下半年英语四级阅读模拟冲刺训练（精选3套）
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下半年英语四级阅读模拟冲刺训练 1
Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1.
For questions 1-7, mark
Y(for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;
N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;
NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage.
For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.
How to Get a Great Idea
The guests had arrived, and the wine was warm. Once again, Id forgotten to refrigerate it. "Dont worry," a friend said, "I can chill it for you fight away."
Five minutes later she emerged from the kitchen with the wine perfectly cooled. Asked to reveal her secret, she said, "Easy. I poured the wine in a plastic bag and then dipped it in ice water. After a few minutes the wine was cold. The hard part was getting it back into bottle. I couldnt find a funnel (漏斗), so I made a cone with wax paper."
My guests applauded. "How wonderful if we could all be that clever," one remarked.
A decade of research has convinced me we can. What separates the average person from Edison, Picasso or even Shakespeare isnt creative capacity--its the ability to use that capacity by encouraging creative impulses and then acting upon them. Most of us seldom achieve our creative potential. I think I know why, and I can help unlock the reservoir of ideas hiding within every one of us.
One puzzle Ive watched students deal with is retrieving a Ping-Pong ball that has fallen to the bottom of a sealed, vertical drainpipe. The tools that they can use are either too short to reach the ball or too wide to fit into the pipe, which is also too narrow to reach into by hand. At last some students make the connection: drainpipe= water=floating. They pour water down the hole, and the ball floats to the top.
This and many other experiments suggest concrete ways of increasing creativity in all of us. Here are the best techniques.
Capture the fleeting. A good idea is like a rabbit. It runs by so fast that sometimes you see only its ears or tail. To capture it, you must be ready. Creative people are always ready to act, and that may ha the only difference between us and them.
Poet Amy Lowell wrote of the urgency with which she captured new ideas, "Whatever 1 am doing, I lay it aside and attend to the arriving poem," she wrote. Like many other writers, Lowell sought paper and pencil when she saw a good idea coming. I enter new ideas into a pocket computer. Anything--even a napkin--win do.
In a letter to a friend in 1821, Ludwig van Beethoven talked about how he thought of a beautiful tune while dozing in carriage. "But scarcely did I awake when away flew the tune," he wrote, "and I could not recall any part of it. Fortunately--for Beethoven and for us--the next day in the same carriage, the tune came back to him, and this time he captured it in writing.
When a good idea comes your way, write it down--on your arm if necessary. Not every idea will have value, of course. The point is to capture first and evaluate them later.
Daydream. Surrealist Dali used to lie on a sofa, holding a spoon. Just as he began to fall asleep. Dali would drop the spoon onto a plate on the floor. The sound shocked him awake, and he would immediately sketch the images he had seen in his mind in that fertile world of semi-sleep.
Everyone experiences this strange state, and everyone can take advantage of it. Try Dalis trick, or just allow yourself to daydream. For many, the "three bs"--bed, bath and bus--are productive. There, and anywhere else you can be with your thoughts undisturbed, youll find that ideas emerging freely.
Seek challenges. When youre stuck behind a locked door, every behavior thats ever gotten you free turns up quickly: you may push or pull on the knob, bang the door--even shout for help. Scientists call the rehappening of old behaviors in a challenging situation resurgence. The more behaviors that reappear, the greater the number of possible interconnections, and the more likely that new ideas will occur.
Try inviting friends and business associations from different areas of your life to a party. Bring people of two or three generations together. This will get you thinking in new ways.
Edwin Land, one of Americas most prolific inventors, said that the idea that led to his invention of the Polaroid camera came from his three-year-old daughter. On a visit to Santa Fe in 1943, she asked why she couldnt see the picture he had just taken. During the next hour, as Land walked around Santa Fe, all he had learned about chemistry came together, with amazing results. Said Land, "The camera and the film became clear to me. In my mind they were so real that I spent several hours describing them."
Put new and crazy items--like kids toys--on your desk. Turn pictures upside down or sideways. The more detersive the stimulations we receive, the more rapidly the mind produces new ideas.
Expand your world. Many discoveries in sciences, engineering and the arts mix ideas from different fields. Consider "The Two-String Problem". Two widely separated strings hang from a ceiling. Even though you cant reach both at once, is it possible to tie their ends together, using only a pair of pliers?
One college student found the solution almost immediately. He tied the pliers to one string and set it in motion like a pendulum (钟摆). As it swung back and forth, he walked quickly to the other string and drew it as far forward as it would reach. Then he caught the swinging string when it passed near him and tied the two ends.
Asked how he had solved the problem, the student explained he had just come from a physics class on pendulum motion. What he had learned in one context transferred to a completely different one.
This principle works outside the lab as well. To enhance your creativity, learn something new. If youre a banker, take up tap dancing. If youre a nurse, try a course in mythology. Read a book on a subject you know little about. Change your daily newspaper. The new will interconnect with the old in novel and potentially fascinating ways. Becoming more creative is really just a matter of paying attention to that endless flow of ideas you produce, and learning to capture and act upon the new thats within you.
