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2011英語專四預(yù)測(cè)試題：Part 1 Dictation
Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be done at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be done at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more.
Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE.
2011英語專四預(yù)測(cè)試題：Part 2 Listening Comprehension
In Sections A, B and C you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on Answer Sheet Two.
SECTION A CONVERSATIONS
In this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
Questions 1 to 3 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the conversation.
1. Which of the following is CORRECT?
A. Lisa works full time in the travel agency.
B. Lisa will be travelling with Zach.
C. Zach pays a visit to Lisa.
D. Zach wants to book a plane ticket.
2. According to the conversation, Zach
A. takes too much time off from school.
B. spends a lot of money on traveling.
C. works very hard at school.
D. doesn't have much money to spend.
3. What does the woman say about the Phoenix Air Flight?
A. The plane is too small.
B. It may not be available.
C. It is too expensive.
D. The plane is unsafe.
Questions 4 to 7 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the conversation.
4. According to Rose, a "smart" car
A. is equipped with advanced devices.
B. is installed with a robot.
C. is intelligent and can think itself.
D. can talk with people.
5. According to the man, his brother
A. does the work of making maps.
B. is quite familiar with the city's routes.
C. is a geographic specialist.
D. knows more than a computerized map.
6. The radar warning systems can
A. tell drivers accidents on the road in advance.
B. remind drivers when there is only a little oil left.
C. help drivers change the direction.
D. give alarm signals if drivers get too close to other cars.
7. What was the reason the man was late?
A. He couldn't find the way.
B. His car ran out of oil.
C. He came at rush hour.
D. His car wasn't smart enough.
Questions 8 to 10 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the conversation.
8. Which of the following is NOT the reason that the man wants to go on a diet?
A. He is too heavy.
B. He doesn't feel good.
C. His doctor gave him that suggestion.
D. He is not healthy.
9. According to the man, what kind of diet should he follow?
A. A very restrictive diet eating only salads.
B. A moderate diet with no sugar,
C. A very mild diet with lots of sweets.
D. A strict diet eating one meal a day.
10. According to the conversation, the restaurant
A. doesn't serve any meat.
B. doesn't provide dairy products.
C. serves delicious pastries.
D. serves tasteless hot mils.
SECTION B PASSAGES
In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the passage.
11. At the beginning of the program, the speaker
A. explains the functions of the BCD International.
B. comments on some popular singers.
C. addresses the issue of a new record.
D. introduces the radio program to listeners.
12. If listeners want to hear from the artists themselves, they can choose
A. About the Big Hits.
B. The History of Pop.
C. The Road to Music.
D. Today in History.
13. From the passage, we learn that the program Pop Words
A. is based on the interviews with popular singers.
B. is to introduce some famous songwriters.
C. helps to understand the words to the big music hits.
D. is the best program for the young listeners.
Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the passage.
14. Yoga can be helpful to our health in many aspects EXCEPT
A. increasing heartbeat.
B. lowering blood pressure.
C. reducing stress.
D. improving fitness.
15. According to the speaker, which of the following are important in the process of doing Yoga?
A. Concentration and breathing.
B. Meditation and comfort.
C. Breathing and moving smoothly.
D. Flexibility and breathing.
16. What would a person typically do at the end of the exercises?
A. Move gently.
B. Rest or meditation.
C. Do slow exercises.
D. Take deep breath.
17. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. The typical process of Yoga.
B. The medical benefits of Yoga.
C. The best way to do Yoga.
D. The relationship between health and Yoga.
Questions 18 to 20 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the passage.
18. During parties, the speaker used to
A. enjoy the wine and delicious foods.
B. pretend to be lonely.
C. sit alone and wait someone to talk to him.
D. talk to the interesting looking people.
19. The speaker suggests encouraging others to talk about themselves because
A. it's a good way to know each other.
B. it is a means of showing respect.
C. people are passive listeners.
D. people care more about themselves.
20. By citing the remarks of Diogenes, the speaker wants to say that
A. we need to learn the skills of talking.
B. listening is easier than talking.
C. it is important to be an attentive listener.
D. we should talk less and do more.
SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
In this section, you will hear several news items. Listen to them carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
Questions 21 and 22 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the news.
21. According to the news, when the firefight took place the militants were
A. patrolling border.
B. growing plants.
C. placing explosives.
D. crossing the security fence.
22. In the firefight ____ Hamas militants were killed.
A. 2.
B. 4
C. 1
D. 6
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the news.
23. Who will be the chairman of the conference?
A. Ban Ki-moon.
B. Nouri al-Maliki.
C. Ban Ki-moon and Nouri al-Maliki.
D. A UN representative.
24. The representatives will come from the following countries EXCEPT
A. Iran.
B. Kuwait.
C. Syria.
D. Russia.
25. What's the resolution adopted by the General Assembly mainly about?
A. Political recovery.
B. Economic recovery.
C. Long-term recovery efforts.
D. Expansion of UN influence.
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the news.
26. XMRV is the name of a
A. disease.
B. virus.
C. blood type.
D. cancer.
27. There is preliminary evidence that XMRV
A. already poses a danger.
B. can spread infection.
C. is transmitted similarly to HIV.
D. threats the blood supply.
28. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the news?
A. XMRV was found in tumor samples.
B. XMRV can be found in healthy blood.
C. The causes of XMRV haven't been determined.
D. A lot of people were infected by XMRV.
Questions 29 and 30 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the news.
29. According to conservationists, why does the Internet pose a threat to endangered species?
A. Buyers and sellers can employ anonymity in trading on the Internet.
B. Buyers and sellers can make use of the information on the global market.
C. It is much cheaper to trade them on the Internet.
D. A lot of endangered species are available on the Internet.
30. The proposal to regulate trade in red and pink coral was defeated mostly because
A. red and pink coral were not among the endangered.
B. the US and Sweden didn't support the proposal.
C. delegates didn't think it was necessary to do that.
D. regulations may affect poor fishing communities.
2011英語專四預(yù)測(cè)試題：Part 3 CLOZE
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 Answer Sheet Two.
