考研英语模拟试卷172

考研英语模拟试卷172

一、完型填空(本题共20题，每题7.0分，共20分。)

Speech,whetheroralorwritten,isausedcommodity.Ifwearctobeheard,wemust

(1)ourwordsfromthose(2)touswithinfamilies,peergroups,societal

institutions,andpoliticalnetworks.Ourutterancespositionusbothinanimmediate

socialdialogue(3)ouraddresseeand,simultaneously,inalargerideologicalone

(4)byhistoryandsociety.Wespeakasanindividualandalso,asastudentor

teacher,ahusbandorwife,apersonofaparticulardiscipline,socialclass,religion,race,

orothersociallyconstrucied(5).Thus,tovaryingdegrees,allspeakingisa

(6)ofothers'wordsandallwritingisrewriting.Aslanguage(7),we

experienceindividualagencybyinfusingourownintentions(8)otherpeople's

words,andthiscanbeveryhard.(9),schools,likeintochurchesandcourtrooms,

areplaces(10)peoplespeakwordsthataremoreimportantthantheyare.The

wordsofaparticulardiscipline,likethoseof"Godthefather"orof"thelaw,"arebeing

articulatedbyspokespeopleforthegivenauthority.The(11)oftheaddressed,the

listener,istoacknowledgethewordsandtheir(12).InBakhtin's(13),"the

authoritativewordislocatedinadistancedzone,organicallyconnectedwitha(14)

thatisfelttobehicrarchallyhigher."(15),partofgrowingupinanideological

senseisbecomingmore"selective"aboutthewordsweappropriateand,(16)pass

ontoothers.InBakhtin's(17),responsiblepeopledonottreat(18)asgivens,

theytreatthemasutterances,spokenbyparticularpeoplelocatedinspecificwaysinthe

sociallandscape.Becomingalivetothesocio-ideologicalcomplexityoflanguageuseis

(19)tobecomingamoreresponsivelanguageuserand,potentially,amoreplayful

onetoo,abletousea(20)ofsocialvoices,ofperspectives,inarticulatingone's

ownideas.

1、Speech,whetheroralorwritten,isausedcommodity.Ifwearetobeheard,wemust

(1)ourwordsfromthose(2)touswithinfamilies,peergroups,societal

institutions,andpoliticalnetworks.Ourutterancespositionusbothinanimmediate

socialdialogue(3)ouraddresseeand,simultaneously,inalargerideologicalone

(4)byhistoryandsociety.Wespeakasanindividualandalso,asastudentor

teacher,ahusbandorwife,apersonofaparticulardiscipline,socialclass,religion,race,

orothersociallyconstrucied(5).Thus,tovaryingdegrees,allspeakingisa

(6)ofothers,wordsandallwritingisrewriting.Aslanguage(7),we

experienceindividualagencybyinfusingourownintentions(8)otherpeople's

words,andthiscanbeveryhard.(9),schools,likeintochurchesandcouitiooms,

areplaces(10)peoplespeakwordsthataremoreimportantthantheyare.The

wordsofaparticulardiscipline,likethoseof"Godthefather"orof"thelaw,"arebeing

articulatedbyspokespeopleforthegivenauthority.The(11)oftheaddressed,the

listener,istoacknowledgethewordsandtheir(12).InBakhtin's(13),"the

authoritativewordislocatedinadistancedzone,organicallyconnectedwitha(14)

thatisfelttobehierarchallyhigher."(15),partofgrowingupinanideological

senseisbecomingmore"selective"aboutthewordsweappropriateand,(16)pass

ontoothers.InBakhtin's(17),responsiblepeopledonottreat(18)asgivens,

theytreatthemasutterances,spokenbyparticularpeoplelocatedinspecificwaysinthe

sociallandscape.Becomingalivetothesocio-ideologicalcomplexityoflanguageuseis

(19)tobecomingamoreresponsivelanguageuserand,potentially,amoreplayful

onetoo,abletousea(20)ofsocialvoices,ofperspectives,inarticulatingone's

ownideas.

