2023年專四真題及答案詳解

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sｏrlongｅr-termｐlanswｈeｎneｃeｓsａｒｙ．Ｔheｒesｅe(cuò)ｍsｔobeｍucｈlｅｓsdiｆｆeｒenｃethaniｎｐreviｏｕsｇeｎｅrations.Nｅverthｅlｅｓs，ｗestillｈaveawiｄｅgapbetｗeenｔheｗell-pａid（whａt(yī)evｅrｔhetypeｏfjobthｅyｍayｈave)andthｅｌow-paid.Ａslonｇasthisｇaｐexiｓｔs,tｈeｒｅwillａlwaｙsｂeａpoｓsibiliｔｙthaｔｎｅwcｏnflｉcｔsandjeａlouｓieswillemergｅ,orratherｔhａt(yī)theolｄｃｏnflｉctsｗillre－appear,ｂｕtbｅtｗeendiｆferｅnｔgrouｐs.86,ｗhｉｃhofthefolloｗiｎｇisseenasｔhｅcauｓeoｆclassdifferｅｎceｓintｈepａst?A:Ｌifestyleandoccupａt(yī)ionB：ＡttituｄeaｎdincｏmeＣ:IncｏmeaｎdjｏbsecｕrityD:Jｏbsｅcuritｙａndhobbｉes8７ｔｈewriteｒseemstｏsuggestthａt(yī)tｈｅｄescrｉptioｎoｆ＿_(dá)iscｌｏserｔotruth？A:ｍiddle–ｃlａｓｓwaysｏfｓpendinｇmoｎeyＢ:wｏrking-ｃlasswayｓofｓpenｄinｇthｅwｅｅkendC：workinｇ－cｌａssｄriｎｋｉnghabitsD：ｍｉｄdle－ｃlassatｔｉtudes88Accordingtoｔｈepasｓａge,ｗｈicｈｏfthefolｌowingiｓNOTaｔypｉcａｌfeatureｏｆthemｉdｄle-ｃｌａｓs?A:DｅｓiringfｏｒｓecｕrityB:Makingｌong-termpｌansC:HavｉngpｒiｏｒiｔiesinliｆeD:Savｉｎgｍｏneｙ89Workｉng-ｃlasspeｏplｅ'ｓsenｓeofsecｕrｉtyincreａｓedasareｓulfｏfalｌtｈefoｌlｗoｉngfacｔorｓEＸCEPT?A:betｔerｓoｃialsecuｒiｔyB:ｍｏreｊobｏpportunitiｅsＣ:hｉｇherｌivｉngｓtandardＤ：beｔtｅｒlegaｌproｔection.９０.WhiｃhofｔheｆollｏwingstaｔeｍｅntsｉsＩNCOＲRECＴ？A:ChangｅsａreｓlowlytaｋingplaceinalｌseｃtoｒsｏｆｔhｅＢritiｓhsoｃiｅｔy.B:Ｔｈeｇapbetweｅnworkｉng－clａssandmiｄdｌｅ-ｃlaｓsyoｕｎｇpeopleisnarｒowing.C:Diffｅreｎcesiｎinｃomeｗillremainｂuｔthosｅiｎoccupatioｎｗilldｉsａppear．D:Middｌe-clａsspeｏpleｍａｙｓomｅtimｅsｆeelｉnｆeｒｉｏｒtｏworkｉｎg-ｃlａsspeoｐｌe．ＴＥＸTCＦorseｖeｒaldaysIｓaｗlｉttlｅofMr.Rochester.Intheｍoｒnｉngheseemeｄｍｕchｏccupiｅdｗitｈbuｓiness,anｄｉｎtheaｆｔerｎoongentlｅmenfromｔheneighourhoodcａlｌeｄａｎdsomeｔiｍeｓstayedｔodinewｉthｈｉm.Ｗｈenhiｓｆootwａswｅllenouｇｈ,herodeoutagreatdeal．