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MODELTESTONEPartⅠWritingMyViewonMajor-hoppingPeople’sopinionsarealwaysdifferentoncetheytalkaboutmajor-hopping.Thosewhoneverchangetheirmajorthroughouttheirlifemaintainthattheyhavebeenlovingtheirmajorforyearsanddreamingofapplyingwhattheyhavelearnedtotheirfuturework,sowhat’sthepointinchangingtoanothermajor?Theyalsofirmlybelievethatanyonewhowantstoexcelinhisspecialtyhastoworkhardinthesamefieldforyearstoacquiretherequiredskillandknowledge.Manypeoplethinkotherwise.Ontheonehand,iftheyarenotinterestedinorsatisfiedwiththeirmajoratcollege,theydecidetomakeachangewhentheypursuepostgraduatestudies.Ontheotherhand,theyarealsolikelytomakethetransitionbecausetheywanttofindasatisfactoryjobinthefuture.Myownopinionisthatmajor-hopping,inthisfast-developinginformationera,hasbecomemorethancommonandacceptable.Ifwewanttokeeppacewiththetimes,wehavetochangeforthefaster,thehigher,andthestronger.Ifwearesurethatthenewmajorfitsusbetterandwilladdmeaningtoourlife,whycannotwemakeanewbeginning?評(píng)分標(biāo)準(zhǔn)2分—條理不清，思路紊亂，語(yǔ)言支離破碎或大部分句子均有錯(cuò)誤，且多數(shù)為嚴(yán)重錯(cuò)誤。5分—基本切題。表達(dá)思想不清楚，連貫性差。有較多的嚴(yán)重語(yǔ)言錯(cuò)誤。8分—基本切題。有些地方表達(dá)思想不夠清楚，文字勉強(qiáng)連貫；語(yǔ)言錯(cuò)誤相當(dāng)多，其中有一些是嚴(yán)重錯(cuò)誤。11分—切題。表達(dá)思想清楚，文字連貫，但有少量語(yǔ)言錯(cuò)誤。14分—切題。表達(dá)思想清楚，文字通順，連貫性較好，基本上無(wú)語(yǔ)言錯(cuò)誤，僅有個(gè)別小錯(cuò)（轉(zhuǎn)載自第一范文網(wǎng)，請(qǐng)保留此標(biāo)記。）。[注：白卷，作文與題目毫不相關(guān)，或只有幾個(gè)孤立的詞而無(wú)法表達(dá)思想，則給0分。]5．字?jǐn)?shù)不足應(yīng)酌情扣分：累計(jì)字?jǐn)?shù)CET-4110-119100-10990-9980-8970-7960-6950-59<49CET-6140-149130-139120-129110-119100-10990-9980-89<79扣分12345679您可以訪問(wèn)第一范文網(wǎng)（www.DiYiFanW）查看更多與本文《英語(yǔ)4級(jí)作文評(píng)分標(biāo)準(zhǔn)》相關(guān)的文章。PartⅡReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)【文章大意】本文作者描述了傾聽(tīng)的重要性。在傾聽(tīng)的過(guò)程中，要真誠(chéng)細(xì)心，應(yīng)注意說(shuō)話交流的方式，真心誠(chéng)意聽(tīng)取別人的建議，并盡力去理解別人的觀點(diǎn)。最后，作者指出，傾聽(tīng)并不是一種需求，而是一種贈(zèng)與。1.A根據(jù)文章第2段內(nèi)容：Howmanytimeshaveyoubeenfrustratedbysomeonenotlisteningtowhatyouhavetosay?原因清楚，有人不聽(tīng)你的，因此選擇A。選項(xiàng)Bhear表示聽(tīng)見(jiàn)、聽(tīng)到（某些內(nèi)容），而選項(xiàng)Alistento表示傾聽(tīng)、聽(tīng)著，兩者有所區(qū)別。2.D根據(jù)文章第2個(gè)小標(biāo)題下第一段的內(nèi)容，Effectivemanagersareactivelisteners.Theydon’twaitformembersoftheirstafftocometothem;theymakeanactiveefforttofindoutwhatpeoplethinkandfeelbyaskingthem.