大學英語四級（閱讀）模擬試卷36

一、閱讀（常規(guī)閱讀理解）（本題共3。題，每題

分,共30分。）

Justhowmuchdopeopleknewaboutkeepingtheirhomessafefromburglary?

Surprisingly,manyofusmakeassumptionsabouthomesecuritythatcanactually

increaseourriskofaburglarybyleavingus—andourhomes—undefended.Hereare

somehome-securitymythsandtruths."Analarmsystemdoesn'tdoanything.Ifathief

reallywantsto,he'llbreakinanyway."Ahome-securitysystemcannotstopaburglar

fromhittingyourhome.Butitisastrongdelerrent（威懾）,makinghimthinktwice

beforetargetingyou."Criminalshavetoldme,whentheywerequestioned,theyhad

walkedbythreeorfourhouses（hathadalarmstucktotheirwindowsandthenhittheone

（hatdidn't,"saysConst.JimCaldwellof（heEdmontonPoliceService.That'sbecause

settingoffanalarmcouldmeanacalltopolice.Andifathiefdoesbreakin,heisless

likelytomakeathoroughsearchofthehouse."It'sgoingtobeasmash-and-grab/'says

NormandFiset,presidentoftheQuebecchapteroftheCanadianSecurityAssociation.

"Usuallythey'reinandoutquickly.""Lightningneverstrikestwice.Ifmyhousehas

alreadybeenbrokeninto,chancesarethatitwon'thappenagain."Researchindicatesthat

yourhouseis12timesmorelikelytobebrokenintoagainwithinthenextmonth.Susan

Hall'sTorontohomewasburglarizedafewyearsago."Thepolicetoldus,'Don'tbe

surprisediftheycomebackafteryou'vereplacedeverything,'"shesays.Inhercasethey

didn't,butneverthelessshepromptlyputhermostsentimentalpossessionsinasecurity

box.Makeitaprioritytoassessyourhomesecurityandtakestepstoenhanceit.Ifyou

doreplacestolenmerchandise,don'tput（hepackagingboxesoutondisplayforroadside

pickup,"IfIhaveasecuritysystemandgoodlocks,Idon'tneedtotakeothersecurity

measures.""Alockisonlyasstrongasthedoorandthedoorframe,"saysConst.Donald

JenkinsoftheHalifaxRegionalPolice.Steeldoorsareagoodidea,too,butlookforone

withasolid-woodcore,notahollowdoor.Andconsideraddingasolid-steelstriptothe

sideofthedoortopreventthievesfrombreakingtheframewithanironbar.Othersteps

makeadifference.Installexternallightingandkeepbushestrimmedarounddoorsand

windows.Themorevisibleathiefwillbewhilebreakingintoyourhome,thelesslikely

itisthathe'lltry.Bewarc-of-dogsignsandlockedgatesalsodiscouragecriminals.And

whileitmayseemobvious,ifyoudoinvestingoodsecurityfeatures,makesureyou

actuallyusethem.Caldwellrecentlyinvestigatedabreak-and-entercaseinwhich"the

guyhadthebestoflocks,thebestofalarmsystems—andnoneofitwasengaged."

"SinceIliveinagoodneighborhood,Idon'tneedtoworryaboutbreak-ins.""Actually,

（heoppositeistrue,"saysRonNoiles,seniorvice-presidentforpersonal-property

insurancewithAvivaCanada,amajorsponsoroftheNeighborhoodWatchprogram.

"Criminalslookibrneighborhoodswherethegoodsaregood.And（hosearetypicallythe

onespeoplebelievethey'resafein."Ifyoutakefewersafetyprecautions,likenotlocking

yourdoor,becauseyoubelieveit'sunlikelyyou'llsufferabreak-in,you'reincreasingthe

oddsofyourhomebecomingatarget."Myhouseissafebecausesomeoneisalways

home."It'struethatmostthievesseekoutunoccupiedhouses.Buthomeburglary,in

whichcriminalsstrikedeliberatelywhilepeoplearchomesotheycanletthemin,do

sometimeshappen."Itisthemosteffectivewayofcarryingoutthetheftbecauseyou

knowyouwon'tgetsurprisedbytheowners—youhavethemcaught,"saysFiset.And

whenhomeinvasionsoccur,almosthalfthehomeownersendupinjured,accordingtothe

CanadianCentreforJusticeStatistics."IfIkeepmycurtainsclosedduringtheday,

thievescan'tseewhat'sinsideandwon'tbe(empiedlobreakin."Whileclosedcurtainsat

nightdokeepthievesfromlookinginside,duringthedaytheymayserveasanideal

coverforburglars.Openingcurtainsindaytimealsomakesitlookasthoughsomeoneis

home."There'slittleIcandotoreducepropertycrimeinmyneighborhood."Police

expertssaythatgettingtoknowyourneighborsisahugefactorincombatingbreak-ins.

