1、2007年浙江大学考博英语真题试卷及答案与解析 一、 Structure and Vocabulary 1 Immigrants of all races in this area are demanding that they receive_treatment from the authorities. （ A） unique （ B） united （ C） uniform （ D） universal 2 Women want the same pay if they hold the same jobs as men. At home, however, they expect th
2、eir husbands to_in the housework. （ A） do （ B） have （ C） share （ D） divide 3 In the past, consumers were often cheated or_into buying goods by business s and they could hardly do anything about it. （ A） confused （ B） misled （ C） forced （ D） puzzled 4 You may have ever entered a bookstore just to tak
3、e_from a sudden shower, but found time spent there was very enjoyable. （ A） shield （ B） shelter （ C） avoidance （ D） protection 5 A lot of people worked long hours because high unemployment meant that they could easily be_. （ A） distributed （ B） appointed （ C） transferred （ D） replaced 6 With its sto
4、ck price rising by 20 percent, the company becomes the second most_. （ A） valuable （ B） worthwhile （ C） priceless （ D） precious 7 It is astonishing to know that children and youth_the biggest segment of the countrys homeless population. （ A） substitute for （ B） make out （ C） make up （ D） make up for
5、 8 Many of these companies moved to the Inland South to take_of the lower gas and the lack of strong labor unions in the region. （ A） profit （ B） advantage （ C） favour （ D） adventure 9 If the investment tax credit is_as a part of tax reform plan, the capital-intensive businesses such as steel-makers
6、 and airliners will face a hard time. （ A） repealed （ B） inferred （ C） induced （ D） appealed 10 While Apple was coming under increasing pressure from lower cost PC clones, the companys initial response was to develop even more_high-end computers. （ A） sophisticated （ B） luxurious （ C） philosophical
7、（ D） sensitive 11 It is well known that the popular singer has a/an_car in addition to a large house. （ A） credible （ B） incredible （ C） believable （ D） inherent 12 Oriental Radio has decided to cancel this pop star from a/an_broadcast for his breach of contract. （ A） lively （ B） alive （ C） live （ D
8、） living 13 Firefighters were not attacking the major fires in Virginia directly but were putting out hot spots that could prove dangerous if winds_. （ A） picked up （ B） picked out （ C） picked through （ D） picked in 14 The artist has made a_of combining the first-rate photograph and design with adva
9、nced technology in every piece of work he produces. （ A） discipline （ B） principle （ C） proposal （ D） principal 15 You are likely to set a promotion because of the profitable_you made for the company last month. （ A） transition （ B） transfusion （ C） transfer （ D） transaction 二、 Cloze 15 Since the ea
10、rly 1930s, Swiss banks had prided themselves on their system of banking secrecy and numbered accounts Over the years, they had successfully【 C1】 _every challenge to this system by their own government who,【 C2】 _, had been frequently urged by foreign governments to reveal information about the finan
11、cial affairs of certain account【 C3】_The result of this policy of secrecy was【 C4】 _a kind of mystique had grown up around Swiss banking. There was a widely-held belief that Switzerland was【 C5】 _to wealthy foreigners, mainly because of its numbered accounts and bankers reluctance to ask awkward que
12、stions【 C6】 _depositors.【 C7】 _to the mystique was the view that if this secrecy was ever given up, foreigners would fall over themselves in the rush to【 C8】 _money, and the Swiss banking system would virtually collapse overnight. To many,【 C9】 _, it came like a bolt out of the【 C10】 _, when, in 197
13、7, the Swiss banks announced they had signed a【 C11】 _with the Swiss National Bank(the Central Bank). The aim of the agreement was【 C12】 _the improper use of the countrys bank secrecy laws, and its【 C13】 _was to curb severely the system of secrecy. The rules which the banks had agreed to observe【 C1
14、4】 _the opening of numbered accounts subject to much closer【 C15】 _than before. The banks would be required, if necessary, to【 C16】 _the origin of foreign funds going into numbered and other accounts. The idea was to stop such accounts being used for【 C17】_purposes. Also, they agreed not to accept f
15、unds resulting from tax【 C18】_or from crime. The pact represented essentially a tightening up of banking rules.【 C19】 _the banks agreed to end relations with clients whose identities were unclear or who were performing improper acts, they were still not obliged to inform【 C20】 _a client to anyone, i
16、ncluding the Swiss government. To some extent, therefore, the principle of secrecy had been maintained. 16 【 C1】 （ A） resisted （ B） endured （ C） withstood （ D） opposed 17 【 C2】 （ A） in turn （ B） in return （ C） in case （ D） in all 18 【 C3】 （ A） owners （ B） possessors （ C） keepers （ D） holders 19 【 C4
