大学英语四级考试CET4阅读120篇

第一篇人文篇passage1

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Whenonelooksbackuponthefifteenhundredyearsthatarethelifespan

oftheEnglishlanguage,heshouldbeabletonoticeanumberofsignificanttruths.

Thehistoryofourlanguagehasalwaysbeenahistoryofconstantchange—at

timesaslow,almostimperceptiblechange,atothertimesaviolentcollision

betweentwolanguages.Ourlanguagehasalwaysbeenalivinggrowingorganism,

ithasneverbeenstatic.Anothersignificanttruththatemergesfromsuchastudyis

thatlanguageatalltimeshasbeenthepossessionnotofoneclassorgroupbutof

many.『Atoneextremeithasbeenthepropertyofthecommon,ignorantfolk,who

haveuseditinthedailybusinessoftheirliving,muchastheyhaveusedtheir

animalsorthekitchenpotsandpans.J①Attheotherextremeithasbeenthe

treasureofthosewhohaverespecteditasaninstrumentandasignofcivilization,

andwhohavestruggledbywritingitdowntogiveitsomepermanence,order;

dignity,andifpossible,alittlebeauty.

Asweconsiderourchanginglanguage,weshouldnoteheretwo

developmentsthatareofspecialandimmediateimportancetous.Oneisthatsince

thetimeoftheAnglo-Saxonstherehasbeenanalmostcompletereversalofthe

differentdevicesforshowingtherelationshipofwordsinasentence.Anglo-Saxon

(oldEnglish)wasalanguageofmanyinflections.ModernEnglishhasfew

inflections.Wemustnowdependlargelyonwordorderandfunctionwordsto

conveythemeaningsthattheolderlanguagedidbymeansofchangesintheforms

ofwords.Functionwords,youshouldunderstand,arewordssuchasprepositions,

conjunctions,andafewothersthatareusedprimarilytoshowrelationshipsamong

otherwords.Afewinflections,however,havesurvived.Andwhensomeword

inflectionscomeintoconflictwithwordorder,theremaybetroublefortheusersof

thelanguage,asweshallseelaterwhenweturnourattentiontosuchmatersas

WHOorWHOMandMEorI.Thesecondfactwemustconsideristhataslanguage

itselfchanges,ourattitudestowardlanguageformschangealso.『Theeighteenth

century,forexample,producedfromvarioussourcesatendencytofixthelanguage

intopatternsnotalwayssetinandgrew,untilatthepresenttimethereisastrong

tendencytorestudyandre-evaluatelanguagepracticesintermsofthewaysin

whichpeoplespeakandwrite.1②

l.Incontrasttotheearlierlinguists,modernlinguiststendto.

A.attempttocontinuethestandardizationofthelanguage

B.evaluatelanguagepracticesintermsofcurrentspeechratherthan

standardsorproperpatterns

C.bemoreconcernedabouttheimprovementofthelanguagethanits

analysisorhistory

D.bemoreawareoftherulesofthelanguageusage

2.Choosetheappropriatemeaningfortheword“inflection"usedinline

4ofparagraph2.

A.Changesintheformsofwords.

B.Changesinsentencestructures.

C.Changesinspellingrules.

D.Wordsthathavesimilarmeanings.

3.Whichofthefollowingstatementsisnotmentionedinthepassage?

A.Itisgenerallybelievedthattheyear1500canbesetasthebeginningof

themodernEnglishlanguage.

B.SomeotherlanguageshadgreatinfluenceontheEnglishlanguageat

somestagesofitsdevelopment.

C.TheEnglishlanguagehasbeenandstillinastateofrelativelyconstant

change.

D.Manyclassesorgroupshavecontributedtothedevelopmentofthe

Englishlanguage.

4.Theauthoroftheseparagraphsisprobablya(an).

A.historianB.philosopher

C.anthropologistD.linguist

5.Whichofthefollowingcanbebestusedasthetitleofthepassage?

A.ThehistoryoftheEnglishlanguage.

