英语四级冲刺词汇与阅读理解预测

　　词汇与阅读理解测试

　　Test 1

　　21. I was always taught that it was _____ to interrupt.

　　A) rude C) rough

　　B) coarse D) crude

　　22. It was a small country house but it was large _____ urban standards.

　　A) at C) by

　　B) for D) from

　　23. Texas, the second largest state of America, is _____ in natural resources.

　　A) wealthy C) scattered

　　B) abundant D) deposited

　　24. Small boys are _____ questioners. They ask questions all the time.

　　A) original C) peculiar

　　B) imaginative D) persistent

　　25. Most students have _____ for those who cheat in exams.

　　A) shock C) sorrow

　　B) scorn D) shame

　　26. The _____ of finding gold in California were good in the 1840s.

　　A) proposals C) prospects

　　B) promises D) privileges

　　27. We regret to inform you that the materials you ordered are _____.

　　A) out of work C) out of stock

　　B) out of reach D) out of practice

　　28. Have you anything to say _____ the proposal?

　　A) with regard to C) on behalf of

　　B) in contrast to D) for the purpose of

　　29. There are nations whose lack of contact with the outside world has _______ poverty.

　　A) fallen into C) resulted in

　　B) consisted in D) come up to

　　30. The bomb will _____ the moment it is touched.

　　A) go on C) go off

　　B) go out D) go over

　　31. Our house is about a mile from the station and there are not many houses _____.

　　A) in between C) far apart

　　B) among them D) from each other

　　32. The drowning child was saved by Dicks _____ action.

　　A) acute C) profound

　　B) alert D) prompt

　　33. Children and old people do not like having their daily _____ upset.

　　A) habit C) practice

　　B) routine D) custom

　　34. The manager promised to have my complaint _____.

　　A) looked through C) look over

　　B) looked into D) look after

　　35. You cant be _____ careful in making the decision as it was such a critical case.

　　A) very C) too

　　B) quite D) so

　　36. Children are _____ to have some accidents as they grow up.

　　A) obvious C) bound

　　B) indispensable D)doubtless

　　37. _______ the flood, the ship would have reached its destination on time.

　　A) In case of C) Because of

　　B) In spite of D) But for

　　38. In your first days at the school youll be given a test to help the teachers to _____ you to a class at your level.

　　A) locate C) deliver

　　B) assign D) place

　　39. The story that follows _____ two famous characters of the Rocky Mountain gold rush days.

　　A) concerns C) proclaims

　　B) states D) relates

　　40. These excursions will give you an even deeper _____ into our language and culture.

　　A) inquiry C) input

　　B) investigation D) insight

　　41. The mother didnt know who _____ for the broken glass.

　　A) to claim C) to accuse

　　B) to blame D) to assist

　　42. China started its nuclear power industry only in recent years, and should _____ no time in catching up.

　　A) delay C) lag

　　B) lose D) lessen

　　43. The magician picked several persons _____ from the audience and asked them to help him with the performance.

　　A) by accident C) at random

　　B) on occasion D) on average

　　44. Despite their good service, most inns are less costly than hotels of _____ standards.

　　A) likely C) uniform

　　B) alike D) equivalent

　　45. Some people either _____ avoid questions of right and wrong or remain neutral about them.

　　A) violently C) sincerely

　　B) enthusiastically D) deliberately

　　46. There is no easy solution to Japans labour _____.

　　A) decline B) shortage C) rarity D) vacancy

　　47. Im sure your suggestion will _____ solving the problem.

　　A) contribute to C) attribute to

　　B) attend to D) devote to

　　48. I left for the office earlier than usual this morning _____ traffic jam.

　　A) in case of C) in line with

　　B) for the sake of D) at the risk of

　　49. Some areas, _____ their severe weather conditions, are hardly populated.

　　A) but for C) due to

　　B) in spite of D) with regard to

　　50. The new washing machines are _______ at the rate of fifty a day.

　　A) turned out C) turned up

　　B) turned down D) turned in

　　Test 2

　　21. We have had to raise our prices because of the increase in the cost of _______ materials.

　　A) primitive C) original

　　B) rough D) raw

　　22. It is up to the Government to tackle the air pollution problem and _______ measures in line with the councils suggestions.

　　A) set about C) fill up

　　B) work out D) bring over

　　23. Many people, if not most, _______ literary taste as an elegant accomplishment, by acquiring which they will complete themselves, and make themselves finally fit as members of a correct society.

