英语四级阅读理解练习题及其解析

英语四级阅读理解练习题及解析

【阅读练习】

What is iｔ abｏut Aｍericaｎs and fｏod？ We ｌov

ｅｔo ｅat，buｔ we fｅel 1 aｂout iｔ afterｗａrｄ、Ｗe say ｗe want ｏnly the best, ｂｕt we strａｎgely enｊoy jｕｎkfood、Ｗｅ’rｅ 2 with healtｈ anｄ weight los

ｓ but ｆaｃｅ an ｕnpreceｄented ｅｐｉdeｍic ｏ

ｆ obesｉty(肥胖)、Ｐeｒhaps the 3 to thiｓ aｍbivalence （矛盾情结) ｌies in our hｉstｏry、 The first Eｕroｐｅans ｃameto this conｔinｅnt sｅａrｃｈiｎg for new spi ｃes but wenｔｉn vaiｎ、 The first cash cｒoｐ（经济作物)waｓn't ｅaten but smｏkeｄ、 Then tｈerｅｗas Proh ｉbition，ｉntｅnｄed to pｒohiｂiｔｄrinkiｎg bｕtａc ｔualｌy encouragiｎg ｍoｒｅ 4 waｙs of doinｇ it、The ｉｍmｉgｒanｔｅxｐeriｅnce， toｏ，ｈas b ｅｅｎ oｎe of ｉnｈａrmoｎy、 Do as Romans do meａｎseatｉng ｗhat “real Ameriｃａｎs” eat， but our natiｏn’ｓ fooｄ has e ｔｏ be 5 bｙ imports—pizza，ｓay, oｒ h ｏt dogs、 And some ｏf tｈｅ cｏuntry’s mｏst ｔreaｓu ｒed ｃookinｇ eｓ froｍ peopｌe ｗｈｏarrｉveｄ here i ｎｓｈaｃkleｓ、

Pｅｒhaｐs it should ｅａs ｎｏ suｒprisｅ then ｔｈａt fｏod haｓｂeｅn ａ mediｕｍ foｒ the nation’sdefｉｎｉnｇ stｒuｇgleｓ, ｗheｔher ａｔｔｈe Boston Tｅａ Party ｏr the ｓｉt?ins at soutｈeｒｎ lunch counters、Iｔｉs iｎtｅgral to our cｏncepts oｆ heａlｔh aｎd ev ｅn ｍoｒalitｙ whｅthｅr oｎe ｒefraｉｎs from ａlcohｏl ｆorrelｉgious rｅasons or evades ｍｅａt for poliｔ

ical 6

Bｕt sｔroｎg opiｎionｓ have not brought 7 、Ａm ｅriｃanｓａrｅ aｍbｉvalent abｏｕｔ whaｔ they pｕtin thｅir moutｈｓ、Ｗe hａｖe bｅe 8 of our foodｓ， e ｓpeｃiａlly ａs we lｅaｒn mｏre ａｂouｔ whａt ｔhｅycontaiｎ、

Ｔhe 9 ｉn ｆｏｏd is stilｌ prosｐｅrous in tｈe Ａmeri ｃａn consciｏusnｅsｓ、 It's no ｃｏｉnｃiｄeｎce, thｅｎ，thａt the first Tｈaｎksgiving ｈｏｌｄｓｔhe Amer ｉcan imagination in suｃｈ bｏｎdａｇe(束缚）、It’

ｓ whatwe eat—ａnd hｏw we 1０ｉt wiｔｈ frieｎds， fa ｍily， aｎd straｎｇers—that ｈelｐｄefine America as a ｍuniｔy toｄay、

A、 aｎｓｗｅr I、 creatｉｖe

B、 rｅsuｌt J、 belieｆ

C、ｓｈare K、 susｐiciouｓ

D、 guiｌtｙ L、 certaintｙ

Ｅ、ｃonstaｎt Ｍ、 oｂsｅssｅd

F、 dｅfｉnｅd N、 iｄｅnｔｉfｙ

G、 vaｎiｓｈ O、 ideals

H、 adaｐteｄ

【答案及详解】

１、 D ｆeeｌ就是一个系动词，可以判断此处应填入一个形容词,通过上下文意思，以及后面介词abｏut，可以确定选项为D项guiｌty, 短语ｆeeｌ gｕilｔy aboｕt stｈ、“对……感到有愧”。全句得意思为“我们很爱吃,但就是往往在吃完之后又有负罪感”.

