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2017年公共英語一級閱讀模擬試題及答案
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Passage one
The only way to travel is on foot
The past ages of man have all been carefully labeled by anthropologists. Descriptions like ‘ Palaeolithic Man’, ‘Neolithic Man’, etc., neatly sum up whole periods. When the time comes for anthropologists to turn their attention to the twentieth century, they will surely choose the label ‘Legless Man’. Histories of the time will go something like this: ‘in the twentieth century, people forgot how to use their legs. Men and women moved about in cars, buses and trains from a very early age. There were lifts and escalators in all large buildings to prevent people from walking. This situation was forced upon earth dwellers of that time because of miles each day. But the surprising thing is that they didn’t use their legs even when they went on holiday. They built cable railways, ski-lifts and roads to the top of every huge mountain. All the beauty spots on earth were marred by the presence of large car parks.
The future history books might also record that we were deprived of the use of our eyes. In our hurry to get from one place to another, we failed to see anything on the way. Air travel gives you a bird’s-eye view of the world - or even less if the wing of the aircraft happens to get in your way. When you travel by car or train a blurred image of the countryside constantly smears the windows. Car drivers, in particular, are forever obsessed with the urge to go on and on: they never want to stop. Is it the lure of the great motorways, or what? And as for sea travel, it hardly deserves mention. It is perfectly summed up in the words of the old song: ‘I joined the navy to see the world, and what did I see? I saw the sea.’ The typical twentieth-century traveler is the man who always says ‘I’ve been there. ’ You mention the remotest, most evocative place-names in the world like El Dorado, Kabul, Irkutsk and someone is bound to say ‘I’ve been there’ - meaning, ‘I drove through it at 100 miles an hour on the way to somewhere else. ’
When you travel at high speeds, the present means nothing: you live mainly in the future because you spend most of your time looking forward to arriving at some other place. But actual arrival, when it is achieved, is meaningless. You want to move on again. By traveling like this, you suspend all experience; the present ceases to be a reality: you might just as well be dead. The traveler on foot, on the other hand, lives constantly in the present. For him traveling and arriving are one and the same thing: he arrives somewhere with every step he makes. He experiences the present moment with his eyes, his ears and the whole of his body. At the end of his journey he feels a delicious physical weariness. He knows that sound. Satisfying sleep will be his: the just reward of all true travellers.
1、Anthorpologists label nowaday’s men ‘Legless’ because
A people forget how to use his legs.
B people prefer cars, buses and trains.
C lifts and escalators prevent people from walking.
D there are a lot of transportation devices.
2、Travelling at high speed means
A people’s focus on the future.
B a pleasure.
C satisfying drivers’ great thrill.
D a necessity of life.
3、Why does the author say ‘we are deprived of the use of our eyes’ ?
A People won’t use their eyes.
B In traveling at high speed, eyes become useless.
C People can’t see anything on his way of travel.
D People want to sleep during travelling.
4、What is the purpose of the author in writing this passage?
A Legs become weaker.
B Modern means of transportation make the world a small place.
C There is no need to use eyes.
D The best way to travel is on foot.
5. What does ‘a bird’s-eye view’ mean?
A See view with bird’s eyes.
B A bird looks at a beautiful view.
C It is a general view from a high position looking down.
D A scenic place.
VOCABULARY
1.Palaeolithic 舊石器時代的
2.Neolithic 新石器時代的
3.escalator 自動電梯，自動扶梯
4.ski-lift 載送滑雪者上坡的裝置
5.mar 損壞，毀壞
6.blur 模糊不清，朦朧
7.smear 涂，弄臟，弄模糊(尤指畫面、輪廓等)
8.evocative 引起回憶的，喚起感情的
9.El Dorado (由當(dāng)時西班牙征服者想象中的南美洲)黃金國，寶山，富庶之鄉(xiāng)
10.Kabul 喀布爾(阿富汗首都)
11.Irkutsk 伊爾庫茨克(原蘇聯(lián)亞洲城市)
難句譯注與答案詳解
The only way to travel is on foot 旅游的唯一方法是走路
難句譯注
1. Air travel gives you a bird’s-eye view of the world – or even if the wing of the aircraft happens to get in your way.
【參考譯文】飛機旅行，你只可俯視世界――如果機翼碰巧擋住了你的視線，就看得更少了。
2.When you travel by car or train a blurred image of the country-side constantly smears the windows.
