【正文】 likliestKey(6. 03/6): 47. F 48. L 49. H 50. A 51. O 52. M 53. N 54. E 55. C 56. I7．04年1月四級真題改編（樣章） Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes) Section A Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage. I’m usually fairly skeptical about any research that concludes that people are either happier or unhappier or more or less certain of themselves than they were 50 years ago. While any of these statements might be true, they are practically impossible to prove __47__. Still, I was struck by a report which concluded that today’s children are significantly more anxious than children in the 1950s. In fact, the analysis showed, normal children ages 9 to 17 exhibit a higher level of __48__ today than children who were treated for mental illness 50 years ago. Why are America’s kids so stressed? The report cites two main causes: increasing physical isolation—brought on by high divorce rates and less __49__ in munity, among other things—and a __50__ perception that the world is a more dangerous place. Given that we can39。 A) startled I) roughly B) spanning J) delighted C) track K) campaign D) generally L) endangered E) unreliable M) conference F) extraordinary N) harsh G) faint O) partly H) proposed Key: L E J B O , C M H I G 5．03年1月四級真題改編Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes) Section A Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage. Like many of my generation, I have a weakness for hero worship. At some point, however, we all begin to question our heroes and our need for them. This leads us to ask: What is a hero? Despite __47__ differences in cultures, heroes around the world __48__ share a number of characteristics that instruct and __49__ people. A hero does something __50__ talking about. A hero has a story of adventure to tell and a munity who will listen. But a hero goes __51__ mere fame. Heroes serve powers or principles larger than themselves. Like highvoltage transformers, heroes take the energy of higher powers and step it down so that it can be used by ordinary people. The hero lives a life worthy of imitation. Those who imitate a genuine hero __52__ life with new depth, enthusiasm, and meaning. A sure test for wouldbe heroes is what or whom do they serve? What are they __53__ to live and die for? If the answer or evidence suggests they serve only their own fame, they may be famous persons but not heroes. Madonna and Michael Jackson are famous, but who would __54__ that their fans find life more abundant? Heroes are catalysts (催化劑) for change. They have a __55__ from the mountaintop. They have the skill and the charm to move the masses. They create new possibilities. Without Gandhi, India might still be part of the British Empire. Without Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr., we might still have segregated (隔離的) buses, restaurants, and parks. It may be possible for largescale change to occur without leaders with magnetic personalities, but the __56__ of change would be slow, the vision uncertain, and the mittee meetings endless. 注意：此部分試題請?jiān)诖痤}卡2上作答。s smell, which the dogs follow. Noisy confrontations between hunters and saboteurs have bee so mon that they are almost as much a part of hunting as the pursuit of foxes itself. But this year supporters of fox hunting face a much bigger __54__ to their sport. A Labour Party Member of the Parliament, Mike Foster, is trying to get Parliament to approve a new law which will make the hunting of wild animals with dogs __55__. If the law is passed, wild animals like foxes will be protected __56__ the ban in Britain. 注意：此部分試題請?jiān)诖痤}卡2上作答。 A) superior I) maintain B) durable J) indispensable C) mechanic K) trust D) devise L) similarly E) lack M) popular F) initial N) amateur G) absence O) automatically H) professionalKey: M H A K C, B E L F I 2002年1月四級真題改編Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage. Foxes and farmers have never got on well. These small doglike animals have long been accused of killing farm animals. They are __47__ classified as harmful and farmers try to keep their numbers down by shooting or poisoning them. Farmers can also call on the services of their local hunt to control the fox population. Hunting consists of __48__ a fox across the countryside, with a group of specially trained dogs, followed by men and women riding horses. When the dogs __49__ catch the fox they kill it or a hunter