2021年12月英语四级阅读真题及答案 第2套 仔细阅读2篇
Passage One
Questions 46 to 50 are bad on the following passage.
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Roughly the size of a soda can, sitting on a bookshelf, a relatively harmless gadget may be turning friends away from your home. The elephant in your living room is your Internet-connected curity camera, a device people are increasingly using for peace of mind in their homes. But few stop to think about the effect the devices may have on hou guests. Should you tell your friends, for instance, that they're being recorded while you all watch the big game together?
"It's certainly new territory, especially as home curity cameras become easier to install, "says Lizzie Post, president of the Emily Post Institute, America's foremost manners advisors. "I think it will be very interesting to e what etiquette（礼仪）emerges in terms of
whether you tell people you have a camera or not, and whether guests have a right to ask that it be turned off, if it's not a curity issue."
Post wants to make clear that she's not talking about legal rights, but rather personal preferences. She also wants to explain that there are no right or wrong answers regarding manners on this front yet, becau the technology is just now becoming mainstream. Besides, the Emily Post Institute doesn't dictate manners.
跟踪服务When it comes to curity cameras, Post says it's a host's responsibility to make sure guests feel comfortable within their home. "I'm always a fan of being open and honest." For instance, if the host casually acknowledges that there is a camera in the room by telling a story about it, that may be enough to provide an opening for a guest to say if they are uncomfortable.
However, if a contractor is working in your home, you don't need to tell them that there are cameras watching. Then again, the air of accountability that the camera generates can also work in contractors' favor. "If anything does go wrong while they're in the hou, 云娜台风
they don't want to be blamed for it," she says. "In fact, the camera could be the thing that proves that they didn't steal the $20, or knock the va off the table."
莫斯科不相信眼泪46. For what reason may your friends feel reluctant to visit your home?
A) The curity camera installed may intrude into their privacy.
B) They don't want their photos to be circulated on the Internet.
C) The curity camera may turn out to be harmful to their health.
D) They may not be willing to interact with your family members.
47. What does Lizzie Post say is new territory?
A) The effect of manners advice on the public.
B) Cost of applying new technologies at home.
好书推荐卡内容怎么写 C) The increasing u of home curity devices.
D) Etiquette around home curity cameras.
48. What is Lizzie Post mainly discussing with regard to the u of home curity cameras?
A) Legal rights.
描写春天的词语 B) Moral issues.
C) Likes and dislikes of individuals.
D) The possible impact on manners.
49. What is a host's responsibility regarding curity cameras, according to Lizzie Post?
A) Making their guests feel at ea.
B) Indicating where they are.
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C) Turning them off in time.
D) Ensuring their guests' privacy.
50. In what way can the home curity camera benefit visitors to your home?
A) It can satisfy their curiosity.
B) It can prove their innocence.
C) It can help them learn new technology.
D) It can make their visit more enjoyable.
Passage Two
Questions 51 to 55 are bad on the following passage.
PepsiCo is to spend billions of dollars to develop drinks and snacks and reformulate existing ones with lower sugar, salt and fat, as consumers demand healthier options and r
egulatory pressure intensifies amid an obesity epidemic（流行病）.
少林武术The maker of Mountain Dew and Gatorade has been one of the earlier movers in the industry to offer products with reduced levels of unhealthy ingredients-PepsiCo claims a packet of its chips now contains less salt than a slice of white bread. However, its new 10-year plan makes clear it believes it still has a long way to go.
Shifting eating habits, including a sharp drop in consumption of sparkling drinks, have forced radical change on the industry. But tho shifts have yet to be reflected in record obesity levels, which stand at 36.5%overall in the US.
Indra Nooyi, PepsiCo chairman, said the plan to make its products healthier was important for the company's growth. But on the subject of obesity, she pointed out that consumers' lifestyles have changed significantly, with many people being more dentary（久坐不动的）not least becau more time is spent in front of computers. She said PepsiCo's contribution was to produce healthier snacks that still tasted good.
"Society has to change its habits," she added. "We can't do much to alter dentary lifestyles, but we can provide consumers with great-tasting products, low in salt, sugar and fat. In the past we had to have a taste trade-off. But we're breaking that trade-off."
