專升本英語（閱讀理解）模擬試卷6（共

8套）

（共200題）

專升本英語（閱讀理解）模擬試卷第1

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一、閱讀理解（本題共25題，每題1.0分，共25分。）

TheaimuftheIcauhciiblugelhispupilsasquicklyuspossibleoverIlieperiodinwhich

eachprintedsymbolislookedatloritsshape,andarriveatthestagewhenthepupillooks

atwordsandphrases,fortheirmeaning,almostwithoutnoticingtheshapesofthe

separateletters.Whenagoodreaderisatwork,hedoesnotlookatletters,norevenat

words,onebyone,howeverquickly;hetakesinthemeaningoftwo,three,orfourwords

atatime,inasinglemoment.Watchcarefullytheeyesofapersonwhoisreading,andit

willbeseenthattheydonottravelsmoothlyalongthelinesofprint,buttheymoveby

jumpsseparatedbyveryshortstops.Theeyesofaverygoodreadermovequicklytaking

longjumpsandmakingveryshorthalts;theeyesofapoorreadermovemoreslowly,

takingonlyshortjumpsandstoppinglongerateachhalt.Sometimes,whenhemeetsa

difficulty,heevengoesbackwardstoseeagainwhathasalreadybeenlookedatonce.

Theteacher'staskisthereforeclear:itistotrainhispupilstotakeinseveralwordsata

glance（one"eye-jump"）andtoremovethenecessityforgoingbackwardstoread

somethingasecondtime.Thisshowsatoncethatletter-by-letter,orsyllable-by-syllable

（音節(jié)）orword-by-wordreading,withthefingerpointingtotheword,carefullyfixing

eachoneinturn,iswrong.Itiswrongbecausesuchamethodtiesthepupil'seyesdown

toaveryshortjump,andtheaimistotrainforthelongjump.Moreover,averyshort

jumpistooshorttoprovideanymeaningorsense;anditwillbefoundthathaving

struggledwiththreeorfourwordsseparately,thepupilhastolookatthemagain,all

togetherandinonegroup,inordertogetthemeaningofthewholephrase.

1、Whichofthefollowingisclosestinmeaningtothefirstparagraph?

A、Pupilsshouldbetrainedtoreachquicklythestageofreadingwithouthavingto

concentrateontheseparazesymbols.

B、Pupilsshouldlookateachprintedsymbolforitsmeaningaswellasforitsshape.

C、Teachersshouldhelptheirpupilsavoidlookingat（heshapeoftheprintedsymbols.

D^Teachersshouldtelltheirpupilsthedifferentstagesoftheirstudy.

標準答案：A

知識點解析：文章第一段最后一句話”...almostwithoutnoticingtheshapesofthe

separateletters”,與選項A一致。

2、Inasinglemoment,agoodreaderpicksup.

A、severalwords

B、severalphrases

C、severalsentences

D、severallines

標準答案：A

知識點解析:文章第二段中"hetakesinthemeaningoftwo,three,orfourwordsata

time,inasinglemoment","takeinthemeaning”與題目中的"pickup”是同義,所以

選Ao

3、Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingisFALSE?

A、Theeyesofagoodreadermakeshorthaltsandlongjumps.

B、Theeyesofabadreadertakeinthemeaningofonewordatatime.

C、Theeyesofabadreaderlakeonlyshortjumps.

D、Theeyesofagoodreadermovesteadily.

標準答案：D

知識點解析：文章第二段中“Theeyesofaverygoodreadermovequicklytakinglong

jumpsandmakingveryshorthalts：theeyesofapoorreadermovemoreslowly,taking

onlyshortjumpsandstoppinglongerateachhalt.”可知選項D中的"movesteadily”與

此句話意思相反。

4^Onemayhavetoreadsomethingasecondtimeif.

A>thereisenoughtime

B、onereadstoofast

C>thepassageisverylong

D、onereadswordbyword

標準答案：D

知識點解析：從第二段末尾“whenhemeetsadifficulty,heevengoesbackwardsto

seeagainwhathasalreadybeenlookedatonce.”可知“gobackwardtoseeagain”與題

目中的“readsomethingasecondlime”意思一致。這就是“poorreader”的表現，所以

選D。

5、Themainideaofthelastparagraphisthat.

