2016年英语四级考试模考强化实战训练题九

　　Part II Reading Comprehension(35 minutes)

　　Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D)。 You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

　　Passage One

　　Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage.

　　Most shoplifters agree that the January sales offer wonderful

　　opportunities for the hard-working thief. With the shops so crowded and the staff so busy, it does not require any extraordinary talent to help yourself to one or two little things and escape unnoticed. It is known, in the business, as “hoisting”。

　　But the hoisting game is not what it used to be. Even at the height of the sales, shoplifters today never know if they are being watched by one of those evil little balls that hang from the ceilings of so many department stores above the most desirable goods.

　　As if that was not trouble enough for them, they can now be filmed at work and obliged to attend a showing of their performance in court.

　　Selfridges was the first big London store to install closed-circuit video-tape equipment to watch its sales floors. In October last year the store won its first court case for shoplifting using as evidence a videotape clearly showing a couple stealing dresses. It was an important test case which encouraged other stores to install similar

　　equipment.

　　When the balls, called sputniks, first make an appearance in shops it was widely believed that their only function was to cet4v.com. Their somewhat ridiculous appearance, the curious holes and red lights going on and off, certainly make the theory believable.

　　It did not take long, however, for serious shoplifters to start showing suitable respect. Soon after the equipment was in operation at Selfridges, store detective Brian Chadwick was sitting in the control room watching a woman secretly putting bottles of perfume into her bag.

　　“As she turned to go,” Chadwick recalled, “she suddenly looked up at the ‘sputnik’ and stopped. She could not possibly have seen that the camera was trained on her because it is completely hidden, but she must have had a feeling that I was looking at her.”

　　“For a moment she paused, but then she returned to counter and started putting everything back. When she had finished, she opened her bag towards the camera to show it was empty and hurried out of the store.”

　　11. January is a good month for shoplifters because______.

　　A) they don’t need to wait for staff to serve them

　　B) they don’t need any previous experience as thieves

　　C) there are so many people in the store

　　D) January sales offer wonderful opportunities for them

　　12. The sputniks hanging from the ceiling are intended______.

　　A) to watch the most desirable goods

　　B) to make films that can be used as evidence

　　C) to cet4v.com by their appearance

　　D) to be used as evidence against shoplifters

　　13. The case last October was important because_______ .

　　A) the store got the dresses back

　　B) the equipment was able to cet4v.com

　　C) other shops found out about the equipment

　　D) the kind of evidence supplied was accepted

　　14. The woman stealing perfume_______.

　　A) guessed what the sputniks were for

　　B) was frightened by its shape

　　C) could see the camera filming her

　　D) knew that the detective had seen her

　　15. The woman’s action before leaving the store shows that she .

　　A) was sorry for what she had done

　　B) was afraid she would be arrested

　　C) decided she didn’t want what she had picked up

　　D) wanted to prove she had not intended to steal anything

　　Passage Two

　　Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage.

　　There is a new type of small advertisement becoming increasingly common in newspaper classified columns. It is sometimes placed among “situations vacant”， although it does not offer anyone a job, and sometimes it appears among “situations wanted”， although it is not placed by someone looking for a job, either. What it does is to offer

　　help in applying for a job.

　　“Contact us before writing your application”， or “Make use of our long experience in preparing your cet4v.com job history”， is how it is usually expressed. The growth and apparent success of such a specialized service is, of course, a reflection on the current high levels of unemployment. It is also an indication of the growing

　　importance of the curriculum vitae (or job history), with the

　　suggestion that it may now qualify as an art form in its own right.

　　There was a time when job seekers simply wrote letters of application.

　　“Just put down your name, address, age and whether you have passed any exams”， was about the average level of advice offered to young people applying for their first jobs when I left school. The letter was really just for openers, it was explained, everything else could and should be saved for the interview. And in those days of full employment the technique worked. The letter proved that you could write and were available for work. Your eager face and intelligent replies did the rest.

　　Later, as you moved up the ladder, something slightly more

　　sophisticated was called for. The advice then was to put something in the letter which would distinguish you from the rest. It might be the aggressive approach. “Your search is over. I am the person you are looking for”， was a widely used trick that occasionally succeeded. Or cet4v.com special feature specially designed for the job interview.

　　There is no doubt, however, that it is increasing number of applicants with university education at all points in the process of engaging staff that has led to the greater importance of the curriculum vitae.

　　16. The new type of advertisement which is appearing in newspaper columns .

　　A)informs job hunters of the opportunities available

　　B)promises useful advice to those looking for employment

　　C)divides available jobs into various types

　　D)informs employers of the people available for work

　　17. Nowadays a demand for this specialized type of service has been created because______ .

　　A)there is a lack of jobs available for artistic people

　　B)there are so many top-level jobs available

　　C)there are so many people out of work

　　D)the job history is considered to be a work of art

　　18. In the past it was expected that first job hunters would _____.

　　A) write an initial letter giving their life history

　　B) pass some exams before applying for a job

　　C) have no qualifications other than being able to read and write

　　D) keep any detailed information until they obtained an interview

　　19. Later, as one went on to apply for more important jobs, one was advised to include in the letter ______.

　　A) something that would attract attention to one’s application

　　B) hinted information about the personality of the applicant

　　C) one’s advantages over others in applying for the job

　　D) an occasional trick with the aggressive approach

　　20. The job history has become such an important document because______ .

　　A) there has been an increase in the number of jobs advertised

　　B) there has been an increase in the number of applicants with degrees

　　C) jobs are becoming much more complicated nowadays

　　D) the other processes of applying for jobs are more complicated