英语专四阅读训练.docx

1、英语专四阅读训练英语专四阅读训练训练一What we know of prenatal development makes all this attempt made by a mother to mold the character of her unborn child by studying poetry, art, or mathematics during pregnancy seem utterly impossible. How could such extremely complex influences pass from the mother to the child? T

2、here is no connection between their nervous systems. Even the blood vessels of mother and child do not join directly. An emotional shock to the mother will affect her child, because it changes the activity of her glands and so the chemistry her blood. Any chemical change in the mothers blood will af

3、fect the child for better or worse. But we can not see how a looking for mathematics or poetic genius can be dissolved in blood and produce a similar liking or genius in the child.In our discussion of instincts we saw that there was reason to believe that whatever we inherit must be of some very sim

4、ple sort rather than any complicated or very definite kind of behavior. It is certain that no one inherits a knowledge of mathematics. It may be, however, that children inherit more or less of a rather general ability that we may call intelligence. If very intelligent children become deeply interest

5、ed in mathematics, they will probably make a success of that study.As for musical ability, it may be that what is inherited is an especially sensitive ear, a peculiar structure of the hands or the vocal organs connections between nerves and muscles that make it comparatively easy to learn the moveme

6、nts a musician must execute, and particularly vigorous emotions. If these factors are all organized around music, the child may become a musician. The same factors, in other circumstance might be organized about some other center of interest. The rich emotional equipment might find expression in poe

7、try. The capable fingers might develop skill in surgery. It is not the knowledge of music that is inherited, then nor even the love of it, but a certain bodily structure that makes it comparatively easy to acquire musical knowledge and skill. Whether that ability shall be directed toward music or so

8、me other undertaking may be decided entirely by forces in the environment in which a child grows up.1. Which of the following statements is not true?A. Some mothers try to influence their unborn children by studying art and other subjects during their pregnancy.B. It is utterly impossible for us to

9、learn anything about prenatal development.C. The blood vessels of mother and child do not join directly.D. There are no connection between mothers nervous systems and her unborn childs.2. A mother will affect her unborn baby on the condition that _.A. she is emotionally shockedB. she has a good know

10、ledge of inheritanceC. she takes part in all kind of activitiesD. she sticks to studying3. According to the passage, a child may inherit_.A. everything from his motherB. a knowledge of mathematicsC. a rather general ability that we call intelligenceD. her mothers musical ability4. If a child inherit

11、s something from his mother, such as an especially sensitive ear, a peculiar structure of the hands or of the vocal organs, he will _.A. surely become musicianB. mostly become a poetC. possibly become a teacherD. become a musician on the condition that all these factors are organized around music5.

12、Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A. Role of Inheritance. B. An Unborn Child.C. Function of instincts. D. Inherited Talents.参考答案：BACDA阅读二There are some earth phenomena you can count on, but the magnetic field, someday is not of them. It fluctuates in strength, drifts from its

13、axis, and every few 100,000 years undergo, dramatic polarity reversala period when north pole beco mes south pole and south pole becomes north pole. But how is the field generated , and why is it so unstable?Groundbreaking research by two French geophysicists promises to shed some light on the myste

14、ry. Using 80 meters of deep sea sediment core, they have obtained me asurements of magnetic?field intensity that span 11 polarity reversals and four million years. The analysis reveals that intensity appears to fluctuate with a clear, well-defined rhythm. Although the strength of the magnetic field

15、varies irregularly during the short term, there seems to be an inevitable long term dec line preceding each polarity reversal. When the poles flipa process that takes several hundred thousand yearsthe magnetic field rapidly regains its strength and the cycle is repeated.The results have caused a sti

16、r among geophysicists. The magnetic field is though t to originate from molten iron in the outer core,3,000 kilometers beneath the e arths surface. By studying mineral grains found in material ranging from rocks to clay articles, previous researchers have already been able to identify revers als dating back 170 million years, including the most recent