[2021年英语四级考试具体时间]2021年12月英语四级考试阅读理解

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【篇一】2021年12月英语四级考试阅读理解

　　It’s very interesting to note where the debate about diversity(多样化) is taking place. It is taking place primarily in political circles. Here at the College Fund, we have a lot of contact with top corporate(公司的) leaders; none of them is talking about getting rid of those instruments that produce diversity. In fact, they say that if their companies are to compete in the global village and in the global market place,diversity. In fact, they say that if their companies are to compete in the global village and in the global market place, diversity is an imperative. They also say that the need for talented, skilled Americans means we have to expand the pool of potential employees. And in looking at where birth rates are growing andat where the population is shifting, corporate America understands that expanding the pool means promotingpolicies that help provide skills to more minorities, more women and more immigrants. Corporate leaders know that if that does not occur in our society, they will not have the engineers, the scientists, the lawyers, or the business managers they will need.

　　Likewise, I don’t hear people in the academy saying.”Let’s go backward. Let’s go back to the good old days, when we had a meritocracy(不拘一格选人才)” (which was never true-we never had a meritocracy, although we’ve come closer to it in the last 30 years.) I recently visited a great little college in New York where the campus has doubled its minority population in the last six years. I talked with an African American who has been a professor there for a long time, and she remembers that when she first joined the community, there were fewer than a handful of minorities on campus. Now, all of us feel the university is betterbecause corporate board rooms or on college campuses.

　　练习题：

　　Choose correct answers to the question:

　　1.The word”imperative”(Line5,Para.1) most probably refers to something _____

　　A.Superficial

　　B.remarkable

　　C.debatable

　　D.essential

　　2.Which of the following groups of people still differ in their views on diversity?

　　A. Minorities.

　　B. Politicians.

　　C. Professors.

　　D. Managers.

　　3.High corporate leaders seem to be in favor of promoting diversity so as to ______

　　A. lower the rate of unemployment

　　B. win equal political rights for minorities

　　C. be competitive in the world market

　　D. satisfy the demands of a growing population

　　4.It can be inferred from the passage that _____

　　A. meritocracy can never be realized without diversity

　　B. American political circles will not accept diversity

　　C. it is unlikely that diversity will occur in the U.S. Media

　　D. minorities can only enter the fields were no debate is heard about diversity

　　5.According to the passage diversity can be achieved in American society by ____

　　A. expanding the pool of potential employees

　　B. promoting policies that provide skills to employees

　　C. training more engineers, scientists lawyers and business managers

　　D. providing education for all regardless of race or sex

　　1.[D] 词义理解题。本句说到公司要在地球村和全球市场上竞争，多样性是imperative，由前文“没有取消引起多样性的手段”和下文提到的公司对各种各样有技能的美国人的需求可知，多样性对于企业来说应该“必需的”故D正确。

　　2.[B] 事实细节题。第2段末句指出这种辩论主要存在于政治圈和媒体中，结合上句内容，可知其中的this debate指的就是关于多样性的辩论，故B正确。

　　3.[C] 事实细节题。由第1段第4句可知，公司高层领导人促进多样化的原因是想要在全球市场上更具竞争力，C与此相符。

　　4.[A] 推理判断题。第2段中提到有些人认为在没有多样性的过去照样能做到不拘—格选人才，但作者马上which was never true否定此观点，故A正确。第2段只提到多样性的辩论存在于政治圈和媒体，但并不代 表在这两个圈子里不能接受或从未出现多样性，故排除B、C;D说法过于绝对,且在文中找不到依据，也可排除。

　　5.[D] 推理判断埋。由第1段倒数第2句可知企业expand the pool就意味着向more minorities，more women 和 more immigrants提供技能培训，而expand the pool对应的就是题干中的说的多样性的形成，D中的race 和sex分别对文中minorities和women，故正确。A泛泛而谈，没有说到点子上，不如D具体、准确;B与多样性没有关系，C是利用文中的有关职业的词拼凑而成的干扰项。

【篇二】2021年12月英语四级考试阅读理解

　　There is no denying that students should learn something about how computers work, just as we expect them at least to understand that the internal-combustion engine(内燃机)has something to do with burning fuel, expanding gases and pistons (活塞)being driven. For people should have some basic idea of how the things that they use do what they do. Further, students might be helped by a course that considers the computer’s impact on society. But that is not what is meant by computer literacy. For computer literacy is not a formof literacy (读写能力);it is a trade skill that should not be taught as a liberal art.

