2016年下半年英语四级阅读理解习题及答案6

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　　Britain is facing a sharp rise in its rat population as growing numbers of people leave fast food scraps in the street ,an environment group warned .Keep Britain Tidy said the rodents(啮齿动物)were stopping their traditional hunts underground and were roaming the streets ,tempted by discarded burgers ,pizzas and crisps. “The rat population is on the rise and soon it’ll be as common to see a rodent on our street as it is to see a dog or a cat,” said group Director ,Sue Nelson. The practice of dumping fast food litter and scraps on the street rather than in the trash—with young men the worst offenders—was behind the rise. According to the National Rodent Survey in 2005, Britain’s rat population has grown by nearly one quarter since 2000 and is now estimated at 60 million ,two million more than the human population. On average a rat can give birth every 24—28 days and just a single pair of rats can produce a colony of 2,000 a year. Around 200 people a year get Weil’s Disease –an infection which can lead to liver or kidney(肝肾)failure and eventually death and which is arrived in rat’s waste. To highlight the issue ,Keep Britain Tidy launched a cinema ad entitled “How close do you want them to get?” The ad gave a shocking image of a young woman sleeping in a bed of rots –echoing the nightmare scene from James Herbert’s classic horror tale The Rats, in which mutant rodents begin to prey on(捕食)humans.

　　64.Where did the rodents use to search for food?

　　A.In the Street . B.Under the ground.

　　C.From the trash cans. D.In burger shops.

　　65.What is the human population now according to the writer?

　　A.60 million. B.58 million. C.35 million. D.2 million.

　　66.We may infer from the passage that .

　　A.Weil’s Disease will finally end the world

　　B.pizzas and crisps will become poisonous

　　C.rats will endanger human beings’ life

　　D.young people are blame for the rat population

　　67.By writing the passage, the author tries to .

　　A.close some of the burger and pizza restaurants

　　B.draw the public attention to the problem of rats

　　C.prevent the rats from growing up

　　D.making advertisement for the classic horror film The Rats

　　D

　　We all know what it is like to be unable to turn your head because of a cold in the muscles of your neck, or because an unexpected twist has made your neck ache and stiff. Your whole body feels tight. The slightest move makes you jump with pain. Nothing could be worse than a pain in the neck.

　　That is why we use phrase to describe some people who give you the same feeling. We have all met such people.

　　One is the man who always seems to be clapping his hands—often at the wrong time—during a performance in the theater. He keeps you from hearing the actors.

　　Even worse are those who can never arrive before the curtain goes up and play begins. They come hurrying down to your row of seats. You are comfortably settled down, with your hat and heavy coat in your lap. You must stand up to ;et them pass. You are proud of your self—control after they have settled into their seats…Well, what now…Good God, one of them is up again. He forgot to go to the men’s room, and once more you have to stand up, hanging on to your hat and coat to let him pass. Now, that is “a pain in the neck.”

　　Another, well—known to us all, is the person sitting behind you in the movies. His mouth is full of popcorn; he is chewing loudly, or talking between bites to friends next to him. None of them remain still. Up and down, back and forth, they go—for another bag of popcorn, or something to drink.

　　Then, there is the main sitting next to you at a lunch counter smoking a smelly cigar. He wants you to enjoy it too, and blows smoke across you food into your mouth.

　　We must not forget the man who comes into a bus or subway car and sits down next to you, just as close as you will let him. You are reading the newspaper and he leans over and stretches his rock so that he can read the paper with you. He may even turn the paper to the next page before you are ready for it.

　　We also call such a person a “rubber neck,” always stretching his neck to where it does not belong, like neighbors who watch all your visitors. They enjoy invading your privacy. People have a strong dislike for rubbernecks. They hate being spied upon.

　　68.Where can you find this passage?

　　A.Medicine dictionaries. B.Social science books,

　　C.Kids’ comic books. D.Science text books.

　　69.How do you feel when late comers walk back and forth in front of you in a cinema?

　　A.Ignored. B.Bored. C.Disturbed D.Relaxed.

　　70.A “rubber neck” often .

　　A.says bad words behind people.

　　B.quarrels face to face with neighbors.

　　C.bargains the price with sales women

　　D.asks about other people’s business

　　71.Which of the follow is a “pain on the neck”?

　　A.Someone who helps you find your seat in a movie theatre.

　　B.Someone who smokes in a smoking section on a train.

　　C.Someone who throws trash out of his car window on the highway.

　　D.Someone who goes to the doctor for his severe pain on the neck.

　　E

　　Babies are not just passing idle time when they stare goggle-eyed at the television—they are actually learning about the world, U.S. researchers said. Parents may want t limit what their babies see on television , based on the study, said Donna Mumme, assistant professor of psychology at Tufts University in Boston, who led the research. “Children as young as 12 months are making decisions based n the emotional(情感的)reactions of adults around them,” Mumme said in a statement. “It turns out they can also use emotional information they pick up from television. This means that adults might want to think twice before they speak in a loud and harsh voice or let a baby see television programs meant for information about the world. A mother urging her baby to eat some “yummy” soup on a brother crying in fear when a dog approaches can influence a baby’s reaction. Mumme’s team tested babies to determine. If television has the same influence, showing actors reacting on a videotape to objects such as red spiral letter holder, a blue humpy ball, and a yellow garden hose attachment. Babies aged 10 months or 12 months were later given the same objects to play with. Ten-month-olds did not seem to e influenced by the video buy the 1-year-olds were. When the actors acted neutrally or positively to an object, the babies happily played with them. But if the actor had seemed afraid or disgusted, the babies would avoid the object.

　　72.Psychology is the study of .

　　A.human’s society and its growth

　　B.human’s hopes had dreams

　　C.human’s mind and behaviors

　　D.human’s languages and cultures

　　73.Which of the following is Mumme’s conclusion?

　　A.Small babies should not be allowed to watch television programs.

　　B.Adults need to think twice before they act in front of small babies.

　　C.TV programs provide small babies with all the information they need.

　　D.One-year-olds can be emotionally influenced by TV programs.

　　74.Mumme reached his conclusion by .

　　A.measuring the time babies spent in front of TV.

　　B.making TV programs and advertisements for kids.

　　C.showing actors how to react to blue bumpy balls

　　D.observing small babies’ reactions to TV programs

　　75.Which of the following may the study lead to according to the researchers?

　　A.Parents may want to limit what their babies see on television.

　　B.Actors may try to behave themselves well in front of babies.

　　C.Babies may be allowed to choose what they see on TV.

　　D.Scientists may stop ignoring babies’ emotional world.

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