大學(xué)英語四級(jí)閱讀-13

1、大學(xué)英語四級(jí)閱讀-13(總分：100.00，做題時(shí)間：90 分鐘)一、PartIReading Comprehension(總題數(shù)：0，分?jǐn)?shù)：0.00)二、Section A (總題數(shù)：2，分?jǐn)?shù)：20.00)Searching for love is no longer just a favorite subject for songs. It has also become a huge industry. Experts say that theindustry has grown because traditional social ties in the United States h

2、ave(1). Many young people leave behind a close community of friends and family to find work in bigger cities. Peoplework longer hours, so they have less time to meet new people. So they depend (2) on technology.This helps explain the (3) of online dating. Some estimates say 120,000 marriages a year

3、result from (4) made on theInternet.The dating industry has also been expanding in new and interesting ways. Many companies around the country offer (5)services for findingthe perfect mate. These companies are answering a largedemandby single people. They are willingto (6) their time and money to fi

4、nd love with (7) plannedmethods, instead of leaving love to chance.For example, in Virginia, the company True Life Partners provides a (8) but detailed dating service. The companysowner, Stephanie Rockey, says her customers are busy professionals who do not have time to search for their lifepartner.

5、 Customers hire Miz Rockeys team of (9) experts to help them find people they will like based on detailedinformation they provide about themselves.The company says it is a team of professional personal (10) who help couples meet. But this level of attention comes ata high price. Men pay thousands of

6、 dollars for the service. But women get to take part at no cost.A. carefully B. inquire C. personalized D. investE. notified F. recruiters G. matches H. increasinglyI. desperate J. costly K. restraint L. popularityM. weakened N. shortly O. trained(分?jǐn)?shù)：10.00)填空項(xiàng) 1:_ (正確答案：M)解析：此處應(yīng)為動(dòng)詞的過去分詞，與have 構(gòu)成現(xiàn)在完成

7、時(shí)。從該段第2、3 句描述的美國(guó)年輕人的生活習(xí)慣可以推斷此處填寫 weakened 最為合適。填空項(xiàng) 1:_ (正確答案：H)解析：此處應(yīng)為副詞。該段前幾句提到美國(guó)年輕人因?yàn)楣ぷ髅苌儆袝r(shí)間結(jié)交新朋友，這就致使他們對(duì)互 聯(lián)網(wǎng)的依賴性越來越強(qiáng)，由此可見，在副詞詞庫中，只有 increasingly符合句意。填空項(xiàng) 1:_ (正確答案：L)解析：此處應(yīng)為名詞。從上一段最后一句提到的depend on technology 和該段下一句提到的數(shù)字可以推斷，本句應(yīng)表明美國(guó)人很喜歡”online dating，可見，本題應(yīng)從名詞詞庫中選擇popularity 一詞。填空項(xiàng) 1:_ (正確答案：G)解析：

8、此處應(yīng)為名詞，而且該名詞可以作make 的賓語。通過該段兩句內(nèi)容可以推斷，此處的名詞語義應(yīng)該與上一句的 online dating 相關(guān)，在名詞詞庫中，只有matches 符合要求。填空項(xiàng) 1:_ (正確答案：C)解析：此處應(yīng)為形容詞。根據(jù)上一句提到的new and interesting ways 可以知道本句提到的 services 應(yīng)該是某種新式的有趣的服務(wù)形式，在所有過去分詞和形容詞中，personalized 一詞最合適，personalizedservices 意為個(gè)性化服務(wù)”，正是因?yàn)橛辛?personalized services ，人們才能找到 the perfect mat

