关于雅典罗马的英语阅读理解

『壹』 恳求以下英语阅读理解的正确答案

有些人认为，国际体育创造了良好的会之间的民族和国家，如果玩游戏，一起他们将学会共同生活。其他人说，正好相反：国际竞赛，鼓励虚假的民族自豪感和引起误解和仇恨。有可能是有些道理，在这两个论点，但在近年来奥运会，做了一点支持认为，体育鼓励国际兄弟。不仅是这里的悲惨事件，涉及的谋杀案有关的运动员，但游戏也破坏较轻的事故主要是由轻微的国家XX.一个国家收到了第二位的奖牌与有形的愤慨之后，曲棍球决赛。有过嘈杂的场面在年底曲棍球比赛，输的反对，最后的决定。他们确信之一，其目标不应该已不允许和他们的对手'的胜利是不公平的。他们的经理人，是在一个愤怒时，他说， “这不是曲棍球。曲棍球和国际曲棍球联合会完成” 。联合会主席后来说，这样的行为可能会导致暂停队至少3年的美国篮球队宣布，他们将不会产生首位到俄罗斯后，争论结束他们的竞赛。游戏已经结束，在骚动。它被认为是在第一，美国赢了，由一个单一的点，但它宣布有三秒仍发挥。一名俄罗斯球员，然后将球从1月底，法院，另一方面，和其他玩家出现到篮子里。这是第一次，美国已失去了以往任何时候都对奥运篮球比赛。上诉陪审团辩论的事，四个半小时之前宣布的结果，会立场。美国球员，然后投反对票不接受---------这种将继续，只要运动是有竞争力的发挥，而不是为爱情游戏。有人认为运动员的竞争，应作为个人，或在非国家工作队，可能是太多的希望。但在目前的组织奥运会有太多的鼓励侵略的爱国精神