【參考譯文】如果乘車或火車旅行，郊外模糊朦朧的景象不斷地掠過窗口。
寫作方法與文章大意
文章以因果寫作方法，寫出了由于種種現(xiàn)代化交通設(shè)施、人們不需用腳走路，甚至也不需要用眼看景，出門就坐汽車、公交車、地鐵、飛機……，車、機速度飛快，外邊的景物難以看清，最終導(dǎo)致人們忘記用腳、用眼成為“無腳之人”。一切都經(jīng)歷不到。作者建議最佳的旅游方法是徒步――經(jīng)歷現(xiàn)實。
答案詳解
1.A 人們忘了用腳。答案在第一段：人類學(xué)家把以往年代的人們分別標(biāo)上舊石器時代、新石器時代人，等等。干脆利落地總結(jié)了一個時期。當(dāng)他們轉(zhuǎn)向20世紀(jì)，他們肯定會標(biāo)上“無腳的人”。因為在20世紀(jì)，人們忘了如何用腳走路。男人女人早年外出就坐車、公共汽車、火車。大樓里由電梯、自動扶梯，不需要人們走路。即使度假期間，他們也不用腳。他們筑有纜車道、滑雪載車和路直通山頂。所有的風(fēng)景旅游區(qū)都有大型的汽車停車場。
B 人們喜歡汽車、公交車、火車等。
C 電梯、自動扶梯制止人們走路。
D 有許多交通運輸工具。
2.A 人們的注意力在未來。見最后一段第一句話：當(dāng)你高速旅行，現(xiàn)在等于零，你主要生活在未來，因為你大部分時間盯在前面到達(dá)的某個地方。真到了，又沒有意義了，你還要再向前進(jìn)。
B 是一種歡樂。
C 滿足司機強烈的渴望。第二段中提及死機醉心于開車、不停車但不是快速前進(jìn)著眼于未來。
D 生活的需要。這一條在第一段中提及這種情況是因為他們那異常的生活方法強加給時代的居民。這是指不用腳走路，而用一切代步器――交通運輸工具，不是開快車。
3.C 人們在旅行途中什么都見不到。答案在第二段，由一地轉(zhuǎn)向另一地，路上你什么都沒有見到。乘飛機你只能俯視世界，火車，汽車，只見外界朦朧景象掠過窗子。海上旅游，只見到海。“我到過那里”此話含義就是“我以一小時一百英里在去某某地方時經(jīng)過那里”。正因為如此，作者指出將來的歷史書上會記錄下：我們被剝奪了眼睛的應(yīng)用。
A 人們不愿用眼睛。
B 在高速旅行中，眼睛沒有用了。
D 旅行中，人們想睡覺。
4.D 旅行的最佳方式是走路。文章第一段、第二段分別講述了旅行可不用腳、不用眼等情況。第三段，在講述了人們只知向前向前，一切經(jīng)歷都停滯，現(xiàn)實不再是現(xiàn)實，還不如死的好。而用腳走路的旅行者總是生活再現(xiàn)實，對他來說旅行和到達(dá)是一回事，他一步一步走到某地，他用眼睛、耳朵，以至整個身體去體驗現(xiàn)在時刻、旅行終點，他感到全身舒坦愉悅的疲勞，美美享受滿足的酣睡;一切真正旅行者的真實報償。這一段就是作者寫文章的目的――走路是旅行的最佳方式。
A 腳變得軟弱無力。
B 現(xiàn)代交通工具把世界變小。
C 沒有必要用眼睛。
5.C 從高出向下看的景致：俯視。
A 用鳥的眼睛看景點。
B 鳥在看美景。
D 風(fēng)景點。
Passage two
Vicious and Dangerous Sports Should be Banned by Law
When you think of the tremendous technological progress we have made, it’s amazing how little we have developed in other respects. We may speak contemptuously of the poor old Romans because they relished the orgies of slaughter that went on in their arenas. We may despise them because they mistook these goings on for entertainment. We may forgive them condescendingly because they lived 2000 years ago and obviously knew no better. But are our feelings of superiority really justified? Are we any less blood-thirsty? Why do boxing matches, for instance, attract such universal interest? Don’t the spectators who attend them hope they will see some violence? Human beings remains as bloodthirsty as ever they were. The only difference between ourselves and the Romans is that while they were honest enough to admit that they enjoyed watching hungey lions tearing people apart and eating them alive, we find all sorts of sophisticated arguments to defend sports which should have been banned long age; sports which are quite as barbarous as, say, public hangings or bearbaiting.
