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the maple smoke of autumn bonfires is incense to canadians. bestowing perfume for the nose， color for the eye， sweetness for the spring tongue， the sugar maple prompts this sharing of a favorite myth and original etymology of the word maple. 41 the maple looms large in ojibwa folk tales. the time of year for sugaring off is “in the maple moon.” among ojibwa， the primordial female figure is nokomis， a wise grandmother. in one tale about seasonal change， cannibal wendigoscreatures of evil chased old nokomis through the autumn countryside. wendigos throve in icy cold. when they entered the bodies of humans， the human heart froze solid. here wendigos represent oncoming winter. they were hunting to kill and eat poor nokomis， the warm embodiment of female fecundity who， like the summer， has grown old. 42 knowing this was a pursuit to the death， nokomis outsmarted the cold devils. she hid in a stand of maple trees， all red and orange and deep yellow. this maple grove grew beside a waterfall whose mist blurred the trees’ outline. as they peered through the mist， slavering wendigos thought they saw a raging fire in which their prey was burning. but it was only old nokomis being hidden by the bright red leaves of her friends， the maples. and so， drooling ice and huffing frost， the wendigos left her and sought easier prey. for their service in saving the earth mother’s life， these maples were given a special gift： their water of life would be forever sweet， and canadians would tap it for nourishment. 43 maple and its syrup flow sweetly into canadian humor. quebeckers have the standard siropd’ erable for maple syrup， but add a feisty insult to label imitation syrups that are thick with glucose glop. they call this sugary imposter sirop de poteau “telephone pole syrup” or dead tree syrup. 44 the contention that maple syrup is unique to north america is suspect， i believe. china has close to 10 species of maple， more than any country in the world. canada has 10 native species. north america does happen to be home to the sugar maple， the species that produces the sweetest sap and the most abundant flow. but are we to believe that in thousands of years of chinese history， these inventive people never tapped a maple to taste its sap？ i speculate that they did. could protoamericas who crossed the bering land bridge to populate the americas have brought with them a knowledge of maple syrup？ is there a very old chinese phrase for maple syrup？ is maple syrup mentioned in chinese literature？ for a nonreader of chinese， such questions are daunting but not impossible to answer. 45 what is certain is the maple’s holdfast on our national imagination. its leaf was adopted as an emblem in new france as early as 1700， and in english canada by the mid19th century. in the fall of 1867， a toronto schoolteacher named alexander muir was traipsing a street at the city， all squelchy underfoot from the soft felt of falling leaves， when a maple leaf alighted to his coat sleeve and stuck there. at home that evening， he wrote a poem and set it to music， in celebration of canada’s confederation. muir’s song， “the maple leaf forever，” was wildly popular and helped fasten the symbol firmly to canada. the word “maple” is from “mapeltreow”， the old english term for maple tree， with “mapl”—as its protogermanic root， a compound in which the first “m”—is， i believe， the nearly worldwide “ma”， one of the first human sounds， the pursing of a baby’s lips as it prepares to suck milk from mother’s breast. the “ma” root gives rise in many world languages to thousands of words like “mama”， “mammary”， “maia”， and “amazon.” here it would make “mapl” mean “nourishing mother tree，” that is， tree whose maple sap in nourishing. the second part of the compound， “apl”， is a variant of indoeuropean able “fruit of any tree” and the origin of another english fruit word， apple. so the primitive analogy compares the liquid sap with another nourishing liquid， mother’s milk. directions： read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into chinese. your translation should be written clearly on answer sheet 2.