《考研英语阅读理解标准篇 提高篇unit概要》由会员分享，可在线阅读，更多相关《考研英语阅读理解标准篇 提高篇unit概要（19页珍藏版）》请在金锄头文库上搜索。
1、Unit 13 Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.脑中有知识，胜过手中有金钱。学习内容题 材词 数建议时间得分统计做题备忘Part AText 1文化教育410/10Text 2商业经济385/10Text 3科普知识494/10Text 4社会生活428/10Part B文化教育519/10Part C科普知识377/10Part ADirections：Read the following texts. Answer the questions blow each text by choosing A,B,C or D.
2、Text 1What is sports violence? The distinction between unacceptable viciousness and a games normal rough-and-tumble is impossible to make, so the argument runs. This position may appeal to our inclination for legalism, but the truth is most of us know quite well when an act of needless savagery has
3、been committed, and sports are little different from countless other activities of life. The distinction is as apparent as that between a deliberately aimed blow and the arm failing of the losing his balance. When a player balls his hand into a fist, when he drives his helmet into an unsuspecting op
4、ponent in short, when he crosses the boundary between playing hard and playing to hurthe can only intend an act of violence.Admittedly, rough acts in sports are difficult to police. But here, too, we find reflected the conditions of everyday life. Ambiguities in the law, confusion at the scene, and
5、the reluctance of witnesses cloud almost any routine assault case. Such uncertainties, however, have not prevented society from arresting people who strike their fellow citizens on the street. Perhaps our troubles stem not from the games we play but rather from how we play them. The 1979 meeting bet
6、ween hockey stars from the Soviet Union and the National Hockey League provided a direct test of two approaches to sportthe emphasis on skill, grace, and technique by the Russians and the stress on brutality and violence by the NHL. In a startling upset, the Russians embarrassed their rough-playing
7、opponents and exploded a long-standing myth: that success in certain sports requires excessive violence.Violence apologists cite two additional arguments. First, they say, sports always have been rough; today things are no different. But arguments in Americans Old West were settled on Main Street wi
8、th six guns, and early cave dwellers chose their women with a club. Civilizing influences ended those practices; yet we are told sports violence should be tolerated. The second contention is that athletes accept risk as part of the game, and, in the case of professionals, are paid handsomely to do s
9、o. But can anyone seriously argue that being an athlete should require the acceptance of unnecessary physical abuse? And, exaggerated as it may seem, the pay of professional athletes presumably reflects their abilities, not a payment againstcombat injuries.“Clearly we are in deep trouble,”says perpl
10、exed former football player AL DeRogatis. “But how and why has it gotten so bad?” 1. According to the author,deliberate violence in sports is A impossible to tell from paying hard.B ambiguous in any circumstances.C too apparent to escape observation.D evident if enough attention is paid to.2. A viol
11、ence apologist probably thinks thatA violence in sports is a rare occurrence.B violence in sports is not necessary.C athletes are paid enough for their injuries.D professional athletes enjoy violence.3. In the last paragraph the author indicates thatA nothing can be done about violence in sports.B f
12、ootball players are concerned about violence in sports.C violence in sports is worse now than it ever was. D athletes are confused about what should be allowed in sports.4. According to the author,which of the following is true？A athletes personalities have effects on the inclination for violent.B a
13、thletes who emphasis on skill,grace and technique will win.C athletes should not have to accept unnecessary physical abuseD athletes need higher salaries to compensate for their injuries.5. We can infer from the text thatA violence in sports is illegal.B skill is more important than aggression.C ath
14、letes should not be injured in sports.D violence in sports is not necessary.Text 2Bruno Lundby, 39, was one of the ranks of typically low-paid, low-status workers who fill supermarket shelves, serve fast food, change hotel beds or empty office waste bins, often at unsocial hours and with little expe
15、ctation of anything better. Lacking formal qualifications, he drifted from the army into odd cleaning jobs. Then, unexpectedly, he found the opportunity for advancement in a management training program offered by ISS, the Danish support services group. Today he sits in a spotless, air-conditioned office supervising all ISS damage control operations in the greater Copenhagen area.“I couldnt have imagined getting to where I am today when I started,”he says.“I was surprised to be offered a future at ISS in 1993 when I became a supervisor.” In the past three years, he has b
