TPO25:THE DECLINE OF VENETIAN SHIPPING
(2014-02-06 15:07:01)The Decline of Venetian Shipping
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解析: “re-”前缀表示“又,再”,surge词根表示“兴起,出现”,所以resurgence的意思是“复兴”。答案选B。
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解析:compulsory的意思是:required by law or a rule。所以答案选C。
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解析:第二段的第一句话是主题句,表明接下来的内容都在讲The decline of Venetian shipping and trade. 第二句“Venice’s intermediary functions in Adriatic Sea…were lost to direct trading.”所以可以得出答案选A。
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解析:答案a正确,第二段第三句“guilds(business associations) were required to provide rowers.”答案c正确,第二段第三句“through a draft system free citizens served compulsorily when called for.”答案d正确,第二段倒数第二句“…despite continuous appeal to Venice’s tradition of maritime greatness.”所以答案选B。
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解析:outdated是过时的意思。
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解析:第三段第二句“Timber ran short, and it was necessary to procure it from farther and farther away.”木材短缺,不得不从越来越远的地方获取。所以答案选C。
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解析:答案a正确,第四段第一句“the standards and traditions of the Arsenale were running down.”答案b正确,第四段第二句“Work was stretched out and done poorly”答案c正确,第四段第二句“Work was stretched out”。正确答案选D。
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Historian Frederic Lane observes that after the loss of ships in battle in the late sixteenth century, the shipbuilding industry no longer had the capacity to recover that it had displayed at the start of the century.
历史学家FL观察到,16世纪后期,造船业再也没有能力像世纪初那样恢复在战役中损失的船只。
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解析:选项a错,原句没有lack skill这个关系
选项c错,原句没提到可靠性
选项d错,原句没有讲到高质量
答案选B。
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解析:conventional的意思是“通常的,传统的”,所以答案选D。
10. 为什么作者要在文章中提到“Vasco da Gama’s voyage around
southern Africa to India.”
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解析:第五段的第一句是观点,余下的内容都是用来支持这个观点的细节合例子。第一句的意思是Venetian贸易中的主导地位丢失是因为葡萄牙人建立和东方的直接海上路线。所以答案选A。
11. 第六段中讲到关于Venetian委员会改用round ships的决定,以下哪个关于这个决定的选项能够从被推断出来? (Inference Question)
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解析:第六段第二句说“but the increase in quantity with both routes in operation drove the price far down.” 香料数量的增加驱使价格下降。第三句接着说“Venice’s role as a storage and distribution center for spices….decayed.”Venice作为香料等其他产品的集散地的地位开始下降。所以答案选B。
选项A,奢侈品没讲到;选项C,增加价格与原文信息相反;选项D,期待已久的进步与原文信息相反。
12. 根据第六段,16世纪香料的价格下降因为
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解析:第六段第二句说“but the increase in quantity with both routes in operation drove the price far down.” 香料数量的增加驱使价格下降。答案选C。
13. Look at the four squares ■that indicate where the following sentence could be added to the passage.
The increase in rewards still did not attract young to this hard life, and convicted criminals and slaves were pressed into service.
收入的增加并没能吸引年轻人来过这种艰苦的生活,所以囚犯和努力被迫入伍
解析:插入句的“the increase in rewards”表明插口之前的句子应该讲到收入增加的相关内容。只有最后一句话讲到“sailors’ wages doubled”,所以答案选D。
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The loss of power and prestige of Italian cities by the sixteenth century is clearly seen in the decline of Venetian shipping.
意大利城市16世纪的权力和声望的下降在Venetian造船业的萎靡中非常明显地被体现出来。
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解析:
答案a错,原文没说galley可以大量运载香料和奢侈品
答案b错,原文没说普通人也能买得起香料
答案c对,原文第二、三段的内容的概括
答案d对,原文第二段内容的概括
答案e错,原文没有说过特殊优惠权
答案f对,原文最后两段内容的概括
正确答案: c, d, f

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