上海大学 上大 2004年综合英语 答案 考研真题及答案解析.pdf

1 参考答案 上海大学 2004年攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试试题 考试科目：综合英语 SECTION 1: READING COMPREHENSION (45 points) Directions: In this section, you will find two passages, each of which is followed by some questions. Read the passages carefully and then answer the questions in your own words on your Answer Sheet. Please note that each response should be limited to less than ten words in order to be valid. Questions 1 ~ 5 An essay that appeals chiefly to the intellect is Francis Bacon’s “Of Studies.” His careful tripartite division of studies expressed succinctly in aphoristic prose demands the complete attention of the mind of the reader. He considers studies as they should be: for pleasure, for self-improvement, and for business. He considers the evils of excess study: laziness, affectation, and preciosity. Bacon divides books into three categories: those to be read in part, those to be read cursorily, and those to be read with care. Studies should include reading, which gives depth, speaking which adds readiness of thought, and writing which trains in preciseness. Somewhat mistakenly, the author ascribes certain virtues to individual fields of study: wisdom to history, wit to poetry, subtlety to mathematics and depth to natural philosophy. Bacon’s four-hundred-word essay, studded with Latin phrases and highly compressed in thought, has intellectual appeal indeed. 1. What is Bacon’s tripartite division of studies? 答：Study is for pleasure, for self-improvement, and for business. 2. What does the word “affectation” (Line 4) mean? 答：Deliberate display. 3. What is Bacon’s criterion for dividing books into three categories? 答：The content of the books 4. What does the author think about Bacon’s ascribing certain virtues to individual fields of study? 答：It’s somewhat mistakenly to do that. 5. What characterizes Bacon’s “Of Studies”? 答：It’s terse and full of wisdom Questions 6 ~ 15 For me, scientific knowledge is divided into mathematical sciences, natural s