1、大学英语四级-129 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Reading Comprehensio(总题数：4，分数：100.00)A remarkable variety of insects live in this planet. More species of insects exist than all other animal species together. Insects have survived on earth for more than 300 million years, and may possess the ability to survi
2、ve for millions more. Insects can be found almost everywhereon the highest mountains and on the bottom of rushing streams, in the cold South Pole and in bubbling hot springs. They dig through the ground, jump and sing in the trees, and run and dance in the air. They come in many different colors and
3、 various shapes. Insects are extremely useful to humans, pollinating (授粉) our crops as well as flowers in meadows, forests, deserts and other areas. But ticks and some insects, such as mosquitoes and fleas, can transmit disease. There are many reasons why insects are so successful at surviving. Thei
4、r amazing ability to adapt permits them to live in extreme ranges of temperatures and environments. The one place they have not yet been found to any major extent is in the open oceans. Insects can survive on a wide range of natural and artificial foods-paint, pepper, glue, books, grain, cotton, oth
5、er insects, plants and animals. Because they are small, they can hide in tiny spaces. A strong, hard but flexible shell covers their soft organs and is resistant to chemicals, water and physical impact. Their wings give them the option of flying away from dangerous situations or toward food or mates
6、. Also, insects have an enormous reproductive capacity: An African ant queen can lay as many as 43,000 eggs a day. Another reason for their success is the strategy of protective color. An insect may be right before our eyes, but nearly invisible because it is cleverly disguised like a green leaf, lu
7、mp of brown soil, gray lichen (青岩), a seed or some other natural object. Some insects use bright, bold colors to send warning signals that they taste bad, sting or are poison. Others have wing patterns that look like the eyes of a huge predator, confusing their enemies. Some insects also imitate bit
8、ter-tasting insects; hungry enemies are fooled into avoiding them.（分数：25.00）(1).Insects can be found in large amounts in the following places EXCEPT _.（分数：5.00）A.on the mountains with little airB.in the cold polar areasC.in the hot desert areasD.in the open oceans(2).Insects protect themselves from
9、chemicals by _.（分数：5.00）A.hiding in tiny spacesB.having a strong shellC.flying away when necessaryD.changing colors or shapes(3).Some insects disguise like natural objects so as to _.（分数：5.00）A.frighten away their enemiesB.avoid being discoveredC.send warning signalsD.look bitter-tasting(4).The pass
10、age mentions that insects _.（分数：5.00）A.can be found in any extreme environmentsB.have survived longer than any other creaturesC.can be fed on any natural or man-made foodsD.are important for the growth of crops and flowers(5).The passage is mainly about _.（分数：5.00）A.how insects survive in different
11、placesB.why insects can survive so successfullyC.what insects can do to the environmentD.where insects can be found in quantityFederal Express is a company that specializes in rapid overnight delivery of high-priority packages. The first company of its type, Federal Express was founded by the youthf
12、ul Fred Smith in 1971, when he was only 28 years old. Smith had actually developed the idea for the rapid delivery service in a term paper for an economics class when he was a student at Yale University. The term paper received a less-than-stellar grade because of the infeasibility of the project th
13、at Smith had outlined. The model that Smith proposed had never been tried; it was a model that was efficient to operate but at the same time very difficult to institute. Smith achieved efficiency in his model by designing a system that was separate from the passenger system and could, therefore, foc
14、us on how to deliver packages most efficiently. His strategy was to have his own planes so that he could create his own schedules and to ship all packages through the centralized hub city of Memphis, a set-up which resembles the spokes (轮辐) on the wheel of a bicycle. With this combination of his own
15、 planes and hub set-up, he could get packages anywhere in the United States overnight. What made Smith“s idea difficult to institute was the fact that the entire system had to be created before the company could begin operations. He needed a fleet of aircraft to collect packages from airports every
16、night and deliver them to Memphis, where they were immediately sorted and flown out to their new destinations; he needed a fleet of trucks to deliver packages to and from the various airports; he needed facilities and trained staff all in place to handle the operation. Smith had a $4 million inherit
17、ance from his father, and he managed to raise an additional 91 million dollars from venture capitalists to get the company operating.（分数：25.00）(1).The most appropriate title for this passage is “_“.（分数：5.00）A.The Problems and Frustrations of a Business StudentB.The Importance of Business StudiesC.Th
