2011年考研英语备考：英语阅读专项特训(2)[3]

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[C] Boston.

　　[D] Charleston.

　　9. The word “predecessors” (Line 1, Para. 4) refer to .

　　[A] colonists who arrived in North America in the seventeenth century.

　　[B] houses constructed before the eighteenthcentury.

　　[C] interior improvements.

　　[D] wooden houses in Charleston.

　　10. What does the author imply about the use of wallpaper before 1730?

　　[A] Wallpaper samples appeared in the architectural manuals.

　　[B] Wallpaper was the same color as the paints used.

　　[C] Patterned wallpaper was not widely used.

　　[D] Wallpaper was not in stone houses.

　　核心词汇

　　architecture n. 建筑学，建筑术;建筑风格，建筑式样

　　amateur a. 业余的, 非职业的;外行的n. 业余爱好者;外行, 生手

　　impetus n. 推动, 促进, 刺激;推动力

　　elaborate vi. 详尽说明vt. 详细制定a. 复杂的;精心制作的

　　难句剖析

　　1. Since architecture was not yet a specialized profession in the colonies, the design of buildings was life either to amateur designers or to carpenters who undertook to interpret architectural manuals imported from England.

　　【解析】句子主干是the design of buildings was life either to amateur designers or to carpenters。since引导的是原因状语从句。who undertook to interpret architectural manuals imported from England作amateur designers or carpenters的定语。

　　【译文】由于建筑在殖民地还不是一项专门的职业，房屋设计或者由业余设计者来做，或者由那些承担对从英国进口的建筑手册的翻译任务的木匠来做。

　　2. Increasing wealth and growing sophistication throughout the colonies resulted in houses of improved design, whether

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