北京航空航天大学考博英语模拟试卷15(题后含答案及解析)

北京航空航天大学考博英语模拟试卷15 (题后含答案及解析)

题型有：1. Reading Comprehension 2. Structure and Vocabulary 3. Cloze 4. English-Chinese Translation 5. Writing

Reading Comprehension

Unless we spend money to spot and prevent asteroids(小行星)now.one might crash into Earth and destroy life as we know it,say some scientists. Asteroids are bigger versions of the meteoroids(流星)that race across the night sky. Most orbit the sun far from Earth and don’t threaten us. But there are also thousands whose orbits put them on a collision course with Earth. Buy $ 40 million worth of new telescopes right now. Then spend $ 10 million a year for the next 25 years to locate most of the space rocks. By the time we spot a fatal one,the scientists say.we’ll have a way to change its course. Some scientists favor pushing asteroids off course with nuclear weapons. But the cost wouldn’t be cheap. Is it worth it? Two things experts consider when judging any risk are: 1. How likely the event is; and 2. How bad the consequences if the event occurs. Experts think an asteroid big enough to destroy lots of life might strike Earth once every 400,000 years. Sounds pretty rare-but if one did fall.it would be the end of the world. “If we don’t take care of these big asteroids,they’II take care of us,”says one scientist. “It’s that simple.” The cure,though,might be worse than the disease. Do we really want fleets of nuclear weapons sitting around on Earth? “The world has less to fear from doomsday(毁灭性的)rocks than from a great nuclear fleet set against them,” said a New York Times article.

1． What does the passage say about asteroids and meteoroids? A．They are heavenly bodies different in composition. B．They are heavenly bodies similar in nature. C．There are more asteroids than meteoroids.

D．Asteroids are more mysterious than meteoroids.

正确答案：B 解析：依据文章第二段第一行可以判断出两者性质相似只是体积不同，排除A项；文中并无两者数量上的比较，排除C项；也没有涉及D项的内容。

2． What do scientists say about the collision of an asteroid with Earth? A．It is very unlikely but the danger exists.

B．Such a collision might occur once every 25 years.

C．Collisions of smaller asteroids with Earth occur more often than expected. D．It’s still too early to say whether such a collision might occur.

正确答案：A 解析：依据文章第五段第三行始可以断定小行星与地球的碰撞概率极小，但可能性确实存在，这正是A项的内容。

3． What do people think of the suggestion of using nuclear weapons to alter the course of asteroids?

A．It sounds practical but it may not solve the problem. B．It may create more problems than it might solve.

C．It is a waste of money because a collision of asteroids with Earth is very unlikely.

D．Further research should be done before it is proved applicable.

正确答案：B

解析：该问题的相关答案出现在文章最后一段中。

4． We can conclude from the passage that_____.

A．while pushing asteroids off course nuclear weapons would destroy the world B．asteroids racing across the night sky are likely to hit Earth in the near future C．the worry about asteroids can be left to future generations since it is unlikely to happen in our lifetime

D．workable solutions still have to be found to prevent a collision of asteroids with Earth.

正确答案：D

解析：根据文章断定：B项内容应予否定。A、C两项均不能充分合理推断出。

5． Which of the following best describes the author’s tone in this pass age? A．Optimistic B．Critical C．Objective D．Arbitrary

正确答案：C

解析：四选项的含义分别为：A项“乐观的”；B项“批评的”；C项“客观的”；D项“任意的，武断的”。

Believe it or not,optical illusion(错觉)can cut highway crashes. Japan is a case in point. It has reduced automobile crashes on some roads by nearly 75 percent using a simple optical illusion. Bent stripes,called chevrons(人字形)painted on the roads make drivers think that they are driving faster than they really are,and thus drivers slow down. Now the American Association Foundation for Traffic Safety in Washington D.C. is planning to repeat Japan’s success. Starting next year, the foundation will paint chevrons and other patterns of stripes on selected roads around

the country to test how well the patterns reduce highway crashes. Excessive speed plays a major role in as much as one fifth of all fatal traffic accidents, according to the foundation To help reduce those accidents,the foundation will conduct its tests in areas where speed-related hazards are the greatest-curves,exit slopes,traffic circles,and bridges. Some studies suggest that straight,horizontal bars painted across roads can initially cut the average speed of drivers in half. However, traffic often returns to full speed within months as drivers become used to seeing the painted bar. Chevrons,scientists say,not only give drivers the impress on that they are driving faster than they really are but also make a lane appear to be narrower. The result is a longer lasting reduction in highway speed and the number of traffic accidents.

