1、专业英语四级（阅读）模拟试卷 64及答案与解析 0 Denzel Washington and Halle Berry made history Sunday with Academy Award wins, and for many, it was a sweet victory, long past due. Nonetheless, minority groups say diversity must extend beyond Hollywoods glamour night and include other groups such as Asians, Hispanics and
2、American Indians. “If this is a sign that Hollywood is finally ready to give opportunity and judge performance based on skill and not on skin color, then it is a good thing,“ said Kweisi Mfume, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. “However, if this proves to b
3、e a momentary flash in a long history of neglect, then Hollywood has failed to learn the real meaning of equality.“ In 1939, when Hattie McDaniel became the first African-American actor to win an Oscar for Gone with the Wind, it was a bittersweet victory. McDaniels role was blasted by progressive Af
4、rican-American groups, and she was limited for much of the rest of her career in similar, stereotyped roles. Now Washington has won for his part as Alonzo Harris in the violent police thriller Training Day, playing a talented but corrupt narcotics detective who bullies his narcotics squad trainee wh
5、ile ruling the roost in a Los Angeles battle zone. Berry beat the field for her steamy part in Monsters Ball as Leticia Musgrove, a Southern mother doubly bereaved by the execution of her husband and the car-accident death of her son. Both movies are frank, verbally profane and violent. They show th
6、ings unshowable in the time of Gone with the Wind or even 20 or 30 years later. But mostly, they showed that African-Americans could be portrayed onscreen as complex human beings part good, part bad rather than the bigot-fodder of decades ago: the cardboard villains, comical personas or long-sufferi
7、ng saints and mammies of Hollywoods Golden Age. That battle, at least onscreen, was settled long ago. But this years double Oscar seals the contract. Nonetheless, some organizations say minorities will have power in front of the camera only when there is more minority representation behind the scene
8、s as directors, writers and producers. “I dont recall seeing any Asian-Americans, women or men, being recognized and not too many Latin Americans,“ Washington said, “So there is still a lot of work(to be done).“ 1 People thought that the “sweet victory“ （ A） didnt benefit status of minority people.
9、（ B） should have come long before. （ C） would leave them a permanent memory. （ D） showed the equality between men and women. 2 Kweisi Mfume was _ about the effect of the “sweet victory“. （ A） rational （ B） arbitrary （ C） ambiguous （ D） convinced 3 What happened to Hattie McDaniel after her performan
10、ce in Gone with the Wind? （ A） She was alienated by the African Americans. （ B） She had to play similar roles in other films. （ C） She began to give up her progressive view. （ D） She wanted to change her stereotyped image. 4 In Training Day, Denzel Washington played the role of （ A） a violent and dr
11、eadful detective. （ B） a detective who was addicted to drugs. （ C） a capable but disgraceful detective. “ （ D） a detective who was strict with his trainee. 5 In the passage, a “bigot-fodder“ most probably refers to a person who is （ A） unique. （ B） complicated. （ C） unimportant. （ D） simple. 6 Accor
12、ding to the author, the double Oscar this year （ A） triggers the battle on racism in film industry. （ B） helps settle the issue of racism in film industry. （ C） verifies the equality between races in film industry. （ D） discloses the inequality between races in film industry. 6 The direct rays of th
13、e sun touch the equator and strike northward toward the Tropic of Cancer. In the Southern hemisphere winter* has begun, and it is summer north of the equator. The sea and air grow warmer; the polar air of winter begins its gradual retreat. The northward shift of the sun also brings the season of tro
14、pical cyclones to the northern hemisphere, a season that is ending for the Pacific and India Oceans south of the equator. Along our coasts and those of Asia, it is time to look seaward, to guard against the seasons storms. Over the Pacific, the tropical cyclone season is never quite over, but varies
15、 in intensity. Every year, conditions east of the Philippines send a score of violent storms howling toward Asia, but it is worst from June through October. Southwest of Mexico, a few Pacific hurricanes will grow during spring and summer, but most will die at sea or perish over the desert or the low
16、er California coast as squalls. Along our Atlantic and Gulf coasts, the hurricane season is from June to November. In an average year, there are fewer than ten tropical cyclones and six of them will develop into hurricanes. These will kill 50 to 100 persons between Texas and Maine and cause property
17、 damage of more than $100 million. If the year is worse than average, we will suffer several hundred deaths, and property damage will run to billions of dollars. Tornadoes, floods, and severe storms are in season elsewhere on the continent. Now, to these destructive forces must be added the hazard o
18、f the hurricane. From the National Hurricane Center in Miami, a radar fence reaches westward to Texas and northward to New England. It provides a 200-mile look into offshore disturbances. In Maryland, the giant computers of the National Meteorological Center digest the myriad bits of dataatmospheric
19、 pressure, temperature, humidity, surface winds, and winds aloft received from weather stations and ships monitoring the atmospheric setting each hour, every day. Cloud photographs from spacecraft orbiting the earth are received in Maryland and are studied for the telltale spiral on the warming sea.
