1、考博英语-664 及答案解析(总分：84.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Part Vocabulary(总题数：30，分数：25.00)1.Because of its intimacy, radio is usually more than just a medium; it is _.A. firm B. company C. corporation D. enterprise（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.2.In the north of the country, the sun always shines _ the vast prairie land in summer.A.
2、brightly on B. bright on C. bright in D. brightly in（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.3.The car_halfway for no reason.A. broke off B. broke down C. broke up D. broke out（分数：1.00）_4.The plan would require two, or possibly more, class periods for its fulfillment.A. execution B. excursion C. expansion D. extinction（分数：
3、1.00）A.B.C.D.5.He hoped the firm would_him to the Paris branch.A. exchange B. transmit C. transfer D. remove（分数：1.00）_6.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.7.The apartment was _ at $ 20,000 and its owner w
4、as happy about that.A. assaulted B. assessed C. asserted D. avenged（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.8.Wilson stood dazed in the middle of Times Square, _ of the crowds that surrounded him.A. oblivious B. capricious C. precipitous D. ubiquitous（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.9.What was far more amazing and entirely unexpected, not
5、 least by governments and business- men anxious about post-war ruin and possible depressions, was the _ of global economic growth after the Second World War.A. climax B. surge C. spiral D. survival（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.10.The destruction of rainforests has been _ as a disaster for the environment.A. blam
6、ed B. declared C. condemned D. appealed（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.11.Nobody yet knows how long and how seriously the shakiness in the financial system will _ down the economy.A. put B. settle C. drag D. knock（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.12.A good deal of the _ for his achievement in this field must go to his supervisor,
7、Professor Fang.A. credit B. reputation C. respect D. praise（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.13.The senator agrees that his support of the action would _ his chances for reelection.A. obscure B. mystify C. distinguish D. jeopardize（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.14.During the famine many people _ eating grass and leaves.A. felt in
8、clined to B. were confronted withC. got accustomed to D. were reduced to（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.15.If we say something is _ , we mean that we find it extremely pleasant or enjoyable.A. gracious B. gloomy C. gigantic D. gorgeous（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.16.Asian economic crisis has only a _ effect on the lives of Ch
9、inese people.A. discrete B. massive C. marginal D. subordinate（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.17.They conceded that her statement was true.A. proved B. doubled C. denied D. admitted（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.18.General acceptance of 3-D films may prove hard to come by as the experience of three decades ago indicated.A. obta
10、in B. explain C. understand D. discerm（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.19.His strange behavior had greatly _ me and my friends as well that evening.A. perplexed B. exhausted C. exclaimed D. exceeded（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.20.“You are very selfish. Its high time you _ that you are not the most important person in the world
11、,“ Edgar said to his boss angrily.A. realized B. have realized C. realize D. should realize（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.21.He always included something above the understanding of his hearers in order to prevent them from becoming_and to stimulate their desire to learn more.A. pessimistic B. complacent C. perple
12、xed D. complicated（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.22.The room is so _ with furniturehat it is hard to move about.A) muddled B) cluttered C) distributed D) scattered（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.23.Another quick way to find information on the Internet is to _ the service providers home pages.A. inhale B. meditate C. browse D. s
13、urvey（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.24.During the rainy season the Mississippi River may carry away hundreds of acres of valuable top soil from one area and arbitrarily deposit it in another.A. subsequently B. lawfully C. mercilessly D. randomly（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.25.If I may be so_as to advise you, my opinion is th
14、at you should not reply to his letter.A. generous B. humble C. proud D. bold（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.26.It will be safer to walk the streets because people will not need to carry large amounts of cash; virtually all financial _ will be conducted by computer.A transactions B transmissions C transitions D tra
