大学英语四级改革适用阅读模拟试卷129

1、2.Section A_The word Yoga itself comes from an ancient Sanskrit word meaning “union“. What kind of union do you think the word refers to? Why would people want to have this kind of experience? Students of Yoga often study for as long as 20 years before becoming 1, or Yogis. They learn many different 2exercises. These exercises are designed to put the students in good physical condition. Then they c。

2、2.Section C（分数：10.00）_Imagine you went to a restaurant with a date; had a burger, paid with a credit card, and left. The next time you go there, the waiter or waitress, armed with your profile data, greets you with, “Hey Joe, how are you? Mary is over there in the seat you sat in last time. Would you like to join her for dinner again?“ Then you find out that your burger has been cooked an。

3、2.Section A_They call them the new bread earners. They are women, and they are set to take over. Women are beginning to rise 1to the top in the workplace all over the developed world New figures show that in almost a third of American 2with a working wife, the woman brings home more money than her husband and that they now occupy half the countrys“high-paying, executive, administrative and 3oc。

4、2.Section C（分数：10.00）_Costlysometimes abusivecredit cards are bleeding millions of borrowers who didnt know what they were getting into. The bottom-feeding cardsfor people with damaged creditoffer you a decent interest rate on credit lines “up to“ $3,000. When the card arrives, however, your line might be only $250. And then come the fees! Theyre charged to your tiny credit 。

5、2.Section A（分数：20.00）_Over a hundred years ago, Charles Dickens shocked many of his readers when he described the conditions under which young children worked in British factories. The conditions Dickens described continue almost 1today in many parts of the world. The only difference is that today 2of children is limited to small industries and family businesses, such as hotels, restaur。

6、2.Section A_The Mona Lisa is showing her age, museum curators (馆长) in Paris said while announcing a scientific study of the 500-year-old masterpiece. The thin poplar wood 1around Leonardo da Vincis painting is showing signs of warping, causing curators at the Louvre “some worry“. The museum has 2a study to evaluate the Mona Lisas vulnerability (易受攻击) to climate changes. The painting will 。

7、2.Section A（分数：20.00）_Once they decided to have children, MiShel and Carl Meissner tackled the next big issue: Should they try to have a girl? It was no small matter. MiShels brother had become blind from a hereditary condition in his early 20s, and the Meissners had learned that the condition is a 1passed from mothers to sons. If they had a boy, he would have a 50 per cent chance 。

8、2.Section C（分数：10.00）_When families gather for Christmas dinner, some will stick to formal traditions dating back to Grandmas generation. Their tables will be set with the good dishes and silver, and the dress code will be Sunday-best. But in many other homes, this china-and-silver elegance has given way to a stoneware (粗陶)-and-stainless informality, with dresses assuming an equally 。

9、2.Section A_Adults who had been fed plenty of fruit when they were children are less likely to suffer from certain types of cancer, British scientists said on Wednesday. A medical study of 14,000 men and women showed that the more fruits the adults had eaten when they were 2the less likely they were to suffer from lung, bowel and breast cancer. “This study shows that childhood fruit consumption may。

10、2.Section C（分数：10.00）_Foxes and farmers have never got on well. These small dog-like animals have long been accused of killing farm animals. They are officially classified as harmful and farmers try to keep their numbers down by shooting or poisoning them. Farmers can also call on the services of their local hunt to control the fox population. Hunting consists of pursuing a fox across the 。

11、2.Section A（分数：20.00）_During the 1992 presidential campaign, Hillary Rodham Clinton observed, “Our lives are a mixture of different roles. Most of us are doing the best we can to find whatever the right balance is. For me, that balance is family, work, and service.“ As an 1at Wellesley College, Hillary mixed academic excellence with school government. Speaking at graduation, she said, “。

12、2.Section A（分数：20.00）_Hungry prehistoric hunters, not climate change, drove elephants to extinction during the Pleistocene era (更新世), new research suggests. At least 12 kinds of elephants 1to wander about the African, Eurasian, and American continents. Today, only two 2of elephants are left in South Asia and Africa. One theory for this dramatic death holds that rapid climate shifts at t。

13、2.Section A（分数：20.00）_Children model themselves largely on their parents. They do so 1through identification. Children identify with a parent when they believe they have the qualities and feelings that are 2of that parent. The things parents do and sayand the way they do and say to them 3strongly influence a childs behavior. However, parents must consistently 4like the type of per。

14、2.Section C（分数：10.00）_A new analysis of federal money that public schools receive for low-income students shows that a record number of the nations school districts will receive less in the coming academic year than they did for the one just ended. For the 2005-2006 school year, spending under the Department of Educations Title I program, which helps low-achieving children in hi。

15、2.Section C（分数：10.00）_People appear to be born to compute. The numerical skills of children develop so early and so inexorably (坚定地) that it is easy to imagine an internal clock of mathematical maturity guiding their growth. Not long after learning to walk and talk, they can set the table with impressive accuracyone plate, one knife, one spoon, one fork, for each of the five chairs. Soon。

16、2.Section C（分数：10.00）_Im usually fairly skeptical about any research that concludes that people are either happier or unhappier or more or less certain of themselves than they were 50 years ago. While any of these statements might be true, they are practically impossible to prove scientifically. Still, I was struck by a report which concluded that todays children are significant。

17、2.Section C（分数：10.00）_Engineering students are supposed to be examples of practicality and rationality, but when it comes to my college education I am an idealist and a fool. In high school I wanted to be an electrical engineer and, of course, any sensible student with my aims would have chosen a college with a large engineering department, famous reputation and lots of good labs and rese。

18、2.Section A_When you have to meet someone from a different culture, be prepared. If you understand cultural differences, youll be a better 1even before you open your mouth! In many Western cultures, men stand up before they are introduced to someone 2. Standing up shows politeness and respect After that, someone will usually offer to shake hands. But in the East, 3introductions often begin and。

19、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 that 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 temp。

20、lic Health. The longer you spend in education, the lower your blood pressure is likely to be. This is【 C1】_true for women. Scientists from the US, Canada, UK and Australia examined 30 years of【 C2】_from 3 890 people who were being followed as part of the Framingham Offspring Study, which【 C3】 _the education and medical histories of 3 890 people. Researchers divided subjects into three groups, low education(12 years or less),【 C4】_education(13 to 16 years)and high education(17。