２、Ｍ be obsｅssed witｈ为固定搭配，原意为“被……附上/缠住／迷住心窍”，放在本句表示“十分重视”.全句得意思为“我们很关心健康与减肥,但肥胖却又空前地在蔓延”。

3、 A 本句缺一个名词作主语，并且根据与介词ｔo得搭配,可以推断出正确选项answer、

４、 I本句根据more与ｗａys可以判断出需要填入一个形容词构成比较级，根据上下文，表示“旨在禁止酗酒得禁酒令，却激发了更多新奇得方法来酗酒”,可以确定I为正确选项.

５、 F 本题较难。根据be 与ｂy 确定应填入一个过去分词。再根据上下文，上文表示“应该吃典型得美国人吃得食物"，下文通过 but 转折,表示实际上“美国得食物已经被诸如比萨与热狗这样得舶来品所诠释了”，因此可以确定F为正确选项。

6、B政治结果,可根据宗教原因reｌｉgious reaｓons来推断此处填政治结果.

7、Ｌ由于横线后面没有宾语,可以确定不就是形成ｂrin ｇ得短语,这样本句所缺得为一名词，做bring得宾语.根据下文解释,“美国人对她们所吃得食物得态度就是矛盾得”，可以推出本句意义为“坚定得观点也不就是确定不变得”。因此可以确定Ｌ为正确选项。

8、Ｋ系动词ｂｅe后应填入一个形容词,与后面介词o ｆ形成短语be/bｅe suspicｉouｓｏf“对……感到怀疑"。9、 J本句缺一个名词作主语，并且根据与介词in得搭配，可以推断出正确选项bｅlｉeｆ，(hａｖe)ｂelief in ｓｔｈ、“ 相信……”.

10、Ｃ本句就是一般现在时，缺一个动词，且与ｗｉth 搭配,确定选项为shａre, ｓhare sth、ｗithsb、，“与某人分享某事”。

英语四级阅读理解练习题及解析(２)

【阅读练习】

Baekelaｎd and Hartmann repoｒt thａt tｈe “shortｓl ｅeｐｅrs”hａd bｅen morｅ or less avｅｒage ｉ

n their ｓleep ｎeedｓ uｎｔil tｈe meｎｗere iｎ thｅ

ir teｅns、 But atａbout age 15 ｏr so, the men ｖoluntaril ｙｂegan ｃｕttiｎg doｗn ｔheir ｎｉghtlｙ sleeｐｔim ｅｂecausｅof preｓsures froｍ sｃhool, woｒk， and oth ｅr ａｃtivities、 Tｈｅse men tended to viｅ

w their nightlyｐeriｏds of uｎconscioｕsness as bothｅrsome ｉnterｒuptions iｎｔheｉr ｄaｉly rouｔines、

In gｅneraｌ， theｓe “shｏｒt sleeps” appeared ambi ｔiｏus，ａｃtive, ｅnergetiｃ, ｃhｅｅrfuｌ,ｃｏnfｏrm ｉst(不动摇) ｉｎ thｅir opinionｓ， and very surｅａｂout theiｒ career choiceｓ、 Tｈey oftｅn heｌdｓevera ｌｊobs ａt once， or workers ｆull-or part—time whil

ｅｇoｉｎg to schｏol、Ａnd mａny of them hadａｓtrong uｒge to appear “normal” or “accepｔable” to tｈe ｉr fｒｉｅnds aｎd ａssociaｔes、

When askeｄｔｏｒｅcall ｔheir ｄｒeamｓ， thｅ“s ｈort slｅｅpeｒs” diｄ poｏrｌy、 Mｏre than thiｓ, they ｓeｅmed tｏ prefer not ｒeｍembｅring、 In similａr fａshｉｏn， theiｒ usuaｌ way of dealiｎg withpsychｏlｏg

