專業(yè)英語八級(閱讀)模擬試卷21(共

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一、選擇題(本題共14題，每題1.0分，共分。)

PassageOne(1)MarkTwain'sinstructionswerequiteclear:hisautobiographywasto

remainunpublisheduntil100yearsafterhisdeath.Whocouldresistapaychequeinthe

hereandnowfordeferredimmortalityinthehereafter?Moretothepoint,couldany

modernwriterbecertaintheirliveswouldstillbeinterestingtoanyonesolongaftertheir

death?(2)PridenevercameintoTwain'scalculations.HewastheAmericanwriter,the

rags-to-richesembodimentoftheAmericandream,anditneverseemstohaveoccured

tohimthathispopularitywouldfade.Norhasit.Heisstillthewriterbeforewhom

everyonefromFaulknertoMailerhasknelt.Andeventhoughhisliteraryexecutors

mightnothavefollowedhisinstructionstotheletter-variouschunksofhis

autobiographyhavebeenpublishedovertheyears-thepublicationofthefirstofthree

plannedcollectionsofTwain'sfullautobiographicalwritingstocoincidewiththe

centenaryofhisdeathhasstillbeenoneoftheliteraryeventsoftheyear.(3)Stillmore

remarkableisthatTwain'sreputationallongevityisbasedonsofewbooks.AsJohn

Sutherland,professorofEnglishatUniversityCollegeLondon,pointsout,"Huckleberry

Finnhasbeenlargelyoff-limitsinAmericanschoolsandcollegesbecauseofTwain'suse

oftheword'nigger',somostreadersonlyknowhimforhismaximsandTomSawyer.

Andeventhatisoverrated.Whatmakeshimthe'father*ofAmericanfiction?"

(4)Sutherlandsuggeststheanswerliesinvoice,eyeandattitude.Twainwasagifted

publicspeaker;heturnedliteratureintosomethingthatwasheardaswellasseen;and

casthimselfasaninnocent,withadecidedlyresentful,feisty(好爭辯的)gazeontherest

oftheworld."Takethesethreeelements/'hesays,"and,asHemingwayargued,youhave

theessenceofanationalliterature.AfterTwain,noonecoulddismissitas'English

literaturewritteninAmerica.'Itwasitself."(5)Andit'sthevoicethatshinesthroughhis

autobiography."Thegeneralreadergetstoseethemanbeyondthemaxims,'*saysHarriet

Smith,editoroftheMarkTwainProject,"Whatwegetishimspeakingtousfrom

beyondthegrave;eveninthepassagesthatseemquiteboringhisappealstillresonates

fortheinfelicities—ratherthanbeingaflaw—areawindowintohowhethoughtand

whatjoggedhismemory."(6)Aboveall,thereisnolinearnarrative.Hefirsttoyedwith

theideaofwritinghisautobiographyinthe1870sbutabandonedtheideabecausehe

couldn'tfindawayoftellingthetruthabouthimself.Finally,afterthedeathofhiswife,

Olivia,in1904,hecameupwithtwosolutions.Thefirst——almostcertainlyborrowed

fromtheFreudianpsychoanalyticmodeloffreeassociation—wastodictatehisthoughts

toastenographer(速記員)；for15minuteseachdayhewouldstartbydeliberatingonan

itemofnewsthathadcapturedhisattentionandseewhereitled.Thesecondwastoself-

imposea100-yearrule,sothatbythetimeanyjudgmentwaspassedhewouldbe"dead,

unawareandindifferent”.(7)Notthatanyofthisnecessarilyhadthedesiredeffect."If

you'rerelyingonmemory/'saysnovelistMichaelFrayn,"how-evenwiththebestof

intentions-canyoudistinguishbetweenwhatyourememberandwhatyoumakeup?A

biographercanseekcorroborationelsewhere;apersonalmemoirdoesnothavethat

advantage."Twainonceadmittedthatinmanyinstanceshedidn'teventrytotellthe

remorselesstruthwhenhewrotethathecouldthinkof1,500incidentsofwhichhewas

ashamedandhadnotputtopaper."Eventhetwoshamefulincidentsofwhichhedoes

write-beingunabletopreventhisyoungsonfromfallingintheriverandnotallowing

hiswifetovisitafriendinScotland-archardlythestuffofdeepshame,"saysSmith.

