1、考研英语-66 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)BDirections:/BRead the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.Drug use is rising dramatically among the nations youth after a decade of decline. From 1993 to 1994, mari
2、juana use among young people U(1) /U from 12 to 17 jumped 50 percent. One in five high school seniors U(2) /U marijuana daily. Monitoring the Future, which U(3) /U student drug use annually, reports that negative attitudes about drugs have declined for the fourth year in a row. U(4) /U young people
3、see great risk in using drugs. Mood-altering pharmaceutical drugs are U(5) /U new popularity among young people. Ritalin, U(6) /U as a diet pill in the 1970s and now used to U(7) /U hyperactive children, has become a U(8) /U drug on college campuses. A central nervous system U(9) /U, Ritalin can cau
4、se strokes, hypertension, and seizures. Rohypnol, produced in Europe as a U(10) /U tranquilizer, lowers inhibitions and suppresses short-term memory, which has led to some women being raped by men they are going out with. U(11) /U taken with alcohol, its effects are greatly U(12) /U . Rock singer Ku
5、rt Cobain collapsed from an U(13) /U of Rohypnol and champagne a month before he committed U(14) /U in 1994. In Florida and Texas, Rohypnol has become widely abused among teens, who see the drug as a less expensive U(15) /U for marijuana and LSD. Alcohol and tobacco use is increasing among teenagers
6、, U(16) /U younger adolescents. Each year, more than one million teens become regular smokers, U(17) /U they cannot legally purchase tobacco. By 12th grade, one in three students smokes. In 1995, one in five 14-year-olds reported smoking regularly, a 33 percent jump U(18) /U 1991. Drinking among 14-
7、year-olds climbed 50 percent from 1992 to 1994, and all teens reported substantial increases in U(19) /U drinking. In 1995, one in five 10th graders reported having been drunk in the past 30 days. Two-thirds of high school seniors say they know a U(20) /U with a drinking problem.（分数：10.00）A.agedB.ag
8、ingC.ageD.agesA.tastesB.smokesC.injectsD.takesA.studiesB.researchesC.surveysD.examinesA.MoreB.ManyC.FewerD.FewA.retainingB.attainingC.maintainingD.gainingA.describedB.prescribedC.inscribedD.instructedA.treatB.cureC.diagnoseD.testA.amusingB.relaxingC.recreationalD.pleasantA.stimulusB.stimulantC.excit
9、ementD.encouragementA.validB.formalC.popularD.legalA.WhenB.AsC.thoughD.whileA.enlargedB.confirmedC.exaggeratedD.magnifiedA.overtakeB.overdoseC.abuseD.overuseA.murderB.crimeC.suicideD.killingA.substituteB.replacementC.exchangeD.interchangeA.speciallyB.particularlyC.mostlyD.actuallyA.even thoughB.as i
10、fC.as long asD.as soon asA.inB.toC.sinceD.forA.seriousB.severeC.graveD.heavyA.studentB.manC.youthD.peer二、BSection Readi(总题数：4，分数：40.00)BPart A/BBDirections:/BRead the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.BText 1/BIt
11、may not have generated much interest outside energy and investment circles, but a recent comment by Tidewater, Inc. president Dean Taylor sent earthquakes through the New Orleans business community. In June, Taylor told the Houston Chronicle that the international marine services companythe worlds l
12、argest operator of ships serving the offshore oil industrywas seriously considering moving its headquarters, along with scores of administrative jobs, from the Crescent City to Houston. “We have a lot of sympathy for the city,“ Taylor said. “But our shareholders dont pay us to have sympathy. They pa
13、y us to have results for them.“It was the last thing the hurricane-scarred city needed to hear. Tidewater was founded here a little more than 50 years ago, and kept its main office in New Orleans throughout the oil bust of the 1980s and the following decades of industry consolidation, when dozens of
14、 energy firms all but abandoned New Orleans for greener pastures on the Texas coast. In the nearly two years since Hurricane Katrina ravaged the city, the pace of exodus has accelerated. complicating New Orleans halting recovery; according to the local business weekly CityBusiness, the metropolitan
15、area has lost 12 of the 23 publicly traded companies headquartered here, taking white-collar jobs, corporate community support and sorely needed taxpayers with themand threatening to leave the city even more dependent on a tourismbased economy than it was before the storm.Making matters worse, some
16、observers say, is the city leaderships apparent indifference 10 the bloodletting. Just weeks after Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, Mayor Ray Nagin, then in the very early stages of a heated reelection bid, dismissed warnings that many companies, like displaced residents, might opt to relocate. Nag
17、in said he hoped they would stay. “But if they dont,“ he said with typical glibness, “Ill send them a postcard. “The comment might have been written off as one of Nagins many verbal missteps. But in the months that followed, the warnings turned out in many cases to be true, even as the citys rebuild
