2012年北京大学留学生入学考试英语试卷

2012年北京大学留学生入学考试英语试卷

试卷使用说明

1．第一部分、第二部分和第三部分的section A（即1-65题）为客观题，答题请用“标准化考试答题卡”

即“Answer Sheet I”。

2．“标准化考试答题卡”即“Answer Sheet I”上的试卷类型不填。

3．“标准化考试答题卡”即“Answer Sheet I”必须用铅笔填写。

4．第三部分的Section B和第四部分为主观题，答题请用“Answer Sheet II”。

5．“Answer Sheet II”必须用钢笔、圆珠笔或签字笔书写。

6．答题请用“标准化考试答题卡”即“Answer Sheet I”和“Answer Sheet II”，做在试题册上无效。Part I Vocabulary and Structure (25%)

Directions: There are 25 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet I.

1.This incident _______the need for better safety measures.

A. exposes

B. Involves

C. illustrates

D. infers

2. You should not _____ the peace of others by speaking so loudly.

A. prohibit

B. ban

C. collapse

D. disturb

3. Ruth should have been here three hours ago so she?s ____decided not to come after all.

A. occasionally

B. evidently

C. barely

D. constantly

4. I do not agree with what Mary said just now, but she?s a quite good speaker _____.

A. whatsoever

B. moreover

C. nevertheless

D. furthermore

5. Mike _____to be the wrong man for the job.

A. turned over

B. turned on

C. turned in

D. turned out

6. I plan to _____some time to visit my parents this weekend.

A. set aside

B. set back

C. set out

D. set on

7. Information is sometimes _____ from patients when it is thought it might hurt them.

A. held up

B. held on

C. held back

D. held out

8. I could barely _____the traffic sign through the rain.

A. make up

B. make out

C. make of

D. make for

9. I ______ everything I said about George—he?s been really nice to me recently.

A. take over

B. take off

C. take back

D. take on

10. Nobody could _____ a satisfactory explanation of the accident.

A. come up with

B. come through

C. come upon

D. come into

11. The visitor told me things about Mary which I didn?t believe, but still I nodded my head as if to ______ what he had said.

A. convince

B. confirm

C. confess

D. convey

12. The new law says that part-time, _____ workers will be granted the same social provisions as full-time employees.

13. _____assurances from government officials that an investigation is in progress, his whereabouts remain unknown.

A. Despite

B. Amid

C. Due to

D. By 14. The _____of private health insurance mean that many elderly people may not be comprehensively covered under its terms.

A. intuitions

B. circumstances

C. Limitations

D. Instruments

15. The purpose of our organizations to give care to those ____by AIDS and help prevent its spreading.

A. upset

B. affected

C. grabbed

D. handicapped

16. The last bus ____ , we had to walk home.

A. going

B. having gone

C. has gone

D. had gone

17. ____I am concerned, playing video games not only takes much time but is also harmful to health.

A. For one thing

B. For what

C. As long as

D. As far as

18. This is _____ a good chance ______ none of us wants to miss it.

A. such …that

B. so…that

C. too…to

D. /…such that

19. It?s a terrible thing, living with the knowledge _____the doctors are not able to save his life.

A. what

B. that

C. which

D. where

20. You used to take piano lessons, ____ you?

A. do

B. don?t

C. did

D. didn?t

21. Steve proposed that the report ______ by fax.

A. sending

B. is sent

C. be sent

D. being sent

22. It ______ 30 years since I got to know him in Hangzhou.

A. is

B. was

C. had been

D. being

23. ________ my grandma taught me has become a very important part of my life.

A. What

B. That

C. Which

D. For

24. He sat there quietly, _____ thinking about long-lost friends and classmates.

A. as for

B. as if

C. as to

D. as of

25. _____ my delight, our school football team won the game easily.

A. In

B. Of

C. To

D. For

Part II. Cloze (10%)

Directions; there are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer sheet I.

In social life, time plays a very important part. In the United States, guests tend to feel they are not ___26___ regarded if the invitation to a dinner party is extended only three or four days __27___ the party date. ___28____ this is not true in all countries. In other areas of the world, it may be considered foolish to make an appointment too far in ___29____, because plans which are made for a date more than a week away tend to be __30____.

