翻譯二級筆譯綜合能力閱讀分類模擬題135

翻譯二級筆譯綜合能力閱讀分類模擬題135ReadingComprehension

Aswithanyworkofart,themeritofChapmanKelley's"Wild（江南博哥）flowerWorksI"wasintheeyeofthebeholder.

Kelley,whonormallyworkswithpaintandcanvas,consideredthetwinovalgardensplantedin1984atDaleyBicentennialParkhismostimportantpiece.

TheChicagoParkDistrictconsidereditapatchofraggedyvegetationonpublicpropertythatcouldbedugupandreplantedatwillliketheflowerboxesalongMichiganAvenue.Andthat'swhathappenedinJune2004,whenthedistrictdecidedtocreateamoreorderlyvistaforpedestrianscrossingfromMillenniumParkviathenewFrankGehryfootbridge.

Ifyou'relookingforevidencethattherubeswhoruntheParkDistrictdon'tknowartwhentheyseeit,allyouhavetodoisvisitwhat'sleftofKelley'smasterpiece.Theexuberant1.5-acretangleofleggywildflowersisnowconfinedtoatidyrectangle,restrainedonallsidesbyaknee-highhedgeandsurroundedbyacloselycroppedlawn.Whitehydrangeasandpinkshrubrosescompletethelook.Wedon'tknowwho'sresponsiblefortheredesign,butWe'llbetthecarpetinhishomedoesn'tgowiththefurniture.

Still,you'dthinktheParkDistrictWaswithinitsrightstoplowundertheprairie.Wrong.KelleyjustwonatlawsuitinwhichhearguedthatthegardenwaspublicareandthereforeprotectedbythefederalVisualArtistsRightsAct.Underthatlaw,thedistrictshouldhavegivenhim90days'noticethatitintendedtomesswithhisartworkinsteadofrushingheadlongintothedemolition,alaMeigsField.ThatwayKelleycouldhavemountedalegalchallenge,oratleastremovedtheplants.

ParkDistrictofficialssaidtheyneverconsideredthegardenaworkofart,eventhoughitwasinstalledbyanestablishedartistandnot,say,Joe'sSodandLandscaping.Wecanunderstandtheirconfusion.Justrecently,wefiguredoutthatthecagedgreenerydirectlysouthofPritzkerPavilionissupposedtobeanarchitecturalstatementandnotaChristmastreelot.

Allthat'sleftisforthedistricttocompensateKelleyforhisloss.Whateverpricethepartiessettleon,let'shopetheagreementalsoprovidesfortheremovaloftherestof"WildflowerWorksI"Ifitwas'taneyesorebefore—andplentyofpeoplethoughtitwas...itsureisnow.1.

ItisimpliedinthefirstParagraphthatthepublic______.A.paidlittleattentionto"WildflowerWorksI"B.appreciatedthevalueof"WildflowerWorksI"C.toleratedtheuglinessof"WildflowerWorksI"D.hadtheirownviewson"WildflowerWorksI"正確答案：B[解析]根據(jù)文中第一段的內容“Aswithanyworkofart,themeritofChapmanKelley's"WildflowerWorksI"wasintheeyeofthebeholder.在查普曼·凱利的作品“野花工程Ⅰ”中，觀眾們看到了它的價值所在，如同他們從所有藝術作品中看到的一樣。可知，B項“公眾很欣賞野花工程Ⅰ的價值”符合題意。A項“公眾對野花工程Ⅰ不是很重視”，C項“公眾要忍受野花工程Ⅰ的不雅”，D項“公眾對野花工程Ⅰ有自己的觀點”，這三項都和文中第一段表達的意思不符合。

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Theword"beholder"underlinedinParagraph1isclosestinmeaningto______.A.audienceB.witnessC.observerD.holder正確答案：C[解析]根據(jù)文中第一段的內容“intheeyeofthebeholder”可知為在人們的眼里。選項中的C項為“觀察者，”符合文意。A項“觀眾”，B項“目擊者”，D項“持有者”，這三項均不符合題意。

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Theboldfacedword"rubes"inParagraph4mostlikelymeans______.A.expertsB.laymenC.foolsD.artists正確答案：B[解析]根據(jù)文中第四段的“therubeswhoruntheParkDistrictdon'tknowart”可知，rubes意為不懂藝術的外行人。選項中的B項為“非專業(yè)人士”符合文意。A項“專家”，C項“傻瓜”，D項“藝術家”，這三項均和rubes意思相差甚遠。

