第五部分:补全短文(第46~50题,每题2分,共10分)
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Like fine food, good writing is something we approach with pleasure and enjoy from the first taste to the last.__(46) Quite the contrary, just as the cook has to undergo an intensive training, mastering the skills of his trade, the writer must sit at his desk and devote long hours to achieving a style in his writing, whatever its purpose school work, matters of business, or purely social communication.__(47)
There are still some remote places in the world where you might find someone to do your business or social writing for you, for a fee. There are a few mangers who are lucky enough to have the service of that rare kind of secretary who can take care of all sorts of letter writing with no more than a quick note to work from.__(48)
We have to write school papers, business papers or home papers. We are constantly called on to put words to paper. It would be difficult to count the number of such words, messages, letters, and reports put to the mails or delivered by hand, but the daily figure must be enormous. __(49) We want to arouse and hold the interest of readers. We want whatever we write to be read, from first word to last, not thrown into some "letters to be read" file or into a wastepaper basket. __(50)
A. But for most of us, if there is any writing to be done, we have to do it ourselves.
B. However, the managers may sometimes cause the writers a lot of trouble.
C. Any good writers, like good cooks, do not suddenly appear full-blown(成熟的)
D. What is more, everyone who writes expects, or at least hopes, that his writingwill be read.
E. This is the reason we bend our efforts toward learning and practicing theskills of interesting, effective writing.
F. You may be sure that the greater the effort, the more effective the writing,and the more rewarding.
第六部分:完形填空(第51--65题,每题1分,共1 5分)
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Sending E-mails to Professors
One student skipped class and then sent the professor an e-mail __(51)for copies of her teaching notes.
Another __(52)that she was late for a Monday class because she was recovering from drinking too much at a wild weekend party.
At colleges and universities in the US, e-mail has made professors more approachable(平易近人).But many say it has made them too accessible, __(53)boundaries that traditionally kept students at a healthy distance.
These days, professors say, students seem to view them as available __(54)the clock, sending a steady stream of informal e-mails.
"The tone that they take in e-mails id pretty astounding(令人吃惊的)," said Michael Kessler, an assistant dean at Georgetown University. "They'll__(55)you to help: 'I need to know this.' "
"There's a fine __(56)between meeting their needs and at the same time maintaining a level of legitimacy(正统性)as an __(57)who is in charge."
Christopher Dede, a professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, said __(58) show that students no longer defer to(听从) their professors, perhaps because they realize that professors'__(59)could rapidly become outdated.
"The deference was driven by the __(60)that professors were all-knowing
sources of deep knowledge," Dede said, and that notion has__(61).
For junior faculty members, e-mails bring new tension into their work, some say, as they struggle with how to__(62).Their job prospects, they realize, may rest in part on student evaluations of their accessibility.
College students say e-mail makes __(63)easier to ask questions and helps them learn.
But they seem unaware that what they write in e-mails could have negative effects__(64)them, said Alexandra Lahav, and associate professor of Law at the University of Connecticut.
She recalled an e-mail message from a student saying that he planned to miss class so he could play with his son. Professor Lahav did not respond.
"Such e-mails can have consequences," she said. "Students don't understand that __(65)they say in e-mail can make them seem unprofessional, and could result in a bad recommendation."
51. A. providing B. offering C. supplying D. asking
52. A. complained B. argued C. explained D. believed
53. A. removing B. moving C. putting D. placing
54. A. about B. around C. at D. from
55. A. control B. shout C. order D. make
56. A. requirement B. contradiction C. tension D. balance
57. A. teacher B. instructor C. lecturer D. professor
58. A. e-mails B. passages C. texts D. books
59. A. technology B. expertise C. science D. imagination
60. A. tradition B. sense C. notion D. meaning
61. A. strengthened B. weakened C. reinforced D. consolidated
62. A. ask B. question C. respond D. request
63. A. him B. her C. you D. it
64. A. on B.against C. in D. about
65. A. this B. which C. that D. what