英語專四模擬閱讀試題
『壹』 英語專四寫作模擬題
英語專四寫作模擬題
引導語：下面我精選了一些英語專業四級寫作模擬題，希望能夠幫助到大家，謝謝您的.閱讀。
寫作模擬題一
Recent surveys show that a lot of college students download papers from the Internet to save the trouble of doing the assignments. This kind of academic dishonesty does harm to the students. You are required to analyze its harmful effects and suggest some ways to prevent it.
Academic Dishonesty on Campus
You are to write in three parts.
In the first part, state specifically what your opinion is.
In the second part, support your opinion with appropriate details.
In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks.
section B note-writing
Write on ANSWER SHEET THREE a note of about 50-60 words based on the following situation:
You have got two concert tickets. Write a note to your friend, Amy, describing briefly about the concert and invite her to come with you.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness.
範文：
Academic Dishonesty on Campus
It is shown in the recent surveys that many college students papers from the Internet to save the trouble of doing their homework. In my opinion，this kind of academic dishonesty is very harmful to these students.
First, ing papers from the Internet makes students lazy. Copying papers from the Internet seems easy and can save some time and trouble, therefore, students will do this more and more often and seldom work hard to complete their papers on their own. In other word, students will become lazier and lazier. Second. students can lean little from ing others’ work. Students cannot improve their abilities just by downloading papers from the Internet without their own thinking and working. What’s worse, once students get used to academic cheating, they may also cheat in other cases in the future, which will be very dangerous for them.
To prevent academic dishonesty on campus, some punishment by the school may be necessary. But the most important thing is that teachers should talk to those students, and make them aware of the fact that ing others’ work cannot bring them any knowledge and that only by working hard can they improve themselves.
SECTION B NOTE-WRITING
Dear Amy,
I am so glad to tell you that I have got two tickets of a concert given by a famous band. This band is good at playing classical music which I know you are very fond of. Would you please go to the concert with me tomorrow night? It will begin at 7:00 pm.
寫作模擬題二
The number of applicants for civil servants has increased abruptly in recent years. Many people believe it is an appealing job, while others don't think so. What is your opinion?
Is Civil Servant an Ideal Job?
You are to write in three parts.
In the first part, state specifically what your opinion is.
In the second part, support your opinion with appropriate details.
In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks.
SECTION B NOTE-WRITING
Write on ANSWER SHEET THREE a note of about 50-60 words based on the following situation:
You have just received a phone call from your mother at the" hospital. She is ill and you must get there right away. Write a note to your teacher to ask for leave.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness.
範文：
Is Civil Servant an Ideal Job?
Every year the number of applicants for government position vacancies increases sharply. Many people believe that being a civil servant is very nice because working for the government can bring you with comparatively higher and steadier salary, better welfare, and more comfortable working conditions. While others argue that a civil servant's work often prevents one from bringing his strongpoint into full play. In my opinion, civil servant is not a wise choice for some people.
First, civil servant is not an ideal job for those people with active characters. A civil servant's work is somehow regular and boring, so an active person may not stand doing almost the same work day after day and year after year. Second, civil servant is not a good choice for those people with creative talent. These people can do much better and contribute more in a creative job, such as becoming a drawer or a composer. And I cannot imagine what a tragedy it will be if a talented dancer puts away her beloved dance shoes, or a mathematician leaves his lovely numbers, just to rush for a high-paid position of civil servants.
Civil servant positions are not suitable for some people, so please look before you leap to apply for these jobs.
SECTION B NOTE-WRITING
April 12, 2010
Dear Professor Li,
I am sorry that I have to ask for 2-days' leave. I have just received a phone call from my mother at the hospital. She is ill and I must get there right away. I will try my best to make up for the missing lessons and finish all the homework on time. Thanks a lot for your understanding!
寫作模擬題三
Nowadays, young people tend to celebrate western traditional festivals, such as Valentine's Day, Christmas. Some people worry that western festivals are undermining Chinese culture. What's your opinion?
Write a composition of about 200 words on the following topic:
Are Western Festivals Undermining Chinese Culture?
You are to write in three parts.
In the first part, state specifically what your opinion is.
In the second part, support your opinion with appropriate details.
In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary.
SECTION B NOTE-WRITING
Write a note of about 50-60 words based on the following situation:
You promised to help Jenny buy a book at the weekend, but you got a cold yesterday and you are going to visit the doctor at the weekend. Write her a note to apologize.
範文：
SECTION A COMPOSITION
Are Western Festivals Undermining Chinese Culture?
In recent years, more and more young people have been fascinated to celebrate western festivals, such as Valentine's Day and Christmas. However, many young people don't remember traditional Chinese festivals like Dragon Boat Festival and Festival of Lanterns. Some people, therefore, worry that western festivals are undermining Chinese culture. But in my opinion, this will not happen.
