2006年考研英语真题
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考生姓名2006年全国硕士研究生招生考试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 Don ANSWER SHEET 1. (lOpoints)
The homeless make up a growmg percentage of America's population.
_1_, homelessness has reached such proportions that local governments can't
possibly 2 . To help homeless people 3 independence, the federal
government must support job training programs, __ 4_ the minimum wage, and fund
more low-cost housing.
_5_ everyone agrees on the number of Americans who are homeless. Estimates
_6_ anywhere from 600,000 to 3 million. _7_ the figure may vary, analysts do
agree on another matter: that the number of the homeless is_8_. One of the federal
government's studies _9_ that the number of the homeless will reach nearly 19
million by the end of this decade.
Finding ways to_lQ_ this growing homeless population has become increasingly
difficult. 11 when homeless individuals manage to find a ___l1_ that will give
them three meals a day and a place to sleep at night, a good number still spend the
bulk of each day ___l1_ the street. Part of the problem is that many homeless adults
are addicted to alcohol or drugs. And a significant number of the homeless have
serious mental disorders. Many others, 14 not addicted or mentally ill, simply
lack the everyday 15 skills needed to tum their lives 16 . Boston Globe
reporter Chris Reidy notes that the situation will improve only when there
are 17 programs that address the many needs of the homeless.
18 Edward Zlotkowski, director of community service at Bentley College m
Massachusetts, 19 it, "There has to be 20 of programs. What's needed is a
package deal."
- 1 -1.[A] Indeed
2.[A] stand
3. [A] in
4. [A] raise
5. [A] Generally
6. [A] cover
7. [A] Now that
8. [A] inflating
9. [A] predicts
10.[A] assist
11.[A] Hence
12.[A] lodging
13. [A] searching
14.[A] when
15.[A] life
16.[A] around
17.[A] complex
18.[A] So
19.[A] puts
20.[A] supervision
Part A
Directions: [B] Likewise [C] Therefore [D] Furthermore
[B] cope [C] approve [D] retain
[B] for [C] with [D] toward
[B] add [C] take [D] keep
[B] Almost [C] Hardly [D] Not
[B] change [C] range [D] differ
[B] Although [C] Provided [D] Except that
[B] expanding [ C] increasing [D] extending
[B] displays [C] proves [D] discovers
[B] track [C] sustain [D] dismiss
[B] But [C] Even [D] Only
[B] shelter [C] dwelling [D] house
[B] strolling [C] crowding [D] wandering
[B] once [C] while [D] whereas
[B] existence [C] survival [D] maintenance
[B] over [C] on [D] up
[B] comprehensive [C] complementary [D] compensating
[B] Since [C] As [D] Thus
[B] interprets [C] assumes [D] makes
[B] manipulation [C] regulation [D] coordination
Section II Reading Comprehension
Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)
- 2 -Text 1
In spite of "endless talk of difference," American society is an amazing machine
for homogenizing people. There is "the democratizing uniformity of dress and
discourse, and the casualness and absence of deference" characteristic of popular
culture. People are absorbed into "a culture of consumption" launched by the 19th
century department stores that offered "vast arrays of goods in an elegant atmosphere.
Instead of intimate shops catering to a knowledgeable elite" these were stores "anyone
could enter, regardless of class or background. This turned shopping into a public and
democratic act." The mass media, advertising and sports are other forces for
homogenization.
Immigrants are quickly fitting into this common culture, which may not be
altogether elevating but is hardly poisonous. Writing for the National Immigration
Forum, Gregory Rodriguez reports that today's immigration is neither at
unprecedented levels nor resistant to assimilation. In 1998 immigrants were 9.8
percent of the population; in 1900, 13.6 percent. In the 10 years prior to 1990, 3.1
immigrants arrived for every 1,000 residents; in the 10 years prior to 1890, 9.2 for
every 1,000. Now, consider three indices of assimilation -language, home ownership
and intermarriage.
The 1990 Census revealed that "a majority of immigrants from each of the fifteen
most common countries of origin spoke English 'well' or 'very well' after ten years of
