1、考博英语-187 及答案解析(总分：82.50，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BPart Vocabula(总题数：15，分数：7.50)1.The judge remained sober despite the lawyers ludicrous attempt to prove the defendants innocence.（分数：0.50）A.sadB.sorryC.seriousD.surprised2.California seems to be the home of the homeless since many are often observed tramping alon
2、g railroad tracks and through the downtown areas of the cities.（分数：0.50）A.roamingB.trimmingC.stealingD.stamping3.His talent for music remained latent until his wife bought him a guitar.（分数：0.50）A.hiddenB.sophisticatedC.delicateD.profound4.A rapid portfolio turnover rate may preclude low long-term ca
3、pital gains.（分数：0.50）A.prohibitB.lagC.preventD.reject5.Tim is dubious about diet pills which advertise quick weight less.（分数：0.50）A.anxiousB.pessimisticC.doubtfulD.ignorant6.Many people in Wales have an affinity with music.（分数：0.50）A.reputation forB.solubility inC.tincture inD.attraction to7.Helen c
4、ould not help feeling antipathy toward her fathers new wife whom he married just two months after the death of Helens mother.（分数：0.50）A.sympathyB.concessionC.compassionD.hostility8.On Christmas Eve in America the shopping malls are saturated with shoppers in a frantic competition for last minute gif
5、ts.（分数：0.50）A.bustedB.soaredC.filledD.broadened9.In the early 20th century, at the advent of the telephone, it was considered a superfluous instrument which would never be of practical use in the average household.（分数：0.50）A.appearanceB.popularityC.dominanceD.consolidation10.The low interest rates o
6、n banks loans provided an impetus for many to buy homes.（分数：0.50）A.incentiveB.obstacleC.reasonD.delay11.It was an allusion to what the scientist thought was an inappropriate distribution of funds for stem cell research.（分数：0.50）A.referenceB.contradictionC.explanationD.rejection12.The blunder of Arge
7、ntinas goalie cost them the game in the match against Brazil.（分数：0.50）A.triumphB.beatC.mistakeD.struggle13.The child was so ingenuous that even when she knocked the television off its stand so that it was irreparably damaged, her parents thought her to be charming.（分数：0.50）A.intelligentB.ingeniousC.
8、adroitD.naive14.If the salesmen are not given tangible benefits for a high volume of sales, they will loose their motivation.（分数：0.50）A.substantialB.psychologicalC.spiritualD.profitable15.A pervasive negative attitude of the engineers toward projects funded by his company is the cause of the delay o
9、f signing the contract.（分数：0.50）A.perpetualB.perniciousC.preventiveD.prevalent二、BSection B/B(总题数：15，分数：7.50)16.Every person on the sales team is _ because they work together well.（分数：0.50）A.incompatibleB.incredibleC.indefiniteD.indispensable17.She _ scarlet fever when she was a baby and lost her eye
10、sight.（分数：0.50）A.distortedB.contractedC.subtractedD.distracted18.Most of the waiters are _ in their work because the owner of the restaurant does not pay them on tinge.（分数：0.50）A.rackB.tackC.slackD.stack19.To be a successful criminal, one must be _.（分数：0.50）A.empiricalB.emigrantC.elegantD.elusive20.
11、It was their _ decision to leave their country, and as a result, they lost their citizenship.（分数：0.50）A.compulsoryB.deliberateC.carefreeD.modest21.A stateless young man may have felt _ after having been denied asylum and right of residence by many countries.（分数：0.50）A.intriguedB.initiatedC.indicated
12、D.intimidated22.Little boys seem to enjoy _ train sets more than little girls.（分数：0.50）A.captureB.departureC.fixtureD.miniature23.was given by the committee to all of those who donated money.（分数：0.50）A.RecognitionB.AttentionC.TributeD.Acknowledgement24.Despite the fact that they were _ when they mar
13、ried, after 30 years they live together harmoniously.（分数：0.50）A.contradictoryB.incompatibleC.contraryD.compatible25.Many skiers _ around the fire and drink hot chocolate in the evenings.（分数：0.50）A.padB.packC.squeezeD.cluster26.The secretary wants to _ all the file clerks to make preparations for the
14、 company Christmas party.（分数：0.50）A.enlightenB.enlistC.enableD.enclose27.The low operating costs of the foreign company will _ the high labor costs the business pays in its own country.（分数：0.50）A.offendB.obstructC.obligeD.offset28.She is _ to sprain her ankle because it is weak from 3 previous pains
15、.（分数：0.50）A.proneB.disposedC.boundD.destined29.Because of her dual nationality in the United States and Mexico, Maria was almost required to pay taxes in both countries until her accountant _ with a satisfactory solution for both countries.（分数：0.50）A.interceptedB.interactedC.interpretedD.intervened3
16、0.He was _ with the deadly disease when he was 14, and has suffered with it for 10 years.（分数：0.50）A.inducedB.inflictedC.insertedD.integrated三、BPart Grammar(总题数：8，分数：4.00)31.This discrepancy (was intriguing to) Alfred Wegener, a young geologist (working in) Greenland in 1910. He thought (the error) t
