SAT08年10月阅读翻译及真题解析-瑞鹏留学网

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　　Passage 1

　　Every age, after his own, has gone in search of Shakespeare. The first biography was written in 1709. Now it is a poor year for the Shakespeare business when two or three more do not show up on bookstore shelves. We want to know who he was hoping that the narrative of his life will somehow explain the genius of his writing. But it never does. We find him but who we find only adds to the mystery. How is it that a man without a university education, a glover's son from a small Warwickshire market town, could have written the plays and poems that have spoken to generations of readers and theatergoers?

　　Passage 2

　　Stratford. Shakespeare's hometown, has become an almost sacred place of pilgrimage, with tourists waddling reverently around the spectacularly tasteless cathedral of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre. An impressionable few of them are even moved to doff their caps or discard their ice creams. Shakespeare's familiar high-domed head, an image that is quite possibly not him at all, has adorned everything from TV beer commercials to British currency. He is the presiding genius of the national spirit, a kind of hero in a neck ruff. Without him industries would crash and ideologies crumble. It is even rumored that he also wrote plays.

　　分析： Passage1 对Shakespeare是正面的态度。而Passage2 对Shakespeare是负面的态度。从首句的tasteless cathedral就可以看出。整个P2比P1要难以看懂些。P2的每一句都是对Shakespeare的一个讽刺，不明白为什么去悼念他，讽刺整个经济对他的依赖，讽刺人们对关于他评论的盲从。

　　6. The author of Passage 1 would likely claim that Stratford's having become "an almost sacred place of pilgrimage" (lines 12-13. Passage 2) is

　　(A) inappropriate given Shakespeare's humble beginnings

　　(B) at odds with Shakespeare's current status among literary scholars

　　(D) unusual in an age that commercializes Shakespeare

　　(E) puzzling considering how small the town of Stratford is

　　分析：P1观点对Shakespeare正面态度，选择一个符合P1想法的就为答案。

　　7. Compared with the tone of Passage 1. the tone of Passage 2 is more 求异/态度

　　(A) optimistic

　　(B) appreciative

　　(D) uncertain

　　(E) irreverent

　　分析：P2对Shakespeare是负面态度及讽刺。选表达负面的选项。

　　8. In line 17, "familiar" most nearly means 词汇题

　　(A) sociable

　　(B) presumptuous：of a person or their behaviour) failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate

　　(D) closely acquainted

　　(E) easily recognized

　　分析：Familiar：well known from long or close association;(familiar with)having a good knowledge of

　　9. The final sentence in Passage 2 is best interpreted as 推理题

　　(A) a self-deprecating acknowledgment that the author is not an expert on Shakespeare

　　(B) a factual observation about the extent of the public's knowledge of literature

　　(D) a derisive comment about the public's lack of real engagement with Shakespeare's work

　　(E) a snide commentary on the public's willingness to believe rumors

　　10. Both passages support the point that 求同题

　　(A) many of the generally accepted details about Shakespeare's life are probably inaccurate

　　(B) Shakespeare was a genius of the highest magnitude

　　(D) very little is known about certain periods of Shakespeare's life

　　(E) a thriving industry is dependent on Shakespeare's life and work

　　分析：第一篇文章Now it is a poor year for the Shakespeare business when two or three more do not show up on bookstore shelves.第二篇文章Shakespeare's familiar high-domed head, an image that is quite possibly not him at all, has adorned everything from TV beer commercials to British currency.分别都提到Shakespeare对经济的重要性。

　　Questions 11-16 are based on the following passage.

　　This passage is adapted from a contemporary book about jewelry.

　　In the wake of the Industrial Revolution, when mass production became the pride and joy of nineteenth-century entrepreneurs, a fast-growing middle class reveled in the luxury of consumer goods, including jewelry, made available at economical prices. Prosperous segments of the population wanted to demonstrate their affluence, a development that provided a powerful stimulus to the jewelry industry in both Europe and the United States.

