1、考博英语模拟试卷 99及答案与解析 一、 Structure and Vocabulary 1 Some people apparently have an almost incredible ability to _ the right answer. （ A） bump into （ B） come up with （ C） bring up （ D） bear out 2 His daughter was so _ that she cried for hours when her pet cat died. （ A） senseless （ B） sensory （ C） sensib
2、le （ D） sensitive 3 I can hardly read your writing. It is _. （ A） illegible （ B） illegal （ C） eligible （ D） legalistic 4 Action, gesture, eye and voice _ to the greater effectiveness of drama as compared with the novel. （ A） distribute （ B） contribute （ C） attribute （ D） constitute 5 The president t
3、ried to stay in touch with the ambassador _. （ A） at large （ B） at hand （ C） at a trot （ D） at one stroke 6 They were tired, but not any less enthusiastic _ that account. （ A） on （ B） by （ C） for （ D） with 7 I think if is high time we _ the fact that environmental pollution in this area is getting m
4、ore serious than before. （ A） woke up to （ B） must wake up to （ C） wake up to （ D） are waking up to 8 So _ was the mood of the meeting that an agreement was soon reached. （ A） resentful （ B） amiable （ C） suffocating （ D） gloomy 9 Rescue workers continued the delicate task of sifting through tons of
5、concrete and to try to reach possible survivors. （ A） scraps （ B） leftovers （ C） debris （ D） residues 10 When she _, she could not for a moment recognize her surroundings. （ A） came to （ B） came off （ C） came through （ D） came over 11 The shortage of water became more _ this summer with the highest
6、temperatures in 40 years. （ A） needy （ B） latent （ C） severe （ D） dredge 12 They tried to drive their horse into the river, but he simply could not _. （ A） budge （ B） surge （ C） trudge （ D） dredge 13 Even the best medical treatment can not cure all the disease that _ men and women. （ A） beseech （ B）
7、 beset （ C） bewitch （ D） bestow 14 The boys talent might have lain _ had it not been for his uncles encouragement. （ A） extinguished （ B） dormant （ C） malignant （ D） perishable 15 The two leaders made a show of unity at the press conference, though they had notably messages. （ A） discontinuous （ B）
8、discreet （ C） discordant （ D） disadvantageous 16 Jack admitted that he ought not to have made his mother angry, _? （ A） oughtnt he （ B） wasnt he （ C） didnt he （ D） hadnt he 17 An old woman was badly hurt in _ the police describe as an apparently motiveless attack. （ A） that （ B） which （ C） what （ D）
9、 whatever 18 As the city has become increasingly _ and polluted, there has been a growing realization that certain action urgently needed. （ A） flourished （ B） boosted （ C） congested （ D） mingled 19 The taxi _ in front of a girl just in time to avoid a serious accident. （ A） turned in （ B） pulled up
10、 （ C） cleared up （ D） dropped in 20 The doctor told him to be careful when taking sleeping pills because too many could be. （ A） lethal （ B） vital （ C） wholesome （ D） sanitary 二、 Reading Comprehension 20 For my proposed journey, the first priority was clearly to start learning Arabic. I have never b
11、een a linguist. Though I had traveled widely as a journalist, I had never managed to pick up more than a smattering of phrases in any tongue other than French, and even my French was laborious for want of lengthy practice. The prospect of tackling one of the notoriously difficult languages at the ag
12、e of forty, and trying to speak it well, both deterred and excited me. It was perhaps expecting a little too much of a curiously unreceptive part of myself, yet the possibility that I might gain access to a completely alien culture and tradition by this means was enormously pleasing. I enrolled as p
13、upil in a small school in the center of the city. It was run by Mr. Beheit, of dapper appearance and explosive temperament, who assured me that after three months of his special treatment I would speak Arabic fluently. Whereupon he drew from his desk a postcard which an old pupil has sent him from s
14、omewhere in the Middle East, expressing great gratitude and reporting the astonishment of local Arabs that he could converse with them like a native. It was written in English. Mr. Beheit himself spent most of his time coaching businessmen in French, and through the thin, partitioned walls of his sc
15、hool one could hear him bellowing in exasperation at some confuse entrepreneur: “Non. M. Jones. le ne suis pas francais. Pas, Pas, Pas.“ (No Mr. Jones, Im not, not, NOT). I was gratified that my own tutor, whose name was Ahmed, was infinitely softer and less public in his approach. For a couple of h
16、ours every morning we would face each other across a small table, while we discussed in meticulous detail the colour scheme of the tiny cubicle, the events in the street below and, once a week, the hair-raising progress of a window-cleaner across the wall of the building opposite. In between, bearin
17、g in mind the particular interest I had in acquiring Arabic, I would inquire the way to some imaginary oasis, anxiously demand fodder and water for my camels, wonder politely whether the sheikh was prepared to grant me audience now. It was all hard going. I frequently despaired of ever becoming anyt
