[考研类试卷]考研英语模拟试卷350及答案与解析.doc

1、考研英语模拟试卷 350 及答案与解析一、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. (10 points) 1 Even the Saudisor rather, the small number of men who actually rule their troubled countryare giving ground in the struggle for women

2、s rights. For sure, the recommendations (1)_ this week to Crown Prince Abdullah at the end of an (2)_ round of “national dialogue“ concentrating on the role of women were fairly tame. In the reformers-versus-reactionaries (3)_ test of whether women should be allowed to drive cars (at present they ca

3、nnot do so in the kingdom, nor can they travel unaccompanied, by whatever (4)_ of motion), the king was merely asked to“ (5)_ a body to study a public transport system for women to facilitate mobility“. (6)_ mention, of course, of the right to votebut then that has been (7)_ to men too, though local

4、 elections, on an apparently universal franchise, are supposed to be held in October. In sum, it is a tortoises progress. But the very fact of the debate happening at all is (8)_and hopeful.It is not just in Saudi Arabia that more rights for women are being demanded (9)_ across the whole of the Arab

5、 and Muslim world. The pushy Americans have made womens rights part of their appeal for greater democracy in (10)_ they now officially call the “broader Middle East“, to include non-Arab Muslim countries such as Iran, Turkey and even Afghanistan. Many Arabs have cautioned the Americans against seeki

6、ng to (11)_ their own values on societies with such different traditions and (12)_ Many leading Muslims have (13)_ the culturally imperious Americans of seeking to (14)_ Is lam. The (15)_ for more democracy in the Muslim world issued by leaders of the eight biggest industrial countries was watered d

7、own for fear of giving (16)_ Yet, despite the Arabs prickliness, the Americans have helped pep up a debate that is now bubbling fiercely in the Arab world, even (17)_ many Arab leaders, none of whom is directly elected by the people, are understandably (18)_ of reforms that could lead to their own t

8、oppling. Never before have womens rights in the Arab world been so (19)_ debated. That (20)_ is cause to rejoice.（A）remoulded（B） inherited（C） accorded（D）handed（A）unprecedented（B） unquenchable（C） unorthodox（D）unmatched（A）tenor（B） gist（C） glamour（D）litmus（A）metabolism（B） means（C） metaphrase（D）methodol

9、ogy（A）assign（B） assuage（C） assume（D）attest（A）Not（B） Never（C） No（D）Scarcely（A）discounted（B） demurred（C） discredited（D）denied（A）melodious（B） remarkable（C） mercurial（D）resistant（A）otherwise（B） but（C） thereat（D）whereupon（A）what（B） that（C） whether（D）which（A）sanction（B） impose（C） inhibit（D）license（A）strat

10、egies（B） ideals（C） beliefs（D）tactics（A）robbed（B） accused（C） relieved（D）stripped（A）destroy（B） defy（C） decimate（D）dilate（A）vicinity（B） collaboration（C） appeal（D）flattery（A）offence（B） collapse（C） disaster（D）passivism（A）as（B） so（C） then（D）though（A）aware（B） supportive（C） wary（D）indicative（A）latently（B） m

11、onotonously（C） moderately（D）vigorously（A）lonely（B） solo（C） alone（D）logoPart ADirections: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. (40 points)20 Latino youths need better education for Arizona to take full advantage of the possibilities their explo

12、ding population offers. Arizonas fast-growing Latino population offers the state tremendous promise and a challenge. Even more than the aging of the baby boomers, the Latino boom is fundamentally reorienting the states economic and social structure.Immigration and natural increase have added 600,000

13、 young Latino residents to the states population in the past decade. Half of the population younger than 18 in both Phoenix and Tucson is now Latino. Within 20 years, Latinos will make up half of the homegrown entry-level labor pool in the states two largest labor markets.What is more, Hispanics are

14、 becoming key economic players. Most people dont notice it, but Latinos born in Arizona make up much of their immigrant parents economic and educational deficits. For example, second-generation Mexican-Americans secure an average of 12 grades of schooling where their parents obtained less than nine.