A、word-by-wordreadingishighlyinefficient

B、thepupil'seyesshouldfocusongroupsofsyllablesinsteadofsinglesyllables

C、pupilshavetomovetheireyesbackandforthwhenreading

D、finger-pointinginreadinghelpsthepupilconcentrateonmeaning

標準答案：A

知識點解析：從文章對兩種閱讀方法的比較及文章最后段落可知，文章主要是表明

逐字閱讀是非常低效的。故選A。

Largecompaniesneedawaytoreachthesavingofthepublicatlarge.Thesame

problem,onasmallerscale,facespracticallyeverycompanytryingtodevelopnew

productsandcreatenewjobs.Therecanbelittleprospectofraisingthesortofsums

neededfromfriendsandpeoplewcknow,andwhilebanksmayagicetoprovideshort-

termfinance、theyaregenerallyunwillingtoprovidemoneyonapermanentbasisfor

long-termprojects.Socompaniesturntothepublic,invitingpeopletolendthemmoney,

ortakeashareinthebusinessinexchangeforashareinfutureprofits.Thistheydoby

issuingstocksandsharesinthebusinessthroughTheStockExchange.Bydoingsothey

canputintocirculationthesavingofindividualsandinstitutions,bothathomeand

overseas.Whenthesaverneedshismoneyback,hedoesnothavetogotothecompany

withwhomheoriginallyplacedit.Instead,hesellshissharesthroughastockbrokerto

someothersaverwhoisseekingtoinvesthismoney.Manyoftheservicesneededboth

byindustryandbyeachofusareprovidedbytheGovernmentorbylocalauthorities.

Withouthospitals,roads,electricity,telephones,railways,thiscountrycouldnotfunction.

Alltheserequirecontinuousspendingonnewequipmentandnewdevelopmentifthey

aretoserveusproperly,requiringmoremoneythanisraisedthroughtaxesalone.The

government,localauthorities,andnationalizedindustriesthereforefrequentlyneedto

borrowmoneytofinancemajorcapitalspending,andthey,too,cometoTheS【ock

Exchange.Thereishardlyamanorwomaninthiscountrywhosejoborwhosestandard

oflivingdoesnotdependontheabilityofhisorheremployerstoraisemoneytofinance

newdevelopment.Inonewayoranother,thisnewmoneymustcomefromthesavingsof

thecountry.TheStockExchangeexiststoprovideachannelthroughwhichthesesavings

canreachthosewhoneedfinance.

6、Almostallcompaniesinvolvedinnewproductionanddevelopmentmust.

A、relyontheirownfinancialresources

B、persuadethebankstoprovidelong-termfinance

C、borrowlargesumsofmoneyfromfriendsandpeopletheyknow

D、dependonthepopulationasawholeforfinance

標準答案：D

知識點解析：文章第一段中“Socompaniesturntothcpublic,invitingpeopletolend

themmoney,ortakeashareinthebusinessinexchangeforashareinfutureprofits.“文

章中的“turnto","lend”和選項中的D“dependon,forfinance”同義替換。

7、Themoneywhichenablesthesecompaniestogoaheadwiththeirprojectsis.

A、repaidtoitsoriginalownersassoonaspossible

B、raisedbythesellingofsharesinthecompanies

C、exchangedforpartownershipinTheStockExchange

D、investedindifferentcompaniesonTheStockExchange

標準答案：B」

知識點解析：文章第一段末尾“Thistheydobyissuingstocksandsharesinthebusiness

throughTheStockExchange.Bydoingsotheycanputintocirculationthesavingof

individualsandinstitutions.bothathomeandoverseas.”故選B。

8、Whenthesaverswanttheirmoneybackthey.

A、askanothercompanytoobtaintheirmoneyforthem

B、lookforotherpeopletoborrowmoneyfrom

C、puttheirsharesinthecompanybackonthemarket

D、transfertheirmoneytomoresuccessfulcompany

標準答案：C

知識點解析:第二段第二句"hesellshissharesthroughastockbrokertosomeother

saverwhoisseekingtoinvesthismoneyo”故選C

9^Alltheessentialservicesonwhichwcdependarc.

