2007年12月英語(yǔ)六級(jí)考試閱讀沖刺模擬訓(xùn)練(9)

　　" Your eyes are two pools that twinkle like stars in the sky." These sweet nothings are traditionally best sent in feather-inked script1 on fine, perfumed parchment. Nowadays, though, more and more lovers are using e-mail or cell phone short message services (SMS) to say a few nice words to each other. The result： a new culture of love-letter writing has evolved and is rewriting the rules in how we express our love.

　　Make no mistake： in many cases the love e-mail messages significantly resemble their aromatic predecessors. The verbal imagery has hardly changed. SMS messages, however, have necessitated9 the development of a new, shorter form of love talk. Experts believe, in fact, that far more people now carry out sweet talk in cyberspace than in the time before e-mail and short messaging came along.

　　When people communicate over e-mail or short messages, everything is much more relaxed, less serious, and this helps the sweet words flow. Nicola Doering, a media researcher at the Technical University of Ilmenau in Thueringen, Germany, emphasizes that for many people contact over e-mail or SMS is simpler： " The language is a different one here than in traditional letters; people tend to write more like they speak." This means that a message writer might not have to agonize over every word, as is often expected with traditional love letters. This is obviously encouraging for many people. For longer, particularly romantic love letters, e-mail writers also reach back into the language of poetry, " Your calf-blue eyes" is typical for the kind of phrasings found in e-mail love letters. At least one traditional symbol between lovers has made a striking comeback. Even in the love letters of the 19th century, one often found the letter X as a symbol of a kiss. Many paper love letters would have three Xs at the bottom as a closing. And this symbol is often used today between lovers in their e-mail messages.

　　In spite of all the technological advancement that e- mail represents, classic love letters on paper still have a special meaning, the experts say. Ink on paper simply affects many people more strongly than lines on a computer screen. It appears more serious, more binding, as if written for all eternity. Sometimes people want to have something to touch, a letter that you can really hold in your hand.

　　Questions 1 to 5 are based on the passage above.

　　1.From this passage we learn that the love e-mail messages_____.
　　A.haven't changed the convention in how people express love
　　B.are still like traditional letters in many cases
　　C.are often sent on fine,perfumed parchment
　　D.represent a traditional culture of love-letter writing

　　2.Which of the following is not mentioned by the author as a characteristic of the new culture of love-letter writing?
　　A.It is more relaxed and less serious.
　　B.It makes contact simpler for many people.
　　C.It makes love letters more like poetry.
　　D.It helps people to say more sweet words.

　　3.Three Xs used in lovers'e-mail message symbolize_____.
　　A.a striking comeback        B.the language of poetry
　　C.closing of the letters        D.three kisses

　　4.It is implied that experts think classic love letters_____.
　　A.exclude the technological advancement
　　B.resemble lines on a computer screen
　　C.can not be touched by modern people
　　D.have stronger power to move the feelings

　　5.The author's tone in this passage is_____
　　A.mocking        B.complimentary
　　C.objective       D.approving

　　文章精要

　　議論文。本文主要論述了現(xiàn)在越來(lái)越多的情侶使用E-mail成手機(jī)短信服務(wù)來(lái)傳情達(dá)意。

　　斟詞酌句

　　1.perfume vt. 灑香水于;使充滿(mǎn)芳香
　　n. 香水，香料，香氣
　　*Flowers perfumed the air. 空氣中彌漫著花香。

　　2.predecessor n. 前任，前輩;(被取代的)原有事物，前身
　　*Our new doctor is much younger than his predecessor. 我們的新一聲比他的前任年輕多了。

　　3.agonize vi. 感到極度痛苦
　　vt. 使極度痛苦，創(chuàng)傷
　　*The wounded man was in agony. 受傷的人很痛苦。

　　試題精析

　　1.選B。本題為主要細(xì)節(jié)正誤題。第二段說(shuō)“Make no mistake： in many cases the love e-mail messages significantly resemble their aromatic predecessors. ”，可見(jiàn)，在很多情況下，愛(ài)情E-mail短信息與傳統(tǒng)信件驚人的相似。

　　2.選C。本題為主要細(xì)節(jié)正誤題。題干要求找出不是新的情書(shū)書(shū)寫(xiě)文化特征的選項(xiàng)。A、B、D選項(xiàng)均可在第三段中找到，C選項(xiàng)“它使得情書(shū)更像詩(shī)詞”，這與原文意思不符。

