1、考研英语（一）模拟试卷 122 及答案与解析一、Section I Use of EnglishDirections: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D. (10 points) 0 One country that is certain of the effect of films on tourism is Australia. The Tourist Office of Queensland say that “Crocodile D
2、undee“ ,【C1】_Paul Hogan, made Australia the popular【C2】_it is today. In the three years after “Crocodile Dundee“ was【C3 】_, visitor numbers doubled.【C4】_what makes people want to visit the place where a movie was filmed? In many cases the reason is【C5】_the film makes audiences 【C6】_of the existence
3、of a place.【C7】_the James Bond movie “The Man with the Golden Gun“ was filmed in Phuket, Thailand, most Westerners had never heard of it. Today it is a major destination. Leonardo di Caprios film “The Beach“ has【C8】_tourism in another part of Thailand. The film is about the discovery of the most idy
4、llic beach in the world. As a result the Thai authorities are【C9】_a tourist boom in the films【C10】_, Koh Phi Phi. Some people are influenced by a movies【C11】_as much as its location, especially if it is a romance. “Four Weddings and a Funeral“ has【C12 】_that The Crown hotel in Amersham has been busy
5、 ever【C13】_the movie was first shown. In fact the bedroom where the【C14】_played by Hugh Grant and Andie McDowell spend their first night together is【C15】_for years ahead. “Weve【C16】_the number of marriage proposals that have been made there,“ say the hotel【C17】_.It is not just the tourist boards who
6、 are happy【C18】_the influence of films on a destination. Residents of a rather run down area of London have seen house prices almost double【C19 】_Julia Roberts romance with Hugh Grant in “Notting Hill“. Filmstars, such as Madonna, who had previously thought of Notting Hill as a good place for a part
7、y, have now bought【C20】_there. Perhaps they hope to revive their romances.1 【C1 】（A）acting（B） playing（C） performing（D）starring2 【C2 】（A）target（B） destination（C） terminal（D）intention3 【C3 】（A）produced（B） staged（C） presented（D）released4 【C4 】（A）However（B） But（C） Whereas（D）And5 【C5 】（A）because（B） that（
8、C） for（D）why6 【C6 】（A）acquainted（B） ignorant（C） aware（D）known7 【C7 】（A）While（B） When（C） As（D）Once8 【C8 】（A）activated（B） boosted（C） encouraged（D）excited9 【C9 】（A）facing（B） meeting（C） encountering（D）confronting10 【C10 】（A）place（B） site（C） location（D）spot11 【C11 】（A）mind（B） mood（C） spirit（D）affection12
9、 【C12 】（A）ensured（B） reassured（C） guaranteed（D）insured13 【C13 】（A）after（B） since（C） till（D）from14 【C14 】（A）persons（B） heroines（C） characters（D）heroes15 【C15 】（A）involved（B） prearranged（C） scheduled（D）booked16 【C16 】（A）lost track of（B） lost count of（C） lost contact of（D）lost sight of17 【C17 】（A）manag
10、ement（B） employer（C） supervisor（D）handler18 【C18 】（A）for（B） with（C） about（D）at19 【C19 】（A）thanks to（B） regardless of（C） since（D）as20 【C20 】（A）entity（B） benefit（C） property（D）belongingsGrammar21 By the end of the year all but two people _.（A）have left（B） will leave（C） will be leaving（D）will have left
11、22 _the Europeans began to learn how to use the compass on their ships.（A）It was not until the 12th century when（B） Hardly it was the 12th century than（C） No sooner it was the 12th century when（D）It was not until the 12th century that23 Im sure he is up to the job_he would give his mind to it.（A）if
12、only（B） in case（C） until（D）unless24 The indoor swimming pool seems to be a great deal more luxurious than .（A）is necessary（B） being necessary（C） to be necessary（D）it is necessary25 Little_about her own safety, though she herself was in great danger.（A）she cared（B） she may care（C） may she care（D）did
13、she care26 We_our breakfast when an old man came to the door.（A）just have had（B） have just had（C） just had（D）had just had27 Shining down out of the blue sky, _.（A）the sun burnt their pale skins（B） the sun burning their pale skins（C） they were burnt by the fierce sun（D）their pale skins were burnt by
14、the sun28 Copernicus maintained that the earth_round the sun.（A）moves（B） moved（C） moving（D）move29 It was_that he heard of the victory of the Chinese revolution.（A）Stephen（B） with Stephen（C） by Stephen（D）from Stephen30 Either of the plans_equally dangerous.（A）are（B） is（C） were（D）bePart ADirections: R
15、ead the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. (40 points)30 Sweep a Fuel Craft Invest FeverThe clean-energy business is turning into the next big investment boom, in which risks are lightly ignored. Until recently, recalls Charlie Gay, a 30-year veteran
16、 of the solar-power business, venture capitalists were far too busy catering to captains of the information-technology industry to waste time on “hippy-dippy tree-huggers“ like himself. But now the tree-buggers are in the ascendant and the IT barons are busy investing in clean-energy technology.Inve
17、stors are failing over themselves to finance start-ups in clean technology, especially in energy. Venture Business Research reckons that investment in the field by venture capitalists and private-equity firms has quadrupled in the past two years, from some $ 500m in 2004 to almost $ 2 billion so far
