英语100篇精读荟萃(高级篇)-第10部分
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4。 Men were still for from recognizing that two religions could exist side by side in the same society； they believed that the toleration of another religion different from their own。 And hence necessarily false； must inevitably destroy such a society and bring the souls of all its members into danger of hell。
＇结构简析＇ 用分号连接的两个分句，分句中都有that 是引导的宾从。
＇参考译文＇ 人们远远没有意识到两个宗教可以并存于同一个社会中；他们认为容忍不同于他们自己的宗教，因为也必然是错误的教派，不可避免的会破坏这样一个社会，从而把所有的成员的灵魂带进地狱的危险。
5。 Against England； the most important of all the Protestant nations to reconquer； military might was not yet possible because the Catholic Powers were too occupied and divided： and so； in the 1570’s Rome bent her efforts； as she had done a thousand years before in the days of Saint Augustine； to win England back by means of her missionaries
＇结构简析＇ the most important of all the Protestant nations to reconquer； 这句话是同位语，说明England。 As she had done a thousand… ，这里的as =just to 义：就像，正如。
＇参考译文＇ 对付英国，需要重新征服的所有基督教国家中最重要的一国，动用军事力量不可能。因为天主教大国们太忙，太分裂；因此罗马于1570年代就像一千年前，在圣？奥古斯都统治时期它曾做过的那样，竭尽权力想通过传教方式把英国赢回来。
写作方法与文章大意
这篇文章论及“罗马教皇采用文武两手政策在欧洲，特别在英国，恢复旧教——天主教。”采用一般到具体的写作手法。可以说由大到小。大的欧洲背景，最后落实在英国的具体做法。重点在英国。
答案祥解
1。 A。 这篇文章的中心思想是“英国宗教斗争以新的方式继续进行。”
B。 英国宗教的转变。 C。 新教在英国的胜利。 D。 英国变得繁荣。这三项都是文内谈到具体事情，不能作主题思想。
2。 B。 新教，基督教。因为罗马教皇推行的是天主教。这在第一段第四句明确点明：“在英国，宗教改革者，或者说基督教，在英国皇权的协助下，此时已取得胜利；而作为整个欧洲来说，罗马教皇已经开始恢复世纪初马丁？路德反叛后所失去的一些地盘。”马丁？路德是改革者，也就是基督教。
A。 佛教。 C。 天主教。 D。 东正教
3。 D。 宗教和武力。第一段第五句说明：“教皇用两种办法进行恢复，一种就像在部分德国地区进行的那样通过传教士的活动，另一种象在低地国里进行的，通过天主教国家的军事力量。那里荷兰的几个省份在西班牙的军事压力下，常常是被逼迫得几乎走投无路了。
A。 civil and military ways文武两手，civil范围太广，特别指民事的，非宗教的，文职的。这里不合适。 B。 宣传和抨击。 C。 劝说和批评。都不对。
4。 A。 传教士活动在英国。第二段的开始就讲到，“这些英国青年或者根本没有放弃老的信仰，或者放弃以后又重新归反旧教，应召成为牧师。英国当然没有剩下天主教神学院，他们就出国，开始很容易，后来，有困难甚至有危险，到杜埃或罗马英文学院就读。前者专为培养一般或修道院外的牧师而建。后者是培养耶酥会教士，通称天主耶酥会会士，是约三十年前圣？罗耀拉创建的一种神职。”在杜埃学习的牧师先回来，他们取得了令人意想不到的成功。下面就是他们（这样指第一类修道士在英国活动情况）。“头脑冷静，信息灵通人士，像西塞尔这种政治家，长期以来，一直猜度，英国人归反基督教新教的过程远远没有完成。许多人——因他们被在那么短的时期内强加到他们身上的信仰形式，飞快变更的教义搞糊涂了。”
B。 英国人归反基督教的事情远远没有完成。 C。 在英国青年开始归反天主教。两项选择见上文解释。都是传教活动开始的原因。 D。 大多数家庭礼待传教士。这是第二段最后几行谈到这些传教士秘密来到英国后的情况。他们不仅受到老关系家庭欢迎。也受到第一次邀请他们的家庭欢迎。主人还把他们介绍给其它家庭。
Passage Ten （Photography and Art）
The earliest controversies about the relationship between photography and art centered on whether photograph’s fidelity to appearances and dependence on a machine allowed it to be a fine art as distinct from merely a practical art。 Throughout the nineteenth century； the defence of photography was identical with the struggle to establish it as a fine art。 Against the charge that photography was a soulless； mechanical copying of reality； photographers asserted that it was instead a privileged way of seeing； a revolt against monplace vision； and no less worthy an art than painting。
Ironically； now that photography is securely established as a fine art； many photographers find it pretentious or irrelevant to label it as such。 Serious photographers variously claim to be finding； recording； impartially observing； witnessing events； exploring themselves—anything but making works of art。 They are no longer willing to debate whether photography is or is not a fine art； except to proclaim that their own work is not involved with art。 It shows the extent to which they simply take for granted the concept of art imposed by the triumph of Modernism： the better the art； the more subversive it is of the traditional aims of art。
