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考研英语（一）模拟试题一Section I

Use of English

Directions:Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank andmark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)

Black death that drove Newton from his college and into a momentous discovery, 1

England in 1665. Astronomical records of the time show that 2 was a year of intense sunspot activity, and studies of annual tree 3 , which are wider when the sun is disturbed, 4 that the terrible plague of 1348 was 5 accompanied by an active sun.

This sounds incredible, 6 we now have evidence that the sun has a direct effect on some

of our body 7 . Over 120 000 tests were made on people in a Black Sea 8 to measure the number of lymphocytes in their blood. These small cells normally 9 between 20 and 25 percent of man's white blood cells, but in years of great solar activity this 10 decreases. There was a big drop during the sunspot years of 1986 and 1987, and number of people 11 from diseases caused by a lymphocyte deficiency 12 doubled during the tremendous solar explosion of February 1986.

Many of the body's 13 seem to be influenced by sun-induced changes in the earth's

magnetic 14 . If this is so, one 15 to find that the nervous system, which depends on electrical stimuli, would be the most 16 . A study of 5 580 coal-mine accidents 17 the Ruhr river shows that most occurred on the day following solar activity. Studies of traffic accidents in

Russia and in Germany show that these increase, by as much as four 18 the average, on days after the 19 of a solar flare. This suggests that accidents may be 20 a disturbance deeper than a simple decrease in reaction time. These results make it clear that man in, among otherthings, a remarkably sensitive living sundial. 1. [A] blanketed [B] swept 2. [A] this [B] such 3. [A] rings [B] cycles 4. [A] survey [B] reveal 5. [A] still [B] even 6. [A] but [B] because 7. [A] chemistry [B] construction 8. [A] retreat [B] reserve 9. [A] put in [B] take over 10. [A] number [B] figure 11. [A] suffered [B] suffer 12. [A] unexpectedly [B] actually 13. [A] performances [B] operations 14. [A] environment [B] field 15. [A] would expect [B] expects 16. [A] affected [B] respected 17. [A] beside [B] at

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[C] make up [C] share

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[C] disappointedly [C] functions [C] layer [C] expect

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[D] constitution [D] refuge [D] set off

[D] proportion [D] to suffer [D] practically [D] workings [D] shell

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18. [A] times above 19. [A] formation 20. [A] due to [B] time

[B] explosion [B] apt for [C] times in [C] eruption [C] all but [D]times

[D]propulsion [D] prior to

Section IIReading Comprehension

Part A

Directions:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)

Text 1

Over the last decade, demand for the most common cosmetic surgery procedures, like breast enlargements and nose jobs, has increased by more than 400 percent. According to Dr. Dai Davies, of the Plastic Surgery Partnership in Hammersmith, the majority of cosmetic surgery patients are not chasing physical perfection. Rather, they are driven to fantastic lengths to improve their appearance by a desire to look normal. \"What we all crave is to look normal, and normal is what is prescribed by the advertising media and other external pressures. They give us look like that.

In America, the debate is no longer about whether surgery is normal; rather, it centers on what age people should be before going under the knife. New York surgeon Dr. Gerard Imber

recommends \"maintenance\" work for people in their thirties. \"The idea of waiting until one needs a heroic transformation is silly,\" he says. \"By then, you've wasted 20 great years of your life and allowed things to get out of hand.\" Dr. Imber draws the line at operating on people who are under 18, however, \"It seems that someone we don't consider old enough to order a drink shouldn't be considering plastic surgery.\"

In the UK cosmetic surgery has long been seen as the exclusive domain of the very rich and famous. But the proportionate cost of treatment has fallen substantially, bringing all but the most advanced laser technology within the reach of most people. Dr. Davies, who claims to \"cater for the average person\agrees. He says: \"I treat a few of the rich and famous and an awful lot of secretaries. Of course, 3, 000 for￡ an operation is a lot of money. But it is also an investment for life which costs about half the price of a good family holiday.\"

Dr. Davies suspects that the increasing sophistication of the fat injecting and removal

techniques that allow patients to be treated with a local anaesthetic in an afternoon has also helped promote the popularity of cosmetic surgery. Yet, as one woman who recently paid ￡2,500for liposuction to remove fat from her thighs admitted, the slope to becoming a cosmetic surgery

Veteran is a deceptively gentle one. \"I had my legs done because they'd been bugging me for years. But going into the clinic was so low key and effective it whetted my appetite. Now I don't think there's any operation that I would rule out having if I could afford it.\"

21. According to the text, the reason for cosmetic surgery is to

[A] be physically healthy.

