地点2015年6月英语四级阅读模拟题03及答案

2021年1月21日发(作者：776)
2015
年
6
月英语四级阅读模拟题
03
及答案

Section C


Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed
by
some
questions
or
unfinished
statements.
For
each
of
them
there
are
four
choices
marked A ),B
．
, C
．
andD
．
. 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.


Educators
today
are
more
and
more
often
heard
to
say
that
computer
literacy
is
absolutely
necessary
for
college
students.
Many
even
argue
that
each
incoming
freshman
should
have
permanent
access
to
his
or
hcr
own microcomputer. What advantages do computers offer the college
students?


Any
student
who
has
used
a
word
processor
will
know
one
compelling
reason to use a computer: to write papers. Although not all students
feel
comfortable
composing
on
a
word
processor,
most
find
revising
and
editing much easier on it. One can alter, insert, or delete just by
pressing a few keys, thus eliminating the need to rewrite or re-type.
Furthermore, since the revision process is less burdensome, students
are more likely to revise as often as is necessary to end up with the
best paper possible. For these reasons, many freshman English courses
require the use of a word processor.


Computers
are
also
useful
in
the
context
of
language
courses,
where
they are used to drill students in basic skills. Software programs
reinforce ESL(English as a Second Language ) instruction, as well as
instruction in French, German, Spanish, and other languages. By using
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these programs on a regular basis, students can improve their
proficiency in a language while proceeding at their own pace.


Science students take advantage of computers in many ways. Using
computer graphic capabilities, for example, botany students can
represent
and
analyze
different
plant
growth
patterns.
Medical
students
can
learn
to
interpret
computerized
images
of
internal
body
structures.
Physics students can complete complex calculations far
more quickly than they could without the use of computer.


Similarly, business and accounting students find that computer
spreadsheet
programs
are
all
but
indispensable
to
many
aspects
of
their
work, while students pursuing careers in graphic arts. marketing, and
public
relations
find
that
knowledge
of
computer
graphic
is
important.
Education majors learn to develop grading systems using computers,
while social science students use computers for analyzing and
graphically displacing their research results.


It
is
no
wonder,
then,
that
educators
support
the
purchase
and
use
of
microcomputers
by
students.
A
versatile
tool,
the
computer
can
help
students
learn.
And
that
is,
after
all,
the
reason
for
going
to
college.
56. The word
A
．
the ability to read and write
B
．
the ability to use
C
．
literature
D
．
the knowledge of language
57. The main purpose of this passage is to __________.
A
．
persuade the educators to increase computer use in their own
classroom
B
．
analyze
advantages
and
disadvantages
of
computer
use
among
college
students
C
．
identify some of the ways that computers benefit college students
D
．
describe how computers can be used to teach foreign languages
58.
According
to
the
author,
a
word
processor
can
be
used
to
__________.
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A
．
revise papers
B
．
retype papers
C
．
reduce the psychological burden of writing papers
D
．
improve the writing skills of a student
59. In this passage, the writer's argument is developed primarily
through the use of __________.
A
．
cause-effect analysis
B
．
comparison and contrast
C
．
induction
D
．
examples
60. According to the author, the reason for students to go to college
is__________.
A
．
to learn something
B
．
to perfect themselves
C
．
to improve computer skills
D
．
to make the best use of computers
Passage Two


Questions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage.


Language
is,
and
should
be,
a
living
thing,
constantly
enriched
with
new words and forms of expression. But there is a vital distinction
between good developments, which add to the language, enabling us to
say
things
we
could
not
say
before,
and
bad
developments,
which
subtract
from the language by rendering it less precise. A vivacious, colorful
use of words is not to be confused with mere slovenliness. The kind of
slovenliness in which some professionals deliberately indulge is
perhaps
akin
to
the
cult
(
迷信
)
of
the
unfinished
work,
which
has
eroded
most
of
the
arts
in
our
time.
And
the
true
answer
to
it
is
the
same
that
art is enhanced, not hindered, by discipline. You cannot carve
satisfactorily in butter.


The corruption of written English has been accompanied by an even
sharper decline in the standard of spoken English. We speak very much
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less
well
than
was
common
among
educated
Englishmen
a
generation
or
two
ago.


The
modem
theatre
has
played
a
baneful
(
有害的
)
part
in
dimming
our
appreciation
of
language.
Instead
of
the
immensely
articulate
dialogue
of, for example, Shaw (who was also very insistent on good
pronunciation),audiences are now subjected to streams of barely
literate trivia, often designed, only too well, to exhibit 'lack of
communication', and
larded
(
夹杂
)
with the obscenities
(
下流的话
) and
grammatical
errors
of
the
intellectually
impoverished.
Emily
Post
once
advised her readers:
correctly-enunciated speech.
recently reported to be taking lessons in how to speak badly, so that
she should fit in better.


But
the
BBC
is
the
worst
traitor.
After
years
of
very
successfully
helping to raise the general standard of spoken English, it suddenly
went into reverse. As the head of the Pronunciation Unit coyly (
含蓄
地
)
put
it,

the
1960s
the
BBC
opened
the
field
to
a
much
wider
range
of speakers.
disc
jockey talking
to the latest
ape-like
pop idol is a truly shocking experience of verbal squalor. And the
prospect
seems
to
be
of
even
worse
to
come.
School
teachers
are
actively
encouraged to ignore little Johnny's incoherent grammar, atrocious
spelling
and
haphazard
punctuation,
because
worrying
about
such
things
might inhibit his creative genius.
61.
The
writer
relates
linguistic
slovenliness
to
tendencies
in
the
arts
today in that they both __________.
A
．
occasionally aim at a certain fluidity
B
．
appear to shun perfection
C
．
from time to time show regard for the finishing touch
D
．
make use of economical short cuts
62.
～
7,
Paragraph 1 ) means __________.
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