2021年6月英语四级考试阅读明白4篇
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【篇一】2021年6月英语四级考试阅读明白
By 1970, according to a World Wildlife Fund report, only about 4,500 tigers survived throughout the world-half of them in India. Mr. Foresters, who followed and counted tiger footprints, estimated that in May 1972 only about 1,800 tigers existed in India. Project Tiger Supported by W.W.F. was i妹妹ediately launched. Nine tiger reserves(保留地) were created, with armed guards protecting them.
The project provided opportunities for researchers from India and abroad to study tigers in the reserves and gather previously unavailable information about their habits. Studies show that a male tiger may control a hunting territory of between 10 and 20 square kilometers, depending on its age, size and strength. Theterritory of male includes the smaller territories(领地) of three or four tigresses. A tiger marks the boundaries of its territories by spraying urine and other bodily liquids on bushes. But it tries to avoid territorial fights, being guided by the distinctive body smell of other tigers. Tigers fight to death only when a tigress is defending her young, or when a tiger is guarding a tigress from the attentions of other males.
The popular image of the tiger is that of a merciless and unconquerable hunter. But studies show that it catches only one of 20 victims it tries to attack.
Fears have recently developed that Project Tiger has been too successful. It has enabled the tiger population to double (by mid-80 S), but India"s human population has also grown out of control. Currently it is 750 million and likely to be 900 million by the end of the century. Land problem is becoming serious and many rural people feel bitter about the fact that some rich forests are reserved for tigers. A growing number of attacks by tigers on man has added to the hostility .
练习题：
Choose correct answers to the question:
1.The ultimate aim of Project Tiger is to _____.
A.study the growth rate of tigers
B.protect tigers from being killed
C.promote the breeding of young tigers
D.analyze the behavioral patterns of tigers
2.Studies have shown that ______.
A.a tigress never attacks until attacked
B.the tigress is not as fierce as the tigers
C.a tiger usually fights another tiger to defend its own territory
D.the tiger is not an efficient hunter as is co妹妹only described
3.According to the passage, a tiger"s territory _____.
A.remains unchanged
B.is often defended by tigresses
C.expands as the tiger grows up
D.is the cause of most fights
4.Some people are afraid that Project Tiger _____.
A.has been carried too far
B.has not received enough attention
C.has failed to achieve its goal
D.is not worth the money spent on it
5.The author seems _____.
A.to be enthusiastic about Project Tiger
B.to have a matter-of-fact attitude towards Project Tiger
C.to have a hostile attitude towards Project Tiger
D.to be satisfied with Project Tiger
1.[D] 根据文章第1段，山君被捕杀是其数目剧减的根来源根基因，所以使山君免于被杀是家养植物掩护基金会的终极目的，故选D。
2.[B] 第3段第2句说，但研究讲明山君捕获猎物的完成率仅为1/20，B与之相符。第2段说到山君一般会防止国土之争，C与之不符，故清除;A、D在原文中并未说起都可清除。
3.[A] 第2段第2句提到，研究讲明，一头雄山君依年纪、体型及气力可以控制10至20千米的打猎领地，跟着山君的长大，其体型及气力都在增大，其霸占的打猎领地的面积自然也就增大，故A正确。
4.[C] 文章第4段首句说,很多人迩来启动担忧山君项目过于完成，C项是该句的同义交换，故为答案解析。
5.[B] 纵观全文，作者对于山君掩护项目没有参加自己个人的主观颜色，他持的是一种客观的立场，故选B。
【篇二】2021年6月英语四级考试阅读明白
When global warming finally came, it stuck with avengeance(与众不同地).In some regions, temperatures rose several degrees in less than acentury. Sea levels shot up nearly 400 feet. floodingcoastal settlements and forcing people to migrateinland. Deserts spread throughout the world asvegetation shifted drastically in North America. Europe and Asia. After driving many of theanimals around them to near extinction, people were forced to abandon their old way of lifefor a radically new survival strategy that resulted in widespread starvation and disease. The adaptation was farming: the global-warming crisis that gave rise to it happened morethan 10,000 years ago.
