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恩波教育 考研英语模考试题 /恩波学校英语模拟题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)In an ideal world, the nations elite schools would enroll the most qualified students. But thats not how it _(1_). Applicants whose parents are alums get special treatment, as _(2)_ athletes and rich kids. Underrepresented minorities are also given_ (3)_. Thirty years of affirmative action have changed the character of _(4)_ white universities; now about 13 percent of all undergraduates are black or Latino. _(5)_ a recent study by the Century Foundation found that at the nations 146 most _(6)_schools, 74 percent of students came from upper- middle-class and wealthy families, while only about 5 percent came from families with an annual income of _(7)_$35,000 or less.Many schools say diversityracial, economic and geographicis (8) to maintaining intellectually (9) campuses. But Richard Kahlenberg of the Century Foundation says that even though colleges (10) they want poor kids, “they dont try very hard to find them.” (11) rural students, many colleges dont try at all. “Unfortunately, we go where we can (12) a sizable number of potential applicants,” says Tulane admissions chief Richard Whiteside, who (13) aggressivelyand in personfrom metropolitan areas. Kids in rural areas get a glossy (14) in the mail.Even when poor rural students have the (15) for top colleges, their high schools often dont know how to get them there. Admissions officers (16) guidance counselors to direct them to promising prospects. In (17) high schools, guidance counselors often have personal (18) with both kids and admissions officers. In rural areas, a teacher, a counselor or (19) an alumnus “can help put a rural student on our radar screen,” says Wesleyan admissions dean Nancy Meislahn. But poor rural schools rarely have college (20) with those connections; without them, admission “can be a crapshoot,” says Carnegie Mellons Steidel. 1. A promises B tries C works D manages2. A do B are C will D be3. A preference B prejudice C preposition D preclusion4. A strictly B mostly C generally D honestly 5. A And B But C So D Then 6. A excellent B wealthy C popular D competitive7. A mainly B roughly C totally D exactly8. A access B basis C key D solution9. A vital B smart C interactive D functional 10.A claim B affirm C insist D declare 11.B Except for B As for C But for D Just for12.A require B ensure C locate D generate13.A admits B accepts C recalls D recruits14.A bronze B broom C browser D brochure 15.A guts B grounds C grades D guarantees16.A call on B rely on C try on D hold on17.A affluent B affiliated C alternative D advanced18.A innovations B judgments C relationships D suggestions 19.A else B so C even D if20.A acquaintances B executives C tutors D advisersSection 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 1 The Catholic Church is changing in America at its most visible point: the parish church where believers pray, sing and clasp hands across pews to share the peace of God. Today there are fewer parishes and fewer priests than in 1990 and fewer of the nations 65 million Catholics in those pews. And theres no sign of return.Some blame the explosive 2002 clergy sexual abuse scandal and its financial price tag. But a study of 176 Roman Catholic dioceses shows no statistically significant link between the decline in priests and parishes and the $772 million the church has spent to date on dealing with the scandal.Rather, the changes are driven by a constellation of factors: Catholics are moving from cities in the Northeast and Midwest to the suburbs, South and Southwest. Mass attendance has fallen as each generation has become less religiously observant. Bishops trained to bless, not to budget lack the managerial skills to govern multimillion-dollar institutions. All these trends had begun years before the scandal piled on financial pressures to cover settlements, legal costs, care and counseling for victims and abusers. The Archdiocese of Boston, epicenter of the crisis, sold chancery property to cover $85 million in settlements last year, and this year will close 67 churches and recast 16 others as new parishes or worship sites without a full-time priest. Archbishop Sean OMalley has said the crisis and the reconfiguration plan are in no way related. He cites demographic shifts, the priest shortage and aging, crumbling buildings too costly to keep up. Fargo, N.D., which spent $821,000 on the abuse crisis, will close 23 parishes, but its because the diocese is short more than 50 priests for its 158 parishes, some with fewer than a dozen families attending Mass.They know how this feels in Milwaukee. That archdiocese shuttered about one in five parishes from 1995 to 2003. The city consolidations gave some people who had been driving back into the city from new homes in the suburbs a chance to say they had no loyalty to a new parish and begin going to one near their home, says Noreen Welte, director of parish planning for the Milwaukee Archdiocese. It gave some people who already were mad at the church for one reason or another an excuse to stop going altogether.21. Which of the following reflects the change of Catholic Church ? A. Fewer prayers in the church. B. Fewer pews in the parish. C. Fewer Catholics in America D. Fewer signs in the peace of God22. The relationship between the first two paragraphs can be described as _. A. the Catholic Church