[B] look more normal.

[C] satisfy appetite.

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[D] be accepted by media.

22. According to the third paragraph, Dr. Davies implies that

[A] cosmetic surgery, though costly, is worth having. [B] cosmetic surgery is too expensive.

[C] cosmetic surgery is necessary even for the average person. [D] cosmetic surgery is mainly for the rich and famous.

23. The statement \"draws the line at operating on people\" (para. 2) is closest in meaning to

[A] removing wrinkles from the face. [B] helping people make up. [C] enjoying operating. [D] refusing to operate.

24. It can be inferred from the text that

[A] it is wise to have cosmetic surgery under 18. [B] cosmetic surgery is now much easier. [C] people tend to abuse cosmetic surgery.

[D] the earlier people have cosmetic surgery, the better they will be. 25. The text is mainly about

[A] the advantage of having cosmetic surgery.

[B] what kind of people should have cosmetic surgery. [C] the reason why cosmetic surgery is so popular. [D] the disadvantage of having cosmetic surgery.

Text 2

In nature as in culture, diversity can be a difficult concept. Understanding it is one thing, accepting it another, especially when diversity means not only acknowledging a pre-existing mixture of difference--the very ampleness of the world--but also accommodating an adjustment to the existing state of things. A case in point is the reintroduction of gray wolves in Yellowstone national Park. Thirty-three wolves were released in 1995, and their number has now reached 97. Population expansion is one measure of the wolf program's success, but a better one is the wolves' impact on the natural diversity of the park.

Typically, a pack of the Yellowstone wolves kills a big deer very few days. But over the remains the wolves abandon, a wonderful new diversity has emerged. Since their arrival, wolves have killed many of the park's coyotes (丛林郎 ), a smaller kind of wolf. The reduction in coyotes has caused an increase in rodents such as mice, rabbits and squirrels, which also benefits a wide range of predators. Even the coyotes that live at the margins of wolf country have prospered, thanks to the leftovers the wolves leave behind. So do grizzly bears, which feed on wolf-kilted deer before beginning hibernation or winter sleep.

What has interested scientists is the swiftness, the dynamism, of this shift in diversity. There has been, however, no matching dynamism in the opinion of humans who oppose the wolf reintroduction. That was made plain by a Federal district judge's recent order to \"remove\" the

wolves, the result or a legal process that is the offspring of inflexibility. Several livestock groups, including the Wyoming Farm Bureau, had filed a suit that urged, in slightly cleverer terms, the old proposition, no wolves, no problems. Several environmental groups had flied a separate lawsuit--unconnected to the Yellowstone wolves--protesting the dropping of legal protection for

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wolves that were recolonizing Idaho. The two suits were unfortunately merged.

Though Judge William Downes stayed his own decision, pending appeal, his judgment is a sad encouragement to the mistaken defensiveness of most ranchers or cattle farmers. It is also a misunderstanding of the purpose of the environmentalists' suit. His decision needs to be swiftly and decisively overturned on appeal. It is no exaggeration to say that since the return of the wolves, Yellowstone has witnessed an economy of diversity from which human culture--including the culture of ranching---can directly profit, if only it chooses to do so. 26. Since the arrival of 33 wolves in the Yellowstone National Park,

[A] a dynamic biological chain has started to function [B] animals kept in the park have had enough food

[C] some animals that are not wanted have been vanishing [D] the attraction of the park is greatly increased

27. The author thinks it unfortunate that the judge should

[A] make efforts to accept suits with regard to old issues. [B] make use of legal means to protect his own interests. [C] mix up two irrelevant suits and make wolves the victims.

[D] support the protest against canceling legal protections for wolves.

28. The author believes that Judge William Downes was obviously on the side of

[A] the Yellowstone Park [B] livestock groups

[C] environmental groups [D] federal laws

29. Commenting on the Yellowstone Park wolf program, the author

[A] urges the district judge to reverse his recent order. [B] criticizes the attitude of environmental groups. [C] calls on the people to protect wolves everywhere [D] speaks for the interests of most cattle farmers. 30. According to the author, the protection of wolves will

[A] bring about an economic boom to the surrounding farms and ranches [B] cause bigger losses of livestock to the Park's neighboring farms [C] lead to a number of controversies in the society [D] prove to be beneficial to all parties concerned

Text 3

Vinton Cerf, known as the father of the Internet, said on Wednesday that the Web was outgrowing the planet Earth and the time had come to take the information superhighway to outer space.