9、e。填空項(xiàng) 1:_ (正確答案：D)解析：此處應(yīng)為動(dòng)詞原形。根據(jù)后面的賓語time and money 和此處的動(dòng)詞為動(dòng)詞原形等條件，可以確定在動(dòng)詞詞庫中，只有 invest 適合此處。填空項(xiàng) 1:_ (正確答案：A)解析：此處應(yīng)為副詞。該副詞修飾planned，構(gòu)成的意思應(yīng)與 instead of 后的 leaving love to chance相對(duì)。副詞詞庫中，只有carefully適合原文所要表達(dá)的語義。填空項(xiàng) 1:_ (正確答案：J)解析：此處應(yīng)為形容詞。根據(jù)but 表達(dá)的轉(zhuǎn)折意義可以推斷，該形容詞與過對(duì)形容詞詞庫中的詞逐一排除，可以最后選定的服務(wù)”。填空項(xiàng) 1:_ (正確答案：解析

10、：此處應(yīng)為形容詞。從本段的介紹可以知道 而 experts 前的形容詞應(yīng)該表明這些 experts 且符合語義邏輯。填空項(xiàng) 1:_解析：此處應(yīng)為復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞。在名詞詞庫中，只有 recruitersAcademy Award nominees who go home empty-handed may not have a shiny Oscar to show off, but they may turn outto be the bigger winners in the game of life.According to a study published inBritish Medic

11、al Jour nalon December 21, Oscar-winningscreenwriters are more successful, more productive, and more (1) than losing nominees; however, they die sooner byabout four years.Because success is usually linked to better health, this is the first (2) ever that success is not associated with improved(3) ,

12、says Donald Redelmeier, lead author of the study.Researchers (4) down information about every person who was ever nominated for an Oscar since the awards were firsthanded out 73 years ago.To explain the (5) findings, he offers two theories. The first is the work-to-death hypothesis. According to Red

13、elmeier,screenwriters are more (6) to lead unhealthy lifestyles, meaning they smoke more, exercise less, and work a lot oflate-night hours, which translates into not enough sleep.Screenwriters dont have a boss to report to, which brings into (7) Redelmeiers second explanation, the party-heartyhypoth

14、esis.When you become a successful screenwriter, you gain status without daily accountability, and as a (8) your successmay lead you to more alcohol, more parties, and more obesity, he says. Redelmeier hopes his study will (9) howimportant it is to lead a healthy lifestyle.The bottom line, he says, i

15、s that greater success may (10) lead to worse health if people fail to look after themselves.A. longevity B. flourish C. apt D. sometimesE. tracked F. respected G. account H. miracleI. occupation J. puzzling K. stress L. consequenceM. internal N. fairly O. restrained（分?jǐn)?shù)：10.00）填空項(xiàng) 1:_ （正確答案：F）解析：此處應(yīng)為

16、形容詞或動(dòng)詞分詞。該詞與successful 和 productive 并列，應(yīng)該是表積極意義的詞，動(dòng)詞分詞和形容詞中，只有 respected 合適。填空項(xiàng) 1:_ （正確答案：I ）解析：由前面的 the first 可知此處應(yīng)為名詞。本句中的 this 是指上文討論的編劇這一職業(yè)，詞庫中只有occupation 一詞最適合上下文的語義。填空項(xiàng) 1:_ （正確答案：A） 解析：此處應(yīng)為名詞，由 improved 修飾。這一句是對(duì)開頭兩段的一detailed二者形成鮮明對(duì)比，通costly。costly but detailed service指“昂貴而細(xì)致O）True Life Partn

17、ers 公司為客戶提供服務(wù)的都是experts ,的優(yōu)勢(shì)，在詞庫中只有 trained 一詞適合與 experts 搭配，（正確答案：F）根據(jù)本句內(nèi)容可以推斷此處的名詞應(yīng)該表示具體的某種“人”，一詞表示某類人 招聘人員；征集者。很明顯,個(gè)總結(jié)，特別是根據(jù)上一段的最后一句 提到的獲獎(jiǎng)編劇比未獲獎(jiǎng)?wù)呱倩?4 年，可以推斷空白處應(yīng)為 longevity 一詞。填空項(xiàng) 1:_ （正確答案： E）解析：此處應(yīng)為動(dòng)詞過去式，可與 down 搭配構(gòu)成本句的謂語。根據(jù)本句 since 引出的時(shí)間，可以推斷該句 表明研究人員追蹤了多屆提名者的情況，因此 tracked 是最適當(dāng)?shù)脑~。填空項(xiàng) 1:_ （正確答案：

