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2001年考研英語閱讀真題及解析【第五篇】

2022-07-15 09:39 作者:陪看書的小白  | 我要投稿

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注解:標(biāo)題為紅色,翻譯為藍(lán)色,分析為綠色。

????????????When I decided to quit my full time employment it never occurred to

【occur to想到...,occur on...發(fā)生在...,出現(xiàn)在...】?me that I might become a part of a new international trend.A lateral move【lateral move側(cè)面移動,這里指職位間的平級移動】 that hurt my pride and blocked my professional progress prompted me to abandon my relatively high profile【high-profile知名高的【比喻用法】,而profile輪廓,屬性,配置文件{計算機(jī)詞匯}】 career although, in the manner of a disgraced government minister,I covered my exit by claiming "I wanted to spend more time with my family".

????????????Curiously, some two-and-a-half years and two novels later, my experiment in what the Americans term "downshifting" has turned my tired excuse借口?into an absolute reality.I have been transformed from a passionate advocate of the philosophy of "having it all", preached by Linda Kelsey for the past seven years in the pages of She magazine, into a woman who is happy to settle for a bit of everything.

【settle?for 滿足于,勉強(qiáng)接受,】

【settle?down?①.定居下來,安家;②.靜下心來(如:settle?down to do something靜下心來做某事);】

settle up 付清,清賬(在負(fù)債上付清所欠)

【settle in ①.在..地住宿下來;②.適應(yīng)...環(huán)境】

settle?on ①.站在...的地上.②.解決...問題

【settle with ①.和某人清算(債務(wù),還清賬款)<正向>.②.找某人算賬(隨時準(zhǔn)備揍他)<負(fù)向>

????????????I have discovered, as perhaps Kelsey will after her much-publicized resignation from the editorship of She after a build-up of stress, that abandoning the doctrine教義,信條 of"juggling盡力應(yīng)付(指各種忙碌) your life", and making the alternative move into "downshifting" brings with it far greater rewards than financial success and social status. Nothing could persuade me to return to the kind of life Kelsey used to advocate and I once?enjoyed:12-hour working days, pressured deadlines, the fearful strain of office politics【這里的politics不是政治,是權(quán)力斗爭】 and the limitations of being a parent on "quality time".

????????????In America, the move away from juggling to a simpler, less materialistic物質(zhì)主義的?lifestyle is a well-established trend. Downshifting-also known in America as "voluntary simplicity"has, ironically具有諷刺意味的是, even bred a new area of what might be termed 【term做動詞時,意思:把……稱為,把……叫做】anticonsumerism. There are a number of bestselling downshifting self-help books for people who want to simplify their lives; there are newsletter's(機(jī)構(gòu)定期寄發(fā)給成員的)通訊, such as The Tightwad Gazette, that give hundreds of thousands of Americans useful tips on anything from recycling their cling-film(cling-film保鮮膜,film不僅有電影(noun),拍攝(verb)的意思,還有薄膜(noun),在……上覆上薄膜(verb)) to making their own soap; there are even support groups for those who want to achieve the mid-'90s equivalent of dropping out

(?drop out脫離(本文取這個意思);退出;退學(xué);).

????????While in America the trend started as a reaction to the economic decline —— after the mass redundancies冗余(redundancy 的名詞復(fù)數(shù)) caused by downsizing in the late'80s--and is still linked to the politics of thrift(節(jié)約,節(jié)儉), in Britain, at least among the middle-class downshifters of my acquaintance, we have different reasons for seeking to simplify our lives.

????????For the women of my generation who were urged to keep juggling through the'80s, downshifting in the mid-'90s is not so much a search for the mythical good life —— growing your own organic vegetables, and risking turning into one ——?as a personal recognition認(rèn)識,承認(rèn),接受 of your limitations.

