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08英语考研自测(附答案)

模拟试题[1]
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Simulated Test
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Part I Structure and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences, there are four choices marked A,B,C and D)Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET. (5 points)
1. Mr.Jones, I am really pleased _____ you. And I hope we will be able to see each other in not long time.
A) to meet
B) to have met
C) at meeting
D) having met
2. The two astronauts _____ someday hope it is to fly the craft into earth orbit were fighttesting.
A) that
B) whom
C) whose
D) who
3. The meeting _____ in October, but the plan has been put off again and again.
A) was to have been held
B) ought to have held
C) was to be held
D) must have been held
4. It's true that the old road is less direct and a bit bumpy. We won't take the new one _____ because we feel as safe on it.
A) however
B) though
C) nevertheless
D) whatsoever
5. Every device _____ in the spacecraft must be designed and made with great care so as to be sure that nothing goes wrong in operation.
A) to be fitted
B) fitted
C) fitting
D) to have been fitted
6. There are many kinds of synthetic materials, _____ plastics are the most common.
A) between which
B) of which
C) in which
D) among which
7. I don't believe you are going to have the matter looked into today, _____?
A) are you
B) do you
C) aren't you
D) don't you
8. _____ that a society like the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to children is still needed in a civilized country.
A) How does it come
B) How it comes
C) How did it come about
D) How did it come
9. When we encounter more difficulties, we should be more spirited, and we should be more courageous _____.
A) the more danger we are in
B) the more in danger we are
C) we are in more danger
D) we are in danger more
10. While the total number of farmers engaged in the agriculture production is barely half _____ it used to be in 1959, the size of the average farm has tripled.
A) that
B) what
C) which
D) how

Section B
Directions: Each of the following sentences has four underlined parts marked A,B,C and D)Identify the part of the sentence that is incorrect and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET.(5 points)
11. I often wonder(A) what(B) my life would be like if I didn't go(C) to the beach that afternoon when I was 14(D).
12. After teaching(A) in Renmin University's MBA center for five years, I come(B) to realize that even if(C) political and economic barriers are overcome(D) a major hurdle remains - culture!.
13. Since the United States and Canada academic exchanges(A) in 1979, colleges sand universities in America have responded with(B) great enthusiasm, as(C) has(D) their counterparts from the PRC.
14. Many young consumers do not have(A) steady incomes, so(B) they might have difficulty to borrow(C) money from an agency in business to make loans(D).
15. I cannot come to your dinner party tonight. I was(A) really glad to(B), but I have(C) a precious engagement(D).
16. Panic increased the(A) number of casualties as people jumped into the frozen(B) water or fought to be(C) among the few to board(D) the lifeboats.
17. He often advised Tom not to(A) smoke more cigarettes than is(B) good for(C) his health, but all his efforts ended in vain(D).
18. Change purse, cosmetics, and whatever(A) a woman thinks has(B) to carry, I hide in(C) several paper bags in a see-through(D) shopping bag.
19. There is always resistance to the idea that(A) it is because the birth rate fell earlier in western and nothwestern Europe than elsewhere(B), rather than because(C) if any change in the death rate, which(D) a nation has grown so old.
20. I'll be much obliged(A) if you will be(B) so kind enough(C) as to make suggestions as to(D) how we may improve our work.
Section C
Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences, there are four choices marked A,B,C and D)Choose the one that best completes the sentence.Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET.(10 points)
21. To acquire education is principal way of gaining status in a culture that generally stresses achievement, skillfulness, and upward _____.
A)mobility
B)motivation
C)ambition
D)promotion
22. In order to convince the director to agree on their plan, they _____ a number of reports which supported their argument.
A)brought out
B)brought forth
C)call forth
D)put forward
23. These young people have much to be dissastisfied with, and they sometimes do _____, but on the whole they study hard, knowing the problems the states is facing.
A)grumble
B)frustrate
C)frown
D)perplex
24. Members of the party all appreciate Jackson's wanting to help them _____ their difficulties.
A)come over
B)tide over
C)take over
D)smooth over
25. I have offered a prediction that the reforms run a very high risk of being _____ by a general collapse of confidence in the ruble.
A)set back
B)let down
C)hold back
D)run down
26. This apartment could _____ a family of ten in a minimal space by using sofas,and dual-purpose furniture,all built-in.
A)reside
B)possess
C)embrace
D)accommodate
27. All experts agree that the most important consideration with diet drugs is carefully _____ the risks and benefits.
A)weighing
B)valuing
C)evaluating
D)distinguisting
28. If English is not our first language you can often be puzzled by ways of expression that the native speakers of English does not even have to _____ .
A)think out
B)think about
C)think over
D)think for
29. The bond of true affection had pulled us six very different men from six very different countries across Antarctica;we proved in the end that we weren't very different _____ .
A)for all
B)as usual
C)after all
D)in particular
30. No longer are contributions to computer technology confined to any one country. _____ is this more true than in Europe.
A)Hardly
B)Little
C)Seldom
D)Nowhere
31. That summer I drove west with a friend,and we _____ a little money doing odd jobs and as much as possible visited his relatives.
A)picked up
B)stepped up
C)put aside
D)set aside
32. The body apparently resents being dosed with unusual amounts of a vitamin or mineral and its first _____ is to excrete them.
A)reaction
B)impulse
C)response
D)instinct
33. It is true that there are still abundant reserves of metals which have not yet been _____ ,but it is necessary to take steps to ensure that alternative materiasls are substituted whenever possible.
A)utilized
B)mobilized
C)acquired
D)cultivated
34. Researchers _____ that genes may determine the strength of the immune system,which could help explain how an infectious disease could have a hereditary link.
A)speculate
B)estimate
C)evaluate
D)anticipate
35. She had on the dress that I used to admire more than anything else in her possession a light blue one _____ prettily with lace.
A)ornamented
B)trimmed
C)furnished
D)decorated
36. In a sense,tennis and Taijiquan are similar in that they both require your full attention,and if done _____ ,take your mind off daily problems and preoccupations.
A)successfully
B)consecutively
C)conscientiously
D)compulsorily
37. Such apartments as she saw were either disgustingly dirty or _____ dear,or both.
A)exceedingly
B)substantially
C)unaccountably
D)excessively
38. Deprived of the financial means to remain independent,Thomas Edison was compelled to _____ employment as a night telephone operator.
A)obtain
B)chase
C)explore
D)seek
39. Under her administration,claim the critics, _____ high-rise construction has destroyed the character of the city's downtown,darkening its streets and driving business.
A)rapid
B)rampant
C)speedy
D)random
40. When the tank can carrying poisonous gas ran off the rails,the firemen tried to _____ the village from all traffic.
A)dismiss
B)insulate
C)isolate
D)expel

Part Ⅱ Cloze Test
Directions: For each numbered blank in the following passage, there are four choices labelled A,B,C and D) Choose the best one and put your choice on the ANSWER SHEET.(10 points)

Throughout history, gold has been a precious material, eagerly sought and cherished. It was probably the first metal to be 41 because it is beautiful and imperishable, and because beautiful objects can be made from it even with 42 tools. However, the amount of gold known to ancient peoples probably 43 not much more than the amount produced each year by the world's largest gold mine in South Africa.
The intrinsic value of gold has always been known, even before gold was used in coinage. It 44 the only universally recognized standard of value in international monetary 45 .Most of the world's 46 gold is absorbed by governments and central banks to provide backing for paper 47 ,but the amount of gold used in the arts and in industry is 48 .In 49 to its use for jewelry,decorative finishes,and dentistry, its special properties have 50 many applications in modern science and technology.
41.A)mined B)discovered C)purchased D)manufactured
42.A)delicate B)primitive C)sophisticated D)ingenious
43.A)added B)summed C)amounted D)totalled
44.A)remains B)is remained C)remains as D)remains of
45.A)exchange B)exhibition C)expedition D)excursion
46.A)reformed B)refined C)resolved D)reclaimed
47.A)production B)currency C)replacement D)distribution
48.A)stabilizing B)decreasing C)increasing D)recovering
49.A)comparison B)compensation C)standardization D)addition
50.A)drawn from B)derived from C)led to D)resorted to
Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension
Directions: Each of the passages below is followed by some questions. For each question there are four answers marked A,B,C and D)Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each of the questions. Then mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET I by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil.(40 points)
Passage 1

The full influence of mechanization began shortly after 1850, when a variety of machines came rapidly into use. The introduction of these machines frequently created rebellions by workers who were fearful that the machines would rob them of their work. Patrick Bell, in Scotland, and Cyrus McCormick, in United States, produced threshing machines. Ingrnious improvements were made in plows to compensate for different soil types. Stream power came into use in 1860s on large farms. Hay rakes, hay-loaders, and various special harvesting mechines were produced. Milking machines appeared. The internal-combustion engine run by gasline became the chief power source for the farm.
In time, the number of certain farm machines that came into use skyrocketed and changed the nuture of farming. Between 1940 and 1960, for example, 12 million horses and mules gave way to 5 million tractors. Tractors offer many features that are attractive to farmers. There are, for example, numerous attachments: cultivators that can penetrate the soil to varying depths, rotary hoes that chop needs; spray devices that can spray pesticides in bands 100 feet across, and many others.
A piece of equipment has now been invented or adapted for virtually every laborious hand or animal operation on the farm. In the United States, for example, cotton, tobacco, hay, and grain are planted, treated for pests and diseases, fertilized, cultivated and harvested by machine. Large devices shake fruit and nut from trees, grain and blend feed, and dry grain and hay. Equipment is now available to put just the right amount of fertilizer in just the right place, to spray an exact row width, and to count out, space, and plant just the right number of seeds for a row.
Mechanization is not used in agriculture in many parts of Latin America, Africa. Agriculture innovation is accepted fastest where agriculture is already profitable and progressive. Some mechanization has reached the level of plantation agriculture ub parts of the tropics, but even today much of that land us laboriously worked by people leading draft animals pulling primitive plows.
The problems of mechanization some areas are not only cultural in nature. For examples, tropical soils and crops differ markedly from those in temperate areas that the machines are designed for, so adaptations have to be made. But the greatest obstacle to machanization is the fear in underdeveloped countried that the workers who are displaced by machines would not find work elsewhere. Introducing mechanization into such areas requires careful planning.
51. The first paragraph uses several examples to convey the ideas that _____ .
A) the introduction of machines into agricultural work created rebellions on the part of the farmers
B) the use of internal-combustion engine as a shief power source for the farm produced great influence
C) the mechanization of agricultural work after 1850 gradually robbed many farmers of their work
D) ingenious improvements were made in farming machines in the 1860s to yield production
52. In the first sentence of the second paragraph,the word“skyrocketed”most probably means _____ .
A)became various
B)was updated
C)increased rapidly
D)remained the same
53. In the tropical areas, _____ .
A)mechanization is not yet used in agriculture
B)agriculture is accepted fastest
C)a lot of farm work is still done in the old way
D)mechanization is avoided to save primitive forest
54. By saying that“the problems of mechanizing some areas are not only cultural in nature,the author means _____ .
A)mechanization is not yet introduced in some areas for economic reasons
B)human and animal labour in some areas are less expensive
C)culture is not a factor in obstacling the introduction of mechanization
D)different kinds of mechanized farming tools are used in different cultures
Passage 2

Advertising is a form of selling. For thousands of years there have been individuals who have tried to persuade ohers to buy the food they have produced or the goods they have made or the services they can perform.
But the mass production of goods resulting from the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century made person-to-person selling less effucuent than it previously was for most products. The mass distribution of goods that followed the development of rail and highway systems made person-to-person selling too slow and expensive for almost all companies. At the same time, however, a growth in mass communication occurred first in newspapers and magzines, than radio and television that made mass selling possible. Advertising, then, is merely selling or selemanship functioning in the paid space or time of various mass communication media.
The objective of any advertisement is to convince people that it is in their best interests to take an action the advertiser is recommending. The action may be to purchase a product, go to a showroom to try the product, use a service, vote for political candidate, make a contribution, or even to join the army. Like any personal salesperson, the advertisement tries to persuade. The decision is the prospect's.
While advertising brings the economies of mass selling to the manufacturer, it produces benefits for the consumer ass well. Some of those economies are passed along to the purchaser so that the cost of a product sold primarily through advertising is usually far less than one sold through personal salespeople advertising brings people immediate news about products that have just come on the market. Finally, advertising pays for the programs on commercial television and radio and for about two thirds of the cost publishing magzines and newspapers.
55. Persontoperson sale failed to meet the need _____ .
A)when the Industrial Revolution started
B)when goods began to be produced in great quantities
C)because trains replaced men in carrying goods around
D)as attention was shifted from distribution to production
56. From the last sentence of the second paragraph we learn _____ .
A) advertising is no different from person-to-person selling in substance
B) advertising extends sales promotion to a larger area
C) advertising has greatly improved the production of goods
D) it is very expansive to advertises a new product
57. By saying that“the decision is the prospect's”,the author means _____ .
A) advertisement often persuades people to buy what they don't really want
B) advertisement can never really influence people's ability to decide
C) whether to buy an advertised product is up to the would-be customer
D) the effect of an advertisement on the public is difficult to determine
58. The last paragraph is mainly about _____ .
A)the cost of advertising a product
B)the effect of advertisement on people's lives
C)the benefits advertisement brings
D)various media for advertising products
Passage 3

Historians may well look back on the 1980s in the United States as a time of rising affluence sidebyside with rising poverty. The growth in affluence is attributable to an increase in professional and technical jobs, along with more twocareer couples whose combined incomes provide a “comfortable living”.Yet simultaneously, the nation's poverty rate rose between 1973 and 1983 from 11.1 percent of the population to 15.2,or by well over a third. Although the poverty rate declined somewhat after 1983, it was still held at 13.5 percent in 1987, comprising a population of 32.5 million Americans.
The definition of poverty is a matter of debate. In 1795, a group of English magistrates decided that a minimum income should be “the cost of a gallon loaf of bread, multiplied by three, plus an allowance for each dependent”.Today the Census Bureau defines the threshold of poverty in the United States as the minimum amount of money that families need to purchase a nutritionally adequate diet, assuming they use onethird of their income for food. Using this definition, roughly half the American population was poor in the aftermath of the Great Depression of the 1930s. By 1950, the proportion of the poor had fallen to 30 percent and by 1964, to 20 percent. With the adoption of the Johnson administration's antipoverty programs, the poverty rate dropped to 12 percent in 1969.But since then, it has stopped falling. Liberals contend that the poverty line is too low because it fails to take into account changes in the standard of living. Conservatives say that it is too high because the poor receive other forms of public assistance, including food stamps, public housing subsidies, and health care.
59. In which of the following years did the poor people constitute the largest proportion of the American population?
A)1973
B)1987
C)1969
D)1983
60. It can be inferred that poverty _____ .
A)is defined very concretely in every period
B)is difficult to define in specific terms
C)is defined in material terms
D)is defined according to the standard of each decade
61. Those who consider the poverty line high points out that _____ .
A)the poor people enjoy other benefits
B)the society as a whole is not welloff
C)the poor people may conceal their real income
D)the poor people need less money to support themselves
62. In the eighties, the Americans as a whole _____ .
A)became richer
B)became poorer
C)lived a poorer life than in the seventies
D)needed more jobs to support their families

Passage 4

The more women and minorities make their way into the ranks of management, the more they seem to want to talk about things formerly judged to be best left unsaid.The newcomers also tend to see office matters with a fresh eye, in the process sometimes coming up with critical analyses of the forces that shape everyone's expenience in the organization.
Consider the novel views of Harvey Coleman of Atlanta on the subjest of getting ahead. Coleman is black. He spent 11 years with IBM, half of them working in management development, and now serves as a consultant to the likes of AT & T, Coca Cola, Prudential, and Merch. Coleman says that based on what he's seen at big companies, he weighs the different elements that make for longterm career success as follows: performance counts a mere 10%; image,30%; and exposure, a full 60%. Coleman concludes that excellent job performance is so common these days that while doing your work well may win you pay increases,it won't secure you the big promotion.
He finds that advancement more often depends on how many people know you and your work, and how high up they are.
Ridiculous beliefs? Not to many people, especially many women and members of minority races who, like Coleman, feel that the scales have dropped from their eyes. “Women and blacks in organizations work under false beliefs,”says Kaleel Jamison, a New Yorkbased management consultant who helps corporations deal with these issues. “They think that if you work hard, you'll get ahead that soneone in authority will reach down and give you a promotion.” She added, “Most women and blacks are so fightened that people will think they've gotten ahead because of their sex or color that they play down their visibility.” Her advice to those folks: learn the ways that white males have traditionally used to find their way into the spotlight.
63. According to the passage,“things formerly judged to be best left unsaid”(Para.1)probably refers to“ _____ ”.
A)the opinions which contradict the established beliefs
B)criticisms that shape everyone's experience
C)the tendencies that help the newcomers to see office matters with a fresh eye
D)the ideas which usually come up with new ways of management in the organization
64. To achieve success in your career,the most important factor,according to the passage,is to _____ .
A)work as a consultant to your superiors
B)project a favorable image to the people around you
C) let your superiors know how good you are
D)perform well your tasks given by your superiors
65. The reason why women and blacks play down their visibility is that they _____ .
A)know that someone in authority will reach down and give them a promotion
B)don't want people to think that their promotions were due to sex or color
C)don't want to give people the impression that they work under false beliefs
D)believe they can get promoted by reason of their sex or color
66. The best title for this passage would be _____ .
A)The Importance of Being Visible
B)Role of Women and Minorities in Management
C)Job Performance and Advancement
D)Sex and Career Success
Passage 5

