1、在职申硕同等学力英语（阅读）模拟试卷 17及答案与解析 一、 Reading Comprehension Directions: There are 5 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by 5 questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark the corresponding letter with a single bar acr
2、oss the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET. 0 The next time the men were taken up onto the deck, Kunta made a point of looking at the man behind him in line, the one who laid beside him to the left when they were below. He was a Serer tribesman much older than Kunta, and his body,
3、front and back, was creased with whip cuts, some of them so deep and festering that Knnta, felt badly for having wished sometimes that he might strike the man in the darkness for moaning so steadily in his pain. Staring back at Kunta, the Serers dark eyes were full of fury and defiance. A whip lashe
4、d out even as they stood looking at each other this time at Kunta, spurring him to move ahead. Trying to roll away, Kunta was kicked heavily in his ribs. But somehow he and the gasping Wolof managed to stagger back up among the other men from their shelf who were shambling toward their dousing with
5、bucket of seawater. A moment later, the stinging saltiness of it was burning in Kuntas wounds, and his screams joined those of others over the sound of the drum and the wheezing thing that had again begun marking time for the chained men to jump and dance for the Toubob. Kunta and the Wolof were so
6、weak from their new beating that twice they stumbled, but whip blows and kicks sent them hopping clumsily up and down in their chains. So great was his fury that Kunta was barely aware of the women singing “Toubob fa!“ And when he had finally been chained back down in his place in the dark hold, his
7、 heart throbbed with a lust to murder Toubob. Every few days the eight naked Toubob would again come into the stinking darkness and scrape their tubs full of the excrement that had accumulated on the shelves where the chained men lay. Kunta would lie still with his eyes staring balefully in hatred,
8、following the bobbing orange lights, listening to the Toubob cursing and sometimes slipping and tailing into the slickness underfoot so plentiful now, because of the increasing looseness of the mens bowels, that the filth had begun to drop off the edges of the shelves down into the aisle way. The la
9、st time they were on deck, Kunta had noticed a man limping on a badly infected leg. This time the man was kept up on deck when the rest were taken back below. A few days later, the women told the other prisoners in their singing that the mans leg had been cut off and that one of the women had been b
10、rought to tend him, but the man had died that night and been thrown over the side. Starting then, when the Toubob came to clean the shelves, they also dropped red-hot pieces of metal into pails of strong vinegar. The clouds of acrid steam left the hold smelling better, but soon it would again be ove
11、rwhelmed by the choking stink. It was a smell that Kunta felt would never leave his lungs and skin. The steady murmuring that went on in the hold whenever the Toubob were kept growing in volume and intensity as the men began to communicate better and better with one another. Words not understood wer
12、e whispered from mouth to ear along the shelves until someone who knew more than one tongue would send back their meanings. In the process, all of the men along each shelf learned new words in tongues they had not spoken before. Sometimes men jerked upward, bumping their heads, in the double excitem
13、ent of communicating with each other and the fact that it was being done without the Toubobs knowledge. Muttering among themselves for hours, the men developed a deepening sense of intrigue and of brotherhood. Though they were of different villages and tribes, the feeling grew that they were not fro
14、m different peoples or places. 1 The living conditions for the Blacks in the salve ship were_. （ A） adequate but primitive （ B） inhumane and inadequate （ C） humane but crowded （ D） similar to the crews quarters 2 The prisoners had difficulty in communicating with each other because_. （ A） they were
15、too sick to talk （ B） they distrusted one another （ C） no one felt like talking （ D） they spoke different languages 3 Which of the following words is closest in meaning to balefully as used in “Kunta would lie still with his eyes staring balefully in hatred“? （ A） Indulgently. （ B） Vacantly. （ C） Fo
16、rlornly. （ D） Menacingly. 4 By constantly referring to such thing as filth and choking stink, the author seeks to create a tone that arouses a feeling of_. （ A） disgust with the dirt （ B） horror at the injustice （ C） revolting at the foul odor （ D） relief that this happened long ago 5 Despite their
17、intense pain and suffering, the Black men found a small measure of comfort in_. （ A） their exercise periods on deck （ B） the breathtaking ocean scenery （ C） their conversations with the Black women （ D） their conversations with one another 6 In the last paragraph, the word of “intrigue“ most exactly
