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第1题：
The Voice of America began during the World War II when Germany was broadcasting a radio program to get international (21) . American officials believed they should (22) the German broadcast with words that they thought were the facts of world (23) . The first VOA news report began with these words in (24) : "The (25) may be good or bad, but we shall tell you the truth." Within a week, other VOA (26) were broadcasting in Italian, French and English.
After the World war II (27) in 1945, some Americans felt VOA's (28) had to be changed, (29) the Soviet Union (苏联)became the enemy of America. They wanted to reach Soviet listeners. Then VOA began broadcasting in Russian.
In the early years VOA began (30) something new to its broadcast that was (31) "Music USA" , Another new idea came (32) in 1959. VOA knew that many listeners did not know (33) English to completely understand its normal English broadcast. So VOA (34) a simpler kind of English, which uses about 1,500 words and is spoken (35) ,of course, it is Special English.
21.
A. business
B. culture
C. support
D. information.
正确答案：C
21．答案为C 本题为词汇题，要求正确选择词义。A商务，业务，B文化，C支持，D信息。美国之音VOA的广播开始于第二次世界大战期间，与此同时德国正在利用无线电广播以获得国际(舆论)的支持。 -
第2题：
After contracting frontotemporal dementia, the 68-year-old lawyer
[ A] became more dependent on'his family.
[ B] grew fond of classical music.
[ C] recovered from language incompetence.
[ D] enjoyed loud Italian popular music.
正确答案：D
48.D该题为细节题。根据第四段第一句“About two years after he was first diagnosed, the lawyer, once a classical music lover who re- ferred to pop music as' mere noise’, started listening to the Italian pop band‘883’，”以及第二句“...he continued to listen to the band at full volume for many hours a day.”可知，在这位68岁的律师患有额颞痴呆症后，本来只热爱古典音乐而把流行音乐比作“纯粹噪音”的他开始听意大利流行乐队“883”的歌，而且把音量放到最大，每天持续听数小时，可知他享受意大利流行音乐，故选D。 -
第3题：
Even if the word ‘pop’ disappears from the English vocabulary, the influence of pop will remain. Pop has become part of British and American history. There has always been a close cultural link, or tie, between Britain and English-speaking America, not only in literature but also in popular arts, especially music. Before the Second World War the Americans exported jazz and the blues. During the 1950s they exported rock ’n’ roll, and star singers like Elvis Presley were admired by young British and Americans alike. Then in the early 1960s a new sound was heard, very different from anything which had so far come from the American side of the Atlantic. This was the Liverpool, or Merseyside, ‘beat’. The new pop culture, in a few years, swept across Britain and America, and across most of the countries of the western world. The people responsible for the pop revolution were four Liverpool boys who joined together in a group and called themselves The Beatles. They played in small clubs in the back streets of the city. Unlike the famous solo stars, who had their songs written for them, the Beatles wrote their own words and music. They had a close personal relationship with their audience, and they expected them to join in and dance to the ‘beat’ of the music. Audience participation is an essential characteristic of pop culture. Some pop groups, in particular the Rolling Stones, did more than just entertain. They wrote words which were deliberately intended to shock. They represented the anger and bitterness of youth struggling for freedom against authority. The Beatles, on the other hand, finally won the admiration of people. As they developed, their songs became more serious. They wrote not only of love, but of death and poverty and daily life. Largely thanks to the Beatles, pop music had grown into a big and profitable industry. The influence of British pop in America was great. American pop groups soon became as famous as British groups. Both the British and Americans are experimenting with new ideas, and pop is developing and changing, and mixing with modern folk music.
1.When did the British start to export their pop music?
A、 In 1940s
B、 In 1950s
C、 In 1960s
D、 In 1970s
2.Which statement is true?
A、 The pop music comes from American.
B、 The word “pop” would be out of date someday.
C、 The spirit of pop shift from America to Britain.
D、 The spirit of pop music would not disappear.
3.What is the difference between the Beatles and the famous solo stars?
A、 The Beatles has four group members.
B、 The famous solo stars didn’t write songs themselves.
C、 The Beatles welcomed the audience’s participation.
D、 All of the above.
4.The Rolling Stone wrote songs not only to entertain, but also _______________.
A、 make people feel relax
B、 show their love to the world
C、 release their anger and dissatisfaction
D、 fight for the authority
5.In the author’s eyes, which one is more important, English pop and American pop?
