成人本科学位英语模拟试卷130
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The young people who talk of the village as being dead are talking nothing but nonsense, as in their hearts they must surely know. No, the village is not dead. There is more life in it now than there ever was. But it seems that village life is dead. Gone for ever. It began to decline (衰落) about a hundred years ago, when many girls left home to go into service in town many miles away, and men also left home in increasing number in search of a work, and home was where work was.
There are still a number of people alive today who can remember. What village life meant the early years of the present century? It meant knowing and being known by everybody else in the village. It meant finding your entertainment in the village of within walking distance of it. It meant housewives tied to the home all day and every day. It meant going to bed early to save lamp-oil and coal.
Then came the First World War and the Second World War. After each war, new ideas, new attitudes, new trades and occupations were revealed to villagers. The long established order of society was no longer taken for granted. Electricity and the motorcar were steadily operating to make village life and town life almost alike. Now with the highly developed science and technology and high level social welfare for all, there is no point whatever in talking any longer about village life. It is just life, and that a better life.
Finally, if we have any doubts about the future, or about the many changes, which we have seen in our lives, we have only to look in at the school playground any mid morning; or see the children as they walk homeward in little groups. Obviously these children are better fed, better clothed, better educated, healthier, prettier and happier than any generation of children that ever before walked the village street.
1.By saying that village is not dead, but village life is dead, the writer suggests that________.(D)
A. those young people who talk of the village as being dead are wrong
B. the two statements are against each other
C. village life today is rather uninteresting
D. village life today is no longer like what it used to be
解析：推理题。根据文章第一段最后一句以及第二、三段的内容可知，乡村依然存在，但乡村中人们的生活方式和物质条件发生了很大变化，所以作者说“乡村依然存在，但乡村生活不复存在了”，故答案为D（如今的乡村生活不再和以往一样了）。选项A（说乡村已经衰落的年轻人是错误的）和选项B（这两种陈述互相矛盾）在文章中均未提及，故排除。选项C（如今的乡村生活相当乏味）与第三段提到的如今的乡村生活“是更好的生活”相矛盾，故排除。
2.It was________that village life began to take a sharp turn.(C)
A. about a century ago
B. during the two world wars
C. with electricity and motorcars introduced into the village
D. only recently
解析：推理题。根据文章第三段第四句可知，电力和汽车使乡村生活和城镇生活几乎一模一样了，由此可知，电力和汽车的出现使乡村生活发生了巨变，故答案为C（随着电力和汽车传入乡村）。选项A（大约一个世纪之前）是村庄开始衰落的时间，而非乡村生活发生巨变的时间，故排除。选项B（两次世界大战之间）与题干所问不符，电力和汽车在乡村出现是在两次世界大战之后，而非两次世界大战之间，故排除。选项D（最近才开始）与文章内容不符，故排除。
3.As is suggested in paragraph 2, villagers in the past________.(A)
A. lived a simpler life than villagers today
B. knew fewer people than villagers today
C. found it difficult to enjoy themselves
D. liked to wash themselves with cold water
解析：推理题。根据文章第二段可知，乡村里面的人一般生活很简单，不离开村子。选项A（过去的农村人比现在的农村人生活更加简单）符合文章内容，故答案为A。选项B（过去的农村人比现在的农村人认识的人少）与文章表述相反，过去村里的人互相都认识，故排除。选项C（过去的农村人发现他们很难享受生活）与文章内容不符，过去稍走几步就可以在村子里找到娱乐设施，故排除。选项D（过去的农村人喜欢用冷水洗澡）文章未提及，故排除。
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