（10 points） clearly if we are to participate in the society in which we live we must communicate with other people. a great deal of communicating is performed on a persontoperson basis by the simple means of speech. （46） if we travel in buses， buy things in shops， or eat in restaurants， we are likely to have conversations where we give information or opinions， receive news or comment， and very likely have our views challenged by other members of society. （47） facetoface contact is by no means the only form of communication and during the last two hundred years the art of mass communication has become one of the dominating factors of contemporary society. two things， above others， have caused the enormous growth of the communication industry. firstly， inventiveness has led to advances imprinting， telecommunications photography， radio and television. secondly， speed has revolutionized the transmission and reception of communications so that local news often takes a back seat to national news， which itself is often almost eclipsed by international news. no longer is the possession of information confined to a privileged minority. in the last century the wealthy man with his own library was indeed fortunate， but today there are public libraries. （48） for years ago people used to flock to the cinema， but now far more people sit at home and turn on the tv to watch a programme that is being channeled into millions of homes. communication is no longer merely concerned with the transmission of information. （49） the modem communication industry influences the way people live in society and broadens their horizons by allowing access to information， education and entertainment. the printing， broadcasting and advertising industries are all involved with informing， educating and entertaining. （50） although a great deal of the material communicated by the mass media is very valuable to the individual and to the society of which he is part， the vast modem network of communications is open to abuse. however， the mass media are with us for better， for worse， and there is no turning back. section ⅲ writing part a 51. directions： you have watched the 2004 athens olympic games and are interested in becoming a volunteer for the beijing 2008 olympic games. write a letter to liu qi， mayor of the capital city， to 1）make suggestions for the 2008 preparation work， and 2）express your wish to be a volunteer. you should write about 100 words on answer sheet 2. do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. use “li ming” instead. you do not need to write the address. （10 points） part b 52.directions： study the following drawing carefully and write an essay in which you should 1）describe the drawing， 2）interpret its meaning and 3）suggest countermeasures. you should write about 160200 words neatly on answer sheet 2. （20 points） 答案解析: section i use of english 「解析」本题考查词义辨析。空格句表示“创建了……市场”之一，created语义恰当，为答案。initiated一般表示“开始实施，发起”之意，与plans，schemes，social reforms等连用。 2.「答案」c 「解析」本题考查近形词辨析。represent意为“代表，标志”，带入后句意为：创建了一个新的电子的经济指标（economic indices）市场，这些指标代表的是实质性的经济风险。 3.「答案」a 「解析」本题为一般的词汇题。带入后上下文语义连贯的选项为a “先进的”。 4.「答案」b 「解析」called带入后意为“被称为the parimutuel digital call auction的……”，与“developed by……”一样为后置定语，共同修饰前面的“technology”一词。 5.「答案」d 「解析」本题考查介词短语的用法。“in the sense of”意为“按照（就）……的意义来说”，带入后句意为“它被称为数字化的，是就其提供了的一个数字化的方法而言的”。 !WN5Rco"@ju? !jc[此 资 料 转 贴 于 学 习 网 考研一方考研英语HtTp://WwW.GzU521.CoM] !WN5Rco"@ju? !jc 6.「答案」d 「解析」根据空格前后的递进性的句意逻辑，合适的关系词是only if（只有），带入后与if语气递进。 7.「答案」b 「解析」这是一道词汇题。由于前两句都是在强调“range”（范围），该题答案也是range才能保持句意的连贯。 8.「答案」c 「解析」本题涉及介词的用法。与bet搭配的常为on，带入后意为“在……下赌”。 9.「答案」a 「解析」本题考查词汇知识。“virtually”意为“几乎；确实”，带入后符合句意，为答案。 10.「答案」b 「解析」本题考查词汇知识。“assess”意为“评估”，符合句意，为答案。 11.「答案」b 「解析」which带入后引导非限制性定语从句，为正确答案。 12.「答案」b 「解析」本题涉及上下文的理解。由于下文主要讨论家庭保险，所以本题答案为insurance，符合句意逻辑。 13.「答案」a 「解析」“what”引导宾语从句“what， for most people， is the single most ……”，做介词of的宾语。 14.「答案」c 「解析」这是一道词汇题。c“组成部分”符合句意，为正确答案。 15.「答案」d 「解析」这是一道词汇题。launched（使开始，推出）带入后做后置定语，修饰前面的program，意为“……所推出的计划”，应为最佳选项。released意为“公布，发行”，应排除。 16.「答案」d 「解析」本题涉及动词短语。根据句意，d rely on（依靠）为正确答案。 17.「答案」a 「解析」本题考查词汇知识。a terms “（双方提出的）条件，条款”，带入后句意为“确定保险单中的具体条款（to define the terms of the policy）”，前后连贯，为正确答案。 18.「答案」b 「解析」这是一道语法题。being带入后，时态上与空格前的now呼应，构成分词结构，与前面的already begun并列为后置定语，共同修饰“electronic futures markets”（电子期货市场）。 19.「答案」c 「解析」本题涉及词的引申用法，stand可以表达“处于某种状态或情形”之意，带入后意为“但它们却是这样一种技术的雏形……”。再如：the house stood empty for months. 故c为答案。其他三项意思均为“出现”，不符句意。 20.「答案」c 「解析」本题考查副词的用法。a“以某种方式，不知怎么回事”，不符句意，排除。 b “不管怎么说”，不符句意，排除。c “用别的方式，在其他方面”符合句意，为正确答案。d “因此”，不符句意，排除。   |
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