A、 None of them
B、 English pop
C、 American pop
D、 Both of them
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第4题：
回答 68 ~ 71 题： D Liverpool, my hometown, is a unique city.It is so unique that in 2004 it became a World Heritage（遗产）Site.
I recently returned to my home city and my first stop was at a museum on the River Mersey.Blanketed in mist（薄雾），Victorian architecture rose from the banks of the river, responded to the sounds of sea-birds, and appeared unbelievably charming.When I headed toward the centre, I found myself surrounded by buildings that mirror the best palaces of Europe.It is not hard to imagine why, on first seeing the city, most visitors would be overpowered by the beauty of the noble buildings, which are solid signs of Liverpool’s history.
As if to stress its cultural role, Liverpool has more museums and galleries（美术馆）than most cities in Britain. At Walker Art Gallery, I was told that it has the best collections of Victorian paintings in the world, and is the home of modern art in the north of England． However, culture is more than galleries. Liverpool offers many music events. As Britain’s No.1 music city, it has the biggest city music festival in Europe, and its musicians are famous all over the world.Liverpool is also well-known for its football and other sports events． Every year, the Mersey River Festival attracts thousands of visitors, making the city a place of wonder.
As you would expect from such a city, there are restaurants serving food from around the world． When my trip was about to complete, I chose to rest my legs in Liverpool’s famous Philharmonic pub（酒馆）. It is a monument to perfection, and a heritage attraction itself.
Being a World Heritage Site , my home city is certainly a place of “outstanding universal value.It is a treasure nouse with plenty of secrets for the world to explore.
第13题：Visitors who see the city for the first time would be deeply impressed by________
A． its charming banks
B． its famous museums
C． its wonderful palaces
D． its attractive buildings
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第5题：
An Early Form of Jazz Music【爵士乐的早期形式】
Music comes in many forms; most countries have a style of their own. At the turn of the last century, _____(51)jazz was born , America had no prominent_____(52)of its own. No one knows exactly when was invented or by whom. But it began to be _____(53)in the early 1890s. Jazz is America's contribution to_____(54)music. In contrast to classical music, which_____(55)formal European traditions, jazz is spontaneous and free in form. It bubbles with energy, _____(56)the moods, interests, and emotions of the people. In the' 1920s jazz_____(57)like America. And so it does today. The_____(58)of the music are as interesting as the music itself. American Negroes, or blacks, as they are called today, were the jazz pioneers. They were brought to the Southern states_____(59)slaves. They were sold to plantation owners and forced to work long hours. When a Negro died his friends and relatives_____(60)a procession to carry to body to the cemetery. In New Orleans, a band often accompanied the_____(61). On the way to the cemetery the band played slow, solemn music, suited to the occasion. _____(62)on the way home the mood changed. Spirits lifted. Death had removed one of their number, but the living were glad to be_____(63). The band played_____(64)music, improvising on both the harmony and the melody of the tunes_____(65)at the funeral. This music made everyone want to dance. It was an early form of jazz.
{文章51~65)
A. while B. when C. since D.as答案：B解析： -
第6题：
In the 1960s Pop music underwent a revolution when the Beatles became world famous and turned their hometown of（）into a place of pilgrimage.