6． The passage mainly discusses____. A．a new way of highway speed control B．a new pattern for painting highways C．a new approach to training drivers D．a new type of optical illusion

正确答案：A

解析：分析文章的语篇，特别是文章的开头句以及文章最后两行，可以判断A项正是文章的主题。

7． On roads painted with chevrons drivers tend to feel that_____. A．they should avoid speed-related hazards B．they are driving in the wrong lane C．they should slow down their speed D．they are approaching the speed limit

正确答案：C

解析：参见文章第二段第二行始。

8． The advantage of chevrons over straight,horizontal bars is that the former_____.

A．can keep drivers awake

B．can cut road accidents in half

C．will have a longer effect on drivers D．will look more attractive

正确答案：C

解析：该题问及“chevrons”与“straight，horizontal bars”之间的效果比较。依据文章第五段中内容，说明该方法有效果，但持续时间较短；再依据文章最后一句，两者效果的比较结果一目了然。

9． The American Association Foundation for Traffic Safety plans to_____.

A．try out the Japanese method in certain areas B．change the road signs across the country

C．replace straight,horizontal bars with chevrons D．repeat the Japanese road patterns

正确答案：A

解析：依据文章第三段第二行内容可知：尝试日本方式是在某些公路上，而不是在全国。

10． What does the author say about straight, horizontal bars painted across roads?

A．They are falling out of use in the United States.

B．They tend to be ignored by drivers in a short period of time. C．They are applicable only on broad roads.

D．They cannot be applied successfully to traffic circles.

正确答案：B

解析：依据在第五段。

What do consumers really want? That’s a question market researchers would love to answer. But since people don’t always say what they think, marketers would need direct access to consumers’ thoughts to get the truth. Now, in a way, that is possible. At the “Mind of the Market” laboratory at Harvard Business School, researchers are looking inside shoppers’ skulls to develop more effective advertisements and marketing pitches. Using imaging techniques that measure blood flow to various parts of the brain, the Harvard team hopes to predict how consumers will react to particular products and to discover the most effective ways to present information. Stephen Kosslyn, a professor of psychology at Harvard, and business school professor Gerald Zaltman, oversee the lab. “The goal is not to manipulate people’s preferences,” says Kosslyn, “just to speak to their actual desires.” The group’s findings, though still preliminary, could radically change how firms develop and market new products. The Harvard group use position emission topography(PET)scans to monitor the brain activity. These PET scans, along with other non-invasive imaging techniques; enable researchers to see which parts of the brain are active during specific tasks(such as remembering a word). Correlations have been found between blood flow to specific areas and future behavior. Because of this, Harvard researchers believe the scans can also predict future purchasing patterns. According to an unpublished paper the group produced, “It is possible to use these techniques to predict not only whether people will remember and have specific emotional reactions to certain materials, but also whether they will be inclined to want those materials months later.” The Harvard group is now moving into the next stage of experiments. They will explore how people remember advertisements as part of an effort to predict how they will react to a product after having seen an ad. The researchers believe that once key areas of the brain are identified, scans on about two

dozen volunteers will be enough to draw conclusions about the reactions of specific segments of the population. Large corporations—including Coca Cola, Eastman Kodak, General Motors, and Hallmark—have already signed up to fund further investigations. For their financial support, these firms gain access to the experiments but cannot control them. If Kosslyn and Zaltman and their team really can read the mind of the market, then consumers may find it even harder to get those advertising jingles out of their heads.

11． Which of the following statements can be the best title for this passage? A．Reading the Mind of the Market

B．Controlling the Consumers’ Preferences C．Improving the Styles of Advertising D．Finding Out the Way to Predict

正确答案：A

解析：本题可参照文章第二段的“the‘Mind of the Market’laboratory”和最后一段的“If Kosslyn and Zalt-man and their team really can read the mind of the market”，可见本文是围绕reading the mind of themarket来写的。所以正确答案是A。

12． Why do the Harvard researchers use scientific technology in the experiments?

A．Because they don’t believe the surveys done by the marketers can lead to the truth.

B．Because they are asked by the marketers to find a direct way to read the consumers’ thoughts.

C．Because they want to find out how the ads influence people’s brain activity and emotional responses etc.

D．Because they expect that their experiments can basically alter the marketing strategies of products.