　　Learning how to use a computer and learning how to program one are two distinct activities. A case might be made that the competent citizens of tomorrow should free themselves from their fear of computers. But this is quite different from saying that all ought to know how to program one. Leave that to people who havechosen programming as a career. While programming can be lots of fun, and while our society needs some people who are experts at it, the same is true of auto repair and violin-making.

　　Learning how to use a computer is not that difficult, and it gets easier all the time as programs become more “user-friendly”. Let us assume that in the future everyone is going to have to know how to use a computer to be a competent citizen. What does the phrase learning to use a computer mean? It sounds like “learning to drive a car", that is, it sounds as if there is some set of definite skills that, once acquired,enable one to use a computer.

　　In fact, "learning to use a computer" is much more like “learning to play a game”,but learning the rulesof one game may not help you play a second game, whose rules may not be the same. There is no such a thingas teaching someone how to use a computer. One can only teach people to use this or that program and generally that is easily accomplished.

　　练习题：

　　Choose correct answers to the question:

　　1.To be the competent citizens of tomorrow, people should _______.

　　A. try to lay a solid foundation in computer science

　　B. be aware of how the things that they use do what they do

　　C. learn to use a computer by acquiring a certain set of skills

　　D. understand that programming a computer is more essential than repairing a car

　　2. In the second paragraph“auto repair”and“violin-making”are mentioned to show that _______ .

　　A. programming a computer is as interesting as making a violin

　　B. our society needs experts in different fields

　　C. violin making requires as much skill as computer programming

　　D. people who can use a computer don't necessarily have to know computer programming

　　3. Learning to use a computer is getting easier all the time because _______ .

　　A. programs are becoming less complicated

　　B. programs are designed to be convenient to users

　　C. programming is becoming easier and easier

　　D. programs are becoming readily available to computer users

　　4. According to the author,the phrase“learning to use a computer”(Lines3,4,Para.3) means learning _______.

　　A. a set of rules B. the fundamentals of computer science

　　C. specific programs D. general principles of programming

　　5. The author's purpose in writing this passage is _______.

　　A. to stress the impact of the computer on society

　　B. to explain the concept of computer literacy

　　C. to illustrate the requirements for being competent citizens of tomorrow

　　D. to emphasize that computer programming is an interesting and challenging job

　　1.[C] 推理判断题。第2段提到未来有能力的人应该从恐惧中解脱出来，第3段则提到学习计算机则就像是“学开车”一样，只要掌握某套技能即可，故可知有能力的人只需要通过掌握技能学习计算机即可，而不必学习编程，故C正确。

　　2.[D] 词义理解题。在第2段中，作者强调一般人只需学会使用计算机，而不必学会编程，最后指出这与“汽车修理”和“小提琴制作”一样，可见作者提到“汽车修理”(类似一般人使用计算机)和“小提琴创作”(数似于电 脑专业人员编程)还是为了说明上文的观点，故D正确。

　　3.[B] 事实细节题。第3段首句提到学习使用计算机越来越容易的原因是计算机编程变得更user-friendly, B中的convenient to users与此相符，故正确。

　　4.[C] 句意理解题。第4段指出教人学习使用计算机就是教人use this or that program，故C与此相符。

　　5.[B] 主旨大意题。本文围绕学生应如何学习计算机，阐述计算机能力(computer literacy)的概念;它只是一种技能,故B正确。A、C、D均只是利用文中的片言只语拼凑而成的干扰项，不足以概括文章大意。

【篇三】2021年12月英语四级考试阅读理解

　　Like fine food, good writing is something we approach with pleasure and enjoy from the first taste to the last. And good writers, like good cooks, do not suddenly appear full-blown. Quite the opposite, just as the cook has to undergo a particular training, mastering the skills of his trade, the writer must sit at hisdesk and devote long hours to achieving a style in his writing, whatever its purpose is—schoolwork, matters of business, or purely social communication.

