在职申硕英语考试易错题（2019/3/20）

在职申硕英语考试易错题（2019/3/20）

第1题：(1) If an occupation census had been taken in the eleventh century it would probably have revealed that quite 90 percent of the people were country inhabitants who drew their livelihood from farming, herding, fishing or the forest. (2)An air photograph taken at that time would have revealed spotted villages, linked together by unpaved roads and separated by expanses of forest or swamp. There were some towns, but few of them housed more than 10000 persons. (3)A、second picture, taken in the mid-fourteenth century would show that the villages had grown more numerous and also more widespread, forEuropeans had pushed their frontier outward by settling new areas. (4)There would be more people on the roads, rivers and seas, carrying food or raw materials to towns which had increased in number, size and importance.But a photograph taken about 1450 would reveal that little further expansion had taken place during the preceding hundred years.Any attempt to describe the countryside during those centuries is prevented by two difficulties. In the first place, we have to examine the greater part ofEurope’s 3 750 000 square miles, and not merely the Mediterranean lands. (5)In the second place, the inhabitants of that wide expanse refuse to fit into our standard pattern or to stand still.

【分析题】：

The worst thing about television and radio is that they entertain us, saving us the trouble of entertaining ourselves.
A、hundred years ago, before all these devices were invented, if a person wanted to entertain himself with a song or a piece of music, he would have to do the singing himself or pick up a violin and play it. Now, all he has to do is turn on the radio or TV.As a result, singing and music have declineD、
Italians used to sing all the time. Now, they only do it in Hollywood movies. Indian movies are mostly a series of songs and dances wrapped around silly stories.As a result, they don’t do much singing in Indian villages anymore. Indeed, ever since radio first came to life, there has been a terrible decline in amateur singing throughout the worlD、
There are two reasons for this sad decline: One, human beings are astonishingly lazy. Put a lift in a building, and people would rather take it than climb even two flights of steps. Similarly, invent a machine that sings, and people would rather let the machine sing than sing themselves. The other reason is people are easily embarrasseD、When there is a famous, talented musician readily available by pushing a button, which amateur violinist or pianist would want to try to entertain family or friends by himself
These earnest reflections came to me recently when twoCDs arrived in the mail: They are historic recordings of famous writers reading their own works. It was thrilling to hear the voices from a long dead past in the late 19th century.But today, reading out loud anything is no longer common. Today, we sing songs to our children until they are about two, we read simple books to them till they are about five, and once they have learnt to read themselves, we become deaf. {{U}}We’re alive only to the sound of the TV and the stereo.{{/U}}
I count myself extremely lucky to have been born before TV became so common. I was about six before TV appeareD、To keep us entertained, my mother had to do a good deal of singing and tell us endless tales. It was the same in many other homes. People spoke a language; they sang it, they recited it; it was something they could feel.
Professional actors’ performance is extraordinarily revealing.But I still prefer my own reading.Because it’s mine. For the same reason, people find karaoke liberating. It is almost the only electronic thing that gives them back their own voice.Even if their voices are hoarse and hopelessly out of tune.At least it is meaningful self-entertainment.

第2题：
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