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考研英語閱讀真題

Heemerged,allofasudden,in1957:themostexplosive

newpoetictalentoftheEnglishpost-warera.Poetry

specialised,atthatmoment,inthewrychroniclingofthe

everyday.ThepoetryofYorkshire-bornTedHughes,first

publishedinabookcalledTheHawkintheRainwhenhewas27,

wasunlikeanythingwrittenbyhisimmediatepredecessors.

DrivenbyanalmostJacobeanrhetoric,ithadavisionary

fervour.Itsmosteye-catchingcharacteristicwasHughes's

abilitytogetbeneaththeskinsofanimals:foxes,otters,pigs.

Theseanimalsweretherealthingallright,buttheywerealso

armorialdevices-symbolsofthecountrysideandlifebloodof

theearthinwhichtheywererooted.Itgavehisworkaraw,

primalstink.

ItwasnotonlyEnglandthatthoughtsoeither.Hughes's

bookwasalsopublishedinAmerica,whereitwontheGalbraith

prize,amajorliteraryaward.Butthen,in1963,SylviaPlath,

ayoungAmericanpoetwhomhehadfirstmetatCambridge

Universityin1956,andwhobecamehiswifeinthesummerof

thatyear,committedsuicide.Hugheswasvilifiedforlong

afterthat,especiallybyfeministsinAmerica.In1998,the

yearhedied,Hughesbrokehisownself-imposedpublicsilence

千里之行，始于足下。

abouttheirrelationshipinabookofloose-weavepoemscalled

BirthdayLetters.Inthisnewandexhilaratingcollectionof

realletters,Hughesreturnstotheissueofhisfirstwife's

death,whichhecallshisbigandunmanageableevent.Hefelt

histalentmuffledbytheperpetualeavesdroppinguponhis

everymove.Notuntilhedecidedtopublishhisownaccountof

theirrelationshipdidtheburdenbegintolighten.

Theanalysisisraw,painedandruthlesslyself-aware.For

allthemoraltorment,thewritingitselfhasthesamerushand

vigourthatpossessedHughes'searlypoetry.Somebooksof

lettersserveasapersonalisedhistoricalchronicle.Poets'

lettersareseldomlikethat,andHughes'sarenoexception.

Hisareaboutalifeofliteraryengagement:almostallofthem

includesomemusingonthestateorthenatureofwriting,both

Hughes'sownorotherpeople's.ThetrajectoryofHughes's

literarycareerhadhimmovingfromobscuritytofame,andthen,

intheeyesofmany,tolife-longnotoriety.Theselettersare

filledwithhiswrestlingwiththeconsequencesofbeingthe

part-private,part-publiccreaturethathebecame,desperate

todevotehimselftohiswriting,andyetsubjecttoendless

invasionsofhisprivacy.

Hughesisanabsorbingandintricatecommentatoruponhis

ownpoetry,evenwhenheisstandingbackfromitand

good-humouredlycondemninghimselfforitsfantasticalia,its

pretticismsanditsinfiniteverbal1ifications.Healso

believed,fromfirsttolast,thatpoetryhadaspecialplace

intheeducationofchildren.Whatkidsneed,hewroteina1988

lettertothesecretaryofstateforeducationinthe

Conservativegovernment,isaheadfull[sic]ofsongsthatare

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notsongsbutblocksofrefinedandachievedandexemplary

language.Whenthathappens,childrenhavetheguardianangel

installedbehindthetongue.Luckyreaders,bigorsmall.

1.ThepoetryofHughes'sforerunnersischaracteristicof

[A]itsnatural,crudeflavor.

[B]itsdistorteddepictionofpeople'sdailylife.

[C]itspenetratingsight.

[D]itsfantasticalenthusiasm.

2.Thewordvilifiedmostprobablymeans

[A]tortured

[B]harassed

[C]scolded

[D]tormented

3.Accordingtothethirdparagraph,Hughes'scollection

oflettersare

[A]personalrecollectionofhislife.

