2014年英语四级考试每日一练(1月14日)
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单项选择题
1、Questions are based on the following passage.
Fried foods have long been frowned upon. Nevertheless, the skillet(长柄平底煎锅)is about our handiest and most useful piece of kitchen equipment. Strong woodcutters and others engaged in active labor requiring 4,000 calories per day or morn will take approximately one-third of their rations prepared in this fashion. Meat, eggs, and French toast cooked in this way are served in millions of homes daily. Apparently the consumers are not beset with more signs of indigestion than afflicted by those who insist upon broiling, roasting, or boiling. Some years ago one of our most eminent physiologists investigated the digestibility of fried potatoes. He found that the pan variety was more easily broken down for assimilation than when deep fat was employed. The latter, however, dissolved within the alimentary tract(消化道)more readily than the boiled type. Furthermore, he learned, by watching the progress of the contents of the stomach by means of the fluoroscope (荧光检查仪)，that fat actually accelerated the rate of digestion. Now all this is quite in contrast with "authority". Volumes have been written on nutrition, and everywhere the dictum
(权威意见．has been accepted--no fried edibles of any sort for children. A few will go so far as to forbid this style of cooking wholly. Now and then an expert will be bold enough to admit that he uses them himself, the absence of discomfort being explained on the ground that he possesses a powerful gastric (胃的)apparatus．We Call of course sizzle perfectly good articles to death so that they will be leathery and tough．But thorough heating，in the presence of shortening，is not the awful crime that it has been labeled．Such dishes stimulate rather than retard contractions of the gall bladder．Thus it is that bile(胆汁)mixes with the nutriment shortly after it leaves the stomach.
We don't need to allow our foodstuffs to become oil soaked, but other than that, there seems to be no basis for the widely heralded prohibition against this method. But notions become fixed. The first condemnation probably rose because an "oracle"(圣贤)suffered from dyspepsia(消化不良)which he ascribed to some fried item on the menu. The theory spread. Others agreed with him, and after a time the doctrine became incorporated in our textbooks. The belief is now tradition rather than proved fact. It should have been refuted long since, as experience has demonstrated its falsity.
This passage focuses on __________.
A．why the skillet is a handy piece of kitchen equipment
B．the digestibility of fried foods
C．how the experts can mislead the public in the area of food preparation
D．why fried foods have long been frowned upon
2、Questions are based on the following passage. One of America's greatest exports to the rest of the world has been entertainment. America, a nation of incredible energy and talent, has flooded the world markets with her films, theaters and songs. In America the two centers where this talent is most brilliantly and successfully essayed are Hollywood and Broadway.
Hollywood is a district within the city of Los Angeles. Its name is synonymous with the motion-picture industry. Since the early 1900s, when movie makers found southern California an ideal blend of mild climate and varied geography, it has become the home for cinematic dreams. All the great names of cinema have passed through Hollywood on the road to international careers.
Today it still remains the place where dreams are Said to come true and fantasies are carefully nurtured. Known as "The Movie Capital of the World", Hollywood is one of the few places where epic films can still be made on such a large scale.
Ancient Rome, the Pharaoh's Egypt or a science fiction film staged somewhere in the Galaxy are all within the imagination of the filmmakers and the industry they control. It is a place where unknowns are discovered and even actors from abroad have come to Hollywood to further establish their fame and recognition.
With the coming of television Hollywood began to alter its function. By the early 1960s it had become the source of the majority of U.S. network television entertainment. But, its place as the center of the movie industry in America has remained undiminished and unchallenged,On the east coast of America, however, in New York it is live theater which provides the source of culture and entertainment. Here it is the dramatic stage which dominates the cultural scene. The main avenue which runs through the city is known as Broadway. It traverses the length of Manhattan and near the middle clustered the many theaters that have long made it the foremost showcase of commercial stage entertainment in the United States. The term Broadway was at one time virtuallys.Ynonymous with American theater activity. In the 1980s the street became known as "The Great White Way" because of its brilliant display of lights in the evening. As the power and prosperity of New York City grew in the world, so did the number,size and magnificence of the Broadway theaters. Broadway soared into its peak in the mid 1920s. At this time there were over eighty theaters on Broadway but in recent years the number has declined. Yet, it still remain vibrantly active and under constant renewal.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。 The main topic of the passage is __
A． America's entertainment
B． films
C． theaters
D． Hollywood and Broadway
3、根据材料回答题：
To overcome nervousness，one should__________．
A．adjust his amtude as well as make preparations
B．ask the audience to give him confidence
C．try not to be knocked down by stage fright
D．wait offstage
4、 Questions are based on the following passage.
