1、大学英语四级改革适用（阅读）-试卷 248及答案解析(总分：120.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Reading Comprehensio(总题数：6，分数：120.00)1.Part III Reading Comprehension（分数：20.00）_2.Section A（分数：20.00）_One in six. Believe it or not, thats the number of Americans who struggle with hunger. To make tomorrow a little better, Feeding America, the nation
2、s largest 1 hunger-relief organization has chosen September as Hunger Action Month. As part of its 30 Ways in 30 Days program, its asking 2 across the country to help the more than 200 food banks and 61,000 agencies in its network provide low-income individuals and families with the fuel they need t
3、o 3 Its the kind of work thats done every day at St. Andrews Episcopal Church in San Antonio. People who 4 at its front door on the first and third Thursdays of each month arent looking for Godtheyre there for something to eat, St. Andrews runs a food pantry (食品堂) that 5 the city and several of the
4、6 towns. Janet Drane is its manager. In the wake of the 7, the number of families in need of food assistance began to grow. It is 8 that 49 million Americans are unsure of where they will find their next meal. Whats most surprising is that 36% of them live in 9 where at least one adult is working. “
5、It used to be that one job was all you needed,“ says St. Andrews Drane. “The people we see now have three or four part-time jobs and theyre still right on the edge 10.“A) survive I) formallyB) surrounding J) financiallyC) serves K) domesticD) reviewed L) competitionE) reported M) communitiesF) reces
6、sion N) circlingG) households O) accumulateH) gather（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:_The popular notion that older people need less sleep than younger adults is a myth, scientists said yesterday. While elderly people 1 to sleep for fewer hours than they
7、 did when they were younger, this has a(n) 2 effect on their brains performance and they would benefit from getting more, according to research. Sean Drummond, a psychiatrist (心理医生) at the University of California, San Diego, said that older people are more likely to suffer from broken sleep, while
8、younger people are better at sleeping 3 straight through the night More sleep in old age, however, is 4 with better health, and most older people would feel better and more 5 if they slept for longer periods, he said. “The ability to sleep in one chunk (整块时间) overnight goes down as we age but the am
9、ount of sleep we need to 6 well does not change,“ Dr. Drummond told the American Association for the Advancement of Science conference in San Diego. “Its 7 a myth that older people need less sleep. The more healthy an older adult is, the more they sleep like they did when they were 8. Our data sugge
10、sts that older adults would benefit from 9 to get as much sleep as they did in their 30s. Thats 10 from person to person, but the amount of sleep we had at 35 is probably the same amount we need at 75. “A) alert I) formallyB) associated J) functionC) attracting K) mixedD) cling L) negativeE) continu
11、ing M) sufficientF) definitely N)tendG) different O) youngerH) efficiently（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:_When we think of green buildings, we tend to think of new onesthe kind of high-tech, solar-paneled masterpieces that make the covers of architectu
12、re magazines. But the U. S. has more than 100 million existing homes, and it would b 1 wasteful to tear them all down and 2 them with greener versions. An enormous amount of energy and resources went into the construction of those houses. And it would take an average of 65 years for the 3 carbon emi
13、ssions from a new energy-efficient home to make up for the resources lost by destroying an old one. So in the broadest 4, the greenest home is the one that has already been built. But at the same time, nearly half of U. S. carbon emissions come from heating, cooling and 5 our homes, offices and othe
14、r buildings. “You cant deal with climate change without dealing with existing buildings,“ says Richard Moe, the president of the National Trust. With some 6, the oldest homes tend to be the least energy-efficient. Houses built before 1939 use about 50% more energy per square foot than those built af
15、ter 2000, mainly due to the tiny cracks and gaps that 7 over time and let in more outside air. Fortunately, there are a 8 number of relatively simple changes that can green older homes, from 9 ones like Lincolns Cottage to your own postwar home. And efficiency upgrade (升级) can save more than just th
16、e earth; they can help 10 property owners from rising power costs.A) accommodations I) protectB) clumsy J) reducedC) doubtfully K) replaceD) exceptions L) sense E) expand M) shiftedF) historic N) supplyingG) incredibly O) vastH) powering（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
17、1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_What determines the kind of person you are? What factors make you more or less bold, intelligent, or able to read a map? All of these are influenced by the interaction of your genes and the environment in which you were 1 The study of how genes and environment interact to influence
18、2 activity is known as behavioral genetics. Behavioral genetics has made important 3 to the biological revolution , providing information about the extent to which biology influences mind, brain and behavior. Any research that suggests that 4 to perform certain behaviors are based in biology is cont
19、roversial. Who wants to be told that there are limitations to what you can 5 based on something that is beyond your control, such as your genes? It is easy to accept that genes control physical characteristics such as sex, race and eye color. But can genes also determine whether people will get divo
20、rced, how 6 they are, or what career they are likely to choose? A concern of psychological scientists is the 7 to which all of these characteristics are influenced by nature and nurture (养育), by genetic makeup and the environment. Increasingly, science 8 that genes lay the groundwork for many human
21、traits. From this perspective, people are born 9 like undeveloped photographs. The image is already captured, but the way it 10 appears can vary based on the development process. However, the basic picture is there from the beginning.A) abilities I) extentB) achieve J) indicatesC) appeal K) proceeds
22、D) complaints L) psychologicalE) contributions M) raisedF) displayed N) smartG) essentially O) standardH) eventually（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 248答案解析(总分：120.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Reading Comprehensio(总题数：6，分数：120.00)1.Part III Reading
23、 Comprehension（分数：20.00）_解析：2.Section A（分数：20.00）_解析：One in six. Believe it or not, thats the number of Americans who struggle with hunger. To make tomorrow a little better, Feeding America, the nations largest 1 hunger-relief organization has chosen September as Hunger Action Month. As part of its
24、30 Ways in 30 Days program, its asking 2 across the country to help the more than 200 food banks and 61,000 agencies in its network provide low-income individuals and families with the fuel they need to 3 Its the kind of work thats done every day at St. Andrews Episcopal Church in San Antonio. Peopl