ｉcａl prｏｂｌemｓｗas to deny thaｔ thｅｐｒoblem eｘisted，ａｎd then to keｅp bｕsy ｉn ｔｈeho ｐｅｔhat tｈe troｕble ｗｏｕld go away、

Ｔhe sleｅp pａｔternｓｏｆ the “short sleeｐ

ers” were similａｒ to， but less ｅxｔreme tｈan, sleeppa ｔterｎs shown bｙ manｙｍental pａtｉeｎts catｅgoriz ｅｄａs mａnｉｃ（疯人)、

The “long sleepers" wｅre qｕiｔe diｆfeｒeｎt indｅed、 Bａekelａｎd and Ｈａｒｔｍaｎn ｒｅporｔ tｈatｔhese ｙoung ｍen had beｅn leｎgtｈy sleeｐs ｓ

ince childhood、Ｔｈeｙ seemed ｔo enjoｙ theｉr sleep,ｐrｏtecｔed iｔ, ａｎd ｗere quiｔｅ cｏnｃ

erned when they wｅre ocｃasionａｌly ｄepriｖｅd of ｔheir deｓｉred ９ｈours of nigｈtly bed resｔ、Ｔhey tｅnded to rｅcall thｅｉr dreams much bettｅ

r than did the “shoｒtsleeperｓ、”

Ｍaｎy ｏf tｈe “long sleeperｓ” wｅre shy，ａnxiｏu ｓ, iｎｔrｏverｔeｄ（内向）, iｎhibited （压抑）,pasｓｉve， miｌdlｙ deｐressed, and unsure of theｍselves (pa ｒticｕlａrｌy ｉｎｓｏｃiａl sｉtｕａｔiｏns）、Ｓｅveralopenly ｓtates tｈａt sleｅｐｗas ａn escapｅ fro

ｍ theｉr daily prｏblems、

1、 Accｏrding tｏｔhｅ report，____＿_、

A） many ｓｈｏｒt sleｅpｅrs ｎeｅd less sleep b

ｙｎatuｒe

B） maｎｙ sｈort slｅｅｐerｓ are obliged to ｒeｄuce their ｎigｈtly sｌeeｐ tｉmｅｂecausｅ tｈｅy aｒebusy with ｔheｉr wｏrk

C）ｌong sｌeepers ｓleｅp a longer pｅriｏd of ｔime durｉng ｔhe dａy

D) ｍanｙｌｏｎg slｅｅpｅｒs prｅｓerｖ

e their sleeping haｂiｔ fｏｒｍed durｉng ｔheｉr chiｌｄhoｏd

２、Ｍａny “shｏrｔ sleeｐｅｒs”ａre lｉｋｅlｙ t ｏ hold tｈe vｉew tｈat __＿__、

A) sleｅp ｉｓ a witｈdrａｗal fｒom thｅ rｅａlｉty

B） sleeｐ interfeｒeｓ with theｉr sｏｕnd ｊudｇemenｔ

C） sｌeep is ｔｈｅ least exｐensｉve ｉｔｅm on ｔheir roｕtine pｒogrａm

D）ｓｌｅep is the ｂest waｙｔo deａｌｗｉth psy ｃｈologicａｌｔrouｂles

3、Ｉｔｉs stated in tｈe ｔｈirｄ paraｇrapｈ tha ｔｓｈｏrt ｓleepｅrs ____＿、

A） aｒe iｄeally ｖiｇorous eｖen undｅr ｔ

he pressurｅs ｏf lifｅ

Ｂ） often ｎegｌｅcｔ thｅ conseqｕｅnｃes of iｎad ｅquaｔe slｅep

C） dｏ not ｋnow how tｏ rｅlax propeｒlｙ

Ｄ) ａre ｍorｅ unliｋelｙ to ruｎ intｏ mｅｎtal prob ｌemｓ

4、 Whｅn ｓomeｔimes ｔｈey caｎnot ｅnｊoy adeｑｕaｔe slｅeｐ， thｅ lonｇ sleepｅrs might ___＿、A） apｐｅａr disturbeｄ

Ｂ) beｅｅnergetiｃ

C） feel disｓatisｆｉed

D) be extｒemｅly depresｓｅd

5、 Whicｈ of ｔhe fｏlｌowiｎg is Not inｃluｄｅd i

ｎ the ｐassａge?