18、 indicates a meaning that _. （ A） the slaves were really planning to fight back and flee out of the ship （ B） the slaves might be sharing their past living pleasure in different villages and discussing what to do in the rest of the horrible voyage （ C） the slaves were probably plotting to revenge ag
19、ainst the Toubob （ D） the slaves were likely to look forward to their future life after they arrived at the new continent 6 When I was a kid, I never knew what my parents or anyone else did for a living. As far as I could tell, all grownups had mysterious jobs that involved drinking lots of coffee a
20、nd arguing about Richard Nixon. If they had job-related stress, they kept it private. Now American families are expected to be more intimate. While this has resulted in a lot more hugs, “I love you“, and attendance at kids football games, unfortunately we parents also insist on sharing the frustrati
21、ons of our work lives. While we have complained about our jobs or fallen asleep in car-pool lines, our children have been noticing. They are worried about us. A new survey, “Ask the children,“ conducted by the Families and Work Institute of New York City, queried more than 1,000 kids between the age
22、s of 8 and 18 about their parents work lives. “If you were granted one wish to change the way your parents work affected your life,“ the survey asked kids, “what would that wish be?“ Most parents assumed that children would want more time with them, but only 10% did. Instead, the most common wish(am
23、ong 34%)was that parents would be less stressed and tired by work. Allison Kevin is the mother of three young children and a professional in the growing field of “work/life quality“, Kevin counsels employees who are overwhelmed by their work and family obligations to carefully review their commitmen
24、ts not only at the office but at home and in the community too and start paring them down. “Its not about getting up earlier in the morning so you can get more done,“ she says. “Its about saying no and making choices. “ We can start by leaving work, and thoughts of work, behind as soon as we start t
25、he trip home. Do something to get yourself in a good mood, like listening to music, rather than returning calls on the cell phone. When you get home, change out of your work clothes, let the answering machine take your calls, and stay away from e-mail. When your kids ask about your day, tell them ab
26、out something good that happened.(In the survey, 69% of moms said they liked their work, but only 42% of kids thought their mothers really did) Parents can also de-stress by cutting back on their childrens activities. If keeping up with your kids schedule is killing you, insist that he chooses betwe
27、en karate lessons and the theater troupe. Parents should also sneak away from work and family occasionally to have some fun. I keep a basketball in the trunk of my can. I might never be able to fix everything at work or at home, but at least I can work on my jump shot. 7 Which of the following sente
28、nces can be the best title of this passage? （ A） Kids Say: Chill （ B） Kids Stress Parents （ C） Parents Complain about Work （ D） Parents Get in Good Mood 8 The author mentions her own childhood experience to show that_. （ A） she never understood why her parents had odd jobs and argued about the presi
29、dent （ B） she didnt know what her parents did to earn money to support the family when she was young （ C） she did understand why the American became more and more close and hugged a lot （ D） she could see that the American parents keep the stress and tiredness from work to themselves 9 We can infer
30、from the second paragraph that nowadays the children_. （ A） are very anxious about their parents for their hard work （ B） are looking forward to being with their parents （ C） are very considerate about their parents （ D） are very ambitious to change their parents work 10 The phrase “paring them down
31、“ in the third paragraph most likely means_. （ A） gathering the work and family duties together （ B） matching the work quality to life quality （ C） decreasing the defeating commitments （ D） denying to fulfill their work and family obligations 11 Which of the following is not the way to de-stress the
32、 parents heavy burden? （ A） Forgetting about the job as soon as leaving the office. （ B） Reducing participating the activities for the office. （ C） Sharing with the children some happy experience. （ D） Taking part more actively in community activities. 12 Which of the following statements does NOT c
33、onform to the authors opinions? （ A） The kids are confronted with anxiety and uneasiness when they notice their parents are tired and frustrated. （ B） The parents need to reconsider their work, life and community obligations in order to pare them down. （ C） Parents are obliged to spend more time wit
