1、考研英语（一）模拟试卷 5 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 American Museum of Natural History is one of the largest natural and historic museums in the world and one of the main natural histo
2、ry research and education centres in the United States, set up in 1869 and located in the west of the Central Park, Manhattan District, New York. It【1】7 hectares in its total area,【2】classical types of buildings. The【3】of ancient creatures and humanity is【4】the first place of all the museums in the
3、world,【5】the representative samples from South America, Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia were collected, besides those from the【6】country, the United States. In the museum, there are five kinds of exhibits, including astronomy, mineralogy, human history, and animals in the【7】times and those in mod
4、ern times. There are thirty-eight exhibition halls with different【8】from 500 to 1,500 square metres. Besides these, there is a Roosevelt Memorial Hall in【9】of President Roosevelt who supported the【10】of the museum, which is also used to have a special exhibition, showing the new important【11】on natu
5、ral sciences and 【12】affairs and social problems, and special topics connected closely with the life of the citizens. Besides this, it is also used for avocation【13】to have all kinds of scientific activities in the laboratories, centres of natural science and centres for citizens. There are more tha
6、n 10【14】research departments mainly 【15】 for collection of samples, research and work of publication. In the museum, there are【16】 and sub-libraries of Aulspond ancient amniote, with about 300 thousand books and magazines【17】natural history, many of 【18】 are very valuable monographs for the first ed
7、ition. It has published many expert books and magazines, and a large number of propaganda materials,【19】which are the two magazines, Natural History and Members of Museum that have the biggest【20】of their magazines.（A）explores（B） demonstrates（C） expands（D）covers（A）with（B） of（C） in（D）on（A）display（B）
8、fossil（C） analysis（D）collection（A）in（B） of（C） by（D）at（A）where（B） that（C） which（D）whose（A）wholesome（B） feasible（C） native（D）weird（A）original（B） contemporary（C） opposite（D）ancient（A）regions（B） areas（C） sites（D）venues（A）proposition（B） memory（C） profile（D）quotation（A）cause（B） fate（C） property（D）fortune（
9、A）obstacles（B） discoveries（C） obligations（D）inventions（A）present（B） crucial（C） current（D）prevalent（A）fans（B） lovers（C） addicts（D）actors（A）subject（B） declaration（C） course（D）rehearsal（A）evident（B） reliable（C） responsible（D）excessive（A）libraries（B） clinic（C） congress（D）lobby（A）of（B） for（C） from（D）on（A
10、）whom（B） what（C） which（D）that（A）in（B） by（C） for（D）among（A）publication（B） symposium（C） circulation（D）tacticPart ADirections: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. (40 points)20 Menorca or Majorca? It is that time of the year again. The brochures
11、 are piling up in travel agents while newspapers and magazines bulge with advice about where to go. But the traditional packaged holiday, a British innovation that provided many timid natives with their first experience of warm sand, is not what it was. Indeed, the industry is anxiously awaiting a H
12、igh Court ruling to find out exactly what it now is. Two things have changed the way Britons research and book their holidays: low-cost airlines and the Internet. Instead of buying a ready-made package consisting of a flight, hotel, car hire and assorted entertainment from a tour operators brochure,
13、 it is now easy to put together a trip using an online travel agent like Expedia or Travelocity, which last July bought Lastminute. com for 577 million ($1 billion), or from the proliferating websites of airlines, hotels and car-rental firms. This has led some to sound the death knell for high-stree
14、t travel agents and tour operators. There have been upheavals and closures, but the traditional firms are starting to fight back, in part by moving more of their business online. First Choice Holidays, for instance, saw its pre-tax profit rise by 16% to 114 million ($195 million) in the year to the
15、end of October. Although the overall number of holidays booked has fallen, the company is concentrating on more valuable long-haul and adventure trips. First Choice now sells more than half its trips directly, either via the Internet, over the telephone or from its own travel shops. It wants that to
16、 reach 75% within a few years. Other tour operators are showing similar hustle. MyTravel managed to cut its loss by almost half in 2005. Thomas Cook and Thomson Holidays, now both German owned, are also bullish about the coming holiday season. Highstreet travel agents are having a tougher time, thou
17、gh, not least because many leading tour operations have cut the commissions they pay. Some high-street travel agents are also learning to live with the Internet, helping people book complicated trips that they have researched online, providing advice and tacking on other services. This is seen as a
