2013職場英語考試練習題

　　The Travels of Ibn Battuta

　　“I left Tangier, my birthplace, the 13th of June 1325 with the intention of making the pilgrimage[to Mecca]...to leave all my friends both female and male, to abandon my home as birds abandon their nests. So begins an old manuscript in a library in Paris--the travel journal of Ibn Battuta.

　　Almost two centuries before Columbus, this young Moroccan set off for Mecca, returning home three decades later as one of history’s great travelers .Driven by curiosity, he journeyed to remote corners of the Islamic world ,traveling through 44 modern countries, three times as far as Marco Polo, little celebrated in the West, his name is well known among Arabs .In his hometown of Tangier, a square, a hotel, a café ,a ferry boat ,and even a hamburger are named after him.

　　Ibn Battuta stayed in Mecca as a student for several years ,but the urge to travel soon took over. In one adventure, he traveled to India seeking profitable employment with the Sultan of Delhi. On the way, he described his group being attacked in the open country by 80 men on foot, and two horsemen: “we fought...killing one of their horsemen and about twelve of the foot soldiers....I was hit by an arrow and my horse by another, but God in his grace preserved me... .We carried the heads of the slain to the castle of Abu Bak’har ... and suspended them from the wall .”In Delhi ,the sultan gave him the position of judge, based on his prior study at Mecca. But the sultan had an unpredictable character ,and Ibn Battuta looked for an opportunity to leave. When the sultan offered to finance a trip to China, he agreed. Ibn Battuta set off in three ships, but misfortune struck while he was still on the shore. A sudden storm grounded and broke up two ships, scattering treasure and drowning many people and horses. As he watched, the third ship, with all his belongings and slaves --one carrying his child--was carried out to sea and never heard from again.

　　After a lifetime of incredible adventures ,Ibn Battuta was finally ordered by the Sultan of Morocco to return home to share his wisdom with the world .Fortunately, he consented and wrote a book that has been translated into numerous languages, allowing people everywhere to read about his unparalleled journeys.

　　詞匯：

　　pilgrimage n. 朝圣，遠游 ferry n.渡船

　　slain: slay的過去分詞 slay v. 殺死，殺戮

　　sultan n. 蘇丹(伊斯蘭教國王，某些伊斯蘭國家統(tǒng)治者的稱號)

　　suspend vt. 吊，掛;暫停 unparalleled adj.無比的，空前的，絕無僅有的

　　finance v.給……提供資金 scatter vt. 撒播，驅散;vi.消散

　　the open country 野外 consent vi. 同意，贊成 foot soldier 步兵

　　注釋：

　　1.…with the intention of making the pilgrimage… ……打算去朝圣……

　　2.Little celebrated in the West, …雖然在西方社會不怎么知名，……

　　3. …seeking profitable employment with the Sultan of Delhi. ……在德里的蘇丹王那里謀到了一份收入頗豐的工作。

　　練習：

　　1. What is the passage mainly about?

　　A) Visitors to Mecca.

　　B) The adventures of Ibn Battuta.

　　C) Ibn Battuta's character.

　　D) Asian countries of the 14th century.

　　2. Which of the following is closest in meaning to set off for in line 5?

　　A) left to go to.

　　B ) discussed.

　　C) arrived at.

　　D) decided upon.

　　3. The Sultan of Delhi gave Ibn Battuta a position of judge because

　　A) the sultan needed a translator.

　　B) Ibn Battuta had been a judge before.

　　C) Ibn Battuta had studied in Mecca.

　　D) Ibn Battuta had traveled to many countries.

　　4. Which of the following would the writer of this passage most likely agree with?

　　A)Ibn Battuta's journeys were very common for people of that time.

　　B) Ibn Battuta's stories are probably not true.

　　C) Ibn Battuta's journey was less important than Marco Polo's.

　　D) Ibn Battuta should be better known in the West today.

　　5. Why did Ibn Battuta finally return to his home?

　　A) He was tired of traveling.

　　B) He didn't have any more money.

　　C) He feared the Sultan of Delhi.

　　D) The Sultan of Morocco asked him to return.

　　答案與題解:

　　1. B 根據本文的內容以及標題( The Travels of Ibn Battuta) ，我們可以很快排除選項A、C和

　　D。所以答案為B(The adventures of Ibn Battuta) 。

　　2. A 從第一行我們知道伊本白圖泰的家鄉(xiāng)是丹吉爾，所以第五行中set off詞組后提到的麥加必然是伊本白圖泰要去的城市，想必他是離開家鄉(xiāng)前往麥加。因此，對比四個選項之后，我們不難發(fā)現正確答案為A(left to 90 to) 。

　　3. C 在第三段第七行中，我們可以發(fā)現本題的答案：因為有在麥加的學習經歷，德里的蘇丹王給伊本白圖泰安排了法官的工作。因此，對比四個選項之后，我們不難發(fā)現正確答案為C(Ibn Battuta had studied in Mecca)。

　　4. D 選項A的意思是：在他那個時代的人看來，伊本白圖泰的經歷很普通。結合本文內容我們知道該選項必然是錯誤的，故排除A。選項B 的意思是：伊本白圖泰的游歷故事可能是虛構的。根據本文的內容我們可以知道伊本白圖泰在歷史上確有其人，他的游歷經歷也是真實的，甚至他的游歷故事還被寫成了書流傳后世，所以該選項不對，故排除B。選項C 的意思是：伊本白圖泰的游歷沒有馬可波羅的游歷重要。 根據本文，我們知道伊本白圖泰的經歷雖然在西方社會不如馬可波羅那么有名，但他的故事在阿拉伯世界是家喻戶曉。文中并沒有出現對比他們倆的信息，所以我們不能武斷地說誰的游歷就一定比另一位的重要，故排除選項C。因此，本題正確答案為D(在現今的西方世界，伊本白圖泰應該會比以前更有名)。

　　5. D 在第四段前兩行中，我們會發(fā)現：最后摩洛哥的蘇丹王要求游歷一生的伊本白圖泰回家和世人分享他的智慧。 定位這條信息之后，我們再來對比四個選項就不難發(fā)現本題的正確答案為D( 摩洛哥的蘇丹王要求他回家) 。

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