1、大学英语四级改革适用（阅读）模拟试卷 260 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）_Do you find getting up in the morning so difficult that its painful? This might be called laziness, but Dr. Kleitman has a new 1. He has proved th
2、at everyone has a daily energy cycle. During the hours when you labor through your work you may say that youre “hot“. Thats true. The time of day when you feel most energetic is when your cycle of body temperature is at its 2. For some people the peak comes during the forenoon. For others it comes i
3、n the afternoon or evening. No one has discovered why this is so, but it leads to such 3monologues as: “Get up, John Youll be late for work again.“ The possible explanation to the trouble is that John is at his temperature-and-energy peak in the evening. Much family quarrelling ends when husbands an
4、d wives 4what these energy cycles mean, and which cycle each member of the family has. You cant 5your energy cycle, but you can learn to make your life fit it better. Habit can help, Dr. Kleitman believes. Maybe youre sleepy in the evening but feel you must stay up late anyway. Counteract your cycle
5、 to some extent by 6staying up later than you want to. If your energy is low in the morning, but you have an important job to do early in the day, 7before your usual hour. This wont change your cycle, but youll get up steam and work better at your low point. Get off to a slow start which saves your
6、energy. Get up with a 8yawn and stretch. Sit on the edge of the bed a minute before putting your feet on the floor. Avoid the troublesome search for clean clothes by laying them out the night before. Whenever possible, do 9work in the afternoon and save tasks 10more energy or concentration for your
7、sharper hours. A. rise B. realize C. peak D. intimate E. leisurely F. routine G. familiar H. maximum I. requiring J. habitually K. naturally L. explanation M. change N. commenting O. increase（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:_Crying is hardly an activity
8、encouraged by society. Tears, be they of sorrow, anger, or joy, typically make Americans feel uncomfortable and 1. The shedder of tears is likely to apologize, even when a devastating (毁灭性的) tragedy was the provocation. The observer of tears is likely to do everything possible to put an end to the 2
9、outpouring. But judging from recent studies of crying behavior, links between illness and crying and the chemical composition of tears, both those responses to tears are often 3and may even be counterproductive (使达不到预期目标的). Humans are the only animals 4known to shed emotional tears. Since evolution
10、has given 5to few, if any, purposeless physiological responses, it is logical to assume that crying has one or more functions that 6survival. Although some observers have suggested that crying is a way to elicit assistance from others (as a crying baby might from its mother), the shedding of tears i
11、s hardly necessary to get help. Vocal cries would have been quite enough, more likely than tears to gain 7. So, it appears, there must be something special about tears themselves. Indeed, the new studies suggest that emotional tears may play a direct role in alleviating stress. University of Minneso
12、ta researchers who are studying the chemical composition of tears have recently 8two important chemicals from emotional tears. Both chemicals are found only in tears that are shed in response to emotion. Tears shed because of exposure to cut onion would contain no such 9. Researchers at several othe
13、r institutions are investigating the usefulness of tears as a means of 10human ills and monitoring drugs. A. attention B. overwhelming C. inappropriate D. embarrassed E. diagnosing F. indispensable G. rise H. isolated I. definitely J. enhance K. aspiration L. emotional M. repelled N. substance O. in
14、creasingly（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 Internet is an international collection of computer networks that all understand a standard system of addresses and commands, connected together through backbone (中枢) systems. It was started in 1969, when t
15、he U.S. Department of Defense 1a nationwide network to connect a handful of universities and contractors (订约人). The 2idea was to increase computing capacity that could be shared by users in many locations and to find out what it would take for computer networks to 3a nuclear war or other disasters b
16、y providing multiple paths between users. People on the ARPNET (as this nationwide network was originally called) quickly discovered that they could exchange messages and conduct electronic “conferences“ with distant colleagues for 4that had nothing to do with the military industrial complex. If som
17、ebody else had something interesting 5on their computer, it was a simple matter to obtain a copy (assuming the owner did not protect it). Over the years, additional networks joined which added 6to more and more computers. The first international connections, to Norway and England, were added in 1973
18、 Today thousands of networks and millions of computers are connected to the Internet. It is growing so quickly that nobody can say 7how many users “on the Net“. The Internet is the largest repository (知识库) of information which can provide very large network resources. The network resources can be 8
19、into network facilities resources and network information resources. The network facilities resources provide us the ability of 9computation and communication. The network information resources provides us all kinds of information 10, such as science, education, business, history, law, art, and ente
20、rtainment, etc. A. access B. original C. divided D. survive E. debates F. established G. purposes H. genuine I. exactly J. remote K. possibility L. stored M. totally N. services O. 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 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 260 答案解析(总分：
21、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：Do you find getting up in the morning so difficult that its painful? This might be called laziness, but Dr. Kleitman has a new 1. He has proved that everyone has a daily en
22、ergy cycle. During the hours when you labor through your work you may say that youre “hot“. Thats true. The time of day when you feel most energetic is when your cycle of body temperature is at its 2. For some people the peak comes during the forenoon. For others it comes in the afternoon or evening
23、 No one has discovered why this is so, but it leads to such 3monologues as: “Get up, John Youll be late for work again.“ The possible explanation to the trouble is that John is at his temperature-and-energy peak in the evening. Much family quarrelling ends when husbands and wives 4what these energy
24、 cycles mean, and which cycle each member of the family has. You cant 5your energy cycle, but you can learn to make your life fit it better. Habit can help, Dr. Kleitman believes. Maybe youre sleepy in the evening but feel you must stay up late anyway. Counteract your cycle to some extent by 6stayin
25、g up later than you want to. If your energy is low in the morning, but you have an important job to do early in the day, 7before your usual hour. This wont change your cycle, but youll get up steam and work better at your low point. Get off to a slow start which saves your energy. Get up with a 8yaw
26、n and stretch. Sit on the edge of the bed a minute before putting your feet on the floor. Avoid the troublesome search for clean clothes by laying them out the night before. Whenever possible, do 9work in the afternoon and save tasks 10more energy or concentration for your sharper hours. A. rise B.
