职称英语真题答案综合C阅读理解(第一篇)

2018年09月27日 来源:来学网

来学网小编为广大考生整理了2018职称英语历年真题点击下载题库随时在线练习》》

    第一篇Ethnic Tensions in Belgium

  Belgium has given the world Audrey Hepburn Rene Magritte (surrealist artist), the saxophone(萨克斯管)and deep-fried potato chips that are somehow called French.

  But the story behind this flat, twice-Beijing-size country is of a bad marriage between two nationalities living together that cannot stand each other. With no new government, more than a hundred days after a general election, rumors run wild that the country is about to disappear.

  "We are two different nations, an artificial state. With nothing in common except a king, chocolate and beer." Said Filp Dewinter, the leader of the Flemish Bloc, the extreme-right Flemish party.

  Radical Flemish separatists like Mr Dewinter want to divide the country horizontally along ethnic and economic lines: to the north. Flanders—where Dutch (known locally as Flemish) is spoken and money is increasingly made; to the south. French-speaking Wallonla, where today old factories dominate the landscape.

  The area of present-day Belgium passed to the French in the 18th century. Following the defeat of Napoleon in 1815. Belgium was given to the kingdom of the Netherlands, from which it gained independence as a separate kingdom in 1830.

  Since then, it has struggled for cohesion(结合).Anyone who has spoken French in a Flemish city quickly gets a sense of the mutual hostility that is part of daily life there.

  But there are reasons Belgium is likely to stay together, at least in the short term.

  The economies of the two regions are tightly linked, and separation would be a financial nightmare.

  But there is also deep resentment in Flanders that its much healthier economy must subsidize(补贴)the south, where unemployment is double that of the north. French speakers in the south, meanwhile, favor the status quo(现状).

  Belgium has made it through previous threats of division. Although some political analysts believe this one is different, there is no panic just now.

  "We must not worry too much." said Baudouln Bruggeman, a 55-year-old school-teacher." Belgium has survived on compromise since 1930. You have to remember that this is Magritte's country, the country of surrealism. Anything can happen."

  36【题干】Who was Magritte?

  A.A French novelist

  B.A saxophonist

  C.A separatist

  D.A surrealist artist

  【答案】D

  【解析】Belgium has given the world Audrey Hepburn Rene Magritte (surrealist artist), the saxophone(萨克斯管)and deep-fried potato chips that are somehow called French.

  37.【题干】when did Belgium become an independent kingdom?

  A.in 1800

  B.in 1830

  C.in 1815

  D.in 1930

  【答案】B

  【解析】Belgium was given to the kingdom of the Netherlands, from which it gained independence as a separate kingdom in 1830.

  38【题干】Which statement about Belgium is NOT true?

  A.it is twice as big as Beijing.

  B.it has two major ethnic groups.

  C.it has gone through quite a few threats of division.

  D.it has no government.

  【答案】D

  【解析】the story behind this flat, twice-Beijing-size country(A) is of a bad marriage between two nationalities living together(B) that cannot stand each other.(C) With no new government,(D) more than a hundred days after a general election, rumors run wild that the country is about to disappear.

  39【题干】what does the passage mainly talk about?

  A.Surrealist artists.

  B.Belgium's economy.

  C.Cultural clashes in Belgium.

  D.Music in Belgium.

  【答案】C

  【解析】

  40【题干】The word "stand" in Paragraph 2 means_____.

  A.handle

  B.meet

  C.combine

  D.bear

  【答案】D

  【解析】”But the story behind this flat, twice-Beijing-size country is of a bad marriage between two nationalities living together that cannot stand(忍受) each other. With no new government, more than a hundred days after a general election, rumors run wild that the country is about to disappear.

小编:二月

来学网现已开通线上辅导课程,名师授课、专家答疑、更有定制科学复习计划!点击进入: 来学网

心之所往
来而学之

更多热门考试资讯,点击进入:来学网

在线视频学习,海量题库选择,点击进入:来学网

梅花香自苦寒来,学习是一个打磨自己的过程,希望小编整理的资料可以助你一臂之力。

点击进入>>>>来学网—未来因学而变

学习视频,在线题库、报考指南、成绩查询、行业热点等尽在来学网