A、runbytheGovernmentorourlocalauthorities

inconstantneedoffinancialsupport

C、financedwhollybyratesandtaxes

D、unabletoprovidefortheneedsofthepopulation

標準答案：B

知識點解析：從文章第三段“Alltheserequirecontinuousspendingonnewequipment

andnewdevelopmentiftheyaretoserveusproperly,requiringmoremoneythanis

raisedthroughtaxesalone.“文中“requiringmoremoney”與選項中B的“inconstant

needoffinancialsupport”同義替換。

10、TheStockExchangemakesitpossiblefortheGovernment,localauthoritiesand

nationalizedindustries.

A、toborrowasmuchmoneyastheywish

B、tomakecertaineverybodysavesmoney

C^toraisemoneytofinancenewdevelopments

D、tomakecertaineverybodylendsmoneytothem

標準答案：C

知識點解析：文章第四段第一句"Thereishardlyamanorwomaninthiscountry

whosejoborwhosestandardoflivingdoesnotdependontheabilityofhisorher

employerstoraisemoneytofinancenewdevelopment.”故C正確。

Realpolicemen,bothinBritainandintheUnitedStates,hardlyrecognizeany

resemblancebetweentheirlivesandwhattheyseeaboutthemselvesonTV.Thefirst

differenceisthatapoliceman'srealliferevolvesroundthelaw.Mostofhistrainingisin

criminallaw.Hehastoknowexactlywhatactionsarecrimesandwhatevidencecanbe

usedtoprovethemincourt.Hehastoknownearlyasmuchlawasaprofessionallawyer.

Mosttelevisioncrimedramaisaboutfindingthecriminal.Assoonasheisarrested,the

storyisover.Inreallife,findingcriminalsisseldommuchofaproblem.Exceptinvery

seriouscaseslikemurdersandterroristattackswhere—failuretoproduceresultswill

affectthereputationofthepolice一littleeffortisspentonsearching.Thepolicehavean

elaboratemachinerywhicheventuallyshowsupmostwantedmen.Havingmadean

arrest,adetectivereallystartstowork.Hehastoprovehiscaseincourtandtodothathe

oftenhastogatheralotofevidence.Hewillspendmostofhisworkinglifetyping

millionsofwordsonthousandsofformsabouthundredsofpeoplewhoactguiltyof

crimes.Athirdbigdifferencebetweenthedramadetectiveandtherealoneisthe

unpleasantmoraltwilightinwhichtherealonelives.Detectivesaresubjecttotwo

opposingpressures;firstasmembersofapoliceforcetheyalwayshavetobehavewith

absolutelegality;secondly,asexpensivepublicservantstheyhavetogetresults.They

canhardlyeverdoboth.Mostofthetimesomeofthemhavetobreaktherulesinsmall

ways.

11Itisessentialforapolicemantobetrainedincriminallawsothathecan.

A^arrestcriminalsinthestreet

B、justifyhisarrestsincourt

C^knowasmuchlawasaprofessionallawyer

D、justifyhimselfonTV

標準答案：B

知識點解析：文章第二段中“Mostofhistrainingisincriminallaw.Hehastoknow

exactlywhatactionsarecrimesandwhatevidencecanbeusedtoprovethemincourt.”

其中選項B正是此句的意思，只是換了一種說法。

12、Onlywhenveryseriouscaseslikemurdersandterroristattacksoccur,willthe

police.

A、showuptheirelaboratemachinery

B、failtoproduceresults

CNspendalotofeffortinfindingthecriminals

D、payattentiontotheirreputation

標準答案：C

知識點解析：文章第三段中已知,<4Inreallife,findingcriminalsisseldommuchofa

problem.Exceptinveryseriouscaseslikemurdersandterroristattackswhere—fai'ure

toproduceresultswillaffectthereputationofthepolice—littleeflortisspenton

searching.”一般情況下找到罪犯不成問題，只有在非常重大的案件時，才需要花

費更多的努力來尋找罪犯。此句的關鍵是把excepl讀出來。

13、"Mostwantedmen"inthethirdparagraphrefersto.

A^themostdangerouscriminals

B、mostofthewitnesseswanted

C、themajorityofthosethepolicearesearchingfor

D^thementhepolicearemostinterestedinarresting

標準答案：C

知識點解析：第三段中“Thepolicehaveanelaboratemachinerywhicheventually

showsupmostwantedmen.''和上文結合起來可推出C是正確答案。

14、Therealdetectivelivesinanunpleasantmoraltwilightbecausehe.

