四級英語考試閱讀專練題(一)

　　21. We may infer that the writer's attitude towards the A-bomb is that______.

　　A. it is absolutely necessary

　　B. it is a terrible threat to the whole of mankind

　　C. it played a vital part in defeating the Japanese

　　D. it was a wonderful invention

　　22. The American and British scientists were astonished at the end of the Second World War against Germany because______.

　　A. the Germans had been defeated without the use of nuclear weapons

　　B. the Western countries had won before they had invented nuclear weapons

　　C. they thought the Germans would probably win the war

　　D. the Germans had made little progress in developing nuclear weapons

　　23. According to the writer, most scientists who had helped in making the A-bomb considered that it should not be used against the Japanese because______.

　　A. it was such a dangerous weapon

　　B. its use against the Japanese was unnecessary

　　C. it was a very inhumane weapon

　　D. the German war was finished

　　24. The passage implies, but does not directly say, that the nuclear scientists______.

　　A. might not have agreed to develop the bomb if there had been no Nazi threat

　　B. would have developed the bomb even without the Nazi threat

　　C. would have made the bomb, under peace-time conditions, but only for the use of an international authority

　　D. developed the bomb because Einstein thought it urgent and necessary

　　25. The main point in the second paragraph is______.

　　A. that nuclear weapons proved unnecessary

　　B. that the Franck Report, which recommended that the bomb should be placed in the hands of an international authority, was rejected

　　C. that many scientists tried, unsuccessfully, to persuade the politicians to abandon nuclear bombs, and place nuclear energy in the hands of an international authority

　　D. both A and C

　　四級英語考試閱讀專練題答案

　　21. B 22. D 23. B 24. A 25. C

　　四級英語考試閱讀專練題(二)

　　Americans always have different opinions in their 11 toward education. On the one hand, free and universal public education was seen as necessary in a democracy, for how else would citizens learn how to 12 themselves in a responsible way? On the other hand, America was always a country that offered financial opportunities for which education was not needed on the road from rags to riches, ___13 —beyond the basics of reading, writing, and arithmetic—was an 14 detour.

　　Even today, it is still possible for people to 15 financial success without much education, but the number of 16 in which this is possible is decreasing. In today's more complex world, the opportunities for financial success are 17 related to the need for education, especially higher education.

　　Our society is rapidly becoming one whose 18 product is information, and dealing with this information requires more and more 19 education. In other words, we grow up learning more and more about fewer and fewer subjects.

　　In the future, this trend is likely to 20 . Tomorrow's world will be even more complex than today's world, and, to manage this complexity, even more specialized education will be needed.

　　A. realize

　　B. schooling

　　C. chief

　　D. unnecessary

　　E. altitudes

　　F. closely

　　G. specialized

　　H. attitudes

　　I. govern

　　J. achieve

　　K. situations

　　L. continue

　　M. strictly

　　N. positions

　　O. manage

　　四級英語考試閱讀專練題答案

　　II. H 12. I 13. B 14. D 15. J 16. K 17. F 18. C 19. G 20.

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