单选题 Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 unfinished statements or questions. For each statement there are four choices marked A, B, C and D, you should make the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Reading is not the only way to gain knowledge of the work in the past. There is another large reservoir (知识库) which may be called experience, and the college student will find that every craftsman (工匠) has something he can teach and will generally teach gladly to any college student who does not look down upon them. The information from them differs from (不同于) that in textbooks and papers chiefly in that its theoretical (理论) part — the explanations of why things happen — is frequently quite fantastic (神奇). But the demonstration (示范) and report of what happens, and how it happens are correct even if the reports are in completely unscientific terms (术语). Presently the college student will learn, in this case also, what to accept and what to reject. One important thing for a college student to remember is that if Aristotle could talk to the fisherman, so can he.
Another source of knowledge is the vast store of traditional (传统) practices handed down from father to son, or mother to daughter, of old country customs (习惯), of folklore (风俗). All this is very difficult for a college student to examine, for much knowledge and personal experience is needed here to separate good plants from wild grass. The college student should learn to realize and remember how much of real value science has found in this wide, confused wilderness and how often scientific discoveries of what had existed in this area long ago.
单选题 According to the writer of this article, another large reservoir of knowledge come from ______.
  • A. reading a lot of books
  • B. what old people have experienced
  • C. what your parents taught
  • D. every craftsman has something he can teach
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 这是一道细节题。根据原文There is another large reservoir (知识库) which may be called experience, and the college student will find that every craftsman (工匠) has something he can teach and will generally teach gladly to any college student who does not look down upon them. 可知，“经历”是另一大知识库——大学生将会发现工匠也能教授某些东西……。由此得出“每个工匠具有教授某些东西的能力”。
单选题 Which of the following statements is supported by the passage?
  • A. The college students have trouble separating good plants from wild grass.
  • B. Craftsman's experience is usually unscientific.
  • C. The contemptuous (傲慢) college students will receive nothing from craftsmen.
  • D. Craftsmen never teach students who like study.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 这是一道细节题。根据原文...and will generally teach gladly to any college student who does not look down upon them. “……乐意教那些不小看他们的学生”可知答案为C。
单选题 From this passage we can infer that ______.
  • A. we'll invite the craftsman to teach in the college
  • B. schools and books are not the only way to knowledge
  • C. scientific discoveries are based on personal experience
  • D. craftsman has lots of knowledge.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 这是一道理解题，从第一段中的The information from them differs from (不同于) that in textbooks and papers chiefly in that its theoretical (理论) part — the explanations of why things happen — is frequently quite fantastic (神奇). But the demonstration (示范) and report of what happens, and how it happens are correct even if the reports are in completely unscientific terms...得知学校和书本并不是知识的唯一来源。
单选题 The author advises the college student to ______.
  • A. be contemptuous to the craftsman
  • B. be patient in helping the craftsman with scientific terms
  • C. learn the craftsman's experience by judging it carefully
  • D. go out to learn more
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 这是一道理解题。根据原文Presently the college student will learn, in this case also, what to accept and what to reject. 中的“what to accept and what to reject”可知答案为C。
单选题 In the last paragraph the phrase "this wide, confused wilderness" refers to ______.
  • A. personal experience
  • B. wild weeds among good plants
  • C. the vast store of traditional practices
  • D. parents' teachings
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 这是一道理解题。根据原文another source of knowledge is the vast store of traditional (传统) practices...可知答案为C。