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2006年12月大学英语四级考试

Passageone

ReachingnewpeaksofpopularityinNorthAmericaisIcebergWater,whichisharvestedfromicebergsoffthecoastofNewfoundland,Canada.

ArthurvonWiesenberger,whocarriesthetitleWaterMaster,isoneofthefewwatercriticsinNorthAmerica.Asaboy,hespenttimeinthelargercitiesofItaly,FranceandSwitzerland,wherebottledwaterisconsumeddaily.Eventhen,hekeptawaterjournal,notingthebrandshelikedbest.“Mydogcouldtellthedifferencebetweenbottledandtapwater,”Hesays.

Butisplaintapwaterallthatbad?

Notatall.Infact,NewYork’smunicipalwaterformorethanacenturywascalledthechampagneoftapwateranduntilrecentlyconsideredamongthebestintheworldintermsofbothtasteandpurity.Similarly,amagazineinEnglandfoundthattapwaterfromtheThamesRivertastedbetterthanseveralleadingbrandsofbottledwaterthatwere400timesmoreexpensive.

Nevertheless,soft-drinkcompaniesviewbottledwaterasthenextbattle-groundformarketshare—thisdespitethefactthatover25percentofbottledwatercomesfromtapwater:

PepsiCo’sAquafinaandCoca-Cola’sDasaniarebothpurifiedtapwaterratherthanspringwater.

Asdinersthirstforleadingbrands,bottlersandrestaurateurssalivate（垂涎）overtheprofits.Arestaurant’stypicalmark-uponwineis100to150percent,whereasonbottledwaterit’soften300to500percent.Butsincewaterismuchcheaperthanwine,andmanyofthefancierbrandsaren’tavailableinstores,mostdinersdon’tnoticeorcare.

Asaresult,somerestaurantsareturningupthepressuretosellbottledwater.AccordingtoanarticleinTheStreetJournal,someofthemoreshamelesstacticsincludeplacingattractivebottlesonthetableforavisualsell,listingbrandsonthemenuwithoutprices,andpouringbottledwaterwithoutevenaskingthedinersiftheywantit.

Regardlessofhowit’ssold,thepopularityofbottledwatertapsintoourdesireforbetterhealth,ourwishtoappearcultivated,andevenalongingforlostpurity.

57.WhatdoweknowaboutIcebergWaterfromthepassage?

A）Itisakindoficedwater.

B）Itisjustplaintapwater.

C）Itisakindofbottledwater.

D）Itisakindofmineralwater.（C）

58.Bysaying“Mydogcouldtellthedifferencebetweenbottledandtapwater”（Line4Para.2）,vonWiesenbergerwantstoconveythemessagethat________.

A）plaintapwateriscertainlyunfitfordrinking

B）bottledwaterisclearlysuperiortotapwater

C）bottledwateroftenappealsmoretodogstaste

D）dogscanusuallydetectafinedifferenceintaste（B）

59.The“fancierbrands”（Line3Para.5）refersto________.

A）tapwaterfromtheThamesRiver

B）famouswinesnotsoldinordinarystores

C）PepsiCo’sAquafinaandCoca-Cola’sDasani

D）expensivebottledwaterwithimpressivenames（D）

60.Whyaresomerestaurantsturningupthepressuretosellbottledwater?

A）Bottledwaterbringsinhugeprofits.

B）Competitionfromthewineindustryisintense.

C）Mostdinersfindbottledwateraffordable.

D）Bottledwatersatisfieddiners’desiretofashionable.（A）

61.Accordingtopassage,whyisbottledwatersopopular?

A）Itismuchcheaperthanwine.

B）Itisconsideredhealthier.

C）Itappealstomorecultivatedpeople.

D）Itismorewidelypromotedinthemarket.（B）

PassageTwo

Aswehaveseen,thefocusofmedicalcareinoursocietyhasbeenshiftingfromcuringdiseasetopreventingdisease—especiallyintermsofchangingourmanyunhealthybehaviors,suchaspooreatinghabits,smoking,andfailuretoexercise.Thelineofthoughtinvolvedinthisshiftcanbepursuedfurther.Imagineapersonwhoisabouttherightweight,butdoesnoteatverynutritious（有营养的）foods,whofeelsOKbutexercisesonlyoccasionally,whogoestoworkeveryday,butisnotanoutstandingworker,whodrinksafewbeersathomemostnightsbutdoesnotdrivewhiledrunk,andwhohasnochestpainsorabnormalbloodcounts,butsleepsalotandoftenfeelstired.Thispersonisnotill.Hemaynotevenbeatriskforanyparticulardisease.Butwecanimaginethatthispersoncouldbealothealthier.

Thefieldofmedicinehasnottraditionallydistinguishedbetweensomeonewhoismerely“notill”andsomeonewhoisinexcellenthealthandpaysattentiontothebody’sspecialneeds.Bothtypeshavesimplybeencalled“well.”Inrecentyears,however,somehealthspecialistshavebeguntoapplytheterms“well”and“wellness”onlytothosewhoareactivelystrivingtomaintainandimprovetheirhealth.Peoplewhoarewellareconcernedwithnutritionandexercise,andtheymakeapointofmonitoringtheirbody’scondition.Mostimportant,perhaps,peoplewhoarewelltakeactiveresponsibilityforallmattersrelatedtotheirhealth.Evenpeoplewhohaveaphysicaldiseaseorhandicap（缺陷）maybe“well,”inthisnewsense,iftheymakeanefforttomaintainthebestpossiblehealththeycaninthefaceoftheirphysicallimitations.“Wellness”mayperhapsbestbeviewednotasastatethatpeoplecanachieve,butasanidealthatpeoplecanstrivefor.Peoplewhoarewellarelikelytobebetterabletoresistdiseaseandtofightdiseasewhenitstrikes.Andbyfocusingattentiononhealthywaysofliving,theconceptofwellnesscanhaveabeneficialimpactonthewaysinwhichpeoplefacethechallengesofdailylife.

