1、考博英语模拟试卷 10及答案与解析 一、 Structure and Vocabulary 1 He seemed reluctant to send his troops in an effort to discourage the _ peasants. （ A） animated （ B） rebellious （ C） creased （ D） impassive 2 The company will _ to its agreement, no matter how costly the process may be. （ A） retain （ B） alter （ C） aban
2、don （ D） adhere 3 The drug store at the comer of our street sells aspirins and _ penicillin prescriptions. （ A） dispenses （ B） disposes （ C） disperses （ D） dispatches 4 AIDS is causing great public concern because the _ fatal disease hits primarily young people. （ A） invariably （ B） imperatively （ C
3、） transiently （ D） deceptively 5 The houses in this area were all erected in _ of housing regulations. （ A） compliance （ B） defiance （ C） alliance （ D） obedience 6 He had wanted a 25 % raise in pay, but after talking to his boss, he decided that a 5% raise would have to _. （ A） suffice （ B） satisfy
4、（ C） gratify （ D） delight 7 The two delegates had an in-depth exchange of views on how to enhance their _ cooperation. （ A） ethical （ B） bilateral （ C） mandatory （ D） subsidiary 8 It is agreed that all nations should take measures against terrorism on the basis of the UN _ and other international la
5、ws. （ A） Charter （ B） Constitution （ C） Concordance （ D） Custody 9 When we credit the successful people with intelligence, physical strength or good luck we are making excuses for ourselves because we fall _ in all three. （ A） rare （ B） lacking （ C） short （ D） scarce 10 Three weeks after the suicide
6、 bombing, the police were still hunting for bombers for they believe more were _. （ A） on the verge （ B） on the sly （ C） on the spot （ D） on the loose 二、 Grammar 11 As there was not enough money to bury all dead AIDS orphans, 23 babies were interred in a modest cemetery in South Africa before World
7、AIDS Day. （ A） parentless children （ B） miserable victims （ C） contagious bodies （ D） infections patient 12 In his opinion, the objection to barbarity does not mean that capital punishment should not go on. （ A） adversity （ B） savagery （ C） habitat （ D） integrity 13 What is at fault in our present s
8、ystem is not the outcome but the fallible procedure. （ A） sublime （ B） erroneous （ C） plausible （ D） impeccable 14 It could not be ruled out that, sooner or later, the country would break out of the treaty. （ A） confirmed （ B） tolerated （ C） excluded （ D） refuted 15 Now researchers are directing mor
9、e attention to the social and cultural impetus that propelled university graduates into careers in management. （ A） implication （ B） propaganda （ C） impulse （ D） refuted 16 Lincoln, former president of the United States, is aconspicuous example of a poor boy who succeeded. （ A） sturdy （ B） obstinate
10、 （ C） permanent （ D） manifest 17 Research should continue on controlled nuclear fusion, but no energy program should be premised on its existence until it has proved practical. （ A） focused （ B） concentrated （ C） agreed （ D） based 18 He displayed a complete lack of courtesy and tact in dealing with
11、his employer. （ A） tenacity （ B） curiosity （ C） civility （ D） hostility 19 Pirated compact disks and floppy disks remained the second biggest vehicle for the spread of computer viruses despite the governments determined efforts to quash software piracy. （ A） boost （ B） prevent （ C） crush （ D） restri
12、ct 20 It is reported that the latest outbreak of the bird flu in Pennsylvania in the United States has prompted China to slap a ban on poultry imports from the sate. （ A） marine products （ B） dairy products （ C） industrial products （ D） avian products 三、 Cloze 20 The effect of the baby boom on the s
13、chools helped to make possible a shift in thinking about the role of public education in the 1920s. In the 1920s, but especially (C1) _ the Depression of the 1930s, the United States experienced a (C2) birth rate. Then with the prosperity (C3) on by the Second World War and the economic boom that fo
14、llowed it, young people married and (C4) households earlier and began to (C5) larger families than had their (C6) during the Depression. Birth rates rose to 102 per thousand in 1946, 106.2 in 1950, and t18 in 1955. (C7) economics was probably the most important (C8) , it is not the only explanation
15、for the baby boom. The increased value placed (C9) the idea of the family also helps to (C10) this rise in birth rates. The baby boomers began streaming (C11) the first grade by the mid-1940s and became a (C12) by 1950. The public school system suddenly found itself (C13) The wartime economy meant t
16、hat few new schools were built between 1940 and 1945. (C14) , large numbers of teachers left their profession during that period for better-paying jobs elsewhere. (C15) , in the 1950s, the baby boom hit an antiquated and inadequate school system. Consequently, the custodial rhetoric of the 1930s no
