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2017下半年公共英語(yǔ)二級(jí)考前閱讀練習(xí)及詳解
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Passage One
For most of my 15 years, my father usually said very little to my mother and me. He preferred reading the newspaper or watching football matches on television to talking to his family.
Everything changed one morning. As soon as I came downstairs to breakfast, I could see that he wasn’t his usual reserved (緘默的) self. “Can’t wait! FIFA World Cup! Big match! Must see!”1 quickly figured out what ail the excitement was about: Dad is a big football fan.
I had never been interested in football, but Dad’s excitement that morning made me more and more curious. I had to find out why this sport was making my normally reserved father act like a five-year-old on his first trip to Disneyland.
Dad decided that we should all eat at a little German restaurant so that we could watch the World Cup while eating. Secretly, I think he was hoping to turn Mum and me into football fans.
The match started a few minutes after we entered the restaurant. As I was eating my meal, a loud noise came from the television. Surprised, I looked up at the TV: “Why is that man jumping up and down?” Dad patiently explained:“That’s Papa Bouba Diop, my son. It’s normal for them to jump up and down after they’ve scored.”
Dad explained almost everything to me. His monosyliabic (單音節(jié)的) answers were a thing of the past. I loved the new Dad! I watched the rest of the match, becoming more and more interested. When I told my father that I planned to watch more matches with him, he smiled and gave me a wink (眨眼). At long last we had something in common.
Football has really helped Dad and me get closer and form a stronger relationship with each other. Who says football is only about 22 men running after a silly ball?
1.Which of the following words can best describe the authur’s father?
[A] A parent busy at work.
[B] A man of few words.
[C] An encouraging father.
[D] A talkative football player.
2.What made the author curious about his father one morning?
[A] His high expectation of the winner.
[B] His great interest in the newspaper.
[C] His unexpressed eagerness.
[D] His unusual excitement.
3.The author’s growing interest in watching the match mainly came from ____.
[A] eating in a restaurant with the excited fans
[B] his fathers loye of football and his explanation
[C] watching a top level performance of the players
[D] his and his fathers’s common love of German food
4.What can we learn from the text?
[A] Personality decides everything.
[B] Sharing is the foundation of good relationship.
[C] Family members should be fans together.
[D] Interest is the mother of success.
答案與解析：
1 選B。題干的意思為“以下哪句話(huà)最能描述作者的爸爸?”該題屬于細(xì)節(jié)題。
根據(jù)全文的意思可以得知，作者的爸爸是一個(gè)沉默寡言的人。
2. 選D。題干意思為“早上是什么讓作者對(duì)爸爸那么好奇?”該題屬于細(xì)節(jié)題。
根據(jù)文章對(duì)爸爸早上的描述可以得知，爸爸那天早上話(huà)多，很興奮。
3. 選B。題干意思為“作者對(duì)足球持續(xù)增長(zhǎng)的興趣是因?yàn)開(kāi)___”，該題屬于細(xì)節(jié)題。
是因?yàn)樽髡甙职謱?duì)足球的愛(ài)好引起了作者的好奇和興趣，并持續(xù)增長(zhǎng)。
4. 選B。題干的意思是“我們可以從本文學(xué)到什么?”該題屬于推理題。
A的意思是性格決定一切，B的意思是分享是建立良好關(guān)系的基礎(chǔ)。
譯文：
世界杯爸爸
在過(guò)去的15年里，爸爸很少跟我和媽媽講話(huà)，似乎他寧可選擇讀報(bào)看球賽，也不愿意同家人說(shuō)說(shuō)話(huà)。
然而一天早晨，一切都變樣了。我下樓吃早飯時(shí)，發(fā)現(xiàn)他再也不是那個(gè)沉默寡言的人了，他嘮叨著，“等不及了!世界杯就要開(kāi)始了!大賽啊!一定要看!”我這才知道為什么他如此興奮：他是一個(gè)大球迷。
我原本對(duì)足球不感興趣，然而看著爸爸早上興奮的表情，我也對(duì)它越來(lái)越好奇起來(lái)。我想弄明白，這項(xiàng)運(yùn)動(dòng)有什么魅力能讓我一直沉默的.爸爸像一個(gè)五歲的小孩第一次去迪斯尼樂(lè)園一樣。
爸爸決定全家人去一個(gè)小小的德國(guó)餐廳吃飯，這樣大家就能邊吃飯邊看球賽。我私下里認(rèn)為，爸爸是想把我和媽媽也變成球迷。
我們進(jìn)餐廳沒(méi)多久，球賽就開(kāi)始了。我在吃飯的時(shí)候，電視機(jī)里傳來(lái)很大的喧鬧聲。我邊看邊好奇地問(wèn)“為什么那個(gè)人上上下下地跳呢?”爸爸非常耐心地解釋到：“兒子，他是巴比?迪奧普，進(jìn)球后大家跳起來(lái)歡呼很正常的!”