A^isanexpensivepublicservant

B、oftenfeelsratherdepressed

C、isobligedtobreakthelawinordertopreserveit

D、mustalwaysbehavewithabsolutelegality

標準答案：C

知識點解析：從文章最后一句話中“asexpensivepublicservantstheyhavetoget

results.Theycanhardlyeverdoboth.Mostofthetimesomeofthemhavetobreakthe

rulesinsmallways.”可知C為正確答案。

15、Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrueaccordingtothispassage?

A^Inreallife,findingcriminalsisoneofthepolicemen'sgreatestproblems.

B、Thedetective'sworkisoveroncethearresthasbeendone.

C、Thepolicemanspendsagreatdealoftimefindingevidencetosupporthisarrests.

D^Thepolicemandevotesmostofhisworkinglifetosearchingforcriminals.

標準答案：C

知識點解析：從文章第三段“Hehastoprovehiscaseincourtandtodothatheoften

hastogatheralotofevidence.“因此正確答案為Co

Largecompaniesneedawaytoreachthesavingofthepublicatlarge.Thesame

problem,onasmallerscale,facespracticallyeverycompanytryingtodevelopnew

productsandcreatenewjobs.Therecanbelittleprospectofraisingthesortofsums

neededfromfriendsandpeopleweknow,andwhilebanksmayagreetoprovideshort-

termfinance,theyaregenerallyunwillingtoprovidemoneyonapermanentbasisfor

long-termprojecls.Socompaniesturntothepublic,invitingpeopletolendthemmoney,

ortakeashareinthebusinessinexchangeforashareinfutureprofits.Thistheydoby

issuingstocksandsharesinthebusinessthroughTheStockExchange.Bydoingsothey

canputintocirculationthesavingofindividualsandinstitutions,bothathomeand

overseas.Whenthesaverneedshismoneyback,hedocsnothavetogotothecompany

withwhomheoriginallyplacedit.Instead,hesellshissharesthroughastockbrokerto

someothersaverwhoisseekingtoinvesthismoney.Manyoftheservicesneededboth

byindustryandbyeachofusareprovidedbytheGovernmentorbylocalauthorities.

Withouthospitals,roads,electricity,telephones,railways,thiscountrycouldnotfunction.

Alltheserequirecontinuousspendingonnewequipmentandnewdevelopmentifthey

aretoserveusproperly,requiringmoremoneythanisraisedthroughtaxesalone.The

government,localauthorities,andnationalizedindustriesthereforefrequentlyneedto

borrowmoneytofinancemajorcapitalspending,andthey,too,cometoTheStock

Exchange.Thereishardlyamanorwomaninthiscountrywhosejoborwhosestandard

oflivingdoesnotdependontheabilityofhisorheremployerstoraisemoneytofinance

newdevelopment.Inonewayoranother,thisnewmoneymustcomefromthesavingsof

thecountry.TheStockExchangeexiststoprovideachannelthroughwhichthesesavings

canreachthosewhoneedfinance.

16^Almostallcompaniesinvolvedinnewproductionanddevelopmentmust.

A、relyontheirownfinancialresources

B>persuadethebankstoprovidelong-termfinance

C>borrowlargesumsofmoneyfromfriendsandpeopletheyknow

D^dependonthepopulationasawholeforfinance

標準答案：D

知識點解析：文章第一段中“Socompaniesturntothepublic,invitingpeopletolend

themmoney,ortakeashareinthebusinessinexchangeforashareinfutureprofits.”

文章中的"turnto""lend”和選項中的Dudependon,forfinance”同義替換。

17、Themoneywhichenablesthesecompaniestogoaheadwiththeirprojectsis,

A、repaidtoitsoriginalownersassoonaspossible

B、raisedbythesellingofsharesinthecompanies

C、exchangedforpartownershipinTheStockExchange

D、investedindifferentcompaniesonTheStockExchange

標準答案：B

知識點解析：文章第一段末尾“Thistheydobyissuingstocksandsharesinthe

businessthroughTheStockExchange.Bydoingsotheycanputintocirculationthe

savingofindividualsandinstitutions,bothathomeandoverseas.”故選B。

18、Whenthesaverswanttheirmoneybackthey.

