1、考博英语-607 及答案解析(总分：105.50，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Part Vocabulary(总题数：30，分数：27.50)1.One of the (more intriguing) theories about the destruction of Ur is his contention that the population (may destroy) their ziggurats and (abandoned) their metropolis in anger against the deities that permitted (so long) a famin
2、e.A. more intriguing B. may destroy C. abandoned D. so long（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.2.As the pressure _ the liquid rock is forced up through channels in the resistant rock to the earth s surface.A. intensifies B. magnifies C. heightens D. deviates（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.3.According to the recent census, under-18s
3、_ nearly 95% of the single children in Chinese families.A. compose B. institute C. prescribe D. constitute（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.4.Tom and Ben have _ again and stop talking to each other. A. fallen in B. fallen out C. fallen through D. fallen up（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.5.We cannot be_the choices that our children
4、 are going to make, even though we have contributed to those choices.A. subject to B. susceptible to C. accountable for D. crazy about（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.6.The idea was just beginning to_in America and we knew that it was going to become the way that retailing companies were run.A. show up B. catch on
5、C. open out D. get by（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.7.The team published their report after three-month investigation which triggered off a parliamentary debate.A. shot B. delayed C. started D. concluded（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.8.Every chemical change either results from energy being used to produce the change, or causes
6、 energy to be _ in some form.A. given off B. put out C. set off D. used up（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.9.He lookeda (little bit) nervous, (that) could be seen from his (facial expression).A. little B. bit C. that D. facial expression（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.10.The first two assumptions made about the _ of TV were dead
7、wrong: that it would bury radio and it would be a threat to movies.A. recession B. advent C. diversity D. bias（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.11.The cultural change in British science over the past five years means that-additional funding is now more important than ever _ it is no longer required.A but that B not
8、in thatC or that D not that（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.12.The microscope enables scientists to distinguish an incredible number and variety of bacteria.A. a selected B. a verifiable C. an unbelievable D. an unavoidable（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.13.Automation threatens mankind with an increased number of _ hours.A. usele
9、ss B. active C. complex D. idle（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.14.Her own interests as a mother (brought into play) by her (concern over) the education and welfare of her children, the city (in which) they lived, (and such) municipal facilities as playgrounds, schools and parks.A. brought into play B. concern over
10、 C. in which D. and such（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.15.We have at present not any_of the furniture as you required.A. mark B. inventory C. stock D. account（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.16.I would like to get another table like this one, but the company that made it is out of_.A. order B. business C. practice D. style（分数：1.
11、00）A.B.C.D.17.His _ should not be confused with cowardice; during the war, I saw him on several occasions risk his own life while rescuing members of his unit.A. heroism B. indifference C. caution D. notoriety（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.18.Rock climbing is so popular now that many people are able to _ the stee
12、pest face with great agility.A. scale B. surpass C. overcome D. mount（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.19.The jet quickly _ into the sky and soon went out of our view.A. ascended B. launched C. assessed D. descended（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.20.The doctor said, “Im going to _ a course of treatment for you.“A. dispose B. hypot
13、hesize C. manipulate D. prescribe（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.21.The trainees were given copies of a finished manual to see whether they could themselves begin to _ the inflexible, though tacit, rules for composing more of such instructional materials.A. design B. revise C. disrupt D. derive（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.22.
