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2018年的專四閱讀理解模擬題（附答案）
專四的題目與大多數(shù)的英語考試一樣，也設(shè)置了閱讀理解。下面，小編為大家送上兩篇2018年的專四閱讀理解模擬題，希望對(duì)大家有所幫助。
2018年的專四閱讀理解模擬題一
People have been painting pictures for at least30,000 years. The earliest pictures were painted bypeople who hunted animals. They used to paintpictures of the animals they wanted to catch and kill.Pictures of this kind have been found on the walls ofcaves in France and Spain. No one knows why theywere painted there. Perhaps the painters thoughtthat their pictures would help them to catch theseanimals. Or perhaps human beings have always wanted to tell stories in pictures.
About 5,000 years ago, the Egyptians and other people in the Near East began to use picturesas kind of writing. They drew simple pictures or signs to represent things and ideas, and also torepresent the sounds of their language. The signs these people used became a kind ofalphabet.The Egyptians used to record information and to tell stories by putting picture writingand pictures together. When an important person died, scenes and stories from his life werepainted and carved on the walls of the place where he was buried. Some of these pictures arelike modern comic strip stories. It has been said that Egypt is the home of the comic strip.But, for the Egyptians, pictures still had magic power. So they did not try to make their way ofwriting simple. The ordinary people could not understand it.
By the year 1,000 BC, people who lived in the area around the Mediterranean Sea haddeveloped a simpler system of writing. The signs they used were very easy to write, and therewere fewer of them than in the Egyptian system. This was because each sign, or letter,represented only one sound in their language. The Greeks developed this system and formedthe letters of the Greek alphabet. The Romans copied the idea, and the Roman alphabet isnow used all over the world.
These days, we can write down a story, or record information, without using pictures. But westill need pictures of all kinds: drawing, photographs, signs and diagrams. We find themeverywhere: in books and newspapers, in the street, and on the walls of the places where welive and work. Pictures help us to understand and remember things more easily, and they canmake a story much more interesting.?
1. Pictures of animals were painted on the walls of caves in France and Spain because ?___ ___?.?
A. the hunters wanted to see the pictures?
B. the painters were animal lovers?
C. the painters wanted to show imagination?
D. the pictures were thought to be helpful?
2. The Greek alphabet was simpler than the Egyptian system for all the following reasonsEXCEPT that ?______.
A. the former was easy to write?
B. there were fewer signs in the former?
C. the former was easy to pronounce?
D. each sign stood for only one sound?
3. Which of the following statements is TRUE??
A. The Egyptian signs later became a particular alphabet.?
B. The Egyptians liked to write comic?strip stories.?
C. The Roman alphabet was developed from the Egyptian one.?
D. The Greeks copied their writing system from the Egyptians.?
4. In the last paragraph, the author thinks that pictures ?______?.?
A. should be made comprehensible?
B. should be made interesting?
C. are of much use in our life?
D. have disappeared from our life
參考答案：
1. D) 根據(jù)文章第一段第五行“Perhaps the paintersthought that their pictures would help them to catchthese animals.”可知古代人以為在墻上畫畫會(huì)對(duì)他們有所幫助，故選項(xiàng)D為正確答案。?
