2023年6月英語四級閱讀每日一練

1、2023年6月英語四級閱讀每日一練 The medical world is gradually realizing that the quality of the environment in hospitals may play a significant role in the process of recovery from illness.As part of a nationwide effort in Britain to bring art out of the galleries and into public places, some of the countrys mos

2、t talented artists have been called in to transform older hospitals and to soften the hard edges of modern buildings. Of the 2,500 National Health Service hospitals in Britain, almost 100 now have significant collections of contemporary art in corridors, waiting areas and treatment rooms.These recen

3、t initiatives owe a great deal to one artist, Peter Senior, who set up his studio at a Manchester Hospital in northeastern England during the early 1970s. He felt the artist had lost his place in modern society, and that art should be enjoyed by a wider audience.A typical hospital waiting room might

4、 have as many as 5,000 visitors each week. What a better place to hold regular exhibitions of art! Senior held the first exhibition of his own paintings in the outpatients waiting are of the Manchester Royal Hospital in 1975. Believed to be Britains first hospital artist, Senior was so much in deman

5、d that he was soon joined by a team of six young art school graduates,The effect is striking. Now in the corridors and waiting rooms the visitor experiences a full view of fresh colors, playful images and restful courtyards.The quality of the environment may reduce the need for expensive drugs when

6、a patient is recovering from an illness. A study has shown that patients who had a view onto a garden needed half the number of strong painkillers compared with patients who had no view at all or only a brick wall to look at.1. The phrase“these recent initiatives (Line 1, Para .3) in this context re

7、fers to _.A) regular art exhibitions in hospitalsB) transformations of older hospitalsC) exhibitions of paintings in galleriesD) establishment of studios in northeast England2. The writer mentions the six young art school graduates in order to show _.A) visitors to hospitals are warmly receivedB) th

8、e role of the hospital environment is being recognizedC) the contribution of Peter Senior is highly appreciatedD) the hard edges of hospitals are being restored3. The aim of art exhibitions British hospitals encouraged was _.A) to alter the appearance of older buildingsB) to reduce the need for expe

9、nsive drugsC) to appeal to a larger audienceD) to improve the quality of the hospital environment4. The improvement of the hospital environment seems to be effective in _.A) making it unnecessary to give drugs to patientsB) helping the modern artists regain their status in societyC) helping patients

10、 recovering from illnessesD) calling in more talented artists to hospitals5. The writers attitude towards the effect of art exhibitions in hospitals is _.A) suspiciousB) positiveC) neutralD) unfavorable參考答案】 ABDCBtwoThere has been a lot of unfair and biased criticism of families who welcome foreign

11、students into their homes. I should like to tell you of my own personal experiences, which are not so different from my neighbors experience, I might add. A host family is sent students by school or college and their homes are regularly inspected by the accommodation staff. If a home is below the re

12、quired standard, the family is removed from the schools accommodation list. Apart from this, the host family is obliged to follow certain rules, as laid down by the school.The problem is that the host family cannot inspect students or refuse to accept the ones who look dirty, unreliable or noisy. An

13、d they dont seem to follow any rules at all in their behavior to the host family. We are often treated like servants or hotel staff, which is rude and bad manners.The fee paid to a host family only just covers the actual cost of providing meals etc. A hostess is lucky to make more than a pound or tw

14、o profit on each student. One has to remember that she has to wash their clothes, allow them to have hot baths, pay for their lighting and the heating in their bedrooms, and cope with damage to furniture, bedding and carpets.Another thing is that most of them do not want to be part of the family. Th

15、ey prefer to be out with other students causing annoyance to local residents in the town center. They remain in their bedrooms all morning and afternoon if they can, resting before the evening so that they can go out until the early hours of the morning.Bedrooms like pigsties(豬圈). Food, empty bottle

16、s and waste paper all go under the bed. When taken to task the reply is invariably that they dont understand or that the school has told them they may do as they wish.Not only that, but we have to put up with their complaints about the food, the weather and even our TV programs. Its time foreign stu

17、dents were taught to be polite and to behave properly, as well as how to speak English!1. The authors attitude towards foreign students as mentioned in the passage is _.A) criticalB) questioningC) approvingD) objective2. By biased (Line1, Para.1) the author means _.A) supremeB) partialC) preferableD

