插本英语100篇精读荟萃基础

1、：插本大师兄Passage one（The only way to travel is on foot）The past ages of man have all been carefully labeled by anthropologists. Descriptions like Palaeolithic Man, Neolithic Man, etc., neatly sum up whole periods. When the time comes for anthropologists to turn their attention to the twentieth century,

2、 they will surely choose the label Legless Man. Histories of the time will go something like this: in the twentieth century, people forgot how to use their legs. Men and women moved about in cars, buses and trains from a very early age. There were lifts and escalators in all large buildings to preve

3、nt people from walking. This situation was forced upon earthdwellers of that time because ofeach day. But the surprising thing is that they didnt use their legseven when they went on holiday. They built cable railways, ski-lifts and roads to the top of every huge mountain. All the beauty spots on ea

4、rth 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 our hurry to get from one place to another, we failed to see anything on the way. Air travel gives you a birds-eye view of the world or even less if the win

5、g of the aircraft happens to get in your way. When you travel by car or train a blurred image of the countryside constantly smears the windows. Car drivers, in particular, are forever obsessed with the urge to go on and on: they never want to stop. Is it the lure of the great motorways, or what? And

6、 as for sea travel, it hardly deserves mention. It is perfectly summed up in the words of the old song: I joined the navy to see the world, and what did I see? I saw the sea. The typical twentieth-century traveler is the man who always says Ive been there. You mention the r motest, most evocative pl

7、ace-names in the world like El Dorado, Kabul, Irkutsk and someone is bound to say Ive beenthere meaning, I drove through it at 100an hour on the way to somewhere else. When you travel at high speeds, the present means nothing: you live mainly in the future because youspend most of your time looking

8、forward to arriving at some other place. But actual arrival, when it isachieved, is meaningless. You want to move on again. By traveling like this, you suspend all experience; the present ceases to be a reality: you might just as well be dead. The traveler on foot, on the other hand, lives constantl

9、y in the present. For him traveling and arri ing are one and the same thing: he arrives somewhere with every step he makes. He experiences the pres nt moment with his eyes, his ears and the whole of his body. At the end of his journey he feels a delicious physical weariness. He knows that sound. Sat

10、isfying sleep will be his: the just reward of all true travellers.1、Anthorpologists label nowadays men Legless because Apeople forget how to use his legs.B C Dpeople prefer cars, buses and trains.lifts and escalators prevent people from walking. there are a lot of transportation devices.2、Travelling

11、 at high speed meansApeoples focus on the future.B Ca pleasure.satisfying drivers great thrill.Da necessity of life.3、Why does the author say we are deprived of the use of our eyes ?APeople wont use their eyes.B C DIn traveling at high speed, eyes become useless. People cant see anything on his way

12、of travel. People want to sleep during travelling.4、What is the purpose of the author in writing this passage?ALegs become weaker.B CModern means of transportation make the world a small place. There is no need to use eyes.DThe best way to travel is on foot.5. What does a birds-eye view mean?ASee vi

13、ew with birds eyes.B C DA bird looks at a beautiful view.It is a general view from a high position looking down. A scenic place.VOCABULARY1.Palaeolithic 旧石器的的2.Neolithic新石器3. escalator4. ski-lift5. mar自动电梯，自动扶梯 载送滑雪者上坡的装置损坏，毁坏1：插本大师兄6. blur7. smear8. evocative9. El Dorado10. Kabul11. Irkutsk模糊不清，朦胧涂

14、，弄脏，弄模糊（尤指画面、轮廓等） 引起回忆的，唤起感情的(由当时西班牙征服者想象中的南美洲)，宝山，富庶喀布尔（首都）伊尔库茨克（原亚洲城市）难句译注与详解The only way to travel is on foot旅游的唯一方法是走路难句译注1.Air travel gives you a birds-eye view of the world or even if the wing of the aircraft happens to getin your way.【参考译文】飞机旅行，你只可俯视世界如果机翼碰巧挡住了你的视线，就看得更少了。When you travel by c