18、e Capitalization of Federal ExpressD.The Implementation of a Successful Business(2).What is stated in the passage about Smith“s term paper?（分数：5.00）A.Smith submitted it through a delivery service.B.It was written by a student of Smith“s.C.The grade was not quite satisfactory.D.The professor thought
19、it had great potential.(3).What was Smith“s key idea?（分数：5.00）A.That he should focus on passenger service.B.That package delivery should be separate from passenger service.C.That packages could be delivered on other companies“ planes.D.That passenger service had to be efficient.(4).What difficulty d
20、id Smith confront to make his idea true?（分数：5.00）A.No hub city was found before the company“s operation.B.The entire delivery system had to be built up before the company“s operation.C.No plane was available to him before the company“s operation.D.No bicycle wheel was available to him before the com
21、pany“s operation.(5).It can be inferred from the passage that Smith selected Memphis as his hub city because it _.（分数：5.00）A.was near the middle of the countryB.had a large number of passenger aircraftC.already had a large package delivery serviceD.had a favorite passenger airportA new analysis of f
22、ederal money that public schools receive for low-income students shows that a record number of the nation“s school districts will receive less in the coming academic year than they did for the one just ended. For the 2005-2006 school year, spending under the Department of Education“s Title I program
23、, which helps low-achieving children in high-poverty areas, is increasing by 3.2 percent, to $12.6 billion. But because of population shifts, growing numbers of poor children, newer census data and complex formulas that determine how the money is divided, more than two-thirds of the districts, or 8,
24、843, will not receive as much financing as before. The analysis, based on data from the department, was made by the Center on Education Policy, a group advocating for public schools. A similar study by the group last year showed that 55 percent of the schools would receive less money than they did i
25、n the previous year. “It“s an alarming number,“ said Tom Fagan, a former department official who conducted the analysis. “It“s clear that the amount of overall increase is not keeping pace with the number of poor kids.“ Susan Aspey, a department spokeswoman, defended the spending levels for Title I,
26、 saying, “President Bush and Congress have invested record amounts of funding to help the nation“s neediest students.“ But Mr. Fagan said the increasing number of districts that are losing money is making it harder for the schools to meet the goals of the federal No Child Left Behind Act, the Bush a
27、dministration“s signature education program, which measures progress through annual tests in math, reading and science. That is giving critics of the program more grounds to accuse the administration of not sufficiently financing the program while demanding greater results. Title I provides the larg
28、est component of financing for No Child Left Behind . “The federal government is concentrating more money in fewer districts,“ said John F. Jennings, the president and chief executive of the Center on Education Policy. “It means there is lots of anger and lots of tension. They“re asking us to do mor
29、e and more-with less and less.“（分数：25.00）(1).As it is indicated in the passage, the new analysis _.（分数：5.00）A.studied the federal money spent on low-income studentsB.aimed at promoting the establishment of more public schoolsC.showed that about half the schools would receive less moneyD.was conducte
30、d by the Department of Education“s Title I program(2).Which of the following factors does NOT lead to the result that more than two-thirds of the districts will get more poorly financed?（分数：5.00）A.People often move from one place to another.B.There are more children from poor families.C.The way of d
31、istributing money has changed.D.Spending under the Title I program decreased.(3).Susan Aspey looks at the funding by the government with _.（分数：5.00）A.criticismB.consentC.indifferenceD.expectation(4).According to Tom Fagan, _.（分数：5.00）A.the government has done its best to finance the poor childrenB.t
32、he goals of NoChild Left BehindAct are difficult to realizeC.the way of measuring progress by annual tests should be changedD.the Bush government shouldn“t have approved the Title I program(5).When the government concentrates more money in fewer districts, _.（分数：5.00）A.more poor children will get be
33、nefitedB.more public schools will have to be closedC.it will arouse more people“s dissatisfactionD.NoChild Left BehindAct will be realized soonerThe rise of multinational corporations (跨国公司), global marketing, new communications technologies, and shrinking cultural differences have led to an unparal
