1、考研英语（二）模拟试卷 87 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 Over the years, pregnant women have asked Donald Redelmeier, at Torontos Sunnybrook Hospital , about the dangers of diving, hot tub
2、s, flying, mountaineering, cycling, bear attacks and all sorts of other exotic risks.【C1 】_they never【 C2】_road accidents. His new study, published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal,【C3】 _they should.Dr. Redelmeier and his colleagues wanted to know if【C4】_makes a woman driver more likely t
3、o be【C5】_in a car crash. So they【C6】_data from the Ontario Health Insurance Plan, which records health visits for the Canadian provinces 13m residents. The researchers【C7】_women who, in the months before giving birth,【C8】_a hospital emergency unit after a car accident in which they had been driving.
4、 They【C9】_looked at those womens hospital visits in the three years before becoming pregnant and for one year【C10】_the birth.They found that being pregnant made the women 42% more likely to be in a serious car crash. The【C11】_peaked in the fourth month of pregnancy. It seems that being pregnant is a
5、bout as【C12】_for drivers as having sleep apnoea, which【C13】_people to snore and choke themselves a-wake throughout the night, leaving them【C14】_during the day.Womens driving seemed to be affected【C15】_how rich or poor or old they were, whether their pregnancy was【C16】_or straightforward, or whether
6、they already had children. To【C17】_the possibility that pregnant women simply had an increased【C18 】_to seek careor, 【C19 】_laymans terms, were neuroticthey looked at whether they were more likely to go to hospital when involved in crashes that they did not cause,【C20】_they were passengers or pedest
7、rians. The answer was “no“ .1 【C1 】（A）And（B） So（C） But（D）Hence2 【C2 】（A）subject to（B） talk about（C） look into（D）worry about3 【C3 】（A）suggests（B） predicts（C） detects（D）requires4 【C4 】（A）marriage（B） pregnancy（C） divorce（D）illness5 【C5 】（A）resolved（B） evolved（C） revolved（D）involved6 【C6 】（A）examined（B）
8、 respected（C） collected（D）protected7 【C7 】（A）put for（B） looked for（C） took for（D）went for8 【C8 】（A）sought（B） sent（C） visited（D）needed9 【C9 】（A）thus（B） then（C） rather（D）instead10 【C10 】（A）preceding（B） subsequent（C） successive（D）following11 【C11 】（A）risk（B） issue（C） harm（D）concern12 【C12 】（A）dangerous
9、（B） harmful（C） hurtful（D）destructive13 【C13 】（A）leads（B） causes（C） triggers（D）induces14 【C14 】（A）worried（B） excited（C） tired（D）sober15 【C15 】（A）instead of（B） in regard of（C） in spite of（D）regardless of16 【C16 】（A）compensatory（B） comprehensive（C） complicated（D）compassionate17 【C17 】（A）rule out（B） kee
10、p with（C） bring in（D）set out18 【C18 】（A）opportunity（B） tendency（C） capability（D）inability19 【C19 】（A）on（B） with（C） in（D）for20 【C20 】（A）although（B） whereas（C） nonetheless（D）becausePart ADirections: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. (40 point
11、s)20 If comfortably outpacing your rivals is the main measure of automotive achievement, Teslas electric car is a resounding success. The Model S last year outsold its nearest luxury rival, Mercedess petrol-engined S-class, by 30% in America. And in its top specification the Tesla will also beat the
12、 German car in the race from 0 -60mph. As a battery-maker Tesla is also moving fast. This week it announced plans to build a “ gigafactory“ in America to make lithium-ion power-packs, that it hopes will propel its vehicles to the mainstream.Teslas acceleration has been rapid. Launched a decade ago b
13、y Elon Musk, a founder of PayPal and serial tech entrepreneur, last year it sold around 22,000 cars and by the end of 2014 hopes to be making 1,000 a week. In early 2015 Tesla will add the Model X, a medium-sized SUV, to its range. However, Teslas impressive growth has not yet translated into signif
14、icant profits. A series of battery fires also briefly dented sales growth last year.Nevertheless, Teslas shares surged on February 25th, to value the company at over $30 billion after Morgan Stanley, a bank, joined its adoring fans. It reckons that the battery factory will not only propel it along t
15、he road to mass manufacturing but also make it a leading competitor in low-cost energy storage, the key to making renewable energy more practical. The bank is also confident that Teslas Silicon Valley location will put it in the driverless front seat of autonomous motoring. A recent meeting with App
16、le, and the iPad-like control panel of the Model S, have convinced some observers that a takeover and an iCar are around the corner, although Mr. Musk insists that his firm is not for sale.Tesla has defied its doubters with the success of the Model S, a smartly styled luxury car. It may not share th
17、e outrageous looks of a supercar like the Lamborghini Aventador, but it has the performance without the $400,000-plus price tag. The most basic Model S costs $64,000 in America. This has won it rave reviews in the motoring press, often sniffy about other electric cars with limited ranges and duff lo
