2016年全国公共英语等级考试四级预测试题：阅读理解
41.What is the passage mainly talking about?
[A]The necessity of the education about AIDS.
[B]How to achieve the aims of AIDS courses.
[C]Risks associated with AIDS.
[D]Social responses to AIDS.
42.Why did the author offer the AIDS course7
[A] He wanted to teach people about a cure for AIDS.
[B]People need to be taught how to avoid those with AIDS.
[C]He wanted to teach the students that AIDS resulted from moral failure.
[D]People take improper attitudes towards AIDS and those with or at high risk of
43.The word“afflict”in the third sentence of the first paragraph nlost plobably means“__________”.
[A] benTl
[B]cause suffering to
[C]teach
[D]draw attention from
44.What does the author think is the correct resDonse to AIDS?
[A] contempt
[B]Optimism and bravad0.
[C]Understanding and compassion.
[D]Resentment and avoidance.
45.Which of the following can best explain“AIDS tests the institutions upon which our societv rcsfs， according to the passage?
[A] AIDS is a sign of moral failure and social c011aDse.
[B]AIDS indicates that our social systems have been very inefficient.
[C] The responses of a society to the threat of AIDS detemines whether and to what extent the society can be called civilized.
[D]The spreading of the fatal disease suggests that the nation’s resources have been wron91y used.
46. When you have a job interview, you should__________
[A]wear clothes which are too casual
[B] wear clothes which are too formal
[C]wear clothes which are expensive
[D]wear right clothes
47. The first and lasting impression of you is made by
[A]the clothes you wear
[B]the manner you speak
[C]the questions you ask
[D] your background
48. When being interviewed,___________
[A] you must be aggressive
[B] you must make a speech which calls attention to itself
[C]you should speak clearly and loudly
[D]you can speak with dialect differences
49. The interviewer can know whether you are knowledgeable for the job by
[A]your personal appearance
[B]the way you speak
[C] your self-confidence
[D]the questions you ask
50. To succeed in a job interview, you must __________
[A]dress appropriately
[B] pay close attention to your manner of speaking
[C]show enthusiasm and self-confidence
[D]all of the above
51. In the first paragraph, the author argues that
[A]the Europeans were innocent in the trade of African slaves
[B]slavery in Africa and in the West was the same in nature
[C]the view in the most recent studies of enslavement is baseless
[D] slaves had been treated even more cruelly in the African tradition
52. Which of the following was true of the local African slavery?
[A]Slaves might have their own families.
[B]The son of a slave might not be a slave.
[C]Slavery was confined to the coastal regions.
[D]There was no killing in African slavery.
53. The sentence "This argument, can be carried too far" implies that__________
[A]African’s traditional slavery was’inhumane
[B]the slavery in Africa was confined to some regions
[C]supporters of this argument knew little of Africa
[D]slave shipment was not so serious as was imagined
54. Supporters of the rationalization of slavery believe that the trade
[A]was out of good intents from the beginning
[B]helped the development of local religion
[C]was a help for civilizing the Africans
[D]drove the evils out of the African religions
55. The relation between the two paragraphs is that in the 2nd paragraph the author
[A]challenges the viewpoint in the first paragraph
[B]modifies his view expressed in the first paragraph
[C]provides the reason for the argument in the first paragraph
[D]further analyzes the issue discussed in the first paragraph
56. What is the new business which emerged in Washington D. C?
[A]Helping to establish small industries.
[B]Making false tickets and driver’s licenses.
[C]Assisting in organizing congressional hearings.
[D]OIfering to go through official procedures for clients.
57. Which of the following is true according to the text?
[A]The fines for offenders range from $ 20 to $1000 or more.
[B]Television broadcasters are liable to receive parking tickets.
[C]Fines are sometimes cancelled when tickets are well written.
[D]Michael Dorsey’s working experience helped with his new business.
58. This new business is not liked by all partly because __________
[A]it shifts the tax load from the poor to the rich
[B]it gets profit by undermining the two-layered system
[C]it harms the interests of local governments
[D]it violates the equal opportunities principle
59. It can be inferred from the text that service expediters could possibly__________
[A]pick out troubles for elderly and disabled people
[B]help collect fines for local governments
[C]sting the government into improving services
[D]help poor foreigners navigate home
60. The best title for the text probably is __________
[A]The Taming of the Queue
[B]Controversy over New Businesses
[C]You Wait, I Wait, We All Wait
[D]The Bureaucratic Beast公共英语等级考试