2007年英语专业四级考试试题
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PART III CLOZE [15 MIN. ]
Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if
inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on
your answer sheet.
A person’s home is as much a reflection of his personality as the clothes he
wears, the food he eats and the friends with whom he spends his time. Depending
on personality, most have in mind a(n) “(31) ______ home”. But in general, and
especially for the student or new wage earners, there are practical (32)
________ of cash and location on achieving that idea.
Cash (33) ________, in fact, often means that the only way of (34) _________
when you leave school is to stay at home for a while until things (35) _________
financially. There are obvious (36) ________of living at home—personal laundry
is usually (37) _________ done along with the family wash; meals are provided
and there will be a well-established circle of friends to (38) _________. And
there is (39) _________ the responsibility for paying bills, rates, etc.
On the other hand, (40) _________ depends on how a family gets on. Do your
parents like your friends? You may love your family—(41) _________do you like
them? Are you prepared to be (42) __________ when your parents ask where you are
going in the evening and what time you expect to be back? If you find that you
cannot manage a(n) (43) _________, and that you finally have the money to leave,
how do you (44) _________ finding somewhere else to live?
If you plan to stay in your home area, the possibilities are (45)
_________well-known to you already. Friends and the local paper are always (46)
_________. If you are going to work in a (47) _________ area, again there are
the papers—and the accommodation agencies, (48) _________ these should be
approached with (49) _________. Agencies are allowed to charge a fee, usually
the (50) ________ of the first week’s rent, if you take accommodation they have
found for you.
Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if
inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on
your answer sheet.
A person’s home is as much a reflection of his personality as the clothes he
wears, the food he eats and the friends with whom he spends his time. Depending
on personality, most have in mind a(n) “(31) ______ home”. But in general, and
especially for the student or new wage earners, there are practical (32)
________ of cash and location on achieving that idea.
Cash (33) ________, in fact, often means that the only way of (34) _________
when you leave school is to stay at home for a while until things (35) _________
financially. There are obvious (36) ________of living at home—personal laundry
is usually (37) _________ done along with the family wash; meals are provided
and there will be a well-established circle of friends to (38) _________. And
there is (39) _________ the responsibility for paying bills, rates, etc.
On the other hand, (40) _________ depends on how a family gets on. Do your
parents like your friends? You may love your family—(41) _________do you like
them? Are you prepared to be (42) __________ when your parents ask where you are
going in the evening and what time you expect to be back? If you find that you
cannot manage a(n) (43) _________, and that you finally have the money to leave,
how do you (44) _________ finding somewhere else to live?
If you plan to stay in your home area, the possibilities are (45)
_________well-known to you already. Friends and the local paper are always (46)
_________. If you are going to work in a (47) _________ area, again there are
the papers—and the accommodation agencies, (48) _________ these should be
approached with (49) _________. Agencies are allowed to charge a fee, usually
the (50) ________ of the first week’s rent, if you take accommodation they have
found for you.
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31.
A ：ideal
B ：perfect
C ：imaginary
D ：satisfactory
B ：perfect
C ：imaginary
D ：satisfactory
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32.
A ：deficiencies
B ：weaknesses
C ：insufficiencies
D ：limitations
B ：weaknesses
C ：insufficiencies
D ：limitations
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33.
A ：cut
B ：shortage
C ：lack
D ：drain
B ：shortage
C ：lack
D ：drain
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34.
A ：getting over
B ：getting in
C ：getting back
D ：getting along
B ：getting in
C ：getting back
D ：getting along
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35.
A ：improve
B ：enhance
C ：develop
D ：proceed
B ：enhance
C ：develop
D ：proceed
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36.
A ：concerns
B ：issues
C ：advantages
D ：problems
B ：issues
C ：advantages
D ：problems
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37.
A ：still
B ：always
C ：habitually
D ：consequently
B ：always
C ：habitually
D ：consequently
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38.
A ：call in
B ：call over
C ：call upon
D ：call out
B ：call over
C ：call upon
D ：call out
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39.
