1、考研英语模拟试卷 6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 When anyone opens a current account at a bank, he is lending the bank money. He may (1)_ the repayment of the money at any time, eith
2、er (2)_ cash or by drawing a check in favor of another person. (3)_, the banker-customer relationship is that of debtor and creditor who is (4)_ depending on whether the customers account is (5)_ credit or is overdrawn. But, in (6)_ to that basically simple concept, the bank and its customer (7)_ a
3、large number of obligations to one another. Many of these obligations can give (8)_ to problems and complications but a bank customer, unlike, say, a buyer of goods, cannot complain that the law is (9)_ against him. The bank must (10)_ its customers instructions, and not those of anyone else. (11)_,
4、 for example, a customer opens an account, he instructs the bank to debit his account only in (12)_ of checks drawn by himself. He gives the bank (13)_ of his signature, and there is a very firm rule that the bank has no right or (14)_ to pay out a customers money (15)_ a check on which its customer
5、s signature has been (16)_ It makes no difference that the forgery may have been a very (17)_ one: the bank must recognize its customers signature. For this reason there is no (18)_ to the customer in the practice, (19)_ by banks, of printing the customers name on his checks. If this (20)_ Forgery,
6、it is the bank that will lose, not the customer. （ A） acquire （ B） deposit （ C） demand （ D） derive （ A） for （ B） through （ C） as （ D） in （ A） However （ B） Primarily （ C） Moreover （ D） Presumably （ A） which （ B） what （ C） how （ D） that （ A） on （ B） with （ C） in （ D） for （ A） support （ B） contrast （ C
7、） regard （ D） addition （ A） owe （ B） commit （ C） attribute （ D） embark （ A） purpose （ B） rise （ C） priority （ D） thought （ A） loaded （ B） offended （ C） discriminated （ D） directed （ A） conform （ B） comply （ C） obey （ D） abide （ A） Unless （ B） Although （ C） Since （ D） When （ A） respect （ B） charge （
8、C） line （ D） place （ A） specifics （ B） signs （ C） symbols （ D） specimens （ A） reputation （ B） prestige （ C） authority （ D） impact （ A） by （ B） on （ C） with （ D） for （ A） printed （ B） confirmed （ C） forged （ D） justified （ A） delicate （ B） skillful （ C） unusual （ D） unique （ A） risk （ B） guarantee （
9、C） fault （ D） benefit （ A） engaged （ B） intended （ C） adapted （ D） adopted （ A） contributes （ B） facilitates （ C） results （ D） leads Part A Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. (40 points) 21 Henry Kissinger may be the most success
10、ful, certainly the most flamboyant, Secretary of State to hold that office in modern times. When he was appointed in the late 1960s, there were no American ties with Communist China, Vietnam and Berlin seemed ready to draw the United States into a third world war, and Russia was seen as “the enemy“.
11、 But all this has changed, and Henry Kissinger caused much of the change; in 1971, he made his first trip to China, a trip that was the beginning of the current ties between the United States and China. He brought the United States and Russia closer together on major issues by the policy he called “
12、detente“, literally meaning a relaxation. His philosophy was always to talk and to bring together. With these two policies, Kissinger did much to draw attention away from any possible Russia-American friction. In 1973 he made his first visit to Egypt. Here he was able to begin U.S. relations with Eg
13、ypt. He used his contact later to begin the sort of talks that the American press called “shuttle diplomacy“. For ninety-nine days, he “shuttled“ back and forth on flights between Cairo and Jerusalem to work out a step-by-step withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Sinai desert. His wit, his careful
14、approach to detail, and his presence made “shuttle diplomacy“ work. It was the only successful approach to Mid-east peace in the thirty years since the state of Israel was founded. Another major work was the Strategic Arms Limitation Talk. Though his term in office passed with the treaty unsigned, K
15、issinger left a draft of the treaty to which the Russians had already agreed. The SALT treaty spelled out a one-tenth reduction in nuclear arms, a major accomplishment by any standard, even if one does not consider all the other conditions and limitations included in the treaty. Even though he succe
16、ssfully helped bring an end to the Vietnam War, Kissingers final days in office were affected, as was the entire executive branch in one way or another, by the scandals of the Nixon White House. Kissingers critics point to his role in placing wiretaps on the phones of reporters and officials and to
17、what they consider his “high-handed“ approach to setting foreign policy. But Kissinger, during the last few months of the Nixon presidency, limited the effects of American domestic problems on our foreign policy. He continued talks in the Middle East. He continued close contact with the Soviet Union