25、e who 4 at its front door on the first and third Thursdays of each month arent looking for Godtheyre there for something to eat, St. Andrews runs a food pantry (食品堂) that 5 the city and several of the 6 towns. Janet Drane is its manager. In the wake of the 7, the number of families in need of food a
26、ssistance began to grow. It is 8 that 49 million Americans are unsure of where they will find their next meal. Whats most surprising is that 36% of them live in 9 where at least one adult is working. “It used to be that one job was all you needed,“ says St. Andrews Drane. “The people we see now have
27、 three or four part-time jobs and theyre still right on the edge 10.“A) survive I) formallyB) surrounding J) financiallyC) serves K) domesticD) reviewed L) competitionE) reported M) communitiesF) recession N) circlingG) households O) accumulateH) gather（分数：20.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：K）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：M）填空项 1
28、:_ （正确答案：A）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：H）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：C）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：E）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：G）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：J）解析：The popular notion that older people need less sleep than younger adults is a myth, scientists said yesterday. While elderly people 1 to sleep for fewer hours than they did w
29、hen they were younger, this has a(n) 2 effect on their brains performance and they would benefit from getting more, according to research. Sean Drummond, a psychiatrist (心理医生) at the University of California, San Diego, said that older people are more likely to suffer from broken sleep, while younge
30、r people are better at sleeping 3 straight through the night More sleep in old age, however, is 4 with better health, and most older people would feel better and more 5 if they slept for longer periods, he said. “The ability to sleep in one chunk (整块时间) overnight goes down as we age but the amount o
31、f sleep we need to 6 well does not change,“ Dr. Drummond told the American Association for the Advancement of Science conference in San Diego. “Its 7 a myth that older people need less sleep. The more healthy an older adult is, the more they sleep like they did when they were 8. Our data suggests th
32、at older adults would benefit from 9 to get as much sleep as they did in their 30s. Thats 10 from person to person, but the amount of sleep we had at 35 is probably the same amount we need at 75. “A) alert I) formallyB) associated J) functionC) attracting K) mixedD) cling L) negativeE) continuing M)
33、 sufficientF) definitely N)tendG) different O) youngerH) efficiently（分数：20.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：N）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：L）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：H）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：B）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：F）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：O）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：E）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：G）解析：When we think of green buildings, we tend to think of new o
34、nesthe kind of high-tech, solar-paneled masterpieces that make the covers of architecture magazines. But the U. S. has more than 100 million existing homes, and it would b 1 wasteful to tear them all down and 2 them with greener versions. An enormous amount of energy and resources went into the cons
35、truction of those houses. And it would take an average of 65 years for the 3 carbon emissions from a new energy-efficient home to make up for the resources lost by destroying an old one. So in the broadest 4, the greenest home is the one that has already been built. But at the same time, nearly half
36、 of U. S. carbon emissions come from heating, cooling and 5 our homes, offices and other buildings. “You cant deal with climate change without dealing with existing buildings,“ says Richard Moe, the president of the National Trust. With some 6, the oldest homes tend to be the least energy-efficient.
37、 Houses built before 1939 use about 50% more energy per square foot than those built after 2000, mainly due to the tiny cracks and gaps that 7 over time and let in more outside air. Fortunately, there are a 8 number of relatively simple changes that can green older homes, from 9 ones like Lincolns C
38、ottage to your own postwar home. And efficiency upgrade (升级) can save more than just the earth; they can help 10 property owners from rising power costs.A) accommodations I) protectB) clumsy J) reducedC) doubtfully K) replaceD) exceptions L) sense E) expand M) shiftedF) historic N) supplyingG) incre
39、dibly O) vastH) powering（分数：20.00）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：J）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：L）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：H）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：D）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：E）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：O）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：F）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：I）解析：What determines the kind of person you are? What factors make you more or less bold, intelligent, or ab
40、le to read a map? All of these are influenced by the interaction of your genes and the environment in which you were 1 The study of how genes and environment interact to influence 2 activity is known as behavioral genetics. Behavioral genetics has made important 3 to the biological revolution , prov
41、iding information about the extent to which biology influences mind, brain and behavior. Any research that suggests that 4 to perform certain behaviors are based in biology is controversial. Who wants to be told that there are limitations to what you can 5 based on something that is beyond your cont
42、rol, such as your genes? It is easy to accept that genes control physical characteristics such as sex, race and eye color. But can genes also determine whether people will get divorced, how 6 they are, or what career they are likely to choose? A concern of psychological scientists is the 7 to which
43、all of these characteristics are influenced by nature and nurture (养育), by genetic makeup and the environment. Increasingly, science 8 that genes lay the groundwork for many human traits. From this perspective, people are born 9 like undeveloped photographs. The image is already captured, but the wa
44、y it 10 appears can vary based on the development process. However, the basic picture is there from the beginning.A) abilities I) extentB) achieve J) indicatesC) appeal K) proceedsD) complaints L) psychologicalE) contributions M) raisedF) displayed N) smartG) essentially O) standardH) eventually（分数：20.00）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：A）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：B）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：N）填空项 1:_
