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1、考研考博-考博英语-西北农林科技大学模拟考试题含答案1. 填空题Acting is such an overcrowded profession that the only advice that should be given to a young person thinking of going on the stage is Dont! But it is useless to try to discourage someone （1） feels that he must act, although the chances of his becoming famous are （2）

2、. The normal way to begin is to go to a drama school. Usually only students who show promise and （3） are accepted, and the course lasts two years. Then the young （4） or actress takes up work with a play company, usually as assistant stage manager. This means （5） everything that there is to do in the

3、 theatre: painting scenery, looking after the furniture, taking care of the clothes, and even acting in very small parts. It is very （6） work indeed, the hours are long and the salary is tiny. But young actors with the stage in their blood are （7） ,waiting for the chance of working with a better com

4、pany, or perhaps in films or television.Of course, some people have unusual chances, which lead to （8） and success （9） this long and dull training. Connie Pratt, for example, was just an ordinary girl working in a bicycle factory. A film producer happened to （10） sight of her one morning waiting at

5、a bus stop, as he （11） past in his big car. He told the bus driver to stop, and he got out to speak to the girl. He asked her （12） she would like to go to the film company to do a test, and at first she thought he was joking. Then she got angry and said she would call the police. It took the produce

6、r （13） minutes to tell Connie that he was serious. Then an appointment was made for her to go to the company the next day. The test was successful. They gave her some necessary lessons and within a few weeks she was playing the leading（14） in a film, which made her well-known overnight （15） the coun

7、try. Of course, she was given a dramatic name, which is now world famous. But chances like this happen once in a blue moon!【答案】1.who2.small3.talent4.actor5.doing6.hard7.happy8.fame9.without10.catch11.drove12.if13.twenty14.part15.throughout【解析】1.后文“feels that he must act” 为someone 的后置定语， 此处缺关系代词，故选“w

8、ho”。2. 整句话的含义为：试图阻止那些自认为他必须演戏的人是没用的，尽管成名的机会“Although” 表转折关系，由此可推断“成名机会很小”符合逻辑，故选 “small” 。3.“and”表并列，故此处应选择与 “promise希望” 同类名词，选项中“talent天赋”符合要求。4.“or或者”表并列，故此处应选择与“actress女演员”的同类名词，故选“actor男演员”。5.“mean doing sth.意味着做某事”，故此处选“doing”。6.前文提到作为舞台监督助理需要承担的一系列工作，以及后文提到工作时间长，薪水少，可知“这份工作很辛苦”， 故选“hard辛苦的”。7.

9、“But但是”表转折，此处填入的词应与前文“辛苦的工作”形成反差，“happy”符合逻辑，整句话的含义为：但是这些将演戏融入自己血液的年轻人是快乐的，他们在等待机会去一个更好的公司或者出演电影电视。故选“happy”。8.“and”表并列，此处应选择与“success成功”同类名词，故选“fame名气”。9.前文提到“有些人因获得不寻常的机会而成名”和后文普通女孩Connie Pratt的例子可知她“没有经过漫长且枯燥的训练”，故选“without没有”。10.“catch sight of sb.看见某人”为固定短语，故选“catch”。11.后文提到“in his big car在他的大车

10、中”，可推测此处应选择与“车子”相关的词，“drive past”即“驾车驶过” ，符合原文，本句描述过去发生的事件，故选drive的过去式“drove”。12.根据语境及整句话含义“他问她（Connie Pratt）想去电影公司做测试，开始Connie Pratt觉得他在开玩笑”推断此处选“if是否”。13.由下文 “minutes分钟”可知这里需要选择一个描述时间的量词，故选数词“twenty”。14.“play the leading part担任主角”为固定短语， “part”此处为“角色”的意思。15.“throughout the country全国”为固定短语，故选“throug

11、hout遍及”。2. 单选题The standard of living of any country means the average persons share of the goods and services which the country produces. （1） . Wealth in this sense is not money, for we do not live on money but on things that money can buy: goods such as food and, clothing, and services such as tran

