英語四級年度閱讀備考匯報材料

1、 . 9/92011年英語四級閱讀備考材料(1)The University of California was chartered in 1868 and established at Berkeley in 1875. South Hall, an ivy-covered Gothic-revival building of red brick, is the only survivor of the nineteenth century campus buildings. Today, the Berkeley campus is the senior member of the nin

2、e-campus University of California System. Berkeley offers a full range of academic majors in programs. In a national survey published in fall 1992, Berkeley placed highest of all public universities in ranking that included five attributes: reputation, selectivity, faculty resources, financial resou

3、rces, and student satisfaction. More students who earn bachelors degrees at Berkeley complete Ph. Ds than graduates of any other university in the country.Undergraduate students can choose from more than 5,000 different courses and over 100 majors or they can design their own individual majors. The

4、graduate division offers professional and academic degrees in more than 100 majors. Aiding students in their course work is a campus network of twenty-four libraries, including one especially for undergraduates. There are also many support facilities and services available, such as the Student Learn

5、ing Center,financial aid counseling, housing assistance, graduate and professional school advising, and career placement assistance. The 1, 200-acre campus stretches from downtown Berkeley through wooded hills that overlook San Francisco Bay. The city of Berkeley (population 105,000) offers the live

6、ly background of one of Americas more culturally diverse and politically adventurous small cities. The surrounding San Francisco Bay area provides an abundance of recreational and cultural events.1. In Paragraph One, the author mainly states about_.A. the greatness and wonderfulness of the Berkeley

7、campusB. the Berkeley campus ranking in all the public universitiesC. the history and the present situation of the Berkeley campusD. the overall impression of the Berkeley campus2. More students have graduated from Berkeley than from any other university in gaining _degree.A. MBAs B. bachelorsC. Ph.

8、 Ds D. masters3. From the essay, we can know that_.A. the Berkeley campus is the University of CaliforniaB. the Berkeley campus is only an old branch of the University of CaliforniaC. the Berkeley campus is an absolutely independent university, which is built in CaliforniaD. the Berkeley campus is a

9、n independent college.4. Which is TRUE according to the essay?A. Now the Berkeley campus is the best public university.B. You can finish bachelors courses or Ph. Ds courses but not masters courses.C. The Berkeley campus does not do well in helping students in their studies.D. The Berkeley campus is

10、not far away from the city of San Francisco.5. The city of Berkeley is_.A. situated within the Berkeley campusB. found to be a melting pot of various culturesC. a recreational placeD. trying to increase its population答案1. C 2. C 3. B 4. D 5. B2011年英語四級閱讀備考材料(2)Its never easy to admit you are in the

11、wrong. Being human, we all need to know the art of apologizing. Look back with honesty and think how often youve judged roughly, said _1_ things, pushed yourself ahead at the expense of a friend. Then count the occasions when you indicated clearly and _2_ that you were sorry. A bit frightening, isnt

12、 it? Frightening because some deePwisdom in us knows that when even a small wrong has been committed, some mysterious moral feeling is _3_, and it stays out of balance until fault is acknowledged and _4_ is expressed.I remember a doctor friend, telling me about a man who came to him with a variety o

13、f signs: headaches, insomnia and stomach trouble. No _5_ cause could be found. Finally my friend said to the man, Unless you tell me whats worrying you, I cant helPyou.After some hesitation, the man _6_ that, as executor of his fahers will, he had been cheating his brother, who lived abroad, of his

14、_7_. Then and there the wise old doctor made the man write to his brother asking _8_ and enclosing a cheque as the first stePin restoring their good relation. He then went with him to mail box in the corridor. As the letter disappeared, the man burst into tears. Thank you, He said, I think Im _9_. A

15、nd he was. A heartfelt apology can not only _10_ a damaged relationshiPbut also make it stronger. If you can think of someone who deserves an apology from you, someone you have wronged, or just neglected, do something about it right now.A)healB)mentalC)unkindD)regretE)accuratelyF)confessedG)inherita

16、nceH)physicalI)curedJ)treatK)trulyL)unfaithfulM)forgivenessN)disturbedO)excuse答案1.選C)。此處應(yīng)填形容詞。從后面的pushed yourself ahead at the expense of a friend可知，說的是不好的話，可選項有unkind和unfaithful，但由前面的judged roughly“粗魯?shù)脑u判”可知這里表示說話時不考慮他人的感受，因此unkind“刻薄的”更加符合上下文語氣。2.選K)。由clearly and一詞可知，此處應(yīng)填副詞，與closely一起修飾道歉時的情形。選項有ac

