Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)

Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A),B) ,C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:

It is simple enough to say that since books have classes?fiction, biography, poetry—we should separate them and take from each what it is right that each should give us. Yet few people ask from books what books can give us. Most commonly we come to books with blurred and divided minds, asking of fiction that it shall be true, of poetry that it shall be false, of biography that it shall be flattering, of history that it shall enforce our own prejudices. If we could banish all such preconception when we read, that would be an admirable beginning. Do not dictate to your author; try to become him. Be his fellow?worker and accomplice(同謀).

If you hang back, and reserve and criticize at first, you are preventing yourself from getting the fullest possible value from what you read. But if you open your mind as widely as possible, then signs and hints of almost imperceptible finess(委婉之處), from the twist and turn of the first sentences, will bring you into the presence of a human being unlike any other. Steep yourself in this, acquaint yourself with this, and soon you will find that your author is giving you, or attempting to give you, something far more definite. The thirty?two chapters of anovel—if we consider how to read a novel first—are an attempt to make something as formed and controlled as a building but words are more impalpable than bricks, reading is a longer and more complicated process than seeing. Perhaps the quickest way to understand the elements of what a novelist is doing is not to read, but to write; to make your own experiment with the dangers and difficulties of words. Recall, then, some event that has left a distinct impression on you—how at the corner of the street, perhaps, you passed two people talking. A tree shook; an electric light danced; the tone of the talk was comic, but also tragic; a whole vision, an entire conception, seemed contained in that moment.

?21.What does the author mean by saying “Yet few people ask from books what books can give us.”?

?A.The author means that lots of people read few books.

?B.The author thinks that readers have only absorbed part of knowledge in books.

?C.The author holds that few people have a proper idea about what content some kind of books should include.

?D.The author considers that readers can scarcely understand most of the books.

?22.According to the passage, which of the following statement is right?

?A.A reader should find some mistakes when he is reading.

?B.The more difficult a book is, the more you can get from it.

?C.To read something is easier than to watch something.

?D.One should be in the same track with the writer when he is reading.

?23.What is the possible meaning of “impalpable” (Paragraph 2) in the passage?

?A.Clear.?B.Elusive.?C.Delicate.?D.Precise.

?24.What’s the main idea of this passage?

?A.The importance of reading.

?B.The proper way to read.

?C.How to get most from one book.

?D.The characters of a good book.

?25.When a writer is writing he often get the whole conception ____.

?A.after a long time’s thinking

?B.through an instant inspiration

?C.according to his own experience

?D.by way of watching the objects attentively

Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:

According to the dictionary definition of “create”, ordinary people are creative every day. To create means “to bring into being, to cause to exist”—something each of us does daily.

?We are creative whenever we look at or think about something in a new way. First this involves an awareness of our surroundings. It means using all of our sese to become aware of our world. This may be as simple as being aware of color and texture, as well as taste, when we plan a meal. Above all, it is the ability to notice things that others might miss.

?A second part of creativity is an ability to see relationships among things. If we believe the expression, “There is nothing new under the sun,” the creativity is remaking or recombining the old in new ways. For example, we might do this by finding a more effective way to study or a better way to arrange our furniture, or we might make a new combination of camera lenses and filters to create an unusual photograph.

A third part of creativity is the courage and drive to make use of our new ideas, to apply them to achieve some new results. To think up a new concept is one thing; to put the idea to work is another.

These three parts of creativity are involved in all the great works of genius, but they are also involved in many of our day?to?day activities.

?26.Which of the following activities is NOT a creative one according to the passage?

?A.To prepare a meal.

?B.To arrange the furniture in a peculiar way.

?C.To buy some books from a bookstore.

?D.To “write” a letter with the computer.

?27.The author holds that ____.

?A.creativity is of highly demand

?B.creativity is connected with a deep insight to some extent

?C.creativity is to create something new and concrete

?D.to practise and practise is the only way to cultivate one’s creativity

?28.“There is nothing new under the sun.” (Par.3) really implies that ____.

?A.we can seldom create new things

?B.a new thing is only a tale

?C.a new thing can only be created at the basis of original things

?D.we can scarcely see really new things in the world

?29.What does the author think about the relationship between a new thought and its being put into practice?

?A.It’s more difficult to create a new thought than to apply it in practice.

?B.To find a new thought will definitely lead to the production of a new thing.

?C.One may come up with a new thought, but can not put it into practice.

?D.A man with an excellent ability of practice can easily become an inventor.

?30.The best title for this passage is ____.