It really is incredible that in this day and age we should still allow hunting or bull-fighting, that we should be prepared to sit back and watch two men batter each other to pulp in a boxing ring, that we should be relatively unmoved by the sight of one or a number of racing cars crashing and bursting into flames. Let us not deceive ourselves. Any talk of ‘the sporting spirit’ is sheer hypocrisy. People take part in violent sports because of the high rewards they bring. Spectators are willing to pay vast sums of money to see violence. A world heavyweight championship match, for instance, is front page news. Millions of people are disappointed if a big fight is over in two rounds instead of fifteen. They feel disappointment because they have been deprived of the exquisite pleasure of witnessing prolonged torture and violence.
Why should we ban violent sports if people enjoy them so much? You may well ask. The answer is simple: they are uncivilized. For centuries man has been trying to improve himself spiritually and emotionally - admittedly with little success. But at least we no longer tolerate the sight madmen cooped up in cages, or public floggings of any of the countless other barbaric practices which were common in the past. Prisons are no longer the grim forbidding places they used to be. Social welfare systems are in operation in many parts of the world. Big efforts are being made to distribute wealth fairly. These changes have come about not because human beings have suddenly and unaccountably improved, but because positive steps were taken to change the law. The law is the biggest instrument of social change that we have and it may exert great civilizing influence. If we banned dangerous and violent sports, we would be moving one step further to improving mankind. We would recognize that violence is degrading and unworthy of human beings.
