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大学英语四级阅读模拟题

2015大学英语四级阅读模拟题

强化训练一

Directions:

Inthispart,youwillhave15minutestogooverthepassagequicklyandanswerthequestionsonAnswerSheet1.

Forquestions1-7,mark

Y（forYES）ifthestatementagreeswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage;

N（forNO）ifthestatementcontradictstheinformationgiveninthepassage;

NG（forNOTGIVEN）iftheinformationisnotgiveninthepassage.

Forquestions8-10,completethesentenceswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage.

HowtoGetaGreatIdea

Theguestshadarrived,andthewinewaswarm.Onceagain,I'dforgottentorefrigerateit."Don'tworry,"afriendsaid,"Icanchillitforyoufightaway."

Fiveminuteslatersheemergedfromthekitchenwiththewineperfectlycooled.Askedtorevealhersecret,shesaid,"Easy.Ipouredthewineinaplasticbagandthendippeditinicewater.Afterafewminutesthewinewascold.Thehardpartwasgettingitbackintobottle.Icouldn'tfindafunnel（漏斗）,soImadeaconewithwaxpaper."

Myguestsapplauded."Howwonderfulifwecouldallbethatclever,"oneremarked.

Adecadeofresearchhasconvincedmewecan.WhatseparatestheaveragepersonfromEdison,PicassoorevenShakespeareisn'tcreativecapacity--it'stheabilitytousethatcapacitybyencouragingcreativeimpulsesandthenactinguponthem.Mostofusseldomachieveourcreativepotential.IthinkIknowwhy,andIcanhelpunlockthereservoirofideashidingwithineveryoneofus.

OnepuzzleI'vewatchedstudentsdealwithisretrievingaPing-Pongballthathasfallentothebottomofasealed,verticaldrainpipe.Thetoolsthattheycanuseareeithertooshorttoreachtheballortoowidetofitintothepipe,whichisalsotoonarrowtoreachintobyhand.Atlastsomestudentsmaketheconnection:

drainpipe=water=floating.Theypourwaterdownthehole,andtheballfloatstothetop.

Thisandmanyotherexperimentssuggestconcretewaysofincreasingcreativityinallofus.Herearethebesttechniques.

Capturethefleeting.Agoodideaislikearabbit.Itrunsbysofastthatsometimesyouseeonlyitsearsortail.Tocaptureit,youmustbeready.Creativepeoplearealwaysreadytoact,andthatmayhatheonlydifferencebetweenusandthem.

PoetAmyLowellwroteoftheurgencywithwhichshecapturednewideas,"Whatever1amdoing,Ilayitasideandattendtothearrivingpoem,"shewrote.Likemanyotherwriters,Lowellsoughtpaperandpencilwhenshesawagoodideacoming.Ienternewideasintoapocketcomputer.Anything--evenanapkin--windo.

Inalettertoafriendin1821,LudwigvanBeethoventalkedabouthowhethoughtofabeautifultunewhiledozingincarriage."ButscarcelydidIawakewhenawayflewthetune,"hewrote,"andIcouldnotrecallanypartofit.'Fortunately--forBeethovenandforus--thenextdayinthesamecarriage,thetunecamebacktohim,andthistimehecaptureditinwriting.

Whenagoodideacomesyourway,writeitdown--onyourarmifnecessary.Noteveryideawillhavevalue,ofcourse.Thepointistocapturefirstandevaluatethemlater.

Daydream.SurrealistDaliusedtolieonasofa,holdingaspoon.Justashebegantofallasleep.Daliwoulddropthespoonontoaplateonthefloor.Thesoundshockedhimawake,andhewouldimmediatelysketchtheimageshehadseeninhismindinthatfertileworldofsemi-sleep.

Everyoneexperiencesthisstrangestate,andeveryonecantakeadvantageofit.TryDali'strick,orjustallowyourselftodaydream.Formany,the"threeb's"--bed,bathandbus--areproductive.There,andanywhereelseyoucanbewithyourthoughtsundisturbed,you'llfindthatideasemergingfreely.

Seekchallenges.Whenyou'restuckbehindalockeddoor,everybehaviorthat'severgottenyoufreeturnsupquickly:

youmaypushorpullontheknob,bangthedoor--evenshoutforhelp.Scientistscalltherehappeningofoldbehaviorsinachallengingsituationresurgence.Themorebehaviorsthatreappear,thegreaterthenumberofpossibleinterconnections,andthemorelikelythatnewideaswilloccur.

Tryinvitingfriendsandbusinessassociationsfromdifferentareasofyourlifetoaparty.Bringpeopleoftwoorthreegenerationstogether.Thiswillgetyouthinkinginnewways.

EdwinLand,oneofAmerica'smostprolificinventors,saidthattheideathatledtohisinventionofthePolaroidcameracamefromhisthree-year-olddaughter.OnavisittoSantaFein1943,sheaskedwhyshecouldn'tseethepicturehehadjusttaken.Duringthenexthour,asLandwalkedaroundSantaFe,allhehadlearnedaboutchemistrycametogether,withamazingresults.SaidLand,"Thecameraandthefilmbecamecleartome.InmymindtheyweresorealthatIspentseveralhoursdescribingthem."

Putnewandcrazyitems--likekid'stoys--onyourdesk.Turnpicturesupsidedownorsideways.Themoredetersivethestimulationswereceive,themorerapidlythemindproducesnewideas.

Expandyourworld.Manydiscoveriesinsciences,engineeringandtheartsmixideasfromdifferentfields.Consider"TheTwo-StringProblem".Twowidelyseparatedstringshangfromaceiling.Eventhoughyoucan'treachbothatonce,isitpossibletotietheirendstogether,usingonlyapairofpliers?