正确答案：C

解析：A和B两项很容易排除；根据原文的”The goal is not to manipulate people’s preferences，”saysKosslyn，“just to speak to their actual desires．”可知，D项不对。因此正确答案为C。

13． Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? A．Sometimes people will conceal what they think when being questioned by the market researchers.

B．Stephen Kosslyn and Gerald Zaltman overlook the experiments and criticize the purpose of the study.

C．Harvard researchers have found the corresponding relations between people’s brain and behavior.

D．There are many large organizations endorsing and financing the Harvard group’s further investigation.

正确答案：B

解析：本题可参照原文的“Stephen Kosslyn，a professor of psychology at Harvard，and business schoolprofessor Gerald Zaltman，oversee the lab．”oversee是“监视、检查”的意思，而B项overlook意为“忽视、忽略”，含义相反。因此答案为B。

14． What does “to speak to”in the last sentence of the second paragraph mean? A．to talk to B．to say to

C．to communicate to D．to respond to

正确答案：D

解析：此处的to speak to意为“对(人们)的实际需求做出反应”。因此答案为D。

15． The last sentence of this passage implies that_____. A．if the experiments’ results can be applied to the practice, the customers will be very likely to buy things according to the ads

B．if the Harvard group can succeed in finishing the research, they will use it in attracting more and more consumers into the market

C．the financial supporting corporations such as Coca Cola, General Motors can employ the experiments in their own marketing

D．the consumers may discover that those ads will always annoy them by jingling out of their heads and cause them headaches

正确答案：A

解析：本文最后一句话的大意是：如果此项研究成功的话，那么消费者将更难抵御广告的影响。据此A项正确。

To us it seems so natural to put up an umbrella to keep the water off when it rains. But actually the umbrella was not invented as protection against rain. Its first use was as a shade against the sun. Nobody knows who first invented it, but the umbrella was used in very ancient times. Probably the first to use it were the Chinese, way back in the eleventh century B.C. We know that the umbrella was used in ancient Egypt and Babylon as a sunshade. And there was a strange thing connected with its use: it became a symbol of honor and authority. In the Far East in ancient times, the umbrella was allowed to be used only by royalty or by those in high offices. In Europe, the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade. And the umbrella was in common use in ancient Greece. But it is believed that the first persons in Europe to use the umbrella as protection against rain were the ancient

Romans. During the Middle Ages, the use of the umbrella practically disappeared. Then it appeared again in I-taly in the late sixteenth century. And against it was considered a symbol of power and authority. By 1680, the umbrella appeared in France and later on in England. By the eighteenth century, the umbrella was used against rain throughout most of Europe. Umbrellas have not changed much in style during all this time, though they have become much lighter in weight. It wasn’t until the twentieth century that women’s umbrellas began to be made in a whole variety of colors.

16． The first use of umbrella was as_____. A．protection against rain B．a shade against the sun C．a symbol of power D．a symbol of honor

正确答案：B

解析：根据第一段的最后一句话可确定B项(遮挡阳光)为本题的正确答案。

17． ____were the people who first used umbrellas. A．Chinese B．Romans C．Greeks D．Egyptians

正确答案：A

解析：根据文章第二段最后一句话可以判断A项为正确答案。

18． The umbrella was used only by royalty or by those in high offices_____. A．in Europe in the 18th century B．in ancient Egypt and Babylon C．in the Far East in ancient times D．during the Middle Ages

正确答案：C

解析：根据文章第三段最后一句话可以确定C项为最佳选择。

19． According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true ? A．Women enjoy using umbrellas with varied kinds of colors nowadays. B．The inventor of the umbrella is unknown.

C．Once ordinary people had no right to use umbrellas. D．Umbrellas were popular and cheap in ancient times.

正确答案：D

解析：D项是本题的最佳答案。

20． Which of the following is the best title of the passage? A．When Was the Umbrella Invented? B．The History of Umbrella

C．Umbrella —A Symbol of Honor D．Who Used Umbrella First?

