1、考研英语（一）模拟试卷 93（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) 0 Scientists around the world are racing to learn how to rapidly diagnose, treat and stop the spread of a new, deadly disease. SARS Sev
2、ere Acute Respiratory Syndrome was【1】for the first time in February 2003 in Hanoi,【2】since then has infected more than 1,600 people in 15 countries, killing 63. At this【3】, there are more questions than answers surrounding the disease.Symptoms start【4】a fever over 100.4 degrees F, chills, headache o
3、r body【5】. Within a week, the patient has a dry cough, which might【6】to shortness of breath. In 10% to 200% of cases, patients require【7】ventilation to breathe. About 3.5% die from the disease. Symptoms【8】 begin in two to seven days, but some reports suggest it【9】take as long as 10 days. Scientists
4、are close to【10】a lab test to diagnose SARS. In the meantime, it is diagnosed by its symptoms. There is no evidence【11】antibiotics or anti-viral medicines help,【12】doctors can offer only supportive care. Patients with SARS are kept in isolation to reduce the risk of【13】. Scientists arent sure yet, b
5、ut some researchers think its a【14】discovered coronavirus, the family of viruses that cause some common colds.Most cases appear to have been passed【15】droplets expelled when infected patients cough or sneeze. Family members of infected people and medical workers who care for them have been most like
6、ly to【16】the illness. But recent developments in Hong Kong suggest that the【17】might spread through air, or that the virus might【18】for two to three hours on doorknobs or other【19】Health experts say it is【20】, though, that sharing an elevator briefly with an infected person would be enough to pass t
7、he virus. （A）detected（B） caught（C） disclosed（D）revealed （A）but（B） and（C） or（D）yet （A）time（B） point（C） aspect（D）instance （A）from（B） over（C） upon（D）with （A）hurt（B） sore（C） aches（D）feelings （A）process（B） advance（C） progress（D）convert （A）automatic（B） artificial（C） mechanical（D）controlled （A）regularly（B）
8、 ordinarily（C） traditionally（D）generally （A）will（B） might（C） should（D）must （A）cultivating（B） fostering（C） developing（D）designing （A）which（B） that（C） whether（D）what （A）so（B） but（C） still（D）yet （A）communication（B） transportation（C） transformation（D）transmission （A）lately（B） newborn（C） newly（D）renewed
9、（A）under（B） through（C） beneath（D）from （A）acquire（B） receive（C） obtain（D）contract （A）ailment（B） ill-health（C） disease（D）infection （A）continue（B） linger（C） delay（D）persist （A）exteriors（B） outside（C） surfaces（D）coverings （A）probably（B） obviously（C） unlikely（D）clearly Grammar21 We didnt know his telepho
10、ne number, otherwise we _him.（A）would have telephoned（B） must have telephoned（C） would telephone（D）had telephoned22 No matter how frequently_, the works of Beethoven always attract large audience.（A）performing（B） performed（C） to be performed（D）being performed23 Jack never dreams of_for him to be sen
11、t abroad to study very soon.（A）being a chance（B） there being a chance（C） there to be a chance（D）there be a chance24 He is very tired. He needs_.（A）a good night rest（B） good rest of a night（C） a good rest night（D）a good nights rest25 He had no alternative but _ to fight in the Middle East.（A）to go（B）
12、 go（C） going（D）went26 Id rather you_those important documents with you.（A）dont take（B） didnt take（C） wont take（D）not take27 His extravagance reduced him_for his living.（A）to beg（B） from begging（C） to begging（D）into begging28 I_to the radio when you rang the bell the first time.（A）listened（B） had lis
13、tened（C） had been listening（D）was listening29 The statistics_ that living standards in the area have improved drastically in recent times.（A）proves（B） is proving（C） are proving（D）prove30 What does “ He wisely refused to spend his money“ mean?（A）It was wise of him to refuse to spend his money.（B） He
14、refused to spend his money in a wise manner.（C） He was short of money and didnt want to buy anything.（D）He refused, in a wise manner, to spend his money.Part ADirections: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. (40 points)31 For years I.O.C. Czar