　　在工业革命苏醒之际，大规模生产变成了十九世纪企业家的骄傲和自豪。快速发展的中产阶级让奢侈品变成了大众消费品。百姓中富裕的人们想要显示自己的富裕。而这一因素的存在也快速激励了美国及欧洲的珠宝行业。

　　In this avalanche of mass production, many artists and artisans of the Arts and Crafts movement felt that the human touch, respect for materials, and the satisfaction of a fine finish were being lost. Jewelry, like other articles, was becoming impersonal, carelessly constructed, unimaginatively designed. Though labeled romantic and idealistic, some artists sought to produce individually conceived and executed pieces in workshop situations similar to those of medieval guilds. They wanted to produce, handmade jewelry from less-expensive materials for the general public, yet with the same care and commitment a court jeweler might apply to work for aristocratic clientele. In medieval times there had been artisans in towns and villages, working for ordinary people on a one-to-one basis; the adherents of the movement felt there was an urgency to return to this special relationship. It was considered particularly important that artists be involved to ensure the production of more meaningful objects, whether they be pottery, furniture, or, especially, jewelry. The material used in jewelry was prized for its decorative and symbolic effects, not for its intrinsic value. Rejecting the cluttered overornamentation of the past, artists influenced by Art Nouveau sought to draw popular interest away from machine-made products by incorporating more delicate and fluid natural forms—peacock feathers, flower stalks, vine tendrils, even insect wings.

　　SAT08年10月阅读翻译内容如下：在这个大规模生产的爆发中，在这场艺术手工变革的很多艺术家和手工制作者觉得人们内心的触动，对物质的高要求，和完成品的完美感都全部丢失。珠宝，就如同其它的商品一般，变得不再是个人化(而是大众消费化)变得粗糙的做工，乏味的涉及。尽管有些艺术家依然保留那些浪漫主义情怀和完美主义的心境，但是大多数的他们在工厂所造就的珠宝盒在那些中世纪的商会中所造的珠宝没什么两样。(这里强调这时候工厂的艺术者和中世纪的商会所造的珠宝都不好。)

　　他们(应该指的是那些工作的艺术家)想要造出为大众设置的廉价材料的珠宝，但是一个皇家的珠宝设计师获取用同样的关注和承诺在为贵族做珠宝。在中世纪时期，在城市和村庄有很多手工制造者，为基层百姓工作。那些这种运动的执着者觉得很有必要回归这种原始的手工对应个人需要的关系。觉得非常重要的是：让艺术者确保产品的意义是很重要的，无论这个产品是瓷器，家具，还是珠宝。

　　珠宝中所运用的材料为一只被赞誉它装饰性和象征性的效果而并不是内在的价值。艺术家反对过去风格中的复杂的过于装饰，他们受新艺术形式的影响追求优雅的自然形式来吸引大众，让大众原来大规模生存。

　　11. According to the passage, mass-produced jewelry and that produced by followers of the Arts and Crafts movement were alike in that both细节题

　　(A) could be made quickly oil a large-scale basis

　　(B) could be custom-designed for a particular individual

　　(D) were as well crafted as the jewelry of the wealthy

　　(E) were carefully marketed products

　　分析：文章首句讲到made available at economical prices和第二段They wanted to produce, handmade jewelry from less-expensive materials for the general public都表示想让产品是能让大众消费得起的。

　　12. For adherents of the Arts and Crafts movement, the guild concept represented 推理题

　　(A) a vulgar distortion of artistic principles

　　(B) a regressive throwback to medieval times

　　(D) a symbol of the privilege that only royalty could enjoy

　　(E) an innovative approach to manufacturing luxury items on a wide scale

　　分析：此题属于难题。得确定题干中的adherents其实就是原文中的many artists and artisans of the Arts and Crafts movement。。。和some artists sought 。。。再看有guild 的句子：some artists sought to produce individually conceived and executed pieces in workshop situations similar to those of medieval guilds。从次句会发现这里将medieval guild 和workshop做了类别。那么medieval guild 和workshop具备同样是性质。

　　At the same time, the Art Nouveau style was inspiring artists and artisans all over Europe, across the Atlantic and back again. Its flowing lines and graceful forms, drawing nature in its perfection and portraying idealized images, pervaded all areas of design, from fabrics and furniture to cutlery, as well as painting and sculpture. Born out of a direct opposition to unbridled mass production, Art Nouveau was intended to bring aesthetic values within the reach of the public and into functional areas. Perhaps it was in jewelry that Art Nouveau reached its pinnacle. Here the style represented a reaction against the imitation of styles from earlier periods and the emphasis given to precious stones. The material used in jewelry was prized for its decorative and symbolic effects, not for its intrinsic value. Rejecting the cluttered overornamentation of the past, artists influenced by Art Nouveau sought to draw popular interest away from machine-made products by incorporating more delicate and fluid natural forms—peacock feathers, flower stalks, vine tendrils, even insect wings.