一、文章結(jié)構(gòu)分析

本文是一篇關(guān)于美國人追求簡樸生活這一潮流的散文。作者以第一人稱的筆調(diào)敘述了自身作為一個女性且有了孩子之后的生活態(tài)度和方式的轉(zhuǎn)變經(jīng)歷,進(jìn)而談及整個美國的情形及剖析這股潮流的成因。敘述部分前三段作為一個引子,為后面的議論作鋪墊。

前三段:作者通過對自己生活方式轉(zhuǎn)變的總結(jié),進(jìn)而講述當(dāng)初辭職的初衷以及現(xiàn)在作者的生活,并總結(jié)自己生活變化帶來的益處和感悟。

第四段:段首指出這種生活方式在美國成為一個潮流,并列舉一些實例說明其普遍性。

第五、六段:探討美國和英國這一趨勢的成因,并總結(jié)這種生活方式的實質(zhì)就是認(rèn)識到自己的局限性。

37.Which of the following is true according to paragraph 1?

[A] Full-time employment is a new international trend.

[B] The writer was compelled by circumstances to leave her job.

[C] "A lateral move"means stepping out of full-time employment.

[D] The writer was only too eager to spend more time with her family.

37.按照第一段,下列哪個是個說法是正確的?

【A】全職工作是一種新的國際時尚。

【B】作者因環(huán)境所迫而辭職。

【C】“平級調(diào)動”意味著退出全日制工作。

【D】作者太想多花點(diǎn)時間和家人在一起了。

38. The writer's experiment shows that downshifting

[A] enables her to realize her dream?

[B] helps her mold a new philosophy of life?

[C] prompts her to abandon her high social status

[D]leads her to accept the doctrine of She magazine

38.作者的經(jīng)歷表明“放慢生活節(jié)奏”

是。

【A】使她能夠?qū)崿F(xiàn)夢想

【B】使作者形成了一種新的生活哲學(xué)

【C】促使她放棄了較高的社會地位

【D】使她接受了《女性》雜志的觀點(diǎn)

39."Juggling one's life"probably means living a life characterized by.

[A] non-materialistic lifestyle

[B] a bit of everything

[C] extreme stress

[D] anti-consumerism

39.“Juggling one's life”有可能意味著過_______的生活。

【A】不追求物質(zhì)利益的生話方式

【B】任何東西都有一點(diǎn)就行

【C】極度緊張

【D】反消費(fèi)主義

40. According to the passage, downshifting emerged in the U.S. as a result of?

[A] the quick pace of modern life?

[B] man's adventurous spirit?

[C] man's search for mythical experiences?

[D] the economic situation

40.根據(jù)課文,“放慢生活節(jié)奏”在美國出現(xiàn)是________的結(jié)果。

【A】快節(jié)奏的現(xiàn)代生活

【B】人們的冒險精神

【C】人們對神秘的生活體驗的追求

【D】經(jīng)濟(jì)形勢

二、核心詞匯與超綱詞匯

(1)it occurred to sb.that…/it occurred to sb.to do sth.某人想到某事,

如:It occurred to her that she might adopt homeless child.

(她突然想到可以收養(yǎng)一個孤兒);

Didn't it occur to you to close the window.

(你就沒有想到要關(guān)窗戶嗎?)。

(2)prompt(v.)促便,動(n.)提示,付款期限(a.)敏捷的,迅速的,即時的

(3)profile(n.)剖面,側(cè)面,外形,輪廓;態(tài)度,姿態(tài)

(4)downshift(v.)原意指減低汽車的檔,這里指“放慢生活節(jié)奏”。

文中出現(xiàn)的downshifting是它的動名詞形式,downshifter指的是選擇這種生活的人

(5)preach(v.)傳教,宣講;宣揚(yáng),鼓吹

(6)resignation(n.)辭職(書);放棄,順從;

resign(v.)辭職;聽任

(7)doctrine(n.)教條,學(xué)說,主義

(8)anticonsumerism(n.)反消費(fèi)主義。

Anti-前綴意為“反,防”;-ism后綴意為“…主義”。

如:antiwar反戰(zhàn)的,anti-colonial反殖民主義的,materialism唯物主義,adventurism冒險主義(9)drop out退學(xué),脫離,【美俚】(因?qū)鹘y(tǒng)的道德觀和價值觀不再抱幻想而)退出習(xí)俗社會,逃避現(xiàn)實

