1、考研英语（阅读）模拟试卷 10 及答案与解析Part ADirections: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. (40 points)0 The Shape of Theme ParkThink of theme parks and you think of roller coasters. The secret checking of the seat restraints, the stomach-sickening climb and
2、 the visceral thrill of the drop are the hallmarks of a park visit. But as a metaphor for the industry, the roller coaster is all wrong. Making money from theme parks is a hard thing, not a thrilling rush. And coasters are not where the best chance of revenue growth lies.This weeks July 4th celebrat
3、ions marked the beginning of the summer season for Americas theme parks. Around the world, another year of moderate growth is expected: global attendance grew by 2.2% in 2006. Growth is slowest in the mature markets of North America and Europe, though the prospects look better in Asia. Scope to rais
4、e entry prices is limited by competition. At $ 300m or more, the economics of building a new park are “ brutal“, says Raymond Braun of Economic Research Associates, a consultancy.In response, operators are concentrating on improving the customer experience, making greater use of their facilities and
5、 turning parks into multi-day destinations. Stronger theming helps to make a park more distinctive. Greater interactivity is also important. The “Men in Black“ ride at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida, in which passengers shoot at animatronics aliens, is a good example of what industry types li
6、ke to call an “immersive“ experience. Discovery Cove, another Florida park, takes that term literally, charging visitors premium prices to swim with dolphins and other animals.Packing more people into parks risks turning visits into a series of queues interrupted by rides, rather than the other way
7、round. “Queuing is a big nuisance“, says Mark Fisher of Merlin Entertainments. One answer is to break up the boredom by putting entertainers into the queue. Another is to offer ride-reservation systems or special tickets that let people book a place in line without having to queue. Getting people th
8、rough the park more efficiently is one way to increase the use of facilities. Extending the season is another. Tivoli, a park in the heart of Copenhagen, introduced a ten-day Halloween season in 2006 to sit alongside its summer and Christmas openings. “We used to be a seasonal business and now we ar
9、e more or less a full-year business,“ says the parks chief executive.As squeezing growth out of existing parks becomes harder, operators are also looking to new markets. In-door city-based attractions, which are cheap to build and easy to get to, have plenty of potential, even in mature markets. Eme
10、rging markets look promising, too. Asias top ten parks recorded attendance growth of 4. 4% in 2006, much of it driven by Hong Kong Disneylands first full year of operation. As consumers in developing markets become wealthier, the industry will look a lot more thrilling.1 Roller coasters seem an inap
11、propriate metaphor for theme parks in that_.（A）coasters are no long the best thrilling hallmarks of a park visit（B） coasters avail nothing for raising the turnover of theme parks（C） earning profit from theme parks is anything but a thrilling rush（D）making-money from theme parks is hardly tougher tha
12、n rolling coasters2 From Paragraph 2, it can be inferred that_.（A）Independence Day marks the beginning of peak season for theme parks（B） mature markets of North America and Europe are slowly losing the edge（C） theme parks in Asia produce larger revenue than their American counterparts（D）theme parks
13、can hardly expect a jump in entry prices due to the competition3 According to Paragraph 3, an “immersive“ experience_.（A）brings the functions of facilities into full play（B） drives visitors under the surface of liquid（C） provides more chances to interact with animals（D）gives customers deeper on-spot
14、 involvement4 The park of Tivoli is cited to show that_.（A）a prolonged season proves an efficient way to tackle queuing（B） extended business-hours alleviate the inconvenience of queuing（C） holiday seasons can be scheduled alongside to avoid queuing（D）a full-year business helps minimize the ill-effec
15、t of queuing5 In the authors opinion, the real driving force for the industry lies in_.（A）further exploration of new markets（B） the booming indoor-based attractions（C） full-year operation of emerging markets（D）wealthier customers in developing countries5 Lego Toy Is in the Action in the BusinessWhen
16、 recruiting at British universities, PricewaterhouseCoopers, one of the Big Four auditing firms with its headquarters in the New York City, presents candidates with an unusual exercise. They are asked to build a tall and sturdy tower using the smallest possible number of snap-together Lego bricks. S
17、imilarly, at Google Games, a recruiting event first staged by the search-engine giant in April, candidates are invited to build Lego bridgesthe stronger the better.In each case, the company is trying to convey the idea that it offers a creative, fun working environment. “It was as much advertising a
