2016年12月英语四级专项练习题及答案

　　Text 1

　　As the pace of life continues to increase, we are fast losing the art of relaxation. Once you are in the habit of rushing through lift, being on the go from morning till night, it is hard to slow down. But relaxation is essential for a healthy mind and body.

　　Stress is an natural part of everyday lift and there is no way to avoid it. In fact, it is not the bad thing it is often supposed to be. A certain amount of stress is vital to provide motivation adn give purpose to life. It is only when the stress gets out of control that it can lead to poor performance and ill health.

　　The amount of stress a person can withstand depends very much on the individual. Some people are not afraid of stress, and such characters are obviously prime material for managerial responsibilities. Others lose heart at the first signs of unusual difficulties. When exposed to stress, in whatever form, we react both chemically and physically. In fact we make choice between "fight"or"flight" and in more primitive days the choice made the difference between life or death. The crises we meet today are unlikely to be so extreme, but however little the stress, it involves the same response. It is when such a reaction lasts long, through continued exposure to stress, that health becomes endangered. Such serious conditions as high blood pressure and heart disease have established links with stress. Since we cannot remove stress from our lives (it would be unwise to do so even if we could), we need to find ways to deal with it.

　　1. People are finding less and less time for relaxing themselves because ________.

　　a. they do not know how to enjoy themselves

　　b. they do not believe that relaxation is important for health

　　c. they are travelling fast all the time

　　d. they are becoming busier with their work

　　2. According to the writer, the most important character for a good manager is his ________.

　　a. not fearing stress

　　b. knowing the art of relaxation

　　c. high sense of responsibility

　　d. having control over performance

　　3. Which of the follwing statements is ture?

　　a. We can find some ways to avoid stress

　　b. Stress is always harmful to people

　　c. It is easy to change the hagit of keeping oneself busy with work.

　　d. Different people can withstand different amounts of stress

　　4. In Paragraph 3, "such a reaction" refers back to ________.

　　a."making a choice between 'flight' or 'fight'"

　　b."reaction to stress both chemically and physically"

　　c."responding to crises quickly"

　　d."losing heart at the signs difficulties"

　　5. In the last sentence of the passage,"do so" refers to ________.

　　a."expose ourselves to stress"

　　b."find ways to deal with stress"

　　c."remove stress from our lives"

　　d."established links between diseases and stress"

　　答案：dadbc

　　Text 2

　　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.

　　62. What do we learn from the first paragraph?

　　A) Children do find lots of fun in many mindless activites.

　　B) Rebecca is much too occupied to enjoy her leisure time.

　　C) Rebecca draws on a lot of online materials for her writing.

　　D) A lot of distractions compete for children’s time nowadays.

　　63. What did the author say about her own writing experience?

　　A) She did not quite live up to her reputation as a writer.

　　B) Her way to success was full of pains and frustrations.

　　C) She was constantly under pressure of writing more.

　　D) Most of her stories had been rejected by publishers.

　　64. Why did Rebecca want to enter this year’s writing contest?

　　A) She believed she possessed real talent for writing.