英语四级阅读题考前辅导试题2023年.docx

英语四级阅读题考前辅导试题2023 Among the more colorful characters of Leadvilles golden age were H.A.W.Tabor 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 Leadvilles 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.He 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 wont make any difference,” He said and went on selling shoes and hats to other customers. The two miners took $17 worth of supplies, in 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 ones 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 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 Tabors life career is _. A. purely accidental B. based on the analysis of miners 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. Tabors life. B. Tabors second wife, Elizabeth McCourt. C. Other colorful characters. D. Tabors other careers. 英语四级阅读答案解析: 1. C 细节题。由于Leadville可以为Tabor带来巨富。这一点不是Leadville得名的缘由，由于在文章其次段中，讲到这一点时，提及三个缘由：A.由于Tabor成为当地的居民代表人物，B.由于在Leadville有丰富的铅的贮存量。D.由于Leadville是由于Tabor重要而起的名。 2. D 词汇题。其次段中grubstake的词义与D所述内容是一样的，即“供应探矿者资金，衣物，食品以及其他物品”。 3. A 细节题。Tabor第一次真正发财是他为两名矿工供应资助，为此他获得他们矿资源三分之一的股份。见文章第三段4-9行内容：两名开矿者从Tabor那儿借走价值17美元的物品，作为回报，Tabor获得他们矿资源三分之一股份。于是两位开矿者在一座山旁的不毛之地开头挖掘，九天之后，发觉了银的富矿，于是Tabor又将两人的股份全买下，这样，银矿属于Tabor一个人全部，这个矿就是后来闻名的“匹兹堡”矿。Tabor用17美元的投资换来了130万美元的收获。 4. B 推断题。由原文可知泰勃的财产来源是有肯定偶然性的，但是究竟也是基于他开创“grubstake”模式，由于A、D都不对，C更是没有依据，由于他还没有娶其次位夫人这一切就发生了。分析泰勃的做法，会得出B选项所示的.结论。 5. B 推断题。假如本文是一篇文章的第一局部，那么在文章的其次局部将介绍谁呢?可以从文章第一句分析出来，在Leadville的黄金年月，其多彩的特点当中，Tabor及其其次任妻子Elizabeth McCourt是值得大书特书的，接着，文章都在叙述有关H.A.W.Tabor发家致富的历史，如先买下匹兹堡矿，后又买下Matchless矿，最终成为市长，代理州长，等等，所以涉及到的全是男仆人公，因此下边再讲的话，应成为女仆人公即Elizabeth McCourt的天地了，她是Tabor的其次任妻子。这是顺理成章的事。 【英语四级阅读题考前辅导试题2023】