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Accordingtothepassage,theonewhoredesignedtheParkmust______.A.knowKelley'sworkwellB.haveaterribletasteinartC.likeconventionallayoutsD.alwaysputthepublic'sneedfirst正確答案：B[解析]根據(jù)文中第四段最后一句話“Wedon'tknowwho'sresponsiblefortheredesign,butWe'llbetthecarpetinhishomedoesn'tgowiththefurniture.我們不知道新設計的負責人是誰，但我們知道他家的地毯一定與家具不搭調。”可知，B項“重新設計公園的人的藝術品味一定很差”符合文意。A項“對凱利的作品很了解”，如果很了解凱利的作品就不會對它重新改造，所以A不對；C項“喜歡傳統(tǒng)的布局”，D項“總是把公眾的需要放在首位”，C、D兩項都有可能，但是題目問的是一定，所以都不正確。

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Theword"confined"underlinedinParagraph4isclosestinmeaningto______.A.restrictB.defineC.preventD.deprive正確答案：A[解析]根據(jù)文中第四段的內容“Theexuberant1.5-acretangleofleggywildflowersisnowconfinedtoatidyrectangle”可知1.5英畝的野花地現(xiàn)在限制成為一個整齊的長方形。選項中的A項為“限制，”符合文意。B項“定義”，C項“保護”，D項“剝奪”，這三項均不符合題意。

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WhichofthefollowingwasNOTtrueabout"WildflowerWorksI"?A.ItwasdesignedbythefamousartistChapmanKelley.B.TherearetwoovalgardensatDaleyBicentennialPark.C.Thepublicvotedfordemolishingthegardens.D.TheChicagoParkDistrictdidnotdeemitapieceofart.正確答案：C[解析]C項“群眾投票拆除花園”在文中沒有出現(xiàn)相關內容，所以此說法不正確，符合題意。A項“野花工程Ⅰ是由著名藝術家查普曼·凱利設計的”，這在文中第一段就已說明；B項內容在第二段后半部分有所體現(xiàn)；D項“芝加哥公園區(qū)不把它當作一種藝術”，這在第三段開頭有相關內容，所以這三項都符合文意。

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Theword"messwith"underlinedinParagraph5mostlikelymeans______.A.disturbB.confuseC.messupD.muddle正確答案：C[解析]根據(jù)文中第五段的內容“itintendedtomesswithhisartwork”可知目的是弄糟他的藝術作品。選項中的C項為“弄糟，”符合文意。A項“打擾”，B項“混淆”，D項“使糊涂”，這三項均不符合題意。

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WhydidKelleywinthelawsuit?A.Kelleyhadaverycapablelawyer.B.TheParkDistricthadnorighttodemolishit.C.TheParkDistrictshouldtakethepublic'sopinionfirst.D.TheParkDistrictshouldhaveinformedKelleyofthedemolition.正確答案：B[解析]根據(jù)文中第五段的內容“Still,you'dthinktheParkDistrictwaswithinitsrightstoplowundertheprairie.Wrong.”可知，公園是公眾財產，因此受聯(lián)邦《視覺藝術家權法案》保護，所以公園區(qū)無權自行決定拆除景觀，所以B符合題意。A項“凱利有一個很有能力的律師”，這在文中沒有提到；C項“公園區(qū)應該首先采取公眾的意見”；D項“公園區(qū)應該通知凱利公園拆除的消息”，C、D雖在文中提及，但是不是凱利贏得官司的原因。

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Theword"compensate"underlinedinParagraph7mostlikelymeans______.A.makeupforB.rewardC.payD.punish正確答案：A[解析]根據(jù)文中第七段的內容“Allthat'sleftisforthedistricttocompensateKelleyforhisloss”可知目的是賠償他的損失。選項中的A項為“賠償，”符合文意。B項“獎勵”，C項“支付”，D項“懲罰”，這三項均不符合題意。

