1、考博英语-646 及答案解析(总分：101.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Part Vocabulary(总题数：30，分数：25.00)1.The manufacturer was forced to return the money to the consumers under _ of law.A. guideline B. definition C. constraint D. idetity（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.2.They have _ the price of the coat from $ 50 to $ 25.A. decreased B. lessened C
2、. reduced D. diminished（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.3.“Me, afraid of him?“ he said with a(n) _ smile, “Not me!“A. contemptible B. amusing C. contagious D. contemptuous（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.4.How to evaluate the performance of students is still a problem that troubles many professors.A. examine and judge B. assist in
3、 C. enhance D. account for（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.5.As a psychotherapist with many patients in their 20s, I can _ the fact that not only do most of them not have any health insurance, but they also do not expect it as a condition of living in this country.A. attest to B. contribute to C. modify D. interdic
4、t（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.6.No one would have time to read or listen to an account of everything _ going on in the world.A. it is B. there isC. as is D. what is（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.7.He has little trouble _ the tires of his car.A. to fix B. fix C. fixing D. with fixing（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.8.It is not an agreement _
5、, but it will serve as one.A. on such B. for such C. as such D. in such（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.9.The childs earliest words deal with concrete objects and actions, it is much later that he is able to grapple with _.A. decisions B. abstractions C. opponents D. mathematics（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.10.The International
6、 Olympic Committee rejects the accusations that Beijings budget-cutting move might _ its preparation for the games.A. degrade B. deliberate C. deploy D. defend（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.11.General acceptance of 3-D films may prove hard to come by, as the experience of three decades ago indicated.A. obtain B.
7、explain C. understand D. discern（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.12.The Olympic Games were watched by _ billions of people around the world.A. virtually B. literally C. deliberately D. appropriately（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.13.The storm sweeping over this area now is sure to cause _ of vegetables in the coming days.A rarity
8、 B scarcity C invalidity D variety（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.14.Why do teens drink? Reasons vary from _ pressure to family patterns to social conditioning.A. spouse B. peer C. antagonist D. competitor（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.15.The battle is of great significance when viewed in the _ of the progress of the war.A. pro
9、spective B. respective C. perspective D. prescriptive（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.16.The novel, which is a work of art, exists not by its _ life, but by its immeasurable difference from life.A. significance in B. imagination atC. resemblance to D. predominance over（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.17.Ive never _ the theory that
10、 people am more important than animals.A. subscribed to B. hung on C. engaged in D. indulged in（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.18.With all his experience abroad he was a major asset to the company.A. candidate B. applicant C. manger D. resource（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.19.Some works of literature hold ones interest to the
11、very last page, but others serve only as a _, to be kept handily at a bedside table.A. reference B. soporific C. pleasure D. reminder（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.20.Peter was seen crying when he came out of the office. We can deduce that he must have been punished.A. confer B. refer C. prefer D. infer（分数：1.00）A
12、.B.C.D.21.A girl contemplates _ a sweater previously worn by her ex-boyfriend, but she finds the garment repulsive.A. to slip into B. to slip C. slipping into D. slip into（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.22.To solve such a difficult problem is really _ my grasp.A. beyond B. out of C. beneath D. away from（分数：0.50）A.
13、B.C.D.23.During their first teacher training year, the students often visited schools for the _ of lessons.A observation B investigation C inspection D examination（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.24.you should not think that experts are _ right.A steadily B invariably C continuously D constantly（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.25.
14、The appeal for funds did not _ much of respondA. drag B. elicit C. tempt D. attract（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.26.Johns ideas about how to solve the problem were so cogent that I had to agree with him.A. chronic B. cavernous C. convincing D. choral（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.27.If somebody is _, he is given a medal or ot
15、her honor as an official reward for what he has done.A. confirmed B. decorated C. appreciated D. nominated（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.28.We have many holidays from the end of March till the beginning of April. They are the best days for _ .A. blade B. coincidence C. balcony D. entertainment（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.29.
