英语专业四级阅读真题(学生版).doc

英语专业四级阅读真题

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 answe匚Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET TWO.

TEXT A

What is the nature of the scientific attitude, the attitude of the man or woman who studies and applies physics, biology, chemistry, geology, engineering, medicine or any other science? We all know that science plays an important role in the societies in which we live?Many people believe, however, that our progress depends on two different aspects of science. The first of these is the application of the machines, products and systems of applied knowledge that scientists and technologists develop? Through technology, science improves the structure of society and helps man to gain increasing control over his environment.

The second aspect is the application by all members of society of the special methods of thought and action that scientists use in their work.

What arc these special methods of thinking and acting? First of all, it seems that a successful scientist is full of curiosity - he wants to find out how and why the universe works. He usually directs his attention towards problems which he notices have no satisfactory explanation, and his curiosity makes him look for underlying relationships even if the data available seem to be unconnected. Moreover, he thinks he can improve the existing conditions and enjoys trying to solve the problems which this involves.

He is a good observer, accurate, patient and objective and applies logical thought to the observations he makes. He utilizes the facts he observes to the fullest extent. For example, trained observers obtain a very large amount of information about a star mainly from the accurate analysis of the simple lines that appear in a spectrum.

He is skeptical - he does not accept statements which are not based on the most complete evidence available - and therefore rejects authority as the sole basis for truth. Scientists always check statements and make experiments carefully and objectively to verify them.

Furthermore, he is not only critical of the work of others, but also of his own, since he knows that man is the least reliable of scientific instruments and that a number of factors tend to disturb objective investigation.

Lastly, he is highly imaginative since he often has to look for relationships in data which arc not only complex but also frequently incomplete. Furthennore, he needs imagination if he wants to make hypotheses of how processes work and how events take place?

These seem to be some of the ways in which a successful scientist or technologist thinks and acts.

81 ? Many people believe that science helps society to progress through _________ ?

A.applied knowledge.

B.more than one aspect.

C.technology only.

D.the use of machines.

82.Which of the following statements is INCORRECT about curiosity?

A.It gives the scientist confidence and pleasure in work.

B.It gives rise to interest in problems that arc uncxplainccL

C.It leads to efforts to investigate potential connections?

D.It encourages the scientist to look for new ways of acting?

83.According to the passage, a successful scientist would not _________ ?

A.easily believe in unchecked statements.

B.easily criticize others1 research work?

C.always use his imagination in work?

D.always use evidence from observation. 84? What does the passage mainly discuss?

A.Application of technology?

B.Progress in modem society.

C.Scientists* ways of thinking and acting?

D.How to become a successful scientist?

85? What is the author's attitude towards the topic?

A.Gitical.

B. Objective.

C. Biased.

D. Uiclear.

TEXTB

Over the past several decades, the U.S., Canada, and Europe have received a great deal of media and even research attention over unusual phenomena and unsolved mysteries. These include UFOs as well as sightings and encounters with n nonhuman creatures n such as Bigfoot and the Loch Ness monste匚Only recently has Latin America begun to receive some attention as well. Although the mysteries of the Aztec, Mayan, and Inca civilizations have been known for centuries, now the public is also becoming aware of unusual, paranormal phenomena in countries such as Peru.

The Nazca "lines” of Peru were discovered in the 1930s? These lines are deeply carved into a flat, stony plain, and form about 300 intricate pictures of animals such as birds, a monkey, and a lizard. Seen at ground level, the designs are a jumbled senseless mess. The images are so large that they can only be viewed at a height of 1,000 feet ? meaning from an ciircraft. Yet there were no aircraft in 300 B.C., when it is judged the designs were made? Nor were there then, or are there now, any nearby mountain ranges from which to view them?So how and why did the native people of Nazca create these marvelous designs? One answer appeared in 1969, when the German researcher and writer Erich von Danikcn proposed that the lines were drawn by extraterrestrials as runways for their aircraft. The scientific community did not take long to scoffat and abandon von Daniken's theory. Over the years several other theories have been put forth, but none has been accepted by the scientific community.

Today there is a new and heightened interest in the Nazca lines. It is a direct result of the creation of the Internet. Currently there arc over 60 sites dedicated to this mystery from Latin America^ past, and even respected scientists have joined the discussion through e-mail and chat rooms.

