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2015年英语四级考试每日一练(8月26日)

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1、Questions are based on the following passage.
Romantic love has clear evolutionary roots but our views about what makes an ideal romanticrelationship can be swayed by the society we.live in.So says psychologist Maureen O'Sullivan from theUniversity of San Francisco.She suggests that humans have always tried to strengthen the pair-bond tomaximise (使化) reproductive success.
Many societies throughout history and around the world today have cultivated strong pressures tostay married.In those where ties to family and commtmity are strong, lifelong marriages can bepromoted by practices such as the cultural prohibition of divorce and arranged marriages that are seenas a contract between two families, not just two individuals.In modern western societies, however, thefocus on ndividuality and independence means that people are less concerned about conforming to (遵守 ) the dictates of family and culture.In the absence of societal pressures to maintain pair-bonds,O'Sullivan suggests that romantic love has increasingly come to be seen as the factor that shoulddetermine who we stay with and for how long."That's why historically we see an increase in romantic love as a basis for forming long-term relationships," she says.
According to O'Sullivan culture also shapes the sorts of feelings we expect to have, and actually doexperience, when in love.Although the negative emotions associated with romantic love-fear of loss,disappointment and jealousy-are fairly consistent across cultures, the positive feelings can vary. "If youask Japanese students to list the positive attributes they expect in a romantic partner, they rate highlythings like loyalty, commitment and devotion," says O'Sullivan. "If you ask American college women,they expect everything under the sun: in addition to being committed, partners have to be amusing,funny and a friend."
We judge a potential partner according to our specific cultural expectations about what romanticlove should feel like.If you believe that you have found true romance, and your culture tells you thatthis is what a long-term relationship should be based on, there is less need to rely on social or familypressures to keep couples together, O'Sullivan argues.
What does the author say about people's views of an ideal romantic relationship?
A.They vary from culture to culture.
B.They ensure the reproductive success.
C.They reflect the evolutionary process.
D.They are influenced by psychologists.


2、听录音,回答题

A. Art class.
B. Drawing class.
C. Photography class.
D.  Advertising class.


3、

回答题
    The social network will let users“mute”messages from other users on their timelines without the muted person’s knowledge,thereby avoiding the(36)__________
    process of having to unfollow(取消关注),or put up with,your(37)__________talkative IRL friends.Twitter rolled out new(38)__________to let users better manage the deluge(泛滥)of tweets they receive.
    Users can now“mute”people they follow,removing those people’s tweets and retweets from their own timelines.The muted person won’t know that he or she has been(39)__________.It’s a stealthy way to read less content from certain users without having to unfollow them.A person can easily be muted or(40)__________at any time,Twitter said in a blog post.
    “Mute gives you even more(41)__________over the content you see on Twitter by letting you remove a user’s content from key parts of your Twitter experience,”the company said.
    Though Twitter had been experimenting with the feature in recent weeks,it announced that muting will be(42)__________to all users of the company’s iOS and Android apps,as well as the Twitter.com website.Some other Twitter applications,like TweetDeck,already allowed muting.
    The feature is part of Twitter’s(43)__________strategy to make its service more accessible to a wider range of people.Following a successful initial public offerin9,Twitter’s stock has tumbled in recent months as investors worry about the social network’s(44)__________to attract new users.CEO Dick Costolo(45)__________that Twitter would make changes to its interface this year to make it easier to understand and manage.The company overhauled(彻底检修)user profile pages in April as part of this effort.
A.silenced
B.awkward
C.unmvted
D.feature
E.embarrassment
F.unfollowed
G.control
H.extremely
I.overall
J.vowed
K.generally
L.ability
M.accepted
N.available
O.characters