(10)redundancy(n.)冗余;redundant(a.)多余的

(11)mythical(a.)神話的,虛構(gòu)的;myth:(n.)神話,虛構(gòu)的故事

(12)本文詞匯的特點(diǎn)是復(fù)合詞的使用,

包括(1)副詞+過去分詞=復(fù)合形容詞,文中出現(xiàn)了much-publicized多次公開宣稱的

well-established穩(wěn)定存在的,類似的詞有:

well-informed消息靈通的,much-needed非常需要的;

(2)動詞+副詞=名詞,文中出現(xiàn)了build-up增大,

類似的詞有:put-off推遲,get-together聯(lián)歡會,check-up檢查;

(3)名詞+名詞=復(fù)合名詞,文中出現(xiàn)了self-help自助,cling-filum(粘附+薄膜)保鮮膜,

類似的詞有:book review書評,traffic light街燈

三、閱讀答案:B?B?C?D

四、全文翻譯:??

????????????當(dāng)我決定辭去自己的全日制工作時決沒有想到,自己竟成了一種新的國際性潮流的一份子。一次平級的人事調(diào)動傷了我的自尊心,并阻斷了我的事業(yè)發(fā)展,這促使我放棄自己地位較高的職業(yè),然而,我卻像面子掃盡的政府部長那樣,掩飾地說“我想與家人更多地呆在一起”。

????????????奇怪的是,大約兩年半的時間我寫完兩部小說后,我這個被美國人稱為“放慢生活節(jié)奏”的嘗試,卻使我所謂的累了的借口變成了現(xiàn)實。我已從一個“獲得一切”哲學(xué)的狂熱支持者,變成了一個樂于接受任何東西只要一丁點(diǎn)的女人。

????????????我已經(jīng)發(fā)現(xiàn)(由于壓力過大,凱茜已多次公開宜稱要辭去《她》雜志編輯的職務(wù),在這之后她也許會有同樣發(fā)現(xiàn)),放棄“忙忙碌碌”的生活哲學(xué),轉(zhuǎn)而過一種“放慢生活節(jié)奏”的生活所帶來的回報,比金錢和社會地位更有價值。什么也說服不了我回到過去那種凱爾茜所宣揚(yáng)的、我也曾自得其樂的生活中去:每天12小時的工作日,壓得人喘不過氣來的最后期限,可怕而緊張的辦公室里的爭權(quán)奪利,以及在“最佳時期”做父母受到限制。

????????????在美國,擺脫忙碌,轉(zhuǎn)而過一種簡單、不太物質(zhì)化的生活已成明確趨勢。具有諷刺意味的是,“放慢生活節(jié)奏”——在美國也稱“自愿簡單化”——甚至孕育了一個嶄新的、可稱之為反消費(fèi)主義的新領(lǐng)域。對于那些想過簡單生活的人來說,有許多很暢銷的幫你輕松生活的自助書籍;有各種像《守財奴簡報》這樣的簡訊,給美國人提供成千上萬條有用的點(diǎn)子,從回收保鮮膜到自制肥皂;甚至還有一些幫助團(tuán)體,幫助有些人按90年代中期逃避社會現(xiàn)實的人的生活方式去生活。

????????????在美國,這種趨勢一開始是對經(jīng)濟(jì)衰落所做出的一種反應(yīng)一一出現(xiàn)于80年代后期縮小經(jīng)濟(jì)規(guī)模所引起的大量人員冗余之后——現(xiàn)在這種趨勢仍被認(rèn)為與節(jié)儉政治有關(guān)聯(lián);而在英國,至少在我所認(rèn)識的愿意簡化生活的中產(chǎn)階級中,卻有著不同的緣由去尋求使自己的生活簡單化。

????????????對我們這一代女性來說,整個80年代我們曾被迫忙碌地生活,90年代中期的簡化生活與其說是尋求神話般的好生活——自己種有機(jī)蔬菜以及冒險成為像有機(jī)蔬菜一樣簡單淳樸的人——倒不如說我們都認(rèn)識了自身的局限。





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