[专升本类试卷]河北专接本英语(篇章词汇理解)模拟试卷4.doc

[专升本类试卷]河北专接本英语（篇章词汇理解）模拟试卷4

0 Employment became widespread when the enclosures of the 17th and 18th centuries began. It made many people dependent on paid jobs by depriving them of the use of the land, and thus of the means to【B1】______a living for themselves. Then the factory

system destroyed the cottage industries and【B2】______work from people's homes. Later, as transport improved, first by rail and then by road, people traveled longer distances to their places of【B3】______. Eventually, many people's work lost all

【B4】______with their home lives and the places in which they live.

Meanwhile, employment put women at a【B5】______. In pre-industrial times, men

and women had shared the productive work of the household and village【B6】

______Now it became customary for the husband to go out to paid employment. leaving the unpaid work of the home and family to his wife. Tax and benefit regulations【B7】______more flexible sharing of work roles between the sexes.

It was not only women whose work status【B8】______. As employment became the

【B9】______form of work, young people and old people were not included. This is a

problem now, as more teenagers become【B10】______at school. Also, \v re retired people want to live active lives.

Word Bank

A. powerful

B. dominant

C. removed

D. suffered

E. eliminated

F. frustrated

G. provide

H. render(提出，提供，使得)

I. limit

J. employment K. appointment L. community M. connection N. interaction

O. disadvantage

1 【B1】

2 【B2】

3 【B3】

4 【B4】

5 【B5】

6 【B6】

7 【B7】

8 【B8】

9 【B9】

10 【B10】

10 Self-confidence gives us hope. It is a servant who gives its master light when he is in the dark. And it is encouragement when a person is【B1】______A person is a fool if he thinks that he is unable to carry out a difficult task while others do not find it【B2】______. It is neither【B3】______nor extraordinary ability that gives us the power to deal with and overcome whatever【B4】______we meet. In truth it is the magic of self-trust that【B5】______us with bravery.

Some people find most things impossible because they do not trust their own ability. Actually, they have the ability to make themselves successful, but it is a【B6】

______that they do not believe in themselves. People of this kind are more foolish than those who actually can not【B7】______the work. This is on【B8】______of their ignorance. People who can't do a job are pardonable, but those who do not believe in themselves【B9】______no excuse.

In short, success will not come to the door of a person who thinks he is not worthy enough to accept it. On the【B10】______failure would be his life companion. This is why a person ought to believe in himself.

Word Bank

A. fulfill

B. acquire

C. deserve

D. encourages

E. discouraged

F. genius

G. genuine H. difficult I. reference J. account K. count L. contrary

M. converse N. hardship O. pity