(好的經(jīng)理主動(dòng)出擊，了解員工的感受)，因此選擇D。3.D根據(jù)文章第2個(gè)小標(biāo)題下第四段的內(nèi)容，Thefakelistenerdoesn’tfoolanyone.Rareeyecontact,shufflingfeet,busyhands,andmeaninglessreplies,like“That’sinteresting”and“Isthatright?”givethemaway.注意問(wèn)題的關(guān)鍵詞：except(除了……之外),因此，選項(xiàng)D正是原文中虛偽的聽(tīng)者所缺乏的（Rareeyecontact）。4.B根據(jù)文章第2個(gè)小標(biāo)題下第五段的內(nèi)容，Mostpeopledon’tlistenwiththeintenttounderstand;theylistenwiththeintenttoreply.Evenatwork,whereperformancetakespriorityoverrelationships,listeningcarefullytounderstandtheotherperson’spointofview,beforeyoueventhinkaboutreplying,isthekeytoproductivecommunication.因此選擇B。其余選項(xiàng)內(nèi)容原文沒(méi)有涉及。5.C根據(jù)文章第3個(gè)小標(biāo)題下第一段的內(nèi)容，Whenwedon’tfeelheardbyoursuperiors,fewofusgiveuprightaway.Wewritememos,weasktomeetwiththem,wetrytocommunicateourneedsandconveyourpointsofview.Thenwegiveup.Frequently,wecomplaintoourcoworkersandourfamilyandfriends.注意問(wèn)題的關(guān)鍵詞：not，因此選擇C，符合原文“fewofusgiveuprightaway”的含義。其余選項(xiàng)內(nèi)容都是我們應(yīng)對(duì)這種情況采取的不同的辦法。6.A根據(jù)文章第4個(gè)小標(biāo)題下第一段內(nèi)容，Listeningisimportantatworkbecauseitenablespeopletounderstandeachother,getalong,andgetthejobdone.Butdon’tgettoopersonal.Don’tletyourcompassionallowsomeonetotalkabouttheirpersonalproblems.Thismybehappeningifyou’retheonlypersonhetalkstoorifsheusesyoursympathyasmorethananoccasionalexcusefortakingtimeofforfornotgettingworkdone.因此選擇A。選項(xiàng)C是作者假設(shè)可能會(huì)出現(xiàn)的情況，并不是必然的結(jié)果。7.C根據(jù)文章第4個(gè)小標(biāo)題下第二段的內(nèi)容，Agoodsupervisorkeepschannelsofcommunicationopen-andkeepsthemfocusedonthetaskathand—byaskingforfrequentfeedbacksabouthowthingsaregoing(onthejob).因此選擇C。其余選項(xiàng)的內(nèi)容文章中沒(méi)有明確提及。8.givingcriticismormakingsuggestions根據(jù)文章第4個(gè)小標(biāo)題下面的內(nèi)容，Rememberthatitcanbeintimidating(脅迫，威嚇)ofsubordinatestogivecriticismormakesuggestions.注意，在本題空白處，根據(jù)此句的語(yǔ)法結(jié)構(gòu)，應(yīng)使用原文“givecriticismormakesuggestions”的動(dòng)詞現(xiàn)在分詞形式。9.differentfrom/notthesameas根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第三段落，開(kāi)首句：Keepinmindthedifferencebetweendissent(異議)anddefiance(挑釁).注意，在本題空白處，根據(jù)此句的語(yǔ)法結(jié)構(gòu)，應(yīng)使用原文“thedifference”的形容詞形式，并注意其常用的搭配。