B.OurchangingattitudetowardstheEnglishlanguage.

C.Ourchanginglanguage.

D.SomecharacteristicsofmodernEnglish.

Vocabulary

l.spann.跨度，范围,一段时间，期间

2.imperceptibleadj.感觉不到的，觉察不到的，极细微的

3.organismn.生物体，有机体

4.possessionn.拥有,占有,领土,领地

5.ignorantadj.无知的

6.folkn.人们，民族

7.permanencen.永久，持久

8.Anglo-Saxonsn.盎格鲁T散克逊语，盎格鲁T散克逊人,地道的英国人

9.reversaln.颠倒，反向，逆转

lO.inflectionn.词尾变化

ll.prepositionn.前置词，介词

12.conjunctionn.联合,关联，连接词

13.intermsof根据,按照，用……的话，在方面

长难句解析

①【解析】"who"引导非限制性定语从句，修饰"thecommon,ignorantfolk"。

"muchas"引导状语从句。"kitchenpotsandpans"意为"锅碗瓢盆"。

【译文】一方面它是那些普通人甚至无知民众的财产，他们每天都像使唤他们的牲

畜和锅碗瓢盆一样用着语言。

②【解析】此句为一个复合倒装句。"until"引导一个并列句，前一句的主语是

“atendency","tofixthelanguageintopatternsnotalwayssetinandgrew”作

"tendency"的定语，第二句的主语也是"atendency","to"后面的句子作"tendency"

的定语，"inwhich"引导的定语从句修饰"ways"。

【译文】例如在18世纪一种产生于各种来源的趋势把语言固定在一个不常使用和

不利于语言发展的模式中，而到了当今，主流是要反复研究、评价人口说话、写作中的语言

实践。

答案与详解

【短文大意】本文主要讲述英语演变过程的一些特点，指出了古英语与现代英语的

不同，以及语言学家对待语言形式的态度的变化。

1.B细节题。根据题干回原文中定位，阅读文章时注意首末段及各段开头的句子,

这往往都是考点所在。这篇文章讲的主要是英语语言演变的一些特点，指出了古英语与现代

英语的不同，以及语言学家态度的转变。本题问的正是现代语言学家与早期语言学家不同的

倾向。根据文章末尾Theeighteenthcentury,forexample,producedfromvarious

sourcesatendencytofixthelanguageintopatternsnotalwayssetinandgrew,

untilatthepresenttimethereisastrongtendencytorestudyandre-evaluate

languagepracticesintermsofthewaysinwhichpeoplespeakandwrite.现代语言

学家倾向于根据人们说和写的方式评价语言实践，而不是像早期的语言学家根据一定的模式

评价语言。选项B符合文章的意思。

2.A词;匚题。要根据上下文的信息判断单词的意思。文章在第二段中间再次提到

inflection时说，Afewinflections,however,havesurvived.后面文章又举了

WHO/WHOM和ME/I为例说明inflection,这是一篇关于语言学的文章，从例子可以看

出inflection的意思应该是"单词的变形”，选项A正确。

3.A细节题。根据文章的内容，选项A”普遍认为1500年是现代英语的起点"在

文章中没有提及，故为正确答案。文章第二句说Thehistoryofourlanguagehasalways

beenahistoryofconstantchange-attimesaslow,almostimperceptiblechange,

atothertimesaviolentcollisionbetweentwolanguages.我们语言的历史是一个不断

变化的历史一在一些时间里缓慢得几乎难以察觉，在另一些时间里则是两种语言的激烈

碰撞。由此可以推断一些其他的语言对英语的发展有重大影响，选项B符合文章的意思。

4.D词汇题。此题考查考生的推测能力和词汇量，文章讲述的是英国语言演进的具

体细节，最适当的答案应该是D。作者很可能是一位语言学家。A答案（历史学家）和C答案

（人类学家）也可以有点迷惑性。B答案（哲学家）是最不符合的。

5.C主旨题。本文从各个方面谈及英语作为一种语言的发展变化，但并不是讲述英

语的历史。所以选项A不对，选项C作为文章的题目最为贴切。选项B只是文章阐述的一

个方面，不够全面。文章是在谈到英语的不断变化的时候谈到了现代英语的一些特点，所以

选项D也失之于片面。

第一篇人文篇Passage2

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Cultureisoneofthemostchallengingelementsoftheinternational