　　SAT08年10月阅读翻译内容如下：与此同时，新艺术风格正在激烈整个欧洲的手工制造者和艺术家恢复过去的样子。完美的流线，优雅的格调，画出物质本来美的一面侵袭这这个设计风尚。这个风尚蔓延着从布料，到家具，到画幅，到雕塑。

　　新艺术的产生是由于大规模生存的驱使，新艺术想将新的美学感注入一定领域。可能是在珠宝领域，让新艺术到底了顶峰。在这个领域的风格代表了反感模仿的反应。

　　pinnacle

　　noun

　　a high pointed piece of rock

　　尖锥形岩石

　　a small pointed turret built as an ornament on a roof

　　(屋顶上作装饰的)小尖塔;尖顶

　　the most successful point; the culmination

　　顶峰，巅峰，极点，顶点

　　13. In lines 28-46, the author indicates that the designs of Art Nouveau objects were inspired by细节题

　　(A) natural images

　　(B) mythical figures

　　(D) functional objects

　　(E) elaborate devices

　　分析：第三段最后一句话draw popular interest away from machine-made products by incorporating more delicate and fluid natural forms—peacock feathers, flower stalks, vine tendrils, even insect wings.表达是重自然现象中吸取创造灵感。

　　14. Lines 40-42 ("The material... value") indicate that the materials that were most highly prized for Art Nouveau jewelry were those that细节题

　　(A) were the most convenient to obtain

　　(B) were both fashionable and precious

　　(D) could be mass-produced economically

　　(E) were beautiful and meaningful

　　分析：有定位句子字面意思可理解prized for its decorative and symbolic effects是为美感。

　　The ideals of the Arts and Crafts movement were in complete sympathy with the concepts of Art Nouveau, and artists and artisans implemented them in practical ways by forming small groups, guilds, and workshops in Britain, Germany, and Austria. Yet in spite of all efforts, the Arts and Crafts movement could not survive its lack of wide commercial appeal. Because the movement relied on an unaggressive and "uncommercial" approach to business, it never caught on with the people for whom its products were intended. Still, the movement produced far-reaching repercussions long after its untimely death. Its international associations, its ideals of artists' involvement with the crafts, of the integrity of artists and artisans, and of social awareness were to inspire entire generations to come.

　　艺术和手工运动和新艺术风的理念是一致的，艺术家们切实的贯彻这样的风尚。但是尽管他们很努力，这个运动和还是确定经济诱惑而以失败告终。

　　因为这个运动依靠于非激进非商业化的首段进军商业，他从来没有被他们的消费者所吸引。但是，在这个运动完结后，它还是造成了深远的影响。它的国际化联盟，它的理念深入了手工业，艺术家，手工制作者，社会的意识，这种理念激励这全新一代的来临。

　　15. Lines 53-55 ("Because .. . intended") primarily indicate that细节题

　　(A) artists of the day yielded too easily to profit-making motives

　　(B) Arts and Crafts artists did not effectively market their products

　　(D) the wealthy were not open to experimenting with innovative designs in jewelry

　　(E) an increasingly cultured middle class weakened the influence of the Arts and Crafts movement

　　分析：定位句的上一句话the Arts and Crafts movement could not survive its lack of wide commercial appeal.

　　和定位句都表明没有在市场上奏效

　　16. The passage implies that what the Arts and Crafts movement and Art Nouveau had in common was their

　　推理题

　　(A) purpose of instructing people how to craft their own jewelry

　　(B) purpose of producing alternatives to mass-produced goods

　　(D) plan to produce accessories to match people's wardrobes

　　(E) hope of producing jewelry that replicated classical designs

　　分析：全文来看，两种形式是理念想切合的艺术观，同时也是为了出台一种去当下(大规模的生产)不同的产品理念。

　　Questions 17-24 are based on the following passage.