I came to live here where I am now between Wounded Knee Creek and Grass Creek. Others came too, and we made there little gray houses of logs that you see, and they are square. It is a bad way to live, for there can be no power in a square.
You have noticed that everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the Power of the World always works in circles, and everything tries to be round. In the old days when we were a strong and happy people, all our power came to us from the sacred hoop of the nation, and so long as the hoop was unbroken, the people flourished.The flowering tree was the living center of the hoop, and the circle of the four quarters nourished it .The east gave peace and light, the south gave warmth, the west gave rain, and the north with its cold and mighty wind gave strength and endurance. This knowledge came to us from the outer world with our religion.
Everything the Power of the World does is done in a circle. The sky is round, and I have heard that the earth is round like a ball, and so are all the stars. The wind, in its greatest power, whirls. Birds make their nests in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours. The sun comes forth and goes down again in a circle. The moon does the same, and both are round. Even the seasons form a great circle in their changing, and always come back again to where they were. The life of a man is a circle from childhood to childhood, and so it is in everything where power moves. Our tepees were round like the nests of birds, and these were always set in a circle, the nation's hoop, a nest of many nests,where the Great Spirit meant for us to hatch our children.
But the Wasichus have put us in these square boxes. Our power is gone and we are dying, for the power is not in us any more. You can look at our boys and see how it is with us. When we were living by the power of the circle in the way we should, boys were men at twelve or thirteen years of age. But now it takes them very much longer to mature.
67. From the passage, we can see that the Indians _____ .
A)don't have modern facilities in their homes
B)are content to live where they are
C)are strongly dissatisfied with their present status
D)are demanding better housing conditions
68. To the narrator, roundness stands for _____ .
A)a future better life
B)the past glorious life
C)the past achievements of the Indians
D)nature around the Indians
69. In the third sentence of paragraph 2,the “four quarters”refers to _____ .
A)the four corners of the Indians' houses
B)the four elements that are believed to make up everything
C)the four seasons
D)the four directions
70. In the first sentence of paragraph 4, “Wasichus” probably refers to _____ .
A)the Indian's enemies
B)the white men
C)the Great Spirit
D)the Power of the World

Part IV EnglishChinese Translation
Read the following passage carefully and then translate the underlined sentences into Chinese.(15 points)

There's a lot of information technology packed between the leather cheeks of your wallet cheque cards,credit cards,travel cards,phone cards.(71) The world of finance in particular has come up with numerous devices that have made their way into our back pocket-to make it easier to spend,but,just as important,to keep track .The number of financial transactions in the UK has risen enormously in recent years.Excluding small daily cash deals,there are now more than 1000 transactions per person annually.(72) And for every one a record must be made of the sum,the parties involved and the purpose.
73) Plastic money is big business:there are more than 420 million Visa cards alone on the planet,worth something in the region of &700 billion,and the total of plastic transactions is expected to reach &4.8 billion in Britain by the end of the century.
Common to all cards is that they are made of PVC(plastic)and have ferro-magnetic strip on the back-the same stuff as video tape.On most strips,information(such as the current account number)is encoded by laser on two or three tracks.(74) What is never recorded on the strip is the PIN(personal identification number)-the holder's secret password for withdrawing money.
75) When a card is placed in an ATM,a motorized reader scans the magnetic strip,requests the user's PIN,checks the balance and,all being well,dispenses the cash. If the user enters three wrong PINs,the card is retained and recorded stolen.
As today's technology goes,the magnetic strip that allows all this to happen is pretty primitive:OK for travel cards and season tickets,but not a reliable anti-security measure.It can be read by simple scanning machines that can be bought over the counter at electronic stores.
With the introduction of smart cards and electronic money,security will cease to be a problem-at least for a while -and all other cards will be irrelevant.The wallet of the future may be slimmer,but the data in it will be denser than ever.

Part V Writing (15 points)
Directions:
A)Title: On TV Viewing
B)You should write an essay on the outline below in no less than 150 words.
C)Your essay should be written on Answer Sheet II
Outlines:
1.Advantasges of TV Viewing
2.Disadvantasges of TV Viewing
3.Your comments on it.






















研究生入学考试模拟英语试题[1]讲评:
[词汇与结构] [完型填空] [阅读理解] [英译汉] [写作]

Part I Structure and Vocabulary
Section A
1. (B)
从句意看, 是两人在分手以前说的话,表明会晤已经结束,因此应用完成式;to be pleased/happy/glad(to do sth.)要求用不定式作状语。只有B为正确答案。I am pleased to meet you是初次见面经过介绍后的寒暄用语,注意与题句的区别。
2. (C)
whose在从句中作定语,相当于…it is(their hope)/the hope of the two astronauts to fly…。
3. (A)
此题可以从两方面分析。第一,句子的主语是meeting,与“举行”hold之间是受动关系,应为被动结构,据此,B可以排除。第二,此句是含蓄虚拟条件句,转折连词but引导的分句暗示“会议没有开成”,而是“一次又一次地延期”,was to have done结构表示与过去事实相反的含义,因此,A为正确答案。to be to do sth.可以表示“计划”、“安排”等意义,但不表示虚拟即没有实现的计划、安排,所以C是错的。D.must have done表示对过去事情的肯定推测,显然与句意不符。
4. (B)
though在此处是副词,意为“可是”、“不过”、“然而”,一般用在句尾,而however,nevertheless多用在句首或句中,从词的使用位置上看A、C便是错误的。另外,nevertheless表示让步意义,用在句中语义上不通。whatsoever是whatever的强调形式,意为“任何的”,放在所修饰的词之后,但句子中已说明是new one(road),可见不是“任何的(路)”,D也是错误的。
5. (A)
此处用不定式是指“(将)要装配在宇宙飞船上的每个器械必须精心设计制做……”,我们知道不定式与动名词的区别之一是不定式表示即将实现的动作,而动名词可以表示已实现的动作。另外不定式在句中作device的定语,与它的关系是受动,所以C是错误的。fitted是过去分词,作后置定语时表示一种状态,与句意不符。如果选D,那么句子前后矛盾,因为后半句说明对器械的设计和制做还没有进行,装配怎么可能已经完成了呢?所以D是错误的。
6. (D)
关系代词which替代的是synthetic materials,实际上要求选择的是介词。between指两者之间,而句子中是many kinds,of在与形容词最高级连用表示比较范围时,多用于all等确定的范围,如of all the synthetic materials,plastics are the most common,而句中的many 是个不确定的概念。in在表示比较范围时,后接的名词多有整体范围的含义,试比较:He is the best student in his class. He is the best student of the three . among“在……当中”,相当于…plastics are the most common among sythetic materials。
7. (A)
在I think (believe,suppose)等表示主观意念、看法的句型中,结构上要求从句谓语的否定要转移至主句中,所以I don't believe you are going to…相当于I believe you are not going to…,而附加疑问句要在意义上而不是在结构上与主句一致。因此选A不能选B或C。
8. (A)
首先应分析出句子的时态环境是现在时,所以应排除B、D。此句是疑问句,应将助动词does移至主语前,构成疑问句结构,因此只有A为正确答案。it是形式主语,that从句是实际主语。how does it come…意为“……怎么会……”。
9. (B)
句子要填充的部分是the more…“越……越……”结构,the more在本句中修饰的是in danger,意为“越是处于危险状况(越应该勇敢)”。其他几个选择项都是错误的。
10. (B)
…half what it used to be 相当于half the number that it used to be,what既代替先行词the number又引导一个从句,其他几个选择项均没有这个功能。

Section B
11. (C)错,应改为hadn't gone
if引导的是假设条件句,动作又发生在过去(我十四岁时),所以应用与过去事实相反的虚拟语气结构hadn't gone。
12. (B)错,应改为have come
改为现在完成时,表示“在人民大学MBA中心教了五年书”这一经历对现在产生的影响、结果。A中teaching可以不用having taught形式,因为after一词本身有“以后”的含义,没有错。
13. (D)错,应改为have
题句的错误设置涉及主谓一致的问题。as引导的比较从句中主语是counterparts复数形式,因此谓语也应采用相应的复数形式have。注意:比较从句中如果主语是名词短语,经常采用主谓倒装结构,尤其为主语较长时(如题句),更是如此。例如:He contributed more to his country than did any of his contemporaries.
14. (C)错,应改为borrowing
have difficulty/problem/trouble doing sth.是一个固定用法,只能接动名词,不能接不定式。
15. (A)错,应改成would be
题句是一个含蓄虚拟条件句,第一句已经明确说明“我不能去赴晚宴”,接下来应理解为:“要能去的话我当然很高兴了,但是……”。but一词的转折含义实际上否定了前半句的内容,即“去不了”,所以A是错的。另外,句子说的是现在的情况,was从时态上理解也不对。
16. (B)错,应改成freezing
freezing此处意为“冰冷的”,而过去分词frozen表示一种状态“冰冻的”,显然是不能“跳入结冰的水中”,不符合逻辑,因为frozen water的含义是“水冻成了冰”。
17. (B)错,应改成are
比较从句中主语cigarettes为复数,这里省略了,所以谓语应用are,与主语在数上保持一致。关于比较句中主语的省略,请看下例:
He said that the situation there was not so bad as(the situation)had been painted.
18. (B)错,应改成she has
she在think后接的宾语从句中作主语,是不能省略的,否则结构上是错误的。
19. (D)错,应改成that
这是一个there be句型句子,主语是resistance to the idea,that从句是idea的同位语从句。其中it is…that…是强调句型,因为强调的内容较长,故用了一个逗号,切不可将后半部分理解为限定性定语从句。
20. (C)错,应改成so kind,去掉enough
此处是so as to do sth. 结构。也可以用…kind enough to make suggestions…。

Section C
21. (A)
mobilty在句中指“(在社会地位方面的)变动性”。motivation“动机”;ambition“上进心”、“进取”;promotion“提升”、“晋职”。句意为:“在一个重视成就、技能和社会地位的文化中,接受教育是获取地位的主要途径。”ambition和promotion本身含有upward的意思,用在句中不合适。
22. (B)
bring forth“提出”;bring out“使显出”;call forth“唤起”;put forward“提出(建议、意见、理论)”,一般不与report构成动宾语义结构。
23. (A)
grumble“抱怨”,与complain同义;frustrate“挫败”、“使感到灰心”,如果用被动语态be frustrated还讲得通;frown“皱眉”;perplex“迷惑不解”。
24. (B)
tide over“渡过困难关”、“克服(困难)”;come over“过来”,注意不要与overcome混淆;take over“接管”;smooth over“平息”、“掩饰”。
25. (A)
set back“阻碍”、“推迟”、“延缓”;let down“放下”、“降低”、“使失望”;hold back“阻止”、“抑制”,用在句中形式不对,应是过去分词held back;run down“撞倒”、“追捕”。
26. (D)
accommodate“为……提供住宿”;reside“居住”,是非及物动词;possess“拥有、占有”;embrace“拥抱”、“包含”。
27. (A)
weigh在句中的意思是“权衡(利弊)”;value“评价”、“估价”;evaluate“估价”、“评价”;distinguish“区别开”,常接between或distinguish…from…。
28. (B)
think about:exercise the power of thought“思考、考虑”;think over:reflect on,ponder“仔细考虑”;think out:subject to the process of logical thought in order to reach a conclusion“通过思考把……理出个头绪,想出……”;think for不是固定搭配。根据句意“……讲母语的人根本不用想就会用的表达方式”应选think about。
29. (C)
after all“到底”、“毕竟”;for all“尽管”,引导表示让步的词组或句子不出现在句尾;as usual“照例”;in particular“尤其”。按句意“……最终证明我们毕竟没有什么不同”,应选after all。
30. (D)
题句中第二个句子是倒装句,由否定词置于句首引起。主语为this,正常语序为this is more true nowhere than in Europe。因为是两个地点相比较,所以应选择能够表示地点的词nowhere。
31. (A)
pick up:get in a casual manler“无意地得到”,pick up a little money doing odd jobs“靠做零工弄到点钱”;step up“加紧”;put aside“储存”;set aside“留出”,这两个词组虽然都可以和money连在一起使用,但从全句的角度去理解是不合适的。
32. (B)
impulse“冲动”;reaction“反应”;response“回答”、“响应”;instinct“本能”。
33. (A)
utilize“利用”;mobilize“动员”;acquire“获得”,acquire knowledge(education),不说acquire reserves;cultivate“培植”、“培育”。
34. (A)
speculate“推测、推断”;estimate“估计”;evaluate“评估”、“评价”;anticipate“预期”、“预料”。
35. (B)
trim“装饰”、“点缀”,trim a dress with lace“给衣服饰花边”;ornament“装饰”、“美化”,ornament a hall with paintings“用画装饰大厅”,ornament用在题句中意思没有trim贴切;furnish“布置(房屋)”;decorate“装璜”。
36. (C)
conscientiously“认真”、“一丝不苟地”;consecutively“连续地”、“连贯地”;successfully“成功地”;compulsorily“强制地”。句中前部分已有require your full attention,所以应用conscientiously“认认真真专心地做才能使大脑摆脱日常烦恼和思考”。
37. (C)
unaccountably dear“极其昂贵(贵得无法计算)”;exceedingly,excessively“极其昂贵”、“过分地”;substantially“实质性地”。这几个词习惯上不用来修饰dear。
38. (D)
seek employment“找工作”、“谋职”;obtain“获得”,是寻找的结果;chase“追逐”、“追求”;explore“探索”、“探究”。
39. (B)
rampant“不能控制的”;rapid,speedy“迅速的”,迅速建造高层楼房并不一定会破坏城市的特色,用在句中意思不够准确;random“胡乱的”、“任意的”。
40. (C)
isolate“隔离”、“分开”;dismiss“解散”、“解雇”;insulate“隔离”、“绝缘”;expel“驱逐”、“排出”。
Part Ⅱ Cloze Test

短文大意:由于黄金色泽美丽和不易损坏的特点,它一直是人们寻找并珍藏的宝贵物质。在被用来铸币之前,人们就已了解了黄金自身的价值。黄金除了用作发行纸币的储备,还用于加工成首饰和镶牙,它在现代科学技术领域里也有着广泛的用途。
段首句译文:“有史以来,黄金一直是人们热切寻找并小心珍藏的宝贵物质。”
41. (A) mined
虽然黄金有可能是最先被发现的或最先被买卖的金属,但从上下文逻辑关系分析,由because引导的表示原因的从句提示,在这里B.discovered(发现)和C.purchased(购买)都不合逻辑。黄金是一种天然物质,并非人工制造,故D.manufactured(制造)也可排除。A.mined(开采、采矿)为惟一正确选择。
42. (B) primitive
从上下文看,本段主要讲古人对金子的认识及利用。另外,本句破折号后副词even提示此处应有让步的含义,所以B.primitive(原始的、简单的、粗糙的)为正确选择。A.delicate(精细的、精致的、灵敏的),C.sophisticated(复杂的)和D.ingenious(聪明的、天才的)都不合逻辑。
译文:“由于黄金有美丽和不易损害的特性,并且由于可以用黄金制成美丽的物品——甚至可以用原始工具来制造,黄金很可能是最先被开采的金属。”
43. (D) totalled
本题主要考动词用法。四个选择项所给动词都有“总计”、“总量为”的意思,但只有D.totalled 可作为及物动词,是惟一正确选择。
译文:“然而,古人知道的黄金总量,很可能比位于南非的世界最大金矿的年开采量多不了多少。”
选项用法举例:These figures add up to 2000.“这些数目加起来的总和是2000。”The food sums up to $1000.“这些食品总计1000元。”The company's reserve fund now amounts to $ 30000000.“这家公司的公积金现在达到了3000万美元。”
44. (A) remains
本题考动词用法。remain是不及物动词,常用作系动词,后面跟形容词或名词作表语,意为:“保持”、“依然”、“仍是”。
选项用法举例:He remained silent.“他保持缄默。”Man remained a hunter for thousands of years.“人类靠狩猎为生达数千年之久。”He ate much but remained thin[KG*8].“他吃得很多但仍然很瘦。”After the fire,very little remained of my house[KG*8].“火灾后,寒舍所剩无几。”
45. (A) exchange
B.exhibition(展览),C.expedition(远征、探险),D.excursion(短途旅行、游览)与monetary(钱的、货币的)搭配使用都不合逻辑。A.exchange意为:“交换”、“兑换”、“交易”,在这里符合文意。
译文:“黄金的内在价值在它被用来铸币之前就已为人们所了解。在国际货币交易中,它仍是惟一被世界公认的价值标准。”
46. (B) refined
本题四个选项都是作定语用的动词的过去分词形式,应辨清词义。A.reformed通常指“改革”、“改造”、“改良”;B.refined指原材料的“提炼”、“加工”、“提纯”;C.resolved有“分解”、“溶解”的意思;D.reclaimed指“回收”、“改造”、“开垦”。从上下文看,只有B.refined gold最合题意。
选项用法举例:a reformed man,“一个改过自新的人”;to reform the world,“改造世界”;refined oil,“精油”;refined lead,“提炼过的铅”;refined manners,“文雅的举止”;to resolve chemical compounds by heat,“加热分解化合物”;to resolve water into oxygen and hydrogen,“把水分解为氧和氢”;to reclaim land from the sea“填海造田”;to reclaim raw materials from industrial waste water,“从工业废水中回收原料”;to reclaim somebody from error,“纠正某人的错误”。
47. (B) currency
根据常识可以判断出,政府和银行储备黄金不是用来造纸(paper production)、分配纸张(paper distribution)或以其他材料代替纸张(paper replacement),故本题只有paper currency为正确选择。
48. (C) increasing
本句中连词but要求下半句与上半句表达的“大多数黄金……”呈转折关系,故应选C.increasing(增加)而不能选它的反义词B.decreasing(减少)。A.stabilizing(稳定)和D.recovering(恢复)在这里都不能表达逻辑转折关系,不合文意。
译文:“世界上绝大多数纯金由各国政府和中央银行收管以作为发行纸币的黄金储备,但用于艺术领域和工业生产的黄金总量也在日益增加。”
49. (D) addition
本题考词组,除根据文意外还可以从搭配的角度分析。A.comparison,B.compensation,C.standardization都不能用于in…to的结构。正确的搭配是:in comparison with(与……比较),in compensation for(作为对……的补偿)或in the standardization of (在……标准化的过程中)。只有D.addition可用于in …to结构。in addition to意为:“除……之外”,符合文意。
50. (C) led to
黄金的特殊属性和它在科技领域中的应用这两方面是因果关系,前者是因,故应选C.led to(导致)。若选A.drawn from(获取、自……提取)或B.derived from(得自、来自、起源于)则因果关系颠倒了。D.resort to意为:“求助”、“凭借”,在此不合文意。
译文:“除了用作首饰、用来镀金装饰以及用于牙医行业外,黄金的特性使它在现代科学技术领域里也得到了多项应用。”

Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension
51. (B)
意为:“内燃机(internal-combustion machine)作为主要能源在农业上的应用产生的巨大影响”。工业革命于19世纪60年代开始于英国,其主要推动力和标志是内燃机的发明,表现形式是逐渐的机械化,农业也不例外。文章第一段指出1850年后不久,机械化的影响逐渐展开,各种机器迅速投入使用,引起了人们的抵抗,因为他们惧怕因此会被机器代替,失去工作(rob them of their work)。下文列举了犁、干草耙、装草机、收割机、挤奶机等几种重要机械农具的发明,用以说明第一段第一句和最后一句所概括的内容。最后一句可译为:“以汽油作燃料的内燃机成为农具的主要动力(power source)”。
52. (C)
该词原意为“焰火”、“高空火箭”,本句是一个比喻,意为:突然升起、猛涨。该句可译为:“不久,使用的农机具的数量猛增,这改变了农耕的性质。”
53. (C)
意为:“许多农活还是用传统方式做”。第四段指出,在拉丁美洲、非洲和东方(the Orient)许多人口密集的地区,使用人力和牲畜耕作比用机器便宜,农业尚未机械化;农业越多产越进步的地方,农业革新的速度越快。但是,即使在今天,这些地区的大部分土地还要靠牲畜(draft animals)拉着原始的犁吃力地耕作。
54. (A)
意为:“某些地区未实现机械化是由于经济方面的原因”。最后一段指出,在某些地区实行机械化从本质上来看并不仅是个文化问题,例如:热带土壤和作物与温带(temperate areas)明显不同,所以,为温带设计的农具不能用于热带,必须加以改造。但是,实现机械化最大的障碍是:落后国家的农民害怕被机器代替(displaced),失去谋生手段。后者是经济原因。
55. (B)
意为:“当货物批量生产时”。第二段第一句指出,19世纪工业革命以后,产品的批量生产使得面对面的推销方式(person?.to?.person selling)在推销大多数产品时跟不上需要了,虽然这种方式此前曾行之有效。随着火车(rail)和公路的建设,批量集散货物成为现实,面对面的销售显得极为缓慢且成本高,同时,继报纸、杂志等媒体(mass communication)后,收音机、电视机相继问世,使大量的销售进一步成为现实。广告只不过是花钱利用各种大众传媒的时间和版面完成销售或推销的目的。
56. (A)
意为:“广告与面对面直销的方式本质上没什么区别”。该句可译为:“可见,广告只不过是花钱利用各种媒体的时间和版面完成销售或推销的目的。”
57. (C)
意为:“买不买做广告的产品取决于消费者”。该句可译为:“决定权在消费者手里。”第三段旨在说明广告的作用:说服、劝诱消费者购买某种商品,如此而已,因为,买不买是消费者的事。prospect在此意为:(可能的)顾客、(潜在的)消费者。
58. (C)
意为:“广告的益处”。第四段指出,广告在给生产者带来批量销售的方式的同时,也为消费者带来许多利益。本段第二、三、四句分别从产品价格、市场信息、传媒价格三方面说明了广告给消费者带来的利益。
59. (D)
根据第一段第三、四句,1983年的贫困人口比例是15.2%,1973年是11.1%,1987年是13.5%。从第二段我们知道,1969年是12%。
60. (A)
文章第二段第一句指出,贫困线的确定是有争议的。但从第二段中提到的两个历史阶段所确定的贫困线来看,它们都有特别具体的规定,如1795年对贫困线的规定是:最低收入等于1加仑面包的价钱乘以3再加上养活受赡养者的开支。今天美国人口普查局将最低收入规定为:假设1/3用于购买食品,一个家庭的最低收入必须足以为家庭成员购得营养充足的食物。C不对。由以上的分析可见,最低收入不仅以实物(material)的形式确定,还以价格等形式确定。
61. (A)
根据文章最后一句得知他们的理由是:穷人还享受食品和住房补贴、公共医疗等其他形式的补助。B意为:“社会从整体来讲就不富裕。”
62. (A)
文章第一句指出,美国的80年代可以被看作是贫富人口俱增的时代。[CM(36]第二句分析了富裕户增长的原因,第三句给出了贫困率增长的幅度。虽然存在着这两[CM(36]方面的倾向,但就其总体而言(asawhole,见提问),美国人的生活水平应该是提高了的。
63. (A)
意为:“与旧有的观点不一样的意见”。第一段指出,随着越来越多的妇女和少数民族进入高级管理层(the ranks of management),他们越来越想谈论以前认为最好不说的事情。新来者也倾向于用新眼光(with a fresh eye)看办公中的事情,有时对于公司培养(影响)人的做法提出批评。第二句提到了“新看法”,所以,第一句是好理解为:与旧有的观点不一样的意见。
64. (C)
意为:“让上司知道你的工作干得是多么好”。这实际上是科尔曼的观点。在第二段,作者引用了科尔曼的观点,在他看来,人的成功百分之六十靠的是宣扬自己(exposure),他认为,能做好工作的人今天司空见惯,虽然做好工作可能提高工资,但是却不一定能带来实质性的晋升,晋升更多地取决于:有多少人了解你,了解你的工作,了解你的人在公司里地位的高低(how high up they are)。
65. (B)
意为:“不想让人认为他们的晋升是出于性别和皮肤原因”。即:不想让人误以为老板是因为喜欢她或让别人知道自己对不同肤色的人公平看待才给他们晋升的。最后一段指出,科尔曼的观点是否有点荒唐呢?对于许多人来说,特别是对妇女和像科尔曼这样的少数民族的人来说并不荒唐,因为他们感到自己已看到事情的本质(the scales have dropped from their eyes)。贾米森在纽约做管理顾问,帮助公司处理这方面的事务,她说:“公司工作的妇女和黑人经常有些错误认识,认为只要努力工作,就会有晋升的机会——领导层的人会下顾(reach down),给你升职。妇女和黑人大都害怕人们会认为他们升职是因为自己的性别或肤色,所以他们尽量不出头露面宣扬自己(play down their visibility)。”对于这些人,她的忠告是:学学男人白人们引人注目(find their way into the spotlight)的一贯做法。
66. (A)
意为:“引人注目的重要性”或“宣扬自己的重要性”。
67. (C)
本文从一个印第安人的角度,以非常形象的叙事方式,通过圆与方的对比,表达了印第安人对保留地(reservation)上的生活的不满和对他们原生活方式的怀恋。这一点在第一、四段中表达得尤其清楚。A、D都不对。从第二、三段的叙述可以看出,印第安人怀恋的与其说是他们的物质生活,不如说是他们原有的精神文化生活。
68. (B)
文章第二段第二句指出,在他们强盛幸福的日子里,他们的一切活动都在一个圆形的环境下进行。注意本段中的下列用词:circle,round,hoop,unbroken。印第安人住的帐篷(tepee)也是圆形的,伟大的神灵让他们在里面繁衍后代,代代不息(见第三段最后一句)。由此可见,“圆形”对印第安人来说象征着力量和他们失去的美好生活。
69. (D)
本段第四句是对第三句的诠释,可见,这里four quarters指的是东西南北四方位,印第安人居其中并受益于四方。B意为:“被认为构成万物的四大元素”。许多民族认为世界万物是由水、土、气、火四元素构成的(如古希腊人)。C不对。第三段才提到了周而复始、循环不已的四季,所以,这里不可能指四季。
70. (B)
这句意为:Wasichus将我们放置到这些“方盒子”(指第一段第二句中的little gray houses of logs)里。我们知道,美洲本来是印第安人的家园,白人到来后将他们驱赶走并最终给他们划分了所谓的“保留地”。所以,这里the Wasichus当指白人。
Part IV EnglishChinese Translation
短文大意: 人们钱夹中装了不少信息技术产品,如支票卡、信用卡、旅行卡、电话卡。
目前全球有4.2亿个Visa卡,价值7000亿英镑,预料到本世纪末,英国信用卡交易额将达到480亿英镑。
随着技术的发展,信用卡上的磁条还是原始的技术,不够安全,因为在电子产品商店购买的简单扫描机都可以读。
在智能卡和电子钱面世后,安全将不再是问题。
71. 这是一个简单复合句。句架是The world of finance…has come up with…devices that…。that引导定语从句,修饰devices。to make it easier to spend一直到句末是动词不定式短语,引导目的状语;just as important等于it is just as important as to keep track。句子中 in paticular作“特别地”讲; come up with作“提出”讲; make one's way作“前往”讲; keep track 作“跟上……的进展”讲。
72. 这是一个简单句。句架是record a of the sum,the parties involved and the purpose must be made。为了避免头重脚轻,把主语的定语都挪到谓语动词后面去了。
73. 这里一个并列复合句,由and连接。句架是plastic money is big business,…and its total…is expected to reach…by…。前面句子中冒号后面的内容是用来说明big business的,worth…可以理解为省略了which are的非限制性定语从句,修饰前面的事实。
74. 这是一个简单复合句。句架是what…in the PIN。破折号后面的内容是用来说明PIN的。句首what…到strip是名词从句,在句中做主语。
句子中PIN即个人身份证号码。
75. 这是一个简单复合句。句架是when a card is…,a reader scans…,requests…,dispenses the cash。前面when……引导时间状语从句,后面的主句里是一个主语,四个并列的谓语。请注意,局面句子中all being well是独立格分词短语,作最后一个谓语的状语。句子中ATM是自动提款机;motorized作“机动的”讲;scan是“扫描”的意思;magnetic strip作“磁条”讲。
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Part I Structure and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences,there are four choices marked A,B,C and D)Choose the one that best completes the sentence.Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET.(5 points)
1. They must have been enjoying themselves there,or they _____ so long.
A)can't have stayed
B)wouldn't have stayed
C)needn't have stayed
D)couldn't stay
2. No two people can be half an hour together _____ one shall gain an evident superiority over the other.
A)but
B)when
C)if
D)because
3. By the time you arrive home,I _____ for several hours,so please don't make a noise when you come in.
A)shall be sleeping
B)shall have slept
C)shall sleep
D)shall have been sleeping
4. Just as no two words are truly synonoyms, _____ no two different expressions,or ways of expressions,can mean exactly the same thing.
A)so
B)as
C)that
D)therefore
5. One should never lose one's heart when _____ with temporary difficulties.
A)being confronted
B)confronted
C)having been confronted
D)confronting
6. Rather than _____ everything to the last minute,he always prefers to start early.
A)leave
B)to leave
C)leaving
D)leaves
7. _____ about one million years ago,the fossil record shows an accelerating growth of human brain.
A)Starting
B)Having started
C)Having been started
D)Being started
8. Public goods are those commodities _____ enjoyment nobody can be effectively excluded.
A)in which
B)whose
C)from whose
D)in whose
9. Only when the process of meeting the basic need for food reached a certain level of sophistication _____ to follow other pursuits.
A)it was possible for humans
B)was it possible for humans
C)were humans possible
D)possible for humans it was
10. Very few will doubt that it is science that has at once quickened the demand for general education in modern times _____ made the education itself effective.
A)as well as
B)but also
C)and also
D)and
Section B
Directions: Each of the following sentences has four underlined parts marked A,B,C and D)Identify the part of the sentence that is incorrect and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET.(5 points)
11. You can't avoid stress in modern life. Attempting (A) to do it (B) would (C) create stress by yourself (D) .But you can find better ways to cope with it.
12. Neither the President nor (A) the members of the Cabinet wishes (B) to comment (C) on the matter at this moment (D) .
13. Opposed to (A) the idea that we use (B) gasoline for rapid transit development gives (C) me a springboard for (D) my candidacy.
14. He visited (A) the British Museum, where (B) he spent half his time not attracted (C) by the museum itself,but by its extensive library facilities for (D) scientific research.
15. I couldn't live (A) till today without my grandmother and she would not (B) survive in her later days (C) without me.Both my grandmother and I rely on each other so as to (D) exist in this world.
16. Proof-reading is uninteresting (A) , still less (B) so (C) when it is one's (D) own work.
17. One third (A) of cancers are (B) preventable,while a further third can be routinely (C) cured if it is detected (D) early,according to a recent WHO report.
18. To quote from (A) Albert Einstein,science is the attempt (B) to make the chaotic diversity (C) of our sense experience correspond to a logical uniform (D) system of thought.
19. Iron (A) is not the most abundant metal on earth (B) nor is one (C) with (D) the oldest tradition.
20. Teachers themselves (A) are often judged by examination results and,instead of teaching their subjects,they are reduced (B) to train (C) their students in (D) exam techniques.
Section C
Direction: Beneath each of the following sentences,there are four choices marked A,B,C and D)Choose the one that best completes the sentence.Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET.(10 points)
21. The father was thoroughly dishonest and the son _____ him.He has already been in the courts for stealing.
A)seeks after
B)takes after
C)gets the best of
D)counts on
22. I took the children to the Zoo today to _____ the party they missed the other day.
A)provide for
B)look for
C)take delight in
D)make up for
23. They were having a violent quarrel but _____ when I came in.
A)broke up
B)cut off
C)broke off
D)hung up
24. Children used to _____ their parents;now they are inclined to regard them as equals.
A)turn on
B)look up to
C)stand up for
D)hang on to
25. In some child-centered families,the children and their possessions take over most of the house,and the younger ones often make _____ demands upon their parents' money and time.
A)exceeding
B)extensive
C)exclusive
D)excessive
26. You may as well visit Japan in April,when cherry flowers are _____ .
A)in good season
B)in full bloom
C)in nature
D)in great demand
27. The secret of remaining young in spite of old age and white hair is to _____ enthusiasm.
A)reserve
B)persist
C)preserve
D)retail
28. It was because the ten major building projects were designed,built and fully completed _____ ten months that it was considered to be a miracle.
A)in a matter of
B)ahead of time
C)at most
D)in advance
29. Whatever the reason,once you find yourself in a bookstore,the desire to pick up a book with an attractive cover is _____ ,although you may end up with a rather dull book.
A)indispensible
B)inevitable
C)irresistible
D)unavoidable
30. Convinced of the importance of education,modern states“invest” in institutions of learning to get back“interest”in the form of a large group of _____ young men who are potential leaders.
A)enlightened
B)cultivated
C)qualified
D)nourished
31. Newspapers must not only provide for the reader the facts,pure, _____ objectively selected facts but also supply interpretation,the meaning of the facts.
A)unrevised
B)balanced
C)unprejudiced
D)valid
32. The period of adolescence may be long or short,depending on social _____ and on society's definition as to what constitutes maturity and adulthood.
A)anticipation
B)perspective
C)proposition
D)expectation
33. I come from a country where for virtually two centuries the people of color have,as a deliberate policy,been _____ the freedom of association,assemble,thought,inquiry and selfexpression.
A)deprived
B)denied
C)rejected
D)refused
34. All we know about the origin of language is that men,unlike animals, _____ invented certain sounds to express thoughts and feelings,actions and things,so that they could communicate with each other.
A)somehow
B)somewhat
C)anyhow
D)anyway
35. Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts but also express these thoughts in words which appeal powerfully to our minds and _____ .
A)sensations
B)passions
C)emotions
D)moods
36. The real poet is a master of words.He can _____ his meaning in words which sing like music,and which by their position and association can move men to tears.
A)transform
B)transmit
C)manifest
D)convey
37. The ordinary family in colonial North America was primarily concerned with _____ physical survival and beyond that,its own economic prosperity.
A)sheer
B)thoroughly
C)utterly
D)simply
38. If no importance is attached to collecting information,we cannot survive in such a(n) _____ competitive society,because it is the basis on which we make our decisions.
A)powerfully
B)forcefully
C)intensely
D)intensively
39. Crosscountry bicycle racing, _____ early in the 20th century in France,was current in the 1920s and became prominent in the 1950s.
A)generated
B)originated
C)sponsored
D)proclaimed
40. The old woman was suffering from a very serious illness and required special attention _____ the nurses.
A)from
B)about
C)of
D)for
Part II Cloze Test
Directions: For each numbered blank in the following passage,there are four choices labelled A,B,C and D)Choose the best one and put your choice on the ANSWER SHEET.(10 points)