18、oks. By designing a large car with a big battery pack, Tesla has diminished “range anxiety“one version can do 310 miles(500 km)between charges.21 According to the first paragraph, Tesla is _.（A）a luxury car brand that beats all its rivals（B） a car-maker that aims at high-end customers（C） a battery-m
19、aker that has become mainstream（D）an electric car brand that also produces battery22 It can be inferred from Paragraph 2 that_.（A）Teslas electric car will become mainstream in the market（B） Tesla will make a great fortune in 2015 thanks to its new model（C） it may take a while for Tesla to recover fr
20、om the battery accidents（D）Tesla pursues environmentally-friendly cars rather than huge profits23 According to Paragraph 3, some observers believe that_.（A）Teslas founder will not sell his company（B） Apple may take Tesla over in the near future（C） Tesla and Apple may cooperate and develop iCar（D）Tes
21、la will be the leading corporation of driverless cars24 Which one of the following is true about Teslas Model S?（A）It has duff looks and limited range.（B） It looks as impressive as other super cars.（C） It is not worth spending so much money on it.（D）It has changed peoples view towards electric cars.
22、25 The most appropriate title for this text is_.（A）Tesla: Electric Car That Makes A Hit（B） Electric Car: Where Is the Future?（C） Tesla: Will the Takeover Come Soon?（D）Tesla: Rapid Growth But No Profits25 On a cold, blustery morning at Canary Wharf, Londons second financial district, eating outside d
23、oes not seem appealing. Yet on a solitary concrete quay, suited workers huddle around picnic benches. Half a dozen food stalls line the waters edge. One sells Thai food out of a rickshaw, another salted pork buns from a converted horse box. Everything on offer is about 6($ 10). Such is the latest in
24、 Britains culinary evolution.Street dining is hardly new. Kebab vans in university towns serve oily gunk to sozzled students: on weekends in London, grizzled men hawk frankfurters outside Tube stations. But until recently smarter nosh was mostiy available only in restaurants. Now most big cities hav
25、e at least one regular street food event, as a London fashion has spread out.Britains faltering economy is part of the explanation. “ In a recession, people go into food businesses“ , says Mark Laurie of NCASS, a trade association for caterers. Setting up a street food stall takes little capital or
26、specialist knowledge. At Canary Wharf, the traders include a former architect and a bank worker, as well as restaurateurs. Demand is increasing, too, as pinched customers trade down from restaurants.Yet the biggest driver of outdoor eating is officialdom. Local authorities and commercial property de
27、velopers see street stalls as a means of quickly gingering up struggling high streets and sterile plazas. The Canary Wharf Group does not charge for the use of its land by the cluster of street vendors. Alistair Turnham, who runs Stock Mkt, a similar outfit, says some councils will even pay his firm
28、 to run events. Street food vendors thus avoid paying heavy rents or business rateswhich helps them to undercut restaurants.Still, the distinction between indoor and outdoor food is blurring. The Marriot, an upmarket hotel in Mayfair, recently put on a street food-inspired menu. Trinity Leeds, a new
29、 shopping centre in Yorkshire, hosts rolling street food traders as part of its food hall. Some successful street food vendors are setting up restaurantsfew want to work out of vans forever. Others are moving into catering for private events. The market economy is triumphing.26 The description of th
30、e first paragraph is to_.（A）prove the importance of food（B） introduce the discussion of food（C） introduce the topic of street dining（D）show the busy scene of London life27 It can be learned that street dining_.（A）is strange to most Londoners（B） has become common in London（C） first appeared in univer
31、sity towns（D）has become a trend in most cities28 During economic depression, people enter the street food business because（A）they have nothing else to do（B） it needs no capital and other costs（C） they know nothing about other fields（D）it requires little fund and expert knowledge29 Street vendors hav
32、e earned support from all of the following except_.（A）hotels and restaurants（B） large enterprise groups（C） local councils and officials（D）commercial property developers30 The authors attitude towards street food seems to be_.（A）indifferent（B） prejudiced（C） objective（D）supportive30 Between 1998 and 2
33、013 , the Earths surface temperature rose at a rate of 0. 04C a decade, far slower than the 0. 18C increase in the 1990s. Meanwhile, emissions of carbon dioxide rose continuously. This pause in warming has raised doubts in the public mind about climate change. A few sceptics say flatly that global w
