SAT阅读练习题｜附答案解析（七）

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　　Passage 1

　　Every age, after his own, has gone in search of Shakespeare. The first biography was written in 1709. Now it is a poor year for the Shakespeare business when two or three more do not show up on bookstore shelves. We want to know who he was hoping that the narrative of his life will somehow explain the genius of his writing. But it never does. We find him but who we find only adds to the mystery. How is it that a man without a university education, a glover's son from a small Warwickshire market town, could have written the plays and poems that have spoken to generations of readers and theatergoers?

　　每一个时代，都在追寻莎士比亚。他的第一本传记写于1709年。现在对于莎士比亚作品生意来说，这的确是糟糕的一年，因为他的作品在书架上再也没有超过两三本。我们希望知道他的人生故事能在某种程度上解释他为什么是写作天才，但是这不太可能实现。我们找到了他，但我们找到的他只是增加了他的神秘感。一个没有受过大学教育的人，一个来自沃里克郡小集镇的格洛弗的儿子，怎么会写出那些剧本和诗歌，而那些文章又影响了一代又一代的读者和观众呢。

　　Passage 2

　　Stratford. Shakespeare's hometown, has become an almost sacred place of pilgrimage, with tourists waddling reverently around the spectacularly tasteless cathedral of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre. An impressionable few of them are even moved to doff their caps or discard their ice creams. Shakespeare's familiar high-domed head, an image that is quite possibly not him at all, has adorned everything from TV beer commercials to British currency. He is the presiding genius of the national spirit, a kind of hero in a neck ruff. Without him industries would crash and ideologies crumble. It is even rumored that he also wrote plays.

　　斯特拉特福这座莎士比亚的故乡已经成为朝圣的圣地，游客们虔诚地漫步在莎士比亚纪念剧院那座无味的壮观大教堂周围。他们中少数易受影响的人甚至会脱下帽子或扔掉手中的冰淇淋。从电视啤酒广告到英国货币，都被莎士比亚那熟悉的高圆头形象所装饰——很可能根本不是他。他是民族精神的卓越天才，是脖子上的英雄。没有他，工业将崩溃，意识形态崩溃。甚至有传言说他也写过戏剧。

　　分析： Passage1 对Shakespeare是正面的态度。而Passage2 对Shakespeare是负面的态度。从首句的tasteless cathedral就可以看出。整个P2比P1要难以看懂些。P2的每一句都是对Shakespeare的一个讽刺，不明白为什么去悼念他，讽刺整个经济对他的依赖，讽刺人们对关于他评论的盲从。

　　1. The author of Passage 1 would likely claim that Stratford's having become "an almost sacred place of pilgrimage" is

　　第一篇的作者可能会说斯特拉特福德已经成为“一个朝圣的圣地”

　　(A) inappropriate given Shakespeare's humble beginnings

　　但很不相称的给莎士比亚一个卑微的出生。

　　(B) at odds with Shakespeare's current status among literary scholars

　　与莎士比亚在文学学者中的地位不一致

　　(C) unsurprising given the intense curiosity Shakespeare inspires

　　考虑到莎士比亚激发的强烈好奇心，这并不奇怪

　　(D) unusual in an age that commercializes Shakespeare

　　在莎士比亚商业化的时代很不寻常

　　(E) puzzling considering how small the town of Stratford is

　　令人费解斯特拉特福到底有多小。

　　分析：P1观点对Shakespeare正面态度，选择一个符合P1想法的就为答案。

　　2. Compared with the tone of Passage 1. the tone of Passage 2 is more 求异/态度

　　(A) optimistic乐观的

　　(B) appreciative欣赏的

　　(C) impartial公正的

　　(D) uncertain不确定的

　　(E) irreverent不敬的

　　分析：P2对Shakespeare是负面态度及讽刺。选表达负面的选项。

　　3. "familiar" most nearly means 词汇题

　　(A) sociable社交的

　　(B) presumptuous：of a person or their behaviour) failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate

　　放肆的：指人或其行为)不遵守许可或适当的限制

　　(C) ordinary 普通人

　　(D) closely acquainted 熟人

　　(E) easily recognized 容易识别的

　　分析：Familiar：well known from long or close association;

　　熟悉的:由于长期或密切的联系而出名的

　　4. The final sentence in Passage 2 is best interpreted as 推理题

　　(A) a self-deprecating acknowledgment that the author is not an expert on Shakespeare

　　谦虚承认作者不是莎士比亚的专家

　　(B) a factual observation about the extent of the public's knowledge of literature

　　事实观察公众对文学的认识程度

　　(C) a humorous admission that a great deal remains unknown about Shakespeare's life

　　幽默的承认关于莎士比亚的生平还有许多未知之处

　　(D) a derisive comment about the public's lack of real engagement with Shakespeare's work

　　嘲笑公众对莎士比亚作品缺乏真正的参与

　　(E) a snide commentary on the public's willingness to believe rumors

　　对公众愿意相信谣言的恶意评论

　　(F) 5. Both passages support the point that 求同题

　　(G) (A) many of the generally accepted details about Shakespeare's life are probably inaccurate

　　(B) Shakespeare was a genius of the highest magnitude

　　(C) few people today actually read Shakespeare's work

　　(D) very little is known about certain periods of Shakespeare's life

　　(E) a thriving industry is dependent on Shakespeare's life and work

　　分析：第一篇文章Now it is a poor year for the Shakespeare business when two or three more do not show up on bookstore shelves.第二篇文章Shakespeare's familiar high-domed head, an image that is quite possibly not him at all, has adorned everything from TV beer commercials to British currency.分别都提到Shakespeare对经济的重要性。

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