18、hing like a fluent speaker, though Ahmed assured me that my pronunciation was above average for a Westerner. This, I suspected, was partly flattery, for there are a couple of Arabic sounds which not even a gift for mimicry allowed me to grasp for ages. There were, moreover, vast distinctions of mean
19、ing conveyed by subtle sound shifts rarely employed in English. And for me the problem was increased by the need to assimilate a vocabulary, that would vary from place to place across five essentially Arabic-speaking countries that practiced vernaculars of their own: so that the word for “people“, f
20、or instance, might be “nais“, “sahab“ or “sooken“. Each day I was mentally exhausted by the strain of a morning in school, followed by an afternoon struggling at home with a tape recorder. Yet there was relief in the most elementary forms of understanding and progress. When I merely got the drift of
21、 a torrent which Ahmed had just release, I was childishly clated. When I managed to roll a complete sentence off my tongue without apparently thinking what I was saying, and it came out right. I beamed like an idiot. And the enjoyment of reading and writing the flowing Arabic script was something th
22、at did not leave me once I had mastered it. By the end of June, noone could have described me as anything like a fluent speaker of Arabic. I was approximately in the position of a fifteen-year old who, equipped with a modicum of schoolroom French, nervously awaits his first trip to Paris. But this w
23、as something I could reprove upon in my own time. I bade farewell to Mr. Beheit, still struggling to drive the French negative into the still confused mind of Mr. Jones. 21 Which of the following is not characteristic of Mr. Beheit? （ A） He had a neat and clean appearance. （ B） He was volatile and h
24、ighly emotional. （ C） He was very modest about his success in teaching. （ D） He sometimes lost his temper and shouted loudly when teaching. 22 It is known from the passage that the writer _. （ A） had a good command of French （ B） couldnt make sounds properly when learning Arabic （ C） spoke highly of
25、 Mr. Beheitt achievements in language teaching （ D） didnt like Ahmeds style of teaching 23 It can be inferred from the passage that Ahmed was _. （ A） a fast speaker （ B） a boring speaker （ C） a laconic speaker （ D） an interesting speaker 24 The word “modicum“ in the last paragraph can be replaced by
26、 _. （ A） competence （ B） excellence （ C） mimicry （ D） smattering 25 Which of the following statements is FALSE according to the passage? （ A） The writers intended journey created particular difficulties in his learning of Arabic. （ B） The reading and writing of the Arabic script gave the writer last
27、ing pleasure. （ C） The writer found learning Arabic was a grueling experience but rewarding. （ D） The writer regarded Ahmeds praise pod his pronunciation as tongue-in-cheek. 25 It is one of the worlds most recognized phrased, one you might even hear in places where little English is spoken: “The nam
28、es Bond, James Bond“. Ive heard it from a taxi driver in Ghana and a street sweeper in Paris, and I remember the thrill of hearing Sean Connery say it in the first Bond film I saw, Gold Finger. I was a Chicago schoolgirl when it was released in 1904. The image of a candy-coloured London filled with
29、witty people stately old buildings and a gorgeous, ice-cool hero instilled in me a deep-rooted belief that Britain was OK. When Fan Fleming created the man with the license to kill, based on his own experiences while working for the British secret service in World War II, he couldnt have imagined th
30、at his fictional Englishman would not only shake, but stir the entire world. Even world-weary actors are thrilled at being in a Bond movie. Christopher Walkon, everyones favorite screen psycho, who played mad genius Max Zorin in 1985s A View to a Kill, gushed: “I remember first seeing DJNo when I wa
31、s 15. I remember Robert Shaw trying to strangle James Bond in from Russia with love. And now here I am trying to kill James Bond myself.“ Bond is the complete entertainment package: he has hot and cold running women on tap dastardly villains bent on complete world domination, and America always play
32、s second string to cool, sophisticated Britain. Bonds England only really existed in the adventures of Bulldog Drummond, the wartime speeches of Winston Churchill and the songs of Dame Vera Lynn. When Fleming started to write his spy stories, the world knew that, while Britain was victorious in the
33、war against Hitler, it was depleted as a result. London was bombed out, a dark and grubby place, while America was now the only place to be. It was America that was producing such universal icons as Gary Coopers cowboy in High Noon (“A mans got to do what a mans got to do“); the one-man music revolu