1. The author believes that those who have creative capacity are usually great figures.
2. The example of the students getting the Ping-Pong ball proves that students are more creative than average people.
3. The examples of Amy Lowell and Beethoven tell us that we should write down a good idea immediately as it may easily disappear.
4. Daydreaming can be a good way of realizing ones creative potential.
5. People facing challenges are unlikely to achieve creative ideas.
6. Salvador Dali is a famous surrealist painter, whose works are highly controversial from the modernism or even post-modernism perspective.
7. To enhance creativity, people should always learn something new.
8. The success of Edison, Picasso or even Shakespeare lies on their ability to rather than mere creative capacity.
9. The author believes that many discoveries in science, engineering and the arts mix ideas from ______.
10. Learn to be more creative is just a matter of focusing on the endless flow of ideas you produce, and learning to ______ the new thats within you.
试题详解
1.N 由题干中的关键词creative capacity定位到文章第四段第二句：What separates the average person from Edison，Picasso or even Shakespeare isnt creative capacity--its the ability to use that capacity by encouraging creative impulses and then acting upon them，作者认为普通人也有创造力，与题目意思不同。
由此得出题目说法错误。
2.N 由题干中的关键词Ping-Pong ball定位到文章第五段，再根据第六段首句 This and many other experiments suggest concrete ways of increasing creativity in all of us可知，作者认为人们同样有创造力，与题目意思不同，由此得出题目说法错误。
3.Y由题于中的关键词Amy Lowell和Beethoven定位到第一个小标题的末段：
When s good idea comes your way，write it down--on your arm if necessary.
Not every idea will have value，of course.The point is to capture first and evaluate them later。题目是原文的同义替换，由此得出题目说法正确。
4.Y 由题干中的关键词daydreaming定位到第二个小标题第二段首尾两句：
Everyone experiences this strange state，and everyone can take advantage of it...
There，and anywhere else you can be with your thoughts undisturbed，youll find that ideas emerging freely，题目是原文的同义替换，由此得出题目说法正确。
5.N 由题于中的关键词people facing challenges定位到第三个小标题末段末句：
The more detersive the stimulations we receive，the more rapidly the mind produces new ideas，题目认为面对挑战的人不可能产生创造性的想法，与原文不同，由此得出题目说法错误。
6.NG 由题干中的.关键词Dali定位到第二个小标题首段，但题目巾的内容在文章中并未提及。
7.Y 由题干中的关键词enhance their creativity定位到文章末段第二句：To enhance your creativity, learn something new，与题目意思相同，由此得出题目说法正确。
8.encourage creative impulses and then (to) act upon them
由题干中的关键词Edison，Picasso or even Shakespeare定位到文章第四段第二句：What separates the average person from Edison，Picasso or even Shakespeare isnt creative capacity--its the ability to use that capacity by encouraging creative impulses and then acting upon them，由此得出答案。
9.different fields
由题干中的关键词discoveries in science，engineering and the arts定位到第四个小标题下面首段首句：Many discoveries in sciences，engineering and the arts mix ideas from different fields，由此得出答案。
10.capture and act upon
由题干中的关键词be more creative定位到文章尾句：Becoming more creative is really just a matter of paying attention to that endless flow of ideas you produce，and learning to capture and act upon the new thats within you，由此得出答案。
下半年英语四级阅读模拟冲刺训练 2
In a time of low academic achievement by children in the United States, many Americans are turning to Japan, a country of high academic achievement and economic success, for possible answers. However, the answers provided by Japanese preschools are not the ones Americans expected to find. In most Japanese preschools, surprisingly little emphasis is put on academic instruction. In one investigation, 300 Japanese and 210 American preschool teachers, child development specialists, and parents were asked about various aspects of early childhood education. Only 2 percent of the Japanese respondents (答问卷者)listed “to give children a good start academically”as one of their top three reasons for a society to have preschools. In contrast, over half the American respondents chose this as one of their top three choices. To prepare children for successful careers in first grade and beyond, Japanese schools do not teach reading, writing, and mathematics, but rather skills such as persistence, concentration, and the ability to function as a member of a group. The vast majority of young Japanese children are taught to read at home by their parents.
In the recent comparison of Japanese and American preschool education, 91 percent of Japanese respondents chose providing children with a group experience as one of their top three reasons for a society to have preschools. Sixty-two percent of the more individually oriented (强调个性发展的)Americans listed group experience as one of their top three choices. An emphasis on the importance of the group seen in Japanese early childhood education continues into elementary school education.
Like in America, there is diversity in Japanese early childhood education. Some Japanese kindergartens have specific aims, such as early musical training or potential development. In large cities, some kindergartens are attached to universities that have elementary and secondary schools. Some Japanese parents believe that if their young children attend a university-based program, it will increase the children‘s chances of eventually being admitted to top-rated schools and universities. Several more progressive programs have introduced free play as a way out for the heavy intellectualizing in some Japanese kindergartens.
