2012高考英语：阅读理解课堂练学案（29）

1、2012高考英语：阅读理解课堂练学案（29） Passage Nineteen (Creative Process of Works)The great question that this paper will, but feebly, attempt to answer is , what is the creative process?Though much theory has accumulated, little is really known about the power that lies at the bottom of poetic creation. It is tru

2、e that great poets and artists produce beauty by employing all the powers of personality and by fusing emotions, reason, and intuitions. But what is the magical synthesis that joins and arranges these complex parts into poetic unity?John L.Lowes, in his justly famous “The Road to Xanadu,” developed

3、one of the earliest and still generally acceptable answers to this tantalizing question. Imaginative creation, he concludes, is a complex process in which the conscious and unconscious minds jointly operate. “There isthe deep well with its chaos of fortuitously blending images; but there is likewise

4、 the Vision which sees shining in and through the chaos of the potential lines of Form, and with the Vision, the controlling Will. Which gives to that potential beauty actuality.”The Deep Well is the unconscious mind that is peopled with the facts, ideas, feelings of the conscious activity. The imag

5、inative vision, an unconscious activity, shines through the land of chaos, of lights and shadows, silently seeking pattern and form. Finally, the conscious mind again, through Will, captures and embodies the idea in the final work of art. In this way is unity born out of chaos.Though there can be no

6、 absolute certainty, there is general agreement that the periods in the development of a creative work parallel, to some extent, Lowes theory of Well, Vision, Form, and Will. There are at least three stages in the creative process: preparation, inspiration, work. In a sense, the period of preparatio

7、n is all of the writers life. It is the Deep Well. It is the Deep Well. It is especially a period of concentration which gives the unconscious mind an opportunity to communicate with the conscious mind. When remembrance of things past reach the conscious level of the writers mind, he is ready to go

8、on with the process. Part of this preparation involves learning a mediumlearning a language, learning how to write, learning literary forms. It is important to mot here that form cannot be imposed upon the idea. Evidence, though sparse, shows that the idea gives birth to the form that can best conve

9、y it. It is the Vision, according to Lowes, ” which sees shining in and through the chaws of the potential lines of from ”2 / 251.      When remembrance of things past reach the conscious level, the post has reached the stage calledA. Well.      . Vision.    &

10、#160;  C. Form.        D. Will.2.      Which of the following statements is TRUE?A. The form determines the subject matter. The idea determines the form.C. Vision makes beauty an actuality.D. A writer is unconscious when he prepares his work.3.     &

11、#160;The word “fortuitously” in the third paragraph meansA. accidentally.        . luckily.         C. thoroughly.         D. potentially.4.      The remembrance of things past is carried on in the A. Deep Well.

12、60;                   . Vision.C. Chaotic lights and shadows.        D. Conscious mind.Vocabulary1.   fuse                      融化，结合2.   in

13、tuition                   直觉3.   Xanadu                  是一个非常美的，田园诗般的地方。美国诗人Sanul T Coleridge还根据这地方写了一首诗，“Kubla Khan” 忽必烈汗（即元世祖）4.   John  L. Lowes      &

14、#160;     18761945年美国学者，批评家及教师5.   tantalizing                 引起好奇心的，可望不可及的，逗人得6.   fortuitous                  偶然的，幸运的7.   parallel        

15、;           相应于8.   sparse                    稀少，稀疏9.   synthesis                  综合，综合法难句译注1.      by employing all the pow

16、ers of personality and by fusing emotions, reason, and intuitions.参考译文 运用个人（品格）的全部力量，把情感，理智和直觉融会贯通结合在一起。2.      still generally acceptable answers to this tantalizing question.参考译文 现在仍然是众所接受对这些可望不可及问题的答案。3.      There isthe deep well with its chaos of fortuitously blend

17、ing images; but there is likewise the Vision which sees shining in and through the chaos of the potential lines of Form, and with the Vision, the controlling Will. Which gives to that potential beauty actuality.结构简析 注意介词短语和定从。With its chaos, 是修饰deep well. Which sees shinning 定语从句修饰Vision.  And

18、后的with the vision, 却是状语。Which gives 又是定从，修饰Will.参考译文 有那充满了混乱的偶然交织在一起的形象的深静；但同样也有那洞察力，看到在混乱中熠熠生辉的潜在的形式线索，由于有这样的洞察力便有那控制一切的意志把潜在的美变成真实的（诗歌）篇章。4.      lights and shadows       艺术上有 light and shade  明和暗。这里也是指明和暗。写作方法与文章大意   文章论述“创作过程”。开门见山就提出“什么是创作”。主要是引

