1、专业英语四级（阅读）模拟试卷 26及答案与解析 0 Every person plans to run off to some tropical isle, but few do. Real life, family, work, and monetary limitations get in the way. Ian Fleming let none of these considerations stop him. After the war, Fleming set down his schedule. The first week of January saw him leave En
2、gland and travel to Jamaica. The first week of March saw his return. He accepted his job at Kemsley Newspapers without compromise this portion of the year would be set aside for Jamaica or he would look elsewhere for employment. For 6 years Fleming traveled each winter to Jamaica, lounging in paradi
3、se, romancing women, chasing the sunset, but it was not until he faced the pressure of a married woman who was pregnant with his child did Fleming start the writers journey which would change his life and popular culture forever. As Fleming waited in Jamaica for Annes divorce to become final, he wro
4、te the first draft of a novel, Casino Royale. Flemings career as a writer deserves more examination than can be offered here, but suffice it to say, over the next 12 years, Ian Fleming transformed his elite existence, his arrogance, his style, and his acid wit into some of the greatest thrillers eve
5、r written. Fleming incurred the respect of authors as diverse as Raymond Chandler, Kingsley Amis, and Edith Sitwell. His fans included John, Jackie, and Bobby Kennedy, and his social circle included Prime Minister Anthony Eden, Evelyn Waugh, and Somerset Maugham. Fleming filled out the 12 years of B
6、ond with great adventure journalism. Even in stories which had little action or pay off, such as his short non-fiction book, The Diamond Smugglers, the “Fleming-flair“ ensured exciting reading. He wrote the “Atticus“ column for The Sunday Times, proving a wonderful conduit for inside intelligence in
7、formation, and clever rebukes. Regardless of book sales or family obligations, Fleming managed to live the life he wanted. As the years passed, his passion for golfing increased so he took more time with it. Flemings long-term fascination with America grew, so he traveled there more often. Ian Flemi
8、ngs full life caught up with him through his heart. It may be that years of drinking and smoking took their toll, or that the butter-rich cooking Fleming loved was the culprit. Or maybe it was just genetics. Whatever the cause, Flemings health declined in the late 1950s. This plus anxieties in the m
9、arriage increased Flemings depression. With the success of Bond, the world came knocking at Flemings door, and he had a harder time shutting those out that he did not want in his life. Nonetheless, Fleming fought the loosing battle of his weakening heart by throwing more fuel on the fire. He continu
10、ed to drink and smoke, making some excuses but not many. He wrote books he wanted to read, and traveled the world with style and authority. By this time, Fleming had already earned his own fortune, created his own identity, and ruled his own literary empire. 1 According to the second paragraph, Flem
11、ing accepted the job offered by Kemsley Newspapers （ A） and had to give up his yearly holiday plan to Jamaica. （ B） because he was offered to work in Jamaica every winter. （ C） so that he wouldnt have to look for employment elsewhere. （ D） on condition that he took two months off to Jamaica every ye
12、ar. 2 When he began writing, Fleming never expected that （ A） he would change popular culture. （ B） he could get over the pressure. （ C） Anne would have a divorce. （ D） Anne would keep his child. 3 Flemings thrillers reflected his （ A） sense for popular culture. （ B） relationship with Anne. （ C） own
13、 personalities. （ D） life at Jamaica. 4 The fact that “Fleming filled out the 12 years of Bond with great adventure journalism“ shows that （ A） Fleming took up journalism when he finished Bonds adventures. （ B） Fleming put Bond through many thrilling adventures. （ C） Fleming described Bond as an adv
14、enturous journalist. （ D） Fleming experienced Bonds adventures when he was a journalist. 5 According to the passage, Fleming probably died of （ A） an unidentified reason. （ B） a disease of the heart. （ C） an unknown family disease. （ D） over drinking and smoking. 5 Well, there was a man here once by
15、 the name of Jim Smiley, in the winter of 1849or may be it was the spring of 1850. Anyway, he was the strangest man. He was always making money on anything that turned up if he could get anybody to try to make money on the other side. And if he could not do that, he would change sides. And he was lu
16、cky, uncommon lucky. He most always was a winner. If there was a dog-fight, he would try to win money on it. If there was a cat-fight, he would take the risk. If there was a chicken-fight, he would try to win money on it. Why, if there were two birds setting on a fence, he would want you to decide w
17、hich one would fly first so he could win money. Lots of the boys here have seen that Smiley and can tell you about him. Why, it did not matter to him. He would try to make money on anything. He was the most unusual man. Parson Walkers wife was very sick once, for a long time, and it seemed as if the
