1、考研英语模拟试卷 210及答案与解析 一、 Section I Use of English Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D. (10 points) 1 Back in the 16th century, political plays were all about men. Not now. For some time, American female playwrights have followed the
2、 (1)_ of Wendy Wasserstein, a 50-year-old Brooklyn-born dramatist, whose work has focused (2)_ family drama and personal (3)_. Overtly political plays were considered (4)_ and unfashionable. But this is no longer so often the (5)_. A new generation of female playwrights (6)_ tackling such subjects (
3、7)_ racism, rape and apartheid. The quality of these plays has varied (8)_. The best (9)_ their subjects with nuance and subtlety, while it is the more controversial productions (10)_ fall flat. With topical issues now the stuff of shallow, made-for-television movies, audiences are looking to the th
4、eatre for something more (11)_. Rebecca Gilmans previous play, “Spinning into Butter“, dealt with white racism in academia; her current drama, “Boy Gets Girl“, gives a feminist take on male searching and objectification of women. Kia Corthron has three plays, including “Force Continuum“, (12)_ with
5、racial issues (13)_ or coming to the New York stage this year. But perhaps the most (14)_ recent play on political themes to (15)_ is “The Syringa Tree“, a one-woman show about segregation in South Africa in the 1960s, written and (16)_ by Pamela Glen. (17)_ the play had trouble (18)_ an audience wh
6、en it (19)_ in September last year, critical acclaim and persistent word-of-mouth followed, gradually (20)_ to make “The Syringa Tree“ one of the citys most popular offerings. （ A） model （ B） pattern （ C） mode （ D） fashion （ A） Rom （ B） at （ C） in （ D） on （ A） relationship （ B） relation （ C） relatio
7、nships （ D） relations （ A） outdate （ B） outdated （ C） date （ D） dating （ A） situation （ B） case （ C） instance （ D） condition （ A） is （ B） are （ C） was （ D） were （ A） like （ B） liking （ C） likely （ D） as （ A） broadly （ B） extensively （ C） differently （ D） widely （ A） treated （ B） treats （ C） treat （
8、D） treating （ A） which （ B） that （ C） what （ D） who （ A） substantial （ B） extensive （ C） important （ D） ample （ A） dealing （ B） dealt （ C） deal （ D） deals （ A） on （ B） at （ C） in （ D） above （ A） notable （ B） noting （ C） notorious （ D） distinguished （ A） today （ B） date （ C） nowadays （ D） now （ A） pr
9、esented （ B） acted （ C） played （ D） performed （ A） Though （ B） But （ C） And （ D） However （ A） to find （ B） found （ C） finding （ D） finds （ A） was opened （ B） opened （ C） opening （ D） opens （ A） helps （ B） helped （ C） helping （ D） help Part A Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the ques
10、tions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. (40 points) 21 NASA launched the first space mission to Pluto yesterday as a powerful rocket hurled the New Horizons spacecraft on a nine-year, three-billion-mile journey to the edge of the solar system As it soared toward a 2007 meeting with Jupiter,
11、whose powerful gravitational field will shoot it on its way to Pluto. Mission managers said radio communications confirmed that the 1,054-pound craft was in good health. The $700 million mission began when a Lockheed Martin Atlas 5 rocket rose from a launching pad at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Sta
12、tion in Florida at 2 p.m., almost an hour later than planned because of low clouds that obscured a clear view of the flight path by tracking cameras. Less than an hour later, all three stages of the booster rocket worked as planned, and the spacecraft separated from them and sprinted away toward dee
13、p space. The robot ship sped away at about 36,000 miles per hour, the fastest flight of any spacecraft sent from Earth, allowing it to pass the Moon in about nine hours. “This is a historic day“, said Alan Stem of the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colo, the missions principal scientist an
14、d team leader. Speaking at a news conference at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Dr. Stern said the timing assured that the New Horizons would arrive for its closest approach to Pluto on July 14, 2015 the 50th anniversary of the first flyby of Mars by the Mariner 4. the mission that began the ex
15、ploration of the planets. The New Horizons is powered by a small plutonium-fired electric generator. Its instruments include three cameras, for visible-light, infrared and ultraviolet images, and three spectrometers to study the composition and temperatures of Plutos thin atmosphere and surface feat
16、ures. It also carries a University of Colorado dust counter, the first experiment to fly on a planetary mission that is entirely designed and operated by students. This is the only experiment that will not hibernate during the mission. Yesterdays liftoff also paid regard to Plutos discoverer, the as
17、tronomer Clyde W. Tombaugh, who in 1930 became the only American to find a planet in the solar system.(He died at 90 in 1997.) His widow, Patricia Tombaugh, 93, and other family members were present at the cape, and some of his remains were among the commemorative items aboard the spacecraft. “Some
18、of Clydes ashes are on their way to Pluto today“, Dr. Stem said. The New Horizons is to reach Jupiters gravitational field in 13 months. The trip to Pluto will take eight more years, most of which the craft will spend in electronic “hibernation“ to save power and wear on the equipment needed for its
19、 seven experiments. In addition to the two-hour delay, the launching was postponed twice in two days on Tuesday by strong winds at the cape and on Wednesday by a storm that caused a power; failure at the spacecrafts control center at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel.