　　You may be sure that the more painstaking the effort, the more effective the writing, and the more rewarding.

　　There are still some faraway places in the world where you might find a public scribe to do your business or social writing for you, for money. There are a few managers who are lucky enough to have the service ofthat rare kind of secretary who can take care of all sorts of letter writing with no more than a quick note to work from. But for most of us, if there is any writing to be done, we have to do it ourselves.

　　We have to write school papers, business papers or home papers. We are constantly called on to put words to papers. It would be difficult to count the number of such words, messages, letters, and reports put intomails or delivered by hand, but the daily figures must be extremely large. What is more, everyone who writes expects, or at least hopes whatever he writes will be read, from first word to last, not just thrown into some “letters-to-be-read” files or into a wastepaper basket. This is the reason we bend our efforts toward learning and practicing the skills of interesting, effective writing.

　　练习题：

　　Choose correct answers to the question:

　　1. In this passage, good writing is compared to fine food in that _______.

　　A. both writers and cooks have to work a long time every day

　　B. both are essential to life

　　C. both are writers and cooks can earn a good living

　　D. both are enjoyable

　　2. A public "scribe" (Para 2, Line 1) is _____.

　　A.a secretary who does your business or social writing

　　B. a machine that does writing for you

　　C. a public school where writing is taught

　　D. a person who ears a living by writing for others

　　3. According to the passage, some managers don't have to do any letter writing because _____.

　　A. they rely on quick notes C. they have a computer to do it

　　B. they have excellent secretaries D. they prefer making phone calls

　　4. According to the author, if your letter is thrown into some "letter-to-be-read" file, ______.

　　A. it will receive immediate attention

　　B. it will be dealt with by the secretary

　　C. it is likely to be neglected

　　D. it is meant to be delivered soon

　　40. The purpose of the author in writing this passage is _____.

　　A. to explain and persuade

　　B. to comment and criticize

　　C. to interest and entertain

　　D. to argue and demonstrate

　　1.[D] 文章首句提到，如同美味的食物,我们可以从好的作品中获得乐趣和享受，D与之相符，故为答案。

　　2.[D] 原文第2段首句提到，这种public scribe会帮你写商业文件或社会交流文章，但他们也会收费的，D与之相符A中的secretary应该是不收贵的，故排除;D中的machine与文中的remote places不相符，故也可排除。

　　3.[B] 文章第2段第2句提到，个别幸运的经理只需写下简便的笔记,其秘书就会写好所有的信件，因此B为答案。

　　4.[C] 文章第3段倒数第2句的大意是：我们希望自己写的东西能被人从头到尾地读，能不被扔进“letters-to-be read” file,且根据下文的a wastepaper basket可推测这里说的是希望自己写的东西不被忽视，故本题应选C。

　　5.[A] 由文章的结尾的this is the reason，知道作者有“解释”的目的，同时他说“我们要尽的努力学习和练习有趣、有效地写作的技巧”，可知有persuade(说服)的目的,故选A。

【篇四】2021年12月英语四级考试阅读理解

　　On average, American kids ages 3 to 12 spent 29 hours a week in school, eight hours more that they did in 1981. They also did more household work and participated in more of such organized activities as soccer and ballet (芭蕾舞). Involvement in sports, in particular, rose almost 50% from 1981 to 1997: boys now spendan average of four hours a week playing sports; girls log hall that time. All in all, however, children’sleisure time dropped from 40% of the day in 1981 to 25%

　　“Children are affected by the same time crunch (危机) that affects their parents,” says Sandra Hofferth,who headed the recent study of children’s timetable. A chief reason, she says, is that more mothers are working outside the home. (Nevertheless, children in both double-income and “male breadwinner” householdsspent comparable amounts of time interacting with their parents 19 hours and 22 hours respectively. In contrast, children spent only 9 hours with their single mothers.)