Will the Internet help explain these unsolved mysteries? Perhaps it is a step in the right direction.

86.Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?

https://www.sodocs.net/doc/4618070324.html,tin America has long received attention for unusual phenomena?

B.Public attention is now directed towards countries like Peru.

C.Public interest usually focuses on North America and Europe.

D.Some ancient civilizations have unsolved mysteries.

87.According to the passage, the Nazca lines were found _________ ?

A.n iwuntains.

B. n iones? C? on aiimals. D. on a plain?

88.We can infer from the passage that the higher the lines are seen, the _______ the images they present?

A? snaller B. hrger C. clearer D? brighter

89.There has been increasing interest in the Nazca lines mainly because of _________ ?

A.the participation of scientists?

B. the emergence of the Internet.

C. the birth of new theories?

D. the interest in the Internet.

90.The author is ___ about the role of the Internet in solving mysteries.

A.oiutious

B. pessimistic

C. urcertain D? optimistic

TEXTC

Graduation speeches are a bit like wedding toasts. A few are memorable. The rest tend to trigger such thoughts as, u Why did I wear such uncomfortable shoes?11

But graduation speeches are less about the message than the messenger. Every year a few colleges and universities in the US attract attention because theyve managed to book high-profile speakers. And, every year, the media report some of these speakers1 wise remarks.

Last month, the following words of wisdom were spread:

M You really haven f t completed the circle of success unless you can help somebody else move forward.'1 (Oprah Winfrey, Duke University)?

"There is no way to stop change; change will come. Go out and give us a future worthy of the world we all wish to create together/ (Hillary Clinton, New York University).

”This really is your moment?History is yours to bend.H(Joe Biden, Wake Forest University).

Of course, the real H get H of the graduation season was first lady Michelle Obama f s appearance at the University of California, Merced. "Remember that you are blessed/ she told the class of 2009, "Remember that in exchange for those blessings, you must give something back... As advocate and activist Marian Wright Edelman says, 'Service is the rent we pay for living ??? it is the true measure, the only measure of success?1

Calls to service have a long, rich tradition in these speeches. However, it is possible for a graduation speech to go beyond cliche and say something truly compelling. The late writer David Foster Wallaces 2005 gniduation speech at Kenyon College in Ohio talked about how to truly care about other people? It gained something of a cult after it was widely circulated on the Internet. Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs1address at Stanford University that year, in which he talked about death, is also considered one of the best in recent memory.

But when you're sitting in the hot sun, fidgety and freaked out, do you really want to be lectured about the big stuff? Isn't that like trying to maintain a sniile at your wedding reception while some relative gives a toast that amounts to M marriage is hard work”？ You know het right;

you just don't want to think about it at that particular moment. In fact, as is the case in many major life moments, you can't really manage to think beyond the blisters your new shoes are causing.

That may seem anticlimactic. But it also gets to the heart of one of life's greatest, saddest truths: that our most "memorable” occasions may elicit the fewest memories. It's probably not something most graduation speakers would say, but it's one of the first lessons of growing up.

91.According to the passage, most graduation speeches tend to recall ___ memories.

A.great B? tivial C. uiforgettable D? uiimaginative

92.n But graduation speeches are less about the message than the messenger11 is explained ____ ?

A? in the final paragraph. B. in the last but one paragraph?

C. in the first paragraph.

D. in the same paragraph?

93.The graduation speeches mentioned in the passage are related to the following themes EXCEPT ________ .

A.dsith.

B. success? C? ?rvice. D. generosity.

94.It is implied in the passage that at great moments people fail to _______ .

A.remain clear-headed?

B. keep good manners?

C.remember others* words.

D. recollect specific details.

95.What is H one of the first lessons of growing up”？

A.Attending a graduation ceremony.

B? Listening to graduation speeches.

C? Forgetting details of memorable events.

D.Meeting high-profile graduation speakers?

TEXTD

Cultural rules determine every aspect of food consumption. Who eats together defines social units? For example, in some societies, the nuclear family is the unit that regularly eats together. The anthropologist Mary Douglas has pointed out that, for the English, the kind of meal and the kind of food that is served relate to the kinds of social links between people who are eating together. She distinguishes between regular meals, Sunday meals when relatives may come, and cocktail parties for acquaintances. The food served symbolizes the occasion and reflects who is present. For example, only snacks are served at a cocktail party. It would be inappropriate to serve a steak or hamburgers? The distinctions among cocktails, regular meals, and special dinners mark the social boundaries between those guests who are invited for drinks, those who are invited to dinner, and those who come to a family meal. In this example, the type of food symbolizes the category of guest and with whom it is e aten?

