新東方：英語(yǔ)四級(jí)考試閱讀30天學(xué)習(xí)筆記

　　55. By saying that "an American is not free to choose the costume of a Chinese peasant or that of a Hindu prince"(Lines 2-3, Para. 3), the writer means _________.

　　A) different people have different styles of clothes

　　B) ready-made clothes may need alterations

　　C) statuses come ready made just like clothes

　　D) our choice of statuses is limited

　　注：1.文章最后一句

　　2.考舉例一定不是考舉的例子本身，一定是考從中抽象出來(lái)的大結(jié)論。

　　51. In the first paragraph, the writer tells us that statuses can help us _________.

　　A) determine whether a person is fit for a certain job

　　B) behave appropriately in relation to other people

　　C) protect ourselves in unfamiliar situations

　　D) make friends with other people

　　注：1.重點(diǎn)第一句和第二句，第一句話說(shuō)明身份地位的

　　功能：使我們對(duì)他人的言談舉止恰如其分

　　2.首句中的get along with是指與某人相處，get well along with 和睦相處

　　3.A項(xiàng)中的fit 與文中的fit意思不同

　　Statuses are marvelous human inventions that enable us to get along with one another and to determine where we "fit" in society. As we go about our everyday lives, we mentally attempt to place people in terms of their statuses. For example, we must judge whether the person in the library is a reader or a librarian, whether the telephone caller is a friend or a salesman, whether the unfamiliar person on our property is a thief or a meter reader, and so on.

　　Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:

　　31. According to the passage the Jarvik-7 artificial heart proved to be ________.

　　A) a technical failure

　　B) a technical wonder

　　C) a good life saver

　　D) an effective means to treat heart disease

　　32. From the passage we know that Symbion Inc. ________.

　　A) has been banned by the government from producing artificial hearts

　　B) will review the effects of artificial hearts before designing new models

　　C) may continue to work on new models of reliable artificial hearts

　　D) can make new models of artificial hearts available on the market in 10 to 20 years

　　33. The new models of artificial hearts are expected _________.

　　A) to have a working life of 10 or 20 years

　　B) to be set fully in the patient's chest

　　C) to be equipped with an external power source

　　D) to create a new passage for infection

　　34. The word "them" in Line 7, Para. 2 refers to _________.

　　A) doctors who treat heart diseases

　　B) makers of artificial hearts

　　C) America's health-care programs

　　D) new models of artificial hearts