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GRE阅读考试模拟题及答案解析(4)

2016-03-10 18:35:13来源:网络

  P5

  1

  Throughout human history there have been many stringent taboos concerning watching other people eat or eating in the presence of others.

  纵观人类历史,有很多严格的禁忌是不能看别人吃东西或不要再公开场合吃东西。

  2

  There have been attempts to explain these taboos in terms of inappropriate social relationships either between those who are involved and those who are not simultaneously involved in the satisfaction of a bodily need, or between those already satiated and those who appear to be shamelessly gorging.

  很多解释试图将这些禁忌归于不恰当的社会关系,关系亲密的人和没满足身体需要的人之间,已经吃饱的人和还在狼吞虎咽的人之间。

  3

  Undoubtedly such elements exist in the taboos, but there is an additional element with a much more fundamental importance.

  禁忌无疑包含了这些因素,但还有更为重要的另外一个因素。

  4

  In prehistoric times, when food was so precious and the on-lookers so hungry, not to offer half of the little food one had was unthinkable, since every glance was a plea for life. (124 words)

  史前时代食物如此珍贵,而旁观的人又如此饿,实在不忍心不把本来就不多的食物见面分一半,因为看你吃就像在求你救命。

  11. If the argument in the passage is valid, taboos against eating in the presence of others who are not also eating would be LEAST likely in a society that

  (A) had always had a plentiful supply of food

  (B) emphasized the need to share worldly goods

  (C) had a nomadic rather than an agricultural way of life

  (D) emphasized the value of privacy

  (E) discouraged overindulgence

  选A

  B 强调分享

  D 强调隐私

  E 劝阻过度沉溺

  上面三项无争议,如果社会有这些特点,当别人的面吃东西都会形成某种禁忌,因为不想分,因为不想被人看到,因为不想被人说吃太多,所以倾向于不再别人面前吃。

  C 生活方式是游牧的而不是农业的

  游牧生活方式往往比农业生活的食物来源更不稳定,这是个常识。看看北方民族多少次南下打我们你就不难想象;另一方面,中原文明绝少因为粮食不足去打游牧民族,因为第一够吃,第二打不过。

  所以游牧生活意味着经常可能食物短缺,也就更可能发展出这种禁忌了。

  A 总是有丰富的食物供应

  总是够吃也就不会因为句 4 的原因形成禁忌了,所以 A 是 LEAST likely 。

  12. The author‘s hypothesis concerning the origin of taboos against watching other people eat emphasizes the

  (A) general palatability of food

  (B) religious significance of food

  (C) limited availability of food

  (D) various sources of food

  (E) nutritional value of food

  选C

  句 3,4 。最重要的一个原因是食物短缺。

  13. Select the sentence in the passage in which the author suggests that past attempts to explain some taboos concerning eating are incomplete.

  句 3 。

  suggests that past attempts are incomplete ,主要表现在 but there is an additional element with a much more fundamental importance 。句 2 是具体介绍 attempts ,看不出 suggests 它们 incomplete 了。

  【被迫改名】

  又被举报了,这次是昵称侵犯了北京某公司的注册商标《书童》,那公司是做儿童读物的,我写的GRE内容跟他们的业务并无冲突,搞不懂为啥管理方觉得我叫 “GRE伴读书童” 是侵权。

  然后我在公众号搜索 “书童” 二字,出来上百个包含着两个字的教育类公众号(也许更多,我没有继续加载),甚至还有就叫 “书童” 的公众号,备注是 “中国联通手机阅读助手” 。我能把这个理解为欺软怕硬吗,微信团队?

  心里骂了多遍CNM,然后还是点了“承认侵权”,十一大大说这是新常态。

  改成现在这个名字,希望鸟山明老师或海南艺术出版社不会举报我。很多时候都感到自己运气不好能力不足,不然真的早就融入这糟糕的主流。

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