英语四级六级阅读练习(6)：为什么高智商的孩子更易吸毒

【英语】高中英语阅读理解(科普环保)解题技巧及练习题及解析一、高中英语阅读理解科普环保类1．犇犇Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.While faking and fierce looks are among animals great defenses, many species know that everyone runs from a big stink (臭气) too.Vulture (秃鸳)Vultures, are street sweepers that feast on the rotting flesh of dead animals, which benefits us by ridding our highways and landscapes of animal bodies and the bacteria they might carry. When vultures feel threatened they vomit, and the smell of vomited-on dead bodies puts of most predators. Throwing up allows the vulture to fly away more quickly-and the vomit can hurt the aggressor's eyes and face.Opossum (负鼠)In some ways opossums have it easy. In order to become "dead", they don't have to fax anyone a death certificate. They just lie there with their tongues hanging out with the smell of dead flesh, sometimes for hours, effectively convincing potential predators they can find a much fresher meal elsewhere. Even if they keep getting attacked, they won't move any more than a human statue until the threat has passed.Hoatzin (磨雉)Hold your nose and meet the hoatzin, a bird of distinctions, not the least of which is that it smells like fresh cow shit. The animal mostly eats leaves and it's the only bird known to digest by fermentation, like a cow. This process is what causes its smell and has earned it the nickname the "stink birdMillipedes (千足虫)Millipedes are tricky. For starters they look wormy. Their name is deceptive, too: Their legs number about 750. Their major defense is to curl up into a ball. They, though, also release a harm eyes, and leave a horrible smell on their attackers.Sea Hare (海兔)The graceful sea hare is plain in taste in the first place, so it's not the most popular dish in the seafood chain. Nonetheless this type of sea creature has a pretty creative smell-related defense that is almost the opposite of its smelly companions on this list. The sea hare gives out a slimy, purple ink, the substance which makes food less palatable to predators.Researchers using lobsters (2-f) as model predators found that the sea blocks the lobsters receptive mechanism. In other words, the sea hare gives its attacker the equivalent of a stuffy nose so they don't know how appealing it is.（1）The sea hare defends itself from predators by ________.A. becoming plain in taste at the discovery of a predatorB. giving out purple ink to make itself invisible to predatorsC. releasing substance to make predators unable to smell itD. giving off smelly gas to try to drive predators away（2）Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A. The vulture carries bacteria so that predators dare not get close to it.B. The opossum fakes its death to avoid being targeted by predators.C. The hoatzin eats cow shit so that it is nick-named as "stink bird".D. The gas released by millipede was basically harmless.（3）The species that enjoys more than one defense mechanism is ________.A. vultureB. opossumC. millipedeD. sea hare【答案】（1）C（2）B（3）C【解析】【分析】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了一些野生动物是如何进行自身防御的。

英语六级阅读试题精选（附答案解析）Directions: There are 4 passages in this Part. Each passage is followed by some questions or Unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Passage OneIn the 1962 movie Lawrence of Arabia, one scene shows an American newspaper reporter eagerly snapping photos of men looting a sabotaged train. One of the looters, Chief Auda abu Tayi of the Howeitat clan, suddenly notices the camera and snatches it. Am I in this? he asks, before smashing it open. To the dismayed reporter, Lawrence explains, He thinks these things will steal his virtue. He thinks you're a kind of thief.As soon as colonizers and explorers began taking cameras into distant lands, stories began circulating about how indigenous peoples saw them as tools for black magic. The ignorant natives may have had a point. When photography first became available, scientists welcomed it as a more objective way of recording faraway societies than early travelers' exaggerated accounts. But in some ways, anthropological photographs reveal more about the culture that holds the camera than the one that stares back. Up into the 1950s and 1960s, many ethnographers sought pure pictures of primitive cultures, routinely deleting modern accoutrements such as clocks and Western dress. They paid men and women to re-enact rituals or to pose as members of war or hunting parties, often with little regard for veracity. Edward Curtis, the legendary photographer of North American Indians, for example, got one Makah man to pose as a whaler with a spear in 1915--even though the Makah had not hunted whales in a generation.These photographs reinforced widely accepted stereotypes that indigenous cultures were isolated, primitive, and unchanging. For instance, National Geographic magazine's photographs have taught millions of Americans about other cultures. As Catherine Lutz and Jane Collins point out in their 1993 book Reading National Geographic, the magazine since its founding in 1888 has kept a tradition of presenting beautiful photos that don't challengewhite, middle-class American conventions. While dark-skinned women can be shown without tops, for example, white women's breasts are taboo. Photos that could unsettle or disturb, such as areas of the world torn asunder by war or famine, are discarded in favor of those that reassure, to conform with the society's stated pledge to present only kindly visions of foreign societies. The result, Lutz and Collins say, is the depiction of an idealized and exotic world relatively free of pain or class conflict.Lutz actually likes National Geographic a lot. She read the magazine as a child, and its lush imagery influenced her eventual choice of anthropology as a career. She just thinks that as people look at the photographs of other cultures, they should be alert to the choice of composition and images.1. The main idea of the passage is ______________.[A] Photographs taken by Western explorers reflect more Westerners’ perception of the indigenous cultures and the Western values.[B] There is a complicated relationship between the Western explorers and the primitive peoples.[C] Popular magazines such as National Geographic should show pictures of the exotic and idealized worlds to maintain high sales.[D] Anthropologists ask the natives to pose for their pictures, compromising the truthfulness of their pictures.2. We can infer from the passage that early travelers to the native lands often _________.[A] took pictures with the natives[B] gave exaggerated accounts of the native lands[C] ask for pictures from the natives[D] gave the natives clocks and Western dresses3. The author mentions the movie Lawrence of Arabia to ___________.[A] show how people in the indigenous societies are portrayed by Westerners.[B] illustrate how people from primitive societies see cameras as tools of black magic that steal their virtues.[C] show how anthropologists portray untruthful pictures of native people.[D] show the cruel and barbarian side of the native people.4. “But in some ways, anthropological photographs reveal more about the culture that holds the camera than the one that stares back.” In this sentence, the “one [culture] that stares back” refers to _______.[A] the indigenous culture[B] the Western culture[C] the academic culture[D] the news business culture5. With which of the following statements would Catherine Lutz most probably agree?[A] Reporters from the Western societies should routinely delete modern elements in pictures taken of the indigenous societies.[B] The primitive cultures are inferior to the more advanced Western culture.[C] The western media are not presenting a realistic picture of the faraway societies.[D] People in the Western news business should try not to challenge the well-established white middle-class values.答案与解析1. 答案是[A] Photographs taken by Western explorers reflect more Westerners’perception of the indigenous cultures and the Western values.解析：本文的主题是，西方的媒体，为了迎合西方读者猎奇的心理，同时，为了不与西方读者的中产阶级价值观发生冲突，在他们拍摄的照片中，并不是真正客观公正地反映经济发展水平较为落后的社会中人们的生活。

