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1、考研外语押题模拟卷10一、Use of English1、 The current French bestseller lists are wonderfully eclectic. In (1), there is everything (2) blockbuster thrillers to Catherine Millers La Vie Sexuelle de Catherine M. , a novel which has been (3)praised as high art and (4) as upmarket porn. Then there are novels (5) t

2、he sticky questions of good and (6) (Le Demon et Mademoiselle Prym) and faith versus science m the modern world (L? apparition). Philosophical (7) continue in the non-fiction list. (8)this week by Michel Onfray5 s Z/Antimanuel de Philosophic, a witty talk (9) some of philosophy s perennial debates.

3、Those who like their big issues in small chunks are also enjoying Frederic Beigbeder，s Dernier Inventaire avant Liquidation, a survey of France s (10) 20th-century books, (11)with Mr. Beigbeder? s (12) humor from the title on (The 50 books of the Century Chosen by You and Critiqued by Me),In Britain

4、, meanwhile, there is olive oil all over the non-fiction list. Its a major (13) for Nigella Lawson,A. Education and Progress.B. Old and New Social Norms.C. New Education: Opportunities for More.D. Demerits of Hierarchical Society.6、One meaning of the Greek word dran is to accomplish, and in this mea

5、ning lies a further key to the structure of drama. A play concerns a human agent attempting to accomplish some purpose. In tragedy his attempt is, in personal terms at least, unsuccessful; in comedy it is successful; in the problem play final accomplishment is often either ambiguous or doubtful. Thi

6、s action, from the beginning to the end of a movement toward a purposed goal, must also have a middle; it must proceed through a number of steps, the succession of incidents which make up the plot. Because the dramatist is concerned with the meaning and logic of events rather than with their casual

7、relationship in time, he will probably select his material and order it on a basis of the operation, in human affairs, of laws of cause and effect. It is in this causal relationship of incidents that the element of conflict, present in virtually all plays, appears. The central figure of the play一the

8、 protagonist一encounters difficulties; his purpose or purposes conflict with events or circumstances, with purposes of othercharacters in the play, or with cross-purposes which exist within his own thoughts and desires. These difficulties threaten the protagonists accomplishment; in other words, they

9、 present complications, and his success or failure in dealing with these complications determines the outcome. Normally, complications build through the play in order of increasing difficulty; one complication may be added to another, or one may grow out of the solution of a preceding one. At some p

10、oint in this chain of complication and solution, achieved or attempted, the protagonist performs an act or makes a decision which irrevocably commits him to a further course, points toward certain general consequences. This point is usually called the crisis; the complications and solutions which fo

11、llow work out the logical steps from crisis to find resolution, or denouement.According to the first paragraph of the text, a dramatistA. seldom believes what he writes about.B. portrays what he experiences in the drams.C.concerns himself with the results of human effort.D.tries to convince his audi

12、ence of what he believes.A drama is arranged mainly in accordance withA. the will of the dramatist.B.the sequence of events.C.the law of dramatic art.D.the need of performance.A dramatist usuallyA.clarifies the complicated relationship in his drams.8. makes the relationship in his drama more complic

13、ated.C.hopes to see his protagonist win an easy victory.D. likes to present his protagonist as threatening fellows.The word crisis” (in the last line but one, Para. 2) most probably impliesA. a dangerous moment.B.the last decision.C.the crucial point.D. a brave engagement.In the text, the author mai

14、nly deals withA.the necessity of drama in a culture.B. some social functions of dramas.C.the responsibility of dramatists,D. some key elements in drama-making11、Vinton Cerf, known as the father of the Internet, said on Wednesday that the Web was outgrowing the planet Earth and the time had come to t

15、ake the information superhighway to outer space.“The Internet is growing quickly, and we still have a lot of work to do to cover the planet”, Cerf told the first day of the annual conference of the Internet Society in Geneva where more than 1,500 cyberspace fans have gathered to seek answers to ques

16、tions about the tangled web of the InternetCerf believed that it would soon be possible to send real-time science data on the Internet from a space mission orbiting another planet such as Mars. There is now an effort under way to design and build an interplanetary Internet. The space research commun

