学海文 2008年全国研究生入学统一考试全真英语模拟试题(二)Text 3It could be all reasonable to blame traffic jams, the cost of petrol and the quick pace of modern life, but manners on the roads are becoming horrible. Everybody knows that the nicest men become monsters behind the wheel. It is adequate, again, to have a tiger in the tank, but to have one in the drivers seat is another matter altogether. You might tolerate the rude and inconsiderate driver, but sadly nowadays the well-mannered motorist is just an exception. Perhaps the situation calls for a Be Kind to Other Drivers campaign, otherwise it may get completely out of hand.Road politeness is not just good manners, but good sense too. It takes the most cool-headed and good-tempered of drivers to resist the temptation to revenge when subjected to uncivilized behavior. On the other hand, a little politeness goes a long way towards relieving the tensions of motoring. A friendly nod or a wave of acknowledgement in response to an act of politeness helps to create an atmosphere of goodwill and tolerance so necessary in modern traffic conditions. But such acknowledgements of politeness are all too rare today. Many drivers nowadays dont even seem able to recognize politeness when they see it.However, misplaced politeness can also be dangerous. Typical examples are the driver who brakes violently to allow a car to emerge from a side street at some hazard to following traffic, when a few seconds later the road would be clear anyway; or the man who waves a child across a zebra crossing into the path of oncoming vehicles that may be unable to stop in time. The same goes for encouraging old ladies to cross the road wherever and whenever they care to. It always amazes me that the highways are not covered with the dead bodies of these grannies.A veteran driver, whose manners are faultless, told me it would help if motorists learnt to filter correctly into traffic streams one at a time without causing the total blockages that give rise to bad temper. Unfortunately, modern motorists cant even learn to drive, let alone master the subtler aspects of boatmanship. Years ago the experts warned us that the car-ownership explosion would demand a lot more give-and-take from all road users. It is high time for all of us to take this message to heart.31. According to this passage, troubles on the road are primarily caused by _.A. traffic conditionsB. the rhythm of modern lifeC. the behavior of the drivers（C）D. peoples attitude towards rude drivers32. The sentence “You might tolerate the rude and . the rule.” (Para. 1) implies that _.A. our society is unjust towards well-mannered motoristsB. rude drivers can be met only occasionallyC. the well-mannered motorist cannot tolerate the inconsiderate drivers（D）D. nowadays impolite drivers constitute the majority of motorists33. By “good sense,” the writer means _.A. the drivers ability to understand and react reasonablyB. the drivers prompt response to difficult and severe conditionsC. the drivers tolerance of rude or even savage behavior（A）D. the drivers acknowledgement of politeness and regulations34. Experts have long pointed out that in the face of car-ownership explosion, _.A. road users should demand more sacrificeB. drivers should be ready to yield to each otherC. drivers should have more communication among themselves（B）D. drivers will suffer great loss if they pay no respect to others35. What can be inferred from this passage?A. Strict traffic regulations are badly neededB. Drivers should apply road politeness properlyC. Rude drivers should be punished（B）D. Drivers should avoid traffic jamsText 4With the prevalence of interactive electronic media, a man alone in his own home will never have been so well placed to fill the inexplicable mental space between birth and death. Computer games and surfing the web will make the existential problem a thing of the past. Isnt that great! In this promising scenario it seems only right that books should be pushed more and more into those moments, say, of travel, that people still dont quite know what to do with.In spite of all this, given the perceived dumbing down of such a world, when people do read theyll no doubt want to feel they are reading something serious. For although the collapse of pretty well all collective illusions - religious and political - will have persuaded most people to turn their mental energies to problems exclusively technical and their emotions to the harmlessly superficial, still its hard to forget that qualities like wisdom and insight once carried considerable prestige. It would be nice to think one had them. And of course those qualities tended to be associated with something called literature. Result? Youre going to find fewer books presenting themselves as mass market stories and more taking up literary pretensions.Translators can only benefit from this desire for the seemingly sophisticated. We can look forward to lots of fanta