[考研类试卷]考研英语(阅读)模拟试卷286及答案与解析.doc
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1、考研英语(阅读)模拟试卷 286 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 Today, at the push of a button, you can download and print the whole of Dantes Divine Comedy, using only a computer, an Internet connection, a paving st
2、one of paper and a small bucket of ink. Technically, the service is free, although it would be easier and cheaper simply to buy the book, which could then be read in the bath, while saving on printer cartridges and trees.The new service is the latest step in the stated goal of Google, the Internet s
3、earch engine, “to organize the worlds information and make it universally accessible and useful“ and, although few may be rushing to print out the Digitized Dante, it marks an important development in world literature. For some, making books available online for free download represents a paradise f
4、ound; others, including a number of worried publishers and writers, fear it may point the way to the ninth circle of hell. Googles Book Search service is just one part of the Library Project, in which the Internet engine has teamed up with libraries around the world, including the Bodleian in Oxford
5、, to digitize collections and make millions of books available and searchable online.At first sight, the notion of a limitless digital library seems irresistible, a single, free repository accessible from every corner of the globe. Partners in the Library Project say the system will enable users to
6、access not just the classics, but also much more obscure works: forgotten novels, scientific accounts, illustrations and neglected poetry. Moribund books may be brought back to life. Librarians are often frustrated at the unseen gems in their collections gathering dust. Now the whole lot can be digi
7、tally stacked on an endless virtual shelf, to be browsed by anyone with a computer mouse.The problem lies not with digitalizing dead or undead books, but the potential danger to those that still have commercial life in them in the form of copyright Google is quick to point out that the books availab
8、le for download through Book Search are all out of copyright. Indeed, while European law allows copyright to expire 70 years after an authors death, the new service does not offer anything published later than the mid-19th century. Some publishers, however, see the availability of free books for dig
9、ital download as the thin end of a very large wedge that could split literature by undernuning copyright itself. Last year the Association of American Publishers filed suit against Google claiming that by scanning 100 per cent of a book(to make it searchable by word)the company is infringing copyrig
10、ht, even if only a small excerpt is then available for free.Silence is golden in a library; but the law of copyright is beyond price.1 Dantes Divine Comedy is mentioned in Paragraph 1 to illustrate(A)the easy accessibility of online digital books.(B) the convenience of downloading and printing digit
11、al books.(C) that books downloaded and printed are cheaper than ordinary books.(D)that it is environmentally friendlier to download digital books.2 It can be inferred from the second paragraph that(A)Googles new service is going to be a smashing success.(B) people are helplessly obsessed with the Di
12、gitalized Dante.(C) opinions vary towards free downloading of online books.(D)people embrace the idea of making books online for free download.3 We know from the text that the author perceives the concept of “a limitless digital library“(line 1, Paragraph 3)as(A)irresistible.(B) convenient.(C) disas
13、trous.(D)problematic.4 What does “the thin end of a very large wedge“(Line 6, Paragraph 4)most probably imply?(A)Googles new service will gradually infringe on copyright and eventually ruin literature.(B) Books should not be digitalized and downloaded for the sake of copyright and literature.(C) Goo
14、gles new service has caused huge damages to copyright and split literature.(D)Googles new service will divide literature into online literature and offline literature.5 Which of the following is the best title for this text?(A)Googles Book Search Service(B) Bingo! Digitalization of Books(C) Digitali
15、zation: Pros and Cons(D)Silence! Author under Threat5 When recruiting at British universities, PricewaterhouseCoopers, one of the Big Four auditing firms with its headquarters in the New York City, presents candidates with an unusual exercise. They are asked to build a tall and sturdy tower using th
16、e smallest possible number of snap-together Lego bricks. Similarly, at Google Games, a recruiting event first staged by the search-engine giant in April, candidates are invited to build Lego bridgesthe stronger the better.In each case, the company is trying to convey the idea that it offers a creati
17、ve, fun working environment. “It was as much advertising as a way of trying to get recruits,“ says Brett Daniel, a student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who built the Google Games weakest bridge.A Danish firm, based in Billund, Denmark, has embraced the corporate use of its color
18、ed plastic bricks. As part of a scheme called “Serious Play“ it is certifying a growing number of professional Lego consultants, now present in 25 countries. They coach managers by getting them to build “metaphorical abstractions“ of such things as corporate strategy, says Legos Jesper Jensen, who r
19、uns the scheme. Hisham El-Gamal of Quest, a management consultancy based in Cairo that offers Serious Play workshops, says demand for the two-day, $7,000 courses is booming.Firms in crisis, such as those corrupted by scandal or in the pains of a takeover, tend to be most receptive to the idea of Leg
20、o workshops, says Francois de Boissezon of Imagics, a consultancy based in Brussels. The results can be embarrassing, particularly for senior managers. Tsai Yu-Chen of UGene Mentor, a Serious Play consultancy based in Taipei, says a common exercise is modeling, but not naming, “the people you hate m
21、ost“. One chief executive was modeled as a figure so fat that he blocked a hallway, suggesting he was clogging up the company.Lego workshops are effective because child-like play is a form of instinctive behavior not regulated by conscious thought, says Lucio Margulis of Juego Serio, a consultancy i
22、n Buenos Aires. This produces “Eureka“ moments: a perfectionist who realizes the absurdity of frustration over an imperfect Lego construction; the owner of a firm with dismal customer relations who models headquarters as a fort under siege; or an arrogant boss who depicts his staff as soldiers heade
23、d into battle. Even in the office, it seems, Lego has a part to play.6 In the opening paragraph, the author introduces his topic by(A)posing a contrast(B) making a comparison.(C) stating a phenomenon.(D)illustrating a hypothesis.7 PricewaterhouseCoopers and Google Games incorporate Lego workshops in
24、to their recruitments mainly to(A)check whether the candidates get the required operation skills.(B) test whether the candidates are innovative and funny.(C) advertise themselves as well as get the most talented recruits.(D)attract the candidates with their creative and easy working atmosphere.8 Whi
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