2011考研英语模拟考场(演练版)(七)
Section Ⅰ Use of English
Directions:
Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank.
The conception of poverty and what to (1) about it have changed over the decades. Under Social Darwinism the lazy and the (2) were supposed to be at the bottom of the economic ladder as (3) of the "law of survival of the fittest". Society was (4) as a network of
self-sufficient families which provided for their own. (5) persons outside a household (orphans, the (6) elderly, and the crippled )
were provided outdoor relief grudgingly and as a temporary expedient (权宜之计). Although it was (7) that "the poor will always be with us", the individual was expected to improve himself (8) acts of his own will. Charity was thought to be the (9) of idleness. By keeping wages low, laborers would be (10) to work harder.
At about the turn of the century, the beginning of concern about natural (11) brought uneasiness about the possible spread of beggary. There was a potentially dangerous class in (12) of disease and disorder. The "poor" were (13) as different from "paupers" Paupers were individuals well (14) to being on the low end of the socioeconomic (15) Without shame or bitterness, they would not seek independence and a " (16) " life. For the mountaineers, the subsistence dwellers, and some slum dwellers, the lack of wealth, (17) has been argued, reflects a preference not to pay the psychological costs of the struggle for fiches or of adopting the middle class work ethic of striving. In (18) , the worthy poor struggled to (19) their lot against circumstances beyond their control: low wages, sickness, industrial (20) , widowhood (孀居) and so on.
1．[A] find [B] do [C] work [D] deal
2．[A] inefficient [B] invalid [C] ineffective [D] inaccessible 3．[A] an effect [B] a result [C] an outcome [D] a consequence 4．[A] imagined [B] estimated [C] conceived [D] guessed
5．[A] Pity [B] Needy [C] Shabby [D] Greedy
6．[A] childless [B] childly [C] childlike [D] childish
7．[A] agreed [B] concurred [C] assented [D] consented
8．[A] through [B] by [C] with [D] on
9．[A] nurse [B] evil [C] patient [D] ward
10．[A] promoted [B] admired [C] encouraged [D] excited
11．[A] resource [B] source [C] origin [D] resources
12．[A] respects [B] terms [C] regards [D] views
13．[A] seen [B] noticed [C] watched [D] predicted
14．[A] admitted [B] adjusted [C] applied [D] adapted
15．[A] measure [B] scale [C] standard [D] scales
16．[A] poor [B] better [C] humble [D] miserable
17．[A] it [B] what [C] that [D] which
18．[A] analogy [B] contrast [C] comparison [D] contrary
19．[A] increase [B] enrich [C] improve [D] develop
20．[AI accidents [B] incidents [C] events [D] disasters
Section Ⅱ Reading Comprehension
Part A
Directions:
Read the following four texts, Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D．
Text 1
Several years ago, at the height of the dotcom boom, it was widely assumed that a publishing revolution, in which the printed word would be supplanted by the computer screen, was just around the corner. It wasn't: for many, there is still little to match the joy of reading a printed book and settling down for one hour. But recently some big technology companies, including Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo, contend that the dream of bringing books online is still very much alive.
The digitizing of thousands of volumes of print is not without controversy. On Thursday, Google, the world' s most popular search engine, posted a first installment of books on Google Print. This collaborative effort between Google and several world's leading research libraries aims to make books available to be searched and read online free of charge. Although the books included so far are not covered by copyright, the plan has attracted the rage of publishers.
Five large book firms are suing Google for violating copyright on material that it has scanned and, although out of print, is still protected by law. Google has said that it will only publish short extracts from material under copyright unless given express permission to publish more, but publishers are unconvinced. Ironically, many publishers are collaborating with Google Print Publisher, which aims to give readers an online taste of books that are commercially available. The searchable collection of extracts and book information is intended to tempt readers to buy the complete books online or in print form.
Amazon, the world's largest online retailer, has made plans to enter the mass e-book market by selling a vast array of goods. Given that Google should impinge upon its central territory, Amazon revealed
that it would introduce two new services. Amazon Pages will allow customers to search for key terms in selected books and then buy and read online whatever part they wish. Amazon Upgrade will give customers online access to books they have already purchased as hard copies. Customers are likely to have to pay five cents a page, with the bulk going to the publisher.
Microsoft has also joined the online-book trend. In October, the software giant said it would spend around $ 200 million to digitize texts, starting with I50,000 that are in the public domain, to avoid legal problems. It will do so in collaboration with the Open Content Alliance. And on Thursday, coincidentally the same day as Google and Amazon announced their initiatives, Microsoft released details of a deal with the British Library, the country's main reference library, to digitize some 25 million pages ; these will be made available through MSN Book Search, which will be launched next year.
21．What is the text talking about?
[A] The goods of Google.
[B] The differences between books printed and books online.
[C] Some big technology companies bring plans on the e-books.
[D] The publishers don't agree with the e-books plan.
22．Which of the following is true of Google according to the text?
[A] It will invariably provide free online reading for its customers.
[B] It has become the world's most popular book publisher.
[C] It facilitates books reading and searching to a larger extent.
[D] It has gained permission to publish the complete books online. 23．What is the controversial point between the publishers and the technology companies?
[A] The publishers hope they can offer books of top quality.
[B] The publishers hope they can respect copyright of original books.
[C] The publishers hope they can provide the comments.
[D] The publishers hope they can digitize as many books as possible. 24．Which of the plan does NOT belong to Microsoft?
[A] Prepare to invest $ 200 million on the e-books.
[B] Cooperate with the British Library to digitize some 25 million pages.
[C] Introduce some new services to Amazon.
[D] Launch the MSN Book Search next year.
25．Which is the best title for the text?
[A] A Publishing Revolution
[B] Amazon, the Largest Online Retailer
[C] Online Books, a Prospering Service
[D] Competition between Publishers and Net Companies
Text 2
Roger Rosenblatt's book Black Fiction, in attempting to apply
literary rather than sociopolitical criteria to its subject, successfully alters the approach taken by most previous studies. As Rosenblatt notes, criticism of Black writing has often served as a pretext for expounding on Black history. Addison Gayle's recent work, for example, judges the value of Black Fiction by overtly political standards, rating each work according to the notions of Black
identity which it propounds.
Although fiction assuredly springs from political circumstances, its authors react to those circumstances in ways other than ideological, and talking about novels and stories primarily as instruments of ideology circumvents much of the fictional enterprise. Rosenblatt's literary analysis discloses affinities and connections among works of Black Fiction which solely political studies have overlooked or ignored.
