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1、2008年硕士研究生入学考试英语写作与翻译样题PartOneWriting(100)Task1:SummaryWriting(100)Directions:Readcarefullythefollowingpassageandsummarizeitscontentsin100-120words.Notethatyoumustnotcopycompletesentencesfromtheoriginal.Failuretodosowouldincurdeductionofyourscores.PassageInmyyoungerandmorevulnerableyearsmyfatherg
2、avemesomeadvicethatI’vebeenturningoverinmymindeversince.“Wheneveryoufelllikecriticizinganyone,”hetoldme,“justrememberthatallthepeopleinthisworldhaven’thadtheadvantagesthatyou’vehad.”Hedidn’tsayanymore,butwe’vealwaysbeenusuallycommunicativeinareservedway,andIunderstoodhemeantagreatdealmorethanthat
3、.Inconsequence,I’minclinedtoreservealljudgments,ahabitthathasopenedupmanycuriousnaturestomeandalsomakemethevictimofnotafewveteranbores.Theabnormalmindisquicktodetectandattachitselftothisqualitywhenitappearsinanormalperson,andsoitcameaboutthatincollegeIwasunjustlyaccusedofbeingapolitician,becauseI
4、wasprivytothesecretgriefofwild,unknownmen.Mostoftheconfidenceswereunsought-----frequentlyIhavefeignedsleep,preoccupation,orahostilelevitywhenIrealizedbysomeunmistakablesignthatanintimaterevelationwasquiveringonthehorizon;fortheintimaterevelationsofyoungmen,oratleastthetermsinwhichtheyexpressthem,
5、areusuallyplagiaristicandmarredbyobvioussuppressions.Reservingjudgmentsisamatterofinfinitehope.IamstillalittleafraidofmissingsomethingifIforgetthat,asmyfathersnobbishlysuggested,andIsnobbishlyrepeat,asenseofthefundamentaldecenciesisparceledoutunequallyatbirth.And,afterboastingthiswayofmytolerance
6、,Icometotheadmissionthatithasalimit.Conductmaybefoundedonthehardrockorthewetmarshes,butafteracertainpointIdon’tcarewhatit’sfoundedon.WhenIcamebackfromtheEastlastautumnIfeltthatIwantedtheworldtobeinuniformandatasortofmoralattentionforever;Iwantednomoreriotousexcursionswithprivilegedglimpsesintothe
7、humanheart.OnlyGatsbywasexemptfrommyreaction-----Gatsby,whorepresentedeverythingforwhichIhaveanunaffectedscorn.Ifpersonalityisanunbrokenseriesofsuccessfulgestures,thentherewassomethinggorgeousabouthim,someheightenedsen