A ：always
B ：rarely
C ：little
D ：sometimes
B ：rarely
C ：little
D ：sometimes
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40. .
A ：little
B ：enough
C ：many
D ：much
B ：enough
C ：many
D ：much
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41.
A ：and
B ：but
C ：still
D ：or
B ：but
C ：still
D ：or
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42.
A ：tolerant
B ：hostile
C ：indifferent
D ：good-tempered
B ：hostile
C ：indifferent
D ：good-tempered
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43.
A ：agreement
B ：consensus
C ：compromise
D ：deal
B ：consensus
C ：compromise
D ：deal
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44.
A ：go about
B ：go over
C ：go in for
D ：go through
B ：go over
C ：go in for
D ：go through
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45.
A ：seldom
B ：less
C ：probably
D ：certainly
B ：less
C ：probably
D ：certainly
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46.
A ：dependent
B ：a good source of information
C ：of great value
D ：reliable
B ：a good source of information
C ：of great value
D ：reliable
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47.
A ：familiar
B ：cold
C ：humid
D ：new
B ：cold
C ：humid
D ：new
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48.
A ：though
B ：while
C ：since
D ：as
B ：while
C ：since
D ：as
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49.
A ：enthusiasm
B ：hesitation
C ：caution
D ：concern
B ：hesitation
C ：caution
D ：concern
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50.
A ：same
B ：equivalent
C ：equal
D ：simiarity
B ：equivalent
C ：equal
D ：simiarity
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PART IV GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY [15 MIN ]
There are thirty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four
words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that best
completes the sentence.
Mark your answers on your answer sheet.
There are thirty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four
words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that best
completes the sentence.
Mark your answers on your answer sheet.
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51. If you explained the situation to your solicitor, he ________ able to advise
you much better than I can.
you much better than I can.
A ：would be
B ：will have been
C ：was
D ：were
B ：will have been
C ：was
D ：were
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52. _________, Mr. Wells is scarcely in sympathy with the working class.
A ：Although he is a socialist
B ：Even if he is a socialist
C ：Being a socialist
D ：Since he is a socialist
B ：Even if he is a socialist
C ：Being a socialist
D ：Since he is a socialist
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53. His remarks were ________ annoy everybody at the meeting.
A ：so as to
B ：such as to
C ：such to
D ：as much as to
B ：such as to
C ：such to
D ：as much as to
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54. James has just arrived, but I didn’t know he _________ until yesterday.
A ：will come
B ：was coming
C ：had been coming
D ：came
B ：was coming
C ：had been coming
D ：came
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55. _________ conscious of my moral obligations as a citizen.
A ：I was and always will be
B ：I have to be and always will be
C ：I had been and always will be
D ：I have been and always will be
B ：I have to be and always will be
C ：I had been and always will be
D ：I have been and always will be
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56. Because fuel supplies are finite and many people are wasteful, we will have
to install _________ solar heating device in our home.
to install _________ solar heating device in our home.
A ：some type of
B ：some types of a
C ：some type of a
D ：some types of
B ：some types of a
C ：some type of a
D ：some types of
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57. I went there in 1984, and that was the only occasion when I ________ the
journey in exactly two days.
journey in exactly two days.
A ：must take
B ：must have made
C ：was able to make
D ：could make
B ：must have made
C ：was able to make
D ：could make
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58. I know he failed his last test, but really he’s _________ stupid.
A ：something but
B ：anything but
C ：nothing but
D ：not but
B ：anything but
C ：nothing but
D ：not but
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59. Do you know Tim’s brother? He is _________ than Tim.
A ：much more sportsman
B ：more of a sportsman
C ：more of sportsman
D ：more a sportsman
B ：more of a sportsman
C ：more of sportsman
D ：more a sportsman
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60. That was not the first time he ________ us. I think it’s high time we
________ strong actions against him.
________ strong actions against him.
A ：betrayed…take
B ：had betrayed…took
C ：has betrayed…took
D ：has betrayed…take
B ：had betrayed…took
C ：has betrayed…took
D ：has betrayed…take
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61. What’s the chance of ________ a general election this year?