marketplace.『Thissystemoflearnedbehaviorpatternscharacteristicofthe

membersofagivensocietyisconstantlyshapedbyasetofdynamicvariables:

language,religion,valuesandattitudes,mannersandcustoms,aesthetics,

technology,education,andsocialinstitutions.]!①Tocopewiththissystem,an

internationalmanagerneedsbothfactualandinterpretiveknowledgeofculture.To

someextent,thefactualknowledgecanbelearned;itsinterpretationcomesonly

throughexperience.

Themostcomplicatedproblemsindealingwiththeculturalenvironment

stemfromthefactthatonecannotlearnculture-onehastoliveit.Twoschoolsof

thoughtexistinthebusinessworldonhowtodealwithculturaldiversity.Oneis

thatbusinessisbusinesstheworldaround,followingthemodelofPepsiand

McDonald1s.Insomecases,globalizationisafactoflife;however;cultural

differencesarestillfarfromconverging.

Theotherschoolproposesthatcompaniesmusttailorbusiness

approachestoindividualcultures.Settinguppoliciesandproceduresineach

countryhasbeencomparedtoanorgantransplant;thecriticalquestioncenters

aroundacceptanceorrejection.Themajorchallengetotheinternationalmanager

istomakesurethatrejectionisnotaresultofculturalmyopiaorevenblindness.

Fortuneexaminedtheinternationalperformanceofadozenlarge

companiesthatearn20percentormoreoftheirrevenueoverseas.The

internationallysuccessfulcompaniesallshareanimportantquality:patience.They

havenotrushedintosituationsbutratherbuilttheiroperationscarefullyby

followingthemostbasicbusinessprinciples.Theseprinciplesaretoknowyour

adversary,knowyouraudience,andknowyourcustomer.

1.Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingistrue?

A.Allinternationalmanagerscanlearnculture.

B.Businessdiversityisnotnecessary.

C.Viewsdifferonhowtotreatcultureinbusinessworld.

D.Mostpeopledonotknowforeignculturewell.

2.Accordingtotheauthor;themodelofPepsi.

A.isinlinewiththetheoriesoftheschooladvocatingthebusinessis

businesstheworldaround

B.isdifferentfromthemodelofMcDonald1s

C.showsthereverseofglobalization

D.hasconvergedculturaldifferences

3.Thetwoschoolsofthought.

A.bothproposethatcompaniesshouldtailorbusinessapproachesto

individualcultures

B.bothadvocatethatdifferentpoliciesbesetupindifferentcountries

C.admittheexistenceofculturaldiversityinbusinessworld

D.BothAandB

4.Thisarticleissupposedtobemostusefulforthose.

A.whoareinterestedinresearchingthetopicofculturaldiversity

B.whohaveconnectionstomorethanonetypeofculture

C.whowanttotravelabroad

D.whowanttorunbusinessonInternationalScale

5.AccordingtoFortune,successfulinternationalcompanies.

