2016年12月英语四级考试全真模考练习试卷九_第2页

　　Passage Two?

　　Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:?

　　The American with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law in 1990. This law extends civil rights protection to persons cet6w.com in private sector employment, all public services, and in public accommodations, transportation, and telecommunications. A person with a disability is defined as someone with a mental or physical impairment that substantially limits him or her in a major life activity, such as walking, talking, working, or self-care. A person with a disability may also be someone with a past record of such an impairment, for example, someone who no longer has heart disease but is discriminated against because of that history. ?

　　The ADA states that employers with fifteen or more cet6w.com refuse to hire or promote a person because of a disability if that person is qualified to perform the job. Also, the employer must make reasonable accommodations that will allow a person with a disability to perform essential functions of the job. All new vehicles purchased by public transit authorities must be accessible to people cet6w.com. All rail stations must be made accessible, and at least one car per train in existing rail systems must be made accessible. ?

　　It is illegal for public accommodations to exclude or refuse persons cet6w.com. Public accommodations are business and services such as restaurants, hotels, grocery stores, and parks. All now buildings must be made accessible, and existing facilities must remover barriers if the removal can be accomplished without much difficulty or expense. ?

　　The ADA also stipulates that companies offering telephone service to the general public must offer relay services to individuals who use telecommunications devices for the deaf, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. ?

　　26.What is the main purpose of the passage??

　　A) To describe discrimination against persons cet6w.com.?

　　B) To explain the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act.?

　　C) To make suggestions for hiring persons cet6w.com.?

　　D) To discuss telecommunications devices for the deaf.?

　　27. According to the passage, all of the following are affected by the Americans with Disabilities Act EXCEPT ____.?

　　A) someone who has difficulty walking?

　　B) a public transit authority?

　　C) an employer with fewer than fifteen employers?

　　D) a person with a past record of an impairment?

　　28.The author mentions grocery stores as an example of ____.?

　　A) public transit?

　　B) barriers?

　　C) private sector employment?

　　D) public accommodations?

　　29.The author implies all of the following EXCEPT ____.?

　　A) the ADA requires people cet6w.com to pay for special accommodations?

　　B) the ADA is designed to protect the civil rights of many people?

　　C) public transportation must accommodate the needs of people cet6w.com ?

　　D) The ADA protects the rights of people with mental impairments?

　　30.It can be inferred from the passage that ____.?

　　A) restaurants can refuse service to people cet6w.com ?

　　B) every car of a train must be accessible to persons cet6w.com.?

　　C) the ADA is not well-liked by employers?

　　D) large companies may not discriminate against workers cet6w.com. ?

　　Passage Two?

　　内容概要:?本文主要讲美国为保护残疾人而制定的各种法律。在享受医疗保健、教育和交通旅游权利等方面从法律上都有明确规定。?

　　26. 【答案】B。?

　　【译文】本文的主要目的是解释美国人为保护残疾人而制定的残疾人法。?

　　【试题分析】归纳结论题。?

　　【详细解答】这篇短文的中心内容就是讨论和解释美国人是如何从法律上和公共事业角度进行广泛的努力保护和帮助残疾人。选项B正好回答了这个问题。故B是正确答案。?

　　27. 【答案】C?

　　【译文】雇员少于15人的情况不在美国残疾人法的范围之内。?

　　【试题分析】事实细节题。?

　　【详细解答】选项C说的是少于15人的情况，而文中第二段第一句说的是雇员多于15人的雇主不得拒绝雇佣能够胜任工作的残疾人。因此C是排除于短文内容以外的选项。?

　　28. 【答案】D。?

　　【译文】公共设施包括食品店。?

　　【试题分析】事实细节题。?

　　【详细解答】第4段第2句话给public accommodation下定义是把选项D包括了进去，与parks, restaurants and hotels并列。?

　　29. 【答案】A。?

　　【译文】文中没有提及残疾人必须对其特殊住所支付费用。?

　　【试题分析】事实细节题。?

　　【详细解答】短文中没有讲到或暗示过残疾人必须对其特殊住所支付费用(people cet6w.com must pay for special accommodations)，而B、C、及D项选择的内容在第一和第三段都讲到或暗示过。?

　　30. 【答案】D。?

　　【译文】可以推测大公司不可以歧视有残疾的工人。?

　　【试题分析】推理引申题。?

　　【详细解答】关键词是第二段前两个句子：(employers with fifteen or more cet6w.com refuse to hire or promote a person because of a disability... must take reasonable accommodations...)。A项选择不符合第4段的意思，B项选择不符合第3段的意思，而C项选择在短文中找不到支持信息。