1、2011年复旦大学考博英语真题试卷及答案与解析 一、 Structure and Vocabulary 1 Hes color-blind and cant_between red and green easily. （ A） detect （ B） discover （ C） distinguish （ D） determine 2 As many as 100 species of fish, some_to these waters, may have been affected by the pollution. （ A） unusual （ B） particular （ C） ty
2、pical （ D） unique 3 In her bright yellow coat, she was easily_in the crowed. （ A） accessible （ B） identifiable （ C） negligible （ D） incredible 4 Some people find that certain foods_their headaches. （ A） introduce （ B） trigger （ C） summon （ D） create 5 The workers chose to_their dissatisfaction in a
3、series of strikes. （ A） deliver （ B） offer （ C） manifest （ D） indicate 6 Living with a roommate_constraint on her, she couldnt play her trumpet or have parties late at night. （ A） imposing （ B） illustrating （ C） impressing （ D） leaving 7 I dont know how to get there either, perhaps wed better_a map.
4、 （ A） note （ B） mark （ C） consult （ D） draft 8 In the_of recent incidents, we ask our customers to take particular care of their belongings. （ A） process （ B） company （ C） light （ D） form 9 The police are doing all he can to bring those responsible for the bombing to_. （ A） evidence （ B） hearing （ C
5、） justice （ D） rule 10 The programme aims to make the country_in food and to cut energy imports. （ A） self-confident （ B） self-sufficient （ C） self-satisfied （ D） self-restrained 11 11.I think Id like to stay home this evening_going out as it is raining so heavily. （ A） better than （ B） other than （
6、 C） rather than （ D） sooner than 12 The public can rest_that detectives are doing everything possible to find the murderer. （ A） assured （ B） approved （ C） guaranteed （ D） convinced 13 The childs bad behavior is often more than a way of trying to_his mothers attention away from his sister. （ A） refl
7、ect （ B） catch （ C） deflect （ D） reduce 14 The small building was marked with a modest brass_, stating the name and the business of the occupiers. （ A） plaque （ B） plateau （ C） plague （ D） plaster 15 I dont know what all the_was about it was dull sort of film and there was almost no sex in it. （ A）
8、controversy （ B） conversation （ C） discussion （ D） illumination 16 I missed the last flight, and decided_to stay the night at the airport. （ A） however （ B） therefore （ C） moreover （ D） meanwhile 17 You could be_many dangers by traveling alone in that area. （ A） subject to （ B） immune to （ C） sensit
9、ive to （ D） resistant to 18 She chewed each delicious mouthful as slowly as she could, _the pleasure. （ A） delaying （ B） prolonging （ C） insisting （ D） indulging 19 The candidate has an impressively_range of interests and experience. （ A） diverse （ B） vivid （ C） mobile （ D） alive 20 When I was sent
10、to prison, I really felt I had_my parents_. （ A） let.off （ B） let.down （ C） let.out （ D） let.alone 21 He_outrage by calling the TV programmes “talking wallpaper“. （ A） provoked （ B） evoked （ C） revoked （ D） invoked 22 The government is trying to_the people into thinking that a war is necessary. （ A）
11、 enlighten （ B） involve （ C） orient （ D） brainwash 23 All the questions_around what she had been doing on the night of the robbery. （ A） dissolved （ B） revolved （ C） evolved （ D） devolved 24 Make sure youre_him before you start sharing a house. （ A） synonymous with （ B） compatible with （ C） subordin
12、ate to （ D） autonomous of 25 She said that the treatment she had received in the hospital had completely_ her of her dignity. （ A） thrived （ B） suspended （ C） deprived （ D） contrived 26 She was unimpressed by the actor, describing him as “a vain man and_dull“. （ A） intensively （ B） intensely （ C） do
13、wnright （ D） actual 27 _down than the telephone rang. （ A） Not until I lay （ B） No sooner had I lain （ C） Hardly had I lain （ D） Scarcely did I lie 28 Im sorry Im late. I had a mental_and forget that we would have a meeting today. （ A） aberration （ B） perversion （ C） imbalance （ D） sanity 29 29.I ig
14、nored an old woman who asked me for money in the street yesterday and its been on my_ever since. （ A） morality （ B） conscience （ C） morale （ D） rationale 30 He saw university as a community of scholars, where students were_ by teachers into an appreciation of different philosophical approaches. （ A）
15、 extracted （ B） deducted （ C） inducted （ D） conducted 二、 Reading Comprehension 30 I am running down an alley with a stolen avocado, having climbed over a white brick fence and into the forbidden backyard of a carefully manicured estate at the corner of El Dorado and Crescent Drive in Beverly Hills,
16、California. I have snatched a rock-hard Fuerte avocado from one of the three avocado trees near the fence, I have been told that many ferocious dogs patrol the grounds; they are killers, these dogs. I am defying them. They are nowhere to be found, except in my mind, and Im out and gone and in the al
