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书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟！住在富人区的她考研考博-英语-厦门安防科技职业学院考试押题卷含答案详解（图片大小可自由调整）全文为Word可编辑，若为PDF皆为盗版，请谨慎购买！第I卷一.综合题库-全考点押密(共100题)1.单选题

Thedictatorreliedonabuseofhisopponents（

）onsoundreasoning.

问题1选项

A.morethan

B.ratherthan

C.otherthan

D.betterthan

【答案】B

【解析】考查词组辨析。A选项“不只是”；B选项“而不是”；C选项“除了，不同于”；D选项“超过”。句意：独裁者依靠残害对手（）有力的证据。两个并列成分之间有个对比，所以答案应该选B。

2.单选题

Theearningsofwomenarewellbelowthatofmen（

）educationaldifferencesthatarediminishingbetweenthetwosexes.

问题1选项

A.although

B.though

C.despiteof

D.inspiteof

【答案】D

【解析】考查连词辨析。四个选项都是表示转折，其中although与though只能引导让步状语从句。没有despiteof这种表达，所以只有选项D符合题意。

3.单选题

Inatheoreticalmodelofdecisionmaking,adecisionisdefinedastheprocessofselectingoneoptionfromamongagroupofoptionsforimplementation.Decisionsareformedbyadecisionmaker,theonewhoactuallychoosesthefinaloption,inconjunctionwithadecisionunit,allofthoseintheorganizationaroundthedecisionmakerwhotakepartintheprocess.Inthistheoreticalmodel,themembersofthedecisionunitreacttoanunidentifiedproblembystudyingtheproblem,determiningtheobjectivesoftheorganization,formulatingoptions,evaluatingthestrengthsandweaknessesofeachofthedecision,includingthenatureoftheproblemitself,externalforcesexertinganinfluenceontheorganization,theinternaldynamicsofthedecisionunit,andthepersonalityofthedecisionmaker.Additionally,whenadecisionmustbemadeinacrisissituation,bothstressandthespeedatwhicheventsareprogressingcanhaveaneffect,oftenanegativeone,onthedecisionprocess.

Duringrecentyears,decisionmakinghasbeenstudiedsystematicallybydrawingfromsuchdiverseareasofstudyaspsychology,sociology,business,government,history,mathematics,andstatistics.Analysesofdecisionsoftenemphasizeoneofthreeprincipalconceptualperspectives(thoughoftentheapproachthatisactuallyemployedissomewhateclectic).

Intheoldestofthethreeapproaches,decisionsaremadebyarationalactor,whomakesaparticulardecisiondirectlyandpurposefully,inresponsetoaspecificthreatfromtheexternalenvironment.Itisassumedthatthisrationalactorhasclearobjectivesinmind,developsnumerousreasonableoptions,considerstheadvantagesanddisadvantagesofeachoptioncarefully,choosesthebestoptionaftercarefulanalysis,andthenproceedstoimplementitfully.Avariationoftherationalactormodelisdecisionmakerwhoissatisfier,onewhoselectsthefirstsatisfactoryoptionratherthancontinuingthedecisionmakingprocessuntiltheoptimaldecisionhasbeenreached.

1.Itcanbeinferredfromtheinformationinparagraph1thatthetheoreticaldecisionmakingprocess（

）.

2.Thephrase“inconjunctionwith”inparagraph1couldbestbereplacedby

（

）.

3.Allofthefollowingarelistedinparagraph1ashavinganeffectondecisionsEXCEPT

（

）.

4.Itcanbeinferredfromparagraph3thatrationalactorwouldbeleastlikelyto

（

）.

5.Theword“it”inline5,Paragraph3refersto（

）.

问题1选项

A.involvesonlythedecisionmaker

B.requiresthecontemplationofnumerousoptions

C.ismadewithoutthedecisionunit

D.doesnotworkinreal-lifesituations

问题2选项

A.alongwith

B.tiedto

C.apartfrom

D.connectedto

问题3选项

A.evaluationoftheproblem

B.focusonobjectives

C.generationofoptions

D.open-endeddiscussions

问题4选项

A.dealwithaspecificthreat

B.workinarandomfashion

C.pondervariousoptions

D.considerdisadvantagesofoptions

问题5选项

A.eachoption

B.carefulanalysis

C.thebestoption

D.variation

【答案】第1题:B

第2题:D

第3题:C

第4题:B

第5题:C

【解析】1.事实细节题。根据首段第一句“Inatheoreticalmodelofdecisionmaking,adecisionisdefinedastheprocessofselectingoneoptionfromamongagroupofoptionsforimplementation.”在决策的理论模型中，决策被定义为从一组执行选项中选择一个选项的过程。也就是说，需要考虑多种选择，选项B符合原文。