Most people hate rock music. (31) ___ I am not an unreasonable or biased person (32)___nature, two vivid and striking (33) __ experiences of rock music during the past two weeks have persuaded me that it has become a(n) (34) __ for those of us with enough common sense to see its
(35)___ dangers to point them out. My first experience--perhaps a minor one, (36) __ highly symptomatic--was the realization that if I spoke to my teenage son when he was listening to rock music (37)___ headphones, he replied in an unnaturally loud voice, (38)_ there was something wrong with his hearing. The second occurred when I went with him to a "concert" and witnessed for myself (39) __ these affairs are like. Till I went to the concert, I had always (40) __ the "live and let live" attitude that rock music was simply not my (41) __ but that other people had (42) right to enjoy it if it was theirs.
But what I saw and heard (43) __ me that we are allowing something very powerful to take (44)___ of the younger generation. In the first place, I noticed a collective madness, (45) by the noise level. But secondly, and (46) __ dangerously, I observed that after a time everyone was carried (47) __ by the noise, and gave up his/her individuality. By the end I was in the middle of a faceless crowd who clapped and (48)_ and jumped around like monkeys. It was the most degrading human (49)___ I have ever had the misfortune to witness, and I seriously believe that in time to come our present younger generation would thank us if we managed to (50) __ a stop to it now.
31. A. When
B. While
C. If
D. As
32. A. in
B. of
C. with
D. by
33. A. private
B. personal
C. individual
D. own
34. A. job
B. obligation
C. duty
D. virtue
35. A. potential
B. obvious
C. temporary
D. apparent
36. A. but
B. and
C. even
D. so
37. A. by
B. over
C. behind
D. through
38. A. since
B. for
C. as if
D. in case
39. A. /
B. what
C. how
D. which
40. A. adapted
B. adopted
C. taken
D. accepted
41. A. enjoyment
B. preference
C. option
D. taste
42. A. every
B. all
C. no
D. some
43. A. concerned
B. persuaded
C. convinced
D. ignited
44. A. care
B. attention
C. charge
D. possession
45. A. bringing about
B. brought about
C. bringing forward
D. brought forward
46. A. far more
B. much too
C. as much as
D. too much
47. A. over
B. off
C. along
D. out
48. A. sat
B. stood
C. paced
D. stamped
49. A. situation
B. spectacle
C. scene
D. stage
50. A. put
B. let
C. form
D. make
2011英語專四預(yù)測(cè)試題：Part 4 Grammer Vocabulary
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 Answer Sheet Two.
51. It is not who rules us __ is important, but how he rules us.
A. what
B. that
C. /
D. which
52. More than one student___ ever been to the Great Wall.
A. have
B. has
C. had
D. was
53. As you worked late last night, you __ have come this morning.
A. needn't
B. shouldn't
C. can't
D. mustn't
54, If only the committee __ the regulations and put them into effect as possible.
A. approve
B. will approve
C. can approve
D. would approve
55. We were to__ the school bus to get to the museum, but it was broken, so we had to take the subway.
A. take
B. have taken
C. to be taking
D. to have been taking
56. The policeman declared that the blow on the victim's head __ from behind.
A. should have been made
B. must have been made
C. would have been made
D. ought to have been made
57. It is not his illness___ much as idleness that ruined him so much.
A. that
B. as
C. so
D. very
58. The teacher told us nothing __ difficult if we put our hearts into it.
A. is
B. was
C. will be
D. were
59. Whether or not the next plan will yield any positive results __ to be seen.
A. remain
B. remains
C. is remained
D. have remained
60. She could not have believed it, but that she___ it.
A. had seen
B. see
C. saw
D. would see
61. A dark suit is preferable __ a light one for evening wear.
A. to
B. than
C. for
D. against
62. He knows little of physics, and __ of math.
A. even more
B. still less
C. no less
D. still more
63. Which of the following adverbs can NOT be used to complete "it is___ too difficult"?
A. rather
B. much
C. far
D. quite
64. Which of the following is INCORRECT?
A. We know what each other thinks.
B. They know one another's weak points.
C. None of the books is interesting:
D. He didn't stay there so long as she.
65. "I was going to see the film, but he reminded me of seeing it before." The sentence means that
A. he reminded me to see the film, and I would go to see it.
B. I was about to see the film, but he reminded me that I had seen it before.
C. I wouldn't remember to see the film if he didn't remind me.
D. I forget that I have seen the film before if he didn't remind me.
66. Get to the point, don't __ about the bush.
A. beat
B. hit
C. blow
D. strike
67. He holds that education should place more __ on logic thinking, and education of emotion is of little use.
A. importance
B. significance
C. stress
D. emphasis
68. Tom wasn't paid because he was the __ secretary of the association.
A. honorable
B. honor
C. honored
D. honorary
69. Her letter was in such a casual scrawl, and in such pale ink, that it was __
A. unintelligible B. vague C. ambiguous D. illegible
70. Because of the___ of its ideas, the book was in wide circulation both at home and abroad.
A. originality
B. subjectivity
C. generality
D. ambiguity
71. The juvenile delinquent was released in ___ of his good behavior.
A. case
B. way
C. view
D. event
72. People who live in small towns often seem more friendly than those living in __ populated areas.
A. densely
B. intensely
C. abundantly
D. extremely
73. If you find this item too difficult to ____, it is advisable to leave as it is and move on to the next one.
A. work out
B. work on
C. work for
D. work at
74. We are doing this work in the ___ of reforms in the economic, social and cultural spheres.
A. context
B. contest
C. pretext
D. texture
75. In our team, no person ___ Tom could finish this tough task in such a short time.
A. better than
B. rather than
C. other than
D. more than
76. The city is an important railroad __ and industrial and convention center.
A. conjunction
B. network
C. junction
D. link
77. A qualified teacher should have good manners and __ knowledge.
A. extensive
B. expansive
C. intensive
D. expensive
78. It is reported that many people were hurt when the two buses
A. bumped
B. crashed
C. collided
D. struck
79. Californians and New Englanders speak the same language and __ by the same federal laws.
A. stand
B. conform
C. abide
D. sustain
80. The meeting was ___ over by the mayor to discuss the tax raise in the city.
A. presumed
B. propelled
C. presided
D. pricked
2011英語專四預(yù)測(cè)試題：Part 5 Reading Comprehension
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 Answer Sheet Two.
