1、考研英语-试卷 96及答案解析(总分：142.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Use of English(总题数：2，分数：80.00)1.Section I Use of EnglishDirections: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D.（分数：40.00）_As one works with color in a practical, or experimental way, one is impressed by two ap
2、parently unrelated facts. Color as seen is a mobile, changeable thing (1)_ to a large extent on the relationship of the color (2)_ other colors (3)_ simultaneously. It is not (4)_ in its relation to the direct stimulus which (5)_ it. On the other hand, the properties of surfaces that give (6)_ to co
3、lor do not seem to change greatly under a wide variety of illumination color, usually (but not always) looking much the same in artificial light as in daylight. Both of these effects seem to be (7)_ in large part to the mechanism of color (8)_. When the eye is (9)_ to a colored area, there is an imm
4、ediate readjustment of the (10)_ of the eye to color in and around the area (11)_. This readjustment does not promptly affect the color seen but usually does affect the next area to which the (12)_ is shifted. The longer the time of viewing, the higher the (13)_, and the larger the area, the greater
5、 the effect will be (14)_ its persistence in the (15)_ viewing situation. As indicated by the work of Wright and Schouten, it appears that, at (16)_ for a first approximation, full adaptation takes place over (17)_ time if the adapting source is moderately bright and the eye has been in (18)_ darkne
6、ss just previously. Also, (19)_ of the persistence of the effect if the eye is shifted around from one object to another, all of which are at similar brightness or have similar colors, the adaptation will tend to become (20)_ over the whole eye.（分数：40.00）A.liableB.focusingC.typicalD.dependingA.withB
7、.betweenC.toD.uponA.pursuedB.perceivedC.realizedD.conceivedA.fixedB.firmC.boundD.openA.createsB.summonsC.triggersD.introducesA.playB.wayC.riseD.birthA.relatedB.dueC.devotedD.closeA.assimilationB.admissionC.regulationD.adaptationA.drawnB.leftC.exposedD.subjectedA.sensitivityB.curiosityC.decorationD.i
8、mpressionA.noticedB.alarmedC.neglectedD.toleratedA.cheerB.senseC.gazeD.thoughtA.publicityB.necessityC.densityD.intensityA.by means ofB.in terms ofC.with regard toD.in line withA.transparentB.succeedingC.simultaneousD.proceedingA.mostB.worstC.leastD.bestA.briefB.completeC.lightD.narrowA.efficientB.pa
9、rallelC.relativeD.respectiveA.regardlessB.despiteC.exclusiveD.becauseA.equivalentB.uniformC.contrastiveD.complementary二、Reading Comprehensio(总题数：10，分数：58.00)2.Section II Reading Comprehension_3.Part ADirections: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C
10、or D._King Richard III was a monster. He poisoned his wife, stole the throne from his two young nephews and ordered them to be smothered in the Tower of London. Richard was a sort of Antichrist the King“that bottled spider, that poisonous bunch-backed toad“. Anyway, that was Shakespeare“s version. S
11、hakespeare did what the playwright does: he turned history into a vivid, articulate, organized dream-repeatable nightly. He put the crouch back onstage, and sold tickets. And who would say that the real Richard known to family and friends was not identical to Shakespeare“s memorably loathsome creati
12、on? The actual Richard went dimming into the past and vanished. When all the eye-witnesses are gone, the artist“s imagination begins to twist. Variations on the King Richard Effect are at work in Oliver Stone“s JFK. Richard III was art, but it was propaganda too. Shakespeare took the details of his
13、plot from Tudor historians who wanted to blacken Richard“s name. Several centuries passed before other historians began to write about Richard“s virtues and suggest that he may have been a victim of Tudor malice and what is the cleverest conspiracy of all: art. JFK is a long and powerful harangue ab
14、out the death of the manStone keeps calling “the slain young king.“ What are the rules of Stone“s game? Is Stone functioning as commercial entertainer? Propagandist? Documentary filmmaker? Historian? Journalist? Fantasist? Sensationalist? Crazy conspiracy-monger? Lone hero crusading for the truth ag
15、ainst a corrupt Establishment? Answer: some of the above. The first superficial effect of JFK is to raise angry little scruples like welts in the conscience. Wouldn“t it be absurd if a generation of younger Americans, with no memory of 1963, were to form their ideas about John Kennedy“s assassinatio
16、n from Oliver Stone“s report of it? But worse things have happenedincluding, perhaps, the Warren Commission report? Stone uses a suspect, mixed art form, and JFK raises the familiar ethical and historical problems of docudrama. But so what? Artists have always used public events as raw material, hav
