1、大学英语四级（阅读）模拟试卷 55（无答案）Section BDirections: 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.0 Thoughts of suicide haunted Anita Rutnam long bef
2、ore she arrived at Syracuse University. She had a history of mental illness and had even attempted to kill herself. During her junior year of college, she tried again. On a February morning in 1998, just days after a campus counselor recommended she be hospitalized for her suicidal tendencies, Rutna
3、m threw herself off the eighth floor of a Syracuse dormitory.Miraculously, she survived. But three years later, Rutnam still feels the effects of that day. She has not been able to finish college and is suing her former school for malpractice. Her suit asserts that, given the campus counselors advic
4、e, school officials should have done more to prevent her suicide attempt.This incident and others have thrown a spotlight on an issue that is causing growing concern in dorm rooms and students center. Are colleges providing adequate care for students who may be struggling with a range of mental illn
5、esses? In the Syracuse case, a spokesman for the school contends, “The University tried repeatedly to help Anita, and we felt that they acted appropriately.“ But lawyers are busy there and elsewhere.After accidents, suicide is the second biggest killer of kids in college. And while the number of stu
6、dents who kill themselves on campus is no higher than that of 18-to-24-year-olds in the general population, a series of sensational incidents has raised the question of whether troubled students are getting proper attention.So what are the schools responsibilities to at-risk students, particularly t
7、hose who may be genetically predisposed (易患病的) to mental illness? College can be a breeding ground for psychiatric problems. Poor eating habits and irregular sleeping patternsespecially combined with the academic stress of college lifemay all play roles in triggering mental problems. Additionally, m
8、any of the major psychiatric illnesses including depression often do not manifest themselves until the late teens or early 20s.1 Anita Rutnam couldnt finish college most probably because_.（A）she couldnt get enough concern from Syracuse University（B） she wasnt physically healthy enough to continue sc
9、hooling（C） she still kept thinking about killing herself whenever at school（D）she has been troubled by the memory of the incident very often2 What does the author want us to know through Anita Rutnams story?（A）The universities are not responsible for their students.（B） Suicides are popular on colleg
10、e campus and should be handled properly.（C） Why Anita committed suicide is still a mystery.（D）Universities should get prepared in case their students sue them.3 What does Anita accuse her former school of?（A）Ignorance of her abnormal behaviors.（B） Lack of safeguard against her suicidal intention.（C）
11、 Failure to give her proper academic instructions.（D）Indifference to her physical disease.4 How does Syracuse University defend itself against Anitas suit?（A）It has given her due attention as well as help.（B） Adult students should be able to control their own behavior.（C） It is more than the schools
12、 responsibility to supervise the students.（D）Colleges can be a breeding ground for psychiatric problems.5 All the following problems are implied as possible causes of campus suicide incidents EXCEPT_.（A）poor academic results（B） failing to get proper sleep（C） lack of family concern（D）family history o
13、f mental illness5 It is not often realized that women held a high place in southern European societies in the 10th and 11th centuries. As a wife, the woman was protected by the setting up of a dowry (彩礼) or decimum. Admittedly, the purpose of this was to protect her against the risk of desertion, bu
14、t in reality its function in the social and family life of the time was much more important. The decimum was the wifes right to receive a tenth of all her husbands property. The wife had the right to withhold consent, in all transactions the husband would make, and more than just a right: the docume
15、nts show mat she enjoyed a real power of decision equal to that of her husband. In no case did the documents indicate any degree of difference in the legal status of husband and wife. The wife shared in the management of her husbands personal property, but the opposite was not always true. Women see
16、med perfectly prepared to defend their own inheritance against husbands who tried to exceed their rights, and on occasion they showed a fine fighting spirit. A case in point is that of Maria Vivas, a Catalan woman of Barcelona. Having agreed with her husband Miro to sell a field she had inherited fo
17、r the needs of the household, she insisted on compensation. None being offered, she succeeded in dragging her husband to the scribe (法学家 ) to have a contract duly drawn up assigning her a piece of land from Miros personal inheritance. The unfortunate husband was obliged to agree, as the contract say
18、s, “for the sake of peace.“ Either through the dowry or through being hot-tempered, the Catalan wife knew how to win herself, with the context of the family, a powerful economic position.6 A decimum was _.（A）the wifes inheritance from her father（B） a gift of money to the new husband（C） a protection
19、of the wifes right（D）a written contract7 In the 10th and 11th centuries in southern European, womens social position was_.（A）higher than mens（B） as high as mens（C） lower than mens（D）never recognized8 The purpose of mentioning the case of Maria Vivas is _.（A）to show women had the same rights as, if n
20、ot more than, their husbands（B） to prove hot-tempered woman held a powerful economic position（C） to tell the readers the real situations in some countries（D）to show the fight spirits of women9 Could a husband sell his wifes inheritance according to this passage?（A）Yes, if she agreed.（B） No, under no
21、 circumstances.（C） Yes, whenever he wished to.（D）Yes, when they needed money for the household.10 Which of the following is NOT mentioned as an effect of the dowry system?（A）The husband had to share the power of decision in marriage.（B） The wife could manage her husbands personal property.（C） The wi
22、fe gained a powerful economic position.（D）The wife would not be deserted by her husband.10 In the 1960s, medical researchers Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe developed a checklist of stressful events. They appreciated the tricky point that any major change can be stressful. Negative events like “serio
23、us illness of a family member“ were high on the list, but so were some positive life-changing events, like marriage. When you take the Holmes-Rahe test you must remember that the score does not reflect how you deal with stressit only shows how much you have to deal with. And we now know that the way
24、 you handle these events dramatically affects your chances of staying healthy.By the early 1970s, hundreds of similar studies had followed Holmes and Rahe. And millions of Americans who work and live under stress worried over the reports. Somehow, the research got boiled down to a memorable message.