Text A
A simple piece of rope hangs between some environmentally friendly Americans and their neighbors. On one side stand those who have begun to see clothes dryers as wasteful consumers of energy (up to 6% of total electricity) and powerful emitters of carbon dioxide (up to a ton of CO2 per household every year). As an alternative, they are turning to clotheslines as part of what Alexander Lee, an environmentalist, calls "what-I-can- do environmentalism."
But on the other side are people who oppose air-drying laundry outside on aesthetic grounds. Increasingly, they have persuaded community and homeowners associations(HOAs) across the U.S. to ban outdoor clotheslines, which they say not only look unsightly but also lower surrounding property values. Those actions, in turn, have sparked a right-to-dry movement that is pressing for legislation to protect the choice to use clotheslines. Only three states--Florida, Hawaii and Utah--have laws written broadly enough to protect clotheslines. Right-to-dry advocates argue that there should be more.
Matt Reck is the kind of eco-conscious guy who feeds his trees with bathwater and recycles condensation drops from his air conditioners to water plants. His family also uses a clothesline. But Otto Hagen, president of Reck's HOA in Wake Forest, N.C., notified him that a neighbor h, ad complained about his line. The Recks ignored the warning and still dry their clothes on a rope in the yard. "Many people claim to be environmentally friendly but don't take matters into their own hands," says Reck. HOAs Hagen has decided to hold off taking action. "I'm not going to go crazy," he says. "But if Matt keeps his line and more neighbors complain, I'll have to address it again."
North Carolina lawmakers tried and failed earlier this year to insert language into an energy bill that would expressly prevent HOAs from regulating clotheslines. But the issue remains a touchy one with HOAs and real estate agents. "Most aesthetic restrictions are rooted, to a degree, in the belief that homogenous (統(tǒng)一協(xié)調(diào)的 ) exteriors are supportive of property value," says Sara Stubbins, executive director of the Community Association Institute's North Carolina chapter. In other words, associations worry that housing prices will fall if prospective buyers think their would-be neighbors are too poor to afford dryers.
Alexander Lee dismisses the notion that clotheslines devalue property assets, advocating that the idea "needs to change in light of global warming." "We all have to do at least something to decrease our carbon footprint," Alexander Lee says.
81. What is NOT mentioned as a disadvantage of using clothes dryers?
A. Electricity consumption.
B. Air pollution.
C. Waste of energy.
D. Ugly looking.
82. Which of the following is INCORRECT?
A. Opposers think air-drying laundry would devalue surrounding assets.
B. Opposers consider the outdoor clothesline as an eyesore to the scenery.
C. Right-to-dry movements led to the pass of written laws to protect clotheslines.
D. Most of states in the US have no written laws to protect clotheslines.
83. What is the HOAs' attitude towards the regulation of outdoor clotheslines?
A. Concerned.
B. Impartial.
C. Supportive.
D. Unclear.
84. In the last paragraph Alexander Lee recommends that
A. clotheslines should be banned in the community.
B. clotheslines wouldn't lessen the property values.
C. the globe would become warmer and warmer.
D. we should protect the environment in the community.
85. An appropriate title for the passage might be
A. Opinions on Environmental Protection.
B. Opinions on Air-drying Laundry.
C. What-I-Can-Do Environmentalism.
D. Restrictions on Clotheslines.
Text B
The simple act of surrendering a telephone number to a store clerk may not seem harmful--so much so that many consumers do it with no questions asked. Yet that one action can set in motion a cascade of silent events, as that data point is acquired, analyzed, categorized, stored and sold over and over again. Future attacks on your privacy may come from anywhere, from anyone with money to purchase that phone number you surrendered. If you doubt the multiplier effect, consider your e-mail inbox. If it's loaded with spam, it's undoubtedly because at some point in time you unknowingly surrendered your e-mall to the wrong Web site.
Do you think your telephone number or address is handled differently? A cottage industry of small companies with names you've probably never heard of--like Acxiom or Merlin--buy and sell your personal information the way other commodities like corn or cattle futures are bartered. You may think your cell phone is unlisted, but if you've ever ordered a pizza, it might not be. Merlin is one of many commercial data brokers that advertises sale of unlisted phone numbers compiled from various sources--including pizza delivery companies. These unintended, unpredictable consequences that flow from simple actions make privacy issues difficult to grasp, and grapple with.
In a larger sense, privacy also is often cast as a tale of "Big Brother"--the government is watching you or An big corporation is watching you. But privacy issues don’t necessarily involve large faceless institutions: A spouse takes a casual glance at her husband's Blackberry, a co-worker looks at e-mall over your shoulder or a friend glances at a cell phone text message from the next seat on the bus. while very little of this is news to anyone--people are now well aware there are video cameras and Internet cookies everywhere--there is abundant evidence that people live their lives ignorant of the monitoring, assuming a mythical level of privacy. People write e-mails and type instant messages they never expect anyone to see. Just ask Mark Foley or even Bill Gates, whose e-mails were a cornerstone of the Justice Department's antitrust case against Microsoft.
And polls and studies have repeatedly shown that Americans are indifferent to privacy concerns. The general defense for such indifference is summed up a single phrase: "I have nothing to hide." If you have nothing to hide, why shouldn't the government be able to peek at your phone records, your wife see your e-mail or a company send you junk mail? It's a powerful argument, one that privacy advocates spend considerable time discussing and strategizing over.
It is hard to deny, however, that people behave different when they're being watched. And it is also impossible to deny that Americans are now being watched more than at any time in history.
86. In the first paragraph, the telephone number is cited to show
A. many customers didn't keep their privacy confidential.
B. it is harmful to give a store clerk a telephone number.
C. careless disposal of personal information can be harmful.
D. customers should inquire its use when giving telephone numbers to others.
87. What do companies like Acxiom and Merlin do?
A. Compile telephone directories for businessmen.
B. Collect and sell personal information to make a profit.
C. Trade commodities like corn on the market.
D. Crack down crimes like stealing private information.
88, From Paragraph 3, we learn that
A. cases of privacy intrusion happen only in large institutions.
B. people are quite aware of how their privacy is intruded.
C. it is not privacy intrusion when a wife glances at her husband's cell phone.
D. Bill Gates' email messages were cited as evidence against him.
89. It can be inferred from the fourth paragraph that the author thinks
A. Americans are actually concerned about privacy issues.
B. Americans are indifferent to privacy concerns.
C. Americans are very frank about privacy concerns.
D. Americans are puzzled about privacy concerns.
90. Which of the following is the author's viewpoint?
A. Never give your private information to anyone.
B. People should pay more attention to their privacy issues.
C. Do not surrender your email to any website.
D. It does no good saying "I have nothing to hide".
Text C
I have known very few writers, but those I have known, and whom I respected, confess at once that they have little idea where they are going when they first set pen to paper. They have a character, perhaps two; they are in that condition of eager discomfort which passes for inspiration; all admit radical changes of destination once the joumey has begun; one, to my certain knowledge, spent nine months on a novel about Kashmir, then reset the whole thing in the Scottish Highlands. I never heard of anyone making a "skeleton", as we were taught at school. In the breaking and remaking, in the timing, interweaving, beginning afresh, the writer comes to discern things in his material which were not consciously in his mind when he began.
