中国银行招聘笔试英语阅读真题及答案解析.pdf

中国银行招聘笔试英语阅读真题及答案解析

阅读下面的短文。每篇短文的后面有五个问题，每个问题有四个备选答案。请根据短文的内

容选择最佳答案。每个试题计3分,共计15分

ATaleofScottishRuralLife

LewisGrassicGibbon’sSunsetSong(1932)wasvoted“thebestScottishnovel

ofalltime”byScottish’sreadingpublicin20051Onceconsideredshockingfor

itsfrankdescriptionofaspectsofthelivesofScotland’spoorruralfarmers，

ithasbeenadaptedforstage，film，TVandradioinrecentdecades.

ThenovelissetonthefictionalestateofKinraddie，inthefarmingcountry

oftheScottishnorthwestintheyearsuptoandbeyondWorldWarI.Atitsheart

isthestoryofChris，whoisbothpartofthecommunityandalittleoutsideit.

GrassicGibbongivesusthemostdetailedandintimateaccountofthelifeof

hisheroine.Wewatchhergrowthroughachildhooddominatedbyhercruelbut

hard-workingfather；experiencetragedy(hermother’ssuicideandmurderofher

twinchildren)；andlearnaboutherfeelingsasshegrowsintowoman.Weseehermarry，

loseherhusband，thenmarryagain.Chrishasseemedsoconvincingafiguretosome

femalereadersthattheycannotbelievethatsheisthecreationofaman2.

ButitwouldbemisleadingtosuggestthatthisbookisjustaboutChris.It

istrulyanovelofaplaceanditspeople.ItsopeningsectiontellsofKinraddie’s

longhistory，inalanguagethatimitatestheplace’schangingpatternsofspeech

andwriting.

Thestoryitselfisamazinglyfullofcharactersandincidents.Itistoldfrom

Chris’pointofviewbutalsofromthatofthegossipingcommunity，acommunity

whereeverybodyknowseverybodyelse’sbusinessandnothingiseverforgotten.

SunsetSonghasasocialthemetoo.ItisconcernedwithwhatGrassicGibbon

perceivesasthedestructionoftraditionalScottishrurallifefirstby

modernizationandthenbyWorldWar1.Gibbontriedhardtoshowhowcertain

charactersresistthewar.Despitethis，thewartakestheyoungmenaway，anumber

ofthemtotheirdeaths.Inpartic