17、curately和truly,由“回想一下你曾明確地并地表示自己歉意的場合”，能使句意通順的是truly“真誠地”，而accurately一般表示“(數(shù)據(jù)計算得)精確地”，故排除。3.選N)。it stays out of balance until.，其中it=some mysterious moral feeling可推出，出于道義上的原因，人會感到不安，故選disturbed“不安的”。而confessed“公開承認(rèn)的”不符合句意。4.選D)。此處應(yīng)填名詞。從“知道承認(rèn)錯誤，表達(dá)之后，才能覺得安心，”選項中只有regret“歉意”符合題意。5.選H)。此處應(yīng)填形容詞。由headaches

18、，insomnia(失眠)and stomach trouble可推出，可選項有mental和physical，由朋友的話“Unless. Worrying you, I cant helPyou. 可知這個人是由于心理上的原因，而不是生理上的，故選physical即No physical cause.。6.選F)。此處應(yīng)填動詞。選項中的動詞有confessed，cured和disturbed，但由After some hesitation可推出，此人是在向醫(yī)生坦白情況，故選擇confessed“坦白”。7.選G)。此處應(yīng)填名詞。由as executor of his fathers will

19、可推知，此處說明的是，在遺產(chǎn)繼承方面，他一直在欺騙他居住在國外的兄弟，故只有選項inheritance符合題意。8.選M)。此處應(yīng)填名詞。由restoring their good relation可推知，他是寫信給他兄弟請求原諒，故選項中只有forgiveness符合題意。選項中excuse用作名詞時，一般解釋為“理由，借口”而沒有“原諒”的意思，故排除。9.選I)。由第二段最后一句wahts worrying you和這個人的感情Thank you可推出，此處說明的是醫(yī)生治好了他的心病，選項中只有cured符合題意。10.選A)。此處應(yīng)填動詞的圓形。But also make it str

20、onger“使人際關(guān)系更加穩(wěn)固”，it指代a damaged relationship，由此可知，空格處應(yīng)填表示“修復(fù)”的詞，選項中的heal則有“治愈，修復(fù)”的意思，符合原文意思。treat一般專指醫(yī)學(xué)上的治療，2011年英語四級閱讀備考材料(3)As the pace of life continues to increase, we are fast losing the art of relaxation. But relaxation is _1_ for a healthy mind and body.Stress is a natural part of everyday lif

21、e and there is no way to _2_ it. In fact, it is not the bad thing as it is often supposed to be. A certain amount of stress is vital to provide motivation and give purpose to life. It is only when the stress gets out of _3_ that it can lead to poor performance and ill health.The amount of stress a p

22、erson can withstand depends very much on the individual. Some peoplw are not afraid of stress, and such _4_ are obviously prime material for managerial responsibilities. Others lose heart at the first sight of _5_ difficulties. When exposed to stress, in whatever form, we react both physically and _

23、6_. In fact we make choice between flight or fight and in more _7_ days the choices made the difference between life or death. The crises we meet today are unlikely to be so extreme, but however little the stress, it involves the same _8_. It is when such a reaction lasts long, through continued _9_

24、 to stress, that health becomes endangered. Since we cannot _10_ stress from our lives it would be unwise to do so even if we could, we need to find ways to deal with it.A)exposure B)characters C)answer D)chemicallyE)avoid F)psychologically G)primitive H)transferI)unusual J)control K)remove L)escape

25、M)response N)backward O)essential答案1.選O)。此處應(yīng)填形容詞。前文中說人們正在失去放松的休閑方式，But轉(zhuǎn)折表明作者對relaxation的重視態(tài)度，只有essential“必須的，重要的”符合文意。2.選E)。此處應(yīng)填動詞。前句說Stress is a natural part of everyday life“壓力是日常生活中很自然的一部分”，說明人們不能避免壓力。選項中只有avoid的意思為“避免，消除”，故E)avoid正確。3.選J)。此處應(yīng)填名詞。前面說有壓力并不是壞事，適當(dāng)?shù)膲毫δ芙o人以動力，能賦予人生活的意義。只有在什么時候，壓力才會導(dǎo)致人們