　　A) look on C) look in

　　B) look down D) look into

　　24. The car accident was _______ to the drivers violation of the traffic regulations.

　　A) assigned C) attributed

　　B) contributed D) transferred

　　25. She is a very _______ student. Shes always talking about travelling to outer space.

　　A) imaginary C) imaginable

　　B) imaginative D) imagining

　　26. His lectures on Roman history would do credit _______ a real expert.

　　A) in C) of

　　B) to D) with

　　27. I have devoted four weekends to writing papers and now I feel I _______ a rest.

　　A) deserve C) conceive

　　B) preserve D) receive

　　28. The construction of a 5-million-ton and steel works is now under _______.

　　A) conclusion C) continuation

　　B) contribution D) consideration

　　29. Mary found it difficult to _______ Jims father when he disapproved of their marriage.

　　A) stand for C) stand by

　　B) stand out D) stand up to

　　30. President Bandas background as a doctor has given him _______ into the medical problems that face the country.

　　A) a view C) an insight

　　B) a vision D) a sight

　　31. He _______ from his job in order to engage in full-time writing.

　　A) held C) undertook

　　B) resigned D) assigned

　　32. The West is traditionally the land of the pioneers and the cowboys, where _______ could be easily made in cattle or land.

　　A) fortunes C) opportunities

　　B) property D) treasure

　　33. Vostok is close to the coldest spot in the world, where an _______ minus 128.6 was recorded in 1983.

　　A) unreliable C) incredible

　　B) extra D) impossible

　　34. I dont mind a bit if you bring your friends in for a drink, but it is rather too much when sixteen people arrive _______ for dinner.

　　A) unusually C) consequently

　　B) excessively D) unexpectedly

　　35. Faced with all the difficulties, the girl _______ her mother for comfort.

　　A) turned over C) turned to

　　B) turned down D) turned up

　　36. The managing director took the _____ for the accident, although it was not really his fault.

　　A) guilt C) charge

　　B) blame D) accusation

　　37. We _____ Edisons success to his intelligence and hard work.

　　A) subject C) attribute

　　B) distribute D) refer

　　38. The doctor was asked to go back to the hospital because of _____ case.

　　A) an operation C) an urgency

　　B) an emergency D) an incident

　　39. Mrs. Lackey was awakened by the ringing of the bedside phone 12 hours after her husbands boat had been _____.

　　A) wrecked C) decayed

　　B) collapsed D) fired

　　40. After college, Jeffrey hopes to ______ a career in medicine.

　　A) pursue C) chase

　　B) follow D) seek

　　41. When they had finished playing, the children were made to _____ all the toys they had taken out.

　　A) put off C) put up

　　B) put out D) put away

　　42. There is an undesirable _____ nowadays to make films showing violence.

　　A) direction C) concentration

　　B) tradition D) trend

　　43. Most people who travel in the course of their work are given travelling _____.

　　A) income C) wages

　　B) allowances D) pay

　　44. He failed to supply the facts relevant _____ the case in question.

　　A) for C) to

　　B) with D) of

　　45. Young peoples social environment has a _____ effect on their academic progress.

　　A) profound B) solid C) complete D) gross

　　46. The service operates 36 libraries throughout the country, while six _____ libraries specially serve the countryside.

　　A) mobile B) drifting C) shifting D) rotating

　　47. Before he started work, I asked the builder to give me an _____ of the cost of repairing the roof.

　　A) assessment C) announcement

　　B) estimate D) evaluation

　　48. When Jack was eighteen he _____ going around with a strange set of people and staying out very late.

　　A) took to C) took up

　　B) took for D) took on

　　49. It is rather _____ that we still do not know how many species there are in the world today.

　　A) misleading C) boring

　　B) embarrassing D) demanding

　　50. A good teacher must know how to _____ his ideas.

　　A) convey B) display C) consult D) confront

　　Test 3

　　21. To call the music of another music-culture primitive is _____ ones own standards on a group that does not recognise them.

