四级阅读材料

四级阅读材料[1]Nowadays,isitpossibletotellaperson大学四级阅读sclassjustbylookingathim?Physicaldetails__1__tellusabouthealth,dietandtypeofworkdone.Ahundredyearsagotheworkingclassveryoftenlookdunhealthy,smallandwereeithertoothinortoofat.Theupperclasseswereoften__2__,sportingtypeswhowereusedtoagooddietandlookedhealthy.Todaylivingandworkingconditionshaveimproved,andsuch__3__wouldnolongerbesotrue.Theclothespeoplechoosetowear,however,doprovideinformationabouttheir__4__.Themostobviouswayinwhichisfortheamountofmoneyspentonthem.Expensiveclotheslookexpensiveandshowtheirwearerhadmoney.Clothescanprovideother__5__aswell.Theupperclasses__6__tobelessinterestedinfashionandweargoodqualityclothesinnon-brightcolours,madeofnaturalmateriallikewool,leatherorcotton.Lowerworkingclasspeopleoftenchooseclothesinbrightcolours,madeofman-madematerial.Asociologicalexplanationforthiswouldbethatcolorandinterestaremssingfromtheirlives,andthereforeanyopportunitytointroducethisis__7__.Clothesare__8__atapricewithinmostpeople'sreach.Newclothesmakethewearerfeelgood,andshowsome__9__ofwealthtotheoutsideworld.Todaysomenewfashionsarestartedbythelowerworkingclasspeoplewhowanttolook__10__andfeelimportant.Theywantpeopletolookatthem.A)availableB)backgroundC)differentD)tallE)totallyF)takenG)descriptionsH)degreeI)cluesJ)aloneK)appearL)considerM)fullN)hobbyO)fetched【 答案 八年级地理上册填图题岩土工程勘察试题省略号的作用及举例应急救援安全知识车间5s试题及答案 】.选J）。此处应填副词。可选项有totally和alone,由前一句中just可推出，外表上的细节仅仅能告诉我们这个人的健康状况，平时的营养状况以及他所从事的工作而不能看出他所处的阶级，故排除totally而选alone"惟一"。.选D）。此处应填形容词。因此此句和前一句是在将以前的工人阶级和上层阶级的身体状况进行对比，故此处应填与small“矮的”意思相反的词，选项中只有tall符合 题 快递公司问题件快递公司问题件货款处理关于圆的周长面积重点题型关于解方程组的题及答案关于南海问题 意。而full“丰满的"不能用来修饰sportingtypes,故排除。.选G）o此处应填名词。现在的生活和工作条件改善了，情况已经不同了。而such指代的是上文中对一百年以前工人阶级和上层阶级的身体状况的身体状况的描述，故descriptions"描述"符合题意。.选B）。此处应填名词。根据句意“衣服可以提供...方面的信息”，选项中有background和hobby,选background"人的背景，社会阶层”，符合文章主题。.选I）o由aswell可知，此处应填名词且与本段首句中的informaiton的意思相近，选项中只有clues"线索"符合题意。.选K）。此处应填动词的原形。选项中有appear和consider,appear可直接接不定式;而consider带不定式的复合结构，用于主动语态时，consider后面得接宾语，故选appear。7选F）o这句中this指代brightcolour,句子主干是anyopportunityis...。可选项有taken和fetched,take"抓住"贝U可以与opportunity搭配，但fetch"拿来"不能与opportunity构成动宾搭配，故排除fetched而选taken。.选A）。此处应填形容词。句子意思是“衣服的价钱......，大多数人都买得起。”选项中只有available"可以接受的”符合题意。.选H）。此处应填名词。由apricewithinmostpeople'sreach可推出，此处新衣服向外界显示的是穿衣者的富裕程度，故选择degree"程度"。.选C）。此处应填形容词。由newfashions和feelimportant可推出工人阶级想通过穿衣来改变他们，而选项中只有different"与众不同的"符合此意，故选择C）。⑵Manyayoungpersontellsmehewantstobeawriter.Ialways__1__suchpeople,butIalsoexplainthatthere'sabigdifferencebetween"beingawriter"andwriting.Inmostcasestheseindividualsaredreamingof__2__andfame,notthelonghoursaloneatatypewriter."You'vegottowanttowrite,"Isaytothem,"notwanttobeawriter."Therealityisthatwritingisa__3__,privateandpoor-payingaffair.Foreverywriterkissedbyfortunetherearethousandsmorewhoselongingisnever__4__.WhenIlefta20-yearcareerintheUS.CoastGuardtobecomeafreelancewriter(自由撰稿人),Ihadno__5__atall.WhatIdidhavewasafriendwhofoundmemyroominaNewYorkapartmentbuilding