18、 this year. The share of venture capital going into clean energy is rising rapidly.Clean-energy fever is being fuelled by three things: high oil prices, fears over energy security and a growing concern about global warming. The provision of energy, the industrys cheerleaders say, will change radical
19、ly over the coming decades. Polluting coal and gas-fired power stations will give way to cleaner alternatives such as solar and wind; fuels derived from plants and waste will replace petrol and diesel; and small, local forms of electricity generation will replace big power stations feeding far-flung
20、 grids. Eventually, it is hoped, fuel cells running on hydrogen will take the place of the internal combustion engine which is available everywhere. It is a bold vision, but if it happens very slowly, or only to a limited extent, boosters argue that it will still prompt tremendous growth for firms i
21、n the business.Analysts confidently predict the clean-energy business will grow by 20% 30% a year for a decade. Jefferies, an investment bank that organized a recent conference on the industry in London, asked participants how soon solar power would become competitive with old-fashioned generation t
22、echnologies: in 2010, 2015 or 2020. About three-quarters of those present, one visitor happily observed, were “cheque-writers“. This “ megatrend “, the keynote speaker advocated, “may be the biggest job and wealth-creation opportunity of the 21st century.“Such exaggeration might remind people of dot
23、com bubble. But clean-energy advocates insist growth is sustainable because of the likes of Mr. Schwarzenegger. The Governor is a hero in green circles because of his enthusiasm for environmental regulation. He easily won reelection partly because he seized on global warming as a concern and signed
24、into lawAmericas first wide-ranging scheme to cap greenhouse-gas emissions.31 According to the first two paragraphs, we can learn that_.（A）clean energy business is booming while the risks are totally overlooked（B） venture capitalists have wasted much money on “hippy-dippy tree hungers“（C） clean ener
25、gy business is surging and changes the venture capital market（D）the information-technology industry is correspondingly shrinking fast32 Which of the following is true of Para. 3?（A）Clean energy fever is fuelled mainly by human psychological weakness.（B） The energy provision for the coming decades wi
26、ll undergo rapid changes.（C） Hydrogen as a new energy will replace traditional energy forms like coal,and gas.（D）Supporters of clean energy business are pretty optimistic about its future.33 The word “cheque-writers“ (Line 10,Para.4) is closest in meaning to_.（A）tycoons（B） donators（C） investors（D）ce
27、lebrities34 It can be inferred from the last paragraph that_.（A）clean energy industry and the dotcom industry have the same business model（B） the dotcom industry might have undergone a rapid but unsustainable development（C） Schwarzenegger has insisted that growth in clean energy business is sustaina
28、ble（D）global warming has become a popular and decisive issue in political elections35 What is the authors attitude towards clean energy business?（A）Optimistic.（B） Enthusiastic.（C） Objective.（D）Subjective.35 A Enduring problems such as war, poverty, and violence ultimately spring from human nature, w
29、hich no technological innovation short of genetic engineering can alter. Thus, the statement is correct in this respect. However, if we define “progress“ more narrowlyin terms of economic standard of living and comfort levelrecent technological innovations have indeed brought about clear progress fo
30、r humanity.B Have technological innovations of the last century failed to bring about true progress for humanity, as the statement contends? Although I agree that technology cannot ultimately prevent us from harming one another, the statement falls to account for the significant positive impact that
31、 the modern industrial and computer revolutions have had on the quality of lifeat least in the developed world.C Yet, for every technological innovation helping to reduce human suffering is another that has served primarily to add to it. For example, while some might argue that nuclear weapons serve
32、 as invaluable peace-keepers , this argument flies in the face of the hundreds of thousands of innocent people murdered and maimed by atomic blasts. More recently, the increasing use of chemical weapons for human slaughter points out that so-called “advances“ in biochemistry can amount to net losses
33、 for humanity.D Not withstanding technologys limitations in preventing war, poverty, and violence, twentieth century technological innovation has enhanced the overall standard of living and comfort level of developed nations. The advent of steel production and assembly-line manufacturing created cou
