1、考博英语模拟试卷 132及答案与解析 一、 Structure and Vocabulary 1 When Columbus reached the New World, corn was the _ in America. （ A） widely most grown plant （ B） most widely grown plant （ C） most grown widely plant （ D） plant widely grown most 2 The instruction ask that we _ a red pen. （ A） do not use （ B） not use
2、 （ C） use not （ D） did not use 3 The discovery of the halftone process in photography in 1881 made it _ photographs in books and newspapers. （ A） the possible reproduction （ B） the possibility of reproducing （ C） possible to reproduce （ D） possibly reproduced 4 Only recently _ possible to separate t
3、he components of fragrant substances and to determine their chemical composition. （ A） it becomes （ B） having become （ C） has it become （ D） which becomes 5 Jacobson is often referred to _ at the factory. （ A） as the best engineer （ B） be the best engineer （ C） by the president to be best engineer （
4、 D） as being the best engineer 6 the symphony, no one in the audience spoke. （ A） By （ B） For （ C） During （ D） From 7 During the night a persons temperature may drop one or two degrees, and it can be difficult to _ him in the morning if his body hasnt become hot yet. （ A） arise （ B） arouse （ C） rais
5、e （ D） rise 8 I dont see any _ in going on a picnic in such bad weather. （ A） dot （ B） point （ C） lot （ D） spot 9 I took _ of the opportunity to tell him what I thought. （ A） gain （ B） advantage （ C） benefit （ D） profit 10 The board of the company has decided to _ its operation to include all aspect
6、s of the clothing business. （ A） enlarge （ B） extend （ C） amplify （ D） expand 11 The man was detained by the police at the airport because his passport was found to be _. （ A） an artificial one （ B） an unnatural one （ C） an untrue one （ D） a false one 12 I hope my teacher will take my recent illness
7、 into _ when judging my examination. （ A） account （ B） regard （ C） counting （ D） observation 13 _ touching in Henrys stories is the gallantry with which ordinary people straggle to maintain their dignity. （ A） Most is （ B） It mostly is （ C） Is it most （ D） What is most 14 The central plan, _ by the
8、government, shows the amount of each goods produced by the various firms and shared among different households for consumption. （ A） drawn on （ B） drawn down （ C） drawn up （ D） drawn back 15 It was _ for him to wear a T-shirt at the reception. （ A） out of place （ B） out of question （ C） out of order
9、 （ D） out of practice 16 The problem has been _ my mind all day. （ A） preying on （ B） getting at （ C） taking on （ D） seeing to 17 The man went to prison, but the two boys _ with a warning. （ A） took off （ B） got off （ C） kept off （ D） set off 18 The appeal for funds did not _ much of a response. （ A
10、） drag （ B） elicit （ C） tempt （ D） attract 19 She _ the list of names to see if hers was on it. （ A） glanced （ B） gazed （ C） peered （ D） scanned 20 A new baby and a new job can be equally _. （ A） tremendous （ B） intensive （ C） demanding （ D） overwhelming 二、 Cloze 20 Critics of early schooling cite r
11、esearch that questions whether 4-year-old children are ready to take on formal learning. Educators find that【 21】 toddlers are more likely to succeed during. their school careers.【 22】 their younger counterparts are more likely to【 23】 . Kindergarten children who turn five during the【 24】 half of th
12、e year seem to be at a disadvantage when it【 25】 physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development. Additionally, children who are nearly six when they enter kindergarten【 26】 to receive better grades and score higher on achievement【 27】 throughout their schooling experience【 28】 do those wh
13、o begin kindergarten having just turned five. Being bright and verbally skillful and being ready for school do not seem to be the【 29】 thing. It is easy to confuse the superficial poise and sophistication of many of todays children【 30】 inner maturity. Indeed, evidence suggests that early schooling
14、boomerangs: Youngsters【 31】 parents push them to attain academic success in preschool are less creative, have【 32】 anxiety about tests, and, by the end of kindergarten, fall to maintain their initial academic advantage【 33】 their less-pressured peers. Many psychologists and educators remain skeptica
15、l of approaches that place 4-year-olds in a formal educational setting. They question【 34】 environmental enrichment can significantly alter the built-in developmental timetable of a child reared in a non-disadvantaged home. They do not deny, however, the【 35】 of day-care centers and nursery schools
16、that provide a homelike environment and allow children【 36】 freedom to play, develop at their own【 37】 , and evolve their social skills. But they point out that many of the things children once did in first grade are now【 38】 of them in kindergarten, and they worry lest more and more will now be ask
