英語(yǔ)四級(jí)閱讀

英語(yǔ)四級(jí)閱讀

第一期（全對(duì)）

請(qǐng)大家試著翻譯文章中劃線句子。

motive:n.（forsth.）動(dòng)機(jī)，原因；Thepolicecouldnotfindamotiveforthemurder,a.產(chǎn)生動(dòng)機(jī)的，

啟動(dòng)的，發(fā)動(dòng)的

intentionala.存心的，故意的

insurancen.保險(xiǎn)（契約）fireinsurance火險(xiǎn)

justifyV表明或證明：為（某事）的正當(dāng)理由

strategy"戰(zhàn)略（學(xué)）；策略，謀略

Theappealofadvertisingtobuyingmotivescanhavebothnegativeandpositiveeffects,

consumersmaybeconvincedlobuyaproductofpoorqualityorhighpricebecauseofan

advertisement.Forexample,someadvertisershaveappealedtopeople'sdesireforbetterfueleconomy

fortheircarsbyadvertisingautomotiveproductsthatimprovegasolinemileage.Someoftheproducts

work.Othersareworthlessandawasteofconsumers5money.

Sometimesadvertisingisintentionallymisleading.Afewyearsagoabrandofbreadwasofferto

dieters（節(jié)食者）withthemessagethattherewerefewercalories（熱量單位，大卡）ineveryslice.It

turnedoutthatthebreadwasnotdietetic（適合于節(jié)食的）,butjustregularbread.Therewerefewer

caloriesbecauseitwasslicedverythin,buttherewerethesamenumberofcaloriesineveryloaf.

Onthepositiveside,emotionalappealsmayrespondtoaconsumer'srealconcerns.Considerfire

insurance.Fireinsurancemaybesoldbyappealingtofearofloss.Butfearoflossistherealreasonfor

fireinsurance.Thesecurityofknowingthatpropertyisprotectedbyinsurancemakesthepurchaseof

fireinsuranceaworthwhileinvestmentformostpeople.Ifconsumersconsiderthequalityofthe

insuranceplansaswellasthemessageintheads,theywillbenefitfromtheadvertising.

Eachconsumermustevaluateherorhisownsituation.Arethebenefitsoftheproductimportant

enoughtojustifybuyingit?Advertisingisintendedtoappealtoconsumers,butitdoesnotforcethem

tobuytheproduct.Consumersstillcontrolthefinalbuyingdecision.

31.AdvertisingcanpersuadetheconsumertobuyworthlessproductsbyD_.

A）stressingtheirhighquality

B）convincinghimoftheirlowprice

C）maintainingabalancebetweenqualityandprice

D）appealingtohisbuyingmotives

32.Thereasonwhythebreadadvertisementismisleadingisthat_A.

A）thinslicesofbreadcouldcontainmorecalories

B）theloafwascutintoregularslices

C）thebreadwasnotgenuinebread

D）thetotalnumberofcaloriesintheloafremainedthesame

33.Thepassagetellsusthat__A____.

A)sometimesadvertisementsreallysellwhattheconsumerneeds

B)advertisementsoccasionallyforceconsumersintobuyingthingstheydon'tneed

C)thebuyingmotivesofconsumersarecontrolledbyadvertisements

D)fireinsuranceisseldomaworthwhileinvestment

34.ltcanbeinferredfromthepassagethatasmartconsumershouldA__.

A)thinkcarefullyaboutthebenefitsdescribedintheadvertisements

B)guardagainstthedeceivingnatureofadvertisements

C)befamiliarwithvariousadvertisingstrategies

D)avoidbuyingproductsthathavestrongemotionalappeal

35.Thepassageismainlyabout_C.

A)howtomakeawisebuyingdecision

B)waystoprotecttheinterestsoftheconsumer

C)thepositiveandnegativeaspectsofadvertising

D)thefunctionofadvertisementsinpromotingsales

答案

翻譯：廣告對(duì)購(gòu)買(mǎi)動(dòng)機(jī)的誘惑力既有正面效果，又有反面效果。顧客可能聽(tīng)信廣告買(mǎi)一件劣質(zhì)或

高價(jià)的產(chǎn)品。

31.看第一段，做第一題。文章第一句是主題，后面是一個(gè)例子解釋說(shuō)明。例子說(shuō)廣告通過(guò)

