1、考博英语-639 及答案解析(总分：119.25，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Part Vocabulary(总题数：30，分数：23.75)1.The spokes in a bicycle wheel are arranged in a _ pattern.A. radial B. radical C. spherical D. spiral（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.2.Because of difficulties in getting a visa, the students had to _ the idea of applying for study in the Unite
2、d States.A. reduce B. yield C. relinquish D. waver（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.3.It is very plain that such a life as this is far more _ to health than that of the man who can afford little leisure for necessary rest in the course of the day.A. conductive B. constructive C. conciliate D. conducive（分数：1.00）A.B.C
3、.D.4.During the famine many people _ eating grass and leaves.A. felt inclined to B. were confronted withC. got accustomed to D. were reduced to（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.5.If you can convince the interviewer of your special qualifications, your chance of being accepted will be greatly enhanced.A. appreciated
4、B. encouraged C. frustrated D. increased（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.6.They _ themselves _ the politician because they hoped he would become president one day. At last he did.A. connected. with B. combined . withC. linked. up D. attached. to（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.7.Just as a book is often judged _ by the quality and
5、appearance of its cover, a person is judged immediately by his appearance.A previously B uniquely C outwardly . D initially（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.8.The police have asked for the _of the public in tracing the whereabouts of the missing child.Aaward Bco-operation Cposition Dhelpfulness（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.9.The
6、re is no electricity again. Has the_blown then?A. fuse B. plug C. wire D. circuit（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.10.Dont rest on your laurels; _ your success and start looking for new markets now.A. add up B. follow up C. work up D. count up（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.11.“Do you like your boss?“ No, he is too_.“Ain demand Bd
7、emanded Con demand Ddemanding（分数：0.25）A.B.C.D.12.My friends parents _ her to marry the poor young man, but at last she succeeded.A. banned B. prohibited C. prevented D. forbade（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.13.In order to survive now and _ in the future, all the working staff must constantly create new ideas for
8、every aspect of your business.A. maximize B. thrive C. modernize D. remain（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.14.We were four scores left behind with five minutes to go, so the game looked completely _.A. irresistible B. irremissible C. irreplaceable D. irretrievable（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.15.One word describes what makes Si
9、ngapore work: discipline.A. punishment B. regulation C. unemployment D. salary（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.16.The committee is totally opposed _any changes being made in the plans.A. of B. on C. to D. against（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.17.Chemistry is closely_with other studies: physics, biology and so on.A. corresponded
10、B. concerned C. correlated D. cooperated（分数：1.00）_18.No one could come up with an easy solution to the governments predicamentlabor _ which is caused by the wars.A decline B vacancy C rarity D shortage（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.19.I like to go to the cinema when I am in the _ for it.A motive B mind C mood D n
11、otion（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.20.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.21.The Coriolis force causes all moving projectiles on Earth to be _ from a straight line.A.
12、distracted B. deviated C. intrigued D. permeated（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.22.In his _ to further his knowledge of the universe, man has now begun to explore space.A. attempt B. expedition C. trial D. chase（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.23.He likes to swim _.A. and playing football B. and he also likes playing footballC. a
13、nd to play football D. and he likes to play football（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.24.Analytical and quantitative abilities, problem-solving _ and skill in the use of statistical methods and computers are all developed by studying economics-these place graduates at a considerable advantage on the job market.A. ap
14、titude B. amplitude C. altitude D. multitude（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.25.The director was critical _ the way we were doing the work.A. at B. in C. of D. with（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.26.All the parts of these washing machines are _, so that it is very convenient tO replace them.A normalized B modernized C mechanized
15、D standardized（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.27.Complacency towards ecological balance (“It cant happen here!“) has resulted in a number of _.A. damages B. wastes C. catastrophes D. dangers（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.28.The retired engineer plunked down $50,100 in cash for a midsize Mercedes as a present for his wifea purch
16、ase_with money made in the stock the week before.A. paid off B. paid through C. paid out D. paid for（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.29.The game had to be _ because of crowd trouble.A. vanished B. abandoned C. scattered D. rejected（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.30.Nature constantly yields to man in New York: witness those fragil
17、e side walk trees gamely straggling against encroaching cement and petrol fumes.A. turns to B. gives way to C. recedes to D. gets back to（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：1，分数：10.00)The way people hold to the belief that a fun-filled, painfree life equals happines
18、s actually reduces their chances of ever attaining real happiness. If fun and pleasure are equal to happiness then pain must be equal to unhappiness. But in fact, the opposite is true: more often than not things that lead to happiness involve some pain.As a result, many people avoid the very attempt
19、s that are the source of true happiness. They fear the pain inevitably brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, religious commitment (承担的义务), self-improvement.Ask a bachelor (单身汉) why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfyin
20、g. If he is honest he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment. For commitment is in fact quite painful. The single life is filled with fun, adventure, excitement. Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features.Couples with infant children are lucky to get
21、 a whole nights sleep or a three-day vacation. I dont know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children, But couples who decide not to have children never know the joys of watching a child grow up or of playing with a grandchild.Understanding and accepting that true happines
22、s has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations. It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely increase our happiness. It liberates money; buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems po
23、intless. And it liberates us from envy: we now understand that all those who are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all.（分数：10.00）(1).According to the author, a bachelor resists marriage chiefly because _.A. he is reluctant to take on family responsibilitiesB. he believes that li
24、fe will be more cheerful if he remains singleC. he finds more fun in dating than in marriageD. he fears it will put an end to all his fun adventure and excitement（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Raising children, in the authors opinion, is_.A. a moral duty B. a thankless jobC. a rewarding task D. a source of in
