插本英語100篇精讀薈萃基礎(chǔ)

1、：插本大師兄Passage one（The only way to travel is on foot）The past ages of man have all been carefully labeled by anthropologists. Descriptions like Palaeolithic Man, Neolithic Man, etc., neatly sum up whole periods. When the time comes for anthropologists to turn their attention to the twentieth century,

2、 they will surely choose the label Legless Man. Histories of the time will go something like this: in the twentieth century, people forgot how to use their legs. Men and women moved about in cars, buses and trains from a very early age. There were lifts and escalators in all large buildings to preve

3、nt people from walking. This situation was forced upon earthdwellers of that time because ofeach day. But the surprising thing is that they didnt use their legseven when they went on holiday. They built cable railways, ski-lifts and roads to the top of every huge mountain. All the beauty spots on ea

4、rth were marred by the presence of large car parks. The future history books might also record that we were deprived of the use of our eyes. In our hurry to get from one place to another, we failed to see anything on the way. Air travel gives you a birds-eye view of the world or even less if the win

5、g of the aircraft happens to get in your way. When you travel by car or train a blurred image of the countryside constantly smears the windows. Car drivers, in particular, are forever obsessed with the urge to go on and on: they never want to stop. Is it the lure of the great motorways, or what? And

6、 as for sea travel, it hardly deserves mention. It is perfectly summed up in the words of the old song: I joined the navy to see the world, and what did I see? I saw the sea. The typical twentieth-century traveler is the man who always says Ive been there. You mention the r motest, most evocative pl

7、ace-names in the world like El Dorado, Kabul, Irkutsk and someone is bound to say Ive beenthere meaning, I drove through it at 100an hour on the way to somewhere else. When you travel at high speeds, the present means nothing: you live mainly in the future because youspend most of your time looking

8、forward to arriving at some other place. But actual arrival, when it isachieved, is meaningless. You want to move on again. By traveling like this, you suspend all experience; the present ceases to be a reality: you might just as well be dead. The traveler on foot, on the other hand, lives constantl

9、y in the present. For him traveling and arri ing are one and the same thing: he arrives somewhere with every step he makes. He experiences the pres nt moment with his eyes, his ears and the whole of his body. At the end of his journey he feels a delicious physical weariness. He knows that sound. Sat

10、isfying sleep will be his: the just reward of all true travellers.1、Anthorpologists label nowadays men Legless because Apeople forget how to use his legs.B C Dpeople prefer cars, buses and trains.lifts and escalators prevent people from walking. there are a lot of transportation devices.2、Travelling

11、 at high speed meansApeoples focus on the future.B Ca pleasure.satisfying drivers great thrill.Da necessity of life.3、Why does the author say we are deprived of the use of our eyes ?APeople wont use their eyes.B C DIn traveling at high speed, eyes become useless. People cant see anything on his way

12、of travel. People want to sleep during travelling.4、What is the purpose of the author in writing this passage?ALegs become weaker.B CModern means of transportation make the world a small place. There is no need to use eyes.DThe best way to travel is on foot.5. What does a birds-eye view mean?ASee vi

13、ew with birds eyes.B C DA bird looks at a beautiful view.It is a general view from a high position looking down. A scenic place.VOCABULARY1.Palaeolithic 舊石器的的2.Neolithic新石器3. escalator4. ski-lift5. mar自動(dòng)電梯，自動(dòng)扶梯 載送滑雪者上坡的裝置損壞，毀壞1：插本大師兄6. blur7. smear8. evocative9. El Dorado10. Kabul11. Irkutsk模糊不清，朦朧涂

14、，弄臟，弄模糊（尤指畫面、輪廓等） 引起回憶的，喚起感情的(由當(dāng)時(shí)西班牙征服者想象中的南美洲)，寶山，富庶喀布爾（首都）伊爾庫茨克（原亞洲城市）難句譯注與詳解The only way to travel is on foot旅游的唯一方法是走路難句譯注1.Air travel gives you a birds-eye view of the world or even if the wing of the aircraft happens to getin your way.【參考譯文】飛機(jī)旅行，你只可俯視世界如果機(jī)翼碰巧擋住了你的視線，就看得更少了。When you travel by c