AManchester
BBlackpool
CLiverpool
DSheffield
C
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第7题：
Popular music is different from classical music and folk music in that（）
- A、it is very noisy
- B、it is anonymous
- C、it is written as a commercial product for mass distribution
- D、it is an individual artistic creation
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第8题：
单选题The _____ of all kinds of necessary supplies in the war ravaged nation was alleviated when new shipments arrived.Ascarcity
Babundance
Cplenty
Dtreasure
正确答案： A解析：
句意：在战争中受到蹂躏的国家，其所面临的各种必需品都紧缺的困境在新的货船到达后得以缓解。scarcity缺乏，这里指“供货紧张”。abundance丰富、充裕。plenty丰富，大量。treasure财富；，珍品。 -
第9题：
问答题Practice 15 (1) The development of jazz can be seen as part of the development of American popular music, especially dance music. In the twentieth, jazz became the hottest new thing in dance music, much as ragtime had at turn of the century, and as would rhythm and blues in the forties, rock in the fifties, and disco in the seventies. (2) But two characteristics distinguish jazz from other dance music.正确答案：
(1) 爵士乐的发展可以看做是美国流行音乐——尤其是舞蹈音乐——发展的一部分。
(2) 但是爵士乐与其他舞蹈音乐相比有两个明显不同的特点。解析： 暂无解析 -
第10题：
单选题Which of the following would most likely agree with the statement that it cannot be a module (line 106)?ANoam Chomsky
Bmodern cognitive scientists
Cphilosophers from pre-1950
Dmodern comparative linguists
Eadults who are learning a new language
正确答案： D解析：
宣称语言是习得的，而不是一个模块；想法是言语行为的形式（105-107）的想法归功于上个世纪五十年代的那些哲学家和学者，他们在语言是如何习得方面几乎达成一致（100行）。乔姆斯基，大部分现代认知学家和大部分现代语言学家认为人类大脑天生就有内在的语言学习结构。 -
第11题：
单选题Popular music is different from classical music and folk music in that（）Ait is very noisy
Bit is anonymous
Cit is written as a commercial product for mass distribution
Dit is an individual artistic creation
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第12题：
单选题When did Nadia’s family move to England from Germany?ADuring World War I
BDuring World War Ⅱ
CTen years ago
正确答案： A解析： 根据女士说的时间Since the 1940s, my great grandparents came here during the war，可推测她的家人是在二战期间迁居到英国的。
【录音原文】
M: How long has your family been in England, Nadia?
W: Over ages. Since the 1940s, my great grandparents came here during the war. I’ve lived here all my life.
M: Have you still got relatives in Germany?
W: Yes, we have. We went to visit them about ten years ago. We haven’t seen them for a long time now, but we keep in touch by e-mail. -
第13题：
Passage Two
I was only eight years old when the Second World War ended, but I can still remember something about the victory celebrations in the small town where I lived on the day when the war in Europe ended. We had not suffered much from the war there. But both at home and at school I had become accustomed to the phrases "before the war" and "when the war's over". "Before the war", apparently, things had been better, though I was too young to understand why, except that there had been no bombs then, and people had eaten things like ice -cream and bananas, which I had only heard of . When the war was over we would go back to London, but this meant little to me. I did not remember what London was like.
What I remember now about VE (Victory in Europe) Day was the May evening. After dinner I said I wanted to see the bonfire (大火堆) , so when it got dark my father took me to the end of the street. The bonfire was very high, and somehow people had collected some old clothes to dress the un- mistakable figure with the moustache (胡子) they had to put on top of it. Just as we arrived, they set light to it. The flames rose and soon swallowed the "guy". Everyone was cheering and shouting, and an old woman came out of her house with two chairs and threw them on the fire to keep it going.
I stood beside my father until the fire started to go down, not knowing what to say. He said nothing, either. He had fought in the First World War and may have been remembering the end of that. At last he said, "Well, that's it, son. Let's hope that this time it really will be the last one."
40. Where did the author live before the Second World War?
A. In London.
B. In a small town.
C. In Europe.
D. In the countryside.
正确答案：A
40．文章第一段的最后两行，作者说战争结束他们就可以回到伦敦了。由此可见，他们在第二次世界大战前是住在伦敦的，而第二次世界大战期间是住在一个小镇。选项 A是正确的。 -
第14题：
after the second world war, the united states became a stronger country, proved by the following facts except_______.
A. the US had over 70% of the gold reserve of the world in its coffers
B. the US had over 50% of industrial production of the world in its hand
C. the US was the sole possessor of atomic bombs
D. the US suffered no losses in the war
参考答案：D
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第15题：
In 1776, the United States became the first nation in the world ____the word "happiness" into its basic founding documents.
A: to incorporate
B: incorporate
C: incorporating
D: incorporated
参考答案：A
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第16题：
共用题干
"Happy Birthday to You"
The main problem in discussing American popular culture is also one of its main characteristics:it
won't stay American.No matter what it is,whether it is films,food and fashion,music,casual sports or slang, it's soon at home elsewhere in the world.There are several theories why American popular culture has had
this appeal.
One theory is that it has been"advertised"and marketed through American films,popular music,and more
recently,television.________(46)They are,after all,in competition with those produced by other countries. Another theory,probably a more common one,is that American popular culture is internationally associ-
ted with something called"the spirit of America"._______(47)
The final theory is less complex:American popular culture is popular because a lot of people in the
world like it.