20、 The crew of United States aircraft over the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, and Atlantic watch the sky and wait for the storm that will bear a persons name. The machinery of early warning vibrates with new urgency as the season of great storms begins. 7 The cyclone season of the Southern hemisphere （ A）
21、 is brought by the polar air of winter. （ B） ends when winter comes to the Southern hemisphere. （ C） virtually lasts throughout the year. （ D） begins when the sun rays strike the Tropic of Cancer. 8 What is true about the storms howling towards Asia? （ A） They originate over the Pacific. （ B） They i
22、nfluence Southeast Asia most violently. （ C） They mainly grow during spring and summer. （ D） They usually perish off coast. 9 When the Pacific hurricanes reach the lower California, most of them will （ A） reduce their intensity. （ B） increase their intensity. （ C） cause much property damage. （ D） re
23、sult in great rain and floods. 10 The passage discusses most clearly about （ A） the factors that cause hurricanes. （ B） the most risky areas that suffer hurricanes. （ C） the early warning system against hurricanes. （ D） the remedies for property damage by hurricanes. 10 Now that its summer, the gene
24、ration gap in the office is as obvious as the almost-bare feet flip-flopping down the hallway. Baby Boomer bosses, in their Hillary pantsuits, eye entry-level Millennials with bemusement at best and disdain at worst: Why the tight tops and skinny jeans? Twentysomethings shrug off the scrutiny: It se
25、ems parents and bosses just dont understand. Sallie Gaines represents the older generation. A senior vice-president in the Chicago office of public relations agency Hill & Knowlton, Gaines, 55, is no fashionista. “I am an old, fat, white woman,“ she announces. “I am not stylish.“ She wears dull-colo
26、red suits most days, tweed jackets on occasion, and on casual Fridays, she sports twin sets, Norm Thompson black jeans, and earth-tone flats. She tucks her light brown hair neatly behind her ears. But if Gaines dresses without flash, she does it consciously. She says she came of age at a time when W
27、omen wanted only to blend into male-dominated workplaces, not call attention to their femininity. She says her dress also conveys to clients and co-workers that she is a professional at work. Its no wonder then that she is unnerved by women who drift into work wearing bright tops or fitted dress pan
28、ts. Or that she is downright shocked when they wear even less, baring bellies, toes, or tattoos. “We banned flip-flops here two years ago,“ says Gaines. “I still cant believe we had to tell people not to wear them.“ Like others in the younger generation, Anne Mahoney considers herself a hard worker
29、who wants to be taken seriously. But she is also not afraid to bring a little sass to the workplace. A short, freckle-faced brunette who started as a junior account executive at Hill & Knowlton two years ago, Mahoney, 25, shows up for work most days in black dress pants from Limited or Express, a br
30、ight, fitted shirt purple, teal blue, and kelly green are her favorites and heels. High ones, like her pair of three-inch orange Tommy Hilfigers. “Hopefully, older women see us as having more freedom in what we wear, and hopefully, they dont hold it against us,“ she says. Gaines says Mahoneys genera
31、tion never has had to worry about sexism in the workplace, so the women think nothing of wearing clothes that highlight their bodies. Mahoneys response? “I watch old Murphy Brown shows and see the big shoulder pads and the women dressing more masculine, and it is so off-putting. I dont think that ki
32、nd of fashion proves anything today. It doesnt mean you are more serious. People feel more comfortable dressing in tune with their personalities.“ As temperatures rise, Mahoney says shell ditch her black dress pants for short-sleeved cotton summer dresses in sea green, with a Jones New York(JNY)whit
33、e cardigan over the top. Its a good thing she mentioned the sweater. Gaines on bare arms: “Nope.“ Mahoney wont be wearing stockings, however. “I think that really is a generational thing,“ she says. “I would never wear nylons.“ Gaines will, even if she hates them. “You dont want to flash skin.“ “Im
34、not saying join a nunnery or wear a burka,“ says Gaines, whose summer wardrobe is black or neutral-colored suits(from Lands End, “but come on.“ 11 In the first paragraph, Baby Boomer bosses attitude toward the entry-level Millennials is （ A） unfavorable. （ B） scornful. （ C） irresponsible. （ D） fashi
