英語B2第四次作業(yè)

?閱讀PassageOne,回答C-l到C-4四個問題。請從A.B、C、D四個選項(xiàng)中選出可以

填入題干空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。

PassageOne

ThefourthroundofheavysmogthathitBeijinginfourweekshassent

morepeopletothehospitalwithrespiratory（呼吸的）illnessesandledtocallsfor

lawstocontrolthepollution.

PanShiyi,arealestatedeveloper,saidheisplanningtopropose（提出）a

CleanAirActtothelocalgovernment.AsarepresentativeoftheBeijingMunicipal

People'sCongress,hestartedanonlinesurveyat9:20am.Withinthreehours,

morethan25,000webusers,or99percentoftotalrespondents,welcomedhis

proposalonSinaWeibo,China'sTwitter.

TheyhavegoodreasonstostandalongsidePan.Thelatestroundof

haze（霧霾）reducedvisibilitytounder500metersinmanypartsofthecity.The

smoghasalsoledtoagreatincreaseinrespiratoryillnesses,particularlyamong

childrenandtheelderly.Anxiousparentsanddoctorsaboutallblamethesmoggy

airfortheillnesses.Thoughmostschoolchildrenarehomeforthewinterholidays,

thebadaircaneasilymoveindoors.Besides,ordinarymedicalmasksfailto

provideadequateprotection,sosomepeoplehaveturnedtogasmasksand

respirators（呼吸器）.

Thecausesofthescarysmogarerathermysterious,thoughexperts

blameexcessiveemissionsandthemountainsaroundBeijingthattrappollutionin

winter,unlessthereisadequatewindtoclearitaway.Somecriticshavepointed

fingersatChina1stoptwooilfirms,ChinaNationalPetroleumCorpandChina

PetrochemicalCorporation,sayingthecompanies,outdatedproduction

technologiesproducelargequantitiesofsubstandard,highpollutinggasfuel.

Meanwhile,concernedBeijingershavemovedtheirbrainstorming

sessionstocyberspace.IfPan'sproposalforaCleanAirActisadopted,netizens

saythenewlawshouldincludeitemsprovidingfor“carfreedays“intimesof

smog,higherstandardsforvehiclefuel,stricterrestrictionsonindustrialand

exhaustgasemissions,andmoreeffectiveprotectionforthepublic.

Beijingisnottheonlycitythathaseverlostthebluesky.Fivedaysof

thickfogcausedthousandsofdeathsinBritaininDecember1952,urgingthe

governmenttopassthefirstCleanAirActin1956,whichintroducedsmokeless

zonesandcleanerfuelstoreducepollution.Thatmayprovidesomeexperience

forBeijingtoreferto.

C-l.WhydidPanShiyistartedanonlinesurvey?

客觀題滿分：2分得分：2分

A

Toinvestigatethepublic1sopinionsonpollution.

B

Totellpeoplethedangerofthesmoggyweather.

C

Tocallonmorepeopletosupporthisproposal.

D

Tocollectsupportingevidencesforhisproposal.

正確答案：D

學(xué)生答案：D

老師點(diǎn)評：

答案解析：

推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第二段內(nèi)容可知，潘石屹發(fā)起網(wǎng)上調(diào)查，是因?yàn)樗媱澫虻胤秸?/p>

提交《清潔空氣法案》的提議(proposal),首先排除A、B兩項(xiàng)；再根據(jù)常識判斷，網(wǎng)上

發(fā)起投票調(diào)查，是為了收集提議受到支持的證據(jù)，使其更具說服力，故答案選D。

2

閱讀C-1題干中PassageOne材料，完成本題。

C-2.Whatcanwelearnfromthepassage?

客觀題滿分：2分得分：2分

A

Peopleareclearaboutthecausesofthesmoggyweather.

B

Childrenstayingindoorswillnotgetrespiratoryillnesses.

c

Smogisworseforpeoplewithlowerresistancetodiseases.