Writing acceptable criticism of Black Fiction, however, presupposes giving satisfactory answers to a number of questions. First of all,
is there a sufficient reason, other than the racial identity of the authors, to group together works by Black authors? Second, how does Black Fiction make itself distinct from other modem fiction with which it is largely contemporaneous? Rosenblatt shows that Black Fiction constitutes a distinct body of writing that has an identifiable, coherent literary tradition. Looking at novels written by Black over the last eighty years, he discovers recurring concerns and designs independent of chronology. These structures are thematic, and they spring, not surprisingly, from the central fact that the Black characters in these novels exist in a predominantly white culture, whether they try to conform to that culture or rebel against it.
Black Fiction does leave some aesthetic questions open. Rosenblatt's thematic analysis permits considerable objectivity ; he even
explicitly states that it is not his intention to judge the merit of the various works -- yet his reluctance seems misplaced, especially since an attempt to appraise might have led to interesting results. For instance, some of the novels appear to be structurally diffuse.
Is this a defect, or are the authors working out of, or trying to forge a different kind of aesthetic? In addition, the style of some Black novels, like Jean Toomer's Cane, verges on expressionism or surrealism; does this technique provide a counterpoint to the prevalent theme that portrays the fate against which Black heroes are pitted, a theme usually conveyed by more naturalistic modes of expression?
In spite of such omissions, what Rosenblatt does include in his discussion makes for an astute and worthwhile study. Black Fiction
surveys a wide variety of novels, bringing to our attention in the process some fascinating and little-known works like James Weldon Johnson's Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man. Its argument is tightly constructed, and its forthright, lucid style exemplifies levelheaded and penetrating criticism.
26． The author of the text is primarily concerned with
[A] evaluating the soundness of a work of criticism
[B] comparing various critical approaches to a subject
[C] discussing the limitations of a particular kind of criticism
[D] summarizing the major points made in a work of criticism
27． The author of the text believes that Black Fiction would have been improved had Rosenblatt
[A] evaluated more carefully the ideological and historical aspects of Black Fiction
[B] attempted to be more objective in his approach to novels and stories by Black authors
[C] explored in greater detail the recurrent thematic concerns of Black Fiction throughout its history
[D] assessed the relative literary merit of the novels he analyzes thematically
28．The author's discussion of Black Fiction can be best described
as______.
[A] pedantic and contentious
[B] critical but admiring
[C] ironic and deprecating
[D] argumentative but unfocused
29．The author of the text employs all of the following in the discussion of Rosenblatt's book EXCEPT______.
[A] rhetorical questions
[B] specific examples
[C] comparison and contrast
[D] definition of terms
30．The author of the text refers to James Weldon Johnson's Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man most probably in order to______.
[A] point out affinities between Rosenblatt's method of thematic analysis and earlier criticism
[B] clarify the point about expressionistic style made earlier in the passage
[C] qualify the assessment of Rosenblatt's book made in the first paragraph of the passage
[D] give a specific example of one of the accomplishments of Rosenblatt's work
Text 3
The importance and focus of the interview in the work of the print and broadcast journalist is reflected in several books that have been written on the topic. Most of these books, as well as several chapters, mainly in, but not limited to journalism and broadcasting handbooks and reporting texts, stress the " how to" aspects of journalistic interviewing rather than the conceptual aspects of the interview, its context, and implications. Much of the "how to" material is based on personal experiences and general impression. As we know, in journalism as in other fields, much can be learned from the systematic study of professional practice. Such study brings together evidence from which broad generalized principles can be developed.
There is, as has been suggested, a growing body of research
literature in journalism and broadcasting, but very little
significant attention has been devoted to the study of the interview itself. On the other hand, many general texts as well as numerous research articles on interviewing in fields other than journalism have been written. Many of these books and articles present the theoretical and empirical (经验的) aspects of the interview as well as the training of the interviewers. Unhappily, this plentiful general literature about interviewing pays little attention to the journalistic interview. The fact that the general literature on interviewing does not deal with the journalistic interview seems to be surprising for two reasons. First, it seems likely that most people in modern Western societies are more familiar, at least in a positive manner, with journalistic interviewing than with any other form of interviewing. Most of us are probably somewhat familiar with the clinical interview, such as that conducted by physicians and psychologists. In these situations the professional person or interviewer is interested in getting information necessary for the diagnosis and treatment of the person seeking help. Another familiar situation is the job interview. However, very few of us have actually been interviewed personally by the mass media, particularly by television. And yet, we have a vivid acquaintance with the
journalistic interview by virtue of our roles as readers, listeners, and viewers. Even so, true understanding of the journalistic interview, especially television interviews, requires thoughtful analysis and even study, as this book indicates.
31．The main idea of the first paragraph is that
[A] generalized principles for journalistic interviews are the chief concern for writers on journalism
[B] concepts and contextual implications are of secondary importance to journalistic interviewing
[C] importance should be attached to the systematic study of journalistic interviewing
[D] personal experiences and general impressions should be excluded from journalistic interviews
32．Much research has been done on interviews in general______.
[A] but journalistic interviewing as specific field has unfortunately been neglected
[B] though the study of the interviewing techniques hasn't received much attention
[C] so the training of journalistic interviewers has likewise been strengthened
[D] and there has also been a dramatic growth in the study of journalistic interviewing
33．Westerners are familiar with the journalistic interview, ______.
[A] but most of them wish to stay away from it
[B] and many of them hope to be interviewed some day
[C] but most of them may not have been interviewed in person
[D] and many of them would like to acquire a true understanding of it 34．Who is the interviewee in a clinical interview?
[A] The psychologist.
[B] The physician.
[C] both A and B.
[D] The patient.
35．The passage is most likely a part of
[A] a news article
[B] a preface
[C] a research report
[D] a journalist interview
Text 4
Despite the fact that comets are probably the most numerous astronomical bodies in the solar system aside from small meteor fragments and the asteroids, they are largely a mystery. Scientists
do not know exactly what comets are or where they come from. Educated guesses are the best we have in hand.
Considering the role of comets in legend and the memory of man, it is remarkable that we still know so little, relatively, about them. The most famous comet of all, Halley's Comet ( named for the man who predicted its return), was first sighted by the Chinese in 240 B．C．, and it has returned to terrify the people of the world on a regular basis every since then. The ancient considered it an object of ill omen. By mysterious coincidence, the arrival of Halley's Comet coincided with such events as the battle of Hastings in 1066, the Jewish revolt of 66 A．D．, and the last battle of Attila the Hun
against the Romans. Nor is it the only comet to fill man with awe,
but merely the most famous in a rich aristocracy of blood-freezers. Comets are even more fascinating to amateur astronomers than to professionals, because this is one area where amateurs can make major discoveries. Comet Ikeya Seki, one of the brightest comets to appear
in this century was discovered in 1965 by a pair of Japanese amateurs, Ikeya and Seki. The person who discovers a new comet gets his (or her) name put on it. And amateurs have a head start in the race to
discover new comets; the shorter focal lengths on their smaller telescopes give them a positive advantage over the huge telescopes such as Mount Wilson which is built to scan for galaxies, not comparatively short distances.