2.推理判断题。根据下文“…allofthoseintheorganizationaroundthedecisionmakerwhotakepartintheprocess.”……组织中所有参与了这个过程的人都围绕着决策者。由此可推测，决策者和组织是紧密相连的，所以选项D更恰当。

3.推理判断题。根据第一段倒数第二句，决策单元的成员对一个身份不明的问题做出反应，需要通过研究问题，确定组织的目标，制定方案，评估每一个决策的优点和缺点，包括问题本身的性质，对组织施加影响的外部力量，决策单元的内部动态以及决策者的个性。选项A属于评估每一个决策的优点和缺点；选项B属于确定组织的目标；选项D属于决策单元内部的动态；所以，只有选项C没有涉及。

4.事实细节题。根据第三段第一句“decisionsaremadebyarationalactor,whomakesaparticulardecisiondirectlyandpurposefully,inresponsetoaspecificthreatfromtheexternalenvironment.”决策由理性的人做出，他针对来自外部环境的特定威胁，直接而有目的地做出特定的决策。由此可知，他们做事是带有目的性的，而不是随机应变的，所以他们最不可能做的是选项B。

5.推理判断题。根据原文句意可知，这里的“it”指的是上文提到的“thebestoptionaftercarefulanalysis”经过仔细分析而选择出的最佳选项。选项C正确。

4.单选题

OverthecenturiesboththeNileandthedesertsandsimperceptiblyshifted,andthistemplewaslosttotheworlduntil1813,whenitwasaccidentallyrediscoveredbytheSwissexplorerJeanLouisBurckhardt.

问题1选项

A.enormously

B.unstably

C.progressively

D.unnoticeably

【答案】D

【解析】考查副词辨析。A选项enormously“巨大地；非常地”；B选项unstably“不稳定地”；C选项progressively“渐进地；日益增多地”；D选项unnoticeably“不引人注意地；不显著地”。句意：几个世纪以来，尼罗河和沙漠的沙子都……变化着，这座寺庙直到1813年才被世人所知，后来它被瑞士探险家偶然地发现。根据寺庙所发现的时间可知，尼罗河和沙漠的沙子移动的非常缓慢，以至于寺庙是在之后的一大段时间才展露出来。因此D选项符合题意。

5.单选题

AbullgrazesondrywheathusksinLogan,Kansas,oneoftheregionshitbytherecorddroughtthathasaffectedmorethanhalfoftheUSandisexpectedtodriveupfoodprices.

Leadingwaterscientistshaveissuedoneofthesternestwarningsyetaboutglobalfoodsupplies,sayingthattheworld’spopulationmayhavetoswitchalmostcompletelytoavegetariandietoverthenext40yearstoavoidcatastrophicshortages.

Adoptingavegetariandietisoneoptiontoincreasetheamountofwateravailabletogrowmorefoodinanincreasinglyclimate-unstableworld,thescientistssaid.Animalprotein-richfoodconsumes5to10timesmorewaterthanavegetariandiet.Onethirdoftheworld’sarablelandisusedtogrowcropstofeedanimals.Otheroptionstofeedpeopleincludeeliminatingwasteandincreasingtradebetweencountriesinfoodsurplusandthoseindeficit.

“900millionpeoplealreadygohungryand2millionpeoplearemalnourishedinspiteofthefactthatpercapitafoodproductioncontinuestoincrease.”theysaid.“With70%ofallavailablewaterbeinginagriculture,growingmorefoodtofeedanadditional2billionpeopleby2050willplacepressureonavailablewaterandland.”

ThereportisbeingreleasedatthestartoftheannualworldwaterconferenceinStockholm,Sweden,where2,500politicians,UNbodies,non-governmentalgroupsandresearchersfrom120countriesmeettoaddressglobalwatersupplyproblems.

Competitionforwaterbetweenfoodproductionandotheruseswillintensifypressureonessentialresources,thescientistssaid.“TheUNpredictsthatwemustincreasefoundproductionby70%bymid21thcentury.Thiswillplaceadditionalpressureonour‘alreadystressedwaterresources’atatimewhenwealsoneedtoallocatemorewatertosatisfyglobalenergydemand…whichisexpectedtorise60%overthecoming30years—andtogenerateelectricityforthe1.3billionpeoplecurrentlywithoutit”saidthereport.