英语专业四级阅读理解模拟题---人类大脑智力的决定因素There are two factors which determine an individual's intelligence. The first is the sort of brain he is born with. Human brains differ considerably , some being more capable than others. But no matter how good a brain he has to begin with, an individual will have a low order of intelligence unless he has opportunities to learn. So the second factor is what happens to the individual—the sort of environment in which he is brought up. If an individual is handicapped(不利) environmentally, it is likely that his brain will fail to develop and he will never attain the level of intelligence of which he is capable.The importance of environment in determining an individual's intelligence can be demonstrated by the case history of the identical twins, Peter and Mark. Being identical, the twins had identical brains at birth, and their growth processes were the same. When the twins were three months old, their parents died, and they were placed in separate foster(抚养) homes. Peter was raised by parents of low intelligence in an isolated community with poor educational opportunities. Mark was reared in the home of well-to-do parents who had been tocollege. He was read to as a child, sent to good schools, and given every opportunity to be stimulated intellectually. This environmental difference continued until the twins were in their late teens, when they were given tests to measure their intelligence. Mark's I. Q. was 125, twenty-five points higher than the average and fully forty points higher than his identical brother. Given equal opportunities, the twins, having identical brains, would have tested at roughly the same level.21. This selection can best be titled____________.A. Measuring Your IntelligenceB. Intelligence and EnvironmentC. The Case of Peter and MarkD. How the Brain Influences Intelligence22. The best statement of the main idea of this passage is that _______.A. human brains differ considerablyB. the brain a person is born with is important in determininghis intelligenceC. environment is crucial in determining a person's intelligenceD. persons having identical brains will have roughly the same intelligence23. According to the passage, the average I. Q. is_______.A. 85 .B. 100C. 110D. 12524. The case history of the twins appears to support the conclusion that_______.A. individuals with identical brains seldom test at the same levelB. an individual's intelligence is determined only by his environmentC. lack of opportunity blocks the growth of intelligenceD. changes of environment produce changes in the structure ofthe brain25. This passage suggests that an individual's I. Q. _______.A. can be predicted at birthB. stays the same throughout his lifeC. can be increased by educationD. is determined by his childhood参考答案：21. B 22. C 23. B 24. C 25. C。

2021年12月英语六级阅读专项练习题及答案(汇总)Posture T alksIn the United States, where“casualness”is considered a great virtue, people often sit with feet on chairs or even desks. They sometimes sit with their backsides ( buttocks) on tables and desks as a way of expressing their individuality or career attitude. They feel comfortable crossing their legs and sitting with one ankle on the other knee . Poor posture —slumping oneself over while sitting in a chair and placing feet on whatever object is around —is a common U. S. behavior. It is designed to show that the person is casual, honest, sincere, and“just one of the folks ”. In the United States, even millionaires, corporation presidents, government leaders, and movie stars try to pretend they are ordinary people by using“the U. S. slouch ”and“the feet-on-the -furniture”maneuver.Unfortunately, other countries interpret this behavior as being sloppy and as reflecting a general lack of alertness, interest, and respect. People from the United States do not usually realize that what they regard as casualness is viewed very differently and very negatively by many people around the world.People in many cultures are expected to sit erect. Such cultures include many countriesin Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. In the United States, slouching is acceptable and is a positive sign of being casual and friendly. In the United States,crossing legs is a sign of good etiquette . Many cultures say thatcrossing legs is okay, but placing the ankle on the knee while crossing one’s legs is totally unacceptable .One reason for not putting the ankle on the knee is that when you do so, one foot or the sole of the shoe is usually pointing at someone . This is a very severe insult in many countries around the world, especially Muslim countries. Under few circumstances should you point your foot at anyone , because the foot is cons idered the least sacred part of the body in many societies. In some countries such as Nepal, pointing the foot at a cow is an outrage , because the cow is a sacred animal. In Buddhist countries, pointing the foot at statue of the Buddha is a severe offense. Moving objects with the feet is very rude in Thailand, Nepal, and Taiwan. In Bangladesh, you should not touch books with a foot or shoe; if you do, you must make an elaborate apology.As you can tell, posture is a very strong messenger. It conveys much about a particu lar person. Posture ( in many cultures) says something about the person’s honesty, alertness, intelligence, religiousness, respect, and overall decency —or the opposite of all of these ! Posture tells people whether they want to get to know a stranger, and it also tells what to think about the people already known.阅读自测Translate the sentences into English with the words in parentheses :1. 这座纪念碑是为内战中牺牲的烈士们而建立的。

