1、大学英语四级改革适用（阅读）-试卷 247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）_Many Brazilians cannot read. In 12000, a quarter of those aged 15 and older were functionally illiterate (文盲). Many 1 do not want to. Only one liter
2、ate adult in three reads books. The 2 Brazilian reads 1.8 non-academic books a year, less than half the figure in Europe and die United States. In a recent survey of reading habits, Brazilians came 27th out of 30 countries. Argentines, their neighbors, 3 18th. The government and businesses are all s
3、truggling in different ways to change this. On March 13 the government 4 a National Plan for Books and Reading. This seeks to boost reading, by founding libraries and financing publishers among other things. One discouragement to reading is that books are 5 Most books have small print-runs, pushing
4、up their price. But Brazilians indifference to books has deeper roots. Centuries of slavery meant the countrys leaders long 6 education. Primary schooling became universal only in the 1990s. All this means Brazils book market has the biggest growth 7 in the western world. But reading is a difficult
5、habit to form. Brazilians bought fewer books in 2004, 89 million, including textbooks 8 by the government, than they did in 1991. Last year the director of Brazils national library 9. He complained that he had half the librarians he needed and termites (白蚁) had eaten much of the 10. That ought to be
6、 a cause for national shame.A) average I) normalB) collection J) particularlyC) distributed K) potentialD) exhibition L)quitE) expensive M)rankedF) launched N)simplyG) named O)treasuredH) neglected（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:_Global warming is a tre
7、nd toward warmer conditions around the world. Part of the warming is natural; we have experienced a 20,000-year-long warming as the last ice age ended and the ice 1 “away. However, we have already reached temperatures that are in 2 with other minimum-ice periods. so continued warming is likely not n
8、atural. We are 3 to a predicted worldwide increase in temperatures 4 between 1 and 6 over the next 100 years. The warming will be more 5 in some areas, less in others, and some places may even cool off. Likewise, the 6 of this warming will be very different depending on where you arecoastal areas mu
9、st worry about rising sea levels, while Siberia and northern Canada may become more habitable(宜居的)and 7 for humans than these areas are now. The fact remains, however, that it will likely get warmer, on 8, everywhere. Scientists are in general agreement that the warmer conditions we have been experi
10、encing are at least in part the result of a human-induced global warming trend. Some scientists 9 that the changes we are seeing fall within the range of random(无规律的) variationsome years are cold, others warm, and we have just had an unremarkable string of warm years 10but that is becoming an increa
11、singly rare interpretation in the face of continued and increasing warm conditions.A) appealing I) meltedB) average J) persistC) contributing K) rangingD) dramatic L)recentlyE)frequency M) resolvedF) impact N) sensibleG)line O) shockH) maintain（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
12、1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_The fact is, the world has been finding less oil than it has been using for more than twenty years now. Not only has demand been 1, but the oil we have been finding is coming from places that are 2 to reach. At die same time, more of this newly 3 oil is of the type that requi
13、res a greater investment to 4. And because demand for this precious resource will grow, according to some, by over 40 percent by 2025, fueling the worlds economic 5 will take a lot more energy from every possible source. The energy industry needs to get more from existing fields while continuing to
14、search for new 6. Automakers must continue to improve fuel efficiency and perfect hybrid(混合动力的) vehicles. Technological improvements are needed so that wind, solar and hydrogen can be more 7 parts of the energy equation. Governments need to formulate energy policies that promote 8 and environmentall
15、y sound development. Consumers must be willing to pay for some of these solutions, while practicing conservation efforts of their own. Inaction is not an 9. So lets work together to balance this equation. We are taking some of the 10 needed to get started, but we need your help to go the rest of the
16、 way.A) consequently I) feasibleB) cultivate J) growthC) declining K) optionD) derived L) refineE) difficult M)reservesF) discovered N) soaringG) economically O)stepsH)exception（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）-试卷 247答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90
17、 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：Many Brazilians cannot read. In 12000, a quarter of those aged 15 and older were functionally illiterate (文盲). Many 1 do not want to. Only one literate adult in three reads books. The 2
18、Brazilian reads 1.8 non-academic books a year, less than half the figure in Europe and die United States. In a recent survey of reading habits, Brazilians came 27th out of 30 countries. Argentines, their neighbors, 3 18th. The government and businesses are all struggling in different ways to change
