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1、考研考博-考博英语-北京大学模拟考试题含答案1. 单选题The Collectors Edition coin is_, and represents a true collectors treasure to be appreciated for generations to come.问题1选项A.unlikely any Elvis Presley collectible ever releasedB.unlikely, and Elvis Presley collectible never releasedC.unlike any Elvis Presley collectible n
2、ever releasedD.unlike any Elvis Presley collectible ever released【答案】D【解析】考查词义。句意：此款收藏版硬币，代表着一个真正的收藏家的珍品，其在未来将会升值。unlike“不同的；不相似的”；unlikely“不太可能的”，常出现于“it is unlikely that”。由句意判断，此枚硬币价值极高，不同于猫王发行的其他收藏品。因此D选项符合题意。2. 单选题Todays recyclers can now conceivably lay claim to a rich, bloody, brawny heritage,
3、 if a new Viking discovery is any indication. The famed Norse warriors, many of whom settled parts of eastern and northern England in the Middle Ages, recycled as they fought, new excavations in the United Kingdom suggest.An 11th-century metalworking site recently discovered in the city of York is l
4、ikely evidence of a makeshift recycling center, where Vikings took weapons for reprocessing after battle, according to historian Charles Jones, organizer of the Fulford Battlefield Society, which advocates preserving the battle site against potential development.Jones and his team have found hundred
5、s of pieces of ironwork including axes, sword parts, and arrowheads along with lumps of melted-down iron and the remains of smelting pits. “ We found several smithing hearth bottoms the remains of the molten metal which dribbles down during the reprocessing of the weaponry ironwork,n he told the Yor
6、k Press. “The iron finds support the idea that metal was gathered and recycled in the area just behind where the fighting took place,” Jones said. The artifacts are currently undergoing X-ray analysis at the University of York. The universitys Soren Sindbaek said the tests should reveal whether the
7、corroded items were forged using Norse ironwork, which involved using distinctive alloys of soft iron and hard steel. “The Vikings were very skillful metalworkers,” said archaeologist Sindbaek. “Their weaponry is famous for the way iron is treated. Any metal was a precious material that would be rec
8、ycled，” he said. “Whoever won a fight in this period would collect what was left on the battlefield.”Though he knows of no other battlefield examples of Viking recycling，evidence of reuse of metal and other materials has been found at other Viking sites, Sindbaek said. Recent excavations in York, wh
9、ich was captured and settled by the Scandinavian seafarers in 866，for instance, show that Vikings recycled boats for building material for houses and even sidewalks.Jones believes Vikings forces worked on the metal in 1066 after defeating English warriors at the Battle of Fulford, a village long sin
10、ce subsumed by the expanded city of York. The historians team believes the Vikings were forced to abandon their recycling work five days later by a second English attack, the Battle of Stamford Bridge, led by Englands King Harold II. The Viking leader in the battle, King Harold III of Norway, was ki
11、lled and his forces routed. The English king lost his own life the following month, when his war-weary troops were defeated at the Battle of Hastings by William, Duke of Normandy, who became the new English king.Project leader Jones, author of The Forgotten Battle of 1066: Fulford, is an amateur his
12、torian, and many of the artifacts were uncovered not during professional archaeological excavations but by metal-detector enthusiasts. But that “doesnt at all devalue” the discovery, said archaeologist Allan Hall of the University of York. The Fulford Battlefield Society is “working in close co-oper
13、ation with the archaeological establishment，” Hall said. “Archaeology has a long tradition of amateurs taking part.”1.What is said about todays recyclers at the beginning of this passage?2.Which of the following is true about the 11th-century metalworking site recently discovered inthe city of York?
14、3.What had archaeologists known about Viking recycling before the weapon recycling center was discovered?4.What is special about the village of Fulford?5.What do we know about the Fulford Battlefield Society?问题1选项A.They recycle things that are discovered at the Viking settlements.B.They are as rich,
15、 bloody and brawny as their Viking ancestors.C.They may have inherited the recycling tradition from the Vikings.D.They recycle the same things that the Vikings recycled.问题2选项A.It was an ironwork recycling center far away from the battlefield.B.Weapons and other utensils were reprocessed here by the
16、Vikings.C.Evidence shows that the weapons recycled here were left by the enemy in the battle.D.The pieces of ironwork found in this site are being analyzed in order to know what exactly they were made of.问题3选项A.The Vikings recycled metal and other materials for daily use.B.The Vikings only recycled metals because they were pre