There'sanobviousdangerhereofapplying21st-centuryvaluestosomethingthatwas

writtenintheearlyyearsofthe20thcentury.Yetthereissomethingquintessentially

modernaboutTwain.Notleastintheblurringofhispublicandprivatepersonas.Twain's

realnamewasSamuelClemens:hisnomdeplumederivesfromtheMississippi

boatmen'scryfor"safepassage".Yetdespiteafierceattachmenttotheideaoftellingthe

truth,itneverseemstohaveoccurredtohimtocallthebookTheAutobiographyofSam

Clemens.MuchinthewaythatBonoandStingneverusetheirrealnamestoday.Tohis

readers,tohisfriends—and,aboveall,tohimself-MarkTwainwaseverybitasrealas

SamClemens.(8)Twainunderstoodthevalueofhisimageandwenttosomelengthsto

protectit.Someofthemorefascinatingpassagesintheautobiographyarethosethathave

beencrossedout.Theseare,moreoftenthannot,theonesaboutwhichhewas

particularlysensitive.Andtheyaren'ttodowiththepersonal,suchashisfeelingsofloss

overthedeathsofhiswifeanddaughter,Susy,orhissuspicionsaboutbeingfinancially

rippedoffbyhismanager,RalphAshcroft,andhissecretary,IsabelLyon.(9)"Therearc

sonicextracts,includingoneinwhichheconfusestheVirginbirthandtheImmaculate

Conception,inwhichhedeclareshisreligiousscepticismrobustly,aboutwhichTwain

wasextremelynervous,"saysSmith."Hewassoworriedhewouldbeostracised(4ft/f)

andshunnedforthisbyGod-fearingAmeri-cansthatheactuallysetapublicationdateof

2406forthosesections.*'(lO)Imagine.Amansoprotectiveandnervousofhisown

reputationthathesoughttokeepsomeoftheideashethoughtmightalienatehispublic

silentfor500years.Yetequallyamansosureofhisreputationthathehadnodoubts

peoplewouldstillwanttoreadhim500yearsafterhisdeath.There,inessence,is

Twain'sambivalencebetweenthepublicandtheprivate,betweentruthandspin.

Needlesstosay,hisexecutorsdidn'tadheretothe500-yeardemandandtheAmerican

publiccontinuetoadorehimregardless.ThenTwainbeingTwain,he'dhavehardly

expectedanythingless.

1、Thesentence"PridenevercameintoTwain'scalculations."inthesecondparagraph

meansthat.

A、Twainwasquiteindifferenttofame

B、Twainhadenoughconfidenceinhisworks

C、Twainhadneverthoughthewouldbeasuccess

D、TwainpredictedthathewouldbepopularamongAmericans

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：B

知識點解析：第2段第2句講，馬克.吐溫的作品體現(xiàn)了從赤貧走向富裕的美國

夢，他的聲望將會褪色這種想法也從來沒有在他的腦海出現(xiàn)過。從itneverseemsio

haveoccurredtohim（他從來沒有想過...）直接說明/馬克.吐溫對自己作品充滿信

心，這也是對第1段最后一句提出的質(zhì)疑的肯定回答，所以B正確。

2、AccordingtoSutherland,HuckleberryFinnisbannedinmostAmericanschools

because.

A^theword"nigger"isloooucdatedtoacceptbyAmericanpeople

B、theideasconveyedbythebookareunhealthyforstudents

C、adiscriminatorywordisusedinthebook

D^thebookisbeyondstudents'understanding

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：C

知識點解析：定位到第3段第2句，題干中的banned與文中的off-limils對應(yīng)，答

案即為becauseof后的內(nèi)容，“nigge”黑鬼）是對黑人的一種侮辱性的稱呼，因此本

題選C。A中的toooutdatedtoaccept與事實不符。

3、Thesentence"andcasthimselfasaninnocent,withadecidedlyresentful,feistygaze

ontherestoftheworld"inthe4thparagraphimpliesthat.