爸爸跟我解釋了所有關(guān)于足球的事情，他的單音節(jié)的答話(huà)成了歷史，我愛(ài)這個(gè)新爸爸!我看完了剩下的比賽，并且越看越愛(ài)看。在我跟爸爸說(shuō)我要和他一起看更多的比賽時(shí)，他向我眨了一下眼睛。我們終于找到一個(gè)共同點(diǎn)了。
足球幫我和爸爸建立了更親密、強(qiáng)大的關(guān)系。誰(shuí)說(shuō)足球只是一項(xiàng)22個(gè)人追著一個(gè)可笑的足球跑的運(yùn)動(dòng)?
Passage Two
Most of you would probably say that what makes you truly happy is your family and the love you share in your relationships, and I couldn’t agree more. But money comes into play in those relationships.
When I talk about money this way to a group, there is always someone who comes up to me and says, “Suze, you are so wrong. Money isn’t the key to life—this is!” At which point their wallet flies open and they show me a photo of their family.
That’s when things get interesting, because I start asking them questions: Did you take that photo with your own camera? It looks like a beautiful beach, was the photo taken on a family vacation? Do you hope to help those beautiful boys and girls go to college?
As their answers are “yes”, I ask them how they provide all of that for their family. That’s when they understand that I had it right.
I totally agree that family and friends are of great importance to our well being; without meaningful relationships, there’s no chance of ever being truly happy. That’s why, every Saturday night, I end my CNBC show with the following words:“People first. Then money. Then things.”
How we deal with the money we have also plays into our happiness. Over the past few decades (十年), the percentage of Americans who say they’re happy hasn’t changed much, while at the same time the average income has doubled. So we have more money, but we’re not much happier on average.
A paradox (悖論)? Far from it. My sense is that while we’re making more money, we arent’t making more of the money we make. We have to pay for a lot of things, and we have to worry about saving for retirement (退休) in a way that our parents and grandparents never did. And as many of you know, it’s really hard to increase your happiness when you’ve got a lot of money worries.
Do you agree, or am I way off base? I’d love to know what do you think about the money/happiness connection.
1.Why do people often show the author their family photos?
[A] They hope to show money is very important.
[B] They want to prove they can afford a holiday.
[C] They think a good family makes them truly happy.
[D] They believe a happy person considers people first.
2.Why did the authur ask the group questions in Paragraph 3 ?
[A] To persuade them to save for the future. '
[B] To ask for advice on holidays abroad.
[C] To know more about each person.
[D] To show them what he meant.
3.Which of the following arguments does the author want to make?
[A] Money is all that matters in our life.
[B] The richer we are, the happier we’ll be.
[C] Money makes a difference to the quality of our lives.
[D] True happiness is achievable from good relationships.
4.What does the underlined words “off base” in the last paragraph most probably mean?