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What'stheauthor'sattitudetowardsthepresent"WildflowerWorksI"?A.Hetakesaneutralposition.B.Hebelievesinthelongarmofthelaw.C.Heregardsitamasterpieceofpublicart.D.Heisinfavorofdemolishingtheuglygarden.正確答案：D[解析]根據(jù)文中最后一段最后一句的內容可知，作者認為公園現(xiàn)在被改造的真的很丑陋，所以D項“作者支持拆除丑陋的公園”符合文意。A項“作者保持中立的立場”，作者在最后用的詞“eyesore眼中釘，難看的東西”這個詞語并不是中性詞，所以中立立場顯然不正確；B項“他相信法律長遠的幫助”；C項“他把公園看成是公眾的藝術”，B、C兩項在文中都沒有體現(xiàn)，所以這三項都不符合題意。

ThelatePaulSamuelsononcequippedthat"womenarejustmenwithlessmoney."Asafatherofsix,hemighthaveaddedsomethingaboutwomen'sroleinthereproductionofthespecies.Buthisaphorismisaboutasgoodaone-sentencesummaryofclassicalfeminismasyoucanget.

Thefirstgenerationsofsuccessfulwomeninsistedonbeingjudgedbythesamestandardsasmen.Theyhadnothingbutcontemptforthenotionofspecialtreatmentfor"thesisters",andinsteadinsistedongettingaheadbydintofworkingharderandthinkingsmarter.MargaretThatchermadenosecretofhercontemptforthewimpishmenaroundher.(Thereisajokeabouthergoingouttodinnerwithhercabinet."Steakorfish?"asksthewaiter."Steak,ofcourse,"shereplies."Andforthevegetables?They'llhavesteakaswell.")DuringAmerica'smostrecentpresidentialelectionHillaryClintontauntedBarackObamawithanadvertisementthatimpliedthathe,unlikeshe,wasnotuptothechallengeofansweringtheredphoneat3am.

Manypioneeringbusinesswomenpridethemselvesontheirtoughness.DongMingzhu,thebossofGreeElectricAppliances,anair-conditioninggiant,saysflatly,"Inevermiss.IneveradmitmistakesandIamalwayscorrect."Inthepastthreeyearshercompanyhasboostedshareholderreturnsbynearly500%.

Butsomeoftoday'smostinfluentialfeministscontendthatwomenwillneverfulfilltheirpotentialiftheyplaybymen'srules.AccordingtoAvivahWittenberg-CoxandAlisonMaitland,twoofthemostprominentexponentsofthisposition,itisnotenoughtosmashtheglassceiling.Youneedtoaudittheentirebuildingfor"genderasbestos"—inotherwords,rootouttheinherentsexismbuiltintocorporatestructuresandprocesses.

Thenewfeminismcontendsthatwomenarewireddifferentlyfrommen,andnotjustintrivialways.Theyarelessaggressiveandmoreconsensus-seeking,lesscompetitiveandmorecollaborative,lesspower-obsessedandmoregroup-oriented.JudyRosener,oftheUniversityofCalifornia,Irvine,arguesthatwomenexcelat"transformational"and"interactive"management.PeninahThomsonandJaceyGraham,theauthorsof"AWoman'sPlaceisintheBoardroom",assertthatwomenare"betterlateralthinkersthanmen"and"moreidealistic"intothebargain.Feministtextsaresuddenlyfullofreferencestotribesofmonkeys,withtheiraggressivemalesandnurturingfemales.

Whatismore,theargumentruns,thesesupposedlywomanlyqualitiesarebecomingevermorevaluableinbusiness.Therecentfinancialcrisisprovedthatthesortofqualitiesthatmenpridethemselveson,suchasrisk-takingandbare-knucklecompetition,canleadtodisaster.LehmanBrotherswouldneverhavehappenedifithadbeenLehmanSisters,accordingtothistheory.Evenbeforethefinancialdisasterstruck,thenewfeministsalsoclaim,thebestcompanieshadbeenabandoning"patriarchal"hierarchiesinfavorof"collaboration"and"networking",skillsinwhichwomenhaveaninherentadvantage.

Thisargumentmaysoundalittlelikethestuffofgenderworkshopsinrighteousuniversities.Butitisgainingfollowersinpowerfulplaces.McKinsey,themostvenerableofmanagementconsultancies,haspublishedresearcharguingthatwomenapplyfiveofthenine"leadershipbehaviors"thatleadtocorporatesuccessmorefrequentlythanmen.NiallFitzGerald,thedeputychairmanofThomsonReutersandaformerbossofUnilever,isascloseasyoucangettotheheartofthecorporateestablishment.Heproclaims,"Womenhavedifferentwaysofachievingresults,andleadershipqualitiesthatarebecomingmoreimportantasourorganizationsbecomelesshierarchicalandmorelooselyorganizedaroundmatrixstructures."

