1、考研英语-试卷 6及答案解析(总分：142.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Use of English(总题数：2，分数：80.00)1.Section I Use of EnglishDirections: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D.（分数：40.00）_Everybody dances. If you have (1)_ swerved to avoid stepping on a crack in the sidewalk,
2、 you have danced. If you have ever kneeled to pray, you have danced. For these actions have figured importantly (2)_ the history of dance. Dance goes (3)_ to the beginnings of civilization(4)_ the tribewhere natives danced to get (5)_ they wanted. Primitive dance was (6)_ all practical, not the soci
3、al dancing we know today. Natives approached dance with (7)_ seriousness as a way to help the tribe in the crucial process (8)_ survival. Dance was believed to be the (9)_ direct way to repel locusts, to (10)_ rain to fall, to insure that a male heir would be born, and (11)_ guarantee victory in a f
4、orthcoming battle. Primitive (12)_ was generally done by many people moving in the same manner and direction. (13)_ all dances had leaders, solo dances (14)_ rare. Much use was made of (15)_ part of the body. And so (16)_ were these tribal dances that, if a native (17)_ miss a single step, he would
5、be put to death (18)_ the spot. Fortunately, the same rigid (19)_ that governed the lives of these people do not apply in the (20)_ relaxed settings of today“s discotheques.（分数：40.00）A.everB.neverC.beforeD.afterA.aboutB.forC.inD.aroundA.forwardB.backC.upD.downA.atB.forC.ofD.toA.whenB.whyC.whichD.wha
6、tA.aboutB.aboveC.underD.overA.littleB.greatC.lessD.leastA.toB.overC.ofD.atA.mostB.leastC.firstD.lastA.causeB.happenC.tryD.makeA.forB.ofC.toD.atA.foodB.danceC.spellsD.harvestA.SinceB.DespiteC.ThusD.AlthoughA.areB.wasC.wereD.isA.onlyB.everyC.someD.allA.comicB.boringC.solemnD.tiringA.wouldB.shouldC.mig
7、htD.couldA.inB.atC.onD.aroundA.sticksB.messagesC.reviewsD.rulesA.lessB.moreC.leastD.most二、Reading Comprehensio(总题数：10，分数：58.00)2.Section II Reading Comprehension_3.Part ADirections: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D._Even to his contemporari
8、es, Rochester was a legendary figure One of the youngest and most handsome courtiers of the restored Charles . He was the favorite of a king whose wit, lasciviousness and serious intellectual interests he shared. He was banished from court several times, but Charles“s pleasure in his conversation al
9、ways resulted in his recall. His authentic adventures included the attempted abduction of an heiress (whom he later married), smashing a phallic-shaped sundial in the royal gardens during a drunken celebrity, and a violent quarrel with the watch at Epsom in which one of his companions was killed. Qu
10、ite apart from his reputation as a poet, he was feted in the writings of his friends, notably in Sir George Etherege“s comedy, “The Man of Mode“. Just before he died in 1680, at the age of 33, destroyed by alcoholism and syphilis, Rochester“s legend took a surprising turn. After a series of conversa
11、tions with an Anglican rationalist divine, Gilbert Burner, the skeptical libertine made a death-bed conversion which was celebrated in the devotional literature of the succeeding century. Charming as it is the Rochester legend has always been a distraction. It has resulted in many apocryphal stories
12、 and uncertain attributions, and it can still divert attention from the poetry. It is Rochester“s achievement as a poet which commands our interest and makes him something more than a luridly colorful period, figure. For all the brevity of his career, Rochester is a crucial figure in the development
13、 of English verse satire and file Horatian epistle, a student of his elder French contemporary Boileau, and an important exemplar for later poets as different as Alexander Pope and Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea. Cephas Goldsworthy“s “The Satyr“ gives us the legend. Although there are no footnot
14、es to sources, the book shows some acquaintance with modem Rochester scholarship and its rejection of spurious verse from his canonbut only intermittently. Anecdotes concerning Rochester and his crony George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, are retailed without any indication that they have, in fact, b
15、een discredited; poems no longer attributed to Rochester are cited as if they were authentic. Mr. Goldsworthy quotes liberally from the poetry, but repeatedly reads it as straightforward autobiography. For example, we are told that “My dear mistress has a heart“ is addressed to. Elizabeth Barry, an
16、actress, which is incautious given the uncertain dating of this song, and indeed of most of Rochester“s poems. More generally, while of course some of the satires include references to actual persons, as often as not in 17th-century love poetry the emotion is genuine but the addressee is fictitious.