A、askanothercompanytoobtaintheirmoneyforthem

B、lookforotherpeopletoborrowmoneyfrom

C>puttheirsharesinthecompanybackonthemarket

D、transfertheirmoneytomoresuccessfulcompany

標準答案：C

知識點解析：第二段第二句"hesellshissharesthroughastockbrokertosomeother

saverwhoisseekingtoinvesthismoney.”故選Co

19、Alltheessentialservicesonwhichwedependare.

A、runbytheGovernmentorourlocalauthorities

B、inconstantneedoffinancialsupport

C、financedwhollybyratesandtaxes

D、unabletoprovidefortheneedsofthepopulation

標準答案：B

知識點解析：從文章第三段“Alltheserequirecontinuousspendingonnewequipment

andnewdevelopmentiftheyaretoserveusproperly,requiringmoremoneythanis

raisedthroughtaxesalone."文中"requiringmoremoney”與選項中B的“inconstant

needoffinancialsupport”同義替換。

20TheStockExchangemakesitpossiblefortheGovernment,localauthoritiesand

nationalizedindustries.

A、toborrowasmuchmoneyastheywish

B、tomakecertaineverybodysavesmoney

C、toraisemoneytofinancenewdevelopments

D^tomakecertaineverybodylendsmoneytothem

標準答案：C

知識點解析：文章第四段第一句"Thereishardlyamanorwomaninthiscountry

whosejoborwhosestandardoflivingdoesnotdependontheabilityofhisorher

employerstoraisemoneytofinancenewdevelopment.”故C正確。

Thereisapopularbeliefamongparentsthatschoolsarenolongerinterestedinspelling.

NoschoolIhavetaughtinhaseverignoredspellingorconsidereditunimportantasa

basicskill.Therearc,hov/cver,vastlydifferentideasabouthowtoteachit,orhowmuch

prioritize（優(yōu)先）itmustbegivenovergenerallanguagedevelopmentandwritingability.

Theproblemis,howloencouiageachildtoexpresshimselffreelyandconfidenllyin

writingwithoutholdinghimbackwithihecomplexitiesofspelling.Ifspellingbecomes

theonlyfocalpointofhisteacher'sinterest,clearlyabrightchildwillbelikelyto"play

safe".Hewilltendtowriteonlywordswithinhisspellingrange,choosingtoavoid

adventurouslanguage.That'swhyteachersoftenencouragetheearlyuseofdictionai-ics

andpayattentiontocontentratherthantechnicalability.Iwasonceshockedtoreadon

thebottomofasensitivepieceofwritingaboutapersonalexperience:"Thisworkis

terrible!Therearefartoomanyspellingerrorsandyourwritingisillegible（難以辨認的）.

"Itmayhavebeenasharpcriticismnfthepupil'stechnicalabilitiesinwriting,butitwas

alsoasadreflectionontheteacherwhohadomittedtoreadtheessay,whichcontained

somebeautifulexpressionsofIhechild'sdeepfeelings.Theteacherwasnotwrongto

drawattentiontotheerrors,butifhisprioritieshadcenteredonthechild'sideas,an

expressionofhisdisappointmentwiththepresentationwouldhavegiventhepupilmore

motivation（動力）toseekimprovement.

21、Teachersaredifferentintheiropinionsabout.

A、thedifficultiesinteachingspelling

B、theroleofspellingingenerallanguagedevelopment

C、thecomplexitiesofthebasicspellingskills

D、thenecessityofteachingspelling

標準答案：B

知識點解析：文章第一段中提到Thereare,however,vastlydifferentideasabout

howtoteachit,orhowmuchprioritize（優(yōu)先）itmustbegivenovergenerallanguage

developmentandwritingability,故選B。

22、Theexpression"playsafe"probablymeans.

A^towritecarefully

todoasteacherssay

C、tousedictionariesfrequently

D、toavoidusingwordsoneisnotsureof

標準答案：D

知識點解析：文中對playsafe進行了解釋，即Hewilltendtowriteonlywordswithin

hisspellingrange,choosingtoavoidadventurouslanguage.與D答案相符。

23、Teachersencouragetheuseofdictionariessothat.

