《2022年12月英语四级阅读练习题及答案(1)》由会员分享，可在线阅读，更多相关《2022年12月英语四级阅读练习题及答案(1)（8页珍藏版）》请在金锄头文库上搜索。
1、2022年12月英语四级阅读练习题及答案(1)Section CDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A ),B, Cand D ). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with
2、 a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage. Peoples tastes in recreation differ widely. At a recent festival of pop-music in the Isle of Wight, crowds of teenagers flocked to listen to their favorite singers and musicians. They went with single
3、 railway tickets and slept in the open, a very risky thing to do in the climate of Britain, even in August. They were packed together like sardines for four days. There were innumerable thieves, a gang of roughs tried several times to break things up, and police were everywhere. At the end of the fe
4、stival many young fans found themselves broke, with no money left,and they had difficulty in getting back home. Most people would consider these conditions a nightmare of discomfort; the fans appeared to enjoy it all enormously. Even in the overcrowded United Kingdom there are large tracts of open u
5、n-spoilt country, where people with more traditional tastes can go for quiet, and for the sense of freedom they derive from contact with nature. In the national parks especially, modern development of housing and industry is strictly controlled. Visitors may walk for miles through landscape of the g
6、reatest beauty and wildness, and often of considerable historic or scientific interest. Along the coasts of some of the maritime counties, public pathways have been created; these paths stretch for many miles along cliffs that look out on the Atlantic Ocean or the English Channel. Another path,lying
7、 inland, goes along the range of mountains in the north of England. It is called the Pennine Way. Here, the long-distance waller and the nature-lover can find much to enjoy, without feeling disturbed by large numbers of their fellows. Yet few people make full use of the national parks established fo
8、r everyones benefit. The commonest thing nowadays is for family groups to motor out to a beautiful spot and park their cars in a lay-by ( 英国的路旁停车带 ). A picnic basket is produced, along with a folding table and chairs, a kettle and a portable stove. They then settle down to a picnic in the lay-by bes
9、ide the car. Apparently their idea of enjoyment is to get into the fresh air and amongst the country sights and sounds without having to wall a yard. They seem almost to like to hear and to smell the traffic.56. In Britain it is very risky to _.Ago with a single railway ticket Blisten to pop-music a
10、t the festival C. sleep in the openDpack together in crowds57. At the end of the festival, many young fans_.Awere arrested by the policeBhad spent most of their money Cwere sleeping outDbecame quite penniless58. Even in the overcrowded United Kingdom there are large_.Atracks through the open country
11、 Bareas of country without soil Careas of countryside not developedDexpanses of land where nobody works59. Public pathways are created for people to_.Acommute to workBenjoy long-distance walking C. wall to maritime countiesDvisit the historic or scenic sites60. Family groups nowadays like to_.Ahave
12、meals out of doors by the road-sideBgo for a walk away from home Cdrive out past the beautiful placesDhear and smell the animalsPassage TwoQuestions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage.Shopping for clothes is not the same experience for a man as it is for a woman. A man goes shopping because
13、 he needs something. His purpose is settled and decided in advance. He knows what he wants, and his objective is to find it and buy it; the price is a secondary consideration. All men simply walk into a shop and ask the assistant for what they want. If the shop has it in stock, the salesman promptly
14、 produces it, and the business of trying it on proceeds at once. All being well, the deal can be and often is completed in less than five minutes, with hardly any chat and to everyones satisfaction.For a man, slight problems may begin when the shop does not have what he wants, or does not have eactl
15、y what he wants. In that case the salesman, as the name implies, tries to sell the customer something else-he offers the nearest he can to the article required. No good salesman brings out such a substitute bluntly; he does so with skill and polish. I know this jacket is not the style you want, sir,
16、 but would you like to try it for size? It happens to be the color you mentioned. Few men have patience with this treatment, and the usual response is: This is the right color and may be the right size, but I should be wasting my time and yours by trying it on. Now how does a woman go about buying clothes? In almost every respect she does so in the opposite way.Her shopping is not often based
