[外语类试卷]专业英语四级(阅读)模拟试卷128及答案与解析.doc
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1、专业英语四级(阅读)模拟试卷 128及答案与解析 一、 SECTION A In this section there are several passages followed by ten multiple-choice questions. For each question, there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is the best answer. 0 (1)Allan Metcalf s new book claims, that the word
2、“OK“ is Americas greatest invention. This offers a pair of provocations. How can “OK“ be an invention? On a certain day, a certain guy just dreamed up the expression that has become the most frequently spoken word on the planet? And even if it is an invention, can one little word really be greater t
3、han jazz, baseball, and the telephone? Is it better than The Simpsons? (2)The answer to the first question, implausible as it sounds, is yes. In OK: The Improbable Story of Americas Greatest Word, Metcalf locates the first use of OK in an obscure corner of a Boston newspaper on March 23, 1839. As fo
4、r the alleged greatness of the word, Metcalf s slim volume doesnt entirely persuade you that OK is a more valuable invention than, say, electric light. But the fact that he even raises the question is intriguing. If it does nothing else, Metcalf makes you acutely aware of how universal and vital the
5、 word has become. (3)True story: the worlds most popular word began as a joke. In the late 1830s, Americas newspapers had great enthusiasm for abbreviations also, to judge by Metcalfs account, a sorry sense of humor. He devotes a chapter to trying to explain why readers of the Boston Morning Post mi
6、ght have been amused to see “o. k.“ used as a jokey abbreviation for “oll korrect,“ an intentional misspelling of “all correct.“ Apparently you had to be there. But the word soon got an enormous boost from Andrew Jackson or his enemies, anyway. They circulated the rumor that the man of the people wa
7、s barely literate and approved papers with the initials “O.K.“ for “oll korrect.“ It was a joke, Metcalf concludes, “but without it thered be no OK.“ (4)The word didnt remain a joke for long. Telegraph operators began using it as a way to say “all clear.“ It became ubiquitous, turning up in all corn
8、ers of the world, and beyond. Metcalf points out that OK was technically the first word spoken on the surface of the moon. (5)When you pause to consider what a weird and wonderful little word OK is, the most remarkable thing isnt that its so great or that it was invented but that its American. To fo
9、reigners in the 20th century, Metcalf writes, the word embodied “American simplicity, pragmatism, and optimism.“ To us today, the word sums up “a whole two-letter American philosophy of tolerance, even admiration for difference.“ 1 How was “OK“ created? ( A) It was created to shorten a word. ( B) It
10、 was created by mistake. ( C) It was created to play a joke on a reporter. ( D) It was created to convey a sense of humor. 2 Which of the following is true about Andrew Jackson? ( A) He was the inventor of “OK“. ( B) He was poor in writing and reading. ( C) He was a household name in America. ( D) H
11、e was the editor of the Boston Morning Post. 2 (1)Their defenders say they are motivated, versatile workers who are just what companies need in these difficult times. To others, however, the members of “Generation Y“ those born in the 1980s and 1990s, otherwise known as the Net Generation are spoile
12、d, narcissistic(自恋的 )idlers who cannot spell and waste too much time on instant messaging and Facebook. Ah, reply the Net Geners, but all that messing around online proves that we are computer-literate multi-taskers who are skillful users of online collaborative tools, and natural team players. And,
13、 while you are on the subject of me, I need a months vacation to reconsider my personal goals. (2)This culture clash has been going on in many organizations and has lately seeped into management books. The Net Geners have grown up with computers; they are brimming with self-confidence; and they have
14、 been encouraged to challenge received wisdom, to find their own solutions to problems and to treat work as a route to personal fulfillment rather than merely a way of putting food on the table. Not all of this makes them easy to manage. Bosses complain that after a childhood of being spoiled and pr
15、aised, Net Geners demand far more frequent feedback and an over-precise set of objectives on the path to promotion. In a new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers, a consultancy, 61% of chief executives say they have trouble recruiting and integrating younger employees. (3)For those hard-to-please olde
16、r managers, the current recession is the joyful equivalent of hiding an alarm clock in a sleeping teenagers bedroom. Once again, the touchy-feely management fashions that always spring up in years of plenty are being ditched in favor of more brutal command-and-control methods. Having grown up in goo
17、d times, Net Geners have labored under the illusion that the world owed them a living. But hopping between jobs to find one that meets your inner spiritual needs is not so easy when there are no jobs to hop to. And as for that vacation: heres a permanent one, sunshine. (4)In fact, compromise will be
18、 necessary on both sides. Net Geners will certainly have to lower some of their expectations and take the world as it is, not as they would like it to be. But their older bosses should also be prepared to make concessions. The economy will eventually recover, and demographic trends in most rich coun
19、tries will make clever young workers even more valuable. Besides, many of the things that keep Net Geners happy are worth doing anyway. But for the moment at least, the Facebookers are under heavy criticism. 3 Net Geners are not easy to manage in that _. ( A) theyve attached too much importance to t
20、he personal fulfillment ( B) theyve been courageous enough to challenge their bosses ( C) theyve had excessive confidence in themselves ( D) theyve required excessive responses and goals 4 What is the authors attitude towards Net Geners? ( A) Supportive, ( B) Objective, ( C) Biased. ( D) Pessimistic
21、. 4 (1)Ever try and get a two-year-old to pick up trash? This was our goal this past weekend on a glorious, clear Saturday, the morning of the two-decades old International Coastal Cleanup. Once a year, volunteers from all over the country gather on beaches, baysides, and riverbanks to clean them up
22、. The sponsor of the effort, the Ocean Conservancy, says that to date six million volunteers from around the world have taken over 100 million pounds of trash out of American waters. That sounded a little far-fetched until my little family spent a morning on the Potomac River. (2)We live a few block
23、s from the storied river. To many, the Potomac, the water that frames the nations capital, is a witness and carrier of history. The river is a community builder; along the Mount Vernon trail that runs for miles along the Potomac in Virginia, we meet more neighbors during the week than we would if we
24、 went door-to-door. (3)We want to see the river sparkling clean. We also feel guilty for not performing any kind of community service for the past two years as the kids dominated nearly every waking moment. So we walked over to Daingerfield Island, home of boat docks, soccer fields, and a great view
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