2022年12月英语四级阅读理解备考练习新

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2022年12月英语四级阅读理解备考练习

对于四级考试而言，每天进步一点点，基础扎实一点点，以下是我为大家细心整理的内容，欢迎大家阅读。 1.2022年12月英语四级阅读理解备考练习

Among the more colorful characters of Leadville’s golden age were

and his second wife, Elizabeth McCourt, better known as

“Baby Doe”. Their history is fast becoming one of the legends of the Old

West. Horace Austin Warner Tabor was a school teacher in Vermont. With

his first wife and two children he left Vermont by covered wagon in 1855

to homestead in Kansas. Perhaps he did not find farming to his liking, or

perhaps he was lured by rumors of fortunes to be made in Colorado mines.

At any rate, a few years later he moved west to the small Colorado

mining camp known as California Gulch, which he later renamed

Leadville when he became its leading citizen. “Great deposits of lead are

sure to be found here.” he said.

As it turned out, it was silver, not lead, that was to make Leadville’s

fortune and wealth. Tabor knew little about mining himself, so he opened

a general store, which sold everything from boots to salt, flour, and

tobacco.『It was his custom to “grubstake” prospective miners, in other

words, to supply them with food and supplies, or“grub”, while they

looked for ore, in return for which he would get a share in the mine if one

was discovered.』①He did this for a number of years, but no one that he

aided ever found anything of value.

Finally one day in the year 1878, so the story goes, two miners came

in and asked for “grub”. Tabor had decided to quit supplying it because

he had lost too much money that way. These were persistent, however,

and Tabor was too busy to argue with them. “Oh help yourself. One more

time won’t make any difference,” He said and went on selling shoes and

hats to other customers. The two miners took $17 worth of supplies, in

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return for which they gave Tabor a one-third interest in their findings.

They picked a barren place on the mountain side and began to dig. After

nine days they struck a rich vein of silver. Tabor bought the shares of the

other two men, and so the mine belonged to him alone. This mine, known

as the “Pittsburgh Mine,” made 1 300 000 for Tabor in return for his $17

investment.

Later Tabor bought the Matchless Mine on another barren hillside

just outside the town for $117 000. This turned out to be even more

fabulous than the Pittsburgh, yielding $35 000 worth of silver per day at

one time. Leadville grew. Tabor became its first mayor, and later became

lieutenant governor of the state.

1. Leadville got its name for the following reasons EXCEPT ______.

A. because Tabor became its leading citizen

B. because great deposits of lead is expected to be found there

C. because it could bring good fortune to Tabor

D. because it was renamed

2. The word “grubstake” in paragraph 2 means ______.

A. to supply miners with food and supplies

B. to open a general store

C. to do one’s contribution to the development of the mine

D. to supply miners with food and supplies and in return get a share

in the mine, if one was discovered

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3. Tabor made his first fortune ______.

A. by supplying two prospective miners and getting in return a

one-third interest in the findings

B. because he was persuaded by the two miners to quit supplying

C. by buying the shares of the other

D. as a land speculator

4. The underlying reason for Tabor’s life career is ______.

A. purely accidental

B. based on the analysis of miner’s being very poor and their

possibility of discovering profitable mining site

C. through the help from his second wife

D. he planned well and accomplished targets step by step

5. If this passage is the first part of an article ,who might be

introduced in the following part?

A. Tabor’s life.

B. Tabor’s second wife, Elizabeth McCourt.

C. Other colorful characters.

D. Tabor’s other careers. 2.2022年12月英语四级阅读理解备考练习

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Merchant and passenger ships are generally required to have a life

preserver for every person aboard and in many cases, a certain percentage

of smaller sizes for children. According to United States requirements,

life preservers must design, reversible capable of being quickly adjusted

to fit the uninitiated individual, and must be so designed as to support the

wearer in the water in an upright or slightly backward position.

Sufficient buoyancy(浮力) to support the wearer should be retained

by the life preserver after 48 hours in the water, and it should be reliable

even after long period of storage. Thus it should be made of materials

resistant to sunlight, gasoline, and oils, and it should be not easily set on

fire.?The position in which the life preserver will support a person who

jumps or falls into the water is most important, as is its tendency to turn

the wearer in the water from a face-down position to an upright or

slightly backward position, with his face clear of the water, even when

the wearer is exhausted or unconscious.

The method of adjustment to the body should be simple, and

self-evident to uninitiated persons even in the dark under the confused

conditions, which follow a disaster. Thus, the life be reversible that it is

nearly impossible to get it on wrong. Catches, straps, and ties should be

kept to a minimum. In addition, the life preserver must be adjustable to

the wide variety of shapes and sizes of wearers, since this greatly affects

the position of floating and the self-righting qualities. A suitable life also

be comfortable to wear at all times, in and out of the water, not so heavy

as to encourage to take it off on shipboard while the ship is in danger, nor

so burdensome that it hinders a person in the water while trying to swim.

1. The passage is mainly about____.

A) the uses of life preservers

B) the design of life preservers

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C) the materials for life preservers

D) the buoyancy of life preservers

2. According to the passage, a life be first of all ____.

A) adjustable B) comfortable C) self-evident D) self-righting

3. United States Coast Guard does NOT require the life preserver to

be made ____.

A) with as few strings as possible

B) capable of being worn on both sides

C) according to each wearer's size

D) comfortable and light to wear

4. By “the uninitiated individual” (Para. 1, Line. 4) the author refers

to the person ____.

A) who has not been instructed how to use a life preserver

B) who has a little experience in using a life preserver

C) who uses a life preserver without permission

D) who becomes nervous before a disaster

5. What would happen if a person were supported by the life

preserver in a wrong position?

A) The waves would move him backwards.

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B) The water would choke him.

C) He would immediately sink to the bottom.

D) He would be exhausted or unconscious. 3.2022年12月英语四级阅读理解备考练习

Questions 36-45 are based on the following passage.

If it were only necessary to decidewhether to teach elementary

science to everyone on a mass basis or to findind thegifted few and take

them as far as they can go, our task would be fairlysimple. The public

school 36_________ ,however, has no suchchoice, for the job must be

37_________ on at the same e we depend so 38_________

uponscience and technology for our progress,we must produce

39_________ in many fields. Because wc live in ademocraticnation,

whose citizens make the policies for the nation, largenumbers of us must

be educated to understand, tosupport, and when necessary,to

40_________ the work of experts. The public school musteducate both

producars andusers of scientific services.

In education, there should be a goodbalance among the branches of

knowledge that contribute to effectivethinkingand wise judgment. Such

balance is 41_________ by too much emphasison any one field. This

question ofbalance involves not only the relation of thenatural sciences,

the social sciences, and the arts but also relative 42_________ "among

the natural sciencestbemselves.

Similarly, wc must have a balance betweencurrent and 43_________

knowledge. The attention of the public is 44_________drawn to new

possibilities inscientific fields and the discovery of new knowledge; these

should not beallowed toturn our attention away from the

sound,45_________ materials thatform the basis of courses for beginners.

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A. awarded

B . heavily

C. classical

D. display

E. established

F. system

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J. specially

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L. establishment

M. specialists

N. carded

O. judge

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