2. C) 在做此類題時(shí)要注意題干的要求。通過閱讀文章第四段很清楚就知道選項(xiàng)C “前者容易發(fā)音”在文中沒有提及，故為正確答案。?
3. A) 可用排除法來做本題。通過閱讀文章很清楚選項(xiàng)B和D為錯(cuò)誤陳述。
選項(xiàng)C “羅馬字母是從埃及字母發(fā)展而來的”根據(jù)文章第四段第四，五句可知為錯(cuò)誤論述，因此只有選項(xiàng)A為正確答案。
4. C) 文章最后一段講述了圖畫在今天的用途，故選項(xiàng)C為正確答案。
2018年的`專四閱讀理解模擬題二
As the merchant class expanded in the eighteenth?century North American Colonies, the silversmithand the coppersmith businesses rose to serve it.Only a few silversmiths were available in New Yorkor Boston in the late seventeenth century, but in theeighteenth century they could be found in all majorcolonial cities. No other colonial artisans rivaled thesilversmiths’ prestige. They handled the mostexpensive materials and possessed direct connections to prosperous colonial merchants. Theirproducts, primarily silver plates and bowls, reflected their exalted status and testified to theircustomers’ prominence. Silver stood as one of the surest ways to store wealth at a time beforeneighborhood banks existed. Unlike the silver coins from which they were made, silver articleswere readily identifiable. Often formed to individual specifications, they always carried thesilversmith’s distinctive markings and consequently could be traced and retrieved.Customers generally secure the silver for the silver object they ordered. They saved coins, tookthem to smiths, and discussed the type of pieces they desired. Silversmiths complied with theserequests by melting the money in a small furnace, adding a bit of copper to form a strongeralloy, and casting the alloy in rectangular blocks. They hammered these ingots to theappropriate thickness by hand, shaped them and pressed designs into them for adornment.Engraving was also done by hand. In addition to plates and bowls, some customers soughtmore intricate products, such as silver teapots. These were made by shaping or casting partsseparately and then soldering them together. Colonial coppersmithing also come of age in theearly eighteenth century and prospered in northern cities. Copper’s ability to conduct heatefficiently and to resist corrosion contributed to its attractiveness. But because it wasexpensive in colonial America, coppersmiths were never very numerous. Virtually all copperworked by Smiths was imported as sheets or obtained by recycling old copper goods. Copperwas used for practical items, but it was not admired for its beauty. Coppersmiths employed it tofashion pots and kettles for the home. They shaped it in much the same manner as silver ormelted it in a foundry with lead or tin. They also mixed it with zinc to make brass for maritimeand scientific instruments.?
1.According to the passage, which of the following eighteenth century developments had strongimpact on silversmiths? ?
A. A decrease in the cost of silver. ?
B. The invention of heat efficient furnaces. ?
C. The growing economic prosperity of colonial merchants. ?
D. The development of new tools used to shape silver. ?
2.In colonial America, where did silversmiths usually obtain the material to make silver articles? ?
A. From their own mines. ?
B. From importers. ?
C. From other silversmiths. ?
D. From customers.
3.The passage mentions all of the following as uses for copper in Colonial America EXCEPT ?______?.?
A. cooking pots ?
B. scientific instruments ?
C. musical instruments ?
D. maritime instruments
4.According to the passage, silversmiths and coppersmiths in colonial America were similar inwhich of the following ways? ?
A. The amount of social prestige they had.?
B. The way they shaped the metal they worked with. ?
C. The cost of the goods they made. ?
D. The practicality of the goods they made.
參考答案：
1. C) 根據(jù)文章第一句“As the merchant classexpanded in the eighteenth?century North AmericanColonies,...”可知，隨著在十八世紀(jì)的北美殖民地商人階級(jí)膨脹起來，也就是說那時(shí)的商人財(cái)富有了很大的發(fā)展，銀匠銅匠們有機(jī)會(huì)發(fā)揮他們的專長(zhǎng)了，這與選項(xiàng)C正好相符。?
2. D) 根據(jù)文章第十四、五行“Customers generallysecures …object they ordered. They saved coins, took them to smiths, and...”可知顧客要做銀器，首先要積攢銀幣，然后拿到銀匠處加工成他們想要的形狀。選項(xiàng)D“來自客戶”與之相符。
3. C) 文章末尾在提到銅的.用途時(shí)惟獨(dú)沒有提到樂器。?
4. B) 根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第四行“They shaped it in much the same manner as silver or melted it in afoundry with lead or tin.”可知銀匠和銅匠在銀器和銅器的塑型方式上是一樣的，故選項(xiàng)B為正確答案。
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