[考研类试卷]考研英语(阅读)模拟试卷217及答案与解析.doc
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1、考研英语(阅读)模拟试卷 217 及答案与解析Part ADirections: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. (40 points)0 How stupid does one need to be to get a job reading the television news? Is it actually beneficial for TV newsreaders to have, instead of a brain, a pla
2、te of lemon jelly? Last week the debate was raging once again about the controversial and important point as to whether the newsreaders write their own copy, read someone elses or simply make it up as they go along. Angela Rippon reckonedthat she had never heard of a newsreader writing stuff, but he
3、r modern counterpart, the beautiful Sophie Raworth, claims that they do the writing and adds that she has a postgraduate degree in journalism.This is the core of the issue: what on earth is there to learn about journalism at postgraduate level? The point and purpose of our lowly, occasionally useful
4、, trade could be scribbled on the back of a postage stamp and would easily be comprehended by a 14-year-old boy with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). Who has decided that it must be dignified with a doctoral thesis?Nor is reading the news even what one might call “journalism“. It is
5、an even simpler business called “reading“. All that the BBC demands of its female newsreaders is an ability to read in an impartial way words like “Israel has murdered more Lebanese children again today“ from the teleprompter without belching or lisping. It helps if they have the eminently presentab
6、le manner of a girl guide leader from Esher. They are forbidden to express an opinion. They are not required to go undercover, analyze the news or add witty asides. They are required to be that which they are known as in the trade“a gob on a stick“.A penetrating intelligence is not merely unnecessar
7、y, it is counterproductive.Newsreaders who are too intelligent soon stop being newsreaders, much as John Humphrys did, stifled by the commonplace of their duties. Or they give the game away by doing what that German newsreader did and end the programme, shaking their heads sadly, muttering, “its all
8、 lies, all lies“.Which is not to say BBC newsreaders are bad at their jobs: quite the reverse. But we should not confuse competence with intelligence. Newsreaders believe that because they are reading out serious stuff and everybody is listening to them, they must therefore be creatures possessed of
9、 a high IQ. They are confusing the message with the medium.1 The author holds in the first two paragraphs that a postgraduate degree in journalism _.(A)is quite unnecessary for newsreaders(B) is vital for a newsreader to write stuff(C) matters quite a lot for a newsreader(D)involves no learning abou
10、t journalism2 The author cites the example of BBC in Paragraph 3 to show that _.(A)it is concerned about international affairs and widely reports them(B) reading the news mainly involves required reading capability(C) it has laid down a lot of dos and donts for its newsreaders(D)reading the news is
11、an easy job that most people are qualified for3 By saying “a gob on a stick“ (Para. 3), the author means _.(A)a newsreader is like a magician with a magic stick(B) a newsreader only says what he/she is directed to say(C) a newsreader possesses penetrating intelligence(D)a newsreader does not usually
12、 express his/her opinion4 If the newsreaders are too intelligent, they are likely to _.(A)be fired by the TV stations and start all over again(B) keep telling lies until they shut the programs(C) be cynical about life and discontent with work(D)suffer from a sense of guilt and dissatisfaction5 It ca
13、n be inferred from the last paragraph that_.(A)sometimes competence and intelligence are unrelated(B) some newsreaders are at a loss as to how they should perform better(C) newsreaders have to possess a high IQ to handle difficult stuff(D)mass media have imposed great pressure on newsreaders5 Parent
14、s of children who happily eat whats put in front of them might assume their kids are well nourished. But two new studies drive home the importance of varying that diet. Deficiencies of vitamin D, omega-3 fats, and other healthful compounds are common; it turns outand consequential.Growing evidence l
15、inks vitamin D deficiency not only to weak bones but al-so to impaired immunity, asthma, and diabetes among other problems. And some of the latest research finds that rates of asthma and related respiratory problems climb in kids who are short on other commonly missing essentials, including vitamins
16、 C and E and omega-3 fatty acids.A team at the Harvard School of Public Health evaluated the diet and respiratory (relating to the process of breathing) health of some 2,000 North American high school seniors and found that teens who lack of fruit, vegetables, and other healthful foods were most lik
17、ely to have problems such as coughing, panting, episodes of bronchitis, and asthma.Vitamins C and E, which are abundant in fruit and dark-green vegetables, may “protect the lung from stress,“ says Harvard research fellow and study leader Jane Burns. Omega-3 reduces inflammation, a key feature of ast
18、hma, in which airways swell and make breathing difficult. Oily fish like salmon, mackerel, and tunaas well as cod-liver oilare rich in both omega-3 and vitaminD Vitamin D can also be obtained from multivitamin milk and sunshineand many kids should be getting more of both.In another new study, resear
19、chers found that 55 percent of outwardly healthy children and teenagers they tested didnt have enough vitamin D to grow healthy bones. Dark-skinned children were particularly likely to be short of the bone-building vitamin, according to Babette Zemel, an author of the study and director of the Nutri
20、tion and Growth Laboratory at Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia. The melanin (a natural dark brown colour in human skin, hair, and eyes) that makes their skin dark also blocks ultraviolet rays, which the body uses to make vitaminD In winter, when the sun was weakest, more than 90 percent of blacks
21、in the study were vitamin D deficient.Researchers suggest pointing kids outside, and waiting a few minutes before putting on sun block; 10 minutes of midday summer sun provides 10,000 international units of the vitaminmore than enough for a day. Like melanin, sunblock prevents the skin from making v
22、itamin D, so a bit of lotion-free exposure is necessary to grab the benefit.6 What can we infer from the first paragraph?(A)Parents will always feed their children well.(B) Kids who eat more are less likely to suffer from malnutrition.(C) Kids should have access to diets of healthful nutrients.(D)De
23、ficiencies of certain compounds are harmful or even deadly.7 Vitamin D deficiency will probably result in _.(A)less bone fractures(B) dark-colored skins(C) suppressed immunity(D)inability to breathe8 The study on the relationship between diet and respiratory health is to verify that teens _.(A)will
24、fall ill for the lack of fruits or vegetables intake(B) will be guarded against lung stress and other similar problems(C) are most likely to become the victims of respiratory illness(D)are not easily affected in terms of cough and asthma9 According to the text, dark-skinned kids are particularly sho
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