2001年考研英语阅览真题及解析【第五篇】(2001年考研英语阅读)
passage5注解:标题为赤色,翻译为蓝色,分析为绿色。????????????when i decided to quit my full time employment it never occurred to
【occur to想到…,occur on…发生在…,呈如今…】?me that i might become a part of a new international trend.a lateral move【lateral move旁边面移动,这儿指职位间的平级移动】 that hurt my pride and blocked my professional progress prompted me to abandon my relatively high profile【high-profile出名高的【比方用法】,而profile归纳,特征,装备文件{核算机词汇}】 career although, in the manner of a disgraced government minister,i covered my exit by claiming .
????????????curiously, some two-and-a-half years and two novels later, my experiment in what the americans term , preached by linda kelsey for the past seven years in the pages of she magazine, into a woman who is happy to settle for a bit of everything.
【settle?for 满足于,牵强承受,】
【settle?down?①.久居下来,落户;②.静下心来(如:settle?down to do something静下心来做某事);】
【settle up 付清,清账(在负债上付清所欠)】
【settle in ①.在..地住宿下来;②.习气…环境】
【settle?on ①.站在…的地上.②.处置…疑问】
【settle with ①.和或人清算(债款,还清账款)<正向>.②.找或人算账(随时预备揍他)<负向>】
????????????i have discovered, as perhaps kelsey will after her much-publicized resignation from the editorship of she after a build-up of stress, that abandoning the doctrine教义,信条 of brings with it far greater rewards than financial success and social status. nothing could persuade me to return to the kind of life kelsey used to advocate and i once?enjoyed:12-hour working days, pressured deadlines, the fearful strain of office politics【这儿的politics不是政治,是权力斗争】 and the limitations of being a parent on .
????????????in america, the move away from juggling to a simpler, less materialistic物质主义的?lifestyle is a well-established trend. downshifting-also known in america as has, ironically具有讥讽意味的是, even bred a new area of what might be termed 【term做动词时,意思:把……称为,把……叫做】anticonsumerism. there are a number of bestselling downshifting self-help books for people who want to simplify their lives; there are newsletters(机构守时寄发给成员的)通讯, such as the tightwad gazette, that give hundreds of thousands of americans useful tips on anything from recycling their cling-film(cling-film保鲜膜,film不只有影片(noun),拍照(verb)的意思,还有薄膜(noun),在……上覆上薄膜(verb)) to making their own soap; there are even support groups for those who want to achieve the mid-90s equivalent of dropping out
(?drop out脱离(这篇文章取这个意思);退出;退学;).
????????while in america the trend started as a reaction to the economic decline —— after the mass redundancies冗余(redundancy 的名词复数) caused by downsizing in the late80s–and is still linked to the politics of thrift(节约,节约), in britain, at least among the middle-class downshifters of my acquaintance, we have different reasons for seeking to simplify our lives.
????????for the women of my generation who were urged to keep juggling through the90s is not so much a search for the mythical good life —— growing your own organic vegetables, and risking turning into one ——?as a personal recognition知道,招认,承受 of your limitations.
一、文章规划分析
这篇文章是一篇关于美国人寻求俭朴日子这一潮流的散文。作者以第
一人称的笔调叙说了本身作为一个女人且有了孩子之后的日子情绪和方法的改动阅历,进而谈及整个美国的景象及分析这股潮流的成因。叙说有些前三段作为一个引子,为后边的谈论作烘托。
前三段:作者经过对自个日子方法改动的总结,进而叙说开始辞去职务的初衷以及如今作者的日子,并总结自个日子改变带来的优点和感悟。
第四段:段首指出这种日子方法在美国变成一个潮流,并排举一些实例阐明其广泛性。
第五、六段:谈论美国和英国这一趋势的成因,并总结这种日子方法的本质就是知道到自个的捆绑性。
37.which of the following is true according to paragraph 1?
[a] full-time employment is a new international trend.
[b] the writer was compelled by circumstances to leave her job.
[c] means stepping out of full-time employment.
[d] the writer was only too eager to spend more time with her family.
37.依照第一段,下列哪个是个说法是正确的?
【a】全职作业是一种新的世界时髦。
【b】作者因环境所迫而辞去职务。
【c】“平级集结”意味着退出全日制作业。
【d】作者太想多花点时刻和家人在一同了。
38. the writers experiment shows that downshifting
[a] enables her to realize her dream?
[b] helps her mold a new philosophy of life?
[c] prompts her to abandon her high social status
[d]leads her to accept the doctrine of she magazine
38.作者的阅历标明“怠慢日子节奏”
是。
【a】使她可以完成愿望
【b】使作者构成了一种新的日子哲学
【c】促进她扔掉了较高的社会方位
【d】使她承受了《女人》杂志的观念
39.probably means living a life characterized by.
[a] non-materialistic lifestyle
[b] a bit of everything
[c] extreme stress
[d] anti-consumerism
39.“juggling ones life”有可以意味着过_______的日子。
【a】不寻求物质利益的生话方法
【b】任何东西都有一点就行
【c】极度严峻
【d】反花费主义
40. according to the passage, downshifting emerged in the u.s. as a result of?