　　A) putting C) forcing

　　B) emphasizing D) imposing

　　22. The prisoner has been _____ of many privileges that average citizens enjoy.

　　A) ensured C) deprived

　　B) informed D) convinced

　　23. Every camera we sell comes with a two-year _____.

　　A) guarantee C) confirmation

　　B) safety D) conservation

　　24. While in London, we paid a visit to the hospital founded _____ the nurse Florence Nightingale.

　　A) in line with C) in honour of

　　B) in favour of D) in place of

　　25. On turning the corner, we saw the road _____ steeply.

　　A) departing C) decreasing

　　B) depressing D) descending

　　26. The shop-assistant was straight with his customers. If an article was of _____ quality hed tell them so.

　　A) humble C) minor

　　B) awkward D) inferior

　　27. The branches could hardly _____ the weight of the fruit.

　　A) retain C) maintain

　　B) remain D) sustain

　　28. With all its advantages, the computer is by no means without its _____.

　　A) boundaries C) confinements

　　B) limitations D) restraints

　　29. He _____ so much work that he couldnt really do it efficiently.

　　A) put on C) brought on

　　B) took on D) turned on

　　30. _______ should any money be given to a small child.

　　A) Of no account C) On no account

　　B) From all accounts D) By all accounts

　　31. The microscope can _____ the object 100 times in diameter.

　　A) develop C) magnify

　　B) increase D) multiply

　　32. She once again went through her composition carefully to _____ all spelling mistakes from it.

　　A) withdraw C) abandon

　　B) eliminate D) diminish

　　33. The cars were _______ because it was impossible to go any further in the fog.

　　A) sacrificed C) abandoned

　　B) transported D) removed

　　34. The new designs of the Christmas stamps are always waited for with keen _______.

　　A) irritation C) reception

　　B) prediction D) anticipation

　　35. He has _______ strange hobbies like collecting bottle tops and inventing secret codes.

　　A) gone on C) gone with

　　B) gone in for D) gone through with

　　36. Of all the soldiers they had the _______ of being the fiercest, the most patriotic, the toughest.

　　A) recognition C) recreation

　　B) reservation D) reputation

　　37. Advanced computer technology has _______ an answer to accurate weather forecasting.

　　A) set up C) filled in

　　B) come up with D) faced up to

　　38. Police have found new evidence that _______ his story.

　　A) reforms C) confirms

　　B) maintains D) displays

　　39. Already there are sawmills that can not operate at full _____ because of wood shortages.

　　A) convenience C) capability

　　B) conference D) capacity

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　　40. He had been completely exhausted but felt considerably _______ after a meal and a rest.

　　A) renewed C) reshaped

　　B) recreated D) refreshed

　　41. His intelligence and experience will enable him to _______ the complicated situation.

　　A) cope with C) intervene in

　　B) settle down D) interfere with

　　42. Humidity is so intense in some parts of the tropics that Europeans find they are unable to _______ it.

　　A) maintain B) persist C) endure D) sustain

　　43. The fire must have _______ after the staff had gone home.

　　A) broken down B) broken up C) broken out D) broken off

　　44. A series of border incidents would _______ lead the two countries to war.

　　A) inevitably B) consistently C) uniformly D) persistently

　　45. If each manager makes his usual speech, the meeting will be _______ for forty-five minutes.

　　A) expanded B) prolonged C) delayed D) exceeded

　　46. The weatherman broadcasts the _______ in temperature twice a day.

　　A) diversion C) variety

　　B) variation D) modification

　　47. I seem to have reached a rather gloomy conclusion, but I think that something cheerful may still be derived _______ it.

　　A) of C) from

　　B) off D) with

　　48. Animals can become unusually _______ when they are upset by a sudden environmental change.

　　A) puzzled C) vigorous

　　B) predominant D) aggressive

　　49. Louis was asked to _______ the man who stole her purse.

　　A) confirm B) recognize C) claim D) identify

　　50. The bus that _______ outside the inn would soon take the visitors downtown.

　　A) held back C) got down

　　B) pulled up D) set forth

　　Test 1

　　Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:

　　I have had just about enough of being treated like a second-class citizen, simply because I happened to be that put upon member of society -- a customer. The more I go into shops and hotels, banks and post offices, railway stations, airports and the like, the more Im convinced that things are being run solely to suit the firm, the system, or the union. There seems to be a new motto for the so-called service organization-Staff Before Service. How often, for example, have you queued for what seems like hours at the Post Office or the supermarket because there arent enough staff on duty at all the service counters? Surely in these days of high unemployment it must be possible to increase counter staff. Yet supermarkets, hinting darkly at higher prices, claim that bringing all their cash registers into operation at any time would increase expenses. And the Post Office says we cannot expect all their service counters to be occupied at times when demand is low.

　　Its the same with hotels. Because waiters and kitchen staff must finish when it suits them, dining rooms close earlier or menu choice is diminished. As for us guests , we just have to put up with it. Theres also the nonsense of so many friendly hotel night porters having been gradually withdrawn from service in the interests of efficiency and replaced by coin-eating machines which supply everything from beer to medicine, not to mention the creeping threat of the tea-making set in your room: a kettle with teabags, milk bags sugar. Who wants to wake up to a raw teabag? I dont, especially when I am paying for service.

