英語等級考試pets4精粹試題

英語等級考試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.ElDorado(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)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(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。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(qiáng)加給時代的居民。這是指不用腳走路，而用一切代步器?D?D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(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?！拔业竭^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