英语四级阅读教程汇总和更新

Passage 1 Rainmaking The idea of rainmaking is almost as old as man, but it was not until 1946 that man succeeded in making rain. In ancient times, rainmakers had claimed to bring rain by many methods: dancing, singing, killing various kind [查看全文]

Passage 2 Personality is, to a large extent, inherentA-type parents, usually bring about A-type children. But the environment must also have a __11__ effect, wince if competition is important to the parents it is likely to become a major__ [查看全文]

Passage 1 Learn How to Listen The people in the room were tense. Five young engineers were sitting with their boss. They were trying to settle details of an important new plant site for a major client. Suddenly one of the young engineers ga [查看全文]

Passage 2 In the United States, it is not __11__ to telephone someone very early in the morning. If you telephone him early in the day, while he is shaving or having breakfast, the time of the call shows that the matter is very important an [查看全文]

Three Kinds of Fatigue Fatigue is one of the most common complaints brought to doctors, friends, and relatives. You'd think in this era of labor-saving devices and convenient transportation that few people would have reason to be so tired. [查看全文]

相关专题： 英语四级 英语六级 阅读理解可谓四级考试的重中之重，改革后的新四级考试，阅读考查形式有所增加，能力要求也有所提高。除了传统的选择题型外，还增加了快速阅读题 [查看全文]

Passage 2 A growing world population and the discoveries of science may __11__ this pattern of distribution in the future. As men slowly learn to master diseases, control floods, prevent famines, and stop wars, fewer people die every year; [查看全文]

Passage 1 How to Deal With Difficult People In New York City one day, a businesswoman got into a taxi. Because it was rush hour and she was hurrying for a train, she suggested a route. I've been a cabby(车夫) for 15 years! the driver yell [查看全文]

When a person feels low, blue, or down in the clumps, it usually means he has been hurt, disappointed, or saddened by something that causes a confused and listless feeling. There is __11__ a type of music called the blue, a low, mournful, s [查看全文]

Passage 1 The School Years Soon after the United States was founded, Thomas Jefferson, who was President from 1801 to 1809 wrote, If a nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never wi [查看全文]