18、y were not going to save her. But one morning he come in, and Smiley asked him how was his wife, and he said she was better, thank God. And Smiley, before he thought, says, “Well, Ill risk my money she will not get well.“ And Smiley had a little small dog. To look at the dog, you would think he was
19、not worth anything but to sit around and look mean and look for a chance to steal something. But as soon as there was money, he was a different dog. Another dog might attack and throw him around two or three times. Then all of a sudden Smileys dog would grab that other dog by his back leg and hang o
20、n till the men said it was over. Smiley always came out the winner on that dog, at least until he found a dog once that did not have any back legs. The dogs legs had been cut off in a machine. Well, the fighting continued long enough, and the money was gone. Then when Smileys dog came to make a grab
21、 the other dogs back legs, he saw in a minute how there was a problem. The other dog was going to win and Smileys dog looked surprised and did not try to win the fight anymore. He gave Smiley a look that said he was sorry for fighting a dog that did not have any back legs for him to hold, which he n
22、eeded to win a fight. Then Smileys dog walked away, laid down and died. He was a good dog, and would have made a name for himself if he had lived, for he had intelligence. It always makes me feel sorry when I think of that last fight of his and the way it turned out. 6 Smiley was most probably （ A）
23、a speculator. （ B） a gambler. （ C） an adventurer. （ D） an investor. 7 Saying “it did not matter to him,“(Line 1, Para. 3)the author thinks that Smiley didnt mind （ A） how other people looked at him. （ B） whether he could win money or not. （ C） putting money on minor things. （ D） making money on unfo
24、rtunate occasions. 8 What happened to Parson Walkers wife is mentioned to show that Smiley was （ A） thoughtless. （ B） greedy. （ C） unique. （ D） funny. 9 What did Smiley do with his dog? （ A） He changed it to be a fighting dog. （ B） He taught it how to beat the other dogs. （ C） He put money on it whe
25、never it fought. （ D） He trained it to recognize money. 10 Smileys dog died because （ A） it was ashamed for losing the fight. （ B） it was not as intelligent as expected. （ C） it was sorry for the opponent. （ D） it was exhausted in the fight. 10 Mother Rigby could do anything. She was a witch, a woma
26、n with strange powers. She could make water run uphill, or change a beautiful woman into a white horse. Many nights when the moon was full and bright, she could be seen flying over the tops of the houses in the village, sitting on a long wooden stick. It is a broomstick, and it helped her to do all
27、sorts of strange tricks. Mother Rigby ate a quick breakfast and then started to work on her broomstick. She was planning to make something that would look like a man. It would fill the birds with fear, and scare them from eating her corn, the way most farmers protect themselves from those black, pes
28、ky birds. Mother Rigby worked quickly. She held her magic broomstick straight, and then tied another piece of wood across it. And already, it began to look like a man with arms. Then she made the head. She put a pumpkin, a vegetable the size of a football, on top of the broomstick. She made two smal
29、l holes in the pumpkin for eyes, and made another cut lower down that looked just like a mouth. At last, there he was. He seemed ready to go to work for Mother Rigby and stop those old birds from eating her corn. But, Mother Rigby was not happy with what she made. She wanted to make her scarecrow lo
30、ok better and better, for she was a good worker. She made a purple coat and put it around her scarecrow, and dressed it in white silk stockings. She covered him with false hair and an old hat. And in that hat, she stuck the feather of a bird. She examined him closely, and decided she liked him much
31、better now, dressed up in a beautiful coat, with a fine feather on top of his hat. And, she named him Feathertop. She looked at Feathertop and laughed with happiness. He is a beauty, she thought. “Now what?“ she thought, feeling troubled again. She felt that Feathertop looked too good to be a scarec
32、row. “He can do something better,“ she thought, “than just stand near the corn all summer and scare the crows.“ And she decided on another plan for Feathertop. She took the pipe of tobacco she was smoking and put it into the mouth of Feathertop. “Puff, darling, puff,“ she said to Feathertop. “Puff a
33、way, my fine fellow. It is your life.“ Smoke started to rise from Feather-tops mouth. At first, it was just a little smoke, but Feathertop worked hard, blowing and puffing. And, more and more smoke came out of him. “Puff away, my pet,“ Mother Rigby said, with happiness. “Puff away, my pretty one. Pu
