2016年12月英语四级冲刺模拟题及答案(五)

　　32.The “Silver Dart” is ____.

　　A.the name of a weapon

　　B.a plane bought by McCurdy

　　C.the nickname of a famous Canadian pilot

　　D.a plane designed by McCurdy

　　33.McCurdy is NOT the first one to ____.

　　A.fly in Canada

　　B.pilot a flying boat

　　C.fly from Key West to Toronto

　　D.fly to Mexico

　　34.Nowadays, McCurdy ____.

　　A.lives in Montreal in summer

　　B.is the lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia

　　C.is still very active and energetic

　　D.is the government’s counsellor

　　35.The best title for this passage is ____.

　　A.How McCurdy Became a Famous Canadian Pilot

　　B.McCurdy’s Legendary Experience

　　C.McCurdy and the Canandian Aviation

　　D.McCurdy—the Symbol of American Aviation and the Aircraft Industry

　　Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:

　　The oldest and simplest method, then of describing differences in personality was to classify people according to types, and such a system is called a Typology.

　　A famous example of this method was set forth in Greece about the year 400 BC.

　　A physician named Hippocrates theorized that there were four fluids, or humors, in the body. Corresponding to each humor, he believed, there existed a definite type of personality.

　　The four humors were blood, yellow bile, black bile, and phlegm. A person in whom all four humors were in perfect balance had a harmonious personality. If a person had too much blood, he was called sanguine(血红色), or cheerful and optimistic. Someone with too much yellow bile was choleric, or irritable and easily angered. Too much black bile made a person melancholy, or depressed and pessimistic. An oversupply of phlegm caused a human being to be phlegmatic, or slow and unfeeling. Scientists have long since discarded Hippocrates’ fluid theory. But the names of the humors, corresponding to these temperaments, have survived and are still useful, to some extent, in describing personality.

　　Other features of people, such as their faces and physics, have also been used to classify personality. Today, however, personality theories and classifications may also include factors such as heredity(遗传特征), the environment, intelligence, and emotional needs. Psychology, biology, and sociology are involved in these theories. Because of the complexity of human personality, present day theories are often very different from one another. Psychologists vary in their ideas about what is most important in determining personality.

　　36.According to Hippocrates’ fluid theory, a man with too much phlegm will be ____.

　　A.optimistic B.easily angered

　　C.unexcitable D.pessimistic

　　37.The main idea of this passage is about ____.

　　A.the complicated factors in determining one’s personality

　　B.Hippocrates’ fluid theory and its development

　　C.the past and today of personality classifications and theories

　　D.different personalities and their details

　　38.At present, psychologists ____.

　　A.have common opinion about personality theories and classifications

　　B.use biology, archaeology and sociology to study personality theories

　　C.have abandoned Hippocrates’ fluid theory entirely

　　D.all agree that human beings are characterized with complex personalities