2017年公共英语考试五级考前精选模拟试题（1）
Section Ⅱ Use of English
(15 minutes)
Read the following text and fill each of the numbered spaces with ONE suitable word.Write your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.
You may say that the business of marking books is going to slow down your reading.(31) ____probably will.That’s one of the(32)____for doing it.Most of US have been taken i by the notion that speed of (33) is a measure of our intelligence.There is(34) ____such things as the fight(35) ____for intelligent reading.Some things should be(36) ____quickly and effortlessly，and some should be read (37) ____and even laboriously.The sign of intelligence(船) ____reading is the ability to read (39) ____things differently according to their worth.In the(40) ____of good books，the point is not to see how many of them can you get through，(41) ____how many Can you get through them--how many you Can (42) ____your own.A few friends are(43) ____than a thousand acquaintances.If this be your goal， (44) ____it should be，you will not be impatient if it takes more time and effort to read a great book than a newspaper(45) ____.
You may have another objection to(46) ____books.You Can’t lend them to your friends(47) ____ nobody else call read them(48) ____being distracted by your notes.What’s more，you won’t want to lend them because a(49) ____copy is a kind of intellectual diary，and(50) ____it is almost like giving your mind away.
If your friend hopes to read your Shakespeare，or The Federalist Papers，tell him，gently but firmly，to buy a copy. You will lend him your car or your coat——but your books are as much a part of you as your head or your heart
答案与解析
Section II Use of English(每小题1分。共计20分。权重10%)
参考译文
你可能会说阅读时做标记会减慢你的阅读速度。可能会。这是阅读速度减慢的原因之一。我们大多数人都被“阅读速度是检验我们智商的标准”这种观点所蒙蔽。并没有聪明的阅读速度这种事情。有些东西阅读起来应该迅速而轻松，而有些则应该缓慢，甚至是费力的阅读。阅读时的智商体现在根据不同读物的价值用不同方式阅读的能力。至于好书，重要的不是看你能看多少本，而是看你能理解多少本，即有多少能变成你自己的东西。几个朋友胜过成千的泛泛之交。如果这是你的目标——这也应当是你的目标，那么花比读一份报纸更多的时间和精力去读一本好书，你就不会感到不耐烦了。
你可能还有反对读书做标记的另一个理由。你不能把做过标记的书借给朋友，因为没有一个人在阅读的时候不会被你做的标记分散注意力。另外，你不会愿意借书给别人。因为一本做过标记的书是一种思想日志，而把它借出去就像把你的思想泄露出去一样。
如果你的朋友希望看你的《莎士比亚》或《联邦党人文集》，那么温和而坚定地告诉他自己去买一本。你可以把你的车或你的衣服借给他，但是你的书就像你的脑袋或是你的心脏一样，是你身体的一部分。
