2015年英语四级阅读练习及答案(1)

2015年英语四级阅读练习及答案(1)


2015年英语四级阅读练习及答案(1)
Section C
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each is followed by some questions or
unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A ),B．, C．and D ). You
should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a
single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.
People's tastes in recreation differ widely. At a recent festival of pop-music in the Isle of
Wight, crowds of teenagers flocked to listen to their favorite singers and musicians. They went
with single railway tickets and slept in the open, a very risky thing to do in the climate of Britain,
even in August. They were packed together like sardines for four days. There were innumerable
thieves, a gang of roughs tried several times to break things up, and police were everywhere. At
the end of the festival many young fans found themselves broke, with no money left,and they
had difficulty in getting back home. Most people would consider these conditions a nightmare of
discomfort; the fans appeared to enjoy it all enormously.
Even in the overcrowded United Kingdom there are large tracts of open un- spoilt country,
where people with more traditional tastes can go for quiet, and for the sense of freedom they
derive from contact with nature. In the national parks especially, modern development of
housing and industry is strictly controlled. Visitors may walk for miles through landscape of the
greatest beauty and wildness, and often of considerable historic or scientific interest. Along the
coasts of some of the maritime counties, public pathways have been created; these paths stretch
for many miles along cliffs that look out on the Atlantic Ocean or the English Channel. Another
path,lying inland, goes along the range of mountains in the north of England. It is called the
Pennine Way. Here, the long-distance waller and the nature-lover can find much to enjoy,
without feeling disturbed by large numbers of their fellows.
Yet few people make full use of the national parks established for everyone's benefit. The
commonest thing nowadays is for family groups to motor out to a beautiful spot and park their
cars in a lay-by ( 英国的路旁停车带 ). A picnic basket is produced, along with a folding table
and chairs, a kettle and a portable stove. They then settle down to a picnic in the lay-by beside
the car. Apparently their idea of enjoyment is to get into the fresh air and amongst the country
sights and sounds without having to wall a yard. They seem almost to like to hear and to smell
the traffic.
56. In Britain it is very risky to __________.
A．go with a single railway ticket
B．listen to pop-music at the festival
C. sleep in the open
D．pack together in crowds
57. At the end of the festival, many young fans__________.
A．were arrested by the police
B．had spent most of their money
C．were sleeping out
D．became quite penniless

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58. Even in the overcrowded United Kingdom there are large__________.
A．tracks through the open country
B．areas of country without soil
C．areas of countryside not developed
D．expanses of land where nobody works
59. Public pathways are created for people to__________.
A．commute to work
B．enjoy long-distance walking
C. wall to maritime counties
D．visit the historic or scenic sites
60. Family groups nowadays like to__________.
A．have meals out of doors by the road-side
B．go for a walk away from home
C．drive out past the beautiful places
D．hear and smell the animals
Passage One
【参考译文】
人们对于休闲娱乐的品位大相径庭。在英国怀特岛最近举办的一次流行 音乐节上，青少
年们成群结队地去听他们最喜爱的歌手和音乐家演唱。[56]他们只买得起去音乐节的 单程火
车票，甚至不惜露宿街头，在英国那种气候条件下，即便是在八月份，他们的这种行为也是
非常危险的。他们像沙丁鱼一样在音乐节上挤了四天。音乐节现场有数不清的盗贼，一伙暴
徒几次三番 试图捣乱，而且到处都是警察。[57]音乐节结束后，许多年轻歌迷发现自己身无
分文，想要回家都很 困难。大多数人都会认为这种情形简直像噩梦一样叫人不爽，但是歌迷
们似乎仍乐在其中。
[58]即便是在英国这样拥挤的国家，也有一大片一大片未遭破坏的乡村地区，在那里，
有着更多传统 品位的人们可以寻求安静以及他们在同大自然接触过程中产生的自由感。特别
是在国家级公园所在的地区 ，房产和工业的现代发展受到严格限制。游客可以步行几英里，
游览极度迷人而又十分原始的风景，以及 大量历史和科学景点。[59]一些海滨县城修建了公
路；这些公路沿着悬崖峭壁一直延伸，而这些峭壁 则紧挨着大西洋或英吉利海峡。在内陆还
有另一条公路，沿国北部的山脉修成，被称作奔宁公路。在这里 ，远途旅行者和热爱大自然
的人能够收获不少乐趣一而不会有被大批其他游人打搅的感觉。
国家级公园是为造福公众而修建的，然而，很少有人能够充分利用这一资源。[60]现下
最为常见的事 情就是，全家人一起开车去一个美丽的景点，将车停在路边的停车带。他们全
生野餐篮、折叠式桌椅、一 把水壶和一台便携式火炉，然后在自己车的附近安顿下来，开始
一顿野餐。显然，他们对娱乐的观点是呼 吸新鲜空气，身处乡间，不用行走一步就能欣赏美
景，听闻乡村之声。他们似乎很喜欢用耳朵和鼻子去感 受乡问的车马交通。