18、ing effort languished, infrastructure repairs limped along, the state reimbursement program for damaged homes faltered and the New Orleans infamous crime rate made a sickening comeback.New Orleans “wasnt considered a great city for doing business before the storm. People were always dribbling out,“
19、says Peter Ricchiuti, a professor of economics at Tulane University. While many of the companies that made it through the storm could stand to benefit from the city s recovery, he says, Katrina may have hastened the loss of high-paying energy jobs. “Were losing the white-collar jobs and keeping the
20、blue-collar jobs,“ he says. “We re becoming much more of a blue-collar oil industry.“One of the latest examples is Chevron Corp., which is building new offices in the northern suburbs, 40 miles north of the city across Lake Pontchartrain, and plans to transfer 550 employees from New Orleans to Covin
21、gton by the end of the year. That would take well-paid people out of downtown New Orleans, a move that will impact the central business districts economy. “We made the decision in May, 2006, when our employees were making important housing decisions,“ says Qi Wilson, a Chevron spokesperson. The comp
22、any, like many employees, decided the north shore offered better security should another hurricane strike, along with fewer of the post-Katrina headaches that still plague the city. The move “will make it easier to retain the talent we have, and to attract new talent,“ Wilson says.（分数：10.00）(1).It c
23、an be inferred from the first paragraph that.（分数：2.00）A.Dean Taylor is also famous outside energy and investment circles.B.shareholders are not paid to have sympathy.C.many companies are planning to move their offices into New Orleans.D.shareholders are more concerned with performance.(2).The word “
24、exodus“ (line 5, paragraph 2) most probably means（分数：2.00）A.emigration.B.exit.C.hurricane.D.reconstruction.(3).Mayor Ray Nagin is quoted in the 3rd paragraph to（分数：2.00）A.stress the consequences of careless talking by politicians.B.show the local governments indifference to the exodus.C.illustrate t
25、he city s efforts in rebuilding their infrastructure.D.criticize his strange hobby of sending postcards to companies.(4).According to Peter Ricchiuti, New Orleans（分数：2.00）A.is often struck by hurricanes such as Katrina.B.no longer paid white collars as much as before.C.failed to recover from the sto
26、rm as planned.D.will lose more while-collar jobs in oil industry after the storm.(5).According to Wilson, Chevron intends to transfer its employees chiefly to（分数：2.00）A.find a safer place for both business and living.B.protect the company from other possible storms.C.maintain the number of their emp
27、loyees.D.downtown New Orleans is no longer a business center.BText 2/BSleep is a funny thing. We re taught that we should get seven or eight hours a night, but a lot of us get by just fine on less, and some of us actually sleep too much. A study out of the University of Buffalo last month reported t
28、hat people who routinely sleep more than eight hours a day and are still tired are nearly three times as likely to die of strokeprobably as a result of an underlying disorder that keeps them from snoozing soundly.Doctors have their own special sleep problems. Residents are famously sleep deprived. W
29、hen I was training to become a doctor, it was not unusual to work 40 hours in a row without rest. Most of us took it in stride, confident we could still deliver the highest quality of medical care.Maybe we shouldnt have been so sure of ourselves. An article in the Journal of the American Medical Ass
30、ociation points out that in the morning after 24 hours of sleeplessness, a persons motor performance is comparable to that of someone who is legally intoxicated. Curiously, surgeons who believe that operating under the influence is grounds for dismissal often dont think twice about operating without
31、 enough sleep.“I could tell you horror stories,“ says Jaya Agrawal, president of the American Medical Student Association, which runs a website where residents can post anonymous anecdotes. Some are terrifying. “I was operating after being up for over 36 hours, “one writes.“ I literally fell asleep
32、standing up and nearly face planted into the wound.“Practically every surgical resident I know has fallen asleep at the wheel driving home from work, “writes another.“ I know of three who have hit parked cars. Another hit a convenience store on the roadside, going 105km/h.“Your own patients have bec
33、ome the enemy,“ writes a third,“ because they are the one thing that stands between you and a few hours of sleep.“Agrawals organization is supporting the Patient and Physician Safety and Protection Act of 2001, introduced last November by Representative John Conyers Jr. of Michigan. Its key provisio