12、sport and entertainment.A countrys capacity to produce wealth depends upon many factors, most of which have an effect on one another. （2） . Some region of the world are well supplied with coal and minerals, and have a fertile soil and a favorable climate, other regions possess none of them. （3） . So

13、me countries are perhaps well off in natural resources, but suffered for many years from civil and external wars, and for this and other reasons have been unable to develop their resources. Sound and stable political conditions, and freedom from foreign invasion, enable a country to develop its natu

14、ral resources peacefully and steadily, and to produce more wealth than another country equally well served by nature but less well ordered. Another important factor is the technical efficiency of a countrys people. （4） A countrys standard of living does not only depend upon the wealth that is produc

15、ed and consumed within its own borders, but also upon what is indirectly produced through international trade. （5） . Trade makes it possible for her surplus manufactured goods to be traded abroad for the agricultural products that would otherwise be lacking. A countrys wealth is, therefore, much inf

16、luenced by its manufacturing capacity, provided that other countries can be found ready to accept its manufactures. 问题1选项A.Industrialized countries that have trained numerous skilled workers and technicians are better placed to produce wealth than countries whose workers are largely unskilledB.Next

17、to natural resources comes the ability to turn them to useC.A countrys standard of living, therefore, depends first and foremost on its capacity to produce wealthD.For example, Britains wealth in foodstuffs and other agricultural products would be much less if it had to depend only on those grown at

18、 homeE.Wealth should be properly used only to enhance the standard of living of people in all countriesF.Wealth depends to a great extent upon a countrys natural resources, such as coal, gold, and other minerals, water supply and so on问题2选项A.Industrialized countries that have trained numerous skille

19、d workers and technicians are better placed to produce wealth than countries whose workers are largely unskilledB.Next to natural resources comes the ability to turn them to useC.A countrys standard of living, therefore, depends first and foremost on its capacity to produce wealthD.For example, Brit

20、ains wealth in foodstuffs and other agricultural products would be much less if it had to depend only on those grown at homeE.Wealth should be properly used only to enhance the standard of living of people in all countriesF.Wealth depends to a great extent upon a countrys natural resources, such as

21、coal, gold, and other minerals, water supply and so on问题3选项A.Industrialized countries that have trained numerous skilled workers and technicians are better placed to produce wealth than countries whose workers are largely unskilledB.Next to natural resources comes the ability to turn them to useC.A

22、countrys standard of living, therefore, depends first and foremost on its capacity to produce wealthD.For example, Britains wealth in foodstuffs and other agricultural products would be much less if it had to depend only on those grown at homeE.Wealth should be properly used only to enhance the stan

23、dard of living of people in all countriesF.Wealth depends to a great extent upon a countrys natural resources, such as coal, gold, and other minerals, water supply and so on问题4选项A.Industrialized countries that have trained numerous skilled workers and technicians are better placed to produce wealth

24、than countries whose workers are largely unskilledB.Next to natural resources comes the ability to turn them to useC.A countrys standard of living, therefore, depends first and foremost on its capacity to produce wealthD.For example, Britains wealth in foodstuffs and other agricultural products woul

25、d be much less if it had to depend only on those grown at homeE.Wealth should be properly used only to enhance the standard of living of people in all countriesF.Wealth depends to a great extent upon a countrys natural resources, such as coal, gold, and other minerals, water supply and so on问题5选项A.I

26、ndustrialized countries that have trained numerous skilled workers and technicians are better placed to produce wealth than countries whose workers are largely unskilledB.Next to natural resources comes the ability to turn them to useC.A countrys standard of living, therefore, depends first and fore

27、most on its capacity to produce wealthD.For example, Britains wealth in foodstuffs and other agricultural products would be much less if it had to depend only on those grown at homeE.Wealth should be properly used only to enhance the standard of living of people in all countriesF.Wealth depends to a

