2014考研英语冲刺模拟卷及答案.doc

凯程考研集训营，为学生引路，为学员服务！2014考研英语冲刺模拟卷及答案Section Use of EnglishDirections: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)As former colonists of Great Britain, the Founding Fathers of the United States adopted much of the legal system of Great Britain. We have a “common law”, or law made by courts 1 a monarch or other central governmental 2 like a legislature. The jury, a 3 of ordinary citizens chosen to decide a case, is an 4 part of our common-law system.Use of juries to decide cases is a 5 feature of the American legal system. Few other countries in the world use juries as we do in the United States. 6 the centuries, many people have believed that juries in most cases reach a fairer and more just result 7 would be obtained using a judge 8 , as many countries do. 9 a jury decides cases after “ 10 ”， or discussions among a group of people, the jurys decision is likely to have the 11 from many different people from different backgrounds, who must as a group decide what is right.Juries are used in both civil cases, which decide 12 among 13 citizens, and criminal cases, which decide cases brought by the government 14 that individuals have committed crimes. Juries are selected from the U.S. citizens and 15 . Jurors, consisting of 16 numbers, are called for each case requiring a jury.The judge 17 to the case 18 the selection of jurors to serve as the jury for that case. In some states, 19 jurors are questioned by the judge; in others, they are questioned by the lawyers representing the 20 under rules dictated by state law.1.Aother than Brather than Cmore than Dor rather2.Aagency Borganization Cinstitution Dauthority3.Apanel Bcrew Cband Dflock4.Ainnate Bintact Cintegral Dintegrated5.Adiscriminating Bdistinguishing Cdetermining Ddiminishing6.AIn BBy CAfter DOver7.Athat Bwhich Cthan Das8.Aalike Balone Caltogether Dapart9.AAlthough BBecause CIf DWhile10.Adeliberations Bmeditations Creflections Dspeculations11.Aoutline Boutcome Cinput Dintake12.Aarguments Bcontroversies Cdisputes Dhostilities13.Afellow Bindividual Cpersonal Dprivate14.Aasserting Balleging Cmaintaining Dtestifying15.Asummoned Bevoked Crallied Dassembled16.Aset Bexact Cgiven Dplaced17.Aallocated Ballotted Cappointed Dassigned18.Aadministers Bmanages Coversees Dpresides19.Ainspective Birrespective Cperspective Dprospective20.Abodies Bparties Csides DunitsSection Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections: Read the following four texts .Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)Text OneIts plain common sensethe more happiness you feel, the less unhappiness you experience. Its plain common sense, but its not true. Recent research reveals that happiness and unhappiness are not really two sides of the same emotion. They are two distinct feelings that, coexisting, rise and fall independently.People might think that the higher a persons level of unhappiness, the lower their level of happiness and vice versa. But when researchers measure peoples average levels of happiness and unhappiness, they often find little relationship between the two.The recognition that feelings of happiness and unhappiness can co-exist much like love and hate in a close relationship may offer valuable clues on how to lead a happier life. It suggests, for example, that changing or avoiding things that make you miserable may well make you less miserable, but probably wont make you any happier. That advice is backed up by an extraordinary series of studies which indicate that a genetic predisposition for unhappiness may run in certain families. On the other hand, researchers have found happiness doesnt appear to be anyones heritage. The capacity for joy is a talent you develop largely for yourself.Psychologists have settled on a working definition of the feelinghappiness is a sense of subjective well-being. They have also begun to find out whos happy, who isnt and why. To date, the research hasnt found a simple formula for a happy life, but it has discovered some of the actions and attitudes that seem to bring people closer to that most desired of feelings.Why is unhappiness less influenced by environment? When we are happy, we are more responsive to people and keep up connections better than when we are feeling sad. This doesnt mean, however, that some people are born to be sad and thats that. Genes may predispose one to unhappiness, but disposition can be influenced by personal choice. You can increase your happiness through your own actions.21. According to the text, it is true thatA unhappiness is more inherited than affected by environment.B happiness and unhappiness are mutually conditional.C unhappiness is subject to external more than internal factors.D happiness is an uncontrollable subjective feeling.22. The author argues that one can achieve happiness byA maintaining it at an average level.B escaping miserable occurrences in life.C pursuing it with ones painstaking effort.D realizing its coexistence with unhappiness.23. The phrase “To date” (Para. 4) can be best replaced byA As a result.B In addition.C At present.D Until now.24. What do you think the author believes about happiness and unhappiness?A One feels unhappy owing to his miserable origin.B They are independent but existing concurrentlyC One feels happy by participating in more activities.D They are actions and attitudes taken by human beings.25. The sentence “Thats that” (Para. 5) probably means: Some people are born to be sadA and the situation cannot be altered.B and happiness remains inaccessible.C but they dont think much about it.D but they remain unconscious of it.Text TwoWhat are the characteristics of