考研英语模拟试题及答案 12.docx

1、考研英语模拟试题及答案 12模拟试题12Simulated TestPREVIOUS NEXTPart I Structure and VocabularySection ADirections:Beneath each of the following sentences, there are four choices marked A,B,C and D.Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET. (5 points)1.The dean of our depa

2、rtment asked that all the students _ at the reception this afternoon in order to meet the representatives form other colleges.Aare present Bwill be presentCwould be present Dbe present2.High school and college students today are pushed so much in the direction of specialization _ little time is left

3、 for the further development of the basic reading skills initiated in earlier years.Aas Bso that Cthat Dtherefore3.As I spoke I observed a large dog lying on the sunny grass beneath _ its ears as if about to bark.Araise Braised Cto raise Draising4.Lying _ far back in the mountains, the coal had to b

4、e hauled from a deep valley.Aas it is Bas it did Cwas it Ddid it5.A man should never be ashamed to own he as been in the wrong, _ is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.Awhat Bwho Cwhich Das6.The funny looking man whom the girl met on the street of Prinston was _

5、 Albert Einstein.Anone but Bnone other but Cno other but Dnobody but7.Now scientists cannot realize _ soon that existing scientific knowledge is not nearly so complete,certain and unalterable as many textbooks seem to imply.Aso Bvery Ctoo Dnobody but8.Many of the successful men, had they been able t

6、o choose for themselves, would have selected some quite different professions _ they have made fortunes.Afrom that in which Bfrom whichCin which Dfrom what9.Some people hold that, since we live in a money oriented society, the average individual cares little about solving _ problems.Aanyone elses Ba

7、nyones elseCanyone elses Dany one elses10.In digital electronics, signals are broken down into thousands, maybe millions, _ ,which are encoded as zeroes and ones.Aof information Bof bits of informationCof little in formation Dof much in formationSection BDirections:Each of the following sentences ha

8、s four underlined parts marked A,B,C and D.Identify the part of the sentence that is incorrect and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET.(5 points)1.Not only could one(A) accident in a single nuclear power station spread so much(B) radioactivity as(C) a thousand Hiroshima atom bombs, but(D) the radio

9、 active waste from these stations is extremely dangerous.2.Even if(A) agriculture undergoes(B) a drastic change to meet the needs(C) of the new situation, the country will starve(D).3.Owing to(A) the present economic situation, the welfare department, as well as the other social services, will have(

10、B) their(C) budget cut.(D)4.Hamburgers and hot dogs, eaten(A) all across(B) that country, are(C) sometimes called typical(D) American good.5.Everybody considered it(A) a pity to have missed(B) the performance. I would rather(C) go to(D) see it.6.Television is another(A) major instrument(B) of commun

11、ication, to permit(C) us to see as well as(D) to hear the performer.7.We regretsaying(A) that a recent rise of material cost of the said(B) product has necessitated a price adjustment on our part, which is(C) made against(D) our own will.8.Many more babies now survive infancy, grow up and become par

12、ents, and many more adults are living into(A) old age so that(B) population is being added(C) at both ends.(D)9.The fact that so many high school graductes now continue their education suggests(A) that there should be(B) a(C) high value on(D) college in American life.10.Alfred Nobel worked alongasid

13、e(A) his father, and by 1850, when he was 17, Alfred acquired(B) most of his fathers knowledge of(C) and enthusiasm for(D) chemistry.Section CDirections:Beneath each of the following sentences, there are four choice marked A,B,C and D.Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer

14、 on the ANSWER SHEET.(10 points)1.The population of Pennsylvania increased from 50 000 in 1730 to more than 200 000 in 1763, ue _ to the thousands of Scotch Irish.Ain effect Bin consequence Cin large part Dat large2.We object to the idea that it is military force that should be _ in settling interna

15、tional disputes.Aapplied to Bresorted to Cfallen back on Drestrained from3.He failed to completely achieve the aim _ by the teacher at the beginning of the term.Abrought forth Bset forth Ccome up Dput forward4.No modern industrial enterprise can _ for a moment without rules and set procedures.Amake