of the past compared with that of today B. the problem with the Catholic Church revealed and explained C. the reform of the Catholic Church argued for and against D. the practice of the Catholic Church introduced and condemned23. Attendance of the Church has declined because _. A. there are fewer parishes and priests now B. few Catholics observe religious rules C. people are losing enthusiasm for religion D. the financial pressures are overwhelming24. The “reconfiguration plan” (para. 4) probably refers to _. A. selling the Church property B. covering the cost of settlements C. shutting and remolding churches D. keeping up crumbling buildings25. Noreen Welte seems to suggest that some people _. A. had difficulty adopting a new parish B. preferred to go to the church near their home C. disliked the church for several reasons D. meant to escape the church Text 2 House-price falls are gathering momentum and are spreading across the UK, according to a monthly poll of surveyors which on Monday delivered its gloomiest reading for nearly 12 years.Fifty-six per cent of surveyors contacted by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors reported price falls in the three months to October. Only 3 per cent saw prices rise in their area, compared with 58 per cent as recently as May.There was further evidence of slowing activity in the property market as the number of sales per surveyor dived to a nine-year low. Unsold stock on agents books has increased 10 per cent since the summer. Ian Perry, Rics national housing spokesman, said it was now very clear that buyers were unsettled by higher interest rates.The Bank of England raised rates five times to 4.75 per cent over the last year to cool the property boom.But he also blamed comments by Mervyn King, the Banks governor, and misleading media headlines for “injecting additional uncertainty into the market by continued speculation over more serious price declines”.“Mervyn King presumably felt that he had to be more explicit in the summer when people were still buying. His warnings of a drop in property prices then have had the desired effect.“But our concern now is that the pendulum is swinging too far,” he said.Last week, the Banks monetary policy committee predicted for the first time that “house prices may fall modestly for a period” in its November inflation report. The Nationwide and Halifax mortgage lenders both showed a modest monthly decline in house prices in their latest loan approval data.Although the majority of surveyors expect prices to fall further in the next three months, Mr. Perry stressed there were signs of stabilising demand from buyers in London.“London tends to be ahead of the rest of the market. And agents are telling us that more people are looking to buy. It is much better than it was,” Mr Perry said.However, falling prices continued to spread from the South of England as surveyors reported the first clear decline in prices in Yorkshire and the Humber, the north and the north-west. Scotland remained the only region with rising prices.26. We learn from the passage that _. A. the present house price falls are at most a momentary phenomenon B. the property market is experiencing its most depressing time over the decade C. 58 percent of surveyors contacted started to encounter house price falls in May D. Rics widely-followed headline indicator began to fall since Dec. 199227. Paragraphs 2 and 3 are written to _. A. justify the authors observation in the first paragraph B. contrast the present situation with that in the past C. highlight the discouraging situation of home market D. explain the reasons of slowing activity in the market28. By “the pendulum is swinging too far”, Ian Perry probably means _. A. the number of houses sold by each agent is the lowest in history B. the house market is bound to suffer because of the high interest rates C. both Mr. King and the media worried too much over the price falls D. the Bank and the media are helping push the house prices further down29. In terms of the future of the property market, Mr. Perry seems _.A. optimisticB. uncertainC. pessimisticD. indifferent 30. The author probably believes that _. A. the house-price falls may continue for a while B. peoples uncertainty about the market is ungrounded C. there was always exception to the rule of rising prices D. people are certainly ready to buy more than beforeText 3 Fiercely independent, 90 year-old Vincenzia Rinaldi wouldnt consider a home health aide or nursing home. So Louis Critelli, her nephew had to coax the widowed homemaker into assisted living, the nations growing long-term care option for the elderly. For $1,100 a month, Rinaldi became the reluctant resident of an efficiency unit where she could still simmer her much-loved tomato sauce and where caregivers would make sure she took her pills.Instead, 30 months later, she died. Not because she was old. But because aides at her new home, Loretto Utica Center, one of the modern, hotel-style facilities that have sprouted across the country over the past decade, mistakenly gave her another residents prescription medication. That error led to her death, state inspectors concluded.Neither the state nor Loretto told her nephew about the cause of death. Critelli, thinking his aunt had been properly cared for, only learned of the finding years later from USA TODAY. When they find something blatant like that, youd think theyd tell the family, the