1、考博英语模拟试卷 122及答案与解析 一、 Structure and Vocabulary 1 The report sets out strict inspection procedures to ensure that recommendations are properly implemented. （ A） made up of （ B） carried out （ C） put into operation （ D） charged with 2 The head of the navy heaped scorn on both the methods and motives of
2、 the conspirators. （ A） admiration （ B） passion （ C） contempt （ D） offense 3 One of the most provocative ideas of modern physics was initiated by the British theorist P. Dirao. （ A） stimulating （ B） popular （ C） enduring （ D） powerful 4 The story of Peter Pan is so fascinating that all the children
3、like it. （ A） interesting （ B） adventurous （ C） entrancing （ D） extraordinary 5 The young girl showed wonderful facility for learning languages. （ A） liking （ B） imagination （ C） delight （ D） aptitude 6 In the Pacific Northwest, as climate and topography vary, so do the species that prevail in the f
4、orests. （ A） dominate （ B） reproduce （ C） rebuild （ D） invade 7 Although the work needs to be done more exhaustively, efforts have been made to collect the songs and ballads of the American Revolution. （ A） precisely （ B） selectively （ C） frantically （ D） thoroughly 8 There are still some outdated p
5、rejudices lurking in the minds of individuals. （ A） existing （ B） hiding （ C） remaining （ D） emerging 9 In buying a suit, a difference of ten cents in price is negligible. （ A） negligent （ B） negotiable （ C） insignificant （ D） consequential 10 Modern nursing practices not only hasten the recovery of
6、 the sick but also promote better health through preventive medicine. （ A） permit （ B） accelerate （ C） determine （ D） accompany 11 She considered herself always in the right, and _ anybodys suggestion. （ A） skimped （ B） sent down （ C） sneered at （ D） submitted to 12 He was present in his _ role of s
7、chool manager, church warden and donor. （ A） dedicated （ B） triple （ C） providential （ D） religious 13 Since you are so weak, you should take every _ precaution against catching cold. （ A） critical （ B） comparable （ C） distinct （ D） conceivable 14 An explanation of an earthquake is a description of
8、the chain of _ that produces it. （ A） causality （ B） margin （ C） persistence （ D） purpose 15 Mr. Li is the present _ of the presidential chair of the company. （ A） transaction （ B） prescription （ C） professor （ D） incumbent 16 Agreement made by the President with other countries _ the approval of th
9、e Senate. （ A） is subjected to （ B） is subject to （ C） draws out （ D） substitute for 17 The economy is showing signs of _. （ A） halting （ B） overflowing （ C） outbreaking （ D） faltering 18 Their experiments show that the _ strain of wheat grows more quickly and is resistant to disease. （ A） newly pla
10、nted （ B） newly cultivated （ C） hybrid （ D） imported 19 In that country the coins are so _ that one has to carry great quantities to make a single purchase. （ A） diminished （ B） debased （ C） degraded （ D） defaced 20 Richard Cramer was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his _ on the effects of war on indiv
11、iduals in the Middle East. （ A） commentary （ B） communication （ C） assertion （ D） declaration 二、 Cloze 20 Opinion polls are now beginning to show an unwilling general agreement that, whoever is to【 21】 and whatever happens from now on, high unemployment is probably here to stay. This means we shall
12、have to find ways of【 22】 the available employment more widely. But we need to go further. We must ask some fundamental questions about the future of work. Should we continue to【 23】 employment as the norm? Should we not rather encourage many other ways for self-respecting people to work? Should we
13、not create conditions【 24】 which many of us can work for ourselves,【 25】 for an employer? The industrial age has been the only period of human history in which most peoples work has taken the【 26】 of jobs. The industrial age may now be【 27】 to an end, and some of the changes in work patterns which i
14、t brought may have to be reversed. This seems a discouraging thought.【 28】 , in fact, it could offer the prospect of a better future for work. Universal employment as its history shows, has not meant【 29】 freedom. Employment became widespread【 30】 the enclosures of the 17th and 18th centuries made m
15、any people dependent on paid work by depriving【 31】 them the use of the land, and thus of the means to provide a living【 32】 themselves. Then the factory system destroyed the cottage industries and removed work from the peoples homes.【 33】 , as transport improved, first by rail and then by road, peo
16、ple traveled longer distances to their places of employment until,【 34】 , many peoples work lost all connection【 35】 their home lives and the places in which they lived. 【 36】 , employment put women【 37】 a disadvantage. It became customary for the husband to go out to【 38】 employment, leaving the un
