2017年10月自考00595英語閱讀一試題及答案含解析

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1、【單選題】**Passage2****Questions6to10arebasedonthefollowing

passage.**Apartfromthenumerousbenefitsandconveniencespeoplearoundthe

worldcanenjoyduetotheInternet,therearealsomultipledrawbacks（缺

陷）．ThereisonebigproblemalmostanyInternetuserhasencounteredatleast

onceinalifetime-spam（垃圾郵件）．Unlikewhatpeoplemightthink,spamisnot

justanannoyingbutharmlessemailmessageInfact,spamcanbeadangerous

toolcapableofharmingitsreceivers,andshouldbeoutlawed.Spamcancausereal

damage.Ifyouwonderhowamereelectroniclettercanbeharmful,firstrecall

theusualcontentsofspamletters.Alongwithcommercialsandnewslettersfrom

electronicshopsyouhaveusedjustonce,everyemailuserisalsoatriskof

receivingspamletteradvertisingpornography（淫穢內(nèi)容），weapons,andother

questionablecontent.AlthoughitmightbesafeintheUnitedStatesofAmerica,

theEuropeanUnion,andsomeotherwesterncountries,itcanbeillegalinmore

religiouscountries-especiallyinIslamicstates.Acitizenofsuchacountrywho

hasreceivedaspamletterwithpornographycanbethrowninjailfornothing.A

personwhoneverlookedforsuchcontentmightbeaccusedofconsumingit.Thisis

nottomentionchildpornography,whichisalsodistributedandadvertisedthrough

spammessages.Havingtodealwithspamdaybydaycanbestressful.Eventhough

spammessagesusuallyhavean“unsubscribe”link,gettingoffaspammer’s

listrequiresanumberofactions,suchasvisitingthewebsite,

acknowledgingunsubscription,sendingconfirmationletters,andsoon.Thismight

benotaprobleminthecaseofbeingatargetofjustseveralspammers;

however,usuallyInternetusesreceivedozensofspammessagesdaily;

unsubscribingfromeachofthemisalmostimpossible.ManyAOLusers,whoarenow

havinghardtimesdealingwithspam,reporttheyarealreadyclosetothepoint

whentheirmailboxesstopworking.Spamcanbeharmfulinyetanotherway.Rather

often,spamemailscontainvirusessuchasTrojans,worms,unblockableads,and

thelike.Openingamessagewithsuchaprogramcaninstantlydamageusers’

computers.Spamisatoolforallkindsoffrauds;forexample,popularare

inheritancefrauds,whenauserreceivesapersonalizedandseeminglytrustworthy

emailfromalawyerinformingthemaboutinheritingasumofmoney,orrealestate,

andrequiringthemtosendsomepersonaldataforafinalcheck.Spamoften

advertiseslowquality,fake,ormisleadingproducts;variousself-improvement

andplasticsurgeryservicesandproductsarealsodistributedthroughspam-no

needtosaytheydealwithmoreharmthanuse.Allthesefactsspeakinfavorof

thenecessitytoproclaimspamillegal.Whichofthefollowingisthedrawbackof

theInternetaccordingtothepassage?

Usercaneasilygetpersonaldate.

Itcostsalotofmoneytosubscribenewsletters.

A:

Usersmayreceiveemailswithquestionablecontent.

B:

It’sinconvenienttoreceiveelectroniclettersfromtheruralarea.

C:

答D:案：C

解析：細節(jié)判斷題。文章第一段提到垃圾郵件，認為垃圾郵件是一大網(wǎng)絡(luò)公害。在第二

段，文章就垃圾郵件的內(nèi)容有害性進行了介紹，提到everyemailuserisalsoatrisk

ofreceivingspamletteradvertisingpornography(淫穢內(nèi)容)，weapons,andother

questionablecontent，可見垃圾郵件的內(nèi)容大多是淫穢色情、武器或其他有問題的內(nèi)

