SAT阅读练习题:Reading Comprehension Test 14
<p> <span word="Much">Much</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="goes">goes</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="name">name</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="pleasure">pleasure</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="simply">simply</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="effort">effort</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="destroy">destroy</span> <span word="consciousness">consciousness</span>. <span word="If">If</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="started">started</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="asking">asking</span>, <span word="what">what</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="man">man</span>? <span word="what">what</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="needs">needs</span>? <span word="how">how</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="best">best</span> <span word="express">express</span> <span word="himself">himself</span>?</p><p> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="discover">discover</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="merely">merely</span> <span word="having">having</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="power">power</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="avoid">avoid</span> <span word="work">work</span> 5 <span word="and">and</span> <span word="live">live</span> <span word="ones">ones</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="birth">birth</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="death">death</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="electric">electric</span> <span word="light">light</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tune">tune</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="tinned">tinned</span> <span word="music">music</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="reason">reason</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="doing">doing</span> <span word="so">so</span>. <span word="Man">Man</span> <span word="needs">needs</span> <span word="warmth">warmth</span>, <span word="society">society</span>, <span word="leisure">leisure</span>, <span word="comfort">comfort</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="security">security</span>: <span word="he">he</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="needs">needs</span> <span word="solitude">solitude</span>, <span word="creative">creative</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sense">sense</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="wonder">wonder</span>. <span word="If">If</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="recognized">recognized</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="products">products</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="science">science</span> <span word="and">and</span> 10 <span word="industrialism">industrialism</span> <span word="eclectically">eclectically</span>, <span word="applying">applying</span> <span word="always">always</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="same">same</span> <span word="test">test</span>: <span word="does">does</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="me">me</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="less">less</span> <span word="human">human</span>? <span word="He">He</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="then">then</span> <span word="learn">learn</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="highest">highest</span> <span word="happiness">happiness</span> <span word="does">does</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="lie">lie</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="relaxing">relaxing</span>, <span word="resting">resting</span>, <span word="playing">playing</span> <span word="poker">poker</span>, <span word="drinking">drinking</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="making">making</span> <span word="love">love</span> <span word="multaneously">multaneously</span>.</p><p> 1. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="author">author</span> <span word="implies">implies</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="answers">answers</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="questions">questions</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="sentence">sentence</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="reveal">reveal</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="beings">beings</span></p><p> <span word="A">A</span>. <span word="are">are</span> <span word="less">less</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="seek">seek</span> <span word="pleasure">pleasure</span></p><p> <span word="B">B</span>. <span word="need">need</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="evaluate">evaluate</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="purpose">purpose</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="life">life</span></p><p> <span word="C">C</span>. <span word="are">are</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="alienated">alienated</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="true">true</span> <span word="nature">nature</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="technology">technology</span></p><p> <span word="D">D</span>. <span word="have">have</span> <span word="needs">needs</span> <span word="beyond">beyond</span> <span word="physical">physical</span> <span word="comforts">comforts</span></p><p> <span word="E">E</span>. <span word="are">are</span> <span word="always">always</span> <span word="seeking">seeking</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="meaning">meaning</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="life">life</span></p><p> 2. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="author">author</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="apparently">apparently</span> <span word="agree">agree</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="playing">playing</span> <span word="poker">poker</span> <span word="is">is</span></p><p> <span word="A">A</span>. <span word="often">often</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="effort">effort</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="avoid">avoid</span> <span word="thinking">thinking</span></p><p> <span word="B">B</span>. <span word="something">something</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="gives">gives</span> <span word="true">true</span> <span word="pleasure">pleasure</span></p>
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