1、考博英语-63 (1)及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BPart Vocabula(总题数：10，分数：10.00)1.Many citizens appealed to the city government for enacting _ laws to protect the consumers.（分数：1.00）A.rigorousB.equivocalC.stringentD.furtive2.A girl contemplates _ a sweater previously worn by her ex-boyfriend, but she finds t
2、he garment repulsive.（分数：1.00）A.to slip intoB.to slipC.slipping intoD.slip into3._ is medical technology that allows the prolongation of life artificially while the world is already over-populated?（分数：1.00）A.Of what useB.What useC.Of which useD.Which use4.I was told that the woman was indifferent _
3、hardships and dangers.（分数：1.00）A.ofB.atC.withD.to5.Childless couples sometimes acquire _ pets to whom they can give parental love.（分数：1.00）A.size of a babyB.size like a babyC.baby-sizedD.babys size6.People who like to wear red clothes are more likely to be talkative and _.（分数：1.00）A.lucrativeB.intro
4、vertedC.vivaciousD.perilous7.I would like to say that a theory is essentially an abstract, symbolic representation of reality.（分数：1.00）A.what it is conceivedB.that is conceivedC.that is being conceived ofD.what is conceived of8.This is but a _ of the total amount of information which the teenager ha
5、s stored.（分数：1.00）A.frictionB.fractionC.factionD.fracture9.They tried to keep it quiet but eventually everyone learned about the _ meeting.（分数：1.00）A.intangibleB.sedateC.impudentD.clandestine10.She _ her vacation so much that she didnt want it to end.（分数：1.00）A.missedB.budgetedC.loathedD.relished二、B
6、Section B/B(总题数：10，分数：10.00)11.Business men (quite generally) look upon (rising prices) as (a symptom) of (prosperities).（分数：1.00）A.quite generallyB.rising pricesC.a symptomD.prosperities12.Her research indicates (what) many adults routinely subscribe (to) some form of what the scholar (calls) “the
7、magical law of (contagion)“.（分数：1.00）A.whatB.toC.callsD.contagion13.(It) would be (hardly) for Mrs Sharp to find (a) man (of parts) around her.（分数：1.00）A.ItB.hardlyC.aD.of parts14.She (advanced) the (theories) that those (who) had money always (made) money.（分数：1.00）A.advancedB.theoriesC.whoD.made15.
8、Why do Mexican (emigrants) in Los Angeles (tend) to have more children than the (impoverished) peasants living (in Mexico City)?（分数：1.00）A.emigrantsB.tendC.impoverishedD.in Mexico City16.The courage (we desire) and (praise) is not the courage to die (decently) but to live (manly).（分数：1.00）A.we desir
9、eB.praiseC.decentlyD.manly17.Darwin considered (continuity) or similarity of (expression) (of) animals and human beings as further evidence of human evolution (from lower forms).（分数：1.00）A.continuityB.expressionC.ofD.from lower forms18.(Be your best). The (worst) disappointment you can experience is
10、 (a disappointment) (in) yourself.（分数：1.00）A.Be your bestB.worstC.a disappointmentD.in19.(Few) schools (take advantages of) the vast classroom (of) the outdoors to teach the things that really (matter).（分数：1.00）A.FewB.take advantages ofC.ofD.matter20.The (military aspect) of the (United States Civil
11、 War) has always attracted the (most attention) (from scholar).（分数：1.00）A.military aspectB.United States Civil WarC.most attentionD.from scholar三、BPart Cloze/(总题数：1，分数：15.00)BDirections:/B For each blank for questions 21- 35 in the following passage, choose the best answer from the choices given fol
12、lowing the passage. Then blacken your answer in the corresponding space on your Answer SheetU (21) /U summary of the physical and chemical U(22) /U of life must begin, not on the Earth, but U(23) /U the Sun; in fact, U(24) /U the Suns very center. U(25) /U is here that is to be found the U(26) /U of
13、 the energy that the Sun constantly U(27) /U space U(28) /U light and heat. This energy is liberated at the center of the Sun as billions upon billions of nuclei hydrogen atoms U(29) /U each other and U(30) /U to form nuclei of helium, and, U(31) /U doing so, U(32) /U some of the energy that is stor
14、ed in the nuclei of atoms. The output of light and heat of the Sun U(33) /U that some 600 million tons of hydrogen U(34) /U helium in the Sun every second. This the Sun U(35) /U for several thousands of millions of years.（分数：15.00）A.AB.TheC.ThatD.ThisA.integrityB.creationC.pollutionD.natureA.onB.inC
15、.withD.byA.inB.onC.atD.toA.WhatB.WhichC.ItD.TheyA.sourceB.sourcesC.resourceD.resourcesA.pours out withB.pours atC.pours withD.pours out intoA.forB.byC.onD.asA.collides withB.to collide withC.collide withD.collidingA.confuseB.fuse togetherC.fuseD.confuse withA.inB.byC.atD.onA.relieveB.relievingC.rele
16、aseD.releasingA.acquiresB.requiresC.inquiresD.demandsA.be switched toB.be diverted intoC.be reverted toD.be converted toA.has beenB.has been doingC.has been doneD.has done四、BPart Reading (总题数：5，分数：20.00)BDirections:/B In this section you will read four passages. Each one is followed by several quest
