2022年考博英语-湖南农业大学考前提分综合测验卷（附带答案及详解）套卷82

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1、2022年考博英语-湖南农业大学考前提分综合测验卷（附带答案及详解）1. 不定项选择题As a company executive who spent ten years in federal service, I am often asked what I regard as the biggest difference between working for the government and working for a private company. My invariable response is to say that 1 look back on my time in gov

2、ernment as one of the most exciting and challenging experiences of my life. Furthermore, I never worked as hard as when I was a public servant.When I worked for the government; I worked with some of the finest, most competent and most committed people I have ever met. I was impressed by the overall

3、quality of our career civil servants then, and I still am. But one of my greatest concerns now is that I will not be able to hold this same high opinion in the future.Career public servants are leaving government in alarming numbers, and qualified replacements are becoming harder and harder to find.

4、 Good people who leave career government service are striving for highly paid positions in private enterprises.We depend on government to keep this country safe in an uncertain world, to secure justice and domestic order and to solve a host of pressing problems. We need the best possible people perf

5、orming and overseeing these vital tasks. A high-quality professional federal service has been a source of national pride for more than a century. But what we have built up during a hundred years can be lost in less time than we imagine. We cant afford to let this happen. We must act now if this coun

6、try is to be assured of the quality public service it deserves.1. Career public servants are leaving government in alarming numbers. One of the reasons may be that（ ） .2. According to the author, so I will not be able to hold this same high opinion toward the public servants in the future.3. We depe

7、nd on government to keep this country safe in an uncertain world, therefore（ ）.4. If we neglect the serious problem and make no efforts, we will lose（ ）.5. Which of the following is NOT TRUE?问题1选项A.they received lower payB.they deserved no fame and gloryC.they performed poorlyD.they worked harder th

8、an anyone else.问题2选项A.I never worked as hard as when I was a public servantB.I have become a company executiveC.there will not be so many competent and qualified servants in the government as we had beforeD.my time in government was not the most exciting experience in my life问题3选项A.we should make gr

9、eater contributions to the countryB.the best possible people are urgently needed to do important tasksC.we should show deep concern about the nations futureD.we should become public servants问题4选项A.national prideB.high-quality professional federal serviceC.good peopleD.private enterprise问题5选项A.Those

10、who work for companies are highly paid.B.More and more public servants have left the government.C.Career public servants are qualified.D.Many people of high qualities want to work in the government.【答案】第1题:A第2题:C第3题:B第4题:B第5题:D【解析】第1题:判断推理题。题干：离开政府的职业公务员数量惊人。其中一个原因可能是A选项“他们的工资低”；B选项“他们不配享有名誉和荣誉”；C选项

11、“他们表现不佳”；D选项“他们比任何人都努力”。根据题干定位到第三段第二句话Good people who leave career government service are striving for highly paid positions in private enterprises（离开政府部门的优秀人才正在争取私营企业的高薪职位），从这里可以推断，公务员离职和工资是有关系的，所以答案选A。其他选项不符题意。第2题:判断推理题。题干：根据作者的观点，（）所以我将来不会对公务员有同样高的评价。A选项“我从来没有像当公务员时那样努力工作”；B选项“我已经成为一家公司的主管”；C选项“在

12、政府将不会有像我们以前那么多的有能力和合格的服务员”；D选项“在政府工作并不是我一生中最激动人心的经历”。根据题干定位到第二段第二句话I was impressed by the overall quality of our career civil servants then, and I still am.（当时的公务员整体素质给我留下了深刻的印象，现在依然如此），由此可知文章中的“opinion”指的是公务员素质很好；定位到第三段第一句 Career public servants are leaving government in alarming numbers, and quali

13、fied replacements are becoming harder and harder to find.（离开政府的职业公务员数量惊人，合格的接替者越来越难找到）从这里可知，作者会认为自己将来不会有这种观点，因为公务员都离职了，新进的人素质没有这么高，所以答案选C。第3题:判断推理题。题干：在这个不确定的世界里，我们依靠政府来保证国家的安全因此A选项“我们应该对国家作出更大的贡献”；B选项“重要任务迫切需要尽可能优秀的人才”；C选项“我们应该对国家的前途表示深切的关心”；D选项“我们应该成为公务员”。定位到第三段第一二句话We depend on government to keep