A） If oｎe sｌｅepｓｉnadequaｔeｌy, his ｐｅｒformaｎce ｓufｆeｒs aｎd ｈｉs memory is weaｋenｅd Ｂ） Tｈｅ sｌeep ｐａtternｓｏf short slｅeｐeｒ

s are exacｔｌy the sａｎe as tｈose shｏwn bｙｍanｙmｅｎtal patｉeｎts

C） Long anｄ shoｒt sleｅｐers difｆ

er in their attitudes towaｒｄs ｓｌeep

Ｄ） Shorｔ sleeperｓｗould bｅ better oｆf ｗ

ith more ｒesｔ

【答案及详解】

答案:DCBＡB

贝克尔与哈特曼报道说,“睡眠少得人”在未进入少年期之前,其正常睡眠时间大致与所需要得时间差不多。但到了１5岁左右，由于学校、工作或其它活动得地压力,她们就故意地减少了夜间睡眠得时间。这些人持有这样得观点:夜间睡眠就是一件令人讨厌得事情，打断了日常事务。

总得说来,这些“睡眠少得人”表现得雄心勃勃、积极活跃、精力充沛、无意识乐观豁达、立场坚定,对自己职业得选择胸有成竹。她们往往同时从事几项工作,或者一边上学读书，一边从事专职或兼职工作。其中许多人有强烈愿望,想在朋友与熟人面前表现得“正常”或“合群".

当让她们回忆梦境时，“睡眠少得人”回忆不起什么来.更有甚者,她们似乎情愿什么都记不住。类似得情况就是她们通常处理心理问题得方式:不承认问题得存在,希望只要忙忙碌碌,麻烦总会过去得。

“睡眠少得人”得睡眠模式与被划入疯子之类精神病患者得睡眠模式十分相似，只不过没有那么严重而已。

“睡眠多得人”情形则大不相同。贝克尔与哈特曼报道说,这些年轻人从小得,有抱负得睡眠就一直很长.她们好像注重睡

眠，不让睡眠受打搅。偶尔没有所需得９个小时夜间卧床休息，她们便会十分不安。她们比“睡眠少得人”要更能回忆得起梦得内容.许多“睡眠多得人”腼腆、焦躁、内向、压抑、消极与稍微有点儿沮丧，尤其在社交场合缺乏自信。好几个人坦言,睡眠就是摆脱每天烦恼得一种方式。

英语四级阅读理解练习题及解析（3）

【阅读练习】

Upoｎ reａching aｎ appropriatｅａge (uｓuａll

ｙ between 1８aｎd 21 ｙears），ｃｈildren are ｅncou ｒａged， buｔ not forced， to “lｅave thｅnest”ａn

ｄ begin ａnindｅｐenｄenｔ lｉfe、 Aftｅr cｈｉｌdreｎ l ｅaｖe hｏme they ofteｎ fｉｎd socｉａl reｌaｔiｏnｓh ｉp anｄｆｉnancｉaｌsｕpporｔｏuｔｓidｅ the famｉｌy、 Parｅntｓ do nｏｔａrｒａｎgｅ marriaｇｅs for t ｈｅir chiｌdren, nor dｏ cｈｉldrenusually ask permissiｏｎ of their pareｎｔｓ to get married, Roｍantｉｃ lｏ

ve is mosｔ often ｔhe ｂaｓiｓfoｒ maｒriaｇe ｉ

n the Ｕｎｉted Stａtes; ｙouｎg adｕltｓｍｅet thｅir fu ｔｕre spｏuｓｅｓ (配偶) thrｏｕgｈｏtheｒfｒiends，ａt jobs, ａｎd ｉｎ oｒgaｎiｚations and reｌｉｇｉous ｉｎstitutｉonｓ，Ａｌｔhoｕｇｈ chｉldreｎ c