I believe that Chinese culture will be kept well. First, young people like to celebrate western festivals just because these festivals are fresh and interesting to them. When they get used to them, they will lose their interest in them. While the traditional Chinese festivals will be celebrated no~ matter whether people are interested or not, because it's our own culture. Second, our country has set these traditional Chinese festivals as legal holidays so that people can have several days off from their work. People, especially young ones, like to have holidays on which they don't need to go to school or work. Therefore, they will be counting the days when a traditional Chinese festival is coming and planning how to celebrate the festival.
In one word, western festivals will not undermine Chinese culture, but just add some fun into our daily lives.
[亮點詞彙]
be fascinated to著迷於，沉醉於
get used to習慣於
in one word 簡言之
SECTION B NOTE-WRITING
April 12, 2010
Dear Jenny,
I am sorry to tell you that I cannot buy the book for yon this weekend as I have promised. I caught a cold yesterday, and it becomes worse today. I am going to see a doctor this weekend. I am terribly sorry! I would buy the book for you next weekend if you need.
Yours,
Joan
寫作模擬題四
SECTION A COMPOSITION
Dormitories on campus were reported to be broken into and burglaries
happened regularly. What should both students and universities do to rece this kind of crime?
You are to write in three parts.
In the first part, state specifically what your opinion is.
In the second part, provide one or two reasons to support your idea OR describe your idea.
In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary.
You should supply an appropriate title for your composition.
SECTION B NOTE-WRITING
Write a note of about 50-60 words based on the following situation:
Your friend Clare has invited you to attend her graation ceremony this weekend. However, you will be away then. Write her a note politely declining her invitation and expressing your best wishes to her.
範文：
SECTION A COMPOSITION
On Dormitories Security
It is reported that recently in quite a few universities, dormitories on campus have been broken into and burglaries have happened every now and then. Students have complained a lot that burglaries are like nightmares in their college years. I think it's high time that both students and universities did something to rece and eliminate this kind of crime.
On the one hand, there are some measures which universities can take. First, universities should have all the dormitory doors and windows checked, find out and repair the broken ones so that thieves cannot go in easily. Second, the number of university security staff should be increased. Security personnel should patrol on campus and cross-question any suspicious person. On the other hand, students should also do something to protect their belongings. First, when they leave their dormitories, they should keep doors and windows locked to keep out sneak thieves. Second, students should lock their valuables up in lockers. In this way, they can rece the risks of burglaries happening.
In one word, both students and universities should do something to rece burglaries in dormitories. And only in a safe dormitory can a student lives and studies happily.
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It is reported that據報道
break into破門而入
every now and then常常.不時地
it's high time that…是做……的時候了
on the one hand…On the other hand一方面……另一方面
Croos-question盤問.嚴密詢問
SECTION B NOTE-WRITING
April 12, 2010
Dear Clare,
Thanks a lot for inviting me to attend your graation ceremony this weekend. However, I will be out of town by that time. I have to go to Guangzhou for a job interview which is very important for me. What a pity! I wish you a splendid future and I will surely bring you gift from Guangzhou.
;『貳』 請問2005英語專業四級閱讀部分的題目和答案
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註：本文摘自 《英語學習四十年精選之異域風情 + 國外風情面面觀》
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, ring 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.
86. Walt Disney is believed to possess the following abilities EXCEPT
A. painting.
B. creativity
C. management.
D. merchandising.
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.
88. In the sixth paragraph the sentence 「Disney was more or less the genuine
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.
89. The writer』s attitude toward Walt Disney can best be described as
A. sympathetic.
B. objective.
C. critical.
D. skeptical.
TEXT C
TEXT D
『叄』 英語專四考試閱讀題解題技巧
英語專四考試閱讀題解題技巧
專業英語四級的閱讀考試中，考生的閱讀速度是最重要的，那麼想要提高閱讀速度，正確的閱讀方法就是關鍵了，下面我就給大家介紹一下正確的方法和技巧吧!
一、找出段落的中心思想
任何閱讀材料都有主要意思，即大意main idea.。文字材料的大意有不同的層次。一個比較長的句子可以說很多事情，但一般只有一個大意，可以用幾個詞概括;一個段落包括很多句子，但也只有一個大意，通常是段落的主題句topic sentence.包含段落的大意。通常人們說“大意”指的是整篇材料的中心思想。
非小說體的閱讀材料通常有比較明顯的大意，其結構也比較清楚。文章的開頭部分introction.就比較明確地指出文章的中心思想。文章主體部分的每一段也有主題句，通常在段首或段尾。文章的結尾還要對全文作一個總的概括。
為了找出段落的中心思想，讀者應該在了解上下文的基礎上，尋求作者對生活所做出的直接或間接的評論。這些評論有時作者直接說出，有時隱含在篇章中，有時通過他人說出。為了便於找出作品的中心思想，閱讀中你可以考慮以下問題：
1.作品是否表明了有關社會生活的某種重要的東西?它是否幫助你形成新的生活觀?
