1、考研英语-272 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BSection Use o(总题数：1，分数：10.00)To the people of the Bijagos archipelago, the shark is sacred. InU (1) /Uceremonies young men from these islandsU (2) /Uthe coast of Guinea-Bissau must spear a shark and present the liver to theirU (3) /UBut can this ancient ceremon
2、yU (4) /Uthe economic fact that a bowl of sharks fin soup can cost $150 in the Far East?In the archipelago, and all along West Africas coast, sharks are being “finned“ toU (5) /UFishermen can earn $50-80U (6) /Ua kilo of sharks fins. far more than ordinary fish. By the time theyU (7) /Uthe Far East,
3、 they could beU (8) /U$500 a kilo or more. valuableU (9) /Uaphrodisiacs as well as for gourmets.The high demand isU (10) /Ushark populations in West Africa and elsewhere. Most fish, .vulnerable toU (11) /Ueaten by bigger fish, protect their species by laying millions of eggs. But the shark has no na
4、tural enemyU (12) /Uman. and gives birth to just aU (13) /Uof young.U (14) /Ufemale sharks are often caughtU (15) /Upregnant, the result has been predictably disastrous. Shark-like sawfish, which are also “finned“. are already virtuallyU (16) /Uoff the Bijagos islands, and guitarfish areU (17) /Uthr
5、eat.In some parts of West Africa, when sharks and other similar fish have been finned, the rest of the flesh is oftenU (18) /U, salted and exported to places like Ghana, where there is aU (19) /Ufor lt. Dried shark is used muchU (20) /Ua stock cube would be elsewhere. But in the Bijagos islands, whe
6、re traders are uninterested in exporting dried shark, carcasses are often left to rot on the beach.（分数：10.00）A.beginningB.startC.initiationD.initialA.aboveB.alongC.onD.offA.eldersB.ancestorsC.familyD.relativesA.endureB.live onC.outlastD.surviveA.deathB.dieC.dyingD.be diedA.byB.forC.atD.fromA.attainB
7、.reachC.arriveD.achieveA.worthfulB.worthwhileC.worthyD.worthA.asB.likeC.because ofD.forA.miningB.devastatingC.destroyingD.spoilingA.beingB.beC.beenD.isA.excludingB.besidesC.butD.besideA.handB.littleC.fewD.handfulA.WhenB.SinceC.BecauseD.AsA.whenB.asC.duringD.whistA.destroyedB.extinctC.diedD.vanishedA
8、.inB.underC.atD.below18A.parchedB.dryC.dryingD.driedA.demandB.needC.wantD.requestA.sameB.likingC.asD.alike二、BSection Readi(总题数：4，分数：40.00)BPart A/BBText 1/BAt the end of last year, a town called Friendship Heights, in Marylands Montgomery County, approved Americas (and thus the worlds) strictest tob
9、acco policy. Town officers courageously banned smoking on all public property, including streets, pavements and public squares. “Its a public health issue,“ said the mayor, Alfred Muller. who is also a doctor. “We dont have the right to outlaw tobacco. but were doing what we can within our rights.“T
10、his newspaper has expressed disgruntlement with the element of intolerance that is increasingly manifesting itself within Americas anti-tobacco movement. It must be said, however, that brave Friendship Heights has discovered an approach that liberals can embrace. Private property is its owners sanct
11、uary, but the public rules in public spaces. Undeniably, the streets belong to the government; what happens in them. therefore, is the governments business.On this worthy principle, smoking should be merely the beginning. For example, it is clear that the consumption of fatty foods contributes to he
12、art disease, strokes and other deadly disease. Besides, eating junk makes you fat and ugly. What people do at home is their own affair, but why allows them to abuse the public streets for this gluttony? Americas pavements and boardwalks are overridden with persons, many of them overweight, who amble
13、 along licking ice cream or gobbling chips. In many cities, hot dogs are spreaded, quite openly, on the pavement itself. All this should be stopped. Not just in Friendship Heights but in other enlightened districts, it should be illegal to eat anything but low-fat foods in public zones. Because Amer
14、icans consume too little by way of fruits and vegetables, in time (it is best to move slowly, because peoples rights must be respected) streets should become strictly vegetarian.More can be done. Shrieking newspaper headlines create stress for those who may not wish to view them. People who want to
15、buy and read papers should therefore be required to do so in private. America has long and justly sought to prevent the entanglement of religion with public life. What people do in church or at home is their business. However, praying, sermonizing or wearing religious garb in the streets surely comp
16、romises the requirement that the public will not be dragoored into supporting religion.There is the environment to consider, as well. That people exhale carbon dioxide in public places. thus contributing to global warming, is probably inevitable, and Americas politicians would be wise to permit it.
