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英语专业八级考试真题与答案(4)
Text C
Richard,
King of England from 1189 to 1199, with all his
characteristic virtues and faults cast in a
heroic mould, is one of the most
fascinating
medieval figures. He has been described as the
creature
and embodiment of the age of
chivalry, In those days the lion was
much
admired in heraldry, and more than one king sought
to link himself
with its repute. When
Richard’s contemporaries called him” Coeur de
Lion”(The Lion heart), they paid a lasting
compliment to the king of
beasts. Little did
the English people owe him for his services, and
heavily
did they pay for his adventures. He
was in England only twice for a few
short
months in his ten years’ reign; yet his memory has
always English
hearts, and seems to present
throughout the centuries the pattern of the
fighting man. In all deeds of prowess as well
as in large schemes of war
Richard shone. He
was tall and delicately shaped strong in nerve and
sinew, and most dexterous in arms. He reioiced
in personal combat, and
regarded his opponents
without malice as necessary agents in his fame He
loved war, not so much for the sake of glory
or political ends, but as other
men love
science or poetry, for the excitement of the
struggle and the
glow of victory. By this his
whole temperament was toned; and united
with
the highest qualities of the military commander,
love of war called
forth all the powers of his
mind and body.
Although a man of
blood and violence, Richard was too impetuous to
be either treacherous on habitually cruel. He
was as ready to forgive as he
was hasty to
offend; he was open-handed and munificent to
profusion; in
war circumspect in design and
skilful in execution; in political a child,
lacking in subtlety and experience. His
political alliances were formed
upon his likes
and dislikes; his political schemes had neither
unity nor
clearness of purpose. The advantages
gained for him by military geoids
were flung
away through diplomatic ineptitude. When, on the
jouthey to
the East, Messina in Sicily was won
by his arms he was easily persuaded
to share
with his polished, faithless ally, Philip
Augustus, fruits of a
victory which more
wisely used might have foiled the French King’s
artful schemes. The rich and tenable
acquisition of Cyprus was cast away
even more
easily than it was won. His life was one
magnificent parade,
which, when ended, left
only an empty plain.
In 1199, when the
difficulties of raising revenue for the endless
war
were at their height, good news was
brought to King Richard. It was said
there had
been dug up near the castle of Chaluz, on the
lands of one of his
French vassals, a treasure
of wonderful quality; a group of golden images
of an emperor, his wife, sons and daughters,
seated round a table, also of
gold, had been
unearthed. The King claimed this treasure as lord
paramount. The lord of Chaluz resisted the
demand, and the King laid
siege to his small,
weak castle. On the third day, as he rode
daringly, near
the wall. confident in
his hard-tried luck, a bolt from a crossbow struck
him in the left shoulder by the neck. The
wound, already deep, was
aggravated by the
necessary cutting out of the arrow-head. Gangrene
set
in, and Coeur de Lion knew that he must
pay a soldier’s debt. He
prepared for death
with fortitude and calm, and in accordance with
the
principles he had followed. He arranged
his affairs, he divided his
personal
belongings among his friends or bequeathed them to
charity. He
declared John to be his heir, and
made all present swear fealty to him. He
ordered the archer who had shot the fatal
bolt, and who was now a
prisoner, to be
brought before him. He pardoned him, and made him
a gift
of money. For seven years he had not
confessed for fear of being
compelled to be
reconiled to Philip, but now he received the
offices of the
Church with sincere and
exemplary piety, and died in the forty-second
year of his age on April 6, 1199, worthy, by
the consent of all men, to sit
with King
Arthur and Roland andother heroes of martial
romance at some
Eternal round Table, which we
trust the Creator of the Universe in His
comprehension will not have forgotten to
provide.
The archer was flayed alive.
20 “ little did the English people own him for his
service” (paragraph
one) means that the
English
A. paid few taxes to him.
B. gave him little respect.
C.
received little protection from him.
D. had
no real cause to feel grateful to him.√
21.
To say that his wife was a “ magnificent parade’(
paragraph Two)
implies that it was to some
extent.
A . spent chiefly at war.
B. impressive and admirable.
C. lived too
pompously
D. an empty show.√
22.
Richard’s behaviour as death approached showed.
A. bravery and self-control.
B.
Wisdom and correctness
C. Devotion and
romance
D. Chivalry and charity√
23.
The point of the last short paragraph is that
Richard was
A. cheated by his own
successors
B. determined to take revenge on
his enemies.
C. more generous to his
enemies than his seccesors.
D unable to
influence the behavior of his successors.√
24. Which of the following phrase best describes
Richard as seen by
the author?
A. An
aggressive king, too fond of war.
B. A
brave king with minor faults.√
C. A
competent but cunning soldier.
D. A kind
with great political skills.
25. The
relationship between the first and second
paragraphs is that
A. each presents one
side of the picture. √
B. the first
generalizes the second gives examples.
C.
the second is the logical result of the first.
D. both present Richard’s virtues and
faults.
