1、大学英语四级（阅读）练习试卷 4及答案与解析 Section A Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the ba
2、nk is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item with a single line through the center. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. 0 An international committee of doctors says that the number of cases of brain diseases in developing countries is risi
3、ng. The doctors were reporting the【 S1】 _for the Uinted States National Academy of Sciences. They say that brain diseases【 S2】_at least 250 million people in the developing world. These diseases include strokes(中风 ), epilepsy(癫痫 )and【 S3】 _sickness such as schizophrenia(精神分裂症 )and depression(抑郁症 ).
4、They also include【 S4】 _development of the nervous system, which causes mental slowness and cerebral palsy(脑瘫 ). Doctor Murthy says there are two reasons for this. One is a lack of money. The other is a lack of human【 S5】 _. For example, a recent study shows that doctors who【 S6】 _mental sicknesses
5、are not enough in most developing countries. Another【 S7】 _to action against brain diseases is the unfair way in which the public acts toward victims. Many victims of brain diseases are treated【 S8】 _. The committee say there are effective and【 S9】 _cost medical treatments for these diseases. Yet th
6、ese treatments are not often provided in developing countries. The committee says more treatments should be offered to poor countries. It says health care systems in developing countries should provide mental health services for their people. The committee says efforts should be made to increase pub
7、lic【 S10】 _of brain diseases. Finally, the committee says national research programs should be established to study brain diseases. A understanding I physical B treat J barrier C resume K mental D poorly L richly E affect M low F promotion N information G abnormal O resources H interest 1 【 S1】 2 【
8、S2】 3 【 S3】 4 【 S4】 5 【 S5】 6 【 S6】 7 【 S7】 8 【 S8】 9 【 S9】 10 【 S10】 Section B Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice. 1
9、0 E1 Nino is a disturbance of the worlds normal climate pattern. During El Nino events, the westerly trade winds become slower and the warmer water in the western Pacific moves towards South America. This huge increase in ocean temperatures-as much as eight degrees centigrade-and the change in atmos
10、pheric conditions bring rain to the deserts of South America and the rainforests of south-east Asia, with drought conditions throughout eastern and southern Africa. There are many knock-on effects all over the world. The home of El Nino is Peru. El Nino, “the Christ Child“, was first named by Peruvi
11、an fishermen one Christmas when they noticed unusual warm currents affecting the Pacific coast of South America. Up and down the country, from desert m highlands, E1 Nino weather phenomena have brought destructive floods, costing 200 million in immediate and long-term damage, and undoing the work of
12、 many development projects. “The dastruction is near total,“ Dominic Brain, a worker for Christian Aid reported. “Few of the houses could withstand the floodwater. Today I visited Acomayo, a shantytown (贫民区 ) where 17,500 people once live. Now only ten percent of the houses are still standing. The b
13、ulk of the population has lost all their possessions. The town of Ica seldom sees rain. Houses for the poor are built of adobe-sun- baked mud standing side by side in long terraces. When the River Ica burst its banks in late January, 15,000 houses were swiftly flooded. Up to 5,000 houses were destro
14、yed-a sign not only of the force of the river, which loosened huge rocks and swept them falling down born the Andean mountains, but of the vulnerability of the homes which hardly ever face rain. “They melted like chocolate,“ exclaimed an eye witness. “The extent of the damage was terrible!“ Almost i
15、mmediately health became a problem. Without proper plumbing(排水 ), waste matter rose to the surface of the floodwaters. People received cuts walking through the floodwater and mud Cholera-epidemic in Peru in the early nineties- returned, with 90 reported cases in Ica province alone. The entire city s
16、eems to have drowned-first in floodwaters 1.5 meters high, and then in mud. Sadly, three people lost their lives, sucked into the floodwaters, but it was a miracle that there were not more casualties(伤亡者 ). 11 E1 Nino is a warm ocean current _. （ A） which centers on America and Africa （ B） which kil
17、ls many people ever time （ C） which was named by an American （ D） which has side-effects all over the world 12 It can be inferred from the passage that El Nino first appeared in _. （ A） Pacific （ B） Africa （ C） South America （ D） Peru 13 Houses in Ica experienced terrible destruction during the E1 N
18、ino event because _. （ A） tile El Nino event was the strongest （ B） it seldom rained there （ C） the houses couldnt stand the flood （ D） E1 Nino was unexpected 14 How did the three people in lea lose their lives? （ A） They died in the collapsed houses. （ B） They died of an epidemic. （ C） They were ca
19、rried away by the flood. （ D） They tried to walk in the floodwater. 15 This passage is devoted to introduction to _. （ A） the causes and effects of E1 Nino weather phenomena （ B） the worldwide monitoring network set up to predict E1 Nino （ C） the relationship between the ocean temperatures and clima
20、te patterns （ D） E1 Nino phenomena and destructive effects of one E1 Nino event on lea 大学英语四级（阅读）练习试卷 4答案与解析 Section A Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage
21、. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item with a single line through the center. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. 【知识模块】 阅读 1 【正确答案】 N 【知识模块】 阅读 2
22、【正确答案】 E 【知识模块】 阅读 3 【正确答案】 K 【知识模块】 阅读 4 【正确答案】 G 【知识模块】 阅读 5 【正确答案 】 O 【知识模块】 阅读 6 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 阅读 7 【正确答案】 J 【知识模块】 阅读 8 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 阅读 9 【正确答案】 M 【知识模块】 阅读 10 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 阅读 Section B Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfin
23、ished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice. 【知识模块】 阅读 11 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 细节题。题中提到的 warm ocean currents和第一段中所说的 huge increase in ocean temperatures是同一回事。第一段倒数第二句话提到了海洋水温的升 高影响了很多地方，比如 South America， south-east Asia， eastern and
24、 southern Africa，最后一句话又指出 There are many knock-on effects all over the world，因此 D为正确答案。 【知识模块】 阅读 12 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 推理题。题干问的是厄尔尼诺现象最初的发生地点，即第二段第一句话所说的 the home of E1 Nino，因此 D是正确答案。 【知识模块】 阅读 13 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题：文章第四段提到了当地很多房屋都是用 adobe(泥砖 )建造的，经不住洪水的冲击，倒数第三句中再次提到了 the vulnerability of the homes。因此答案为 C。 【知识模块】 阅读 14 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题。根据题中的关键词 three people可以在文章最后一段最后一句话找到相关介绍。该句中的 sucked into the floodwater作为原因状语，解释了 three people lost their lives的原因。因此答案为 C。 【知识模块】 阅读 15 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 主旨题。整篇文章主要分为两个部分，前三段介绍了 E1 Nino的形成及影响，后两段介绍了它对秘鲁小镇 Ica的破坏作用。 【知识模块】 阅读
