1、考研英语（阅读）模拟试卷 89 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 No matter how large or notable the U.S. travel industry is or may become, it will always be a member of a broader world society. The charge facing all of
2、 us is to appropriately engage poverty. Poverty is certainly not new but the means at our disposal to address poverty are improving by the day. Fortunately, the $3.3 trillion world travel industry is uniquely suited to address poverty in regions where it is most entrenched. In the course of making a
3、 case for harnessing travel and tourism for poverty reduction, the travel and tourism industry already exists in every region of the globe and is a proven job producer and sustainer of native culture.That travel and tourism creates good jobs is indisputable. In the U.S., the Industrial Age economy i
4、s in transition to a service economy, and travel and tourism is responsible for one in every seven workers in the U.S. civilian workforce, directly or indirectly. But by no means is this phenomenon limited to the U.S. The World Travel and Tourism Council reports tourism employs almost 200 million pe
5、ople worldwide1 in every 13 jobs worldwide today.There are many important differences between building an industrial based economy and one that relies largely on tourism. One of the historical barriers to industrialization has been a shortage of capital to build an industrial infrastructure or a lac
6、k of industrial-specific facilities such as deep-water ports. But we dont need to build factories for tourism. Nor do we need the traditional resources of the Industrial Age to build new tourism economies. The essential raw materials for our industry include rich cultures, unique natural environment
7、s and willing hosts. And those raw materials exist already in abundance in every nation.Only travel brings us face to face with people from different cities, different nations, and different outlooks. CNN can take us on a virtual world tour. We can be touched by images we see in the media but it is
8、only when we shake hands with people from other nations and other cultures that we learn how things really are. And despite the many wonders of technology, we only truly touch one another when we travel and embrace one anothers culture, stature, and dreams.1 From the first paragraph we learn that th
9、e travel industry_.（A）is going to give money to aid poverty（B） has improved its revenue（C） is financially healthier than ever（D）is better able to help reduce poverty than ever2 The reason tourism benefits a country even more than traditional industries is that it_.（A）has more of a cultural benefit（B
10、） has more potential to lead to other industries（C） requires much less capital（D）uses less resources which harm the environment3 By saying “. those raw materials exist already in abundance in every nation“, the author is referring to_.（A）people, the environment and culture（B） the capital used to bui
11、ld the tourism industry（C） the environmental resources to build up tourism（D）hosts and staff to welcome visitors4 Why does the author assert that only through travel we “truly touch one another“?（A）He wants to emphasize tourisms powerful effect on combating social problems.（B） He believes tourism ma
12、kes it possible for people to help one another.（C） He believes travel is the only way cultures can learn about each other.（D）He thinks that sincere learning of a culture is only possible by travel.5 From the text we can infer that the author writes this text to_.（A）argue that travel is an important
13、industry（B） encourage people in the tourism industry to do more for poverty（C） point out that the travel industry has social, cultural as well as economic value（D）show travel industrys important role in nation building5 Very soon, unimaginably powerful technologies will remake our lives. This could
14、have dangerous consequences, especially because we may not even understand the basic science underlying them. Theres a growing gap between our technological capability and our underlying scientific understanding. We can do very clever things with the technology of the future without necessarily unde
15、rstanding some of the science underneath, and that is very dangerous.The technologies that are particularly dangerous over the next hundred years are nanotechnology, artificial intelligence and biotechnology. The benefits they will bring are beyond doubt but they are potentially very dangerous. In t
16、he field of artificial intelligence there are prototype designs for something that might be 50,000 million times smarter than the human brain by the year 2010. The only thing not feasible in the film Terminator is that the people win. If youre fighting against technology that is that much smarter th
17、an you, you probably will not win. Weve all heard of the grey goo problem that self-replicating nanotech devices might keep on replicating until the world has been reduced to sticky goo, and certainly in biotechnology, weve really got a big problem because its converging with nanotechnology. Once yo
