1、考研英语-286 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BSection Use o(总题数：1，分数：10.00)These are tough times for Wal-Mart, Americas biggest retailer. Long accused ofU (1) /Usmall-town America mad condemned for the selfishness of its pay, the company has lately come underU (2) /Ufor its meanness over employees health-c
2、are benefits. The charge is arguablyU (3) /U: the firms health coverage, whileU (4) /Uless extensive than the average for big companies, is on equal termsU (5) /Uother retailers. But bad publicity, coupled with rising costs, hasU (6) /Uthe Bentonville giant to action. WalMart is making changes that
3、should shift the ground in Americas healthcare debate.OneU (7) /Uis to reduce the prices of many generic, or out-of-patent, prescription drugs. Wal-Marts critics dismiss the move as a publicityU (8) /U. The list of drugs includes only 143 different medicines and excludes many popular group. True, bu
4、t short-sighted. Wal-Mart hasU (9) /Uretailing by using its size to squeeze suppliers andU (10) /Uthe gains on to consumers. It couldU (11) /Uthe same with drugs. A “Wal-Mart effect“ in drugs will not solve Americas health-costs problem: group account for only a small share of drug costs, which in t
5、urn makeU (12) /Uonly 10% of overall health spending. But it wouldU (13) /U.The firms other initiative is moreU (14) /U. Wal-Mart is joining the small but fast-growing group of employersU (15) /Uare controlling costs by shifting to health insurance with high deductibles.Early evidenceU (16) /Uthese
6、plans do help firms control the cost of health insurance. But critics say that the savings areU (17) /U. They argue that the plans shift costs to sicker workers, discourage preventative care and will anyway do little toU (18) /Uoverall health spending, U(19) /Umost of the $2 trillion that AmericaU (
7、20) /Uhealth care each year goes to people with multiple chronic diseases.（分数：10.00）A.wreckedB.wrecksC.wreckD.wreckingA.dismissionB.fireC.forceD.agitationA.illegalB.unfairC.unreasonableD.incorrectA.usuallyB.admittedlyC.obviouslyD.speciallyA.withB.toC.ofD.byA.causedB.expelledC.stirredD.raisedA.proble
8、mB.managementC.intrigueD.strategyA.demonstrationB.cheatC.attentionD.stuntA.transformedB.translatedC.transportedD.transactedA.passesB.passedC.passingD.passA.makeB.doC.getD.formA.forB.intoC.outD.upA.receiveB.solveC.fitD.helpA.considerableB.principalC.controversialD.availableA.whoB.whichC.whatD.whereA.
9、suggestsB.proposesC.remindsD.explainsA.interestingB.misleadingC.expressingD.illustratingA.organizeB.regulateC.verifyD.controlA.sinceB.thenC.whenD.because ofA.hangs onB.takes onC.spends onD.goes on二、BSection Readi(总题数：4，分数：40.00)BText 1/B“I love Microsoft and Microsoft did not lose me,“ protested Rob
10、ert Scoble, a little too loudly, on his blog last week, in a bid to end feverish speculation in the blogosphere about why, exactly, he had decided to leave Microsoft. The software giants “technical evangelist“, Mr. Scoble has become the best-known example of a corporate blogger. On his blog, called
11、Scobleizer, which he started in 2000, he writes about Microsofts products, and has sometimes criticised them fiercelythereby both establishing his credibility and, by its willingness to tolerate him, helping to humanise his employer.As bloggings influence has grown, so bas Mr. Scoblesboth inside and
12、 outside Microsoft. Last year, after he blogged against Microsofts decision to abandon support for a law prohibiting discrimination against gays, the companys managers backed down. He helped write a book, Naked Conversations: How Blogs Are Changing the Way Businesses Talk With Customers, published i
13、n January, that has become essential reading for any boss trying to define a new-media strategy for his business.So why leave? Mr. Scoble has denied several of the theories circulating in the blogosphere, including that he had become fed up with having his expenses challenged or with sharing an offi
14、ce; that Microsoft challenged his views too often; that he had become, frustrated; and that the firm had not tried hard enough to keep him. Still, his friend Dave Winer, another blogger, described Microsoft as a “stifling organisation“ before observing that “when he finally decided to leave, its as