17、But methane, too. is a greenhouse gas, and an odiferous one. Its emission in public places. where it can neither be avoided nor filtered, seems an imposition on both planetary hygiene and human comfort. Breakers of wind, surely, can be required to wait until they can answer their needs in private; a
18、nd prosecuted when they fail.Fame. then. to Friendship Heights. Other towns should take note. If they intend to fulfill their responsibilities to the health and welfare of citizens, to public order, and above all to the public streets and parks whose rights the authorities are sworn to uphold, then
19、the way ahead is clear.（分数：10.00）(1).Alfred Mullers words imply_.（分数：2.00）A.laws do a lot for public healthB.he cant make laws about the tobaccoC.what he has done is benefiting the peopleD.the mayors approval is the important factor in making laws(2).Which of the following measures CANNOT be taken f
20、or good of public health?（分数：2.00）A.Smoking is banned in public places.B.People are forbidden to eat fatty food on all public property.C.People are restricted in emitting carbon dioxide in public places.D.People are not permitted to read newspapers with shrieking headlines(3).The word “disgruntlemen
21、t“ (Line 1, Para. 2) means_.（分数：2.00）A.intoleranceB.sarcasmC.welcomeD.dissatisfaction(4).Which is NOT the peoples private thing?（分数：2.00）A.Reading newspaper.B.Playing in the street.C.Smoking.D.Sleeping at home.(5).Which one is TRUE about the author?（分数：2.00）A.He thinks the Friendship Height law is j
22、ust a stunt.B.He is careless about the law.C.He thinks that although it is not bad to set up such laws. the law-makers must think about it practicallyD.He is optimistic about the laws being carried.BText 2/BOver the years, as the musical “Rent“ has reached milestone after milestoneplaying around the
23、 world in more than 200 productions from Boise to Little Rock to Reykjavikthe thousands of people who have been affected by this vibrant, gritty and compassionate work may well wonder what its creator, Jonathan Larson, would have thought of it all. Another milestone came on Monday .night. The origin
24、al Broadway production of “Rent“ opened at the Nederlander Theater l0 years ago this Saturday. That production, directed by Michael Greif, was an almost-intact transfer of the initial production at the New York Theater Workshop, which had opened three months earlier.To celebrate the anniversary the
25、original cast members reassembled, rehearsed for two days and performed the show in a semi-staged version at the Nederlander on Monday. The event was a benefit for the New York Theater Workshop, for Friends in Deed (a support organization that gave comfort to several of Mr. Larsons friends dealing w
26、ith H.I.V. infections.). and for the Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation, which was set up by his family after the enormous success of “Rent“.Before the performance, the co-chairmen of the benefit told the star-studded audience that more than $2 million had been raised. Also addressing the cr
27、owd were Senator Charles E. Schumer and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, who praised “Rent“ as a timeless work exemplifying “culture, community and creativity,“ in the mayors words, and saluted the shows vast contributions to New Yorks theatrical life.Once again you could only think, “Would Jonathan ever
28、 have imagined all this?“ Mr. Larson, who wrote the music, lyrics and books for his stage works, struggled for more than 10 years to get a producer to take a shot at one of his shows. Now he was being posthumously thanked for giving Broadway a creative and economic boost. “Rent“ is the seventh longe
29、st running show in Broadway history.I count myself among those who were personally affected by Mr. Larsons work. because of the inadvertent role I played in the last hours of his life. In 1996 an editor at The Times tipped me off to the opening of a rock musical, inspired by. “La Boheme“, which tran
30、splanted Puccinis struggling bohemians from Paris in the 1830s to the East Village in 1990s. So on Jan. 24 I went to the New York Theater Workshop m see the dress rehearsal of “Rent“, which was scheduled to open in February.That performance was pretty ragged, with technical glitches and a misbehavin
31、g sound system. But I was swept away by the sophistication and exuberance of Mr. Larsons music and the mix of tenderness and cleverness in his lyrics. After the show Mr. Larson and I sat down for an interview in the tiny ticket booth of the theater, the only quiet space we could find amid the post-r
32、ehearsal confusion. For almost an hour, this sad-eyed and boyish. creator talked about his approach to songwriting, his determination to bring the American musical tradition to the MTV generation, and about friends snuggling with H:I.V. infection who had inspired the show.（分数：10.00）(1).The fact that