20、 Md. Mission planners had until Feb. 14 to launch the mission this year, but only until the end of this month to use the gravity boost from Jupiter, which will shorten the trip to Pluto by five years. 21 In the opening paragraph, the author introduces his topic by_. （ A） describing a situation （ B）
21、justifying an assumption （ C） making a comparison （ D） presenting a phenomenon 22 The New Horizons will first approach Jupiter on its way to Pluto because_. （ A） Jupiter is a must station on the way to Pluto （ B） Jupiter can help it get into its track to Pluto （ C） Jupiter has the gravitational fiel
22、d （ D） it is the fastest way 23 Which one of the following statements is TRUE about the spacecraft? （ A） It began the exploration of the planets. （ B） Ms. Clyde was aboard the spacecraft to memorize Mr. Clyede. （ C） It will reach Pluto in eight years. （ D） It broke the rate record of spacecrafts. 24
23、 The word “hibernation“(Para. 8) probably means_. （ A） inactivity （ B） passion （ C） innovation （ D） liberation 25 According to the text, the dust counter is_. （ A） the first experiment on the way to the space run independently by students （ B） the first planetary experiment （ C） the first one of the
24、 seven experiments （ D） the first experiment that will not hibernate 26 Caution seems the watchword among the institutional investors surveyed in our latest portfolio poll. The allocation of money between equities, bonds and cash has, on average, remained at the same levels as it did during the thir
25、d quarter. While Lehman Brothers and Commerz International have increased their overall equity allocations, Daiwa has increased its bond allocation. But given the slowdown in the American economy, it is the reaction of our investors to American equity holdings that is worthy of note. While three of
26、them, including Lehman Brothers, take a dim view of the prospects for American shares, the other four have either marginally increased their allocations, or have maintained them at the same levels as in the previous quarter. Lehman Brothers seems to have decided that the prospect for German shares i
27、s better than it is for American ones. Its allocation for American equities dropped by seven percentage points, to 45% of its equity holdings; while its German share portfolio increased by six percentage points, to 11%. Lehmans share allocation to America has dropped, even as its overall equity hold
28、ings have increased. Daiwa and Standard Life are the other two that have cut back on American equities. But Credit Suisse continues to be a cheerleader for American shares. Following its ten percentage-point increase in the third quarter, the Swiss firm increased its exposure to American equities on
29、ce again in the fourth quarter. Commerz International appears to share Credit Suisses bullish outlook: its American equity holdings have increased by four percentage points, to 490. Julius Baer is extremely bullish on American equities, with 60% of its equity funds parked there. But the average Amer
30、ican equity holdings, among our institutional investors dropped by a percentage point in the fourth quarter. British equities seem to have become attractive all our investors have increased their allocations. Credit Suisse, which in the third quarter cut its investment in British shares, appears to
31、have changed its mind. It has increased its allocation by four percentage points, taking the total to 9%. On the other hand, Japanese shares have been given the thumbs-down: all our investors save Julius Baer (unchanged) and Credit Suisse (slightly up) have moved funds out of Japanese equities. It i
32、s a relatively similar story for Japanese bonds, where everybody apart from Commerz International has either dropped their yen-denominated bond holdings, or kept them unchanged. Robeco Group seems decidedly bearish, for it has sharply, cut its allocation, from 24% to 15%. Lehman Brothers, appears to
33、 have got the timing right, by raising its allocation of dollar-denominated bonds in the fourth quarter. Its increase was followed by the Fed interest-rate cut on January 3rd. Will Lehmans bearish timing prove right for American shares, too? 26 Lehman Brothers_. （ A） has increased its equity and bon
34、d allocation in America （ B） pays less attention to the equity holdings because of the American economys slowdown （ C） is pessimistic about the American prospect and cautious about its allocation （ D） is as bearish as other institutional investors 27 According to the passage, “equity“ can serve as_.
