1、考博英语-完型填空(二)及答案解析(总分：30.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Passage 1(总题数：1，分数：10.00)A gray-haired woman walks carefully (1) a windswept field. She holds a Yshaped tree branch in front of her, one fork of the Y in each hand and the free end, (2) straight ahead. Suddenly she (3) . Then she goes no further. Something see
2、ms to be pulling the free end of the branch downward so that it points (4) the earth. “This is it!“ shouts the woman, and beckons to the driver of a well-digging machine waiting at the roadside. Soon, excavating thirty feet (5) , the well-digger strikes water.How can this woman know where there is (
3、6) underground? She is a dowser-one who believes that a forked stick or similar instrument will move (7) when the person holding it is standing above underground water, oil, or certain metal ores.Is dowsing (8) ? It has been (9) around the world for centuries. Though many scoff at it as mere superst
4、ition, it has an impressive record of (10) . In Europe, it is most common in England. German tin miners brought dowsing to Cornwall, England, almost 400 years ago, and some Cornish miners (11) dowse today.Eyewitness reports seem to (12) the dowsers claims. Recently in Plymouth, England, repair worke
5、rs were able to locate the entire length of a winding underground gas main by dowsing, using a “branch“ (13) copper wires. A British army major, O. A. Pogson, was named official water diviner (dowser) in India. He (14) water at 128 of 130 sites. Later, back in England, he water-dowsed for years with
6、 over ninety percent (15) . Dowsers found much of the water that irrigates the once-arid California farmlands. An Australian woman, Evelyn Penrose, has been able to divine many valuable oil deposits.Some scientists (16) that dowsing is just a matter of luck or of the dowsers knowledge of geology (do
7、wsers may recognize land features that usually occur over water or ore deposits ). Other (17) feel that they possess extra-sensory perception (ESP). Still others say that dowsers, like some animals, are unusually (18) to certain radiations from the earth. Who are rightthe (19) or their critics? One
8、way to find out is to get yourself a forked tree branch and start (20) .（分数：10.00）(1).A. across B. crossC. besides D. at（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(2).A. pointed B. to pointC. pointing D. points（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(3).A. objects B. surrendersC. collapses D. interrupts（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(4).A. inward B. towardC. ou
9、tward D. backward（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(5).A. down B. upC. along D. with（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(6).A. something B. fireC. salt D. water（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(7).A. at easeB. in shortC. by itselfD. on its own（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(8).A. likely B. possibleC. able D. perhaps（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(9).A. practised B. servedC. pla
10、nted D. required（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(10).A. failure B. defeatC. defense D. success（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(11).A. yet B. butC. still D. or（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(12).A. denyB. supportC. ignoreD. misunderstand（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(13).A. made of B. made tipC. made out D. made by（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(14).A. boiled B. pollute
11、dC. located D. drank（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(15).A. mistake B. degreeC. dependence D. accuracy（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(16).A. open B. speakC. claim D. keep（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(17).A. expertsB. relativesC. citizensD. performers（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(18).A. happy B. sensitiveC. sharp D. sad（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(19).A. scientis
12、tsB. messengersC. dowsersD. women（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(20).A. dancing B. jumpingC. getting D. walking（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.二、Passage 2(总题数：1，分数：10.00)It looks like a great big cigar, (1) it is really a dangerous saltwater fish called barracuda. This (2) fish has a narrow body which grows to be from four to s
13、ix feet long. However it may reach ten feet in (3) ! The barracuda looks very much (4) the pike, a freshwater fish.Although the barracuda is not related (5) the pike, it is like that freshwater fish in being a fearless fighter. The barracuda has a large mouth and strong jaws that hold knifelike (6)
14、. When attacking or defending (7) the barracuda moves like lightning. It usually feeds on other fish. But it has been known to (8) swimmers. No wonder it is called “the tiger of the sea“ !The barracuda is usually found in warm, tropical seas or (9) . The most dangerous kind, the great barracuda, is
15、found off the (10) of Florida, Bermuda, and the West Indies. (11) caught for food live in the warm waters off the coast of California and Australia.To (12) its enemies, the barracuda can camouflage itself. It does this by taking on the color of its (13) . Its back changes from light brownish green (
16、14) deep blue, its sides sparkle with silvery tones, and its belly is chalky white. The barracudas tail and fins may be greenish yellow or gray.Bright eyes flash as it roams the (15) . When it rests on the sandy ocean floor, it becomes ahnost (16) as long as it stays quite still. Even when it prowls
17、 around a coral reef, it is difficult to spot, even in (17) water. People who (18) for sport try to excite the barracuda to move by tying a long, white rag behind their moving boat. However, they are often (19) . But they never give up trying to trick “the (20) of the sea/（分数：10.00）(1).A. so B. butC
18、. though D. when（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(2).A. fierce B. popularC. beautiful D. ugly（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(3).A. body B. headC. size D. foot（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(4).A. alike B. likeC. as D. likely（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(5).A. in B. atC. onto D. to（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(6).A. teeth B. faceC. ears D. hair（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(7).A.