18、 J ）解析：此處應(yīng)為形容詞，修飾 findings 。第 3 段提到成功通常與身體健康緊密相連，而研究得出的結(jié)果相 反。再結(jié)合本句中的 explain ，可知研究結(jié)果是“令人費(fèi)解的”，因此答案為 puzzling 。填空項(xiàng) 1:_ （正確答案： C）解析：此處應(yīng)為形容詞，或是動(dòng)詞分詞，可與 to 搭配，并與 are 構(gòu)成本句的謂語。結(jié)合上文提到的要解釋 為什么成功的編劇壽命更短等內(nèi)容， apt 最合適。 be apt to do sth. 意為“有做某事傾向的，易于做某 事的”。填空項(xiàng) 1:_ （正確答案： G）解析：此處應(yīng)為名詞或動(dòng)名詞，作 bring into 的賓語。 which 引出

19、的從句表明主句提到的內(nèi)容可以解釋 Redelmeier 的第二個(gè)理論，因此空白處應(yīng)為“解釋”之義，即 account 。填空項(xiàng) 1:_ （正確答案： L）解析：此處應(yīng)該是名詞，可與 as a 構(gòu)成詞組，表示句子上下文的因果關(guān)系。詞庫中只有 consequence 一詞 可以表示因果關(guān)系，因此為答案。填空項(xiàng) 1:_ （正確答案： K）解析：此處應(yīng)該是及物動(dòng)詞原形作謂語。根據(jù)上下文， Redelmeier 的研究是為了說明或強(qiáng)調(diào)健康生活模式 的重要性，在動(dòng)詞詞庫中， account 雖也有“說明”之義，但它是不及物動(dòng)詞，需與 for 一起連用，因此 只有 stress 一詞最合適。填空項(xiàng) 1:_

20、（正確答案： D）解析：此處應(yīng)為副詞，作 may lead to. 的狀語。根據(jù) may 這個(gè)情態(tài)動(dòng)詞可以推斷作者的態(tài)度并不堅(jiān)決， 因此只有sometimes 最合適。三、Section B （總題數(shù)：2，分?jǐn)?shù)：40.00）Questions on the Origins of Christmas1. Why do we celebrate on December 25th?A. The Bible makes no mention of Jesus being born on December 25th and, as more than one historian has pointed

21、out,why would shepherds be tending to their flock in the middle of winter? So whyis that the day we celebrate? Well, either Christian holidays miraculously fall on the same daysas pagan ones or the Christians have been crafty in converting pagan populations to religion by placing importantChristian

22、holidays on the same days as pagan ones. And people had been celebrating on December 25th （and thesurrounding weeks） for centuries by the time Jesus showed up.B. The Winter Solstice, falling on or around December 21st, was and is celebrated around the world as the beginning ofthe end of winter. It i

23、s the shortest day and longest night and its passingsignifies that spring is on the way. In Scandinavian countries, they celebrated the solstice with a holiday called Yule lastfrom the 21st until January and burned a Yule log the whole time. InRome, Saturnalia a celebration of Saturn, the God of agr

24、iculturelasted the entire end of theyear and was marked by mass intoxication. In the middleof this, the Romans celebrated the birthof another God, Mithra （a child God）, whose holiday celebrated the children of Rome.C. When the Christianity became the official religion of Rome, there was no Christmas

25、. It wasnot until the 4th century that Pope Julius I declared the birth of Jesus to be a holiday and picked December 25th as thecelebration day. By the middle ages, most people celebrated the holiday we know as Christmas.2. How did Americans come to love the holiday?D. The American Christmas is, lik

