2017年6月大学英语四级真题试卷及答案(第1套)
24. A) By staying in hiding places and eating very little.
B) By seeking food and shelter in people’s houses.
C) By growing thicker hair to stay warm.
D) By storing enough food beforehand.
25. A) To stay safe. B) To save energy.
C) To keep company. D) To protect the young.
Part ⅢReading Comprehension (40 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices,Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.
The method for making beer has changed over time. Hops (啤酒花)，for example, which give many amodem beer its bitter flavor, are a (26)I) relatively recent addition to the beverage. This was first mentionedin reference to brewing in the ninth century. Now, researchers have found a (27)N) surprising ingredient inresidue (残留物）from 5,000-year-old beer brewing equipment. While digging two pits at a site in the central plains of China, scientists discovered fragments from pots and vessels. The different shapes ofthecontainers (28)M) suggest they wereused to brew, filter, and store beer. They may be ancient “beer-makingtools,” and the earliest (29C) direct e vidence of beer brewing in China, the researchers reported in theProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. To (30)O) test t hattheory, the team examined theyellowish,dried (31)J) remains inside the vessels. The majority of the grains, about 80%, were from cerealcrops like barley(大麦),and about 10% were bits of roots, (32)E)
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