中科院英语考博模拟试题（word）版及答案 模考三

1、.全真模拟试题CPart I: Vocabulary (20 points)1. That Pacific island attracts shoals of tourists with its rich _of folk arts. A. heritage B. heredity C. heroism D. hermitage2. As for the missing funds, the company manager, when demanded to give an explanation, could not even come up with a _one. A. plaintiv

2、e B. pervasive C. perpetual D. plausible3. The government s policies in the past five years have shown a(n)_in emphasizing the necessity of improving the peasants livelihood. A. exaltation B. coherence C. agony D. behavior4. The Chinese world diving champion was _from the national team, which news h

3、as been front-page report in the country for several days. A. displayed B. dispersed C. disarmed D. dismissed5. A comet is distinguished from other bodies in the solar system_. A. into its appearance B. off its appearanceC. by its appearance D. to its appearance6. The failure of the experiment to pr

4、oduce the expected result should alone be _ to your carelessness.A. contributed B. ascribed C. distributed D. prescribed7. Susan made careful _ as to the kinds of cake and candy needed for her party.A. stimulation B. appreciation C. identification D. specification8. If excellent work results in freq

5、uent pay increases or promotions, the workers will have greater _ to produce.A. incentive B. initiative C. instruction D. instinct9. Substances, whether in the solid, liquid, or gaseous state, possess _ which are independent of the force of cohesion.A. attributes B. tendencies C. elements D. ingredi

6、ents10. Napoleon was _ at the battle of Waterloo in 1815.A. sublimated B. interspersed C. vanquished D. interposed 11. Sarah _articles to the New York Times from time to time.A. distributes B. issues C. subscribes D. contributes12. The rain looked as though it had _for the night.A. set off B. set in

7、 C. set out D. set up14. A research worker might _that the existence of such kind of disease is due to the pollution of the area.A. refer B. infer C. confer D. prefer15. Old Mr. Brown's condition looks very serious and it is doubtful if he will_A. pull off. B. pull up. C. pull through. D. pull o

8、ut.16. When the nurse took his temperature, it was three degrees above_A. average. B. regular. C. normal. D. ordinary.17. Processes in the human body are not in all respects exactly _to those that can be produced in the experimental animals.A. comparative B. comparable C. competitive D. compatible18

9、. The doctor assured Susan that the pain would _one hour after she took the medicine.A. wear out B. wear down C. wear away D. wear on19. When confronted with such questions, my mind goes_, and I can hardly remember my own date of birth.A. dim B. vain C. faint D. blank20. The best solution to the pro

10、blem can only be found by a process of trail and_A. mistake. B. error. C. success. D. experiment.21. He has a _ _ job which ends in two months. A. constant B. continual C. permanent D. temporary22. She said goodbye to her old home with many _ _ glances. A. merciful B. pitiful C. regretful D. regrett

11、able23. The picture was bought at a very low price, but it has turned out to be a _ _ painting. A. invaluable B. invariable C. worthless D. valueless24. In the densely _ _ part of the city, the problem of air pollution must be solved. A. populous B. popular C. populated D. population25. The mayor of

12、 the city is a _ _ old man. A. respective B. respectful C. respecting D. respectable26. I believe reserves of coal here are_ _ to last for fifty years. A. efficient B. sufficient C. proficient D. effective27. As a writer, Walter was very_ _ . A. imaginary B. imaginable C. imaginative D. imagery28. S

13、he is so _ _ that she cried for days when her pet rabbit died. A. sensitive B. sensible C. sensory D. senseless29. The twins are so much _ _ that it is difficult to tell one from the other.A. similar B. same C. like D. alike30. Most of what Bill said was_ _; only one or two minor points he made were

14、 not closely connected with the matter being discussed. A. reliable B. relative C. related D. relating31. A laser beam can be turned into a _ _ weapon. A. dead B. dying C. deadly D. deathly32. I was _ _ when I learnt that your application for the post of secretary had been unsuccessful. A. regrettab

15、le B. regretted C. regretful D. regrettably33. Weight-lifting is an _ _ exercise. A. exhausting B. exhaustive C. exhausted D. exhaustible34. Tom is the most_ _ pupil in the class. A. industrious B. indulgent C. industrialist D. industrial35. Henry wasn't paid because he was the_ _ secretary of t

16、he association. A. honorable B. honored C. honorary D. honoring36. Mr. Smith complained about the_ _ air-conditioner he had bought from the company. A. infectious B. deficient C. ineffective D. defective37. We believe that the younger generation will prove_ _ of our trust. A. worth B. worthwhile C.

