试卷详情
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大学英语四级综合-52
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[单项选择]Passage One
Children learn almost nothing from television,and the more they watch the less they remember.They regard television purely as entertainment,resent programs that demand on them and are surprised that anybody should take the medium seriously.Far from being over—excited by programs,they are mildly bored with the whole thing. These are the main conclusions from a new study of children and television.The author Cardiac Cullingford confirms that the modem child is a dedicated viewer.The studv suggests that there is liRle point in the later hours.More than a third of the children regularly watch their favorite programs after 9 p.m.All 11-year—olds have watched programs after midnight.
Apart from the obvious waste of time involved,it seems that all this viewing has liRle effect.Children don’t pay close attention,says Cullingford,and they can recall few detaiL7.They can remember exactly which programs they have seen but they can rarely explain the elem
A. it is useless for television companies to delay adult viewing to the later hours
B. it is a waste of time for children to watch adult programs on TV
C. children should not watch television programs late into the night
D. children are supposed to learn a lot from television programs
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[单项选择]Passage Four
The motor vehicle has killed and disabled more people in its brief history than any bomb or weapon ever invented. Much of the blood on the street flows essentially from uncivil behavior of drivers who refuse to respect the legal and moral rights of others. So the massacre (大屠杀) on the road may be regarded as a social problem.
In fact, the enemies of society on wheels are rather harmless people just ordinary people acting carelessly, you might say. But it is a principle both of law and common morality that carelessness is no excuse when one’s actions could bring death or damage to others. A minority of the killers go even beyond carelessness to total negligence.
Researchers have estimated that as many as 80 percent of all automobile accidents can be attributed to the psychological condition of the driver. Emotional upsets can distort drivers’ reactions, slow their judgment, and blind them to dangers that might otherwise be evident. The expert
A. Doubtful yet still longing for. B. Happy and rather confident.
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[单项选择]Passage Two
Surprisingly, no one knows how many children receive education in English hospitals, still less the content or quality of that education. Proper records are just not kept. We know that more than 850,000 children go through hospital each year, and that every child of school age has a legal right to continue to receive education while in hospital. We also know there is only one hospital teacher to every 1,000 children in hospital.
Little wonder the latest survey concludes that the extent and type of hospital teaching available differ a great deal across the country. It is found that half the hospitals in England which admit children have no teacher. A further quarter have only a part-time teacher. The special children’s hospitals in major cities do best; general hospitals in the country and holiday areas are worst off. From this survey, one can estimate that fewer than one in five children have some contact with a hospital teacher and that conta
A. every child in hospital receives some teaching
B. not enough is known about hospital teaching
C. hospital teaching is of poor quality
D. the special children’s hospitals are worst off
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[单项选择]Passage Three
①It is a favorable thing to look back at some of the reforms which have long been an accepted part of our life, and to examine the opposition, usually bitter and very strange, sometimes dishonest but all too often honest, which had to be countered by the restless advocates of "grandmotherly" law.
The reforms treated in this book are not the well-known measures-like the abolition of slavery, the reform of Parliament, the vote of women-which are recorded in the standard history books. Here are some of the less familiar struggles which, with one or two exceptions, social historians have tended to dismiss briefly. Yet these old controversies give no less revealing insight into the minds of our grandfathers than do the major issues of the last century. The pulse of a generation can be taken just as effectively by considering its attitudes to the marrying of dead wives’ sisters, to the fetching of father’s beer or even to the sweeping of chimneys.
A. it is good to look at the arguments against them
B. it is good that they have been accepted
C. they were healthier than we now appreciate
D. we should study the alternative
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[单项选择]Passage Four
The motor vehicle has killed and disabled more people in its brief history than any bomb or weapon ever invented. Much of the blood on the street flows essentially from uncivil behavior of drivers who refuse to respect the legal and moral rights of others. So the massacre (大屠杀) on the road may be regarded as a social problem.
In fact, the enemies of society on wheels are rather harmless people just ordinary people acting carelessly, you might say. But it is a principle both of law and common morality that carelessness is no excuse when one’s actions could bring death or damage to others. A minority of the killers go even beyond carelessness to total negligence.
Researchers have estimated that as many as 80 percent of all automobile accidents can be attributed to the psychological condition of the driver. Emotional upsets can distort drivers’ reactions, slow their judgment, and blind them to dangers that might otherwise be evident. The
A. To show that the motor vehicle is a very dangerous invention.
B. To promote understanding between careless drivers and street walkers.
C. To discuss traffic problems and propose possible solutions.
D. To warn drivers of the importance of safety drivin