Overeating,undernourishmentandwasteareallontheriseandincreasedfoodproductionmayfacefutureconstraintsfromwaterscarcity.

“Wewillneedanewrecipetofeedtheworldinthefuture,”saidthereport’seditor,AndersJagerskog.

AseparatereportfromtheInternationalWaterManagementInstitute(IWMI)saidthebestwayforcountriestoprotectmillionsoffarmersfromfoodinsecurityinsub-SaharanAfricaandsouthAsiawastohelptheminvestinsmallpumpsandsimpletechnology,ratherthantodevelopexpensive,large-scaleirrigationprojects.

“Farmeracrossthedevelopingworldareincreasinglyrelyingonandbenefitingfromsmall-scale,locally-relevantwatersolutions.Thesetechniquescouldincreaseyieldsupto300%andaddtensofbillionsofUSdollarstohouseholdrevenuesacrosssubSaharanAfricaandsouthAsia,”SaidDr.ColinChartres,thedirectorgeneral.

56.Whatcanbeinferredfromthewaterscientists’warning?

57.Whatdothescientistssaycanbedonetoincreasefoodsupply?

58.Accordingtothewaterscientists’report,______.

59.Inregardtotheproblemofwatersupply,scientistsbelieve______.

60.WhatdoestheIWMIsayisthebestsolutiontofoodinsecurityinsub-SaharanAfricaandsouthAsia?

问题1选项

A.TherecorddroughtforceshalfoftheUStogohungry.

B.TherecorddroughtdrivesupfoodpricesintheUS.

C.Severefoodshortagemayhappenwithoutpropermeasures.

D.Avegetariandietistheonlyoptiontoavoiddisastrousshortages.

问题2选项

A.Growmoreanimalprotein-richfood.

B.Turnpasturesintoarablelands.

C.Promotetradebetweencountriesself-sufficientinfood.

D.Increasetheamountofwaterforfoodproduction.

问题3选项

A.percapitafoodproductionhasbeenincreasing

B.reducedfoodsupplywillmakemorepeoplemalnourished

C.70%ofwaterwillbeusedtofeed2billionpeopleby2050

D.researchersbegintoseeksolutionstotacklewaterproblem

问题4选项

A.morewatershouldbeallocatedtosatisfyenergydemand

B.foodproductionmustbeincreasedto70%bymid-century

C.energydemandwillintensifypressureonwaterresources

D.electricitygenerationmustbeincreasedby60%30yearslater

问题5选项

A.Applyingsmallpumpsandsimpletechnology.

B.Launchinglarge-scaleirrigationprojects.

C.Increasethelocalhouseholdrevenues.

D.Investinginanewexpensiveirrigationproject.

【答案】第1题:C

第2题:D

第3题:A

第4题:C

第5题:A

【解析】56.推理判断题。题干意思是“从水科学家的警告中可以推断出什么？”。根据第二段Leadingwaterscientistshaveissuedoneofthesternestwarningsyetaboutglobalfoodsupplies,sayingthattheworld’spopulationmayhavetoswitchalmostcompletelytoavegetariandietoverthenext40yearstoavoidcatastrophicshortages.（主要的水科学家发布了迄今为止关于全球食物供应最严厉的警告之一，他们说，为了避免灾难性的食物短缺，世界人口可能不得不在未来40年几乎完全转向素食）可推断，如果不采取措施，人们就将面临食物短缺的问题；故C项“如果不采取适当措施，可能会发生严重的食物短缺”符合题意。A项“创纪录的干旱迫使一半的美国人挨饿”，文章只提到创世纪的干旱影响了美国一半以上的地区将提高食品价格，并没有明确提及挨饿；B项“创纪录的干旱抬高了美国的食品价格”，不只是美国，世界的食品价格将会提高；D项“素食是避免严重短缺的唯一选择”表述太绝对，素食只是其中一种办法。因此，该题选择C项正确。

