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1、英语四级长篇阅读模拟题 英语四级考试对学生的阅读实力提出了较高要求。为提高阅读考试的答题速度和精确率,学生应驾驭一些阅读要领,平常也须要多加练习。接下来就一起共享学习啦我为大家整理的英语四级长篇阅读模拟题吧! 英语四级长篇阅读模拟题一 Section B Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identif

2、y the pangraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2. The Art of Friendship A) One evening a few years ago I found myself in an anxiety. Noth

3、ing was really wrong my family and I were healthy, my career was busy and successful - I was just feeling vaguely down and in need of a friend who could raise my spirits, someone who would meet me for coffee and let merant until the clouds lifted. I dialed my best friend, who now lives across the co

4、untry in California, and got her voicemail. That's when it started to dawn on me - lonesomeness was at the root of my dreariness. My social life had dwindled to almost nothing, but somehow until that moment I'd been too busy to notice. Now it hit me hard. My old friends, buddies since colleg

5、e or even childhood, know everything about me; when they left, they had taken my context with them. B) Research has shown the long-range negative consequences of social isolation on one's health. But my concerns were more short-term. I needed to feel understood right then in the way that only a

6、girlfriend can understand you. I knew it would be wrong to expect my husband to replace my friends: He couldn't, and even if he could, to whom would I then complain about my husband? So I resolved to acquire new friends - women like me who had kids and enjoyed rolling their eyes at the worlda li

7、ttle bit just as I did. Since I'd be making friends with more intention than I'd ever given the process, I realized I could be selective, that I could in effect design my own social life. The down side, of course, was that I felt pretty frightened. C) After all, it's a whole lot harder t

8、o make friends in midlife that it is when yon're younger - a fact woman I've spoken with point out again and again. As Leslie Danzig, 41, a Chicago theater director and mother, sees it, when you're in your teens and 20s, you're more or less friends with everyone unless there's a

9、reason not to be. Your college roommate becomes your best pal at least partly due to proximity. Now there needs to be a reason to be friends. "There are many people I'm comfort-able around, but I wouldn't go so far as to call them friends. Comfort isn't enough to sustain a real frie

10、ndship," Danzig says. D) At first, finding new companions felt awkward. At 40 I couldn't run up to people the way my4-year-old daughters do in the playground and ask, "Will you be my friend? Every time you start anew relationship, you're vulnerable again," agrees Kathleen Hall

11、, D Min, founder and CEO of the Stress Institute, in Atlanta. "You're asking, 'Would you like to come into my life?' It makes us self-conscious." E) Fortunately, my discomfort soon passed. I realized that as a mature friend seeker my vulnerability risk was actually pretty low.

12、If someone didn't take me up on my offer, so what: I wasn't in junior high, when I might have been rejected for having the wrong clothes or hair. At my age I have amassed enough self-esteem to realize that I have plenty to offer. F) We're all so busy, in fact, that mutual interests - say

13、, in a project, class, or cause that we already make time for - become the perfect catalysts for bringing us in contact with candidates for camaraderie. Michelle Mertes, 35, a teacher and mother of two in Wausau, Wisconsin, says anew friend she made at church came as a pleasant surprise. "In hi

14、gh school I chose friends based on their popular-ity and how being part of their circle might reflect on me. Now's it's our shared values and activities that count." Mertes says her pal, with whom she organized the church's youth programs, is nothing like her but their drive and org

15、anizational skills make them ideal friends. G) Happily, as awkward as making new friends can be, self-esteem issues do not factor in - or if they do, you can easily put them into perspective. Danzig tells of the mother of a child in her son's pre-school, a tall, beautiful woman who is married to

16、 a big-deal rock musician. "I said to my husband, she's too cool for me,'" she jokes. "I get intimidated by people. But once I got to know her, she turned out to be pretty laid-back and friendly." In the end there was no chemistry between them, so they didn't become g

17、ood pals. "I realized that we weren't each other's type, but it wasn't about hierarchy." What midlife friendship is about, it seems, is reflecting the person you've become (or are still becoming) back at yourself, thus reinforcing the progress you've made in your life.

