四级专项练习(快速阅读、写作、阅读、听力、完形填空等各10来套题目)及答案

B) Tobacco can be smoked through a tube.

C) Nicot gave sick men tobacco to eat.

D) Columbus learned about tobacco from Nicot.

21. A) Because he thought it could ease pain.

B) Because tobacco was popular.

C) Because tobacco contained nicotine.

D) Because he had a bad pain in his leg.Passage Three

Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.

22. A) How to choose a pet.

B) How to train a dog.

C) Some considerations before you keep a dog.

D) Different breeds of dogs.

23. A) You should have a big apartment. B) The dog eats

very much.

C) The dog tends to be angry. D) The dog is a popular breed.

24. A) Because they are powerful.

B) Because they are easy to train.

C) Because they provide protection and companionship.

D) Because they grow up quickly.

25. A) When you live in the city. B) When your home is small.

C) When you have small children. D) When you live in an apartment.

Section C

Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage

is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When

the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered

from 26 to 33 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 34

to 36 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can

either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your

own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check

what you have written. The last century saw a (26) increase in literacy, and thus

in the number of readers. As readers increased, so the number of (27) listeners

decreased, and thus there was some (28) in the need to read aloud. As reading for

the (29) of listeners grew less (30) , reading was no longer a (31) activity in

such public places as libraries, railway (32) and offices, where reading aloud would

cause (33) to other readers.

Towards the end of the century there was still considerable argument over (34) , and

over whether the reading of material such as newspapers was in some way mentally

weakening. Indeed this argument remains with us still in education. However, whatever

its virtues, the old shared literacy culture had gone and was replaced by the printed

mass media on one hand and (35).

By the end of the century, (36)

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Exercise 3