57.细节事实题。题干意思是“科学家们说可以做些什么来增加食物供应？”。根据第三段第一句Adoptingavegetariandietisoneoptiontoincreasetheamountofwateravailabletogrowmorefoodinanincreasinglyclimate-unstableworld,thescientistssaid.（科学家们说，在一个气候日益不稳定的世界里，采用素食是增加水资源利用率以种植更多粮食的一种选择）可知，可以通过增加用于食物生产的水资源来增加食物供应，D项“增加粮食生产用水”正确。第三段第二句提到Animalprotein-richfoodconsumes5to10timesmorewaterthanavegetariandiet.（富含动物蛋白质的食物比素食多消耗5到10倍的水）可知，A项“种植更多富含动物蛋白质的食物”错误；根据第三段倒数第二句Onethirdoftheworld’sarablelandisusedtogrowcropstofeedanimals.（世界上三分之一的可耕地被用来种植喂养动物的作物）可知，把可耕地变为牧场也是选择之一，B项“把牧场变成可耕地”错误；第三段最后一句提到Otheroptionstofeedpeopleincludeeliminatingwasteandincreasingtradebetweencountriesinfoodsurplusandthoseindeficit.（养活人民的其他选择包括消除浪费和增加粮食盈余国家和粮食赤字国家之间的贸易），可知C项“促进粮食自给自足国家之间的贸易”也不正确。因此，该题选择D项正确。

58.细节事实题。题干意思是“根据水科学家的报告，……”。根据第四段第一句900millionpeoplealreadygohungryand2millionpeoplearemalnourishedinspiteofthefactthatpercapitafoodproductioncontinuestoincrease（尽管人均粮食产量继续增加，但已有9亿人在挨饿，200万人营养不良）可知，A项“人均粮食产量一直在增加”正确。B项“减少食物供应将使更多的人营养不良”文中没有提及；根据第四段最后一句With70%ofallavailablewaterbeinginagriculture,growingmorefoodtofeedanadditional2billionpeopleby2050willplacepressureonavailablewaterandland.（由于70%的可用水资源用于农业，到2050年增加粮食以养活额外的20亿人口将给可用水资源和土地带来压力。）可知，C项“到2050年，70%的水将被用来养活20亿人”表述不准确；D项“研究人员开始寻找解决水问题的方法”文中也没有提及。因此，该题选择A项正确。

59.细节事实题。题干意思是“关于水的供应问题，科学家们相信……”。第六段第一句提到Competitionforwaterbetweenfoodproductionandotheruseswillintensifypressureonessentialresources,thescientistssaid.（科学家们说，粮食生产和其他用途之间对水的争夺将加剧对基本资源的压力）可知，能源需求会加剧水资源的压力，故C项“能源需求将加大对水资源的压力”正确。根据Thiswillplaceadditionalpressureonour‘alreadystressedwaterresources’atatimewhenwealsoneedtoallocatemorewatertosatisfyglobalenergydemand…（在我们还需要分配更多的水来满足全球能源需求的时候，这将给我们“已经紧张的水资源”带来额外的压力）可知，分配更多的水来满足全球能源需求使水资源更紧张，所以A项“应该分配更多的水来满足能源需求”错误；根据第六段TheUNpredictsthatwemustincreasefoundproductionby70%bymid21thcentury.（联合国预测，到21世纪中期，我们必须将石油产量提高70%）可知B项“到本世纪中叶粮食产量必须增加到70%”错误；原文提到whichisexpectedtorise60%overthecoming30years（预计在未来30年，这一数字将增长60%）可知，D项“发电量必须在30年后增加60%”错误，不是“30年后”，而是“未来30年”。因此，该题选择C项正确。

60.细节事实题。题干意思是“国际水管理研究所认为，解决撒哈拉以南非洲和南亚粮食不安全的最佳办法是什么？”。根据倒数第二段AseparatereportfromtheInternationalWaterManagementInstitute(IWMI)saidthebestwayforcountriestoprotectmillionsoffarmersfromfoodinsecurityinsub-SaharanAfricaandsouthAsiawastohelptheminvestinsmallpumpsandsimpletechnology,ratherthantodevelopexpensive,large-scaleirrigationprojects.（国际水管理研究所(IWMI)的另一份报告说，各国保护撒哈拉以南非洲和南亚数百万农民免受粮食不安全之害的最佳方式是帮助他们投资于小型水泵和简单技术，而不是开发昂贵的大规模灌溉项目）可知A项“采用小型水泵和简单技术”正确，B项“开展大规模灌溉工程”和D项“投资一项新的昂贵的灌溉工程”错误；C项“增加当地家庭收入”这是这些解决方案带来的好处，与题干不符。因此，该题选择A项正确。

6.写作题

Writeanessayofnolessthan150wordsaboutyourviewpointstoopiniononthewritingclassforthePHDstudents.

