BFT阅读（综合）-试卷16及答案解析.doc

1、BFT 阅读（综合）-试卷 16 及答案解析(总分：40.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Part 2(总题数：4，分数：40.00)1. In ancient Greece athletic festivals were very important and had strong religious associations. The Olympian athletic festival held every four years in honor of Zeus, king of the Olympian Gods, eventually lost its local character,

2、 became first a national event and then, after the rules against foreign competitors had been abolished, international. No one knows exactly how far back the Olympic Games go, but some official records date from 776 BC. 2. The games took place in August on the plain by Mount Olympus. Many thousands

3、of spectators gathered from all parts of Greece, but no married woman was admitted even as a spectator. Slaves, women and dishonored persons were not allowed to compete. The exact sequence of events is uncertain, but events included boys gymnastics, boxing, wrestling, horse racing and field events,

4、though there were fewer sports involved than in the modern Olympic Games. 3. On the last day of the Games, all the winners were honored by having a ring of holy olive leaves placed on their heads. So great was the honor that the winner of the foot race gave his name to the year of his victory. Altho

5、ugh Olympic winners received no prize money, they were, in fact, richly rewarded by their state authorities. How their results compared with modem standards, we unfortunately have no means of telling. 4. After an uninterrupted history of almost 1, 200 years, the Games were suspended by the Romans in

6、 394 AD. They continued for such a long time because people believed in the philosophy behind the Olympics: the idea that a healthy body produced a healthy mind, and that the spirit of competition in sports and games was preferable to the competition that caused wars. It was over 1, 500 years before

7、 another such international athletic gathering took place in Athens in 1896. 5. Nowadays, the Games are held in different countries in turn. The host country provides vast facilities, including a stadium, swimming pools and living accommodation, but competing countries pay their own athletes expense

8、s. The Olympics start with the arrival in the stadium of a torch, lighted on Mount Olympus by the suns rays. It is carried by a succession of runners to the stadium. The torch symbolizes the continuation of the ancient Greek athletic ideals, and it burns throughout the Games until the closing ceremo

9、ny. The well-known Olympic flag, however, is a modern conception: the five interlocking rings symbolize the uniting of all five continents participating in the Games. Questions 1-5 Directions: For questions 1-5, choose the best title for each paragraph from below. For each numbered paragraph(1-5), m

10、ark one letter(A-G)on your Answer Sheet. Do not mark any letter twice. A. The famous athletes in the Games B. The origin of Olympic Games C. Honor given to the winners D. Interruption of the Games E. Olympic Games held nowadays F. Hosting countries of the Games G. Spectators and events of the ancien

11、t Games（分数：10.00）(1).Paragraph 1 1（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(2).Paragraph 2 1（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(3).Paragraph 3 1（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(4).Paragraph 4 1（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(5).Paragraph 5 1（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_Directions: Using the information in the text, complete each sentence 6-10, with a word or phrase from the list below.

12、 For each sentence(6-10), mark one letter(A-G)on your Answer Sheet. Do not mark any letter twice. A. married women B. slaves, women and dishonored persons C. had not definitely been established D. details such as the time were not recorded in the past E. people were afraid that competition may lead

13、to wars F. the Greeks had no means of recording the results G were primarily national events with few foreign participants（分数：10.00）(1).In ancient time, people were allowed to take part in the Olympic Games as athletes except 1.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(2).In ancient Greece, the Olympic Games 1.（分数：2.00）填空项

14、1:_(3).The orders of athletic events at the ancient Olympics 1.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(4).It can be inferred from the passage that the game was once interrupted because 1.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(5).Modern athletes results cannot be compared with those of ancient runners because 1.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_1. Accidents are

15、caused; they dont just happen. The reason may be easy to see: an overloaded tray, a shelf out of reach, a patch of ice on the road. But more often than not there is a chain of events leading up to the misfortune frustration, tiredness or just bad temper that shows what the accident really is, a sort

16、 of attack on oneself. 2. Rode accidents, for example, happen frequently after a family quarrel, and we all know people who are accident-prone, so that at odds with themselves and the world that they seem to cause to accidents for themselves and others. 3. By definition, an accident is something you

17、 cant predict or provide, and the idea which used to be current, that the majority of rode accidents are caused by a minority of criminally careless drives, is not supported by insurance statistics. These show that most accidents involve ordinary motorists in a moment of carelessness and thoughtless