18、s a way of trying to get recruits,“ says Brett Daniel, a student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who built the Google Games weakest bridge.A Danish firm, based in Billund, Denmark, has embraced the corporate use of its colored plastic bricks. As part of a scheme called “ Serious Pl
19、ay“ it is certifying a growing number ofprofessional Lego consultants, now present in 25 countries. They coach managers by getting them to build “metaphorical abstractions“ of such things as corporate strategy, says Legos Jesper Jensen, who runs the scheme. Hisham E1-Gamal of Quest, a management con
20、sultancy based in Cairo that offers Serious Play workshops, says demand for the two-day, $7, 000 courses is booming.Firms in crisis, such as those corrupted by scandal or in the pains of a takeover, tend to be most receptive to the idea of Lego workshops, says Francois de Boissezon of Imagics, a con
21、sultancy based in Brussels. The results can be embarrassing, particularly for senior managers. Tsai Yu-Chen of UGene Mentor, a Serious Play consultancy based in Taipei, says a common exercise is modeling, but not naming, “the people you hate most“. One chief executive was modeled as a figure so fat
22、that he blocked a hallway, suggesting he was clogging up the company.Lego workshops are effective because child-like play is a form of instinctive behavior not regulated by conscious thought, says Lucio Margulis of Juego Serio, a consultancy in Buenos Aires. This produces “Eureka“ moments: a perfect
23、ionist who realizes the absurdity of frustration over an imperfect Lego construction; the owner of a firm with dismal customer relations who models headquarters as a fort under siege; or an arrogant boss who depicts his staff as soldiers headed into battle. Even in the office, it seems, Lego has a p
24、art to play.6 In the opening paragraph, the author introduces his topic by_.（A）posing a contrast（B） making a comparison（C） stating a phenomenon（D）illustrating a hypothesis7 PricewaterhouseCoopers and Google Games incorporate Lego workshops into their recruitments mainly to_.（A）check whether the cand
25、idates get the required operation skills（B） test whether the candidates are innovative and funny（C） advertise themselves as well as get the most talented recruits（D）attract the candidates with their creative and easy working atmosphere8 Which of the following is closest in meaning to “clogging up“ (
26、Line 13, Para.4)?（A）Corrupting.（B） Obstructing.（C） Ruining.（D）Betraying.9 According to Lucio Margulis, a persons behavior in Lego workshops is characterized by being_.（A）effective（B） childish（C） natural（D）conscious10 What can we know from the last paragraph about the “Eureka“ moments?（A）They are eff
27、ective but unconscious.（B） They are the sudden realizations and discoveries in our life.（C） They are the frustrated and depressed moments in our life.（D）They are common and unsurprising in work places.10 The Question that the Bit Torrent Procedure KindlesBram Cohen was an unusual kid. While other fi
28、rst-graders were outside playing, he was writing computer code. By junior high, he could solve Rubiks Cube in a few minutes. A college dropout, he went on to co-found a hackers convention in San Francisco. “ I was always really weird,“ he says. Yet it was only two years ago, at age 27, that he learn
29、ed why. Cohen says he has trouble examining his thoughts and making eye contact but has learned to control his symptoms using behavioral psychology. Now he has a new task: warding off accusations by the Hollywood film industry that a breakthrough piece of software he wrote is threatening the movie b
30、usiness the way Napster menacedand subsequently revolutionizedthe music world.Cohen is the author of a free program called Bit Torrent, which has been downloaded more than 20 million times and underpins a new generation of file-sharing technology. BitTorrent addresses a couple of the biggest problem
31、s of file sharingthat downloading bogs down when lots of folks access a file at once, and that some people download content but refuse to share with others on the network. BitTorrent eliminates the bottleneck by having everyone share little pieces of a file at the same timea process techies call swa
32、rming. And the program prevents leeching since folks must upload a file while they download it. All this means that the more popular the content, the more efficiently it zips through the networkbad news if youre a movie studio trying to hinder the trading of films like The Incredibles. Says Andrew P
33、arker of the Web-tracking firm CacheLogic, “ It has turned the download world on its head.“Hollywood has good reason to be worried. BitTorrent downloads account for one-third of Internet traffic, according to CacheLogic. So-called tracker sites post links to movies, video games and episodes of TV sh
