Part Ⅴ
Writing(30 minutes)
Directions: The attraction of such a market is described first, then details of this source of enjoyment are presented, both appearing to the emotions of the readers.?
Title: How to Persuade People to Visit a Pet Fish Market?
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How to Persuade People to Visit a Pet Fish Market ?
Walking through a pet fish market always makes you feel relaxed.?
As the fish basins and tanks are displayed on either side of the narrow street, it takes quite some time to walk through it, and considering the colorful varieties of fish displayed, it is an enjoyment to take a walk there. As soon as you enter the market, you see goldfish galore swimming in basins of all shapes and sizes. The “bubble eyes” may first come into view, their bubbles quivering with every cet4v.com. The “skyward dragons” on the other hand, look foolishly conceited. Why do they always look upward with their eyes parallel to the horizon? Is this the social behavior of their kind-never looking down, but always looking up? You wonder. Then there are the “tiger-heads”, moving ever so solemnly. They fill you with a sense of calmness. For those who love jewelry, the “pearls” will surely provide great pleasure. Somewhere higher up in more expensive tanks, with air bubbles blowing up and weeds growing from the sandy bottoms, the tropical fishes are real attraction: extremely colorful and elegant.Their prices may surprise you, but there’s no harm in looking.
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension?
Passage One?
內容概要:本文的作者論述了自己的主張,家里沒有必要安裝電話,因為它帶來的是麻煩,而不是便利。作者通過大量的例子來證明自己的觀點。?
21.【答案】A?
【譯文】作者不喜歡公用電話亭是因為……?
【試題分析】細節考查題。?
【詳細解答】文章第二段談到When you do get into the box, you are half asphyxiated by stale, unventilated air, flavored with cheap face-powder and chain-smoking; 由此判斷正確答案為A。 ?
22.【答案】B?
【譯文】在第三段中 “it will all be the same in a hundred years’ time” 的意思是……?
【試題分析】細節理解題。?
【詳細解答】文章第三段說,如果你自己家中有電話,當你睡覺、吃飯、談話……你不愿它響時它偏要響,你足以執拗的置之不理,對自己說:“一百年不都是千篇一律嗎?”其實指的就是每一次接電話時都是一樣的。根據文章上下文不難看出,答案為B。?
23.【答案】A?
【譯文】文章最后一句中“the truth will out”的意思是……?
【試題分析】細節理解題。?
【詳細解答】文章最后一段說,如果消息真的很重要,你遲早總會知道的,如諺語所說:“壞事傳千里”。我應該說好消息一樣傳得快。想想這條俗語:“真相大白”即是這樣。本句中out常含有to the open air或to be opened 之意。在這里講的是真實情況暴露出來,為人所知。故答案為A。?
24.【答案】C?
【譯文】本文主要討論了什么??
【試題分析】主旨大意題。?
【詳細解答】本文的作者論述了自己的主張,家里沒有必要安裝電話,因為它帶來的是麻煩,而不是便利。作者通過大量的例子來證明自己的觀點。故答案為C。?
25.【答案】A?
【譯文】你認為作者是那一種類型的人??
【試題分析】判斷推理題。?
【詳細解答】從文章中我們可以看出,作者認為家里沒有必要安裝電話,因為它帶來的是麻煩,而不是便利。并且通過大量的例子來證明自己的觀點。而事實上,在現代社會中,人們經常會用到電話。由此可以看出,作者不喜歡與人交往,而喜歡生活在一個遠離喧囂的和平安靜的環境中。由此得知,他有一點eccentric(古怪)。?
Passage Two?
內容概要:本文的作者論述了花時間在書店里是最令人愉快的一件事。雖然是不經意地去書店,卻很容易被書店吸引,并給出書店吸引人的原因,警告讀者注意在沖動之下買書的危險,同時指出書店的售貨員應怎樣行事,最后講了一件軼事,說明理想中的賣書人應怎樣行事。?
26.【答案】B?
【譯文】花時間在書店里可能是……。?
【試題分析】詞語辨析題。?
【詳細解答】文中第一句說Time spend in a bookshop can be most enjoyable,enjoyable一詞指“使能夠高興的,令人愉快的”,有使動意義在其中,故選擇B。?
27.【答案】A?
【譯文】當你進入書店找到一本書時,你會……。?
【試題分析】細節考查題。?