A^studentswillbeabletoexpresstheirideasmorefreely

teacherswillhavelesstroubleincorrectingmistakes

C、studentswillhavemoreconfidenceinwriting

D、studentswilllearntobeindependentofteachers

標準答案：A

知識點解析：文章第一段的末尾Theproblemis,howtoencourageachildtoexpress

himselffreelyandconfidentlyinwritingwithoutholdinghimbackwiththecomplexities

ofspelling?而后作者又提至ijThat'swhyteachersoftenencouragetheearlyuseof

dictionariesandpayattentiontocontcntratherthantechnicalability.可知A是正確答

案。

24、Thewriterseemstothinkthattheteacher'sjudgmentonthatsensitivepieceof

writingis.

A、reasonable

B、unfair

C、foolish

D、careless

標準答案：B

知識點解析：從第三段末尾來看Theteacherwasnotwrongtodrawattent沁ntothe

errors,butifhisprioritieshadcenteredonthechild'sideas,在這里關鍵是讀出but的

語義轉折及后面的虛擬。由此可知教師的評語是不太公平的。

25、Themajorpointdiscussedinthepassageis.

A、theimportanceofdevelopingspellingskills

B、thecomplexitiesofspelling

C、thecorrectwayofmarkingcompositions

D、therelationshipbetweenspellingandthecontentofacomposition

標準答案：A-

知識點解析：文章開始表明了拼寫現象被忽視，而后又列舉了拼寫所造成的問題。

故作者主張重視拼寫技能。

專升本英語（閱讀理解）模擬試卷第2

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一、閱讀理解（本題共25題，每題7.0分，共25分。）

Duringastateofdeeprelaxation,severalphysiologicalchangestakeplaceinthebody:

thebody'soxygenconsumptionisreduced;theheartbeatdecreases;muscletensionand

sweatingease,andthereisdecreasedsympatheticnervoussystemactivity.Thisrestful

statenotonlyallowsthebodytorepairandrestoreitself,butalsohasacalmingeffecton

theconsciousness.Howtoachievethisstateofrelaxation,however,isamatterof

opinion,andinsomemedicalcircles,amatterofcontroversy.ArecentreportbyDr.

DavidHolmesoftheUniversityofKansasinthejournal"Americanpsychologist"said

thatsimplesittinginanarmchairhasjustasmanybeneficialcharacteristicsforthebody

asmeditationdoes.Researchersofotherrelaxationtechniquesdisagree.Theseexperts

believethatmorestructuredtechniques,suchasmeditation,leadtoaconditionofdeep

relaxation.Thedebategoeson,butonethingappearstobeclear;therelaxationresponse

canbereachedbyanumberofmethods,andthemethodsthemselvesarcnotasimportant

asgettingthere.Oneday,onemethodmayworkbest;onanotherday,analternative

methodmaybemoreappropriate.Onceyouareawareofallthemethods,youcanfind

theonethatworksbestforyou.Someoftherelaxationtechniquesaremeditation,

autoanalysisandprogressivemusclerelaxationresponsethanjustsittingquietlyina

chair,theyhavetheaddedbenefitofstructureanddiscipline,andforthesereasonsappear

tobemoreeffectiveformostindividuals.

1、Thepassageindicatesthatastateofdeeprelaxationisnotonlygoodforone'sbody,

butalsobeneficialto.

A、heartbeat

B、consciousness

C、muscletension

D、sympatheticnervoussystem

標準答案：B

知識點解析：由第一段最后一句話“butalsohasacalmingeffectontheconsciousness”

可知正確答案為B。

2、Peopleseemtoagreethat.

A、sittinginanarmchairbenefitsapersonasmeditationdoes

B、whatpeoplearestrugglingforisastateofdeeprelaxation

C、luachieveastaleofdeepiclaxaliunispossiblellnuuglivariousmeans

D、structuredconsciousnessrelaxationtechniquesaremorebeneficialforaperson

標準答案：C

知識點解析：由第三段第一句話“…butonethingappearstobeclear：the

relaxation...anumberofmethods”可知正確答案為C。

3、Inthethirdparagraph,thephrase"gettingthere"mostprobablymeans.

A、arrivingatone'sdestination

gettingwhatonewantsmost

C、reachingastateofdeeprelaxation

D、findingoutasuitablerelaxationtechnique

標準答案：D

知識點解析:由短語所在的那句話“themethodsthemselvesarcnotasimportantas

gettingthere”可知短語步指為“themethods"，即“findingoutasuitablerelaxation

technique”,故D正確。

4、Asfarasrelaxationisconcerned,theauthorindicatesthat.