16、The multibillion-dollar fitness industry _ fat profits from our hunger to look good.A. comes in B. gets in C. ropes in D. rakes in（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.30.Nowadays, our government advocates credit to whatever we do or whoever we contact with. Once you _ your words, you will lose your social status and pe
17、rsonal reputation.A. keep up with B. give away from C. go back on D. lose sight of（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：5.00)More than a quarter of American children-and half of black children-belong to families too poor to fully qualify for the 1,000-a-year chil
18、d tax credit, which President Bush signed four years ago and has cited in arguing that his program of sweeping tax cuts helps low-income families, a new study has found. With an annual value of $47 billion, the credit is the governments largest childrens subsidy and one that has provoked sharp parti
19、san fights. Many conservatives, viewing it solely as a tax cut, want to reserve the credit for families that owe federal income tax. Many liberals, vie-wing it as a broader childrens allowance, want to extend it to poorer workers, who they say need it most.Still, the study found that the families of
20、 19.5 million children were too poor to receive the full 1,000 benefit. About half get a partial benefit, and half get nothing. Newt Gingrich, the former Republican House speaker, expressed surprise at the racial gap. “Thats a stunning number,“ he said, referring to the half of black children who fa
21、il to receive the full credit. “Id find a way to make sure those kids get the money as part of a broader post-Hurricane Katrina plan.“Framed as middle-class tax relief, the credit passed in 1997 and offered 500 per child to families that owed income tax. It was doubled in 2001 and made partly availa
22、ble to families too poor to have income tax bills. Len Burman, a co-director of the tax center and the studys author, said it might actually exaggerate the amount going to the poor since it assumed all eligible families received the credit. In practice, studies suggest that poor and minority familie
23、s claim tax credits at lower rates.Told of the study, which will be published Monday, some conservatives repeated their opposition to making the credit more of an antipoverty program. Mr. Mitchell said that low-wage workers received a total of 39 billion a year from a similar program, the earned inc
24、ome tax credit. “Its not like theyre not getting any redistribution from the government,“ he said. “We want less income redistribution, not more.“ Both sides in child tax credit debate have cast their arguments in moral terms. “The income gap is wide and growing,“ Ms. Snowe said. “Were talking about
25、 giving a helping hand to families who through no fault of their own are at or near poverty.“ Mr. Mitchell of the Heritage Foundation said income redistribution was morally problematic, since it punished people for economic success. He also called it economically inefficient, arguing that it discour
26、aged work among both rich and poor.（分数：5.00）(1).What can we learn from the first paragraph?A. Conservatives and liberals have basically come to an agreement on child tax credit.B. Bushs program of sweeping tax cuts helps low-income families in a real sense.C. Many conservatives argue child tax credi
27、t should be used for qualified families.D. Many liberals intend child tax credit for the poorer workers instead of children.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).The expression “. families that owe income tax“ in Paragraph 3 refer to those that _ .A. are too poor to pay any tax B. have income tax billsC. are minorit
28、y families D. have very low income（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Why do many conservatives repeat their idea about child tax credit after getting in-formed of the study?A. They are deeply concerned about child tax credit.B. They think the public will oppose them.C. They think income redistribution unfair.D. T
29、hey think child tax credit is problematic.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Who holds the opinion of liberals?A. Len Burman. B. Mr. Mitchell. C. Newt Gingrich. D. Ms. Snowe.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).What is the authors attitude toward the different opinions on child tax credit?A. Neutral. B. Contrary to the liberals.