As environmentalists convene in Rio de Janeiro this week to ponder the global climate of thefuture, earth scientists are in the midst of a revolution in understanding how climate haschanged in the past-and how those changes have transformed human existence. Researchershave begun to piece together an illuminating picture of the powerful geological andastronomical forces that have combined to change the planet's environment from hot tocold, wet to dry and back again over a time period stretching back hundreds of millions ofyears.
Most important. scientists are beginning to realize that the climatic changes have bad a majorimpact on the evolution of the human species. New research now suggests that climateshifts have played a key role in nearly every significant turning point in human evolution: fromthe dawn of primates(灵长目植物) some 65 million years ago to human ancestors rising up towalk on two legs. from the huge expansion of the human brain to the rise of agriculture. Indeed, the human history has not been merely touched by global climate change, somescientists argue, it has in some instances been driven by it.
The new research has profound implications for the environment su妹妹it in Rio. Amongother things, the findings demonstrate that dramatic climate change is nothing new forplanet Earth. The benign(恼人的) global environment that has existed over the past 10,000 years-during which agriculture. writing, cities and most other features of civilization appeared-isa mere bright spot in a much larger pattern of widely varying climate over the ages. In fact, the pattern of climate change in the past reveals that Earth's climate will almost certainly gothrough dramatic changes in the future-even without the influence of human activity.
1.Farming emerged as a survival strategybecause man had been obliged__________.
A) to give up his former way of life
B) to leave the coastal areas
C) to follow the ever-shifting vegetation
D) to abandon his original settlement
2. Earth scientists have come to understand that climate____________.
A)is going through a fundamental change
B)has been getting warmer for 10,000 years
C) will eventually change from hot to cold
D) has gone through periodical changes
3.Scientists believe that human evolution________.
A) has seldom been accompanied by climatic changes
B) has exerted little influence on climatic changes
C) has largely been affected by climatic changes
D) has had a major impact on climatic changes
4.Evidence of past climatic changes indicates that__________.
A) human activities have accelerated changes of Earth's environment
B) Earth’s environment will remain mild despite human interference
C) Earth's climate is bound to change significantly in the future
D) Earth's climate is unlikely to undergo substantial changes in the future
5.The message the author wishes to convey in the passage is that______________.
A) human civilization remains glorious though it is affected by climatic changes
B) mankind is virtually helpless in the face of the dramatic changes of climate
C) man bas to limit his activities to slow down the global warming process
D) human civilization will continue io develop in spite of the changes of nature
1.务农成为了糊口计谋，由于人们已经被___________。
A)放弃本来的生活方法
B)脱离海岸地域
C)追随总在改动的植被情形
D)放弃本来的居住地
[A]文章第1段提到“人类在将其四周的很多种植物逼向接近灭尽的田地以后，也自愿放弃他们已招致饥馑、疾病的旧有生活方法而选择全新的求生计谋。这类计谋便是农业”。A与文章的意义相符合。
2.地球科学家已经了解到，天气___________________。
A)正在经历严重的改动
B)已经在已往的l万年傍边变得愈来愈热
C)终将从热变冷
D)已经经历了阶段性的改动
[D]文章第2段提到“研究者已经启动综合出一幅相关强盛的地质和地理气力产生感化的证明性的图片，在已往的几百万年中，这两种气力联合在一同改动着地球的环境：从酷热到严寒，从湿润到枯燥，云云重复，轮回不止”，D与文章的意义分歧。因此正确。
3.科学家以为人类的退化__________________。
A)少少陪同着天气改动
B)对天气改动的影响很小
C)深受天气改动的影响
D)对天气改动有严重影响
[C]文章第3段提到“关键的是，科学家已经启动认识到天气的改动对人种的退化有着重要的影响。目前新的研究讲明险些在人类退化的每个严重的转机时期气候改动都起着重要的感化”，因此人类退化遭到天气改动的影响。所以，C正确。
4.已往天气改动的证据讲明了__________________。
A)人类的运动已经减速了地球环境的改动
B)虽然遭到了人类的干涉，地球环境会坚持湿和稳定
C)地球的天气在将来会有严重的改动
D)地球的天气在将来不大能够产生实质性的改动
[C]文章后一段提到“现实上，已往天气改动的模式讲明地球的天气在未来一定会经历严重的改动——纵然是没有人类运动的影响”，所以，C与文章所表达的意义分歧。
5.作者想通过文章转达出的信息是__________________。
A)尽管人类文化遭到了天气改动的影响，但依然辉煌光耀非常
B)面临天气的猛烈改动，人类基本上束手无荣
C)人类应该限定考生自己的运动来缓解全世界暖化的历程
D)虽然自然在产生改动，但人类文化仍会继续发展
[B]全文围绕天气改动给人类带来的影响展开，而文章后一句“地球天气险些必定要在未来产生庞大的改动——乃至不必人类的干涉”，证明人类有力改动自然，B为正确答案解析。
【篇三】2021年6月英语四级考试阅读明白
Leonard da Vinci was a painter, a sculptor, anarchitect, a musician, an engineer, and a scientist. He was a man of many talents, a Renaissance man1 in the true sense of the word.