A.earn20percentormoreoftheirrevenueoverseas

B.allhavethequalityofpatience

C.willfollowtheoverseaslocalcultures

D.adoptthepolicyofinternationalization

Vocabulary

1.dynamicadj.动态的

2.variablen.变量

3.aestheticsn.美学

4.factualadj.事实的

5.interpretativeadj.解释的

6.convergev.聚合

7.transplantv.移植

8.myopian.近视

9.adversaryn.对手

长难句解析

①【解析】此句虽然很长，但考生只要认清它的主干，就很容易了解本句的意思。

这个句子为一个简单句，主语为："thissystem",谓语为"issloped"。

【译文】特定社会成员特点构成的行为方式体系不断地被一系列动态变量所左右：

如语言、信仰、价值与态度、礼仪与风俗、审美、技术、教育及社会体制。

答案与详解

【短文大意】本文主要讲述文化背景对商业运作的影响，文中列举了商界中存在的

对于文化多样性的两种观点。

1.C推断题。意为"对在商业中怎样对待文化有着不同意见"。文化在商业中是一

个很具挑战性的因素。不同的国家与地区可能会有不同的文化体系。在商业中，应该怎样对

待不同的文化，商业界存在着不同的看法。

2.A细节题。意为"……与同意世界商业一体化的派别的主张是一致的二Pepsi

采纳的是国际化的商业风格，这与那些主张国际化的派别的意见是相一致的。

3.C推断题。意为"承认商业世界中文化的多元性、两个派别都承认商业世界中

文化的多元性。他们的不同在于，应该对待不同的文化，应该搞国际化还是对不同的文化采

取不同的策略。

4.D主旨题。由文中的例子可以知道，作者主要关心的并不是研究多种文化形态，

而是文化背景对商业运作的影响。所以D是正确答案。

5.B细节题。意为"都具有耐心这一素质"。并非所有成功的国际公司的海外收入

都占总收入的20%或以上。它们也不一定全都接纳海外的当地文化，或是采纳国际化策略。

第一篇人文篇Passage3

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Asregardssocialconventions,wemustsayawordaboutthewell-known

Englishclasssystem.『ThisisanembarrassingsubjectforEnglishpeople,andone

theytendtobeashamedofthoughduringthepresentcentury

class-consciousnesshasgrownlessandless,andtheclasssystemlessrigid,j①But

itstillexistsbelowthesurface.Broadlyspeaking,itmeanstherearetwoclasses,the

Mmiddleclass"andthe“workingclass**.(Weshallignoreforamomenttheold

“upperclass”,includingthehereditaryaristocracy,sinceitisextremelysmallin

numbers;butsomeofitsmembershavetherighttositintheHouseofLords,and

somenewspaperstakeasurprisinginterestintheirprivatelife.；Themiddleclass

consistschieflyofwell-to-dobusinessmenandprofessionalpeopleofallkinds.The

workingclassconsistschieflyofmanualandunskilledworkers.

Themostobviousdifferencebetweenthemisintheiraccent.Middle-class

peopleuseslightlyvaryingkindsofwreceivedpronunciation"whichisthekindof

EnglishspokenbyBBCannouncersandtaughttooverseaspupils.Typical

working-classpeoplespeakinmanydifferentlocalaccentswhicharegenerallyfelt

toberatheruglyanduneducated.Oneofthebiggestbarriersofsocialequalityin

Englandisthetwo-classeducationsystem.Tohavebeentoaso-called"public

school“immediatelymarksyououtasoneofthemiddleclass.Themiddleclasses

tendtoliveamoreformallifethanworking-classpeople,andareusuallymore

cultured.Theirmiddaymealis“lunch“andtheyhavearatherformaleveningmeal

called“dinner”,whereastheworkingman*sdinner,ifhisworkinghourspermit,

isatmidday,andhissmaller,late-eveningmealiscalledsupper.

Aswehavesaid,however,theclasssystemismuchlessrigidthanitwas,

andforalongtimeithasbeengovernmentpolicytoreduceclassdistinctions.

ITWorking-classstudentsverycommonlyreceiveauniversityeducationandenter

theprofessions,andworking-classincomeshavegrownsomuchrecentlythatthe

distinctionsbetweenthetwoclassesarebecominglessandlessclear.』©However

regardlessofone*ssocialstatus,certainstandardsofpolitenessareexpectedof

everybody,andawell-bredpersonispolitetoeveryonehemeets,andtreatsa

labourerwiththesamerespecthegivesanimportantbusinessman.Servility

inspiresbothembarrassmentanddislike.Eventheword"sir",exceptinschooland

incertainoccupations(e.g.commerce,thearmyetc.)soundstooserviletobe

commonlyused.