__________


填空题
4、听音频,回答题
What does it mean to obey the law? That(26)_____ where you are. Different cultures have very different views of obeying the law. In some cultures,law-abiding citizens try to keep the letter of the law. That is,whatever the law says,they do. In other cultures,good citizens live by the(27)_____ of the law. They see the law only as a general(28)_____. Often they obey the law only when someone official is looking. The situation in America fits into the first(29)_____. That doesn’t mean all Americans keep the law. But American culture teaches people to respect the law--even to the smallest detail. 
Driving habits(30)_____ American respect for the law. A driver will usually stop for a red light, even when there are no other cars around. People treat the lines marking streets and roads as(31)_____ boundaries,not just decorations. Vehicles yield to those with the right of way--particularly pedestrians. Actually,though,drivers don’t always keep traffic rules. For example,many drivers(32)_____ freeway speed limits. But Americans generally drive with careful attention to the traffic rules. 
Of course,not everyone in America abides by the law. Crime is a growing problem. For that reason,law enforcement officials will never(33)_____ a job. Police officers have their hands full trying to arrest lawbreakers. Detective agencies spend countless hours trying to(34)_____ unsolved crimes. Nevertheless, most Americans still like to believe that the law will(35)_____ catch the bad guys. 

第(26)题__________ 


简答题
5、听录音,回答题
More and more of the world's population are living in towns or cities. The speed at which cities are growing in the less developed countries is (26)__________. Between 1920 and 1960 big cities in developed countries increased two and a half times in size, but in other parts of the world the growth was eight times their size.
The (27) __________size of growth is bad enough, but there are now also very disturb-ing signs of trouble in the (28)__________ of percentages of people living in towns and per-centages of people working in industry. During the nineteenth century cities grew(29)__________ the growth of industry. In Europe the proportion of people living in citiesWasalwayssmallerthanthatoftheworkForceworkingin
factories.Now,however,the(30) __________ is almost always tree in the newly industrialised world: the percentage of people living in cities is much higher than the percentage working in industry.
 Without a base of people working in industry, these cities cannot(31) __________their growth;thereis not enough money tobuildadequatehousesfor thepeoplethatlivethere,(32)__________ the new arrivals. There has been little opportunity to build water supplies orother (33) __________ So,thefiguresforthegrowthoftownsandcities(34)__________ proportional growth of unemployment and underemployment, a growth in the number of hopeless and (35)__________ parents and starving children.
第(26)题__________


6、越来越多的中国年轻人正对旅游产生兴趣,这是近年来的新趋势。年轻游客数量的不断增加,可以归因于他们迅速提高的收入和探索外部世界的好奇心。随着旅行多了,年轻人在大城市和著名景点花的时间少了,他们反而更 为偏远的地方所吸引。有些人甚至选择长途背包旅行。近调查显示,很多年轻人想要通过旅行体验不同的文化、丰 富知识、拓宽视野。


7、 Directions:‘For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to write a shortessay on the topic of social practice of college students.You should start
your essay with a brief account of the advantages of social practice. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.


8、“今天你网购了吗?”很可能会成为一句问候语。还没人问你?那你可能落伍了。网络购物,这个在几年以前还是一个比较新鲜时髦的东西,如今,随着互联网的普及,这种消费模式正迅速地在网民中盛行。网络购物在大学校园已经成为一种普遍现象。大学生成为了网购的主要群体之一。网络购物给人们的生活提供了便捷,但也极大地冲击了实体零售店。不少实体店主也准备在实体店(br i ck-and-mortar shop)基础上再开个网店。


9、每年农历七月初七这一天是我国汉族的传统节日七夕节(Doub|e Seventh Festiva|)。此日活动的主要参与者是少女,而节日活动的内容又是以乞巧(cuIti vati ng femi ni ne wi sdom)为主,故而人们称这天为“乞巧节”或“少女节”。七夕节是我国传统节日中具浪漫色彩的一个节日,也是过去姑娘们为重视的日子。2006年5月20日,七夕节被国务院列入批国家非物质文化遗产名录。现又被认为是“中国情人节”。


10、微博,即微型博客(micro bIog),一般长度不超过140字,可以通过电脑或手机更新内容或查看页面。通过电脑,当然,更多地是通过手机,在等车、散步或者发呆的时候,人们即可完成与他人的沟通。有网友留言说,在微博上,每个人都是记录者和关注者。任何人都可以用网络或者手机,在短的时间内,发布任何想说的话。微博的流行弥补了被快节奏的现代生活所撕裂的人际关系。


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