英语阅读(4级)

成都理工大学外国语学院<大学英语精品课程:四级阅读补充材料>(CET-4 Reading Comprehension Supplementary Materials)Passage 1Exchange a glance with someone, then look away. Do you realize that you have made a statement? Hold the glance for a second longer, and you have made a different statement. Hold it for 3 seconds, and the meaning has changed again. For every social situation, there is a permissible time that you can hold a person's gaze without being intimate, rude, or aggressive. If you are on an elevator, what gaze-time are you permitted? To answer this question, consider what you typically do. You very likely give other passengers a quick glance to size them up (打量) and to assure them that you mean no threat. Since being close to another person signals the possibility of interaction. You need to emit a signal telling others you want to be left alone. So you cut off eye contact, what sociologist Erring Goffman (1963) calls "a dimming of the lights." You look down at the floor, at the indicator lights, anywhere but into another passenger's eyes. Should you break the rule against staring at a stranger on an elevator, you will make the other person exceedingly uncomfortable, and you are likely to feel a bit strange yourself.If you hold eye contact for more than 3 seconds, what are you telling another person? Much depends on the person and the situation. For instance, a man and a woman communicate interest in this manner. They typically gaze at each other for about 3 seconds at a time, then drop their eyes down for 3 seconds, before letting their eyes meet again. But if one man gives another man a 3-second-plus stare, he signals, "l know you", "l am interested in you," or "You look peculiar and I am curious about you." This type of stare often produces hostile feelings.1. It can be inferred from the first paragraph that_.A) every glance has its significanceB) staring at a person is an expression of interestC) a gaze longer than 3 seconds is unacceptableD) a glance conveys more meaning than words2. If you want to be left alone on an elevator, the best thing to do is_.A) to look into another passenger's eyesB) to avoid eye contact with other passengersC) to signal you are not a threat to anyoneD) to keep a distance from other passengers3. By "a dimming of the lights" (Line 13,Para.1 )Erving Goffman means_.A) closing one's eyesB) turning off the lightsC) ceasing to glance at othersD) reducing gaze-time to the minimum4. If one is looked at by a stranger for too long, he tends to feel_.A) depressedB) uneasyC) curiousD) amused5. The passage mainly discusses_.A) the limitations of eye contactB) the exchange of ideas through eye contactC) proper behavior in situationsD) the role of eye contact in interpersonal communication.Passage 2Geraldo Rivera is well known for his compassionate investigative reports on WABC-TV Eyewitness News. He has done exposes（揭露性报道）of New York Citys welfare hotels, the over-pricing of prescription drugs, and drug abuse. In 1971, he received the Associated Press Broadcaster of the Year award for the program Drug Crisis in East Harlem. He received the award again in 1972 for the program Migrants, Dirt Cheap.His most famous expose however was done on the horrible conditions at Staten Islands Willowbrook State School. It is the worlds largest institution for the mentally disabled. His investigation began when he and his camera crew gained access to one of the buildings. Geraldos emotionally charged reports exposed the unsanitary（不卫生的）conditions and neglectful, often abusive, treatment of the patients. He cried over what he discovered, and he made his viewers cry, too. The programs created a public plea for reform, and changes were made. Governor Nelson Rockefeller of New York restored $20 million to the schools slashed budget. The programsWillow brook earned him the Scripps-Howard Award, an Emmy（埃米金像奖）, and the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award.Geraldo Rivera has continued working for the mentally disabled. He founded One-to-One, a charity （慈善机构）that provides small group homes for the care of the mentally disabled in the community. He hosts huge outdoor festivals for the mentally disabled in New York Citys Central Park. He also wrote a book about some of the courageous people he has met as an investigative journalist. It is called A Special Kind of Courage. As he himself says,“ I make no pretense（矫饰） of objectivity. But Im not just in the business of making people cry. Im in the business of change.” 6. Geraldo Rivera is working as a(n)_.A. news reporter for a newspaper in New YorkB. investigative reporter for a special TV programC. investigative officer of the New York governmentD. philanthropist(慈善家) for the welfare of the mentally disabled7. How many awards did Rivera receive for his work?A. TwoB. ThreeC. FourD. Five8. Riveras investigation and expose on the conditions at Willowbrook State Scho