14、 this country safe in an uncertain world, to secure justice and domestic order and to solve a host of pressing problems. We need the best possible people performing and overseeing these vital tasks.（在这个充满不确定性的世界上，我们依靠政府来维护国家的安全，维护正义和国内秩序，并解决一系列紧迫的问题。我们需要尽可能优秀的人来执行和监督这些重要的任务。） 由此可推断答案选B。A、D选项文中没有提及；文

15、章最后一段最后一句话We must act now if this country is to be assured of the quality public service it deserves.（如果这个国家想要得到它应得的高质量的公共服务，我们必须现在就采取行动）从这里可知我们应该行动起来而不只是忧虑，C选项错误。第4题:判断推理题。题干：如果我们忽视这个严重的问题，不做任何努力，我们将会失去。A选项“国家荣誉”；B选项“优质专业的联邦服务”；C选项“好的人民”；D选项“私人公司”。根据题干定位到第二段最后一句Good people who leave career governme

16、nt service are striving for highly paid positions in private enterprises.（离开政府部门的优秀人才正在争取私营企业的高薪职位。）从这里可知，问题就在于人才的流失，定位到最后一段第二三句 We need the best possible people performing and overseeing these vital tasks. A high-quality professional federal service has been a source of national pride for more than

17、 a century.（我们需要尽可能优秀的人来执行和监督这些重要的任务。一个多世纪以来，高质量的专业联邦服务一直是国家的骄傲。）人才流失后就会导致事情没人做，做不好，这些发生之后国家荣誉才会丧失，所以A错误，答案选B。第5题:判断推理题。A选项“在私企工作的人薪水很高”；B选项“越来越多的公务员离开了”；C选项“职业公务员是合格的”；D选项“许多素质高的人都想在政府工作”。第三段第一二句：Career public servants are leaving government in alarming numbers.Good people who leave career governme

18、nt service are striving for highly paid positions in private enterprises（职业公务员正以惊人的数量离开政府离开政府部门的优秀人才正在争取私营企业的高薪职位）从这里可知很多人离开政府部门去私企是因为工资高，所以A、B选项正确，D选项错误，所以答案选D；根据第二段第一句When I worked for the government; I worked with some of the finest, most competent and most committed people I have ever met（我在政府工作

19、的时候；我和一些我见过的最优秀、最有能力、最忠诚的人一起工作）可知C选项正确。2. 单选题Dr. Hawking has made much contribution to the theories of modem physics at the _ of his health.问题1选项A.costB.disposalC.mercyD.expenditure【答案】A【解析】考查固定搭配。这道题考查关于at theof的词组。A选项at the cost of“以为代价”；B选项at the disposal of“任凭使用”；C选项at the mercy of“受的支配”；D选项，干扰项

20、，因为没有at the expenditure of这种搭配，所以首先就可以排除D。句意：霍金博士对当代物理学作出了很大的贡献，这一切都是（）他的健康。显然霍金的成就是以他的健康为代价的，所以答案选A。3. 单选题Everything in the universe undergoes（ ） development and change.问题1选项A.constantB.continualC.continuousD.endless【答案】C【解析】考查形容词辨析。A选项constant“不变的，经常的”；B选项continual“持续不断的”；C选项continuous“连续的，持续的”；D选

21、项endless“无限的”。句意：世界上的所有事情都经历着（）发展和变化。D选项作“无休止的”的解释是一般形容不好的事物，所以不能选；Constant：多指习惯性的重复和不变的持续，这里修饰的词语是change，所以不符合语境；Continual：强调重复或持续发生，但连续之间允许有间断；Continuous：语意最强，强调在时间和空间上没有间断；这里发展和变化之间会存在着间断，所以C选项最符合题意。4. 单选题Using extremely different decorating schemes in adjoining rooms may result in _ and lack of

22、unity in style.问题1选项A.conflictB.confrontationC.disturbanceD.disharmony【答案】D【解析】考查副词辨析。A选项“冲突”；B选项“对抗”；C选项“干扰”；D选项“不一致，不协调”。句意：在临近的房间用完全不同的装修计划会造成（）以及缺少风格的一致性。根据句意，两间房子只是风格不一，造成不和谐现象，还没有达到冲突的程度，所以答案选D。confrontation一般指人或团队之间的冲突。而conflict指的是一种持久性的矛盾和冲突。5. 单选题_ can be seen from the comparison of these f

