四级英语阅读理解精选练习附答案解析

　　阅读理解精选练习题目：

　　57. Which of the following is the best title for this passage?

　　A) The Development of Universal Time.

　　B) Different Ways to Measure Time.

　　C) Why We Measure Time the Way We do.

　　D) How the Calendar Came into being.

　　58. What does the example of Babylonia astronomers reveal?

　　A) It reveals Babylonians’wisdom that was absent elsewhere.

　　B) It reveals the origin of our time measurements.

　　C) It reveals the limits of sometime measurements.

　　D) It reveals the stability of time measurements.

　　59. The author mentions all of the following ways to measure time EXCEPT .

　　A) sundial B) hourglass C) electric clock D) mechanical clock

　　60. According to the passage, Greenwich Mean Time .

　　A) provides a common time for all parts of the world

　　B) is calculated from the sun

　　C) is the 12th of the 24 time zones

　　D) was named after an international conference

　　61. With which of the following statements would the author be most likely to agree?

　　A) Time measurements have changed in response to need and technological development.

　　B) In ancient Babylonia, 12 was the basic division of time.

　　C) The first calendar was developed because the sages of tribes were intelligent.

　　D) Universal Time is so named because it is applicable throughout the universe.

　　四级英语阅读理解精选练习答案解析：

　　57. C 主旨题本文共三段。第一段讲日历起源之因;第二段讲作为现代时间概念的基础，古巴比伦如何划分年月日时分秒;第三段提及先后出现的测量时间的各种工具，并讲述“世界时”如何顺应时代发展而产生。A)，B)和D)项都只概括了本文的部分内容，只有C)项是对全文的总结。

　　58. B 综合判断题C)项在文章中没有提及,D)项不正确。本文的主题是计时方式的发展，并未强调某个民族智慧过人，A)项也不正确。

　　59. C 细节题根据题干可定位于第三段前半部分，答案是C。

　　60. B 细节题解题依据是“The time at Greenwich measured by the sun is…”。不过考生不一定留意了这个后置定语。相反，受“Twelve zones are west of Greenwich. Twelve are east.”的影响，可能会误选C)项。其实，这里是24个时区的“the starting point”,也就是第一个时区。

　　61. A 综合判断题C)项提到的日历出现就是其中一个例证，第三段还提到sundial, hourglass, mechanical clocks and watches和Greenwich Mean Time的出现，这都是随着人类社会发展的需要出现的。C)项错在将日历出现归因于一小部分人的高智商，真正的原因其实是“When people started farming…”。此外，Universal Time并非全宇宙通用，它只适用于全球24个时区，故D)项也不正确。