[考研类试卷]考研英语模拟试卷142及答案与解析.doc
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1、考研英语模拟试卷 142及答案与解析 一、 Section I Use of English Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D. (10 points) 1 A controversial decision on whether choice cuts of steak and cartons of milk produced from cloned animals are suitable for the dinn
2、er table is now long overdue. Hundreds of pigs, cows and other animals created with the help of cloning are living (1)_ farms across the United States and (2)_ the forthcoming ruling will directly (3)_ American consumers, British holidaymakers may also (4)_ themselves at the forefront of a food revo
3、lution that many commentators expect will (5)_ arrive here. (6)_ the birth of Dolly the sheep the first mammal cloned from an adult cellthere were extreme predictions of herds of genetically (7)_ bulls and pastures (8)_ with cloned dairy cows. That double (9)_ of the past decade has not yet been rea
4、lized (10)_ clones have become a familiar sight at agricultural fairs in America, where producers of (11)_ pigs and cattle have been among the first to (12)_ cloning, which offers a way to keep (13)_ traits without inbreeding problems caused by traditional methods. Clones of rare and elite animals,
5、including sheep, goats, and rabbits, (14)_ a way to improve animal healthy, (15)_ the nutritional value of meat and milk, and breed animals immune (16)_ diseases or better suited for developing countries. The safety of cloned (17)_ has been under examination by various bodies. Three years ago the US
6、 National Academy of Science concluded that (18)_ available data indicated that cloning met animal welfare and food safety considerations, more information was needed. (19)_ scientific evidence suggests that there is little (20)_ for alarm, at least on food-safety grounds. ( A) at ( B) within ( C) o
7、n ( D) in ( A) since ( B) although ( C) as ( D) therefore ( A) touch ( B) move ( C) impress ( D) affect ( A) find ( B) think ( C) take ( D) pat ( A) eventually ( B) accidentally ( C) occasionally ( D) promptly ( A) In advance of ( B) At a time ( C) In the wake of ( D) For reasons of ( A) identical (
8、 B) alike ( C) duplicate ( D) similar ( A) covered ( B) marked ( C) dotted ( D) scattered ( A) wisdom ( B) foresight ( C) illusion ( D) vision ( A) until ( B) unless ( C) then ( D) but ( A) original ( B) primitive ( C) prime ( D) primary ( A) embrace ( B) surround ( C) enclose ( D) adopt ( A) numero
9、us ( B) extreme ( C) desirable ( D) reconstructive ( A) propose ( B) offer ( C) exhibit ( D) present ( A) as to ( B) instead of ( C) except for ( D) along with ( A) to ( B) for ( C) at ( D) towards ( A) product ( B) production ( C) produce ( D) productivity ( A) as ( B) when ( C) while ( D) if ( A)
10、Gaining ( B) Mounting ( C) Ascending ( D) succeeding ( A) reason ( B) occasion ( C) account ( D) cause Part A Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. (40 points) 21 Tea drinking was common in China for nearly one thousand years before
11、 anyone in Europe had ever heard about tea. People in Britain were much slower in finding out what tea was like, mainly because tea was very expensive. It could not be bought in shops and even those people who could afford to have it sent from Holland did so only because it was a fashionable curiosi
12、ty. Some of them were not sure how to use it. They thought it was a vegetable and tried cooking the leaves. Then they served them mixed with butter and salt. They soon discovered their mistake but many people used to spread the used tea leaves on bread and give them to their children as sandwiches.
13、Tea remained scarce and very expensive in England until the ships of the East India Company began to bring it direct from China early in the seventeenth century. During the next few years so much tea came into the country that the price fell and many people could afford to buy it. At the same time p
14、eople on the Continent were becoming more and more fond of tea. Until then tea had been drunk without milk in it, but one day a famous French lady named Madame de Sevigne decided to see what tea tasted like when milk was added. She found it so pleasant that she would never again drink it without mil
15、k, because she was such a great lady, her friends thought they must copy everything she did, so they also drank their tea with milk in it. Slowly this habit spread until it reached England and today only very few Britons drink tea without milk. At first, tea was usually drunk after dinner in the eve
16、ning. No one ever thought of drinking tea in the afternoon until a duchess found that a cup of tea and a piece of cake at three or four o clock stopped her getting “a sinking feeling“ as she called it. She invited her friends to have this new meal with her and so, tea-time was born. 21 Which of the
17、following is true of the introduction of tea into Britain? ( A) The Britons got expensive tea from India. ( B) Tea reached Britain from Holland. ( C) The Britons were the first people in Europe who drank tea. ( D) It was not until the 17th century that the Britons had tea. 22 This passage mainly dis
18、cusses _. ( A) the history of tea drinking in Britain ( B) how tea became a popular drink in Britain ( C) how the Britons got the habit of drinking tea ( D) how tea-time was born 23 Tea became a popular drink in Britain _. ( A) in eighteenth century ( B) in sixteenth century ( C) in seventeenth cent
19、ury ( D) in the late seventeenth century 24 People in Europe began to drink tea with milk because _. ( A) it tasted like milk ( B) it tasted more pleasant ( C) it became a popular drink ( D) Madame de Sevigne was such a lady with great social influence that people tried to copy the way she drank tea
20、 25 We may infer from the passage that the habit of drinking tea in Britain was mostly due to the influence of _. ( A) a famous French lady ( B) the ancient Chinese ( C) the upper social class ( D) people in Holland 26 A mysterious “black cloud“ approaches the earth our planets weather is severely a
21、ffected. Throughout the rest of June and July temperatures rose steadily all over the Earth. In the British Isles the temperature climbed through the eighties, into the nineties, and moved towards the hundred marks. People complained, but there was no serious disaster. The death number in the U.S. r
22、emained quite small, thanks largely to the air-conditioning units that had been fitted during previous years and months. Temperatures rose to the limit of human endurance throughout the whole country and people were obliged to remain indoors for weeks on end. Occasionally air-conditioning units fail
23、ed and it was then that fatalities occurred. Conditions were utterly desperate throughout the tropics as may be judged from the fact that 7943 species of plants and animals became totally extinct. The survival of man himself was only possible because of the caves and cellars he was able to dig. Noth
24、ing could be done to reduce the hot air temperature. More than seven hundred million persons are known to have lost their lives. Eventually the temperature of the surface waters of the sea rose, not so fast as the air temperature, it is true, but fast enough to produce a dangerous increase of humidi
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