四级阅读模拟训练及答案
The first difference is that a policeman's real life revolves round the law. Most of his training is incriminal law. He has to know exactly what actions are crimes and what evidence can be usedto prove them in court. He has to know as a professional lawyer, and what is more, he has toapply it on his feet, in the dark and rain, running down an alley after someone he wants to talkto.
Little of his time is spent in chatting to scantily-clad (穿衣不多的) ladies or in dramaticconfrontationswith desperate criminals. He will spend most of his working life typing millions ofwords on thousands of forms about hundreds of sad, unimportant people who are guilty —ornot —of stupid, petty crimes.
Most television crime drama is about finding the criminal: as soon as he's arrested, the story isover. i real life, finding criminals is seldom much of a problem. Except in very serious cases likemurders and terrorist attacks — where failure to produce results reflects on the standing ofthe police —little effortis spent on searching.
Having made an arrest, a detective really starts to work. He has to prove his case in court andto do thathe often has to gather a lot of different evidence. So, as well as being overworked,a detective has to beout at all hours of the day and night interviewing his witnesses andpersuade them usually against their own best interests, to help him.
练习题：
Choose correct answers to the question:
1.The first sentence implies that ________.
A.the life of the real policemen and that of the policemen on TV are entirely different
B.the real policemen will find the similarities if they can get home in time
C.the real policemen seldom can get home in time to watch TV
D.the policemen shown on TV can always get home in time
2.It is essential for a policeman to be trained in criminal law _____.
A.so that he can catch criminals in the streets
B.because many of the criminals he has to catch are dangerous
C.so that he can justify his arrests in court
D.because he has to know nearly as much about law as a professional lawyer
3.The everyday life of a policeman or detective is ______.
A.exciting and glamorous
B. full of danger
C.devoted mostly to routine matters
D. wasted on unimportant matters
4.When murders and terrorist attacks occur,the police______.
A.prefer to wait for the criminal to give himself away
B.make great efforts to try to track down their man
C.try to make a quick arrest in order to keep up their reputation
D.usually fail to produce results
5.What’s the best title for the passage?
A.Policemen and Detective
B.Policemen’s Life-Fun and Fantasy
C.The Real Life of a Policeman
D.Drama and Reality
1.[C] 推理判断题。本题考查对第1句的理解。if引出的条件状语从句前的破折号表明这个假设是相对于之前的看电视来说的，而不是相对于整句话的。该句特意用if作补充说明，暗示了一些附加的信息：真实生活中的警察通常很晚回家，连看电视都赶不上。由此可见,C是正确的理解。A说法过于绝对，与原文的hardly不符。
2.[C] 推理判断题。本题考查内在的因果关系。从第2段第3句可以推断出答案,A毫无原文依据，原文中也并没有暗示B和D这两种因果关系。
3.[C] 推理判断题。本题考查对长句的理解。根据第3段第2句可以推断出答案。本题最具干扰性的是B，按照常识,警察的工作通常都被认为很危险，但是第3段第1句由Little引出的倒装句表明了他们很少与亡命之徒交锋，并非充满危险，因此B不对;而D将在文中用来修饰people的unimportant拿来修饰“事情”,显然偷换概念，曲解原文。
4.[B] 推理判断题。本题考查对复合句的理解。答题关键在于正确理解第4段最后一句，except引出的句子暗示警方只有在遇到特别严重的犯罪时追捕罪犯才会花费很大的气力，B符合文意。本题最具干扰性的是C,由本句第2个破折号后的内容可知此处主要强调“费不费劲”的问题，而C中的make a quick airest并未突显出原文的关键含义，不如B准确。
5.[C] 主旨大意题。本文的重点是说瞀察们的现实生活，全文将这种现实生活与电视里面展现的作比较,是为澄清事实，故C可概括全文主题。
It came as something of a surprise when Diana, Princess of Wales, made a trip to Angola in1997, to support the Red Cross campaign for a total ban on all anti-personnel landmines.Within hours of arriving in Angola, television screens around the world were filled with images ofher comforting victims injured in explosions caused by landmines. "I knew the statistics," shesaid. "But putting a face to those figures broughtthe reality home to me; like when I metSandra, a 13-year-old girl who had lost her leg, and people like her."
