cet4阅读理解word范文模板 22页Word下载.docx

cet4阅读理解word范文模板 22页Word下载.docx

《cet4阅读理解word范文模板 22页Word下载.docx》由会员分享，可在线阅读，更多相关《cet4阅读理解word范文模板 22页Word下载.docx（16页珍藏版）》请在冰豆网上搜索。

201X年英语四级阅读附答案

SectionA

Directions：

Inthissection,thereisapassagewithtenblanks.Youarerequiredtoselectoneword

foreachblankfromalistofchoicesgiveninawordbankfollowingthepassage.Readthepassage

throughcarefullybeforemakingyourchoices.Eachchoiceinthebankisidentifiedbyaletter.

PleasemarkthecorrespondingletterforeachitemonAnswerSheet2withasinglelinethrough

thecentre.Youmaynotuseanyofthewordsinthebankmorethanonce.

Fordecades,AmericanshavetakenforgrantedtheXXXXdevelopmentofnewtechnologies.

Theinnovations（创新）XXXXopmentduringWorldWarIIandafterwardswere（36）_____tothe

prosperityofthenationinthesecondhalfofthe20thcentury.Thoseinnovations,uponwhich

virtuallyallaspectsof（37）_____societynowdepend,werepossiblebecausetheUnitedStates

then（38）_____theworldinmathematicsandscienceeducation.Today,however,despite

increasingdemandforworkerswithstrongskillsinmathematicsandscience,the（39）_____of

degreesawardedinscience,math,andengineeringaredecreasing.Thedeelingindegree

productioninwhatarecalledtheSTEMdisciplines（science,technology,engineering,and

math.）seemstobe（40）_____relatedtothecomparativelyweakperformancebyU.S.

schoolchildrenoninternationalassessmentsofmathandscience.Manystudentsenteringcollege

haveweakskillsinmathematics.Accordingtothe201XreportoftheBusinessHigherEducation

Forum,22percentofcollegefreshmenmusttakeremediat（补习的）math（41）_____,andlessthan

halfofthestudentswhoplantomajorinscienceorengineering（42）_____completeamajorin

thosefields.

TheresulthasbeenadecreaseinthenumberofAmericancollegegraduateswhohavetheskills,

（43）_____inmathematics,topoweraworkforcethatcankeepthecountryattheforefront（前

言）ofinnovationandmaintainitsstandardofliving.Withthe（44）_____performanceofAmerican

studentsinmathandsciencehascomeincreasedcompetitionfromstudentsfromothercountries

thathavestronglysupportededucationintheseareas.Manymorestudentsearn（45）_____inthe

STEMdisciplinesindevelopingcountriesthanintheUnitedStates.A.accelerating

B.actuallyC.closelyD.contemporaryE.coursesF.criticalG.declining

H.degreesI.especiallyJ.futureK.ledL.metM.procedurs

N.proportionsO.sphetes

SectionB

Inthissection，youaregoingtoreadapassagewithtenstatementsattachedtoit.

Eachstatementcontainsinformationgiveninoneoftheparagraphs.Identifytheparagraphfrom

whichtheinformationisderived.Youmaychooseaparagraphmorethanonce.Eachparagraphis

markedwithaletter.AnswerthequestionsbymarkingthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2.

Bansugarydrinksthatwilladdfueltotheobesitywar

[A]OnatrainlastThursday,Isatoppositeamanwhowassofathefilledmorethanoneseat.

Hewaspaleanddisfiguredandlookedsicktodeath,whichheprobablywas:

obesity（肥胖

的）leadstomanynastywaysofdying.Lookingaroundthecarriage,Isawquiteafewpeoplelike

him,includingacoupleoffattychildrenwithswollencheckspressingagainsttheireyes.These

peoplearepartofwhatiswithoutexaggerationanepidemic（流行病）ofobesity.

[B]Butitisquiteunnecessary:

thereisasimpleidea-farfromnew-thatcouldsparemillionsof

suchpeoplealifetimeofchronic（长期的）illhealth,andatthesametimesavetheNationalHealth

Service（NHS）atleast￡14billionayearinEnglandandWales.Therewould,youmightthink,be

considerablepublicinterestinit.Thissimpleideaisthatsugarisasgood-orasbad-aspoisonand

shouldbeavoided.Itispure,whiteanddeadly,asProfessorJohnYudkindescribedit40yearsago

inarevolutionarybookofthatname.ThesubtitlewasHowSugarIsKillingUs.

[C]Initscountlesshiddenforms,inreadymeals,junkfoodandsweetdrinks,sugarleadsto

addiction（瘾）,tohormonalupsetstotheappetite,tometabolic（新陈代谢的）malfunctionsand

obesityandfromtheretotype2diabetes（糖尿病）anditsmanyhorriblecomplication.Ifpeople

reallygraspedthat,theywouldtrytokickthehabit,particularlyasBritainisthe―fatmanof

Europe‖.Theymightevenfeeldriventosupportgovernmentmeasurestopreventpeoplefrom

consumingthisdeadlystuff.Yetsofarthisideahasmetlittlebutresistance.

[D]Itisnotdifficulttoimaginethevestedinterests（既得利益集团）linedupagainstanysugar

control-allthefoodanddrinkmanufacturers,processors,promotersandretailerswhomakesuch

easypickingsoutofthemagicpowersofsugar.Thentherearetheliberals,withwhomIwould

normallyside,whoprotestthatgovernmentregulationwouldbeyetanotherinstanceof

interferenceinourlives.

[E]Thatistrue,butpeople