34、ff for your life, I tell you.“ Mother Rigby then ordered Feathertop to walk. “Go forward,“ she said. “You have a world before you.“ Feathertop put one hand out in front of him, trying to find something for support. At the same time he pushed one foot forward with great difficulty. But Mother Rigby s
35、houted and ordered him on, and soon he began to go forward. Then she said, “you look like a man, and you walk like a man. Now I order you to talk like a man.“ Feathertop gasped, struggled, and at last said in a small whisper, “Mother, I want to speak, but I have no brain. What can I say?“ “Ah, you c
36、an speak,“ Mother Rigby answered. “What shall you say? Have no fear. When you go out into the world, you will say a thousand things, and say them a thousand times. and saying them a thousand times again and again, you still will be saying nothing. So just talk, babble like a bird. Certainly you have
37、 enough of a brain for that.“ 11 After breakfast, Mother Rigby decided to make （ A） the birds fear. （ B） her broomstick alive. （ C） a scarecrow. （ D） a manlike companion. 12 Considering herself “a good worker“, Mother Rigby was confident in （ A） her strange powers. （ B） her talents for handicraft. （
38、 C） anything she made. （ D） her selection of materials. 13 Mother Rigby gave Feathertop her pipe so that （ A） Feathertop would keep alive. （ B） Feathertop would be manlier. （ C） Feathertop would live the same life as she. （ D） Feathertop would be related to her forever. 14 By calling Feathertop her
39、“pet“, Mother Rigby wanted to show （ A） her superiority over him. （ B） her possession of him. （ C） her love for him. （ D） her interest in him. 15 According to Mother Rigby, Feathertop “still will be saying nothing“ because （ A） he was not clever enough to learn anything. （ B） he was only made to hav
40、e birds intelligence. （ C） he did not have a brain to remember anything. （ D） he could learn nothing worthwhile in the world. 15 Dear Kind-Trustee-Who-Sends-Orphans-to-College, Here I am! I travelled yesterday for four hours in a train. Its a funny sensation, isnt it? I never rode in one before. Col
41、lege is the biggest, most bewildering place I get lost whenever I leave my room. I will write you a description later when Im feeling less muddled; also I will tell you about my lessons. Classes dont begin until Monday morning, and this is Saturday night. But I wanted to write a letter first just to
42、 get acquainted. It seems queer to be writing letters to somebody you dont know. It seems queer for me to be writing letters at all Ive never written more than three or four in my life, so please overlook it if these are not a model kind. Before leaving yesterday morning, Mrs. Lippett and I had a ve
43、ry serious talk. She told me how to behave all the rest of my life, and especially how to behave towards the kind gentleman who is doing so much for me. I must take care to be Very Respectful. But how can one be very respectful to a person who wishes to be called John Smith? Why couldnt you have pic
44、ked out a name with a little personality? I might as well write letters to Dear Hitching-Post or Dear Clothes-Prop. I have been thinking about you a great deal this summer; having somebody take an interest in me after all these years makes me feel as though I had found a sort of family. It seems as
45、though I belonged to somebody now, and its a very comfortable sensation. I must say, however, that when I think about you, my imagination has very little to work upon. There are just three things that I know: I. You are tall. II. You are rich. III. You hate girls. I suppose I might call you Dear Mr.
46、 Girl-Hater. Only thats rather insulting to me. Or Dear Mr. Rich-Man, but thats insulting to you, as though money were the only important thing about you. Besides, being rich is such a very external quality. Maybe you wont stay rich all your life; lots of very clever men get smashed up in Wall Stree
47、t. But at least you will stay tall all your life! So Ive decided to call you Dear Daddy-Long-Legs. I hope you wont mind. Its just a private pet name we wont tell Mrs. Lippett. The ten oclock bell is going to ring in two minutes. Our day is divided into sections by bells. We eat and sleep and study b
48、y bells. Its very enlivening; I feel like a fire horse all of the time. There it goes! Lights out. Good night. Observe with what precision I obey rules due to my training in the John Grier Home. Yours most respectfully, Jerusha Abbott To Mr. Daddy-Long-Legs Smith 16 Jerusha felt “muddled“ because （
49、A） she had never written to the trustee before. （ B） she was not familiar with the college yet. （ C） she could never find the way to her room. （ D） she had never traveled on a train before. 17 Jerusha thought that she couldnt be very respectful to “John Smith“ because （ A） he was a total stranger to her. （ B） she was sure it was a fake identity. （ C） the name was not distinctive enough. （ D） nobody would like to be called that name. 18 According to Jerusha, knowing about the trustees being rich was （ A） superficial. （ B） unimaginable. （ C）