　　Our only hope is to hammer our irritation whenever and wherever we can and, if all else fails, restore that other, older saying--Take Our Custom Elsewhere.

　　21. The author feels that nowadays customers are _____.

　　not worthy of special treatment

　　not provided with proper service

　　considered to be inferior members of society

　　regarded as privileged

　　22. In the authors opinion, the quality of service is changing because _____.

　　the staff are less considerate than employers

　　customers are becoming more demanding

　　customers unwilling to pay extra money

　　more consideration is given to the staff than customers

　　23. According to the author, long queues at counters are caused by _____.

　　the diminishing supply of good staff

　　lack of cooperation among staff

　　inefficient staff

　　deliberate understaffing

　　24. The disappearance of old-style hotel porters can be attributed to the fact that ____.

　　self-service provides a cheaper alternative

　　the personal touch is less appreciated nowadays

　　machines are more reliable than human beings

　　few people are willing to do this type of work

　　25. The authors final solution to the problem discussed in the passage is ____.

　　to put up with whatever service is provided

　　to make strong complaints wherever necessary

　　to fully utilize all kinds of coin-eating machines

　　to go where good service is available

　　Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:

　　The long years of food shortage in this country have suddenly given way to apparent abundance. Stores and shops are choked with food. Rationing is virtually suspended, and overseas suppliers have been asked to hold back deliveries. Yet, instead of joy, there is widespread uneasiness and confusion. Why do food prices keep on rising, when there seems to be so much more food about? Is the abundance only temporary, or has it come to stay? Does it mean that we need to think less now about producing more food at home? No one knows what to expect.

　　The recent growth of export surpluses on the world food market has certainly been unexpectedly great, partly because a strange sequence of two successful grain harvests. North America is now being followed by a third. Most of Britains overseas suppliers of meat, too, are offering more this year and home production has also risen.

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　　But the effect of all this on the food situation in this country has been made worse by a simultaneous rise in food prices, due chiefly to the gradual cutting down of government support for food. The shops are overstocked with food not only because there is more food available, but also because people, frightened by high prices, are buying less of it.

　　Moreover, the rise in domestic prices has come at a time when world prices have begun to fall, with the result that imported food, with the exception of grain, is often cheaper than the home-produced variety. And now grain prices, too, are falling. Consumers are beginning to ask why they should not be enabled to benefit from this trend.

　　The significance of these developments is not lost on farmers. The older generation have seen it all happen before. Despite the present price and market guarantees, farmers fear they are about to be squeezed between cheap food imports and a shrinking home market. Present production is running at 51 per cent above pre-war levels, and the government has called for an expansion to 60 per cent by 1956; but repeated Ministerial advice is carrying little weight and the expansion programme is not working very well.

　　26. Why is there wide-spread uneasiness and confusion about the food situation in Britain?

　　The abundant food supply is not expected to last.

　　Britain is importing less food.

　　Despite the abundance, food prices keep rising.

　　Britain will cut back on its production of food.

　　27. The main reason for the rise in food prices is that _____.

　　people are buying less food

　　the government is providing less financial support for agriculture

　　domestic food production has decreased

　　imported food is driving prices higher

　　28. Why didnt the governments expansion programme work very well?

　　Because the farmers were uncertain about the financial support the government guaranteed.

　　Because the farmers were uncertain about the benefits of expanding production.

　　Because the farmers were uncertain about whether foreign markets could be found for their produce.

　　Because the older generation of farmers were strongly against the programmer.

　　29. The decrease in world food price was a result of _____.

　　a sharp fall in the purchasing power of the consumers

　　a sharp fall in the cost of food production

　　the overproduction of food in the food-importing countries

　　the overproduction on the part of the main food-exporting countries

　　30. What did the future look like for Britains food production at the time this article was written?

　　The fall in world food prices would benefit British food producers.

　　An expansion of food production was at hand.

　　British food producers would receive more government financial support.

　　It looks depressing despite government guarantees.

　　Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:

　　It is hard to predict how science is going to turn out, and if it is really good science it is impossible to predict. If the things to be found are actually new, they are by definition unknown in advance. You cannot make choices in this matter. You either have science or you dont, and if you have it you are obliged to accept the surprising and disturbing pieces of information, along with the neat and promptly useful bits.