19、 themselves B. herselfC. itself D. himself（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(8).A. train B. attackC. race D. teach（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(9).A. oceans B. parksC. zoos D. stores（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(10).A. inland B. islandC. homes D. coasts（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(11).A. This B. ThatC. Those D. These（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(12).A. praise B.
20、 foolC. fail D. make（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(13).A. surroundings B. babiesC. mate D. attackers（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(14).A. in B. withC. near D. to（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(15).A. forest B. seaC. jungle D. field（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(16).A. lovely B. beautifulC. invisible D. fearful（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(17).A. shallow B. deepC.
21、 ordinary D. warm（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(18).A. look B. fishC. like D. set（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(19).A. sleepyB. successfulC. saddenedD. disappointed（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(20).A. dog B. lionC. tiger D. fox（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.三、Passage 3(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Did you know that the parachute was invented before the airplane? T
22、his is (1) but true. The first airplane was flown in 1903. However, Leonardo da Vinci, the Italian artist-scientist, drew sketches of a (2) over 450 years ago. The first successful parachute jump was made from a tower (3) a French scientist, Sebastien Lenormand, in 1783. In 1785 J. P. Blanchard of F
23、rance used a parachute to eject a dog from a hot-air balloon.People (4) to use parachutes first for thrills and fun. Andre Jacques Garnerin, also of (5) , was the first to drop from a balloon at a (6) of 2000 feet using a parachute. Garnerin continued to parachute for a number of years, as (7) many
24、others. It wasnt until World War I, (8) , that the parachute became important for saving lives. By the end of the war, it had become standard safety equipment for nearly all (9) . In addition, parachutes were also worn by military passengers on (10) .Today the parachute is used (11) several purposes
25、. It is invaluable when firefighters must be dropped at the scene of a fire in (12) areas. These areas are often (13) isolated that they cant be reached by other means. The parachute is also used to drop rescuers and supplies to victims of disasters. It is also used by the military to (14) soldiers
26、and equipment.Parachute jumping has also become a popular (15) . Many airports have schools that teach correct procedure. They also provide the airplanes to carry (16) aloft. Experienced jumpers often take up sky diving. In sky diving the jumpers dont open their parachutes immediately. (17) they fal
27、l freely toward the earth doing various tricks, after which they then open their parachutes. They do this just in time for a safe (18) .There are many (19) records in parachuting. The longest fall before opening a parachute for a safe landing was accomplished in 1962 by a Russian who fell over fifte
28、en and one-half miles (20) using the parachute. The highest jump was made by an American in 1960. Air Force Captain Joseph Kittinger, Jr., jumped from a balloon nineteen and one-half miles high.（分数：10.00）(1).A. sad B. unfortunateC. strange D. humorous（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(2).A. plane B. parachuteC. pain
29、ting D. sketch（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(3).A. by B. throughC. with D. as（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(4).A. endedB. abandonedC. bannedD. started（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(5).A. Italy B. RussiaC. France D. America（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(6).A. height B. placeC. point D. average（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(7).A. do B. didC. does D. done（分数：0.50）A.
