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1、专四阅读题型参考答案专四阅读真题文章 于网络，仅供参考！1 阅读一Text A or C?Windows Setup CDIt was late in the afternoon, and I was putting the final burnishes on a piece of writing that I was feeling pretty good about. Yes, okay, it was an e-mail, but it was a clever one and I hated to lose it. My cursor had frozen. I tried to s
2、hut the computer down, and it seized up altogether. Unsure of what else to do, I yanked the battery out.Unfortunately, Windows had been in the midst of a delicate and crucial undertaking. The next morning, when I turned my computer back on, it informed me that a file had been corrupted and Windows w
3、ould not load. More graciously, it offered to repair itself by using the Windows Setup CD.I opened the special drawer where I keep CDs. But no Windows CD. I was forced to call the computer companys Global Support Center. My call was answered by a woman in some unnamed, far-off land. I find it vexing
4、 to make small talk with someone when I dont know what continent theyre standing on. Suppose I were to comment on the beautiful weather weve been having when there was a monsoon at the other end of the phone? So I got right to the point.My computer is telling me a file is corrupted and it wants to f
5、ix itself, but I dont have the Windows Setup CD.So youre having a problem with your Windows Setup CD. She had apparently been dozing and, having come to just as the sentence ended, was attempting to cover for her inattention. I recognized the technique from a thousand breakfast conversations.It quic
6、kly became clear that the woman was not a computer technician. Her job was to serve as a gatekeeper, a human shield for the techs, who were off in the back room, or possibly another far-off continent, playing cards and burning CDs for their friends. Her sole duty, as far as I could tell, was to rais
7、e global stress levels.To make me disappear, the woman gave me the phone number for Windows creator, Microsoft. This is like giving someone the phone number for, I dont know, North America. Besides, the CD worked; I just didnt have it. No matter how many times I repeated my story, we came back to th
8、e same place. She was unflappable and resolutely polite.When my voice hit a certain decibel, I was passed along, like a hot, irritable potato, to a technician.You dont have the Windows Setup CD, maam, because you dont need it, he explained cheerfully. Windows came preinstalled on your computer!But I
9、 do need it.Yes, but you dont have it.We went on like this for a while. Finally, he offered to walk me through the use of a different CD, one that would erase my entire system. Of course, youd lose all your e-mail, your documents, your photos. It was like offering to drop a safe on my head to cure m
10、y headache. You might be able to recover them, but it would be expensive. He sounded delighted. And its not covered by the warranty! The safe began to seem like a good idea, provided it was full.I hung up the phone and drove my computer to a small, friendly repair place Id heard about. A smart, help
11、ful man dug out a Windows CD and told me it wouldnt be a problem. An hour later, he called to let me know it was ready. I thanked him, and we chatted about the weather, which was the same outside my window as it was outside his. 2 阅读二Reading Text BPhony Phone Calls / Hello? Im Glad You Called FINALL
12、Y, a cellphone service available to everyone, everywhere - free! No overage charges, no hidden fees, no contracts and no dropped calls, ever. Probably thousands of people have already been using it, but I just discovered it, so Im going to claim it and also name it: Fake Foning.The technology has be
13、en working well for me at the office, but there are infinite applications. Virtually any public space.Say you work at a big university with lots of talky faculty members - not to mention talky students - buzzing about. Now, say you need to use the restroom. The trip down the hall will, you know, tak
14、e approximately one hour. Because a person cant walk into those talky people without getting pulled aside for a question, a bit of gossip, a new read on a certain line of Paradise Lost.So, a cellphone. Any cellphone. Just pick it up. Dont dial. Just hold that phone to your face and start talking. Wa
15、lk confidently down the hall engaged in fake conversation, making sure to tailor both the tenor and content to the person standing before you whom you are trying to evade.2For standard colleague avoidance, I suggest fake chatting about fake business:Yes, and thats why Im glad you called, because we
16、really need to hammer out the details. Whats that? Yes, I read Page , but if you look at the bottom of 4, I think you can see the problem begins right there.Be animated. Be engrossed in your fake fone conversation. Make eye contact with the people passing, nod to them, gesture keen interest in talking to them at a later time, 3point to your phone, shrug and move on.Shoppers should consider f