a mediator? Foremost, the mediator needs to be seen as a respected neutral, objective third party who is capable of weighing out fairness in the resolution of a conflict. The mediator must be trusted by both parties to come up with a solution that will protect them from shame. While the central issue is justice, the outcome needs to be win-win, no losers. The abilities to listen impartially, suspend judgment, and accurately gather and assess information are other important characteristics. Finally, to function effectively the mediator must have power (financial, status, position), so that both parties will take seriously and abide by the mediators judgment. If one party refused to cooperate, he or she should fear the possibility of being shamed and losing face before the mediator and the whole community. If that real possibility does not enter the minds of both parties, the mediator will be ineffective.In several countries mediators are still used to find a bride for a man. Usually this is a job for the parents, and they in turn employ the services of a mediator. Because this event takes much planning, the parents will try to identify the mediator well in advance. Since these services sometimes require reward, money must be saved. Or in some cases parents try to do a number of favors for the mediator so that he or she will feel indebtedness and perform the service as a kind of repayment.The parents will try to get the most influential mediator possible, to boost their chances of being approved by the potential brides parents. The young womans parents will not want to risk shame by turning down a request from such an important personso the reasoning goes. Of course, the higher-ranked the mediator, the higher the cost of the services.Complicating the process is the fact that turning down the mediator is also a slight of the potential groom and his parents, which will likely generate conflict between the families. If the parties are not careful, the entire community can take sides. One way to alleviate this eventuality is for the young womans family to identify a flaw that would make her a less desirable prospect. They might say, “She is sickly.” or “She may not be able to bear children.” Although none of these statements may be true, and probably everyone knows they arent, they do provide a way for the young mans parents to withdraw their request for a perfectly legitimate reason. Everyone saves face, at least at the surface, and peace is preserved. 26. The characteristics of a mediator include all of the following exceptA unbiased judgment of arguments.B hard prudence in decision-making.C impartial treatment to a conflict.D remarkable insight into controversies.27. The author deems it important for a mediatorA to be quite wealthy and considerate.B to be powerful to shame either party.C to justify the solution of a conflict.D to have high status to fear arguers.28. In some courtiers, young people s marriageA is independent of their parents will.B needs careful valuation in advance.C costs a small fortune of their family.D is usually facilitated by a mediator.29. The request of the grooms parents may be turned down unlessA they manage to hire a qualified mediator.B they make their best choice at all risks.C the young womans parents want to lose face.D the bride s parents dare to offend the mediator.30. It may be the best way to resolve a conflict forA the entire community to offer support.B a mediator to be identified by both sides.C the outcome of mediation to be acceptable.D a valid excuse to spare both sides blushes.Text ThreeThe Internet, like its network predecessors, has turned out to be far more social than television, and in this respect, the impact of the Internet may be more like that of the telephone than of TV. Our research has shown that interpersonal communication is the dominant use of the Internet at home. That people use the Internet mainly for interpersonal communication, however, does not imply that their social interactions and relationships on the Internet are the same as their traditional social interactions and relationships, or that their social uses of the Internet will have effects comparable to traditional social activity.Whether social uses of the Internet have positive or negative effects may depend on how the Internet shapes the balance of strong and weak network ties that people maintain. Strong ties are relationships associated with frequent contact, deep feelings of affection and obligation, whereas weak ties are relationships with superficial and easily broken bonds, infrequent contact, and narrow focus. Strong and weak ties alike provide people with social support. Weak ties including weak online ties, are especially useful for linking people to information and social resources unavailable in peoples closest, local groups. Nonetheless, strong social ties are the relationships that generally buffer people from lifes stresses and that lead to better social and psychological outcomes. People receive most of their social support from people with whom they are in most frequent contact, and bigger favors come from those with stronger ties.Generally, strong personal ties are supported by physical proximity. The Internet potentially reduces the importance of physical proximity in creating and maintaining networks of strong social ties. Unlike face-to-face interaction or even the telephone, the Internet offers opportunities for social interactions that do not depend on the distance between parties. People often use the Internet to keep up with those with whom they have preexisting relationships. But they also develop new relationships