15、nsformations（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.27.I dont mind a bit if you bring your friends in for a drink, but it is rather too much when sixteen people arrive _ for dinner.A unusually B excessively C consequently D unexpectedly（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.28.The custom is _ in the belief that a new pregnancythrough its detri
16、mental effect on breastfeedingwould endanger the mothers health.A. celebrated B. observed C. viewed D. presented（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.29.All specialists agree that the most important consideration with diet drugs is carefully _ the risks and benefits.A. valuing B. evaluating C. estimating D. weighing（分数：
17、1.00）A.B.C.D.30.In Action Painting, the paint is sometimes _ onto the canvas.A. trickled B. trampled C. stroked D. soaked（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，分数：6.00)Gordon Shaw the physicist, 66, and colleagues have discovered whats known as the “Mozart effect,“ t
18、he ability of a Mozart sonata, under the right circumstances, to improve the listeners mathematical and reasoning abilities. But the findings are controversial and have launched all kinds of crank notions about using music to make kids smarter. The hype, he warns, has gotten out of hand.But first, t
19、he essence: Is there something about the brain cells work to explain the effect? In 1978 the neuroscientist Vernon Mountcastle devised a model of the neural structure of the brains gray matter. Looking like a thick band of colorful bead work, it represents the firing patterns of groups of neurons. B
20、uilding on Mounteastle, Shaw and his team constructed a model of their own. On a lark, Xiaodan Leng, who was Shaws colleague at the time, used a synthesizer to translate these patterns into music. What came out of the speakers wasnt exactly toe-tapping, but it was music. Shaw and Leng inferred that
21、music and brain-wave activity are built on the same sort of patterns.“Gordon is a contrarian in his thinking,“ says his longtime friend, Nobel Prize-winning Stanford physicist Martin Peri. “Thats important. In new areas of science, such as brain research, nobody knows how to do it.“What do neuroscie
22、ntists and psychologists think of Shaws findings? They havent condemned it, but neither have they confirmed it. Maybe you have to take them with a grain of salt, but the experiments by Shaw and his colleagues are intriguing. In March a team led by Shaw announced that young children who had listened
23、to the Mozart sonata and studied the piano over a period of months improved their scores by 27% on a test of ratios and proportions. The control group against which they were measured received compatible enrichment courses-minus the music. The Mozart-trained kids are now doing math three grade level
24、s ahead of their peers, Shaw claims.Proof of all this, of course, is necessarily elusive because it can be difficult to do a double- blind experiment of educational techniques. In a double-blind trial of an arthritis drug, neither the study subjects nor the experts evaluating them know which ones go
25、t the test treatment and which a dummy pill. How do you keep the participants from knowing its Mozart on the CD?（分数：6.00）(1).The remarks made by Martin Perk in Paragraph 3 about Gordon Shaw could be taken as _.A. a compliment B. an outspoken criticismC. an expression of jealousy D. something a littl
26、e sarcastic（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).In the sentence “Maybe you have to take them.“ (Para. 4) the word “them“ best refers to _.A. neuroscientists and psychologistsB. Shaw and his colleaguesC. the experiments by Shaw and his teamD. Shaws findings（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).The most important condition for the Mo
27、zart-trained kids to outsmart the control group is _.A. being particularly trained to tackle math problemsB. listening to a specific Mozart and playing the pianoC. having extra courses designed exclusively for themD. studying the piano for its breathtaking complexity（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).According to
28、 the author, proof of what Shaw claims is difficult because _.A. the control group will also enjoy the same kind of MozartB. some educational techniques need re-evaluationC. the double-blind experiment is not reliable and thus rejected by ShawD. participants cannot be kept from knowing what is used
29、in the test（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).In the first paragraph Gordon Shaws concern is shown over _.A. the open hostility by the media towards his findingsB. his strength to keep trying out the “Mozart effect“C. a widespread misunderstanding of his findingsD. the sharp disagreement about his discovery（分数：1.