28、 great extent upon a countrys natural resources, such as coal, gold, and other minerals, water supply and so on【答案】第1题:C第2题:F第3题:B第4题:A第5题:D【解析】1.文章第一句提到“任何国家的生活水平是指国家生产的商品和服务的平均份额”，空格后关键词“wealth财富”可推断中间内容应与 “生活标准和财富”有关，C项“因为，一个国家的生活水平首先取决于其创造财富的能力”符合题意，故选C。2.文章第二段第一句提到“一个国家创造财富的能力取决于许多因素，其中大多数因素相互影

29、响”，空格后提到“世界上有些地区的煤炭和矿物供应充足，土壤肥沃，气候宜人，其他地区则没有。”推断中间内容应该是阐述“财富与煤、矿产等资源的关系”，F 项“财富在很大程度上取决于一个国家的自然资源，如煤炭、黄金和其他矿产、供水等”符合题意，故选F。3.空格后提到“有些国家自然资源虽然很丰富，但由于多年来战争和一些其他原因一直无法开发其资源”可推断此处应阐述“自然资源与开发自然资源的能力”，B项“排在自然资源后的是将自然资源转化使用的能力”符合题意，故选B。4.空格前文提到“另外一个重要因素是一个国家人民技术效率”可推断此处应阐述与“技术相关内容”， A项“已经培训了许多熟练工人和技术人员的工业化

30、国家比其他工人不熟练的国家更有能力创造财富”符合题意，故选A。5.空格前文提到“一个国家的生活水平不仅取决于在本国境内生产和消费的财富，而且还取决于通过国际贸易间接生产的财富”，空格后提到“贸易使她剩余的制成品能够在国外进行贸易，以换取自身所缺乏的农产品。”可推断空格处“应该列举一个例子”由此导出下文的结论，D项“例如，如果它只能依靠国内生产，英国在食品和其他农产品方面的财富要少得多”符合题意，故选D。3. 单选题Over the last 25 years, British society has changed a great deal or at least many parts of

31、it have. In some ways, however, very little has changed, particularly where altitudes are concerned（1） .In the past, the working-class tended to be paid less than middle class people, such as teachers and doctors. As a result of this and also of the fact that workers jobs were generally much less se

32、cure, distinct differences in life-styles and attitudes came into existence. （2） , having given his wife her “housekeeping”，would go out and squander the rest on beer and betting.The stereotype of what a middle-class man did with his money was perhaps nearer the truth. He was and still is inclined t

33、o take a longer-term view. Not only did he regard buying a house as a most important thing, but he also considered the education of his children as extremely important. Both of these provided him and his family with security. Only in very few cases did workers have the opportunity (or the education

34、and training) to make such long-term plans.Nowadays, a great deal has changed. In a large number of cases factory workers earn as much, if not more, than their middle-class supervisors. Social security and laws have made it less necessary than before to worry about tomorrow. （3） .In fact there has b

35、een a growing tendency in the past few years for the middle-classes to feel slightly ashamed of their position. （4） . They generally tend to share very similar tastes in music and clothes, they spend their money in having a good time, and save for holidays or longer-term plans when necessary. There

36、seems to be much less difference than in previous generations.（5） As long as this gap exists, there will always be a possibility that new conflicts and jealousies will emerge, or rather that the old conflicts will reappear, but between different groups. 问题1选项A.Working-class people seem slowly to be

37、losing the feeling of inferiority they had in the pastB.Nevertheless, we still have a wide gap between the well-paid (whatever the type of job they may have) and the low-paidC.Idea about social class whether a person is working-class or middle-classis one area in which changes have been extremely sl

38、owD.The changes in both life-styles and attitudes are probably most easily seen amongst younger peopleE.Class differences have been eliminated for centuries in almost all societies around the worldF.The typical working man would collect his wages on Friday evening and then, it was widely believed问题2