23、igures, the principle involves the active participation of the patient in the modification of his condition.问题1选项A.AsB.WhatC.ThatD.It【答案】A【解析】考查从句引导词。句意：（）从这些数字的比较可以看出，其原理涉及到病人积极参与病情的改善。两个句子之间缺少连词，所以不能只单独加主语，此句是非限制性定语从句。根据句意as引导非限制性定语从句来修饰整个主句最合适，所以答案选A。what和that都不能引导非限制性定语从句，所以B，C不选。6. 单选题The work

24、has _ the status of a classic among the composers admirers.问题1选项A.requiredB.acquiredC.inquiredD.inspired【答案】B【解析】考查动词辨析。A选项required“要求”；B选项acquired“获得，取得”；C选项inquired“询问，问明”；D选项inspired“激发，鼓舞”。句意：这个作品在作曲者的追随者中（）经典的地位，作品和追随者心目中的地位是需要获得的，所以B选项acquire最合适。7. 单选题So badly（ ）in the car accident that he had

25、 to stay in hospital for a few months.问题1选项A.did he injureB.injured himC.was he injuredD.he was injured【答案】C【解析】考查部分倒装。句意：他在车祸里伤得太厉害了，以至于他不得不在医院待了几个月。so that句子中，so位于句首时句子需要部分倒装，B、D排除；答案选C。8. 单选题The plane was fatally crippled when the rear cargo door was（ ）in flight.问题1选项A.jammedB.openedC.pulled offD

26、.crumpled up【答案】C【解析】考查词组辨析。A选项“堵塞”；B选项“打开”；C选项“脱下，扯下，努力实现”；D选项“打垮，揉皱”。句意：这架飞机的后货舱门在飞行中（）时，飞机严重损坏了。这里根据逻辑飞机在飞行途中，后货舱门出现某种故障，导致整个飞机损坏。这里答案选C，被扯下。9. 单选题Experiments in the photography of moving objects _ in both the United States and Europe well before 1990.问题1选项A.have been conductingB.were conductingC

27、.had been conductedD.are conducted【答案】C【解析】考查时态。A是过去完成进行时，表示从过去某一时间开始，并持续到现在的动作；B是过去进行时，表示过去正在发生的动作；C是过去完成时，表示从过去的时间某动作已完成；D是一般现在时，表示现在的动作。句意：早在1990年，美国和欧洲都已经做过了对移动物体摄影的实验。1990是一个过去的时间，句子中有个well before，所以可知做物体移动的摄影实验是在1990年之前就完成了，是一个在过去就已经完成的动作，因此答案选C。10. 翻译题1. The Center for Media Research recently

28、 released a report about blogs. It says all studies agree that blogs are prevalent around the world.2. One study found that more than one hundred eighty million people around the world have started a blog. And more than three hundred forty million people around the world read blogs. Another study fo

29、und bloggers in sixty-six countries on six continents. It found blogs in eighty-one languages.3. People in many professions, including the entertainment industry and news organizations are writing blogs. VOA writers are among them. Alex Belinda is the chief writer of the VOA news blog. 4. He discuss

30、es issues of freedom of the press and VOA programming. He also answers questions, comments and criticism from the public.5. On a recent blog, Mister Belinda (贝林达) wrote about VOAs rules demanding accuracy and objectivity. He wrote that VOA rules state that VOA reporters “do not speak for the United

31、States government.” He also wrote that the idea that any government agency can tell VOA what to say is false.【答案】1. 媒体研究中心最近发布了一份关于博客的报告。它说，所有的研究都认为博客在世界各地都很流行。2. 一项研究发现，全世界有超过1.8亿人开始写博客。全世界有超过3.4亿人阅读博客。3. 许多行业的人，包括娱乐业和新闻机构的人都在写博客。美国之音记者也在其中。4. 他讨论了新闻自由和VOA节目的问题。他还回答公众的问题、评论和批评。5. 在最近的一篇博客中，贝琳达先生提到了

32、美国之音要求准确性和客观性的规定。他写道，VOA规则规定，美国之音记者“不代表美国政府发言”。11. 单选题A burning match applied to paper will make it（ ）.问题1选项A.heat upB.catch fireC.disintegrateD.glow【答案】B【解析】考查动词辨析。A选项“加热”；B选项“着火”；C选项“分解”；D选项“发光，发红”。句意：燃烧的火柴放在纸上会让纸（）。根据生活常识，燃烧的物品放在纸上肯定是会让纸燃烧的，所以答案选B。12. 单选题He noticed the helicopter hovering over th

