1、考博英语-105 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BPart Vocabula(总题数：20，分数：20.00)1.The taxi _ in front of a girl just in time to avoid a serious accident.（分数：1.00）A.turned inB.pulled upC.cleared upD.dropped in2.So _ was the mood of the meeting that an agreement was soon reached.（分数：1.00）A.resentfulB.amiableC.su
2、ffocatingD.gloomy3.The boys talent might have lain _ had it not been for his uncles encouragement.（分数：1.00）A.extinguishedB.dormantC.malignantD.perishable4.As the city has become increasingly _ and polluted, there has been a growing realization that certain action urgently needed.（分数：1.00）A.flourishe
3、dB.boostedC.congestedD.mingled5.The doctor told him to be careful when taking sleeping pills because too many could be.（分数：1.00）A.lethalB.vitalC.wholesomeD.sanitary6.They tried to drive their horse into the river, but he simply could not _.（分数：1.00）A.budgeB.surgeC.trudgeD.dredge7.Action, gesture, ey
4、e and voice _ to the greater effectiveness of drama as compared with the novel.（分数：1.00）A.distributeB.contributeC.attributeD.constitute8.I can hardly read your writing. It is _.（分数：1.00）A.illegibleB.illegalC.eligibleD.legalistic9.The two leaders made a show of unity at the press conference, though t
5、hey had notably messages.（分数：1.00）A.discontinuousB.discreetC.discordantD.disadvantageous10.Rescue workers continued the delicate task of sifting through tons of concrete and to try to reach possible survivors.（分数：1.00）A.scrapsB.leftoversC.debrisD.residues11.Jack admitted that he ought not to have ma
6、de his mother angry, _?（分数：1.00）A.oughtnt heB.wasnt heC.didnt heD.hadnt he12.Some people apparently have an almost incredible ability to _ the right answer.（分数：1.00）A.bump intoB.come up withC.bring upD.bear out13.I think if is high time we _ the fact that environmental pollution in this area is gett
7、ing more serious than before.（分数：1.00）A.woke up toB.must wake up toC.wake up toD.are waking up to14.The president tried to stay in touch with the ambassador _.（分数：1.00）A.at largeB.at handC.at a trotD.at one stroke15.They were tired, but not any less enthusiastic _ that account.（分数：1.00）A.onB.byC.for
8、D.with16.Even the best medical treatment can not cure all the disease that _ men and women.（分数：1.00）A.beseechB.besetC.bewitchD.bestow17.His daughter was so _ that she cried for hours when her pet cat died.（分数：1.00）A.senselessB.sensoryC.sensibleD.sensitive18.The shortage of water became more _ this s
9、ummer with the highest temperatures in 40 years.（分数：1.00）A.needyB.latentC.severeD.dredge19.An old woman was badly hurt in _ the police describe as an apparently motiveless attack.（分数：1.00）A.thatB.whichC.whatD.whatever20.When she _, she could not for a moment recognize her surroundings.（分数：1.00）A.cam
10、e toB.came offC.came throughD.came over二、BPart Reading (总题数：4，分数：20.00)BDirections:/B There are 4 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and mark the corr
11、esponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. BPassage One/BFor my proposed journey, the first priority was clearly to start learning Arabic. I have never been a linguist. Though I had traveled widely as a journalist, I had never managed to pick up more than a smatterin
12、g of phrases in any tongue other than French, and even my French was laborious for want of lengthy practice. The prospect of tackling one of the notoriously difficult languages at the age of forty, and trying to speak it well, both deterred and excited me. It was perhaps expecting a little too much
13、of a curiously unreceptive part of myself, yet the possibility that I might gain access to a completely alien culture and tradition by this means was enormously pleasing.I enrolled as pupil in a small school in the center of the city. It was run by Mr. Beheit, of dapper appearance and explosive temp
14、erament, who assured me that after three months of his special treatment I would speak Arabic fluently. Whereupon he drew from his desk a postcard which an old pupil has sent him from somewhere in the Middle East, expressing great gratitude and reporting the astonishment of local Arabs that he could
15、 converse with them like a native. It was written in English. Mr. Beheit himself spent most of his time coaching businessmen in French, and through the thin, partitioned walls of his school one could hear him bellowing in exasperation at some confuse entrepreneur: “Non. M. Jones. le ne suis pas fran
16、cais. Pas, Pas, Pas.“ (No Mr. Jones, Im not, not, NOT). I was gratified that my own tutor, whose name was Ahmed, was infinitely softer and less public in his approach.For a couple of hours every morning we would face each other across a small table, while we discussed in meticulous detail the colour
17、 scheme of the tiny cubicle, the events in the street below and, once a week, the hair-raising progress of a window-cleaner across the wall of the building opposite. In between, bearing in mind the particular interest I had in acquiring Arabic, I would inquire the way to some imaginary oasis, anxiou
