大学英语四级改革适用阅读模拟试卷290

大学英语四级改革适用（阅读）模拟试卷290

(总分：60.00，做题时间：90分钟)

一、 Reading Comprehension(总题数：8，分数：60.00)

III Reading Comprehension
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解析：
n A
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解析：
The word Yoga itself comes from an ancient Sanskrit word meaning %union. What kind of union do
you think the word refers to? Why would people want to have this kind of experience? Students
of Yoga often study for as long as 20 years before becoming 1, or Yogis. They learn many different
2exercises. These exercises are designed to put the students in good physical condition. Then
they can concentrate on deep religious thoughts without physical 3. Many Yoga exercises 4putting
the body into difficult position. Some of them are very hard to learn. Have you ever tried to
5your legs over one another? This is one of the 6Yoga positions. It is called the lotus position.
Most people find it difficult to stay in that position for even a few minutes. But Yogis train
themselves to remain in the lotus position for hours or even days. They are taught to 7the physical
discomforts of holding these positions. Other exercises and 8teach concentration. Yogis feel this
is the key to 9inner peace. This kind of concentration is called meditation. Yogis and many other
people practice meditation They claim that it makes them feel relaxed and 10. Some people say
that it makes them feel better—just as good exercise does. But other people say that meditation
helps them feel much closer to God. A. discomforts B. basic C. finding D. peaceful E. rules F.
overcome G. physical H. enforcing I. involve J. intimate K. masters L. external M. fold N.
interaction O. elaborately
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填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：K）
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：G）
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：A）
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：I）
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：M）
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：B）
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：F）
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：E）
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：C）
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：D）
解析：解析：此处 为形容词，且与relaxed具有同样的词义色彩，应为褒义词。词库中只有peaceful合适。
n B
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解析：
How Advertisement Is Done? A) When we choose a word we do more than give information; we also

express our feelings about whatever we're describing. Words point to facts but often link these
to attitudes at the same time; they can also affect the beliefs and attitudes of other people.
These two remarks are much the same—or are they? What's the speaker's feeling towards the same
dog in each case? And how would the different descriptions affect the listeners? Here comes that
pet. Here comes that dog. The fact that words can work like this is important and valuable, for
it adds a richness to our communication with one another. Advertisers make use of it in a number
of ways. B) The manufacturer needs a name that will do more than just label: he wants a name that
brings suitable associations as well—the ideas that the word brings to the mind will help sell
the product. If all were available at the same price, which coat or suit would you choose from
this range of shades—Dark Tan, Brown, Mud Brown? Which of these shades of eye-show—Black Diamond,
Black, Coaldust? C) Because words have these associations, the advertiser is very careful about
the way he describes his product and what it will do. Almost every advertisement has certain key
words (sometimes, but not always, in bold or large letters, or beginning with a capital letter)
that are intended to be persuasive, while at the same time appearing to be informative. It's
difficult enough simply to describe what a thing is and how in words, especially in a few words,
but the writers who write for the advertisements also try to include feelings, associations and
attitudes. Some words seem to have been so successful in selling that the advertisers use them
almost as if they were magic key to a certain sale. How often, for instance, have you come across
the word golden in advertisements? D) One thing reminds us of another—especially if we often
see them together. These reminders (called associations) are sometimes more imaginary than real:
for many people a robin suggests Christmas, for others silver candlesticks suggest wealth. The
tricks of the advertising business we have so far described are all examples of the advertiser
encouraging us to associate products with those things he thinks we really want—a good job, nice
clothes, a sport car, a beautiful girlfriend— perhaps most of all a feeling of importance. The
image of a product is based on these associations, and the advertiser often creates a good
image by showing us someone who uses his product and who leads the kind of life we should like
to lead. We buy not just the product but the sense of importance that goes with it. We drink
Coca-Cola not just for the taste, but because we would like to be thought of as being as gay as
the energetic people who drink it in the ads. E) In this age of moon flights, heart transplants
and wonder drugs, we are all impressed by science. If an advertiser links his claim with a
scientific fact, there is even a chance we can be blinded by science. The question is simply whether
the impressive air of the new discovery or the man-made miracle is being used to help or just
to deceive us. Another method of persuasion is to call up guilty feelings, for example to imply
that any mother who really loves her children uses a certain product. If Mrs. Gray does not use
it, she might start to think of herself as a bad mother who does not love her family. So she might
go and buy that particular product, rather than go on feeling guilty. F) Some products are
advertised as having a remarkable and immediate effect. We are shown the situation before using
the product and this is contrasted with the situation that follows its use. Have you noticed
anything about these advertisements? Taking a tablet for a headache in such advertisements can
have truly remarkable results. For not only has the headache gone, the person concerned has often
had a new hair-do, required a new set of clothes and sometimes even moved into a more modern,
better furnished house. What splendid value for a few pence! G) We are often encouraged to believe
nowadays that, because someone has been successful in one field, he should be regarded as an
authority in other fields. How true is this likely to be? The advertiser knows that there are

