专四专八考试

【单选题】It was New Year’s night.An aged man was standing at a window. He raised his mournful eyes towards the deep blue sky, where the stars were floating like white lilies on the surface of a clear calm lake. Then he east them on the earth, where few more hopeless people than himself now moved towards their certain goal—the tom
B、He had already passed sixty of the stages leading to it, and he had brought from his journey nothing but errors and regret. Now his health was poor, his mind vacant, his heart sorrowful, and his old age short of comforts.
He looked towards the sky and cried painfully, "O youth, return! O my father, place me once more at the entrance to life, and I’ll choose the better way ! "But both his father and the days of his youth had passed away.
The days of his youth appeared like dreams before him, and he recalled the serious moment when his father placed him at the entrance of the two roads—one leading to a peaceful, sunny place, covered with flowers, fruits and resounding with soft, sweet songs; the other leading to a deep, dark cave, which was endless, where poison flowed instead of water and where devils and poisonous snakes hissed and crawleD、^①
He was the lights flowing away in the darkness. These were the days of his wasted life; he saw a star fall from the sky and disappeared, and this was the symbol of himself. His remorse, which was like a sharp arrow, struck deeply into his heart. Then he remembered his friends in his childhood, who entered on life together with him.But they had made their way to success and were now honoured and happy on this New Year’s night.
The clock in the high church tower struck and the sound made him remember his parents’ early love for him. They had taught him and prayed to God for his gooD、But he chose the wrong way. With shame and grief he dared no longer look towards that heaven where his father liveD、His darkened eyes were full of tears, and with a despairing effort, he burst out a cry: "Come back, my early days!Come back!"
And his youth did return, for all this was only a dream which he had on New Year’s night. He was still young though his faults were real; he had not yet entered the deep, dark cave, and he was still free to walk on the road which leads to the peaceful and sunny lanD、
Those who still linger on the entrance of life, hesitating to choose the bright road, remember that when years are passed and your feet stumble on the dark mountains, you will cry bitterly, but in vain: "O youth, return! Oh give me back my early days!"^②
At the end of the passage, the author
A、urges people to make a wise choice

B、reminds people of the bitterness of a wasted life
C．warns people not to choose the dark road
D．teaches people how to make a right choice

网考网参考答案：C
网考网解析：
主旨题。本题考查末段的写作意图，这里指出“Those who still linger on the entrance of life, hesitating to choose the bright road”要记住“when years are passed and your feet stumble on the dark mountains，you will cry bitterly, but in vain”，可见这里用描述可能发生的不好的事情的办法提醒人们要选择走光明之路，而不要走黑暗之路，这是一个warning，故[C]为答案。选项[A]具有很强的干扰性，如果末段是直接提及光明之路的好处，呼吁人们选择光明之路，则[A]符合，但这里是通过说明不走光明之路的后果来起到警示的作用，故排除[A]；本段没有对虚度一生的痛苦进行描述，也没有教人们如何选择正确的路，排除[B]和[D]。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>