1、2007 年浙江大学考博英语真题试卷及答案解析(总分：112.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Structure and Vocabu(总题数：15，分数：30.00)1.Immigrants of all races in this area are demanding that they receive_treatment from the authorities.（分数：2.00）A.uniqueB.unitedC.uniformD.universal2.Women want the same pay if they hold the same jobs as men. At home,
2、 however, they expect their husbands to_in the housework.（分数：2.00）A.doB.haveC.shareD.divide3.In the past, consumers were often cheated or_into buying goods by business s and they could hardly do anything about it.（分数：2.00）A.confusedB.misledC.forcedD.puzzled4.You may have ever entered a bookstore jus
3、t to take_from a sudden shower, but found time spent there was very enjoyable.（分数：2.00）A.shieldB.shelterC.avoidanceD.protection5.A lot of people worked long hours because high unemployment meant that they could easily be_.（分数：2.00）A.distributedB.appointedC.transferredD.replaced6.With its stock price
4、 rising by 20 percent, the company becomes the second most_.（分数：2.00）A.valuableB.worthwhileC.pricelessD.precious7.It is astonishing to know that children and youth_the biggest segment of the countrys homeless population.（分数：2.00）A.substitute forB.make outC.make upD.make up for8.Many of these compani
5、es moved to the Inland South to take_of the lower gas and the lack of strong labor unions in the region.（分数：2.00）A.profitB.advantageC.favourD.adventure9.If the investment tax credit is_as a part of tax reform plan, the capital-intensive businesses such as steel-makers and airliners will face a hard
6、time.（分数：2.00）A.repealedB.inferredC.inducedD.appealed10.While Apple was coming under increasing pressure from lower cost PC clones, the companys initial response was to develop even more_high-end computers.（分数：2.00）A.sophisticatedB.luxuriousC.philosophicalD.sensitive11.It is well known that the popu
7、lar singer has a/an_car in addition to a large house.（分数：2.00）A.credibleB.incredibleC.believableD.inherent12.Oriental Radio has decided to cancel this pop star from a/an_broadcast for his breach of contract.（分数：2.00）A.livelyB.aliveC.liveD.living13.Firefighters were not attacking the major fires in V
8、irginia directly but were putting out hot spots that could prove dangerous if winds_.（分数：2.00）A.picked upB.picked outC.picked throughD.picked in14.The artist has made a_of combining the first-rate photograph and design with advanced technology in every piece of work he produces.（分数：2.00）A.discipline
9、B.principleC.proposalD.principal15.You are likely to set a promotion because of the profitable_you made for the company last month.（分数：2.00）A.transitionB.transfusionC.transferD.transaction二、Cloze(总题数：1，分数：40.00)Since the early 1930s, Swiss banks had prided themselves on their system of banking secre
10、cy and numbered accounts Over the years, they had successfully【C1】_every challenge to this system by their own government who,【C2】_, had been frequently urged by foreign governments to reveal information about the financial affairs of certain account【C3】_The result of this policy of secrecy was【C4】_
11、a kind of mystique had grown up around Swiss banking. There was a widely-held belief that Switzerland was【C5】_to wealthy foreigners, mainly because of its numbered accounts and bankers reluctance to ask awkward questions【C6】_depositors.【C7】_to the mystique was the view that if this secrecy was ever
12、given up, foreigners would fall over themselves in the rush to【C8】_money, and the Swiss banking system would virtually collapse overnight. To many,【C9】_, it came like a bolt out of the【C10】_, when, in 1977, the Swiss banks announced they had signed a【C11】_with the Swiss National Bank(the Central Ban
13、k). The aim of the agreement was【C12】_the improper use of the countrys bank secrecy laws, and its【C13】_was to curb severely the system of secrecy. The rules which the banks had agreed to observe【C14】_the opening of numbered accounts subject to much closer【C15】_than before. The banks would be require
14、d, if necessary, to【C16】_the origin of foreign funds going into numbered and other accounts. The idea was to stop such accounts being used for【C17】_purposes. Also, they agreed not to accept funds resulting from tax【C18】_or from crime. The pact represented essentially a tightening up of banking rules
15、.【C19】_the banks agreed to end relations with clients whose identities were unclear or who were performing improper acts, they were still not obliged to inform【C20】_a client to anyone, including the Swiss government. To some extent, therefore, the principle of secrecy had been maintained.（分数：40.00）(
16、1).【C1】（分数：2.00）A.resistedB.enduredC.withstoodD.opposed(2).【C2】（分数：2.00）A.in turnB.in returnC.in caseD.in all(3).【C3】（分数：2.00）A.ownersB.possessorsC.keepersD.holders(4).【C4】（分数：2.00）A.thatB.whileC.whichD.therefore(5).【C5】（分数：2.00）A.disrespectfulB.irresponsibleC.disrespectableD.irrational(6).【C6】（分数：2
17、.00）A.aboutB.ofC.afterD.for(7).【C7】（分数：2.00）A.ContributedB.Having contributedC.ContributingD.Contribute(8).【C8】（分数：2.00）A.exchangeB.withdrawC.depositD.cash(9).【C9】（分数：2.00）A.neverthelessB.as a matter of factC.thereforeD.of course(10).【C10】（分数：2.00）A.shockB.blueC.suddenD.blew(11).【C11】（分数：2.00）A.pact
18、B.pretextC.provisoD.contract(12).【C12】（分数：2.00）A.preventB.to have preventedC.preventingD.to prevent(13).【C13】（分数：2.00）A.effectB.influenceC.affectD.impact(14).【C14】（分数：2.00）A.invokedB.madeC.causedD.induced(15).【C15】（分数：2.00）A.researchB.searchC.scrutinyD.survey(16).【C16】（分数：2.00）A.discoverB.identifyC.