on-line. Most of these new relationships are weak. MUDs, newsgroups, and chat rooms put people in contact with a pool of new groups, but these on-line “mixers” are typically organized around specific topics, or activities, and rarely revolve around local community and close family and friends.Whether a typical relationship developed on-line becomes as strong as a typical traditional relationship and whether having on-line relationships changes the number or quality of a persons total social involvements are open questions. Empirical evidence about the impact of the Internet on relationships and social involvement is sparse. Many authors have debated whether the Internet will promote community or undercut it. Much of this discussion has been speculative and anecdotal, or is based on cross-sectional data with small samples.31. The text is mainly aboutA the dominance of interpersonal communication.B strong and weak personal ties over the Internet.C the difference between old and modern relationships.D an empirical research on the Internet and its impact.32. It is implied in the text thatA the Internet interactions can rival traditional ones.B television is inferior to telephone in social effect.C strong links are far more valid than weak ones.D the Internet features every home and community.33. The word “buffer” (Para. 2) can probably be replaced byA deviate. B alleviate. C shield. D distract.34. According to the author, the Internet canA eliminate the hindrance of the distance.B weaken the intimate feelings among people.C provide people with close physical contacts.D enhance our ability to remove social stresses.35. From the text we can infer thatA the evidence for the effect of the Internet seems abundant.B the social impact of the Internet has been barely studied enough.C some discussions are conclusive about the function of the Internet.D random samples have witnessed the positive influence of the Internet.Text FourLeadership is hardly a new area of research, of course. For years, academics have debated whether leaders are born or made, whether a person who lacks charisma (capacity to inspire devotion and enthusiasm) can become a leader, and what makes leaders fail. Warren G. Bennis, possibly the possibly the worlds foremost expert on leading, has, together with his co-author, written two best-sellers on the topic. Generally, researchers have found that you cant explain leadership by way of intelligence, birth order, family wealth or stability, level of education, race, or sex. From one leader to the next, theres enormous variance in every one of those factors.The authors research led to a new and telling discovery: that every leader, regardless of age, had undergone at least one intense, transformational experiencewhat the authors call a “crucible” (severe test). These events can either make you or break you. For emerging leaders, they do more making than breaking, providing key lessons to help a person move ahead confidently.If a crucible helps a person to become leader, there are four essential qualities that allow someone to remain one, according to the authors. They are: an “adaptive capacity” that lets people not only survive inevitable setbacks, heartbreaks, and difficulties but also learn from them; an ability to engage others through shared meaning or a common vision; a distinctive and compelling voice that communicates ones conviction and desire to do the right thing; and a sense of integrity that allows a leader to distinguish between good and evil.That sounds obvious enough to be commonplace, until you look at some recent failures that show how valid these dictums (formal statements of opinion) are. The authors believe that former Coca-Cola Co. Chairman M. Douglas Ivester lasted just 28 months because “his grasp of context was sorrowful.” Among other things, Ivester degraded Cokes highest-ranking African-American even as the company was losing a $ 200 million class action brought by black employees. Procter & Gamble Co. ex-CEO Durk Jager lost his job because he failed to communicate the urgent need for the sweeping changes he was making.Its striking, too, that the authors found their geezers (whose formative period, as the authors define them,was 1945 to 1954, and who were shaped by World War II) sharing what they believed to be a critical traitthe sense of possibility and wonder more often associated with childhood. “Unlike those defeated by time and age, our geezers have remained much like our geeks (who came of age between 1991 and 2000, and grew up “virtual, visual, and digital”) open, willing to take risks, hungry for knowledge and experience, courageous, and eager to see what the new day brings”, the authors write.36. The text indicates that leadership researchA has been a controversial study for years.B predicts how a leader comes to be.C defines the likelihood to be a leader.D probes the mysteries of leadership.37. According to Bennis, the trait shared by leaders consists ofA top levels of intelligence and education and devotion.B remarkable ability to encourage people with loyalty and hope.C striking qualities of going through serious trials and sufferings.D strong personalities that arouse admiration and confidence.38. The favorable effect of a crucible depends on whether a leader A proves himself/herself to be a newly emergent one.B accepts it as a useful experience for progress.C shrinks back from tiring and trying experiences.D draws important lessons for his/her followers.39. A leader can hardly maintain his/her position unless he/sheA fulfils all necessary quality requirements.B helps people to prevent defeats and sorro