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1、Word文档下载后（可任意编辑） 6月英语四级阅读理解练习及解析5 英语四级考试为帮助各位考生做好备考，今天带大家一起来场英语四级阅读模拟试题特别训练。阅读练习不仅仅训练考生的词汇积累，更是对语法、逻辑分析能力的考察。还在等什么呢？马上跟随的脚步一起开启今天的学习吧！ “The worlds environment is surprisingly healthy. Discuss.”If that were an examination topic, most students would tear it apart. offering a long list of complaints: f
2、rom local smog (烟雾) to global climate change, from the felling(砍伐) of forests to the extinction of species. The list would largely be accurate,the concern legitimate. Yet the students who should be given the highest marks would actually be those who agreed with the statement. The surprise is how goo
3、d things are, not how bad. After all. the worlds population has more than tripled during this century, and world output has risen hugely. so you would expect the earth itself to have been affected. Indeed, if people lived, consumed and produced things in the same way as they did in 1900 (or 1950. or
4、 indeed 1980), the world by now would be a pretty disgusting place: smelly, dirty. toxic and dangerous. But they dont. The reasons why they dont. and why the environment has not been ruined. have to do with prices. technological innovation, social change and government regulation in response to popu
5、lar pressure. That is why todays environmental problems in the poor countries ought. in principle, to be solvable. Raw materials have not run out. and show no sign of doing so. Logically. one day they must: the planet is a finite place. Yet it is also very big. and man is very ingenious. What has ha
6、ppened is chat every time a material seems to be running short, the price has risen and. in response. people have looked for new sources of supply, tried to find ways to use less of the material, or looked for a new substitute. For this reason prices for energy and for minerals have fallen in real t
7、erms during the century. The same is true for food. Prices fluctuate, in response to harvests. natural disasters and political instability; and when they rise, it takes some time before new sources of supply become available. But they always do. assisted by new farming and crop technology. The long-
8、term trend has been downwards. It is where prices and markets do not operate properly that this benign (良性的) trend begins to scumble, and the genuine problems arise. Markets cannot always keep the environment healthy. If no one owns the resource concerned. no one has an interest in conserving it or
9、fostering it: fish is the best example of this. 1.According to the author, most students_. A) believe the worlds environment is in an undesirable condition B) agree that the environment of the world is not as bad as it is thought to be C) get high marks for their good knowledge of the worlds environ
10、ment D) appear somewhat unconcerned about the state of the worlds environment 2.The huge increase in world production and population_. A) has made the world a worse place to live in B) has had a positive influence on che environment C) has not significantly affected the environment D) has made the w
11、orld a dangerous place to live in 3.One of the reasons why the long-term trend of prices bas been downwards is that_. A) technological innovation can promote social stability B) political instability will cause consumption io drop C) new farming and crop technology can lead to overproduction D) new
12、sources are always becoming available 4.Fish resources are diminishing because_. A) no new substitutes can be found in large quantities B) they are not owned by any particular entity C) improper methods of fishing have ruined che fishing grounds D) water pollution is extremely serious 5.The primary
13、solution to environmental problems is_. A) to allow market forces to operate properly B) to curb consumption of natural resources C) to limit the growth of the world population D) to avoid fluctuations in prices 答案： 1.认为，大部分学生_。 A)相信全球环境现在是糟糕的 B)同意全球环境没有人们想象的那么糟糕 C)在关于全球环境知识上掌握得很好，取得了很高的分数 D)对全球环境表现
14、出不关心的态度 A根据文章第1段前两句“如果以全球环境状况非常好作为考试题，大多数学生会将试卷撕碎，并列出一大堆的抱怨，从烟雾到全球气候变暖，从砍伐森林到物种灭绝”，由此可推断，大多数学生认为全球环境并不令人满意。因此,A正确。 2.世界生产力和人口的激增，_。 A)使得这个世界的居住环境更加糟糕 B)已经对环境造成了正面的影响 C)并没有严重地影响环境 D)使得世界的居住环境更加危险 C根据文章第2段全段和第3段首句“本世纪，全球人口增加了三倍多，全球产量也有巨大的增长，因此你可能会认为地球会受到影响。的确.如果人们还像1900年或1950年甚至1980年那样居住，消费和生产，那么到现在，地
15、球很可能是一个令人厌恶的地方但人们没有这样做”，注意此处的虚拟语气，由此可推断产量和人口的增加并没有对全球环境造成太大的影响，故此，应选C。 3.从长期来看，价格是下降的，其中的一个原因是_。 A)技术创新促进了社会稳定型 B)政治的不稳定性会导致消费下降 C)新的农耕和作物技术会导致过度生产 D)总能获得新的资源 D根据文章第4段第4、5句“每次当一种资源似乎就要匮乏时，价格就会上升，相应地，人们会寻找新的资源，想方设法找到节省资源的方法或者寻找新的替代品。正因为如此，本世纪能源和矿产品的价格实质上已经下降了一，故应选D。 4.鱼类资源在减少，因为_。 A)没有大量的新替代品 B)鱼类资源不属于任何一个实体 C)不当的捕鱼方法损坏了渔