Manycompaniesareabandoningtheold-fashionedcommitmenttotreatingeverybodyequallyandinsteadbecoming"genderadapted"and"genderbilingual"—intouchwiththeuniquemanagementwisdomoftheirfemaleemployees.Ahostofconsultancieshassprunguptoteachfirmshowtolistentowomenandexploittheirspecialabilities.

Thenewfeministsarerighttobefrustratedaboutthepaceofwomen'sprogressinbusiness.Britain'sEqualityandHumanRightsCommissioncalculatedthat,atthecurrentrateofprogress,itwilltake60yearsforwomentogainequalrepresentationontheboardsoftheFTSE100.Theyarealsorightthatold-fashionedfeminismtooktoolittleaccountofwomen'sroleinraisingchildren.Buttheirargumentsabouttheinnatedifferencesbetweenmenandwomenaresloppyandcounterproductive.

Peoplewhobangonaboutinnatedifferencesshouldrememberthatvariationwithinsubgroupsinthepopulationisusuallybiggerthanthevariationbetweensubgroups.Evenifitcanbeestablishedthat,onaverage,womenhaveahigher"emotional-intelligencequotient"thanmen,thatsayslittleaboutanyspecificwoman.Judgingpeopleasindividualsratherthanasrepresentativesofgroupsisbothmorallyrightandgoodforbusiness.

Caring,sharingandengineering

Besides,manyofthemostsuccessfulwomenaretobefoundinhard-edgedcompanies,ratherthanthetouchy-feelyorganizationsofthenewfeministimagination:Areva(nuclearenergy),AngloAmerican(mining),ArcherDanielsMidland(agribusiness),DuPont(chemicals),Sunoco(oil)andXerox(technology)allhavefemalebosses.TheCranfieldSchoolofManagement'sFemaleFTSE100Indexrevealsthattwooftheindustrieswiththebestrecordforpromotingwomentotheirboardsarebankingandtransport.

WomenwouldbewelladvisedtoignorethesirenvoicesofthenewfeminismandlistentoMsDonginstead.Despitetheirfrustration,thefuturelooksbright.Womenarenowoutperformingmenmarkedlyinschoolanduniversity.Itwouldbeagravemistaketoabandonold-fashionedmeritocracyjustatthetimewhenitisturningtowomen'sadvantage.

("Womenomics",bySchumpeter,fromTheEconomist,Jan.2nd,2010)11.

IncitingPaulSamuelson'saphorismas"womenarejustmenwithlessmoney",theauthormostprobablyintendsto______.A.implythatthereisnoradicaldifferencebetweenmanandwomanB.indicatethathisargumentisbasedonauthoritativeresearchandisplausibleC.arousethepotentialaddressees'interestwitheye-catchingviewpointD.setupanexplicittargettorefuteinthefollowingpassage正確答案：C

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Accordingtothecontext,"redphone"inthelastlineofparagraph2ofthepassagemayreferto______.A.ahotlinesystemthatallowsdirectcommunicationbetweentheleadersoftheUnitedStatesandothercountriesB.aphonecallthatmayinvolveimperativeissueandneedaquickdecisionC.nothingmorethanaphonepeculiartotheovalofficeintheWhitehouseD.noneoftheabove正確答案：B

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Whichofthefollowingstatementsmightbetheauthor'spointofview?A.Feministmanagementtheoristsareflirtingwithsomedangerousarguments.B.Itisimpossibleforwomentofulfilltheirpotentialiftheyplaybymen'srules.C.Womanlyqualitiesarebecomingevermorevaluableinbusinessnowadays.D.ItisunnecessaryforthenewfeministstoworryaboutthefewrepresentationwomenhavegotontheboardsoftheFTSE100.正確答案：A

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ItcanbeinferredfromthepassagethatthedemiseofLehmanmighthavesomethingtodowith______.A.suchsupposedlymanlyqualitiesofitsleaderasrisking-takingandbare-knucklecompetitionB.itsinsistencyontheold-fashionedpatriarchalhierarchiesinsteadofonmodemideassuchascollaborationandnetworkingC.disproportionbetweenthenumbersofmaleandfemalestaffwhichmayleadtodivergentmanagementdecisionsD.noneoftheabove正確答案：D