?A.How to Cultivate One’s Creativity

?B.What is Creativity

?C.The Importance of Creativity

?D.Creativity—a Not Farway Thing
答案

Part Ⅱ

1

?短文大意

本散文談讀書方法。作者認(rèn)為許多讀者因存在太多先入之見而不能從書中汲取它們所能提供給我們的東西。而如果能在閱讀時(shí)盡量和作者融為一體的話，就可以體會(huì)到書本中的許多微妙之處。最后作者又告訴讀者可通過(guò)動(dòng)手練筆的方式領(lǐng)會(huì)作家是如何創(chuàng)作的，靈感和構(gòu)思是如何得來(lái)的。

?21.答案C。

?【參考譯文】 作者說(shuō)“然而很少有人向書籍索取它們所能提供給我們的東西�！钡恼嬲�含義是什么?

?【試題分析】 此題考查學(xué)生“對(duì)含義復(fù)雜句子的正確理解”的能力。

?【詳細(xì)解答】 解答此題，正確理解“Yes…us”一句含義是關(guān)鍵。其實(shí)質(zhì)含義是：“許多人讀書時(shí)因觀念不正確，而僅僅能從書本中得到很少的知識(shí)獲得很少的啟迪”。這樣，我們就可以對(duì)選項(xiàng)進(jìn)行逐個(gè)分析取舍了。A項(xiàng)意為“作者認(rèn)為許多人讀的書都太少”，顯然與我們的分析不符。B項(xiàng)意為“作者認(rèn)為讀者僅僅從書中汲取了部分知識(shí)�！边@句話只是引文部分的字面含義，所以也應(yīng)排除。再看C項(xiàng)作者認(rèn)為許多人對(duì)某類書應(yīng)該包含什么樣的內(nèi)容沒有正確的觀念。這才是作者的隱含意思，所以是正確的。而D項(xiàng)“作者認(rèn)為許多讀者對(duì)大量的書都不能讀懂�！边@也是一種錯(cuò)誤的理解，也應(yīng)排除。這樣就可確定選項(xiàng)為C。

?22.答案D。

?【參考譯文】 根據(jù)短文，下面的說(shuō)法哪一個(gè)是正確的?

?【試題分析】 此題考查學(xué)生“對(duì)具體細(xì)節(jié)的把握”的能力。

?【詳細(xì)解答】 此題只能用排除法，去掉與文章細(xì)節(jié)不符的選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)A意為“讀者在閱讀時(shí)應(yīng)該能發(fā)現(xiàn)一些錯(cuò)誤。”文章中沒有此細(xì)節(jié)，可排除。B項(xiàng)“一本書越難讀，從中得到知識(shí)也越多�！币才c文意無(wú)關(guān)。再看C項(xiàng)“閱讀比觀看容易�！备鶕�(jù)文章第二段第四句最后一分句可知這正與作者的觀點(diǎn)相反，故也排除。最后只剩下D項(xiàng)，應(yīng)為正確答案。而其內(nèi)容“讀者在閱讀時(shí)應(yīng)和作者保持一致�！闭�是作者的觀點(diǎn)，無(wú)疑正確。

?23.答案B。

?【參考譯文】 第二段中“impalpable”一詞最可能的含義是什么?

?【試題分析】 此題考查學(xué)生“根據(jù)上下文推測(cè)生詞含義”的能力。

?【詳細(xì)解答】 先看上文：作家想把素材安排得像一座完整的大房，使之具體化。接下來(lái)就是含有“impalpable”一句。句首用“but”引導(dǎo)，有轉(zhuǎn)折含義。所以此單詞意義可能與“具體”相對(duì)。再看下文，閱讀比觀看更復(fù)雜和費(fèi)時(shí)。這樣，該詞的含義就可以基本確定了，應(yīng)該是“非常抽象難以捉摸的”之類的意思。(這里與”磚頭”相比，更加強(qiáng)了這一點(diǎn))據(jù)此可排除A、D項(xiàng)。C項(xiàng)意為“微妙”，意近。但B項(xiàng)恰好意為“難以捉摸的”，更與生詞含義接近，所以應(yīng)選B。此題目C項(xiàng)干擾性較大，注意要避免匆忙選擇，而功虧一簣。

?24.答案B。

?【參考譯文】 此文的主要內(nèi)容是什么?