6月英语四级考试阅读题及详解2017年6月英语四级考试阅读题及详解A friend in need is a friend in indeed. 以下是店铺为大家搜索整理的2017年6月英语四级考试阅读题及详解，希望能给大家带来帮助!Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:It is simple enough to say that since books have classes fiction, biography, poetry—we should separate them and take from each what it is right that each should give us. Yet few people ask from books what books can give us. Most commonly we come to books with blurred and divided minds, asking of fiction that it shall be true, of poetry that it shall be false, of biography that it shall be flattering, of history that it shall enforce our own prejudices. If we could banish all such preconception when we read, that would be an admirable beginning. Do not dictate to your author; try to become him. Be his fellow worker and accomplice(同谋). If you hang back, and reserve and criticize at first, you are preventing yourself from getting the fullest possible value from what you read. But if you open your mind as widely as possible, then signs and hints of almost imperceptible finess(委婉之处), from the twist and turn of the first sentences, will bring you into the presence of a human being unlike any other. Steep yourself in this, acquaint yourself with this, and soon you will find that your author is giving you, or attempting to give you, something far more definite. The thirty two chapters of anovel—if we consider how to read a novel first—are an attempt to make something as formed and controlled as a building but words are more impalpable than bricks, reading is a longer and more complicated process than seeing. Perhaps the quickest way to understand the elements of what a novelist is doing is not to read,but to write; to make your own experiment with the dangers and difficulties of words. Recall, then, some event that has left a distinct impression on you—how at the corner of the street, perhaps, you passed two people talking. A tree shook; an electric light danced; the tone of the talk was comic, but also tragic; a whole vision, an entire conception, seemed contained in that moment.21.What does the author mean by saying “Yet few people ask from books what books can give us.”?A.The author means that lots of people read few books.B.The author thinks that readers have only absorbed part of knowledge in books.C.The author holds that few people have a proper idea about what content some kind of books should include.D.The author considers that readers can scarcely understand most of the books.22.According to the passage, which of the following statement is right?A.A reader should find some mistakes when he is reading.B.The more difficult a book is, the more you can get from it.C.To read something is easier than to watch something.D.One should be in the same track with the writer when he is reading.23.What is the possible meaning of “impalpable” (Paragraph 2) in the passage?A.Clear.B.Elusive.C.Delicate.D.Precise.24.What’s the main idea of this passage?A.The importance of reading.B.The proper way to read.C.How to get most from one book.D.The characters of a good book.25.When a writer is writing he often get the whole conception ____.A.after a long time’s thinkingB.through an instant inspirationC.according to his own experienceD.by way of watching the objects attentively参考答案：21.答案B。

四级passage one全文翻译衰老和饮酒会对大脑造成相似的影响，那么，如果有氧运动可以减轻衰老对大脑造成的损害，它是否也能对酒精造成的伤害起到同样的作用呢？这是由科罗拉多大学的研究生霍利斯•卡罗利所带领的研究人员在一项新的研究中提出的问题。

许多研究都已发现，喜欢运动的老年人比那些运动少的老年人更有可能拥有更为敏锐的头脑，而且近期的研究结果也显示，运动甚至可能比智力游戏在保护认知功能方面更为有效。

高胆固醇和高血压会增加患诸如痴呆和阿尔茨海默等神经性疾病的风险，而体育锻炼可以通过减轻高胆固醇和高血压造成的损害来维持血管的健康。

然而锻炼可能还在维持大脑功能完整性方面发挥着更为直接的作用，这是通过保护脑白质来实现的，它包括由一层髓磷脂隔离开来的神经网，髓磷脂可以提高与其他神经细胞远距离交流的能力。

脑白质的质量随年龄的增长而降低，而大量饮酒，甚至是对于年轻人而言，也会对脑白质造成类似的损伤。

在这项新研究中，研究人员探究了有氧运动是否可以逆转或防止在长期饮酒者身上发生的一些这样的损害，正如它对老年人所起的作用那样。

先前的研究显示，喜欢运动的老年人往往比那些不那么爱活动的老年人脑白质含量更大，而且锻炼似乎也可以维持脑白质组织的完整性以及其传达对记忆和执行功能极为重要的大脑信息的能力。

卡罗利说道，“研究酒精与锻炼对脑白质的相互作用，这似乎是这一研究领域下一步顺理成章地要进行的内容。

”研究人员对锻炼、饮酒量以及脑白质状况间的关系进行了模拟，他们发现饮酒与脑白质间的相互作用和锻炼有很大关联。

在该研究的参与者当中，很少进行有氧运动的酗酒者脑白质损伤更严重。

而运动量较大的酗酒者脑白质损伤较轻。

这并不是说锻炼可以逆转或保护大脑免受酒精可能造成的伤害。

这还只是一个初步的研究，只说明了存在一种关联，而不是因果关系。

46. It is implied in Paragraph 2 that the elderly _________.[A] can benefit from doing some physical exercise[B] are subject to the temptation of alcoholic drinks[C] are likely to be more concerned about keeping fit[D] are prone to avoid doing intellectual games[快速定位]推根据题干指示词Paragraph 2定位至文章第二段。

2020年大学英语四级阅读理解练习题及解析(4)Some kids start to drink alcohol (酒精) at a young age. They think it is part of becoming an adult. They also think drinking is not that bad because so many people do it. They feel it is not as bad as taking drugs (毒品). It is easy for kids to get liquor (酒精饮料)by using fake identification (伪造证件).Parents may start to notice a change in their child’s behavior if the child starts drinking. Kids who drink sometimes stop doing things they normally liked to do. They may keep telephone calls and meetings a secret and not want anybody to touch their things. They act moody (喜怒无常) and do not have the same eating and sleeping habits.Parents need to stay involved (牵涉) in their kids’ lives. They should talk to their children about their problems to be aware of any changes.Parents can be the best protection. Children who get alot of love can feel good about themselves. It helps them resist(抵抗) doing bad things even when other kids are doing them. Parents can also help set a good example by notdrinking and driving. They can have firm rules in the home that everyone follows.Give the children good ideas on how to say “no” to drinking, even when they are at a party. Try not to overreact or panic (惊慌) if the child tries alcohol. How you handle it can affect their attitude. It may be helpful to talk to other parents about setting up curfews (宵禁令) and rules about parties or other events.1. Which of the following is NOT the reason why some kids have an early start of drinking?A. They want to show their maturity (成熟) by drinking alcohol.B. Drinking alcohol is much cooler than taking drugs.C. They are affected by many other people around them.D. They can get liquor easily.2.According to the passage, what changes may happen to the kids who start drinking?A. Nothing serious will happen to them.B. They keep the same eating and sleeping habits.C. They can control their moods quite well.D. Sometimes they act secretly.3.According to the writer, if parents find their children try alcohol, they had better ________.A. punish them at onceB. ask the police for helpC. ask their children’s friends for helpD. set up curfews and rules about parties or other events with other parents4.Which is the main subject discussed in the passage?A. Teen health.B. Teen education.C. Teen drinkingD. Parents’ worries.答案解析1. B 由第一段，用排除法。