34、leled increase in global public relations or PR. Surprisingly, since modern PR was largely an American invention, the U.S. leadership in public relations is being threatened by PR efforts in other countries. Ten years ago, for example, the world“s top five public relations agencies were American-own
35、ed. In 1991, only one was. The British in particular are becoming more sophisticated and creative. A recent survey found that more than haft of all British companies include PR as part of their corporate (公司的) planning activities, compared to about one- third of U.S. companies. It may not be long be
36、fore London replaces New York as the capital of PR. Why is America lagging behind in the global PR race? First, Americans as a whole tend to be fairly provincial and take more of an interest in local affairs. Knowledge of world geography, for example, has never been strong in this country. Secondly,
37、 Americans lag behind their European and Asian counterparts (相对应的人) in knowing a second language. Less than 5 percent of Burson-Marshall“s U.S. employees know two languages. Ogilvy and Mather has about the same percentage. Conversely, some European firms have haft or more of their employees fluent i
38、n a second language. Finally, people involved in PR abroad tend to keep a closer eye on international affairs. In the financial PR area, for instance, most Americans read the Wall Street Journal. Overseas, their counterparts read the Journal as well as the Financial Times of London and The Economist
39、 , publications not often read in this country. Perhaps the PR industry might take a lesson from Ted Turner of CNN (Cable News Network). Turner recently announced that the word “foreign“ would no longer be used on CNN news broadcasts. According to Turner, global communications have made the nations
40、of the world so interdependent that there is no longer any such thing as foreign.（分数：25.00）(1).According to the passage, U.S. leadership in public relations is being threatened because of _.（分数：5.00）A.an unparalleled increase in the number of public relations companiesB.shrinking cultural difference
41、s and new communications technologiesC.the decreasing number of multinational corporations in the U.S.D.increased efforts of other countries in public relations(2).London could soon replace New York as the center of PR because _.（分数：5.00）A.British companies are more ambitious than U.S. companiesB.Br
42、itish companies place more importance on PR than U.S. companiesC.British companies are heavily involved in planning activitiesD.four of the world“s top public relations agencies are British-owned(3).The word “provincial“ (Line 2, Para. 3) most probably means “_“.（分数：5.00）A.limited in outlookB.like p
43、eople from the provincesC.rigid in thinkingD.interested in world financial affairs(4).We learn from the third paragraph that employees in the American PR industry _.（分数：5.00）A.speak at least one foreign language fluentlyB.are ignorant about world geographyC.are not as sophisticated as their European
44、 counterpartsD.enjoy reading a great variety of English business publications(5).What lesson might the PR industry take from Ted Turner of CNN?（分数：5.00）A.American PR companies should be more internationally-minded.B.The American PR industry should develop global communications technologies.C.People
45、working in PR should be more fluent in foreign languages.D.People involved in PR should avoid using the word “foreign“.大学英语四级-129 答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Reading Comprehensio(总题数：4，分数：100.00)A remarkable variety of insects live in this planet. More species of insects exist than all other animal
46、species together. Insects have survived on earth for more than 300 million years, and may possess the ability to survive for millions more. Insects can be found almost everywhereon the highest mountains and on the bottom of rushing streams, in the cold South Pole and in bubbling hot springs. They di
47、g through the ground, jump and sing in the trees, and run and dance in the air. They come in many different colors and various shapes. Insects are extremely useful to humans, pollinating (授粉) our crops as well as flowers in meadows, forests, deserts and other areas. But ticks and some insects, such
48、as mosquitoes and fleas, can transmit disease. There are many reasons why insects are so successful at surviving. Their amazing ability to adapt permits them to live in extreme ranges of temperatures and environments. The one place they have not yet been found to any major extent is in the open ocea
49、ns. Insects can survive on a wide range of natural and artificial foods-paint, pepper, glue, books, grain, cotton, other insects, plants and animals. Because they are small, they can hide in tiny spaces. A strong, hard but flexible shell covers their soft organs and is resistant to chemicals, water and physical impact. Their wings give them the option of flying away from dangerous situations or toward food or mates. Also, insects have an enormous reproductive capacity: An African ant queen can lay as many as 43,000