62.Todaymedicalcareisplacingmorestresson________.

A）keepingpeopleinahealthyphysicalcondition

B）monitoringpatients’bodyfunctions

C）removingpeople’sbadlivinghabits

D）ensuringpeople’spsychologicalwell-being（C）

63.Inthefirstparagraph,peopleareremindedthat________.

A）goodhealthismorethannotbeingill

B）drinking,evenifnottoexcess,couldbeharmful

C）regularhealthchecksareessentialtokeepingfit

D）preventionismoredifficultthancure（B）

64.Traditionally,apersonisconsidered“well”ifhe________.

A）doesnothaveanyunhealthylivinghabits

B）doesnothaveanyphysicalhandicaps

C）isabletohandlehisdailyroutines

D）isfreefromanykindofdisease（D）

65.Accordingtotheauthor,thetruemeaningof“wellness”isforpeople________.

A）tobestsatisfytheirbody’sspecialneeds

B）tostrivetomaintainthebestpossiblehealth

C）tomeetthestricteststandardsofbodilyhealth

D）tokeepaproperbalancebetweenworkandleisure（B）

66.Accordingtowhattheauthoradvocates,whichofthefollowinggroupsofpeoplewouldbeconsideredhealthy?

A）Peoplewhohavestrongmusclesaswellasslimfigures.

B）Peoplewhoarenotpresentlyexperiencinganysymptomsofdisease.

C）Peoplewhotrytobeaspossible,regardlessoftheirlimitations.

D）Peoplewhocanrecoverfromillnessevenwithoutseekingmedicalcare.（C）

87.Specialistsininterculturalstudiessaythatitisnoteasyto________（适应不同文化中的生活）.

88.SincemychildhoodIhavefoundthat________（没有什么比读书对我更有吸引力）.

89.Thevictim________（本来会有机会活下来）ifhehadbeentakentohospitalintime.

90.Somepsychologistsclaimthatpeople________（出门在外时可能会感到孤独）.

91.Thenation’spopulationcontinuestorise________（以每年1200万人的速度）.

2006年12月四级答案

57.C）58.B）59.D）60A61B62.C）63.A）64.D）65.B）66.C）

87.adapttolivesindifferentcultures/adapt（oneself）tolivingindifferentcultures

88.nothingismoreattractive/appealingtomethanreading

89.wouldhave/standachancetosurvive

90.mayfeellonelywhentheyareawayfromhome

91.ataspeedof12millionpeopleperyear

2007年6月21日大学英语四级考试

Passageone

I’vebeenwritingformostofmylife.ThebookWritingWithoutTeachersintroducedmetoonedistinctionandonepracticethathashelpedmywritingprocessestremendously.Thedistinctionisbetweenthecreativemindandthecriticalmind.Whileyouneedtoemploybothtogettoafinishedresult,theycannotworkinparallelnomatterhowmuchwemightliketothinkso.

Tryingtocriticizewritingontheflyispossiblythesinglegreatestbarriertowritingthatmostofusencounter.Ifyouarelisteningtothat5thgradeEnglishteachercorrectyourgrammarwhileyouaretryingtocaptureafleeting（稍纵即逝的）thought,thethoughtwilldie.Ifyoucapturethefleetingthoughtandsimplyshareitwiththeworldinrawform,nooneislikelytounderstand.Youmustlearntocreatefirstandthencriticizeifyouwanttomakewritingthetoolforthinkingthatitis.

ThepracticethatcanhelpyoupastyourlearnedbadhabitsoftryingtoeditasyouwriteiswhatElbowcalls“freewriting.”Infreewriting,theobjectiveistogetwordsdownonpapernon-stop,usuallyfor15-20minutes.Nostopping,nogoingback,nocriticizing.Thegoalistogetthewordsflowing.Asthewordsbegintoflow,theideaswillcomefromtheshadowsandletthemselvesbecapturedonyournotepadoryourscreen.

Nowyouhaverawmaterialsthatyoucanbegintoworkwithusingthecriticalmindthatyou’vepersuadedtositonthesideandwatchquietly.Mostlikely,youwillbelievethatthiswilltakemoretimethanyouactuallyhaveandyouwillendupstaringblanklyatthepagesasthedeadlinedrawsnear.

Insteadofstaringatablankstartfillingitwithwordsnomatterhowbad.Halfwaythroughyouavailabletime,stopandreworkyourrawwritingintosomethingclosertofinishedproduct.Movebackandforthuntilyourunoutoftimeandthefinalresultwillmostlikelybefarbetterthanyourcurrentpractices.

57.Whentheauthorsaysthecreativemindandthecriticalmind“cannotworkinparallel”（Line4,Para.1）inthewritingprocess,hemeans________.

A）noonecanbebothcreativeandcritical

B）theycannotberegardedasequallyimportant

C）theyareinconstantconflictwitheachother

D）onecannotusethematthesametime（D）

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