17、paid work of the home and family to his wife. All this may now have to change. The time has certainly come to【 39】 some effort and resources away from the【 40】 goal of creating jobs for all, to the urgent practical task of helping many people to manage without full-time jobs. （ A） be blamed （ B） hav
18、e been blamed （ C） blame （ D） blaming （ A） sharing （ B） making （ C） taking （ D） looking （ A） make （ B） treat （ C） find （ D） get （ A） on （ B） at （ C） to （ D） in （ A） therefore （ B） rather than （ C） as （ D） other than （ A） size （ B） shape （ C） form （ D） pattern （ A） taking （ B） making （ C） coming （ D）
19、 becoming （ A） But （ B） And （ C） Therefore （ D） For （ A） economical （ B） economic （ C） economy （ D） economics （ A） during （ B） since （ C） before （ D） when （ A） for （ B） of （ C） to （ D） until （ A） for （ B） of （ C） with （ D） to （ A） So that （ B） After that （ C） Later （ D） So （ A） actually （ B） natural
20、ly （ C） correctly （ D） eventually （ A） to （ B） with （ C） for （ D） of （ A） Meanwhile （ B） Generally speaking （ C） Therefore （ D） Actually （ A） into （ B） in （ C） on （ D） at （ A） paying （ B） paid （ C） pay （ D） being paid （ A） make （ B） take （ C） switch （ D） get （ A） possible （ B） impossible （ C） practi
21、cal （ D） impractical. 三、 Reading Comprehension 40 It was a normal day in the life of the American Red Cross in Greater New York. First, part of a building on West 140th Street, in Harlem, fell down. Beds tumbled through the air, people slid out of their apartments and onto the ground, three people d
22、ied, and the Red Cross was there, helping shocked residents find temporary shelter, and food and clothing. Then it was back downtown for that evenings big fund-raiser, the Eleventh Annual Red Cross Award Dinner Dance, at the Pierre. “Thats why I have bad hair tonight,“ said Christopher Peake, a Red
23、Cross spokesman who had spent much of the day at the Harlem scene, in the drizzling rain. He was now in a tuxedo, and actually his hair didnt look so bad, framed by a centerpiece of tulips and jonquils, and perhaps improved by subdued lighting from eight crystal chandeliers. Definitely not having a
24、had-hair night was Elizabeth Dole, the wife of Senator Robert Dole and the president of the American Red Cross. President Dole has chestnut-colored Republican hair, which was softly coifed, and she was wearing a fitted burgundy velvet evening suit (“Someone made it for me! I love velveti“ she exclai
25、med, in her enthusiastic, Northern Carolina hostess voice) and sparkling drop earrings. Of course, she hadnt been standing in the rain in Harlem; she had just flown up on the three-oclock shuttle from Washington. Dole is extremely pretty, with round green eyes and a full mouth and a direct personali
26、ty. She tilts her head attentively when she listens. She was the recipient of the evenings award; previous award winners have included Alice Tully, Princess Yasmin Asa Khan, and, most recently, Brooke Astor. Not exactly a sequence at the end of which you would expect to find Elizabeth Dole, but awar
27、d givers are famous for having political instincts as well as philanthropic ones. Surrounded by the deep-blue swags and golden draperies of the ballroom were more than thirty-five dinner tables set with groupings of candles and floral centerpieces and Royal Doulton china. American Express was there.
28、 So were Bristol-Myers Squibb; Coopers the New York Times Company; Union Bank of Switzerland; Chemical Bank; New York Life; . and Price Waterhouse. The actress Arlene Dahl, with her rather red hair and her bearded husband, presided over one table. Otherwise, it was a typical, faceless, captain-of-in
29、dustry fund raiser (no models! no stars! ), of which there seems to be at least one every night in New York City. It was not a society night, but still the evening raised four hundred and thirty thousand dollars. 41 From what we read we can infer that “it was a normal day in the life of the American
30、 Red Cross in Greater New York“ means its staff _. （ A） deal with the fail of houses in the city every day （ B） are busy helping people who suffer from disasters every day （ C） work during the day and to have banquet in the evening every day （ D） go to Harlem, the poorest district of New York, every
31、 day and help people there 42 The fund-raiser mentioned in the passage refers to _. （ A） Robert Dole （ B） Elizabeth Dote （ C） the Eleventh Annual Red Cross Award Dinner Dance （ D） all the business companies attending the Dinner Dance 43 Christopher Peakes hair didnt look so bad because _. （ A） he wa
32、s wearing a handsome tuxedo （ B） he was wearing tulips on his suit （ C） he was seen among flowers （ D） he was sitting near flowers and in very soft light 44 Elizabeth Dole was _. （ A） the president of the American Red Cross and acted at the Dinner as a North Carolina hostess （ B） a republican and wi