A、invent

appropriate

C、coin

D、change

标准答案：B

知识点解析：本题考熟词僻义，由文中空白后的”…thewordsfromihose”不难判断

这里应该选表示“选出“意思的词。invenl(创造)、coin(编造)、change(变化)均没有类

似的含义。appropriate作形容词意为“合适的"，但它还有动词的含义，其中•项英

文释义为：seiapartforaspecialuse。而本题的上下文环境就是指选出字词供自己

使用，故这里"appropriate(拨出，选出)"正确。而由第三段首句中的"...aboutthe

wordsweappropriate...",也可以看出此处应选appropriate。在做完形填空题时，一

定要注意这种用词的前后一致性。

2、

A^essential

B、attainable

C^usable

D、available

标准答案：D

知识点解析：available可用的，可得到的。作表语，作定语时常后置。如：

Chinesecoiniiiodiliesavailableforexpurlarevaried.中国可供出口的商品种类多。

essenlial根本的，必要的；allainable(lo)可达到的，可获得的，如：attainableto

power得掌大权；usable可用的。这三个词一般不作后置定语。

3、

A、through

B、by

C^with

D、in

标准答案：C

知识点解析：withodialoguewith和人谈话。其他三项不能与dialogue搭配。句

意：我们的言谈，不仅将我们置于与受话人之间的社交谈话之中，同时也使我们面

对由社会和历史造成的意识形态大对话。"one”在句中指代dialogue。

4、

A、created

avowed

C、invented

D、attested

标准答案：A

知识点解析：created创造。It'sboundtocreatetroublesoonerorlater.注定迟早要引

起麻烦的。avowed公开宣称，承认；invenied发明，捏造，虚构；allesied证实，

均不符合文意。

5、

A、schedule

category

C、archives

D、index

标准答案：B

知识点解析：category类型，类别。句意：我们讲话或代表个人，或作为老师或学

生、丈夫或妻子；抑或作为某一学科、阶级、宗教、种族或其他社会阶层中的一个

人。schedule计划表，时刻表；archives档案：index索引，目录。通过上下文可以

看出，前边列举了各种类型的身分。

6、

A、rewriting

B、recreating

C、relearning

D、revoicing

标准答案：D

知识点解析：revoicing重新表达，应答，（声音）反射回来。由此处语境不难判断出

空白处与speaking的关系与空白后writing与rewriting的对应关系相同，*peak会发

出voice,故此处revoicB最合适。句意：因而，从不同程度上讲，所有的言语都是

他人言辞的回音，而所有的写作也都是他人文章的改写。rewriting重写，改写；

retreating使得到娱乐：relearning再学习。

7、

A、users

learners

C、students

D、educators

标准答案：A

知识点解析：users使用者。句意：作为语言的使生者，我们将自己的意图赋予别

人的语言从而发挥个人作用，而这种境界是很难达到的。本文谈论的是语言的使

用，故其他选项均不符合文意。agency作用，影响。

8、

A^outof

B、onto

C、awayfrom

D、into

标准答案：D

知识点解析：o注入。infusenewlifeintosb./sth.赋与某人碟物以

新的生命。

9、

A、Traditionally

B、Similarly

C、However

D、Strangely

标准答案：A

知识点解析：Tradilionally传统上。句意:学校与教堂和法庭一样，一直是说话比

场所本身更重要的地方。Similarly相似地，类似地；However然而；Slrangely奇怪

地。Similarly干扰性较盅，但此处谈论在学校这种地方，说话比场所更重要，而前

面并没有与此类似的内容，因此similarly不正确。

10、

A、inwhere

B、inthat

C、inwhich

D^what

标准答案：C

知识点解析：inwhich。inwhich二where。inthatconj.因为。which引导定语从句

时前面可加介词.又如:Thisisthefilmaboutwhichwetalkedlastnight.这就是我

们昨晚谈论的那部电影。

11、

A、character

B、role

C、function

D^user

标准答案：B

知识点解析：role作用，功能，角色。addressed是指"受话人”，因此这里是指人的

作用，人所扮演的角色，故“role”正确。句意：受话人，也就是听者的角色是认知

这些词语及其含义。character性格；function功能，它一般不用于表示人所起的作

用，故不能用在这；user使用者。

12

A、understanding

B、denotation

C、sense

D、significance

标准答案：C

知识点解析：此处语境为认知这些词语及其含义，C项"sense"有"ameaningthatis

conveyed,asinspeechorwriting"的含义,用在这里正确。空白前的their指的是前

面所说的words,而不是指人，因此understanding不正确。denotation指字面的意

义,而此处指的是在具体语言环境下的意义，因此denotation不合适。significance

用于表示重大的意义。

13、

A、terms

B、views

C、discourse

D、opinions

标准答案：A

知识点解析：terms措词,说法。inone'sterms用…的话来说,依据…。句意:巴

赫金认为，“权威性词语与我们相距甚远，它与令人感到至高无，的过去有机地联

系在一起"。存在inone'sview和inone'sopinion这两个固定搭配，view和opinion

