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2012 年 12 月大学英语四级阅读真题(3)
PartⅣ Reading Comprehension(Reading inDepth) (25 minutes)
SectionA
Direction: Inthis section,thereis apassagewith 10blanks.Youarerequiredtoselectoneword
for each blank from a list of choices given in a word blank following the passage. Read the
passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the blank is identified
by a letter. Please make the corresponding letter for each item on Answer sheet 2 with a
single line through the center. You may not use any of the words in the bank more
UUU
thanonce.
Questions47to 56arebased on thefollowing passage.
So many people use the cell phone so frequently every day. But 47 little is certain
about the health effects of its use. Manufacturers 48 that cell phones meet government
standards for safe radio-frequency radiation emission, but enough studies are beginning to
document a possible 49 in rate brain tumors (肿瘤), headaches and behavioral disorders in
children to cause concern. So far, the evidence isn’t 50 on whether the use of cell phone
51 toanyincreasedriskofcancer.Inanewtrial,researchersasked47volunteersto 52 in
a projectto measure glucose (葡萄糖) consumption in the brain by scanning the brain to see how
sells use energy. For both 50-minute scans, the volunteers had a cell phone 53 to each ear.
During the first scan, the devices were turned off, but for the second scan, the phone on the right
earwas 54 onandreceivedarecorded-messagecall,althoughthevolumewasmuted(消音)
so the noise wouldn’t bias the results. The results of the second scan showed that the 55 of
the brain nearest to the device had higher rates of glucose consumption than the rest of the brain.
The studyshows thatcell phones canchange brain activity,and 56 a whole new avenuefor
scientific inquiry, though it doesn’t say anything about whether cell-phone radiation can cause
cancer.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
A)conclusive I)mission
B)contributes J)participate
C)derive K)particular
D)expresses L)provides
E)fixed M)regions
F)immensely N)surprisingly
G)increase O)switched
H)maintain
Section B
Directions: Thereare2passagesin this section.Eachpassageis followed bysome questionsor
unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A),B),C) and D).You
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asinglelinethroughthecenter.
PassageOne
Questions 57to 61arebased onthe followingpassage.
It’s no secret that some of the resolutions that many of us vowed to pursue in the new year
— eat healthy, lose weight, quit smoking, save more money — have already fallen by the
wayside.
Many of them are likely the same resolutions that we abandoned last January. And it’s a
good thing for whose who sell health club memberships, quit-smoking programs and other
productsthathelpusthinkwecanimproveourlives.
Many gyms see new memberships double in January, making up for the third of their
memberswhodonotreneweachyear.
AndmanywhosignupinJanuarywillbeno-showsbyFebruary.
“If I try one quick fix and it doesn’t work, I may be more likely to try the next quick fix,”
LisaLahey,whocoachesexecutiveshowtosustainbehaviorchange,toldTheTimes.
The Biggest Loser Resort at Fitness Ridge doesn’t offer any quick fixes, just a 12-hour
schedule full of exercise, a 1,200-calories-a-day diet and a fee of $2,000 a week. The resort
teaches its clients that “weight management” is a combination of fitness, diet and emotional
health.
“Given my recent weight gain, and the fact that I was turning 50,” Jennifer Conlin wrote in
TheTime,“Iwantedtostartaprogramthatwouldmake2012theyearIfinallygotinshape.”
“For years, the advice to eh overweight people has been that we simply need to eat less ad
exercise more,”Tara Parker-Pope wrote. “While there is truth to this guidance, it fails to take into
account that the human body continues to fight against weight loss long after dieting has stopped.
This translates into a sobering (令人清醒的) reality: once we become fat, most of us, despite out
bestefforts,willprobablystayfat.”
Of course this revelation (揭示), if proven true by further study, is not good news for the
weight-loss industry. But chances are it won’t have much impact on the human tendency to
resolve to get to the gym more and avoid chocolate cake when the clock strikes midnight on
December31.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
57.Whatdowelearnfromthefirstparagraphaboutnewyearresolutions?
[A]Theyarehardtosustain. [B]Theytestone’sstrength.
[C]Theyhelpshedbadhabits. [D]Theypromiseagoodyear.
58.Whodonewyearresolutionseventuallybenefit?
[A]Societyingeneral. [B]Businessexecutives.
[C]Healthclubmembers. [D]Healthindustries.