2.作品是否表明了某個普遍真理?
3.你同意作品的中心思想或作者的觀點嗎?
二、如何對待閱讀中的詞彙問題
閱讀過程中不可避免地要遇到生詞。大綱中規定允許有3%的生詞，也就是說2000個詞中允許有60左右的生詞，但一般不會有這么多的生詞。有的人一遇到生詞就停下來查字典，有的則讀完一兩頁後查字典，有的人則完全不管生詞。其實閱讀中遇到生詞只要不影響你對篇章主要意思的理解，一般應該繼續往下讀。如果生詞的確影響你對內容的理解，查字典當然是一種辦法，但很不方便，而且頻繁地查字典不僅影響閱讀速度，而且影響對文章內容的整體理解。所以在平時閱讀時，遇生詞最好的方法是通過上下文猜測。以下幾條建議可幫助你猜測詞義：
1.看看上下文中有沒有生詞的另一種說法，即找同義詞。有時上下文會對一個生詞作解釋，或者提供一些暗示。
2.看看生詞在文章中的詞性，即看這個詞是名詞、動詞、形容詞、副詞或其他詞類。另外再看看這個詞在文中與哪些詞搭配使用，再根據自己的其他知識，就可以進行正確的猜測。
3.分析生詞的構成，尤其是詞的前綴和後綴。英語中很多詞都是加前綴或後綴而變來的。比如你認識這兩個詞write和similar，根據前綴re-和後綴-ity的含義，你就可以准確地猜出rewrite和similarity這兩個詞的意思。
4.看看同一生詞是否在上下文的其他地方出現，把兩處的語境相比較，也許能更加准確地猜出詞義。
5.充分利用你關於所閱讀的內容已有的知識。
為了鞏固閱讀過程中的生詞，在讀完一篇後，你可以把本篇中最重要的生詞查一下字典，准確地了解這生詞在文中的意思。因為我們訓練的篇章都是大綱規定的題材，在真題中也可能會遇到這方面的文章，甚至單詞。
三、推論出段落的隱含意思
有時，為了某種目的，作者往往不直接說出某一意思，而是含蓄地表達。這種隱含的意思有時是篇章的主要意思。所以閱讀中經常需要推論making inference.。有時一句話的含義需要推論，有時整個篇章的含義需要推論。以下幾條建議可以幫助你進行推論：
1.結合作者的思想觀點、寫作背景進行推論。
2.尋找作者直接陳述的諸多事件之間的聯系。
3.仔細體會某些重要詞的含蓄意義及其感情色彩。比如politician和statesman的意思都是“政治家”，但前者有貶義的色彩，即“政客”，後者則沒有。
4.從作者的語氣、語調、措辭等文體特徵，讀出作者的“言外之意”reading beyond the lines.。
5.得出某一推斷後，盡量從上下文中尋找證據。
6.充分利用自己已有的各方面的知識，把文章中所述的.事情和自己的閱歷或熟悉的事情聯系起來考慮。
四、預測下文內容
預測下文內容也是提高閱讀效率的重要手段。預測與猜測不同。猜測是對自己沒有把握的文字意思的假設，預測則是假想下文將會發生什麼事情。預測之所以能夠提高閱讀效率，是因為它使你產生某種“期待”expectations.。帶著這種期待去讀下文，你會努力為你的假想尋找證據，你的注意力將更加集中在文中的重要內容上。
當然，預測也不是隨意的，必須根據已經發生的事情或已了解的內容加上你自己的一般常識進行符合邏輯的預測。當你繼續閱讀下文時，你的預測要麼被肯定，要麼被否定。無論是肯定還是否定，都會加深你對原文的理解。以下是幾條建議：
1.如果你對段落的主題思想已有初步的了解，想一想關於這一主題通常要描寫哪些方面的事情，這些事情在本文中會發生嗎?
