2000年全国英语专业四级考试试题(15)

专四

Brussels

Belgium

5th May 200___ 

Dear Sir,

With reference to your advertisement in the “Daily Star”, I’d like to apply for the position

of translator with your firm. I hold a degree in German and French from the University of

London. And I have w orked as a translator for the past three years with Watson & Sons, Ltd.,

manufac turer of laboratory instruments, translating business correspondence from French and

German into English. I am 25 years old and unmarried. I enjoy living and working in different

countri es and I should welcome the chance of moving to Belgium.

Yours sincerely,

(Miss) Janet Holbrooke

TEXT G

First read the following question.

83. The passage is mainly about___.

A. loneliness B. experience C.memory D. isolation 

Now read Text G quickly and mark your answer on your answer sheet.

Loneliness is a curious thing. Most of us can remember feeling most lonely when we were

not in fact alone at all, but when we were surrounded by people. Everyon e has experienced, at

some time, that strong sense of isolation that comes over you when you are at a party or in a room

full of happy laughing people. It sudde nly seems to you as if everybody knows everybody else,

everybody knows what is g oing on; everybody, that is, except you.

This feeling of loneliness which can overcome you when you are in a crowd is ver y difficult

to get rid of. People living alone are advised to tackle their lonel iness by joining a club or a

society, by going out and meeting people.

TEXT H

First read the following question.

84. The author mainly discusses ___ of public transportation.

A. the price B. the types C. the improveme nt