17、ity is coming closer and closer and merging. We think that we will see interplanetary Internet networks that look very much like the ones we use today. We will need interplanetary gateways and there will be protocols to transmit data between these gateways”, Cerf said.Francois Fluekiger, a scientist

18、 attending the conference from the European Particle Physics Laboratory near Geneva, was not entirely convinced, saying. We need dreams like this. But Idon t know any Martian whom Id like to communicate with through the Internet”.Cerf has been working with NASAs Pasadena Jet Propulsion Laboratory一th

19、e people behind the recent Mars expedition一to design what he calls an interplanetary Internet protocol He believes that astronauts will want to use the Internet, although special problems remain with interference and delay. “This is quite real. The effort is becoming extraordinarily concrete over th

20、e next few months because the next Mars mission is in planning stages now”, Cerf told the conference.If we use domain names like Earth or Mars jet propulsion laboratory people would be coming together with people from the Internet community. He added.“The idea is to take the interplanetary Internet

21、design and make it a part of the infrastructure of the Mars mission.He later told a news conference that designing this system now would prepare mankind of future technological advances.The whole ides is to create an architecture so the design works anywhere. I dont know where we re going to have to

22、 put it but my guess is that we 11 be going out there some time”, Cerf said. If you think 100 years from now, it is entirely possible that what will be purely research 50 years from now will becomecommercialized.According to Cerf, the purpose to design interplanetary Internet is toA.send real-time s

23、cience data.B. communicate with astronauts.C. lay foundation for future technological advances.D.commercialize itFrom the text, we learn that Vinton Cerf isA. seeking answers to questions about the Internet web.B. working on interplanetary Internet with collaboration of NASA.C. trying to commerciali

24、ze the interplanetary InternetD. exploring the possibility of establishing Internet network on Mars.It can be inferred from the last paragraph thatA. the dram to build interplanetary Internet can be fulfilled in the futureB. interplanetary Internet will become commercialized in 100 years.C.the resea

25、rch of Internet took 50 years.D. it will take a long time to build interplanetary Internet.We know from the text that Mars mission isA.one of NASAs Internet projects.B. an expedition to Mars.C. the infrastructure of the interplanetary InternetD. to create an architecture on Mars.Which of the followi

26、ng is the main point of the text?A.The development of the Internet.B.The possibility of space research.C. Universal information superhighway.D.The technological advances of Mars mission.16、Material culture refers to the touchable, material “things”physical objects that can be seen, held, felt, used一

27、that a culture produces. Examining a cultures tools and technology can tell us about the groups history and way of life. Similarly, research into the material culture of music can help us to understand the music culture. The most vivid body of “thing in it, of course, is musical instruments. We cann

28、ot hear for ourselves the actual sound of any musical, performance before the 1870s when the phonograph was invented, so we relyon instruments for important information about music-cultures in the remote past and their development. Here we have two kinds of evidence: instruments well preserved and i

29、nstruments pictured in art. Through the study of instruments, as well as paintings, written documents, and so on, we can explore the movement of music from the Near East to China over a thousand years ago, for we can outline the spread of Near Eastern influence to Europe that resulted in the develop

30、ment of most of the instruments on the symphony orchestra.Sheet music or printed music, too, is material culture. Scholars once defined folk music-cultures as those in which people learn and sing music by ear rather than from print, but research shows mutual influence among oral and written sources

31、during the past few centuries in Europe, Britain and America. Printed versions limit variety because they tend to standardize any song, yet they stimulate people to create new and different songs. Besides, the ability to read music notation has a far-reaching effect on musicians and, when it becomes

32、 widespread, on the music-culture as a whole.Music is deep-rooted in the cultural background that fosters it. We now pay more and more attention to traditional or ethnic features in folk music and are willing to preserve the foldmusic as we do with many traditional cultural heritage.Musicians all ov

33、er the world are busy with recording classic music in their country for the sake of their unique culture. As always, peoples aspiration will always focus on their individuality rather than universal features that are shared by all cultures alike.One more important part of musics material culture sho

