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1、考研英语-试卷 166及答案解析(总分：142.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Use of English(总题数：2，分数：80.00)1.Section I Use of EnglishDirections: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D.（分数：40.00）_Many mobile operators already offer a selection of television channels or individual s

2、hows, which are sent (1)_ across their third-generation (3G) networks. In South Korea, television is also sent to mobile phones via satellite and terrestrial broadcast networks, which is far more (2)_ than sending video across mobile networks; similar broadcasts will begin in Japan in April. Similar

3、 mobile-TV networks will also be built in Finland and America, and are being (3)_ in many other countries. Meanwhile, Apple Computer, which (4)_ a video-capable version of its iPod portable music player in this October, is (5)_ a bargain with television networks to expand the (6)_ of shows that can

4、be purchased (7)_ viewing on the device. And mobile TV was one of the big (8)_ at the world“s largest technology fair, the Consumer Electronic Show. (9)_ all this activity, however, the (10)_ for mobile TV are unclear. For a start, nobody (11)_ knows if consumers will pay for it, though surveys sugg

5、est they like the idea. One (12)_ agency of the field, says there will be 125m mobile-TV users by 2010, but many other mobile technologies inspired high hopes and then failed to (13)_ up to expectations. And (14)_ people do want TV on the move, there is (15)_ uncertainty in three areas: technology,

6、business models and the (16)_ itself. The (17)_ for mobile TV is vast, in short, but (18)_ is the degree of uncertainty over how it should actually be put into practice. Most observers do not expect widespread (19)_ of mobile TV, if it comes at all, until 2008 at the earliest, since building the req

7、uired ecosystem of technology, partnerships and content will (20)_ some time.（分数：40.00）A.alongB.offC.forthD.onA.effectiveB.efficientC.competentD.adequateA.examinedB.testedC.verifiedD.proveA.launchedB.interpretedC.discoveredD.embarkedA.hittingB.beatingC.knockingD.strikingA.tensionB.statusC.rangeD.sig

8、nificanceA.forB.toC.byD.acrossA.currentB.tendencyC.driftD.trendsA.As forB.DespiteC.In spiteD.InsteadA.respectsB.retrospectC.prospectsD.aspectsA.reallyB.actuallyC.absolutelyD.eventuallyA.consultantB.consultingC.consolatoryD.consultableA.liveB.patC.catchD.makeA.as ifB.even ifC.if onlyD.ifA.additiveB.f

9、urthermoreC.anotherD.furtherA.competitionB.contextC.contestD.contentA.insightB.potentialC.capabilityD.powerA.soB.whatC.suchD.thatA.adaptationB.addictionC.adoptionD.adorationA.useB.spendC.costD.take二、Reading Comprehensio(总题数：10，分数：58.00)2.Section II Reading Comprehension_3.Part ADirections: Read the

10、following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D._On Mar. 14th, when Wal-Mart Stores Inc. announced its first foray into Japan, the Bentonville (Ark.) retailing giant placed a big bet that it could succeed where countless other foreign companies have failed. In the

11、 past five years, a number of famous Western brands have been forced to close up shop after failing to catch on in Japan, one of the world“s largestbut most variableconsumer markets. May Wal-Mart make a go of it where others have stumbled? One good sign is that the mass marketer is not rushing in bl

12、indly. It has taken an initial 6.1% stake in ailing food-and-clothing chain Seiyu Ltd., which it can raise to a controlling 33.4% by year end and to 66.7% by 2007. That gives Wal-Mart time to revise its strategy or run for the exits. The question is whether Wal-Mart can apply the lessons it has lear

13、ned. in other parts of Asia to Japan. This, after all, is a nation of notoriously finicky consumerswho have become even more so since Japan slipped into a decade-long slump. How will Wal-Mart bring to bear its legendary cost-cutting savvy in a market already affected by falling prices? Analysts are

14、understandably skeptical. “It is uncertain whether Wal-Mart“s business models will be effective in Japan,“ Standard Doesn“t enjoy reading; Doesn“t read much; Doesn“t understand; Reads slowly.“ and so on. Extensive reading can help readers “enter instead the cycle of growth.The virtuous circle of the

15、 good reader: Reads faster; Reads more; Understands better; Enjoys reading; Reads faster.“E. There is no upper limit to the amount of reading that can be done, but a book a week is probably the minimum amount of reading necessary to achieve the benefits of extensive reading and to establish a readin

16、g habit.F. What Henry noticed about her kevel-1 non-reading undergraduates is no less true in foreign language reading: “My students needed to read for themselves, not for me.“ For students used to working with textbooks and teacher-selected texts, the freedom to choose reading material and freedom

17、to stop reading may be a crucial step in experiencing foreign language reading as something personal.（分数：8.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_5.Part CDirections: Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese._The winner takes all, it is widely supposed in comp

18、uting circles. Indeed, geeks have coined a word, “Googlearchy“, for the way in which search engines encourage web traffic towards the most popular sites. (46) The belief that search engines make popular websites ever more popular, at the expense of other pages, is now being challenged by research. (