『贰』 求英语阅读理解的答案。快快快！！！！！！

C A D A B是讲Hank顽强的生活，虽然残疾，但一直克服困难战胜困难。

『叁』 跪求50篇英语阅读理解题（带答案）

（2）
No.4 middle School
Kunming ,yunnan
April 2nd ,2004
Dear editor (编辑) ，
I live in a beautiful city . Many visitors come to my city . there are so many colorful peacocks (孔雀) here .
The peacocks mostly live on the grass land of Dongfeng Square
They are given food freely by visitors . They usually throw food to them , and don’t think about at all whether the food is right or not . Some of the peacocks became ill , some even died after eating the bad food given by the visitors.
I’m sure most of the visitors who throw food to the peacocks really like the birds , but don’t realize (意识到) that they may be doing them harm (伤害).
The visitors should be told that what have done is very harmful to the birds , and this kind of thing must be stopped from happening .
Perhaps we can build some small shops beside Dongfeng Square to sell peacock food . For us every person , it’s our ty to give more love to these beautiful birds and to look after them carefully.
Yours,
Sun Yan
()6.Many visitors come to the writer’s city to __________.
A. do some shopping B. see beautiful peacocks
C. play on Dongfeng square D. eat nice food
()7.Some peacocks became ill and died because some visitors ______;
A. did’t give them any food B. gave them too much food
C. threw them some bad food D. loved them and played with them
()8.Some shops can be built beside Dongfeng Square so that they may _____________.
A.sell food for visitors B. sell food for peacocks
C.make the square more beautiful D.have the beautiful birds
()9.From the passage we know people should __________.
A. live and play with the birds
B. stop the birds from eating too much
C. give right food to the birds
D. give more food to the birds
()10.We can guess the writer of the letter, Sun Yan , may be a _____.
A. visitor B. shopkeeper C.square keeper D. student
6-10：B C B C D
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Every town in the United States has a post office . Some are very small , and you may also find them in the corner of a shop . Others are larger buildings . They are open five days a week and on Saturday mornings . From Monday through Friday they are usually open from 8:30 to 4:30 .
If you know how much the postage (邮资) is for your letter , you can buy stamps at any window. In some post offices you can buy stamps from machines . Stamps are sold many different prices , from one cent (美分) to many dollars . If you are not sure how much postage is for you letter , you may ask the man or the woman in the post office for help . he or she will give you the stamps you need . If you are sending your letter far away , you should use airmail envelopes (航空信封) . Remember that postage will be more expensive for a letter to be sent outside the country.
At a post office you can also buy postcards . A postcard is cheaper than a letter . Usually the price of postage for a postcard is about half that of a letter . The postcards that you buy at a post office do not have pictures . However ,also they are not to be sent outside the country .
Letters are an easy and cheap way to keep in touch with people in many different countries .
()11.The passage tell us that we can find ________ easily in the United States of America.
A. post office s B.large buildings
C.small shops D.different banks
()12.The post offices in the United States are open _________.
A.seven hours a day B.six hours a day
C.five hours a day D.eight hours a day
()13.If you are not sure how much postage is for your letter ,you can____.
A. go and buy stamps from the machine in the post officesend a cheap postcard instead of your letter
B. get in touch with somebody you know in the post office
C.ask the man or the woman in the post office for help
()14.The price of postage for ________ is more expensive.
A.a beautiful postcard B.a letter written on envelope
C.a letter by airmail D.a postcard with pictures
()15.The passage tells us something about ________ in the USA
A.the post B.the postage C.letters D.postcards
11-15 A D D C A
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Long, long ago there was a very foolish thief. Do you know what he did one day? When he wanted to steal(偷) the bell on his neighbour’s door, he walked up to the door, took hold of(抓住) the bell and pulled hard. The bell made a very loud noise. The thief was afraid and went home.
Then he sat down to think, “ must do something about the noise,” he said. He thought and thought. At last he had an idea. “Ah, I’ll put some cotton in my ears. Then I won’t be able to hear the noise.” The next day he went to the door of his neighbour, and took hold of the bell. This time he pulled even harder. The bell rang loudly, but the thief did not hear anything. With another hard pull he got the bell out. Just then the neighbour came running out.
“Steal my bell? I’ll teach you a lesson(教训),” the angry man shouted. And he hit the thief on the nose.
The foolish thief did not know how the neighbour found out he was stealing the bell. “Why did he come out just then?” he wondered (感到疑惑).
( )16. The thief was trying to get .
A. his neighbour B. his neighbour’s doorbell
C. some cotton D. a door with a bell on it
( )17. The thief put some cotton in his ears. He thought it would be for him to steal the doorbell.
A. safe B. difficult C. dangerous D. easy
( )18. The neighbour ran out probably(很可能) because .
A. he knew his doorbell was being stolen
B. he thought someone was eager (渴望的) to visit him
C. he realized (意识到) something strange happened
D. Both B and C
( )19. The neighbour hit the thief to .
A. give him lessons B. punish (惩罚) him for stealing
C. help him with the bell D. be his teacher
( )20. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The thief understood why he was hit on the nose.
B. The thief knew why the neighbour came out.
C. The thief thought the neighbour couldn’t hear the noise the bell made.
D. The thief didn’t want to know why the neighbour ran out.
16-20 B A D B C
（5）
A farmer was put in prison(监狱). One day, he got a letter from his wife.
