2013考研英语模拟试题及解析：阅读理解八
<p> 2013年教育部考试中心考研英语模拟试题</p><p> 阅读理解部分汇编</p><p> 八、现代人对维多利亚时代的看法</p><p> <span word="One">One</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="silliest">silliest</span> <span word="things">things</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="history">history</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Victorian">Victorian</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="term">term</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="contempt">contempt</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="abuse">abuse</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="fashionable">fashionable</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Lytton">Lytton</span> <span word="Strachey">Strachey</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="clever">clever</span>, <span word="superficial">superficial</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="ultimately">ultimately</span> <span word="empty">empty</span> <span word="book">book</span> <span word="Eminent">Eminent</span> <span word="Victorians">Victorians</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="damned">damned</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="faint">faint</span> <span word="praise">praise</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="Victorian">Victorian</span> <span word="heroes">heroes</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="General">General</span> <span word="Gordon">Gordon</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Florence">Florence</span> <span word="Nightingale">Nightingale</span>. <span word="Stracheys">Stracheys</span> <span word="demolition">demolition</span> <span word="job">job</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="clever">clever</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="ridiculed">ridiculed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Victorians">Victorians</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="exactly">exactly</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="qualities">qualities</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="prided">prided</span> <span word="themselvestheir">themselvestheir</span> <span word="high">high</span> <span word="mindedness">mindedness</span>, <span word="their">their</span> <span word="marked">marked</span> <span word="moral">moral</span> <span word="intensity">intensity</span>, <span word="their">their</span> <span word="desire">desire</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="improve">improve</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="condition">condition</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="confidence">confidence</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="done">done</span> <span word="so">so</span>.</p><p> <span word="Yet">Yet</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="saw">saw</span>, <span word="even">even</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="the">the</span> 100<span word="th">th</span> <span word="anniversary">anniversary</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="death">death</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Queen">Queen</span> <span word="Victoria">Victoria</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="year">year</span>, <span word="that">that</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="signs">signs</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="sneering">sneering</span> <span word="attitudes">attitudes</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="beginning">beginning</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="change">change</span>. <span word="Programmes">Programmes</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="radio">radio</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="television">television</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="Victoria">Victoria</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="age">age</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="named">named</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="managed">managed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="humble">humble</span> <span word="themselves">themselves</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="half">half</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="time">time</span>. <span word="People">People</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="beginning">beginning</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="realize">realize</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="something">something</span> <span word="heroic">heroic</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="epoch">epoch</span> <span word="and">and</span>, <span word="perhaps">perhaps</span>, <span word="to">to</span> <span word="fear">fear</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Victorian">Victorian</span> <span word="age">age</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="age">age</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="greatness">greatness</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="country">country</span>.</p><p> <span word="Now">Now</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="book">book</span>, <span word="What">What</span> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Victorians">Victorians</span> <span word="Did">Did</span> <span word="For">For</span> <span word="Us">Us</span>, <span word="aims">aims</span> <span word="further">further</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="redress">redress</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="balance">balance</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="remind">remind</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="that">that</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="essentials">essentials</span>, <span word="our">our</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="age">age</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="really">really</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="extension">extension</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Victorians">Victorians</span> <span word="created">created</span>. <span word="You">You</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="start">start</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="list">list</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Victorian">Victorian</span> <span word="inventions">inventions</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="great">great</span> <span word="lovers">lovers</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="gadgets">gadgets</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="smallest">smallest</span> <span word="domestic">domestic</span> <span word="ones">ones</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="ways">ways</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="propelling">propelling</span> <span word="ships">ships</span> <span word="throughout">throughout</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="far">far</span>-<span word="flung">flung</span> <span word="Empire">Empire</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="medicine">medicine</span>, <span word="anaesthesia">anaesthesia</span> <span word="allowed">allowed</span> <span word="surgeons">surgeons</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="greater">greater</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="operateand">operateand</span> <span word="hence">hence</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="inner">inner</span> <span word="organs">organs</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bodynot">bodynot</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="mention">mention</span> <span word="reducing">reducing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="level">level</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="pain">pain</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="fear">fear</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="patients">patients</span>.</p>
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