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1、考研外语模拟试题及答案3一、Use of English1 Everybody dances. If you have (1) swerved to avoid stepping on a crack in the sidewalk, you have danced. If you have ever kneeled to pray, you have danced. For these actions have figured importantly (2)the history of dance. Dance goes (3)to the beginnings of civilizatio

2、n一(4)the tribe一where natives danced to get (5) they wanted. Primitive dance was (6) all practical, not the social dancing we know today. Natives approached dance with (7) seriousness as a way to help the tribe in the crucial process (8)survival. Dance was believed to be the (9)direct way to repel lo

3、custs, to (10)rain to fall, to insure that a male heir would be born, and (11)guarantee victory in a forthcoming battle.Primitive (12) was generally done by many people moving in the same manner and direction. (13)all dances had leaders, solo dances (14) rare. Much use was made of (15)part of the bo

4、dy. And so (16)were these tribal dances that, if a native (17)miss a single step, he wouldB.practicalC.opposed moral beliefsD.pro-governmentRochesters legend gave others a surprising turn when.A.he was dyingB.he got syphilisC. he appeared in an anti-rational stateD.he changed his life-styleRochester

5、 was NOT.A.crucial in the development of English verse satireB.a comedy writerC.Boileaus studentD. an important model for later poets6、 Where is the second centre of Hollywood film making in Europe after London, Paris, or perhaps Berlin? Try Prague. Last year, Hollywood spent over $200m on shooting

6、movies, commercials and pop videos in the Czech capital. This year, all the big studios will be in town. MGM has Harts War starring Bruce Willis; Disney is shooting Black Sheep with Anthony Hopkins; and Fox has just finished filming Froma Jackthe Ripper saga starring Johnny Depp.Praguers take Tinsel

7、town in their stride. Old ladies looked only slightly confused last month when the cobbled streets of Mala Strana, Pragues old quarter, were cleared of real snow and sprayed with a more cinematically pleasing chemical alternative for UniversaT s Bourne Identity”, a $50m thriller starring Matt Damon.

8、 The films producer, Pat Crowley, reckons a day filming in Prague costs him $100,000, against $250,000 in Paris. Czech crews, he says, are professional, English-speaking and numerous. They are also a bargain-40% cheaper than similar crews in London or Los Angeles, points out Matthew Stillman, the Br

9、itish boss of Stillking, a Prague-based production firm.Mr. Stillman founded Stillking in 1993 after arriving in Prague with $500 and a typewriter. Today, Hollywood producers come to the company for crews, catering, lights and much more. It claims to have about half of the local film-production busi

10、ness and this year hopes for revenues of over $50m.The biggest draw to Prague, however, is Barrandov一one of the largest film studios in Europe, with 11 sound-stages, onsite photo labs and top-notch technicians. It was founded during Czechoslovakias pre-war first republic by Milos Havel, anuncle of t

11、he present Czech president, Vaclav Havel. The Nazis expanded it as a production centre for propaganda flicks一the sound-stages are courtesy of Joseph Goebbels. Then came the Communists with their own propaganda and, admittedly, a few impressive homegrown directors such as Milos Forman, who began Holl

12、ywoods march to Prague by filming Amadeus there.But it is partly thanks to Barrandov that Prague remains some way behind London as a film centre. The studio has suffered from doubtful management and is already stretched to capacity (You can t even get an office there”, moans one producer). Its prese

13、nt owner, a local steel company, is keen to sell but talks with a Canadian institution have been thorny, not least because the Czech government holds a golden share. Should the Canadian deal fall through, Stillking says it would consider a bid of its own.Which one is NOT true about Prague?A. Its a g

14、athering place for big studios to make film-stars.B.Its the Czech capital.CIts a very popular place for Hollywood film making.D. Its an attractive place for both film makers and the stars.Pat Crowley has chosen Prague to be the place for his new filmjust because.A. this place is covered with snow, w

15、hich is What they wareB.he takes costs into considerationC. Matt Damon loves the placeD. it has the cobbled streetsCzech Film workers are NOT.A.skilledB.able to speak foreign languagesC.professionalD.good at bargainingStillking is a company.A. providing instruments and workers for studiosB.providing

