Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage
The popular notion that older people need less sleep than younger adults is a myth scientists said yesterday
While elderly people __47__ to sleep for fewer hours than they did when they were younger this has a(n) __48__ effect on their brain's performance and they would benefit from getting more according to research
Sean Drummond a psychiatrist (心理医生) at the University of California San Diego said older people are more likely to suffer from broken sleep while younger people are better at sleeping __49__ straight through the night
More sleep in old age however is __50__ with better health and most older people would feel better and more __51__ if they slept for longer periods he said
The ability to sleep in one chunk (整块时间) overnight goes down as we age but the amount of sleep we need to __52__ well does not change Dr Drummond told the American Association for the Advancement of Science conference in San Diego
It's __53__ a myth that older people need less sleep The more healthy an older adult is the more they sleep like they did when they were __54__ Our data suggests that older adults would benefit from __55__ to get as much sleep as they did in their 30s That's __56__ from person to person but the amount of sleep we had at 35 is probably the same amount as we need at 75
注意:部分试题请答题卡2作答
A) alert
I) formally
B) associated
J) function
C) attracting
K) mixed
D) cling
L) negative
E) continuing
M) sufficient
F) definitely
N) tend
G) different
O) younger
答案Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in depth)
47 N tend 48 L negative 49 H efficiently 50 B associated
51 A alert 52 J function 53 F definitely 54 O younger
55 E continuing56 G different
文章意:文讲述关老年睡眠问题:否老年年轻相需较少睡眠时间?
2010年12月英语四级考试真题
Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage
What determines the kind of person you are What factors make you more or less bold intelligent or able to read a map All of these are influenced by the interaction of your genes and the environment in which you were 47 The study of how genes and environment interact to influence 48 activity is known as behavioral genetics Behavioral genetics has made important 49 to the biological revolution providing information about the extent to which biology influences mind brain and behavior
Any research that suggests that 50 to perform certain behaviors are based in biology is controversial Who wants to be told that there are limitations to what you can 51 based on something that is beyond your control such as your genes It is easy to accept that genes control physical characteristics such as sex race and eye color But can genes also determine whether people will get divorced how 52 they are or what career they are likely to choose A concern of psychological scientists is the 53 to which all of these characteristics are influenced by nature and nurture(养育) by genetic makeup and the environment Increasingly science 54 that genes lay the groundwork for many human traits From this perspective people are born 55 like undeveloped photographs The image is already captured but the way it 56 appears can vary based on the development process However the basic picture is there from the beginning
注意:部分试题请答题卡2作答
[A] abilities [I] extent
[B] achieve [J] indicates
[C] appeal [K] proceeds
[D] complaints [L] psychological
[E] contributions [M] raised
[F] displayed [N] smart
[G] essentially [O] standard
[H] eventually
答案Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in depth)
47 M) raised 48 L) psychological 49 E) contributions 50 A) abilities
51 B) achieve 52 N) smart 53 I) extent 54 J) indicates
55 G) essentially 56 H) eventually
2010年6月英语四级考试真题
Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)
Section A
Directions In this section there is a passage with ten blanks You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage Read the passage through carefully before making your choices Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once
Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage
When we think of green buildings we tend to think of new ones – the kind of hightech solarpaneled masterpieces that make the covers of architecture magazines But the US has more than 100 million existing homes and it would be __47__ wasteful to tear them all down and __48__ them with greener versions An enormous amount of energy and resources went into the construction of those houses And it would take an average of 65 years for the __49__ carbon emissions from a new energyefficient home to make up for the resources lost by destroying an old one So in the broadest __50__ the greenest home is the one that has already been built But at the same time nearly half of U S carbon emissions come from heating cooling and __51__ our homes offices and other buildings You can't deal with climate change without dealing with existing buildings says Richard Moe the president of the National Trust