“I am worried about out farm,” she wrote. “It’s time to plant potatoes ,
but I can’t do all the digging(挖) by myself.”
The farmer thought over and then had an idea. He wrote to his wife,“Don’t dig
the fields. This id where my gold(金子) is. Don’t plant potatoes until I comehome.
A few days later, the farmer got anther letter from his wife. It said, “Two days
ago, about ten prison guards(监狱看守) came to our fields. It looked as if they were looking for something. They have g our field.”
The farmer wrote to his wife at once. “Now you can plant our potatoes,” he wrote.
( )21.The farmer was put in prison ________.
A. because he had done something wrong
B. because he had a lot of gold in the fields
C. The writer didn’t say anything about why the farmer was put in prison
D. For nothing
( )22.The farmer’s wife was much worried about _____ .
A. her husband B. their farm C. planting potatoes D. herself
( )23.The farmer told his wife __ first.
A. not to dig the fields B. to dig the fields
C. to ask the prison guards for help D. to find the gold in the fields
( )24.Why did the prison guards dig the farmer’s fields ?________.
A. They wanted to help the farmer
B. Their leader ordered them to do so
C. The farmer asked them to do so
D. They wanted to find out the gold
( )25.Why did the farmer ask his wife to plant potatoes at once ? Because _____.
A. their fields had been g
B. the gold was found out
C. the prison guards asked him to do so
D. the prison guards were digging the fields
21—25 C B A D A
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An owl is a bird with very large eyes. Those eyes make the owl look clever. The owl can not move its eyes freely as people can. It can only look straight ahead (朝前). If it wants to look at both sides, it must turn its neck.
Owls see better at night than ring the day. At night they look for food. They eat mice and insects.
Owls make a strange noise because the owls sleep most of the day. They usually give their cries at night. The cry sounds like “Whoo! Whoo!”. This strange sound sometimes frightens people at night.
26. An owl looks clever because it can look straight ahead.
27. An owl looks for food at night because it sees better at night than ring the day.
28. An owl lives on all kinds of birds.
29. The cry of an owl is frightening.
30. Man must not kill owls because they are helpful to people.
26-30 B A B A A
（7）
Coffee has become the most popular American drink. Today people in the United States drink more coffee than people in any of the other countries. People drink coffee at breakfast, at lunch, at dinner and between meals. They drink hot coffee or coffee with ice in it. They drink it at work and at home. They eat coffee ice-cream and coffee candy. Coffee is black and very strong. Different people like to drink it in different ways. Some people like coffee with cream or sugar in it. Other people like coffee with both cream and sugar in it. In all ways it is served. Coffee has become an international drink.
31. Coffee is an ____________ drink.
A . interesting B. international C. ice-cream D. American
32. Different people like to drink coffee ____________.
A. at work or at home B. in different ways C. with cream or sugar D. between meals
33. Today Americans drink ____________ coffee than people in any of the other countries.
A. as much as B. less C. more D. most
34. “Coffee is black and very strong.” The word STRONG here means ____________.
A.坚固的 B.淡的 C.清的 D.浓的
35. ____________ is the most popular American drink.
A. Black tea B. Coffee C. Water with ice D. Whisky
31-35 B B C D B
（8）
Computers are useful machines. They can help people a lot in their everyday life. For example, they can help people save much time, and they can help people work out many problems they can’t do easily. Our country asks everyone to learn to use computers except the old people.
Today more and more families own computers. Parents buy computers for their children.
They hope computers can help them improve (提高) their studies in school. Yet many of the children use computers to play games, to watch video or to sing Karaoke, instead of studying. So many teachers and parents complain (抱怨) that computers can not help children to study but make them fall behind. So computers are locked by parents in the boxes.
In some other countries, even some scientists hate computers. They say computers let millions of people lost their jobs or bring them a lot of trouble.
Will computers really bring trouble to people or can they bring people happiness? It will be decided by people themselves.
36. Why do we say the computer is a useful machine? Because _______________.
A. our country asks us to learn it
B. it can help us a lot
C. we can use it to play games
D． it can help us to find jobs
37. What do many teachers and parents complain about? _______________.
A. Their students and children use computers to play games.
B. Computers let them lost their jobs.
C. Computers make the students and children fall behind.
D. Computers bring people a lot of trouble.
38. In this passage we know computers _______________.
A. also bring us trouble
B. bring us happiness only
C. are hated by people
D. are bad for people’s health
39. Can computers really help children to study? _______________.
A. Yes, they can. B. It’s hard to say C. No, they can’t. D. Of course not.
40. How do you understand the last sentence of this passage? I think it means _______.
A. computers are used by people
B. people can live well without computers
C. one must decide how to use computers
D. computers are strange machines
36-40 B C A A C
（9）
Once upon a time there lived an old man. He had three sons. One day, he called them together and said, "Sons, I will die soon. To my oldest son I give half my camels, to my second, one-third(三分之一), and to my youngest, one-ninth (九分之一)." Soon after that he died.
Now, the old man had seventeen camels, and the three brothers didn't know how to do as their father said. They thought a long time about the problem, and it seemed that they must either kill some of the camels and cut them into pieces, or disobey their father. At last they went to their father's old friend and asked for his advice. As soon as he heard their story, he said, "I will help you. I was a good friend of your father's. I am old. I have only one camel, but take it-it is yours."
