2016下半年英语四级仔细阅读训练

英语四级仔细阅读篇幅较短、题型相对容易，考生容易拿分，所以对这一部分的复习一定不能松懈，下面是一篇四级阅读练习，快来练练吧。

篇一：

On Thursday afternoon Mrs. Carke, dressed for going out, took her handbag with her money and her key in it, pulled the door behind her to lock it and went to the over 60s Club. She always went there on Thursdays. It was a nice outing for an old woman who lived alone.

At six o'clock she cane home, let herself in and at once smelt cigarette smoke. Cigarette smoke in her house? How? How? Had someone got in? She checked the back door and the windows. All were locked or fastened, as usual. There was no sign of forced entry.

Over a cup of tea she wondered whether someone might have a key that fitted her front door-"a master key"perhaps. So she stayed at home the following Thursday. Nothing happened. Was anyone watching her movements? On the Thursday after that she went out at her usual time,dressed as usual, but she didn't go to the club. Instead she took a short cut home again, letting herself in through her garden and the back door. She settled down to wait.

It was just after four o'clock when the front door bell . Clarke was making a cup of tea at the time. The bell rang again, and then she heard her letter-box being pushed open. With the kettle of boiling water in her hand, she moved quietly towards the front door. A long piece of wire appeared through the letter-box, and then a hand. The wire turned and caught around the knob on the door-lock. Mrs. Clarke raised the kettle and poured the water over the hand. There was a shout outside, and the skin seemed to drop off the fingers like a glove. The wire fell to the floor, the hand was pulled back, and Mrs. Clarke heard the sound of running feet.

. Clarke looded forward to Thursday because_______.

worked at a club on the day

said visitors on Thursdays

visited a club on Thursday

d.a special visitor came on Thursday

someone had made a forced entery,_______.

ke would have found a broken door or window

or she was still in the house

gs would have been thown about

or she would have needed a master key

the third Thursday Mrs. Clarke went out_______.

use she didn't want to miss the club again

see if the thief was hnging about outside

the club but then changed her mind

an attempt to trick the thief

lock on the front door was one which_______.

ed a piece of wire to open it

d he opened from inside without a key

d't be opened without a key

a knob instead of a key

wire feel to the floor_______.

use ke refused to open the door

the man's glove dropped off

use it was too hot to hold

use the man justwanted to get away

答案：cadbd

篇二：

The economy of the United states after 1952 was the econnomy of a well-fed,almost fully employed people. Despit occasional alarms, the country escaped any postwar depression and lived in a state of boom. A n economic survey of the year 1955, a typical year of the 1950’s, may be typical as illustrating the rapid economic growth of the decade. The national output was value at 10 percent above that of 1954 (1955 output was estimated at 392 billion dollars). The production of manufacturers was about 40 percent more than it had averaged in the years immediately following World War 2. The country’s business spent about 30billion dollars for new factories and machinery. National income available for spending was almost a third greater than it had been it had been in 1950. Consumers spent about 256 billion dollars; that is about 700 million dollars a day ,or about twenty-five million dollars every hour , all round the clock. Sixty-five million people held jobs and only a little more than two million wanted jobs but could not find them . Only agriculture complained that it was not sharing in the room. To some observers this was an ominous echo of the mid-1920’s . As farmer’s shre of their products declined , marketing costs rose. But there were , among the observers of the national economy, a few who were not as confident as the majority . Those few seemed to fear that the boom could not last and would eventually lead to the oppsite-depression.

1. What is the best title of the passage?

a. The Agriculatural Trends of 1950’s b. The Unemployment Rate of 1950’s

c. U.S. Economy in the 50’s d. The Federal Budget of 1952

2. In Line 3, the word “boom” could best be replaced by______.

a. nearby explosion b. thunderous noise

c. general public support d. rapid economic growth

3. It can be inferred the national from the passage that most people in the United States in 1955 viewed the national economy with an air of _________.

a. confidence b. confusion c. disappointment d. suspicion

4. Which of the following were LEAST satisfied with the national economy in the 1950’s?

a. Economists b. Frmaers c. Politicians d. Steelworkers

5. The passage states that incom available for spending in the U.S. was greater in 1955 than in 1950 . How much was it ?

a. 60% b. 50% c. 33% d. 90%

答案：cdabc