英语四级阅读理解训练带答案解析
61.What is the main ider of the first paragraph?
A) Many young Americans will never be ableto pay on their debts.
B) Credit cards play an increasinglyimportant role in college lift.
C) Credit cards are doing more ? than studentloans.
D) The American credit card system isunder cnticism.
62.Why do young people have to pay a higherinterest on their credit card debt?
A) They tend to forget about the deadlines.
B) They haven’t developed a ? history.
C) They are often nabte to pay sack intime.
D)They are ? in managing money.
63.What is said to be the consequence ofyoung adults relying on credit cards to make ends meet?
A) I will place an unnecessd on society.
B) It will give their to work hard.
C) It will exert psy pressure on them.
D) It will affect their future spendingpower.
64 What will happen to young adults iftheir credit card debt keeps accurnufating a lucia dunn?
A.They will have to pay anincreasthgly higher interest tate.
B.They may experience a crisis intheir old age.
C.Their quality of lift will toaffected.
D.Their credit way be cancelled.
65 what does Lucia Dunn think might be diskfor the credit card issuing banks?
A.They go bankrupt as aover-lending
B.They lose la
C.Their client
D.Their interest ratcs have to bereduced now and then.
61. A) Many young Americans will never be able to pay off their debts.
62. B) They haven't developed a credit history.
63. D) It will affect their future spending power.
64. B) They may experience a financial crisis in their old age.
65. C) Their clients leave their debts unpaid upon death.
【点评】
本文出自Time的Business & Money板块，原文标题为Today’s Young Adults Will Never Pay Off TheirCredit Card Debts。可以说这篇阅读一出，再一次印证了Time以及经济类文章一直是四级出题老师的宠儿。
该篇的话题并不为考生所陌生，全文围绕“现今的年轻人或许永远无法偿还清信用卡借款”展开，用一个个事实为大家陈述了这个猜测的理由。例如年轻人依赖信用卡，长此以往下去，即使到了他们赚钱能力最强的年纪，也会成为扯人口消费力后腿的人群。而且据Lucia Dunn教授称，这些年轻人在老年将会面临经济危机。
从考题来看，除了61题为段落的主旨大意题外，其余都是常见的事实细节题。同学在做题时可以根据问题中的关键词定位到原文的段落，如63题的relying on，64题的Lucia Dunn等都可以直接帮助考生快速找到答案所在的段落。另外，由于我们说经济类文章几乎年年出现在四级试卷中，考生不妨多多接触此类题材，并积累相关的词汇，为自己的阅读得分做好充足的准备
Passage 8
A bookless life is an incomplete life. Books influence the depth and breadth of life. They meet thenatural 36 for freedom, for expression, for creativity and beauty of life. Learners, therefore, musthave books，and the right type of book, for the satisfaction of their need. Readers turn 37 tobooks because their curiosity concerning all manners of things* their eagerness to share in theexperiences of others and their need to 38 from their own limited environment lead them to findin books food for the mind and the spirit. Through their reading they find a deeper significance to lifeas books acquaint them with life in the world as it was and it is now. They are presented with a 39of human experiences and come to 40 other ways of thought and living. And while 41 their ownrelationships and responses to life，the readers often find that the 42 in their stories are goingthrough similar adjustments, which help to clarify and give significance to their own.
Books provide 43 material for readers’ imagination to grow. Imagination is a valuable quality and amotivating power, and stimulates achievement. While enriching their imagination, books 44 theiroutlook, develop a fact-finding attitude and train them to use leisure 45 ? The social and educationalsignificance of the readers, books cannot be overestimated in an academic library.
【讲解答案】
36. F desire根据结构，空白处前的natural是形容词,它修饰的应该是名词，且空白处所填的名词应 与前面的动词meet(满足)构成搭配。其后面是三个for短语作为这个名词的解释成份。F项 desire(愿望，渴望)符合要求,填人后意为“书籍满足了人们与生俱来的对自由、对语言表达、对创 造力以及对生活之美的自然的渴望”,符合文意。
37. K naturally根据结构，空白处之前是turn,后面是to,已经构成了一个完整的动词词组“turn to”, 意思是“转向，求助于,求教于”,空白处应该是副词，修饰这个动词词组。根据后文文意，读书人有 好奇心、愿意分享他人经历、要逃离……，为此要去读书。也就是说，对读书人来说,要去读书是自 然而然的事情。K项naturally填人空白后后意为“读书的人自然要去读书……”,符合要求。其他 副词选项D项completely(完全地)、M项properly(适当地)均不合文意。
38. H escape根据结构，空白处前面是不定式符号to,可以看出空白处应为动词，后面还有介词from 构成搭配。选项中满足这两个要求的只有:E项derive(起源于)和H项escape(逃脱，避开)。根据 文意，H项escape符合要求，填入后意为“他们需要逃离有限的生活圈子”。
39. G diversity根据结构，空白处应该是名词，构成a. ..of的结构。只有G项diversity填入后可构 成搭配，意为“多种多样的……”。因此G项diversity正确答案。
40. N respect根据结构，空白处后面是名词词组other ways,前面的to就应该是不定式符号接动词, 而不是介词接名词。动词的选项有E项derive(起源于)、F项desire(渴望)、H项escape(逃脱，避 开)、J项narrow(使变狭窄)、N项respect(尊敬，敬重)，根据文意，读书的人得到了读书的益处，渐 渐开始尊重其他人的生活和思维方式。N项respect与题意一致，符合要求。
41. I establishing根据结构，空白处位于while之后，这半句中没有主语，可见While从句中应该是省 略了主语，这种情况下谓语中包含的be也同时省略，空白处应该是谓语中留下的现在分词，描述 句子主语readers的行为。现在分词形式的选项有两个：C项communicating和I项establishing。 根据空白处后relationship这个词，填入I项establishing与之构成搭配，意为“建立联系”，符合要 求*若填人C项communicating(沟通)，与文意不符。
42. B characters根据结构，空白处前为定冠词the,因此空白处一定是名词。该名词出现在in their ?torie丨(故亊)前面，填入B项characters(故亊人物)与文意一致，符合要求，
43. A abundant根据结构，空白处前面是动词provide，后面是名词material，可以看出空白处应该是 形容词修饰material。选项中可作形容词的有A项abundant(丰富的)和J项narrow(狭窄的)。A 项abundant填入后意为“书籍为读者提供了丰富的素材以让他们展开想象的翅膀”，符合文意 要求。
44. 0 widen根据结构，空白处所在的句子中缺少动词作谓语，因此此处应为一个动词。根据文意， 书籍使读者受益，所以应选择积极意义的动词，0项widen(扩展)填入后意为“书籍还拓展他们的 视野”，符合文意要求。
45. M properly根据结构，空白处前为动词短语to use leisure，空白处应填入一个副词修饰动词词 组。副词选项有D项completely(十分，完全地)，K项naturally(自然地)，M项properly(合理地， 完全地)。M项properly填入后意为“教会他们合理地利用闲暇时间”，符合文意要求。