Onecollegestudentfoundthesolutionalmostimmediately.Hetiedtheplierstoonestringandsetitinmotionlikeapendulum（钟摆）.Asitswungbackandforth,hewalkedquicklytotheotherstringanddrewitasfarforwardasitwouldreach.Thenhecaughttheswingingstringwhenitpassednearhimandtiedthetwoends.

Askedhowhehadsolvedtheproblem,thestudentexplainedhehadjustcomefromaphysicsclassonpendulummotion.Whathehadlearnedinonecontexttransferredtoacompletelydifferentone.

Thisprincipleworksoutsidethelabaswell.Toenhanceyourcreativity,learnsomethingnew.Ifyou'reabanker,takeuptapdancing.Ifyou'reanurse,tryacourseinmythology.Readabookonasubjectyouknowlittleabout.Changeyourdailynewspaper.Thenewwillinterconnectwiththeoldinnovelandpotentiallyfascinatingways.Becomingmorecreativeisreallyjustamatterofpayingattentiontothatendlessflowofideasyouproduce,andlearningtocaptureandactuponthenewthat'swithinyou.

1.Theauthorbelievesthatthosewhohavecreativecapacityareusuallygreatfigures.

2.TheexampleofthestudentsgettingthePing-Pongballprovesthatstudentsaremorecreativethanaveragepeople.

3.TheexamplesofAmyLowellandBeethoventellusthatweshouldwritedownagoodideaimmediatelyasitmayeasilydisappear.

4.Daydreamingcanbeagoodwayofrealizingone'screativepotential.

5.Peoplefacingchallengesareunlikelytoachievecreativeideas.

6.SalvadorDaliisafamoussurrealistpainter,whoseworksarehighlycontroversialfromthemodernismorevenpost-modernismperspective.

7.Toenhancecreativity,peopleshouldalwayslearnsomethingnew.

8.ThesuccessofEdison,PicassoorevenShakespeareliesontheirabilitytoratherthanmerecreativecapacity.

9.Theauthorbelievesthatmanydiscoveriesinscience,engineeringandtheartsmixideasfrom______.

10.Learntobemorecreativeisjustamatteroffocusingontheendlessflowofideasyouproduce,andlearningto______thenewthat'swithinyou.

试题详解

1．N由题干中的关键词creativecapacity定位到文章第四段第二句：

WhatseparatestheaveragepersonfromEdison，PicassoorevenShakespeareisn'tcreativecapacity--it'stheabilitytousethatcapacitybyencouragingcreativeimpulsesandthenactinguponthem，作者认为普通人也有创造力，与题目意思不同。

由此得出题目说法错误。

2．N由题干中的关键词Ping-Pongball定位到文章第五段，再根据第六段首句Thisandmanyotherexperimentssuggestconcretewaysofincreasingcreativityinallofus可知，作者认为人们同样有创造力，与题目意思不同，由此得出题目说法错误。

3．Y由题于中的关键词AmyLowell和Beethoven定位到第一个小标题的末段：

Whensgoodideacomesyourway，writeitdown--onyourarmifnecessary．

Noteveryideawillhavevalue，ofcourse．Thepointistocapturefirstandevaluatethemlater。

题目是原文的同义替换，由此得出题目说法正确。

4．Y由题干中的关键词daydreaming定位到第二个小标题第二段首尾两句：

Everyoneexperiencesthisstrangestate，andeveryonecantakeadvantageofit．．．

There，andanywhereelseyoucanbewithyourthoughtsundisturbed，you'llfindthatideasemergingfreely，题目是原文的同义替换，由此得出题目说法正确。

5．N由题于中的关键词peoplefacingchallenges定位到第三个小标题末段末句：

Themoredetersivethestimulationswereceive，themorerapidlythemindproducesnewideas，题目认为面对挑战的人不可能产生创造性的想法，与原文不同，由此得出题目说法错误。

6．NG由题干中的关键词Dali定位到第二个小标题首段，但题目巾的内容在文章中并未提及。

7．Y由题干中的关键词enhancetheircreativity定位到文章末段第二句：

Toenhanceyourcreativity,learnsomethingnew，与题目意思相同，由此得出题目说法正确。

8．encouragecreativeimpulsesandthen（to）actuponthem

由题干中的关键词Edison，PicassoorevenShakespeare定位到文章第四段第二句：

WhatseparatestheaveragepersonfromEdison，PicassoorevenShakespeareisn'tcreativecapacity--it'stheabilitytousethatcapacitybyencouragingcreativeimpulsesandthenactinguponthem，由此得出答案。

9．differentfields

由题干中的关键词discoveriesinscience，engineeringandthearts定位到第四个小标题下面首段首句：

Manydiscoveriesinsciences，engineeringandtheartsmixideasfromdifferentfields，由此得出答案。

10．captureandactupon

由题干中的关键词bemorecreative定位到文章尾句：

Becomingmorecreativeisreallyjustamatterofpayingattentiontothatendlessflowofideasyouproduce，andlearningtocaptureandactuponthenewthat'swithinyou，由此得出答案。

强化训练二

Directions:

Inthispart,youwillhave15minutestogooverthepassagequicklyandanswerthequestionsonAnswerSheet1.

Forquestions1-7.mark

Y（forYES）ifthestatementagreeswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage;

N（forNO）ifthestatementcontradictstheinformationgiveninthepassage;

NG（forNOTGIVEN）iftheinformationisnotgiveninthepassage.

Forquestions8-10,completethesentenceswiththeinformationgiveninthe