1、考研英语模拟试卷 28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 People often wonder why historians go to so much trouble to preserve millions of books, documents and records of the past. Why do we
2、 have libraries? What (1)_ are these documents and the (2)_ books? Why do we (3)_ and save the actions of men, the negotiations of statesmen and the (4)_ of armies? Because, sometimes, the voice of experience can (5)_ us to stop, look and listen. And because, sometimes, past records, (6)_ interprete
3、d, can give us (7)_ of what to do and what not to do. If we are to create (8)_ peace forever, we must seek (9)_ origins in human experience and in the record of human (10)_. From the story of the endurance, courage and (11)_ of men and women, we create the inspiration of youth. From stories of the C
4、hristian men, right down to Budapests heroic men of today, history records the suffering, the self-denial, the loyalty and the heroic (12)_ of men. Surely from these records there can come help to mankind in our (13)_ and perplexities, and in our yearnings (14)_ peace. The (15)_ purpose of history i
5、s a better world. History gives a warning to those who would (16)_ war. History (17)_ inspiration to those who seek peace. (18)_, history helps us learn. Yesterdays records can keep us from (19)_ yesterdays mistakes. And from the pieces of mosaic assembled by historians come the great printings (20)
6、_ represent the progress of mankind. （ A） right （ B） good （ C） important （ D） fine （ A） old （ B） former （ C） history （ D） previous （ A） finish （ B） record （ C） write （ D） reserve （ A） campaigns （ B） activities （ C） movements （ D） journeys （ A） let （ B） hope （ C） cause （ D） make （ A） directly （ B） sp
7、ecially （ C） mainly （ D） correctly （ A） opinions （ B） warnings （ C） answers （ D） ideas （ A） enduring （ B） illustrating （ C） expressing （ D） exposing （ A） its （ B） our （ C） his （ D） her （ A） mechanism （ B） empiricism （ C） conservatism （ D） idealism （ A） emotion （ B） ambition （ C） devotion （ D） option
8、 （ A） behaviors （ B） deeds （ C） duties （ D） performances （ A） confusions （ B） afflictions （ C） passion （ D） affection （ A） with （ B） to （ C） by （ D） for （ A） last （ B） supreme （ C） important （ D） excellent （ A） raise （ B） create （ C） increase （ D） promote （ A） receives （ B） chooses （ C） brings （ D）
9、conveys （ A） In short （ B） In all （ C） In addition （ D） In fact （ A） repeating （ B） repeats （ C） repeat （ D） repeated （ A） what （ B） who （ C） when （ D） which Part A Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. (40 points) 21 “I love Micros
10、oft and Microsoft did not lose me“, protested Robert Scoble, a little too loudly, on his blog last week, in a bid to end feverish speculation in the blogosphere about why, exactly, he had decided to leave Microsoft. The software giants “technical evangelist“, Mr. Scoble has become the best-known exa
11、mple of a corporate blogger. On his blog, called Scobleizer, which he started in 2000, he writes about Microsofts products, and has sometimes criticised them fiercely thereby both establishing his credibility and, by its willingness to tolerate him, helping to humanise his employer. As bloggings inf
12、luence has grown, so bas Mr. Scobles both inside and outside Microsoft. Last year, after he blogged against Microsofts decision to abandon support for a law prohibiting discrimination against gays, the companys managers backed down. He helped write a book, Naked Conversations: How Blogs Are Changing
13、 the Way Businesses Talk With Customers, published in January, that has become essential reading for any boss trying to define a new-media strategy for his business. So why leave? Mr. Scoble has denied several of the theories circulating in the blogosphere, including that he had become fed up with h
14、aving his expenses challenged or with sharing an office; that Microsoft challenged his views too often; that he had become, frustrated; and that the firm had not tried hard enough to keep him. Still, his friend Dave Winer, another blogger, described Microsoft as a “stifling organisation“ before obse
15、rving that “when he finally decided to leave, its as if a huge weight came off him, and all of a sudden, the old Scoble is back“. He views Mr. Scobles departure as evidence that Microsoft has been unable to move with the times: “Im glad to see my old friend didnt go down with the ship“. Another blog
16、ger says that his departure shows the “end of honest blogging“. The real reason may be less sinister though troubling for the growing number of employers encouraging their employees to biog. Blogging allows staff to build a personal brand separate from that of their firm; if they are good at it, and
17、 build up a readership, that brand may be more valuable to them elsewhere. Mr. Scoble is off to join PodTech. net, a rising star in video podcasting, which is now far more fashionable than blogging and potentially far more lucrative. It seems that Mr. Scoble is most impressed by Rocketboom, one of w