35、 （ A） fairness （ B） balance （ C） profit （ D） property 28 According to the passage,_. （ A） American economy causes its investors great change in the allocation among equities, bonds and cash （ B） the success of the investors and firms, is due to the right timing （ C） the 4th quarter is not of great d
36、ifference from the 3rd one for investors （ D） the investors are pessimistic about the Japanese market 29 Which of the following is connected to the word “bearish“ in the last paragraph? （ A） dropping （ B） intellectual （ C） booming （ D） increasing 30 The firms like Lehman Brothers believe that the pr
37、ospects of American shares are_. （ A） inspiring （ B） unclear （ C） disappointing （ D） encouraging 31 Charles Reznikoff (1894 1976) worked relentlessly, never leaving New York but for a brief stay in Hollywood, of all places. He was admired by Pound and Kenneth Burke, and often published his own works
38、; in the Depression era, he managed a treadle printing press in his basement. He wrote three sorts of poems, exceptionally short imagistic lyrics, longer pieces crafted and cobbled from other sources, often from the Judaic tradition, and book-length poems wrought from the testimony both of Holocaust
39、 trials and from the courtrooms of the century America. Two of these full-length volumes were indeed titled Testimony, as was an earlier prose work; it was a word that kept him close company. When asked late in life to define his poetry, it was not the word he chose. “Objectivist,“ he wrote, naming
40、his longstanding group, and mimicking poetic style with a single prose sentence: “images clear but the meaning not stated but suggested by the objective details and the music of the verse; words pithy and plain; without the artifice of regular meters, themes, chiefly Jewish, American urban“. If the
41、sentence sounds hard-won, this is perhaps because it was. Four decades earlier, he wrote in a letter to friends, “There is a learned article about my verse in Poetry this month, from which I learn that I am an objectivist“. The learned fellow was Louis Zukofsky, brilliant eminence of the Objectivist
42、s. “with whom I disagree as to both form and content of verse, but to whom I am obliged for placing some of my things here and there“. So read Reznikoffs conclusion in 1931. with its fillip of polite resentment. Movements and schools are arbitrary and immaterial things by which poetic history is tol
43、d. This must have rankled Reznikoff, who spent his writing life tracing the material and the necessary. Born a child of immigrants in Brooklyn in 1294, he was in journalism school at 16, took a law degree at 21. Though he was little interested in legal practice, the ideas would be near the heart of
44、his writing. Ideal poetic language, he wrote, “is restricted almost to the testimony of a witness in a court of law“. If this suggests a congenital optimism about the law, it made for astonishingly care-filled poetry. Reznikoff is unsurpassed in conveying the sense that the world is worth getting ri
45、ght. Not the glorious or the damaged world, but the world that is everything that is the case. Reznikoffs faith in the facts of the case takes on an intensity no less social than spiritual, no greater when surveying the Old Testament than New York This collection gathers all his poems (but for those
46、 already book-length) by the technique of compressing onto single pages as many as five or six at a time. This can lessen the force; each is a sort of American haiku, though no more impressionistic than a hand-operated printing press. One such numbered 69 in the volume Jerusalem the Golden, runs in
47、its length: “Among the heaps of brick and plaster lies f a girder, still itself among the rubbish“. This exemplary couplet is sometimes taken to represent Reznikoffs poetry itself, immutable and certain amid the transitory. 31 By saying “it was a word that kept him close company“(Para. 1), the autho
48、r implies_. （ A） Charles Reznikoff always wrote works about testimony （ B） Charles Reznikoff was always involved in the testimony affairs （ C） Charles Reenikoff liked to write testimony （ D） Charles Reznikoff is a busy lawyer 32 Reznikoffs attitude to the fact that he was grouped as objectivist is_.
49、 （ A） approval （ B） indifference （ C） opposition （ D） suspicion 33 The word “rankled“ (Para. 3) probably means_. （ A） interested （ B） angered （ C） pleased （ D） consoled 34 We can learn from the fourth paragraph that_. （ A） Reznikoff liked to learn law （ B） Reznikoff was more interested in spiritual world than in social world （ C） it is astonishing that Reznikoff wrote care-filled poetry （ D） Reznikoff was greatly influenced by
