1、考博英语-537 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Part Vocabulary(总题数：20，分数：20.00)1.The birchbark canoe is not as _ as it appears; it is built to withstand long journeys over rough waters.（分数：1.00）A.solidB.fragileC.toughD.sturdy2.Mary and John took a long time in saying good night in order to postpone the _ of
2、parting.（分数：1.00）A.jealousyB.reliefC.anguishD.appreciation3.Recent border confrontations between the two countries lead credence to tile rumors of an impending war.（分数：1.00）A.conflictsB.consequencesC.conferencesD.enterprises4.Before sitting for the entrance examination for post-graduate students, ma
3、ny candidates try to familiarize themselves with the formula of the exam by doing _ tests.（分数：1.00）A.imitatedB.simulatedC.stimulatedD.illustrated5.Gaining acknowledgement from fellow workers and managers gives a person a sense of importance in society.（分数：1.00）A.admittanceB.permissionC.recognitionD.
4、denial6.Some one has said that a mans history begins about one hundred and fifty years before his birth, or words _.（分数：1.00）A.in any caseB.to that effectC.in a senseD.to the contrary7.You should be relieving me of duty at 10: 30, but dont hurry if its inconvenient; Ill hang on till you arrive.（分数：1
5、.00）A.turn onB.look overC.keep onD.take over8.I contend, quite bluntly, that marking up a book is not an act of mutilation but of love.（分数：1.00）A.respectationB.possessionC.dominanceD.destruction9.A haphazard knowledge of several styles of a language may be worse than useless if we do not know the ty
6、pe of occasion on which each is appropriate or if we do not know when we are sliding from one of another.（分数：1.00）A.causalB.disorganizedC.systematicD.unplanned10.Mario was awarded the medal for displaying professional _ of the highest order in the rescue attempts two weeks ago.（分数：1.00）A.solutionB.s
7、upervisionC.intelligenceD.competence11.You may make good grades by studying only before examinations, but you will succeed eventually only by studying hard every day.（分数：1.00）A.in due courseB.in the long runC.in the mainD.in the first place12.Mrs Smith thought her children went to the movies; _, the
8、y went to the zoo.（分数：1.00）A.in generalB.or ratherC.on the contraryD.so to speak13.Realizing that many readers find long descriptive passages uninteresting, Bruce began his story with an exciting conflict.（分数：1.00）A.melancholyB.tediousC.incredibleD.offensive14.Ted got a better job and left the schoo
9、l before Mrs. Wolcox had him expelled.（分数：1.00）A.disgracedB.degradedC.executedD.ejected15.James is very set in his ways, but Mark has a more _ attitude to life.（分数：1.00）A.tolerantB.flexibleC.cautiousD.defensive16.Mr. Bridges mentioned briefly several other subjects in the course of his talk but most
10、ly kept himself to the main topic.（分数：1.00）A.touched offB.touched downC.touched onD.touched up17.Coach Green allowed John to join the basketball team although, _, he was not tall enough.（分数：1.00）A.economicallyB.technicallyC.methodicallyD.intellectually18.He was so mean that he couldnt bear to _ the
11、smallest sum of money for the charity appeal.（分数：1.00）A.let outB.pay upC.give inD.part with19.One of Nikes founders, Phillip Hampson Knight had been a top athlete when he was at the University of Oregon and he moved on to become a student at Stanford Business School, but retained his interest in spo
12、rt.（分数：1.00）A.remainedB.preservedC.continuedD.restrained20.It is reported that a conference on world communications and transportation will be _ by the British government next month.（分数：1.00）A.subscribed toB.given outC.presided overD.put on二、PART Grammar(总题数：0，分数：0.00)三、Section A(总题数：10，分数：10.00)21.
13、We had to go miles to find a restaurant, it _a holiday.（分数：1.00）A.beingB.wasC.to beD.is22.“The car ran out of gas!“That _ the cause. I filled the tank this morning.“（分数：1.00）A.mustnt beB.must have beenC.can beD.cant have been23.None of the days transactions, _ sales or delivery, came off well.（分数：1.
14、00）A.fromB.it beingC.be itD.was it24.Their proposal is better than ours, _.（分数：1.00）A.all things consideringB.all things consideredC.all things are consideredD.all considered things25.Now that in scientific communities the use of computers is widespread, and supposing that there is sufficient time,
15、there exist no complicated problem _ can be addressed with some hope of resolution.（分数：1.00）A.andB.butC.asD.which26._, he finds the work interesting.（分数：1.00）A.Though he is computer expertB.A computer expert he isC.As computer expertD.Computer expert as he is27._, he never alters a decision.（分数：1.00
16、）A.What may comeB.May what comeC.Come what mayD.May come whatever28.Out of the elementary plane geometry developed by the Greeks _ we use today.（分数：1.00）A.the theoretical geometry evolutionB.evolved the theoretical geometryC.the evolution of theoretical geometry cameD.the theoretical geometry came29
17、.The traffic was very heavy, _, and so we arrived after the start of the program.（分数：1.00）A.this was completely unexpectedB.which was completely unexpectedC.that was completely unexpectedD.it was completely unexpected30.A good indication of _ he followed the teachers advice was that he failed.（分数：1.
