四級考試英語閱讀訓練題(一)

　　You can make a mental blueprint of a desire as you would make a blueprint of a house, and each of us is continually making these blueprints in the general routine of everyday living. If we intend to have friends to dinner, we plan the menu, make a shopping list, decide which food to cook first, and such planning is essential for any type of meal to be served.

　　Likewise, if you want to find a job, take a sheet of paper, and write a brief account of yourself. In making a blueprint for a job, begin with yourself, for when you know exactly what you have to offer, you can intelligently plan where to sell your services.

　　This account of yourself is actually a sketch of your working life and should include education, experience and references. Such an account is valuable. It can be referred to in filling out standard application blanks and is extremely helpful in personal interviews. While talking to you, your could-be employer is deciding whether your education, your experience, and other qualifications will pay him to employ you and your "wares" and abilities must be displayed in an orderly and reasonably connected manner.

　　When you have carefully prepared a blueprint of your abilities and desires, you have something tangible to sell. Then you are ready to hunt for a job. Get all the possible information about your could-be job. Make inquiries as to the details regarding the job and the firm. Keep your eyes and ears open, and use your own judgment. Spend a certain amount of time each day seeking the employment you wish for, and keep in mind: Securing a job is your job now.

　　21. What do the elders mean when they say, "It's not what you want in this world, but what you get?" „

　　A. You'll certainly get what you want.

　　B. It's no use dreaming.

　　C. You should be dissatisfied with what you have.

　　D. It's essential to set a goal for yourself.

　　22. A blueprint made before inviting a friend to dinner is used in this passage as_______.

　　A. an illustration of how to write an application for a job

　　B. an indication of how to secure a good job

　　C. a guideline for job description

　　D. a principle for job evaluation

　　23. According to the passage, one must write an account of himself before starting to find a job because_______.

　　A. that is the first step to please the employer

　　B. that is the requirement of the employer

　　C. it enables him to know when to sell his services

　　D. it forces him to become clearly aware of himself

　　24. When you have carefully prepared a blueprint of your abilities and desires, you have something_______.

　　A. definite to offer B. imaginary to provide

　　C. practical to supply D. desirable to present

　　25. The word "tangible" in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to_______.

　　A. imaginary B. real

　　C. valuable D. expensive

　　四級考試英語閱讀訓練題答案

　　21. B 22. A 23. D 24. A 25. B

　　四級考試英語閱讀訓練題(二)

　　Does a bee know what is going on in its mind when it navigates its way to 11 food sources and back to the hive, using polarized sunlight and the tiny magnet it carries as a navigational aid? Or is the bee just a machine, unable to do its mathematics and dance its language in any other way? To use Donald Griffin's term, does a bee have "awareness", or to use a 12 I like better, can a bee think and imagine?

　　There is an experiment for this, or at least an 13 , made long ago by Karl Von Frisch and more recently 14 by James Gould at Princeton. Biologists who wish to study such things as bee navigation, language, and behavior in general have to 15 their bees to fly from the hive to one or another special place. To do this, they begin by placing a source of sugar very close to the hive so that the bees (considered by their trainers to be very dumb beasts) can learn what the game is about. Then, at regular intervals, the dish or whatever is moved 16 farther and farther from the hive, increasing about 25 percent at each move. Eventually, the 17 is being moved 100 feet or more at a jump, very far from the hive. Sooner or later, while this process is going on, the biologists 18 the dish of sugar will find the bees are out there waiting for them, 19 where the 20 position had been planned. This is　an uncomfortable observation to make.

　　A. confirmed

　　B. phrase

　　C. next

　　D. shifting

　　E. observation

　　F. remote

　　G. progressively

　　H. confronted

　　I. distant

　　J. precisely

　　K. quotation

　　L. target

　　M. train

　　N. proficiently

　　0. investigation

　　四級考試英語閱讀訓練題答案

　　II. I 12. B 13. E 14. A 15. M 16. G 17. L 18. D 19. J 20.

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