A^Twainturnedliteratureintosomethingtobeheardaswellasseen

B、TwainshowedacriticalaltitudetowardstheAmericanworld

C、Twain'sworksembodiedtheAmericandream

D^Twain'sworksrevealedthebrightnessanddarknessofhumanheart

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：B

知識點解析：第4段中這句話的意思是說“馬克.吐溫把自己作為一個天真無邪的旁

觀者，用充滿憤恨與不滿的、好爭辯的眼睹?打量著這個世界“。根據(jù)關(guān)鍵詞

innocent,resentful及feisly可知，這里是在要強調(diào)馬克.吐溫的批判現(xiàn)實的精神，

因此本題選Bo

4、Twainfinishedhisautobiographyby.

A、writingtheautobiographyhimself

B、dictatinghisthoughtstoastenographer

C、seekingcorroborationfromhisfamily

D、borrowingFreudian'sideaonhowtowrite

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：B

知識點解析：第6段第2句說，馬克.吐溫想過自己寫自傳但后來放棄了這個想

法，可排除A；接著文中講到他想出了兩個辦法：格自己的想法口述給速記員及制

定“百年后出版”這一規(guī)定，第一點是關(guān)于如何完成自傳，為本題答案，因此選B。

D曲解文中的意思，此處意思是說“將自己的想法口述給速記員”這種方法是源于弗

洛伊德心理分析的模式，而不是說在如何寫自傳上采用弗洛伊德的觀點，故排除

Do

5、Theword^ambivalence"inthelastparagraphmeansfeelings.

A^anxious

pleasant

C、confident

D、contradictory

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：D

知識點解析：最后一段第2句講馬克.吐溫為了維護(hù)自己的聲譽，刪去自傳中可能

導(dǎo)致民眾疏遠(yuǎn)自己的情節(jié)，讓它們在自己逝世500年之后才公諸于眾；而第3句則

指出馬克.吐溫極為自信的一面，這兩種心情是完全矛盾的。ambivalence的意思是

"矛盾心情選Doambivalence后的ihepublicandtheprivate,truthandspin(編

造、杜撰)均是對立的事物，也有助答題。

PassageTwo(1)Acelebrityisawidely-recognizedorfamouspersonwhocommandsa

highdegreeofpublicandmediaattention;therefore,onemaynotbecomeacelebrity

unlesspublicandmassmediainterestispiqued.Ontheotherhand,massentertainment

personalitiessuchassoapoperaactorsormusicstarsarclikelytobecomecelebrities

evenifthepersondeliberatelyavoidsmediaattention.ForexampleVirginDirector

RichardBransonwasfamousasaCEO,buthedidnotbecomeaglobalcelebrityuntilhe

attemptedtotravelaroundtheglobeinahotairballoon.AnotherexampleisAlGore,

whoseenvironmentalcampaignhaselevatedhimtocelebritystatus.Otallthecelebrities,

asmallnumberofthemcanbeconsidered"global”,inthattheirfamehasspreadacross

theworld,evenacrosslinguisticandculturalboundaries.Thesecelebritiesarcoften

prominentpoliticalfigures,actors,globallysuccessfulartists,musiciansandsportsstars.

Theriseofinternationalcelebritiesinactingandpopularmusicisdueinlargeparttothe

massivescopeandscaleofthemediaindustries,enablingcelebritiestobeviewedmore

oftenandinmoreplaces.Thereachofentertainmentproductsisfurtherextendedby

large-scaleillegalcopyingofmoviesandmusic,whichmakesinexpensivepirated

versionsofDVDsandCDsavailablethroughoutevenlesseconomicallydeveloped

countries.(2)Besidestheglobalcelebrities,thereareregionalorculturalcelebrities.Each

cultureandregionhasitsownindependentcelebritysystem,withahierarchyofpopular

fdm,television,andsportsstars.Celebritieswhoareverypopularinonecountrymight

beunknownabroad,exceptwithculturally-relatedgroups,suchaswithinadiaspora.In

somecases,acountry-levelcelebritymightcommandsomeattentionoutsidetheirnative

country,butnottothedegreethattheycanbeconsideredaglobalcelebrity.