The Princess concluded with a simple message: "We must stop landmines". And she used everyopportunity during her visit to repeat this message.
But, back in London, her views were not shared by some members of the British government,which refused tosupport a ban on these weapons. Angry politicians launched an attack On thePrincess in the press. They described her as "very ill-informed" and a "loose cannon (乱放炮的人)
The Princess responded by brushing aside the Criticisms: "This is a distraction (干扰) we do notneed. AllI’m trying to do is help."
Opposition parties, the media and the public immediately voiced their Support for the Princess.To make matters worse for the government, it soon emerged that the Princess trip had beenapproved by the Foreign Office, and that she was in fact very well-informed about both thesituation in Angola and the British governments policy regarding landmines. The result was asevere embarrassment for the government.
To try and limit the damage, the Foreign Secretary, Malcolm Rifkidnd, claimed that the Princessviews on landmines were not very different from government policy, and that it was "workingtowards" a worldwide ban.The Defence Secretary, Michael Portillo, claimed the matter was "amisinterpretation or misunderstanding." -
For the Princess, the trip to this war-torn country was an excellent opportunity to use herpopularity to show the world how much destruction and suffering landmines can cause. Shesaid that the experience had also given her the chance to get closer to people and theirproblems.
练习题：
Choose correct answers to the question:
1. Princess Diana paid a visit to Angola in 1997 _____
A. to clarify the British governments stand on landmines
B. to establish her image as a friend of landmine victims
C. to investigate the sufferings of landmine victims there
D. to voice her support for a total ban of landmines
2. What did Diana mean when she said "... putting a face to those figures brought therealityhome to me" (Line 5, Para. 1)?
A. Meeting the landmine victims in person made her believe the statistics.
B. She just couldn’t bear to meet the landmine victims face to face.
C. The actual situation in Angola made her feel like going back home.
D. Seeing the pain of the victims made realize the seriousness of the situation.
3. Some members of the British government criticized Diana because _____
A. she had not consulted the government before the visit
B. she was ill-informed of the governments policy
C. they were actually opposed to banning landmines
D. they believed that she had misinterpreted the situation in Angola
4. How did Diana respond to the criticisms?
A. She made more :appearances on TV.
B. She paid no attention to them.
C. She rose to argue with her opponents.
D. She met the 13-year-old girl as planned.
5. What did Princess Diana think of her visit to Angola?
A. It had caused embarrassment to the British government.
B. It had greatly promoted her popularity.
C. It had brought her closer to the ordinary people.
D. It had affected her relations with the British government.
1.[A] 根据题干中的时间、人名可以马上找到信息源为文章第1句，其中的不定式正好与选项的形式一致,表示目的，只要将选项内容与原文第1句中的不定式结构内容相对照即可得出答案为A。
2.[D] 此题考查语义及逻辑推理能力，关键在于理解brought the reality home to sb. (使某人了解到现实)及I knew the statistics, but...的隐含义“我知道统计数字，但是(没想到会这么严重)”。再结合上文可知D的表述正确。C错在黛安娜不是亲身看到那些受害者之后才相信该统计数字的。
3.[B] 第3段第1句指出，回到伦敦，她的观点并没有得到英国政府的一些官员的认可。黛安娜是支持banninglandmines(禁止地雷)的，故英国政府的一些官员是反对禁止地雷，因此答案选B。而从第5段第2句“……黛安娜王妃出访已获英国外交部批准，而且事实上她对安哥拉的形势和英国政府有关地雷的政策都很了解。’’可知A、C、D的说法均不正确。
4.[A] 此题关键在于理解第4段第1句中brush aside“无视,不顾，漠视”这个短语，A的paid no attention与brush aside同义,故选A。
5.[B] 根据文章最后一句，黛安娜总结其出访安哥拉的意义，B中的brought her closer to the ordinarypeople是原文get closer to people and their problems的同义改写。