26、表現(xiàn)不佳，身體不好。根據(jù)上下文可知get out of control“壓力失控”的時候，才會有不好的結(jié)果，故選J)control。4.選B)。此處應(yīng)填名詞。前句中not afraid of stress“不怕壓力”是一些人的性格特點(diǎn)，選項中可以表示人的性格特點(diǎn)的詞只有characters，故選B)。5.選I)。此處應(yīng)填形容詞，修飾名詞difficulties。一些人遇到的困難就灰心喪氣，選項中的形容詞中，unusual“不同尋常的”可以說明困難的程度，故選擇I)。6.選F)。此處應(yīng)填副詞，與physically相對應(yīng)，在此physically作為“身體上的”解釋。選項中的副詞有chemica

27、lly“化學(xué)地”和psychologically“精神地”，很明顯兩個副詞中選擇F)psychologically。7.選G)。此處應(yīng)填形容詞，修飾名詞days。.days與后文中的today相對應(yīng)，形成對比。選項中的是primitive，即將人類的早期和人類的今天做比較 ，故選G)。而N)backward說明的是社會發(fā)展的狀態(tài)，不符合原文意思。8.選M)。此處填名詞。前句說，在人類的早期，選擇不同就意味著生與死的差別;而現(xiàn)在人們碰到的危機(jī)不可能那樣極端。后面but轉(zhuǎn)折，說明了不管是壓力的大小，人們都是在“避免”和“戰(zhàn)斗”之間選擇，下句中的such a reaction也可以說明人們對壓力的反

28、應(yīng)是一樣的，選項中的名詞answer和response中，M)response=reaction符合文意。9.選A)。根據(jù)上題，這種反應(yīng)長時間持續(xù)的原因就是長時間的面對壓力，選項中的exposure“暴露的狀態(tài)，受影響”符合上下文意思，故選擇A)exposure。10.選K)。此處要填動詞原形，和from構(gòu)成動介搭配。人們應(yīng)想辦法應(yīng)對壓力，而不是將它出人們的生活。選項中的transfer表示“轉(zhuǎn)移”不符合原文意思;remove“移動，移除”可以和from連用，表示“除掉，移開”，符合原文意思，故選K)。2011年英語四級閱讀備考材料(4)Videoconferencing is nothing

29、 more than a television set or PC monitor with a camera Through the videocenferencing, not only your voice but also your face, the surroundings and any other graphic and phisical _1_ can be captured and transmitted through the communication system with or without wires. Of course, when you go into t

30、he details, the technology involved is very _2_ and the subject matter littered with jargon. Such as ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network), POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service) or the _3_ behind bandwidth, latency and isochrony which are used to explain how videoconferencing works.Good people com

31、munication is _4_ in any business, and the more interaction you can achieve, the more likely it is that your _5_ will be the right ones. Videoconferencing not only allows you to speak to people in different locations, but also note _6_ expressions and gestures that let you know what the other person

32、 is really thinking. Meetings are made more _7_ by sharing documents and computer applications that a simple telephone cannot _8_._9_, organizations are discovering the competitive advantages and the power of videoconferencing. With advances in performance, economical pricing, the ability to _10_ es

33、sential meeting tools and connectivity to global telephone networks and standardized videoconferencing protocols, videoconferencing is now a practical reality for any organization.A) fortunatelyB) effectiveC) imagesD) articulateE) facialF) manageG) decisionsH) connectI) advancedJ) integrateK) progre

34、ssiveL) conceptsM)picturesN) increasinglyO) important答案1.選C)?？崭裰幸畹氖敲~，從后面的can be captured and transmitted可以選出選項中images和pictures，pictures指“畫面，圖片”，一般指靜態(tài)的情景;而文中的意思表達(dá)的是實(shí)時的電視會議，畫面應(yīng)該是動態(tài)的，images可以表示動態(tài)的形象，畫面，故C)images正確。2.選I)。這里應(yīng)填形容詞，修飾the technology。選項中的advanced，progressive，important可以用來修飾the technology，注釋1說明了the technology中包含了很多行業(yè)術(shù)語，是很深奧的，排除important;而progressive“上進(jìn)的，進(jìn)步的”，強(qiáng)調(diào)尋求更好的，advanced“領(lǐng)先的，有高深的，并非人人都能接受的含義”，根據(jù)上下文I)advanced更符合題意。3.選L)。首先判斷這里應(yīng)填名詞，再根據(jù)注釋2種“用于解釋視頻會議工作原理的”，原文中有explain“解釋，說明”可以退出，