30、B.C.D.(8).A. when B. althoughC. that D. however（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(9).A. soldiersB. sailorsC. pilotsD. mechanics（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(10).A. planes B. shipsC. trains D. trucks（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(11).A. to B. forC. as D. in（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(12).A. rural B. tropicalC. busy D. remote（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(13).A. to
31、o B. veryC. so D. much（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(14).A. drop B. giveC. rescue D. provide（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(15).A. event B. sportC. matter D. incident（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(16).A. pilots B. driversC. soldiers D. jumpers（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(17).A. InsteadB. In additionC. As wellD. Instead of（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(18).A. gam
32、e B. rescueC. landing D. drive（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(19).A. unknownB. fascinatingC. ordinaryD. questionable（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(20).A. after B. byC. with D. before（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.考博英语-完型填空(二)答案解析(总分：30.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Passage 1(总题数：1，分数：10.00)A gray-haired woman walks carefully (1) a windswept field. She h
33、olds a Yshaped tree branch in front of her, one fork of the Y in each hand and the free end, (2) straight ahead. Suddenly she (3) . Then she goes no further. Something seems to be pulling the free end of the branch downward so that it points (4) the earth. “This is it!“ shouts the woman, and beckons
34、 to the driver of a well-digging machine waiting at the roadside. Soon, excavating thirty feet (5) , the well-digger strikes water.How can this woman know where there is (6) underground? She is a dowser-one who believes that a forked stick or similar instrument will move (7) when the person holding
35、it is standing above underground water, oil, or certain metal ores.Is dowsing (8) ? It has been (9) around the world for centuries. Though many scoff at it as mere superstition, it has an impressive record of (10) . In Europe, it is most common in England. German tin miners brought dowsing to Cornwa
36、ll, England, almost 400 years ago, and some Cornish miners (11) dowse today.Eyewitness reports seem to (12) the dowsers claims. Recently in Plymouth, England, repair workers were able to locate the entire length of a winding underground gas main by dowsing, using a “branch“ (13) copper wires. A Brit
37、ish army major, O. A. Pogson, was named official water diviner (dowser) in India. He (14) water at 128 of 130 sites. Later, back in England, he water-dowsed for years with over ninety percent (15) . Dowsers found much of the water that irrigates the once-arid California farmlands. An Australian woma
38、n, Evelyn Penrose, has been able to divine many valuable oil deposits.Some scientists (16) that dowsing is just a matter of luck or of the dowsers knowledge of geology (dowsers may recognize land features that usually occur over water or ore deposits ). Other (17) feel that they possess extra-sensor
39、y perception (ESP). Still others say that dowsers, like some animals, are unusually (18) to certain radiations from the earth. Who are rightthe (19) or their critics? One way to find out is to get yourself a forked tree branch and start (20) .（分数：10.00）(1).A. across B. crossC. besides D. at（分数：0.50）
