英语100篇精读荟萃中级篇Word下载.docx

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itisasimpleexerciseincommunication,inexchanginginformation.‘Talk,talk,talk,’theadvocatesofviolencesay,‘allyoueverdoistalk,andwearenonethewiser.’It’sratherlikethestoryofthefamousbarristerwhopainstakinglyexplainedhiscasetothejudge.Afterlisteningtoalengthyargumentthejudgecomplainedthatafterallthistalk,hewasnonethewiser.‘Possible,mylord,’thebarristerreplied,‘nonethewiser,butsurelyfarbetterinformed.’Knowledgeisthenecessaryprerequisitetowisdom:

theknowledgethatviolencecreatestheevilsitpretendstosolve.

1.Whatisthebesttitleforthispassage?

[A]AdvocatingViolence.

[B]ViolenceCanDoNothingtoDiminishRacePrejudice.

[C]ImportantPeopleonBothSidesSeeViolenceAsaLegitimateSolution.

[D]TheInstinctsofHumanRaceAreThirstyforViolence.

2.Recordedhistoryhastaughtus

[A]violenceneversolvesanything.

[B]nothing.

[C]thebloodshedmeansnothing.

[D]everything.

3.Itcanbeinferredthattrulyreasonablemen

[A]can’tgetahearing.

[B]arelookeddownupon.

[C]arepersecuted.

[D]Havedifficultyinadvocatinglawenforcement.

4.“Hewasnonethewiser”means

[A]hewasnotatallwiseinlistening.

[B]Hewasnotatallwiserthannothingbefore.

[C]Hegainsnothingafterlistening.

[D]Hemakesnosenseoftheargument.

5.Accordingtheauthorthebestwaytosolveraceprejudiceis

[A]lawenforcement.

[B]knowledge.

[C]nonviolence.

[D]Moppinguptheviolentmess.

Vocabulary

1.acute严重的，剧烈的，敏锐的

2.lootv.抢劫，掠夺；

n.赃物

3.pillagev.抢劫，掠夺

4.crunchv.吱嘎吱嘎咬或嚼某物；

n.碎裂声

whenitcomestothecrunch=if/whenthedecisivemomentcomes.当关键时刻来到时。

5.war-paint出战前涂于身上的颜料。

（美印第安战士用）

6.cometolight=becomeknown显露，为人所知

7.sap剥削，使伤元气，破坏

Iwassappedbymonthsofhospitaltreatment.我住院治疗几个月，大伤元气。

8.mopup擦去，对付，处理

9.wake船迹，航迹

inthewakeofsth.=comeafter随某事之后到来。

难句译注

1.Whatisreallyfrightening,whatreallyfillsyouwithdespairistherealizationthatwhenitcomestothecrunch,wehavemadenoactualprogressatall.

【结构简析】whenitcomestothecrunch=when/ifthedecisivemomentcomes.当关键时刻来到时。

【参考译文】真正令人可怖的，令人绝望的是，在关键时刻，人们意识到我们一点儿也没有进步/前进。

2.Ourstrengthissappedbyhavingtomopupthemessthatviolenceleavesinitswake.

【结构简析】inthewakeof在…之后。

【参考译文】由于我们不得不清理掉暴力之后所留下的烂摊子，我们的力量因此削弱了。

3.Afterlisteningtoalengthyargumentthejudgecomplainedthatafterallthistalk,hewasnonethewiser.

【结构简析】none+the+比较级。

固定用法，义：

notatall一点儿也不。

EX:

Afterthetreatment,heisnonethebetter.治疗后，他并没有因此见好，（一