15、 That means they erase 70 percent of their parents lag behind third-generation non-Hispanic Whites in a single generation.All of this hands the state a golden opportunity. At a time when many states will struggle with labor shortages because of modest population growth, Arizona has a priceless chanc

16、e to build a populous, hardworking and skilled workforce on which to base future prosperity. The problem is that Arizona and its Latino residents may not be able to seize this opportunity. Far too many of Arizonas Latinos drop out of high school or fail to obtain the basic education needed for more

17、advanced study. As a result, educational deficits are holding back many Latinosand the state as well. To be sure, construction and low-end service jobs continue to absorb tens of thousands of Latino immigrants with little formal education. But over the long term, most of Arizonas Latino citizens rem

18、ain ill-prepared to prosper in an increasingly demanding knowledge economy.For the reason, the educational uplift of Arizonas huge Latino population must move to the center of the states agenda. After all, the education deficits of Arizonas Latino population will severely cramp the fortunes of hardw

19、orking people if they go unaddressed and could well undercut the states ability to compete in the new economy. At the entry level, slower growth rates may create more competition for low-skill jobs, displacing Latinos from a significant means of support. At the higher end, shortages of Latinos educa

20、tionally ready to move up will make it much harder for knowledge-based companies staff to get high-skill positions.21 The Latino population is changing Arizonas_.（A）aging problem（B） educational system（C） economic structure（D）financial deficits22 What can be inferred from the third paragraph?（A）The L

21、atino population in Arizona is made up of Hispanics and Mexican-Americans.（B） The first-generation Latinos are immigrants instead of being born in America.（C） 70 percent of the first-generation Latinos had less schooling than nine years.（D）The educational system used to be in favor of the non-Hispan

22、ic Whites.23 “Educational deficits“ (Lines 67, Para. 4) most probably means that_.（A）the state did not put much money into education（B） many Latinos are too poor to obtain education（C） education is not a profitable enterprise（D）many Latinos are not well-educated24 According to the author, Arizona sh

23、ould give highest priority to_.（A）controlling the Latino population（B） enhancing the educational level of the Latino population（C） improving the knowledge-based economy（D）building the Latino population into hardworking and skilled workforce25 It is implied that, in the long run, most Latinos in Ariz

24、ona will_.（A）be jobless（B） be badly-paid（C） do low-skill jobs（D）do high-skill jobs26 A good marriage means growing as a couple but also growing as individuals. This isnt easy, marriage has always been difficult. Why then are we seeing so many divorces at this time? Yes, our modern social fabric is t

25、hin, and yes the permissiveness of society has created unrealistic expectations and thrown the family into disorder. But divorce is so common be-cause people today are unwilling to exercise the self-discipline that marriage requires. They expect easy joy, like the entertainment on TV, the thrill of

26、a good party.Marriage takes some kind of sacrifice, net dreadful self-sacrifice of the soul, but some level of compromise. Some of ones fantasies, some of ones legitimate desires have to be given up for the value of the marriage itself. “While all marital partners feel shackled at times, it is they

27、who really choose to make the marital ties into confining chains or supporting bends“, says Dr. Whitaker. Marriage requires sexual, financial and emotional discipline. A man and a woman cannot follow every impulse, cannot allow themselves to stop growing or changing.A divorce is not an evil act. Som

28、etimes it provides salvation(拯救) for people who have grown hopelessly apart or were frozen in patterns of pain or mutual unhappiness. Divorce can be like the first cut of the surgeons knife, a step toward new health and a good life. On the other hand, if the partners can stay past the breaking up of

29、 the romantic myths into the development of real love and intimacy, they have achieved a work as amazing as the greatest cathedrals(教堂) of the world. Marriages that do not fail but improve, that persist despite imperfections, are not only rare these days but offer a wondrous shelter in which the fac

30、e of our mutual humanity can safely show itself.26 According to the author, an ideal marriage life _.（A）requires considerable sacrifice on both partners（B） requires that the couple be emotionally involved（C） allows for the growth of the husband and wife as a couple and as two individuals（D）is only a

31、n illusion in todays society27 In Paragraph 2, the word “legitimate“ most probably means _.（A）lawful（B） biological（C） personal（D）reasonable28 In the authors opinion, a divorce is not an evil act _.（A）if the marital life is imperfect（B） if it leads to a more worthwhile life for the two persons（C） it

32、the couple later get roamed again and and real love（D）if the couple live far away from each other29 The author believes the real cause for the increase of divorces today is that_.（A）people have too many sources of entertainment（B） people have less internal restraints（C） people no longer enjoy family