[B]personalisedhistoricalchronicleofhisliterary

千里之行，始于足下。

engagement.

[C]reflectionsofhisstrugglewithhisdevotionandthe

reality.

[D]hismeditationontheliteraryworld.

4.Fromtheletters,wemayfindthecauseofHughes's

internalstruggleis

[A]hisdevotiontotheliteraryworld.

[B]thatheisapart-private,part-publiccreature.

[C]thatheisconstrainedbythefearofhisprivacybeing

invaded.

[D]hisfameandnotoriety.

5.Byluckyreadersinthelastsentence,theauthor

means

[A]childrenwhoreadpoetry.

[B]childrenwhohaveaheadfullofsongs.

[C]childrenwhoownblocksofrefinedandachievedand

exemplarylanguage.

[D]childrenwhohavetheguardianangelinstalledbehind

thetongue

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考研英語閱讀片段真題

In1960-1961,Chad（乍得）harvested9800tonsofcotton

seedforthefirsttimeinitshistory,andputouttheflag

alittletoosoon.Theeffortsoftheauthoritiestogetthe

peasantsbacktowork,astheyhadslackedoff（松懈）agreat

dealthepreviousyearduringindependencecelebrations,

largelycontributedtoit.Also,rainswerewellspaced,and

continuedthroughthewholemonthofOctober.Ifthe1961-1962

totalisbacktotheregionof45000tons,itismostlybecause

effortsslackenedagainandsowingwasstartedtoolate.

TheaveragedateofsowingisaboutJuly1st.Ifthisdate

issimplymovedupfifteenortwentydays,30000to60000tons

ofcottonaregained,dependingontheyear.ThepeasantinChad

sowshismillet（小米）first,anditishardtocriticizethis

instinctiveprioritygiventohisdailybread.Anessential

reasonforhislatenesswithsowingcottonisthatatthetime

whenheshouldleavetopreparethefieldshehasjustbarely

soldthecottonofthepreviousseason.Theworkrequiredto

sow,ingreatheat,ispsychologicallyfarmoredifficultif

onespocketsarefullofmoney.Thedateofcottonsalesshould

thereforebemovedforwardasmuchaspossible,andpurchases

ofequipmentanddraughtanimalsencouraged.

Peasantsshouldalsobeencouragedtosavemoney,tohelp

themthroughthedifficultperiodbetweenharvests.If

necessarytheyshouldbeforcedtodoso,byhavingthepayments

forcottongiventothemininstallments（分期付款）.Thelast

paymentwouldbemadeafterproofthatthepeasanthasplanted

千里之行，始于足下。

beforethedeadline,thedatebeingadvancedtotheendofJune.

Thosewhohavedonesowou1dreceiveextramoneywhereasthe

lastplanterswouldnotreceivetheirlastpaymentuntillater.

Onlythefirststepsarehard,becauseonceworkhasstarted

thepeasantscontinuewillinglyontheirway.Educational

campaignsamongthepeasantswillplayanessentialroleinthis

basicadvance,earlysowing,onwhichalltheothersdepend.

Itisnotamatterofcontrollingthepeasants.Eachpeasant

willremainmasterofhisfields.Onecould,however,suggest

theneedforthetimebeingofkindbutfirmrule,which,as

longasitcannotberealizedbythepeople,shouldatleast

beforthepeople.

21.In1960-1961,Chadhadagoodharvestofcotton

because.

A)thegovernmentgreatlyencouragedpeasants

B)rainsfavoredthegrowthofcotton

C)Chadgainedindependenceinthepreviousyear

D)BothA)andB)

22.Welearnfromthepassagethatthedateofsowingcotton

isusually.

A)onJune15th

B)onJuly15th

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C)onJuly1st

D)onJuly20th

23.Asusedinthethirdsentenceofthesecond

paragraph,dailybreadrefersto.