With some __52__ the oldest homes tend to be the least energyefficient Houses built before 1939 use about 50 more energy per square foot than those built after 2000 mainly due to the tiny cracks and gaps that __53__ over time and let in more outside air
Fortunately there are a __54__ number of relatively simple changes that can green older homes from __55__ ones like Lincoln's Cottage to your own postwar home And efficiency upgrades (升级) can save more than just the earth they can help __56__ property owners from rising power costs
注意:部分试题请答题卡2作答
A) accommodations B) clumsy C) doubtful D) exceptions
E) expand F) historic G) incredibly H) powering
I) protect J) reduced K) replace L) sense
M) shifted N) supplying O) vast
答案Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in depth)
47 G incredibly 48 K replace 49 J reduced 50 L sense 51 H powering
52 D exceptions 53 E expand 54 O vast 55 F historic 56 I protect
2009年12月学英语四级考试真题答案
Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage
In families with two working parents fathers may have more impact on a child’s language development than mothers a new study suggests
Researchers 47 92 families form 11 child care centers before their children were a year old interviewing each to establish income level of education and child care arrangements Overall it was a group of wellclass families with married parents both living in the home
When the children were 2 researchers videotaped them at home in freeplay sessions with both parents 48 all of their speech The study will appear in the November issue of The Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology
The scientists measured the 49 number of utterance (话语) of the parents the number of different words they used the complexity of their sentences and other 50 of their speech On average fathers spoke less than mothers did but they did not differ in the length of utterances or proportion of questions asked
Finally the researchers 51 the children’s speech at age 3 using a standardized language test The only predictors of high scores on the test were the mother’s level of education the 52 of child care and the number of different words the father used
The researchers are 53 why the father’s speech and not the mother’s had an effect
It’s well 54 that the mother’s language does have an impact said Nadya Pancsofar the lead author of the study It could be that the highfunctioning mothers in the study had 55 had a strong influence on their children’s speech development Ms Pancsofar said or it may be that mothers are 56 in a way we didn’t measure in the study
注意:部分试题答题卡1
A) already B) analyzed C) aspects D) characters
E) contributing F) describing G) established H) quality
I) quoted J) recording K) recruited L) total
M) unconscious N) unsure O) yet
答案Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in depth)
47快速解题动词辨义题
K火眼金睛句缺少谓语根句中before引导时间状语句中时态断定谓语动词应时根句意备选动词中recruited符合题意外备选词中analyzed强干扰项实合适研究者分析92家庭……逐询问收入受教育状况孩子顾情况中分析逐询问逻辑意义符
48快速解题动词辨义题
J火眼金睛空格处with短语中应该作宾语parents 补足语根句意知处应研究员父母双方家玩耍情景录制记录谈话出处需填动名词含记录意思备选动词中recording 符合题意
49快速解题动词辨义题
L火眼金睛空格位the number间知处需填入形容词作定语备选形容词中total 符合题意意父母亲话语总数量
50快速解题名词辨义题
C火眼金睛空格位other 知处需填入名词备选名词aspects符合题意意科学家测量父母亲话语总数量词汇数量语句复杂程度语言方面
51快速解题动词辨义题
B火眼金睛空格语the researchers知处应填入谓语动词时态剩余备选动词中analyzed 符合题意意孩子三岁时研究者孩子进行标准化语言测试语言进行分析
52快速解题名词辨义题
H火眼金睛空格处前分 the of知处需填入名词根文知该句意测试中预测高分指标包括母亲受教育程度养育孩子质量父亲词汇数量备选名词中quality 符合题意
53快速解题形容词辨义题
N火眼金睛空格位be动词why 句间知需填入形容词分词构成系表结构动词中剩余词汇均句意通备选形容词中unsure句意通意令研究者疑惑什父亲非母亲语言孩子影响
54快速解题动词辨义题
G火眼金睛空格处is wellthat句间处需填入分词备选动词中established 符合题意 中it is well established that…意家公认……
55快速解题副词辨义题
A火眼金睛句结构完整空格处需填入副词空格前had相前面had构成完成时态助动词面had短语have a strong influence on…结合句意备选副词中already符合题意
56快速解题动词辨义题
E火眼金睛观全句空格处应填入现分词are构成现进行时态根句意终整学校文化氛围会产生益影响备选动词中contributing符合题意 意母亲起作方式研究中没测量
2009年6月英语四级考试真题答案
Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage
Every year in the first week of my English class some students inform me that writhing is too hard They never write unless assignments 47 it They fine the writing process 48 and difficult
How awful to be able to speak in a language but not to write in it 49 English with its rich vocabulary Being able to speak but not write is like living in an 50 mansion(豪宅) and never leaving one small room When I meet students who think they can’t write I know as a teacher my 51 is to show them the rest of the rooms My task is to build fluency while providing the opportunity inherent in any writing activity to 52 the moral and emotional development of my students One great way to do this is by having students write in a journal in class every day
Writing ability is like strength training Writing needs to be done 53 just like exercise just as muscles grow stronger with exercise writing skills improve quickly with writing practice I often see a rise in student confidence and 54 after only a few weeks of journal writing
