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专四阅读考试真题 - 图文 专四阅读考试真题2007年Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on your answer sheet.Until I took Dr Offutt’s class in DeMatha High school , I was an underachieving student, but I left that class (31)_______never to underachieve again. He not only taught me to think, he convinced me,(32)________by example as s that it was my moral (33)_______to do so and to serve others.(34)_____of us could know how our relationship would (35)_______over the years .When I came back to DeMatha to teach English, I worked for Dr Offutt, the department chair. My discussion with him were like graduate seminars in adolescent (36)______,classroom management and school leadership. After several years, I was (37)_______department chair, and our relationship(38)________again. I thought that it might be (39)______chairing the department ,since all of my (40)______English teachers were (41)_______there, but Dr Offutt supported me (42)_______.He knew when to give me advice (43)_______curriculum texts and personnel, and when to let me (44)______my own course. In 11017,I needed his (45)______about leaving DeMatha to become principal at another school.(46)_______he had asked me to stay at DeMatha, I might have .(47)_______,he encouraged me to seize the opportunity. Five years ago ,I became the principal of DeMatha.(48)________, Dr Offutt was there for me, letting me know that I could (49)_______ him. I have learned from him that great teachers have an inexhaustible(50)________of lessons to teach.31. A. concerned B. worried C. determined D. decided 32. A. as much B. much as C. as such D. such as 33.A. work B. job C. duty D. obligation 34.A. Both B. Neither C. Either D. Each 35. A. evolve B. stay C. remain D. turn36.A.process B. procedure C. development D. movement 37.A.called B. named C. asked D. invited 38.A. moved B. altered C. went D. shifted 39.A.awkward B. uneasy C. unnatural D. former 40.A. older B. experienced C. former D. / 41. A. / B. still C. even D .already42. A. through B. throughout C. at the beginning D. all the way 43. A. for B. at C. over D. about 44. A. chart B. head C. describe D. manage 45.A.opinion B. request C. permission D. order 46.A.Even if B. Although C. If D. When47.A.Naturally B. Instead C. consequently D. Still48.A.Once again B. Repeatedly C. Unusually D. Unexpectedly 49.A.count in B. count down C. count out D. count on50.A.stock B. bank C. wealth D. storeIn 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. TEXT A If you like the idea of staying with with a family, living in house might be the answer. Good landladies---those who are superb cooks and launderers, are figures as popular in fiction as the bad ones who terrorize their guest and overcharge them at the slightest opportunity. The truth is probably somewhere between the two extremes. If you are lucky, the food will be adequate, some of your laundry may be done for you and you will have a reasonable amount of comfort and chompanionship .For the less fortune ,house rules may restrict the freedom to invite friends to vistit, and shared cooking and bathroom facilities can be frustrating and row-provoking if tidy and untidy guest are living under the same roof. The same disadvantages can apply to flat sharing with the added difficulties that arise from deciding who pays for what, and in what proportion. One person may spend hours on the phone, while another rarely makes calls. If you want privacy with guest , how do you persuade the others to go out; how do you persuade them to leave you in peace, especially if you are student and want to study? Conversely, flat sharing can be very cheap, there will always be someone to talk to and go out with, and the chores, in theory, can be shared. 81.According to the passage ,landladies are ________ A. usually strict. B. always mean.C. adequately competent.D. very popular with their guest.82.What is the additional disadvantage of flat sharing ? A. Problems of sharing and paying. B. Differences in living habits.C. Shared cooking and bathroom facilities. D. Restriction to invite friends to visit.83.What is NOT mentioned as a benefit of flat sharing? A. Rent is affordableB. There is companionship. C. Housework.D. There is peace and quiet.TEXT B (1) Travelling through the country a couple of weeks ago on business, I was listening to the talk of the late UK writer Douglas Adams’ master work “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” on t。