17、e taken history into their imaginations and transformed it. The fall of Troy vanished into the Iliad. The Battle of Borodino found its most memorable permanence in Tolstoy“s imagining of it in War and Peace. Especially in a world of insatiable electronic storytelling, real history procreates, endles
18、sly conjuring new versions of itself. Public life has become a metaphysical breeder of fictions. Watergate became an almost continuous television miniseriesalthough it is interesting that the movie of Woodward and Bernstein“s All The President“s Men stayed close to the known facts and, unlike JFK, d
19、id not validate dark conjecture.（分数：10.00）(1).Shakespeare“s creation is used in the text to introduce _.（分数：2.00）A.his powerful imaginations.B.artists“ distortion of history.C.his well-established fame.D.historians“ interest in art.(2).Which of the following can best describe the author“s comments o
20、n Stone“s organization of plots?（分数：2.00）A.Bewildering.B.Superficial.C.Contradictory.D.Intricate.(3).The word “harangue“ (Para. 5) connotes _.（分数：2.00）A.corruption.B.invention.C.confusion.D.diffusion.(4).It is implied that Warren Commission report _.（分数：2.00）A.is nothing more than illusions.B.lives
21、up to historians“ expectations.C.is not based on valid facts.D.falls victim to harsh criticisms.(5).It can be inferred from the text that public life _.（分数：2.00）A.is often the stuff for artists“ fictions.B.lies outside the field of history.C.is the focus of public attention.D.remains memorable at al
22、l times.For months the Japanese searched fitfully for the right word to describe what was happening. At the Bank of Japan, the nation“s central bank, officials spoke of “an adjustment phase.“ Prime Minister admitted only to “a difficult situation“. The Economic Planning Agency, the government“s reco
23、rd keeper, referred delicately to a “retreat“. Then two weeks ago, for the first time since 1997, the agency dropped its boilerplate reference to the “expansion“ from its closely watched Monthly Economic Report, and the word game was over. Japan“s economy, the world“s second largest, conceded the ex
24、perts, was in recession. That admission confirmed the bad news businessmen had been reading in their spreadsheets for several months. “In 2001 one market after another turned bad“, says Yoshihiko Wakamoto, senior vice president of Toshiba Corp., which now admits that its pretax profits for fiscal 20
25、01, ending March 31, may be down a whopping 42%. In April, when many Japanese companies announce their results for 2001 fiscal year, most will report declining profits. Blue chips like Sony, NEC and Matsushita have all experienced drops of over 40% in pretax profits. Japan“s security houses, hit by
26、declining commissions from a falling stock market, will announce even more dramatic drops. Nomura Securities, once Japan“s most profitable company, is talking about an 80% decline in profits. Auto manufacturers, banks, airlines, steel companies, department storesall are in a slump. Technically, what
27、 is happening to the Japanese economy does not meet American criteria for a recession, normally defined as at least two consecutive quarters of negative growth. While economic growth has slowed in Japan, it has not ceased. Government economists are predicting a 3.5% increase in GNP for 2002. Outside
28、 experts are not so optimistic. But nearly everyone agrees that GNP growth in Japan is unlikely to slip into negative numbers, as it did last year in the U.S. and Britain. “There“s no question that we are in a recession“, pronounces Kunio Miyamoto, chief economist of the Sumitomo-Life Research Insti
29、tute. “But it is a recession, Japanese-style“. During the last half of the 1990s, Japanese companies based much of their expansion around the world on the wildly inflated values of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Japan“s frenzied real estate market. Now both those markets have collapsed. And with long-
30、term interest rates up from 5% to 7%, Japanese companies are less able to sell vast quantities of high-quality goods at razor-thin profit margins. Added to this are pressures from shareholders for a greater return on investments, from Japan“s trading partners for restraints on its aggressive trade p
31、ractices, and from its own citizens for a reduction in their working hours so they can enjoy the fruits of 40 years of relentless toil.（分数：10.00）(1).According to the writer, the current economic situation in Japan is _.（分数：2.00）A.much better than it seems.B.not as good as it seems.C.nowhere near its
32、 expansion.D.at its crucial point.(2).We learn from the text that Japanese definition of what was happening in Japan is _.（分数：2.00）A.skeptical.B.inflexible.C.delicate.D.changeable.(3).The decline of Japanese economy in 2001 is manifested in the fact that the Japanese _.（分数：2.00）A.companies predicted