17、】 （ A） that （ B） while （ C） which （ D） therefore 20 【 C5】 （ A） disrespectful （ B） irresponsible （ C） disrespectable （ D） irrational 21 【 C6】 （ A） about （ B） of （ C） after （ D） for 22 【 C7】 （ A） Contributed （ B） Having contributed （ C） Contributing （ D） Contribute 23 【 C8】 （ A） exchange （ B） withdraw
18、 （ C） deposit （ D） cash 24 【 C9】 （ A） nevertheless （ B） as a matter of fact （ C） therefore （ D） of course 25 【 C10】 （ A） shock （ B） blue （ C） sudden （ D） blew 26 【 C11】 （ A） pact （ B） pretext （ C） proviso （ D） contract 27 【 C12】 （ A） prevent （ B） to have prevented （ C） preventing （ D） to prevent 28
19、【 C13】 （ A） effect （ B） influence （ C） affect （ D） impact 29 【 C14】 （ A） invoked （ B） made （ C） caused （ D） induced 30 【 C15】 （ A） research （ B） search （ C） scrutiny （ D） survey 31 【 C16】 （ A） discover （ B） identify （ C） learn （ D） know 32 【 C17】 （ A） suspectable （ B） unsure （ C） dubious （ D） implau
20、sible 33 【 C18】 （ A） evasion （ B） neglect （ C） omission （ D） escape 34 【 C19】 （ A） In spite （ B） Although （ C） Until （ D） Even 35 【 C20】 （ A） with （ B） about （ C） on （ D） of 三、 Reading Comprehension 35 Computers have aided in the study of humanities for almost as long as the machines have existed. D
21、ecades ago, when the technology consisted solely of massive, number-crunching mainframe computers, the chief liberal arts applications were in compiling statistical indexes of works of literature. Mainframe computers helped greatly in the highly laborious task, which dates back to the Renaissance, o
22、f cataloging each reference of a particular word in a particular work. Concordances help scholars scrutinize important texts for patterns and meaning. Other humanities applications for computers in this early era of technology included compiling dictionaries, especially for foreign or antiquated lan
23、guages, and cataloging library collections. Such types of computer usage in the humanities may seem limited at first, but they have produced some interesting results in the last few years and promise to continue to do so. As computer use and access have grown, so has the number of digitized texts of
24、 classic literary works. The niche in academia Donald Foster, an English professor at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, is one of the leaders in textual scholarship. In the late 1980s Foster created SHAXICON, a database that tracks all the “rare“ words used by English playwright William Shak
25、espeare. Each of these words appears in any individual Shakespeare play no more than 12 times. The words can then be cross-referenced with some 2 000 other poetic texts, allowing experienced researchers to explore when they were written, who wrote them, how the author was influenced by the works of
26、other writers, and how the texts changed as they were reproduced over the centuries. In late 1995 Fosters work attracted widespread notice when he claimed that Shakespeare was the anonymous author of an obscure 578-line poem, A Funeral Elegy(1612). Although experts had made similar claims for other
27、works in the past, Foster gained the backing of a number of prominent scholars because of his computer-based approach. If Fosters claim holds up to long-term judgment, the poem will be one of the few additions to the Shakespearean canon in the last 100 years. Fosters work gained further public accla
28、im and validation when he was asked to help identify the anonymous author of the best-selling political novel Primary Colors(1996). After using his computer program to compare the stylistic traits of various writers with those in the novel, Foster tabbed journalist Joe Klein as the author soon after
29、, Klein admitted that he was the author. Foster was also employed as an expert in the case of the notorious Unabomber, a terrorist who published an anonymous manifesto in several major newspapers in 1995. 36 This paper will mainly discuss_. （ A） advantage of computer usage in the study of humanities
30、 （ B） the application of computers to compiling statistic indexes of literary works （ C） the application of computers to compiling dictionaries （ D） contributions of computer-based study of literary texts 37 Which of the following is NOT true? （ A） A Funeral Elegy was an authentic work from Shakespe
31、are. （ B） Computer utilization made Forsters claim more convincing. （ C） In the last 100 years, additional works of Shakespeare have been accepted as authentic. （ D） There are still many works whose authors are unknown. 38 Foster indentified the author of an anonymous manifesto by_. （ A） studying th
32、e writing characteristic of the suspects （ B） cross-referring the manifesto with other terrorists （ C） gain the support of well-know scholars （ D） applying computers to the study of its styles 39 Which of the following can most probably be inferred from the passage? （ A） In the past, mainframe compu
33、ters were used to handle numbers. （ B） Computers usage in liberal art is narrow. （ C） Computers will not help the study of humanities in the long run. （ D） Computers are best in dealing with foreign or antiquated languages. 40 By “access have grown“ in paragraph 3, the author probably means that_. （