19、learnD.know(17).【C17】（分数：2.00）A.suspectableB.unsureC.dubiousD.implausible(18).【C18】（分数：2.00）A.evasionB.neglectC.omissionD.escape(19).【C19】（分数：2.00）A.In spiteB.AlthoughC.UntilD.Even(20).【C20】（分数：2.00）A.withB.aboutC.onD.of三、Reading Comprehensio(总题数：4，分数：40.00)Computers have aided in the study of human
20、ities for almost as long as the machines have existed. Decades ago, when the technology consisted solely of massive, number-crunching mainframe computers, the chief liberal arts applications were in compiling statistical indexes of works of literature. Mainframe computers helped greatly in the highl
21、y laborious task, which dates back to the Renaissance, of cataloging each reference of a particular word in a particular work. Concordances help scholars scrutinize important texts for patterns and meaning. Other humanities applications for computers in this early era of technology included compilin
22、g dictionaries, especially for foreign or antiquated languages, and cataloging library collections. Such types of computer usage in the humanities may seem limited at first, but they have produced some interesting results in the last few years and promise to continue to do so. As computer use and ac
23、cess have grown, so has the number of digitized texts of classic literary works. The niche in academia Donald Foster, an English professor at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, is one of the leaders in textual scholarship. In the late 1980s Foster created SHAXICON, a database that tracks all
24、the “rare“ words used by English playwright William Shakespeare. Each of these words appears in any individual Shakespeare play no more than 12 times. The words can then be cross-referenced with some 2 000 other poetic texts, allowing experienced researchers to explore when they were written, who wr
25、ote them, how the author was influenced by the works of other writers, and how the texts changed as they were reproduced over the centuries. In late 1995 Fosters work attracted widespread notice when he claimed that Shakespeare was the anonymous author of an obscure 578-line poem, A Funeral Elegy(16
26、12). Although experts had made similar claims for other works in the past, Foster gained the backing of a number of prominent scholars because of his computer-based approach. If Fosters claim holds up to long-term judgment, the poem will be one of the few additions to the Shakespearean canon in the
27、last 100 years. Fosters work gained further public acclaim and validation when he was asked to help identify the anonymous author of the best-selling political novel Primary Colors(1996). After using his computer program to compare the stylistic traits of various writers with those in the novel, Fos
28、ter tabbed journalist Joe Klein as the author soon after, Klein admitted that he was the author. Foster was also employed as an expert in the case of the notorious Unabomber, a terrorist who published an anonymous manifesto in several major newspapers in 1995.（分数：10.00）(1).This paper will mainly dis
29、cuss_.（分数：2.00）A.advantage of computer usage in the study of humanitiesB.the application of computers to compiling statistic indexes of literary worksC.the application of computers to compiling dictionariesD.contributions of computer-based study of literary texts(2).Which of the following is NOT tru
30、e?（分数：2.00）A.A Funeral Elegy was an authentic work from Shakespeare.B.Computer utilization made Forsters claim more convincing.C.In the last 100 years, additional works of Shakespeare have been accepted as authentic.D.There are still many works whose authors are unknown.(3).Foster indentified the au
31、thor of an anonymous manifesto by_.（分数：2.00）A.studying the writing characteristic of the suspectsB.cross-referring the manifesto with other terroristsC.gain the support of well-know scholarsD.applying computers to the study of its styles(4).Which of the following can most probably be inferred from t
32、he passage?（分数：2.00）A.In the past, mainframe computers were used to handle numbers.B.Computers usage in liberal art is narrow.C.Computers will not help the study of humanities in the long run.D.Computers are best in dealing with foreign or antiquated languages.(5).By “access have grown“ in paragraph
33、 3, the author probably means that_.（分数：2.00）A.more people are able to log on to a computer systemB.means of approaching a computer system are expandedC.technology of computers have been upgradedD.area where computers can be applied have increasedAs is the case in many cultures, the degree to which
34、a minority group was seen as different from the characteristics of the dominant majority determined the extent of that groups acceptance. Immigrants who were like the earlier settlers were accepted. The large numbers of immigrants with significantly different characteristics tended to be viewed as a