The three sons thanked the old man and took his camel. Now they found it was easy to do as their father wished, The oldest took half- that was nine camels; the second took one-third, that was six; and the youngest took one-ninth, that was two.
After each had got his camels, they found that there was still a camel there. So, to show their thanks to their father's friend, they gave the camel back to him
41. "Once upon a time" means " ________".
A. long long ago B. not very long ago
C. at once D. sometimes
42. The meaning of "disobey" in the second paragraph is" ________".
A. 服从 B. 违背 C. 听从 D. 嘲笑
43. The meaning of "asked for his advice" in the second paragraph is " ________".
A. 向他请教 B. 问他数量 C. 批评他 D. 劝告他
44. The second old man ________the three brothers.
A. was good to B. was not good to C. didn't like D. cheated(哄骗)
45. Both the two old men in the story were ________.
A. foolish B. clever C. poor D. rich
41-45 A B A A B
（10）
Tom lived by himself a long way from town. He hardly went to town, but one day he went into town to buy a few things. After he bought them, he went into a restaurant and sat down at a table. When he looked around, he saw some old people put glasses on before reading their newspapers. So after lunch he decided to go to a shop to buy himself one pair, too. He walked along the road, and soon found a shop.
The man in the shop let him try on a lot of glasses, but Tom always said, "No, I can't read with these."
The man became puzzled (迷惑的) , and he said, "Excuse me, but can you read?"
"No, of course I can't!" Tom said angrily. "If I could read before, do you think I would come here to buy your glasses?"
46. Tom lived ______.
A. with his family B. near town C. in the country D. in town
47. Tom didn't go to town______.
A. never B. often C. sometimes D. sometime
48. Why did Tom decide to buy a pair of glasses?
A. Because he thought if he bought them, he could read.
B. Because they were very bright.
C. Because they were cheap.
D. Because he could read newspaper.
49. Tom went to the shop to ______.
A. have a rest B. have dinner C. wear glasses D. buy a pair of glasses
46-49 C B A D
(11)
We know mosquitoes very well. Mosquitoes fly everywhere. They can be found almost all over the world, and there are more than 2,500 kinds of them.
No one likes the mosquito. But the mosquito may decide if she loves you. She? Yes, she. The male mosquito doesn’t bite! Only the female mosquito bites because she needs blood to lay eggs. She is always looking for things or people she wants to bite. If she likes what she finds, she bites. But if she doesn’t like your blood, she will turn to someone else for more delicious blood. Next time a mosquito bites you, just remember you are chosen. You’re different from the others!
If the mosquito likes you, she lands on your body without letting you know. She bites you so quickly and quietly that you may not feel anything different. After she bites, you will have an itch(痒) on your body because she puts something from her mouth together with your blood. When the itch begins, she has flown away.
And then what happens? Well, after her delicious dinner, the mosquito feels tired. She wants to find a place to have a good rest. There, in a tree or on a wall, she begins to lay eggs, hundreds of eggs.
( )51.All the people don’t like mosquitoes.
( )52.All mosquitoes like to bite people for blood.
( )53.If a mosquito wants to bite you, it means she is very tired.
( )54.The mosquito bites you too quickly and quietly to let you know.
( )55.The itch begins after the mosquito flies away.
51-55 FFFTT
(12)
Do you know why different animals or pests(昆虫) have their special colours? Colours in them seem to be used mainly to protect themselves.
Some birds like eating locusts(蝗虫), but birds cannot easily catch them. Why? It is because locusts change their colours together with the change of the colours of crops(庄稼). When crops are green, locusts look green. But as the harvest (收获)time comes, locusts change to the same brown colour as crops have. Some other pests with different colours from plants are easily found and eaten by others. So they have to hide themselves for lives and appear only at night.
If you study the animal life, you’ll find the main use of colouring is to protect themselves. Bears, lions and other animals move quietly through forests. They cannot be easily seen by hunters. This is because they have the colours much like the trees.
Have you ever found an even more strange act? A kind of fish in the sea can send out a kind of very black liquid(液体) when it faces danger. While the liquid spreads over(散开), its enemies(敌人) cannot find it. And it immediately swims away. So it has lived up to now though it is not strong at all.
( )56.From the passage we learn that locusts________.
A. are small animals
B. are easily found by birds
C. are dangerous to their enemies
D. change their colours to protect themselves
( )57.How can pests with different colours from plants keep out of danger?
A. They run away quickly.
B. They have the colours much like their enemies.
C. They hide themselves by day and appear at night.
D. They have to move quietly.
( )58.Bears and lions can keep safe because________.
A. they have the colours much like the trees
B. they move quietly
C. they like brown and grey colours
D. they live in forests
( )59.Why can the kind of fish live up to now?
A. Because it is very big and strong.
Because the liquid it sends out can help it escape from its enemies.
B. Because the liquid it sends out can kill its enemies.
C. Because it swims faster than any other fish.
( )60.Which is the best title for this passage?
A. The Change of Colours for Animals and Pests.
B. Colours of Different Animals and pests.
C. The Main Use of Colours for Animals and Pests.
D. Some Animals and Pests.
56-60 D C A B C
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『肆』 英语阅读理解８篇

