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as a writer. B) Her way to success was full of pains and frustrations. C) She was constantly under pressure of writing more. D) Most of her stories had been rejected by publishers.43. Why did Rebecca want to enter this year’s writing contest? A) She believed she possessed real talent for writing. B) She was sure of winning with her mother’s help.C) She wanted to share her stories with readers. D) She had won a prize in the previous contest.44. The author took great pains to refine her daughter’s stories because___________. A) she believed she had the knowledge and experience to offer guidance. B) she did not want to disappoint Rebecca who needed her help so much C) she wanted to help Rebecca realize her dream of being a writer D) she was afraid Rebecca’s imagination might run wild while writing’s the author’s advice for parents? A) A writing career, though attractive, is not for every child to pursue. B) Children should be allowed freedom to grow through experience. C) Parents should keep an eye on the activities their kids engage in. D) Children should be given every chance to voice their opinions.Passage Three Question 4650 are based on the following passageQuestions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage: Everything that is new or unmon raises a pleasure in the imagination, and because it fills the soul with a pleasant surprise, satisfies its curiosity, and gives it an idea which it did not possess before. We are too much familiar with one set of objects and tired out with so many repeated shows of the same things and whatever is new or unmon contributes a little to vary human life with the strangeness of its appearance: it serves us for a kind of refreshment, and takes off that satiety (厭膩) we tend to plain of in our usual and ordinary entertainment. It is this variety that gives our mind something new and relieves our attention from dwelling too long and wasting itself on any particular object. It is this, likewise, that improves what is great or beautiful, and makes it afford our mind a double entertainment. Woods, fields, and meadows are at any season of the year pleasant to look upon but never so much as in the beginning of the spring, when they are all new and fresh and not yet too much accustomed and familiar to the eye. For this reason there is nothing that makes a prospect more fascinating than rivers or sprays of water from fountains, where the scene is constantly shifting and entertaining the sight every moment with something new. We are quickly tired with looking upon hills and valleys, where everything remains fixed and settled in the same place and manner, but find our thoughts a little excited and relieved at the sight of such objects as are ever in motion and sliding away from beneath our eyes. of the following contains the main idea of the passage? A) Whatever is new is more worthwhile than that which is old. B) Strangeness makes a thing fascinating. C) We must change the old for the new to achieve variety. D) We cannot evaluate the worth of an item until it is no longer new. , fields, and meadows are never so pleasant to look upon as in the beginning of the spring because ______. A) they satisfy our curiosity B) they seem to us new and fresh after the long winter time C) they are something unfamiliar to our eyes D) they fill our souls with a pleasant surprise author find fountains fascinating because ______. A) of the beauty of their appearance B) of the freshness of the water C) of the movement of the water D) of the beauty of nature author39。s implied purpose in this passage is to ______. A) entertain the reader B) prevent the reader from making mistakes C) present an alternative view D) improve the readers39。 sense of right and wrong of the following describes the development of the ideas in this passage? A) The thought moves by association from one aspect to another. B) The thought moves from a hypothesis to an application of the hypothesis. C) The thought moves from a generalization to a series of observations to prove the generalization. D) The thought moves from event to event in a time sequence.Part V Vocabulary and Structure 10minutes Directions: There are a number of inplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best pletes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. it ever ________ you that he could be the murderer? A) occur to B) occur in C) happen to D) happen with simply cannot refrain from talking about the party again and again。 she had a wonderful time there, ________ she? A) hadn39。t B) had C) didn39。t D) weren39。t tourist spoke English with a strong American ________. A) accident B) accent C) absence D) access talked for almost an hour at the meeting, but what he said was not________. A) to the point B) for the point C) at the point D) with the point had scarcely left the railway station ________ it started to rain. A) than B) then C) when D) since was such a long line at the exhibition ________ we had to wait for about half an hour. A) as B) that C) so D) hence of us expected the chairman to ________ at the party. We thought he was still in hospital. A) turn in B) turn over C) turn up D) turn down careless man received a ticket for speeding. He _____ have driven so fast. A) can39。t B) wouldn39。t C) shouldn39。t D) mustn39。t always give the vacant seats to _______ es first. A) whoever B) whomever C) who D) whom the time he arrives in Beijing, we _______ here for two days. A) will have stayed B) shall stay C) have been staying D) have stayed wrote an article criticizing the Greek p