18、. History will decide in the final view, as Kissinger and many presidents often said, on the value of his service. Whatever they decide, whether his actions are finally to be considered wise or foolish, he had a personal vision that will be difficult to match. Notes: work out 制定。 spell out 清楚地说明。 wi
19、retap 窃听 (电话 )。 scandal 丑闻。 21 According to the context, the word “flamboyant“ most likely means _. （ A） notorious. （ B） ambiguous. （ C） showy. （ D） arbitrary. 22 It can be inferred from the last paragraph of the text that _. （ A） shuttle diplomacy seriously affected the SALT treaty. （ B） Watergate
20、scandals made Kissinger ineffective. （ C） some of the things Kissinger initiated are still being worked out. （ D） Kissinger is an outstanding politician but unable to cope with domestic affairs. 23 The text does not directly say, but implies that Kissinger _. （ A） suffered a series of defeats while
21、being in office. （ B） significantly altered the direction of international relationships. （ C） was unsuccessful in bringing about peace in the Middle East. （ D） played a more important role than the president during the Nixon administration. 24 The main idea of the text is that _. （ A） Kissinger hel
22、ped smooth over many conflicts in the world. （ B） as the Secretary of State, Kissinger was very influential in American foreign policy. （ C） a lot of international conflicts would not have been resolved without Kissingers effort. （ D） Kissinger did much to end the cold war with the Communist World.
23、25 The authors tone in the text may best be summarized as that of _. （ A） objectivity. （ B） suspicion. （ C） sympathy. （ D） admiration. 26 Under pressure from animal welfare groups, two national science teachers associations have adopted guidelines that ban classroom experiments harming animals. The
24、National Association of Biology Teachers and the National Science Teachers Association hope to end animal abuse in elementary and secondary schools and, in turn, discourage students from mishandling animals in home experiments and science fair projects. Animal welfare groups are apparently most conc
25、erned with high school students experimenting with animals in extracurricular projects. Barbara Orlans, President of the Scientists Center for Animal Welfare, said that students have been performing surgery at random, testing known poisonous substances, and running other pathology experiments on ani
26、mals without even knowing normal physiology. At one science fair, a student cut off the leg and tail of a lizard to demonstrate that only the tail can regenerate, she said. In another case, a student bound sparrows, starved them and observed their behavior. “The amount of abuse has been quite horrif
27、ying“, Orlans said. Administrators of major science fairs are short-tempered over the teachers policy change and the impression it has created. “The teachers were sold a bill of goods by Barbara Orlans“, said Thurman Grafton, who heads the rules committee for the International Science and Engineerin
28、g Fair. “Backyard tabletop surgery is just nonsense. The new policies throw cold water on students inquisitiveness“, he said. Grafton said he wouldnt deny that there hasnt been animal abuse among projects at the international fair, but he added that judges reject contestants who have unnecessarily i
29、njured animals. The judges have a hard time monitoring local and regional fairs that may or may not choose to comply with the international fairs rules that stress proper care of animals, Grafton said. He said that several years ago, the Westinghouse Science Talent Search banned harmful experiments
30、to animals when sponsors threatened to cancel their support after animal welfare groups lobbied for change. The teachers adopted the new policies also to fend off proposed legislation in states including Missouri and New York that would restrict or prohibit experiments on animals. Officials of the t
31、wo teachers organizations say that they dont know how many animals have been abused in the classroom. On the one hand, many biology teachers are not trained in the proper care of animals, said Wayne Moyer, executive director of the biology teachers association. On the other, the use of animals in ex
32、periments has dropped in recent years because of school budget cuts. The association may set up seminars to teach better animal care to its members. Notes: pathology 病理学。 lizard 蜥蜴。 tabletop 桌面。 short-tempered 脾气急躁的。 lobby for 游说支持。 fend off 躲开。 26 The title which best expresses the content of the t
33、ext is _. （ A） Science Teachers to Ban Testing Harmful to Animals. （ B） Teachers Policy Change in Experiment on Animals. （ C） The New Policies of Banning Harmful Experiments to Animals. （ D） The Importance of Prohibiting Harmful Experiments on Animals. 27 According to the text, animal welfare groups