Because of satellite links which now enable broadcast news organizations to originate liveprogramming from any part of the globe, the entire world is becoming one giant sound stage fortelevision news. As a result, Shakespeare's famous line, "all the worh is a stage," has taken on aninteresting new twist in meaning.
Even before today's worldwide satellite links were possible, the growing effect of broadcast news
technology on national and international politics was becoming increasingly evident.
Because television is a close-up medium and a medium that seerns to most readily involve
emotions, it is most effective when it is revealing the plights of people; During the Vietnam War, readingabout war was one thing, but war took on a deeper and more unsavor' ( 令人讨厌的) dimension when it was exported directly into U. S. living rooms night after night by television. Public opinion eventuallyturned against the war and to some measure against President Johnson who was associated with it. As
a result of the public opinion backlash (消极反应) during these tines, the Pentagon was thereaftermuch more careful to control what foreign correspondents and TV crews would be allowed to see andreport.
It was during this time that President Carter brought the issue of human rights to the centre of hisforeign policy, and, to some degree, to the centre of international pol tics. "Human rights is the soul ofour foreign policy," Carter said. "Of all human rights the most basic s to be free of arbitrary violence,whether that violence comes from government, from terrorists, from criminals, or fi'om self-appointedmessiahs (救世主) operating under the cover of politics or religion. "
Although political viewpoints have changed since then, because of the emotional nature of humanrights, this has emerged as the "soul" of television news. The transgression (侵犯) of human rightshas been the focus of many, if not most, major international television news stories. The reporting ofthese stories has created outrage in the world, prompted attempts at censorship by dictators, and in many
cases resulted in the elimination of human rights abuses.
The passage mainly discusses____________.
A．the evolution of international politics in the United States
B．the broadcast media gives its primary concern on human rights
C．the global television communication has a huge impact on pet,pie's emotions
D．the broadcast media plays a growing role in international poli ics
5、回答题：
Global warming may or may not be the great enviromental crisis of the 21st century, but---regardless ofwhether it is or isn't--we won't do much about it. We will argue over it and may even, as a nation, make somefairly solemn-sounding commitments to avoid it. But the more dramatic and meaningful these commitments seem,the less likely they are to be observed.
AI Gore calls giobal warming an "inconvenient truth," as if merely recognizing it could put us on a path to asolution. But the real truth is that we don't know enough to relieve global warming, and--without majortechnological
breakthroughs--we can't do much about it.
From 2003 to 2050, the world's population is projected to grow from 6.4 billion to 9.1 billion, a 42% increase.If energy use per person and technology remain the same, total energy use and greenhouse gas emissions(mainly CO2) will be 42% higher in 2050. But that's too low, because societies that grow richer use more energy.
We need economic growth unless we condemn the world's poor to their present poverty and freeze everyone else'sliving standards. With modest growth, energy use and greenhouse emissions more than double by 2050.
No government will adopt rigid restrictions on economic growth and personal freedom (limits on electricityusage, driving and travel) that might cut back global warming. Still, politicians want to show they're "doingsomething." Consider the Kyoto Protocol( 《京都议定书》). It allowed countries that joined to punish those thatdidn't. But it hasn't reduced CO2 emissions (up about 25% since 1990), and many signatories (签字国) didn'tadopt tough enough policies to hit their 2008-2012 targets.
The practical conclusion is that if global warming is a potential disaster, the only solution is new technology.Only an aggressive research and development program might find ways of breaking our dependence on fossil fuelsor dealing with it.
The trouble with the global warming debate is that it has become a moral problem when it's really an engineering one. The inconvenient truth is that if we don't solve the engineering problem, we're helpless.
What is said about global warming in the first paragraph?
A．It may not prove an environmental crisis at all.
B．It is an issue requiring worldwide commitments.
C．Serious steps have been taken to avoid or stop it.
D．Very little will be done to bring it under control.
填空题
6、In recent years_____________ (更注重) developing the students' productive skills.
7、It is no good waiting for the bus, __________(我们不妨走回家吧).
8、根据下列材料，回答47～56题：
请在（47）处填上答案。
9、What he thought and did__________(与这个问题毫无关系)．
简答题
10、Directions：For this pnn，you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled What Electives to Choose．You should write at least l20 words but no more than l80 wordsfollowing the outline given below in Chinese：
1．各大学开设了各种各样的选修课；
2．学生因为各种原因选择了不同的选修课；
3．以你自己为例……
1、Questions are based on the following passage.
