1、武汉大学考博英语-6 及答案解析(总分：89.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Part Reading Compr(总题数：5，分数：39.00)And researchers say that like those literary romantics Romeo and Juliet, they may be blind to the consequences of their quests for an idealized mate who serves their every physical and emotional need. Nearly 19 in 20 never-marr
2、ied respondents to a national survey agree that “when you marry you want your spouse to be your soul mate, first and foremost“, according to the State of Our Unions: 2001 study released Wednesday by Rutgers University. David Popenoe, a Rutgers sociologist and one of the study“s authors, said that vi
3、ew might spell doom for marriages. “It really provides a very unrealistic view of what marriage really is,“ Popenoe said. “The standard becomes so high, it“s not easy to bail out if you didn“t find a soul mate.“ The survey points to a fundamental dilemma in which younger people want more from the in
4、stitution of marriage while they seemingly are unwilling to make the necessary commitments. The survey also suggests that some respondents expect too much from a spouse, including the kind of emotional support rendered by same-sex friends. The authors of the study also suggest that the generation th
5、at was polled may more quickly leave a margin because of infidelity than past generations. Popenoe said the poll, conducted by the Gallup organization, is the first of its kind to concentrate on people in their 20s. A total of 1,003 married and single young adults nationwide were interviewed by tele
6、phone between January and March. The margin of error was plus or minus four percentage points. Respondents said they eventually want to get married, realize it“s a lot of work and think there are too many divorces. They believe there is one right person for them out there somewhere and think their o
7、wn marriages won“t end in divorce. Since the poll is the first of its kind, researchers say it is impossible to say if expectations about marriage are changing or static. But scholars say the search for soul mates has increased over the last generation-and the last century-as marriage has become an
8、institution centering on romance rather than utility. “one hundred years ago, people married for financial reasons, for tying families together, they married for political reasons,“ said John DeLamater, a sociologist at the University of Wisconsin. “And most people had children.“ Those conditions ar
9、e no longer the case for young adults like David Asher, a 24-year-old waiter in a Trenton cafe who has been in a relationship for about two years. He wants to wait to make sure he“s ready to exchange vows. “I know a lot of it has to do with financial reasons,“ he said. “Maybe if you“re going to have
10、 children, marriage is the best bet.“ But the main reason for matrimony: “If you“re in love with someone, it“s sort of like promising to them you are in love.“ “That“s all well and good,“ said Heather Helms-Erikson, an assistant professor of human development and family studies at the University of
11、North Carolina at Greensboro. “But passion-partly in endorphin- caused physiological phenomenon-has been known to diminish in time.“（分数：7.50）(1).What“s the best title of this passage?（分数：1.50）A.Marriage Scholars Worry Search for “Soul Mates“ is UnrealisticB.People Should Seek for Romeo and JulietC.M
12、arriage Should Happen between Soul MatesD.Search for “soul Mates“ Should be Superseded by Reality(2).The new study in this passage shows that_.（分数：1.50）A.many Americans are very practical when they search for a spouseB.American 20-somethings have a largely romantic view of marriageC.Romantic view of
13、 marriage might lead marriage to a happy endingD.Americans are fond of marriage life so they will not care cohabitation(3).It can be inferred that the author would most likely agree with which of the following statements regarding marriage?（分数：1.50）A.It usually involves idealized mates who can serve
14、 their every physical and emotional needB.It may not be realized unless the couple consider carefully about their responsibility and commitmentC.It becomes more unrealistic nowadays than in the past because most people center on romance instead of utilityD.It results from many reasons such as financ
15、ial reasons, family reunion, and political reasons(4).Which of the following is not one of the differences between this generation and the past generations as far as marriage is concerned?（分数：1.50）A.The young people nowadays require more from marriage but they seem not to be willing to make necessar
16、y commitmentsB.This generation expects too much from their spouses and they cannot keep to be faithful to their husbands or wivesC.The young people at present pay more attention to look for soul mates than the past generations when they search for partnersD.Now some young people usually marry for th
17、e same reasons as the older generations such as financial one and children(5).Which of the following sentences will Heather Helms-Erikon use to illustrate her own argument?（分数：1.50）A.“Ten years into a marriage, you will still have great passion and you notice someone else and say, “only my wife or h
