专业英语四级（阅读）模拟试卷304
选择题
(1) I had known for a long time that the people around me used a method of communication different from mine; and even before I knew that a deaf child could be taught to speak, I was conscious of dissatisfaction with the means of communication I already possessed. One who is entirely dependent upon the manual alphabet has always a sense of restraint, of narrowness. My thoughts would often rise and beat up like birds against the wind, and I persisted in using my lips and voice. Friends tried to discourage this tendency, fearing it would lead to disappointment. But I persisted, and an accident soon occurred which resulted in the breaking down of this great barrier.
(2) In 1890, Mrs. Lamson, who had been one of Laura Bridgman\’s teachers, and who had just returned from a visit to Norway and Sweden, came to see me, and told me of Ragnhild Kaata, a deaf and blind girl in Norway who had actually been taught to speak. Mrs. Lamson had scarcely finished telling me about this girl\’s success before I was on fire with eagerness. I resolved that I, too, would learn to speak. I would not rest satisfied until my teacher took me, for advice and assistance, to Miss Sarah Fuller, principal of the Horace Mann School. This lovely, sweet-natured lady offered to teach me herself, and we began on the twenty-sixth of March, 1890.
(3) Miss Fuller\’s method was this: she passed my hand lightly over her face, and let me feel the position of her tongue and lips when she made a sound. I was eager to imitate every motion and in an hour had learned six elements of speech: M, P, A, S, T, I. Miss Fuller gave me eleven lessons in all. I shall never forget the surprise and delight I felt when I uttered my first connected sentence, \\
1.Why did friends prevent the author from practicing speaking?(D)
A. They were unfriendly.
B. They liked her manual alphabet better.
C. They couldn’t find a good teacher for her.
D. They thought it was impossible for her to speak.
解析：细节理解题。由题干定位至文中首段倒数第二句“Friends tried to discourage this tendency, fearing it would lead to disappointment.”，由此可知，朋友们尽力阻止作者学说话，害怕她会失望，是因为朋友们认为她不可能学会说话，故选项D正确。该段中提到朋友阻止她学说话和手写字母的事情，但未提及朋友的态度，故排除选项A和B；选项C的内容该段中未提及，故排除C。
2.What inspired the author to learn to speak?(C)
A. Mrs. Lamson’s visit to Norway.
B. A visit to the Horace Mann School.
C. Ragnhild Kaata’s story.
D. Miss Fuller’s advice.
解析：细节理解题。由题干定位至第二段。该段首句提到拉根希尔德.卡塔是一个失聪失明的女孩，但是已经成功地学会开口说话。这件事燃起了作者的渴望之火，她也想要学会开口说话，“I resolved that I, too, would learn to speak”，由此可知这个女孩的成功故事激励了作者，故答案为C。该段提到拉姆森夫人去挪威，但这不是激励作者学说话的原因，去挪威听到的故事才是，因此排除选项A；B和D选项表述的内容是作者想学说话之后发生的事情，故排除。
3.How did the author feel when saying her first sentence?(B)
A. Happy and scared.
B. Pleased and astonished.
C. Excited and warm.
D. Amused and excited.
解析：推理判断题。由题干定位至文中第三段第四句I shall never forget the surprise and delight I felt when I uttered my first connected sentence，说到了作者尝试说出第一句话时的感受，她直接用到的两个词是surprise和delight，这与B选项中的astonished（惊讶的）和pleased（欣喜的）是同义转述，故答案为B。文中并没有说到她说出第一句话时的感受是scared（害怕的）、warm或者amused（好笑的）等，因此，选项A、C和D与原文不符，故排除。
(1) My father was, I am sure, intended by nature to be a cheerful, kindly man. Until he was thirty-four years old he worked as a farmhand for a man named Thomas Butterworth whose place lay near the town of Bidwell,
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