Regardless of why it spreads,American popular culture is usually quite rapidly adopted and then adapted in
many other countries.________(48)"Happy Birthday to You",for instance,is such an everyday song tha
its source,its American copyright,so to speak,is not remembered.Black leather jackets worn by many heroe
in American movies could be found,a generation later,on all those young men who wanted to make this manly-
look their own.
Two areas where this continuing process is most clearly seen are clothing and music.Some people can
still remember a time when T-shirts,jogging clothes,tennis shoes,denim jackets,and blue jeans were not
common daily wear everywhere.Only twenty years ago,it was possible to spot an American in Paris by his or
her clothes.No longer so:Those bright colors,checkered jackets and trousers,hats and socks which were
once made fun of in cartoons are back again in Paris as the latest fashion._____(49)
The situation with American popular music is more complex because in the beginning,when it was still
clearly American,it was often strongly resisted.Jazz was once thought to be a great danger to youth and their
morals,and was actually outlawed in several countries.Today,while still showing its rather American roots,
has become so well established.Rock 'n' roll and all its variations,country & western music,all have moi
or less similar histories.They were first resisted,often in America as well,as being"low-class",and then:
"a danger to our nation's youth".______(50)And then the music became accepted and was extende
and developed,and exported back to the US.
46.________（46）
A.As a result,its American origins and roots are often quickly forgotten.
B.But this theory fails to explain why American films,music,and television programs are so popular in then selves.
C.American in origin,informal clothing has become the world's first truly universal style.
D.The BBC,for example,banned rock and roll until 1962.
E.American food has become popular around the world,too.
F.This spirit is variously described as being young and free,optimistic and confident,informal and disrespectfu.________（48）
A:As a result,its American origins and roots are often quickly forgotten.
B:But this theory fails to explain why American films,music,and television programs are so popular in then selves.
C:American in origin,informal clothing has become the world's first truly universal style.
D:The BBC,for example,banned rock and roll until 1962.
E:American food has become popular around the world,too.
F:This spirit is variously described as being young and free,optimistic and confident,informal and disrespectfu.答案：A解析：选项B中提到了“this theory"，且B项中的“American films , music , television programs”与后句中的They呼应，并且“美国电影、音乐、电视节目在和其他国家的同类产品竞争”意义衔接，因此B项为正确答案。
这句话解释了某一种“精神”-This spirit，那么在上文中应该提到过一种精神。第三段的第一句话就讲到了国际上都将美国流行文化和所谓“美国精神”联系在一起。这句话对这种精神作了描述。
在空前的句子“美国流行文化往往很快就被其他国家接受和移植”是说原因，后面就应该接结果。选项A以As a result开头，说明它说的是后果，故选A。
第六段主要讲的是美国服装的世界影响。C项说源自美国的休闲服饰成了世界上第一种真正的全球时尚。从内容看，我们应该在与服装有关的段落中找到填入这句话的空白处。
空格前句中看到“他们最初因······被拒绝”,“拒绝”与D项中的“banned”呼应，而D项放在空格处正好构成了“观点＋例子”的逻辑结构，因此D项为正确答案。 -
第17题：
How Deafness Makes It Easier to Hear【如何让耳聋的人更容易听见】
Most people think of Beethoven's hearing loss as an obstacle to composing music. However, he produced his most powerful works in the last decade of his life when he was completely deaf.
This is one of the most glorious cases of the triumph of will over adversity, but his biographer, Maynard Solomon, takes a different view. ___1___. In his deaf world Beethoven could experiment, free from the sounds of the outside world, free to create new forms and harmonies.
Hearing loss does not seem to affect the musical ability of musicians who become deaf. They continue to "hear" music with as much, or greater, accuracy than if they were actually hearing it being played.
___2___. He described a fascinating phenomenon that happened within three months: "my former musical experiences began to play back to me. I couldn't differentiate between what I heard and real hearing. After many years, it is still rewarding to listen to these playbacks, to ‘ hear' music which is new to me and to find many quiet accompaniments for all of my moods. "
How is it that the world we see, touch, hear, and smell is both "out there" and at the same time within us? There is no better example of this connection between external stimulus and internal perception than the cochlear implant. ___3___.However, it might be possible to use the brain's remarkable power to make sense of the electrical signals the implant produces.
