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真题原文：
The Victorians had become addicted to speed and, like all speed
crazy kids, they wanted to go ever faster. Time was money and
efficiency became increasingly important. Although division of
labour had been conceived by Adam Smith and illustrated by a pin
factory in The Wealth of Nations in 1776, it could now become fully
realised. This specialisation and - by implication -
individualisation of labour was in marked contrast to the rural
means of production, in which the family was the means of
production, consumption and socialisation.
With greater speed came a greater need for industries and
businesses to make more and make it quicker. Steam made this
possible and changed working life forever. Gone were the days when
work was dictated by natural forces: steam engines were servant to
neither season nor sunshine. Factories had foremen and life became
correspondingly more regimented. The clocking-on machine was
invente
d in 1885 and time and motion studies to increase efficiency would
be introduced only some twenty years later. But it was not all bad
news. Agricultural incomes depended on variable harvests and
weather. Factories provided secure and predictable income, but long
hours.
Working life was becoming increasingly regulated, and the working
week was reorganised to promote ever-greater efficiency. The old
custom of St. Monday - when no work was done - was gradually phased
out and to compensate, work stopped around midday on Saturday and
did not resume until Monday morning. A new division between 'work'
and 'leisure' emerged, and this new block of weekend leisure time
coincided with the development of spectator sports like cricket and
football, and the rise of music hall entertainment for the new
working classes.
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TEXT A
After breakfast the boys wandered out into the play-ground. Here
the day-boys were gradually assembling. They were sons of the local
clergy, of the officers at the Depot, and of such manufacturers or
men of business as the old town possessed. Presently a bell rang,
and they all trooped into school. This consisted of a large, long
room at opposite ends of which two under-masters conducted the
second and third forms, and of a smaller one, leading out of it,
used by Mr. Watson, who taught the first form. To attach the
preparatory to the senior school these three classes were known
officially, on speech days and in reports, as upper, middle, and
lower second. Philip was put in the last. The master, a red-faced
man with a pleasant voice, was called Rice; he had a jolly manner
with boys, and the time passed quickly. Philip was surprised when
it was a quarter to eleven and they were let out for ten minutes'
rest.
The whole school rushed noisily into the play-ground. The new boys
were told to go into the middle, while the others stationed
themselves along opposite walls. They began to play Pig in the
Middle. The old boys ran from wall to wall while the new boys tried
to catch them: when one was seized and the mystic words said - one,
two, three, and a pig for me - he became a prisoner and, turning
sides, helped to catch those who were still free. Philip saw a boy
running past and tried to catch him, but his limp gave him no
chance; and the runners, taking their opportunity, made straight
for the ground he covered. Then one of them had the brilliant idea
of imitating Philip's clumsy run. Other boys saw it and began to
laugh; then they all copied the first; and they ran round Philip,
limping grotesquely, screaming in their treble voices with shrill
laughter. They lost their heads with the delight of their new
amusement, and choked with helpless merriment. One of them tripped
Philip up and he fell, heavily as he always fell, and cut his knee.
They laughed all the louder when he got up. A boy pushed him from
behind, and he would have fallen again if another had not caught
him. The game was forgotten in the entertainment of Philip's
deformity. One of them invented an odd, rolling limp that struck
the rest as supremely ridiculous, and several of the boys lay down
on the ground and rolled about in laughter: Philip was completely
scared. He could not make out why they were laughing at him. His
heart beat so that he could hardly breathe, and he was more
frightened than he had ever been in his life. He stood still
stupidly while the boys ran round him, mimicking and laughing; they
shouted to him to try and catch them; but he did not move. He did
not want them to see him run any more. He was using all his
strength to prevent himself from crying.
TEXT B
For parents who send their kids off to college saying, “These will
be the best years of your life,” it would be very appropriate to
add, “If you can handle the stress of college life.”
Freshmen are showing up already stressed out, according to the
latest CIRP Freshman Survey that reported students' emotional
health levels at their lowest since the survey started in 1985.
