【題目】Utopia is a perfect place. It is a place without war, hunger, poverty, or crime. It is a place where the people work together and share. There is no money in Utopia because the people do not need money. They do not have personal possessions because everything belongs to everyone. All of the people are equal in Utopia, and the laws are all fair.

Utopia is not a new place. Plato, the ancient Greek philosopher, described a perfect society in his famous dialogue The Republic. In Plato’s Republic, philosophers were the kings, and every person had a place in the society. In 1516, Sir Thomas More wrote about an island in the Pacific Ocean where everything was perfect. He named the island

“ Utopia”. In 1602, Tommaso Campanella wrote The City in the Sun about a perfect community on the island of Ceylon ( now Sri Lanka ) ; and in 1872, Samuel Butler wrote a novel about a perfect country which he named “ Erewhon”. “ Utopia” is a Greek word that means “ not a place”, and “Erewhon” is the English word “ nowhere” spelled backwards.

Utopia is a perfect place, but it is not a real place. Most ‘real’ Utopias last only a short time. This is because everyone wants to live in it, but no one knows how to make it work. As a result, when we say something is ‘ Utopia’ today, we mean that it is a good idea, but it is not realistic.

【1】Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?

A. A place without war B. A Good Idea

C. A Perfect Place D. The Utopian Community

【2】The reason why there are no personal possessions in Utopia is that ______.

A. everything belongs to everyone

B. the people don’t need money

C. all of the people are created equal

D. the laws are reasonable

【3】The idea of a perfect society was first suggested by ________.

A. Plato B. Tommaso Campanella

C. Samuel Butler and D. Sir Thomas More

【4】“Utopia”is a word which came from _________

A. English B. Greek C. French D. Chinese

【5】According to the passage, most ‘real’ Utopias last only a short time because _______.

A. no one wants to be a leader

B. no one knows how to make a perfect society

C. it is difficult to collect money

D. everyone wants to live in Utopia

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】A

【4】B

【5】B

【解析】

試題分析:本文圍繞Utopia烏托邦介紹了一些它在各個時期人們對他的定義和描述

【1】C主旨大意題。文章第一段第一句：Utopia is a perfect place.和最后一段第一句：Utopia is a perfect place.以及文章中其他哲學(xué)家對理想國的描述可知整篇文章都在講人們理想中的一個完美的地方，故選C

【2】A細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段：They do not have personal possessions because everything belongs to everyone.可知人們沒有私有財產(chǎn)因為每一件東西都屬于每個人。故選A

【3】A細節(jié)推理題。根據(jù)第二段：Plato, the ancient Greek philosopher, described a perfect society in his famous dialogue The Republic.可知理想社會是被柏拉圖第一次所描述出來的，故選A

【4】B細節(jié)推理題。根據(jù)第二段：Plato, the ancient Greek philosopher, described a perfect society in his famous dialogue The Republic.可知理想國是被柏拉圖提出來的，而他又是古希臘哲學(xué)家，所以“Utopia”這個詞來自于希臘語，故選B

【5】B細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段：Most ‘real’ Utopias last only a short time. This is because everyone wants to live in it, but no one knows how to make it work.可知每個人都想生活在一個這樣的社會中，但是沒有人知道怎么去建設(shè)它，故選B

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