Most scientists tend to agree with astronomer Fred T. Whipple that a comet is really a large mushy snowball of frozen ices and gases
( ammonia, methane, possibly carbon dioxide) with a few bits of solid particles stuck inside. But no one is sure how comets are created in the first place.
Scientist believe that comets don't exhibit their characteristic tail while they lurk fat out in space away from the warmth of the sun but, rather, wander in the form of frozen lumps, like icebergs. This is
the core of the comets. Only when the comet approaches the heat of
the sun, does the ice begin to melt and stream away in the form of visible gases. The tails of the comets stream out behind for,
literally, astronomical distances. Halley Comet had a tail of 94 million miles long when it visited here in 1910．The Great Comet of 1843 had a tail of 186 million miles long.
36． At the beginning of the text, the author indicates that______.
[A] comets are the most commonly seen astronomical bodies
[B] comets, meteor fragments and the asteroids are mysterious
[C] not much is known about comets
[D] nothing do we know about comets except guesses
37．Halley's comet is mentioned in Paragraph 2______.
[A] to introduce some famous historical events
[B] to explain some traditional beliefs about comets
[C] to demonstrate the harm it has done to man
[D] to show its significance to human history
38．We learn from the text that amateur astronomers______.
[A] began their discovery earlier than the professionals
[B] tend to be the leaders in the area of astronomy
[C] have some advantages in discovering new comets
[D] established some theories on how comets come into being
39．The core of a comet______.
[A] has no solid form
[B] wanders like a frozen lump when it's far out in space
[C] requires the warmth of the sun to survive
[D] is always followed by a long tail
40．Which of the following about comets is INCORRECT?
[A] They are great in number.
[B] Their arrivals used to frighten human beings.
[C] They are named after their discoverers.
[D] They are large mushy snowballs of frozen ices and gases.
Part B
Directions:
In the following article, some sentences have been removed. For Questions 41-45, choose the most suitable one from the list A-G to
fit into each of the numbered blanks. There are two extra choices, which do not fit in any of the blanks.
Today no one has ever doubted about television's charm. Since 1920s Britain invented the first television, people have begun to live in a world crowded with soap operas, news magazines and TV advertisements. 41．______However, have we ever tried to find out the magic here? Why did the television win the competition with paper media and radio in such a short period? By what kind of contention did TV finally
control most of the audiences? And why does TV become the means the industrial circles scramble for?
It is argued that television may not be a form of art, but fifteen thousand years before the primitive people had left urus drawings on Altamira Cave in Spain, which proved that pictures are human ever-lasting pursuit much earlier than letters. 42．______The coming of the 19th century foretold a mass media times and also the break-through in arts because of the rapid development in technology. First by the invention of photography photos showed up before people in a way more substantiated and frequent than ever before; then radio enabled common people to enjoy arts by ears; and finally television integrated advantages of both photos and sounds into a new creation
in continuously moving streams. 43．______
But television advertisements win people's favor not only because it is an art, but also because it knows people's heart. From the usual mental activity people accept a thing- perception, understanding, recollection, attitude and action, we can find out how a TV ad moves people. 44．______There is only a slowly turning fist on the screen with a voice- over: what has it grasped? And the fist opened, nothing inside. What it grasps is just your attention. When the targeted audience is willing to watch the ad, the first step is finished and then they should love it. How to gain their identification? The ad circles have summed up many effective experiences. They often make their ads entertaining and humorous, or exhibit their goods in a smart and artful way, or find out a crafty and clear proposition
which sometimes may be: Dawn Detergent-wraps the grease which will not stain your hands (God! All detergent could do this although the audience may not realize. ). As for the links of memorizing, attitude and action, since TV is the most compulsive, penetrating and influential medium, TV ads are still the most efficient.
45．______From cpp to cpm, and from the well-known TV ratings to audience share, TV ads are a stage where every interest groups and individuals rack their brains to keep moving, and it is also one of the business areas with fiercest competition.
TV ads, still the main form of today's advertising, will never be a circle short of creation and advance.
[A] First, TV ad always spares no effort to grasp audience's attention, as shown in an ad made by the ad-department of a TV studio to promote itself.
[B] Particularly, with its unparalleled power of product promotion, television has served as the advertiser's beloved son for all these years.
[C] In the later centuries, although great progresses were also made in sculptures, architectures and music, drawing was always the synonym for art.
[D] TV ads, still the main form of today' s advertising, will never be a circle short of creation and advance.
[E] Television, originated from art, ultimately surpassed it.
[F] Today TV ads have become one of the representatives of modern business operation.
[G] Television, of the same blood with movie, has also borrowed much from this comparatively mature art form in creating advertisements. Part C
Directions:
Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese.
Recently, the news has been filled with reports of the "bird flu". 46． Asia is on a region- wide health alert, with governments slaughtering millions of chickens to contain outbreaks of the bird
flu in Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, South Korea, Japan and China. Influenza-commonly called "flu"-is one of the oldest and most common diseases known to man. It can also be one of the deadliest. 47．The great "Spanish flu" pandemic of 1918-1919 was considered the worst plague in history, killing up to 40 million people with half of the world's population infected in only a few months.
48．Influenza can also infect many different warm-blooded animals, such as birds. However, the "flu" virus usually develops different variants that are specialized for each species of animals that they infect. Cross species infections are rare.
A flu strain called influenza A (H5N1) appears to have made a successful jump from birds to humans. The viral strain was first isolated from South African birds in 1961．49．The first known human infection occurred in a Hong Kong toddler in May of 1997．By the end of 1997, there were 13 confirmed cases and four deaths, all in Hong Kong. In an attempt to stop the spread of the disease, the government of Hong Kong ordered the slaughter of all chickens, ducks, geese, quail and domestic pigeons.
Humans infected with H5N1 so far are thought to have caught the disease from fowl and no person-to-person transmissions have been reported. 50．The WHO, however, fears that the bird flu is highly adaptable and might leap the species barrier. It says anyone exposed to the disease should be quarantined to avoid contact with sufferers of regular human influenza.
Section Ⅲ Writing
Part A
51．Directions:
For this part, you are allowed fifteen minutes to write an informal letter of congratulation to a friend of yours (Charles) based on the following notes. Do not sign your own name at the end of your letter, using "Anni" instead.
1) Congratulations on your friend's appointment to the General Manger of this company.
2) The promotion is due to his hard work.
3) You are going to New York very soon. You promise to call him after you come back.
4) Express your best wishes for the future.
