2013年职称英语理工类的a级阅读理解练习题1

　　A Tale of Scottish Rural Life

　　Lewis Grassic Gibbons Sunset Song was voted the best Scottish novel of all timeby Scottishs reading public in 20051 Once considered shocking for its frank description of aspects of the lives of Scotlands poor rural farmers，it has been adapted for stage，film，TV and radio in recent decades.

　　Grassic Gibbon gives us the most detailed and intimate account of the life of his heroine.We watch her grow through a childhood dominated by her cruel but hard-working father;experience tragedy ;and learn about her feelings as she grows into woman.We see her marry，lose her husband，then marry again.Chris has seemed so convincing a figure to some female readers that they cannot believe that she is the creation of a man2.

　　The story itself is amazingly full of characters and incidents.It is told from Chris point of view but also from that of the gossiping community，a community where everybody knows everybody elses business and nothing is ever forgotten.

　　If the novel is about the end of one way of life it also looks ahead.It is a Sunset Songbut is concerned too with the new Kinraddie，indeed of the new European world.Grassic Gibbon went on to publish two other novels about the place that continue its story.

　　amazinglyadv.令人吃惊地

　　1.　Lewis Grassic Gibbons Sunset Songwas votedthe best Scottish novel of all timeby Scottishs reading public in 2005.Lewis Grassic Gibbon的《日落歌》在2005年被苏格兰读书界投票为所有时代中的最佳的小说。

　　练习：

　　A)The First World War.

　　C)The new European world.

　　2.　Which statement is NOT true of Chris?

　　B)She had a miserable childhood.

　　D)She married only once.

　　A)The climate of Kinraddie.

　　C)The geography of Kinraddie.

　　4.　Who are responsible for Evans death，according to Chris?

　　B)The French army.

　　D)The Russian soldiers.

　　A)the end of the heroines life.

　　C)the end of traditional life.

　　答案与题解：

　　2.　D 问题问：哪个陈述对Chris是不符的?选项A说的是：她是《日落歌》中的女主人公。选项B说的是：她的童年很苦。选项C说的是：她是由一个男人创作出来的。选项D说的是：她只结过一次婚。D不对。第三段有这么一句话：We see her malty，lose her husband，then marry again.我们看见她结婚，失去丈夫，后来又结婚。

　　4.　A 问题问的是：根据Chris，谁杀死了Evan?选项A说的是：德国人。选项B说的是：法国军队。选项C说的是：英国部队。选项D说的是：俄罗斯士兵。B是正确的。倒数第二段有这么两句话：The war finally kills Ewan，but not in the way his widow is told.In fact，the Germans arent responsible for his death，but his own side.战争最后杀死了Ewan，但不是他的寡妇说的那样。事实上，德国人没有杀他，是他自己一边的人杀的。