"Ifsomeoneseesanunfamiliarcarinyourdrivewayorpeoplemovingsecretlyabout

yourproperty,neighborswillbemoreinclinedtocallpolice,"saysJenkins.Consider

gettinginvolvedwithalocalNeighborhoodWatchgroup,orcontactyourlocalpolice

departmenttosetoneup.Hereistheinitialmove(fromexperts)toprotectyourhome一

SoundtheAlarm!Statisticsshowthathouseswithalarmsystemsarclesslikelytobe

brokeninto,andiftheyare,lesspropertyisstolen.Andthere'sanaddedbonus—Home-

insurancecompaniestypicallyofferadiscountonyourpaymentonceyouhaveasecurity

systeminstalled.Unmonitoredalarmssoundasiren(警報器)insideoroutsideyour

houseand,ifyou'relucky,alertaneighbortotrouble.Asystemthatismonitored(ata

costofaround$30amonth)willsummonthepolice.TheCanadianSecurity

Association'sNormandFisetrecommendshavingthealarmironitoredratherthanrelying

onneighborstoact."Whenisthelasttimeyouconsideredcallingthecopswhenyou

heardacaralarminaparkinglot?"hereasons.Healsopointsoutthatmoreandmore

citiesandtownsarebanningoutsidesirens,andanalarmthatsoundsonlyinsidethe

housedoeslittlegood.Ifyouralarmismonitored,itssignaltravelstothemonitoring

service,usuallythroughyourphoneline.Servicepersonnelwillcallthepolicewhen

(here'saproblem,oftenphoningyourhomefirsttoensureit'snotafalsealarm.(Ifitis,

yousimplysupplyyourpassword(ocancelit.)Inmanyregions,thehomeowneris

accountableforafeeifpolicearecalledneedlessly.Thephysicalcomponentsofanalarm

system—motiondetectors,magneticdoororwindowcontacts,controlpanel-canbe

eitherhard-wiredthroughyourhomeorconnectedwithwireless-radiosignals.Besureto

checkthatthecompanyinstallingthealarmisamemberofaprofessionalassociationand

hasanylicensesrequiredbyyourcityortown.Magneticcontactatthedoorsand

windowsandglass-breakdetectionwilltripthealarmiftheperimeter(周界)ofthehouse

iscrossed.Thealarmwillbesetoffbeforethe(hiefhassetfootinsideyourhome.

Motiondetectorsinsidearefunctionedifapersonmovesinsidethehomewhilethe

systemisarmed.Ensurethatthesystemyouselectgivestheoptionofarmingthe

perimeterandmotionsensorsseparately.Thatway,thealarmcanalertyoutoany

breaking-inevenwhenyouarehome.Ifyouhaveapetorareconsideringgettingone,

makesureyoursystemisdesignedtopickuponlythemotionofhumans.Whatifathief

cutsyourphonelinetopreventcontactwiththemonitoringcompany?Althoughthis

doesn'thappenoften,sonicsystemsnowofferwircicss-phoncsupport.Thenewest

technologyevenusesyourIn:ernctconnectiontosendoutaburglaryalert.

1、Whaiisthefunctionofanalarmsystem?

A^Itcandonothingtostopathief.

B、Itstopsaburglarfrombreakingintothehouse.

C、Itincreasestheriskofaburglary.

D、Itfrightensawaytheburglars.

標準答案：D

知識點解析：該段提到雖然家庭防盜系統(tǒng)不能阻止盜賊進入你家，但它能起強大的

威懾作用，能使盜賊有所顧忌，D項說法與此相符，故正確。

2、Whatistheprimarythingshouldpeopledoafterbeingburglarized?