19、this. On March 13 the government 4 a National Plan for Books and Reading. This seeks to boost reading, by founding libraries and financing publishers among other things. One discouragement to reading is that books are 5 Most books have small print-runs, pushing up their price. But Brazilians indiffe
20、rence to books has deeper roots. Centuries of slavery meant the countrys leaders long 6 education. Primary schooling became universal only in the 1990s. All this means Brazils book market has the biggest growth 7 in the western world. But reading is a difficult habit to form. Brazilians bought fewer
21、 books in 2004, 89 million, including textbooks 8 by the government, than they did in 1991. Last year the director of Brazils national library 9. He complained that he had half the librarians he needed and termites (白蚁) had eaten much of the 10. That ought to be a cause for national shame.A) average
22、 I) normalB) collection J) particularlyC) distributed K) potentialD) exhibition L)quitE) expensive M)rankedF) launched N)simplyG) named O)treasuredH) neglected（分数：20.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：N）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：A）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：M）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：F）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：E）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：H）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：K）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：C）填空项
23、 1:_ （正确答案：L）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：B）解析：Global warming is a trend toward warmer conditions around the world. Part of the warming is natural; we have experienced a 20,000-year-long warming as the last ice age ended and the ice 1 “away. However, we have already reached temperatures that are in 2 with other mi
24、nimum-ice periods. so continued warming is likely not natural. We are 3 to a predicted worldwide increase in temperatures 4 between 1 and 6 over the next 100 years. The warming will be more 5 in some areas, less in others, and some places may even cool off. Likewise, the 6 of this warming will be ve
25、ry different depending on where you arecoastal areas must worry about rising sea levels, while Siberia and northern Canada may become more habitable(宜居的)and 7 for humans than these areas are now. The fact remains, however, that it will likely get warmer, on 8, everywhere. Scientists are in general a
26、greement that the warmer conditions we have been experiencing are at least in part the result of a human-induced global warming trend. Some scientists 9 that the changes we are seeing fall within the range of random(无规律的) variationsome years are cold, others warm, and we have just had an unremarkabl
27、e string of warm years 10but that is becoming an increasingly rare interpretation in the face of continued and increasing warm conditions.A) appealing I) meltedB) average J) persistC) contributing K) rangingD) dramatic L)recentlyE)frequency M) resolvedF) impact N) sensibleG)line O) shockH) maintain（
28、分数：20.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：I）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：G）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：D）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：F）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：A）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：B）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：H）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：L）解析：The fact is, the world has been finding less oil than it has been using for more than twenty years now. Not only has demand been
29、 1, but the oil we have been finding is coming from places that are 2 to reach. At die same time, more of this newly 3 oil is of the type that requires a greater investment to 4. And because demand for this precious resource will grow, according to some, by over 40 percent by 2025, fueling the world
30、s economic 5 will take a lot more energy from every possible source. The energy industry needs to get more from existing fields while continuing to search for new 6. Automakers must continue to improve fuel efficiency and perfect hybrid(混合动力的) vehicles. Technological improvements are needed so that
31、wind, solar and hydrogen can be more 7 parts of the energy equation. Governments need to formulate energy policies that promote 8 and environmentally sound development. Consumers must be willing to pay for some of these solutions, while practicing conservation efforts of their own. Inaction is not a
32、n 9. So lets work together to balance this equation. We are taking some of the 10 needed to get started, but we need your help to go the rest of the way.A) consequently I) feasibleB) cultivate J) growthC) declining K) optionD) derived L) refineE) difficult M)reservesF) discovered N) soaringG) economically O)stepsH)exception（分数：20.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：N）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：E）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：F）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：M）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：I）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：G）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：K）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：O）解析：
