专业英语四级阅读模拟题20READING COMPREHENSIONTEXT AIt is customary for adults to forget how hard and dull and long school is. The learning by memory of all the basic things one must know is most incredible and unending effort. Learning to read is probably the most difficult and revolutionary thing that happens to the human brain and if you don't believe that, watch an illiterate adult try to do it. School is not easy and it is not for the most part very much fun, but then, if you are very lucky, you may find a real teacher. Three real teachers in a lifetime are the very best of my luck. My first was a science and math teacher in high school, my second, a professor of creative writing at Stanford, and my third was my friend and partner, Ed Rickets.I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. It might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.My three teachers had these things in common: They all loved what they were doing. They did not tell. They catalyzed (催化，刺激) a burning desire to know. Under their influence, the horizon sprung wide and fear went away and the unknown became knowable. But most important of all, the truth, that dangerous stuff, became beautiful and very precious.I shall only speak of my first teacher because in addition to the other things, she brought discovery. She aroused us to shouting, book-waving discussion. She had the noisiest class in school and she didn't even seem to know it. We could never stick to the subject. Our speculation ranged the world. She breathed curiosity into us so that we brought in facts or truths shielded in our hands like captured fireflies.She was fired and perhaps rightly so, for failing to teach fundamentals. Such things must be learned. But she left a passion in us for the pure knowable world and she in flamed me with a curiosity which has never left. I could not do simple arithmetic but through her I sensed that abstract mathematics was very much like music. When she was relieved, sadness came over us but the light did not go out. She left her signature on us, the literature of the teacher who writes on minds. I have had many teachers who told me soon-forgotten backs but only three who crested in me a new thing, a newattitude and a new hunger. I suppose that to a large extent I am the unsigned manuscript of the high school teacher. What deathless power lies in the hands of such a person?I can tell my son who looks forward with horror to fifteen years of drudgery (繁重而乏味的工作) that somewhere in the dusty dark a magic may happen that will light up the years if he is very lucky.1. According to the first paragraph, the author assumes thatA.an illiterate adult enjoys learning knowledge.B.learning to read is a tough thing.C.school life is easy and enjoyable.D.adults often remember their dull school life.答案：B事实细节题。
第一段提到，识字读书也许是人的脑子碰上的最艰巨、最具变革性的事情。
原文中的the most difficult and revolutionary thing和B中的a tough thing属于同义转述，故B为答案。
A“成年的文盲喜欢学习新知识”是对该段第三句后半部分的错误理解；该段前半部分都在谈论读书是如何的hard，dull以及difficult等，故C与文意相反；D与该段第一句矛盾。
2. According to the passage, all of the following can make a teacher EXCEPT thatA.teachers are keen on their career.B.teachers can enlighten students to conceive.C.teachers should be also artists in other fields.D.teachers inspire students to discover.答案：C事实细节题。
作者在第二段首句说“良师像艺术家一样难得”，这并不是说良师应该是另外一个领域的艺术家；因此C错误地理解了作者的意思，为本题答案。
作者在第三段首句谈到他三个老师的共同点时说到，they all loved what they were doing，由此看出A是该句的同义转述；而B“老师能够启发学生去想象”、D“老师激励学生去发现”在文中第三段、第四段均有相关表述，故不能作为本题答案。
3. According to the author, what's the most important feature for a real teacher?A.A teacher should make fun in the class.B.A teacher should breathe curiosity into students.C.A teacher should impart basic things.D.A teacher should be knowledgeable.答案：B事实细节题。
实际上，文章从第二段开始都在谈论老师的好品质，但自始至终未提到“老师应该在课堂开玩笑”、“老师应该博学”，因此A、D均不正确；作者在第六段提到，他的第一个老师被开除了，因为她没有教授一些基本的知识，尽管这样，作者认为她仍然是一位好老师，故C与文意不符。
作者在五段回忆第一个老师时谈到“她把好奇之心注入我们心中”，由此看出B正确。
4. Mentioning the first teacher's influence, the author compared himself toA.a captured firefly.B.a musician.C.light.D.an unsigned manuscript.答案：D事实细节题。
浏览选项，captured firefly在第五段末提到，由该处可知，作者是把获得的事实与真理比作抓在手里的萤火虫，故A不正确；作者在第六段第四句曾说，当时他连最简单的数学也不会做，但通过第一个老师，他感觉抽象的数学就像音乐一样，由此看出B是对该处的错误理解；在该段第五句，作者说老师走了，但那光明却从未熄灭，可见，“光明”不是指作者自己，故C也错误；在该段最后作者提到“我认为自己在很大程度上就是那位中学老师的未署名的手稿”，所以D为本题答案。
5. An appropriate title for the passage might beA.What Makes a Real Teacher.B.My first Real Teacher.C.Three Teachers of Mine.D.A Teacher Who Inflames Me.答案：A主旨大意题。