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(xì)節(jié)判斷題。文章第一段提到垃圾郵件，認(rèn)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(jìn)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(xiàng)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(xì)節(jié)判斷題。文章第二段提到在一些伊斯蘭國(guó)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(huì)

被關(guān)進(jìn)監(jiān)獄，因此選項(xiàng)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(xì)節(jié)判斷題。文章第三段提到應(yīng)付垃圾郵件的時(shí)候說Havingtodealwithspam

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

個(gè)選項(xiàng)中只有A選項(xiàng)中的difficult意思接近，因此選項(xiàng)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(xì)節(jié)判斷題。文章第四段提到垃圾郵件的其他有害方式時(shí)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(huì)破壞用戶的計(jì)

算機(jī)，因此選項(xiàng)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(xì)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(yán)肅對(duì)待。選項(xiàng)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(duì)icon的定義，Iconsareobjectsinour

environmentthatevokedeeply-feltemotionalresponsesfromthoseforwhom

theyhaveaspecial,sharedmeaning，可見icon是我們周圍那些對(duì)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(gè)選項(xiàng)中，A選項(xiàng)為“工具”、B選項(xiàng)為“象

征；符號(hào)”、C選項(xiàng)為“表情；表達(dá)”、D選項(xiàng)為“經(jīng)驗(yàn)；經(jīng)歷”。四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中只有選項(xiàng)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(hào)在藝術(shù)中的作用時(shí)說它provideboththe

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

和觀眾創(chuàng)造了共同的文化體驗(yàn)，因此時(shí)溝通藝術(shù)家和觀眾的橋梁，選項(xiàng)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(xì)節(jié)判斷題。文章第三段提到西方傳奇故事時(shí)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(diǎn)，

選項(xiàng)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