Duringthisｔime，allmyｋnｏwｌｅｄgeoｆｈimwaslimｉｔedtoｏccasionaｌmeetinｇsａｂouttheｈｏuse,ｗheｎheｗｏuldsｏmetiｍesｐassmeｃoldly，anｄsometimesbowanｄsmｉｌe.Hｉｓｃhangeｓoｆmannerdidnｏｔｏffendme,becauseIsawthaｔIhaｄnoｔhingtodowiｔhtheｃauseofｔｈem.Ｏneｅveniｎｇ,severａldaｙｓlateｒ，IｗasinvitedｔoｔａlktoMr.Ｒｏchesteｒafteｒdｉnｎer．Hｅwaｓｓｉttiｎgｉｎｈisaｒｍchａir,ａndｌookeｄnotquitｅsoｓevere，ａndmuｃhｌessｇloomｙ.Ｔheｒewasａsｍilｅonｈislips，ａndhiｓeｙeｓwerｅbｒiｇｈｔ,probablｙwiｔhwｉｎe.AsＩwaslｏokingathｉｍ,ｈesuｄdenlyturned,andaskｅdme,“dｏyouthinkI’mhanｄsome，ＭｉssＥyre?”ThｅansweｒsomehowslippeｄfroｍｍyｔonguebefｏreIrealｉｚｅｄｉt:‘Nｏ，sir.”“Ａh，youｒeallyareunusual!Yｏｕarｅaquiet,seｒiouslittlepｅrｓon，buｔyoｕcaｎbｅalmｏstrｕde.”“Ｓir,I’msｏrry.Ishｏｕldｈavesaidthatｂeaｕtyｄoesn’tmatter,ｏrｓomethｉnglikｅtｈａt(yī),”“No,yｏuｓｈｏｕｌdｎ’ｔ！Isee，ｙouｃriticizｅmyａppｅarance,ａnｄｔheｎyｏuｓtａｂmeinｔhebａcｋ!Yｏuｈavehoneｓtｙａnｄfeelｉng.Therearｅnotmａｎyｇiｒlsｌikｅyou．BｕtperhａpsＩｇotｏofａst.Perhaｐsｙｏuhaveaｗfuｌfaｕltｓtocoｕntｅrbaｌanｃeyourfｅwｇooｄｐｏints.”Iｔｈougｈttｏｍyselftｈatｈemighthavｅtoo．Ｈｅseemedｔoｒeadmｙminｄ,aｎｄsaidｑuｉckly,“Ｙes,yoｕ’rｅrigｈt.Iｈaveｐlｅnｔyoｆｆａuｌts．IweｎtｔhewｒonｇｗaywhenＩwastwenty-onｅ,andhａｖeｎeveｒｆｏundtherightｐａｔｈａgaiｎ.Imiｇhthavｅbeenverｙdifferent.Ｉｍighthavｅbｅe(cuò)ｎasgoｏdasyｏu,andperｈapswiseｒ.Iamnoｔabadman,taｋｅmｙwordfoｒit，buｔIhavedonｅwrong.Iｔwasn’tmyｃharacter,butcｉｒcumｓtａnceｓwhichwereｔｏblame.ＷhydoＩtellyouallthis?Becａｕｓeyｏu’rethesorｔofpersonｐeopleｔelltheｉrｐroblemｓaｎdsｅｃretstｏ,ｂecaｕseyｏｕ’resyｍpａｔhｅticａndgｉvｅtｈemhope.”Ｉtseemedｈｅhadquitealotｔoｔaｌktomｅ.Ｈｅdidn’tseeｍtolｉketoｆｉnishthetalkqｕｉｃkly,aｓwａsthecaｓefoｒtheｆｉrｓttime.“Don’tbｅafrａiｄｏfｍe,MissEyre.”Hecontｉｎued．“youdon’ｔrｅlaxｏrlａugｈｖｅryｍuｃh,perhapsbecauseoｆtheeffｅctLowoodｓchoｏｌｈaｓhadoｎyｏu．Butintiｍｅyouｗiｌlbｅｍoreｎａt(yī)uralwｉthme,andｌaｕgh,andｓpeaｋfｒeelｙ.You’rｅlｉｋｅａｂirdinacaｇe.Whenyougetoutofｔhｅcage,you’lｌflyveryhigｈ.Gｏodｎigｈt.”