shaken nephew told a reporter after a long pause.A USA TODAY investigation shows that Rinaldis death represents the tragic extreme in a pattern of mistakes and violations that lead to scores of injuries and occasional deaths among the estimated 1 million elderly residents of assisted living facilities. The centers are the state-regulated, largely private-pay residences that help seniors with medication and other activities of daily life.In a wide-ranging analysis, USA TODAY reviewed two years of inspection records within 2000-02 for more than 5,300 assisted living facilities in seven states: Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, New York and Texas. The precise time period varied slightly from state to state. The analysis covered a broad range from mom-and-pop facilities with just a few residents to corporate-run centers with scores of beds and many levels of care. It is the first time such data have been gathered and analyzed across so many states. The review included less-detailed data from five other states and focused on broad quality-of-care categories to compensate for variations in regulations from state to state.As affluent and middle-class Americans cope with the infirmities of age, many turn to assisted living as an alternative to a nursing home industry that has been periodically plagued by abuse or neglect scandals. Even though assisted living facilities generally dont provide 24-hour skilled medical care, they increasingly serve seniors who only a decade ago might have been in nursing homes.31. The first paragraph implies that _. A. life in the nursing homes is largely regulated by caregivers. B. old people are very much unsatisfied with life cared by a home health aide. C. Rinaldi knew better than to live in an efficiency unit with caregivers. D. the nations long-term care options for the elderly are limited.32. Critellis response to the real cause of her aunts death was _. A. disbelief B. indignation C. disapproval D. intensity 33. The author mentioned Rinaldis death in the text in order to _. A. show sympathy for Critellis misfortune B. reveal problems in assisted living facilities C. demonstrate inefficiency of caretakers D. exhibit the reliability of USA Today 34. It can be inferred from the text that _. A. assisted living facilities are mostly state-owned residences B. USA Today conducted the first inspection of assisted living facilities in USA C. data collected and reviewed are not detailed and regulated enough D. previous analyses of inspection records covered limited areas 35. We learn from the text that _. A. nursing home industry will ultimately disappear from the society B. 24 hour skilled medical care will come into being in the near future C. assisted living is the first choice for many seniors with a good income D. serious problems have always accompanied the assisted living units Text 4 You could benefit from flipping through the pages of I Cant Believe You Asked That, a book by author Phillip Milano thats subtitled, A No-Holds-Barred Q&A About Race, Sex, Religion, and Other Terrifying Topics.For the past seven years, Milano who describes himself as a straight, white middle-class married guy raised in an affluent suburb of Chicago has operated , a Web site that was created to get us talking. Through the posting of probing, provocative and sometimes simply inane questions and the answers they generate, people are encouraged to have a no-holds-barred exchange on topics across racial, ethnic and cultural lines. More often than not, the questions grow out of our biases and fears and the stereotypes that fuel misunderstanding among us.As with the Web site, Milano hopes his book will be a social and cultural elixir. The time is right for a new culture of curiosity to begin to unfold, with people finally breaking down the last barrier to improve race and cultural relations by actually talking to each other about their differences, Milano said in an e-mail message to me. Milano wisely used the Internet to spark these conversations. In seven years, it has generated 50,000 postings many of them questions that people find hard to ask in a face-to-face exchange with the subjects of their inquiries.But in his book, which was published earlier this month, Milano gives readers an opportunity to read the questions and a mix of answers that made it onto his Web site. I am curious about what people who have been blind from birth see in their dreams, a 13-year-old boy wanted to know. Why do so many mentally disabled people have such poor-looking haircuts and nerdy clothes? a woman asked. How do African-Americans perceive God? a white teenager wanted to know. Do they pray to a white God or a black God?Like I said, these questions can generate a range of emotions and reactions. But the point of Milanos Web site, and his book, is not to get people mad, but to inform us about the lives and experiences of others. Though many of the answers that people offered to the questions posed in his book are conflicting, these responses are balanced by the comments of experts whose responses to the queries also appear in the book.Getting people to openly say what they are thinking about things that give rise to stereotypes and bigotry has never been easy. Most of us save those conversations for gatherings of people who look or think like us.36. The purpose of the website is to _. A. give people a chance to speak out B. prepare materials for a b