Leonard was born at a small town near Florence, where he was apprenticed to2 a painter. But he soonsurpassed his masters in uniting precision of linewith rhythm of movement, and in finding new ways to show light and shade.
Although Leonard is generally known as a painter, his actual output was very small. In facttoday only about twelve paintings are looked upon as3 having been done by him. This isbecause his diverse interest, his far-ranging curiosity in nature and his endless scientificexperiments and designings. To understand the man one has therefore , to read the 5, 000 notebooks in which he put down his observations in life and his sketch4 drawings.
Nevertheless, Leonard had profound understandings of art, which exerted5 great influenceamong the painters of his own generation and generations to follow. In painting he stressed theexpression of emotional states, which , to him were, the heart of painting:
"A good painter has two chief objects — to paint man and the intention of his soul. The formeris easy, the latter hard, for it must be expressed by gestures and the movement of the limbs. .. A painting will only be wonderful for the beholder by making that which is not so raisedand detached from the wall."
His major works: Last Supper, many European art masters have painted on the same subject. But none of their versions has been as impressive as da Vinci's. And none has the enduringvalue in the art world as his.
Mona Lisa, if Last Supper is the most famous of religious pictures, then Mona Lisa probably isthe world's most famous portrait. Mona Lisa had as its model wife of a banker. The quietlyfolded hands, the gaze that is directed at the observer, the ambiguity of the“smile”togetherhelp to create a curious effect and a secret effect.
阅读自测
Ⅰ. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words :
Leonard da Vinci is first known as a________ , and he is also a________ , an________ , a________ , an________ , and a ________ . The amount of da Vinci's paintings is very small. There are only about________ paintings. For da Vinci, a good painter has two chief objects — to paint ________ and the ________ of his soul. In his famous work Mona Lisa , thequietly________ hands, the________ that is directed at the observer, the ambiguity of the"________ " together help to create a curious effect and a secret effect.
Ⅱ. Question :
What are da Vinci's famous paintings?
参考答案解析
Ⅰ. painter / sculptor / architect / musician / engineer / scientist / 12 / man / intention / folded / gaze / smile Ⅱ. Last Supper and Mona Lisa .
