1、大学英语四级改革适用（阅读）模拟试卷 257 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Reading Comprehensio(总题数：5，分数：100.00)1.Part III Reading Comprehension（分数：20.00）_2.Section A（分数：20.00）_Are you living your life to the fullest? Are you happy with who, what, or where you are today? Are you doing what you love? Most of us are searchi
2、ng for something, or sometime in the future when we will finally be happy. But we know from last weeks attack that there are no 1there will be a tomorrow. Life is precious and we must 2each day. Before the attack, what brought many of us happiness were 3things. Now we are seeing that family, friends
3、, and being our true selves is what life is all about. Before the attack, we may have known that we wanted to be happy, but we put ourselves on hold because there were responsibilities, bills to pay, and we knew we could 4on being happy tomorrow. Now, we have learned that we may only have today. So,
4、 how can you be happy today? Follow these easy steps: 1. Accept that You Deserve to Be Happy: Being happy today is accepting that you deserve to be happy. If you do not think that this is true, then no 5you are not. The messages you tell yourself 6which direction your life will take. Tell yourself t
5、hat is OK to be happy, and that you will 7for happiness each day. 2. Accept Who You Are: Being happy today is accepting who you are, the good, the bad and the ugly. It is knowing that you are doing the best you can do, and being 8with that. I am not saying to 9what you would like to improve in your
6、life, but if you only see what is 10, you lose out on loving what is great about you. A. apply B. strive C. work D. survive E. content F. guarantees G. missing H. illustrate I. wonder J. ignore K. material L. confident M. determine N. conservations O. appreciate（分数：20.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_
7、填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_Some marriages seem to collapse so suddenly that youd need a crystal ball to predict their demise (灭亡). In other 1, though, the seeds of marital dissolution are not only easier to see but they may be planted even before the honeymoon bills come 2. According
8、to UCLA psychologist Thomas Bradbury, Ph. D., the way a newlywed 3when his or her spouse is facing a personal problem-work stress, say, or a recent weight gainis a 4good window into their marital future. Bradbury and Lauri Pasch, Ph. D., invited 57 couples, all married less than six months, to 5a di
9、fficulty that each partner was having. While some couples proved to be superstars at providing emotional support, others were woefully inept (笨拙的). You just cringed (退缩) when you watched them, Bradbury says. Two years later, nine of the couples had already 6and five other marriages were intact but h
10、anging by a thread. These 14 couples, it turned out, had been far less likely to provide support to one another as newlyweds than the other 43 couples whose marriages were 7. Bradbury thinks a couples inability to help each other through 8times is what often blossoms into full-fledged marital discor
11、d (不和谐)and ultimately divorce. All of which suggests an obvious antidote (轶事) tothe sky-high divorce rate: if couples can learn how to provide emotional support before they marry, they 9a better chance of staying together. The trouble, Bradbury says, is that couples who go for premarital counselingw
12、here they can learn such skills 10to be the ones with a lesser risk for marital problems in the first place. A. thriving B. comments C. tough D. tend E. committing F. cases G. stand H. intends I. due J. reacts K. surprisingly L. durable M. split N. regularly O. discuss（分数：20.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_
13、填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_How did the early people do their counting? At first, they did all their counting with small stones. Later, they learned to use their fingers in counting. Since man has ten fingers, the number ten became the 1of all counting in many parts of the world
14、. In 1946 the first electronic computers went into 2. Since its invention the computer has changed greatly, and it has more and more uses. It can 3people from difficult measurement and computation. There are 4computations in science and engineering. Scientists are unable to make them, but the comput
15、er can do them quickly and 5. For instance, a spaceship cannot leave the earth and go to the moon without computers. What must the spaceship be like? When can it leave? Will it be on the right 6? The computer must answer all these questions. In recent years more and more people have used computers n
16、ot only in production and technology, but also in everyday life, for the simple reason that they are far more 7than man. They have much better memories and can 8large amounts of information. No man 9can do 500,000 sums in one second, but a computer can. In fact, computers can do many of the things w
17、e do, but faster and better. They can 10machines in factories, work out tomorrows weather, and even do translation work. In the future we are going to use computers for almost everything almost every day. A. control B. alive C. operation D. reproduce E. correctly F. efficient G. free H. omit I. comp
18、lex J. foundation K. discipline L. store M. living N. naturally O. course（分数：20.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_大学英语四级改革适用（阅读）模拟试卷 257 答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Reading Comprehensio(总题数：5，分数：100.00)1.Part III Reading Comprehension（分数：20.00）_解析：2.Section A（分
19、数：20.00）_解析：Are you living your life to the fullest? Are you happy with who, what, or where you are today? Are you doing what you love? Most of us are searching for something, or sometime in the future when we will finally be happy. But we know from last weeks attack that there are no 1there will be
20、 a tomorrow. Life is precious and we must 2each day. Before the attack, what brought many of us happiness were 3things. Now we are seeing that family, friends, and being our true selves is what life is all about. Before the attack, we may have known that we wanted to be happy, but we put ourselves o
