重庆大学_考博真题_英语_2010.pdfVIP

English test (2010) Test Booklet Part 1:Reading Comprehension(50%) Section 1 Directions: There are 2 reading passages in this section. Each passages is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A),B),C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage: 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 contest, 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 pressures 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 came last week when I asked her, “Don‟t you want 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 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