Photographers’ disclaimers of any interest in making art tell us more about the harried status of the contemporary notion of art than about whether photography is or is not art。 For example； those photographers who suppose that； by taking pictures； they are getting away from the pretensions of art as exemplified by painting remind us of those Abstract Expressionist painters who imagined they were getting away from the intellectual austerity of classical Modernist painting by concentrating on the physical act of painting。 Much of photography’s prestige today derives from the convergence of its aims with those of recent art； particularly with the dismissal of abstract art implicit in the phenomenon of Pop painting during the 1960’s。 Appreciating photographs is a relief to sensibilities tired of the mental exertions demanded by abstract art。 Classical Modernist painting—that is； abstract art as developed in different ways by Picasso； Kandinsky； and Matisse—presupposes highly developed skills of looking and a familiarity with other paintings and the history of art。 Photography； like Pop painting； reassures viewers that art is not hard； photography seems to be more about its subjects than about art。
Photography； however； has developed all the anxieties and self…consciousness of a classic Modernist art。 Many professionals privately have begun to worry that the promotion of photography as an activity subversive of the traditional pretensions of art has gone so far that the public will forget that photography is a distinctive and exalted activity—in short； an art。
1。 What is the author mainly concerned with？ The author is concerned with
＇A＇。 defining the Modernist attitude toward art。
＇B＇。 explaining how photography emerged as a fine art。
＇C＇。 explaining the attitude of serious contemporary photographers toward photography as art and placing those attitudes in their historical context。
＇D＇。 defining the various approaches that serious contemporary photographers take toward their art and assessing the value of each of those approaches。
2。 Which of the following adjectives best describes “the concept of art imposed by the triumph of Modernism” as the author represents it in lines 12—13？
＇A＇。 Objective ＇B＇。 Mechanical。 ＇C＇。 Superficial。 ＇D＇。 Paradoxical。
3。 Why does the author introduce Abstract Expressionist painter？
＇A＇。 He wants to provide an example of artists who； like serious contemporary photographers； disavowed traditionally accepted aims of modern art。
＇B＇。 He wants to set forth an analogy between the Abstract Expressionist painters and classical Modernist painters。
＇C＇。 He wants to provide a contrast to Pop artist and others。
＇D＇。 He wants to provide an explanation of why serious photography； like other contemporary visual forms； is not and should not pretend to be an art。
4。 How did the nineteenth…century defenders of photography stress the photography？
＇A＇。 They stressed photography was a means of making people happy。
＇B＇。 It was art for recording the world。
＇C＇。 It was a device for observing the world impartially。
＇D＇。 It was an art parable to painting。
Vocabulary
1。 fine arts 美术（指绘画，雕刻，建筑，诗歌，音乐等）
2。 assert 主张，声明，维护（权利）
3。 privileged 特殊的，享受特权的，特许的
4。 pretentious 狂妄的，做作的
5。 irrelevant 不相干的，无关的
6。 subversive 破坏性的，颠覆性的
7。 disclaimer 弃权者
8。 harry 掠夺，折磨
9。 austerity 严格，简朴
10。 convergence 聚合，集合点
11。 implicit 含蓄的
12。 distinctive 区别的，独特的
13。 exalted 高贵的，高尚的
难句译注
1。 The earliest controversies about the relationship between photography and art centered on whether photograph’s fidelity to appearances and dependence on a machine allowed it to be a fine art as distinct from merely a practical art。
＇结构简析＇ 此句为主谓语＋宾语从句。As distinct from … 句修饰fine art。
＇参考译文＇ 最早有关摄影和艺术关系的争论点集中在摄影对表象的忠实和对机器的依赖能否使它成为艺术，有别于仅仅是实用的美术。
2。 Against the charge that photography was a soulless； mechanical copying of reality； photographers asserted that it was instead a privileged way of seeing； a revolt against monplace vision； and no less worthy an art than painting。
＇结构简析＇ 结构是主谓宾从。句子长是因为介词短语against the charge 后接同位说明语the photography was …宾语从句中有三组表语：a way of seeing； a revolt； an art。
＇参考译文＇ 正队这种指责：摄影是一种没有灵魂的，对现实机械性复制，摄影工作者声名摄影不是复制品，而是一种特殊的观察方式，是对平庸视觉的叛逆，和绘画一样有艺术价值。
3。 It shows the extent to which they simply take for granted the concept of art imposed by the triumph of Modernism： the better the art； the more subversive it is of the traditional aims of art。
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