15、ar or train a blurred image of the country-side constantly smears the windows.【參考譯文】如果乘車或火車旅行，郊外模糊朦朧的景象不斷地掠過窗口。2.寫作方法與文章大意文章以因果寫作方法，寫出了由于種種現(xiàn)代化交通設(shè)施、人們不需用腳走路，甚至也不需要用眼看景，出門就坐汽車、公交車、地鐵、飛機(jī)，車、機(jī)速度飛快 外邊的景物難以看清，最終 導(dǎo)致人們忘記用腳、用眼成為“無腳之人”。一切都經(jīng)歷不到。作者建議最佳的旅游方法是徒步 經(jīng)歷現(xiàn)實(shí)。詳解1A 人們忘了用腳。在第一段：人類學(xué)家把以往年代的人們分別標(biāo)上舊石器、人，等等。干脆利落地

16、總結(jié)了一個(gè)時(shí)期。當(dāng)他們轉(zhuǎn)向 20 世紀(jì)，他們肯定新石器會(huì)標(biāo)上“無腳的人”。因?yàn)樵?20 世紀(jì)，人們忘了如何用腳走路。男人女人早年外出就坐車、公共汽車、火車。大樓里由電梯、自動(dòng)扶梯，不需要人們走路。即使度假期間， 他們也不用腳。他們筑有纜車道、滑雪載車和路直通山頂。所有的風(fēng)景旅游區(qū)型的汽車停車場(chǎng)。B 人們喜歡汽車、公交車、火車等。 C 電梯、自動(dòng)扶梯制止人們走路。 D 有許多交通工具。2A 人們的注意力在未來。見最后一段第一句話：當(dāng)你高速旅行，現(xiàn)在等于零，你主要生活在未來，因?yàn)槟愦蟛糠謺r(shí)間盯在前面到達(dá)的某個(gè)地方。真到了，又沒有意義了， 你還要再向前進(jìn)。B 是一種歡樂。 C 滿足司機(jī)不是快速前進(jìn)著

17、眼于未來。 D 他們那異常的生活方法強(qiáng)加給渴望。第二提及死機(jī)醉心于開車、不停車但生活的需要。這一條在第一提及這種情況是因?yàn)榈木用?。這是指不用腳走路，而用一切代步器交通工具，不是開快車。3C 人們?cè)诼眯型局惺裁炊家姴坏健Ｔ诘诙?，由一地轉(zhuǎn)向另一地，路上你什么都沒有見到。乘飛機(jī)你只能俯視世界，火車，汽車，只見外界朦朧景象掠過窗子。海上旅游，只見到海 “我到過那里”此話含義就是“我以一小時(shí)一百英里在去某某地方時(shí)經(jīng)過那里”。正因?yàn)槿绱?，作者指出將來的歷史書上會(huì)下：我們被的應(yīng)用。了眼睛A 人們不愿用眼睛。 B 在高速旅行中，眼睛沒有用了。 D 旅行中，人們想睡覺。D 旅行的最佳方式是走路。文章第一段、第

18、二段分別講述了旅行可不用腳、不用眼等情況。第三段，在講述了人們只知向前向前，一切經(jīng)歷都停滯，現(xiàn)實(shí)不再是現(xiàn)實(shí)，還不如死的好。而用腳走路的旅行者總是生活再現(xiàn)實(shí)，對(duì)他來說旅行和到達(dá)是一回事， 他一步一步走到某地，他用眼睛、耳朵，以至整個(gè)身體去體驗(yàn)現(xiàn)在時(shí)刻、旅行終點(diǎn)， 他感到全身舒坦愉悅的疲勞，美美享受滿足的酣睡；一切真正旅行者的真實(shí)報(bào)償。這一段就是作者寫文章的目的走路是旅行的最佳方式。A 腳變得軟弱無力。 B 現(xiàn)代交通工具把世界變小。 C 沒有必要用眼睛。C 從高出向下看的景致：俯視。A 用鳥的眼睛看景點(diǎn)。 B 鳥在看美景。 D 風(fēng)景點(diǎn)。45Passage two (Vicious and Dang

19、erous Sports Should be Banned by Law)When you think of the tremendous technological progress we have made, its amazing how little we have developed in other respects. We may speak contemptuously of the poor old Romans because they relished the orgies of slaughter that went on in their arenas. We may

