[考研类试卷]考研英语模拟试卷69及答案与解析.doc

1、考研英语模拟试卷 69及答案与解析 一、 Section I Use of English Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D. (10 points) 1 Though some people have suggested that women should return to housework in order to leave more jobs for men, the idea has been (1)_

2、by both women and men in public (2)_ polls. Lately some union officials have suggested that too many women are (3)_ in types of work which were (4)_ for men and that women should step aside to make (5)_ for unemployed young men. They argue that women, especially women in their child bearing years ac

3、tually delay economic development and result (6)_ lower (7)_, poor quality and inefficiency. To solve the problem, they suggested that working women stay at home (8)_ their husbands or brothers were given double wages. They argue that under these (9)_, families would remain their same level of incom

4、e, and women could run the house and (10)_ children much better. The suggestion, (11)_,has been flatly rejected by 9 out of 10 people (12)_. Some other people have suggested another way (13)_ “phased employment“ theory. The theory suggests that a woman worker take (14)_ from her job when she is seve

5、n months (15)_ and stay off the job (16)_ her baby reaches the age of 3. It suggests that women on leave receive 75 percent of their (17)_ salary and be allowed to return to work after the three year period. This will (18)_ children, women, their families and the society and it (19)_ seems to be mor

6、e (20)_ than the suggestion that women return to their homes forever. （ A） refused （ B） declined （ C） rejected （ D） inclined （ A） attitude （ B） reaction （ C） idea （ D） opinion （ A） used （ B） exploited （ C） disused （ D） employed （ A） available （ B） suitable （ C） reliable （ D） practical （ A） course （

7、B） route （ C） way （ D） path （ A） with （ B） in （ C） from （ D） on （ A） product （ B） productivity （ C） production （ D） produce （ A） in that （ B） whereas （ C） since （ D） unless （ A） environment （ B） circumstances （ C） condition （ D） state （ A） cultivate （ B） bring （ C） raise （ D） feed （ A） in addition t

8、o （ B） moreover （ C） nevertheless （ D） in addition （ A） polling （ B） to poll （ C） to be polled （ D） polled （ A） called （ B） calling （ C） to call （ D） to be called （ A） holiday （ B） vocation （ C） leave （ D） vacation （ A） fertile （ B） productive （ C） fruitful （ D） pregnant （ A） when （ B） until （ C） un

9、less （ D） as （ A） typical （ B） usual （ C） normal （ D） regular （ A） profit （ B） interest （ C） benefit from （ D） benefit （ A） eventually （ B） definitely （ C） doubtfully （ D） indefinitely （ A） believable （ B） acceptable （ C） approvable （ D） thinkable Part A Directions: Read the following four texts. An

10、swer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. (40 points) 21 In the end, a degree of sanity prevailed. The militant Hindus who had vowed to breach a police cordon and start the work of building a temple to the god Ram at the disputed site of Ayodhya decided to respect a Supreme Court

11、decision barring them from the are a. So charged have Hindu-Muslim relations in India become in recent weeks, as the declared deadline of March 15th neared, that a clash at Rams supposed birthplace might well have provoked bloodshed on an appalling scale across the nation. It has, unfortunately, hap

12、pened often enough before. But the threat has not vanished. The courts decision is only an interim one, and the main Hindu groups have not given up on their quest to build their temple. Extreme religious violence, which seemed in recent years to have faded after the Ayodhya-related explosion of 1992

13、-93, is again a feature of the political landscape. Though faults lie on both sides (it was a Muslim attack on Hindus in a train in Gujarat that started the recent slaughter), the great bulk of victims were, as always, Muslims. Once again, educated Hindus are to be heard inveighing against the “appe

14、asing“ of Muslims through such concessions as separate constitutional status for Kashmir or the right to practice Islamic civil law. Once again, the police are being accused of doing little or nothing to help Muslim victims of rampaging Hindu mobs. Once again, Indias 130m Muslims feel unequal and un

15、safe in their own country. Far too many Hindus would refuse to accept that it is “their own country“ at all. The wonder of it, perhaps, is that things are not worse. While the world applauds Pakistan for at last locking up the leaders of its extreme religious groups, in India the zealots still suppo

16、rt, sustain and to a degree constitute the government. The BJP, which leads the ruling coalition, was founded as a political front for the Hindu movement. It is simply one, and by no means the dominant, member of what is called the Sangh Pariwar, the “family of organizations“. Other members of the f

