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1、四级口语阅读真题练习关注的五点1. 开头2. 结尾3. 转折but, despite, in spite of, instead, while, although, on the other hand, for another4. 因果on account of, because, as a result of, due to, trigger off, responsible for, to blame, accordingly, consequently, contribute to5. 数字1. Many people catch a cold in the spring time an
2、d fall. It makes us wonder if scientists can send a man to the moon, why they cant find a cure for the common cold. The answer is easy. There are exactly hundreds of kinds of cold viruses there. You never know which one you will get, so there isnt a cure for each one.When a virus attacks your body,
3、the body works hard to get rid of it. Blood rushes to your nose and brings congestion(充血)with it .You feel terrible because you cant breathe well, but your body is actually eating the virus. Your temperature rises and you get a fever, but the heat of your body is killing the virus. You also have a r
4、unning nose to stop the virus from getting to your cells. You may feel miserable, but actually your wonderful body is doing everything it can to kill the cold.Q1. Why cant we find a cure for the common cold?Q2. What does the speaker say about the symptoms of the common cold?2.The thought of having n
5、o sleep for 24 hours or more isnt a pleasant one for most people. The amount of sleep that each person needs varies. In general, each of us needs about 8 hours of sleep each day to keep us healthy and happy. Some people, however, can get by with just a few hours of sleep at night.It doesnt matter wh
6、en or how much a person sleeps. But everyone needs some rest to stay alive. Few doctors would have thought that there might be an exception to this. Sleep is, after all, a very basic need. Q1. What is taken for granted by most people?Q2. What do most people think of sleep? 3. Most American college s
7、tudents need to be efficient readers. This is necessary because full-time students probably have to read several hundred pages every week. They dont have time to read a chapter three or four times. They need to extract as much information as possible from the first or second reading.An extraordinari
8、ly important study skill is knowing how to mark a book. Students mark the main ideas and important details with a pen or pencil, yellow or blue or orange. Some students mark new vocabulary in a different color. Most students write questions or short notes in the margins. Marking a book is a useful s
9、kill, but its important to do it right. Q1. Why do most American college students need to be efficient readers?Q2. What is an extraordinarily important study skill? Donna Fredricks served with the Peace Corps for two years in Brazil. She joined the Peace Corps after she graduated from the college be
10、cause she wanted to do something to help other people. She had been brought up on a farm, so the Peace Corps assigned her to an agricultural project. Before she went to Brazil, she studied Portuguese for three months. She also learned a great deal about its history and culture. During her two years
11、with the Peace Corps, Donna lived in a village in northeastern Brazil. That part of Brazil is very dry and farming is often difficult there. Donna helped the people of the village to organize an irrigation project, and she also advised them on planting corps that didnt require much water.Q1. Why did
12、 Donna join the Peace Corps after she graduated from college? Q2. What was Donna assigned to do in Brazil? Scientists understand how twins are born. Now, though, they are trying to explain how being half of a biological pair influences a twins identity. They want to know why many identical twins mak
13、e similar choices even when they dont live near each other. For example, Jim Springer and Jim Louis are identical twins. They were separated when they were only four months old. The two Jims grew up indifferent families and did not meet for 39 years. When they finally met, they discovered some surpr
14、ising similarities between them. Both men were married twice. Their first wives were named Linda, and their second wives were both named Betty. Both twins named their first sons James Allan.Q1. What are scientists trying to explain according to the passage?Q2. What do we learn about the twin Jims?An
15、dorra, one of the smallest countries in the world, is located high in the mountains between France and Spain. The country covers only 179 square miles. That is less than haft the size of New York City. High, rocky mountains surround Andorra. Until the 1930s, travelers had difficulty reaching the cou
16、ntry. Up until that time, people in Andorra lived the way they had lived for centuries. Most Andorrans worked as farmers. Things did not change quickly. When roads were built from France and Spain to Andorra in the 1930s, life picked up speed. Tourists began to visit the small country. These tourists brought in a lot of money to spend while visiting.Q1. How big does the speaker say Andorra is?Q2. What event
