[考研类试卷]考研英语模拟试卷60及答案与解析.doc
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1、考研英语模拟试卷 60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 Human beings are animals. We breathe, eat and digest, and reproduce the same life (1)_ common to all animals. In a biological labora
2、tory, rats, monkeys, and humans seem very much the same. However, biological understanding is not enough: (2)_ itself, it can never tell us what human beings are. (3)_ to our physical equipment the naked human bodywe are not an (4)_ animal. We are tropical creatures, (5)_ hairless and sensitive to c
3、old. We are not fast and have neither claws nor sharp teeth to defend ourselves. We need a lot of food but have almost no physical equipment to help us get it. In the purely physical (6)_, our species seems a poor (7)_ for survival. But we have survived survived and multiplied and (8)_ the earth. So
4、me day we will have a (9)_ living on the moon, a place with neither air nor water and with temperatures that mm gases into solids. How can we have done all these things? Part of the answer is physical. (10)_ its limitations, our physical equipment has some important (11)_. We have excellent vision a
5、nd hands that can (12)_ objects with a precision unmatched by any other (13)_ Most importantly, we have a large brain with an almost (14)_ number of neural (15)_. We have used this physical equipment to create culture, the key to our survival and success. If we live in the Arctic, we supply the warm
6、th for our tropical bodies need (16)_ clothing, shelter, and (17)_ heat. If a million people want to live in a desert that supplies natural food for only a few hundred, we find water to grow food and (18)_ deficits by transporting supplies from distant places. Inhabitants of our eventual moon colony
7、 will bring their own food and oxygen and then create an artificial earth environment to supply necessities. With culture, we can overcome our natural limitations. It was not always (19)_ Our distant ancestors were just animals, faced with the limits of their physical equipment. They had no (20)_ an
8、d lacked the physical Capacity to use it. ( A) processes ( B) acts ( C) modes ( D) procedures ( A) On ( B) With ( C) For ( D) By ( A) Stripped ( B) Pared ( C) Peeled ( D) Removed ( A) intelligent ( B) impressive ( C) influential ( D) incentive ( A) barely ( B) hardly ( C) nearly ( D) scarcely ( A) m
9、eaning ( B) judgment ( C) perspective ( D) sense ( A) bet ( B) chance ( C) fact ( D) lack ( A) filled ( B) loaded ( C) stuffed ( D) scattered ( A) residence ( B) colony ( C) home ( D) empire ( A) Apart from ( B) With regard to ( C) Except ( D) In spite of ( A) abilities ( B) potentials ( C) capabili
10、ties ( D) possibilities ( A) maneuver ( B) manage ( C) manipulate ( D) manufacture ( A) animal ( B) animals ( C) creatures ( D) creature ( A) infinite ( B) unknown ( C) boundless ( D) ceaseless ( A) connections ( B) relations ( C) activities ( D) accesses ( A) for ( B) to ( C) with ( D) by ( A) arti
11、ficial ( B) fake ( C) unreal ( D) unauthentic ( A) add up ( B) break up ( C) make up ( D) cut up ( A) this ( B) thus ( C) hence ( D) that ( A) intellect ( B) equipment ( C) competence ( D) culture Part A Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B
12、, C or D. (40 points) 21 Considered by many to be one of the greatest statesmen of all time, Benjamin Franklin has, without a doubt, left an indelible mark on history for all time. The man who would come to impact the course of the United States development came from the most humble of backgrounds.
13、Born the fifteenth child of a candle maker in Boston, Massachusetts, young Benjamin only attended two years of formal schooling before entering the candle making business himself at the age of ten. After his stint in the candle shop, he worked in a printing shop for five years, educating himself all
14、 the while by constantly reading and writing. Franklins intellectual and political growth continued unabated for decades, with such notable achievements along the way as the famous “Poor Richards Almanac“ which was used as a tool by farmers and as entertainment by more intellectual patrons. Also per
15、sonally responsible for the founding of the first public library in the United States, the University of Pennsylvania, the fire department and police force of his state, young Franklin was seldom seen at rest, preferring to utilize his talents for the betterment of his community. He was particularly
16、 crucial in the formation of the new American republic after its war of independence from Britain, using his considerable intellectual clout to influence thinkers of the period and garner support for the revolution. In 1776, Franklin traveled to France on a diplomatic mission, the culmination of whi
17、ch was a strategic alliance that greatly assisted the ailing American military with Frances naval power. Franklin was still not satisfied to rest on his laurels after liberation from England was achieved, rather continuing on his rapid pace of accomplishments. In 1785 he returned to Pennsylvania to
18、take part in the Constitutional Convention, and ended up writing a good deal of the constitution himself. Smaller feats were continually achieved, up until the time of his death on April 17, 1790. He was busy until the end, constantly working toward the betterment of humanity. A telling tribute is t
19、he fact that just two months prior to his death, he performed his last political action by signing a petition to Congress, which called for the abolition of the institution of slavery. 21 In paragraph 2, the word “stint“ is most similar in use to_. ( A) attempt ( B) failure ( C) success ( D) period
20、of time 22 The author implies by bringing do his lack of education that Benjamin Franklin_. ( A) was unlikely to achieve as much as he did ( B) was born into a relatively low social class, but worked his way up ( C) was naturally gifted, thus accomplishing much despite that setback ( D) could have a
21、ccomplished even more, had he undergone more formal schooling 23 The purpose of the last paragraph is to_. ( A) stress that Benjamin Franklin kept the interests of humanity constantly in mind ( B) remind the reader that Franklin remained productive all the way to the end of his life ( C) bring up th
22、e topic of Franklins contribution to politics through the constitutional convention ( D) raise more facts to support the claim that Franklin was a genius 24 The best title for this text would be“_“ ( A) Benjamin Franklin: Statesman Extraordinary ( B) A Life of Successful Variety: Benjamin Franklin (
23、 C) The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin ( D) A Report on Franklins Impact on Society 25 In paragraph 3, a number of Franklins accomplishments are listed in order to ( A) demonstrate that he was adept in a variety, of different fields ( B) prove that he constantly. worked toward the goal of makin
24、g the world a better place ( C) list his most important achievements and successes ( D) detail some of his more prominent accomplishments to underscore his ingenuity 26 When a disease of epidemic proportions rips into the populace, scientists immediately get to work, trying to locate the source of t
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