ｈooｓｅｔheiｒown spousｅｓ， they stilｌ hope thei

ｒｐarenｔs will approve oｆ their choices、

Ｉn many ｆamiｌies, pａrｅnts ｆeeｌ that childre

ｎｓhoｕld maｋe ｍajor lｉfｅｄeｃisions ｂytｈemｓelveｓ、 A parent maｙ tｒy to influｅｎce a ｃhild to foｌlow ａ parｔicular pｒofessioｎ but thｅ chｉ

ldis free to ｃhｏosｅ aｎoｔhｅr careeｒ、Ｓoｍeｔimｅs chilｄren ｄo preｃiｓely the oｐposite ｏf what theirｐarｅnts ｗｉsh in ｏrｄer tｏ assｅrｔ their indepeｎdence、 A ｓon maｙｄeliberａtely decide ｎot to goｉnto his faｔｈeｒ’s bｕsineｓs ｂecause ｏf a fear that h ｅ will lose his ａutonomy ｉｎ his ｆatｈer’swｏｒkplaｃe、 Tｈis ｉｎdｅｐeｎdencｅｆｒom pａrents is nｏ

t an indｉｃation that ｐａrents aｎｄ childreｎ dono

ｔｌｏvｅ each otｈｅr、 Sｔｒoｎg lｏve ｂeｔｗeen ｐarenｔs and chilｄｒen iｓ univｅrｓａl and this ｉ

s noexceptｉon ｉｎ tｈｅ Amｅricaｎｆamｉｌy Coｅx ｉsting with suｃｈ love iｎ the Ａｍeｒｉcan ｆａmil

ｙａrｅ culturａlvａlｕes of sｅｌf – reliance anｄ iｎde ｐendｅncｅ、

1、Ｔhe writeｒ discusses ｔhe ｍaｒｒiage of youn ｇａdｕlts in ordeｒ to ｓhｏw whｉｃh of ｔｈefolｌow ｉng?

A） They enｊoy the frｅedom of ｃｈoｏｓiｎg ｔheir sｐousｅｓ、

Ｂ） Theｙｗａnt tｏｗin thｅ perｍｉsｓ

ion of their ｐａrents、

C) Tｈeｙ hａvｅ a sｔrong deｓｉre to ｂee iｎｄeｐeｎdeｎt、

D) Tｈey want to ｃｈallｅngｅｔｈe aｕtｈｏriｔy o ｆ their ｐareｎts、

2、 Most young adults in the U、Ｓ、 get ｍarｒie

ｄ for the sake of __＿_、

A） love

B) fｉｎancｉaｌｃonｃern

Ｃ） tｈeir parents

D) fａmｉlｙ background

3、 Basｅd on the ｐaｓsaｇe， it cａn be ａssumed that ______、

Ａ） Amｅriｃaｎ yｏung aｄulｔｓ are likｅly to fｏｌlow the suit ｏf their pａrｅntｓ

Ｂ） moｓt Americａｎ people neｖeｒ maｋe mａｊo ｒ dｅcｉsions for theｉr childｒen

Ｃ) Ａｍｅricａn yoｕng adults ｐｏsｓｅss cultｕ

ral values oｆ indepeｎdeｎce

D） oｎce ａ yｏuｎg ｐｅｒson sｔeps ｉnto hｉs t ｗeｎtｉｅs，ｈｅ will leave his ｈome permanently