16、 actorsC. involved in film-makingD. gathering money from local film studiosPrague remains behind London because.A.the studio leader grasped all the capitalsB. of the bad strategies of selling studiosC. Canadian consortium can not get the golden share from thegovernmentD.of inefficient management11 T

17、he elephants of Thailand used never to be short of work hauling timber. But most of the countrys forests have been cut down, and logging is now banned to save the few that are left. The number of domesticated elephants left in the country is now only 2, 500 or so, down from about 100, 000 a century

18、ago. Though being the national animal of Thailand earns an elephant plenty of respect, this does not put grass on the table. Thai elephants these days take tourists on treks or perform, in circuses, and are sometimes to be seen begging for bananas on the streets of Bangkok.Some of the 46 elephants l

19、iving at the Thai Elephant Conservation Centre, a former government logging camp near Lampang, have found a new life in music. The Thai Elephant Orchestra is the creation of two Americans, Richard Lair, who has worked with Asian elephants for 23 years, and David Soldier, a musician and neuroscientis

20、t with a taste for the avant-garde. They provided six of the centers elephants, aged 7 to 18, with a variety of percussion and wind instruments. Those familiar with Thai instruments will recognize the slit drums, the gong, the bow bass, the xylophone-like rants, as well as the thundersheet. The only

21、 difference is that the elephant versions are a bit stronger.The elephants are given a cue to start and then they prepare. They clearly have a strong sense of rhythm. They flap their ears to the beat, swish their tails and generally rock back and forth. Some add to the melody with their own trumpeti

22、ng. Elephant mood-music could have a commercial future, Mr. Soldier believes. He has even produced a CD on the Mulatta label一it is available at ww. mulatta. org一with 13 elephant tracks. It is real elephant music, he says, with only the human noises removed by sound engineers. But is it music? Bob Ha

23、lliday, music critic of the Bangkok Post, says it is. He commends the elephants for being so communicative. Anyone not knowing that it was elephant music, he says, would assume that humans were playing. Some of the elephants in the band have also tried their hand at painting, tending to favor the ab

24、stract over the representational style. Their broad-stroke acrylic paintings last year helped raise some $25,000 at a charity auction at Christies in New York, and a London gallery has also taken some of their work. These art sales, together with profits from the CD, are helping to keep the centre g

25、oing. A second CD is on the way. It will be less classical, more pop.The elephants of Thailand now are short of the work they used to do because.A.they are trained to take tourists on trekB.they are trained to play musicC.the forest-cutting is illegalD.there is not enough timber for them to haulThe

26、authors attitude towards these elephants is.A.astonishedB. indescribableC. supportiveD.appreciativeThe two American created the Orchestra in order to.A. earn moneyB.protect elephantsC.enjoy themselvesD.none of the aboveTrumpet in the third paragraph refers to.A. jumpB. growlC. moveD. shakeThe elepha

27、nts, do not make money from.A.getting charity from visitorsB.selling their paintingsC.selling their own CDsD. all their entertainment work16、Women, according to Chairman Mao, hold up half the sky一but in California some are better rewarded for this effort than others. According to a new study from th

28、e Public Policy Institute of California, Asian women born in the United States outstrip all their sisters in terms of earning power.The average hourly wage for American-born Asian ladies in 2022 (the latest year with reliable figures) was $19.30, with American-born whites coming next. On the bottom

29、rungs of the ladder came Latinas: if born abroad, they earned a mere $10. 40 an hour (though this was comfortably above California s then $6. 25 minimum wage); if born in America, they managed $15. 10 an hour.Education is the biggest reason for the ethnic disparities. Some 55% of Californias America

30、n-born Asian women have atleast a bachelors degree, and an impressive 84% of them either have jobs or are looking for them. By contrast, only 14% of American-born Hispanic women have a bachelors degree and only 74% of them are in the labour market. Meanwhile, Latinas born abroad are often condemned

31、to low-paying jobs by an even inefficient education or a poor knowledge of English. Much the same can be said of Asian women born in South-East Asia, a category that includes refugees from Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. The institute calculates that they earned an average of $15. 80, almost $1 less tha

