1、考博英语-629 及答案解析(总分：91.49，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Part Vocabulary(总题数：30，分数：23.50)1.In Britain people _ four million tons of potatoes every year.A. swallow B. dispose C. consume D. exhaust（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.2.The concern (has been) that the embryo bank (might be) exploited (by unscrupulous), or that conception mig
2、ht precede birth by nine or even ninety years, (rather than) by nine months.A. has been B. might be C. by unscrupulous D. rather than（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.3.He was wet to the skin, his whole body was _ and trembling.A stiff B straight C steady D hard（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.4.Communicating orally involves more t
3、han reading or talking: gesture, posture, movements may all be _ to it.A. intrinsic B. coherent C. appealing D. submissive（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.5.The old couple were not rich themselves, but they hated to turn away anyone who were _ food and shelter. A. at the mercy of B. on the point of C. with the exce
4、ption of D. in need of（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.6.Shy people never _ set out to attract attention of other people.A. willingly B. voluntarily C. decidedly D. deliberately（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.7.My wife _ an old dictionary last night.A. came on B. came off C. came out D. came up（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.8.Tom could hardly
5、_ his excitement as he knew that he had made a real discovery.A. conceal B. reveal C. show D. discover（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.9.When Ph. D. candidates _ their impending professorships, they consider housing benefits offered by the prospective universities.A. anticipate B. assume C. apply D. demand（分数：1.00）
6、A.B.C.D.10.Cox Radio, one of the nations largest radio chains, plans to _ its ties with independent record promoters to distance itself from a payola-like practice that runs rampant in the music business.A. consolidate B. tout C. sever D. splash（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.11.According to the law of that countr
7、y, the Parliament will have to be _ before the General Election.A. decomposed B. dispersed C. dissolved D. disintegrated（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.12.The criminals were printing_ dollar bills when: they were arrested.A. conspicuous B. suspicious C. false D. fake（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.13.Both a persons heredity and
8、his environment help to shape his character.A. relative B. education C. nationality D. surroundings（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.14.Little hoys seem to enjoy_train sets more than little girls.A. capture B. departure C. fixture D. miniature（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.15.Yet beyond that tragic picture, there is a revolution
9、at work in world literature and art.A. reflective B. grievous C. intolerable D. illusive（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.16.Given the Secretary of States _ the Presidents foreign policies, he has no choice but to resign.A. reliance on B. antipathy toward C. pretense of D. support for（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.17.The Commissi
10、on found instances where police officers had lied under oath, _ evidence, neglected black prisoners and wrongly imprisoned Aborigines.A. entailed B. fabricated C. cleansed D. precluded（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.18.It is impossible for parents to shield their children from every danger.A. protect B. relieve C.
11、 conserve D. free（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.19.Efforts to reach the injured men have been _ because of a sudden deterioration in weather conditions.A. enforced B. intensified C. continued D. strengthened（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.20.We had to learn to work with others and many of our own ideas had to be _ for the good
12、of the whole. A. thrown away B. compensated C. brushed aside D. neglected（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.21.The problem has been _ my mind all day.A. preying on B. getting at C. taking on D. seeing to（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.22.Attempts to persuade her stay after she felt insulted wereAof no avail Bout of focus Cat a loss
13、 Din no way（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.23.The humanitarian claims that he venerates all men, regardless of their position in life.A. loves B. distrusts C. serves D. respects（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.24.The European Commission issued a _ decision on Oct. 29 permitting an alliance between United Airlines, Deutsche Luftha
14、nsa and Scandinavian Airlines System that allows them to coordinate prices, schedules and routes in the transatlantic market. It turned out to be well received.A. automatic B. landmark C. obsolete D. outgrown（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.25.The poetry of Ezra Pound is sometimes difficult to understand because it
15、 contains so many _ references.A obscure B acute C notable D objective（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.There are strict laws about exporting_ animals.A. alive B. living C. li
