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1、2023年英语专八考试阅读理解精讲材料 2023英语专八考试阅读理解精讲材料 No man is born wise or learned.以下是我为大家搜寻整理的2023英语专八考试阅读理解精讲材料，盼望能给大家带来关心!更多精彩内容请准时关注我们免费学习网! The Only Way to Travel is on Foot 精读原文： The past ages of man have all been carefully labeledby anthropologists. Descriptions like PalaeolithicMan, Neolithic Man, etc.,
2、neatly sum up wholeperiods. When the time comes for anthropologists to turn their attention to the twentiethcentury, they will surely choose the labelLegless Man. Histories of the time will go somethinglike this: in the twentieth century, people forgot how to use their legs. Men and women movedabout
3、 in cars, buses and trains from a very early age. There were lifts and escalators in all largebuildings to prevent people from walking. This situation was forced upon earth dwellers of thattime because of miles each day. But the surprising thing is that they didnt use their legs evenwhen they went o
4、n holiday. They built cable railways, ski-lifts and roads to the top of everyhuge mountain. All the beauty spots on earth were marred by the presence of large car parks. The future history books might also record that we were deprived of the use of our eyes. In ourhurry to get from one place to anot
5、her, we failed to see anything on the way. Air travel givesyou a birds-eye view of the world or even less if the wing of the aircraft happens to get inyour way. When you travel by car or train a blurred image of the countryside constantlysmears the windows. Car drivers, in particular, are forever ob
6、sessed with the urge to go onand on: they never want to stop. Is it the lure of the great motorways, or what? And as for seatravel, it hardly deserves mention. It is perfectly summed up in the words of the old song: Ijoined the navy to see the world, and what did I see? I saw the sea. The typical tw
7、entieth-century traveler is the man who always says Ive been there.You mention the remotest, mostevocative place-names in the world like El Dorado, Kabul, Irkutsk and someone is bound to sayIve been there meaning, I drove through it at 100 miles an hour on the way to somewhereelse. When you travel a
8、t high speeds, the present means nothing: you live mainly in the futurebecause you spend most of your time looking forward to arriving at some other place. Butactual arrival, when it is achieved, is meaningless. You want to move on again. By traveling likethis, you suspend all experience; the presen
9、t ceases to be a reality: you might just as well bedead. The traveler on foot, on the other hand, lives constantly in the present. For him travelingand arriving are one and the same thing: he arrives somewhere with every step he makes. Heexperiences the present moment with his eyes, his ears and the