A ：there being
B ：there to be
C ：there be
D ：there going to be
B ：there to be
C ：there be
D ：there going to be
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62. The meeting was put off because we __________ a meeting without John.
A ：objected having
B ：were objected to having
C ：objected to have
D ：objected to having
B ：were objected to having
C ：objected to have
D ：objected to having
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63. ________ you _______ further problems with your printer, contact your dealer
for advice.
for advice.
A ：If, had
B ：Have, had
C ：Should, have
D ：In case, had
B ：Have, had
C ：Should, have
D ：In case, had
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64. He asked me to lend him some money, which I agreed to do, ________ that he
paid me back the following week.
paid me back the following week.
A ：on occasion
B ：on purpose
C ：on condition
D ：only if
B ：on purpose
C ：on condition
D ：only if
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65. Children who stay away from school do ________ for different reasons.
A ：them
B ：/
C ：it
D ：theirs
B ：/
C ：it
D ：theirs
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67. There are still many problem ahead of us, but by his time next year we can
see light at the end of the _________.
see light at the end of the _________.
A ：battle
B ：day
C ：road
D ：tunnel
B ：day
C ：road
D ：tunnel
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68. We realized that he was under great _________, so we took no notice of his
bad temper.
bad temper.
A ：excitement
B ：stress
C ：crisis
D ：nervousness
B ：stress
C ：crisis
D ：nervousness
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69. The director tried to get the actors to _________ to the next scene by hand
signals.
signals.
A ：move on
B ：move off
C ：move out
D ：move along
B ：move off
C ：move out
D ：move along
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70. His ideas are invariably condemned as ________ by his colleagues.
A ：imaginative
B ：ingenious
C ：impractical
D ：theoretical
B ：ingenious
C ：impractical
D ：theoretical
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71. Thousands of people turned out into the streets to _________ against the
local authorities’ decision to build a highway across the field.
local authorities’ decision to build a highway across the field.
A ：contradict
B ：reform
C ：counter
D ：protest
B ：reform
C ：counter
D ：protest
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72. The majority of nurses are women, but in the higher ranks of the medical
profession women are in a _________.
profession women are in a _________.
A ：minority
B ：scarcity
C ：rarity
D ：minimum
B ：scarcity
C ：rarity
D ：minimum
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73. Professor Johnson’s retirement ________ from next January.
A ：carries into effect
B ：takes effect
C ：has effect
D ：puts into effect
B ：takes effect
C ：has effect
D ：puts into effect
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74. The president explained that the purpose of taxation was to ________
government spending.
government spending.
A ：finance
B ：expand
C ：enlarge
D ：budget
B ：expand
C ：enlarge
D ：budget
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75. The heat in summer is no less _________ here in this mountain region.
A ：concentrated
B ：extensive
C ：intense
D ：intensive
B ：extensive
C ：intense
D ：intensive
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76. Taking photographs is strictly ________ here, as it may damage the precious
cave paintings.
A. B. C. D.
cave paintings.
A. B. C. D.
A ：forbidden
B ：rejected
C ：excluded
D ：denied
B ：rejected
C ：excluded
D ：denied
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77. Mr. Brown’s condition looks very serious and it is doubtful if he will
_________.
_________.
A ：pull back
B ：pull up
C ：pull through
D ：pull out
B ：pull up
C ：pull through
D ：pull out
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78. Since the early nineties, the trend in most businesses has been toward
on-demand, always-available products and services that suit the customer’s
_________ rather than the company’s.
on-demand, always-available products and services that suit the customer’s
_________ rather than the company’s.
A ：benefit
B ：availability
C ：suitability
D ：convenience
B ：availability
C ：suitability
D ：convenience
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79. The priest made the ________ of the cross when he entered the church.
A ：mark
B ：signal
C ：sign
D ：gesture
B ：signal
C ：sign
D ：gesture
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80. This spacious room is ________ furnished with just a few articles in it.
