四级考试教材00001.doc

A 围绕某一段落出题 You can begin to think of yourself as truly intelligent on the basis of how you choose to feel in the face of trying circumstances. The life struggles are pretty much the same for each of us. Everyone who is involved with other human beings in any social context has similar difficulties. Disagreements, conflicts and compromises are a part of what it means to be human. Similarly, money, growing old, sickness, deaths natural disasters and accidents are all events which present problems to virtually all human beings. But some people are able to make it, to avoid immobilizing depression and unhappiness despite such occurrences, while others collapse or have an N.B.D. Those who recognize problems as a human condition and dont measure happiness by an absence of problems are the most intelligent kind of humans we know; also, the most rare. 1 In the last paragraph, the author tells us that___. ?[A]difficulties are but part of everyone’s life ?[B]depression and unhappiness are unavoidable in life ?[C]everybody should learn to avoid trying circumstances?[D]good feelings can contribute to eventual academic excellence 2 According to the passage, what kind of people are rare? [A] Those who don’t emphasize bookish excellence in their pursuit of happiness. [B]Those who are aware of difficulties in life but know how to avoid unhappiness. [C] Those who measure happiness by an absence of problems but seldom suffer from N.B.D.’S. [D]Those who are able to secure happiness though having to struggle against trying circumstances. B 特殊标点符号后内容常考 Unless we spend money to spot and prevent asteroids (小行星) now, one might crash into Earth and destroy life as we know it, say some scientists. Asteroids are bigger versions of the meteoroids (流星) that race across the night sky. Most orbit the sun far from Earth and don’t threaten us. But there are also thousands of asteroids whose orbits put them on a collision course with Earth. Buy $50 million worth of new telescopes right no