1、考博英语模拟试卷 196及答案与解析 一、 Structure and Vocabulary 1 To qualify for such a position, the native would first have to receive specialized training, and this is _. （ A） refused （ B） discouraged （ C） denied （ D） forbidden 2 The little girl wore a very thin coat. A sudden gust of cold wind made her _. （ A） w
2、hirl （ B） shift （ C） shiver （ D） shake 3 Presently, there are nine teachers in my team, who have _ the task of teaching advanced English to more than 500 non-English majors. （ A） inclined （ B） hesitated （ C） afforded （ D） undertaken 4 The press demands that politicians _ the sources of their income.
3、 （ A） betray （ B） conceal （ C） disclose （ D） renew 5 Having gone through all kinds of hardships in life, he became a man with a strong _. （ A） philosophy （ B） idealism （ C） morality （ D） personality 6 One new _ to learning a foreign language is to study the language in its cultural context. （ A） app
4、roach （ B） solution （ C） manner （ D） road 7 To maintain public _ is not only the policemens duty but also every citizens responsibility. （ A） custom （ B） confidence （ C） security （ D） simplicity 8 All was dark in the district except for a candle _ through the curtains in one of the houses. （ A） glim
5、mering （ B） glittering （ C） flaming （ D） blazing 9 One of the stands _ and dozens of people were either killed or injured. （ A） destroyed （ B） collapsed （ C） corroded （ D） rained 10 “Me, afraid of him?“ he said with a(n) _ smile, “Not me!“ （ A） contemptible （ B） amusing （ C） contagious （ D） contempt
6、uous 11 He will simply not listen to anybody; he is _ to argument. （ A） impervious （ B） imperceptible （ C） impassable （ D） blunt 12 Stop asking all these personal questions! It is bad manners to be _. （ A） inquisitive （ B） impatient （ C） acquisitive （ D） informative 13 He _ between life and death fo
7、r a few days but then he pulled through. （ A） hovered （ B） lurched （ C） wavered （ D） fluctuated 14 We are prepared to satisfy all your _ claims. （ A） legitimate （ B） legible （ C） intimate （ D） legislative 15 There is not a Greek word which is the exact _ of the English word “stile“. （ A） equivalent
8、（ B） copy （ C） counterpart （ D） meaning 16 The prizes will be _ at the end of the school year. （ A） distributed （ B） attributed （ C） granted （ D） contributed 17 During our stay in Paris we were splendidly _ by the Italian Ambassador. （ A） sustained （ B） maintained （ C） retained （ D） entertained 18 O
9、n leaving, we thanked him most warmly for the hospitality _ to us and our friends. （ A） extended （ B） expanded （ C） expended （ D） awarded 19 If the dispute is not settled in a(n) _ way soon, the two countries will certainly go to war. （ A） amiable （ B） amicable （ C） inimical （ D） unfriendly 20 If I
10、may be so _ as to advise you, my opinion is that you should not reply to his letter. （ A） generous （ B） humble （ C） proud （ D） bold 21 If you take a(n) _ course like her you can learn English in less than two years. （ A） intensive （ B） extensive （ C） expansive （ D） retentive 22 After a years hard wo
11、rk I think I am _ to a long holiday. （ A） entailed （ B） deserved （ C） entitled （ D） satisfied 23 Thousands of people _ from Greece every year to work in West Germany. （ A） emigrate （ B） leave （ C） abandon （ D） immigrate 24 He was a member of the Hillary _ that conquered Mount Everest. （ A） mission （
12、 B） invasion （ C） experiment （ D） expedition 25 It was my sad duty to _ the news of Johns death to his family. （ A） submit （ B） break （ C） say （ D） proclaim 26 He _ himself as a war correspondent in Vietnam. （ A） discerned （ B） distinguished （ C） discriminated （ D） extinguished 27 She _ his invitati
13、on to dinner as she was on a diet. （ A） inclined （ B） declined （ C） denied （ D） disinclined 28 He was _ with attempted robbery and held in custody. （ A） accused （ B） prosecuted （ C） charged （ D） arrested 29 What the witness said in court was not _ with the statement he made to the police. （ A） preva
14、lent （ B） relevant （ C） consistent （ D） coincident 30 Molly has always been a(n) _ child; she becomes iii easily. （ A） delicate （ B） gloomy （ C） energetic （ D） confident 31 There are some very beautifully _ glass windows in the church. （ A） designed （ B） drawn （ C） marked （ D） stained 32 The man who
15、 never tries anything new is a(n) _ on the wheels of progress. （ A） obstacle （ B） brake （ C） break （ D） block 33 There is a sale at Hamfridges next week with _ in all departments. （ A） decreases （ B） subtractions （ C） reductions （ D） accounts 34 Doctors have long known that if a patient is _ that he
16、 will recover and is treated with sympathy, his pain will often disappear. （ A） assumed （ B） assured （ C） informed （ D） proved 35 Although most birds have only a _ sense of smell, they have acute vision. （ A） genuine （ B） negative （ C） negligible （ D） condensed 36 We are sorry to say that Mary is no