Part B
52．Directions:
For this part you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic The Popularization of Mobile Phones. You should write
1) Describe the chart;
2) Analyze the reasons ;
3) Predict the trends in the future and the impacts on individuals and society,
2011考研英语模拟考场(演练版)(七)参考答案
Section Ⅰ Use of English
[答案透析]
1．[答案] B。
本题考查的是动词短语搭配。do sth．about…意思是“对……采取行动”；deal不与about搭配使用；work是不及物动词；find与about搭配不合题意，因此选B。
2．[答案] A。
本题考查的是同前缀形容词的词义辨析。inefficient无能的；
ineffective(指方法等)无效果的；invalid多指法律上无效的；inaccessible 达不到的。根据“the lazy”(懒人)和其后的and可知，选项A最符合题意。3．[答案] D。
此题考查的是异形近义名词的词义辨析。consequence在此意为“影响，结果或后果，重要性”。consequence和result均可表示由于，因为……缘故，其搭配分别是in consequence of和as a result of。outcome通常表示最后的结果，成果，effect表示效果。本题所给的四个选择项，似乎应选result，但仔细分析这是误导，人的经济地位低下并不是由于“适者生存的法则”而引起的结果。因此C是干扰项，故选D。
4．[答案] C。
本题考查的是异形近义动词的词义辨析。estimate估计；guess猜想。imagine 与conceive是近义词(其后均可接介词as)，但词意是有区别的，imagine想象，表示脑子里随意进行不受理智控制的，无拘束的形象化的过程；conceive 构想，则表示形成一种想法并使之发展成为一种可加以实行的可能，故C符合题意。
5．[答案] B。
此题主要考察的是四个形近异义词的词义辨析。根据该句括号里的同位语提示，应选needy贫困的。而shabby破旧的，卑鄙的，greedy贪婪的，不合题意。pity是名词，更不能选。
6．[答案] A。
本题考查的是同根形容词的词义辨析。括号里的内容是进一步补充说明主语，needy persons outside a household，因此答案只能选childless。childish 孩子气的；childlike和childly同义，表示孩子般天真的。
7．[答案] A。
此题考查的是异形近义动词的使用。四个选择项均有赞同之意，但用法有异。本句中的it是形式主语，that引导的从句是主语从句。四个选择中，只有agree一词可用作及物动词，可用于it is agreed that+从句这样的结构中，assent，concur和consent均为不及物动词，不能这样使用。
8．[答案] A。
本题主要考查介词的用法。四个选择项中的介词均可表示“靠……方式”，但through表示“通过……方法，手段”等，后常接名词；by表示“靠……方法”，常接动名词；with表示“用……工具”，表示行为，方式；on表示“根据……，凭……”。根据题意，本句应选A。
9．[答案] A。
此题主要是区别这四个名词的含义。该句用了比喻手法，．nurse常以the nurse of形式出现，意为“……的保护者，促使成长的因素，起源，发祥地”，即将“慈善”看成是促成“懒惰”的因素。故选A。
10．[答案] C。
本题主要是区别这四个动词的含义。admire钦佩；promote晋升；encourage
鼓励；excite使……激动。结合文章，只有选项C符合题意。
11．[答案] D。
此题考查的是近义名词的词义辨析。resource谋略，应付，办法；
resources(常用复数)资源，财力，natural resources自然资源；source根源，来源；origin起源，血统。故答案选D。
12．[答案] B。
此题考查的是介词短语的搭配。in terms of从……方面来说；as regards/in regard to(of)，with respect to/in respect/view of(to)均表示关于，就……而言。本句所给的四个选项，只有B符合题意。
13．[答案] A。
本题考查的是异形近义动词的词义辨析。see…as different from把……看成和……不同；notice注意；watch注视；predict，预测。A符合题意。14．[答案] B。
此题考的是异形近义动词的词义辨析。admit承认；adjust和adapt均有“使……适应”的意思，搭配是adjust oneself to(doing)sth．和adapt oneself to(doing)sth．，但adjust除“使适应”外，还有“调节，校正”的意思。根据题意选B，well adjusted to是过去分词短语在句中做定语，修饰individuals。
15．[答案] B。
本题是考查区别这三个异形近义名词的词义。scale在此表示等级、级别，scales常用复数指天平秤；measure措施，办法；standard标准，结合题意，所以选B。
16．[答案] B。
此题主要是区别这四个形容词的词义。本句含义为“只在遭受耻辱和痛苦的情况下，乞丐才会去谋求独立和______生活。”根据题意，应选better。humble 谦卑的；miserable悲惨的，均不符合题意。
17．[答案] A。
本题考点为代词及关系代词的用法。在本句中，it指代的是the lack of wealth。
18．[答案] B。
此题主要是考固定搭配。by comparison比较起来；in contrast相对照；on the contrary相反；by analogy类推。故只有B符合题意。
19．[答案] C。
本题考的是动宾词组搭配。increase增加；develop发展；improve改善，enrich使丰富。根据句意，improve their lot意为“改善他们的命运”；故选C。
20．[答案] A。
本题考的是异形近义名词的词义辨析。industrial accidents工伤事故；disaster灾难；incident小事件；event大事件，事变。A符合题意。Section Ⅱ Reading Comprehension
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21．[答案] C。
文章一直在谈论什么。要想回答这道题，首先要通读全文，看看这几段一直在说什么问题。第一段提出了电脑阅读和印刷书阅读的特点，接着用but转折引出本文的主题，即在线阅读服务。第二、三段介绍了Google的在线图书行动，并指出在线图书存在的问题及其出版商对在线图书服务持矛盾的态度。第四、五段介绍了亚马逊公司和微软公司在线图书计划及行动。总之，本文一直在说各大技术公司纷纷推出在线图书服务的计划和行动，故答案选C。
22．[答案] C。
第二段提到了Google在网上为读者提供免费阅读和搜索服务；第三段提到了Google的做法遭到了一些出版商的反对，但很多出版商与Google合作为读者提供有偿的网上阅读服务，由此可见，Google在很大程度上方便了人们的阅读和搜索。选项A，invariably(总是)，过于绝对了，也与后面的Google正在提供有偿阅读服务的说法矛盾。选项B，Google是世界上最受欢迎的搜索引擎，但不是最受欢迎的图书出版商。选项D没有提及它获得了整套书籍出版的许可，而是说这些可以搜索到的内容摘要和书的信息意在吸引读者购买在线书籍的完整版本或是印刷版，故答案选C。
23．[答案] B。
出版商和技术公司的矛盾点是什么?文章第三段提及到，五个大的图书出版公司指控(300gle提供在线图书服务，认为该服务侵犯了其图书的版权，故应是出版商希望他们尊重版权，因此答案选B。
24．[答案] C。
最后一段介绍了微软公司在线图书的计划。它将投资2亿美元用于书籍电子化；它与“开放内容联盟”合作；它与英国主要参考书图书馆(大英博物馆)的合作；准备将2500万页书籍电子化，到明年用户就可以通过“MSN书籍搜索”来使用该项服务了。这几项都在最后一段有所提及，只有C为亚马逊引进一些新服务是错误的。
25．[答案] C。
应该注意到弟一段最后一句是一个由but引导的转折句，因此也就是本文的中心思想：将书放到互联网的梦想依然充满了生命力。接着后面几段分别用Google、Amazon、微软这三个网络公司来举例说明不断发展的在线阅读服务，故答案选C。
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26．[答案] A。
这是一道中心主旨题。通过阅读本文各段，尤其是首段第一句和尾段第一句，我们可以推断出本题的正确选项应该是突出“evaluating”(评价)一词的选项A。考生在解题时一定要注意段落的中心主旨句，以及每句话所表达的内涵和作用。
27．[答案] D。
这是一道审题定位与反推题。从本题题干中的“would have been improved”可推断出考生要在原文中寻找到谈论某一方面“不足”的地方。尾段首句的“such omissions”(这样的忽略)暗示本题的答案信息来源应该在倒数第二段。通过仔细阅读和理解倒数第二段，可将本题的答案信息来源确定在倒数第二段的第二句。根据倒数第二段第二句的内容进行反推，就可得出本题的正确选项是D。考生在解题时一定要具备利用上下段之间的关系迅速审题定位的能力。
28．[答案] B。
从本题的题干可以看出本题的答案信息来源不局限于某一段或某一句，而是涉及到全文。但是只要抓住全文的中心主旨句就可以得出本题的正确答案B。本文的中心主旨句是第一段的首句和尾段的首句。考生在解题时一定要抓住中心主旨句，并且对它们所表达的内容要进行分析和归纳。
29．[答案] D。
本题型旨在考查考生的语言基本功。本题A、B、C所涉及的内容可分别在第三段的第二、三句、第四段的第三句以及第一段的第三句里找到。第一段的第三句涉及B和C两个选项。选项D “definition of terms”(给词语下定义)在原文中没有涉及，故本选项是正确答案。
30．[答案] D。
通过题干中的“Weldon Johnson's Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man”可将本题的答案信息来源迅速定位在尾段的第二句，本句中的“like”(例如)一词暗示本题的正确选项应该是含有“specific example”的选项。考生在解题时一定要注意原文中某些关键词的应用和理解。
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31．[答案] C。
答案见第一段，新闻和电台记者工作中的采访焦点和重要性在好几本有关这个话题的书中有所反映。所以答案是C，重点应该放在新闻采访的系统研究上。选项A在文中没有提及；选项B“概念和内容内涵对新闻采访是次要的”，这个无从推知；选项D“个人经验和总印象应该排除在新闻采访之外”，文中没有指出。
