2014年专四阅读解析
TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2014) 阅读解析
81.[C] 细节题。根据题干提示，并由关键词Philip定位到第一段。由第三句可知学生的来源，走读的学生中有当地牧师、兵站军官和当地制造商以及生意人的孩子，可知有一部分学生是从当地招收的，故[C]为答案
82.[A] 推断题。菲利普的感觉可以从第一段最后一句进行推断，菲利普很惊讶地发现，休息时间很快就到了，并且前一句中提到他们的老师上课让孩子们很高兴，可知这个课程没有令他烦闷，相反，他应该比较喜欢这个课程，故选[A]。
83.[D] 细节题。文中提到菲利普摔倒是在第二段第九句。从第二段第五句可知，由于菲利普是跛足，他不能像其他新生一样抓住从身边跑过的孩子，因此成为其他孩子戏弄的对象，并且第九句提到有孩子故意绊倒他，可知他摔倒是因为他腿脚不方便，不能跑快，故选[D]
84.[B] 细节题。在第二段第十句和第十一句中，作者明确指出，菲利普摔倒后重新站起来，但其他孩子仍不停地模仿他、嘲笑他，还有人想从背后再次将他推到，他们停止做原先的游戏，都来戏弄他，可见[B]为答案。
85.[C] 细节题。文中结尾部分详细表述了菲利普的心理活动，并提到”completely scared”, ”frightened”等，可见菲利普主要感觉到的是害怕，因此答案为[C]。
86.[C] 细节题。根据题干关键词the latest research study, 定位至第二段第一句话。原文指出压力从大学入学就开始了，在第二句和第三句中谈到了工作的问题，上下文的联系显示，这是压力的来源之一，本段最后提到，毕业的学生找到工作的只有29%，可知大学生从入学到毕业都面临各种压力，故选[C]。
87.[A] 细节题。通览全文，文章第四段至第六段谈到压力对人的影响。用排除法可知，文章没有提到社会方面的影响，故[A]为答案。
88.[D] 细节题。根据关键词controlled定位到第七段。该段第二句提及控制压力的方法，并在下面一句明确提到这些方法首先是帮助你认识自己的感觉，因此控制压力先要识别当前的情感状态，故选[D]。
89.[B] 语义题。根据题干提示定位至最后一段。在问题涉及的”biology”出现之前，与此意义相近的表达出现在第二句”genetically programmed”，该句指出人类的天性倾向于寻觅正面情感。随后，作者又说只有选择自己喜欢的专业和职业才不会与自己的”biology”相悖，可见此处的”your own biology”指的是自己的兴趣，故选[B]。
90.[C] 主旨题。纵观全文，作者在首段提到大学生活会有压力，在随后两段大致分析了压力的起因，并谈到了自己对大学生活压力的一些认识，包括压力对人的负面影响，压力控制的方法和规避大学生活压力的途径，由此可知[C]为答案。
91.[C] 推断题。由题干中的At the beginning of the passage 和figure定位到第一段。作者在
文章第一段的第一句提到让任何怀疑短信革命已来临的人考虑以下这一点，表明接下来的内容可以解释证明短信革命已来临。且一系列数字表明[C]为答案。
92.[A] 语义题。由题干中的beside the point定位到第二段第二句。该段第一句提到短信爆炸表明人们对手机的看法发生了根本转变，第二句对这一根本转变进行了具体的解释。故推断[A]为答案。
93.[A] 细节题。第二段第一句指出在短信爆炸的背后是我们对移动设备看法的根本转变，这只能说明短信的流行表明了我们对移动设备看法发生了根本转变，原本并未提及设备的重新设计是短信流行的原因，所以选[A]。
94.[B] 推断题。由题干中的texting can help people定位到第五段。该段第一句提到短信应用上升所带来的影响，然后在第三句指出每当人们想要避免目光接触时，就会盯着手机看，由此推断出人们利用短信避免尴尬的情况，因此选[B]。
95.[A] 主旨题。作者在第一段中解释说明了短信革命已经来临，第二段至第四段说明短信流行的原因，第五段至第六段提到短信流行带来的两方面影响，最后一段则强调短信的流行并不会让电话的通话功能彻底过时。故选[A]。
96.[C] 推断题。由题干中的the natural way of education定位到第一段第五句，可推断出作者认为自然的教育方式是先做事再学习，所以选[C]。
97.[D] 由题干中的the main advantage和in primitive or modern times定位到第二段前两句和第三段第三句。由此可知，自然教育方式的主要优点是学习者们都是通过解决工作中的问题来学会手艺，故[D]为答案。
98.[D] 由题干中的this定位到第三段第一句。该句指出”this”在学徒中被广泛认可，然后用一个定语从句解释了学徒制的学习方式。而上文提到在原始部落中，通过生活中的实际成就来学习手艺。由此可见，在学徒中被广为认可的是原始部落中青少年的学习方式，故选”D”。
99.[B] 细节题。由题干中的learning should now be done in school定位到最后一段的第一句。由内容可知，[A]、[C]、[D]均为学习现在应该在学校进行的原因，而[B]不合文意。
100.[D] 主旨题。作者的主要观点是要先做事再学习，也就是第三段的学习解决问题和最后一段的通过承担责任进行学习，所以选[D]。
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