2011年英语专四考前冲刺模拟题

文章作者 100test 发表时间 2011:03:24 19:35:04
来源 100Test.Com百考试题网

2011年英语专业四级考试时间：4月16日。考试临近，百考试题专四站点编辑特为各位考友准备了每日一练套餐，考题都为全真模拟试题或历年真题中的题型，与考试题型完全吻合，希望能在最后的冲刺时间里给大家带来一点帮助。

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　　On day one of my self-proclaimed Month of Gratitude, my five-year-old son woke up "bored" at 5:15 a.m., I spied a speeding ticket in my wifes purse, and our water heater spluttered to its death as I was getting into the shower. Ordinarily, I would have started complaining and the day wouldve been off to an ugly start. But this day was different. How cute my childs dimples (酒窝) are. How fetching my wifes taste for adventure. Only 29 days to go.
　　Just a week earlier, as I struggled with the feeling that Id been put on this earth to load and unload the dishwasher, Id decided it was time to end my reflexive complaining. But it wasnt simply the little things that were annoying me. All of a sudden, my friends were dealing with bad news--cancer diagnoses, divorce, job loss. Shouldnt I be celebrating my relative good fortune?
　　Id heard about the feel-good benefits of a gratitude attitude. Hoping for tips,I called professor Emmons, who pioneered research on the benefits of positive thinking. Emmons quoted new studies that indicated that even pretending to be thankful raises