考研英语（阅读）模拟试卷537

考研英语（阅读）模拟试卷537

一、阅读（补全短文）（本题共76题，每题7.0分，共

16分。）

[A]Somcarchaeologicalsiteshavealwaysbeeneasilyobservable—forexample,the

ParthenoninAthens,Greece;thepyramidsofGizainEgypt;andthemegalithsof

StonehengeinsouthernEngland.Butthesesitesareexceptionstothenorm.Most

archaeologicalsiteshavebeenlocatedbymeansofcarefulsearching,whilemanyothers

havebeendiscoveredbyaccident.OlduvaiGorge,anearlyhominidsiteinTanzania,was

foundbyabutterflyhunterwholiterallyfellintoitsdeepvalleyin1911.Thousandsof

AztecartifactscametolightduringthediggingoftheMexicoCitysubwayinthe1970s.

[B]Inanothercase,AmericanarchaeologistsReneMillionandGeorgeCowgillspent

yearssystematicallymappingtheentirecityofTeotihuacanintheValleyofMexiconear

whatisnowMexicoCityatitspeakaroundAD600,thiscitywasoneofthelargest

humansettlementsintheworld.Theresearchersmappednotonlythecity'svastand

ornateceremonialareas,butalsohundredsofsimplerapartmentcomplexeswhere

commonpeoplelived.[CJHowdoarchaeologistsknowwheretofindwhattheyare

lookingforwhenthereisnothingvisibleonthesurfaceoftheground?Typically,they

surveyandsample（maketestexcavationson）largeareasofterraintodeterminewhere

excavationwillyieldusefulinformation.Surveysandtestsampleshavealsobecome

importantforunderstandingthelargerlandscapesthatcontainarchaeologicalsites.

|D（Surveyscancoverasinglelargesettlementorentirelandscapes.Inonecase,many

researchersworkingaroundtheancientMayacityofCopan,Honduras,havelocated

hundredsofsmallruralvillagesandindividualdwellingsbyusingaerialphotographsand

bymakingsurveysonfoot.Theresultingsettlementmapsshowhowthedistributionand

densityoftheruralpopulationaroundthecitychangeddramaticallybetweenAD500and

850,whenCopancollapsed.[E]Tofindtheirsites,archaeologiststodayrelyheavilyon

systematicsurveymethodsandavarietyofhigh-tcchnologytoolsandtechniques.

Airbornetechnologies,suchasdifferenttypesofradarandphotographicequipment

carriedbyairplanesorspacecraft,allowarchaeologiststolearnaboutwhatliesbeneath

thegroundwithoutdigging.Aerialsurveyslocategeneralareasofinterestorlarger

buriedfeatures,suchasancientbuildingsorfields.[F]Mostarchaeologicalsites,

however,arediscoveredbyarchaeologistswhohavesetouttolookforthem.Such

searchescantakeyears.BritisharchaeologistHowardCarterknewthatthetombofthe

EgyptianpharaohTutankhamumexistedfrominformationfoundinothersites.Carter

siftedthroughrubbleintheValleyoftheKingsforsevenyearsbeforehelocatedthe

tombin1922.Inthelate1800sBritisharchaeologistSirArthurEvanscombedantique

dealers1storesinAthens,Greece.Hewassearchingfortingengravedsealsattributedto

theancientMycenaeanculturethatdominatedGreecefromthe1400sto1200sBC.

Evans'sinterpretationsofthoseengravingseventuallyledthemtofindtheMinoanpalace

atKnossos(Knosos),ontheislandofCrete,in1900.[G]Groundsurveysallow

archaeologiststopinpointtheplaceswheredigswillbesuccessful.Mostgroundsurveys

involvealotofwalking,lookingforsurfacecluessuchassmallfragmentsofpottery.

Theyoftenincludeacertainamountofdiggingtotestforburiedmaterialsatselected

pointsacrossalandscape.Archaeologistsalsomaylocateburiedremainsbyusingsuch

technologiesasgroundradar,magnetic-fieldrecording,andmetaldetectors.

Archaeologistscommonlyusecomputerstomapsitesandthelandscapesaroundsites.

Twoandthree-dimensionalmapsarehelpfultoolsinplanningexcavations,illustrating

howsiteslook,andpresentingtheresultsofarchaeologicalresearch.Order:

i、

标准答案：c

知识点解析：文章一共七段，第二段和第四段已经给出，首段空缺。首段应当是一

个提纲挈领式的开始，能够引出文章后面内容或者概括文章内容。浏览各段主要

内容，发现除了已经给定的A项、E项之外，C项最适合作为首段，很明显C项

引出了文章的主题，暗示考生文章主要讲的是考古学家发现遗址常用的两种方

法。因此本题选择C项作为首段。

2、

标准答案：F

知识点解析：本题需要确定第三段。第二段A项的开头句为Somearchaeological

siteshavealwaysbeeneasilyobscrvablc（一些遗址总是很容易被发现）。浏览浏览剩下

的B、D、F、G项,发现F项的开头句为Mostarchaeologicalsites,however,are

discoveredbyarchaeologistswhohavesetouttolookforthem（不过大部分遗址还是被

那些专门寻找它们的考古学家发现的），与A项内容形成转折。因此，本题选搽F

项作为第三段。

3、

标准答案：G

知识点解析：本题需要确定第五段。浏览剩下的B、D、G项，发现G项开头为

Groundsurveys,结合段中Archaeologistsalsomaylocateburiedremainsbyusing

suchtechnologiesas…可知G项主要讲发现遗址的一些科技手段。而已经给定的第

四段E项第一句便是段落主旨句，段中还出现了Airbornetechnologies,Aerial

surveys等。因此G项与E项的内容是一脉相承的，可以确定第五段是G项。

4、

标准答案：D

知识点解析：本题需要确定第六段。只剩下B、D两个备选项了，因此相对来说容

易些。浏览发现B项开头有Inano由ercase,而D项第二句开头是Inonecase,很

明显B项排在D项之后。因此本题选择D项作为第六段。

5、

标准答案：B

知识点解析：本题需要确定第七段。B项开头Inanothercase,正好与第七段D项

Inonecase相照应，因此选B项。

[A]Thcfirstpublishedsketch,"ADinneratPoplarWalk"broughttearstoDickens'seyes

whenhediscovereditinthepagesofTheMonthlyMagazine.Fromthenonhissketches,

whichappearedunderthepenname"Boz"inTheEveningChronicle,earnedhima

modestreputation.|B|TherunawaysuccessofThePickwickPapers,asitisgenerally

knowntoday,securedDickens'sfame.TherewerePickwickcoatsandPickwickcigars,

andtheplump,spectacledhero,SamuelPickwick,becameanationalfigure.[C]Soon

afterSketchesbyBozappeared,apublishingfirmapproachedDickenstowriteastoryin

monthlyinstallments,asabackdropforaseriesofwoodcutsbythethen-famousartist

RobertSeymour,whohadoriginatedtheideaforthestory.Withcharacteristic

confidence,DickenssuccessfullyinsistedthatSeymour'spicturesillustratehisownstory

instead.Afterthefirstinstallment,Dickenswrotetotheartistandaskedhimtocorrecta

drawingDickensfeltwasnotfaithfulenoughtohisprose.Seymourmadethechange,

wentintohisbackyard,andexpressedhisdispleasurebycommittingsuicide.Dickens

andhispublisherssimplypressedonwithanewartist.Thecomicnovel,ThePosthumous

PapersofthePickwickClub,appearedseriallyin1836and1837andwasfirstpublished

inbookformin1837.[DJCharlcsDickensisprobablythebest-knownand,tomany

people,thegreatestEnglishnovelistofthe19thcentury.Amoralist,satirist,andsocial

reformer,Dickenscraftedcomplexplotsandstrikingcharactersthatcapturethe

panoramaofEnglishsociety.[E]Soonafterhisfather'sreleasefromprison,Dickensgota

betterjobaserrandboyinlawoffices.Hetaughthimselfshorthandtogetonevenbetter

joblaterasacourtstenographerandasareporterinParliament.Atthesametime,

Dickens,whohadareporter'seyefortranscribingthelifearoundhimespecially

anythingcomicoradd,submittedshortsketchestoobscuremagazines.[F]Dickenswas

borninPortsmouth,onEngland'ssoutherncoast.HisfatherwasaclerkintheBritish

Navypayoffice—arespectableposition,butwithlittlesocialstatus.Hispaternal

grandparents,astewardandahousekeeper,possessedevenlessstatus,havingbeen

servants,andDickenslaterconcealedtheirbackground.Dickens*smothersupposedly

camefromamorerespectablefamily.YettwoyearsbeforeDickens'sbirth,hismother*s

fatherwascaughtstealingandfledtoEurope,nevertoreturn.Thefamily'sincreasing

povertyforcedDickensoutofschoolatage12toworkinWarren'sBlackingWarehouse,

ashoe-polishingfactory,wheretheotherworkingboysmockedhimas"theyoung

gentleman.HHisfatherwasthenimprisonedfordebt.Thehumiliationsofhisfather's

imprisonmentandhislaborintheblackingfactoryformedDickens'sgreatestwoundand

becamehisdeepsecret.Hecouldnotconfidethemeventohiswife,althoughthey

providetheacknowledgedfoundationofhisfiction.[G]AfterPickwick,Dickensplunged

intoableakerworld.InOliverTwist,hetracesanorphan'sprogressfromtheworkhouse

tothecriminalslumsofLondon.NicholasNickleby,hisnextnovel,combinesthe

darknessofOliverTwistwiththesunlightofPickwick.Thepopularityofthesenovels

consolidatedDickensasanationallyandinternationallycelebratedmanofletters.

EO3.4.一回一5.

6、

标准答案：F

知识点解析：根据题目说明，B、D选项位置已知，并且D项是作为首段出现，D

项介绍了狄更斯的身份地位，F项开头部分也是对于狄更斯出身的介绍，根据常

理推断，讲述其出生地的内容应该在文章开篇的前两段提到，并且之后的内容介

绍了其父母、家庭信息，也能构成语义的衔接，故选F。

7、

标准答案：E

知识点常析：F项后半段大量提到了狄更斯父亲被判入狱的事情以及对其后期小说

写作的影响，观察剩下的几个选项，七项的段首提到了soonafterhisfather's

releasefromprison,Dickensgota…，于是该选项可以和F项的内容构成最大衔

接，故选E。

8、

标准答案：A

知识点解析：观察E项末句，该句提到狄更斯对于生活的视角，并能根据生活内

容来创作，把创作内容提交给杂志，其中submittedshortsketchestoobscure

magazines和A项的首句Thefirstpublishedsketch4wADinneratPoplarWork”能够连

贯衔接，故选A。

9、

标准答案：c

知识点露析：该题可以艰据A项的最后一句或B项的段首句来进行判断，B项首

句提至『了特指的therunawaysuccessofThePickwickPapers,再观察剩下的选项，C

项的末句提到了Thecomicnovel,ThePosthumousPapersofthePickwickClubs...»

可以构成衔接，故选C

10、

标准答案：G

知识点解析：根据排除法，还剩下G项，并且B项末句提到的Pickwick也能和G

项开头的afterPickwick构成衔接，故选G。

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