2018年12月CET4閱讀理解練習(xí)題2篇

　　CET4閱讀理解練習(xí)題第一篇

　　American society is not nap (午睡) friendly. In fact, says David Dinges, a sleep specialist at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. "There's even a prohibition against admitting we need sleep". Nobody wants to be caught napping or found asleep at work. To quote a proverb: "Some sleep five hours, nature requires seven, laziness nine and wickedness eleven. " Wrong. The way not to fall asleep at work is to take naps when you need them. " We have to totally change our attitude toward napping", says Dr. William Dement of Stanford University, the godfather of sleep research. ? Last year a national commission led by Dement identified an "American sleep debt" which one member said was as important as the national debt, The commission was concerned about the dangers of sleepiness: people causing industrial accidents or falling asleep while driving. This may be why we have a new sleep policy in the White House. According to recent reports, president Clinton is trying to take a half?hour snooze (打瞌睡) every afternoon. ? About 60 percent of American adults nap when given the opportunity. We seem to have "a midafternoon quiet phase"also called"a secondary sleep gate. "Sleeping 15 minutes to two hours in the early afternoon can reduce stress and make us refreshed. Clearly, we were born to nap. ? We Superstars of Snooze don't nap to replace lost shut?eye or to prepare for a night shift. Rather, we"snack"on sleep, whenever, wherever and at whatever time we feel like it. I myself have napped in buses, cars, planes and on boats; on floors and beds; and in libraries, offices and museums.

　　這是一篇說明文，討論了nap(小睡，打盹)及睡眠充足的積極意義。這是一個(gè)被人們忽視或誤解已久的問題，作者試圖在文中糾正人們的錯(cuò)誤觀點(diǎn)。

　　1. It is commonly accepted in American society that too much sleep is ______ .

　　A) unreasonable B) criminal C) harmful D) costly

　　2. The research done by the Dement commission shows that Americans ______ .

　　A) don't like to take naps

　　B) are terribly worried about their national debt

　　C) sleep less than is good for them

　　D) have caused many industrial and traffic accidents

　　3. The purpose of this article is to ______ .

　　A) warn us of the wickedness of napping

　　B) explain the danger of sleepiness

　　C) discuss the side effects of napping

　　D) convince the reader of the necessity of napping

　　4. The "American sleep debt"( Line 1, Para. 3) is the result of ______ .

　　A) the traditional misconception the Americans have about sleep

　　B) the new sleep policy of the Clinton Administration

　　C) the rapid development of American industry

　　D) the Americans' worry about the danger of sleepiness

　　5. The second sentence of the last paragraph tells us that it is ______ .

　　A) preferable to have a sound sleep before a night shift

　　B) good practice to eat something light before we go to bed

　　C) essential to make up for cost sleep

　　D) natural to take a nap whenever we feel the need for it

　　參考答案及解析

　　1、[答案及分析]：[A]事實(shí)辨認(rèn)題。美國(guó)社會(huì)中被普遍接受的觀點(diǎn)是過多的睡眠具有下列哪個(gè)特征。A項(xiàng)意為“不合理的”，B項(xiàng)意為“有罪的”，C項(xiàng)意為“有害的”，D項(xiàng)意為“代價(jià)高的”。根據(jù)第一段第一句和最后一句可知A恰當(dāng)。因?yàn)槊绹?guó)人認(rèn)為“nature requires seven”(生物本能需要7個(gè)小時(shí))。

　　2、　[答案及分析]：[C]事實(shí)辨認(rèn)題。問Dement Commission所做的研究表明了下列哪項(xiàng)事實(shí)。第三段說：去年，一個(gè)由Dement領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的國(guó)際委員會(huì)認(rèn)為存在“美國(guó)人的睡眠欠債”，其中一個(gè)委員會(huì)成員認(rèn)為該欠債跟國(guó)債一樣重大。委員會(huì)很關(guān)注睡眠不足的危險(xiǎn)……。顯而易見C項(xiàng)正確。

　　3、[答案及分析]：[D]主旨題。問這篇文章的目的是什么。本文的主要內(nèi)容是闡述napping的重要性，必要性。

　　4、[答案及分析]：[A]歸納事實(shí)題。問“美國(guó)人的睡眠欠債”是由下列何種原因造成的。文章在第一段開頭就回答了這個(gè)問題：美國(guó)社會(huì)對(duì)napping持反對(duì)態(tài)度。第二段直接明了地對(duì)此作出評(píng)價(jià)：wrong.所以，毫無疑問正確答案為A。

　　5、[答案及分析]：[D]歸納事實(shí)題。問最后一段第二句話告訴了我們什么。最后一段第二句的意思是：不論是什么時(shí)候，什么地方，只要我們覺得有必要，就可以小寐片刻。D意為：當(dāng)我們覺得需要小睡片刻是很自然的事。與文章原意吻合，所以D項(xiàng)正確。

　　CET4閱讀理解練習(xí)題第二篇

　　Violin prodigies (神童), I learned, have come in distinct waves from distinct regions. Most of the great performers if the late 19th and early 20th centuries were born and brought up in Russia and Eastern Europe. I asked Isaac Stern, one of the world's greatest violinists the reason for this phenomenon. "It is very clear," he told me. "They were all Jews(猶太人) and Jews at the time were severely oppressed and ill treated in that part of the world. They were not allowed into the professional fields, but they were allowed to achieve excellence on a concert stage. " As a result, every Jewish parent's dream was to have a child in the music school because it was a passport to the West. ?

