1、考研英语(知识运用)模拟试卷 14(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 All the recent news on AIDS is bad. The death of Rock Hudson【C1 】_public concern about the【C2】_almost to the point of panic. Now g
2、eneral concern is【C3】_not so much on personal risk but on the growing realization【C4】_this disease is having a deep impact【C5】_our society in a number of ways.For one thing, it is【C6】_financial and other resources. AIDS patients require long-term care in hospitals and out patient【C7 】_. The Center f
3、or Disease Control in Atlanta estimates that hospital【C8】_for the first 10,000 AIDS patients were about $1.4 billion. The total economic cost to the nation of AIDS cases is estimated to【C9】_to $ 6 billion in health care, disability, and lost【C10】_.Private insurers were unprepared for the crisis【C11】
4、_the invariably fatal disease hits primarily young people. It is becoming increasingly【C12】_for those in high risk groups to get health and life assurance, and in the【C13】_of private coverage, public funds must be used【C14】_, many of the victims are【 C15】_by disapproving or frightened friends and fa
5、mily, without employment, and【C16】_need of emotional and psychological support.There is also bad news on the medical【C17 】_. In spite of a stepped-up research program there is no sign of an【C18】_breakthrough to a cure. Yet the physicians and others continue to work and to hope. Others not directly【C
6、19】_can help by giving support to public funding for research, hospital and support services. A public【C20】_to provide care now and an eventual cure for those who suffer is the best response.1 【C1 】(A)caused(B) raised(C) resulted(D)flared2 【C2 】(A)epidemic(B) dilemma(C) disaster(D)collapse3 【C3 】(A)
7、directed(B) associated(C) focused(D)devoted4 【C4 】(A)when(B) since(C) that(D)which5 【C5 】(A)of(B) for(C) on(D)with6 【C6 】(A)formulating(B) absorbing(C) terminating(D)undermining7 【C7 】(A)facilities(B) compensations(C) functions(D)surgeons8 【C8 】(A)investments(B) expenditures(C) subsidies(D)revenues9
8、 【C9 】(A)come(B) add(C) equal(D)sum10 【C10 】(A)stability(B) courtesy(C) proficiency(D)productivity11 【C11 】(A)since(B) unless(C) until(D)before12 【C12 】(A)natural(B) beneficial(C) unavoidable(D)difficult13 【C13 】(A)abundance(B) absence(C) attendance(D)appearance14 【C14 】(A)In short(B) In fact(C) In
9、addition(D)In conclusion15 【C15 】(A)relieved(B) revealed(C) released(D)rejected16 【C16 】(A)for(B) in(C) with(D)at17 【C17 】(A)field(B) area(C) world(D)front18 【C18 】(A)imminent(B) eventual(C) intellectual(D)inevitable19 【C19 】(A)appreciated(B) estimated(C) investigated(D)involved20 【C20 】(A)revenge(B
10、) revolt(C) resolve(D)refuge20 With the possible exception of equal rights, perhaps the most【C1】_issue across the United States today is the death penalty. Many argue that it is an effective deterrent to murder,【C2】_others maintain there is no convincing evidence that the death penalty reduces the n
11、umber of murders.The principal argument【 C3】_by those opposed to the death penalty, basically, is that it is creel and inhuman【C4】_, that it is the mark of a【C5】_society, and finally that it is of【C6】_effectiveness as a deterrent to crime anyway.In our opinion, the death penalty is a【C7 】_evil. Thro
12、ughout recorded history there have always been those extreme individuals in every society who were【C8】_of terribly violent crimes such as murder. But some are more extreme than others.For example, it is one thing to【C9 】_the life of another in a fit of blind rage,【 C10】_quite another to coldly plot
13、and【C11】_the murder of one or more people in the style of a butcher. Thus, murder【C12】_all other crimes, is a matter of relative degree. While it could be argued with some conviction, that the【C13】_in the first instance should be merely isolated from society, such should not be the fate of the【C14】_
14、type murder.The value of the death penalty as a deterrent to crime may be open to debate. But the【C15】_majority of citizens believe that the death penalty protects them. Their belief is【C16】_by evidence which shows that the death penalty deters murder.【C17】_, from 1954 to 1963, when the death penalt
15、y was【C18】_imposed in California, the murder rate remained between three and four murders for each 100, 000 population. Since 1964 the death penalty has been【C19】_only once, and the murder rate has risen to 10.4 murders for each 100,000 population. The sharp climb in the states murder rate, which be
16、gan when executions stopped, is no【C20 】_.21 【C1 】(A)severe(B) ambiguous(C) controversial(D)complicated22 【C2 】(A)however(B) although(C) and(D)while23 【C3 】(A)abided(B) approved(C) advanced(D)alleged24 【C4 】(A)measure(B) punishment(C) behavior(D)tactics25 【C5 】(A)brutal(B) civilized(C) democratic(D)
17、liberal26 【C6 】(A)absolute(B) implicit(C) relative(D)questionable27 【C7 】(A)dreadful(B) necessary(C) fierce(D)prevalent28 【C8 】(A)capable(B) liable(C) apt(D)possible29 【C9 】(A)murder(B) take(C) execute(D)grab30 【C10 】(A)but(B) and(C) nevertheless(D)or31 【C11 】(A)work out(B) figure out(C) carry out(D
18、)put out32 【C12 】(A)unlike(B) as(C) like(D)alike33 【C13 】(A)victim(B) suspect(C) criminal(D)convict34 【C14 】(A)last(B) late(C) later(D)latter35 【C15 】(A)overwhelming(B) predominant(C) superfluous(D)extraordinary36 【C16 】(A)rejected(B) reinforced(C) incorporated(D)disproved37 【C17 】(A)For example(B) As almost(C) On the contrary(D)Addition38 【C18 】(A)randomly(B) rarely(C) scarcely(D)consistently39 【C19 】(A)suspended(B) imposed(C) violated(D)claimed40 【C20 】(A)occurrence(B) incident(C) coincidence(D)accident