(3)Subnationalentitiesorregions,orculturalcommunities(linguistic,ethnic,religious)

alsohavetheirown"celebritysystems",especiallyinlinguisticallyorculturally-distinct

regionssuchasQuebecandWales.Regionalradiopersonalities,newscasters,politicians

orcommunityleaderscanbeconsideredaslocalorregionalcelebrities.(4)Alocal

celebritycanbemoreofahouseholdnamethananationalcelebrityandmayoften

experiencethesametypeofattentionfromthepublicasanationalcelebrityalbeitinthe

confinesoftheirparticularregion.Forexample,inNewYorkCity,fashiondesigner

MarisolDelunaiswellknownforherdesignworktotheParkAvenueset,butperhaps

wouldnotberecognizedaseasilyinGreenwichVillage,anearbyneighborhoodin

Manhattan.(5)Inasmallercounty,linguisticorculturalcommunity,afigurewillbeless

likelytogainabroadercelebrity.Forexample,SpanishactorsPenelopeCruzand

AntonioBanderas,whowerecountry-levelcelebritiesintheirnativeSpain,wereableto

becomeglobalcelebritiesonlyaftertheybecameHollywoodactorsinEnglish-speaking

films.(6)English-speakingmediacommentatorsandjournalistswillsometimesreferto

celebritiesasA-List,B-Lisl,C-List,D-ListorZ-List.Theseinformalrankingsindicatea

placingwithin(hehierarchy.However,duetodifferinglevelsofcelebrityindifferent

regions,itisdifficulttoplacepeoplewithinonebracket.Anobjectivemethodofplacing

celebritiesfromanycountryintocategoriesfromA-ListtoH-Listbasedontheirnumber

ofGooglehitshasbeenproposed,butwhilethismethodisquantitative,itonlyworksfor

individualswithdistinctivenames,e.g.,JasonMewes,notKevinSmith.(7)lnthe1970s,

academicsbegananalyzingthephenomenonofcelebrityandstardom.InBobGreene's

article"TheNewStardomThatDoesn'tRequirePayingAnyDues,"hearguesthatfor

"mostofman'shistory...peopleoftalentwouldworktocreatesomething-somethirg

written,somethingpainted,somethingsculpted,somethingactedout-anditwouldbe

passedontoaudiences."WiththeriseofrealityTVshows,Greenepointsoutthat

audienceshavebeenturnedintothecreators.Hearguesthatthe"allegedstarsofthe

realityshows'Survivor,and'BigBrother*havebecomefamousnotfordoing,butmerely

forbeing."(8)Cclcbriticsoftenhavefamecomparabletothatofroyalty.Asaresult,there

isastrongpubliccuriosityabouttheirprivateaffairs.Celebritiesmayberesentedfor

theiraccolades,andthepublicmayhavealove/haterelationshipwithcelebrities.Dueto

thehighvisibilityofcelebrities'privatelives,theirsuccessesandshortcomingsareoften

madeverypublic.Celebritiesarealternatelyportrayedasglowingexamplesof

perfection,whentheygamerawards,orasdecadentorimmoraliftheybecome

associatedwithascandal.(9)CliveJames,theAustralianwriter,broadcasterand

performer,wroteabookonthephenomenonoffameinthe20thcentury.Hecontends

thattruefamewasalmostunknownbeforethe20thcentury,becauseofthelackofg'obal

massmedia,andthefirsttruemediacelebritywasCharlesLindbergh,initiallybecauseof

hisaviationfeatsandlaterbecauseofthetragickidnappingandmurderofhisson.

(lO)Jamespointsoutthatcelebrityeventuallybecamedistinctlydifferentfromfame,

resultinginthephenomenonofpeoplewhoarefamousforbeingfamous.Hecites

ElizabethTaylorasanearlyexample,whoseprivatelifemadehermoreofacelebrity

thanherfilmcareerhad.Healsocontendsthatfamesometimesbackfiresonthosewho

seekitbydeprivingthemoftheirprivacyforlife,apointillustratedbytheriseofthe

paparazziandtheirfanaticdesireforpicturesandpersonalstoriesaboutcelebrities.