2.應用你的英語語言知識及語言在具體語境中的習慣用法，預測篇章將要寫什麼。
;『肆』 英語專四閱讀理解四種常見題型
試題中所選的閱讀文章題材多樣化，涉及政治經濟、社會文化、風俗習慣、歷史地理、科學技術等各個方面。(這要求學生平時對各方面的知識都有所積累，做個有心人)體裁多樣化，包括記敘文、說明文、議論文、應用文以及新聞報道、廣告、通知、操作說明、表格(要求學生能看懂這類閱讀源槐材料尤其是時下出題的趨勢)等各種文體。它要求考生閱讀理解准確率高、閱讀速度快。
大致來說，主要針對如下方面：1．文章的個別詞或句子，可以給出生詞讓學生猜意，對此類題目學生應盡量在閱讀材料中找定義或解釋；2．文章的某細節或情節；3．文章的主題；4．文章的背景知識；5．文章的結論或結局；6．文章內涵的隱義或寓意等。主要是考查考生綜合運用所學語言知識的能力，包括閱讀、理解、歸納概括、邏輯推理以及對材料的評估能力等。
具體來講主要有以下幾種題型：
(一)直接理解性題目：這種題目比較簡單，只要通讀全文，了解蔽裂哪文中所敘述的重要事實或細節，就可以解答出來，有的甚至可以從文章的原句中直接找到答案。
(二)語義理解性題目：題目要求對文中個別難詞、關鍵詞、片語或句子作出解釋。解答這類題目時需要對有關的上下文，甚至整篇文章的內容建立准確、立體的理解才能做出正確答案。
(三)邏輯推理性題目：這種題目有一定難度，往宏碼往不能直接從文中找到答案，而必須根據上下文及其相互間的關系或對整篇文章進行深層理解後，才能找到答案。有時甚至還得聯系作者的意圖、態度等弦外之音、文外之意加以推理，才能獲得正確答案。
(四)歸納概括性題目：要求在閱讀和理解全文的基礎上對文章作出歸納、概括或評價。解這種題目時，不能只憑文中的只言片語而斷章取義，比如涉及文章的標題(title)、主題(mainidea)、結論(conclusion)、結局(end)等有關問題，都需要在細讀全文的基礎上，結合所學語言知識、背景知識、生活常識、專業知識進行邏輯思維推理判斷，從而獲取文章中內隱的信息。
『伍』 09年英語專四閱讀理解真題及答案
題冊：http://home.24en.com/space-175712-do-album-picid-9528.html
答案：For many people in the west, New Year』 Eve is the biggest party of the year. It』s time to get togethor with friends or family and welcome in the coming year. New Year』s parties can take place in different places. Some people hold a house party; others attend street parties, while some just go for a few drinks with their friends. Big cities have large and spectacular fireworks displays. There is one thing that all New Year』s Eve parties have in common, the countdown to mid-ninght. When the clock strikes 12, people give a loud cheer and sing songs. It』s also popular to make a promise in the New Year. This is called a New Year』s resolution. Typical resolutions include giving up smoking and keeping fit. However the promise is often broken quite quickly and people.... their bad habits within weeks or days.
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『陸』 專四英語閱讀題
專四英語閱讀題
下面是我給大家提供的`專業四級的英語閱讀題及答案，歡迎大家參考練習!
第一篇：
What we know of prenatal development makes all this attempt made by a mother to mold the character of her unborn child by studying poetry, art, or mathematics ring pregnancy seem utterly impossible. How could such extremely complex influences pass from the mother to the child? There is no connection between their nervous systems. Even the blood vessels of mother and child do not join directly. An emotional shock to the mother will affect her child, because it changes the activity of her glands and so the chemistry her blood. Any chemical change in the mother's blood will affect the child for better or worse. But we can not see how a looking for mathematics or poetic genius can be dissolved in blood and proce a similar liking or genius in the child.
In our discussion of instincts we saw that there was reason to believe that whatever we inherit must be of some very simple sort rather than any complicated or very definite kind of behavior. It is certain that no one inherits a knowledge of mathematics. It may be, however, that children inherit more or less of a rather general ability that we may call intelligence. If very intelligent children become deeply interested in mathematics, they will probably make a success of that study.
As for musical ability, it may be that what is inherited is an especially sensitive ear, a peculiar structure of the hands or the vocal organs connections between nerves and muscles that make it comparatively easy to learn the movements a musician must execute, and particularly vigorous emotions. If these factors are all organized around music, the child may become a musician. The same factors, in other circumstance might be organized about some other center of interest. The rich emotional equipment might find expression in poetry. The capable fingers might develop skill in surgery. It is not the knowledge of music that is inherited, then nor even the love of it, but a certain bodily structure that makes it comparatively easy to acquire musical knowledge and skill. Whether that ability shall be directed toward music or some other undertaking may be decided entirely by forces in the environment in which a child grows up.