?【試題分析】 此題考查學(xué)生“對(duì)文章的主旨和大意的把握”的能力。

?【詳細(xì)解答】 解答此題關(guān)鍵在于先弄清文章的主旨和大意。在此基礎(chǔ)上就可進(jìn)行選棄了。此短文主要講“何為正確的讀書方法”。據(jù)此，A項(xiàng)“閱讀的重要性”，C項(xiàng)“如何從書中獲取最多的信息”，D項(xiàng)“一本好書的特征”，均不能?６鳥項(xiàng)“何為正確的讀書方法”，正與我們的分析不謀而合，所以B為正確答案無(wú)疑。

?25.答案B。

?【參考譯文】 作家在寫作時(shí)，常通過(guò)什么樣的方式來(lái)獲得構(gòu)思?

?【試題分析】 此題考查學(xué)生“對(duì)具體細(xì)節(jié)正確理解”的能力。

?【詳細(xì)解答】 答案可從文章最后一句獲得。解答此類題的關(guān)鍵就是找到并正確理解有關(guān)細(xì)節(jié)。根據(jù)最后一句可知“作家構(gòu)思的獲得是通過(guò)瞬間的感悟�！边@樣，就可對(duì)選項(xiàng)進(jìn)行逐個(gè)分析了。A項(xiàng)意為“通過(guò)長(zhǎng)期的思考”，雖符合一般常識(shí)，但不是作者看法，排除。B項(xiàng)意為“瞬間/快速的靈感”，與作者的觀點(diǎn)十分接近，有正確的可能。再看C項(xiàng)“根據(jù)作者自己的經(jīng)歷”，作者也沒有提及。而D項(xiàng)“通過(guò)專心致志地觀看描寫的對(duì)象”，這只是構(gòu)思活動(dòng)過(guò)程的一部分。與B項(xiàng)相比，也應(yīng)排除。現(xiàn)在就可確定：B項(xiàng)為正確答案。

2

?短文大意

?本文主要介紹了什么是創(chuàng)造力。作者認(rèn)為創(chuàng)造力離我們并不遙遠(yuǎn)，我們每天都在創(chuàng)造。創(chuàng)造力有三個(gè)方面的表現(xiàn)，第一是以新的方式觀察和思考。第二是能觀察到事物之間的關(guān)系。第三是運(yùn)用新思想的勇氣和激情，運(yùn)用新思想來(lái)獲得新的效果。最后作者指出創(chuàng)造力的三方面需要全面非凡的天賦，但同時(shí)也需要我們?nèi)粘ＴS許多多的親身實(shí)踐。

?26.答案C。

?【參考譯文】 下列哪一種活動(dòng)不具有創(chuàng)造性?

?【試題分析】 此題考查學(xué)生“根據(jù)所讀材料進(jìn)行一定的判斷”的能力。

?【詳細(xì)解答】 本題可用排除法。根據(jù)第一段可知?jiǎng)?chuàng)造力的含義是“使事物產(chǎn)生”，“致使事物存在”。而它三個(gè)方面的表現(xiàn)可參考“短文大意”，據(jù)此，A項(xiàng)“做飯”是一種日常生活中的“使飯產(chǎn)生”，具有創(chuàng)造性。B項(xiàng)“用一種獨(dú)我的方式安排家俱”，為創(chuàng)造力第二面詳述中的例子，故也是創(chuàng)造活動(dòng)。再看C項(xiàng)“從書店買書”，只是一種簡(jiǎn)單的行為，不涉及創(chuàng)造性。而D項(xiàng)“用電腦寫一封信”即“創(chuàng)造一封信”，也為創(chuàng)造性活動(dòng)，也不能?Ｕ庋?涂傻貿(mào)黿崧郟珹、B、D項(xiàng)不能選，C為正確答案。解答此題時(shí)要千萬(wàn)注意問(wèn)題的提問(wèn)方式是問(wèn)“哪一個(gè)不是”，以免錯(cuò)誤理解題意而誤??

?27.答案B。

?【參考譯文】 作者認(rèn)為……

?【試題分析】 此題考查學(xué)生“對(duì)具體細(xì)節(jié)的把握”的能力。

?【詳細(xì)解答】 此題的解答需要在理解文章大意及細(xì)節(jié)基礎(chǔ)上進(jìn)行。選項(xiàng)A意為“創(chuàng)造力對(duì)人的素質(zhì)要求很高”。此項(xiàng)初看正確，而且作者在文章末尾也提到。但根據(jù)文章開頭，可知平凡人每天都在創(chuàng)造。所以只能先在此選項(xiàng)上作個(gè)標(biāo)記，再繼續(xù)分析。選項(xiàng)B意為“創(chuàng)造力在一定程度上取決于非凡的洞察力。”根據(jù)最后一段，可知這是一種“天賦”，故正確。選項(xiàng)C認(rèn)為“創(chuàng)造力只體現(xiàn)在創(chuàng)造某些新的具體東西”，失之片面。D項(xiàng)認(rèn)為“不斷實(shí)踐是培養(yǎng)創(chuàng)造力的唯一方面”，也失之片面(參見文章最后一句)。這樣就只剩下A、B項(xiàng)，兩者相比，A項(xiàng)似乎仍顯武斷和片面，故也排除。這樣就可確定B為正確答案。

?28.答案C。

?【參考譯文】 “太陽(yáng)之下無(wú)新物”(第三段)的真正含義是什么?