40、A. B.C.D.解析：cross 可作动词或名词，across 可作副词加在动词之后，besides 和 at 不符合题意，故选across。(2).A. pointed B. to pointC. pointing D. points（分数：0.50）A.B.C. D.解析：此处选 point 的现在分词表伴随状态。(3).A. objects B. surrendersC. collapses D. interrupts（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D. 解析：object 意为“反对，抗议”；surrender 意为“投降，放弃”；collapse 意为“倒塌，崩溃”；interrup
41、t 意为“打断，插嘴；中断，暂停”。从下一句，那位女士没有再继续走可以看出，她突然停了下来，应选 interrupt。(4).A. inward B. towardC. outward D. backward（分数：0.50）A.B. C.D.解析：inward“向内的”，toward 是介词，接在动词后表示“朝”；outward“向外；外面的”；backward“向后，后退”。此处的意思是树枝的一端指向地面，所以选 toward。(5).A. down B. upC. along D. with（分数：0.50）A. B.C.D.解析：此处的意思是打井机向下挖掘了 30 英尺，所以选择表示向
42、下的介词 down。(6).A. something B. fireC. salt D. water（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D. 解析：从上文可知，打井机挖掘出了水，可见此处是问为何这位女士知道这里的地下有水。(7).A. at easeB. in shortC. by itselfD. on its own（分数：0.50）A.B.C. D.解析：at ease“自在，舒适”；in short“简而言之”；by oneself 和 on ones own 都有“自己一个人做”的意思，但前者强调自发完成的能力，后者强调完成事情的人数是一人。文中的意思是树枝自己转起来，选 by onese
43、lf 更符合题意。(8).A. likely B. possibleC. able D. perhaps（分数：0.50）A.B. C.D.解析：四个选项中只有 possible 符合题意。(9).A. practised B. servedC. planted D. required（分数：0.50）A. B.C.D.解析：practise“实践，实施”；serve“服务”；plant“种植”；require“要求，规定”。文中的意思是，这种方式已经在世界上实践了几个世纪。(10).A. failure B. defeatC. defense D. success（分数：0.50）A.B.C
44、.D. 解析：从上半句的 though 引导让步状语从句可知，尽管很多人嘲笑这种探询方式只是迷信，但它有很多成功的记录，应选择表示成功的 success。(11).A. yet B. butC. still D. or（分数：0.50）A.B.C. D.解析：此处的意思是，知道今天 Comish 的矿工仍然使用这种探寻的方法。(12).A. denyB. supportC. ignoreD. misunderstand（分数：0.50）A.B. C.D.解析：从下文可知目击者的证明是支持这种探寻方法的。(13).A. made of B. made tipC. made out D. made
45、 by（分数：0.50）A. B.C.D.解析：make up“化妆；弥补；制定”，make out“理解，明白；辨认出”，be made by“由制造”；be macle of“由组成”。(14).A. boiled B. pollutedC. located D. drank（分数：0.50）A.B.C. D.解析：这四个选项中只有 locate 有“找到，探明，确定位置”的意思。(15).A. mistake B. degreeC. dependence D. accuracy（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D. 解析：mistake 意为“错误，失误”；degree 意为“程度；角度；角
46、色”；dependence 意为“依赖，依赖性”；accuracy 意为“准确，精确度”。此处的意思是，多年来他探测水的准确度超过了 90%。(16).A. open B. speakC. claim D. keep（分数：0.50）A.B.C. D.解析：open 意为“打开，开放”；speak 意为“说，演讲”；claim 意为“声称，断言”；keep 意为“保持，保存”。此处意为“科学家声称”。(17).A. expertsB. relativesC. citizensD. performers（分数：0.50）A. B.C.D.解析：expert 意为“专家”，relative 意为“
47、亲戚”，citizen 意为“市民，公民”，performer 意为“表演者，执行者”。(18).A. happy B. sensitiveC. sharp D. sad（分数：0.50）A.B. C.D.解析：happy“快乐的”，sensitive“敏感的”，sharp“锐利的”，sad“难过的”。(19).A. scientistsB. messengersC. dowsersD. women（分数：0.50）A.B.C. D.解析：此处不难选出 critics 质疑的对象是 dowsers。(20).A. dancing B. jumpingC. getting D. walking（
48、分数：0.50）A.B.C.D. 解析：通过前文可知探测者是在步行中进行探测的。二、Passage 2(总题数：1，分数：10.00)It looks like a great big cigar, (1) it is really a dangerous saltwater fish called barracuda. This (2) fish has a narrow body which grows to be from four to six feet long. However it may reach ten feet in (3) ! The barracuda looks v
49、ery much (4) the pike, a freshwater fish.Although the barracuda is not related (5) the pike, it is like that freshwater fish in being a fearless fighter. The barracuda has a large mouth and strong jaws that hold knifelike (6) . When attacking or defending (7) the barracuda moves like lightning. It usually feeds on other fish. But it has been known to (8) swimmers. No wonder it is called “the tiger of the sea“ !The barracuda is usually found in warm, tropical seas or (9) . The most dangerous kind, the great barracuda, is found off the (10) of Florida, Bermud
