1、专业英语四级（阅读）模拟试卷 30及答案与解析 0 One of the good things for men in womens liberation is that men no longer have to pay women the old-fashioned courtesies. In an article on the new manners, Ms. Holmes says that a perfectly able woman no longer has to act helplessly in public as if she were a model. For exam
2、ple, she doesnt need help getting in and out of cars. “Women get in and out of cars twenty times a day with babies and dogs. Surely they can get out by themselves at night just as easily.“ She also says there is no reason why a man should walk on the outside of a woman on the sidewalk. “Historically
3、, the man walked on the inside so he caught the garbage thrown out of a window. Today a man is supposed to walk on the outside. A man should walk where he wants to. So should a woman If, out of love and respect, he actually wants to take the blows, he should walk on the inside because thats where at
4、tackers are all hiding these days.“ As far as manners are connected, I supposed I have always been a supporter of womens liberation. Over the years, out of a sense of respect, I imagine, I have refused to trouble women with outdated courtesies. It is usually easier to follow rules of social behaviou
5、r than to depend on ones own taste. But rules may be safely broken, of course, by those of us with the gift of natural grace. For example, when a man and woman are led to their table in a restaurant and the waiter pulls out a chair, the woman is expected to sit in the chair. That is according to Ms.
6、 Ann Clark. I have always done it the other way, according to my wife. It came up only the other night. I followed the hostess to the table, and when she pulled the chair out I sat on it, quite naturally, since it happened to be the chair I wanted to sit in. “Well,“ my wife said, when the hostess ha
7、d gone, “you did it again.“ “Did what? “I asked, utterly confused. “Took the chair.“ Actually, since Id walked through the restaurant ahead of my wife, it would have been awkward, I should think, not to have taken the chair. I had got there first, after all. Also, it has always been my custom to get
8、 in a car first, and let the woman get in by herself. This is a courtesy I insist on as the stronger sex, out of love and respect. In times like these, there might be attackers hidden about. It would be unsuitable to put a woman in a car and then shut the door on her, leaving her at the mercy of som
9、e bad fellow who might be hiding in the back seat. 1 It can be concluded from the passage that （ A） men should walk on the inside of a sidewalk. （ B） women are becoming more capable than before. （ C） in womens liberation men are also liberated. （ D） its safe to break rules of social behaviour. 2 The
10、 author was “utterly confused“ because he （ A） took the chair but of habit. （ B） was trying to be polite. （ C） was slow in understanding. （ D） had forgotten what he did. 3 He “took the chair“ for all the following reasons EXCEPT that （ A） he got to the chair first. （ B） he happened to like the seat.
11、 （ C） his wife ordered him to do so. （ D） hed walked ahead of his wife. 4 The author always gets in a car before a woman because he （ A） wants to protect her. （ B） doesnt need to help her. （ C） chooses to be impolite to her. （ D） fears attacks on him. 5 The author is_ about the whole question of man
12、ners and womens liberation. （ A） joking （ B） satirical （ C） serious （ D） critical 6 Which of the following best states the main idea of the passage? （ A） Manners ought to be thrown away altogether. （ B） In manners one should follow his own judgement. （ C） Women no longer need to be helped in public.
13、 （ D） Men are not expected to be courteous to women. 6 People have been painting pictures for at least 30,000 years. The earliest pictures were painted by people who hunted animals. They used to paint pictures of the animals they wanted to catch and kill. Pictures of this kind have been found on the
14、 walls of caves in France and Spain. No one knows why they were painted there. Perhaps the painters thought that their pictures would help them to catch these animals. Or perhaps human beings have always wanted to tell stories in pictures. About 5,000 years ago the Egyptians and other people in the
15、Near East began to use pictures as a kind of writing. They drew simple pictures or signs to represent things and ideas, and also to represent the sounds of their language. The signs these people used became a kind of alphabet. The Egyptians used to record information and to tell stories by putting p
16、icture-writing and pictures together. When an important person died, scenes and stories from his life were painted and carved on the walls of the place where he was buried. Some of these pictures are like modern comic-strip(连环漫画 )stories. It has been said that Egypt is the home of the comic strip. B
17、ut, for the Egyptians, pictures still had magic power. So they did not try to make their way of writing simple. The ordinary people could not understand it. By the year 1,000 BC, people who lived in the area around the Mediterranean Sea had developed a simpler system of writing. The signs they used
18、were very easy to write, and there were fewer of them than in the Egyptian system. This was because each sign, or letter, represented only one sound in their language. The Greeks developed this system and formed the letters of the Greek alphabet. The Romans copied the idea, and the Roman alphabet is
19、 now used all over the world. These days, we can write down a story, or record information, without using pictures. But we still need pictures of all kinds: drawings, photographs, signs and diagrams. We find them everywhere: in books and newspapers, in the street, and on the walls of the places wher
20、e we live and work. Pictures help us to understand and remember things more easily, and they can make a story much more interesting. 7 Pictures of animals were painted on the walls of caves in France and Spain because （ A） the hunters wanted to see the pictures. （ B） the painters were animal lovers.