Expressing oneself in writing is one of the most important skills I teach to strengthen the whole student When my students practice journal writing they are practicing for their future academic political and 55 lives They build skills so that some day they might write a great novel a piece of sorely needed legislation or the perfect love letter Every day that they write in their journals puts them a step 56 to fluency eloquence (雄辩) and command of language
A) closer I) painful
B) daily J) performance
C) emotional K) profession
D) enhance L) remarkably
E) enormous M) require
F) especially N) sensitive
G) hinder O) urge
H) mission
答案Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in depth)
47 M require 48 I painful 49F especially 50 E enormous
51H mission 52 D enhance 53 B daily 54J performance
55 K profession 56 A daily
2008年12月学英语四级考试真题
Question 4756
A bookless life is an incomplete life Books influence the depth and breadth of life They meet the natural______47_____for freedom for expression for creativity and beauty of life Learners therefore must have books and the right type of book for the satisfaction of their need Readers turn______48_____ to books because their curiosity concerning all manners of things their eagerness to share in the experiences of others and their need to ____49 _____ from their own limited environment lead them to find in books food for the mind and the spirit Through their reading they find a deeper significance to life as books acquaint them with life in the world as it was and it is now They are presented with a __50 _____ of human experiences and come to ___51 ____ other ways of thought and living And while ____52 ____ their own relationships and responses to life the readers often find that the ___53__ in their stories are going through similar adjustments which help to clarify and give significance to their own
Books provide ___54 ____ material for readers’ imagination to grow Imagination is a valuable quality and a motivating power and stimulates achievement While enriching their imagination books __55 ____their outlook develop a factfinding attitude and train them to use leisure ___56 ___ The social and educational significance of the readers’ books cannot be overestimated in an academic library
A Abundant B Characters C Communicating D Completely
E Derive F Desire G Diversity H Escape
I Establishing J Narrow K Naturally L Personnel
M Properly N Respect O Widen
答案Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in depth)
47 F desire 48 K naturally 49 H escape 50 G diversity
51 N respect 52 I establishing 53 B characters 54 A abundant
55 O widen 56 M properly
2008年6月学英语四级考试真题
Section A
Some years ago I was offered a writing assignment that would require three months of travel through Europe I had been abroad a couple of times but I could hardly _47_ to know my way around the continent Moreover my knowledge of foreign languages was _48_ to a little college French
I hesitated How would I unable to speak the language _49_ unfamiliar with local geography or transportation systems set up _50_ and do research It seemed impossible and with considerable _51_ I sat down to write a letter begging off Halfway through a thought can through my mind you can learn if you don’t try So I accepted the assignment
There were some bad _52_ But by the time I had finished the trip I was an experienced traveler And ever since I have never hesitated to head for even the most remote of places without guiders or even _53_ bookings confident that somehow I will manage
The point is that the new the different is almost by definition _54_ But each time you try something you learn and as the learning piles up the world opens to you
I’ve learned to ski at 40 and flown up the Rhine River in a _55_ And I know I’ll go on doing such things It’s not because I’m braver or more daring than others I’m not But I’ll accept anxiety as another name for challenge and I believe I can _56_ wonders
A) accomplish B) advanced C) balloon D) claim
E) constantly F) declare G) interviews H)limited
I) manufacture J) moments K) news L) reduced
M) regret N) scary O) totally
答案Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in depth)
47 D) claim 48 H) limited 49 O) totally 50 G) interviews
51 M) regret 52 J) moments 53 B) advanced 54 N) scary
55 C) balloon 56 A) accomplish
2007年12月四级考试真题
Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage
As war spreads to many comers of the globe Children sadly have been drawn into the center of conflicts In Afghanistan Bosnia and Colombia however groups of children have been taking part in peace education 47 The children after learning to resolve conflicts took on the 48 of peacemakers The Children’s Movement for peacemakers was even nominated(提名) or the Nobel peace prize in 1998 Groups of children 49 is peacemakers studied human rights an poverty issues in Colombia eventually forming a group with five other schools in Bogota known a The Schools of Peace