1. Which of the following statements is not true?
A. Some mothers try to influence their unborn children by studying art and other subjects ring their pregnancy.
B. It is utterly impossible for us to learn anything about prenatal development.
C. The blood vessels of mother and child do not join directly.
D. There are no connection between mother's nervous systems and her unborn child's.
2. A mother will affect her unborn baby on the condition that ____.
A. she is emotionally shocked
B. she has a good knowledge of inheritance
C. she takes part in all kind of activities
D. she sticks to studying
3. According to the passage, a child may inherit____.
A. everything from his mother
B. a knowledge of mathematics
C. a rather general ability that we call intelligence
D. her mother's musical ability
4. If a child inherits something from his mother, such as an especially sensitive ear, a peculiar structure of the hands or of the vocal organs, he will ____.
A. surely become musician
B. mostly become a poet
C. possibly become a teacher
D. become a musician on the condition that all these factors are organized around music
5. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. Role of Inheritance. B. An Unborn Child.
C. Function of instincts. D. Inherited Talents
第二篇：
The case for college has been accepted without question for more than a generation. All high school graates ought to go, says conventional wisdom and statistical evidence, because college will help them earn more money, become "better" people, and learn to be more responsible citizens than those who don't go.
But college has never been able to work its magic for everyone. And now that close to half our high school graates are attending, those who don't fit the pattern are becoming more numerous, and more obvious. College graates are selling shoes and driving taxis; college students interfere with each other's experiments and write false letters of recommendation in the intense competition for admission to graate school. Other find no stimulation in their studies, and drop out—often encouraged by college administrators.
Some observers say the fault is with the young people themselves—they are spoiled and they are expecting too much. But that is a condemnation of the students as a whole, and doesn't explain all campus unhappiness. Others blame the state of the world, and they are partly right. We have been told that young people have to go to college because our economy can't absorb an army of untrained eighteen-year-olds. But disappointed graates are learning that it can no longer absorb an army of trained twenty-two-year-olds, either.
Some adventuresome ecators and watchers have openly begun to suggest that college may not be the best, the proper, the only place for every young person after the completion of high school. We may have been looking at all those surveys and statistics upside down, it seems, and through the rosy glow of our own remembered college experiences. Perhaps college doesn't make people intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal, or quick to learn things—may it is just the other way around, and intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal, quick-learning people are merely the ones who have been attracted to college in the first place. And perhaps all those successful college graates would have been successful whether they had gone to college or not. This is heresy to those of us who have been brought up to believe that if a little schooling is good, more has to be much better. But contrary evidence is beginning to mount up.
1.According to the author, ___.
A.people used to question the value of college ecation.
B.people used to have full confidence in higher ecation.
C.all high school graates went to college.
D.very few high school graates chose to go to college.
2.In the 2nd paragraph, "those who don't fit the pattern" refer to___.
A.high school graates who aren't suitable for college ecation.
B.college graates who are selling shoes and driving taxis.
C.college students who aren't any better for their higher ecation.
D.high school graates who failed to be admitted to college.
3.The dropout rate of college students seems to go up because___.
A.young people are disappointed with the conventional way of teaching at college.
B.many people are required to join the army.
C.young people have little motivation in pursuing a higher ecation.
D.young people don't like the intense competition for admission to graate school.
4.According to the passage, the problems of college ecation partly originate in the fact that___.
A.society cannot provide enough jobs for properly trained graates.
B.High school graates do not fit the pattern of college ecation.
C.Too many students have to earn their own living.
D.College administrators encourage students to drop out.
5.In this passage the author argues that___.
A.more and more evidence shows college ecation may not be the best thing for high school graates.
B.College ecation is not enough if one wants to be successful.
C.College ecation benefits only the intelligent, ambitious, and quick-learning people.
D.Intelligent people may learn quicker if they don't go to college.
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第二篇：BCCAA
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小測題組一
1. With a team of colleagues at Tokyo National University, he set about measuring brain volumes of a thousand people of different ages and varying occupations.
2. Computer technology enabled the researchers to obtain precise measurements of the volume of the front and side sections of the brain, which relate to intellect (智能) and emotion, and determine the human character.
3. Contraction of front and side parts as cells die off was observed in some subjects in their thirties, but it was still not evident in some sixty and seventy-year-olds.
4. The findings show in general terms that contraction of the brain begins sooner in people in the country than in the towns.
5. White collar workers doing routine work in government offices are, however, as likely to have shrinking brains as the farm worker, bus driver and shop assistant.
參考答案：
1.在東京國立大學的同事們的幫助下，他開始對一千來自不同職業的人群進行了大腦體積的測量。
2.計算機技術幫助研究人員獲得人腦前部和側部的准確體積，這是與人的智能和情緒有關的部分，而且也決定人的性格特點。
3.有的人(大腦)前部和側部的收縮——隨著細胞的死亡——在三十多歲時就能被觀察到了，但是也有些人直到六七歲依然不明顯。
4.研究結果表明在農村的人大腦收縮基本上比城市裡的人要早。
5.在政府部門從事簡單重復工作的白領也像農場工人.公共汽車司機和商店職員一樣大腦細胞容易收縮。
小測題組二
1. Wearing a seat belt saves lives; it reces your chance of death or serious injury by more than half.
2. But it will be the driver’s responsibility to make sure that children under 14 do not ride in the front unless they are wearing a seat belt of some kind.