D

Maskscangivepeopleprotectionagainstthesmoggyweather.

正確答案：C

學(xué)生答案：C

老師點(diǎn)評：

答案解析：

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段第三句可知選C,霧霾導(dǎo)致呼吸性系統(tǒng)疾病的增長，尤其在老人

和兒童中（抵抗力較低的人群）。根據(jù)第四段第一句可知A項(xiàng)錯誤；根據(jù)第三段倒數(shù)第二句

可知B項(xiàng)錯誤；根據(jù)第三段最后一句可知D項(xiàng)錯誤。

3

閱讀C-1題干中PassageOne材料，完成本題。

C-3.Britainismentionedinthelastparagraphto.

客觀題滿分：2分得分：2分

A

suggestBeijingshouldlearnfromothercountries

B

letpeopleknowmanyplaceshavethisproblem

C

tellpeoplethesituationinBritainisworse

D

callonthegovernmenttopassBritain,sCleanAirAct

正確答案：A

學(xué)生答案：A

老師點(diǎn)評：

答案解析：

推理判斷題。根據(jù)全文最后一句可推斷出，舉例是建議北京向英國學(xué)習(xí)，早日制定《清潔

空氣法案》。

4

閱讀C-1題干中PassageOne材料，完成本題。

C-4.Whatsthebesttitleforthispassage?

客觀題滿分：2分得分：2分

A

TheUseofGasMasksandRespirators

B

BeijingersCallforaCleanAirAct

C

EffectiveProtectionforBlueSky

D

TheMysteriousCausesoftheScarySmog

正確答案：B

學(xué)生答案：B

老師點(diǎn)評：

答案解析：

標(biāo)題歸納題。文章介紹了北京持續(xù)出現(xiàn)的霧霾天氣導(dǎo)致的嚴(yán)重危害以及網(wǎng)民們呼吁制定

《清潔空氣法案》，故B項(xiàng)符合文章主旨。

?5

閱讀PassageTwo,回答C-5到08四個問題。請從A、B.C、D四個選項(xiàng)中選出可以

填入題干空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。

PassageTwo

ThestoryhappenedduringtheSecondWorldWar.Anoldmanlivedina

smalltownofGermany.Hehadthreesonsandtheyallworkedinthesamefactory

wherehehadworked.Afterthewarhadbegun,hissonswereallmadetojointhe

armyoneafteranotherandtheyalldiedinthefights.Theoldmanwasverysad.

Hedidnzthaveenoughfoodandwasoftenhungry.Andnobodyhelpedhimand

hedidn'tknowhowtogoonliving.

Itwasaverycoldwinternight.Theoldmancouldn*tgotosleep.Hehad

beenhungryfortwodaysanditwassocoldinhisroomthaticecouldbeseen.

Hehadtogetupandbegantorunintheroomuntilhelaydownonthefloor.The

nextmorninghehadtobegfromdoortodoor.Hehadbeentoalotofcitiesand

knewalot.

Oncehecametoavillage,butthevillagerswereallpoorandcouldn1tgivehim

anything.Hewastoohungrytogotoanothervillage.Hethoughthardandfound

away.Hecametoapolicestationandcalledout,“Hitlerisafoolishpig!"

Outcameanoldpolicemanatonce.Hetooktheoldmanintoaroom,

gavehimsomebreadandacupoftea.Thenhesaid；〃Don'tsaysoinour

village,sir!"

"Ymsorry,sir：saidtheoldman."Idon'tknowitsHitler'shome

town/7"No,no,sir：thepolicemansaidinahurry."It'spigs'

hometown!"

C-5.Theoldman*ssonsjoinedthearmybecause.