1.Themiddleclassmainlyreferstopeople.

A.whowerebornasaristocrat

B.whohavetherighttositintheHouseofLords

C.whospeakinmanydifferentlocalaccents

D.whoareprosperousbusinessmenorwhoworkinsomeprofessions

2.Themostobviousdifferencebetweentheworkingclassandthemiddle

classinEnglishistheir.

A.dressB.work

C.accentD.meal

3.Whyisn*ttheword"sir"commonlyusedinBritain?

A.Becauseitsoundstooservileandislikelytocauseembarrassment.

B.Becauseitcanonlybeusedinsomecertainoccupations.

C.Becauseitisanimpoliteword.

D.Becauseitshowsthatthespeakerisnotawell-bredperson.

4.The“upperclass"inEnglandtoday.

A.areextremelysmallinnumbersothatmediapaysnoattentiontothem

B.stillusesoldwordslike"Sir"intheireverydaylife

C.includesthehereditaryaristocracy

D.refersonlytotheroyalfamily

5.WhichofthefollowingisnottrueabouttheEnglishclasssystem?

A.ItisanembarrassingsubjectforEnglishpeople.

B.Working-classstudentscannotreceiveauniversityeducation.

C.Theclasssystemismuchlessrigidthanitwas.

D.Theclasssystemstillexistsbelowthesurface.

Vocabulary

1.conventionn.习俗

2.embarrassv.使困窘

3.rigidadj.严格

4.hereditaryadj.世袭的

5.manualadj.体力的

6.accentn.口音

7.receivedpronunciationadj.（英语的）标准发音

8.well-bredadj.有教养的

9.servilityn.卑屈

10.occupationn.职业

长难句解析

①【解析】这是一个复合句，主句由"and"弓I导的两个并列句组成「though"

引导的让步状语从句，也是由两个并列的句子组成。

【译文】尽管本世纪等级意识越来越淡，等级制度也越来越不严格，但对于英国人

来说它仍是一个尴尬的话题，仍旧引以为耻。

②【解析】这是一个复合句，由"and”引导的两个并列句组成，"so...that"作

"grown"的状语。

【译文】劳工家庭中的孩子上大学成为非常平常的事情，此后他们也加入各种专业

行当。劳工阶层的工资近来也快速增长，使得两个阶层间的界线越来越模糊。

答案与详解

【短文大意】本文主要讲述英国等级意识虽然越来越淡，但在表层下，等级仍然存

在。而"阶层”的最大区别是他们的口音。

LD细节题。意为"那些比较富裕的生意人或有一定的职业的人"。见第一段的倒

数第二句：中产阶级主要包括富裕的生意人和有一定的职业的人。所以正确答案应该是D。

2.C细节题。意为"口音二见第二段的第一句：他们之间最明显的区别是他们的

口音。所以正确答案应该是C。

3.A推断题。意为"因为它听起来太过谦卑，很可能会引起尴尬二见文章的最后

两句：谦卑会引起尴尬和不悦。甚至像"先生"这样的词，除了在特定的职业中（如商业、

军队）外，也不太常用，因为它听起来太过谦卑。所以正确答案应该是A。

4.C细节题。A选项前半是对的。上流社会人数很少，后半是错的，媒体还在关注

他们，注意一定要看清楚再选。B选项相关内容在文末。D没有提到。B在第一段中间出现，

是正确答案。

5.B细节题。意为"来自工人阶级家庭的学生不能接受大学教育、见第三段第二

句的前半句：来自工人阶级家庭的学生接受大学教育并且某种职业的情况已十分普遍。所以

选项B的答案与文章不相符，是正确答案。

第一篇人文篇Passage4

Passage4建议用时：6分钟From:To:

TherearepeopleinItalywhocan'tstandsoccer.NotallCanadianslove

hockey.AsimilarsituationexistsinAmerica,wheretherearethoseindividualsyou

maybeoneofthemwhoyawnorevenfrownwhensomebodymentionsbaseball.