Greece, economically, is in the black. With very little to export other than such farm procts as tobacco, cotton and fruit, the country earns enough from ‘invisible earnings’ to pay for its needed, growing imports. From the sending out of things the Greeks, earn only $285 million; from tourism, shipping and the remittances of Greeks abroad, the country takes in an additional #375 million and this washes out the almost $400 million by which imports exceed exports. It has a balanced budget. Although more than one drachma out of four goes for defense, the government ended a recent year with a slight surplus -- $66 million. Greece has a decent reserve of almost a third of a billion dollars in gold and foreign exchange. It has a government not dependent on coalescing incompatible parties to obtain parliamentary majorities. In thus summarizing a few happy highlights, I don’t mean to minimize the vast extent of Greece’s problems. It is the poorest country by a wide margin in Free Europe, and poverty is widespread. At best an annual income of $60 to $70 is the lot of many a peasant, and substantial unemployment plagues the countryside, cities, and towns of Greece. There are few natural resources on which to build any substantial instrial base. Some years ago I wrote here: “Greek statesmanship will have to create an atmosphere in which home and foreign savings will willingly seek investment opportunities in the back ward economy of Greece. So far, most American and other foreign attempt have bogged down in the Greek government’s red tape and shrewdness about small points.” Great strides have been made. As far back as 1956, expanding tourism seemed a logical way to bring needed foreign currencies and additional jobs to Greece. At that time I talked with the Hilton Hotel people, who had been examining hotel possibilities, and to the Greek government division responsible for this area of the economy. They were hopelessly deadlocked in almost total differences of opinion and outlook. Today most of the incredibly varied, beautiful, historical sights of Greece have new, if in many cases modest, tourist facilities. Tourism itself has jumped from approximately $31 million to over $90 million. There is both a magnificent new Hilton Hotel in Athens and a completely modernized, greatly expanded Grande Bretagne, as well as other first-rate new hotels. And the advent of jets has made Athens as accessible as Paris or Rome – without the sky-high prices of traffic-choked streets of either.