18、) prejudiced3. Which of the following is mentioned in the second paragraph?A) The accommodation standard is set up by the staff of a hotelB) A host family usually has no alternative but to accept the student assignedC) A student is sometimes treated rudely, like a servantD) A host family may reject

19、any student candidate who looks undesirable4. The passage tell us _.A) foreign students keep good terms with their hostessesB) foreign students come to stay with their host families to learn EnglishC) a hostess does not make much profit because she has to buy new furnitureD) the local TV programs ar

20、e very popular among foreign students5. The main purpose of the author in writing this passage is _.A) to criticize foreign students for not sharing housework with their hostessesB) to suggest that a new accommodation standard be laid downC) to complain about the irresponsibility of foreign students

21、D) to give an account of his personal experiences with foreign students1.A) critical, 批判的、批評的. D不能搭配題干中的attitude towards foreign students, 又因本文立場明確, 故B也不對. A是完全不對.2.D) prejudiced, 有成見的. 出現(xiàn)地點：There has been a lot of unfair and biased criticism of families who welcome foreign students into their homes

22、. 通過unfair and可推斷出biased也為反面意思, 只有D是反面意思. 這幾個詞可以記一記.3.B) A host family usually has no alternative but to accept the student assigned對應原文第三段第一句The problem is that the host family cannot inspect students or refuse to accept the ones who look dirty, unreliable or noisy. 第二段和第三段亦剛好可以用來解釋ACD為什么是錯的。4.標準答案

23、為B) foreign students come to stay with their host families to learn English, 怕是又錯了。偶覺得該選C)a hostess does not make much profit because she has to buy new furniture. 首先A和D都是明顯錯的, B中的learn English只是最后一句有所提及, Its time foreign students were taught to be polite and to behave properly, as well as how to sp

24、eak English, 但這個learn English和stay with their host families的關系并非B所講的那樣. C對應原文第四段, 最多是because后面的內(nèi)容不全面, 但比ABD看起來要好。個人意見, 歡送討論。C)to complain about the irresponsibility of foreign students, 本文的主旨 ThreeThere has been a lot of unfair and biased criticism of families who welcome foreign students into their

25、 homes. I should like to tell you of my own personal experiences, which are not so different from my neighbors experience, I might add.A host family is sent students by school or college and their homes are regularly inspected by the accommodation staff. If a home is below the required standard, the

26、 family is removed from the schools accommodation list. Apart from this, the host family is obliged to follow certain rules, as laid down by the school.The problem is that the host family cannot inspect students or refuse to accept the ones who look dirty, unreliable or noisy. And they dont seem to

27、follow any rules at all in their behavior to the host family. We are often treated like servants or hotel staff, which is rude and bad manners.The fee paid to a host family only just covers the actual cost of providing meals etc. A hostess is lucky to make more than a pound or two profit on each stu

28、dent. One has to remember that she has to wash their clothes, allow them to have hot baths, pay for their lighting and the heating in their bedrooms, and cope with damage to furniture, bedding and carpets.Another thing is that most of them do not want to be part of the family. They prefer to be out

29、with other students causing annoyance to local residents in the town center. They remain in their bedrooms all morning and afternoon if they can, resting before the evening so that they can go out until the early hours of the morning.Bedrooms like pigsties(豬圈). Food, empty bottles and waste paper al

30、l go under the bed. When taken to task the reply is invariably that they dont understand or that the school has told them they may do as they wish.Not only that, but we have to put up with their complaints about the food, the weather and even our TV programs. Its time foreign students were taught to

31、 be polite and to behave properly, as well as how to speak English!1. The authors attitude towards foreign students as mentioned in the passage is _.A) criticalB) questioningC) approvingD) objective2. By biased (Line1, Para.1) the author means _.A) supremeB) partialC) preferableD) prejudiced3. Which

32、 of the following is mentioned in the second paragraph?A) The accommodation standard is set up by the staff of a hotelB) A host family usually has no alternative but to accept the student assignedC) A student is sometimes treated rudely, like a servantD) A host family may reject any student candidat

33、e who looks undesirable4. The passage tell us _.A) foreign students keep good terms with their hostessesB) foreign students come to stay with their host families to learn EnglishC) a hostess does not make much profit because she has to buy new furnitureD) the local TV programs are very popular among foreign students5. The main purpose of the author in writing this passage is _.A) to criticize foreign students for not sharing housework with their hostessesB) to suggest that a new accommodation standard be laid downC) to complain about the irresp