18、sly demand fodder and water for my camels, wonder politely whether the sheikh was prepared to grant me audience now. It was all hard going. I frequently despaired of ever becoming anything like a fluent speaker, though Ahmed assured me that my pronunciation was above average for a Westerner. This, I
19、 suspected, was partly flattery, for there are a couple of Arabic sounds which not even a gift for mimicry allowed me to grasp for ages. There were, moreover, vast distinctions of meaning conveyed by subtle sound shifts rarely employed in English. And for me the problem was increased by the need to
20、assimilate a vocabulary, that would vary from place to place across five essentially Arabic-speaking countries that practiced vernaculars of their own: so that the word for “people“, for instance, might be “nais“, “sahab“ or “sooken“.Each day I was mentally exhausted by the strain of a morning in sc
21、hool, followed by an afternoon struggling at home with a tape recorder. Yet there was relief in the most elementary forms of understanding and progress. When I merely got the drift of a torrent which Ahmed had just release, I was childishly clated. When I managed to roll a complete sentence off my t
22、ongue without apparently thinking what I was saying, and it came out right. I beamed like an idiot. And the enjoyment of reading and writing the flowing Arabic script was something that did not leave me once I had mastered it. By the end of June, noone could have described me as anything like a flue
23、nt speaker of Arabic. I was approximately in the position of a fifteen-year old who, equipped with a modicum of schoolroom French, nervously awaits his first trip to Paris. But this was something I could reprove upon in my own time. I bade farewell to Mr. Beheit, still struggling to drive the French
24、 negative into the still confused mind of Mr. Jones.（分数：5.00）(1).Which of the following is not characteristic of Mr. Beheit?（分数：1.00）A.He had a neat and clean appearance.B.He was volatile and highly emotional.C.He was very modest about his success in teaching.D.He sometimes lost his temper and shout
25、ed loudly when teaching.(2).It is known from the passage that the writer _.（分数：1.00）A.had a good command of FrenchB.couldnt make sounds properly when learning ArabicC.spoke highly of Mr. Beheitt achievements in language teachingD.didnt like Ahmeds style of teaching(3).It can be inferred from the pas
26、sage that Ahmed was _.（分数：1.00）A.a fast speakerB.a boring speakerC.a laconic speakerD.an interesting speaker(4).The word “modicum“ in the last paragraph can be replaced by _.（分数：1.00）A.competenceB.excellenceC.mimicryD.smattering(5).Which of the following statements is FALSE according to the passage?
27、（分数：1.00）A.The writers intended journey created particular difficulties in his learning of Arabic.B.The reading and writing of the Arabic script gave the writer lasting pleasure.C.The writer found learning Arabic was a grueling experience but rewarding.D.The writer regarded Ahmeds praise pod his pro
28、nunciation as tongue-in-cheek.BPassage Two/BIt is one of the worlds most recognized phrased, one you might even hear in places where little English is spoken: “The names Bond, James Bond“. Ive heard it from a taxi driver in Ghana and a street sweeper in Paris, and I remember the thrill of hearing Se
29、an Connery say it in the first Bond film I saw, Gold Finger. I was a Chicago schoolgirl when it was released in 1904. The image of a candy-coloured London filled with witty people stately old buildings and a gorgeous, ice-cool hero instilled in me a deep-rooted belief that Britain was OK.When Fan Fl
30、eming created the man with the license to kill, based on his own experiences while working for the British secret service in World War II, he couldnt have imagined that his fictional Englishman would not only shake, but stir the entire world. Even world-weary actors are thrilled at being in a Bond m
31、ovie. Christopher Walkon, everyones favorite screen psycho, who played mad genius Max Zorin in 1985s A View to a Kill, gushed: “I remember first seeing DJNo when I was 15. I remember Robert Shaw trying to strangle James Bond in from Russia with love. And now here I am trying to kill James Bond mysel
32、f.“Bond is the complete entertainment package: he has hot and cold running women on tap dastardly villains bent on complete world domination, and America always plays second string to cool, sophisticated Britain. Bonds England only really existed in the adventures of Bulldog Drummond, the wartime sp
33、eeches of Winston Churchill and the songs of Dame Vera Lynn.When Fleming started to write his spy stories, the world knew that, while Britain was victorious in the war against Hitler, it was depleted as a result. London was bombed out, a dark and grubby place, while America was now the only place to