一些手段引起人們的購(gòu)買(mǎi)欲望。A是細(xì)節(jié)例子，是為了說(shuō)明廣告如何引起人們的購(gòu)買(mǎi)欲望：強(qiáng)調(diào)

高質(zhì)量。BC本段都沒(méi)有提到。D是正解。而且D切題。

32.為什么面包廣告是誤導(dǎo)的？因?yàn)閺V告說(shuō)面包含的熱量少，但其實(shí)不少，所以廣告是誤導(dǎo)

的。這一題只要讀懂了第二段就不會(huì)錯(cuò)。

33.考的是第三段的主題。Onthepositiveside看出這段說(shuō)的是廣告的正面效應(yīng)。先排除CD,

只有AB是對(duì)廣告的正評(píng)價(jià)。A是答案。B廣告很少迫使消費(fèi)者買(mǎi)他們不需要的東西。廣告不是

為了讓消費(fèi)者買(mǎi)產(chǎn)品它還能干什么？有同學(xué)說(shuō)四段butitdoesnotforcethemtobuytheproduct.但

是不選B的一?個(gè)原因是它出現(xiàn)在四段;第二個(gè)原因是occasionally和doesnot是兩個(gè)不同的概念,

干擾選項(xiàng)一般形容詞、副詞有毛病。

34.看懂文章就好做。A是正解，對(duì)應(yīng)四段第二句話。B小心廣告的欺騙本質(zhì)，和主題“既有

正面效果，又有反面效果”相悖。CD文章沒(méi)有這個(gè)意思、。

35.考主題。主題是廣告的正反兩個(gè)方面，選C沒(méi)什么好說(shuō)的。

這篇文章的語(yǔ)言比較簡(jiǎn)單，結(jié)構(gòu)也很清晰。先提出主題：廣告的兩個(gè)方面，然后從方面和正

面闡述，最后說(shuō)到人的因素。而且和問(wèn)題對(duì)應(yīng)也很工整，答案比較好找，關(guān)鍵詞不是很必要。是

一種最基本的出題思路。

第二期

business：事業(yè)，事務(wù)。Businessisbusiness公事公辦

inferior：a.較低的，次要的n.下級(jí),下屬inferiority：n.下級(jí),下屬,低人一等f(wàn)eelings

ofinferiority自卑感

alternative：v.選擇（二選一）

inherit：v.繼承（財(cái)產(chǎn)，頭銜等）Sheinheritedalittlemoneyfromhergrangfather.

Questions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

PresidentCoolidge'sstatement,“ThebusinessofAmericaisbusiness,“美國(guó)問(wèn)

題就是商業(yè)問(wèn)題stillpointstoanimportanttruthtoday-thatbusinessinstitutionshave

moreprestige（威望）inAmericansocietythananyotherkindoforganization,including

thegovernment.Whydobusinessinstitutionspossesthisgreatprestige?

OnereasonisthatAmericansviewbusinessasbeingmorefirmlybasedontheideal

ofcompetitionthanotherinstitutionsinsociety.Sincecompetitionisseenasthemajor

sourceofprogressandprosperitybymostAmericans,competitivebusinessinstitutions

arerespected.Competitionisnotonlygoodinitself,itisthemeansbywhichother

basicAmericanvaluessuchasindividualfreedom,equalityofopportunity,andhardwork

areprotected.

Competitionprotectsthefreedomoftheindividualbyensuringthatthereisno

monopoly（壟斷）ofpower.Incontrasttoone,all-powerfulgovernment,manybusinesses

competeagainsteachotherforprofits.Theoretically,ifonebusinesstriestotake

unfairadvantageofitscustomers,itwilllosetocompetingbusinesswhichtreatsits

customersmorefairly.WheremanybusinessescompeteforthecustomersJdollar,they

cannotaffordtotreatthemlikeinferiorsorslaves.

Acontrastisoftenmadebetweenbusiness,whichiscompetitive,andgovernment,

whichisamonopoly.壟斷Becausebusinessiscompetitive,manyAmericansbelievethat

itismoresupportiveoffreedomthangovernment,eventhoughgovernmentleadersare

electedbythepeopleandbusinessleadersarenot.ManyAmericansbelieve,then,that

competitionisasimportant,orevenmoreimportant,thatdemocracyinpreservingfreedom.

