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1、最新考研英语大纲样题附录I样题Section Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text. Choose the best word （s） for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. （10 points）During the 1980s, unemployment and underemployment in some countries was as high as 90 percent. Some countries did not _1_ eno

2、ugh food; basic needs in housing and clothing were not _2_ . Many of these countries looked to the industrial processes of the developed nations _3_ solutions._4_, problems cannot always be solved by copying the industrialized nations. Industry in the developed nations is highly automated and very _

3、5_. It provides fewer jobs than labor-intensive industrial processes, and highly _6_ workers are needed to _7_ and repair the equipment. These workers must be trained, _8_ many nations do not have the necessary training institutions. Thus, the _9_ of importing industry becomes higher. Students must

4、be sent abroad to _10_ vocational and professional training. _11_, just to begin training, the students must 12 learn English, French, German, or Japanese. The students then spend many years abroad, and _13_ do not return home.All nations agree that science and technology _14_ be shared. The point i

5、s, countries _15_ the industrial processes of the developed nations need to look carefully _16_ the costs, because many of these costs are _17_ . Students from these nations should _18_ the problems of the industrialized countries closely. _19_ care, they will take home not the problems of science a

6、nd technology, _20_ the benefits.1. A generate B raise C produce D manufacture2. A answered B met C calculated D remembered3. A for B without C as D about4. A Moreover B Therefore C Anyway D However5. A expensive B mechanical C flourishing D complicated6. A gifted B skilled C trained D skillful7. A

7、keep B maintain C retain D protect8. A since B so C and D yet9. A charge B price C cost D value10. A accept B gain C receive D absorb11. A Frequently B Incidentally C Occasionally D Eventually12. A soon B quickly C immediately D first13. A some B others C several D few14. A might B should C would D

8、will15. A adopting B conducting C receiving D adjusting16. A to B at C on D about17. A small B secret C obvious D hidden18. A tackle B learn C study D deal19. A In B Through C With D Under20. A except B nor C or D butSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Ans

9、wer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C, or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)Text 1It was 3:45 in the morning when the vote was finally taken. After six months of arguing and final 16 hours of hot parliamentary debates, Australias Northern Territory became the first l

10、egal authority in the world to allow doctors to take the lives of incurably ill patients who wish to die. The measure passed by the convincing vote of 15 to 10. Almost immediately word flashed on the Internet and was picked up, half a world away, by John Hofsess, executive director of the Right to D

11、ie Society of Canada. He sent it on via the groups on-line service, Death NET. Says Hofsess: We posted bulletins all day long, because of course this isnt just something that happened in Australia. Its world history.The full import may take a while to sink in. The NT Rights of the Terminally Ill law

12、 has left physicians and citizens alike trying to deal with its moral and practical implications. Some have breathed sighs of relief, others, including churches, right-to-life groups and the Australian Medical Association, bitterly attacked the bill and the haste of its passage. But the tide is unli

13、kely to turn back. In Australia where an aging population, life-extending technology and changing community attitudes have all played their part other states are going to consider making a similar law to deal with euthanasia. In the US and Canada, where the right-to-die movement is gathering strengt

14、h, observers are waiting for the dominoes to start falling.Under the new Northern Territory law, an adult patient can request death probably by a deadly injection or pill to put an end to suffering. The patient must be diagnosed as terminally ill by two doctors. After a cooling off period of seven d

15、ays, the patient can sign a certificate of request. After 48 hours the wish for death can be met. For Lloyd Nickson, a 54-year-old Darwin resident suffering from lung cancer, the NT Rights of Terminally Ill law means he can get on with living without the haunting fear of his suffering: a terrifying

16、death from his breathing condition. Im not afraid of dying from a spiritual point of view, but what I was afraid of was how Id go, because Ive watched people die in the hospital fighting for oxygen and clawing at their masks, he says.21. From the second paragraph we learn thatA the objection to euth

17、anasia is diminishing in some countries.B physicians and citizens have the same view on euthanasia.C technological changes are chiefly responsible for the new law.D it takes time to appreciate the significance of laws passed.22. By saying that “observers are waiting for the dominoes to start falling

18、”(Line 7-8, Paragraph 2), the author means thatA observers are taking a wait-and-see attitude towards the future of euthanasia.B there is a possibility of similar bills being passed in the U.S. and Canada.C observers are waiting to see the movement end up in failure.D the process of bill taking effe

19、ct may finally come to a stop.23. When Lloyd Nickson dies, he willA undergo a cooling off period of seven days. B experience the suffering of a lung cancer patient.C have an intense fear of terrible suffering.D face his death with calm characteristic of euthanasia.24. What is the authors attitude to

20、wards euthanasia?A Hostile.B Suspicious.C Approving.D Indifferent.25. We can infer from the text that the success of the right-to-die movement isA one a matter of time.B far from certain.C just an illusion.D a fading hope.TEXT 2Much of the language used to describe monetary policy, such as steering

21、the economy to a soft landing or a touch on the brakes, makes it sound like a precise science. Nothing could be further from the truth. The link between interest rates and inflation is uncertain. And there are long, variable lags before policy changes have any effect on the economy. Hence the analog

22、y that likens the conduct of monetary policy to driving a car with a blackened windscreen, a cracked rearview mirror and a faulty steering wheel.Given all these disadvantages, central bankers seem to have had much to boast about of late. Average inflation in the big seven industrial economies fell t

23、o a mere 2.3% last year, close to its lowest level in 30 years, before rising slightly to 2.5% this July. This is a long way below the double-digit rates which many countries experienced in the 1970s and early 1980s.It is also less than most forecasters had predicted. In late 1994 the panel of econo

24、mists which The Economist polls each month said that Americas inflation rate would average 3.5% in 1995. In fact, it fell to 2.6% in August, and is expected to average only about 3% for the year as a whole. In Britain and Japan inflation is running half a percentage point below the rate predicted at

25、 the end of last year. This is no flash in the pan; over the past couple of years, inflation has been consistently lower than expected in Britain and America.Economists have been particularly surprised by favourable inflation figures in Britain and the United States, since conventional measures sugg

26、est that both economies, and especially Americas, have little productive slack. Americas capacity utilisation, for example, hit historically high levels earlier this year, and its jobless rate (5.6% in August) has fallen below most estimates of the natural rate of unemployment the rate below which i

27、nflation has taken off in the past.Why has inflation proved so mild? The most thrilling explanation is, unfortunately, a little defective. Some economists argue that powerful structural changes in the world have upended the old economic models that were based upon the historical link between growth

28、and inflation.26. According to the text, making monetary policy changesA is comparable to driving a car.B is similar to carrying out scientific work.C will not influence the economy immediately.D will have an immediate impact on the inflation rate.27. From the text we learn thatA there is a clear re

29、lationship between inflation and interest retes.B the economy always follows particular trends.C the current economic problem are entirely predictable.D the present economic situation is better than expected.28. The text suggests thatA the previous economic models are still applicable.B an extremely

30、 low jobless rate will lead to inflation.C a high unemployment rate will result from inflation.D interest rates have an immediate effect on the economy.29. By saying This is no flash in the pan (line 5, paragraph 3), the author implies thatA the low inflation rate will continue.B the inflation rate

31、will rise again.C inflation will disappear entirely.D there is no inflation at present.30. How does the author feel about the present situation?A Tolerant.B Indifferent.C Disappointed.D Surprised.TEXT 3In the first year or so of Web business, most of the action has revolved around efforts to tap the consumer market. More recently, as the Web proved to be more than a fashion, companies have started to buy and sell products and services with on