18、H) Harlene Katzman, 41, a lawyer in New York City, notes that her oldest friends knew her back when she was less sure of herself. As much as she loves them, she believes they sometimes respond to is-sues in light of who she once was. An old chum has the goods on you. With recently made friends, you

19、can turn over a new leaf. I) A new friend, chosen right, can also help you point your boat in the direction you want to go. Hanna Dershowitz, 39, an attorney and mother in Los Angeles, found that a new acquaintance from workwas exactly what she needed in a friend. In addition to liking and respectin

20、g Julia, Dershowitz had a feeling that the fit and athletic younger woman would help her to get in shape. J) While you're busy making new friends, remember that you still need to nurture your old ones. We asked Marla Paul, author of The Friendship Crisis: Finding, Making, and Keeping Friends Whe

21、n You "re Not a Kid Anymore, for the best ways to maintain these important relationships. Keep in touch. Your friends should be a priority; schedule regular lunch dates or coffee catch-up sessions, no matter how busy you are. Know her business. Keep track of important events in a friend's l

22、ife and show your support. Call or e-mail to let her know you're thinking of her. Speak your mind. Tell a friend (politely) if something she did really upset you. If you can't be totally honest, then you need to reexamine the relationship. Accept her flaws. No one is perfect, so work around

23、her quirks -she's chronically late, or she's a bit negative - to cut down on frustration and fights. Boost her ego. Heartfelt compliments make everyone feel great, so tell her how much you love her new sweater or what a great job she did on a work project. 46. Leslie Danzig thought making fr

24、iends at one's middle age needed some reasons. 47. A well-chosen new friend can help you go in the direction that you like. 48. A few years ago the author felt lonely and depressed when she phoned her best friend in another city who was much wanted then but unavailable. 49. According to Kathleen

25、 Hall, one might feel sensitive in the first curse of making new friends. 50. Midlife friendship can help you realize your direction of life and reinforce the progress you've made in your life. 51. In Mafia Paul's book, to be a better friend, you should keep track with your fiiends, care for

26、 your friend's job, express yourself, accept her flaws and compliment your friend for her/his good dressing and job. 52. For the author, a girl friend might be the right person to under "stand her and erase her negative feeling. 53. According to Michelle Metes, midlife friendship is based o

27、n the shared values and activities 54. As a mature friend seeker, the author finds herself with enough confidence to offer and take rejection with grace. 55. With newly made friends, you can have a chance to take on a new look in your life. 英语四级长篇阅读模拟题答案解析 Section B 交友之道 A)数年前的一天晚上，我发觉自己陷入了焦虑中。事实上，一

28、切事情祁如常，我和家人都很健康;我工作劳碌，事业有成。我只是隐隐隐约感到心情很低落，急需一个挚友能给我打打气，跟我喝杯咖啡，听我尽情发泄直到烟消云散。我最好的挚友住在加州—这个国家的另一端。我拨通了她的电话，却听到要求留言的录音。阴影从今起先覆盖着我，孤独是我懊丧的根源。我的社交生活已经削减到几乎没有，但不知何故，直到那一该，我才留意到这一点。现在，这种感觉却狠雏地撞击着我。戈的那些老挚友们，从高校甚至孩提时代就已深交的密友，对我了如指掌，但他们一离开，也把我生活的环境一并带走了。 B)探讨表明，缺少社交生活对人的健康会产生长期的消极后果。还好，我妁焦虑期持续时间相当短暂。l521

29、在那时我须要被理解，是只有女性挚友才能理解的那种方式。我知道期望我的丈夫取代喷油的想法是 错误的：他不能，即使他能，我又和谁倾诉我对丈夫的埋怨呢?于是，我下定决心要结交新挚友，目标是像我一样——有孩子而且关注这个世界的妇女。因为我这样交友的目的性更明确，我渐渐意识到，我是可以进行选择的，我事实上是可以设计我的社交生活的。当然它的消极一面就是我感到特别胆怯。 C)终归，在中年时期交友要比年轻时困难得多一——这是个客观存在的显示，与我聊过的女性曾不止一次地指出这一点。41岁的Leslie Danzi9是芝加哥的一位戏剧导演，也是一位母亲，1461她的

30、看法是，在十几岁、二十几岁的时候，除了有特别理由不能成为挚友的状况，人差不多可以跟全部人成为挚友。 你的高校室友，至少余因为走得比较近而成为你最好的挚友。一现在，我们则须要理由才能成为挚友。Danzi9说，;有许多人，我跟他们在一起的时候很舒适，但我不会因此称他们为挚友。舒适度还不足以维持真正的友情。; D)一起先的时候，找寻新的伙伴的确让入有点尴尬。四十岁了，我无法像我四岁的女儿那样在操场上遇到人就问：;能跟我做挚友吗?;。【49】 每次建立一群新关系，你就会又变得脆弱了，;，KathleenHall，教牧学博士，亚特兰大压力探讨所的创始人兼首席执行官，赞同这一看法。她说： ;你是在问：&l

