考研英语-试卷57
(总分142, 做题时间90分钟)
1. U of English
Section I U of EnglishDirections: Read the following text. Choo the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D.
It has been a hundred years since the last big one in California, the 1906 San Francisco earth quake, which helped give (1)_____ to modem earthquake science. A century later, we have a highly successful (2)_____, called plate tectonics, that explains why 1906-type earthquakes happen—along with why continents drift, mountains ri, and volcanoes (3)_____ the Pacific Rim. Plate tectonics may be one of the (4)_____ triumphs of the human mind, geology"s (5)_____ to biology"s theory of evolution. And yet scientists still can"t say when an earthquake will happen. They can"t **e (6)_____. What scientists can
do right now is make good maps of fault zones and (7)_____ out which ones are probably due (8)_____ a rupture. And they can make forecasts. A forecast might say that, over a certain number of years, there is a certain (9)_____ of a certain magnitude earthquake in a (10)_____ spot. And that you should fix your hou to its foundation and glue the water heater to the wall. Turning forecasts into predictions—"a magnitude 7 earthquake is (11)_____ here three days from now"—may be impossible, but scientists are doing everything they can to solve the (12)_____ of earth quakes. They break rocks in laboratories, studying how stone (13)_____ under stress. They hike (14)_____ ghost forests where dead trees (15)_____ of long-ago tsunamis. They make maps of uncured, balanced rocks to e where the ground has (16)_____ in the past and how hard. They dig ditches across faults, arching for the active trace. They have wired up fault zones with so many nsors it is (17)_____ the Earth is a patient (18)_____ intensive care. (19)_____, we tell ourlves—trying hard to be persuasive—there must be some way to (20)_____ order and criterion on all that untrustworthy ground.
1.
A birth
B ri
C ground
D way
糯米的功效2.
A impression
B conception
C judgment
D theory
3.
A range
B neighbor
C line
D border
4.
A signature
B signal
C significance
龙虾的做法大全D signification
5.
A respon
排卵期体温会升高吗B reply
C retort
D answer
6.
A near
B tight
C nearby
D clo
7.
A count
B put
C figure小红鞋
D lay
8.
A to
B for
C in
D of
9.
A feasibility
B likelihood
C likeness
D assumption
10.
A given
B taken
C extended
D engaged
11.
A expected
B remained
C welcomed
D rerved
12.
千层油酥饼
A myths
B crets
C mysteries
D puzzles
13.
A behaves
B performs
C prents
D treats
14.
A by
B across
C through
D among
15.
A tell
B speak
C say
D talk
16.
A quivered
B shivered
C trembled
D shaken
17.
A even if
B as though
C in general
D so that
18.
A with
B in
C at
D over
19.
A Surely
B Instead
C However
D Additionally
20.
A compo
B expo
C impo
D oppo
2. Reading Comprehension
Section II Reading Comprehension
斗鸡走狗
Part ADirections: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D.
The clock tower looks out over a 38-hectare campus graced by an ornamental lake and a pillared central hall. Add a little ivy and it could be almost any respected at of learning in the West. Only the hemisphere is wrong. This is Ningbo campus of Nottingham University in China"s Zhejiang province, half a world away from its British home. Teaching is in English, the first language of the staff. Last year the college, a joint venture with a Chine enterpri, opened its doors to 900 local students looking for an international education without leaving home. Within five years their numbers are forecast to reach 4,000. Say Nottingham University provost Ina Gow: "Why go all the way to Britain when you can study in China at half the price?" Good question. International education is now a global industry worth $30 billion a year, with some 2 million students studying abroad, a figure that"s forecast to treble by 2020. In particular, the surging economies of India and China are producing far more would-be graduates than their own colleges can accommodate. But preferences are changing fast as thrifty students give up their tradition
al favorites in the West and choo to stay clor to home. That means a change in strategy for recruit-hungry colleges and governments. Says Andreas Schleicher, an education expert at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, "The real international dimension is that we no longer move students around the world; we move the providers and contents instead." It doesn"t take a Ph. D to spot the trends. The United States still attracts more than a quarter of all overas students, but its market share is slipping. Britain, in the cond slot, saw the number of applicants from China dip by 20 percent last year. Factors include expen and tighter entry regulation. The United States last year relaxed some of its controls but not before losing some of the rich student business from the Middle East. British universities **plaining loudly at the government"s decision to double the price of a student visa. The big beneficiaries are back in the East, clo to home for Indian and Chine students. With generous state help, Australian colleges now attract 9 percent of overas students, after a decade of double-digit increas. Australians" goal: 560, 000 foreign students—almost three times today"s figure—by 2025, with Asians accounting for some 70 percent of the total. What"s
good for the colleges is also good for the national accounts. International education now ranks as Australia"s fourth largest source of export dollars after coal, tourism and iron ore.
飞行员舒克
1.
We can infer that the key feature of Ningbo campus of Nottingham University is that
A it has a western style campus.
B it charges half the price of Nottingham University.
C it provides similar education as in Nottingham.
D it is a joint venture with a Chine enterpri.
实习律师个人总结
2.
Students choo to stay clor to home mainly becau of
A their fear of homesickness.
B the surging economy of their home country.
C the changing pattern of world education.
D their personal economic reason.
3.
According to Andreas Schleicher, the trends of education is that
A students will choo to study in their own country.
B Western countries still have strong attraction for students.
C Australia will surpass the U.S. and Britain in the market share.
D Universities will be more active in suiting the needs of students.
4.
What has happened to the U.S. and Britain in terms of overas students?