14、In _, the whole tangled saga is a classic case of serious allegations falling through the cracks between federal, state and local jurisdictions and between state lines.A. countenance B. retrospect C. gauge D. injection（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.23.The task wont feel so _ if you break it down into small, easy-
15、to-accomplish steps.A. confusing B. sobering C. overpowering D. exciting（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.24.Most of the young people hold the mistaken belief that goods produced in our own country are_ to imported ones.A. inadequate B. inappropriate C. inferior D. interior（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.25.Price _ is at the top o
16、f the factors contributing to the rise of construction cost in the area after the earthquake.A. flaw B. fraud C. flake D. fore（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.26.All the music instruments in the orchestra will be _ before it starts.A. civilized B. chattered C. chambered D. chorded（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.27.Now illegal cop
17、ies of music CDs _ losses of about $300 million in sales annually and $ 65 million lost government tax revenue.A. conflict B. inflict C. compromise D. defer（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.28.To test his theory, the chemist _ an experiment.A. set up B. set out C. set forth D. set in（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.29.It was obviou
18、s that she and her husband were _ and she wished shed never married him.A. insolvable B. insensible C. inseparable D. incompatible（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.30.The rise in stock prices has been driven largely by improvements in the economy, principally rising _ profits, falling inflation, and falling interest
19、 rates.A corporate B correspondC corroborate D corrode（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.二、Part Reading Compr(总题数：0，分数：0.00)三、Passage One(总题数：2，分数：12.00)Albert Einstein once attributed the creativity of a famous scientist to the fact that he “never went to school, and therefore preserved the rare gift of thinking fre
20、ely“. There is undoubtedly truth in Einsteins observation. Many artists and geniuses seem to view their schooling as a disadvantage. But such a truth is not a criticism of schools. It is the function of schools to civilize, not to train explorers. The explorer is always a lonely individual whether h
21、is or her pioneering be in art, music, science, or technology. The creative explorer of unmapped lands shares with the genius what William James described as the “faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way“. Insofar as schools teach perceptual patterns they tend to destroy creativity and genius. But
22、 if schools could somewhat exist solely to cultivate genius, then society would break down. For the social order demands unity and widespread agreement, both traits are destructive to creativity. There will always be conflict between the demands of society and the impulses of creativity and genius.（
23、分数：8.00）(1).Albert Einstein once thought that schools _.A. helped develop the creativity of a scientistB. preserved a rare gift for a scientistC. prevented a scientist from thinking freelyD. contributed a lot to science and technology（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).In the authors opinion, schooling meets the n
24、eed of _.A. genius B. social orderC. faculty of perceiving D. the impulses of creativity（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).There will always be contradiction between _.A. the demands of society and schoolingB. cultivation of creativity and faculty of perceivingC. social unity and schoolingD. creativity and widesp
25、read social agreement（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Which statement best expresses the main idea of the passage?A. Einstein and artists have said schools limit creativity and genius.B. Schools should be designed to encourage creativity and social order.C. Explorers and geniuses look at the world differently f
26、rom the way most people do.D. Schools can never satisfy the needs of both genius and society as a whole.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.When, in the age of automation, man searches for a worker to do the tedious, unpleasant jobs that are impossible to mechanize, he may very profitably consider the ape.If we tackle
27、d the problem of breeding for brains with as much as enthusiasm as we devote to breeding dogs of surrealistic shapes, we could eventually produce assorted models of useful primates, ranging in size from the gorilla down to the baboon, each adapted to a special kind of work. It is not putting too muc
28、h strain on the imagination to assume that geneticists could produce a super-ape, able to understand some scores of words, and capable of being trained for such jobs as picking fruit, cleaning up the litter in parks, shining shoes, collecting garbage, doing household chores, and even baby-sitting (t
29、hough I have known some babies I would not care to trust with a valuable ape).Apes could do many jobs, such as cleaning streets and the more repetitive types of agricultural work, without supervision, though they might need protection from those exceptional specimens of Homo sapiens who think it amu
30、sing to tease or bully anything they consider lower on the evolutionary ladder. For other tasks, such as delivering papers and laboring on the docks, our man-ape would have to work under human overseers; and, incidentally, I would love to see the finale of the twenty-first century version of the Wat
31、erfront in which the honest but hairy hero will drum on his chest afterliterally taking the wicked labor leader apart.Once a supply of nonhuman workers becomes available, a whole range of low IQ jobs could be thankfully relinquished by mankind, to its great mental and physical advantage. What is mor
