1、大学英语四级改革适用（阅读）模拟试卷 263 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）_Hungry prehistoric hunters, not climate change, drove elephants to extinction during the Pleistocene era (更新世), new research suggests. At least 12
2、 kinds of elephants 1to wander about the African, Eurasian, and American continents. Today, only two 2of elephants are left in South Asia and Africa. One theory for this dramatic death holds that rapid climate shifts at the end of the most recent major ice age, some 10,000 years ago, 3vegetation and
3、 broke up habitats (栖息地), causing the death of those unable to adapt to the new conditions. Another 4blames prehistoric humans, whose improved weapons and hunting techniques allowed them to wipe out whole herds of elephants. To help 5the debate, archaeologist Todd Surovell of the University of Wyomi
4、ng, and colleagues tested two assumptions. If humans caused the elephant extinction, Surovell reasoned, the timing of the die-off in 6regions should match human expansion into those regions. On the contrary, if the extinction was 7to climate change, elephants should remain in regions 8colonized by h
5、umans and would only begin to die off once climate change occurred. The team tested both theories by analyzing where and when elephants were killed. In all, the study included 41 archaeological sites on five continents. The researchers found that, as humans 9out of Africa, they left a trail of dead
6、elephants behind them. The creatures disappear from the fossil record of a region once it became colonized by humans. Modern elephants survived in rerfuges 10to humans, such as tropical forests, says Surovell. A. uninviting B. migrated C. declined D. due E. memorial F. specific G. already H. casuall
7、y I. hypothesis J. endurance K. resolve L. polish M. altered N. used O. species（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:_Better think twice before choosing a password for emails, online bank accounts and airline tickets. Passwords that show no imagination or 1ar
8、e easy(捕获物) for information pirates (劫掠者 ), a new US study says. A(n) 2analysis of 28,000 passwords recently stolen from a popular US website and posted on the Internet 3that people often do the easy thing. It found that 16 percent took a first name as a password, 4their own or one of their children
9、s, according to the study published by Information Week. Another 14 percent relied on the easiest keyboard 5to remember such as “1234“ or “12345678.“ For those using English keyboards, “QWERTY“, was popular. Likewise, “AZERTY“ 6with people with European keyboards. Five percent of the stolen password
10、s were names of television shows or stars popular with young people like “hannah,“ 7by singer Hannah Montana. “Pokemon,“ “Matrix,“ and “Ironman“ were others. The word “password,“ or easy to guess variations like “passwordl,“ accounted for four percent. Three percent of the passwords expressed 8like
11、“I dont care,“ “Whatever,“ “Yes“ or “No.“ There were 9choices “Iloveyou“and their opposite“Ihateyou.“ Robert Graham, of the company Errata Security, which did the analysis and published the conclusions, advises that to better protect against cyber 10: “choose a password that is longer than eight cha
12、racters with one capital letter and one symbol.“ A. invasion B. critical C. combinations D. attitudes E. furnished F. uniqueness G. reveals H. scored I. generally J. liberates K. emotional L. statistical M. conversely N. principle O. inspired（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:
13、_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_The French division of McDonalds has run advertisements that included a surprising 1: Kids shouldnt eat at McDonalds more than once a week. The advertisements, 2information from specialists, aim to show that “McDonalds meals are part of a balanced weekly diet,“ said Euro RSCG,
14、the agency that came up with the ads, which appeared this spring, mostly in French womens magazines. Alongside quotes from specialists addressing 3and diets for children, the ads described how McDonalds hamburgers are made of 100 percent real beef and cooked on a grill free of 4oil. One ad placed in
15、 Femme Actuelle in April quoted a nutritionist who said, “theres no reason to 5fast food, or visit McDonalds more than once a week“ The McDonalds Corp., based in Oak Brook, Ill., said in a statement Wednesday that it “strongly 6“ with the nutritionist quoted in the French advertisement. “The vast ma
16、jority of nutrition professionals say that McDonalds food can be and is a part of a healthy diet based on the sound nutrition 7of balance, variety and moderation (适度),“ the statement said. Since opening its first French branch in 1968, McDonalds has expanded 8in France. More recently the multination
17、al has come under fire from anti-globalization 9, farmers groups, and in Paris, striking workers. Last year, sheep farmer-turned-activist Jose Bove became a standard-bearer for the French anti-globalization 10when he led a group that ransacked (洗劫) a McDonalds in southern France. A. quoting B. conti
18、nuously C. overweight D. suggestion E. abuse F. protestors G. occasionally H. additional I. tame J. movement K. disagreed L. healed M. principles N. conference O. prosperous（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 263 答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分
19、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（分数：20.00）_解析：Hungry prehistoric hunters, not climate change, drove elephants to extinction during the Pleistocene era (更新世), new research suggests. At least 12 kinds of elephants 1to wander about the A
20、frican, Eurasian, and American continents. Today, only two 2of elephants are left in South Asia and Africa. One theory for this dramatic death holds that rapid climate shifts at the end of the most recent major ice age, some 10,000 years ago, 3vegetation and broke up habitats (栖息地), causing the deat
21、h of those unable to adapt to the new conditions. Another 4blames prehistoric humans, whose improved weapons and hunting techniques allowed them to wipe out whole herds of elephants. To help 5the debate, archaeologist Todd Surovell of the University of Wyoming, and colleagues tested two assumptions.
