1、考研英语（完形填空）模拟试卷 172 及答案解析(总分：120.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Use of English(总题数：3，分数：120.00)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）_Who hasnt wanted to master not just two languages but 10? Take Giuseppe Mezzo
2、fanti, a 19th-century priest who was said to be【C1】_in as many as 50 languages. Native speakers came from all over the world to test his【C2】_, and many left astonished. In Babel No More, Michael Erard investigates the legend of Mezzofanti and【C3】_linguistic geniuses.【C4】_on Erard asks what it means
3、to really know a language. Claire Kram-sch tells him the question【C5】_not be “How many languages do you know?“ but rather “In how many languages do you live?“ Understanding the【C6】_cultural difference of a language requires extensive and【C7】_contact with its speakers, and for that reason Kramsch【C8】
4、_that anyone could ever live in more than four or five languages. Fair enough,【C9】_what about the astonishing feats of memory and calculation that people display when they【C10】_a new language, or eight? Erard points out that, for no good reason, this question has been【C11】_by science. After all, we
5、study extraordinary【C12】_in mathematics and music; why not linguistic geniuses? Erard【C13】_down Mezzofantis papers, speaks to many language experts and even learns that some bilingual people experience mental illness in one【C14】_but not another. Most interestingly, he【C15】_a group of modern linguist
6、ic geniuses. Memory,【C16】_and practice are all important, they say, but so is a practical strategy.【C17】_who claimed to speak 11 languages did not much care about【C18】_like a native. Unlike Mezzofanti, their goal was not to【C19】_but to dosee the world, read the local paper and not get【C20】_.（分数：40.0
7、0）(1).【C1】（分数：2.00）A.fluidB.fluentC.smoothD.flowing(2).【C2】（分数：2.00）A.strengthB.reactionsC.abilitiesD.knowledge(3).【C3】（分数：2.00）A.anotherB.one anotherC.the otherD.other(4).【C4】（分数：2.00）A.EarlyB.LaterC.FurtherD.Shortly(5).【C5】（分数：2.00）A.willB.mightC.shouldD.must(6).【C6】（分数：2.00）A.prominentB.majorC.su
8、btleD.basic(7).【C7】（分数：2.00）A.directB.continuousC.activeD.exclusive(8).【C8】（分数：2.00）A.deniesB.countersC.doubtsD.debates(9).【C9】（分数：2.00）A.butB.becauseC.andD.or(10).【C10】（分数：2.00）A.give upB.pick upC.make upD.set up(11).【C11】（分数：2.00）A.answeredB.tackledC.neglectedD.rejected(12).【C12】（分数：2.00）A.phenome
9、naB.contributionsC.successesD.talents(13).【C13】（分数：2.00）A.putsB.takesC.tracksD.turns(14).【C14】（分数：2.00）A.cultureB.languageC.aspectD.country(15).【C15】（分数：2.00）A.surveysB.leadsC.testsD.recruits(16).【C16】（分数：2.00）A.nutritionB.contributionC.locationD.motivation(17).【C17】（分数：2.00）A.OnesB.TheyC.ThoseD.All
10、(18).【C18】（分数：2.00）A.thinkingB.livingC.expressingD.sounding(19).【C19】（分数：2.00）A.imagineB.imitateC.dazzleD.learn(20).【C20】（分数：2.00）A.lostB.frustratedC.firedD.hurtHuman males living with their moms may not expect to have much luck hooking up this Valentines Day.【C1】_among the northern Muriqui monkeys,
11、 males that spend the most time around their mothers seem to get a(n) 【C2】_boost when mating time rolls around. The findings,【C3】_in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, suggest that females in some【C4】_may have evolved to play a critical role in their sons reproductive【C5】_. Kar
