2017年6月英语四级阅读练习

　　2017年6月英语四级阅读练习一

　　Stress is a natural part of everyday life and there is no way to __2__ it. In fact, it is not the bad thing as it is often supposed to be. A certain amount of stress is vital to provide motivation and give purpose to life. It is only when the stress gets out of __3__ that it can lead to poor performance and ill health.

　　The amount of stress a person can withstand depends very much on the individual. Some people are not afraid of stress, and such __4__ are obviously prime material for managerial responsibilities. Others lose heart at the first sight of __5__ difficulties. When exposed to stress, in whatever form, we react both physically and __6__. In fact we make choice between "flight or fight" and in more __7__ days the choices made the difference between life or death. The crises we meet today are unlikely to be so extreme, but however little the stress, it involves the same __8__. It is when such a reaction lasts long, through continued __9__ to stress, that health becomes endangered. Since we cannot __10__ stress from our lives it would be unwise to do so even if we could, we need to find ways to deal with it.

　　[A] exposure

　　[B] characters

　　[C] answer

　　[D] chemically

　　[E] avoid

　　[F] psychologically

　　[G] primitive

　　[H] transfer

　　[I] unusual

　　[J] control

　　[K] remove

　　[L] escape

　　[M] response

　　[N] backward

　　[O] essential

　　2017年6月英语四级阅读练习答案一

　　1.选O

　　2.选E

　　3.选J

　　4.选B

　　5.选I

　　6.选F

　　7.选G

　　8.选M

　　9.选A

　　10.选K

　　2017年6月英语四级阅读练习二

　　Perhaps it was only during the dawn of the human race that women 11 stood equal with men. At the beginning, I think both sexes shared equal responsibility for the 12 of the race. Men and women shared in the hunt and in wars. Traces of this ancient tradition can be found, for example, in the Achinese society in North Sumatra, where women fought alongside men against the invading Dutch colonial 13 during the Achinese wars in the 19th century. Some women even became admirals of the Achinese fleet. Other cultures in other parts of the world have had the 14 tradition.

　　Perhaps the invention of agriculture 15 the beginning of a differentiation between men's and women's roles. Men continued to hunt, and women became food gatherers and tended the field. Men 16 became agriculturists as well, when the hunt no longer provided enough sustenance for the community. The biological fact that women 17 children, and that each time they give birth they are 18 , for a time, fully to play their role in the provision of sustenance and other work for the family, slowly gave rise to more distinct men's and women's roles. Men who are physically stronger 19 on such " natural" roles as warriors, and in most cases men became chiefs, commanders, and kings. In the 20 of history, as matriarchal systems became minorities in many cultures, the roles of men and women in many societies became increasingly gender-oriented and differentiated.

　　A. really

　　B. police

　　C. bear

　　D. course

　　E. survival

　　F. later

　　G. forces

　　H. unable

　　I. lately

　　J. process

　　K. remarked

　　L. marked

　　M. same

　　N. took

　　O. unstable

　　2017年6月英语四级阅读练习答案二

　　11.A

　　12. E

　　13. G

　　14. M

　　15. L

　　16. F

　　17. C

　　18. H

　　19. N

　　20. D