19、用了罗斯的Road to Xanadu 一书来说明创作过程。首先是创作的源泉，洞察分辨，最后意志赋予写作。答案祥解1.      D. 意志。第三段倒数第二句“最终又是意识的思维，通过意志，在其最终的艺术作品中捕捉和体现了这种思想观念”。第五段第三句：“当作者回溯以往事情达到了有意识的水平时，他就具备（准备）了继续创作进程的条件。这种准备工作中有一部分涉及学习媒介学习一种语言，学习如何写，学习文学形式。”第二段都体现了意志是有意识思维的集中表现。A. 源泉，来源，顾名思义，也是最初的东西。     B. 洞察力，视觉。    

20、; C.形式。这三项选择在第二，三段集中说明，见难句译注3及第四题答案。2.      B. 思想观念决定形式。这在最后一段倒数第四句：部分准备工作涉及学习媒介学习语言，学习如何写，学习文学形式之后“这里要注意文学形式不能强加于思想观念。有证据，虽然很少，表明思想观念产生适合传递它的文学形式。A. 形式决定主题。      C. 形象使美变得真实。      D. 作者在准备写作时处于无意识状态。难句译注3和第四题答案都说明了这三项选择是不对的。3.      A. 

21、0;偶然的。B. 幸运的，fortuitously一词确实有幸运的之义。但这里上下文含义是A，见难句译注3。C. 彻底的，透彻的。         D. 潜在的，可能的。4.      A. 深井（深层的源泉）。见难句译注3和第三句“深层的源泉是无意识思维，内中塞满了各种事实，观点，意识活动的情感。富有想象力的洞察力是一种无意识的活动，在杂乱的土壤中闪烁光辉，忽明忽暗，默默的探索模式和形式。最后，又是有意识的思维，通过意志。”这里说明回溯过去是在深井阶段进行。B. 视觉，是在探索表现形式。 C. 杂乱的光亮和阴影，

22、明面和暗面。 D. 有意识思维Passage Twenty (NCB in Interpol)The organization known to the world as Interpol has sometimes been described as an outfit of chisel-jawed gimlet-eyed crime fighters who put their lives in jeopardy every working hour. Less flatteringly, Interpol has also been described as a huge filing

23、 cabinet, stuffed with clerks choking on their own statistics.As with most generalities, there is some truth in both statements. There are, certainly, some grim battlers of crime to be found working with Interpol. There are, just as surely, those drones shuffling mountains of paper whose cheeks are

24、sallow from indoor life. Consider the charisma of the name alone: INTERPOL, the international police force. Continents leaped in a single bound, oceans crossed in the space of a breath, villains watched by eyes that never sleep. Surprisingly, a lot of it happens almost that way.Four groups coordinat

25、e and direct the activities of Interpol. One of them is the National Central Bureaus, or NCBs, bodies designated by the member nations to serve as their link with Interpol. These are the front-line troops, the action people. IN the United States, the Treasury Department is the National Central Burea

26、u. In the United Kingdom, it is Scotland Yard; the Questura in Italy and the Melbourne City Police in Australia. Because police organization varies from country, the NCBs were established to act as the one special group to handle Interpol chores and unsure maximum cooperation between nations. Each N

27、CB is usually an official government body with police powers if a country has only one central police authority, that body becomes the National Centre Bureau. Of course, any service appointed as an NCB is bound to its nations law and authority and retains its national title.Each NCB is connected by

28、radio to the regional station for its geographic zone. The regional stations are connected to the Central Station in France. The radio network is versatile. Network stations can monitor the Central station or any regional station. Because of this messages can be broadcast to more than one station at

29、 a time. A coding system determines the urgency of each message so that those with high priority can be given precedence. Besides, other communication tools, such as radio-teleprinters and phototelegraphy equipment. Permit rapid transfers of fingerprints and photographs. Sometimes ever more advanced

30、 technology is employed. When the police all over the world were looking for a Canadian named George Leray, they turned to the Early Bird Satellite. Leray had led his gang on a daring holdup of a Montreal bank and gotten away with $4 million. Scotland Yard broadcast Lerays photo to the world by sate

31、llite. An American who saw the picture in Florida recognized Leray as a man who was living on a yacht in Fort Lauderdale under an assumed name. The police were alerted and arrested Leray.1.      What is the best title for this passage?A. The Function of the Interpol.    

32、0;      . The Quality of the Interpol.C. The Organization of the Interpol.        D. The Rapid Development of the Interpol.2.      The organization of this passage is A. general to specific.              