\"The Internet is growing quickly, and we still have a lot of work to do to cover the planet,\" Cerf told the first day of the annual conference of the Internet Society in Geneva where more than 1,500 cyberspacefans have gathered to seek answers to questions about the tangled web of the Internet.

Cerf believed that it would soon be possible to send real-time science data on the Internetfrom a

space mission orbiting another planet such as Mars. \"There is now an effort under way to design and build an interplanetary Internet. The space research community is coming closer and closer and

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merging. We think that we will see interplanetary Internet networks that look very much like the ones we use today. We will need interplanetary gateways and there will be protocols to transmit data between these gateways,\" Cerf said.

Francois Fluckiger, a scientist attending the conference from the European Particle Physics Laboratory near Geneva, was not entirely convinced, saying: \"We need dreams like this. But I don't know any Martian whom I'd like to communicate with through the Internet.\"

Cerf has been working with NASA's PasadenaJet Propulsion Laboratory--the people behind

the recent Mars expedition--to design what he calls an \"interplanetary Internet protocol.\" He believes that astronauts will want to use the Internet, although special problems remain with interference and delay.

\"This is quite real. The effort is becoming extraordinarily concrete over the next few months

because the next Mars mission is in planning stages now,\" Cerf told the conference.

\"If we use domain names like Earth or Mars...jet propulsion laboratory people would be

coming together with people from the Internet community.\" He added.

\"The idea is to take the interplanetary Internet design and make it a part of the infrastructure of the Mars mission.\"

He later told a news conference that designing this system now would prepare mankind for future technological advances.

\"The whole idea is to create an architecture so the design woks anywhere. I don't know where we're going to have to put it but my guess is that we'll be going out there some time,\" Cerf said.

\"If you think 100 years from now, it is entirely possible that what will be purely research 50 years from now will become commercial 100 years from now. The Internet was the same-----it started as pure research but now it is commercialized.\" 31. Which of the following is the main point of the text?

[A] The development of the internet. [B] The possibility of space research. [C] Universal information superhighway.

[D] The technological advances of Mars mission. 32. From the text, we learn that Vinton Cerf is

[A] seeking answers to questions about the internet web.

[B] working on interplanetary internet with collaborations of NASA. [C] trying to commercialize the interplanetary internet.

[D] exploring the possibility of establishing internet network on Mars. 33. We know from the text that Mars mission is

[A] one of NASA's internet projects: [B] an expedition to Mars.

[C] the infrastructure of the interplanetary internet. [D] to create an architecture on Mars..

34. According to Cerf, the purpose to design interplanetary internet is to

[A] send real-time science data. [B] communicate with astronauts.

[C] lay foundation for future technological advances. [D] commercialize it.

35. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that

[A] the dream to build interplanetary internet can be fulfilled in the future.

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[B] interplanetary internet will commercialized in 100 years. [C] the research of internet took 50 years.

[D] it will take a long time to build interplanetary internet.

Text 4

Material culture refers to the touchable, material \"things\"--Physical objects that can be seen, held, felt, used--that a culture produces. Examining a culture's tools and technology can tell us about the group's history and way of life. Similarly, research into the material culture of music can help us to understand the music-culture. The most vivid body of \"thing\" in it, of course, are musical instruments. We cannot hear for ourselves the actual sound of any musical performance before the 1870s when the phonograph was invented, so we rely on instruments for important information about music-cultures in the remote past and their development. Here we have two kinds of evidence:

instruments well preserved and instruments pictured in art. Through the study of instruments, as well as paintings, written documents, and so on, we can explore the movement of music from the Near East to China over a thousand years ago, or we can outline the spread of Near Eastern influence to Europe that resulted in the development of most of the instruments on the symphony orchestra.

Sheet music or printed music, too, is material culture. Scholars once defined folk music-cultures as those in which people learn and sing music by ear rather than from print, but research shows mutual influence among oral and written sources during the past few centuries in Europe, Britain and America. Printed versions limit variety becausethey tend to standardize any song, yet they stimulate people to create new and different songs. Besides, the ability to read music notation has a far-reaching effect on musicians and, when it becomes widespread, on the music-culture as a whole.