6、Bycitingtheexampleof"diaspora",theauthorindicatesthatdiaspora.

A、don'thavetheirownindependentcelebritysystemintheircommunity

B、don'thavetheconditiontofostercelebritiessincetheyscatterallovertheworld

C、belongtoacosmopolitancommunitythatsharesthecelebrityoftheirownculture

D、holdanexclusiveculturewhosecelebritiesaredifficulttobeacceptedbyothers

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：c

知識點解析：第2段講述了各個區(qū)域或國家的名人圈相互獨立，而猶太群體是一個

例外，言下之意，猶太人并不受國家或區(qū)域的限制，他們共享自己族群的名人，可

知C正確。A與該段第2句不符：B、D是對文意的曲解。

7、Thecomparisonbetweenaregionalcelebrityandanationalcelebrityisthat.

A、thepublicattentiongainedbyaregionalandanationalcelebrityistotallydifferent

B>thefameofanationalcelebrityismorelikelytobetheresultofthemedia

exaggeration

C^anationalcelebrityismorelikelytobehatedbythepublicthanaregionalcelebrity

D^anationalcelebritydiffersfromaregionalonemainlyinthedegreeoftheirinfluence

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：D

知識點解析：由第4段第1句句末及例證可推知，區(qū)域性名人只能揚名于某一特定

地區(qū)，其影響力與全國性名人難以相提并論，故選D。由第4段首句中的thesame

lypeofatlenlion可排除A；另外，第8段第2句提到名人會因受推崇而招憎恨，但

未提及區(qū)域性名人和全國性名人誰更易招致憎恨，故C錯誤：B在文中未提及，也

排除。

8、Fromthepassage,wecaninferthat.

A^KevinSmithisanamethatisquitecommonandwidelyused

B、onewouldbecomeacelebrityonlyifheactsinHollywoodfilms

C、whetheronewouldbecomeacelebritydependsonaudiences'preference

D^celebritiesinthepresentdayarenotaswelcomeasthoseinthepast

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：A

知識點解析：第6段末句末尾處提到，KevinSmith這個名字無法達(dá)到與眾不同的

效果，故選A。

9、Fromthepasttopresent,theroleofaudienceshasundergonethechange.

A、fromtheadmirertothebystander

B、fromtherecipienttothecreator

C、fromthecreatortotherecipient

D、fromtheadmirertothecreator

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：B

知識點解析：由第7段倒數(shù)第2句中的lurnedintothecreators可首先確定B、D,

另本句上文描述中未出現(xiàn)表示觀眾“崇拜、景仰”的字跟，可判斷觀眾只是被動接受

者，故選B。A、C與第7段倒數(shù)第2句的表述不符，可以排除；此外根據(jù)文中提

到的itwouldbepassedontoaudiences的被動表達(dá)形式也可判斷出,此處的觀眾是

接受者而不是仰慕者，故D錯。

10、Accordingtothepassage,thepeoplewhoarcmorelikelytobecomecelebritiesarc

A、individualswithdistinctivenames

massentertainmentfigureswhoavoidmediaattention

C、entertainerswholiketorevealtheirpersonalprivacies

D、actorswhoactinEnglish-speakingfilms

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：B

知識點解析：由第1段第2句可知，即使是有意避開媒體關(guān)注的大眾娛樂人物也有

可能成為名人，故選及

PassageThree(l)ItmightseemunusualthatoilbusinessmanDavidMitchellwouldgive

upvacationsforso-calledstaycations:takingtimeofffromworktoenjoylifeathome.