18、hose founders, Amanda Congdon, is said to be drawing 300000 viewers a day to her videoblog, and is about to start charging advertisers $85000 a week almost as much, Mr. Scoble is reported as saying, “as I made in an entire year working at Microsoft“. 21 Which of the following is TRUE accoding to the
19、 text? （ A） Scobles blog never gives people the false information. （ B） Microsoft doesnt agree with the opinion in Scobles biog. （ C） Scoble will not write anything in his blog when he leaves Microsoft. （ D） Scobles blog becomes the most popular corporate blog in the Internet. 22 Which is the real r
20、eason for Robert Scoble to leave Microsoft? （ A） He doesnt get along with Microsoft any longer. （ B） He wishes to have a single office. （ C） He wants to earn more money. （ D） He doesnt think that Microsoft has been able to move with times. 23 The word “sinister“ (Line 1, Para. 4) most probably means
21、 _. （ A） minister. （ B） evil. （ C） beneficial. （ D） righteous. 24 Toward Scobles leaving and his blog, the writers attitude can be said to be _. （ A） objective. （ B） supportive. （ C） biased. （ D） apprehensive. 25 The best topic for the text may be _. （ A） Scoble and His Blog. （ B） Blogging Off, Vide
22、oblogging In. （ C） Blog Man. （ D） Blog or Videoblog. 26 The day of terror at the Virginia Polytechnic and State University in Blacksburg began at about 7:15 a. m., with the shooting of a woman and a male resident adviser on the fourth floor of a dorm building on campus, Kristen Bensley, a freshman w
23、ho lived below the floor where the shooting occurred, told TIME, “There were minors going on about the assailant was fighting with his girlfriend or something of that nature“. Bensley notes that only residents can get into the building, using a specific “passport“, that is, a card that one has to sw
24、ipe in order to open doors before 10 a.m. If he was an outsider, someone would have had to let him in. Or more likely, he was a resident of the dorm himself. If so, how did be keep so much ammunition unnoticed? Unlike high schools, most universities cant beef up security with a metal detector or two
25、. So what can be done to protect students? Other questions remain unanswered. Why was there a two-hour gap between the incident at the dorm and a far more fatal one across campus? At one point, that led to theorizing that more than one gunman was involved. The gunman who killed at least 30 people at
26、 Norris Hall shortly after 9 a.m. was described by some sources as an Asian man. It has been a surreal time for the students. Brandon Stiltner, a senior aerospace engineering student, and Jonathan Hess, a senior mechanical engineer, were watching TV all day but by noon theyd had enough. “We decided
27、we needed to do something“, Stiltner said. “We were worthless sitting around“. So they took their six-foot Virginia Tech sign off the wall and logged into Facebook. Within the next few hours 100 people replied to their e-mail request for a vigil. By 8 p.m. hundreds bf students began filing down the
28、steps of the War Memorial Chapel toward the drill field. Clusters of two and three students stood together in silence. Slowly they began to line up to sign the board. “Im still really in disbelief“, says Stiltner. The shock of the days shootings sank in, Hess said, as he carried the sign across camp
29、us for the vigil. “It hit me“, Hess said, “to know that it was in these buildings“. The media crews that swarmed campus were also surreal to Hess and Stiltner. “We could look out our window and see exactly whats on TV“, Stiltner says. He watched his sign crowded with initials and prayers, awaiting t
30、he names of the victims, He shuddered. “I hope I dont have any nasty surprises“. 26 Which of the following is tree according to the first paragraph? （ A） 7:15 a.m. is the time a woman and a mate resident adviser were killed on the fourth floor of a dorm building on campus. （ B） The cause of shooting
31、 is the assailant was fighting with his girlfriend or something of that nature. （ C） Open dorms doors needs swipe a card before 10 a.m. （ D） The gunman was a resident of the dorm himself. 27 Which statement can be inferred from the second paragraph? （ A） Its impossible that a two-hour gap between th
32、e incident at the dorm and another one across campus. （ B） More than one gunman was involved. （ C） The gunman was an Asian man. （ D） One of high schools ways of keeping security is using a metal detector or two. 28 Which word can take place of “surreal“ (Line 1, Para. 3; Line 5, Para. 4) in the pass
33、age? （ A） Unbelievable. （ B） Unforgettable. （ C） Authentic. （ D） Miserable. 29 What did Stiltner mean about “I hope I dont have any nasty surprises“? （ A） He doesnt hope someone he knows is victim. （ B） He doesnt want to see the victims name. （ C） He doesnt need any surprise more. （ D） He was scared