【詳細解答】文中第二句說You may even have entered the shop just to find shelter from a sudden shower. Whatever the reason, you can soon become totally unaware of your surroundings. 句中unaware指without realizing...即不意識、不知道。句子指得是“被書本所吸引而完全不意識到他身在何處。故答案為A。?
28.【答案】D?
【譯文】書店的老板應當怎樣去做??
【試題分析】細節考查題。?
【詳細解答】文章最后一段第一句指出Book-seller must be both long-suffering and indulgent. long-suffering 指patient(足夠耐心的),indulgent 指too kind, very kind to other people 。由此可知,答案為D。?
29.【答案】C?
【譯文】為什么書店的主人把那本書放到角落里??
【試題分析】細節考查題。?
【詳細解答】文章最后一句I put it there in case anyone was tempted to buy it。句中was tempted意為was attracted,指為那本書所吸引而想購買。所以答案為C。?
30.【答案】C?
【譯文】在一個好的書店里,售貨員應該怎樣做??
【試題分析】細節考查題。?
【詳細解答】文中第二段談到In a bookshop an assistant should remain in the background until you have finished browsing. 由此可知答案為C。?
Passage Three?
內容概要:本文講的是日益增長的衛星需求和在這種需求下通信微波技術的發展,以及微波技術發展的優點和缺點,并解決了微波在傳送過程中的問題。?
31.【答案】D?
【譯文】文章第一段陳述了……。?
【試題分析】主旨大意題。第一段的主題句為本段最后一句:這種需求已正在由于通訊衛星而得到滿足。A,B,C三項主要講的是世界上對于通訊需求的增長及其范圍,所以答案為D。?
【詳細解答】 ?
32.【答案】D?
【譯文】高頻微波傳送的最大直線距離是多少英里??
【試題分析】細節考查題。?
【詳細解答】第三段中Since the curvature of the earth limits a microwave’s line-of-sight path to about 30 miles,since一詞在此表示原因,由此可知答案為D。?
33.【答案】B?
【譯文】第五段第一行短語marked a major step的意思是……?
【試題分析】細節考查題。?
【詳細解答】marked a major step的意思為‘標志著一次重大的推進’,選項中B的意思最為接近,故只能選B。?
34.【答案】A?
【譯文】在第二段中作者想要告訴我們什么??
【試題分析】主旨大意題。?
【詳細解答】第二段的主題句為本段第一句,而主題句的核心在于冒號后面的the microwave relay。所以答案為A。?
35.【答案】B?
【譯文】第六段中“....whose orbits are synchronous with the rotation of the earth so that this positions...” 的意思是……。?
【試題分析】細節考查題。?
【詳細解答】該句中‘are synchronous with’的意思是‘與……同步’,所以答案為B。?
Passage Four?
內容概要:本文主要闡明美國人的時間觀念。他們珍惜時間,辦事不重形式,講求實效;他們整天都好像是匆匆忙忙;匆匆吃飯,匆匆返回工作,他們沒有耐心,脾氣大,愛發火,不耐煩排隊。他們談公事,少有羅嗦的開場白,而很快切入話題;他們喜愛高效率的交通工具等。?
36.【答案】C?
【譯文】第一段第一行中If you are not moving ahead, you are falling behind.的意思是……。?
【試題分析】理解題。?
【詳細解答】從文章的前兩句我們可以得出,本句的意思為“不進則退”,所以答案為C。?
37.【答案】C?
【譯文】第二段包含了……。?
【試題分析】段落大意題。?
【詳細解答】文章第二段中有這樣一句話:Many people have a rather acute sense of the shortness of each lifetime.這句話進一步說明了本段開頭對于時間的看法,指出“許多人深感人的一生之短促”。所以答案為C。?
38.【答案】D?
【譯文】在美國人的價值觀中,耐心并沒有排在很高的地位,表明了……。?
【試題分析】細節考查題。?
【詳細解答】priority的意思是“居先,在前,優先”。文章中第五段第一句指出:這種時間觀影響了我們對耐心的重視,按照美國人的價值觀,耐心并沒有排在很高的地位。所以答案為D。?
39.【答案】D?
【譯文】“We begin to move restlessly about if we feel time is slipping away without some return...”,這句話反映了美國人對生活的態度是……。?
【試題分析】理解題。?
【詳細解答】本句的意思是:只要我們感覺消耗了時間而沒有回報,我們就開始煩躁不安地走來走去……,由此得知,答案為D。