晒晒英语专业考研10大院校真题之南开大学题(3)

Part III. Reading Comprehension (50 points)

Section I

Directions: There are 3 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or Unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

Questions 1-4 are based on the following passage:

The stars awaken a certain reverence because though always present they are inaccessible. In fact all natural objects make a similar impressionwhen the mind h open to their influence. Not even the wisest person can extort from Nature all of her secrets nor exhaust his curiosity by finding out all her perfection. Nature never became a toy to a wise spirit

When we speak of Nature in this manner, we mean the integrity of expression made manifold by natural objects. The charming landscape which I saw this morning is indubitable made up of some twenty or thirty farms. This field is the property of Miller, that one the property of Locke and that one beyond the wood the property of Manning. But none of them wens the landscape. There is property in the horizon which no man has, but it belongs only to him whose eyes can integrate all the parts. This is the best part of these mens farms. Yet to this their warranty gives no title. The power to produce this delight does not reside in Nature but in humans, or in the harmony of both for Nature is not always decked out in holiday attire. The same scene which yesterday breathed perfume and glittered is overspread with melancholy today, nature always wears the color of the spirit.

1 .The phrase Nature never became a boy to the wise spirit means which of the following?

A. Educated people do not treat nature as Children do.

B. Nature will always conquer even the most learned person,

C. Nature is unpredictable and human beings cannot understand it.

D. A truly wise person does not lose his appreciation of nature.

2. The author implies that the difference between farms and the landscape is primarily a matter of__________

A. cultivation B. perception C. ownership D. allegiance

3. The phrase color of the spirit (the last line) means_____________.

A. feelings of the observer B. changing seasons

C. weather D. time of day

4. The author uses the word property in the phrase property in the horizon to express

A. melancholy B. reverence C. disbelief D. irony