.Itdidn'tevenmatterthatitwas__6__andhadnobathroom.Iimmediatelyboughtausedmanualtypewriterandfeltlikea__7__writer.Afterayearorso,however,Istillhadn'tgottenabreakandbeganto__8__myself.Itwassohardtosellastorythat__9__madeenoughtoeat.ButIknewIwantedtowrite.Ihaddreamedaboutitforyears.Iwasntgoingtobeoneofthosepeoplewhodiewondering,whatif?Iwouldkeeoputtingmydreamtothetest----eventhoughitmeantlivingwith__10__andfearoffailure.ThisistheShadowlandofhope,andanyonewithadreamlearntolivethere.A)barelyD)doubtB)genuineC)rewardedE)lonelyF)povertyG)persuadeH)prospectsI)uncertaintyJ)impossiblyK)encourageL)awardedM)aloneN)wealthO)cold【答案】.选K）o此处应填动词的原形。可选项有doubt,persuade,encourage,但由always推知，作者是在鼓励那些想要成为作家的人，而不是怀疑也不是说服，故排除doubt和persuade而选encourage。.选N）。由空格后的fame可知，此处应填名词。可选项有prospects和wealth,但由dreamingof与第二段中Therealityis...poor-paying可推知，那些想当作家的人梦想的是金钱和名誉，而不是前途，故排除prospects而选wealth。.选E）o此处应填形容词，private,poor-paying一起修饰affair。选项中有lonely和alone,能修饰affair的只有lonely,alone表示"孤独的"时，通常作表语，故排除alone而选lonely。.选C）。此处应填动词的被动形式。可选项有rewarded和awarded,前者可表示“（为所希望的举动得到的）回报"，后者作动词时表示“颁发，授予”，故只有rewarded符合题意而排除awarded。.选H）。此处应填名词。“当我辞别了我在美国海岸警卫队20年工作成为一个自由撰稿人时，没有任何......可言”，可选项有prospects和wealth，但wealth一般指抽象意义上的"金钱"，因此排除wealth而选prospects"前途"。.选O）oit指代的是apartmentbuilding，从hadnobathroom可知这个公寓条件很差，选项中只有cold能说明公寓的条件差，故选择O）cold。.选B）。“我马上买了一台旧的手动打字机，感觉自己就好像是一个的作家”,由前面提到的tobecomeafreelancewriter可推知，此处作者是想成为一个真正的作家，故选项中只有genuine"真正的"符合题意。.选D）。由空格前的to可知，此处应填动词的原形。可选项有doubt,persuade,encourage,但由stillhadn'tgottenabreak"在写作上还没有任何进展”，所以此处应理解为他开始怀疑自己的选择是否正确，故doubt符合文意。.选A）。that从句结构完整，后面有made,故此处应填副词。可选项有barely和impossibly,因that引导的从句是对story的解释，再由hard一词可推知，此处应填的副词应表达肯定的意思，故排除impossibly而选barely"仅仅，刚刚"。.选I）。由空格后的and可知，此处应填名词。由fearoffailure可知，所填词应表示不好的境遇，可选项有poverty和uncertainty;又由fear可推知，此处强调的是生活的变化无常，而不是生活的贫困，故选uncertainty。WhatisitaboutAmericansandfood?Welovetoeat,butwefeel1aboutitafterward.Wesaywewantonlythebest,butwestrangelyenjoyjunkfood.We're2withhealthandweightlossbutfaceanunprecedentedepidemicofobesity(月巴月半).Perhapsthe3tothisambivalence(矛盾情结)liesinourhistory.ThefirstEuropeanscametothiscontinentsearchingfornewspicesbutwentinvain.Thefirstcashcrop(经济作物)wasn'teatenbutsmoked.ThentherewasProhibition,intendedtoprohibitdrinkingbutactuallyencouragingmore4waysofdoingitTheimmigrantexperience,too,hasbeenoneofinharmony.DoasRomansdomeanseatingwhat“realAmericans"eat,butournation'sfoodhascometobe5byimports—pizza,say,orhotdogs.Andsomeofthecountry'smosttreasuredcookingcomesfrompeoplewhoarrivedhereinshackles.Perhapsitshouldcomeasnosurprisethenthatfoodhasbeenamediumforthenation'sdefiningstruggles,whetherattheBostonTeaPartycrthesitinsatsouthernlunchcounters.ItisintegraltoourconceptsofhealthandevenmoralitywhetheronerefrainsfromalcoholforreligiousreasonsorevadesmeatforpoliticalButstrongopinionshavenotbrought7.Americansareambivalentaboutwhattheyputintheirmouths.Wehavebecome8ofourfoods,especiallyaswelearnmoreaboutvhattheycontain.The9infoodisstillprosperousintheAmericanconsciousness.It'snocoincidence,then,thatthefirstThanksgivingholdstheAmericanimaginationinsuchbondageItTswhatweeat—andhowwe10itvithfriends,family,andstrangers—thathelpdefineAmericaasacommunitytodajr.A,answerI,creativeB*resultJ.beliefshareK.suspiciousguiltyL.certaintyconstantH.obsesseddefinedN.identifyvanish0.idealsadapted【答案及详解】LDfeel是一个系动词，可以判断此处应填入一个形容词，通过上下文意思，以及后面介词about,可以确定选项为D项guilty,短语fdguiltyaboutsth."