This organic process, often leading to moments of extraordinary self-discovery, is of an indescribable fascination. A blurred image appears, he adds a brushstroke and another, and it is gone; but something was there, and he will not rest till he has captured it. Sometimes the’ yeast within a writer outlives a book he has written. I have heard of writers who read nothing but their own books, like adolescents they stand before the mirror, and still cannot fathom the exact outline of the vision before them. For the same reason, writers talk interminably about their own books, winkling out hidden meanings, superimposing new ones, begging response from those around them.
Of course a writer doing this is misunderstood: he might as well try to explain a crime or a love affair. He is also. Incidentally, an unforgivable bore. This temptation to cover the distance between himself and the reader, to study his image in the sight of those who do not know him, can be his undoing: he has begun to write to please.
A young English writer made the pertinent observation a year or two back that the talent goes into the first draft, and the art into the drafts that follow. For this reason also the writer, like any other artist, has no resting place, no crowd or movement in which he may take comfort, no judgment from outside which can replace the judgment from within. A writer makes order out of the anarchy of his heart; he submits himself to a more ruthless discipline than any critic dreamed of, and when he flirts with fame, he is taking time off from living with himself, from the search for what his world contains at its inmost point.
91. The writers that the author is familiar with confess that they would
A. work out the ending of a novel in advance.
B. follow the writing methods learned at school.
C. remodel the main character in writing.
D. make changes to the stories they first construct.
92. According to the passage, the process of writing
A. depends on skillful planning.
B. is predictable and methodological.
C. depends on the writers' experiences.
D. is disorderly and unsystematic.
93. The word "undoing" in the third paragraph probably suggests
A. success.
B. happiness.
C. failure.
D. sorrow.
94. According to the passage, the writer has no resting place because
A. he is not clear about what he will write at the beginning.
B. he should constantly edit his work to make it perfect.
C. he has to face a lot of responses given by readers.
D. he should add brushstrokes to the appearing blurred images.
95. Which of the following statements about writers is TRUE according to the last paragraph?
A. They have little ideas before they start writing.
B. Their talent goes into all their drafts.
C. It does harm to their writing when they flirt with fame.
D. They try to increase communication with readers.
Text D
I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a box car in a freight yard in Atlantic City and landing on my head. Now I am thirty two. I can vaguely remember the brightness of sunshine and what color red is. It would be wonderful to see again, but a calamity can do strange things to people. It occurred to me the other day that I might not have come to love life as I do if I hadn't been blind. I believe in life now. I am not so sure that I would have believed in it so deeply, otherwise. I don't mean that I would prefer to go without my eyes. I simply mean that the loss of them made me appreciate the more what I had left.
Life, I believe, asks a continuous series of adjustments to reality. The more readily a person is able to make these adjustments, the more meaningful his own private world becomes. The adjustment is never easy. I was bewildered and afraid. But I was lucky. My parents and my teachers saw something in me--a potential to live, you might call it--which I didn't see, and they made me want to fight it out with blindness.
The hardest lesson I had to learn was to believe in myself. That was basic. If I hadn't been able to do that, I would have collapsed and become a chair rocker on the front porch for the rest of my life. When I say belief in myself I am not talking about simply the kind of self confidence that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase alone. That is part of it. But I mean something bigger than that: an assurance that I am, despite imperfections, a real, positive person; that somewhere in the sweeping, intricate pattern of people there is a special place where I can make myself fit.
It took me years to discover and strengthen this assurance. It had to start with the most elementary things. Once a man gave me an indoor baseball. I thought he was mocking me and I was hurt. "I can't use this." I said. "Take it with you," he urged me, "and roll it around." The words stuck in my head. "Roll it around! "By rolling the ball I could hear where it went. This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought impossible: playing baseball. At Philadelphia's Overbrook School for the Blind I invented a successful variation of baseball. We called it ground ball.
All my life I have set ahead of me a series of goals and then tried to reach them, one at a time. I had to learn my limitations. It was no good to try for something I knew at the start was wildly out of reach because that only invited the bitterness of failure. I would fail sometimes anyway but on the average I made progress.
96. We can learn from the beginning of the passage that
A. the author lost his sight because of a car crash.
B. the author wouldn't love life if the disaster didn't happen,
C. the disaster made the author appreciate what he had.
D. the disaster strengthened the author's desire to see.
97. What's the most difficult thing for the author?
A. How to adjust himself to reality.
B. Building up assurance that he can find his place in life.
C. Learning to manage his life alone.
D. To find a special work that suits the author.
98. According to the context, "a chair rocker on the front porch" in paragraph 3 means that the author
A. would sit in a rocking chair and enjoy his life.
B. was paralyzed and stayed in a rocking chair.
C. would lose his will to struggle against difficulties.
D. would sit in a chair and stay at home.
99. According to the passage, the baseball and encouragement offered by the man
A. hurt the author's feeling.
B. gave the author a deep impression.
C. directly led to the invention of ground ball.
D. inspired the author.
100. According to the passage, which of the following is CORRECT?
A. The author set goals for himself but only invited failure most of the time.
B. The author suggested not trying something beyond one's ability at the beginning.
C. The bitterness of failure prevented the author from trying something out of reach.
D. Because of his limitations, the author tried to reach one goal at a time.
2011英語專四預(yù)測(cè)試題：part6 WRITING
SECTION A COMPOSITION
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?
Write on ANSWER SHEET THREE a composition of about 200 words on the following topic:
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.