certain people whom we admire because they are famous sportsmen, actors or singers, and he believes
that if we discover that a certain well-known personality uses his product, we will want to use
it too. This is why so many advertisements feature famous people. But does a man who is a famous
sportsman know more about these things than anyone else? And does he even use the product he praises?
The next time you see any advertisements which feature well-known people, consider in which of
them you think the person concerned should be regarded as an authority and those where he clearly
is not H) Another way in which an advertiser may try to make us want his product is by suggesting
that most people, or the est people, already use it and that we will no doubt want to follow
them. How important is this when you think about it? No one likes to be inferior to others, but
are we really inferior just because we have not got all the things others have? Furthermore, do
we really want to be like other people? Is it really desirable to behave just like others? I)
If you keep talking about something for long enough, finally people will pay attention to you.
How many advertisements have you seen that are based on this rule? If we hear the name of a product
many times a day, we are much more likely to find that this is the name that comes into our head
when the shopkeeper asks What brand? We usually like to choose things for ourselves, but if
the advertiser plants a name in our heads on this way, he has helped to make the choice for us.
J) One of the ways in which an advertiser can make sure that the name of his product is heard
by people far more often than he can afford to have it advertised on television, is to write a
jingle or slogan that people, especially children, will sing and repeat In this way, some
advertising slogans have become part of everyday speech and we repeat them without realizing that
we are unpaid advertisers.（分数：20.00）
(1).When someone is famous or successful in one field, we tend to regard him as an authority in
other fields too.（分数：2.00）
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：正确答案：G）
解析：解析：根据题目的an authority in other fields可定位到G段，该段第1句Because后的内容与题目信息一
致，故选G。
(2).When people think of a robin, they will also think of Christmas.（分数：2.00）
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：正确答案：D）
解析： 解析：根据题目的robin，Christmas可定位到D段，该段第2句冒号后提及知更鸟会使人想到圣诞 节，题目信
息与此相符，故选D。
(3).If we hear the name of a product for enough times, the brand name will pop in our mind when
敷愠敲愠歳摥尠桷瑡戠慲摮尿（分数：2.00）
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：正确答案：I）
解析：解析：根据题目中的睜慨?牢湡?可定位到I段。题目信息跟该段第3句的意思相符，故选I。
(4).Most advertisements try to write certain key words that are persuasive and informative,
including feelings, associations and attitudes.（分数：2.00）
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：正确答案：C）
解析：解析：由题目的key words，persuasive and informative可定位到C段。该段第2句提到几乎每个广告都含有
几个有说服力和传 递信息的关键词，而第3句but后则说做广告的人想要在广告中包括感情、联想和态度，结合了这两
句 即为题目信息，故选C。
(5).When a manufacturer considers a brand name for his product he wants it to bring suitable
associations.（分数：2.00）
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：正确答案：B）
解析：解析：根据题目的bring suitable associations可定位到B段，该 段第1句提到，生产商需要的不仅仅是一个