【答案】

MyViewpointstoWritingClassforPhDStudents

7.单选题

InthecaseofFinney,whereanattendantatamentalhospitalcausedthedeathofapatientbyreleasingaflowoftrailingwaterintoabath,thetestwaswhetherhewasgrossly（

）.

问题1选项

A.negative

B.negligent

C.neglected

D.negligible

【答案】B

【解析】形近词辨析。在斐纳的案件中，一家精神病医院的一名病人在洗澡时被淹死了。现在问题是要查明，该医院的护理是不是存在失职之嫌。

Negative［数］负的；消极的；否定的;阴性的。negligent疏忽的；粗心大意的。neglected被忽视的；未被好好照管的。negligible微不足道的，可以忽略的。

8.单选题

Whydosomenewproductssucceed,bringingmillionsofdollarstoinnovatingcompanies,whileothersfail,oftenwithgreatlosses?Theanswerisnotsimple,andcertainlywecannotsaythat"good"productssucceedwhile"bad"productsfail.Manyproductsthatfunctionwellandseentomeetconsumerneedshavefallenbythewayside.

Sometimes,virtuallyidenticalproductsexistinthemarketatthesametimewithoneemergingasprofitablewhiletheotherfails.McNealLaboratoriesTylenolhasbecomesuccessfulasanaspirinsubstitute,yetBristol-MeyersenteredthelestmarketataboutthesametimewithNeotrend,alsoasubstituteforaspirin,whichquicklyfailed.

Thenatureoftheproductisafactorinitssuccessoffailure,buttheimportantpointistheconsumer'sperceptionoftheproductsneed-satisfyingcapability.Anynewproductconceptionshouldbeaimedatmeetingacustomerneed,andtheintroductorypromotionshouldseektocommunicatethatneed-satisfyingqualityandmotivatethecustomertotrytheproduct.Often,attitudechangeisinvolved,and,intheextreme,changesinlife-stylemaybesought.

Herethecompanywalksatightrope,anewproductismorelikelytobesuccessfulifitrepresentsatrulynovelwayofsolvingacustomerproblembutthisverynewness,ifcarriedtoofar,mayaskthecustomertoteamnewbehaviorpatterns.Thecustomerwillmakethechangeiftheperceivedbenefitissufficientbutinertiaisstrongandcustomerswilloftennotgototheeffortthatisrequired.DuringthelatesixtiesandearlyseventiesBristol-Meyersmetwithnewproductfailuresthatexemplifybothoftheseproblems.In1967and1968thecompanyenteredthemarketwitha$5millionadvertisingcampaignforFacttoothpaste,andan$11millioncampaigntoprorateResolve,Bothproductsfailedquickly,notbecausetheydidn’tworkorbecausetherewasnoconsumerneedbutapparentlybecauseconsumersjustcouldseenoreasontoshiftfromanalreadysatisfactoryproducttoadifferentonethatpromisednonewbenefit.

1.Thefirstsentenceofthefirstparagraphisaquestiontowhichtheansweris（）

.

2.WhatareTylenolandNeotrend?

3.Thesuccessorfailureofaproductseemstobedeterminedbyanumberoffactors,oneofwhichtheauthoremphasizesisthecustomer'sperceptionoftheproduct's（）.

4.Whatdoestheauthormeanwhenhesays"thecompanywalksatightrope"(Sentence1,paragraph3)?

5.Bristol-MeyersfailedinpromotingFacttoothpasteandResolvebecause（）

.

问题1选项

A.thatthegoodproductssucceedwhilethebadfail

B.thatthe“good”arenotreallygoodbutthe“bad”areactuallybad

C.thatnewproductswillsucceediftheyfunctionwellandfailiftheydon’t

D.notgivenintheparagraph

问题2选项

A.Theyarenamesoftwodrugmanufacturers.

B.Theyareprobablytwonewbrandsofmedicinewhichserveasasubstituteforaspirin.

C.TylenolisadrugmanufacturerwhereasNeotrendisanewsubstitutemedicineforaspirin.

D.Theyareprobablythenamesofchemistswhoinventedthenewmedicine.

问题3选项

A.qualityandprice

B.usefulnessanddurability

C.need-satisfyingcapability

D.appearanceandinnerpacking

问题4选项

A.Thecompanyhasboththechancetosucceedandtofailindealinginanewproduct.

