1、大学英语四级改革适用（阅读）模拟试卷 247及答案与解析 Section A 0 Many Brazilians cannot read. In 12000, a quarter of those aged 15 and older were functionally illiterate (文盲 ). Many【 C1】 _ do not want to. Only one literate adult in three reads books. The【 C2】 _ Brazilian reads 1.8 non-academic books a year, less than half
2、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,【 C3】_ 18th. The government and businesses are all struggling in different ways to change this. On March 13 the government【 C4】 _ a National Plan fo
3、r 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【 C5】 _ Most books have small print-runs, pushing up their price. But Brazilians indifference to books has deeper roots. Centuries of sl
4、avery meant the countrys leaders long【 C6】 _ education. Primary schooling became universal only in the 1990s. All this means Brazils book market has the biggest growth【 C7】 _ in the western world. But reading is a difficult habit to form. Brazilians bought fewer books in 2004, 89 million, including
5、textbooks【 C8】 _ by the government, than they did in 1991. Last year the director of Brazils national library【 C9】 _. He complained that he had half the librarians he needed and termites (白蚁 ) had eaten much of the 【 C10】_. That ought to be a cause for national shame. A) average I) normal B) collect
6、ion J) particularly C) distributed K) potential D) exhibition L)quit E) expensive M)ranked F) launched N)simply G) named O)treasured H) neglected 1 【 C1】 2 【 C2】 3 【 C3】 4 【 C4】 5 【 C5】 6 【 C6】 7 【 C7】 8 【 C8】 9 【 C9】 10 【 C10】 10 Global warming is a trend toward warmer conditions around the world.
7、Part of the warming is natural; we have experienced a 20,000-year-long warming as the last ice age ended and the ice【 C1】 _ “away. However, we have already reached temperatures that are in【 C2】 _ with other minimum-ice periods. so continued warming is likely not natural. We are【 C3】 _ to a predicted
8、 worldwide increase in temperatures 【 C4】 _ between 1 and 6 over the next 100 years. The warming will be more【 C5】 _ in some areas, less in others, and some places may even cool off. Likewise, the【 C6】 _ of this warming will be very different depending on where you are coastal areas must worry about
9、 rising sea levels, while Siberia and northern Canada may become more habitable(宜居的 )and【 C7】 _ for humans than these areas are now. The fact remains, however, that it will likely get warmer, on【 C8】 _, everywhere. Scientists are in general agreement that the warmer conditions we have been experienc
10、ing are at least in part the result of a human-induced global warming trend. Some scientists【 C9】 _ that the changes we are seeing fall within the range of random(无规律的 ) variation some years are cold, others warm, and we have just had an unremarkable string of warm years【 C10】 _ but that is becoming
11、 an increasingly rare interpretation in the face of continued and increasing warm conditions. A) appealing I) melted B) average J) persist C) contributing K) ranging D) dramatic L)recently E)frequency M) resolved F) impact N) sensible G)line O) shock H) maintain 11 【 C1】 12 【 C2】 13 【 C3】 14 【 C4】 1
12、5 【 C5】 16 【 C6】 17 【 C7】 18 【 C8】 19 【 C9】 20 【 C10】 20 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【 C1】 _, but the oil we have been finding is coming from places that are【 C2】 _ to reach. At die same time, more of
13、 this newly【 C3】 _ oil is of the type that requires a greater investment to【 C4】_. And because demand for this precious resource will grow, according to some, by over 40 percent by 2025, fueling the worlds economic【 C5】 _ will take a lot more energy from every possible source. The energy industry ne
14、eds to get more from existing fields while continuing to search for new【 C6】 _. 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【 C7】 _ parts of the energy equation. Governments
15、 need to formulate energy policies that promote【 C8】 _ 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 an【 C9】 _. So lets work together to balance this equation. We are taking som
16、e of the【 C10】 _ needed to get started, but we need your help to go the rest of the way. A) consequently I) feasible B) cultivate J) growth C) declining K) option D) derived L) refine E) difficult M)reserves F) discovered N) soaring G) economically O)steps H)exception 21 【 C1】 22 【 C2】 23 【 C3】 24 【
17、 C4】 25 【 C5】 26 【 C6】 27 【 C7】 28 【 C8】 29 【 C9】 30 【 C10】 大学英语四级改革适用（阅读）模拟试卷 247答案与解析 Section A 【知识模块】 词汇理解 1 【正确答案】 N 【知识模块】 词汇理解 2 【正确答案】 A 【 知识模块】 词汇理解 3 【正确答案】 M 【知识模块】 词汇理解 4 【正确答案】 F 【知识模块】 词汇理解 5 【正确答案】 E 【知识模块】 词汇理解 6 【正确答案】 H 【知识模块】 词汇理解 7 【正确答案】 K 【知识模块】 词汇理解 8 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 词汇理解 9 【正确
18、答案】 L 【知识模块】 词汇理解 10 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 词汇理解 【知识模块】 词汇理解 11 【正确答案】 I 【知识模块】 词汇理解 12 【正确答案】 G 【知识模块】 词汇理解 13 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 词汇理解 14 【正确答案】 K 【知识模块】 词汇理解 15 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 词汇理解 16 【正确答案】 F 【知识模块】 词汇理解 17 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 词汇理解 18 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 词汇理解 19 【正确答案】 H 【知识模块】 词汇理解 20 【正确答案】 L 【知识模块】 词汇理解 【知识模块】 词汇理解 21 【正确答案】 N 【知识模块】 词汇理解 22 【正确答案】 E 【知识模块】 词汇理解 23 【正确答案】 F 【知识模块】 词汇理解 24 【正确答案】 L 【知识模块】 词汇理解 25 【正确答案】 J 【知识模块】 词汇理解 26 【正确答案】 M 【知识模块】 词汇理解 27 【正确答案】 I 【知识模块】 词汇理解 28 【正确答 案】 G 【知识模块】 词汇理解 29 【正确答案】 K 【知识模块】 词汇理解 30 【正确答案】 O 【知识模块】 词汇理解