Music is deep-rooted in the cultural background that fosters it. We now pay more and more attention to traditional or ethnic features in folk music and are willing to preserve the fold music as we do with many traditional cultural heritage. Musicians all over the world are busy with recording classic music in their country for the sake of their unique culture. As always, people's aspiration will always focus on their individuality rather than universal features that are shared by all cultures alike.

One more important part of music's material culture should be singled out: the influence of the

electronic media--radio, record player, tape recorder, and television, with the future promising talking and singing computers and other developments. This is all part of the \"information-revolution\in the nineteenth. These electronic media are not just limited to modem nations; they have affected music cultures all over the globe.

36. Which of the following does not belong to material culture?

[A] Instruments. [B] Music.

[C] Paintings. [D] Sheet music.

37. The word \"phonograph\" (line 6, Paragraph 1) most probably means

[A] record player. [BI radio.

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[C] musical technique.

[D] music culture.

38. The main idea of the first paragraph is

[A] the importance of cultural tools and technology.

[B] the cultural influence of the development of civilization.

[C] the focus of the study of the material culture of music.

[D] the significance of the research into the musical instruments.

39. Which of the following is not an advantage of printed music?

[A] Reading of music notation has a great impact on musicians.

[B] People may draw inspiration from it.

[C] the music culture will be influenced by it in the end.

[D] Songs tend to be standardized by it.

40. From the third paragraph, we may infer that

[A] traditional cultural heritage is worthy of preservation.

[B] the universal features shared by all cultures aren't worthy of notice. [C]musicians pay more attention to the preservation of traditional music

[D] the more developed a culture, the more valuable the music it has fostered.

Part B

Directions: In the following article, some sentences have been removed. For Questions 41--45, choose the most suitable one from the list A--G to fit into each of the numbered blank. There are two extra choices that do not fit in any of the gaps: Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)

HUMANS like to regard themselves as exceptional. Other animals do not have complex, syntactical languages. Nor do most of them appear to enjoy the same level of consciousness that people do. And many philosophers believe humans are the only species which understands that others have their own personal thoughts. That understanding is known in the trade as having a \"theory of mind\and deception.

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In the Proceedings of the Royal Society, Bernd Heinrich and Thomas Bugnyar of the University of Vermont, in Burlington, describe a series of experiments they have carried out on

ravens. They wanted to see how these birds, which are known to be (at least by avian standards) both clever and sociable, would respond to human gaze.

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To test whether ravens could follow gaze, Dr Heinrich and Dr Bugnyar used six six-month-old hand-reared ravens, and one four-year-old. The birds were sat, one at a time, on a perch on one side of a room divided by a barrier. An experimenter sat about a metre in front of the barrier. The experimenter moved his head and eyes in a particular direction and gazed for 30 seconds before looking away. Sometimes he gazed up, sometimes to the part of the room where the

bird sat, and sometimes to the part of the room hidden behind the barrier. The experiment was videotaped.43) . In the latter case, the curious birds either jumped down from the perch and walked around the barrier to have a look or leapt on top of it and peered

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over. There was never anything there, but they were determined to see for themselves.

A suggestive result, but not, perhaps, a conclusive one.44)

In this case, the observation was pleasantly unexpectedDr. Bugnyar was conducting an experiment designed to see what ravens learn from each other while foraging. While doing so he noticed strange interactions between two males, Hugin, a subordinate bird, and Munin, adominant one.

45) . The subordinate male was far better at this task than the dominant. However, he never managed to gulp down more than a few pieces of the reward before the dominant raven, Munin, was hustling him on his way. Clearly (and not unexpectedly) ravens are able to learn about food sources from one another. They are also able to bully each other to gain access to that food.

But then something unexpected happened. Hugin, the subordinate, tried a new strategy. As soon as Munin bullied him, he headed over to a set of empty containers, prised the lids off them enthusiastically, and pretended to eat. Munin followed, whereupon Hugin returned to the loaded containers and ate his fill.

[A] Response to gaze is reckoned to be a good measure of the development of theory of mind in

human children. By about 18 months of age most children are able to follow the gaze of

another person, and infer things about the gazer from it. Failure to develop this trick is an early

symptom of autism, a syndrome whose main underlying feature is an inability to understand that other people have minds, too.

[B] However, the second study, carried out by Dr Bugnyar when he was working at the University

of Austria, and published last month in Animal Cognition, suggests that ravens may have mastered the art of deception too.