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Whichofthefollowingisclosestinmeaningtotheword"genderbilingual"inparagraph7ofthepassage?A.Becapableofspeakingboththelanguagesusedbymaleandfemale.B.Becapableofthinkinginbothmaleandfemaleways.C.Becapableoftreatingmaleandfemaleequallyindealingwithbusiness.D.Becapableofmakinggooduseoftheadvantagesofferedbyfemalestaff.正確答案：D

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Takethewholepassageintoconsideration,whichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?A.Manysuccessfulbusinesswomenareveryfirmandconfidentintheirattitudes.B.Someofthemostinfluentialfeministsholdthatsexismshouldbeabolished.C.Modemcompaniesprefertohirefemalestaffbecauseoftheirspecialabilities.D.Theauthorthinksthatthenewfeminists'attentionisimproperlydistracted.正確答案：C

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Ontheinnatedifferencesbetweenmaleandfemale,theauthorholdsthat______.A.peoplearetobejudgedbyindividualcharactersratherthanbygenderB.thosewhodiscussthevariationbetweenmanandwomanarewrongC.itiswiseforwomentocastasideallthetheoriesandgointobattleD.generallyspeaking,womenhaveahigheremotionalintelligencethanmendo正確答案：A

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Theauthormostprobablywrotethepassageto______.A.presentsomeofthemostpopularideasonwomenomicsB.encouragewomentofightfortheglorytheydeservetoenjoyC.warnthefeministmanagementtheoristsofsomedangerousargumentsD.explorethemeritsofwomanworkforceinbusinessmanagement正確答案：C

ItseemsincredibletomethatLatinisnottaughtinschoolsasamatterofcourse,especiallyinacountrythatisforeverlamentingitsown(undeniable)mediocritywhenitcomestospeakingforeignlanguages.Asa13-year-old,IhardlyapproachedmyownLatinlessonswithanythingresemblingenthusiasm—ImighthavebeenkeenerifAeneaswenttotheshopsoccasionally—butIamterrificallygratefulIhadthem,allthesame.

Thebenefitsaremany.HavingabasicgroundinginLatinmakeslearningRomancelanguagesadoddle(輕而易舉的事):thefactthatIspeakEnglishplusthreeothershaslesstodowithanygeneticpredisposition—IwashopelessatlearningRussian—thanwithanunderstandingoftherootandprovenanceofLatin-derivedwords.

ItwouldbeimpossibletohaveasmatteringofLatinandfindoneselfstuckinItaly,providedonemanagedtopersuadethespeakertoslowdownabit.AndthereasonIcan(arguably)justaboutstringasentencetogetherinEnglish—whichisn'tmyfirstlanguage—hasagreatdealtodowithunderstanding,throughLatin,thewaysentencesandgrammarwork.

Latinalsohasitsownpleasinginternallogic:youfollowtherulesandyougettheanswer.AndIreallybelievethatifyouknowLatin,youhalf-speakFrenchalready.TheBritishusednottobeappallingatlanguages:mytheoryisthattheyonlybecamesoduringthepastcentury,whenLatinstoppedbeingwidelytaught.

Detractors(惡意批評者)mightpointoutthatthereislittleuseinlearningadeadlanguage.ButLatinisnotdead:it'severywhere.Itmakesthekindofpeoplewhoneverusetwoshortwordswhensixbigoneswilldointelligible.Itdemystifiesjargonandlegalese.Ithelpswithcrosswords.Itevenforcesthoseofuswhoarepathologicallyillogicaltothinklogicallyeveryonceinawhile:IrememberthepleasureIfeltatschool,duringLatintranslation,whenIrealizedIcouldcreateorderandsenseoutofapparentchaos.

Really,Latin'susefulapplicationsaremanifold.WatchingWhoWantsToBeAMillionaire?afewweeksago,InoticedthatthequestionwhichfelledthecontestantwouldalmostcertainlynothavestumpedhimhadhehadsomeLatin.Ofallthepossibleanswers,onlyonehadaLatinrootthatechoedthequestion.FromCicerotoChrisTarrantinafeweasysteps,youcan'tsaymoremodernorlessdustythanthat.19.