『伍』 英语阅读解析 这道题重点在哪里

重点最后一来句
虚拟语气（条源件从句中有谓语动词were／had／could／should 将这些词提前省略if ）if the Greeks had held novelty… 如果希腊人像我们一样鄙视新奇… 可看出罗马人几乎没有什么创新
因此选出答案c

『陆』 求英语阅读理解（关于名著的）

里面有

『柒』 为什么希腊罗马神话对英语有这么大的影响

希腊神话诞生於原始时代，流传数千年，具有永久的魅力。人们,尤其是巫祝，瞽师
或乐工的口耳相传，对保存古代神话起很大的作用。然而，古代的文学家们起的作用更大
。可以说，希腊罗马神话是古希腊文学艺术的源泉和土壤，古希腊罗马文学又是后人了解
希腊罗马神话的丰富宝藏。荷马记述古代小亚细亚阿凯亚人（Achaean；即古希腊人）和
特洛伊人交战攻打伊利昂城的<<伊利昂纪>>（Iliad）和描写希腊军返航途中种种奇遇的
<<奥德修记>>两部史诗包括了绝大部分的希腊神话。赫西奥德（Hesiod）的<<神谱>>（
Theogony）收集了希腊神话中最重要的天地创造，诸神世系、亲族关系等方面的故事，是
现存有关希腊神话的早期资料。其他诗人如萨福（Sappho）歌颂阿佛洛狄忒的抒情长诗，
品达罗斯（Pindarus）的竞技胜利者颂等也保存了不少的神话。遐迩闻名的希腊三大悲剧
诗人埃斯库罗斯（Aeschylus）、索福克勒斯（Sophocles）和欧里庇得斯（Euripides）
流传下来的三十四部悲剧中有三十三部是以神话为题材的。历史学家希罗多德（Herodo-
tus）的<<历史>>收集了许多的希腊神话，阿里斯托芬（Aristophanes）的喜剧中也保存
许多神话材料。
罗马文学深受希腊文学的影响，罗马诗人常常取材於希腊神话。维吉尔（Virgil）的
<<埃涅阿斯纪>>（Aeneid）、奥维德（Ovid）的<<变形记>>（Metamorphoses）和贺拉斯
（Horace）的<<歌集>>（Odes）等都引用希腊罗马神话，给后世研究希腊罗马神话提供了
丰富的资料和参证。
希腊罗马神话是世界文化遗产，通过罗马文学输入欧洲，经过文艺复兴时期，对欧洲
文艺的发展起了重要的影响。神话丰富了文学艺术，卓越的文学艺术又反过来给古代神话
以新的生命。西方文化正是在神话和文学艺术互相推移促进的情况下发展起来的。
从文艺复兴时期开始，希腊神话在欧洲引起广泛的注意和浓厚的兴趣。诗人文学家都
纷纷用神话故事为创作素材。仅以英国文学为例，莎士比亚曾运用希腊神话作题材写了悲
剧<<特洛伊罗斯与克瑞西达>>（Troilus and Cresida）和长诗<<维纳斯与阿多尼斯>>（
Venus and Adonis）。弥尔顿（Milton）的<<科玛斯>>（Comus）诗篇不长，却提到了三
十多个希腊神话人物与故事。十九世纪英美浪漫主义诗人对绚丽多彩的希腊罗马神话更是
赞口不绝。美国大诗人惠特曼言简意赅地说：〃神话真是伟大〃。英国诗人济慈（Keats
）写了一首真挚感人的十四行诗描绘他初读荷马史诗时的激动心情：
〃......我像在观察星象的运行，
突然瞥见一颗新星出现，
或如克太兹尽力长大眼睛，
望见了太平－－而他的同行伙伴
都面面相觑，现出惊惶神情，
不敢吭声，在达连高峰之巅。〃
浪漫主义诗人深受希腊神话的影响，喜欢运用神话材料写诗。雪莱（Shelley）的<<阿波
罗颂>>、<<潘之歌>>，济慈的<<致普绪刻>>至今仍是脍灸人口的歌颂神话人物的美丽诗歌
。然而，诗人引用神话典故，往往不仅仅是为了神话本身的瑰丽，而是借以寄托诗人的思
想感情。他们往往借景抒情，取譬言志，抒发忧愤，针砭时弊。济慈以凡人恩底弥翁和月
亮女神恋爱故事为题材的<<恩底弥翁>>（Endymion）表达他对至善至美的爱情与幸福的追