21、 （ C） the painters wanted to show imagination. （ D） the pictures were thought to be helpful. 8 The Greek alphabet was simpler than the Egyptian system for all the following reasons EXCEPT that （ A） the former was easy to write. （ B） there were fewer signs in the former. （ C） the former was easy to p
22、ronounce. （ D） each sign stood for only one sound. 9 Which of the following statements is TRUE? （ A） The Egyptian signs later became a particular alphabet. （ B） The Egyptians liked to write comic-strip stories. （ C） The Roman alphabet was developed from the Egyptian one. （ D） The Greeks copied their
23、 writing system from the Egyptians. 10 In the last paragraph, the author thinks that pictures （ A） should be made comprehensible. （ B） should be made interesting. （ C） are of much use in our life. （ D） are disappearing from our life. 10 Surprisingly, no one knows how many children receive education
24、in English hospitals, still less the content or quality of that education. Proper records are just not kept. We know that more than 850,000 children go through hospital each year, and that every child of school age has a legal right to continue to receive education while in hospital. We also know th
25、ere is only one hospital teacher to every 1,000 children in hospital. Little wonder the latest survey concludes that the extent and type of hospital teaching available differ a great deal across the country. It is found that half the hospitals in England which admit children have no teacher. A furth
26、er quarter have only a part-time teacher. The special childrens hospitals in major cities do best; general hospitals in the country and holiday areas are worst off. From this survey, one can estimate that fewer than one in five children have some contact with a hospital teacher and that contact may
27、be as little as two hours a day. Most children interviewed were surprised to find a teacher in hospital at all. They had not been prepared for it by parents or their own school. If there was a teacher they were much more likely to read books and do math or number work; without a teacher they would o
28、nly play games. Reasons for hospital teaching range from preventing a child falling behind and maintaining the habit of school to keeping a child occupied, and the latter is often all the teacher can do. The position and influence of many teachers was summed up when parents referred to them as “the
29、library lady“ or just “the helper“. Children tend to rely on concerned school friends to keep in touch with school work. Several parents spoke of requests for work being ignored or refused by the school. Once back at school, children rarely get extra teaching, and are told to catch up as best they c
30、an. Many short-stay child-patients catch up quickly. But schools do very little to ease the anxiety about falling behind expressed by many of the children interviewed. 11 The author points out at the beginning that （ A） every child in hospital receives some teaching. （ B） not enough is known about h
31、ospital teaching. （ C） hospital teaching is of poor quality. （ D） the special childrens hospitals are worst off. 12 It can be inferred from the latest survey that （ A） hospital teaching across the country is similar. （ B） each hospital has at least one part-time teacher. （ C） all hospitals surveyed
32、offer education to children. （ D） only one-fourth of the hospitals have full-time teachers. 13 Children in hospital usually turn to _ in order to catch up with their school work. （ A） hospital teachers （ B） schoolmates （ C） parents （ D） school teachers 14 We can conclude from the passage that the au
33、thor is （ A） unfavourable towards children receiving education in hospitals. （ B） in favour of the present state of teaching in hospitals. （ C） unsatisfied with the present state of hospital teaching. （ D） satisfied with the results of the latest survey. 14 Clearly if we are to participate in the so
34、ciety in which we live we must communicate with other people. A great deal of communicating is performed on a person-to-person basis by the simple means of speech. If we travel in buses, buy things in shops, or eat in restaurants, we are likely to have conversations where we give information or opin
35、ions, receive news or comment, and very likely have our views challenged by other members of society. Face-to-face contact is by no means the only form of communication and during the last two hundred years the art of mass communication has become one of the dominating factors of contemporary societ
36、y. Two things, above others, have caused the enormous growth of the communication industry. Firstly, inventiveness has led to advances in printing, telecommunications, photography, radio and television. Secondly, speed has revolutionised the transmission and reception of communications so that local