17、ed of 4- year-olds. These psychologists and educators believe we are driving young children too【 39】 and thereby depriving them of their【 40】 . （ A） older （ B） taller （ C） Stronger （ D） smarter （ A） since （ B） now that （ C） thereby （ D） whereas （ A） fall （ B） fall （ C） flee （ D） fear （ A） late （ B）
18、later （ C） latest （ D） latter （ A） lies in （ B） deals with （ C） comes to （ D） calls for （ A） help （ B） want （ C） end （ D） prefer （ A） tests （ B） trials （ C） performance （ D） competition （ A） that （ B） which （ C） then （ D） than （ A） easy （ B） hard （ C） same （ D） similar （ A） for （ B） against （ C） wit
19、h （ D） towards （ A） and （ B） with （ C） those （ D） whose （ A） much （ B） more （ C） many （ D） most （ A） to （ B） against （ C） over （ D） than （ A） how （ B） that （ C） why （ D） whether （ A） value （ B） power （ C） consideration （ D） responsibility. （ A） possible （ B） reasonable （ C） imaginable （ D） considera
20、ble （ A） way （ B） case （ C） pace （ D） means （ A） thought （ B） reminded （ C） expected （ D） regarded （ A） well （ B） hard （ C） badly （ D） directly （ A） memory （ B） childhood （ C） ambitions （ D） simplicity 三、 Reading Comprehension 40 The next time the men were taken up onto the deck, Kunta made a point
21、of looking at the man behind him in line, the one who lay beside him to the left when they were below. He was a Serere tribesman much older than Kunta, and his body, front and back, was creased with whip cuts, some of them so deep and festering that Kunta felt badly for having wished sometimes that
22、he might strike the man in the darkness for moaning so steadily in his pain. Staring back at Kunta, the Sereres dark eyes were full of fury and defiance. A whip lashed 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 h
23、eavily in bis 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 buckets of seawater. A moment later, the stinging saltiness of it was burning in Kuntas wounds, and his screams joined those of others
24、 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 weak from their new beating that twice they stumbled, but whip blows and kicks sent them hopping clumsily up and down in their chains
25、. 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 heart throbbed with a lust to murder toubob. Every few days the eight naked toubob would again come into the stinking darkness and s
26、crape 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 bale fully in hatred, following the bobbing orange lights, listening to the toubob cursing and sometimes slipping and t. ailing into the slickness underfo
27、ot-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 aisleway. The last 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
28、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 brought to tend him, but that the man had died that night and been thrown over the side. Starting then, when the toubob came to clea
29、n 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 overwhelmed by the choking stink. It was a smell that Kunta felt would never leave his lungs and skin. The steady murmuring that
30、went on in the hold whenever the toubob were gone kept growing in volume and intensity as the men began to communicate better and better with one another. Words not understood were .whispered from mouth to ear along the shelves until someone who knew more than one tongue would send back their meanin
31、gs. 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 excitement of communicating with each other and the fact that it was being done without the toubobs knowledge. Muttering among
32、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 from different peoples or places. 41 The living conditions for the Blacks in the hold of the slave ship were _. （ A） adequa
33、te but primitive （ B） inhumane and inadequate （ C） humane but crowded （ D） similar to the crews quarters 42 The prisoners had difficulty communicating with each other because _. （ A） they were too sick to talk （ B） they distrusted one another （ C） no one felt like talking （ D） they spoke different l
34、anguages 43 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） Forlornly （ D） Menacingly 44 By constantly referring to such things as filth and choking stink, the author see
35、ks 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 45 Despite their intense pain and suffering, the Black men found a small measure of comfort in _. （ A） their exercise perio
36、ds on deck （ B） the breathtaking ocean scenery （ C） their conversations with the Black women （ D） their conversations with one another 45 Large, multinational corporations may be the companies whose ups and downs seize headlines. But to a far greater extent than most Americans realize, the economys
37、vitality depends on the fortunes of tiny shops and restaurants, neighborhood services and factories. Small businesses, defined as those with fewer than 100 workers, now employ nearly 60 percent of the work force and are expected to generate half of all new jobs between now and the year 2000. Some 1.
