1、考研英语二（完形填空）模拟试卷 74（无答案）一、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. (10 points) 0 Is Stanford still a university? The Wall Street Journal recently reported that more than a dozen students have left school to wor
2、k on a new technology start-up called Clinkle. Faculty members have【C1】_, the former dean of Stanfords business school is on the board, and one computer-science professor who taught several of the employees now owns【C2】_. The founder of Clinkle was an undergraduate advisee of the president of the un
3、iversity, John Hennessy, who has also been advising the company. Clinkle【C3】_mobile payments, and, if all goes well, there will be many payments to many people on【C4】_. Maybe, as it did with Google, Stanford will get stock grants. There are【C5】_of interest here; and questions of power dynamics. The
4、leadership of a university has encouraged an【C6】_in which students drop out in order to do something that will【C7 】_the faculty.Stanford has been【C8】_in this direction for a while. As Ken Auletta reported in this magazine a year ago, the【C9】_between Stanford and Silicon Valley are【 C10】_. Federal Te
5、legraph was started by a Stanford grad a hundred and four years ago. William Hewlett and David Packard started inventing things as students, as did the Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Stanford feeds Silicon Valley, and Silicon Valley【C11】_Stanford. You cant have one【C12 】_the other.But w
6、hats the point of having a great university among the palm trees【C13】_students feel like they have to treat their professors as【C14】_investors, found companies before they can legally drink, and drop out in an effort to get rich fast? Shouldnt it be a place to drift, to think, to read, to meet new p
7、eople, and to work at whatever【C15 】_you? And Stanford has, in its day, produced a great variety of graduates: hippies, novelists, politicians,【 C16】_dropouts, and, of course, athletes.Now,【C17】_, it seems like all the countless identities are being included. Students can still study Chaucer, and th
8、ere are still lovely palm trees. But the center of【C18】_at the university appears to have【C19】_. The school now【C20】_a giant tech incubator with a football team.1 【C1 】（A）settled（B） invested（C） approved（D）rejected2 【C2 】（A）benefits（B） responsibilities（C） items（D）shares3 【C3 】（A）deals with（B） fills w
9、ith（C） copes with（D）sticks with4 【C4 】（A）board（B） earth（C） campus（D）market5 【C5 】（A）barriers（B） fights（C） arguments（D）conflicts6 【C6 】（A）improvement（B） endeavor（C） advantage（D）element7 【C7 】（A）endear（B） endanger（C） enlarge（D）enrich8 【C8 】（A）heading（B） leading（C） running（D）directing9 【C9 】（A）reaction
10、s（B） communications（C） interactions（D）connections10 【C10 】（A）long（B） deep（C） firm（D）wide11 【C11 】（A）founds（B） keeps（C） nurtures（D）impedes12 【C12 】（A）without（B） with（C） on（D）except13 【C13 】（A）however（B） unless（C） if（D）since14 【C14 】（A）potential（B） disposed（C） hidden（D）implicit15 【C15 】（A）criticizes（B
11、） inspires（C） discourages（D）pulls16 【C16 】（A）adaptable（B） active（C） careful（D）brilliant17 【C17 】（A）if（B） so（C） though（D）unless18 【C18 】（A）gravity（B） weight（C） height（D）strength19 【C19 】（A）improved（B） shifted（C） reformed（D）strengthened20 【C20 】（A）adjusts to（B） acts as（C） equals to（D）looks like20 The
12、highest anxiety moment in the holiday season must be the moment just before your loved ones unwrap their gifts. The ribbon comes untied, the paper falls to the floorwhat will their expression be?【C1】_out the right gift can be very difficult, and we can easily make mistakes.Before【C2】_a gift, we all
13、ask ourselves two questions: How much to spend and what to get.【C3】_both questions are complex, the more complex one by far is what to get. We may not know the exact【C4】_of the other person;【C5】_we know what kind of gift they would absolutely love, we might still not know the exact color, size, etc.
14、【C6】_these risks, giving an ill-suited gift risks showing the other person exactly how little we really know them. And from there the path to a【 C7】_relationship is shortThe risk of giving the wrong thing is【C8】_gift givers often end up giving consumables such as wine and chocolate. After all, these
15、 are unlikely to be the “wrong“ gift for anyone. But theres a【C9】_: These safe gifts are not very “gifty“ and are unlikely to strengthen our relationship with the recipient【C10】_, when we give jewelry, art, or furniture, we take a risk that the other person will not like the【C11】_. But these risky g
16、ifts are more “gifty“ and, if they are successful, will【C12 】_their goal of strengthening the social【C13】_between the person giving the gift and the person【C14】_it.So how much risk do most gift givers take? Not surprisingly, the majority of givers dont risk giving more risky gifts. But were they rig
17、ht in playing it【C15】_? In short: They were not. A research showed that, in general, gift givers dont【 C16】_how much others will enjoy their gift.【C17】_, gift receivers preferred the riskier gift and wished that gift givers took more【C18】_.So perhaps this holiday season we should put an extra effort
18、 into gift giving. Lets throw caution to the winds,【C19】_the wine, chocolates, and gift certificates and give real gifts. The biggest risk is being【C20】_.21 【C1 】（A）Turning（B） Taking（C） Figuring（D）Drawing22 【C2 】（A）taking（B） bringing（C） making（D）picking23 【C3 】（A）While（B） When（C） Because（D）If24 【C4
19、】（A）details（B） intentions（C） habits（D）preferences25 【C5 】（A）so that（B） even if（C） even so（D）as if26 【C6 】（A）With（B） without（C） from（D）on27 【C7 】（A）fluctuated（B） reinforced（C） deteriorated（D）improved28 【C8 】（A）how（B） that（C） where（D）why29 【C9 】（A）catch（B） trick（C） fraud（D）temptation30 【C10 】（A）By cha
20、nce（B） In contrast（C） As usual（D）For instance31 【C11 】（A）material（B） goods（C） part（D）item32 【C12 】（A）acquire（B） achieve（C） inquire（D）require33 【C13 】（A）group（B） movement（C） fabric（D）security34 【C14 】（A）receiving（B） lending（C） sending（D）permitting35 【C15 】（A）risky（B） feasible（C） tempting（D）safe36 【C16 】（A）praise（B） applaud（C） appreciate（D）identify37 【C17 】（A）Therefore（B） Furthermore（C） Otherwise（D）Though38 【C18 】（A）effects（B） turns（C） advantages（D）chances39 【C19 】（A）skip（B） throw（C） choose（D）lose40 【C20 】（A）dangerous（B） boring（C） absurd（D）extravagant
