2017年大学英语四级考试阅读材料（7）

2017年大学英语四级考试阅读材料（7） 

　　Every year in the first week of my English class, some students inform me that writing is too hard. They never write, unless assignments 47 require it. They find the writing process 48 painful and difficult.

　　How awful to be able to speak in a language but not to write in it, 49 especially English with its rich vocabulary. Being able to speak but not write is like living in an 50 enormous mansion(豪宅) and never leaving one small room . When I meet students who think they can’t write, I know as a teacher my 51 mission is to show them the rest of the rooms. My task is to build fluency while providing the opportunity inherent in any writing activity to 52 enhance the moral and emotional development of my students. One great way to do this is by having students write in a journal in class every day.

　　Writing ability is like strength training. Writing needs to be done 53 daily, just like exercise; just as muscles grow stronger with exercise, writing skills improve quickly with writing practice. I often see a rise in student confidence and 54 performance after only a few weeks of journal writing.

　　Expressing oneself in writing is one of the most important skills I teach to strengthen the whole student. When my students practice journal writing, they are practicing for their future academic, political, and 55 profession lives. They build skills so that some day they might write a great novel, a piece of sorely needed legislation, or the perfect love letter. Every day that they write in their journals puts them a step 56 closer to fluency, eloquence (雄辩), and command of language .

　　A) closer B) daily C) emotional D) enhance E) enormous

　　F) especially G) hinder H) mission I) painful J) performance

　　K) profession L) remarkably M) require N) sensitive O) urge