34、uld be singled out: the influence of the electronic media一radio, record player, tape recorder, and television, with the future promising talking and singing computers and other developments. This is all part of the informat ion-revolution”, a twentieth-century phenomenon as important as the industri

35、al revolution in the nineteenth. These electronic media are not just limited to modern nations; they have affected music cultures all over the globe.Which of the following does not belong to material culture? A.Instruments.B. Music.C. Paintings.D. Sheet music.The word phonograph”(Para. 1) most proba

36、bly meansA.record player.B. radio.C. musical technique.D. music culture.The main idea of the first paragraph isA. the importance of cultural tools and technology.B. the cultural influence of the development of civilization.C. the focus of the study of the material culture of music.D. the significanc

37、e of the research into the musical instruments.Which of the following is not an advantage of printed music?A. Reading music notation has a great impact on musicians.B.People may draw inspiration from it.C. The music culture will be influenced by it in the end.D.Songs tend to be standardized by it.Fr

38、om the third paragraph, we may infer thatA.traditional cultural heritage is worthy of preservation.B. the universal features shared by all cultures arenJ t worthy of notice.a domestic divinity and celebrity (14), whose latest (15) of recipes tops the list. Annie Hawes, in second (16) took herself (1

39、7)to the sun-drenched hills of Italy to grow her own olives and write a book about them as did Carol Drinkwater, just (18)the border in France. Fiction-wise, its business as (19), with the requisite holiday mix of thrillers, romance, fantasy and Harry Potter with The Goblet of Fire still burning (20

40、)at number three.A. literatureB.narrativeC. storyD. fiction2、A. onB. fromC. aboutD. of3、(3)A. bothB. equallyC. ratherD.togetherC. musicians pay more attention to the preservation of traditional music.D. the more developed a culture, the more valuable the music it has fostered.21、 Part B (10 points)I

41、n the following text, some sentences have been removed. For Questions 41-45, choose the most suitable one from the list (A、 B、C D、E F G) to fit into each of the numbered blank.There are several extra choices, which do not fit in any of the gaps. (10 points)The making of weathervanes (devices fixed o

42、n the top of buildings to show directions of the wind) is an ancient skill, going back to early Egyptian times. Today the craft is still very much alive in the workshop that Graham Smith has set up. He is one of the few people in the country who make hand-cut weathervanes. Grahams designs are indivi

43、dually created and tailored to the specific requirements of his customers. That way I can produce a unique personalized item”, he explains, A lot of my customers are women buying presents for their husbands. They want a distinctive gift that represents the mans business or leisure interests”.Its all

44、 a far cry from the traditional cock, the most commondesign for weathervanes.It was not a cock but a witch on a broomstick that featured on the first weathervane Graham ever made. Friends admired his surprise present for his wife and began asking him to make vanes for them. I realized that when it c

45、ame to subjects that could be made into them, the possibilities were limitless”, he says. (41).That was five years ago and he has no regrets about his new direction. My previous work didnt have an artistic element to it, whereas this is exciting and creative”, he says, I really enjoy the design side

46、”.(42).Graham also keeps plenty of traditional designs in stock, since they prove as popular as the one-offs. It seems that people are attracted to handcrafting”, Graham says, “They welcome the opportunity to acquire something a little bit different”. (43).I have found my place in the market. People

47、 love the individuality and I get a lot of satisfaction from seeing a nondescript, shape turn into something almost lifelike”, he says.(44).“And nowadays, with more and more people moving to the country, individuals want to put an exclusive finishing touch to their properties. It has bean a boost to

48、 crafts like mines”, (45).American and Danish buyers in particular are showing interest. “Pricing”, he explains, “depends on the intricacy of the design”. His most recent request was for a curly-coated dog. Whatever the occasion, Graham can create a gift with a difference.A. Graham has become increasingly busy, supplying flat-packed weathervanes to clients worldwide.B. Graham decided to concentrate his efforts on a weathervane business. He had served an apprenticeship as a precision engineer and had worked in that trade for 15 years when he and his wife, Liz, agreed to swap r