　　The only solid piece of scientific truth about which I feel totally confident is that we are profoundly ignorant about nature. Indeed, I regard this as the major discovery of the past hundred years of biology. It is, in its way, an illumination piece of news. It would have amazed the brightest minds of the 18th century Enlightenment to be told by any of us how little we know and how bewildering seems the way ahead. It is this sudden confrontation with the depth and scope of ignorance that represents the most significant contribution of the 20th century science to the human intellect. In earlier times, we either pretended to understand how things worked or ignored the problem, or simply made up stories to fill the gaps. Now that we have begun exploring in earnest, we are getting glimpses of how huge the questions are, and how far from being answered. Because of this, we are depressed. It is not so bad being ignorant if you are totally ignorant; the hard thing is knowing in some detail the reality of ignorance, the worst spots and here and there the not-so-bad spots, but no true light at the end of the tunnel nor even any tunnels that can yet be trusted.

　　But we are making a beginning, and there ought to be some satisfaction. There are probably no questions we can think up that cant be answered, sooner or later, including even the matter of consciousness. To be sure, there may well be questions we cant think up, ever, and therefore limits to the reach of human intellect, but that is another matter. Within our limits, we should be able to work our way through to all our answers, if we keep at it long enough, and pay attention.

　　31. According to the author, really good science _____.

　　would surprise the brightest minds of the 18th century Enlightenment

　　will produce results which cannot be foreseen

　　will help people to make the right choice in advance

　　will bring about disturbing results

　　32. It can be inferred from the passage that scientists of the 18th century _____.

　　thought that they knew a great deal and could solve most problems of science

　　were afraid of facing up to the realities of scientific research

　　knew that they were ignorant and wanted to know more about nature

　　did more harm than good in promoting mans understanding of nature

　　33. Which of the following statements is NOT true of scientists in earlier times?

　　They invented false theories to explain things they didnt understand.

　　They falsely claimed to know all about nature.

　　They did not believe in results from scientific observation.

　　They paid little attention to the problems they didnt understand.

　　34. What is the authors attitude towards science?

　　He is depressed because of the ignorance of scientists.

　　He is doubtful because of the enormous difficulties confronting it.

　　He is confident though he is aware of the enormous difficulties confronting it.

　　He is delighted because of the illuminating scientific findings.

　　35. The author believes that ____.

　　man can find solutions to whatever questions concerning nature he can think up

　　man can not solve all the problems he can think up because of the limits of human intellect

　　sooner or later man can think up all the questions concerning nature and answer them

　　questions concerning consciousness are outside the scope of scientific research

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　　Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:

　　Greenspace facilities are contributing to an important extent to the quality of the urban environment. Fortunately it is no longer necessary that every lecture or every book about this subject has to start with the proof of this idea. At present, it is generally accepted, although more as a self-evident statement than on the base of a closely-reasoned scientific proof. The recognition of the importance of greenspaces in the urban environment is a first step on the right way, this does not mean, however, that sufficient details are known about the functions of greenspace in towns and about the way in which the inhabitants are using these spaces. As to this rather complex subject I shall, within the scope of this lecture, enter into one aspect only, namely the recreative function of greenspace facilities.

　　The theoretical separation of living, working, traffic and recreation which for many years has been used in town-and-country planning, has in my opinion resulted in disproportionate attention for forms of recreation far from home, whereas there was relatively little attention for improvement of recreative possibilities in the direct neighbourhood of the home. We have come to the conclusion that this is not right, because an important part of the time which we do not pass in sleeping or working, is used for activities at and around home. So it is obvious that recreation in the open air has to begin at the street-door of the house. The urban environment has to offer as many recreation activities as possible, and the design of these has to be such that more obligatory activities can also have a recreative aspect.

　　The very best standard of living is nothing if it is not possible to take a pleasant walk in the district, if the children cannot be allowed to play in the streets, because the risks of traffic are too great, if during shopping you can nowhere find a spot for enjoying for a moment the nice weather, in short, if you only feel yourself at home after the street-door of your house is closed after you.