10、 whole of his body. At the endof his journey he feels a delicious physical weariness. He knows that sound. Satisfying sleepwill be his: the just reward of all true travellers. 【阅读练习题】 1、Anthorpologists label nowadays men Legless because A people forget how to use his legs. B people prefer cars, buse
11、s and trains. C lifts and escalators prevent people from walking. D there are a lot of transportation devices. 2、Travelling at high speed means A peoples focus on the future. B a pleasure. C satisfying drivers great thrill. D a necessity of life. 3、Why does the author say we are deprived of the use
12、of our eyes ? A People wont use their eyes. B In traveling at high speed, eyes become useless. C People cant see anything on his way of travel. D People want to sleep during travelling. 4、What is the purpose of the author in writing this passage? A Legs become weaker. B Modern means of transportatio
13、n make the world a small place. C There is no need to use eyes. D The best way to travel is on foot. 5. What does a birds-eye view mean? A See view with birds eyes. B A bird looks at a beautiful view. C It is a general view from a high position looking down. D A scenic place. 【答案详解】 1.A 人们忘了用脚。答案在第一
14、段：人类学家把以往年月的人们分别标上旧石器时代、新石器时 代人，等等。干脆利落地总结了一个时期。当他们转向20 世纪，他们确定会标上“无脚的人。 因为在20 世纪，人们忘了如何用脚走路。男人女人早年外出就坐车、公共汽车、火车。大楼里 由电梯、自动扶梯，不需要人们走路。即使度假期间，他们也不用脚。他们筑有缆车道、滑雪载 车和路直通山顶。全部的风景旅游区都有大型的汽车停车场。 B 人们喜爱汽车、公交车、火车等。 C 电梯、自动扶梯制止人们走路。 D 有很多交通运输工 具。 2.A 人们的留意力在将来。见最终一段第一句话：当你高速旅行，如今等于零，你主要生活在未 来，因为你大部分时间盯在前面到达的某
15、个地方。真到了，又没有意义了，你还要再向前进。 B 是一种快乐。 C 满足司机剧烈的渴望。第二段中提及死机醉心于开车、不停车但不是快速 前进着眼于将来。 D 生活的需要。这一条在第一段中提及这种状况是因为他们那异样的生活方 法强加给时代的居民。这是指不用脚走路，而用一切代步器交通运输工具，不是开快车。 3.C 人们在旅行途中什么都见不到。答案在第二段，由一地转向另一地，路上你什么都没有见到。 乘飞机你只能俯视世界，火车，汽车，只见外界朦胧景象掠过窗子。海上旅游，只见到海。“我 到过那里此话含义就是“我以一小时一百英里在去某某地方时经过那里。正因为如此，作者 指出将来的历史书上会记录下：我们被剥
16、夺了眼睛的应用。 A 人们不愿用眼睛。 B 在高速旅行中，眼睛没有用了。 D 旅行中，人们想睡觉。 4.D 旅行的最正确方式是走路。文章第一段、第二段分别讲解并描述了旅行可不用脚、不用眼等状况。第 三段，在讲解并描述了人们只知向前向前，一切经受都停滞，现实不再是现实，还不如死的好。而用脚 走路的旅行者总是生活再现实，对他来说旅行和到达是一回事，他一步一步走到某地，他用眼睛、 耳朵，以至整个身体去体验如今时刻、旅行终点，他感到全身舒坦愉悦的疲惫，美美享受满足的 酣睡;一切真正旅行者的真实报偿。这一段就是作者写文章的目的走路是旅行的最正确方式。 A 脚变得脆弱无力。 B 现代交通工具把世界变小。
17、C 没有必要用眼睛。 5.C 从高出向下看的景致：俯视。 A 用鸟的眼睛看景点。 B 鸟在看美景。 D 风景点。 【阅读词汇学习】 Palaeolithic 旧石器时代的 Neolithic 新石器时代的 escalator 自动电梯，自动扶梯 ski-lift 载送滑雪者上坡的装置 mar 损坏，毁坏 blur 模糊不清，朦胧 smear 涂，弄脏，弄模糊尤指画面、轮廓等 evocative 引起回忆的，唤起感情的 El Dorado 由当时西班牙制服者想象中的南美洲黄金国，宝山，富庶之乡 Kabul 喀布尔阿富汗首都 Irkutsk 伊尔库茨克原苏联亚洲城市 【难句解析】 The only
18、 way to travel is on foot 旅游的唯一方法是走路 Air travel gives you a birds-eye view of the world or even if the wing of the aircraft happensto get in your way. 飞机旅行，你只可俯视世界假如机翼碰巧拦住了你的视线，就看得更少了。 When you travel by car or train a blurred image of the country-side constantly smears thewindows. 假如乘车或火车旅行，郊外模糊朦胧的景象不断地掠过窗口。 【写作方法与文章大意】 文章以因果写作方法，写出了由于种种现代化交通设施、人们不需用脚走路，甚至也不需要用眼 看景，出门就坐汽车、公交车、地铁、飞机，车、机速度飞速，外边的景物难以看清，最终 导致人们遗忘用脚、用眼成为“无脚之人。一切都经受不到。作者建议最正确的旅游方法是徒步 经受现实。 PREV ARTICLE2023年12月英语六级口语备考练习题NEXT ARTICLE2023公共英语一级阅读理解练习及答案