While in school, more students are working part-time and
near-full-time jobs. At graduation, only 29 percent of seniors have
jobs lined up.
Pressure to excel often creates stress, and many students are not
learning how to effectively handle this stress.
1) Stress can make smart people do stupid things: Stress causes
what brain researchers call “cortical inhibition.” In simple terms,
stress inhibits a part of the brain responsible for decision-making
and reaction time and can adversely affect other mental abilities
as well.
2) The human body doesn't discriminate between a big stressful
event and a little one: Any stressful experience will create a
cascade of 1,400 biochemical events in your body. If any amount of
stress is left unchecked, many things can occur within the body,
including premature aging, impaired cognitive function and energy
drain.
3) Stress can become your new norm: When you regularly experience
negative feelings and high amounts of stress, your brain recognizes
this as your normal state. This then becomes the new norm, or
baseline for your emotional state.
4) Stress can be controlled: Countless studies demonstrate that
people can restructure their emotional stateusing
emotion-refocusing techniques. These techniques help you recognize
how you are feeling and shift to a more positive emotional, mental
and physical state.
5) Stress less by loving what you study: Barbara Frederickson, a
leading international authority on the importance of positive
emotions, says humans are genetically programmed to seek positive
emotions such as love and joy. It's suggested to choose a major or
career path you love and enjoy. Otherwise, you could end up
fighting against your own biology.
TEXT C
For anyone who doubts that the texting revolution is upon us,
consider this: The average 13- to 17-year-old sends and receives
3,339 texts a month—more than 100 per day, according to the Nielsen
Co., the media research firm. Adults are catching up. People from
ages 45 to 54 sent and received 323 texts a month in the second
quarter of 2010, up 75% from a year ago, Nielsen says.
Behind the texting explosion is a fundamental shift in how we view
our mobile devices. That they are phones is increasingly beside the
point.
Part of what's driving the texting surge among adults is the
popularity of social media. Sites like Twitter, with postings of no
more than 140 characters, are creating and reinforcing the habit of
communicating in micro-bursts. And these sites also are pumping up
sheer volume. Many Twitter and Facebook devotees create settings
that alert them, via text message, every time a tweet or message is
earmarked for them. In October 2009, 400 million texts alerted
social-media users to such new messages across AT&T's wireless
network, says Mark Collins, AT&T senior vice president for data
and voice products; by September 2010, the number had more than
doubled to one billion. (Twitter reports more than two billion
tweets are sent each month.)
【2014专四考试听写部分答案】
Limiting the growth of technology throughout history man has
changed his physical environment to improve his way of life. With
the tools of technology man has altered many physicall features of
the earth. He has transformed wood lands into farmland: He has
modified the face of the earth by cutting through mountains to
build roads and railways. However these changes in the physical
environment have not always had beneficial results. Today,
pollution of the planet. Each day, thousands of tons of gases come
out of the vehicles: smoke from factories pollutes the aire of
industrialized areas and the surrounding countryside. The air in
cities is becoming increasingly unhealthy. The pollution of water
is equally harmful. In the sea, pollution from oil is killing a lot
of sea plant and fish. It is now necessary for man to limit the
growth of technology in order to survive on the earth．
【2014专四考试作文范文】
Nowadays, there is a widespread concern over the issue that should
english majors study math. Some people hold that all of students
should study math, others do not agree.
As for me, I agree with the later opinion. WIth university budgets
cut , more and more universities choose to cancel math
education.Providing math as part of education helps develop
intelligence that leads to greater success in school and in
life.Every student in the nation should have an education in math
until they prepare to work. Universities should do everything they
can to spread the importance of math. And advance the resort of
math education as part of the core.Giving a student opportunity to
study accounting can promote his or her later success in
society.Reseachers have found that students involved in math likely
to succeed in society.
Math is not only a skill, but also a culture in a word ,non english
majors study english in college is benefit to their life and
future.They should study Math in college.
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