39、选项A.Working-class people seem slowly to be losing the feeling of inferiority they had in the pastB.Nevertheless, we still have a wide gap between the well-paid (whatever the type of job they may have) and the low-paidC.Idea about social class whether a person is working-class or middle-classis one a

40、rea in which changes have been extremely slowD.The changes in both life-styles and attitudes are probably most easily seen amongst younger peopleE.Class differences have been eliminated for centuries in almost all societies around the worldF.The typical working man would collect his wages on Friday

41、evening and then, it was widely believed问题3选项A.Working-class people seem slowly to be losing the feeling of inferiority they had in the pastB.Nevertheless, we still have a wide gap between the well-paid (whatever the type of job they may have) and the low-paidC.Idea about social class whether a pers

42、on is working-class or middle-classis one area in which changes have been extremely slowD.The changes in both life-styles and attitudes are probably most easily seen amongst younger peopleE.Class differences have been eliminated for centuries in almost all societies around the worldF.The typical wor

43、king man would collect his wages on Friday evening and then, it was widely believed问题4选项A.Working-class people seem slowly to be losing the feeling of inferiority they had in the pastB.Nevertheless, we still have a wide gap between the well-paid (whatever the type of job they may have) and the low-p

44、aidC.Idea about social class whether a person is working-class or middle-classis one area in which changes have been extremely slowD.The changes in both life-styles and attitudes are probably most easily seen amongst younger peopleE.Class differences have been eliminated for centuries in almost all

45、societies around the worldF.The typical working man would collect his wages on Friday evening and then, it was widely believed问题5选项A.Working-class people seem slowly to be losing the feeling of inferiority they had in the pastB.Nevertheless, we still have a wide gap between the well-paid (whatever t

46、he type of job they may have) and the low-paidC.Idea about social class whether a person is working-class or middle-classis one area in which changes have been extremely slowD.The changes in both life-styles and attitudes are probably most easily seen amongst younger peopleE.Class differences have b

47、een eliminated for centuries in almost all societies around the worldF.The typical working man would collect his wages on Friday evening and then, it was widely believed【答案】第1题:C第2题:F第3题:A第4题:D第5题:B【解析】1.前文含义“但是，在某些方面变化很小，特别是在某些高度上”可推断此处应是对“very little has changed”的举例，C项含义为“关于社会阶层的问题，即一个人是否为工人阶级或中产阶

48、级，就是一个变化非常缓慢的领域”，符合题意，故选C。2.前文含义为“在过去，工人阶级的工资往往低于中产阶级，如教师和医生。 基于这一点以及工人工作的不安全性，人们生活方式和态度出现了明显的差异。”下文举例，空格后文的含义为“给一部分给妻子作为生活开支，剩下的出去喝酒和赌博”可知此处为工人阶级的做法，选项F含义为“典型的工人阶级男人们，在周五晚上领薪水，大部分人认为”符合上下文，故选F。3.前文含义为“如今变化很大，在大多数情况下，工厂工人的收入可以与他们的中产阶级主管持平。 社会保障和法律也使人们不再担心“明天”。空格后文的含义为“事实上，在过去的几年里，中产阶级对自己的地位感到羞愧的趋势越来

49、越明显。”可推断此处可能与 “工人阶级对自己过去的社会地位的感觉”相关，A 项含义为“工人阶级似乎在慢慢失去过去的那种自卑感” 符合上下文，故选A。4.空格后文的含义为“他们通常在音乐和衣服上有着相似的品味，为了玩得很开心他们愿意花钱，必要时还会为假期或长期计划储蓄。 与前几代相比，差异似乎要小得多。”此处可能为对某种变化的举例。选项D的含义为“生活方式和态度的变化很可能很容易在年轻人中看到”符合上下文，故选D。5.空格后文的含义为“只要这种差距存在，就永远有可能出现新的冲突和猜忌，或者旧的冲突在不同的群体之间再次出现”可推断空格处应与某种差异相关，选项B的含义为“然而，在高薪（无论他们有什么