17、amily are much less savoury. There is the VHP, the World Hindu Organization, which led the movement to build the Ram temple. There is the Bajrang Dal, the brutalist “youth wing“ of the VHP. There is substantial evidence that members of the VHP and the Bajrang Dal helped to organize the slaughter of

18、hundreds of Muslims in Gujarat after 58 Hindus were killed on a train as they returned from Ayodhya. 21 It can be learnt from the text that the ruling party in India （ A） offered little assistance in the massacre of Muslisms. （ B） was unanimous with respect to the issue of religion. （ C） might have

19、brought religious conflict into politics. （ D） was striving to gather evidence against militant Hindus 22 What does the writer wants to illustrate with “a Muslim attack on Hindus on a train in Gujarat“? （ A） The violation of a Supreme Court decision. （ B） Frequent clashes between Hindus and Muslims.

20、 （ C） The brutality of extreme Indian policemen. （ D） Social privileges entitled to Hindus mobs. 23 Towards the issue of Hindu-Muslim relations, the writers attitude can be said to be （ A） pessimistic. （ B） objective. （ C） scared. （ D） biased. 24 We can learn from the text that both Hindus and Musli

21、ms are （ A） revengeful to each other. （ B） obedient by nature. （ C） respectful to the god Ram. （ D） politically sensitive. 25 Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text? （ A） Hindus seemed to be more sensible of their actions than previously. （ B） Dismal consequences will be in

22、store for extreme religious groups. （ C） The safety of Indias Muslims depended on the good will of Hindus. （ D） The illegal government is responsible for the present situation in India. 26 If the opinion polls are to be believed, most Americans are coming to trust their government more than they use

23、d to. The habit has not yet spread widely among American Indians, who suspect an organization which has so often patronized them, lied to them and defrauded them. But the Indians may soon win a victory in a legal battle that epitomizes those abuses. Elouise Cobell, a banker who also happens to be a

24、member of the Blackfeet tribe in Montana, is the leading plaintiff in a massive class-action suit against the government. At issue is up to $10 billion in trust payments owed to some 500,000 Indians. The suit revolves around Individual Indian Money (11M) accounts that are administered by the Interio

25、r Departments Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). Back in the 1880s, the government divided more than 11m acres of tribal land into parcels of 80 to 160 acres that were assigned to individual Indians. Because these parcels were rarely occupied by their new owners, the government assumed responsibility f

26、or managing them. As the Indians trustee, it leased the land out for grazing, logging, mining and oil drilling but it was supposed to distribute the royalties to the Indian owners. In fact, officials admit that royalties have been lost or stolen. Records were destroyed and the government lost track

27、of which Indians owned what land. The plaintiffs say that money is owing to 500,000 Indians, but even the government accepts a figure of about 300,000. For years, Cobell heard Indians complain of not getting payment from the government for the oil-drilling and ranching leases on their land. But noth

28、ing much got done. She returned to Washington and, after a brush-off from government lawyers, filed the suit. Gale Norton, George Bushes interior secretary was charged with contempt in November because her department had failed to fix the problem. In December, Judge Lam berth ordered the interior De

29、partment to shut down all its computers for ten weeks because trustfund records were vulnerable to hackers. The system was partly restored last month and payments to some Indians, which had been interrupted, resumed. And that is not the end of it. Ms. Norton has proposed the creation of a new Bureau

30、 of Indian Trust Management, separate from the BIA. Indians are cross that she suggested this without consulting them. Some want the trust funds to be placed in receivership, under a neutral supervisor. Others have called for Congress to establish an independent commission, including Indians, to dra

31、w up a plan for reforming the whole system. A messy injustice may at last be getting sorted out. 26 Elouise Cobell criticized the Interior Departments BIA for （ A） its leasing land out for exploitation. （ B） its distribution of money collected. （ C） its supposed misconduct of abuses. （ D） its reacti

32、on to a massive action. 27 When mentioning “the government accepts a figure of about 300,000“, the writer is trying to illustrate （ A） lies and defraud to which American Indians are exposed. （ B） the strong confidence American Indians have in their government. （ C） doubts about government as shown i

33、n the opinion polls. （ D） the arrogance as displayed by government officials as a whole. 28 Which of the following is TRUE according the text? （ A） Trust funds have been placed in the hands of American Indians. （ B） American Indians should become increasingly vocal for justice. （ C） Payments owed to

34、 American Indian have been indefinitely delayed. （ D） BIA reaped great rewards by deliberately destroying trust-fund records. 29 It seems that the write is very critical of （ A） American Indians in a class-action. （ B） officials who are in charge of the suit. （ C） government agencies at all levels.