17、 A less simplistic way to relate Rochester“s poetry to his life would be to read the former as an exploitation of what it means to live according to libertine values. In his best satires and even some of the lyrics he articulated an anti-rational nihilistic vision scarcely found elsewhere in English
18、 verse. Such a task belongs to a critical biography. There is no mistaking Mr. Goldsworthy“s enthusiasm for his subject, but his book is essentially biography as entertainment.（分数：10.00）(1).Rochester was NOT_.（分数：2.00）A.a troublemakerB.a fictional legendary figureC.an excellent SolomonD.the favorite
19、 of Charles (2).Rochester didn“t have a reputation of_.（分数：2.00）A.comedianB.legendC.libertineD.poet(3).The word “nihilistic“(Para. 5) means_.（分数：2.00）A.rationalB.practicalC.opposed moral beliefsD.pro-government(4).Rochester“s legend gave others a surprising turn when_.（分数：2.00）A.he was dyingB.he got
20、 syphilisC.he appeared in an anti-rational stateD.he changed his life-style(5).Rochester was NOT_.（分数：2.00）A.crucial in the development of English verse satireB.a comedy writerC.Boileau“s studentD.an important model for later poetsWhere is the second centre of Hollywood film making in Europe after L
21、ondon, Paris, or perhaps Berlin? Try Prague. Last year, Hollywood spent over $200m on shooting movies, commercials and pop videos in the Czech capital. This year, all the big studios will be in town. MGM has “Hart“s War“ starring Bruce Willis; Disney is shooting “Black Sheep“ with Anthony Hopkins; a
22、nd Fox has just finished filming “From Hell“, a Jack the Ripper saga starring Johnny Depp. Praguers take Tinseltown in their stride. Old ladies looked only slightly confused last month when the cobbled streets of Mala Strana, Prague“s old quarter, were cleared of real snow and sprayed with a more ci
23、nematically pleasing chemical alternative for Universal“s “Bourne Identity“, a $50m thriller starring Matt Damon. The film“s producer, Pat Crowley, reckons a day filming in Prague costs him $100,000, against $250,000 in Paris. Czech crews, he says, are professional, English-speaking and numerous. Th
24、ey are also a bargain40% cheaper than similar crews in London or Los Angeles, points out Matthew Stillman. the British boss of Stillking, a Prague-based production firm. Mr. Stillman founded Stillking in 1993 after arriving in Prague with $500 and a typewriter. Today, Hollywood producers come to the
25、 company for crews, catering, lights and much more. It claims to have about half of the local film-production business and this year hopes for revenues of over $50m. The biggest draw to Prague, however, is Barrandovone of the largest film studios in Europe, with 11 sound-stages, onsite photo labs an
26、d top-notch technicians. It was founded during Czechoslovakia“s pre-war first republic by Milos Havel, an uncle of the present Czech president, Vaclav Havel. The Nazis expanded it as a production centre for propaganda flicksthe sound-stages are courtesy of Joseph Goebbels. Then came the Communists w
27、ith their own propaganda and, admittedly, a few impressive homegrown directors such as Milos Forman, who began Hollywood“s march to Prague by filming “Amadeus“ there. But it is partly thanks to Barrandov that Prague remains some way behind London as a film centre. The studio has suffered from doubtf
28、ul management and is already stretched to capacity (“You can“t even get an office there“, moans one producer). Its present owner, a local steel company, is keen to sell but talks with a Canadian institution have been thorny, not least because the Czech government holds a golden share. Should the Can
29、adian deal fall through, Stillking says it would consider a bid of its own.（分数：10.00）(1).Which one is NOT true about Prague?（分数：2.00）A.It“s a gathering place for big studios to make film-stars.B.It“s the Czech capital.C.It“s a very popular place for Hollywood film making.D.It“s an attractive place f
30、or both film makers and the stars.(2).Pat Crowley has chosen Prague to be the place for his new film just because_.（分数：2.00）A.this place is covered with snow, which is What they wareB.he takes costs into considerationC.Matt Damon loves the placeD.it has the cobbled streets(3).Czech Film workers are
31、NOT_.（分数：2.00）A.skilledB.able to speak foreign languagesC.professionalD.good at bargaining(4).Stillking is a company_.（分数：2.00）A.providing instruments and workers for studiosB.providing actorsC.involved in film-makingD.gathering money from local film studios(5).Prague remains behind London because_.