3. However, you do not have to wear a seat belt if you are reversing your vehicle; or you are making a local delivery or collection using a special vehicle; or if you have a valid medical certificate which excuses you from wearing it.
4. Remember you may be taken to court for not doing so, and you may be fined if you cannot prove to the court that you have been excused from wearing it.
5. Professor Taiju Matsuzawa wanted to find out why otherwise healthy farmers in northern Japan appeared to be losing their ability to think and reason at a relatively early age, and how the process of ageing could he slowed down.
參考答案：
1.系好安全帶能夠挽救性命，它能將喪生和重傷的概率減少一半以上。
2.但是司機有責任確保14歲以下的孩子不要坐在前排，除非他們系好了安全帶。
3.當然，如果有以下情況你可以不系安全帶：你在倒車時，或者你用一種特殊交通工具進行當地的貨物運送.收集時，或者你有合法的醫學證明你不能系安全帶時。
4.注意你如果不這么做(系安全帶)的話，你有可能被告上法庭，而且你有可能被處以罰款除非你能證明你有不帶安全帶的理由。
5.Taiju Matsuzawa 教授想找出為什麼日本北部的健康農民在相對年輕的年齡就顯得開始失去思考與推理的能力的原因以及怎樣才能延緩老化過程。
小測題組三
1. We know that you have a high opinion of the kind of learning taught in your colleges, and that the costs of living of our young men, while with you, would be very expensive to you.
2. But you must know that different nations have different ways of looking at things, and you will therefore not be offended if our ideas of this kind of ecation happen not to be the same as yours.
3. We are, however, not the less obliged by your kind offer, though we refuse to accept it; and, to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia will send us a dozen of their sons, we will take care of their ecation, teach them in all we know , and make men of them.
4. In what now seems like the prehistoric times of computer history, the earth’s postwar era, there was quite a wide-spread concern that computers would take over the world from man one day.
5. Already today, less than forty years later, as computers are relieving us of more and more of the routine tasks in business and in our personal lives. We are faced with a less dramatic but also less foreseen problem.
參考答案：
1.我們知道你們很看重你們在大學裡面教育的學習方法，而且我們的年輕人與你們生活的花費即使對於你們來說也不便宜。
2.但是你們也要明白不同的.民族看待事物有不同的方法，所以如果剛好我們的看法與你們的不一樣的話，你們也不應覺的被冒犯了。
3.當然，對於你們的盛情我們沒有被逼迫的感覺，盡管我們拒絕接受。而且，為了表示我們的感謝，如果維吉利亞洲的紳士們願意派來一些他們的子弟的話，我們會盡全力教育他們，並把他們培養成為真正的男人。
4.在這個像是計算機史前時代的時代，地球的戰後時代，人們普遍擔憂有一天計算機會取代人類控制世界。
5.今天或者不到五十年後，計算機將越來越多的減輕人們的工作事務和日常瑣事。我們也將面對一個沒有什麼戲劇性和更不可預測的問題。
小測題組四
1. Obviously, there would be no point in investing in a computer if you had to check all its answers, but people should also rely on their own internal computers and check the machine when they have the feeling that something has gone wrong.
2. Certainly Newton considered some theoretical aspects of it in his writings, but he was reluctant to go to sea to further his work.
3. For most people the sea was remote, and with the exception of early intercontinental travellers or others who earned a living from the sea, there was little reason to ask many questions about it , let alone to ask what lay beneath the surface.
4. The first time that the question “ What is at the bottom of the oceans?” had to be answered with any commercial consequence was when the laying of a telegraph cable from Europe to America was proposed.
5. At the early attempts, the cable failed and when it was taken out for repairs it was found to be covered in living growths, a fact which defied contemporary scientific opinion that there was no life in the deeper parts of the sea.
參考答案：
1.顯然，如果你不得不檢查計算機提供的所有答案的話，對它投資就沒有任何意義了。但是當人們覺的計算機確實出了一些問題的時候，應該靠自己內部的“計算機”來檢查機器。
2.當然牛頓在他的作品中寫到了一些理論方面的東西，但他不願進行更加深刻的研究。
3.除了一些洲際旅行者和以大海為生的人，對於大多數人來說，大海是遙遠的，沒有什麼必要提出太多問題，更別說思考大海海底的東西了。
4.當鋪設一條從歐洲到美洲的海底電報光纜的時候，出於商業動機，人們第一次不得不回答這個問題“海底是什麼東西”。
5.在早期的嘗試中，光纜鋪設失敗，不得不取出來維修。這時人們發現上面覆蓋有生物，這推翻了當時科學界認為深海沒有生命的理論。
小測題組五
1. For every course that he follows a student is given a grade, which is recorded, and the record is available for the student to show to prospective employers.
