2015年在职研究生联考英语模拟试题(5)

　　Even the legs and feet are active. As for the hands and arms ， they are seldom still for more than a few seconds at a time.

　　These people， remember， are not making speeches. They are merely common folk trying to make others understand what they have in mind. They are not conscious of movement. Their speech is not studied. They are just human creatures in a human environment， trying to adapt themselves to a social situation. Yet they converse， not only with oral language， but with visible actions that involve practically every muscle in the body.

　　In short， because people really think all over， a speaker must talk all over if he succeeds in making people think.

　　41. Which of the following is the best title for this passage?

　　A. Bodily Communication

　　B. Bodily Actions

　　C. Spoken Language

　　D. Conversations

　　42. Which of the following statements would the author agree with?

　　A. Thinking is a social phenomenon.

　　B. Thinking is solely a brain function.

　　C. Thinking is a function of the nervous system.

　　D. Thinking is the sum total of bodily activity.

　　43. In communication， it is essential not only to employ speech， but also __________.

　　A. to speak directly to the other person

　　B. to employ a variety of bodily movements

　　C. to be certain that the other person is listening

　　D. to pay great attention to the other person‘s behavior

　　44. It can be inferred from the passage that the basic function of bodily activity in speech is to __________.

　　A. make the listener feel emotional

　　B. make the speaker understood

　　C. strengthen the speaker‘s oral words

　　D. convey the speaker‘s implied meaning to the listener

　　45. Which of the following is TRUE?

　　A. The brain is compared to a telephone exchange.

　　B. The mind is an activity of the nervous system.

　　C. Some people remain still while talking to others.

　　D. Many people move their bodies on purpose while talking.

　　Passage 3

　　Censorship is becoming more and more of a dirty word. So persuasive have been the arguments against it， put forward by intelligent， well-meaning and above all articulate (雄辩的) campaigners， that nowadays censorship is hardly found in any state of the US. These people argued that the censorship which had prevailed throughout most of history had resulted in needless interference with， and frustration of， the creative talent of artists and writers.

　　So now we have the opposite situation. But are the effects of this change as benefici al as expected? To put it bluntly， has the literary market been flooded with hitherto(到目前为止)suppressed masterpieces since censorship was eased? Oddly enough， rather the opposite is the case， and moreover we now have a situation in which fornication (通奸) and homosexual rape can be displayed on stage in the name of entertainment. The nook and magazine market is awash(覆盖，淹没)with printed filth and the public flocks to buy it.

　　But perhaps I am wrong to be worried by this– maybe my disquiet， and that of others like me， is just a hangover from the former more restrictive situation. Many people would argue against us that books， plays and films do not have the power to corrupt.

　　Yet it‘s clear that society does have some conscience about what its members do in the name of entertainment. We would not， for example， allow someone to take his own life as part of a television show (although a recent Hollywood movie was frighteningly realistic in its depiction of TV producers promoting just this event to enhance their audience ratings )。 We have made such entertainment as bear-baiting， and cockfighting， criminal offenses， because we believe that watching such things tends to deprave (使堕落) and corrupt spectators.

　　The type of censorship we need is， in my view， similar to the laws we have governing the use of alcohol and tobacco.

　　Although we can trace the bad effects of smoking and drinking， we have not prohibited them， but introduced laws which regulate their use， rather than repressing it altogether. In the case of pornography (色情文学) ， such registration would not run contrary to liberal principles and should therefore be acceptable to even the most ardent civil libertarians. The rising tide of pornography must be curbed， before it does irreparable damage to the quality of life in our country.