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d. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written. Almost every child, on the first day he sets foot in a school building, is smarter, more (26) curious, less afraid of what he doesn’t know, better at finding and (27) figuring things out, more confident, resourceful (機敏的), persistent and (28) independent than he will ever be again in his schooling – or, unless he is very unusual and very lucky, for the rest of his life. Already, by paying close attention to and (29) interacting with the world and people around him, and without any schooltype formal instruction, he has done a task far more difficult, plicated and (30) abstract than anything he will be asked to do in school, or than any of his teachers has done for years. He has solved the (31) mystery of language. He has discovered it – babies don’t even know that language exists – and he has found out how it works and learned to use it (32) appropriately. He has done it by exploring, by experimenting, by developing his own model of the grammar of language, by (33) trying it out and seeing whether it works, by gradually changing it and (34) refining it until it does work. And while he has been doing this, he has been learning other things as well, including many of the (35) “concepts” that the schools think only they can teach him, and many that are more plicated than the ones they do try to teach him. 2013大學(xué)英語四級(新)樣題答案Part II Listening Comprehension Section A 1. D 2. C 3. D 4. C 5. B 6. C 7. A 8. D 9. B 10. C 11. A 12. B 13. C 14. A 15. A Section B 16. D 17. B 18. C 19. A 20. B 21. C 22. A 23. B 24. D 25. B Section C 26. curious 27. figuring things out 28. independent 29. interacting with 30. abstract 31. mystery 32. appropriately 33. trying it out 34. refining 35. concepts Part III Reading Comprehension Section A 36. E 37. C 38. O 39. H 40. M 41. N 42. J 43. K 44. I 45. F Section B 46. D 47. C 48. I 49. E 50. C 51. H 52. G 53. F 54. A 55. I Section C 56. A 57. D 58. C 59. D 60. B 61. D 62. B 63. C 64. A 65. B Part IV Translation Paper cutting is one of China’s most popular traditional folk arts. Chinese paper cutting has a history of more than 1,500 years. It was widespread particularly during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. People often beautify their homes with paper cuttings. During the Spring Festival and wedding celebrations, in particular, paper cuttings are used to decorate doors, windows and rooms in order to enhance the joyous atmosphere. The color most frequently used in paper cutting is red, which symbolizes health and prosperity. Chinese paper cutting is very popular around the world and it is often given as a present to foreign friends.6