1、考研英语-611 及答案解析(总分：91.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Section Use of Eng(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Niagara is an Indian word which means “roaring water“. Indeed, the roar of the falling water of Niagara can be heard (1) a distance of 5 kms. Imagine (2) of water flowing over a cliff 90 feet high and you will get an idea of that
2、 terrible noise. And (3) tremendous power the Niagara River has! It moves big rocks about and throws them into the boiling water below. (4) ago an old ship without single person on board was put in mid-stream. It sailed down the river (5) a toy boat with great speed. Having reached the fall, the shi
3、p dropped into the boiling water, never (6) again. There were some people who wanted to become famous (7) swimming across the most dangerous part of the Niagara River. One of them was Captain Webb who said that he would try to swim cross the Niagara, which (8) crowds of people. On the evening of Jul
4、y 1st, 1893, Captain Webb came up to the river and (9) a plunge. His having jumped into the water (10) many people with horror. Soon, he appeared in the middle of the river. A loud shout went up from the crowd, but a moment later there was (11) silence. The man had disappeared under the water. Thous
5、ands of eyes (12) on the river, but the man was drowned. In 1902, a certain Miss Taylor decided to go over the falls in a barrel. There were different kinds of pillows inside the barrel to prevent her from (13) . Having examined the barrel carefully, Miss Taylor got in. The barrel was closed and the
6、n (14) into the water. Having reached the falls, it overturned and was shot down by the terrible (15) of the water. When the barrel was finally caught and opened, Miss Taylor came out alive (16) with a frightened look in her eyes. Once a crowd of visitors saw a rope (17) over from one bank of the ri
7、ver to the other. Then they saw a man (18) the rope. The man was an actor, Blondin (19) . He managed to cross Niagara Falls on a tight rope. The people on the bank were surprised at his (20) it so well.（分数：10.00）(1).A. within B. inside C. at D. on（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(2).A. much B. a great number C. mas
8、s D. a mass（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(3).A. how much B. what C. so D. how（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(4).A. Sometimes B. Many times C. Much time D. Some time（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(5).A. as B. as if C. like D. likely（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(6).A. to appear B. appearing C. appeared D. appear（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(7).A. for B. by C. throu
9、gh D. from（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(8).A. attracted B. drew C. caused D. pulled（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(9).A. gave B. made C. did D. took（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(10).A. filling B. full of C. filled D. was filled（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(11).A. dead B. dying C. died D. death（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(12).A. being stopped B. were fixing C.
10、 were fixed D. fixed（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(13).A. being hurt B. having hurt C. hurting D. hurt（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(14).A. being throw B. throwing C. thrown D. threw（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(15).A. power B. strength C. force D. capacity（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(16).A. therefore B. however C. so D. but（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(17).A
11、. being put B. put C. having put D. putting（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(18).A. step across B. step out onto C. step along D. step on（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(19).A. in name B. under the name of C. by name D. to the name of（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(20).A. done B. having done C. having been done D. being done（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.二、
12、Section Reading Co(总题数：0，分数：0.00)三、Part A(总题数：0，分数：0.00)四、Text 1(总题数：1，分数：10.00)The Catholic Church is changing in America at its most visible point: the parish church where believers pray, sing and clasp hands across pews to share the peace of God. Today there are fewer parishes and fewer priests t
13、han in 1990 and fewer of the nations 65 million Catholics in those pews. And theres no sign of return.Some blame the explosive 2002 clergy sexual abuse scandal and its financial price tag. But a study of 176 Roman Catholic dioceses shows no statistically significant link between the decline in pries
14、ts and parishes and the $ 772 million the church has spent to date on dealing with the scandal.Rather, the changes are driven by a constellation of factors:Catholics are moving from cities in the Northeast and Midwest to the suburbs, South and Southwest.For decades, so few men have become priests th
15、at one in five dioceses now cant put a priest in every parish.Mass attendance has fallen as each generation has become less religiously observant.Bishops-trained to bless, not to budget-lack the managerial skills to govern multimillion-dollar institutions.All these trends had begun years before the