　　36. According to the author, the importance of greenspaces in the urban environment _____.

　　is still unknown is being closely studied

　　is usually neglected has been fully recognized

　　37. The theoretical separation of living, working, traffic and recreation has led to _____.

　　the disproportion of recreation facilities in the neighbourhood

　　the location of recreation facilities far from home

　　relatively little attention for recreative possibilities

　　the improvement of recreative possibilities in the neighbourhood

　　38. The author suggests that the recreative possibilities of green space should be provided _____.

　　in special areas in the neighbourhood of the house

　　in the suburbs in gardens and parks

　　39. According to the author, greenspace facilities should be designed in such a way that ______.

　　more obligatory activities might take on a recreative aspect

　　more and more people might have access to them

　　an increasing number of recreative activities might be developed

　　recreative activities might be brought into our homes

　　40. The main idea of this passage is that _____.

　　better use of greenspace facilities should be made so as to improve the quality of our life

　　attention must be directed to the improvement of recreative possibilities

　　the urban environment is providing more recreation activities than it did many years ago

　　priority must be given to the development of obligatory activities

　　Test 2

　　Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:

　　There is a senseless notion that children grow up and leave home when theyre 18, and the truth is far from that, says sociologist Larry Bumpass of the University of Wisconsin. Today, unexpected numbers of young adults are living with their parents, There is a major shift in the middle class, declares sociologist Allan Schnaiberg of Northwester University, whose son, 19, moved back in after an absence of eight months.

　　Analysts cite a variety of reasons for this return to the nest. The marriage age is rising, a condition that makes home and its pleasantness particularly attractive to young people. A high divorce rate and a declining remarriage rate are sending economically pressed and emotionally hurt survivors back to parental shelters. For some, the expense of an away-from-home college education has become so excessively great that many students now attend local schools. Even after graduation, young people find their wings clipped by skyrocketing housing costs.

　　Living at home, says Knighton, a school teacher, continues to give her security and moral support. Her mother agreed, Its ridiculous for the kids to pay all that money for rent. It makes sense for kids to stay at home. But sharing the family home requires adjustments for all. There are the hassles over bathrooms, telephones and privacy . Some families, however, manage the delicate balancing act. But for others, it proves too difficult. Michelle Del Turco, 24, has been home three times-and left three times. What I considered a social drink, my dad considered an alcohol problem, she explains. He never liked anyone I dated , so I either had to hide away or meet them at friends house.

　　Just how long should adult children live with their parents before moving on? Most psychologists feel lengthy homecomings are a mistake. Children, struggling to establish separate identities, can end up with a sense of inadequacy, defeat and failure. And aging parents, who should be enjoying some financial and personal freedom, find themselves stuck with responsibilities. Many agree that brief visits, however, can work beneficially.

　　21. According to the author, there was once a trend in the U. S. _____.

　　for young adults to leave their parents and live independently

　　for middle class young adults to stay with their parents

　　for married young adults to move back home after a lengthy absence

　　for young adults to get jobs nearby in order to live with their parents

　　22. Which of the following does not account for young adults returning to the nest?

　　Young adults find housing costs too high.

　　Young adults are psychologically and intellectually immature.

　　Young adults seek parental comfort and moral support.

　　Quite a number of young adults attend local schools.

　　23. One of the disadvantages of young adults returning to stay with their parents is that _____.

　　there will inevitably be inconveniences in every day life

　　most parents find it difficult to keep

　　the young adults tend to be overprotected by their parents

　　public opinion is against young adults staying with their parents

　　24. The word hassles in the passage probably means _____.

　　agreements worries disadvantages quarrels

　　25. According to the passage what is the best for both parents and children?

　　They should adjust themselves to sharing the family expenses.

　　Children should leave their parents when they are grown-up.

　　Adult children should visit their parents from time to time.

　　Parents should support their adult children when they are in trouble.

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　　Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:

　　The word conservation has a thrifty meaning. To conserve is to save and protect, to leave what we ourselves enjoy in such good condition that others may also share the enjoyment. Our forefathers had no idea that human population would increase faster than the supplies of raw materials; most of them, even until very recently, had the foolish idea that the treasures were limitless and inexhaustible. Most of the citizens of earlier generations knew little or nothing about the complicated and delicate system that runs all through nature, and which means that, as in a living body, an unhealthy condition of one part will sooner or later be harmful to all the others.

　　Fifty years ago nature study was not part of the school work; scientific forestry was a new idea; timber was still cheap because it could be brought in any quantity from distant woodlands; soil destruction and river floods were not national problems; nobody had yet studied long-terms climatic cycles in relation to proper land use; even the word conservation had nothing of the meaning that it has for us today.

