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1、历年英语四级真题阅读理解 1989 年 1 月 Reading Comprehension Passage One More than 30,000 drivers and front seat passengers are killed or seriously injured each year. At the speed of only 30 miles per hour it is the same as falling from a third- floor windows. Wearing a seat belt saves lives; it reduces your chanc
2、e of death or serious injury by more than half. Therefore drivers or front seat passengers over 14 in most vehicles must wear a seat belt. If you do not, you could be fined up to 50. it will not be up to the drivers to make sure you wear your belt. But it will be the drivers responsibility to make s
3、ure that children under 14 do not ride in the front unless they are wearing a seat belt of some kind. However, you do not have to wear a seat belt if you reversing your vehicle; or you are making a local delivery or collection using a special vehicle; or if you have a valid medical certificate which
4、 excuses you from wearing it. Make sure these circumstances apply to you before you decide not to wear you seat belt. Remember you may be taken to court for not doing so, and you may be fined if you cannot prove to the court that you have been excused from wearing it. 21. This text is taken from _.
5、A) a medical magazine B) a police report C) a legal document D) a government information booklet 22. Wearing a seat belt in a vehicle _. A) reduces road accidents by more than half B) saves lives while driving at a speed up to 30 miles per hour C) reduces the death rate in traffic accidents D) saves
6、 more than 15,000 lives each year 23. It is the drivers responsibility to _. A) make the front seat passenger wear a seat belt B) make the front seat children under 14 wear a seat beltC) stop children riding in the front seat D) wear a seat belt each time he drives 24. According to the text, which o
7、f the following people riding in the front dos not have to wear a seat belt? A) Someone who is backing into a parking space. B) Someone who is picking up the children from the local school. C) Someone who is delivering invitation letters. D) Someone who is under 14. 25. For some people, it may be be
8、tter _. A) to wear a seat belt for health reasons B) not to wear a seat belt for health reasons C) to get valid medical certificate before wearing a seat belt D) to pay a fine rather than wear a seat belt Passage Two If you want to stay young, sit down and have a good think. This is the research fin
9、ding of a team of Japanese doctors, who say that most of our brains are not getting enough exerciseand as a result, we are ageing unnecessarily soon. Professor Taiju Matsuzawa wanted to find out why otherwise healthy farmers in northern Japan appeared to be losing their ability to think and reason a
10、t a relatively early age, and how the process of ageing could be slowed down. With a team of colleagues at Tokyo National University, he set about measuring brain volumes of a thousand people of different ages and varying occupations. Computer technology enabled the researchers to obtain precise mea
11、surements of the volume of the front and side sections of the brain, which relate to intellect (智能) and emotion, and determine the human character. (The rear section of the brain, which controls functions like eating and breathing, does not contract with age, and one can continue living without inte
12、llectual or emotional faculties.) Contraction of front and side partsas cells die offwas observed I some subjects in their thirties, but it was still not evident in some sixty- and seventy-year- olds. Matsuzawa concluded from his tests that there is a simple remedy to the contraction normally associ
13、ated with ageusing the head. The findings show in general terms that contraction of the brain begins sooner in people in the country than in the towns. Those least at risk, says Matsuzawa, are lawyers, followed by university professors and doctors. White collar workers doing routine work in governme
14、nt offices are, however, as likely to have shrinking brains as the farm worker, bus driver and shop assistant.Matsuzawas findings show that thinking can prevent the brain from shrinking. Blood must circulate properly in the head to supply the fresh oxygen the brain cells need. “The best way to maint
15、ain good blood circulation is through using the brain,” he says, “Think hard and engage in conversation. Dont rely on pocket calculators.” 26. The team of doctors wanted to find out _. A) why certain people age sooner than others B) how to make people live longer C) the size of certain peoples brain
16、s D) which people are most intelligent 27. On what are their research findings based? A) A survey of farmers in northern Japan. B) Tests performed on a thousand old people. C) The study of brain volumes of different people D) The latest development of computer technology. 28. The doctors test show that _. A) our brains shrink as we grow older B) the front section of the brain does not shrink C) sixty-year-olds ha