四级阅读理解练习(1)Americans believe no one stands still. If you are not moving ahead, you are fall ing behind. This attitude results in a nation of people committed to researching, e xperimenting and exploring. Time is one of the two elements that Americans save carefully, the other being labor."We are slaves to nothing but the clock,” it has been said. Time is treated as if it were something almost tangible. We budget it, save it, waste it, steal it,kill it, cu t it, account for it; we also charge for it. It is a precious commodity. Many people have a rather acute shortness of each lifetime. Once the sands have run out of a p erson’s hourglass, they cannot be replaced. We want every minute to count.A foreigner’s first impression of the U.S. is likely to be that everyone is in a ru sh-often under pressure. City people appear always to be hurry to get where they are going, restlessly seeking attention in a store, elbowing others as they try to co mplete their errands. Racing through daytime meals is part of the pace of life in t his country. Working time is considered precious. Others in public eating places are waiting for you to finish so they too can be served and get back to work withi n the time allowed. Each person hurries to make room for the next person. If you don’t, waiter will hurry you.You also find drivers will be abrupt and that people will push past you. You will miss smiles, brief conversations, small courtesies wit h strangers. Don’t take it personally. This is because people value time highly, an d they resent someone else “wasting” it beyond a certain courtesy pointThis view of time affects the importance we attach to patience. In the America n system of values, patience is not a high priority. Many of us have what might b e called “a short fuse.” We begin to move restlessly about if we feel time is slippin g away without some return-be this in terms of pleasure, work value, or rest. Tho se coming from lands where time is looked upon differently may find this matter of pace to be one of their most difficult adjustments in both business and day life.Many newcomers to the States will miss the opening courtesies of a business call, for example. They will miss the ritual socializing that goes with a welcoming cup of tea or coffee that may be traditional in their own country. They may miss leisurely business chats in a cafe or coffee house. Normally, Americans do not ass ess their visitors in such relaxed surroundings over prolonged small talk; much le ss do they take them out for dinner, or around on the golf course while they devel op a sense of trust and report. Rapport to most of us is less important than perfo rmance. We seek out evidence of past performance rather than evaluate a busine ss colleague through social courtesies. Since we generally assess and probe profes sionally rather than socially, we start talking business very quickly.Most Americans live according to time segments laid out in engagement calend ars. We often give a person two or three (or more) segments of our calendar, but i n business world we almost always have other appointments following hard on th e heels of whatever we are doing. Time is therefore always ticking in our inner ea r.As a result we work hard at the task of saving time. We produce a steady flowof laborsaving devices; we communicate rapidly through telexes phone calls or m emos rather than through personal contacts, which though pleasant, take longer especially given our trafficfilled streets. We therefore save most personal visiting for after work hours or for social weekend gatherings.1."If you are not moving ahead, you are falling behind."(Para.1,Line1) means __A) if you are moving, you are falling downB) you would fall behind if you move aheadC) you are moving ahead or you are f alling behindD) you are not moving, you are disappear2.The second paragraph implies ____. A) everyone’s life has his regretsB) everybody has his defaultC) lifetime is not long for everyoneD) lifetime is full of pities3.In the American system of value, patience is not a high priority indicates ____.A) patience is very importantB) patience is high valuablC) patience is not of valueD) patience is ranked after others4.“We begin to move restlessly about if we feel time is slipping away without so me return...”, this sentence reflects Americans’ attitude to life ____A) is not patient enoughB) gets angry easilyC) saves timesD) values time5. Is the article to____?A) narrateB) tell storyC) informD) argue答案与解析： 1.C理解题。

2019年12月大学英语四级阅读练习题：青少年犯罪Teenage boys, regardless of race,are more likely to die from gunshot wounds than from all natural causes combined.By the time the average American child leaves primary school, he or she will witness 8,000 murders and more than 100,000 acts of violence on television.Youth are becoming involved in violence at an alarming rate. In fact, the young arrest rate for murder doubled, from 6 arrests per 100,000 youth aged from 10 to 17 to over 12 per 100,000.The American Psychological Association Commission on Violence and Youth reported on a study of first and second graders in Washington DC：45% said they had witnessed muggings (行凶抢劫),31 % said they had witnessed shootings, and 39% said they had seen dead bodies.For the many youth who have not been directly exposed to violence in their own communities, the entertainment media (television, movies, music and video games) provides many opportunities for children to see and hear violent exchanges. Research shows that there are about 5-6 violent acts per hour on prime time and 20-25 violent acts on Saturday morning children’s programming. In its report, the American Psychological Association (APA) reported that viewing violence on television hurts children in many ways. In particular, the APA concludes that children may become less sensitive to the pain and suffering of others,be more fearfulof the world around them,be more likely to behave in aggressive or harmful ways toward others, and gradually accept violence as a way to solve problems. The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry also cautions that children may imitate the violence they observe on television.Another form of violence involving youth is physical punishment in the schools. This form of discipline still remains legally supported in 23 nations in America. TheOffice for Civil Rights in the Department of Education reported that 555，000 students were physically punished in the schools during this school year. Although such punishment has been regarded as an effective method of discipline by those who apply it, the findings are obvious that physical punishment does not work and that children who are victims of physical punishment are subject to potential long-term physical and emotional damage.练习题：Choose correct answers to the question：1.According to the passage, the American teenage boys，lives are most threatened by ______A.gun murdersB.natural diseases violenceD. physical punishment2.The author tends to use the fourth paragraph to support the idea that _____A.many youth have watched much violence on TVB.youth violence in Washington D.C.is very seriousC.fights may be the most widely-seen youth violenceD.American youth have been exposed to much violence3.The APA indicates that too much TV violence may change children ______A.to become separated from the worldB.to remain indifferent to others’ painC.to solve problems only by violenceD.to be fearful of aggressive behaviors4.The passage does NOT discus that many youth become victim of ______A.murdersB.family violenceC. TV violenceD.school violence5.The author may most probably agree that physical punishment is _________A. acceptable, though ineffectiveB. illegal，though effectiveC. harmful, though legalD. reasonable, though illegal1.[A] 事实细节题。