表示商标的名称，他需要的是一个还能给人带 来合理联想的名称，题目意思与此相符，故选B。
(6).By calling up guilty feelings, the advertisement can achieve its goal of being persuasive.（分数：2.00）
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：正确答案：E）
解析：解析：根据关键词guilty feeling可定位到E段，该段第4句中的persuas ion表明唤起人们的负疚感是为了达
到“说服”消费者购买的目的，可见本题应选E。
(7).In order to enable the name of their products to be heard by people as often as possible,
advertisers would write a jingle or slogan that can be sung or repeated by people.（分数：2.00）
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：正确答案：J）
解析：解析：根据关键词jingle和slogan可定位到J段， 该段第1句提到广告商想确保人们能听到他的产品名称，他
采用的办法之一是创作歌谣或者口号，让人们 吟唱和反复提及，题目信息与此相符，故选J。
(8).Words in the ads not only point to the fact, but can affect the beliefs and attitudes of the
target audiences.（分数：2.00）
）A（正确答案：正确答案：1:__________________ 填空项．
解析：解析：根据题目中的can affect the beliefs and attitudes可直接定位到A段。题目将该段第2句中的两个
分句用not only…but(also)…的句式连接起来，意思一样，故选A。
(9).Some advertisement shows a remarkable and immediate effect of the product by contrasting the
situation before using it and that follows its use.（分数：2.00）
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：正确答案：F）
解析：解析：本题说的是广告中采用产品“使用之前与使用之后”的策 略，可定位到F段。题目通过介词by将F段的1、
2句内容结合起来，语义与原文一致，故选F。
(10).Coca-Cola has always reminded consumers of an energetic image.（分数：2.00）
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：正确答案：D）
解析：解析：根据题目的Coca-Cola可定位到D段。该段最后一句表明Coca- Cola总让消费者想起gay和energetic的
形象，题目信息与此相符。
n C
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解析：
Anapple polisher is one who gives gifts to win friendship or special treatment. It is not exactly
a bribe (贿赂), but is close to it. All sorts of people are apple polishers, including politicians
and people in high offices—just about everybody. Oliver Cromwell, the great English leader,
offered many gifts to win the support of George Fox and his party, but failed. There are other
桰慲敳?敭湡湩?桴?慳敭琠楨杮愠?慜灰敬瀭汯獩楨杮—soft-soaping or uttering-up. A gift
is just one way to soft- soap somebody, or to utter him up. Another that is just as effective
is flattery, giving someone high praise—telling him how good he looks, or how well he speaks,
or how talented and wise he is. Endless are the ways of flattery. Who does not love to hear it?
Only an unusual man can resist the thrill of being told how wonderful he is. In truth, flattery
is good medicine for most of us, who get so little of it. We need it to be more sure of ourselves.
It cannot hurt unless we get carried away by it. But if we just lap it up for its food value and
nourishment, as a cat laps up milk, then we can still remain true to ourselves. Sometimes, however,
flattery will get you nothing from one who has had too much of it. A good example is the famous
12th century legend of King Canute of Denmark and England. The king got tired of listening to
the endless sickening flattery of his courtiers (朝臣). They overpraised him to the skies, as
a man of limitless might. He decided to teach them a lesson. He took them to the seashore and
sat down. Then he ordered the waves to stop coming in. The tide was too busy to listen to him.

The king was satisfied. This might show his followers how weak his power was and how empty their
flattery.（分数：10.00）
(1).Which of the following activities has nothing to do with apple-polishing?（分数：2.00）
A.A boy tells his girlfriend how pretty she looks.
employee tells her boss how good he is at management.
C.A knight is said to be of limitless power by his followers.
D.A teacher praises her students for their talent and wisdom. √
解析：解析：推理判断题。作者一开始就指出apple- polishing的目的在于win friendship or special
treatment，结合文章在第3段中举出的一些具体例子，可推出apple-polishin g很少用于形容上级对下级或长辈对晚
辈，因此选项D中老师表扬学生的做法并不属于apple- polishing。选项A、B和C都是与文章中所举的类似
apple- polishing的事件。
(2).What does the writer want to prove with Cromwell's example?（分数：2.00）
ody can be an apple-polisher. √
ll was not a good apple-polisher.
Fox and his party were not apple-polishers.
are people who don't like being apple-polished.

解析：解析：推理判断题。 本题考查例子与观点的关系。文章中的实例通常是为了证明作者的观点。作者此处以政治家
克伦威尔为例 ，是用来证明该段的主题句，即第2段第1句。其他选项都与本文作者想要说明的观点无关。
(3).Which of the following statements about flattery is true according to the author?（分数：2.00）
much flattery can carry us away.
ry is too empty to do people any good.
ry can get you nothing but excessive pride.
ry is one of the ways to apple-polish people. √
解析：解析：推理判断题。由文章第3段可知，apple-polish和soft- soap是同义词，而flattery是soft- soap的另
一个途径，由此可以推断出答案。本题最具干扰的选项是A，第5段第2句虽有提到get carried away
by it，但作者并未说明呜潯洠捵?汦瑡整祲挠湡挠牡祲甠?睡祡， 因此选项A不正确。第4段最后一句与第5段第1句
表明选项B和C不对。
(4).King Canute of Denmark and England took his followers to the seashore because _____.（分数：2.00）
was sick of his normal life
disliked being overpraised any more √
wanted them to realize how wise he was
wanted them to see how weak he was as a king
解析：解析：事实细节题。本题考查例证处。文章第6段第3句的got tired of点明了卡努 特国王此举的原因。本题
最具干扰性的是选项D，但是，虽然该选项可在最后一段的最后一句找到，只要 对比选项和句子就可以发现，选项只包
含了句子一半的内容，概括性不够。
(5).The author thinks that flattery can do good to those who _____.（分数：2.00）
politicians or in high offices
confidence √
really excellent
highly of themselves
解析：解析：推理判断题。从第5段的第1句可推断出答案。选项A、C和D缺乏原文依据。
So many of us hold on to little resentments that may have stemmed from an argument, a
misunderstanding, or some other painful event Stubbornly, we wait for someone else to reach out

