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1、大学英语四级考试模拟试卷及参考答案第 一套 资料仅供参考 大学英语四级考试模拟试卷及参考答案 第 一套 Part II Reading Comprehension 35 minute s Directions There are 4 reading passa ges in this part Each passage is followe d by some questions or unfinished stateme nts For each of them there are four choi ces marked A B C and D You should decide on t
2、he best choice and mark the co rresponding letter on the Answer Sheet wi th a single line through the center Pass age One Questions 21 to 25 are based on the follo wing passage There is a difference between science and technology Science is a method of a nswering theoretical questions technolog y is
3、 a method of solving practical proble ms Science has to do with discovering th e facts and relationships between observa ble phenomena in nature and with establis 资料仅供参考 hing theories that serve to organize thes e facts and relationships technology has to do with tools techniques and proced ures for
4、 implementing the finding of scie nce Another distinction between science a nd technology has to do with the progress in each Progress in science excludes the huma n factor Scientists who seek to compreh end the universe and know the truth withi n the highest degree of accuracy and cert ainty cannot
5、 pay attention to their own or other people s likes or dislikes or to popular ideas about the fitness of thing s What scientists discover may shock or anger people as did Darwin s theory of ev olution But even an unpleasant truth is more than likely to be useful besides w e have the choice of refusi
6、ng to believe it But hardly so with technology we do not have the choice of refusing to hear t 资料仅供参考 he sonic boom produced by a supersonic ai rcraft flying overhead we do not have th e option of refusing to breathe polluted air and we do not have the option of liv ing in a non atomic age Unlike sc
7、ience p rogress technology must be measured in t erms of the human factor The legitimate purpose of technology is to serve people in general not merely some people and f uture generations not merely those who p resently wish to gain advantage for thems elves Technology must be humanistic if i t is t
8、o lead to a better world 21 The difference between science an d technology lies in that A the former provides answers to the oretical questions while the latter to pr actical problems B the former seeks to comprehend the universe while the latter helps change t he material world 资料仅供参考 C the former
9、aims to discover the in ter connections of facts and the rules th at explain them while the latter to disc over new designs and ways of making the t hings we use in our daily life D all of the above 22 Which of the following may be rep resentative of science A The improvement of people s life B The
10、theory of people s life C Farming tools D Mass production 23 According to the author scientif ic theories A must be strictly objective B usually take into consideration pe ople s likes and dislikes C should conform to popular opinions D always appear in perfect and finis hed forms 24 The author stat
11、es that technology itself 资料仅供参考 A is responsible for widespread poll ution and resource exhaustion B should serve those who wish to gai n advantage for themselves C will lead to a better world if put to wise use D will inevitably be for bad purpose 25 The tone of the author in this pa ssage is A po
12、sitive B negative C factual D critical Passage Two Questions 26 to 30 are based on the fol lowing passage Americans have always been ambivalent in their attitudes toward education On the one hand free and universal public e ducation was seen as necessary in a democ racy for how else would citizens l
13、earn h ow to govern themselves in a responsible way On the other hand America was alway s a country that offered financial opport unities for which education was not neede 资料仅供参考 d on the road from rags to riches schoo ling beyond the basics of reading writin g and arithmetic was an unnecessary deto
14、 ur Even today it is still possible for people to achieve financial success witho ut much education but the number of situ ations in which this is possible is decre asing In today s more complex world the opportunities for financial success is c losely related to the need for education especially hi
15、gher education Our society is rapidly becoming one w hose chief product is information and de aling with this information requires more and more specialized education In other words we grow up learning more and more about fewer and fewer subjects In the future this trend is likely t o continue Tomor
16、row s world will be even more complex than today s world and to 资料仅供参考 manage this complexity even more specia lized education will be needed 26 The topic treated in this passage is A education in general B Americans attitudes C higher education D American educa tion 27 Americans attitudes toward educa tion have always been A certain B contradictory C ambiti ous D unclear 28 Today financial success is close ly related to the need for A higher education B public educati on C responsible citizens