英语六级阅读理解精练及答案解析英语六级阅读理解精练：个人主义的典范What do Americans believe in2? What is the American character? These questions are hard toanswer, because there are so many Americans and they believe in so many different things.However, the history of the United States does provide some understanding of certain basiccharacteristics that many Americans share .One of the main reasons why the early settlers came to America was to escape the controlsthey had experienced in Europe. 3 There , small groups of wealthy people prevented themfrom moving into a higher social position or becoming wealthy, and governmentsupportedchurches controlled their religious practices and beliefs. Because these early settlers wanted tobe free from such controls, they brought to America the view that the individual was supremelyimportant. The settlers were against the efforts of the church, the society, and particularly thegovernment, to control their actions. These controls came to be viewed as"un-American"4 .This strong American belief in individualism has both positive and negative sides5 . On thepositive side, it has strengthened Americansrsquo;inventiveness and their belief in hard work. Onthe negative side, the belief in individualism has sometimes prevented Americans from usingtheir government to solve their common problems. Americans prefer not to have governmentsolutions to social problems.The belief in individualism is a basic part of the American character. This belief has at leasttwo separate parts mdash; idealism and materialism6. Although these two beliefs are quitedifferent, most Americans try to live with them both at the same time, and idealism andmaterialism are both very much a part of the American character.American idealism comes largely from the nationrsquo;s Protestant7 religious heritage . EarlyAmericans did not have to belong to any particular church to have this belief. It influenced allAmericans so strongly that idealism came to mean that each individual should possess a highmoral character, and should live by his or her own beliefs. This is what American idealismmeans today.Americans also have a strong belief in materialism, that is, that each individual should gain asmuch wealth as possible. The American belief in materialism is partly a result of the nationrsquo;sgreat material abundance. The early settlers found a continent with great forests, rivers, andfertile farmland in abundance. It is not surprising that many viewed America as the land ofopportunity. 8As the United States grew and developed, the supply of natural resources seemed endless, andso did the opportunities for personal economic advancement. Each generation had a chance tobecome wealthier than their parents had been. Generation after generation of new immigrantshad the same opportunity. Americans eventually developed the belief that it was almost aduty to get rich.阅读自测Ⅰ. Here a re some new sports words that people often use in daily life . Guess their Chinesemeanings:All-star Gamemdash;mdash;mdash;Most Valuable Player ( MVP) mdash;mdash;mdash;Rookie of the Yearmdash;mdash;mdash;X-Games / Extreme Sportsmdash;mdash;mdash;Bungee jumpingmdash;mdash;mdash;Rock-climbing / Freeclimbingmdash;mdash;mdash;Bicycle Motocross ( BMX) mdash;mdash;mdash;treadmillmdash;mdash;mdash;aerobicsmdash;mdash;mdash;Ⅱ. When is a h ouse n ot just a house ? Guess the meanings of various houses:playhousemdash;mdash;mdash;Wendy house / dollhousemdash;mdash;mdash;fun housemdash;mdash;mdash;lodging housemdash;mdash;mdash;Opera house mdash;mdash;mdash;tea housemdash;mdash;mdash;Full House mdash;mdash;mdash;Meeting House mdash;mdash;mdash;Upper House and Lower Housemdash;mdash;mdash;参考答案Ⅰ. 全明星赛最有价值球员年度最佳新秀极限运动蹦极跳攀岩自行车越野跑步机有氧运动Ⅱ. 戏院、儿童游戏室儿童玩具房游乐场宿舍歌剧院茶馆客满, 座无虚席礼拜堂、教堂上议院与下议院参考译文个人主义的典范mdash;mdash;美国人国人的信念是什么? 美国人什么性格? 这些问题都难以回答, 因为美国人太多了,他们有太多不同的信条。

英语六级阅读理解备考练习题Passage ThreeA big focus of the criticism of computer games has concerned the content of the games being played. When the narratives of the games are analyzed they can be seen to fall into some genres. The two genres most popular with the children I interviewed were ‘Platformers’ and ‘Beat-them-ups.’ Platform games such as Sonic and Super Mario involve leaping from platform to platform, avoiding obstacles, moving on through the levels, and progressing through the different stages of the game. Beat-them-ups are the games which have caused concern over their violent content. These games involve fights between animated characters. In many ways this violence can be compared to violence within children’s cartoons where a character is hit over the head or falls of a cliff but walks away unscathed.Controversy has occurred in part because of the intensity of the game play, which is said to spill over into children’s everyday lives. There are worries that children are becoming more violent and aggressive after prolonged exposure to these games. Playing computer games involves feelings of intense frustration and anger which often expresses itselfin aggressive ‘yells’ at the screen. It is not only the ‘Beat-them-up’ games which produce this aggression; platform games are just as frustrating when the characters lose all their ‘lives’ and ‘die’just before the end of the level is reached. Computer gaming relies upon intense concentration on the moving images on the screen and demands great hand-to-eye coordination. When the player loses and the words‘Game over’ appear on the screen, there is annoyance and frustration at being beaten by the computer and at having made an error. This anger and aggression could perhaps be compared to the aggression felt when playing football and you take your eye off the ball and enable the opposition to score. The annoyance experienced when defeated at a computer game is what makes gaming ‘addictive’: the player is determined not to make the same mistake again and to have ‘o ne last go’ in the hope of doing better next time.Some of the concern over the violence of computer games has been about children who are unable to tell the difference between fiction and reality and who act out the violent moves of the games in fight on the playground. The problem with video games is that they involve childrenmore than television or films and this means there are more implications for their social behavior. Playing these games can lead to anti-social behavior, make children aggressive and affect their emotional stability.1. What is the topic of this article?[A] How does playing computer games affect the level of violence in children[B] There is no difference between Platform games and ‘Beat-Them-Ups’.[C] How to control anger while playing computer games[D] How to make children spend less time on computer games2. Which of the following games is supposed to contain violent content?[A] Sonic[B] Super Mario[C] Platformer[D] Beat-Them-Up3. What does unscathed (Paragraph 1, Last line) probably mean?[A] unsettled[B] unbeaten[C] unharmed[D] unhappy4. According to the second paragraph, how does violence relate to playing computer games?[A] When losing computer games children tend to experience frustration and anger.[B] Beat-Them-Ups are more popular with children therefore more likely to produce violent behavior.[C] People who have good hand-eye-coordination tend to be more violent than others.[D] The violent content in the games gets children addicted to the games.5. According to the author, why do video games lead to violence more than TV or movies?[A] Because children cannot tell fiction from reality.[B] Because children like to act out the scenes in the games on the playground.[C] Because computer games involve children more than TV or films.[D] Because computer games can produce more anti-social behavior.答案及解析1. 答案是[A] How does playing computer games affect the level of violence in children解析：文章的主题，可以从第一段中看出。