[a] the quick pace of modern life?
[b] mans adventurous spirit?
[c] mans search for mythical experiences?
[d] the economic situation
40.根据课文,“怠慢日子节奏”在美国呈现是________的成果。
【a】快节奏的现代日子
【b】我们的冒险精力
【c】我们对奇妙的日子领会的寻求
【d】经济局势
二、中心词汇与超纲词汇
(1)it occurred to sb.that…/it occurred to sb.to do sth.或人想到某事,
如:it occurred to her that she might adopt homeless child.
(她俄然想到可以收养一个孤儿);
didnt it occur to you to close the window.
(你就没有想到要关窗户吗?)。
(2)prompt(v.)促便,动(n.)提示,付款期限(a.)灵敏的,灵敏的,即时的
(3)profile(n.)剖面,旁边面,外形,归纳;情绪,姿势
(4)downshift(v.)原意指减低轿车的档,这儿指“怠慢日子节奏”。
文中呈现的downshifting是它的动名词方法,downshifter指的是选择这种日子的人
(5)preach(v.)布道,宣讲;宣传,宣传
(6)resignation(n.)辞去职务(书);扔掉,依从;
resign(v.)辞去职务;听任
(7)doctrine(n.)教条,学说,主义
(8)anticonsumerism(n.)反花费主义。
anti-前缀意为“反,防”;-ism后缀意为“…主义”。
如:antiwar反战的,anti-colonial反殖民主义的,materialism唯物主义,adventurism冒险主义(9)drop out退学,脱离,【美俚】(因对传统的道德观和价值观不再抱愿望而)退出风俗社会,躲避实际
(10)redundancy(n.)冗余;redundant(a.)剩下的
(11)mythical(a.)神话的,虚拟的;myth:(n.)神话,虚拟的故事
(12)这篇文章词汇的特征是复合词的运用,
包括(1)副词+曩昔分词=复合描述词,文中呈现了much-publicized多次揭露声称的
well-established平稳存在的,类似的词有:
well-informed消息灵通的,much-needed非常需要的;
(2)动词+副词=名词,文中呈现了build-up增大,
类似的词有:put-off推迟,get-together联欢会,check-up查看;
(3)名词+名词=复合名词,文中呈现了self-help自助,cling-filum(粘附+薄膜)保鲜膜,
类似的词有:book review谈论,traffic light街灯
三、阅览答案:b?b?c?d
四、全文翻译:??
????????????当我抉择辞去自个的全日制作业时决没有想到,自个竟成了一种新的世界性潮流的一份子。一次平级的人事集结伤了我的自负心,并阻断了我的作业打开,这促进我扔掉自个方位较高的作业,可是,我却像体面扫尽的政府部长那样,点缀地说“我想与家人更多地呆在一同”。
????????????新鲜的是,大约两年半的时刻我写完两部小说后,我这个被美国人称为“怠慢日子节奏”的测验,却使我所谓的累了的托言变成了实际。我已从一个“获得悉数”哲学的张狂撑持者,变成了一个乐于承受任何东西只需一丁点的女人。
????????????我现已发现(因为压力过大,凯茜已多次揭露宜称要辞去《她》杂志修改的职务,在这之后她或许会有相同发现),扔掉“忙繁忙碌”的日子哲学,转而过一种“怠慢日子节奏”的日子所带来的酬谢,比金钱和社会方位更有价值。啥也说服不了我回到曩昔那种凯尔茜所宣传的、我也曾自得其乐的日子中去:每天12小时的作业日,压得人喘不过气来的最终期限,可怕而严峻的单位里的争权夺利,以及在“最佳时期”做父母遭到捆绑。
????????????在美国,脱节繁忙,转而过一种简略、不太物质化的日子已成清楚趋势。具有讥讽意味的是,“怠慢日子节奏”——在美国也称“自愿简略化”——甚至孕育了一个簇新的、可称之为反花费主义的新领域。关于那些想过简略日子的人来说,有许多很热销的 你轻松日子的自助书本;有各种像《小气鬼简报》这样的简讯,给美国人供给不计其数条有用的点子,从收回保鲜膜到克己番笕;甚至还有一些协助集体,协助有些人按90年代中期躲避社会实际的人的日子方法去日子。
????????????在美国,这种趋势一初步是对经济式微所做出的一种反应逐个呈现于80年代后期减小经济规划所造成的使的许多人员冗余之后——如今这种趋势仍被认为与节约政治有相关;而在英国,至少在我所知道的情愿简化日子的中产阶层中,却有着不一样的缘由去寻求使自个的日子简略化。
????????????对咱们这一代女人来说,整个80年代咱们曾被逼繁忙地日子,90年代中期的简化日子与其说是寻求神话般的好日子——自个种有机蔬菜以及冒险变成像有机蔬菜相同简略憨厚的人——倒不如说咱们都知道了本身的捆绑。
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