参考译文
达芬奇传奇
列奥纳多· 达· 芬奇是一名画家、一名镌刻家、一名建筑师、一名音乐家、一名工程师 和一名科学家。他多才多艺, 是一名真实的文艺再起新人。
列奥纳多出身在佛罗伦萨四周的一个小城镇上, 从小给一名画产业学徒。但是, 很快 他就逾越了先生。他将清晰的线条与绘画的新考试资讯感协调地联合在一同, 找到了表现光与影 的新方法。
尽管凡是列奥纳可能是作为画家而著名, 可他的画作数目其实不多。现实上, 今天也只要 12 幅画被以为是他的作品。之因此如此, 是由于他兴味普遍, 对自然界充溢猎奇, 还做了 无限无尽的科学尝试及设计。所以, 要了解这自己个人, 就必需去读那5 000 份条记。在那些 条记中, 达· 芬奇记载了他在生活中的观察结果与很多素描。
虽然云云, 列奥纳多对艺术照旧有着深入的明白。这对与他同时代的人及后人都有着深 远的影响。在绘画方面, 他夸大对人物情绪的转达。对他而言, 这是权衡绘画优秀与否 的魂灵所在:
“ 优秀的画家有两大目标——— 画人和画魂。前者易尔后者难, 由于后者必需通过人物姿 态及肢体言语来表达一幅挂在墙上的画, 只要给人以跃然纸上之感, 才算得上是佳构。” 他的重要作品有:
《后的晚饭》, 很多欧洲艺术巨匠都作了异样的画。但是, 没有一幅能像达· 芬奇的 那样给人留下深入印象; 也没有哪幅作品能像达· 芬奇的那样在艺术界具有耐久的代价。
《蒙娜丽莎》, 若是说《后的晚饭》是著名的宗教画, 那么《蒙娜丽莎》则算得上天下 上的肖像画。 《蒙娜丽莎》以一名银里手的老婆为模特。她恬静地搭在一同的双手, 注视着浏览者 的双眼以及那含义不甚明了的“ 浅笑”, 一起缔造出一种奇异而奥秘的效率。
阅读导评
终身身兼数“职”, 在绘画、雕塑、建筑、科学方面都很有建立的达·芬奇不愧是位传奇 人物。他的作品不只给人以感官上的美的享用, 同时给人以无限无尽的设想空间, 惹人深 思。《达·芬奇个人密码》中对《后的晚饭》*性的解答即表现了这类启示。难怪他经由了 历史品评的积淀和污染至今仍然色泽醒目。
阅读导释
1. Renaissance, 文艺再起, 特指14—17 世纪的欧洲正在构成中的资产阶层在再起希腊罗马 古典文明的名义下提倡的发扬资产阶层头脑和文明的活动。名为“ 再起”, 它自己却也 代表了一种前进。该活动提倡于意大利, 涉及全部欧洲, 席卷了文学、艺术、科学、哲学等 各个范畴。被誉为欧美文学的三大天赋大师———但丁( Dante, 1265—1321 ) 、莎士 比亚( Shakespeare, 1564—1616 ) 和歌德( Goethe, 1749—1832) , 以及“ 美术三杰”——— 达·芬奇、米爽朗琪罗( Michelangelo, 1475—1564) 和拉斐尔( Raphael, 1483—1520) 都 是文艺再起时代的精英。Renaissance man 则指“ 文艺再起新人,文艺再起时期的期望完 人”, 也可作“博学的人”,“ 多才多艺的人”,“开辟型人物”解。
2. 英语中许多名词转作动词历时, 很能提升句子质量, 此处的“be apprenticed to”便是一例。
3. 这是个很是有用的词组, 作“看做, 觉得”解, 如: The Statue of Liberty is looked upon as the sign ofThe United States. ( 自在女神像被看做是美国的标记。) 和look 连用的短语许多, 如: look down upon / on 便是“看不起, 不放在眼里”的意义, 而look down one's nose at 在书面语中也是 透露“不把……放在眼里, 鄙视”。咱们汉语中常说的“黑脸”, 便是指朝气、讨厌或憎恶时 体现的怒容, 用a black look 透露。咱们汉语说“三思尔后行”, 英语是Look before you leap。
4. 在这里是“ 素描, 草图”的意义。达·芬奇终身不只进行绘画创作, 还善于画机器草图, 他以为人类可以模拟鸟类航行, 就绘制了扑翼机图。
5. 这个词后面常和介词on 连用, 指“用( 某特质、技巧、压力等) , 应用( 某物) ”, 如: Her parents exerteda lot of pressure on her to succeed. ( 她怙恃殷切但愿她完成, 给了她很大压力。
【篇四】2021年6月英语四级考试阅读明白
Ludwig Van Beethoven1 was one of the greatestmusicians in the 19 th century. John Lennon2 wasone of the greatest musicians in the 20 th century. Although there is a period of about 200 yearsbetween them, they are quite similar in certainways.