22、 If humans caused the elephant extinction, Surovell reasoned, the timing of the die-off in 6regions should match human expansion into those regions. On the contrary, if the extinction was 7to climate change, elephants should remain in regions 8colonized by humans and would only begin to die off once
23、 climate change occurred. The team tested both theories by analyzing where and when elephants were killed. In all, the study included 41 archaeological sites on five continents. The researchers found that, as humans 9out of Africa, they left a trail of dead elephants behind them. The creatures disap
24、pear from the fossil record of a region once it became colonized by humans. Modern elephants survived in rerfuges 10to humans, such as tropical forests, says Surovell. A. uninviting B. migrated C. declined D. due E. memorial F. specific G. already H. casually I. hypothesis J. endurance K. resolve L.
25、 polish M. altered N. used O. species（分数：20.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：N）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：I）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：K）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：F）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：D）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：G）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：B）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：A）解析：解析：此处的词应该与 to humans 一起作后置定语，修饰 refuges，所以可能是形容词或动词的过去分词。从词义上来看，动词的过去分词不合适，所以答案肯定是形容词。而根据下
26、文的 such as tropical forests，此处应该是一个具有消极意义的形容词，所以选 uninviting。refuges uninviting to humans 意为“人类不感兴趣的地方”。Better think twice before choosing a password for emails, online bank accounts and airline tickets. Passwords that show no imagination or 1are easy(捕获物) for information pirates (劫掠者 ), a new US st
27、udy says. A(n) 2analysis of 28,000 passwords recently stolen from a popular US website and posted on the Internet 3that people often do the easy thing. It found that 16 percent took a first name as a password, 4their own or one of their childrens, according to the study published by Information Week
28、. Another 14 percent relied on the easiest keyboard 5to remember such as “1234“ or “12345678.“ For those using English keyboards, “QWERTY“, was popular. Likewise, “AZERTY“ 6with people with European keyboards. Five percent of the stolen passwords were names of television shows or stars popular with
29、young people like “hannah,“ 7by singer Hannah Montana. “Pokemon,“ “Matrix,“ and “Ironman“ were others. The word “password,“ or easy to guess variations like “passwordl,“ accounted for four percent. Three percent of the passwords expressed 8like “I dont care,“ “Whatever,“ “Yes“ or “No.“ There were 9c
30、hoices “Iloveyou“and their opposite“Ihateyou.“ Robert Graham, of the company Errata Security, which did the analysis and published the conclusions, advises that to better protect against cyber 10: “choose a password that is longer than eight characters with one capital letter and one symbol.“ A. inv
31、asion B. critical C. combinations D. attitudes E. furnished F. uniqueness G. reveals H. scored I. generally J. liberates K. emotional L. statistical M. conversely N. principle O. inspired（分数：20.00）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：G）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：I）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：C）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：H）填空项 1:_
32、 （正确答案：O）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：D）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：K）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：A）解析：解析：此处应为名词。本题所在的段落可视为全文的结论部分，前面的段落提到的内容都是为了提醒我们选择一个适当的密码以抵御网络盗窃或网络“入侵”，因此，名词词库中的 invasion 为本题答案。The French division of McDonalds has run advertisements that included a surprising 1: Kids shouldnt eat at McDonalds more than once a week. The a
33、dvertisements, 2information from specialists, aim to show that “McDonalds meals are part of a balanced weekly diet,“ said Euro RSCG, the agency that came up with the ads, which appeared this spring, mostly in French womens magazines. Alongside quotes from specialists addressing 3and diets for childr
34、en, the ads described how McDonalds hamburgers are made of 100 percent real beef and cooked on a grill free of 4oil. One ad placed in Femme Actuelle in April quoted a nutritionist who said, “theres no reason to 5fast food, or visit McDonalds more than once a week“ The McDonalds Corp., based in Oak B
35、rook, Ill., said in a statement Wednesday that it “strongly 6“ with the nutritionist quoted in the French advertisement. “The vast majority of nutrition professionals say that McDonalds food can be and is a part of a healthy diet based on the sound nutrition 7of balance, variety and moderation (适度),
36、“ the statement said. Since opening its first French branch in 1968, McDonalds has expanded 8in France. More recently the multinational has come under fire from anti-globalization 9, farmers groups, and in Paris, striking workers. Last year, sheep farmer-turned-activist Jose Bove became a standard-b
37、earer for the French anti-globalization 10when he led a group that ransacked (洗劫) a McDonalds in southern France. A. quoting B. continuously C. overweight D. suggestion E. abuse F. protestors G. occasionally H. additional I. tame J. movement K. disagreed L. healed M. principles N. conference O. pros
38、perous（分数：20.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：D）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：H）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：E）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：K）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：F）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：J）解析：解析：此处可能为名词，被 anti-globalization 修饰；或者可能是副词，修饰 became。从空白处后的 when 从句可以看出，这个动作只是一次性的，所以词库中的两个表示频率的副词都不合适。从上下文的词义可以看出，movement 是适合的名词，表明 Jose Bove 成为了法国反全球化运动的领袖。