33、    . cause and effect.C. comparison and contrast.              D. development.3.      The sentence “stuffed with clerks choking on their own statistics” in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to A. a lot of employees busyin

34、g in their work. many office workers busying with various documents.C. crowded with office workers busying with their own collected data.D. workers busying in their own information.4.      Which is the easiest tool to communicate?A. Satellite.          &#

35、160;             . Radio. Teleprinter.                      D. Phototelegraphy.Vocabulary1.      Interpol                

36、0;          国际刑警组织2.      outfit                             全班人马，有组织团体3.      chisel-jawed              

37、         仪表英俊的4.      gimlet-eyed                        目光锐利的5.      jeopardy                      

38、    危险6.      flatteringly                        奉承7.      choke                            闷死

39、           choking on their own statistics  被自己的统计数字弄的喘不过气来8.      as with most generalities             和大多数笼统说法一样9.      grim              

40、60;             冷酷的10.      drone                            懒汉，懒洋洋的人11.      shuffle             &#

41、160;             反复挪动，乱翻，洗（纸牌）12.      charisma                         超凡的魅力13.      National Central Bureaus          

42、   国家中心局14.      Treasury Department                财政部（美）15.      Questura                          警察局（意）16.      

43、;Melbourne                         墨尔本警察局17.      chore                             日常零星工作18.      t

44、o be bound to                      受的约束，义务，一定19.      geographic zone                    地区，地带20.      versatile       &

45、#160;                  有多方面用途的21.      radio-teleprinter                    无线电打印机22.      phototelegraph           

46、60;        传真23.      daring                            大胆的24.      holdup                   &#

47、160;       抢劫25.      alert                              使警惕，使处于待命状态难句译注1.      The organization known to the world as Interpol has sometimes been describe

48、d as an outfit of chisel-jawed gimlet-eyed crime fighters who put their lives in jeopardy every working hour. Less flatteringly, Interpol has also been described as a huge filing cabinet, stuffed with clerks choking on their own statistics.结构简析 两个句子都是被动语气，都有分词短语。前一句known 修饰organization，后一句stuffed 修饰

49、 cabinet.参考译文 闻名于世的国际刑警组织长被描述成一群仪表英俊，目光犀利和罪犯斗争的战士的群体组织。他们的生命无时无刻不处于危险之中。国际刑警组织也被描述为一个大型的档案室，里面挤满了工作人员，他们被自己的统计数字忙得喘不过气来。2.      There are, certainly, some grim battlers of crime to be found working with Interpol. There are, just as surely, those drones shuffling mountains of paper who

50、se cheeks are sallow from indoor life.结构简析 这是两个句子，都是引导词there句型。参考译文 这里肯定能见到和罪犯斗争的冷酷无情的斗士在国际刑警组织工作，同样可以肯定，这里有那些懒洋洋的人在翻动如山的文件档案，他们的脸颊由于室内生活而消瘦如刀。3.      Continents leaped in a single bound, oceans crossed in the space of a breath, villains watched by eyes that never sleep.结构简析 这是省略句。正常句

51、型应该是Continents are leaped in，Oceans are crossed in, villains are watched by 。参考译文 大洲可一步跨过。大洋可以在转眼之间越过，坏蛋可以由日夜不眠的眼睛紧盯着。4.      These are the front-line troops, the action people.参考译文 这些人是前线军，具体行动的人（执行人）。写作方法与文章大意这是一篇介绍国际刑警组织的文章。采用一般到具体的写作方法。头二段是对国际刑警组织的一般介绍，后面是具体到NCB，组成国际刑警组织四个部门之一国家中心

52、局是各国负责和国际刑警保持联系部门，如英国的苏格兰场，美国的财政部等，最后一段讲联系的多种渠道和方式方法。答案祥解1.      C. 国际刑警组织。上面文章大意已经说明介绍国际刑警组织，其职能性质只是附带涉及。所以A. B. 不对。    D. 迅速发展，文章没有涉及。2.      A. 文章是一般到具体的组织结构。B. 因果   和    C. 对比。  不对。    D. 展开，任何文章都得展开。3.      C.