Competitioninbusinessisalsobelievedtostrengthentheidealofequalityof

opportunity.Competitionisseenasanopenandfairracewheresuccessgoestothe

swiftestpersonregardlessofhisorhersocialclassbackground.Competitivesuccess

iscommonlyseenastheAmericanalternativetosocialrankbasedonfamilybackground.

Businessisthereforeviewedasanexpressionoftheideaofequalityofopportunity

ratherthanthearistocratic（貴族的）ideaofinheritedprivilege.

26.Thestatement“ThebusinessofAmericaisbusiness“probablymeans“_C".

A）ThebusinessinstitutionsinAmericaareconcernedwithcommerce

B）BusinessproblemsareofgreatimportancetotheAmericangovernment

C）BusinessisofprimaryconcerntoAmericans

D）Americaisagreatpowerinworldbusiness

27.Americansbelievethattheycanrealizetheirpersonalvaluesonly__D____.

A）whengivenequalityofopportunity

B）throughdoingbusiness

C)byprotectingtheirindividualfreedom

D)bywayofcompetition

28.Whocanbenefitfrombusinesscompetition?B

A)Honestbusinessmen.

B)Bothbusinessmenandtheircustomers.

C)Peoplewithidealsofequalityandfreedom.

D)Bothbusinessinstitutionsandgovernment.

29.Governmentisbelievedtodifferstrikinglyfrombusinessinthatgovernmentis

characterizedby___A___.

A)itsabsolutecontrolofpower

B)itsfunctioninpreservingpersonalfreedom

C)itsroleinprotectingbasicAmericanvalues

D)itsdemocratic民.主wayofexercisingleadership

30.ItcanbeinferredfromthepassagethattheauthorbelievesB__.

A)Americansaremoreambitiousthanpeopleinothercountries

B)inmanycountriessuccessoftendependsonone'ssocialstatus

C)Americanbusinessesaremoredemocratic民主thanthoseinothercountries

D)businessesinothercountriesarenotascompetitiveasthoseinAmerica

翻譯：

柯立芝總統(tǒng)說(shuō)，“美國(guó)的事業(yè)就是工商業(yè)”，今天這句話仍然指出了一個(gè)很重要的真理：工

商業(yè)機(jī)構(gòu)在美國(guó)社會(huì)比任何其他組織，包括美國(guó)政府，威望更高。

答案:CDBAB

第一段段尾的？告訴我們文章的結(jié)構(gòu)是現(xiàn)象解釋型。第一段給出一個(gè)現(xiàn)象，后面來(lái)解釋。再

看這篇文章有五段，一段對(duì)應(yīng)一個(gè)題，按順序來(lái)找答案。

26.詞義題，就是送分題，基本每年都會(huì)考一到兩個(gè)，不要想的太難。根據(jù)關(guān)鍵詞出現(xiàn)的本

句和上下句來(lái)推斷意思，一般在本句或下句給出解釋?zhuān)骸斑@句話指出工商業(yè)機(jī)構(gòu)在美國(guó)社會(huì)比任

何其他組織，包括美國(guó)政府，威望更高”選擇在對(duì)應(yīng)句子中出現(xiàn)的意思即可。這題不應(yīng)該錯(cuò)。

27.二段開(kāi)始解釋一段的問(wèn)號(hào)。出現(xiàn)關(guān)鍵詞Americanvalues,答案就在這一句里面找?！安?/p>

僅競(jìng)爭(zhēng)本身好，它還保護(hù)美國(guó)其他價(jià)值觀念，如個(gè)人自由、機(jī)會(huì)平等、勤奮工作等的手段”AC

是文章中同時(shí)列舉的兩點(diǎn)，可以排除不選。列舉一般提3項(xiàng)，如果提到4項(xiàng)或更多，那么這個(gè)列

舉就沒(méi)有意義，列舉常和except題型對(duì)應(yīng)。BD一個(gè)是說(shuō)做生意，一個(gè)說(shuō)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)。在對(duì)應(yīng)句子中出

現(xiàn)的主語(yǔ)是Competition,確定選Do

28.在三段沒(méi)有發(fā)現(xiàn)關(guān)鍵詞benefit,但是有profits.,這是同義替換。答案在關(guān)鍵詞出現(xiàn)

的本句和上下文來(lái)找。后文都是圍繞customers在發(fā)揮，“如果想不公平地占顧客的便宜，那它

就會(huì)輸給較公平地對(duì)待顧客的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手。。。。。?！彼源鸢咐锒隙ㄓ嘘P(guān)顧客，只有B。