33、 life as they did before（D）people do not want to be confined by marital ties30 In Paragraph 2, the word “shackled“ means _.（A）connected（B） pleased（C） restricted（D）disappointed30 Rebel uprising kills seventy! Plane crash leaves no survivors! Rock star dies of overdose!Evening newscasts and metropolit

34、an newspapers scream the bad news, the sensational, and the action.Audiences of today focus upon the sensational action, the violence, the loss, the terror. Individually, our lives are redirected, our worlds reshaped, and our images changed. While wary of the danger of change, we human beings surren

35、der daily to exploitation of values, opportunities, and sensitivity. The evolution has brought us to the point that we believe little of what is presented to us as good and valuable; instead, we opt for suspicion and disbelief, demanding proof and something for nothing.Therein lies the danger for th

36、e writer seeking to break into the market of today. Journalists sell sensationalism. The journalist who loses sight of the simple truth and opts only for the sensation loses the audience over the long run. Only those seeking a short-term thrill are interested in following the journalistic thinking.H

37、ow, then do we capture the audience of today and hold it, when the competition for attention is so fierce? The answer is writing to convey action, and the way to accomplish this is a simple one action verbs.The writer whose product suspends time for the reader or viewer is the successful writer whos

38、e work is sought and reread. Why?Time often will melt away in the face of the reality of lifes little responsibilities for the reader. Instead of puzzling over a more active and more accurate verb, some journalists often limp through passive voice and useless tense to squeeze the life out of an acti

39、on-filled world and fill their writing with missed opportunities to appeal to the reader who seeks that moment of suspended time.Recently, a reporter wrote about observing the buildings in a community robbed by rebel uprising as “thousands of bullet holes were in the hotel. “ A very general observat

40、ion. Suppose he had written, “The hotel was pocked with bullet holes. “ The visual image conjured up by the latter is far superior to the former. Here is the reader. comfortable in the easy chair before the fire with the dog at his feet. The verb “pocked“ speaks to him.The journalist missed the oppo

41、rtunity to convey the reality.31 Why do the media always report sensational topics?（A）Journalists of today are excited about conveying these topics.（B） Newscasts and newspapers pay the utmost attention to these topics.（C） These topics hold greater appeal for the public than any other topics.（D）Audie

42、nces of today dont believe what is good and valuable.32 Anxious to capture the readers attention, some journalists（A）attempt to add spice to writing with invented incidents.（B） utilize events and actions to compete with each other.（C） exploit the short attention span and sensationalize the story.（D）

43、report only the unfamiliar incidents to seek short-term thrill.33 Some works are sought and reread because（A）they save time for the readers and viewers.（B） they are responsible for the readers.（C） they report international incidents.（D）they are pieces of active writing.34 According to the author, wh

44、ich of the following might be true of the journalists?（A）They seek the easy way out.（B） Language is the tool of them.（C） The truth is never conveyed in their report.（D）They only want to exploit the readers.35 Which of the following serves as the best title for the text?（A）Return to Vivid Description

45、（B） Audience Distracted by Journalists（C） Journalists: Sensationalism Sellers（D）How to Become a Competent Reporter35 The Southdale shopping centre in Minnesota has an atrium, a food court, fountains and acres of parking. Its shops include a Dairy Queen, a Victorias Secret and a purveyor of comic T-s

46、hirts. It may not seem like a landmark, as important to architectural history as the Louvre or New Yorks Woolworth Building. But it is. “oh, my god!“ chimes a group of teenage girls, on learning that they are standing in the worlds first true shopping mall. “That is the coolest thing anybody has sai

47、d to us all day. “ In the past half century Southdale and its many imitators have transformed shopping habits, urban economies and teenage speech. America now has some 1,100 enclosed shopping malls, according to the International Council of Shopping Centres. Clones have appeared from Chennai to Mart

48、inique. Yet the malls story is far from triumphal. Invented by a European socialist who hated cars and came to deride his own creation, it has a murky future. While malls continue to multiply outside America, they are gradually dying in the country that pioneered them. Southdales creator arrived in

49、America as a refugee from Nazi-occupied Vienna. Victor Gruen was a Jewish bohemian who began to design shops for fellow immigrants in New York after failing in cabaret theatre. His work was admired partly for its uncluttered, modernist look, which seemed revolutionary in 1930s America. But Gruens secret was the way he used arcades and eye-level display cases to lure customers into stores almost against their will. As