20、 despise them because they mistook these goings on for entertainment. We may forgive them condescendingly because they lived 2000 years ago and2：插本大師兄obviously knew no better. But are our feelings of superiority really justified? Are we any less blood-thirsty? Why do boxing matches, for instance, at

21、tract such universal interest? Dont the spectators who attend them hope they will see some violence? Human beings remains as bloodthirsty as ever they were. The only difference between ourselves and the Romans is that while they were honest enough to admit that they enjoyed watching hungey lions tea

22、ring people apart and eating them alive, we find all sorts of sophisticated arguments to defend sports which should have been banned long age; sports which are quite as barbarous as, say, public hangings or bearbaiting.It really is incredible that in this day and age we should still allow hunting or

23、 bull-ing, that weshould be prepared to sit back and watch two men batter each other to pulp in a boxing ring, that we shouldbe relatively unmoved by the sight of one or a number of racing cars crashing and bursting into flames. Let us not deceive ourselves. Any talk of the sporting spirit is sheer

24、hypocrisy. People take part in violent sports because of the high rewards they bring. Spectators are willing to pay vast sums of money to see violence. A world heavyweight championship match, for instance, is front page news. Millions of peopleare disappointed if a bigis over in two rounds instead o

25、f fifteen. They feel disappointment becausethey have been deprived of the exquisite pleasure of witnessing prolonged torture and violence.Why should we ban violent sports if people enjoy them so much? You may well ask. The answer issimple: they are uncivilized. For centuries man has been trying to i

26、mprove himself spiritually and emotionally admittedly with little success. But at least we no longer tolerate the sight madmen cooped upin cages, or public floggings of any of the countless other barbaric practices which were common in the past. Prisons are no longer the grim forbidding places they

27、used to be Social welfare systems are in operation in many parts of the world. Big efforts are being made to distribute wealth fairly These changes have come about not because human beings have suddenly and unaccountably improved, but because positive steps were taken to change the law. The law is t

28、he biggest instrument of social change that we have and it may exert great civilizing influence. If we banned dangerous and violent sports, we would be moving one step further to improving mankind. We would recogniz that violence is degrading and unworthy of human beings.1.It can be inferred from th

29、e passage that the authors opinion of nowadays human beings isA.not very high.C.contemptuous.B.high.D.critical.2.The main idea of this passage isA. vicious and dangerous sports should be banned by law.B. people are willing to pay vast sums money to see violence.C. to compare two different attitudes

30、towards dangerous sports.D.people are bloodthirsty in sportsThat the author mentions the old Romans isA. To compare the old Roman with todays people.B. to give an example.C. to show human beings in the past know nothing better.D. to indicate human beings are used to bloodthirsty.How many dangerous s

31、ports does the author mention in this passage?3.4.A.Three.B.Five.C.Six.D.Seven.5.The purpose of the author in writing this passage isA. that, by banning the violent sports, we human beings can improve our selves.B. that, by banning the dangerous sports, we can improve the law.C. that we must take po

32、sitive steps to improve social welfare system.D. to show law is the main instrument of social change.Vocabulary..9.relish orgy arenablood-thirsty bear-baiting bull-batter pulpburst into flames從獲得狂歡，享受場(chǎng)，活動(dòng)或的場(chǎng)所的， 逗熊斗牛的猛擊，連續(xù)地猛打/捶，亂打成紙漿，成軟塊突然燃燒起來/著火3：插本大師兄10. grim11. coop up令人窒息的，簡(jiǎn)陋的把關(guān)起來難句

33、譯注1.bear-baiting逗熊。這是一種十六、十七世紀(jì)流行于英國的驅(qū)狗去咬綁著的熊，很，后被。2.two men batter each other to pulp in the boxing ring.【結(jié)構(gòu)簡(jiǎn)析】batter one to pulp = beat one to a pulp 狠揍，打癱【參考譯文】?jī)蓚€(gè)人在拳擊場(chǎng)內(nèi)彼此狠揍，知道一個(gè)人被在地，爬不起來。3.unmoved by the sight of one or a number of racing cars crashing and bursting into flames.【參考譯文】眼見一輛或多輛相互撞擊，突然