15、ar or train a blurred image of the country-side constantly smears the windows.【参考译文】如果乘车或火车旅行，郊外模糊朦胧的景象不断地掠过窗口。2.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、机速度飞快 外边的景物难以看清，最终 导致人们忘记用脚、用眼成为“无脚之人”。一切都经历不到。作者建议最佳的旅游方法是徒步 经历现实。详解1A 人们忘了用脚。在第一段：人类学家把以往年代的人们分别标上旧石器、人，等等。干脆利落地

16、总结了一个时期。当他们转向 20 世纪，他们肯定新石器会标上“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。所有的风景旅游区型的汽车停车场。B 人们喜欢汽车、公交车、火车等。 C 电梯、自动扶梯制止人们走路。 D 有许多交通工具。2A 人们的注意力在未来。见最后一段第一句话：当你高速旅行，现在等于零，你主要生活在未来，因为你大部分时间盯在前面到达的某个地方。真到了，又没有意义了， 你还要再向前进。B 是一种欢乐。 C 满足司机不是快速前进着

17、眼于未来。 D 他们那异常的生活方法强加给渴望。第二提及死机醉心于开车、不停车但生活的需要。这一条在第一提及这种情况是因为的居民。这是指不用脚走路，而用一切代步器交通工具，不是开快车。3C 人们在旅行途中什么都见不到。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下：我们被的应用。了眼睛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。D 旅行的最佳方式是走路。文章第一段、第

18、二段分别讲述了旅行可不用脚、不用眼等情况。第三段，在讲述了人们只知向前向前，一切经历都停滞，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现在时刻、旅行终点， 他感到全身舒坦愉悦的疲劳，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佳方式。A 脚变得软弱无力。 B 现代交通工具把世界变小。 C 没有必要用眼睛。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。45Passage two (Vicious and Dang

19、erous Sports Should be Banned by Law)When you think of the tremendous technological progress we have made, its amazing how little we have developed in other respects. We may speak contemptuously of the poor old Romans because they relished the orgies of slaughter that went on in their arenas. We may

20、 despise them because they mistook these goings on for entertainment. We may forgive them condescendingly because they lived 2000 years ago and2：插本大师兄obviously knew no better. But are our feelings of superiority really justified? Are we any less blood-thirsty? Why do boxing matches, for instance, at

21、tract such universal interest? Dont the spectators who attend them hope they will see some violence? Human beings remains as bloodthirsty as ever they were. The only difference between ourselves and the Romans is that while they were honest enough to admit that they enjoyed watching hungey lions tea

22、ring people apart and eating them alive, we find all sorts of sophisticated arguments to defend sports which should have been banned long age; sports which are quite as barbarous as, say, public hangings or bearbaiting.It really is incredible that in this day and age we should still allow hunting or

23、 bull-ing, that weshould be prepared to sit back and watch two men batter each other to pulp in a boxing ring, that we shouldbe relatively unmoved by the sight of one or a number of racing cars crashing and bursting into flames. Let us not deceive ourselves. Any talk of the sporting spirit is sheer

24、hypocrisy. People take part in violent sports because of the high rewards they bring. Spectators are willing to pay vast sums of money to see violence. A world heavyweight championship match, for instance, is front page news. Millions of peopleare disappointed if a bigis over in two rounds instead o

25、f fifteen. They feel disappointment becausethey have been deprived of the exquisite pleasure of witnessing prolonged torture and violence.Why should we ban violent sports if people enjoy them so much? You may well ask. The answer issimple: they are uncivilized. For centuries man has been trying to i

26、mprove himself spiritually and emotionally admittedly with little success. But at least we no longer tolerate the sight madmen cooped upin cages, or public floggings of any of the countless other barbaric practices which were common in the past. Prisons are no longer the grim forbidding places they

27、used to be Social welfare systems are in operation in many parts of the world. Big efforts are being made to distribute wealth fairly These changes have come about not because human beings have suddenly and unaccountably improved, but because positive steps were taken to change the law. The law is t

28、he biggest instrument of social change that we have and it may exert great civilizing influence. If we banned dangerous and violent sports, we would be moving one step further to improving mankind. We would recogniz that violence is degrading and unworthy of human beings.1.It can be inferred from th

