四级英语阅读真题

　　大学英语四级考试已经到冲刺的阶段了，为了让同学们备考充分，留学群特地为您整理了《2014年6月大学英语四级阅读真题及答案》，供您参阅，希望对您的四级考试有所帮助。欢迎访问留学群了解更多四六级考试信息。

　　有道是得阅读者得四级，阅读的分数占英语四级总分的百分之三十五，不用紧张，同学们认真备考多练习，定然能考出好的成绩。以下共4篇阅读。

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　　English as a Foreign Language

　　Who taught you to speak English?Your parents，while you were a young child?Your teachers at school?Perhaps even the BBC as a grown-up.Whoever it was，somehow you have developed an understanding of what is rapidly becoming a truly global language.

　　There are now about 376 million people who speak English as their first language，and about the same number who have learnt it in addition to their mother tongue.There are said to be one billion people learning English now and about 80% of the information on the Internet is in English.

　　Is this a good thing，or a bad thing?Should we celebrate the fact that more and more of us can communicate，using a common language，across countries and cultures(文化)?Or should we worry about the dangers of“mono-culturalism”，a world in which we all speak the same language，eat the same food and listen to the same music?

　　Does it matter if an increasing number of people speak the same language?On the contrary(相反)，I would have thought-although I have never accepted the argument that if only we all understood each other better，there would be fewer wars.Ask the people of India(where many of them speak at least some English)and Pakistan(the same situation with India)….

　　大学英语四级考试已经到冲刺的阶段了，为了让同学们备考充分，留学群特地为您整理了《2014年6月大学英语四级阅读真题及答案》，供您参阅，希望对您的四级考试有所帮助。欢迎访问留学群了解更多四六级考试信息。

　　有道是得阅读者得四级，阅读的分数占英语四级总分的百分之三十五，不用紧张，同学们认真备考多练习，定然能考出好的成绩。

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　　Art museums are places where people can learn about various cultures(文化).The increasingly popular“design museums”that are opening today,however,perform quite a different role.Unlike most art museums,the design museum shows objects that are easily found by the general public.These museums sometimes even place things like fridges and washing machines in the center of the hall.

　　People have argued that design museums are often made use of as advertisements for new industrial technology.But their role is not simply a matter of sales—it is the honoring of excellently invented products.The difference between the window of a department store and the showcase in a design museum is that the first tries to sell you something,while the second tells you the success of a sale.

　　One advantage of design museums is that they are places where people feel familiar with the exhibits.Unlike the average art museum visitors,design museum visitors seldom feel frightened or puzzled(困惑).This is partly because design museums clearly show how and why mass-produced products work and look as they do,and how design has improved the quality of our lives.Art museum exhibits,on the other hand,would most probably fill visitors with a feeling that there is something beyond thei...