公共英语四级考试试题及答案解析十一.docx

1、公共英语四级考试试题及答案解析十一公共英语四级考试试题及答案解析(十一)一、Reading Comprehension（共20小题,共20.0分）Read the following three textsAnswer the questions on each text by choosing A, B, C or D 第1题 You cant beat it, but you dont have to join it. Maybe it got the name common cold because its more common in winter. The fact is, thou

2、gh, being cold doesnt have anything to do with getting one. Colds are caused by the spread of rhinoviruses, and, at least so far, medical science is better at telling you how to avoid getting one than how to get rid of one.Children are the most common way cold viruses are spread to adults, because t

3、hey have more colds than adultsan average of about eight per year. Why do kids seem so much more easily to get colds than their parents? Simple. They havent had the opportunity to become immune to many cold viruses.There are more than 150 different cold viruses, and you never have the same one twice

4、. Being infected by one makes you immune to itbut only it.Colds are usually spread by direct contact, not sneezing or coughing. From another persons hand to your hand and then to your nose or eyes is the most common route. The highest concentration of cold viruses anywhere is found under the thumbna

5、ils of a boy, although the viruses can survive for hours on skin or other smooth surfaces.Hygiene is your best defense. Wash your hands frequently preferably with a disinfectant soap, especially when children in your household have colds.But even careful hygiene wont ward off every cold. So, what wo

6、rks when a coughing, sneezing, runny nose strikes?The old prescription of two aspirins, lots of water, and bed rest is a good place to start. But youll also find some of the folk remedies worth using. Hot mixtures of sugar (or honey), lemon, and water have real benefits.According to the essay, you m

7、ay have a cold because_.A the weather is too coldB the spread of rhinoviruses gets people infectedC another persons coughing passes the cold to youD you wash your hands too often【正确答案】：B【本题分数】：1.0分【答案解析】解析 细节题。由第一段最后一句话就可以知道感冒是由病毒感染引起的。所以应选B。第2题 The best way to keep yourself from getting colds is_.A

8、 to keep yourself cleanB to use a disinfectant soapC to take two aspirins every dayD to drink lots of water【正确答案】：A【本题分数】：1.0分【答案解析】解析 细节题。第五段第一句就指出预防感冒最有效的办法就是保持个人卫生，而B只是保持个人卫生的具体办法。所以应选A。第3题 Children have more colds because_.A they are usually infected about eight times each yearB they are not imm

9、une to many cold viruses yetC they never wash their hands so that their thumbnails are dirtyD they dont like eating lemon【正确答案】：B【本题分数】：1.0分【答案解析】解析 细节题。由第二段最后一句可知免疫力低是儿童容易感冒的原因。所以应选B。第4题 When you are having a cold, _.A it is always the same kind of cold that you had last timeB it may be the same ki

10、nd of cold that you had last timeC it is certainly not the same kind of cold that you had last timeD it is probably not the same kind of cold that you had last time【正确答案】：C【本题分数】：1.0分【答案解析】解析 细节题。由第三段可知人每次感冒时不可能由同一种病毒引起。所以应选C。第5题 When one is having a cold, he may often have all the following symptom

11、s EXCEPT_.A coughingB having a sore throatC having a runny noseD having a stomachache【正确答案】：D【本题分数】：1.0分【答案解析】解析 常识题。根据常识我们都知道感冒的常见症状。所以应选D。第6题 A number of recent books have reworked subjects, forms and writing techniques. Todays children read stories about divorce, death, drugs, air pollution, poli

12、tical extremism and violence. Relying on the magic of the illustrator, all kinds of books are being published.Before they know to read, babies can play with books made of cloth or books made to take in the bath. Later on, they are given picture books that may be cubical (立方形的) or triangular, outsize

13、d or very small. They also like work-books which come with watercolors and paintbrushes, and comic books (漫画册) filled with details where they have to spot a figure hidden among thousands of others.Not that the traditional childrens books are being neglected. There are still storybooks where the page

14、s pop up (跳起) when they are opened, to make a forest or a castle. Among the latest ideas are interactive stories where readers choose the plot (情节) or ending they want, and books on CD, which are very popular, in rich industrialized countries.The public has enthusiastically greeted the wealth of cre

15、ativity displayed by publishers. Previously, giving a child a book as often seen as improper, says Canadian author Marie-France Hebert. Her books, published by a French-language publisher, sell like hot cakes in hundreds of thousands of copies. Theres a real appetite for reading these days and I try to get across to children the passion for reading which is food for the mind and the heart, like a medicine or a vitamin.Reworked as used in Paragraph 1 means _A rewordedB rewrittenC processedD revised【正确答案】：D【本题分数】：1.0分【答案解析】解析 语义题。根据后边的内容可知现在的书与以前不同了，也就是发生了改变。因此应选D。第7题 In the sec