In some New Guinea societies, the nuclear family is not the unit that eats togethe匚The men take their meals in a mens house, separately from their wives and children. Women prepare and eat their food in their own houses and take the husbanefs portion to the men's house? The women cat with their children in their own houses. This pattern is also widespread among Near Eastern societies.

Eating is a metaphor that is sometimes used to signify marriage?In many New Guinea societies, like that of the Lesu on the island of New Ireland in the Pacific and that of the Trobriand Islanders, marriage is symbolized by the couple's eating together for the first time. Eating symbolizes their new status as a married couple?In U?S?society, it is just the reverse. A

couple may go out to dinner on a first date.

Other cultural rules have to do with taboos against eating certain things. In some societies, members of a clan, a type of kin (family) group, are not allowed to eat the animal or bird that is their totemic ancesto匚Since they believe themselves to be descended from that ancestor, it would be like eating that ancestor or eating themselves.

There is also an association between food prohibitions and rank, which is found in its most extreme form in the caste system of India. A caste system consists of ranked groups, each

with a different economic spccialization. In India, there is an association between caste and the idea of pollution. Members of highly ranked groups can be polluted by coming into

conUict with the bodily secretions, particularly saliva, of individuals of lower-ranked castes ? Because of the fear of pollution, Brahmans and other high-ranked individuals will not

share food with, not eat from the same plate as, not even accept food from an individual

from a low-ranking caste?

96.According to the passage, the English make clear distinctions between _______ ?

A.people who eat together.

B.the kinds of food served.

C.snacks and hamburgers?

D.family members and guests?

97.According to the passage, who will NOT eat together?

A.The English.

B.Americans on their first date.

C.Men and women in Near Eastern societies.

D.Newly-weds on the island of New Ireland?

98.According to the passage, eating together indicates all the following EXCEPT _______ ?

A. the type of food.

B. social relations.

C? mirital status. D. family ties.

99.The last paragraph suggests that in India ___ decides how people eat.

A. polution

B. bod

C. culture D? social status

100.Which of the following can best serve as the topic of the passage?

A. Different kinds of food in the world?

B? Relations between food and social units.

C.Symbolic meanings of food consumption.

D.Culture and manners of eating?

2009年英语专业四级阅读真题

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 f B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is the best answer. Mark your answers on Answer Sheet Two.

TEXT A

Do you realize that every time you take a step, the bones in your hip are subjected to forces between four and five times your body weight? When you are running, this force is increased further still? What happens if through disease a hip-joint ceases to be able to resist such forces? For many years hip-joints and other body joints have been replaceable either partially or completely. It is after all a simple ball and socket joint; it has certain loads imposed on it; it needs reliability over a defined life; it must contain materials suitable for the working environment. Any engineer will recognize these as characteristic of a typical engineering problem, which doctors and engineers have worked together to solve, in order to bring a fresh lease of life to people who would otherwise be disabled.

This typifies the way in which engineers work to help people and create a better quality of life. The fact that this country has the most efficient agricultural industry in the world is another good example. Mechanical engineers have worked with farmers and biologists to produce fertilizers, machinery and harvesting systems?This team effort has now produced crops uniformly waist high or less so that they are better suited to mechanical harvesting. Similar advances with other crops have released people from hard and boring jobs for more creative work, whilst machines harvest crops more efficiently with less waste. Providing more food for the rapidly increasing population is yet another role for the mechanical enginee匚

81.According to the passage, when would most weight be imposed on hip-joints?

A.When one is walking. B? When one is running.

C. When one is standing?

D. When one is lying down.

82.Engineers regard the replacement of hip-joints as a(n) ____ P roblem.

A.mechanical

B. medical

C. health

D. agricultural

83.According to the passage, how do engineers contribute to increasing efficiency of the agricultural industry?

A.By working with farmers.

B.By working in teams.

C.By growing crops of the same height.

D.By making agricultural machinery.

84.According to the context, "This team effort,H in Paragraph Two refers to

A.mechanical engineers.

