2021年UKiset英语阅读真题练习（二）

在UKiset阅读备考中对于文章框架的把握尤为重要，“宏观的框架把握”指的是把握文章中心、论述结构等。“微观的框架把握”指的是分析在每个框架分支的内部段落和例证是如何展开的，说到底就是弄清行文逻辑的问题。下面就和小编一起看看今天的阅读练习吧。

King Juan Carlos of Spain once insisted “kings don’t abdicate, they dare in their sleep.” But embarrassing scandals and the popularity of the republican left in the recent Euro-elections have forced him to eat his words and stand down. So, does the Spanish crisis suggest that monarchy is seeing its last days? Does that mean the writing is on the wall for all European royals, with their magnificent uniforms and majestic lifestyle?

The Spanish case provides arguments both for and against monarchy. When public opinion is particularly polarised, as it was following the end of the Franco regime, monarchs can rise above “mere” politics and “embody” a spirit of national unity.

It is this apparent transcendence of politics that explains monarchs’ continuing popularity polarized. And also, the Middle East excepted, Europe is the most monarch-infested region in the world, with 10 kingdoms (not counting Vatican City and Andorra). But unlike their absolutist counterparts in the Gulf and Asia, most royal families have survived because they allow voters to avoid the difficult search for a non-controversial but respected public figure.

Even so, kings and queens undoubtedly have a downside.

Symbolic of national unity as they claim to be, their very history—and sometimes the way they behave today – embodies outdated and indefensible privileges and inequalities. At a time when Thomas Piketty and other economists are warning of rising inequality and the increasing power of inherited wealth, it is bizarre that wealthy aristocratic families should still be the symbolic heart of modern democratic states.

The most successful monarchies strive to abandon or hide their old aristocratic ways. Princes and princesses have day-jobs and ride bicycles, not horses (or helicopters). Even so, these are wealthy families who party with the international 1%, and media intrusiveness makes it increasingly difficult to maintain the right image.

While Europe’s monarchies will no doubt be smart enough to survive for some time to come, it is the British royals who have most to fear from the Spanish example.

It is only the Queen who has preserved the monarchy’s reputation with her rather ordinary (if well-heeled) granny style. The danger will come with Charles, who has both an expensive taste of lifestyle and a pretty hierarchical view of the world. He has failed to understand that monarchies have largely survived because they provide a service – as non-controversial and non-political heads of state. Charles ought to know that as English history shows, it is kings, not republicans, who are the monarchy’s worst enemies.

1. According to the first two Paragraphs, King Juan Carlos of Spain_____.

[A] used turn enjoy high public support

[B] was unpopular among European royals

[C] cased his relationship with his rivals

[D] ended his reign in embarrassment

选项[D]正确。

题干中明确了答题范围是前两段，由King Juan Carlos of Spain定位至第一段前两句。第二句提到他下台的原因之一是令人尴尬的丑闻(embarrassing scandals)，因此[D]符合原文,为本题答案。

2. Monarchs are kept as heads of state in Europe mostly_____.

[A] owing to their undoubted and respectable status

[B] to achieve a balance between tradition and reality

[C] to give voter more public figures to look up to

[D]due to their everlasting political embodiment

选项[A]正确。

由题干中的Monarchs, as heads of state 和in Europe mostly定位至原文第三段。首句指出，正是这种表面上的政治超越性解释了君主作为国家元首受到持续欢迎的原因。第三句接着指出,大多数欧洲皇室能够存在的原因是他们可以让选民们毫不费力地找到一个没有争议却受人爱戴的公众人物。原文中得non-controversial和respected 分别与[A]中的undoubted和respectable 对应,故答案为[A]。

3. Which of the following is shown to be odd, according to Paragraph 4?

[A] Aristocrats’ excessive reliance on inherited wealth

[B] The role of the nobility in modern democracies

[C] The simple lifestyle of the aristocratic families

[D]The nobility’s adherence to their privileges

选项[B]正确。

由题干中的odd和Paragraph4定位至原文第四段，贵族仍然是现代民主国家的核心象征，这是非常荒诞的，原文中的bizarre与题干中的odd属于同义转换。因此[B]符合原文描述。

4. The British royals “have most to fear” because Charles_____.

[A] takes a rough line on political issues

[B] fails to change his lifestyle as advised

[C] takes republicans as his potential allies

[D] fails to adapt himself to his future role

选项[D]正确。

根据题干中的关键人物名词Charles定位到最后一段。该段指出，英国皇室的危险来自于查尔斯。他拥有奢侈的生活方式，而且世界观中的等级观念严重,没能理解君主制之所以能够存在，很大程度上是因为他们提供了一位无争议、非政治的国家元首，而国王恰恰是君主制最大的敌人。由此可知，英国皇室最大的危机来自"没能调整自己,适应未来国王角色"的查尔斯王子,[D]正确。

5. Which of the following is the best title of the text?

[A] Carlos, Glory and Disgrace Combined

[B] Charles, Anxious to Succeed to the Throne

[C] Carlos, a Lesson for All European Monarchs

[D]Charles, Slow to React to the Coming Threats

选项[C]正确。

通读全文可知，文章由西班牙国王胡安·卡洛斯退位一事引出对欧洲君主制生存问题的探讨,并分析了英国皇室面临的危机。因此，[C]最符合原文内容。

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