1、考研英语（一）模拟试卷 124（无答案）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) 1 The government is to ban payments to witnesses by newspapers seeking to buy up people involved in prominent cases【B1 】the trial of R
2、osemary West.In a significant【B2 】of legal controls over the press, Lord Irvine, the Lord Chancellor, will introduce a【B3 】bill that will propose making payments to witnesses【B4】and will strictly control the amount of【B5】that can be given to a case【 B6】a trial begins.In a letter to Gerald Kaufman, c
3、hairman of the House of Commons media select committee. Lord Irvine said he【B7】with a committee report this year which said that self regulation did not【B8】sufficient control.【B9 】of the letter came two days after Lord Irvine caused a【B10】of media protest when he said the【B11】of privacy controls con
4、tained in European legislation would be left to judges【B12】to Parliament.The Lord Chancellor said introduction of the Human Rights Bill, which【B13】the European Convention on Human Rights legally【B14】in Britain, laid down that everybody was【B15 】to privacy and that public figures could go to court to
5、 protect themselves and their families.“Press freedoms will be in safe hands【B16】our British judges“, he said.Witness payments became an【B17】after West was sentenced to 10 life sentences in 1995. Up to 19 witnesses were【B18】to have received payments for telling their stories to newspapers. Concerns
6、were raised【B19】witnesses might be encouraged to exaggerate their stories in court to【B20】guilty verdicts.1 【B1 】（A）as to（B） for instance（C） in particular（D）such as2 【B2 】（A）tightening（B） intensifying（C） focusing（D）fastening3 【B3 】（A）sketch（B） rough（C） preliminary（D）draft4 【B4 】（A）illogical（B） illeg
7、al（C） improbable（D）improper5 【B5 】（A）publicity（B） penalty（C） popularity（D）peculiarity6 【B6 】（A）since（B） if（C） before（D）as7 【B7 】（A）sided（B） shared（C） complied（D）agreed8 【B8 】（A）present（B） offer（C） manifest（D）indicate9 【B9 】（A）Release（B） Publication（C） Printing（D）Exposure10 【B10 】（A）storm（B） rage（C）
8、flare（D）flash11 【B11 】（A）translation（B） interpretation（C） exhibition（D）demonstration12 【B12 】（A）better than（B） other than（C） rather than（D）sooner than13 【B13 】（A）changes（B） makes（C） sets（D）turns14 【B14 】（A）binding（B） convincing（C） restraining（D）sustaining15 【B15 】（A）authorized（B） credited（C） entitle
9、d（D）qualified16 【B16 】（A）with（B） to（C） from（D）by17 【B17 】（A）impact（B） incident（C） inference（D）issue18 【B18 】（A）stated（B） remarked（C） said（D）told19 【B19 】（A）what（B） when（C） which（D）that20 【B20 】（A）assure（B） confide（C） ensure（D）guaranteeGrammar21 _ evidence that language-acquiring ability must be stim
10、ulated.（A）It being（B） It is（C） There is（D）There being22 The fuel must have been finished, _the engine stopped.（A）since（B） as（C） because（D）for23 The students will put off the match until next week, _they wont be so busy.（A）since（B） as（C） when（D）while24 Your ideas, _, seem unusual to me.（A）like her（B）
11、 like hers（C） similar to her（D）similar to herself25 The detective watched and saw the suspect_ a hotel at the comer of the street.（A）getting off the taxi and walking into（B） got off the taxi and walked into（C） get off the taxi and walk into（D）got off the taxi to walk into26 The doctor is feeling the
12、 little girls pulse. He says it_ normal.（A）feels（B） is feeling（C） has felt（D）is felt27 Id rather have a room of my own, however small it is, than _ a room with someone else.（A）to share（B） to have shared（C） share（D）sharing28 Research findings show we spend about two hours dreaming every night, no mat
13、ter what we _during the day.（A）must have done（B） would have done（C） should have done（D）may have done29 When he awoke, he found himself_after by an old woman.（A）looking（B） looked（C） being looked（D）be looked30 Modern statesmen are often faced with the same problems _ defeated the ancient Romans.（A）as（
14、B） which（C） what（D）suchPart ADirections: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. (40 points)30 Network Information Safety in SchoolUniversity letters to students and alumni are usually cheerful. But the University of California at Los Angeles (UC
15、LA) is now composing 800,000 embarrassing ones. The university announced Tuesday that its notifying nearly a million members of its communityincluding students,faculty and alumni that a hacker gained access to their Social Security numbers, dates of birth, home addresses and contact information. UCL
16、A computer security technicians noticed a suspicious number of database queries on Nov. 21, and after a quick investigation, discovered that a hacker had accessed records dishonestly all the way back to October of 2005. The university blocked further access to the private data and hired a consultant
17、 to help figure out how it happened. In a letter to those who may have been victimized, UCLAs Acting Chancellor Norman Abrams noted that the data does not include credit card or banking information, but apologized. “I deeply regret any concern or inconvenience this incident may cause you.“ Abrams wr
