1、考博英语模拟试卷 9及答案与解析 一、 Structure and Vocabulary 1 And the topic “fat“ is forbidden. Even the slightest paunch betrays that one is losing the trim and _ of youth. （ A） vague （ B） vigor （ C） vogue （ D） vulgar 2 All specialists agree that the most important consideration with diet drugs is carefully _ the
2、 risks and benefits. （ A） valuing （ B） evaluating （ C） estimating （ D） weighing 3 Chinese of ten shake my hand and dont let go. They talk away contentedly, _ of my discomfort and struggle to disengage my hand. （ A） oblivious （ B） patent （ C） obvious （ D） pernicious 4 The word “foolish“ is too mild t
3、o describe your behavior, I would prefer the word _. （ A） ideological （ B） idyllic （ C） idiotic （ D） idiomatic 5 Because of its excellence in quality, for the last two years, Audi car has _ Germanys Touting Car Championship. （ A） conquered （ B） contested （ C） dominated （ D） determined 6 What we cons
4、ider a luxury at one time frequently becomes a _, many families find that ownership of two cars is indispensable. （ A） fashion （ B） necessity （ C） proclivity （ D） nuisance 7 The chief editor thought he took some liberties with the original in translation. So it was necessary that he make the _ sugge
5、sted. （ A） alterations （ B） alternatives （ C） alternations （ D） altercation 8 Many well-educated people dont believe that _ will endanger freedom of speech. （ A） censership （ B） censureship （ C） sensorship （ D） censorship 9 The _ of “snake“ is simply this: a legless reptile with a long, thin body. （
6、 A） connotation （ B） denomination （ C） donation （ D） denotation 10 When the opposing player fouled, John let his anger _ his good sense and hit the boy back. （ A） gut the feel of （ B） got the hang of （ C） gut the better of （ D） gut the worst of 二、 Grammar 11 Although this book claims to be a biograp
7、hy of George Washington, many of the incidents are imaginary （ A） fascinating （ B） factitious （ C） fastidious （ D） fictitious 12 The trade fair is designed to facilitate further cooperation between Chinese auto industries and overseas auto industries. （ A） promote （ B） protect （ C） preserve （ D） pro
8、long 13 He was concerned only with mundane matters, especially the daily stock market quotations. （ A） rational （ B） obscure （ C） worldly （ D） eminent 14 The earthquake that occurred in India this year was a major calamity in which a great man was lost . （ A） casualty （ B） catastrophe （ C） catalogue
9、 （ D） crusade 15 The doctors were worried because the patient did not recuperate as rapidly as they had expected. （ A） withdraw （ B） emerge （ C） recover （ D） uncover 16 The purchaser of this lorry is protected by the manufacturers warranty that he will replace any defective part for five years or 50
10、,000 miles. （ A） prohibition （ B） insurance （ C） prophecy （ D） guarantee 17 The boy could not reconcile himself to the failure. He did not believe that was his lot. （ A） submit （ B） commit （ C） transmit （ D） permit 18 In some cities of North China, the noise pollution is as pronounced as that in Tok
11、yo. （ A） contemptuous （ B） contagious （ C） conspicuous （ D） contemplated 19 Trivial breaches of regulations we can pass over, but more serious ones will have to be investigated. （ A） exceed （ B） wither （ C） overpass （ D） neglect 20 We were discussing the housing problem when a middle-aged man cut in
12、 and said, “Theres no point in talking about impossibilities.“ （ A） intersect （ B） interject （ C） penetrate （ D） adulterate 三、 Cloze 20 Motorways are, no doubt the safest roads in Britain. Mile 【 C1】 _ mile, vehicle for vehicle, you axe much 【 C2】 _ likely to be killed or seriously injured than on a
13、n ordinary road. On 【 C3】 _ hand, if you do have a serious accident on a motorway, fatalities are much more likely to 【 C4】 _ than in a comparable accident 【 C5】 _ on the roads. Motorways have no 【 C6】 _ bends, no roundabouts or traffic lights and 【 C7】 _ speeds are much greater than on other roads.
