1、2011年中国农业银行招聘考试真题四SECTION Reading Comprehension(40 minutes)Par ADirectionsRead the following three texts. Answer the questions on each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.Text1 People seldom feel neutral about poetry. Those who love it sometimes give the impression tha
2、t it is an adequate substitution for food, shelter, and love. It isnt. Words, no matter how satisfying, are never an equivalent for life itself and its human experiences. Those who dislike poetry on principle sometimes claim, on the other hand, that poetry is only words and good for nothing. Thats n
3、ot true either. It is easy to become frustrated by words- in poetry or in life-but when words represent and recreate and genuine human feelings, as they often do in poetry, they can be very important. Poetry is, in fact, more than just words. It is an experience of words, and those who know how to r
4、ead poetry can easily extend their experience of life, their sense of what other people are like, their awareness of themselves, and their range of human feelings.One reason poetry can be so important is that it is so closely concerned with feelings. Poetry is often full of ideas, too, and sometimes
5、 poems can be powerful experiences of the mind, but most poems are primarily about how people feel rather than how people think. Poems provide, in fact, a language for feeling, and one of poetrys most insistent merits involves its attempt to express the inexpressible. How can anyone, for example, pu
6、t into words what it means to be in love or what it feels like to lose someone one cares about? Poetry tries, and it often captures exactly the shade of emotion that feels just right to a reader. No single poem can be said to express all the things that love or death feels like, or means, but one of
7、 the joys of experiencing poetry occurs when we read a poem and want to say, “Yes, that is just what it is like; I know exactly what that line means but Ive never been able to express it so well.” Poetry can be the voice of our feelings even when our minds are speechless with grief or joy.46. “Peopl
8、e seldom feel neutral about poetry” in the first paragraph means that _.A. few people think that poetry is neutralB. people always differ in their views about poetryC. people rarely take a partial opinion about poetryD. people generally think of poetry as extremely important or totally useless47. Th
9、e author suggests that _.A. poetry tends to make the reader disappointedB. poetry makes its readers sentimentalC. poetry is more important than wordsD. poetry often captures real human feelings48. According to the author, poetry _.A. is more than just wordsB. is the poets feelings about wordsC. is a
10、nything but patterns of linesD. is an experiment on the use of words49. Poetry tries, persistently, to express _.A. what love and death meanB. what people think about themselvesC. what people feel but find it hard to describeD. how people go through life50. This passage is mainly about _.A. the stru
11、cture of poetryB. the component of poetryC. the nature and importance of poetryD. the appreciation of poetry Text 2 Contemporary Western American art has been a very popular and lucrative part of the art marketplace. But unlike some artists who have begun to paint Western subjects precisely because
12、there is a ready market for them, the members who makes up the Women Artists of the American West (WAOAW) paint the West because it has always been the primary subject matter for them. For the most part, these women have lived in the American West since birth, and their art is natural outgrowth of t
13、he habitat and habits of their daily lives.The WAOAW was launched in 1971 by artists Gloria Bilotta and Mollie Graham. This organization brought Western artists together in the hope of making more of an impact of the art community than any of them could individually and to promote Western art by wom
14、en.In the more than 10 years of the organizations existence, the work of WAOAW has become recognized as preeminent by collectors and critics of Western American art. Just what type of subject matter does this art genre include? The scenic landscapes and sprawling vistas of the West are, of course, p
15、opular subjects but the most recognizable are those landscapes and portraits featuring mountain men, cowboys, and various American Indian tribes. However, WAOAW artists believe that the subjects matter for Western art should not be confined to these narrow limitations. It should contain all aspects
16、of ranch and pioneer life, including the large role played by women Western art should also depict Western wildlife and authentic Western artifacts as portrayed by Lisa Danielle Lorimer, Esther Maric Vetsch, Mary Thomson, and other members.The artists who make up WAOAW, currently about thirty-five m
17、embers have another character in common apart from their painting genre and that is the high quality of their art. When the group was originally formed, requirements for membership were not strict and involved willingness to participate and a membership fee. But as the group grew in prestige, it bec
18、ame necessary to tighten membership requirements considerably in order to justify the many hours and thousands of dollars spent by the group to promote the work of its members.51. The best title for the passage is _.A. Women Artists of the American WestB. Western Landscape PaintingsC. Famous Artists
19、 in the WestD. The Popularity of Western Art 52. All the following subjects are mentioned by the author as typical of WAOAW portraits EXCEPT _.A. powerful American landownersB. cowboysC. mountain menD. authentic western artifacts53. An example of typical WAOAW painting would be _.A. men attending an
20、 Eastern horse raceB. a woman participating in a Western horse showC. a view of a portrait painter at workD. collectors at an art auction54. It can be concluded from the passage about WAOOW that _.A. men are eligible for membershipB. the dues are reasonableC. acceptance for membership is difficult to obtain todayD. it sets the standards for Western art55. The word “lucrative” in line 1 is closest in meaning to _.A. expandingB. promisingC. influentialD. profitable
