1、考博英语-570 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Part Vocabulary(总题数：40，分数：30.00)1.Dont meddle in my affairs, and in fact a I can handle them properly by myself.（分数：0.50）A.interfereB.interestC.involveD.attend2.I must drop a line to my brother.（分数：0.50）A.throw him a ropeB.write him a letterC.send him a telegram
2、D.save his life3.She got used to his manner of speaking soon.（分数：0.50）A.had been used ToB.would be used toC.became accustomed toD.used to4.Although they had agreed to defer the action the minister ordered to act immediately.（分数：0.50）A.prolongB.proceedC.inflictD.postpone5.When a newspaper prints an i
3、naccurate date for an event, universal chagrin results.（分数：0.50）A.discomfitureB.amusementC.reprisalD.loss of profit6.In mountainous regions, much of the snow that falls is compacted into ice.（分数：0.50）A.hauledB.compressedC.compiledD.harnessed7.Located in New York City, Greenwich Village gained a repu
4、tation for bohemianism due to its populace of artists and freethinkers.（分数：0.50）A.desiredB.promotedC.deservedD.acquired8.He expected to lose his job because the boss had had it in for him a long time.（分数：0.50）A.not held a grudgeB.waited for revengeC.disliked him on himD.thought about him9.The crowd
5、swelled in the evening until the noise made by the crowd could be heard for miles.（分数：0.50）A.shoutedB.cheeredC.grewD.scattered10.The typical shoe of the Middle Ages was a soft, clinging moccasin that extended to the ankle.（分数：0.50）A.close-fittingB.comfortableC.cleverly madeD.leather11.He did not rel
6、ish appealing amongst his friends and _ of their criticism or censure.（分数：0.50）A.running shortB.running outC.running the gauntletD.running ahead12.If they think they are going to win over us by obstinately _ and refusing to make the slightest concession, they are mistaken.（分数：0.50）A.holding outB.hol
7、ding toC.holding overD.holding up13.When hummingbirds fly, their wingbeats are so rapid that the wings seem blurred.（分数：0.50）A.tinyB.fragileC.indistinctD.inexhaustible14.In certain types of quartz, bands of color form an irregular pattern.（分数：0.50）A.shadesB.cautionedC.motivatedD.requested15.After th
8、at sagging barn collapsed, the farmer burned it down.（分数：0.50）A.burned it rapidlyB.burned it to the groundC.burned it allD.burned it out16.The ex-president had been _ in the country to refresh his mind before he passed away.（分数：0.50）A.given to walkingB.given a walkC.given for a walkD.giving a walk17
9、.Bone and ivory are light, strong, and accessible materials for Inuit artists.（分数：0.50）A.distinctiveB.economicalC.availableD.optional18.My attention was engaged by the articles caption.（分数：0.50）A.graphB.authorC.contentsD.title19.We must safeguard against coerced confessions.（分数：0.50）A.bribedB.emotio
10、nalC.unprofitableD.forced20.Dont let on to Doris that we are going to the movies tonight.（分数：0.50）A.revealB.reconcileC.acceptD.protrude21.The report was unusual in that it is insinuated corruption on the part of the minister.（分数：1.00）A.deniedB.suggestedC.reprisalD.loss of profit22.It stands to reaso
11、n that if he never prepares his lessons, be is not going to make good progress.（分数：1.00）A.is clear and logical andB.makes goodC.is not difficult to understandD.is out of the question23.I certainly got stuck when I bought this raincoat; every time I go out in the rain, it shrinks some more.（分数：1.00）A
12、.was cheatedB.couldnt resist it.C.got a good bargainD.got shocked24.John goes in for tennis while his wife goes in for painting and sculpture.（分数：1.00）A.outgrowsB.dedicates herself toC.calls herself downD.rakes after25.Death ensued as a result of suffocation.（分数：1.00）A.heart failureB.an accidentC.di
13、seaseD.asphyxiation26.The flowers bloomed yesterday and seems to wither in a few minutes.（分数：1.00）A.blossomB.dry upC.plunderD.revive27.After reading Philip Morrisons paper on gamma-ray astronomy in 1959, a fellow physicist was prompted to ask, “Wouldnt using gamma-rays be a good way to communicate a
14、cross the galaxy?“（分数：1.00）A.petitionedB.cautionedC.motivatedD.requested28.Being out of employment, they have to lounge at street corners and wait for a chance to get a job.（分数：1.00）A.do no workB.do somethingC.go for a walkD.pass time idly29.There is an old saying in English which goes, “Never put o
