大学英语四级阅读-24
(总分：450.00，做题时间：90分钟)
一、强化训练一(总题数：0，分数：0.00)
二、Section A(总题数：1，分数：90.00)
An investigator into the drug overdo(服药过量) death of Marilyn Monroe(玛莲·梦露) 43 years ago Friday still is not convinced she killed herlf. John W. Miner, who investigated Monroe's death as a Los Angeles County procutor, claims Monroe's psychologist, Dr. Ralph Greenson, played him cret audiotapes made by the star during one of her therapy ssions (1) before her death. A key (2) of the alleged (所谓的) tapes, according to Miner, is that Monroe was not (3) and was actively planning to become a rious Shakespearean actress. Miner says he took careful, handwritten notes of the tapes and later produced a near-exact transcript. There is no 日语片假名(4) Miner's claims are true, since Dr. Greenson is now dead and no one el claims to have heard the tape.
"You are the only person who will ever know the most (5) thoughts of Marilyn Monroe," she allegedly told her doctor. In Miner's transcript, Monroe discusd her plans to (6) Shakespeare. "No (7) person could possibly think that the person who made tho tapes killed herlf," Miner said. She also may have recorded her feelings about having to (8) off her romance (罗曼史) with Robert Kennedy. "There is no room in my life for him," she allegedly said. "I guess I don't have the (9) to face up to it and hurt him. I want someone el to tell him it's over. I tried to get the President to do it, but I couldn't (10) him."
A. proof [I] revelation
B. reasonable [J] pursue
C. postpone [K] courage
D. cret [L] constantly
E. bold [M] depresd
F. break [N] assignment
G. optimistic [O] reach
[H] shortly
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填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：[H]）
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填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：[I]）
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填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：[M]）
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填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：[A]）
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填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：[D]）
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填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：[J]）
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填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：[B]）
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填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：[F]）
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填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：[K]）
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填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：[O]）
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三、Section B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)
四、Passage One(总题数：1，分数：45.00)
Only special plants can survive the terrible climate of a dert, for the are regions where the annual range of the soil temperature can be over 75℃. Furthermore, during the summer there are few clouds in the sky to protect plants from the sun's ray. Another problem is the fact that there are frequently strong winds which drive small sharp particles of sand into the plants, tearing and damaging them. The most difficult problem for all forms of plant life, however, is the fact that the entire annual rainfall occurs during a few days or weeks in spring.
Grass and flowers in dert survive from one year to the next by existing through the long, hot, dry ason in the form of eds. The eds remain inactive unless the right mount of rain falls, If no rain falls, or if insufficient rain falls, they wait until the next year. or even still the next. Another factor that helps the plants to survive is the fact that their life cycles are short. By the time that the water from the spring rains disappears--just a fe
w weeks after it fall--such plants no longer need ally.
The perennials(多年生植物) have special features which enable them to survive as plants for veral years. Thus, nearly all dert perennials have extensive root systems below ground and a small shoot system above ground. The large root network enables the plant to absorb as much water as possible in a short time. The small shoot system, on the other hand, considerably limits water loss by evaporation(蒸发).
元旦晚会策划书Another feature of many dert perennials is that after the rainy ason they lo their leaves in preparation for the long, dry ason, just as trees in wetter climates lo theirs in preparation for the winter. This reduces their water loss by evaporation during the dry ason. Then, in the next rainy ason, they come fully alive once more, and grow new branches, leaves and flowers, just as the grass and flowers in dert do.
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(1).Ordinary plants cannot survive the dert weather as a result of the following EXCEPT for ______.
[A] the strong winds [C] the long summer days巴巴亚罗
[B] the strong sun's ray [D] the high soil temperature（分数：9.00）
A.
B.
C. √
D.
解析：细节题。本题考查列举处。第一段前三句分别列举了影响植物在沙漠生长的三个因素：soil temperature(选项D)，sun's rays(选项B)，strong winds(选项A)，只有选项C未提及。
(2).Some grass and flowers can survive in the dert becau ______.
A. they need little water for their survival
B. they bear long roots and the eds are fit for dry weather
C. they stay in the form of eds to wait for the right amount of water
D. with long roots, they do not depend on the shoot system to get enough water（分数：9.00）
A.
B.
abbreviate C. √
D.
解析：推理题。根据第二段前三句可推出答案。选项A无原文依据，选项B前半句错误，选项D违背常理。
(3).We can learn from the passage that the shoot system of the perennials ______.