17、t the very person who can be _ with either money or secret information. （ A） entrusted （ B） committed （ C） consigned （ D） assigned 37 If you never review your lessons, you will only have yourself to _ if you fail in your examination. （ A） complain （ B） blame （ C） mistake （ D） fault 38 We were four s
18、cores left behind with five minutes to go, so the game looked completely _. （ A） irresistible （ B） irremissible （ C） irreplaceable （ D） irretrievable 39 Had the explosion broken out, the passengers in the plane should have been killed, for it was _ timed with the planes take-off. （ A） spontaneously
19、（ B） instantaneously （ C） simultaneously （ D） conscientiously 40 The two witnesses who saw the shootings were able to _ who had fired first. （ A） encounter （ B） highlight （ C） testify （ D） identify 二、 Reading Comprehension 40 One day in 1963, a dolphin named Elvar and a famous astronomer, Carl Sagan
20、, were playing a little game. The astronomer was visiting an institute which was looking into the way dolphins communicate with each other. He was standing at the edge of one of the tanks where several of these highly intelligent, friendly creatures were kept. Elvar had just swum up alongside him an
21、d had turned on his back. He wanted Sagan to scratch his stomach again, as the astronomer had done twice before. But this time Elvar was too deep in the water for Sagan to reach him Elvar looked up at Sagan, waiting. Then, after a minute or so, the dolphin leapt up through the water into the air and
22、 made a sound just like the word “More!“ The astonished astronomer went to the director of the institute and told him about the incident. “Oh, yes. Thats one of the words he knows,“ the director said, showing no surprise at all. Dolphins have bigger brains in proportion to their body size than human
23、s have, and it has been known for a long time that they can make a number of sounds. What is more, these sounds seem to have different functions, such as warning each other of danger. Sound travels much faster and much further in water than it does in air. That is why the parts of the brain that dea
24、l with sound are much better developed in dolphins than in humans. But can it be said that dolphins have a “language“ in the real sense of the word? Scientists dont agree on this. A language is not just a collection of sounds, or even words. A language has a structure, or what we call a grammar. The
25、 grammar of a language helps to give it meaning. For example, the two questions “Who loves Mary?“ and “Who does Mary love?“ mean different things. If you stop to think about it, you will see that this difference doesnt come from the words in the question but from the difference in structure. That is
26、 why the question “Can dolphins speak?“ cant be answered until we find out if dolphins not only make sounds but also arrange them in ways which affect their meaning. 41 The dolphin leapt into the air because _. （ A） Sagan had turned his back （ B） it was part of the game they were playing （ C） he wan
27、ted Sagan to scratch him again （ D） Sagan wanted him to do this 42 When Sagan told the director about what the dolphin had done, the director _. （ A） didnt seem to think it was unusual （ B） thought Sagan was joking （ C） told Sagan about other words the dolphin knew （ D） asked him if he knew other wo
28、rds 43 Dolphins brains are particularly well-developed to _. （ A） help them to travel fast in water （ B） arrange sounds in different structures （ C） respond to different kinds of sound （ D） communicate with humans through sound 44 The sounds we call words can be called a language only if _. （ A） eac
29、h sound has a different meaning （ B） each sound is different from the other （ C） there is a system of writing （ D） they have a structure or grammar 44 Married people live “happily ever after“ in fairy tales, but they do so less and less often in real life. I, like many of my friends, got married, di
30、vorced, and remarried. I suppose, to some people, Im a failure. After all, I broke my first solemn promise to “love and cherish until death us do part.“ But I feel that Im finally a success. I learned from the mistakes I made in my first marriage. This time around, the ways my husband and I share ou
31、r free time, make decision, and deal with problems are very different. I learned, first of all, not to be a clinging vine (依赖男子的妇女 ). In my first marriage, I felt the every moment we spent apart was wasted. If Ray wanted to go out to a bar with his friends to watch a football game, I felt rejected a
32、nd talked him into staying home. I wouldnt accept an offer to go to a movie or join an exercise class if it meant that Ray would be home alone. I realize now that we were often angry with each other just because we spent too much time together. In contrast, my second husband and I spend some of our
33、free time apart and try to have interests of our own. I have started playing racquetball at a health club, and David sometimes takes off to go to the local auto races with his friends. When we are together, we arent bored with each other, our separate interests make us more interesting people. I lea
