大学英语四级考试阅读技巧.docx

1、大学英语四级考试阅读技巧大学英语四级考试阅读技巧大学英语四级考试阅读技巧练习一主语从句解题技巧：对what 或that引导的主语从句的理解，作为复合句的主语都比较长，给理解带来一定的难度，这使与其他英语句子不同的地方。理解主语从句的关键在于辨别主语从句的内容和主句的谓语动词练习：I dont ever want to talk about being a woman scientist again. Therewaas a time in my life when people asked constantly for stories aboutwhat its like to work in

2、 a field dominated by men. I was never verygood at telling those stories becausetruthfully I never found theminteresting. What I do find interesting is the origin of the universe,the shape of space-time and the nature of black holes .Q: Why doesnt the author want to talk about being a woman scientis

3、t again?A. She feels unhappy working in male-dominated fields.B. She is fed up with the issue of gender discrimination.C. She is not good at telling stories of the kind.D. She finds space research more important.答案：D本段的意思使她不想谈论女性科学家，因为实在使没有意思。最后提到她真正感兴趣的空间时间的形成喝黑洞的本质等科学知识本身。主语从句What I do find intere

4、sting后的内容就是答案。 大学英语四级考试阅读技巧练习二三种答案形式考查对原文信息的处理能力1 答案为原文词句解题技巧：这种情况最简单。定位题目出处后，直接将原文相应词句摘出即是答案。或者需要在理解上下文后，在与题干出处不同的词句中找到相应的词句练习：Almost 40 years ago, when Lyndon Johnson declared war on poverty, a family with a car and a house in the suburbs felt prosperous. Today that same family may well feel poor,

5、 overwhelmed by credit card debt, a second mortgage and the cost of the stuff that has become the backbone of American lifeQ: According to the author,how would an Amercian family with a car and a house in the suburbs probably feel about themselves today? _.答案Poor.关键词在原文的形式基本没有变化。注意题干问的是他们在today的感觉，不

6、要受原文先前提到40年前的prosperous的影响。大学英语四级考试阅读技巧练习三科普：自然资源 295词Every year, earthquakes are responsible for a large number of deaths and vast amount of destruction in various parts of the world. Most of these damaging earthquakes occur either in a narrow belt which surrounds the Pacific Ocean or in a line whi

7、ch extends from Burma to the Alps in Europe. Some of the destruction is directly caused by the quake itself. An example of this is the collapse of buildings as a result of vibration. Other damage results from landslides, tsunamis (large ocean waves) or major fires which are initiated by the quake.采集

8、者退散There are about a million quakes a year. Fortunately, however, not all of them are destructive. The intensity of an earthquake is measured on the Richter Scale, which goes from 0 upward. The highest magnitude recorded to date is 8.9. Major damage generally occurs from quake ranging upwards from 6

9、.0. Exceptions to this are those whose epicenters are located far from the inhabited areas.The actual cause of the quake itself is the breaking apart of rocks at or below the earths surface. This is produced by pressure which scientists believe may be due to a number of reasons, two of which are the

10、 expansion and contraction of the earths crust and continental drift.In order to minimize the damage and lessen some of the suffering results from earthquakes, scientists are working on ways to enable accurate prediction. Two of the instruments presently in use to achieve this goal are seismograghs

11、and tiltmeters. The former records any shaking of the earth: by means of calculations seismologist can accurately indicate the exact time, location and size of an earthquake. The latter, as the name suggests, is used to record any changes in the title of the land.1. Which of the following is the bes

12、t title for this passage?A. EarthquakesB. The Cause of EarthquakesC. Earthquakes and Their DamagesD. How to Predict Earthquakes2. What kind of damages may not be resulted from an earthquake?A. The collapse of buildingsB. A large number of deaths.C. Vast amount of destructionD. Landslides, tsunamis a

13、nd major fires3. In the last sentence of Para.2, the word “this” refer to _.A. the highest magnitudeB. major damageC. dateD. the previous earthquake4. According to the passage, the sequence before an earthquake is _.A. the breaking apart of rocks the production of pressure the expansion and contract

14、ion of the earths crust and continental drift and the quake itself.B. the expansion and contraction of the earths crust and continental drift the breaking apart of rocks the production of pressure and the quake itself.C. the expansion and contraction of the earths crust and continental drift the pro

15、duction of pressure the breaking apart of rocks and the quake itself.D. the production of pressure the breaking apart of rocks the expansion and contraction of the earths crust and continental drift and the quake itself.5 What is the use of seismographs and tiltmeters?A. To record signals of earthqu

16、ake.B. To prevent major earthquakesC. To predict when, where and how an earthquake happens.D. To lessen the suffering results of an earthquake.难句突破请翻译下面两句!1 Major damage generally occurs from quake ranging upwards from 6.0. Exceptions to this are those whose epicenters are located far from the inhab

17、ited areas.分析：主句的表语those后面带有一个whose引导的定语从句答案发生6级以上的地震时一般都会造成重大破坏，但是当震中远离人口聚居区就例外了。2 This is produced by pressure which scientists believe may be due to a number of reasons, two of which are the expansion and contraction of the earths crust and continental drift.分析：主句后面的第一个which引导定语从句修饰pressure,在这个定语