都是单数,不能用复数。"discourse（语篇，演说,讲稿）”容易排除。

14、

A、past

B、present

C、future

D、ancienttime

标准答案：A

知识点解析：past过去，往事，经历，历史。此句的主语是“authoritativeword"，显

然它应该是以前创造出来的，故此处应填表示“过去”的词语，”present"、“future”可

排除。”ancienttime”则年代过于久远，毕竟词汇并不只是古代创造的，故只有past

正确。

15、

A、Because

B、Besides

C^Furthermore

D、Andyet

标准答案：D

知识点解析：Andyet然而，但是，可是。上一段谈到有特定规则的词汇搭配是从

权威人士嘴里说出来的，本段则谈到词汇的含义变得越来越有选择性，显然，这是

一种变化，同上一段构成转折关系，故"Andyet（然而）”正确。句意：在思想观念的

发展中有一部分对我们使用的词语的“选择性”越来越强，并依次传递给其他词语。

Because因为；besides除...之夕卜；furthermore此外,而且。此三项都不表示转折。

16、

A、incontrary

B、incontrast

C^inturn

D、inreturn

标准答案：C

知识点解析：不难判断出竺里应该是承接关系，故’】nturn（依次）”正确。contrary不

与in搭配，bycomrary相反地；incontrast对比；inreturn作为…回报。

17、

A、argument

B、points

C^terms

D、view

标准答案：D

知识点解析：view观点vinone'sview据…看来v句意：巴赫金认为，负责任的人

并不把词语当作已知事物对待，他们将其视为话语，视为在社会环境中生活方式各

异的人们所说的话。inone'sterms用…的话来说，后面的内容并非引用Bakhtin的

原话，因此不能用在这里；inone'sargument是指在具体论证的过程中所说的话。”

某人认为"不会用这个短语。inpoint中肯，适当；inpointof说到，关于。

18、

A^word

B、aword

C、theword

D、words

标准答案：D

知识点解析：words语言，谈话，话，词汇。word信息，消息；aword一句话，一

个词：Iheword若word大写，就表示福音。此处是整体性的概念，而不是个别词

汇。而且后面givens用的是复数，另外treat后的them也正是指这里的words,故

必须用复数。

19、

A、sensible

B、critical

C>emergent

D、urgent

标准答案：B

知识点解析：此处语境是说认识到语言使用中社会意识的复杂性很重要。becritical

to意为"对…重要”，用在这里合适。emergent>urgent均指紧急情况，强调事物的

急迫性，用在这里不合适。sensible不能与介词to搭配。

20、

A、difference

B、colorfulness

C、diversity

D^variation

标准答案：C

知识点解析：diversity多样性。adiversityof=avarietyof各种各样的;其他选项均

无此用法。difference区别,差异；colorfulness丰富多彩的；variation变化,变

异。

二、阅读（常规阅读理解）（本题共20题，每题1.0

分，共20分。）

TheCatholicChurchischanginginAmericaatitsmostvisiblepoint:theparishchurch

wherebelieverspray,singandclasphandsacrosspewstosharethepeaceofGod.Today

therearcfewerparishesandfewerprieststhanin1990andfewerofthenation's65

millionCatholicsinthosepews.Andthere'snosignofreturn.Someblametheexplosive

2002clergysexualabusescandalanditsfinancialpricetag.Butastudyof176Roman

Catholicdiocesesshowsnostatisticallysignificantlinkbetweenthedeclineinpriestsand

parishesandthe$772millionthechurchhasspenttodateondealingwiththescandal.

Rather,thechangesaredrivenbyaconstellationoffactors:-Catholicsaremovingfrom

citiesintheNortheastandMidwesttothesuburbs.SouthandSouthwest.-Fordecades,

sofewmenhavebecomeprieststhatoneinfivediocesesnowcan'tputapriestinevery

parish.-Massattendancehasfallenaseachgenerationhasbecomelessreligiously

observant.-Bishops—trainedtobless,nottobudget—lackthemanagerialskillsto

governmultimilliondollarinstitutions.Allthesetrendshadbegunyearsbeforethe

scandalpiledonfinancialpressurestocoversettlements,legalcosts,careandcounseling

forvictimsandabusers.TheArchdioceseofBoston,epicenterofthecrisis,soldchancery

propertytocoveris85millioninsettlementslastyear,andthisyearwillclose67

churchesandrecast16othersasnewparishesorworshipsiteswithoutafull-timepriest.