客觀題滿分：2分得分：2分

A

theywereallstrong

B

theylovedtheircountry

C

theywantedtobefull

D

theyhadtodoso

正確答案：D

學(xué)生答案：D

老師點(diǎn)評：

答案解析：

推理判斷題。根據(jù)...hissonswereallmadetojointhearmy這里用了made說明his

sons并不是自愿去的，因此應(yīng)該選D。

6

閱讀C-5題干中PassageTwo材料，完成本題。

C-6.Thevillagersdidn'tgivetheoldmananyfoodbecause.

客觀題滿分：2分得分：2分

A

theyweren'tkind-hearted

B

hissonswereinthearmy

c

theywerealsohungry

D

theyhatedhim

正確答案：c

學(xué)生答案：c

老師點(diǎn)評：

答案解析：

細(xì)節(jié)SW題。根據(jù)第3段第1句...butthevillagerswereallpoorandcouldn'tgive

himanything可知答案為C.

?7

閱讀C-5題干中PassageTwo材料，完成本題。

C-7.Whichofthefollowingistrue?

客觀題滿分：2分得分：2分

Theoldpolicemanwouldsendtheoldmanintoprison.

TheoldpolicemanhatedHitler,too.

TheoldpolicemanthoughtHitlerwasbetterthanpigs.

Theoldmanfoundafriendatthepolicestation.

正確答案：B

學(xué)生答案：B

老師點(diǎn)評：

答案解析：

推理判斷題。根據(jù)Thenhesaid"Don'tsaysoinourvillage,sir!"和the

policeman后面講的話可知，他也不喜歡希特勒，因此選B。

8

閱讀C-5題干中PassageTwo材料，完成本題。

C-8.Thepolicemanthought.

客觀題滿分：2分得分：2分

A

Hitlerwasmorefoolishthanpigs

B

theoldmaninsulted（侮辱）theirhometown

C

theoldmanhadtosaysorrytohim

D

theoldmanhadtofightwithHitler

正確答案：A

學(xué)生答案：A

老師點(diǎn)評：

答案解析:

推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容，theoldman說Idon'tknowifsHitler'shome

town,而thepoliceman急忙說No,no,sir...It,spigs'hometown!據(jù)此可知,

thepoliceman認(rèn)為Hitler連一頭豬都不如。因此選A。

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閱讀PassageThree,回答C-9到C-12四個問題。請從A、B.C.D四個選項(xiàng)中選出可

以填入題干空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。

PassageThree

Irecentlyheardastoryaboutafamousresearchscientistwhohadmade

severalveryimportantmedicalachievements.Anewspaperreporterinterviewed

himwhyhewasabletobesomuchmorecreativethantheaverageperson.What

sethimsofarapartfromothers?

Herespondedthatitallcamefromanexperiencewithhismotherthat

occurredwhenhewasabouttwoyearsold.Hehadbeentryingtoremoveabottle

ofmilkfromtherefrigeratorwhenhedroppedtheslipperybottle,spillingits

contentsalloverthekitchenfloor—arealseaofmilk!

Whenhismothercameintothekitchen,insteadofshoutingathim,

givinghimalectureorpunishinghim,shesaid,z/Robert,whatagreatand

wonderfulmessyouhavemade!Ihaverarelyseensuchahugepoolofmilk.Well,

thedamagehasalreadybeendone.Wouldyouliketogetdownandplayinthe

milkforafewminutesbeforewecleanitup?"

Indeed,theboydid.Afterafewminutes,hismothersaid,“Youknow,

Robert,wheneveryoumakeamesslikethis,eventuallyyouhavetocleanitup

andrestoreeverythingtoitsproperorder.Howwouldyouliketodothat?We

coulduseasponge（海綿），atoweloramop.Whichdoyouprefer?”Hechosethe

spongeandtogethertheycleanedupthespilledmilk.

Hismotherthensaid,“Youknow,whatwehavehereisafailed

experimentinhowtoeffectivelycarryabigmilkbottlewithtwotinyhands.Let's

gooutinthebackyardandfillthebottlewithwaterandseeifyoucanfindaway

tocarryitwithoutdroppingit."Thelittleboylearnedthatifhegraspedthe

bottleatthetopnearthelipwithbothhands,hecouldmakeit.Whatawonderful

lesson!