B.doctors and engineers.

C? biologists, doctors and fanners.

D. farmers, biologists and engineers?

TEXTB

Nowadays, a cellphone service is available to everyone, everywhere? Probably thousands of people have already been using it, but I just discovered it, so I'm going to claim it and also name it: Fake Foning.

The technology has been working well for me at the office, but there are infinite applications. Virtually in any public space?

Say you work at a big university with lots of talky faculty members buzzing about. Now, say

you need to use the restroom. The trip down the hall will take approximately one hour, because a person can't walk into those talky people without getting pulled aside for a question, a bit of gossip, a new read on a certain line of Paradise Lost.

So, a cellphone? Any cellphone? Just pick it up. Don't dial. Just hold that phone to your face and start talking. Walk confidently down the hall engaged in fake conversation, making sure to tailor both the topic and content to the person sUmding before you whom you are trying to evade?For standard colleague avoidance, I suggest fake chatting about fake business:

n Yes, Pm glad you called, because we really need to hammer out the details? What's that? Yes, I read Page 12, but if you look at the bottom of 4, I think you can see the problem begins right there.H

Be animated. Be engaged in your fake fone conversation? Make eye contact with the people passing, nod to them, gesture keen interest in talking to them at a later time, point to your phone, shrug and move on.

Shoppers should consider fake foning anytime they spot a talky neighbor in the produce department pinching （丿］J手捏）unripe peaches? Without your phone at your face, you'd be in for a 20-minute speech on how temble the world is.

One important caution about fake foning. The other day I was fake foning my way past a colleague, and he was actually following me to get my attention. I knew he wanted to ask about a project I had not yet finished? I was trying to buy myself some time, so I continued fake foning with my doctor. H So I don't need the operation? Oh, doctor, that is the best news.11 And then: Brrrrrrng! Brrrrrmg! Brrrrrmg! My phone started ringing, right there while it was planted on my face. My colleague looked at me, and I at him, and naturally I gasped?"What is the matter with this thing?11 I said, pulling the phone away to look at it, and then putting it back to my ear.

*'Hello? Are you still there?"

Oops.

85.Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?

A.Cellphone service is popular among people.

B.Cellphone has much use in office?

C? Fake foning is a new cellphone service.

D. Fake foning is a new discovery.

86.What is fake foning?

A.A strategy to avoid people.

B.A device newly produced?

C? A service provided everywhere?

D. A skill of communication.

87.In the authors opinion, in order to make fake foning look real one has to _______ ?

A.talk about interesting matters.

B.behave politely to people passing by.

C? hold the phone while walking.

D. appear absorbed in conversation.

8& What does the last example show?

A.One effective way is to fake fonc one's docto匚

B.One has to be careful while fake fonine.

C? Fake foning may not deceive people?

D. Fake foning is always quite successful.

89.After his phone suddenly began ringing, the author _______ ?

A. immediately started talking to the calle匚

B? immediately started talking to his colleague?

C.put the phone away and stopped talking.

D.continued with his fake conversation.

90.What is the tone of the passage?

A. Critical.

B. Humorous.

C. Serious.

D. Unclear.

TEXTC

It was late in the afternoon, and I was putting the final touch on a piece of writing that I was feeling pretty good about. I wanted to save it, but my cursor had frozen. I tried to shut the computer down, and it seized up altogether. Unsure of what else iodo, I yanked （用力》孟拉）the batteiy out.

Unfortunately, Windows had been in the midst of a delicate and crucial undertaking. The next morning, when I turned my computer back on, it infonned me that a file had been corrupted and Windows would not load. Then, it offered to repair itself by using the Windows Setup CD.

I opened the special drawer where I keep CDs. But no Windows CD in there? I was forced to call the computer company's Global Support Centre? My call was answered by a woman in some unnamed, far-off land. I find it annoying to make small talk with someone when I don r t know what continent thcyTc standing on. Suppose I were to comment on the beautiful weather wc'vc been having when there was a monsoon at the other end of the phone? So I got right to the point.

°My computer is telling me a file is corrupted and it wants to fix itself, but I don't have the Windows Setup CD."

"So you f re having a problem with your Windows Setup CD.n She has apparently been dozing and, having come to just as the sentence ended, was attempting to cover for her inattention?It quickly became clear that the woman was not a computer technician? Her job was to serve as a gatekeeper, a human shield for the technicians? Her sole duty, as far as I could tell, was to raise global stress levels.

