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1、2022年考博英语-云南大学考前模拟强化练习题（附答案详解）1. 单选题Walking through my train yesterday, staggering from my seat to the buffet and back, I counted five people reading Harry Potter novels. Not children- these were real grown-ups reading childrens books.Maybe that would have been understandable. If these people had ju
2、mped whole-heartedly into a second childhood it would have made more sense. But they were card-carrying grown-ups with laptops and spreadsheets returning from sales meetings and seminars. Yet they chose to read a childrens book.I dont imagine youll find this headcount exceptional. You can no longer
3、get on the London Tube and not see a Harry Potter book. Nor is it just the film; these throwback readers were out there in droves long before the movie campaign opened.So who are these adult readers who have made J.K. Rowling the second-biggest female earner in Britain (after Madonna) As I have tram
4、ped along streets knee-deep in Harry Potter paperbacks, Ive mentally slotted them into three groups.First come the Never-Readers, whom Harry has enticed into opening a book. Is this a bad thing probably not. Writing has many advantages over film, but it can never compete with its magnetic punch. If
5、these books can re-establish the novel as a thrilling experience for some people, then this can only be for the better. If it takes obsession-level hype to lure them into a bookshop, thats fine by me. But will they go on to read anything else again, we can only hope.The second group are the Occasion
6、al Readers. These people claim that tiredness, work and children allow them to read only a few books a year. Yet nowto be part of the crowd, to say theyve read itthey put Harry Potter on their oh-so-select reading list. Its infuriating, and maddening. Yes, Im a writer myself, currently writing diffi
7、cult, unreadable, hopefully unsettling novels, but there are so many other good books out there, so much rewarding, enlightening, enlarging works of fiction for adults; and yet these sad cases are swept along by the hype, the faddism, into reading a children s book.The third group are the Regular Re
8、aders, for whom Harry is sandwiched between McEwan and Balzac, Roth and Dickens. This is the real bafflerwhat on earth do they get out of reading it? Why bother? But if they call rattle through it in a week just to say theyve been there like going to Longleat or the Eiffel Towerthe worst they re doi
9、ng is encouraging others.1.Whats the passage mainly about?2.The author believes that many adults read（ ）.3.According to the author, the Never-Readers（ ）.4.The Occasional Readers are referred to as sad cases because（ ）.5.Whats the bad effect of the way the Regular Readers read Harry Patter?6.The main
10、 culprit for this madness about Harry Potter is most probably（ ）.问题1选项A.The worldwide popularity of Harry Potter.B.Adults benefiting from reading Harry Potter.C.The origin of Harry Potter as a childrens book.D.Reflections on Harry Potters popularity among adults.问题2选项A.to follow suitB.to enjoy a sec
11、ond childhoodC.to kill timeD.to share Harrys adventure问题3选项A.will take up reading as their lifelong hobbyB.have got more from the book than from the filmC.may barely get interested in other books than Harry PotterD.can hardly be driven by the crowds to read any book问题4选项A.theyre too busy to enjoy re
12、gular readingB.theyre suffering from the heavy workloadC.they have a hard time selecting what to readD.their reading taste is affected by fashion问题5选项A.It will promote too many visits to the places the book mentions.B.It will discourage people from reading real masterpieces.C.It will foster reading
13、as part of a fast-food culture.D.It will cause a confusion of faddism with classics.问题6选项A.JK RowingB.the publisherC.the media hypeD.its thrilling stories【答案】第1题:D第2题:A第3题:C第4题:D第5题:D第6题:C【解析】1.主旨大意题。从整篇文章读下来，前四段是作者在火车上发现有成年人在读哈利波特的现象以及作者的所想，后三段作者将阅读哈利波特的成年人群分为三组，分析哈利波特受欢迎的原因，由此可知D选项“哈利波特受成年人欢迎的反思”符
14、合题意。2.事实细节题。定位到文章第五段中的If it takes obsession-level hype to lure them into a bookshop, thats fine by me.（如果这需要痴迷程度的宣传来吸引他们进入书店，对我来说没问题）可知A选项“为了跟风”符合题意。3.推理判断题。定位到文章第五段中的But will they go on to read anything else again, we can only hope.（但我们只能希望，他们还会继续读别的书吗?）可知C选项“除了哈利波特，对其他书籍几乎没有兴趣”符合题意。4.推理判断题。定位到文章第六
15、段中的These people claim that tiredness, work and children allow them to read only a few books a year. Yet nowto be part of the crowd, to say theyve read itthey put Harry Potter on their oh-so-select reading list.（这些人声称疲劳，工作和孩子使他们一年只能读几本书，然而现在，作为人群中的一员，说他们已经读过它了，他们把哈利波特列入了他们的“超精选”阅读清单）可知D选项“他们的阅读品味受到时尚的影响”符合题意。5.推理判断题。定位到文章第七段The third group are the Regular Readers, for whom Harry is sandwiched between McEwan (英国当代作家) and Balzac, Roth (德国现代诗人) and Dickens可了解到文化的混乱，因此D选项正确。6.事实细节题。定位到文章第六段and yet these sad cases are swept along by the hype, the faddis