A^Assesshomesecurity.

B、Replacestolenmerchandise.

C、Putthepackagingboxesout.

D^Takeawaythesentimentalpossessions.

標準答案：A

知識點解析：原文提到被盜后首先評估自家的安全狀況，并逐步采取加強措施，故

A為正確答案。

3、DonaldJenkinsofHalifaxRegionalPolicesuggestinstalling.

A、asinglelockthat'sstrongenough

B、woodendoorswithasolid-woodcore

C、steeldoorswithasolid-steelstrip

D、hollowdoorswithasolid-steelstrip

標準答案：C

知識點解析：原文提到安裝鐵門是個好主意，但應該是實心的而不是中空的。還要

考慮在門邊加.上堅固的鋼條，故確定C為正確答案。

4、Thehousesinagoodneighborhoodalsosufferbreak-insbecause.

A、burglarslookfortheplacewheregoodsaregood

B、peopleinagoodneighborhoodneverlockthedoor

C、thereisnohome-securitysysteminagoodneighborhood

D、peopletheredon'tusethegoodsecurityfeatureproperly

標準答案：A

知識點解析：該段的第1句指出住在高檔小區(qū)就不用擔心被盜是錯誤的，第2句則

說明了原因，即罪犯尋找有高檔貨物的小區(qū)，所以答案應為A。

5、1(isbetterforpeopletokeepthecurtainsclosed.

A、whennobodyishome

B、atnight

C、whensomeoneishome

D、duringtheday

標準答案：B.

curatorsattheLouvre"someworry".Themuseumhas[12]astudytoevaluatethe

MonaLisa'svulnerability（易受攻擊）toclimatechanges.Thepaintingwillremainon

【13】duringthetesting,（heLouvresaid."Itsstateofpreservationis[14]thesource

ofsomeconcern,"astatementissuedbythemuseumsaid.Deterioration（變壞）inits

woodpanelwas"greaterthanthatwhichhasbeen[15]observed."itadded.Thestudy,

tobeconductedbytheCentreforResearchandRestorationofMuseumsofFrance,will

better[16]whatmaterialsthepaintingismadeof.Thepainting,whose[17]smile

attractsmillionsofvisitorstotheLouvre,isdisplayedbehindglasstoprotectitfrom

[18]changesandcameraflashes.Itwillbeputinaspecially[19]roomintheLouvre

earlynextyear.TheMonaLisawaspaintedbetween1503-1506andwasthoughttobe

namedafterthesitter,mostlikely（heFlorentinewifeofFrancescodelGiocondo.It

movedtoFrancewithdaVinciintheearly16thCentury,whereithas[20]exceptfora

shortspellwhenitwasstolenin1911.Thepaintingwasdiscoveredtwoyearslaterina

Florencehotel.A.mysteriousB.previouslyC.doseD.commissionedE.charityF.

climaticG.intentionallyH.redecoratedI.interfereI.displayK.determineL.currently

M.panelN.suspiciousO.remained

11、[11]

標準答案：M

知識點解析：此處應為名詞，該物質(zhì)是薄木制成的。根據(jù)卜文aroundLeonardoda

Vinci'spainting,可知它是指達芬奇這幅名畫的畫板，因此答案為panel。另外下文

第6段再次提到了woodpanel,從中可進一步確定答案。

12、[121

標準答案：D

知識點解析：此處應為動詞的過去分詞，且是及物動詞，與has構(gòu)成本句的謂語，

賓語是astudy,符合這些條件的只有commissioned,指“委托”別人進行研究。

13、[13]

標準答案：J

知識點解析：此處應為名詞，可與介詞。n搭配。上下文表明雖然盧浮宮決定評估

《蒙娜麗莎》受氣候的影響，但該畫仍繼續(xù)展覽，表示“展覽”的只能是on

displayo

14、[14]

標準答案：L

知識點解析：此處應為副詞，作狀語，修飾謂語is。根據(jù)動詞的時態(tài)可以排除

previously,根據(jù)上下文與此，最合適的是currently,意為“現(xiàn)在，當前

15、[15]

標準答案：B

知識點解析：此處應為副詞，作狀語，修飾從句謂語。對比句中的比較級greater

than…前后的時態(tài)及語義，可以知道這個副詞應該是指先前的研究觀察，因此

previously適合。

16、[16]