16、scandal piled on financial pressures to cover settlements, legal costs, care and counseling for victims and abusers. The Archdiocese of Boston, epicenter of the crisis, sold chancery property to cover $ 85 million in settlements last year, and this year will close 67 churches and recast 16 others as
17、 new parishes or worship sites without a full-time priest. Archbishop Sean OMalley has said the crisis and the reconfiguration plan are “in no way“ related. He cites demographic shifts, the priest shortage and aging, crumbling buildings too costly to keep up. Fargo, N. D. , which spent $ 821,000 on
18、the abuse crisis, will close 23 parishes, but its because the diocese is short of more than 50 priests for its 158 parishes, some with fewer than a dozen families attending Mass.They know how this eels in Milwaukee. That archdiocese shuttered about one in five parishes from 1995 to 2003. The city co
19、nsolidations “gave some people who had been driving back into the city from new homes in the suburbs a chance to say they had no loyalty to a new parish and begin going to one near their home, says Noreen Welte, director of parish planning for the Milwaukee Archdiocese. “It gave some people who alre
20、ady were mad at the church for one reason or another an excuse to stop going altogether. /（分数：10.00）(1).Which of the following reflects the change of Catholic Church?A. Fewer prayers in the church.B. Fewer pews in the parish.C. Fewer Catholics in America.D. Fewer signs in the peace of God.（分数：2.00）A
21、.B.C.D.(2).The relationship between the first two paragraphs can be described asA. the Catholic Church of the past compared with that of today.B. the problem with the Catholic Church revealed and explained.C. the reform of the catholic Church argued for and against.D. the practice of the Catholic Ch
22、urch introduced and condemned.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Attendance of the Church has declined becauseA. there are fewer parishes and priests now.B. few Catholics observe religious rules.C. people are losing enthusiasm for religion.D. the financial pressures are overwhelming.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).The “reco
23、nfiguration plan“(Para. 4) probably refers toA. selling the Church property.B. covering the cost of settlements.C. shutting and remolding churches.D. keeping up crumbling buildings.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5).Noreen Welte seems to suggest that some peopleA. had difficulty adopting a new parish.B. preferred
24、 to go to the church near their home.C. disliked the church for several reasons.D. meant to escape the church.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.五、Text 2(总题数：1，分数：6.00)House-price falls are gathering momentum and are spreading across the UK, according to a monthly poll of surveyors which on Monday delivered its gloom
25、iest reading for nearly 12 years.Fifty-six per cent of surveyors contacted by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors reported price falls in the three months to October. Only 3 per cent saw prices rise in their area, compared with 58 per cent as recently as May.There was further evidence of sl
26、owing activity in the property market as the number of sales per surveyor dived to a nine-year low. Unsold stock on agents books has increased 10 per cent since the summer. Ian Perry, Rics national housing spokesman, said it was now very clear that buyers were unsettled by higher interest rates.The
27、Bank of England raised rates five times to 4.75 per cent over the last year to cool the property boom.But he also blamed comments by Mervyn King, the Banks governor, and misleading media headlines for “injecting additional uncertainty into the market by continued speculation over more serious price
28、declines“.“Mervyn King presumably felt that he had to be more explicit in the summer when people were still buying. His warnings of a drop in property prices then have had the desired effect.“But our concern now is that the pendulum is swinging too far,“ he said.Last week, the Banks monetary policy
29、committee predicted for the first time that “house prices may fall modestly for a period“ in its November inflation report. The Nationwide and Halifax mortgage lenders both showed a modest monthly decline in house prices in their latest loan approval data.Although the majority of surveyors expect pr
30、ices to fall further in the next three months,Mr. Perry stressed there were signs of stabilizing demand from buyers in London.“London tends to be ahead of the rest of the market. And agents are telling us that more people are looking to buy. It is much better than it was,“ Mr. Perry said.However, fa
31、lling prices continued to spread from the South of England as surveyors reported the first clear decline in prices in Yorkshire and the Humber, the north and the north- west. Scotland remained the only region with rising prices.（分数：6.00）(1).We learn from the passage thatA. the present house price fa
32、lls are at most a momentary phenomenon.B. the property market is experiencing its most depressing time over the decade.C. 58 percent of surveyors contacted started to encounter house price falls in May.D. Rics widely-followed headline indicator began to fall since Dec. 1992.（分数：1.20）A.B.C.D.(2).Para
