2014年英语四级考试每日一练(2月17日)
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1. According to the critics, rent control .
A．will always benefit those who rent apartments
B．is unnecessary
C．will bring negative effects in the long run
D．is necessary under all circumstances
2. Questions61-21are based on the following passage.
Someday a stranger will read your e-mail without your permission or scan the Websites you've visited. Orperhaps someone will casually glance through your credit card purchases or cell phone bills to find out yourshopping preferences or calling habits.
In fact, it's likely some of these things have already happened to you. Who would watch you without yourpermission? It might be a spouse, a girlfriend, a marketing company, a boss, a cop or a criminal. Whoever it is, theywill see you in a way you never intended to be seen--the 21st century equivalent of being caught naked.
Psychologists tell us boundaries are healthy, that it's important to reveal yourself to friends, family and loversin stages, at appropriate times. But few boundaries remain. The digital bread crumbs (碎屑) you leave everywhere make it easy for strangers to reconstruct who you are, where you are and what you like. In somecases, a simple Google search can reveal what you think. Like it or not, increasingly we live in a world where yousimply cannot keep a secret.
The key question is: Does that matter?
For many Americans, the answer apparently is "no."
When opinion polls ask Americans about privacy, most say they are concerned about losing it. A survey foundan overwhelming pessimism about privacy, with 60 percent of respondents saying they feel their privacy is"slipping away, and that bothers me."
But people say one thing and do another. Only a tiny fraction of Americans change any behaviors in an effortto preserve their privacy. Few people turn down a discount at tollbooths (收费站) to avoid using the EZ-Pass system that can track automobile movements. And few turn down supermarket loyalty cards. Privacyeconomist Alessandro Acquisti has run a series of tests that reveal people will surrender personal information likeSocial Security numbers just to get their hands on a pitiful 50-cents-offcoupon(优惠劵).
But privacy does matter--at least sometimes. It's like health: When you have it, you don't notice it. Only when
it's gone do you wish you'd done more to protect it.
What does the author mean by saying "the 21 st century equivalent of being caught naked" (Line 3, Para.2 )?
A．People's personal information is easily accessed without their knowledge.
B．In the 21 st century people try every means to look into others' secrets.
C．People tend to be more frank with each other in the information age.
D．Criminals are easily caught on the spot with advanced technology.
3. Passage Two
Questions{TSE} are based on the passage you have just heard.
A．Two or three-degree rise in temperature will happen soon.
B．The environment will become less influenced.
C．Up to 13% of plants and animals will disappear.
D．Humans will suffer from heat stress and tropical diseases.
翻译题
4.
5. __________(这么多人不在)，we decided to put the meeting off．
6. Susan looks so slim now， I think she______ (她一定很努力地减肥了)．
7. There is no doubt that____________ (需求的增长导致了价格的上涨)．
8. We can only __________ (传递这张图片)through the Internet．
9. Unit 3
Sophy Brent came to visit me nearly every day. She made me feel uneasy most of the time. She smoked 11 and never used an ashtray. She followed me into the kitchen while I made tea or coffee or supper and 12 herself to the children's orange juice. She made a great hit with my two-year-old daughter Flora, who would 13 about her for hours and refer to her lovingly as "sofa", and she was always talking about my husband and asking me where he was.
I could not decide why she chose my 14 , although I realized that nobody else paid her very much attention. Her situation was very difficult in that she was 15 out of drama school and only nineteen, but being 16 to play a leading part in a company of fairly 17 and experienced actors. They would not have liked her much even if she had been good, and as, from all accounts, she was not good so they took every 18 to run her down. I think she thought that I was the only person around who was both unconnected with the theatre and tolerably 19 . To associate with me was not, at any rate, to step down the scale. And for my part, although I felt troubled by her I did not dislike her. There was something genuinely outstanding in her personality, and she had such physical 20 that with me she could get away with anything. She was nice to have around, like flowers or a bowl of fruit.