10.comment(s)/remark(s)/objection根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第2段落的內(nèi)容，…Someonewhohearsadefiantobjectionwilltendtoeitherignorethecommentorrudelybecounter-defiant.PartⅢListeningComprehensionSectionA11-15CDDCC16-20BCAAB21-25CBDCASectionB26-30CDCDA31-35BDBACSectionCBoy,tourismreallyisabigbusinessthesedays.It’s(36)amazing.Itinvolveshotels,transportation,restaurants,shops,andthousandsofpeople.Thetourcompanieskeeptellinguswhatagoodthingitis…abouthowmuchwecanlearnaboutpeopleand(37)customs,butsometimesI(38)wonderifthisisreallytrue.A(39)couplethatIknowwentabroadlastsummer.Theytraveledwithatourgroup.It’sinterestingto（40）comparetheirexperienceswithsomeoftheexperiencesofotherpeopleinthesametourgroup.Myfriends,fortunately,hadsome(41)acquaintances,orfriends,actually,alongthe(42)routesoftheirtour.Insomeofthecitiestheyweregoingto,theyknewsomelocalpeople.Whentheygottodifferentplaces,theycouldgooutwithsomeofthelocalpeopleandtheycouldeatsomeofthelocalfoodandmaybeseesomeofthelocal(43)sights.Othermembersofthetourgroup,however,nevergotawayfromthegroupatall.Theyneverwentoutanddidathingontheirown.(44)Ofcoursethetourcompanyleavesitprettymuchuptothepeopletodowhatevertheywant.Iunderstandwhypeoplewouldn’tgooutontheirown(45)becauseoflanguageproblemsandbeingalittlebitafraid.Butitseemstomethat(46)themoretouristscanmixwithlocalpeople,thebetteroffeveryoneis.Iftourcompaniesemphasizedthat,everyonereallywouldlearnaboutotherpeopleandothercustoms.PartⅣReadingComprehension(ReadinginDepth)SectionA47.C此處應(yīng)填副詞，修飾動(dòng)詞know,從下一句的轉(zhuǎn)折句“Butuntilnow…”中可判斷本句在時(shí)間上是以前就知曉，但直到現(xiàn)在才清楚……，故選項(xiàng)C符合句意。48.L此處應(yīng)填副詞，修飾動(dòng)詞protected;這也是句內(nèi)理解題，從本句“producedanaturalrepellent”中可知這里的those指的是那類能制造天然驅(qū)蚊劑從而有效抵御蚊子侵?jǐn)_的人，故選項(xiàng)L)符合句意。選項(xiàng)A是干擾項(xiàng)，意為“通常，一般說(shuō)來(lái)，正常情況下”，是泛指，而此處是特指那些能更好保護(hù)自己的人，故選項(xiàng)L)更符合句意。49.I慣用搭配題。ofone’sown完完全全屬于某人自己。50.F本句是句內(nèi)理解題。從本句的轉(zhuǎn)折句“Butwe’vecomeatitfroma…pointofviewandsuggestedthat…”中可判斷此處也是一種設(shè)想，只是與后面相反，故此處需填含有“設(shè)想”含義的動(dòng)詞，且時(shí)態(tài)應(yīng)是現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)，選項(xiàng)F）符合題意。51.N同50題，句內(nèi)理解題。此處應(yīng)填形容詞；從轉(zhuǎn)折詞“but”可推斷此處的觀點(diǎn)與前面不同，故選項(xiàng)N）符合句意。列表中的另一個(gè)形容詞，選項(xiàng)G)意為“不同的，各種的，多方面的，許多的”，而此處限定一種觀點(diǎn)，故排除選項(xiàng)G)。52.D從本句可知，此處需填動(dòng)詞，且時(shí)態(tài)為過(guò)去式，列表中選項(xiàng)D和M）（假裝）符合此條件，但只有選項(xiàng)D符合句意，“當(dāng)他們把這些化學(xué)物質(zhì)噴到那些平常招蚊子的人身上時(shí)”，其慣用搭配spraysth.