17、ions about it. For questions 3655, you are to choose the one best answer A, B, C, or D to each question. Then blacken your answer in the corresponding space on your Answer Sheet.BPassage One/BSound moves from its source to the ear by wave like fluctuations in air pressure, something like the peaks a
18、nd troughs or the lowest point of ocean waves. One way to keep from hearing sound is to use ear plugs. Another way is to cancel out the sound with anti-sound.Using a noise maker controlled by a microprocessor, engineers have produced sound waves that are half a wavelength out of phase with those of
19、the noise to be quieted-each peak is matched to a trough, and vice versa. Once the researchers have recorded the offending sound, a microprocessor calculates the amplitude and wavelength of sound that will cancel out the highest and lowest points of the noise. It then produces an electric current th
20、at is amplified and fed to a loudspeaker, which produces anti-sound and wipes out the noise. If the anti-sound goes out of synchronization, a microphone picks up the leftover sound and sends it back to the microprocessor, which changes the phase of the anti-sound just enough to cause complete silenc
21、e.The research team has concentrated on eliminating low-frequency noise from ship engines, which causes fatigue that can impair the efficiency and alertness of the crew, and may mask the warning sounds of alarm and fog signals.（分数：4.00）(1).The passage compares sound to _.（分数：1.00）A.the rising and fa
22、lling of water in the oceanB.the crests and valleys of mountain rangesC.a flag waving in the airD.a machine for measuring air pressure(2).The passage discusses a way to deal with an offensive noise by _.（分数：1.00）A.diverting peoples attention from itB.masking it with a louder noiseC.canceling it out
23、electronicallyD.removing its source(3).The microprocessor described in the passage will probably be used for _.（分数：1.00）A.composing musicB.repairing alarm systemsC.eliminating engine noisesD.intensifying fog warning sounds(4).A paragraph following the passage would most probably discuss _.（分数：1.00）A
24、.the nature of fogB.a way to improve alarm systemsC.other causes of fatigueD.other uses of the microprocessorBPassage Two/BWatch a baby between six and nine months old, and you will observe the basic concept of geometry being learned. Once the baby has mastered the idea that space is three dimension
25、al, itreaches out and begins grasping various kinds of objects. It is then, from perhaps nine to fifteen months, that the concepts of sets and numbers are formed. So far, so good. But now an ominous development takes place. The nerve fibers in the brain insulate themselves in such a way that the bab
26、y begins to hear sounds very precisely. Soon it picks up language, and it is then brought into direct communication with adults. From this point on, it is usually downhill all the way for mathematics, because the child now becomes exposed to all the nonsense words and beliefs of the community into w
27、hich it has been so unfortunate as to have been born. Nature, having done very well by the child to this point, having permitted it the luxury of thinking for itself for eighteen months, now abandons it to the arbitrary conventions and beliefs of society. But at least the child knows something of ge
28、ometry and numbers; and it will always retain some memory of the early halcyon days, no matter what vicissitudes it may suffer later on. The main reservoir of mathematical talent in any society is thus possessed by children who are about two years old, children who have just learned to speak fluentl
29、y.（分数：4.00）(1).What does the passage mainly discuss?（分数：1.00）A.The impact of language on mathematicsB.Childrens ability to learn languagesC.How basic concepts of physics are learnedD.Math-learning strategies for babies(2).According to the passage, which of the following activities would teach a baby
30、 about geometry?（分数：1.00）A.Picking up a wooden blockB.Recognizing the numberC.Uttering a nonsense wordD.Looking at distant object(3).According to the author, at what age does a child probably begin to learn about sets and numbers?（分数：1.00）A.Six monthsB.Nine monthsC.Fifteen monthsD.Eighteen months(4)
31、.Which of the following conclusions is true according to the author?（分数：1.00）A.The language concepts used in early education interfere with mathematical reasoning.B.It is hopeless to try to teach children mathematics after the age of two.C.Language teaching should incorporate some mathematical formu
32、las.D.Preschool education should stress societys beliefs and conventions.BPassage Three/BNotable as important nineteenth-century novels by women, Mary Shelleys Frankenstein and Emily Brontes Wuthering Heights treat women very differently. Shelley produced a “masculine“ text in which the fates of sub
33、ordinate female characters seem entirely dependent on the actions of male heroes or anti-heroes. Bronte produced a more realistic narrative portraying a world where men battle for the favors of apparently high-spirited, independent women. Nevertheless, these two novels are alike in several crucial w