　　For the sake of ourselves and those who will come after us, we must now set about repairing the mistakes of our forefathers. Conservation should, therefore, be made a part of everyones daily life. To know about the water table in the ground is just as important to us as a knowledge of the basic arithmetic formulas. We need to know why all watersheds need the protection of plant life and why the running current of streams and rivers must be made to yield their full benefit to the soil before they finally escape to the sea. We need to be taught the duty of planting trees as well as of cutting them. We need to know the importance of big, mature trees, because living space for most of mans fellow creatures on this planet is figured not only in square measure of surface but also in cubic volume above the earth. In brief, it should be our goal to restore as much of the original beauty of nature as we can.

　　26. The authors attitude towards the current situation in the exploitation of natural resources is _____.

　　positive neutral suspicious critical

　　27. According to the author, the greatest mistake of our forefathers was that _____.

　　they had no idea about scientific forestry

　　they had little or no sense of environmental protection

　　they were not aware of the significance of nature study

　　they had no idea of how to make good use of raw materials

　　28. It can be inferred from the third paragraph that earlier generations didnt realize ______.

　　the interdependence of water, soil, and living things

　　the importance of the proper use of land

　　the harmfulness of soil destruction and river floods

　　the value of the beauty of nature

　　29. To avoid correcting the mistake of our forefathers, the author suggests that _____.

　　we plant more trees

　　natural science be taught to everybody

　　environmental education be directed toward everyone

　　we return to nature

　　30. What does the author imply by saying living space... is figured... also in cubic volume above the earth ?

　　Our living space on the earth is getting smaller and smaller.

　　Our living space should be measured in cubic volume.

　　We need to take some measure to protect space.

　　We should preserve good living conditions for both birds and animals.

　　Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:

　　Judging from recent surveys, most experts in sleep behavior agree that there is virtually an epidemic of sleepiness in the nation. I cant think of a single study that hasnt found Americans getting less sleep than they ought to, says Dr. David. Even people who think they are sleeping enough would probably be better off with more rest.

　　The beginning of our sleep-deficit crisis can be traced to the invention of the light bulb a century ago. From diary entries and other personal accounts from the 18th and 19th centuries, sleep scientists have reached the conclusion that the average person used to sleep about 9.5 hours a night. The best sleep habits once were forced on us, when we had nothing to do in the evening down on the farm, and it was dark. By the 1950s and 1960s, the sleep schedule had been reduced dramatically, to between 7.5 and eight hours, and most people had to wake to an alarm clock. People cheat on their sleep, and they dont even realize theyre doing it, says Dr. David. They think theyre okay because they can get by on 6.5 hours, when they really need 7.5, eight or even more to feel ideally vigorous.

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　　Perhaps the most merciless robber of sleep, researchers say is the complexity of the day. Whenever pressures from work, family, friends and community mount, many people consider sleep the least expensive item on his programme. In our society, youre considered dynamic if you say you only need 5.5 hours sleep. If youre got to get 8.5 hours, people think you lack drive and ambition.

　　To determine the consequences of sleep deficit, researchers have put subjects through a set of psychological and performance tests requiring them, for instance, to add columns of numbers or recall a passage read to them only minutes earlier. Weve found that if youre in sleep deficit, performance suffers, says Dr. David. Short-term memory is weakened, as are abilities to make decisions and to concentrate.

　　31. People in the 18th and 19th centuries used to sleep about 9.5 hours a night because they had ______.

　　no drive and ambition the best sleep habits

　　no electric lighting nothing to do in the evening

　　32. According to Dr. David, Americans _____.

　　are ideally vigorous even under the pressure of life

　　often neglect the consequences of sleep deficit

　　do not know how to relax themselves properly

　　can get by on 6.5 hours of sleep

　　33. Many Americans believe that _____.

　　sleep is the first thing that can be sacrificed when one is busy

　　they need more sleep to cope with the complexities of everyday life

　　to sleep is something one can do at any time of the day

　　enough sleep promotes peoples drive and ambition

　　34. The word subjects refers to _____.

　　the performance tests used in the study of sleep deficit

　　special branches of knowledge that are being studied

　　people whose behavior or reactions are being studied

　　the psychological consequences of sleep deficit

　　35. It can be concluded from the passage that one should sleep as many hours as is necessary to _____.

　　improve ones memory dramatically

　　be considered dynamic by other people

　　maintain ones daily schedule

　　feel energetic and perform adequately

　　Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:

　　The concept of personal choice in relation to health behaviors is an important one. An estimated 90 percent of all illness may be preventable if individuals would make sound personal health choices based upon current medical knowledge. We all enjoy our freedom of choice and do not like to see it restricted when it is within the legal and moral boundaries of society. The structure of American society allows us to make almost all our own personal decisions that may concern our health. If we so desire, we can smoke, drink excessively, refuse to wear seat belts, eat whatever food we want, and live a completely sedentary life-style without any exercise. The freedom to make such personal decisions is a fundamental aspect of our society, although the wisdom of these decisions can be questioned. Personal choices relative to health often cause a difficulty. As one example, a teenager may know the facts relative to smoking cigarettes and health but may be pressured by friends into believing it is the socially accepted thing to do.