1. It can be inferred from the passage that the author’s opinion of nowadays’ human beings is
A. not very high. B. high.
C. contemptuous. D. critical.
2. The main idea of this passage is
A. vicious and dangerous sports should be banned by law.
B. people are willing to pay vast sums money to see violence.
C. to compare two different attitudes towards dangerous sports.
D. people are bloodthirsty in sports.
3. That the author mentions the old Romans is
A. To compare the old Romans with today’s people.
B. to give an example.
C. to show human beings in the past know nothing better.
D. to indicate human beings are used to bloodthirsty.
4. How many dangerous sports does the author mention in this passage?
A. Three. B. Five.
C. Six. D. Seven.
5. The purpose of the author in writing this passage is
A. that, by banning the violent sports, we human beings can improve our selves.
B. that, by banning the dangerous sports, we can improve the law.
C. that we must take positive steps to improve social welfare system.
D. to show law is the main instrument of social change.
Vocabulary
1.relish 從……獲得樂處，享受
2.orgy 狂歡，放縱
3.arena 競技場，活動或斗爭的場所
4.blood-thirsty 殘忍的，嗜血的
5.bear-baiting 逗熊游戲
6.bull-fight 斗牛
7.batter 猛擊，連續(xù)地猛打/捶，亂打
8.pulp 成紙漿，成軟塊
9.burst into flames 突然燃燒起來/著火
10.grim 令人窒息的，簡陋的
11.coop up 把……關(guān)起來
寫作方法與文章大意
作者采取先對比、后分析的寫作手法。先是今人和古羅馬人對暴虐體育上對此兩者都欣賞。后者坦率成人“欣賞暴力體育”，前者施以各種接口、實際都是嗜血成性者。第二段進(jìn)一步剖析今人欣賞暴虐體育的種種實例，最后指出改善“暴虐”的根本嗜為改善法律采取積極的步驟，法律才能施以巨大的文明影響，否則人類很難改變。
答案詳解
1. A. 不太高。文章一開始就點出科技巨大進(jìn)步，而其他方面進(jìn)展很少。人們以輕蔑的口氣談及可憐的古羅馬人，因為他們欣賞競技場上的屠殺。我們輕視他們，因為他們把這些屠殺視為娛樂。我們可以降階/屈尊地諒解他們，因為他們生活在2000年前，顯然，對好的東西不知道。在這里作者反問，我們的優(yōu)越感是否正確呢?我們的嗜血性是不是少一些?為什么拳擊比賽吸引那么許多人?在場的觀賞者(觀眾)是不是也希望看到一些暴力呢?結(jié)論是：人類和過去一樣殘忍。唯一的不同點在于古羅馬人很誠實，他們承認(rèn)他們欣賞觀看饑餓的獅子把人撕碎，活生生吃掉，而我們會找出各種精辟的理由來保衛(wèi)早該制止的運動。第二段舉出具體例子，如斗牛、拳擊中把人打癱在地、車賽中，車子碰撞起火，人們就坐在那里觀看欣賞，參賽者是為了高報酬，觀眾付出大筆錢財是為了看到暴力。作者指出任何體育精神的說法純粹是虛偽。如果一場打比賽(世界重量級冠軍賽)，兩輪而不是十五輪就告結(jié)束，成千上百萬人們會感到失望――這些都證明人的卑下，不文明。這兩段似乎也證明作者的觀點應(yīng)該是C項――蔑視的。但在第三段談及，好幾個世紀(jì)以來，人們一直試圖在精神上和情感上改善自己，又得承認(rèn)不怎么成功�？芍辽傥覀儾辉偃萑摊�?cè)私d于籠中，當(dāng)眾鞭撻，以及其他許多過去普遍存在的野蠻行徑。監(jiān)獄也不再是過去那種令人窒息的禁錮之地，社會福利制度在全世界許多地方推行。在財富公平分配上也作了很大的努力。這些變化的出現(xiàn)不是因為人突然改善，而是在改變法律上采取了 積極的步驟。如果我們禁止危險的暴力體育項目，那么我們在改善人類方面又前進(jìn)了一步。我們會認(rèn)識暴力是人類的墮落和卑下(人類不應(yīng)有的)。從這段來看，作者對人類還抱有希望，不是很蔑視。所以選A項。
2. A.法律應(yīng)禁止墮落而又危險的體育項目。見第一題注釋。作者從古羅馬人欣賞殘忍的體育項目說起，點出現(xiàn)代人也是嗜血成性，喜歡暴力體育項目。這是不文明，是墮落。必須制止，而法律是我們社會改革最強大的工具，它可應(yīng)用，發(fā)揮強大的文明影響(第三段倒數(shù)第三句)
B. 人們愿意支付巨大款項來觀看暴力。這是作者說明“嗜血成性”的具體內(nèi)容之一。
C. 對比對危險體育項目不同的態(tài)度。這里沒有對比。
D.人類嗜血成性。這是作者認(rèn)為人們?yōu)槭裁葱蕾p危險殘忍體育項目的根源。
3.D. 人們在體育上習(xí)慣于“嗜血成性”，過去是，現(xiàn)在仍然是，不同點只是前者坦直承認(rèn)，后者婉轉(zhuǎn)掩飾。見第一題注釋。
A. 把古羅馬人和現(xiàn)代人對比。這項沒有說明對比什么。
B. 給出一個例子。太抽象。
C. 說明過去人類不太知道更美好的東西，這兩項都沒有到位。
4. B. 5個。作者提到⑴逗熊游戲;⑵斗牛;⑶車賽;⑷拳擊;⑸人獅斗。至于當(dāng)眾鞭撻和絞刑不能稱作體育活動。
5. A. 通過制止野蠻體育項目，我們能改善人類自身。這在第三段講的最透徹，見第一題和第二題注釋。
B. 通過制止野蠻體育活動，我們能改善法律，不完全對。作者明確指出要用法律來禁止野蠻體育項目。
C. 我們必須采取積極步驟來改善社會福利體制
D. 去表明法律是社會變革的主要工具。
Passage three
Advertisers Perform a Useful Service to the Community
Advertisers tend to think big and perhaps this is why they’re always coming in for criticism. Their critics seem to resent them because they have a flair for self-promotion and because they have so much money to throw around. ‘It’s iniquitous,’ they say, ‘that this entirely unproductive industry (if we can call it that) should absorb millions of pounds each year. It only goes to show how much profit the big companies are making. Why don’t they stop advertising and reduce the price of their goods? After all, it’s the consumer who pays…’