Fried foods have long been frowned upon. Nevertheless, the skillet(长柄平底煎锅)is about our handiest and most useful piece of kitchen equipment. Strong woodcutters and others engaged in active labor requiring 4,000 calories per day or morn will take approximately one-third of their rations prepared in this fashion. Meat, eggs, and French toast cooked in this way are served in millions of homes daily. Apparently the consumers are not beset with more signs of indigestion than afflicted by those who insist upon broiling, roasting, or boiling. Some years ago one of our most eminent physiologists investigated the digestibility of fried potatoes. He found that the pan variety was more easily broken down for assimilation than when deep fat was employed. The latter, however, dissolved within the alimentary tract(消化道)more readily than the boiled type. Furthermore, he learned, by watching the progress of the contents of the stomach by means of the fluoroscope (荧光检查仪)，that fat actually accelerated the rate of digestion. Now all this is quite in contrast with "authority". Volumes have been written on nutrition, and everywhere the dictum
(权威意见．has been accepted--no fried edibles of any sort for children. A few will go so far as to forbid this style of cooking wholly. Now and then an expert will be bold enough to admit that he uses them himself, the absence of discomfort being explained on the ground that he possesses a powerful gastric (胃的)apparatus．We Call of course sizzle perfectly good articles to death so that they will be leathery and tough．But thorough heating，in the presence of shortening，is not the awful crime that it has been labeled．Such dishes stimulate rather than retard contractions of the gall bladder．Thus it is that bile(胆汁)mixes with the nutriment shortly after it leaves the stomach.
We don't need to allow our foodstuffs to become oil soaked, but other than that, there seems to be no basis for the widely heralded prohibition against this method. But notions become fixed. The first condemnation probably rose because an "oracle"(圣贤)suffered from dyspepsia(消化不良)which he ascribed to some fried item on the menu. The theory spread. Others agreed with him, and after a time the doctrine became incorporated in our textbooks. The belief is now tradition rather than proved fact. It should have been refuted long since, as experience has demonstrated its falsity.
This passage focuses on __________.
A．why the skillet is a handy piece of kitchen equipment
B．the digestibility of fried foods
C．how the experts can mislead the public in the area of food preparation
D．why fried foods have long been frowned upon
2、Questions are based on the following passage. One of America's greatest exports to the rest of the world has been entertainment. America, a nation of incredible energy and talent, has flooded the world markets with her films, theaters and songs. In America the two centers where this talent is most brilliantly and successfully essayed are Hollywood and Broadway.
Hollywood is a district within the city of Los Angeles. Its name is synonymous with the motion-picture industry. Since the early 1900s, when movie makers found southern California an ideal blend of mild climate and varied geography, it has become the home for cinematic dreams. All the great names of cinema have passed through Hollywood on the road to international careers.
Today it still remains the place where dreams are Said to come true and fantasies are carefully nurtured. Known as "The Movie Capital of the World", Hollywood is one of the few places where epic films can still be made on such a large scale.
Ancient Rome, the Pharaoh's Egypt or a science fiction film staged somewhere in the Galaxy are all within the imagination of the filmmakers and the industry they control. It is a place where unknowns are discovered and even actors from abroad have come to Hollywood to further establish their fame and recognition.
With the coming of television Hollywood began to alter its function. By the early 1960s it had become the source of the majority of U.S. network television entertainment. But, its place as the center of the movie industry in America has remained undiminished and unchallenged,On the east coast of America, however, in New York it is live theater which provides the source of culture and entertainment. Here it is the dramatic stage which dominates the cultural scene. The main avenue which runs through the city is known as Broadway. It traverses the length of Manhattan and near the middle clustered the many theaters that have long made it the foremost showcase of commercial stage entertainment in the United States. The term Broadway was at one time virtuallys.Ynonymous with American theater activity. In the 1980s the street became known as "The Great White Way" because of its brilliant display of lights in the evening. As the power and prosperity of New York City grew in the world, so did the number,size and magnificence of the Broadway theaters. Broadway soared into its peak in the mid 1920s. At this time there were over eighty theaters on Broadway but in recent years the number has declined. Yet, it still remain vibrantly active and under constant renewal.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。 The main topic of the passage is __
A． America's entertainment
B． films
C． theaters
D． Hollywood and Broadway
3、根据材料回答题：
To overcome nervousness，one should__________．
A．adjust his amtude as well as make preparations
B．ask the audience to give him confidence
C．try not to be knocked down by stage fright
D．wait offstage
4、 Questions are based on the following passage.