Theword"lamenting"underlinedinParagraph1isclosestinmeaningto______.A.mournB.weepC.condoleD.grieveover正確答案：A[解析]根據(jù)文中第一段的內容“especiallyinacountrythatisforeverlamentingitsown(undeniable)mediocrity”可知，特別是在一個國家用拉丁語為自己的人哀悼。選項中的A項為“哀悼，向……致哀”符合文意。B項“哭泣”，C項“表示同情，吊唁”，D項“對……感到傷心”，這三項均不符合題意。

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Asateenager,theauthor______.A.hadakeeninterestinLatinB.hadnevershowedanyinterestinLatinC.quitsoonafterhetooktheLatincourseD.wassatisfiedwithhisorherLatincourse正確答案：D[解析]根據(jù)文中第一段的內容“Asa13-year-old,IhardlyapproachedmyownLatinlessonswithanythingresemblingenthusiasm—ImighthavebeenkeenerifAeneaswenttotheshopsoccasionally—butIamterrificallygratefulIhadthem，allthesame.”可知，作者開始時對拉丁語沒有熱情，但是后來非常感激上了拉丁語的課程，所以D項“對他/她的拉丁語課程非常滿意”符合題意。A項“對拉丁語有強烈的興趣”，B項“對拉丁語從沒有顯示過興趣”，從文中內容可以看出作者開始對拉丁語沒有興趣，后來應該是有興趣了，所以A、B兩項都不正確；C項“上拉丁語課程不久就放棄了”，這個在文中沒有提到。

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Theword"provenance"underlinedinParagraph2isclosestinmeaningto______.A.originB.genesisC.headspringD.filiation正確答案：A[解析]根據(jù)文中第二段的內容“especiallyinacountrythatisforeverlamentingitsown(undeniable)mediocrity”可知，特別是在一個國家用拉丁語為自己的人哀悼。選項中的A項為“哀悼，向……致哀”符合文意。B項“哭泣”，C項“表示同情，吊唁”，D項“對……感到傷心”，這三項均不符合題意。

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Inparagraph3,theauthorbelievesthatknowingalittleaboutLatinhelpsone______.A.tospeakItalianbetterB.tofigureoutwhatanItaliansaysC.tounderstandItalianhistoryD.tomakefriendswithItalians正確答案：A[解析]根據(jù)文中第三段的內容“ItwouldbeimpossibletohaveasmatteringofLatinandfindoneselfstuckinItaly,providedonemanagedtopersuadethespeakertoslowdownabit.”可知，一個居住意大利的人對拉丁語只是略懂一點，如果他設法說服演講者把語速稍微放慢一點，那是不可能的。所以A項“懂一點拉丁語能幫助人更好地說意大利語”符合題意。B項“弄明白一個意大利人說什么”，C項“了解意大利歷史”，D項“和意大利人交朋友”，這三項都不符合文意。

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Theword"asmattering"underlinedinParagraph3isclosestinmeaningto______.A.alittleknowledgeB.alotC.plentyofD.littleknowledge正確答案：A[解析]根據(jù)文中第三段的內容“ItwouldbeimpossibletohaveasmatteringofLatin”可知，略懂拉丁語是不可能的。選項中的A項為“略知，了解一些”符合文意。B項“很多”，C項“大量”，D項“幾乎不了解”，這三項均不符合題意。

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Accordingtoparagraph4,theBritish______.A.havealwaysbeenterribleinlearningLatinB.usedtobegoodatlanguageswhenLatinwastaughtC.becamegoodatlanguageswhenpeoplestoppedlearningLatinD.usedtobeterribleinlanguageswhenLatinwastaught正確答案：C[解析]根據(jù)文中第四段的內容“TheBritishusednottobeappallingatlanguages:mytheoryisthattheyonlybecamesoduringthepast,century,whenLatinstoppedbeingwidelytaught.”可知，當拉丁語不被廣泛學習的時候，英語很快就在世界范圍內普遍開來，所以C項“當停止學習拉丁語時，他們變得擅長語言”符合題意。A項“在學習拉丁語時總處于痛苦中”，B項“過去當拉丁語被教的時候，他們很擅長語言”，D項“過去當拉丁語被教的時候，他們總處在痛苦中”，這三項和文中第四段內容不符合。