34、 by the assailment accident. 30 From this article we can guess that the author is a _. （ A） reviewer. （ B） journalist. （ C） observer. （ D） novelist. 31 THE ivory-billed woodpecker is not large, as birds go: It is about the size of a crow, but flashier, its claim to fame is that, though it had been t
35、hought extinct since 1944, a lone kayaker spotted it about two years ago, flying around among the cypress trees in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge. And that sighting may prove the death-blow to a $319m irrigation project in the Arkansas corner of the Delta. The Grand Prairie Area Demonstrat
36、ion Project seemed, at first, a fine idea. The Grand Prairie is the fourth-largest rice-bowl in the world, with 363,000 acres under paddies. But it is running out of water, with farmers driving wells deeper and deeper into the underlying aquifer. The new project, dreamed up around a decade ago, woul
37、d tap excess water from the White river when it floods and pumps it, at the rate of about one billion gallons a day, to storage tanks on around 1000 rice farms. Unfortunately, it would also divert water from the regions huge, swampy wildlife refuges, home to black bears and alligators and the pallid
38、 sturgeon. Tiny swamp towns like Clarendon and Brinkley, which are heavily black and almost destitute, rely on nature tourism for the little economic activity they have. In Brinkley, the barber offers an “ivorybill“ haircut that makes you look like one. The project has some powerful local backers. T
39、hey include Blanche Lincoln, the states senior senator, who grew up on a rice farm in Helena, and Dale Bumpers, a former four-term senator and governor of Arkansas. Mr. Bumpers, long an icon of the environmental movement and prominent in the efforts to establish the refuges, now believes the water p
40、roject is important for national security in food and trade, and that it will not damage the forests he has worked to protect. Opponents worry that the project, apart from its environmental risks, will overwhelm the innovative water conservation methods that rice-farmers are already using, and give
41、the biggest water users an unfair advantage. They also object that it means using subsidised pumps to provide subsidised water for a crop that doesnt pay. Rice is one of the most heavily assisted crops in America; rice payments cost taxpayers almost $10 billion between 1995 and 2004, and rich farmer
42、s round Stuttgart in Arkansas County (an efficient and politically shrewd group) took in $21.2m in subsidies in 2004 alone. 31 It can be inferred from the first paragraph that _. （ A） an ivory-billed woodpecker was shot by a lone kayaker two years ago. （ B） the ivory-billed woodpecker was accustomed
43、 to living among cypress trees. （ C） the irrigation project is probably broken off by the ivory-billed woodpecker. （ D） the appearance of the ivory-billed woodpecker may make the irrigation project terminated. 32 According to the second and third paragraph, which statement is true? （ A） The irrigati
44、on project is really a wonderful plan to help people get rid of poverty. （ B） The situation of Clarendon would become tougher without support of tourism. （ C） Some programs like the great irrigation project had been planed very elaborately. （ D） Symbolization of Brinkley is ivorybill woodpecker. 33
45、What can we learn front this passage? （ A） Blanche Lincoln had intensive intention to protect natural environment. （ B） Mr. Bumpers extended his influence by his constant endeavors. （ C） Maybe some years ago, Mr. Bumpers kept hostile posture to this kind of irrigation project. （ D） Many of refuges w
46、ere constructed by Mr. Bumpers himself. 34 People are arguing against this project, mainly because _. （ A） some rich farmers are too greedy. （ B） government doesnt want to interfere this project. （ C） they wear tinted glasses to those who attain many benefits from this project. （ D） the bias of poli
47、cy evokes lots of indignations. 35 What is the authors attitude towards The Grand Prairie Area Demonstration Project? （ A） Be optimistic to support this project. （ B） Became an opponent to those gaining unfair wealth from this project. （ C） Be objective to treat this problem. （ D） Be indifferent to
48、this issue. 36 The Lakers forward Kobe Bryant has scored 50 or more points in four straight games, second in the NBA only to Wilt Chamberlains seven. He also now is tied with Michael Jordan for second with four behind Chamberlains 32 in most 60-point games. “Hes doing something Ive never seen“, Lake
49、rs coach Phil Jackson said in an e-mail Saturday. “This has been historic“. He should know because he coached Jordan and played against Chamberlain. Bryant is not going to win the MVP award, which likely will go to Dirk Nowitzki or Steve Nash. But his scoring brilliance again seems to answer the question of whos the best player in the league and it also provides more evidence in the similarity of Bryant and Jordan in their ta