18、00）A.what littleB.however littleC.how littleD.whatever little四、Section B(总题数：10，分数：10.00)31.Although the city acquired modernizations of (a more recent) kind during the twentieth century, (its) 15resent appearance (took shapes) during (the nineteenth).（分数：1.00）A.a more recentB.itsC.took shapesD.the
19、nineteenth32.So far (the story) is from being true that (I was surprised) anyone (could have believed) it (was)so.（分数：1.00）A.the storyB.I was surprisedC.could have believedD.was so33.As Christmas approached, with people (crowded) department stores, restaurants, theaters and movie houses, the downtow
20、n area (was), (as always), the (busiest).（分数：1.00）A.crowdedB.wasC.as alwaysD.busiest34.As she (grew) older her vision (began) sporadically to fade, so that intermittent times she (seldom) knew what she (was looking) at.（分数：1.00）A.grewB.beganC.seldomD.was looking35.(For) the grounds that fiction is n
21、ot (objectively) true, there (are) those who (object) to it.（分数：1.00）A.ForB.objectivelyC.areD.object36.The Mercandiser widget is (so) named because it (is believed) (to be discovered) by Albert Mercandiser, a Dutchman (by) birth.（分数：1.00）A.soB.is believedC.to be discoveredD.by37.At the museum, I saw
22、 various exhibits of (ape family) members, (and was) particularly (struck) by one group (they had faces) resembling humans.（分数：1.00）A.ape familyB.and wasC.struckD.they had faces38.(Mind you), under no circumstances (you are) to allow your (child) to change (broken) bulbs by himself.（分数：1.00）A.Mind y
23、ouB.you areC.childD.broken39.The (five-year) project would (expose) (educational) disadvantaged students to (experiences) both creative and enriching.（分数：1.00）A.five-yearB.exposeC.educationalD.experiences40.Today, I firmly (believe), they (deliver) the new television, and if they (do), I (shall) hel
24、p you set up the cable stations.（分数：1.00）A.believeB.deliverC.doD.shall五、Part Cloze(总题数：1，分数：10.00)There is no question but that Newton was a highly competent Minister of the Mint. It was mainly through his efforts (41) the English currency was put on (42) satisfactory basis at a difficult time. (43)
25、 discovered a relationship between prices and (44) amount of money in circulation, which (45) later formalized in the so-called “quality (46) “of money: if the amount of (47) in circulation is doubled-other things (48) the same-then prices also will (49) double. This is a simple application (50) the
26、 principle that it is impossible (51) . get something for nothing, but apparently (52) took someone like Newton to discover it. There (53) an obvious comparison with Copernicus, who (54) the Polish government on currency questions (55) in doing so discovered another important (56) (usually known as
27、Greshams Law): when (57) money is accepted as legal tender, (58) money will be driven out of (59) . Copernicus anticipated Gresham in the formulation (60) this law.（分数：10.00）A.whichB.whyC.thatD.forA.aB.veryC.theD.mostA.ItB.HeC.WasD.WeA.anB.theirC.theD.bigA.tooB.wasC.theyD.hasA.theoryB.themC.thesisD.