標準答案：K

知識點解析：由前面的will可知此處應為動詞原形，并由其后的賓語從句可知是

一個及物動詞，再根據(jù)上下文語義，只有determine一詞合適，表明研究會更好地

確定這幅畫由什么材料構(gòu)成。

17、[17]

標準答案：A

知識點解析：此處應為形容詞，修飾smile。蒙娜麗莎的微笑很明顯應該是

mysterious,即神秘的，而不是suspicious(可疑的)。

18、[18]

標準答案：F

知識點解析：此處應為形容詞，修飾changes。根據(jù)上文第3段提到的要評估《蒙

娜麗莎》這幅名畫受氣候變化的影響，可以推斷此處也應該是指氣候變化，即

climaticchanges0

19、[19]

標準答案：H

知識點解析：此處應為形容詞或動詞的過去分詞，作room的定語，且可由

specially修飾。上文提到該名畫將放在玻璃后面展出，由此可見，這一句也應該表

明該畫作展覽的地方是一個特別裝修的房間，以保護這幅畫，因此只有redecorated

符合詞性及語義的要求。

20、[20]

標準答案：O

知識點解析：此處應為動近的過去分詞，與has構(gòu)成句子的謂語，表明從16世紀

開始，這幅畫就一宜留在了法國，因此remained是合適的單詞。

InonlytwodecadesAsianAmericanshavebecomethefastest-growingU.S.minority.As

(heirchildrenbeganmovingupthrough(henation'sschools,itbecameclearthatanew

classofacademicachieverswasemerging.Theirachievementsarereflectedinthe

nation'sbestuniversities,wheremathematics,scienceandengineeringdepartmentshave

takenonadecidedlyAsiancharacter.Thisspeciallikingformathematicsandscienceis

partlyexplainedbythefactthatAsian-Americanstudentswhobegantheireducations

abroadarrivedintheU.S.withasolidgroundinginmathemalicsbutlittleorno

knowledgeofEnglish.Theyarealsoinfluencedbythepromisesofagoodjobafter

college.Asiansfeeltherewillbelessunfairtreatmentinareaslikemathematicsand

sciencebecausetheywillbejudgedmoreobjectively.Andthereturnontheinvestment

ineducationismoreimmediateinsomethinglikeengineeringthanwithanartsdegree.

MostAsian-Americanstudentsowetheirsuccesstotheinfluenceofparentswhoarc

determinedthattheirchildrentakefulladvantageofwhattheAmericaneducational

systemhastooffer.Aneffectivemeasureofparentalattentionishomework.Asian

parentsspendmoretimewiththeirchildrenthanAmericanparentsdo,andithelps.Many

researchersalsobelievethereissomethinginAsianculturethatbreedssuccess,suchas

idealsthatstressfamilyvaluesandemphasizeeducation.Bothexplanationsforacademic

successworryAsianAmericansbecauseoffearsthattheyfeedatypicalracialimage.

ManycanrememberwhenChinese,JapaneseandFilipinoimmigrantswerethevictims

ofsocialisolation.Indeed,itwasnotuntil1952thatlawswerelaiddowngivingallAsian

immigrantstherighttocitizenship.

21、Whilemakingtremendojsachievementsatcollege,Asian-Americanstudents

A、feeltheyaremistreatedbecauseoflimitedknowledgeofEnglish

B、arcafraidmattheiracademicsuccessesbearastrongAsiancharacter

C、stillworryaboutunfairtreatmentinacademicareas

D、generallyfeelitashameiohavetodependontheirparems

標準答案：B

知識點解析：推理判斷題。從最后一段的第1句可推斷選項B。木文并未討論選項

A亞裔美國人受歧視的原因，也未討論選項D,選項C與第1段倒數(shù)第2句不符。

22、WhatarethemajorfactorsthatdeterminethesuccessofAsianAmericans?

A^SolidfoundationinbasicmathematicsandAsianculture.

B、Hardworkandintelligence.

C^HardworkandalimitedknowledgeofEnglish.

D、AsiancultureandtheAmericaneducationalsystem.

