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1、 2022年6月恩波英语四级模考（一）Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a s
2、ingle line through the center.Passage one:Nuclear powers danger to health, safety, and even life itself can be summed up in one word: radiation.Nuclear radiation has a certain mystery about it, party because it cannot be detected by human senses. It cant be seen or heard, or touched or tasted, even
3、tough it may be all around us. There are other things like that. For example, radio waves are all around us but we cant detect them, sense them, without a radio receiver. Similarly, we cant sense radioactivity without a radiation detector. But unlike common radio waves, nuclear radiation is not harm
4、less to human beings and other living things.At very high levels, radiation can kill an animal or human being outright(全部地)by killing masses of cells in vital organs. But even the lowest level of radiation can do serious damage. There is no level of radiation that is completely safe. If the radiatio
5、n does not hit anything important, the damage may not be significant. This is the case when only a few cells are hit, and if they are killed outright, your body will replace the dead cells with healthy ones. But if the few cells are only damaged, and if they reproduce themselves, you may be in troub
6、le. They reproduce themselves in a deformed way. They can grow into cancer. Sometimes this does not show up for many years.This is another reason for some of the mystery about nuclear radiation. Serious damage can be done without the victim being aware at the time that damage has occurred. A person
7、can be irradiated and feel fine, then die of cancer five, ten, or twenty years later as a result. Or a child can be born weak or liable to serious illness as result of radiation absorbed by its grandparents.Radiation can hurt us. We must know the truth.11. According to the author, the danger of nucl
8、ear power lies in _.A. nuclear mysteryB. radiation detectionC. nuclear radiationD. radiation level12. What can we infer from the passage?A. We cant detect radioactivity even with modern equipment.B. Only radiation at very high levels can kill an animal or human being.C. If a few cells are only damag
9、ed healthy cells will take the place of dead onesD. Radiation is harmful no matter what level it is.13. The word “significant” in paragraph 3 has the similar meaning with_.A. fatalB. meaningfulC. harmfulD. remarkable14. Radiation can hurt us in that it can_.A. affect the healthy growth of our offspr
10、ing.B. damage cells which grow into cancer years later.C. kill large number of cells in main organs so as to cause death immediately.D. all of the above15. Whats the authors main purpose in writing this passage?A. Emphasizing the importance of protection of radiation.B. Solving the mystery about rad
11、iation.C. Discussing the cause of cancer.D. Introducing the nuclear power.Passage two:A few years ago a young mother watched her husband diaper(给换尿布) their firstborn son. “You done not have to be unhappy about it,” she protested. “You can talk to him and smile a little.” The father, who happened to
12、be a psychologist, answered firmly, “He has nothing to say to me, and I have nothing to say to him.”Psychologist now know how wrong that father was. From the moment of birth, a baby has a great deal to say to his parent and they to him. But a decade or so ago, these experts wear describing the newbo
13、rn as a primitive creature who reacted only by reflex, a helpless victim of its environment without capacity to influence it. And mothers accepted the truth. Most thought (and some still do) that a new infant could see only blurry(模糊的) shadows, that his other senses were undeveloped, and that all he
14、 required was nourishment, clean diapers, and a warm bassinet.Today university laboratories across the country are studying newborns in their first month of life. As a result, psychologists now describe the new baby as perceptive , with remarkable learning abilities and an even more remarkable capac
15、ity to shape his or her environment including the attitudes and actions of his parents. Some researchers believe that the neonatal period may even be the most significant four weeks in an entire lifetime.Far from being helpless, the newborn knows what he likes and rejects what he doesnt. He shut out unpleasant sensations by closing his eyes or averting his face. He is a glutton for novelty. He prefers animate things over inanimate and likes people more than anything.When a more nine minutes out, an infant prefers a human face to a head-shaped outlin