18、ote.Jim Davis, UCLAs Chief Information officer, who is responsible for the universitys computer security policy, says UCLA had already begun removing Social Security numbers from common usage, but that some numbers remain in the university database because of financial reporting requirements. “With
19、20/20 hindsight, the best way to deal with this kind of situation is not to have Social Security numbers there in the first place,“ Davis says. “The faster we move on that,the better off we will be.“ He says that while those at the university are “ scared“ there is no indication thus far that identi
20、ty thieves have used any stolen data and that while the investigation is still in process, the actual number of those affected by the hacking may be just 5% or less of the 800,000 whose data was potentially vulnerable.The FBI has launched its own investigation of the incident, but tracking down thos
21、e responsible will be a challenge. In 2005,8.9 million Americans suffered from some type of identity theft, according to a study done by Javelin Strategy that growth in underdeveloped countries cannot simply be judged in the abstract; it must be judged based on the true nature of growth in these soc
22、ieties, on who benefits and who is harmed, on where growth is leading these people and where it has left them. When considered in this way, it just might be that in the present context growth is more detrimental to the well-being of the wretched of the earth than beneficial.So, do we need growth for
23、 prosperity? Only the adoption of zero growth can provide the answer. But that is a test not easily undertaken. Modern economies are incredibly complex phenomena, a tribute to mans ability to organize and a challenge to his ability to understand. Anything that affects their functioning, such as a po
24、licy of zero growth, should not be proposed without a wan prudence and a self-doubting humility. But if the prospect of leaping into the economic unknown is fear-inspiring, equally so is the prospect of letting that fear prevent us from acting when the failure to act could mean untold misery for fut
25、ure generations and perhaps environmental catastrophes which threaten our very existence.34 Which of the following statements does the author support?（A）Gross National Product is a safe measure for economic growth.（B） Diminishing natural resources will prove harmful to the well-being of humanity.（C）
26、 A decline in prosperity will inevitably lead to a growth in population.（D）Growth in population will be a chief threat to economic prosperity.35 It is implied in Paragraphs 2 and 3 that _.（A）the smooth functioning of the economic system is dependent on sustained prosperity（B） economic growth have no
27、t relieved the poverty of the Third World countries（C） growth in richer countries is achieved at the expense of the Third World countries（D）the stages of economic growth cannot be superseded or modified by social mechanisms36 With regard to the economic development in the Third World countries, the
28、author is actually saying that_.（A）the people in these countries have not actually benefited from it（B） inadequate investment has seriously affected the development（C） deep debt virtually makes further growth in these countries impossible（D）agriculture in these countries should have been left intact
29、37 The author seems to believe that prosperity_.（A）can be achieved without economic growth（B） can only be achieved with economic growth（C） is a tribute to mans ability and creativity（D）is fragile in face of environmental catastrophes38 The answer of the author to the question “Do we need growth for
30、prosperity?“ is _ .（A）negative（B） positive（C） vague（D）inconclusive39 Even to his contemporaries, Rochester was a legendary figure One of the youngest and most handsome courtiers of the restored Charles . He was the favorite of a king whose wit, lasciviousness and serious intellectual interests he sh
31、ared. He was banished from court several times, but Charless pleasure in his conversation always resulted in his recall. His authentic adventures included the attempted abduction of an heiress (whom he later married), smashing a phallic-shaped sundial in the royal gardens during a drunken celebrity,
32、 and a violent quarrel with the watch at Epsom in which one of his companions was killed.Quite apart from his reputation as a poet, he was feted in the writings of his friends, notably in Sir George Ethereges comedy, “The Man of Mode“. Just before he died in 1680, at the age of 33, destroyed by alco
33、holism and syphilis, Rochesters legend took a surprising turn. After a series of conversations with an Anglican rationalist divine, Gilbert Burner, the skeptical libertine made a death-bed conversion which was celebrated in the devotional literature of the succeeding century.Charming as it is the Ro