12、en Strier, the papers lead author and a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, says the paper “【C6】_“ the socalled grandmother hypothesis, a【C7】_in which human females evolved to live past their prime reproductive years to spend more time【C8】_offspring. The research team observed and【C9】_
13、genetic data from a group of 67 wild monkeys living in a protected reserve in Brazils Atlantic Forest: infants, mothers and possible fathers. They found that six out of the thirteen【C10】_males they studied spent more time around their mothers than would be expected by chance. These same six monkeys,
14、 on【C11】_, reproduced the greatest number of【C12】_. The investigators are still trying to【C13】_why. “Its not until we see moms intervening and helping their sons out,“ Strier says. “Maybe【C14】_sitting near their moms, they get to see when females are【C15】_active, or maybe they just get more familiar
15、 with other【C16】_.“ The findings can【C17】_with future conservation efforts for the critically【C18】_animals. Strier says, “the【C19】_thing we would want to do is【C20】_a male out of the group where it was born.“（分数：40.00）(1).【C1】（分数：2.00）A.ButB.WhenC.IfD.And(2).【C2】（分数：2.00）A.muteB.excessiveC.addedD.de
16、creased(3).【C3】（分数：2.00）A.advertisedB.establishedC.illustratedD.published(4).【C4】（分数：2.00）A.speciesB.areaC.periodD.form(5).【C5】（分数：2.00）A.capabilityB.desireC.successD.health(6).【C6】（分数：2.00）A.provesB.extendsC.testsD.rejects(7).【C7】（分数：2.00）A.environmentB.storyC.conceptD.place(8).【C8】（分数：2.00）A.raisi
17、ngB.rearingC.producingD.helping(9).【C9】（分数：2.00）A.collectedB.deletedC.assembledD.stored(10).【C10】（分数：2.00）A.infantB.adolescentC.adultD.old(11).【C11】（分数：2.00）A.averageB.occasionC.purposeD.balance(12).【C12】（分数：2.00）A.sonsB.daughtersC.offspringD.descendant(13).【C13】（分数：2.00）A.put outB.take outC.figure
18、outD.draw out(14).【C14】（分数：2.00）A.inB.byC./D.on(15).【C15】（分数：2.00）A.sexuallyB.emotionallyC.physicallyD.mentally(16).【C16】（分数：2.00）A.monkeysB.femalesC.malesD.animals(17).【C17】（分数：2.00）A.interfereB.varyC.dealD.help(18).【C18】（分数：2.00）A.threatenedB.diseasedC.importantD.injured(19).【C19】（分数：2.00）A.onlyB.
19、firstC.nextD.last(20).【C20】（分数：2.00）A.takenB.takingC.takeD.to take考研英语（完形填空）模拟试卷 172 答案解析(总分：120.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Use of English(总题数：3，分数：120.00)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）_解析：Who hasnt
20、 wanted to master not just two languages but 10? Take Giuseppe Mezzofanti, a 19th-century priest who was said to be【C1】_in as many as 50 languages. Native speakers came from all over the world to test his【C2】_, and many left astonished. In Babel No More, Michael Erard investigates the legend of Mezz
21、ofanti and【C3】_linguistic geniuses.【C4】_on Erard asks what it means to really know a language. Claire Kram-sch tells him the question【C5】_not be “How many languages do you know?“ but rather “In how many languages do you live?“ Understanding the【C6】_cultural difference of a language requires extensiv