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2011英語專四預(yù)測(cè)試題：Part 1 Dictation
Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be done at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be done at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more.
Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE.
2011英語專四預(yù)測(cè)試題：Part 2 Listening Comprehension
In Sections A, B and C you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on Answer Sheet Two.
SECTION A CONVERSATIONS
In this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
Questions 1 to 3 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the conversation.
1. Which of the following is CORRECT?
A. Lisa works full time in the travel agency.
B. Lisa will be travelling with Zach.
C. Zach pays a visit to Lisa.
D. Zach wants to book a plane ticket.
2. According to the conversation, Zach
A. takes too much time off from school.
B. spends a lot of money on traveling.
C. works very hard at school.
D. doesn't have much money to spend.
3. What does the woman say about the Phoenix Air Flight?
A. The plane is too small.
B. It may not be available.
C. It is too expensive.
D. The plane is unsafe.
Questions 4 to 7 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the conversation.
4. According to Rose, a "smart" car
A. is equipped with advanced devices.
B. is installed with a robot.
C. is intelligent and can think itself.
D. can talk with people.
5. According to the man, his brother
A. does the work of making maps.
B. is quite familiar with the city's routes.
C. is a geographic specialist.
D. knows more than a computerized map.
6. The radar warning systems can
A. tell drivers accidents on the road in advance.
B. remind drivers when there is only a little oil left.
C. help drivers change the direction.
D. give alarm signals if drivers get too close to other cars.
7. What was the reason the man was late?
A. He couldn't find the way.
B. His car ran out of oil.
C. He came at rush hour.
D. His car wasn't smart enough.
Questions 8 to 10 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the conversation.
8. Which of the following is NOT the reason that the man wants to go on a diet?
A. He is too heavy.
B. He doesn't feel good.
C. His doctor gave him that suggestion.
D. He is not healthy.
9. According to the man, what kind of diet should he follow?
A. A very restrictive diet eating only salads.
B. A moderate diet with no sugar,
C. A very mild diet with lots of sweets.
D. A strict diet eating one meal a day.
10. According to the conversation, the restaurant
A. doesn't serve any meat.
B. doesn't provide dairy products.
C. serves delicious pastries.
D. serves tasteless hot mils.
SECTION B PASSAGES
In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the passage.
11. At the beginning of the program, the speaker
A. explains the functions of the BCD International.
B. comments on some popular singers.
C. addresses the issue of a new record.
D. introduces the radio program to listeners.
12. If listeners want to hear from the artists themselves, they can choose
A. About the Big Hits.
B. The History of Pop.
C. The Road to Music.
D. Today in History.
13. From the passage, we learn that the program Pop Words
A. is based on the interviews with popular singers.
B. is to introduce some famous songwriters.
C. helps to understand the words to the big music hits.
D. is the best program for the young listeners.
Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the passage.
14. Yoga can be helpful to our health in many aspects EXCEPT
A. increasing heartbeat.
B. lowering blood pressure.
C. reducing stress.
D. improving fitness.
15. According to the speaker, which of the following are important in the process of doing Yoga?
A. Concentration and breathing.
B. Meditation and comfort.
C. Breathing and moving smoothly.
D. Flexibility and breathing.
16. What would a person typically do at the end of the exercises?
A. Move gently.
B. Rest or meditation.
C. Do slow exercises.
D. Take deep breath.
17. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. The typical process of Yoga.
B. The medical benefits of Yoga.
C. The best way to do Yoga.
D. The relationship between health and Yoga.
Questions 18 to 20 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the passage.
18. During parties, the speaker used to
A. enjoy the wine and delicious foods.
B. pretend to be lonely.
C. sit alone and wait someone to talk to him.
D. talk to the interesting looking people.
19. The speaker suggests encouraging others to talk about themselves because
A. it's a good way to know each other.
B. it is a means of showing respect.
C. people are passive listeners.
D. people care more about themselves.
20. By citing the remarks of Diogenes, the speaker wants to say that
A. we need to learn the skills of talking.
B. listening is easier than talking.
C. it is important to be an attentive listener.
D. we should talk less and do more.
SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
In this section, you will hear several news items. Listen to them carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
Questions 21 and 22 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the news.
21. According to the news, when the firefight took place the militants were
A. patrolling border.
B. growing plants.
C. placing explosives.
D. crossing the security fence.
22. In the firefight ____ Hamas militants were killed.
A. 2.
B. 4
C. 1
D. 6
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the news.
23. Who will be the chairman of the conference?
A. Ban Ki-moon.
B. Nouri al-Maliki.
C. Ban Ki-moon and Nouri al-Maliki.
D. A UN representative.
24. The representatives will come from the following countries EXCEPT
A. Iran.
B. Kuwait.
C. Syria.
D. Russia.
25. What's the resolution adopted by the General Assembly mainly about?
A. Political recovery.
B. Economic recovery.
C. Long-term recovery efforts.
D. Expansion of UN influence.
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the news.
26. XMRV is the name of a
A. disease.
B. virus.
C. blood type.
D. cancer.
27. There is preliminary evidence that XMRV
A. already poses a danger.
B. can spread infection.
C. is transmitted similarly to HIV.
D. threats the blood supply.
28. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the news?
A. XMRV was found in tumor samples.
B. XMRV can be found in healthy blood.
C. The causes of XMRV haven't been determined.
D. A lot of people were infected by XMRV.
Questions 29 and 30 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the news.
29. According to conservationists, why does the Internet pose a threat to endangered species?
A. Buyers and sellers can employ anonymity in trading on the Internet.
B. Buyers and sellers can make use of the information on the global market.
C. It is much cheaper to trade them on the Internet.
D. A lot of endangered species are available on the Internet.
30. The proposal to regulate trade in red and pink coral was defeated mostly because
A. red and pink coral were not among the endangered.
B. the US and Sweden didn't support the proposal.
C. delegates didn't think it was necessary to do that.
D. regulations may affect poor fishing communities.
2011英語專四預(yù)測(cè)試題：Part 3 CLOZE
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 Answer Sheet Two.