A. can help the perennials absorb less of the sun's ray
B. decides the appearance of the perennials in dert
C. limits the function of the perennials' branches
D. may prevent the perennials from losing much water（分数：9.00）
A.
B.
C.
D. √
解析：细节题。本题提问的是shoot system，而非root system，在第三段末句可找到相关信息，由此确定D为正确答案。
(4).According to the passage, spring is the best time for plants in dert ______.
[A] to find a shady place [C] to reduce water loss
[B] to get water from their growth [D] to enjoy the sunshine（分数：9.00）
A.
B. √
C.
D.
解析：推理题。第一段末句提到沙漠中的降雨集中在春天，第二段第二句提及种子在下雨季节才发芽生长，由此推出正确答案为D。其他三项均无原文依据。
(5).The last paragraph is mainly about ______.
A. the comparison between plants in different areas
B. the growth of new leaves in the rainy ason
couplingC. water loss by evaporation in the dry ason
D. the changes in the leaves of the perennials（分数：9.00）
A.
B.
C.
D. √
解析：主旨题。第四段第一句通过another feature引出本段主题句，本句中心词为 perennials和leaves，据此推断答案为D。
五、Passage Two(总题数：1，分数：45.00)
E1 Nino is a disturbance of the world's normal climate pattern. During El Nino events, the westerly trade winds become slower and the warmer water in the western Pacific moves towards South America. This huge increa in ocean temperatures--as much as eight degrees centigrade--and the change in atmospheric conditions bring rain to the derts of South America and the rainforests of south-east Asia, with drought conditions throughout eastern and southern Africa. There are many knock-on effects all over the world.
The home of El Nino is Peru. El Nino, "the Christ Child", was first named by Peruvian fishermen one Christmas when they noticed unusual warm currents affecting the Pacific c
oast of South America. Up and down the country, from dert m highlands, E1 Nino weather phenomena have brought destructive floods, costing ￡200 million in immediate and long-term damage, and undoing the work of many development projects.
"The dastruction is near total," Dominic Brain, a worker for Christian Aid reported. "Few of the hous could withstand the floodwater. Today I visited Acomayo, a shantytown (贫民区) where 17,500 people once live. Now only ten percent of the hous are still standing. The bulk of the population has lost all their posssions.
The town of Ica ldom es rain. Hous for the poor are built of adobe--sun- baked mud standing side by side in long terraces. When the River Ica burst its banks in late January, 15,000 hous were swiftly flooded. Up to 5,000 hous were destroyed--a sign not only of the force of the river, which looned huge rocks and swept them falling down born the Andean mountains, but of the vulnerability of the homes which hardly ever face rain. "They melted like chocolate," exclaimed an eye witness. "The extent of the damage was terrible!"
Almost immediately health became a problem. Without proper plumbing(排水), waste mat
ter ro to the surface of the floodwaters. People received cuts walking through the floodwater and mud Cholera--epidemic in Peru in the early nineties-- returned, with 90 reported cas in Ica province alone. The entire city ems to have drowned--first in floodwaters 1.5 meters high, and then in mud. Sadly, three people lost their lives, sucked into the floodwaters, but it was a miracle that there were not more casualties(伤亡者).
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(1).E1 Nino is a warm ocean current _____.
A. which centers on America and Africa
B. which kills many people ever time
C. which was named by an American
D. which has side-effects all over the world（分数：9.00）
A.
B.cpi是什么意思
C.
D. √
解析：细节题。题中提到的warm ocean currents和第一段中所说的huge increa in ocean temperatures是同一回事。第一段倒数第二句话提到了海洋水温的升高影响了很多地方，比如South America，south-east Asia，eastern and southern Africa，最后一句话又指出There are many knock-on effects all over the world，因此D为正确答案。
(2).It can be inferred from the passage that El Nino first appeared in _____.
[A] Pacific [C] South America
[B] Africa [D] Peru（分数：9.00）
chine中国china自拍 A.
B.
C.
D. √
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儿童动画片排行榜解析：推理题。题干问的是厄尔尼诺现象最初的发生地点，即第二段第一句话所说的the home of E1 Nino，因此D是正确答案。
(3).Hous in Ica experienced terrible destruction during the E1 Nino event becau _____.
A. tile El Nino event was the strongest
combiB. it ldom rained there
C. the hous couldn't stand the flood
D. E1 Nino was unexpected（分数：9.00）