“Communication” and “information” are without doubt two key words of our time.Any human relationship or any activity implies a process of communication. All knowledge 41 information on what is happening or on what is being said,done or thought. 42 is new today,however,is the scale and development of this phenomenon,and the amount of attention now being 43 to it.Interpersonal communication has been 44 by mass communication, 45 the amount of information transferred and the size of its public. 46 this information is carried by the mass medianewspapers,radio,televisionit 47 the direct control of the user,who is unable to check it,change it or give an immediate 48 .Between these two extreme forms of communicationdirect persontoperson communication and indirect communication between the public and mediumall areas of human activity are 49 a whole series of institutions with the capability and duty of communicating knowledge,including the family,the education system, the system of administration and so 50 .
41.A)consists in B)diviates from C)begins with D)transforms into
42.A)What B)ItC)Whatever D)One thing
43.A)paid B)offered C)applied D)extended
44.A)replaced B)supplied C)supplemented D)distorted
45.A)has distinguished B)distinguished by C)to distinguish D)distinguishing
46.A)Even if B)Although C)Since D)No matter how
47.A)avoids B)escapes C)attracts D)repels
48.A)answer B)reply C)reaction D)response
49.A)provided for B)provided in C)provided by D)provided with
50.A)so B)far C)forth D)much
Part III Reading Comprehension
Directions: Each of the passages below is followed by some questions. For each question there are four answers marked (A), (B), (C), (D). Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer ti each of the questions. Then mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET I by blacking the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil (40 Points)
Passage 1

The Supreme Court's recent decision allowing regional interstate banks has done away with one restriction in America's banking operation, although many others still remain. Although the ruling does not apply to very large money-center banks, it is a move in a liberalizing direcion that could at last push Congress into framing a sensible legal and regulatory system that allows banks to plan their future beyond the next court case.
The restrictive laws that the courts are interpreting are mainly a legacy of the bank failures of the 1930's. The current high rate if bank failure - higher than at any time since the Great Depression - has made legislators afraid to remove the restrictions. While their legislative timidity is understandable, it is also mistaken. One reason so many American banks are getting into trouble is precisely that the old restrictions make it hard for them to build a domestic base large and strong enough to support their activities in today's telecommunicating round-the-clock, around-the-world financial markets. In trying to escape from this restrictions, banks are taking enormous, and what should be unnecessary, risks. For example, would a large bank be buying small, failed savings banks at inflated prices if federal law and states regulations permitted that bank to explain instead through the acquisition of financially healthy banks in the region? Of course not. The solution is clear. American banks will be sounder when they are not geographically limited. The house of Representative's banking committee has shown part of the way forward by recommending common-sensical, though limited, legislation for a five-year transtion to nationwide banking. This would give regional banks time to group together to form counterweights to the big money-center banks. Without this breathing space the big money-center banks might soon extend across the country to develop. But any such legislation should be regarded as only a way station on the road towards a complete examination of American's suitable banking legislation.
51. The author's attitude towards the current banking laws is best described as one of _____ .
A)concerned dissatisfaction
B)tolerant disapproval
C)uncaring indifference
D)great admiration
52. Which of the following best describes why the restrictive banking laws of the 1930's are still on the book?
A)The bank failures of the 1930's were caused by restrictive courts.
B)Banking has not changed in the past 50 years.
C)The banking system is too restrictive,but no alternatives have been suggested.
D)Legislators apparently believe that banking problems similar to those of the Depression still exist today.
53. The author argues that the change to a nationwide banking systems should be _____ .
A)gradual,so that regional banks have a chance to compete with larger banks
B)postponed,until the consequences can be evaluated
C)immediate,because we cannot afford any more bank failures
D)accelerated,to overcome legislative fear
54. Which of the following best expresses the main idea of the passage?
A)The current banking law must be interpreted by the Supreme Court to be useful to today's banks.
B)Although there are currently many bank failures,the nature of banking has not really changed that much.
C)Money?center banks currently have too much power as compared with the regional banks.
D) Because current laws are not responsive to contemporary banking needs, banks have been forced to take needless and dangerous risks.
Passage 2

The energy crisis, which is being felt around the world, has dramatized how the careless use of the earth's resources has brought the whole world to the drink of disaster. The overdevelopment of motor transport, with its increase of more cars, more highways, more pollution, more suburbs, more commuting, has contributed to the near-destruction of our cities, the breakup of the family, and the pollution not only of local air but slao of the earth's atmosphere. The disaster has arrived in the form of the energy crisis.
Our present situation is unlike war, revolution or depression. It is also unlike the great natural disasters of the past. Worldwide resources exploitation and energy use have brought us to a state where long-range planning is essential. What we need is not a continuation of our present serious state, which endangers the future of our country, our children, and our earth, but a movement forward to a new norm in order to work rapidly and effectively on planetary problems.
This country has been falling back under the continuing exposures of loss morality and the revelation that lawbreaking has reached into the highest places in the land. There is a strong demand for moral revival and for some devotion that is vast enough and yet personal enough to enlist the devotion of all. In the past it has been only in a way in defense of their own country and their own ideals that any people have been able to devote themselves wholeheartedly.
This is the first time that we have been asked to defend ourselves and what we hold dear in cooperation with all the other inhabitants of this planet, who share with us the same endangered air and the same endangered oceans. There is a common need ti reassess our present course, to change that coursem and to devise new methods through which the world can survive. This is a preiceless opportunity.
To grasp itm we need a widespread understanding of nature if the crisis confronting us - and the world - a crisis that is no passing inconvenience, no by - product of the ambitions of the oil-rpoducing countries, no environmentalists' mere fears, no by-product of any present system of goverment. What we face is the outcome of the invention of the last four hundred years. What we need is a transformed life style. This new life style can flow directly from science and technology, but its acceptance depends on a sincere devotion to finding a higher quality of life for the world's children and future generation.
55. Which condition does the author feel has nearly destroyed our cities?
A)Lack of financial planning.
B)The breakup of the family.
C)Natural disasters in many regions.
D)The excessive growth of motors.
56. According to the author,what is one example of our loss of morality?
A)Disregard for law.
B)Lack of devotion.
C)Lack of cooperation.
D)Exploitation of resources
57. By comparing past problems with present ones,the author draws attention to the _____ .
A)significance of this crisis
B)inadequacy of governments
C)similarity of the past to the present
D)hopelessness of the situation
58. What contribution does the author feel people must now make?
A)Search for new energy sources.
B)Outlaw motor transportation.
C)Accept a new life style.
D)Adopt a new form of government.
Passage 3

More and more, the operations of our businesses, goverments, and financial insitutions and controlled by information that exists only inside computer memories. Anyone clever enough to modify this information for his purpose can reap substantial rewards. Even worse, a number of people who have done this and been caught at it have managed to get away without punishment.
It's easy for computer crimes to go undetected if no one checks up on what the computer is doing. But even if the crime is detected, the criminal may walk away not only unpunished but with a growing recommendation from his former employers. Of course, we have no statistics on crime that go undetected. But it's disturbing to note how many of the crimes we do know about were detected by accident, not by systematic inspections or other secrity procedures. The computer criminals who have been caught may been the victims of uncommonly bad luck. For example, a certain keypunch operator complained of having to stay overtime to puch extra cards. Investingation revealed that the extra cards she was being asked to punch were for dishonest transactions. In another case, dissatisfied employees of the thief tipped off the company that was being robbed. Unlike other lawbreakers, who must leave the country, commit suicide, or go to jail, computer criminals sometimes escape punishment demanding not only that they not be charged but that they be given good recommendations and perhaps other benefits. All too ofen, their demands have been met. Why? Because company executives are afraid of the bad publicity that would result if the publicfound out that their computer had been misused. They hesitate at the thought of a criminal boasting in open courtof how he juggled the most confidential records right under the noses of the company's executives, accountants, and security staff. And so another computer criminal departs with just the recommendations ha needs to continue his crimes elsewhere.
59. It is implied in the third paragraph that _____ .
A)most computer criminals who are caught blame their bad luck
B)the rapid increase of computer crimes is a troublesome problem
C)most computer criminals are smart enough to cover up their crimes
D)many more computer crimes go undetected than are discovered
60. Which of the following is mentioned in the passage?
A)A strict law against computer crimes must be enforced.
B)Companies usually hesitate to uncover computer crimes.
C)Companies will guard against computer crimes to protect their reputation.
D)Companies need to impose restrictions on confidential information
61. What may happen to computer criminals once they are caught?
A)With a bad reputation they can hardly find other jobs.
B)They may walk away and easily find another jobs.
B)They will be denied access to confidential records.
D)They must leave the country or go to jail.
62. The passage is mainly about _____ .
A)why computer criminals are often able to escape punishment
B)why computer crimes are difficult to detect by systematic inspections
C)how computer criminals manage to get good recommendations from their former employers
D)why computer crimes can't be eliminated
Passage 4

In 1967,in response to widespread public concern aroused by medical reports ofasbestos related deaths,the National Medical Research Council organised a committee of enquiry to investigate the health threats associated with the use of asbestos in the building industry.
After examining evidences provided by medical researchers and building workers and management,the Council published a report which included advices for dealing with asbestos.The report confirmed the findings of similar research in the United States and Canada.Exposure to relatively small quantities of asbestos fibres,they concluded,was directly responsible for the development of cancers,asbestosis and related diseases.Taking into account evidence provided by economists and building industry management,however,the report assumed that despite the availability of other materials,asbestos would continue to play a major role in the British building industry for many years to come because of its availability and low cost.
As a result,the council gave a series of recommendations which were intended to reduce the risks to those who might be exposed to asbestos in working environments.They recommended that,where possible,asbestosfree materials should be employed.In cases where asbestos was employed,it was recommended that it should be used in such a way that loose fibres were less likely to enter the air.The report recommended that special care should be taken during work in environments which contain asbestos.Workers should wear protective equipment and take special care to remove dust from the environment and clothing with the use of vacuum cleaner.
The report identified five factors which determine the level of risk involved.The state and type of asbestos is critical to determining the risk factors.In addition,dust formation was found to be limited where the asbestos was used when wet rather than dry.
The choice of tools was also found to affect the quantities of asbestos particles that enter the air.Machine tools produce greater quantities of dust than hand tools and,where possible,the use of the latter was recommended.
A critical factor takes place in risk reduction is the adequate ventilation of the working environment.When work takes place in an enclosed space,more asbestos particles circulate and it was therefore recommended that natural or machine ventilation should be used.By closely following these advices, it was claimed that exposure can be reduced to a reasonably practical minimum.
63. Exposure to asbestos fibres can cause cancer _____ .
A)only when asbestos is used in building industry
B)only when it is used in large quantities
C)even if it is used in small quantities
D)if they are used when wet rather than dry
64. Exposure to asbestos fibres is harmful to people's health _____ .
A)so the use of asbestos is limited
B)but asbestos will continue to be used for a long time to come
C)so other new kinds of materials are under development
D)but they will not be so when ventilation devices are used
65. It can be inferred from the passage that the real danger comes from _____ .
A)the asbestos dust that people take in
B)the contact of the worker's skin with asbestos particles
C)the inferior quality of the asbestos itself
D)the excessive use of manmade asbestos material
66. Evidence from the economists and the building industries shows that _____ .
A)exposure to asbestos fibres is cancercausing
B)asbestos is in extensive use in building industry
C)use of asbestos is being reduced gradually
D)exposure to asbestos fibres can be reduced significantly
Passage 5

A good marriage means growing as a couple but also growing as individuals.This isn't easy,marriage has always been difficult.Why then are we seeing so many divorces at this time?Yes,our modern social fabric is thin,and yes the permissiveness of society has created unrealistic expectations and thrown the family into disorder. But divorce is so common because people today are unwilling to exercise the selfdiscipline that marriage requires.They expect easy joy,like the entertainment on TV,the thrill of a good party.
Marriage takes some kind of sacrifice,not dreadful selfsacrifice of the soul,but some level of compromise.Some of one's fantasies, some of one's legitimate desires have to be given up for the value of the marriage itself.“While all marital partners feel shackled(受束缚)at times,it is they who really choose to make the marital ties into confining chains or supporting bonds”,says Dr.Whitaker.Marriage requires sexual,financial and emotional discipline.A man and a woman cannot follow every impulse,cannot allow themselves to stop growing or changing.
A divorce is not an evil act.Sometimes it provides salvation(拯救)for people who have grown hopelessly apart or were frozen in patterns of pain or mutual unhappiness.Divorce can be like the first cut of the surgeon's knife,a step toward new health and a good life.On the other hand,if the partners can stay past the breaking up of the romantic myths into the development of real love and intimacy,they have achieved a work as amazing as the greatest cathedrals(教堂)of the world.Marriages that do not fail but improve,that persist despite imperfections,are not only rare these days but offer a wondrous shelter in which the face of our mutual humanity can safely show itself.
67. According to the author,an ideal marriage life _____ .
A)requires considerable sacrifice on both partners
B)requires that the couple be emotionally involved
C)allows for the growth of the husband and wife as a couple and as two individuals
D)is only an illusion in today's society
68. In Paragraph 2,the word“legitimate”most probably means _____ .
A)lawful
B)biological
C)personal
D)reasonable
69. In the author's opinion,a divorce is not an evil act _____ .
A)if the marital life is imperfect
B)if it leads to a more worthwhile life for the two persons
C)if the couple later get married again and find real love
D)if the couple live far away from each other
70. The author believes the real cause for the increase of divorces today is that _____ .
A)people have too many sources of entertainment
B)people have less internal restraints
C)people no longer enjoy family life as they did before
D)people do not want to be confined by marital ties
Part IV EnglishChinese Translation
Direction:Read the following passage carefully and then translate the underlined sentences into Chinese.(15 points)
Even though she was blind and deaf,Helen Keller was a woman with an extraordinary social vision.(71) When most women's rights activists were working for the right to vote,Helen Keller advocated action that was more direct and more immediate than the vote. In 1911,speaking in England where women had the right to vote,she said:“Our democracy is but a name. We vote?What does that mean?It means that we choose between two bodies of real,though not avowed,autocrats….You ask for votes for women.(72) What good can votes do when teneleventh of the land of Great Britain belongs to 200000 men and only oneeleventh to the rest of the 40000000? Have your men with their millions of votes freed themselves from this injustice?”
(73) When she became active and openly socialist,a New York city newspaper,the Brooklyn Eagle,which had previously treated her as a heroine,criticized that her misguided socialism had somehow developed from her blind and deaf condition. She replied that when once she met the editor of the Brooklyn Eagle,he had complimented her lavishly:“But now that I have come out for socialism,he reminds me and the public that I am blind and deaf and especially liable to error.”She added:“Oh,ridiculous Brooklyn Eagle!What an ungallant bird it is!(74) Socially blind and deaf,it defends an intolerable system,a system that is the cause of much of the physical blindness and deafness which we are trying to prevent. The Eagle and I are at war.I hate the system which it represents…When it fights back,let it fight fair…It is not fair fighting or good argument to remind me and others that I cannot see or hear.I can read.I can read all the socialist books I have time for in English,German and French.If the editor of the Brooklyn Eagle should read some of them,he might be a wiser man,and make a better newspaper.(75) If I ever contribute to the socialist movement, the book I sometimes dream of;I know what I shall name it:Industrial Blindness and Social Deafness.”





Part V Writing(15 Points)
Directions:
A)Title: Private Cars in China
B)You should write an essay on the outline below in no less than 150 words.
C)Your essay should be written on Answer Sheet II
Outline:
1.Encourage or not encourage private cars
2.Use specific reasons to support your point of view
3.Measures of encouraging or limiting private cars.