Because of satellite links which now enable broadcast news organizations to originate liveprogramming from any part of the globe, the entire world is becoming one giant sound stage fortelevision news. As a result, Shakespeare's famous line, "all the worh is a stage," has taken on aninteresting new twist in meaning.
Even before today's worldwide satellite links were possible, the growing effect of broadcast news
technology on national and international politics was becoming increasingly evident.
Because television is a close-up medium and a medium that seerns to most readily involve
emotions, it is most effective when it is revealing the plights of people; During the Vietnam War, readingabout war was one thing, but war took on a deeper and more unsavor' ( 令人讨厌的) dimension when it was exported directly into U. S. living rooms night after night by television. Public opinion eventuallyturned against the war and to some measure against President Johnson who was associated with it. As
a result of the public opinion backlash (消极反应) during these tines, the Pentagon was thereaftermuch more careful to control what foreign correspondents and TV crews would be allowed to see andreport.
It was during this time that President Carter brought the issue of human rights to the centre of hisforeign policy, and, to some degree, to the centre of international pol tics. "Human rights is the soul ofour foreign policy," Carter said. "Of all human rights the most basic s to be free of arbitrary violence,whether that violence comes from government, from terrorists, from criminals, or fi'om self-appointedmessiahs (救世主) operating under the cover of politics or religion. "
Although political viewpoints have changed since then, because of the emotional nature of humanrights, this has emerged as the "soul" of television news. The transgression (侵犯) of human rightshas been the focus of many, if not most, major international television news stories. The reporting ofthese stories has created outrage in the world, prompted attempts at censorship by dictators, and in many
cases resulted in the elimination of human rights abuses.
The passage mainly discusses____________.
A．the evolution of international politics in the United States
B．the broadcast media gives its primary concern on human rights
C．the global television communication has a huge impact on pet,pie's emotions
D．the broadcast media plays a growing role in international poli ics
5、回答题：
Global warming may or may not be the great enviromental crisis of the 21st century, but---regardless ofwhether it is or isn't--we won't do much about it. We will argue over it and may even, as a nation, make somefairly solemn-sounding commitments to avoid it. But the more dramatic and meaningful these commitments seem,the less likely they are to be observed.
AI Gore calls giobal warming an "inconvenient truth," as if merely recognizing it could put us on a path to asolution. But the real truth is that we don't know enough to relieve global warming, and--without majortechnological
breakthroughs--we can't do much about it.
From 2003 to 2050, the world's population is projected to grow from 6.4 billion to 9.1 billion, a 42% increase.If energy use per person and technology remain the same, total energy use and greenhouse gas emissions(mainly CO2) will be 42% higher in 2050. But that's too low, because societies that grow richer use more energy.
We need economic growth unless we condemn the world's poor to their present poverty and freeze everyone else'sliving standards. With modest growth, energy use and greenhouse emissions more than double by 2050.
No government will adopt rigid restrictions on economic growth and personal freedom (limits on electricityusage, driving and travel) that might cut back global warming. Still, politicians want to show they're "doingsomething." Consider the Kyoto Protocol( 《京都议定书》). It allowed countries that joined to punish those thatdidn't. But it hasn't reduced CO2 emissions (up about 25% since 1990), and many signatories (签字国) didn'tadopt tough enough policies to hit their 2008-2012 targets.
The practical conclusion is that if global warming is a potential disaster, the only solution is new technology.Only an aggressive research and development program might find ways of breaking our dependence on fossil fuelsor dealing with it.
The trouble with the global warming debate is that it has become a moral problem when it's really an engineering one. The inconvenient truth is that if we don't solve the engineering problem, we're helpless.
What is said about global warming in the first paragraph?
A．It may not prove an environmental crisis at all.
B．It is an issue requiring worldwide commitments.
C．Serious steps have been taken to avoid or stop it.
D．Very little will be done to bring it under control.
填空题
6、In recent years_____________ (更注重) developing the students' productive skills.
7、It is no good waiting for the bus, __________(我们不妨走回家吧).
8、根据下列材料，回答47～56题：
请在（47）处填上答案。
9、What he thought and did__________(与这个问题毫无关系)．
简答题
10、Directions：For this pnn，you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled What Electives to Choose．You should write at least l20 words but no more than l80 wordsfollowing the outline given below in Chinese：
1．各大学开设了各种各样的选修课；
2．学生因为各种原因选择了不同的选修课；
3．以你自己为例……
What Electives to Choose
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