2014年大学英语四级阅读真题及答案

阅读四

　　Sincemanyofyouareplanningtostudyatacollegeoruniversityinthiscountry,youmaybecurioustoknowwhatyouusuallydoinatypicalweek,howyoucangetalongwithyourfellowstudents,andsoon.ThesearethequestionsIwanttodiscusswithyoutoday.

　　First,letstalkaboutwhatyourweeklyschedulewilllooklike.Nomatterwhatyourmajormaybe,youcanexpecttospendbetweenfourandsixhoursaweekforeachclassattendinglectures.

　　Lecturesareusuallyinverylargeroomsbecausesomecoursessuchasintroductiontosociologyoreconomicsoftenhaveasmanyastwoorthreehundredstudents,especiallyatlargeuniversities.Inlectures,itsveryimportantforyoutotakenotesonwhattheprofessorsaysbecausetheinformationinalectureisoftendifferentfromtheinformationinyourtextbooks.Also,youcanexpecttohaveexamquestionsbasedonthelectures.Soitisntenoughtojustreadyourtextbooks;youhavetoattendlecturesaswell.Inatypicalweekyouwillalsohaveacoupleofhoursofdiscussionforeveryclassyoutake.Thediscussionsectionisasmallgroupmeetingusuallywithfewerthanthirtystudentswhereyoucanaskquestionsaboutthelectures,thereading,andthehomework.Inlargeuniversities,graduatestudents,calledteachingassistants,usuallydirectdiscussionsections.

　　Ifyourmajorischemistry,orphysics,oranotherscience,youllalsohavetospendseveralhoursaweekinthelab,orlaboratory,doingexperiments.Thismeansthatsciencemajorsspendmoretimeintheclassroomthannon-sciencemajorsdo.Ontheotherhand,peoplewhomajorinsubjectslikeliteratureorhistoryusuallyhavetoreadandwritemorethansciencemajorsdo.

　　1.Themainpurposeofthistextis______.

　　A.tohelpthestudentstolearnaboutuniversitylife

　　B.topersuadethestudentstoattendlectures

　　C.toencouragethestudentstotakepartindiscussions

　　D.toadvisethestudentstochoosepropermajors

　　2.Wecanlearnfromthepassagethatuniversityprofessors______.

　　A.spendabout5hoursonlectureseachweek

　　B.mustjointhestudentsinthediscussionsections

　　C.prefertousetextbooksintheirlectures

　　D.requirethestudentstoreadbeyondthetextbooks

　　3.AdiscussionsectiondoesNOTinclude______.

　　A.workingundertheguidanceofuniversityprofessors

　　B.talkingoverwhatthestudentshavereadaboutthecourses

　　C.discussingtheproblemsrelatedtothestudentshomework

　　D.raisingquestionsaboutwhataprofessorhassaidinalecture

　　4.Accordingtotheauthor,sciencemajors______.

　　A.havetoworkharderthannon-sciencemajors

　　B.spendlesstimeontheirstudiesthannon-sciencemajors

　　C.considerexperimentsmoreimportantthandiscussions

　　D.readandwritelessthannon-sciencemajors

　　答案1.A2.D3.A4.D