32．[答案] A。
答案见第二段，由该段第四句可推知，A选项符合题意。其他三项在文中均未提及。
33．[答案] C。
答案在第二段中间，“现代西方社会中的大部分人很可能对新闻采访更熟悉，即便不熟悉，至少也持肯定态度。”第二段倒数第三句，“但是实际上一般人很少有机会亲身接受媒体的采访，更不用说电视采访了。但是，作为读者、听众或者是观众，我们都对这种新闻采访非常熟悉。”所以选择答案C。34．[答案] D。
这道题颇为简单了，第二段中间，“我们大部分人很可能对医生的访谈更熟悉一些，比如，内科医生和心理医生与病人之间的谈话。在这些情形中，专业人士或者访谈者的兴趣主要在于获得必要的信息，从而能够为寻求帮助的另一方进行诊断和治疗。”可以得出答案为D项。
35．[答案] B。
文章是一篇序言，介绍一本有关采访的书，采用反论证的手法。答案可以从文章最后一句话推断出来，“即便如此，要真正了解新闻采访，特别是电视台采访，正如这本书指出的那样，需要认真地分析，甚至研究。”选项A，文不对题了，新闻文章不是论文，这里是论说说明文；选项C研究报告，也不对，研究报告应该先有研究项目，日报和研究过程等；D新闻采访，一篇新闻采访的写作方法及内容和本文截然不同，采访应该有人物，地点，时间，事实等。Text 4
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36．[答案] C。
文章句首提到了“尽管彗星在太阳系很可能是除了流星小碎片和小行星以外数量最多的天体，但是它们对人们来说基本还是个谜。”仅由此信息不能得出“彗星是最常见的天体”这一结论，故排除A；该句说“它们是个谜”。从语义和语法角度讲，都只可能指代的是“comets”，故B错误；结合对B项的分析和首段第二句，可以得知C为正确选项。
37．[答案] B。
文章第二段第二句开始谈到哈雷彗星，接着举了哈雷彗星和一系列暴乱相巧合的例子，最后一句话说“这也不是惟一令人类恐惧的彗星，而仅仅是一大堆令人毛骨悚然的彗星中最著名的。”所以举例是为了说明以往人们对彗星的一些看法，所以B正确。
38．[答案] C。
对业余天文爱好者的阐述出现在文章的第三段，其中最后一句谈到“业余爱好者在发现新彗星的竞赛中也处于更领先的地位，他们的小望远镜因为焦距短，从而比蒙特维尔森天文台的大望远镜更占优势。”由此得出C是正确的。39．[答案] B。
文章最后一段第一、二句说科学家们认为彗星在远离太阳的太空中是没有尾巴的，而是以冰块的形式飘荡；故B正确，D错误。既然以冰块的形式，那么就应该有固体形态，故A错误；文章提到，当彗核接近太阳，依靠太阳的热度形成尾巴，故C是错误的理解。
40．[答案] D。
由首段首句可以推断A“彗星数量很多”正确；文章第二段曾提及，古人认为彗星是不祥的征兆，哈雷彗星的几次回归都与战争巧合，但它却不是惟一令人类恐惧的彗星，故B与原文意思相符；由第三段倒数第二句谈到“发现新彗星的人都能用自己的名字为其命名”，可以知道C也正确；由倒数第二段可知，
“彗星是一团由冰和冰块状的气体(氨，甲烷，可能还有二氧化碳)组成的大大的'脏雪球'”，这是由惠普尔提出的，虽然很多科学家表示赞同，但谁也无法确定，故D是错误的，因此选D。
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41．[答案] B。
第一段主要在阐述电视的强大力量。however带来的转折起着承上启下的作用，“然而，我们是否曾经试图想过这里面的玄机呢?为什么电视在那么短的时间里就战胜了纸媒体和无线电?经过了什么样的较量电视最终控制了大多数的观众?为什么电视成为了工商界趋之若骛的事物呢?”由此可以看出答案B，电视无可比拟的推动优势。
42．[答案] C。
第二段的第一句完全能推出此题的答案为C，“有人认为电视可能不是一种艺术，但是一万五千年前原始人类就在西班牙的阿尔塔米拉山洞里留下了野牛壁画”，这证明绘画远早于文字，并且是人类永远的追求。
43．[答案] E。
第二段前面几句话的列举都是为了说明电视结合了照片和声音的优势，形成了一种连续运动的新作品，即它起源于艺术，最终超越了艺术，故答案为E。44．[答案] A。
第三段阐述了电视广告为什么打动了人们，赢得了人们的青睐。看空白处的下文，“画面只有一只缓缓转动的握紧的拳头，画外音是：它握住了什么?接着拳头打开了，里面什么也没有。它掌握住的只是你的注意力。”这就是在讲述电视台部在为自己招商时候做的一则广告，故只有A符合题意。
45．[答案] F。
要根据后文判断出这道题的答案，“从单位成本到千人成本，从熟知的收视率到占有率，电视广告是每个利益团体和个人绞尽脑汁精益求精的舞台，也是竞争最激烈的商业领域。”因此，只有F恰当地概括了下文的意思。故选F。Part C
46．亚洲拉响了地区性的疾病预防警报。泰国、越南、柬埔寨、韩国、日本和中国政府下令宰杀数百万只鸡，以遏制禽流感的蔓延。
[分析] on…alert意思是“拉响……的警报”，with+名词+动词ing的复合形式作伴随状语。
47．1918年至1919年间“西班牙流感”的大爆发被认为是历史上最大的瘟疫，在短短几个月里导致了全世界一半的人口染病，多达4000万人死亡。[分析] the worst直译为“最差的”，但根据前后文可以意译为“最大的，最恐怖的”。killing的主语也是“西班牙流感”的大爆发。
48．流感也可以感染许多不同种类的温血动物，例如鸟类。但是，流感病毒通常是针对不同种类的动物逐渐产生出不同的变种病毒，跨物种传染的情况很少。
[分析] infect意思是“传染，感染”。develop在这里如果译成“发展”就不合适了，可以意译成“逐渐产生”。
49．首例已知的人类感染病例是1997年5月香港的一名幼儿。到1997年底，13 起病例得到确诊，其中4人死亡，全部发生在香港。为了阻止疾病的蔓延，香港政府下令杀了所有的鸡、鸭、鹅、鹌鹑和家鸽。
[分析] in an attempt to stop意思是“试图阻止”，slaughter这里是名词，“杀害”。 confirmed cases还可以是cases that was confirmed，“确诊的病例”。
50．但是，世界卫生组织担心流感病毒具有很强的适应性，可能跨过物种的障碍传播，认为任何接触过该病的人应该隔离，避免与普通流感病人接触。
[分析] WHO是World Health Organization的缩写，that引导宾语从句。expose to意思是“接触过”，avoid contact with直译为“阻止联系”。Section Ⅲ Writing
Part A
Dear Charles,
I am very glad to hear that you have been appointed General Manager of your company. I know how hard you have worked, and you certainly deserve it. It is a great pity we can't get together soon. I'm going to New York for two weeks but I'll give you a ring when I get back. Meanwhile, all the best wishes for the future.
Yours sincerely,
Anni
Part B
The dawn of this new century witnessed the popularization of mobile phones. Purchases of mobile phones soared. This chart depicts the sales volume of mobile phones domestically and globally. The
statistics show that China, enjoys a sales volume of 18.49 million, increasing by 22.79%, compared with the corresponding period of last year. In the meantime, the global market boasts a sales volume of 132.8 million, increasing by 22%.
Why is there such a dramatic acceleration in the purchase of mobile phones? This phenomenon, for my part, can be attributed to two reasons. Firstly, the fast development of telecommunications technology ignites a huge expansion in mobile production. Secondly, the price of mobile phones has dropped substantially over the past decade, which transformed the mobile phone from an unaffordable luxury into a fashion accessory. A buying spree by people worldwide quickly brought cell phones into millions of households.
As is true of any technological innovation, the development of mobile phones will experience an explosive growth in the foreseeable future. Mobile phones will continue to have a far-reaching impact on both
individuals and society. Mobile phones will revolutionize the way people communicate, gather information, do business, maintain ties with family members and even run the company. The ability to communicate instantly with people in other parts of the world, to have online access to a vast array of information via mobiles-all of these capabilities will open up new possibilities which are unimaginable in the past decades.