ArchbishopScanO'Malleyhassaidthecrisisandthereconfigurationplanarc"inno

way"related.Hecitesdemographicshifts,thepriestshortageandaging,crumbling

buildingstoocostlytokeepup.Fargo,N.D,whichspent$821,000ontheabusecrisis,

willclose23parishes,butit'sbecausethedioceseisshortofmorethan50priestsforits

158parishes,somewithfewerthanadozenfamiliesattendingMass.Theyknowhowthis

feelsinMilwaukee.Thatarchdioceseshutteredaboutoneinfiveparishesfrom1995to

2003.Thecityconsolidations''gavesomepeoplewhohadbeendrivingbackintothecity

fromnewhomesinthesuburbsachancetosaytheyhadnoloyaltytoanewparishand

begingoingtooneneartheirhome,"saysNoreenWclte,directorofparishplanningfor

theMilwaukeeArchdiocese."Itgavesomepeoplewhoalreadyweremadatthechurch

foronereasonoranotherexcusetostopgoingaltogether."

21、WhichofthefollowingreflectsthechangeofCatholicChurch?

A、Fewerprayersinthechurch.

B、Fewerpewsintheparish.

C、FewerCatholicsinAmerica.

D、FewersignsinthepeaceofGod.

标准答案：A

知识点解析：这是一道细节题。依据第一段可以确定，数千万的天主教徒中，越来

越少的人去教堂长椅上听祷了。“国的天主教徒少了“，文章中未提，选择该选项的

没能完全理解相关部分的文义。

22、Therelationshipbetweenthefirsttwoparagraphscanbedescribedas

A、theCatholicChurchofthepastcomparedwiththatoftoday.

B、theproblemwiththeCatholicChurchrevealedandexplained.

C^thereformoftheCatholicChurcharguedforandagainst.

D^thepracticeoftheCatholicChurchintroducedandcondemned.

标准答案：B

知识点解析：本题涉及段落之间的语义逻辑。文章第一段揭示天主教所面临的问

题，第二段试图对此进行解释。”过去的天主教与今天的天主教进行比较“；“天主

教的改革之赞同和反对、”介绍并谴责天主教的行为”，均不符文义，排除。

23>AttendanceoftheChurchhasdeclinedbecause

A^therearefewerparishesandpriestsnow.

fewCatholicsobservereligiousrules.

C^peoplearelosingenthusiasmforreligion.

D^thefinancialpressuresareoverwhelming.

标准答案：C

知识点解析：这是一道细节题。问去教堂人数下降的原因，题干中的关键词

“attendance”将答案锁定在第三段中所列的第三个因素。”很少有天主教徒遵守宗教

规范”，与原文不符。

24、The"reconfigurationplan"(Para.4)probablyrefersto.

A、sellingtheChurchproperty.

coveringthecostofsettlements.

C>shuttingandremoldingchurches.

D^keepingupcrumblingbuildings.

标准答案：C

知识点露析♦：这是一道词义题。“改造计划”前有定冠词the,回指上文，说明所谓

的计划上文提到过。根据上文内容，尤其是将来时所在句"andthisyearwilL.，'将

来时态与题干•中plan一词呼应)的内容，可以确定答案。其它选项是已做过的事

情，不可能是plan一词的内容。

25、NoreenWelleseemstosuggestthatsomepeople

A^haddifficultyadoptinganewparish.

B、preferredtogotothechurchneartheirhome.

C、dislikedthechurchforseveralreasons.

D、meanttoescapethechurch.

