[考研类试卷]考研英语(完形填空)模拟试卷186及答案与解析.doc
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1、考研英语(完形填空)模拟试卷 186 及答案与解析一、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 These are dark days for the book business. Borders, a once-huge bookseller,【C1】_on July 18th that it will close down its remain
2、ing stores,【 C2】_nearly 10,700 staff jobless. Publishers will lose a showcase for their books,【C3 】 _could mean more laid-off editors.【C4】_the problem is not the【C5】_: writers will still scribble for scraps.【C6】_demand: American book publishers reported【 C7】_across all platforms last year. It is jus
3、t that no one is making money.The business needs fresh ideas.【C8】_Unbound, a British effort to “crowd-fund“ books. Visitors to its website can【C9】_money for a book that is only part-written.【C10】_enough money is raised, the author can【C11】_to finish itand the pledgers will get a copy. Having launche
4、d in May, the firm announced its first【C12】_on July 18th. Terry Jones, of Monty Python fame, has【C13】_the funds to finish a book of quirky stories. Handsome edited volumes and e-books will follow.“We can make books work at a much lower level of【C14】_,“ explains John Mitchin-son, who co-founded Unbou
5、nd. Visitors can【C15】_10 for an e-book and a nod in the afterword, or up to 250 for such【 C16】_as lunch with the author.Over 3,000 pledges have come in, averaging 30 apieca Authors see a new way to nurture fans and make money,【C17】_publishing budgets dwindle. Readers【C18】_enjoy feeling like part of
6、the【 C19】_process. Most readers wont pay 8.99 for an acclaimed book, yet some will spend 50 on a signed unwritten one. In these digitally isolating times, the personal touch may【C20】_.1 【C1 】(A)addressed(B) alleged(C) announced(D)claimed2 【C2 】(A)leaving(B) ignoring(C) causing(D)missing3 【C3 】(A)thi
7、s(B) that(C) it(D)which4 【C4 】(A)As a result(B) Yet(C) For example(D)Still5 【C5 】(A)demand(B) supply(C) surplus(D)input6 【C6 】(A)Nor(B) Or(C) Only(D)But7 【C7 】(A)decline(B) expansion(C) growth(D)decay8 【C8 】(A)Survive(B) Maintain(C) Exist(D)Enter9 【C9 】(A)receive(B) submit(C) pledge(D)share10 【C10 】
8、(A)If(B) Because(C) Until(D)As11 【C11 】(A)grant(B) afford(C) sustain(D)attach12 【C12 】(A)funding(B) opportunity(C) prosperity(D)success13 【C13 】(A)assured(B) confirmed(C) resolved(D)secured14 【C14 】(A)arrangement(B) investment(C) requirement(D)acknowledgement15 【C15 】(A)spend up(B) pay up(C) stump u
9、p(D)use up16 【C16 】(A)treats(B) treaties(C) treatments(D)retreats17 【C17 】(A)even as(B) if(C) as long as(D)as if18 【C18 】(A)relatively(B) apparently(C) hardly(D)never19 【C19 】(A)narrative(B) productive(C) creative(D)competitive20 【C20 】(A)concern(B) deal(C) matter(D)work20 A recent BBC documentary,
10、“The Town That Never Retired“, sought to show the effects of【C1】_the state pension age by putting retirees back to work.【 C2】_the results were entertaining, they need not have【C3】_. Away from the cameras,【C4】_numbers of older people are staying in work. Since the start of the recession, the number o
11、f 16- to 24-year-olds in work has fallen by 597,000. Over the same【C5】_the number of workers over the age of 65 has increased by 240,000.The【C6 】_of the British workforce dates back to around 2001,【C7 】_when the proportion of older people working has nearly doubled. But it has【C8】_since the start of
12、 the recession. There are several【C9】_why. Happily, people are living longer and healthier lives, which makes staying in work less【C10 】_than it was.【C11】_happily, low interest rates, a stagnant stock market and the end of many defined-benefit pension schemes make it a financial【C12 】_And changing a
13、ttitudes,【C13】_by rules against age discrimination, are making it easier than ever.Most older workers are simply【C14】_at the office: 63% of workers over state pension age have been with their employer for more than ten years. Over two-thirds of them work part-time, mostly doing jobs that they once【C
14、15】_full-time. A big【C16 】_is that they do not pay national insurance contributionseffectively a second income tax on younger workers.According to Stephen McNair, director of the Centre for Research into the Older Workforce, this【C17】_explains why older workers have not suffered so much in the slump
15、.【C18】_reducing the workforce, as in previous recessions, many firms have【C19】_recruitment and cut working hours. At small businesses【C20】_, keeping on older workers is cheaper and less risky than training replacements.21 【C1 】(A)increasing(B) improving(C) rising(D)reinforcing22 【C2 】(A)Because(B) I
16、f(C) Although(D)Unless23 【C3 】(A)interfered(B) offended(C) disturbed(D)bothered24 【C4 】(A)preferable(B) unpredictable(C) unprecedented(D)preliminary25 【C5 】(A)period(B) circle(C) location(D)interval26 【C6 】(A)stumbling(B) booming(C) shrinking(D)graying27 【C7 】(A)/(B) since(C) after(D)before28 【C8 】(
17、A)prevailed(B) ceased(C) accelerated(D)worsened29 【C9 】(A)reasons(B) doubts(C) notions(D)senses30 【C10 】(A)charming(B) satisfactory(C) encouraging(D)discouraging31 【C11 】(A)Rather(B) Most(C) More(D)Less32 【C12 】(A)insurance(B) necessity(C) recovery(D)incentive33 【C13 】(A)spurred(B) limited(C) confin
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