34、tion that was Elvis Presley: Marilyn Monroe, the walking, talking male fantasy married to Joe DiMaggio, then the most famous athlete in the world. Against this reality, Fleming had the nerve and arrogance to say that, while hot dogs and popcorn were fine, other things were more important. And those
35、things were uniquely British: quiet competence, unsentimental ruthlessness, clear-eyed, steely determination, an ironic sense of humour and doing a job well. All qualities epitomized by James Bond. Of course, Bond was always more fairytale than fact, but what else is a film for? No expense is spared
36、 in production, the lead is suave and handsome, and the hardware is always awesome. In the latest film, the gadgets include a surfboard with concealed weapons, a combat knife with global positioning system beacon, a watch that doubles as a laser-beam cutter, an Aston Martin VI2 Vanquish with all the
37、 optional extras youve come to expect, a personal jet glider, the list is endless. There are those who are disgusted by the Bond films unbridled glorification of the evils of sexism, racism, ageism and extreme violence, but its never that simple. 26 According to the passage each production of a Bond
38、 film is _. （ A） lavish （ B） sparing （ C） increasingly expensive to make （ D） difficult to finance 27 Which of the following is not typical of James Bond? （ A） He performed his work calmly and efficiently. （ B） He had an iron will. （ C） He was unemotional. （ D） He had a tendency to boast. 28 It is k
39、nown from the passage that post-war Britain was _. （ A） anarchic and dangerous （ B） exhausted and filthy （ C） chaotic and violent （ D） mysterious and thrilling 29 Judging by the context, the word “stately“ in the first paragraph means _. （ A） shabby （ B） makeshift （ C） impressive （ D） dilapidated 30
40、 Which of the following statements is TRUE? （ A） When Fan Fleming created James Bond, he believed that his fictional Englishman would shake the entire world. （ B） In the Bond films, England is always portrayed as stylish, elegant and classy. （ C） Fan Fleming began to write his spy stories before Wor
41、ld War II. （ D） James Bond seldom epitomized Britshness. 30 The current political debate over family values personal responsibility, and welfare takes for granted the entrenched American belief that dependence on government assistance is a recent and destructive phenomenon. Conservatives tend to bla
42、me this dependence on personal irresponsibility aggravated by a swollen welfare apparatus that saps individual initiative. Liberals are more likely to blame it on personal misfortune magnified by the harsh lot that falls to losers in our competitive market economy. But both sides believe that “winne
43、rs“ in America make it on their own that dependence reflects some kind of individual or family failure, and that the ideal family is the self-reliant unit of traditional lore-a family that takes care of its own, carves out a future for its children, and never asks for handouts. Politicians at both e
44、nds of the ideological spectrum have wrapped themselves in the mantle of these “family values“ arguing over why the poor have not been able to make do without assistance, or whether aid has exacerbated their situation, but never questioning the assumption that American families traditionally achieve
45、 success by establishing their independence from the government. The myth of family self-reliance is not compelling that our actual national and personal histories often buckle under its emotional weight. “We always stood on our own two feet“, my grandfather used to say about his pioneer heritage, w
46、henever he walked me to the top of the hill to survey the property in Washington State that his family had bought for next to nothing after it had been logged off in the early 1900s. Perhaps he didnt know that the land came so cheap because much of it was part of a federal subsidy originally allotte
47、d to the railroad companies, which had received 183 million acres of the public domain in the nineteenth century. These federal giveaways were the original source of most major western logging companies land, and when some of these logging companies moved on to virgin stands of timber, federal lands
48、 trickled down to a few early settlers who were able to purchase them inexpensively. Like my grandparents, few families in American history-whatever their “values“ have been able to rely solely on their own resources. Instead, they have depended on the legislative, judicial and social support struct
49、ures set up by governing authorities, whether those authorities were the clan elders of Native American societies, the church courts and city officials of colonial America, or the judicial and legislative bodies established by the Constitution. At Americas inception, this was considered not a dirty little secret but the norm, one that confirmed our social and personal interdependence. The idea that the family should have the sole or even prima
