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1、2022年考博英语-东北师范大学考前提分综合测验卷（附带答案及详解）1. 单选题I had an experience some years ago which taught me something about the ways in which people make a bad situation worse by blaming themselves. One January, I had to officiate at two funerals on successive days for “full of years” as the Bible would say; both yi
2、elded to the normal wearing out of the body after a long and full life. Their homes happened to be near each other, so I paid condolence calls on the two families on the same afternoon.At the first home, the son of the deceased woman said to me, “If only I had sent my mother to Florida and gotten he
3、r out of this cold and snow, she would be alive today. Its my fault that she died.” At the second home, the son of the other deceased woman said, “If only I hadnt insisted on my mothers going to Florida, she would be alive today. That long airplane ride, the abrupt change of climate, was more than s
4、he could take. Its my fault that shes dead.”When things dont turn out as we would like them to, it is very tempting to assume that had we done things differently, the story would have had a happier ending. Priests know that any time there is a death, the survivors will feel guilty. Because the cours
5、e of action they took turned out badly, they believed that the opposite coursekeeping Mother at home, postponing the operation that would have turned out better. After all, how could have turned out any worse?There seem to be two elements involved in our readiness to feel guilty. The first is our pr
6、essing need to believe that the world makes sense, that there is a cause for every effect and a reason for everything that happens. That leads us to find patterns and connections both where they really exist and where they exist only in our minds.The second element is the notion that we are the caus
7、e of what happens, especially the bad things that happen. It seems to be a short step from believing that every event has a cause to believing that every disaster is our fault. The roots of feeling may lie in our childhood. Psychologists speak of the infantile myth of omnipotence. A baby comes to th
8、ink that the world exists to meet his needs, and that he makes everything happen in it. He wakes up in the morning and summons the rest of the world to its tasks. He cries, and someone comes to attend to him. When he is hungry, people feed him, and when he is wet, people change him. Very often, we d
9、o not completely outgrow that infantile notion that our wishes cause things to happen.1.What is said about the two deceased elderly woman?2.The author had to conduct the two womens funerals probably because （ ）.3.People feel guilty for the deaths of their loved ones because（ ）.4.In the context of th
10、e passage, “.the world makes sense” (Line 2, Para. 4) probably means that（ ）.5.People have been made to believe since infancy that（ ）.问题1选项A.They lived out a natural life.B.They died of exhaustion after the long plane ride.C.They werent accustomed to the change in weather.D.They died due to lack of
11、care by family members.问题2选项A.he wanted to console the two familiesB.he was an official from the communityC.he had great sympathy for the deceasedD.he was priest of the local church问题3选项A.they couldnt find a better way to express their griefB.they believe that they were responsibleC.they had neglect
12、ed the natural course of eventsD.they didnt know things often turn out in the opposite direction问题4选项A.everything in the world is predeterminedB.the world can be interpreted in different waysC.theres an explanation for everything in the worldD.we have to be sensible in order to understand the world问
13、题5选项A.everybody is at their commandB.life and death is an unsolved mysteryC.every story should have a happy endingD.their wishes are the cause of everything that happens【答案】第1题:A第2题:D第3题:B第4题:C第5题:D【解析】1.細节事实题。根据文章第一段的One January, I had to officiate at two funerals on successive days for “full of ye
14、ars” as the Bible would say; both yielded to the normal wearing out of the body after a long and full life (那是在一月，我连着为两位年迈的老人主持葬礼, 正如圣经中所说，这两位老人都是在经历了漫长和完整的人生之后的身体正常耗尽)可知选项A “两位老人终其天年”与文章意思相符。2.判断推理题。题目是问“作者需要为两位老人办理丧事的原因有可能是什么。选项A: 因为作者想安慰这两个家，B: 因为作者是那个社区的公务人员， C: 因为作者对死者怀有无限同情和D: 因为作者是当地教堂的牧师，并且根
15、据原文I had to officiate at two funerals on successive days for “full of years” as.中的关键词 officiate “主持宗教仪式”和on successive days “连续”可知极有可能的原因是选项D。3.细节事实题。根据题干信息People feel guilty for the deaths of their loved定位至第三段: Priests know that any time there is a death, the survivors will feel guilty.,而后面紧接着说到原因:
16、 Because the course of action they took turned out badly, they believed that the opposite coursekeeping Mother at home, postponing the operation that would have turned out better(当他们的行动计划引起了坏的结果时，他们就会相信如果当初采取不同的行动计划，如将母亲留在家里以及将计划延期，那么结果就会好很多)，由此可知人们通常会对至亲的去世感到内疚是因为他们认为自己对于至亲的去世负有贵任，即选项B。4.语义题。第四段主要是对我们常