ButMitchell,42,hasspentmorethansixyearsand$30,000todevelophisSouth

Windsor,Connecticut,backyardintoacustom-designedpersonalsanctuary,which

includesapoolwithawaterslide,alushflowergardenandentertainmentareasfor

dozensofvisitors.(2)Incontrasttodestinationvacations,Mitchellfeelslikehegets"the

mostbangformybuck"stayinghome.Heenjoys"thefreedomofchoice"todowhatever

hepleases.Duringpasttravels,"IhadtofeellikeIgotmymoney'sworthsoitwasgo,

go,goallthetimetoseeallthesites,"Mitchellsaid.(3)SarahOutland,24,startedanew

joblastyear,andnevergotachancetoexplorehernewsurroundings.Afterninemonths

asaresident,shefinallytookaweeklong"staycation"toexplorehernewsurroundings

byvisitingfamouslandmarks,museumsandshoppingcentersthatwererightunderher

nose.(4)Butittooksomeinitiativetomakeherselfatouristwhereshelives."It'ssoeasy

inthemorningwhenIwakeupandImakemycoffeeandIstarttowatchTV...Iwould

think,'Well,what'sonafterthis?*...Ijusthadtoforcemyselftogetout.AndonceIgot

out.Ididn'twanttogobackin."(5)Withoutthelogisticalworriesoftravel,bothMitchell

andOutlandsaytheyreturnedtoworkrefreshedandwithapositiveoutlook.However,

expertswarnthatconvenientmoderntechnologyposesdangersthatmayruinagood

idea.(6)About1.3percentfewerAmericansareexpectedtoflythissummerthanlast

summer,accordingtotheAirTransportAssociation.Andforthefirsttimesincethe

economicshockaftertheSeptember11attacks,Americanswereprojectedtodriveless

overMemorialDayweekend,thetraditionalkickoffofthesummertravelseason.

(7)AAAVicePresidentMarkBrownsaystheslowingeconomyandhighfuelprices

"havepushedsomeAmericanstowhatwccallthetravelingtippingpoint.It'sclearthata

smallnumberofusmaychoosetostayhome...andrelaxwithfriendsandfamilyrather

thantakeavacation.H(8)Gaspricesappearto"havenowheretogobutup,and

consumersandairlinesintheUnitedStatesarebeingdraggedalongforavery

uncomfortableride,"Brownsaid.(9)Economicsaside,"'stayingathomeforavacation

canbeenormouslyrestorativeandtransformativeandfitsmuch,muchbetterintoalotof

people'sschedulesandlogistics,"saidKristieMcLean,alifecoachinSeattle,

Washington.(l())Ifyou(iodecidetoskiptravelforastaycation,it'seasytofallintosloth

mode.Soexpertsadvisetreatingitsimilarlytoaregularvacation,andthatincludes

makingplans."Decideupfrontwhatyouwanttohaveattheendofthevacation,'1said

DianeBrennan,lifecoachandpresidentoftheInternationalCoachFederation,"Thai

meanssettingguidelinesorboundariesforyourself;ifyouwanttodonothingforaweek,

that'sOK,butitshouldbeachoice."(1l)Stayingproductivecanhelpyourefreshand

rechargeyourself,saysDr.UeneSeriinoftheSanFranciscoPsychologicalAssociation.

Shewarnsthattoomuchdowntimecanactuallydrainenergy.(12)Bcingclosetohome

probablymeansyou'llhavee-mailaccessandyou'rephysicallyclosetowork.Butjust

becauseyoucancheckyoure-mailorscrollthroughyourBlackBerrydoesn'tmeanyou

should.Thetechnologythatallowspeopletobeavailableallthetimecancause"terrible

stress...andthere'snorespitefromit/'Serlinsaid.(13)Whenyoutakeyourworkhome

withyou,itwilldefeatthepurposeofmakingyourhomearefreshingoasis,whichiswhy

manypeoplefeeltheneedtotraveltorecharge,Serlinsays.Still,it'shardtoprescribe

"unplugging'1,shesays.(14)Overthecourseofaweek,Outlandcouldn'tresistchecking

herworkc-maildaily,knowingthatitwasapotentiallyunhealthyhabit."Ithinkit's

prettyridiculous,becauseIhaveapersonale-mailaccountandaworke-mailaccount.So

it'snotasif,bycheckingmywork,Iwasseeingifmymomhadc-mailcdme,"shesays.

