2014年12月大学英语四级考试预测试卷12_第3页

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　　听材料，回答下列各题：

　　You　probably have noticed that people express similar ideas in different ways _____26____the situation they arein. This isvery natural. All languages have two general levels of usage: a formal leveland an informal level.English is no ____27_____. The difference in these twolevels is the situation in which you use a ____28_____ level.Formal language is the kind oflanguage you find in text books,_____29____ books and in business letters. 　　Youwould also use formal English in _____30 ____ and essays that you write inschool. Informal language is used inconversation with _____31 ____family members and friends, andwhen we write personal notes or letters to closefriends.

　　Formallanguage is different from informal language in several ways. First, formallanguage _____32____ bemore polite.What we may find interesting is that it usually takes more words to be polite.For example, I might sayto a friend or a family member, "Close the door,please," but to a ____ 33_____, I probably would say "Would youmindclosing the door?"

　　Anotherdifference between formal and informal language is some of the ____ 34_____. There are bound to besome wordsand phrases that belong in formal language and others that are informal. Let'ssay that I really likesoccer. If I am talking to my friend, I might say "Iam just _____35____ soccer!" Butif I were talking to my boss, Iwould probably say "I really enjoysoccer."

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　　Section A

　　Questions 36-46 are based on the following passage.

　　As warspreads to many comers of the globe, children sadly have been drawn into thecenter of conflicts. InAfghanistan, Bosnia, and Colombia, however, groups ofchildren have been taking part in peace education ____36____.The children,after learning to resolve conflicts, took on the ____37 ____ of peacemakers.The Children's Movement forPeace in Colombia was even nominated (提名)for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998. Groups of children____38____ aspeacemakers studied humanrights and poverty issues in Colombia, eventually forming a group with fiveotherschools in Bogota known as TheSchools of Peace.

　　Theclassroom ____39____ opportunities for children to replace angry, violentbehaviors with ____40____, peaceful ones. Itis in the classroom that caringand respect for each person empowers children to take a step ____41____towardbecomingpeacemakers. Fortunately, educators have access to many onlineresources that are ____42 ____usefulwhen helpingchildren along the path to peace. The Young Peacemakers Club, startedin 1992, provides a Website with resourcesfor teachers and ____43____ on starting a Kindness Campaign.The World Centers of Compassion for ChildrenInternational call attention tochildren's rights and how to help the ____44____of war. Starting a Peacemakers'Club is apraiseworthy venture for a class and one that could spread to otherclassrooms and ideally affect the culture ofthe ____45____ school.

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　　A.acting

　　B.assuming

　　C.comprehensive

　　D.cooperative

　　E.entire

　　F.especially

　　G.forward

　　H.images

　　I.information

　　J.offers

　　K.projects

　　L.respectively

　　M.role

　　N.technology

　　O.victims

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