34、ntless jobs, stimulated economic growth, and supplied a plethora of innovative conveniences. More recently, computers have helped free up our time by performing repetitive tasks; have aided in the design of safer and more attractive bridges, buildings, and vehicles;and have made possible universal a
35、ccess to information.E I agree with the statement in so far as there is no technological solution to the enduring problems of war, poverty, and violence, for the reason that they stem from certain aspects of human naturesuch as aggression and greed. Although future advances in biochemistry might ena
36、ble us to “ engineer away“ those undesirable aspects, in the meantime it is up to our economists, diplomats, social reformers, and juristsnot our scientists and engineersto mitigate these problems.F Of course, such progress has not come without costs. One harmful byproduct of industrial progress is
37、environmental pollution and its threat to public health. Another is the alienation of assembly-line workers from their work. And, the Internet breeds information overload and steals our time and attention away from family, community, and coworkers. Nevertheless, on balance both the modern-industrial
38、 and computer revolutions have improved our standard of living and comfort level; and both constitute progress by any measure.G Admittedly, many technological developments during the last century have helped reduce human suffering. Consider, for instance, technology that enables computers to map Ear
39、ths geographical features from outer space. This technology allows us to locate lands that can be cultivated for feeding malnourished people in third-world countries. And, few would disagree that humanity is the beneficiary of the myriad of twentieth-century innovations in medicine and medical techn
40、ologyfrom prostheses and organ transplants to vaccines and lasers.Order:40 The question of where insights come from has become a hot topic in neuroscience, despite the fact that they are not easy to induce experimentally in a laboratory. Dr. Bhattacharya and Dr. Sheth have taken a creative approach.
41、 They have selected some brain-teasing but practical problems in the hope that these would get closer to mimicking real insight. To qualify, a puzzle had to be simple, not too widely known and without a methodical solution. The researchers then asked 18 young adults to try to solve these problems wh
42、ile their brainwaves were monitored using an electroencephalograph (EEG).A typical brain-teaser went like this. There are three light switches on the ground-floor wall of a three-storey house. Two of the switches do nothing, but one of them controls a bulb on the second floor. When you begin, the bu
43、lb is off. You can only make one visit to the second floor. How do you work out which switch is the one that controls the light?This problem, or one equivalent to it, was presented on a computer screen to a volunteer when that volunteer pressed a button. The electrical activity of the volunteers bra
44、in (his brainwave pattern) was recorded by the EEG from the buttons press. Each volunteer was given 30 seconds to read the puzzle and another 60 to 90 seconds to solve it.Some people worked it out; others did not. The significant point, though, was that the EEG predicted who would fall where. Those
45、volunteers who went on to have an insight (in this case that on their one and only visit to the second floor they could use not just the light but the heat produced by a bulb as evidence of an active switch) had had different brainwave activity from those who never got it. In the right frontal corte
46、x, a part of the brain associated with shifting mental states, there was an increase in high-frequency gamma waves (those with 4748 cycles a second). Moreover, the difference was noticeable up to eight seconds before the volunteer realised he had found the solution. Dr. Sheth thinks this may be capt
47、uring the “transformational thought“ in action, before the brains “owner“ is consciously aware of it.This finding poses fascinating questions about how the brain really works. Conscious thought, it seems, does not solve problems. Instead, unconscious processing happens in the background and only del
48、ivers the answer to consciousness once it has been arrived at. Food for further thought, indeed.41 Which kind of problems can be used in Dr. Bhattacharya and Dr. Sheths research?（A）Theoretical brain-teasing problems.（B） Simple but rarely known problems.（C） Puzzling but realistic problems.（D）Simple b
49、ut theoretical problems.42 Through which character of the brain did the scientists study the brain?（A）The brainwave pattern.（B） The EEG.（C） The right frontal cortex.（D）The transformational thought.43 The EEG would predict the success of a volunteer（A）when his brainwave activity differed from others.（B） when he had a stable high-frequency gamma waves.（C） when his brainwave activity