34、燒起來而無動(dòng)于衷。4.A world heavy weight championship match is front page news.【參考譯文】世界重量級(jí)冠軍賽總是頭版頭條。寫作方法與文章大意作者采取先對(duì)比、后分析的寫作手法。先是今人和古羅馬人對(duì)暴虐體育上對(duì)此兩者都欣賞。后者坦率成人“欣賞體育”，前者施以各種接口、實(shí)際都是者。第二段進(jìn)一步剖析今人法律采取積極的步驟，法律才欣賞暴虐體育的種種實(shí)例，最后指出“暴虐”的根本嗜為能施以巨大的文明影響，否則人類很難改變。詳解1.A.不太高。文章一開始就點(diǎn)出科技巨大進(jìn)步，而其他方面進(jìn)展很少。人們以輕蔑的口氣談及為的古羅馬人，因?yàn)樗麄冃蕾p場(chǎng)上的。我們

35、輕視他們，因?yàn)樗麄儼堰@些視。我們可以降階/諒解他們因?yàn)樗麄兩钤?2000 年前，顯然，對(duì)好的東西不知道。在這里作者反問，我們的優(yōu)越感是否正確呢？我們的性是不是少一些？為什么拳擊比賽吸引那么許多人？在場(chǎng)的觀賞者（觀眾）是不是也希望看到一些呢？結(jié)論是：人饑餓的獅子類和過去一樣把人撕碎，活生生。唯一的不同點(diǎn)在于古羅馬人很誠實(shí)，他們承認(rèn)他們欣賞，而我們會(huì)找出各種精辟的理由來早該制止的運(yùn)動(dòng)。第二段舉出具體例子，如斗牛、拳把人打癱在地、，車子碰撞起火，人們就坐在那里欣賞，參賽者是為了高，觀眾付出大筆錢財(cái)是為了看到。作者指出任何體育精神的說法純粹是虛偽。如果一場(chǎng)打比賽（世界重量級(jí)冠軍賽），兩輪而不是十五輪

36、就告結(jié)束，上百萬人們會(huì)感到失望這些都證明人的卑下，不文明。這兩段似乎也證明作者的觀點(diǎn)應(yīng)該是 C 項(xiàng)蔑視的。但在第三段談及，好幾個(gè)世紀(jì)以來，人們一直試圖在精神上和情感上，又得承認(rèn)不怎么?？芍辽傥覀儾辉侬?cè)私d于籠中，當(dāng)眾鞭撻，以及其他許多過去普遍存在的野蠻行徑。度在全世界許多地方推行。在也不再是過去那種令人窒息的禁錮之地，福利制上也作了很大的努力。這些變化的出現(xiàn)不是因?yàn)槿送蝗荒敲次覀冊(cè)?，而是在改變法律上采取?積極的步驟。如果我們的體育項(xiàng)目，人類方面又前進(jìn)了一步。我們會(huì)認(rèn)識(shí)是人類的和卑下（人類不應(yīng)有的）。從這段來看，作者對(duì)人類還希望，不是很蔑視。所以選 A 項(xiàng)。2.A.法律應(yīng)而又的體育項(xiàng)目。見第

37、一題注釋。作者從古羅馬人欣賞的體。必須制育項(xiàng)目說起，點(diǎn)出現(xiàn)代人也是，喜歡體育項(xiàng)目。這是不文明，是止，而法律是我們?nèi)洌┳顝?qiáng)大的工具，它可應(yīng)用，發(fā)揮強(qiáng)大的文明影響（第三段倒數(shù)第B. 人們?cè)敢庵Ц毒薮罂铐?xiàng)來”的具體內(nèi)容之一。C. 對(duì)。這是作者認(rèn)為人們?yōu)槭裁?。這是作者說明“比對(duì)欣賞體育項(xiàng)目不同的態(tài)度。這里沒有對(duì)比。D.人類體育項(xiàng)目的根源。3.D.人們?cè)隗w育上習(xí)慣于“”，過去是，現(xiàn)在仍然是，不同點(diǎn)只是前者坦直承認(rèn)，后者婉轉(zhuǎn)掩飾。見第一題注釋。A. 把古羅馬人和現(xiàn)代人對(duì)比。這項(xiàng)沒有說明對(duì)比什么。B. 給出一個(gè)例子。太抽象。C. 說明過去人類不太知道更美好的東西，這兩項(xiàng)都沒有到位。4.B.5 個(gè)。作者提到