(15)Brennanrecommendscompletelyswearingoffe-mailandlettingco-workersknow

thatyou'llgetbacktothemwhenyoureturnfromstaycation,justasyouwouldifyou

wereremovedfromthetechnology.(16)Thestaycationalternativealsocanbea

welcomerelieffromtravelstress.Airportscanbedehumanizing,Serlinsays."It'svery

disorientingtobeinthosetunnels,indoors,breathingpackagedair,seeingnothing

identifying,there'snoneighborhoodthere,"shesaid."Thelandmarksthatusuallycueus

inaboutwhoweareabsent."(17)Forothers,thestrangenessofdifferentculturesor

languages,figuringoutforeigncurrenciesorworryingaboutlostluggagecantakeatoll,

McLeansays.(18)"Nevertheless,"shesays,"thereisstillaverystrongcasefor

achievingbalancethroughtravel,andnothingreplacestherenewalthatcomesfrom

goingphysicallyawayfromourdailylife."

11、Thephrase"togetthemostbangforone'sbuck"inthesecondparagraphmeans

A、tosaveasmuchmoneyaspossible

B、tospendlessmoneybutgainmore

C、tomakefulluseofone^money

D^torealizethevalueofone'smoney

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：R

知識點解析：第2段中作者對外出旅行和居家度假做了一個對比，由后面當(dāng)事人對

外出旅行的評價可推知，外出旅行花錢多卻不一定有所值，居家度假與此相反，應(yīng)

該是省錢且受益頗豐的，故B正確。

12、WhatistheroleofPara.5inthedevelopmentofthetopic?

A^Tomakeaconclusionoftheprecedingparagraphs.

B、Toexplainwhypeopleliketochoosestaycation.

C、Toturnthediscussionintotheothersideofthetopic.

D、Toprovideacontrasttotheprecedingparagraphs.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：C

知識點解析：作者在第5段前通過舉例介紹了什么是staycation。到第5段話鋒一

轉(zhuǎn)，開始探討staycation日趨流行的原因，因此可判斷本段的作用為C所述。

13、AHofthefollowingadjectivescandescribetheadvantageofstaycationEXCEPT

A、economical

B、restorative

C、flexible

D、initiative

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：D

知識點解析：根據(jù)第4段首句可知，initiative（積極性）是實現(xiàn)居家度假的所需條

件，并不是居家度假的優(yōu)勢所在，故D為答案。

14、WhichofthefollowingdoesNOTcontainapersonification?

A、Gaspricesappearto'havenowheretogobutup,andcustomers...'*.

B、Thelandmarksthatusuallycueusinaboutwhoweareareabsent.

C^Thetechnology...cancause"terriblestress...andthere'snorespite...".

D、Highfuelprices"havepushedsomeAmericansto...thetravelingtippingpoint...H.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：C

知識點解析：C中的cause是一般性表述，不構(gòu)成擬人，故選C。A中的go把油價

人格化；B中的“標(biāo)識提示我們”和D中的“高油價"巴美國人“推到”臨界點，都屬擬

人化表述。

二、簡答題(本題共8題，每題1.0分，共8分。)

PassageOne

15、Whatadvantagedocsabiographyhaveoverpersonalmemoir?

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：Abiographercanseekcorroborationelsewhere.

知識點解析：根據(jù)題目中的personalmemoir定位到第7段第3句。該句說(由其他

人撰寫的)傳記與自傳相比，一個優(yōu)點就是傳記作家可以到別處尋找證據(jù)，而自傳

沒有這個優(yōu)點，自傳作家往往只是依靠自己并不完全可靠的記憶，可見傳記比自傳

更客觀，更接近事實真相，答案為Abiographercanseekcorroborationelsewhereo

16、WhatdoesSmiththinkofthetwoshamefulincidentsMarkTwainwrites?

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：Somethingfarfromdeepshame。

知識點解析：根據(jù)題目的twoshamefulincidems可定位到第7段第5句，該句用

Smith的原活，說明馬克.吐溫所說的兩個讓他羞恥的事情幾乎不是讓他深深覺得

羞恥的東西(hardlythestuffofdeepshame),因此答案可表述為Somethingfarfrom

deepshameo

17、Accordingtotheauthor,whatismodernaboutTwain?