Both men expressed the spirit of their time in theirmusic. Beethoven lived in the period of rising capitalism. At that time, people were trying tobreak the shackles of feudalism3 , and they were pursuing freedom, equality, and universallove. This social trend, especially the French revolution, greatly inspired Beethoven. Hismusic was very active, passionate, and vigorous. Some of his works praised heroism, someconveyed the love for nature, and some extolled4 harmony among people. Similarly, Lennon'smusic revealed his time. In the 1960s and 1970 s, the youth in America were deeply frustratedby the discrimination and injustice in the society and were longing to build a new one . Mostof Lennon's songs expressed the ideas of the youth. In one of his songs entitled Imagine, hesings, "Imagine all the people , living under peace", and "The world will be united together asone". These words show his anti-war attitude and his hope for peace , and reflect the spirit ofthe 60s and 70 s.
Both men were social rebels to some extent. They refused to bow to social conventions andpower. Beethoven was a devoted republican. When Napoleon5 was in power, who claimed tobe a defender of republicanism, Beethoven admired him so much that he dedicated hisSymphony No. 3, the theme of which is heroism, to him. But then Napoleon crowned6 himselfand became an emperor. Beethoven was so angry that he openly declared he took back whathe had said about Napoleon, regardless of possible persecution. Lennon was also considered atrouble-maker by the authorities because of his support for youth movements. For a time hewas not even allowed to give public performances. But he ignored all this and stuck to hisbelief.
阅读自测
Ⅰ. Fin d the correct me anings of the words in the left from the right side :
1. passionate A. praise somebody or something highly
2. dedicate B. discouraged, not satisfied
3. frustrated C. caused by or showing strong feelings
4. stick to D. not change something; keep to
5. extol E. address ( one's book, a piece of music) to somebody as a way of showing respect
Ⅱ. Fill in the blanks :
1. At the time of capitalism, people were trying to break the _____________( 桎梏) offeudalism to pursue freedom _____________( 公平) and _____________( 泛爱) . 2. In the 60 s and 70s, the youth in America were deeply frustrated by the _____________( 比方 视) and_____________( 不公正) in the society and were longing to build a new one. 3. They refusedto bow to social _____________( 风俗) and power and Beethoven was a _____________( 老实的) republican. 4. But then Napoleon ________( 加冕) himself and became an emperor.