29.第一句就是我們要找的對(duì)應(yīng)句子，答案在monopoly的意思。如果我們不知道這個(gè)詞的意

思，那么這個(gè)詞最先出現(xiàn)在三段中，其下句有解釋Incontrasttoone,all-powerfulgovernment,

manybusinessescompeteagainsteachotherforprofits.在contrast之下，一^1個(gè)是

all-powerfulgovernment,一個(gè)是businessescompete。A中power替換a11-powerful。一般

找到文章對(duì)應(yīng)的句子，答案就在這一句里面找。

30.infer推理題（還有一種conclude推理題以后會(huì)遇到），答案一般對(duì)應(yīng)相應(yīng)段落，否

則對(duì)應(yīng)文章主題。別的段落出現(xiàn)的細(xì)節(jié)都是不能選的干擾選項(xiàng)。A不會(huì)有人選。B對(duì)應(yīng)Competitive

successiscommonlyseenastheAmericanalternativetosocialrankbasedonfamily

background.屬于正話反說(shuō)。競(jìng)爭(zhēng)勝利在美國(guó)不依靠家庭背景決定社會(huì)地位，反過(guò)來(lái)，其它國(guó)家

就要依靠了。CD都沒(méi)有在五段提及。而且五段反復(fù)提到background、socialstatus,顯然它們

就是這一段的主題，正確答案必須和它們有關(guān)。

第二---，期力

terroristn.恐怖分子terrorismn.恐怖主義，恐怖手段terrorn.恐怖驚駭；恐怖的事

interferencen.干涉，妨礙；干擾interferev.干涉，介入，干預(yù)；interferinga.好干涉的，愛(ài)管閑

事的

currentlyadv.當(dāng)前,時(shí)下

navigationn.航海，航空，駕駛；航海術(shù)，航空術(shù)

defectn.缺點(diǎn)，不足之處，毛病，瑕疵；v背叛

Questions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

Thebiggestsafetythreatfacingairlinestodaymaynotbeaterroristwithagun,butthemanwith

theportablecomputerinbusinessclass.Inthelast15years,pilotshavereportedwellover100

incidentsthatcouldhavebeencausedbyelectromagneticinterference.Thesourceofthisinterference

remainsuncon行rmed,未證實(shí)butincreasingly,expertsarepointingtheblameatp。rtableelectronic

device可攜帶的電子設(shè)備suchasportablecomputers,radioandcassetteplayersandmobile

telephones.

RTCA,anorganizationwhichadvisestheaviation（航空）industry,hasrecommendedthatall

airlinesban（禁止）suchdevicesfrombeingusedduring“critical“stagesofflight,particularlytake-off

andlanding.Someexpertshavegonefurther,callingforatotalbanduringallflights.Currently,通常

rulesonusingthesedevicesareleftuptoindividual個(gè)體的airlines.Andalthoughsomeairlines

prohibit禁止passengersfromusingsuchequipmentduringtake-offandlanding,mostarereluctantto

enforceatotalban,giventhatmanypassengerswanttoworkduringflights.

Thedifficultyispredictinghowelectromagneticfieldsmightaffectanaircraft'scomputers.

Expertsknowthatportabledeviceemitradiationwhichaffectsthosewavelengthswhichaircraftusefor

navigationandcommunication.But,becausetheyhavenotbeenabletoreproducetheseeffectsina

laboratory,theyhavenowayofknowingwhethertheinterferencemightbedangerousornot.

Thefactthataircraftmaybevulnerable（易受損的）tointerferenceraisestheriskthatterrorists

mayuseradiosystemsinordertodamagenavigationequipment.Asworrying,though,isthepassenger

whocan'theartheinstructionstotumoffhisradiobecausethemusic'stooloud.

2l.Thepassageismainlyabout_C.

A）anewregulationforallairlines

B）thedefectsofelectronicdevices

C）apossiblecauseofaircraftcrashes

D)effectivesafetymeasuresforairflight

22.Whatissaidabouttheover100aircraftincidentsinthepast15years?D

A)Theymayhavebeencausedbythedamagetotheradiosystems.

B)Theymayhavetakenplaceduringtake-offandlanding.

C)Theywereprovedtohavebeencausedbythepassengers,portablecomputers.

