【考研类试卷】中国科学院考博英语-3及答案解析.doc

1、中国科学院考博英语-3 及答案解析(总分：89.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Part Vocabulary(总题数：20，分数：11.00)1.The Association of University Teachers claims that taxpayers“money, _ for basic research, is being used to prop up industrial and other applied research projects.（分数：0.50）A.designedB.engagedC.orientedD.intended2.In winter driv

2、ers have trouble stopping their cars from _ on icy roads.（分数：0.50）A.skatingB.skiddingC.slidingD.slipping3.Any time _, any period of waiting is because you haven“t come and received the message.（分数：0.50）A.errorB.cutC.lackD.lag4.Although he has become rich, he is still very _ of his money.（分数：0.50）A.e

3、conomicB.thriftyC.frugalD.careful5.Unless your handwriting is _, or the form specifically asks for typewriting, the form should be neatly handwritten.（分数：0.50）A.illegitimateB.illegalC.illegibleD.illiterate6.The diversity of tropical plants in the region represents a seemingly _ source of raw materia

4、ls, of which only a few have been utilized.（分数：0.50）A.exploitedB.controversialC.inexhaustibleD.remarkable7.The burst of growth and prosperity in America after 1945 had social consequences that were _ anywhere in the world.（分数：0.50）A.unprecedentedB.unidentifiedC.unaccountableD.unremarkable8.Dreams ar

5、e _ in themselves, but, when combined with other data, they can tell us much about the dreamer.（分数：0.50）A.uninformativeB.startlingC.harmlessD.uncontrollable9.San Francisco was _ by a terrible earthquake and fire in 1906.（分数：0.50）A.deprivedB.detainedC.devastatedD.deported10.Workers in this country ar

6、e getting higher wages while turning out poor products that do not _ the test of international competition.（分数：1.00）A.keep up withB.stand up toC.comply withD.attend to11.Ricardo has shown great _ in his determination to understand the theory of relativity.（分数：0.50）A.adherenceB.persistenceC.intuition

7、D.fantasy12.History will always _ any intended route and take an unforeseen one instead.（分数：0.50）A.lead toB.deviate fromC.pass throughD.result from13.At the moment she is _ the netball match between the Japanese team and the Cuban team over at the playing field.（分数：0.50）A.arbitratingB.interveningC.r

8、efereeingD.deciding14.The market for non-food GE products could exceed the market for GE food products by a wide_within the next few years.（分数：0.50）A.varietyB.marginC.rangeD.spectrum15.A knowledge of history _ us to deal with the vast range of problems confronting the contemporary world.（分数：1.00）A.e

9、quipsB.providesC.offersD.satisfies16.The team“s efforts to score were _ by the opposing goalkeeper.（分数：0.50）A.frustratedB.preventedC.discouragedD.accomplished17.The computer can be programmed to _ a whole variety of tasks.（分数：0.50）A.assignB.tackleC.realizeD.solve18.Awards provide a(n) _ for young pe

10、ople to improve their skills.（分数：0.50）A.incentiveB.initiativeC.fugitiveD.captive19.Because of_reviews, the producer announced that the play will close with tonight“s performance.（分数：0.50）A.adjacentB.adequateC.adhesiveD.adverse20.We are a peaceful community but we cannot _ and allow the people respon

11、sible to destroy the fabric of our society.（分数：0.50）A.start upB.start offC.stand byD.stick out二、Part Reading Compr(总题数：0，分数：0.00)三、Section A(总题数：0，分数：0.00)四、Passage 1(总题数：1，分数：6.00)States are considering major changes in prepaid college tuition programs - raising prices, restricting participation of

12、 canceling them - as they grapple with financial woes. Nationwide, families will likely have to pay more to participate, or accept that they might not cover tuition when children go to college. Colorado has closed its prepaid plan to new investors and told existing ones that it may not cover future

13、tuition increases. Wisconsin stopped selling its plan Dec. 20. Maryland and Illinois are among states hiking prices by 20% or more. Prepaid plans let parents lock in tuition by paying for it now, protecting them against rising costs. But the hear market has hurt investment returns, leaving the plans

14、 unable to keep up with big increases in tuition. So far, Colorado is the only state that has told participants their investments may not cover tuition, and no plan has missed a payment. Other states have said they will fulfill obligations, even if it requires a legislative bailout. Still, the finan

15、cial problems have forced thousands to grapple with uncertainty - something prepaid plans were designed to avoid. More than 1 million families have an estimated $ 8 billion invested in the plans, says Saving for College. com . Some states, including Colorado, may replace the prepaid plan with a guar