To make me disappear, the woman gave me the phone number for Windows1creator, Microsoft?This is like giving someone the phone number for, I don't know, North America. Besides, the CD worked; I just didn't have it. No matter how many times I repeated my story, we came back to the same place? She was calm and resolutely polite.

When my voice hit a certain decibel（分贝），I was passed along, like a hot, irritable potato, to a technician.

,f You don't have the Windows Setup CD, ma'am, because you don f t need it,n he explained cheerfu lly.

"Windows came preinstalled on your computer!H

"But I do need it."

H Yes, but you don't have it." We went on like this for a while. Finally, he offered to walk me through the use of a different CD, one that would erase my entire system. "Of course, you'd lose all your c-mail, your documents, your photos.n It was like offering to drop a safe on my head to cure my headache?"You might be able to recover them, but it would be expensive.11He sounded delighted??'And it's not covered by the warranty （产品保证书）!” The safe began to seem like a good idea, provided it was full.

I hung up the phone and drove my computer to a small, friendly repair place Fd heard about.

A smart, helpful man dug out a Windows CD and told me it wouldn't be a problem. An hour later, he called to let me know it was ready. I thanked him, and we chatted about the weather, which was the same outside my window as it was outside his.

91.Why did the author shut down her computer abruptly?

A.She had saved what she had written.

B.She couldnt move the cursor.

C.The computer refused to work.

D.The computer offered to repair itself.

92.Which of the following is the author's opinion about the woman at the Global Support Centre?

A.She sounded helpful and knowledgeable?

B.She was there to make callers frustrated?

C.She was able to solve her computer problem.

D.She was quick to pass her along to a technician.

93.According to the passage, the solution offered by the technician was ________ ?

A.effective. B? economicaL C? unpracticaL D. unacceptable?

94.was like offering to drop a safe on my head to cure my headache" in the last but one paragraph means that ________ ?

A.the technician^ proposal would make things even worse.

B? the technician's proposal could eventually solve the problem?

C.files stored on her computer were like a safe?

D.erasing the entire system was like curing a headache.

95.It can be inferred from the passage that the differences between the Global Support Centre and the local repair shop lie in all the following EXCEPT _______ ?

A. efficiency.

B.】ocation. C? setup CDs? D. attitude?

TEXT D

Not long ago, a mysterious Christmas card dropped through our mail slot. The envelope was addressed to a man named Raoul, who, I was relatively certain, did not live with us. The envelope wasn't sealed, so I opened it. The inside of the card was blank. Ed, my husband, explained that the card was both from and to the newspaper deliveryman. His name was apparently Raoul, and Raoul wanted a holiday tip. We were meant to put a check inside the card and then drop the envelope in the mail? When your services are rendered at 4 a.m., you can't simply hang around, like a hotel bellboy expecting a tip. You have to be direct?

So I wrote a nice holiday greeting to this man who, in my imagination, fires The New York

Times from his bike aimed at our front door, causing more noise with mere newsprint than most people manage with sophisticated black market fireworks.

With a start, I realized that perhaps the reason for the 4 a.m. wake-up noise was not ordinary rudeness but carefully executed spite: I had not tipped Raoul in Christmases past. I honestly hadn't realized I was supposed to. This was the first time he'd used the card tactic. So I got out my checkbook?Somewhere along the line, holiday tipping went from an optional thank-you for a year of services to a Mafia-style protection racket （收取保护费的黑社会组织）.

Several days later, I was bringing our garbage bins back from the curb when I noticed an envelope taped to one of the lids. The outside of the envelope said MICKEY. It had to be another tip request, this time from our garbage collcctor. Unlike Raoul, Mickey hadn't enclosed his own Christmas card from me. In a way, I appreciated the directness. M I know you don't care how merry my Christmas is, and that's fine/ the gesture said. M I want $30, or III 'forget1 to empty your garbage bin some hot summer day.”

I put a check in the envelope and taped it back to the bin. The next morning, Ed noticed that the envelope was gone, though the trash hadn't yet been picked up: "Someone stole Mickey's tip!" Ed was quite certain? He made me call the bank and cancel the check.

