Question

The three youths leaned over the metal rails along the sea-wall and watched a few fishermen pull in their nets. About thirty metres away, a boat pulled alongside the slippery steps leading  36  to the sea.

“Hey, look!” exclaimed Rahim. “Those two men are  37  heavy rocks. I thought we no longer do muscle labour in this technological 38  . ”

“They are 41   laborers who know how to spread the weight of the rocks they   42  . See how the man positions the rock just at the slope of his   43  . Some of the rock’s weight is set  44   his head, some on the right hand and some on the left hand. His body isn’t bent. His legs are well  45   . ”

“You’re right, Josh. He may have a small build.   46    he certainly well knows his job. Dear me! And to think we have been studying   47   ! ” Rahim thought about all that was happening. Suddenly, he said, “Technology won’t   48   the human being completely, it appears.”

“I don’t think it will. ”  49   Joshua. “You can harvest a crop of potatoes or wheat with one of those large, multi-purpose tractors, but you   50   use that equipment to harvest lea leaves and tomatoes, will you?”

“You can get a computer to    51   multiple-choice assessments, but you cannot get the computer to produce of assess essays, can you?” asked Michael.

“Well, the washing machine leaves my shirt collar quite as   52   as ever --- that’s domestic technology for you! ” said Rahim.

“One day, perhaps, there won’t be anybody   53   who can carry a large rock the way those men do. It’s not going to be a very  54   world, I’m afraid.” Sighed Michael.

“You’re too much of a pessimist (悲觀主義者)，Mike.” Said Joshua. “   55  will always be other things that will make the world exciting. ”

36. A. through              B. across                    C. down                     D. up

37. A. loading               B. unloading                C. covering                 D. uncovering

38. A. way                   B. revolution               C. process                  D. era

39. A. ask                    B. expect                    C. attempt                  D. hope

40. A. happen               B. fail                         C. have                      D. seem

41. A. ambitious           B. experienced            C. potential                 D. energetic

42. A. take                   B. fetch                      C. carry                     D. bring

43. A. shoulder             B. back                      C. chest                     D. arms

44. A. on                     B. against                   C. toward                   D. under

45. A. supported           B. grasped                  C. placed                    D. strengthened

46. A. but                    B. however                 C. so                          D. therefore

47. A. chemistry           B. physics                  C. biology                   D. psychology

48. A. control               B. affect                     C. remove                  D. replace

49. A. agreed               B. proposed                 C. refused                   D. denied

50. A. can’t              B. mustn’t                  C. won’t                  D. needn’t

51. A. point out            B. take out                  C. hand out                 D. print out

52. A. dirty                  B. clean                      C. old                         D. new

53. A. caught               B. arranged                 C. left                        D. convinced

54. A. exciting              B. mysterious              C. technological          D. modern

55. A. That                  B. This                       C. They                      D. There

 

 

 

 

Answer 1

解析：

本文是一篇觀點(diǎn)獨(dú)特的哲理小品，講述的是三個(gè)年輕人在看到兩個(gè)碼頭工人卸運(yùn)石頭之后的，引發(fā)的他們之間的一段對(duì)話。告訴我們?cè)谶@個(gè)世界上盡管科技越來(lái)越發(fā)達(dá)，但還是代替不了人類的勞動(dòng)。

36. C  leading down to 可以向下滑動(dòng)的臺(tái)階是方便船只卸貨的，down 向下的，lead to 通向…….

37. B  unloading 卸貨，下一段有提示，前后呼應(yīng)。 

38. D  era  時(shí)代 

39. B  expect 預(yù)料，想到。

40. D  seem to do sth.  看起來(lái)如何……

41. B  從下文可知他們是有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的（experienced）工人。

42. C  動(dòng)詞辨析。carry 不強(qiáng)調(diào)動(dòng)作的方向，強(qiáng)調(diào)搬運(yùn) ( carry ) 的物體較重。

43. A  本題與上文的carry (扛，搬運(yùn))對(duì)應(yīng)。

44. B  set against 使……平衡。

45. C  be well  placed  使….放置平衡、恰當(dāng)。這里指注意姿勢(shì)，使雙腿保持平衡。

46. A  but 表示轉(zhuǎn)折。由下文可知，他個(gè)子不大，體格不夠強(qiáng)壯（He is a small build）, 但他肯定非常了解自己的工作，這樣才能彌補(bǔ)自身的缺陷。干擾項(xiàng)是B  “however”，做“可是”意思講時(shí)是副詞，不可引導(dǎo)從句。

47. B  工人們所講的都是有關(guān)力的作用和平衡的知識(shí)，當(dāng)然屬物理 (physics) 范疇。

48. D  由全文可知技術(shù)無(wú)法替代（replace）人類的勞動(dòng)，這是文章的主旨之所在。

49. A  由上下文可知，Joshua 也贊同（agree）他的觀點(diǎn)。

50. C  反義疑問(wèn)句，由本句末的 will you 可知。

51. D  print out 打印出

52. A  由生活常識(shí)可知。

53. C  left 是形容詞，表示“剩下的”意思，做后置定語(yǔ)。

54. A  從文章最后一句話可知。

55. D  There be 結(jié)構(gòu)。