38、逗熊刑不能稱作體育活動(dòng)。；斗牛；車賽；拳擊；人獅斗。至于當(dāng)眾鞭撻和絞5.A.通過制止野蠻體育項(xiàng)目，我們能二題注釋。人類自身。這在第三的最透徹，見第一題和第4：插本大師兄B. 通過制止野蠻體育活動(dòng)，我們能法律，全對(duì)。作者明確指出要用法律來福利體制。D. 去表明法律是野的蠻體育項(xiàng)目。C. 我們必須采取積極步驟來主要工具。Passage three(Advertisers Perform a Useful Service to the Commu)Advertisers tend to think big and perhaps this is why theyre always coming in

39、 for criticism. Their critics seem to resent them because they have a flair for self-promotion and because they have so much money to throw around. Its iniquitous, they say, that this entirely unproductive industry (if we can call it that) should absorb millions of pounds each year. It only goes to

40、show how much profit the big companies are making. Why dont they stop advertising and reduce the price of their goods? After all, its the consumer who paysThe poor old consumer! Hed have to pay a great deal more if advertising didnt create mass markets for products. It is precisely because of the he

41、avy advertising that consumer goods are so cheap. But we get the wrong idea if we think the only purpose of advertising is to sell goods. Another equally important function is to inform. A great deal of the knowledge we have about household goods derives largely from the advertisements we read. Adve

42、rtisements introduce us to new products or remind us of the existence of ones we already know about. Supposing you wanted to buy a washing machine, it is more than likely you would obtain details regarding performance, price, etc., from an advertisement.Lots of people pretend that they never read ad

43、vertisements, but this claim may be seriously doubted. It is hardly possible not to read advertisements these days. And what fun they often are, too! Just think what a railway station or a newspaper would be like without advertisements. Would you enjoy gazing at a blank wall or reading railway byela

44、ws while waiting for a train? Would you like to read only closely printed columns of news in your daily paper? A cheerful, witty advertisement makes such a difference to a drab wall or a newspaper full of the daily ration of calamities.We must not forget, either, that advertising makes a positive co

45、ntribution to our pockets. Newspapers, commercial radio and television companies could not subsist without this source of revenue. The fact that we pay so little for our daily paper, or can enjoy so many broadcast programmes is due entirely to the money spent by advertisers. Just think what a newspa

46、per would cost if we had to pay its full price!Another thing we mus forget is the small ads which are in virtually every newspaper and magazine. What a tremendously useful service they perform for the commu ! Just about anything can be accomplished through these columns. For instance, you can find a

47、 job, buy or sell a house, announce a birth, marriage or death in what used to be called the hatch, match and dispatch column but by far the mostfascinating section is theal or agony column. No other item in a newspaper provides suchentertaining reading or offers such a deep insight into human natur

48、e. Its the best advertisement for advertising there is!1.What is main idea of this passage?A. Advertisement.B. The benefits of advertisement.C. Advertisers perform a useful service to communities.D. The costs of advertisement.The attitude of the author toward advertisers isA. appreciative.B. trustwo

49、rthy.C. critical.D. dissatisfactory.Why do the critics criticize advertisers?A. Because advertisers often brag.B. Because critics think advertisement is a “waste of money”.C. Because customers are encouraged to buy more than necessary.D. Because customers pay more. Which of the following is Not True

50、?A. Advertisement makes contribution to our pockets and we may know everything.B. We can buy what we want.C. Good quality products dont need to be advertised.D. Advertisement makes our life colorful. The passage isA. Narration.B. Description..5：插本大師兄C. Criticism.D. Argumentation.Vocabulary1.2

51、..0.come in for ( sth. ) flairiniquitous drab subsist是某事物的對(duì)象，吸引（某事物），獲得天資，天分極邪惡的，極不公正的單調(diào)的，乏味的活下去，生存下去，維持下去孵化（指生孩子）匹配， 派遣，極大痛苦，煎熬（報(bào)刊中關(guān)于個(gè)人疑難問題征詢意見的）讀者來信專欄hatch match dispatch agonyagony column難句譯注1.Advertisers tend to think big and perhaps this is why theyre always coming in for cri icis