正确答案：B

解析：整篇文章都是在讲述伞的历史。B项是本题的最佳选择。

Structure and Vocabulary

21． Not until the game had begun_____at the sports ground. A．should he have arrived B．had he arrived C．did he arrive

D．would he had arrived

正确答案：C

解析：not until…放在句首时，主句要用部分倒装。当某些具有否定意义的词或短语放在句首做状语时，句子要用部分倒装。常见的这部分词有：hardly，little，never，not until，rarely，seldom等；常见的短语有：in noway，at no time，in no case，by no means，under no circumstances等以及部分关联词：hardly(scarcely／barely)…when…，no sooner…than…等。当这些否定词不放在句首时，就不用倒装。

22． Neither at this meeting nor at the previous one_____the proposal. A．they did not discuss B．did they discuss C．do they discuss D．would they discuss

正确答案：B

解析：在并列连接词not only…but also…，neither…nor…等连接的句子中，如果not only，neither放在句首，要用部分倒装结构。但是，当位于句首的neither…nor…或not only…but also…连接的是主语成分而不是句子时，句子须用正常语序。

23． The molecules of gases move more freely than____. A．do liquids and solids B．liquids and solids do

C．do those of liquids and solids D．those do of liquids and solids

正确答案：C

解析：连接词as或than引导的比较状语从句中，为了保持句子的平衡，句子可全部倒装，也可局部倒装。

24． The taller the container,____at the bottom. A．the greater will the water pressure be B．the water pressure will be greater C．the greater will be the water pressure D．greater the water pressure will be

正确答案：C

解析：在“the+比较级，the+比较级”结构中，也可用倒装形式，既可用全部倒装，也可用部分倒装。意为“越……越……”。

25． ____from the tenth floor when the policeman pointed his pistol at him. A．Jumped down the burglar B．Down the burglar jumped C．The burglar jumped down D．Down jumped the burglar

正确答案：D

解析：某些表示方位的副词in，out，away，off，down，up等位于句首时，常常使用倒装。这些词常和go，come等表示位置转移的动作动词的一般过去时连用，目的是为了生动地描写这些动作。

26． To the north of the city____a small island. A．lain B．lies

C．was there D．there lays

正确答案：B 解析：当表示地点的介词短语在句中充当状语，而谓语又为某些表示状态的动词，如come，lie，stand，run，walk等时，为了上下文联系紧密或保持句子平衡，常把状语或表语放到句首，谓语动词置于主语之前，引起全部倒装。

27． _____she first heard of the man referred to as a specialist. A．That was from Stephen B．It was Stephen whom C．It was from Stephen that D．It was Stephen that

正确答案：C

解析：本题考查强调句型。从题干来看，被强调部分应该是状语，所以应选择C。referred to引起的短语在句中作the man的后置定语。

28． Was it____the professor regarded with such contempt? A．them who B．them whom C．he who D．those

正确答案：D

解析：这里强调宾语。当宾语是代词them，要改用those。

29． the Europeans began to learn how to use the compass on their ships. A．It was not until the 12th century when B．Hardly it was the 12th century than C．No sooner it was the 12th century when D．It was not until the 12th century that

正确答案：D

解析：只有D项是强调结构形式，其他均不是。 30． When I try to understand_____that prevents so many Americans from being as happy as one might expect.it seems to me that there are two causes.

A．why it does B．what it does C．what it is D．why it is

正确答案：C

解析：本题考查的是句式比较复杂的强调句。A、B两个选项不符合强调句的基本结构，可首先排除。题中understand的宾语是一个what从句，而从句本身又是一个强调句型，等于it is(what)that prevents somany Americans from being as happy as one might expect。

31． More often it is the President,and not the members of his cabinet,_____the populace.

A．who appeal to B．to whom appeal to C．whom appeals to D．who appeals to

正确答案：D

解析：被强调的部分作主语，且句中谓语要与the President取得一致。

32． On the large board in the main hall of the airport.you can easily find the different Destinations____which airlines can take you.

A．in B．of C．to D．by

正确答案：C

解析：这句话是一个定语从句，which所代替的是先行词destination，所以配合take应该使用介词to。因此答案为C。

33． Not until actually faced with water scarcity____appreciate the value of water to a region.

A．one can B．one cannot C．can one D．cannot one

正确答案：C

解析：not until开头的句子，后面应该使用倒装句，所以排除A和B。根据句意“只有真正遇到水资源缺乏，我们才会感激水对一个地区所起的重要作用”，我们可以判断，C选项正确。

34． Most people don’t think of a stamp as a receipt,but that is_____it really is-a proof of just how much money you have paid in advance for mail delivery.

A．what B．why C．how D．who

正确答案：B

解析：此题的难点在对句意的理解。这句话的意思是：绝大多数人都不会把邮票视作一种收据，但这也更能说明为什么它可以证明你已经提前支付了邮资。由此看出正确选项是B。

35． Without water from the Nile River,Egypt____a farming country and become a desert.