to us—believing this is the only way we can forgive or rekindle (重新激起) a friendship or family
relationship. An acquaintance of mine whose health isn't very good recently told me that she hasn't
spoken to her son in almost three years. Why not? I asked. She said that she and her son had
had a disagreement about his wife and that she wouldn't speak to him again unless he called first.
When I suggested that she be the one to reach out, she resisted initially and said, I can't do
that He's the one who should apologize. She was literally willing to die before reaching out
to her only son. After a little gentle encouragement, however, she did decide to be the first
one to reach out. To her amazement her son was grateful for her willingness to call and offered
an apology of his own. As is usually the case when someone takes the chance and reaches out, he
wins. Whenever we hold on to our anger we turn small stuff' into really ig stuff in our minds.
We start to believe that our positions are more important than our happiness. They are not. If
you want to be a more peaceful person you must understand that being right is almost never more
important than allowing yourself to be happy. The way to be happy is to let go and reach out Let
other people be right. This doesn't mean that you're wrong. Everything will be fine. You'll
experience the peace of letting go as well as the joy of letting others be right. You'll also
notice that as you reach out and let others be
ight they will become less defensive and more
loving toward you. They might even reach back. But if for some reason they don't that's okay too.
You will have the inner satisfaction of knowing that you have done your part to create a more
）10.00（分数：loving world and certainly you'll be more peaceful yourself.
(1).In the sentence Stubbornly we wait for someone else to reach out to us..., the phrase
each
out is closest in meaning to_____.（分数：2.00）
help
in pursuit of
an apology √
one's hand
解析：解析：词义推断题。文章第2句破折号后面半句是对前半 句的解释说明，由forgive及第2段所举朋友与其儿子
的事例可以推测reach out在此文中最接近“道歉”之义。其他选项不符合上下文的意思。
(2).According to the passage, the author's friend never spoke to her son for three years because
_____.（分数：2.00）
had got an argument with her daughter-in-law
had disagreed about her son's marriage
had got an argument about her daughter-in-law √
had disliked her son's wife for many years
解析：解析：事实细节题。根据第2段中的had a disagreement about his wife，可知选项C是对这个说法的近义替
换。
(3).By telling the story about a mother and her son, the author wants us to learn that_____.（分数：2.00）
's fine to be the first one to apologize √
friend is very stubborn
taking the chance we'll all win
on is more important than happiness
解析：解析：推理判断题。本题考查例子与观点的关系。作者正是用朋友的故事 作为论据来说明第3段第1句中要表明
的观点。例子通常与文章主旨密切相关，而选项B、C和D都与本 文的主题无关，且选项C和D与文章观点不符，因此

都不正确。
(4).Which of the following is NOT the reason for people to be unwilling to apologize first?（分数：2.00）
believe that they are always right
always wait for others to offer an apology first
consider the position more important than happiness.
want to get an inner satisfaction. √
解析：解析：事实细节题。选项D中的get an inner satisfaction是人们主 动讲和的原因，从最后一段最后一句也能
得到佐证。文中虽没有明确指出选项A和B是人们不愿主动道歉 的原因，但从作者朋友的例子可以推断出这两个原因。
最后一段第3句指明选项C也是其原因。
(5).The purpose of the passage is to_____.（分数：2.00）
ct the readers how to apologize
the readers how to gain inner peace
the readers of the importance of being forgiving
the readers to reach out first when there is resentment √
解析：解析：推理判断题。 文章第一句就点出了本文将要讨论如何面对怨恨情绪，接着作者以朋友的例子说明应主动和
解，由此可推 断选项D为正确答案。其他选项都具干扰性。选项A极具迷惑性，事实上，本文并无说明“道歉”的方法，
只是表明应首先道歉。选项B中的inner peace在文中也有出现，但是原文只是指出首先道歉能带来inner peace，并
未从多个方面说明如何才能gain inner peace。选项C中的being
forgiving不是文章的重点，本文说的是“道歉”，而不是“原谅”。