《考研英语知识运用解题技巧》仿真题四

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Model Test 4

　　Literature is one of the great creative and universal means of communicating the emotional, spiritual, or intellectual 1 of mankind. Like fine music and art, fine literature is 2 by imagination, meaningfulness of expression, and good form and technique. The 3 literary forms are prose and verse, and within these basic classifications there 4 innumerable varieties in 5 to style and form as well as purposes novels, plays, short stories, essay s, biographies, lyric poetry, narrative poetry, and epics. Literature may 6 and inform, entertain, express personal joy or 7 , reflect religious devotion, glorify a nation or hero, or 8 a particular point of view - whether it 9 political, social, or aesthetic.

　　Most literature in modern times is written and printed, 10 there is also a long history of oral literature. Oral literature may be 11 back to earliest times - to ancient Greece and to medieval Europe, 12 traveling poets entertained audiences by reciting their works. 13 , some of the great literary masterpieces, such as Homers Iliad and Odyssey, probably were 14 orally. The oral tradition is still alive today in folk literature, 15 stories and poems are 16 by word of mouth from generation to generation.

　　Some literature such as lyric poetry, is almost a private experience - 17 to be read and savored by an individual. 18 forms of literature, such as the drama, are designed to be seen and heard in a 19 setting. However, all great literature, whether a private or a shared experience, by expressing basic truths that are 20 to all of mankind, evokes a deeply responsive chord.

　　1.〔A〕feelings〔B〕concerns〔C〕values〔D〕morals

　　2.〔A〕classified〔B〕appreciated〔C〕characterized〔D〕evaluated

　　3.〔A〕finest〔B〕easiest〔C〕simplest〔D〕broadest

　　4.〔A〕contain〔B〕exist〔C〕remain〔D〕include

　　5.〔A〕regard〔B〕view〔C〕contrast〔D〕addition

　　6.〔A〕instruct〔B〕comment〔C〕lecture〔D〕suggest

　　7.〔A〕hatred〔B〕excitement〔C〕pain〔D〕happiness

　　8.〔A〕explain〔B〕illustrate〔C〕describe〔D〕advocate

　　9.〔A〕were〔B〕is being〔C〕be〔D〕h as been

　　10.〔A〕or〔B〕for〔C〕and〔D〕but