D)Theyweresuspectedtohaveresultedfromelectromagneticinterference.

23.Fewairlineswanttoimposeatotalhanontheirpassengersusingelectronicdevicesbecause__B

_C____.

A)theydon'tbelievethereissuchadangerasradiointerference

B)theharmfuleffectofelectromagneticinterferenceisyettobeproved

C)mostpassengersrefusetotakeaplanewhichbanstheuseofradioandcassetteplayers

D)theyhaveothereffectivesafetymeasurestofallbackon

24.Whyisitdifficulttopredictthepossibleeffectsofelectromagneticfieldsonanairplane'scomputers?

C

A)Becauseitisextremelydangeroustoconductsuchresearchonanairplane.

B)Becauseitremainsamysterywhatwavelengthsareliabletobeinterferedwith.

C)Becauseresearchscientistshavenotbeenabletoproducethesameeffectsinlabs.

D)Becauseexpertslackadequateequipmenttodosuchresearch.

25.Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethattheauthor_C.

A)isinfavorofprohibitingpassengers'useofelectronicdevicescompletely贊成

B)hasoverestimated高估thedangerofelectromagneticinterference

C)hasn'tformedhisownopiniononthisproblem

D)regardsitasunreasonabletoexerciseatotalbanduringflight無(wú)理

答案

翻譯：這種干擾源尚未最后確定，但是專(zhuān)家們?cè)絹?lái)越多的指責(zé)便攜式電腦、收音機(jī)、錄音機(jī)、移

動(dòng)電話等電子設(shè)備。

這句話里面的butincreasingly,我覺(jué)得值得記住，很多同學(xué)寫(xiě)作文的時(shí)候喜歡用moreandmore

people…,用的人多了就沒(méi)有新意了,換成peopleinincreasingnumbers…或者thegrowingnumber

ofpeople…或者文中這樣的形式就容易給閱卷老師一?個(gè)好的印象。

先大概看一下題干，21是主題題，25是態(tài)度題，中間3個(gè)是細(xì)節(jié)題。文章有4段，按順序

來(lái)找答案。

21.主題一般在第一段段首。如果這個(gè)題出現(xiàn)在中間的話，一般對(duì)應(yīng)某一段的內(nèi)容和主題，

范圍小一點(diǎn)，比較容易。如果是第1題或最后一題，則對(duì)應(yīng)整篇文章。我們可以把這個(gè)題放一放，

最后來(lái)做。

22.題干有數(shù)字，很容易在文中第一段找到對(duì)應(yīng)的句子。注意could,表示可能所以選D：

懷疑他們是電磁干擾的結(jié)果。A中theradiosystems過(guò)于細(xì)節(jié)\此段沒(méi)有提到。B此段也沒(méi)有提

到。D出現(xiàn)在列舉里面，而且前提是unconfirmed。

23.關(guān)鍵句在二段最后一句，giventhatmanypassengerswanttoworkduringHights.很多乘客

要在飛行期間工作，可以推斷他們拒絕禁令(真是要工作不要命)選C。

24.三段because后面給出了解釋?zhuān)阂驗(yàn)樗麄儾荒茉趯?shí)驗(yàn)室重現(xiàn)這些影響，所以他們沒(méi)辦法

知道干擾是不是有危險(xiǎn)。所以選C。A文中沒(méi)有說(shuō)過(guò)，B和第二句相反，D沒(méi)有提到

25.作者沒(méi)有很明確的態(tài)度，只是做客觀的說(shuō)明，描寫(xiě)了很多情況，但沒(méi)有表明自己的立場(chǎng)

和看法。A贊成禁令；B高估危險(xiǎn)；C沒(méi)有形成自己的觀點(diǎn)；D認(rèn)為禁令無(wú)理。應(yīng)該選C。

再看21題，本文的主題是關(guān)于說(shuō)電磁干擾可能影響飛機(jī)安全。選C。A新的航線規(guī)章；B

電子設(shè)備的缺點(diǎn)；C一個(gè)可能引起飛機(jī)墜落的原因；D飛行的安全措施。

第四期

spotV認(rèn)出，定位，偵察

versions形式，版本

orbitn.軌道,范圍

fatala.致命的，重大的

PassageOne

Questions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

Unlesswespendmoneytospotandpreventasteroids(小行星)now,onemightcrashintoEarth

anddestroylifeasweknowit,saysomescientists.

