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高校英语四级考试阅读训练题20xx高校英语四级考试阅读训练题20xxPart IIReading Comprehension35minutesDirections:There are4passages inthis part.Eachpassage isfollowed bysome questionsor unfinishedstatements.For eachof themthere arefour choicesmarkedA,B,C andD.You shoulddecide on the bestchoiceand markthe correspondingletter on the AnswerSheetwith asingle linethrough thecentre.Questions21to25are basedon thefollowingpassage:Every year100million holiday-makers aredrawn tothe Mediterranean.With onethirdof theworlds touristtrade,it isthemost popularof allthe holidaydestinations;it is also themostpolluted.It hasonly1per centof theworlds seasurface,butcarries more than halfthe oil and tar floating on thewaters.Thousands offactories pourtheir poisoninto the Mediterranean,and almostevery city,townand villageonthecoast sendsits sewage,untreated,into the sea.The resultis that the Mediterranean,whichnurtured somany civilizations,is gravelyill-the firstofthe seasto fallvictim to the abilitiesand attitudesthatevolved aroundit.And thepollution doesnot merelykeepback lifeof the sea—it threatens the peoplewhoinhabit andvisit itsshores.The mournfulform ofdisease iscaused bysewage.Eightyfive per centof thewaste fromthe Mediterraneans120coastal citiesis pushedout into thewaters wheretheirpeople andvisitors batheand fish.What ismore,most citiesjust dropit instraight offthe beach;rareindeed are the placeslike Cannesand TelAviv whichpipeit evenhalf amile offshore.Not surprisingly,vast areasof theshallows areawashwith bacteriaand itdoesnt takelong forthese toreachpeople.Professor WilliamBrumfitt of the RoyalFreeHospital oncecalculated thatanyone whogoes foraswim in the Mediterraneanhas aone in seven chance ofgetting somesort ofdisease.Other scientistssay thisisan overestimate;but almostall ofthem agreethatbathers areat risk.Industry addsits ownpoisons.Factories clusterroundthe coastline,and even the most modern rarelyhasproper wastetreatment plant.They doas muchdamagetothesea assewage.But thegood newsis thatthe countriesof theMediterraneanhave beencoming togetherto workouthow tosave theircommon sea.
21.The causesoftheMediterraneans pollutionisA theoilandtarfloatingonthewaterB many factories puttheir poisoninto theseaC untreatedsewage fromthe factoriesand coastalcitiesDthere aresome sortsof diseases inthesea
22.Which offollowing consequenceof apollutedsea isnot trueaccording tothe passageringup somany civilizations.AB Variousdiseasesinthesea.C Itthreatenstheinhabitants andtravelers.D Oneinsevenchanceofgetting somesort ofdiseaseswimming inthesea.
23.The word“sewagerefer to•A poisonCliquid materialBwasteD solidmaterial
24.Why doesindustry domuch damagetotheseaA Becausemost factorieshave properwastetreatment plants.B Becausemanyfactorieshave notproperwastetreatment plantseventhemostmodernone.C Becausejust themodern factoryhas awastetreatmentplant.D Becauseneither ordinaryfactories normostmodern oneshave properwastetreatmentplants.
25.What isthe passagemainly aboutASave theworld.B Howthe peoplelive intheMediterraneansea.C Howthe industrydangers thesea.D Bewarethe dirtysea.Questions26to30are basedonthefollowingpassage:THE CLASSROOMisamans world,where boysgettwothirds ofthe teachers attention-even whenthey are(辱骂)in aminority-taunt the girls withoutpunishment,and receivepraise forsloppy workthat wouldnot betoleratedfrom girls.They areaccustomed tobeingteachers pets,and ifgirls getanything likeequaltreatment,they willprotest eagerlyand evenwrecklessons.These claimsare madein abook outthis week,written byDale Spender,a lecturerattheLondonUniversity Instituteof Education.She arguesthatdiscrimination againstgirls isso deeplyin coeducationalschoolsthat singlesex classes aretheonly answer.Her caseis basedon taperecordings of her own andother teachers lessons.Many ofthem,like Spender,haddeliberately setout togive girlsa fairchance./z^Sometimes/says Spender,l haveeven thoughtI havegonetoo farand havespent moretime withthe girlsthanthe boys//The tapesproved otherwise.In10taped lessonsinsecondary school and college,Spender never gave thegirlsmore than42per centof herattention theaveragewas38percent andnevergavethe boysless than58percent.There weresimilar resultsfor otherteachers,both male and female.In otherwords,when teachersgive girlsmorethanathird oftheir time,they feelthat they are cheatingtheboys oftheir rightfulshare.And sodo the boyszz7themselves.She alwaysasks thegirls allthe questions/said oneboy ina classroomwhere34per centof theteacherstime wasallocated togirls.She doesntlike〃boys,and justlistens tothegirls.said aboy inanotherclass,where hissex got63percentof teacherattention.Boys regardedtwothirds ofthe teacherstime asafair deal-and whenthey gotless theycaused troublein/zclass andeven complainedto higherauthority.ltsimportant tokeep theirattention//said oneteacher,“Otherwise,they playyou upsomething awful.”Spender concludesthat,in mixedclasses,if thegirlsare asboisterous andpushy asthe boys,they areconsidered“unladylike”,if theyare docileand quiet,theyare ignored.
26.If boysare bettertreated inclass,would bebetter.A singlesexclasses andcoeducational classesBcoeducational classesC singlesex classesDNone ofthe above
27.Dale Spenderobtained theevidence forherclaims by.A herown lessonsin secondaryschoolandcollegeB theotherteacherstaperecordingsC bothmaleandfemale teachersDtaperecordingsofherownand otherteacherslessons
28.What aretheboysreactions whengirls aregivenmore attentionAThey willkeep theteachersattentionagain.B Theywill makesome troubleand complainto theheadmaster.C Theywill playup theteacher somethingawful.D Theywill feeltheyarecheated byteachers.
29.The word“boisterous inthe lastparagraphprobably means.A roughB braveCtroublesomeD emotional
30.The besttitle forthis passagewould be.A boysare teacherspetsB boysdo betterin coeducationalclassesCsinglesexclassesarebetter thancoeduationedclassesD girlsdo betterthan boys。