A^aimsaremoreimportantthanmeans

B、meansaremoreimportantthanaims

C、somerelaxationtechniquesarebetterthanothers

D、moreandmorepeopleareinterestedinrelaxationtechniques

標準答案：A

知識點解析：由倒數第二段的內容可知方法是多種多樣的，而目標只有一個。所以

相比之下目標更重要一些。可知A項正確。

5、Theauthor'sattitudetowardrelaxationisbestdescribedas.

A、critical

B、objective

C>optimistic

D、subjective

標準答案：B

知識點解析：作者對于“放松”這一生理狀態(tài)的描述應該是客觀的，由第二段所描述

的不同人的不同見解為例就可說明這一點。

Itseemsclearthatliteraturehasbecomemoreandmoreafemaleactivity.Inbookstores,

atconferencesorpublicreadingsbywriters,andeveninuniversitydepartments

dedicatedtothehumanities,thewomenclearlyoutnumberthemen.Theexplanation

traditionallygivenisthatmiddle-classwomenreadmorebecausetheyworkfewerhours

thanmen,andsomanyofthemfeelthattheycanjustifymoreeasilythanmenthetime

thattheydevotetofantasyandillusion.Iamsomewhatallergic（反感的）toexplanations

thatdividemenandwomenintofrozencategoriesandattributetoeachsexits

characteristicvirtuesandshortcomings;butthereisnodoubtthattherearefewerand

fewerreadersofliterature,andthatamongthesavingremnant（剩余）ofreaderswomen

predominate.Thisisthecasealmosteverywhere.InSpain,forexample,arecentsurvey

organizedbytheGeneralSocietyofSpanishWritersrevealedthathalfofthatcountry's

populationhasneverreadabook.Thesurveyalsorevealedthatintheminoritythatdoes

read,thenumberofwomenwhoadmittedtoreadingsurpassesthenumberofmenby6.2

percent,adifferencethatappearstobeincreasing.Iamhappyforthesewomen,butIfeel

sorryforthesemen,andforthemillionsofhumanbeingswhocouldreadbuthave

decidednottoread.Theyearnmypitynotonlybecausetheyareunawareofthepleasure

thattheyaremissing,butalsobecauseIamconvincedthatasocietywithoutliterature,or

asocietyinwhichliteraturehasbeenrelegated-likesomehiddenvice一tothemargins

ofsocialandpersonallife,isasocietycondemnedtobecomespirituallybarbaric,and

eventojeopardize（破壞）itsfreedom.Iwishtooffera佗wargumentsagainsttheideaof

literatureasaluxurypastime,andinfavorofviewingitasoneofthemostprimaryand

necessaryundertakingsofthemind,anirreDlaceableactivityforthefoirnationofcitizens

inamodernanddemocraticsociety,asocietyoffreeindividuals.Itseemsclearthat

literaturehasbecomemoreandmoreafemaleactivity.Inbookstores,atconferencesor

publicreadingsbywriters,andeveninuniversitydepartmentsdedicatedtothe

humanities,thewomenclearlyoutnumberthemen.Theexplanationtraditionallygivenis

thatmiddle-classwomenreadmorebecausetheyworkfewerhoursthanmen,andso

manyofthemfeelthattheycanjustifymoreeasilythanmenthetimethattheydevoteto

fantasyandillusion.Iamsomewhatallergic（反感的）toexplanationsthatdividemenand

womenintofrozencategoriesandattributetoeachsexitscharacteristicvirtuesand

shortcomings;butthereisnodoubtthattherearefewerandfewerreadersofliterature,

andthatamongthesavingremnant（乘馀）ofreaderswomenpredominate.Thisisthecase

almosteverywhere.InSpain,forexample,arecentsurveyorganizedbytheGeneral

SocietyofSpanishWritersrevealedthathalfofthatcountry1spopulationhasneverread

abook.Thesurveyalsorevealedthatintheminoritythatdoesread,thenumberof

womenwhoadmittedtoreadingsurpassesthenumberofmenby6.2percent,a

differencethatappearstobeincreasing.Iamhappyforthesewomen,butIfeelsorryfor

thesemen,andforthemillionsofhumanbeingswhocouldreadbuthavedecidednetto

read.Theyearnmypitynotonlybecausetheyareunawareofthepleasurethattheyare

missing,