[考研类试卷]考研英语(阅读)模拟试卷358及答案与解析.doc
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1、考研英语(阅读)模拟试卷 358 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 What if the United States of America, uniquely founded to preserve liberty, ceased to exist as a free and independent nation? What if the legal principl
2、es upon which the nation was founded, those that recognize the natural rights of man, were submerged and harmonized with the laws of other nations, laws alien to the traditions of freedom bequeathed to the nation by the brilliant wisdom of the Founding Fathers? Would individuals continue to be free
3、to pursue their dreams? Would parents continue to be free to impart their own values to their children and to work for their future? Or would a veil of oppression slowly obscure the American dream?It seems preposterous, but the question of the age is whether America shall remain free and independent
4、 or whether it will be subordinated to some alien bureaucracy that will prevent our great country from pursuing its own destiny. An agreement was reached in 1993 through which international legal structures might actually force the abandonment of the entire governmental framework built so carefully
5、by the Founding Fathers. That agreement was the North American Free Trade Agreement(NAFTA)and upon it, as its proponents have argued, can be built the future integration of Canada and Mexico with the United States. Indeed, NAFTA alone already has had a substantially deleterious effect on the well-be
6、ing of the citizens of the nation. But if left unchallenged, it poses a greater threat for the future: the potential final dissolution of the United States through the harmonization of U. S. law with that of Canada and Mexico.The American dream is made possible by our national independence and perso
7、nal freedom. But internationalists have a conflicting dream, that of an integrated hemisphere modeled after the European Union. And that integration is coming quickly if internationalists have their way. In its report entitled Building a North American Community, the influential New York-based Counc
8、il on Foreign Relations(CFR)calls for “the creation by 2010 of a North American community. . . Its boundaries will be defined by a common external tariff and an outer security perimeter within which the movement of people, products, and capital will be legal, orderly, and safe.“ Its a plan that has
9、the support of President Bush who, at the White House on February 16, 2001, announced that the United States, with Canada and Mexico, “will strive to consolidate a North American economic community. “ It is NAFTA that is the basis for this planned integration.NAFTA is not about creating jobs and pro
10、sperity, as its backers allege. Instead, NAFTA is about formulating a North American Union, the next steps of which are just over the horizon. If, for future generations, we wish to preserve the American way of life, we must keep America free and independentand that means withdrawing from NAFTA befo
11、re its too late.1 By asking several questions in the first paragraph, the author intends to show that_.(A)America is no longer a free and independent nation(B) the American dream has been totally abandoned(C) the tradition of freedom is an invaluable legacy(D)the American way of life is being threat
12、ened2 The word “preposterous“(Line 1, Paragraph 2)most probably means_.(A)absurd(B) prevalent(C) deleterious(D)controversial3 The author argues that with the agreement reached in 1993,_.(A)America will still be a free and independent nation(B) America will prevent itself from pursuing its own dream(
13、C) America will be forced to abandon its own values entirely(D)America will be harmoniously integrated with its neighbors4 The author asserts that NAFTA_.(A)threatens the future of North American nations seriously(B) calls for the compromise between U. S. and its neighbors(C) facilitates the harmoni
14、zation of U. S. with other countries(D)prevents U. S. from maintaining its national independence5 The supporters of NAFTA claims that it_.(A)creates jobs and prosperity for North America nations(B) sets about to consolidate a North American community(C) preserves the American way of life for future
15、generations(D)formulates a free and independent North American Union5 The inherency of good or evil in humans is a trick question. One must assume, since there is no moral code in the animal kingdom, that humans are neither inherently good nor evil and that morality is nothing more than a valuable h
16、uman invention. At one point, Humans were little more than advanced apes. We lived according to the food chain, wandering in small bands, left to the mercy of the environment and one another. We fought over women, land and food as we drudged through the very slow infancy of our species. Over this st
17、retch of time, our minds began the assent to intelligence and we slowly went about developing communities and primitive forms of government. Our morality began to grow within these primitive cultures.It isn t hard to imagine how developing a moral code would be useful in preserving and strengthening
18、 a community. It is always preferable to not kill, rape or steal from your neighbor in that it builds solidarity and trust. One might occasionally lend a hand in the hopes that one day he or she would be repaid in some way.In these modest beginnings we find the bud that is now the flower of our mora
19、lity, our sense of good and evil.Through moral eyes, we put qualities or draws on things that arent necessarily good or evil. A driver who lets us into his lane during a traffic gridlock is good. The corner of your doorframe that you constantly stub your foot against is a piece of shit. When you wat
20、ch a nature channel and see a lion chasing a gazelle, the lion is the bad guy.One might define “good“ in this way: good is anything that strengthens, preserves or enables the positive movement and evolution of our communities, countries and our species. This is an extremely broad definition, one tha
21、t must be open to revision and question(I warn the reader that the process of proving the good to be good is ridiculous and tedious). Obviously, anything bad would be the opposite of the defined good.Labeling a newborn as inherently evil is, frankly, nothing more than religious stupidity. One must s
22、afely say that they are good, and that they are innocent and worthy of love, care and deserve an upbringing in the most positive environment possible. Humanity presupposes morality; therefore it is not possible for a human to be born inherently moral or immoral. The truth is simple and devastating:
23、humans are inherently human.6 The author assumes that humans_.(A)inherit morality from their ancestors(B) have limited sense of morality at birth(C) are born with no sense of morality at all(D)have the ability to tell right from wrong7 The author thinks that humans_.(A)live and die in the world just
24、 like animals(B) developed their morality in the evolution(C) have disposition to be kind and forgiving(D)are still at the mercy of the Mother Nature8 The author argues that a moral code_.(A)defines suitable activity for a community(B) is based upon well-defined value systems(C) cultivates and regul
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