考研英语阅读理解模拟试题及答案(三) Passage 11 Dream is a story that a personwatchesor even takes part in during sleep. Dream events are imaginary, but they are related to real experiences and needs in the dreamer's life. They seem real while they are taking place. Some dreams are pleasant, others are annoying, and still others are frightening. Everyone dreams, but some persons never recall dreaming. Others remember only a little about a dream they had just before awakening and nothing about earlier dreams. No one recalls all his dreams. Dreams involve little logical thought. In most dreams, the dreamer cannot control what happens to him. The story may be confusing, and things happen that would not happen in real life. People see in most dreams, but they may also hear, smell, touch, and taste in their dreams. Most dreams occur in color. but persons who have been blind since birth do not see at all in dreams. Dreams are a product of the sleeper's mind. They
Unit 1 一、填单词 1、My job varies between the extremely tedious and the annoyingly busy. __On balance __I think I'm happier during the really busy times; no time to think about how bored I am。我的工作既有特无聊的时候，也有忙得要命 的时候。但总的来说，我在真正忙的时候高兴些，因为在那个时候，我没时间去想我有多厌倦。 2、It is the nature of the wise to___resist__ pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them。明智之人天生会抵制享乐，而愚蠢之人却成了它的奴隶。 3、I figure out a good team of dogs, hitched to a light sled, can _haul__ 1,000 pounds of goods. 一组健壮的狗可以用轻小的雪橇拉动1,000磅的货物。 4、In the story, the little girl has a _wicked__ stepmother, who makes her life a misery. 在这个故事中，小女孩有一个心肠很坏的继母，让她生活很痛苦。 5、Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced -- even a proverb is no proverb to you till your life has __illustrated__ it. 眼见为实——即使是谚语在你没有在生活中得到证明时，也不一定正确。 6、Nowadays almost all libraries are finding it increasingly difficult to remain within their__ budget _ .当前，几乎所有图书馆发现靠他们的预算生存下去越来越难。 7、You can increase a tyre’s grip in winter by slightly __lowering __ its pressure . 冬天可以稍微放点气来增强轮胎的抓力。 8、Lakes Superior, Huron, Erie, and Ontario are shared by the United States and Canada, and form part of the _boundary_between the two
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Section ⅠUse of English Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points) The fitness movement that began in the late 1960s and early 1970s centered around aerobic exercise. Millions of individuals became 1 in a variety of aerobic activities, and 2 thousands of health spas 3 around the country to capitalize on his 4 interest in fitness, particularly aerobic dancing for females. A number of fitness spas existed 5 to this aerobic fitness movement, even a national chain with spas in most major cities. However, their 6 was not on aerobics, 7 on weight-training programs designed to develop muscular mass, 8 , and endurance in their primarily male 9 . These fitness spas did not seem to benefit 10 from the aerobic fitness movement to better health, since medical opinion suggested that weight-training programs 11 few, if 12, health benefits. In recent years, however, weight training has again become increasingly 13 for males and for females. Many 14 programs focus not only on developing muscular strength and endurance but on aerobic fitness as well. 15, most physical fitness tests have usually included measures of muscular strength and endurance, not for health
2020年考研英语阅读模拟试题及答案(2) The fossil remains of the first flying vertebrates, the pterosaurs, have intrigued paleontologists for more than two centuries. How such large creatures, which weighed in some cases as much as a piloted hang-glider and had wingspans from 8 to 12 meters, solved the problems of powered flight, and exactly what these creatures were — reptiles or birds — are among the questions scientists have puzzled over. Perhaps the least controversial assertion about the pterosaurs is that they were reptiles. Their skulls, pelvises, and hind feet are reptilian. The anatomy of their wings suggests that they did not evolve into the class of birds. In pterosaurs a greatly elongated fourth finger of each forelimb supported a winglike membrane. The other fingers were short and reptilian, with sharpclaws. In birds the second finger is the principal strut of the wing, which consists primarily of feathers. If the pterosaurs walked on all fours, the three short fingers may have been employed for grasping. When a pterosaur walked or remained stationary, the fourth finger, and with it the wing, could only turn upward in an extended inverted V shape along each side of the animal’s body. The pterosaurs resembled both birds and bats in their overall structure and proportions. This is not surprising because the design of any flying vertebrate is subject to aerodynamic constraints. Both the pterosaurs and the birds have hollow bones, a feature that represents a savings in weight. In the birds, however, these bones are reinforced more massively by internal struts.