30、00）A.B.C.D.(6).Shaw and Lengs experiment on the model of their own seems to be based on the hypothesis that _.A. listening to Mozart could change the brains hardwareB. brain-waves could be invariably translated into musicC. listening to music could stimulate brain developmentD. toe-tapping could be
31、very close to something musical（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.四、Passage Two(总题数：1，分数：6.00)The score is tied in the second half of the World Cup finals, and aboard a 747, passengers cheer as they watch the game on their laptops-40,000 feet above Earth. Sound futuristic?Boeing Plans to make this scenario possible w
32、ith its broadband telecommunications initiative, Connexion by Boeing. This service will allow fliers to surf the Web, send and receive email, access the company internet, book dinner reservations trade the honest stock, shop-online and watch live TV from any seat in an aircraft.Connexion is already
33、available on private jets, and Boeing says that the two-way broadband service will be installed on domestic flights in late 2001. Global coverage is slated to arrive by 2005. Subscribers will be able to access Connexion from their seats using laptops or personal digital assistants, plus a network ca
34、rd and a cable provided by the airline. The cost? Comparable to ground-floor cellular phone service; between $ 6 and $ 25 an hour.One key enabler for this technology is a phased-array antenna, originally developed by Boeing in 1986. Located on the aircrafts upper fuselage, the antenna electronically
35、 transmits beams to a satellite at 1.5 Mb per second and receives them at 5 Mb per second. Thus, every passenger can access Connexion concurrently, securing connection speeds of no less than 56 Kb per second each. The actual bandwidth will be continually upgraded.Boeing ultimately wants to bring the
36、 service to markets like cruise ships and oil exploration plat- forms. Until then, the sky s the limit.（分数：6.00）(1).What is the main idea of this article?A. In the near future people will be able to watch live soccer matches on a plane.B. The future holds many exciting developments.C. Boeing is curr
37、ently introducing Internet access on its planes.D. There is a strong demand for web access by Boeing passengers.（分数：1.20）A.B.C.D.(2).Which of the following will not be used by air passengers to access Connexion?A. Their own portable computers.B. Personal distal assistants.C. The cabled computers on
38、the airliner.D. The cellular phone service.（分数：1.20）A.B.C.D.(3).Which of the following statements about Connexion is FALSE?A. Boeing planes worldwide will have this service by 2005.B. The service will cost between $6 and $25 an hour.C. The phased-array antenna is an important aspect of Boeing s new
39、service.D. The service on works at speeds of less than 1. S Mb per second.（分数：1.20）A.B.C.D.(4).According to the article, what does the word “concurrently“(Para. 4) mean?A. At the same time. B. One at a time.C. In order. D. Not currently.（分数：1.20）A.B.C.D.(5).What is true about the Connexion service t
40、o cruise ships and oil exploration platforms?A. Boeing is trying to provide them with the service.B. They cannot get the service now because the sky is limited.C. The service is not available to them now as Boeing is busy servicing the fliers.D. They can get the service because they are in the limit
41、 of the project.（分数：1.20）A.B.C.D.五、Passage Three(总题数：2，分数：8.00)The Greeks lofty attitude toward scientific researchand the scientists contempt of utilitywas a long time dying. For a millennium after Archimedes, this separation of mechanics from geometry inhibited fundamental technological progress a
42、nd in some areas repressed it altogether. But there was a still greater obstacle to change until the very end of the middle ages: the organization of society. The social system of fixed class relationships that prevailed through the Middle Ages (and in some areas much longer) itself hampered improve
43、ment. Under this system, the laboring masses, in exchange for the bare necessities of life, did all the productive work, while the privileged fewpriests, nobles, and kingsconcerned themselves only with ownership and maintenance of their own position. In the interest of their privileges they did achi
44、eve considerable progress in defense, in warmaking, in government, in trader in the arts of leisure, and in the extraction of labor from their dependents, but they had no familiarity with the process of production. On the other hand, the laborers, who were familiar with manufacturing techniques, had
45、 no incentive to improve or increase production to the advantage of their masters. Thus, with one class possessing the requisite knowledge and experience, but lacking incentive and leisure, and the other class lacking the knowledge and experience, there was no means by which technical progress could
46、 be achieved.The whole ancient world was built upon this relationshipa relationship as sterile as it was inhuman. The availability of slaves nullified the need for more efficient machinery. In many of the conmonplace fields of human endeavor, actual stagnation prevailed for thousands of years. Not a
47、ll the glory that was Greece and the grandeur that was Rome could develop the windmill or contrive so simple an instrument as the wheelbarrowproducts of the tenth and thirteenth centuries respectively.For about twenty-five centuries, two-thirds of the power of the horse was lost because he wasnt sho
48、d, and much of the strength of the ox was wasted because his harness wasnt modified to fit his shoulders. For more than five thousand years, sailors were confined to rivers and coasts by a primitive steering mechanism which required remarkably little alteration (in the thirteenth century) to become a rudder.With any ingenuity at all, the ancient plough could have been put on wheels and the ploughshare shaped to bite and turn the sod instead of merely scratching itbut the ingenuity wasnt forthcoming. And t