15、 Juan Antonio Samaranch has exhibited a pronounced ambivalence about drug use, and certainly his stance has allowed a number of golden boys and girls to keep their images shiny while doping. Careful athletes can easily beat the system that is in place to catch drug abusers. Unscrupulous sports feder
16、ations can tailor testing schedules and tip off their constituents. Steroid creams can be flushed from the system in 24 to 48 hours. And for some of the most commonly used enhancers, such as erythropoietin (EPO), there are still no institutionalized teats. It is said that EPO, which increases stamin
17、a by boosting an athletes red blood cell count, can improve an athletes performance in a 20-minmum by 30 sec., but it is otherwise a nightmare of a drug. Overdose on EPO, and the blood becomes too thick for the heart to pump. EPO is believed to be the culprit in no fewer than 25 mysterious deaths am
18、ong world-class cyclists since 1987.But athletes will take EPO in Sydney because they can, and some of them will take too much of it. In 1995 Olympiccaliber U.S. athletes were asked in a poll, “Would you take a drug that made you a champion, knowing that it would kill you in five years?“ more than h
19、alf said yes. So even if we forget about fair play and credibility and Olympic ideals, we are left with this: the athletes must be protected from themselves arm the pressure to win. How?The I.O.C. needs to do two things immediately: develop a spine, and federalize. The only way to catch a cheat is w
20、ith unannounced, out-of-competition testing. Historically the I.O.C. has delegated decision making to individual sports federations, but that policy is not working when it comes to drags. A third of the 28 federations have yet to agree to out-of-competition tests in advance of the Sydney Games. The
21、I.O.C. should call an emergency session and make a new rule applying to all sports, then send out its newly empowered testers.As for that imperfect test for EPO-use it anyway. As gold medal marathoner Frank Shorter, now chairman of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, says, knowing a test is looming that wi
22、ll knock cheaters off stride. Shorter says that if there is no EPO test at Sydney, then every endurance or strength performance is suspect. Hes right. And when sport becomes suspectwhen no one believes in itits no longer worth watching.31 Whats Samaranchs attitude towards drug use in Olympic Games?（
23、A）Indignant（B） Tolerate（C） Paradoxical（D）Neutral32 According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?（A）When athletes take steroid creams, they would be definitely tested.（B） The testing system is not exact enough because the athletes are informed testing schedules beforehand.（C） More than ha
24、lf of the Olympiccaliber U.S. athletes have taken the dreadful drugs to win the game（D）Erythropoietin is a kind of drug that can enhance an athletes performance in 20 minutes.33 Which of the following actions is not what the I.O.C. will take to deal with the drugs?（A）Do the testing without giving an
25、y information.（B） Federalize the sports federations together（C） Do the testing that can detect all kind of drugs.（D）Do the testing out of the competition.34 What is the expression “knock cheaters off stride“ mean?（A）To destroy cheaters plan（B） To kick cheaters out of game（C） To make cheaters exhaust
26、ed（D）To help cheaters working on their plan35 What is following is the cause that will make the Olympic Games suspect and no longer worth watching?（A）The participation of cheaters（B） The untested EPO-use（C） Lack of new world records（D）Unannounced and out-of-competitive test35 A piece by Cambridge ph
27、ilosopher Simon Blackburn in the current issue of the Society of Authors journal addresses the difficult question of whether philosophy ought to be accessible to the general reader. “The great philosophical writers of the past wrote for humanity,“ Blackburn begins, enumerating Plato, Aristotle etc.