33、 the original production was an almost-intact transfer of the initial production at the New York Theater Workshop implies that_.（分数：2.00）A.“Rent“ was a classical workB.Michael Greif Was a conservative directorC.“Rent“ was conservativeD.people were nostalgic(2).“Another milestone“ in the first paragr
34、aph refers to_.（分数：2.00）A.“Rent“ has been played in more than 200 productionsB.thousands of people have been affected by “Rent“C.it has welcomed its 10-year anniversaryD.that production was a transfer of the initial production(3).The word “boost“ (Line 4, Para. 4) implies_.（分数：2.00）A.inspirationB.pu
35、shC.increaseD.help(4).Mr. Larson tried his best to make his musical on show in order to_.（分数：2.00）A.make a profitB.raise fund for his friends straggling with H.LV. infectionC.make the world know himD.reform the American musical tradition(5).The best title for this passage is_.（分数：2.00）A.Eternal Rent
36、, Eternal SoulB.History of RentC.On the Anniversary of RentD.Benefit of RentBText 3/B“I was a lover, before this war.“ Those are the fast words sung on TV on the Radios “Return to Cookie Mountain,“ one of the most widely praised albums of 2006. Whatever the line means within the bands cryptic lyrics
37、, it could also apply to the past years popular music. Thoughts of romance, vice and comfort still dominated the charts and the airwaves. But amid the entertainment, songwriters including some aiming for the Top 10were also grappling with a war that wouldnt go away.Pops political consciousness rises
38、 in every election year, and much as it became clear in November that voters are tired of war, music in 2006 also reflected battle fatigue. Beyond typical wartime attitudes of belligerence, protest and yearning for peace, in 2006 pop moved toward something different: a mood somewhere between resigna
39、tion and a siege mentality.Songs that touched on the war in 2006 were suffused with the mournful and resentful knowledge thats Nell Young titled the album he made and rush-released in the springwe are “Living With War,“ and will be for some time. Awareness of the war throbs like a chronic headache b
40、ehind more pleasant distractions.The cultural response to war in Iraq and the war on terrorismone protracted, the other possibly endlessdoesnt have an exact historical parallel. Unlike World War , the current situation has brought little national unity; unlike the Vietnam era, ours has no appreciabl
41、e domestic support for Americas opponents. Iraq may be mining into a quagmire and civil war like Vietnam, but the current war has not inspired talk of generation wide rebellion (,perhaps because theres no draft m pit young against old) or any colorful, psychedelically defiant counterculture. The war
42、 songs of the 21st century have been sober and earnest, pragmatic rather than fanciful.Immediate responses to 9/11 and to the invasion of Iraq arrived along familiar lines. There was anger and saber-rattling at first, particularly in country music: the Dixie Chicks career was upended in 2003 when Na
43、talie Maines disparaged the president on the eve of the Iraq invasion. There were folky protest songs about weapons and oil profiteering, like “The Price of Oil“ by Billy Bragg; in a 21st-century touch, there were denunciations of news media complicity from songwriters as varied as Merle Haggard, Ne
44、llie McKay and the punk-rock band Anti-Flag.Rappers, who were already slinging war metaphors for everything from rhyme battles to tales of drag-dealing crime soldiers, soon exploited the multitude of rhymes for Iraq. while some. like Eminem and OutKast, also bluntly attacked the president and the wa
45、r.In 2006 songwriters who Usually stick to love songs found themselves paying attention to the war as well. “A new year, a new enemy/another soldier gone to war,“ John Legend sings in “Coming Home,“ the song that ends his 2006 album, “Once Again.“ its a soldiers letter home, wondering if his gtrlfri
46、end still cares. “It seems the wars will never end. but well make it home again,“ Mr. Legend croons, more wishful than confident.（分数：10.00）(1).According to the first paragraph, the most popular songs of 2006 are about EXCEPT_.（分数：2.00）A.entertainmentB.leisureC.loveD.war(2).The pop music about war in
47、 2006 is different from the former ones in that_.（分数：2.00）A.it searches for peaceB.it protest against the warC.it has a tendency of resignationD.it stresses the continuous presence of the war(3).The word “protracted“ (Line 1, Para. 4)means_.（分数：2.00）A.endedB.prolongedC.protrudedD.terminated(4).The m
48、ood of the song “Coming Home“ is_.（分数：2.00）A.resentfulB.mournfulC.hatefulD.bitter(5).The best title of this passage is_.（分数：2.00）A.The Political Consciousness of Pop SongsB.The Pop Album of 2006C.The New Tread of the 2006 PopD.The War Songs of the 2006 PopBText 4/BWatching a three-and-a-half-pound chicken roast in 14 minutes, time loses all meaning. The skin turns gold and crisp, juices immediately rise to the surface, and the flesh firms before your eyes. Its dizzying and seductive, like the home makeovers on TV that compress as “Wow.“ you think “I could do this ever