34、arming has stopped. Others argue that scientists understanding of the climate is so flawed that their judgments about it cannot be accepted with any confidence. A convincing explanation of the pause therefore matters both to a proper understanding of the climate and to the credibility of climate sci
35、enceand papers published over the past few weeks do their best to provide one. As evidence piled up that temperatures were not rising much, some scientists dismissed it as a temporary phenomenon. The temperature, they pointed out, had fallen for much longer periods twice in the past century or so, i
36、n 1880- 1910 and again in 1945-75, even though the general trend was up. Variability is part of the climate system and a 15-year pause, they suggested, was not worth getting excited about. An alternative way of looking at the pauses significance was to say that there had been a slowdown but not a bi
37、g one. Most records, including one of the best known, do not include measurements from the Arctic, which has been warming faster than anywhere else in the world. Using satellite data to fill in the missing Arctic numbers, Kevin Cowtan of the University of York, in Britain, and Robert Way of the Univ
38、ersity of Ottawa, in Canada, put the overall rate of global warming at 0. 12C a decade between 1998 and 2012. A study by NASA puts the “Arctic effect“ over the same period somewhat lower, at 0.07C a decade, but that is still not negligible. It is also worth remembering that average warming is not th
39、e only measure of climate change. According to a study just published by Sonia Seneviratne of the Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, in Zurich, the number of hot days, the number of extremely hot days and the length of warm periods all increased during the pause. A more stable average te
40、mperature hides wider extremes. Still, attempts to explain away that stable average have not been convincing, partly because of the conflict between flat temperatures and rising CO2 emissions, and partly because observed temperatures are now falling outside the range climate models predict. The mode
41、ls embody the state of climate knowledge. If they are wrong, the knowledge is probably faulty, too. Hence attempts to explain the pause.31 According to the first paragraph, the pause of global warming has_.（A）caused panic in the public（B） been ignored by the public（C） been explained by some scientis
42、ts（D）aroused suspicion and controversy32 In the second paragraph, some scientists suggest that_.（A）climate is changeable and the pause is common（B） climate change is not worth receiving our concern（C） climate science is more complicated than you think（D）the temperatures in the past 15 years havent r
43、isen much33 The data of global warming from Kevin Cowtan and Robert Way is higher because_.（A）their theory is unconventional（B） they take the Arctic into account（C） their measuring method is different（D）they neglect some important statistics34 Sonia Seneviratnes study suggests that_.（A）Zurich is too
44、 warm to live（B） the pause may be a delusion（C） extreme climate will come soon（D）there will be more extremely hot days35 Towards the explanation of the pause of global warming, the author seems to be_.（A）optimistic（B） pessimistic（C） skeptical（D）favourable35 In his blog, which is largely dedicated to
45、 the keeping of bees, John Carey, for 30 years a professor of English literature at Oxford, states that he writes to “ stimulate and involve the general reader“ . This autobiography, written with sympathy, a light touch and a sense of humour, amply fulfils that aim. It suggests that this well-known
46、book reviewer and author retains strong opinions and a love of controversy, but also portrays a sensitive man dedicated to academic study and to reading. He admits that “courage matters more than understanding poetry“ but, having read almost everything there is to read, he is unapologetic about tryi
47、ng to convey just what an enjoyable activity reading is.Born and brought up in London, Mr. Carey devoured books from an early age. After the Beano, the Biggies books and Chums magazine, the singing of hymns and the King James Bible, came the discovery of poetryKeats, Arnold, Tennyson and Wordsworth.
48、 Grammar school and national service led to Oxford, a university that was very different from the one that students experience today. Whereas now they are welcomed with placards and balloons, he was met by a gruff porter who told him the number of his room and bade him goodnight. There were old-styl
49、e dons and much that he disapproved of, but he worked hard and thrived. His aim was to learn, not to have fun.those two aims seldom coincide.Moving from college to college as he climbed the academic ladder, always within Oxford, Mr. Carey, a specialist in Donne and Milton, helped to drag his department into the Victorian age and then into the 20th century. He wrote books on Dickens and
