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Passage1
,AndrewJacksonandMartinVanBuren,whichattemptto
’tknowifeitherstoryistrue,buttheyarebothinteresting.
,hehad
,hetriedtoreadthemandthenhadhis
“allcorrect”
problemwasthathedidn’“olkorekt”.Afterawhile,
heshortenedthattermto“OK”.
ThesecondexplanationisbasedontheplacewherePresidentVanBurenwasborn,Kinderhook,New
’sfriendsorganizedaclubtohelphimbecomePresidentTheycanedtheclubtheOld
KinderhookClub,andanyonewhosupportedVanBurenwascalled“OK”.
’tbelieveawordofthestories
,PresidentJackson
’’tliketoreadimportantpapersbyhimself
’tgoodatreading,writingorspelling
,theterm“OK”
titleofsomeOfficialdocuments
“allcorrect’’
,theterm‘‘OK”
‘‘oldKinderhookClub”
wasborn
’’ssupportersinthe
election
“OK”wasfirstused__
‘‘OldKinderhookClub”
Passage2
AlthoughtheUnitedStatescoverssomuchlandandthelandproducesfarmorefoodthanthepresent
populationneeds,itspeoplearebynowalmostentirelyanurbansocietyLessthanatenthofthepeopleare
engagedinagricultureandforestry(林业),andmostoftherestliveinoraroundtowns,smalland
:everysmalltownmaystillbeverylikeothersmalltowns,
andthetypicalsmalltownmayrepresentawidelyacceptedviewofthecountry,butmostAmericansdonot
(1argecities
withtheirsuburbs、ofmorethanamillionpeopleeach—alargerproportionthaninGermanyorEngland,
(统计)ofurbanandruralpopulationshouldbetreatedwithcautionbecause
,sothat
itishardtosayatwhatmomentapieceofcountrybecomesasuburbButmoreandmorethetypical
;..:.
..
Americanlivesinametropolitanratherthanasmalltownenvironment.
?
.
areas?
.
’sthemeaningoftheword“metropolitan”inthemiddleofthepassage?
.
.
,whatcanwelearnaboutsmalltownsintheUnitedStates?
.
,
largecities
?
areas.
Passage3
Ifwewereaskedexactlywhatweweredoingayearago,weshouldprobablyhavetosaythatwecould
notrememberButifwehadkeptabookandhadwritteninitanaccountofwhatwedideachday,we
shouldbeabletogiveananswertothequestion.
ItisthesameinhistoryManythingshavebeenforgottenbecausewedonothaveanywrittenaccount
ofthemSometimesmendidkeeparecordofthemostimportanthappeningsintheircountry,butoftenit
,weknowagooddealaboutthepeoplewho
livedinChina4,000yearsago,becausetheycouldwriteandleavewrittenrecordsforthosewholivedafter
.
,evenifthepeoplecannotwrite,
haveheardaboutitfromolderpeople,andoftensongsanddancesandstorieshavebeenmadeaboutthe
mostimportanthappenings,andthesehavebeensungandactedandtoldformanygenerationsFormost
’rememberedhistory’.Some
,becausewords
wheretherearenowrittenrecords,suchspokenstoriesareoftenveryhelpful.
?
A.“Rememberedhistory”,comparedwithwrittenhistory,islessreliable
.
;..:.
..
.
.
43.“Rememberedhistory”refersto___.
’simagination
44.“Rememberedhistory”isregardedasvaluableonlywhen____.
donowiftheancientpeoplehad_____
Passage4
,Austria,peopleaskedtheobvious,“Whydidshe
livetobe107?”Answerswereprovidedbyasurveyconductedamong148Viennesemenandwomenwho
’simageasanunhealthyplace,citylivingoftenprovidesbenefitsthatcountry
(长寿)ofthoseinterviewed.
(电
梯),
spacesarehardtofind,thereisoftennoalternativetowalking.
Ontheotherhand,,
,work,oralmostanywhereelse,theymustrideincars.
’sdeath
;..:.
..
towalking
’’tneedtheexercise
’taffordtotakethebus
Passage5
ForanyEnglishman,therecanneverbeanydiscussionastowhoistheworld’sgreatestdramatist(剧作
家).Onlyonenamecanpossiblysuggestitselftohim:thatofWilliamShakespeareEveryEnglishmanhas
someknowledge,howeverslight,,phrasesand
quotationsfromShakespeare’swritingsthathavebecomepartofthecommonpropertyofthe
English-,
ratherliketheoldladywhowastakentoseeaperformanceofHamletandcomplainedthatitwasfullof
well—knownproverbsandquotations.
Shakespeare,moreperhapsthananyotherwriter,makesfulluseofthegreatresourcesoftheEnglish
;Shakespeareinhis
worksusedabouttwenty-fivethousand.
ThereisprobablynobetterwayforaforeignertoappreciatetherichnessandvarietyoftheEnglish
effort(itisnot,ofcourse,recommendedtobeginners)eventhoughsomeaspectsofEnglishusage,andthe
meaningofmanywords,havechangedsinceShakespeare’sday.
’sgreatestdramatist
’sgreatest
’sgreatestdramatist
’sgreatestpoetanddramatist
,butonlyslightly
’
?
,phrasesandquotationsfromShakespeare’Swritings.
’swritingshavebecomethepropertyofthosewhoarelearningtospeak
DAllthewordspeopleusearetakenfromthewritingsofShakespeare
“proverb”mean?
’.
?
’Stime.
;..:.
..
’
Passage6
Treesareusefultomaninthreeveryimportantways:theyprovidehimwoodandotherproducts;they
givehimshade;andtheyhelptopreventdrought(干旱)andfloods.
Unfortunately,inmanypartsoftheworld,manhasnotrealizedthatthethirdoftheseservicesisthe
,hehascutthemdowninlargenumbers
Twothousandyearsago,arichandpowerfulcountrycutdownitstreestobuildwarships,withwhichto
gainitselfanempireItgainedtheempirebut,withoutitstrees,
empirefelltopieces,thecountryfounditselffacedbyfloodsandstarvation.
Evenwhereagovernmentrealizestheimportanceofaplentifulsupplyoftrees,itisdifficult
afternewtreesSo,unlessthegovernmenthasagoodsystemofcontrol,orcaneducatethepeople,the
forestsslowlydisappear
:forwhere
therearetrees,theirrootsbreakthesoilup,allowingtheraintosinkin,
,therainfallsonhardground
andflowsawayonthesurface,andthiscausesfloodsandtheraincarriesawaytherichtopsoilinwhich
.
,themostimportantofwhichisthattheycan____
’sagreatpitythat____