19、47) The apparently magical ability of search engines such as Google to return relevant websites even when given the sketchiest of clues by the person entering a query relies on the use of mathematical recipes or algorithms. Google works by analyzing the structure of the web itself. Each of its billi

20、ons of pages can link to other pages and can also, in turn, be linked to by others. Furthermore, if the pages that link to this page are also important, then that page is even more likely to be important. (48) The algorithm has been made increasingly complex over the years, to deter those who would

21、manipulate their pages to appear higher in the rankings, but it remains at the heart of Google“s success. Google is not alone in this. Many search engines take account of the number of links to a web site when they return the results of a search. (49) Because of this, there is a widespread belief am

22、ong computer, social and political scientists that search engines create a vicious circle that amplifies the dominance of established and already popular websites. Pages returned by search engines are more likely to be discovered and consequently linked to by others. Not so, according to a controver

23、sial new paper that has recently appeared on arXiv, an online collection of physics and related papers. In it, Santo Fortunato and his colleagues at Indiana University in America and Bielefeld University in Germany claim that search engines actually have an egalitarian effect that increases traffic

24、to less popular sites. The researchers developed a model that described two extreme cases. In the first, people browsed the web only by surfing random links. In the second, people only visited pages that were re turned by search engines. The researchers then turned to the real world. They plotted th

25、e traffic to a websitemeasured as the fraction of all page views made in a three-month periodagainst the number of incoming links made to that website. (50) To their surprise, they found that the relationship between the two did not lie between the extremes suggested by their model but somewhere com

26、pletely different. It appears to show that the supposed bias in favour of popular pages is actually mitigated by the combination of search engines and people following random links.（分数：10.00）_三、Writing(总题数：5，分数：4.00)6.Section III Writing_7.Part ADirections: Write a composition/letter of no less than

27、 100 words on the following information._8.For some reason, you failed to answer your friend David“s letter in time. Write a letter with no less than 100 words to explain the reasons. Write it neatly and do not sign your own name at the end of the letter; use “Li Ming“ instead. You do not need to wr

28、ite the address.（分数：2.00）_9.Part BDirections: Write an essay of 160-200 words based on the following information._10.Study the following set of drawings carefully and write an essay in which you should 1) describe the drawings, 2) interpret its meaning, and 3) give your point of view. You should wri

29、te about 160-200 words neatly. （分数：2.00）_考研英语-试卷 166答案解析(总分：142.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Use of English(总题数：2，分数：80.00)1.Section I Use of EnglishDirections: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D.（分数：40.00）_解析：Many mobile operators already offer a selec

30、tion of television channels or individual shows, which are sent (1)_ across their third-generation (3G) networks. In South Korea, television is also sent to mobile phones via satellite and terrestrial broadcast networks, which is far more (2)_ than sending video across mobile networks; similar broad

31、casts will begin in Japan in April. Similar mobile-TV networks will also be built in Finland and America, and are being (3)_ in many other countries. Meanwhile, Apple Computer, which (4)_ a video-capable version of its iPod portable music player in this October, is (5)_ a bargain with television net

32、works to expand the (6)_ of shows that can be purchased (7)_ viewing on the device. And mobile TV was one of the big (8)_ at the world“s largest technology fair, the Consumer Electronic Show. (9)_ all this activity, however, the (10)_ for mobile TV are unclear. For a start, nobody (11)_ knows if con

33、sumers will pay for it, though surveys suggest they like the idea. One (12)_ agency of the field, says there will be 125m mobile-TV users by 2010, but many other mobile technologies inspired high hopes and then failed to (13)_ up to expectations. And (14)_ people do want TV on the move, there is (15

34、)_ uncertainty in three areas: technology, business models and the (16)_ itself. The (17)_ for mobile TV is vast, in short, but (18)_ is the degree of uncertainty over how it should actually be put into practice. Most observers do not expect widespread (19)_ of mobile TV, if it comes at all, until 2

35、008 at the earliest, since building the required ecosystem of technology, partnerships and content will (20)_ some time.（分数：40.00）A.alongB.offC.forth D.on解析：解析：短语辨析题。which 引导定语从句，该句谓语动词为 send短语，与先行词 a selection of television channels or individual shows(可供选择的电视频道或个性化节目)为被动关系，send forth意为“发出，放出“，是指通过

36、 3G网络传输方式提供以上服务。send along 意为“发送，派遣“；send off 意为“寄出，派遣“；send on 意为“预送，转送“。A.effectiveB.efficient C.competentD.adequate解析：解析：词汇辨析题。本文主题句引出 3G网络这一新的传输方式，并与传统的传输方式 mobile net works做了比较，该句意为“电视节目通过卫星和地面广播网络传输到手机上，这比通过移动网络传输视频节目要有效得多“。efficient 意为“有效的，效率高的“，符合句意。effective 意为“有效的，具有预期或先见效果的“，不强调效率的高低；comp