参考答案解析
Ⅰ. 1. C 2 . E 3. B 4 . D 5. A
Ⅱ. 1. shackles / equality / universal love 2. discrimination / injustice 3. conventions / devoted4. crowned
参考译文
以音乐作兵器
路德维希· 冯·贝多芬是18 世纪巨大的音乐家之一。约翰· 列侬则是20 世纪 有成就的音乐家之一。虽然两人相距近两百年, 但是他们在某些方面却极端类似。
贝多芬和列侬都在音乐中表达各自的时代精神。贝多芬生活在资源主义突起之时。 当时, 人们正试图冲破封建主义的桎梏, 寻求自在、公平和泛爱。这类社会趋向, 特殊是法 国大反动, 给了他极大的启示。贝多芬的音乐很是努力向上、热忱鼓动感动、气焰澎湃。他的音 乐作品有的赞誉豪杰主义, 有的表达对自然的酷爱之情, 另外还有的赞美人与人之间的和谐情 感。和贝多芬同样, 列侬的音乐也展现了他生活的谁人时代。20 世纪60 年月与70 年月, 美国社会上出现的卑视与不公正局面激烈地攻击了青年们, 他们都理想建立新的社会。列 侬的歌曲大多表达了青年的这类头脑。他在一首名为《设想》的歌曲中唱道,“ 设想全人类 都生活在宁静当中”,“ 天下大同”。这些歌词表达了他的反战心情以及对宁静的憧憬之 情, 并反射出上世纪60 和70 年月的时代精神。
在 必定水平上, 两人都是社会的起义者。他们回绝向社会风俗和势力抬头。贝多芬是 个老实的共和党人。拿破仑当权时曾声称考生自己是共和制的保卫者, 贝多芬很是敬佩他, 就 把赞美豪杰主义的作品《第三交响曲》献给了他。但是不久, 拿破仑就加冕称帝了。贝多 芬非常生气, 不顾能够蒙受的迫 害, 公开颁布发表发出对拿破仑的歌颂。列侬因支持青年活动 也被当权者认定是拆台份子, 乃至一度受到封 杀, 可他却仍然悍然不顾地坚持考生自己的崇奉。
阅读导评
我国音乐家冼星海说过:“音乐是人生的高兴, 音乐是生活中的一股清泉, 音 乐是熏陶性格的熔炉。”贝多芬和列侬不只体验到了这类高兴, 还从中取得了一种匆匆使他们 行进的精神气力。为了更好地生活, 咱们也当悉心谛听音乐。谛听音乐才可以更好地意会音 乐。能够意会音乐的人, 才可以从全部世俗的懊恼中飘逸出来, 才可以更好地操作把持生活, 才可以成 为生活的仆人。
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1. 路德维希·冯·贝多芬( 1770—1827) , 德国作曲家, 一生寻求“ 自在、公平、泛爱”的理 想, 其创作集东方古典乐派之大成, 开浪漫乐派之先河, 对后代东洋音乐的发展有深远影 响。贝多芬被后人尊称为“ 乐圣”, 其重要作品有《豪杰》、《运气》、《故乡》等交响乐9部,《悲怆》、《月光》、《狂风雨》等钢琴奏鸣曲32 部及弦乐四重奏17 部。文章中说起的 Symphony No. 3 即《第三交响曲》, 作品本来打算题献给贝多芬心目中的豪杰拿破仑, 但 当他传闻拿破仑称帝, 便划失落了献词。共和主义原则使他满腔怒火, 因而把题辞改成 “ 为了留念一名巨人”。
2. 约翰·列侬( 1940—1980) ,“ 披头士”( Beatles) 乐队重要代表人物, 被称为“ 摇滚之父”。 各位所熟习的歌曲《黄色潜水艇》与《今天》均出自该乐队。这支乐队属于前锋派, 他们比 较狂热与敏感, 是宁静的老实保卫者。1980 年12 月8 日, 列侬在考生自己曼哈顿公寓的门口, 被一位猖獗的歌迷枪杀。文章中提到的《设想》表达了列侬召唤宁静时代到来的头脑。
3. shackle 原意是“枷锁, 手 铐, 脚镣”, 常比方为“ 桎梏, 枷锁, 约束”, 这里就取此词的比方 义。feudalism意义是“封建主义, 封建制度”, 与前文中的capitalism, 即“ 资源主义, 资源 主义制度”是绝对而言的。
4. 这个词的意义是“ 歌颂, 歌颂, 赞誉”, 是个丑化用语的动词, 如: extol one's merits ( 赞颂 或人的功劳) ; extol one to the skies ( 把或人捧入地) 。
5. 这里指的是凡是所说的拿破仑一世( 1769—1821) , 法兰西第一帝国和百日王朝天子。 1804 年, 拿破仑发起雾月18 日政变, 自任第一在朝。他称帝后公布的《拿破仑法典》对 后代有侧重要影响。他在位时比年对外用兵, 滑铁卢战争惨败后被放逐到圣赫勒拿岛。 今天所说的短语meet one's waterloo ( 惨遭失利) 即泉源于此。
6. 该词本来指“皇 冠, 桂冠”, 这里用作动词, 意义是“ 为……加冕, 立……为君王”, 另外还有 “ 给……戴( 花冠) , 授……以声誉”的意义, 如: The Emperor crowned the victor with laurel. ( 国王授与胜利者以桂冠。) 词组the crown of the year 则指“成果时节, 春季”。