34、ows, the content of which is then traded at express speeds. With more folks logging onto the Internet via broadband connections, online trading of movies and TV shows is surging. Downloads of feature films alone are up 175% in the past year, says BigChampagne. In response, the Motion Picture Associa
35、tion of America (MPAA) recently filed dozens of civil suits against tracker sites in the U. S. and Britain, as well as criminal complaints against sites in France. The industry is hoping that in a case scheduled for next month, the U. S. Supreme Court will rule against firms that produce file-sharin
36、g software, such as Morpheus and Grokster. Neither Cohen nor BitTorrent is named in the lawsuit, although an MPAA spokesman says Cohen is under examination for continuing to develop the software “and making it easy to steal copyright material“.11 According to the passage, Bram Cohen_.（A）is fighting
37、with mental problems（B） dropped out because of the pressure（C） indulged himself in computer games（D）is a really smart computer eccentric12 By mentioning Napster and the music world,the author suggests that_.（A）CohenS program has a profound effect on the film industry（B） Cohen is accused of an invasi
38、on of the rights of the music world（C） Hollywood film industry cannot compete with the music industry（D）Napster is a great program which has revolutionized the music world13 The phrase “bogs down“ (Line 7,Para.2) most probably means_.（A）to stop（B） to get stuck（C） to lose content（D）to be in force14 W
39、e can infer from the passage that_.（A）Bit Torrent allows people to share files（B） the Incredibles enjoys great popularity（C） Napster lays a foundation for file-sharing（D）CacheLogic is a trader in Web download15 What action did the film industry take to deal with free download of films?（A）It has mask
40、ed links to films from some websites.（B） It has brought accusations against some companies.（C） It is ready to prosecute Cohen for his free file.（D）It has taken an appeal to a higher court.15 The Predicament that Japanese Men Out of Occupation FacesAfter clashes between riot police and protesters, wo
41、rkers at the Keihin Hotel in Tokyo were forcibly ejected on January 25th. They had been fired in October when the hotel went bankrupt, but decided to keep it runningan example of the lengths to which people will go to keep their jobs in Japan, where unemployment is suddenly rising at an alarming rat
42、e. Over 150, 000 people are expected to lose their jobs between October and March. Hisashi Yamada of the Japan Research Institute expects 1. 5 million job losses by the end of next year, lifting the unemployment rate from 4 % last year to over 6 % . Though low by international standards, yet that is
43、 exceptionally high in Japan.Hardest hit will be “ non-regular“ workersthose who work part-time, as day-laborers, for a fixed duration, or under agency contracts. “Regular“ workers enjoy benefits such as housing, bonuses, training and (usually) lifetime employment, but non regular workers earn as li
44、ttle as 40% of the pay for the same work, and do not receive training, pensions or unemployment insurance. In the past 20 years their numbers have grown to one-third of all workers.For years most Japanese ignored their predicament. But now their problems have erupted into plain sight. In January aro
45、und 500 recently fired, homeless people set up a tent village in Hibiya Parka highly visible spot in the centre of Tokyo. Politicians and television news crews flocked to the scene. The embarrassed city government eventually found accommodation for the parks homeless in unused city-owned buildings,
46、though it put them up for only a week.The problem is that Japan lacks a social safety net, says Makoto Yuasa, the organizer of the Hibiya tent village, who dropped out of a PhD program at Tokyo University to help homeless people. Because families or companies traditionally looked after people, the s
47、tate did not have to. Moreover, there is a stigma in Japan if an unemployed person asks for help: “If you dont work, you dont deserve to eat,“ the saying goes.Yet there are signs of change. The main political parties recognize the need to establish better support and training for non-regular workers
48、. And there is even a new government program to help unemployed foreign workers, such as Brazilians who worked at car factories, so that they do not leave Japan if they are laid off. With a shrinking population and workforce, losing skilled hands would only compound the countrys woes when the econom
49、y eventually recovers.16 We can infer from the event of Keihin Hotel in Japan that _.（A）workers would try every means to keep their jobs（B） the protesters are fired because of several conflicts（C） the hotel has to be shut down to avoid further clashes（D）unemployed workers cause instability in the society17 The main difference between regular workers and non-regular workers lies in_.（A）working environment（B） legal status（C） job benefits（D）labor intensity18 The wor
