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1、考研英语-168 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)Niagara is an Indian word which means “roaring water“. Indeed, the roar of the falling water of Niagara can be heard U(1) /U a distance of 5 kms. Imagine U(2) /U of water flowing over a cliff 90 feet high and you will get an idea of
2、 that terrible noise. And U(3) /U tremendous power the Niagara River has! It moves big rocks about and throws them into the boiling water below. U(4) /U ago an old ship without single person on board was put in mid-stream. It sailed down the river U(5) /U a toy boat with great speed. Having reached
3、the fall, the ship dropped into the boiling water, never U(6) /U again. There were some people who wanted to become famous U(7) /U swimming across the most dangerous part of the Niagara River. One of them was Captain Webb who said that he would try to swim cross the Niagara, which U(8) /U crowds of
4、people. On the evening of July 1st, 1893, Captain Webb came up to the river and U(9) /U a plunge. His having jumped into the water U(10) /U many people with horror. Soon, he appeared in the middle of the river. A loud shout went up from the crowd, but a moment later there was U(11) /U silence. The m
5、an had disappeared under the water. Thousands of eyes U(12) /U on the river, but the man was drowned. In 1902, a certain Miss Taylor decided to go over the falls in a barrel. There were different kinds of pillows inside the barrel to prevent her from U(13) /U. Having examined the barrel carefully, M
6、iss Taylor got in. The barrel was closed and then U(14) /U into the water. Having reached the falls, it overturned and was shot down by the terrible U(15) /U of the water. When the barrel was finally caught and opened, Miss Taylor came out alive U(16) /U with a frightened look in her eyes. Once a cr
7、owd of visitors saw a rope U(17) /U over from one bank of the river to the other. Then they saw a man U(18) /U the rope. The man was an actor, Blondin U(19) /U. He managed to cross Niagara Falls on a tight rope. The people on the bank were surprised at his U(20) /U it so well.(分数:10.00)A.withinB.ins
8、ideC.atD.onA.muchB.a great numberC.massD.a massA.how muchB.whatC.soD.howA.SometimesB.Many timesC.Much timeD.Some timeA.asB.as ifC.likeD.likelyA.to appearB.appearingC.appearedD.appearA.forB.byC.throughD.fromA.attractedB.drewC.causedD.pulledA.gaveB.madeC.didD.tookA.fillingB.full ofC.filledD.was filled
9、A.deadB.dyingC.diedD.deathA.being stoppedB.were fixingC.were fixedD.fixedA.being hurtB.having hurtC.hurtingD.hurtA.being throwB.throwingC.thrownD.threwA.powerB.strengthC.forceD.capacityA.thereforeB.howeverC.soD.butA.being putB.putC.having putD.puttingA.step acrossB.step out ontoC.step alongD.step on
10、A.in nameB.under the name ofC.by nameD.to the name ofA.doneB.having doneC.having been doneD.being done二、BSection Readi(总题数:4,分数:40.00)BText 1/BThe Amazon River basin boasts the largest river system on Earth and harbors an ecosystem that is tremendously complex. Early travelers from renaissance Europ
11、e were overwhelmed by their first encounters. In 1531, Francisco Pizarro overthrew the Incan empire, removing the emperor from his throne and taking for Spain the Incan imperial treasures. A decade later his younger brother ventured east from the high plateau of the Andes Mountains in pursuit of the
12、 famous cities of gold and spices thought to be hidden in the jungle forest. Going down the river the expedition soon exhausted its supplies and a small group was sent ahead to search for food. Eight months later, this group emerged at the mouth of the Amazon, having made what would prove to be the
13、first descent of the length of the river.A missionary who accompanied the group sent a remarkable account of their adventures to the Pope, including mention of the great signal drums that sounded from village to village far in advance of their arrival, warning of the coming of the European strangers
14、. His manuscript records seeing innumerable settlements along the riveron one day they passed more than twenty villages in succession, and some of these are said to have stretched for six miles or more. Such reports have intrigued scientists ever since, for they describe dense populations and large
15、federations of tribes which, if verified, would be entirely at odds with modern stereotypes of hidden, thinly scattered tribes scratching out an uncertain existence.Beginning in the late seventeenth-century, the successors to the first explorers recorded and collected many of the everyday objects fa
16、shioned from wood and other organic materials that usually rot in a tropical climate. Such collections housed in European museums preserve a “window“ into cultures that were soon to experience huge changes brought about by foreign diseases and cruel abuse at the hands of Europeans.Population collaps
17、e and movement along the principal rivers of the Amazon system have contributed to a veil of misunderstanding that has long covered the cultural achievements of tropical forest societies. Diffuse bands hunting deep in the forest interior eventually came to be seen as the typical tropical forest adap
18、tation. So much so that when archaeological studies began in earnest at the mouth of the Amazon in the 1950s, scientists argued that the sophisticated culture they were discovering could not have originated in the Amazon Basin itself, but must have been derived from more advanced cultures elsewhere.
19、 They imagined the tropical forest to be an “imitation paradise“ unable to support much beyond a simple hunting-and-gathering way of life. This mistaken idea has exerted a persistent influence ever since.(分数:10.00)(1).According to the first paragraph, a small group succeeded _.(分数:2.00)A.in searchin
20、g for foodB.going down the riverC.proving the length of the riverD.covering the length of the Amazon River(2).From the missionarys manuscript we may infer that _.(分数:2.00)A.the great signal drums were very popular thereB.people there were hostile to the European strangersC.the Amazon River area was
21、densely populated thenD.the tribes along the river were always at odds(3).The everyday objects recorded and collected by the successors to the first explorers may reveal _.(分数:2.00)A.where these objects came fromB.how they rotted in a tropical climateC.a glimpse of the Incan civilizationD.the viciss
22、itude of Amazon cultures(4).“This mistaken idea“ (Line 10, Para. 4) refers to _.(分数:2.00)A.the sophisticated culture in the Amazon BasinB.the view that Amazon culture derived from other cultures elsewhereC.an “imitation paradise“D.a simple hunting-and-gathering way of life(5).The purpose of the auth
23、or in writing the text is to _.(分数:2.00)A.introduce the Amazon RiverB.illustrate some facts about Amazon River culturesC.show the present situation of Amazon RiverD.compare the differences between world culturesBText 2/BIt is widely believed that our never-ending quest for material goods is part of
24、the basic character of human beings. According to the popular belief, we may not like it, but theres little we can do about it.Despite its popularity, this view of human nature is wrong. While human beings may have a basic desire to strive towards something, there is nothing inevitable about materia
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