33、graphs 2 and 3 are written toA. justify the authors observation in the first paragraph.B. contrast the present situation with that in the past.C. highlight the discouraging situation of home market.D. explain the reasons of slowing activity in the market.（分数：1.20）A.B.C.D.(3).By “the pendulum is swin
34、ging too far“, Ian Perry probably meansA. the number of houses sold by each agent is the lowest in history.B. the house market is bound to suffer because of the high interest rates.C. both Mr. King and the media worried too much over the price falls.D. the Bank and the media are helping push the hou
35、se prices further down.（分数：1.20）A.B.C.D.(4).In terms of the future of the property market, Mr. Perry seemsA. optimistic. B. uncertain. C. pessimistic. D. indifferent.（分数：1.20）A.B.C.D.(5).The author probably believes thatA. the house-price falls may continue for a while.B. peoples uncertainty about t
36、he market is ungrounded.C. there was always exception to the rule of rising prices.D. people are certainly ready to buy more than before.（分数：1.20）A.B.C.D.六、Text 3(总题数：1，分数：10.00)The iPod revolutionized the way we consume music. The iPhone made us crazy for apps. And now the iPad is getting ready to
37、rock our love livesor at least help improve our search for someone to communicate with. In late May, S will become the first dating site to launch an iPad application. The free app will be similar to the version thats already available to phone users: members can enter search criteria, such as age r
38、ange, gender and physical preferences, and a HotMap will show in real time the locations of active Skout users who fit those criteria. The idea is to help members meet up and see if magic happens. The cool thing about the iPad adaptation, says CEO Christian Wiklund, is that its screen is large enoug
39、h to let the user view the map while simultaneously chatting and searching through another members photos.David Evans, editor of , says we can expect to see more innovative technology in a few months after companies get acquainted with the capabilities of the iPad. “What Im looking for are dating si
40、tes that are optimized for the iPad, with features native to the sleek computing device like (touch screen motions such as) pinch, twist, zoom and shake,“ he says. “Its the iPad thats going to enable developers to create entirely new ways to browse, discover and connect with singles.“Steve Odom, CEO
41、 and founder of dating site Gelato, which launched last year and includes a live feed of members social-media profiles, is redesigning his entire website based on the iPads appearance. Profile pictures play a key role in online dating, Odom says, and the iPad gives sites an opportunity to play up th
42、e presentation of their clientele. “Its big, its beautiful, and its perfect for dating sites,“ says Odom, who plans to unveil the redesign in June.Evans predicts that online dating sites will begin to display their content like a magazine, letting users flip through pages of profiles and enlarge pho
43、tos while simultaneously texting with one or more others. He says theres also been talk of adding a facial-coding and eye-tracking function that would use a webcam on the iPad to refine suggested matches based on a members responses to certain profiles. If you grimace, the profile will fade away; if
44、 you smile or if your pupils dilate, similar profiles will be suggested. In other words, some day there could be an iPad app for love at first sight.（分数：10.00）(1).It is stated in Paragraph 1 that iPad is unique in_.A. its efficiency in searching for ideal friends or loversB. its ability to show all
45、the users on a certain dating website simultaneouslyC. its large screen contributing to better realizing its functionsD. its ability to change our attitude towards our love lives（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).According to David Evans, itll be possible that_.A. iPad becomes the beautiful tool for people to sur
46、f the webB. dating site developers create more ways for people to know each otherC. iPad will be developed to suit the needs of the dating websitesD. developers of iPad will add more features to the device（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).The clients of the dating site Gelato_.A. are better at making themselves
47、appear more beautifulB. will upgrade the web site to include more profile picturesC. will facilitate the development of new iPad featuresD. will skim through others profiles of higher quality（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).According to the last paragraph, a facial-coding and eye-tracking function_.A. could be
48、used to browse the profile pictures more quicklyB. is developed based on a members responseC. can enable the users to get accurate matches more easilyD. could support checking profile pictures and texting at once（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5).Which of the following would be the best title of the text?A. Onlin
49、e Dating Changes Peoples LifeB. Online Dating Enters iPad AgeC. How to Find the Best Match OnlineD. How to Choose People to Date with iPad（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.七、Text 4(总题数：1，分数：10.00)It never rains but it pours. Just as bosses and boards have finally sorted out their worst accounting and compliance troubles, and improved their feeble corporation governance, a new problem threatens to earn them - especially in American-the sort of nasty headlines that inevitably lead to heads rolling in the executive suite: d
