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2004年高考英语时文专题训练（四）

——文化艺术

Passage31Embracingtheknowledgeeconomyage

Theknowledgeeconomyageisuponus.Wehaveexploredorestablishedmanynewacademicfields.Wearealsosurprisedtofindthatmoreskillsandtechnologiesareemergingeveryyear,everymonth,eveneveryday,andknowledgeisreallyexpandingatanalarmingspeed.Allthesepointstothefactthattheknowledgeeconomyisrapidlyapproachingus.

KnowledgewillplayadominantroleinthiscurrenteconomicsystemThepossession,manufacture,distributionandconsumptionofinformationarethebasisofeconomicactivities.Whoeverpossessmoreknowledgewillbethemasteroftoday’ssociety.Hencethepursuitofnewknowledgewillbeeveryindividual’sgoalandlifelongcommitment.

HowcanIbetterembracethenewage?

Asastudent,Ihavealreadyrealizedhowstiffthecompetitionwillbe.SoIhavebecomedeterminedtomakethebestofmytimetoacquireasmuchknowledgeaspossible.Evenaftergraduation,Iwilldomyutmosttoupdatemyknowledgeandmasterallnecessaryskillsneededinmyfuturecareer.Knowledgeisstrengthandwealth.Afterall,opportunityalwaysbenefitsthepreparedmind.

1.Whichageisuponus?

________

A.Theknowledgeeconomyage.

B.Thestoneage.

C.Theindustryage.

D.Theindustryage.

2.Whyistheageuponus?

_______

A.Wehavealotofmoney.

B.Wehavealotoffactories.

C.Knowledgeisreallyexpandingatanalarmingspeed.

D.Wehavealreadyrealizedhowstiffthecompetitionwillbe.

3.Thepersonwhotoldthestoryisprobablya________

A.teacher

B.student

C.businessman

D.doctor

Passage32Onelanguageforeveryone

AstoryfromtheBible（圣经）tellsofoldBabylon,wherethemendecidedtobuildatowerthatwouldtouchthesky.ButGodwasunhappy,andhemadethemspeakdifferentlanguages.Theycouldn'tunderstandeachother,sotheirdreamnevercametrue.

Yetthedreamremainsalive:

ifallmenspeakthesamelanguage,theycandoanything.L.L.ZamenhoffromPolandwasamongthemenwhopursuethisdream.HedevelopedEsperanto（世界语）between1877and1885.

Asthemostsuccessfulman-madeworldlanguage,itisspokenbyovertwomillionpeoplearoundtheworld.

Lastmonth,theWorldEsperantoCongress（大会）,dealingwithlanguagerights,endedinSweden.The2004conferencewillbeheldinBeijing.

MostEsperantospeakersareinCentralandEasternEuropeandinEastAsia,particularlyChinesemainland.

Esperantohastwoadvantages（优点）.First,it'seasy.Eachletterhasexactlyonesoundandtherearejust16basicgrammarrules.Thesecondadvantageisthatitbelongstonoonecountry.

ButEsperantohasonlyreachedasmallnumberofpeoplecomparedwithnaturallanguageswidelyusedaroundtheworld—suchasEnglishorChinese.Whiletheselanguagesaredeeplyconnectedwiththeirnationsandcultures,Esperantodoesn'thavethisbackground.

WillEsperantoreallybecomeagloballanguage?

Itremainsaquestion.

1.Thewritertellsusastoryatthebeginningto_______.

A.explainwhymenhavebeenmakingtheefforttocreatealanguagesharedbyall

B.explainwhymennowspeakdifferentlanguages

C.showtherelationshipbetweenmanandGod

D.provelanguageisveryimportant

2.Whatdoestheword“pursue”inthesecondparagraphmean?

A.Realize.

B.Workfor.

C.Beagainst.

D.Follow.

3.WhatisthebasicdifferencebetweenEsperantoandEnglish?

A.MorepeoplespeakEnglishthanEsperanto.

B.Esperantowordsareeasiertospell.

C.Esperantohasfewergrammarrules.

D.Esperantoisnotsupportedbyanycountryorculture.

4.Whatdoesthestorymainlytalkabout?

A.AdvantagesanddisadvantagesofEsperanto.

B.Men'sdreamofsharingthesamelanguage.

C.ComparisonofEsperantoandotherlanguageslikeEnglishandChinese.

D.Themostsuccessfulplannedlanguage—Esperanto.

Passage33Worldtunes

Beautifulmusicflowsfromhisdancinghandsandspeaksalanguageforallpeople—youngandold,richandpoor—tohear.Itisalanguageofloveandromance.

With"PourElise"（《致爱丽丝》）and"BalladePourAdeline"《水边的阿蒂丽娜》）,FrenchpianistRichardClaydermanislovedbymillionsallovertheworld.Hislively,yetsoftpianoplayingishistrademark.

Andnow,hehasmixedhismusicwiththesoundsoftheEast.Clayderman,withhisblonde（金色的）hairandblueeyes,recentlycooperatedwithChinaBroadcastingChineseOrchestra（CBCO，中国广播民族乐团）torecordhislatestalbum"NewEra"（《新时代》）,whichwasreleasedacrosstheworldlastWednesday.

"Ihavebeenintoxicated（陶醉）byChinesefolkmusic.It'satreasureworthyofbeingintroducedtotheworld.Ihopemypianoandinterpretation（阐释）canbridgetheWestandtheEast,"saidthe49-year-oldpianist.

SomeofthemostfamousfolkmusicinChina,including"FarawayPlace"（《在那遥远的地方》）and"KangDingLoveSong"（《康定情歌》）,isinterpretedbythepian