56．C
定位：根据题干信息词risky可将答案定位到第一段第三句。
解析：该句提到：“他们( 青少年们)只买得起去音乐节的单程火车票，甚至不惜露宿街头，在
英国那种气候条件下，即便是在八月 份，他们的这种行为也是非常危险的。”故选C。

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57．D
定位：根据题干信息atthe end ofthefestival可将答案定位到第一段倒数第二句。
解析：该句提到：“音乐节结束后， 许多年轻歌迷发现自己身无分文，想要回家都很困难。”
故选D。became quite penniless即意为“身无分文”，是对broke和with no money left的同义
转述。
58．C
定位：根据题干信息even in the overcrowded United Kingdom可将答案定位到第二段第一句。
解析：原文提到：“Even in the overcrowded United Kingdom there are large tracts of open
Hrl—spoilt country…(即便是在英国这样拥挤的国家，也有一大片一大片未遭破坏 的乡村地
区……)”选项C中的not developed是原文中tin．spoilt的同义转述，故为正确答案。
59．B
定位：根据题干信息public pathways可将答案定位到第二段第四句。
解析： 原文提到，一些海滨县城修建了公路，在内陆，沿英国北部的山脉也有一条公路。远
途旅行者和热爱大自 然的人能够收获不少乐趣，而且不会有被大批其他游人打搅的感觉。可
见，开辟公路就是为了让人们能够 享受远足，享受自然，故选B。
60．A
定位：根据题干信息family groups nowadays可将答案定位到第三段第二句。
解析：原文提到，现下最为常见的事情就是，全家人 一起开车去一个美丽的景点，将车停在
路边的停车带。然后他们就拿出准备好的各种工具和食物在自己的 汽车旁野餐，故选A。

Passage Two
Questions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage.
Shopping for clothes is not the same experience for a man as it is for a woman. A man goes
shopping because he needs something. His purpose is settled and decided in advance. He knows
what he wants, and his objective is to find it and buy it; the price is a secondary consideration. All
men simply walk into a shop and ask the assistant for what they want. If the shop has it in stock,
the salesman promptly produces it, and the business of trying it on proceeds at once. All being
well, the deal can be and often is completed in less than five minutes, with hardly any chat and to
everyone's satisfaction.
For a man, slight problems may begin when the shop does not have what he wants, or does
not have eactly what he wants. In that case the salesman, as the name implies, tries to sell the
customer something else--he offers the nearest he can to the article required. No good salesman
brings out such a substitute bluntly; he does so with skill and polish.
style you want, sir, but would you like to try it for size? It happens to be the color you mentioned.

and may be the right size, but I should be wasting my time and yours by trying it on.
Now how does a woman go about buying clothes? In almost every respect she does so in
the opposite way.
Her shopping is not often based on need. She has never fully made up her mind what she wants,
and she is only
store by what the saleswoman tells her, even by what companions tell her. She will try on any
number of things. Uppermost in her mind is the thought of finding something that everyone
thinks suits her. Contrary to a lot of jokes, most women have an excellent sense of value when
they buy clothes. They are always on the look- out for the unexpected bargain. Faced with a