32、e, one of the problems which has plagued so many fictional Utopias would be avoided: There would be none of the deridingly subhuman Epsilons of Huxleys Brave New World to act as a permanent reproach to society, for there is a profound moral difference between breeding sub-men and super-apes, though
33、the end products are much the same. The first would introduce a form of slavery, the second would be a biological triumph which could benefit both men and animals.（分数：4.00）(1).In the authors opinion, the idea that geneticists could produce a super-ape is _.A. irrational B. plausibleC. biologically i
34、mpossible D. demonstrably true（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).The type of job an ape could do without supervision would be one which is _.A. repetitive B. mechanizedC. unusual D. intricate（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).A problem that has plagued some fictional Utopias is _.A. creation of super-apesB. the necessity of br
35、eeding super-humansC. the necessity of breeding subhumanD. the degradation of beasts（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).The author of this article is _.A. revealing his low opinion of mankindB. poking fun at geneticistsC. expressing his doubts about the possibility of breeding a super-apeD. presenting a reasonable
36、 theory in a humorous tone（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.四、Passage Two(总题数：2，分数：11.00)The vegetative forms of most bacteria axe killed by drying in air, although the different species exhibit pronounced differences in their resistance. The tubercle bacillus is one of the more resistant, and vibrio cholcra is one
37、of the more sensitive to drying In general, the encapsulated organisms are more resistant than the non-encapsulated forms. Spores are quite resistant to drying; the spores of the anthrax bacillus, for example, will germinate alter remaining in a dry condition for years or more. The resistance of the
38、 pathogenic forms causing disease of the upper respiratory tract is of particular interest in connection with airborne infection, for the length of time that a droplet remains infective is a result, primarily, of the resistance of the particular microorganism to drying.（分数：5.00）(1).Tuberculosis is h
39、ighly infectious because _.A. spores are resistant to dryingB. the causative organism is encapsulatedC. droplets of sputum remain infective for a long time due to the resistance of the organisms to dryingD. none of these（分数：1.25）A.B.C.D.(2).The passage uses the term “vegetative forms“ to refer to _.
40、A. Plants that infest human habitationsB. the fact that bacteria are really vegetablesC. the growing stage of the bacteria as opposed to the dormant stageD. the difficulty in classifying the types of bacteria（分数：1.25）A.B.C.D.(3).According to the passage, the risk of infection from airborne microorga
41、nisms would likely be greater during a _.A. heat waveB. time of high humidityC. windless periodD. shortage of fuel oil（分数：1.25）A.B.C.D.(4).It may be inferred from the passage that _.A. bacteria can be most easily killed by removal of moistureB. drying out a house will eliminate the risk of airborne
42、infectionC. hot-air heating is better than steam heating because steam heating uses waterD. none of the above（分数：1.25）A.B.C.D.When it comes to the slowing economy, Ellen Spero isnt biting her nails just yet. But the 47-yearold manicurist isnt cutting, filling or polishing as many nails as shed like
43、to, either. Most of her clients spend 12 to 50 weekly, but last month two longtime customers suddenly stopped showing up. Spero blames the softening economy. “Im a good economic indicator,“ she says. “I provide a service that people can do without when theyre concerned about saving some dollars.“ So
44、 Spero is downscaling, shopping at middle-brow Dillards department store near her suburban Cleveland home, instead of Neiman Marcus. “I dont know if other clients are going to abandon me, too“ she says.Even before Alan Greenspans admission that Americas red-hot economy is cooling, lots of working fo
45、lks had already seen signs of the slowdown themselves. From car dealerships to Gap outlets, sales have been lagging for months as shoppers temper their spending. For retailers, who last year took in 24 percent of their revenue between Thanksgiving and Christmas, the cautious approach is coming at a
46、crucial time. Already, experts say, holiday sales are off 7 percent from last years pace. But dont sound any alarms just yet. Consumers seem only mildly concerned, not panicked, and many say they remain optimistic about the economys long-term prospects, even as they do some modest belt-tightening.Co
47、nsumers say theyre not in despair because, despite the dreadful headlines, their own fortunes still feel pretty good. Home prices are holding steady in most regions. In Manhattan, “theres a new gold rush happening in the 4 million to 10 million range, predominantly fed by Wall Street bonuses,“ says
48、broker Barbara Corcoran. In San Francisco, prices are still rising even as frenzied overbidding quiets. “Instead of 20 to 30 offers, now maybe you only get two or three,“ says John Tealdi, a Bay Area real-estate broker. And most folks still feel pretty comfortable about their ability to find and kee
49、p a job.Many folks sec silver linings to this slowdown. Potential home buyers would cheer for lower interest rates. Employers wouldnt mind a little fewer bubbles in the job market. Many consumers seem to have been influenced by stock-market swings, which investors now view as a necessary ingredient to a sustained boom. Diners might see an upside, too. Getting a table at