32、（分数：2.00）A.the studio leader grasped all the capitalsB.of the bad strategies of selling studiosC.Canadian consortium can not get the golden share from the governmentD.of inefficient managementThe elephants of Thailand used never to be short of work hauling timber. But most of the country“s forests h
33、ave been cut down, and logging is now banned to save the few that are left. The number of domesticated elephants left in the country is now only 2,500 or so, down from about 100,000 a century ago. Though being the national animal of Thailand earns an elephant plenty of respect, this does not put gra
34、ss on the table. Thai elephants these days take tourists on treks or perform in circuses, and are sometimes to be seen begging for bananas on the streets of Bangkok. Some of the 46 elephants living at the Thai Elephant Conservation Centre, a former government logging camp near Lampang, have found a
35、new life in music. The Thai Elephant Orchestra is the creation of two Americans, Richard Lair, who has worked with Asian elephants for 23 years, and David Soldier, a musician and neuroscientist with a taste for the avant-garde. They provided six of the center“s elephants, aged 7 to 18, with a variet
36、y of percussion and wind instruments. Those familiar with Thai instruments will recognize the slit drums, the gong, the bow bass, the xylophone-like rants, as well as the thunder sheet. The only difference is that the elephant versions are a bit stronger. The elephants are given a cue to start and t
37、hen they prepare. They clearly have a strong sense of rhythm. They flap their ears to the beat, swish their tails and generally rock back and forth. Some add to the melody with their own trumpeting. Elephant mood-music could have a commercial future, Mr. Soldier believes. He has even produced a CD o
38、n the Mulatta labelit is available at www.mulatta.orgwith 13 elephant tracks. It is real elephant music, he says, with only the human noises removed by sound engineers. But is it music? Bob Halliday, music critic of the Bangkok Post, says it is. He commends the elephants for being “so communicative“
39、. Anyone not knowing that it was elephant music, he says, would assume that humans were playing. Some of the elephants in the band have also tried their hand at painting, tending to favor the abstract over the representational style. Their broad-stroke acrylic paintings last year helped raise some $
40、25,000 at a charity auction at Christie“s in New York, and a London gallery has also taken some of their work. These art sales, together with profits from the CD, are helping to keep the centre going. A second CD is on the way. It will be less classical, more pop.（分数：10.00）(1).The elephants of Thail
41、and now are short of the work they used to do because_.（分数：2.00）A.they are trained to take tourists on trekB.they are trained to play musicC.the forest-cutting is illegalD.there is not enough timber for them to haul(2).The author“s attitude towards these elephants is_.（分数：2.00）A.astonishedB.indescri
42、bableC.supportiveD.appreciative(3).The two American created the Orchestra in order to_.（分数：2.00）A.earn moneyB.protect elephantsC.enjoy themselvesD.none of the above(4).Trumpet in the third paragraph refers to_.（分数：2.00）A.jumpB.growlC.moveD.shake(5).The elephants, do not make money from_.（分数：2.00）A.g
43、etting charity from visitorsB.selling their paintingsC.selling their own CDsD.all their entertainment workWomen, according to Chairman Mao, hold up half the skybut in California some are better rewarded for this effort than others. According to a new study from the Public Policy Institute of Califor
44、nia, Asian women born in the United States outstrip all their sisters in terms of earning power. The average hourly wage for American-born Asian ladies in 2001(the latest year with reliable figures) was $19.30, with American-born whites coming next. On the bottom rungs of the ladder came Latinas: if
45、 born abroad, they earned a mere $10.40 an hour (though this was comfortably above California“s then $6.25 minimum wage); if born in America, they managed $15.10 an hour. Education is the biggest reason for the ethnic disparities. Some 55% of California“s American-born Asian women have at least a ba
46、chelor“s degree, and an impressive 84% of them either have jobs or are looking for them. By contrast, only 14% of American-born Hispanic women have a bachelor“s degree and only 74% of them are in the labour market. Meanwhile, Latinas born abroad are often condemned to low-paying jobs by an even inef
47、ficient education or a poor knowledge of English. Much the same can be said of Asian women born in South-East Asia, a category that includes refugees from Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. The institute calculates that they earned an average of $15.80, almost $1 less than other foreign-born Asians. But ed
48、ucation is not the only factor in play for California“s women. Larger families make it more difficult for Latinas to go out to work in the first place; blacks often live too far away to commute to well-paid jobs; and just as Asians may benefit from high expectations, so other groups may suffer from low ones. The institute makes an attempt, heroic or politically correct, to adjust for such factors, imagining, for example, that a foreign-born Latina has the same family
