2019-2021年北京市重点校初三（上）期中英语试题汇编：阅读理解.pdfVIP

2019-2021北京重点校初三（上）期中英语汇编

阅读理解

1．（2021北京四中九年级期中）Isimaginationmoreimportantthanknowledge？

Berlin，1929.Thesuperstarphysicist，AlbertEinsteintalkedabouthowheaccountedforhisdiscoveries.Imenoughofan

artisttodrawfreelyonmyimagination，whichIthinkismoreimportantthanknowledge.Knowledgeislimited.Imagination

encirclestheworld.

Knowledgeversusimagination.Einsteinsaphorism（格言）reflectsarepeatedthemeinhumanthought.Theancient

dichotomy（对立）betweenwhatweknowandwhatweimagineisfoundineveryfieldofhumanintellectual

achievement.Imaginationoftenbelongstoartistsandgeniuses，whileknowledge，whichresultsfromabrushwithreality，

isblack﹣and﹣white，logical﹣thefieldofpeoplelikeaccountants.Ourviewofwhichismoreimportantdependsonour

personality.

Likemanydichotomies，thisoneisanoversimplification.Weknowthatthebrillianceofmanygreatartistswasgrounded

inyearsofhardtraining；andthatexcitinglyimaginativemuseumsandhighlycreativeaccountantsdoexist.Infact，wehave

alwaysreliedonablendofimaginationandknowledge.Botharevaluable.Whatthenistherelationshipbetweenthem？

Knowledgeisoftenconsideredasteppingstonetoimagination.Itisastoredandsharedtreasuryofpubliclyacceptable

thoughts，manyfrozenintophysicalsymbols（writtenorspoken）.Knowledgecoded，storedandexpressedusingsymbols

canbebrokenupandputtogetheragaininvariousnewcombinations（结合）.Itisthisactofrecombinationwhichunderlies

thepowertoimagine.Ourimaginationisandmustbegroundedinourknowledge.Themorememorieswegain，themore

materialwehavetoworkwith，thericherarethefruitsofourimagination.

Anotherwayofthinkingaboutthebalancebetweenimaginationandknowledgeistoconsidereachasprivateo