2014年英语四级考试每日一练(5月5日)
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1、Questions are based on the following passage.Public speaking fills most people with dread. Humiliation (羞辱) is the greatest fear; self-exposure and failing to appeal to the audience come a close second. Women hate it most, since girls are pressurized from an early age to be concerned with appearances of all kinds.
Most people have plenty of insecurities, and this seems like a situation that will bring them out. If you were under pressure to be perfect, you are terrified of falling in the most public of ways.
While extroverts (性格外向者 ) will feel less fear before the ordeal, it does not mean they will necessarily do it better.
Some very shy people manage to shine. When I met the British comedian Julian Clary, he was shy and cautious, yet his TV performances are perfect.
In fact, personality is not the best predictor of who does it well Regardless of what you are like in real life, the key seems to be to act yourself.
Actual acting, as in performing the scripted lines of a character other than yourself, does not do the job. While politicians may limit damage by having carefully rehearsed, written scripts to speak from, there is always a hidden awareness among the
audience that the words might not be true.
Likewise, the incredibly perfect speeches of many American academics are far from natural. You may end up buying their book on the way out, but soon afterwards, it is much like fast food, and you get a nameless sense that you've been cheated.
Although, as Earl Spencer proved at his sister Princess Diana's funeral, it is possible both to prepare every word and to act naturally. A script rarely works and it is used to help most speakers. But, being yourself doesn't work either. If you spoke as if you were in your own kitchen, it would be too authentic, too unaware of the need to communicate with an audience.
I remember going to see British psychiatrist R. D. Laing speak in public. He behaved like a seriously odd person, talking off the top of his head. Although he was talking about madness and he wrote on mental illness, he seemed to be exhibiting rather than explaining it.
The best psychological place from which to speak is an unselfconscious self-consciousness, providing the illusion of being natural. Studies suggest that this state of "flow", as psychologists call it, is very satisfying.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
Women hate public speaking most mainly because of
A． their upbringing very early on
B． their inability to appeal to the audience
C． their sense of greater public pressure
D． their sense of greater humiliation
2、Section B
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A）, B）, C） and D）. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. Passage One
Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage. In this age of Internet chat, videogames and reality television, there is no shortage of mindless activities to keep a child occupied. Yet, despite the competition, my 8-year-old daughter Rebecca wants to spend her leisure time writing short stories. She wants to enter one of her stories into a writing contest, a competition she won last year.
As a writer I know about winning contests, and about losing them. I know what it is like to work hard on a story only to receive a rejection slip from the publisher. I also know the pressure of trying to live up to a reputation created by previous victories. What if she doesn't win the contest again? That's the strange thing about being a parent. So many of our own past scars and dashed hopes can surface.
A revelation （启示） came last week when I asked her, “Don't you want to win again?” “No,” she replied, “I just want to tell the story of an angel going to first grade.”
I had just spent weeks correcting her stories as she spontaneously （自发地） told them. Telling myself that I was merely an experienced writer guiding the young writer across the hall, I offered suggestions for characters, conflicts and endings for her tales. The story about a fearful angel starting first grade was quickly “guided” by me into the tale of a little girl with a wild imagination taking her first music lesson. I had turned her contest into my contest without even realizing it.
Staying back and giving kids space to grow is not as easy as it looks. Because I know very little about farm animals who use tools or angels who go to first grade, I had to accept the fact that I was co-opting （借用） my daughter's experience.
While stepping back was difficult for me, it was certainly a good first step that I will quickly follow with more steps, putting myself far enough a way to give her room but close enough to help if asked. All the while I will be reminding myself that children need room to experiment, grow and find their own voices.What is the most striking feature of the University of Phoenix?
A．All its courses are offered onlin
B．Its online courses are of the best qualit
C．It boasts the largest number of students on campus
D．Anyone taking its online courses is sure to get a degre
3、
根据所听材料，回答题
填空题
4、He made such a contribution to the town that____________________ (以他的名字为其中一条路命名)．
5、It is generally not advisable that_______ (小孩在低年级时学习负担过重)．
6、 The more we learn about other people，____(我们就能更好地理解他们的想法)and as a rule，the more we like those people．
7、请在（51）处填上答案。
8、An investigation was made into the accident，__________(在这次事故中死了五十人)．
9、The young girl __________ (礼貌地拒绝)the boy’s offer for dinner．
10、Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Questionsare based on the following passage.
Education makes our lives richer. It 36 us with opportunities. So the amount that girls were allowed to 37 in education is an important part of American history, too.
In Colonial times, school was 38 for boys; it was usually taught by a young man, since parents felt that boys needed 39 leadership.
In the 19th century, more women became school teachers. These teachers were often very young women, even 40 . Usually, they taught for only a few years. By about the 1840s, teaching had become women’s profession. Now people wanted a teacher who would 41 and support their children, not a strict school master. They felt that women were more 42 to the job. By the 1850s nearly all teachers were women, especially in the elementary schools. Still, not all girls 43 school, and schools still focused mainly on educating boys. This began to change by the end of the 19th century when our country decided that all children should have free 44 education. However, it did not happen right away; at first, schools still focused on the boys as they had in the past.
During the 20th century, the majority of children, both boys and girls, attended school regularly. The teaching 45 continued to be made up mostly of women. Since the 1930s, about 70% of the teaching force has been women.
A) attended F) offers K) public
B) completely G) participate L) scold
C) mainly H) private M) strict
D) mild I) profession N) suited
E) nurture J) provides O) teenagers
36.
