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上学吧()第1页,共13页专家解析大学英语四级考试阅读真题2007.12阅读第一篇PassageOneQuestions57to61arebasedonthefollowingpassage.InthisageofInternetchat,videogamesandrealitytelevision,thereisnoshortageofmindlessactivitiestokeepachildoccupied.Yet,despitethecompetition,my8-year-olddaughterRebeccawantstospendherleisuretimewritingshortstories.Shewantstoenteroneofherstoriesintoawritingcontest,acompetitionshewonlastyear.AsawriterIknowaboutwinningcontests,andaboutlosingthem.Iknowwhatitisliketoworkhardonastoryonlytoreceivearejectionslipfromthepublisher.Ialsoknowthepressureoftryingtoliveuptoareputationcreatedbypreviousvictories.Whatifshedoesn’twinthecontestagain?That’sthestrangethingaboutbeingaparent.Somanyofourownpastscarsanddashedhopescansurface.Arevelation(启示)camelastweekwhenIaskedher,“Don’tyouwanttowinagain?”“No,”shereplied,“Ijustwanttotellthestoryofanangelgoingtofirstgrade.”Ihadjustspentweekscorrectingherstoriesasshespontaneously(自发地)toldthem.TellingmyselfthatIwasmerelyanexperiencedwriterguidingtheyoungwriteracrossthehall,Iofferedsuggestionsforcharacters,conflictsandendingsforhertales.Thestoryaboutafearfulangelstartingfirstgradewasquickly“guided”bymeintothetaleofalittlegirlwithawildimaginationtakingherfirstmusiclesson.Ihadturnedhercontestintomycontestwithoutevenrealizingit.Stayingbackandgivingkidsspacetogrowisnotaseasyasitlooks.BecauseIknowverylittleaboutfarmanimalswhousetoolsorangelswhogotofirstgrade,IhadtoacceptthefactthatIwasco-opting(借用)mydaughter’sexperience.Whilesteppingbackwasdifficultforme,itwascertainlyagoodfirststepthatIwillquicklyfollowwithmoresteps,puttingmyselffarenoughawaytogiveherroombutcloseenoughtohelpifasked.AllthewhileIwillberemindingmyselfthatchildrenneedroomtoexperiment,growandfindtheirownvoices.注意:此部分试题请*考试&大在答题卡2上作答。57.Whatdowelearnfromthefirstparagraph?A)Alotofdistractionscompeteforchildren’stimenowadays.B)Childrendofindlotsoffuninmanymindlessactivities.C)Rebeccaismuchtoooccupiedtoenjoyherleisuretime.D)Rebeccadrawsonalotofonlinematerialsforherwriting.58.Whatdidtheauthorsayaboutherownwritingexperience?A)Shewasconstantlyunderpressureofwritingmore.B)Mostofherstorieshadbeenrejectedbypublishers.C)Shedidnotquiteliveuptoherreputationasawriter.D)Herwaytosuccesswasfullofpainsandfrustrations.59.WhydidRebeccawanttoenterthisyear’swritingcontest?A)Shehadwonaprizeinthepreviouscontest.B)Shewantedtoshareherstorieswithreaders.