容，因此選項C為正確答案。

2、【單選題】**Passage2****Questions6to10arebasedonthefollowing

passage.**Apartfromthenumerousbenefitsandconveniencespeoplearoundthe

worldcanenjoyduetotheInternet,therearealsomultipledrawbacks（缺

陷）．ThereisonebigproblemalmostanyInternetuserhasencounteredatleast

onceinalifetime-spam（垃圾郵件）．Unlikewhatpeoplemightthink,spamisnot

justanannoyingbutharmlessemailmessageInfact,spamcanbeadangerous

toolcapableofharmingitsreceivers,andshouldbeoutlawed.Spamcancausereal

damage.Ifyouwonderhowamereelectroniclettercanbeharmful,firstrecall

theusualcontentsofspamletters.Alongwithcommercialsandnewslettersfrom

electronicshopsyouhaveusedjustonce,everyemailuserisalsoatriskof

receivingspamletteradvertisingpornography（淫穢內(nèi)容），weapons,andother

questionablecontent.AlthoughitmightbesafeintheUnitedStatesofAmerica,

theEuropeanUnion,andsomeotherwesterncountries,itcanbeillegalinmore

religiouscountries-especiallyinIslamicstates.Acitizenofsuchacountrywho

hasreceivedaspamletterwithpornographycanbethrowninjailfornothing.A

personwhoneverlookedforsuchcontentmightbeaccusedofconsumingit.Thisis

nottomentionchildpornography,whichisalsodistributedandadvertisedthrough

spammessages.Havingtodealwithspamdaybydaycanbestressful.Eventhough

spammessagesusuallyhavean“unsubscribe”link,gettingoffaspammer’s

listrequiresanumberofactions,suchasvisitingthewebsite,

acknowledgingunsubscription,sendingconfirmationletters,andsoon.Thismight

benotaprobleminthecaseofbeingatargetofjustseveralspammers;

however,usuallyInternetusesreceivedozensofspammessagesdaily;

unsubscribingfromeachofthemisalmostimpossible.ManyAOLusers,whoarenow

havinghardtimesdealingwithspam,reporttheyarealreadyclosetothepoint

whentheirmailboxesstopworking.Spamcanbeharmfulinyetanotherway.Rather

often,spamemailscontainvirusessuchasTrojans,worms,unblockableads,and

thelike.Openingamessagewithsuchaprogramcaninstantlydamageusers’

computers.Spamisatoolforallkindsoffrauds;forexample,popularare

inheritancefrauds,whenauserreceivesapersonalizedandseeminglytrustworthy

emailfromalawyerinformingthemaboutinheritingasumofmoney,orrealestate,

andrequiringthemtosendsomepersonaldataforafinalcheck.Spamoften

advertiseslowquality,fake,ormisleadingproducts;variousself-improvement

andplasticsurgeryservicesandproductsarealsodistributedthroughspam-no

needtosaytheydealwithmoreharmthanuse.Allthesefactsspeakinfavorof

thenecessitytoproclaimspamillegal.Whatkindofspamcanbeillegalinsome

religiouscountries?

Emailsaboutinheritance.

Unsubscribedcommercials.

A:

Lettersadvertisingpornography.

B:

Lettersrequestingpersonaldetails.

C:

答D:案：C

解析：細節(jié)判斷題。文章第二段提到在一些伊斯蘭國家，接收垃圾郵件甚至可能觸犯法

律，并說Acitizenofsuchacountrywhohasreceivedaspamletterwith

pornographycanbethrowninjailfornothing，可見收到色情垃圾郵件的人有可能會

被關(guān)進監(jiān)獄，因此選項C為正確答案。

3、【單選題】**Passage2****Questions6to10arebasedonthefollowing

passage.**Apartfromthenumerousbenefitsandconveniencespeoplearoundthe

worldcanenjoyduetotheInternet,therearealsomultipledrawbacks（缺

陷）．ThereisonebigproblemalmostanyInternetuserhasencounteredatleast

onceinalifetime-spam（垃圾郵件）．Unlikewhatpeoplemightthink,spamisnot

justanannoyingbutharmlessemailmessageInfact,spamcanbeadangerous

toolcapableofharmingitsreceivers,andshouldbeoutlawed.Spamcancausereal

damage.Ifyouwonderhowamereelectroniclettercanbeharmful,firstrecall

theusualcontentsofspamletters.Alongwithcommercialsandnewslettersfrom

electronicshopsyouhaveusedjustonce,everyemailuserisalsoatriskof

receivingspamletteradvertisingpornography（淫穢內(nèi)容），weapons,andother

questionablecontent.AlthoughitmightbesafeintheUnitedStatesofAmerica,

theEuropeanUnion,andsomeotherwesterncountries,itcanbeillegalinmore

religiouscountries-especiallyinIslamicstates.Acitizenofsuchacountrywho

hasreceivedaspamletterwithpornographycanbethrowninjailfornothing.A

personwhoneverlookedforsuchcontentmightbeaccusedofconsumingit.Thisis

nottomentionchildpornography,whichisalsodistributedandadvertisedthrough

spammessages.Havingtodealwithspamdaybydaycanbestressful.Eventhough

spammessagesusuallyhavean“unsubscribe”link,gettingoffaspammer’s

listrequiresanumberofactions,suchasvisitingthewebsite,

acknowledgingunsubscription,sendingconfirmationletters,andsoon.Thismight

benotaprobleminthecaseofbeingatargetofjustseveralspammers;

however,usuallyInternetusesreceivedozensofspammessagesdaily;

unsubscribingfromeachofthemisalmostimpossible.ManyAOLusers,whoarenow

havinghardtimesdealingwithspam,reporttheyarealreadyclosetothepoint

whentheirmailboxesstopworking.Spamcanbeharmfulinyetanotherway.Rather

often,spamemailscontainvirusessuchasTrojans,worms,unblockableads,and

thelike.Openingamessagewithsuchaprogramcaninstantlydamageusers’

computers.Spamisatoolforallkindsoffrauds;forexample,popularare

inheritancefrauds,whenauserreceivesapersonalizedandseeminglytrustworthy

emailfromalawyerinformingthemaboutinheritingasumofmoney,orrealestate,

andrequiringthemtosendsomepersonaldataforafinalcheck.Spamoften

advertiseslowquality,fake,ormisleadingproducts;variousself-improvement

andplasticsurgeryservicesandproductsarealsodistributedthroughspam-no

needtosaytheydealwithmoreharmthanuse.Allthesefactsspeakinfavorof

thenecessitytoproclaimspamillegal.Whatdoestheauthorthinkofdealingwith

spamdaybyday?

Itisdifficult.

Itispleasant.

A:

Itisworthless.

B:

Itisexpensive.

C:

答D:案：A

解析：細節(jié)判斷題。文章第三段提到應付垃圾郵件的時候說Havingtodealwithspam

daybydaycanbestressful，可見應付垃圾郵件是一件讓人緊張的，有壓力的事情。四

個選項中只有A選項中的difficult意思接近，因此選項A為正確答案。

4、【單選題】**Passage2****Questions6to10arebasedonthefollowing

passage.**Apartfromthenumerousbenefitsandconveniencespeoplearoundthe

worldcanenjoyduetotheInternet,therearealsomultipledrawbacks（缺

陷）．ThereisonebigproblemalmostanyInternetuserhasencounteredatleast

onceinalifetime-spam（垃圾郵件）．Unlikewhatpeoplemightthink,spamisnot

justanannoyingbutharmlessemailmessageInfact,spamcanbeadangerous

toolcapableofharmingitsreceivers,andshouldbeoutlawed.Spamcancausereal

damage.Ifyouwonderhowamereelectroniclettercanbeharmful,firstrecall

theusualcontentsofspamletters.Alongwithcommercialsandnewslettersfrom

electronicshopsyouhaveusedjustonce,everyemailuserisalsoatriskof

receivingspamletteradvertisingpornography（淫穢內(nèi)容），weapons,andother

questionablecontent.AlthoughitmightbesafeintheUnitedStatesofAmerica,

theEuropeanUnion,andsomeotherwesterncountries,itcanbeillegalinmore

religiouscountries-especiallyinIslamicstates.Acitizenofsuchacountrywho

hasreceivedaspamletterwithpornographycanbethrowninjailfornothing.A

personwhoneverlookedforsuchcontentmightbeaccusedofconsumingit.Thisis

nottomentionchildpornography,whichisalsodistributedandadvertisedthrough

spammessages.Havingtodealwithspamdaybydaycanbestressful.Eventhough

spammessagesusuallyhavean“unsubscribe”link,gettingoffaspammer’s

listrequiresanumberofactions,suchasvisitingthewebsite,

acknowledgingunsubscription,sendingconfirmationletters,andsoon.Thismight

benotaprobleminthecaseofbeingatargetofjustseveralspammers;

however,usuallyInternetusesreceivedozensofspammessagesdaily;