2013年6月四级真题仔细阅读部分欧阳歌谷（2021.02.01）Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes) Section ADirections:In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.Walking, if you do it vigorously enough, is the overall best exercise for regular physical activity. It requires no equipment, everyone knows how to do it and it carries the47risk of injury. The human body is designed to walk. You can walk in parks or along a river or in your neighborhood. To get48benefit from walking, aim for 45 minutes a day, an average of five days a week.Strength training is another important49of physical activity. Its purpose is to build and 50 bone and muscle mass, both of which shrink with age. In general, you will want to do strength training two or three days a week,51recovery days between sessions.Finally, flexibility and balance training are52important as the body ages. Aches and pains are high on the list of complaints in old age. The result of constant muscle tension and stiffness of joints, many of them are53, and simple flexibility training can54these by making muscles stronger and keeping joints lubricated (润滑). Some of this you do whenever you stretch. If you watch dogs and cats, you’ll get an idea of how natural it is. The general55is simple: whenever the body has been in one position for a while, it is good to56 stretch it in an opposite position.there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.Junk food is everywhere. We’re eating way too much of it. Most of us know what we’re doing and yet we do it anyway.So here’s a suggestion offered by two researchers at the Rand Corporation: Why not take a lesson from alcohol control policies and apply them to where food is sold and how it’s displayed?“Many policy mea sures to control obesity（肥胖症）assume that people consciously and rationally choose what and how much they eat and therefore focus on providing information and more access to healthier foods,” note the two researchers.“In contrast,” the researchers continue, “many regulations that don’t assume people make rational choices have been successfully applied to control alcohol, a substance —like food —of which immoderate consumption leads to serious health problems.”The research references studies of people’s behavior with food and alcohol and results of alcohol restrictions, and then lists five regulations that the researchers think might be promising if applied to junk foods. Among them:Density restrictions: licenses to sell alcohol aren’t handed out unplanned to all comers but are allotted（分配）based on the number of places in an area that already sell alcohol. These make alcohol less easy to get and reduce the number of psychological cues to drink.Similarly, the researchers say, being presented with junk food stimulates our desire to eat it. So why not limit the density of food outlets, particularly ones that sell food rich in empty calories? And why not limit sale of food in places that aren’t primarily food stores?Display and sales restrictions: California has a rule prohibiting alcohol displays near the cash registers in gas stations, and in most places you can’t buy alcohol at drive-through facilities. Atsupermarkets, food companies pay to have their wares in places where they’re easily seen. One cou ld remove junk food to the back of the store and ban them from the shelves at checkout lines. The other measures include restricting portion sizes, taxing and prohibiting special price deals for junk foods, and placing warning labels on the products.57. What does the author say about junk food?A) People should be educated not to eat too much.B) It is widely consumed despite its ill reputation.C) Its temptation is too strong for people to resist.D) It causes more harm than is generally realized.58. What do the Rand researchers think of many of the policy measures to control obesity?A) They should be implemented effectively.B) They provide misleading information.C) They are based on wrong assumptions.D) They help people make rational choices.59. Why do policymakers of alcohol control place density restrictions?A) Few people are able to resist alcohol’s temptations.B) There are already too many stores selling alcohol.C) Drinking strong alcohol can cause social problems.D) Easy acces s leads to customers’ over-consumption.60. What is the purpose of California’s rule about alcohol display ingas stations?A) To effectively limit the density of alcohol outlets.B) To help drivers to give up the habit of drinking.C) To prevent possible traffic jams in nearby areas.D) To get alcohol out of drivers’ immediate sight.61. What is the general guideline the Rand researchers suggest about junk food control?A) Guiding people to make rational choices about food.B) Enhancing people’s aw areness of their own health.C) Borrowing ideas from alcohol control measures.D) Resorting to economic, legal and psychological means. Passage TwoQuestions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.Kodak’s decision to file for bankruptcy（破产）protection is a sad, though not unexpected, turning point for a leading American corporation that pioneered consumer photography and dominated the film market for decades, but ultimately failed to adapt to the digital revolution.Although many attribute Kodak’s downfall to “complacency(自满) ,” that explanation doesn’t acknow-ledge the lengths to which the company went to reinvent itself. Decades ago, Kodak anticipated that digital photography would overtake film —and in fact, Kodakinvented the first digital camera in 1975 — but in a fateful decision, the company chose to shelf its new discovery to focus on its traditional film business.It wasn’t that Kodak was blind to the future, said Rebecca Henderson, a professor at Harvard Business School, but rather that it failed to execute on a strategy to confront it. By the time the company realized its mistake, it was too late.Kodak is an example of a firm that was very much aware that they had to adapt, and spent a lot of money trying to do so, but ultimately failed. Large companies have a difficult time switching into new markets because there is a temptation to put existing assets into the new businesses.Although Kodak anticipated the inevitable rise of digital photography, its corporate（企业的）culture was too rooted in the successes of the past for it to make the clean break necessary to fully embrace the future. They were a company stuck in time. Their history was so important to them. Now their history has become a liability.Kodak’s downfall over the last sev eral decades was dramatic. In 1976, the company commanded 90% of the market for photographic film and 85% of the market for cameras. But the 1980s brought new competition from Japanese film company Fuji Photo, which undermined Kodak by offering lower prices for film and photo supplies. Kodak’s decision not to pursue the role of official film for the1984 Los Angeles Olympics was a major miscalculation. The bid went instead to Fuji, which exploited its sponsorship to win a permanent foothold in the marketplace.62. What do we learn about Kodak?A) It went bankrupt all of a sudden.B) It is approaching its downfall.C) It initiated the digital revolution in the film industry.D) It is playing a dominant role in the film market.63. Why does the author me ntion Kodak’s invention of the first digital camera?A) To show its early attempt to reinvent itself.B) To show its effort to overcome complacency.C) To show its quick adaptation to the digital revolution.D) To show its will to compete with Japan’s Fuji photo.64. Why do large companies have difficulty switching to new markets?A) They find it costly to give up their existing assets.B) They tend to be slow in confronting new challenges.C) They are unwilling to invest in new technology.D) They are deeply stuck in their glorious past.65. What does the author say Kodak’s history has become?A) A burden.B) A mirror.C) A joke.D) A challenge.66. What was Kodak’s fatal mistake?A) Its blind faith in traditional photography.B) Its failure to see Fuji photo’s emergence.C) Its refusal to sponsor the 1984 Olympics.D) Its overconfidence in its corporate culture.Passage One到处都是垃圾食品。