18、ness. 4. It is not always, clear, either, what sort of conditions make people more likely to have an accident. For instance, the law requires all factories to make safety precautions and most companies have safety committees to make sure the regulations are observed, but still, every day in Britain,

19、 some fifty thousand men and women are absent from work due to an accident. 5. Some accidents are largely results of human error or misjudgment noise and fatigue, boredom or worries are possible factors, which contribute to this. Doctors who work in factories have found that those who drink too much

20、, usually people, who have an anxiety level, run three times the normal risk of accidents at work. Questions 1-5 Directions: For questions 1-5, choose the best title for each paragraph from below. For each numbered paragraph(1-5), mark one letter(A-G)on your Answer Sheet. Do not mark any letter twic

21、e. A. Personal affairs cause accidents B. Accidents are caused by people rather than take place by themselves C Uncertain factors that cause accident D. Accidents take place due to carelessness or thoughtlessness E. Other factors causing accidents F. Why the accidents happened G. Some accidents are

22、avoidable（分数：10.00）(1).Paragraph 1 1（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(2).Paragraph 2 1（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(3).Paragraph 3 1（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(4).Paragraph 4 1（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(5).Paragraph 5 1（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_Directions: Using the information in the text, complete each sentence 6-10, with a word or phrase from the list belo

23、w. For each sentence(6-10), mark one letter(A-G)on your Answer Sheet. Do not mark any letter twice. A. careful and precautious B. they drink too much C. anxiety, carelessness and thoughtlessness D. caused E. noise and fatigue F. the other people G. think too much（分数：10.00）(1).Personal factors that c

24、ause accidents include 1.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(2).Accidents dont just happen; they are always 1.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(3).The person who causes accident always involves 1.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(4).To avoid the accidents, the careless or the thoughtless drivers should be more 1.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(5).Drivers cause accid

25、ents three times the normal risk because 1.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_BFT 阅读（综合）-试卷 16 答案解析(总分：40.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Part 2(总题数：4，分数：40.00)1. In ancient Greece athletic festivals were very important and had strong religious associations. The Olympian athletic festival held every four years in honor of Zeus, king

26、of the Olympian Gods, eventually lost its local character, became first a national event and then, after the rules against foreign competitors had been abolished, international. No one knows exactly how far back the Olympic Games go, but some official records date from 776 BC. 2. The games took plac

27、e in August on the plain by Mount Olympus. Many thousands of spectators gathered from all parts of Greece, but no married woman was admitted even as a spectator. Slaves, women and dishonored persons were not allowed to compete. The exact sequence of events is uncertain, but events included boys gymn

28、astics, boxing, wrestling, horse racing and field events, though there were fewer sports involved than in the modern Olympic Games. 3. On the last day of the Games, all the winners were honored by having a ring of holy olive leaves placed on their heads. So great was the honor that the winner of the

29、 foot race gave his name to the year of his victory. Although Olympic winners received no prize money, they were, in fact, richly rewarded by their state authorities. How their results compared with modem standards, we unfortunately have no means of telling. 4. After an uninterrupted history of almo

30、st 1, 200 years, the Games were suspended by the Romans in 394 AD. They continued for such a long time because people believed in the philosophy behind the Olympics: the idea that a healthy body produced a healthy mind, and that the spirit of competition in sports and games was preferable to the com

31、petition that caused wars. It was over 1, 500 years before another such international athletic gathering took place in Athens in 1896. 5. Nowadays, the Games are held in different countries in turn. The host country provides vast facilities, including a stadium, swimming pools and living accommodati

32、on, but competing countries pay their own athletes expenses. The Olympics start with the arrival in the stadium of a torch, lighted on Mount Olympus by the suns rays. It is carried by a succession of runners to the stadium. The torch symbolizes the continuation of the ancient Greek athletic ideals,

33、and it burns throughout the Games until the closing ceremony. The well-known Olympic flag, however, is a modern conception: the five interlocking rings symbolize the uniting of all five continents participating in the Games. Questions 1-5 Directions: For questions 1-5, choose the best title for each

34、 paragraph from below. For each numbered paragraph(1-5), mark one letter(A-G)on your Answer Sheet. Do not mark any letter twice. A. The famous athletes in the Games B. The origin of Olympic Games C. Honor given to the winners D. Interruption of the Games E. Olympic Games held nowadays F. Hosting cou