35、 threat to basic American values and the American way of life. This was particularly true of the immigrants who arrived by the millions during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Most of them came from poverty-stricken nations of southern and eastern Europe. They spoke languages other
36、 than English, and large numbers of them were Catholics or Jews. Americans at the time were very fearful of this new flood of immigrants. They were afraid that these people were so accustomed to lives of poverty and dependence that they would not understand such basic American values as freedom, sel
37、f-reliance and competition. There were so many new immigrants that they might even change the basic values of the nation in undesirable ways. Americans tried to meet what they saw as a threat to their values by offering English instruction for the new immigrants and citizenship classes to teach them
38、 basic American beliefs. The immigrants, however, often felt that their American teachers disapproved of the traditions of their homeland. Moreover, learning about American values gave them little help in meeting then-most important needs such as employment, food, and a place to live. Far more helpf
39、ul to the new immigrants were the “political bosses“ of the larger cities of the northeastern United States, where most of the immigrants first arrived. Those bosses saw too many of the practical needs of the immigrants and were more accepting of the different homeland traditions. In exchange for th
40、eir help, the political bosses expected the immigrants to keep them in power by voting for them in elections. In spite of this, many scholars believe that the political bosses performed an important function in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. They helped to assimilate large number
41、s of disadvantaged white immigrants into the larger American culture. The fact that the United States had a rapidly expanding economy at the beginning of the century made it possible for these new immigrants, often with the help of the bosses, to belter their standard of living in the United States.
42、 As a result of these new opportunities and new rewards, immigrants came to accept most of the values of the larger American culture and were accepted by the great majority of Americans. For white ethnic groups, therefore, it is generally true that their feeling of being a part of the larger culture
43、, that is, “American“ is much stronger than their feeling of belonging to a separate ethnic group Irish, Italian, Polish, etc.（分数：10.00）(1).A minority groups acceptance to the country was determined by_.（分数：2.00）A.the difference they showed from the majorityB.the time when they arrived at the new la
44、ndC.the background conditions they came fromD.the religions group to which they belonged(2).The immigrants flushing in was considered a threat to American value mainly because_.（分数：2.00）A.the immigrants came from poverty-stricken nations of southern and eastern EuropeB.the immigrants had been accust
45、omed to poverty and dependenceC.the immigrants had different homeland traditions and other particular characteristicsD.the immigrants did not speak English(3).“Citizenship class“(Para 4)were offered because Americans_.（分数：2.00）A.wanted to help the immigrants to solve their practical needsB.would not
46、 accept any groups with different traditionsC.wanted the immigrants to deal with the threat to the American valuesD.wanted the immigrants to learn about and to keep the American values(4).The political bosses helped the new immigrants for the main purpose of_.（分数：2.00）A.showing off their political p
47、owers and advantagesB.getting support in electionsC.assimilating the minority into the majorityD.showing their generosity(5).The living standards of the new immigrants were improved in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries mainly because_.（分数：2.00）A.They kept the political bosses in powe
48、rB.the political bosses gave them a lot of practical helpC.they had a much stronger feeling of being a part of the larger cultureD.there was a rapid grown in American economy at that timeThis speculation(a course taught with technology helps students learn more than the one taught in the live classr
49、oom)is not baseless: studies comparing technology-based and traditional course offerings are and technology is looking better all the time. Universities that specialize in distance education are learning how to use multimedia courseware and the Internet effectively and the quality of their offerings is gaining increasing recognition. When students in the near future hav