35、（ D） those who have the land over-developed. 30 From the text, we can see that the writers overall attitude towards the issue seems to be （ A） sensitive. （ B） gloomy. （ C） optimistic. （ D） scared. 31 The Tuscan town of Vinci, birthplace of Leonardo and home to a museum of his machines, should fittin

36、gly put on a show of the television-robot sculptures of Nam Jun Paik. This Koreanborn American artist and the Renaissance master are kindred spirits: Leonardo saw humanistic potential in his scientific experiments, Mr. Paik endeavors to harness media technology for artistic purposes. A pioneer of vi

37、deo art in the late 1960s, he treats television as a space for art images and as material for robots and interactive sculptures. Mr. Paik was not alone. He and fellow artists picked on the video cameras because they offered an easy way to record their performance art. Now, to mark video arts coming

38、of age, New Yorks Museum of Modern Art is looking back at their efforts in a film series called “The First Decade“. It celebrates the early days of video by screening the archives of Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), one of the worlds leading distributors of video and new media art, founded 30 years a

39、go. One of EAIs most famous alumni is Bill Viola. Part of the second generation of video artists, who emerged in the 1970s, Mr. Viola experimented with videos expressive potential. His camera explores religious ritual and universal ideas. The Viola show at the Deutsche Guggenheim in Berlin shows us

40、moving-image frescoes that cover the gallery walls and envelop the viewer in all-embracing cycles of life and death. One new star is a Californian, Doug Aitken, who took over Londons Serpentine Gallery last October with an installation called “New Ocean“. Some say Mr. Aitken is to video what Jackson

41、 Pollock was to painting. He drips his images from floor to ceiling, creating sequences of rooms in which the space surrounds the viewer in hallucinatory images, of sound and light. At the Serpentine, Mr. Aitken created a collage of moving images, on the theme of waters flow around the planet as a f

42、orce of life. “I wanted to create a new topography in this work, a liquid image, to show a world that never stands still,“ he says. The boundary between the physical world and the world of images and information, he thinks, is blurring. The interplay of illusion and reality, sound and image, referen

43、ces to art history, politics, film and television in this art form that is barely 30 years old can make video art difficult to define. Many call it film-based or moving-image art to include artists who work with other cinematic media. At its best, the appeal of video art lies in its versatility, its

44、 power to capture the passing of time and on its ability to communicate both inside and outside gallery walls. 31 The birthplace of Leonardo is mentioned in the text （ A） to introduce the topic of video art technology. （ B） to pay tribute to this Renaissance master. （ C） to honor his contribution to

45、 scientific discoveries. （ D） to outline the development of art television. 32 Toward the novel literary idea, the authors attitude seems to be that of （ A） Disapproval. （ B） Neutrality. （ C） Appreciation. （ D） Suspicion. 33 As pointed out in the text, the video art technology is characterized by it

46、s （ A） human ingenuity （ B） complex definition. （ C） strong appeal. （ D） extreme interactivity. 34 The videos created by Dough Aitken is used to show a combination of （ A） television and robotics. （ B） illusion and reality. （ C） sculptures and paintings. （ D） space and planets. 35 Which of the follo

47、wing would the best title for the text? （ A） A New Generation of Artists. （ B） Video Art is Going Nowhere. （ C） A Cradle of Famous Artists. （ D） New Art for the MTV Generation. 36 Imagine the U.S. economic gains of the 1990s, and what comes to mind? Perhaps it was how the stock market ruled: All tho

48、se initial public offerings that raked in unprecedented billions for venture capitalists. And wasnt it a great time to be a top manager, with productivity gains boosting the bottom line and igniting executive pay? While it was going on, venture capitalist L. John Doerr called the boom the “largest s

49、ingle legal creation of wealth in history.“ Well, yes and no. With the recession apparently over, its now possible to make a more realistic assessment of the entire business cycle of the 1990s: The sluggish recovery that started in March, 1991, the extraordinary boom, the tech bust, and the downturn of 2001. And guess what? A lot of things happened that defy the conventional beliefs about the decade. Over this 10-year period, productivity rose at a 2.2% annual rate, roughly half a p