17、worthless D. worthy38. The _ _ weight of the box of chocolates is more than the weight of the chocolates alone. A. whole B. entire C. total D. gross39. There is nothing that can control speculation, and preserve legitimate theory from _ _ fancy, but a strict adherence to the essential principles of

18、science. A. empty B. hollow C. idle D. ideal40. My sister is quite _ _ and plans to get an M. A. degree within one year. A. aggressive B. enthusiastic C. considerate D. ambitiousPassage One Shes cute, no question. Symmetrical features, flawless skin, looks to be 22 years oldentering any meat-market

19、bar, a woman lucky enough to have this face would turn enough heads to stir a breeze. But when Victor Johnston points and clicks, the face on his computer screen changes into a state of superheated, crystallized beauty. “You can see it. Its just so extraordinary,” says Johnston, a professor of biops

20、ychology at New Mexico State University who sounds a little in love with his creation. The transformation from pretty woman to knee-weakening babe is all the more amazing because the changes wrought by Johnston's software are, objectively speaking, quite subtle. He created the original face by d

21、igitally averaging 16 randomly selected female Caucasian faces. The changing program then exaggerated the ways in which female faces differ from male faces, creating, in human-beauty-science field, a “hyper-female”. The eyes grew a bit larger, the nose narrowed slightly and the lips plumped. These a

22、re shifts of just a few millimeters, but experiments in this country and Scotland are suggesting that both males and females find “feminized” versions of averaged faces more beautiful. Johnston hatched this little movie as part of his ongoing study into why human beings find some people attractive a

23、nd others homely. He may not have any rocksolid answers yet, but he is far from alone in attempting to apply scientific inquiry to so ambiguous a subject. Around the world, researchers are marching into territory formerly staked out by poets and painters to uncover the under-pinnings of human attrac

24、tiveness. The research results so far are surprisingand humbling. Numerous studies indicate that human beauty may not be simply in the eye of the beholder or an arbitrary cultural artifact. It may be ancient and universal, wrought through ages of evolution that rewarded reproductive winners and kill

25、ed off losers. If beauty is not truth, it may be health and fertility: Halle Berrys flawless skin may fascinate moviegoers because, at some deep level, it persuades us that she is parasite-free. Human attractiveness research is a relatively young and certainly contentious fieldthe allure of hyper-fe

26、males, for example, is still hotly debatedbut those on its front lines agree on one point: We wont conquer “looksism” until we understand its source. As psychologist Nancy Etcoff puts it: “The idea that beauty is unimportant or a cultural construct is the real beauty myth. We have to understand beau

27、ty, or we will always be enslaved by it.”41. The woman described in the very beginning of the text is_ _ A. in fact in her late twenties. B. Johnstons ideal girlfriend. C. a stunning beauty. D. is a professional prostitute.42. Victor Johnston synthesized a new face by combining the features of 16_ _

28、 A. beautiful European women. B. different women around the world. C. casually chosen white women. D. ordinary western women.43. Through a few tiny changes made by Johnston, the synthesized face became even more_ _A. masculine. B. average. C. feminine. D. neutral.44. Victor Johnston has produced suc

29、h an attractive face in order to_ _ A. give his computer a beautiful screen. B. study the myth of human attractiveness. C. prove the human capacity to create beauties. D. understand why Caucasian faces are special.45. Paragraph 4 suggests that human beauty may be_ _ A. culturally different. B. a dis

30、ease-free idol. C. individual-dependent. D. a world agreed value.46. Its a consensus among the researchers that humans are still unconscious of_ _A. why they look attractive. B. when attractiveness is important.C. how powerful beauty is. D. what constitutes beauty.Passage Two Its becoming something

31、of a joke along the Maine-Canada border. So many busloads of retired people crisscross the line looking for affordable drugs that the roadside stands should advertise, “Lobsters. Blueberries. Lipitor. Coumalin.” Except, of course, that such a market in prescription drugs would be illegal. These seni

32、or long-distance shopping sprees fall in a legal gray zone. But as long as people cross the border with prescriptions from a physician and have them filled for no more than a three-month supply for personal use, customs and other federal officials leave them alone. The trip might be tiring, but peop

33、le can save an average of 60 percent on the cost of their prescription drugs. For some, thats the difference between taking the drugs or doing without. “The last bus trip I was on six months ago had 25 seniors,” says Chellie Pingree, former Maine state senator and now president of Common Cause. “Tho

34、se 25 people saved$19. 000 on their supplies of drugs.” Pingree sponsored Maine RX, which authorizes a discounted price on drugs for Maine residents who lack insurance coverage. The law was challenged by drug companies but recently upheld by the U. S. Supreme Court. It hasnt yet taken effect. Figuri

35、ng out ways to spend less on prescription drugs has become a multifaceted national movement of consumers, largely senior citizens. The prescription drug bill in America is$1 60 billion annually, and people over 65 fill five times as many prescriptions as working Americans on average. “But they do it

36、 on health benefits that are half as good and on incomes that are half as large, ”says Richard Evans, senior analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein, an investment research firm. Whats more, seniors account for 20 percent of the voting public. Its little wonder that the May 19 Supreme Court ruling got the a