17、ley with their growls directing my imagination. I am running with fear and exhilaration, beginning a period of summer. Emerging from the shield of the alley I cut out into the open. Summer is about running, and I am running, protected by distance from the dogs. At the corner of Crescent Drive and Lo
18、mitas, I spot Bobby Tornitzer on a bike. I shout “Tornitzer!“ He turns his head. His bike wobbles. An automobile moving rapidly catches Tornitzers back wheel. Tornitzer is thrown high into the air and onto the concrete sidewalk of Crescent Drive. The driver, a woman with gray hair, swirls from the c
19、ar hysterically and hovers noisily over Tornitzer, who will not survive the accident. I hold the avocado to my chest and stand, frozen, across the street. I am shivering in the heat, and sink to my knees. It is approximately 3: 30 in the afternoon, it is June 21, 1946. In seven days, I will be 8 yea
20、rs old. 31 The best title for this story could be_. （ A） Summer （ B） Killer Dogs （ C） My Eighth Birthday （ D） The Alley 32 The main image in paragraph 1 is of a young boy_. （ A） climbing a white brick fences （ B） snatching avocados （ C） running with fear and exhilaration （ D） defying ferocious dogs
21、33 The main image in paragraph 2 is of_. （ A） Tornitzer riding his bike （ B） exhilaration turning into horror （ C） the 7-year-old emerging from the alley （ D） the hysteria of the woman driver 34 The story start with the feeling of_and ends with the feeling of_. （ A） joyful action.horrified inaction
22、（ B） running.standing （ C） being alone.being with others （ D） being alone in the open.shivering in the heat 35 The phrase “shivering in the heat“(near the end of this passage)dramatically describes shock through_. （ A） the use of minute detail （ B） the unexpected combination of hot and cold （ C） its
23、 implied reference to the word “frozen“ （ D） the contrast of death and play 35 Analysts have had their go at humor, and I have read some of this interpretative literature, but without being greatly instructed. Humor can be dissected, as a frog can, but the thing dies in the process and the innards a
24、re discouraging to any but the pure scientific mind. In a newsreel theatre the other day, I saw a picture of a man who had developed the soap bubble to a higher point than it had never before reached. He had became the ace soap bubble blower of America, had perfected the business of blowing bubbles,
25、 refined it, doubled it, squared it, and had even worked himself up into a convenient lather. The effect was not pretty. Some of the bubbles were too big to be beautiful, and the blower was always jumping into them or out of them, or playing some sort of unattractive trick with them. It was, if anyt
26、hing, a rather repulsive sight. Humor is a little like that; it wont stand much blowing up, and it wont stand much poking, it has a certain fragility, an evasiveness, which one had best respect. Essentially, it is a complete mystery. A human frame convulsed with laughter, and the laughter becoming h
27、ysterical and uncontrollable, is as far out of balance as one shaken with the hiccoughs or in the throes of sneezing fit. One of the things commonly said about humorists is that they are really very sad people clowns with a breaking heart. There is some truth in it, but it is badly stated. It would
28、be more accurate, I think, to say that there is a deep vein of melancholy running through everyones life and that the humorist, perhaps more sensible of it than some others, compensates for it actively and positively. Humorists fatten on trouble. They have always made trouble pay. They struggle alon
29、g with a good will and endure pain cheerfully, knowing how well it will serve them in the sweet by and by. You find them wrestling with foreign languages, fighting folding ironing boards and swollen drainpipes, suffering the terrible discomfort of tight boots(or as Josh Billing wittily called them,
30、“tite“ boots). They pour out their sorrows profitably, in a form that is not quite fiction nor quite fact. Beneath the sparkling surface of these dilemmas flows the strong tide of human woe. 36 The central theme of this essay is_. （ A） there is little humor in old newsreel （ B） humor can be dissecte
31、d like a frog （ C） humor is essentially a mystery, and because humorists are more aware of melancholy, they seem sadder than most people （ D） humorists need to compensate for the pain they have suffered 37 The main idea of paragraph 2 is_. （ A） the author once saw a picture of the largest soap bubbl
32、e ever made （ B） the bubble blowing performance was a repulsive sight （ C） humor is fragile （ D） laughter is not a measure of humor 38 Why does the author feel that when humor is dissected, it dies in the process? （ A） The fun in humor lies in examining its contents. （ B） Humor must tantalize the se
33、nses on impact if it has to be explained, it loses its effect. （ C） Humor is best enjoyed by people with scientific minds. （ D） A good humorist should explain his or her joke to make sure everyone understands it. 39 The word “melancholy“ in paragraph 3 probably means_. （ A） joy （ B） sadness （ C） hys