研究生入学考试模拟英语试题[2]讲评:
[词汇与结构] [完型填空] [阅读理解] [英译汉] [写作]

Part I Structure and Vocabulary

Section A
1. (B)
这是一个含蓄虚拟条件句。or相当于or else。otherwise,“否则的话”,意思同if they hadn't enjoyed themselves…,故应选B。
2. (A)
no…but…,“没有……不……”。but是连词,相当于except that。句意为:“两个人在一起半小时之内,一个就会表现出比另一个强。”单从动词形式上看,when, if 都不可以,因要用一般现在时。选because句意不通。
3. (D)
句意:“等你到家时,我已经睡着了,所以进来时不要有响动。”根据句意,要用将来完成进行时。句中有for several hours,表示动作持续,所以用将来完成时不够准确。
4. (A)
Just as …so,“正如……”、“同样……”。
5. (B)
在when,while,if,unless,although,though从句中,如果省略的话,则要将主语与be动词一起省。confront和he 是被动关系,所以D不对。
6. (A)
rather than后接不定式,如放在句首,一般应不带to,放在句尾,带与不带均可。如:Rather than go by bike,he walks to the office every day.He walks to the office every day rather than (to) go by bike.
7. (A)
这里不强调动作的先后,只是陈述一种事实,所以用分词的一般式。fossil record和start不是被动关系,故C、D都不合适。
8. (C)
exclude要求from(从……中排除掉),whose在从句中作定语,相当于…nobody can be effctively excluded from the enjoyment of the commodities。
9. (B)
句首状语若以“only+从句”,“only+副词”,“only+介词短语”构成,句子通常部分倒装。
10. (D)
at once…and …=both…and…意为:“既……又……”。本句意为:“几乎没有人会怀疑科学加速了对一般教育的要求,同时也使教育本身更有成效。”

Section B
11. (B)错 应将it改成so,it此处指代不明,而so经常与do一起用,构成动宾替代结构。
12. (B)错 复合否定连词neither…nor用来连接两个并列主语时,其谓语动词的数取决于后一个名词,即靠近谓语的名词是单数,谓语便用单数,否则用复数,这就是所谓的“靠近原则”。此句中应将wishes改成 wish,与 members 取得一致。
13. (A)错 应改成opposing,动名词短语作句子主语。
14. (C)错 应将attracted置于not 之前,构成…attracted not by …,but by…平行结构。当然也可以说…not attracted by…but attracted by…。
15. (A)错 应改成couldn't have lived,“不可能活到今天”,关键词是till,表示“延续到现在”的含义,所以应用完成式。
16. (B)错 应改成:still more。still less用于否定句之后,less是否定副词little的比较级,still less 比句子前一部分的否定更进一步深化。much less和even less与still less意思相同。但是,如果句子前一部分没有否定词,虽有否定意义,一般不用still less,而用 still more,而英译汉时要译成否定。比较下列句子:Proof-reading is not interesting, still less so when it is one's own work.Proof-reading is uninteresting , still more so when it is one's own work.much more 与still more意思相同。
17. (D)错 应改成they are detected。因为they代替的是a further third (of cancers)。当然将it is 去掉也是正确的,即省略了they are。
18. (D)错 应将形容词logical改成副词形式logically,修饰形容词uniform。注意:uniform也是名词,所以单从形式上看此处似乎不错,但从意义上分析就不通了。全句意为:“引用阿尔伯特•爱因斯坦的话来说,科学是试图使我们头脑中一大堆杂乱无章的感性体验,符合于逻辑上前后一致的思维体系。”
19. (C)错 应在one前加定冠词the。one 是替代词,代替名词,不加冠词时具有泛指意义,加冠词时具有特指意义。本句中the one指the metal,已第二次提到。句意:“铁不是地球上蕴藏最丰富的金属,也不是历史最悠久的金属。”
20. (C)错 应改成动名词training,因为to在此处是介词,不是动词不定式符号。be reduced to…“(迫使)处于某种状态”。句意:“用学生的考试结果来判断教师的教学情况,这使得老师们去训练学生的应试技巧,而不是教好自己的科目。”

Section C
21. (B)
take after:resemble,“相像”;seek after,“追求”、“找寻”;get the best of sth.,“得胜”、“处于优势”;count on“指望”。
22. (D)
make up for,“弥补”;provide for,“为……提供”;look for,“寻找”;take delight in“从……中取乐”。
23. (C)
break off,“突然停止”;break up,“(集会)结束”、“(学校)放假”;cut off,“(电话)中断”;hang up,“(电话)挂断”。
24. (B)
look up to sb.=respect,“尊敬”、“敬仰”。turn on sb.,“冲……发怒”,turn on还有“依赖”、“取决于”的意思,但不接人。如:The success of a picnic turns on the weather.“野餐成功与否通常取决于天气。”stand up for,“维护”、“为……辩护”;hang on to,“坚持”、“紧紧握住”。
25. (D)
excessive“过分的”;exceeding“超越的”、“非常的”;extensive“广泛的”;exclusive“惟一的”、“排他的”。
26. (B)
in full bloom,“(鲜花)盛开”;in good season,“正当时令”、“正上市”;in nature,“实质上”;in great demand,“大量需求”。
27. (C)
preserve,“保持”;reserve,“保存”;persist(in ),“坚持”;retail,“零售”。
28. (A)
a matter of,“大约”;ahead of time,“提前”,提前10个月是:ten month ahead of time;at most,“至多”;in advance,“提前”,也要求放在时间之后。
29. (C)
irresistible,“不可抗拒的”、“无法抑制的”;indispensible,“必不可少的”;inevitable,“不可避免的”;unavoidable,与inevitable意思相同。
30. (A)
enlightened,“开明的”、“进步的”、“有知识的”;cultivated,“有教养的”、“有素养的”、“优雅的”;qualified,“有资格的”、“合格的”;nourished,“养育了的”。根据句意,许多现代化国家确信教育的重要性,向高等教育投资,并以得到大批的有知识的青年的形式获取“利息”,这些青年都是未来的领导者。因为学校是人们enlighten 的地方,而且enlighten也总是和教育连在一起的,所以选A为最佳。
31. (C)
unprejudiced,“没有偏见的”,与句中objectively吻合;unrevised,“未加修改的”;balanced,“平衡的”;valid,“有效的(指法律上)”。句子说的是报纸要实事求是,不带个人主观意见地提供给读者各种事实,因此应选C。
32. (D)
expectation,,“期望”、“期待”;anticipation:looking forward to“预期”、“预测”、“盼望”;perspective,“前途”、“看问题的方法”;proposition,“主张”、“建议”、“命题”。
33. (B)
注意这几个词在用法上的区别:deny, sb.sth.,deprive, sb.of sth.reject, sth.,refuse,(to do)sth.。
34. (A)
somehow,“以某种方式”;somewhat,“有一点”;anyhow,anyway,“无论怎样”。
35. (C)
emotion:strong feeling,“激情”、“情感”;sensation:feeling,“感觉”;passion,“强烈情感(爱、恨)”;mood,“情绪”、“心境”。
36. (D)
convey,“传达”、“传送”,convey one's meaning“表达意义”,convey one's feeling,(the information),“表达感情(传递消息)”;transform,“彻底改变”;transmit,“传播”;manifest,“表明”。这几个词不能与meaning搭配使用。
37. (A)
bsheer:nothing but,“纯粹的”;thoroughly,:completely“完全地”、“彻底地”;utterly,“完全地”;simply:just,only,“只是”、“仅仅”。
38. (C)
intensely, competitive society,“竞争激烈的社会”。powerfully,“强大地”;forcefully,“强有力地”;intensively,“集中地”、“加强地”。这三个副词习惯上都不用来修饰competitive。
39. (B)
originate,“起源于”、“始于”;generate,“产生”、“发生”;sponsor,“主办”、“发起”;proclaim,“宣布”。本句讲的是环法自行车赛最初是在法国出现的,所以应选originated。
40. (C)
require 要求接介词of以引出间接宾语。
Part II Cloze Test
短文大意:“交流”和“信息”是我们这个时代的两个关键词汇。任何人与人之间的关系或人类活动都意味着信息交流的过程,但现在这一现象已引起了前所未有的重视。个人之间的交流因大众传播媒介的发展而得到补充。在个人之间的直接交流和公众与传媒的间接交流这两个形式之间,人类的一切活动领域有着一整套包括家庭、学校等具有传播知识的能力与责任的机构。
段首句译文:“‘交流’和‘信息’毫无疑问地是我们这个时代的两个关键词。”
41. (C) begins with
人的知识(knowledge)是对获得的信息(information)的理解,所以C.begins with (始于)为正确选择。A.consists in (在于)、B.deviates from (背离、偏离)和D.transforms into(转变成、转化为)都不合文意。
译文:“任何人际关系或人类活动都意味着信息交流过程。一切知识都始于获得有关正在发生的和人们所说、所做或所想的事情的信息。”
42. (A)What
本句中的两个谓语动词is之间没有连词,不是并列谓语,故所缺成分要同时做主句和从句的主语。B.It和D.One thing均不符合要求;C.whatever(无论什么)虽有此语法功能,但与文意不符,故只有A.What为正确选择。
43. (A)paid
pay attention to是固定搭配,意为:“关心”、“对……注意”,符合文意,故选A.paid。B.offered(提出、主动提供),C.applied(应用)和D.extended(延伸、延长)都不能与attention搭配使用。
译文:“然而,如今,这一现象的规模与发展以及人们对这一现象的重视程度却与以往不同。”
44. (C)supplemented
根据上下文以及常识,个人之间的交流由于有报纸、广播等大众传播媒介而得到补充,故应选C.supplemented(补充、增补)。A.replaced(替代、取代),B.supplied(提供)和D.distorted(歪曲)都不合逻辑。
45. (B)distinguished by
distinguish 有“辨别”、“区分”、“有别于”、“使出众”等含义,在此需从文意和语法两方面考虑。A.has distinguished没有连词连接并列成分,不能与has been作并列谓语,且与文意不符,故被排除。动词不定式放在句末一般前面不加逗号,表示目的或结果,故C.to distinguish亦非正确选择。作定语的分词选用过去分词还是现在分词形式要取决于它与其逻辑主语的关系,这里并非讲“大众传媒使信息量特点显著”,而是“大信息量使大众传媒这种信息交流形式引人瞩目”,故应选B.distinguished by而排除D.distinguish。
译文:“人与人之间的个别交流已为大众传媒所补充,而大众传媒则因其传送的信息量和接受信息的公众人数而引人瞩目。”
46. (C)Since
本题宜在答完下题之后考虑。四个选项都是从属连词,只要判断出从句与主句的逻辑关系是因果关系,便可选对C.Since(由于)。A.Even if(即使)表示让步;B.Although(虽然)表示转折;D.No matter how(无论怎样)表示让步,均不合逻辑。
47. (B)escapes
报纸、广播和电视的信息不会“招引”用户来直接控制它或“抵制”用户的控制,故C.attracts(吸引、引诱、招引)和D.repels(击退、抵制、拒绝、排斥)均不正确。A. avoids指“避免”、“躲避”、“防止”,其主语通常是人,一般指有意识的行为,此处主语it指上文this information,故排除A。B.escapes有“避免”、“逃脱”、“未被……注意”等含义,在此是正确选择。
选项用法举例:Try to avoid danger.“尽量避免危险。”You should avoid being late for your class.“你应该避免上课迟到。”I avoided her by leaving by the back door.“我从后门离开,避开了她。”She avoided answering my questions。“她对我的问题避而不答。”I avoided punishment by running away.“我一跑了之。”He escaped from prison.“他从监狱逃走了。”The image escaped from her memory.“那形象从她记忆中消失了。”Some gas is escaping from the pipe.“有气体从管中漏出。”to escape death,“死里逃生”;to escape punishment,“逃避惩罚”;to escape responsibility,“逃避责任”;A scream escaped her lips.“她不由得发出一声尖叫。”The change in his grandson did not escape him.“孙子身上的变化没有逃过他的注意。”
48. (D)response
看到电视等传媒发出的信息,人们会有不同的反应,而不仅仅是对问题的回答,故排除A.answer和B.reply。C.reaction(反应)不能与give搭配,故排除C。D.response指“回答”、“反应”,在这里是正确答案。
译文:“由于信息是通过大众传媒(即报纸、广播、电视等)传送的,使用者无法直接控制它们,既不能核实或改变它们,也不能对它们立刻做出反应。”
选项用法举例:to cause a reaction,“引起反应”;to have a reaction,“有反应”;to produce fierce reactions in the young people,“在年轻人中产生强烈的反响”;What is his reaction to your proposal?“他对你的提议有什么反应?”a letter which brought no response,“一封未得到回音的信”;to make/give no response to sb's inquiry,“对某人的询问不予答复”;He was unable to get any response to his knock on the door.“他敲门无人答应。”
49. (D)provided with
本句的主语是all areas of human activity,宾语是a whole series of institutions,若选A.provided for,则意为:“为机构提供人类活动领域”;若选B.provided in,则意为:“在机构中提供人类活动领域”;若选C.provided by,则意为:“由机构提供人类活动领域”,显然A、B、C都不合逻辑,故只有D.provided with为正确答案。
选项用法举例:I'm already provided with everything I need.“我所需要的一切都已有了。”They are ill provided with food.“他们的食品不足。”to provide children with a good education,“为儿童提供良好的教育”;to provide food and clothes for one's family,“养家活口”;She was provided for,at any rate.“她的生活总算有了着落。”The rules are provided in the law.“这些条例是法律所规定的。”
50. (C)forth
本句中the family,the system of education,the system of administration为列举的三个并列成分,表示还可有更多的例子,可用and so on/and so forth,故应选C.forth。A.so,B.far和D.much 在此都不适用。
译文:“在人与人之间的直接交流与公众和传媒的间接交流这两个形式之间,人类的一切活动领域有着一整套包括家庭、教育系统和管理系统等具有传播知识的能力与责任的机构。”

Part III Reading Comprehension
51. (A)
52. (D)
53. (A)
54. (D)
55. (D)
56. (B)
第三段指出,现在,许多道德的丧失与腐败现象被揭露出来,甚至国家的最高层(the highest places in the land,指国家高级官员)也不依法办事。这些道德的丧失与腐败使国家岌岌可危。所以,道德需要新生,人需要新的奉献精神,需要用部分人的巨大奉献精神来带动所有人的奉献精神。过去,人们曾经为保卫自己的国家和民族以及自己的理想全心全意地奉献过自己。由本段第二、三句可以看出,第一句主要是指人们奉献精神的缺乏,含义为:解决目前的危机还需要人们做出奉献。A不对,原文中所说的“违法”(lawbreaking)主要指腐败,具体地讲,是指高级官员们不能尽职尽责而以权谋私。
57. (A)
在前三段中,作者指出了目前所存在的问题,参阅(55)、(56)题题解。在第四段,作者指出了这一危机的性质。与过去不同的是,我们首先要学会保护我们自己和我们珍视(hold dear)的东西,我们的合作者不再是某国某地域的人,也不是我们的同志了,而是生活在地球上的所有人,因为,我们都同时面临着同一个问题。我们需要共同努力(a common need)来衡量评价一下我们正在走的道路(course)或改变这一道路,以找出我们共存的途径。在这方面来说,现在是机不可失(priceless)。在文章最后一段,作者更具体地说明了我们所应该做的事情。
58. (C)
在文章的最后一段,作者提出了对付危机的对策。人们都应充分理解(a widespread understanding)我们所面临的危机的性质——它决不是暂时的(passing),我们所需要的是一种新的生活方式(a transformed lifestyle),它当然要以科学技术为基础,但要接受它却需要人们真诚的奉献,以便使我们的子孙后代生活得更美好(a higher quality of life)。选择项C中outlaw一词意为:“摈弃”、“取缔”。
59. (D)
意为:发现的计算机犯罪比未发现的要多得多。第三段指出,究竟多少犯罪未被发现(go undetected),我们当然无从知道。我们目前所发现的这么一部分犯罪只是偶然发现的,并没有通过系统的检查,或采取其他防范措施查找,一想到这一点就令人感到不安。言外之意,我们的防范措施太差了,有多少犯罪还没有查出呢?所查出的犯罪是否只是冰川一角呢?所以,作者最后指出,被查出的计算机犯罪者也许只是运气特别不好的人(victims of uncommonly bad luck)。在第四段,作者举了两个例子,用以说明发现计算机犯罪经常是偶然的。
60. (B)
意为:公司通常对揭露计算机犯罪很谨慎。第六段指出,为什么计算机犯罪者通常都会逍遥法外呢?因为公司的领导们害怕一旦公众知道他们公司的计算机曾被人动过手脚,自己的名声就完了(bad publicity)。犯罪者很可能在法庭上鼓吹自己是怎样在公司的领导、会计师、安保人员的鼻子底下玩弄公司最高机密的,一想到此,他们(对把犯罪分子绳之以法)就犹豫了。这样,计算机犯罪分子夹着自己需要的推荐信离开了公司,到其他地方继续进行自己的犯罪去了。
61. (B)
意为:他们离开公司并很容易地找到另一份工作。参考第60题题解。
另外,第二段也提到,如果没有人(定期)检查计算机(check up on),计算机犯罪很可能就查不出来,但是,即使是查出来了,犯罪者也可能逃避惩罚,并带着老板的推荐信离开公司。
62. (A)
意为:计算机犯罪分子为什么经常能逃避惩罚。第一段指出,商业、政府、金融机构的运作越来越受计算机的控制,需要的信息只能储存在计算机的记忆库中(computer memories),所以,每个脑瓜聪明的人都可以根据自己的需要修改这些信息,为自己带来极大的好处。最糟糕的是:许多人这样做了,被查出了,但却丝毫不受惩罚就一走了之。第三句话引出了全文旨在说明的问题。 另外,第二段第二句提到了这一主题,第五、六段照应了这一主题。
63. (C)
第二段第二、三句指出,几方面的研究都表明:直接接触并吸收少量的石棉绒(asbestos fibres)也会导致癌症、石棉沉着病或其他相关病症。D不正确。为了减少其危险性,应该设法不让石棉绒进入空气,使用水浸过的石棉就可以减少工作环境中石棉绒的含量(见第四段第三句)。可见,D表达的内容与原文正好相反。
64. (B)
第二段第四句指出,报告同时也认为,虽然已有了其他建筑材料,石棉在英国建筑业未来的许多年中将继续起重要作用,因为它易得到且成本低。A与D都不对,因为即使如此,石棉对人仍有伤害,见第(63)题题解。全国医学研究会所给的一些建议只能减少(reduce)石棉绒对人体的伤害,却不能杜绝之,见第三段第一句。C也不对,其他材料业已存在(见本题题解上文),而不是正在研制(under development)。
65. (A)
石棉沉着病(asbestosis)是指石棉被吸进肺中沉积在内而形成肺病,因此,又被称作“石棉肺”。在使用石棉的过程中,石棉碎绒(loose fibres)进入空气中,形成石棉绒尘(dust),并被工人吸入肺中造成肺癌等疾病。研究会所提出的几个建议也首先是针对如何降低工作环境中石棉绒尘的含量,从而降低石棉的使用给建筑工人造成的危害。
66. (B)
石棉的使用给建筑工人造成了危害,但来自经济学家与建筑业的调查表明:虽然有可供利用的其他材料,石棉在英国建筑业中还将大量使用一段时间,因为它易得到且成本低(参阅第二段最后一句)。所以,B表达的内容最为贴切。
67. (C)
文章第一句指出,理想的婚姻不仅给夫妻二人的发展而且也应为他们各自的发展提供机会。A不正确,第二段第一句指出,婚姻需要夫妻双方做出某些牺牲(some kind of sacrifice),这里“牺牲”并非指灵魂上的巨大自我牺牲,而是指夫妻双方需要做出某些必要的妥协,如为了婚姻得以圆满继续,夫妻各自的一些不切实际的幻想(fantasies)和某些看上去似乎合理的愿望应该让居第二位。
68. (D)
该词意为:“合法的”、“合理的”。
69. (B)
然而,离异有时也并不是件坏事,它有时会成为处于无法弥合的婚姻或痛苦不幸的婚姻中的人的救星。对这些人来说离婚正像是外科大夫的手术一样,可以帮人恢复健康并快乐地生活。参阅第三段第一、二、三句。
70. (B)
在文章第一、二段,作者探讨了离婚增多的原因。他认为,社会的容忍(permissiveness)使人们产生了不切实际的幻想,人们不愿做出婚姻需要夫妻双方所做出的牺牲,只想放纵自己。婚姻需要夫妻双方做出牺牲,需要他们在某些方面的自我约束(self?.discipline),而不能靠冲动行事。可见,作者认为离婚的主要原因是人们缺乏内在的自制(internal restraints)。