A．will cease to be B．would cease to be C．will cease being D．would cease being

正确答案：B

解析：本句话意为“没有尼罗河，埃及就会由一个农业国变成一片沙漠。”

此题是一个虚拟句型，所以排除A和C。cease doing表示临时停下来某件事，过一会还会继续，而cease to do表示永久停下来。所以正确答案是B。

36． Although he refused to act on my suggestion,he had to admit that_____what I said.

A．it was something in B．there was something as C．it was something as D．there was something in

正确答案：D

解析：本句话意为“虽然他拒绝按照我的建议做事，但是他不得不承认，我说的话还是有些道理的。”thereis something in“……有些道理”。所以正确选项是D。

37． There is little,_____,farming in that area and all you can see is miles of wild countryside.

A．if so B．if such C．if not D．if any

正确答案：D

解析：if so意为“假如这样的话”；if not意为“不然的话，否则”；if any“如果有的话”。根据前后句的意思，我们可以判断，正确答案是D。

38． In his lecture, the education expert emphasized the fact that nowadays children are exposed to many influences_____that of their families.

A．rather than B．other than C．except for D．but for

正确答案：A

解析：这句话的意思是：教育专家强调指出，如今孩子们所受到的影响更多地来自于别处，而不是他们的家庭。rather than意为“而不是”，表示对后面成分的否定，符合题意。因此正确答案是A。

39． The singer on the stage has a young_____face and a voice of an____. A．boy...angel B．boy’s...angel C．boy...angel’s D．boy’s...angel’s

正确答案：C 解析：这句话意为“舞台上的歌唱者有着一张年轻男孩的脸和一副天使的嗓子。”第一个空考查名词用作形容词，修饰“脸”；第二个空考查的是英语中的双重所有格。所以正确答案是C。

40． A new material____,we have good reason to be optimistic. A．developed

B．being developed C．was being developed D．was developed

正确答案：B

解析：本句话意为“我们有充分的理由保持乐观的态度，因为我们创造了一种新的材料。”本句话考查的是独立主格的用法。正确答案为B。

Cloze

One country that is certain of the effect of films on tourism is Australia. The Tourist Office of Queensland say that Crocodile Dundee,【C1】______Paul Hogan.made Australia the popular【C2】______it is today. In the three years after Crocodile Dundee was【C3】______.visitor numbers doubled.【C4】______what makes people want to visit the place where a movie was filmed? In many cases the reason is【C5】______the film makes audiences【C6】______of the existence of a place.【C7】______the James Bond movie The Man with the Golden Gun was filmed in Phuket,Thailand,most Westerners had never heard of it. Today it is a major destination. Leonardo di Caprio’s film The Beach has【C8】______tourism in another part of Thailand. The film is about the discovery of the most idyllic beach in the world. As a result the Thai authorities are【C9】______a tourist boom in the film’s【C10】______,Koh Phi Phi. Some people are influenced by a movie’s【C11】______as much as its location,especially if it is a romance. Four Weddings and a Funeral has【C12】______that”The Crown”hotel in Amersham has been busy ever【C13】______the movie was first shown. In fact the bedroom where the【C14】______played by Hugh Grant and Andie McDowell spend their first night together is【C15】______for years ahead. “We’ve【C16】______the number of marriage proposals that have been made there,”say the hotel【C17】______. It is not just the tourist boards who are happy【C18】______the influence of films on a destination. Residents of a rather run down area of London have seen house prices almost double【C19】______Julia Robert’s romance with Hugh Grant in Notting Hill. Film stars,such as Madonna,who had previously thought of Not-ting Hill as a good place for a party,have now bought【C20】______there. Perhaps they hope to revive their romances.