The poor old consumer! He’d have to pay a great deal more if advertising didn’t create mass markets for products. It is precisely because of the heavy advertising that consumer goods are so cheap. But we get the wrong idea if we think the only purpose of advertising is to sell goods. Another equally important function is to inform. A great deal of the knowledge we have about household goods derives largely from the advertisements we read. Advertisements introduce us to new products or remind us of the existence of ones we already know about. Supposing you wanted to buy a washing machine, it is more than likely you would obtain details regarding performance, price, etc., from an advertisement.
Lots of people pretend that they never read advertisements, but this claim may be seriously doubted. It is hardly possible not to read advertisements these days. And what fun they often are, too! Just think what a railway station or a newspaper would be like without advertisements. Would you enjoy gazing at a blank wall or reading railway byelaws while waiting for a train? Would you like to read only closely printed columns of news in your daily paper? A cheerful, witty advertisement makes such a difference to a drab wall or a newspaper full of the daily ration of calamities.
We must not forget, either, that advertising makes a positive contribution to our pockets. Newspapers, commercial radio and television companies could not subsist without this source of revenue. The fact that we pay so little for our daily paper, or can enjoy so many broadcast programmes is due entirely to the money spent by advertisers. Just think what a newspaper would cost if we had to pay its full price!
Another thing we mustn’t forget is the ‘small ads.’ which are in virtually every newspaper and magazine. What a tremendously useful service they perform for the community! Just about anything can be accomplished through these columns. For instance, you can find a job, buy or sell a house, announce a birth, marriage or death in what used to be called the ‘hatch, match and dispatch’ column but by far the most fascinating section is the personal or ‘agony’ column. No other item in a newspaper provides such entertaining reading or offers such a deep insight into human nature. It’s the best advertisement for advertising there is!
1. What is main idea of this passage?
A. Advertisement.
B. The benefits of advertisement.
C. Advertisers perform a useful service to communities.
D. The costs of advertisement.
2. The attitude of the author toward advertisers is
A. appreciative.
B. trustworthy.
C. critical.
D. dissatisfactory.
3. Why do the critics criticize advertisers?
A. Because advertisers often brag.
B. Because critics think advertisement is a “waste of money”.
C. Because customers are encouraged to buy more than necessary.
D. Because customers pay more.
4. Which of the following is Not True?
A. Advertisement makes contribution to our pockets and we may know everything.
B. We can buy what we want.
C. Good quality products don’t need to be advertised.
D. Advertisement makes our life colorful.
5. The passage is
A. Narration.
B. Description.
C. Criticism.
D. Argumentation.
Vocabulary
1.come in for ( sth. ) 是某事物的對象，吸引(某事物)，獲得
2.flair 天資，天分
3.escalator 極邪惡的，極不公正的
4.drab 單調(diào)的，乏味的
5.subsist 活下去，生存下去，維持下去
6.hatch 孵化(指生孩子)
7.match 匹配，婚姻
8.dispatch 派遣，發(fā)送
9.El Dorado 極大痛苦，煎熬
10.agony column (報刊中關(guān)于個人疑難問題征詢意見的)讀者來信專欄
難句譯注
1.Advertisers tend to think big and perhaps this is why they’re always coming in for criticism.