34、ays. Many readers are convinced that the compelling mysteries of each plot conceal elaborate structures of allusion and fierce, though shadowy, moral ambitions that seem to indicate metaphysical intentions, though efforts by critics to articulate these intentions have generated much controversy. Bot
35、h novelists use a storytelling method that emphasizes ironic disjunctions between different perspectives on the same events as well as ironic tensions that inhere in the relationship between surface drama and concealed authorial intention, a method I call an evidentiary narrative technique.（分数：4.00）
36、(1).The primary purpose of the passage is to _.（分数：1.00）A.defend a controversial interpretation of two novelsB.explain the source of widely recognized responses to two novelsC.delineate broad differences between two novelsD.compare and contrast two novels(2).According to the passage, Frankenstein di
37、ffers from Wuthering Heights in its _.（分数：1.00）A.method of disguising the authors real purposesB.controversial effect on readersC.portrayal of men as determiners of the novels actionD.use of multiple narrators(3).Which of the following narrative strategies best exemplifies the “evidentiary narrative
38、 technique“ mentioned in the last line?（分数：1.00）A.Telling a story from the authors point of view in a way that implies both the authors and the readers ironic distance from the dramatic unfolding of eventsB.Telling a story as a mystery in which the reader must deduce, from the conflicting evidence p
39、resented by several narrators, the moral and philosophical significance of character and eventC.Telling a story in a way that both directs attention to the incongruities among the points of view of several characters and hints that the plot has a significance other than that suggested by its mere ev
40、entsD.Telling a story in such a way that the authors real intentions are discernible only through interpretations of allusions to world outside that of the story(4).According to the passage, the plot of Wuthering Heights and Frankenstein are notable for their elements of _.（分数：1.00）A.morality and me
41、taphysicsB.drama and secrecyC.heroism and tensionD.mystery and ironyBPassage Four/BA mysterious phenomenon is the ability of over-water migrants to travel on course. Birds, bees, and other species can keep track of time without any sensory cues from the outside world, and such “biological clocks“ cl
42、early contribute to their “compass sense.“ For example, they can use the position of the Sun or stars, along with the time of day, to find north. But compass sense alone cannot explain how birds navigate the ocean: after a flock traveling east is blown far south by a storm, it will assume the proper
43、 northeasterly course to compensate. Perhaps, some scientists thought, migrants determine their geographic position on the Earth by celestial navigation, almost as human navigators use stars and planets, but this would demand of the animals a fantastic map sense. Researchers now know that some speci
44、es have a magnetic sense, which might allow migrants to determine their geographic location by detecting variations in the strength of the Earths magnetic field. （分数：4.00）(1).The main idea of the passage is that _.（分数：1.00）A.migration over land requires a simpler explanation than migration over wate
45、r doesB.the means by which animals migrate over water are complex and only partly understoodC.the ability of migrant animals to keep track of time is related to their magnetic senseD.knowledge of geographic location is essential to migrants with little or no compass sense(2).It can be inferred from
46、the passage that if the flock of birds described in the passage were navigating by compass sense alone, they would, after the storm, fly _.（分数：1.00）A.eastB.northC.northwestD.south(3).In maintaining that migrating animals would need “a fantastic map sense“ to determine their geographic position by ce
47、lestial navigation, the author intends to express _.（分数：1.00）A.admiration for the ability of the migrantsB.skepticism about celestial navigation as an explanationC.certainty that the phenomenon of migration will remain mysteriousD.interest in a new method of accounting for over-water migration(4).Of
48、 the following descriptions of migrating animals, which most strongly suggests that the animals are depending on magnetic cues to orient themselves?（分数：1.00）A.Pigeons can properly read just their course even when flying long distances through exceedingly dense fogs.B.Bison are able to reach their destination by passing through a landscape that has been partially altered by a recent fire.C.Elephants are able to find grounds that some members of the herd have never seen before.D.Swallows are able to return to a given spot at the same time every year.BPassage Five/BSome modern a