『Baseballtothemmeansboringhourswatchinggrownmeninfunnytightoutfits

standingaroundinafieldstaringawaywhileverylittleofanythinghappens』①

Theytellyouit'sagamebettersuitedtothe19thcentury,slow,quiet,gentlemanly.

Thesearethesamepeopleyoumaybeoneofthemwholovefootballbecause

there'sthesportthatglorifies“thehit".

Bycontrast,baseballseemsabstract,coolsilent,still.

OnTVthegameisfracturedintoadozenperspectives,replays,closeups.

Thegeometryofthegame,however,isessentialtounderstandingit.Youwill

contemplatethegamefromonepointasapainterdoeshissubject;youmay,of

course,projectyourselfintothegame.Itisinthisprojectionthatthegameaffords

somuchspaceandtimeforinvolvement.TheTVwon'tdoitforyou.

Take,forexample,thethirdbaseman.Yousitbehindthethirdbasedugout

andyouwatchhimwatchinghomeplate.Hislegsareapart,kneesflexed.Hisarms

hangloose.Hedoesalotofthis.Theskepticstillcannotthinkofanyothersports

sostill,sopassive.『Butwatchwhathappenseverytimethepitcherthrows:the

thirdbasemangoesuponhistoes,flexeshisarmsorbringtheglovetoapointin

frontofhim,takesasteprightorleft,backwardorforward,perhapsheglances

acrossthefieldtocheckhisfirstbaseman1sposition.J|(2)Supposethepitchisaball.

“Nothinghappened,“yousay."Icouldhavehadmyeyesclosed.”

Theskepticandtheinnocentmustplaythegame.Andthisinvolvementin

thestandsisnomoreintellectualthanlisteningtomusicis.Watchthethird

baseman.Smooththedirtinfrontofyouwithonefoot;smooththepocketinyour

glove;watchtheeyesofthebatter,thespeedofthebat,thesoundofhorsehideon

wood.Iffootballisasymphonyofmovementandtheatre,baseballischamber

music,aspaciousinterlockingofnotes,choresandresponses.

1.Thepassageismainlyconcernedwith.

A.thedifferenttastesofpeopleforsports

B.thedifferentcharacteristicsofsports

C.theattractionoffootball

D.theattractionofbaseball

2.Thosewhodon*tlikebaseballmaycomplainthat.

A.itisonlytothetasteoftheold

B.itinvolvesfewerplayersthanfootball

C.itisnotexcitingenough

D.itispretentiousandlooksfunny

3.Theauthoradmitsthat.

A.baseballistoopeacefulfortheyoung

B.baseballmayseemboringwhenwatchedonTV

C.footballismoreattractingthanbaseball

D.baseballismoreinterestingthanfootball

4.Bystating“Icouldhavehadmyeyesclosed."theauthormeans(4th

paragraphlastsentence):

A.Thethirdbasemanwouldrathersleepthanplaythegame.

B.Evenifthethirdbasemanclosedhiseyesamomentago,itcouldmake

nodifferenttotheresult.

C.Thethirdbasemanissogoodatbaseballthathecouldfinishthegame

witheyesclosedallthetimeanddohisworkwell.

D.Theconsequentwastoobadhecouldnotbeartoseeit.

5.Wecansafelyconcludethattheauthor.

A.likesfootballB.hatesfootball

C.hatesbaseballD.likesbaseball

Vocabulary

1.dugoutn.棒球场边供球员休息的地方

2.pitchern.投手

3.symphonyn.交响乐

4.chambern.室内

5.contemplatevt.沉思，注视

长难句解析

①【解析】此句的主干是"Baseball...means...watching...",其中"infunnytight

outfits"用来修饰"grownmen","standing..."和"staring"用来做"grownmen"

的定语。

【译文】对于他们来说，棒球就是在无聊的几个小时中几个身着紧身衣的大人伫立

在场地周围没事可做地东张西望。

②【解析】这是一个复合句「goesup...","flexes...""takes...”「glances...”

