大学英语专业四级阅读理解模考试题及答案.docx

大学英语专业四级阅读理解模考试题及答案WhenIwasgrowingup,thewholeworldwasJewish.TheheroeswereJewishandthevillainswereJewish.Thelandlord,thedoctor,thegrocer,yourbestfriend,thevillageidiot,andtheneighborhoodbully:allJewish.Wewereworkingclassandimmigrantsaswell,butthatjustcamewithterritory.EssentiallywewereJewsonthestreetsofNewYork.Welearnedtobekind,cruel,smartandfeelinginamixtureoflanguageandgesturethatwaspartstreetslang,partgradeschoolEnglish,partkitchenYiddish.?OneSundayeveningwhenIwaseightyearsoldmyparentsandIwereridinginthebackseatofmyrichunclescar.WehadbeenoutforarideandnowwewerebackintheBronx,headedforhome.Suddenly,anothercarsideswipedus.Mymotherandauntshrieked.Myunclesworesoftly.Myfather,inwhoselapIwassitting,saidoutthewindowatthespeedingcar,“Thatsallright.NothingbutafewJewsinhere.”InaninstantIkneweverything.Iknewtherewasaworldbeyondourstreets,andinthatworldmyfatherwashumiliatedman,withoutpowerorstanding.?WhenIwassixteen,agirlinthenextbuildinghadhernosestraightened;weallwenttogethertoseeSelmaShapirolyinginstate,wrappedinbandagesfromwhichwouldemergeapersonfitforlifebeyondtheblock.Threebuildingsawayaboywentdowntownforajob,andonhisapplicationhewrote“ArnoldBrown”insteadof“ArnoldBraunowiitz”.Thenewssweptthroughtheneighborhoodlikeawildfire.Anosejob?Anamechange?Whatwashappeninghere?Itwasawful;itwaswonderful.Itwasfrightening;itwasdelicious.Whateveritwas,itwasntstandstill.Thingsfeltlivelyandactive.Self?confidencewasontherise,passivityonthewane.Weweregoingtoexperiencechallenges.Thatswhatitmeanttobeinthenewworld.Forthefirsttimewecouldimagineourselvesoutthere.ButwhoexactlydoImeanwhenIsaywe?ImeanArnie,notSelma.Imeanmybrother,notme.Imeantheboys,notthegirls.Mymotherstoodbehindme,pushingmeforward.“Thegirlgoestocollege,too,”shesaid.AndIdid.Butmygoingtocollegewouldnotmeanthesamethingasmymothersgoingtocollege,andweallknewit.Formybrother,collegemeantgoingfromtheBronxtoManhattan.ButformeFromthetimeIwasfourteenIyearnedtogetoutoftheBronx,butgetoutintowhat?IdidnotactuallyimaginemyselfaworkingpersonaloneinManhattanandnobodyelsedideither.WhatIdidimaginewasthatIwouldmarry,andthatthemanImarriedwouldgetmedowntown.Hewouldbravetheperilsofclassandrace,andsomehowIdbetherealongsidehim.Inthepassage,wecanfindtheauthorwasquitesatisfiedwithherlifeapoorJewishgirlborninamiddleclassfamilyaresidentinarichareainNewYorkSelmaShapirohadhernosestraightenedbecauseshewantedtolookherbesttofindanewjobintheneighborhoodtoliveanewlifeinotherplacestomarryverysoonArnoldBrownchangedhisnamebecausetherewasracialdiscriminationinemploymentBrownwasjustthesameasBraunowiitzitwaseasytowriteBrownsoundsbetterFromthepassagewecaninferthattheJewsweresatisfiedwiththeirlifeintheBronxtheJewishimmigrantscouldnotberichalltheimmigrantswereverypoortheyoungJewsdidntacceptthesternreality参考答案B)根据文章第一段和最后一段可以很明显判断出“I”是一位贫穷的犹太小女孩。C)根据第三段第一句中“.,wrappedinbandagesfromwhichwouldemergeapersonfitforlifebeyondtheblock.”可知这个女孩做鼻子美容是为了使人们认不出她是犹太人，以适应犹太街区外边的生活，也就是说她要在外面的.世界过新的生活。A)由于在美国招工时有种族歧视现象，因此这个男孩把犹太人的姓名改成普通的姓名。D)年轻犹太人对现实不满，更名、美容、嫁富人成了改变现状的手段，作者对种族歧视、性别歧视、贫富歧视深有感触，文中到处可以见到。