A ：lightly
B ：sparsely
C ：hardly
D ：rarely
B ：sparsely
C ：hardly
D ：rarely
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PART V READING COMPREHENSION [25 MIN ]
In this section there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished
statements, each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the
one that you think is the best answer.
Mark your answers on your answer sheet.
TEXT A
TEXT B
注：本文摘自 《英语学习四十年精选之异域风情 + 国外风情面面观》
Predicting the future is always risky. But it's probably safe to say that at
least a few historians will one day speak of the 20th century as America's “
Disney era ” . Today, it's certainly difficult to think of any other single
thing that represents modern America as powerfully as the company that created
Mickey Mouse. Globally, brands like Coca-Cola and McDonalds may be more
widely-known, but neither encapsulates 20th-century America in quite the same
way as Disney.
The reasons for Disney's success are varied and numerous, but ultimately the
credit belongs to one person — the man who created the cartoon and built the
company from nothing, Walt Disney. Ironically, he could not draw particularly
well. But he was a genius in plenty of other respects. In business, his greatest
skills were his insight and his management ability. After setting himself up in
Hollywood, he single-handedly pioneered the concepts of branding and
merchandising — something his company still does brilliantly today.
But what really distinguished Disney was his ability to identify with his
audiences. Disney always made sure his films championed the “ little guy ” , and
made him feel proud to be American. This he achieved by creating characters that
reflected the hopes and fears of ordinary people. Some celebrated American
achievements — Disney's very first cartoon Plane Crazy, featuring a silent
Mickey Mouse, was inspired by Charles Lindbergh's flight across the Atlantic.
Others, like the There Little Pigs and Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, showed
how, through hard work and helping one's fellow man, or Americans could survive
social and economic crises like the Great Depression.
Disney's other great virtue was the fact that his company — unlike other big
corporations — had a human face. His Hollywood studio — the public heard —
operated just like a democracy, where everyone was on firstname terms and had a
say in how things should be run. He was also regarded as a great patriot because
not only did his cartoons celebrate America, but, during World War II, studios
made training films for American soldiers.
The reality, of course, was less idyllic. As the public would later learn,
Disney's patriotism had an unpleasant side. After a strike by cartoonists in
1941, he became convinced that Hollywood had been infiltrated by Communists. He
agreed to work for the FBI as a mole, identifying and spying on colleagues whom
he suspected were subversives.
But, apart from his affiliations with the FBI, Disney was more or less the
genuine article. A new book, The Magic Kingdom; Walt Disney and the American Way
of Life, by Steven Watts, confirms that he was very definitely on the side of
ordinary Americans — in the 30s and 40s he voted for Franklin Roosevelt,
believing he was a champion of the workers. Also, Disney was not an apologist
for the FBI, as some have suggested. In fact, he was always suspicious of large,
bureaucratic organizations, as is evidenced in films like That Darned Cat, in
which he portrayed FBI agents as bungling incompetents.
By the time he died in 1966, Walt Disney was an icon like Thomas Edison and
the Wright Brothers. To business people and filmmakers, he was a role model; to
the public at large, he was “ Uncle Walt ”— the man who had entertained them all
their lives, the man who represented them all their lives, the man who
represented all that was good about America.
In this section there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished
statements, each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the
one that you think is the best answer.
Mark your answers on your answer sheet.
TEXT A
TEXT B
注：本文摘自 《英语学习四十年精选之异域风情 + 国外风情面面观》
Predicting the future is always risky. But it's probably safe to say that at
least a few historians will one day speak of the 20th century as America's “
Disney era ” . Today, it's certainly difficult to think of any other single
thing that represents modern America as powerfully as the company that created
Mickey Mouse. Globally, brands like Coca-Cola and McDonalds may be more
widely-known, but neither encapsulates 20th-century America in quite the same
way as Disney.
The reasons for Disney's success are varied and numerous, but ultimately the
credit belongs to one person — the man who created the cartoon and built the
company from nothing, Walt Disney. Ironically, he could not draw particularly
well. But he was a genius in plenty of other respects. In business, his greatest
skills were his insight and his management ability. After setting himself up in
Hollywood, he single-handedly pioneered the concepts of branding and
merchandising — something his company still does brilliantly today.