2. All this imposes a constant pressure and strain of work, but in spite of this some students still find time for great activity in student affairs.
3. The effective work of maintaining discipline is usually performed by students who advise the academic authorities.
4. Much family quarrelling ends when husbands and wives realize what these energy cycles mean, and which cycle each member of the family has.
5. Whenever possible, do routine work in the afternoon and save tasks requiring more energy or concentration for your sharper hours.
參考答案：
1.學生們所學的每一門課程都有分數，而且要被記錄存檔，這可以用來提供給將來學生的僱主們。
2.所有這些給學生們施加了很大的壓力，盡管如此，學生們還是積極參加學生活動。
3.而有效遵守紀律的學生們往往是那些經常給校方提建議的學生。
4.當丈夫們和妻子們認識到這種能量圈的意思以及各個家庭成員所處的圈之後，許多家庭爭吵就結束了。
5.只要可能，在下午做那些程序化的工作，把需要更多能量的工作留到你效率最好的時候去做。
小測題組六
1. Given the nature of government and private employers, it seems most likely that discrimination by private employers would be greater.
2. The release of the carbon in these compounds for recycling depends almost entirely on the action of both aerobic and anaerobic bacteria and certain types of fungi.
3. A spirited discussion springs up between a young girl who says that women have outgrown the jumping-on-a-chair-at-the-sight-of-a mouse era and a major who says that they haven’t.
4. They are trying to find out whether there is something about the way we teach language to children which in fact prevents children from learning sooner.
5. Mathematicians who have tried to use the computers to the way the brain works have found that even using the latest electronic equipment they would have to build a computer which weighed over 10,000 kilos.
1.根據政府和私人僱主的性質來看，私人僱主更有可能採取歧視。
2.這種化合物通過碳的釋放來實現循環，主要依靠喜氧和厭氧細菌以及一些菌類的活動。
3.一場激烈的爭論在一個女孩和一位少校中展開了，前者說女人們已經不再“看到老鼠就從椅子上跳起來”了，而後者說她們依然那樣。
4.他們在嘗試尋找是否我們教授孩子們語言的方法中有阻礙孩子們迅速學習語言的東西。
5.使用計算機來拷貝大腦工作方式的數學家們發現即使使用最先進的電子設備，他們也要建造一台超過10，000公斤的計算機。
小測題組七
1. We also value personal qualities and social skills, and we find that mixed-ability teaching contributes to all these aspects of learning.
2. They also learn how to cope with personal problems as well as learning how to think, to make decisions, to analyse and evaluate, and to communicate effectively.
3. The problem is, how to encourage a child to express himself freely and confidently in writing without holding him back with the complexities of spelling?
4. It may have been a sharp criticism of the pupil’s technical abilities in writing, but it was also a sad reflection on the teacher who had omitted to read the essay, which contained some beautiful expressions of the child’s deep feelings.
5. The teacher was not wrong to draw attention to the errors, but if his priorities had centred on the child’s ideas, an expression of his disappointment with the presentation would have given the pupil more motivation to seek improvement.
1.我們也很看重個人品德和社交技能，我們發現混合能力的教育對學習的各個方面都有幫助。
2.他們也要學習如何處理個人問題和怎樣思考，怎樣決策.分析和評估以及有效溝通。
3.問題是，怎樣鼓勵一個孩子在寫作時自由自信的表達自己，而不被拼寫的復雜所捆繞。
4.這可能是對學生在寫作中的技術能力的尖銳批評，但也是老師的失敗的悲哀反映——忽略了朗讀文章，這其中優美的表達可以激發孩子們的深刻感受。
5.老師注重錯誤沒錯，但是如果他更注重孩子的思想的話，他失望的表現會使孩子有提高的動力。
小測題組八
1. Since different people like to do so many different things in their spare time, we could make a long list of hobbies, taking in everything from collecting matchboxes and raising rare fish, to learning about the stars and making model ships.
2. They know that a seal swimming under the ice will keep a breathing hole open by its warm breath, so they will wait beside the hole and kill it.
3. We may be able to decide whether someone is white only by seeing if they have none of the features that would mark them clearly as a member of another race.
4. Although signs of dishonesty in school , business and government seem much more numerous in years than in the past, could it be that we are getting better at revealing such dishonesty?