　　A multitude of factors, both inherited and environmental, influence the development of health-related behaviors, and it is beyond the scope of this text to discuss all these factors as they may affect any given individual. However, the decision to adopt a particular health-related behavior is usually one of personal choice. There are healthy choices and there are unhealthy choices. In discussing the morals of personal choice, Fries and Crapo drew a comparison. They suggest that to knowingly give oneself over to a behavior that has a statistical probability of shortening life is similar to attempting suicide. Thus, for those individuals who are interested in preserving both the quality and quantity of life, personal health choices should reflect those behaviors that are associated with a statistical probability of increased vitality and longevity.

　　36. The concept of personal choice concerning health is important because ______.

　　personal health choices help cure most illness

　　it helps raise the level of our medical knowledge

　　it is essential to personal freedom in American society

　　wrong decisions could lead to poor health

　　37. To live a completely sedentary life-style in the passage means _____.

　　to live an inactive life

　　to live a decent life

　　to live a life with complete freedom

　　to live a life of vice

　　38. Sound personal health choice is often difficult to make because _____.

　　current medical knowledge is still insufficient

　　there are many factors influencing our decisions

　　few people are willing to trade the quality of life

　　people are usually influenced by the behavior of their friends

　　39. To knowingly allow oneself to purse unhealthy habits is compared by Fried and Crapo to _____.

　　improving the quality of ones life

　　limiting ones personal health choice

　　deliberately ending ones life

　　breaking the rules of social behavior

　　40. According to Fries and Crapo sound health choices should be based on _____.

　　personal decisions statistical evidence

　　societys laws friends opinions

　　Test 3

　　Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:

　　The process of perceiving other people is rarely translated into cold, objective terms. She was 5 feet 8 inches tall, had fair hair, and wore a colored skirt. More often, we try to get inside the other person to pinpoint his or her attitudes, emotions, motivations, abilities, ideas and characters. Furthermore, we sometimes behave as if we can accomplish this difficult job very quickly-perhaps with a two-second glance.

　　We try to obtain information about others in many ways. Berger suggests several methods for reducing uncertainties about others: watching, without being noticed, a person interacting with others, particularly with others who are known to you so you can compare the observed persons behavior with the known others behavior; observing a person in a situation where social behavior is relatively unrestrained or where a wide variety of behavioral responses are called for; deliberately structuring the physical or social environment so as to observe the persons responses to specific stimuli; asking people who have had or have frequent contact with the person about him or her; and using various strategies in face-to-face interaction to uncover information about another person-questions, self-disclosures , and so on. Getting to know someone is a never-ending task, largely because people are constantly changing and the methods we use to obtain information are often imprecise. You may have known someone for ten years and still know very little about him. If we accept the idea that we wont ever fully know another person, it enables us to deal more easily with those things that get in the way of accurate knowledge such as secrets and deceptions. It will also keep us from being too surprised or shocked by seemingly inconsistent behavior. Ironically those things that keep us from knowing another person too well may be just as important to the development of satisfying relationship as those things that enable us to obtain accurate knowledge about a person .

　　21. The word pinpoint basically means ______.

　　appreciate obtain interpret identify

　　22. What do we learn from the first paragraph?

　　People are better described in cold, objective terms.

　　The difficulty of getting to know a person is usually underestimated.

　　One should not judge people by their appearances.

　　One is usually subjective when assessing other peoples personality.

　　23. It can be inferred from Bergers suggestions that _____.

　　People do not reveal their true self on every occasion.

　　In most cases we should avoid contacting the observed person directly.

　　the best way to know a person is by making comparisons.

　　face-to-face interaction is the best strategy to uncover information about a person

　　24. In developing personal relationships, secrets and deceptions, in the authors opinion, are _____.

　　personal matters that should be seriously dealt with

　　barriers that should be done away with

　　as significant as disclosures and truthful statements

　　things people should guard against

　　25. The authors purpose in writing the passage is _____.

　　to give advice on appropriate conduct for social occasions

　　to provide ways of how to obtain information about people

　　to call the readers attention to the negative side of peoples characters

　　to discuss the various aspe