英语专业四级考试全真模拟试卷八(2)

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PART ⅥREADING COMPREHENSION[WT5] ［30 MIN.］

SECTION A READING COMPREHENSION［25 MIN.］

In this section there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is the correct answer. Mark your choices on your ANSWER SHEET.

TEXT A

There is controversy and misunderstanding about the proper functions of juvenile courts and their probation departments. There are cries that the whole process produces delinquents rather than rehabilitates them. There are speeches by the score about “getting enough” with the kids. Another largegroup thinks we should be more understanding and gentle with delinquents. This distrust of the services offered can be attributed in large part to the confusion in the use of these services throughout the country.
On the one hand, the juvenile courts are tried to the criminal court system, with an obligation to decide guilt and innocence for offenses specifically stated and formally charged. On the other, they have the obligation to provide treatment, supervision and guidance to youngsters in trouble, without respect to the crimes of which they are accused. These two conflicting assignment must be carried out——quite properly——in an informal, private way, which will not stigmatize a youngster during his formative years.And, as the courts’ preoccupation with the latter task has increased, the former (that of dispensing justice) has retreated, with the result grave injustices are bound to occur. 

66. The title below that best expresses the ideas of this passage is ___.

A.Grave Injustices

B.A Problem for Today’s Teenagers

C.Rehabilitating Youthful Criminal

D.Justice for Juvenile Offenders

67. The author contends that public distrust of juvenile courts is primarily the result of ____.

A. resentment on the part of those convicted by them

B. the dual function of these courts

C. lack of a sufficient number of probation officers

D. injustices done by the courts

68. The passage suggests that the author ____.

A. is familiar with the problem

B. is impatient with justice

C. sides with those who favor leniency for juvenile offenders

D. regards all offenses an equally important

69. The tone of this passage is ____.

A.highly emotional

B.highly personal

C.optimistic

D.calm

TEXT B

Violin prodigies, I learned, have come in distinct waves from distinct regions. Most of the great performers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries were born and brought up in Russia and Eastern Europe. I asked Isaac Stern, one of the world’s greatest violinists, the reason for this phenomenon. “It is very clear,” he told me. “They were all Jews and Jews at the time were severely oppressed and ill-treated in that part of the world. They were not allowed into the professional fields, but they were allowed to achieve excellence on a concert stage.” As a result, every Jewish parent’s dream was to have a child in the music school because it was a passport to the West.
Another element in the emergence of prodigies, I found, is a society that values excellence in a certain field and is able to nurture talent. Nowadays, the most nurturing societies seem to be in the Far East. “In Japan, a most competitive society with stronger discipline than ours,” says Isaac Stern, “children are ready to test their limits every day in many fields, including music. When Western music came to Japan after World War II, that music not only became part of their daily lives, but it became a discipline as well.” The Korean and Chinese, as we know, are just as highly motivated as the Japanese.
That’s a good thing, because even prodigies must work hard. Next to hard work, biologies must work hard. Next to hard work, biological inheritance plays an important role in the making of a prodigy. J.S. Bath, for example, was the top of the several generations of musicians, and four of his sons had significant careers in music.

70. Jewish parents in Eastern Europe longed their children to attend music school because____.

A.it would allow them access to a better life in the West

B.Jewish children are born with excellent musical talent

C.they wanted their children to enter into the professional fields

D.it would enable the family to get better treatment in their own country

71. Nurturing societies as mentioned in the passage refer to societies that ____.

A. enforce strong discipline on students who want to achieve excellence

B. treasure talent and provide opportunities for its full development

C. encourage people to complete with each other

D. promise talented children high positions

72. Japan is described in the passage as a country that attaches importance to ____.

A. all-round development

B. the learning of Western music

C. strict training of children

D. variety in academic studies

73. Which of the following titles best summarizes the main idea of the passage?

A. Jewish Contribution to Music.

B. Training of Musicians in the World.

C. Music and Society.

D. The Making of Prodigies.