📝 仔细阅读 | 乡村转型的阵痛与美学的客观法则

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Passage One: 探讨了城市化 (Urbanisation) 过程中乡村面临的困境：人才流失、低效的能源利用以及由于城市中产购买“度假房”导致的房价虚高。文章最后指出乡村的未来充满了不确定性。
Passage Two: 挑战了“情人眼里出西施” (Beauty is in the eye of the beholder) 这一传统偏见，通过科学研究证明自然美具有普遍性 (Universal appeal)，而人造物品的审美分歧则源于接触频率和风格差异。
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📖 Passage One: The Struggle of the Countryside

Global urbanisation is accelerating. While rural life is associated with tranquil life, it suffers from a lack of employment opportunities. Country-dwellers move out, leaving the countryside in desolation. Energy requirements in the countryside result in higher carbon emissions per person than in cities.

Rich city residents buy second homes, pushing house prices up. Rural life continuously evolves due to industrialisation and the internet. Improved travel connections created a 'global village'. As cities grow into megacities, the future of the countryside remains less clear.

🎯 Questions 46-50

46. What has become of the rural areas nowadays?

A) They are becoming somewhat deserted. | B) They are being increasingly urbanised.

C) They are closely-knit communities. | D) They are haunted by conservatism.

47. What does the author think of the rural lifestyle?

A) Unlikely to survive. | B) Less energy-efficient compared to cities. | C) Dependent on heavy automobiles. | D) More affluent people will endorse.

48. What does the author think of rich urban residents buying a second home in the countryside?

A) Mar traditional life. | B) Impact stability. | C) Hinder revitalisation. | D) Detrimental to rural preservation.

49. What do we learn about the countryside with industrialisation?

A) Destined to change gradually. | B) Idealised way of life. | C) Embrace foreign cultures. | D) Increasingly diversified.

50. What does the author think of the future of the countryside compared with cities?

A) Harder for locals. | B) Resemble cities. | C) Less likely to stay static. | D) Less easy to envisage.

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📖 Passage Two: Is Beauty Really in the Eye of the Beholder?

The assumption 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder' is rarely questioned. However, studies show people agree on the aesthetic evaluation of natural objects but disagree on artifacts. Common pleasing features like proportion or symmetry are at work in natural landscapes.

Nature exhibits universal aesthetic features like radiance. A sunset has almost universal appeal. Artifacts like architecture or art do not always hold universal appeal because creators apply general concepts in unique ways. It is important to experience diverse cultures to open up to different ways of constructing beauty.

🎯 Questions 51-55

51. What does the passage say about the statement 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder'?

A) Hardly ever been disputed. | B) Interpreted aesthetically. | C) People found it absurd. | D) Long been misled.

52. What does a recent study exploring aesthetic taste show?

A) Differ from person to person. | B) Natural beauty rarely surpassed. | C) Less consensus on objects shaped by human craft. | D) General agreement on pleasing things.

53. Why do people differ in their aesthetic appraisal of artifacts?

A) Variety of designs. | B) Varying consequences. | C) Much less space. | D) Come into people’s view less often than natural spaces.

54. What does the example of sunset tell about nature?

A) Powerful appeal. | B) Displays traits in a similar way the world over. | C) Wide array of features. | D) Establishes principles.

55. Why do artifacts not always hold universal appeal?

A) Not subject to objective standards. | B) Prevents array of embodiments. | C) Creators apply principle in unique ways which may not please everyone. | D) Interpreted in preferred ways.

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Passage One: 46. A | 47. B | 48. D | 49. A | 50. D
Passage Two: 51. A | 52. C | 53. D | 54. B | 55. C

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Passage One:
46. A: Deserted (荒废的) = leaving the countryside in desolation.
47. B: Less energy-efficient = energy efficiency that the countryside cannot match.
48. D: Detrimental to rural preservation = for those who believe in rural preservation, this is deplorable.
49. A: Change gradually = reality is that rural life has continuously evolved.
50. D: Less easy to envisage (预见) = the future of the countryside is less clear.

Passage Two:
51. A: Hardly ever disputed = rarely questioned / embedded in our consciousness.
52. C: Less consensus on artifacts = they disagree more about artifacts.
53. D: View less often = Art and architecture... do not have the same level of exposure.
54. B: Similar way the world over = Nature exhibits... universal aesthetic features... in a common way throughout the world.
55. C: Unique ways not pleasing everyone = apply these concepts in unique ways... may not have universal appeal.