标准答案：D

知识点解析：本题询问Welle所持看法。根据文章末段Welte所言可知(尤其是

gavesomepeople...achancetosay...;gavesomepeople...anexcusetostop...)有此人以城

区整合作为自己不想去教堂的借口，可见答案为”有些人想躲避去教堂，其他选项

均是某些人不去教堂的吒词，非Welle的看法，答非所问。

House-pricefallsaregatheringmomentumandarespreadingacrosstheUK,accordingto

amonthlypollofsurveyorswhichonMondaydelivereditsgloomiestreadingfornearly

12years.Fifty-sixpercentofsurveyorscontactedbytheRoyalInstitutionofChartered

SurveyorsreportedpricefallsinthethreemonthstoOctober.Only3percentsawprices

riseintheirarea,comparedwith58percentasrecentlyasMay.Therewasfurther

evidenceofslowingactivityinthepropertymarketasthenumberofsalespersurveyor

divedtoanine-yearlow.Unsoldstockonagents*bookshasincreased10percentsince

thesummer.IanPerry,Rics'nationalhousingspokesman,saiditwasnowveryclearthat

buyerswereunsealedbyhigherinterestrates.TheBankofEnglandraisedratesfive

timesto4.75percentoverthelastyeartocoolthepropertyboom.Buthealsoblamed

commentsbyMervynKing,theBank'sgovernor,andmisleadingmediaheadlinesfor

"injectingadditionaluncertaintyintothemarketbycontinuedspeculationovermore

seriouspricedeclines'1."MervynKingpresumablyfeltthathehadtobemoreexplicitin

thesummerwhenpeoplewerestillbuying.Hiswarningsofadropinpropertypricesthen

havehadthedesiredeffect."Butourconcernnowisthatthependulumisswingingtoo

far,"hesaid.Lastweek,theBank'smonetarypolicycommitteepredictedforthefirst

timethat"housepricesmayfallmodestlyforaperiod"initsNovemberinflationreport.

TheNationwideandHalifaxmortgagelendersbothshowedamodestmonthlydeclinein

housepricesintheirlatestloanapprovaldata.Althoughthemajorityofsurveyorsexpect

pricestofallfurtherinthenextthreemonths,Mr.Perrystressedthereweresignsof

stabilizingdemandfrombuyersinLondon."Londontendstobeaheadoftherestofthe

market.Andagentsaretellingusthatmorepeoplearelookingtobuy.Itismuchbetter

thanitwas/'Mr.Perrysaid.However,fallingpricescontinuedtospreadfromtheSouth

ofEnglandassurveyorsreportedthefirstcleardeclineinpricesinYorkshireandthe

Humber,thenorthandthenorth-west.Scotlandremainedtheonlyregionwithrising

prices.

26、Welearnfromthepassagethat

A、thepresenthousepricefallsareatmostamomentaryphenomenon.

B、thepropertymarketisexperiencingitsmostdepressingtimeoverthedecade.

C、58percentofsurveyorscontactedstartedtoencounterhousepricefallsinMay.

D、Rics'widely-followedheadlineindicatorbegantofallsinceDec.1992.

标准答案：B-

知识点解析：这是一道细节题。依据文章第一段可知答案，选项中的properly

market不动产市场就是指住房市场，参看文章首句。注意要将文章中的“momentum

势头”一词与选项中的“momentary短暂的”区分开来，其他选项或与文章意思相反或

末尾的时间不对。

27、Paragraphs2and3arewrittento

A、justifytheauthor'sobservationinthefirstparagraph.

B、contrastthepresentsituationwiththatinthepast.

C、highlightthediscouragingsituationofhomemarket.

D、explainthereasonsotslowingactivityinthemarket.

标准答案：c

知识点3析：本题涉及文章段落的写作意图，难度很大。文章第一段报道了最近一

次对住宅市场的非常消极的评估，下面两段列举了诸多相关信息，以强调实际情况

确实令人沮丧，显然，选项”凸显住宅市场令人沮丧的形势”恰如其分地说明了这两

段与文章第一段（主题段）之间的关系，体现了这两个段落的写作意图，故为正确答

案。选项”证明了作者在第一段的评述”不对，因为作者并未在第一段表述自己的评

述，而是报道一次调查结果，故排除。其他两项皆是段落中提到的细节，与作者的

写作意图无关。

28、By"thependulumisswingingtoofar”,IanPerryprobablymeans

A、thenumberofhousessoldbyeachagentisthelowestinhistory.

B、thehousemarketisboundtosufferbecauseofthehighinterestrates.

C、bothMr.Kingandthemediaworriedtoomuchoverthepricefalls.

D、theBankandthemediaarehelpingpushthehousepricesfurtherdown.

标准答案：D:

知识点解析：这是一道句意题。根据引号句的上文，即五、六段可知，Ian指责

MervynKing的不当言论以及媒体误导性的报道只会导致房价进一步下滑，下文第

八段更是指出.银行货币委员会卜周的行情预测又出笼了.这必然对房市不利.这

正是段七所谓的”我们现在的担心”。“inhistory”绝对了，说房市必定下滑是由于利

率太高，不符文章内容；"worried”一词不对，不符文章内容。

29、Intermsofthefutureofthepropertymarket,Mr.Perryseems

A、optimistic.

B、uncertain.

C^pessimistic.

D、indifferent.

标准答案：A

知识点解析：Perry对房产市场未来的态度，比较容易。依据九、十段可知，他对

房市是持乐观态度的。

30、Theauthorprobablybelievesthat

A、thehouse-pricefallsmaycontinueforawhile.