16、anteed investment contract, a CD-like investment that“s backed by an insurance company. Investors get a minimum rate of return, but no guarantee that it will cover tuition. Wisconsin“s EdVest program is encouraging investment in a stable value fund, which is similar to a guaranteed investment contra

17、ct, in its investment plan. Wisconsin“s prepaid plan never guaranteed to cover tuition inflation. It also never got a lot of investors, possibly because it lacked that guarantee. In Florida, a task force is considering limiting the state“s prepaid program to low-income families. Ohio officials are a

18、lso looking at limiting participation, but it“s a measure they hope to avoid. “Program administrators are looking for alternatives,“ says Andrea Feirstein, a state-plan consultant. Maryland recently boosted its prices by up to 30%; Illinois by up to 23%. The increases have made some prepaid plans un

19、economical for parents of older children. In Ohio, the price of one year“s tuition for a child over 12 months old is $ 8, 000, more than 40% above current tuition at Ohio State. SO it may not be a good deal for children starting college in three or four years because tuition may not jump that much t

20、hat fast.（分数：6.00）(1).Prepaid college tuition is generally designed on the principle that _.（分数：1.00）A.it is easy to pay at the present timeB.it is economical in the long runC.it saves pains to pass the entrance examD.it ensures the admission to the college(2).Many states plan to modify their prepai

21、d college tuition programs _.（分数：1.00）A.under the mounting financial pressuresB.because of deficient college facilitiesC.to ease overcrowding problems in collegeD.to limit the participation of low-income families(3).The word “investors“ (in boldface in Paragraph 2) most exactly refers to those who _

22、.（分数：1.00）A.serve as the main source of finance to the stateB.invest money in developing local collegesC.sponsor colleges and their educational programsD.join the plan and pay the tuition in advance(4).Colorado now has told participants in the prepaid tuition plan that _.（分数：1.00）A.they would not ha

23、ve to make any other payment laterB.they would not be guaranteed against further paymentC.the plan would cover further tuition increasesD.the plan would be replaced by a guaranteed investment contract(5).The expression “a CD-like investment“ (in boldface in Paragraph 5) most probably refers to an in

24、vestment _.（分数：1.00）A.to support civil defenseB.put in producing compact discC.to promote show industryD.like certificate deposit(6).It can be inferred from the last paragraph that in Ohio _.（分数：1.00）A.prepaid plans require a participation at most 3 or 4 years before starting collegeB.children may s

25、tart college 3 or 4 years earlier than at a normal age if they prepay tuitionC.college tuition 3 or 4 years later may not be so high as today“s price of prepaid tuitionD.the younger a child to join the plan, the greater loss he/she will suffer at the age for college五、Passage 2(总题数：1，分数：6.00)All art

26、booms are different. The previous one ended in 1989, when Japanese buyers withdrew from the Impressionist market. Interest rates rose in the slump that followed; there were plenty of sellers but no buyers. Today the reverse is true. Buyers are looking to diversify into alternative assets. The only p

27、roblem is the sellers. There is plenty of money, but little to buy. It should follow, then, that buyers will snap up anything. But that is not quite the case, as the Old Master sales at Christie“s in London on December 8th showed only too well. In the recent sales the best pieces sold brilliantly, a

28、nd the rest hardly at all. The best included a rare Raphael drawing, and an elegant self-portrait by Sir Anthony van Dyck. Many of the leading dealers were present, including Philip Mould, known as the BBC“s “art detective;“ Alfred Bader, a rich American art-market broker; and the heirs to two impor

29、tant art-dealing businesses, William Noortman and Simon Green. Van Dyck“s oval shaped self-portrait, painted in 1640, the year before he died, had been in the same family for almost 300 years. Mr. Mould joined forces with Mr. Bader to try and win the painting. Young Mr. Noortman, the under bidder wh

30、o was trying to buy the picture for stock, did not stand a chance. The winning bid was 7.4m, nearly three times van Dyck“s previous auction record. The last lot in Christie“s sale was a black chalk drawing, less than a foot square, by Raphael, an early 16th-century Italian master. It is the study of

31、 a head for one of the Greek muses. Its beauty, rarity and the sense that the study may well have been used by the artist himself when working on a larger painting drew collectors from far and wide. Christie“s had estimated the study would fetch 12m-16m. Bidding opened at 8.5m, with three buyers on

32、the telephone. Jennifer Wright, Christie“s New York-based drawings specialist, made a final bid for the Raphael of if 26ma world record for a work on paper. After the sale, Christie“s international co-head, Richard Knight, was quick to point out that, at 68.4m, theirs had been the biggest Old Master

33、 sale ever. “This result shows what a very solid market this is,“ he said. But that took no account of the failures, which were considerable. 15 of the 43 lots in Christie“s auction failed to sell at all.（分数：6.00）(1).Unlike 1989, today, the art market is characterized by an increase of _.（分数：1.00）A.