Thisfamousscientistthensaidthatitwasatthatmomentthatheknewhe

didn'tneedtobeafraidtomakemistakes.

C-9.Whenthemotherfoundthekitchenfloorcoveredwithmilk,she.

客觀題滿分：2分得分：2分

A

gavetheboyalectureinsteadofshoutingathim

B

praisedtheboyinsteadofpunishinghim

c

feltsatisfiedwiththeboyzstryingtohelphimself

D

calmeddowntheboyandhelpedhimfindawaytocleanthefloor

正確答案：D

學(xué)生答案：D

老師點(diǎn)評：

答案解析：

事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。由第三、四、五段的內(nèi)容可知，媽媽看到牛奶灑了一地后，首先安慰那個男

孩讓他鎮(zhèn)定下來，然后幫助他找到清潔地板的方法并找到最終解決怎樣用一雙小手拿穩(wěn)瓶

子的方法，故選D。

10

閱讀C-9題干中PassageThree材料，完成本題。

C-10.Thechild'sexperienceresultedinthefollowingBUT.

客觀題滿分：2分得分：2分

A

offeringtheboyachancetograspthebottle

B

benefitingtheboyallhislife

c

helpingtheboybemorecreative

D

makingtheboyrealizethemistakeisofvalue

正確答案：A

學(xué)生答案：A

老師點(diǎn)評：

答案解析：

推理判斷題。由第一段和第二段可知當(dāng)這位富有創(chuàng)造性的科學(xué)家被采訪到他為何富有創(chuàng)造

性時，他說起兩歲時的一次經(jīng)歷可以推斷出這件事啟迪了他的創(chuàng)造性同時也使他終生受益

可知B、C正確；由尾段可推知他通過這次經(jīng)歷意識到了錯誤的價值，故只有A項(xiàng)不是那

次經(jīng)歷導(dǎo)致的結(jié)果，故答案選A。

閱讀C-9題干中PassageThree材料，完成本題。

C-ll.Accordingtothepassage,thewaythescientist'smotherusedis.

客觀題滿分：2分得分：2分

A

instructive

B

strict

c

formal

D

strange

正確答案：A

學(xué)生答案：A

老師點(diǎn)評：

答案解析：

推理判斷題。通讀文章可知媽媽的方法具有教育性、啟發(fā)性和指導(dǎo)意義。故選A。

12

閱讀C-9題干中PassageThree材料，完成本題。

C-12.Thepurposeofthepassageistoshow.

客觀題滿分：2分得分：2分

A

ausualwaytocultivateachild

B

ascientistsmedicalachievements

c

amother'swisewayofhelpingherchild

D

theadvantagesofmakingmistakes

正確答案：C

學(xué)生答案：C

老師點(diǎn)評：

答案解析：

推理判斷題?？傆[文章可知作者的目的和意圖是展示媽媽幫助孩子的明智的方法，故選

C.

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閱讀PassageFour,回答C-13至IJ016四個問題。請從A、B、C.D四個選項(xiàng)中選出可

以填入題干空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。

PassageFour

Americansaregettingreadyforthebiggestsoccereventintheworld.

ForthefirsttimetheworldcupsoccercompetitionwillbeheldintheUnited

States.Whilemillionsplaythegamearoundtheworld,soccerorfootballhasonly

recentlybecomepopularhere.Itisonlyinthelast30yearsthatlargenumbersof

youngAmericansbecameinterestedinsoccer.Nowitisthefastestgrowingsport

inthecountry.Arecentstudyfoundthatalmost18millionyoungboysandgirls

playsoccerintheUnitedStates.