34、ns, modeled on New York States regulations, include an 80-hour workweek and a 24hour work-shift limit.Most doctors, however, resist such interference. Dr. Charles Binkley, a senior surgery resident at the University of Michigan, agrees that something needs to be done but believes“ doctors should be
35、bound by their conscience, not by the government.“The U. S. controls the hours of pilots and truck drivers. But until such a system is in place for doctors, patients are on their own. If youre worried about the people treating you, you should feel free to ask how many hours of sleep they have had. D
36、octors, for their part, have to give up their pose of infallibility and get the rest they need.（分数：10.00）(1).Which of the following is NOT true according to the text?（分数：2.00）A.In a recent scientific research, the scientists points out that someone who sleeps beyond the limit will probably not be in
37、 good health.B.In the United States, the doctors usually do not take their sleep problems seriously.C.Most doctors agree that the problems should be solved only by way of some compulsory means.D.The U. S. government has already restricted the doctors working hours.(2).In the last paragraph, the expr
38、ession“patients are on their own“most probably means（分数：2.00）A.patients are alone when they are in hospital.B.patients will try their luck on their doctors health.C.patients will have some problems related to them, rather than other people.D.patients will make their decisions for themselves.(3).On J
39、aya Agrawals website, what are the common responses to the doctors sleep problems?（分数：2.00）A.Most people insisted that the problems have nothing to do with the interests of the majority of people.B.People who posted their opinions on the website thought the results of the problems would be too horri
40、bly to think.C.The internet-surfers believed that the government should regulate some laws to limit the doctors working hours.D.People advocated that the problems could merely be solved by the doctors conscience.(4).It can be inferred from the passage that（分数：2.00）A.the U. S. legislators are alarmed
41、 about sleep-deprived doctors.B.the doctors should sleep much more than the ordinary people.C.the U. S. government as well as many ordinary people never pays enough attention to the problems.D.at the very beginning, the doctors insist that their sleep problems will lead to serious consequences.(5).W
42、ho is well aware of the consequences of the doctors sleep problem and runs a website to raise the common peoples awareness?（分数：2.00）A.The University of Buffalo.B.Jaya Agrawal.C.Dr. Charles Binkley.D.John Conyers Jr.BText 3/BSome oil companies plan to get rid of some of the pollution they produce by
43、pumping it into rocks deep inside the Earth, where they say it will stay for thousands of years. Other people, though, arent so sure this is advisable; environmental groups say that putting this pollution back into the Earth is a bad idea.When oil burns, it doesnt just produce heat: it also produces
44、 carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is a natural part of the air, but because people burn so much oil, theres too much carbon dioxide in the air. This extra carbon dioxide is pollution; some scientific studies show that carbon dioxide is one of the “greenhouse gases that is causing the Earths temperatur
45、e to rise.Environmentalists say that the oil companies plans may not work. The oil companies say they are making sure that the gas will never escape, but environmentalists wonder how the oil companies can be so sure that the gas won t seep into the air. They also point out that theres no way to chec
46、k to make sure the gas isnt leaking. In addition, the environmentalists point out that the pumping costs moneyfor research and for equipmentthat the oil companies should be spending on preventing pollution, rather than on just moving it someplace else.Another problem, say some people who are concern
47、ed about the Earth, is that if the oil companies find a cheap way to get rid of their pollution, they won t look for new kinds of energy. These environmentalists say that energy companies should be researching ways to use hydrogen, wind power, and solar power instead of finding better ways to use oi
48、l. They argue that continuing to use oil means that we will still need to buy oil from other countries instead of producing our own cheap, clean energy.Environmentalists also say that burying pollution just pushes the problem into the future, rather than really solving it. They say that if the oil c
49、ompanies pump carbon dioxide into the rocks inside the Earth, it will be there for thousands of years, and that no one knows if this planeven if it worksmight turn into a pollution problem for all of us in the future.The oil companies insist that their plan is safe, and that putting the gas inside the Earth is a reasonable