53、stuff=crowd  办公室挤满了工作人员，忙于分析处理收集来的信息和数据。见难句译注1参考译文。A. 有许多雇员忙于工作；  B. 许多办公室人员忙于各种文件；   D. 忙于自己信息的工人。   这三项都没有。4.  B. 无线电通讯。纵然第四段内提及种种手段：卫星，无线电，打印机，传真电报。但无线电通讯仍是他们运用的最方便和最得力的工具，因为他们的无线电网络灵活多用，网络站能监控中央和各地区站点，而且一次能把信息传至好几台。至于卫星，电报，传真电报只是在特殊情况下运行，如快速传送照片，指纹等。所以A. 卫星， C. 无线电打印机， D

54、. 传真电报，不对。Passage Twenty-one (The Result of the Falling US Dollar)   Like a ticking time bomb, the falling dollar has grabbed the attention of Japan and West Germany, forcing them to consider adopting economic polices the United States advocates. The U.S. government wants the dollar to fal

55、l because as the dollar declines in value against the yen and Deutsche mark, U.S. good becomes cheaper. U.S. companies then sell more at home and abroad, and U.S. trade deficit declines. Cries for trade protection abate, and the global free-trade system is preserved.   Then, the cheaper do

56、llar makes it cheaper for many foreign investors to snap up U.S. stocks. That prompts heavy buying from abroadespecially from Japan. Also, if the trade picture is improving, that means U.S. companies eventually will be more competitive. Consequently, many investors are buying shares of export-orient

57、ed U.S. companies in anticipation of better profits in the next year or so. But that is a rather faddish notion right now; if corporate earnings are disappointing in interest rates, the stock market rally could stall.   Improving U.S. competitiveness means a decline in anothers competitive

58、ness.   Japan and West Germany are verging on recession. Their export-oriented economies are facing major problems. Japan is worried about the damage the strong yen will do to Japanese trade. West Germany is also worried. Share prices in Frankfurt plummeted this past week. Bonn is thought

59、to be considering a cut in interest rates to boost its economy.   Could the falling dollar get out of hand? If the dollar falls too far, investors might lose confidence in U.S. investmentsespecially the government bond market. The money to finance   the federal budget and trade defici

60、ts could migrate elsewhere. Inflation could flare up, too, since Japanese and German manufacturers will eventually pass along price hikesand U.S. companies might follow suit to increase their profit margins. The U.S. federal Reserve then might need to step in and stabilize the dollar by raising inte

61、rest rates. And higher interest rates could cause the U.S. economy to slow down and end the Wall Street Rally.Worried about these side effects, Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcher has said the dollar has fallen far enough. What is the equilibrium level? Probably near where it is or slightly lower.

62、 It all depends on when the U.S. trade deficit turns around or if investors defect from U.S. Treasury Bonds. “It requires a good deal of political patience on the part of the U.S. Congress,” says Dr. Cline, “And there must be an expectation of patience on the part of private investors. The chance ar

63、e relatively good that we will avoid an investor break or panic.”1.      What is the main idea of this passage?A. The impression of the falling U.S. dollar. The result of the U.S. falling dollar.C. The side effect of U.S. falling dollar.D. Japan and West Germany are worried about U.S.

64、 falling dollar.2.      What does the word “rally” mean.A. prosperity.      . decline.        C. richness.        D. import.3.      Why are Japan and West Germany worried about the falling dollar?A. Because the fall

65、ing dollar may cause inflation in their countries. Because it may force them to sell a lot of U.S, stocks.C. Because it may do damage to their trade.D. Because it may make Japanese company less competitive.4.      If  dollar-falling got out of hand, and the U.S. Federal Reserve m

66、ight step in , what would happen?A. The prosperity of the U.S. economy would disappear. The U.S. economy might face serious problems.C. Investors might lose confidence in U.S. investments.D.Inflation could flare up.Vocabulary1.      ticking           

67、;                     滴答作响的2.      grab                                  抓住3.      abate  

68、                               减弱4.      snap up                               争购，抢购5

69、.      heavy buying                          大量买进6.      export-oriented                         以出口为方向的7.

70、60;    in anticipation of                       期待，预期8.      faddish                               一时流行的9

71、.      spree                                无节制的疯狂行为10.      buying spree                       

72、;    狂购乱买11.      plummet                              垂直落下，骤然跌落，暴跌12.      stall                    

73、;              停滞13.      verge                                 处于边缘14.      verging on recession      &#

74、160;              正处于衰退的边缘15.      boost                                 振兴，吹捧16.      bond market      &

75、#160;                    债券市场17.      flare up                               突然闪耀，发火，爆发18.      hike 

76、0;                                提高，增加19.      follow suit                             照着

77、做，跟出同花色的牌20.      profit margin                           利润幅度21.      step in                         &#

78、160;       介入22.      rally                                  繁荣23.      equilibrium             

79、0;              平衡，均势24.      defect                                逃跑，开小差25.      break or panic                          崩溃或大恐慌 难句译注1.  cries for trade protection           贸易保护的呼声2.  the global free-trade system