16、vely D. live（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.28.Is it more truly democratic to hold a _, rather than let the government alone decide an important issue.A. reincarnation B. referendum C. refinery D. regression（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.29.Hydrogeology is the study of water and its properties, including its _and movement in an
17、d through land areas.Aflow Babsorption Cdistribution Devaporation（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.30.The disagreement over trade restrictions could seriously _ relations between the two countries.A tumble B jeopardize C manipulate D intimidate（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.二、Part Reading Compr(总题数：0，分数：0.00)三、Passage One(总题数：1，分
18、数：6.00)At no time in history has there been such a mass movement of people from countryside to city as is happening now. By the year 2030, it s estimated that more than two thirds of the word s population will be living in cities, twice as many as today. This means that the problems faced by cities
19、to day-overcrowding, poor housing, unemployment, poverty, and lack of food water-will be twice as had in the next century, unless we find solutions soon.Another serious issue is how to provide good transport to their citizens. Many world s major cities are already struggling with out-of-date transpo
20、rt infrastructures. How can they deal with the additional demands in the 21stcentury?London is a good example. It was the world s first big city-the first with a population of a mil lion people. Its enlargement was made possible by the invention of the steam engine, which powered the worlds first un
21、derground railway. But its transport systems are now hopelessly out-of-date, and need urgent modernization. London s future success depends very much on transport.Over a million people travel into central London every day from outside the city. They, and the people who live in London, want a public
22、transport system that is fragment, safe and environmentally friendly. What they often get, however, falls far short of that ideal. Commuters complain about disorder, cost and pollution, while businesses worry about the problems their staff have in getting to work on time. Yet, the proportion of Lond
23、on households that own a car grew from just over 10 per cent in the early 1950s to over 60 percent today.As the city has become increasingly crowded and polluted, there has been a growing realization that action is needed.（分数：6.00）(1).It is believed that _.A. overpopulation causes the problems in ci
24、tiesB. two-thirds of the world s population are living in cities todayC. it isn t difficult to solve the problems faced by cities todayD. with fewer people, we would be free from any problems（分数：1.20）A.B.C.D.(2).The pronoun “They“ (Line 1, Para. 4) refers to _.A. the London citizensB. those who comm
25、ute to London from other placesC. managers who are anxious about their staff getting to workD. passengers who make complaints（分数：1.20）A.B.C.D.(3).“Environmentally friendly“ (Line 2, Para. 4) is closest in meaning to _.A. cheap and convenientB. fair to all passengersC. like a friendly neighborD. plea
26、sant and unpolluted（分数：1.20）A.B.C.D.(4)._ of the households in London owned a car in the early 1950s.A. Exactly 10%B. A little more than 10%C. Far less than 10%D. Over 60%（分数：1.20）A.B.C.D.(5).The following paragraph would most probably deal with _.A. train and air travelB. traffic jams in LondonC. p
27、ossible solutions to London s poor transportationD. car ownership that continues to grow（分数：1.20）A.B.C.D.四、Passage Two(总题数：1，分数：5.00)The first thing to notice is that the media were all familiar withfrom books to television-are one-way propositions: they push their content at us. The Web is two-way,
28、 push and pull. In finer point, it combines the one-way reach of broadcast with the two-way reciprocity (互惠) of a mid-cast. Indeed, its user can at once be a receiver and sender of broadcasta confusing property, but mindstretching!A second aspect of the Web is that it is the first medium that honors
29、 the notion of multiple intelligences. This past centurys concept of literacy grew out of our intense belief in text, a focus enhanced by the power of one particular technology-the typewriter. It became a great tool for writers but a terrible one for other creative activities such as sketching, pain
30、ting, notating music, or even mathematics. The typewriter prized one particular kind of intelligence, but with the Web, we suddenly have a medium that honors multiple forms of intelligenceabstract, textual, visual, musical, social, and kinesthetic. As educators, we now have a chance to construct a m
31、edium that enables all young people to become engaged in their ideal way of learning. The Web affords the match we need between a medium and how a particular person learns.A third and unusual aspect of the Web is that it leverages (起杠杆作用) the small efforts of the many with the large efforts of the f
32、ew. For example, researchers in the Maricopa County Community College system in Phoenix have found a way to link a set of senior citizens with pupils in the Longview Elementary School, as helper-mentors (顾问). Its wonderful to sec-kids listen to these grandparents better than they do to their own par