16.We learn from the first paragraph that many Americans believe ________.
A) Japanese parents are more involved in preschool education than American parents
B) Japan‘s economic success is a result of its scientific achievements
C) Japanese preschool education emphasizes academic instruction
D) Japan‘s higher education is superior to theirs
17.Most Americans surveyed believe that preschools should also attach importance to ________.
A) problem solving
B) group experience
C) parental guidance
D) individually-oriented development
18.In Japan‘s preschool education, the focus is on ________.
A) preparing children academically
B) developing children‘s artistic interests
C) tapping children‘s potential
D) shaping children‘s character
19.Free play has been introduced in some Japanese kindergartens in order to ________.
A) broaden children‘s horizon
B) cultivate children‘s creativity
C) lighten children‘s study load
D) enrich children‘s knowledge
20.Why do some Japanese parents send their children to university -based kindergartens?
A) They can do better in their future studies.
B) They can accumulate more group experience there.
C) They can be individually oriented when they grow up.
D) They can have better chances of getting a first-rate education.
下半年英语四级阅读模拟冲刺训练 3
Not all sounds made by animals serve as language, and we have only to turn to that extraordinary discovery of echolocation (回声定位) in bats to see a case in which the voice plays a strictly practical role.
To get a full appreciation of what this means we must turn first to some recent human inventions. Everyoneknows that if he shouts near a wall or a mountainside, an echo will come back. The further off this solid obstacle, the longer time it will take for the return of the echo. A sound made by tapping on the main body of a ship will be reflected from the sea bottom, and by measuring the time interval between the taps andthe receipt of the echoes the depth of the sea at that point can be calculated. So was born the echo-sounding equipment, now in general use in ships. Every solid object will reflect a sound, varying according to the size and nature of the object. A shoal of fish will do this. So it is a comparatively simple step fromlocating the sea bottom to locating a shoal of fish. With experience, and with improved equipment, it is now possible not only to locate fish but to tell if it is herring, cod, or other well-known fish, by the pattern of its echo.
A few years ago it was found that certain bats emit squeaks (吱吱声) and by receiving ’he echoes they could locate and steer clear of obstacles--or locate flying insects on which they feed. This echolocation in bats is often compared with radar, the principle of which is similar.
练习题：
Choose correct answers to the question:
1.The main purpose of this passage is to ______.
A. describe that animals can make different sounds
B. prove that animals’ voices can play practical roles
C. inspire the readers to make more inventions
D. startle the readers with some shocking facts
2. The discovery of echolocation may help with all of the following EXCEPT
A. measuring the depth of the sea
B. distinguishing different kinds of fish
C. improving the functions of radar
D. varying the size and nature of an object
3. By saying "A shoal of fish will do this"(Lines 6-7, Para. 2), the author means ________.
A. only one special kind of fish can reflect sounds
B. only one special kind of fish can be used to help locate a ship
C. a large group of fish can reflect sounds
D. a large group of fish can be used to help locate a ship
4. As it is discussed in the passage, the squeaks of bats can be functionally compared with ________.
A. human languages
B. a mountainside
C. a shoal of fish
D. taps on a ship
5. Which of the following statements can be inferred from the passage?
A. Animals are more intelligent than humans.
B. Humans are more intelligent than animals.
C. Animals are often compared with human inventions.
D. Humans are often inspired by animals.
答案解析
1.[B] 主旨大意题。文章第1段就点明主题，明确指出以蝙蝠为例，动物发出的声音有实际作用，只有B可以概括文章的这个写作目的。
2.[C] 事实细节题。本题考査列举处，可用排除法解答。A、B、C在文中都有相关提及。D利用第2段中的varying制造干扰。在原文中，指的是回声因障碍物的不同而不同，而D偷换概念、曲解文意，D中的varying为及物动词，意为“改变”,显然不可能是回声定位的发现带来的功效。
3.[C] 词义推断题。本题考查对shoal的词义推测及代词this的理解。依据第2段最后几句话,可推测出a shoal of fish指的是“海里的一群鱼”;this则是指上一句提到的“任何固体都可以反射声音”，因此这句话表明一大群鱼就能像一个固体一样反射声音。
4.[D] 推理判断题。根据最后一段可知，蝙蝠发出吱吱声可以探测障碍物的.距离，而第2段也指出轻敲船体可测知海底的距离，因此在功能上,D与蝙蝠的吱吱声相同。A中的human languages在文中未提到;B和C在文中各自的例子中充当的都是障碍物的角色，因此都不正确。
5.[D] 推理判断题。文章先说动物的回声定位功能,再说到回声定位探测仪的发明,由此可见，是动物的某些能力启发了人类的创造，因此只有D可从文中推测。文章并没有从智力方面比较人类和动物，因此可以排除A 和B;尽管文章说到了蝙蝠和雷达的原理相似，但是C中的often一词无据可循，且C的说法浮于表面，没有说到重点，故排除。
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