32、n other foreign-born Asians.But education is not the only factor in play for California s women. Larger families make it more difficult for Latinas to go out to work in the first place; blacks often live too far away to commute to well-paid jobs; and just as Asians may benefit from high expectations

33、, so other groups may suffer from low ones.The institute makes an attempt, heroic or politically correct, to adjust for such factors, imagining, for example, that a foreign-born Latina has the same family structure, education and place of residence as the average Californian woman. That brings the a

34、verage wage for foreign-born Latinas up to a more respectable $15.20; yet American-born Asians still rule theroost. But before the golden girls get too happy, the institute reckons that Californian women of all sorts tend to earn roughly 20% less than their menfolk do.What can be inferred from ” in

35、California some are better rewarded for this effort than others”?A. Some women in California earn more than men.B.Some women in California earn more than women in other places.C.Some women in California earn more than other people.D.Some women in California earn more than ordinary people.17、Which on

36、e is not the reason why American-born Asian women are paid better than Latinas?A. American-born Asian women have better education.B. Latinas have larger families to take care of.C. American-born Asian women are more intelligent.D. Latinas always live far away from their work place.18、In the followin

37、g statements, which One is true about Latina born abroad?A.They are treated unfairly in America.B. Their salary is lower than the minimum level in California.be put to death (18)the spot. Fortunately, the same rigid (19) that governed the lives of these people do not apply in the (20) relaxed settin

38、gs of todays discotheques.A. everB. neverC. beforeD. after2、A. aboutB. forC. inD. around3、A. forwardB. backC. upD. down4、(4)A. atB. forC. ofD. toC.They can not Speak English very well.D. If they can have the same conditions as the average California woman, they can earn the same amount as the Americ

39、an-born Asian women.What does it mean by rule the roost” (Last paragraph)?A.be dominantB.have a restC.be in chargeD.occupy the highest positionWho are the golden girls”?A. California women.B. American-born Asian women.C. foreign-born Asian women.D. American-born Latinas.21、 Part B (10 points)In the

40、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)It is hardly necessary to point out that we live

41、in a world of increasing industrialization. While this process enables us to raise our standard of living at an ever-acce 1 erating rate, it also leads to a corresponding growth of interdependence between the different regions of the world.(41) .What, then, is to be done? Although it is difficult to

42、 know where to begin to deal with such a large subject, the first step is perhaps to consider the main economic difficulties an underdeveloped or emerging region has to face.(42) . A number of quite common occurrences are therefore sufficient to cause immediate and serious interference with this exp

43、ort production: unfavorable weather conditions, plant or animal epidemics, the exhaustion of soil fertility or mineral deposits, the development of substitute products in the industrialized regions, etc. The sensitivity of the economy is greatly intensified in cases where exports are confined only t

44、o one or two products-monocultures as they are sometimes called.(43) . This also applies to the manufactured goods required to provide their populations with the necessities of life/z. This economic structure makes it difficult for them toavoid being politically dependent on the countries which abso

45、rb their exports and provide their essential imports.Since, under modern conditions, a rapid rise in population is a phenomenon closely associated with underdevelopment. This cause alone can subject the economy to severe and continuous stress.(44) . In the first place, to set up modern industries ne

46、cessitates capital on a large scale, which only industrialized regions are able to provide; secondly, they lack the necessary trained manpower; thirdly, their industries一when established一are usually not efficient enough to compete with foreign imports, and any restriction on these imports is likely

47、to lead to counter-action against their own exports.From another point of view, it is necessary to bear in mind that there are invariably political, educational, social and psychological obstacles which tend to interfere seriously with any measures taken to deal with the economic difficulties outlin

48、ed above. (45).To conclude, it seems clear that if we are to succeed in solving the many inter-related problems of underdevelopment, only the fullest and most intelligent use of the resources of allbranches of science will enable us to do so. (555 words)Notes:be orientated. . , toward 被引导到monoculture 单一作物耕作。A. For example, the economies of such countries are orientated primarily toward the production of raw materials, i. e. agricultural and mineral products; these are then exported to the industrialized countries.B. Given these conditions, it