38、2 million small firms have opened their doors over the past six years of economic growth, and 1989 will see an additional 200000 entrepreneurs striking off on their own. Too many of these pioneers, however, will blaze ahead unprepared. Idealists will overestimate the clamor for their products or fai
39、l to factor in the competition. Nearly everyone will underestimate, often fatally, the capital that success requires. Midcareer executives, forced by a takeover or a restructuring to quit the corporation and find another way to support themselves, may savor the idea of being their own boss but may f
40、orget that entrepreneurs must also, at least for a while, be bookkeeper and receptionist, too. According to Small Business Administration data, 24 of every 100 businesses starting out today are likely to have disappeared in two years, and 27 more will have shut their doors four years from now. By 19
41、95, more than 60 of those 100 start-ups will have folded. A new study of 3000 small businesses, sponsored by American Express and the National Federation of Independent Business, suggests slightly better odds: Three years after start-up, 77 percent of the companies surveyed were still alive. Most cr
42、edited their success in large part to having picked a business they already were comfortable in. Eighty percent had worked with the same product or service in their last jobs. Thinking through an enterprise before the launch is obviously critical. But many entrepreneurs forget that a firms health in
43、 its infancy may be little indication of how well it will age. You must tenderly monitor its pulse. In their zeal to expand, small-business owners often ignore early warning signs of a stagnant market or of decaying profitability. They hopefully pour more and more money into the enterprise, preferri
44、ng not to acknowledge eroding profit margins that mean the market for their ingenious service or product has evaporated, or that they must cut the payroll or vacate their lavish offices. Only when the financial well runs dry do they see the seriousness of the illness, and by then the patient is usua
45、lly too far gone to save. Frequent checks of your firms vital signs will also guide you to a sensible rate of growth. To snatch opportunity, you must spot the signals that it is time to conquer new markets, add products or perhaps franchise your hot idea. 46 According to the passage, a countrys econ
46、omy is probably decided by _. （ A） the prosperity and decline of the transnational corporations （ B） the rise and fall of the markets and products as well as capital （ C） the fate of the small businesses such as small plants and restaurants （ D） The economic increase and decrease of the large compan
47、ies 47 In order to succeed in a business, the entrepreneur should _. （ A） get very well prepared for his new business （ B） choose a business hes already familiar with （ C） examine the companys crucial signs now and then （ D） invest as much as possible into his enterprise 48 Which of the following st
48、atements about small business is not true? （ A） It helps effectively to fight unemployment. （ B） The earlier it starts, the sooner it collapses. （ C） There% a good omen for small business according to a survey. （ D） Some small business owners are blind to early premonition of failure. 49 What does t
49、he last sentence in the 3rd paragraph mean according to the passage? （ A） The patient is seriously iii because of lack of water in the well. （ B） The patient can be saved if he has enough money to solve the financial problem. （ C） Its too late for small business owners to realize the gravity of the problem because they have used up .their money. （ D） Its urgent for small business owners to pour all their money into the enterprise to revitalize th
