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1、2007年考研英语真题及解析 2007 年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语（一）试题Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D onANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)By 1830, the former Spanish and Portuguese colonies had become independent nations. The roughly 20mill
2、ion 1 of these nations looked 2 to the future. Born in the crisis of the old regime and Iberian colonialism,many of the leaders of independence 3 the ideals of representative government, careers 4 to talent, freedom ofcommerce and trade, the 5 to private property, and a belief in the individual as t
3、he basis of society. 6 there was abelief that the new nations should be sovereign and independent states, large enough to be economically viableand integrated by a 7 set of laws.On the issue of 8 of religion and the position of the Church, 9 , there was less agreement 10the leadership.Roman Catholic
4、ism had been the state religion and the only one11 by the Spanish crown. 12 most leaders soughtto maintain Catholicism 13 the official religion of the new states, some sought to end the 14 of other faiths. Thedefense of the Church became a rallying15 for the conservative forces.The ideals of the ear
5、ly leaders of independence were often egalitarian, valuing equality of everything. Bolivarhad received aid from Haiti and had16 in return to abolish slavery in the areas he liberated. By 1854 slavery hadbeen abolished everywhere except Spains 17 colonies. Early promises to end Indian tribute and tax
6、es on peopleof mixed origin came much 18because the new nations still needed the revenue such policies 19 . Egalitariansentiments were often tempered by fears that the mass of the population was 20 self-rule and democracy.1234567891111111.A natives.A confusedly.A shared.A related.A accessB inhabitan
7、tsB cheerfullyB forgotC peoplesC worriedlyC attainedC openD individualsD hopefullyD rejectedD devotedD returnB closeB successionC right.A Presumably.A unique.A freedom.A therefore0.A withB Incidentally C ObviouslyD GenerallyD typicalD reformD moreoverD byB commonB originB howeverB aboutC particularC
8、 impactC indeedC amongC grantedC UnlessC under1.A allowed2.A Since3.A asB preachedB IfD fundedD WhileB forD againstD influenceD wish4.A spread5.A support6.A urgedB interferenceB cryC exclusionC pleaB intendedC expectedD promised1日期1 11127.A controlling B formerC remainingC easierC contributedD origi
9、nal8.A slower9.A createdB fasterD tougherB producedD preferredD unprepared for0.A puzzled by B hostile to Cpessimistic aboutSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C, or D. Mark youranswers on ANSWER SHEET
10、 1. (40 points)Text 1If you were to examine the birth certificates of every soccer player in 2006s World Cup tournament, you wouldmost likely find a noteworthy quirk: elite soccer players are more likely to have been born in the earlier monthsof the year than in the late months. If you then examined
11、 the European national youth teams that feed the WorldCup and professional ranks, you would find this strange phenomenon to be ever more pronounced.What might account for this strange phenomenon? Here are a few guesses: a) certain astrological signs confersuperior soccer skills; b) winter-born babie
12、s tend to have higher oxygen capacity, which increasessoccer stamina;c) soccer-mad parents are more likely to conceive children in springtime, at the annual peak of soccermania; d)none of the above.Anders Ericsson, a 58-year-old psychology professor at Florida State University, says he believes stro
13、ngly in“none of the above.” Ericsson grew up in Sweden, and studied nuclear engineering until he realized he wouldhave more opportunity to conduct his own research if he switched to psychology. His first experiment, nearly 30years ago, involved memory: training a person to hear and then repeat a ran
14、dom series of numbers. “With thefirst subject, after about 20 hours of training, his digit span had risen from 7 to 20,” Ericsson recalls. “He keptimproving, and after about 200 hours of training he had risen to over 80 numbers.”This success, coupled with later research showing that memory itself is
15、 not genetically determined, led Ericssonto conclude that the act of memorizing is more of a cognitive exercise than an intuitive one. In other words,whatever inborn differences two people may exhibit in their abilities to memorize, those differences areswamped by how well each person “encodes” the information. And the