B.Thecompanyhastostudycustomer'sbehaviorbeforeanewproductisintroduced.

C.Thecompanyhastofindanewwaytosolvecustomer'sproblemsbeforeanewproductisputonthemarket.

D.Thecompanyhastomakeagreatefforttoovercomethecustomer'sinertia.

问题5选项

A.theseproductsweretooexpensiveascomparedwiththeirdirectcompetitors

B.bothproductsfailedtomeetthecustomer'sneeds

C.thecustomerscouldseenosenseofaradicalchangeoftheirhabits

D.thecompanyforgotanEnglishsaying:"Youcannotteachanolddognewtricks"

【答案】第1题:D

第2题:B

第3题:C

第4题:D

第5题:C

【解析】第1题:根据第一段的内容，问题是：为什么一些新产品成功了，为创新公司带来了数百万美元，而另一些却失败了，而且往往损失惨重？第一段的后半部分只是围绕这个问题进行了举例说明，并没有在本段给出答案，所以选D。

第2题:根据关键词定位到第一段的最后一句话“McNealLaboratoriesTylenolhasbecomesuccessfulasanaspirinsubstitute,...Neotrend,alsoasubstituteforaspirin,whichquicklyfailed.”Tylenol做为阿司匹林的替代品成功了，而Neotrend作为阿司匹林的替代品失败了。可见它们两个都是阿司匹林的替代品，选项B正确。

第3题:根据关键词“customer'sperception”定位到第二段的第一句“Thenatureoftheproductisafactorinitssuccessoffailure,buttheimportantpointistheconsumer'sperceptionoftheproductsneed-satisfyingcapability.”选项C正确。

第4题:根据第三段的第一句“Herethecompanywalksatightrope...newbehaviorpatterns.”在这种情况下，公司就像走钢丝一样，如果一种新产品代表了一种真正新颖的解决客户问题的方法，那么它就更有可能成功，如果不是，客户可能会寻求新的行为模式。说明公司应该努力克服客户方面的各种行为反映，不管是积极的还是不积极的。选项D符合原文。

第5题:根据关键词“Bristol-Meyers”定位到第三段，由最后一句话“Bothproductsfailedquickly,...noreasontoshiftfromanalreadysatisfactoryproducttoadifferentonethatpromisednonewbenefit.”可知，这两种产品很快就失败了，不是因为它们不起作用，也不是因为消费者没有需求，而是很明显，消费者找不到任何理由从一种已经令人满意的产品转向另一种不会带来任何好处的新产品。所以选项C符合原文。

9.单选题

AttheendoftheSecondWorldWar,Americanspendingonresearchanddevelopment（

）

halftheworld’stotal;today,ithasdroppedtoonethird.

问题1选项

A.madeup

B.madefor

C.madeupfor

D.madefrom

【答案】A

【解析】句意:二战结束吋，美国在研究和发展上的支出占世界在这些方面总支出的一半，如今该比例下降到了三分之一。

考查短语辨析。选项均为对应短语的过去式。makeup和解，和好，组成，构成，编造，化妆，拿定主意;makefor为…生产；走向，有利于，扑向；makeupfor补偿，弥补，补救；makefrom由…制造，用…制成，以…谋生。

10.单选题

Manyoftheinventionsthatmadepeople（）andhavedeterminedtheinventionsofAmericanindustrywererelatedtoagricultureandfoodproduction.

问题1选项

A.abundant

B.affluent

C.sufficient

D.pleasant

【答案】B

【解析】考查形容词词义辨析。Abundant“丰富的，充裕的”；affluent“富裕的，丰富的”；sufficient“足够的，充分的”；pleasant“令人愉快的，舒适的”。句意：那些使人们富裕并且决定了美国工业创新的大多数发明都与农业和食物生产相关。空格处所填的单词是作people的补足语，所以选项B符合题意。

11.单选题

Sincethedawnofhumaningenuity,peoplehavedevisedevermorecunningtoolstocopewithworkthatisdangerous,boring,burdensome,orjustplainnasty.Thatcompulsionhasresultedinrobotics—thescienceofconferringvarioushumancapabilitiesonmachines.Andifscientistshaveyettocreatethemechanicalversionofsciencefiction,theyhavebeguntocomeclose.