15、if a huge weight came off him, and all of a sudden, the old Scoble is back.“ He views Mr. Scobles departure as evidence that Microsoft has been unable to move with the times: “Im glad to see my old friend didnt go down with the ship.“ Another blogger says that his departure shows the “end of honest
16、blogging.“The real reason may be less sinisterthough troubling for the growing number of employers encouraging their employees to biog. Blogging allows staff to build a personal brand separate from that of their firm; if they are good at it, and build up a readership, that brand may be more valuable
17、 to them elsewhere. Mr. Scoble is off to join PodTech. net, a rising star in video podcasting, which is now far more fashionable than blogging and potentially far more lucrative. It seems that Mr. Scoble is most impressed by Rocketboom, one of whose founders, Amanda Congdon, is said to be drawing 30
18、0000 viewers a day to her videoblog, and is about to start charging advertisers $85000 a weekalmost as much, Mr. Scoble is reported as saying, “as I made in an entire year working at Microsoft.“（分数：10.00）(1).Which of the following is TRUE accoding to the text?（分数：2.00）A.Scobles blog never gives peop
19、le the false information.B.Microsoft doesnt agree with the opinion in Scobles biog.C.Scoble will not write anything in his blog when he leaves Microsoft.D.Scobles blog becomes the most popular corporate blog in the Internet.(2).Which is the real reason for Robert Scoble to leave Microsoft?（分数：2.00）A
20、.He doesnt get along with Microsoft any longer.B.He wishes to have a single office.C.He wants to earn more money.D.He doesnt think that Microsoft has been able to move with times.(3).The word “sinister“ (Line 1, Para. 4) most probably means（分数：2.00）A.minister.B.evil.C.beneficial.D.righteous.(4).Towa
21、rd Scobles leaving and his blog, the writers attitude can be said to be（分数：2.00）A.objective.B.supportive.C.biased.D.apprehensive.(5).The best topic for the text may be（分数：2.00）A.Scoble and His Blog.B.Blogging Off, Videoblogging In.C.Blog Man.D.Blog or Videoblog.BText 2/BThe day of terror at the Virg
22、inia Polytechnic and State University in Blacksburg began at about 7:15 a. m. , with the shooting of a woman and a male resident adviser on the fourth floor of a dorm building on campus, Kristen Bensley, a freshman who lived below the floor where the shooting occurred, told TIME, “There were minors
23、going on about the assailant was fighting with his girlfriend or something of that nature.“ Bensley notes that only residents can get into the building, using a specific “passport“, that is, a card that one has to swipe in order to open doors before 10 a.m. If he was an outsider, someone would have
24、had to let him in. Or more likely, he was a resident of the dorm himself. If so, how did be keep so much ammunition unnoticed?Unlike high schools, most universities cant beef up security with a metal detector or two. So what can be done to protect students? Other questions remain unanswered. Why was
25、 there a two-hour gap between the incident at the dorm and a far more fatal one across campus? At one point, that led to theorizing that more than one gunman was involved. The gunman who killed at least 30 people at Norris Hall shortly after 9 a.m. was described by some sources as an Asian man.It ha
26、s been a surreal time for the students. Brandon Stiltner, a senior aerospace engineering student, and Jonathan Hess, a senior mechanical engineer, were watching TV all day but by noon theyd had enough. “We decided we needed to do something,“ Stiltner said. “We were worthless sitting around.“ So they
27、 took their six-foot Virginia Tech sign off the wall and logged into Facebook. Within the next few hours 100 people replied to their e-mail request for a vigil.By 8 p.m. hundreds bf students began filing down the steps of the War Memorial Chapel toward the drill field. Clusters of two and three stud
28、ents stood together in silence. Slowly they began to line up to sign the board. “Im still really in disbelief,“ says Stiltner. The shock of the days shootings sank in, Hess said, as he carried the sign across campus for the vigil. “It hit me,“ Hess said, “to know that it was in these buildings.“ The
29、 media crews that swarmed campus were also surreal to Hess and Stiltner. “We could look out our window and see exactly whats on TV,“ Stiltner says. He watched his sign crowded with initials and prayers, awaiting the names of the victims, He shuddered. “I hope I dont have any nasty surprises.“（分数：10.