?【試題分析】 此題考查學(xué)生“根據(jù)上下文理解含義復(fù)雜句子”的能力。

?【詳細(xì)解答】 此題可在正確理解句子含義的基礎(chǔ)上采?芭懦?ā崩唇獯稹８?萆舷攣目梢緣彌?捍司淶惱嬲??迨恰叭魏渦率攣锏牟??際墻?⒃讜?惺攣锘?≈?系摹�。据此，A項(xiàng)認(rèn)為“我們很少能創(chuàng)造新事物”，顯然只是句子的字面意思，不正確。B項(xiàng)“創(chuàng)造新事物是一個(gè)神話”，也為字面理解。再看C項(xiàng)“只有在原有事物基礎(chǔ)之上才能創(chuàng)造新事物”，這不正是我們分析得出的結(jié)論嗎?而D項(xiàng)“我們幾乎不可能看到新事物”，更是差之甚遠(yuǎn)。這樣就可確定C項(xiàng)為正確答案無(wú)疑。

?29.答案C。

?【參考譯文】 作者如何認(rèn)識(shí)獲得新思想與將其付諸于實(shí)踐的關(guān)系?

?【試題分析】 此題考查學(xué)生“對(duì)特定的細(xì)節(jié)的把握”的能力。

?【詳細(xì)解答】 先找有關(guān)細(xì)節(jié)。此問(wèn)題涉及到對(duì)文章第三段最后一句的理解。作者認(rèn)為“獲得新思想并不意味著就能夠?qū)⑵涓吨T實(shí)踐，暗含“知易行難”的意義。這樣，我們就可對(duì)選項(xiàng)進(jìn)行分析選棄了。先看A項(xiàng)“獲得新思想比將其付諸實(shí)踐困難”。顯然剛好與我們分析的含義相反，故排除，再看B項(xiàng)“只要獲得新思想就可將其付諸實(shí)踐�！币膊粚�(duì)。而C項(xiàng)“一個(gè)人可能獲得某種新思想，但有可能無(wú)法將其付諸實(shí)踐�！闭�是作者的觀點(diǎn)，所以是正確的。也就無(wú)需看D。 實(shí)際上，D項(xiàng)說(shuō)“實(shí)踐能力很強(qiáng)的人容易成為發(fā)明家�！辈⒉皇亲髡叩挠^點(diǎn)，因?yàn)樽髡咧皇钦J(rèn)為實(shí)踐對(duì)培養(yǎng)創(chuàng)造力是具有重要作用，所以也不正確。這樣就可確定C為正確答案無(wú)疑。

?30.答案B。

?【參考譯文】 本文最好的標(biāo)題是什么?

?【試題分析】 此題考查學(xué)生“對(duì)閱讀材料主旨和大意的把握”的能力。

?【詳細(xì)解答】 首先快速通讀全文(注意主題句)，可知文章主要談?wù)摰氖恰皠?chuàng)造力的含義及其三個(gè)方面的表現(xiàn)”，整篇文章都是圍繞創(chuàng)造力展開的�，F(xiàn)在來(lái)分析選項(xiàng)。A項(xiàng)意為“如何培養(yǎng)創(chuàng)造力”，初看符合文章內(nèi)容，但仔細(xì)分析，文章只在最后一段提到了培養(yǎng)創(chuàng)造力三個(gè)方面的途徑和要求，所以不能?？碆項(xiàng)“什么是創(chuàng)造力”，這個(gè)題目下可寫和創(chuàng)造力有關(guān)的許多東西如創(chuàng)造力定義，表現(xiàn)及培養(yǎng)途徑，所以有道理。再看C項(xiàng)“創(chuàng)造力的重要性”，文章沒有提及。而D項(xiàng)“創(chuàng)造力離我們并不遙遠(yuǎn)”，也只是文章開頭提到，中間涉及一點(diǎn)，也不確切。這樣就可確定，B項(xiàng)為正確答案。