大学英语四级改革适用（阅读）模拟试卷262及答案解析.doc

1、大学英语四级改革适用（阅读）模拟试卷 262及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Reading Comprehensio(总题数：5，分数：100.00)1.Part III Reading Comprehension（分数：20.00）_2.Section A（分数：20.00）_People who live in heavily industrialized areas do not get as much sunlight as they should. Dust 1over a city at altitudes (海拔) of between 4,000 an

2、d 8,000 feet cuts out between 20 and 50 percent of the sunlight and up to 90 percent of the ultraviolet light (紫外线). But dust is not the only thing to 2about. When fuels are burned, whether in a factory, or in a home, or in the engine of a car, CO 2 is given off. CO 2 in the atmosphere acts as a kin

3、d of 3around the earth, keeping warms in and so slowly raising the 4of the earth. This could really change the climate all over the world. Everybody wants to have a car. 5, while they are giving us so much pleasure, cars are also poisoning us. The amount of dangerous substances sent out by a car is

4、quite 6. Did you know, for example, that a hundred cars produce on 7a third of a ton of CO, as well as many other 8substances every day? Now, more and more people are realizing the importance of clean air. Schools are now teaching about the pollution problems. Scientists and engineers are trying to

5、9new engines for cars. But what about the millions of cars already in use? Must they all be thrown away? It might be very 10to change them so that they, too, are pollutiorvfree. A. forge B. screen C. expensive D. floating E. unfortunately F. average G. poisonous H. develop I. temperature J. surprisi

6、ng K. overtaking L. essential M. regulation N. generously O. worry（分数：20.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_Unless measures are taken at once, there is a possibility that all the oceans of the world will be dead by the next century. How can this possibly happen?

7、 We have already seen that people 1all kinds of waste products to be thrown into the sea. It is almost 2to measure how much industrial waste ends up in our oceans, but we can 3how much oil is poured into them according to the law and against the law. It is against the law to pour oil into the sea 4t

8、o the shore, but when a ship is many miles out to the sea there are no such 5. Estimate of the amount of oil poured in European Waters 6is about 200,000 tons every year. Some people say the 7could be ten times as high around the world. It is not only our 8that suffer from oil pollution. Among other

9、things, many fish now contain very high amounts of 9substances. Next time you have fish to eat, how can you be sure that they are free from oil pollution? You cannot see the 10and you cannot taste them, either. It is really quite a problem. Nearly all of the countries are trying hard to prevent and

10、control oil pollution. We hope that the day will soon come when fish will be free from oil pollution. A. limitations B. seashores C. allow D. invade E. close F. poisonous G. afterwards H. agenda I. edit J. figure K. impossible L. alone M. effects N. calculate O. extensive（分数：20.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项

11、1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_Theres a world paper shortage. Theres a national bottle 1, and were running out of raw materials like timber and tinor so the papers say. Well, Ive just emptied my shopping basket after my 2shopping trip and it was full of things made from these 3m

12、aterials. Half of what Id bought I threw away at once; all those unnecessary paper bags, plastic bags, fresh 4paper and old newspapers they put the food in nowadays. Modern packaging makes shopping cleaner and more convenient, but at what 5? Every time you throw away a paper bag youre throwing away

13、part of a treeand trees dont grow 6! At this rate there soon wont be any trees left, and then what shall we do? Perhaps well learn to do what my mother did. She used to keep a store of paper bags in a kitchen 7and use them again and again for her shopping. Most goods were sold 8in those days. And th

14、e shopkeeper weighed out the amount you wanted. Of course, liquid goods have always been 9in bottles or cans, but why cant we use them more than once? If we 10all our bottles we would save on the raw materials and energy needed to make new ones. Its time we started to think seriously about the growi

15、ng shortage of raw materials in the world today. A. drawer B. seldom C. weekly D. reused E. cost F. verify G. overnight H. wrapping I. enclosed J. loose K. sold L. shortage M. scarce N. partial O. ban（分数：20.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_大学英语四级改革适用（阅读）模拟试卷 2

16、62答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Reading Comprehensio(总题数：5，分数：100.00)1.Part III Reading Comprehension（分数：20.00）_解析：2.Section A（分数：20.00）_解析：People who live in heavily industrialized areas do not get as much sunlight as they should. Dust 1over a city at altitudes (海拔) of between 4,000 and 8,000 feet cu

