2024年4月28日发(作者：)

2007

年广东高考英语阅读

A

Howshouldoneinvestasumofmoneyintheseclaysofinflation(通货膨胀)?Leftinabank

itwillhardlykeepitsvalue,raveman,oraveryrichone,

tseemsthatoneofthebestwaystoprotectyour

savings,mgoing

tooffersomeadviceoncollectingantiqueclocks,whichIpersonallyconsiderareamongthemost

interestingofantiques.

Isometimeswonderwhatabeingfromanotherplanetmightreportbackaboutourwayoflife.

"TheplanetEarthisruledbyamysteriouscreaturethatsitsorstandsinaroomandmakesa

donothing

withoutitspermission,anditfastensitsyoungroundpeople'swristssothateverywheremengo

eatureistherealmasterofEarthandmenareitsslaves."

Whetherornotweareslavesoftimetodaydependsonourcultureandpersonality,butitis

nmenwerevery

clevremade

emsthatthefirst

clockswerehumanbeings.

However,

rkedthehoursoncandles,usedsandinhour-

glasses,,anyseriousstudentofantiqueshouldspendasmuch

timeaspossiblevisitingpalaces,statelyhomesandmuseumstoseesomeofthefinestexamplesof

clocksfromthepast.

Antiqueclockscouldbeveryexpensive,butoneofthejoysofcollectingclocksisthatitis

ll,ifyouaregoingtoberuledby

time,whynotinvestinairantiqueclockandperhapsmakeafutureprofit?

【解题导读】：夹叙夹议。这个一篇关于理财的文章，普遍而言学生对这个话题比较生

疏。作者建议通货膨胀时通过购买过去的美物精品作为投资增大财富。文章中间主要讲述

了历史上人们怎样来measurethetime来说明人类与时间的关系，强调了收藏钟表的价值。

ingtothepassage,collectingantiqueclocks____.

dlykeepthevalueofyoursavings

stmuchofyoursavings

reaseyourwealth

ourbravery

【答案】：

C

【解析】：事实细节题。根据第一段中的“

Todayitseemsthatoneofthebestways

toprotectyoursavingsandevenincreaseyourwealthistobuybeautifulobjects

mgoingtooffersomeadviceoncollectingantiqueclocks,

whichIpersonallyconsiderareamongthemostinterestingofantiques.

”可判断出

收藏古代的钟表可以使你的钱保值或甚至增加财富。而

BD

两项

A

项意思刚好和

C

项相反，

在文章中并没有提到。

ing(引用)theremarkofabeingfromanotherplanet,theauthorintendsto____.

thumanbeingsarecontrolledbyaclock

bewhyclockscanruletheplanetEarth

aderswhatclockslooklike

echickstohumanbeings

【答案】：

A

【解析】：事实细节题，要通过细节推断作者的观点。根据第二段中的“

Mencando

nothingwithoutitspermission,anditfastensitsyoungpeople’swristssothat

eatureistherealmasterof

Earthandmenareitsslaves.

”说明了人类无论做什么事都需要时间的允许，可判断出作

者暗示人类使钟表的控制。

it

指的是钟表。

fthefollowingisNOTmentionedasawaytomeasurethetime?

ngthebeatingofone'sownheart.

useofcandles,sandandwater.

ingshadowscastbythesun.

gslavesbusydayandnight.

【答案】：

D

【解析】：细节判断题。第三段中的“

Certainmenwereverycleveratmeasuringthe

timeofdayaccordingtothebeatingoftheirownhearts.

”和第四段中的“

They

rkedthehoursoncandles,used

可判断出人们曾经通过数自己的心跳、

sandinhour-glasses,andinventedwater-clocks.

”

使用蜡烛、沙子和水和观察太阳的阴影来计算时间；只是提到

keptspecialslavestotell

thetime

，但没有讲使奴隶整日整夜地忙碌，所以选项

D

是错误的。

erlinedphrasestatelyhomesinparagraph4means

-ownedhouses

inverygoodcondition

ousesopentothepublic

wherestatesmenmeetregularly

【答案】：

C