33、ents, the mentoring really helps their teachers, and the seniors create a sense of meaning for themselves. Thus, the small efforts of the manthe seniorscomplement the large efforts of the fewthe teachers. The same thing can be found in operation at Hewlett-Packard, where engineers use the Web to hel
34、p kids with science or math problems. Both of these examples barely scratch the surface as we think about whats possible when we start interlacing resources with needs across a whole region.（分数：5.00）(1).What is a terrible tool for activities such as sketching and painting?A. Technology B. Typewriter
35、C. Text D. The web（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).The sentence the seniors create a sense of meaning for themselves means the seniors _.A. acquire a new meaning of their livesB. understand the meaning of the webC. create a web site for themselvesD. add a new meaning to the web（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What does the
36、 word mind-stretching imply?A. Obtaining ones mental power.B. Strengthening ones power of thought.C. Making great demands on ones mental power.D. Exerting ones mental power as far as possible.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Which group of people make some efforts to help pupils in elementary schools?A. Teacher
37、s B. ResearchersC. Grandparents D. Senior citizens（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).The expression “scratch the surface“ most probably means _.A. think hard in a puzzled wayB. deal with a problem thoroughlyC. treat a subject without being thoroughD. work out a solution for a problem easily（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.五、Pass
38、age Three(总题数：2，分数：10.00)Glass(1) Since the Bronze Age, about 3000 B. C., glass has been used for making various kinds of objects. It was first made from a mixture of silica, lime, and an alkali such as soda or potash, and these remained the basic ingredients of glass until the development of lead g
39、lass in the seventeenth century.(2) When heated the mixture becomes soft and moldable and can be formed by various techniques into a vast array of shapes and sizes. The homogeneous mass thus formed by melting then cools to create glass, but in contrast to most materials formed in this way (metals, f
40、or instance), glass lacks the crystalline structure normally associated with solids, and instead retains the random molecular structure of a liquid. In effect, as molten glass cools, it progressively stiffens until rigid, but does so without setting up a network of interlocking crystals customarily
41、associated with that process. This is why glass shatters so easily when dealt a blow.(3) Another unusual feature of glass is the manner in which its viscosity changes as it turns from a cold substance into a hot, ductile liquid. Unlike metals that flow or “freeze“ at specific temperatures, glass pro
42、gressively softens as the temperature rises, going through varying moldable stages until it flows like a thick syrup. Each of these stages allows the glass to be manipulated into various forms, by different techniques, and if suddenly cooled the object retains the shape achieved at that point. Glass
43、 is thus open to a greater number of heat-forming techniques than most other materials.（分数：3.99）(1).According to the passage glass cools and becomes rigid differently from metals because _.A. it has an unusually low melting temperatureB. it does not set up a network of inter3ocking crystalsC. it has
44、 a random molecular structure of a liquidD. it is made from a mixture of silica, lime, and soda（分数：1.33）A.B.C.D.(2).In the phrase “without setting up a network of interlocking crystals customarily associated with that process“ in the second paragraph, a substitute for the word “customarily“ may be _
45、.A. continuously B. certainly C. eventually D. usually（分数：1.33）A.B.C.D.(3).Glass can be easily molded into all kinds of forms because _.A. it melts like liquid when heatedB. it softens gradually through varying stages when heatedC. it retains the shape at the point when it is suddenly cooledD. vario
46、us heating techniques can be used in making glass（分数：1.33）A.B.C.D.There are so many bad things about women drivers, I dont know where to staff. I guess I will get the ball rolling by talking about one of my biggest pet peeves. Why do women have to wait until they are in the car and barreling down th
47、e highway at sixty miles an hour before they decide it is time to put on their makeup?Is there a law that 1 dont know about that says women have to do their makeup in the car because the bathroom isnt good enough for them? I dont know if anyone has ever informed women, but the mirror in the car is n
48、ot a makeup mirror. The mirror is used for looking at other cars and pedestrians. So please do us all a favor and do your makeup before you leave the house.The next order of business for the men should be to find out whose brilliant idea it was for women to have a phone in the car. This has disaster
49、 written all over it. Everyone knows that women cant even walk and chew gum at the same time, so how in the hell are they going to drive and talk on the phone? Why is it that every time you are sitting at a red light the woman in front of you thinks this is a good time to make a phone call? “HELLO LADY THE LIGHT IS GREEN, GET OFF THE PHONE AND GO!“ I reall