17、ts out between 20 and 50 percent of the sunlight and up to 90 percent of the ultraviolet light (紫外线). But dust is not the only thing to 2about. When fuels are burned, whether in a factory, or in a home, or in the engine of a car, CO 2 is given off. CO 2 in the atmosphere acts as a kind of 3around th

18、e earth, keeping warms in and so slowly raising the 4of the earth. This could really change the climate all over the world. Everybody wants to have a car. 5, while they are giving us so much pleasure, cars are also poisoning us. The amount of dangerous substances sent out by a car is quite 6. Did yo

19、u know, for example, that a hundred cars produce on 7a third of a ton of CO, as well as many other 8substances every day? Now, more and more people are realizing the importance of clean air. Schools are now teaching about the pollution problems. Scientists and engineers are trying to 9new engines fo

20、r cars. But what about the millions of cars already in use? Must they all be thrown away? It might be very 10to change them so that they, too, are pollutiorvfree. A. forge B. screen C. expensive D. floating E. unfortunately F. average G. poisonous H. develop I. temperature J. surprising K. overtakin

21、g L. essential M. regulation N. generously O. worry（分数：20.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：D）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：O）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：B）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：I）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：E）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：J）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：F）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：G）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：H）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：C）解析：解析：此处应为形容词。本段第 4句和第 5句两个问句表明，要改装现在已经投入使用的汽车以减少它们的污染很困难，花费很大，词库中只有 expensive可

22、以表达这个意思。要注意的是，词库中的essential一词放在空白处在语法和语义上也是成立的，但是如果结合上文两个问句的内容，essential就不如 expensive合适了。Unless measures are taken at once, there is a possibility that all the oceans of the world will be dead by the next century. How can this possibly happen? We have already seen that people 1all kinds of waste pro

23、ducts to be thrown into the sea. It is almost 2to measure how much industrial waste ends up in our oceans, but we can 3how much oil is poured into them according to the law and against the law. It is against the law to pour oil into the sea 4to the shore, but when a ship is many miles out to the sea

24、 there are no such 5. Estimate of the amount of oil poured in European Waters 6is about 200,000 tons every year. Some people say the 7could be ten times as high around the world. It is not only our 8that suffer from oil pollution. Among other things, many fish now contain very high amounts of 9subst

25、ances. Next time you have fish to eat, how can you be sure that they are free from oil pollution? You cannot see the 10and you cannot taste them, either. It is really quite a problem. Nearly all of the countries are trying hard to prevent and control oil pollution. We hope that the day will soon com

26、e when fish will be free from oil pollution. A. limitations B. seashores C. allow D. invade E. close F. poisonous G. afterwards H. agenda I. edit J. figure K. impossible L. alone M. effects N. calculate O. extensive（分数：20.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：C）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：K）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：N）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：E）填空项 1:_ （正确

27、答案：A）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：L）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：J）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：B）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：F）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：M）解析：解析：此处应为名词。上下文提到我们不能知道鱼是否有毒，我们既无从知道吃这种鱼的后果，也不能去吃这种鱼以确定它是否有毒，由此可见，effects 最合适。Theres a world paper shortage. Theres a national bottle 1, and were running out of raw materials like timber and tinor so the papers say

28、. Well, Ive just emptied my shopping basket after my 2shopping trip and it was full of things made from these 3materials. Half of what Id bought I threw away at once; all those unnecessary paper bags, plastic bags, fresh 4paper and old newspapers they put the food in nowadays. Modern packaging makes

29、 shopping cleaner and more convenient, but at what 5? Every time you throw away a paper bag youre throwing away part of a treeand trees dont grow 6! At this rate there soon wont be any trees left, and then what shall we do? Perhaps well learn to do what my mother did. She used to keep a store of pap

30、er bags in a kitchen 7and use them again and again for her shopping. Most goods were sold 8in those days. And the shopkeeper weighed out the amount you wanted. Of course, liquid goods have always been 9in bottles or cans, but why cant we use them more than once? If we 10all our bottles we would save

31、 on the raw materials and energy needed to make new ones. Its time we started to think seriously about the growing shortage of raw materials in the world today. A. drawer B. seldom C. weekly D. reused E. cost F. verify G. overnight H. wrapping I. enclosed J. loose K. sold L. shortage M. scarce N. partial O. ban（分数：20.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：L）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：C）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：M）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：H）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：E）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：G）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：A）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：J）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：K）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：D）解析：解析：由主句谓语动词 would save可知此处应为动词的过去式，充当从句的谓语。本句是一个虚拟语气句，根据上文的 use them more than once，可得出答案为 reused。