31、squo;你情愿参加到我的生活中吗?’这使我们局促担心。; E)幸运的是，我的不适感很快就过去了。我意识到，作为一个找寻挚友的成年人，我变得脆弱的风险其实是特别低的。假如有人不情愿接受我的恳求，那又如何呢?我不再是个初中生，那时我可能会因为穿不搭调的衣服或者发型不好看而被拒绝。【54】到了我这个年纪。我已经方足够的自信，我以为我有足够吸引对方的东西。 F)事实上，我们都很忙，以至于共同的爱好，譬如，我们为之劳碌的项目、课程或事业，就成为把我们与建立伙伴关系的候选人联系在一起的志向的催化剂。35岁的MichelleMertes是盛斯康辛州沃索地区一名老师及两个孩子的母亲，她说在教会结

32、交的新挚友对她来说是一份惊喜。【53】 Mertes说，上中学对，我是依据他们的受欢迎程度以及成为她们圈子的一员可能对或卢生的影响来选择挚友的。现在，共同的价值观和参与的劳动则成为我选择挚友的关键因素。二她与一起组织教会的青年项目的好挚友，虽然性格不同，但她们的干劲和组织实力使她们成为彼此的志向好友。 G)令人兴奋的是，尽管结交新挚友是一件尴尬的事情，但自尊问题不是结交挚友须要考虑的因素—否则，假如将自尊问题作为结交挚友的考虑因素，你也能很简单地洞察这一点。Danzig讲解并描述了她儿子所在的幼儿园的一个孩子的母亲的故事。那位女士身材高大，漂亮动八，嫁给了一位出名的摇滚音乐家。 ;

33、我曾跟我的丈夫说，‘对我来说她太酷了，;她开玩笑道。;四周的人都告诫我要警惕。但是，当我跟她混熟了，才发觉她原来是个特别悠然而友好的人。;最终，她们之间因为没有;化学反应;，没能成为好挚友。;我意识到，我们不是同一类人，但这跟社会地位没有关系。;【50】现在看来：中年友情好像能反应你所属的类型(或正在成为的类型)，从而加强你在生活中取得的进展。 H)41岁的Harlene Katzman是纽约市的一名律师，她认为，在她无法确定自已是否变样的时候，最老的挚友知道她原来的样子。她依旧特别爱她们，她信任她们有时对问题的反应能够反映出她曾经的样子，拥有老挚友对你而言大有好处。【55】而跟新

34、交的挚友在一起：纭可以翻开新的一页。 I)【47】新挚友，假如选择对了的话， 还可以帮助找到航行的方向。39岁的Hanna Dershowitz是洛杉矶的一名律师，也是一位母亲。她发觉，她在工作中新结交的一个人， Julia，正是她须要的好友。除了喜爱和敬重Julia，Dershowitz有一种感觉，这个健康且从事运动事业的年轻女性能帮助她保持身材。 J)当你忙着结交新挚友时，请记住，你仍须要与老挚友们培育感情。我们请Maria Paul，友情的危机：当你不再是孩童时，如何找寻挚友、结交挚友与保持友情的作者，告知我们维持这些重要关系的最佳途径。保持联系。挚友至上。无论你有多忙，都要抽空定期与挚

35、友吃顿饭或者喝杯咖啡闲聊。了解她的事业。知道挚友生活中经验的重要事务，并适时表示你的支持，打电话或者发邮件让她知道你时刻都在想着她。坦诚相待。假如挚友的确做了让你懊恼的事情，肯定要(委婉地)告知她。假如你不能完全坦诚的话，就须要重新谛视这段关系。包涵她的缺点。人无完人，因此不要纠结于她的怪癖她常常迟到或者她有一点消极——以削减挫折和斗争。满意她的自尊。真心的赞美使人感觉良好，所以要告知她，你多喜爱她的新毛衣，她做了多么宏大的工作。 46.Leslie Danzig thought making friends at one’S middle age need

36、ed some reasons.LeslieDanzig认为在中年交挚友须要一些理由。 【解析】C)。细微环节题。依据句子关键词Leslie Danzi9和making friends al one’S middle age可定位至Cl段。该段中Danzi9说在十几、二十几岁的时候，基本上可以和全部人交挚友，但现在须要充分的理由才能交到挚友，舒适度不足以维持真正的友情。可见她认为中年交友须要。一些理由。 47.A well—chosen new friend can help you go in the direction that you like.选择得当的新挚友能