【參考譯文】廣告商總是雄心勃勃(想得很大)，也許這就是為什么他們老挨批評。
2.Their critics seem to resent them because they have a flair for self-promotion.
【參考譯文】他們的批評者似乎對他們很氣憤，因為他們在自我抬高/標(biāo)榜上很有天分。
3.No other item in a newspaper provides such entertaining reading or offer such deep insight into human nature.
【參考譯文】報紙任何其他欄目都難以提供如此有趣的文章，或提供對人性的內(nèi)涵如此深刻的洞察。
4.It’s the best advertisement for advertising there is.
【參考譯文】這是廣告中最佳的廣告。
寫作方法與文章大意
文章以因果、對比的手法寫出有沒有廣告的后果及廣告的真正作用。文章首先指出廣告商遭批評的原因：廣告商夸大和人們認(rèn)為廣告浪費錢財、商品價格就搞;然后作者以有無廣告的后果突出其功能，沒有廣告，商品價更高，生活單調(diào)、乏味。有了廣告，商品價低，生活豐富多彩，人們獲取各種信息。
答案詳解
1.C. 廣告對社會的服務(wù)很有用。作者從三方面來敘述廣告作用：第二段點出如果廣告不為產(chǎn)品開辟廣大的市場，我們就得付出很多錢，正是因為大量的廣告費用，消費者的商品才會那么便宜。廣告除銷售商品外，其重要的功能在通知/告訴信息，有關(guān)家用商品的許多只是來自廣告，還有新產(chǎn)品的介紹。第三段講了美化環(huán)境功能。如果火車站的墻上和報上沒有廣告，那會怎么樣。一幅悅?cè)诵哪�，機智的廣告將改變一切。第四段講了它為我們省錢：別忘了廣告對我們口袋作出積極的貢獻(xiàn)。報紙、電臺、電視臺公司沒有這筆收入很難生存。我們的報紙，我們付給很少，或者說，我們能享受那么多的節(jié)目完全是因為廣告商花的錢。如果要我們付報紙的全價，那我們要花多少錢!最后一段講了各種專欄的功能。人們可以在這些欄目找工作、買賣房子、宣布婚喪嫁娶信息。這些都圍著一個中心：廣告對社會服務(wù)的有用性。
A. 廣告。太籠統(tǒng)。
B. 廣告之優(yōu)點。文章不是講優(yōu)點，而是講服務(wù)于社會的功能。
D. 廣告費用。
2.A. 欣賞/贊賞。從上述注釋也可推知是A項。最重要的，作者提出種種功能，是為了反駁第一段內(nèi)提到的論點：完全是非生產(chǎn)企業(yè)每年吸收幾百萬鎊，這說明這些大公司利潤有多高。最重要的是消費者付的廣告費等。反駁更說明了A項對。
B. 值得信任。
C. 批評。
D. 不滿意。
3.A. 因為廣告商常常愛吹。見難句譯注1.。
B. 因為批評者認(rèn)為廣告浪費錢。
C. 因為廣告促使消費者購買不必要的東西。
D. 因為消費者支付更多。
4. C. 優(yōu)質(zhì)產(chǎn)品不需要廣告。一切產(chǎn)品都需要廣告，新產(chǎn)品、老產(chǎn)品都需要。
A. 廣告對我們的口袋作出貢獻(xiàn)。
B. 我們可以買到我們所需的。
D. 廣告使我們生活豐富多彩。這三條都提到也是真實的。
5. C. 文章一開始就提到對廣告的批評，然后作者以對比的手法說明其功能。
A. 敘事。
B. 描寫。
D. 議論。
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