（on/oversb./sth.）向某人/某物噴霧狀的（液體）。53.A見(jiàn)52題。此處需填副詞，修飾動(dòng)詞attract，列表中余下的兩個(gè)副詞，選項(xiàng)A和O）（自愿地）中，只有選項(xiàng)A符合句意。54.H從謂語(yǔ)部分可知，此處需填復(fù)數(shù)名詞作主語(yǔ)，且指代蚊子，只有選項(xiàng)H)含有此意。此處以“insects”取代“mosquitoes”，是同義詞替換，它們是復(fù)現(xiàn)關(guān)系。55.J根據(jù)句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知，此處需填動(dòng)詞，時(shí)態(tài)為現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時(shí)，選項(xiàng)B和J)符合此條件，但只有J)符合句意。56.E此處需填復(fù)數(shù)名詞，修飾形容詞different。選項(xiàng)E）和K)（部分）符合此條件，但此處意為“幾種化學(xué)物質(zhì)的不同比例”，而非化學(xué)物質(zhì)的各個(gè)部分，故選項(xiàng)E)符合句意。SectionB57.D細(xì)節(jié)理解題參見(jiàn)第1段。選項(xiàng)A中的建筑既可能是老的也可能是新的。威尼斯之所以與眾不同，在于它比比皆是的古老建筑。選項(xiàng)B是具體實(shí)例，涵蓋太窄。選項(xiàng)C文中沒(méi)有提及。故選D。58.A細(xì)節(jié)推論題參見(jiàn)第1段最后一句。盡管句子用了虛擬語(yǔ)氣，但根據(jù)上下文可以推斷，威尼斯老建筑之多堪比一座大博物館。故選A。59.A細(xì)節(jié)理解題參見(jiàn)第3段。選項(xiàng)B、C和D文中沒(méi)有提及。選項(xiàng)A與句中的wash是同義替換。故選A。60.D細(xì)節(jié)理解題參見(jiàn)第4段第1句。選項(xiàng)B和C第4段沒(méi)有提及。選項(xiàng)A涵蓋過(guò)寬。并不是所有的威尼斯人都急于使他們的城市現(xiàn)代化。故選D。61.B細(xì)節(jié)推論題參見(jiàn)最后一段最后一句。通過(guò)上下文和作者的語(yǔ)氣（tone）可以推斷，作者為威尼斯的將來(lái)感到擔(dān)憂。故選B。62.D主旨題A項(xiàng)“如何發(fā)展兒童的潛力”只談到了第一段涉及的部分內(nèi)容，B項(xiàng)“對(duì)兒童心理的研究”，片面地概括了第二段后半部分，C項(xiàng)“兒童對(duì)抽象數(shù)字的概念”的依據(jù)僅僅是第二段最后一句。所以這三項(xiàng)都不夠全面。只有D項(xiàng)從整體上對(duì)全文兩段的內(nèi)容進(jìn)行了簡(jiǎn)明扼要的概括。63.C細(xì)節(jié)題在本文第一段中“Soontheyarecapableofdoingthattheyhaveplacedfiveknives,fivespoons,andfiveforksonthetableand,abitlater,thatthisamountstofifteenpiecesofsilverware.”由此可以看出，A，B，D三項(xiàng)都不符合這句話的意思，因此只能選。64.B細(xì)節(jié)題第二段有一句話“theyrefused,forinstance,toconcedethatquantityisunchangedaswaterpoursfromashortstoutglassintoatallthinone”,這里“they”指的是“children”。所以四個(gè)答案中只有B符合。65.B綜合判斷題原文中是以“pencils”舉例說(shuō)明的，這里換成了“balls”，但是目的是相同的，都是為了表述兒童更愿意根據(jù)顏色的不同來(lái)數(shù)數(shù)，而不是數(shù)總數(shù)。四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中只有B最為準(zhǔn)確。66.B綜合判斷題有些數(shù)字概念是人天生就有的，但是也有一些是后天學(xué)習(xí)獲得的。A項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤理解了第一段最后舉的例子；C項(xiàng)和D項(xiàng)在第二段最后提到，都不是先天獲取的數(shù)學(xué)知識(shí)。只有B項(xiàng)是第一段中明確給出的例子。PartⅤCloze67.B蛇是爬行動(dòng)物，故用“爬行”來(lái)描述蛇的行進(jìn)是最恰當(dāng)?shù)?。其它各?xiàng)Aleaped“跳躍”；Csauntered“閑逛、散步”；Dstrolled“散步”。均無(wú)此意。68.C烏鴉一旦會(huì)飛，蛇就無(wú)法接近它們，因此，此處應(yīng)填入before表示在它會(huì)飛以前。69.D烏鴉不知該怎么辦，就去請(qǐng)教豺，應(yīng)該做些什么，所以用what。