做"thethirdbaseman"的并列谓语。

【译文】但每当投球手掷出球的那一瞬间，你再看吧，三垒运动员脚尖点地，屈臂

或把接球手套直指前方，左右移动步伐，或前或后，或许他还要越过场地盯着一垒球手的动

作。

答案与详解

【短文大意】本文主要讲述垒球的特征及欣赏。

1.D主旨题。文章第一段简述了人们对垒球所持的偏见——认为它毫无活力、从

容和缓，不像橄榄球那样高潮迭起、令人激动。文章的第二、三、四、五段探讨了垒球的根

本特征及欣赏角度，文章的最后一句话用一个比喻概括了垒球的魅力："如果橄榄球是一曲

交响乐的话，那么，垒球中所表现出来的运动恰似一曲优美的室内乐「可见，本文主要探

讨的是垒球的特点及其欣赏。A不对，第一段也确实提到了不同观众对不同运动形式的偏

好，但这只是用以引出对垒球的特征及欣赏的讨论。

2.C细节题。文章第一段指出：许多人不喜欢垒球，一提起垒球这些人就打哈欠甚

至皱眉头。对他们来说，看垒球意味着眼巴巴地观望着身着运动装(outfit)的人呆立在球场

上，东瞧瞧西望望，很少有什么(激动人心的)事发生一没意思透了。他们认为这样的运动

更适合上个世纪的人的口味不像做榄球刃阱羊充满活力。A意为："它只适合老年人的口味。”

注意：原文说的是适合上个世纪的人的口味，二者意味不一样。D意为："它矫揉造作、滑

稽可笑。”这与说它gentlemanly(具有绅士风度，矜持，即：没有冲撞或拼抢)不一样。

3.B推断题。第三段指出，在电视上，垒球运动被切换成不同角度的画面，而且不

断地使用重放、特写等电视制作技术，这破坏了该运动的整体运动感，使观众无法将自己投

入(project)到运动中去，以体会到这种寓动于静的运动之美。电视做不到这一点(TheTV

won'tdoitforyou),因此，电视上的垒球比赛看上去(seems)孤孤单单、冷冷清清、沉

沉静静、慢慢腾腾。C、D不对，作者仅指出了不同运动有不同运动的特征，并未说哪种运

动优于哪种。参阅文章最后一句。

4.B推断题。第四段整个都在描述垒球场上的一个场景：拿三垒的运动员假设对方

全投出好球，作好了一切准备，但是对方投出的并不是好球。所以在那时候他的准备做不做

都不会影响比赛结果。他说本来可以闭上眼睛，意思就是B项所写的。A、C、D都不符合

作者的意图。这道题需要完整地了解第四段内容才能作好选择。

5.D推断题。在本文中，作者主要探讨了垒球的特征及欣赏，作者着重指出的是：

只有根据垒球的特征来欣赏它，才能体会到它的魅力。在他看来，观察到垒球比赛中运动员

的各种动作、垒球位之间的关系等是欣赏它的关键(第三段第二句)。只有从整体来把握它，

才能看到每一个小的动作、每一个眼神乃至于"静止”的意义，也只有这样，才能全身心地

投入比赛中，欣赏到它的魅力。可见，作者对垒球有很深的理解而且非常喜爱垒球。主要参

考第三、四、五段。

第一篇人文篇Passage5

Passage5建议用时：7.5分钟From:To:

AmongthemorecolorfulcharactersofLeadville,sgoldenagewere

H.A.W.Taborandhissecondwife,ElizabethMcCourt,betterknownas"Baby

Doe”.TheirhistoryisfastbecomingoneofthelegendsoftheOldWest.Horace

AustinWarnerTaborwasaschoolteacherinVermont.Withhisfirstwifeandtwo

childrenheleftVermontbycoveredwagonin1855tohomesteadin

Kansas.Perhapshedidnotfindfarmingtohisliking,orperhapshewasluredby

rumorsoffortunestobemadeinColoradomines.Atanyrate,afewyearslaterhe

movedwesttothesmallColoradominingcampknownasCaliforniaGulch,which

helaterrenamedLeadvillewhenhebecameitsleadingcitizen."Greatdepositsof

leadaresuretobefoundhere"hesaid.