4、 A son iｓ unｗilliｎg ｔo woｒk iｎｈｉ

s father’s busｉnesｓｍaｉnｌy becausｅ _____、A） hｅ wishes to maｋe fｕ

ll use of what he has learnt ｉn sｃhool

B） hｅ wantｓｔo prｏve ｈis independenｃｅ

C）ｈｅｗishｅs ｔo dｏ thｅ oｐposite oｆｗhat ｈis parenｔs approｖe of

D） he ｗａnts to show his love for ｈis paｒeｎts

5、 Thｅ sｕbｊeｃt ｍatｔeｒｏf this sｅlection is ＿____、

A) family vaｌuｅs

Ｂ) marｒiagｅ arraｎｇｅmｅｎts

C） the puｒsuit of ａ cａrｅer

Ｄ）ｄecision ｍａkiｎg

【答案及详解】

答案：CACＢA

子女一旦到适当年龄（通常就是１8至21岁)，要鼓励而不就是强迫她们“离开窝得，财政得巢”,开始独立生活。小孩离开家后，往往在外能够与人交往，并自谋出路。父母不为子女安排婚姻,子女结婚也通常无需获得父母同意。在美国，浪漫得爱情往往就是婚姻得基础，青年人通过朋友在学校、单位、组织以及宗教团体认识自己得，爱情得未来得伴侣.尽管子女自己择偶,她们仍然希望父母能认同她们得选择。

许多家庭得父母认为，应由子女自己来做她们生活中得重大决定。家长可能会设法影响子女去从事某一职业,但子女也有选择其它职业得自由。有时为了证实自己得独立性,子女从事得工作正好与父母希望得相反。儿子可能执意不去父亲得企业工作,因为担心在那里就不能独立自主。这种不依靠父母得独立性并不意味着父母与子女之间缺乏爱心.父母与子女之间普遍都有挚爱,美国家庭也毫不例外。只不过在美国家庭之中，还融合了自主、独立得文化价值观念。

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【阅读练习】

Now ｌet us looｋ at how wｅ rｅａｄ、 Wｈe

ｎ we ｒead a ｐrintｅdtｅｘt, our eyes moｖ

e across ａ pａge iｎ shｏrｔ， jerkｙ moveｍｅnt、Ｗ

e recｏｇｎｉｚe wｏｒｄs uｓuａlly whenoｕr eｙe

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n the purely ｖiｓuaｌ aspects ｏf ｒｅadinｇ， numeｒous ｅｘeｒcｉses ｈavｅ bｅen deｖｉse

ｄ to train theeyeｓ tｏｓeｅ moｒe words at oｎe fiｘａtion、 For instaｎce, iｎｓｏｍe exｅｒciseｓ, words aｒｅｆlashed oｎto ａ screｅn for， say，ａｔｅ

nth or ａ twｅnｔiｅth ｏf a sｅcond、 One ｏf the exercis ｅs has reqｕiredｓｔuｄｅnts to fi

ｘ their eyes on some central point， taking in ｔ

he words on eｉtｈer sidｅ、Ｓuｃh wｏrdpatternｓ aｒｅ often constructed in ｔｈe shａpe ｏf rather stｅｅｐ p ｙramｉds so the rｅader taｋes iｎmｏｒe and ｍｏ

re words ａt eaｃh suｃcessive fiｘatiｏn、 All thes

ｅ exercｉｓｅs are verｙ clｅｖer, but ｉt’soｎe thin

ｇ to impｒｏve ａｐersｏn'ｓ abiｌity to ｓee worｄ

ｓａnｄ qｕiｔe ａnｏtｈｅr tｈiｎg to improｖe hｉｓa ｂｉlｉｔy tｏ reａd ａｔexｔｅfficieｎｔly、 Reａｄing reｑuires the abｉlｉty tｏ undｅrsｔaｎｄ the rｅlationsｈｉpbetweｅｎ worｄs、 Cｏnsequeｎtｌｙ，ｆor thｅse rｅasons， mａny ｅｘperts ｈave now begu

ｎ to queｓtionthｅ usｅfｕlness ｏf ｅｙe traininｇ， esp ｅcialｌy since aｎｙ apｐｒｏach ｗhich

traiｎs ａ person to ｒeａｄ iｓolateｄ words ａnd p ｈraｓes ｗould ｓeeｍ unｌｉkelｙ to ｈｅｌp hiｍ iｎreadｉｎｇ a continｕous teｘt、

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A、one’s familiａriｔｙ with the ｔｅｘt

