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1、1 1 2006 年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语（一）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 , homelessness has reached such proporti
2、ons that local governments 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 number of Americans who are homeless. Estimates 6 anywhere from 600,000 to 3 mi
3、llion. 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 10this growing homeless population has become inc
4、reasingly 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 addicted to alcohol or drugs. And a significant
5、 number of the homeless have serious mental disorders. Many others, 14 not addicted or mentally ill, simply lack the everyday 15 skills needed to turn their lives 16 . Boston Globe reporter Chris Reidy notes that the situation will improve only when there are 17 programs that address the many needs
6、of the homeless. 18 Edward Zlotkowski, director of community service at Bentley College in Massachusetts, 19 it, “There has to be 20 of programs. Whats needed is a package deal.” 1.A IndeedB LikewiseC ThereforeD Furthermore 2.A standB copeC approveD retain 3.A inB forC withD toward 4.A raiseB addC t
7、akeD keep 5.A GenerallyB AlmostC HardlyD Not 6.A coverB changeC rangeD differ 7.A Now thatB AlthoughC ProvidedD Except that 8.A inflatingB expandingC increasingD extending 9.A predictsB displaysC provesD discovers 10.A assistB trackC sustainD dismiss 11.A HenceB ButC EvenD Only 12.A lodgingB shelter
8、C dwellingD house 13.A searchingB strollingC crowdingD wandering 14.A whenB onceC whileD whereas 15.A lifeB existenceC survivalD maintenance 16.A aroundB overC onD up 2 2 17.A complexB comprehensiveCcomplementaryD compensating 18.A SoB SinceC AsD Thus 19.A putsB interpretsC assumesD makes 20.A super
9、visionB manipulationC regulationD coordination Section II Reading Comprehension Part A Directions: Read the 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
10、 society is an amazing machine for homogenizing people. There is “the democratizing uniformity of dress and discourse, and 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 th
11、at offered “vast arrays of goods in an elegant atmosphere. Instead of intimate shops catering to a knowledgeable elite” these 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 f
12、orces for homogenization.Immigrants are quickly fitting into this common culture, which may not be altogether elevating but is hardly poisonous. Writing for the National Immigration Forum, Gregory Rodriguez reports that todays immigration is neither at unprecedented levels nor resistant to assimilat
13、ion. In 1998 immigrants were 9.8 percent of the population; in 1900, 13.6 percent. In the 10 years prior to 1990, 3.1 immigrants arrived for every 1,000 residents; in the 10 years prior to 1890, 9.2 for every 1,000. Now, consider three indices of assimilationlanguage, home ownership and intermarriag
14、e. 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 after ten years of residence.” The children of immigrants tend to be bilingual and proficient in English. “By the third generation, the original languag
15、e is lost in the majority of immigrant families.” Hence the description of America as a “graveyard” for languages. By 1996 foreign-born immigrants who had arrived 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
16、 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-Hispanics, and 41 percent of Asian-American women are married to non-Asians. Rodriguez notes that children in remote villages around the world are fans of superstars like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Garth Brooks, yet “some Americans fear that immigrants living within the United States remain somehow immune to the nations assimilative powe
