2011-2012年四川大学考博英语真题.pdfVIP

四川大学2011年博士研究生入学考试题 考试科目：英语 翻译和 作文请答在答题纸上，答在试卷上不给分，要求字迹清楚 I. Reading Comprehension (30%; one mark each): Direction: Read the following six passages, Answer the questions below each passage by choosing A, B, C or D. Write your answer on the Answer Sheet. Passage one Concern with money, and then more money, in order to buy the conveniences and luxuries of modern life, has brought great changes to the lives of most Frenchmen. More people are working than ever before in France. In the cities the traditional leisurely midday meal is disappearing. Offices, shops and factories are discovering the great efficiency of a short lunch hour in company lunchrooms, in almost all lines of work emphasis now falls on ever-increasing output .Thus the typical” Frenchman produces more, earns more, and buys more goods than his counterpart of the last generation. He gains in creating comforts and ease of life. What he loses to some extent is his sense of personal uniqueness, or individuality. Some say that France has been Americanized. This is because the U.S. is a world symbol of the technological society and its consumer products. The so-called Americanization of France has its critics. They fear that assembly-line life will lead to the disappearance of the pleasures of the more graceful and leisurely (but less productive) old French style. What will happen, they ask, to taste, elegance, and the cultivation of the good things in 1 life-to enjoy in the smell of a freshly-picked apple, a stroll by the river, or just happy hours of conversation in a local cafe? Since the late 1950s life in France has indeed taken on qualities of rush, tension, and the pursuit of material gain. Some of the strongest critics of the new way of life are the young, especially university students. They are concerned with the