1、考博英语模拟试卷 21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 sudeen gust of cold wind made her _. （ A） wh
2、irl （ 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） appr
4、oach （ B） solution （ C） manner （ D） road 7 To maintain public _ is not only the policemen s 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 houses. （ A） glimmeri
5、ng （ 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） ruined 10 “Me, afraid of him?“ he said with a(n) _ smile, “Not me!“ （ A） contemptible （ B） amusing （ C） contagious （ D） contemptuous
6、 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 for a
7、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 （ B） c
8、opy （ 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 m Paris we were splendidly _ by the Italian Ambassador. （ A） sustained （ B） maintained （ C） retained （ D） entertained 18 On leavi
9、ng, 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 may be
10、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 work I th
11、ink 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 （ B） inv
12、asion （ 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 invitation to d
13、inner 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） prevalent （
14、B） relevant （ C） consistent （ D） coincident 30 Molly has always been a(n) _ child; she becomes ill 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 never
15、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 will r
16、ecover 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 not the v
17、ery 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 scores l
18、eft 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 （ B） in
19、stantaneously （ C） simultaneously （ D） conscientiously 40 The two witnesses who saw the shootings were able to _ who hard 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, were
20、 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 and had
21、turned on his hack. He wanted Sagan to scratch his stomach again, as the astronomer bad 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 made
22、 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 humans have, a
23、nd 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 deal with so
24、und 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 grammar of
25、 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 why the questi
26、on Can dolphins speak? cant be answered until we find out ff 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 hack （ B） it was part of the game they were playing （ C） he wanted Sagan to scra
27、tch 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 words 43 Dolphins b
28、rains 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） each sound has a dif
29、ferent 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, divorced, and remar
30、ried. 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 our free time, make
31、 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 and talked him int
32、o staying home. ! wouldnt accept an offer to go to a movie or join an exercise class if it meant that Ray would be home amone. 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 free time apart a
33、nd 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 learned not only to
34、be apart sometimes but also to work together when it s 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 along with this s
35、o 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 ff we disagree. If we make the wrong
36、 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 a vow to face o
37、ur troubles like adults. If were mad at each 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 like children to th
38、ese 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 at least I did le
39、arn. I feel better now about being an independent person, 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? （ A） Her former husban
40、d 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 that the writer, in h
41、er first marriage, _. （ A） took less responsibility than she should for major decision （ 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 that the author should have said when she quar
42、reled 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 themselves in their be
43、droom （ 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 way except _. （ A） that they share their free time （ B） that they make their decisions together （ C） that they talk to each other
44、（ 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 distinguished from display
45、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 axe a convenience to the reader and a saving to the advertiser. The reader who is interested in a particular kind of advert
46、isement 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 a different frame
47、 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 display type to
48、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 attention. In many cas
49、es 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 tree of real-estate advertising. 51 Classified advertising is different to display adver