35、onable. 12 According to Sallie Gaines, dress should have much to do with （ A） being casual and comfortable. （ B） being formal and conventional. （ C） blending masculinity into femininity. （ D） revealing a womans professionalism. 13 What kind of an image does Anne Mahoney want to convey through her dr
36、ess? （ A） Causal. （ B） Delightful. （ C） Interesting. （ D） Unrestricted. 14 According to Gaines, sexism has nothing to do with the way of dress of （ A） Murphy Brown. （ B） career women. （ C） the Millennials. （ D） the baby boomers. 15 In summer, Gaines finds it a must to wear （ A） a sweater and stockin
37、gs. （ B） a short-sleeved dress. （ C） pantsuits and stockings. （ D） dress pants and flats. 15 That afternoon of March 10, 2010, complications had forced Diana, only 24-weeks pregnant, to undergo an emergency cesarean to deliver the couples new daughter, Danae Lu Blessing. At 12 inches long and weighi
38、ng only one pound and nine ounces, they already knew she was perilously premature. Still, the doctors soft words dropped like bombs. “I dont think shes going to make it,“ he said, as kindly as he could. “Theres only a 10-percent chance she will live through the night, and even then, if by some slim
39、chance she does make it, her future could be a very cruel one.“ Numb with disbelief, David and Diana listened as the doctor described the devastating problems Danae would likely face if she survived. She would never walk. She would never talk. She would probably be blind. She would certainly be pron
40、e to other catastrophic conditions from cerebral palsy to complete mental retardation and on and on. “No! No!“ was all Diana could say. She and David, with their 5-year-old son Dustin, had long dreamed of the day they would have a daughter to become a family of four. Now, within a matter of hours, t
41、hat dream was slipping away. Through the dark hours of morning as Danae held onto life by the thinnest thread, Diana slipped in and out of drugged sleep, growing more and more determined that their tiny daughter would live and live to be a healthy, happy young girl. But David, fully awake and listen
42、ing to additional dire details of their daughters chances of ever leaving the hospital alive, much less healthy, knew he must confront his wife with the inevitable. David walked in and said that we needed to talk about making funeral arrangements, Diana remembers “I felt so bad for him because he wa
43、s doing everything, trying to include me in what was going on, but I just wouldnt listen I couldnt listen. I said, “No, that is not going to happen, no way! I dont care what the doctors say Danae is not going to die! One day she will be just fine, and she will be coming home with us!“ As if willed t
44、o live by Dianas determination, Danae clung to life hour after hour, with the help of every medical machine and marvel her miniature body could endure. But as those first days passed, a new agony set in for David and Diana. Because Danaes underdeveloped nervous system was essentially “raw,“ every li
45、ghtest kiss or caress only intensified her discomfort so they couldnt even cradle their tiny baby girl against then-chests to offer the strength of their love. All they could do, as Danae struggled alone beneath the ultra-violet light in the tangle of tubes and wires, was to pray mat God would stay
46、close to their precious little girl. There was never a moment when Danae suddenly grew stronger. But as weeks went by, she did slowly gain an ounce of weight here and an ounce of strength there. At last, when Danae turned two months old, her parents were able to hold her in their arms for the very f
47、irst time. And two months later though doctors continued to gently but grimly warn that her chances of surviving, much less living any kind of normal life, were next to zero Danae went home from the hospital, just as her mother had predicted. Today, five years later, Danae is a petite but feisty you
48、ng girl with glittering gray eyes and an unquenchable zest for life. She shows no signs, whatsoever, of any mental or physical impairments. Simply, she is everything a little girl can be and more but that happy ending is far from the end of her story. 16 Before talking to the doctor, David and Diana
49、 were already aware that Danae （ A） was too premature to be sound. （ B） was unlikely to make it. （ C） was going to be severely disabled. （ D） was in great peril at birth. 17 Dianas determination about the health of her daughter shows she was （ A） day-dreaming. （ B） in a hysterical state. （ C） not sober-minded. （ D） unconscious. 18 According to the fourth paragraph, the doctor told David （ A） to make funeral arrangements for Danae. （ B） Denae had slim chance of leaving the hospital alive. （ C） Danae would be less healthy if she lef