Asteroide小行星arebiggerversionsofthemeteoroids(流星)thalraceacrossthenightsky.Most

orbitthesunfarfromEarthanddon'tthreatenus.Buttherearealsothousandsofasteroidswhose

orbitsputthemonacollision碰撞coursewithEarth.

Buy$50millionworthofnewtelescopesrightnow.Thenspend$10millionayearforthenext25

year5stolocatemostofthespacerocks.Bythetimewespotafatalone,thescientistssay,we'llhavea

waytochangeitscourse.

Somescientistsfavorpushingasteroidsoffcoursewithnuclearweapons.Butthecostwouldn'tbe

cheap.

Isitworthit?Twothingsexpertsconsiderwhenjudginganyriskre:1)Howlikelytheeventis;

and2)Howbadtheconsequencesiftheeventoccurs.Expertsthinkanasteroidbigenoughtodestroy

lotsoflifemightstrikeEarthonceevery500,000years.Soundsprettyrare—butifonedidfall,it

wouldbetheendoftheworld.<4Ifwedon'ttakecareofthesebigasteroids,they'lltakecareofus,“

saysonescientist."It'sthatsimple.^^

Thecure,though,mightbeworsethanthedisease.Dowereallywantfleetsofnuclearweapons

sittingaroundonEarth?”Theworldhaslesstofearfromdoomsday(毀滅性的)rocksthanfromagreat

nuclearfleetsetagainstthem,^^saidaNewYorkTimesarticle.

21.Whatdoesthepassagesayaboutasteroidsandmeteoroids?

A)Theyareheavenlybodiesdifferentincomposition.

B)Theyareheavenlybodiessimilarinnature.

C)Therearemoreasteroidsthanmeteoroids.

D)Asteroidsaremoremysteriousthanmeteoroids.

22.WhatdoscientistssayaboutthecollisionofanasteroidwithEarth?

A)Itisveryunlikelybutthedangerexists.

B)Suchacollisioninightoccuronceevery25years.

C)CollisionsofsmallerasteroidswithEarthoccurmoreoftenthanexpected.

D)It'sstilltooearlytosaywhethersuchacollisionmightoccur.

23.Whatdopeoplethinkofthesuggestionofusingnuclearweaponstoalterthecoursesofasteroids?

A)Itsoundspracticalbutitmaynotsolvetheproblem.

B)Itmaycreatemoreproblemsthanitmightsolve.

C)ItisawasteofmoneybecauseacollisionofasteroidswithEarthisveryunlikely.

D)Furtherresearchshouldbedonebeforeitisprovedapplicable.

24.Wecanconcludefromthepassagethat.

A)whilepushingasteroidsoffcoursenuclearweaponswoulddestroytheworld

B)asteroidsracingacrossthenightskyarelikelytohitEarthinthenearfuture

C)theworryaboutasteroidscanbelefttofuturegenerationssinceitisunlikelytohappeninour

lifetime

D)workablesolutionsstillhavetobefoundtopreventacollisionofasteroidswithEarth

25.Whichofthefollowingbestdescribestheauthor'stoneinthispassage?

A)Optimistic.

B)Critical.

C)Objective.

D)Arbitrary.

