[外语类试卷]专业英语四级(阅读)模拟试卷46及答案与解析.doc
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1、专业英语四级(阅读)模拟试卷 46及答案与解析 0 Its 1 a.m., and Im in Hong Kong for the first time, sitting in a bar in the Lan Kwai Fong district. Im waiting for two girls I met on the Internet to show up and take me to their apartment, so my friend Harry and I can stay there for free for a few nights. Having been on fl
2、ights for the past 24 hours, I am worn out and nervous when they dont arrive on time. But my faith is restored when I hear a thick Chinese accent asking, “Are you Cody?“ Even though Jess and Jin are as much strangers to me as anyone else in the bar, I trust them. It seems as natural as being set up
3、by a mutual friend, and, in a sense, that is exactly what is happening. I first learned about CouchS last fall from my moms friend, who was planning on hosting travelers in her home to add a Utile excitement to life after her oldest son went to college. She recommended I use it for an upcoming trip
4、to Europe. Thats how I became one of the millions of surfers who search hosts profiles and send requests typically as much as a week or as little as a day before arriving in the hosts city to sleep on those peoples couches or on their floor or in a spare bedroom. CouchSurfing requests are not always
5、 accepted, as my friend and I learned about seven hours before arriving at the bar in Hong Kong. During our stay in Tokyo, I found out via e-mail that the requests I had submitted that morning to two potential hosts had both been politely declined. One host, had relatives visiting, and the other, wa
6、s in Macau for the weekend. So, I quickly joined the forum “Last Minute Couch Requests: Hong Kong“ and posted a message, which Jess saw. She got in touch with her friend Jin, who had room in her apartment to accommodate two guests. Jess sent us an e-mail, which we received after landing in Hong Kong
7、, offering directions to a meeting place and a phone number. Harry and I could have dug through Jesss list of friends to read up on Jin, but instead we trusted that Jess would not lead us astray(走上邪路 ). After the girls get to the bar, the four of us go to a rooftop bar, then a club, and finally head
8、 back to Jins apartment. Over the next three days, the girls teach us how to use the public-transportation system and give us directions to popular tourist destinations. To outsiders like, say, my parents, it may be hard to understand why Jin would agree to have two strangers stay at her place, or w
9、hy we are even trying to couch-surf when hostels are cheap and plentiful in this part of the world. It is because couch surfing isnt just a means of accommodation; it is an entirely new way to travel. You get to see the world through local residents, not hotel gatekeepers or guidebooks. You get to s
10、tep outside your comfort zones. But what is most profound about the whole experience is the trust that naturally exists. Jin, for instance, gives us a key to her place upon arrival, a common CouchSurfing custom that helps explain why sociologists at Stanford University are now studying the site and
11、its ability to efficiently create trust. While cultural enrichment and adventure are almost a CouchSurfing guarantee, comfort is not. Jins guest mattress is not quite a quarter of an inch thick, the shower is too complicated for Harry or me to figure out, and the apartment is an eighth-floor walk-up
12、. But its a tradeoff surfers like me are happy to make. 1 Which of the following is true about the friend of the authors mother? ( A) She got much help from CouchS for her last trip. ( B) She needed company to distract her from missing her son. ( C) She became a member of CouchS last autumn. ( D) Sh
13、e decided to accommodate travelers in her home for free. 2 Why did the author have to post a message on “Last Minute Couch Requests: Hong Kong“? ( A) Two potential Tokyo hosts had declined his requests. ( B) He had been rejected by two potential Hong Kong hosts. ( C) He had stayed in Tokyo for too l
14、ong a time. ( D) His previous request had been sent out too late. 3 The author didnt examine the reliability of Jin because ( A) he had no way of contacting her. ( B) he couldnt find any other hosts. ( C) he had much confidence in Jess. ( D) he knew about Jess well enough. 4 According to the passage
15、, CouchSurfing provides travelers with all the following EXCEPT ( A) comfortable accommodation. ( B) adventurous experiences. ( C) exotic culture. ( D) a sense of trust. 5 The author is most likely to feel that his CouchSurfing experiences are ( A) disappointing. ( B) worthwhile. ( C) filled with un
16、certainty. ( D) dangerous. 5 David Fajgenbaum remembers the exact date: July 17, 2003. It was a warm evening in Washington, D.C., and the 18-year-old freshman had just finished his first football practice at Georgetown University. “It was awesome,“ the former quarter back recalls. He called his pare
17、nts to let them know how well things were going. Davids dad, an orthopedic(整形手术的 )surgeon, was oddly subdued. Finally, in a soft voice, he said, “Son, your mom has brain cancer.“ “I went from being happier than Id ever been to total shock,“ says David. Rushing home, he announced he was dropping out
18、of college to support his mother through her illness. But Anna Marie Fajgenbaum, just 52 years old and diagnosed with stage 4 brain cancer, was insistent that her son return to Georgetown. David threw himself into his studies and grew increasingly isolated. “I felt I was the only person on campus wi
19、th a sick parent. When everyones sitting around laughing and talking, you dont bring up your mothers latest MRI(磁共振 )or say youve been crying.“ One October evening when David was home visiting, Anna Marie woke up weeping. She was worried about David and his two sisters. “Mom, Im going to be okay,“ D
20、avid assured her. Then, out of the blue, he said,“ And Im going to help other kids cope with loss.“ A smile spread across his mothers face. He decided on a support group called Ailing Mothers and Fathers based on his moms initials, AMF. When Anna Marie died later that month, David started hearing fr
21、om friends whod never even known his mom was sick. Some had gone through the same experience. “The mother of one of my best friends had also died of a brain tumor,“ says David. “How did we not know that? Because we didnt talk about it.“ He invited five students whod lost relatives or friends to his
22、D.C. apartment to talk. They decided to meet every other week, to share what they were going through and how they were coping. But they did more than talk. They also raised money: They participated in the Iron man 10K for cancer research, walked to battle ALS, and ran to defeat lung cancer. David le
23、arned that nearly half of college students had lost a loved one within the previous two years. And every one of them has a story to tell. Julie George, who heads the Georgetown chapter, found out her dad had ALS during her freshman year. “I went to my first AMF meeting and felt like a huge weight ha
24、d been lifted. It gave me a place to talk about the concerns for my family, the things that dont come up over pizza in the common room or by a keg in someones backyard.“ David graduated from Georgetown last year and is studying public health at the University of Oxford. Now 23, he plans to become an
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