　　Another element in the emergence of prodigies, I found, is a society that values

　　excellence in a certain field to nurture (培育) talent. Nowadays, the most nurturing societies seem to be in the Far East. "In Japan, a most competitive society, with stronger discipline than ours. " says Isaac Stem, children are ready to test their limits every day in many fields, including music. When Western music came to Japan after World War Ⅱ, that music not only became part of their daily lives, but it became a discipline as well. The Koreans and Chinese as we know, are just as highly motivated as the Japanese. ?

　　That's a good thing, because even prodigies must work hard. Next to hard work,

　　biological inheritance plays an important role in the making of a prodigy. J. S. Bach, for example, was the top of several generations of musicians, and four of his sons had significant careers in music.

　　這是一篇說明文，以演奏小提琴的神童為何在19世紀(jì)末和20世紀(jì)初的俄國(guó)和東歐出現(xiàn)和最多為例，說明了導(dǎo)致神童產(chǎn)生的原因。

　　1.Jewish parents in Eastern Europe longed for their children to attend music school

　　because ______ .

　　A) it would allow them access to a better life in the West

　　B) Jewish children are born with excellent musical talent

　　C) they wanted their children to enter into the professional field

　　D) it would enable the family to get better treatment in their own country

　　2.Nurturing societies as mentioned in the passage refer to societies that ______ .

　　A) enforce strong discipline on students who want to achieve excellence

　　B) treasure talent and provide opportunities for its full development

　　C) encourage people to compete with each other

　　D) promise talented children high positions

　　3.Japan is described in the passage as a country that attaches importance to ______ .

　　A) all-round development. B) the learning of Western music

　　C) strict training of children D) variety in academic studies

　　4.Which of the following contributes to the emergence of musical prodigies according to the passage?

　　A) A natural gift. B) Extensive knowledge of music. C) Very early training. D) A prejudice-free society.

　　5.Which of the following titles best summarises the main idea of the passage?

　　A) Jewish Contribution to Music. B) Training of Musicians in the World C) Music and Society D) The Making of Prodigies

　　參考答案及解析

　　1、[答案及分析]：[A]事實(shí)辨認(rèn)題。問為什么在東歐的猶太父母希望他們的孩子進(jìn)音樂學(xué)校文章第一段對(duì)此作了明確回答：那時(shí)候猶太人在那些地方受到壓迫和歧視。他們不被允許進(jìn)入諸如醫(yī)生、律師等職業(yè)領(lǐng)域，但允許在音樂舞臺(tái)表現(xiàn)出色。因此，每個(gè)猶太父母都?jí)粝胱尯⒆舆M(jìn)入音樂學(xué)校，因?yàn)槟鞘峭ㄍ�西方的護(hù)照。理解了這些內(nèi)容后，顯而易見答案為A項(xiàng)。

　　2、[答案及分析]：[B]句意理解題。問文章中提到的nurturing societies指的是一種什么樣的社會(huì)。文章中論及nurturing societies(培養(yǎng)天才的社會(huì))的內(nèi)容在第二段。第二段第一句就是nurturing society的定義：a society that values excellence in a certain field and is able to nurture talent.A項(xiàng)意思與此相同，不過是換了一種提法而已。

　　3、[答案及分析]：[C]歸納事實(shí)題。問文中認(rèn)為日本是一個(gè)重視下列哪項(xiàng)事情的國(guó)家。A項(xiàng)意為“全方位發(fā)展”。B項(xiàng)表示“學(xué)習(xí)西方音樂”。C項(xiàng)是“對(duì)孩子的嚴(yán)格訓(xùn)練”。D項(xiàng)意為“學(xué)術(shù)研究的豐富多樣性”。文章第二段說：“In Japan,a most competitive society with stronger discipline than ours,children are ready to test their limits every day in many fields.”據(jù)此不難判斷出C正確。

　　4、[答案及分析]：[A]事實(shí)辨認(rèn)題。問文章認(rèn)為下列哪項(xiàng)有助于音樂神童的出現(xiàn)。文章第三段說：“Next to hard work,biological inheritance plays an important role in the making of a prodigy(除了勤奮，遺傳因素在天才的成長(zhǎng)中起著重要作用)”。A natural gift的意思跟biological inheritance相同，所以A正確。

　　5、[答案及分析]：[D]主旨題。問下列哪個(gè)標(biāo)題最能概括本文的主要思想。全文主要講的是形成天才的因素，所以D項(xiàng)合適。