But what really distinguished Disney was his ability to identify with his
audiences. Disney always made sure his films championed the “ little guy ” , and
made him feel proud to be American. This he achieved by creating characters that
reflected the hopes and fears of ordinary people. Some celebrated American
achievements — Disney's very first cartoon Plane Crazy, featuring a silent
Mickey Mouse, was inspired by Charles Lindbergh's flight across the Atlantic.
Others, like the There Little Pigs and Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, showed
how, through hard work and helping one's fellow man, or Americans could survive
social and economic crises like the Great Depression.
Disney's other great virtue was the fact that his company — unlike other big
corporations — had a human face. His Hollywood studio — the public heard —
operated just like a democracy, where everyone was on firstname terms and had a
say in how things should be run. He was also regarded as a great patriot because
not only did his cartoons celebrate America, but, during World War II, studios
made training films for American soldiers.
The reality, of course, was less idyllic. As the public would later learn,
Disney's patriotism had an unpleasant side. After a strike by cartoonists in
1941, he became convinced that Hollywood had been infiltrated by Communists. He
agreed to work for the FBI as a mole, identifying and spying on colleagues whom
he suspected were subversives.
But, apart from his affiliations with the FBI, Disney was more or less the
genuine article. A new book, The Magic Kingdom; Walt Disney and the American Way
of Life, by Steven Watts, confirms that he was very definitely on the side of
ordinary Americans — in the 30s and 40s he voted for Franklin Roosevelt,
believing he was a champion of the workers. Also, Disney was not an apologist
for the FBI, as some have suggested. In fact, he was always suspicious of large,
bureaucratic organizations, as is evidenced in films like That Darned Cat, in
which he portrayed FBI agents as bungling incompetents.
By the time he died in 1966, Walt Disney was an icon like Thomas Edison and
the Wright Brothers. To business people and filmmakers, he was a role model; to
the public at large, he was “ Uncle Walt ”— the man who had entertained them all
their lives, the man who represented them all their lives, the man who
represented all that was good about America.
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86. Walt Disney is believed to possess the following abilities EXCEPT
A ：painting
B ：creativity
C ：management
D ：merchandising
B ：creativity
C ：management
D ：merchandising
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87. According to the passage, what was the pleasant side of Disney’s patriotism?
A ：He sided with ordinary Americans in his films.
B ：He supported America’s war efforts in his own way.
C ：He had doubts about large, bureaucratic organizations.
D ：He voted for Franklin Roosevelt in the 30s and 40s.
B ：He supported America’s war efforts in his own way.
C ：He had doubts about large, bureaucratic organizations.
D ：He voted for Franklin Roosevelt in the 30s and 40s.
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88. In the sixth paragraph the sentence “Disney was more or less the genuine
article” means that
article” means that
A ：Disney was a creative and capable person.
B ：Disney once agreed to work for the FBI.
C ：Disney ran his company in a democratic way.
D ：Disney was sympathetic with ordinary people.
B ：Disney once agreed to work for the FBI.
C ：Disney ran his company in a democratic way.
D ：Disney was sympathetic with ordinary people.
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89. The writer’s attitude toward Walt Disney can best be described as
A ：sympathetic.
B ：objective.
C ：critical.
D ：skeptical.
B ：objective.
C ：critical.
D ：skeptical.
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TEXT C
I am afraid to sleep. I have been afraid to sleep for the last few weeks. I am so tired that, finally, I do sleep, but only for a few minutes. It is not a bad dream that wakes me ; it is the realiry I took with me into sleep . I try to think of something else.
Immediately the woman in the marketplace comes into my mind.
I was on my way to dinner last night when I saw her . She was selling skirts. She moved with the same ease and loveliness I often saw in the women of Laos. Her long black hair was as shiny as the black silk of the skirts she was selling . In her hair, she wore three silk ribbons, blue ,green, and white. They meminded me of my childhood and how my girlfriends and I used to spend hours braiding ribbons into our hair.
