第一部分 长篇阅读 1
Passage 1 The American Dream 1
Passage 2 Back to Basics：Learning，Teaching，Love and Wisdom—500 B.C 4
Passage 3 Agency Offers Waste Exchange 7
Passage 4 Education： Promises or Reality？ 10
Passage 5 After Fukushima， Japan Beginning to See the Light in Solar Energy 13
Passage 6 Eat Green：Our Everyday Food Choices Affect Global Warming and the Environment 16
Passage 7 By 2023，a Changed World in Energy 19
Passage 8 Swimming and the Fear Factor 22
Passage 9 Equal Opportunity，Our National Myth 25
Passage 10 Teaching Old Microphones New Tricks 28
Passage 11 Reading Literature Makes Us Smarter and Nicer 31
Passage 12 The Forgotten Fuel of Our Minds 34
Passage 13 10， 000 Hours May Not Make a Master After All 37
Passage 14 Good for You，Better for Them：The Truth about Retailer Guarantees 40
Passage 15 What’s in That Big Mac？ More Than You Think 43
Passage 16 Depressive Thinking Can Be Contagious 46
Passage 17 How Not to Be Alone 49
Passage 18 Five Essential Steps for Keeping Your Computer Safe 52
Passage 19 Biggest Floods in History—Does Mississippi Make the List？ 55
Passage 20 Fear of Unemployment Is Rational，Despite Low Figures 58
Passage 21 Five Surprising Facts about Energy Poverty 61
Passage 22 With Age Comes Happiness 64
Passage 23 Bird-friendly Farms Catching On in California 67
Passage 24 The New Meaning of Retirement 70
Passage 25 How a New Species Is Named 73
Passage 26 The World’s Energy Future Is Not Hopeless 76
Passage 27 Brazil’s Pantanal—a Water World for Exotic Birds and Beasts 79
Passage 28 Bradley Wiggins：A Tough Act to Follow 82
Passage 29 A New Lightweight Lift Cable Will Let Buildings Soar Ever Upward 85
Passage 30 Is Divorce Bad for Children？ 88
第二部分 大学英语四级模拟试题 91
大学英语四级模拟试题（1） 91
大学英语四级模拟试题（2） 107
附录一 长篇阅读参考答案与解析（1—30篇） 123
附录二 大学英语四级模拟试题录音文字、参考答案及解析 151
大学英语四级模拟试题（1） 151
大学英语四级模拟试题（2） 160