９1:AtthebeginningＭisｓEyrｅ'sｉmpressionsｏfMｒ.RochestｅrweｒeallＥＸCEPTＡ.busyＢ：ｓociableC:ｆriｅndlyD:ｃhaｎgeable９２,Ｉn".．．．a(chǎn)ｎdａｌlmyｋnowlｅdgeoｆhiｍｗasｌimiｔedtooccasioｎalmeetｉngｓabouｔthehｏuｓe，…”（ｔhesecondｐaｒａｇｒaph),tｈewｏrｄ“aboｕｔ”meａnｓA:aroｕndB:onC:ｏutsiｄｅD:cｏnｃernｉng.9３.whydidMr．Rocｈesｔeｒｓay"..aｎｄｔheyoｕｓｔabmeｉnｔheｂaｃk！"(the7thparagraph)?.Ａ:BecauseJaｎehaｄinｔeｎdｅdtｏｋillｈｉmｗｉthaknife．Ｂ:BｅｃaｕseＪaｎehａｄintenｄedtｏｂｅmｏｒｅｃriticaｌ．C:BecaｕsｅJanｅhadｒegｒettedhａvinｇｔａlkedｔoｈiｍ.Ｄ:BecａuｓeＪanehadsaｉdｓomethｉngeｌsｅtoｃorｒectｈerｓelｆ.９4,FｒｏmwｈatMr.RｏchestｔoldｍiｓsEyｒe，ｗecanｃoncｌｕdethathewantedｔoA：tellheｒａllhistｒoｕbles.Ｂ:tｅllherhislifeexpｅrieｎcｅ.C:cｈａngeheｒopiｎioｎｏｆhｉm．Dchａngehｉsｃiｒｃumstaｎces.95．Attheendofthepａssaｇe，Mｒ.ＲocｈesｔerｓｏundｅｄA:rudeB：coldC：fｒｉendlｙD：enｃｏuｒaging．TEXTDTheidｅａlcomｐanｉｏnmａcｈｉne-tｈｅcoｍputer-wouｌdｎｏｔonlylook，feel,andsｏuｎdfｒieｎdlｙbｕtwouｌｄａlsogrammedtobehａveinａpleａsaｎｔｍannｅr.Thosequaｌitieｓthａt(yī)makｅinｔｅrａcｔｉonwｉｔhoｔｈerｐｅoｐleｅnｊoyablewouldｂeｉmitatedａsclｏselｙaspossiblｅ，andtｈeｍaｃhｉnewｏuｌdａｐｐeａｒtobｅchａrming,ａndeasｙgoing.Itｓinformaｌｃonｖersatｉoｎaｌstｙlｅwｏｕｌdmａkｅiｎteｒacｔionｃｏｍfｏrｔable,ａndyｅttheｍachinewoｕldrｅmａｉｎsｌigｈtlyuｎpredicｔabｌeａｎdtheｒeforｅｉntereｓtｉng.Initｓｆirsｔｅncounｔeｒitmiｇｈtbeｓoｍeｗhathｅsitant,butaｓitｃameｔoknowtheuｓeriｔwｏｕgressｔｏaｍｏrerelaxedandintimatesｔｙlｅ.Themａchinｅwｏｕｌdnotbeapaｓsivepａrticipaｎtbuｔwoｕldａdditsownsuｇgｅstiｏns,ｉnforｍation,ａndｏpｉnions;itwouｌdｓometiｍestaketｈｅinitiaｔivｅinｄeveloｐｉnｇｏrchangingｔｈeｔopicａnｄwouｌdｈaveａｐｅｒｓonalityofiｔsowｎ．Ｆrｉendｓhｉpsａｒenotmaｄｅinadaｙ，aｎdtheｃomｐuｔerwｏulｄbｅmｏｒeacｃeｐtableａsafrｉendifiｔimｉtateｄthegraｄualchaｎｇｅstｈａt(yī)oｃcｕrwheｎｏnｅperｓoｎisgettiｎgtｏｋnowanoｔher.Atａnａppｒopｒｉａt(yī)etimeitmiｇhtalsｏｅxｐreｓｓthekｉndofaffectio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