18、u start mixing nanotech with organisms and you start feeding nanotech-enabled bacteria, we can go much further than the Borg in Star Trek, and those superhuman organisms might not like us very much.We are in a world now where science and commerce are increasingly bedfellows. The development of techn
19、ology is happening in the context of global free trade regimes which see technological diffusion embedded with commerce as intrinsically a good. We should prepare for new and unfamiliar forms of argument around emerging technologies.6 From the text, we know that the authors greatest worry is_.（A）our
20、 lack of technological understanding of the process involved（B） our lack of technological capability（C） creating technology without really understanding the issues（D）our refusal to face the consequences of the technology we create7 It can be inferred from the text that the author_.（A）thinks people o
21、verestimate the capabilities of technology（B） is not optimistic that artificial intelligence will always be used positively（C） thinks that we should take science fiction movies more seriously（D）believes artificial intelligence is the greatest threat we face technologically8 Why does the author say i
22、t is not feasible in the film Terminator that the humans win?（A）Because the power of the technology was exaggerated.（B） Because the strength of the machines would be much greater.（C） Because machines with that much intelligence would not allow it.（D）Because even heroic humans would achieve nothing f
23、rom such a battle.9 The mixing of nanotech with organisms may_.（A）produce dangerous viruses capable of killing many people（B） produce creatures that are unfriendly to humans（C） upset our balance of nature（D）reduce the world to sticky glue10 The authors attitude toward the emerging technologies is_.（
24、A）critical（B） skeptical（C） provocative（D）indifferent10 The close relationship between poetry and music scarcely needs to be argued. Both are aural modes which employ rhythm, rime, and pitch as major devices; to these the one adds linguistic meaning, connotation, and various traditional figures, and
25、the other can add, at least in theory, all of these plus harmony, counterpoint, and orchestration techniques. In English the two are closely bound historically. Anglo-Saxon heroic poetry seems certainly to have been read or chanted to a harpists accompaniment; the verb used in Beowulf for such a per
26、formance, the Finn episode, is singan, to sing, and the noun gyd, song. A major source of the lyric tradition in English poetry is the songs of the troubadours.The distance between the gyd in Beowulf and the songs of Leonard Cohen or Bob Dylan may seem great, but is one of time rather than aesthetic
27、s. The lyric poem as a literary work and the lyrics of a popular song are both still essentially the same thing: poetry. Whether the title of the work be “Gerontion“, or “Hound Dog“, our criteria for evaluating the work must remain the same.The most important prerequisite for both a significant poem
28、 and significant lyrics in a popular song is that the writer should be faithful to his own personal vision or to the vision of the poem he is writing. Skill and craft for writing poetry are indeed necessary because these are the only means by which a poet can preserve the integrity of this vision in
29、 the poem. A poet must not, either because of lack of skill or because of worship of popularity, wealth, or critical acclaim, go outside of his own or his own poems visionon pain of writing only the derivative or the trivial. Historically, the writers and singers of the lyrics of popular songs have
30、seemed often to be incapable of personal vision, and to have confused both originality and morality with a servile compliance to popular taste.11 According to the writer, the relationship between poetry and music_.（A）is a debatable topic（B） can be made but in a limited way（C） is indisputable if you
31、analyse history（D）needs to be acknowledged more by poets12 The author cites Beowulf in order to show that_.（A）the distance between song and poetry is not so great（B） a song like Beowulf can sound like a poem（C） English poetry is highly connected to songs（D）songs generally evolve into poetry over tim
32、e13 Which of the following statements is true, according to the text?（A）The lyrics of a song are no different from the lyrics of poetry.（B） Song lyrics and poetry must be treated analytically as the same.（C） The differences between poetry and song lyrics have been overstated.（D）It is the time not th
33、e aesthetics that is different in most poems and song lyrics.14 A poem or a song can be significant when_.（A）it is done by a faithful writer（B） the writer has a personal vision of the poem or song（C） it is written within the vision of the poem, song, poet or songwriter（D）the writer is willing to go
34、outside of the vision15 In the text, the author focuses on_.（A）the shared, most important evaluation criteria in songwriting and poetry（B） the various ways songs and poems are similar（C） the difference between good poetry and songs and mediocre ones（D）how to evaluate a poem and a songs value from a
