2010年12月四级真题阅读部分(附答案详解).doc

2010年12月大学英语四级真题阅读部分 Part?II?Reading?Comprehension(Skimming?and?Scanning) (15minutes)　　Directions:?In?this?part,?you?will?have?15?minutes?to?go?overthe?passage?quickly?and?answer?the?questions?on?Answer?Sheet1.?For?questions?1-7,?choose?the?best?answer?from?the?fourchoices?marked?[A], [B], [C]?and?[D].?For?questions?8-10,?complete?the?sentences?with?theinformation?given?in?the?passage.A?Grassroots?Remedy　　Most?of?us?spend?our?lives?seeking?the?natural?world.?To?this?end,?we?walk?the?dog,?play?golf,go?fishing,?sit?in?the?garden,?drink?outside?rather?than?inside?the?pub,?have?a?picnic,?live?in?thesuburbs,?go?to?the?seaside,?buy?a?weekend?place?in?the?country.?The?most?popular?leisure?activityin?Britain?is?going?for?a?walk.?And?when?joggers?(慢跑者)?jog,?they?don’t?run?the?streets.?Every?oneof?them?instinctively?heads?to?the?park?or?the?river.?It?is?my?profound?belief?that?not?only?do?we?allneed?nature,?but?we?all?seek?nature,?whether?we?know?we?are?doing?so?or?not.　　But?despite?this,?our?children?are?growing?up?nature-deprived?(丧失).?I?spent?my?boyhoodclimbing?trees?on?Streatham?Common,?South?London.?These?days,?children?are?robbed?of?theseancient?freedoms,?due?to?problems?like?crime,?traffic,?the?loss?of?the?open?spaces?and?odd?newperceptions?about?what?is?best?for?children,?that?is?to?say,?things?that?can?be?bought,?rather?thanthings?that?can?be?found.　　The?truth?is?to?be?found?elsewhere.?A?study?in?the?US:?families?had?moved?to?better?housingand?the?children?were?assessed?for?ADHD—attention?deficit?hyperactivity?disorder?(多动症).?Thosewhose?accommodation?had?more?natural?views?showed?an?improvement?of?19%;?those?who?hadthe?same?improvement?in?material?surroundings?but?no?nice?view?improved?just?4%.　　A?study?in?Sweden?indicated?that?kindergarten?children?who?could?play?in?a?naturalenvironment?had?less?illness?and?greater?physical?ability?than?children?used?only?to?a?normalplayground.?A?US?study?suggested?that?when?a?school?gave?children?access?to?a?naturalenvironme