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。當他們轉(zhuǎn)向20世紀，他們肯定會標上“無腳的人”。因為在20世紀，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的某個地方。真到了，又沒有意義了，你還要再向前進。B是一種歡樂。C滿足司機強烈的渴望。第二段中提及死機醉心于開車、不停車但不是快速前進著眼于未來。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