2016年考研英语经典专项阅读120篇
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作者王建华主编
出版社中国人民大学出版社
ISBN9787300207742
出版时间2015-02
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2016年考研英语经典专项阅读120篇
目录
Unit 1
Unit 1 试题详解
Unit 2
Unit 2 试题详解
Unit 3
Unit 3 试题详解
Unit 4
Unit 4 试题详解
Unit 5
Unit 5 试题详解
Unit 6
Unit 6 试题详解
Unit 7
Unit 7 试题详解
Unit 8
Unit 8 试题详解
Unit 9
Unit 9 试题详解
Unit 10
Unit 10 试题详解
Unit 11
Unit 11 试题详解
Unit 12
Unit 12 试题详解
Unit 13
Unit 13 试题详解
Unit 14
Unit 14 试题详解
Unit 15
Unit 15 试题详解
Unit 16
Unit 16 试题详解
Unit 17
Unit 17 试题详解
Unit 18
Unit 18 试题详解
Unit 19
Unit 19 试题详解
Unit 20
Unit 20 试题详解
Unit 21
Unit 21 试题详解
Unit 22
Unit 22 试题详解
Unit 23
Unit 23 试题详解
Unit 24
Unit 24 试题详解
Unit 25
Unit 25 试题详解
Unit 26
Unit 26 试题详解
Unit 27
Unit 27 试题详解
Unit 28
Unit 28 试题详解
Unit 29
Unit 29 试题详解
Unit 30
Unit 30 试题详解
内容摘要
2016年考研英语经典专项阅读120篇
Unit 1
Text 1………………………………………………………………………………………………
Allan Metcalfs new book claims that the word “OK” is Americas greatest invention. This offers a pair of provocations. How can “OK” be an invention? On a certain day, a certain guy just dreamed up the expression that has become the most frequently spoken word on the planet? And even if it is an invention, can one little word really be greater than jazz, baseball, and the telephone? Is it better than The Simpsons?
The answer to the first question, implausible as it sounds, is yes. In OK: The Improbable Story of Americas Greatest Word, Metcalf locates the first use of OK in an obscure corner of a Boston newspaper on March 23, 1839 As for the reputed greatness of the word, Metcalfs slim volume doesnt entirely persuade you that OK is a more valuable invention than, say, electric light. But the fact that he even raises the question is intriguing. If it does nothing else, Metcalf makes you acutely aware of how ubiquitous and vital the word has become. Once you start noticing OK, you risk becoming like the knights in Monty Python and the Holy Grail who erupt every time somebody says the word “it.”
True story: the worlds most popular word began as a joke. In the late 1830s, Americas newspapers had a mania for abbreviations—also, to judge by Metcalfs account, a sorry sense of humor. He devotes a chapter to trying to explain why readers of the Boston Morning Post might have been amused to see “ok.” used as a jokey abbreviation for “oll korrect,” an intentional misspelling of “all correct.” Apparently you had to be there. But the word soon got an enormous boost from Andrew Jackson—or his enemies, anyway. They circulated the rumor that the man of the people was barely literate and approved papers with the initials “OK.” for “oll korrect.” It was a hoax, Metcalf concludes, “but without it thered be no OK.”
The word didnt remain a joke for long. Telegraph operators began using it as a way to say “all clear.” It became ubiquitous, turning up in all corners of the world, and beyond. Metcalf points out that OK was technically the first word spoken on the surface of the moon; it also immediately preceded Todd Beamers heroic charge on 9·11 (“OK, lets roll.”). To stand out in conversation now, it needs some frippery, like Ned Flanderss “okely dokely.”
What gives this little word its immense and polymorphous appeal? Metcalf offers a couple of explanations, like its aesthetic contrasts: “A circle with an asterisk. Smooth oval, cluster of sticks. Feminine O, masculine K.” It also consists of a series of sounds that can be uttered in almost every language. Meanwhile technology continues to urge it along. Early Apple programmers let users click on two buttons: “Do It” or “Cancel.” When a tester pointed to “Do It” and asked why the computer was calling him a dolt, the “OK” button was born. Now, in the world of the ubiquitous text message, its increasingly just “k.”
When you pause to consider what a weird and wonderful little word OK is, the most remarkable thing isnt that its so great or that it was invented but that its American. To foreigners in the 20th century, Metcalf writes, the word embodied “American simplicity, pragmatism, and optimism.” To us today, the word encapsulates “a whole twoletter American philosophy of tolerance, even admiration for difference.” Metcalfs book could use more along these lines. In a time as fractious as this, its encouraging to think that two little syllables can help us bridge our differences. Are there worse sayings to rally behind? You betcha.
1The word “implausible” in the second paragraph might mean
AdubiousBconvincingCcontingent Djustified
2According to the author, what is the most remarkable thing about “OK”?
AIt is ubiquitously used BIt is invented
CIt embodies American characters DIt makes life easier
3From the last sentence in the second paragraph,we can infers that
Ayour attention to OK will make you crazy
Bthe use of OK is as frequent as the use of “it”
Cyour close attention to OK will find it being used all the time
DOK is as magic as the word “it”
4Which of the following statements is NOT true about the origin of OK?
AIt is an abbreviation for “oll korrect”
BIt first appears in Boston Post.
CThe word gets popular due to political reason.
DThe word is first used by American president Andrew Jackson.
5The passage mainly tells about
Athe new book of Allan Metcalf
Bthe origin of the word OK
Cthe popularity of the word OK
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