17、longer made (C16) ; keeping youths ages sixteen and older out of the labor market by keeping them in school could no longer be a high (C17) for an institution unable to find space and staff to teach younger children. With the baby boom, the focus of educators (C18) turned toward the lower grades and
18、 back to basic academic skills and (C19) . The system no longer had much (C20) in offering nontraditional, new, and extra services to older youths. 21 (C1) _ （ A） in （ B） for （ C） at （ D） on 22 (C2) _ （ A） accelerating （ B） strengthening （ C） declining （ D） fluctuating 23 (C3) _ （ A） took （ B） produ
19、ced （ C） brought （ D） carried 24 (C4) _ （ A） adopted （ B） incorporated （ C） administered （ D） established 25 (C5) _ （ A） increase （ B） raise （ C） erect （ D） generate 26 (C6) _ （ A） predecessors （ B） successors （ C） processors （ D） oppressors 27 (C7) _ （ A） Since （ B） Despite （ C） Although （ D） Unles
20、s 28 (C8) _ （ A） tenant （ B） determinant （ C） lubricant （ D） repentant 29 (C9) _ （ A） at （ B） on （ C） for （ D） with 30 (C10) _ （ A） demonstrate （ B） interpret （ C） exhibit （ D） explain 31 (C11) _ （ A） through （ B） across （ C） into （ D） towards 32 (C12) _ （ A） flood （ B） bonus （ C） pledge 33 (C13) _
21、（ A） overtaxed （ B） overdosed （ C） overweighed （ D） overlapped 34 (C14) _ （ A） Moreover （ B） However （ C） Otherwise （ D） Thus 35 (C15) _ （ A） Nevertheless （ B） Therefore （ C） Furthermore （ D） Hence fore 36 (C16) _ （ A） sense （ B） meaning （ C） sensible （ D） meaningful 37 (C17) _ （ A） notoriety （ B） c
22、ompatibility （ C） proximity （ D） priority 38 (C18) _ （ A） refutably （ B） indispensably （ C） inevitably （ D） respectively 39 (C19) _ （ A） conference （ B） symposium （ C） seminar （ D） discipline 40 (C20) _ （ A） ability （ B） advantage （ C） benefit （ D） interest 四、 Reading Comprehension 40 When I was a k
23、id, I never knew what my parentsor anyone elsesdid for a living. As far as I could tell, all grownups had mysterious jobs that involved drinking lots of coffee and arguing about Richard Nixon. If they had job-related stress, they kept it private. Now American families are expected to be more intimat
24、e. While this has resulted in a lot more hugs, “I love yous,“ and attendance at kids football games, unfortunately we parents also insist on sharing the frustrations of our work byes. While we have complained about our jobs or fallen asleep in car-pool lines, our children have been noticing. They ar
25、e 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 ages 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 su
26、rvey 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 (among 34% ) was that parents would be less stressed and tired by work. Allison Levin is the mother of three young children and a professiona
27、l in the growing field of “work/ life quality“. Levin counsels employees who are overwhelmed by their work and family obligations to carefully review their commitments-not only at the office but at home and in the community tooand start paring them down. “Its not about getting up earlier in the morn
28、ing se 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 the trip home. Do something to get yourself in a good mood, like listening to music, rather than returning calls on the cell phone. When y
29、ou 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 about something good that happened. (In the survey, 69% of moms said they liked their work, but only 42% of kids thought their mothers real
30、ly 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 choose between karate lessons and the theater troupe. Parents should also sneak away from work and family occasionally to have some fun. I keep a b
31、asketball 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. 41 Which of the following sentences can be the best title of this passage? （ A） Kids Say: Chill （ B） Kids Stress Parents （ C） Parents Complain about work （ D） Parent
32、s Get in Good Mood 42 The author mentions her own childhood experience to show that _. （ A） she never understood why her parents had odd jobs and argued about the president （ 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
33、 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 43 We can infer from the second paragraph that nowadays the children _. （ A） are very anxious about their parents for their hard work （ B） are look
34、ing forward to being with their parents （ C） are very considerate about their parents （ D） are very ambitions to change their parents work 44 The phrase “paring them down“ in the third paragraph most likely means _. （ A） gathering the work and family duties together （ B） matching the work quality to