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OneofthebenefitstolearnLatinisthat______.A.itmakesiteasiertolearnsomeotherlanguagesB.ithelpsalotinlearningRussianC.ithelpstoimprovementalhealthD.ithelpsthewriterspeakfourtongues正確答案：A[解析]根據(jù)文中第二段的內容“HavingabasicgroundinginLatinmakeslearningRomancelanguagesadoddle”可知，有一定的拉丁語基礎，再學習羅曼語就是一件輕而易舉的事。所以A項“使學習其他的語言變得更容易”符合題意。B項“在學習俄語時有很大的幫助”，根據(jù)第二段的“IwashopelessatlearningRussian”可知B不正確；C項“有助于提高心理健康”，D項“幫助作者說四種語言”，C、D兩項在文中沒有提到。

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Theword"intelligible"underlinedinParagraph5refersto______.A.transpicuousB.explicitC.implicitD.detailed正確答案：A[解析]根據(jù)文中第五段的內容“Itmakesthekindofpeoplewhoneverusetwoshortwordswhensixbigoneswilldointelligible”可知，intelligible意思是可理解的，明白易懂的。選項中的A項為“清晰的，明白易懂的”符合文意。B項“明確的，明晰的”，C項“含蓄的”，D項“詳細的，細節(jié)的”，這三項均不符合題意。

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ThatLatinisnotdeadisshownbyallofthefollowingEXCEPT______.A.somedifficulttechnicalwordsbecomeeasytounderstandB.crosswordpuzzlesbecomeeasytobesolvedC.somepeoplebecomemorelogicalintheirwayofthinkingD.somepeoplebecomemoreself-confident正確答案：D[解析]根據(jù)文中第五段的內容“Itmakesthekindofpeoplewhoneverusetwoshortwordswhensixbigoneswilldointelligible.Itdemystifiesjargonandlegalese.Ithelpswithcross-words.Itevenforcesthoseofuswhoarepathologicallyillogicaltothinklogicallyeveryonceinawhile:”可知，D項“一些人變得更自信”在文中沒有提到。A項“一些難的術語變得易于理解”，B項“字謎游戲變得容易解決”，C項“一些人的思考方式變得合乎邏輯性”，這三項在文中第五段內容中都有相互對應的內容。

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Thecontestantcouldhavewonifhe/she______.A.hadnotbeenbeatenbysomelegalwordsB.hadknownsomethingaboutLatinC.hadnotbeensoeagertobeamillionaireD.hadaskedthequestionaboutCicero正確答案：B[解析]根據(jù)文中第六段的內容“InoticedthatthequestionwhichfelledthecontestantwouldalmostcertainlynothavestumpedhimhadhehadsomeLatin.”可知，懂一點拉丁語就不會讓參賽者那么容易被打敗。所以B項符合題意。A項“沒有被法律術語打敗過”，C項“沒有如此渴望成為一為百萬富翁”，D項“已經問了一些關于西塞羅的問題”，這三項和文中第六段內容不符合。

Students:PassorFail

Whenstudentswhoaretakingacourseforregulargradesarecomparedwithstudentswhoaretakingthesamecourseonapass-failbasis,thegradedstudentsachievedhighergrades.Thecomparisonismadepossiblebynottellingtheinstructorwhichstudentsaretakingthecourseonthepass-failbasisandhavinghimorherassignlettergradestoallstudents.Theregistrarconvertsthesetopass-failforthosestudentswhohadpreviouslyelectedthisoption.Thisprovisionisincludedtoprotectthepass-failstudentsfrompossibleinstructorbias.

Thedataclearlyshowthatthereisadifferenceingradesbetweenthetwogroupsofstudentsinthesameclass,thoseelectingtotakethecourseforpass-failandthosetakingthecourseforregularlettergrades.Theinterpretationsofthisdifference,however,varywidely.Someclaimthatthisdifferenceprovesthatpass-failstudentssimplydon'tworkashardortakethecourseseriouslyasstudentstakingthecourseforlettergrades.Otherclaimthatthisdifferenceprovesthatonlythelesscompetentstudentselectthepass-failoption.Othersclaimthatthisdifferenceprovesthatstudentsonlytaketheirmostdifficult(forthem)coursesunderthepass-failoptionandthereforeareexploringareastheymightotherwiseattempttoavoid.Othersclaimthatthisdifferenceprovesthatstudentsusethepass-failoptiononlyincourseswheretheteacherissopersonallyuninspiringastoneedthethreatoflettergradesinordertogoadthestudentsintostudying.

What,infact,dothedatareallyprove?Nothing,otherthanthatadifferenceingradesdoesindeede