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roomful of dresses, a woman may easily spend an hour going from one rail to another, to and fro,
often retracing her steps,before selecting the dresses she wants to try on. It is a laborious process,
but apparently an enjoyable one. So most dress shops provide chairs for the waiting husbands.
61. When a man is buying clothes, __________.
A．he chooses things that others recormnend
B．he buys cheap things, regardless of quality
C．he buys good things, so long as they are not too expensive
D. he does not mind how much he has to pay for the right things
62. In commerce a good salesman is one who__________.
A．sells something a customer does not particularly want
B．always has in stock the thing the customer wants
C．can find out quickly the goods required
D．does not waste his time on difficult customers
63. What does a man do when he cannot get exactly what he wants?
A．He buys something that is similar enough to the ideal one.
B．He usually does not buy anything.
C．At least two of his reqnirements must be met before he buys.
D．So long as the style is right, he buys the thing.
64. According to this passage, when shopping for clothes, women__________.
A．often buy things without thinking
B．seldom buy cheap clothes
C．welcome suggestions from anyone
D．never take any advice
65. What is the most obvious difference between men and women shoppers'?
A．The fact that men do not try clothes on in a shop.
B．Women bargain for their clothes, but men do not.
C．Women stand up while shopping, but men sit down.
D. The time they take over buying clothes
Passage Two
【参考译文】
买衣服对男人和女人来说是不同的经历。[61]男人去购物是因为他 需要某些东西。他的
目的是既定的，而且提前就做好了决定。他知道自己需要什么，而他的目的就是找到 那个东
西并买下来，价格倒在其次。[65]男人都是直接走进商店，询问店员自己想要买的东西。如< br>果店里有货，销售员能及时找到，而且马上就能试穿或试用，这一切顺利的话，整个交易一
般在五 分钟之内就可以完成。虽然几乎没什么言语交谈，但是买卖双方各自都满意。
[62]对于男人来 说，如果商店没有他想买的东西或者羞不完全符合他心里的条件，可能
会引发一些小问题。在那种情况下 ，导购就要像自己的职业名称(导“购”)所暗示的那样，尝
试卖给顾客别的东西：他把跟顾客要求最接 近的东西推荐给他。优秀的导购都不会贸然向顾
客推荐替代品，他会花一番心思和技巧。比如，他会说： “先生，我知道这件上衣不是您想
要的样式，但您能否试一下，看看大小合不合适。它的颜色刚好符合您 的要求。”*63+对于这
种情况，男人很少会买账，他们一般都会说：“也许衣服的颜色和大小都合适 ，但要是让我
试穿的话：既浪费了你的时间，也浪费了我的。”
现在来看一下女人买衣服 的过程是怎样的呢?每个环节差不多都和男人相反。女人购物
通常都不是因为有什么需求。她从来都没完 全决定自己想要买什么，只是“四处看看”。[64]

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女人总是肯 听他人的劝说，她重视女店员的话，甚至是同伴的话。她会什么都试窒一下。在
她内心深处，她要找的衣 服，是所查人都认为适合她的。与很多笑话里讲的不同，很多女人
在买衣服的时候还是精打细算的。她们 总是在寻找意外的超值商品。[65]面对一屋子衣服，
她们也许很容易就花上一个小时，一排排浏览， 来来回回乐此不疲；她们会不时地折返脚步，
直到发现自己想试穿的衣服。这是个累人的过程，但是很显 然，她们很享受这个过程。因此
大部分服装店都为那些等待的丈夫提供座椅。

【答案解析】
61．D
定位：根据题干信息when a man is buying clothes可将答案定位到文章前两段。
解析：第一段中提到：“男人去购物是因 为他需要某些东西。他的目的是既定的，而且提前
就做好了决定。他知道自己需要什么，而他的目的就是 找到那个东西并买下来，价格倒在其
次。”可见，男士不怎么会考虑价格，故选D。
62．A
定位：根据题干信息agood salesman可将答案定位到第二段第二句。
解析：第 二段开头提到：“对于男人来说，如果商店没有他想买的东西或者并不完全符合他
心里的条件，可能会引 发一些小问题。在那种情况下，导购就要像自己的职业名称(导‘购’)
所暗示的那样，尝试卖给顾客别 的东西：他把跟顾客要求最接近的东西推荐给他。”可见，
一名优秀的导购是能成功将其他东西推销给顾 客的，故选A。
63．B
定位：根据题干信息cannot get exactly what he wants可将答案定位到第二段第一句。
解析：第二段描述的是如果商店没有与男 人想象的完全一样的商品时，会出现什么情况。题
干的重点在于男人的反应，因此寻读到第二段结尾处， 此处作者提到：“对于这种情况，男
人很少会买账，他们一般都会说：‘也许衣服的颜色和大小都合适， 但要是让我试穿的话，
既浪费了你的时间，也浪费了我的。”’可见，在这种情况下，男人一般是什么都 不会买的，
故选B。
64．C
定位：根据题干信息when shopping for clothes，women可将答案定位到第三段。
解析：第三段中提到：“女人总是肯听 他人的劝说，她重视女店员的话，甚至是同伴的话。
她会什么都试穿一下。在她内心深处，她要找的衣服 ，是所有人都认为适合她的。”可见，
女士很容易听取他人的建议．故C项为正确答案，
65．D
定位：根据题干信息the most obvious difference between men and women可知解答本题需通
观全文，但由于涉及女性的购物特点，因此可到第三段寻找线索。
解析：在讲男人买衣服的情况时，作者提到：“如果店里有货，销售员能及时找到，而且马
上就能试穿 或试用．这一切顺利的话，整个交易一般在五分钟之内就可以完成。”在讲女人
买衣服的情况时，作者提 到：“面对一屋子衣服，她们也许很容易就花上一个小时，一排排
浏览，来来回回乐此不疲；她们会不时 地折返脚步，直到发现自己想试穿的衣服。”因此，
男人与女人在买衣服问题上最主要的区别就很明显了 ，故本题应选D。


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