大学英语六级改革适用（阅读）模拟试卷294(题后含答案及解析) 题型有： 3. Reading ComprehensionPart III Reading ComprehensionSection CThe period of adolescence, i.e., the period between childhood and adulthood, may be long or short, depending on social expectations and on society’s definition as to what constitutes maturity and adulthood. In primitive societies adolescence is frequently a relatively short period of time, while in industrial societies with patterns of prolonged education coupled with laws against child labor, the period of adolescence is much longer and may include most of the second decade of one’s life. Furthermore, the length of the adolescent period and the definition of adulthood status may change in a given society as social and economic conditions change. Examples of this type of change are the disappearance of the frontier in the latter part of the nineteenth century in the United States, and more universally, the industrialization of an agricultural society. In modern society, ceremonies for adolescence have lost their formal recognition and symbolic significance and there no longer is agreement as to what constitutes initiation ceremonies. Social ones have been replaced by a sequence of steps that lead to increased recognition and social status. For example, grade school graduation, high school graduation and college graduation constitute such a sequence, and while each step implies certain behavioral changes and social recognition, the significance of each depends on the socio-economic status and the educational ambition of the individual. Ceremonies for adolescence have also been replaced by legal definitions of status roles, rights, privileges and responsibilities. It is during the nine years from the twelfth birthday to the twenty-first that the protective and restrictive aspects of childhood and minor status are removed and adult privileges and responsibilities are granted. The twelve-year-old is no longer considered a child and has to pay full fare for train, airplane, theater and movie tickets. Basically, the individual at this age loses childhood privileges without gaining significant adult rights. At the age of sixteen the adolescent is granted certain adult rights, which increases his social status by providing him with more freedom and choices. He now can obtain a driver’s license; he can leave public schools; and he can work without the restrictions of child; labor laws. At the age of eighteen the law provides adult responsibilities as well as rights; the young man can now be a soldier, but he also can marry without parental permission. At the age of twenty-one the individual obtains his full legal rights as an adult. He now can vote, he can buy liquor, he can enter into financial contracts, and he is entitled to run for public office. No additional basic rights are acquired as a function of age after majority status has been attained. None of these legal provisions determine at what point adulthood has been reached but they do point to the prolonged period of adolescence.1．The period of adolescence is much longer in industrial societies because _____.A．the definition of maturity has changedB．the industrialized society is more developedC．more education is provided and laws against child labor are madeD．ceremonies for adolescence have lost their formal recognition and symbolic significance正确答案：C解析：与原始社会相比，人类进步到工业化社会以后，青春期变长了。

2018年6月英语六级阅读理解-6神童Violin prodigies (神童), I learned, have come in distinct waves from distinct regions. Most of the great performers if the late 19th and early 20th centuries were born and brought up in Russia and Eastern Europe.I asked Isaac Stern, one of the world’s greatest violinists the reason for this phenomenon. It is very clear, he told me. They were all Jews(犹太人) and Jews at the time were severely oppressed and ill treated in that part of the world. They were not allowed into the professional fields, but they were allowed to achieve excellence on a concert stage. As a result, every Jewish parent’s dream was to have a child in the music school because it was a passport to the West.Another element in the emergence of prodigies, I found, is a society that values excellence in a certain field to nurture (培育) talent. Nowadays, the most nurturing societies seem to be in the Far East. “In Japan, a most competitive society, with stronger discipline than ours. ”says Isaac Stem, children are ready to test their limits every day in many fields, including music. When Western music came to Japan after World WarⅡ, that music not only became part of their daily lives, but it became a discipline as well. The Koreans and Chinese as we know, are just as highly motivated as the Japanese.That’s a good thing, because even prodigies must work hard. Next to hard work,biological inheritance plays an important role in the making of a prodigy. J. S. Bach, for example, was the top of several generations of musicians, and four of his sons had significant careers in music.练习题：Choose correct answers to the question:1.Jewish parents in Eastern Europe longed for their children to attend music schoolbecause ______ .A. it would allow them access to a better life in the WestB. Jewish children are born with excellent musical talentC, they want their children to enter professional fieldsD. it would enable the family to get better treatment in their own country2.Nurturing societies as mentioned in the passage refer to societies that______ .A. enforce strong discipline on students who want to achieve excellenceB. treasure talent and provide opportunities for its full developmentC. encourage people to compete with each otherD. promise talented children high positions3.Japan is described in the passage as a country that attaches importance to______ .A. all-round development.B. the learning of Western musicC. strict training of childrenD. variety in academic studies4. Which of the following options helps show music geniusto the passage?A. A natural gift.B. Extensive knowledge of music.C. Very early training.D. prejudice - free society.5.Which of the following titles best summarizes the main idea of the passage?A. Jewish Contribution to Music.B. Training of Musicians in the WorldC. Music and SocietyD. The Making of Prodigies1.[A] 原文首段后一句提到，所有犹太人父母的梦想就是让孩子上音乐学校，由because引导的从句解释了原因，即因为这是通往西方世界的通行证。

2019 英语六级外刊阅读练习：高智商的人更易吸毒熟悉四六级阅读理解题型的同学应该都了解，英语四六级考试阅读理解材料大多选自《时代》《卫报》《科学美国人》等外刊。

要想阅读理解这部分拿到高分，必须在平常多阅读，掌握新词汇，锻炼阅读速度。

本篇阅读材料“为什么高智商的人更易吸毒”选自《时代》(原文标题：Why Kids With High IQs Are More Likely to Take Drugs? 2011.11.16 )，如果大家觉得比较简单，就当作泛读材料了解了解，理解几个新单词或新表达方式也不错。

