Ifambition is to be well regarded, the rewards of ambition—wealth,distinction, control over one's destiny—must be deemedworthy of the sacrifices made on ambition's behalf. If the tradition ofambition is to have vitality, it must be widely shared; and it especially mustbe highly regarded by people who are themselves admired, the educated not leastamong them. In an odd way, however, it is the educated who have claimed to havegiven up on ambition as an ideal. What is odd is that they have perhaps mostbenefited from ambition—if not always their own then that of their parents and grandparents.There is a heavy note of hypocrisy in this, a case of closing the barn doorafter the horses have escaped―with the educated themselves riding on them。

　　Certainly people do not seem less interested in success and itssigns now than formerly. Summer homes, European travel, BMWs—thelocations, place names and name brands may change, but such items do not seemless in demand today than a decade or two years ago. What has happened is thatpeople cannot confess fully to their dreams, as easily and openly as once theycould, lest they be thought pushing, acquisitive and vulgar. Instead, we aretreated to fine hypocritical spectacles, which now more than ever seem in amplesupply: the critic of American materialism with a Southampton summer home; thepublisher of radical books who takes his meals in three-star restaurants; the journalistadvocating participatory democracy in all phases of life, whose own childrenare enrolled in private schools. For such people and many more perhaps not soexceptional, the proper formulation is," Succeed at all costs but avoidappearing ambitious."

　　The attacks on ambition are many and come from various angles; itspublic defenders are few and unimpressive, where they are not extremelyunattractive. As a result, the support for ambition as a healthy impulse, aquality to be admired and fixed in the mind of the young, is probably lowerthan it has ever been in the United States. This does not mean that ambition isat an end, that people no longer feel its stirrings and promptings, but onlythat, no longer openly honored, it is less openly professed. Consequencesfollow from this, of course, some of which are that ambition is drivenunderground, or made sly. Such, then, is the way things stand: on the leftangry critics, on the right stupid supporters, and in the middle, as usual, themajority of earnest people trying to get on in life。

　　27. It is generally believed that ambition may be well regarded if_____。

　　[A]its returns well compensate for the sacrifices

　　[B]it is rewarded with money, fame and power

　　[C]its goals are spiritual rather than material

　　[D]it is shared by the rich and the famous

　　28. The last sentence of the first paragraph most probably impliesthat it is____ 。

　　[A]customary of the educated to discard ambition in words

　　[B]too late to check ambition once it has been let out

　　[C]dishonest to deny ambition after the fulfillment of the goal

　　[D]impractical for the educated to enjoy benefits from ambition

　　29. Some people do not openly admit they have ambition because____ 。

　　[A]they think of it as immoral

　　[B]their pursuits are not fame or wealth

　　[C]ambition is not closely related to material benefits

　　[D]they do not want to appear greedy and contemptible

　　30. From the last paragraph the conclusion can be drawn thatambition should be maintained_____。

　　[A]secretly and vigorously

　　[B]openly and enthusiastically

　　[C]easily and momentarily

　　[D]verbally and spiritually

　　解析

　　27. It is generally believed that ambition may be well regarded if_____。

　　普遍認(rèn)為，如果____, 雄心就能夠受人尊重。

　　[A] its returns well compensate for the sacrifices

　　雄心的回報(bào)充分補(bǔ)償了所作的犧牲

　　[B] it is rewarded with money, fame and power

　　雄心以金錢、名譽(yù)和權(quán)力作為回報(bào)

　　[C] its goals are spiritual rather than material

　　雄心的目標(biāo)是精神上的而不是物質(zhì)上的

　　[D] it is shared by the rich and the famous

　　它是富人和名人共享的

　　【答案】 A

　　【考點(diǎn)】 事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。

　　【分析】 文章第一句指出，“雄心如果想要獲得尊重，那么它的回報(bào)——財(cái)富、聲望、對(duì)命運(yùn)的掌控——?jiǎng)t必須被認(rèn)為值得為之犧牲”。也就是說，正確答案是[A]。[B]中的金錢、聲望和對(duì)命運(yùn)的控制，在第一句中，只是作為取得回報(bào)的三個(gè)例子，并非僅包括這三方面而已。因此，選擇項(xiàng)[A]更加確切地表達(dá)了第一句的意思。[C]、[D]的說法顯然不對(duì)。

　　28. The last sentence of the first paragraph most probably impliesthat it is____。

　　第一段最后一句話很可能暗示的內(nèi)容是____。

　　[A] customary of the educated to discard ambition in words

　　受過教育的人習(xí)慣于口頭上拋棄雄心

　　[B] too late to check ambition once it has been let out

　　雄心一旦釋放，要想再阻攔就晚了

　　[C] dishonest to deny ambition after the fulfillment of the goal

　　在目標(biāo)達(dá)成之后不誠實(shí)地否認(rèn)雄心

　　[D] impractical for the educated to enjoy benefits from ambition

　　對(duì)受過教育的人來說，要享受雄心帶來的好處是不實(shí)際的。

　　【答案】 C

　　【考點(diǎn)】 句意題。

　　【分析】 本句中出現(xiàn)一個(gè)比喻，意思是“他們是野心的受益者，但又虛偽地否認(rèn)擁有野心的重要性”。這和[C]的意思是吻合的。[A]的錯(cuò)誤在于它不夠完整，沒有提到受益這個(gè)概念。[B]的說法是字面意思。[D]選項(xiàng)沒有根據(jù)。

　　29. Some people do not openly admit they have ambition because____。

　　一些人不公開宣稱他們有雄心，是因?yàn)開___。

　　[A] they think of it as immoral

　　他們認(rèn)為這不道德

　　[B] their pursuits are not fame or wealth

　　他們追求的不是名聲和財(cái)富

　　[C] ambition is not closely related to material benefits

　　雄心和物質(zhì)利益并非緊密相連

　　[D] they do not want to appear greedy and contemptible

　　他們不想讓自己看上去貪婪和可鄙

　　【答案】 D

　　【考點(diǎn)】 事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。

　　【分析】 根據(jù)第二段第三句，“現(xiàn)在，人們不能像以前那樣輕易公開地承認(rèn)自己的夢想，以免別人認(rèn)為自己愛出風(fēng)頭，貪婪和庸俗”，所以答案是[D]。

　　30. From the last paragraph the conclusion can be drawn thatambition should be maintained_____。

　　從最后一段可以得出雄心應(yīng)該被____ _ 保持這一結(jié)論。

　　[A]secretly and vigorously 秘密并嚴(yán)格地

　　[B]openly and enthusiastically 公開和充滿熱情地

　　[C]easily and momentarily 容易并暫時(shí)地

　　[D]verbally and spiritually 在語言上和精神上

　　【答案】 B

　　【考點(diǎn)】 作者觀點(diǎn)題。

　　【分析】 文章最后一段提到“本應(yīng)該是一種健康的沖動(dòng)，一種應(yīng)該受人仰慕并扎根于青年人心靈的品質(zhì)的雄心，卻被人攻擊，得不到支持。由于不公開，雄心轉(zhuǎn)為地下，雄心變得偷偷摸摸”。由此推論，作者認(rèn)為人們不應(yīng)該隱瞞自己的雄心，而應(yīng)該坦言。