34、 be.It was America that was producing such universal icons as Gary Coopers cowboy in High Noon (“A mans got to do what a mans got to do“); the one-man music revolution that was Elvis Presley: Marilyn Monroe, the walking, talking male fantasy married to Joe DiMaggio, then the most famous athlete in t
35、he world. Against this reality, Fleming had the nerve and arrogance to say that, while hot dogs and popcorn were fine, other things were more important.And those things were uniquely British: quiet competence, unsentimental ruthlessness, clear-eyed, steely determination, an ironic sense of humour an
36、d doing a job well. All qualities epitomized by James Bond.Of course, Bond was always more fairytale than fact, but what else is a film for? No expense is spared in production, the lead is suave and handsome, and the hardware is always awesome. In the latest film, the gadgets include a surfboard wit
37、h concealed weapons, a combat knife with global positioning system beacon, a watch that doubles as a laser-beam cutter, an Aston Martin VI2 Vanquish with all the optional extras youve come to expect, a personal jet glider, the list is endless.There are those who are disgusted by the Bond films unbri
38、dled glorification of the evils of sexism, racism, ageism and extreme violence, but its never that simple.（分数：5.00）(1).According to the passage each production of a Bond film is _.（分数：1.00）A.lavishB.sparingC.increasingly expensive to makeD.difficult to finance(2).Which of the following is not typica
39、l of James Bond?（分数：1.00）A.He performed his work calmly and efficiently.B.He had an iron will.C.He was unemotional.D.He had a tendency to boast.(3).It is known from the passage that post-war Britain was _.（分数：1.00）A.anarchic and dangerousB.exhausted and filthyC.chaotic and violentD.mysterious and th
40、rilling(4).Judging by the context, the word “stately“ in the first paragraph means _.（分数：1.00）A.shabbyB.makeshiftC.impressiveD.dilapidated(5).Which of the following statements is TRUE?（分数：1.00）A.When Fan Fleming created James Bond, he believed that his fictional Englishman would shake the entire wor
41、ld.B.In the Bond films, England is always portrayed as stylish, elegant and classy.C.Fan Fleming began to write his spy stories before World War II.D.James Bond seldom epitomized Britshness.BPassage Three/BThe current political debate over family values personal responsibility, and welfare takes for
42、 granted the entrenched American belief that dependence on government assistance is a recent and destructive phenomenon. Conservatives tend to blame this dependence on personal irresponsibility aggravated by a swollen welfare apparatus that saps individual initiative. Liberals are more likely to bla
43、me it on personal misfortune magnified by the harsh lot that falls to losers in our competitive market economy. But both sides believe that “winners“ in America make it on their own that dependence reflects some kind of individual or family failure, and that the ideal family is the self-reliant unit
44、 of traditional lore-a family that takes care of its own, carves out a future for its children, and never asks for handouts. Politicians at both ends of the ideological spectrum have wrapped themselves in the mantle of these “family values“ arguing over why the poor have not been able to make do wit
45、hout assistance, or whether aid has exacerbated their situation, but never questioning the assumption that American families traditionally achieve success by establishing their independence from the government.The myth of family self-reliance is not compelling that our actual national and personal h
46、istories often buckle under its emotional weight. “We always stood on our own two feet“, my grandfather used to say about his pioneer heritage, whenever he walked me to the top of the hill to survey the property in Washington State that his family had bought for next to nothing after it had been log
47、ged off in the early 1900s. Perhaps he didnt know that the land came so cheap because much of it was part of a federal subsidy originally allotted to the railroad companies, which had received 183 million acres of the public domain in the nineteenth century. These federal giveaways were the original
48、 source of most major western logging companies land, and when some of these logging companies moved on to virgin stands of timber, federal lands trickled down to a few early settlers who were able to purchase them inexpensively.Like my grandparents, few families in American history-whatever their “
49、values“ have been able to rely solely on their own resources. Instead, they have depended on the legislative, judicial and social support structures set up by governing authorities, whether those authorities were the clan elders of Native American societies, the church courts and city officials of colonial America, or the judicial and legislative bodies established by the Constitution.At Americas inception,
