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2010年12月英语四六级考试阅读专项练习(20)7800字 阅读在大学英语四级考试中占有很大比重，提高阅读速度和效率是决胜英语四级考试阅读理解题的关键。为了帮助广大考生有效提高阅读速度，毕业特整理了以下资料，供考生复习。 Passage 2 In the United States, it is not _11_ to telephone someone very early in the morning. If you telephone him early in the day, while he is shaving or having breakfast, the time of the call shows that the matter is very important and requires immediate attention. The same meaning is attached to telephone calls made after 11: 00 p. m. . If someone receives a call during sleeping hours, he _12_ its a matter of life and death. The time chosen for the call _13_ its importance. 毕业In _14_ life, time plays a very important part. In the U. S. A. , guests tend to feel they are not highly regarded if the _15_ to a dinner party is extended only three or four days before the party date. But it is not true in all countries. In other areas of the world, it may be considered foolish to make an appointment too far in _16_ because plans which are made for a date more than a week away tend to be forgotten. The meaning of time differs in different parts of the world. Thus, misunderstandings _17_ between people from cultures that treat time differently. 毕业Promptness is valued _18_ in American life, for example. If people are not prompt, they may be regarded as impolite or not fully responsible. In the U. S. no one would think of keeping a business _19_ waiting for an hour, it would be too impolite. A person who is 5 minutes late is _20 _ to make a shortapology. If he is less than 5 minutes late, he will say a few words of explanation, though perhaps he will not complete the sentence. / A. highly B. engagement C. customary D. socialE. inform F. invitation G. advance H. absenceI. heavily J. associate K. expected L. assumesM. habitual N. arise O. communicatesPassage 3 /At the close of each business day, most trained teachers, administrators, politicians, and statesmen make objective analyses of all that has transpired. They then carefully evaluate performance in the achievement of certain specified objectives. You, as a student, would be wise to adopt the same practice and reflect upon your performance in relating to the achievement of certain personal and educational objectives. 作文 / First, what was your purpose, your motivational force in seeking an education? Did you seek an education in active performance, or did you seek to be educated in passive reception and automatic acquisition(获取) of information that was fed to you? Was the profit motive your primary motivation for obtaining an education? Do you want a better education for the sole purpose of getting a better job? What does the educational process really mean to you? We are part of a world in which men thrill to the touch of gold and hearts respond to the word money instead of being thrilled by the thought of good. We five in a world in which we are taught that the pursuit of happiness is an equation for the most rapid acquisition of money, by whatever means. 毕业If profit and money are your first priorities, and compassion and commitment to people your least concern, you have done little other than accumulate some facts and compile some information for future reference. If making money is your daydream and losing money your nightmare, if poverty is your worst fear and making money your most fervent prayer, you have missed the opportunity for education. You have failed yourself and have only received Nome instruction. 作文 /21. This passage suggests that students should_. /A. assess their aims for learning B. learn more to earn moreC. evaluate their politicians and statesmen D. keep knowledge to themselves22.The educational procedure should be one in which the student_.A. does what he is toldB. gets a better education to get a better jobC. makes principles of education for self-betterment of their aims 作文 /D. approaches the benefits of being well-off / 23. The author seems to feel that_. /A. peoples welfare should be the chief concern in learning /B. profit has nothing to do with people /C. poverty is good for the soul D. knowledge is not the main objective for learning24.A good title for the selection might be_. 作文 /A. The Benefit of Education /B. Education MotivationProgress or Profit /C. Self-Education 作文 /D. Profit and Money 25. The word nightmare in the last paragraph is nearest in meaning to_.A. a very bad dream B. unhappiness 作文 /C. sleeplessness D. a hazard to your health
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