But Ed had been wrong. Two weeks later, Mickey left a letter from the bank on our steps. The letter informed Mickey that the check, which he had tried to cash, had been cancelled. The following Tuesday morning, when Ed saw a truck outside, he ran out with his wallet. ”Are you Mickey?"

The man looked at him with scorn. "Mickey is the garbageman. I am the recycling/" Not only had Ed insulted this man by hinting that he was a garbageman, but he had obviously neglected to tip him. Ed ran back inside for more funds. Then he noticed that the driver of the truck had been watching the whole transaction. He peeled off another twenty and looked around, waving bills in the ai匚"Anyone else?”

Had we consulted the website of the Emily Post Institute, this embarrassing breach of etiquette 仔L节）could have been avoided? Under u trash/rccycling collectors” in the institute's Holiday Tipping Guidelines, it says: H$10 to $30 each.” You may or may not wish to know that your pet groomer, hairdresser, mailman and UPS guy all expect a holiday tip.

96.The newspaper deliveryman put a blank card inside the envelope because _________ ?

A.he forgot to write a few words on it.

B.he wanted the couple to send it back.

C.he used it to ask for a Christmas tip.

D.he was afraid of asking for a tip in person.

97.From the passage, we learn that the author _________ ?

A.didn't like Raoufs way of delivering the paper.

B.didn't realize why Raoul delivered the paper that way.

C? didn't know that Raoul came very early in the morning.

D? didn't feel it necessary to meet Raoul when he came?

98.According to the passage, the author felt ___ to give Raoul a holiday tip.

A. excited B? delighted C. embarrassed D. forced

99.Which of the following is CORRECT about Mickey, the garbage collector?

A. He wrote a letter to the couple afterwards.

B? He failed to collect the money from the bank?

C.He wanted the couple to send him a Christmas card?

D.He collected both the cheek and the garbage that day.

100.Ed's encounter with the recycling team shows that _________ ?

A. Ed was desperate to correct his mistake.

B? Ed only wanted to give money to Raoul.

C.Ed was unwilling to tip the truck driver.

D.Ed no longer wanted to give them money.

2008年英语专业四级阅读真题

PART V READING COMPREHENSION [25 MINJ

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

When the sun is up in Amsterdam, the largest city in the Netherlands sits quietly on the Amstel Rive匚You can rent a bicycle, visit the Van Gogh or Anne Frank museum, or take a water taxi.

But when the sun goes down, the partying begins. In the big clubs and in coffee shops, tourists gather to hang out, talk politics and smoke.

Several areas of the city clearly show the two worlds that rule Amsterdam. And theyYe all within a short cab ride of each othe匚

For example, Dam Square attracts daytime sightseers to its festivals, open markets, concerts and other events. Several beautiful and very popular hotels can be found there. And there is the Royal Palace and the Magna Plaza shopping mall.

But as evening descends on Dam Square so do the party-seekers. Hip pop or funk music begins blaring from Club Paradiso and Club Melkweg? These are two of the most popular clubs in Europe. So if you come, be ready to dance? The clubs don r t shut down until 4 am.

And while you are there, check out the various inexpensive ways to tour the city. Don't worry about getting lost?Although Dutch is the official language, most people in Amsterdam speak English and are happy to help you with directions.

And youll notice that half the people in the streets are on bicycles? They rent for US$17 to $20 for a whole day.

Amsterdam also has a good canal system. From anywhere between U852 and $9.50, you can use the canal bus or a water taxi to cruise the "Venice of the North".

You can take in the picturesque canal house architecture: The rows of neat, narrow four-story dwellings of brownstone with large windows are well worth seeing. Many of them are several centuries old.

You might also want to jump out of the canal bus at the Museum Quarter and start walking. Masterpieces by Dutch artists such as Rembrandt, Bruegel, Van Gogh and others are on display at

the Van Gogh Museum, Rembrandt House and others.

The city has an appreciation of its historic past. One place to visit is the Anne Frank House in Nine Streets. It was there that the young Jewish girl wrote her famous diary during World War II. Visitors can view Anne's original diary and climb behind the bookcase to the room where she and her family hid from the Nazis for two years.

81.At the beginning of the passage, the author indicates that

A.Amsterdam is generally known as a quiet city.

B.parties go on all day long in Amsterdam,

C.Amsterdam presents two different pictures.