33、e field. Then to his astonishment, he saw a rope ladder _out and three men climbing down it.问题1选项A.throwingB.being thrownC.having thrownD.having been thrown【答案】B【解析】考查时态。句意：他意识到直升机盘旋在上空。在他意料之外的是，他看到绳梯扔出来然后三个男人拾级而下。绳子是被扔出所以要用被动语态，A、C选项排除；and连接的是两个并列的宾语，而and后面的男人用的现在分词，没有使用现在分词的完成式，所以and前面也应该保持一致，所以答案

34、选B。13. 单选题Sony is said _ to Apple right now about supplying multiple-sensor cameras for new iPhones.问题1选项A.have talkedB.having been talkingC.to talkD.to be talking【答案】D【解析】考查非谓语动词。句意：据说索尼正在和苹果公司商谈向新的苹果设备提供复式传感器相机。be said的固定搭配是后面接不定式，所以排除A，B选项；从关键词right now可知谈话正在进行，或者即将发生，所以需要用不定式的进行式，所以答案选D。14. 不定项选

35、择题Following a healthy meal plan is an essential way to get more _1_. Whatever plan you choose, be _2_ to include a variety of _3_ foods and avoid skipping meals. You wouldnt expect to get the _4_ performance out of your car if you filled _5_ with low grade fuel, or if you didnt put any fuel in it at

36、 all. _6_ your body at least _7_ you treat your car.And, speaking of eating, be particularly careful about _8_ foods you choose to snack on during the day. When you start to feel tired, your first _9_ might be to head to the nearest vending machine _10_ a bag of chips or a candy bar. _11_ these food

37、s may give you a quick fix of energy, they will soon _12_ you feeling more tired than you were before. Limit your intake of _13_ snacks, or eliminate them from your diet altogether. _14_ wasting your change on vending machine food, _15_ pack some healthy snacks _16_ apple slices or carrot sticks?As

38、for beverages, there are healthier _17_ to coffee, sugary soda and the highly-caffeinated “energy” drinks. Next time you have the urge to pour yourself yet _18_ mug of coffee, try some green tea instead (_19_ has less caffeine). And, if you are looking for any added boost, you might consider _20_ on

39、e of the healthier varieties of “energy drinks” on the market.问题1选项A.energyB.rightC.strengthD.power问题2选项A.patientB.certainC.carefulD.sure问题3选项A.necessaryB.healthyC.specificD.available问题4选项A.hopefulB.mostC.maximumD.essential问题5选项A.oneB.upC.outD.it问题6选项A.TreatB.FaceC.Build upD.Cope with问题7选项A.as nice

40、asB.as far asC.as well asD.as good as问题8选项A.thatB.whatC.anyD.whichever问题9选项A.methodB.instinctC.conclusionD.suggestion问题10选项A.inB.overC.forD.about问题11选项A.AsB.SinceC.AndD.Though问题12选项A.leaveB.takeC.allowD.give问题13选项A.processingB.processedC.preparingD.prepared问题14选项A.Other thanB.Except forC.In view ofD

41、.Instead of问题15选项A.how toB.maybeC.why notD.do not问题16选项A.likeB.forC.toD.as问题17选项A.onesB.categoriesC.alternativesD.options问题18选项A.one anotherB.anotherC.otherD.any other问题19选项A.whichB.itC.oneD.that问题20选项A.to tryB.tryC.triedD.trying【答案】第1题:A第2题:D第3题:B第4题:B第5题:D第6题:A第7题:C第8题:C第9题:B第10题:C第11题:D第12题:A第13题

42、:B第14题:A第15题:C第16题:A第17题:C第18题:B第19题:A第20题:D【解析】第1题:考查名词辨析。A选项“精力，活力”；B选项“左边，权利，正确”；C选项“加强”；D选项“动力”。句意：跟着一个健康的进食计划是获取更多（）的关键。根据第二段第三行give you a quick fix of energy，我们可知这题选A。第2题:考查形容词辨析。A选项“耐心的”；B选项“清楚”；C选项“小心的”；D选项“确信的”。句意：无论你选什么样的计划，你都得（）。根据句意，这里排除A，C；空格后面有介词to，certain to表“肯定，绝对”。She looks certain

