大学英语四级长篇阅读专项强化真题试卷23
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From Accountant to Yogi: Making a Radical Career Change
[A] At some point, almost all of us will experience a period of radical professional change. Some of us will seek it out; for others it will feel like an unwelcome intrusion into otherwise stable careers. Either way, we have choices about how we respond to it when it comes.
[B] We recently caught up with yoga entrepreneur Leah Zaccaria, who put herself through the fire of change to completely reinvent herself. In her search to live a life of purpose, Leah left her high-paying accounting job, her husband, and her home. In the process, she built a radically new life and career. Since then, she has founded two yoga studios, met a new life partner, and formed a new community of people. Even if your personal reinvention is less drastic, we think there are lessons from her experience that apply.
[C] Where do the seeds of change come from? The Native American Indians have a saying: \\
1.Readiness to take advantage of new opportunities will make it easier to create one’s desired future.
G
解析：该段第一句提到“如果能好好利用出现在你身边的机会，创造你想要的未来就容易了很多”，题干是对原文的同义转述，题干中的take advantage of，create one’s desired future分别对应原文中的exploit，creating the future you want，故答案为G。
2.By conventional standards, Leah was a typical successful woman before she changed her career.
D
解析：该段首句提到“在那之前，用传统标准来看，利亚是成功的”。“在那之前”即在利亚职业转变之前，故答案为D。
3.Leah gained confidence by laying out her fears and confronting them directly.
L
解析：该段倒数第三句提到“通过说出自己的恐惧并直面恐惧，利亚获得了信心”。题干中的laying out是对原文中naming的同义替换，confronting是对原文中facing…head-on的同义替换，故答案为L。
4.In search of a meaningful life, Leah gave up what she had and set up her own yoga studios.
B
解析：该段第二句提到“为寻求一种有目标的生活，利亚放弃了高薪的会计工作，离开了她的丈夫和家”。第四句提到“此后，她成立了两间瑜伽工作室”。题干是对原文的总结概括，故答案为B。
5.Leah’s interest in yoga prompted her to make a firm decision to reshape her life.
F
解析：该段第一句提到“但是，导致利亚彻底改变自己的是另一个兴趣”。第三、四句提到“瑜伽抓救了我的生命，瑜伽唤醒了我”。最后一句提到“利亚做出了重大的跃进，战胜了自己内心不愿改变的阻力，并坚定承诺要采取更大的措施”。题干是对原文的总结概括，故答案为F。
6.Small signs may indicate great changes to come and therefore merit attention.
C
解析：该段第二、三、四句提到“美洲土著印第安人有一句话：‘注意低语，这样你就不必听到尖叫声’。做出重大改变的最佳想法往往来自意想不到的地方——这只是一个调整的问题。伟大的领导人能够认识到能带来重大改变的微弱信号或微小迹象”，题干是对原文的总结概括，故答案为C。
7.Leah’s first yoga studio was by no means an immediate success.
H
解析：该段最后一句提到“才几个月后，利亚开了她的第一间瑜伽工作室，但没有立即成功” 题干中的immediate是对原文中instant的同义替换，故答案为H。
8.Some people regard professional change as an unpleasant experience that disturbs their stable careers.
A
解析：该段前两句提到“我们每个人几乎都会经历一段职业发生彻底转变的时期；有些人寻求这种改变，但另一些人会觉得这是令人不快的入侵，因为它打破了稳定的职业生涯”。题干是对原文的同义转述，故答案为A。
9.The worst fear Leah ever had was the prospect of losing her yoga business.
K
解析：该段最后两句提到“利亚回想起一件让她感到恐惧的事情，那时她的投资者威胁着要关闭她的工作室，她说：‘我可能面临着曾经有过的最大的恐惧，我花了两年的时间建立了这个社交群，而且非常快速地取得了成功，但是不到6个月的时间，我可能要失去一切”。题干是对原文的总结概括，故答案为K。
10.As she explored new interests and developed new potentials, Leah felt powerful internally.
E
解析：该段前两句提到“在意识到需要改变后，利亚开始探索自己的兴趣并培养新的能力，以争取未来更大的可能性。她首先尝试了体育锻炼和节食，她减掉了一些体重，并发现了自己内在的力量”。题干中的potentials是对原文中capabilities的同义替换，internally是对原文中inner的同义替换，故答案为E。
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