B>people'suncertaintyaboutthemarketisungrounded.

C>therewasalwaysexceptiontotheruleofrisingprices.

D^peoplearecertainlyreadytobuymorethanbefore.

标准答案：A

知识点解析：本题涉及文章作者的看法。依据全文，尤其是第一、二段以及末段可

知，作者似乎倾向于认为房价下跌还会持续一段时间。”人们对市场的不确定是亳

无依据的”文章未提，其他选项也非作者的看法，均予以排除。

Fiercelyindependent,90year-oldVincenziaRinaldiwouldn'tconsiderahomehealth

aide01nursinghome.SoLouisCritelli,lieinephewhadtocoaxthewidowedhoineinaker

intoassistedliving,thenation'sgrowinglong-termcareoptionfortheelderly.For$1,100

amonth,Rinaldibecamethereluctantresidentofanefficiencyunitwhereshecouldstill

simmerhermuch-lovedtomatosauceandwherecaregiverswouldmakesureshetook

herpills.Instead,30monthslater,shedied.Notbecauseshewasold.Butbecauseaides

athernewhome,LorettoUticaCenter,oneofthemodern,hotel-stylefacilitiesthathave

sproutedacrossthecountryoverthepastdecade,mistakenlygaveheranotherresident's

prescriptionmedication.Thaterrorledtoherdeath,stateinspectorsconcluded.Neither

thestatenorLorettotoldhernephewaboutthecauseofdeath.Critelli,thinkinghisaunt

hadbeenproperlyearedfor,onlylearnedofthefindingyearslaterfromUSATODAY.

"Whentheyfindsomethingblatantlikethat,you'dthinkthey'dtellthefamily,1'the

shakennephewtoldareporterafteralongpause.AUSATODAYinvestigationshows

thatRinaldi'sdeathrepresentsthetragicextremeinapatternofmistakesandviolations

thatleadtoscoresofinjuriesandoccasionaldeathsamongtheestimated1millionelderly

residentsofassistedlivingfacilities.Thecentersarethestale-regulated,largelyprivate­

payresidencesthathelpseniorswithmedicationandotheractivitiesofdailylife.Ina

wide-ranginganalysis,USATODAYreviewedtwoyearsofinspectionrecordswithin

2000-02formorethan5,300assistedlivingfacilitiesinsevenstates:Alabama,Arizona,

Colorado,Florida,Indiana,NewYorkandTexas.Theprecisetimeperiodvariedslightly

fromstatetostate.Theanalysiscoveredabroadrange—frommom-and-popfacilities

withjustafewresidentstocorporate-runcenterswithscoresofbedsandmanylevelsof

care.Itisthefirsttimesuchdatahavebeengatheredandanalyzedacrosssomanystates.

Thereviewincludedless-detaileddatafromfiveotherstatesandfocusedonbroad

quality-o^carecategoriestocompensateforvariationsinregulationsfromstatetostate.

Asaffluentandmiddle-classAmericanscopewiththeinfirmitiesofage,manyturnto

assistedlivingasanalternativetoanursinghomeindustrythathasbeenperiodically

plaguedbyabuseorneglectscandals.Eventhoughassistedlivingfacilitiesgenerally

don'tprovide24-hourskilledmedicalcare,theyincreasinglyserveseniorswhoonlya

decadeagomighthavebeeninnursinghomes.

31、Thefirstparagraphimpliesthat

A、lifeinthenursinghomesislargelyregulatedbycaregivers.

B、oldpeopleareverymuchunsatisfiedwithlifecaredbyahomehealthaide.

C>Rinaldiknewbetterthantoliveinanefficiencyunitwithcaregivers.

D、thenation'slong-termcareoptionsfortheelderlyarelimited.

标准答案：A

知识点解析：这是一道暗示题，难度很大。段一首句”具有强烈的独立意识，

Rinaldi不会考虑…”，暗示护理院中一切均由院方护理员安排决定，老人们不便做

主。说非常满意过于绝对，“Rinaldi很了解情况，不愿跟护理员一起住到高效服务

单位去”与文章意思不合，误选的可能是选项中相关短语误解所致。

32、Critelli'sresponsetotherealcauseofheraunt'sdeathwas

A、disbelief.

B、indignation.

C^disapproval.

D、intensity.