翻译题
10. Our efforts will pay off if the results of the research _________ .(能应用于新技术的开发)
1. According to the critics, rent control .
A．will always benefit those who rent apartments
B．is unnecessary
C．will bring negative effects in the long run
D．is necessary under all circumstances
2. Questions61-21are based on the following passage.
Someday a stranger will read your e-mail without your permission or scan the Websites you've visited. Orperhaps someone will casually glance through your credit card purchases or cell phone bills to find out yourshopping preferences or calling habits.
In fact, it's likely some of these things have already happened to you. Who would watch you without yourpermission? It might be a spouse, a girlfriend, a marketing company, a boss, a cop or a criminal. Whoever it is, theywill see you in a way you never intended to be seen--the 21st century equivalent of being caught naked.
Psychologists tell us boundaries are healthy, that it's important to reveal yourself to friends, family and loversin stages, at appropriate times. But few boundaries remain. The digital bread crumbs (碎屑) you leave everywhere make it easy for strangers to reconstruct who you are, where you are and what you like. In somecases, a simple Google search can reveal what you think. Like it or not, increasingly we live in a world where yousimply cannot keep a secret.
The key question is: Does that matter?
For many Americans, the answer apparently is "no."
When opinion polls ask Americans about privacy, most say they are concerned about losing it. A survey foundan overwhelming pessimism about privacy, with 60 percent of respondents saying they feel their privacy is"slipping away, and that bothers me."
But people say one thing and do another. Only a tiny fraction of Americans change any behaviors in an effortto preserve their privacy. Few people turn down a discount at tollbooths (收费站) to avoid using the EZ-Pass system that can track automobile movements. And few turn down supermarket loyalty cards. Privacyeconomist Alessandro Acquisti has run a series of tests that reveal people will surrender personal information likeSocial Security numbers just to get their hands on a pitiful 50-cents-offcoupon(优惠劵).
But privacy does matter--at least sometimes. It's like health: When you have it, you don't notice it. Only when
it's gone do you wish you'd done more to protect it.
What does the author mean by saying "the 21 st century equivalent of being caught naked" (Line 3, Para.2 )?
A．People's personal information is easily accessed without their knowledge.
B．In the 21 st century people try every means to look into others' secrets.
C．People tend to be more frank with each other in the information age.
D．Criminals are easily caught on the spot with advanced technology.
3. Passage Two
Questions{TSE} are based on the passage you have just heard.
A．Two or three-degree rise in temperature will happen soon.
B．The environment will become less influenced.
C．Up to 13% of plants and animals will disappear.
D．Humans will suffer from heat stress and tropical diseases.
翻译题
4.
5. __________(这么多人不在)，we decided to put the meeting off．
6. Susan looks so slim now， I think she______ (她一定很努力地减肥了)．
7. There is no doubt that____________ (需求的增长导致了价格的上涨)．
8. We can only __________ (传递这张图片)through the Internet．
9. Unit 3
Sophy Brent came to visit me nearly every day. She made me feel uneasy most of the time. She smoked 11 and never used an ashtray. She followed me into the kitchen while I made tea or coffee or supper and 12 herself to the children's orange juice. She made a great hit with my two-year-old daughter Flora, who would 13 about her for hours and refer to her lovingly as "sofa", and she was always talking about my husband and asking me where he was.
I could not decide why she chose my 14 , although I realized that nobody else paid her very much attention. Her situation was very difficult in that she was 15 out of drama school and only nineteen, but being 16 to play a leading part in a company of fairly 17 and experienced actors. They would not have liked her much even if she had been good, and as, from all accounts, she was not good so they took every 18 to run her down. I think she thought that I was the only person around who was both unconnected with the theatre and tolerably 19 . To associate with me was not, at any rate, to step down the scale. And for my part, although I felt troubled by her I did not dislike her. There was something genuinely outstanding in her personality, and she had such physical 20 that with me she could get away with anything. She was nice to have around, like flowers or a bowl of fruit.
|
A. helped |
B. smart |
B. |
constantly |
D. |
treated |
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E. required |
F. supreme |
G. |
hang |
H. |
charm |
|
I. continually |
J. company |
K. |
opportunity |
L. |
distinguished |
|
M. straight |
N. partner |
O. |
disappointed |
|
|
翻译题
10. Our efforts will pay off if the results of the research _________ .(能应用于新技术的开发)
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