2018年公共英语一级阅读理解模拟试题（11）

A funny thing happened between China’s first female Nobel Prize winner，Tu Youyou，giving her acceptance speech in Sweden and that speech reaching her home country: Two entirely different versions appeared，and the fake one became a viral hit.

Guess which version is genuine? The one that matter-of-factly tells about the discovery of artemisinin(青蒿素)，or the one with extreme literary style，complete with her father explaining the origin of her given name and poetic lines such as，“I like tranquility(宁静)，tranquil as the leaves of sweet wormwood(蒿草).”

Most readers were so touched by the literary version that they were left in tears.However，they just forgot that Tu is not a woman of letters，but one of science.It was totally made up by someone who obviously has great literary talent，but could not fathom the inner life of a scientist.

I don’t know who made up the Tu speech，or for what purpose.It does not strike me as funny.Fortunately，no mainstream media seemed to have been fooled.Yet the fake one has probably been shared more than the real one because it played to the Chinese stereotype(固定形式) of what such a speech should be.

China’s cyberspace(信息空间) is full of educational and uplifting quotes，and quite a lot of them are made up.There is a joke that says the United States’ spying network collected and examined all the Internet data in China and found that the Chinese are addicted to such chicken soup，including that from untrustworthy sources.

【语篇解读】　本文是关于一篇屠呦呦的假获奖感言在网上疯传引起的想法，提醒我们要仔细辨别网上的信息。

★1.The reason why many readers were moved to tears by the fake speech is that________.

A.it was based on Tu’s real life

B.it was written in literary style

C.the readers had passions for science

D.the readers knew about the origin of Tu’s given name

解析：推理判断题。根据第三段第一句话“Most readers were so touched by the literary version that they were left in tears.”可推出这篇文章是用文学化的语言写出来的，让很多人都很感动。故B项正确。

答案：B

2.What does the underlined word “letters” mean in the third paragraph?

A.Written messages addressed to a person or organization.

B.Characters in an alphabet that represent speech sounds.

C.Certificate or license.

D.Literary knowledge，ability，or learning[来源:gkstk.Com]

解析：词义猜测题。根据第二段对屠呦呦的假获奖感言的描述以及该词后文“but one of science”可知，屠呦呦不是作家，而是科学家，说明该词表示与科技相反的词汇。D项“Liteary knowledge，ability，or learning”符合上下文语境。

答案：D

3.Why has the fake speech been shared more than the real one?

A.Because it was the Chinese stereotype.

B.Because many mainstream medias were fooled.

C.Because it was funny.

D.Because the writer understood the inner life of a scientist.

解析：细节理解题。根据第四段最后一句话“Yet the fake one has probably been shared more than the real one because it played to the Chinese stereotype of what such a speech should be.”可知因为这篇虚假文章用的是中文的格式写出来的，故答案A正确。

答案：A

★4.The purpose of the article is to________ .

A.prove that Chinese are addicted to fake news

B.prove that Chinese scientists have no literary talent

C.tell us there are a lot of fake news on the Internet

D.find out who made up the fake speech

解析：写作意图题。根据最后一段第一句“China’s cyberspace(信息空间) is full of educational and uplifting quotes，and quite a lot of them are made up.”作者通过一篇屠呦呦的假获奖感言在网上疯传引起的想法，提醒我们要仔细辨别网上的信息。故C正确。

答案：C