26、e most American holidays, a mishmash of Old World customs mixedwith American inventions. While Christmas was celebrated in America from the time of the Jamestown settlement, ourmodem idea of the holiday didnt take root until the 19th century. The History Channel credits Washington Irving withgetting

27、 the ball rolling. In 1819 he publishedTheSketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon, gent., an account of a Christmas celebration in which a rich family invites poor folkinto their house to celebrate the holiday.E. The problem was that many of the activities described in Irvings work, such asCrowningaLord of Mi

28、srule, were entirely fictional. Nonetheless, Irving began to steer Christmas celebrations away from drunkendebauchery（ 放蕩 ） and towards wholesome, charitable fun.Throughout the rest of the 19th century, Christmas gained popularity and Americans adopted old customs or inventednew ones, such as Christ

29、mas trees, greeting cards, giving gifts and eating a whole roasted pig.3. Who popularized Christmas trees?F. Since time immortal, humans have been fascinated with the color green and plants that stay green through winter.Many ancient societies from Romansto Vikings would decorate their Homes and tem

30、ples with evergreens in thewinter as a symbol of the returning growing season. But the Christmas tree didnt get going until someintrepid（ 無畏的 ） German dragged home and decorated a tree in the 16th century. Legend has it that Martin Luther himself addedlighted candles to his familys tree, starting th

31、e trend （and leading to countless fires through the years）. InAmerica, the Christmas tree didnt catch on until 1846 when the British royals, Queen Victoria and the German PrinceAlbert, were shown with a Christmas tree in a newspaper. Fashionable people in America mimicked the Royals and thetree thin

32、g spread outside of Germanenclaves（ 被圍領(lǐng)土 ）in America. Ornaments, courtesy of Germany, and electric lights, courtesy of Thomas Edisons assistants, were addedover the years and we havent changed much since.4. Whats the deal with Santa Claus?G. The jolly, red-suited man who sneaks into your home every

33、year to leave you gifts hasnt always been so jolly. Thereal Saint Nick was a Turkish monk who lived in the 3rd century. According to legend, he was a rich man thanks to aninheritance from his parents, but he gave it all away in the form of gifts to the less-fortunate.He eventually becamethe most pop

34、ular saint in Europeand, through his alter ego, Santa Claus, remains so to this day. But how did a long-dead Turkish monk become a big, fat,reindeer-riding pole dweller? The Dutch got the ball rolling by celebrating the saint called Sinter Klaas in NewYorkin the late-18th century. Our old friend, Wa

35、shington Irving, included the legend of Saint Nick in his seminalHistory ofNew Yorkas well, but at theturn of the 18th century, Saint Nick was still a rather obscure figure in America.H. On December 23, 1823, though, a mannamed Clement Clarke Moore published a poem he had written for hisdaughters ca

36、lled An Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas, better known now as Twas the Night Before Christmas.Nobody knows how much of the poem Moore invented, but we do know that it was the spark that eventually lit the Santafire. Many of the things we associate withSanta a sleigh, reindeer, Christmas Eve visi

37、ts came from Moores poem. From 1863 to 1886, Thomas Nastsillustrations of Santa Claus appeared inHarpers Weekly including a scene with Santagiving gifts to Union soldiers. Not much has changed since the second half of the 19th century:Santa still gets pulled in a sleigh by flying reindeer, he still

38、wears the big red suit and he still sneaks down chimneys todrop off presents.5. Who invented Rudolph?I. Santa did get one more friend in 1939. Robert May, a copywriter for the Montgomery Ward department store chain,wrote a little story about a 9th reindeer witha disturbing red nosefora booklet to gi

39、ve customers during the holiday season. Ten years later, Mays brother would put the story to music,writing the lyrics and melody.分?jǐn)?shù)： 20.00 ) （1）.Drunken debauchery was regarded as old Christmas practice in America in the 19th century.（分?jǐn)?shù)： 2.00 ）填空項(xiàng) 1:_ （正確答案： E）解析：解析根據(jù)難詞 Drunken debauchery 可快速定位至 E