D? Amsterdam attracts many daytime visitors.

82.Which tourist attraction is cited for elaboration in Paragraphs Four and Five?

A.Royal Palace.

B? Dam Square.

C.Club Paradiso?

D.Magna Plaza.

83.According to the passage, the local people have all the following characteristics EXCEPT

A.they are party goers?

B? they show hospitality.

C.they can speak English.

D.they are fond of cycling.

84.Which of the following adjectives can best describe Amsterdam as a tourist city?

A.Modem.

B. Delightful.

C. Quiet?

D. Historic.

TEXTB

In an article some Chinese scholars are described as being M tantalized by the mysterious dragon bone hieroglyphics/1Tantalized is one of many English words that have their origins in myths and legends of the past (in this case, Greek and Roman ones). The meaning of the verb tantalize is a very particular one: H to promise or show something desirable to a person and then take it away; to tease by arousing hope/1Many (but not all) English dictionaries give you a brief indication of a word's origins in brackets before or after the explanation of the meaning. For tantalize the following explanation is given: [> Tantalus]. This means that you should look up the name Tantalus to find out the word's origins, and if you do, you will find out that in Greek mythology, Tantalus was a king who was punished in the lower world with eternal hunger and thirst; he was put up to his chin in water that always moved away when he tried to drink it and with fruit on branches above him placed just a little bit out of his reach. Can you see why his name was changed into a verb meaning u to tease or torment by arousing desire11?

Another example is the word siren, familiar to us as the mechanical device that makes such an alarming sound when police cars, ambulances, or fire engines approach. This word also has its origins in Greek mythology. The traveler Odysseus (Ulysses to the Romans) made his men plug their ears so that they wouldn't hear the dangerous voices of the sirens, creatures who were half bird and half woman and who lured sailors to their deaths on sharp rocks? So the word came to be associated both with a loud sound and with danger!

When someone speaks of a "jovial mood" or a ”herculean effort/ he or she is using words with

origins in mythology. Look these words up to find their meaning and relationship to myths.Many common words, such as the names for the days of the week and the months of the year, also come from mythology. Wednesday derives from the ancient Norse king of the gods, Woden, and Thursday was originally Thor's day, in honour of Thor, the god of thunde匚As a matter of fact, all the planets, except the one wc live on, bear names that come from Roman mythologyjncluding the planet that is farthest away from the sun and for that reason was called after the Roman god of the dead? This god has also given his name to one of the chemical elements.Several other elements have names that come from mythology, too.lt seems that myths and legends live on in the English language?

85.The purpose of the first sentence in Paragraph One is ___ ?

A.to describe the work of some Chinese scholars.

B.to arouse readers1 interest in hieroglyphics.

C.to lead readers onto the main theme.

D.to link the preceding part to the present one?

86.We learn from the passage, all English dictionaries include____ ?

A. legends.

B. mythology. C? word origins. D. word definitions?

87.The example of tantalize is to show ____ ?

A.how the word came into existence?

B.how Tantalus was punished in the lower world?

C.how all English dictionaries show word origins.

D.how the meaning of the word changed over the years.

88.According to the passage, which of the following does NOT have origins in myths or

legends?

A. Jovial?

B. Wednesday.

C. Earth.

D. March.

89.Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage?

A.Greek and Roman Mythology in Language?

B.Mythological Origins of English Words.

C.Historical Changes in Word Meanings?

D.Mythology and Common Words.

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The officer behind the counter called me up and said, "Miss, your name looks like the name of someone who's on our wanted list. We're going to have to check you out with Washington.M ”How long will it take?n

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I asked at the counter. "Carft you just look me up?M

Just a few more minutes, they assured me.

After an hour and a half, I pulled my cell phone out to call the friends I was supposed to meet that evening. An officer rushed ovcr. "No phones!H he said. H For all wc know you could be calling a terrorist cell and giving them information/1

'Tm just a university professor/* I said. My voice came out in a squeak.

n Of course you are. And we take people like you out of here in leg irons every day.u

I put my phone away.

My husband and 1 were getting hungry and tired. Whole families had been brought into the waiting room, and the place was packed with excitable children, exhausted parents, even a flight attendant.

I wanted to scream, to jump on a chair and shout: "I'm an American citizen; a novelist; 1 probably teach English literature to your children/ Or would that all be counted against me?