14、 Though the 70 mph limit is 【 C8】 _ in force, it is often treated with the contempt that most drivers have for the 30 mph limit applying in built up areas in Britain. Added to this is the fact that motorway drivers seem to like traveling in groups with perhaps 【 C9】 _ ten meters between each vehicle
15、. The resulting horrific pile-ups 【 C10】 _ one vehicle stops for some reasonmechanical failure, driver error and so onhave become all 【 C11】 _ familiar through pictures in newspapers or on television. How 【 C12】_ of these drivers realize that it takes a car about one hundred meters to brake to a sto
16、p 【 C13】 _ 70 mph? Drivers also seem to think that motorway driving gives them complete protection from the changing weather. 【 C14】 _ wet the road, whatever the visibility in mist or fog, they 【 C15】 _ at ridiculous speeds oblivious of police warnings or speed restrictions 【 C16】 _ their journey co
17、mes to a conclusion. Perhaps one remedy 【 C17】 _ this motorway madness would be better driver education. At present, learner drivers are barred 【 C18】 _ motorways and are thus as far as this kind of driving is 【 C19】 _ , thrown in at the deep end. However, much more efficient policing is required, 【
18、 C20】 _ it is the duty of the police not only to enforce the law but also to protect the general public from its own foolishness. 21 【 C1】 _ （ A） for （ B） after （ C） to （ D） by 22 【 C2】 _ （ A） more （ B） far （ C） less （ D） lesser 23 【 C3】 _ （ A） another （ B） other （ C） one （ D） the other 24 【 C4】 _ （
19、 A） come up （ B） occur （ C） be found （ D） arise 25 【 C5】 _ （ A） everywhere （ B） elsewhere （ C） anywhere （ D） somewhere 26 【 C6】 _ （ A） pointed （ B） steep （ C） vertical （ D） sharp 27 【 C7】 _ （ A） thus （ B） then （ C） so （ D） thereupon 28 【 C8】 _ （ A） yet （ B） even （ C） still （ D） subsequently 29 【 C9】
20、 _ （ A） utterly （ B） simply （ C） barely （ D） purely 30 【 C10】 _ （ A） because （ B） since （ C） when （ D） for 31 【 C11】 _ （ A） too （ B） also （ C） unduly （ D） unreasonably 32 【 C12】 _ （ A） many （ B） much （ C） deeply （ D） profoundly 33 【 C13】 _ （ A） to （ B） from （ C） at （ D） for 34 【 C14】 _ （ A） Whatever
21、 （ B） However （ C） Whoever （ D） How 35 【 C15】 _ （ A） push （ B） rake （ C） till （ D） plough 36 【 C16】 _ （ A） unless （ B） before （ C） thus （ D） until 37 【 C17】 _ （ A） to （ B） for （ C） of （ D） on 38 【 C18】 _ （ A） from （ B） against （ C） away （ D） off 39 【 C19】 _ （ A） related （ B） considered （ C） concerne
22、d （ D） touched 40 【 C20】 _ （ A） but （ B） then （ C） them （ D） for 四、 Reading Comprehension 40 The next time the men were taken up onto the deck, Kunta made a point 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 Serer tribesman much olde
23、r 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 he might strike the man in the darkness for moaning se steadily in his pain. Staring back at Kunta, the Serers dark eyes were full of fur
24、y and defiance. A whip lashed out even as they stood looking at each otherthis time at Kunta, spurring him to move ahead. Trying to roll away, Kunta was kicked heavily in his ribs. But somehow he and the gasping Wolof managed to stagger back up among the other men from their shelf who were shambling
25、 toward their dousing with bucked of seawater. A moment later, the stinging saltiness of it was burning in Kuntas wounds, and his screams joined those of others 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. K
26、unta and the Wolof were so weak from their new beating that twice they stumbled, but whip blows and kicks sent them hem hopping clumsily up and down in their chains. So great was his fury that Kunta was barely aware of the women singing “Toubob fa!“ And when he had finally been chained hack down in
27、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 scrape their tubs full of the excrement that had accumulated on the shelves where the chained men lay. Kunta would lie still with his eye
28、s staring balefully in hatred, following the bobbing orange lights, listening to the toubob cursing and sometimes slipping and tailing into the slickness underfootso plentiful now, because of the increasing looseness of the mens bowels, that the filth had begun to drop off the edges of the shelves d
29、own 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 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 tha
30、t one of the women had been brought to tend him, but that the man had died that ,fight and been thrown over the side. Starting then, when the toubob came to clean the shelves, they also dropped red-hot pieces of metal into pails of strong vinegar. The clouds of acrid steam left the hold smelling bet