52、m.【參考譯文】商總是雄心勃勃（想得很大），也許這就是為什么他們老挨批評(píng)。2.Their critics seem to resent them because they have a flair for self-promotion.【參考譯文】他們的批評(píng)者似乎對(duì)他們很氣憤，因?yàn)樗麄冊(cè)谧晕姨Ц?標(biāo)榜上很有天分。3.No other item in a newspaper provides such entertaining reading or offer such deep insight into human nature.【參考譯文】報(bào)紙任何其他欄目都難以提供如此有趣的文章，或提供對(duì)人

53、性的內(nèi)涵如此深刻的洞察。4.Its the best advertisement for advertising there is.【參考譯文】這是中最佳的。寫作方法與文章大意文章以因果、對(duì)比的手法寫出有沒有的后果及的真正作用。文章首先指出商遭批評(píng)的：商夸大和人們認(rèn)為浪費(fèi)錢財(cái)、商品價(jià)格就搞；然后作者以有無的后果突出其功能，沒有各種信息。，商品價(jià)更高，生活單調(diào)、乏味 有了，商品價(jià)低，生活豐富多彩，人們獲取詳解C.1.對(duì)的服務(wù)很有用。作者從面來敘述作用：第二段點(diǎn)出如果不為開辟廣大的市場(chǎng)，我們就得付出很多錢，正是因?yàn)榇罅康馁M(fèi)用，消費(fèi)者的商品才會(huì)那么便宜。除銷售商品外，其重要的功能在通知/告訴信息，有

54、關(guān)家用商品的許多只是來自，還有新的介紹。第三 機(jī)智的第四了美化環(huán)境功能。如果火車站的墻上和報(bào)上沒有將改變一切，那會(huì)怎。一幅悅?cè)诵哪?，了它為我們省錢：別忘了對(duì)我們口袋作出積極的貢獻(xiàn)。報(bào)紙、電臺(tái)、公司完全沒有這筆收入很難生存。我們的報(bào)紙，我們付給很少，或者說，我們能享受那么多的是因?yàn)樽詈笠簧袒ǖ腻X。如果要我們付報(bào)紙的全價(jià)，那我們要花了各種專欄的功能。人們可以在這些欄目找工作、！房子、宣布婚喪嫁娶信息。這些都圍著一個(gè)中心：對(duì)服務(wù)的有用性。A.。太籠統(tǒng)。B.之優(yōu)點(diǎn)。文章不是講優(yōu)點(diǎn)，而是講服務(wù)于的功能。D.費(fèi)用。2.A. 欣賞/贊賞。從上述注釋也可推知是 A 項(xiàng)。最重要的，作者提出種種功能，是為了反駁第

55、一段內(nèi)提到的論點(diǎn)：完全是非生產(chǎn)企業(yè)每年吸收幾百萬鎊，這說明這些大公司利潤有多高。最重要的是消費(fèi)者付的費(fèi)等。反駁更說明了 A 項(xiàng)對(duì)。B. 值得信任。 C. 批評(píng)。 D. 不滿意。A. 因?yàn)樯坛３鄞?，。見難句譯注 1.。3.B. 因?yàn)榕u(píng)者認(rèn)為支付。浪費(fèi)錢。 C. 因?yàn)榇偈瓜M(fèi)者不必要的東西。 D. 因?yàn)橄M(fèi)者4.C. 優(yōu)質(zhì)A.不需要。一切都需要，新、老都需要。對(duì)我們的口袋作出貢獻(xiàn)。 B. 我們可以買到我們所需的。 D.使我們生活豐富多彩。這三條都提到也是真實(shí)的。5.C. 文章一開始就提到對(duì)的批評(píng)，然后作者以對(duì)比的手法說明其功能。A. 敘事。B. 描寫。 D. 議論。6：插本大師兄Passage

56、 four(preface)Science is a dominant theme in our culture. Since it touches almost every facet of our life, educated people need at least some acquaintance with its structure and operation. They should also have an understanding of the subculture in which scientists live and the kinds of people they are. An understanding of general characteristics of science as well as specific scientific concepts is easier to attain if one knows something about the things that excite and frustrate the scientist.This book is