18、growth area. But if an agent puts together separate flights and hotel accommodation, is that a package, too? The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) says it is and the agent should hold an Air Travel Organisers Licence, which provides financial guarantees to repatriate people and provide refunds. The sch
19、eme dates from the early 1970s, when some large British travel firms went bust, stranding customers on the Costas. Although such failures are less common these days, the CAA had to help out some 30,000 people last year. The Association of British Travel Agents went to the High Court in November to a
20、rgue such bookings are not traditional packages and so do not require agents to acquire the costly licences. While the court decides, millions of Britons will happily click away buying online holidays, unaware of the difference. 21 Based on the first paragraph, the best title of the text could be_.（
21、A）An annual holiday（B） A High Court ruling（C） A new package（D）A British innovation22 According to the text, the shift in the method of holiday booking in UK is associated with_.（A）the popularity of electronics（B） the costly licences（C） car rental firms（D）the traditional ideology23 According to the t
22、ext, which of the following is true?（A）To put together a trip using a traditional travel agent is not hard at present.（B） To sound the death knell for tour operator is unacceptable and inhumane.（C） Some high-street travel agents defy the model of surviving with the internet.（D）Traditional tour firms
23、 grapple with the internet.24 The word “ hustle“ in the topic sentence of the fourth paragraph most probably denotes_.（A）demand（B） hostility（C） sale（D）prejudice25 According to the first and last paragraphs, which of the following is still in suspense?（A）A legal definition.（B） A congestion charge.（C）
24、 Financial guarantee.（D）An adventure trip.25 They may not be the richest, but Africans remain the worlds staunchest optimists. An annual survey by Gallup International, a research outfit, shows that, when asked whether this year will be better than last, Africa once again comes out on top. Out of 52
25、,000 people interviewed all over the world, under half believe that things are looking up. But in Africa the proportion is close to 60%almost twice as much as in Europe. Africans have some reasons to be cheerful. The continents economy has been doing fairly well with South Africa, the economic power
26、house, growing steadily over the past few years. Some of Africas long-running conflicts, such as the war between the north and south in Sudan and the civil war in Congo, have ended. Africa even has its first elected female head of state, in Liberia. Yet there is no shortage of downers too. Most of A
27、frica remains dirt poor. Crises in places like Cote dIvoire, Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe are far from solved. And the democratic credentials of Ethiopia and Uganda, once the darlings of western donors, have taken a bad knock. AIDS killed over 2 million Africans in 2005, and will kill more this year. S
28、o is it all just a case of irrational exuberance ? Meril James of Gallup argues that there is, in fact, usually very little relation between the surveys optimism rankings and reality. Africans, this year led by Nigerians, are consistently the most upbeat, whether their lot gets better or not. On the
29、 other hand, Greece hardly the worst place on earthtops the gloom-and-doom chart, followed closely by Portugal and France. Ms James speculates that religion may have a lot to do with it. Nine out of ten Africans are religious, the highest proportion in the world. But cynics argue that most Africans
30、believe that 2006 will be golden because things have been so bad that it is hard to imagine how they could possibly get worse. This may help explain why places that have suffered recent misfortunes, such as Kosovo and Afghanistan, rank among the top five optimists. Moussaka for thought for those dep
31、ressed Greeks.26 The statistics are employed in the first paragraph so as to indicate sort of_.（A）disparity（B） numbness（C） conformity（D）stagnation27 It can be inferred from the fourth paragraph of the text that African optimism is_.（A）detrimental（B） fragile（C） transient（D）constant28 The conclusion m
32、ade by Ms James, according to the text, is_.（A）tentative（B） immutable（C） impeccable（D）moderate29 The tone of the author in discussing African status can be defined as being_.（A）radical（B） impartial（C） hesitant（D）self-centered30 France is mentioned in the text with the aim to_.（A）contrast Nigerians a
33、nd French（B） defend Meril James remarks（C） attach importance to the gloom-and-doom chart（D）refute Ms James concept of religion30 “This is a really exciting timea new era is starting,“ says Peter Bazalgette, the chief creative officer of Endemol, the television company behind “Big Brother“ and other
