2021-02-08 16:33:51
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2020改革后PET阅读从五个部分调整为六个部分，题目数量从35题调整为32题。即要求考生能力更全面，但是每个部分给到的容错率更少了。下面就和小编一起看看今天的阅读试题练习吧。
The word “talking” (Line 6, Paragraph 3) denotes __.
[A] modesty
[B] personality
[C] liveliness
[D] informality
talking 这个词我们都认识。看一下四个选项，很明显这里考的不是talk的常规意思，需要我们回归原文：
But the cult of the authentic and the personal, “doing our own thing”, has spelt the death of formal speech, writing, poetry and music. While even the modestly educated sought an elevated tone when they put pen to paper before the 1960s, even the most well regarded writing since then has sought to capture spoken English on the page. Equally, in poetry, the highly personal, performative genre is the only form that could claim real liveliness. In both oral and written English, talking is triumphing over speaking, spontaneity over craft.But the cult of the authentic and the personal, “doing our own thing”, has spelt the death of formal speech, writing, poetry and music. While even the modestly educated sought an elevated tone when they put pen to paper before the 1960s, even the most well regarded writing since then has sought to capture spoken English on the page. Equally, in poetry, the highly personal, performative genre is the only form that could claim real liveliness. In both oral and written English,talkingis triumphing over speaking, spontaneity over craft.
看一下这段话在说什么：
第一个词But是对上面一段话的转折，也将会是这段话的统领。
The cult （追捧、崇拜、推崇）of the authentic and the personal（the加形容词表示名词）“对真实、个性化的东西的追捧”。
“，doing our own thing，” 两个逗号中间的这个成分是一个同位语，“也就是最自己的事情”
has spelt the death of formal speech, writing, poetry and music. Spelt是“spell”的过去式和过去分词，spell the death of 意思是带来、招致或者预示着谁的死亡。即：对真实、个性化的东西的追捧预示着正式演说、写作、诗歌和音乐的死亡（或结束、消亡）。
这部分的关键词：the deal of formal xx, xx, xx and xx 这些正式的表达方式的消亡。
While（作为一个连词，可以表示“在什么的时候”，也可以表示转折。这里表示转折，意思的重点是主句。）所以直接看主句：even the most well-regarded writing since then （就连自那时候起最受好评的文字作品） has sought to（sought 是seek的过去式和过去分词，seek to do sth 就是寻求办法去做一件事情）capture spoken English on the page. （把口语英语捕捉到纸面上，也就是将口语用于书面文字，或在书面文字中体现出口语英语）。
Equally（同样，后面又用诗歌来举了例子）
最后一句话：In both oral and written English （不管是口头英语还是书面英语）， talking is triumphing over speaking, spontaneity over craft. Triumph over sth表示战胜，spontaneity是spontaneous（自发的，自然而生的，自然流露的）的名词。craft意思是受益、技艺，craftsman就是匠人，craftsmanship就是指匠人精神。
“Talking战胜了speaking，自然流露胜过精心雕琢。” 这两个并列句中“战胜”前后的词是相互对应的。整段话就是在说一些正式的表达方式正在被非正式的表达方式所取代，所以talking和spontaneity就是“非正式”的代表，而speaking和craft就是“正式”的代表。“随意谈话胜过正式发言，自然流露也胜过精心雕琢。”
看一下四个选项：[A] modesty 谦虚[B] personality 个性[C] liveliness 活力 [D] informality 非正式。所以答案是D。【informality原形是“formal正式的”，formal加否定前缀in-变成“informal非正式的”，最后变成名词形式“informality 非正式”。】
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