Thestudyalsofoundthatsoccerisbeginningtoreplacemoretraditional

gameslikeAmericanfootballasthemostpopularsportamongstudents.Andso,

whentheworldcupbeginsnextweek,morethanonemillionAmericansare

expectedtogoandseetheteamsplay.Organizerssaythisyear'sworldcupwill

bethebiggestever.Alltheseatsatmostofthe52gameshavealreadybeensold.

SoccerhasbeenplayedintheUnitedStatesforalittlemorethanone

hundredyears.Buthowdidthesportcometothiscountry?Andhowlonghasit

existedinotherpartsoftheworld?Nooneknowsexactlywheretheideafor

soccercamefrom,orwhenpeoplebeganplayingthegame.Somescientistssay

thereisevidencethatballgamesusingthefeetwereplayedthousandsofyears

ago.ThereisevidencethatancientGreeksandRomansandnativeAmerican

Indiansallplayedgamessimilartosoccer.

MostexpertsagreethatBritainisthebirthplaceofmodemsoccer.They

alsoagreethattheBritishspreadthegamearoundtheworld.Unlikethegame

today,whichusesballsofman-madematerialorleather,earlysoccerballswere

oftenmadeofanimalstomachs.Therulesofearlysoccergamesalsodifferedfrom

thosewehavetoday.

C-13.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueaccordingtothetext?

客觀題滿分：2分得分：2分

A

Americanswerepreparingfortheworldcupwhentheauthorwrotethis

article.

B

MoreyoungerAmericansbecameinterestedinsoccerinthelast30years.

c

Socceristhefastestdevelopingsportintheworld.

D

ThearticlewaswrittenbeforetheworldcupheldintheUnitedStates.

正確答案：C

學(xué)生答案：c

老師點(diǎn)評：

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閱讀C-13題干中PassageFour材料，完成本題。

C-14.Whichwasthemostpopularsportasatraditionalgameamongstudents?

客觀題滿分：2分得分：2分

A

Basketball

B

Americanfootball

C

Soccer

D

Tennis

正確答案：B

學(xué)生答案：B

老師點(diǎn)評：

?15

閱讀C-13題干中PassageFour材料，完成本題。

C-15.ForhowlonghassoccerbeenplayedintheUnitedStates?

客觀題滿分：2分得分：2分

A

Aboutahundredyears.

B

Aboutfiftyyears.

C

Onlyrecently.

D

Aboutthirtyyears.

正確答案：A

學(xué)生答案：A

老師點(diǎn)評：

?16

閱讀C-13題干中PassageFour材料，完成本題。

C-16.Whatistheauthorgoingtostateinthenextparagraph?

客觀題滿分：2分得分：2分

A

Therehavebeenattemptstostartaprofessionalsoccerorganizationinthe

U.S..

B

Inthe12thcenturysoccergamesinBritainofteninvolvedwholetowns.

C

ProfessionalsoccergrewquicklyinEurope.

D

ExpertsbelievedthattheUnitedStateswouldwin.

正確答案：B

學(xué)生答案：B

老師點(diǎn)評：

?17

閱讀PassageFive,回答（:17到C?20四個問題。請從A、B.C、D四個選項(xiàng)中選出可

以填入題干空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。

PassageFive

Thecohesiveness（內(nèi)聚力）ofafamilyseemstorelyonmemberssharing

certainroutinepracticesandevents.ForagrowingshareoftheAmericanlabor

force,however,workingshiftsbeyondthenormaldaylighthours—whatwehere

call“shiftwork”—makesthelivesoffamiliesdifficult.

Existingresearchshowsthatbothmaleandfemaleshiftworkersexpress

highlevelsofstressandasenseofconflictbetweenthedemandsofworkand

familylife.Butshiftworkcouplesstillmaintainatraditionalattitudetothe

meaningofmarriageandtheindividualrolesofhusbandandwife.They

expressedawillingnesstodo“whateverittakes"toapproximatetheirviewof

apropermarriage,includingsacrificingsleepanddoingconventionalthingsat

unconventionalhours.Forthemajorityofcouplesinterviewed,evenwhenwives

workedoutsidetheirhomes；apropermarriageischaracterizedbyaveryclear

divisionofroles:husbandsare“providers“whosemajorresponsibilityisto

supportthefamily;wivesare"homemakers“whoclean,cook,andcarefor

husbandsandchildren.

