2010年考研英语全真模拟试题1

年考研英语全真模拟试题20101Section IUse ofEnglishDirections:Read the following text.Choose thebest words for eachnumbered blankand markA,B,C orDon ANSWER SHEET

1.Driving throughsnowstorm onicy roads for longdistances is a mostnerve-racking experience.It isa paradoxthat thesnow,coming_1_gently,blowing gleefullyin ahigh wind,all thewhile_2_down atreacherous carpet,freezes thewindows,_3_the view.The mightof automatedmanis_4_.The horses,the powerfulelectrical systems,the deeptreadtires,all go_5_nothing.One minutethe roadfeels_6_,and thenext thedriver issliding overit,light asa_7_,in apanic,wondering whatthe heavytrailer truckscoming up_8_the rearare goingto do.The trucksarelike_9_when youhave topass them,not atsixty orseventy_10_you dowhen theroad is dry,but attwenty-five andthirty._11_their enginessound unnaturallyloud.Snow,slush and_12_of icespray frombeneath thewheels,obscure thewindshield,and rattle_13_your car.Beneaththe wheels there isplenty of_14_for youto slideand getmashed to a pulp.Inch_15_inch youmoveup,past therear wheels,the centerwheels,the cab,the frontwheels,all_16_too slowlyby.Straight aheadyou continue,_17_to cutover sharplywould sendyou into a slip,_18_in frontof the vehicle.At last,there is_19_enough,and youcreep backover,in frontof thetruck now,but_20_the soundof itsengine stillthundering inyour ears.

1.[1分]A:upB:off:C:d:own:D:on:答案:C:d:own:

2.[1分]A:lie:sB:la:ysC:se:ttle:sD:send:s答案:B:la:ys

3.A:bl:ock:sB:strike:sC:puff:sD:cancel:s答案:A:bl:ock:s

4.[1分]A:m:uted:B:di:sc:ove:red:C:d:oubled:D:unde:rval:ued:答案:A:m:uted:

5.[1分]A:f:orB:wi:th:C:in:toD:f:rom:答案A:f:or

6.[1分]A:c:omf:ortable:B:weak:C:ri:sk:yD:fi:rm:答案D:fi:rm:

7.[1分]A:I:oaf:B:fea:the:rC:leaf:D:f:og:答案:B:fea:the:r

8.[1分]A:benea:th:B:f:rom:C:unde:rD:be:yond:答案C:unde:r

9.口分］A:d:wa:rf:sB:gian:tsC:pa:tien:tsD:prince:sse:s答案:B:gian:ts

10.［1分］A:wha:tB:since:C:a:sD:tha:t答案C:a:s

11.口分］A:SoB:B:utC:OrD:Then:答案:D:Then:

12..口分］A:flake:sB:fl:ock:sC:chi:psD:cake:s答案:C:chi:ps

13.口分］A:on:toB:again:stC:off:D:al:ong:答案C:off:

14.A:sn:owB:ea:rth:C:room:D:ice:答案C:room:

15.［1分］A:b:yB:af:te:rC:f:orD:wi:th:答案A:b:y

16.［1分］A:climbing:B:c:ra:wling:C:winding:D:sliding:答案:D:sliding:

17.口分］A:mean:while:B:unle:ssC:whe:rea:sD:f:or答案:D:f:or

18.［1分］A:shee:r B:m:ostl:yC:ra:rel:yD:righ:t答案:D:righ:t

19.口分］A:migh:tB:di:stance:C:ai:rD:powe:r答案:B:di:stance:

20.口分］A:wi:th:B:like:C:in:side:D:upon:答案A:wi:th:Section IIReading ComprehensionPartADirections:Read the following fourtexts.Answer thequestions beloweach textby choosingA,B,C orD.Mark youranswers onANSWERSHEET

