2006年考研英语真题及答案.pdf
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1、欢迎您阅读并下载本文档,本文档来源于互联网,如有侵权请联系删除!我们将竭诚为您提供优质的文档!2006 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题 Section I:Use of English Directions: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)The homeless make up a growing percentage of Americas population._1_ home
2、lessness has reached such proportions that local government cant possibly _2_.To help homeless people _3_ independence,the federal government must support job training programs,_4_ the minimum wage,and fund more low-cost housing._5_ everyone agrees on the numbers of Americans who are homeless.Estima
3、tes _6_ anywhere from 600,000 to 3 million._7_ the figure may vary,analysts do agree on another matter:that the number of the homeless is _8_.One of the federal governments studies _9_ that the number of the homeless will reach nearly 19 million by the end of this decade.Finding ways to _10_ this gr
4、owing homeless population has become increasingly difficult._11_ when homeless individuals manage to find a _12_ that will give them three meals a day and a place to sleep at night,a good number still spend the bulk of each day _13_ the street.Part of the problem is that many homeless adults are add
5、icted to alcohol or drugs.And a significant number of the homeless have serious mental disorders.Many others,_14_ not addicted or mentally ill,simply lack the everyday _15_ skills need to turn their lives _16_.Boston Globe reporter Chris Reidy notes that the situation will improve only when there ar
6、e _17_ programs that address the many needs of the homeless._18_ Edward Blotkowsk,director of community service at Bentley College in Massachusetts,_19_ it,“There has to be _20_ of programs.What we need is a package deal.”1.A Indeed B Likewise C Therefore D Furthermore 2.A stand B cope C approve D r
7、etain 3.A in B for C with D toward 4.A raise B add C take D keep 5.A generally B almost C hardly D not 欢迎您阅读并下载本文档,本文档来源于互联网,如有侵权请联系删除!我们将竭诚为您提供优质的文档!6.A cover B change C range D differ 7.A Now that B Although C Provided D Except that 8.A inflating B expanding C increasing D extending 9.A predicts B
8、 displays C proves D discovers 10.A assist B track C sustain D dismiss 11.A Hence B But C Even D Only 12.A lodging B shelter C dwelling D house 13.A searching B strolling C crowding D wandering 14.A when B once C while D whereas 15.A life B existence C survival D maintenance 16.A around B over C on
9、D up 欢迎您阅读并下载本文档,本文档来源于互联网,如有侵权请联系删除!我们将竭诚为您提供优质的文档!17.A complex B comprehensive C complementary D compensating 18.A So B Since C As D Thus 19.A puts B interprets C assumes D makes 20.A supervision B manipulation C regulation D coordination Section II:Reading Comprehension Part A Directions:Read the
10、 following four texts.Answer the questions below each text by choosing A,B,C,or D.Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.(40 points)Text 1 In spite of“endless talk of difference,”American society is an amazing machine for homogenizing people.This is“the democratizing uniformity of dress and discourse,a
11、nd the casualness and absence of deference”characteristic of popular culture.People are absorbed into“a culture of consumption”launched by the 19th-century department stores that offered“vast arrays of goods in an elegant atmosphere.”Instead of intimate shops catering to“a knowledgeable elite,”these
12、 were stores“anyone could enter,regardless of class or background.”This turned shopping into a public and democratic act.The mass media,advertising and sports are other forces for homogenization.Immigrants are quickly fitting into this common culture,which may not be altogether elevating but is hard
13、ly poisonous.Writing for the National Immigration Forum,Gregory Rodriguez reports that todays immigration is neither at unprecedented level nor resistant to assimilation.In 1998 immigrants were 9.8 percent of population;in 1900,13.6 percent.In the 10 years prior to 1990,3.1 immigrants arrived for ev
14、ery 1,000 residents;in the 10 years prior to 1890,9.2 for every 1,000.Now,consider three indices of assimilation-language,home ownership and intermarriage.The 1990 Census revealed that“a majority of immigrants from each of the fifteen most common countries of origin spoke English well or very well a
15、fter ten years of residence.”The children of immigrants tend to be bilingual and proficient in English.“By the third generation,the original language is lost in the majority of immigrant families.”Hence the description of America as a“graveyard”for language.By 1996 foreign-born immigrants who had ar
16、rive before 1970 had a home ownership rate of 75.6 percent,higher than the 69.8 percent rate among native-born Americans.Foreign-born Asians and Hispanics“have higher rates of intermarriage than do U.S.-born whites and blacks.”By the third generation,one third of Hispanic women are married to non-Hi
17、spanics,and 41 percent of Asian-American women are married to non-Asians.欢迎您阅读并下载本文档,本文档来源于互联网,如有侵权请联系删除!我们将竭诚为您提供优质的文档!Rodriguez notes that children in remote villages around world are fans of superstars like Amold Schwarzenegger and Garth Brooks,yet“some Americans fear that immigrant living within
18、 the United States remain somehow immune to the nations assimilative power.”Are there divisive issues and pockets of seething in America?Indeed.It is big enough to have a bit of everything.But particularly when viewed against Americas turbulent past,todays social indices hardly suggest a dark and de
19、teriorating social environment.21.The word“homogenizing”(Line 2,Paragraph 1)most probably means _.A identifying B associating C assimilating D monopolizing 22.According to the author,the department stores of the 19th century _.A played a role in the spread of popular culture B became intimate shops
20、for common consumers C satisfied the needs of a knowledgeable elite D owed its emergence to the culture of consumption 23.The text suggests that immigrants now in the U.S._.A are resistant to homogenization B exert a great influence on American culture C are hardly a threat to the common culture D c
21、onstitute the majority of the population 24.Why are Amold Schwarzenegger and Garth Brooks mentioned in Paragraph 5?A To prove their popularity around the world.B To reveal the publics fear of immigrants.C To give examples of successful immigrants.D To show the powerful influence of American culture.
22、25.In the authors opinion,the absorption of immigrants into American society is _.A rewarding B successful C fruitless D harmful Text 2 Stratford-on-Avon,as we all know,has only one industry-William Shakespeare-but there are two distinctly separate and increasingly hostile branches.There is the Roya
23、l Shakespeare Company(ASC),which presents superb productions of the plays at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre on the Avon.And there are the townsfolk who largely live off the tourists who come,not to see the plays,but to look at Anne Hathaways Cottage,Shakespeares birthplace and the other sights.The
24、 worthy residents of Stratford doubt that the theatre adds a penny to their revenue.They frankly dislike the RSCs actors,them with their long hair and beards and sandals and noisiness.The tourist streams are not entirely separate.The sightseers who come by bus-and often take in Warwick Castle and Bl
25、enheim Palace on the side-dont usually see the plays,and some of them are even surprised to find a theatre in Stratford.However,the playgoers do manage a little sight-seeing along with their playgoing.It is the playgoers,the ESC contends,who bring in much of the towns revenue because they spend the
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