Most people hate rock music. (31) ___ I am not an unreasonable or biased person (32)___nature, two vivid and striking (33) __ experiences of rock music during the past two weeks have persuaded me that it has become a(n) (34) __ for those of us with enough common sense to see its
(35)___ dangers to point them out. My first experience--perhaps a minor one, (36) __ highly symptomatic--was the realization that if I spoke to my teenage son when he was listening to rock music (37)___ headphones, he replied in an unnaturally loud voice, (38)_ there was something wrong with his hearing. The second occurred when I went with him to a "concert" and witnessed for myself (39) __ these affairs are like. Till I went to the concert, I had always (40) __ the "live and let live" attitude that rock music was simply not my (41) __ but that other people had (42) right to enjoy it if it was theirs.
But what I saw and heard (43) __ me that we are allowing something very powerful to take (44)___ of the younger generation. In the first place, I noticed a collective madness, (45) by the noise level. But secondly, and (46) __ dangerously, I observed that after a time everyone was carried (47) __ by the noise, and gave up his/her individuality. By the end I was in the middle of a faceless crowd who clapped and (48)_ and jumped around like monkeys. It was the most degrading human (49)___ I have ever had the misfortune to witness, and I seriously believe that in time to come our present younger generation would thank us if we managed to (50) __ a stop to it now.
31. A. When
B. While
C. If
D. As
32. A. in
B. of
C. with
D. by
33. A. private
B. personal
C. individual
D. own
34. A. job
B. obligation
C. duty
D. virtue
35. A. potential
B. obvious
C. temporary
D. apparent
36. A. but
B. and
C. even
D. so
37. A. by
B. over
C. behind
D. through
38. A. since
B. for
C. as if
D. in case
39. A. /
B. what
C. how
D. which
40. A. adapted
B. adopted
C. taken
D. accepted
41. A. enjoyment
B. preference
C. option
D. taste
42. A. every
B. all
C. no
D. some
43. A. concerned
B. persuaded
C. convinced
D. ignited
44. A. care
B. attention
C. charge
D. possession
45. A. bringing about
B. brought about
C. bringing forward
D. brought forward
46. A. far more
B. much too
C. as much as
D. too much
47. A. over
B. off
C. along
D. out
48. A. sat
B. stood
C. paced
D. stamped
49. A. situation
B. spectacle
C. scene
D. stage
50. A. put
B. let
C. form
D. make
2011英語專四預(yù)測(cè)試題：Part 4 Grammer Vocabulary
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 Answer Sheet Two.
51. It is not who rules us __ is important, but how he rules us.
A. what
B. that
C. /
D. which
52. More than one student___ ever been to the Great Wall.
A. have
B. has
C. had
D. was
53. As you worked late last night, you __ have come this morning.
A. needn't
B. shouldn't
C. can't
D. mustn't
54, If only the committee __ the regulations and put them into effect as possible.
A. approve
B. will approve
C. can approve
D. would approve
55. We were to__ the school bus to get to the museum, but it was broken, so we had to take the subway.
A. take
B. have taken
C. to be taking
D. to have been taking
56. The policeman declared that the blow on the victim's head __ from behind.
A. should have been made
B. must have been made
C. would have been made
D. ought to have been made
57. It is not his illness___ much as idleness that ruined him so much.
A. that
B. as
C. so
D. very
58. The teacher told us nothing __ difficult if we put our hearts into it.
A. is
B. was
C. will be
D. were
59. Whether or not the next plan will yield any positive results __ to be seen.
A. remain
B. remains
C. is remained
D. have remained
60. She could not have believed it, but that she___ it.
A. had seen
B. see
C. saw
D. would see
61. A dark suit is preferable __ a light one for evening wear.
A. to
B. than
C. for
D. against
62. He knows little of physics, and __ of math.
A. even more
B. still less
C. no less
D. still more
63. Which of the following adverbs can NOT be used to complete "it is___ too difficult"?
A. rather
B. much
C. far
D. quite
64. Which of the following is INCORRECT?
A. We know what each other thinks.
B. They know one another's weak points.
C. None of the books is interesting:
D. He didn't stay there so long as she.
65. "I was going to see the film, but he reminded me of seeing it before." The sentence means that
A. he reminded me to see the film, and I would go to see it.
B. I was about to see the film, but he reminded me that I had seen it before.
C. I wouldn't remember to see the film if he didn't remind me.
D. I forget that I have seen the film before if he didn't remind me.
66. Get to the point, don't __ about the bush.
A. beat
B. hit
C. blow
D. strike
67. He holds that education should place more __ on logic thinking, and education of emotion is of little use.
A. importance
B. significance
C. stress
D. emphasis
68. Tom wasn't paid because he was the __ secretary of the association.
A. honorable
B. honor
C. honored
D. honorary
69. Her letter was in such a casual scrawl, and in such pale ink, that it was __
A. unintelligible B. vague C. ambiguous D. illegible
70. Because of the___ of its ideas, the book was in wide circulation both at home and abroad.
A. originality
B. subjectivity
C. generality
D. ambiguity
71. The juvenile delinquent was released in ___ of his good behavior.
A. case
B. way
C. view
D. event
72. People who live in small towns often seem more friendly than those living in __ populated areas.
A. densely
B. intensely
C. abundantly
D. extremely
73. If you find this item too difficult to ____, it is advisable to leave as it is and move on to the next one.
A. work out
B. work on
C. work for
D. work at
74. We are doing this work in the ___ of reforms in the economic, social and cultural spheres.
A. context
B. contest
C. pretext
D. texture
75. In our team, no person ___ Tom could finish this tough task in such a short time.
A. better than
B. rather than
C. other than
D. more than
76. The city is an important railroad __ and industrial and convention center.
A. conjunction
B. network
C. junction
D. link
77. A qualified teacher should have good manners and __ knowledge.
A. extensive
B. expansive
C. intensive
D. expensive
78. It is reported that many people were hurt when the two buses
A. bumped
B. crashed
C. collided
D. struck
79. Californians and New Englanders speak the same language and __ by the same federal laws.
A. stand
B. conform
C. abide
D. sustain
80. The meeting was ___ over by the mayor to discuss the tax raise in the city.
A. presumed
B. propelled
C. presided
D. pricked
2011英語專四預(yù)測(cè)試題：Part 5 Reading Comprehension
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 Answer Sheet Two.