A)breakfast

B)breadandbutter

C)rice

D)millet

24.Inordertohelpthemthroughthedifficulttimebetween

harveststhepeasantshaveto.

A)sellcottoninadvance

B)beencouragedtosavemoney

C)sowcottonintime

D)plantmilletfirst

25.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?

A)Educationalcampaignsareveryimportanttoearly

sowing.

千里之行，始于足下。

B)Ofalltheadvancesthatthewriterhopesfor,early

sowingisthemostimportant.

C)Peasantsshouldremainthemastersoftheirfields.

D)Governmentmightaswellmakegoodandfirmrulefor

peasants.

歷年考研英語閱讀真題

Forthepastseveralyears,theSundaynewspapersupplement

ParadehasfeaturedacolumncalledAskMarilyn.Peopleare

invitedtoqueryMarilynvosSavant,whoatage10hadtested

atamentallevelofsomeoneabout23yearsold;thatgaveher

anIQof228-thehighestscoreeverrecorded.IQtestsaskyou

tocompleteverbalandvisualanalogies,toenvisionpaper

afterithasbeenfoldedandcut,andtodeducenumerical

sequences,amongothersimilartasks.Soitisabitconfusing

whenvosSavantfieldssuchqueriesfromtheaverageJoe(whose

IQis100)as,Whatsthedifferencebetweenloveandfondness?

Orwhatisthenatureofluckandcoincidence?①Itsnotobvious

howthecapacitytovisualizeobjectsandtofigureout

numericalpatternssuitsonetoanswerquestionsthathave

eludedsomeofthebestpoetsandphilosophers.

Clearly,intelligenceencompassesmorethanascoreona

test.Justwhatdoesitmeantobesmart?Howmuchof

intelligencecanbespecified,andhowmuchcanwelearnabout

itfromneurology,genetics,computerscienceandotherfields?

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Thedefiningtermofintelligenceinhumansstillseemsto

betheIQscore,eventhoughIQtestsarenotgivenasoftenas

theyusedtobe.Thetestcomesprimarilyintwoforms:the

Stanford-BinetIntelligenceScaleandtheWechsler

IntelligenceScales(bothcomeinadultandchildrensversion).

Generallycostingseveralhundreddollars,theyareusually

givenonlybypsychologists,althoughvariationsofthem

populatebookstoresandtheWorldWideWeb.②Superhighscores

likevosSavantsarenolongerpossible,becausescoringisnow

basedonastatisticalpopulationdistributionamongagepeers,

ratherthansimplydividingthementalagebythechronological

ageandmultiplyingby100.Otherstandardizedtests,suchas

theScholasticAssessmentTest(SAT)andtheGraduateRecord

Exam(GRE),capturethemainaspectsofIQtests.

Suchstandardizedtestsmaynotassessalltheimportant

elementsnecessarytosucceedinschoolandinlife,argues

RobertJ.Sternberg.InhisarticleHowIntelligent

IslntelligenceTesting?,③Sternbergnotesthat

traditionaltestbestassessanalyticalandverbalskillsbut

fai1tomeasurecreativityandpracticalknowledge,components

alsocriticaltoproblemsolvingandlifesuccess.Moreover,IQ

testdonotnecessarilypredictsowelloncepopulationsor

situationschange.ResearchhasfoundthatlQpredicted

leadershipskillswhenthetestsweregivenunder

low-stressconditions,butunderhigh-stressconditions,IQwas

negativelycorrelatedwithleadership-thatis,itpredicted

theopposite.AnyonewhohastoiledthroughSATwilltestify

thattest-takingskillalsomatters,whetheritsknowingwhento

guessorwhatquestionstoskip.

千里之行，始于足下。

1.Whichofthefollowingmayberequiredinanintelligent

test?

[A]Answeringphilosophicalquestions.

[B]Foldingorcuttingpaperintodifferentshapes.

[C]Tellingthedifferencebetweencertainco