25、evitable pain（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).From the last paragraph, we learn that envy sometimes stems from _.A. hatred B. misunderstandingC. prejudice D. ignorance（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).To understand what true happiness is, one must_.A. have as much run as possible during ones lifetimeB. make every effort to
26、liberate oneself from painC. put up with pain .under all circumstancesD. be able to distinguish happiness from fun（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5).What is the author trying to tell us?A. Happiness often goes hand in hand with pain.B. One must know how to attain happiness.C. It is important to make commitments.D
27、. It is pain that leads to happiness.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.四、Passage Two(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Direct advertising includes all forms of sales appeals, mailed, delivered, or exhibited directly to the prospective buyer of an advertised product or service, without use of any indirect medium, such as newspapers or t
28、elevision. Direct advertising logically may be divided into three broad classifications, namely, direct-mail advertising, mail order advertising, and unmailed direct advertising.All forms of sales appeals that are sent through the mails are considered direct-mall advertising. The chief functions of
29、direct-mail advertising are to familiarize prospective buyers with a product, its name, its maker, and its merits and with the products local distributors. The direct-mall appeal is designed also to support the sales activities of retailers by encouraging the continued patronage of both old and new
30、customers.When no personal selling is involved, other methods are needed to persuade people to send in orders by mail. In addition to newspapers, magazines, radio, and television, other special devices, order promotions are designed to accomplish a complete selling job without salespeople.Used for t
31、he same broad purposes as direct-mail advertising, unrolled direct-mail advertising, includes all forms of indoor advertising displays and all printed sales appeals distributed from door to door, handed to customers in retail stores or conveyed in some other manner directly to the recipient.With eac
32、h medium competing keenly for its share of the business, advertising agencies continue to develop new techniques for displaying and selling wares and services. Among these techniques have been vastly improved printing and reproduction methods in the graphic field, adapted to magazine advertisements
33、and to direct-mail enclosures; the use of color in newspaper advertisements and in television; and outdoor signboards more attractively designed and efficiently lighted. Many subtly effective improvements are suggested by advertising research.（分数：5.00）(1).Direct advertising _.A. includes all forms o
34、f sales appeals to the prospective buyerB. is produced mainly for newspaper or televisionC. is an activity by which real products are shown to buyersD. uses post as a chief means to contact prospective buyers（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Direct-mail advertising _.A. uses letters as a chief means of providing
35、 informationB. sends old customers detailed information about new productsC. uses letters to tell prospective buyers about the local sellersD. sends over the prospective buyers sample products by parcels（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).The word “prospective“ in the first sentence of the passage means _.A. would
36、 be B. prosperousC. rich D. old（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).The chief function of unmailed advertising is _.A. to send sample products from door to doorB. to familiarize the customers with the productsC. to deliver the products directly to the retail storesD. to send information about the products in quick
37、ways（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).From the last paragraph we learn _.A. direct advertising is the best way to promote a productB. companies are trying to find the best way to sell their productsC. advertising is becoming enriched by the research in this areaD. old ways of advertising is giving ways to new wa
38、ys of doing it（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.五、Passage Three(总题数：2，分数：9.00)The history of Western music properly begins with the music of the Christian, Church. But all through the Middle Ages and even to the present time men have continually turned back to Greece and Rome for instruction, for correction, and for
39、 inspiration in their several fields of work; this has been true in music-though with some important differences. R6man literature, for example, never ceased to exert influence in the Middle Ages, and this influence became much greater in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries when more Roman works
40、became known, at the same time, too, the surviving literature of Greece was gradually recovered. But in literature, as well as in some other fields (notably sculpture), medieval or Renaissance artists had the advantage of being able to study and, if they so desired, imitate the models of antiquity.
41、The actual poems or statues were before them. In music this was not so. The Middle Ages did not possess a single example of Greek or Roman music-nor, it may be added, are we today much better off. About a dozen examples-half of them were fragments-of Greek music have been discovered, nearly all from
42、 comparatively late periods, but there is no general agreement as to just how they were meant to sound; there are no authentic remains of ancient Roman music. So we, as well as the men of medieval times, derive nearly all our knowledge of this art in the ancient civilizations at second hand from a f
43、ew rather vague accounts of performances, but mostly from theatrical treatises and literary descriptions.（分数：4.00）(1).The influence of Greece and Rome became greater in the fourteenth and fifteenth century because _.A. Roman and Greek works were better than the those of medieval Christian churchB. R
44、oman and Greek works were different from Medieval worksC. the Roman and Greek music became knownD. a lot of Roman and Greek works were discovered（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Artists in the period of Renaissance had the advantage of being able to study Roman and Greek literature and sculpture because _.A. th
45、ey could obtain the first-hand materialsB. they could understand Greek and LatinC. they were more intelligent than modern menD. they were inspired by Roman and Greek literature（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).In the passage the author implied that _.A. music did not exist before the Middle AgesB. we were not be
46、tter off than the Greek and Roman menC. there was not enough evidence to prove that Western music was originated from the ancient Greece and RomeD. there were no authentic remains of the ancient Roman music（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Men could directly turn back to Greece and Rome for instruction, for corr
47、ection, and for inspiration in the following fields of their work except _.A. sculpture B. dramaC. poetry D. music（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.There are so many bad things about women drivers, I dont know where to start. I guess I will get the bail rolling by talking about one of my biggest pet peeves. Why do w
48、omen have to wait until they are in the car and barreling down the highway at sixty miles an hour before they decide it is time to put on their makeup?Is there a law that I 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 not 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 busi
