四级阅读理解题必做

Writing

Directions: For this part, you are allowed to write

a

short

essay

entitled

to

Love

Around

Natural

Disaster

.You

should

write

at

least

150

words

following

the

outline

given

below:

1.

近段时间

,

中国遭遇前所未有的自然灾害

2.

社会各界人士提供全力协助

3.

表达关切之情

,

并表示自己愿意伸出援手

Reading Comprehension

Direction: There are 4 passages in this part. Each

passage is followed by some questions. For each of them

there

are

four

choices

marked A),

B) C)

and D).

You

should

decide

on

the

best

choice

and

mark

the

corresponding

letter

on

the Answer

Sheet

with

a

single

line

through

the center.

Passage One

Questions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage:

It is everyone agrees, a huge task that the child performs when he

learns to speak, and the fact that he does so in so short a period of

time challenges explanation.

Language learning begins with listening. Individual children vary

greatly in the amount of listening they do before they start speaking,

and late starters are often long listeners. Most children will

spoken

instructions

some

time

before

they

can

speak,

though

the

word

obey

is

hardly

accurate

as

a

description

of

the

eager

and

delighted

cooperation

usually shown by the child. Before they can speak, many children will

also ask questions by gesture and by making questioning noises.

Any

attempt

to

trace

the

development

from

the

noises babies

make

to

their

first

spoken

words

leads

to

considerable

difficulties.

It

is

agreed

that

they

enjoy

making

noises,

and

that

during

the

first

few

months

one

or

two

noises

sort

themselves

out

as

particularly

indicative

of

delight,

distress,

sociability,

and

so

on.

But

since

these

cannot

be

said

to

show

the

baby's

intention

to

communicate,

they

can

hardly

be

regarded

as

early

forms

of language.

It

is

agreed,

too,

that

from

about

three

months

they

play with sounds for enjoyments, and that by six months they are able

to add new sounds to their repertoire

（能发出的全部声音）

. This

self-imitation

leads

on

to

deliberate< /p>

（有意识的）

imitation

of

sounds

made

or words spoken to them by other people. The problem then arises as to

the point at which one can say that these imitations can be considered

as speech.

61.

By

explanation

(Line

2,

Para.1)

the

author

means

that

________.

A) no explanation is necessary for such an obvious phenomenon

B) no explanation has been made up to now

C) it's no easy job to provide an adequate explanation

D) it's high time that an explanation was provided

62. The third paragraph is mainly about ______.

A) the development of babies' early forms of language

B) the difficulties of babies in learning to speak

C) babies' strong desire to communicate

D) babies' intention to communicate

63. The

author's

purpose

in

writing

the

second

paragraph

is

to

show

that

children ______.

A) usually obey without asking questions

B) are passive in the process of learning to speak

C) are born cooperative

D) learn to speak by listening

64. From the passage we learn that _______.

A) early starters can learn to speak within only six months

B) children show a strong desire to communicate by making noises

C) imitation plays an important role in learning to speak

D) children have various difficulties in learning to speak

65. The best title for this passage would be ______.

A) How Babies Learn to Speak

B) Early Forms of Language

C) A Huge Task for Children

D) Noise Making and Language Learning

Key:61. C 62. A 63. D 64. C 65. A

Passage Two

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:

After the violent earthquake that shook Los Angeles in 1994,

earthquake

scientists

had

good

news

to

report:

The

damage

and

death

toll

（死亡人数）

could have been much worse.

More than 60 people died in this earthquake. By comparison, as

earthquake

of

similar

intensity

that

shook

America

in

1988

claimed

25,000

victims.

Injuries

and

deaths

were

relatively

less

in

Los Angeles

because

the

quake occurred at 4:31 a.m. on a holiday, when traffic was light on the

city's

highways.

In

addition,

changes

made

to

the

construction

codes

in

Los Angeles during the last 20 years have strengthened the city's

buildings and highways, making them more resistant to quakes.

Despite the good new, civil engineers aren't resting on their

successes. Pinned to their drawing boards are blueprints

（蓝图）

for

improved quake-resistant buildings. The new designs should offer even

greater security to cities where earthquakes often take place.

In the past, making structures quake-resistant meant firm yet

flexible

materials,

such

as

steel

and

wood,

that bend

without

breaking.

Later, people tried to lift a building off its foundation, and insert

rubber and steel between the building and its foundation to reduce the

impact of ground vibrations. The most recent designs give buildings

brains as well as concrete and steel supports. Called smart buildings,

the structures respond like living organisms to an earthquake's

vibrations. When the ground shakes and the building tips forward, the

computer would force the building to shift in the opposite direction.

The

new

smart

structures

could

be

very

expensive

to

build. However,

they

would

save

many

lives and

would

be

less likely

to

be

damaged

during

earthquakes.

21. One reason why the loss of lives in the Los Angeles earthquake was

comparatively low is that _________.

A) new computers had been installed in the buildings

B) it occurred in the residential areas rather than on the highways

C) large numbers of Los Angeles residents had gone for a holiday

D) improvements had been made in the construction of buildings and

highways

22. The function of the computer mentioned in the passage is to _____.

A) counterbalance an earthquake's action on the building

B) predict the coming of an earthquake with accuracy

C) help strengthen the foundation of the building

D) measure the impact of an earthquake's vibrations

23. The smart buildings discussed in the passage ______

A) would cause serious financial problems

B) would be worthwhile though costly

C) would increase the complexity of architectural design

D) can reduce the ground vibrations caused by earthquakes

24. It can be inferred from the passage that in minimizing the damage

caused by earthquakes attention should be focused on _______.

A) the increasing use of rubber and steel in capital construction

B) the development of flexible building materials

C) the reduction of the impact of ground vibrations

D) early forecasts of earthquakes

25. The author's main purpose in writing the passage is to ________.

A)

compare

the

consequences

of

the

earthquakes

that

occurred

in

the

U.S.

B) encourage civil engineers to make more extensive use of computers

C) outline the history of the development of quake-resistant building

materials

D) report new developments in constructing quake- resistant buildings