37、 news often takes a back seat to national news, which itself is often almost eclipsed by international news. No longer is the possession of information confined to a privileged minority. In the last century the wealthy man with his own library was indeed fortunate, but today there are public librari
38、es. Forty years ago people used to flock to the cinema, but now far more people sit at home and turn on the TV to watch a programme that is being channelled into millions of homes. Communication is no longer merely concerned with the transmission of information. The modern communication industry inf
39、luences the way people live in society and broadens their horizons by allowing access to information, education and entertainment. The printing, broadcasting and advertising industries are all involved with informing, educating and entertaining. Although a great deal of the material communicated by
40、the mass media is very valuable to the individual and to the society of which he is a part, the vast modern network of commu-nications is open to abuse. However, the mass media are with us for better, for worse, and there is no turning back. 15 In the first paragraph the writer emphasizes the _ of f
41、ace-to-face contact in social settings. （ A） nature （ B） limitation （ C） usefulness （ D） creativity 16 It is implied in the passage that （ A） local news used to be the only source of information. （ B） local news still takes a significant place. （ C） national news is becoming more popular. （ D） inter
42、national news is the fastest transmitted news. 17 Which of the following statements is INCORRECT? （ A） To possess information used to be a privilege. （ B） Public libraries have replaced private libraries. （ C） Communication means more man transmission. （ D） Information influences ways of life and th
43、inking. 18 From the last paragraph we can infer that the writer is （ A） indifferent to the harmful influence of the mass media. （ B） happy about the drastic changes in the mass media. （ C） pessimistic about the future of the mass media. （ D） concerned about the wrong use of the mass media. 专业英语四级（阅读
44、）模拟试卷 30答案与解析 【知识模块】 阅读 1 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 文章第 1句表明男性现在不必 再受一些传统礼仪的约束，而这种变化是妇女解放运动所带来的，这意味着妇女解放从某种意义上也解放了男性，所以 C为答案。 【知识模块】 阅读 2 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 文章第 6段第 2句说，作者坐下来是一种 “自然的 ”选择，因为他正好想要坐那把椅子，这样可以看到最好的风景。所以当他妻子指责他时，他一时没有意识到自己冒犯了妻子，感到困惑不解，因为这是他根据自已意愿行事的一种习惯，所以 A正确。 【知识模块】 阅读 3 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 根据第 10段第 2句可
45、排除 A；根 据第 6段第 2句可排除 B；根据第 10段第 1句可排除 D，只有 C在原文中没有提到所以为正确选项。 【知识模块】 阅读 4 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 文章最后一句讲到作者认为让女士先上车、一个人呆在车里不安全，因为车子的后座上可能潜伏着歹徒所以他自己先上车的理由是为了保护女性， A为正确选项。 【知识模块】 阅读 5 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 作者在文章中多处流露出轻微的调侃语气。如第 4段的第 2句，作者说， “多年以来，出于对女士的尊敬我不会用一些过时的礼仪来麻烦她们 。 ”又如第 5段的第 2句，作者说某些规矩有时也会被像自己这样有 “自然风度 ”的人“安
46、全地 ”违反，但事实上这种违反一点都不 “安全 ”，作者随后举出的例子就证明了这一点。在最后一段，作者说自己从来都先于女性上车，而对于这样一种有悖传统礼仪的做法，作者给出的理由却是 “出于爱与尊敬 ”，还有车的后座上可能会有歹徒突然袭击。作者其实是用一种轻松调侃的语气表达自己的观点，即完全没有必要盲目遵循传统社会礼仪，故本题选 A。 【知识模块】 阅读 6 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 全文的中心是在社会礼仪规范方面应该根 据自己的判断决定应有的举止风度，如第 3段的第 4、 5句。作者借 Ms HolInes的话表达了自己的观点：男女都有权利根据自己的意愿决定自己的举止行为。而作者通过自己
47、的经历也说明，在社交礼仪方面，顺其自然是最佳选择，无需盲目跟从老套的规范。所以 B为正确选项，而其他三个选项都是对文中某些信息片面的理解。 【知识模块】 阅读 【知识模块】 阅读 7 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 第 1段倒数第 2句 中提到 “也许作画者认为图画可以帮助他们捕获猎物 ”。 D中的 helpful是对 theirpictures would help them to catch these animals的概括，因此本题应该选 D。 【知识模块】 阅读 8 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 文章第 4段从第 2句开始提到了新的书写体系的特点， A、 B的相关信息在第 4段第 2
48、句。 D的相关信息在第 4段的第 3句，只有 C没有在文中提及，因此选 C。 【知识模块】 阅读 9 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 文章第 2段最后一句 提到 “埃及人所使用的符号变成了一种字母系统 ”， A符合题意，故为答案。 【知识模块】 阅读 10 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 这道题考查对文章最后一段意思的归纳。最后一段提到我们仍然到处都能看到图片，而且最后一句提到了图画的重要作用，因此 C符合题意。 【知识模块】 阅读 【知识模块】 阅读 11 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 根据提示词 “at the beginning”在文章开头寻找答案。根据第 1段中的 no one kn
49、ows,still less (关于 知道得更少 )以及最后一句 Proper records are just not kept可知，人们对医院内的教学状况了解很少，所以选 B。 【知识模块】 阅读 12 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 根据提示词 “the latest survey”可在文章第 3段找到相关信息。本段第 2、 3句说，有半数医院没有配教师，还有四分之一医院的只有兼职教师，由此可推断只有四分之一的医院有全职教师，故本题答案为 D。 【知识模块】 阅读 13 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本文第 6段第 1句说 ， “孩子们倾向于通过学校的朋友来了解学校课程 ”，故选 B。 【知识模块】 阅读 14 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 本题询问作者对医院内教学状况的态度。全文表明，目前医院内的教学状况不尽如人意。例如：尽管每个儿童在住院时都有受教育的权利，但实际上每 1000个住院儿童只配有 1位教师。英格兰收治儿童的医院中有一半都没有教师，还有四分之一的医院只有兼职教师。而在有教师的医院里，儿童与教师接触的时间仅有两个小时。因此 C为正确选项。 【知识模块】 阅读 【知识模块】 阅读 15 【正确 答案】 C 【试题解析】 本文第 1段介绍了在日常生活中的许多场合
