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CET4专项测试——阅读能力测试
Section A听录音
Directions: In this section, you'll hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
1.A.It's sure to be easy.
B.It'll cost less than last years.
C.It might be difficult.
D.It starts right now.
2.A.He does not like either one.
B.He wants to go to both of them.
C.The play and the movie are not about the same subject.
D.It makes no difference to him which they go to.
3.A.Peter.
B.Nancy.
C.John.
D.An office worker.
4.A.She wants to go to the lecture, but not alone.
B.She doesn't really want to go to the lecture.
C.She'll go to the lecture if it's in the classroom.
D.She has to attend tonight's lecture because it's the only one.
5.A.He finished his novel and started his term paper.
B.He finished his term paper and started a novel.
C.He has just finished his term paper.
D.He hasn't finished his term paper.
6. A.She has no desire to teach.
B.She will graduate after the man does.
C.She doesn't like her teachers.
D.She doesn't know where graduation will be held.
7. A.Catch a cold.
B.Hurry to get the train.
C.Sit next to the railway station.
D.Fix his torn sleeve.
8. A.At a restaurant.
B.In a new car showroom.
C.In a parking lot.
D.At a car repair shop.
9. A.He is uncertain.
B.He will go by plane.
C.He will go by train.
D.He will go by bus.
10.A.The man should step over the basketball.
B.The man shouldn't be taking the train tomorrow.
C.The man should see the game afterward.
D.The man shouldn't be playing so soon.
Section B听录音
Directions: In this section,you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is
read for the first time,you should listen carefully for its general idea. Then listen to the passage again. When the passage is read for the second time,you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from S11 to S17 with the exact words you have just heard.For blanks numbered from S18 to S20 you are requi red to fill in the missing information. You can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally,when the passage is read for the third time,you should check what you have written.
Modern (11)_______ methods lower the cost of making goods, and thus give us better values. At the same time, American (12)_______ and science are (13)_______ at work improving the quality o f products. In this way, better quality products at good values are (14)_________being brought to the people of all (15)_________ groups.
As an example of how this works, when facial tissues were first put on the market in 1924, they were made in (16)________ quantities and sold at 65 cents per box of 200.People liked these facial tissues immediately and began asking for the
m when they went into different stores. Because there was such a demand for the product, (17)_______ began making tissues in larger and larger quantities. Because the makers were making tissues in greater quantities, their production costs
were lowered so that the cost of tissues went down. In the meanwhile, (18)_______________________________________________ , and (19)____________________________________________________________________________ . Today, instead of costing 65 cents, a box of 200 facial tissues costs around onethird of that price, and they are both softer and stronger.
(20) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)
Directions:There are four passages in this part.Each p
assage is followed by some questions or unfinished statement.For each of them there are four choices marked A),B),C) and D).You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:
A study of art history might be a good way to learn more about a culture than is possible to learn in general history classes.Most typical history courses concentrate on polities,economies,and war.but art history focuses on much more than this because art reflects not only the political values of a people,but also religious beliefs,emotions,and psychology.In addition,information about the daily activities of our ancestors-or of people very different from our own-can be provided by art.In short,art expresses the essential qualities of a time and a place ,and a study of it clearly offers us a deeper understanding than can be found in most history books.
In history books,objective information about the political life of a country is presented;that is,facts about politics are given,but opinions are not expressed.Art,on the other hand,is subjective:it reflects emotions and opinions.The great Spanish painter Francisco Goya was perhaps the first truly "political" artist.in his well-known painting The Third of May,1080,he criticzed the Spanish government for its misuse of power over people.Over a hundred years later,symbolic images were used in Pablo Picasso's Guernica to express the horror of war.meanwhile,on another continent,the powerful paintings of Diego Rivera,Jose Clemente Orozco,and David Alfaro Siqueiros-as well as the works of Alfredo Ramos Martinze-depicted these Mexican artists' deep anger and sadness about social problems.
In the same way,art can reflect a culture's religious beliefs.For hundreds of years in Europe,religious art was almost the only type of art that existed.Churches and other religious buildings were filled wit
h paintings that depicted people and stories from the Bible.Although most people couldn't read,they could still understand biblical stories in the pictures on church walls.By contrast,one of the main characteristics of art in the Middle East was (and still is) its absence of human and animal images.This reflects the islamic(伊斯兰教的) belief that statues are unholy.
21.More can be learned about a culture from a study of art history than general history because art histroy_______ .
A) shows us the religious and emotions of a people in addition to political values
B) provides us with information about the daily activities of people in the past
C) gives us an insight into the essential qualities of a time and a place
D) all of the above
22.Art is subjective in that__________ .
A) a personal and emotional view of history is presented through it
B) it can easily arouse our anger or sadness about social problems
C) it will find a ready echo in our hearts
D) both B and C
23.Which of the following statemtnts is true according to the passage?
A) Unlike Francisco Goya,Pablo Picasso and several Mexican artists expressed their political opinions in their paintings.
B) History books often reveal the compilers' political views.
C) Religious art remained in Europe for centuries the only type of art because most people regarded the Bible as the Holy Book.
D) In the Middle East even today you can hardly find any human and animal figures on palaces or other buildings.
24.The passage is mainly discussing __________.
A) the difference between general history and art history
B) the making of art history
C) what we can learn from art
D) the influence of artists on art history
25.It may be concluded from this passage that_______ .
A) Islamic artists have had to create architectural decoration wi[1] [2] [3] [4] 下一页 |
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