专业英语四级阅读模拟题331

专业英语四级阅读模拟题33READINGCOMPREHENSIONTEXTAWhentelevisionisgood,nothing—notthetheatre,notthemagazines,ornewspapers—isbetter.Butwhentelevisionisbad,nothingisworse.Iinviteyoutositdowninfrontofyourtelevisionsetwhenyourstationgoesontheairandstaytherewithoutabook,magazine,newspaper,oranythingelsetodistractyouandkeepyoureyesgluedtothatsetuntilthestationsignsoff.Icanassureyouthatyouwillobserveavastwasteland.Youwillseeaprocessionofgameshows,violence,audienceparticipationshows,formulacomediesabouttotallyunbelievablefamilies,mayhem,moreviolence,sadism,murder,Westernbadmen,Westerngoodmen,privateeyes,gangsters,stillmoreviolenceandcartoons.And,endlessly,commercialsthatscreamandsweet-talkandoffend.Andmostofall,boredom.True,youwillseeafewthingsyouwillenjoy.Buttheywillbevery,veryfew.AndifyouthinkIexaggerate,tryit.Istherenoroomontelevisiontoteach,toinform,touplift,tostretch,toenlargethecapacitiesofourchildren?Istherenoroomforachildren'snewsshowexplainingsomethingabouttheworldforthemattheirlevelofunderstanding?Istherenoroomforreadingthegreatliteratureofthepast,teachingthemthegreattraditionsoffreedom?Therearesomefinechildren'sshows,buttheyaredrownedoutinthemassivedosesofcartoons,violence,andmoreviolence.Searchyourconscienceandseewhetheryoucannotoffermoretoyouryoungbeneficiarieswhosefutureyouguardsomanyhourseachandeveryday.Therearemanypeopleinthisgreatcountry,andyoumustserveallofus.Youwillgetnoargumentfrommeifyousaythat,givenachoicebetweenaWesternandasymphony,morepeoplewillwatchtheWestern.IlikeWesternsandprivateeyes,too,butasteadydietforthewholecountryisobviouslynotinthepublicinterest.Weallknowthatpeoplewouldmoreoftenprefertobeentertainedratherthanstimulatedorinformed.Butyourobligationsarenotsatisfiedifyoulookonlytopopularityasatestofwhattobroadcast.Youarenotonlyinshowbusiness:youarefreetocommunicateideasaswellasgiverelaxation.Youmustprovideawiderrangeofchoices,morediversity,andmorealternatives.Itisnotenoughtocatertothenation'swhims—youmustalsoservethenation'sneeds.Thepeopleowntheair.Theyownitasmuchinprimeeveningtimeastheydoat6o'clockinthemorning.Foreveryhourthatthepeoplegiveyou,youowethemsomething.Iintendtoseethatyourdebtispaidwithservice.1.ThepurposeofthefirsttwosentencesinPara.1isA.todescribetelevisionisgoodenough.B.toshowtelevisionisbadenough.C.toarousereaders'interestintelevisionprogram.D.toleadreadersontothemaintheme.答案：D推理判断题A对B错。作者首段前两句说电视是个好东西，也是个坏东西；接下来作者引导读者进入杂乱乏味的电视节目，由此可知首段前两句的目的是引导读者进入文章主题，答案为D。文章主要是对目前电视台播出的节目进行批评，排除A；作者的目的是在批评的基础上提出解决方法，而不仅仅是说电视不好或者引起读者对电视节目的兴趣，排除B、C。Whydoestheauthorsaythatpeoplewillobserveavastwasteland?A.BecausealargeemptyandbarrenlandcanbeseeninWesterncountries.B.BecausetheprogramsonTVarenotpopularwithpeople.C.Becausethecommercialsannoypeoplegreatly.D.BecausetheprogramsonTVseldomofferanythingworthwhiletopeople.答案：D推理判断题A对B错。由题干关键词avastwasteland可将答案定位于文章第一段第四句youwillobserveavastwasteland，之后作者列举了电视上播出的各种节目，说人们在电视上看到的节目单调乏味，没有思想，故答案为D。WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueconcerningprogramsforchildren?A.Thereareactuallynofineshowsforchildren.B.ChildrenareexposedtotoomuchviolenceonTV.C.Toomanycartoonsareprovided.D.Children'snewsshowsareusuallybeyondtheirunderstanding.答案：A事实细节题。文章第二段讲到孩子们看的电视节目，从第二句可看出儿童新闻节目通常超出他们的理解能力，因此D是正确的说法。由第二段倒数第二句可以看出B和C也是正确的说法，而A与该句不符，故为答案。Accordingtotheauthor,thebroadcastersA.shouldbanmysteryprograms.B.hadbettermendtheirways.C.shouldmakedecisionaboutprograms.D.hadbetterregardpopularityasanormofprogramcontent.答案：B推理判断题A对B错。通读全文，可知作者主要是对目前电视台播出的节目的单调贫乏进行批评，其意图是在于提醒电视台应该改变现在的做法，为人们提供更多好的节目。因此本题答案为B。WhichofthefollowingisNOTtheauthor'sviewpoint?A.Thebroadcastersachievegreatsuccessinholdingpeople'sattention.B.Theaudiencethemselvestendtopreferrelaxationtostimulation.C.Thebroadcasterstrytodotherightthingbutfail.D.Areallygoodprogramshouldnotonlyentertainpeoplebutalsocommunicateideas.答案：C事实细节题。文章最后一段说到人们通常更愿意被娱乐，即更愿意放松而不是被激励或增进知识，然而电视应该使人轻松的同时还要自由地传达思想，因此B、D是作者所赞同的。电视极力迎合人们的心理，以收视率为目标，因此A表述正确；而这正是作者所警示的，故C不符合文意，为答案。TEXTB"DumbandDumber",oneofthemodernclassicsofAmericancomedy,tellsthestoryofanaffableidiot,LloydChristmas,whofallsinlovewithaclassybeauty,MarySwanson.Inonesceneheasksherthechancesof"aguylikeyouandagirllikeme"endinguptogether.Theansweris"Notgood"."Notgoodlikeoneoutofahundred?"asksLloyd."Morelikeoneoutofamillion,"Maryreplies.Lloydpausesforamoment,thenshootsback,"Soyou'retellingmethere'sachance?"ThatistheAmericanspirit.AmericanshavetraditionallybeenmuchmoreoptimisticthanEuropeans,andhappiertoo.Theybelievethatpeopledeterminetheirowndestiniesratherthanbeingthemereplaythingsoffate.Theyalsobelievethattheirchildrenwillhaveabetterlifethantheydo.ThishelpstoexplainthedynamismoftheAmericaneconomy.Americansregardfailure—evenbankruptcy—asastoneintheroadratherthanadamningverdict.ItalsohelpstoexplaintheappealoftheAmericanexperiment."TheAmerican,bynature,isoptimistic,"JFKoncesaid."Heisexperimental,aninventorandabuilderwhobuildsbestwhencalledupontobuildgreatly."Europeansask,"Why?"Americansask,"Whynot?"