18、usband is my soul mateB.“The romantic part of marriage-while it can be there-should not be substituted by other things such as shared values and social statusC.“The couple should focus on the“ three Cs“-communication, conflict resolution and commitment-to make marriage the first priorityD.“Ten years
19、 into a marriage, you don“t have that any more and you notice someone else and think, “Maybe this person is my soul mateStanding on the rim of the Grand Canyon, gazing across this giant wound in the Earth“s surface, a visitor might assume that the canyon had been caused by some ancient convulsion. I
20、n fact the events that produced the canyon, far from being sudden and cataclysmic, simply add up to the slow and orderly process of erosion. Many millions of years ago the Colorado Plateau in the Grand Canyon area contained 10, 000 more feet of rock than it does today and was relatively level. The a
21、dditional material consisted of some 14-layered formations of rock. In the Grand Canyon region these layers were largely worn away over the course of millions of years. Approximately 65 million years ago the plateau“s flat surface in the Grand Canyon area bulged upward from internal pressure; geolog
22、ists refer to this bulging action as upwarping; it was followed by a general elevation of the whole Colorado Plateau, a process that is still going on. As the plateau gradually rose, shallow rivers that meandered across it began to run more swiftly and cut more definite courses. One of these rivers,
23、 located east of the upwarp, was the ancestor of the Colorado. Another river system called the Hualapai, flowing west of the upwarp, extended itself eastward by cutting back into the upwarp; it eventually connected with the ancient Colorado and captured its waters. The new river then began to carve
24、out the 277- mile-long trench that eventually became the Grand Canyon. Geologists estimate that this initial cutting action began no earlier than 10 million years go. Since then, the canyon forming has been cumulative. To the corrosive force of the river itself have been added other factors. Heat an
25、d cold, rain and snow, along with the varying resistance of the rocks, increase the opportunities for erosion. The canyon walls crumble; the river acquires a cutting tool, tons of debris, rainfall running off the high plateau creates feeder streams that carve side canyons. Pushing slowly backward in
26、to the plateau, the side canyons expose new rocks, and the pattern of erosion continues.（分数：8.00）(1).What does the passage mainly discuss?（分数：2.00）A.Patterns of erosion in different mountain rangesB.Forces that made the Grand CanyonC.The increasing pollution of the Colorado RiverD.The sudden appeara
27、nce of the Grand Canyon(2).According to the passage, the first phenomenon to contribute to the formation of the Grand Canyon was _.（分数：2.00）A.a series of volcanic eruptionsB.the collapse of rock formations in the Colorado PlateauC.a succession of floods from the Hualapai River and what is now the Co
28、lorado RiverD.the Earth“s internal pressure lifting the Colorado Plateau region(3).Which of the following conclusions about the Grand Canyon can be drawn from the passage?（分数：2.00）A.Its contours are constantly changingB.It contains approximately 14 million tons of rockC.Its eruptions have increased
29、in recent yearsD.It is being eroded by toxic waste and pollutants(4).The passage would most likely be found in a textbook on which of the following subjects?（分数：2.00）A.AstronomyB.BotanyC.GeologyD.ChemistryThe political crisis in Ukraine, where opposition protesters are burning campfires and setting
30、up tents in the center of Kiev, is presenting a test for Russia, which gambled heavily on its neighbor“s presidential election. A defeat of the pro-Moscow candidate, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, would humiliate the Kremlin one year after another former Soviet Republic, Georgia, slipped from its
31、 influence, according to observers and political analysts. The Ukrainian upheaval echoes what happened in Georgia, where protests over vote rigging led to the resignation of a Moscow-linked President and a landslide victory of a young, Western-educated and Western-oriented leader. For Moscow, the st
32、akes are even higher in Ukraine. Unlike Georgia, Ukraine shares close ethnic and linguistic ties with Russia; Kiev, Ukraine“s capital, is the cradle of the Russian culture and the ancient capital of the first Russian state. President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia wants to forge a closer union between
33、three Slavic nations Russia, Ukraine, and tiny, authoritarian Belarns and Ukraine is key to the plan, Russian businesses have major interests in Ukraine, which borders Russia to the west. The Russian military also wants to have Ukraine as an ally over which it can hold sway, not as a potential NATO