答案

翻譯：某些科學(xué)家說(shuō)，正如我們所知道的，除非我們現(xiàn)在花錢(qián)為小行星定位并防范它們，否則，

它們就會(huì)碰撞地球并摧毀生命。

本文是一篇科普文章，結(jié)構(gòu)是問(wèn)題解決方案型。一般來(lái)說(shuō)解決方案都不會(huì)完美。文章第一句話提

出了問(wèn)題。

21.二段一句給出了答案：“小行星是掠過(guò)夜空的大型流星”，說(shuō)明小行星也是流星，只是大而已。

答案選B

22.根據(jù)二段和五段的but可以知道行星也可能撞地球，答案是A。B選項(xiàng)中25年和文中的意思

不符，文中是50萬(wàn)年；C文中沒(méi)有提到這樣的意思；D和五段的but不符。

23.六段第一句話給出正解為B：“解決問(wèn)題會(huì)帶來(lái)更多的問(wèn)題”；A不對(duì)的原因是這個(gè)方案不是不

能解決問(wèn)題，只是會(huì)帶來(lái)新的問(wèn)題；C行星撞地球是可能的；D是一句空話，在文中沒(méi)有體現(xiàn)出

來(lái)，是一個(gè)很好的陷阱。

24.conclude型細(xì)節(jié)推理題，A夸大了問(wèn)題，文中并沒(méi)有說(shuō)毀滅地球；B不是likely而是可能性極

??；C文中壓根就沒(méi)有提到；D是正解，雖然可能性很小，但還是要找到可行的解決方案。

25.態(tài)度題，作者只是引用別人的觀點(diǎn)，態(tài)度是客觀的。選C

第五期

Believeitornol,opticalillusion(錯(cuò)覺(jué))cancuthighwaycrashes.

Japanisacaseinpoint.Ithasreducedautomobilecrashesonsomeroadsbynearly

75percentusingasimpleopticalillusion.Bentstripes,calledchevrons(人字形)，

paintedontheroadsmakedriversthinkthattheyaredrivingfasterthantheyreally

are,andthusdriversslowdown.

NowtheAmericanAutomobileAssociationFoundationforTrafficSafetyinWashington

D.C.isplanningtorepeatJapan'ssuccess.Startingnextyear,thefoundationwill

paintchevronsandotherpatternsofstripesonselectedroadsaroundthecountryto

testhowwel1thepatternsreducehighwaycrashes.

Excessivespeedplaysamajorroleinasmuchasonefifthofallfataltraffic

accidents,accordingtothefoundation.Tohelpreducethoseaccidents,thefoundation

willconductitstestsinareaswherespeed-relatedhazardsarethegreatest一curves,

exitslopes,trafficcircles,andbridges.

Somestudiessuggestthatstraight,horizontalbarspaintedacrossroadscan

initiallycuttheaveragespeedofdriversinhalf.However,trafficoftenreturnsto

fullspeedwithinmonthsasdriversbecomeusedtoseeingthepaintedbars.

Chevrons,scientistssay,notonlygivedriverstheimpressionthattheyaredriving

fasterthantheyreallyarebutalsomakealaneappeartobenarrower.Theresultis

alongerlastingreductioninhighwayspedandthenumberoftrafficaccidents.

26.Thepassagemainlydiscusses.

A)anewwayofhighwayspeedcontrol

B)anewpatternforpaintinghighways

C)anewapproachtotrainingdrivers

D)anewtypeofopticalillusion

27.Onroadspaintedwithchevrons,driverstendtofeelthat.

A)theyshouldavoidspeed-relatedhazards

B)theyaredrivinginthewronglane

C)theyshouldslowdowntheirspeed

D)theyareapproachingthespeedlimit

28.Theadvantageofchevronsoverstraight,horizontalbarsisthattheformer

A)cankeepdriversawake

B)cancutroadaccidentsinhalf

C)willhavealongereffectondrivers

D)willlookmoreattractive

29.TheAmericanAutomobileAssociationFoundationforTrafficSafetyplansto.

A)tryouttheJapanesemethodincertainareas

B)changetheroadsignsacrossthecountry

C)replacestraight,horizontalbarswithchevrons

D)repeattheJapaneseroadpatterns

30.Whatdoestheauthorsayaboutstraight,horizontalbarspaintedacrossroads?

A)TheyarefallingoutofuseintheUnitedStates

B)Theytendtobeignoredbydriversinashortperiodoftime.

C)Theyareapplicableonlyonbroadroads.

D)Theycannotbeappliedsuccessfullytotrafficcircles.