The __31____ of time differ in different parts of the world. ___32____, misunderstandings arise between people from cultures that __33___ time differently. Promptness is much __34____ in American life, for example. If people are not prompt, they may be regarded as impolite or not fully __35___. In the U.S. no one would think of ___36___ a business associate waiting for an

hour. It would be too impolite. When ___37___meet, a person who is five minutes late is __38__ to make a short apology. If he is less than five minutes late, he will say a few words of __39__, though perhaps he will not __40__ the sentence.

To Americans, forty minutes of waiting is the __41__ of the “insult period”. No matter __42__ is said in apology, there is little that can remove the __43__ done by an hour?s wait. __44__ in some other countries, a forty-minute waiting period was not unusual. Instead of being the very end of the __45__ waiting scale, it was just the beginning.

26. A. chiefly B. greatly C. largely D. highly

27. A. in B. after C. at D. before

28. A. Then B. But C. So D. Also

29. A. advance B. ahead C. front D. time

30. A. forgotten B. neglected C. mistaken D. overlooked

31. A. means B. meanings C. significance D. senses

32. A. Even B. Moreover C. Thus D. Ever

33. A. treat B. deal C. consider D. cope

34. A. treasured B. valued C. expended D. priced

35. A. acceptable B. responsible C. Reasonable D. accountable

36. A. retaining B. preventing C. getting D. keeping

37. A. equivalents B. same C. parallels D. equals

38. A. expected B. wanted C. asked D. hoped

39. A. description B. exposition C. explanation D. Excuse

40. A. achieve B. fulfill C. complete D. accomplish

41. A. period B. limit C. term D. beginning

42. A. how B. who C. what D. which

43. A. destruction B. violation C. damage D. breakage

44. A. So B. If C. Yet D. Even

45. A. allowable B. agreeable C. conceivable D. receivable

Part III. Reading Comprehension (55%)

Section A: There are four passages in this section. Each passage is followed by five questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet I.(40%)

Passage one

One of the favorite baseball players in the United States during the 1930's was Leo Frangio. He was born and raised in New York City. As a boy, he was often in trouble with school authorities. He and his friends used to stay away from school to play baseball.

He dropped out of high school to begin playing professional ball. In 1931, as a rookie ( 新手) with the New York Canaries, Leo hit 38 home runs ( 本垒打). For the next five years he hit 40 to 45 home runs a year. In 1936 he had his best year, hitting 54 home runs with a 365 batting average.

Leo was a hero to people everywhere, but it was the children that he felt closest to. He frequently visited hospitals to talk with sick children. He never got married so he always spent Christmas day with children who didn't have any parents. The children liked him as much as Santa Claus.

In 1937 Leo had a bad year. After he hit 52 home runs again in 1938, the Canaries decided to trade him. Talks were being held with the Blue Birds an the Robins when Leo said that he was going to retire. He said he would never play for a team other than the Canaries.

After leaving baseball Leo had several different jobs. First he had a job as PR (public relations) man for a sporting goods company. He didn't enjoy the work, though, and he quit after one year. Then he tried working as a sports writer. Since he was not such a good writer, however, he soon gave that up, too.

Finally in 1940, he began working as a radio announcer for baseball games. He became very popular because he made the game sound so exciting. During the next fifteen years he added much to the language of baseball. But as TV became more and more popular Leo decided to quit announcing. He moved back to New York where he is still active in teaching children to play baseball.

46. Which team did Leo play for?

A. The Canaries.

B. The Robins.

C. The Orioles.

D. The Blue Birds.

47. When was Leo's best year as a player?

A. 1938.

B. 1936.

C. 1931.

D. 1937.

48. What job did Leo have the longest?

A. Playing baseball.

B.Working as a PR man.

C. Announcing on the radio.

D. Working as a sports writer.

49. Why did Leo quit announcing?

A. Because he was going to be traded.

B. Because he became a sports writer.

C. Because he went back to New York.

D. Because TV became popular.

50. Why did Leo Frangio become popular as a radio announcer?

A. He was a very good baseball player.

B. He made the game sound exciting.

C. He made the game win

D. He was loved by children very much. Passage two

All around us is a world of tiny living things called microbes. They are everywhere—in the air, in the soil, in the water we drink. They are on our food, hands, clothes, and everything we touch. The dust that settles on the furniture carries them. They are on walls, ceiling, floors. They may be very tiny—most of them too small to be seen—but they are constantly doing things all about us. Some of the things they do are very useful. The cheese and bread that we eat have become the foods they are because of the work of microbes. We owe our sauerkraut, pickles, vinegar, sour cream, and favorite kinds of sour milk to microbes. Our earth stays fertile because of the activity of the billions of microbes in the soil.