　　In this passage adapted from a novel, a Canadian woman recalls her childhood during the 1960s. Originally from China, the family traveled to Irvine, Ontario, Canada, where the parents opened a restaurant, the Dragon Cafe.

　　As a young child I never really thought about my parents' lives in Irvine, how small their world must have seemed, never extending beyond the Dragon Cafe. Every day my parents did the same jobs in the restaurant. I watched the same customers come for meals, for morning coffee, for afternoon soft drinks and French fries. For my parents one day was like the next. They settled into an uneasy and distant relationship with each other. Their love, their tenderness, they gave to me.

　　17. In the opening paragraph, the narrator emphasizes primarily which of the following about her parents? 主旨题

　　(A) Their work ethic

　　(B) Their evolving relationship

　　(D) Their resourcefulness

　　(E) Their dependability

　　分析：根据第一段字面意思可选择出答案。并且文章的For my parents one day was like the next.表达出作者观察的生活每一天都是日复一日的过着的。

　　18. The sentence in line 10 ("But... changing") serves primarily to 目的题/句子

　　(A) lament a situation

　　(B) introduce a contrast

　　(D) emphasize a desire

　　(E) reiterate a point

　　分析：联系下文，下文表达，生活变化了，特别是后文表达自己的逐渐的变化和千万促成鲜明对比。

　　But my life was changing. I became taller and bigger, my second teeth grew in white and straight. At school I began to learn about my adopted country. I spoke English like a native, without a trace of an accent. I played, thought, and dreamed in the language of our Irvine neighbors. A few years later and I would no longer remember a time when I didn't speak their words and read their books. But my father and Uncle Yat still spoke the same halting English. My mother spoke only a few words. I began to translate conversations they had with the customers, switching between English and Chinese. Whenever I stepped outside the restaurant it seemed I was entering a world unknown to my family: school, church, friends' houses, the town beyond Main Street. I found it hard to imagine a year without winter any more, a home other than Irvine.

　　19. The primary purpose of the second paragraph (lines 10-24) is to 目的题/段落

　　(A) provide insight into the motivations of the narrator's parents and uncle

　　(B) recapture the pleasure the narrator experienced in learning a new language

　　(D) describe the complex interrelationships in the narrator's family

　　(E) reveal the narrator's preference for a cold climate over a warm one

　　分析：作者在此段表达，自己慢慢的逐步改变，逐步融入新的文化里。

　　For my mother, though, home would always be China. In Irvine she lived among strangers, unable to speak their language. Whenever she talked about happy times, they were during her childhood in that distant land. A wistful smile would soften her face as she told me about sleeping and playing with her sister in the attic above her parents' bedroom. She once showed me a piece of jade-green silk cloth that was frayed and worn around the edge. In the center was a white lotus floating in varying shades of blue water, the embroidery so fine that when I held it at arm's length the petals looked real. I had been helping her store away my summer clothes in the brown leather suitcase from Hong Kong when I noticed a piece of shiny material in the corner and asked her what it was. She look it out and spread it on her lap. "My mother embroidered this herself. I was going to have it made into a cushion, but then my life changed and over here there seems to be no place for lovely things. It's all I have that reminds me of her," she said. "Maybe, Su-Jen, one day you will do something with it." I admired the cloth some more, then she carefully folded it and stored it back in her suitcase.

　　20. The sentence in line 25 ("For ... China") serves to 目的题

　　(A) introduce a key idea developed later in the passage

　　(B) initiate a brief digression from the story line

　　(D) point to a situation analogous to one experienced by the narrator

　　(E) foreshadow an unexpected incident

　　21. Lines 25-27 ("For my ... language") suggest primarily that in her new country the mother experienced feelings of 态度题

　　(A) dread：anticipate with great apprehension or fear

　　(B) confusion

　　(D) isolation：the process or fact of isolating or being isolated

　　(E) irritation

　　There was so little left from her old life. She said it was so long ago that sometimes it felt as if it had never happened. But she described her life with such clarity and vividness that I knew all those memories lived on inside her. There was so little in this new country that gave her pleasure. The good things she found were related in some way to China: an aria from a Chinese opera, a letter from a relative back home or from Aunt Hai-Lan in Toronto, written in Chinese, a familiar-looking script that I couldn't read and that had nothing to do with my life in Canada.

