[外语类试卷]2006年厦门大学考博英语真题试卷及答案与解析.doc
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1、2006年厦门大学考博英语真题试卷及答案与解析 一、 Reading Comprehension 0 In the course of my reading I had come across a case where, many years ago, some hunters on our Great Plains organized a buffalo hunt for the entertainment of an English earl and to provide some fresh meat for his use. They had charming sport. They
2、killed seventy-two of those great animals; and ate part of one of them and left the seventy-one to rot. In order to determine the difference between an anaconda and an earl, I had seven lambs turned into the anacondas cage. The grateful snake immediately crushed one of them and swallowed it, then la
3、y back satisfied. It showed no further interest in the lambs, and no inclination to harm them. I tried this experiment with other anacondas; always with the same result. The fact stood proven that the difference between an earl and an anaconda is that the earl is cruel and the anaconda isnt; and the
4、 earl wantonly destroys what he has no use for, but the anaconda doesnt. This seemed to suggest that the anaconda was not descended from the earl. It also seemed to suggest that the earl was descended from the anaconda, and had lost a good deal in the transition. I was aware that many men who have a
5、ccumulated more money than they can ever use have shown a hunger for more, and have not hesitated to cheat the ignorant and the helpless out of their poor servings in order to partially satisfy that appetite. I furnished a hundred different kinds of wild and domestic animals the opportunity to accum
6、ulate vast stores of food but none of them would do it. The squirrels and bees and certain birds made accumulations, but stopped when they gathered a winters supply, and could not be persuaded to add to it either honestly or be trickery. These experiments convinced me that there is this difference b
7、etween man and the higher animals: he is greedy, they are not. In the course of my experiments I convinced myself that among the animals man is the only one that harbors insults and injuries, broods over them, waits till a chance offers, then takes revenge. The passion of revenge is unknown to the h
8、igher animals. 1 By describing the buffalo hunting his experiment with the anaconda, the author mainly wants to tell his readers that_. ( A) the anaconda is easily satisfied ( B) the earl is capable of committing wanton cruelty ( C) the earls ancestor turned out to be the anaconda ( D) the anaconda
9、does not harm other animals except when it is hungry 2 According to the author, in human society, the rich_. ( A) tend to accumulate vast stores of food ( B) are inclined to gather more riches ( C) ate ready to help the poor ( D) are mostly cheaters 3 The authors experiments with different kinds of
10、animals seem to prove that_. ( A) man is the highest animal ( B) man is superior to animals ( C) man is the lowest animal ( D) man is inferior to animals in certain respect 4 We learn from the last paragraph that_. ( A) love of revenge is a unique characteristic of man ( B) man is the only animal ca
11、pable of thinking ( C) human beings are capable of insulting and injuring each other ( D) man is better at taking chances than animals 5 In this passage, the anther writes in a(n) _. ( A) serious tone ( B) angry tone ( C) ironic tone ( D) matter-of-fact tone 5 Since the early eighties we have been o
12、nly too aware of the devastating effects of largescale environmental pollution. Such pollution is generally the result of poor government planning in many developing nations or the short-sighted, selfish policies of the already industrialized countries which encourage a minority of the worlds popula
13、tion to squander the majority of its natural resources. While events such as the deforestation of the Amazon jungle or the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl continue to receive high. remembered that not all pollution is on this grand scale. A large proportion of the worlds pollution has its source much
14、close to home. Avoiding pollution can be a full-time job. Try not to inhale traffic fumes, keep away from chemical plants and building-sites, wear a mask when cycling. It is enough to make you want to stay at home. But that, according to a growing body of scientific evidence, would also be a bad ide
15、a. Research shows that levels of pollutants such as hazardous gases, particulate matter and other chemical “nasties“ are usually higher indoors than out, even in the most polluted cities. Since the average American spends 18 hours indoors for every hour outside, it looks as though many environmental
16、ists may be attacking the wrong target. The latest study, conducted by two environmental engineers, Richard Corsi and Cynthia Howard-Reed, of the University of Texas in Austin, and published in Environmental Science and Technology, suggests that it is the process of keeping clean that may be making
17、indoor pollution worse. The researchers found that baths, showers, dishwashers and washing machines can all be significant sources of indoor pollution, because they extract trace amounts of chemicals from the water that they use and transfer them to the air. Nearly all public water Supplies contain
18、very low concentrations of toxic chemicals, most of them left over from the otherwise beneficial process of chlorination. In fact, in many cases, the degree of exposure to toxic chemicals in tap water by inhalation is comparable to the exposure that would result from drinking the stuff. This is sign
19、ificant because many people are so concerned about water-borne pollutants that they drink only bottled water, worldwide sales of which are forecast to reach $ 72 billion by next year. Dr. Corsis results suggest that they are being exposed to such pollutants any way simply by breathing at home. The a
20、im of such research is not, however, to encourage the use of gas masks when unloading the washing. Instead, it is to bring a sense of perspective to the debate about pollution. According to Dr. Corsi, disproportionate effort is wasted campaigning against certain forms of outdoor pollution, when ther
21、e is as much or more cause, for concern indoors, right under peoples noses. Using gas cookers or burning candles, for example, both result in indoor levels of carbon monoxide and particulate matter that are just as high as those to be found outside, amid heavy traffic. Overcrowded classrooms whose v
22、entilation systems were designed for smaller numbers of children frequently contain levels of carbon dioxide that would be regarded as unaccepted on board a submarine. “New car smell“ is the result of high levels of toxic chemicals, not cleanliness. Laser printers, computers, carpets and paints all
23、contribute to the noxious indoor mix. The implications of indoor pollution for health are unclear. But before worrying about the problems caused by large-scale industry, it makes sense to consider the small-scale industry, it makes sense to consider the small-scale pollution at home and welcome inte
24、rnational debate about this. Scientists investigating indoor pollution will gather next month in Edinburgh at the Indoor Air conference to discuss the problem. Perhaps unwisely, the meeting is being held indoors. 6 In the first paragraph, the writer argues that pollution_. ( A) has increase since th
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