35、ntries of the Games G. Spectators and events of the ancient Games（分数：10.00）(1).Paragraph 1 1（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：B）解析：解析：本文介绍了国际奥林匹克运动会的来源、发展及比赛项目、规则等情况。第 1 段介绍了奥运会的来源。(2).Paragraph 2 1（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：G）解析：解析：第 2 段介绍了古代奥运会的参赛者和比赛项目等情况。(3).Paragraph 3 1（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：C

36、）解析：解析：第 3 段介绍了比赛的胜方所获得的奖励。(4).Paragraph 4 1（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：D）解析：解析：第 4 段阐述了奥运会的发展史，其中有一个中断时期。(5).Paragraph 5 1（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：E）解析：解析：第 5 段阐述了现代奥运会的比赛规则以及具有象征意义的火炬和五环旗。Directions: Using the information in the text, complete each sentence 6-10, with a word or phrase from the

37、list below. For each sentence(6-10), mark one letter(A-G)on your Answer Sheet. Do not mark any letter twice. A. married women B. slaves, women and dishonored persons C. had not definitely been established D. details such as the time were not recorded in the past E. people were afraid that competitio

38、n may lead to wars F. the Greeks had no means of recording the results G were primarily national events with few foreign participants（分数：10.00）(1).In ancient time, people were allowed to take part in the Olympic Games as athletes except 1.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：B）解析：解析：由文中第 2 段第 3 句：“Slaves，wom

39、en and dishonored persons were not allowed to compete”(奴隶、妇女和卑微的人都不允许竞赛。)推出，B 是正确答案。(2).In ancient Greece, the Olympic Games 1.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：G）解析：解析：文章首段第 1 句谈到：“In ancient Greece athletic festivals were very important and had strong religious associations”(在古希腊，运动节是非常重要的，并且与宗教有密切的联系)，

40、接着又谈到奥林匹克运动节由敬拜宙斯而兴起，最后成了国家的盛事，所以 G 符合题意。(3).The orders of athletic events at the ancient Olympics 1.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：C）解析：解析：从第 2 段第 4 句：“The exact sequence of events is uncertain,”(每项比赛确切的程序是不确定的，)得出，C 是正确答案。(4).It can be inferred from the passage that the game was once interrupted beca

41、use 1.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：E）解析：解析：从第 4 段中的：“the ideathe spirit of competition in sports and games was preferable to the competition that caused wars”(人们认为奥运会能更好地促使人们参与体育竞争，而非引起战争。)得出，E 是正确答案。(5).Modern athletes results cannot be compared with those of ancient runners because 1.（分数：2.00）填空项 1

42、:_ （正确答案：正确答案：F）解析：解析：第 3 段最后一句谈到：“How their results compared with modern standards，we unfortunately have no means of telling”(他们的比赛结果和现代标准比较起来如何呢?不幸的是我们没有办法知道这些结果。)得出，F 是正确答案。1. Accidents are caused; they dont just happen. The reason may be easy to see: an overloaded tray, a shelf out of reach, a p

43、atch of ice on the road. But more often than not there is a chain of events leading up to the misfortune frustration, tiredness or just bad temper that shows what the accident really is, a sort of attack on oneself. 2. Rode accidents, for example, happen frequently after a family quarrel, and we all

44、 know people who are accident-prone, so that at odds with themselves and the world that they seem to cause to accidents for themselves and others. 3. By definition, an accident is something you cant predict or provide, and the idea which used to be current, that the majority of rode accidents are ca

45、used by a minority of criminally careless drives, is not supported by insurance statistics. These show that most accidents involve ordinary motorists in a moment of carelessness and thoughtlessness. 4. It is not always, clear, either, what sort of conditions make people more likely to have an accide

46、nt. For instance, the law requires all factories to make safety precautions and most companies have safety committees to make sure the regulations are observed, but still, every day in Britain, some fifty thousand men and women are absent from work due to an accident. 5. Some accidents are largely r

47、esults of human error or misjudgment noise and fatigue, boredom or worries are possible factors, which contribute to this. Doctors who work in factories have found that those who drink too much, usually people, who have an anxiety level, run three times the normal risk of accidents at work. Question

48、s 1-5 Directions: For questions 1-5, choose the best title for each paragraph from below. For each numbered paragraph(1-5), mark one letter(A-G)on your Answer Sheet. Do not mark any letter twice. A. Personal affairs cause accidents B. Accidents are caused by people rather than take place by themselves C Uncertain factors that cause accident D. Accidents t