1、考研英语(一)-17 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Section Use of Eng(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Ernest Hemingway was one of the most important American writers in the history of contemporary American literature. He was the (1) spokesperson for the Lost Generation and also the sixth American to win the Nobel Prize for Lit
2、erature (1954). His writing style and personal life (2) a (3) influence on American writers of his time. Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899 in a doctors family in Oak Park, in the (4) of Chicago. The novel (5) established Hemingways (6) was The Sun Also Rises (1926). The story described a group of
3、(7) Americans and Britons living in France. That is to (8) , it described the life of the members of the (9) Lost Generation after World War I. Hemingways second major novel was A Farewell to Arms (1929), a love story (10) in wartime Italy. That novel was (11) by Death in the Afternoon (1932) and Gr
4、een Hills of Africa (1935). His two (12) of short stories Men without Women (1927) and Winner Take Nothing (1933) established his fame (13) the master of short stories. In the late 1930s, Hemingway began to express (14) about social problems. His novel To Have and Have Not (1937) (15) economic and p
5、olitical injustices. The novel For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940) (16) the conflict of the Spanish Civil War. In 1952, Hemingway published emThe Old Man and the Sea, for (17) he won the 1953 Pulitzer Prize. In 1954, Hemingway was (18) the Nobel Prize of Literature. Later, being (19) and ill, he shot (20
6、) on July 2, 1961.（分数：10.00）(1).A. outstanding B. monotonous C. awkward D. modest（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(2).A. simulated B. exerted C. stimulated D. exceeded（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(3).A. offensive B. progressive C. nominal D. profound（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(4).A. suburbs B. summit C. mall D. circus（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(5
7、).A. in that B. what C. whose D. that（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(6).A. institution B. villa C. reputation D. pursuit（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(7).A. ambitious B. expatriate C. learned D. wealthy（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(8).A. speak B. observe C. say D. remark（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(9).A. so-called B. registered C. refined D. classi
8、cal（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(10).A. set B. published C. sold D. cited（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(11).A. incorporated B. combined C. followed D. shadowed（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(12).A. volumes B. collections C. sections D. chapters（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(13).A. for B. of C. by D. as（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(14).A. courage B. fear C. conce
9、rn D. confidence（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(15).A. commended B. eliminated C. condemned D. assessed（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(16).A. portrayed B. quenched C. evaluated D. resolved（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(17).A. that B. which C. whom D. what（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(18).A. granted B. offered C. awarded D. provided（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(19
10、).A. depressed B. hesitant C. legitimate D. sensitive（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(20).A. one B. him C. oneself D. himself（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.二、Section Reading Co(总题数：0，分数：0.00)三、Part A(总题数：0，分数：0.00)四、Text 1(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Menorca or Majorca? It is that time of the year again. The brochures are piling up in trave
11、l agents while newspapers and magazines bulge with advice about where to go. But the traditional packaged holiday, a British innovation that provided many timid natives with their first experience of warm sand, is not what it was. Indeed, the industry is anxiously awaiting a High Court ruling to fin
12、d out exactly what it now is. Two things have changed the way Britons research and book their holidays: low-cost airlines and the Internet. Instead of buying a ready-made package consisting of a flight, hotel, car hire and assorted entertainment from a tour operators brochure, it is now easy to put
13、together a trip using an online travel agent like Expedia or Travelocity, which last July bought Lastminute. com for 577 million ($1 billion), or from the proliferating websites of airlines, hotels and car-rental firms. This has led some to sound the death knell for high-street travel agents and tou
14、r operators. There have been upheavals and closures, but the traditional firms are starting to fight back, in part by moving more of their business online. First Choice Holidays, for instance, saw its pre-tax profit rise by 16% to 114 million ($195 million) in the year to the end of October. Althoug
15、h the overall number of holidays booked has fallen, the company is concentrating on more valuable long-haul and adventure trips. First Choice now sells more than half its trips directly, either via the Internet, over the telephone or from its own travel shops. It wants that to reach 75% within a few