30、00）(1).Which of the following is tree according to the first paragraph?（分数：2.00）A.7:15 a. m. is the time a woman and a mate resident adviser were killed on the fourth floor of a dorm building on campus.B.The cause of shooting is the assailant was fighting with his girlfriend or something of that nat
31、ure.C.Open dorms doors needs swipe a card before 10 a. m.D.The gunman was a resident of the dorm himself.(2).Which statement can be inferred from the second paragraph?（分数：2.00）A.Its impossible that a two-hour gap between the incident at the dorm and another one across campus.B.More than one gunman w
32、as involved.C.The gunman was an Asian man.D.One of high schools ways of keeping security is using a metal detector or two.(3).Which word can take place of “surreal“ (Line 1, Para. 3; Line 5, Para. 4) in the passage?（分数：2.00）A.Unbelievable.B.Unforgettable.C.Authentic.D.Miserable.(4).What did Stiltner
33、 mean about “I hope I dont have any nasty surprises.“?（分数：2.00）A.He doesnt hope someone he knows is victim.B.He doesnt want to see the victims name.C.He doesnt need any surprise more.D.He was scared by the assailment accident.(5).From this article we can guess that the author is a（分数：2.00）A.reviewer
34、.B.journalist.C.observer.D.novelist.BText 3/BTHE ivory-billed woodpecker is not large, as birds go: It is about the size of a crow, but flashier, its claim to fame is that, though it had been thought extinct since 1944, a lone kayaker spotted it about two years ago, flying around among the cypress t
35、rees in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge. And that sighting may prove the death-blow to a $319m irrigation project in the Arkansas corner of the Delta.The Grand Prairie Area Demonstration Project seemed, at first, a fine idea. The Grand Prairie is the fourth-largest rice-bowl in the world, w
36、ith 363 000 acres under paddies. But it is running out of water, with farmers driving wells deeper and deeper into the underlying aquifer. The new project, dreamed up around a decade ago, would tap excess water from the White river when it floods and pumps it, at the rate of about one billion gallon
37、s a day, to storage tanks on around 1000 rice farms.Unfortunately, it would also divert water from the regions huge, swampy wildlife refuges, home to black bears and alligators and the pallid sturgeon. Tiny swamp towns like Clarendon and Brinkley, which are heavily black and almost destitute, rely o
38、n nature tourism for the little economic activity they have. In Brinkley, the barber offers an “ivorybill“ haircut that makes you look like one.The project has some powerful local backers. They include Blanche Lincoln, the states senior senator, who grew up on a rice farm in Helena, and Dale Bumpers
39、, a former four-term senator and governor of Arkansas. Mr. Bumpers, long an icon of the environmental movement and prominent in the efforts to establish the refuges, now believes the water project is important for national security in food and trade, and that it will not damage the forests he has wo
40、rked to protect.Opponents worry that the project, apart from its environmental risks, will overwhelm the innovative water conservation methods that rice-farmers are already using, and give the biggest water users an unfair advantage. They also object that it means using subsidised pumps to provide s
41、ubsidised water for a crop that doesnt pay. Rice is one of the most heavily assisted crops in America; rice payments cost taxpayers almost $10 billion between 1995 and 2004, and rich farmers round Stuttgart in Arkansas County (an efficient and politically shrewd group) took in $21.2m in subsidies in
42、 2004 alone.（分数：10.00）(1).It can be inferred from the first paragraph that（分数：2.00）A.an ivory-billed woodpecker was shot by a lone kayaker two years ago.B.the ivory-billed woodpecker was accustomed to living among cypress trees.C.the irrigation project is probably broken off by the ivory-billed wood
43、pecker.D.the appearance of the ivory-billed woodpecker may make the irrigation project terminated.(2).According to the second and third paragraph, which statement is true?（分数：2.00）A.The irrigation project is really a wonderful plan to help people get rid of poverty.B.The situation of Clarendon would
44、 become tougher without support of tourism.C.Some programs like the great irrigation project had been planed very elaborately.D.Symbolization of Brinkley is ivorybill woodpecker.(3).What can we learn front this passage?（分数：2.00）A.Blanche Lincoln had intensive intention to protect natural environment
45、.B.Mr. Bumpers extended his influence by his constant endeavors.C.Maybe some years ago, Mr. Bumpers kept hostile posture to this kind of irrigation project.D.Many of refuges were constructed by Mr. Bumpers himself.(4).People are arguing against this project, mainly because（分数：2.00）A.some rich farmer
46、s are too greedy.B.government doesnt want to interfere this project.C.they wear tinted glasses to those who attain many benefits from this project.D.the bias of policy evokes lots of indignations.(5).What is the authors attitude towards The Grand Prairie Area Demonstration Project?（分数：2.00）A.Be opti
47、mistic to support this project.B.Became an opponent to those gaining unfair wealth from this project.C.Be objective to treat this problem.D.Be indifferent to this issue.BText 4/BThe Lakers forward Kobe Bryant has scored 50 or more points in four straight games, second in the NBA only to Wilt Chamber
48、lains seven. He also now is tied with Michael Jordan for second with four behind Chamberlains 32 in most 60-point games.“Hes doing something Ive never seen,“ Lakers coach Phil Jackson said in an e-mail Saturday. “This has been historic.“ He should know because he coached Jordan and played against Ch
49、amberlain. Bryant is not going to win the MVP award, which likely will go to Dirk Nowitzki or Steve Nash. But his scoring brilliance again seems to answer the question of whos the best player in the league and it also provides more evidence in the similarity of Bryant and Jordan in their talent and approach to the game.In any ease, Bryant
