6月英语四级阅读题.pdf
XXXX 年年 6 6 月英语四级阅读题月英语四级阅读题科学的自负比起无知的自负来还只能算是谦虚。以下是为大家搜索的 xx 年 6 月阅读题，希望能给大家带来帮助!更多精彩内容请及时关注我们!You never see them, but theyre with you every time youfly. They record where youre going, how fast youretraveling and whether everything on your airplane isfunctioning normally. Their ability to withstand almost anydisaster makes them seem like something out of a ic book.Theyre known as the black box.When planes fall from the sky, as a Yemeni airliner didon its way to the Comoros Islands in the Indian Ocean June30, xx, the black box is the best bet for identifying whatwent wrong. So when a French submarine (潜水艇) detectedthe devices homing signal five days later, the discoverymarked a huge step toward determining the cause of atragedy in which 152 passengers were killed.In 1958, Australian scientist David Warren developed aflight-memory recorder that would track basic informationlike altitude and direction. That was the first model for ablack box, which became a requirement on all US mercialflights by 1960. Early models often failed to withstandcrashes, however, so in 1965 the device was pletelyredesigned and moved to the rear of the planethe arealeast subject to impactfrom its original position in thelanding wells (起落架舱). That same year, the FederalAviation Authority required that the boxes, which werenever actually black, be painted orange or yellow to aidvisibility.Modern airplanes have two black boxes: a voice recorder,which tracks pilots conversations,and a flight-datarecorder, which monitors fuel levels, engine noises andother operating functions that help investigatorsreconstruct the aircrafts final moments. Placed in aninsulated (隔绝的) case and surrounded by quarter-inch-thick panels of stainless steel, the boxes can withstandmassive force and temperatures up to 2 000F. Whensubmerged, theyre also able to emit signals from depths of20 000 ft. Experts believe the boxes from Air France Flight447, which crashed near Brazil on June 1, xx, are in waternearly that deep, but statistics say theyre still likelyto turn up. In the approximately 20 deep-sea crashes overthe past 30 years, only one planes black boxes were neverrecovered.57. What does the author say about the black box?A) It ensures the normal functioning of an airplane.B) The idea for its design es from a ic book.C) Its ability to ward off disasters is incredible.D) It is an indispensable device on an airplane.58. What information could be found from the black boxon the Yemeni airliner?A) Data for analyzing the cause of the crash.B) The total number of passengers on board.C) The scene of the crash and extent of the damage.D) Homing signals sent by the pilot before the crash.59. Why was the black box redesigned in 1965?A) New materials became available by that time.B) Too much space was needed for its installation.C) The early models often got damaged in the crash.D) The early models didnt provide the needed data.60. Why did the Federal Aviation Authority require theblack boxes be painted orange or yellow?A) To distinguish them from the color of the plane.B) To caution people to handle them with care.C) To make them easily identifiable.D) To conform to international standards.61. What do we know about the black boxes from AirFrance Flight 447?A) There is still a good chance of their beingrecovered.B) There is an urgent need for them to be restructured.C) They have stopped sending homing signals.D) They were destroyed somewhere near Brazil.The $11 billion self-help industry is built on the ideathat you should turn negative thoughts like “I never doanything right” into positive ones like “I can sueed.”But was positive thinking advocate Norman Vincent Pealeright? Is there power in positive thinking?Researchers in Canada just published a study in thejournal Psychological Science that says trying to getpeople to think more positively can actually have theopposite effect: it can simply highlight how unhappy theyare.The studys authors, Joanne Wood and John Lee of theUniversity of Waterloo and ElainePerunovic of the University of New Brunswick, begin byciting older research showing that when people get feedbackwhich they believe is overly positive, they actually feelworse, not better. If you tell your dim friend that he hasthe potential of an Einstein, youre just underlining hisfaults. In one 1990s experiment, a team includingpsychologist Joel Cooper of Princeton asked participants towrite essays opposing funding for the disabled. When theessayists were later praised for their sympathy, they felteven worse about what they had written.In this experiment, Wood, Lee and Perunovic measured 68students self-esteem. The participants were then asked towrite down their thoughts and feelings for four minutes.Every 15 seconds, one group of students heard a bell. Whenit rang, they were supposed to tell themselves, “I amlovable.”Those with low self-esteem didnt feel better after theforced self-affirmation. In fact, their moods turnedsignificantly darker than those of members of the controlgroup, who werent urged to think positive thoughts.The paper provides support for newer forms ofpsychotherapy (心理治疗) that urge people to aept theirnegative thoughts and feelings rather than fight them. Inthe fighting, we not only often fail but can make thingsworse. Meditation (静思) techniques, in contrast, can teachpeople to put their shortings into a larger, more realisticperspective. Call it the power of negative thinking.62. What do we learn from the first paragraph about theself-help industry?A) It is a highly profitable industry.B) It is based on the concept of positive thinking.C) It was established by Norman Vincent Peale.D) It has yielded positive results.63. What is the finding of the Canadian researchers?A) Encouraging positive thinking may do more harm thangood.B) There can be no simple therapy for psychologicalproblems.C) Unhappy people cannot think positively.D) The power of positive thinking is limited.64. What does the author mean by “.youre justunderlining his faults” (Line 4, Para.3)?A) You are not taking his mistakes seriously enough.B) You are pointing out the errors he has mitted.C) You are emphasizing the fact that he is notintelligent.D) You are trying to make him feel better about hisfaults.65. What do we learn from the experiment of Wood, Leeand Perunovic?A) It is important for people to continually boosttheir self-esteem.B) Self-affirmation can bring a positive change toones mood.C) Forcing a person to think positive thoughts maylower their self-esteem.D) People with low self-esteem seldom write down theirtrue feelings.66. What do we learn from the last paragraph?A) The effects of positive thinking vary from person toperson.B) Meditation may prove to be a good form ofpsychotherapy.C) Different people tend to have different ways ofthinking.D) People can avoid making mistakes through meditation.