[A] mistaken
[B] unprepared
[C] unnecessary
[D] misunderstood
答案與解析：
1. 選C。題干的意思為“為什么人們通常會(huì)把自己的全家福給作者看，”該題屬于細(xì)節(jié)題。
從文章意思可以得知，這些人是想反駁作者的觀(guān)點(diǎn)，證明家人是幸福的源泉。
2. 選D。題干的意思為“為什么作者問(wèn)那些人第三段的問(wèn)題?”該題屬于細(xì)節(jié)題。
作者是想證明自己的觀(guān)點(diǎn)，通過(guò)問(wèn)問(wèn)題明晰自己的`觀(guān)點(diǎn)。
3. 選C。題干的意思為“以下哪句話(huà)是作者想表達(dá)的觀(guān)點(diǎn)?”該題屬于推理題。
本題沒(méi)有原文，但是作者的觀(guān)點(diǎn)非常明晰，錢(qián)在個(gè)人幸福中地位非常重要，可以改善我們的生活質(zhì)量。
4. 選A。題干的意思為“最后一段下劃線(xiàn)詞'off base'最可能是什么意思?”該題屬于推理題。
從文章的句意理解來(lái)看，應(yīng)該是錯(cuò)誤的意思。
參考譯文：
我們中的大多數(shù)人通常會(huì)說(shuō)家庭和家人的愛(ài)是真正使自己幸福的源泉，我也非常贊同此觀(guān)點(diǎn)，但是錢(qián)在這層關(guān)系中也非常重要。
每當(dāng)我在對(duì)人們說(shuō)起錢(qián)的時(shí)候，總會(huì)有人反駁道：“蘇斯，你錯(cuò)了，錢(qián)不是生活中最重要的因素，這個(gè)才是!”邊說(shuō)他們會(huì)打開(kāi)出錢(qián)包給我看自己的全家福。
我開(kāi)始問(wèn)他們問(wèn)題，事情就開(kāi)始變得有趣了。我的問(wèn)題是你是用自己的相機(jī)拍的照嗎?這個(gè)沙灘真漂亮，當(dāng)時(shí)你們?nèi)以诙燃賳?你希望幫這些漂亮的孩子上大學(xué)嗎?”
他們不停地點(diǎn)頭，這時(shí)我問(wèn)他們那你們拿什么支付這些花費(fèi)呢?”;這時(shí)，他們才意識(shí)到我的觀(guān)點(diǎn)是對(duì)的。
我也完全贊同家人和朋友對(duì)個(gè)人幸福來(lái)說(shuō)至關(guān)重要，沒(méi)有家人和朋友，我們永遠(yuǎn)都不會(huì)真正的快樂(lè)。這就是為什么每周六晚上，在CNBC節(jié)目結(jié)束時(shí)，我總會(huì)說(shuō)人第一，錢(qián)第二，事情第三。”
我們?nèi)绾位ㄥX(qián)，對(duì)于幸福也很重要。在過(guò)去的十年里，美國(guó)人的收入翻倍了，但是說(shuō)自己幸福的人卻沒(méi)有多大變化。難道在有了更多錢(qián)之后，我們沒(méi)有變得更幸福一點(diǎn)嗎?
這是一個(gè)悖論?其實(shí)并非如此。我認(rèn)為，雖然我們?cè)谫嵏嗟腻X(qián)，但我們并沒(méi)有更充分地利用這些錢(qián)。我們要支付的開(kāi)銷(xiāo)太大了，還要擔(dān)憂(yōu)自己退休后的積蓄，而我們的父母和祖父母從來(lái)沒(méi)有這樣擔(dān)憂(yōu)過(guò)。有了這么多好擔(dān)心的錢(qián)，增強(qiáng)的幸福感從何而來(lái)呢?
你同意嗎?或者認(rèn)為我的觀(guān)點(diǎn)大錯(cuò)特錯(cuò)?我非常想知道你對(duì)于錢(qián)和幸福之間關(guān)系的看法。
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