Unit 1 in order to no longer\not…any longer suffer from on purpose be concerned about go through set down get\be tired of get along with join in calm down add up 1.I_________________watching television;let’s go for a walk. 2.We started early_______________arrive before dark. 3.The country has_________________too many wars. 4.They are going to________________the singing. 5.She_________________your safety,you should come back earlier next time. 6.Although I am a new comer, I________________my classmates very well. 7.I didn’t do it_________________. It was an accident. 8.__________________3,4and 5and you\ll get 12. 9.She often_______________headaches. 10.I have ________________everything that the teacher said. Unit 2 because of such as play a part in at present make use of come up even if be based on believe it or not communicate with at the end of make voyages to 1.________________,more than half of our body weight comes to water. 2.Nowadays China______________important____________in the world. 3.A number of questions_______________at the meeting. 4._________________she is working abroad and she will come back next year. 5.This play________________ a true story. 6.We’ll have an exam in English______________January. 7.I think you’d better_______________your spare time better. 8._________________ we achieve great success in our work, we should no be proud. 9.We can now_______________ people on the other side of the world by using internet. 10.The football match was put off______________the terrible weather. Unit 3 be fond of care about change one’s mind make up one’s mind give in give up as usual prefer…to…be familiar with find out give out bring up 1.Can you________________ what time the train leaves? 2.Children are _______________in a better way by their educated mathers. 3.Many boys _______________playing football after school. 4.Li Ping_______________ watching TV at home_____________ going out for playing. 5.Are you_____________ the popular song? 6.She is a brave fighter, she never_______________. 7.Once he has _______________, nothing can change it. 8.My brother does not _____________the details of a book. 9.His father gets up early______________ and does exercise outside. 10.The doctor persuaded my father to_________________ smoking and drinking to much.
Passage One However important we may regard school life to be, there is no denying (否认) the fact that children spend more time at home than in the classroom. Therefore, the great influence of parents cannot be ignored by the teacher. They can become strong help to the school personnel or they can consciously or unconsciously go against the learning aims. Administrators have been aware of the need to keep parents informed of the newer methods used in schools. Many principals have conducted lectures explaining such matter as the reading readiness program, manuscript writing and developmental mathematics. Moreover, the classroom teacher, with the permission of the supervisors, can also play an important role in enlightening parents. The informal tea and the many interviews carried on during the year, as well as new ways of reporting pupil′s progress, can significantly aid in achieving a harmonious interplay between school and home. To illustrate, suppose that a father has been drilling Junior in arithmetic processes night after night. In a friendly inter If the father follows the advice, it is reasonable to assume that he will soon realize his son is making satisfactory progress in mathematics, and at the same time, enjoying the work. Too often, however, teachers′ conferences with parents are devoted to pretty accounts of children′s misbehaviors, complaints about laziness and poor work habits, and suggestion for punishment and rewards at home. What is needed is more creative approach in which the teacher, as a professional adviser, plants ideas in parents′ minds for the best utilization of the many hours that the child spends out of the classroom. In this way, the school and the home join forces in fostering the fullest development of youngst ers′ capacities. (355) 1.The central idea expressed in the above passage is that ［A］home training is more important than school training because a child spends so many hours with his parents. ［B］teachers can and should help parents to understand and further the aims of the school. ［C］there are many ways in which the mathematics program can be implemented at home. ［D］parents unconsciously have gone against the teaching aims. 2.The author directly discusses the fact that ［A］parents drill their children too much in arithmetic. ［B］principals have explained the new art programs to parents. ［C］ a father can have his son help him construct articles at home. ［D］a parent′s misguided efforts can be properly directed. 3.It can reasonably be inferred that the author ［A］is satisfied with present relationships between home and school. ［B］feels that the traditional program in mathematics is slightly superior to the developmental program. ［C］ ［D］is of the opinion that teachers of this generation are inferior to those of the last generation. 4.The author implies that ［A］participation in interesting activities relating to a subject improves one′s achievement in that area.［B］too many children are lazy and have poor work habits. ［C］school principals do more than their share in interpreting the curriculum to the parents. ［D］teachers should occasionally make home visits to parents. 5.We may infer that the writer of the article does favor ［A］a father′s helping his son with the latter′s studies.