34、h their kids in all their activities. （ D） Parents should sometimes leave aside work and family obligations to enjoy their own lives. 12 The biographer has to dance between two shaky positions with respect to the subject(研究对象 ). Too close a relation, and the writer may lose objectivity. Not close en
35、ough, and the writer may lack the sympathy necessary to any effort to portray a mind, a soul the quality of life. Who should write the biography of a family, for example? Because of their closeness to the subject, family members may have special information, but by the same token, they may not have
36、the distance that would allow them to be fair. Similarly, a kings servant might not be the best one to write a biography of that king. But a foreigner might not have the knowledge and sympathy necessary to write the kings biography not for a readership from within the kingdom, at any rate. There is
37、no ideal position for such a task. The biographer has to work with the position he or she has in the world, adjusting that position as necessary to deal with the subject. Every position has strengths and weaknesses: to thrive, a writer must try to become aware of these, evaluate them in terms of the
38、 subject, and select a position accordingly. When their subjects are heroes or famous figures, biographies often reveal a democratic motive: they attempt to show that their subjects are only human, no better than anyone else. Other biographies are meant to change us, to invite us to become better th
39、an we are. The biographies of Jesus(耶稣 )found in the Bible are in this class. Biographers may claim that their account is the “authentic“ one. In advancing this claim, they are helped if the biography is “authorized“ by the subject; this presumably allows the biographer special access to private inf
40、ormation. “Unauthorized“ biographies also have their appeal, however, since they can suggest an independence of mind in the biographer. In book promotions, the “unauthorized“ characterisation usually suggests the prospect of juicy gossip that the subject had hoped to suppress. A subject might have s
41、everal biographies, even several “authentic“ ones. We sense intuitively that no one is in a position to tell “the“ story of a life, perhaps not even the subject, and this has been proved by the history of biography. 13 According to the author, an ideal biographer would be one who_. （ A） knows the su
42、bject very well and yet maintains a proper distance from him （ B） is close to the subject and knows the techniques of biography writing （ C） is independent and knows the techniques of biography writing （ D） possesses special private information and is sympathetic toward the subject 14 The author cit
43、es the biographies of Jesus in the Bible in order to show that_. （ A） the best biographies are meant to transform their readers （ B） biographies are authentic accounts of their subjects lives （ C） the best biographies are those of heroes and famous figures （ D） biographies can serve different purpos
44、es 15 Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? （ A） An authentic biography seldom appeals to its readers. （ B） An authentic biography is one authorized by the subject. （ C） No one can write a perfect biography. （ D） Authorized biographies have a wider readership. 16 An una
45、uthorized biography is likely to attract more readers because_. （ A） it portrays the subject both faithfully and vividly （ B） it contains interesting information about the subjects private life （ C） it reveals a lot of accurate details unknown to outsiders （ D） it usually gives a sympathetic descrip
46、tion of the subjects character 17 In this passage, the author focuses on_. （ A） the difficulty of a biographer in finding the proper perspective to do his job （ B） the secret of a biographer to win more readers （ C） the techniques required of a biographer to write a good biography （ D） the character
47、istics of different kinds of biographies questions 18 What could we infer from this passage? （ A） A subject might have a number of biographies however only one of them might be objective. （ B） In some cases a subject might have a number of biographies that are written by different biographers from v
48、aried point of view. （ C） As far as biographies for heroes and famous figures are concerned, readers are for most cases attracted by their juicy gossips. （ D） Since it is always hard to define a good balance between too-close and too-far with subjects, some biographers choose to give up their tasks
49、and try to write something alternative. 18 Whether the eyes are “the windows of the soul“ is debatable; they are intensely important in interpersonal communication is a fact. During the first two months of a babys life, the stimulus that produces a smile is a pair of eyes. The eyes need not be real: a mask with two dots will produce a smile. Significantly, a real human face with eyes covered will not motivate a smile, nor will the sight of only one eye when the face is presented in profile. This