unsubscribingfromeachofthemisalmostimpossible.ManyAOLusers,whoarenow

havinghardtimesdealingwithspam,reporttheyarealreadyclosetothepoint

whentheirmailboxesstopworking.Spamcanbeharmfulinyetanotherway.Rather

often,spamemailscontainvirusessuchasTrojans,worms,unblockableads,and

thelike.Openingamessagewithsuchaprogramcaninstantlydamageusers’

computers.Spamisatoolforallkindsoffrauds;forexample,popularare

inheritancefrauds,whenauserreceivesapersonalizedandseeminglytrustworthy

emailfromalawyerinformingthemaboutinheritingasumofmoney,orrealestate,

andrequiringthemtosendsomepersonaldataforafinalcheck.Spamoften

advertiseslowquality,fake,ormisleadingproducts;variousself-improvement

andplasticsurgeryservicesandproductsarealsodistributedthroughspam-no

needtosaytheydealwithmoreharmthanuse.Allthesefactsspeakinfavorof

thenecessitytoproclaimspamillegal.Acomputercanbedamagedwhenpeople

_____.

writeaspamemail

openaspamemailwithviruses

A:

sendaspamemailtoanotheruser

B:

failtoansweraspamemailimmediately

C:

答D:案：B

解析：細節(jié)判斷題。文章第四段提到垃圾郵件的其他有害方式時說到spamemails

containvirusessuchasTrojans,worms,unblockableads,andthelike.Opening

amessagewithsuchaprogramcaninstantlydamageusers’computers，可見垃圾郵

件包含木馬病毒或者蠕蟲病毒以及無法攔截的廣告，一旦打開這些郵件就會破壞用戶的計

算機，因此選項B為正確答案。

5、【單選題】**Passage2****Questions6to10arebasedonthefollowing

passage.**Apartfromthenumerousbenefitsandconveniencespeoplearoundthe

worldcanenjoyduetotheInternet,therearealsomultipledrawbacks（缺

陷）．ThereisonebigproblemalmostanyInternetuserhasencounteredatleast

onceinalifetime-spam（垃圾郵件）．Unlikewhatpeoplemightthink,spamisnot

justanannoyingbutharmlessemailmessageInfact,spamcanbeadangerous

toolcapableofharmingitsreceivers,andshouldbeoutlawed.Spamcancausereal

damage.Ifyouwonderhowamereelectroniclettercanbeharmful,firstrecall

theusualcontentsofspamletters.Alongwithcommercialsandnewslettersfrom

electronicshopsyouhaveusedjustonce,everyemailuserisalsoatriskof

receivingspamletteradvertisingpornography（淫穢內(nèi)容），weapons,andother

questionablecontent.AlthoughitmightbesafeintheUnitedStatesofAmerica,

theEuropeanUnion,andsomeotherwesterncountries,itcanbeillegalinmore

religiouscountries-especiallyinIslamicstates.Acitizenofsuchacountrywho

hasreceivedaspamletterwithpornographycanbethrowninjailfornothing.A

personwhoneverlookedforsuchcontentmightbeaccusedofconsumingit.Thisis

nottomentionchildpornography,whichisalsodistributedandadvertisedthrough

spammessages.Havingtodealwithspamdaybydaycanbestressful.Eventhough

spammessagesusuallyhavean“unsubscribe”link,gettingoffaspammer’s

listrequiresanumberofactions,suchasvisitingthewebsite,

acknowledgingunsubscription,sendingconfirmationletters,andsoon.Thismight

benotaprobleminthecaseofbeingatargetofjustseveralspammers;

however,usuallyInternetusesreceivedozensofspammessagesdaily;

unsubscribingfromeachofthemisalmostimpossible.ManyAOLusers,whoarenow

havinghardtimesdealingwithspam,reporttheyarealreadyclosetothepoint

whentheirmailboxesstopworking.Spamcanbeharmfulinyetanotherway.Rather

often,spamemailscontainvirusessuchasTrojans,worms,unblockableads,and

thelike.Openingamessagewithsuchaprogramcaninstantlydamageusers’

computers.Spamisatoolforallkindsoffrauds;forexample,popularare

inheritancefrauds,whenauserreceivesapersonalizedandseeminglytrustworthy

emailfromalawyerinformingthemaboutinheritingasumofmoney,orrealestate,

andrequiringthemtosendsomepersonaldataforafinalcheck.Spamoften

advertiseslowquality,fake,ormisleadingproducts;variousself-improvement

andplasticsurgeryservicesandproductsarealsodistributedthroughspam-no

needtosaytheydealwithmoreharmthanuse.Allthesefactsspeakinfavorof

thenecessitytoproclaimspamillegal.Thespamproblemshouldbetakenseriously

becausespam_____.

