大学英语四级长篇阅读专项强化真题试卷16(题后含答案及解析).pdfVIP

大学英语四级长篇阅读专项强化真题试卷16(题后含答案及解析)

题型有：1.

Whyaren’tyoucuriousaboutwhathappened?A)YoususpendedRayRice“

afterourvideo,”areporterfromTMZchallengedNationalFootballLeague

CommissionerRogerGoodelltheotherday.Whydidn“’tyouhavethecuriositytogo

tothecasino(赌场)yourself?”Theimplicationofthequestionisthatamorecurious

commissionerwouldhavefoundawaytogetthetape.B)Theaccusationof

wrongwithnotwantingtosearchoutthetruth.“Ihavebeenbotheredforalongtime

aboutthecuriouslackofcuriosity,”saidaDemocraticmemberoftheNewJersey

anassistanttoNewJerseyGovernorChrisChristiewhochosenottoaskhard

questionsabouttheGeorgeWashingtonBridgetrafficscandal.“Isn’tthemainstream

mediatheleastbitcuriousaboutwhathappened?”wroteconservativewriterJennifer

Rubinearlierthisyear,referringtotheattackonAmericansinBenghazi,Libya.C)

isaproblem.Aresuchaccusationssimplyeffortstoscorepoliticalpointsforone’s

WhyYourFutureDependsonIt,insiststhattheanswertothatlastquestionisYes‘’.

andthatwearelosingit.E)Wearesuffering,hewrites,froma“serendipitydeficit.”

Theword“serendipity”wascoinedbyHoraceWalpoleinan1854letter,fromatale

ofthreeprinceswhowere“alwaysmakingdiscoveries,byaccident,ofthingsthey

werenotinsearchof.“

Wewillseeunimaginativegovernmentsanddyingcorporationsmakedisastrous

decisions.Wewillloseavitalpartofwhathasmadehumanityasawholeso

successfulasaspecies.G)Lesliepresentsconsiderableevidencefortheproposition

thatthesocietyasawholeisgrowinglesscurious.IntheU.S.andEurope,for

example,theriseoftheInternethasledtoadecliningconsumptionofnewsfrom

outsidethereader’sborders.Butnoteverythingistobeblamedontechnology.The

declineininterestinliteraryfictionisalsooneofthecausesidentifiedbyLeslie.

curious,“youhavetobeawareofagapinyourknowledgeinthe