资格考试最新整理备考辅导70天攻克考研英语阅读 DAY41.docx

1、资格考试最新整理备考辅导70天攻克考研英语阅读 DAY41教学资料参考参考范本【资格考试】2019最新整理-(备考辅导)70天攻克考研英语阅读 DAY41_年_月_日_部门Reading comprehension：Direction： In this part， there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished statements， each with four suggested answers marked A， B， C and D. Choose the one that you think is the cor

2、rect answer.Passage 1“Yes， but what did we use to do before there was television？” How often we hear statements like this！ Television hasn餿 been with us all that long， but we are already beginning to forget what the world was like without it. Before we admitted the one瞖yed monster into our homes， we

3、 never found it difficult to occupy our spare time. We used to enjoy civilized pleasures. For instance， we used to have hobbies， we used to entertain our friends and be entertained by them， we used to do outside for our amusements to theatres， cinemas， restaurants and sporting events. We even used t

4、o read books and listen to music and broadcast talk occasionally. All that belongs to the past. Now all our free time is regulated by the goggle box. We rush home or gulp down our meals to be in time for this or that programme. We have even given up sitting at table and having a leisurely evening me

5、al， exchanging the news of the day. A sandwich and a glass of beer will do anything， providing it doesn餿 interfere with the programme. The monster demands and obtains absolute silence and attention. If any member of the family dares to open his mouth during a programme， he is quickly silenced.Whole

6、generations are growing up addicted to the telly. Food is left uneaten， homework undone and sleep is lost. The telly is universal pacifier. It is now standard practice for mother to keep the children quiet by putting them in the living瞨oom and turning on the set. It doesn餿 matter that the children w

7、ill watch rubbishy commercials or spectacles of sadism and violence so long as they are quiet.There is a limit to the amount of creative talent available in the world. Every day， television consumes vast quantities of creative work. That is why most of programmes are bad： it is impossible to keep pa

8、ce with the demand and maintain high standards as well. When millions watch the same programmes， the whole world becomes a village， and society is reduced to the conditions which obtain in pre瞝iterate communities. We become utterly dependent on the two most primitive media of communication： pictures

9、 and the spoken word.Television encourages passive enjoyment. We become content with second瞙and experiences. It is so easy to sit in our armchairs watching others working. Little by little， television cuts us off from the real world. We got so lazy， we choose to spend a fine day in semi瞕arkness， glu

10、ed to our sets， rather than go out into the world itself. Television may be a splendid medium of communication， but it prevents us from communicating with each other. We only become aware how totally irrelevant television is to real living when we spend a holiday by the sea or in the mountain， far a

11、way from civilization. In quiet， natural surroundings， we quickly discover how little we miss the hypnotic tyranny of King Telly.1. According to the passage， which of the following statement is NOT true？A. We used to have hobbies and go to theatres and sporting events.B. We have a leisurely evening

12、meal and exchange the news when watching the TV.C. We quickly finish our meals to be in time for TV programmes.D. We are usually silent and attentive in front of TV.2. The main idea of the second paragraph is to reveal thatA. children are very noisy.B. television is full of rubbishy commercials or s

13、pectacles of sadism and violence.C. television disturbs our sleep.D. whole generations are fascinated with TV.3. According to the passage， the television brings in a lot of harms exceptA. TV makes us lazy.B. TV prevents us from communicating with each other.C. TV may be a splendid medium of communic

14、ation.D. the same TV programmes bring the society into the pre瞝iterate conditions.4. The best title for this passage isA. television encourages passive enjoyment.B. television is doing irreparable harm.C. television is a universal pacifier.D. we can餿 live without television.5. The passage isA. narra

15、tionB. descriptionC. criticismD. argumentationPassage 2There is a section of the Western Atlantic， off the southeast coast of the US， forming what has been termed a triangle， extending from Bermuda in the north to southern Florida， and then east to a point through the Bahamas past Puerto Rico to abo

16、ut 40 degree west longitude， and then back again to Bermuda. This area occupies a disturbing and almost unbelievable place in the world餾 catalogue of unexplained mysteries. This usually referred to as the Bermuda Triangle， where more than a hundred planes and ships have literally vanished into the a