37、帮你朝着你憧憬的方向前进。 【解析】I)。细微环节题。依据句子关键词a well—chosen new friend和：he direction that you like可定位至I)段。该段首句指出：新挚友，假如选择对了的话，还可以帮助你找到航行的方向。 48.A few years ago the author felt lonely and depressed when she phoned her best friend in another city who was much wanted then but unavailable. 数年前，作者给远在他乡的最好的挚友打电

38、话，作者当时很须要她却没人接，因此感到很孤独懊丧。 【解析】A)。归纳题。依据句子关键词a few years a90和phoned her best friend可定位在A)段。句子是对整段的概括总结。 49.According to Kathleen Hall，one might feel sensitive in the first course ofmaking new friends. KathleenHall觉得人们在刚起先结交新挚友的过程中会变得敏感， 【解析】 D)。细微环节题。由句子中的Kathleen Hall定位至D)段。该段最终一句提到，Kathleen Hall认为每

39、次建立一种新关系，人就会变得脆弱、敏感。 50.Midlife friendship can help you realize your direction oflife and reinforze the progress yOU’ve made in your life. 中年友情可以帮你认清生活前进的方向和巩固进步。 【解析】 G)。细微环节题。依据句子关键词midlife friendship和reinforce the progress可定位至G)段末句。现在看来，中年友情好像能反映出你所属的类型(或正在成为的类型)，从而加强你在生活中取得的进展。5 1.In Maria

40、 Paul’S book，to be a better friend，you should keep track with yourfriends，care for your friend’s job，ex—press yourself,accept her flaws and compliment your friend for her/his good dressing and job.Maria Paul的书中写到，要成为更好的挚友，你应当和挚友保持联系，关切挚友的工作，表达自己的思想，包涵挚友的缺点，赞扬挚友。 【解析】J)。归纳题。依据句子中的Ma

41、riaPaul’Sbook可定位至文章末段。该段列举如何巩固和挚友的关系。句子是对整段的概括总结。 52.For the author,a girl friend might be the fight person to understand her and erase her negative feelin9. 对作者来说，她须要一位女性挚友理解和化解自己的负面感受。 【解析】 B)。细微环节题。由句子中的the right person和understand等字眼定位至B)段。作者提到只有女性的挚友才能理解她的感受。 53.According to Michelle Merte

42、s，midlife friendship is based on the shared values and activities Michelle Mertes认为中年友情的基石是共同的价值观和参加的活动。 【解析】 F)。细微环节题。由句子中的MichelleMertes可定位至F)段。Mertes说：上中学时，我是依据她们的受欢迎程度以及成为她们圈子的一员可能对我产生的影响来选择挚友的。现在，共同的价值观和参与的活动则成为我选择挚友的关键因素。 54.As a mature friend seeker,the author finds herself with enough confid

43、ence to offer and take rejecfion with grace. 作为一名成熟的交友者，作者发觉自己有足够的自信发出邀请和坦然接受拒绝。 【解析】 E)。细微环节题。依据句子关键词a mature friend seeker和offe;'ejection可定位至E)段。该段中作者指出自己已经成熟，能坦然接受对方的拒绝，也保有自信，信任自己有魅力。 55.With newly made friends，you Can have a chance to take on a new look in your life. 和新挚友一起，你有机会呈现新面貌。 【解析】 H

44、)。细微环节题。依据句子关键词takeon anewlook可定位至E段末句。而跟新交的挚友在一起，你可以翻开新的一页。Take on anewlook和takeoveranewleaf是同类表述。 英语四级长篇阅读模拟题二 Section B Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Eachstatement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the

45、paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2. TV Linked to Lower Marks A) The effect of television on children has been debated ever since

46、the first sets were turned on. Now three new studies find that too much tube time can lower test scores, retard learning and even predict college performance. The reports appear in the July issue of the Archives of Pediatrics & Ado-lescent Medicine. B) In the first report, researchers studied th

47、e effect that having a TV in a child's bedroom can have on third graders. "We looked at the household media environment in relation to academic achievementon mathematics, reading and language arts tests," said study author Dina L.G. Borzekowski, an as-sistant professor at Johns Hopkins

48、 Bloomberg School of Public Health. C) Borzekowski and her colleague, Dr. Thomas Robinson of Stanford University, collected data on386 third graders and their parents about how much TV the children watched, the number of TV sets, computers and video game consoles in the household and where they were. They also collected data on how much