17、oo great to be (accounted) easily.（分数：0.50）A.was intriguing toB.working inC.the errorD.accounted32.Though the wide universe is full of good, kernel of flourishing com can come to (man) (only through) his own toil (bestowed) that plot of ground which is given him (to till).（分数：0.50）A.manB.only throug
18、hC.bestowedD.to till33.(A favorite story) among (acoustic) exports (concerns with) a noisy long Island suburb where, every day and night, huge trucks (rumbled down) a freeway.（分数：0.50）A.A favorite storyB.acousticC.concerns withD.rumbled down34.From (such data) Wegener developed his floating continen
19、ts theory. He envisioned an original super continent that crystallized (of) molten material (making up) the infant earth, eventually the mass (cracked) and broke into several pieces-the present continents.（分数：0.50）A.such dataB.ofC.making upD.cracked35.Society is a (joint-stock) company, in which the
20、 members agree, (for) the better (securing of) bread for each shareholder, (to surrender to) the liberty and culture of each individual.（分数：0.50）A.joint-stockB.forC.securing ofD.to surrender to36.The subject may be (approached in) several directions, but (the scene) cannot be fully appreciated (from
21、) any (one vantage) point.（分数：0.50）A.approached inB.the sceneC.fromD.one vantage37.There was (a pause of) complete stillness (which) the (buzzing of) the bees among the pink roses sounded (as loud as) the fight of an aircraft.（分数：0.50）A.a pause ofB.whichC.buzzing ofD.as loud as38.When we (think of)
22、creative people the names that probably (spring to mind) are (those of) men such as Albert Einstein, Pablo Picasso, great artists, inventors and scientists(a selective) and exception ally gifted body of men with rare talent and genius.（分数：0.50）A.think ofB.spring to mindC.those ofD.a selective四、BSect
23、ion B/B(总题数：7，分数：3.50)39.a larger percentage of its gross national product on defending its coasts from rising seas than _.（分数：0.50）A.In Holland, it costs . the spending on military defense in the United StatesB.In Holland they spendhe United States does on military defenseC.Holland spends . the mil
24、itary defense spending of the United StatesD.Holland spends . the United States does on military defense40.The relationship between corpulence and disease remains controversial, although statistics clearly _ reduced life expectancy _ chronic obesity.（分数：0.50）A.associate a. toB.associates a. withC.as
25、sociates . toD.associate a. with41.The economic forces which may affect the new public offering of stock include sudden downturns in the market, hedging and other investor strategies for preventing losses, _ the interest rates in Washington, and _ undercapitalized.（分数：0.50）A.loosing . fearing the co
26、mpany may still beB.loosening . a fear of the company still beingC.a loosening of . fearing that the company may still beD.a loosening of . a fear that the company may still be42.For many travelers, charter vacations often turn out to cost considerably more than _（分数：0.50）A.they originally seemedB.t
27、hey originally seem toC.they seemingly would cost originallyD.they seemed originally43.School integration plans that involve busing between suburban and central-city areas have contributed, according to a recent study, to any future need for busing.（分数：0.50）A.significant increases in housing integra
28、tion, which, in turn, reducesB.significant integration increases in housing, which, in turn, reducesC.increases housing integration significantly, which, in turn, reducesD.increases housing integration significantly, which, in mm, reduce44.Distinguished architecture requires the expenditure of large
29、 sums of money, even if it is by no means certain _ the expenditure of large sums of money distinguished architecture.（分数：0.50）A.that . produceB.of. will produceC.that . producesD.as to . producing45._ in the United States（分数：0.50）A.Three out of every four automobile owners . also own a bicycleB.Out
30、 of every four, three automobile owners . also owns a bicycleC.Three out of every four automobile owners . owns bicyclesD.Out of every four owners of automobiles . bicycles are also owned by three五、BPart Reading (总题数：6，分数：6.00)46.Why are laws formed?（分数：1.00）A.laws are made before a contingencyB.Law
31、s are made after a contingencyC.A contingency always happens before a law is approved and passedD.laws are passed to stand the test of time and are applicable to other similar circumstances in the future47.What does the example “committed perjury“ illustrate?（分数：1.00）A.The law will examine closely w
32、hat the individual said in court.B.It illustrates that the law only has something to say when behavior has negative effects on others.C.Behavior which tends to avoid punishing stimulus will not be explicitly specified by law.D.Both B and C48.In the development of a government agency, _.（分数：1.00）A.Th
33、e standard on which the judgment may be made is more important than the actual application of this judgmentB.the function of law is importantC.the study of ordinance is the most importantD.practice is more important than criterion49.The other distinguishing trait of the law is _.（分数：1.00）A.punishmen