resultsinillegalactions

Speaksinfavoroffrauds

A:

bringsaboutmoreharmthanuse

B:

Leadstoself-improvementproducts

C:

答D:案：C

解析：細節(jié)判斷題。文章在提到了垃圾郵件的各種害處之后總結(jié)說垃圾郵件dealwith

moreharmthanuse，有必要proclaimspamillegal（宣布垃圾郵件非法），可見正是因

為垃圾郵件無益有害，才需要嚴肅對待。選項C符合文章原意，因此是正確答案。

6、【單選題】**Passage3****Questions11to15arebasedonthefollowing

passage.**_Icons_areobjectsinourenvironmentthatevokedeeply-felt

emotionalresponsesfromthoseforwhomtheyhaveaspecial,sharedmeaning.

Thesemagicalitemsalsofunctioninpopularartasatypeofexpressionand

provideboththecreatorandtheaudiencewithsharedculturalexperiencesthat

carrywiththemadeepandmeaningfulsignificancefarbeyondtheir

physicalreality.Iconshaveatypeofreligioussignificance.Itisthisreligious

significancethatprovidesthemwiththeirbasicpower.Afewyearsagotherewas

astoryaboutasilverchalice（圣杯）broughttoasmalltowninBrazilbya

visitingAmericanpriestwhichborethefollowingwords:“InmemoryofMarilyn

Monroe.”Aremarkablemixtureofthesacredandthesecular（世俗的）,an

integrationofthestrengthsofbothintoasupericon.TheWesternromanceisat

itsverybasisreligiousinitsimplications.Thehero,standingbetweenthe

wildernessontheonehandandcivilizationontheother,balances,muchlikea

priest,betweenthepowersoflightanddarknessbecausehehasthestrengthsof

bothandusesthemagainsttheweaknessesofthewilderness.Thehero-priest

functionsasanineteenth-centurysaviorbycombiningNEWTestamentmercywithOld

Testamentjustice.IntheWesternromancethegun,thehorse,andthelandscape

arecentralicons.Whilethehorseenablestheherotomoveeasilyaboutthe

virtue-laden（富有美德的）andvice-riddenlandscape,thegunaidshiminthe

finaljudgmentbetweengoodandevil.Thehero’sgunmust,ofcourse,bespecial,

almostmagical;itisgiventhepowerwiththeforcesoflifeanddeath,right

andwrong.Thehero’sgunisnotatool,butarealextensionofthemanhood

andthe“rightness”ofthehero-savior.Speakingofthehorseasanicon,it

isrepresentativeoftheforceofnature,muteevidenceofthehero’smasteryover

nature,ofhisabilitytocommandrespectfromnature’sforces.Consistentwith

theiconicsignificanceofthegunandthehorse,isthelandscapeitself,which

findsitsmostcompleteexpressioninfilm.Thelandscapeisnotjustabackdrop

againstwhichthestoryisset,butratheranintegralpartoftheaction.Itis

thewildernessinallofitspositive-negativecompleteness,beingableto

providespiritualandphysicalhealthfulnessforthemodernexperience.Whichof

thefollowingisclosestinmeaningtotheword“icon”?

Tool.

Symbol.

A:

Expression.

B:

Experience.

C:

D:

答案：B

解析：詞義判斷題。文章伊始就提到了對icon的定義，Iconsareobjectsinour

environmentthatevokedeeply-feltemotionalresponsesfromthoseforwhom

theyhaveaspecial,sharedmeaning，可見icon是我們周圍那些對人們具有特殊的、

共同的意義并能喚起深刻情感的東西，四個選項中，A選項為“工具”、B選項為“象

征；符號”、C選項為“表情；表達”、D選項為“經(jīng)驗；經(jīng)歷”。四個選項中只有選項B

符合文章原意，因此是正確答案。

7、【單選題】**Passage3****Questions11to15arebasedonthefollowing

passage.**_Icons_areobjectsinourenvironmentthatevokedeeply-felt

emotionalresponsesfromthoseforwhomtheyhaveaspecial,sharedmeaning.