Part IV EnglishChinese Translation
短文大意: 又聋又瞎的美国著名社会活动家海伦•凯勒鼓吹妇女应该争取比选举权更直接和有效的行动。当她公开信仰社会主义的时候,纽约一家报纸批评她说,她的盲目的社会主义观是从她自身又聋又瞎的情况发展起来的。海伦反驳说,这家报纸确是又聋又瞎,因为这家报纸保护一个令人无法忍受的制度,而这个制度是使许多人在肉体上又聋又瞎的根源。
71. 这是一个简单复合句。句架是:when…Helen keller advocated action that…。句首when引导时间状语从句,句末关系代词that引导定语从句,修饰action。本句应译成:“当大多数女权运动积极分子为争取选举权而奔走的时候,海伦•凯勒却鼓吹争取比选举权更直接和更有效的权利。”
72. 这是一个简单复合句,句架是:what good can votes do when …。when引导时间状语从句。在这个状语从句中有两个句子,由 and 连接。在one eleventh后省略了动词 belong。句中的词组do good作“对……有好处”讲。本句应译成:“当英国土地10/11属于20万人,而1/11属于其余4000万人的时候,选票能有什么好处?”
73. 这是一个简单复合句。句架是:when…,a… newspaper …,which criticized that…。句首 when引导时间状语;关系代词 which引导定语从句,修饰the Brooklyn Eagle;that引导名词从句,作criticized的宾语。句中misguide是“错误地引导”、“把……引入歧途”的意思。此句中的misguided是指(行为等)在错误思想(或原则、信仰、动机等)的指导下。此句应译为:“当海伦•凯勒非常活跃并且公开信仰社会主义的时候,以前曾把她捧为女英雄的纽约市一家报纸《布鲁克林之鹰报》此时却批评她说,她在错误思想指导下的社会主义信念在一定程度上是从她又聋又瞎的情况发展而来的。”
74. 这是一个简单复合句。句架是:it(指the Brooklyn Eagle)defends a… system,a system that is the cause of …blindness and deafness which…。socially blind and deaf是省略了分词being的分词短语,作定语;a system that是前面 system的同位语,that是关系代词引导定语从句,修饰 system ;在定语从句中关系代词which又引导定语从句,修饰 blindness and deafness。本句应译成:“对社会来说,《布鲁克林之鹰报》又聋又瞎,它为一个令人无法忍受的制度辩护,这个制度是造成许多人在肉体上又聋又瞎的根源,而我们则在设法防止许多人在肉体上变成又聋又瞎的人。”
75. 这是一个并列复合句,两个句子由分号连接。句架是:If I…,the book…;I know what I shall name it… 。第一个句子的主句是I sometimes dreamed of the book,本主句中作者把宾语book前置,句首是由If引导的条件状语从句。在第二个句子中,what引导名词从句,作 know 的宾语。冒号后是it的同位语。本句应译成:“如果要对社会主义运动做贡献,我有时梦想写一本书,我知道我将给这本书起什么名字,就叫《工业的瞎子和社会的聋子》。
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Part I Structure and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences,there are four choices marked A,B,C and D)Choose the one that best completes the sentence.Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET.(5 points)
1. They must have been enjoying themselves there,or they _____ so long.
A)can't have stayed
B)wouldn't have stayed
C)needn't have stayed
D)couldn't stay
2. No two people can be half an hour together _____ one shall gain an evident superiority over the other.
A)but
B)when
C)if
D)because
3. By the time you arrive home,I _____ for several hours,so please don't make a noise when you come in.
A)shall be sleeping
B)shall have slept
C)shall sleep
D)shall have been sleeping
4. Just as no two words are truly synonoyms, _____ no two different expressions,or ways of expressions,can mean exactly the same thing.
A)so
B)as
C)that
D)therefore
5. One should never lose one's heart when _____ with temporary difficulties.
A)being confronted
B)confronted
C)having been confronted
D)confronting
6. Rather than _____ everything to the last minute,he always prefers to start early.
A)leave
B)to leave
C)leaving
D)leaves
7. _____ about one million years ago,the fossil record shows an accelerating growth of human brain.
A)Starting
B)Having started
C)Having been started
D)Being started
8. Public goods are those commodities _____ enjoyment nobody can be effectively excluded.
A)in which
B)whose
C)from whose
D)in whose
9. Only when the process of meeting the basic need for food reached a certain level of sophistication _____ to follow other pursuits.
A)it was possible for humans
B)was it possible for humans
C)were humans possible
D)possible for humans it was
10. Very few will doubt that it is science that has at once quickened the demand for general education in modern times _____ made the education itself effective.
A)as well as
B)but also
C)and also
D)and
Section B
Directions: Each of the following sentences has four underlined parts marked A,B,C and D)Identify the part of the sentence that is incorrect and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET.(5 points)
11. You can't avoid stress in modern life. Attempting (A) to do it (B) would (C) create stress by yourself (D) .But you can find better ways to cope with it.
12. Neither the President nor (A) the members of the Cabinet wishes (B) to comment (C) on the matter at this moment (D) .
13. Opposed to (A) the idea that we use (B) gasoline for rapid transit development gives (C) me a springboard for (D) my candidacy.
14. He visited (A) the British Museum, where (B) he spent half his time not attracted (C) by the museum itself,but by its extensive library facilities for (D) scientific research.
15. I couldn't live (A) till today without my grandmother and she would not (B) survive in her later days (C) without me.Both my grandmother and I rely on each other so as to (D) exist in this world.
16. Proof-reading is uninteresting (A) , still less (B) so (C) when it is one's (D) own work.
17. One third (A) of cancers are (B) preventable,while a further third can be routinely (C) cured if it is detected (D) early,according to a recent WHO report.
18. To quote from (A) Albert Einstein,science is the attempt (B) to make the chaotic diversity (C) of our sense experience correspond to a logical uniform (D) system of thought.
19. Iron (A) is not the most abundant metal on earth (B) nor is one (C) with (D) the oldest tradition.
20. Teachers themselves (A) are often judged by examination results and,instead of teaching their subjects,they are reduced (B) to train (C) their students in (D) exam techniques.
Section C
Direction: Beneath each of the following sentences,there are four choices marked A,B,C and D)Choose the one that best completes the sentence.Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET.(10 points)
21. The father was thoroughly dishonest and the son _____ him.He has already been in the courts for stealing.
A)seeks after
B)takes after
C)gets the best of
D)counts on
22. I took the children to the Zoo today to _____ the party they missed the other day.
A)provide for
B)look for
C)take delight in
D)make up for
23. They were having a violent quarrel but _____ when I came in.
A)broke up
B)cut off
C)broke off
D)hung up
24. Children used to _____ their parents;now they are inclined to regard them as equals.
A)turn on
B)look up to
C)stand up for
D)hang on to
25. In some child-centered families,the children and their possessions take over most of the house,and the younger ones often make _____ demands upon their parents' money and time.
A)exceeding
B)extensive
C)exclusive
D)excessive
26. You may as well visit Japan in April,when cherry flowers are _____ .
A)in good season
B)in full bloom
C)in nature
D)in great demand
27. The secret of remaining young in spite of old age and white hair is to _____ enthusiasm.
A)reserve
B)persist
C)preserve
D)retail
28. It was because the ten major building projects were designed,built and fully completed _____ ten months that it was considered to be a miracle.
A)in a matter of
B)ahead of time
C)at most
D)in advance
29. Whatever the reason,once you find yourself in a bookstore,the desire to pick up a book with an attractive cover is _____ ,although you may end up with a rather dull book.
A)indispensible
B)inevitable
C)irresistible
D)unavoidable
30. Convinced of the importance of education,modern states“invest” in institutions of learning to get back“interest”in the form of a large group of _____ young men who are potential leaders.
A)enlightened
B)cultivated
C)qualified
D)nourished
31. Newspapers must not only provide for the reader the facts,pure, _____ objectively selected facts but also supply interpretation,the meaning of the facts.
A)unrevised
B)balanced
C)unprejudiced
D)valid
32. The period of adolescence may be long or short,depending on social _____ and on society's definition as to what constitutes maturity and adulthood.
A)anticipation
B)perspective
C)proposition
D)expectation
33. I come from a country where for virtually two centuries the people of color have,as a deliberate policy,been _____ the freedom of association,assemble,thought,inquiry and selfexpression.
A)deprived
B)denied
C)rejected
D)refused
34. All we know about the origin of language is that men,unlike animals, _____ invented certain sounds to express thoughts and feelings,actions and things,so that they could communicate with each other.
A)somehow
B)somewhat
C)anyhow
D)anyway
35. Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts but also express these thoughts in words which appeal powerfully to our minds and _____ .
A)sensations
B)passions
C)emotions
D)moods
36. The real poet is a master of words.He can _____ his meaning in words which sing like music,and which by their position and association can move men to tears.
A)transform
B)transmit
C)manifest
D)convey
37. The ordinary family in colonial North America was primarily concerned with _____ physical survival and beyond that,its own economic prosperity.
A)sheer
B)thoroughly
C)utterly
D)simply
38. If no importance is attached to collecting information,we cannot survive in such a(n) _____ competitive society,because it is the basis on which we make our decisions.
A)powerfully
B)forcefully
C)intensely
D)intensively
39. Crosscountry bicycle racing, _____ early in the 20th century in France,was current in the 1920s and became prominent in the 1950s.
A)generated
B)originated
C)sponsored
D)proclaimed
40. The old woman was suffering from a very serious illness and required special attention _____ the nurses.
A)from
B)about
C)of
D)for
Part II Cloze Test
Directions: For each numbered blank in the following passage,there are four choices labelled A,B,C and D)Choose the best one and put your choice on the ANSWER SHEET.(10 points)

“Communication” and “information” are without doubt two key words of our time.Any human relationship or any activity implies a process of communication. All knowledge 41 information on what is happening or on what is being said,done or thought. 42 is new today,however,is the scale and development of this phenomenon,and the amount of attention now being 43 to it.Interpersonal communication has been 44 by mass communication, 45 the amount of information transferred and the size of its public. 46 this information is carried by the mass medianewspapers,radio,televisionit 47 the direct control of the user,who is unable to check it,change it or give an immediate 48 .Between these two extreme forms of communicationdirect persontoperson communication and indirect communication between the public and mediumall areas of human activity are 49 a whole series of institutions with the capability and duty of communicating knowledge,including the family,the education system, the system of administration and so 50 .
41.A)consists in B)diviates from C)begins with D)transforms into
42.A)What B)ItC)Whatever D)One thing
43.A)paid B)offered C)applied D)extended
44.A)replaced B)supplied C)supplemented D)distorted
45.A)has distinguished B)distinguished by C)to distinguish D)distinguishing
46.A)Even if B)Although C)Since D)No matter how
47.A)avoids B)escapes C)attracts D)repels
48.A)answer B)reply C)reaction D)response
49.A)provided for B)provided in C)provided by D)provided with
50.A)so B)far C)forth D)much
Part III Reading Comprehension
Directions: Each of the passages below is followed by some questions. For each question there are four answers marked (A), (B), (C), (D). Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer ti each of the questions. Then mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET I by blacking the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil (40 Points)
Passage 1

The Supreme Court's recent decision allowing regional interstate banks has done away with one restriction in America's banking operation, although many others still remain. Although the ruling does not apply to very large money-center banks, it is a move in a liberalizing direcion that could at last push Congress into framing a sensible legal and regulatory system that allows banks to plan their future beyond the next court case.
The restrictive laws that the courts are interpreting are mainly a legacy of the bank failures of the 1930's. The current high rate if bank failure - higher than at any time since the Great Depression - has made legislators afraid to remove the restrictions. While their legislative timidity is understandable, it is also mistaken. One reason so many American banks are getting into trouble is precisely that the old restrictions make it hard for them to build a domestic base large and strong enough to support their activities in today's telecommunicating round-the-clock, around-the-world financial markets. In trying to escape from this restrictions, banks are taking enormous, and what should be unnecessary, risks. For example, would a large bank be buying small, failed savings banks at inflated prices if federal law and states regulations permitted that bank to explain instead through the acquisition of financially healthy banks in the region? Of course not. The solution is clear. American banks will be sounder when they are not geographically limited. The house of Representative's banking committee has shown part of the way forward by recommending common-sensical, though limited, legislation for a five-year transtion to nationwide banking. This would give regional banks time to group together to form counterweights to the big money-center banks. Without this breathing space the big money-center banks might soon extend across the country to develop. But any such legislation should be regarded as only a way station on the road towards a complete examination of American's suitable banking legislation.
51. The author's attitude towards the current banking laws is best described as one of _____ .
A)concerned dissatisfaction
B)tolerant disapproval
C)uncaring indifference
D)great admiration
52. Which of the following best describes why the restrictive banking laws of the 1930's are still on the book?
A)The bank failures of the 1930's were caused by restrictive courts.
B)Banking has not changed in the past 50 years.
C)The banking system is too restrictive,but no alternatives have been suggested.
D)Legislators apparently believe that banking problems similar to those of the Depression still exist today.
53. The author argues that the change to a nationwide banking systems should be _____ .
A)gradual,so that regional banks have a chance to compete with larger banks
B)postponed,until the consequences can be evaluated
C)immediate,because we cannot afford any more bank failures
D)accelerated,to overcome legislative fear
54. Which of the following best expresses the main idea of the passage?
A)The current banking law must be interpreted by the Supreme Court to be useful to today's banks.
B)Although there are currently many bank failures,the nature of banking has not really changed that much.
C)Money?center banks currently have too much power as compared with the regional banks.
D) Because current laws are not responsive to contemporary banking needs, banks have been forced to take needless and dangerous risks.
Passage 2