41． 【C1】

A．acting B．playing C．performing D．starring

正确答案：D

解析：本题考核的知识点是：动词辨析。四词均有“扮演，表演”的意思。act、play、perform后跟所演的角色，只有star后跟演员的名字，意为“由…担任主角”，D为最佳选择。从文章可以看出，此处要判断的是《鳄鱼邓迪》和Paul Hogan两者之间的关系，很明显后者为演员，能连接演员名字的单词是D。

42． 【C2】 A．target

B．destination C．terminal D．intention

正确答案：B

解析：本题考核的知识点是：名词辨析。target意为“目标，对象，靶子”。destination意为“目的地”。terminal意为”终点站，终端”.intention意为“意图，打算”。根据文章，因为电影《鳄鱼邓迪》，澳大利亚成为热门的旅游目的地，B符合题意。

43． 【C3】 A．produced B．staged C．presented D．released

正确答案：D

解析：本题考核的知识点是：动词搭配和辨析。produce“产生”；stage“上演”；present“呈现”；release“释放，发布”。此处指电影的上演或公映，动词使用release。stage多指戏剧的上演。

44． 【C4】 A．However B．But

C．Whereas D．And

正确答案：B 解析：本题考核的知识点是：语篇连贯。此处选择but起到承上启下的作用。however后需要使用逗号，whereas表达对比，and不符合题意。

45． 【C5】 A．because B．that C．for D．why

正确答案：B

解析：本题考核的知识点是：连词—关系词选择。此处为表语从句，用that引导，是对原因的具体解释。

46． 【C6】 A．acquainted B．ignorant C．aware D．known

正确答案：C

解析：本题考核的知识点是：形容词搭配和辨析。根据文章，电影可以让观众意识到某个地点的存在，aware of符合题意。acquainted意为“熟知的”，多和with搭配。ignorant意为“无知的”。know和audiences之间为主动关系，known不符合题意。

47． 【C7】 A．While B．When C．As D．Once

正确答案：B

解析：本题考核的知识点是：语篇连贯。此处为时间状语从句，when为最佳答案。while和as引导时间状语，强调同时性，不符合题意。

48． 【C8】 A．activated B．boosted C．encouraged D．excited

正确答案：B

解析：本题考核的知识点是：动词辨析。activate意为“刺激，使活动”，如：The virus was activated．病毒被激活了。boost意为“推进，推动”。encourage意为“鼓励，激励”。excite意为“使……激动，使……兴奋”。此处指电影《海滩》推动了当地旅游业的发展，B为最佳答案。

49． 【C9】 A．facing B．meeting

C．encountering D．confronting

正确答案：A

解析：本题考核的知识点是：动词辨析。face意为“面对，面临”；meet意为“遇见，会面”；encounter意为“遭遇，相遇”，多用在贬义的语境。confront意为“(与with连用)使面对，使面临”，多用在贬义的语境。此处指地方部门面临旅游业的兴旺，A符合题意。

50． 【C10】 A．place B．site C．location D．spot

正确答案：C

解析：本题考核的知识点是：名词搭配。place“地点，地方”；site“地点，场所”；location“位置场所”；spot“斑点，污点”。此处指拍片地点，使用名词location。

51． 【C11】 A．mind B．mood C．spirit D．affection

正确答案：B

解析：本题考核的知识点是：名词辨析。mind意为”头脑，主意”；mood意为“心情，情绪”；pirit意为“精神状态”；affection意为“爱意，感情”。该句意思为：有些人不仅受影片(角色)情绪状态的影响，而且受拍片地点的影响，B为最佳选择。

52． 【C12】 A．ensured B．reassured C．guaranteed D．insured

正确答案：A

解析：本题考核的知识点是：动词辨析。ensure意为“保证”。reassure意为“使……安心”。guarantee意为“保证，担保”。insure意为“保险”。此处指电

影《四个婚礼和一个葬礼》使皇冠大酒店应接不暇，A符合题意。

53． 【C13】 A．after B．since C．till D．from

正确答案：B

解析：本题考核的知识点是：介词辨析+语法搭配。此处选since用在完成体中，意为“自……以来”。

54． 【C14】 A．persons B．heroines C．characters D．heroes

正确答案：C

解析：本题考核的知识点是：名词辨析。persons“人”；heroines“英雄，女主人公”；characters“特征，性格，人物”；heroes“英雄，男主人公”。此处指剧中人物，既包括男主角又包括女主角，characters为最佳选择。

55． 【C15】 A．involved B．prearranged C．scheduled D．booked

正确答案：D

解析：本题考核的知识点是：动词辨析。此处指“预订酒店”，用动词book，表示预订。involve意为“卷人，涉及”; prearrange意为“提前安排，预先安排(会议等)”；schedule作为动词时意为“确定时间”。

56． 【C16】 A．lost track of B．lost count of C．lost contact of D．lost sight of

正确答案：B

解析：本题考核的知识点是：动词词组辨析。lose track of意为“失去线索”；lose count of意为“无法统计”；lose contact of意为“失去联络”；lose sight of意为“没看见，忽略”。根据文章，预定婚礼的人太多，以至于酒店无法统计具体

