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考研英语预测试卷三及答案(东方导航)Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following emarkably lightly. Only three people died. Property (5) was far lower than it might have been. Beaches remained (6) intact.(7), the storm reinforced the popular belief that hurricanes are so thoroughly tracked, probed and forecast these days that they cannot possibly cause (8) loss of life. Scientists dont share that optimism, (9). Many believe were entering a cycle in which violent storms are going to be more (), and in which the likelihood of a () strike will be greater than ever. The scientists pet nightmare is of the Btext. Choose the best word（s）for each numbered blank and mark A,B,C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1( points)Anyone trying to recover in the wake of last weeks visit by Hurricane Bonnie probably isnt feeling especially lucky at the moment. Good fortune isnt the first thing you think of when your living room is full of (1), your roof is missing, your power has been out for days on (2). But considering the destruction that often accompanies storms of this (3), residents of North and South Carolina and Virginia (4) rig Onea catastrophic storm that could do $0 billion dollars () of damage and kill thousands of people. No one knows when or where the Big One will () but the certainty is growing that it will.Even a Little One like Bonnie, of course, can do plenty (). Some half a million people were forced to () inland last week, as the 400-mile-wide stormmammoth in size even by hurricane standards() toward Cape Fear, N. C. . And though Bonnies 5-m. p. h. winds slowed rapidly as she lumbered inland, her forward progress () too, with the result that the storm () the state and struck it repeatedly for more than a day. Downed power lines robbed over 240,000 people of (). Even worse than the winds were the rains more than inches in some placeswhich caused the flooding in North and South Carolina. When the crisis seemed to be over, Bonnie regained some of her (20 ) to pound Virginia before heading out to sea.1. A. mud B. earth C. soil D. grease2. A. hand B. purpose C. standing D. end3. A. magnitude B. magnet C. majesty D. manifestation4. A. got up B. got out C. got off D. got on5. A. casualty B. damage C. hazard D. harm6. A. totally B. largely C. most D. almost7. A. If everything B. If something C. If nothing D. If anything8. A. big B. great C. more D. much9. A. whatever B. whereas C. however D. as well. A. terrible B. frequent C. violent D. peaceful. A. strategic B. overwhelmed C. notorious D. disastrous. A. worth B. value C. price D. worthy. A. fall B. knock C. hit D. beat. A. for destruction B. as damage C. of harm D. on loss. A. go B. run away from C. flee D. leave. A. swirled B. hurried C. removed D. flowed. A. quickened B. slowed C. shortened D. strengthened. A. rode in B. suspended on C. hovered over D. headed for. A. water B. electricity C. goods D. commerce20. A. fuss B. fusion C. fringe D. fury答案：1.5. ADADB 6. BDBCB . DACCC .20. ABCBDSection II 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 1The list of “should” is very long. You should give more than 0 per cent at work. You should never stop learning and developing. You should read and keep up with events. You should spend time with your family and take care of your myriad of daily chores.At work, its not enough to be qualified for your job. You have to have excellent people skills and problem-solving abilities. Your IQ have better be high, and you should welcome anything and everything new. Commitment and enthusiasm are the bottom line.At home, its not enough to have money in the bank. There are children to raise, hobbies to encourage and daily routines to organize. Contacts between home and the day care center or school are another priority. You have to keep up your friendships and your family relationships. You have to have empathy for everyone around you. You have to have time.How do we catch a guilty conscience? Finns in Business asked family counselor Hannu Kuukka from the Helsinki parish services. “A bad conscience comes from conflicting pressures, from the feeling that you just cant manage everything that you consider important. Frustration and stress are the result.”“Our internalized rolesthe role models that we subconsciously followalso contribute to the problem. Throughout our lives, we carry with us the part we played in our own family. This can be a source of encouragement and support, or the seeds of a bad conscience.”What can we do for a bad conscience? “Our failures tend to become exaggerated in our minds, especially if someone close to us verbalizes them. You have to set priority. Couples should decide together if one of them is going to concentrate on work and the other on family. The couple is the foundation of the home, so they have to find common ground,” comments Hannu Kuukka.At work, you spend your time with adults, and you can excel in your own field. Are you more comfortable at work than at home? This is a common feelingand another source of guilt. “It is not unusual for relationships at work to be easier and more straightforward than those at home. The everyday life of a family with children can be exhausting. And today, with growing competition and more friction at work, even these relationships have become more difficult,” says Kuukka.21The purpose of the first paragraph is to _.A. itemize what people have to accomplish in their livesB. brief a real but tough situation for couples to cope withC. explain why some people long for a break of routineD. show how a full-time job goes against a family life22.According to the author, the decisive factor for one to perform well at work is _.A. responsibility and devotionB. right