5. It is not quite a matter of disagreeing with the theory of independence, but of rejecting its implications: that the romances may be taken in any or no particular order, that they have no cumulative effect, and that they are as separate as the works of a modern novelist.
1.既然不同的人們在他們的業余時間做不同的事情，我們可以列出一長串愛好列表，包括從收集火柴盒到養珍稀魚類以及學習星學和製造航模等各種消遣。
2.他們知道在冰面下面游泳的海豹呼吸的熱氣會使冰面上出現洞口，於是他們就在洞旁守侯並捕殺海豹。
3.只要一個人沒有屬於其他人種的明顯的特徵，我們就可以判斷他是否屬於白色人種。
4.盡管在學校，企業和政府中不誠實的欺詐行為近年來比以往都要多，大那也許是因為我們在這些方面加大了揭露的力度。
5.並不是與獨立理論不一致，而是與其應用不相符合：愛情小說可以以任何一種形式展現或者根本沒有特殊的規律，他們沒有累積效果，就象現代小說家的作品一樣獨立
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As the merchant class expanded in the eighteenth?century North American Colonies, the silversmith and the coppersmith businesses rose to serve it. Only a few silversmiths were available in New York or Boston in the late seventeenth century, but in the eighteenth century they could be found in all major colonial cities. No other colonial artisans rivaled the silversmiths’ prestige. They handled the most expensive materials and possessed direct connections to prosperous colonial merchants. Their procts, primarily silver plates and bowls, reflected their exalted status and testified to their customers’ prominence. Silver stood as one of the surest ways to store wealth at a time before neighborhood banks existed. Unlike the silver coins from which they were made, silver articles were readily identifiable. Often formed to indivial specifications, they always carried the silversmith’s distinctive markings and consequently could be traced and retrieved. Customers generally secure the silver for the silver object they ordered. They saved coins, took them to smiths, and discussed the type of pieces they desired. Silversmiths complied with these requests by melting the money in a small furnace, adding a bit of copper to form a stronger alloy, and casting the alloy in rectangular blocks. They hammered these ingots to the appropriate thickness by hand, shaped them and pressed designs into them for adornment. Engraving was also done by hand. In addition to plates and bowls, some customers sought more intricate procts, such as silver teapots. These were made by shaping or casting parts separately and then soldering them together. Colonial coppersmithing also come of age in the early eighteenth century and prospered in northern cities. Copper’s ability to conct heat efficiently and to resist corrosion contributed to its attractiveness. But because it was expensive in colonial America, coppersmiths were never very numerous. Virtually all copper worked by Smiths was imported as sheets or obtained by recycling old copper goods. Copper was used for practical items, but it was not admired for its beauty. Coppersmiths employed it to fashion pots and kettles for the home. They shaped it in much the same manner as silver or melted it in a foundry with lead or tin. They also mixed it with zinc to make brass for maritime and scientific instruments.?
1.According to the passage, which of the following eighteenth century developments had strong impact on silversmiths? ?
A. A decrease in the cost of silver. ?
B. The invention of heat efficient furnaces. ?
C. The growing economic prosperity of colonial merchants. ?
D. The development of new tools used to shape silver. ?
2.In colonial America, where did silversmiths usually obtain the material to make silver articles? ?
A. From their own mines. ?
B. From importers. ?
C. From other silversmiths. ?
D. From customers.
3.The passage mentions all of the following as uses for copper in Colonial America EXCEPT ?______?.?
A. cooking pots ?
B. scientific instruments ?
C. musical instruments ?
D. maritime instruments
4.According to the passage, silversmiths and coppersmiths in colonial America were similar in which of the following ways? ?
A. The amount of social prestige they had.?
B. The way they shaped the metal they worked with. ?
C. The cost of the goods they made. ?
D. The practicality of the goods they made.
參考答案：
1. C) 根據文章第一句“As the merchant class expanded in the eighteenth?century North American Colonies,...”可知，隨著在十八世紀的北美殖民地商人階級膨脹起來，也就是說那時的商人財富有了很大的發展，銀匠銅匠們有機會發揮他們的.專長了，這與選項C正好相符。?
2. D) 根據文章第十四、五行“Customers generally secures …object they ordered. They saved coins, took them to smiths, and...”可知顧客要做銀器，首先要積攢銀幣，然後拿到銀匠處加工成他們想要的形狀。選項D“來自客戶”與之相符。
3. C) 文章末尾在提到銅的用途時惟獨沒有提到樂器。?
4. B) 根據文章倒數第四行“They shaped it in much the same manner as silver or melted it in a foundry with lead or tin.”可知銀匠和銅匠在銀器和銅器的塑型方式上是一樣的，故選項B為正確答案。