33、 their results for another fiscal year.B.auto industries went bankrupt in a Japanese style.C.security houses suffered great loss of their profits.D.real estate market quieted down after a boom.(4).Which of the following can best substitute the word “Technically“ (Para. 3) without changing its functi
34、on in the context?（分数：2.00）A.To be exact.B.After all.C.Fortunately.D.In brief.(5).The writer seems to admit that Japanese companies gained great profits in the 1990s mainly by means of _.（分数：2.00）A.its overseas expansion.B.its economic planning.C.its workers“ contribution.D.its high-quality goods.Ev
35、er since they were first staged in 19th century Europe, world“s fairs have enabled people from around the globe to visit wondrous pavilions where they can discover distant lands and new technologies. The 2006 world“s fair is no exception, but it also has a decidedly new- era twist: the whole event h
36、appens in cyberspace. A nonprofit project dreamed up by Americans Carl Malamud, a computer consultant, and Vinton Cerf, and Internet pioneer and telecommunications-company vice president, the Internet 2006 World Exposition is a digital work in progress, a multi-chambered forum that cybernauts can he
37、lp build and renovate throughout the yearand perhaps long after the fair“s official close in December. While high-tech pavilions set up by sponsoring corporations are featured prominently, as in real fairs, this virtual exposition is closer in spirit and reality to a vast bustling bazaar, a marketpl
38、ace for the talents and offerings of thousands of individuals and small groups. Anyone with a computer and a modem can not only “attend“ but also participate as an exhibitor by creating an individual multimedia Website. Getting the fair up and running was by no means easy. Malamud, 36, spent the pas
39、t year shuttling among 30 countries, lobbying companies that initially dismissed the project as unwieldy and unworkable. While some nations immediately supported the idea, others completely missed the point of Malamud“s vision: to make the fair a public-works project that focuses on what the Interne
40、t can offer expert or novice. Once grass-roots groups started backing the project, though, businesses were not far behind. By donating equipment and services, these companies will gain access to millions of potential consumers eager to see the firms“ latest technologies. Since the exposition“s Jan.
41、1 launch, as many as 40,000 visitors each day from more than 40 countries have tried the major Websites. Most virtual visitors log on from the U.S and Japan, but the United Arab Emirates, Sweden, Singapore and Estonia have been represented. Comments logged in the fair“s guest book are overwhelmingly
42、 positive. “Wow, the world is shrinking“, wrote a visitor from the Netherlands. Since their initial hesitancy, the major sponsors-primarily telecommunications and software companieshave become firm believers. Beyond the diversity of content and international scope, the fair is a technological marvel
43、. The fastest international link ever installed, this pipeline could be the first step toward laying a permanent network that will eventually hardwire every nation in the world into the Internet. The organizers hope that the infrastructureand awareness-nurtured by this exposition will launch a boom
44、in Net use.（分数：10.00）(1).The organizers thinks that the effect on Net use of the good world“s fair is _.（分数：2.00）A.hardly positive.B.dubiously-oriented.C.quite instantaneous.D.far-reaching.(2).We can learn from the text that _.（分数：2.00）A.public visitors intended to reap great profits in the fair.B.s
45、ome countries initially hesitated to support the project.C.technological progress usually precedes an economic boom.D.sponsoring corporations once dismissed the technology.(3).The technological fair is intended by its organizers to be _.（分数：2.00）A.in the interests of public.B.for the sake of exhibit
46、ors.C.at the mercy of firms.D.to the prejudice of users.(4).The expression “a vast bustling bazaar“ (Para. 3) best connotes _.（分数：2.00）A.eager.B.diverse.C.active.D.spacious.(5).In the writer opinion, the virtual exposition in the new era is _.（分数：2.00）A.profitable.B.rewarding.C.fruitless.D.successfu
47、l.It was the best of times or, depending on your political and philosophical outlook, one of the foulest and most depraved. Rebellion seemed to be leaping from city to city, continent to continent, by some fiery process of contagion. Radical students filled the streets of Mexico city, Berlin, Tokyo,
48、 Prague. In the U.S., Chicago swirled into near anarchy as cops battled antiwar demonstrators gathered at the Democratic Convention. And everywhere from Amsterdam to Haight-Ashbury, a generation was getting high, acting up. So, clearly, it was the year from hella collective “dive into extensive social and personal dysfunction“, as the Wall Street Journal editorialized recently. Or, depending again on your outlook, a global breakthrough for the human spirit. On this, the 25th
