collecting winter dog piles from the melting snow in the backyard is like announcing there will be no more Wi-Fi. It interrupts the natural order.
“Honey, what say we spend the weekend beating the rugs, sorting through the boxes in the basement and painting our bedroom a nice lemony yellow?” I say.
“Can we at least wait until the NBA matches are over?” my husband answers.
But I tell my family, spring cleaning can’t wait. The temperature has risen just enough to melt snow but not enough for Little League practice to start. Some flowers are peeking out of the thawing
ground, but there is no lawn to seed, nor garden to tend. Newly wakened from our winter’s hibernation(冬眠), yet still needing extra blankets at night, we open our windows to the first fresh air
floating on the breeze and all of the natural world demanding “Awake and be clean!”
Biologists offer a theory about this primal impulse to clean out every drawer and closet in the house at spring’s first light, which has to do with melatonin, the sleepytime hormone (激素) our
bodies produce when it’s dark. When spring’s light comes, the melatonin diminishes, and suddenly we are awakened to the dusty, virus-filled house we’ve been hibernating in for four months.
I tell my family about the science and psychology of a good healthy cleaning at spring’s arrival. I speak to them about life’s greatest rewards waiting in the removal of soap scum from
the bathtub, which hasn’t been properly cleaned since the fi rst snowfall.
“I’ll do it,” says the eldest child, a 21-year-old college student who lives at home.
“You will? Wow!” I exclaim.
Maybe after all these years, he’s finally grasped the concept. Maybe he’s expressing his rightful position as eldest child and role model. Or maybe he’s going to Florida for a break in a couple of weeks and he’s being nice to me who is the fi nancial-aid officer.
No matter. Seeing my adult son willingly cleaning that dirty bathtub gives me hope for the future of his 12-year-old brother who, instead of working, is found to be sleeping in the seat of the window he is supposed to be cleaning.
“Awake and be clean!” I say.
86. According to the passage, “...spring cleaning is a difficult notion for modern families to grasp” means that spring cleaning _____.
A. is no longer an easy practice to understand.
B. is no longer part of modern family life.
C. requires more family members to be involved.
D. calls for more complicated skills and knowledge.
87. Which of the following is LEAST likely to be included in family spring cleaning?
A. Beating the rugs. B. Cleaning the window.
C. Restoring Wi-Fi services. D. Cleaning the backyard.
88. Why does the author say “spring cleaning can’t wait”?
A. Because there will be more activities when it gets warmer.
B. Because the air is fresher and the breeze is lighter.
C. Because the whole family is full of energy at spring time.
D. Because the snow is melting and the ground is thawing.
89. Which of the following interpretations of the biologists’ theory about melatonin is INCORRECT?
A. The production of melatonin in our bodies varies at different times.
B. Melatonin is more likely to cause sleepiness in our bodies.
C. The reduction of melatonin will cause wakefulness in our bodies.
D. The amount of melatonin remains constant in our bodies.
90. Which of the following can best sum up the author’s overall reaction to her adult son’s
positive response to spring cleaning?
A. Surprised and skeptical. B. Elated and hesitant.
C. Relieved and optimistic. D. Optimistic and hesitant.
第三篇：
These days lots of young Japanese doomiai, literally, “meet and look.” Many of them do so willingly. In today’s prosperous and increasingly conservative Japan, the traditional omiai kekkon, or arranged marriage, is thriving.
But there is a difference. In the original omiai, the young Japanese couldn’t reject the partner chosen by his parents and their middleman. After World War II, many Japanese abandoned the
arranged marriage as part of their rush to adopt the more democratic ways of their American conquerors. The Western ren’ai kekkon, or love marriage, became popular; Japanese began picking their own mates by dating and falling in love.
But the Western way was often found wanting in an important respect: it didn’t necessarily produce a partner of the right economic, social, and educational qualifi cations. “Today’s young
people are quite calculating,” says Chieko Akiyama, a social commentator.
What seems to be happening now is a repetition of a familiar process in the country’s history, the “Japanization” of an adopted foreign practice. The Western ideal of marrying for love is accommodated in a new omiai in which both parties are free to reject the match. “Omiai is evolving into a sort of stylized introduction,” Mrs. Akiyama says.
Many young Japanese now date in their early twenties, but with no thought of marriage. When they reach the age—in the middle twenties for women, the late twenties for men—they increasingly turn to omiai. Some studies suggest that as many as 40 % of marriages each year are omiai kekkon. It’s hard to be sure, say those who study the matter, because many Japanese couples, when polled, describe their marriage as a love match even if it was arranged.
