1、i大學(xué)英語四級閱讀 40 篇2. Accordingto the writer ,the most importantcharacterfor a good man ager is his_ .a. not feari ng stressb. k nowing the art of relaxati onc. high sense of resp on sibilityd. hav ing con trol over performa nee3. Which of the follwi ng stateme nts is ture?a. We can find some ways to avo

2、id stressb. Stress is always harmful to peoplect is easy to cha nge the hagit of keep ing on eself busy with work.d.Different people can withstand different amounts of stress4n Paragraph 3, such a reacti on refers back to_ .a. mak ing a choice betwee n flight or fightb. reactio n to stress both chem

3、ically and physicallyc. resp onding to crises quicklyd. los ing heart at the sig ns difficulties5n the last sentence of the passage,do so refers toa. expose ourselves to stressb. fi nd ways to deal with stress2c. remove stress from our livesd. established links betwee n diseases and stress6/40 答案：da

4、dbcIn the 1960s, many young America ns were dissatisfied withAmerica n society. They wan ted to end the Viet nam War and to make allof the people in the U.S. epual. Some of them decided to drop out ofAmerica n society and form their own societies . They formed utopiancommunities, which theycalled co

5、m mun es, where they could follow their philosophy of do yourown thing. A group of artists founded a com mune in souther n Coloradocalled Drop City. Follow ing the ideas of philosopher and architectBuckm in ster Fuller they built domeshaped houses from pieces of oldcars. Other groups, such as author

6、 Ken Keseys Merry Pranksters, thefollowers fo San Fran cisco poet Steve Gaki n, and a group that calleditself the Hog Farm, lived in old school huses and traveled around theUnited States. The Hog Farm become famous whe n they helped organize the Woodstock Rock Festival in 1969. Steve Gaski ns follow

7、ers triedto settle dow n on a farm in Tennessee, but they had to leave when somemembers of the gruop were arrested for grow ing marijua na.Not all com munes believed in the philosophy of do youown thing, however . Twin Oaks , a commune founded in Virgiania in the3late 1960s, was based on the ideas o

8、f psychologistB.F.Skinner. Thepeople who lived at Twin Oakswere carefullycon trolledby Ski nn erscon diti oningtech niq ues to do things that were good for the com munity. In 1972, Italian architect Paolo Soleri bega n to build Arcosa nti, a utopiancityArizsona where 2500 people will live closelytog

9、ether in one large building called an archology Soleri believes thatpeople must live closely together so that they will all become one.1. Why did some young America ns decide to drop out ofscoiety during the 1960s?a. They were not satisfied with America n society.b. They wan ted to grow marijua na.c

10、. They wan ted to go to the Viet nam War.d. They did not want all people to be equal.2. Where did the members of the Hog Farm com mune live?an dome-shaped housebn old school husesc. O n a farm inTenn esseedn an archology in Ariz ona3. Who gave the people of Drop City the idea to bulid dome-shapedhou

11、se?a. Paolo Soleri4b. B.G.Ski nnerc. Steve Gask ind. Buckm in ster Fuller4. What was the Twin Oaks com mune base on ?a. The philosophy of do your own thingb. Virgi naia in the late 1960sc. The ideas of psychologistd. The belief that people must live closely togerher.5. What is an archology?a. A pers

12、 on who studies archaeologyb. A large buildi ng where people live closely togetherc. A city in A rizonad. A tech nique to con torl people7/40 答案：abdcb8/40There are two factors which determ ine an in dividualsintelligenee.The first is the sort of brain he is born with.Huma n brains differ con siderab

13、ly, some being more capable than others.But no matter how good a brain he has to begi n with, an in dividual willhave a low order of in tellige nee uni ess he has opportunities to learn.So the second factor is whathappe ns to the in dividual the sort of en vir onment in which he is5reared. If an in

14、dividual is han dicapped envionmen tally ,it is likely that hisbrain will fail to develop and he will never attai n the level of i ntellige neeof which he is capable.The importa neeof en vir onmentin determ ininganin dividuals in telli ngencecan be dem on stratedby the casehistory of the ide ntical

15、twins, Peter and Mark X. Being ide ntical, the twinshad identicalbrains at birth, and their growthprocesses were the same. When the twi ns were three mon ths old , theirparents died, and they were placed in separate foster homes. Peter wasreated by pare nts of low in tellige nee in anisolatedcom mun

16、itywithpoor educati onalpooprt un ities.Markwas reared in the home of well-to-dopare nts who had bee n to college. He was read to as a child , sent togood schools, and give n every opport unity to be stimulated intellectually.Thisen virome ntaldiffere neeeon ti nued un til the twins were in their la