The energy crisis, which is being felt around the world, has dramatized how the careless use of the earth's resources has brought the whole world to the drink of disaster. The overdevelopment of motor transport, with its increase of more cars, more highways, more pollution, more suburbs, more commuting, has contributed to the near-destruction of our cities, the breakup of the family, and the pollution not only of local air but slao of the earth's atmosphere. The disaster has arrived in the form of the energy crisis.
Our present situation is unlike war, revolution or depression. It is also unlike the great natural disasters of the past. Worldwide resources exploitation and energy use have brought us to a state where long-range planning is essential. What we need is not a continuation of our present serious state, which endangers the future of our country, our children, and our earth, but a movement forward to a new norm in order to work rapidly and effectively on planetary problems.
This country has been falling back under the continuing exposures of loss morality and the revelation that lawbreaking has reached into the highest places in the land. There is a strong demand for moral revival and for some devotion that is vast enough and yet personal enough to enlist the devotion of all. In the past it has been only in a way in defense of their own country and their own ideals that any people have been able to devote themselves wholeheartedly.
This is the first time that we have been asked to defend ourselves and what we hold dear in cooperation with all the other inhabitants of this planet, who share with us the same endangered air and the same endangered oceans. There is a common need ti reassess our present course, to change that coursem and to devise new methods through which the world can survive. This is a preiceless opportunity.
To grasp itm we need a widespread understanding of nature if the crisis confronting us - and the world - a crisis that is no passing inconvenience, no by - product of the ambitions of the oil-rpoducing countries, no environmentalists' mere fears, no by-product of any present system of goverment. What we face is the outcome of the invention of the last four hundred years. What we need is a transformed life style. This new life style can flow directly from science and technology, but its acceptance depends on a sincere devotion to finding a higher quality of life for the world's children and future generation.
55. Which condition does the author feel has nearly destroyed our cities?
A)Lack of financial planning.
B)The breakup of the family.
C)Natural disasters in many regions.
D)The excessive growth of motors.
56. According to the author,what is one example of our loss of morality?
A)Disregard for law.
B)Lack of devotion.
C)Lack of cooperation.
D)Exploitation of resources
57. By comparing past problems with present ones,the author draws attention to the _____ .
A)significance of this crisis
B)inadequacy of governments
C)similarity of the past to the present
D)hopelessness of the situation
58. What contribution does the author feel people must now make?
A)Search for new energy sources.
B)Outlaw motor transportation.
C)Accept a new life style.
D)Adopt a new form of government.
Passage 3

More and more, the operations of our businesses, goverments, and financial insitutions and controlled by information that exists only inside computer memories. Anyone clever enough to modify this information for his purpose can reap substantial rewards. Even worse, a number of people who have done this and been caught at it have managed to get away without punishment.
It's easy for computer crimes to go undetected if no one checks up on what the computer is doing. But even if the crime is detected, the criminal may walk away not only unpunished but with a growing recommendation from his former employers. Of course, we have no statistics on crime that go undetected. But it's disturbing to note how many of the crimes we do know about were detected by accident, not by systematic inspections or other secrity procedures. The computer criminals who have been caught may been the victims of uncommonly bad luck. For example, a certain keypunch operator complained of having to stay overtime to puch extra cards. Investingation revealed that the extra cards she was being asked to punch were for dishonest transactions. In another case, dissatisfied employees of the thief tipped off the company that was being robbed. Unlike other lawbreakers, who must leave the country, commit suicide, or go to jail, computer criminals sometimes escape punishment demanding not only that they not be charged but that they be given good recommendations and perhaps other benefits. All too ofen, their demands have been met. Why? Because company executives are afraid of the bad publicity that would result if the publicfound out that their computer had been misused. They hesitate at the thought of a criminal boasting in open courtof how he juggled the most confidential records right under the noses of the company's executives, accountants, and security staff. And so another computer criminal departs with just the recommendations ha needs to continue his crimes elsewhere.
59. It is implied in the third paragraph that _____ .
A)most computer criminals who are caught blame their bad luck
B)the rapid increase of computer crimes is a troublesome problem
C)most computer criminals are smart enough to cover up their crimes
D)many more computer crimes go undetected than are discovered
60. Which of the following is mentioned in the passage?
A)A strict law against computer crimes must be enforced.
B)Companies usually hesitate to uncover computer crimes.
C)Companies will guard against computer crimes to protect their reputation.
D)Companies need to impose restrictions on confidential information
61. What may happen to computer criminals once they are caught?
A)With a bad reputation they can hardly find other jobs.
B)They may walk away and easily find another jobs.
B)They will be denied access to confidential records.
D)They must leave the country or go to jail.
62. The passage is mainly about _____ .
A)why computer criminals are often able to escape punishment
B)why computer crimes are difficult to detect by systematic inspections
C)how computer criminals manage to get good recommendations from their former employers
D)why computer crimes can't be eliminated
Passage 4

In 1967,in response to widespread public concern aroused by medical reports ofasbestos related deaths,the National Medical Research Council organised a committee of enquiry to investigate the health threats associated with the use of asbestos in the building industry.
After examining evidences provided by medical researchers and building workers and management,the Council published a report which included advices for dealing with asbestos.The report confirmed the findings of similar research in the United States and Canada.Exposure to relatively small quantities of asbestos fibres,they concluded,was directly responsible for the development of cancers,asbestosis and related diseases.Taking into account evidence provided by economists and building industry management,however,the report assumed that despite the availability of other materials,asbestos would continue to play a major role in the British building industry for many years to come because of its availability and low cost.
As a result,the council gave a series of recommendations which were intended to reduce the risks to those who might be exposed to asbestos in working environments.They recommended that,where possible,asbestosfree materials should be employed.In cases where asbestos was employed,it was recommended that it should be used in such a way that loose fibres were less likely to enter the air.The report recommended that special care should be taken during work in environments which contain asbestos.Workers should wear protective equipment and take special care to remove dust from the environment and clothing with the use of vacuum cleaner.
The report identified five factors which determine the level of risk involved.The state and type of asbestos is critical to determining the risk factors.In addition,dust formation was found to be limited where the asbestos was used when wet rather than dry.
The choice of tools was also found to affect the quantities of asbestos particles that enter the air.Machine tools produce greater quantities of dust than hand tools and,where possible,the use of the latter was recommended.
A critical factor takes place in risk reduction is the adequate ventilation of the working environment.When work takes place in an enclosed space,more asbestos particles circulate and it was therefore recommended that natural or machine ventilation should be used.By closely following these advices, it was claimed that exposure can be reduced to a reasonably practical minimum.
63. Exposure to asbestos fibres can cause cancer _____ .
A)only when asbestos is used in building industry
B)only when it is used in large quantities
C)even if it is used in small quantities
D)if they are used when wet rather than dry
64. Exposure to asbestos fibres is harmful to people's health _____ .
A)so the use of asbestos is limited
B)but asbestos will continue to be used for a long time to come
C)so other new kinds of materials are under development
D)but they will not be so when ventilation devices are used
65. It can be inferred from the passage that the real danger comes from _____ .
A)the asbestos dust that people take in
B)the contact of the worker's skin with asbestos particles
C)the inferior quality of the asbestos itself
D)the excessive use of manmade asbestos material
66. Evidence from the economists and the building industries shows that _____ .
A)exposure to asbestos fibres is cancercausing
B)asbestos is in extensive use in building industry
C)use of asbestos is being reduced gradually
D)exposure to asbestos fibres can be reduced significantly
Passage 5

A good marriage means growing as a couple but also growing as individuals.This isn't easy,marriage has always been difficult.Why then are we seeing so many divorces at this time?Yes,our modern social fabric is thin,and yes the permissiveness of society has created unrealistic expectations and thrown the family into disorder. But divorce is so common because people today are unwilling to exercise the selfdiscipline that marriage requires.They expect easy joy,like the entertainment on TV,the thrill of a good party.
Marriage takes some kind of sacrifice,not dreadful selfsacrifice of the soul,but some level of compromise.Some of one's fantasies, some of one's legitimate desires have to be given up for the value of the marriage itself.“While all marital partners feel shackled(受束缚)at times,it is they who really choose to make the marital ties into confining chains or supporting bonds”,says Dr.Whitaker.Marriage requires sexual,financial and emotional discipline.A man and a woman cannot follow every impulse,cannot allow themselves to stop growing or changing.
A divorce is not an evil act.Sometimes it provides salvation(拯救)for people who have grown hopelessly apart or were frozen in patterns of pain or mutual unhappiness.Divorce can be like the first cut of the surgeon's knife,a step toward new health and a good life.On the other hand,if the partners can stay past the breaking up of the romantic myths into the development of real love and intimacy,they have achieved a work as amazing as the greatest cathedrals(教堂)of the world.Marriages that do not fail but improve,that persist despite imperfections,are not only rare these days but offer a wondrous shelter in which the face of our mutual humanity can safely show itself.
67. According to the author,an ideal marriage life _____ .
A)requires considerable sacrifice on both partners
B)requires that the couple be emotionally involved
C)allows for the growth of the husband and wife as a couple and as two individuals
D)is only an illusion in today's society
68. In Paragraph 2,the word“legitimate”most probably means _____ .
A)lawful
B)biological
C)personal
D)reasonable
69. In the author's opinion,a divorce is not an evil act _____ .
A)if the marital life is imperfect
B)if it leads to a more worthwhile life for the two persons
C)if the couple later get married again and find real love
D)if the couple live far away from each other
70. The author believes the real cause for the increase of divorces today is that _____ .
A)people have too many sources of entertainment
B)people have less internal restraints
C)people no longer enjoy family life as they did before
D)people do not want to be confined by marital ties
Part IV EnglishChinese Translation
Direction:Read the following passage carefully and then translate the underlined sentences into Chinese.(15 points)
Even though she was blind and deaf,Helen Keller was a woman with an extraordinary social vision.(71) When most women's rights activists were working for the right to vote,Helen Keller advocated action that was more direct and more immediate than the vote. In 1911,speaking in England where women had the right to vote,she said:“Our democracy is but a name. We vote?What does that mean?It means that we choose between two bodies of real,though not avowed,autocrats….You ask for votes for women.(72) What good can votes do when teneleventh of the land of Great Britain belongs to 200000 men and only oneeleventh to the rest of the 40000000? Have your men with their millions of votes freed themselves from this injustice?”
(73) When she became active and openly socialist,a New York city newspaper,the Brooklyn Eagle,which had previously treated her as a heroine,criticized that her misguided socialism had somehow developed from her blind and deaf condition. She replied that when once she met the editor of the Brooklyn Eagle,he had complimented her lavishly:“But now that I have come out for socialism,he reminds me and the public that I am blind and deaf and especially liable to error.”She added:“Oh,ridiculous Brooklyn Eagle!What an ungallant bird it is!(74) Socially blind and deaf,it defends an intolerable system,a system that is the cause of much of the physical blindness and deafness which we are trying to prevent. The Eagle and I are at war.I hate the system which it represents…When it fights back,let it fight fair…It is not fair fighting or good argument to remind me and others that I cannot see or hear.I can read.I can read all the socialist books I have time for in English,German and French.If the editor of the Brooklyn Eagle should read some of them,he might be a wiser man,and make a better newspaper.(75) If I ever contribute to the socialist movement, the book I sometimes dream of;I know what I shall name it:Industrial Blindness and Social Deafness.”





Part V Writing(15 Points)
Directions:
A)Title: Private Cars in China
B)You should write an essay on the outline below in no less than 150 words.
C)Your essay should be written on Answer Sheet II
Outline:
1.Encourage or not encourage private cars
2.Use specific reasons to support your point of view
3.Measures of encouraging or limiting private cars.































研究生入学考试模拟英语试题[2]讲评:
[词汇与结构] [完型填空] [阅读理解] [英译汉] [写作]

Part I Structure and Vocabulary

Section A
1. (B)
这是一个含蓄虚拟条件句。or相当于or else。otherwise,“否则的话”,意思同if they hadn't enjoyed themselves…,故应选B。
2. (A)
no…but…,“没有……不……”。but是连词,相当于except that。句意为:“两个人在一起半小时之内,一个就会表现出比另一个强。”单从动词形式上看,when, if 都不可以,因要用一般现在时。选because句意不通。
3. (D)
句意:“等你到家时,我已经睡着了,所以进来时不要有响动。”根据句意,要用将来完成进行时。句中有for several hours,表示动作持续,所以用将来完成时不够准确。
4. (A)
Just as …so,“正如……”、“同样……”。
5. (B)
在when,while,if,unless,although,though从句中,如果省略的话,则要将主语与be动词一起省。confront和he 是被动关系,所以D不对。
6. (A)
rather than后接不定式,如放在句首,一般应不带to,放在句尾,带与不带均可。如:Rather than go by bike,he walks to the office every day.He walks to the office every day rather than (to) go by bike.
7. (A)
这里不强调动作的先后,只是陈述一种事实,所以用分词的一般式。fossil record和start不是被动关系,故C、D都不合适。
8. (C)
exclude要求from(从……中排除掉),whose在从句中作定语,相当于…nobody can be effctively excluded from the enjoyment of the commodities。
9. (B)
句首状语若以“only+从句”,“only+副词”,“only+介词短语”构成,句子通常部分倒装。
10. (D)
at once…and …=both…and…意为:“既……又……”。本句意为:“几乎没有人会怀疑科学加速了对一般教育的要求,同时也使教育本身更有成效。”

Section B
11. (B)错 应将it改成so,it此处指代不明,而so经常与do一起用,构成动宾替代结构。
12. (B)错 复合否定连词neither…nor用来连接两个并列主语时,其谓语动词的数取决于后一个名词,即靠近谓语的名词是单数,谓语便用单数,否则用复数,这就是所谓的“靠近原则”。此句中应将wishes改成 wish,与 members 取得一致。
13. (A)错 应改成opposing,动名词短语作句子主语。
14. (C)错 应将attracted置于not 之前,构成…attracted not by …,but by…平行结构。当然也可以说…not attracted by…but attracted by…。
15. (A)错 应改成couldn't have lived,“不可能活到今天”,关键词是till,表示“延续到现在”的含义,所以应用完成式。
16. (B)错 应改成:still more。still less用于否定句之后,less是否定副词little的比较级,still less 比句子前一部分的否定更进一步深化。much less和even less与still less意思相同。但是,如果句子前一部分没有否定词,虽有否定意义,一般不用still less,而用 still more,而英译汉时要译成否定。比较下列句子:Proof-reading is not interesting, still less so when it is one's own work.Proof-reading is uninteresting , still more so when it is one's own work.much more 与still more意思相同。
17. (D)错 应改成they are detected。因为they代替的是a further third (of cancers)。当然将it is 去掉也是正确的,即省略了they are。
18. (D)错 应将形容词logical改成副词形式logically,修饰形容词uniform。注意:uniform也是名词,所以单从形式上看此处似乎不错,但从意义上分析就不通了。全句意为:“引用阿尔伯特•爱因斯坦的话来说,科学是试图使我们头脑中一大堆杂乱无章的感性体验,符合于逻辑上前后一致的思维体系。”
19. (C)错 应在one前加定冠词the。one 是替代词,代替名词,不加冠词时具有泛指意义,加冠词时具有特指意义。本句中the one指the metal,已第二次提到。句意:“铁不是地球上蕴藏最丰富的金属,也不是历史最悠久的金属。”
20. (C)错 应改成动名词training,因为to在此处是介词,不是动词不定式符号。be reduced to…“(迫使)处于某种状态”。句意:“用学生的考试结果来判断教师的教学情况,这使得老师们去训练学生的应试技巧,而不是教好自己的科目。”

