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大学英语四级阅读理解模拟真题练习
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阅读理解在大学英语四级考试中占
有很大的比重
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其题目类型多种多
样。
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The
The
palm-forward
formed
by
raising
andspreading
the
first
two fingers1 ,has
three differentmeanings in American
most
popularmeaning
of
the
was
invented
in
1941
by
aBelgian,
Victor De Lavalaye. Wanting a symbol
forresistance to the Nazi2
occupation,
he came upwith the single letter
only
for hisown first name3, but also for English
victory, Flemish
virijheid,
and
French
victoire.
Thesymbolism
of
the
sign
spread
very
quickly, and Winston Churchill4 used it
constantly in
publicappearance.
Thus
throughout
the
1940
s
and
1950
s,
the
gesture
meant
simply
meaning
came
in
the
1960
s.
Because
of its military implication,
Americanantiwarprotestors used the
sign
sarcastically
against
the
arms,
so
that
it
became
known
as
the
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peacesign
implication,
was
a
commongreeting
among
freedom
lovers,
acid
heads5,
political radicals, and ultimately,
young people ingeneral. So by
about the
middle of the 1970s, it ceased to give clue to the
users
third meaning is the oldest and
least common.
American
children
jokingly
put
whichresemble
s
horns
behind
friendsheads in group snapshots. The
are unknowingly
reproducingsomething
that southern Europeans would find highly
offensive. This mischief,
called
of the
European
the
wife
has
been
cheating
on
you
when
placed
behind anothers head,
United
States, the gesture is typically given with the
palmfacing
the viewer. The British use
both this version and an older,
palm-
backward version; thelatter is obscene in American
culture,
and corresponds to the
American
surprised
stares
in
1941
when,
evidently
unaware
of
the
vulgar
usage,
he
gave
thepalm-backward
British
troops.
In
England
today
you
could have to be a social hermit notto
understand the distinction.
Astonishingly, however, Margaret
Thatcher7 repeatedChurchills
error
after her victory in the 1979 election.
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Ⅰ. Fill in the blanks with
proper words :
American
children______________________ (
开玩笑地
)
put
类似
)
behind friendsheads in group
______________________(
快照
)
.
Theyare______________________ (
无意中地
) reproducing
something that southern Europeans
would find
highly______________________
(
无礼的
) .
This mischief,
called
______________________(
变体
) of
theEuropean
淫秽的
) .
Ⅱ. Exp lain the fo llowing
phras es in bold typ e in yo ur own
words :
1. If
you kee p yo ur fin ge rs crossed , you
______________________.
2. If you are all fin ge rs a nd
thumbs , you
______________________
.
3.
If
you
ha
ve
a
finger
in
every
pie
,
you______________________
.
4. If you
thumb a lift,
you______________________.
参考答案
1.
jokingly / resembles / snapshots / unknowingly
/offensive /
variant /
obscene
2.
1.
hope
that
something
will
happen
the
way
youwant2.