27、realize C. peak D. intimate E. leisurely F. routine G. familiar H. maximum I. requiring J. habitually K. naturally L. explanation M. change N. commenting O. increase（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：G）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：B）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：M）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：J）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：A）填空项 1:_ （正确答案
28、E）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：F）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：I）解析：解析：此处需要及物动词的现在分词形式，作 tasks 的后置定语。more energy or concentration是完成任务所要有的，因此 requiring 正确。Crying is hardly an activity encouraged by society. Tears, be they of sorrow, anger, or joy, typically make Americans feel uncomfortable and 1. The shedder of tears is likely
29、to apologize, even when a devastating (毁灭性的) tragedy was the provocation. The observer of tears is likely to do everything possible to put an end to the 2outpouring. But judging from recent studies of crying behavior, links between illness and crying and the chemical composition of tears, both those
30、 responses to tears are often 3and may even be counterproductive (使达不到预期目标的). Humans are the only animals 4known to shed emotional tears. Since evolution has given 5to few, if any, purposeless physiological responses, it is logical to assume that crying has one or more functions that 6survival. Alth
31、ough some observers have suggested that crying is a way to elicit assistance from others (as a crying baby might from its mother), the shedding of tears is hardly necessary to get help. Vocal cries would have been quite enough, more likely than tears to gain 7. So, it appears, there must be somethin
32、g special about tears themselves. Indeed, the new studies suggest that emotional tears may play a direct role in alleviating stress. University of Minnesota researchers who are studying the chemical composition of tears have recently 8two important chemicals from emotional tears. Both chemicals are
33、found only in tears that are shed in response to emotion. Tears shed because of exposure to cut onion would contain no such 9. Researchers at several other institutions are investigating the usefulness of tears as a means of 10human ills and monitoring drugs. A. attention B. overwhelming C. inapprop
34、riate D. embarrassed E. diagnosing F. indispensable G. rise H. isolated I. definitely J. enhance K. aspiration L. emotional M. repelled N. substance O. increasingly（分数：20.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：D）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：I）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：G）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：J）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：A）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：
35、H）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：N）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：E）解析：解析：此处需要一个动名词，下文的 ill 和 drug 决定了选 diagnosing“诊断”。The Internet is an international collection of computer networks that all understand a standard system of addresses and commands, connected together through backbone (中枢) systems. It was started in 1969, when the U.
36、S. Department of Defense 1a nationwide network to connect a handful of universities and contractors (订约人). The 2idea was to increase computing capacity that could be shared by users in many locations and to find out what it would take for computer networks to 3a nuclear war or other disasters by pro
37、viding multiple paths between users. People on the ARPNET (as this nationwide network was originally called) quickly discovered that they could exchange messages and conduct electronic “conferences“ with distant colleagues for 4that had nothing to do with the military industrial complex. If somebody
38、 else had something interesting 5on their computer, it was a simple matter to obtain a copy (assuming the owner did not protect it). Over the years, additional networks joined which added 6to more and more computers. The first international connections, to Norway and England, were added in 1973. Tod
39、ay thousands of networks and millions of computers are connected to the Internet. It is growing so quickly that nobody can say 7how many users “on the Net“. The Internet is the largest repository (知识库) of information which can provide very large network resources. The network resources can be 8into
40、network facilities resources and network information resources. The network facilities resources provide us the ability of 9computation and communication. The network information resources provides us all kinds of information 10, such as science, education, business, history, law, art, and entertain
41、ment, etc. A. access B. original C. divided D. survive E. debates F. established G. purposes H. genuine I. exactly J. remote K. possibility L. stored M. totally N. services O. maintain（分数：20.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：F）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：B）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：D）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：G）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：L）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：A）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：I）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：C）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：J）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：N）解析：解析：此处需填名词。由下文 such as 后的列举的科学、教育、商业等，可知 services 正确。information services 意为“信息服务”。