When Michael Edgar first "switched on" his cochlear implant, the sounds he heard were not at all clear. Gradually, with much hard work, he began to identify everyday sounds. For example, "The insistent ringing of the telephone became clear almost at once.”
The primary purpose of the implant is to allow communication with others. When people spoke to Eagar, he heard their voices "coming through like a long-distance telephone call on a poor connection.” But when it came to his beloved music, the implant was of no help.___4___.He said, "I play the piano as I used to and hear it in my head at the same time. The movement of my fingers and the feel of the keys give added 'clarity' to hearing in my head.”
Cochlear implants allow the deaf to hear again in a way that is not perfect, but which can change their lives.___5___.Even the most amazing cochlear implants would have been useless to Beethoven as he composed his Ninth Symphony at the end of his life.
文章(36~40)
A No man-made device could replace the ability to hear.
B When he wanted to appreciate music, Eagar played the piano.
C Still, as Michael Eagar discovered, when it comes to musical harmonies, hearing is irrelevant.
D Michael Eagar, who died in 2003, became deaf at the age of 21.
E Beethoven produced his most wonderful works after he became deaf.
F Solomon argues that Beethoven's deafness "heightened" his achievement as a composer.答案：F解析： -
第18题：
Popular music is different from classical music and folk music in that（）
Ait is very noisy
Bit is anonymous
Cit is written as a commercial product for mass distribution
Dit is an individual artistic creation
C
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第19题：
问答题Expressionism Expressionism is an art movement that produced a wealth of wonderful works of art, and the lives of the artists who created them were no less colorful and exciting. The word expressionism can be used to describe art from different times and places, most of them were part of a movement that took place in Germany from 1905 to 1920. They shared some of the beliefs. Those beliefs were that art should try to change society, to make it less conservative. It should express the energy of nature—following in the footsteps of Vincent van Gogh—-and personal feeling rather than simply representing nature. It should feel uncomfortable, which means it should challenge the traditional ways of looking at the world. This differed from the opinion of Henri Matisse who believed that art should be comfortable. Expressionist art should be inspired by folk art, and the art of what were then called primitive people, for example from Africa. The aim of the Expressionists was to express personal feeling about what they were painting rather than representing it exactly as it was. It should have strong colors and shapes, be relatively direct, untutored and unplanned and should still contain recognizable things, but not be realistic. The lines could be distorted, and the colors could be strengthened or changed as in the art movement that began in 1905 called Fauvism. Expressionism was more than a style in painting. It could be found in theatre and cinema, literature and architecture. It was a sharing of ideas and experiences across all these media. The life stories of the Expressionist artists show just how much they had in common. Many began by studying applied art, such as furniture design, often to please their parents. Although they later made more personal art, they continued to make use of those technical skills. Both art critics and the public