34、participant, the analysts said. As other former republics turned away from Russia, Moscow “gets the feeling that Ukraine is its closest ally, with a symbolic significance,“ said Marsha Lipman of the Carnegie Moscow Center. “Russia has given itself a goal of getting a controllable Ukraine. I“m afraid
35、 it won“t happen.“ Putin quickly congratulated Yanukovych following Sunday“s vote, which pitted the prime minister against opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko. But Western observers reported voting fraud, and hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians rallied in protest. “If the crisis lasts, .it will beco
36、me a potential source of problems for Russia“s relations with the West,“ said Alexander Pikayev, an independent politica! analyst in Moscow “Russia will have to share responsibility for the acute political crisis.“ The Kremlin had come out early and strongly for Yanukovych before the election. Putin
37、 traveled twice to Ukraine, ahead of each round of voting. To support the official purpose of his first visit, attending anniversary celebrations of Ukraine“s liberation from the Nazis in World War , the festivities were rescheduled for 10 days earlier than the actual date. Since the vote, the Kreml
38、in“s propaganda machine has been in full swing. Russia“s Channel One television, controlled by the Kremlin like all other major networks accused the Ukrainian opposition of breaking the law by declaring Yushehenko the rightfully elected President. In his prime-time show, television commentator Mikha
39、il Leontyev compared the Ukrainian opposition to Middle Eastern militants. “But this is not the Gaza Strip, and the chaos cannot go on indefinitely,“ he said, warning that protest strikes would only hurt ordinary people. Russian television also aired reports on the anniversary of Georgia“s “Rose Rev
40、olution“ on Tuesday, saying the country was steeped in misery and poverty a year after the fall of the old government. Russian independent newspapers, however, which reach only a fraction of the TV audience, wrote about a different Georgia the same day telling how happy Georgians had decorated shop
41、windows and restaurants with roses to celebrate. Many Russians view Ukraine“s powerful opposition as a kind of force that has disappeared in Russia under the increasingly authoritarian Putin administration. Russia has not had a seriously contested presidential election since 1996, when Boris Yeltsin
42、 narrowly defeated a Communist challenger. The political opposition here is fractured and marginalized, ousted from parliament in last year“s balloting closely directed by the Kremlin. Russian optimists hope a defeat of Yanukovyeh would force the Kremlin to reconsider its attempts to control politic
43、al life in other former Soviet republics. Pessimists fear that his loss would only prompt the Kremlin to tighten its rule. “The stakes are high,“ Lipman said. “It“s a question of whether Russia“s neighbor will be a Ukraine ruled not through democratic institutes but through administrative means, or
44、a Ukraine that will embrace democracy.“（分数：8.00）(1).By saying “For Moscow, the stakes are even higher in Ukraine“, the author means _.（分数：2.00）A.all of the former Soviet Republics betrayed Russia except UkraineB.Ukraine is the key to Putin“s political planC.Ukraine is unlike Georgia in many aspectsD
45、.Ukraine weighs more for its close link with Russia(2).As to Ukrainian election, which of the following is true?（分数：2.00）A.Any of Russia“s improper responses will cause political crisis in UkraineB.Russia had rescheduled a lot of festivities before the actual date of the electionC.Putin“s congratula
46、tion has caused opposition between the two candidatesD.The voting fraud reported by Kremlin caused a rally in protest(3).What“s the meaning of the sentence “the Kremlin“s propaganda machine has been in full swing“?（分数：2.00）A.The Russian media has turned from side to side as it doesn“t know which sid
47、e to standB.The Russian media has shown an overwhelming support for YanukovychC.Different reports from Kremlin“s media made the public swing from time to timeD.Unlike Western media, Kremlin“s propaganda machine has taken a neutral stand(4).What can be inferred from the passage?（分数：2.00）A.Russians we
48、re dissatisfied with the absence of a seriously contested electionB.Russia would tighten its rule to control political life in other former Soviet RepublicsC.A sequence of upheavals in its neighbors indicate Russia“s loss of control over themD.Russia would allow Ukraine to be ruled through democrati
49、c institutesBefore high school teacher Kimberly Rugh got down to business at the start of a recent school week, she joked with her students about how she“d had to clean cake out of the comers of her house after her 2-year-old son“s birthday party. This friendly combination of chitchat took place not in front of a blackboard but in an Email message that Rugh sent to the 135 students she“s teaching at the Florida Virtual School, one of the nation“s leading online high schools. The school“s motto is “any time, any place, any path, any pace“. Florida“s E-school attracts