qualificationsC. originality and open-mindednessD. an IQ at least above 023.According to the passage, the constant cause of a bad conscience lies in the fact that _.A. one attempts to achieve a good balance between work and family-lifeB. people have unknowingly played stereotyped sex roles in familyC. our minds are beset with exaggerated information about family problemsD. no couple is capable of handling more than one thing at a time24 As suggested by Kuukka, the right way to approach the problem is to _.A. exchange role models between the couple in the same boatB. look at the same problem from a different perspectiveC. turn a deaf ear to whatever other people would sayD. get the couples priorities right to ensure a rewarding life25. From the last paragraph, it can be safely inferred that _.A. work relationships are as difficult to keep up as family relationshipsB. working parents usually feel more comfortable at work than at homeC. growing competition has affected the otherwise good terms with co-workersD. the best moment of the day is when you might have escaped from family chores答案：21B 22A 23A 24D 25BText 2Chinese cinema is still the big unwritten chapter in world film industry. The gap is surprising, in only because so many other facets of twentieth-century Chinese history, culture and politics have been extensively analyzed. The past ten years, however, have seen a significant growth of interest in Chinese film-both in China and farther afield.The China Film Archive, forced to close by Red Guards in 96, resumed its activities in 78; it has now recatalogued its collection and begun facing up to the massive task of copying its large holdings of old prints on to safety-film stock. Two years ago, it organized a special season of pre-49 films for internal circulation to film professionals on the countrys leading production centers. This give many of the younger film-makers their first glimpses of work done in the 30s and 40s. Later films, banned since the “anti-rightist purge” of 57, have also begun to reappear on Chinas screens.The western discovery of Chinas film heritage began at Londons National Film Theatre in 80, with a 25-film season called “Electric Shadows”. Several classics had their first screenings outside China at this event, which established two important points. First, that the Shanghai film industry of the 30s and 40s produced work of international standing. Second, that the films of the Peoples Republic, while hardly as remarkable as their predecessors, did offer much more than celebrations of successful work in the countryside and military field.The London initiative was quickly copied in a dozen or more cities, from Sydney to Turin, with the result that Chinese cinema has found a place on the map that it did not have in 80. the decades of neglect and ignorance, however, have forced all such events to take the form of broad, general surveys , which has not helped the discovery of individual talents.London has now picked up the baton again with a second, larger season, to beheld at the National Film Theatre throughout January and February. It is called, inevitably, “More Electric Shadows”. Unlike the first season, this has been organized with the co-operation of the China Film Archive; the result is a program more or less evenly balanced between pre-49 and post-49 titles. It offers more 30s films than have previously been seen outside China at one time and includes a number of western premieres.26.In relation to the authors knowledge of 20th-century Chinese culture generally, _.A. the actual history of the country is still somewhat hazyB. Chinese cinemas are still an unknown quantityC. Little is known about Chinese filmsD. The growing interest is out of proportion27.The special season of pre-49 films mentioned _.A. was shown in cities all over the worldB. consisted mainly of films banned since 57C. was organized by the China Film ArchiveD. gave young film- makers a second chance to see film of the 30s and 40s28.The London season of 80 showed that Chinese films of the Peoples Republic era _.A. could rank among international film classicsB. were better than many Western film of the same eraC. were remarkably inferior to the Shanghai 30s and 40s filmsD. dealt mainly with agricultural and military themes29.The writer presents the fact that after the London season, _.A. no more Chinese film was shown outside ChinaB. many Chinese film seasons were organized outside ChinaC. no more Chinese films were produced outside ChinaD. Western people were still ignorant about Chinese films30.The new season in London in January and February will be special because it will _.A. show more films from the 50sB. include premieres of most WesternsC. be the second held outside ChinaD. be co-supported by the Chinese答案：26.C 27 C 28 D 29 B 30 DText 3Nobody ever went into academic circles to make a fast fortune. Professor, especially those in medical- and technology-related fields, typically earn a fraction of what their colleagues in industry do. But suddenly, big money is starting to flow into the ivory tower, as university administrators wake up to the commercial potential of academic research. And the institutions are wrestling with a whole new set of issues.The profits are impressive: the Association of University Technology Managers surveyed 2 universities and found that they earned a combined $576 million from patent royalties in 98, a number that promises to keep rising dramatically. Schools like Columbia University in New York have aggressively marketed their inventions to corporations, particularly pharmaceutical and high-tech companies.Now Columbia is going retail-on the Web. It plans to go beyond the typical “dot. edu” model, free sites listing courses and professors research