16、 years. Other tour operators are showing similar hustle. MyTravel managed to cut its loss by almost half in 2005. Thomas Cook and Thomson Holidays, now both German owned, are also bullish about the coming holiday season. Highstreet travel agents are having a tougher time, though, not least because m
17、any leading tour operations have cut the commissions they pay. Some high-street travel agents are also learning to live with the Internet, helping people book complicated trips that they have researched online, providing advice and tacking on other services. This is seen as a growth area. But if an
18、agent puts together separate flights and hotel accommodation, is that a package, too? The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) says it is and the agent should hold an Air Travel Organisers Licence, which provides financial guarantees to repatriate people and provide refunds. The scheme dates from the earl
19、y 1970s, when some large British travel firms went bust, stranding customers on the Costas. Although such failures are less common these days, the CAA had to help out some 30,000 people last year. The Association of British Travel Agents went to the High Court in November to argue such bookings are
20、not traditional packages and so do not require agents to acquire the costly licences. While the court decides, millions of Britons will happily click away buying online holidays, unaware of the difference.（分数：10.00）(1).Based on the first paragraph, the best title of the text could be_. A. An annual
21、holiday B. A High Court ruling C. A new package D. A British innovation（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).According to the text, the shift in the method of holiday booking in UK is associated with_. A. the popularity of electronics B. the costly licences C. car rental firms D. the traditional ideology（分数：2.00）A.B
22、.C.D.(3).According to the text, which of the following is true? A. To put together a trip using a traditional travel agent is not hard at present. B. To sound the death knell for tour operator is unacceptable and inhumane. C. Some high-street travel agents defy the model of surviving with the intern
23、et. D. Traditional tour firms grapple with the internet.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).The word “ hustle“ in the topic sentence of the fourth paragraph most probably denotes_. A. demand B. hostility C. sale D. prejudice（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5).According to the first and last paragraphs, which of the following is
24、still in suspense? A. A legal definition. B. A congestion charge. C. Financial guarantee. D. An adventure trip.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.五、Text 2(总题数：1，分数：10.00)They may not be the richest, but Africans remain the worlds staunchest optimists. An annual survey by Gallup International, a research outfit, shows
25、 that, when asked whether this year will be better than last, Africa once again comes out on top. Out of 52,000 people interviewed all over the world, under half believe that things are looking up. But in Africa the proportion is close to 60%almost twice as much as in Europe. Africans have some reas
26、ons to be cheerful. The continents economy has been doing fairly well with South Africa, the economic powerhouse, growing steadily over the past few years. Some of Africas long-running conflicts, such as the war between the north and south in Sudan and the civil war in Congo, have ended. Africa even
27、 has its first elected female head of state, in Liberia. Yet there is no shortage of downers too. Most of Africa remains dirt poor. Crises in places like Cote dIvoire, Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe are far from solved. And the democratic credentials of Ethiopia and Uganda, once the darlings of western d
28、onors, have taken a bad knock. AIDS killed over 2 million Africans in 2005, and will kill more this year. So is it all just a case of irrational exuberance ? Meril James of Gallup argues that there is, in fact, usually very little relation between the surveys optimism rankings and reality. Africans,
29、 this year led by Nigerians, are consistently the most upbeat, whether their lot gets better or not. On the other hand, Greece hardly the worst place on earthtops the gloom-and-doom chart, followed closely by Portugal and France. Ms James speculates that religion may have a lot to do with it. Nine o
30、ut of ten Africans are religious, the highest proportion in the world. But cynics argue that most Africans believe that 2006 will be golden because things have been so bad that it is hard to imagine how they could possibly get worse. This may help explain why places that have suffered recent misfort
31、unes, such as Kosovo and Afghanistan, rank among the top five optimists. Moussaka for thought for those depressed Greeks.（分数：10.00）(1).The statistics are employed in the first paragraph so as to indicate sort of_. A. disparity B. numbness C. conformity D. stagnation（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).It can be inf
32、erred from the fourth paragraph of the text that African optimism is_. A. detrimental B. fragile C. transient D. constant（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).The conclusion made by Ms James, according to the text, is_. A. tentative B. immutable C. impeccable D. moderate（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).The tone of the author in