1.Text1With theextension ofdemocratic rights in the first halfof thenineteenth centuryand theensuingdecline of the Federalistestablishment,a newconception ofeducation begantoemerge.Education wasno longera confirmationof apre-existing status,but aninstrument intheacquisition ofhigher status.For anew generationof upwardlymobile students,the goalofeducation was not toprepare themto livecomfortably in the worldinto whichthey hadbeenborn,but toteach themnew virtuesand skills that wouldpropel theminto adifferent andbetterworld.Education becametraining;and thestudent wasno longerthe gentleman-in-waiting,butthe journeymanapprentice forupward mobility.In thenineteenth centurya collegeeducation beganto beseen asa way to getahead intheworld.The foundingof theland-grant collegesopened thedoors ofhigher educationto poorbutaspiring boysfrom non-Anglo-Saxon,working-class andlower-middle-class backgrounds.Themyth of the poorboy whoworked hisway throughcollege tosuccess drewmillions ofpoor boysto the newcampuses.And withthis shift,education becamemore vocational:its objectwas theacquisitionof practicalskills anduseful information.For thegentleman-in-waiting,virtue consistedabove allin graceand style,in doingwell whatwasappropriate tohis position;education wasmerely away of acquiring polish.And vicewasmanifested ingracelessness,awkwardness,in behavinginappropriately,discourteously,orostentatiously.For theapprentice,however,virtue wasevidenced insuccess throughhardwork.The requisitequalities ofcharacter werenot graceor style,but drive,determination,anda sharpeye foropportunity.While casualliberality andeven prodigalitycharacterized thegentleman,frugality,thrift,and self-control cameto distinguishthe newapprentice.And whilethegentleman didnot aspireto ahigher stationbecause his station wasalready high,theapprentice wascontinually becoming,striving,struggling upward.Failure forthe apprenticemeantstanding still,not rising.

21.Which of thefollowingis trueaccording tothe firstparagraph［l分］A:D:em:oc:ra:tic:idea:ssta:rted:wi:th:ed:uca:ti:on:.B:F:ede:rali:sts we:re:opposed:to ed:uca:ti:on:.C:N:e:w ed:uca:ti:on:hel:ped:c:onfi:rm:pe:ople:s social:sta:tus.D:Old:ed:uca:ti:on:had:been:in:tune:wi:th:hie:ra:rchical:socie:ty.答案:D:Old:ed:uca:ti:on:had:been:in:tune:wi:th:hie:ra:rchical:socie:ty.

22.The differencebetween gentleman-in-waiting andjourneyman is that.[1分]A:ed:uca:ti:on:trained:gen:tieman:-in:-wai:ting:to climb:highe:r ladde:rsB:j:ourne:yman:wa:s read:y totake:wha:te:ve:r wa:s gi:ven:to him:C:gen:tieman:-in:-wai:ting:bel:onged:to a:fi:xed:and:high:social:cla:ssD:j:ourne:yman:c:ould:d:o prac:ticall:y n:othing:wi:th:out ed:uca:ti:on:答案C:gen:tieman:-in:-wai:ting:bel:onged:toa:fi:xed:and:high:social:cla:ss

23.According tothe secondparagraph,land-grant College.[1分]A:bel:onged:tothe:land:-owning:cla:ssB:enla:rged:the:sc:ope:of:ed:uca:ti:on:C:wa:s provided:onl:ytothe:poorD:benefi:ted:all:b:ut the:uppe:r cla:ss答案B:enla:rged:the:sc:ope:of:ed:uca:ti:on:

24.Which ofthefollowingwas themost importantfor agentleman-in-waiting[l分]A:M:anne:rs.B:E:d:uca:ti:on:.C:M:oral:.D:Pe:rsonali:ty.答案:A:M:anne:rs.

25.The besttitle forthe passageis.[1分]A:E:d:uca:ti:on:and:Prog:re:ssB:Old:and:N:e:w Social:N:orm:sC:N:e:w E:d:uca:ti:on::Opportuni:tie:sf:or M:ore:D:D:erne:ri:ts of:H:ie:ra:rchical:Socie:ty答案C:N:e:w E:d:uca:ti:on::Opportuni:tie:sf:or M:ore:Text2One meaningoftheGreek worddran is to accomplish,and in this meaninglies afurther keytothe structureof drama.A playconcerns ahuman agentattempting toaccomplish somepurpose.In tragedyhis attemptis,in personalterms atleast,unsuccessful;in comedyit issuccessful;intheproblem playfinal accomplishmentis ofteneither ambiguousor doubtful.This action,from thebeginning tothe endof amovement towarda purposedgoal,must alsohavea middle;it mustproceed througha numberof steps,the successionof incidentswhichmake upthe plot.Because thedramatist isconcerned withthe meaningand logicof eventsratherthan withtheir casualrelationship intime,he willprobably select his materialand orderiton abasis ofthe operation,in humanaffairs,of laws of causeand effect.It isinthiscausalrelationship ofincidents thatthe elementof conflict,present invirtually allplays,appears.The centralfigure ofthe play-the protagonist-encounters difficulties;his purposeor purposesconflictwith eventsor circumstances,with purposesof othercharacters inthe play,or withcross-purposes whichexist withinhis ownthoughts anddesires.These difficultiesthreaten the1protagonist saccomplishment;in otherwords,they presentcomplications,and hissuccess orfailurein dealingwith thesecomplications determines the outcome.Normally,complicationsbuild through the playin orderof increasingdifficulty;one complicationmay beadded toanother,or onemay growout ofthe solutionofapreceding one.At somepoint inthis chainofcomplication andsolution,achieved orattempted,the protagonistperforms anact ormakes adecisionwhich irrevocablycommits himtoafurther course,points towardcertain generalconsequences.This pointis usuallycalled thecrisis;the complicationsand solutionswhichfollow workout thelogical stepsfrom crisis to finalresolution,or denouement.

