The process by means of which human beings can arbitrarily make certain things stand for other things may be called the symbolic process. (31) ___ we turn, we see the symbolic process (32) __ work. For example, stripes on the sleeve can be made to stand for military rank; crossed sticks can stand for a (33) __ of religious beliefs. There are (34) __ things that have not a symbolic value.Almost all fashionable clothes are (35)_ symbolic. And we select our furniture to (36) ____ as visible symbols of our taste, wealth, and social position. We often choose our houses on the (37) ___ of a feeling that it "looks well" to have a "good address". We trade in perfectly good cars for (38) __ models not always to get better transportation, (39) __ to give evidence to the community that we can (40) _____ it.I once had an eight-year-old car in good running condition. A repairman, who knew the condition of the car, kept (41) ____ me to trade it (42) __ a new model. "But why?" I asked, "The old car's in (43) __ still." The repairman answered scornfully, "Yeah, but all you've got is transportation."Such complicated and apparently (44) __ behavior leads philosophers to (45) __ over "Why can't human beings live simply and naturally?" (46) ____ the complexity of human life makes us look enviously at the relative simplicity of such lives as dogs and cats lead.Simply, the fact that symbolic process makes complexity possible is no (47) ___ for wanting to (48) __ to a cat existence. A better (49) ___ is to understand the symbolic process (50)___ instead of being its victims we become, to some degree at least, its masters.
31. A. Whichever
B. Whatever
C. Everywhere
D. However
32. A. in
B. at
C. by
D. on
33. A. serial
B. cluster
C. suite.
D. set
34. A. many
B. few
C. enough
D. little
35. A. highly
B. merely
C. rarely
D. accidentally
36. A. work
B. regard
C. serve
D. signify
37. A. chance
B. purpose
C. opportunity
D. basis
38. A. later
B. former
C. latter
D. earlier
39. A. yet
B. but
C. and
D. so
40. A. afford
B. offer
C. supply
D. grant
41. A. advocating
B. alerting
C. urging
D. pressing
42. A. with
B. in
C. out
D. for
43. A. advance
B. shape
C. demand
D. vogue
44. A. unnecessary
B. useless
C. random
D. impolite
45. A. concern
B. worry
C. ponder
D. determine
46. A. Often
B. Seldom
C. Always
D. Still
47. A. doubt
B. meaning
C. reason
D. time
48. A. return
B. devote
C. lead
D. proceed
49. A. result
B. solution
C. distinction
D. resolution
50. A. while
B. as
C. since that
D. so that
答案解析
31.[c]【解析】這里要說的是“我們所到的每個地方”，故選C。
32.[B]【解析】根據(jù)旬意“我們所到的每個地方，我們都能看到符號的象征意義……”，at work意為“在起作用”，故選B。
33.[D]【解析】本題可用排除法，a set of表示“一套，一組”，與“宗教信仰”搭配符合句意。
34.[B]【解析】few修飾可數(shù)名詞，與not構(gòu)成雙重否定，表肯定。
35.[A]【解析】該句是第二段的主題旬，承上啟下，根據(jù)首段內(nèi)容可知，要填的詞應(yīng)表肯定意義，故選A。
36.[C]【解析】serve…as“當作，充當……”，這是固定用法。
37.[D]【解析】本句說我們通常憑感覺來選擇房子，on the basis of“以……為基礎(chǔ)”，D正確。
38.[A]【解析】better提示這里有一個隱藏的比較關(guān)系。雖然車輛“完好無損”但我們喜歡換較新樣式的，故選A。later“更新近的”。
39.[B]【解析】根據(jù)句意可知，人們換車的目的不是為了擁有更便利的交通工具，而是為了證明……，前后語義為轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系,故B正確。
40.[A]【解析】afford“買得起，有能力購買”，該詞充分體現(xiàn)了人們用較新款式的車輛換本來性能很好的車輛的心態(tài)。
41.[C]【解析】urge sb.to do“催促，慫恿某人做某事”，符合作者當時不愿意換車而汽修工慫恿他換車的情況。
42.[D]【解析】trade…for…意為“用……換……”，符合句意.D 正確。
43.[B]【解析】由作者的提問可知，他的車性能還是很好的，in shape“(在外形上)處于良好狀態(tài)”符合句意。
44.[A]【解析】可利用排除法解題。such…behavior是代指上文提到汽車修理工勸“我”換車的經(jīng)歷，unnecessary“無必要的”符合句意。
45.[C]【解析】ponder over“考慮，深思”，符合旬意。
46.[A]【解析】根據(jù)空格后句子中complexity和simplicity的對照關(guān)系，可知0ften符合句意。
47.[C]【解析】由該段末句中的a better…is to…可知作者并不提倡過著像貓狗那樣的簡單生活，C符合句意.no reason for…“沒有理由……”。
48.[A]【解析】后文作者指出了更好的解決辦法，可知作者在這里并不是要我們return to“回歸到”貓狗那樣的簡單生活。A正確。
49.[B]【解析】對某問題的解決對策通常都用solution，B正確。
50.[D]【解析】空格后半句是前半句的結(jié)果，D符合句意