自命题阅读理解A01

A selected passage from the Tao Te Ching

The Way that can be told of is not an Unvarying Way;

The names that can be named are not unvarying names.

It was from the Nameless that Heaven and Earth sprang;

 

The named is but the mother that rears the ten

thousand creatures, each after its kind.

 

Truly, 'Only he that rids himself forever of desire

can see the Secret Essences';

 

He that has never rid himself of desire

can see only the Outcomes.

 

These two things issued from the same mould,

butnevertheless are different in name.

 

This 'same mould’ we can but call the Mystery,

Or rather the 'Darker than any Mystery’,

The Doorway whence issued all Secret Essences.

 

Please answer the following questions

 

1. The Way mentioned above is(  )

A .Abstract concepts

B. Concrete reference

C. Ordinary highways

 

2.What kind of person can see the essence of a secret(  )

A . A person with a muddled mind

B. Those who are obsessed with desires

C. The people who can get rid of desires

 

Unvarying  固定的 ; 恒久的

Heaven and Earth 乾坤 ; 天与地

rears 后部; 抚养 ; 养育 

after its kind 各从其类

rids 摆脱 ; ;消除 ;

in name 以…的名义;在…的名下

can but 只能

Or rather 确切地说 ; 或者更应该说

whence 从何处，从哪里 ;