標港答案：D

知識點解析：事實細節(jié)題。文章第2段第1句說明了第一個原因是American

educationalsystem,最后一句說明了第二個原因為Asianculture,即選項D。選項

A中的solidfoundationinbasicmathematics在文章第1段提到，但這只是亞裔美國

學生偏愛數(shù)學和理工科的部分原因，選項B和C無原文依據(jù)，且選項C后半部分

也不合情理。

23、FewAsian-Americanstudentsmajorinhumansciencesmainlybecause.

A^theirEnglishisnotgoodenough

B、theyarcafraidtheymighrmeetwithunfairjudgmentintheseareas

C、thereisawidedifferencebetweenAsianandWesterncultures

D^theyknowlittleaboutAmericancultureandsociety

標準答案：B

知識點解析：推理判斷題。本題解題的關(guān)鍵在于理解humansciences指的是人文科

學，而不是數(shù)學、物理等自然科學(naturalsciences).因此，可以從第1段倒數(shù)第2

句推斷出答案B,其他三項均無原文依據(jù)。

24、Whydothetwo"explanations"(Line1,Para.3)worryAsianAmericans?

A^TheyareafraidthattheywouldagainbeisolatedfromAmericansocietyingeneral.

B、PeoplewouldthinkthatAsianstudentsrelyontheirparentsforsuccess.

C、AsianAmericanswouldbeathreattootherminorities.

D、AmericanacademicachievementshavetakenontoostronganAsiancharacter.

標準答案：A

知識點解析：推理判斷題。本題考查因果關(guān)系。本題仍然是針對最后一段的首句，

becauseof指出了原因，結(jié)合下一句的socialisolation等詞.可以推斷亞裔美國人擔

心自己的種族形象太突出，最終被社會所孤立，由此可見，A為正確選項。本題最

具干擾性的是選項D,該選項中的character與原文的racialimage意思相近，但與

其說選項D是亞裔美國人擔心的問題，不如說這是本土美國人應該擔心的問題。

25、Theauthor'stoneinthispassageis.

A^sympathetic

B、doubtful

C^critical

D、objective

標準答案：D

知識點解析：觀點態(tài)度題?？v觀全文都找不到任何表露作者個人情感傾向的詞語，

也并未出現(xiàn)第一人稱代詞I，作者的態(tài)度非常客觀，只是在陳述事實及現(xiàn)象，因此

語氣應為客觀的，即選項D。

Thestruggleagainstmalnutrition（營養(yǎng)不良）andhungerisasoldasmanhimself,and

neveracrossthefaceofourplanethastheoutcomebeenmoreindoubt.Malnutrition

torturesanestimated400millionto1.5billionoftheworld'spoor.EvenintherichU.S.,

povertymeansmalnutritionforanestimatedtentotwentymillion.Hardesthitare

children,whosegrowingbodiesdemandtwoandahalftimesmoreprotein,thanthoseof

adults.Nutritionexpertsestimatethat70percentofthechildreninlow-incomecountries

areaffected.Badly-shapedbodiestellthesadstoryofmalnutrition.Medicalscience

identifiestwomajortypesofmalnutritionwhichusuallyoccurincombination.Thefirst,

kwashiorkor,istypifiedbythebloated（腫脹的）look,theoppositeofwhatweassociate

withstarvation.Accumulatedfluidspushingagainstwastedmusclesaccountforthe

plumpness（豐滿）ofhands,feet,bellyandface.Causedbyaracutelackofprotein,

kwashiorkorcanbringbraindamage,irritability,lossofappetiteandsoon.Ontheother

hand,sticklimbs,abloatedbelly,wideeyes,andthestretched-skinfaceofanoldperson

markvictimsofmarasmus,awordtakenfromtheGreek"towasteaway".Lacking

calcium（鈣）aswellasprotein,sufferersmayweighonlyhalfasmuchasnormal.With

fatgone,theskinhangsordrawstightoverbones.Children,whosegrowingbodies

requirelargeamountsofprotein,sufferingreatestnumbers,butperhapsonlythree

percentofallchildvictimssuffertheextremestagesdescribed.Scientistsareworking

hardtodevelopnewweaponsagainstmalnutritionandstarvation.Buttwothirdsofthe

humanpopulationof3.9billionliveinthepoorestcountriesv/hichalsohavethehighest

birthrates.Thus,ofthe74millionpeopleaddedtothepopulationeachyear,fouroutof

fivewillbeborninahave-n