Microbes are responsible, too, for some annoying things that happen every day in your home. If you forget to change the water in a vase of flowers, it begins to smell; microbes are at work. Bread left in a package too long gets moldy. Your clothes may mildew. Your food may spoil. All of these things mean microbes at work.

Microbes are also at work when people get sick. In fact, most people think of microbes as something to be destroyed. It is true that certain microbes do cause disease, but they are a very small part of the microbe population. Out of every thirty thousand kinds of microbes, the chances

are that just one is harmful and likely to cause disease. Most microbes are harmless. And some microbes themselves produce the most powerful weapons we have yet found to conquer disease. They “wonder drugs” such as penicillin and s treptomycin are products of the activity of microbes.

51. Paragraph 1 mainly gives the information that ______.

A. microbes are everywhere around us.

B. microbes are tiny living things.

C. our earth stays fertile because of microbes.

D. microbes do some useful things.

52. Which of the following statements is NOT implied in the passage?

A. Not all of the microbes should be destroyed.

B. Microbes do annoying things as well as useful ones.

C. It?s very easy to get rid of microbes.

D. Harmful microbes are very small in percentage.

53. The term “Wonder drugs”in Paragraph 3 means ______.

A. the drugs that cause wonder .

B. the medicine that surprises humans.

C. the medicine that works well

D. the drugs that are very special.

54. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Microbes do everything good for human beings.

B. Without microbes we can not survive on earth.

C. If all microbes are destroyed human beings can be free from disease.

D. Although the harmful microbes are small in number, they are the most dangerous in power.

55. Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

A. The Benefits of Microbes

B. The Life of Microbes.

C. The World of Microbes

D. Annoying Microbes

Passage three

Unhappiness used to be considered an unavoidable part of human existence. Knowledge and rationality can help us overcome this dilemma.

Most people oscillate between bursts of happiness and long periods of unhappiness. Only recently have we realized that happiness need not merely be an involuntary emotional response to outside events.

Unhappiness can exist only when our actions, perceptions or expectations are not in alignment with objective reality---when we do not understand what is really happening in the objective reality. Then what is Objective Reality?

Objective reality is everything that simply exists. Nature is the small part of Objective Reality that surrounds us and people are just as much part of Objective Reality, as trees, the ocean or other galaxies.

If we could have total knowledge of Objective Reality, we would be in complete alignment with the world. Conflicts and problems would disappear because they only arise when our perceptions are in conflict with Objective Reality.

In order to understand Objective Reality, we need to have a view of the way the world really is. We need to separate relevant knowledge , such as Gravity and Probability, from knowledge that is irrelevant to human existence, such as the Big Bang. From cosmology to geology, form evolution to psychology, we need to provide ourselves with the clearest possible perspective of the way things really are.

Above all, we must understand that human “Problems”are always the result of our misalignment with reality. In order to be aligned with objective reality we need to separate the wheat from the chaff. The more we did, the more chaff we have to shovel. From politics to love , form economics to sex.

Persons who rely on religion for guidance through the hardships of life have to overcome an obstinate hindrance: They need to abandon the illusory comforts of a belief system that is filled with irrationality.

Many people are ineffective in recognizing the reality of problematic situations and thus can not choose between happiness and unhappiness. However, it is within the grasp of modern man to acquire a thorough understanding of Objective Reality.

Yet, even with the modern science, it is still impossible for man to have total knowledge of reality. Therefore it is not possible for him to be in total alignment with Objective Reality at all times.

Conflicts and problems are unavoidable, Yet, by perceiving Objective Reality as clearly as possible, we can minimize our conflicts and thus optimize our happiness.

56. _____ can help people avoid being unhappy according to the author of the passage.

A. Education

B. Objective reality

C. Knowledge and rationality

D. Irrationality

57. What is the possible meaning of the underlined word oscillate in paragraph 2?

A. Hesitate

B. Move back and forth

C. Change

D. Go

58. Which of the following is irrelevant knowledge to human existence?

A. Gravity

B. Geology

C. Evolution

D. Big Bang

59. By using the analogy of “separating wheat from chaff”, the author means that _____.

A. Politics, love, economics and sex are just like chaff.

B. in order to get more wheat, we have to shovel more chaff.

C. in order to be aligned with objective reality, we have to know how to separate.

D. human “problems” are actually the result of our misalignment with reality.

60. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A. A belief system is illusory because it is filled with irrationality.

