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专升本英语模拟试题(四) Part II Reading Comprehension (40 minutes) Passage I Do you have a self-image that can help you succeed or one that can make you fail? Let’s discover what self-image is all about. Get a picture in your mind of two empty chairs. In these two chairs let’s imagine two visitors. In the first chair let’s seat a young man who is deaf. In the second one let’s seat a young man who was born with part of one foot missing. The first young man was a musician who composed many great songs and symphonies (交响乐). When he was still a young man he lost his hearing. It is generally believed that a person cannot be a professional musician or composer without hearing, but this man had a special talent that enabled him to write some of the most beautiful music ever written. This man was Beethoven. The visitor in the second chair was a young boy who was born with part of one foot missing. He loved sports, especially football. As a young boy and later a young man he had always dreamed of playing football with a major league football team. He had a thirst that could not be quenched (抑制). Finally, he made it into a famous football team and one day on the field he kicked the longest field goal in football history. His name is Tom Dempsey. If you try to find the special strength that turns an ordinary person into a hero it only exists in the heart or soul of man. It is called a positive (正面的) self-image. A positive self-image is a great belief in yourself and your ideas. At the beginning of the passage, the writer talks about two empty chairs because he _______. A. wants to invite the readers to sit down B. wants the readers to form vivid (生动的) pictures of two men C. is going to talk about the art of photography (摄影术) D. is going to introduce two men could only sit in chairs We learn from the passage that a self-image ________. A. certainly has a lot to do with success B. is something that a disabled man has C. has nothing to do with success or failure D. is a picture that a p