40、段第 2 句，該句說 Irving 使圣誕節(jié)傳統(tǒng)由酗 酒放蕩變?yōu)榻】怠⒋壬频膴蕵坊顒?dòng)，故可知酗酒美國(guó)的圣誕舊習(xí)，故 E 段為本題出處。（2）.Rudolphappeared in Robert Mays story as a reindeer with a disturbing red nose.（分?jǐn)?shù)：2.00 ）填空項(xiàng) 1:_ （正確答案： I ）解析： 解析 本題與 Rudolph 有關(guān)，故定位鎖定在最后一個(gè)小標(biāo)題 5. Whoinvented Rudolph? 下的 I 段。 該段第 2句講述了相關(guān) Rudolph 的相關(guān)信息，與題目所述一致，故 I 段為本題出處。（3） .The c

41、elebration of Jesus birth on Dec. 25th has much to do with Pope Julius I. （分?jǐn)?shù)： 2.00 ）填空項(xiàng) 1:_ （正確答案： C）解析： 解析 本題與耶穌誕辰日子的選擇有關(guān)， 故定位應(yīng)鎖定在 1. Whydo wecelebrate on December 25th? 標(biāo)題下。再根據(jù) Jesus birth 和 Dec. 25th 及 Pope Julius I 可快速定位至 C 段第 2 句。（4） .What Santa Clans does nowadays can be traced back to one of

42、 Clement Clarke Moores poems.（分?jǐn)?shù)： 2.00 ）填空項(xiàng) 1:_ （正確答案： H）解析：解析根據(jù) Clement Clarke Moores poem 可定位到 H 段第 2、3 句，這兩句說很多有關(guān)圣誕老人 的東西都源于Clement Clarke Moore 寫給他女兒的一首“詩”，題目意思與此相符。（5）.Santa Claus was basedon a monk named Saint Nick, who was from Turkey.（分?jǐn)?shù)： 2.00 ）填空項(xiàng) 1:_ （正確答案： G）解析： 解析 本題與圣誕老人有關(guān)，定位鎖定在 4. What

43、s the deal with Santa Claus? 標(biāo)題下，再根 據(jù) Saint Nick 及Turkey 可快速定位至 G 段第 2 句。（6） .Thanks to American writer Washington Irving, Christmas began to take root in America in the 19th century. （分?jǐn)?shù)： 2.00 ）填空項(xiàng) 1:_ （正確答案：D）解析： 解析 本題與圣誕節(jié)在美國(guó)的情況有關(guān)，故定位鎖定在 2. How did Americans come to love the holiday?標(biāo)題下。再根據(jù)人名 Wash

44、ington Irving 及 19m century 可定位至 D 段第 2、3 句。（7） .Evergreens were used to decorate home as a symbol of the returning growing season in many ancient societies.（分?jǐn)?shù)： 2.00 ）填空項(xiàng) 1:_ （正確答案： F）解析： 解析 本題的關(guān)鍵詞是 Evergreens “常綠植物”，這與圣誕樹的相關(guān)，故定位應(yīng)該在 3. Who popularizedChristmas trees? 標(biāo)題下。其中 F 段第 2 句所述與本題相符，故為答案。（8）

45、.People begin to celebrate Dec.25th before the birth of Jesus.（分?jǐn)?shù)： 2.00 ）填空項(xiàng) 1:_ （正確答案： A）解析： 解析 本題與 12 月 25 日作為慶祝節(jié)日有關(guān)， 故定位應(yīng)在 1. Whydo wecelebrate on December 25th? 標(biāo)題下的段落。其中 A 段最后一句提到，在耶穌出現(xiàn)前的幾個(gè)世紀(jì)，人們就一直在12 月 25 日慶祝了，這與本題意思一致，故 A 段為本題出處。（9）.The Winter Solstice thatcomes around Dec. 21st means spring