IexpecthimtobeagoodproviderandtherewhenIneedhim,loyal

aboutthesamethingsashewouldexpectoutofme,expectthatIexpecthimto

dominateoverme.Butinamannerofspeaking,whenit'stimetobeamanI

expecthimtostandupinsteadofsittingbackexpectingmetodoeverything.

Tohusbands,agoodwifeissomeonewhois:

UnderstandingofwhatIfeelgothroughatworkJneedthatrespectat

work,IhopeIgetitatwork.IwantmywifetorealizewhatIexpectatwork.I

don'twanthertogivemealotofshitwhenIcomehomefromworkbecauseI

don'tknowifthismakesmuchsense.

Theseviewsseemedcriticaltomaintainthefamiliesoftheshiftworkers.

C-17.Despite,shiftworkcouplesstillhopedtomaintainastablelife.

客觀題滿分：2分得分：2分

A

traditionalbeliefsaboutmarriage

B

lackofcontrolovertime

C

averycleardivisionofroles

D

thedemandsofworkworkerswereNOTsatisfiedwith

正確答案：B

學(xué)生答案：B

老師點(diǎn)評：

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閱讀C-17題干中PassageFive材料，完成本題。

C-18.Fromtheselection,wecanconcludethatfemaleshiftworkerswereNOT

satisfiedwith.

客觀題滿分：2分得分：2分

A

theirwork

B

theirchildren

c

theirhusbands7inabilitytoprotectthefamilyandprovide

companionship

D

leisureactivities

正確答案：C

學(xué)生答案：C

老師點(diǎn)評：

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閱讀C-17題干中PassageFive材料，完成本題。

C-19.Whatisimpliedbytheauthor?

客觀題滿分：2分得分：2分

A

Shiftworkhadadirecteffectontheattitudesandbehavioroffamily

members.

B

Shiftworkerscouldliveanormallife.

C

Shiftworkcoupleshadunconventionalideasaboutmarriage.

D

Femaleshiftworkersweresatisfiedwiththetimespenttogetherwiththeir

families.

正確答案：A

學(xué)生答案：A

老師點(diǎn)評：

?20

閱讀C-17題干中PassageFive材料，完成本題。

C-20.Inordertocontinuethemarriagesoftheshiftworkers,.

客觀題滿分：2分得分：0分

A

wivesmustlearntocareforthechildrenwhentheirhusbandsareabsent

B

shiftworkcouplesmustadministertheirtimeandactivities

c

wivesmustn'tadapttheirownfeelingsofboredomtotheirhusbands'

work

D

allofthese

正確答案：D

學(xué)生答案：C

老師點(diǎn)評：

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C-21.請用英語講一個中國故事。按照所給寫作說明要求，主題明確，表達(dá)正確，字?jǐn)?shù)不

少于250字。

寫作說明：

1、英文題目

2、為什么要用英語向世界講中國故事

3、你的故事是…

4、這個故事的意義是…

主觀題滿分：25分得分：15分

正確答案：

Open

學(xué)生答案：

AChinesestory

Thisisthestoryofasingleman.wholovedhisplumblossomslikeawifeandhis

craneasason.ItisthelegendarytaleofaSongDynasty(960-1279)hermitLin

Bu.Bornintoapoorfamily.LinBuwasverydiligentinstudyingandgrewuptobe

alearnedscholar.HehadtraveledextensivelyacrossChinabeforeretreatingtoa

secludedlifesomewherealongtheWestLakeofHangzhou.Hehatedthe

constraintsofanofficialpostandlongedforthecarefreelifeofa

hermitlndifferenttofameandfortune,LinBuwasimmunetovanity.Hewasa

goodpoetandwriterbutneverkeptanyofhiswritings,tearingthemupright

afterpenningthem."Whydon'tkeepthemforlatergenerations?"People

asked.Tmaforesthermit/1hesaid.〃IfIseeknopraisenow,whyshould

posthumousfamemattertome?"