B. Many people don?t know how to be happy because they do not recognize the reality of problematic situations.

C. By perceiving Objective Reality, we can be the happiest.

D. It is impossible for man to have total knowledge of reality. Therefore it is not possible for him to be in total alignment with Objective Reality at any time.

Passage Four

There are very many factors involved in the development of a good team. However, here we shall concentrate on three in particular, namely: communication, team balance and leadership.

Communication is clearly an important part of interpersonal interaction and , of course, teamwork is all about interpersonal interaction. Open communication is a fundamental part of good teamwork so far as it allows team members to understand each other?s point of view, to share ideas, to express feelings and to articulate plans. Poor communication can be a major barrier to effective teamwork. Wrestling with the complexities of communication is therefore part of the challenge of developing an effective team.

The balance of a team involves having people whose experience, skills, perspectives, interests and contributions complement one another, rather than duplicate or counteract each other. For example, it is no good having a team full of creative people who have lots of new ideas,

but do not have the people who have the stamina to see those ideas through to completion. Similarly, a team that is full of people who are steady, strong workers but have little spark or creativity, will also be impoverished by comparison with a balanced team. If it is not to become stale and sterile, a team needs people who are prepared to risk conflict by challenging existing norms and assumptions, but, by the same token, a team also needs its peacemakers. Differences between team members can, in themselves, lead to conflict but the diversity of the team and the balance that this diversity can achieve will generally make up for any such conflicts.

Leadership refers to the ability to create and sustain a positive working culture to motivate or even inspire staff to play their part in creating a work environment in which there are high standards of practice, a high level of commitment and a positive approach. A key part of leadership is “Vision”. This refers to the ability to keep a clear focus on what the team is trying to achieve, what its objectives are in terms of its overall strategy and aims. It is very easy for a team of people who are under pressure from various directions to lose their focus on what the team is all about and what purpose it is intended to fulfill. A good leader is somebody who not only keeps a clear focus himself or herself on the team?s purpose and direction, but also ensures that that vision is shared by the team members and that they are not allowed to drift too far away from it.

A good leader is somebody who promotes high morale by playing a key role in creating an atmosphere in which staff feel valued and supported. This helps to prevent such problems as gossip, rumor-mongering and backbiting, which can be so detrimental to a team?s functioning.

Effective teamwork therefore depends on a good leader, the right balance of the right people and the channels of communication remaining open between them. If these three core ingredients can be brought together, then there is every chance of a very effective team developing .

61. According to the passage, the underlined word “stamina”(in Para. 3) means _______.

A. flexibility

B. wisdom

C. power

D. perseverance

62. What is the author?s attitude towards the conflict in a balanced team?

A. The conflict always happens between some people who are steady and strong workers and the creative ones.

B. The diversity of the team and the balance that this diversity can achieve will generally make up for any such conflicts.

C. Without the conflict, the team would be better.

D. Peacemakers can resolve the conflict.

63. What is a key part of leadership in the author?s view?

A. The ability to keep a clear focus on what the team is trying to achieve, what its objectives are in terms of its overall strategy and aims.

B. The ability to create and sustain a positive working culture.

C. The ability to motivate or even inspire staff.

D. The ability to create a work environment in which there are high standards of practice, a high level of commitment and a positive approach.

64. Which statement is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Poor communication among team members can be a major hindrance to effective teamwork.

B. In a balanced team, team members? experience, skills, perspectives, interests and contributions are totally different.

C. An atmosphere in which the staff feel valued and supported can help prevent the problems such as unkind and unpleasant talk about someone who is absent.

D. A good team leader is a person who not only focuses himself/herself on the purpose and direction of the team, but also makes sure that other members of the team share this focus.

65. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. There are very many factors involved in the development of a good team.

B. One of the key aspects of effective teamwork is open communication.

C. No matter how good a team may be, conflicts will inevitably occur some time.

D. Effective teamwork depends on a good leader, the right balance of the right people and the channels of communication remaining open between them.