I don’t know the word for “ribbons”, so I put my hand to my own hair and , with three fingers against my head , I looked at her ribbons and said “Beautiful.” She lowered her eyes and said nothing. I wasn’t sure if she understood me (I don’t speak Laotian very well).
I looked back down at the skirts. They ahd designs in them: squares and triangles and circles of pink and green silk. They were very pretty. I decided to buy one of those skirts, and I began to bargain with her over the price. It is the custom to bargain in Asia. In Laos bargaining is done in soft voices and easy moves with the sort of quiet peacefulness.
She smiled, more with her eyes than with her lips. She was pleased by the few words I was able to say in her language, although they were mostly numbers, and she saw that I understood something about the soft playfulness of bargaining. We shook our heads in disagreement over the price; then, immediately, we made another offer and then another shake of the head. She was so pleased that unexpectedly, she accepted the last offer I made. But it was too soon. The price was too low. She was being too generous and wouldn’t make enough money. I moved quickly and picked up two more skirts and paid for all three at the price set; that way I was able to pay her three times as much before she had a chance to lower the price for the larger purchase. She smiled openly then, and, for the first time in months, my spirit lifted. I almost felt happy.
The feeling stayed with me while she wrapped the skirts in a newspaper and handed them to me. When I left, though, the feeling left, too. It was as though it stayed behind in marketplace. I left tears in my throat. I wanted to cry. I didn’t , of course.
I have learned to defend myself against what is hard; without knowing it, I have also learned to defend myself against what is soft and what should be easy.
I get up, light a candle and want to look at the skirts. They are still in the newspaper that the woman wrapped them in. I remove the paper, and raise the skirts up to look at them again before I pack them. Something falls to floor. I reach down and feel something cool in my hand. I move close to the candlelight to see what I have. There are five long silk ribbons in my hand, all different colours. The woman in the maketplace! She has given these ribbons to me!
There is no defense against a generous spirit, and this time I cry, and very hard, as if I could make up for all the months that I didn’t cry.
I am afraid to sleep. I have been afraid to sleep for the last few weeks. I am so tired that, finally, I do sleep, but only for a few minutes. It is not a bad dream that wakes me ; it is the realiry I took with me into sleep . I try to think of something else.
Immediately the woman in the marketplace comes into my mind.
I was on my way to dinner last night when I saw her . She was selling skirts. She moved with the same ease and loveliness I often saw in the women of Laos. Her long black hair was as shiny as the black silk of the skirts she was selling . In her hair, she wore three silk ribbons, blue ,green, and white. They meminded me of my childhood and how my girlfriends and I used to spend hours braiding ribbons into our hair.
I don’t know the word for “ribbons”, so I put my hand to my own hair and , with three fingers against my head , I looked at her ribbons and said “Beautiful.” She lowered her eyes and said nothing. I wasn’t sure if she understood me (I don’t speak Laotian very well).
I looked back down at the skirts. They ahd designs in them: squares and triangles and circles of pink and green silk. They were very pretty. I decided to buy one of those skirts, and I began to bargain with her over the price. It is the custom to bargain in Asia. In Laos bargaining is done in soft voices and easy moves with the sort of quiet peacefulness.
She smiled, more with her eyes than with her lips. She was pleased by the few words I was able to say in her language, although they were mostly numbers, and she saw that I understood something about the soft playfulness of bargaining. We shook our heads in disagreement over the price; then, immediately, we made another offer and then another shake of the head. She was so pleased that unexpectedly, she accepted the last offer I made. But it was too soon. The price was too low. She was being too generous and wouldn’t make enough money. I moved quickly and picked up two more skirts and paid for all three at the price set; that way I was able to pay her three times as much before she had a chance to lower the price for the larger purchase. She smiled openly then, and, for the first time in months, my spirit lifted. I almost felt happy.
The feeling stayed with me while she wrapped the skirts in a newspaper and handed them to me. When I left, though, the feeling left, too. It was as though it stayed behind in marketplace. I left tears in my throat. I wanted to cry. I didn’t , of course.
