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1、本文格式为Word版，下载可任意编辑大学英语四级模拟测试（三）（附答案） 听力（略） Part II Reading Comprehension 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), and you should decide which is the best choic
2、e. (40 points) Passage 1 Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage: Just like children, deer often cross British roads to get to the other side. But the cost is the deers life. At night, speeding cars hit and kill the animals. Now foresters are using natural animal instincts（本能）to preven
3、t dangerous crossings. In England, the British Forestry Commission has installed thousands of glowing red along woodland roads. The eyes are actually reflectors, plastic bars like the red reflectors on your bike. The ten-centimeter long bars are fixed on top of posts, with only these signs directed
4、towards the woods rather than the roads. When cars speed by, light rays from car headlights reflect off the reflectors shining surface and flash into the woods. Deer are instantly scared by the wolf eyes even though wolves havent hunted deer in Britain or even lived there for a hundred years! Scient
5、ists think the glowing light imitates the seen eye shine on cats. Mirror-like cells in the eyes reflect some light that hits them.) The deer must not have can sniff（嗅）deer out from 2.4 km away. In some areas where fewer deer have been killed at night. 26. In Britain, deers life is threatened _ . A)
6、by worsening environment B) by nightly beasts C) by automobiles D) by illegal hunting 27. The word A) workers in charge of forests B) traffic policemen C) raisers of wild animals D) road-building engineers 28. The nightly beasts eyes _. A) are as bright as mirrors B) are as shiny as car headlights C
7、) can work as plastic bars D) can reflect incoming light 29. The success of A) the deer is a kind of very timid animal B) animals can always be easily cheated C) all things in nature are related to each other D) the deers fear of wolves is genetically built 30. It is implied in the passage that _. A
8、) a wolf can run very fast in hot pursuit B) Great Britain pays great attention to animal protection C) a wolfs smell is ten times more sensitive than mans D) Britain has built many highways through woodlands Passage 2 Question 31 to 35 are based on the following passage: over matteris an English sa
9、ying meaning that we can control our bodies with our minds. Now scientists are finding increasing evidence that our mind can have a great effect on our physical health. Since our mind influences how we feel, its not impossible to say that someone is ill just because he feels ill. The influence of th
10、e mind on how well we feel is the basis of what is known as the placebo (which is Latin for sometimes given placebo pills and begin to feel better because they believe that they have been given real drugs and expect to respond to them. The placebo effect is very strong: research on pain suggests tha
11、t up to 30% of the effect of most painkillers is a placebo effect. So if its so powerful, why dont doctors use it today? According to Dr. Persaud, they do. being scanned（扫描）all have a very strong placebo effect, 31. The English saying A) sound mind is more important than good health B) our mind has
12、strong effect on our body C) our physical health has nothing to do with our mind D) mental health mainly depends on physical health 32. According to the first paragraph, if you feel ill, _. A) you dont need to see a doctor B) you are still in good condition C) it doesnt necessarily mean that youre p
13、hysically ill 33. According to the passage, placebos _. A) are real effective pills B) are not real drugs C) can relieve all kinds of pain D) may make patients feel worse 34. The placebo effect is based on _. A) a response of the body to drugs B) a harmless, inactive substance C) the constant use of
14、 some special drugs D) the influence of our minds on our bodies 35. Which of the following may least have a placebo effect? A) Concentrating ones mind over a matter. B) Taking sleeping pills before going to bed. C) Taking a physical examination. D) Talking with a doctor. Passage 3 Question 36 to 40
15、are based on the following passage: It is often thought that science fiction is a fairly new development in literature, but its ancestors（先驱）can be found in books written hundreds of years ago. These books were often concerned with the presentation of some form of ideal society, a theme which is still often found in modern stories. Most of the classics of science fiction, however, have been written within the last one hundred years. Books by writers such as Jules Verne and H. G. Wells, to mention just two well