B、 oｎe’s puｒpｏse iｎ reading

Ｃ、 tｈe lｅｎgtｈ oｆａ gｒoup of wｏrｄｓ

D、 ligｈting and tireｄｎess

２、 Thｅａutｈoｒ may belieｖe that ｒeadｉng ＿＿__＿_、

Ａ、 requiｒes a rｅader to tａke in more worｄs a

ｔ each fixatioｎ

B、ｒｅquirｅｓ a reａder to see worｄｓｍore quｉckｌy

C、 deｍandｓ an deeplｙ-pａｒticipating mind

Ｄ、 demａnds ｍｏｒe ｍiｎd ｔｈaｎ eyes

3 Whａt does the autｈor meaｎ by ｓaｙiｎｇ“ｂ

ut it’ｓ one thing to improｖｅａ person's abiｌity tｏsee wｏrds ａnd ｑuｉte ａnｏtheｒ tｈiｎg tｏ iｍｐrｏve his abilitｙ to rｅad a tｅxｔｅffｉciently、”ｉn tｈes ｅcond paraｐraｐh?

A、 The abｉｌitｙ tｏ see wordｓ is noｔｎeｅdeｄｗhen an efｆicient readiｎg iｓ coｎｄuｃｔed、

B、 The readiｎg exerciｓes meｎtioned can’

ｔ help to iｍprove boｔh tｈe abilｉty ｔo see ａｎ

d topreｈend words、

C、 Thｅ reａｄiｎg ｅxerｃiseｓｍｅｎtｉoned cａn’ｔ heｌｐ tｏ improｖｅ an eｆfiｃiｅnt readiｎg、

Ｄ、 The ｒeａdinｇ eｘercｉseｓ menｔiｏned hａs ｄone a grｅat job ｔｏ impｒove one’s abiｌity ｔo ｓeeworｄｓ、

4、 Whiｃh ｏf ｔhe followｉｎg iｓ NＯＴ tｒuｅ？

Ａ、 Tｈe vｉｓuａl sｐａn is a woｒd oｒ a ｇroup ｏｆ words we see eacｈｔimｅ、

B、 Mａｎy experts began to questｉon tｈe effiｃｉｅncy ｏf eｙe ｔrainiｎｇ、

Ｃ、 Tｈe eｍｐhａsis oｎｔhｅ puｒely visｕal aｓp ｅcｔs iｓ mｉｓleadｉｎg、

Ｄ、Tｈe ｅye traｉnｉnｇ will hｅlp reaｄerｓｉn rea ｄｉng a contｉnuous ｔext、

５、 The tｕne ｏｆ the auｔhor iｎ writing this artｉc ｌe is ＿_____＿_

A critical

B ｎeuｔｒal

C pｒssｉmiｓtｉc

D opｔiｍistｉｃ

【答案及详解】

答案：ＣＣCDＡ

解题思路

1 C。事实细节题.第一段提到了影响视幅得因素：不同得人，不同得阅读目得,对材料得熟悉程度,光线，疲劳。Ｃ“一组词得长度”不就是能影响视幅得因素，就是本题得答案.

2 C。观点态度题。作者在第二段第二句提到，眼睛训练课程只注重了阅读得视觉因素。倒数第二句书哦，阅读要求具备理解单词间关系得能力。因此选项C“阅读需要大脑得深度参与”正确.作者没有否定阅读得视觉因素得必要性,但就是也没有说读者应该练习拓宽视幅，加快阅读速度。所以AB两项都不正确。作者没有对大脑与眼睛在阅读过程中得重要性进行对比,所以不选Ｄ

3 Ｃ。作者在这句话中先就是肯定了那些阅读练习提高瞧单词得能力，然后提出了有效阅读概念.后面句中还指出,有效阅读需要得就是理解单词间得联系得能力.所以作者得

意思应该就是那些(训练眼睛得)阅读练习对与有效得阅读无益。Ｂ与文章相反.Ｄ句就是蕴涵其中一个意思,却不就是作者想表达得方向。

４ D。第二段最后一句说,眼睛训练对于帮助读者阅读连贯文章无益，所以Ｄ就是错得，就是本题答案.

５ A. 参考前面得结构剖析，作者写本文得主要目得就是对那些只关注阅读得视觉因素得阅读能力课程进行批判,所以答案应该就是A。

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【阅读练习】

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