50、样的工作）和低薪者之间仍然有很大的差距” 符合上下文，故选B。4. 单选题Researchers are trying to tell parents something about what kinds of video games children should be playing and how much time they should spend doing it. A new study concludes what youve already suspected: Young boys who play video games do worse on tests than ch

51、ildren who dont. Researchers who followed 64 boys from the ages of 6 to 9 for four months discovered that those who received a new PlayStation II gaming system earned lower reading and writing test scores than children who did not get the video game player. This comes on the heels of another recentl

52、y reported study about video games, which concluded that kids who play violent video games become more aggressive and less caring regardless of age, sex or culture than young people who dont play these games.The study on the effects of video games on schoolwork was conducted by Denison University as

53、sociate professors Rebert Weis and Brittany Cerankosky, who graduated from Denison in 2008. It is called Effects of Video-Game Ownership on Young Boys Academic and Behavioral Functioning, and will be published in Psychological Science.Boys who received the system also showed greater teacher-reported

54、 academic problems at follow-up than children in the comparison group. The researchers followed 64 young boys over four months. Parents of the 64 were promised a PlayStation II gaming system in exchange for their participation, plus three E rated games. But half the families were given the video gam

55、ing system immediately and half were promised it after four months. The children underwent a battery of tests before and after the four months and parents and teachers answered questions about how the boys behaved in school and at home.The conclusions show that, boys who were the first to get the Pl

56、ay Stations spent more time playing video games than the boys who didnt get it immediately39.3 minutes versus 9.3 minutes. (The boys who didnt get the gaming system right away played at a friends house). Boys who were given the Play Stations right away spent 18.2 minutes a day in after-school academ

57、ic activities versus 31.6 minutes for the kids who werent. The boys who had the video games immediately achieved lower reading and writing test scores than those who didnt. But the Play Stations seemed to have no effect on the boys math and problem solving skills.Cerankosky said in a statement on th

58、e Denison University Web site that there isnt necessarily something inherent in video games that negatively affect kids. Its an activity that detracts from time that could be spent on school work,” she said. If you are wondering why we needed a study to tell us that, the researchers say that convent

59、ional wisdom is not always accurate, and it is important to prove such beliefs through experimentation.1.The first paragraph implies that Evaluation is needed before buying children video games. T/F2.According to researchers, a new PlayStation II gaming system helped students improve their reading a

60、nd writing test scores. T/F3.The effect on young girls who play violent video games proves to be less serious than that on young boys who play the same violent video games. T/F4.The two researchers on the effects of video games on schoolwork are Denison University graduates. T/F5.Parents of the 64 b

61、oys who were chosen for the study were immediately given a PlayStation II gaming system in exchange for their participation. T/F6.The 64 boys chosen were given a series of tests before and after the four-months research. T/F7.The boys who didnt get the gaming system right away played at a friends ho

62、use, but they played it for a much shorter time. T/F8.The boys who had the video games immediately achieved much lower test scores on math than those who didnt. T/F9.The study shows if kids spent the time on schoolwork that they wasted on games, they could do better on reading and writing. T/F10.The

63、 researchers say that conventional wisdom is not always correct. T/F问题1选项A.TB.F问题2选项A.TB.F问题3选项A.TB.F问题4选项A.TB.F问题5选项A.TB.F问题6选项A.TB.F问题7选项A.TB.F问题8选项A.TB.F问题9选项A.TB.F问题10选项A.TB.F【答案】第1题:A第2题:B第3题:B第4题:B第5题:B第6题:A第7题:A第8题:B第9题:A第10题:A【解析】1.第一段提到 “A new study concludes what youve already suspected: Young boys who play video games do worse on tests than children who dont. 一项新的研究证实了人们怀疑的事情：玩电子游戏的男孩在测试中比不玩电子游戏的孩子考试成绩更差。”可推断“在为小孩买电子游戏前需要进行评估”陈述正确。2.第一段提到“.who received a new PlayStation II gaming system earned lower reading and writing test scores than children who did not get the