34、chester legend has always been a distraction. It has resulted in many apocryphal stories and uncertain attributions, and it can still divert attention from the poetry. It is Rochesters achievement as a poet which commands our interest and makes him something more than a luridly colorful period, figu
35、re. For all the brevity of his career, Rochester is a crucial figure in the development of English verse satire and file Horatian epistle, a student of his elder French contemporary Boileau, and an important exemplar for later poets as different as Alexander Pope and Anne Finch, Countess of Winchils
36、ea.Cephas Goldsworthys “The Satyr“ gives us the legend. Although there are no footnotes to sources, the book shows some acquaintance with modem Rochester scholarship and its rejection of spurious verse from his canonbut only intermittently. Anecdotes concerning Rochester and his crony George Villier
37、s, Duke of Buckingham, are retailed without any indication that they have, in fact, been discredited; poems no longer attributed to Rochester are cited as if they were authentic. Mr. Goldsworthy quotes liberally from the poetry, but repeatedly reads it as straightforward autobiography. For example,
38、we are told that “My dear mistress has a heart“ is addressed to. Elizabeth Barry, an actress, which is incautious given the uncertain dating of this song, and indeed of most of Rochesters poems. More generally, while of course some of the satires include references to actual persons, as often as not
39、 in 17th-century love poetry the emotion is genuine but the addressee is fictitious.A less simplistic way to relate Rochesters poetry to his life would be to read the former as an exploitation of what it means to live according to libertine values. In his best satires and even some of the lyrics he
40、articulated an anti-rational nihilistic vision scarcely found elsewhere in English verse. Such a task belongs to a critical biography. There is no mistaking Mr. Goldsworthys enthusiasm for his subject, but his book is essentially biography as entertainment.39 Rochester was NOT_.（A）a troublemaker（B）
41、a fictional legendary figure（C） an excellent Solomon（D）the favorite of Charles 40 Rochester didnt have a reputation of_.（A）comedian（B） legend（C） libertine（D）poet41 The word “nihilistic“(Para. 5) means_.（A）rational（B） practical（C） opposed moral beliefs（D）pro-government42 Rochesters legend gave others
42、 a surprising turn when_.（A）he was dying（B） he got syphilis（C） he appeared in an anti-rational state（D）he changed his life-style43 Rochester was NOT_.（A）crucial in the development of English verse satire（B） a comedy writer（C） Boileaus student（D）an important model for later poets44 The European Union
43、s Barcelona summit, which ended on March 16th, was played out against the usual backdrop of noisy “anti-globalization“ demonstrations and massive security. If nothing else, the demonstrations illustrated that economic liberalization in Europethe meetings main topicpresents genuine political difficul
44、ties. Influential sections of public opinion continue to oppose anything that they imagine threatens “social Europe“, the ideal of a cradle-to-grave welfare state.In this climate of public opinion, it is not surprising that the outcome in Barcelona was modest. The totemic issue was opening up Europe
45、s energy markets. The French government has fought hard to preserve a protected market at home for its state-owned national champion, Electricite de France (EDF). At Barcelona it made a well-flagged tactical retreat. The summiteers concluded that from 2004 industrial users across Europe would be abl
46、e to choose from competing energy suppliers, which should account for “at least“ 60% of the market.Since Europes energy market is worth 350 billion ($309 billion) a year and affects just about every business, this is a breakthrough. But even the energy deal has disappointing aspects. Confining compe
47、tition to business users makes it harder to show that economic liberalization is the friend rather than the foe of the ordinary person. It also allows EDF to keep its monopoly in the most profitable chunk of the French market.In other areas, especially to do with Europes tough labor markets, the EU
48、is actually going backwards. The summiteers declared that “disincentives against taking up jobs“ should be removed; 20m jobs should be created within the EU by 2010. But only three days after a Barcelona jamboree, the European Commission endorsed a new law that would give all temporary-agency worker
49、s the same rights as full-timers within six weeks of getting their feet under the desk. Six out of 20 commissioners did, unusually, vote against the measurea blatant piece of re-regulationbut the social affairs commissioner, Anna Diamantopoulou, was unrepentant, indeed triumphant. A dissatisfied liberaliser in the commission called the directive “an absolute disaster“.The summits other achievements are still more fragile. Europes leaders promised to