Text A
A simple piece of rope hangs between some environmentally friendly Americans and their neighbors. On one side stand those who have begun to see clothes dryers as wasteful consumers of energy (up to 6% of total electricity) and powerful emitters of carbon dioxide (up to a ton of CO2 per household every year). As an alternative, they are turning to clotheslines as part of what Alexander Lee, an environmentalist, calls "what-I-can- do environmentalism."
But on the other side are people who oppose air-drying laundry outside on aesthetic grounds. Increasingly, they have persuaded community and homeowners associations(HOAs) across the U.S. to ban outdoor clotheslines, which they say not only look unsightly but also lower surrounding property values. Those actions, in turn, have sparked a right-to-dry movement that is pressing for legislation to protect the choice to use clotheslines. Only three states--Florida, Hawaii and Utah--have laws written broadly enough to protect clotheslines. Right-to-dry advocates argue that there should be more.
Matt Reck is the kind of eco-conscious guy who feeds his trees with bathwater and recycles condensation drops from his air conditioners to water plants. His family also uses a clothesline. But Otto Hagen, president of Reck's HOA in Wake Forest, N.C., notified him that a neighbor h, ad complained about his line. The Recks ignored the warning and still dry their clothes on a rope in the yard. "Many people claim to be environmentally friendly but don't take matters into their own hands," says Reck. HOAs Hagen has decided to hold off taking action. "I'm not going to go crazy," he says. "But if Matt keeps his line and more neighbors complain, I'll have to address it again."
North Carolina lawmakers tried and failed earlier this year to insert language into an energy bill that would expressly prevent HOAs from regulating clotheslines. But the issue remains a touchy one with HOAs and real estate agents. "Most aesthetic restrictions are rooted, to a degree, in the belief that homogenous (統(tǒng)一協(xié)調(diào)的 ) exteriors are supportive of property value," says Sara Stubbins, executive director of the Community Association Institute's North Carolina chapter. In other words, associations worry that housing prices will fall if prospective buyers think their would-be neighbors are too poor to afford dryers.
Alexander Lee dismisses the notion that clotheslines devalue property assets, advocating that the idea "needs to change in light of global warming." "We all have to do at least something to decrease our carbon footprint," Alexander Lee says.
81. What is NOT mentioned as a disadvantage of using clothes dryers?
A. Electricity consumption.
B. Air pollution.
C. Waste of energy.
D. Ugly looking.
82. Which of the following is INCORRECT?
A. Opposers think air-drying laundry would devalue surrounding assets.
B. Opposers consider the outdoor clothesline as an eyesore to the scenery.
C. Right-to-dry movements led to the pass of written laws to protect clotheslines.
D. Most of states in the US have no written laws to protect clotheslines.
83. What is the HOAs' attitude towards the regulation of outdoor clotheslines?
A. Concerned.
B. Impartial.
C. Supportive.
D. Unclear.
84. In the last paragraph Alexander Lee recommends that
A. clotheslines should be banned in the community.
B. clotheslines wouldn't lessen the property values.
C. the globe would become warmer and warmer.
D. we should protect the environment in the community.
85. An appropriate title for the passage might be
A. Opinions on Environmental Protection.
B. Opinions on Air-drying Laundry.
C. What-I-Can-Do Environmentalism.
D. Restrictions on Clotheslines.
Text B
The simple act of surrendering a telephone number to a store clerk may not seem harmful--so much so that many consumers do it with no questions asked. Yet that one action can set in motion a cascade of silent events, as that data point is acquired, analyzed, categorized, stored and sold over and over again. Future attacks on your privacy may come from anywhere, from anyone with money to purchase that phone number you surrendered. If you doubt the multiplier effect, consider your e-mail inbox. If it's loaded with spam, it's undoubtedly because at some point in time you unknowingly surrendered your e-mall to the wrong Web site.
Do you think your telephone number or address is handled differently? A cottage industry of small companies with names you've probably never heard of--like Acxiom or Merlin--buy and sell your personal information the way other commodities like corn or cattle futures are bartered. You may think your cell phone is unlisted, but if you've ever ordered a pizza, it might not be. Merlin is one of many commercial data brokers that advertises sale of unlisted phone numbers compiled from various sources--including pizza delivery companies. These unintended, unpredictable consequences that flow from simple actions make privacy issues difficult to grasp, and grapple with.
In a larger sense, privacy also is often cast as a tale of "Big Brother"--the government is watching you or An big corporation is watching you. But privacy issues don’t necessarily involve large faceless institutions: A spouse takes a casual glance at her husband's Blackberry, a co-worker looks at e-mall over your shoulder or a friend glances at a cell phone text message from the next seat on the bus. while very little of this is news to anyone--people are now well aware there are video cameras and Internet cookies everywhere--there is abundant evidence that people live their lives ignorant of the monitoring, assuming a mythical level of privacy. People write e-mails and type instant messages they never expect anyone to see. Just ask Mark Foley or even Bill Gates, whose e-mails were a cornerstone of the Justice Department's antitrust case against Microsoft.
And polls and studies have repeatedly shown that Americans are indifferent to privacy concerns. The general defense for such indifference is summed up a single phrase: "I have nothing to hide." If you have nothing to hide, why shouldn't the government be able to peek at your phone records, your wife see your e-mail or a company send you junk mail? It's a powerful argument, one that privacy advocates spend considerable time discussing and strategizing over.
It is hard to deny, however, that people behave different when they're being watched. And it is also impossible to deny that Americans are now being watched more than at any time in history.
86. In the first paragraph, the telephone number is cited to show
A. many customers didn't keep their privacy confidential.
B. it is harmful to give a store clerk a telephone number.
C. careless disposal of personal information can be harmful.
D. customers should inquire its use when giving telephone numbers to others.
87. What do companies like Acxiom and Merlin do?
A. Compile telephone directories for businessmen.
B. Collect and sell personal information to make a profit.
C. Trade commodities like corn on the market.
D. Crack down crimes like stealing private information.
88, From Paragraph 3, we learn that
A. cases of privacy intrusion happen only in large institutions.
B. people are quite aware of how their privacy is intruded.
C. it is not privacy intrusion when a wife glances at her husband's cell phone.
D. Bill Gates' email messages were cited as evidence against him.
89. It can be inferred from the fourth paragraph that the author thinks
A. Americans are actually concerned about privacy issues.
B. Americans are indifferent to privacy concerns.
C. Americans are very frank about privacy concerns.
D. Americans are puzzled about privacy concerns.
90. Which of the following is the author's viewpoint?
A. Never give your private information to anyone.
B. People should pay more attention to their privacy issues.
C. Do not surrender your email to any website.
D. It does no good saying "I have nothing to hide".
Text C
I have known very few writers, but those I have known, and whom I respected, confess at once that they have little idea where they are going when they first set pen to paper. They have a character, perhaps two; they are in that condition of eager discomfort which passes for inspiration; all admit radical changes of destination once the joumey has begun; one, to my certain knowledge, spent nine months on a novel about Kashmir, then reset the whole thing in the Scottish Highlands. I never heard of anyone making a "skeleton", as we were taught at school. In the breaking and remaking, in the timing, interweaving, beginning afresh, the writer comes to discern things in his material which were not consciously in his mind when he began.