31、ter, 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 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 wi
32、th one another. Words not understood were whispered from mouth to ear along the shelves until someone who knew more then one tongue would send back their meaning. In the process, all of the men along each shelf learned new words in tongues they had not spoken before. Sometimes men jerked upward, bum
33、ping their heads, in the double excitement of communicating with each other and the fact that it was being done without the toubebs knowledge. Muttering among themselves for hours, the men developed a deepening sense of intrigue and of brotherhood. Though they were of different villages and tribes,
34、the feeling grew that they were not from different peoples or places. 41 The living conditions for the Blacks in the salve ship were _. （ A） adequate but primitive （ B） inhumane and inadequate （ C） humane but crowded （ D） similar to the crews quarters 42 The prisoners had difficulty communicating wi
35、th 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 languages 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.“
36、 （ A） Indulgently （ B） Vacantly （ C） Forlornly （ D） Menacingly 44 By constantly referring to such thing as filth and choking stink, the author seeks 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
37、this happened long ago 45 Despite their intense pain and suffering, the Black men found a small measure of comfort in _. （ A） their exercise periods on deck （ B） the breathtaking ocean scenery （ C） their conversations with the Black women （ D） their conversations with one another 45 Large, multinati
38、onal, corporations may be the companies whose ups and downs seize headlines. But to a far greater extent than most Americans realize, the economys vitality depends on the fortunes of tiny shops and restaurants, neighborhood services and factories. Snell businesses, defined as those with fewer than 1
39、00 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 1.2 million small firms have opened their doors over the past six years of economic growth, and 189 will see an additional 200,000 entrepreneurs striking o
40、ff on their own. Too many of these pioneers, however, will blaze ahead unprepared. Idealism will overestimate the clamor for their products or fail to factor in the competition. Nearly everyone will underestimate, often fatally, the capital that success requires. Midcareer executives, forced by a ta
41、keover 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 forget that entrepreneurs must also, at least for a while, be bookkeeper and receptionist, too. According to Small Business Administration data, 24 of ever
42、y 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 1995, more than 60 of those 100 start-ups will have folded. A new study of 3,000 small businesses, sponsored by American Express and the National Federation
43、 of Independent Business, suggests slightly better odds: Three years after start-up, 77 percent of the companies surveyed were still alive. Most credited their success in large part to having picked a business they already were comfortable in. Eighty percent had worked with the same product or servi
44、ce in their last jobs. Thinking through an enterprise before the haunch is obviously critical. But many entrepreneurs forget that a firms health in 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
45、ignore early warning signs of a stagnant market or of decaying profitability. They hopefully pour more and more money into the enterprise, preferring not to acknowledge eroding profit margins that mean the market for their ingenious service or product has evaporated, or that they must cut the payrol
46、l 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 usually 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 spo
47、t the signals that it is time to conquer new markets, add products or perhaps franchise your hot idea. 46 According to the passage, a country 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 capi
48、tal （ C） the fate of the small businesses such as small plants and restaurants （ D） the economic increase and decrease of the large companies 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 statements about small business is not true? （ A） It helps effectively to fight unemployment. （ B） The earlier it starts, the sooner it collapses. （ C） There