Thesemagicalitemsalsofunctioninpopularartasatypeofexpressionand

provideboththecreatorandtheaudiencewithsharedculturalexperiencesthat

carrywiththemadeepandmeaningfulsignificancefarbeyondtheir

physicalreality.Iconshaveatypeofreligioussignificance.Itisthisreligious

significancethatprovidesthemwiththeirbasicpower.Afewyearsagotherewas

astoryaboutasilverchalice（圣杯）broughttoasmalltowninBrazilbya

visitingAmericanpriestwhichborethefollowingwords:“InmemoryofMarilyn

Monroe.”Aremarkablemixtureofthesacredandthesecular（世俗的）,an

integrationofthestrengthsofbothintoasupericon.TheWesternromanceisat

itsverybasisreligiousinitsimplications.Thehero,standingbetweenthe

wildernessontheonehandandcivilizationontheother,balances,muchlikea

priest,betweenthepowersoflightanddarknessbecausehehasthestrengthsof

bothandusesthemagainsttheweaknessesofthewilderness.Thehero-priest

functionsasanineteenth-centurysaviorbycombiningNEWTestamentmercywithOld

Testamentjustice.IntheWesternromancethegun,thehorse,andthelandscape

arecentralicons.Whilethehorseenablestheherotomoveeasilyaboutthe

virtue-laden（富有美德的）andvice-riddenlandscape,thegunaidshiminthe

finaljudgmentbetweengoodandevil.Thehero’sgunmust,ofcourse,bespecial,

almostmagical;itisgiventhepowerwiththeforcesoflifeanddeath,right

andwrong.Thehero’sgunisnotatool,butarealextensionofthemanhood

andthe“rightness”ofthehero-savior.Speakingofthehorseasanicon,it

isrepresentativeoftheforceofnature,muteevidenceofthehero’smasteryover

nature,ofhisabilitytocommandrespectfromnature’sforces.Consistentwith

theiconicsignificanceofthegunandthehorse,isthelandscapeitself,which

findsitsmostcompleteexpressioninfilm.Thelandscapeisnotjustabackdrop

againstwhichthestoryisset,butratheranintegralpartoftheaction.Itis

thewildernessinallofitspositive-negativecompleteness,beingableto

providespiritualandphysicalhealthfulnessforthemodernexperience.Whyare

iconsimportantforartists?

Iconsarereligiouslysignificant.

Iconsmakepeoplephysicallyresponsive.

A:

Iconsprovideabridgebetweentheartistandtheaudience.

B:

Iconsarecloselyconnectedwithpeople’sdailyexperience.

C:

答D:案：C

解析：推理判斷題。文章在提到象征符號在藝術(shù)中的作用時說它provideboththe

creatorandtheaudiencewithsharedculturalexperiences，可見象征符號為藝術(shù)家

和觀眾創(chuàng)造了共同的文化體驗，因此時溝通藝術(shù)家和觀眾的橋梁，選項C符合文章原意，

因此是正確答案。

8、【單選題】**Passage3****Questions11to15arebasedonthefollowing

passage.**_Icons_areobjectsinourenvironmentthatevokedeeply-felt

emotionalresponsesfromthoseforwhomtheyhaveaspecial,sharedmeaning.

