新东方2017.6英语四级考试模拟试卷（5.24）

　　Section C

　　Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions orunfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C andD . You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on AnswerSheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

　　Passage One

　　Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.

　　Like fine food，good writing is something we approach with pleasure and enjoy from the first taste to the last.And good writers，like good cooks，do not suddenly appear full-blown.Quite the opposite，just as the cook has to undergo a particular training，mastering the skills of his trade，the writer must sit at hisdesk and devote long hours to achieving a style in his writing，whatever its purpose is—schoolwork，matters of business，or purely social communication.

　　You may be sure that the more painstaking the effort，the more effective the writing，and the more rewarding.

　　There are still some faraway places in the world where you might find a public scribe to do your business or social writing for you，for money. There are a few managers who are lucky enough to have the service ofthat rare kind of secretary who can take care of all sorts of letter writing with no more than a quick note to work from.But for most of us，if there is any writing to be done，we have to do it ourselves.

　　We have to write school papers，business papers or home papers.We are constantly called on to put words to papers.It would be difficult to count the number of such words，messages，letters，and reports put intomails or delivered by hand，but the daily figures must be extremely large.What is more，everyone who writes expects，or at least hopes whatever he writes will be read，from first word to last，not just thrown into some “letters-to-be-read” files or into a wastepaper basket.This is the reason we bend our efforts toward learning and practicing the skills of interesting，effective writing.

　　Choose correct answers to the question：

　　46.In this passage，good writing is compared to fine food in that _______.

　　A.both writers and cooks have to work a long time every day

　　B.both are essential to life

　　C.both are writers and cooks can earn a good living

　　D.both are enjoyable

　　47.A public “scribe” (Para 2，Line 1) is _____.

　　A.a secretary who does your business or social writing

　　B.a machine that does writing for you

　　C.a public school where writing is taught

　　D.a person who ears a living by writing for others

　　48.According to the passage，some managers don‘t have to do any letter writing because _____.

　　A.they rely on quick notes C.they have a computer to do it

　　B.they have excellent secretaries D.they prefer making phone calls

　　49.According to the author，if your letter is thrown into some “letter-to-be-read” file，______.

　　A.it will receive immediate attention

　　B.it will be dealt with by the secretary

　　C.it is likely to be neglected

　　D.it is meant to be delivered soon

　　50.The purpose of the author in writing this passage is _____.

　　A.to explain and persuade

　　B.to comment and criticize

　　C.to interest and entertain

　　D.to argue and demonstrate