2021年12月英語四六級閱讀題

專項練習(xí)19：TheLastDinner

Jesusspenthislastfewhoursoflibertyquietlyinthesuburbof

Bethany.ItwasthedayofPassover.TheJewsobservedthisfeastbyeating

roastlambandunleavenedbread.

Jesusaskedhisdisciplestogototownandreservearoominoneof

thesmallerinnsandorderadinnerthattheymightallbetogether.

Wheneveningcame,Judas,lookingbland3andinnocent,leftthehouse

togetherwiththeothers.TheywentdowntheMountofOlivesandentered

thecityandfoundthateverythingwasready.Theytooktheirseatsaround

onelongtableandbegantoeat.

Butitwasnotacheerfulmeal.Theyfeltthedreadofthosecoming

eventswhichalreadywerecastingtheirterribleshadowoverthesmall

groupoffaithfulfriends.

Jesusspokeverylittle.Theotherssatingloomysilence.Atlast

Petercouldstanditnolonger,andheblurted4outwhatwasineverybody'

smind."Master,“hesaid,((wewanttoknow.Doyouhavereasontosuspect

oneofus?”SoftlyJesusanswered,"Yes.Oneamongyouwhoisnowsitting

atthistablewillbringdisasteruponusall."Thenallthedisciples

gotupandcrowdedaroundhim.Theyprotestedtheirinnocence.Atthat

momentJudasslippedquietlyoutoftheroom.Theynowallknewwhatwas

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tocome.Theycouldnolongerremaininthatlittleroom.Theyneededfresh

air,andtheylefttheinnandwalkedoutofthegateandwentbacktothe

MountofOlivesandopenedthewickettoagardenwhichafriendhad

toldthemtousewhenevertheywishedtobealone.Itwascalled

Gethsemane5,afteranoldoil-presswhichstoodinacorner.Afterawhile

Jesuswalkedawayfromthelittlegroup.Butthreeofthediscipleswho

wereclosesttohim,followedatadistance.

Heturnedaroundandbadethemwaitandwatchwhileheprayed.

Thetimehadcomeforafinaldecision.Escapewasstillpossible,

butescapewouldmeanasilentconfessionofguiltanddefeatforhisideas.

Hewasaloneamongthesilenttreesandfoughthislastgreatbattle.

Hewasamaninthefullnessofhisyears.Lifestillheldagreatpromise.

Death,oncehisenemiescapturedhim,wouldcomeinamostterribleform.

Hemadehischoice.Hestayed.Hewentbacktohisfriends.Andbehold!

Theywerefastasleep.Amomentlater,thewholegardenwasinanuproar.

LedbyJudas,theguardsoftheSanhedrinrushedupontheprophet.Judas

wasattheirhead.Hethrewhisarmsaroundhismasterandkissedhim.6

Thatwasthesignforwhichthesoldiershadwaited.Atthatmoment,Peter

realizedwhatwashappening.

閱讀自測

I.WelcometotheEdenofanimals.AccordingtoChinese,choose

thecorrectEnglishword:(bee,rabbit,butterfly,lark,lion,mouse,

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donkey）

1.Tomalwayshasalotofthingstodo.Everytimeyouseehim,he

isasbusyasa（忙得團團轉(zhuǎn)）.

2.Althoughitwasaneasyproblem,Istillmadeamistake.Itreally

madefeelthatIwasasstupidasa（蠢如驢）.

3.Cathyisdressedverywellandlooksasbeautifulasa（像

蝴蝶一樣漂亮）.

4.Thevillagersbeattheenemyandlivedasmerryasa（非

?？旎睿?

5.TomandJerryaretwins,buttheyarequitedifferent.Tomisas

timidasa（膽小如鼠）whileJerryasboldasa（莽如雄獅）.

6.Afterthecompanywentintobankruptcy（宣告破產(chǎn)），he

wasaspoorasachurch（一貧如洗）.

II.Canyoucracktheriddle?

HaveyouheardofSphinx（斯芬克司）ofGreekmythology?

Sphinxwasamonsterwiththeheadandbreastofawoman,thebody

ofalion,thewingsofabird,aserpent'stailandlion'spaws.Ithad

ahumanvoiceandusuallyaskedpassers-bytoguessherriddle.Iftheman

wasunabletofindtheanswer,shewouldeatthem.Ifhecould,shewould

killherself.Theriddleisthis:Whatgoesonfourfeet,ontwofeet,

andthree,butthemorefeetitgoeson,theweakeritbe?

Doyougettheanswer?Explainyourself.

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參考答案

I.1.bee2.donkey3.butterfly4.lark5.rabbit/lion6.mouse

II.Itisaman.Asaninfant,themancrawlsuponallfours.Whenin

manhood,hegoeserectontwofeetandwheninoldage,hesupportshis

totteringlegswithastick.

參考譯文

最后的晚餐

耶穌在貝瑟尼郊區(qū)平靜地度過了生命中最后幾小時的自由行動時間。那天是

逾越節(jié),猶太人吃烤羔羊肉和無酵餅來慶祝這一節(jié)日。

耶穌讓門徒進城到一家小酒館訂了房間及晚餐，他們將在那里聚會。

夜色降臨，猶大若無其事地和其他人一起離開了家。他們下了橄欖山，進了

城，發(fā)現(xiàn)一切均已備好。他們圍著一張長桌坐了下來，然后開始用餐。

可這并不是一頓讓人感到愉快的晚餐。即將發(fā)生的事早已在這一小群忠實的

教友中間投下了可怕的陰影，他們感到了恐懼。

耶穌沒怎么說話。其他人憂郁且安靜地坐著。

最后，彼得再也無法忍受，脫口道出了大家的心聲。“老師，”他說，“我

們想知道，您是否有充分的理由懷疑我們中間的一個？”耶穌輕聲地回答：“是

的。現(xiàn)在坐在這張桌子旁的，你們中間的一人將給我們大家?guī)頌?zāi)難?！彪S后,

所有的門徒都站起來圍在了他的四周，聲辯各