Question

Throughout history, gold has been a sign of purity, beauty and power. Calling something golden means it has great quality and value. For example, the golden rule is possibly the world's most widespread moral rule. It says people should treat others the way they themselves would like to be treated. Every major religion has its own version of this idea.

The golden ratio is found in art, architecture and nature. It describes a rectangle with a length about one and one-half times its width. Objects using this ratio in their design seem to please the eye more than others.

Philosophers（哲學(xué)家） have their own golden idea. The golden mean says moderation in all things is the best way to live one's life. It is an idea linked to the Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle. Similar thoughts exist in Buddhism and Confucianism.（哲學(xué)思想）

Ancient Greek myths told of a time long ago when people lived in peace and happiness. Poets called it the Golden Age. A golden age now describes a historical period of great artistic, scientific or economic progress. It can even recall a time of success and popularity for an industry. For example, the nineteen thirties and forties were called the Golden Age of Radio.

You may have heard the proverb silence is golden. This means silence is of great value. It is sometimes better to say nothing than to speak.

You might say your child was good as gold when he behaved well at school. British writer Charles Dickens used this expression in eighteen forty-three. He was describing the child Tiny Tim in the book "A Christmas Carol."

In nineteen thirty-seven, American playwright Clifford Odets wrote a play called "The Golden Boy." This expression describes a young man who has many good qualities and a bright future.

You might tell someone you are golden when that person does something very well.

Gold digger is another description. But this does not say something nice about a person. A gold digger is someone who seeks to marry a rich person because he or she is only interested in that person's money.

Maybe you like old songs from the nineteen fifties or sixties that are still well known and popular today. These are called golden oldies. In the nineteen eighties and nineties, an American television comedy series told about four older women living in Miami, Florida. The Golden Girls often dealt with social issues in a funny way.

Today, most older people look forward to reaching their golden years. This is when hard-working people can retire to a life of ease and fulfillment.

1.According to the “golden ratio”,which of the following objects in the most pleasant to see?

2.The article mainly tells us ___

A.the value of gold

B.the expressions with “gold”

C.the history of gold industry

D.the purity,beauty and power of gold

3.Which of the foolwing scokcoces is made out of place?

A.The beauty of tolerance and kindness comes from the Confucisn philosophical thought,such as Golden Mean.

B.At the beginning of the twenty first century,computer reached its Golden Age.

C.She only dates guys with money.She’s a Gold Digger.

D.My grandfather is 65 and is looking forward to reaching his Golden Ages

4.What we can infer from the passage is that ___

A.all the expressions in the article are positive deacription

B.the “golden mean” is an idea linked to the Ancient Greek philowpher Aristotle

C.the “golden oldies” refers to the popular soon in the 1950s or 60s which are not well-know today

D.in their golden yearw,older people can still work hard before ther retire

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.A

【解析】

試題分析：本文是一篇說明文。文章說明金子是純潔、美麗和力量的象征。文章舉例說明了金子價(jià)值觀念在各個(gè)領(lǐng)域的意義。

1. "golden ratio"指的是設(shè)計(jì)中用的黃金比例即長(zhǎng)為寬的1.5倍。據(jù)此可知A正確。

2.

3. years,而不是golden ages.所以這句用詞不當(dāng)。[

4. digger具有貶義，據(jù)此可以推斷，不是所以與gold有關(guān)的短語都是褒義的。B項(xiàng)是文中明確提出的，不是推斷的；C、D兩項(xiàng)都是錯(cuò)誤的推斷。

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