ThemostextraordinarythingaboutLinBuwashisPlumBlossomWifeandCrane

Son,meaningthathehadaplumblossomforhiswifeandacraneforhisson.On

hisjourneystofamousmountainsandrivers,heboughteverysuperbvarietyof

plumblossomthathefound^eedlessofcost,andplantedthemaroundhis

courtyardforhisownenjoyment.Overtime,heplantedmoreandmoreplum

trees,thenumberofwhichwasreportedtobeupto300orso.Healsoraiseda

craneashishobby.Whenvisitorscamewhilehewasoutztheboyservantwouldlet

thecranefreesignalingtoLinBuitwastimetoreturnhometoentertain

guests.Hisfascinationwithplumblossomsandcranesbewilderedhisfriends.

“Whyplumblossomszofallflowers?*'they'dask."Becausetheyarealwaysthe

favoriteofwell-cultivatedintellectualsandliterati/1hereplied."Plumblossoms

areconsideredproudlydefiantjortheyaloneflourishduringthecoldestof

days^nyieldingtothechillygustsorthefallingsnow.Itisthecharacterofthese

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'GentlemenoftheFlowersthatattractslearnedgentlemenzaswellashermits

likemyself."Whenpressed,“Doyoupreferthewhiteblossomsorthered?”he

answered,“Eachhasitsowndistinctplaceinmyheart.Whiteones,dignifiedand

pure,evokeanimageofquietanduntaintedbeauty.Inwinterztheyvanishintothe

snow,yetarestillrecognizablebytheirpervadingfragrance.Hencethelines,It

mustnotbethesnowIsee/Foraquietaromafillstheair/Asforred

blossomsztheyaremoredelicateandenchantingbycomparison.Bloominginthe

snow,theybringadynamicvitalityintothewhitevastness."AfterLinBudiedzthe

FlyingCranePavilionwasbuiltinhismemory.Peoplewouldcomehereattheturn

fromwintertospringandadmirethehundredsofplumtreesinfull

bloom,appreciatingtotheirhearts'contenttheformandtemperamentofLin

Bu'sbeloved"wife."

Oneday,astwoscholarsvisitedthepavilionfortheplumblossoms,oneproposed

anissuefordiscussion,"Isn1titashamethatthosewithmeansandcompetence

toobtainandjustifytheirofficialrankssettleforahermit,slifeinthedepthsof

themountains?”“Weallwantdifferentthings,“theothersaid."Thosein

governmentservicepursuefameandfortunezwhilethoseinseclusionavoid

them."Tt'struethatallpeoplewishforfameandfortune,buttheymustsuffera

greatdealtoobtainthemzoftenfindingthemselvestakingsidesinpartisanwars.

Thedarkestsideofhumannatureisalmostalwaysrevealedinthesescramblesfor

fameandfortune//

"That'swhyahermitwouldfleefromallworldlycares,maintaininghisnoble

characterjustasthesolitaryplumblossomsquietlyflowerinthedepthsof

winter!”Theirdiscussionended,butthetwolingeredinthepavilionforalong

time.

PlumblossomsaredeeplyappreciatedbyChineseliteratifortheirretreatfrom

contendingwithotherflowersandtheirquietdefiancealoneinthecoldwinter.

Theyadorethedignityandindependencethattheflowersrepresent.Itisa

commonaestheticpursuitoftheChinesepeopletoeschewfameandfortunein

ordertoseekonenesswithNature.Thisdeep-seatedideahasbeendeeply

imprintedonournationalpsychology.

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