Thesemagicalitemsalsofunctioninpopularartasatypeofexpressionand

provideboththecreatorandtheaudiencewithsharedculturalexperiencesthat

carrywiththemadeepandmeaningfulsignificancefarbeyondtheir

physicalreality.Iconshaveatypeofreligioussignificance.Itisthisreligious

significancethatprovidesthemwiththeirbasicpower.Afewyearsagotherewas

astoryaboutasilverchalice（圣杯）broughttoasmalltowninBrazilbya

visitingAmericanpriestwhichborethefollowingwords:“InmemoryofMarilyn

Monroe.”Aremarkablemixtureofthesacredandthesecular（世俗的）,an

integrationofthestrengthsofbothintoasupericon.TheWesternromanceisat

itsverybasisreligiousinitsimplications.Thehero,standingbetweenthe

wildernessontheonehandandcivilizationontheother,balances,muchlikea

priest,betweenthepowersoflightanddarknessbecausehehasthestrengthsof

bothandusesthemagainsttheweaknessesofthewilderness.Thehero-priest

functionsasanineteenth-centurysaviorbycombiningNEWTestamentmercywithOld

Testamentjustice.IntheWesternromancethegun,thehorse,andthelandscape

arecentralicons.Whilethehorseenablestheherotomoveeasilyaboutthe

virtue-laden（富有美德的）andvice-riddenlandscape,thegunaidshiminthe

finaljudgmentbetweengoodandevil.Thehero’sgunmust,ofcourse,bespecial,

almostmagical;itisgiventhepowerwiththeforcesoflifeanddeath,right

andwrong.Thehero’sgunisnotatool,butarealextensionofthemanhood

andthe“rightness”ofthehero-savior.Speakingofthehorseasanicon,it

isrepresentativeoftheforceofnature,muteevidenceofthehero’smasteryover

nature,ofhisabilitytocommandrespectfromnature’sforces.Consistentwith

theiconicsignificanceofthegunandthehorse,isthelandscapeitself,which

findsitsmostcompleteexpressioninfilm.Thelandscapeisnotjustabackdrop

againstwhichthestoryisset,butratheranintegralpartoftheaction.Itis

thewildernessinallofitspositive-negativecompleteness,beingableto

providespiritualandphysicalhealthfulnessforthemodernexperience.Inthe

Westernromance,theherohastobalancebetweenthepowersoflightanddarkness

to_____.

restoreavanishedcivilization

usecivilizationagainstwilderness

A:

standbetweenwildernessandcivilization

B:

usethemagainsttheweaknessesofthewilderness

C:

答D:案：D

解析：細節(jié)判斷題。文章第三段提到西方傳奇故事時說主角要保持光明和黑暗的力量之間

的平衡，becausehehasthestrengthsofbothandusesthemagainstthe

weaknessesofthewilderness，可見真正的原因是主角要用這些力量戰(zhàn)勝荒野的弱點，

選項D符合文章原意，因此是正確答案。

9、【單選題】**Passage3****Questions11to15arebasedonthefollowing

passage.**_Icons_areobjectsinourenvironmentthatevokedeeply-felt

emotionalresponsesfromthoseforwhomtheyhaveaspecial,sharedmeaning.

Thesemagicalitemsalsofunctioninpopularartasatypeofexpressionand

provideboththecreatorandtheaudiencewithsharedculturalexperiencesthat

carrywiththemadeepandmeaningfulsignificancefarbeyondtheir

physicalreality.Iconshaveatypeofreligioussignificance.Itisthisreligious

significancethatprovidesthemwiththeirbasicpower.Afewyearsagotherewas

astoryaboutasilverchalice（圣杯）broughttoasmalltowninBrazilbya

visitingAmericanpriestwhichborethefollowingwords:“InmemoryofMarilyn

Monroe.”Aremarkablemixtureofthesacredandthesecular（世俗的）,an

integrationofthestrengthsofbothintoasupericon.TheWesternromanceisat

itsverybasisreligiousinitsimplications.Thehero,standingbetweenthe

wildernessontheonehandandcivilizationontheother,balances,muchlikea

priest,betweenthepowersoflightanddarknessbecausehehasthestrengthsof

bothandusesthemagainsttheweaknessesofthewilderness.Thehero-priest

functionsasanineteenth-centurysaviorbycombiningNEWTestamentmercywithOld

Testamentjustice.IntheWesternromancethegun,thehorse,andthelandscape

arecentralicons.Whilethehorseenablestheherotomoveeasilyaboutthe

virtue-laden（富有美德的）andvice-riddenlandscape,thegunaidshiminthe

finaljudgmentbetweengoodandevil.Thehero’sgunmust,ofcourse,bespecial,

almostmagical;itisgiventhepowerwiththeforcesoflifeanddeath,right

andwrong.Thehero’sgunisnotatool,butarealextensionofthemanhood

andthe“rightness”ofthehero-savior.Speakingofthehorseasanicon,it

isrepresentativeoftheforceofnature,muteevidenceofthehero’smasteryover

nature,ofhisabilitytocommandrespectfromnature’sforces.Consistentwith

theiconicsignificanceofthegunandthehorse,isthelandscapeitself,which

findsitsmostcompleteexpressioninfilm.Thelandscapeisnotjustabackdrop

againstwhichthestoryisset,butratheranintegralpartoftheaction.Itis

thewildern