25、 Womens magazines ran headlines like “Stress causes illness! “ If you want to stay physically and mentally healthy, the articles said, avoid stressful events.But such simplistic advice is impossible to follow. Even if stressful events are dangerous, manylike the death of a loved oneare impossible to
26、 avoid. Moreover, any warning to avoid all stressful events is a prescription (处方) for staying away from opportunities as well as trouble. Since any change can be stressful, a person who wanted to be completely free of stress would never marry, have a child, take a new job or move.The notion that al
27、l stress makes you sick also ignores a lot of what we know about people. It assumes were all vulnerable (脆弱的) and passive in the face of adversity(逆境). But what about human initiative and creativity? Many come through periods of stress with more physical and mental vigor than they had before. We als
28、o know that a long time without change or challenge can lead to boredom, and physical and mental strain.11 The result of Holmes-Rahes medical research tells us_.（A）the way you handle major events may cause stress（B） what should be done to avoid stress（C） what kind of event would cause stress（D）how t
29、o cope with sudden changes in life12 The studies on stress in the early 1970s led to _.（A）widespread concern over its harmful effects（B） great panic over the mental disorder it could cause（C） an intensive research into stress-related illnesses（D）popular avoidance of stressful jobs13 The score of the
30、 Holmes-Rahe test shows _.（A）how much pressure you are under（B） how positive events can change your life（C） how stressful a major event can be（D）how you can deal with life-changing events14 Why is “such simplistic advice“ (Line 1, Para. 3) impossible to follow?（A）No one can stay on the same job for
31、long.（B） No prescription is effective in relieving stress.（C） People have to get married someday.（D）You could be missing opportunities as well.15 According to the passage people who have experienced ups and downs may become_.（A）nervous when faced with difficulties（B） physically and mentally strained
32、（C） more capable of coping with adversity（D）indifferent toward what happens to them15 Taste is such a subjective matter that we dont usually conduct preference tests for food. The most you can say about anyones preference, is that its one persons opinion. But because the two big cola (可乐) companies
33、Coca-Cola and Pepsi Cola are marketed so aggressively, weve wondered how big a role taste preference actually plays in brand loyalty. We set up a taste test that challenged people who identified themselves as either Coca-Cola or Pepsi fans: Find your brand in a blind tasting.We invited staff volunte
34、ers who had a strong liking for either Coca-Cola Classic (传统型) or Pepsi, Diet (低糖的) Coke, or Diet Pepsi. These were people who drought theyd have no trouble telling their brand from the other brand.We eventually located 19 regular cola drinkers and 27 diet cola drinkers. Then we fed them four uniden
35、tified samples of cola one at a time, regular colas for the one group, diet versions for the other. We asked them to tell us whether each sample was Coke or Pepsi; then we analyzed the records statistically to compare the participants choices with what mere guess-work could have accomplished.Getting
36、 all four samples right was a tough test, but not too tough, we thought, for people who believed they could recognize their brand. In the end, only 7 out of 19 regular cola drinkers correctly identified their brand of choice in all four trials. The diet-cola drinkers did a little worseonly 7 of 27 i
37、dentified all four samples correctly.While both groups did better than chance would predict, nearly half the participants in each group made the wrong choice two or more times. Two people go all four samples wrong. Overall, half the participants did about as well on the last round of tasting as on t
38、he first, so fatigue, or taste burnout, was not a factor. Our preference test results suggest that only a few Pepsi participants and Coke fans may really be able to tell their favorite brand by taste and price.16 According to the passage the preference test was conducted in order to_.（A）find out the
39、 role taste preference plays in a persons drinking（B） reveal which cola is more to the liking of the drinkers（C） show that a persons opinion about taste is mere guess-work（D）compare the ability of the participants in choosing their drinks17 The statistics recorded in the preference tests show_.（A）Co
40、ca-Cola and Pepsi are peoples two most favorite drinks（B） there is not much difference in taste between Coca-Cola and Pepsi（C） few people had trouble telling Coca-Cola from Pepsi（D）peoples tastes differ from one another18 It is implied in the first paragraph that_.（A）the purpose of taste tests is to
41、 promote the sale of colas（B） the improvement of quality is the chief concern of the two cola companies（C） the competition between the two colas is very strong（D）blind tasting is necessary for identifying fans19 The word “burnout“ (Line 3, Para. 5) here refers to the state of_.（A）being seriously bur
42、nt in the skin（B） being unable to burn for lack of fuel（C） being badly damaged by fire（D）being unable to function because of excessive use20 The authors purpose in writing this passage is to_.（A）show that taste preference is highly subjective（B） argue that taste testing is an important marketing strategy（C） emphasize that taste and price are closely related to each other（D）recommend that blind tasting be introduced in the quality control of colas
