第第頁2023年英語專八閱讀考試訓練題OnanondescriptblocksouthofNewYorksUnionSquare’upadrearystaircaseandthroughablack-barredgate,thereisalong,narrowroomthatmightbemistakenforaverysmallmuseumofliterarycounterculture.Ononewallhangstworowsoficonicposters：aprintofCheGuevarasproudhead;aphotographoftheauthorsJeanGenet,WilliamS.Burroughs,andAllenGinsbergmarchingatthe1968DemocraticNationalConvention;aportraitofBobbyKennedy.Ixiose-leafbindersofcorrespondencewithgroundbreakingauthorslinefloor-to-ceilingbookshelves.Besidethebookcases,SamuelBeckettpeersoutofablack-and-whitephotographwithafiercecrowsgaze.Nexttohiminthepicturestandsashorter,milder-lookingmannamedBarneyRosset.

Rossetspublishinghouse,GrovePress,wasatinycompanyoperatingoutofthegroundfloorofRossetsbrownstonewhenitpublishedanobscureplaycalledWaitingforGodotin1954.BythetimeBecketthadwontheNobelPrizein1969’GrovehadbecomeaforcethatchallengedandchangedliteratureandAmericancultureindeepandlastingways.Itsimpactisstillevident——fromtheCheGuevarapostersadorningcollegedormstothecanonicalstatusofthehousesoncecontroversialauthors.Rossetislesswellknown—butlateinhislifeheisachievingsomewiderrecognition.

HiestoryofRosselslifeisessentiallyoneofcreativedestruction.Hefoundwriterswhowantedtobreaknewpaths,andthenhepickedupasledge-hammertohelpihemwhaleawayattheexistingorder.

Rossetsawmanycrises.Heorhiscompanywasforevergoingbroke,beingattacked,breakingthelaw.Inhislegalbattles,Rossetmadehismostenduringimpact.BeforeRossetchallengedfederalandslateobscenitylaws,censorshipwasanacceptedfeatureofpublishing.Hisvictoriesinhighcourtshelpedtochangethat.Rossetbelievedthatitwasimpossibletorepresentlifeinthestreetsandinthedarkrecessesoftheheartandmindhonestlywithoutusinglanguagethatinihemid-20thcenturywasconsidered“obscene—andthereforeillegaltosellormail.Toasignificantextent,thebookshepublishedconvincedothersthatthiswastrue.

Rossetwasnttheonlypublisherwhotookrisks,buthewasoneofthemostvisibleanduncompromising.Noteverythinghepublishedwashigh-minded.Someofitaimedbelowthebelt,andhewasuncompromisingaboutthattoo.Hisstubbornnessmadehisachievementspossible,bulitalsohelpedtoundohim.Attheendofthe60s,Grovemovedintofancyoffices,intofilm,and,tosomeextent,awayfrombooks.Therepressionofthe50sandfreewheelingopennessofthe60swereover,andotherhouses,nowfreefromfearofcensorship,tookmorechances.Theleftsplintered.Thefeministmovemenlattackedhim.Grovebegantodrift.ButRosset,asalways,keptdoingwhathewanted,everythingelsebedamned.

1.Whichofthefollowingstatementscontainsametaphor?[A]…withafiercecrowsgaze.(ParagraphOne)[B]Heorhiscompanywasforevergoingbroke...(ParagraphFour)

[C]Someofitaimedbelowthebelt...(ParagraphFive)

[D]Diefeministmovementattackedhim.(ParagraphFive)

2.WhatdoescreativedeBtmclion(ParagraphThree)mean?

[A]Rossetcausedvarioustypesofdamage.

[B]Rossetbrokerulestobringaboutgoodchanges.

[C]Rossetpickedoutcreativewritertodestroy.

[D]Rossetneededwritersofpowerfulinfluence.

3.Accordingtothepassage,thebiggestachievementRossethasmadeis

[A]publishingWaitingforGodot.

[B]defeatingallthecrisis.

[C]winningthecaseofcensorship.

[D]producingsuccessfulfilms.

4.WhichofthefollowingcanbestdescribeBarneyRosset?

[A]Hestheonlypublisherwhodarestotakerisks.

[B]Hesanuncompromisingmanwhofavorsobscenitybooks.[C]Hesastubbornmanwhodoesntcareothersopinion.[D]HesaNobel-prizewinningAmericanpublisher.

5.Tliepurposeofthewriterinwritingthispassageisto

[A]describethechangesRossetbringtoAmericanpublishing.

[B]introduceBameyRosset,anAmericanpublisher.

[C]showthedevelopmentofGrovePress.

[D]analyzewhathelpsRossettobesuccessful.

iconica.圣像的，偶像的

nondescripta.無明顯，特征而不易分類的obscenityn.下流recessn.深處

repressionn.壓抑，壓制，sledge-hammer長柄大錘splinterv.分裂whaleaway猛打

答案解析

1.[A]修辭格題。原文把貝克特的眼睛比方成了牛眼,屬于隱喻“用法。因iS案為[A]。[B]所在句意為“他和他的公司始終處于玻產、受攻擊和違法的境況。沒有隱喻的用法，故排解;[C]中的表達方式belowthebelt字面意思是“腰帶以下”,本文中指的是與性有關的內容,或是不符合規章的行為，所以此處為委婉語,不是隱喻;[D]意為“婦女運動者攻擊他,不是隱喻,故排解。

2.[B:語義理解題。由第三段其次句可知,羅塞特首先查找那些想要有所突破的作家，然后關心他們一起打破現有的秩序——這是在進行破壞。但是在破壞的同時，他們也會重新制造出新的規章與藝術作品。因此答案為[B]“羅塞特打破規章,帶來好的變革。

3.[C]事實詳情題。第四段其次句明確指出“在他與法律的抗爭中,羅塞特的影響力最為久遠。接下來,文章講解并描述的`正是羅塞特的努力，政府對于出版業的檢查制度才不再那么嚴格。因此,羅塞特最大的成就是[C]“贏了與檢查制度有關的案子”。

4.[C]事實詳情題。第五段第一句中就用到了uncompromising—詞,最終一句也說,Rosset始終堅持做自己想做的事情。因此