59.WhatisspecialabouttheBiggestLoserResort’sweightmanagementprogram?
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[C]Itfocusesonone’sbehaviorchange. [D]Itisnotcheapbutextremelyeffective.
60.Whathappenswhenpeoplestopdieting?
[A]Theyregaintheirappetite. [B]Theyusuallystayinshape.
[C]Theyweightbouncesback. [D]Theirhealthislikelytofail.
61.Whatdopeopletendtodoaboutnewyearresolutions?
[A]Theykeepmakingthemyearafteryear.
[B]Theyabandonthemonceprogressismade.
[C]Theykeeptryinguntiltheyfinallysucceed.
[D]Theymakethemforthesakeofmakingthem.
PassageTwo
Questions 62to 66arebased onthe followingpassage.
When University of California-Berkeley released a study this month showing alarmingly
highteacherturnover(人员流动)ratesatLosAngelescharterschools,Iwasn’tsurprised.
That’s not a slam at local charter schools. It’s just that the study echoed something I’d
observedmanytimes,startingwithmyniece.
Bright and cheerful, my niece longed to teach high-needs children. She started out in the
San Franciscopublic schools, whereshewas assigned to thedistrict’s toughestelementary school.
Fifth-graders threw chairs across the room — and at her. Parents refused to show up for
conferences.
She wasn’t willing to deal with this level of indifference andteacher abuse,so she switched
to a highly regarded charger elementary schoolin the BayArea where she poured her energy into
her job and it showed. Her students’ test scores were high as those in a nearby wealthy school
district,despitetheobstaclesthesechildrenfaced.
Yetbyherfourthyear,myniecewaswornout,depleted(耗尽)oftheenergyittooktowork
withaclassroomofsweetbutdeeplyneedychildrenwhopleadedtostayinherclassroomwhenit
was time to leave. The principal’s offer of a $10,000 raise couldn’t stop her from giving notice.
Shewenttoworkatthatwealthyschooldistrictnextdoor — forlessmoney.
Over the years, I’ve met many impassioned (充满激情的) teachers at charter schools, only
tocallthemthenextyear andfindthey’veleft.TheauthorsoftheBerkeleystudytheorize thatthe
teachers leave because of the extraordinarydemands: long hours, intense involvement in students’
complicated lives, continual searches for new ways to raise scores. Even the strongest supporters
of the reform movement concede that the task of raising achievement among disadvantaged
studentsishardwork.
It’s unlikely that we can build large-scale school reform on a platform of continual new
demandson teachers — more time, more energy,more devotion, more responsibility — even if
schoolsfind ways to paythem better.This is the bigger challenge facing schools.We need amore
usefulanswertotheBerkeleystudythan“Yea,itsreallyhardwork.”
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
淘宝店铺：https://shop499712503.taobao.com/ 店主旺旺：慧园文化62. Why wasn’t the author surprised at the high teacher turnover rates at Los Angles charter
schools?
[A]ShehadparticipatedintheBerkeleystudy.
[B]Shehadnoticedthephenomenonrepeatedly.
[C]Shehadbeeninvolvedinthelocalschoolreform.
[D]Shehadbeeninformedoftheproblembyherniece.
63.Whatdowelearnaboutthestudentsinthepublicschooltheauthor’sniecetaught?
[A]Theywereundisciplined. [B]Theyweretoughandstrong.
[C]Manyofthemenjoyedlessparentalcare.[D]Manyofhemdroppedoutofschoolhalfway.
64.Whatdoestheauthorsayaboutherniece’sworkinthecharterelementaryschool?
[A]Itwonhighpraisefromherschoolandcolleagues.
[B]ItwascitedbytheBerkeleystudyasanexample.
[C]Itcontributedtothesuccessoftheschoolreform.
[D]Itwaswellreceivedbythedisadvantagedchildren.
65.WhyweretheteacherturnoverratessohighaccordingtotheBerkeleystudy?
[A]Thestudentswereindifferenttolearning.
[B]Teachers’salarywasnothighenough.
[C]Teachers’workwastoodemanding.
[D]Jobselsewhereweretoomeaningful.
66.Whatistheauthor’scommentonthecurrentschoolreformmovement?
[A]Itwillgiverisetomoreproblems.
[B]Itisnotlikelytobesuccessful.
[C]Itwillhaveapositiveimpactoneducation.
[D]Itdemandsthelocalauthorities’support.
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