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1、XX考研英语命题预测题五套(1) Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A,B,C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1(10 points) The current French bestseller lists are wonderfully eclectique. In 1 , there is everything 2 blockbuster thrillers to Catherine Millets La vie sexuel
2、le de Catherine M., a novel which has been 3 praised as high art and 4 as upmarket porn. Then there are novels 5 the sticky questions of good and 6 (Le demon et mademoiselle Prym) and faith versus science in the modern world (Lapparition). Philosophical 7 continue in the non-fiction list, 8 this wee
3、k by Michel Onfrays Antimanuel de philosophie, a witty take 9 some of philosophys perennial debates. Those who like their big issues in small chunks are also enjoying Frederic Beigbeders Dernier inventaire avant liquidation, a survey of Frances 10 20th-century books, 11 with Mr Beigbeders 12 humour
4、from the title on (The 50 books of the century chosen by you and critiqued by me). In Britain, meanwhile, there is olive oil all over the non- fiction list. Its a staple 13 for Nigella Lawson, a domestic divinity and celebrity 14 , whose latest 15 of recipes tops the list. Annie Hawes, in second 16
5、, took herself 17 to the sun- drenched hills of Italy to grow her own olives and write a book about them-as did Carol Drinkwater, just 18 the border in France. Fiction-wise, its business as 19 , with the requisite holiday mix of thrillers, romance, fantasy-and Harry Potter, with The Goblet of Fire s
6、till burning 20 at number three. 1. A. literature B. narrative C. story D. fiction 2. A. on B. from C. about D. of 3. A. both B. equally C. rather D. together 4. A. approved B. admired C. derided D. scolded 5. A .attempting B, dealing C. tackling D. talking 6. A. .evil B. sin C. wickedness D. bad 7.
7、 A. topics B. ideas C. arguments D. themes 8.A. topped B. covered C. overdone D. surpassed 9. A. of B. by C. at D. on 10. A good B. favourite C. favorable D. satisfying 11. A. dealt B. handled C. touched D. managed 12.A. brand B. trademark C. marked D. obvious 13. A. ingredient B. constitution C. pa
8、rt D. factor 14.A. writer B. novelist C. chef D. journalist 15.A. set B. anthology C. collection D. album 16. A. rank B. place C. point D. status 17.A. up B. on C. off D. in 18. A. above B. around C. about D. across 19. A. usual B. usually C. mon D. monly 20. A. bright B. intense C. dazzling D. bril
9、liant Section Reading ComprehensionPart A Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points) Text 1 MAKING money is a dirty game, says the Institute of Economic Affairs, summing up the attitude of
10、 British novelists towards business. The IEA, a free market think-tank, has just published a collection of essays (The Representation of Business in English Literature) by five academics chronicling the hostility of the countrys men and women of letters to the sordid business of making money. The im
11、plication is that Britains economic performance is retarded by an anti-industrial culture. Rather than blaming recalcitrant workers and inpetent managers for Britains economic worries, then, we can put George Orwell and Martin Amis in the dock instead. From Dickenss Scrooge to Amiss John Self in his
12、 1980s novel Money, novelists have conjured up a rogues gallery of mean, greedy, amoral money-men that has alienated their impressionable readers from the noble pursuit of capitalism. The argument has been well made before, most famously in 1981 by Martin Wiener, an American academic, in his English
13、 Culture and the Decline of the Industrial Spirit. Lady Thatcher was a devotee of Mr. Wieners, and she led a crusade to revive the entrepreneurial culture which the liberal elite had allegedly trampled underfoot. The present Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, sounds as though he agrees with
14、her. At a recent speech to the Confederation of British Industry, he declared that it should be the duty of every teacher in the country to municate the virtues of business and enterprise. Certainly, most novelists are hostile to capitalism, but this refrain risks scapegoating writers for failings f
15、or which they are not to blame. Britains culture is no more anti-business than that of other countries. The Romantic Movement, which started as a reaction against the industrial revolution of the century, was born and flourished in Germany, but has not stopped the Germans from being Europes most sue
16、ssful entrepreneurs and industrialists. Even the Americans are guilty of blackening businesss name. SMERSH and SPECTRE went out with the cold war. James Bond now takes on international media magnates rather than Rosa Kleb. His films such as Erin Brockovich have pitched downtrodden, moral heroes against the evil of faceless corporatism. Yet none of this seems to have dented Americas