29、e passage that the authors opinion of nowadays human beings isA.not very high.C.contemptuous.B.high.D.critical.2.The main idea of this passage isA. vicious and dangerous sports should be banned by law.B. people are willing to pay vast sums money to see violence.C. to compare two different attitudes

30、towards dangerous sports.D.people are bloodthirsty in sportsThat the author mentions the old Romans isA. To compare the old Roman with todays people.B. to give an example.C. to show human beings in the past know nothing better.D. to indicate human beings are used to bloodthirsty.How many dangerous s

31、ports does the author mention in this passage?3.4.A.Three.B.Five.C.Six.D.Seven.5.The purpose of the author in writing this passage isA. that, by banning the violent sports, we human beings can improve our selves.B. that, by banning the dangerous sports, we can improve the law.C. that we must take po

32、sitive steps to improve social welfare system.D. to show law is the main instrument of social change.Vocabulary..9.relish orgy arenablood-thirsty bear-baiting bull-batter pulpburst into flames从获得狂欢，享受场，活动或的场所的， 逗熊斗牛的猛击，连续地猛打/捶，乱打成纸浆，成软块突然燃烧起来/着火3：插本大师兄10. grim11. coop up令人窒息的，简陋的把关起来难句

33、译注1.bear-baiting逗熊。这是一种十六、十七世纪流行于英国的驱狗去咬绑着的熊，很，后被。2.two men batter each other to pulp in the boxing ring.【结构简析】batter one to pulp = beat one to a pulp 狠揍，打瘫【参考译文】两个人在拳击场内彼此狠揍，知道一个人被在地，爬不起来。3.unmoved by the sight of one or a number of racing cars crashing and bursting into flames.【参考译文】眼见一辆或多辆相互撞击，突然

34、烧起来而无动于衷。4.A world heavy weight championship match is front page news.【参考译文】世界重量级冠军赛总是头版头条。写作方法与文章大意作者采取先对比、后分析的写作手法。先是今人和古罗马人对暴虐体育上对此两者都欣赏。后者坦率成人“欣赏体育”，前者施以各种接口、实际都是者。第二段进一步剖析今人法律采取积极的步骤，法律才欣赏暴虐体育的种种实例，最后指出“暴虐”的根本嗜为能施以巨大的文明影响，否则人类很难改变。详解1.A.不太高。文章一开始就点出科技巨大进步，而其他方面进展很少。人们以轻蔑的口气谈及为的古罗马人，因为他们欣赏场上的。我们

35、轻视他们，因为他们把这些视。我们可以降阶/谅解他们因为他们生活在 2000 年前，显然，对好的东西不知道。在这里作者反问，我们的优越感是否正确呢？我们的性是不是少一些？为什么拳击比赛吸引那么许多人？在场的观赏者（观众）是不是也希望看到一些呢？结论是：人饥饿的狮子类和过去一样把人撕碎，活生生。唯一的不同点在于古罗马人很诚实，他们承认他们欣赏，而我们会找出各种精辟的理由来早该制止的运动。第二段举出具体例子，如斗牛、拳把人打瘫在地、，车子碰撞起火，人们就坐在那里欣赏，参赛者是为了高，观众付出大笔钱财是为了看到。作者指出任何体育精神的说法纯粹是虚伪。如果一场打比赛（世界重量级冠军赛），两轮而不是十五轮

36、就告结束，上百万人们会感到失望这些都证明人的卑下，不文明。这两段似乎也证明作者的观点应该是 C 项蔑视的。但在第三段谈及，好几个世纪以来，人们一直试图在精神上和情感上，又得承认不怎么。可至少我们不再疯人禁锢于笼中，当众鞭挞，以及其他许多过去普遍存在的野蛮行径。度在全世界许多地方推行。在也不再是过去那种令人窒息的禁锢之地，福利制上也作了很大的努力。这些变化的出现不是因为人突然那么我们在，而是在改变法律上采取了 积极的步骤。如果我们的体育项目，人类方面又前进了一步。我们会认识是人类的和卑下（人类不应有的）。从这段来看，作者对人类还希望，不是很蔑视。所以选 A 项。2.A.法律应而又的体育项目。见第