are
clumsy
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or awkward with your hands
3. are involved in everything that is
happening
4. try to get a
free ride in a motor vehicle
hitchhike
参考译文
手势
掌
心向外
,
竖起食指和中指
,
并向两边展开
,
这样就构成了一个
V
形
手势。
V
形手势在美国文化中有三个不同的含义。
V
< br>形手势最为普及的一
个意思是在
1941
年由比利时人维克托
德
拉维雷创造发明的。他伸出双
指
,
作出字母
V
的手势来表示他对纳粹占领比利时的反抗。这个
V
不仅
代表他的名字
,
而且还象征英语
victory (
胜利
)
、佛兰芒语
virijheid
(
胜利
)
和法语
victoire (
胜利
)
这三个单词。这一手势的象征
意义迅
速地传播开来
,
温斯顿
邱吉尔在公众场合就曾多次使
用。
因此
,
在
20
世
纪
40
年代和
50
年代
,
这个手势只是表示
胜利
的意思。
V
形手势的第
二个意思出现在
20
世纪
60
年代。由于这个手势含有军
事方面的意思
,
美
国反战者就讽刺性地
用这个手势来反对战争
,
于是
, <
/p>
这个手势开始被称
为
和平的标志
。
20
世纪
70
年代
,
V
形手势失去了军事方面的含义
,
成<
/p>
为热爱自由的人、嗜用迷幻药的人、政治激进主义者们见面问候时常用的
< br>手势
,
并最终在广大年轻人流传开来。也就是说
,
大约到
20
世纪
70
年
代中期
,
这个手势就不再表示使用者的人生观了。
V
形手势的第三个意思
最为古老
,
也少为人用。在集体照相的时候
,
美国孩子常开玩。笑
地在
朋友的脑袋后面摆出手势
V, <
/p>
样子就像动物的角一样。他们无意中做出了
一个被南欧人视为相当
无礼的动作。这种被称作
魔鬼之角
的恶作剧是
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欧洲
角形
手势的变体
,
这种手势被认为具有淫秽的意味。
在南欧
,
手势
V
< br>表示
你的老婆对你不忠
。在别人脑袋后面做出这种手势
,
如同在说<
/p>
他的老婆对他不忠
。
在美国
,
人们通常将掌心向外
,
面向对方做出这个手势
;
而英国人有
时将掌心对着别人
,
有时则像前人那样
,
掌心向内。
掌心向内的
V
形手势
在美国文化里被看成是下流动作
,
与美国人竖起中指一样具有淫秽的含
义。
19
41
年
,
邱吉尔掌心朝内
,
向英国军队摆出了
V
形手势。一些士兵
吃惊地盯着他看
,
显然他对这个手势的下流含义还全然不知。如今
,
在英
国
,
如果你还不知道掌心向内和向外的差别的话
,
你一定是个不问世事
的隐士。
然而
,
令人惊讶的是
,
玛格丽特
撒切尔在赢得
1979
年的选举之
后
,
又重蹈邱吉尔的覆辙
,
做了一个掌心向内的
V
形手势。
二
The Ar t Of
Bowing
The
degree
to
which
a
bowing
or
lowering
of
thebody
is
emphasized
varies
from
one
culture
toanother
.
In
many
cultures
today
the
full
bow orother
dramatic
lowering
of the body
is
generallyreserved for
formal occasions such as greeting ahead
of state or monarch. For
example,
Britishcommoners
standing
before
the
queen
or
beinghonored
by royalty in a ceremony of knighthood
would be expected to bow,
curtsey, or
part of their religious practices some
Christians kneel, Catholics genuflect,
and Muslimskowtow3 , an
extreme form of
body lowering in which the forehead is brought to
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the gh
bowing,
as
a
worldwide
phenomenon,
has
been
on
the
decrease in recent decades, ithas survived in
German culture
and
exists
to
an
even
greater
degree
in
modern
Japan,
wherebows
are
an
integral part of everyday social interaction . In
the United
States, however,bowing or
any type of submissive body posture is
particularly irritating, for it tends
toconnote undue formality,
aristocracy,
and a nonverbal denial of egalitarianism. Nowhere
isbowing
more
important
to
the
process
of communication
today
than
in
Japanese society. Asan indication of how pervasive
bowing is in
present-day Japan, some
experts point out that
department store
employees have the sole function of bowing to
customers
atdepartment
store
escalators
and
that
many
Japanese
bow
repeatedly to invisible partners atthe
other end of a telephone
line
itenhances
and
embellishes
many
parts
of
the
ensuing
conversation,
and it is used
to signalthe end of a conversation. Although
Westerners, in a very
general
sense, understand
the meaning attached to bowing, appropriate
bowing in Japan is anintricate and
complex process. Reciprocal
bowing
is
determined
largely
by
rank.
In
fact,
it
ispossible
to
tell
the relative social
status of the two communicators by the depth
of
their
bows
(the
deeper
the
bow,
the
lower
the
status)
.
When
bowing
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