15、ff until tomorrow What you can do today.“A. look for it C. put it in place B. cancel it D. postpone it（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.30.It is difficult to discern the sample that is on the slide unless the microscope is adjusted properly.（分数：1.00）A.overlookB.disclaimC.discardD.detect31.The possibility that the ex
16、plosion was caused by sabotage cannot be _.（分数：1.00）A.broken outB.cancelled outC.ruled outD.wiped out32.In an effort to end the strike, the owners agreed to meet the strikers halfway.（分数：1.00）A.argue with himB.run over himC.run into himD.compromise with him33.Susan Clintons participation in the Prog
17、ressive Movement was far-reaching, embracing such causes as labor legislation and housing reforms.（分数：1.00）A.timelyB.voluntaryC.extensiveD.admirable34.The scheme for rebuilding the city center _ owing to the refusal of a Council to sanction the expenditure of the money it would have required.（分数：1.0
18、0）A.fell downB.fell offC.fell outD.fell flat35.Instead of waiting for the arrival of our counsel, it is better to have it out with the thief right away.（分数：1.00）A.not to quarrel withB.to get it over withC.not to confrontD.to bring into the open36.The human treatment of prisoners is endorsed by the m
19、ajority of people in the society.（分数：1.00）A.encounteredB.endowedC.quenchedD.supported37.Two more teams have dropped out of the league.（分数：1.00）A.have promenaded downB.have reprimanded forC.have left permanentlyD.have been absent38.His parents were once well-off but they lost all their money.（分数：1.00
20、）A.in good healthB.not happyC.well-to-doD.not rich39.It rained all the time and so we did not make good time driving to New York.（分数：1.00）A.travel at a good speedB.have a good timeC.contentD.make a good day40.I cannot explain the withholding tax to you. This is something which you will have to take
21、up with an accountant.（分数：1.00）A.make up withB.call forC.wait onD.consult二、Part Cloze(总题数：1，分数：15.00)Faster than ever before, the human world is becoming an urban world. By the millions they come, the ambitious and the down-trodden of the world drawn by the strange magnetism of urban (41) . For cent
22、uries the progress of civilization has been (42) by the rigid growth of cities. Now the world is (43) to pass a milestone: more people will live in urban areas than in the countryside.Explosive population growth (44) a torrent of migration from the countryside are creating cities that dwarf the grea
23、t capitals of the past. By the (45) of the century, there will be fifty-one “megacities“ with populations of ten million or more. Of these, eighteen will be in (46) countries, including some of the poorest nations in the world. Mexico City already (47) twenty million people and Calcutta twelve milli
24、on. According to the World Bank, (48) of Africas cities are growing by 10% a year, the swiftest (49) of urbanization ever recorded.Is the trend good or bad? Can the cities cope? No one knows (50) . Without question, urbanization has produced (51) so ghastly that they are difficult to comprehend. In
25、Cairo, children who (52) might be in kindergarten can be found digging through clots of ox waste, looking for (53) kernels of corn to eat. Young, homeless thieves in Papua New Guineas Port Moresby may not (54) their last names or the names of the villages where they were born. In the inner cities of
26、 America, newspapers regularly report on newborn babies (55) into garbage bins by drug-addicted mothers.（分数：15.00）A.way.B.lifeC.areaD.peopleA.defined.B.estimatedC.createdD.expectedA.aboutB.upC.likeD.alreadyA.ofB.likeC.andD.orA.changeB.wakeC.beginningD.turnA.developingB.developedC.developD.developmen
27、tA.makesB.hasC.comesD.livesA.noneB.fewC.anyD.someA.eventB.workC.levelD.rateA.for goodB.with clarityC.for sureD.in doubtA.miraclesB.miseriesC.mysteriesD.misunderstandingsA.elsewhereB.anywhereC.somewhereD.nowhereA.unrefinedB.undigestedC.unpolishedD.unspoiledA.askB.findC.haveD.knowA.droppedB.to dropC.d
28、roppingD.drops三、Part Reading Compr(总题数：0，分数：0.00)四、Passage One(总题数：1，分数：6.00)Gordon Shaw the physicist, 66, and colleagues have discovered whats known as the “Mozart effect,“ the ability of a Mozart sonata, under the right circumstances, to improve the listeners mathematical and reasoning abilities.