17、ir， most of them since 1945， and more than a thousand lives have been lost in the past 33 years， without a single body or even a piece wreckage from the vanishing planes or ships having been found. Disappearances continue to occur with apparently increasing frequency， in spite of the fact that searc

18、hes are more thorough， and records are more carefully kept.Many of the planes concerned have vanished while in normal radio contact with their base or terminal destination until the very moment of their disappearance， while others have radioed the most extraordinary messages， implying that they coul

19、d not get their instruments to function， that their compasses were spinning， that the sky had turned yellow and hazy（on a clear day）， and the ocean（which was calm nearby） “didn餿 I look right” without further clarification of what was wrong.One group of five planes， a flight of Navy TBM Avengers， on

20、a mission from the Fort Lauderdale Naval Air Station， on December 5， 1945， were the object， along with the Martin Mariner sent to rescue them， and which also disappeared， of one of the most intensive ground瞫ea rescue operations ever conducted， although no life rafts， oil slicks， or wreckage was ever

21、 located. Other aircraft including passenger planes， have vanished while receiving landing instructions， almost as if， as has been mentioned in Naval Board of Inquiry procedures， they had flown through a hole in the sky. Large and small boats have disappeared without leaving wreckage， as if they and

22、 their crews had been snatched into another dimension.Unexplained disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle have continued to the present day and no plane or ship is reported overdue and finally classed as “search discontinued” by the Seventh Coast Guard without the expressed or unexpressed comment or

23、feeling among the public or the searchers that there is some connection with the past and present phenomenon of the Bermuda Triangle. There seems to be growing public awareness that something is very wrong with this area. Recent numerous reports from planes and boats which have had incredible experi

24、ences within the Triangle and survived are contributing toward a new folklore of the sea， although the cause of the unexplained menace to planes and ships within this area is as mysterious as ever.1. What is the main idea of the passage？A. the mysterious disappearances of ships and planesB. explanat

25、ion for the cause of the those disappearance of ships and planesC. an general introduction to Bermuda TriangleD. describing the difficulty in searching and explaining the mysterious disappearances2. Which of the following statement of the Triangle is true？A. Bermuda is not the same thing with Bermud

26、a Triangle.B. The unexplained mysteries in the world lie in this area.C. People began to know about this area since disappearances happening here in 1945.D. Bermuda Triangle lasts for 40 degrees in longitude.3. What does it mean by saying “literally” in “literally vanished” （paragraph 1， line 6）？A.

27、without exaggeration B. strangelyC. suddenly and unexpectedly D. tragically4. What is not true according to the description of the situation at the very moment of the disappearance？A. Their instruments could not function normally.B. Most of the missing planes could contact with their base or termina

28、l destination by their own special means until the very moment of disappearing.C. The sky turned darker in spite of the good weather.D. The surrounding ocean sent out warning by appearing uneasy and anxious.5. According to the passage， which of the following statement is true？A. The seaways and airw

29、ays will be less traveled because of the menace from the Bermuda Triangle.B. Searches can not go deeper because the ships and planes sent to rescue will also disappear.C. The frequency of disappearance is still increasing.D. The author is pessimistic about the future of the search on this issue.Pass

30、age 3In a bleak economic prognosis for Asia， U.S. economist Paul K. predicted “catastrophe” in Japan and warned of a potential economic reversal for China， the region餾 main engine of growth.Despite widespread upbeat assessments about China， Mr. K said he feels “ill at ease” about the country餾 econom

31、ic outlook. If China fails to continue the pace of reforms and provide greater corporate transparency， he said， the country risks having capital pulled from it.China， which is forecast to enjoy around 7.5% growth in gross domestic product this year， has been opening its domestic economy wider， inclu

32、ding selling shares in state瞣wned firms to foreigners and lowering trade barriers to smooth its entry into the WTO.Mr. K， speaking Friday at an economic forum hosted in Hong Kong by Swiss Reinsurance Co.， said the market opening is the right step in the long run. But in the interim， the country could become vulnerable to capital flight， which could be triggered by simmering investor concerns about corruption， nepotism（裙带关系） and a lack of transparency. To support his argument， he cited the case of Indonesia， one