《大学英语四》复习思考题.doc

(0179)《大学英语四》复习思考题 Part I Reading Comprehension Directions: There are 15 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked a, b, c, and d.. You should choose the ONE best answer. Then Mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage： In the United States the way people spend their leisure time is an important part of their identity. Perhaps everybody does nearly the same thing all day in the office or the factory, but leisure time is what makes people distinct and reveals who they are. Some people like rock music, for example, and others may like jazz or classical music. Some people are runners or swimmers, and others are “couch(睡椅) potatoes” who “surf” the television channels with a remote control. Some go to museums while others spend long hours at a shopping center. These kinds of choices are ways that people define themselves. It hasn’t always been this way. “Leisure time” was almost unknown in the United States in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. When most people worked on farms, the workday was from sunrise to sunset every day except Sunday, which was devoted to church. Later, with the rise of factories and city populations, people worked equally long hours and had only Sunday for rest. Some people did many of the things then that they do now 梐ttend concerts, have parties, go to restaurants, read novels, or play sports 梑ut to a much lesser extent. Slowly, throughout the twentieth century, leisure time grew. Technology made farm work less burdensome, and changes in laws shortened the factory work day and week. New inventions such as the phonograph and the radio gave people access to music and mass entertainment on a scale unknown before. People gradually became consumers of entertainment, and businesses competed fiercely for their dollars. For many people leisure time means