2014年6月份的英语四六级考试已经落下帷幕，考生们暂时可以放松一下，卸下考前复习的压力，但是新一波的考生们可能又要开始四六级备考旅程了，英语四级仔细阅读篇幅较短、题型相对容易，考生容易拿分，所以对这一部分的复习一定不能松懈，考生平时要坚持练习，下面是一篇四级阅读练习，快来练练吧。

　　The economy of the United states after 1952 was the econnomy of a well-fed,almost fully employed people. Despit occasional alarms, the country escaped any postwar depression and lived in a state of boom. A n economic survey of the year 1955, a typical year of the 1950’s, may be typical as illustrating the rapid economic growth of the decade. The national output was value at 10 percent above that of 1954 (1955 output was estimated at 392 billion dollars). The production of manufacturers was about 40 percent more than it had averaged in the years immediately following World War 2. The country’s business spent about 30billion dollars for new factories and machinery. National income available for spending was almost a third greater than it had been it had been in 1950. Consumers spent about 256 billion dollars; that is about 700 million dollars a day ,or about twenty-five million dollars every hour , all round the clock. Sixty-five million people held jobs and only a little more than two million wanted jobs but could not find them . Only agriculture complained that it was not sharing in the room. To some observers this was an ominous echo of the mid-1920’s . As farmer’s shre of their products declined , marketing costs rose. But there were , among the observers of the national economy, a few who were not as confident as the majority . Those few seemed to fear that the boom could not last and would eventually lead to the oppsite-depression.

　　1. What is the best title of the passage?

　　a. The Agriculatural Trends of 1950’s b. The Unemployment Rate of 1950’s

　　c. U.S. Economy in the 50’s d. The Federal Budget of 1952

　　2. In Line 3, the word “boom” could best be replaced by______.

　　a. nearby explosion b. thunderous noise

　　c. general public support d. rapid economic growth

　　3. It can be inferred the national from the passage that most people in the United States in 1955 viewed the national economy with an air of _________.

　　a. confidence b. confusion c. disappointment d. suspicion

　　4. Which of the following were LEAST satisfied with the national economy in the 1950’s?

　　a. Economists b. Frmaers c. Politicians d. Steelworkers

　　5. The passage states that incom available for spending in the U.S. was greater in 1955 than in 1950 . How much was it ?

　　a. 60% b. 50% c. 33% d. 90%

　　答案：cdabc

　　以上四级阅读练习题，大家可以在放松的同时加以练习，考试虽然还在几个月后，但是现在起慢慢进入复习状态，一点点积累才是最有效果的复习。