标准答案：B

知识点解析：这是一道细节题。依据第三段末可知，Critelli对姨妈死亡的原因感

到震惊和愤懑，故此答案为“气愤”。“不信”是对题干的误解，对于真正的死亡原因

怎么可能不相信呢，只能是对养老院编造的原因才可能不相信；说“强烈“，却没有

说清楚什么感觉强烈，因此应排除。

33、TheauthormentionedRinaldi'sdeathinthetextinorderto

A、showsympathyfbrCritelli'smisfortune.

B、revealproblemsinassistedlivingfacilities.

C、demonstrateinefficiencyofcaretakers.

D、exhibitthereliabilityofUSATODAY.

标准答案：B

知识点解析：本题问作者文中提到Rinaldi之死的意图是什么。文章一至三段讲

Rinaldi的事情无非是作为引子，引出第四段所要谈论的全文核心：养老机构所存

在的问题。”说明护理人员的低效”最多是文章中的局部细节，绝非作者讲述

Rinaldi之死的意图，故排除。其它选项也非作者的真正意图。

34、Itcanbeinferredfromthetextthat

A、assistedlivingfacilitiesaremostlystate-ownedresidences.

B、USATODAYconductedthefirstinspectionofassistedlivingfacilitiesinUSA.

C、datacollectedandreviewedarenotdetailedandregulatedenough.

D、previousanalysesofinspectionrecordscoveredlimitedareas.

标准答案：D

知识点解析：这是一道准论题。依据第五段第四句，这次分析涉及范围很宽一从只

有凡位居住者的夫妻店面到以公司性质经营的拥有几十张床位、许多护理级别的中

心，也是第一次跨越那么多州收集并分析这些资料”可以推论”12.2前对调查材料的

分析只涉及有限的地区“。选项”助理生活设施大多是国营的住处”与第四段末句（这

些中心都是由国家监管的大型私营居住设施）内容不符；选项“《今日美国报》进行

了美国国内第一次对养老机构的调查”是不对的，文章只是说《今日美国报》第一

次对调查好了的材料进行分析，故排除。

35、Welearnfromthetextthat

A、nursinghomeindustrywillultimatelydisappearfromthesociety.

B、24hourskilledmedicalcarewillcomeintobeinginthenearfuture.

C>assistedlivingisthefirstchoiceformanyseniorswithagoodincome.

D、seriousproblemshavealwaysaccompaniedtheassistedlivingunits.

标准答案：C

知识点解析：这也是一道细节题。依据最后一段可以得出结论：许多收入高的老年

人往往视”有助生活”为第一选择。

YoucouldbenefitfromflippingthroughthepagesofICan'tBelieveYouAskedThat,a

bookbyauthorPliillipMilanothat'ssubtitled,ANo-Holds-BancdQ&AAboutRace,

Sex,Religion,andOtherTerrifyingTopics.Forthepastsevenyears,Milano-who

describeshimselfas"astraight,whitemiddleclassmarriedguyraisedinanaffluent

suburbofChicago"一asoperated,aWebsitethatwascreatedtogetus

talking.Throughthepostingofprobing,provocativeandsometimessimplyinane

questionsandtheanswerstheygenerate,peoplearcencouragedtohaveano-holds-

barredexchangeontopicsacrossracial,ethnicandculturallines.Moreoftenthannot,the

questionsgrowoutofourbiasesandfearsandthestereotypesthatfuelmisunderstanding

amongus.AswiththeWebsite,Milanohopeshisbookwillbeasocialandcultural

elixir.*'Thetimeisrightforanew'cultureofcuriosity'tobegintounfold,withpeople

finallybreakingdownthelastbarriertoimproveraceandculturalrelations"byactually

talkingtoeachotherabouttheirdifferences,Milanosaidinane-mailmessagetome.

MilanowiselyusedtheInternettosparktheseconversations.Insevenyears,ithas

generated50,000postings-manyofthemquestionsthatpeoplefindhardtoaskina

face-to-faceexchangewiththesubjectsoftheirinquiries.Butinhisbook,whichwas

publishedearlierthismonth,Milanogivesreadersanopportunitytoreadthequestions

andamixofanswersthatmadeitontohisWebsite."Iamcuriousaboutwhatpeople

whohavebeenblindfrombirth'see'intheirdreams,"a13-yearoldboywantedtoknow.