34、popular shows. He is referring to the upsurge of interest in mobile television, a nascent industry at the intersection of telecoms and media which offers new opportunities to device-makers, content producers and mobile- network operators. And he is far from alone in his enthusiasm. Already, many mob
35、ile operators offer a selection of television channels or individual shows, which are “ streamed“ across their third-generation (3G) networks. In South Korea, television is also sent to mobile phones via satellite and terrestrial broadcast networks, which is far more efficient than sending video acr
36、oss mobile networks; similar broadcasts will begin in Japan in April. In Europe, the Italian arm of 3, a mobile operator, recently acquired Canale 7, a television channel, with a view to launching mobile-TV broadcasts in Italy in the second half of 2006. Similar mobile-TV networks will also be built
37、 in Finland and America, and are being tested in many other countries. Meanwhile, Apple Computer, which launched a video-capable version of its iPod portable music-player in October, is striking deals with television networks to expand the range of shows that can be purchased for viewing on the devi
38、ce, including “Lost“, “Desperate Housewives“ and “Law Order“. TiVo, maker of the pioneering personal video recorder (PVR), says it plans to enable subscribers to download recorded shows on to iPods and other portable devices for viewing on the move. And mobile TV was one of the big trends at the wor
39、lds largest technology fair, the Consumer Electronics Show, which took place in Las Vegas this week. Despite all this activity, however, the prospects for mobile TV are unclear. For a start, nobody really knows if consumers will pay for it, though surveys suggest they like the idea. Informa, a consu
40、ltancy, says there will be 125 million mobile-TV users by 2010. But many other mobile technologies inspired high hopes and then failed to live up to expectations. And even if people do want TV on the move, there is further uncertainty in three areas: technology, business models and the content itsel
41、f.31 The word “nascent“ in the first paragraph of the text most probably means_.（A）distinctive（B） statutory（C） naive（D）emerging32 Paragraph 2 is written to_.（A）indicate the test of mobile-TV networks（B） illustrate the widespread interests in mobile TV（C） stress the selection of television channels（D
42、）assess the third-generation (3G) networks33 According to the text, substantial work in mobile-TV networks has been conducted in_.（A）an oriental nation（B） USA（C） an European nation（D）Japan34 The word “device“ in the first sentence of the third paragraph denotes_.（A）a satellite and terrestrial broadc
43、ast（B） a video-capable version of Apple iPod portable music-player（C） an individual show which is “streamed“ across a 3G network（D）a pioneer personal video recorder35 It can be inferred from the last paragraph of the text that_.（A）mobile TV is comingbut how the market will develop is still unclear（B
44、） consumers favor mobile TV if they need not pay for it（C） few mobile technologies failed to live up to expectations（D）the three uncertainties referred to at the end of the text are hopefully overcome in no time35 The last-minute victory of the Texas Longhorns in this years Rose Bowl Americas colleg
45、e football championshipwas the kind of thing that stays with fans forever. Just as well, because many had paid vast sums to see the game. Rose Bowl tickets officially sold for $175 each. On the Internet, resellers were hawking them for as much as $3,000 a pop. “Nobody knows how to control this,“ obs
46、erved Mitch Dorger, the tournaments chief executive. Re-selling tickets for a profit, known less politely as scalping in America or touting in Britain, is booming. In America alone, the “secondary market“ for tickets to sought-after events is worth over $10 billion, reckons Jeffrey Fluhr, the boss o
47、f StubHub, an online ticket market. Scalping used to be about burly men lurking outside stadiums with fistfuls of tickets. Cries of “Tickets here, tickets here“ still ring out before kick-off. But the Internet has created a larger and more efficient market. Some Internet-based ticket agencies, such
48、as tickco. com and dynamiteticketz, corn act as traditional scalpers, buying up tickets and selling them on for a substantial mark-up. But others like StubHub have a new business modelbring together buyers and sellers, and then take a cut. For each transaction, StubHub takes a juicy 25%. Despite its
49、 substantial commissionfar higher than those charged by other online intermediaries including eBay or CraigslistStubHub is flourishing. The firm was set up in 2000 and this years Rose Bowl was its biggest event ever. The Super Bowl in early February will bring another nice haul, as have U2 and Rolling Stones concerts. Unlike eBay, which is the largest online trader in tickets, StubHub guarantees each transaction, so buyers need not worry about fraud. The companys revenues, now around $200 mil