答案

翻譯：信不信由你，視覺(jué)錯(cuò)覺(jué)能減少高速公路上的事故。

26.是主題題，第一段就是文章的主題：信不信由你，視覺(jué)錯(cuò)覺(jué)能減少高速公路上的事故。答案

是A,也可以把這道題留到最后來(lái)做。

27.在第二段定位，think和feel屬于關(guān)鍵詞替換，think后面就是答案：認(rèn)為他們開(kāi)的比實(shí)際

速度要快，然后會(huì)慢下來(lái)。答案是C。

28.這題的答案在最后一段的最后一句：其結(jié)果能較長(zhǎng)期降低汽車(chē)在公路上的行駛速度和減少交

通事故的次數(shù)。而且第五段說(shuō)However,trafficoftenreturnstofullspeedwithinmonths

asdriversbecomeusedtoseeingthepaintedbars.（然而，往往幾個(gè)月后車(chē)輛又恢復(fù)全

速，因?yàn)樗緳C(jī)已習(xí)慣看到那些橫線）。兩者比較，人字形的影響時(shí)間更長(zhǎng)，所以選C。

29.在第三段定位，A中repeat和文中tryout、onselectedroads和文中incertainareas

都是同義替換，答案就是A。一般同義替換的選項(xiàng)為正確答案，照搬原文的一般不選。

30.態(tài)度題：作者對(duì)于直線，水平線的看法。第五段的However后面就是答案。選B。

第六期

targetn.目的，目標(biāo)v.瞄準(zhǔn)某物

asalescampaigntargetedatyouthmarket面向青年人市場(chǎng)的大推銷(xiāo)

illustratev.（用示例，圖表等）說(shuō)明，闡明（某事物）

persuasivea.能說(shuō)服人的，有說(shuō)服力的，令人信服的

PassageThree

Questions31to35arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

Amtrak（美國(guó)鐵路客運(yùn)公司）wasexperiencingadownswinginridership（客運(yùn)量）along

thelinescomprisingitsrailsystem.OfmajorconcerntoAmtrakanditsadvertising

agencyDDBNeedham,werethelong-distancewesternrouteswhereridershiphadbeen

decliningsignificantly.

Atonetime,trainsweretheonlypracticalwaytocrossthevastareasofthewest.

Trainswerefast,veryluxurious,andquiteconvenientcomparedtootherformsof

transportationexistingatthetime.However,timeschangeandtheautomobilebecame

America'sstandardofconvenience.Also,airtravelhadeasilyestablisheditselfas

thefastestmethodoftravelinggreatdistances.Therefore,thetaskforDDBNeedham

wastoencourageconsumerstoconsiderotheraspectsoftraintravelinordertochange

theirattitudesandincreasethelikelihoodthattrainswouldbeconsideredfortravel

inthewest.

Twoportionsofthetotalmarketweretargeted:1）anxiousfliers-thoseconcerned

withsafety,relaxation,andcleanlinessand2）travel-lovers—thoseviewingthemselves

asrelaxed,casual,andinterestedinthetravelexperienceaspartoftheirvacation.

Theagencythendevelopedacampaignthatfocusedontravelexperiencessuchasfreedom,

escape,relaxation,andenjoymentofthegreatwesternoutdoors.Itstressedexperiences

gainedbyusingthetrainsandportrayedwesterntraintripsaswonderfuladventures.

Advertisementsshowedpicturesofthebeautifulscenerythatcouldbeenjoyedalong

someofthemorefamouswesternroutesandemphasizedtheromanticnamesofsomeofthese

trains(EmpireBuilder,etc.).Theseadswerestrategicallyplacedamongfamily-oriented

TVshowsandprogramsinvolvingnatureandAmericainordertomosteffectivelyreach

targetaudiences.Resultswereimpressive.TheEmpireBuilder,whichwasfocusedonin

onead,enjoyeda15percentincreaseinprofitsonitsChicagotoSeattleroute.

31.What*stheauthor*spurposeinwritingthispassage?

A)Toshowtheinabilityoftrainstocompetewithplaneswithrespecttospeedand

convenience.

B)TostresstheinfluenceoftheautomobileonAmericaJsstandardofconvenience.

C)Toemphasizethefunctionoftravelagenciesinmarketpromotion.

D)Toillustratetheimportantroleofpersuasivecommunicationinchangingconsumer

attitudes.

32.ItcanbeinferredfromthepassagethatthedropinAmtrakridershipwasduetothe

factthat.

A)trainswerenotsuitableforshortdistancepassengertransportation

B)trainswerenotthefastestandmostconvenientformoftransportation

C)trainswerenotasfastandconvenientastheyusedtobe

D)trainscouldnotcompetewithplanesintermsofluxuryandconvenience

33.Toencourageconsumerstotravelbytrain,DDBNeedhamemphasized.

A)thefreedomandconvenienceprovidedontrains

B)thepracticalaspectsoftraintravel

C)theadventurousaspectsoftraintrips

D)thesafetyandcleanlinessoftraintrips

34.Thetrainadswereplacedamongfamily-orientedTVprogramsinvolvingnatureand

Americabecause.

A)theycouldfocusonmeaningfultravelexperiences

B)theycouldincreasetheeffectivenessofth