33、fe of the president of the American Red Cross （ C） the president of the American Red Cross and its main representative at the Annual Dinner Dance （ D） born in North Carolina, became an air-hostess and later married Senator Robert Dole 45 The presence of an actress at the Dinner made the fund raising
34、 _. （ A） less impersonal （ B） a typical fund-raising event （ C） less personal （ D） more business-like 45 For laymen ethnology is probably the most interesting of the biological sciences for the very reason that it concerns animals in their normal activities and therefore, if we wish, we can assess t
35、he possible dangers and advantages in our own behavioral roots. Ethnology also is interesting methodologically because it combines in new ways very scrupulous field observations with experimentation in laboratories. The field workers have had some handicaps in winning respect for themselves. For a l
36、ong time they were considered as little better than amateur animal-watchers certainly not scientists, since their facts were not gained by experimental procedures: they could not conform to the hard-and-fast rule that a problem set up and solved by one scientist must be tested by other scientists, u
37、nder identical conditions and reaching identical results. Of course many situations in the lives of animals simply cannot be rehearsed and controlled in this way. The fall flocking of wild free birds cant be, or the homing of animals over long distances, or even details of spontaneous family relatio
38、nships. Since these never can be reproduced in a laboratory, are they then not worth knowing about? The ethnologists who choose field work have got themselves out of this impasse by greatly refining the techniques of observing. At the start of a project all the animals to be studied are live-trapped
39、, marked individually, and released. Motion pictures, often in color, provide permanent records of their subsequent activities. Recording of the animals voices by electrical sound equipment is considered essential, and the most meticulous notes are kept of all that occurs. With this material other b
40、iologists, far from the scene, later can verify the reports. Moreover, two field observers often go out together, checking each others observations right there in the field. Ethnology, the word, is derived from the Greek ethos, meaning the characteristic traits or features which distinguish any part
41、icular group of people or, in biology, a group of animals such as a species. Ethnologists have the intention of studying “the whole sequence of acts which constitute an animals behavior.“ In abridged dictionaries ethnology is sometimes defined simply as “the objective study of animal behavior,“ and
42、ethnologists do emphasize their wish to eliminate myths. 46 In the first sentence, the word “laymen“ means _. （ A） people who stand aside （ B） people who are not trained as biologists （ C） people who are amateur biologists （ D） people who love animals 47 According to the passage, ethnology is _. （ A
43、） a new branch of biology （ B） an old Greek science （ C） a pseudo-science （ D） a science for amateurs 48 “The field workers have handicaps in winning respect for themselves.“ This sentence means _. （ A） ethnologists when working in the field are handicapped （ B） ethnologists have problems in winning
44、 recognition as scientists （ C） ethnologists are looked down upon when they work in the field （ D） ethnologists meet with lots of difficulties when doing field work 49 According to the explanation of the scientific rule of experiment in the passage, “hard-and- fast“ means experiment procedures _. （
45、A） are difficult and quick to follow （ B） must be carried out in a strict and quick way （ C） must be followed strictly to avoid false and loose results （ D） hard and unreasonable for scientists to observe 50 The meaning of the underlined words in “the details of spontaneous family relationships“ can
46、 be expressed as _. （ A） natural family relationships （ B） quickly occurring family relationships （ C） animals acting like a natural family （ D） animal family behavior that cannot be preplanned or controlled 考博英语模拟试卷 122答案与解析 一、 Structure and Vocabulary 1 【正确答案】 B 2 【正确答案】 C 3 【正确答案】 A 4 【正确答案】 C 5
47、【正确答案】 D 6 【正确答案】 A 7 【正确答案】 D 8 【正确答案】 B 9 【正确答案】 C 10 【正确答案】 B 11 【正确答案】 C 12 【正确答案】 B 13 【正确答案】 D 14 【正确答案】 A 15 【正确答案】 D 16 【正确答案】 B 17 【正确答案】 D 18 【正确答案】 C 19 【正确答案】 A 20 【正确答案】 A 二、 Cloze 21 【正确答案】 C 22 【正确答案】 A 23 【正确答案】 B 24 【正确答案】 D 25 【正确答案】 B 26 【正确答案】 C 27 【正确答案】 C 28 【正确答案】 A 29 【正确答案】 B 30 【正确答案】 D 31 【正确 答案】 B 32 【正确答案】 A 33 【正确答案】 C 34 【正确答案】 D 35 【正确答案】 B 36 【正确答案】 A 37 【正确答案】 D 38 【正确答案】 B 39 【正确答案】 C 40 【正确答案】 D 三、 Reading Comprehension 41 【正确答案】 B 42 【正确答案】 C 43 【正确答案】 D 44 【正确答案】 C 45 【正确答案】 A 46 【正确答案】 B 47 【正确答案】 A 48 【正确答案】 B 49 【正确答案】 C 50 【正确答案】 D