34、rned not only to be apart sometimes but also to work together when its time to make decisions. When Ray and I were married, I left all the important decisions to him. He decided how we would spend money, whether we should sell the car or fix it, and where to take a vacation. I know now that I went a
35、long with this so that I wouldnt have to take the responsibility when things went wrong. I could always end an argument by saying, “It was your fault!“ With my second marriage, I am trying to be a full partner. We ask each others opinions on major decisions and try to compromise if we disagree. If w
36、e make the wrong choice, were equally guilty. When we rented an apartment, for example, we both had to take the blame for not noticing the drafty windows and the “no pets“ clause in our lease. Maybe the most important thing Ive learned is to be a grown-up about facing problems. David and I have made
37、 a vow to face our troubles like adults. If were mad at each f other or worried and upset, we say how we feel. Rather than hide behind our own misery, we talk about the problem until we discover how to fix it. Everybody argues or has to deal with the occasional crisis, but Ray and I always reacted l
38、ike children to these stormy times. I would lock myself in the spare bedroom. Ray would stalk out of the house, slam the door, and race off in the car. Then I would cry and worry till he returned. I wish that my first marriage hadnt been the place where I learned how to make a relationship work, but
39、 at least I did learn. I feel better now about being an independent per- son, about making decisions, and about facing problems. My second marriage isnt perfect, but it doesnt have the deep flaws that made the first one fall apart. 45 Which of the following has contributed to the writers divorce? （
40、A） Her former husband went out to watch football games. （ B） She started to play racquetball at a health club. （ C） They spent too much time together and got bored with each other. （ D） They spent so little time together that they could not talk to each other. 46 It can be learned from the passage t
41、hat the writer, in her first marriage, _. （ A） took less responsibility than she should for major decisions （ B） took the same responsibility as her husband （ C） took more blame when things went wrong （ D） felt equally guilty when things went wrong 47 Which of the following the author should have sa
42、id when she quarreled with her former husband but she did not? （ A） It was your fault! （ B） Maybe youre right. （ C） Its none of your business. （ D） Its none of my business. 48 All the problems between the writer and David can be resolved because _. （ A） they hide their feelings （ B） they lock themse
43、lves in their bedroom （ C） they have promised not to be mad at each other （ D） they dare to face them 49 The writers second marriage is different from the first one in all the following ways except _. （ A） that they share their free time （ B） that they make their decisions together （ C） that they ta
44、lk to each other （ D） that they deal with their troubles together 50 The best title for the passage is _. （ A） First Marriage （ B） Second Marriage （ C） Divorce （ D） Perfect Marriage 50 Classified Advertising is that advertising which is grouped in certain sections of the paper and is thus distinguis
45、hed from display advertising. Such groupings as “Help Wanted“, “Real Estate“, “Lost and Found“ are made, the rate charged being less than that for display advertising. Classified advertisements are a convenience to the reader and a saving to the advertiser. The reader who is interested in a particul
46、ar kind of advertisement finds all advertisements of that type grouped for him. The advertiser may, on this account, use a very small advertisement that would be lost if it were placed among larger advertisements in the paper. It is evident that the reader approaches the classified advertisement in
47、a different frame of mind from that in which he approaches the other advertisements in the paper. He turns to a page of classified advertisements to search for the particular advertisement that will meet his needs. As his attention is voluntary, the advertiser does not need to rely to much extent on
48、 display type to get the readers attention. Formerly all classified advertisements were of the same size and did not have display type. With the increase in the number of such advertisements, however, each advertiser within a certain group is vying with others in the same group for the readers atten
49、tion. In many cases the result has been an increase in the size of the space used and the addition of headlines and pictures. In that way the classified advertisement has in reality become a display advertisement. This is particularly true of real-estate advertising. 51 Classified advertising is different from display ad
