阅读4级30篇带答案.docx

1、阅读4级30篇带答案1. Researchers have established that when people are mentally engaged, biochemical changes occur in the brain that allow it to act more effectively in cognitive (认知的) areas such as attention and memory. This is true regardless of age.People will be alert (警觉的) and receptive (接受能力强的) if the

2、y are faced with information that gets them to think about things they are interested in. And someone with a history of doing more rather than less will go into old age more cognitively sound than someone who has not had an active mind.Many experts are so convinced of the benefits of challenging the

3、 brain that they are putting the theory to work in their own lives. “The idea is not necessarily to learn to memorize enormous amounts of information,” says James Fozard, associate director of the National Institute on Aging. “Most of us dont need that kind of skill. Such specific training is of les

4、s interest than being able to maintain mental alertness.” Fozard and others say they challenge their brains with different mental skills, both because they enjoy them and because they are sure that their range of activities will help the way their brains work.Gene Cohen, acting director of the same

5、institute, suggests that people in their old age should engage in mental and physical activities individually as will as in groups. Cohen says that we are frequently advised to keep physically active as we age, but older people need to keep mentally active as well. Those who do are more likely to ma

6、intain their intellectual abilities and to be generally happier and better adjusted. “The point is, you need to do both,” Cohen says, “Intellectual activity actually influences brain-cell health and size.”1. People who are cognitively healthy are those _.A) who can remember large amounts of informat

7、ionB) who are highly intelligentC) whose minds are alert and receptiveD) who are good at recognizing different sounds2. According to Fozards argument, people can make their brains work more efficiently by _.A) constantly doing memory work B) taking part in various mental activitiesC) going through s

8、pecific training D) making frequent adjustments3. The findings of James and other scientists in their work _.A) remain a theory to be further provedB) have been challenged by many other peopleC) have been generally acceptedD) are practiced by the researchers themselves4. Older people are generally a

9、dvised to _.A) keep fit by going in for physical activitiesB) keep mental active by challenging their brainsC) maintain mental alertness through specific trainingD) maintain a balance between individual and group activities5. What is the passage mainly about?A) How biochemical changes occur in the h

10、uman brain.B) Why people should keep active not only physically but also mentally.C) How intellectual activities influence brain-cell health.D) Why people should receive specific mental training as they age.2. Britain almost more than any other country in the world must seriously face the problem of

11、 building upwards, that is to say of accommodating a considerable proportion of its population in high blocks of flats. It is said that the Englishman objects to this type of existence, but if the case is such, he does in fact differ from the inhabitants of most countries of the world today. In the

12、past our own blocks of flats have been associated with the lower-income groups and they have lacked the obvious provisions, such as central heating, constant hot water supple, electrically operated lifts from top to bottom, and so on, as well as such details, important notwithstanding (然而), as easy

13、facilities for disposal of dust and rubbish and storage places for baby carriages on the ground floor, playgrounds for children on the top of the buildings, and drying grounds for washing. It is likely that the dispute regarding flats versus individual houses will continue to rage on for a long time

14、 as far as Britain is concerned. And it is unfortunate that there should be hot feelings on both sides whenever this subject is raised. Those who oppose the building of flats base their case primarily on the assumption that everyone prefers an individual home and garden and on the high cost per unit

15、 of accommodation. The latter ignores higher cost of providing full services to the scattered community and the cost in both money and time of the journeys to work for the suburban resident.1. We can infer from the passage that _.A) English people, like most people in other countries, dislike living

16、 in flatsB) people in most countries of the world today are not opposed to living in flats.C) people in Britain are forced to move into high blocks of flatsD) modern flats still fail to provide the necessary facilities for living2. What is said about the blocks of flats built in the past in Britain?

17、A) They were mostly inhabited by people who did not earn much.B) They were usually not large enough to accommodate big families.C) They were sold to people before necessary facilities were installed.D) They provided playgrounds for children on the top of the building.3. The word “rage” (Line 12) mea

18、ns “_”.A) be ignored B) develop with great force C) encourage people greatly D) be in fashion4. Some people opposed the building of flats because _.A) the living expenses for each individual family are higherB) it involves higher cost compared with the building of housesC) they believe people like t

19、o live in houses with gardensD) the disposal of rubbish remains a problem for those living in flats5. The author mentions that people who live in suburban house _.A) do not have access to easy facilities because they live away from the cityB) have to pay a lot of money to employ people to do service

20、 workC) take longer time to know each other because they are a scattered communityD) have to spend more money and time traveling to work every day.3.Statuses are marvelous human inventions that enable us to get along with one another and to determine where we “fit” in society. As we go about our eve

21、ryday lives, we mentally attempt to place people in terms of their statuses. For example, we must judge whether the person in the library is a reader or a librarian, whether the telephone caller is a friend or a salesman, whether the unfamiliar person on our property is a thief or a meter reader, an

22、d so on.The statuses we assume often vary with the people we encounter, and change throughout life. Most of us can, at very high speed, assume the statuses that various situations require. Much of social interaction consists of identifying and selecting among appropriate statuses and allowing other

23、people to assume their statuses in relation to us. This means that we fit our actions to those of other people based on a constant mental process of appraisal and interpretation. Although some of us find the task more difficult than others, most of us perform it rather effortlessly.A status has been

24、 compared to ready-made clothes. Within certain limits, and buyer can choose style and fabric. But an American is not free to choose the costume (服装) of a Chinese peasant or that of a Hindu prince. We must choose from among the clothing presented by our society. Furthermore, our choice is limited to

25、 a size that will fit, as well as by our pocketbook (钱包). Having made a choice within these limits we can have certain alterations made, but apart from minor adjustment, we tend to be limited to what the stores have on their racks. Statuses too come ready made, and the range of choice among them is

26、limited.1. In the first paragraph, the writer tells us that statuses can help us _.A) determine whether a person is fit for a certain jobB) behave appropriately in relation to other peopleC) protect ourselves in unfamiliar situationsD) make friends with other people2. According to the writer, people

27、 often assume different statuses _.A) in order to identify themselves with others B) in order to better identify othersC) as their mental processes change D) as the situation changes3. The word “appraisal” (Line 5, Para.2) most probably means “_”.A) involvement B) appreciation C) assessment D) prese

28、ntation4. In the last sentence of the second paragraph, the pronoun “it” refers to “_”.A) fitting our actions to those of other people appropriatelyB) identification of other peoples statusesC) selecting ones own statusesD) constant mental process5. By saying that “an American is not free to choose

29、the costume of a Chinese peasant or that of a Hindu prince” (Lines 2-3, Para.3) the writer means _.A) different people have different styles of clothesB) ready-made clothes may need alterationsC) statuses come ready made just like clothes D) our choice of statuses in limited4.Many a young person tel

30、ls me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people, but I also explain that theres big difference between “being a writer” and writing. In most cases these individuals are dreaming of wealth and fame, not the long hours alone at a typewriter. “Youve got to want to write,” I say to them, “

31、not want to be a writer.”The reality is that writing is a lonely, private and poor-paying affair. For every writer kissed by fortune there are thousands more whose longing is never rewarded. When I left a 20-year career in the U. S. Coast Guard to become a freelance writer (自由撰稿人), I had no prospect

32、s at all. What I did have was a friend who found me my room in a New York apartment building. It didnt even matter that it was cold and had no bathroom. I immediately bought a used manual typewriter and felt life a genuine writer.After a year or so, however, I still hadnt gotten a break and began to doubt myself. It was so hard to sell a story that barely made enough to eat. But I knew I wanted to write. I had dreamed about it for y