英语专业八级考试真题与答案(4)
Text C
Richard, King of England from
1189 to 1199, with all his
characteristic
virtues and faults cast in a heroic mould, is one
of the most
fascinating medieval figures. He
has been described as the creature
and
embodiment of the age of chivalry, In those days
the lion was
much admired in heraldry, and
more than one king sought to link himself
with
its repute. When Richard’s contemporaries called
him” Coeur de
Lion”(The Lion heart), they paid
a lasting compliment to the king of
beasts.
Little did the English people owe him for his
services, and heavily
did they pay for his
adventures. He was in England only twice for a few
short months in his ten years’ reign; yet his
memory has always English
hearts, and seems to
present throughout the centuries the pattern of
the
fighting man. In all deeds of prowess as
well as in large schemes of war
Richard shone.
He was tall and delicately shaped strong in nerve
and
sinew, and most dexterous in arms. He
reioiced in personal combat, and
regarded his
opponents without malice as necessary agents in
his fame He
loved war, not so much for the
sake of glory or political ends, but as other
men love science or poetry, for the excitement
of the struggle and the
glow of victory. By
this his whole temperament was toned; and united
with the highest qualities of the military
commander, love of war called
forth all the
powers of his mind and body.
Although a man of blood and violence, Richard was
too impetuous to
be either treacherous on
habitually cruel. He was as ready to forgive as he
was hasty to offend; he was open-handed and
munificent to profusion; in
war circumspect in
design and skilful in execution; in political a
child,
lacking in subtlety and experience. His
political alliances were formed
upon his likes
and dislikes; his political schemes had neither
unity nor
clearness of purpose. The advantages
gained for him by military geoids
were flung
away through diplomatic ineptitude. When, on the
jouthey to
the East, Messina in Sicily was won
by his arms he was easily persuaded
to share
with his polished, faithless ally, Philip
Augustus, fruits of a
victory which more
wisely used might have foiled the French King’s
artful schemes. The rich and tenable
acquisition of Cyprus was cast away
even more
easily than it was won. His life was one
magnificent parade,
which, when ended, left
only an empty plain.
In 1199, when the
difficulties of raising revenue for the endless
war
were at their height, good news was
brought to King Richard. It was said
there had
been dug up near the castle of Chaluz, on the
lands of one of his
French vassals, a treasure
of wonderful quality; a group of golden images
of an emperor, his wife, sons and daughters,
seated round a table, also of
gold, had been
unearthed. The King claimed this treasure as lord
paramount. The lord of Chaluz resisted the
demand, and the King laid
siege to his small,
weak castle. On the third day, as he rode
daringly, near
the wall. confident in
his hard-tried luck, a bolt from a crossbow struck
him in the left shoulder by the neck. The
wound, already deep, was
aggravated by the
necessary cutting out of the arrow-head. Gangrene
set
in, and Coeur de Lion knew that he must
pay a soldier’s debt. He
prepared for death
with fortitude and calm, and in accordance with
the
principles he had followed. He arranged
his affairs, he divided his
personal
belongings among his friends or bequeathed them to
charity. He
declared John to be his heir, and
made all present swear fealty to him. He
ordered the archer who had shot the fatal
bolt, and who was now a
prisoner, to be
brought before him. He pardoned him, and made him
a gift
of money. For seven years he had not
confessed for fear of being
compelled to be
reconiled to Philip, but now he received the
offices of the
Church with sincere and
exemplary piety, and died in the forty-second
year of his age on April 6, 1199, worthy, by
the consent of all men, to sit
with King
Arthur and Roland andother heroes of martial
romance at some
Eternal round Table, which we
trust the Creator of the Universe in His
comprehension will not have forgotten to
provide.
The archer was flayed alive.
20 “ little did the English people own him for his
service” (paragraph
one) means that the
English
A. paid few taxes to him.
B. gave him little respect.
C.
received little protection from him.
D. had
no real cause to feel grateful to him.√
21.
To say that his wife was a “ magnificent parade’(
paragraph Two)
implies that it was to some
extent.
A . spent chiefly at war.
B. impressive and admirable.
C. lived too
pompously
D. an empty show.√
22.
Richard’s behaviour as death approached showed.
A. bravery and self-control.
B.
Wisdom and correctness
C. Devotion and
romance
D. Chivalry and charity√
23.
The point of the last short paragraph is that
Richard was
A. cheated by his own
successors
B. determined to take revenge on
his enemies.
C. more generous to his
enemies than his seccesors.
D unable to
influence the behavior of his successors.√
24. Which of the following phrase best describes
Richard as seen by
the author?
A. An
aggressive king, too fond of war.
B. A
brave king with minor faults.√
C. A
competent but cunning soldier.
D. A kind
with great political skills.
25. The
relationship between the first and second
paragraphs is that
A. each presents one
side of the picture. √
B. the first
generalizes the second gives examples.
C.
the second is the logical result of the first.
D. both present Richard’s virtues and
faults.