43、to win an Oscar.（她绝对会得奥斯卡），而sure to表“务必，确保”。Be sure to give your family my regards.（务必代我向你的家人问好）。所以这里答案应该选D。第3题:考查上下文文意。A选项“必要的”；B选项“健康的”；C选项“仔细的”；D选项“可供选择的”。从第一句话Following a healthy meal plan里面的关键词healthy，我们可以推断这里选B。第4题:考查上下文文意。A选项“有希望的”；B选项“大部分的”；C选项“最大化的”；D选项“必要的”。句意：你不会预期装劣质油却要求你的车开出（）状态。根据关键词pe

44、rformance“性能”，结合选项只有B能与其搭配，所以答案选B。第5题:考查固定搭配。句意：你不会预期车子加劣质油却要求你的车开出最佳状态。根据句意应该填与fill能够搭配的词或者直接填名词或代词作宾语，所以可以排除A。fill out“填写，变大”代入句中不合逻辑，排除C选项；fill up with“加满”貌似符合题意，但是从句主语是you指的是人，人不可以装满油，应该是车子装满油，所以排除B选项；答案应该选D，用it指代车子作fill的宾语。第6题:考查上下文文意。A选项“对待”；B选项“面对”；C选项“增进，加强”；D选项“处理”。句意：至少（）你的身体要像对待你的车（）。根据这句

45、的关键词treat，可知空格处也应该填treat。B，C，D选项代入句中也不符合逻辑。第7题:考查词组辨析。A选项“和一样好”；B选项“至于，和一样远”；C选项“和一样，以及”；D选项“几乎一样”。句意：至少对待你的身体（）对待你的车子。根据句意这里应该填C。我们不能断言所有人都很爱惜自己的车子，所以不能选A。第8题:考查从句连接词。句意：谈到吃的，特别要关注这些你在白天当零食的（）食物。根据句子分析snack在句子中作be careful about的宾语，snack后面接定语从句因为先行词在food后面作宾语所以省略了that，所以food前面不接从句连接词，否则会造成从句没有谓语，所以我

46、们选C。第9题:考查名词辨析。A选项“方式，途径”；B选项“本能，直觉”；C选项“结论”；D选项“建议”。句意：当你饿了，你的第一（）肯定是找离你最近的售卖机。根据句意，答案选B，其他选项不符合逻辑。第10题:考查介词辨析。A选项“在里面”；B选项“在之上”；C选项“为了”；D选项“关于”。句意：当你饿了，你的第一反应肯定是找离你最近的售卖机（）一包薯片或者一根糖。根据生活逻辑，找贩卖机和一包零食之间存在目的关系的，所以答案选C。第11题:考查上下文文意。A选项“因为”；B选项“自从，因为”；C选项“以及”；D选项“尽管”。根据这句的quick fix以及后面的more tired可知，这里存

47、在着一个转折关系，而选项中表转折的词只有Though，所以答案选D。第12题:考查动词词义辨析。A选项“让处于某种状态，离开”；B选项“拿走”；C选项“要求”；D选项“给”。句意：它们会让你很快（）觉得自己比以前更累了。根据句意，这里选择A选项。糖果一段时间后会让你感觉自己处在一种比以前更累的状态。第13题:考查上下文语义。句意：限制自己（）食物的摄入。这句话是一个祈使句，去掉括号的选项也不缺主要成分，所以括号内应该填一个形容词来修饰食物。根据句意C，D选项可以排除。由专有名词“加工食物”processed food，可以推断这里答案选B。第14题:考查词组辨析。A选项“除了”；B选项“除了之

48、外”；C选项“鉴于”；D选项“代替，而不是”。句意：（）浪费你的钱在售卖机的食物上。把选项代入句中，可以排除C，D选项。根据关键词wasting以及后面的healthy snacks，我们可知这里作者对买售卖机里面的零食是不赞同的，而且是建议用有益健康的零食来替代加工食品，所以答案选A。B选项虽然和A选项意思相近但是它有暗含，除了做这件事好/不好，做其他另外的事也好/不好，所以这里答案不能选B。第15题:考查上下文语义。A选项“怎么做”；B选项“也许”；C选项“为什么不”；D选项“没有”。句意：（）打包一些健康的零食？。该选项的关键是该句中末尾的问号，问号构成反问句，所以我们这题符合逻辑的是答

49、案C。第16题:考查上下文语义。A选项“喜欢，例如”；B选项：“为了”；C选项：“朝着”；D选项“如同像什么一样”。句意：为什么不打包一些健康的零食（）苹果片或者萝卜棒？苹果片和萝卜棒是两种健康零食，所以文章中这里是在举例子，答案选A；如果要用as举例子的话需要和such连用。第17题:考查固定搭配。A选项“一个”；B选项“种类”；C选项“替代品”；D选项“选择”。句意：至于饮料，这里有比咖啡、含糖苏打水和高咖啡因的“能量”饮料更健康的（）。根据句子的关键词to，所以这里选C。第18题:考查上下文。句意：下一次你迫切需要使自己清醒（）杯咖啡。这里结合选项，需要填的词义是“另一杯”；yet an