　　3.選D。本題為主要細(xì)節(jié)正誤題。第三段說(shuō)“甚至在19世紀(jì)的情書(shū)中，就可以發(fā)現(xiàn)人們經(jīng)常以字母X作為接吻的符號(hào)，許多紙情書(shū)一般以3個(gè)X作為結(jié)束語(yǔ)”，前文又說(shuō)這個(gè)符號(hào)是“驚人的復(fù)古變現(xiàn)”，可見(jiàn)，這個(gè)符號(hào)仍代表“three kisses”。

　　4.選D。本題為觀(guān)點(diǎn)態(tài)度推斷題。從最后一段的“Ink on paper simply affects many people more strongly than lines on a computer screen. ”可推測(cè)，專(zhuān)家們認(rèn)為經(jīng)典的紙情書(shū)更能感動(dòng)許多人。

　　5.選C。本題為觀(guān)點(diǎn)態(tài)度推斷題。作者在本文中論述了傳統(tǒng)的紙情書(shū)和E-mail或手機(jī)短信情書(shū)各自的優(yōu)缺點(diǎn)，可見(jiàn)，作者的語(yǔ)氣是“objective(客觀(guān)地)”。

　　全文翻譯

　　"你的雙眼是兩汪清泉，像星星一樣在天空閃爍。"這些甜美的空話(huà)在過(guò)去是最美好的情話(huà)，經(jīng)常會(huì)被用鵝毛筆寫(xiě)在精美的、芳香的羊皮紙上。然而，現(xiàn)在越來(lái)越多的情侶使用伊妹兒或手機(jī)短信息服務(wù)彼此傳情達(dá)意。結(jié)果，一種新的情書(shū)書(shū)寫(xiě)文化誕生，并將改寫(xiě)我們表達(dá)愛(ài)意的傳統(tǒng)慣例。

　　肯定無(wú)疑的是，在很多情況下，愛(ài)情伊妹兒短信息與它們芳香的祖先是驚人地相似。語(yǔ)言文字的意象幾乎沒(méi)有改變。然而，手機(jī)短信息服務(wù)的出現(xiàn)使更新的、更簡(jiǎn)短的情話(huà)的發(fā)展成為必然。專(zhuān)家相信：事實(shí)上，現(xiàn)在使用電腦網(wǎng)絡(luò)空間傳遞甜言蜜語(yǔ)的人要比伊妹兒和短信息產(chǎn)生之前使用的人多得多。

　　當(dāng)人們使用伊妹兒或短信息服務(wù)交流的時(shí)候，一切都輕松得多，不必很?chē)?yán)肅，這樣有助于情話(huà)的順暢傳遞。德國(guó)圖林根伊爾梅瑙科技大學(xué)的傳媒研究員，尼古拉·道爾林強(qiáng)調(diào)：對(duì)于多數(shù)人來(lái)說(shuō)使用伊妹兒或短信息服務(wù)交流更簡(jiǎn)單些。"伊妹兒和短信息服務(wù)使用的語(yǔ)言不同于傳統(tǒng)信件的語(yǔ)言，而且人們更愿意像談話(huà)一樣寫(xiě)伊妹兒。"這意味著作者用不著錘煉每一個(gè)詞，而這在傳統(tǒng)情書(shū)的書(shū)寫(xiě)中是必須的。顯然這一點(diǎn)鼓勵(lì)了很多人。在一些較長(zhǎng)的，特別是在浪漫情書(shū)中，伊妹兒作者也經(jīng)常回過(guò)頭來(lái)引用詩(shī)詞中的語(yǔ)言，"你藍(lán)藍(lán)的大眼睛"是伊妹兒情書(shū)中此類(lèi)措辭的典型例子。至少現(xiàn)在情侶間有一個(gè)典型的符號(hào)是驚人的復(fù)古表現(xiàn)。甚至在19世紀(jì)的情書(shū)中，就可發(fā)現(xiàn)人們經(jīng)常以字母X作為接吻的符號(hào)，許多紙情書(shū)一般以3個(gè)X作為結(jié)束語(yǔ)。今天這個(gè)符號(hào)仍然能在情侶間的伊妹兒情書(shū)中找到。

　　專(zhuān)家說(shuō)，盡管伊妹兒代表著所有的科技進(jìn)步，但經(jīng)典的紙情書(shū)仍然具有其特殊的意義，紙上的墨跡要比電腦屏幕上的線(xiàn)條更能強(qiáng)烈地感動(dòng)許多人。它更嚴(yán)肅，更具約束力，好像是為了永恒而寫(xiě)的。有時(shí)人們想要一些能觸摸得到的東西，一封信你可以實(shí)實(shí)在在地拿在手中。

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