自考专业英语（英语阅读一）模拟试卷五

(63)Enthusiasm about a job or project usually translates into positive energy.That is, if you are excited about a project, you will be anxious to get started and get results. (64)The mere fact oflooking forward to your work will help make you more productive and effective.(65)You will plan more effectively and pay careful attention to detail.You will carry out your plan more carefully and aim for the best results possible. Another important point is that passionate people are usually those that are thrust into positions of leadership. must have zest if people are to follow him and achieve the corporate mission. A leader must inspire his troops. To inspire them, he needs to exude enthusiasm. In leaders, this translates into charisma. (66)Being fervent about your work shows a willingness to do more and learn more.(67)This will definitely help you stand out from the crowd and get top management's attention.

Passage 4

 If you are looking for an explanation of why we don't get tough with criminals, you need only look at the numbers. Each year almost a third of the households in America are victims of violence or theft. This amounts to more than 41 million crimes, many more than we are able to punish. There are also too many criminals. We don't have room for any more!

 The painful fact is that the more crime there is, the less we are able to punish it. We think that punishment prevents crime, but it just might be the other way around. When there is so much crime it is simply impossible to deal with it or punish it. This is the situation we find ourselves in today: the gradual increase in the criminal population has made it more difficult to get into prison. Some of the most exclusive prisons now require about five serious crimes before a criminal is accepted.

 These features show that it makes little sense to blame the police or judges for being soft on criminals. There is not much else they can do. The police can't find most criminals and those they do find are difficult and costly to convict. Those convicted can't all be sent to prison. The public demands that we do everything we can against crime. The practical reality is that there is very little the police, courts or prisons can do about the crime problem.

 We could, of course, get tough with the people we already have in prison and keep them locked up for longer periods of time. Yet when measured against the lower crime rates this would probably produce, longer prison sentences are not worth the cost to states and local governments. Besides, those states that have tried to gain voters' approval for building new prisons often discover that the public is unwilling to pay for prison constructions And if it were willing to pay, long prison sentences may not be effective in reducing crime.

 More time spent in prison is also more expensive The best estimates are that it costs an average of $13,000 to keep a person in prison for one year. If we had a place to keep the 124,000 released prisoners, it would have cost us $1. 6 billion to prevent 15,000 crimes. This works out to more than $100,000 per crime prevented. But there is more. With the average cost of prison construction running around $50,000 per bed, it would cost more than $6 billion to build the necessary cells. The first-year operating cost would be $150,000 per crime prevented, worth it if the victim were you or me, but much too expensive to be feasible as a national policy.

 Faced with the reality of the numbers, I will not be so foolish as to suggest a solution to the crime problem. My contribution to the public debate begins and ends with this simple observation: getting tough with criminals is not the answer.

According to the author, why is it that getting tough with criminals cannot reduce crime rates?

What reasons does the writer give to support his argument against keeping criminals longer in prison?

(permit) Having received( ) from her brothers, she set out for that place as quickly as possible.

Demand hide move courage please arise

Strong cost gift imagine raise price

 Annie was born in a poor family, on April 4th,1866. Her mother died when she was eight years old. Two years later, her father disappeared never to be heard from again. Annie and her brother were sent to children's home. There the boy died.

 Four years later, she left the children's home and entered an institution for the blind, where she learnt Braille. This is a kind of printing that blind people can read by touching groups of(51)( ) points that are printed on paper. Later, an operation helped her to get back part of her sight, but she remained at the institution for six years more. There she studied the teaching of deaf-blind children.

One day a letter from my father arrived at the school, asking for a teacher for me. Annie considered this was just the kind of (52)( ) job she wanted. That is how Annie came to be with us.

 Annie was among the first to realize that blind people never know their (53) ( )strength until they are treated like normal human beings. She never pitied me; she never praised me unless what I did was as good as that of the best of a normal person. And she(54) ( )me when I made up my mind to go to college.

 During my years in school, Annie sat beside me in every class. She spelled out for me the things that the teachers taught. And, because most books were not printed in Braille, she herself read them to me by spelling into my hand what was written in the books. It took great(55)( )as well as patience for Annie to teach me to speak. Putting both my hands on her face when she spoke, she let me feel all the(56)( ) _of her lips and throat. Together we repeated and repeated words and sentences. My speech was ill-formed and not (57)( ) to hear. But I was delighted to be able to say words that my family and a few friends could understanD。 To Annie I owe thanks for this (58)( ) gift of speech. It has helped me to serve others.

 My teacher's(59)( ) instruction lived on after her death. She had believed in me. I must always keep on trying to do my best. "No matter what happens, "she often said, "keep on beginning. Each time you fail, start all over again. You will grow (60)( ) each time, until you can do and finish what you started out to do. "Who could count the times Annie tried failed, and then succeeded? What a great teacher! What a great person!

(deplore) She his scandalous actions.

(wide) He wants to( ) his knowledge of the industry.

(harmony) The different parts of the garden fit together in a _way.

(use) My nephews tried to make themselves( )_about the house.

( dominance) She is the( ) child in the group.