- 閱讀理解A
題干：AskmostpeoplehowtheydefinetheAmericanDreamandchancesare，they，11say，“Success.”ThedreamofindividualopportunityhasbeenhomeinAmericansinceEuropeansdiscovereda“newworld”intheWesternHemisphere.EarlyimmigrantslikeHectorSt.JeandeCrevecoeurpraisedhighlythefreedomandopportunitytobefoundinthisnewland.HisglowingdescriptionsofaclasslesssocietywhereanyonecouldattainsuccessthroughhonestyandhardworkfiredtheimaginationsofmanyEuropeanreaders：inLettersfromanAmericanFarmer(1782)hewrote.“Weareallexcitedatthespiritofanindustrywhichisunfettered(無(wú)拘無(wú)束的)andunrestrained,becauseeachpersonworksforhimself…Wehavenoprinces,forwhomwetoil(干苦力活),starve,andbleed：wearethemostperfectsocietynowexistingintheworld.”Thepromiseofalandwhere“therewardsofaman’sindustryfollowwithequalstepstheprogressofhislabor”drewpoorimmigrantsfromEuropeandfuelednationalexpansionintothewesternterritories.Ournationalmythology(神化）isfullofillustrationstheAmericansuccessstory.There,sBenjaminFranklintheverymodeloftheself-educated，self-mademan，whorosefrommodestoriginstobecomeawell-knownscientist,philosopher,andstatesman.Inthenineteenthcentury,HoratioAlger,awriteroffictionforyoungboys,becameAmerican'sbest-sellingauthorwithrags-to-richestales.Thenotionofsuccesshauntsus：wespendmillioneveryyearreadingabouttherichandfamous,learninghowto“makeafortuneinrealestatewithnomoneydown,”and“dressingforsuccess.”Themythofsuccesshaseveninvadedourpersonalrelationships：todayit'sasimportanttobe“successful”inmarriageorparenthoodsasitistocomeoutontopinbusiness.Butdreamseasilyturnintonightmares.EveryAmericanwhohopesto“makeit”alsoknowsthefearoffailure,becausethemythofsuccessinevitablyimpliescomparisonbetweenthehavesandthehave-nots,thestarsandtheanonymouscrowd.Underpressureofthemyth,webecomeindulgedinstatussymbols：wetrytoliveinthe“right”neighborhoods,wearthe“right”clothes,eatthe“right”foods.Thesesymbolsofdistinctionassureusandothersthatwearedifferent,thatwestandoutfromthecrowd.Itisoneofthegreatparadoxesofourculturethatwebelievestronglyinthefundamentalequalityofall，yetstriveashardaswecantoseparateourselvesfromourfellowcitizens.
題目：By saying “the rewards of a man's industry follow with equal steps the progress of his labor”(Lines 8-9，Para.1 ), the author means_____. - A 、the more diligent one is，the bigger his returns
- B 、laborious work ensures the growth of an industry
- C 、a man’s business should be developed step by step
- D 、a company's success depends on its employees’ hard work
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參考答案【正確答案：A】
語(yǔ)義題。題干要求理解作者在原文中引用的Crevecoeur的一句話的含義，主要考查的是對(duì)industry的理解。根據(jù)上下文的hard work, work for oneself可以確定industry在本句中應(yīng)理解為 the quality of being hard-working (勤勞），rewards 對(duì)應(yīng) returns, industry 對(duì)應(yīng) diligent, withequal steps等同于the more… the more… 這個(gè)比較結(jié)構(gòu)，所以選擇A選項(xiàng)。其余三項(xiàng)都對(duì)industry做了錯(cuò)誤的理解。
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