These days, doing omiai often means going to a computer matching service rather than to a nakodo. The nakodo of tradition was an old woman who knew all the kids in the neighbourhood and went around trying to pair them off by speaking to their parents; a successful match would bring her a wedding invitation and a gift of money. But Japanese today find it’s less awkward to reject a proposed partner if the nakodo is a computer.
Japan has about five hundred computer matching services. Some big companies, including Mitsubishi, run one for their employees. At a tyhttps://p.9136.com/28mercial service, an applicant pays $80 to $125 to have his or her personal data stored in the computer for two years and $200 or so more if a marriage results. The stored information includes some obvious items, like education and hobbies, and some not-so-obvious ones, like whether a person is the oldest child. (First sons, and to some extent fi rst daughters, face an obligation of caring for elderly parents.)
91. According to the passage, today’s young Japanese prefer _____.
A. a traditional arranged marriage. B. a new type of arranged marriage.
C. a Western love marriage. D. a more Westernized love marriage.
92. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
A. A Western love marriage tends to miss some Japanese values.
B. Less attention is paid to the partner’s qualifi cation in arranged marriages.
C. Young Japanese would often calculate their partner’s wealth.
D. A new arranged marriage is a repetition of the older type.
93. According to the passage, the fi gure 40% (Paragraph Five) is uncertain because _____.
A. there has been a big increase in the number of arranged marriages.
B. Western love marriage still remains popular among young Japanese.
C. young Japanese start dating very early in their life in a Western tradition.
D. the tendency for arranged marriages could be stronger than is indicated.
94. One of the big differences between a traditional nakodo and its contemporary version lies in the way _____.
A. wedding gifts are presented. B. a proposed partner is refused.
C. formalities are arranged. D. the middleman/woman is chosen.
95. What is the purpose of the last paragraph?
A. To tell the differences between an old and modern nakodo.
B. To provide some examples for the traditional nakodo.
C. To offer more details of the computerized nakodo.
D. To sum up the main ideas and provide a conclusion.
>>>>>>答案與解析<<<<<<
第一篇：
81. B 。主旨類。問的是段落大意，答題時應先看選項，只涉及前四段，故只關注這幾段。問題給出大意是有關“historical challenges for reading(歷史挑戰)”，第二段中“a long time”，“doom”，“survive”是解題關鍵詞。
82. D 。細節類。要注意題干中的EXCEPT，問的是不是電子書優點的一項。答題時應先尋找有關電子書的部分。第三段涉及了B、C兩個優點，第四段介紹了A的優點，排除A，B，C，故選D。
83. B 。態度類。抓住題干關鍵詞single-sentence-long novels，文中此處兩次出現“danger”和一次“fear”，表明作者擔憂的'態度。
84. A 。細節類。需在原文中找到具體的信息出處，在倒數第二段，“make sense”是答題關鍵詞。
85. C 。主旨類。此處問全文大意，要確保不以偏概全，A、B、D都犯了這個錯誤，所以選C。
第二篇：
86. B。細節類。題干直接引用原文，故答題時先鎖定引文位置。“It interrupts the natural order”是答題線索，既然是打亂了自然順序，說明現在已經沒有多少家庭保留這個傳統做法了。
87. C。細節類。此題與上題出自同一段，要注意題干中的EXCEPT，并理解作者所說的反話，wi-fi只是作者打的比方，而不是春季大掃除的內容。
88. A。推理類。從作者列出的各種活動可以看出她意在說明有很多活動暫時還不會發生，所以是進行春季大掃除的好機會。
89. D。推理類。注意題中出現的“biologist”是定位關鍵詞，另外EXCEPT問的是非正確選項，需用排除法。A和D語義相反，所以也可以通過邏輯判斷直接選定錯誤理解是D。
90. B。態度類。“Wow”和“exclaim”表明了這個高興的態度，“You will?”表明了猶豫疑惑的態度。
第三篇：
91. B。主旨題。第一段已經將大意講出，通讀全文后可以判斷雖然采用傳統的方式，但在做選擇上，今日的年輕人有更多自由，所以選B。
92. A。推理題。根據文章所給信息，判斷每一句的對錯。B和D與原文含義完全相反，C沒有明確提到。
93. D。細節題。直接到指向的第五段，最后一句說明該數據可能比真實數據偏少。
94. B。細節題。文中指出兩種婚姻形式最大的不同就在于現在被介紹雙方都可以選擇拒絕對方。D是最具迷惑的選項，文中的確談到現在的中間人多數是電腦充當，但是中間人并非二者的根本差別，所以不對。
95. C。主旨題。最后一段列出不少實例來具體說明電腦媒介所起的作用。
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