The classroom 50 opportunities for children to replace angry violent behaviors with 51 peaceful ones It is in the classroom that caring and respect for each person empowers children to take a step 52 toward becoming peacemakers Fortunately educators have access to many online resources that are 53 useful when helping children along the path to peace The Young Peacemakers Club started in 1992 provides a Website with resources for teachers and 54 on staring a Kindness Campaign The World Centers of Compassion for Children International call attention to children’s rights and how to help the 55 of war Starting a Peacemakers’ Club is a praiseworthy venture for a class an one that could spread to other classrooms an ideally affect the culture of the 56 school
注意:部分试题请答题卡2作答
A) acting I) information B) assuming J) offers
C) comprehensive K) projects D) cooperative L) respectively
E) entire M) role F) especially N) technology
G) forward O) victims H) images
答案Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in depth)
47 K projects 48 M role 49 A acting 50 J offers
51 D cooperative52 G forward 53 F especially 54 I Information
55 O victims 56 E entire
2007年6月23日学英语四级(CET4)真题试卷答案
Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage
Years ago doctors often said that pain was a normal part of life In particular when older patients __47__ of pain they were told it was a natural part of aging and they would have to learn to live with it
Times have changed Today we take pain __48__ Indeed pain is now considered the fifth vital sign as important as blood pressure temperature breathing rate and pulse in __49__ a person’s wellbeing We know that chronic (慢性) pain can disrupt (扰乱) a person’s life causing problems that __50__ from missed work to depression
That’s why a growing number of hospitals now depend upon physicians who __51__ in pain medicine Not only do we evaluate the cause of the pain which can help us treat the pain better but we also help provide comprehensive therapy for depression and other psychological and social __52__ related to chronic pain Such comprehensive therapy often __53__ the work of social workers psychiatrists (心理医生) and psychologists as well as specialists in pain medicine
This modern __54__ for pain management has led to a wealth of innovative treatments which are more effective and with fewer side effects than ever before Decades ago there were only a __55__ number of drugs available and many of them caused __56__ side effects in older people including dizziness and fatigue This created a doubleedged sword the medications helped relieve the pain but caused other problems that could be worse than the pain itself
注意:部分试题请答题卡2作答
A) result I) determining B) involves J) limited C) significant K) gravely
D) range L) complained E) relieved M) respect F) issues N) prompting
G) seriously O) specialize H) magnificent
答案Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in depth)
47 L 48 G 49 I 50 D 51 O
52 F 53 B 54 M 55 J 56 C
2006年12月23日四级考试真题
Direction In this section there is a passage with ten blanks You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage Read the passage through carefully before making your choices Each choice in bank is identified by a letter Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once
The flood of women into the job market boosted economic growth and changed US society in many ways Many inhome jobs that used to be done 47 by womenranging from family shopping to preparing meals to doing 48 work——still need to be done by someone Husbands and children now do some of these jobs a 49 that has changed the target market for many products Or a working woman may face a crushing poverty of time and look for help elsewhere creating opportunities for producers of frozen meals child care centers dry cleaners financial services and the like
Although there is still a big wage 50 between men and women the income working women 51 gives them new independence and buying power For example women now 52 about half of all cars Not long ago many cars dealers 53 women shoppers by ignoring them or suggesting that they come back with their husbands Now car companies have realized that women are 54 customers It’s interesting that some leading Japanese car dealers were the first to 55 pay attention to women customers In Japan fewer women have jobs or buy cars — the Japanese society is still very much male—oriented Perhaps it was the 56 contrast with Japanese society that prompted American firms to pay more attention to women buyers
注意:部分试题请答题卡2作答
A)scale B)retailed C)generate D)extreme
E)technically F)affordable G)situation H)really
I)potential J)gap K)voluntary L)excessive
M)insulted N)purchase O)primarily
答案Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in depth)
47 O) primarily 48 K) voluntary 49 G) situation 50 J) gap
51 C) generate 52 N) purchase 53 M) insulted 54 I) potential
55 H) really 56 D) extreme
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