70.C從下一句“…aswearenotstrongenough”是因?yàn)椴粔驈?qiáng)大。所以是不能用“武力”來(lái)阻止眼鏡蛇。故此用byforce。71.B既然不能用武力阻止，就得用“計(jì)謀、詭計(jì)”，所以用craft最合適。72.A此處用“貪婪”來(lái)形容眼鏡蛇很恰當(dāng)，因?yàn)樯衔恼f(shuō)它們每年都要吃。Bsly“狡猾”；Cclever“聰明的”；Dmad“瘋狂的”。73.DAthat不能用于此。因?yàn)閠hat引導(dǎo)賓語(yǔ)從句在從句中不做句子成份。這樣賓語(yǔ)從句結(jié)構(gòu)不完整，tell缺直接賓語(yǔ)。Bhow表示方式，用于此處不當(dāng)。因?yàn)榇颂幨墙淮白鍪裁础倍皇恰叭绾巫觥薄which“哪一個(gè)”，不符合題意。Dwhat“什么”，表示要做的內(nèi)容最為恰當(dāng)。故D項(xiàng)為正確答案。74.B烏鴉聽(tīng)了豺的話，順從地按照它的話去做，因此此處填入obediently(順從地)最合題意。Ahappily“高興地”，眼鏡蛇一日不除，烏鴉就不可能高興。Cfaithfully“忠誠(chéng)地、忠實(shí)地”，不符原文意思。Dhopefully“充滿希望地”。這時(shí)候說(shuō)滿懷希望為時(shí)過(guò)早，因?yàn)橛?jì)謀剛剛開(kāi)始。75.C此處為定語(yǔ)從句，修飾“river”,引導(dǎo)詞在句中做地點(diǎn)狀語(yǔ)，where在這種情況下可以等同于介詞+which，故where是正確答案。76.A描述烏鴉的動(dòng)作用“抓起來(lái)”最合適。Asnatchup“突然抓起來(lái)”，符合文義。Btookup“開(kāi)始做，從事某項(xiàng)活動(dòng)”，與文意相去太遠(yuǎn)。Cdeceived“欺騙”；Dexchanged“交換、交流”。意思不當(dāng)。77.C項(xiàng)鏈應(yīng)該是公主自己放在岸上的，故用left。78.B聯(lián)系上下文，烏鴉的用意在于引這些人去眼鏡蛇的地方，故應(yīng)該是“剛好抓不著”。因此用outofreach。79.D聯(lián)系上下文，此處應(yīng)為“徑直向眼鏡蛇的家跑去”。因此B、C兩選項(xiàng)不可選，Adirect“直接的”，形容詞，不能修飾動(dòng)詞。Dstraight“徑直的（地），直截了當(dāng)?shù)模ǖ兀?。既可做形容詞，又做副詞可修飾動(dòng)詞，因此D項(xiàng)是正確答案。80.C此處為伴隨狀語(yǔ)，用現(xiàn)在分詞表示伴隨發(fā)生的動(dòng)作，符合文義，即烏鴉飛到蛇的窗前，讓人們以為它進(jìn)入了蛇窩。81.A眼鏡蛇的進(jìn)攻應(yīng)該是迅速的，立即的，故用atonce。82.B由于是事先計(jì)劃好的，所以烏鴉肯定能安全逃離，managetodosth意為設(shè)法做成某事，所以B為正確答案。83.CAabundant“豐富的”；Bwealthy“富有的”；Cvaluable“值錢(qián)的、貴重的”；Dprosperous“旺盛的、繁榮的”。很顯然用valuable修飾necklace最合適。84.D固定搭配：nosooner…than“剛……就”。85.D此處thing指上文的necklace。Asupercilious“目空一切的、傲慢的”；Bnoble“貴族的、高尚的”；Cprecise“精確的”；Dprecious“寶貴的、珍貴的”?？梢钥闯鲋挥蠨答案可以修飾necklace。86.Ahealthy是形容詞，并列結(jié)構(gòu)詞性相同。故safe應(yīng)用形容詞形式。Bsafety，名詞；Csafely，副詞。均不合要求。并列成分語(yǔ)法結(jié)構(gòu)相似，故safe也不能用比較級(jí)，所以A項(xiàng)正確。PartⅥTranslation87.theywouldleavemeoutofitcompletely88.thrownoutofacarortrainwindow89.inurgentneedofmedicalcare90.nodoubt/nodenying91.asmanytimesastheyneed聽(tīng)力原文MODELTEST1SectionA11.W:IsLeeroneofyourformerclassmates?M:No,hewasalreadyaseniorofourfour-yearuniversitywhenIbecameafreshmanthere.Q:HowmanyyearsearlierdidLeergotocollegethantheman?12.W:DoyouthinkyoucanhavemyglassesreadybySaturdaymorning?M:I’mafraidIcan’t.Sundayafternoonwillbetheearliesttimethatyoucouldhavethem.Q:Whenwillthewomanbeabletogetherglasses?13.M:YouhavebeeninLondonforseveralmonths.Howdoyoulikethecity?W:Theonlythingisthesunneversmiles.It’salwaysgreyandunhappy.Q:Whatdoesn’tthewomanseemtolikeaboutLondon?14.W:DoyouknowwhatJulia’shobbiesare?M:Idon’tknow.Butshelikesnothingbetterthantotalkonthetelephonewithherfriends.Q:WhathavewelearnedaboutJulia?15.M:Haveyoupassedallyourexamsyet?W:IgotanAinchemistryandtwoBsinEnglishandhistory.ButIhavetotakethemathexamagainwithoutanyconfidence.Q:Whichexamdidn’tthewomanpass?16.M:MayIspeaktoMr.White—themanager?W:Heistalkingtoourclientnow.Wouldyoupleasecallagaininaboutaquarter?Q:Whatdoesthewomansuggestthatthemando?17.W:ProfessorWang’scarhasgotascratch.M:Whatashame!ButmaybeIcangivehimahandwiththepaintwork.Q:Whatdoesthemanmean?18.W:Iwonderifyouhavesomechange.Iwanttomakeacall.M:Sorry,Ihaveonlythreecoins,butIneedthemformycommutingfare.Q:Whatdoesthemanwanttodowiththecoins?Nowyou’llheartwolongconversations.ConversationOneM:WhatdidyouthinkaboutthevideoweweresupposedtowatchforProfessorStephen’sclass?W:Ididn’tseeit.Wasitgood?M:Reallyitwas.Itwasaboutstress,theeffectsofstressonthenationalhealth.W:Itwasinteresting,right?M:Yes.Ithinktheysaidthatoneoutofninewomenaged45to65willhaveaheartattack.W:I’msurprisedatthat.M:Iwastoo.Oh,anotherthing.Theysaidthatwomenusuallydon’tgetthesamelevelofcareasmendo,sotheheartattackislikelytobemoreserious.W:Whyisthat?M:Becausemanymembersofthemedicalprofessionstillthinkofaheartattackasamaleproblem,sotheydon’trecognizethesymptomsinwomenpatients.W:Well,itdoessoundveryinteresting.I’mgoingtotrytoseeitbeforeclassnexttime,soI’llbereadyforthediscussion.Questions19to22arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.19.Whydoesthemanwatchthevideo?20.Accordingtotheman,whatisthevideoabout?21.Whatdoesthemanlearnfromthevideo?22.Whatwillthewomanprobablydonext?ConversationTwoM:ProfessorDay,MayIseeyouforaminute?W:Sure.Comeonin.What’sthematter?M:I’vegotaproblem.Ineedyourtechnicalwritingclass,soIwentearlytotheregistrationarea,butbythetimeIgottothefrontoftheline,itwasclosed.See,myadvisorsignedmycourserequestandeverything.W:That’sabigclassalready.Ifitisclosed,thatmeansIhave50studentsinitnow.M:I’mnotsurprised.It’sareallygoodclassandmanystudentswanttoattendit.W:Can’tyoutakeitnextyear?Weofferiteveryfall.M:Well,that’stheproblem.I’msupposedtobegraduatingthisspring.But,ofcourse,Ican’tgraduatewithoutyourclass.W:Isee.Inthatcase,I’llsignitforyou.Itlooksliketherewillbe51.Takethisformbacktotheregistrationarea.Theywillgetyouin.M:Thanks,ProfessorDay.Ireallyappreciatethis!Questions23to25arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.23.Whatistheproblemofthestudent?24.Whatdoweknowaboutthiscourse?25.WhatdoesProfessorDaydecidetodo?SectionBPassageOneThemotel,ormotorinn,isthelatestkindofplaceinwhichpeoplewhoareawayfromhomecanstay.Thefirstmotelopened,itissaid,in1901inArizona.ItwascalledAskin’sCottageCamp.LateritwasknownasAskin’sAutoCamp,andthemotelisstillinoperationthere.Itisbelievedthatthewordwasfirstusedin1925bytheMilestoneMotel.Whentheownerwaspaintingthenameoftheplaceonasignandsawthathehadnotallowedenoughroomontheboardtohave“MilestoneMotorHotel”,hechangeditto“MilestoneMotel”.Fromtheearlydayswhenaten-roomcourtwasconsideredlarge,motelshavegrown.Todaytherearemanywithhundredsofunits.Moreover,motelownersprovidemoreandmorefortheguests’comfortandpleasure—suchthingsasachoiceoffreeradioortelevision,swimmingpools,freeparkingandtelephoneserviceineveryroom.Questions26to28arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.26.Whenandwheredidthefirstmotelopen?27.Howwastheword“Motel”created?28.Whichofthefollowingisnotmentionedasconvenienceinamotel?PassageTwoRecently,over30millionAmericansofbothsexesandallageshaveshowngreatinterestinwalking.Theyhaveastrongdesiretokeepfit.Bynature,Americansareenthusiasticandenergeticabouthobbiesorpastimes.Asaresult,therearewalkers’clubstojoininandmanybooksandmagazinestoreadaboutwalking.Walkingisprobablythemostoverlookedwaytophysicalfitness.Likeotherexercises,itcanhelpcontrolweight,strengthentheheartandlungs,easestressandbuildupenergy.Unlikemanyexercises,walkingissimple,easyandcheap.Middle-agedmensufferfromheartdisease,thenation’snumberonekiller.Thus,theyarestronglyinterestedinwalking.Infact,manydoctorsencouragetheirpatientstobecomemorephysicallyactive.Itisinterestingtonotethattherateofheartdiseasebegantodecreasebetween1992and1994anditisstilldecreasing.Rememberthatitispossibletooverdoanything,evenwalking.Manyconfusedwalkersoverdoandfinallysufferfromankleandfootdamage.Becarefulnottooverexertyourself,especiallyinhotweather.Questions29to31arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.29.WholikesthephysicalexerciseofwalkingintheUnitedStates?30.WhyareAmericanssointerestedinwalking?31.Whatistrueabouttherateofheart