37、etent 意为“有能力的，胜任的“；adequate 意为“足够的“，例：We took adequate food for the holiday我们为假期带足了食品。A.examinedB.tested C.verifiedD.prove解析：解析：词汇辨析题。本段主要介绍 3G网络这一新的传输方式，各国正在或将要测试或已建成这样的网络，而本题谓语动词为进行时的被动结构，空格所填动词应与该句主语 networks构成动宾关系，因此选 tested，指 3G网络在其他许多国家正处于测试阶段。examine 意为“检查，细查“，如：The doctor examined her carefu

38、lly.医生给她做了仔细的检查；verify 意为“证明，证实，通过提供证据或证词来证明的真相“；prove 指“证明，通过提供论据或证据来确立真实性或有效性“。A.launched B.interpretedC.discoveredD.embarked解析：解析：词汇辨析题。第二段介绍随着 3G网络的出现应运而生的一些产品，本句提到苹果公司开发的一款播放器，launch 意为“推出(新产品)，介绍给大众或市场“，符合句意。interpret 意为“说明，解释的意思“；discover 意为“发现，发觉“，尤指获得知识或明白以前所不知的事情；embark“(常与on，in 连用)开始，从事“。

39、A.hittingB.beatingC.knockingD.striking 解析：解析：固定搭配题。strike a bargain 意为“成交，达成协议“。hit“打，打击“；beat“打，打败“；knock“敲，敲打“；这三个动词均不可与 bargain构成固定搭配。A.tensionB.statusC.range D.significance解析：解析：词汇辨析题。苹果电脑公司正在与电视广播公司谈判，目的是对其现在所有的节目expand，即“扩展“，也就是要增加节目种类、范围。因此选 range，意为“范围“，又如：a wide rage of temperature气温变化很大。te

40、nsion 意为“拉紧，将某物拉紧的行为或过程“；status 意为“地位，身份，相对于其他人的位置“；significance 意为“意义，重要性“；以上三个词均与原文意思不符。A.for B.toC.byD.across解析：解析：语义衔接题。本句主要讲苹果公司力争增加其节目种类，因此与电视广播公司进行谈判，使观众可以购买(can be purchased)节日，为的是 viewing on the device，即利用该公司设备收看节目。也就是说，观众付费是为了收看电视节目，所以 call be pushed之后出现的应是目的状语，因此选for。to 如果引导动词不定式，是可以做目的状语

41、的，但之后是 viewing，所以不正确；by 通常引导方式状语；across 表示方位，作地点状语。A.currentB.tendencyC.driftD.trends 解析：解析：词汇辨析题。文章前两段列举了各国许多手机运营商通过 3G网络传输方式提供可供选择的电视频道或个性化节目，这就表明手机电视已成为全球的潮流和发展趋势，因此选 trend，意为“倾向，趋势“，经常指普遍的或流行的方向，尤指在某一特定领域的流行趋势。current 暗示路线或流动，如思想观点的，尤指特定时间或地点的典型代表，如：These words express the whole current of moder

42、n feeling这些词表达了现代情感的整体潮流。tendency“趋向，倾向“，暗含着以某一特定方式进行的倾向，如：The tendency of our own day is towards firm，solid，verifiable knowledge我们今天的趋势是朝向一种坚定、稳定且可证明的知识发展的。drift“倾向“指其方向或路线依赖于一种如水流或潮流般的推动力，如：Political conservatives fear a drift toward communism in Latin America.政治保守派们对拉丁美洲的共产主义倾向感到恐惧。A.As forB.Desp

43、ite C.In spiteD.Instead解析：解析：逻辑衔接题。前文主要讲手机电视成为各大手机运营商积极开发的项目，并成为技术展览会上的主打之一。本段首句出现 however，意为“可是，仍然“，而且还有 unclear这样的否定词，所以本段所讲述的内容必然与前文有转折关系，因此选 despite“不管，尽管，不论“，引导让步状语。as for 意为“至于，就方面说来“；in spite 与 of连用才完整，意为“不管“；instead“代替，更换“。A.respectsB.retrospectC.prospects D.aspects解析：解析：词汇辨析题。前段主要讲到手机电视发展的良

44、好进展，本段首句转折，指出仍然存在问题，必然是说手机电视作为新生事物，它的发展前景不是完全乐观的。选 prospect意为“前景，前途“，即其发展前景依然不甚明朗，正好符合上下文的意思。respect 意为“尊敬，敬重“；retrospect 意为“回顾“；aspect 意为“(问题等的)方面“；这三个词的词义均不符合句意。A.really B.actuallyC.absolutelyD.eventually解析：解析：语义衔接题。前句提到手机电视的发展前景不明朗，本句开始列举原因，首先，无法得知消费者是否愿意付费，尽管调查显示消费者对这一想法表示赞许。这里选 really“真正地，实在地“，起到了加强否定语气的作用，本句意为：没有人真正了解消费者是否愿意为手机电视付费。actually“实际上，真实地“，强调事情的真实性，如：Actually it“s we that owe you a lot实际上，应该是我们感谢您。absolutely“完全地，绝对地“；eventually“最后，终于“。A.consultantB.consulting C.consolatoryD.consultable解析：