1、Questions are based on the following passage.Public speaking fills most people with dread. Humiliation (羞辱) is the greatest fear; self-exposure and failing to appeal to the audience come a close second. Women hate it most, since girls are pressurized from an early age to be concerned with appearances of all kinds.
Most people have plenty of insecurities, and this seems like a situation that will bring them out. If you were under pressure to be perfect, you are terrified of falling in the most public of ways.
While extroverts (性格外向者 ) will feel less fear before the ordeal, it does not mean they will necessarily do it better.
Some very shy people manage to shine. When I met the British comedian Julian Clary, he was shy and cautious, yet his TV performances are perfect.
In fact, personality is not the best predictor of who does it well Regardless of what you are like in real life, the key seems to be to act yourself.
Actual acting, as in performing the scripted lines of a character other than yourself, does not do the job. While politicians may limit damage by having carefully rehearsed, written scripts to speak from, there is always a hidden awareness among the
audience that the words might not be true.
Likewise, the incredibly perfect speeches of many American academics are far from natural. You may end up buying their book on the way out, but soon afterwards, it is much like fast food, and you get a nameless sense that you've been cheated.
Although, as Earl Spencer proved at his sister Princess Diana's funeral, it is possible both to prepare every word and to act naturally. A script rarely works and it is used to help most speakers. But, being yourself doesn't work either. If you spoke as if you were in your own kitchen, it would be too authentic, too unaware of the need to communicate with an audience.
I remember going to see British psychiatrist R. D. Laing speak in public. He behaved like a seriously odd person, talking off the top of his head. Although he was talking about madness and he wrote on mental illness, he seemed to be exhibiting rather than explaining it.
The best psychological place from which to speak is an unselfconscious self-consciousness, providing the illusion of being natural. Studies suggest that this state of "flow", as psychologists call it, is very satisfying.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
Women hate public speaking most mainly because of
A． their upbringing very early on
B． their inability to appeal to the audience
C． their sense of greater public pressure
D． their sense of greater humiliation
2、Section B
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A）, B）, C） and D）. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. Passage One
Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage. In this age of Internet chat, videogames and reality television, there is no shortage of mindless activities to keep a child occupied. Yet, despite the competition, my 8-year-old daughter Rebecca wants to spend her leisure time writing short stories. She wants to enter one of her stories into a writing contest, a competition she won last year.
As a writer I know about winning contests, and about losing them. I know what it is like to work hard on a story only to receive a rejection slip from the publisher. I also know the pressure of trying to live up to a reputation created by previous victories. What if she doesn't win the contest again? That's the strange thing about being a parent. So many of our own past scars and dashed hopes can surface.
A revelation （启示） came last week when I asked her, “Don't you want to win again?” “No,” she replied, “I just want to tell the story of an angel going to first grade.”
I had just spent weeks correcting her stories as she spontaneously （自发地） told them. Telling myself that I was merely an experienced writer guiding the young writer across the hall, I offered suggestions for characters, conflicts and endings for her tales. The story about a fearful angel starting first grade was quickly “guided” by me into the tale of a little girl with a wild imagination taking her first music lesson. I had turned her contest into my contest without even realizing it.
Staying back and giving kids space to grow is not as easy as it looks. Because I know very little about farm animals who use tools or angels who go to first grade, I had to accept the fact that I was co-opting （借用） my daughter's experience.
While stepping back was difficult for me, it was certainly a good first step that I will quickly follow with more steps, putting myself far enough a way to give her room but close enough to help if asked. All the while I will be reminding myself that children need room to experiment, grow and find their own voices.What is the most striking feature of the University of Phoenix?
A．All its courses are offered onlin
B．Its online courses are of the best qualit
C．It boasts the largest number of students on campus
D．Anyone taking its online courses is sure to get a degre
3、
根据所听材料，回答题
填空题
4、He made such a contribution to the town that____________________ (以他的名字为其中一条路命名)．
5、It is generally not advisable that_______ (小孩在低年级时学习负担过重)．
6、 The more we learn about other people，____(我们就能更好地理解他们的想法)and as a rule，the more we like those people．
7、请在（51）处填上答案。
8、An investigation was made into the accident，__________(在这次事故中死了五十人)．
9、The young girl __________ (礼貌地拒绝)the boy’s offer for dinner．
10、Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Questionsare based on the following passage.
Education makes our lives richer. It 36 us with opportunities. So the amount that girls were allowed to 37 in education is an important part of American history, too.
In Colonial times, school was 38 for boys; it was usually taught by a young man, since parents felt that boys needed 39 leadership.
In the 19th century, more women became school teachers. These teachers were often very young women, even 40 . Usually, they taught for only a few years. By about the 1840s, teaching had become women’s profession. Now people wanted a teacher who would 41 and support their children, not a strict school master. They felt that women were more 42 to the job. By the 1850s nearly all teachers were women, especially in the elementary schools. Still, not all girls 43 school, and schools still focused mainly on educating boys. This began to change by the end of the 19th century when our country decided that all children should have free 44 education. However, it did not happen right away; at first, schools still focused on the boys as they had in the past.
During the 20th century, the majority of children, both boys and girls, attended school regularly. The teaching 45 continued to be made up mostly of women. Since the 1930s, about 70% of the teaching force has been women.
A) attended F) offers K) public
B) completely G) participate L) scold
C) mainly H) private M) strict
D) mild I) profession N) suited
E) nurture J) provides O) teenagers
36.
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