Asaresult,themodernworldisincreasinglypopulatedbyintelligentgizmoswhosepresencewebarelynoticebutwhoseuniversalexistencehasremovedmuchhumanlabor.Ourfactorieshumtotherhythmofrobotassemblyarms.Ourbankingisdoneatautomatedtellerterminalsthatthankuswithmechanicalpolitenessforthetransaction.Oursubwaytrainsarecontrolledbytirelessrobot-drivers.Andthankstothecontinualminiaturizationofelectronicsandmicro-mechanics,therearealreadyrobotsystemsthatcanperformsomekindsofbrainandbonesurgerywithsub-millimeteraccuracy—fargreaterprecisionthanhighlyskilledphysicianscanachievewiththeirhandsalone.

Butifrobotsaretoreachthenextstageoflaborsavingutility,theywillhavetooperatewithlesshumansupervisionandbeabletomakeatleastafewdecisionsforthemselves—goalsthatposearealchallenge.“Whileweknowhowtotellarobottohandleaspecificerror,”saysDaveLavery,managerofaroboticsprogramatNASA,“wecannotgivearobotenoughcommonsensetoreliablyinteractwithadynamicworld.”

Indeedthequestfortrueartificialintelligencehasproducedverymixedresults.Despiteaspellofoptimisminthe1960sand1970swhenitappearedthattransistorcircuitsandmicroprocessorsmightbeabletocopytheactionofthehumanbrainbytheyear2010,researcherslatelyhavebeguntoextendthatforecastbydecadesifnotcenturies.

Whattheyfound,inattemptingtomodelthought,isthatthehumanbrain’sroughlyonehundredbillionnervecellsaremuchmoretalented—andhumanperceptionfarmorecomplicated—thanpreviouslyimagined.Theyhavebuiltrobotthatcanrecognizetheerrorofamachinepanelbyafractionofamillimeterinacontrolledfactoryenvironment.Butthehumanmindcanglimpsearapidlychangingsceneandimmediatelydisregardthe98percentthatisirrelevant,instantaneouslyfocusingonthemonkeyatthesideofawindingforestroadorthesinglesuspiciousfaceinabigcrowd.Themostadvancedcomputersystemonearthcannotapproachthatkindofability,andneuroscientistsstilldonotknowquitehowwedoit.

1.Humaningenuitywasinitiallydemonstratedin（）.

2.Theword“gizmos”(Line1,Para.2)mostprobablymeans（）.

3.AccordingtoPara.3,whatisbeyondman’sabilitynowistodesignarobotthat（）.

4.Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingcanrobotsdonow?

5.Theauthorusestheexampleofamonkeytoarguethatrobotsare（）.

问题1选项

A.theuseofmachinestoproducesciencefiction

B.thewideuseofmachinesinmanufacturingindustry

C.theinventionoftoolsfordifficultanddangerouswork

D.theelite’scunningtacklingofdangerousandboringwork

问题2选项

A.devices

B.experts

C.programs

D.creatures

问题3选项

A.canfulfilldelicatetaskslikeperformingbrainsurgery

B.canrespondindependentlytoachangingworld

C.canhavealittlecommonsense

D.caninteractwithhumanbeingsverbally

问题4选项

A.Makeafewdecisionsforthemselves.

B.Dealwithsomeerrorswithhumanintervention.

C.Improvefactoryenvironments.

D.Cultivatehumancreativity.

问题5选项

A.expectedtocopyhumanbrainininternalstructure

B.abletoperceiveabnormalitiesimmediately

C.bestusedinacontrolledenvironment

D.farlessablethanhumanbraininfocusingonrelevantinformation

【答案】第1题:C

第2题:A

第3题:B

第4题:B

第5题:D

【解析】1.【试题解析】细节事实题。由题干关键词Humaningenuity可以定位到原文首段“Sincethedawnofhumaningenuity,peoplehavedevisedevermorecunningtoolstocopewithworkthatisdangerous,boring,burdensome,orjustplainnasty.”中文翻译为：从人类智慧出现以来，人们一直都在设计更加巧妙的工具来处理危险的、枯燥的、繁重的或只是显然肮脏的工作。因此C选项“针对困难和危险的工作发明工具”符合题意。

2.【试题解析】词汇题。A:device“装置”；B:expert“专家”；C:program“程序”；D:creature“生物”。

根据题干可定位到文章第二段“…whoseuniversalexistencehasremovedmuchhumanlabor.”中文翻译为：他们的普遍存在已节省了很多人类劳动，以及gizmo意为“小装置”可推断出A项“装置”正确。