30、C. Inconsistent. D. Contrary to the conservatives.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.四、Passage Two(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Analysts have had their go at humor, and I have read some of this interpretative literature, but without being greatly instructed. Humor can be dissected, as a frog can, but the thing dies in the process a
31、nd the innards (内在部分) are discouraging to any but the pure scientific mind.In a newsreel theatre the other day I saw a picture of a man who had developed the soap bubble to a higher point than it had ever before reached. He had become the ace soap bubble blower of America, had perfected the business
32、 of blowing bubbles, refined it, doubled it, squared it, and had even worked himself up into a convenient lather. The effect was not pretty. Some of the bubbles were too big to be beautiful, and the blower was always jumping into them or out of them, or playing some sort of unattractive trick with t
33、hem. It was, if anything, a rather repulsive sight. Humor is a little like that: it wont stand much blowing up, and it wont stand much poking. It has a certain fragility, an evasiveness, which one had best respect. Essentially, it is a complete mystery. A human frame convulsed with laughter, and the
34、 laughter becoming mysterious and uncontrollable, is as far out of balance as one shaken with the hiccoughs or in the throes of a sneezing fit.One of the things commonly said about humorist is that they are really very sad people- clowns with a breaking heart. There is some truth in it, but it is ba
35、dly stated. It would be more accurate, I think, to say that there is a deep vein of melancholy running through everyones life and that the humorist, perhaps more sensible of it than some others, compensates for it actively and positively. Humorists fatten on trouble. They have always made trouble pa
36、y. They struggle along with a good will and endure pain cheerfully, knowing how well it till serve them in the sweet by and by. You find them wrestling with foreign languages, fighting folding ironing boards and swollen drainpipes, suffering the terrible discomfort of tight boot (or as Josh illings
37、wittily called them, “tire boots“). They pour out their sorrows profitably, in a form hat is not quite a fiction nor quite a fact either. Beneath the sparking surface of these dilemmas lows the strong tide of human woe.Practically everyone is a manic depressive of sorts, with his up moments and his
38、down moments, and you certainly dont have to be a humorist to taste the sadness of situation and mood. But there is often a rather fine line between laughing and crying, and if a humorous piece of writing brings a person to the point where his emotional responses are untrustworthy and seem likely to
39、 break over into the opposite realm, it is because humor, like poetry, has an extra content. It plays close to the bit hot fire which is Truth, and sometimes the reader feels. the heat.（分数：5.00）(1).In the first paragraph the author wants to say that _.A. just as scientists can dissect a frog, so ana
40、lysts can dissect humorB. detailed, scientific analysis is not appropriate for humor, for it may make humor lose its aesthetic valueC. some peoples analysis of humor are too scientificD. analysts attempts at humor am not instructive enough to interest the author（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).The author uses t
41、he example of the soap bubble blower to show that _.A. skill is required to produce humorB. neither too much exaggeration nor absolute explicitness is fit for humorC. people should perfect the art of humor just as the bubble blower does to the bubblesD. humor should make people frantic for a while（分
42、数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).According to the author, humorists differ from ordinary people in the sense that _.A. they give vent to their sorrows in a laughable wayB. they have much trouble in their life and they are melancholyC. they are more sensible of the sadness of life and they endure and express the p
43、ain cheerfullyD. they are mostly clowns with a breaking heart（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).A humorous piece of writing can make the readers emotional responses untrustworthy because _.A. it expresses the truth of the sadness of human life with a sparkling surfaceB. everyone has his happy moments and unhappy
44、momentsC. there is an obvious line between laughing and cryingD. it is like poetry, very rhythmic（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).The passages success lies in its extensive use of _.A. parallelism B. metaphors C. metonymy D. similes（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.五、Passage Three(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Before high school teacher Kimbe
45、rly Rugh got down to business at the start of a recent school week, she joked with her students about how shed had to clean cake out of the corners of her house after her 2-year-old sons birthday party. This friendly combination of chitchat took place not in front of a blackboard but in an E-mail me
46、ssage that Rugh sent to the 145 students shes teaching at the Florida Virtual School, one of the nations leading online high schools. The schools motto is “any time, any place, any path, any pace“.Floridas E-school attracts many students who need flexible scheduling, from young tennis stars and youn
47、g musicians to brothers Tobias and Tyler Heeb, who take turns working on the computer while helping out with their familys clam-farming business on Pine Island, off Floridas southwest coast. Home-schoolers also are well represented. Most students live in Florida, but 55 hail from West Virginia, wher
48、e a severe teacher shortage makes it hard for many students to take advanced classes. Seven kids from Texas and four from Shanghai round out the student body.The great majority of Florida Virtual Schooler- 80 percent are enrolled in regular Florida public or private high schools. Some are busy overa
49、chievers. Others are retaking classes they barely passed the first time, The schools biggest challenge is making sure that students arent left to sink or swim on their own. After the school experienced a disappointing course completion rate of just 50 percent in its early years, Executive Director Julie Young made a priority out of what she calls “relationship-building,“ a
