英语专业四级阅读理解第二版)0609.pdf

首都师范大学科德学院应用外语学院 英语专业四级备考系列 英语专业四级阅读理解 第一章 考试大纲的要求 1. 测试要求 （1） 能读懂英美国家出版的中等难度的文章和材料 （2 ） 能读懂难度相当于美国Newsweek 的国际新闻报道 （3 ） 能读懂难度相当于 Sons and Lovers 的文学原著 （4 ） 能掌握所读材料的主旨大意，了解说明主旨大意的事实和细节；既理解字面意义， 又能根据所读材料进行判断和推理；既理解个别句子的意思，也理解上下文的逻辑 关系。 （5 ） 能在阅读中根据需要自觉调整阅读速度和阅读技巧 （6 ） 考试时间25 分钟 2 ．测试形式 本部分采用多项选择题，由数篇阅读材料组成。阅读材料共长 1,800 个单词左右。每篇材料后有 若干问题。学生应根据所读材料内容，从每题的四个选择项中选出一个最佳答案。共 20 题。 3 ．测试目的 本部分测试学生通过阅读获取有关信息的能力，考核学生掌握相关阅读策略和技巧的程度。既要 求准确性，也要求一定的速度。阅读速度为每分钟 120 个单词。 4 ．选材原则 （1）题材广泛，包括社会、科技、文化、经济、日常知识、人物传记等 （2 ）体裁多样，包括记叙文、描写文、议论文、广告、说明书、图表等 （3 ）阅读材料的语言难度中等，关键词基本上不超出《大纲》规定的范围。 第二章 猜测词汇的阅读技巧 Passage One Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage. If women are mercilessly exploited year after year, they have only themselves to blame. Because they tremble at the thought of being seen in public in clothes that are out of fashion, they are always taken advantage of by the designers and the big stores. Clothes which have been worn only a few times have to be put aside because of the change of fashion. When you come to think of it, only a woman is capable of standing in front of a wardrobe packed full of clothes and announcing sadly that she has nothing to wear. Changing fashions are nothing more than the intentional creation of waste. Many women spend vast sums of money each year to replace clothes that have hardly been worn. Women who cannot afford to throw away clothing in this way, waste hours of their time altering the dresses they have. Skirts are lengthened or shortened; neck-lines are lowered or raised, and so on. No one can claim that the fashion industry contributes anything really important to society. Fashion designers are rarely concerned with vital things like warmth, comfort and durability. They are only interested in ou