　　There were times when I felt guilty about my own happiness in Irvine. We had come to Canada because of me, but I was the only one who had found a home.

　　22. In lines 46-50 ('There was ... inside her"), the mother's memories of China are portrayed as 变相态度题

　　(A) distant yet enduring

　　(B) occasional yet overwhelming

　　(D) joyous and hopeful

　　(E) wistful and indistinct

　　分析：定位句子表达母亲旧时的记忆越来越稀少，但是对她而言是弥足珍贵的。

　　23. The items mentioned in lines 52-55 had meaning for the mother because they 原因推理

　　(A) introduced her to a world rich in culture

　　(B) supplied her with familiar associations

　　(D) helped connect the narrator and her mother

　　(E) provided relief from the monotony of her work routine

　　分析;物品对母亲有意义是因为这些母亲非常熟悉的东西。

　　24. Which of the following best characterizes the narrator's development over the course of the passage? 结构题

　　(A) She grows apart from the cultural tradition of her parents.

　　(B) She overcomes the guilt she felt about her newfound happiness.

　　(D) She becomes less and less interested in her mother's stories.

　　(E) She communicates less and less with her parents.

　　分析：全文宏观来看，答案选A。

　　SECTION 6

　　Questions 9-10 are based on the following passage.

　　A century ago, opponents of women's suffrage in the United States scoffed at the notion that extending the vote to women would make any difference. "Women will vote with their husbands" was the commonly accepted wisdom. This was an argument made in the absence of evidence, as women did not yet have the vote. Ever since women won the vote, researchers have been keeping close track of female voting behavior. A "gender gap" in voting behavior has been found in the United States as in many other countries. In the United States, the 1994 and 1996 elections showed the largest gaps ever between candidates favored by women and those favored by men.

　　9. The primary purpose of the passage is to 主旨题

　　(A) describe the evolution of a gender gap in the United States

　　(B) present a concise history, of the women's suffrage movement

　　(D) discuss the resistance women faced in acquiring the vote

　　(E) explain the differences in voting behavior between men and women

　　分析：文章第三句表达出观点，以前对女性投票权的说法是错的。因为当时没有投票权。后文摆出例子，表明女性投票权拥有后的区别性。

　　10. As the passage presents it, the "commonly accepted wisdom" (line 4) assumed that 假说题

　　(A) women would have the same views as men on most subjects

　　(B) women's votes would be cancelled out by men's votes

　　(D) many husbands would discourage their wives from voting

　　(E) married women would not vote independently of their husbands

　　分析：原文结论句，选项为前提。

　　Questions 11-12 are based on the following passage.

　　For people with synesthesia, a condition in which the senses get mixed up, the number five may be red. One explanation for this sensory crossover is that synesthetes, people with synesthesia, are simply experiencing childhood memories and associations. Maybe the person played with refrigerator magnets as a child and the number five was red. Another explanation is that synesthetes are experiencing the result of some kind of cross wiring between regions of the brain. In fact, we have now identified where in the brain such cross wiring might occur. We have also determined that synesthesia can occur if the wiring is fine but the balance of chemicals that control brain activity is skewed.

　　11. The primary purpose of the passage is to 主旨题

　　(A) explore possible explanations for a phenomenon

　　(B) compare two somewhat related phenomena

　　(D) trace the evolution of an intriguing phenomenon

　　(E) discuss an experiment that illustrates an uncommon phenomenon

　　分析：首句引入话题一种现象，下文分为两个层次分别讨论此种现象的可能原因。

　　12. In line 12, "fine" most nearly means 词汇题

　　(A) pure

　　(B) keen

　　(D) sensitive

　　(E) satisfactory：(of evidence or a verdict) sufficient for the needs of the case

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