大学英语四第三次作业

2017秋大学英语四第三次作业 说明   说明：本作业包括阅读题10篇，每篇5题，共50题，每题2分，总分100分。                  问题完成状态： 问题 1 1.   注意:答案用A,B,C,D表示。选择T或F不算分 Passage 1 Dieting to lose weight has become very popular in recent years. People have become more health conscious and try to take better care of their bodies by eating more nutritiously（有营养） and exercising more regularly to lose any unnecessary fat that they may have. Not only are people being more careful about what they eat, they are also concerned with how they eat and how their meals are prepared. People are taking more time for each meal. Many avoid the so-called " plastic " fast-food hamburgers and choose to eat a salad or a sandwich of more healthful ingredients（成分） in a quiet restaurant with a more leisurely atmosphere. At home, they also try to take enough time to eat a relaxed dinner without phone or TV interruptions. While dieting may be viewed as beneficial, it has also become a serious problem for Americans, particularly for young women. Dieting for them has actually become a psychological addiction（依赖）. They eat so little that they can lose as much as fifty percent of their total body weight, and although they look like skeletons, they still insist that they are fat. The current wave of exercising, dieting and the problems produced have caused many organizations to begin educating the public. Many schools, hospitals, health organizations, newspapers and magazines, for example, are offering classes, printing booklet articles, etc. to inform the public of the way to exercise and diet, of the dangers of dieting too rapidly, and of the places people can go for medical help if they find themselves on the road to "diet addiction". ( )1、These days people are dieting more because they have become more health conscious. A：T B：F ( )2、They are taking less time for each meal now. A：T B：F ( )3、" They look like skeletons" in the third paragraph most probably means they are too thin. A：T B：F ( )4、The main idea of the last paragraph is about what kind of media can be used to educate the public. A：T B：F ( )5、According to this passage the atmosphere of eating has something to do with health. A：T B：F 10 分    问题 2 1.   Passage 2 By definition, heroes and heroines are men and women distinguished by uncommon courage, achievements, and self-sacrifice made most for the benefits of others----they are people against whom we measure others. They are men and women recognized for shaping our nation's consciousness and development as well as the lives of those who admire them. Yet, some people say that ours is an age where true heroes and heroines are hard to come by, where the very idea of heroism is something beyond us----an artifact of the past. Some maintain, that because the Cold War is over and because America is at peace, our age is essentially an unheroic one. Furthermore, the overall crime rate is down, poverty has been eased by a strong and growing economy, and advances continue to be made in medical science. Cultural icons are hard to define, but we know them when we see them. They are people who manage to go beyond celebrity (明星) , who are legendary, who somehow manage to become mythic. But what makes some figures icons and others mere celebrities? That's hard to answer. In part, their lives have the quality of a story to tell. For instance, the beautiful young Diana Spencer who at 19 married a prince, renounced marriage and the throne, and died at the moment she found true love. Good looks certainly help. So does a special indefinable charm, with the help of the media. But nothing confirms an icon more than a tragic death----such as Martin Luther King, Jr., John F. Kennedy, and Princess Diana. (258 words) ( )1. The passage mainly deals with .  C A. life and death B. heroes and heroines C. heroes and icons D. icons and celebrities ( )2. Heroes and heroines are usually .  D A. courageous B. good examples to follow C. self-sacrificing D. all of the above ( )3. Which of the following statements is wrong?  D A. Poverty in America has been eased with the economic growth. B. Superstars are famous for being famous. C. One's look can contribute to being famous. D. Heroes and heroines can only emerge in war times. ( )4. Beautiful young Diana Spencer found her genuine love .  C A. when she was 19 B. when she became a princess C. just before her death D. after she gave birth to a prince ( )5. What is more likely to set an icon's status?  B A. Good looks. B. Tragic and early death. C. Personal attraction. D. The quality of one's story. 10 分    问题 3 1.   注意:答案用A,B,C,D表示。选择T或F不算分 Passage 3 What makes one person more intelligent than another? What makes one person a genius, like the brilliant Albert Einstein, and another person a fool? Are people born intelligent or stupid, or is intelligence the result of where and how you live? These are very old questions and the answers to them are still not clear.