2016年公共英语一级PETS1考试考前阅读辅导

1、2016年公共英语一级PETS1考试考前阅读辅导ViciousandDangerousSportsShouldbeBannedbyLawWhenyouthinkofthetremendoustechnologicalprogresswehavemade,itsamazinghowlittlewehavedevelopedinotherrespects.WemayspeakcontemptuouslyofthepooroldRomansbecausetheyrelishedtheorgiesofslaughterthatwentonintheirarenas.Wemaydespisethembe

2、causetheymistookthesegoingsonforentertainment.Wemayforgivethemcondescendinglybecausetheylived2000yearsagoandobviouslyknewnobetter.Butareourfeelingsofsuperiorityreallyjustified?Areweanylessblood-thirsty?Whydoboxingmatches,forinstance,attractsuchuniversalinterest?Dontthespectatorswhoattendthemhopethey

3、willseesomeviolence?Humanbeingsremainsasbloodthirstyasevertheywere.TheonlydifferencebetweenourselvesandtheRomansisthatwhiletheywerehonestenoughtoadmitthattheyenjoyedwatchinghungeylionstearingpeopleapartandeatingthemalive,wefindallsortsofsophisticatedargumentstodefendsportswhichshouldhavebeenbannedlo

4、ngage;sportswhicharequiteasbarbarousas,say,publichangingsorbearbaiting.Itreallyisincrediblethatinthisdayandageweshouldstillallowhuntingorbull-fighting,thatweshouldbepreparedtositbackandwatchtwomenbattereachothertopulpinaboxingring,thatweshouldberelativelyunmovedbythesightofoneoranumberofracingcarscr

5、ashingandburstingintoflames.Letusnotdeceiveourselves.Anytalkofthesportingspiritissheerhypocrisy.Peopletakepartinviolentsportsbecauseofthehighrewardstheybring.Spectatorsarewillingtopayvastsumsofmoneytoseeviolence.Aworldheavyweightchampionshipmatch,forinstance,isfrontpagenews.Millionsofpeoplearedisapp

6、ointedifabigfightisoverintworoundsinsteadoffifteen.Theyfeeldisappointmentbecausetheyhavebeendeprivedoftheexquisitepleasureofwitnessingprolongedtortureandviolence.Whyshouldwebanviolentsportsifpeopleenjoythemsomuch?Youmaywellask.Theanswerissimple:theyareuncivilized.Forcenturiesmanhasbeentryingtoimprov

7、ehimselfspirituallyandemotionally-admittedlywithlittlesuccess.Butatleastwenolongertoleratethesightmadmencoopedupincages,orpublicfloggingsofanyofthecountlessotherbarbaricpracticeswhichwerecommoninthepast.Prisonsarenolongerthegrimforbiddingplacestheyusedtobe.Socialwelfaresystemsareinoperationinmanypar

8、tsoftheworld.Bigeffortsarebeingmadetodistributewealthfairly.Thesechangeshavecomeaboutnotbecausehumanbeingshavesuddenlyandunaccountablyimproved,butbecausepositivestepsweretakentochangethelaw.Thelawisthebiggestinstrumentofsocialchangethatwehaveanditmayexertgreatcivilizinginfluence.Ifwebanneddangerousa

9、ndviolentsports,wewouldbemovingonestepfurthertoimprovingmankind.Wewouldrecognizethatviolenceisdegradingandunworthyofhumanbeings.1.1 tcanbeinferredfromthepassagethattheauthorsopinionofnowadayshumanbeingsisA.notveryhigh.B.high.C.contemptuous.D.critical.2 .ThemainideaofthispassageisA.viciousanddangerou

10、ssportsshouldbebannedbylaw.B.peoplearewillingtopayvastsumsmoneytoseeviolence.C.tocomparetwodifferentattitudestowardsdangeroussports.D.peoplearebloodthirstyinsports.3 .ThattheauthormentionstheoldRomansisA.TocomparetheoldRomanswithtodayspeople.B.togiveanexample.C.toshowhumanbeingsinthepastknownothingb

11、etter.D.toindicatehumanbeingsareusedtobloodthirsty.4 .Howmanydangeroussportsdoestheauthormentioninthispassage?A.Three.B.Five.C.Six.D.Seven.5 .ThepurposeoftheauthorinwritingthispassageisA.that,bybanningtheviolentsports,wehumanbeingscanimproveourselves.B.that,bybanningthedangeroussports,wecanimproveth

12、elaw.C.thatwemusttakepositivestepstoimprovesocialwelfaresystem.D.toshowlawisthemaininstrumentofsocialchange.备注说明，非正文，实际使用可删除如下部分。本内容仅给予阅读编辑指点：1、本文件由微软OFFICE办公软件编辑而成，同时支持WPS。2、文件可重新编辑整理。3、建议结合本公司和个人的实际情况进行修正编辑。4、因编辑原因，部分文件文字有些微错误的，请自行修正，并不影响本文阅读。Note:itisnotthetext.Thefollowingpartscanbedeletedforactualuse.Thiscontentonlygivesreadingandeditinginstructions:1. ThisdocumentiseditedbyMicrosoftofficeofficesoftwareandsupportsWPS.2. Thefilescanbeeditedandreorganized.3. Itissuggestedtorevise