I have learned to defend myself against what is hard; without knowing it, I have also learned to defend myself against what is soft and what should be easy.
I get up, light a candle and want to look at the skirts. They are still in the newspaper that the woman wrapped them in. I remove the paper, and raise the skirts up to look at them again before I pack them. Something falls to floor. I reach down and feel something cool in my hand. I move close to the candlelight to see what I have. There are five long silk ribbons in my hand, all different colours. The woman in the maketplace! She has given these ribbons to me!
There is no defense against a generous spirit, and this time I cry, and very hard, as if I could make up for all the months that I didn’t cry.
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90. Which of the following in NOT corret?
A ：The writer was not used to bargaining.
B ：People in Asia always bargain when buying things.
C ：Bargaining in Laos was quiet and peaceful.
D ：The writer was ready to bargain with the woman.
B ：People in Asia always bargain when buying things.
C ：Bargaining in Laos was quiet and peaceful.
D ：The writer was ready to bargain with the woman.
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91. The writer assumed that the voman accepted the last offer mainly because woman
A ：thought that the last offer was reasonable.
B ：thought she could still make much money.
C ：was glad that the writer knew their way of bargainning.
D ：was tired of bargainning with the writer any more.
B ：thought she could still make much money.
C ：was glad that the writer knew their way of bargainning.
D ：was tired of bargainning with the writer any more.
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92. Why did the writer finally decide to buy three skirts?
A ：The skirts were cheap and pretty.
B ：She liked the patterns on the skirts.
C ：She wanted to do something as compensation.
D ：She was fed up with further bargainning with the woman.
B ：She liked the patterns on the skirts.
C ：She wanted to do something as compensation.
D ：She was fed up with further bargainning with the woman.
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93.When did the writer left the marketplace, she wanted to cry, but did not because
A ：she had learned to stay cool and unfeeling.
B ：she was afraid of crying in public.
C ：she had learned to face difficulties bravely.
D ：she had to show in public that she was strong.
B ：she was afraid of crying in public.
C ：she had learned to face difficulties bravely.
D ：she had to show in public that she was strong.
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94. Why did the writer cry eventually when she looked at the skirts again?
A ：she suddently felt very sad.
B ：she liked the ribbons so much.
C ：she was overcome by emotion.
D ：she felt sorry for the woman.
B ：she liked the ribbons so much.
C ：she was overcome by emotion.
D ：she felt sorry for the woman.
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TEXT D
The kids are hanging out. I pass small bands of students, in my way to work these morings.They have become a familiar part of the summer landscape.
These kids are not old enough for jobs. Nor are they rich enough for camp. They are school children without school. The calendar called the school year ran out on them a few weeks ago. Once supervised by teachers and principals, they now appear to be “self care”.
Passing them is like passing through a time zone. For much of our history, after all, Americans arranged the school year around the needs of work and family. In 19th-century cities, schools were open seven or eight hours a day, 11 months a year.In rural America, the year was arranged around the growing season. Now, only 3 percent of families follow the agricultural model, but nearly all schools are scheduled as if our children went home early to milk the cows and took months off to work the crops. Now, three-quarters of the mothers of school-age children work, but the calendar is written as if they were home waiting for the school bus.
The six-hour day, the 180-day school year is regarded as something holy. But when parents work an eight-hour day and a 240-day year, it means something different. It means that many kids go home to empty houses. It means that, in the summer, they hang out.
“We have a huge mismatch between the school calendar and realisties of family life,”says Dr. Ernest Boyer ,head of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
Dr. Boyer is one of many who believe that a radical revision of the school calendar is inevitable.＂School, whether we like it or not, is educational. It always has been.”
His is not popular idea. School are routinely burdened with the job of solving all our social problems. Can they be asked to meet the needs of our work and family lives?
