大學英語四級試卷和答案-專四閱讀

Whatweknowofprenataldevelopmentmakesallthisattemptmadebyamothertomoldthecharacterofherunbornchildbystudyingpoetry,art,ormathematicsduringpregnancyseemutterlyimpossible.Howcouldsuchextremelycomplexinfluencespassfromthemothertothechild?Thereisnoconnectionbetweentheirnervoussystems.Eventhebloodvesselsofmotherandchilddonotjoindirectly.Anemotionalshocktothemotherwillaffectherchild,becauseitchangestheactivityofherglandsandsothechemistryherblood.Anychemicalchangeinthemother’sbloodwillaffectthechildforbetterorworse.Butwecannotseehowalookingformathematicsorpoeticgeniuscanbedissolvedinbloodandproduceasimilarlikingorgeniusinthechild.Inourdiscussionofinstinctswesawthattherewasreasontobelievethatwhateverweinheritmustbeofsomeverysimplesortratherthananycomplicatedorverydefinitekindofbehavior.Itiscertainthatnooneinheritsaknowledgeofmathematics.Itmaybe,however,thatchildreninheritmoreorlessofarathergeneralabilitythatwemaycallintelligence.Ifveryintelligentchildrenbecomedeeplyinterestedinmathematics,theywillprobablymakeasuccessofthatstudy.Asformusicalability,itmaybethatwhatisinheritedisanespeciallysensitiveear,apeculiarstructureofthehandsorthevocalorgansconnectionsbetweennervesandmusclesthatmakeitcomparativelyeasytolearnthemovementsamusicianmustexecute,andparticularlyvigorousemotions.Ifthesefactorsareallorganizedaroundmusic,thechildmaybecomeamusician.Thesamefactors,inothercircumstancemightbeorganizedaboutsomeothercenterofinterest.Therichemotionalequipmentmightfindexpressioninpoetry.Thecapablefingersmightdevelopskillinsurgery.Itisnottheknowledgeofmusicthatisinherited,thennoreventheloveofit,butacertainbodilystructurethatmakesitcomparativelyeasytoacquiremusicalknowledgeandskill.Whetherthatabilityshallbedirectedtowardmusicorsomeotherundertakingmaybedecidedentirelybyforcesintheenvironmentinwhichachildgrowsup.1.Whichofthefollowingstatementsisnottrue?A.Somemotherstrytoinfluencetheirunbornchildrenbystudyingartandothersubjectsduringtheirpregnancy.B.Itisutterlyimpossibleforustolearnanythingaboutprenataldevelopment.C.hebloodvesselsofmotherandchilddonotjoindirectly.D.Therearenoconnectionbetweenmother’snervoussystemsandherunbornchild’s.2.Amotherwillaffectherunbornbabyontheconditionthat____.A.sheisemotionallyshockedB.shehasagoodknowledgeofinheritanceC.shetakespartinallkindofactivitiesD.shestickstostudying3.Accordingtothepassage,achildmayinherit____.A.everythingfromhismotherB.aknowledgeofmathematicsC.arathergeneralabilitythatwecallintelligenceD.hermother’smusicalability4.Ifachildinheritssomethingfromhismother,suchasanespeciallysensitiveear,apeculiarstructureofthehandsorofthevocalorgans,hewill____.A.surelybecomemusicianB.mostlybecomeapoetC.possiblybecomeateacherD.becomeamusicianontheconditionthatallthesefactorsareorganizedaroundmusic5.Whichofthefollowingisthebesttitleforthepassage?A.RoleofInheritance.B.AnUnbornChild.C.Functionofinstincts.D.InheritedTalents. 答案：BACDAThisyear,likelotsofotherpeople,I'mgoingtotrytomakemyownChristmaspresents.It'snotthefirsttimethatI'vepromisedmyselfthis.Beingamilliner,andanall-roundcraftytype,I'veoftenthoughtIshouldputmymoneywheremymouthis.ButthisyearI'mreallygoingtosticktoit.It'spartlythatI'mshort碰到了很多想學的人；第5-6段闡述作者及SuePrichard對手工制品的觀點；最后一段表明作者對于自制圣誕禮物的看法：即能省錢又能表達愛意。【答案解析】1．[C]因果細節(jié)題?？疾樽髡邲Q定自制圣誕禮物的原因，定位到第1段。根據(jù)第1段最后兩句可知，作者之所以堅持今年自制圣誕禮物的真正原因是她的英國之旅(受BBC2一檔節(jié)目之邀，到英國做某項調(diào)查)激勵了她。故C是答案。2．[D]細節(jié)判斷題。第2段簡述她的英國之旅遠非所想象的一樣浪漫，在旅途中她靠給別人做手工活而解決了食宿。并且了解到很多人都想學做手工藝品。因此選項D符合題意。A、B是未啟程之前作者自己的想象；她此行的目的不是賺錢，C錯。3．[C]細節(jié)判斷題。第2段提到，作者最終定下旅行計劃(finalizedtheplan)，開始上路時，已是深秋(