22、e and【C7】_contact with its speakers, and for that reason Kramsch【C8】_that anyone could ever live in more than four or five languages. Fair enough,【C9】_what about the astonishing feats of memory and calculation that people display when they【C10】_a new language, or eight? Erard points out that, for no
23、 good reason, this question has been【C11】_by science. After all, we study extraordinary【C12】_in mathematics and music; why not linguistic geniuses? Erard【C13】_down Mezzofantis papers, speaks to many language experts and even learns that some bilingual people experience mental illness in one【C14】_but
24、 not another. Most interestingly, he【C15】_a group of modern linguistic geniuses. Memory,【C16】_and practice are all important, they say, but so is a practical strategy.【C17】_who claimed to speak 11 languages did not much care about【C18】_like a native. Unlike Mezzofanti, their goal was not to【C19】_but
25、 to dosee the world, read the local paper and not get【C20】_.（分数：40.00）(1).【C1】（分数：2.00）A.fluidB.fluent C.smoothD.flowing解析：解析：此处是对上一句的举例，因此空格所处的词与本句要表达“Giuseppe 可以讲 50 多种语言”之意，fluent 指“(言语等)流利的”，符合语境。(2).【C2】（分数：2.00）A.strengthB.reactionsC.abilities D.knowledge解析：解析：根据上文 was said to(据说)，可知此处应为母语者测试他
26、这种“能力”，故用 C 项abilities“能力”。(3).【C3】（分数：2.00）A.anotherB.one anotherC.the otherD.other 解析：解析：此处指 Michael 调查了 Mezzofanti 和其他语言天才，D 项 other 意为“其他的”，符合要求。(4).【C4】（分数：2.00）A.Early B.LaterC.FurtherD.Shortly解析：解析：空格前提到 Erard 对 Giuseppe Mezzofanti 做了调查，而空格后的“Erard 提出问题：如何才算真正懂一门语言”显然是他调查的动机。从逻辑上看，先有动机，后才会调查，
27、A 项 early 代入空格，early on“早先”符合逻辑。(5).【C5】（分数：2.00）A.willB.mightC.should D.must解析：解析：根据后文的 but rather(而是)可知，这里指这个问题“不应该是”，故 C 项 should 正确。(6).【C6】（分数：2.00）A.prominentB.majorC.subtle D.basic解析：解析：本句说到理解文化差异需要与说这一语言的人广泛接触，即文化差异是不易理解的，四个选项中，对应“不易理解的”是 C 项 subtle“微妙的”。(7).【C7】（分数：2.00）A.directB.continuous
28、 C.activeD.exclusive解析：解析：根据本段结尾处的“没有人能生活在超过四五种语言的环境中”推断，了解语言差异是很难的，因此要了解语言差异，需要“连续”与本地人接触，故选 B 项 continuous“连续的”。(8).【C8】（分数：2.00）A.deniesB.countersC.doubts D.debates解析：解析：此处 that reason 指代上文所说的理解文化差异，需要与本地人广泛和连续地接触，而空格后从句的内容为“任何人能在超过四五种语言的环境中生活”，由此可知 Kramsch 对此是怀疑的(doubts)。(9).【C9】（分数：2.00）A.but B
29、.becauseC.andD.or解析：解析：此处需要填入逻辑连词，空格前的 Fair enough 总结了上文 Kramsch 的看法(人们没法生活在多门语言中)是有道理的，空格后提到人们在学习新的语言时表现出了的惊人记忆力和计算本领。上下文之间是转折关系。故填入 A 项 but(10).【C10】（分数：2.00）A.give upB.pick up C.make upD.set up解析：解析：根据空格前的 memory(记忆力)，可推断此处是指学习语言，故选 B 项 pick up“学会(技能、语言)”，与空格后的 language 搭配。(11).【C11】（分数：2.00）A.an
30、sweredB.tackledC.neglected D.rejected解析：解析：空格前的 for no good reason“无缘无故地”以及后文 why not linguistic geniuses 表明关于语言的研究没有进行，故这个问题被科学界“忽视”了，故选 C 项 neglected。(12).【C12】（分数：2.00）A.phenomenaB.contributionsC.successesD.talents 解析：解析：本句包含并列的两个分句，前后比照，可知道 extraordinaryin mathematics and music 应与后文的 linguistic
31、geniuses 呼应，因此选择与 geniuses“天才”同义的 D 项 talents“天才”。(13).【C13】（分数：2.00）A.putsB.takesC.tracks D.turns解析：解析：空格处跟 speaks to，learns 并列，都表示 Erard 研究的方法，C 项代入，track down“找到”符合科学研究的方法，此处指“Erard 找出研究 Mezzofanti 的论文”。(14).【C14】（分数：2.00）A.cultureB.language C.aspectD.country解析：解析：与 bilingual people(双语者)对应的应是“语言”
32、，故选 B 项 language，指双语者在学习一种“语言”时会有心理障碍，在学习另一种语言时却不会。(15).【C15】（分数：2.00）A.surveys B.leadsC.testsD.recruits解析：解析：上文提到没有对语言天才进行研究，因此，此处应该表达与研究(study)相关的含义。下文是语言天才的回答(they say)，故此处填入 A 项 surveys“调查”与之呼应。(16).【C16】（分数：2.00）A.nutritionB.contributionC.locationD.motivation 解析：解析：空格跟 Memory(记忆力)，practice(实践)并
