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2015英语四级小题训练
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A)victimsB)technologyC)roleD)respectivelyE)projectsF)offers
G)informationH)imagesI)forwardJ)especiallyK)entire
L)cooperativeM)comprehensiveN)assumingO)acting
PART1Directions:
Inthissection,thereisapassagewithtenblanks.
Aswarspreadstomanycornersoftheglobe,childrensadlyhavebeendrawnintothecenterofconflicts.InAfghanistan,Bosnia,andColombia,however,groupsofchildrenhavebeentakingpartinpeaceeducation__1__.Thechildren,afterlearningtoresolveconflicts,tookonthe__2__ofpeacemakers.TheChildren'sMovementforPeaceinColombiawasevennominated(提名)fortheNobelPeacePrizein1998.groupsofchildren__3__aspeacemakersstudiedhumanrightsandpovertyissuesinColombia,eventuallyformingagroupwithfiveotherschoolsinBogotaknownasTheSchoolsofPeace.
Theclassroom__4__opportunitiesforchildrentoreplaceangry,violentbehaviorswith__5__,peacefulones.Itisintheclassroomthatcaringandrespectforeachpersonempowerschildrentotakeastep__6__towardbecomingpeacemakers.Fortunately,educatorshaveaccesstomanyonlineresourcesthatare__7__usefulwhenhelpingchildrenalongthepath
topeace.TheYoungPeacemakersClub,startedin1992,providesaWebsitewithresourcesforteachersand__8__onstartingaKindnessCampaign.TheWorldCentersofCompassionforChildrenInternationalcallattentiontochildren'srightsandhowtohelpthe__9__ofwar.StartingaPeacemakers'Clubisapraiseworthyventureforaclassandonethatcouldspreadtootherclassroomsandideallyaffectthecultureofthe__10__school.
PART2Directions:
Inthissection,youaregoingtoreadapassagewithtenstatementsattachedtoit.Eachstatementcontainsinformationgiveninoneoftheparagraphs.Identifytheparagraphfromwhichtheinformationisderived.Youmaychooseaparagraphmorethanonce.Eachparagraphismarkedwithaletter.
TheArtofFriendship
A)OneeveningafewyearsagoIfoundmyselfinananxiety.Nothingwasreallywrong myfamilyandIwerehealthy,mycareerwasbusyandsuccessful--Iwasjustfeelingvaguelydownandinneedofafriendwhocouldraisemyspirits,someonewhowouldmeetmeforcoffeeandletmerantuntilthecloudslifted.Idialedmybestfriend,whonowlivesacrossthecountryinCalifornia,andgothervoicemail.That'swhenitstartedtodawnonme--lonesomenesswasattherootofmydreariness.Mysociallifehaddwindledtoalmostnothing,butsomehowuntilthatmomentI'dbeentoobusytonotice.Nowithitmehard.Myoldfriends,buddiessincecollegeorevenchildhood,knoweverythingaboutme;whentheyleft,theyhadtakenmycontextwiththem.
B)Researchhasshownthelong-rangenegativeconsequencesofsocialisolationonone'shealth.Butmyconcernsweremoreshort-term.Ineededtofeelunderstoodrighttheninthewaythatonlyagirlfriendcanunderstandyou.Iknewitwouldbewrongtoexpectmyhusbandtoreplacemyfriends:
Hecouldn't,andevenifhecould,towhomwouldIthencomplainaboutmyhusband?
SoIresolvedtoacquirenewfriends--womenlikemewhohadkidsandenjoyedrollingtheireyesattheworldalittlebitjustasIdid.SinceI'dbemakingfriendswithmoreintentionthanI'devergiventheprocess,IrealizedIcouldbeselective,thatIcouldineffectdesignmyownsociallife.Thedownside,ofcourse,wasthatIfeltprettyfrightened.
C)Afterall,it'sawholelothardertomakefriendsinmidlifethatitiswhenyon're younger--afact womanI'vespokenwithpointoutagainandagain.AsLeslieDanzig,41,aChicagotheaterdirectorandmother,seesit,whenyou'reinyourteensand20s,you'remoreorlessfriendswitheveryoneunlessthere'sareasonnottobe.Yourcollegeroommatebecomesyourbestpalatleastpartlyduetoproximity.Nowthereneedstobeareasontobefriends."TherearemanypeopleI'mcomfort-ablearound,butIwouldn'tgosofarastocallthemfriends.Comfortisn'tenoughtosustainarealfriendship,"Danzigsays.
D)Atfirst,findingnewcompanionsfeltawkward.At40Icouldn'trunuptopeoplethewaymy4-year-olddaughtersdointheplaygroundandask,"Willyoubemyfriend?
Everytimeyoustartanewrelationship,you'revulnerableagain,"agreesKathleenHall,DMin,founderandCEOoftheStressInstitute,inAtlanta."You'reasking,'Wouldyouliketocomeintomylife?
'Itmakesusself-conscious."
E)Fortunately,mydiscomfortsoonpassed.Irealizedthatasamaturefriendseekermyvulnerabilityriskwasactuallyprettylow.Ifsomeonedidn'ttakemeuponmyoffer,sowhat:
Iwasn'tinjuniorhigh,whenImighthavebeenrejectedforhavingthewrongclothesorhair.AtmyageIhaveamassedenoughself-esteemtorealizethatIhaveplentyto