35、lyrical standpoint15 Doctors are researching the health benefits of red wine, specifically the apparently wondrous powers of resveratrol, a polyphenol that is found in the skin of grapes and is thought to prevent illness and promote longevity. This wasnt the first time “60 Minutes“ trumpeting the vi
36、rtues of red wine; in 1991, it called attention to the so-called French Paradox, which assumed that the low rate of heart disease in France, despite a national diet gloriously abundant in rich foods, was due to the countrys huge consumption of red wine. That report fanned an obsessive interest in th
37、e nutritional and therapeutic properties of wine. This seems to be a particularly American fixation, and it raises an intriguing question: Why are weAmericansso anxious to find justifications for drinking wine beyond the fact that it tastes good and we like it?Obviously, scientists arent investigati
38、ng wines physiological impact because they are camouflage for the wine industry and want to encourage Americans to drink; the research is being pursued and the results disseminated because it appears that there really is a link between red wine and well-being. It is now widely recognized that modera
39、te red wine consumptiongenerally defined as one or two 5-ounce glasses a day for women and two or three for men, drunk with foodincreases HDL cholesterol, the “good“ cholesterol that removes fatty deposits from arteries. In addition, scientists have determined that the flavonoids in red wine have an
40、 anticoagulant effect that can help prevent blood clots leading to heart attacks.Resveratrol is also said to have a role in preventing clots and is believed to inhibit the production of LDL cholesterolthe bad kind. Resveratrol seems to be the omnipotent ingredient in red wine a “vascular pipe-cleane
41、r,“ as Dr. Christoph Westphal and Harvard biochemist David Sinclair put it, whose research suggests that resveratrol can delay the aging process and prevent many gerontological diseases. A few years ago, scientists reported that resveratrol may discourage the onset of one such illness, Alzheimers. I
42、t is also claimed that this antioxidant can boost stamina, reduce lung inflammation stemming from chronic pulmonary disease, and help prevent cancer. In the fall of 2008, University of Pittsburgh scientists even reported that resveratrol might offer some protection against radiation poisoning.16 By
43、mentioning the French Paradox, the author intends to_.（A）prove the polyphenol in red wine can prevent illness and promote longevity（B） demonstrate a program has paid attention to the value of red wine long before（C） state Americans have an obsessive interest in red wines benefit（D）explain the reason
44、 for Americans fixation for red wines function17 The underlined word in Paragraph 2 refers to_.（A）experts（B） faking（C） influence（D）researching18 We can learn from Paragraph 2 that_.（A）theres no obvious connection between red wine and peoples health（B） drinking 15-ounces red wine can do good to women
45、s health（C） a cholesterol in red wine can form fatty deposits in arteries（D）an ingredient in red wine may prevent heart attack19 According to the passage, which of the following statement about “resveratrol“ is WRONG?（A）It is believed to have the effect of disease prevention.（B） It can work as an ar
46、tery cleaner.（C） It can get rid of abundant fat in rich foods.（D）It can decrease lung-disease-caused inflammation.20 Which of the following is one of the authors points of view?（A）Resveratrol can protect people from radiation poisoning.（B） Resveratrol can postpone aging process and prevent aging-rel
47、ated diseases.（C） Americans are particularly fascinated about the value of red wine.（D）The low rate of heart disease in France is owing to drinking red wine.考研英语（阅读）模拟试卷 89 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
48、)【知识模块】 阅读1 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 属事实细节题。第一段三、四句指出：我们解决贫困的手段日渐提高。利用 33 万亿美元的世界旅游业解决最严重贫困地区的贫穷问题再合适不过了。可见旅游业能比以往更好地扶贫了。【知识模块】 阅读2 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 属信息归纳题。第三段把传统经济和旅游经济进行对比，说明两者的重大的区别之一在于，后者不需要太多资金。【知识模块】 阅读3 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 属指代关系题。在第三段末句，“这些原材料”明显指代上文刚提到的“丰富的文化、独特的自然环境和好客的主人”。【知识模块】 阅读4 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 属信息推断题。作
49、者在文章结尾讲到：“只有当我们去旅游，去接受彼此的文化、成就和梦想时，我们才能真正相互接触。”可以断定，作者之所以认为通过旅游我们才能真正相互接触是因为他认为只有旅游，只有亲身经历，才能真正地学到一种文化。【知识模块】 阅读5 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 属主旨思想题。文章介绍旅游业三方面的价值，包括社会、经济和文化。【知识模块】 阅读【知识模块】 阅读6 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 属信息归纳题。在第一段，作者先后指出：“无比强大的科技很快就将完全改变我们的生活。这可能会产生危险的后果，尤其是因为我们可能不懂这些科技背后的基本科学”；“我们借助于未来科技可以从事非常巧妙的事情，而不必理解基本的科学，这是很危险的。”可见，作者的最大担心是在创造技术的同时没有真正弄懂其背后的科学。【知识模块】 阅读7 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 属态度推断题。第二段作者提到它们带来的好处不容置疑但也存在很大的潜在危险，之后，具体分析探讨人工智能、纳米技术和生物技术的潜在危险。可见，作者对人工智能的积极应用并不乐观。【知识模块】 阅读8 【正确答案】 C【试题解析
