2008年12月大学英语四级考试真题(附word版下载)

Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in depth)
Section A
Question 47-56
    A bookless life is an incomplete life. Books influence the depth and breadth of life. They meet the natural______47_____for freedom, for expression, for creativity and beauty of life. Learners, therefore, must have books, and the right type of book, for the satisfaction of their need. Readers turn______48 ____ to books because their curiosity concerning all manners of things, their eagerness to share in the experiences of others and their need to ____49 ____ from their own limited environment lead them to find in books food for the mind and the spirit. Through their reading they find a deeper significance to life as books acquaint them with life in the world as it was and it is now. They are presented with a __50____ of human experiences and come to ___51___ other ways of thought and living. And while ____52____ their own relationships and responses to life , the readers often find that the ___53 __ in their stories are going through similar adjustments, which help to clarify and give significance to their own.
    Books provide ___54 ____ material for readers’ imagination to grow. Imagination is a valuable quality and a motivating power, and stimulates achievement. While enriching their imagination, books __55 ____their outlook, develop a fact-finding attitude and train them to use leisure ___56 ___. The social and educational significance of the readers’ books cannot be overestimated in an academic library. 
A.        Abundant
B.        Characters
C.       Communicating
D.       Completely
E.        Derive
F.         Desire
G.        Diversity
H.   Escape
I.           Establishing
J.         Narrow
K.        Naturally
L.         Personnel
M.      Properly
N.       Respect
O.      Widen