对……感到有愧”*全句的意思为“我们很爱吃，但是往往在吃完之后又有负罪感，2,Mbeobsessedwith为固定搭配,原意为“被……附上/缠住/迷住心窍「放在本句表示"十分重视二全句的意思为“我们很关心健康和减肥，但肥胖却又空前地在蔓延，A本句缺一个名词作主语，并且根据和介词to的搭配,可以推断出正确选项answer,I本句根据more和ways可以判断出需要填入一个形容词构成比较级，根据上下文，表示“旨在禁止酗酒的禁酒令，却激发了更多新奇的方法来胆酒”，可以确定1为正确选项.F本题较难口根据be和by确定应填入一个过去分词&再根据上下文，上文表示“应该吃典型的美国人吃的食物）下文通过but转折，表示实际上〃美国的食物已经被诸如比萨和热狗这样的舶来品所诠释了”，因此可以确定F为正确选项.B政治结果,可根据宗教原因religiousreasons来推断此处填政治结果“,L由于横线后面没有宾语，可以确定不是形成bring的短语.这样本句所缺的为一名词।做bring的宾语,根据下文解释.“美国人对他们所吃的食物的态度是矛盾的。可以推出本句迓义为“坚定的观点也不是确定不变的:因此可以确定L为正确选项.氏K系动词become后应填入一个形容词，和后面介词of形成短语be/b“n（nesuspiciousof”对意到怀疑,*g-J本句映一个名词作主谓，并且根据和介词in的搭配，可以推断出正确选项Qlief,Chave）beliefInsth"相信，一J10.C本句是一般现在时，缺一个动词，且和彘th搭配，确定选项为share,sharesth.withsb.p皿与某人分享某事"Americansateproudoftheirvarietyandiiidividualty»yettheyloveandrespectfewthingsmotethanauniform.Whyareuniformsso_1_intheUnitedStates?Amongtheargumentsforuniforms,oneofthefirstisthatintheeyesofmostpeopletheylookmore_2—thancivilian（百姓的）clothes.Peoplehavebecomeconditionedto_3_superiorqualityfromamanwhowearsauniform.Thetelevisionrepairmanwhovearsauniformtendsto_4moretrustthanernewhoappearsincivilianclothes^Faithinthe5,ofagaragemechanicisincreasedbyauniforaLWhataneasierwayisthereforanurse,apoliceman±abarber,orawaiterto6_professionalidentity（身份）thantostepoutofuniform?Uniformsalsohavemany.7_benefits.Thejrsaveonotherclothes^Theysaveonlaundrybill*Theyareoftenmorecont）Portableandmoredurablethancivilianclothes.Primaryamongtheargumentsagainstuniformsistheirlackofvarietyandtheconsequentlossof_8_experiencedbypeoplewhomustwearthem.Thoughtherearemanytypesofuniforms^thewearerofanyparticulartypeisgenerallystuckwithit,without9,untilretirement.Whenpeoplelookalike,theytendtothink,speak,andact_10_,onthejobatleast.[A]skill[B]popular[Clget[D]change[E]similarly[F]professional[G]character[H]individualityEI]inspire[J]differentlyEK]expect[L]practical[MJrecall[NlloseEO]ordinary1.选Bk从文章的第一句th白vloveandr日spectfewthins合原文意思.morethanaunifonn,他们又无比热爱和崇尚制服。说明了制服在美国很受欢迎,因此选项B)popular符合原文意思。选项中的pmfe亩式mal"职业的tpractical"实用的"和ordinar广普通的，平常的“都不符合第一段的意思口.选F)。此处应填形容词口从more*.active^energetic,cheerful,confcrmist(不动摇)intheiropinions^andverysureabouttheircareerchoices.Theyoftenheldseveraljobsatonce,orworkersfull-orpart-timewhilegoingtoschool.Andmanyofthemhadastrongurgetoappear"normal"or"acceptable"totheirfriendsandassociates.Whenaskedtorecalltheirdreams^the**shortsleepersMdidpoorly.Morethanthis,th&yseemedtoprefernotrem&mbering.Insimilarfashion,theirusualwayofdealingwithpsychologicalproblemswastodenythattheproblemexisted,andthentokeepbusyinthehopethatthetroublewouldgoaway+ThesleeppatternsoftheL