18、从句中先行词which充当的是从句中内含的一个宾语从句的主语。这个定语从句中还包含另一个由which引导的非限制性定语从句修饰reasons.答案：科学家认为，这些压力有多种成因，其中两个成因是地壳的拉伸和收缩以及大陆漂移阅读题答案ADBCA解题思路1 本文是介绍一篇介绍地震的说明文。整篇文章分别从地震的现象、强度、原因和预测几方面展开介绍，并没有格外强调哪一个方面。因此选A。2 第一段中提到了地震会造成的危害：人口死亡、大规模的破坏。由倒数第2、3句可知，建筑物倒塌是大规模破坏的一种。山崩、海啸或火灾是地震引起的，但是这并不是破坏，而是地引起的灾难，这些灾难可以造成破坏。选D3 第二段提到，

19、发生6级以上的地震时一般都会造成重大破坏。后面说当震中远离人口聚居区时就例外了。震中原理人口聚集区，就不会造成重大破坏，所以this指代的是6级以上地震能造成重大的破坏。4 总结第三段可知，地壳的拉伸和收缩以及大陆漂移是引起压力的两个原因，而压力则导致了地表或地下岩石的破裂，从而引起了地震。5 最后一段最后两句讲述了地震仪和地面倾斜测量仪的作用：纪录地球的震动和地面的倾斜。所以答案A，纪录地震的征召。后面三项都是对这些仪器获取的信息进行分析后科学家们能够发挥的作用，与题干要求不符合。考试大论坛全文翻译每年在世界各地，地震都会造成大量人口死亡和大规模的破坏。其中多数破坏性的地震要么发生在环太平洋

20、的狭长地区，要么发生在从缅甸到欧洲的阿尔卑斯山这一线地区。这些破坏是由地震引起的山崩、海啸或者火灾引起的。每年会发生大约一百万次地震。幸运的是，并不是所有的地震都具有破坏性。地震的强度是用里克特震级来测量的，级别从零级开始往上。目前未知，最高的震级纪录是8.9级。发生6级以上的地震时一般都会造成重大破坏，但是当震中远离人口聚居区就例外了。地震产生的真正原因是地表或地下岩石的破裂。而破裂是由压力造成的。科学家认为，这些压力有多种成因，其中两个成因是地壳的拉伸和收缩以及大陆漂移。为了减少由于地震引起的破坏并减轻其带来的灾害性后果，科学家们努力寻求能精确预测的方法。地震仪和地面倾斜测量仪器是当前为实

21、现这个目标而投入使用的仪器中的其中两种。前者对地球的所有震动进行震动：地震学家通过计算就能准确预测出地震发生的时间、地点以及震级大小。后者，正如它的名字所表示的，是用来记录地面的倾斜度变化的。大学英语四级考试阅读技巧练习四文教：学校教育387词建议作题时间：8.5分钟。Cheating is nothing new. But today, educators and administrators are finding that instances of academic dishonesty on the part of students have become more frequent

22、and are less likely to be punished than in the past. Cheating appears to have gained acceptance among good and poor students alike.考试大全国最大教育类网站(wwwExamda。com)Why is student cheating on the rise? No one really knows. Some blame the trend on a general loosening to the fact that todays youth are far mo

23、re pragmatic than their more idealistic predecessors. Whereas in the late sixties and early seventies, students were filled with visions about changing the world, todays students feel great pressure to conform and succeed. In interviews with students feel great pressure to conform and succeed. In in

24、terviews with students at high schools and colleges around the country, both young men and women said that cheating had become easy. Some suggested they did it out of spite for teachers they did not respect. Others looked at it as a game. Only if they were caught, some said, would they feel guilty.

25、“People are competitive,” said a second-year college student named Anna, from Chicago. Theres an underlying fear. If you dont do well, your life is going to be ruined. The pressure is not only from parents and friends but from yourself. To achieve. To succeed. Its almost as though we have to outdo o

26、ther people to achieve our own goals.Edward Wynne, editor of a magazine blames the rise in academic dishonesty on the schools. He claims that administrators and teachers have been too hesitant to take action. Dwight Huber, chairman of the English department at Amarillo sees the matter differently, b

27、laming the rise in cheating on the way students are evaluated. “I would cheat if I felt I was being cheated,” Mr. huber said. He feels that as long as teachers give short-answer tests rather than essay questions and rate students by the number of facts they can memorize rather than by how well they

28、can synthesize information, students will try to beat the system. “The concept of cheating is based on the false assumption that the system is legitimate and there is something wrong with the individual whos doing it,” he said, “Thats too easy an answer. Weve got to start looking at the system.”1. E

29、ducators are finding that students who cheat _.A. are more likely to be punished than before.B. have poor academic recordsC. can be academically weak or strongD. use the information in later years.2. Todays youth are described as more pragmatic than their predecessors because _.A. they think more of

30、 themselves.B. they dont have a global vision.C. the era of ideal has passed.D. they cheat more than their predecessors.3. According to the passage, youth cheat because of _.A. the eagerness to succeedB. the easiness to cheatC. their fear of competitionD. no possibility to be punished4. What does “t

31、he system” (para 3) refer to?A. The education system.B. The school system.C. The system by which schools punish cheating.D. The system by which students are evaluated.考试大全国最大教育类网站(wwwExamda。com)5. Which of the following would Dwight Huber probably agree with?A. The educational system is sound, and students must follow every rule.B. Parents alone