公共英语四级考试试题十三Word文档下载推荐.docx

1、Yet more and more, especially in our larger cities and suburbs, these inner restraints are loosening. Your typical robber has none. He considers your property his property; he takes what he wants, including your life if you make him very angry.The main cause of this breakdown is a radical shift in a

2、ttitudes. Thirty years ago, if a crime was committed, society was considered the victim. Now, in a shocking reversal, its the criminal who is considered victimized: by his underprivileged upbringing, by the school that didnt teach him to read, by the church that failed to teach him with moral guidan

3、ce, by the parents who didnt provide a stable home.I dont believe it. Many others in equally disadvantaged circumstances choose not to engage in criminal activities. If we free the criminal, even partly, from accountability, we become a society of endless excuses where no one accepts responsibility

4、for anything.We desperately need more people who believe that the person who commits a crime is the one responsible for it.The key point of the passage is that _.A stricter discipline should be maintained in schools and familiesB more good examples should be set for people to followC more restrictio

5、ns should be imposed on peoples behaviorD more people should accept the value of accountability【正确答案】：D【本题分数】：1.0分【答案解析】解析：文章主要讲在我们的价值观领域，缺少责任感。在大城市里，人们的自制力越来越差。如今人们对待罪犯的态度也与以往不同，他们不是责备罪犯，而是责备社会。因此，作者极力主张让应该承担责任的人来承担责任，在价值观上，更多的人应该接受责任感。第2题 What the wise man said suggests that _.A its unnecessary fo

6、r good people to do anything in face of evilB its certain that evil will prevail if good men do nothing about itC its only natural for virtue to defeat evilD its desirable for good men to keep away from evilBThe only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing邪恶能得逞的惟一原因就是好人

7、袖手旁观。第3题 Compared with those small towns, people in large cities have _.A less serf-disciplineB better sense of disciplineC more mutual respectD less effective governmentA由文章第七段第一句Yet more and more, especially in our larger cities and suburbs, these inner restraints are loosening可知。故应选A。第4题 Accordin

8、g to the author, if a person is found guilty of a crime, _.A society is to be held responsibleB modern civilization is responsible for itC the criminal himself should bear the blameD the standards of living should be improvedC由文章最后一句We desperately need more people who believe that the person who com

9、mits a crime is the one responsible for it可知。故应选C。第5题 The writer is sorry to have noticed that _.A people in large cities tend to excuse criminalsB people in small towns stir stick to old discipline and standardsC todays society lacks sympathy for people in difficultyD people in disadvantaged circum

10、stances are engaged in criminal activities由文章第八、九段可知，大城市的人们对罪犯改变了态度，转而同情他们，作者对此并不赞同。第6题 Will people ever tame the destructive, often deadly hurricane? Either scientists or meteorologists do not yet understand the forces that generate a hurricane, but perhaps with study and time they can learn to con

11、trol these enormous storms. One important study project is called Hurricane Strike. This project studies the huge Storms that do harm to thousands of people and destroy property worth millions of dollars. Scientists in this project are trying to learn more about hurricanes, especially the speed and

12、direction of the winds. Then people living in the path of a hurricane can protect themselves and their belongings.Dr. Robert Sheets, the chief forecaster at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, explained the importance of this information. When we post a hurricane warning for a part of the coast,

13、 he said, people spend about $8,000 per mile in preparation. If the hurricane does not strike land where we announced or posted warnings, then that money is wasted. But, even worse, the next time we put out a warning, the people might not pay attention to us. That is the reason for Project Hurricane

14、 Striketo increase the accuracy of the forecast. They need to predict where the storm will be twenty-four hours later.One hurricane, named Belle, made forecasters feel trouble. At first it appeared to be headed for Florida, so warnings were posted. However, the storm stayed at sea. Next, warnings we

15、re posted in Georgia and the Carolinas, but again it did not hit. In fact, Belle first hit the coast in New York. Millions and millions of dollars were spent on the preparation that was not needed.Dr. Sheets said, We received hundreds of letters. People couldnt understand how science could send peop

16、le to the moon but not predict a storms path. However, we still cant tell. The only way to find out about hurricanes is from inside them. Prediction is what Project Hurricane Strike is about, and that is part of the challenge that faces meteorologists.The other part of the challenge is controlling h

17、urricanes. Meteorologists work inside a hurricane by seeding the center eye with silver iodide. The silver iodide causes raindrops to form and fall over the ocean. Taking the water out of the clouds reduces the energy of the storm. So, the rotation of the storm decreases. The wind velocity also decr

18、eases. Meteorologists can sometimes use this method to bring a dangerous hurricane under control.Scientists have already seeded some hurricanes that were forming over the Atlantic Ocean. Some of these experiments were successful in decreasing wind speeds.It can be seen from the passage that the two

19、immediate goals of hurricane research are _.A enough time and moneyB preparation and warningsC prediction and controlD protecting people and their properties由第一段最后一句Then people living in the path of a hurricane can protect themselves and their be longings可知，研究飓风的直接目的是为了保卫人的生命和财产，故应选D。第7题 According t

20、o Dr. Sheets, the main danger of an error in hurricane prediction is that _.A seeding will prove to be a waste of time and moneyB people wont pay attention to predictions in the futureC money spent on preparation will be wastedD a hurricane may hit an economic center like New York由文章第二段第四句But, even

21、worse, the next time we put out a warning, the people might not pay attention to us可知。第8题 Hurricane Belle was noteworthy because _.A it didnt follow the path predicted by forecastersB it didnt move at the speed predicted by forecastersC it killed more people than any other hurricanesD it caused more

22、 damage than any other hurricanes由文章第三段可知，贝尔飓风的路线总与预测不符。第9题 The two factors concerning hurricanes that scientists most want to learn about are _.A conditions in the and conditions at the edgeB the forces that generate them and theft frequencyC the number of people injured and the amount of damage do

23、neD how fast and where they move由文章第一段倒数第二句. especially the sped and direction of the winds可知。第10题 The phrase seeding the center eye means _.A predicting a hurricanes path and speedB finding the place of origin of a hurricaneC scattering the center of a hurricaneD planting trees as wind-breaking in

24、a hurricanes path“seeding” the center“eye”意为“在中心部位散播东西（使飓风减弱）”，因此只有选项C“让飓风的中心部位扩散”合适。第11题 What difference does it make if we read texts displayed on a computer screen instead of on paper printed with ink? The computer certainly does not secure deeper comprehension, greater subtlety of mind, or a wid

25、er range of imaginative reference. The mediation of a computer, however, put new powers at the disposal of intelligence. The computer itself can do simple readingas I have noted, it can read an immense body of literature in search of designated words. As anyone knows who has ever spent days in libra

26、ries in search of errant information, simply identifying relevant sources absorbs inordinate amounts of time in research. The objection may be raised that a search of texts by computer may block the discoveries that occur while browsing in the stacks of great libraries. No member of the academy need fear that the use of a computer will keep him from the stacks, but browsing is easier if texts can be called up on a screen in the serenity of ones chosen s