2016年12月英语四级考试考前冲刺模拟试卷及答案(5)_第3页

　　When World War Ⅱ came, McCurdy took on board supervisory authority for Canadian aircraft production by serving with the government in various senior positions.

　　Following World War Ⅱ, McCurdy was honored by being made lieutenant governor

　　of Nova Scotia where he made Canada’s first historic flight. He now lives in Montreal with a summer home in Baddeck, site of his first flight.

　　31.According to the pasage, which of the following statements is NOT true about McCurdy?

　　A.He was a Canadian.

　　B.He is regarded as the symbol of Canadian aviation and aircraft industry.

　　C.He is the first man to finish a figure eight in the air.

　　D.He now lives in Baddeck.

　　32.The “Silver Dart” is ____.

　　A.the name of a weapon

　　B.a plane bought by McCurdy

　　C.the nickname of a famous Canadian pilot

　　D.a plane designed by McCurdy

　　33.McCurdy is NOT the first one to ____.

　　A.fly in Canada

　　B.pilot a flying boat

　　C.fly from Key West to Toronto

　　D.fly to Mexico

　　34.Nowadays, McCurdy ____.

　　A.lives in Montreal in summer

　　B.is the lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia

　　C.is still very active and energetic

　　D.is the government’s counsellor

　　35.The best title for this passage is ____.

　　A.How McCurdy Became a Famous Canadian Pilot

　　B.McCurdy’s Legendary Experience

　　C.McCurdy and the Canandian Aviation

　　D.McCurdy—the Symbol of American Aviation and the Aircraft Industry

　　Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:

　　The oldest and simplest method, then of describing differences in personality was to classify people according to types, and such a system is called a Typology.

　　A famous example of this method was set forth in Greece about the year 400 BC.

　　A physician named Hippocrates theorized that there were four fluids, or humors, in the body. Corresponding to each humor, he believed, there existed a definite type of personality.

　　The four humors were blood, yellow bile, black bile, and phlegm. A person in whom all four humors were in perfect balance had a harmonious personality. If a person had too much blood, he was called sanguine(血红色), or cheerful and optimistic. Someone with too much yellow bile was choleric, or irritable and easily angered. Too much black bile made a person melancholy, or depressed and pessimistic. An oversupply of phlegm caused a human being to be phlegmatic, or slow and unfeeling. Scientists have long since discarded Hippocrates’ fluid theory. But the names of the humors, corresponding to these temperaments, have survived and are still useful, to some extent, in describing personality.