英語四級閱讀理解習題(一)

　　At the end of the day, there's probably little reason to pay attention to our dreams at all unlessthey keep us from sleeping or "we wake up in panic," Cartwright says. Terrorism, economicuncertainties and general feelings of insecurity have increased people's anxiety. Thosesuffering from persistent nightmares should seek help from a therapist. For the rest of us, thebrain has its ways of working through bad feelings.Sleep-or rather dream-on it and you'll feelbetter in the morning.

　　練習題：

　　Choose correct answers to the question:

　　1.By saying that “dreams are part of the mind's emotional thermostat," (Lines 4-5,Para. 1) the researchers mean that _______.

　　A.we can think logically in the dreams too

　　B.dreams can be brought under conscious control

　　C.dreams represent our unconscious desires and fears

　　D.dreams can help us keep our mood comparatively stable

　　2.What did Cartwright find in her clinic?

　　A.Most bad dreams were followed by happier ones.

　　B.Divorced couples usually have more bad dreams.

　　C.One’s dreaming process is related to his emotion.

　　D.People having negative feelings dream more often.

　　3.Cartwright believed with much practice，we can learn to _____.

　　A.control what dreams to dream

　　B.sleep well without any dreams

　　C.wake up in time to stop the bad dreams

　　D.identify what is upsetting about the dreams

　　4.The author points out that a person who has constant bad dreams should ______

　　A.learn to control his dreams

　　B.consult a doctor

　　C.sleep and dream on it

　　D.get rid of anxiety first

　　5.The author most probably thinks that controlling dreams is ______.

　　A.a good practice

　　B.a new discovery

　　C.helpful for everyone

　　D.not essential for everyone

　　英語四級閱讀理解習題答案

　　1.[D] 詞義理解題。在第1段第4句中，逗號后面的regulating moods是對emotional thermostat的功能進行解釋說明，因此可以推斷出選項D正確。

　　2.[C] 事實細節題。最具干擾的是選項A，因為其陳述與第2段第2句的陳述有點相似,但是，此長句說的是大多數人上半夜做噩夢，之后都會做好夢，而不是像選項A中所說大多數噩夢之后是好夢。而且，根據本段第1 句，很明顯，選項C是這一句的近義替換。

　　3 [C] 推理判斷題。本題考査對代詞的理解。在第3段的最后一句中，代詞it應指上文說到的控制噩夢，及時醒來等做法，因此只有選項C涉及了其中一個做法。選項A太泛了，選項B和D在文中并無提及。

　　4.[B] 事實細節題。本題考查根據構詞法猜測詞義的能力。解題關鍵是推斷最后一段第3句中therapist的意義，在考綱詞匯表中，therapy是“治療”的意思，因此，therapist應該是專門負責某種治療的醫生，由此可見，選項B是對原文seek help from a therapist的近義替換。

　　5.[D] 觀點態度題。根據最后一句可以推斷作者認為如無必要，夢還是不要控制的好。做夢會讓你早上感覺舒服一些，因此本題應選D。

　　英語四級閱讀理解習題(二)

　　It happens to every medical student sooner or later. You get a cough that persists for a while.Ordinarily,you would just ignore it--but now, armed with your rapidly growing medicalknowledge, you can't help worrying. The cough could mean just a cold, but it could also be asign of lung cancer.

　　For doctors in training, nurses and medical journalists, hypochondria is an occupationaldanger. The feeling usually passes after a while, leaving only a funny story to tell at a dinnerparty. But for the tens ofthousands who suffer from true hypochondria they live in constantterror that they are dying of some awfuldisease, or even several awful diseases at once. Doctorscan assure them that there's nothing wrong, but since the cough is real, the assurances fall ondeaf ears. And because no physician or test can offer a 100% guarantee that one doesn'thave cancer, a hypochondriac always has fuel to feed Iris .or her worst fears.

　　Hypochondriacs don't harm just themselves; they block the whole healthcare system. Althoughthey account for only about 6% of the patients who visit doctors every year, they tend toburden their physicians with frequent visits that take up excessive amounts of time. And theproblem may be worse, thanks to the popularity of medical information on the Internet. Theygo on the Web and learn about new diseases and new presentations of old diseases that theynever even knew about before. Doctors have taken to calling this phenomenon cyberchondria(網絡疑病癥).

　　練習題：

　　Choose correct answers to the question:

　　1.According to the passage, if you suffer from hypochondria, ______.

　　A.you must be a medical student, or a medical worker

　　B.you are haunted by a possibly inexistent disease

　　C.you will never get rid of this disease

　　D.you always tell funny stories at dinner parties

　　2.Which of the following best summarizes the main idea of the passage?

　　A.Hypochondria happens to everybody sooner or later.

　　B.We needn’t worry about hypochondria since it is not dangerous at all.

　　C.Hypochondria originates from too much knowledge of medicine.

　　D.Not only individuals but also the healthcare system might be disturbed by unnecessaryterrors.

　　3.Why can’t doctors convince the suffers that there is nothing wrong?

　　A.Because the doctors can’t cure the minor diseases

　　B.Because the doctors don’t assure them of that

　　C.Because the sufferers are deaf and cannot hear what the doctors say

　　D.Because lack of absolute guarantee makes the patients doubtful

　　4.The problem becomes worse due to _____

　　A.the increasing number of patients

　　B.the widespread medical knowledge on the Internet

　　C.the patients,regular visits to doctors that occupy too much time

　　D.new diseases and symptoms emerge constantly

　　5.What does the author most probably think about hypochondria?

　　A.The author considers that hypochondria is an incurable disease

　　B.The author thinks that the consequences of hypochondria might be disastrous

　　C.The author suggests that the patients who have hypochondria should set their hearts at rest

　　D.The author sympathizes with the patients who suffer from hypochondria

　　英語四級閱讀理解習題答案

　　1.[B] 事實細節題。仔細讀完第2段后半部分,不難發現hypochondria只是瞎猜疑，故選項B正確。時常懷疑自己生病是醫務人員的職業病，但為此困擾的并不僅僅是他們，因為第2段第3句說：“But... who suffer from true hypochondria...”，說明醫務人員不是真正的疑病癥患者,故選項A不正確。選項C過于極端。選項D是對原文斷章取義。

　　2.[D] 主旨大意題。第1段以舉例方式引入主題，第2段對hypochondria下定義，第3段則論述其對醫療保健體系造成的干擾，選項D正確全面地概括了文章大意，為正確答案。全文的中心詞是hypochondria,在四個選項中，干擾項(選項A、B、C)都出現了該詞，只有正確選項(選項D)沒有直接使用該詞。

　　3.[D] 事實細節題。根據文中的“because no physician or test can offer a 100% guarantee that one doesn’t have cancer...”即可得出選項D正確。原文雖有表示“咳嗽確實存在”，但這并不意味著醫生不能治好類似的小毛病，因此選項A不正確。誤選C是沒有正確理解短語fall on deaf ears,該固定表達的意思是“充耳不聞”。

　　4.[B] 推理判斷題。句中thanks to是諷刺的用法，引出原因，故選項B正確。本題考查因果關系，要辨別明顯的因果關系，只要關注文中是否有because, reason, due to, thanks to, result等詞即可。

　　5.[C] 觀點態度題。從作者對hypochondria的描述可以看出此病只是源于多疑，并非生理上的不治之癥，因此只要病人們放寬心，此病就能痊愈。故選項C正確。選項A的incurable和B的disastrous都太絕對，比較容易排除。而本文基調較為客觀，作者沒有表露個人情感，故選項D也不正確。

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