interests. Instead, it will offer the expertise of its faculty on a new for-profit site which will be spun off as an independent company. The site will provide free access to educational and research content, say administrators, as well as advanced features that are already available to Columbia students, such as a simulation of the construction and architecture of a French cathedral and interactive 3-D models of organic chemicals. Free pages will feed into profit-generating areas, such as online courses and seminars, and related books and tapes. Columbia executive vice president Michael Crow imagines “millions of visitors” to the new site, including retirees and students willing to pay to tap into this educational resource. “We can offer the best of whats thought and written and research,” says Ann Kirschner, who heads the project. Columbia also is anxious not be beaten by some of the other for-profit “knowledge sites,” such as A and Hungry Minds. “If they capture this space,” says Crow, “theyll begin to cherry-pick our best faculty.”Profits from the sale of patents typically have been divided between the researcher, the department and the university, and Web profits would work the same way, so many faculty members are delighted. But others find the trend worrisome: is a professor who stands to profit from his or her research as credible as one who doesnt? will universities provide more support to researchers working in profitable fields than to scholars toiling in more musty areas?“If theres the perception that we might be making money from our efforts, the authority of the university could be diminished,” worries Herve Varenne, a cultural anthropology professor at Columbias education school. Says Kirschner: “We would never compromise the integrity of the university .” Whether the new site can add to the growing profits from patents remains to be seen, but one thing is clear. Its going to take the best minds on camps to find a new balance between profit and purity.31.In the past, professors _.A. could earn as much as doctorsB. were able to earn more than engineersC. were not good at earning moneyD. did not intend to earn money easily32.Excellent sums of money are beginning to pour into academic circle because university administrators _.A. have seized the chance to put theories in practiceB. have come to realize what the great worthy ideas can bring themC. are mostly from commercial circlesD. are keen on turning research results into dollars33.According to the survey, $576 million earned by 2 universities came from _.A. the patent officeB. their publicationsC. payments for the use of the patent rightsD. the support by high-tech companies34.Columbias Web site can provide free _.A. expertise of its professorsB. listing of courses and professors research interestsC. online courses and seminarsD. books and tapes related to the courses35.Many of Columbias faculty members are delighted with _.A. the way profits are dividedB. the trend of the new Internet adventureC. the universitys support to researchers in profitable fieldsD. the impressive profits for the universityE.答案：31.D 32.B 33.C 34.B 35.AText 4For decades, arms-control talks centered on nuclear weapons. This is hardly surprising, since a single nuclear bomb can destroy a city. Yet, unlike smaller arms, these powerful weapons have not been used in war in over 50 years.A military historian John Keegan writes:” Nuclear weapons have, since August 9, 45, killed no one. The 50,000 who have died in war since that date have for the most part, been killed by cheap weapons and small ammunition, costing little more than the transistor radios and dry-cell batteries . Because small weapons have disrupted life very little in the advanced world, outside the restricted localities where drug-dealing and political terrorism flourish, the populations of the rich states have been slow to recognize the horror that this pollution has brought in its train. ”No one knows how many small arms and light weapons are in circulation, but experts estimates that military-style firearms may number about 500million. In addition, tens of millions of civilian-type rifles and pistols are owned by private citizens. What is more, new weapons are produced each year.Why have small arms become the weapons of choice in recent wars? Part of the reason lies in the relationship between conflict and poverty. Most of the wars fought during the 90s took place in countries that are poor-too poor to buy sophisticated weapons systems. Small arms and light weapons are a bargain. For example, 50 million dollars, which is nearly the cost of a single modern jet fighter, can equip an army with 200,000 assault rifles.Another reason why small weapons are so popular is that they are lethal. A single rapid-fire assault rifle can fire hundreds of rounds a minute. They are also easy to use and maintain. A child of ten can be taught to strip and reassemble a assault rifle.The global traffic of guns is complex. Huge supplies of guns pass legally from nation to nation. After the cold war, armies in both the East and the West were reduced, and governments gave or sold excess equipment to friends. According to the estimate since 95 the United States has given away more than 300,000 rifles, pistols, and grenade launchers. It is reasoned that giving weapons away is cheaper than storing them.The illegal trade, however, may be much larger. Black-market weapons usually have to be purchased. In some African wars, paramilitary groups have bought millions of dollars of small arms and light weapons., not with money, but with diamonds.Weapons are also linked to the illegal trade in drugs. It is not unusual for criminals to use the same routs to smuggle drugs on direction as they use exchange