16、Bperform Ccome up Dput forward5.We must take part in physical labor in order to _ ourselves more closely with the working people.Aidentify Bincorporate Ccombine Dinvolve6.Whether an operation should be performed in this case _ very much on the patients gereral condition.Arelies Bcounts CcentersDdepe

17、nds7.The normal food _ of man depend in part on the amount of external work he does.Aquantities Brequirements Cnecessities Dacquirements8.The drugs must _ in every way to the standards set up by the government.Acorrespond Bconfine Cconform Dcomply9.The red spots first appeared on the forearm and the

18、n extended _ to the shoulder.Aon the way Ball along Cin every way Dall the way10.Digestion _ the necessary chemical changes in the food which must occur before it can b absorbed.Aconsists in Bfeeds in Cputs in Dconsists of11.Any work performed by the body, no matter how small the amount, _ energy, w

19、hether one is at work or asleep.Aspends Bexpends Ctakes Dcosts12.Issan Newton, a British scientist, who lived over 300 years ago, said that he saw _ than others becauce he stood on the shoulders of giants.Afurther Bmore haead Cfarther Dmore afar13.Malaria,it is true, has been practically _ in thirte

20、en countries, inchuding the United States, and is under attack in many thers.Awiped out Bdied out Cput out Dkept out14.After the seventeenth century, the majority of Harvard graduates entered professions _ the ministry.Abetter than Bmore than Cother than Dless than15.In the United States educational

21、 system, intermediate school is the _ stage between the primary grades and high school.Atraditional BtransitionalCtransmissional Dtransient16.The streams, often petty and insignificant during dry weather, become raging _ during a storm.Acurrent Bwave Ctorrent Dtide17.When coal, the _ of plants, is b

22、urent, chemical energy is changed into heat energy.Aremains Bremainders Ctraces Dremnants18.Scientists study the _ between parents and their babies to better understand how infants learn.Ainterchange BinterrelationCintercourse Dinteraction19.As no two speakers of a language speak _ ,difference wiil

23、be found in the pronunciation of the speakers.Aidentically Balike Clikely Dsimilarly20.Some people _ in part the defeat of the revolution in France and Germany to the English diplomacy.Acontributed Battributed Cassigend Dowed Part II Cloze TestDirections:For each numbered blank in the following pass

24、age, there are four choices labelled A,B,C and D. Choose the best one and put your choice on the ANSWER SHEET.(10 points)A computer in Australia which has written its own software could proclaim the approach of the day when programmerspeople who feed computers with instructionsare no longer needed.

25、41 only has the Australian machine been taught to solve a particular problem in chess, it has also written its own programme of instructions 42 about five times more efficient than the best programme the computers“master” has come up 43 . However, not everyone is enthusiastic about the development,

26、as it has 44 fears that computers could be handed responsibility over vital areas of decision making 45 humans are being involved. It is believed that one 46 of human salvation(拯救)lies in the development of “expert systems”, which are programmed in the strategy of human 47 rather than merely as “inf

27、ormation sifters(信息筛选器)”!Because expert systems 48 human, rather than computer thought processes, they could help to 49 human with a way of staying in 50 .41A.He B.It C.If D.Not42A.to be B.being C.which is D.which are43A.with B.for C.to D.about44A.eliminated B.disposed C.reinforeced D.extinguished45

28、A.if B.when C.which D.where46A.mystery B.avenue C.diagnose D.destination47A.reasoning B.rationalization C.psychology D.behavior48A.assist B.resemble C.encourage D.refute49A.grant B.provide C.confront D.deliver50A.in effect B.in progress C.in technology D.in commandPart III Reading ComprehensionDirec

29、tions:Each of the passages below is followed by some questions. For each question there are four answers marked A,B,C and D.Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each of the questions. Then mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET I by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets

30、with a pencil.(40 points) Passage 1Disagreement marks historical appraisals of Americas emergence as a great power at the turn of the twentieth centurey. On the one hand, historians have praised the maturing of the Republic, which was now able to take its plance among the arbitesrs of the worlds des

31、tinies. One the other hand, many writers have tried to define Americas new fole indistinctive terms. They argue that the United Stateds did not enter the great power game as just another player but introduced a new style of diplomatic play and perhaps even a new set of rules.Judgments clash about these innovations. An older school of tho