四川成人學(xué)位英語(yǔ)閱讀理解沖刺試題

1、四川成人學(xué)位英語(yǔ)閱讀理解沖刺試題Yes, but what did we use to do before there was television? How often we hear statements like this! Television hasnt 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-eyed monster into our homes, we never

2、 fond 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 go outside for our amusements to theatres, cinemas, restaurants and sporting events. We even used to read

3、books and listen to music and broadcast talks 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 meal, ex

4、changing the news of the day. A sandwich and a glass of beer will do anything, providing it doesnt 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 genera

5、tions are growing up addicted to the telly. Food is left uneaten, homework undone and sleep is lost. The telly is a universal pacifier. It is now standard practice for mother to keep the children quiet by putting them in the living-room and turning on the set. It doesnt matter that the children will

6、 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 the programmes are so bad: it is impossible to kee

7、p pace 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 preliterate communities. We become utterly dependent on the two most primitive media of communication: pict

8、ures and the spoken word.Television encourages passive enjoyment. We become content with second-hand 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 get so lazy, we choose to spend a fine day in semi-darknes

9、s, glued to our sets, rather than go out into the world itself. Television may be s 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 mountains

10、, far away from civilization. In quiet, natural surroundings, we quickly discover how little we miss the hypnotic tyranny of King Telly.1. What is the biggest harm of TV?A It deprives people of communication with the real world.B People become lazy.C People become dependent on second-hand experience

11、.D TV consumes a large part of ones life.2. In what way can people forget TV?A Far away from civilization.B To a mountain.C By the sea.D In quiet natural surroundings.3. What does a mother usually do to keep her children quiet?A Let them watch the set.B Put them in the living room.C Let them watch t

12、he rubbish.D Let them alone.4. What does the first sentence in the first paragraph mean?A We found it difficult to occupy our spare time.B We become addicted to TV.C What we used to do is different from now.D We used to enjoy civilized pleasures.Vocabulary1. goggle 轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)眼珠，瞪眼 goggle box (英俚)電視機(jī)2. gulp

13、狼吞虎咽3. telly 電視機(jī)4. pacifier 平息者，撫慰者。這里指平靜人，使人不吱聲的東西。5. rubbishy 垃圾的，無(wú)價(jià)值的6. sadism 施淫虐7. glue 膠(水);粘牢 glue to the sets 和電視機(jī)粘在一起，指成了電視迷8. hypnotic 催眠的難句譯注1. There is a limit to the amount of creative talent available in the world.【參考譯文】世界上可以獲得的創(chuàng)造性才能的數(shù)量是有限的。寫(xiě)作方法與文章大意這是一篇論說(shuō)“電視有害”的文章。采用對(duì)比分析手法。先提出問(wèn)題，對(duì)比過(guò)去和

14、現(xiàn)在“過(guò)去在業(yè)余時(shí)間，我們享受文明的歡樂(lè)，有各種嗜好，招待朋友，訪友，外出娛樂(lè)，在家讀書(shū)聽(tīng)音樂(lè)現(xiàn)在一切受電視支配。匆忙趕回家，狼吞虎咽地吃完飯為的是準(zhǔn)時(shí)看某個(gè)電視節(jié)目。只要不干擾節(jié)目，吃什么都可以!一塊三明治，一杯啤酒就行。看時(shí)，誰(shuí)都不許說(shuō)話，完全沒(méi)有了過(guò)去的那種悠閑，坐在一起吃晚飯，相互交談白天的一切?！?然后列出電視種種惡果：整個(gè)幾代人成了電視迷，連孩子也不能幸免，電視消耗了大量的創(chuàng)造性工作，人們成為以來(lái)電視生存的人，被動(dòng)娛樂(lè)，制止我們和真實(shí)世界交流。最后結(jié)論：到大自然去，忘掉電視。答案詳解1. A 它剝奪了人們和真實(shí)世界的聯(lián)系。文章多次提到現(xiàn)在我們不能探親訪友，一家人互不交流，而一旦離開(kāi)電視就進(jìn)入了真是世界。B. 人變懶。C. 人們變得依賴二手經(jīng)驗(yàn)。D. 電視浪費(fèi)了人生的大量時(shí)間。這三項(xiàng)只是危害重具體一個(gè)組成部分。2. D 在安寧的'大自然的懷抱中。答案在最后一段最后一句“在安詳寧?kù)o的大自然環(huán)境中，我們很快發(fā)現(xiàn)我們對(duì)催眠的電視暴君連想都不怎么想!”A. 遠(yuǎn)離文明。B.去山上。C.在海邊。3. A 叫他們看電視。這在第二段第三句起“電視是一個(gè)萬(wàn)能安靜器。母親為使孩子們安靜，就把他們放在起居室內(nèi)，打開(kāi)電視看。這是現(xiàn)在最權(quán)威的一招。至于孩子們看的使垃圾般的商業(yè)廣告，還是施淫虐或暴力片都無(wú)關(guān)緊要，只要他們安靜不鬧?！盉.把他們擱在起居室。C.讓他們看垃圾片。都是其中的具體