34、 have succeeded in _. （ A） stopping all animal abuse in schools. （ B） establishing guidelines that ban classroom experiments harming animals. （ C） protecting animals from being experimented with in extracurricular projects. （ D） persuading two national science teachers associations to adopt an anima
35、l protection policy. 28 Thurman Grafton suggests that _. （ A） animal abuse is horrible and should be terminated. （ B） the teachers have been compelled to do all animal experiments. （ C） prohibition of experiments on animals will discourage students from being curious. （ D） the international science
36、and Engineering Fair will cease to operate because of the new policies. 29 It can be learned from the text that the teachers ban harmful experiments to animals in order to _. （ A） maintain ecological balance. （ B） please animal welfare groups. （ C） get financial support from their sponsors. （ D） pro
37、tect necessary harmless experiments on animals. 30 It is suggested toward the end of the text that _. （ A） the seriousness of animal abuse in the classroom is unknown. （ B） training teachers in animal care may contribute to reducing animal abuse. （ C） fewer animals have been used in experiments in r
38、ecent years. （ D） many biology teachers are not trained in proper care of animal. 31 After World War the glorification of an ever-larger GNP formed the basis of a new materialism, which became a sacred obligation for all Japanese governments, businesses and trade unions. Anyone who mentioned the und
39、esirable by-products of rapid economic growth was treated as a heretic. Consequently, everything possible was done to make conditions easy for the manufacturers. Few dared question the wisdom of discharging untreated waste into the nearest water body or untreated smoke into the atmosphere. This sile
40、nce was maintained by union leaders as well as by most of the countrys radicals; except for a few isolated voices, no one protested. An insistence on treatment of the various effluents would have necessitated expenditures on treatment equipment that in turn would have given rise to higher operating
41、costs. Obviously, this would have meant higher prices for Japanese goods, and ultimately fewer sales and lower industrial growth and GNP. The pursuit of nothing but economic growth is illustrated by the response of the Japanese government to the American educational mission that visited Japan in 194
42、7. After surveying Japans educational program, the Americans suggested that the Japanese fill in their curriculum gap by creating departments in chemical and sanitary engineering. Immediately, chemical engineering departments were established in all the countrys universities and technical institutio
43、ns. In contrast, the recommendation to form sanitary engineering departments was more or less ignored, because they could bring no profit. By 1960, only two second-rate universities, Kyoto and Hokkaido, were interested enough to open such departments. The reluctance to divert funds from production t
44、o conservation is explanation enough for a certain degree of pollution, but the situation was made worse by the type of technology the Japanese chose to adopt for their industrial expansion. For the most part, they simply copied American industrial methods. This meant that methods originally designe
45、d for use in a country that stretched from the Atlantic to the Pacific with lots of air and water to use as sewage receptacles were adopted for an area a fraction of the size. Moreover, the Japanese diet was much more dependent on water as a source of fish and as an input in the irrigation of rice;
46、consequently discharged wastes built up much more rapidly, in the food chain. Notes: heretic 异教徒。 sanitary 卫生的。 for the most part 基本上。 receptacle 储存地。 31 According to the text, no measures were resorted to in environmental protection after World War in Japan because _. （ A） they were reckoned to be
47、unnecessary. （ B） they would check economic development. （ C） no one was much interested in them. （ D） pollution was held as inevitable at that time. 32 According to the context, the word “effluents“ in Para. 1 is closest in meaning to _. （ A） by-effects. （ B） drainage. （ C） solid wastes. （ D） risks
48、. 33 It can be learned from the text that soon after the Second World War _. （ A） hardly anyone suspected that it was unwise to contaminate the water and air. （ B） people unanimously found it acceptable to damp industrial wastes into the sea. （ C） the government tried to deal with the pollution prob
49、lem but in vain. （ D） nobody attached great significance to the remedy for public hazards. 34 According to the logical clue of the text, the second paragraph is an example to show that _. （ A） Japan was markedly influenced by the U.S. in education. （ B） education in Japan was not so developed as that in the U.S （ C） Japanese educational institutions were much the same as those in the U.S （ D） the Japanese government conc
