大学英语阅读理解

阅读理解一：

Arthur Miller(1915-2005) is universally recognized as one of the greatest dramatists

of the 20th century. Miller's father had moved to the USA from Austria Hungary,drawn

like so many others by the" Great American Dream". However, he experienced severe

financial hardship when his family business was ruined in the Great Depression of the

early l930s.

Millers' s most famous play, Death of a Salesman , is a powerful attack on the American

system, with its aggressive way of doing business and its insistence on money and social

status as indicators of worth. In Willy Loman, the hero of the play, we see a man who has

got into trouble with his worth. Willy is "burnt out" and in the cruel world of business there

is no room for sentiment: if he can't do the work, then he is no good to his employer, the

Wagner Company, and he must go. Willy is painfully aware of this, and at loss as to what

to do with his lack of success. He refuses to face the fact that he has failed and kills himself

in the end.

When it was first staged in 1949, the play was greeted with enthusiastic reviews, and

it won the Tony Award for Best Play, the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, and

the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It was the first play to win all three of these major awards.

Miller died of heart failure at his home in Roxbury, Connecticut, on the evening of February

10,2005,the 56th anniversary of the first performance of Death of a Salesman on Broadway.

1. Why did Arthur Miller' s father move to the USA?______

A. He suffered from severe hunger in his home country.

B. He was attracted by the "Great American Dream".

C. He hoped to make his son a dramatist.

D. His family business failed.

2. The play Death of a Salesman _______.

A. exposes the cruelty of the American business world

B. discusses the ways to get promoted in a company

C. talks about the business career of Arthur Miller

D. focuses on the skills in doing business

3. What can we learn about Willy Loman?______

A. He treats his employer badly.

B. He runs the Wagner Company.

C. He is a victim of the American system.

D. He is regarded as a hero by his colleagues.

4. What is the text mainly about?______

A. Arthur Miller and his family.

B. The awards Arthur Miller won.

C. The hardship Arthur Miller experienced.

D. Arthur Miller and his best-known play.

答案：BACD

参考翻译：

阿瑟·米勒（ 1915-2005 ）是举世公认的最伟大的剧作家之一

20世纪。米勒的父亲已经从奥地利匈牙利移居美国，绘制

像许多其他的“伟大的美国梦” 。不过，他经历了严重的

当他的家族企业是毁在了大萧条时期的经济困难

早l930s 。

米勒最著名的发挥，推销员之死，是美国强大的攻击

系统凭借其积极的做生意的方式及其对金钱和社会的坚持

地位，价值的指标。在威利·洛曼，剧中的主人公，我们看到谁拥有一个男人钻进他的身价麻烦。威利被“烧毁”，并在企业的残酷世界里

没有空间感悟：如果他不能做的工作，那么他是没有好他的雇主，

瓦格纳公司，他必须去。威利痛苦地意识到了这一点，并在无所适从

做他的缺乏成功。他不肯面对事实，他已经失败，杀死自己

到底。

当它在1949年首次上演，该剧是迎接热情的评论，和

它赢得了托尼奖最佳戏剧，纽约戏剧批评家奖，并

普利策戏剧奖。这是第一次发挥赢得所有这三个重要奖项。

米勒在他的家在罗克斯伯里，康涅狄格死于心脏衰竭，对日晚

10,2005 ，在百老汇推销员之死的首场演出56周年。

阅读理解（二）

When I lived in Spain, some Spanish friends of mine decided to visit England by car.

Before they left, they asked me for advice about how to find accommodation (住所). I

suggested that they should stay at 'bed and breakfast' houses, because this kind of

accommodation gives a foreign visitor a good chance to speak English with the family.

My friends listened to my advice, but they came back with some funny stories.

"We didn't stay at bed and breakfast houses," they said, "because we found that most

families were away on holiday."

I thought this was strange. Finally I understood what had happened. My friends spoke

little English, and they thought 'VACANCIES' meant 'holidays', because the Spanish word

for 'holidays' is 'vacaciones'. So they did not go to house where the sign outside said

'VACANCLES', which in English means there are free rooms. Then my friends went to

house where the sign said 'NO VACANCLES', because they thought this meant the people

who owned the house were not away on holiday. But they found that these houses were

all full. As a result, they stayed at hotels!

We laughed about this and about mistakes my friends made in reading other signs. In

Spanish, the word 'DIVERSION' means fun.In English, it means that workmen are

repairing the road, and that you must take a different road.When my friends saw the word

'DIVERSION' on a road sign, they thought they were going to have fun.Instead, the road

ended in a large hold.

English people have problems too when they learn foreign languages. Once in Paris,

when someone offered me some more coffee, I said "Thank you" in French.

I meant that I

would like some more. However, to my surprise, the coffee pot was taken away! Later I

found out that "Thank you" in French means "No, thank you."

1. My Spanish friends wanted advice about _____.

[ ]

A. learning English

B. finding places to stay in England

C. driving their car on English roads

D. going to England by car

2. 'NO VACANCIES' in English means _____.

[ ]

A. no free rooms

B. free rooms

C. not away on holiday

D. holidays

3. When someone offered me more coffee and I said "Thank you" in French,

I _____.

