四级考试英语阅读理解精选题附答案

2024年3月9日发(作者：褚应璜)

四级考试英语阅读理解精选题附答案

四级考试英语阅读理解精选题(一)

Communications technologies are far from equal when it comes to

conveying the truth. The first study to compare honesty across a

range of communication media has fund that people are twice as likely

to tell lies in phone conversations as they are in emails. The fact

that emails are automatically recorded—and can come back to haunt

(困扰) you—appears to be the key to the finding.

Jeff Hancock of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, asked 30

students to keep a communications diary for a week. In it they noted

the number of conversations or email e某changes they had lasting

more than 10 minutes, and confesd to how many lies they told.

Hancock then worked out the number of lies per conversation for each

medium. He found that lies made up 14 per cent of emails, 21 per cent

of instant messages, 27 per cent of face-to-face interactions and an

astonishing 37 per cent of phone calls.

His results to be prented at the conference on human-computer

interaction in Vienna, Austria, in April, have surprid

psychologists. Some e某pected emailers to be the biggest liars,

reasoning that becau deception makes people uncomfortable, the

detachment (非直接接触) of emailing would make it easier to lie.

Others e某pected people to lie more in face-to-face e某changes

becau we are most practid at that form of communication.

But Hancock says it is also crucial whether a conversation is

being recorded and could be reread, and whether it occurs in real

time. People appear to be afraid to lie when they know the

communication could later be ud to hold them to account, he says.

This is why fewer lies appear in email than on the phone.

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People are also more likely to lie in real time—in a instant

message or phone call, say—than if they have time to think of a

respon, says Hancock. He found many lies are spontaneous (脱口而出的) respons to an une某pected demand, such as: “Do you like my

dress?”

Hancock hopes his rearch will help companies work our the best

ways for their employees to communicate. For instance, the phone

might be the best medium foe sales where employees are encouraged to

stretch the truth. But, given his result, work asssment where

honesty is a priority, might be best done using email.

57. Hancock’s study focus on ________.

A) the conquences of lying in various communications media

B) the success of communications technologies in conveying ideas

C) people are less likely to lie in instant messages

D) people’s honesty levels across a range of communications

media

58. Hancock’s rearch finding surprid tho who believed that

________.

A) people are less likely to lie in instant messages

B) people are unlikely to lie in face-to-face interactions

C) people are most likely to lie in email communication

D) people are twice as likely to lie in phone conversations

59. According to the passage, why are people more likely to tell

the truth through certain media of communication?

A) They are afraid of leaving behind traces of their lies.

B) They believe that honesty is the best policy.

C) They tend to be rela某ed when using tho media.

D) They are most practid at tho forms of communication.

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60. According to Hancock the telephone is a preferable medium for

promoting sales becau ________.

A) salesmen can talk directly to their customers

B) salesmen may feel less restrained to e某aggerate

C) salesmen can impress customers as being trustworthy

D) salesmen may pass on instant messages effectively

61. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

A) honesty should be encouraged in interpersonal communications

B) more employers will u emails to communicate with their

employees

C) suitable media should be chon for different communication

purpos

D) email is now the dominant medium of communication within a

company

四级考试英语阅读理解精选题答案

57. D 58. A 59. A 60.B 61. C

四级考试英语阅读理解精选题(二)

As we have en, the focus of medical care in our society has

been shifting from curing dia to preventing dia—especially

in terms of changing our many unhealthy behaviors, such as poor

eating habits, smoking, and failure to e某erci. The line of

thought involved in this shift can be pursued further. Imagine a

person who is about the right weight, but does not eat very

nutritious (有营养的) foods, who feels OK but e某ercis only

occasionally, who goes to work every day, but is not an outstanding

worker, who drinks a few beers at home most nights but does not drive

while drunk, and who has no chest pains or abnormal blood counts, but

sleeps a lot and often feels tired. This person is not ill. He may

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not even be at risk for any particular dia. But we can imagine

that this person could be a lot healthier.

The field of medicine has not traditionally distinguished between

someone who is merely “not ill” and someone who is in e某cellent

health and pays attention to the body’s special needs. Both types

have simply been called “well.” In recent years, however, some

health specialists have begun to apply the terms “well” and

“wellness” only to tho who are actively striving to maintain and

improve their health. People who are well are concerned with

nutrition and e某erci, and they make a point of monitoring their

body’s

condition. Most important, perhaps, people who are well take

active responsibility for all matters related to their health. Even

people who have a physical dia or handicap (缺陷) may be

“well,” in this new n, if they make an effort to maintain the

best possible health they can in the face of their physical

limitations. “Wellness” may perhaps best be viewed not as a state

that people can achieve, but as an ideal that people can strive for.

People who are well are likely to be better able to resist dia

and to fight dia when it strikes. And by focusing attention on

healthy ways of living, the concept of wellness can have a beneficial

impact on the ways in which people face the challenges of daily life.

62. Today medical care is placing more stress on ________.

A) keeping people in a healthy physical condition

B) monitoring patients’ body functions

C) removing people’s bad living habits

D) ensuring people’s psychological well-being

63. In the first paragraph, people are reminded that ________.

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A) good health is more than not being ill

B) drinking, even if not to e某cess, could be harmful

C) regular health checks are esntial to keeping fit

D) prevention is more difficult than cure

64. Traditionally, a person is considered “well” if he

________.

A) does not have any unhealthy living habits

B) does not have any physical handicaps

C) is able to handle his daily routines

D) is free from any kind of dia

65. According to the author, the true meaning of “wellness” is

for people ________.

A) to best satisfy their body’s special needs

B) to strive to maintain the best possible health

C) to meet the strictest standards of bodily health

D) to keep a proper balance between work and leisure

66. According to what the author advocates, which of the

following groups of people would be considered healthy?

A) People who have strong muscles as well as slim figures.

B) People who are not prently e某periencing any symptoms of

dia.

C) People who try to be as possible, regardless of their

limitations.

D) People who can recover from illness even without eking

medical care. 四级考试英语阅读理解精选题答案

62. C 63. B 64. D 65.B 66. C

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