50、other是固定搭配，所以答案选B。如果这里作转折连词选择其他选项，又会造成后面一句话只有主语没有谓语。第19题:考查从句引导词。句意：（）所含的咖啡因更少。答案选A，括号里的内容相当于一个非限制性定语从句，所以只能用which引导。如果当成定语从句选that的话应该把括号内的内容放在instead的前面。选B选项应该把it大写I。第20题:考查非谓语形式。句意：你可以（）在市场上多种多样的“功能饮料”。根据句中关键词consider可以排除B，C，选B选项会造成句子两个谓语，consider后面不可以接过去分词；consider to“认为”；consider doing sth“考虑做某事

51、”。这里根据句意我们选择D。15. 单选题The two most important（ ）in making a cake are flour and sugar.问题1选项A.elementsB.componentsC.ingredientsD.constituents【答案】C【解析】考查名词辨析。A选项 elements“元素，要素”；B.选项components“部件，零件”；C选项ingredients“原料，材料”；D选项constituents“成分”。句意：做蛋糕最重要的（）是面粉和糖。蛋糕与面粉和糖之间一个是成品，另一个是原料，所以这里答案选C。D选项特指化学成分，所以不能

52、选。16. 单选题The Indians see little（ ）for success and become frustrated, because they usually go to inferior school and often cannot adjust to life in the city.问题1选项A.instinctB.propositionC.priorityD.prospect【答案】D【解析】考查名词辨析。A选项“直觉”；B选项“命题，主题”；C选项“优先权”；D选项“前途，预期”。句意：印第安人似乎只有一点点对成功（）而且变得沮丧，因为他们通常去教学质量不好的学

53、校而且不能适应城市生活。从关键词go to inferior school and often cannot adjust to life in the city可知，印第安人成功希望不是很大，所以答案选D。17. 单选题It is time we（ ） in bed.问题1选项A.should beB.wereC.will beD.are【答案】A【解析】考查虚拟语气。it is time后面接虚拟语气，有两种表达方式，一种是should+动词原形，另一种是用过去式表将来时，所以答案A，B都可。18. 不定项选择题When you think of the tremendous techno

54、logical progress we have made, its amazing how little we have developed in other respects. We may speak contemptuously of the poor old Romans because they relished the orgies of slaughter that went on in their arenas. We may despise them because they mistook these goings on for entertainment. We may

55、 forgive them condescendingly because they lived 2000 years ago and obviously knew no better. But are our feelings of superiority really justified? Are we any less blood-thirsty? Why do boxing matches, for instance, attract such universal interest? Dont the spectators who attend them hope they will

56、see some violence? Human beings remain as blood-thirsty as ever they were. The only difference between ourselves and the Romans is that while they were honest enough to admit that they enjoyed watching hungry lions tearing people apart and eating them alive, we find all sorts of sophisticated argume

57、nts to defend sports which should have been banned long ago: spots which are quite as barbarous as, say, public hangings or bear-baiting.It really is incredible that in this day and age we should still allow hunting or bull-fighting, that we should be prepared to sit back and watch two men battle ea

58、ch other to pulp in a boxing ring, that we should be relatively unmoved by the sight of one or a number of racing cars crashing and bursting into flames. Let us not deceive ourselves. Any talk of the sporting spirit is sheer hypocrisy. People take part in violent sport because of the high rewards th

59、ey bring. Spectators are willing to pay vast sums of money to see violence. A world heavyweight championship match, for instance, is front page news. Millions of people are disappointed if a big fight is over in two rounds instead of fifteen rounds. They feel disappointed because they have been depr

60、ived of the exquisite pleasure of witnessing prolonged torture and violence.Why should we ban violent sports if people enjoy them so much? You may well ask. The answer is simple: they are uncivilized. For centuries man has been trying to improve himself spiritually and emotionally admittedly with little success. But at least we no longer tolerate the sight of madmen cooped up in cages, or public floggings or any of the countless other barbaric practices which were common in the past. Prisons are no longer the grim forbidding places they used to be. Social welfare systems are in o