34、 A） more people are able to log on to a computer system （ B） means of approaching a computer system are expanded （ C） technology of computers have been upgraded （ D） area where computers can be applied have increased 40 As is the case in many cultures, the degree to which a minority group was seen a
35、s different from the characteristics of the dominant majority determined the extent of that groups acceptance. Immigrants who were like the earlier settlers were accepted. The large numbers of immigrants with significantly different characteristics tended to be viewed as a threat to basic American v
36、alues and the American way of life. This was particularly true of the immigrants who arrived by the millions during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Most of them came from poverty-stricken nations of southern and eastern Europe. They spoke languages other than English, and large nu
37、mbers of them were Catholics or Jews. Americans at the time were very fearful of this new flood of immigrants. They were afraid that these people were so accustomed to lives of poverty and dependence that they would not understand such basic American values as freedom, self-reliance and competition.
38、 There were so many new immigrants that they might even change the basic values of the nation in undesirable ways. Americans tried to meet what they saw as a threat to their values by offering English instruction for the new immigrants and citizenship classes to teach them basic American beliefs. Th
39、e immigrants, however, often felt that their American teachers disapproved of the traditions of their homeland. Moreover, learning about American values gave them little help in meeting then-most important needs such as employment, food, and a place to live. Far more helpful to the new immigrants we
40、re the “political bosses“ of the larger cities of the northeastern United States, where most of the immigrants first arrived. Those bosses saw too many of the practical needs of the immigrants and were more accepting of the different homeland traditions. In exchange for their help, the political bos
41、ses expected the immigrants to keep them in power by voting for them in elections. In spite of this, many scholars believe that the political bosses performed an important function in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. They helped to assimilate large numbers of disadvantaged white im
42、migrants into the larger American culture. The fact that the United States had a rapidly expanding economy at the beginning of the century made it possible for these new immigrants, often with the help of the bosses, to belter their standard of living in the United States. As a result of these new o
43、pportunities and new rewards, immigrants came to accept most of the values of the larger American culture and were accepted by the great majority of Americans. For white ethnic groups, therefore, it is generally true that their feeling of being a part of the larger culture, that is, “American“ is mu
44、ch stronger than their feeling of belonging to a separate ethnic group Irish, Italian, Polish, etc. 41 A minority groups acceptance to the country was determined by_. （ A） the difference they showed from the majority （ B） the time when they arrived at the new land （ C） the background conditions they
45、 came from （ D） the religions group to which they belonged 42 The immigrants flushing in was considered a threat to American value mainly because_. （ A） the immigrants came from poverty-stricken nations of southern and eastern Europe （ B） the immigrants had been accustomed to poverty and dependence
46、（ C） the immigrants had different homeland traditions and other particular characteristics （ D） the immigrants did not speak English 43 “Citizenship class“(Para 4)were offered because Americans_. （ A） wanted to help the immigrants to solve their practical needs （ B） would not accept any groups with
47、different traditions （ C） wanted the immigrants to deal with the threat to the American values （ D） wanted the immigrants to learn about and to keep the American values 44 The political bosses helped the new immigrants for the main purpose of_. （ A） showing off their political powers and advantages
48、（ B） getting support in elections （ C） assimilating the minority into the majority （ D） showing their generosity 45 The living standards of the new immigrants were improved in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries mainly because_. （ A） They kept the political bosses in power （ B） the pol
49、itical bosses gave them a lot of practical help （ C） they had a much stronger feeling of being a part of the larger culture （ D） there was a rapid grown in American economy at that time 45 This speculation(a course taught with technology helps students learn more than the one taught in the live classroom)is not baseless: studies comparing technology-based and tr
