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1、1四级阅读理解练习四级阅读理解练习(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 sav e carefully, the other being labor.
2、“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 peoplehave a rather acute shortness of each lifetim
3、e. Once the sands have run out of a persons hourglass, they cannot be replaced. We want every minute to count. A foreigners 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 ar e going, restlessly s
4、eeking attention in a store, elbowing others as they try to com plete their errands. Racing through daytime meals is part of the pace of life in thi s country. Working time is considered precious. Others in public eating places ar e waiting for you to finish so they too can be served and get back to
5、 work within t he time allowed. Each person hurries to make room for the next person. If you d ont, 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. Dont take it personally. Thi
6、s is because people value time highly, an d they resent someone else “wasting” it beyond a certain courtesy point This 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.”
7、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. Those coming from lands where time is looked upon differently may find this matter of pace to be one of their mo st difficult adjustments in both business and d
8、ay 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 leisu rely business chats in a cafe or coffee hous
9、e. Normally, Americans do not assess t heir visitors in such relaxed surroundings over prolonged small talk; much less d o they take them out for dinner, or around on the golf course while they develop a sense of trust and report. Rapport to most of us is less important than perform ance. We seek ou
10、t evidence of past performance rather than evaluate a business c olleague through social courtesies. Since we generally assess and probe professio nally rather than socially, we start talking business very quickly. Most Americans live according to time segments laid out in engagement calend ars. We
11、often give a person two or three (or more) segments of our calendar, but in business world we almost always have other appointments following hard on t he heels of whatever we are doing. Time is therefore always ticking in our inner e2ar. As a result we work hard at the task of saving time. We produ
12、ce a steady flow of 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 week
13、end gatherings. 1.“If you are not moving ahead, you are falling behind.“(Para.1,Line1) means _ A) if you are moving, you are falling down B) you would fall behind if you move aheadC) you are moving ahead or you are f alling behind D) you are not moving, you are disappear 2.The second paragraph impli
14、es _. A) everyones life has his regrets B) everybody has his default C) lifetime is not long for everyone D) lifetime is full of pities 3.In the American system of value, patience is not a high priority indicates _. A) patience is very important B) patience is high valuabl C) patience is not of valu
15、e D) patience is ranked after others4.“We begin to move restlessly about if we feel time is slipping away without som e return.”, this sentence reflects Americans attitude to life _ A) is not patient enough B) gets angry easily C) saves times D) values time 5. Is the article to_? A) narrate B) tell
16、story C) inform D) argue 答案与解析：答案与解析： 1.C理解题。第一段第一行中理解题。第一段第一行中 If you are not moving ahead, you are falling behind.的意思的意思是是。从文章的前两句我们可以得出，本句的意思为。从文章的前两句我们可以得出，本句的意思为“不进则退不进则退”，所以答案为，所以答案为 C。 2.C段落大意题。第二段表明了段落大意题。第二段表明了。文章第二段中有这样一句话：。文章第二段中有这样一句话：Many people have a rather acute sense of the shortness of each lifetime.这句话进一步说明了本段开头对于这句话进一步说明了本段开头对于时间的看法，指出时间的看法，指出“许多人深感人的一生之短促许多人深感人的一生之短促”。所以答案为。