34、teria （ D） exhilaration 40 In his final sentence, the author is evoking an image of_. （ A） the ocean （ B） sparkling germs （ C） high tide （ D） flowing water 40 Every time an old building is torn down in this country, and a new building goes up, the ground floor becomes a bank. The reason for this is
35、that banks are the only ones who can afford the rent for the ground floor of the new buildings going up. Besides, when a bank loans someone money to build a new building, it usually takes an option for the street-floor facilities. Most people dont think there is anything wrong with this and they acc
36、ept it as part of the American free-enterprise system. But there is a small group of people in this country who are fighting for Bank Birth Control. This is how Huddlestone Hubbard, the BBCs chairman, explained it. “Whenever you see an old building torn down,“ Hubbard said, “you usually see a candy
37、store, a dry cleaner, a delicatessen, and possibly a florist torn down with it. These shops are all replaced in the new buildings with a beautiful glass, aluminum, wall-to-wall-carpeted money factory. “Now from an aesthetic viewpoint, a bank looks better than a fry cleaner, a candy store, a delicate
38、ssen and a florist. But from a practical point of view, its a sheer disaster, if you want a newspaper, a candy bar or a chocolate milk shake, you cant get it at a bank. Nor can you run out to a bank for a pound of Swiss cheese and a six-pack of beer when have guests coming over. “A bank is great if
39、you want to buy a car, but its useless if you want to have your dress cleaned. “And while a bank might buy flowers to give itself a human image, it doesnt sell any when you want to make up with your wife. “ “What youre saying then, Mr. Hubbard, is that every time a bank goes up, something in all of
40、us dies. “ “Exactly. One of the reasons kids are getting in so much trouble these days is that there are no candy stores to hang around anymore. When tear down a delicatessen, the tangy smell of potato salad, corned beef and dill pickles are lost forever. Unless youre trying to make a loan, no one e
41、ver salivates in a bank. “It is true,“ I said. “The situation is more crucial than anyone thinks,“ Hubbard said. “At the rate theyre tearing down consumer stores and replacing them with banks, we estimate that in ten years it will be impossible to buy a loaf of bread in the country. What good is it
42、to get 7 percent on your money if you starve to death?“ “Then what youre saying is that it isnt a question of not taking it with you. Its a question of staying alive while you have it,“ I said. “Something like that. “ Hubbard agreed. “Were trying to get the public to wake up to a fact: its better to
43、 have a store that sells screwdrivers than a bank that gives away alarm clocks. “ “Whats the solution?“ “A government decree that a bank has to supply the same services of the stores it tore down on the same property, if its a bakery, they have to sell cake, if its a photography shop, they have to d
44、evelop films, and if its a dry-goods store, they have to sell warm underwear, if they provide the services of the stores they tore down, then well let them do a little money lending on the side. “ 41 The central theme of the essay is_. （ A） practically every new commercial building erected today is
45、owned by a bank （ B） banks are attempting to drive small merchants out of service （ C） new banks are not assets to a neighborhood in spite of their attractive appearance （ D） by occupying ground floor space in new buildings, banks are replacing neighborhood shopping conveniences 42 This essay is wri
46、tten in a tone of_. （ A） humorous exaggeration （ B） humorous understatement （ C） serious anger （ D） serious fear pf the future 43 The author talks about the “Bank Birth Control“ group because_. （ A） it is the name of a real group （ B） he hopes to become its president （ C） he is being humorous to mak
47、e his point （ D） he is in favor of all kinds of birth control 44 The attitude of the author toward small neighborhood stores is that they_. （ A） are dirty （ B） are convenient and colorful （ C） should be replaced by banks （ D） should become supermarkets 45 The author makes his point by using_. （ A） s
48、atire （ B） drama （ C） romance （ D） poetry 45 What if our society uses new-found technologies of “genetic engineering“ to interfere with the biological nature of human beings? Might that not be disastrous? What about cloning, for instance? Cloning is a term originally used in connection with nonsexua
49、l reproduction of plants and very simple animals. Now it is coming into use in connection with higher animals, since biologists are finding ways of starting with an individual cell of a grown animal and inducing it to multiply in the same way in the future. But is cloning a safe thing to unleash on society? Might it not