26.According tothefirstparagraph ofthe text,a dramatist.[1分]A:seld:om:belie:ve:s wha:t he:wri:te:s ab:outB:portra:ys wha:t he:e:xpe:rience:sin:the:d:rama:C:c:once:rn:s him:self:wi:th:the:re:sul:ts of:h:uman:eff:ortD:trie:s toc:on:vince:hi:sa:udience:of:wha:t he:belie:ve:s答案C:c:once:rn:s him:self:wi:th:the:re:sul:ts of:h:uman:eff:ort

27.A dramais arrangedmainly inaccordance with.[1分]A:the:will:of:the:d:rama:ti:stB:the:se:quence:of:e:ven:tsC:the:la:w of:d:rama:tic:a:rtD:the:need:of:pe:rf:ormance:答案:A:the:will:of:the:d:rama:ti:st

28.A dramatistusually.[1分]A:cla:rifie:s the:c:om:plica:ted:rela:ti:on:shi:p in:hi:s d:rama:B:make:sthe:rela:ti:on:shi:p in:hi:s d:rama:m:ore:c:om:plica:ted:C:h:ope:stosee:hi:s protag:oni:st win:an:ea:sy vic:toryD:like:stopre:sen:thi:s protag:oni:st a:sth:rea:tening:fell:ows答案B:make:sthe:rela:ti:on:shi:p in:hi:sd:rama:m:ore:c:om:plica:ted:

29.The wordcrisis inthe lastline butone,paragraph3most probablyimplies.[1分]A:a:dange:rous m:omen:tB:the:la:st deci:si:on:C:the:c:racial:poin:tD:a:b:ra:ve:engagemen:t答案C:the:c:racial:poin:t

30.In thetext,the authormainly dealswith.[1分]A:the:nece:ssi:ty of:d:rama:in:a:c:ul:ture:B:some:social:f:unc:ti:on:sof:d:rama:s C:the:re:spon:sibili:ty of:d:rama:ti:stsD:some:ke:y elemen:ts in:d:rama:-making:答案D:some:ke:y elemen:ts in:d:rama:-making:Text3Vinton Cerf,known asthe fatherofthe Internet,said onWednesday thatthe Webwasoutgrowing the planet Earthand thetime hadcome totake theinformation superhighwaytoouter space.The Internetis growingquickly,and westill havea lotof workto doto covertheplanet.Cerftold thefirst dayoftheannual conferenceof InternetSociety inGeneva wheremore than1500cyberspace fanshave gatheredto seekanswers toquestions aboutthe tangledweb oftheInternet.Cerf believedthat itwould soonbe possibleto sendreal-time sciencedata onthe Internetfroma spacemission orbitinganother planetsuch asMars.There isnow aneffort underway todesignand buildan interplanetary Internet.The spaceresearch communityis comingcloserand closerand merging.We thinkthat wewill seeinterplanetary Internetnetworks thatlookvery muchlike theones weuse today.We willneed interplanetarygateways andthere willbeprotocols totransmit databetween thesegateways,Cerf said.Francois Fluckiger,a scientistattending theconference fromthe EuropeanParticle PhysicsLaboratorynear Geneva,wasnotentirely convinced,saying:We needdreams likethis.But I,don t know anyMartian whomI dlike tocommunicate withthroughtheInternet.Cerf hasbeen workingwith NASAs PasadenaJet PropulsionLaboratory-the peoplebehindthe recentMars expedition-to designwhat hecalls aninterplanetaryInternetprotocol,Hebelieves thatastronauts willwant touse theInternet,although specialproblems remainwithinterference anddelay.This isquite real.The effortis becomingextraordinarily concreteoverthe nextfew monthsbecause thenext Mars mission isin planningstages now,Cerf toldtheconference.lf weuse domainnames likeEarth orMars..Jet propulsionlaboratory peoplewouldbe comingtogether withpeople fromtheInternetcommunity.He added.The idea is totake theinterplanetaryInternet designand makeit apart ofthe infrastructureoftheMarsmission.Helater tolda newsconference thatdesigning thissystem nowwould preparemankind forfuturetechnological advances.The wholeideaisto createan architectureso thedesign worksanywhere.I dontknowwhere were goingto haveto putit butmy guessisthatwe IIbe goingoutthere sometime,Cerf said.lf youthink100years fromnow,it isentirely possiblethat whatwillbe purely。