英语四级阅读理解练习题5
People's tastes in recreation differ widely. At a recent festival of pop-music in the Isle of Wight, crowds of teenagers flocked to listen to their favorite singers and musicians. They went with single railway tickets and slept in the open, a very risky thing to do in the climate of Britain, even in August. They were packed together like sardines for four days. There were innumerable thieves, a gang of roughs tried several times to break things up, and police were everywhere. At the end of the festival many young fans found themselves broke, with no money left,and they had difficulty in getting back home. Most people would consider these conditions a nightmare of discomfort; the fans appeared to enjoy it all enormously.
Even in the overcrowded United Kingdom there are large tracts of open un-spoilt country, where people with more traditional tastes can go for quiet, and for the sense of freedom they derive from contact with nature. In the national parks especially, modern development of housing and industry is strictly controlled. Visitors may walk for miles through landscape of the greatest beauty and wildness, and often of considerable historic or scientific interest. Along the coasts of some of the maritime counties, public pathways have been created; these paths stretch for many miles along cliffs that look out on the Atlantic Ocean or the English Channel. Another path,lying inland, goes along the range of mountains in the north of England. It is called the Pennine Way. Here, the long-distance waller and the nature-lover can find much to enjoy, without feeling disturbed by large numbers of their fellows.
Yet few people make full use of the national parks established for everyone's benefit. The commonest thing nowadays is for family groups to motor out to a beautiful spot and park their cars in a lay-by ( 英国的路旁停车带 ). A picnic basket is produced, along with a folding table and chairs, a kettle and a portable stove. They then settle down to a picnic in the lay-by beside the car. Apparently their idea of enjoyment is to get into the fresh air and amongst the country sights and sounds without having to wall a yard. They seem almost to like to hear and to smell the traffic.
56. In Britain it is very risky to __________.
A.go with a single railway ticket
B.listen to pop-music at the festival
C. sleep in the open
D.pack together in crowds
57. At the end of the festival, many young fans__________.
A.were arrested by the police
B.had spent most of their money
C.were sleeping out
D.became quite penniless
58. Even in the overcrowded United Kingdom there are large__________.
A.tracks through the open country
B.areas of country without soil
C.areas of countryside not developed
D.expanses of land where nobody works
59. Public pathways are created for people to__________.
A.commute to work
B.enjoy long-distance walking
C. wall to maritime counties
D.visit the historic or scenic sites
60. Family groups nowadays like to__________.
A.have meals out of doors by the road-side
B.go for a walk away from home
C.drive out past the beautiful places
D.hear and smell the animals
Passage Two
Questions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage.
Shopping for clothes is not the same experience for a man as it is for a woman. A man goes shopping because he needs something. His purpose is settled and decided in advance. He knows what he wants, and his objective is to find it and buy it; the price is a secondary consideration. All men simply walk into a shop and ask the assistant for what they want. If the shop has it in stock, the salesman promptly produces it, and the business of trying it on proceeds at once. All being well, the deal can be and often is completed in less than five minutes, with hardly any chat and to everyone's satisfaction.
For a man, slight problems may begin when the shop does not have what he wants, or does not have eactly what he wants. In that case the salesman, as the name implies, tries to sell the customer something else--he offers the nearest he can to the article required. No good salesman brings out such a substitute bluntly; he does so with skill and polish. "I know this jacket is not the style you want, sir, but would you like to try it for size? It happens to be the color you mentioned. " Few men have patience with this treatment, and the usual response is: "This is the right color and may be the right size, but I should be wasting my time and yours by trying it on. "
Now how does a woman go about buying clothes? In almost every respect she does so in the opposite way.
Her shopping is not often based on need. She has never fully made up her mind what she wants, and she is only"having a look around". She is always open to persuasion; indeed she sets great store by what the saleswoman tells her, even by what companions tell her. She will try on any number of things. Uppermost in her mind is the thought of finding something that everyone thinks suits her. Contrary to a lot of jokes, most women have an excellent sense of value when they buy clothes. They are always on the look-out for the unexpected bargain. Faced with a roomful of dresses, a woman may easily spend an hour going from one rail to another, to and fro, often retracing her steps,before selecting the dresses she wants to try on. It is a laborious process, but apparently an enjoyable one. So most dress shops provide chairs for the waiting husbands.
61. When a man is buying clothes, __________.
A.he chooses things that others recormnend
B.he buys cheap things, regardless of quality
C.he buys good things, so long as they are not too expensive
D. he does not mind how much he has to pay for the right things
62. In commerce a good salesman is one who__________.
A.sells something a customer does not particularly want
B.always has in stock the thing the customer wants
C.can find out quickly the goods required
D.does not waste his time on difficult customers
63. What does a man do when he cannot get exactly what he wants?
A.He buys something that is similar enough to the ideal one.