34、t is carried out by the courts at all levelsB.rules and court practices initiated by a governmental agency are specifically designed to increase government controlC.a system of rules governing a conduct, activity or event incidental by natureD.any governmental reinforcement50.One of the prominent ch
35、aracteristics of a law is _.（分数：1.00）A.the result on the individuals behavior on which a restraining influence is being exercisedB.the result of a behavior on the members of the governmental agencyC.the result of a behavior on ordinary citizensD.both A and B51.How does codification of the laws affec
36、t governmental agents?（分数：1.00）A.The law will be interpreted objectively rather than subjectivelyB.Government agencies have to compromise with factual conditionsC.Occasionally, governmental agencies have to redress, correct or adapt a law for their benefitD.laws can not be altered or modified but th
37、ey can be incremented with new court decisions and also through jurisprudence六、BPassage 2/B(总题数：6，分数：6.00)52.The method in which the writer believes is most effective for the poor benefiting from the rich is _.（分数：1.00）A.amassing all products from the last two years and reallocating themB.ensuring t
38、he majority of products available are more useful to the poorC.offering low priced stock that the poor could affordD.by limiting the buying of the rich53.To be very important practicallythe share, both proportionate and absolute of command over the countrys productive resources held by the poor may
39、be increased, and yet, if the process by which they acquire this greater share involves an increase in the cost of things that play a large part in their own consumption, they may not really gain. Chose one of the following which has the closest meaning to the above sentence.（分数：1.00）A.If the relati
40、ve price is proportionate to the control over the supply which is in favor of the poor.B.Products which are unaffordable are of no use, and therefore, more control over the supply needs to be exercised.C.Products which are unaffordable are of no use, and therefore, more control over the supply needs
41、 to be exercised so that the poor are profited.D.If the price of the items the poor use is too high, they cannot afford them and so there needs to be more control over the supply which is in favor of the poor.54.Does the author believe that transference of purchasing power is effective in benefiting
42、 the poor?（分数：1.00）A.No, he believes evenly distributing all resources is best.B.No, he believes rationing of the rich is eminent.C.Yes, he believes it is possible to limit the rich and make products for the poor more accessible.D.Yes, distribution is influenced by transference and as a result the p
43、oor prosper.55.Why does the author use the term “the dividend“ even though he has acknowledged that in fact it does not exist?（分数：1.00）A.He is attempting to describe a transmittal circumstance.B.He is articulating a metaphysical theory.C.He is clarifying a situation.D.He is devising an econometric f
44、ormula.56.Considering the main point of the reading, chose the best title from one of the following:（分数：1.00）A.Robinhood Rides AgainB.The Poor Successfully Benefit from the RichC.Transference: The Power of the Poor over the RichD.A Distribution from the Poor to the Rich57.Does the writer truly belie
45、ve that the poor actually could be more privileged than the rich?（分数：1.00）A.Yes, as long as the factories capacities manufacture items for the poor are increased.B.No, this a theory, however, the reality is that the rich have the power.C.Yes, as long as the rich are restricted from buying more than
46、the poor.D.No, but he is making a point that the rich could be put at a disadvantage to the benefit of the poor.七、BPassage 3/B(总题数：6，分数：6.00)58.How do aristocratic societies perception of spiritual powers influence whether they are “favor able to poetry“ or not?（分数：1.00）A.Since they are aware of the
47、 supernatural powers around them, they are inhibited to writeB.They become overwhelmed with the revealing of the psyche, and as a result they writeC.Their imagination has been reigned in; and therefore, they will not writeD.Not only man, but spiritual beings are attentive to their art, so they are s
48、timulated to write59.How does the author contrast aristocratic and democratic societies in their response to religion?（分数：1.00）A.Democratic societies are more receptive than aristocratic societiesB.Aristocratic societies are more receptive than democratic societiesC.Aristocratic societies are not as
49、 receptive as democratic societiesD.Democratic societies are just as more receptive as aristocratic societies.60.How does a democratic nation influence poetry?（分数：1.00）A.It limits writing.B.It enhances writing.C.It embellishes writing.D.It deepens writing.61.How do those of an aristocracy and those of a democracy differ in the use of their imaginations?（分数：1.00）A.for those of an aristocracy, the imagi
