大学四级英语阅读理解题及答案

　　第三篇：

　　The economy of the United states after 1952 was the econnomy of a well-fed,almost fully employed people. Despit occasional alarms, the country escaped any postwar depression and lived in a state of boom. A n economic survey of the year 1955, a typical year of the 1950’s, may be typical as illustrating the rapid economic growth of the decade. The national output was value at 10 percent above that of 1954 . The production of manufacturers was about 40 percent more than it had averaged in the years immediately following World War 2. The country’s business spent about 30billion dollars for new factories and machinery. National income available for spending was almost a third greater than it had been it had been in 1950. Consumers spent about 256 billion dollars; that is about 700 million dollars a day ,or about twenty-five million dollars every hour , all round the clock. Sixty-five million people held jobs and only a little more than two million wanted jobs but could not find them . Only agriculture complained that it was not sharing in the room. To some observers this was an ominous echo of the mid-1920’s . As farmer’s shre of their products declined , marketing costs rose. But there were , among the observers of the national economy, a few who were not as confident as the majority . Those few seemed to fear that the boom could not last and would eventually lead to the oppsite-depression.

　　1. What is the best title of the passage?

　　a. The Agriculatural Trends of 1950’s

　　b. The Unemployment Rate of 1950’s

　　c. U.S. Economy in the 50’s

　　d. The Federal Budget of 1952

　　2. In Line 4 , the word “boom” could best be replaced by______.

　　a. nearby explosion

　　b. thunderous noise

　　c. general public support

　　d. rapid economic growth

　　3. It can be inferred the national from the passage that most people in the United States in 1955 viewed the national economy with an air of _________.

　　a. confidence

　　b. confusion

　　c. disappointment

　　d. suspicion

　　4. Which of the following were LEAST satisfied with the national economy in the 1950’s?

　　a. Economists

　　b. Frmaers

　　c. Politicians

　　d. Steelworkers

　　5. The passage states that incom available for spending in the U.S. was greater in 1955 than in 1950 . How much was it ?

　　a. 60%

　　b. 50%

　　c. 33%

　　d. 90%

　　第四篇：

　　The food we eat seems to have profound effects on our health.Although science has made enormous steps in making food more fit to eat ,it has, at the same time,made many foods unfit to eat. Some research has shown that perhaps eighty percent of all human illnesses are related to diet and forty percent of cancer is related to the diet as well,especially cancer of the colon. Different cultures are more likely to cause certain different illnesses because of the food that is characteristic in these cultures. That food is related to illness is nto a new discovery. In 1945, about 35 years ago, government researchers realized that nitrates, commonly used to preserve color in meats,and other food additivies,caused cancer. Yet, these carcinogenic additives remain in our food, and it becomes more difficult all the time to know which things on the packaging labels of processed food are helpful or harmful. The additives which we eat are not all so direct. Farmers often give penicillin to beef and living animals, and because of this ,penicillin has been found in the milk of treated cow. Sometimes similar drugs are given to animals not for medical purposes,but for financial reasons. The farmers are simply trying to fatten the animals in order to obtain a higher price on the market. Although the Food and Drug Administration has tried repeatedly to control these procedures, the practices continue.

　　1.What is the best possible title of the passage?

　　a.Drug and Food

　　b.Cancer and Health

　　c.Food and Health

　　d.Health and Drug

　　2.Which of the following statements is NOT ture?

　　a.Drugs are always given to animals for medical reasons

　　b.Some of the additives in our food are added to the food itself and some are given to the living animals

　　c.Researchers have known about the potential dangers of food additives for over thirty-five years.

　　d.Food may cause forty percent of cancer in world.

　　3.How has science done something harmful to mankind?

　　a.Because of science , diseases caused by polluted food haven been virtually eliminated.