received this new movement with derision and outrage. Expressionist artists were trying to shock by challenging the traditional, conservative views held by many people. Gradually, however, it became accepted and even admired. All the Expressionists were affected by World War I (1914-18). Some fled from Germany and spent the war years in exile. Some never returned to their homeland. Most served in the war and some were killed. At first some of them hoped a war would change society for the better but they were soon disillusioned when they saw the destruction and suffering that it caused. In the years after the war, many Expressionist artist revealed the horrors they experienced in their work. After World War I, Expressionism became very fashionable in Germany, where art was allowed to flourish. This freedom ended in 1933 when Hitler declared all Expressionists were degenerate. This led to them being sacked from their jobs or forced to leave Germany. In 1937 the Nazis took thousands of art works from German museums and put them in an enormous exhibition called the Degenerate Art Exhibition, to show how bad and decadent this art was. It presented a view of the world that went against their political and cultural ambitions to rid Germany of all inferior races.正确答案： 【参考译文】
表现主义 表现主义是20世纪初至30年代盛行于欧美一些国家的艺术流派。它首先出现于美术界,后来在音乐、文学、戏剧以及电影等领域得到重大发展。艺术家们从丰富多彩的现实生活中提取素材,创作了大量优秀的艺术作品。虽然表现主义涵盖的范围很广,但本书中所提到的这些表现主义画家是1905年至1920年间,活跃在德国表现主义运动的舞台上的那部分群体。书中其他被提及的作家,有的是用作品影响了这些画家的创作,有的与这些画家有着共同的创作理念。在理念上,表现主义强调反传统,表现主义画家对社会现状不满,要求变革。受凡·高艺术的影响,在创作上,他们不满足于对客观事物的摹写,要求进一步表现事物的内在实质,突破对人的行为和人所处的环境的描绘,揭示人的灵魂和内心的感情世界,以此来引起观众的强烈震撼和共鸣,它给人们提供了看待周围世界的全新视角。表现主义的这一创作观点与野兽派亨利·马蒂斯的观点很不一致,后者认为艺术应该能给人带来内心的祥和与平静,起到抚慰的作用。
表现主义画家在创作过程中改变了以往以写实为主的油画传统,注重通过作品来表达画家个人的真实情感。表现主义的创作受到民间艺术和原始艺术,如非洲艺术的启发。其作品大都色彩鲜艳,轮廓粗犷,虽然在其间也能看见具体的形象,但绝不写实。它们直接、纯朴、直觉地表达了画家的情感。与野兽派的技法较为相近,它擅长运用扭曲的线条或是粗犷的色彩轮廓。
表现主义的影响不仅仅局限于美术界,其创作理念在戏剧、电影、文学以及建筑领域中都有所体现。表现主义画家的生平也有着许多共同之处,比如为了讨好父母,他们大都从学习应用工艺美术起步,如家居设计等。尽管他们后来也有了自己个性化的创作,但这些实用技巧仍会在他们的作品中有所体现。因为试图通过这种新的创作方式向传统而保守的社会观念发起挑战,在出现之初,便受到艺术评论家的公然嘲笑,引起了公众的极度愤慨。不过,随着时代的变迁,它逐渐为人们所接受,甚至成为年轻人崇拜的对象。
第一次世界大战对表现主义画家影响很大。战争期间,他们有的逃离了德国,过着流亡的生活,有些从此就再也没能回去。他们中的大多数都参加了战争,有的在战斗中不幸牺牲。参战之初,他们对战争抱有幻想,期望它能使这个腐化的世界变得更美好,但是战争爆发后不久,这个幻想就破灭了。在亲眼目睹了无数的流血、牺牲、人们流离失所、痛苦挣扎的情景之后,这些画家的精神受到了极大的摧残,战后纷纷在作品中对当时所经历的恐惧和伤害进行了刻画。
一战结束后,百废待兴,表现主义也在德国风靡一时,成为主流艺术。1933年,希特勒上台,情况随之发生了变化。在表现主义作品中,希特勒看到了不利于德国当时所采取的种族灭绝政策的倾向,便宣布表现主义画家都是“堕落分子”。他们在德国社会中已无立足之地,纷纷失去了工作,被迫离开祖国。1937年,纳粹当局从德国博物馆搜罗出上千幅表现主义作品,并组织了一场名为“堕落艺术”的大型展览,以此来宣扬这种艺术形式的腐朽和败坏。解析： 暂无解析 -
第20题：
问答题Practice 4 Today I have read The Tempest ...Among the many reasons, which make me glad to have been born in England, one of the first is that I read Shakespeare in my mother tongue. If I try to imagine myself as one who cannot know him face to face, who hears him only speaking from afar, and that in accents which only through the labouring intelligence can touch the living soul, there comes upon me a sense of chili discouragement, of dreary deprivation. I am wont to think that I can read Homer, and, assuredly, if any man enjoys him, it is I; but can I for a moment dream that Homer yields me all his music, that his word is to me as to him who walked by the Hellenic shore when Hellas lived? I know that there reaches me across the vast of time no more than a faint and broken echo; I know that it would be fainter still, but for its blending with those memories of youth which are as a glimmer of the world’s primeval glory. Let every land have joy of its poet; for the poet is the land itself, all its greatness and its sweetness, all that incommunicable heritage for which men live and die. As I close the book, love and reverence possess me. Whether does my full heart turn to the great Enchanter, or to the Island upon which he has laid his spell? I know not. I cannot think of them apart. In the love and reverence awakened by that voice of voices, Shakespeare and England are but one. (George Gissing: Shakespeare’s Island)正确答案： 【参考译文】
