2013年12月四级考试试题原文翻译及答案解析.doc

第一张 Section A Directions： In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter, Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage. What does it take to be a well-trained nurse? The answer used to be two-year associates or four-year bachelor’s degree programs. But as the nursing shortage 36 , a growing number of schools and hospitals are establishing fast-track programs that enable college graduates with no nursing 37 to become registered nurses with only a year or so of 38 training. In 1991. there were only 40 fast-track curricula; now there are more than 200. Typical is Columbia Universitys Entry to Practice program. Students earn their bachelor of science in nursing in a year. Those who stay on for an 39 two years can earn a master’s degree that 40 them as nurse practitioners (执业护士）or clinical nurse specialists. Many students are recent 41 ; others are career switchers. Rudy Guardron, 32, a 2004 graduate of Columbia’s program, was a premedical student in college and then worked for a pharmaceutical (药物的）research company. At Columbia, he was 42 as a nurse practitioner. I saw that nurses were in high 43 and it looked like a really good opportunity, he says Also, I didnt want to be in school for that long. ” The fast-track trend fills a need, but it’s also creating some 44 between newcomers and veterans. Nurses that are still at the bedside 45 these kids with suspicion, says Linda Pellico, who has taught nursing at Yale University for 18 years. They wonder, how can they do it quicker? The answer is they dont. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。 A） additional F） explores K） specialized B）