After two hours in detention, I was approached by one of the officers. ^YouYe free to go,M he said. No explanation or apologies? For a moment, neither of us moved, we were still in shock?Then we leaped to our feet.

H Oh, one more thing.H He handed me a tattered photocopy with an address on it. "If you weren f t happy with your treatment, you can write to this agency/1

"Will they respond?" I asked.

T don't know …I don't know of anyone whot ever written to them before/1 Then he added/^y the way, this will probably keep happening each time you travel internationally.0

H What can I do to keep it from happening again?"

He smiled the empty smile we'd seen all day. H Absolutely nothing/*

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Like my father, Fll keep the name, but my airport experience has given me a whole new perspective on what diversity and tolerance are supposed to mean. I had no idea that being an American would ever be this hard?

90.The author was held at the airport because ____ ?

A.she and her husband returned from Jamaica?

B.her name was similar to a terrorist^?

C.she had been held in Montreal?

D.she had spoken at a book event.

91.She was not allowed to call her friends because _____ ?

A.her identity hadn't been confirmed yet.

B.she had been held for only one hour and a half

C.there were other families in the waiting room?

D.she couldn't use her own cell phone?

92.We learn from the passage that the author would ____ to prevent similar experience

from happening again.

A. write to the agency

B. change her name

C. avoid traveling abroad D? do nothing

93.Her experiences indicate that there still exists ____ in the US?

A. hatred

B. discrimination

C. tolerance D? diversity

94.The author sounds in the last paragraph?

A. impatient

B. bitter C? worried D. ironic

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Most people have plenty of insecurities, and this seems like a situation that will bring them out. If you were under pressure to be perfect, you are terrified of falling in the most public of ways.

While extroverts will feel less fear before the ordeal, it does not mean they will necessarily do it bette匚Some very shy people manage to shine? When I met the British comedian Julian Clary, he was shy and cautious, yet his TV performances are perfect.

In fact, personality is not the best predictor of who does it well. Regardless of what you are like in real life, the key seems to be to act yourself.

Actual acting, as in performing the scripted lines of a character other than yourself, does not do the job. While politicians may limit damage by having carefully rehearsed, written scripts to speak from, there is always a hidden awareness among the audience that the words might not be true.

Likewise, the incredibly perfect speeches of many American academics are far from natural.

You may end up buying their book on the way out, but soon afterwards, it is much like fast food,and you get a nameless sense that you've been cheated?

Although, as Earl Spencer proved at his sister Princess Diana's funeral, it is possible both to prepare every word and to act naturally? A script rarely works and it is used to help most speakers.

But, being yourself doesn't work either. If you spoke as if you were in your own kitchen, it would be too authentic, too unaware of the need to communicate with an audience?

I remember going to see British psychiatrist R. D. Laing speak in public? He behaved like a seriously odd person, talking off the top of his head? Although he was talking about madness and he wrote on mental illness, he seemed to be exhibiting rather than explaining it.

The best psychological place from which to speak is an unselfconscious self-consciousness, providing the illusion of being natural. Studies suggest that this state of "flow蔦as psychologists call it, is very satisfying?

95.Women hate public speaking most mainly because of ____ ?

A.their upbringing very early on.

B.their inability to appeal to the audience?

C.their sense of greater public pressure.

D.their sense of greater humiliation.

96."this” in Paragr aph Two refers to

A. insecurity

B. sense of failure.

C.public speaking.

D. pressure?

97.Which of the following is NOT the authors viewpoint?

A.Acting like performers spoils the message in a speech.

B.Perfection of scripts is necessary in making good impressions.

C? Acting naturally means less dependence on the prepared script.

D.There should be a balance between actual acting and acting naturally.

98.What is the authors view on personality?

A.Personality is the key to success in public speaking?

B.Extroverts arc better public speakers.

C.Introverts have to learn harder to be good speakers?

D.Factors other than personality ensure better performance.

99.The author implies that while speaking R. D? Laing ___ .

A.was both too casual and authentic.

B.was acting like a performer.

C.was keeping a good balance?

D.was aware of his audience.

100.In the last paragraph the author recommends that ____ ?

A. you forget about your nervousness.

B? you feel natural and speak naturally.

C.you may feel nervous, but appear naturally.

D.you may imagine yourself to be natural.

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