21、n hold because there were responsibilities, bills to pay, and we knew we could 4on being happy tomorrow. Now, we have learned that we may only have today. So, how can you be happy today? Follow these easy steps: 1. Accept that You Deserve to Be Happy: Being happy today is accepting that you deserve
22、to be happy. If you do not think that this is true, then no 5you are not. The messages you tell yourself 6which direction your life will take. Tell yourself that is OK to be happy, and that you will 7for happiness each day. 2. Accept Who You Are: Being happy today is accepting who you are, the good,
23、 the bad and the ugly. It is knowing that you are doing the best you can do, and being 8with that. I am not saying to 9what you would like to improve in your life, but if you only see what is 10, you lose out on loving what is great about you. A. apply B. strive C. work D. survive E. content F. guar
24、antees G. missing H. illustrate I. wonder J. ignore K. material L. confident M. determine N. conservations O. appreciate（分数：20.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：F）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：O）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：K）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：C）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：I）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：M）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：B）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：E）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：J）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：G）解析：解析：此处需形
25、容词或动词分词。根据主句动词 lose out，可得出答案为 missing，意为“缺少的”。Some marriages seem to collapse so suddenly that youd need a crystal ball to predict their demise (灭亡). In other 1, though, the seeds of marital dissolution are not only easier to see but they may be planted even before the honeymoon bills come 2. Accor
26、ding to UCLA psychologist Thomas Bradbury, Ph. D., the way a newlywed 3when his or her spouse is facing a personal problem-work stress, say, or a recent weight gainis a 4good window into their marital future. Bradbury and Lauri Pasch, Ph. D., invited 57 couples, all married less than six months, to
27、5a difficulty that each partner was having. While some couples proved to be superstars at providing emotional support, others were woefully inept (笨拙的). You just cringed (退缩) when you watched them, Bradbury says. Two years later, nine of the couples had already 6and five other marriages were intact
28、but hanging by a thread. These 14 couples, it turned out, had been far less likely to provide support to one another as newlyweds than the other 43 couples whose marriages were 7. Bradbury thinks a couples inability to help each other through 8times is what often blossoms into full-fledged marital d
29、iscord (不和谐)and ultimately divorce. All of which suggests an obvious antidote (轶事) tothe sky-high divorce rate: if couples can learn how to provide emotional support before they marry, they 9a better chance of staying together. The trouble, Bradbury says, is that couples who go for premarital counse
30、lingwhere they can learn such skills 10to be the ones with a lesser risk for marital problems in the first place. A. thriving B. comments C. tough D. tend E. committing F. cases G. stand H. intends I. due J. reacts K. surprisingly L. durable M. split N. regularly O. discuss（分数：20.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：F）
31、填空项 1:_ （正确答案：I）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：J）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：K）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：O）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：M）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：A）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：C）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：G）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：D）解析：解析：此处需要不及物动词，作谓语。主语是 couples，所以该动词为原形，而且该词要和 to 连用，词库中 tend 符合要求。tend to 意为“往往”。How did the early people do their counting? At first, they did all their
32、counting with small stones. Later, they learned to use their fingers in counting. Since man has ten fingers, the number ten became the 1of all counting in many parts of the world. In 1946 the first electronic computers went into 2. Since its invention the computer has changed greatly, and it has mor
33、e and more uses. It can 3people from difficult measurement and computation. There are 4computations in science and engineering. Scientists are unable to make them, but the computer can do them quickly and 5. For instance, a spaceship cannot leave the earth and go to the moon without computers. What
34、must the spaceship be like? When can it leave? Will it be on the right 6? The computer must answer all these questions. In recent years more and more people have used computers not only in production and technology, but also in everyday life, for the simple reason that they are far more 7than man. T
35、hey have much better memories and can 8large amounts of information. No man 9can do 500,000 sums in one second, but a computer can. In fact, computers can do many of the things we do, but faster and better. They can 10machines in factories, work out tomorrows weather, and even do translation work. I
36、n the future we are going to use computers for almost everything almost every day. A. control B. alive C. operation D. reproduce E. correctly F. efficient G. free H. omit I. complex J. foundation K. discipline L. store M. living N. naturally O. course（分数：20.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：J）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：C）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：G）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：I）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：E）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：O）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：F）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：L）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：B）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：A）解析：解析：此处应为及物动词原形作谓语，宾语是 machines。根据该句的意思，control 最合适。control machines 意为“控制机器”。
