2015年同等学力考试英语备考练习题(16)

　　The following passage is an opening speech by Lord Weidenfeld, founder of the Europaeum and Chairman, Weidenfeld and Nicolson Publishers I am very privileged and gratified to talk to you today. I think it is most appropriate to have this meeting at the Humboldt University, Berlin, because of the impulse to the creation to the European network, to the sequence of events, andthat great turning point of history, which is symbolized by the fall of the Berlin wall. It was that particular impulse that started an enterprise to bring together teachers and students in, first of all, Western European Universities to offer resources to those universities which had only recently emerged in other parts of Europe. So we started the Europaeum network. Six universities joined us initially. We then approached the University of Prague to join us for the beginning of an enlargement, which would also to include universities previously behind the Iron Curtain. The group that we assembled around the Europaeum logo is by no means exclusive and we would very much like to enlarge it. The term ’variable geometry’ is very fashionable in international politics, but I think it also applies to our intentions; we want it to expand and include other universities either as full members or associates so free standing research institutes.

　　Thanks to the generosity of our German sponsor DaimlerChrysler, particularly the Davies Group of the organization, Dr Klaus Mangold and Dr Bensel, we are now engaging in a study of the roles of the universities in the future. We have a number of ideas regarding how to set about answering these three major questions: What is the future role of the university? If we have established what it is, how do we equip it to produce the resources and do its job and what role does it play in our society? We hope to have a number of ongoing conferences and exchanges of views on the subject thanks to the friendly and co-operation of Humboldt University.

　　We are now in a new era since 11 September. I think that one day we will regard that approximate decade from the fall of the wall in Berlin and the destruction of the World Trade Centre in New York. Here it is important that we play our role. In what we now see in the plateau of Central Southeast Asia, a holy alliance of barbarism, fanaticism and high tech product of the information society. The University, by having as a component an important dosage of humanism, makes all the difference between a Robespierre like revolution or a continuation of the human spirit with the new resources and tools, carefully husbanded, monitored and controlled.

　　Thanks to President of Humboldt University, Professor Michael Kreile, Professor Pera, Paul Flather and colleagues.

　　1. What is the attitude of the speaker toward the development of Europaeum? 

　　A) Europaeum is open to almost all universities.

　　B) Europaeum is exclusive to some enterprises.

　　C) Europaeum is open only to research institutes.

　　D) Europaeum is exclusive to any other universities.

　　2. What can be concluded about the Europaeum logo from the first paragraph? 

　　A) Being no exclusive.

　　B) Bringing together teachers and students in Western European Universities.

　　C) Enlarging Europaeum.

　　D) Having variable geometry.

　　3. What is the subject of this conference? 

　　A) How to equip a university to produce the resources.

　　B) How to enlarge a university to some extent.

　　C) How to cooperate with other universities.

　　D) A study of the roles of the universities in the future.

　　4. What kind of organization does the speaker hope to have? 

　　A) An organization in which they play an important role.

　　B) An organization full of humanism.

　　C) An organization of revolution.

　　D) An organization full of information.

　　5. What is the purpose of the organization? 

　　A) To continue and develop human spirit with new resources and tools. 

　　B) To exchange views with different universities.

　　C) To unite universities and enterprises.

　　D) To create the European network to continue humanism.

　　答案与解析：

　　1.A

　　发言者对欧洲大学联盟会发展的态度是什么?判断推理题。文章提到欧洲大学联盟会的宗旨决不排他，而是希望扩大联盟，希望其他的大学成为她的成员，或者相关的独立研究机构。故得出答案A)。 

　　2.C

　　从第一段中可以得知欧洲大学联盟会的宗旨是什么?判断推理题。从第一段的句子Europaeum logo is by no means exclusive .......to enlarge it.(欧洲大学联盟会的宗旨决不排他，而是希望扩大联盟。)中可得出答案。

　　3.D

　　这次大会的主题是什么?细节推理题。从第二段的句子... we are now engaging in a study of the roles of the universities in the future. ... We hope to have a number of ongoing conferenc es and exchanges of views on the subject...(我们现在正致力于研究未来大学的作用……我们希望接下来有一系列的会议来交换关于这个主题的意见……)中可得出答案。

　　4.B

　　发言者希望拥有什么样的组织。判断推理题。从第三段的句子The University, by having as a component an important do sage of humanism, makes all the difference between...with the new resources and tools, ...(这所大学与……大不一样，是因为她拥有人文主义这一重要的组成部分，并融入了崭新的……的资源和工具。)中可得出答案。

　　5.D

　　组织者的目的是什么。主旨大意题。从第一段的句子...because of the impulse to the creation to the European network,...(因为这种创建网络的冲动……)和最后一段的内容可得出答案。