37、ttention of drug manufacturers and politicians across the country. The often-over-looked state of 1. 3 million tucked in the northeast corner of the country became David to the pharmaceutical industrys Goliath. The face-off began three years ago when state legislators like Pingree began questioning

38、why Maines elderly population had to take all those bus trips. 47. The elderly Americans cross the Maine-Canada border in order to get drugs that are_ _ A. sold wholesale. B. over the counter. C. 1ess expensive. D. tax-free.48. We can learn from the second paragraph that_ _ A. people can buy as many

39、 drugs for personal use. B. the cross-border drug shopping has been out of the federal control. C. Chellie Pingree used to be one of the cross-border shoppers for drugs. D. the cross-border shopping is the only way for some Americans to get drugs.49. Maine Rx mentioned in Paragraph Two is a_ _ A. bi

40、ll. B. drug company. C. customs office. D. seniors society.50. Most cross-border shoppers are retired people, rather than working Americans, because the former_A. have more leisure time B. fill more prescriptionsC. mostly enjoy long trips D. are fond of street shopping51. Politicians were interested

41、 in the May 19 Supreme Court ruling because_ _ A. they couldnt improve the well-being of the elderly. B. they couldnt afford to ignore the elderlys votes. C. they saw the elderly as the greatest contributors. D. they saw the elderly as deserving a special care.52. David and Goliath are names used to

42、 describe a situation in which_ _ A. the two groups are evenly matched in strength. B. a more powerful group is fighting a less powerful group. C. a less powerful group is fighting a more powerful group. D. both of the two groups are losers.Passage Three Its navel gazing time again, that stretch of

43、the year when many of us turn our attention inward and think about how we can improve the way we live our lives. But as we embark on this annual ritual of introspection. we would do well to ask ourselves a simple question: Does it really do any good? The poet Theodore Roethke had some insight into t

44、he matter: “Self-contemplation is a curse that makes an old confusion worse.” As a psychologist, I think Roethke had a point, one thats supported by a growing body of controlled psychological studies. In a study I conducted with Dolores Kraft, a clinical psychologist, and Dana Dunn, a social psychol

45、ogist, people in one group were asked to list the reasons their relationship with a romantic partner was going the way it was, and then rate how satisfied they were with the relationship. People in another group were asked to rate their satisfaction without any analysis；they just gave their gut reac

46、tions. It might seem that the people who thought about the specifics would be best at figuring out how they really felt, and that their satisfaction ratings would thus do the best job of predicting the out-come of their relationships. In fact. we found the reverse. It was the people in the “gut feel

47、ing” group whose ratings predicted whether they were still dating their partner several months later. As for the navel gazers, their satisfaction ratings did not predict the outcome of their relationships at all. Rather, too much analysis can confuse people about how they really feel. Self-reflectio

48、n is especially problematic when we are feeling down. Research by Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, a clinical psychologist at Yale University, shows that when people are depressed, ruminating on their problems makes things worse. For years it was believed that emergency workers like police officers and firefig

49、hters should undergo a debriefing process to focus on and relive their experiences；the idea was that this would make them feel better and prevent mental health problems down the road. But did it do any good? In an extensive review of the research, a team led by Richard McNally, a clinical psychologi

50、st at Harvard, concluded that debriefing procedures have little benefit and might even hurt by interrupting the normal healing process. People often distract themselves from thinking about painful events right after they occur, and this may be better than mentally reliving the events. 53. According

51、to the author, why do people tend to look inward at the end of a year? A. They want to know if they get prepared for the future. B. They consider it beneficial to their future lives. C. They pay too much attention to their self-improvement. D. They overemphasize their progress in the past year. 54.

52、The author agrees with Theodore Roethke on that_ _ A. people need self-reflection when they feel blue.B. people are reluctant to confide in romantic partners.C. people may be more depressed by recalling the painful past.D. people would become sober when clearing up the confusions.55. The findings of

53、 the study on the satisfaction ratings in romantic relationship reveal that_ _ A. meditation can keep the relationship at its peak.B. retrospection helps people feel satisfied with the partner.C. specific analysis can foretell the future of the relationship.D. thinking about details makes one uncert

54、ain about the relationship.56. The phrase “the navel gazers” in Paragraph 5 refers to people who_ _ A. boast of their own success. B. hesitate in romantic relationships. C. worry about their future. D. focus on their past.57. Which of the following is the best way to help firefighters relieve their

55、trauma? A. Leave them alone to adjust their emotions. B. Provide them with consultation about their jobs. C. Help them figure out what has happened. D. Discuss with them how to do it better next time. 58. According to the passage, _can help people get over a painful experience. A. pouring out their feelings about it B. distracting their attention from itC. discussing it with specialists D. recalling the specificsPassage Four Public speaking fills