如果大家觉得这些材料理解上有难度，不妨当做挑战自己的拔高训练，希望大家都有进步AAPeople with high IQs are more likely to smoke marijuana and take other illegal drugs, compared with those who score lower on intelligence tests, according to a new study from the U.K."It's counterintuitive," says lead author James White of the Center for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement at Cardiff University in Wales. "It's not what we thought we would find."counterintuitive adj. 违反直觉的The research was based on interviews with some 7,900 British people born in early April 1970. Researchers measured the participants IQs at ages 5 and 10, then followed up with them at ages 16 and 30, asking about symptoms of psychological distress and drug use as part of a larger survey.At age 30, about 35% of men and 16% of women said they had smoked marijuana at least once in the previous year; over the same time period, 9% of men and 4% of women said they had taken cocaine. Previous-year drug users tended to have scored higher on IQ tests thannon-users.The IQ effect was larger in women ：women in the topthird of the IQ range at age 5 were more than twice as likely to have taken marijuana or cocaine by age 30, compared with those scoring in the bottom third. The men with the highest IQs were nearly 50% more likely to have taken amphetamines and 65% more likely to have taken ecstasy, compared to those with lower scores.And these results held even when researchers controlled for factors like socioeconomic status and psychological distress, which are also correlated with rates of drug use.correlate n. 有相互关系的东西，相关物v. 1. [T] 使有相互关系，使相互关联 2. [I] 互相相关系adj. 相关的，关连的So why might smarter kids be more likely to try drugs? "People with high IQs are more likely to score high on personality scales of openness to experience," says White. "They may be more willing to experiment and seek out novel experiences."Another factor could be that the messages used to attempt to deter teens from drug use —particularly duringthe 1980s in the U.K. when the study group was in adolescence —weren't exactly known for the subtlety of their reasoning, so they may not have targeted the smarter group well.deter v. 制止；阻止"What you typically find is that people with high IQs are less likely to smoke , more likely to be active and to have a good diet," says White, noting that they are also likely to have high socioeconomic status. People in this group tend to make healthy choices, based both on health information and their own experience.socioeconomic status 社会经济地位；社会经济状况This group isn't likely to see occasional drug use as particularly harmful, White says, both because there is little data to suggest great risk of harm from such use and because evidence of harm is rare among their peers. "With smoking, the evidence is overwhelming," says White, "whereas when you look at things like cannabis use, since they are more likely to associate with people who are similar to them, they are likely to see that smoking cannabis relatively infrequently doesn't have huge impact."whereas conj. （用以比较或对比两个事实）但是，不过，即使In contrast, drug users with less education and wealth are more likely to be exposed to negative consequences of drug use. This is due in part to the fact that money itself can buy protection against the types of criminal involvement and disease that can affect poor drug users.be exposed to 曝光；面临；遭受"The likely mechanism is openness to experience," White concludes, "and, I think, it's also this idea of having an educated view of risk as well." （Of course, American views about what consists of an "educated" perspective on drug。

2018年6月英语四级作文题目预测及范文：吸毒一些作文素材有助于作文得高分，下面是无忧考网四六级频道为大家整理的《2018年6月英语四级作文题目预测及范文：吸毒》一文，希望给大家带来帮助。

Directions:1. 请描述我国吸毒者年龄分布情况2. 请说明发生这些变化的原因3. 这一变化对社会和个人的影响参考范文：As can be seen from the graph, there have been sharp changes in the age distribution of drug addicts. To be concrete, the teenage addicts only made up 10 percent of all the drugsters in 1982 while the ratio rose up to 65 in 2002.The causes for them are not hard to find. First , teenagers’fearless curiosity about everything new has led some of them into this marsh. Second, many of the young addicts turned for the first time to drugs for escape either from their failure in the national entrance exams or from their parents’breakup. And above all, our education in the harmfulness of drugs has been far from adequate to build teenagers’sound resistance to drugs. To sum up, the causes mentioned above must call for more of our concern, and effective measures should be taken to check the trend.Obviously the drastic change will exert great impact on individuals and the whole society. For one thing, drug-taking does great damage to the health of drug users.. For another, some drug users commit robbery or even murder their parentsand relatives to get money to buy drugs, which poses a great threat to the social security and the social stability. Therefore, it is high time we did something to put an end to this trend.。

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以下是店铺为大家搜索整理的2017年6月英语四级阅读理解试题，希望能给大家带来帮助!There are people in Italy who can’t stand soccer. Not all Canadians love hockey. A similar situation exists in America, where there are those individuals you may be one of them who yawn or even frown when somebody mentions baseball. 『Baseball to them means boring hours watching grown men in funny tight outfits standing around in a field staring away while very little of anything happens.』① They tell you it’s a game better suited to the 19th century, slow, quiet, gentlemanly. These are the same people you may be one of them who love football because there’s the sport that glorifies “the hit”.By contrast, baseball seems abstract, cool, silent, still.On TV the game is fractured into a dozen perspectives, replays, close?ups. The geometry of the game, however, is essential to understanding it. You will contemplate the game from one point as a painter does his subject; you may, of course, project yourself into the game. It is in this projection that the game affords so much space and time for involvement. The TV w on’t do it for you.Take, for example, the third baseman. You sit behind the third base dugout and you watch him watching home plate. His legs are apart, knees flexed. His arms hang loose. He does a lot of this. The skeptic still cannot think of any other sports so still, so passive. 『But watch what happens every time the pitcher throws: the third baseman goes up on his toes, flexes his arms or bringthe glove to a point in front of him, takes a step right or left, backward or forward, perhaps he glances across the field to check his first baseman’s position.』② Suppose the pitch is a ball. “Nothing happened,” you say. “I could have had my eyes closed.”The skeptic and the innocent must play the game. And this involvement in the stands is no more intellectual than listening to music is. Watch the third baseman. Smooth the dirt in front of you with one foot; smooth the pocket in your glove; watch the eyes of the batter, the speed of the bat, the sound of horsehide on wood. If football is a symphony of movement and theatre, baseball is chamber music, a spacious interlocking of notes, chores and responses.◆1. The passage is mainly concerned with ______.A. the different tastes of people for sportsB. the different characteristics of sportsC. the attraction of footballD. the attraction of baseball◆2. Those who don’t like baseball may complain that ______.A. it is only to the taste of the oldB. it involves fewer players than footballC. it is not exciting enoughD. it is pretentious and looks funny◆3. The auth or admits that ______.A. baseball is too peaceful for the youngB. baseball may seem boring when watched on TVC. football is more attracting than baseballD. baseball is more interesting than football◆4. By stating “I could have had my eyes closed. ” the author means (4th paragraph last sentence):A. The third baseman would rather sleep than play the game.B. Even if the third baseman closed his eyes a moment ago, it could make no different to the result.C. The third baseman is so good at baseball that he could finish the game with eyes closed all the time and do his work well.D. The consequent was too bad he could not bear to see it.◆5. We can safely conclude that the author ______.A. likes footballB. hates footballC. hates baseballD. likes baseball英语四级阅读答案解析:1. D 主旨题。