的数字，B符合题意。

57． 【C17】 A．management B．employer C．supervisor D．handler

正确答案：A 解析：本题考核的知识点是：名词辨析。此处指酒店的管理人员，management符合题意. employer意为“雇主”；supervisor。意为“监护人，监督人员”；handler意为“处理者”。

58． 【C18】 A．for B．with C．about D．at

正确答案：B

解析：本题考核的知识点是：介词搭配和辨析。happy和with构成搭配，意为“对……高兴，对……满意”。

59． 【C19】 A．thanks to B．regardless of C．since D．as

正确答案：A

解析：本题考核的知识点是：介词词组辨析。根据文章，由于电影《诺丁山》中朱丽亚·罗伯茨和休·格兰特的浪漫故事，房价涨了一倍。thanks to“由于”；regardless of“不管，不顾”；since“由于”；as“由于”。since、as多与从句搭配。thanks to表示“正面的原因”，符合题意。

60． 【C20】 A．entity B．benefit C．property D．belongings

正确答案：C

解析：题考核的知识点是：名词辨析。此处指“买房产”。property除了“财产”之意外，还有“房产”之意，符合题意。entity意为“实体”；benefit意为“利

益，好处”；belonging意为“所有物”。

English-Chinese Translation

61． The fact known to us is that war,different from what many people believe it to be,is not completely an outcome of’humanity”. Otherwise, war and violence among people would exist in all the human history or almost all societies. However,this is not the truth. Archaeologists’investigation results seem to suggest that men lived quite a peaceful life long ago. For example,among ancient French cave drawings which were earlier than 10,000 B. C. .there were no pictures describing people fighting with each other. This indicates that,in that early period of mankind,fight among people was comparatively rare. In a certain way,this discovery is not surprising at all:in the world of animals,it’s rare for one to prey on another of its own species. They do kill other kinds of animals,but not their own. Like most animals,the proportion of inner violence among early human beings was relatively small. Therefore,war is not the inherent outcome of humanity but that of certain social and cultural conditions.

正确答案： 我们所知的事实是，战争并非像很多人相信的那样完全是“人性”的产物。如果正如许多人所信的那样，战争和人与人之间的暴力会在整个人类历史上并且在所有或者几乎所有的社会里存在。事实并非如此。考古学家的调查结果似乎表明人类在很久以前是比较讲和平的。举例来说，在早先的法国洞穴绘画里，早于约公元前10000年的绘画中没有人与人打仗的画面。这一点提示，在人类早期那段时间里，相对而言人与人打仗是鲜为人知的。 从某种意义上讲，这一发现并没有什么可以大惊小怪的。在动物世界中，动物捕杀自己种类的现象是很少见的。他们确实捕杀其他种类的动物，但是不会捕杀他们自己的种类。像大多数动物一样，早期的人类中出现人类内部暴力的比例相对较低。因此，战争不是人性固有的产物，而是某些社会和文化条件产生的结果。

Writing

62． How I Overcome My Difficulty in Learning English1．你在英语学习中有哪些困难?2．你是如何克服这些困难的?3．这些方法给你带来的收获。

正确答案： How I Overcome My Difficulty in Learning English English is difficult for Chinese to learn. So I, like all the other English learners, have met many diffi-culties during the past seven years in learning English. But I managed to overcome them and made greater progress. The spelling and meaning of words can be said to be the first difficulty I met as a beginner. But I found out my own way now to deal with them. As to spelling, I never copied a new word again and again to remember it, but tried to find its relevance to the sound. In fact, so long as I can read the word out, I can write it out. As to the meaning, I rarely recite its Chinese translation, but often put the word into the sentence to learn its meaning. Moreover, if I often use a word, I have no problem with its spelling and meaning. After all, we are

learning English in order to speak it, or to use it in other ways. Grammar and idioms may be another difficulty, but I have also mastered them. I have not read lots of grammar books. I know only some ordinary grammatical rules. But I spent much time reading articles written by native speakers. By doing so, I came to perceive “a sense of the English language.” I began to feel which sentence is “good English” and which is not. Finally, I want to say that overcoming all these difficulties requires perseverance. Every day the past seven years, I have spent at least an hour on English. I believe this is an important reason why I am able to make progress in learning English.