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1、Directions:Thereare4passagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.　　Quest

2、ions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage:　　Disraeliwasaswonderfulaletter-writerashewasanovelist.Hislettersshowthathiscapabilitytoobservewasmatchedonlybyhisabilitytodescribe,andtheyaremademorelivelybyhisoverdevelopedsenseofself-dramatization（戏剧化的自我表现）aswellasbyhisperm

3、anentsenseofthegreatnessofhisownfate.Hegoesthroughthesepageslikesomebeautifulbirdofparadise,spreadinghismulticoloredfeathersandneverpassinglongenoughtobecomeboring.　　Asearlyas1830,whenonly26,heisfoundadvisingBenjaminAustintocarefullykeephislettersforhisdescendents

4、（后代）.FortunatelyAustinandothersfollowedhisadvice.Asaresultover10,000lettersinhisownhandhavesurvived,quiteapartfromdictatedletters.Disraelirarelykeptadiary,andpouredhisthoughts,desiresandreflectionsintohiscorrespondence.　　Whattreasurestherelieinstore!Weleavehimin18

5、37withhislonged-forelectiontoParliament,butaheadseeminglyappearthehighpeaksofhiscareerwiththetwinmountainsofhistwopremierships（首相职位）andhisfriendshipwiththeQueen.LordEshermaintainedthatthelettersbetweenDisraeliandQueenVictoriahadlargelybeendestroyed,butthiswasnotso

6、.Anew,brightandsearchinglightwilleventuallyshineonthatextraordinarypoliticalandromanticrelationship.　　1.Thispassageappearstobewrittenby_________.　　A)afriendofDisraeli's　　B)aneighborofDisraeli's　　C)aliterarycritic　　D)anautobiographer（自传作者）　　2．"…hiscapacitytoobserve

7、wasmatchedonlybyhisabilitytodescribe…"means_________.　　A)hewasasaccomplishedanobserverashewasadescriptivewriter　　B)hiscapacitytoobservecouldnotbecomparedwithhisabilitytodescribe　　C)hiscapacitytoobserveisgreaterthanhisabilitytodescribe　　D)hisabilitytoobserveisgreat

8、erthanhiscapacitytodescribe　　3．DuringhislifetimeDisraelipursuedthecareerof_______.　　A)aletter-writer　　B)apolitician　　C)anovelist　　D)acorrespondent　　　　4．