考研英语模拟试题：阅读理解 Faces, like fingerprints, are unique. Did you ever wonder how it is possible for us to recognize people? Even a skilled writer probably could not describe all the features that make one face different from another. Yet a very young child-or even an animal, such as a pigeon-can learn to recognize faces. We all take this ability for granted. We also tell people apart by how they behave. When we talk about someone’s personality, we mean the ways in which he or she acts, speaks, thinks and feels that make that individual different from others. Like the human face, human personality is very complex. But describing someone’s personality in words is somewhat easier than describing his face. if you were asked to describe what anice facelooked like, you probably would have a difficult time doing so. But if you were asked to describe anice person,you might begin to think about someone who was kind, considerate, friendly, warm,and so forth. There are many words to describe how a person thinks, feels and acts. Gordon all ports, an American psychologist, found nearly 18 000 English words characterizing differences in people’s behavior. And many of us use this information as a basis for describing, or typing, his personality. Bookworms, conservatives, military types-people are described with such terms. People have always tried totypeeach other. Actors in early Greek
【英语】七年级英语下册选词填空专项练习综合 一、七年级英语下册选词填空专项目练习（含答案解析） 1．根据句意，选词填空，注意有一个是多余的 （2）Suzy writes good ________. （3）The strange rabbit ________ Alice. （4）Get out at ________ A. （5）Mr. Li ________ a four-bedroom flat. 【答案】（1）without （2）articles （3）surprised （4）Exit （5）owns 【解析】【分析】notebooks笔记本；surprised惊讶的；without没有；articles文章；owns 拥有；Exit出口 （1）句意：骆驼没有水可知生存很长时间。根据常识可知骆驼没有水喝可以生存很久，without water没水，故填without。 （2）句意：Suzy写好的文章。good是形容词，修饰名词，article文章，good前面没有表示单数的a/one，所以用复数articles，故填articles。 （3）句意：这个奇怪的兔子使Alice感到惊讶。句子缺少谓语，兔子使Alice感到惊讶，故填surprised。 （4）句意：在出口A出来。Exit A，出口A，故填Exit。 （5）句意：李先生拥有一个四间卧室的公寓。时态是一般现在时，主语是单数Mr. Li，所以own用单三式owns，故填owns。 【点评】考查选词填空，考查词汇在句中的运用能力。注意理解句意，首先读一遍，然后再逐一作答。注意句型、搭配、短语及语境。 2．阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从每个方框内所给11个词汇中选择10个意义相符的词汇，必要时进行词形变化，填入空白处。 He is a little ________ but he can help me do many things. Sometimes I ask him ________ about my homework, and he can give me right answers. When I go shopping, he usually carries the shopping bag for ________. He can also help me do the ________ housework and never feels tired. ________ the future, I think he will help me do more things. He will go ________ with me. ________ he will fly in the air and take me home when I meet traffic jams. So I will have more ________ time to do what I like. I hope it can come ________ one day.
2020年考研英语阅读模拟试题：理学类(5) The once radical notion that birds descended from dinosaurs——or may even be dinosaurs， the only living branch of the family that ruled the earth eons ago——has got stronger and stronger since paleontologists first started taking it seriously a couple of decades ago. Remarkable similarities in bone structure between dinos and birds were the first clue. Then came evidence， thanks to a series of astonishing discoveries in China's Liaoning province over the past five years， that some dinosaurs may have borne feathers. But a few scientists still argued that the link was weak; the bone similarities could be a coincidence， they said. And maybe those primitive structures visible in some fossils were feathers——but maybe not. You had to use your imagination to see them. Not anymore. A spectacularly preserved fossil of a juvenile dinosaur， announced by a team of paleontologists from the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences and New York City's American Museum of Natural History in the latest issue of Nature， is about as good a missing link as anyone could want. “It has things that are undeniably feathers，” exults Richard Prum， of the University of Kansas Natural History Museum，an expert on the evolution of feathers. “But it is clearly a small， vicious theropod similar to the velociraptors that chased the kids around the kitchen in Jurassic Park.” The find helps cement the dinosaur-bird connection， but it also casts new light on the mystery of why nature invented feathers in the first place. For the better part of a century，
Unit 1 、填单词 1、M y job varies between the extremely tedious and the annoyingly busy. __On balanee __I think rm happier during the really busy times; no time to think about how bored I am。我的工作既有特无聊的时候，也有忙得要命的时候。但 总的来说, 我在真正忙的时候高兴些，因为在那个时候，我没时间去想我 有多厌倦。 2、It is the n ature of the wise to _ resist__ pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them 明智之人天生会抵制享乐，而愚蠢之人却成了它的奴隶。 3、I figure out a good team of dogs, hitched to a light sled, can _haul__ 1,000 pounds of goods. 一组健壮的狗可以用轻小的雪橇拉动1,000磅的货物。 4、I n the story, the little girl has a _wicked__ stepmother, who makes her life a misery.在这个故事中，小女孩有一个心肠很坏的继母，让她生活很痛苦。 5、N othing ever becomes real till it is experieneed -- even a proverb is no proverb to you till your life has _ illustrated __ it.眼见为实一一即使是谚语在你没有在生活中得至U证明时，也不一定正确。 6、N owadays almost all libraries are finding it increasingly difficult to remai n within their__ budget _ .当前，几乎所有图书馆发现靠他们的预算生 存下去越来越难。 7、You can in crease a tyres grip in win ter by slightly __loweri ng __ its pressure .冬天可以稍微放点气来增强轮胎的抓力。 8、L akes Superior, Huron, Erie, and Ontario are shared by the United States and Canada, and form part of the _ boundary _between the two
2010考研英语（二）模拟试卷 Section I Use of English Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points) Use of English Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word（s）for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C, or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.（10 points） Among the thousands of business schools now operating around the world you would be hard-pressed to find one that doesn't believe it can teach the skills of entrepreneurship. However, of the people who immediately 1 to mind when one thinks of entrepreneurs——Bill Gates, Richard Branson or Oprah Winfrey, for example—few have done more than 2 a speech at a business school. 3 , a recent study by King's College in London has suggested what many intuitively 4 : that entrepreneurship may actually be in the blood—more to do with genes than classroom experience. All of which 5 the question—does an entrepreneur really need a business-school education? Not surprisingly some of the best-known schools in the field have a 6 answer to this: they don't actually profess to create entrepreneurs, 7 they nurture innate ability. Or as Timothy Faley of the entrepreneurial institute at Michigan's Ross School of Business 8 it: “A good idea is not enough. You need to know how to 9 a good idea into a good business.” Schools do this in a number of ways. One is to 10 that faculty are a mix of classic academics and businesspeople with experience of 11 their own successful firms. They can also create “incubators” where students 12 ideas and rub shoulders on a day-to-day basis with the external business world, receiving both advice and hard cash in the form of investment. Arguably such help is now more important than ever. The modern entrepreneur is faced with a more 13 world than when Richard Branson began by selling records out of a phone box. According to Patrice Houdayer, head of one of Europe's best-known entrepreneurship schools, EMIYON in France, new businesses used to move through a 14 series of growth steps—what he terms garage, local, national and international. Now however, 15 the communications revolution, they can leapfrog these stages and go global more or less straightaway—encountering a whole new 16 of problems and challenges. In this 17 Professor Houdayer maintains that the increasingly 18 nature of MBA classes can help the nascent entrepreneur in three ways: by plugging them into an international network of contacts and advisors, by preparing them for the pitfalls and opportunities 19 with dealing across different cultures and by 20 them to the different ways that business is conducted around the globe.