29、 But the findings are controversial and have launched all kinds of crank notions about using music to make kids smarter. The hype, he warns, has gotten out of hand.But first, the essence: Is there something about the brain cells work to explain the effect? In 1978 the neuroscientist Vernon Mountcast
30、le devised a model of the neural structure of the brains gray matter. Looking like a thick band of colorful bead work, it represents the firing patterns of groups of neurons. Building on Mounteastle, Shaw and his team constructed a model of their own. On a lark, Xiaodan Leng, who was Shaws colleague
31、 at the time, used a synthesizer to translate these patterns into music. What came out of the speakers wasnt exactly toe-tapping, but it was music. Shaw and Leng inferred that music and brain-wave activity are built on the same sort of patterns.“Gordon is a contrarian in his thinking,“ says his long
32、time friend, Nobel Prize-winning Stanford physicist Martin Peri. “Thats important. In new areas of science, such as brain research, nobody knows how to do it.“What do neuroscientists and psychologists think of Shaws findings? They havent condemned it, but neither have they confirmed it. Maybe you ha
33、ve to take them with a grain of salt, but the experiments by Shaw and his colleagues are intriguing. In March a team led by Shaw announced that young children who had listened to the Mozart sonata and studied the piano over a period of months improved their scores by 27% on a test of ratios and prop
34、ortions. The control group against which they were measured received compatible enrichment courses-minus the music. The Mozart-trained kids are now doing math three grade levels ahead of their peers, Shaw claims.Proof of all this, of course, is necessarily elusive because it can be difficult to do a
35、 double- blind experiment of educational techniques. In a double-blind trial of an arthritis drug, neither the study subjects nor the experts evaluating them know which ones got the test treatment and which a dummy pill. How do you keep the participants from knowing its Mozart on the CD?（分数：6.00）(1)
36、.In the first paragraph Gordon Shaws concern is shown over _.（分数：1.00）A.the open hostility by the media towards his findingsB.his strength to keep trying out the “Mozart effect“C.a widespread misunderstanding of his findingsD.the sharp disagreement about his discovery(2).Shaw and Lengs experiment on
37、 the model of their own seems to be based on the hypothesis that _.（分数：1.00）A.listening to Mozart could change the brains hardwareB.brain-waves could be invariably translated into musicC.listening to music could stimulate brain developmentD.toe-tapping could be very close to something musical(3).The
38、 remarks made by Martin Perk in Paragraph 3 about Gordon Shaw could be taken as _.（分数：1.00）A.a complimentB.an outspoken criticismC.an expression of jealousyD.something a little sarcastic(4).In the sentence “Maybe you have to take them.“ (Par（分数：1.00）A.4) the word “them“ best refers to _.A. neuroscie
39、ntists and psychologistsB. Shaw and his colleaguesC. the experiments by Shaw and his teamD. Shaws findings(5).The most important condition for the Mozart-trained kids to outsmart the control group is _.（分数：1.00）A.being particularly trained to tackle math problemsB.listening to a specific Mozart and
40、playing the pianoC.having extra courses designed exclusively for themD.studying the piano for its breathtaking complexity(6).According to the author, proof of what Shaw claims is difficult because _.（分数：1.00）A.the control group will also enjoy the same kind of MozartB.some educational techniques nee
41、d re-evaluationC.the double-blind experiment is not reliable and thus rejected by ShawD.participants cannot be kept from knowing what is used in the test五、Passage Two(总题数：1，分数：6.00)Sometimes opponents of capital punishment horrify with tales of lingering death on the gallows, of faulty electric chai
42、rs, or of agony in the gas chamber. Partly in response to such protests, several states such as North Carolina and Texas switched to execution by lethal injection. The condemned person is put to death painlessly, without ropes, voltage, bullets, or gas. Did this answer the objections of death penalt
43、y opponents? Of course not. On June 22, 1984, The New York Times published an editorial that sarcastically attacked the new “hygienic“ method of death by injection, and stated that “execution can never be made humane through science.“ So its not the method that really troubles opponents. Its the dea
44、th itself they consider barbaric.Admittedly, capital punishment is not a pleasant topic. However, one does not have to like the death penalty in order to support it any more than one must like radical surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy in order to find necessary these attempts at curing cancer. Ult
45、imately we may learn how to cure cancer with a simple pill. Unfortunately, that day has not yet arrived. Today we are faced with the choice of letting the cancer spread or trying to cure it with the methods available, methods that one day will almost certainly be considered barbaric. But to give up
46、and do nothing would be far more barbaric and would certainly delay the discovery of an eventual cure. We may not like the death penalty, but it must be available to punish crimes of cold-blooded murder, eases in which any other form of punishment would be inadequate and, therefore, unjust. If we cr
47、eate a society in which injustice is not tolerated, incidents of murder-the most flagrant form of injustice-will diminish.（分数：6.00）(1).How did Texas respond to the protests mentioned in Paragraph 1?（分数：1.00）A.No one was ever executed there later on.B.The criminal there was put to death in the gas ch
48、amber instead.C.Life of the condemned person there was terminated with a shot of drug.D.The murderer there was punished with life imprisonment instea(2).What is the main idea of Paragraph 1?（分数：1.00）A.The objections of death penalty have become less severe.B.The death itself is considered inhumane a
49、nd unacceptable.C.Death penalty opponents only care about how one is put to death.D.The “hygienic“ way of execution is even more barbari(3).It can be safely inferred that the author _.（分数：1.00）A.supports capital punishmentB.is trying to learn how to cure cancerC.fears that someone might be punished by mistakeD.likes radical surgery, radiation and chemotherapy(4).The authors analogy between cancer and murder is made in order to show _.（分数：1.00）A.the lack of perfect solution to the present problem