34、salesB.pricesC.buyersD.supplies(2).Christie“s sale showed that _.（分数：1.00）A.many of the paintings were left on the shelfB.portraits were in greater demand than othersC.buyers all found their favorite piecesD.sellers worried little about selling their lots(3).The self-portrait of Sir Anthony van Dyck

35、 was _.（分数：1.00）A.kept in one home for three centuriesB.once sold for about 2C.put up for auction for the first timeD.won by two American art dealers(4).Raphael“s drawing at the sale was undoubtedly _.（分数：1.00）A.the portrait of the artist himselfB.the part of a larger paintingC.the copy of a Greek s

36、culptureD.the only one in the world(5).According to the passage, the 26m for the Raphael was most probably unexpected by _.（分数：1.00）A.Alfred BaderB.Jennifer WrightC.Richard KnightD.Simon Green(6).It can safely be concluded that the Old Master sale mentioned _.（分数：1.00）A.reflected a very solid market

37、B.had both wins and lossesC.turned out to be a total failureD.sold more works than any other auctions六、Passage 3(总题数：1，分数：6.00)On the outside, Betsy Lueth“s school looks like any other in this arty neighborhood of Minneapolis: a sprawling, boxy red brick building with plain steel doors. Yet inside,

38、the blond, friendly Minnesotan presides over an institution unique in the heartland: Yinghua Academy, a chartered public school where elementary students of every ethnicity study subjects ranging from math to American history in Mandarin. The idea behind Yinghua, as with many immersion programs, is

39、to introduce kids to the language and culture as early as possibleideally, before age 12, while they“re still absorbing information like sponges. Kindergartners and first-graders are taught exclusively in Mandarin, and a single period of English is introduced in the second grade. By the sixth grade,

40、 kids are learning half in English and half in Mandarin, with the expectation of proficiency in both. The challenges at Yinghua are numerous. Most teachers come from Taiwan or mainland of China, and cultural misunderstandings prevail. Lueth“s instructors are learning to be tolerant of local norms li

41、ke nontraditional families and boys who cryas well as a lot more parental input than they“re used to. “In China, teachers are revered. They are not questioned,“ says Luyi Lien, Yinghua“s Taiwan-born academic director. “In America, parents are more expressive of their opinions. “ Yinghua“s student bo

42、dy, once 70% Asian, is now 50% white, black or Hispanic. The school has more than tripled its enrollment, to 300 kids, many of whom commute an hour each day. Research has shown that in the long run, immersion programs can provide cognitive benefits, including more flexible, creative thinking. Though

43、 students from the programs lag for a few years in English, by the fifth grade they perform as well as or better than their monolingual peers on standardized reading and math tests. For multicultural families, the psychological boost can also be important. Lueth“s adopted daughter, Lucy, used to squ

44、irm when cousins asked why her skin color was different from theirs. Now, Lucy proudly answers them, “Yeah, I was born in China. “ Lueth recently won an $800,000 grant from the Department of Education to develop a teaching model for immersion middle schools, and she advises educators around the coun

45、try who are starting their own programs. If Yinghua can make Mandarin a success in Minnesota, so can they. “This is a glorious culture and an increasingly important language that we are meaningfully teaching to our children. And we“re in the middle of nowhere. “（分数：6.00）(1).According to the passage,

46、 Yinghua Academy is _.（分数：1.00）A.an English language school for immigrantsB.a high rise sticking out in the neighborhoodC.a grade school with students of different racesD.a unique institution with an Asian owner(2).In comparison with their counterparts in other schools around, Yinghua“s twelve-year-

47、old Asian children would most probably be _.（分数：1.00）A.better at Western cultureB.more proficient in EnglishC.better at acquiring knowledgeD.more bilingually competent(3).Most instructors at Yinghua are trying to adapt themselves to the local parents who are _.（分数：1.00）A.soft with their childrenB.un

48、afraid to be criticalC.as stubborn as muleD.respectful of nobody(4).According to the research, students from Yinghua will be more creative in thinking because _.（分数：1.00）A.they are taught there not only in EnglishB.they are not only learning languages thereC.they were not only born to White parentsD

49、.they were raised not only nearby the school(5).Which word can best describe Lucy?（分数：1.00）A.Self-consciousB.Self-assertiveC.Self-confidentD.Self-important(6).In regard to the teaching of Mandarin, Lueth believes that Yinghua _.（分数：1.00）A.has still a long way to goB.deserves financial rewardsC.plays a leading role in the USD.shows what can be done anywhere七、Section B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)八、Passage 4(总题