成人英语三级

2012年成人英语三级模拟题四（2）

Passage 2

Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:

The young people who talk of the village as being "dead" are talking nothing but nonsense, as in their hearts they must surely know.

No, the village is not dead. There is more life in it now than there ever was. But it seems that "Village life" is dead. Gone for ever. It began to decline (衰落) about a hundred years ago, when many girls left home to go into service in town many miles away, and men also left home in increasing number in search of a work, and home was where work was.

There are still a number of people alive today who can remember. What "village life" meant the early years of the present century? It meant knowing and being known by everybody else in the village. It meant finding your entertainment in the village of within walking distance of it. It meant housewives tied to the home all day and every day. It meant going to bed early to save lamp -oil and coal.

Then came the First World War and the Second World War. After each war, new ideas, new attitudes, new trades and occupations were revealed to villagers. The long - established order of society was no longer taken for granted. Electricity and the motorcar were steadily operating to make "village life" and "town life" almost alike. Now with the highly developed science and technology and high - level social welfare for all, there is no point whatever in talking any longer about "village life. " It is just life, and that a better life.

Finally, if we have any doubts about the future, or about the many changes, which we have seen in our lives, we have only to look in at the school playground any mid - morning; or see the children as they walk homeward in little groups. Obviously these children are better fed, better clothed, better educated, healthier, prettier and happier than any generation of children that ever before walked the village street.

6. By saying that village is not dead, but "village life" is dead, the writer suggests that _________

A. those young people who talk of the village as being "dead" are wrong

B the two statements are against each other

C. "village life" today is rather uninteresting

D. "village life" today is no longer like what is used to be.

7. It was _________ that "village life" began to take a sharp turn.

A. about a century ago

B. during the two world wars

C. with electricity and motorcars introduced into the village

D. only recently

8. As is suggested in paragraph 2, villagers in the past _________

A. lived a simpler life than villagers today

B. knew fewer people than villagers today.

C. found it difficult to enjoy themselves

D. liked to wash themselves with cold water.

9. The expression ".... " There is no point whatever in talking about in paragraph 3 means that _________

A. there is no end to the talking about....

B. It is harmful to talk about….

C. It is not meaningless to talk about....

D. there is no reason for talking about

10. From the passage we can see that the writer's attitude toward "village life" is __________

A. positive B. negative C. neutral D. unclear

参考答案：

6、D 题目问：作者说乡村没有消失，"乡村生活"消失了是要暗示什么？作者在文中第二段表达了这一观点之后紧接着就说乡村生活经历巨大变化的转折。所以应选择D，意思是乡村生活如今不再和以前一样了。

7、A 答案在文中第二段"It began to decline (衰落) about a hundred years ago, when many girls left home to go into service in town many miles away, and men also left home in increasing number in search of a work, and home was where work was."意思是它（乡村生活）的衰落大约开始于一百年前。那个时候，许多女孩离开家乡去往很远的城镇，从事服务业。越来越多的男人们也离开家乡去寻找工作，并把家安在工作之处。题目问：什么时候，"乡村生活"开始发生巨大的变化？take a sharp turn 是"发生巨大变化"的意思。

8、A 答案就在第三段中，原文描述了过去乡村生活的一些方面："It meant knowing and being known by everybody else in the village. It meant finding your entertainment in the village of within walking distance of it. It meant housewives tied to the home all day and every day. It meant going to bed early to save lamp -oil and coal."意思是：它意味着熟识乡村中的所有的人，也被其他人所熟识；它意味着在乡村中走一会儿就能找到你的娱乐项目；它意味着家庭主妇整天并且每天都呆在家里；它意味着早早上床以节省用灯--油和煤。所以可以看出答案是A，BCD均可以据原文排除。

9、C 这里考察的是原文中"there is no point…"的意思。它的意思是"……没有意义……"。答案A. there is no end to the talking about....是讨论某事没完没了；B. It is harmful to talk about….是谈论某事有害；D. there is no reason for是没有理由.... 所以只能选C. It is not meaningless to talk about....谈论某事毫无意义。

10、C 从全文及最后一段来看，作者对现在的乡村里的生活状况持肯定态度。但是他对于（过去的）"乡村生活"并没有持否定或肯定的态度，他客观地描述它的样式和变迁，所以应该是持中立的态度，所以选C neutral 中立的；A. positive 肯定的 B. negative 否定的 D. unclear 不清楚的

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