This organic process, often leading to moments of extraordinary self-discovery, is of an indescribable fascination. A blurred image appears, he adds a brushstroke and another, and it is gone; but something was there, and he will not rest till he has captured it. Sometimes the’ yeast within a writer outlives a book he has written. I have heard of writers who read nothing but their own books, like adolescents they stand before the mirror, and still cannot fathom the exact outline of the vision before them. For the same reason, writers talk interminably about their own books, winkling out hidden meanings, superimposing new ones, begging response from those around them.
Of course a writer doing this is misunderstood: he might as well try to explain a crime or a love affair. He is also. Incidentally, an unforgivable bore. This temptation to cover the distance between himself and the reader, to study his image in the sight of those who do not know him, can be his undoing: he has begun to write to please.
A young English writer made the pertinent observation a year or two back that the talent goes into the first draft, and the art into the drafts that follow. For this reason also the writer, like any other artist, has no resting place, no crowd or movement in which he may take comfort, no judgment from outside which can replace the judgment from within. A writer makes order out of the anarchy of his heart; he submits himself to a more ruthless discipline than any critic dreamed of, and when he flirts with fame, he is taking time off from living with himself, from the search for what his world contains at its inmost point.
91. The writers that the author is familiar with confess that they would
A. work out the ending of a novel in advance.
B. follow the writing methods learned at school.
C. remodel the main character in writing.
D. make changes to the stories they first construct.
92. According to the passage, the process of writing
A. depends on skillful planning.
B. is predictable and methodological.
C. depends on the writers' experiences.
D. is disorderly and unsystematic.
93. The word "undoing" in the third paragraph probably suggests
A. success.
B. happiness.
C. failure.
D. sorrow.
94. According to the passage, the writer has no resting place because
A. he is not clear about what he will write at the beginning.
B. he should constantly edit his work to make it perfect.
C. he has to face a lot of responses given by readers.
D. he should add brushstrokes to the appearing blurred images.
95. Which of the following statements about writers is TRUE according to the last paragraph?
A. They have little ideas before they start writing.
B. Their talent goes into all their drafts.
C. It does harm to their writing when they flirt with fame.
D. They try to increase communication with readers.
Text D
I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a box car in a freight yard in Atlantic City and landing on my head. Now I am thirty two. I can vaguely remember the brightness of sunshine and what color red is. It would be wonderful to see again, but a calamity can do strange things to people. It occurred to me the other day that I might not have come to love life as I do if I hadn't been blind. I believe in life now. I am not so sure that I would have believed in it so deeply, otherwise. I don't mean that I would prefer to go without my eyes. I simply mean that the loss of them made me appreciate the more what I had left.
Life, I believe, asks a continuous series of adjustments to reality. The more readily a person is able to make these adjustments, the more meaningful his own private world becomes. The adjustment is never easy. I was bewildered and afraid. But I was lucky. My parents and my teachers saw something in me--a potential to live, you might call it--which I didn't see, and they made me want to fight it out with blindness.
The hardest lesson I had to learn was to believe in myself. That was basic. If I hadn't been able to do that, I would have collapsed and become a chair rocker on the front porch for the rest of my life. When I say belief in myself I am not talking about simply the kind of self confidence that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase alone. That is part of it. But I mean something bigger than that: an assurance that I am, despite imperfections, a real, positive person; that somewhere in the sweeping, intricate pattern of people there is a special place where I can make myself fit.
It took me years to discover and strengthen this assurance. It had to start with the most elementary things. Once a man gave me an indoor baseball. I thought he was mocking me and I was hurt. "I can't use this." I said. "Take it with you," he urged me, "and roll it around." The words stuck in my head. "Roll it around! "By rolling the ball I could hear where it went. This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought impossible: playing baseball. At Philadelphia's Overbrook School for the Blind I invented a successful variation of baseball. We called it ground ball.
All my life I have set ahead of me a series of goals and then tried to reach them, one at a time. I had to learn my limitations. It was no good to try for something I knew at the start was wildly out of reach because that only invited the bitterness of failure. I would fail sometimes anyway but on the average I made progress.
96. We can learn from the beginning of the passage that
A. the author lost his sight because of a car crash.
B. the author wouldn't love life if the disaster didn't happen,
C. the disaster made the author appreciate what he had.
D. the disaster strengthened the author's desire to see.
97. What's the most difficult thing for the author?
A. How to adjust himself to reality.
B. Building up assurance that he can find his place in life.
C. Learning to manage his life alone.
D. To find a special work that suits the author.
98. According to the context, "a chair rocker on the front porch" in paragraph 3 means that the author
A. would sit in a rocking chair and enjoy his life.
B. was paralyzed and stayed in a rocking chair.
C. would lose his will to struggle against difficulties.
D. would sit in a chair and stay at home.
99. According to the passage, the baseball and encouragement offered by the man
A. hurt the author's feeling.
B. gave the author a deep impression.
C. directly led to the invention of ground ball.
D. inspired the author.
100. According to the passage, which of the following is CORRECT?
A. The author set goals for himself but only invited failure most of the time.
B. The author suggested not trying something beyond one's ability at the beginning.
C. The bitterness of failure prevented the author from trying something out of reach.
D. Because of his limitations, the author tried to reach one goal at a time.
2011英語專四預(yù)測(cè)試題：part6 WRITING
SECTION A COMPOSITION
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?
Write on ANSWER SHEET THREE a composition of about 200 words on the following topic:
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.
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