2018年12月英语四级阅读理解题库2篇

2018年12月英语四级阅读理解题库2篇

　　英语四级阅读理解题库第一篇

　　The view over a valley of a tiny village with thatched(草盖的) roof cottages around a church; a drive through a narrow village street lined with thatched cottages painted pink or white; the sight over the rolling hills of a pretty collection of thatched farm buildings-these are still common sights in parts of England. Most people will agree that the thatched roof is an essential part of the attraction of the English countryside.

　　Thatching is in fact the oldest of all the building crafts practised in the British Isles(英伦诸岛). Although thatch has always been used for cottage and farm buildings, it was once used for castles and churches, too.

　　Thatching is a solitary(独自的) craft, which often runs in families. The craft of thatching as it is practised today has changed very little since the Middle Ages. Over 800 full-time thatchers are employed in England and Wales today, maintaining and renewing the old roofs as well as thatching newer houses. Many property owners choose thatch not only for its beauty but because they know it will keep them cool in summer and warm in winter.

　　In fact, if we look at developing countries, over half the world lives under thatch, but they all do it in different ways. People in developing countries are often reluctant to go back to traditional materials and would prefer modern buildings. However, they may lack the money to allow them to import the necessary materials. Their temporary mud huts with thatched roofs of wild grasses often only last six months. Thatch which has been done the British way last from twenty to sixty years, and is an effective defence against the heat .

　　这是一篇记叙文，讲述了英国的乡村一景一用草作房顶的村舍。

　　1. Which of the following remains a unique feature of the English countryside?

　　A) Cottages with thatched roofs. B) Churches with cottages around them.

　　C) Rolling hills with pretty farm buildings. D) Narrow streets lined with pink or white houses.

　　2. What do we know about thatching as a craft?

　　A) It is quite different from what it used to be.

　　B) It is in most cases handed down among family members.

　　C) It is practised on farms all over England.

　　D) It is a collective activity.

　　3. Thatched houses are still preferred because of ________.

　　A) their durability B) their easy maintenance

　　C) their cheap and ready-made materials D) their style and comfort

　　4. People in developing countries also live under thatch because ______-.

　　A) they like thatched houses better than other buildings

　　B) thatch is an effective defence against the heat

　　C) thatched roof houses are the cheapest

　　D) thatched cottages are a big tourist attraction

　　5. We can learn from the passage that _______.

　　A) the English people have a special liking for thatched houses

　　B) most thatched cottages in England are located on hillsides

　　C) thatching is a building craft first created by the English people

　　D) thatched cottages in England have been passed down from ancient times

　　参考答案及解析

　　1、[答案与分析]:[A]根据文章第1段，尤其是该段的最后一句，可同时排除B、C、D，选择A。

　　2、[答案与分析]:[B]根据第3段第1句可知B项正确并同时可排除D项。A项与该段第2句意思相左。选项C的出题动机在于测试考生对细节的把握，具体地说，是测试学生对第2段第1句的理解。仔细阅读该句，可知C项与此句其实似是而非，应该排除。

　　3、[答案与分析]:[D]正确回答本题的关键在于文章第3段最后一句话。

　　4、[答案与分析]:[C]本题问发展中国家的居民也往草顶屋的原因是什么。整篇文章涉及到发展中国家(developing country)的信息都在第3段。根据该段第3句话可知C项正确。A项显然与文章相左。B项陈述本身并不一定错，但它不是题目中所问的原因。D项的意思在文中找不到，故而也不对。

　　5、[答案与分析]:[D]文章第2段第1句话和第3段第2句话都可表明D项的正确性。文章只是说明草作房顶的村舍在英国农村很常见，但并不能由此得出A项的结论。文章在开头描绘了一幅英国乡村景色图：在蜿蜒的山坡上有许多草舍。但并没有说英国的大多数草舍都建在山坡上，故B项也不对。至于C项，从文章中也无法得出这一结论。

　　英语四级阅读理解题库第二篇

　　The way people hold to the belief that a fun-filled, painfree life equals happiness actually reduces their chances of ever attaining real happiness, If fun and pleasure are equal to happiness then pain must be equal to unhappiness. But in fact, the opposite is true: more often than not things that lead to happiness involve some pain.

　　As a result, many people avoid the very attempts that are the source of true hap piness. They fear the pain inevitably brought by such things as marriage, raising children,professional achievement, religious commitment (承担的义务), self improvement. Ask a bachelor(单身汉) why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying. If he is honest he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment. For commitment is in fact quite painful. The single life i s filled with fun, adventure, excitement. Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features.

　　Couples with infant children are lucky to get a whole night's sleep or a three day vacation. I don't know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children. But couple who decide not to have children never know the joys of watching a child grow up or of playing with a grandchild.

　　Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations. It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely increase our happiness. It liberates money: buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless. And it liberates us from envy: we now understand that all those who are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all.

　　这是一篇议论文，阐述了幸福的获得这一严肃主题，试图澄清人们在幸福问题上的一些误解。

　　1. According to the author, a bachelor resists marriage chiefly because _______ .

　　A) he is reluctant to take on family responsibilities

　　B) he believes that life will be more cheerful if he remains single

　　C) he finds more fun in dating than in marriage

　　D) he fears it will put an end to all his fun adventure and excitement

　　2. Raising children, in the author's opinion, is _______.

　　A) a moral duty B) a thankless job

　　C) a rewarding task D) a source of inevitable pain

　　3. From the last paragraph, we learn that envy sometimes stems from _______.

　　A) hatred B) misunderstanding

　　C) prejudice D) ignorance

　　4. To understand what true happiness is one must _______.

　　A) have as much run as possible during one's lifetime

　　B) make every effort to liberate oneself from pain

　　C) put up with pain under all circumstances

　　D) be able to distinguish happiness from fun

　　5. What is the author trying to tell us?

　　A) Happiness often goes hand in hand with pain.

　　B) One must know how to attain happiness.

　　C) It is important to make commitments.

　　D) It is pain that leads to happiness.

　　参考答案及解析

　　1、[答案及分析]：[A]根据第3段第1句话，不难得知A项正确。

　　2、[答案及分析]：[C]依据为第4段的意义：“有婴儿的父母若能睡一夜整觉或度上一个三天的假期，那真是太幸运了。我认识的为人父母的人中，没有谁认为抚养小孩子fun(好玩)。但是，决定不要孩子的夫妻永远也不会体会到看着孩子成长以及孙儿玩耍的那种快乐。”据此可排除A、B、D项而选C。

　　3、[答案及分析]：[B]最后一段的意思是：“真正的幸福与fun无关，这样一种观念使得我们不得envy，因为我们已经理解到那些总是充满fun的人实际上可能并不幸福。”也就是说，我们原先所以有envy,是存在误解(misunderstand)。

　　4、[答案及分析]：[D]第1段和第2段的第1句话及第3、4段所举的论据及第5段的意思都表明D项正确。

　　5、[答案及分析]：[A]作者在第1段就否定了好玩、无痛苦就等于幸福这一观点，明确提出自己的看法：实际上，导致幸福的事情多半伴随着痛苦。随后几段都在论证这一观点。很明显，A项正确。