28、proposalA.coinsB.currencyC.billsD.goldA.stayB.muchC.remainingD.beA.comeB.seemC.multiplyD.approximatelyA.forB.ofC.callingD.byA.ourB.toC.forD.weA.theyB.hadC.itD.heA.isB.comesC.beD.withA.talkedB.advisedC.formedD.createdA.fromB.butC.andD.byA.trueB.legendC.themeD.lawA.muchB.foreignC.hadD.lawfulA.goodB.mu
29、chC.badD.someA.workB.functionC.marketingD.circulationA.forB.byC.ofD.to六、Part Reading Compr(总题数：0，分数：0.00)七、Passage One(总题数：1，分数：6.00)There is little question that substantial labor-market differences exist between men and women. Among the most researched difference is the male-female wage gap. Many
30、different theories aroused to explain why men earn more than women. One possible reason is based on the limited geographical mobility of married women Robert Frank, 1978. Family mobility is a joint decision in which the needs of the husband and wife are balanced to maximize family welfare. Job-motiv
31、ated relocations are generally made to benefit the primary earner in the family. This leads to a constrained job search for the secondary earner, as he or she must search for a job in a limited geographic area. Since the husband is still the primary wage earner in many families, the job search of th
32、e wife may suffer. Individuals who are tied to a certain area are labeled “tied-stayers,“ while secondary earners, who move for the benefit of the family are labeled “tied-movers“ Jacob Mincer, 1978.The wages of a tied-stayer or tied-mover may not be substantially lower if the family lives in or mov
33、es to a large city. If a large labor market has more vacancies, the wife may locate a wage offer near the maximum she would find with a nation-wide search. However, being a tied- stayer or tied-mover can lower the wifes wage if the family lives in or moves to a small community. A small labor market
34、will reduce the likelihood of her finding a job that utilizes her skills, As a result she may accept a job for which she is overqualified and thus earn a lower wage. This hypothesized relationship between the likelihood “of being overqualified“ and SMSA size is termed “differential overqualification
35、.“ Frank 1978 and Haim Ofek and Yesook Merrill 1994 provide support for the theory of differential overqualification by finding that the male-female wage gap is grater in smaller SMSAs.While the results are consistent with the existence of differential overqualification, they may also result from ot
36、her situations as well. Firms in small labor markets may use their monopsony power to keep wages down. Local demand shocks are found to be a major source of wage variation both across and within local labor markets Robert Topel, 1986. Since large labor markets are generally more diversified, a deman
37、d shock can have a substantial impact on immobile workers in small labor markets. Another reason for examining differential overqualification involves the assumption that there are more vacancies in large labor markets. While there is little doubt that more vacancies exist in large labor markets, th
38、ere are also likely to be more people searching for jobs in large labor markets, if the greater number of vacancies is offset by the larger number of searchers, it is unclear whether women will be more likely to be overqualified in small labor markets. Instead of relying on wages to determine if dif
39、ferential overqualifieation exists, we consider an explicit form of overqualifieation based on education.（分数：6.00）(1).In the authors opinion, the male-female wage gap _.（分数：1.00）A.is the most important difference.B.is justified.C.has important repercussions on family life.D.represents a sexist attit
40、ude toward women.E.is simply one of a considerable number of labor-market differences.(2).“Geographic mobility“, as used in the text, refers to _.（分数：1.00）A.the way in which Americans tend to move from job to job.B.the penchant wage-earners have to maximize family welfare.C.the necessity to relocate
41、 in order to increase wages.D.all of the above.E.none of the abov(3).In the authors opinion, which of the following statements is true?（分数：1.00）A.The term “secondary earner“ does not depend on gender.B.If A will earn more money than B, family welfare is maximized if A agrees to relocate.C.If B will
42、earn more money than A, family welfare is maximized if A agrees to relocate.D.All of the above are true.E.None of the above are tru(4).The difference between a “tied-stayer“ and a “tied-mover“ is that _.（分数：1.00）A.the former is the husband and the latter is the wife.B.the primary earner is forced to
43、 search for work in a specific area while the secondary earner is freer to roam about.C.the former is obliged to remain in an area while the latter is not.D.the former is the wife and the latter is the husband.E.the latters salary is of secondary importance to the formers salary.(5).With which of th
44、e following statements would the author agree?（分数：1.00）A.The size of the labor market determines recompense.B.The size of the labor market determines acquired skills utilization.C.The size of the labor market determines the probability of matching skills with appropriate wage level.D.The author woul
45、d agree with all of the above.E.The author would agree with none of the above(6).The names and dates between parentheses _.（分数：1.00）A.refer to bibliographical entries.B.explain who discussed what and when they discussed it.C.are references to what the author has read.D.may be described by all of the
46、 above.E.may be described by none of the abov八、Passage Two(总题数：1，分数：6.00)The repression in the Netherlands, instead of solving a crucial problem, elicited bitter criticism from every major European state. Alba was unrepentant about his tough policy convinced that the population must remain in a stat
47、e of fear, so that every individual has the feeling that one fine night or morning the house will fall in on him.Of the leading dissidents who escaped from Albas hands, only William of Orange remained. Tall, dark-haired, with a small moustache and a short peaked beard, the prince of Orange-Nassau wa
48、s aged thirty-five at the moment that fortune left him in the unenviable role of defender of his country. A comrade-in-arms of Philip during the latters years abroad in mid-century, he never made a secret of his concern for the privileges of his class or of his dislike for religious dogmatism. Widow
49、ed in 1558, in 1561 he married Anne, the Lutheran daughter of the late Maurice of Saxony. The marriage, celebrated in Leipzig, gave him a useful link with the princes of the Holy Roman Empire. When news came of Albas departure from Spain, Orange opportunely took refuge in Germany. it became clear that the only way to regain the Netherlands was by the use of arms. In the course of 1568 Orange sponsored invasions by several small forces