[ ]

A. didn't really want any more coffee

B. wanted them to take the coffee pot away

C. really wanted some more coffee

D. wanted to express my politeness

4. I was surprised when the coffee pot was taken away because I _____. [ ]

A. hadn't finished drinking my coffee

B. was expecting another cup of coffee

C. meant that I didn't want any more

D. was never misunderstood

答案：BACB

参考翻译：当我住在西班牙，我的一些西班牙朋友决定去英国的车程。

在他们离开之前，他们问我的意见如何找到住宿（住所）。我

建议他们应该留在“床和早餐”的房子，因为这种

住宿给外国游客的好机会讲英语的家庭。

我的朋友听了我的意见，但他们带回来一些有趣的故事。

“我们没有停留在床和早餐的房子，”他们说，“因为我们发现，大多数

家庭外出度假。“

我认为这是奇怪的。我终于明白发生了什么事。我的朋友说话

一点英语，他们认为'空缺'的意思'假期' ，因为西班牙语单词

对于“假期”是“ vacaciones ” 。因此，他们没有去房子里的符号表示外“ VACANCLES ' ，这在英文的意思是有免费的客房。然后我的朋友去

房子里的牌子上写着“ NO VACANCLES ' ，因为他们认为这意味着人们

谁拥有房子并没有外出度假。但他们发现，这些房子都是

全部爆满。因此，他们住在酒店！

我们笑了一下，并约在阅读其他标志犯了错误我的朋友。在

西班牙语，单词“引水”是指fun.In英语，这意味着工人是

修复道路，你必须采取不同的road.When我的朋友看到这个词

上一个路标“引水” ，他们认为他们将不得不fun.Instead ，道路

在一个大抱结束。

英国人也有问题，当他们学习外语。一次在巴黎，

当有人给我一些更多的咖啡，我说法语“谢谢” 。我的意思是我

想多一些。然而，出乎我的意料，咖啡壶被抢走了！后来我

发现在法语中的意思是“谢谢你” “不，谢谢你。”

阅读理解（三）：

An increase in students applying to study economics at university is being attributed to （归因于）the global economic crisis awakening a public thirst for knowledge about how the financial system works. Applications for degree courses beginning this autumn were up by 15% this January, according to UCAS, the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. A. spokesman for the Royal Economic Society said applications to do economics at A-level were also up.

Professor john Beath, the president of the society and a leading lecture at St Andrews University, said his first-year lectures-which are open to students from all departments—were drawing crowds of 400, rather than the usual 250.

“There are a large number of students who are not economics majors, who would like to learn something about it. One of the things I have done this year is to relate my teaching to contemporary events in a way that one hasn’t traditionally done. ” He added.

University applications rose 7% last year. But there were rises above average in several subjects. Nursing saw a 15% jump, with people’s renewed interest in caters in the pubic sector（部门）, which are seen as more secure in economic crisis.

A. recent study showed almost two thirds of parents believed schools should do more to teach pupils about financial matters, and almost half said their children had asked them what was going on, although a minority of parents felt they did not understand it themselves well enough to explain.

Zack Hocking, the head of Child Trust Funds, said: “It’s possible that one good thing to arise from the downturn will be a generation that’s financially wiser and better equipped to manage their money through times of economic uncertainty.”

71.Professor John Beath’s lectures are .

A. given in a traditional way

B. connected with the present situation

C. open to both students and their parents

D. warmly received by economics

72. Incomes in the public sector are more attractive because of their .

A. greater stability

B. higher pay

C. fewer applications

D. better reputation

73. in the opinion of most parents .

A. eccentrics should be the focus of school teaching

B. more students should be admitted to universities

C. the teaching of financial matters should be strengthened.

D. children should solve financial problems themselves

74. According to Hocking, the global economic crisis might make the youngsters .

A. wiser in money management

B. have access to better equipment

C. confide about their future careers

D. get jobs in Child Trust Funds

75. What’s the main idea of the text?

A. Universities have received more applications.

B. Economics is attracting an increasing numbers students

C. college students benefit a lot from economic uncertainty

D. parents are concerned with children’s subject selection.

答案 71.B 72.A 73.C 74.A 75.B

参考翻译：

在学生申请学习经济学，大学增加被归因于（归因于）全球经济危机唤醒公众对知识的渴求对金融系统是如何工作的。

申请学位课程开始今年秋季分别增长15 ％今年一月，根据UCAS ，大学及院校招生事务处。 A.发言人皇家经济学会说应用在A级从事经济学研究也上升。

约翰比思教授，社会的总裁和圣安德鲁斯大学的领导讲课，说他的第一年的讲座，这是开放给学生来自各个部门，都绘制的400人群，而不是通常的250 。

?“有大量的学生谁不是经济学专业的学生，谁愿意了解一些有关它的。有一件事我今年做的是与我的教学的方式，一句都没有做传统的当代事件。“他补充说。

大学申请去年同期上涨了7 ％。但有几个学科上升到高于平均水平。护士看到了一个15 ％的涨幅，在迎合在耻骨界人士的新的兴趣（部门），这被看作是在经济危机更安全。

答：最近的研究表明，几乎三分之二的家长认为学校应该做更多的讲授财务问题的学生，几乎一半的人说他们的孩子曾问他们发生了什么事，虽然父母的少数觉得他们不理解自己不够好来解释。

扎克霍金，儿童信托基金的负责人说：“这可能是从低迷到出现一个好处将是这一代人的经济更聪明，更有能力通过经济不稳定时期来管理他们的钱。”

大学英语四级阅读理解试题及标准答案.

大学英语四级阅读理解试题及答案.

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