2006年6月24日四级英语试题[阅读部分]

57.Hancock's study focuses on ____________.
A)the consequences of lying in various communcations media.
B)the success of communications technologies in conveying ideas.
C)people are less likely to lie in instant messages.
D)people 's honesty levels across a range of communications media.

58.Hancock's research finding surprised those who belived that________________.
A)people are less likely to lie in instant messages.
B)people are unlikely to lie in face-to-face interactions.
C)people are most likely to lie in email communication
D)People are twice as likely to lie in phone conversations.

59. According to the passage,why are people more likely to tell the truth through certain media of communication?
A)They are afraid of leaving behind traces of their lies.
B)They believe that honesty is the best policy.
C)They tend to be relaxeg when using those media.
D)They are most practised at those forms of communication.

60. According to Hancock the telephone is a preferable medium for premoting sales because____________.
A)Salemen can talk directly to their cunstomers.
B)Salemen may feel less restrained to exaggerate.
C)Salemen can impress customers as being trustworthy.
D)Salemen may pass on instant messages effectively.

61. It can be inferren from the passage that_____________.
A)Honesty should be encouraged in interpersonal communications
B)more employers will use emails to communicate with their employees
C)suitable media should be chosem for different communication perposes
D) email is now the dominant medium of communication within a company.

参考答案：57.D  58.C  59.A  60.B  61.C

Passage Two
Questions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.

In a country that defines itself by ideals,not by shared blood,who should be allowed to come worl and live here?In the wake of the Sept.11 attacks these questions have never seemet more pressing.

on December .11,2001,as part of the effort to increase homeland securty ,federal and local authorities in 14 states staged "Operation Safe Travel" -raids on airports to arrest employees with false identification(身份证明).In Salt Lake City there were 69 arrests.But those captured were anything but terrorists,most of them illegal immigrants from Central or Sounth American .Authorities said the undocumented worker's illegal status made them open to blankmall(讹诈)by terrorists Many immigrants in Salt Lake City were angered by the arrests and said they felt as if they were being treated like disposable goods.

Mayor Anderson said those feelings were judtified to a certain extent."We're saying we want you to work in these places,we're going to look the other way in terms of what our laws are,and then when it's convenient for us,or when we can try to make a point in terms of national security,especially after Sept.11,then you'er disposable There are whole families being uprooted for all of the wrong reasons,"Anderson said.

If Sept.11 had never happened the airport workers would not have been arrested and could have gone on quietly living in America,probably indefinitely .Ana Castro,a ,amanager at a Ben & Jerry'sice cream shop at the airport.had been working 10 years with the same false Social Aecurity card when she was arrested in the December airport raid.Now she and her family are living under the threat of deporation(驱逐出境)。Castro's case is currently waiting to be settled.While she awaits the outcome ,the government has granted her permission to work here and she has returned to her job at Ben&Jerry's.

62.Accroding to the author ,the United States claims to be a nation____________.
A)composed of people having different vaules
B)encouraging individual pursuits
C)sharing common interests
D)founded on shared ideals

63.How did the immigrants in Salt Lake City feel about "Operation Safe Travel" ?
A)Guilty
B)Offended
C)Disappointed
D)Discouraged

64.Undocumented workers became the target of"Operation Safe Travel" because__________.
A)evidence was found that they were potential terrorists
B)most of them worked at airports under threat of terrorists
C)terrorists might take advantage of their illgal status
D) they were reportedly helping hide terrorists around the airport.

65.By saying"...we're going to look the other way in terms of what pur laws are"(Line 2 ,Para.4),Mayor Aiderson means"________________".
A)we will turn a blind eye to your illegal atatus
B)we will examine the laws in a different way
C)there are other ways of enforcing the law
D) the existing laws must not be ignored

66.What do we learn about Ana Castro from the last paragraph?
A)she will be deported sooner or later.
B)She is allowed to stady permanently .
C)Her case has been dropped
D)Her fate remains uncertain.

参考答案：62.D 63.B 64.C 65.C 66.D