2014年职称英语考试基础篇精读荟萃(9)
<p> <span word="Passage">Passage</span> <span word="Nine">Nine</span></p><p> <span word="His">His</span> <span word="ignorance">ignorance</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="remarkable">remarkable</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="knowledge">knowledge</span>. <span word="Of">Of</span> <span word="contemporary">contemporary</span> <span word="literature">literature</span>, <span word="philosophy">philosophy</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="politics">politics</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="appeared">appeared</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="know">know</span> <span word="next">next</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="nothing">nothing</span>. <span word="Upon">Upon</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="quoting">quoting</span> <span word="Thomas">Thomas</span> <span word="Carlyle">Carlyle</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="inquired">inquired</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="naivest">naivest</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="might">might</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="done">done</span>. <span word="My">My</span> <span word="surprise">surprise</span> <span word="reached">reached</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="climax">climax</span>, <span word="however">however</span>, <span word="when">when</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="incidentally">incidentally</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="ignorant">ignorant</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Copernican">Copernican</span> <span word="Theory">Theory</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="composition">composition</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Solar">Solar</span> <span word="system">system</span>.</p><p> <span word="You">You</span> <span word="appear">appear</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="astonished">astonished</span>,<span word="Holmes">Holmes</span> <span word="said">said</span>, <span word="smiling">smiling</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="expression">expression</span>. <span word="Now">Now</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="know">know</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="shall">shall</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="best">best</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="forget">forget</span> <span word="it">it</span>. <span word="You">You</span> <span word="see">see</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="consider">consider</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="mans">mans</span> <span word="brain">brain</span> <span word="originally">originally</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="little">little</span> <span word="empty">empty</span> <span word="attic">attic</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="stock">stock</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="furniture">furniture</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="choose">choose</span>: <span word="A">A</span> <span word="fool">fool</span> <span word="takes">takes</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="lumber">lumber</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="sort">sort</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="comes">comes</span> <span word="across">across</span>, <span word="so">so</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="knowledge">knowledge</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="might">might</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="useful">useful</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="gets">gets</span> <span word="crowded">crowded</span> <span word="out">out</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="best">best</span> <span word="jumbled">jumbled</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="lot">lot</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="things">things</span>, <span word="so">so</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="difficulty">difficulty</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="laying">laying</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="hand">hand</span> <span word="upon">upon</span> <span word="it">it</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="mistake">mistake</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="think">think</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="little">little</span> <span word="room">room</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="elastic">elastic</span> <span word="walls">walls</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="distend">distend</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="extent">extent</span>. <span word="Depend">Depend</span> <span word="upon">upon</span> <span word="it">it</span>, <span word="there">there</span> <span word="comes">comes</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="addition">addition</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="knowledge">knowledge</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="forget">forget</span> <span word="something">something</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="know">know</span> <span word="before">before</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="highest">highest</span> <span word="importance">importance</span>, <span word="therefore">therefore</span>, <span word="not">not</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="useless">useless</span> <span word="facts">facts</span> <span word="elbowing">elbowing</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="useful">useful</span> <span word="ones">ones</span>.</p><p> <span word="But">But</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Solar">Solar</span> <span word="System">System</span>!<span word="I">I</span> <span word="protested">protested</span>.</p><p> <span word="What">What</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="deuce">deuce</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="me">me</span>? <span word="he">he</span> <span word="interrupted">interrupted</span> <span word="impatiently">impatiently</span>.</p><p> <span word="One">One</span> <span word="morning">morning</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="picked">picked</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="magazine">magazine</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="table">table</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="attempted">attempted</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="while">while</span> <span word="away">away</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="it">it</span>, <span word="while">while</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="companion">companion</span> <span word="munched">munched</span> <span word="silently">silently</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="toast">toast</span>. <span word="One">One</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="articles">articles</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="pencil">pencil</span> <span word="mark">mark</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="heading">heading</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="naturally">naturally</span> <span word="began">began</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="run">run</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="eye">eye</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="it">it</span>.</p>
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