Asitturnedoutjtwassilvennotlead,thatwastomakeLeadville1sfortune

andwealth.Taborknewlittleaboutmininghimseltsoheopenedageneral

store,whichsoldeverythingfrombootstosalt,flour,andtobacco.『Itwashiscustom

to“grubstake“prospectiveminersjnotherwords,tosupplythemwithfoodand

supplies,or“grub",whiletheylookedfororejnreturnforwhichhewouldgeta

shareinthemineifonewasdiscovered』@Hedidthisforanumberofyears,butno

onethatheaidedeverfoundanythingofvalue.

Finallyonedayintheyear1878,sothestorygoes,twominerscameinand

askedfor"grub”.Taborhaddecidedtoquitsupplyingitbecausehehadlosttoo

muchmoneythatway.Thesewerepersistent,however;andTaborwastoobusyto

arguewiththem."Ohhelpyourself.Onemoretimewon*tmakeanydifference//

Hesaidandwentonsellingshoesandhatstoothercustomers.thetwominerstook

$17worthofsupplies,inreturnforwhichtheygaveTaboraone-thirdinterestin

theirfindings.Theypickedabarrenplaceonthemountainsideandbeganto

dig.Afterninedaystheystruckarichveinofsilver.Taborboughtthesharesofthe

othertwomen,andsotheminebelongedtohimalone.Thismine,knownasthe

"PittsburghMine,"made1300000forTaborinreturnforhis$17investment.

LaterTaborboughttheMatchlessMineonanotherbarrenhillsidejust

outsidethetownfor$117OOOThisturnedouttobeevenmorefabulousthanthe

Pittsburgh,yielding$35000worthofsilverperdayatonetime.Leadvillegrew.Tabor

becameitsfirstmayonandlaterbecamelieutenantgovernorofthestate.

1.LeadvillegotitsnameforthefollowingreasonsEXCEPT.

A.becauseTaborbecameitsleadingcitizen

B.becausegreatdepositsofleadisexpectedtobefoundthere

C.becauseitcouldbringgoodfortunetoTabor

D.becauseitwasrenamed

2.Theword“grubstake“inparagraph2means.

A.tosupplyminerswithfoodandsupplies

B.toopenageneralstore

C.todoone'scontributiontothedevelopmentofthemine

D.tosupplyminerswithfoodandsuppliesandinreturngetashareinthe

mine,ifonewasdiscovered

3.Tabormadehisfirstfortune.

A.bysupplyingtwoprospectiveminersandgettinginreturnaone-third

interestinthefindings

B.becausehewaspersuadedbythetwominerstoquitsupplying

C.bybuyingthesharesoftheother

D.asalandspeculator

4.TheunderlyingreasonforTabor'slifecareeris.

A.purelyaccidental

B.basedontheanalysisofminer1sbeingverypoorandtheirpossibilityof

discoveringprofitableminingsite

C.throughthehelpfromhissecondwife

D.heplannedwellandaccomplishedtargetsstepbystep

5.1fthispassageisthefirstpartofanarticle,whomightbeintroducedin

thefollowingpart?

A.Tabor'slife.

B.Tabor1ssecondwife,ElizabethMcCourt.

C.Othercolorfulcharacters.

D.Tabor/sothercareers.

Vocabulary

Lbarrenadj.贫瘠的

2.fabulousadj.神话般的，难以置信的

3」urevt诱惑,引诱

4.depositn.沉淀，储蓄

5.grubstakev.下注

长难句解析

①【解析】"It"是形式主语，真正的主语是"t。"后面的句子「while"弓|导时

间状语从句。

【译文】他的通常做法是对来采矿的人"下注"，说得更明确一点就是泰勃供给这