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：Bluniugofhispublicandprivatepersonas.

知識點解析：根據(jù)題目中拓modernaboutTwain定位到第7段第7句，該句提到馬

克.吐溫身上有典型的現(xiàn)代的方面，第8句說明了他現(xiàn)代的方面體現(xiàn)在模糊公共角

色和私人角色上(intheblurringofhispublicandprivatepersonas),故答案為Blurring

ofhispublicandprivatepersonaso

PassageTwo

Whywasn'tRichardBransondeemedasaglobalcelebritybeforetravelingaround

theglobeinahotairballoon?

標(biāo);隹答案：Becausehehadn'tcapturedthepublicandmassmedia'sattention.

知識點解析：根據(jù)題R的RichardBranson可定位到第1段第3句，該句提到

RichardBranson在熱氣球環(huán)游世界之前只是有名的CEO,并不是名人。注意句首

的Forexample提示此處舉例，距離通常是為了論證上文出現(xiàn)的觀點，因此答案應(yīng)

往前找，本段首句的第2個分句提到，一個人在得到大眾媒體的關(guān)注之前不是名

人，這就是RichardBranson不是名人的原因，故答案可表述為Becausehehadn't

capturedthepublicandmassmedia'sattentiono

19>WhatmadeAIGoreaglobalcelebrity?

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：Hisenvironmentalcampaign.

知識點解析：根據(jù)題目的AIGore定位到第1段第4句，該句的定語從句解釋了，

是他的環(huán)保行動讓他獲得名人地位，故答案為Hisenvironmentalcampaigno

PassageThree

20、Whatdoes"sanctuary*'inPara.1mean?

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案:Placeforenjoyinglife.

知識點解析：根據(jù)題目的sanctuary定位到第1段第2句。該句提到sanctuary是由

他的后院改造成的，因此推斷sanctuary是一個地點，再結(jié)合首句講的David

Mitchell放棄外出度假，改為在家休息，享受生活，故可將此處的sanctuary理解為

“享受生活的地方”，答案為Placeforenjoyinglife。

21、WhathavemadeAmericanschangetheirtravelingpatternaccordingtoBrown?

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：Theslowingeconomyandhighfudprices.

知識點解析：根據(jù)題目中的（raveling和Brown定位到第7段。該段說布朗認(rèn)為經(jīng)

濟(jì)衰退和油價飆升共同“把美國人推向了所謂的旅游轉(zhuǎn)型臨界點題目中的have

made...pattern是原文havepushed…point的同義表達(dá)，可見答案在該賓語從句的主

語中，即Theslowingeconomyandhighfuelpriceso

22、Whydosomepeoplestillfeelitnecessarytotraveloutdespitestaycation'smerits?

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：Becausetravellingoutcanreallyinsulatethemfromwork.

知識點解析：第13段提到，將工作帶回家有悖于在家中休息放松的初衷，很難徹

底地拋開工作，因此，選擇外出旅行的主要原因在于能在真正意義上拋開工作，故

答案為Becausetravellingoutcanreallyinsulatethemfromwork。

專業(yè)英語八級（閱讀）模擬試卷第2套

一、選擇題（本題共14題，每題1.0分，共74分。）

Inlastweek'sTribune,therewasaninterestingletterfromMr.J.StewartCook,inwhich

hesuggestedthatthebestwayofavoidingthedangerofa"scientifichierarchy"wouldbe

toseetoitthateverymemberofthegeneralpublicwas,asfaraspossible,scientifically

educated.Atthesametime,scientistsshouldbebroughtoutoftheirisolationand

encouragedtotakeagreaterpartinpoliticsandadministration.Asageneralstatement,I

thinkmostofuswouldagreewiththis,butInoticethat,asusual,Mr.Cookdoesnot

definescience,andmerelyimpliesinpassingthatitmeanscertainexactscienceswhose

experimentscanbemadeunderlaboratoryconditions.Thus,adulteducationtends"to

neglectscientificstudiesinfavorofliterary,economicandsocials