17、te tee ns, whe n theywere gibe n tesets to measure their in tellige nee. Marks I.Q. was125, twen ty-five poi nts higher tha n the average and fully fortypoi nts higher tha n his ide ntical brother.Give nequalopport un ities , the twi ns , hav ing ide ntical brai ns,would have tested atroughly the sa

18、me level.1. This selecti on can best be titled_ .6a. Measuri ng Your In tellige neebn tellige nee and En vir onmentc. The Case of Peter and Markd. How the brain In flue nces In tellige nee2. The beststatementof the main idea of this passage isthat_.a. huma n brains differ con siderablyb. the brain a

19、 personis born with is improtant indeterm ining his in tellige neec. e nvir onment is crucial in determ ining a pers ons in tellige need. persons having identical brains will have roughly the same intellige nee3. Accord ing to the passage , the average I.Q.is_ .a. 85b. 100c. 110d.1254. The case hist

20、ory of the twins appears to support thecon clusi on that_ .a. i ndividual with ide ntical brains seldom test at same levelb. a n in dividuals in tellige neeis determ inedon ly by hisen virome nt7cack of opport unity blocks the growth of in tellige need. cha nges of en virome nt produce cha nges in t

21、he structure of thebrain5. This passage suggests that an in dividual s I.Q._.a. ca n be predicted at birthb. stays the same throuthout his lifec. ca n be in creased by educati ond. is determ ined by his childhood8/40 答案：bcbcc9/40As she walked round the huge department store,Edith reflected howdiffic

22、ult it was to choose a suitable Christmas prese nt for her father.Shewish that he was as easy to please as her mother, who was alwaysdelighted with perfumeBesides,shoppongat this time of the year was a mostdisgreeable experienee :people trodon your toes,poked youwith their elbows and almost kno eked

23、 you overi n their haste to get to abarga in ahead of you.Partly to have a rest, Edith paused in front of a eounter where someattraeive ties were on display. They are real silk, the assista nt assuredher, tryi ng to tempt her. Worth double the price. But edit knew from pastexperie nee that her choic

24、e of ties hardly ever pleased her father.8She moved on relueta ntly and the n quite by eha nee, stoppedwhere a small erowd of man had gathered round a eoun ter. She foundsome good quality pipes on saleandsupper table. Her mother was in an espeeially eheerful mood,Your father has at last to deeided t

25、o stop smoking.Shein formed her daughter.I._ Ediths fathera. did not like prese ntb. n ever got prese ntc. preferred tiesd. was difficult to choose a prese nt for2. The assista nt spoke to Edith because she seemed_a. attractiveb. i nterested in tiesc. tiredthe prieeswere very reas on able.Edithdid n

26、ot hesitate forlong:althoughherfather only smokeda pipe oeeasi on ally,she knewthatthiswas a presentwhiehwas bund to pleasehim.Whenshe gothome,with hersmall well-ehose nprese nteoneealedin her handbag, her parentswere already at the9d. i n n eed of comfort3. Edith stopped at the n ext counter_.a. pu

27、roselyb. sudde nlyc. u nwilli nglyd. accide ntally4. Ediths father smoked a pipe_.a. whe n he was obligedb. on social occasi onsc. from time to timed. whe n he was delighted5.Shopp ing was very disagreeable at that time of the yearbecause_ .a. coustomers trod on each others toesb. coustomers poked e

28、ach other with their elbowsc. customers kno eked each otherd. customers were doing their shopp ing in a great hurry9/40 答案：dbdcd10/40If the population of the earth goes on increasing at its prese nt rate,there will eve ntually n ot be eno ugh resources left to sustai n life on thepla net.By the midd

29、le of the 21st cen tury,if prese nt tre nds con ti nue, we10will have used up all the oil that drives our cars,for example.Eve n if scientists develop new ways of feeding the human race,the crowdedconditions on earth will make it necessary for lus to look for open spacesomewhere else. But none of th

30、e other planets in our solar system arecapable of support ing life at prese nt. One possible soluti on to theproblem, however,has rece ntly bee n suggested by America n scie ntist,Professor Carl Saga n.Saga n believes that before the earths resources are compleetelyexhausted it will be possible to c

31、hange the atmophere of Venus and socreate a new world almost as large as earth itself. The difficult is thatVenus is much hotter tha n the earth and there is only a tiny amount ofwater there.Sagan proposes that algae organisms that can live in extremely hotor cold atmospheres and at the same time pr

32、oduce oxyge n, should bebred in con diti on similar to those on Venus.As soon as this has beendone, the algae will be placed in small rockets. Spaceship will the n fly toVenus and fire the rockets into the atmospheren a fairly short time, thealge will break dow n the carb on dioxide into oxyge n and carb on.Whe n the algae have done theri work, the atmos