37、一题注释。作者从古罗马人欣赏的体。必须制育项目说起，点出现代人也是，喜欢体育项目。这是不文明，是止，而法律是我们三句）最强大的工具，它可应用，发挥强大的文明影响（第三段倒数第B. 人们愿意支付巨大款项来”的具体内容之一。C. 对。这是作者认为人们为什么。这是作者说明“比对欣赏体育项目不同的态度。这里没有对比。D.人类体育项目的根源。3.D.人们在体育上习惯于“”，过去是，现在仍然是，不同点只是前者坦直承认，后者婉转掩饰。见第一题注释。A. 把古罗马人和现代人对比。这项没有说明对比什么。B. 给出一个例子。太抽象。C. 说明过去人类不太知道更美好的东西，这两项都没有到位。4.B.5 个。作者提到

38、逗熊刑不能称作体育活动。；斗牛；车赛；拳击；人狮斗。至于当众鞭挞和绞5.A.通过制止野蛮体育项目，我们能二题注释。人类自身。这在第三的最透彻，见第一题和第4：插本大师兄B. 通过制止野蛮体育活动，我们能法律，全对。作者明确指出要用法律来福利体制。D. 去表明法律是野的蛮体育项目。C. 我们必须采取积极步骤来主要工具。Passage three(Advertisers Perform a Useful Service to the Commu)Advertisers tend to think big and perhaps this is why theyre always coming in

39、 for criticism. Their critics seem to resent them because they have a flair for self-promotion and because they have so much money to throw around. Its iniquitous, they say, that this entirely unproductive industry (if we can call it that) should absorb millions of pounds each year. It only goes to

40、show how much profit the big companies are making. Why dont they stop advertising and reduce the price of their goods? After all, its the consumer who paysThe poor old consumer! Hed have to pay a great deal more if advertising didnt create mass markets for products. It is precisely because of the he

41、avy advertising that consumer goods are so cheap. But we get the wrong idea if we think the only purpose of advertising is to sell goods. Another equally important function is to inform. A great deal of the knowledge we have about household goods derives largely from the advertisements we read. Adve

42、rtisements introduce us to new products or remind us of the existence of ones we already know about. Supposing you wanted to buy a washing machine, it is more than likely you would obtain details regarding performance, price, etc., from an advertisement.Lots of people pretend that they never read ad

43、vertisements, but this claim may be seriously doubted. It is hardly possible not to read advertisements these days. And what fun they often are, too! Just think what a railway station or a newspaper would be like without advertisements. Would you enjoy gazing at a blank wall or reading railway byela

44、ws while waiting for a train? Would you like to read only closely printed columns of news in your daily paper? A cheerful, witty advertisement makes such a difference to a drab wall or a newspaper full of the daily ration of calamities.We must not forget, either, that advertising makes a positive co

45、ntribution to our pockets. Newspapers, commercial radio and television companies could not subsist without this source of revenue. The fact that we pay so little for our daily paper, or can enjoy so many broadcast programmes is due entirely to the money spent by advertisers. Just think what a newspa

46、per would cost if we had to pay its full price!Another thing we mus forget is the small ads which are in virtually every newspaper and magazine. What a tremendously useful service they perform for the commu ! Just about anything can be accomplished through these columns. For instance, you can find a

47、 job, buy or sell a house, announce a birth, marriage or death in what used to be called the hatch, match and dispatch column but by far the mostfascinating section is theal or agony column. No other item in a newspaper provides suchentertaining reading or offers such a deep insight into human natur

48、e. Its the best advertisement for advertising there is!1.What is main idea of this passage?A. Advertisement.B. The benefits of advertisement.C. Advertisers perform a useful service to communities.D. The costs of advertisement.The attitude of the author toward advertisers isA. appreciative.B. trustwo