33、列，都是“学语言的重要因素”，选项中能与这两项并列的是 D 项 motivation“动力”。(17).【C17】（分数：2.00）A.OnesB.TheyC.Those D.All解析：解析：空格后是定语从句 who claimed to，故此处填入代词 Those，表示“那些宣称能讲 11 门语言的人”。(18).【C18】（分数：2.00）A.thinkingB.livingC.expressingD.sounding 解析：解析：根据空格前的 speak，选择相对应的 D 项 sounding“听起来”。(19).【C19】（分数：2.00）A.imagineB.imitateC.da
34、zzle D.learn解析：解析：空格后的 but to do 表明此处需填入与 do“实践”相反的词，且与开头提到的 Mezzo-fanti能讲 50 多门语言形成对比。C 项 dazzle 有“炫耀”之意，符合要求。(20).【C20】（分数：2.00）A.lost B.frustratedC.firedD.hurt解析：解析：not get与上文的 see the world(看世界)和 read the local paper(读当地报纸)并列，都表示能讲多种语言的人学语言是为了用于实践。A 项 lost“迷路”代入，not get lost 表示“不迷路”，也是一种实践，符合语义逻
35、辑。Human males living with their moms may not expect to have much luck hooking up this Valentines Day.【C1】_among the northern Muriqui monkeys, males that spend the most time around their mothers seem to get a(n) 【C2】_boost when mating time rolls around. The findings,【C3】_in the Proceedings of the Nat
36、ional Academy of Sciences USA, suggest that females in some【C4】_may have evolved to play a critical role in their sons reproductive【C5】_. Karen Strier, the papers lead author and a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, says the paper “【C6】_“ the socalled grandmother hypothesis, a【C7】_in
37、which human females evolved to live past their prime reproductive years to spend more time【C8】_offspring. The research team observed and【C9】_genetic data from a group of 67 wild monkeys living in a protected reserve in Brazils Atlantic Forest: infants, mothers and possible fathers. They found that s
38、ix out of the thirteen【C10】_males they studied spent more time around their mothers than would be expected by chance. These same six monkeys, on【C11】_, reproduced the greatest number of【C12】_. The investigators are still trying to【C13】_why. “Its not until we see moms intervening and helping their so
39、ns out,“ Strier says. “Maybe【C14】_sitting near their moms, they get to see when females are【C15】_active, or maybe they just get more familiar with other【C16】_.“ The findings can【C17】_with future conservation efforts for the critically【C18】_animals. Strier says, “the【C19】_thing we would want to do is
40、【C20】_a male out of the group where it was born.“（分数：40.00）(1).【C1】（分数：2.00）A.But B.WhenC.IfD.And解析：解析：文章开头提到和母亲一起生活的男人可能很难找到红粉佳人共度情人节。本句说对于经常待在母亲身边的 Muriqui 公猴来说，在交配季节会有优势(boost)。空格前后是对比转折的关系故填入 A项 But。(2).【C2】（分数：2.00）A.muteB.excessiveC.added D.decreased解析：解析：本句要表达经常待在母亲身边的公猴更有优势之意，需要填入修饰 boost 的形
41、容词。此处应与不经常待在母亲身边的公猴进行比较，因此 C 项 added“更多的”最合适。(3).【C3】（分数：2.00）A.advertisedB.establishedC.illustratedD.published 解析：解析：空格前的主语为“这项发现”，空格后为“在美国国家科学院学报上”。因此可推断空格处为“发表，公布”含义的词，故选 D 项 published“发表”。(4).【C4】（分数：2.00）A.species B.areaC.periodD.form解析：解析：上文提到的“绒毛蜘蛛母猴”是某种“种类”的雌性，故选 A 项 species“物种”。(5).【C5】（分数：
42、2.00）A.capabilityB.desireC.success D.health解析：解析：本句大意为：雌性对雄性后代的繁殖发挥着关键作用。从逻辑上说。能对后代产生的影响只能是后代的繁殖成功率，故选 C 项 success“成功”。(6).【C6】（分数：2.00）A.provesB.extends C.testsD.rejects解析：解析：根据后文提到的“人类女性进化到在生育期结束后继续存活，以花时间在后代上”，可知这个假说与研究成果一致，因此 B 项 extends 正确，指论文“拓展”了所谓的祖母假说。(7).【C7】（分数：2.00）A.environmentB.storyC.