[C] As it happened, Munin was no dummy either. He soon grew wise to the tactic, and would not

be led astray. He even stooped to trying to find the food rewards on his own! This made Hugin furious. \"He got very angry\ravens have something else in common with people--a hatred of being found out.

[D] Biologists have learned to treat such assertions with caution. In particular, they have found

evidence of theories of mind in a range of mammals, from gorillas to goats. But two recent studies suggest that even mammalian studies may be looking at the question too narrowly. Birds, it seems, can have theories of mind, too.

[E] Dr Heinrich and Dr Bugnyar found that all the birds were able to follow the gaze of the

experimenters, even beyond the barrier.

[F] At first Dr Bugnyar could not believe what he was seeing. He was anxious about sharing his

observation, for fear that no one would believe him. But Hugin, he is convinced, was clearly

misleading Munin.

[G] The task was to work out which colour-coded film containers held some bits of cheese, then

prise the containers open and eat the contents.

Part C

Directions: Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese. Your translation should be written clearly on ANSWER SHEET 2. (10 points).....

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As a neutral nation, Switzerland escaped much of the horrors of World War II. (46) While Europe was being ravaged by Hitler's Nazi war machine, the Swiss went about their business living as normal a life as they could amid what would be remembered as the worst war in history.

But neutrality in a world war is a myth. Although guns and tanks may not roll across the hills of a \"neutral nation\Switzerland was used as a base by many Allied spies. (47) International Jewish organizations operated out of Swiss cities, and many Swiss citizens and companies worked for the allies, providing them with information and materials.

But just as Switzerland helped support the Allied war effort, so did the Nazis benefit from their association with their \"neutral\" neighbor. Recently classified documents from US archives reveal that the Nazis stored millions of dollars' worth of gold in Swiss banks. One particular document, given to Allied negotiators after the war, estimates that almost $ 400 million worth of gold--nearly two billion dollars at today's prices--was sent to Switzerland between 1939 and 1945.

(48) For decades, Jewish groups have been trying to force Swiss bankers to open their files to public scrutiny, but with limited success. (49) Just over 30 years ago, the Swiss government did take some action by instructing the country's banks to return any unasserted accounts belonging to foreigners who had been \"prosecuted for racial, religious or political reasons\". The banks responded by releasing about $ 5 million of which about $ 2 million was given to deserving Jewish causes.

(50) But for investigators, these paltry sums of money did not come close to accounting for the millions they believe the Nazis had deposited in Swiss banks. Jewish groups continued to demand that proper searching investigations be carried out.

Section III Writing

Part A

51. Directions: Suppose you are in charge of a library in a city. You received a few letters

complaining the crowded condition of your library. Write a letter to one of the complainers which includes the following points:

1) acknowledge the complaints,

2) suggest alternatives to avoid the crowdedness,

3) express your appreciation for the comment.

You should write about 100 words. Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. Use \"Li Ming\" instead.

You do not need to write the address. (10 points)

Part B

52. Directions: Study the following cartoon carefully and write an essay of 160--200 words. Your essay should meet the following requirements: 1) interpret the meaning of the cartoon;

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2) give your comments on the phenomenon.(20 points)

考研英语（一） 模拟试题

参 考 答 案

Section I Use of English

BAABD ；AACCD ；CBCBA ；ADDCA

Section II Part A:

Reading Comprehension

Text 1: BADBC ; Text2: ACBAD ;

Text3: CBBCA ; Text4: BADDA

Part B:

D，A，E，B， G

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Part C:

1. 当欧洲惨遭希特勒战争机器蹂躏的时候，瑞士人则忙着自己的事，在历史记忆里最为

残 酷的战争中尽其所能地过着正常的生活。 (身处人类史上最恐怖的战争之中，却 ┉┉) 2. 国际犹太人组织在瑞士城市以外开展活动，许多瑞士人和公司为同盟国工作，为他们 提 供情报和物资。 3. 几十年来，犹太人组织一直在试图迫使瑞士的银行向世人公开其档案，但成效有限。 4. 30 多年前，瑞士确实采取了一些措施，指示该国的银行退还所有无人认领的账产 存

款，这些账户属于曾经“因种族、宗教或政治的原因而受到的外国人”。

5. 但是，对于调查者来说，这些小数目与他们认为的纳粹存人瑞士银行的巨额数目相去 甚

远。犹太人组织继续要求开展确切的详细调查。

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