28、The rot set in, according to him, during the 20th century, with the academicising of the discipline.It seems a reckless bet at best to portray Plato as “writing for humanity“, when the philosophers in his ideal state are to be kingsthat is, not just good at what they do, but rulers over the rest in
29、a hierarchically ordered, rigidly unified polity.But is “writing for humanity“ such an obviously helpful ideal? Most people dont expect to be able to understand other kinds of specialist discourse. The lay person would understand little or nothing of micro-electronic engineering, has no interest in
30、doing so, and is content to leave it to the initiated. But philosophy is about the world we live in, and our lives in it, Blackburn objects, waving the flag for the enriching humanities against the sterilities of technology. Therefore everybody should be able to understand it. On this view, what dif
31、ferentiates philosophy from science is the fact that it poses questions about the world we live in and our perceptions of it, and even makes suggestions as to what we ought to do in our lives. Neither of those approaches is absent from theoretical science, though. What would be the point of research
32、es into the causes of obesity or the effects of climate change if they didnt tell us, or at least strive to tell us, what we ought to do about such matters?The point is that philosophy is as much a technical discipline as these other sciences are, and as little capable of being diluted down to words
33、 of one syllable. One of the reasons for this is that philosophy isnt necessarily just a set of conclusions. To many of the most recent western thinkers, it is first and foremost a methodology, rather than an attempt to arrive at a fixed theory. The Frankfurt School philosopher Theodor Adorno declar
34、ed, “The crux is what happens in it, not a thesis or a position. . . Essentially, therefore, philosophy is not expoundable. If it were, it would be superfluous; the fact that most of it can be expounded speaks against it. “In a final somersault, Blackburn states that making philosophy accessible sho
35、uld not be a question of simplifying it but of bringing people up to its level. So the problem turns out to lie after all not with the attempt to interpret the world, but with the faculties of those who want to hear it interpreted.36 By citing the journal Society of Authors , the author intends to .
36、（A）analyze the adverse effect of academicising on philosophy（B） describe the degeneration of philosophical writing（C） discuss the approachability of philosophy to the ordinary（D）exemplify the writing principle of great philosophers37 The second paragraph suggests that Plato wrote for_.（A）the general
37、 reader（B） an elite audience（C） the rulers of his times（D）his ideal philosophers38 Simon Blackburn holds that philosophy exceeds other sciences in_.（A）interestingness（B） technicality（C） accessibility（D）usefulness39 Theodor Adornos attitude towards the idea of “writing for humanity“ is one of_.（A）str
38、ong disapproval（B） reserved consent（C） slight contempt（D）enthusiastic support40 The last paragraph implies that Blackburns final suggestion is_.（A）indirect（B） infeasible（C） insightful（D）illogical41 “I love Microsoft and Microsoft did not lose me“, protested Robert Scoble, a little too loudly, on his
39、 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 example of a corporate blogger. On his blog, called Scobleizer, which he started in 2000, h
40、e writes about Microsofts products, and has sometimes criticised them fiercelythereby both establishing his credibility and, by its willingness to tolerate him, helping to humanise his employer.As bloggings influence has grown, so bas Mr. Scoblesboth inside and outside Microsoft. Last year, after he
41、 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 the Way Businesses Talk With Customers, published in January, that has become essential re
42、ading 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 having his expenses challenged or with sharing an office; that Microsoft challenged his views
43、 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 observing that “when he finally decided to leave, its as if a huge weight came off him, and all
44、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 blogger says that his departure shows the “end of honest blogging“.The real reason may be less s
45、inisterthough 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 build up a readership, that brand may be more valuable to them elsewhere. Mr. Scoble is off t
46、o 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 whose founders, Amanda Congdon, is said to be drawing 300000 viewers a day to her videoblog, an
47、d is about to start charging advertisers $85000 a weekalmost as much, Mr. Scoble is reported as saying, “as I made in an entire year working at Microsoft“.41 Which of the following is TRUE accoding to the text?（A）Scobles blog never gives people the false information.（B） Microsoft doesnt agree with t
48、he 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.42 Which is the real reason for Robert Scoble to leave Microsoft?（A）He doesnt get along with Microsoft any longer.（B） He wishes t
49、o have a single office.（C） He wants to earn more money.（D）He doesnt think that Microsoft has been able to move with times.43 The word “sinister“ (Line 1, Para. 4) most probably means _.（A）minister.（B） evil.（C） beneficial.（D）righteous.44 Toward Scobles leaving and his blog, the writers attitude can be said to be _.（A）objective.（B） supportive.（C） biased.（D）apprehensive.45 The best topic for the text may be _.（A）Scoble and His Blog.（B） Blogging Off, Videobl