Section B: In this section, there is a passage with 15 blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. Write the corresponding letter for each blank on Answer Sheet II. (15%)

A man may usually be known by the books he reads as well as by the company he keeps; for there is a companionship of books as well as __1___ men; and one should always live in the best company, whether it be of books or of men.

A good book may be among the best of friends. It is the same today that it always was, and it will never change. It is the most patient and cheerful of companions. It does not turn its back __2__ us in times of adversity or distress. It always receives us with the same kindness; amusing and instructing us in youth, and comforting and consoling us in age.

Men often discover their affinity to each other by the mutual love they have for a book just __3__ two persons sometimes discover a friend by the admiration which both entertain for a third. There is an old proverb, …Love me, love my dog.” But there is __4___ wisdom in this:” Love me, love my book.” The book is a truer and higher bond of union. Men can think, feel, and sympathize with each other through their __5___ author. They live in him together, and he __6__them.

A good book is often the best urn of a life enshrining the best that life could think out; for the world of a man?s life is, for the most part, but the world of his thoughts. Thus the best books are treasuries of good words, the golden thoughts, __7___, remembered and cherished, become our __8___ companions and comforters.

Books possess __9__ essence of immortality. They are by far the __10__lasting products of human effort. Temples and statues decay, but books __11__. Time is of no account with great thoughts, which are as fre sh today as when they first passed through their author?s minds, ages __12__. What was then said and thought still speaks to us as vividly as ever from the printed page. The only effect of time have been to sift out the bad products; for nothing in literature __13___what is really good can long survive.

Books introduce us into the best society; they bring us into the __14__of the greatest minds that have ever lived. We hear what they said and did; we see the as if they were really alive; we sympathize with them, enjoy with them, grieve with them; their experience becomes ours, and we feel as if we were in a measure actors with them in the scenes which they describe.

The great and good do not die, even in this world. Embalmed in books, their spirits walk abroad. The book is a living voice. It is an intellect __15__which on still listens.

Word Bank

A. to

B. survive

C. of

D. favorite

E. which

F. that

G. but

H. in

I. if

J. constant

K. ago L. an M. as N. more O. most

P. upon Q. the R. at S. though T. presence

1. ___________

2. ____________

3. ____________

4. _____________

5._____________

6. ___________

7. ____________

8. ____________

9.______________ 10._____________ 11. ___________ 12. ___________ 13. ____________ 14. ____________ 15. ____________

Part IV: Proofreading (10%)

Directions: In the following passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, ONE in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word, or just delete a word. If you change a word, cross it and write the correct word beside it. If you add a word, write the missing word between the words(in brackets) immediately before and after it. If you delete a word, cross it out with a slash(/). Put your answers on Answer Sheet II.

Examples:

eg. 1 (1) The meeting begun 2 hours ago.

Correction put on Answered Sheet II; (1) begun began

eg. 2(2) Scarcely they settled themselves in their seats in the theatre when the curtain went up Correction put on Answered Sheet II; (2) (Scarcely ) had (they)

eg. 3(3) Never will I not do it again.

Correction put on Answered Sheet II; (3) not

In bringing up children, every parent watches eagerly the child's

acquisition (学会) of each new skill—the first speaking words, the first independent 1. _____________ steps, or the beginning of reading and writing. It is often tempting to hurry

the child beyond his natural learning rate, but this can set up dangerous

feelings of failure and state of worry in the child. This might happen at 2. ______________ any stage. A baby might be forced to use a toilet too early, a young child

might be encouraged to learn to read before he knows the meaning of the

words he reads. On the other hand, though, if a child left alone too much, 3. ______________

or without any learning opportunities, he loses his natural enthusiasm for

life and his desire to find out new things for himself.

Parents vary greatly in their degree of strict towards their children. 4. ______________ Some may be especially strict in money matters, others are sever over times of coming home at night or punctuality for meals. In general, the

controls imposed represent the needs of the parents and the values of the

community as many as the child's own happiness. 5. ______________ As regards the development of morality standards in the growing child, 6. ______________ consistency is very important in parental teaching. To forbid a thing one day

and excuse it the next is not foundation for morality (道德). Also, parents should 7. ______________ realize that “example is more better than precept”. If they are not sincere and 8. ______________ do not practice what they preach (说教),their children may grow confused and

emotionally insecure when they grow old enough to think themselves, 9. _____________

and realize they have been to some extent fooled.