It may be easier to promote a linger school year on its educational merits and, indeed, the educational case is compelling. Despite the complaints and studies about our kids’ lack of learning, the United State still has a shorter school year than any industrial nation. In most of Europe, the school year is 220 days. In Japan, it is 240 days long. While classroom time alone doesn’t produce a well-educated child, learning takes time and more learning takes more time. The long summers of forgetting take a toll.
The opposition to a longer school year comes from families that want to and can provide other experiences for their children. It comes from teachers. It comes from tradition. And surely from kids. But the most important part of the conflict has been over the money.
The kids are hanging out. I pass small bands of students, in my way to work these morings.They have become a familiar part of the summer landscape.
These kids are not old enough for jobs. Nor are they rich enough for camp. They are school children without school. The calendar called the school year ran out on them a few weeks ago. Once supervised by teachers and principals, they now appear to be “self care”.
Passing them is like passing through a time zone. For much of our history, after all, Americans arranged the school year around the needs of work and family. In 19th-century cities, schools were open seven or eight hours a day, 11 months a year.In rural America, the year was arranged around the growing season. Now, only 3 percent of families follow the agricultural model, but nearly all schools are scheduled as if our children went home early to milk the cows and took months off to work the crops. Now, three-quarters of the mothers of school-age children work, but the calendar is written as if they were home waiting for the school bus.
The six-hour day, the 180-day school year is regarded as something holy. But when parents work an eight-hour day and a 240-day year, it means something different. It means that many kids go home to empty houses. It means that, in the summer, they hang out.
“We have a huge mismatch between the school calendar and realisties of family life,”says Dr. Ernest Boyer ,head of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
Dr. Boyer is one of many who believe that a radical revision of the school calendar is inevitable.＂School, whether we like it or not, is educational. It always has been.”
His is not popular idea. School are routinely burdened with the job of solving all our social problems. Can they be asked to meet the needs of our work and family lives?
It may be easier to promote a linger school year on its educational merits and, indeed, the educational case is compelling. Despite the complaints and studies about our kids’ lack of learning, the United State still has a shorter school year than any industrial nation. In most of Europe, the school year is 220 days. In Japan, it is 240 days long. While classroom time alone doesn’t produce a well-educated child, learning takes time and more learning takes more time. The long summers of forgetting take a toll.
The opposition to a longer school year comes from families that want to and can provide other experiences for their children. It comes from teachers. It comes from tradition. And surely from kids. But the most important part of the conflict has been over the money.
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95. Which of the following is an opinion of the auther’s?
A ：＂The kids are hanging out.”
B ：＂They are school children without school.”
C ：＂These kids are not old enough for jobs.”
D ：.“The calendar called the school year ran out on them a few weeks ago.”
B ：＂They are school children without school.”
C ：＂These kids are not old enough for jobs.”
D ：.“The calendar called the school year ran out on them a few weeks ago.”
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96. The current American school calendar was developed in the 19th century according to
A ：the growing season on nation’s form.
B ：the labour demands of the industrial age.
C ：teachers’ demands for more vacation time.
D ：parents’ demands for other experiences for their kids.
B ：the labour demands of the industrial age.
C ：teachers’ demands for more vacation time.
D ：parents’ demands for other experiences for their kids.
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97. The author thinks that the current school calendar
A ：is still valid.
B ：is out of date.
C ：can not be revised.
D ：can not be defended.
B ：is out of date.
C ：can not be revised.
D ：can not be defended.
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98. Why was Dr. Boy’s idea unpopular?
A ：He argues for the role of school in solving social problems.
B ：He supports the current school calendar.
C ：He thinks that school year and family life should be donsidered separately.
D ：He strongly believes in the educational role of school.
B ：He supports the current school calendar.
C ：He thinks that school year and family life should be donsidered separately.
D ：He strongly believes in the educational role of school.
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99.“The long summers of forgetting take a toll ”in the last paragraph but one means that
A ：long summer vacation slows down the progress go learning.
B ：long summer vacation has been abandoned in Europe.
C ：long summers result in less learning time.
D ：long summers are a result of tradition.
B ：long summer vacation has been abandoned in Europe.
C ：long summers result in less learning time.
D ：long summers are a result of tradition.
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