　　All work and no play could make for some very messed-up kids. “Play is the most powerful way a child explores the world and learns about himself,” says T. Berry Brazelton, professor at Harvard Medical School Unstructured play encourages independent thinking and allows the young to negotiate their relationships withtheir peers, but kids ages 3 to 12 spent only 12 hours a week engaged in it.

　　The children sampled spent a quarter of their rapidly decreasing “free time” watching television. But that, believe it or not, was one of the findings parents might regard as good news. If they’re spending less time in front of the TV set, however, kids aren’t replacing it with reading. Despite efforts to get kids more interested in books, the children spent just over an hour a week reading. Let’s face it, who’s got the time?

　　练习题：

　　Choose correct answers to the question:

　　1. By mentioning “the same time crunch” (Line 1, Para. 2) Sandra Hofferth means ________.

　　A. children have little time to play with their parents

　　B. children are not taken good care of by their working parents

　　C. both parents and children suffer from lack of leisure time

　　D. both parents and children have trouble managing their time

　　2. According to the author, the reason given by Sandra Hofferth for the time crunch is ________.

　　A. quite convincing

　　B. partially true

　　C. totally groundless

　　D. rather confusing

　　3. According to the author a child develops better if ________.

　　A. he has plenty of time reading and studying

　　B. he is left to play with his peers in his own way

　　C. he has more time participating in school activities

　　D. he is free to interact with his working parents

　　4. The author is concerned about the fact that American kids ________.

　　A. are engaged in more and more structured activities

　　B. are increasingly neglected by their working mothers

　　C. are spending more and more time watching TV

　　D. are involved less and less in household work

　　5. We can infer from the passage that ________.

　　A. extracurricular activities promote children’s intelligence

　　B. most children will turn to reading with TV sets switched off

　　C. efforts to get kids interested in reading have been fruitful

　　D. most parents believe reading to be beneficial to children

　　1.[C] 语义理解题。该短语所在句子的上文(第1段最后一句)表明“孩子的课余时间比以前少了”,而本句指出父母和孩子都受time crunch的影响，可见the same time crunch是指空闲时间不够用，故C正确。

　　2.[B] 观点态度题。第2段第2句中括号里的内容表明了作者的观点。转折词Nevertheless说明作者的观点跟上文Sandra Hofferth的看法不完全一致，而作者在下文举例中提到，单身母亲因为要上班，与孩子在起的时间只有9个小时，确实少了很多，这与Hofferth所述一致，因此选B。

　　3.[B] 事实细节题。第3段最后一句表明孩子自由玩乐能促使他们独立思考，并使他们学会处理与同龄关系，其中unstructured play 相当于B中的play in his own way，故B正确。

　　4.[A] 观点态度题。文章一开头作者就说孩子们比1981年时上学的时间每周多8小时，他们还做更多的家务,参加更多的有组织性的活动等等,而这些均是造成孩子们空闲时间越来越少的原因，而孩子们空闲时间少也正是作者忧虑的问题，故可推知本题选A。B是作者在第2段括号里反驳过的观点;C错在more and more time，而且作者对孩子看电视也不完全反对;孩子们事实上要做更多家务，故D错。

　　5.[D] 推理判断题。文章最后一段倒数第2句说“尽管父母费尽心思培养孩子的读书兴趣，可孩子们一周也只不过花一个多小时读书”。由此可见,父母认为读书对孩子有好处，即D。A中的extracurricular activities包含 structured and unstructured activities，文中只说unstructured activities有助于培养孩子独立思考以及与同龄人交往的能力，没有说structured activities对intelligence有什么帮助;B与文章的倒数第3句不符;C与倒数第2句不符。

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