A sudden awareness of a marked difference between their parents'

principles and their morals can be a dangerous disappointment. 10.______________

Proofreading keys;

1. speaking--- spoken

2. state----states

3. left----- is left

4. strict---strictness

5. many---much

6. morality---moral

7. not---no

8. more---去掉

9．Think ---think for

10. can be ---can be a

A man may usually be known by the books he reads as well as by the company he keeps; fo r there is a companionship of books as well as of men; and one should always live in the bes t company, whether it be of books or of men.

通常看一个读些什么书就可知道他的为人，就像看他同什么人交往就可知道他的为人一样，由于有人以人为伴，也有人以书为伴。不管是书友仍是朋友，我们都应该以最好的为伴。

A good book may be among the best of friends. It is the same today that it always was, and it will never change. It is the most patient and cheerful of companions. It does not turn i ts back upon us in times of adversity or distress. It always receives us with the same kindnes s; amusing and instructing us in youth, and comforting and consoling us in age.

好书就像是你最好的朋友。它始终不渝，过去如斯，现在如斯，将来也永远不变。它是最有耐心，最令人愉悦的伴侣。在我们穷愁潦倒，临危遭难时，它也不会抛弃，对我们老是一如既往地亲切。在我们年青时，好书陶冶我们的性情，增长我们的知识；到我们年迈时，它又给我们以慰藉和勉励。

Men often discover their affinity to each other by the mutual love they have for a book j ust as two persons sometimes discover a friend by the admiration which both entertain for a t hird. There is an old proverb, …Love me, love my dog.” But there is more wisdom in this:” Lo ve me, love my book.” The book is a truer and higher bond of union. Men can think, feel, an d sympathize with each other through their favorite author. They live in him together, and he in them.

人们经常由于喜欢统一本书而结为知已，就像有时两个人由于敬慕统一个人而成为朋友一样。有句古谚说道：“爱屋及屋。”实在“爱我及书”这句话蕴涵更多的哲理。书是更为真诚而高尚的友谊纽带。人们可以通过共同喜爱的作家沟通思惟，交流感情，彼此息息相通，并与自己喜欢的作家思惟相通，情感相融。

A good book is often the best urn of a life enshrining the best that life could think out; for the world of a man?s life is, for the most part, but the world of his thoughts. Thus the be st books are treasuries of good words, the golden thoughts, which, remembered and cherishe d, become our constant companions and comforters.

好书常如最精美的宝器，保藏着人生的思惟的精髓，由于人生的境界主要就在于其思惟的境界。因此，最好的书是金玉良言和崇高思惟的宝库，这些良言和思惟若铭记于心并多加珍视，就会成为我们忠实的伴侣和永恒的慰藉。

Books possess an essence of immortality. They are by far the most lasting products of h uman effort. Temples and statues decay, but books survive.Time is of no account with great thoughts, which are as fresh today as when they first passed through their author?s minds, a ges ago. What was then said and thought still speaks to us as vividly as ever from the printe

d page. Th

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f time have been to sift out the bad products; for nothin

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e can long survive but what is really good.

书籍具有不朽的本质，是为人类努力创造的最为持久的成果。寺庙会倒坍，神像会朽烂，而书却经久长存。对于伟大的思惟来说，时间是无关紧要的。多年前初次闪现于作者脑海的伟大思惟本日依然清新如故。时间惟一的作用是淘汰不好的作品，由于只有真正的佳作才能经世长存。

Books introduce us into the best society; they bring us into the presence of the greatest minds that have ever lived. We hear what they said and did; we see the as if they were real ly alive; we sympathize with them, enjoy with them, grieve with them; their experience becom es ours, and we feel as if we were in a measure actors with them in the scenes which they d escribe.

书籍先容我们与最优秀的人为伍，使我们置身于历代伟人大师之间，如闻其声，如观其行，如见其人，同他们情感交融，悲喜与共，感同身受。我们觉得自己仿佛在作者所描绘的舞台上和他们一起粉墨登场。

The great and good do not die, even in this world.Embalmed in books, their spirits walk abroad. The book is a living voice. It is an intellect to which on still listens.

即使在人世间，伟大杰出的人物也长生不来。他们的精神被载入书册，传于四海。书是人生至今仍在聆听的聪明之声，永远布满着活力。

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