35、 life quality （ C） decreasing the defeating commitments （ D） denying to fulfill their work and family obligations 45 Which of the following is not the way to de-stress the parents heavy burden? （ A） Forgetting about the job as soon as leaving the office. （ B） Reducing participating the activities fo
36、r the office. （ C） Sharing with the children some happy experience. （ D） Taking part more actively in community activities. 45 There are a number of formats for reporting research, such as articles to appear in journals, reports addressed to funding agencies, theses or dissertations as part of the r
37、equirements for university degrees, and papers to be presented at conferences. These formats differ from one another mostly in their purposes and the audiences whom they address. We will now briefly describe them. The journal article is a way of reporting research for professional journals or edited
38、 collections. The research is reporting in a brief, yet informative way, focusing mostly on the main features of the research such as the purpose, review of the literature (often referred to as “background“), procedures used for carrying out the research accompanied by tables, charts, and graphs, an
39、d interpretations of the results (often referred to as discussion). The content and emphasis of the journal article will vary according to the intended readers (research or practitioners) and it is important for the researcher to be aware of the background and interest of the readers of the journal.
40、 Articles intended to be read by practitioners will emphasize the practical implications and recommendations of the research, while articles intended to be read by researchers will describe in detail the method used to collect data, the construction of data collection procedures, and the techniques
41、used for analyzing the data. It is important for the novice researcher to be aware of the fact that articles submitted to journals go through a process of evaluation by experts who make a judgment and recommend whether they should be published or not. The thesis or dissertation is a format for repor
42、ting research which graduate students write as part of fulfilling the requirements for an advanced academic degree. The student is expected to describe in great detail all the phases of the research so it can be examined and evaluated carefully by the reader. Thus the thesis or dissertation includes
43、 the purpose and significance of the study, the rationale, a thorough review of the literature, detailed information as to the research tools and the procedures involved in their development, a description of data analysis and the results, and an interpretation of the results in the form of conclusi
44、ons, implications, and recommendation. This detailed description of the process of the research is needed to provide the professors with an indication of the students ability to carry out research. The conference paper is a way of reporting research at conferences, seminars and colloquia. At such me
45、etings research papers are usually presented orally. They are similar to the research article since research is reported in a concise, yet informative way, focusing on the most essential elements of the research. Handouts and transparencies can also accompany the presentations. As with the research
46、article, here too, the content and emphasis of the oral report will depend to a large extent on the type of audience present at the meeting, and whether they are researchers or practitioners. 46 The best title for this passage could be _. （ A） Types of Research Reports （ B） Types of Journal Articles
47、 （ C） Writing of research Reports （ D） Writing of Different Articles 47 The common aspect for the journal articles, theses and conference papers lies in that _. （ A） they are all for the practitioners （ B） they are all to be read by researchers （ C） they are all for being published （ D） they are all
48、 forms of reporting research 48 We can distinguish those research reports from each other mainly through _. （ A） their writing style and length （ B） their aims and possible audiences （ C） their presented places and time （ D） their content and purposes 49 Which of the following statements is not ment
49、ioned in this passage? （ A） Both journal articles and conference papers are reported in a brief and informative way. （ B） All the theses or dissertations and conference papers are reported in spoken languages. （ C） Both the journal articles and conference papers are influenced greatly by the intended receivers. （ D） The various formats of research reports may be presented