3.【试题解析】细节事实题。根据题干可以定位到文章第三段“wecannotgivearobotenoughcommonsensetoreliablyinteractwithadynamicworld.”中文翻译为：我们不能给予机器人足够的常识来让其可靠地与一个不断变化的世界进行互动。可知答案为B项“能独自对一个变化的世界做出反应”。

4.【试题解析】细节事实题。根据题干可以定位到文章第三段“Whileweknowhowtotellarobottohandleaspecificerror.”中文翻译为：虽然我们知晓如何告诉一个机器人去处理一个特定的错误，可以判断B项“在人类的介入下处理一些错误”正确。

5.【试题解析】推理判断题。根据题干可定位到原文最后一段“Butthehumanmindcanglimpsearapidlychangingsceneandimmediatelydisregardthe98percentthatisirrelevant,instantaneouslyfocusingonthemonkeyatthesideofawindingforestroadorthesinglesuspiciousfaceinabigcrowd.Themostadvancedcomputersystemonearthcannotapproachthatkindofability,andneuroscientistsstilldonotknowquitehowwedoit.”中文翻译为：但是，人的大脑能够扫视一个快速变化的场景，然后立刻忽视98%的不相干的物体，随后立即聚焦于在蜿蜒的森林道路旁的一只猴子，或一大群人中一张可疑的脸。地球上最先进的计算机系统也不能达到那种能力，并且神经系统科学家仍然不知道我们如何做到这点。可知答案为D“在聚焦于相关信息方面远不及人类大脑”。

12.单选题

THEoldRackspaceheadquarterswasstuffedtothegills.In2007thecompany,whichoffers（1）andweb-hostingservices,hadmorethan1,000employeesindowntownSanAntonio.Peoplewerecrammedat（2）tablesinthehallway.Theyoftenhadtogotoadifferentbuildingor（3）theliftstotalktopeopleinotherdepartments.

Still,whenGrahamWeston,thecompany'sco-founderandchairman,suggestedthatthey（4）ashoppingmall,staffwere（5）Themallwasvacant.Itssite,theencircledsuburbofWindcrest,wasslightlygrotty,notleast（6）thehugedeadmallrightoffthehighway.

Buildingacampusfromscratch,however,wouldhavetakenseveralyearsatleast.Anyway.Theplacewascheap.“Nobodywantsamallanymore."saysJohnEngates,thechieftechnologyofficer.ExceptRackspace,andotherslikeit,whohavecometoseea（7）mallasablankcanvas?In2008itopeneditsnewheadquarters,andwonaprizeforcommunityeconomicdevelopment.Nowithasmorethan3,000workersonsite,withplanstohirehundreds（8）bytheendoftheyear.

Plentyofenclosedmallsare,ofcourse,（9）thriving.Andafterseveralabstemiousyears,shoppersare（10）.InFebruary,accordingtotheCommerceDepartment,retailsaleswere1.1%higherthantheyhadbeeninJanuary-higherthan（11）,andawelcomesignofrecovery.

ButmanyAmericanmallshad（12）beforetherecessionstarted,andthecountry'snascentrecoveryisnotlikelyto（13）them.America'sretailsectorisprobablyoverbuilt;inthefourthquarterof2011，accordingtotheNationalAssociationofRealtors,its（14）ratewas16.9%.Massarevulnerabletosystemicshocks;ifan"anchor"storescloses,orifvacancieslinger,othervendorsquicklysuffer.And（15）themallsthatwerebuiltintheheydayofthegenrearestartingtolookshopsoiled.Thenewfashionisformixed-usedevelopments,ortheoutdoormallsthataredesignedtolooklikeafriendlydowntownshoppingdistrict.Insomecities,peoplearereturningtoactualdowntownshoppingdistricts,asnewurbanistsalwaysdreamedtheywould.

问题1选项

A.cloud-computing

B.cloud-computed

C.cloud-compute

D.cloudcomputer

问题2选项

A.unfolding

B.fold

C.folding

D.folding

问题3选项

A.shuttlearound

B.goup

C.goaround

D.shuttle

问题4选项

A.gointo

B.moveinto

C.takeinto

D.walkinto

问题5选项

A.happy

B.skeptical

C.sad

D.depressed

问题6选项

A.dueto

B.because

C.becauseof

D.as

问题7选项

A.dead

B.dirty

C.great

D.shopping

问题8选项

A.fewer

B.more

C.les

D.little

问题9选项

A.till

B.even

C.still

D.yet