今天我读了《暴风雨》……我很庆幸自己出生在英格兰,在众多的理由中,首要的理由之一是,我能用我的母语阅读莎士比亚。假如我想象自己不能面对面地去认识他,只能听他从遥远的地方讲话,而且是用一种令人十分费解的口音讲话,我将会感到心灰意冷,也会因为被剥夺了一种权利而感到沮丧。我常这样想,我可以读懂荷马,而且可以肯定地说,假如有谁欣赏荷马的作品,那就是我;可是,我能梦想完全领悟他的音乐吗?我能像当初在古希腊海滩上漫步的古希腊人那样领会他诗篇里的每一个词语吗?我知道,越过广袤的时空传到我耳边的只不过是一个微弱的、断断续续的回声;我也知道,若不是这回声融汇着作为世界远古时代荣光火花的富有青春活力的记忆的话,这微弱的回声还会更加微弱。让每个国度都为它的诗人而感到欣慰吧;因为诗人就是这国度本身,就是它的伟大和温馨所在,就是人们置生死于不顾而要继承的遗产——只能意会不能言传的遗产。当我合上书时,心中充满了爱和崇敬。我的心是转向这位伟大的魔法师,还是转向他施过魔法的岛屿?我不知道。我无法从思想上将他们分开。那伟大的声音在我心中所唤起的爱和崇敬,已将莎士比亚和英格兰融为一体。 解析： 暂无解析 -
第21题：
单选题After the First World War, the author Anais Nin became interested in the art movement known as Surrealism and in psychoanalysis, both _____ her novels and short stories.Ain which the influence
Bto have influence on
Cof which influenced on
Dits influence in
正确答案： C解析：
句意：第一次世界大战后，作家Anais Nin开始对超现实主义的艺术运动和精神分析感兴趣，二者均对其长篇小说和短篇小说的创作产生了影响。A、D两项带入题干均构不成完整的语法，C项中influence是用作了动词，而作动词时它是及物的，后不需要加介词on。B项中不定式作定语，修饰both；both及后面的部分作Surrealism和psychoanalysis的同位语。 -
第22题：
问答题Practice 2 ● In order to explore a foreign market, your company has decided to change its name to suit that foreign market, from LGD to LNO. You are the assistant to the Managing Director and are asked to inform all the staff of the name change. ● Write a memo: ● Informing them of the new name, ● Telling them when to use the new name, ● Stating that they should only use the new name after that time. ● Write 30-40 words on the opposite sheet.正确答案： 【参考范文】
To: All the staff
From: Lucy Smith, Assistant to MD
Date: 20 July 2008
Subject: Company’s Name Change
To explore a foreign market, our company has made a decision to change its name from LGD to LNO to suit that foreign market. This name will be officially used on 26 July 2008. Please notice that only the new name should be used from that time on.解析： 暂无解析 -
第23题：
问答题“THE JAZZ AGE” refers to the decade after World War I, when the nation became predominantly urban. It took its name from the rich and varied new popular music which was essentially a creation of the Negro in the city. Historians cannot agree on the origin of the word “jazz”: some say it is of African or Creole origin, and others say that it derived from the name of a musician. But there is no denying that this American form of music originated with Negroes in the first age of their migration to the city, and jazz flourished primarily because of the talent, energy, and imagination of Negroes in cities. In Europe, too, the years after World War I were an age of musical experiment. But jazz was a more democratic, more communal kind of experiment. For the old World saw developing novel forms of “art music”, of salon and concert-hall music.正确答案：
“爵士乐时代”指的是第一次世界大战后的十年,当时城市居民已占全国人口的多数,而爵士乐则得名于主要由城市黑人创作的一种丰富多彩的新型流行音乐。历史学家对jazz(爵士)这个词的来源看法不一:有的说它源自非洲或克里奥耳语,有的说它原本是一位音乐家的名字。然而,不容否认的是,这一美国音乐形式是黑人移居城市后最初阶段的产物,爵士乐主要是靠城市黑人的天才、活力和想象力盛行起来的。在欧洲,第一次世界大战之后的年代同样也是音乐实验的时代。不过爵士乐是一种更民主、更大众化的音乐实验,而在旧世界发展起来的则是“艺术音乐”的新形式,即沙龙和音乐厅音乐。解析： 暂无解析 -
第24题：
单选题In the 1960s Pop music underwent a revolution when the Beatles became world famous and turned their hometown of（）into a place of pilgrimage.AManchester
BBlackpool
CLiverpool
DSheffield
正确答案： A解析： 暂无解析