"Whydosomanymentallydisabledpeoplehavesuchpoor-lookinghaircutsand'nerdy'

clothes?"awomanasked."HowdoAfrican-AmericansperceiveGod?"awhiteteenager

wantedtoknow."DotheypraytoawhiteGodorablackGod?”LikeIsaid,these

questionscangeneratearangeofemotionsandreactions.ButthepointofMilano'sWeb

site,andhisbook,isnottogetpeoplemad,buttoinformus"aboutthelivesand

experiences“ofothers.Thoughmanyoftheanswersthatpeopleofferedtothequestions

posedinhisbookareconflicting,theseresponsesarebalancedbythecommentsof

expertswhoseresponsestothequeriesalsoappearinthebook.Gettingpeopletoopenly

saywhattheyarcthinkingaboutthingsthatgiverisetostereotypesandbigotryhasnever

beeneasy.Mostofussavethoseconversationsfbrgatheringsofpeoplewholookor

thinklikeus.

36、Thepurposeofthewebsiteisto

A、givepeopleachancetospeakout.

B、preparematerialsforabook.

C>getpeopleexchangingideasfreely.

D、solvethesocialandculturalproblems.

标准答案：C

知识点解析：这是一道细节题。根据第二段内容可知，网站设立的意图是让人们在

没有民族、宗教等障碍的情况下自由交流。”给人们明确大胆地表述看法的机会”不

准确，过于笼统。其他选项没有文章依据。

37、The"lastbarrier"(Para.3)mentionedinMilano'se-mailrefersto

A、theoldcultureofcuriosity.

B、lackofdirectcommunication.

C、racialandculturalrelations.

D、thedifferencesbetweenpeople.

标准答案：B

知识点解析：这是一道词义题。依据上下文“人们被鼓励着就涉及不同种族、民族

和文化的话题进行无保留、无障碍的交流”可以判断，所谓的“lastbarrier”指的是不

同种族和宗教的人们缺乏直接沟通这层障碍。

38、ThequotationsinParagraph4areintendedto

A^illustratethequestionspostedonthewebsite.

B、justifythestereotypesexistinginpeople'sminds.

C、indicatedifferentconcernsofdifferentgroupsofpeople.

D、showthepossibleemotionsandreactionsofthereaders.

标准答案：A

知识点解析：本题涉及段落中引语的列举意图，难度很大。引用某人的话语和举例

子一样，都是为了证明或阐述前述或后续观点，找到观点句就找到了答案。就本题

而言，第四段列举网上的所提问题只不过是为了说明段落开头的主题观点句(但在

他本月早些时候出版的书中，Milano给了读者一个机会去阅读网上所贴的问题及

其五花八门的回答)，故'举例说明人们在网上所作的提问”即为答案。”证明人们头

脑中所存在的成规陋见”与文义不符，”说明不同的人有不同的关注”于常识似乎是

时的，但与该段开头的主题观点部分毫不相关，故排除。

39、Theauthor'spositiveattitudetowardsMilano'sworkisshownin

A、hisconfinnationofMilano'shopeabouthisbook.

B、hisexplanationofthepurposeofMilano'swebsite.

C>hisdescriptionofvariousemotionsandresponses.

D、hisquotationofthecommentsmadebytheexperts.

标准答案：B

知识点解析：这是一道细节题，问”何以见得作者对Milano的工作持积极态度;

依据第五段abul”一句可以看出，作者通过对Milano的网站和出书的意图(point)进

行解释来表示自己对其是赞赏的。其它选项均没有依据。

40、Whatisthemainideaofthispassage?

A、Awebsitenarrowsthegapbetweendifferentcultures.

Afinalbarrierbreaksdownaftercontinuousefforts.

C>Amandevoteshimselftounderstandingamongpeople.

D、Abookoftoughquestionshelpsconfrontstereotypes.

标准答案：D'

知识点解析：本题问文章主题。本文主要是介绍一本由网站所滋生出的书，书(包

括网站)中所列的问题和回答的最终目的都是为了解决人们相互之间的成见，故答

案为”带有尖锐提问的一本书帮助人们面对成见“。选项”一个网站缩小了不同文化

之间的隔阂”不对，因为文章的主旨不是说一个网站，而是一本书。选项”经过持续

的努力，最后的屏障瓦解了”不对;因为这只是文章中提到的部分细节，不能作为

全文的主旨。”一个人致力于人们之间的理解”也非文章主旨，排除。

三、阅读(补全短文)(本题共5题，每题1.0分，共

5分。)

Inthefollowingtext,somesentenceshavebeenremoved.ForQuestions41-45,choose

themostsuitableonefromthelist(A^B、C、D、E^F、G)tofitintoeachofthe

numberedblank.Thereareseveralextrachoices,whichdonotfitinanyofthegaps.(10

points)AnyonepayingatrentiontothedebateoverSocialSecurityhasheardalitany