49、rthy.C. critical.D. dissatisfactory.Why do the critics criticize advertisers?A. Because advertisers often brag.B. Because critics think advertisement is a “waste of money”.C. Because customers are encouraged to buy more than necessary.D. Because customers pay more. Which of the following is Not True

50、?A. Advertisement makes contribution to our pockets and we may know everything.B. We can buy what we want.C. Good quality products dont need to be advertised.D. Advertisement makes our life colorful. The passage isA. Narration.B. Description..5：插本大师兄C. Criticism.D. Argumentation.Vocabulary1.2

51、..0.come in for ( sth. ) flairiniquitous drab subsist是某事物的对象，吸引（某事物），获得天资，天分极邪恶的，极不公正的单调的，乏味的活下去，生存下去，维持下去孵化（指生孩子）匹配， 派遣，极大痛苦，煎熬（报刊中关于个人疑难问题征询意见的）读者来信专栏hatch match dispatch agonyagony column难句译注1.Advertisers tend to think big and perhaps this is why theyre always coming in for cri icis

52、m.【参考译文】商总是雄心勃勃（想得很大），也许这就是为什么他们老挨批评。2.Their critics seem to resent them because they have a flair for self-promotion.【参考译文】他们的批评者似乎对他们很气愤，因为他们在自我抬高/标榜上很有天分。3.No other item in a newspaper provides such entertaining reading or offer such deep insight into human nature.【参考译文】报纸任何其他栏目都难以提供如此有趣的文章，或提供对人

53、性的内涵如此深刻的洞察。4.Its the best advertisement for advertising there is.【参考译文】这是中最佳的。写作方法与文章大意文章以因果、对比的手法写出有没有的后果及的真正作用。文章首先指出商遭批评的：商夸大和人们认为浪费钱财、商品价格就搞；然后作者以有无的后果突出其功能，没有各种信息。，商品价更高，生活单调、乏味 有了，商品价低，生活丰富多彩，人们获取详解C.1.对的服务很有用。作者从面来叙述作用：第二段点出如果不为开辟广大的市场，我们就得付出很多钱，正是因为大量的费用，消费者的商品才会那么便宜。除销售商品外，其重要的功能在通知/告诉信息，有

54、关家用商品的许多只是来自，还有新的介绍。第三 机智的第四了美化环境功能。如果火车站的墙上和报上没有将改变一切，那会怎。一幅悦人心目，了它为我们省钱：别忘了对我们口袋作出积极的贡献。报纸、电台、公司完全没有这笔收入很难生存。我们的报纸，我们付给很少，或者说，我们能享受那么多的是因为最后一商花的钱。如果要我们付报纸的全价，那我们要花了各种专栏的功能。人们可以在这些栏目找工作、！房子、宣布婚丧嫁娶信息。这些都围着一个中心：对服务的有用性。A.。太笼统。B.之优点。文章不是讲优点，而是讲服务于的功能。D.费用。2.A. 欣赏/赞赏。从上述注释也可推知是 A 项。最重要的，作者提出种种功能，是为了反驳第

55、一段内提到的论点：完全是非生产企业每年吸收几百万镑，这说明这些大公司利润有多高。最重要的是消费者付的费等。反驳更说明了 A 项对。B. 值得信任。 C. 批评。 D. 不满意。A. 因为商常常爱吹，。见难句译注 1.。3.B. 因为批评者认为支付。浪费钱。 C. 因为促使消费者不必要的东西。 D. 因为消费者4.C. 优质A.不需要。一切都需要，新、老都需要。对我们的口袋作出贡献。 B. 我们可以买到我们所需的。 D.使我们生活丰富多彩。这三条都提到也是真实的。5.C. 文章一开始就提到对的批评，然后作者以对比的手法说明其功能。A. 叙事。B. 描写。 D. 议论。6：插本大师兄Passage

56、 four(preface)Science is a dominant theme in our culture. Since it touches almost every facet of our life, educated people need at least some acquaintance with its structure and operation. They should also have an understanding of the subculture in which scientists live and the kinds of people they are. An understanding of general characteristics of science as well as specific scientific concepts is easier to attain if one knows something about the things that excite and frustrate the scientist.This book is