大学英语四级考试 阅读模拟试题
Passage One
Conflict between President Johnson and Congress
摘要：约翰逊总统赞成对南方采取宽松政策,漫画女孩图片而国会则倾向于采取惩罚性方案。他们之间的意见是针锋相对的。
形容丰富的成语
Another example of the exerci of power by Congress was the action it took during the Reconstruction Period after the Civil War. It has already been noted that President Johnson favored a lenient policy toward the South and attempted to carry on Lincoln’s “10 per cent plan.” He pardoned most of the Southern leaders and permitted them to restore their state
governments. They were permitted to elect Senators and Reprentatives.
Congress, however, led by the Radical Republican Thaddeus Stevens, had other ideas about the handling of the defeated Confederacy. Congress favored punitive policies. The South should be treated as conquered territory, and its readmission should be handled by Congress rather than the President. Congress oppod the “Johnson Government” and the “Black Codes” pasd by Southern states which virtually restored former slaves to their masters. Accordingly, it pasd the Reconstruction Act of 1867. This measure divided the south into five military districts and provided that a ceded state would be readmitted in the Union only after it had ratified the 14th Amendment which provided that all persons born or naturalized in the United States should be citizens of the United States and of the state in which they resided; granted equality before the law to all persons; and prohibited a state from depriving any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law. Congress also barred rebel leaders from federal office, repudiated the Confederate debt, and reduced the reprentation of states which barred qualified person from voting. Later it adopted the 15
th Amendment guaranteeing the Negroes the right to vote.
Johnson vigorously oppod the measures. He vetoed the Reconstruction Act and others, only to e Congress repass them over his veto. After such passage of the Tenure of Office Act, Johnson, believing it unconstitutional, violated it and removed a member of his Cabinet without consulting Congress. The Hou of Reprentatives proceeded to impeach Johnson. The Senate, however, failed, by one vote, to reach the two-thirds majority necessary for his removal.
Notes:
1. lenient adj. 宽大的，仁慈的，慈悲为怀的
2. 2. Punitive adj. 刑罚的，惩罚性的
3. 3. Secede vi. 正式脱离或退出，分离
4. repudiate v. 批判
1. 1. The title most suitable for the passage is
A) A) The Power of Congress
B) B) The impeachment of President Johnson
C) C) Conflict between president Johnson and congress
D) D) The Power of Congress during the Reconstruction Period
2. 2. Which of the following statements can be inferred from the passage
A) A) 若无其事President Johnson believed that the Reconstruction Act of 1867 should be carried out.
B) B) Johnson failed to be impeached becau anyhow the President should have more power than Congress.
C) C) The states which ceded could be admitted to the Union on the condition that they approve of the 14thAmendment.
D) D) The President doesn’t have the right to remove a Cabinet member without consulting Congress.
3. 3. The Reconstruction Act of 1867 ______
A) A) affirmed the “Black Codes”.
B) B) Was vetoed by the President.
C) C) Was lenient in the treatment of the ceded states.
D) D) Was declared unconstitutional by the President.
4. 4. Which of the following statements is not true according to the passage?
A) 美丽的她A) All tho who are born in America are regarded as American citizens.
B) B) Congress stipulated that leaders of Confederacy shouldn’t enter upon federal office.
C) C) Negroes didn’t have the right to vote until the 15th Amendment was pasd.
D) D)关于水的名言 A state can’t deprive any person of liberty
宝宝学说话5. 5. The paragraph preceeding this passage is most likely concerned with _____.
A) A) the situation during the Civil War
B) B) President Johnson’s anecdotes寤寐怎么读
C) C) Presidents’ power
D) D) The exerci of power by Congress
答案：
Passage one
1. C. 本文共三段，第一段总括 Congress具有一定的权威，President Johnson 对南方采取宽松政策。第二段专门讲Congress。第三段写了Johnson，他们之间的意见是针锋相对的，故选项C最为合适。
2. D. 参见第三段第三、四句话。Johnson擅自罢免内阁成员，下院马上就弹劾总统，说明Johnson这样做属于越权行为。
3. B. 参见第三段第二句话，Johnson次开发否决了这一法令和其它一些法令。
4. D. 参见第二段后半部分，D）选项错误，个州当然有权剥夺罪犯的自由权，只是要依照法律行事，而不是任意剥夺。
5．D. 参见文章第一句话。“Another example…” 说明在这之前已经提到过国会行使权力的一个例子。
情在心底
Passage Two
Air Bags
摘要：全文主要讲述的是气袋的发明原因和功用.由于交通事故不断出现，美国政府及私人企业共同发明了一种装置，即气袋。它在人与汽车之间起着护垫的作用。
Car crashes are the leading cau of death among Americans from one to thirty-four. About 60 people are killed daily in front ats of cars, and more than 800 people are injured riously. The deaths and injuries occur becau the car’s occupants crash into its interior after the vehicle hits an object and stops. At 30 miles per hour, an unprotected
pasnger weighing 150 pounds crashes with a force of 4,500 pounds into the steeling wheel, dashboard, or windshield, or is thrown through the car window.
For many years, government agencies and private companies have worked together to develop a device that will protect the occupants of a car automatically during a crash. This rearch has led to the air bag---an automatic crash protection system that is quicker than the blink of an eye.