46、is coming.（分?jǐn)?shù)： 2.00 ）填空項(xiàng) 1:_ （正確答案： B）解析： 解析 由題目的日期 Dec. 21st 可知本題仍與 12 月 25 日作圣誕節(jié)相關(guān)，故定位應(yīng)在第 1 個(gè)小標(biāo)題 下。其中 B段首句提到了 12 月 21 日及冬至，該句說冬至象征冬季開始結(jié)束，與題目中的春天到來相符， 故為本題出處。（10）.The trend of Christmas tree tradition in German was said to be related to Martin Luther.（分?jǐn)?shù)： 2.00 ）填空項(xiàng) 1:_ （正確答案： F）解析： 解析 本題與圣誕樹有關(guān)，故定位應(yīng)

47、在小標(biāo)題 3. Who popularized Christmas trees? 下的 F 段。 該段第 4 句提到 Martin Luther 與德國(guó)的圣誕樹的流行有關(guān)，與本題所述一致。Hints and Tips to Save MoneyA. Spend less. This is not oversimplifying the best way to save money! It is essential if you are serious about being along-term money saver. Review what you spend and look at wa

48、ys you can save money. Consider making telephonecalls for instance only at off-peak times. Do you really need to have newspapers and magazines delivered? Can you dowithout those coffees you buy at break time every day would a flask of coffee taken to work save you money? Whatabout using the public l

49、ending library instead of buying books or music CDs? Once you start looking for ways to spendless you will quickly become an expert and really save money.B. Establish a personal budget. This is essential for families and individuals. You will not be able to save money unlessyou know how much money y

50、ou have coming in, and how much money you have going out. Once you have prepared abudget of incoming money and outgoing money, you will be able to identify areas where you can save. It is MUCH moredifficult to save money over a long period of time (the rest of your life?) without a budget.C. Bulk is

51、 good. Think about shopping and buying in bulk. You can also save money by cooking in bulk. This is a realway you can save money with little preparation and almost no extra outlay. Always purchase in bulk when you can.Prepared foods and convenience foods will always be much more expensive than all t

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53、d before it goes bad you wont save money ff you have to throw stuff away.Buying in bulk is not only a good way to save money it is also a good strategy for coping with and surviving emergencies.D. Make sure a sale is a sale. By this I mean do your price research before you commit to making an expens

54、ivepurchase in a retailers money-off sale. You have to be sure the sale really is a sale and not a creative marketing strategyof the store to encourage you to spend your moneywithout thinking. Once you have researched the true price of aproduct (any product) you are in a good position to take advant

55、age of a sale, special offer or discount and really savemoney. Buy one get one free, 50% off, and Huge Discount will only help you save money if the actual price you payis lower than you would pay somewhere else for exactly the same product.E. Buy used. Sure, we all like to buy new. But there are hu

56、ge money savings to be made in buying used. Typically carslose one-third of their value in the first 24 months from new. Why not buy a car 24 months old? Other items such asclothes can be worth even less just the day after new. Look for ways to buy as good as new items and save money.Typical product

57、s you might consider buying used to save moneyinclude: cars, clothes, electrical goods, gardenitems.toolsand sheds,household items. pots and pans the list of used goods where you can save money is endless.F. Dont carry excessive debt. Some debt in our lives may be essential. We may need amortgage( 抵

58、押 ) to purchase a home, we may need to use our credit card to make purchases until payday, but your aim to savemoney should be to have as little debt as possible. Credit card debt is typically the most expensive debt we may carry.You will be able to save money every month if you make it an absolute

59、rule to pay off your outstanding balance everymonth. If you can have the discipline to do this you will save money by effectively having no debt, and thus no interestcharge on your credit card(s).G. Save money fast. No, I mean really savesome money. Each week or each month get into the habitof putti

60、ng an amount, however small into your savings. You could start by saving a very small fixed amount each timeand then move to putting in larger amounts once you begin to save money from your other money saving strategies. Youwill find that by saving money on a regular basis you will quickly build up