同济大学博士生英语期末考试30篇阅读理解.

同济大学博士生期末考试30篇阅读理解:第一篇

They say America is parched by a climate of hatred and they do not know what they are talking about,but they are right anyway.The real hatred in America is the hatred between the desk-diner,who distinctly ordered the cheeseburger with ketchup,not mustard,and the mumbling delivery boy who doesn't give a damn. Or between the man who needs change for a phone call and the merchant who not only refuses but refuses with a deliberation that suggests he has waited years for precisely this opportunity.Ponder the relationship between the man waiting outside a pay phone booth and the man snuggled up inside.The dialogue is silent but savage.If you like gratitude in unexpected spurts,try opening the door of the phone booth when it is yours,smiling at the person waiting and saying"I'll just be another minute."or"This call may take a while.Sorry to make you wait."The impact is as galvanic as if the Vietcong were to wake a sleeping GI patrol and say,"Fellow,we've just got our radio working.Would you like to come over and listen to the superbowl?"

Americans used to ask themselves,"How nice can I be without seeming ridiculous?"Now we ask,"How rude can I be and still get away with it?"People don't accept apologies anymore.They simply enjoy the sweet string of hostility. If you want to spread some happiness,try hailing the next off-duty cab driver, whether you want him or not.That Cossack brush-off he waves you does not betoken apology or regret.It is pure thrill.People crave triumph,and if they cannot get it through personal victory,they'll get it through personal viciousness. Most people have never known any triumph higher than looking out the window of an express train as it zips past a local.Now,this actually happened.A furious woman with a nasal whine shrill enough to break glassware banged on the door of the apartment above hers and began one of those yelping threat-laden routines about shower curtains and seeping water and falling plaster and lawsuits and witnesses and full damage and everything.The sleeping man who answered waited until the crescendo peaked,then smiled and said,"How much?"The woman twitched.Her face

retained color--iridescent in fact--and her hands kept flailing,but her audios was completely cut off.The man went to his coat, pull out his checkbook,returned to the door,and repeated,"How much?"The woman went back to her own apartment in defeat.She'd been robbed of her fun. Here

she had her whole case unassailably built,and the fight was over before she

could land one punch.

1.According to Paragraph1,hatred can leave a nation________.

Adried out and unproductive

Bdisorganized

Cwarlike

Dsilent but savage沉默,但野蛮

2.By enjoying"the sweet sting of hostility,"the author suggests that________.

Amost cab drivers approve of Cossacks

Bsometimes personal viciousness can result in personal triumph有时是个人的恶质化可能会导致个人的胜利

Cmore and more people are finding it more rewarding to be nasty than to be nice

Dhostility is a conscious reaction to gratitude

3.People don't accept apologies anymore because________.

Aacceptance would be a sign of weakness

Bthey are ashamed to do so