43、concept D.place解析：解析：空格所在处为 the so-called grandmother hypothesis(所谓的祖母假说)的同位语，因此空格处的词应跟 hypothesis(假说)呼应，“假说”也就是一种“观念”，故选 C 项 concept“观念”。(8).【C8】（分数：2.00）A.raisingB.rearingC.producingD.helping 解析：解析：上文的研究成果说雌性对雄性后代的繁殖发挥着关键作用，选项中最适合的是 D 项helping“帮助”。(9).【C9】（分数：2.00）A.collected B.deletedC.assembledD
44、.stored解析：解析：空格所在句的主语为 The research team(研究小组)，此处需填入与 observed(观察)并列的谓语动词，宾语是 data(数据)，结合下文的 They found 可知该词表示做研究的方法，符合逻辑的为 A 项collected“收集”。(10).【C10】（分数：2.00）A.infantB.adolescentC.adult D.old解析：解析：这个研究是针对公猴找配偶的多少进行的，因此研究的是“成年的”雄性，故 C 项 adult 正确。(11).【C11】（分数：2.00）A.average B.occasionC.purposeD.bal
45、ance解析：解析：上文提到“经常待在母亲身边的公猴在交配季节能得到一些优势”，因此可推断这 6 只待在母亲身边更长时间的猴子在交配季节有优势，即总体上，会繁殖更多后代，能表达总体情况的是 A 项 on average“平均来看”。(12).【C12】（分数：2.00）A.sonsB.daughtersC.offspring D.descendant解析：解析：由空格前的 reproduced(繁殖)可知本题选 C 项 offspring“子女”。(13).【C13】（分数：2.00）A.put outB.take outC.figure out D.draw out解析：解析：此处意为“调查
46、人员努力原因”，C 项 figure out“弄清楚，搞明白；计算出”符合逻辑。(14).【C14】（分数：2.00）A.inB.by C./D.on解析：解析：空格后的“公猴与母亲接近”是下文“更懂得雌性(they get to see when femalesor maybe they just get more familiar with other)”的方式，故选表方式的 B 项by“通过”。其他三项均不表方式，可排除。(15).【C15】（分数：2.00）A.sexually B.emotionallyC.physicallyD.mentally解析：解析：第 1 段提及与母亲经常在
47、一起的公猴在交配季(mating time)更能得到异性的青睐，与mating 相呼应的是 A 项 sexually，表示它们知道母猴什么时候处于“性”活跃期。(16).【C16】（分数：2.00）A.monkeysB.females C.malesD.animals解析：解析：此处分析常与母亲待在一起的公猴更能得到异性青睐的第二个原因。公猴是 male，母亲是female，因此空格应填入 B 项 females，表示它们对其他“女性”更熟悉。(17).【C17】（分数：2.00）A.interfereB.varyC.dealD.help 解析：解析：The findings 指上文的“与母亲在一起的猴子后代更多”，毫无疑问，可以利用这个发现促进动物的繁殖，因此可推断该发现对未来的动物保护工作有积极作用，故选 D 项，help with 表示“有助于”。(18).【C18】（分数：2.00）A.threatened B.diseasedC.importantD.injured解析：解析：空格前提到 conservation“保护”，结合本文说繁殖后代的话题，可知这里应指极度濒危的动物，故填入 A 项 threatened“受到威胁的”。(19).【C19】（分数：2.00）A.on
