英語(yǔ)等級(jí)考試pets4精粹試題

英語(yǔ)等級(jí)考試pets4精粹試題Passageone(Theonlywaytotravelisonfoot)Thepastagesofmanhaveallbeencarefullylabeledbyanthropologists.Descriptionslike‘PalaeolithicMan’，‘NeolithicMan’，etc.，neatlysumupwholeperiods.Whenthetimecomesforanthropologiststoturntheirattentiontothetwentiethcentury，theywillsurelychoosethelabel‘LeglessMan’。Historiesofthetimewillgosomethinglikethis：‘inthetwentiethcentury，peopleforgothowtousetheirlegs.Menandwomenmovedaboutincars，busesandtrainsfromaveryearlyage.Therewereliftsandescalatorsinalllargebuildingstopreventpeoplefromwalking.Thissituationwasforceduponearthdwellersofthattimebecauseofmileseachday.Butthesurprisingthingisthattheydidn’tusetheirlegsevenwhentheywentonholiday.Theybuiltcablerailways，ski-liftsandroadstothetopofeveryhugemountain.Allthebeautyspotsonearthweremarredbythepresenceoflargecarparks.Thefuturehistorybooksmightalsorecordthatweweredeprivedoftheuseofoureyes.Inourhurrytogetfromoneplacetoanother，wefailedtoseeanythingontheway.Airtravelgivesyouabird’s-eyeviewoftheworld-orevenlessifthewingoftheaircrafthappenstogetinyourway.Whenyoutravelbycarortrainablurredimageofthecountrysideconstantlysmearsthewindows.Cardrivers，inparticular，areforeverobsessedwiththeurgetogoonandon：theyneverwanttostop.Isitthelureofthegreatmotorways，orwhat?Andasforseatravel，ithardlydeservesmention.Itisperfectlysummedupinthewordsoftheoldsong：‘Ijoinedthenavytoseetheworld，andwhatdidIsee?Isawthesea.’Thetypicaltwentieth-centurytraveleristhemanwhoalwayssays‘I’vebeenthere.’Youmentiontheremotest，mostevocativeplace-namesintheworldlikeElDorado，Kabul，Irkutskandsomeoneisboundtosay‘I’vebeenthere’-meaning，‘Idrovethroughitat100milesanhouronthewaytosomewhereelse.’Whenyoutravelathighspeeds，thepresentmeansnothing：youlivemainlyinthefuturebecauseyouspendmostofyourtimelookingforwardtoarrivingatsomeotherplace.Butactualarrival，whenitisachieved，ismeaningless.Youwanttomoveonagain.Bytravelinglikethis，yoususpendallexperience;thepresentceasestobeareality：youmightjustaswellbedead.Thetraveleronfoot，ontheotherhand，livesconstantlyinthepresent.Forhimtravelingandarrivingareoneandthesamething：hearrivessomewherewitheverystephemakes.Heexperiencesthepresentmomentwithhiseyes，hisearsandthewholeofhisbody.Attheendofhisjourneyhefeelsadeliciousphysicalweariness.Heknowsthatsound.Satisfyingsleepwillbehis：thejustrewardofalltruetravellers.1、Anthorpologistslabelnowaday’smen‘Legless’becauseApeopleforgethowtousehislegs.Bpeopleprefercars，busesandtrains.Cliftsandescalatorspreventpeoplefromwalking.Dtherearealotoftransportationdevices.2、TravellingathighspeedmeansApeople’sfocusonthefuture.Bapleasure.Csatisfyingdrivers’greatthrill.Danecessityoflife.3、Whydoestheauthorsay‘wearedeprivedoftheuseofoureyes’?APeoplewon’tusetheireyes.BIntravelingathighspeed，eyesbecomeuseless.CPeoplecan’tseeanythingonhiswayoftravel.DPeoplewanttosleepduringtravelling.4、Whatisthepurposeoftheauthorinwritingthispassage?ALegsbecomeweaker.BModernmeansoftransportationmaketheworldasmallplace.CThereisnoneedtouseeyes.DThebestwaytotravelisonfoot.5.Whatdoes‘a(chǎn)bird’s-eyeview’mean?ASeeviewwithbird’seyes.BAbirdlooksatabeautifulview.CItisageneralviewfromahighpositionlookingdown.DAscenicplace.VOCABULARY1.Palaeolithic舊石器時(shí)代的2.Neolithic新石器時(shí)代的3.escalator自動(dòng)電梯，自動(dòng)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.ElDorado(由當(dāng)時(shí)西班牙征服者想象中的南美洲)黃金國(guó)，寶山，富庶之鄉(xiāng)10.Kabul喀布爾(阿富汗首都)11.Irkutsk伊爾庫(kù)茨克(原蘇聯(lián)亞洲城市)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(shí)代、新石器時(shí)代人，等等。干脆利落地總結(jié)了一個(gè)時(shí)期。當(dāng)他們轉(zhuǎn)向20世紀(jì)，他們肯定會(huì)標(biāo)上“無(wú)腳的人”。因?yàn)樵?0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(dòng)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(chǎng)。B人們喜歡汽車、公交車、火車等。C電梯、自動(dòng)扶梯制止人們走路。D有許多交通運(yùn)輸工具。2.A人們的注意力在未來(lái)。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(lái)，因?yàn)槟愦蟛糠謺r(shí)間盯在前面到達(dá)的某個(gè)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(jī)強(qiáng)烈的渴望。第二段中提及死機(jī)醉心于開車、不停車但不是快速前進(jìn)著眼于未來(lái)。D生活的需要。這一條在第一段中提及這種情況是因?yàn)樗麄兡钱惓５纳罘椒◤?qiáng)加給時(shí)代的居民。這是指不用腳走路，而用一切代步器?D?D交通運(yùn)輸工具，不是開快車。3.C人們?cè)诼眯型局惺裁炊家姴坏健４鸢冈诘诙?，由一地轉(zhuǎn)向另一地，路上你什么都沒有見到。乘飛機(jī)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(shí)一百英里在去某某地方時(shí)經(jīng)過那里”。正因?yàn)槿绱?，作者指出將?lái)的歷史書上會(huì)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