Section C
21. (B)
take after:resemble,“相像”;seek after,“追求”、“找寻”;get the best of sth.,“得胜”、“处于优势”;count on“指望”。
22. (D)
make up for,“弥补”;provide for,“为……提供”;look for,“寻找”;take delight in“从……中取乐”。
23. (C)
break off,“突然停止”;break up,“(集会)结束”、“(学校)放假”;cut off,“(电话)中断”;hang up,“(电话)挂断”。
24. (B)
look up to sb.=respect,“尊敬”、“敬仰”。turn on sb.,“冲……发怒”,turn on还有“依赖”、“取决于”的意思,但不接人。如:The success of a picnic turns on the weather.“野餐成功与否通常取决于天气。”stand up for,“维护”、“为……辩护”;hang on to,“坚持”、“紧紧握住”。
25. (D)
excessive“过分的”;exceeding“超越的”、“非常的”;extensive“广泛的”;exclusive“惟一的”、“排他的”。
26. (B)
in full bloom,“(鲜花)盛开”;in good season,“正当时令”、“正上市”;in nature,“实质上”;in great demand,“大量需求”。
27. (C)
preserve,“保持”;reserve,“保存”;persist(in ),“坚持”;retail,“零售”。
28. (A)
a matter of,“大约”;ahead of time,“提前”,提前10个月是:ten month ahead of time;at most,“至多”;in advance,“提前”,也要求放在时间之后。
29. (C)
irresistible,“不可抗拒的”、“无法抑制的”;indispensible,“必不可少的”;inevitable,“不可避免的”;unavoidable,与inevitable意思相同。
30. (A)
enlightened,“开明的”、“进步的”、“有知识的”;cultivated,“有教养的”、“有素养的”、“优雅的”;qualified,“有资格的”、“合格的”;nourished,“养育了的”。根据句意,许多现代化国家确信教育的重要性,向高等教育投资,并以得到大批的有知识的青年的形式获取“利息”,这些青年都是未来的领导者。因为学校是人们enlighten 的地方,而且enlighten也总是和教育连在一起的,所以选A为最佳。
31. (C)
unprejudiced,“没有偏见的”,与句中objectively吻合;unrevised,“未加修改的”;balanced,“平衡的”;valid,“有效的(指法律上)”。句子说的是报纸要实事求是,不带个人主观意见地提供给读者各种事实,因此应选C。
32. (D)
expectation,,“期望”、“期待”;anticipation:looking forward to“预期”、“预测”、“盼望”;perspective,“前途”、“看问题的方法”;proposition,“主张”、“建议”、“命题”。
33. (B)
注意这几个词在用法上的区别:deny, sb.sth.,deprive, sb.of sth.reject, sth.,refuse,(to do)sth.。
34. (A)
somehow,“以某种方式”;somewhat,“有一点”;anyhow,anyway,“无论怎样”。
35. (C)
emotion:strong feeling,“激情”、“情感”;sensation:feeling,“感觉”;passion,“强烈情感(爱、恨)”;mood,“情绪”、“心境”。
36. (D)
convey,“传达”、“传送”,convey one's meaning“表达意义”,convey one's feeling,(the information),“表达感情(传递消息)”;transform,“彻底改变”;transmit,“传播”;manifest,“表明”。这几个词不能与meaning搭配使用。
37. (A)
bsheer:nothing but,“纯粹的”;thoroughly,:completely“完全地”、“彻底地”;utterly,“完全地”;simply:just,only,“只是”、“仅仅”。
38. (C)
intensely, competitive society,“竞争激烈的社会”。powerfully,“强大地”;forcefully,“强有力地”;intensively,“集中地”、“加强地”。这三个副词习惯上都不用来修饰competitive。
39. (B)
originate,“起源于”、“始于”;generate,“产生”、“发生”;sponsor,“主办”、“发起”;proclaim,“宣布”。本句讲的是环法自行车赛最初是在法国出现的,所以应选originated。
40. (C)
require 要求接介词of以引出间接宾语。
Part II Cloze Test
短文大意:“交流”和“信息”是我们这个时代的两个关键词汇。任何人与人之间的关系或人类活动都意味着信息交流的过程,但现在这一现象已引起了前所未有的重视。个人之间的交流因大众传播媒介的发展而得到补充。在个人之间的直接交流和公众与传媒的间接交流这两个形式之间,人类的一切活动领域有着一整套包括家庭、学校等具有传播知识的能力与责任的机构。
段首句译文:“‘交流’和‘信息’毫无疑问地是我们这个时代的两个关键词。”
41. (C) begins with
人的知识(knowledge)是对获得的信息(information)的理解,所以C.begins with (始于)为正确选择。A.consists in (在于)、B.deviates from (背离、偏离)和D.transforms into(转变成、转化为)都不合文意。
译文:“任何人际关系或人类活动都意味着信息交流过程。一切知识都始于获得有关正在发生的和人们所说、所做或所想的事情的信息。”
42. (A)What
本句中的两个谓语动词is之间没有连词,不是并列谓语,故所缺成分要同时做主句和从句的主语。B.It和D.One thing均不符合要求;C.whatever(无论什么)虽有此语法功能,但与文意不符,故只有A.What为正确选择。
43. (A)paid
pay attention to是固定搭配,意为:“关心”、“对……注意”,符合文意,故选A.paid。B.offered(提出、主动提供),C.applied(应用)和D.extended(延伸、延长)都不能与attention搭配使用。
译文:“然而,如今,这一现象的规模与发展以及人们对这一现象的重视程度却与以往不同。”
44. (C)supplemented
根据上下文以及常识,个人之间的交流由于有报纸、广播等大众传播媒介而得到补充,故应选C.supplemented(补充、增补)。A.replaced(替代、取代),B.supplied(提供)和D.distorted(歪曲)都不合逻辑。
45. (B)distinguished by
distinguish 有“辨别”、“区分”、“有别于”、“使出众”等含义,在此需从文意和语法两方面考虑。A.has distinguished没有连词连接并列成分,不能与has been作并列谓语,且与文意不符,故被排除。动词不定式放在句末一般前面不加逗号,表示目的或结果,故C.to distinguish亦非正确选择。作定语的分词选用过去分词还是现在分词形式要取决于它与其逻辑主语的关系,这里并非讲“大众传媒使信息量特点显著”,而是“大信息量使大众传媒这种信息交流形式引人瞩目”,故应选B.distinguished by而排除D.distinguish。
译文:“人与人之间的个别交流已为大众传媒所补充,而大众传媒则因其传送的信息量和接受信息的公众人数而引人瞩目。”
46. (C)Since
本题宜在答完下题之后考虑。四个选项都是从属连词,只要判断出从句与主句的逻辑关系是因果关系,便可选对C.Since(由于)。A.Even if(即使)表示让步;B.Although(虽然)表示转折;D.No matter how(无论怎样)表示让步,均不合逻辑。
47. (B)escapes
报纸、广播和电视的信息不会“招引”用户来直接控制它或“抵制”用户的控制,故C.attracts(吸引、引诱、招引)和D.repels(击退、抵制、拒绝、排斥)均不正确。A. avoids指“避免”、“躲避”、“防止”,其主语通常是人,一般指有意识的行为,此处主语it指上文this information,故排除A。B.escapes有“避免”、“逃脱”、“未被……注意”等含义,在此是正确选择。
选项用法举例:Try to avoid danger.“尽量避免危险。”You should avoid being late for your class.“你应该避免上课迟到。”I avoided her by leaving by the back door.“我从后门离开,避开了她。”She avoided answering my questions。“她对我的问题避而不答。”I avoided punishment by running away.“我一跑了之。”He escaped from prison.“他从监狱逃走了。”The image escaped from her memory.“那形象从她记忆中消失了。”Some gas is escaping from the pipe.“有气体从管中漏出。”to escape death,“死里逃生”;to escape punishment,“逃避惩罚”;to escape responsibility,“逃避责任”;A scream escaped her lips.“她不由得发出一声尖叫。”The change in his grandson did not escape him.“孙子身上的变化没有逃过他的注意。”
48. (D)response
看到电视等传媒发出的信息,人们会有不同的反应,而不仅仅是对问题的回答,故排除A.answer和B.reply。C.reaction(反应)不能与give搭配,故排除C。D.response指“回答”、“反应”,在这里是正确答案。
译文:“由于信息是通过大众传媒(即报纸、广播、电视等)传送的,使用者无法直接控制它们,既不能核实或改变它们,也不能对它们立刻做出反应。”
选项用法举例:to cause a reaction,“引起反应”;to have a reaction,“有反应”;to produce fierce reactions in the young people,“在年轻人中产生强烈的反响”;What is his reaction to your proposal?“他对你的提议有什么反应?”a letter which brought no response,“一封未得到回音的信”;to make/give no response to sb's inquiry,“对某人的询问不予答复”;He was unable to get any response to his knock on the door.“他敲门无人答应。”
49. (D)provided with
本句的主语是all areas of human activity,宾语是a whole series of institutions,若选A.provided for,则意为:“为机构提供人类活动领域”;若选B.provided in,则意为:“在机构中提供人类活动领域”;若选C.provided by,则意为:“由机构提供人类活动领域”,显然A、B、C都不合逻辑,故只有D.provided with为正确答案。
选项用法举例:I'm already provided with everything I need.“我所需要的一切都已有了。”They are ill provided with food.“他们的食品不足。”to provide children with a good education,“为儿童提供良好的教育”;to provide food and clothes for one's family,“养家活口”;She was provided for,at any rate.“她的生活总算有了着落。”The rules are provided in the law.“这些条例是法律所规定的。”
50. (C)forth
本句中the family,the system of education,the system of administration为列举的三个并列成分,表示还可有更多的例子,可用and so on/and so forth,故应选C.forth。A.so,B.far和D.much 在此都不适用。
译文:“在人与人之间的直接交流与公众和传媒的间接交流这两个形式之间,人类的一切活动领域有着一整套包括家庭、教育系统和管理系统等具有传播知识的能力与责任的机构。”

Part III Reading Comprehension
51. (A)
意为:忧虑和不满。第一段指出,最高法院(the Supreme Court)最近一项裁决使地区性州际银行(regional interstate bank)在美国银行业务中摆脱了一项限制,虽然许多限制尚存。这项裁决(ruling)并不适用于金融中心银行,但是,它标志着向放宽的方向迈进了一步,放宽最终会使国会制定(framing)一个合理的法律法规制度,对银行的未来发展做出规划,而无需等待法院的再一次裁决(beyond the next court case)。文章最后一句指出,但是,这样的立法只能被看作是全面制定合理的美国银行法的一个小插曲。显然,在作者看来,美国国会需要全面修改现行银行法,而不应该仅停留在对它的修修补补上。
52. (D)
意为:立法者显然相信雷同于大萧条时代的金融问题目前仍然存在。第二段第一、二句指出,法庭目前所依据的限制法主要是30年代遗留下来的防止银行破产的法律。由于目前所显示的银行破产率高于30年代大萧条(the Great Depression)以后任何一个时代,立法者对废除限制表示担心。这种担心在作者看来是错误的。
53. (A)
意为:“循序渐进的,以便地区银行可以和大银行竞争”。最后一段指出,道理是明摆着的,废除地区性限制,美国银行业的发展会更健康。众议院提议实行五年的放开国内区域性限制的转换期(transition),这项提案虽然有其局限,但却颇有道理(common?.sensical),可以将银行改革推进一步。这种做法可以给地方银行重组的时间,以便同大金融中心银行相抗衡,因为,如果没有这一喘息机会,大金融中心银行很快就会占领全国。
54. (D)
意为:“因为目前法律已不能满足现代银行业发展的需要,银行不得不去冒一些无谓的风险”。第二段第五句指出,为了摆脱限制,银行正在冒着巨大(但却没必要的)风险。
55. (D)
文章第一段指出,能源危机表明,人肆无忌惮地使用地球资源已使世界处于灾难的边缘(brink):现代交通运输的过度发展使城市濒临毁灭(neardestruction)、使家庭解体、污染了城市的空气和大气层。
56. (B)
第三段指出,现在,许多道德的丧失与腐败现象被揭露出来,甚至国家的最高层(the highest places in the land,指国家高级官员)也不依法办事。这些道德的丧失与腐败使国家岌岌可危。所以,道德需要新生,人需要新的奉献精神,需要用部分人的巨大奉献精神来带动所有人的奉献精神。过去,人们曾经为保卫自己的国家和民族以及自己的理想全心全意地奉献过自己。由本段第二、三句可以看出,第一句主要是指人们奉献精神的缺乏,含义为:解决目前的危机还需要人们做出奉献。A不对,原文中所说的“违法”(lawbreaking)主要指腐败,具体地讲,是指高级官员们不能尽职尽责而以权谋私。
57. (A)
在前三段中,作者指出了目前所存在的问题,参阅(55)、(56)题题解。在第四段,作者指出了这一危机的性质。与过去不同的是,我们首先要学会保护我们自己和我们珍视(hold dear)的东西,我们的合作者不再是某国某地域的人,也不是我们的同志了,而是生活在地球上的所有人,因为,我们都同时面临着同一个问题。我们需要共同努力(a common need)来衡量评价一下我们正在走的道路(course)或改变这一道路,以找出我们共存的途径。在这方面来说,现在是机不可失(priceless)。在文章最后一段,作者更具体地说明了我们所应该做的事情。
58. (C)
在文章的最后一段,作者提出了对付危机的对策。人们都应充分理解(a widespread understanding)我们所面临的危机的性质——它决不是暂时的(passing),我们所需要的是一种新的生活方式(a transformed lifestyle),它当然要以科学技术为基础,但要接受它却需要人们真诚的奉献,以便使我们的子孙后代生活得更美好(a higher quality of life)。选择项C中outlaw一词意为:“摈弃”、“取缔”。
59. (D)
意为:发现的计算机犯罪比未发现的要多得多。第三段指出,究竟多少犯罪未被发现(go undetected),我们当然无从知道。我们目前所发现的这么一部分犯罪只是偶然发现的,并没有通过系统的检查,或采取其他防范措施查找,一想到这一点就令人感到不安。言外之意,我们的防范措施太差了,有多少犯罪还没有查出呢?所查出的犯罪是否只是冰川一角呢?所以,作者最后指出,被查出的计算机犯罪者也许只是运气特别不好的人(victims of uncommonly bad luck)。在第四段,作者举了两个例子,用以说明发现计算机犯罪经常是偶然的。
60. (B)
意为:公司通常对揭露计算机犯罪很谨慎。第六段指出,为什么计算机犯罪者通常都会逍遥法外呢?因为公司的领导们害怕一旦公众知道他们公司的计算机曾被人动过手脚,自己的名声就完了(bad publicity)。犯罪者很可能在法庭上鼓吹自己是怎样在公司的领导、会计师、安保人员的鼻子底下玩弄公司最高机密的,一想到此,他们(对把犯罪分子绳之以法)就犹豫了。这样,计算机犯罪分子夹着自己需要的推荐信离开了公司,到其他地方继续进行自己的犯罪去了。
61. (B)
62. (A)
63. (C)

64. (B)
65. (A)
66. (B)
石棉的使用给建筑工人造成了危害,但来自经济学家与建筑业的调查表明:虽然有可供利用的其他材料,石棉在英国建筑业中还将大量使用一段时间,因为它易得到且成本低(参阅第二段最后一句)。所以,B表达的内容最为贴切。
67. (C)
文章第一句指出,理想的婚姻不仅给夫妻二人的发展而且也应为他们各自的发展提供机会。A不正确,第二段第一句指出,婚姻需要夫妻双方做出某些牺牲(some kind of sacrifice),这里“牺牲”并非指灵魂上的巨大自我牺牲,而是指夫妻双方需要做出某些必要的妥协,如为了婚姻得以圆满继续,夫妻各自的一些不切实际的幻想(fantasies)和某些看上去似乎合理的愿望应该让居第二位。
68. (D)
该词意为:“合法的”、“合理的”。
69. (B)
然而,离异有时也并不是件坏事,它有时会成为处于无法弥合的婚姻或痛苦不幸的婚姻中的人的救星。对这些人来说离婚正像是外科大夫的手术一样,可以帮人恢复健康并快乐地生活。参阅第三段第一、二、三句。
70. (B)
在文章第一、二段,作者探讨了离婚增多的原因。他认为,社会的容忍(permissiveness)使人们产生了不切实际的幻想,人们不愿做出婚姻需要夫妻双方所做出的牺牲,只想放纵自己。婚姻需要夫妻双方做出牺牲,需要他们在某些方面的自我约束(self?.discipline),而不能靠冲动行事。可见,作者认为离婚的主要原因是人们缺乏内在的自制(internal restraints)。

Part IV EnglishChinese Translation
短文大意: 又聋又瞎的美国著名社会活动家海伦•凯勒鼓吹妇女应该争取比选举权更直接和有效的行动。当她公开信仰社会主义的时候,纽约一家报纸批评她说,她的盲目的社会主义观是从她自身又聋又瞎的情况发展起来的。海伦反驳说,这家报纸确是又聋又瞎,因为这家报纸保护一个令人无法忍受的制度,而这个制度是使许多人在肉体上又聋又瞎的根源。
71. 这是一个简单复合句。句架是:when…Helen keller advocated action that…。句首when引导时间状语从句,句末关系代词that引导定语从句,修饰action。本句应译成:“当大多数女权运动积极分子为争取选举权而奔走的时候,海伦•凯勒却鼓吹争取比选举权更直接和更有效的权利。”
72. 这是一个简单复合句,句架是:what good can votes do when …。when引导时间状语从句。在这个状语从句中有两个句子,由 and 连接。在one eleventh后省略了动词 belong。句中的词组do good作“对……有好处”讲。本句应译成:“当英国土地10/11属于20万人,而1/11属于其余4000万人的时候,选票能有什么好处?”
73. 这是一个简单复合句。句架是:when…,a… newspaper …,which criticized that…。句首 when引导时间状语;关系代词 which引导定语从句,修饰the Brooklyn Eagle;that引导名词从句,作criticized的宾语。句中misguide是“错误地引导”、“把……引入歧途”的意思。此句中的misguided是指(行为等)在错误思想(或原则、信仰、动机等)的指导下。此句应译为:“当海伦•凯勒非常活跃并且公开信仰社会主义的时候,以前曾把她捧为女英雄的纽约市一家报纸《布鲁克林之鹰报》此时却批评她说,她在错误思想指导下的社会主义信念在一定程度上是从她又聋又瞎的情况发展而来的。”
74. 这是一个简单复合句。句架是:it(指the Brooklyn Eagle)defends a… system,a system that is the cause of …blindness and deafness which…。socially blind and deaf是省略了分词being的分词短语,作定语;a system that是前面 system的同位语,that是关系代词引导定语从句,修饰 system ;在定语从句中关系代词which又引导定语从句,修饰 blindness and deafness。本句应译成:“对社会来说,《布鲁克林之鹰报》又聋又瞎,它为一个令人无法忍受的制度辩护,这个制度是造成许多人在肉体上又聋又瞎的根源,而我们则在设法防止许多人在肉体上变成又聋又瞎的人。”
75. 这是一个并列复合句,两个句子由分号连接。句架是:If I…,the book…;I know what I shall name it… 。第一个句子的主句是I sometimes dreamed of the book,本主句中作者把宾语book前置,句首是由If引导的条件状语从句。在第二个句子中,what引导名词从句,作 know 的宾语。冒号后是it的同位语。本句应译成:“如果要对社会主义运动做贡献,我有时梦想写一本书,我知道我将给这本书起什么名字,就叫《工业的瞎子和社会的聋子》。
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