求。雪莱的<<阿多尼斯>>（Adonais）借维纳斯的情人阿多尼斯为野猪残杀的神话表达他
对济慈的悼念。希腊神话所描述的古人不屈服於命运的顽强意志，以及神和英雄们以超人
的力量和大自然进行的不屈不挠的斗争，都激动了浪漫主义诗人，启发了他们的遐想；浪
漫诗人的诗歌又赋予古老的神话以新的生命。雪莱、拜伦（Byron）、朗费罗（H.W.Long-
fellow）等诗人都曾作诗讴歌为人类偷取火种的普罗米修斯。在拜伦笔下，普罗米修斯确
实凛凛有生气，成为反抗压迫坚忍不拔的意志和力量的化身。雪莱的诗剧<<解放了的普罗
米修斯>>塑造了这位不屈的斗士的新形象，全剧情绪振奋，调子昂扬，色彩鲜明，充分表
现了诗人对革命的向往，富有强烈的时代气息。
在了二十世纪，由於工业文明的不良后果日趋明显，社会矛盾日渐尖锐，人们痛感文
明的堕落，理想的崩溃，信仰的瓦解，道德准则的失坠，热切渴望新的美好而有意义的生
活方式和精神文明。文学家更喜爱用意味深长的神话故事抒发苦闷和愤懑，对现实生活中
的不合理现象进行抨击。正如理查德．蔡斯（Richard Chase）所说，〃神话是肯定人们
生活中文化和个人方面的种种危机－－诞生、进入人生、理想的友谊、婚姻、对人或大自
然的战事、死亡等－－并使之富有意义的一种方式。神话通过唤醒对往昔、文化传统或英
雄们超人力量的感情来赋予生活中的危机以意义。〃这种例子可说是俯拾皆是。最著名的
是艾略特（T.S. Eliot）的<<荒原>>（The Waste Land）。这部二十世纪西方文学的划时
代的作品利用了大量的神话传说把第一次世界大战以后的欧洲比拟成一片荒原，充分表现
了欧美知识分子忧郁绝望的情绪。詹姆斯．乔伊斯（James Joyce）的代表作<<尤利西斯
修斯（即尤利西斯）相比拟，把他在都柏林一昼夜的游荡和奥德修斯的十年漂泊相映衬，
从而揭示现代西方社会的腐朽没落和现代人的孤独与绝望。美国剧剧家奥尼尔（B.
想感情。他们往往借景抒情，取譬言志，抒发忧愤，针砭时弊。济慈以凡人恩底弥翁和月
亮女神恋爱故事为题材的<<恩底弥翁>>（Endymion）表达他对至善至美的爱情与幸福的追
求。雪莱的<<阿多尼斯>>（Adonais）借维纳斯的情人阿多尼斯为野猪残杀的神话表达他
对济慈的悼念。希腊神话所描述的古人不屈服於命运的顽强意志，以及神和英雄们以超人
的力量和大自然进行的不屈不挠的斗争，都激动了浪漫主义诗人，启发了他们的遐想；浪
漫诗人的诗歌又赋予古老的神话以新的生命。雪莱、拜伦（Byron）、朗费罗（H.W.Long-
fellow）等诗人都曾作诗讴歌为人类偷取火种的普罗米修斯。在拜伦笔下，普罗米修斯确
实凛凛有生气，成为反抗压迫坚忍不拔的意志和力量的化身。雪莱的诗剧<<解放了的普罗
米修斯>>塑造了这位不屈的斗士的新形象，全剧情绪振奋，调子昂扬，色彩鲜明，充分表
现了诗人对革命的向往，富有强烈的时代气息。
在了二十世纪，由於工业文明的不良后果日趋明显，社会矛盾日渐尖锐，人们痛感文
明的堕落，理想的崩溃，信仰的瓦解，道德准则的失坠，热切渴望新的美好而有意义的生
活方式和精神文明。文学家更喜爱用意味深长的神话故事抒发苦闷和愤懑，对现实生活中
O'Neill）的<<哀悼>>（Mourning Becomes Electra）是以埃斯库勒斯的<<奥瑞斯忒亚>>
（Oresteia）为基础的，借用神话英雄阿伽门农一家冤怨相报的故事描写了现代人的悲剧
和苦难的根源。其他英美作家如叶芝（W.B. Yeats）、梅斯菲尔德（John Masefield）、
福斯特（E.M. Forster）、魏尔德（Thornton Wilder）、厄普代克（John Updike）等都
运用神话题材进行创作，以古喻今。