33、 discussing African status can be defined as being_. A. radical B. impartial C. hesitant D. self-centered（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5).France is mentioned in the text with the aim to_. A. contrast Nigerians and French B. defend Meril James remarks C. attach importance to the gloom-and-doom chart D. refute Ms
34、 James concept of religion（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.六、Text 3(总题数：1，分数：10.00)“This is a really exciting timea new era is starting,“ says Peter Bazalgette, the chief creative officer of Endemol, the television company behind “Big Brother“ and other popular shows. He is referring to the upsurge of interest in m
35、obile television, a nascent industry at the intersection of telecoms and media which offers new opportunities to device-makers, content producers and mobile- network operators. And he is far from alone in his enthusiasm. Already, many mobile operators offer a selection of television channels or indi
36、vidual shows, which are “ streamed“ across their third-generation (3G) networks. In South Korea, television is also sent to mobile phones via satellite and terrestrial broadcast networks, which is far more efficient than sending video across mobile networks; similar broadcasts will begin in Japan in
37、 April. In Europe, the Italian arm of 3, a mobile operator, recently acquired Canale 7, a television channel, with a view to launching mobile-TV broadcasts in Italy in the second half of 2006. Similar mobile-TV networks will also be built in Finland and America, and are being tested in many other co
38、untries. Meanwhile, Apple Computer, which launched a video-capable version of its iPod portable music-player in October, is striking deals with television networks to expand the range of shows that can be purchased for viewing on the device, including “Lost“, “Desperate Housewives“ and “Law others a
39、re using special measures to crack down. This summer, tickets to the soccer World Cup in Germany will include the name and passport number of the original purchaser and embedded chips that match the buyer to the tickets. Then there are legal worries. In America, more than a dozen states have anti-sc
40、alping laws of various kinds. New Mexico forbids the reselling of tickets for college games; Mississippi does so for all events on government-owned property. Such laws are often ignored, but can still bite. In Massachusetts, where reselling a ticket for more than $2 above face value is unlawful, one
41、 fan brought a lawsuit last autumn against 16 companies (including StubHub) over his pricey Red Sox tickets.（分数：10.00）(1).UK is mentioned in the text with the intention to_. A. define re-selling tickets for profits B. stress the prosperity of the industry C. shed light on the booming of scalping D.
42、cast doubt on the profits of online ticket market（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).In both the second and the third paragraphs, the author employs which of the following writing device? A. Emphasis. B. Contrast. C. Exaggeration. D. Interrogation.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).The word “juicy“ in the last sentence of the s
43、econd paragraph most probably denotes_. A. succulent B. interesting C. lucrative D. liquid（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Severe measures to discourage re-selling tickets for profits are illustrated with_. A. U2 concert B. Super Bowl in early February C. Rolling Stones concerts D. the soccer World Cup in Germa
44、ny（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5).It can be inferred from the last paragraph that_. A. more than a dozen states in US have anti-scalping laws of various kinds B. there are still legal worries about the American re-selling tickets for a profit C. most states in US have yet to show positive response in crackdown
45、 on ticket touting D. 16 companies were taken to court by one fan for reselling a ticket for more than $2 above face value（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.八、Part B(总题数：1，分数：10.00)As companies continue to cut costs, the days of frequent promotions are a distant memory. So are the days of endless opportunities to sho
46、w off your skills. Layoff survivors, faced with fewer options are finding themselves in career purgatorytheres no way up and no way out. After talking to career coaches, managers, recruiters, and psychologists, Fortune put together eight tips to help workers break free from the inertia. 41. Avoid ta
47、king cover Dont hide out behind your computer. “You should really work to increase or maintain the visibility that you have,“ says David Opton, founder and CEO of career management firm ExecuNet. Build a circle of allies Fortify your current relationships and work on making new ones, both within and
48、 outside the office. “Allies will be helpful in terms of letting you know information, like if theres a job possibility that comes up,“ says Dee Soder, founder of the CEO Perspective Group. Who you know can make a big difference, especially in difficult times. 42. Load up on new tools This is the pe
49、rfect time to acquire new expertise. (If the boss cant pay, do it on your own.) 43. Look beyond your job description People dont get promotions just because they do their jobs well; they get promotions because they take initiative. Lauren Doliva, a partner at recruiting firm Heidrick identify your weaknesses and work on them; find better ways to harness your strengths. For nontangible skills leadership, management, communicationcoaches recommend hiring a coach. A client of Soders was put into a new mana