B.He usually does not buy anything.
C.At least two of his reqnirements must be met before he buys.
D.So long as the style is right, he buys the thing.
64. According to this passage, when shopping for clothes, women__________.
A.often buy things without thinking
B.seldom buy cheap clothes
C.welcome suggestions from anyone
D.never take any advice
65. What is the most obvious difference between men and women shoppers'?
A.The fact that men do not try clothes on in a shop.
B.Women bargain for their clothes, but men do not.
C.Women stand up while shopping, but men sit down.
D. The time they take over buying clothes.
【答案解析】
56.C
定位：根据题干信息词risky可将答案定位到第一段第三句。
解析：该句提到：“他们(青少年们)只买得起去音乐节的单程火车票，甚至不惜露宿街头，在英国那种气候条件下，即便是在八月份，他们的这种行为也是非常危险的。”故选C。
57.D
定位：根据题干信息atthe end ofthefestival可将答案定位到第一段倒数第二句。
解析：该句提到：“音乐节结束后，许多年轻歌迷发现自己身无分文，想要回家都很困难。”故选D。became quite penniless即意为“身无分文”，是对broke和with no money left的同义转述。
58.C
定位：根据题干信息even in the overcrowded United Kingdom可将答案定位到第二段第一句。
解析：原文提到：“Even in the overcrowded United Kingdom there are large tracts of open Hrl—spoilt country…(即便是在英国这样拥挤的国家，也有一大片一大片未遭破坏的乡村地区……)”选项C中的not developed是原文中tin.spoilt的同义转述，故为正确答案。
59.B
定位：根据题干信息public pathways可将答案定位到第二段第四句。
解析：原文提到，一些海滨县城修建了公路，在内陆，沿英国北部的山脉也有一条公路。远途旅行者和热爱大自然的人能够收获不少乐趣，而且不会有被大批其他游人打搅的感觉。可见，开辟公路就是为了让人们能够享受远足，享受自然，故选B。
60.A
定位：根据题干信息family groups nowadays可将答案定位到第三段第二句。
解析：原文提到，现下最为常见的事情就是，全家人一起开车去一个美丽的景点，将车停在路边的停车带。然后他们就拿出准备好的各种工具和食物在自己的汽车旁野餐，故选A。
【答案解析】
61.D
定位：根据题干信息when a man is buying clothes可将答案定位到文章前两段。
解析：第一段中提到：“男人去购物是因为他需要某些东西。他的目的是既定的，而且提前就做好了决定。他知道自己需要什么，而他的目的就是找到那个东西并买下来，价格倒在其次。”可见，男士不怎么会考虑价格，故选D。
62.A
定位：根据题干信息agood salesman可将答案定位到第二段第二句。
解析：第二段开头提到：“对于男人来说，如果商店没有他想买的东西或者并不完全符合他心里的条件，可能会引发一些小问题。在那种情况下，导购就要像自己的职业名称(导‘购’)所暗示的那样，尝试卖给顾客别的东西：他把跟顾客要求最接近的东西推荐给他。”可见，一名优秀的导购是能成功将其他东西推销给顾客的，故选A。
63.B
定位：根据题干信息cannot get exactly what he wants可将答案定位到第二段第一句。
解析：第二段描述的是如果商店没有与男人想象的完全一样的商品时，会出现什么情况。题干的重点在于男人的反应，因此寻读到第二段结尾处，此处作者提到：“对于这种情况，男人很少会买账，他们一般都会说：‘也许衣服的颜色和大小都合适，但要是让我试穿的话，既浪费了你的时间，也浪费了我的。”’可见，在这种情况下，男人一般是什么都不会买的，故选B。
64.C
定位：根据题干信息when shopping for clothes，women可将答案定位到第三段。
解析：第三段中提到：“女人总是肯听他人的劝说，她重视女店员的话，甚至是同伴的话。她会什么都试穿一下。在她内心深处，她要找的衣服，是所有人都认为适合她的。”可见，女士很容易听取他人的建议.故C项为正确答案，
65.D
定位：根据题干信息the most obvious difference between men and women可知解答本题需通观全文，但由于涉及女性的购物特点，因此可到第三段寻找线索。
解析：在讲男人买衣服的情况时，作者提到：“如果店里有货，销售员能及时找到，而且马上就能试穿或试用.这一切顺利的话，整个交易一般在五分钟之内就可以完成。”在讲女人买衣服的情况时，作者提到：“面对一屋子衣服，她们也许很容易就花上一个小时，一排排浏览，来来回回乐此不疲;她们会不时地折返脚步，直到发现自己想试穿的衣服。”因此，男人与女人在买衣服问题上最主要的区别就很明显了，故本题应选D。