希腊神话对西方文化的影响并不仅仅停留在文学领域。在艺术方面，希腊神话入画的

故事不胜枚举。文艺复兴时期米开朗琪罗（Michelangelo）、拉斐尔（Raphael）、达

芬奇（Leonardo da Vinci）等大师运用神话主题作的画已经成为不朽巨作和人类文化的

宝贵财富。在心理学方面，弗洛伊德借用误犯杀父娶母罪的俄狄浦斯王的故事创造了 俄

狄浦斯情结 （Oedipus complex）一词，在精神分析中指以本能冲动为核心的一种欲望

。在文艺理论方面，二十世纪中叶涌现出一批以诺思罗普 弗赖伊（Northrope Frye）为

首的文艺理论家，认为一切文学类型以及所有作品的每个情节布局，包括表面看来极其复

杂和十分真实的作品，无不重复某些神话原型人物和神话的基本公式。希腊神话还大大丰

富了英语语言。有些词汇，如chaotic（混乱的）、hypnotic（催眠的）、martial（军事

的）、tantalize（逗弄）等，追根溯源，都来自希腊神话。希腊神话在西方社会流传极

广，影响深远，渗透到了生活的各个方面。甚至连科技发展计划的命名都有取诸神话故事

的，如我们常听说的 三叉戟飞机 、 阿波罗计划 、 波塞冬号潜水艇 等等。有些

神话中的人名、地名和典故早已进入日常生活，成为妇孺皆知的常用语了，例如， 特洛

伊的木马 （the Trojan Horse）、 潘多拉的盒子 （Pandora's Box）， 不和的苹

果”（Apple of Discord）， 阿喀琉斯的脚跟 （Archilles' Heel）等等。

既然希腊罗马神话对欧美文化有如此重要的作用，对欧美社会生活有如此深远的影响

，那末，无论是为了提高英语阅读和理解的能力，还是为了研究欧美文学、历史、哲学、

政治等知识，我们都必须首先对希腊罗马神话有一定的了解。

美国最早一位编写希腊神话故事的作者托玛斯 布尔芬哥（Thomas Bulfinch）在<<

寓言时代>>的前言中说，他相信 年幼的读者将从本书发现无限的乐趣；年长一些的会发

现这是阅读时的良师益友；有机会外出旅行参观博物馆艺术画廊的读者将发现它是名画、

雕塑的解说员；出入有文化修养社交圈子的读者又会发现它是解答谈话中偶然出现的典故

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The Colosseum or Roman Coliseum, originally the Flavian Amphitheatre (Latin: Amphitheatrum Flavium, Italian Anfiteatro Flavio or Colosseo), is an elliptical amphitheatre in the center of the city of Rome, Italy, the largest ever built in the Roman Empire. It is one of the greatest works of Roman architecture and Roman engineering.

Occupying a site just east of the Roman Forum, its construction started between 70 and 72 AD under the emperor Vespasian and was completed in 80 AD under Titus, with further modifications being made ring Domitian's reign (81–96).[1] The name "Amphitheatrum Flavium" derives from both Vespasian's and Titus's family name (Flavius, from the gens Flavia).

Capable of seating 50,000 spectators,[2] the Colosseum was used for gladiatorial contests and public spectacles. As well as the gladiatorial games, other public spectacles were held there, such as mock sea battles, animal hunts, executions, re-enactments of famous battles, and dramas based on Classical mythology. The building ceased to be used for entertainment in the early medieval era. It was later reused for such purposes as housing, workshops, quarters for a religious order, a fortress, a quarry, and a Christian shrine.

It has been estimated that about 500,000 people and over a million wild animals died in the Colosseum games.[3][4]

Although in the 21st century it stays partially ruined e to damage caused by devastating earthquakes and stone-robbers, the Colosseum is an iconic symbol of Imperial Rome and its breakthrough achievements in earthquake engineering. It is one of Rome's most popular tourist attractions and still has close connections with the Roman Catholic Church, as each Good Friday the Pope leads a torchlit "Way of the Cross" procession to the amphitheatre