上学吧()第2页,共13页C)Shewassureofwinningwithhermother’shelp.D)Shebelievedshepossessedrealtalentforwriting.60.Theauthortookgreatpainstorefineherdaughter’sstoriesbecause________.A)shewantedtohelpRebeccarealizeherdreamsofbecomingawriterB)shewasafraidRebecca’simaginationmightrunwildwhilewritingC)shedidnotwanttodisappointRebeccawhoneededherhelpsomuchD)shebelievedshehadtheknowledgeandexperiencetoofferguidance61.What’stheauthor’sadviceforparents?A)Childrenshouldbegiveneverychancetovoicetheiropinions.B)Parentsshouldkeepaneyeontheactivitiestheirkidsengagein.C)Childrenshouldbeallowedfreedomtogrowthroughexperience.D)Awritingcareer,thoughattractive,isnotforeverychildtopursue.这篇文章讲述了一个作家母亲指导女儿写作的故事,通过作者的亲身经历向人们揭示出当今社会的子女教育问题。这种个人化风格较强的文章在以学术性、科技类、说明性文章为主要材料来源的四级阅读题中还是比较少见的;但文章的中心思想还是借作者的个人故事向人们揭示社会问题,具有较强的实用性。全文一共六个自然段,第一段交待了女儿忙于参加写作比赛的事实;第二段作者回顾了自身写作历程的艰辛,引出要为女儿修改作文的动机;第三、四、五段详细讲述了作者修改女儿作文的过程,作者最终的失败使其对子女教育问题有所领悟;最后一段,作者具体说明了父母应该如何帮助子女成长的观点。这篇文章个人写作风格明显,语言平易,因而词汇量不大,句子结构也较简单,理解起来并不存在太大的问题,较少见到明显的疑难部分。57.Whatdowelearnfromthefirstparagraph?A)Alotofdistractionscompeteforchildren’stimenowadays.B)Childrendofindlotsoffuninmanymindlessactivities.C)Rebeccaismuchtoooccupiedtoenjoyherleisuretime.D)Rebeccadrawsonalotofonlinematerialsforherwriting.题目解析题目问从第一段可以得知什么。第一段的大意如下:在这个网络聊天、视频游戏和电视真人秀的时代,供孩子们消遣的无聊活动当然也不会少。但我8岁的女儿丽贝卡却把空闲时间用来写短篇小说。她想要拿出一篇小说来参加一个写作大赛。在去年的上一届比赛中,她获得了优胜。A,如今大量娱乐活动在为儿童竞争(即现在的儿童有充足的娱乐活动)。文章开篇的Inthisageof词组与A中的nowadays在时间上相互呼应。thereisnoshortageofmindlessactivitiestokeepachildoccupied中的shortage是“少”的意思,但noshortageof并不仅指有一些,而是“较为丰富”,如thereisnoshortageoftallbuildingshere,这里的高楼可不少。从这一句可以看出,供孩子们消遣娱乐的活动确实很多,可以由此推出A的结论。B,孩子们确实在许多无聊活动中得到了乐趣。作者只是指出供孩子选择的娱乐活动很多,但没有指明孩子们是否从中得到了乐趣。从mindless(没头脑的,不用脑子的)一词可以看出,作者对这些活动至少是持有怀疑态度的。另外,从文中可知作者的女儿对这些活动没有兴趣,当然也谈不上乐趣,可以作为一个反例。C,丽贝卡太忙而不能享受空余时间。文中只说丽贝卡把空闲时间用来写小说,[考试[大]是不是真的太忙不能确定。另外写小说本身也许即是丽贝卡的享受空闲时间的方式,那样的上学吧()第3页,共13页话她也就是在完全地享受自己的空闲时间,C的叙述不对。D,丽贝卡从网络上汲取了很多写作材料。这句话和文意相去甚远,只要理解了第一段的意思,相信排除该选项不会太难。58.Whatdidtheauthorsayaboutherownwritingexperience?A)Shewasconstantlyunderpressureofwritingmore.B)Mostofherstorieshadbeenrejectedbypublishers.C)Shedidnotquiteliveuptoherreputationasawriter.D)Herwaytosuccesswasfullofpainsandfrustrations.题目问作者讲了自己的哪些写作经历。作者介绍自己的写作经历是在文章的第二段前半部分。大意是:“作为一个作家,我享受过夺得竞赛优胜的喜悦,也品尝过失败的滋味。我知道辛辛苦苦写出来一个故事、结果却得到一张出版商的退稿信时的感受。我同样知道夺得优胜后再想保住这份荣誉的压力。”A,她经常处在要写作更多作品的压力之下。文中只说作者在卫冕比赛优胜时有压力,而不是写作新作品时,因此A的说法不对。B,她大部分小说都被出版商退稿了。文中说作者的稿件被退过,没有提到是否大部分都被退稿。从文章大体可以推断出作者是一个成功的作家,一个成功作家不可能大部分作品都被退稿。C,作为作家,她对保住荣誉并不在意。从Ialsoknowthepressureoftryingtoliveuptoareputationcreatedbypreviousvictories一句可以看出,作者为保住荣誉承受过很大压力,C的说法与文意恰好相反。D,她的
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